I don't own Naruto.

Bold is supernatural speech.

Italics are thoughts, flashback, the like.

This whole story is what I've been doing since I have been experiencing major writer's block for my other stories.

-Chapter One: The Sage-

Naruto had spent one year with Jiraiya out of the village, and now Jiraiya was laying in Naruto's arms dying.

"Kid…you got…two of them…Good." Jiraiya hacked up more blood.

"Ero-sensei! You can't die! Hold on a little longer and I'll get you to the next village!" Naruto tried to stand, but Jiraiya shook his head.

"This is it for me…I want to tell…you who your father was." Jiraiya said. "The Fourth Hokage. Namikaze Minato." Jiraiya looked at the boy. "He was your dad. And he'd be as proud as I am." Those were the last word of the Sannin Jiraiya. Naruto sobbed, his teacher was dead, he was exhausted, and there was nothing he could do. He cried until he passed out.

Awakening, Naruto's eyes opened slowly and rebelled when the bright ceiling light was seen. Naruto put his hand over his face, standing up. His eyes adjusted to the light, he saw the clothing sitting on the stool, he changed into the black gi and pants, tying the belt around his waist. He couldn't find his kunai pouch, but found his satchel and put it on his belt.

When he walked outside he saw a man practicing with a knife. The dark skinned man moved the knife in a way that made Naruto cringe from just watching it, he would be disemboweling and maiming people. The man stopped, sheathed his knife and turned.

"I see you're awake. I sent a letter to your village, I told them that I'll be replacing your late-sensei. What exactly happened to put Jiraiya of the Sannin in that condition?" The man's voice was young despite his elderly appearance. He was short, about Five foot three, still an inch taller than Naruto, he had skin that was tan and scarred from much of what he assumed to be combat, his eyes were black and piercing, but he seemed to be a kind man.

-Flashback-

Naruto and Jiraiya were training in Taijutsu while on a lake, Naruto tried to find a hole in the defense, but it didn't happen. Suddenly Jiraiya moved aside, and a kunai came whizzing past. Four figures walked from the woods. The first was a large scorpion puppet, the next was a blond man, the third and fourth he recognized as Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi.

Naruto and Jiraiya fell into fighting stances, Naruto had progressed well in one year, but Jiraiya was unsure of whether he was ready to face such odds. Jiraiya ran through seals, and suddenly he shouted: "Doton! Art of Earthen Prison!" The blond man suddenly sank into the ground, the ground compacted and smashed the man.

The Scorpion puppet fired projectile weapons at the two, Naruto jumped and Jiraiya let himself sink into the water. This was his downfall however as Kisame imprisoned him in the Art of Water Prison.

"Naruto! Use it!" Jiraiya shouted, Naruto nodded and placed his hands together in a seal. Kisame smirked and ran Jiraiya through with his Samehada.

"Die old man."

"Nine Tails Phantom! Release!" Naruto shouted. At first nothing happened, but then red chakra began seeping from Naruto's stomach, and then it formed into a large Nine Tailed fox made purely of chakra.

The first thing that happened was Kisame's prison was dashed to pieces by the huge claw that slashed his chest open. The second was the Scorpion puppet exploded for no discernable reason. Itachi saw that his three teammates had been slain and immediately fled, not waiting to incur the wrath of the boy who could wield the nine tails.

Naruto pulled his teacher to the shore of the lake.

"Come on Sensei, you can't die on me!"

-Flashback: End-

"I see, then you can use the demon's chakra. Well, that's not the point yet, I'm going to teach you how to kill. But I will also teach you how to save lives." The man said. He smiled at Naruto. "You will stay here for three years, train from dusk till dawn and you'll learn from every second of it." The man smiled.

"Alright, did you know Ero-sensei?" Naruto asked.

"You bet I did… I'm his little brother." Naruto gawked at this.

"WHAT?! YOU'RE JIRAIYA'S LITTLE BROTHER?!" Naruto shouted.

"Yup, you're looking at the only remaining person from the Hashin lineage. The name is Hashin Kaisho."

"Namikaze Naruto." Naruto introduced himself with his father's last name, the one he'd use from now on.

"Well then let's get started. Now I want to tell you the name of the art you'll be using. It's called Mushin No Shin Ryu. You will find it is different from any other combat art in existence. You will also find that even the simplest movements can kill when used right." Kaisho smirked. "That is the basis for this whole art. Movement. You can impose change on your enemy through movement, I'll show you. Attack me." Naruto lunged, and when he punched something amazing happened.

Kaisho shifted his feet and the punch passed by harmlessly, he then settled into a horse stance and with a palm strike sent Naruto sprawling.

"You strike when it presents itself." Naruto got up and tried again, this time it was a kick, Kaisho stepped back and when the kick came full swing, he captured Naruto in a rear naked choke. He pushed Naruto away. "You never let your enemy off your center." Naruto attacked again, this time he swore he hit, only to realize that a fist had lodged in his stomach before he hit. Naruto fell to his knees and threw up.

"Naruto, listen when I speak, you'll learn things." Kaisho said.

"I am!"

"Then prove it." Naruto stood back up, he stood perfectly still when Kaisho attacked him. Naruto dodged the blow, and when he went to strike, it was blocked and he felt his legs swept from under him. "Don't try to strike, just do it. It should be like walking." Naruto stood again, and this time he got even closer to hitting the man. Every time, Naruto would get close, and then fail.

That was how Naruto's training went for a very long time, nearly two months. After that Naruto began learning techniques, he mastered every technique that Kaisho threw at him. In a year he was using sticks, these were substitute for the blades created for this style. He also used short sticks made to simulate knives. He trained like this for the second year. For the third year, he simply perfected what he had learned before, using real blades.

The swords this style used was a ninja-to, but they were modified to be slightly shorter, the blade was the same length, but the handle was about two centimeters shorter (One inch does make a difference.) The blade he had was black from point to pommel, the hilt was square and depicted the nine tail fox. He carried a single one on his back, as well as two knives.

The knives were black from pommel to point. The handles were steel wrapped in black cord, not like Katana, but a cord wrapped all the way around. The blades were straight and ended in a spear point. The blades were single edged, and the knife was about twenty five centimeters in length, they boasted a fifteen centimeter blade.

Each maneuver practiced with these blades, or barehanded were fluid and precise, as well as lightning fast. Naruto preferred his knives, but also liked his sword.

He wore the same clothes as when he began training, but the outfit was bigger, and he'd also obtained a pair of boots and kote, as well as the mask and shirt that Kakashi wore. In three years Naruto had totally recreated himself, he spent his time learning Ninjutsu from the Nine Tails, and taijutsu, stealth and medical jutsu from Kaisho.

It was finally time, Naruto had completed his training, and he'd go back into the world of ninja. Kaisho bid him farewell, gave him supplies to finish his journey, and set him off.

-One Week later-

Naruto made his way to the gate, and jumped atop it after identifying himself.

"Seems it hasn't changed a bit. Yup, I'm finally home!" Naruto grinned beneath his mask. He looked over the village, he'd changed more than it had.

He jumped down from his perch and began wandering the streets, looking for something to do. He heard a pair of voices he'd recognized. It was Nara Shikamaru and Gaara's sister. Naruto approached them.

"Do I know you?" Shikamaru asked.

"You should, I am after all Konoha's most unpredictable ninja." Naruto smirked under his mask.

"Naruto?! Man it's been so long!"

"Four years is indeed a long time."

"Wait, Naruto as in the kid that beat my brother all those years ago Naruto?" Temari looked at the ninja in front of her, the hair color was right, and the eyes, but everything else was wrong.

"That's the one." Shikamaru said. "Let's go get some food, it's about lunch time. You coming Naruto? My treat." Shikamaru would soon learn to regret those words. Naruto grinned.

"Hey Temari-san, can you hold this for a second?" Naruto asked, handing his sword to her. "It's like an oven under this gi." Naruto shrugged out of it, tying the sleeves of the thick piece of clothing around his waist over his belt.

"He's got the body of a God!" Were Temari's thoughts, as well as many of the surrounding females. Naruto had forgotten that the sleeveless shirt/mask was in fact skin tight; He ignored the fact and they continued walking anyway.

"It's not that bad Naruto. It's only like eighty out here." Shikamaru said.

"You didn't spend the last three years training in mountains with the same thing you're wearing in said eighty degree weather."

"Good point. Seems you'll need a thinner gi." Shikamaru said, looking around he spotted the clothing store. "How much money do you have on you?" Naruto realized that he was in fact broke. "No problem, they're not that expensive anyway." Shikamaru shrugged. "But you owe me one Naruto."

"Sure." Naruto nodded, and they stepped inside the store.

Naruto exited with the lighter cloth over his body, and the thicker winter gi over his shoulder. They stopped at the Ichiraku ramen shop for lunch and talked about the changes in Konoha.

"It does seem however that you'll need to find some new housing arrangements, the entire apartment complex burned down." Shikamaru informed the teenager.

"Do you know what happened?" Naruto asked.

"There was a fight between some ninja. One used a fire jutsu and set the building on fire. There was seven casualties, none were ninja. Mostly it was property damage, both ninja who were fighting are currently serving six months in jail."

"Damn, this is going to take some work, Finding a new house I mean."

"The Hokage said that when you returned you were to report to her. So after lunch you should get over there." Shikamaru finished up his bowl. By this time Naruto had already finished three bowls. "And also remind me never to take you for lunch. Only Chouji eats this much."

"Alright, well I've got to go then, I'll see you later. Thanks a lot Shikamaru." Naruto said. "It was nice seeing you again Temari-san." Naruto then got up and left.

"So Temari, you gonna go after him?" Shikamaru smirked. The blush on her face was immediate proof that Shikamaru was in fact right.

"W-what do you mean?" Temari had never been one to give in to her emotions.

"I saw the way you were looking at him. I know you think he's goof looking. He's a loyal guy too, never seen one more loyal than him. I say go for it."

"You're an idiot." Inwardly Temari was considering it, she had seen how far he would go for his friends, and for his village. "I'll have to find out more about this guy." She thought.

Naruto walked to the Hokage tower and made his way up to the Office.

"Hey Tsunade-sama." Naruto smirked. She looked up at the ninja.

"So you're finally back huh? It seems that Kaisho managed to knock some respect into you." Tsunade looked at Naruto. "Well as you may or may not know, you'll be needing a new house. I've got something lined up for you." She handed him a piece of paper. Naruto read the paper, it was a proof of lineage. Naruto was looking at the deed to the Namikaze land. "It's only a few acres, but I've already had construction workers begin on the house. You'll have a two story house built on five acres."

"I don't even know what to do with that much house." Naruto said. "But what about until the house is finished?"

"You will be staying with Hatake Kakashi. It will only be a month until your home is complete, so you won't have to put up with him for very long."

"Maybe I can get him to show up on time for once." Naruto chuckled.

"We'll need to test your skills, go to the ANBU headquarters, they'll direct you to the course." Naruto nodded, thanked her and left. He had finally returned home.

-Chapter One: End-