Hey everyone. Just so everyone knows, I've decided to keep the single pairing for this one. I know some people are gonna ask what the deal with Haku was then, but she'll mainly be around as Naruto's ally, along with Zabuza. Also, while the story is a single NarutoxSati pairing, there's going to be lots of girls hanging around, but that will be explained later in the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the Matrix

"I want what's mine, Old Man. I don't care what the will says. I'm aware, I can take care of myself, and I need the space." Sarutobi sighed at the blonde's outburst and rubbed his temples. He felt a major migraine coming on, and knew it would only get worse.

"What would you possibly need the Namikaze clan compound for?" he asked.

"Namikaze clan business" replied Naruto, angrily. "And as it's clan business, I don't have to tell you anything. Not to mention, as I technically am acting clan head, I can overrule the will of my parents, seeing as they were in MY clan. And I'm telling you to give me what is coming to me. I have had a really bad week, so please don't test me."

Sarutobi just took a puff from his pipe and sighed. Standing, he walked over to a portrait of the Forth Hokage, before it swung open, revealing a safe behind it. Putting in the combination, Sarutobi opened it to reveal several papers, along with a few scrolls, some books, and a set of keys. Handing them to Naruto, he explained.

"The keys are to the Namikaze compound. Among those papers are a map to the place, you're parent's wills and letters to you. The scrolls carry several of your parents' more...special possessions, and the books contain their jutsus. I truly hope...that you are able to use them well" he said.

"And I will" said Naruto, curtly. "Now, I'm very busy, so if you wouldn't mind, I'll be taking my leave now." With that, he hopped out the window, before Sarutobi jumped in shock as he was whisked away by a giant, metal squid. As the thing flew away, and he saw that Naruto apparently knew what he was doing, the Sandaime relaxed ever so slightly, before falling back in his chair.

"I'm getting too old for this shit" he muttered. "Just what has happened to you Naruto?"

"My lord" rang the cold voice of the sentinel in Naruto's mind. "I'm receiving word that we have reached Zion. Before anything else, the others will begin retrieving any still working Zion hovercraft."

"Perfect" replied Naruto. "And the Machine city?"

"On the move, for the most part. Much of the actual city will be moved, however, the Matrix signal generator will stay in its current location. Several other sentinels have reactivated many of our machine brethren and they are on their way" replied the squid-like machine.

"Alright. Once we get the location, send word that they are to relocate there, but discretely. We don't need the panic of everyone in the village freaking out over an 'army'." The sentinel did not respond, but Naruto was sure his orders would be met. Flying over the Hokage Monument into the forest on top of it, Naruto and the sentinel landed outside of a massive structure that was the Namikaze clan compound.

"Whoa this place is huge" said Naruto, walking to the gate. "Why has nobody tried to get in here..." Naruto looked outside and was shocked to see that the sentinel was being forced back by a yellow field that manifested with every time it attempted to enter. Also, there was what looked like sparks flying from where the sentinel touched the field before being forced back.

"What are you doing?" asked Naruto. "Get in here." No sooner had the words left his lips that the field dissipated and the sentinel slipped in quickly. It glided through the air around Naruto, and stuck out its tentacle-like appendages, revealing several scanners, running them all over Naruto before running them all over the gates.

"Sir, it appears that some sort of field of energy protects this place in a dome around the entire structure" said the sentinel. "You had no difficulty getting in, obviously as this place is yours, but I was only able to enter when you commanded, leading me to believe that this place is only accessible with your permission."

"So this place is without a doubt, a fortress" said Naruto. "Perfect. Well then, all machines have permission to enter here, just for future reference."

"Very well" replied the sentinel. "I'll send the word out now."

"You do that" announced Naruto. "I'm going to explore this place."

"Very well" said the sentinel. "Would you like to have the procedure prepared for when the others begin arriving."

"Make it so" said Naruto over his shoulder, as he walked into the house. Entering the house, Naruto disappeared from view as the sentinel used its signal relays to spread word of their location and Naruto's orders.

Walking through the place, Naruto found out how massive it was. Aside from the many other buildings in the area, the main house he was in was massive. However, all of the buildings were small in comparison to what lay beneath. Under the structures was a series of interconnecting underground rooms and passages that must have extended half way into the mountain. Some of the chambers were massive. It was perfect for keeping many of the relocated technology and machines, at least the ones that could fit through the passageways into them. There was easily enough space to fit a small army between the compound and the underground areas.

Searching more in the main house, Naruto found what he could see had to have been his parents' room. Now his room. Walking toward the window, he could see several machines arriving already. Several of which, the 'Doc-bots" as he dubbed them, were waiting outside as a lot of equipment came in, many components to be put into him. While he could enter the Matrix through his mind alone, it took a great deal of concentration to leave. So, he was getting several implants, that would allow him to be hooked up and "jacked in" to the Matrix. While he wasn't looking forward to it, he figured it would be for the best. Grimacing, he began his trek outside, so the procedure could begin.

Timeskip

"Gah!" shouted Sakura, pulling her pink hair in frustration. "Kakashi-sensei being late I can understand at this point, but Naruto too?"

"Naruto's been acting strange lately" replied Sasuke. "But it may be best, in light of the situation, to ignore it Sakura." Said girl instantly blushed and began playing with her hair rather than pulling it.

"Oh, right" she said. "You know what's best Sasuke. We should probably leave Naruto alone."

"No need, I'm right here." Turning around, they saw Naruto, covered in bandages, hobbling up to them. Aside from his his nose to his forehead, he was completely covered up. Only his nose, blue eyes showed beneath the bandages.

"Oh my God, Naruto, are you alright?" asked Sakura, running up to the blonde.

"Yeah, I'm fine" replied Naruto. "Just had some surgery a few days ago, but I'm good now."

"What surgery?" asked Sasuke, staring at Naruto darkly.

"Special surgery" said Naruto, signifying that was the end of it. As if a sign to the affirmative, Kakashi took this moment to show, before showing the same concern for Naruto as Sakura had. Naruto sighed. "Would it make you all feel better if I remove my bandages?" he asked.

"Yes" was the simultaneous answer of both his teammates, but Kakashi just remained silent. Sighing again, he reached up and removed the the bandages from his head. They saw that his head was shaved down, with only bits of hair growing. Looking his head over, Kakashi recoiled at the metal plug now imbedded in the base of Naruto's skull. As he continued removing his bandages, sans the ones under his clothing, they were all shocked at the plugs on his arms and legs, which were visible as he had worn light clothing rather than his jumpsuit. Just a black t-shirt and shorts.

"Naruto, what's happening to you?" asked Sakura, but got a glare in return.

"Nothing I didn't want" replied Naruto. Kakashi looked at his blonde student in shock. He swore if it was the last thing he did he would find out what was happening with Naruto. "Just leave it."

"Well then" began Kakashi. "I have an announcement to make. This morning I went to a meeting of all the Jonin senseis, and I've decided to nominate you all for the upcoming Chuunin exams." At this, he reached into his vest and removed three sheets of paper, handing them to each of his students, though Naruto took his with a slight grimace, still feeling the after affects of his surgery. Sakura began to look a bit worried, while Sasuke just smirked. "Just fill out the forms and come to the Academy in three days for the exam if you wanna take it" he continued, before giving them all an eye smile, flashing the peace sign, and disappearing in a plume of smoke.

"So, um... what do you think about all this, Sasuke?" asked Sakura. In truth the girl was nervous. She wasn't sure she was ready to be promoted. However, Sasuke seemed confident enough, and she didn't want to look weak in front of him.

"We take the exams, we kick everyone's ass, and we get promoted, it's as simple as that" replied the Uchiha, his hands folded in front of his face as he sat against the railing of the bridge they were on. The one which served as a meeting point for the team.

"For once, I agree with Sasuke" said Naruto, walking forward. "I think we shou-" He lost his train of thought as his weak legs caught on something, causing him to trip. He put his arms out to catch himself, and closed his eyes, preparing for the inevitable collision with the ground. But it never came. Cracking open his eyes, he saw a shocked Sasuke and Sakura, before looking down at himself. He was just as shocked as they were as he seemingly was levitating in the air. The shock though seemed to cause the brief floating moment to end and he collapsed onto the ground.

"I can fly" he whispered to himself. He had known it was possible, at the very least to an extent, to replicate the powers of those in the Matrix. Flight was one of Neo's abilities, but Naruto had never imagined that the flight power would manifest itself.

"Alright, what the hell is up with you Naruto?" asked Sasuke, walking up to the blonde. "First it's the squids, then the metal implants, and now you can fly? Where is this coming from? Tell me!" At that he grabbed Naruto by the shirt and hoisted him up.

"I suggest you leave it. I wouldn't want to mess you up before the exams" replied Naruto smugly, but with a bit of a groan, as he was still sore.

"Naruto, you will tell me what I want to know" ordered Sasuke. "I don't even care that you have this power, but however you got it was through unnatural means, which would imply it can be gotten by others as well. I want in." Before he could say more, Naruto shot his arms out with incredible speed, jamming his fingers into Sasuke's arm and neck in several places. The Uchiha dropped Naruto, before falling on his back, his entire body rigid.

"Gah, what did you do to me?" he shouted. Naruto just rubbed his arms, trying to abate the soreness.

"I simply struck several nerves, rendering you paralyzed for the next hour or so" he replied. "Like I said, It'd be a shame to mess you up before the exams, so I decided on something with no lasting effects."

"Naruto, you shouldn't have done that" said Sakura. "Attacking your teammates isn't exactly the best way to represent the leaf."

"Oh, I'm sorry" replied Naruto. "And where were you when Sasuke grabbed me by my shirt and lifted me up? I hate to break it to you, but you're running a double standard." He seemed like he wasn't even paying attention to the matter at hand, focusing instead on crouching and jumping, each time going slightly higher, and hovering for slightly longer. As he crouched down once more, deep within the recesses of his mind, a massive amount of red, demonic chakra began flowing from underneath one of the doors in his mental hallway. Leaping into the air, the force of his jump forced the ground to crater and he leapt into the air, shooting up and up and up, but he did not descend back to Sakura. She looked on in shock as Naruto flew upwards, until she lost sight of him above the clouds.

Up in the air, Naruto was having the time of his life. He knew how to fly based on the information download, but he never had experienced flight before. It was one of the most amazing feelings ever. Flying high, grabbing the clouds in his fingers. Naruto laughed at the sensations, his pain forgotten for the moment. Spying the Namikaze compound, he flew downward, descending, landing directly in front of its sentinel-guarded gate, slamming into the ground with great force, but unlike when he began, there was no crater left in the ground this time. Walking in, he entered a large field, now used to house and power still workable hovercraft. Entering one of the largest, he quickly found the main deck, several chairs with monitors set up. A few smaller machines, looking like mechanical spiders, quickly helped him get strapped into one of them, before he took a deep breath as a metal rod was taken and hooked into the plug in the back of his head. He felt a twinge and a small bit of an electric shock. Closing his eyes and reopening them, he saw that he now stood in the construct program, the endless white void nearly burning his eyes.

Before that could happen, the entire area shifted into a dojo type area, perfect for small sparing matches. "Hello" said Naruto. "Anybody home?"

"Yeah, we're here." Turning around, Naruto saw both Seraph and Sati standing in front of him. "Are you ready?" asked Sati.

"As I'll ever be" replied the blond, slipping into a fighting stance. "Who am I fighting now?" he asked. For the past few days after the surgery, Naruto had been hooked up to the Matrix, participating in various fights with multiple shinobi stand-ins, usually five or so at a time. He kept doing it over and over, every once in a while they used programmed versions of real shinobi.

"You'll be sparring with Sati" said Seraph calmly, making Naruto nearly choke.

"Wait, what?" asked Naruto. "Why am I sparring her?" No sooner had the words left his lips then Sati had leapt into the air and spun, throwing a kick which nearly smashed his face, and would have had he not ducked backwards. "Whoa!" he shouted. "Where did you learn that?" The darker-skinned girl just smirked.

"Seraph taught me everything he know when it comes to fighting" she said smugly. "What's the matter? Don't wanna fight a girl?"

"No, it's not that" said Naruto defensively. "But it's just that almost every time I've seen you, you've been in the kitchen with the Oracle. I didn't know you could fight."

"Well, now you do" the girl replied, throwing a roundhouse kick to Naruto's face, but he raised his arm up and blocked, before throwing a kick to her leg in order to make her fall over. Instead, she jumped up over his sweep and sent her other foot into his chest, shoving him back as she landed on her feet. Naruto flipped backward into a hand stand before flipping down into a crouch. Standing, he was just in time to block a punch thrown at his face. Using both his hands, he grabbed her wrist, twisting her arm over to flip her onto her back, but she flipped over herself and through a kick to his rips, forcing him to let go of her. Throwing a backspin kick at his head, Sati growled when he caught her leg. Jumping, she hooked her foot up to catch him on the other side of the head, but Naruto grabbed that as well.

Spinning around, Naruto threw the girl toward a wood post, causing her to break it as she fell to the ground. "Well, it looks like you're not the only one who knows how to fight." Sati growled and jumped to her feet. Sati and Naruto both threw a roundhouse kick at the other, both blocking the other's kick. Sati through a backspin at Naruto but he merely crouched down, allowing her to send a powerful frontal kick to his face, knocking him onto his back. Hopping forward, she tried to stomp on his face, but he caught her foot and threw her away before jumping to his feet and turning to face her. Running to each other, Naruto threw a punch which she caught under her arm and held it there. Sending a sharp kick to his shins, Sati then knocked her head into his, causing him to stagger backwards, but he righted himself quickly, throwing another punch, she caught his wrist and gripped it, pulling it off to the side as she launched a fist of her own at Naruto. However, he merely grabbed her wrist in the same manner, pulling it to the opposite side.

The two struggled for a moment, before both realized what position they were in. Namely, one where they were pressed up against each other, so close they could feel each other's breath. Both blushed and let go of the other. As Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly, trying to rid his head of any thoughts pertaining the girl and the position they were just in. Sati, while also having similar problems, got over them more quickly, quickly grabbing Naruto and throwing him into the wall.

"Ahhh" he grunted in surprise. "Cheap shot!"

"Doesn't matter" replied Sati, turning away from him and crossing her arms. "I still win. It was your own fault for losing focus on what was happening."

"But I...but you...but..." sputtered Naruto in confusion. Eventually, he just sighed in frustration before getting up. When Sati turned to look at him, he just waved his hand in the universal sign for 'bring it on'. Rushing at Naruto, Sati threw a punch which Naruto quickly dodged before sending a powerful kick directly to her stomach. It connected and knocked the virtual wind out of the exile's lungs, before he grabbed her, whipped around and slammed her up against the wall. Getting her focus back, Sati clapped her hands on each side of his head, over his ears, in order to disorient him. It worked and he dropped her, but sent a wild punch that connected with her temple, flipping over her head first into the ground.

Leaning down, Naruto held out his hand to help, but when Sati grabbed it, she yanked it and swept his legs, causing him to also end up on the floor. Rolling over on top of him, Sati threw a punch at Naruto's face, stopping it half an inch from his nose, making him flinch. "Ok" she said. "Now I win."

"Crap" muttered Naruto, bringing a satisfied smirk to the girl's face.

"Hey Naruto?" Both combatants looked up to see Haku appear before them. "Any news on how my new body's coming?"

"Zabuza is currently finishing up some affairs, and then he'll come here" said Naruto, addressing the next question before it was even asked. "The process of growing you a new body has started. According to the Architect, it will be approximately three months to form you a new body, utilizing an accelerated growth procedure."

"It's amazing. The ability to just...create life like that" said Haku. "It's incredible. I mean, do you understand what this could mean. Especially to a village which practically worships bloodline abilities."

"What do you mean?" asked Naruto, completely oblivious. Haku looked at him as if to question his intelligence.

"You really don't get it" she said incredulously. "You could not only just grow your own army, you could grown say, an army of Sharingan users, or Byakugan, or even my own bloodline. The possibilities are endless." Naruto's eyes widened. He had never thought of that. "Now, could you maybe get out of that position you two? Or are you just going to get it on right there on the floor?" Naruto and Sati just blushed and Naruto threw Sati off of him before standing up. He tried to explain, but as Haku just laughed, he realized she had been joking.

"Funny, really funny" he said, shaking his head, before helping Sati up.

"She is right you know" said Seraph, speaking up for the first time since Naruto and Sati had begun fighting. "In theory, you could also combine your own genetics with the genetics of the other person, and in essence, you can grow your own children." That put Naruto into deep thought. He could grow a family. Something that had eluded him for so long. He could now literally create a family for himself.

"Good point" said Naruto. "But first I would need to collect the DNA samples. Preferably from females. The thought of crossbreeding my genetics with another guy is kinda disturbing. Then of course we have the problem of the females themselves. They probably wouldn't take too kindly to that idea."

"You could always keep them here. The more difficult ones could be plugged and hooked up to the Matrix, while the cooperative ones could merely live with you" said Seraph. Sati just looked at him oddly.

"You really would support that idea?" she asked.

"Times have changed, both for us and for them Sati" replied Seraph. "And as he is working with us and the machines, it stands to reason that he would end up taking some prisoners at some point."

"And the perfect time to find some prisoners, as well as potential allies, is just around the corner...The chuunin exams" finished Naruto.

Chapter end.

Sorry, I need chapters to get longer for this, but unfortunately, the plot for this story is incredibly jumpy during the beginning. Hope you enjoyed though, and sorry for the wait

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