Ok, last new fic. I promise! I swear on my life! Last new fic for a while! Son of Thor is being worked on as are my other Marvel/DC fics. This is a plain Naruto fic. Not a crossover (shocking isn't it?), and not a high school fic. Just a, "What if" Naruto fic!

Enjoy.

Or don't...it's not like I can control you...

...Or can I?

Disclaimer: I own nothing save for the plot. Rights to Naruto belong to other peoples...dammit...

Uzu no Taiyo

Three years have passed since the Yondaime Hokage had given his life for his village, sealing the malicious Kyuubi no Kitsune within his own son. Three years a small blonde had to suffer the never ending wrath of the caretakers' that worked in the orphanage. He didn't talk about it, not to anyone. Not even the kind old man known as the Sandaime Hokage, or as Naruto called him affectionately, "Hokage-jiji".

That didn't mean people were unaware of how the boy was treated in the orphanage. Oh, no. On the contrary, the villagers and shinobi of the all-powerful Konohagakure no Sato actually approved of the way the 'Oni-gaki' was treated. It would horrify an outsider if they ever discovered how much this village encouraged the abuse of a child burdened with the power of a demon.

In fact, the very person we focus on is feeling this way exactly.

Outside of the orphanage, a Kumogakure chunin sent to guard the Kumogakure Diplomat Shinobi the Raikage sent to ensure the signing of a peace treaty. The chunin in question was the up and coming twin to the Nibi no Nekomata jinchuriki, Nii Si. The Hokage and his people were unaware that the treaty was a cover for two underlying missions: the abduction of the Hyuuga Heiress and the abduction of a boy named Uzumaki Naruto. The former was assigned secretly to the four journeying to Konoha by the Kumo Council Elders, but the latter was requested by a woman long believed to be dead. Her name was kept secret from the chunin, but the Raikage made it clear that his abduction mission was of higher importance.

Abduction nothing! Si thought with distain as he watched the caretaker assigned to 'bathe' the blonde toddler, bathe being a loose word as the crying child was being sprayed with rough water from a hose, This is a goddamn rescue mission! I'd hate to see what'd happen if Yugi-imouto was here...

Minutes passed and Si's rage only grew as he watched the caretaker roughly scrub the sobbing child before spraying him again with rough water from a hose. Five minutes of 'rinsing' was too long for the platinum blonde teen. Luckily for him, or rather, for the caretaker, said woman sneered down at the boy and threw the hose away, chucking a small tattered rag at the boy and leaving the room. The blonde boy cried quietly as he went to the rag and began drying himself, whimpering as he did so. Si frowned and acted as quickly as possible, lest he discovers how the caretakers 'tuck him in'.

With the skill he obtained through experience, he slipped into the room and snuck past the shivering blonde toddler. Si shut the door and placed a seal on it. He released a quiet sigh to relax and turned around, jumping in surprise when the boy he was hired to 'abduct' was before him, the child's small frame shaking from cold as he tried to cover his form with a blanket.

"W-Who you?" the boy asked quietly through chattering teeth. Si blinked, realizing he was wearing a hood to cover his face in case he was being watched, before he pulled it off. Si smiled warmly down at the blonde before kneeling in front of him.

"My name isn't important right now," Si said softly, "But I want to know...are you always bathed like that?"

The boy shuddered and looked down, a pout on his face as he whispered, "I no like bath time."

Si frowned subtly but smiled again as he reached into his pouch and pulled a scroll out. He opened it and unsealed a blanket from his prepared mission scroll. Flicking his wrist, the scroll rolled back up and he tucked it into his back pouch. Si opened the blanket and wrapped it around the young blonde's frame tightly, while still leaving it loose. Naruto tensed at the touch before he relaxed and gave a smile to the man.

"T-Thank you, niisan," the boy said with a beaming smile. His cerulean blue eyes gleamed with such happiness that Si couldn't help but think his mission was bestowed upon him by Kami him/herself!

"Naruto-kun," Si addressed him, earning the boy's attention, "Are you sleepy?"

"No..." His denial broke off into a yawn that ended with a quiet yip.

Si smiled and tapped the blonde's forehead, the toddler passing out instantly from the small chakra-infused poke, before he caught him in his arms. Si adjusted the boy in his arms before frowning.

Quickly, he used one hand to form the seal for Kaminari Bunshin, the silent command his clone had was to signal that the Hyuuga Heiress was in danger. The bunshin henged into a Konohagakure ANBU and dashed to the Hokage's office while Si went out the same window, rushing towards the gates with a small look of rage on his face as he came to a realization: He despised the Leaf Village.

Not for their strength, nor for their peace.

He hated them for their ignorance.

"This is just a mess, Hokage-sama," Hiashi grumbled to the old man. Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded in agreement as the Kumogakure Diplomat was in the interrogation room; his accomplices were already unconscious in their cells beneath the ANBU base.

"We're lucky the ANBU caught wind of the kidnapping before it occurred, Hiashi-kun," Sarutobi said with a sigh as he lit his pipe, "Can you imagine what would have happened if you were too late?"

"Or if you killed him, Nii-sama," Hizashi, Hiashi's younger twin brother, sighed out as he cradled the young Hyuuga heiress in his arms, "Hinata-sama would either be without a father or we would be in the midst of war."

Before Hiashi could agree with his brother, the Yamanaka mind-walking the Kumo shinobi's minds suddenly shot out the door. He looked at the Hokage and exclaimed, "There was another target!"

It took a moment for the information to sink in before the Hokage cried out in outrage, "WHAT?"

Si sighed in relief as he made it to the meeting point his client had arranged. It had been nearly four hours since he had completed his part of the mission, and no doubt it had been three and a half hours earlier when the Konoha shinobi had managed to get organized to look for the boy in his arms. Si glanced down at the young boy and smiled. Naruto had woken once during their journey and remained quiet, enjoying the ride for a good twenty minutes before he announced his presence with a question. Luckily, Si had managed to answer the question ("Ne, Niisan, where're we going?" "Oh, we're going on a small trip, Naruto-kun. Go back to sleep." "M'kay.") without having to deal with a distressed child, as well as Naruto falling asleep nearly five minutes later.

The platinum blonde chunin slowed into a jog outside a small inn and took a moment to regain his breath. Si walked into the inn and tapped the bell, summoning a young girl nearly half his age with long brown hair. The girl smiled at him and spoke, "Welcome shinobi-san. Might I interest you in a room?"

"Arigato, but no," Si replied with a polite smile, "I'm to meet someone here, my employer. I was told she would wait in a room. The name she would wait under would be 'Maelstrom'."

The girl's smile dropped and she blinked before walking out of the room. Si waited patiently for a few moments before an older man walked in, a large blade on his back. Si's eyes widened in shock upon seeing him.

He stood at nearly six and a half feet tall, his body being muscular and yet thin. His lower face was hidden under an immense amount of bandages and a dark mess of hair covered his head. He was dressed in dark slacks and standard shinobi sandals. Black armbands covered his forearms and a red flak jacket covered his chest. Wrapped sideways around his head was a headband with a swirl carved into it. Hardened black eyes locked onto Si's own light green ones and the Kumo chunin swallowed as he stood before one of the infamous Kiri no Nana Kenshi. The Kiri no Oni to be exact.

Momochi Zabuza.

"That the kid?" the infamous swordsman asked, his grim voice earning the frightened chunin's attention. Swallowing heavily, Si nodded. The man smirked beneath his bandages before holding his arms out and hands open.

"Give him here." It was an order, not a request or statement despite being said calmly. Si obliged, lest he incur the wrath of the swordsman. The man carefully cradled the toddler and looked towards where the girl that Si met before had vanished before barking, "Haku! Pay the man!"

"Hai, Zabuza-sensei!" the girl replied, already walking into the room with a small scroll in her hand. She placed it on the counter, her forehead now having a headband similar to Zabuza's around it, before smiling at the shocked chunin, "Arigato, shinobi-san. Thank you for taking care of Naruto-sama for us. Tell Raikage-sama his debt is paid and she is very gracious."

"And try not to piss yourself if we meet again. I'd hate to kill such a weakling," Zabuza chuckled out. Si paled and nodded. The two walked past him, the swordsman checking the area before leaving in a swirl of water, his student following his lead. Si went to the counter, grabbed the scroll, and then rushed to the nearest bar to calm his nerves.

He met Momochi Zabuza...and lived!

Boy was Yugito-imouto going to be jealous.

Naruto yawned before he rubbed his eyes as he woke up. He blinked in surprise when he found himself in a strange room. Confused, Naruto looked around and examined the room. It was a subtle red and various swirls were dancing around the room, spread far enough apart in order to keep from disorienting whoever looked at them. A dresser was on the far right wall with a large mirror above it and Naruto found himself on a comfortable bed that was on the other side of the room. He blinked and looked at himself, noting the strange white shirt with a red swirl on it and the red pants that had appeared on him in his sleep. The blanket given to him by the nice shinobi was on his right.

Slightly afraid of being in an unfamiliar place, Naruto grabbed the blanket and hugged it close to himself as he got out of the bed. Dropping to the ground, Naruto went to the door as quietly as he could. He may not be comfortable in a strange place, but it didn't quell his growing curiosity as to where he is.

Looking up, Naruto frowned upon seeing the doorknob being higher than he could reach. The little blonde pouted before looking at his blanket. One could see the gears turning in his head as the toddler began looking from the blanket to the doorknob. With a determined look on his face, Naruto threw his blanket up and over the doorknob, grabbing the other edge as it dropped towards him.

From another room, a woman smiled as she watched through a hidden camera that was installed in the top right corner of the room, the lens focused on the small blonde struggling to turn the doorknob. She wore an elegant red cloak with a blue wave-like pattern along the edge. Resting at the side of her hip was a katana with a red handle and sheath. Her long red hair fell behind her and her green eyes glowed with pride as she watched the young blonde fumble with the doorknob.

"Well," Zabuza chimed from his place resting on the wall of the room, "Kid's not a complete loss."

"Please, Zabu-kun," a young redheaded woman scoffed, making the swordsman glare at her. She had her hair pulled up into a ponytail and wore an almost fully zipped up red flak jacket over a navy blue kimono, allowing a good portion of her impressive cleavage to be seen. The woman had fishnet leggings visible as she crossed her long legs over one another before she continued, "Naru-kun could've been twelve years old, with poor chakra control, and Uzumaki-sama would have still managed to train him. We just have a better chance of unlocking his potential now."

"I would prefer you don't refer to my sochi in such a way, Mei-chan," the redhead sitting at the desk with her hand on her sword's hilt said with a hint of anger at the woman's words, "Naru-chan is your junior by nearly two decades."

"Gomen, Uzumaki-sama," Mei said, a small blush gracing her cheeks at being reminded of her age, "I spoke out of turn."

"Ha! Look at that! He got the door open," a fourth observer laughed out as he leaned on his obscenely large bandaged sword. The man had small yellow eyes and a light blue skin tone. His hair was a dark shade of blue and he had four marks underneath his eyes. He wore similar clothes to Zabuza, only lacking the armbands on his arms. He grinned, revealing his shark-like teeth, before he continued, "I like this kid. He's got that Uzumaki spunk that just never dies!"

"Of course he does!" The woman sitting at the desk said her smile growing as she changed the view to the hallway and held a ram seal up as Naruto walked out of the room. The blonde jumped when bright blue arrows shined to life and the redheaded woman smiled as he walked towards the door at the hall. Snapping her fingers, the lights turned on and the viewing screen vanished.

The woman stood and went to the door, restraining herself from throwing the doors open before the blonde knocked. When the quiet knocking came, the woman threw the doors open, pulling them in and making the blonde released a surprised yelp as he jumped back. The woman smiled at the blonde before dropping to her knees and enveloping him in a hug.

Tears poured down her cheeks as she held her son and she kissed his cheek before she spoke, stopping the blonde from asking her the usual Who/What/Where questions, "I'm so happy your finally here, sochi. I'm so happy to have you back."

Noting the confusion on the blonde's face, she continued by placing a hand on her chest. "My name is Uzumaki Kushina...I'm your Kaa-chan."

"K-Kaa-chan?" Naruto repeated his blue eyes wide with surprise. The woman smiled and nodded as she cried with joy before he burrowed his face into her stomach and hugged her. Sobs wrecked the boy's body and she cried along with him, noting the sounds of shunshin as her three top shinobi left her alone, rubbing his back to soothe her son.

"Shh, shh my little boy," the woman said, pulling back and cupping his face, using her thumb to wipe the tears from his left eye, "My little Naruto."

AN: AAAAAND you can thank me now. Favorite, Follow, Review, I don't care. No flames. This is a Konoha bashing fic. Explanations as to why Zabuza and Mei are with Kushina in the next chap. Thanks for reading!