Hey, my dear readers, it is Trolltek here! So, I usually don't like doing this author's note thing but I thought this time it was imperative that I do so. Now, I know that you are probably saying 'another fucking story, Trolltek? You serious!?' but hear me out. Now, the fact of the matter is that I have five unfinished stories and once story that I gave the summary to and I never started and my goal is to essentially finish those stories before Season 7 of Game of Thrones comes out.

The stories I speak of are;

The Prince That Was Promised

A Song of Darkness and Light

Northmen

Stark

The Conqueror Come Again

The Kenway Pirates

Now, before I talk about these stories, I want to talk about this current story. This story – the Worlds of Uzumaki Naruto – is essentially an ever going story that will be me doing reading stories of many different fanfictions that are focused around Uzumaki Naruto that I particularly enjoy.

Now, in the future I might do something similar for Goku and Natsu and any other main character, but as Naruto is my favourite, this is my current plan. All I will say is that this is a story that will always exist, a story that will continue to get more chapters even if I start focusing on other work such as the six stories in the above.

As for where I got the influence for this story…so there is a fanfiction author that I recently found called Juubi No Shinju who wrote a story called 'Into The Edge of the Naruto-Verse' which is essentially the same idea of the cannon characters reading the different dimensions of the Naruto Verse with new characters being added as the story progresses.

The first story I am doing, which I focus on in this chapter, is the one chapter story that is probably my favourite story on the site called 'Ambition of Uzumaki Naruto' written by RESTIA which you should definitely check out.

Now, with that done, time to talk about what are happening with my other stories. My plan, is to, as work on this 'The Worlds of Uzumaki Naruto', I also want to finish up those stories before June or July, or whenever it is that Season 7 comes out. My plan is to work through my most progressed works first before going to the newer and less content-filled works.

This means that I will start with my first story The Prince That Was Promised which I hope to finish before the year ends. After that will come A Song of Darkness and Light and then Stark and then The Kenway Pirates, and then the Conqueror Come Again and then I will finally start Stark.

And when I am finished with these, I am planning to write a crime story based in the modern era of either London or Tokyo depending on who I choose to, either around Uzumaki Naruto or Jon Snow, not sure yet who. You can give me your votes and by the time I finish all my stories, I can make my decision.

Also concerning the story that they are reading, you might notice that some words are not the same as in the original and even the years might be a bit fucked up. As for what happened with that, my word an auto correct function that changes name, something I didn't notice until now, and I was gonna fix it but there is so much and since it is not such a big deal, I thought I'll leave it.

If you have a problem with it, just tell me, I'll fix it up.

Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope ya enjoy my shit!

Trolltek out!

[Story Start]

Prologue: Introduction to the Naruto-Verse

Within the Hokage Tower, Tsunade, the Godaime Hokage was glaring at the toughest opponent that she has faced in her fifty years of life – paperwork!

Her eyebrow was twitching angrily as she heard a loud scream and her patience was nearing its end. Glancing to the side, her eyes widened when she noticed that the paperwork that she had managed to make smaller since the morning has increased in triple the size.

"Fuck this!" The Hokage roared, shooting up from her seat. Huffing and glaring, she gripped the paperwork in her hands and angrily threw it out the window, grinning as she watched them lost into the wind.

"Tsunade, what on Earth do you think you are doing?" Kato Shizune, her assistant and best friend, tapped her foot impatiently as she glared primly at her master who just scoffed, turning her head away from the woman that she regarded as her daughter.

Unfortunately for them, a white light enveloped them and took them to a place that they did know, screaming and roaring as they disappeared

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In Training Ground 7, Hatake Kakashi and his students which consisted of Prodigy Uchiha Sasuke, Kunoichi Haruno Sakura and Dead Last Uzumaki Naruto as the Progidy and the Dead Last sparred with one another, each as equal as one another, neither letting out an inch.

Haruno Sakura was yawning, seated on the grass, as she watched her two teammates spar, wishing that this could be over and done with so that Kakashi-sensei could teach her some genjutsu as the pervert promised.

Meanwhile, Hatake Kakashi observed in slight awe as the two teens fought with potential and skill not normal for a genin. As he was about to stop them, all four of them were enveloped in a white light and the last thing they heard was Naruto's scream of;

"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?"

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Just like on Training Ground 7, the other training ground which consisted of Yuhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma and Maito Gai and their teams who were training and/or sparring were also enveloped in a white light, each cursing or screaming.

In other parts of Konoha, there were many other Konoha Shinobi and Kunoichi enveloped in a white, each as displeased as the next.

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As the large white light flashed, all displeased individuals were dropped into the middle of the room in a messy assortment of limbs as they tried to escape what could only be called a dog pile.

"Fuck!"

"What the fuck?!"

"What the hell?!"

"Shit!"

"Ow! My ass!"

"...Oi Uzumaki-brat, not that I'm opposed to such closeness but…why don't you move your hand of my fucking ass!"

"Ah fuck! S-Sorry, Snake Lady!"

After finally standing on their feet, the group of people looked around, trying to locate where in the world they were.

"Where the hell are we?!" Naruto asked, asking the question that every single one of the shinobi and Kunoichi were asking in their heads.

The Slug Princess turned her gaze towards the Toad Sannin who stood at her side. "What is this Jiraiya?" She wondered, to which the Sage shrugged without care.

He had been pulled from his 'research', so he was none to fucking pleased either.

Along with him, were Mitarashi Anko grinning at Naruto who was flushing from her earlier position, Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon, who were beaming up at Naruto, and Iruka, who stood next to his favorite former student and current ones with a bright smile while looks at them with his warm eyes.

"I know just about as much as you, Tsunade." The pervert told his old friend, his eyes trying to locate where they were and who brought them here.

Tsunade hissed, and turned her anger-filled eyes to a certain orange genin, knowing that the brat had something to do with what was going on right now!

The Uzumaki boy paled at her angry gaze.

"I didn't do shit! Stop looking at me like that, Old Bag!"

Hokage and Genin glared at one another, electric dancing between their brown and blue eyes while Jiraiya sighed at the duo.

Deep laughter echoed throughout the room, bringing the attention of everything making turn silent as they looked for whoever it was.

"Whoever you are, get the fuck out of here!" Anko snarled as she looked around, trying to find said offender.

"Coming, Anko-san!" The voice was cheerful and after a moment, a man draped in a black cloak with silver hair, dark eyes and fair skin who looked no older than Asuma appeared, smiling brightly.

"Who are you, brat?" Tsunade demanded, not knowing that the man before her was ten times her age.

"Ha! Brat! Haven't heard that in millennia!" The man said, making the Female Hokage arch an eyebrow at the young man. Waving his words away, the figure continued. "The name's Tsuchi, nice to meetcha guys!"

"Tsuchi?" Jiraiya wondered curiously. "Heard that name somewhere…"

"Course ya heard it, Toad Sannin!" Tsuchi said. "I'm not surprised that a Sage knows the name of the God of Space or Time, or in this case, me!" He grinned brightly causing everyone's eyes to widen. "As for where you…in the middle is where you are!

"The middle of what?" Kurenai got the courage to ask.

Tsuchi grinned as he raised his hands opposite from one another, laughing as if he saw this whole incident as a joke

"The middle of the Worlds of Naruto of course!"

"The what of what?!" Said person yelled in utter and complete shock, along with anyone else in the 'middle'.

The Worlds of Naruto? The fuck was that?!

Tsuchi nodded, grinning brightly and with a click of his fingers, hundreds and thousands of images appeared, images that slowly became a clip and many different clips became playing, began showing previews.

"Me?!" Naruto wondered and low and behold, yes indeed the many frames showed many different types of Uzumaki Naruto's in them

"Indeed, Uzumaki-brat." Tsuchi grinned brightly. "You see, in every universe, there is one person that everything is centered around. In some universes, it is a young man, in others an old man, in some a girl or even an alien or an animal in others. In this universe, a universe which has thousands of different version which are known as alternate universes, you are the main focus. Thus…The Worlds of Naruto.

"That's fucking awesome!" Naruto grinned as he caught sight of one of the clips in the many frames. It showed a Naruto in strange otherworldly armor with a brown tail coming from his waist, surround by three other men, a short spiky haired man, a bald man and a long haired man that looked like a porcupine.

Kakashi arched an eyebrow as he caught sight of another frame, a frame that showed Naruto dressed in Anbu gear with his father's sword attached to his back with one eye covered and a Sharingan blazing in the other. E

Others gazed at a frame, each with a different reaction to possible universes.

Kiba scoffed as he saw a Naruto that was dressed in black cloaks, standing in the middle of a massacre, hundreds dead and his body covered in blood and guts. "This is complete and utter bullshit!" The Inuzuka Heir grunted, not believing a fucking word this 'God' said.

Hinata flushed as her gaze caught a much older Uzumaki Naruto, clad in Hokage robes, his arms around her waist as he passionately kissed her while two children, a boy looking like Naruto and a girl looking like her stood by their side.

Jiraiya gasped when he saw a teenage Naruto wearing a red coat with black flames at the bottom standing with his arms crossed standing upon a much larger Gamakichi while Namikaze Minato, looking much older and more experiences, who wore his own trademark cloak stood upon the head of Gamabunta as father and son prepared for battle.

"How youthful!" Rock Lee and Gai's eyes shined with awe as they looked upon Naruto who was dressed in a white fight gi, defeating shinobi after shinobi with nothing but Taijutsu with a grin curving at his lips.

Tsunade's eyes widened and her expression froze as she caught sight of Naruto with dark hair and dark hair, looking like the mirror image of her grandfather save the face, dressed in Senju battle armour, using her grandfather's Mokuton to bring the released and snarling Nine Tailed Fox to heel. Gods…was that Naruto, as her son? Tsunade loved the boy as a little brother, but as a son…? She could have gotten used to that very easily!

"Reality does not have only one universe, one possibility. They are endless and without limit and this is the proof."

Tsuchi looked at them, before snapping his fingered. Instantly, a sphere appeared in his hand. It was a shiny silver, like it was made of stainless metal, and was the size of a basketball. "I am God and since I have grown bored, I have decided that you will be given a chance to view the Worlds of Naruto.

"Really?" Anko wondered, having always been a skeptic. She would admit that seeing all the versions of the gaki intrigued her. Not to mention that crimson-haired, red-eyed version of the brat as he declared himself the 'King of Demons' did attract her somewhat. 'Fucking hot alternate versions of the brat!' She thought with a grunt, rubbing her thighs together so that she could control her urges.

"Yeah! Ya game!?" Tsuchi grinned brightly.

"Let's do this guys!" Naruto quickly said, and soon enough everyone followed in suit as their either nodded or sighed in acceptance.

"Press your hand upon the sphere, Naruto."

Grinning and brimming with excitement, the Jinchuriki of the Kyubi no Kitsune did as he was told.

Instantly, the area changed, and the scene came to life.

Chapter 1 – World 1: Ambition of Uzumaki Naruto

"I will warn you that not every Naruto is as pure and good as this one." Tsuchi told them as he pointed towards the orange clad teen who blinked at him.

"Yeah right!" Kiba scoffed while everyone else agreed. There was no way that Naruto had a single evil bone in his body.

"Well, I warned ya!" Tsuchi chirped with a grin.

Shinobi. The main military power in a war-torn world, they can be hired to complete any missions in return for a fee. Such missions vary drastically, and are thus ranked depending on importance and danger from D to A, in an ascending alphabetical order, before being completely transcended by S. These missions can be something as simple as ploughing a field to something as dangerous as espionage in hostile territory or assassination of a crime lord.

"Oh really? Thank you because we didn't know." Shikamaru droned sarcastically while Ino slapped her teammate on the back of her head.

"Shush!" She put her finger to her lips.

Shikamaru just grunted as he leaned back lazily.

Shinobi are soldiers who possess the power to breathe fire, summons gushes of water, and call forth tempests of wind. Crafting hallucinatory illusions with a mere gesture of the hand, and moving at speeds beyond what the normal eye can capture in vision. In another world, they could be called mages. What exactly allows them to perform such supernatural feats? For humanity itself should not have the capacity to perform such feats by themselves, right?

"When you think about, nobody actually thinks that humanity have progressed enough to control the very elements is amazing but it is." Jiraiya realized. "Thousands of years ago, humans could use nothing but their physical strength."

"Well, its culture, right?" Asuma wondered in curiosity. "Because it has been this way for so long, the current culture makes it seem normal when it is anything but."

"Indeed." The older shinobi and Kunoichi agreed while the younger generation just shook their heads, focusing on the footage instead of speculating about culture and philosophy.

The answer would be an energy coined as "chakra". Essential to even the most basic of any shinobi techniques, or "jutsus", it is best defined as the combination of physical energy created in the cells of an organism and the mental energy gained through mental discipline and experience. It is the energy that allows humanity power to create effects that are not possible otherwise. Without chakra, a shinobi can be said to be nothing more than a simple civilian. Of course, that notion is not completely true.

"That is also true." Shikamaru finally seemed interesting. "As soon as you take chakra away, beside those that focus on the physical side of combat, we become nothing more than normal civilians."

"It's scary when you think about it like that." Asuma shivered, wondering what his life would have been like if he had suddenly become a civilian, though he knew that if worse came to worse, he would just become an assassin with his superior physical abilities.

Everyone, save Rock Lee, shivered at the thought.

But power corrupts, does it not? Who exactly taught primitive humans to utilize such a dangerous power? Who would entrust humanity with such a deadly weapon? Was it a gift from the divine? Scholars have theorized for ages to find out the origin of chakra, but not even the most learned and educated could exactly pinpoint when or how chakra exactly started. To know exactly the true origin of chakra, one has to go back in time around four hundred years ago.

"Rikudou Sennin." Uchiha Sasuke realized before turning to the others. "He is just a myth though, right?"

"Perhaps." Jiraiya shrugged in thought. "There are many accounts that suggest so, but just as much evidence that claim the Sage did exist." He leaned back into his chair in thought. "It's hard to say if he existed or not."

"Whether he is real or not, it doesn't matter." Kakashi said in realization. "As long as the story exists, it prevents shinobi from thinking of other ways that our powers could have been created."

The younger generation nodded in thought.

Naruto just grinned, wondering what it would be like to meet such a cool guy that people spoke about his four hundred years after his death.

In an age of endless war, a demonic beast of titanic proportions once scourged and ravaged the land. The first and primordial demon, it was the epitome of slaughter. A roar from it could scar the earth, forming an abyssal trench. A single stroke of its tail could summon a typhoon that left nothing but destruction in its wake. It had enough strength to pull continents and join them together. Indeed, its existence could be called a signal to the beginning of the end. This beast was the prime evil. A manifestation of hatred, a creation of destruction, and a lord of terror. It was known primarily as the Juubi.

"Juubi? That doesn't make sense." Kurenai shook head. "To my knowledge, there were only nine demons born to nature."

Naruto grunted as he held his head in pain.

"Naruto!? Are you alright?" Sakura asked as she went to his side, her hand resting on his back.

"Ugh…fine! It's the bloody Kyubi! Stop it asshole!" Naruto snarled as he fisted his hair angrily.

"What is the Kyubi doing?" Kakashi demanded, not surprised to see that the genin were not surprised. It was a decision they had to when he had defeated Gaara, to tell the younger generation of his burden and thankfully the younger generation was intelligent enough not to hold hatred against him.

After another moment of holding his head, Naruto's expression eased and he turned to the rest of the room.

"Shoving knowledge into my brain, the asshole!" Naruto grunted, looking at surprise of the rest. "According to him, he couldn't stand the incompetence of human knowledge and decided to explain what the Juubi is."

"And? What is it, brat?" Anko asked with an arched eyebrow.

"According to Kyubi, before they became nine separate demons, they were all part of one entity, all part of the Kyubi." Naruto told as they gasped at the implications of this beast's power. "When the Sage defeated the beast, he split it into nine parts to maintain the balance of the natural world." Naruto grunted. "Or so he says."

Humming in thought, everyone turned their attention to the scene.

Despair. It was the most prevalent emotion amongst mankind during the age. They were powerless against the strongest being the in the world. "Why," they cried to the heavens. Pleas to the divine went unanswered. Even resolve to sell their souls were ignored. They were alone in the fight, against the colossus creature.

"I am the one who will establish peace and order."

"An endeavour in which he thankfully succeeded." Jiraiya grinned. "Imagine if he had not." He shivered at the mere thought.

"Humanity would not exist." Neji spoke for the first time. "If he had not, this Juubi would have destroyed humanity and laid waste to the world."

The rest shivered at the mere thought.

Hope. It was the radiant emotion that rose when a priest with supernatural powers came forth. Known as the Rikudou Sennin, he eventually confronted the deadly beast, their battle carved into the annuls of history. The flare of chakra could be felt even from across the continent. Storms of fire fell from the skies and crimson lightning flashed in the battlefield. Chakra clashed... in a battle to decide the outcome of the world, be it destruction or prosperity.

"What I would give to see that youthful battle!" Might Gai grinned, wondering how powerful and destructive such a battle was.

"In such a battle, any of us would be mere insects for either the Demon or the Sage to crush." Sasuke told the older man. "Even the Hokage or Jiraiya-sama lack the power that they had."

"True enough." Both Sannin agreed with the Last Uchiha.

Unknown to anyone else, Naruto and Sasuke shared a grin and smirk of excitement at the thought of achieving such strength.

After a battle of epic proportions that lasted for ten arduous days and nights, the priest managed to barely defeat the beast and seal it within its body. He was heralded as a hero.. as the Saviour of this World. Continuing on to use his wisdom and power to bring the world to peace, he spread his ideals and religion amongst the people, teaching them how to utilize chakra, forming the Shinobi Sect, the primordial form of what is now ninjutsu.

The Rikudou Sennin hoped to bring peace to the world via the Shinobi system, but it only contributed to the seeds of war that were sown in the deepest nature of mankind.

For absolute power corrupts absolutely.

"A fact that lives true to this day." Kakashi said grimly as the older generation entered a stony silence while Naruto and Sasuke shared an uneasy glance, wondering that if they became that strong if they would become like their respective ever present shadows – the Kyubi and Itachi.

They sure hoped not.

October 10th, 0412 ARS (after Rikudou Sennin)

"So, this takes place fourteen years after the Kyubi Invasion, at least unless it isn't different in this universe." Tsunade turned to Tsuchi for confirmation as Tsuchi hummed in thought.

"To my knowledge, it takes place at the same time as in this dimension but in that world Naruto is two years older than the rest of his comrades." He informed them as he turned to the surprised Naruto who grinned at this fact.

"So he lived with his parents for two years?" Jiraiya wondered, not realizing how big a change that was.

"Indeed." Tsuchi told him calmly. "Although, just like in this universe, he does not remember them because of how young he was.

"Do you know who they are?" Naruto said quietly before roughly holding Tsuchi by the shirt. "My parents? WHO ARE THEY!?"

"Naruto! Calm down!" Sasuke and Kakashi had to roughly hold the thrashing youngster as he attempted to charge at the God.

Tsuchi smiled in what could only be called pride.

"I do know their identity but you must learn in time. If I tell you now, the natural balance of the universes will fall into disarray."

Naruto breathed deeply, calmed but still glaring as he roughly sat down in his own chair.

"Bloody hot-headed idiot…" Sasuke grumbled under his breath as Kakashi gave an eye-smile to his two students, though he could not dissipate the coil of worry in his heart at what Naruto would do when he found out that the man who sealed the Kyubi within him…was his own father.

As he glanced at Jiraiya and Tsunade, he knew they bore the same worries.

He could distantly hear the cheers as the villagers celebrated the significant occasion. It was the day a demon attacked the village and reaped thousands of lives, before falling in battle to the valour of the village leader. It was also his birthday. A day that was supposed to be the happiest, was instead the day that brought him the most pain.

As the people came to realization of who this was, they looked guilty but said nothing to the cold glare that Naruto gave them, a glare that said if they said anything, they would regret it for the rest of their days.

Anko herself clenched her fists, wondering if the boy had it much worse than she ever had it because for all the hatred people bore her for Orochimaru, she also understood that they knew she wasn't as dangerous as him while they thought Naruto was the demon itself, meaning they feared his power and his wrath.

I am going to die.

He realized it as a fact. He acknowledged it. He could feel it, the sharp edges of the rusty copper stakes that stabbed into his flesh, penetrating through his skin, piercing through his soul, and pinning it against a cross. It was an ancient and particularly painful way of condemning a sinner to death.

"What…the…fucking…hell!?" Sasuke snarled, to the surprise of the rest of them, including Naruto. "Is this what they call justice? What they call the Will of fucking Fire? Pinning an innocent fucking child like some criminal!?" His Sharingan spun wildly as his rage exploded.

"I agree with Uchiha-san." Shino spoke, his voice cold. "If this is the actions of our own civilians, why they live still is beyond me."

"Naruto…have the villagers ever hurt you…physically?" Jiraiya wondered, barely containing his rage.

Naruto said nothing for a long moment.

"No." Naruto shook his head at the man. "They sneer at me, glare at me, shout at me and even throw me out of shops, but they've never hit me." His blue eyes were unnerving as he stared into Jiraiya's eyes. "As soon as they tried, Hokage-jiji would have them executed."

Jiraiya and Tsunade exchanged a surprised look. As much as they knew that their sensei protected the child, they did not know he had killed people for attempting harm him and for the first time in a long time, they felt immense pride and respect for the man that taught them.

"Disgusting." Anko and Kurenai spat in disgust while the girls of the younger generations were even hurling or crying at the cruelty but Hinata was looking straight at the scene, her eyes as cold as ice, looking every inch her father's daughter for the first time in her life.

But he was no sinner.

He was merely a child. With unkempt dirty blonde hair that seemed to spike all over the place and defy gravity, with eyes a shade of azure blue that resembled the oceans and the skies, he was famous, or rather infamous if you will, in the village he lived in. A pariah that only knew solitude.

Why, you ask? Why was he condemned like a demon? He was human, was he not? No matter what petty crimes he had committed, how could it possibly justify the execution of a young child?

"There is no justification." Shizune hissed coldly. "There is no justification to hurt anyone, less so a child."

The others agreed wholeheartedly, even Sasuke who saw Naruto as his greatest rival and his greatest friend.

For he was not a normal human child. The day he was born, a large and ferocious demon attacked Konoha, the village he was born in. The beast was known as the Nine Tailed Fox, Kyubi no Kitsune. Left with no other choice, the leader of the village at that time, the Yondaime Hokage Namikaze Minato, sealed the demon into his own child... Condemning him to the life of a Jinchuriki. The same child that is currently crucified on the cross.

The hurling, crying and glares continued at the sight.

"A person is smart. People are dumb." That saying is never as apt to the current situation of the jailer of the Kyubi. He was the sole force preventing the Kyubi from unleashing its rage once more on the village, yet the villagers mistreat him. Nay, that was a mere euphemism at best. Loathing the Kyubi with every fibre of their being, the crowd of villagers took Uzumaki Naruto as an avatar of the fox demon. But they knew better than to outright show their hatred. What they usually did was much subtler, like the overpricing of goods to the deliberate selling of expired groceries.

"I cannot believe how hateful our home is." Neji sneered, his eyes glinting in hatred and disgust. "I do not understand how you can remain so loyal this village that even if you were not abused physically, abused you mentally."

The rest of the Rookie Nine agreed and turned to Naruto for answers.

Naruto sighed deeply.

"To be honest, when I was a kid, I despised Konoha with all my being." He told them, much to their surprise. "As a small child, I had such…dark…dreams."

"Dark dreams? What do you mean, brat?" Anko wondered, looking at the solemn expression on the boy's face.

"Dreams…of vengeance." Naruto told them as they gasped. "I had dreams of bodies piled up, of blood staining the streets of Konoha, of laughing as the shinobi and the Kunoichi and even the civilians cried for their savour, a saviour that would never appear." Naruto held his head in his hands. "Dreams…of reducing Konoha into nothing but a crater."

"That is…" Sasuke hesitated for a moment. "…Acceptable." He declared as he looked away from his rival who seemed surprised that he was not disgusted at such thoughts. "They took away your pride, your honour, your respect. These are debts that must be paid, one way or another." Sasuke smiled now. "You just chose a better way for Konoha to pay for those debts."

"The Uchiha brat is correct." Tsunade smiled gently as she ruffled his hair. "Instead of following that path, you followed the path of proving them wrong and becoming the greatest Hokage in history."

Naruto grinned brightly as each and every one person smiled at him.

"Yeah! Boss is gonna show them what's what!" Konohamaru grinned brightly as his older brother figure ruffled his hair.

Maybe it was because of the festive mood. Or maybe it was due to the drunken stupor many of his captors were in. It might also be because of the significance of the date. Or a even combination of all three. Whatever the reason might be, the villagers of Konoha finally snapped, years of accumulated hatred finally taking their toll. A crowd marched to the vessel of the demon's home, ripped open the door, and captured him in one decisive stroke. He alone stood no chance.

Which led to the present precarious situation.

"We can do nothing now." Kakashi finally spoke as the growls echoed throughout the room. "We can only wait for this to pass and pray to any god that is willing to listen that it will be over soon."

Calming down slightly, the rest listened to the Sharingan Wielder.

If he was going to die, he would die with his head held high.

"There was no other choice." Neji told the younger teen with a small smile as Naruto at him. "You are a true shinobi, even as a child."

Hinata smiled at the two, glad that they were getting along even after their rocky start.

Jolts of electricity coursed through his body, frying his nerves. Vats of toxic and corrosive acid trickled down his body. Uncountable sharpened stakes stabbed through his body, deliberately positioned on non-vital areas so as to cause more pain.

The pain was excruciating, but he kept quiet. It was SOEXTREMELYPAINFUL, but he kept quiet. It was agonizing, it was tormenting and it was torturous. Even so, he kept quiet.

His entire being screamed for release, but he did not utter a word. He would not, he absolutely refuses to let them know the satisfaction they craved; satisfaction from knowing that they had caused him pain.

"Disgusting as this…I am glad to have seen it." Asuma told them, much to the horror of the rest of them.

"Asuma! How could you say that!?" Kurenai glared, prepared to cast a terrible genjutsu if he did not explain why he exactly said that.

"Wow! Calm down, Kurenai!" Asuma waved his hands. "I meant to say I am glad that this is showing us how defiant and strong Naruto is, even as a child being tortured as he is."

Kurenai breathed deeply, nodding in agreement with a small smile.

Naruto grinned brightly at his words, glad of the praise while Anko smiled softly at the boy, glad he was receiving the praise that he rightfully deserved.

He would die with pride.

Defiant to the very end.

Uchiha Sasuke looked at his rival with respect. This was it. This was his rival; this was the kind of man that the man that equalled him was supposed to be.

Uzumaki Naruto grinned in mutual respect as he caught Sasuke's gaze.

He would die alone.

The crimson essence of life slowly trickled down...

On this desolate hill of graves, sentenced to a death for demons. Ironic, for the cross was a symbol of God.

As black enveloped his vision, he could hear shouts of rage and a shrilling sound, akin to that of a thousand birds chirping in unison.

Something broke in Uzumaki Naruto that day, irreparably and irrevocably.

"This…is what you mean." Jiraiya glared at Tsuchi who wore a serious expression as he nodded. "This is what you mean when you said that not all the Naruto's are pure and good."

Tsuchi was silent for a moment.

"Indeed, Jiraiya-san." Tsuchi said calmly, ignoring Naruto who seemed interested in the conversation. "This particular Naruto while not evil, neither is he good."

"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked, trying to contain her temper at his answers that gave no answers.

"I cannot say. You must observe for your own."

Sighing, everyone turned to the playing scene.

May 17th, 0418 ARS

"So, a two-year time skip." Shikamaru hummed in thought. "It was make us around fourteen and Naruto sixteen, am I right?" He turned to Tsuchi who nodded in confirmation with his assessment.

It was a night of darkest black, with the sole source of light being the round creamy disc suspended in the sky, glowing dimly, gracing the land with its bounties. It was a serene night. All was peaceful. Until...

A shadow moved swiftly and stealthily in the dead of night, streaking between alleys of buildings, heading towards a singular direction. His goal? The forest. His intent? To escape. His deed? Stealing a scroll from the library of the village leader.

"I cannot believe you, Naruto." Iruka sighed deeply. "Even with a completely different personality, you still stole the scroll?"

Naruto gave his teacher a cheeky grin.

"Some things never change." Jiraiya and Kakashi smiled at their student, glad to see he was at least in good spirit,

Sasuke smirked and Sakura smiled at their teammate.

It sounded so simple, but the scroll was not just a simple scroll. It was filled with dangerous kinjutsus that even the most powerful shinobis the village have produced have barred from usage due to the intricacies and danger of the jutsu. It was the Scroll of Seals.

Furthermore, the village leader was not a simple wizened old man. He was the God of Shinobi, the Professor, master of all forms of combat. He who have mastered a thousand jutsu. He was Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage.

"Which is the biggest reason why I never understood how the hell you managed to steal the scroll." Iruka deadpanned at his grinning student.

Jiraiya just laughed, patting his student's back proudly.

"Chip off the old block, brat!"

Anko joined in laughter with the Perverted Sannin and soon, so too did Naruto join their laughter.

Kurenai, Sakura and Tsunade shook their heads at their antics.

Uzumaki Naruto panted heavily in exhaustion, his muscles screaming at him to stop. Even so, he persevered on towards the forest just outside the walls of Konoha. He allowed himself a small smirk, briefly basking in the sense of achievement, before wiping it clean and continuing on. Time was of the essence, and he had none to spare.

Bursting into a forest clearing, Naruto quickly pushed the soles of his feet against the ground, decelerating from his mad flight from the Hokage tower. Wiping the sweat of his brows, he laid the scroll on the floor and rolled it open. Two orbs of azure sapphire blue intensively scanned the ancient and weathered writings on the archaic scroll, committing each jutsu to memory.

"Mizuki-sensei only said to bring him the scroll. He never said anything against learning them, did he?" Naruto mused to himself, a malicious grin on his face, his eyes darting left and right. "Hmm, I can see why all of these jutsus are forbidden. Some are heavily chakra-intensive, some are suicidal jutsus, and some could cause fatal side effects if applied wrongly."

"So, this universe has a much more thoughtful Naruto." Kakashi hummed in though, appearing more than a little impressed and even Sasuke's eyes showed his respect at the intelligence show.

"You mean smarter." Kiba scoffed.

"Hey!" Naruto protested, glaring.

"No. Thoughtful." Kakashi pressed, his eyes hard as he looked upon the Heir of the Inuzuka Clan. "For all that the villagers have tried, Naruto is not stupid. He is reckless and hot-headed, but in combat, he is one of the greatest minds I have ever seen but in this universe, it seems he uses that mind outside of combat."

"I agree." Sasuke said to the surprised of even Naruto. "The dobe is the strongest of us, besides me of course." Sasuke grinned cockily and Naruto laughed at his best friend's words.

"Yeah right, teme!"

"Uchiha-san speaks true. Uzumaki-san is powerful, and intelligent." Neji agreed, his expression as emotionless as ever, though he did flush and turn his head away as Hinata beamed at him.

"Thanks Neji, man!"

Neji just huffed as he said nothing causing both Lee and Tenten to grin at their usually emotionless teammate.

He laid a finger on the scroll, moving it downwards, feeling the rough texture of the aged paper. As he dug deeper, the parchment gradually became more and more worn, and the ink became more and more faded. It seemed that despite being safely stored in the library of the Hokage, with seals to keep it in pristine conditions, it was no match for the ravages of the sands of time. Time was indeed the ultimate force.

Eventually, he reached a section so old that the ink itself cracked. Peering closer, he barely saw a scrawl, the ink having faded to the extent where it was barely noticeable. Frowning, he noticed that the scrawl was a symbol of ancient writing, a character of the olden days.

The section was from the age of the Shodai Hokage.

That was the only reasonable explanation, for when the Nidaime Hokage came into the position of power, the literacy system had been abolished and slowly revolutionized to its current modern form.

"I…am surprised that you know that." Tsunade commented as she looked towards Naruto who sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "Naruto, do you know that in this universe as well?"

Naruto hesitated for a moment.

"Well, Hokage-jiji made sure I knew everything about all the Hokage." He said, much to the surprise of the older generation.

'That cunning old bastard. He has been grooming Naruto to lead.' Asuma and Jiraiya realized, almost laughing that they hadn't realized that.

Sasuke, on the other hand, merely smirked, not too surprised. It has been obvious since they were children that the Sandaime Hokage had been grooming for Naruto to lead since they were all children. The Hokage had been a kind man that had treated all the children like his own, but he was demanding of Naruto in a way that Sasuke had remembered his father had been.

In truth, it was no surprise.

Feeling a spark of excitement at the possibility of discovering an archaic jutsu, he skimmed further, his eyes moving downwards before stopping at a weird symbol, a motif not unlike a flowering quince.

Tsunade's eyes narrowed – suspicious – at that symbol, knowing that it was something that she had seen before but she had no clue where she had seen it.

It was circular in shape. A pentagon with thin white lines protruding from a circle, which bore a resemblance to a flower. It was surrounded by five blocks of arcs, resembling the petals of a flower.

As he gently run his finger over the symbol, the inky black symbol suddenly lighted a brilliant shade of blue, the blue that was distinctive of chakra. He felt a weird sensation well up in his gut. It seemed to drown out other sounds, for the rustling of the leaves seemed to became more... distant. Everything appeared to be spinning. His vision blurred, and the world seemed to dissolve into darkness.

"What the hell is going on?" Anko wondered as she looked on in worry. "What the hell is that symbol?"

Tsunade hummed in thought, shaking her head, her mind still blank while Jiraiya also focused on the symbol, wondering what it could be.

For a moment, it seemed that the only consequence of his action were the eerie sensation and the temporary numbing of his auditory and ocular senses. He was proven wrong when the sensation reached its apex.

Chakra burst forth from every chakra point from his body. Forcing its way through his chakra circulatory system, the gush of energy showered his body in an aura of intense blue, lighting up the entire forest with the blue of chakra. He had no time to wonder what happened, as an excruciating pain blossomed in his head. Gritting his teeth and clawing his head, he attempted to withstand the agonizing migraine.

"Whatever the symbol is, it is incredibly dangerous." Shikamaru commented. "Which is no surprise since it was found in the ancient Scroll of Sealing."

"It must be something that my grandfather and great uncle hid for a good reason." Tsunade said, shaking her head. "I recognize that symbol from somewhere but I can't bloody remember where!"

Naruto meanwhile watched with fascination and a inch of excitement.

"I can tell that symbol has great power." Jiraiya muttered to himself. "Whatever it is, I have no doubt that Fuinjutsu is involved with it."

The younger and older generation watched with apt interest.

The sounds of battle, of war, of metal screeching against each other echoed through his head. Cavalries charging towards each other in an endless battlefield resounded in his ears. His eyes saw numerous shadowed figures in ancient yukatas murmuring to each other - discussing strategies, perhaps?

"Oh shit. Oh fuck." Jiraiya groaned as he slapped his forehead.

"What?" Tsunade demanded of the older man. "What the hell is that symbol, you what it is is, don't you!?" She demanded as she shook him to and fro.

Jiraiya hesitated for a moment.

"Tell us already, old man!" Anko demanded as Kurenai tried to calm her usually cheerful friend down.

Uzumaki Naruto focused on his sensei, wondering what he had realized.

"I don't know that symbol exactly but I know what is happening." Jiraiya said, his gaze finding Tsuchi's who nodded. "Well, does anyone know what a memory seal is?" He wondered as he looked around.

"It is a seal which carries the memories of those in past, correct?" Kakashi wondered, his eyes holding interest.

"Correct." Jiraiya gave him a thumbs up, his smile sliding off his face when Tsunade glared at him. "Ah, well, most memory seals are memories that people can see playing in front of them, which isn't that harmful since they were usually used to better understand history." He told them, his expression grim. "But, there are what are called Memory Life Seals which are much more dangerous."

"And what, pray tell, are these Memory Life Seals, Jiraiya-sama?" Kurenai wondered, realizing that despite his perverted nature, the man before her was the greatest Seal Master the world had ever seen besides the Yondaime Hokage.

"Memory Life Seals, like Memory Seals, give the user the ability to see history, but unlike the Memory Seal, the Memory Life Seal makes the person learns that history as if he lived through it and those memories will forever be stuck in their head and it will be like they lived that person's life."

Naruto's face turned as white as a ghost.

"Which means…" Sakura trailed off.

Jiraiya sighed deeply.

"…which means whoever the memories that Naruto absorbed…that is the person that his personality will be changed towards." He shook his head. "Which now explains why this version, despite his bravery, seems to walk down a dark path. We can only hope that it is not someone complete irredeemable."

"Who do you think it could be?" Tsunade wondered curiously. "Based on how they are clothed and the fact it came from the Shodai and Nidaime Hokage, it seems to be someone from the Warring States Period."

"You best hope that it is not Uchiha Madara." Sasuke spoke after a moment. "That would be a disaster, trust me." He shook his head, wondering how the he in that world would react to find someone with the memories of his legendary ancestor.

Everyone shivered at the mere thought.

Information - or memories - of a long past and primeval age imprinted itself in his soul. As his mind could not take the sudden surge of excess information, it forced its host to the realms of unconsciousness. As Uzumaki Naruto fainted, a name that spoke of power, whispered of fear and instilled awe came to the forefront of his mind. A name of an ancient conqueror that knew no defeat.

"Ancient Conqueror?" Asuma wondered loudly. "Who knows no defeat?" He hummed in thought. "I would say Uchiha Madara, but for all his power, he never became a conqueror, despite his wishes because Hashirama-sama stopped his schemes, so who the hell could it be?"

Tsunade racked her brain, but could find no answer and so with no answers, they all turned to the screen to find out.

"I am the victorious one, the mightiest being that vanquishes his every foe."

Tsunade's eyes widened and she paled.

"No! No! No! No bloody way!" She took a step back as Jiraiya looked at her in immense worry and surprise. "It can't be him! That's impossible! Why is it him!?"

"Tsunade-sama? Do you know this ancient conqueror?" Kurenai wondered, looking at the terrified woman.

Such was her fear that Tsunade could not speak as she leaned against the wall while Tsuchi sighed deeply and Naruto was incredibly confused.

Who was so awesome and dreadful that even the Slug Sannin feared so much!?

"Tsunade! Calm down!"

Tsunade's eyes widened as she returned to reality to find Jiraiya holding her by her elegant shoulders.

"Tsunade…what is going on? Who is it? Why are you so scared?"

"Why am I scared!?" Tsunade snapped surprising the man. "Do you know who it is that the brat has gained the memories of?" She looked at Naruto with a sense of fear and horror at how terrifying his counter-part would be.

"Who. Is. It." Jiraiya pressed word after word.

"The man that has influenced Naruto's counter-part…" Tsunade trailed off. "The monster that has reawakened in this other Naruto…is by far the most fearsome warlord during the time of the Warring States. The man that even my grandfather and Uchiha Madara feared…the conqueror that almost conquered the Elemental Nations…the mighty general…"

Oda Nobunaga.

As soon as this name was uttered, everyone, even the strongest shinobi and kunoichi froze at this name.

"Oda Nobunaga?" Ino wondered. "I have never heard of this warlord."

"You wouldn't have, Ino-san." Kurenai sighed deeply. "Oda Nobunaga is a man that has such evil, such power, such ambition…that he was wiped from the history books. He was a man without equal, without rival. Where he walked, men either kneeled or they burned. He murdered thousands, burned everything, conquered all."

Uzumaki Naruto shivered at the implication of what he would become.

"Oda Nobunaga, is without a doubt, the most powerful and evilest man in the history of the shinobi." Jiraiya spoke grimly as he sat down roughly. "And we will see what Naruto becomes with the ideals and memories of that legendary man."

"Such was his power that I remember my grandfather speaking of his fear of the man and the relief he felt when he fell at the hands of his own men who grew tired of his cruelty." Tsunade spoke with fear in her voice.

The younger generation could not contain their fear and their excitement as even Shikamaru and Sasuke leaned forward like interested children.

For Umino Iruka, his day have been less than stellar.

Iruka breathed deeply, knowing the feeling. Some days he wished that he had never taken the path he had in life.

First, he had to withstand the constant whining of the brats in his class. He liked them, sure, but they caused him so much stress. Secondly, he had to administer the practical portion of the Graduation Test, an important test to see whether the Academy Students had the qualifications to become a genin. How did having the ability to perform a basic illusionary clones that nobody really uses in missions qualify you as a ninja, he never knew.

"Fucking thank you!" Anko cheered, clapping as Iruka flushed. "It is the biggest load of bullshit I have ever heard of! Bloody council!"

"Anko! Language!" Kurenai snapped sternly, sighing as both Anko and Naruto shared a grin, high-fiving behind her back.

Right, he was rambling. And thirdly, he had the misfortune of testing Uzumaki Naruto. Hey, he had nothing against the kid. Sure, he had briefly disliked the kid in his first year of teaching the class, but quickly grew out of it. It was obvious to the eye that the boy was no demon, no Kyubi. It was just that... the kid was so creepy.

"Hey!" Naruto protested, glaring at Iruka who wore an uneasy smile, holding his hands up in a surrender-like fashion.

"Creepy, huh?" Anko wondered curiously. "It seems that Oda Nobunaga's memories have already affected him."

Tsunade and Jiraiya exchanged worried looks while Naruto and Iruka argued childishly.

To the unobservant observer, his smile always seemed to hold a teasing, mocking-like intent. But if you looked closely enough, you would notice that it held no genuine emotion. It wasn't that the smile was faked... But it was as if he was truly emotionless, as if he was apathetic. His emotions were simply not there. His smile could be compared to an attempt of a child trying to understand something it did not.

"That…is sad." Ino whispered low enough that her teammates heard but the rest did not in fear of Naruto hearing because Naruto's smile left his face and his eyes hardened into something that she did not understand. "Is this Naruto so damaged that he doesn't even understand human emotions?"

"I don't think that's it." Shikamaru told her with his voice just as low. "I think, in that universe, the only difference is that, that Naruto did not have as much practice. I think that our Naruto was the same when he was younger." He surprised her with his words. "I remember when we were kids that Naruto would ask us the weirdest questions that we didn't understand."

"What kind of questions?" Ino wondered curiously.

"What is happiness? Or hatred? Are they food, can I eat it?" Shikamaru laughed mirthlessly knowing how not funny it was. "The kid Naruto did not understand emotions and it took a while for me and Choji to teach him even slightly."

Ino paled and her voice caught in her throat. She could not believe it! It seemed that in every universe Naruto was the same but it was the vents that changed him. In their world, Naruto made friends and comrades, so he became a functioning member of society, while in this alternate world, he was tortured and never made friends and so became a child that did not understand humanity.

It was a tragedy is what it was.

"Jiraiya…" Tsunade whispered, hiding her tearful eyes. "How am I supposed to look at Kushina and Minato in the eyes in that alternate world? How am I to look at them and tell them their child is as emotionless as death?"

Jiraiya sighed deeply as he pulled her close as she tucked her head into his chest, ignoring the surprised expressions of the others.

To everyone's surprise, Naruto was completely still, saying nothing and displaying no emotion and Sasuke observed his rival with his intense dark eyes.

It was said to be trauma from the incident 6 years ago...

Growls echoed throughout the room at the reminder of that terrible memory that began the change of Naruto from a good person to a not so good person.

He had heard the tales of the boy before the incident. A hyperactive prankster with a radiant smile that dreamed of becoming Hokage. He would never have believed the tales, if it was not for the amount of people that testified to the claims. After all, the Uzumaki Naruto of now and Uzumaki Naruto of the past was on the opposite ends on the spectrum of emotions.

There was a solemn silence as they all watched. Even Anko who was usually grinning or making wise cracks was solemn as she looked at the silent Jinchuriki who avoided everyone's gaze.

Of course, he pitied the boy. Nobody, not even the greatest criminal on the continent should undergo what Naruto went through 6 years ago. It still plagued his nightmares sometime, the sight of the gallons of blood caking the floor...

But he was still creepy. No doubt about that. Heck, Naruto surpassed the silent Aburame Shino in pure creepiness!

Both Naruto and Shino now glared at their first sensei.

Iruka sheepishly laughed, scratching his cheek while Anko and Jiraiya cackled and the rest shook their heads at his antics.

Right, back to topic. Then, after a nastily exhausting day with dealing with the complaints of "my boy couldn't have failed the test, I demand you allow him to retake it!" and "You must have made a mistake, my dear angel couldn't possibly score so abysmally! Could you please check again?" He had to reply "No, there are no retests for Graduation, and yes, I have checked. And double-checked. And yes, I have triple-checked." in repetition until the parents got the hint. It was the same old thing every year. That was why he dreaded Graduation Day the most out of the entire school year.

Iruka groaned at the mere reminder of the many annoying parents that he has had to deal with.

"Oh god! I have no idea how you don't snap and kill them!" Anko groaned as she laid back, grinning as Naruto flushed when she laid his head in her lap, though she was surprised when he did not flinch and even more so when he absent-mindedly began stroking her hair softly, so lost in thought he was that Anko did nothing but she did flush despite herself when Kurenai gave her a pointed look.

'Shut up, Nai-chan!'

'I didn't say anything.'

With look alone the two women ended their conversation.

He finally met his beloved and sorely missed bed once more when the sun set. He immediately slumbered off before even reaching the bed... until a fast-paced knocking roused him from his rest. The visage of a panicked Mizuki greeted him, as his closest friend and co-worker rushed to explain that the blonde mentioned earlier had took off with the Seal of Scrolls, and that all Chunin and above were required to report to the Hokage for a briefing. His fingers itched to punch the face of his closest friend - you woke me up for this? -, but obligation and duty took priority over luxuries. Grabbing the bare essentials, he headed out.

Which brought him to the present.

He leapt into the forest clearing, his feet making a crunching sound upon hitting dead leaves. Looking around, he was about to deem the place as a no-go before he felt something. A dense pulse of chakra...

He widened his eyes in astonishment. The amount of chakra he sensed could not be possible! It was huge! It was enormous! No, even beyond that. It was astronomical! How could a ninja possess so much chakra? So much that the air itself was supersaturated with the mystical energy?

He turned towards the direction where he sensed the pulse of chakra, to see a bright blue glow. He hesitated for a moment, instinctive fear of the unknown warring with his curiosity. What should he do?

Closing his eyes, he made his decision.

"It seems like he has sensed your chakra." Sasuke told his rival as Naruto nodded, his expression thoughtful. "Or, at least the chakra of that flower symbol you activated."

"The dark chakra of Oda Nobunaga would be hard not to notice." Tsunade commented, her expression resigned. "Especially when it is in the immediate vicinity."

"Man, I am getting nervous. I wonder what's gonna happen." Kiba grinned, excited and nervous all at the same time.

The other genin reluctantly agreed with the Inuzuka heir.

Mizuki cursed as he knelt on the branch of a tree, a palm on the bark to support him.

"Fucking Mizuki…knew he was behind this again…" Iruka and Naruto muttered under their breaths at the sight of the traitorous man.

"Mizuki-sensei, I always wondered what happened to him…" Ino trailed off, her eyes curious as she looked at the older ninja.

"Wait, you mean you don't know?" Naruto wondered as he looked at the girl that shrugged, shaking her head.

"Do you know what happed to him, dobe?" Sasuke asked, his eyes narrowing in thought as Naruto nodded, glaring at him for the insult.

"Course I do, teme." Naruto grinned now. "Mizuki was a traitor, and so me and Iruka-sensei beat the shit out of him!"

"Yeah right! Like you could beat a Chunin at that time!" Kiba scoffed, shaking his head at his lies.

"Actually…Naruto is speaking the truth." Kakashi told the Inuzuka heir who seemed incredibly surprised. "When Mizuki almost killed Iruka-san, Naruto was furious and he beat Mizuki within an inch of his life."

As he said this, the younger generation looked at Naruto with either respect in the case of Neji, Sasuke, Hinata, Tenten and Rock Lee, fear in the case of Kiba, Sakura and Ino and disinterest in the case of Shikamaru, Shino and Choji who could care less.

Having just arrived at the clearing he instructed Naruto to go to, he lamented the fact that his co-worker and "friend" reached before him. Frowning, his mind raced, trying to formulate a plan to get Iruka to give him the scroll peacefully...

Iruka continued to grumble, wroth that he was fool enough to ever believe in that traitor of a former best friend while Anko furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at the tense expression of Naruto from her place on his lap.

His eyes widened when he saw Iruka put his fingers in a handseal, the handseal normally used to release a beacon of chakra, signalling a location. He cursed. He could not let Iruka alert the others. He had worked far too long to plan this treachery for it to go wrong at its apex!

"How is it that nobody noticed he was such a traitor?" Neji wondered as he looked at his sensei who wore a tense expression. "If he is weak enough to be destroyed by a genin, why was he not disposed of at once?"

The Jounin sighed deeply.

"Sandaime-sama wanted to use him to gain access to his master which as Orochimaru who he had been searching for decades." Gai told his student. "It was a plan that ultimately failed and brought more harm than good."

"Bloody idiots. The both of you." Tsunade grunted as she glared at Jiraiya, knowing that the silver-haired man was also involved and Jiraiya flushed in embarrassment knowing that he was wrong to accept that foolish plan when the traitor was in the immediate vicinity of Naruto, a fact which he realized as Naruto gave him a cold stare, a stare that reminded Jiraiya that despite his attitude, Naruto was every inch Minato's son.

"Calm down, brat." Anko murmured low enough for only Naruto to hear and Naruto's eyes widened. "If you don't, you'll explode and beat the pervert half to death, right?" She grinned as he nodded hesitantly, knowing that if he let his anger control him that the Kyubi would give him enough strength to even crush a Sannin. "The telling of this world is almost finished, so just keep your anger calm until then."

Naruto nodded as he breathed to calm himself.

Hands grasping the large demon shurikens he was known to favour, he swung.

Iruka, his hands grasped in a ram handseal, was about to release a pulse of chakra when a sixth sense - honed through years of ninja training - screamed at him. Iruka ducked as a large buzz-saw tore through where his head had been a second ago. It would have decapitated him if he was a second later!

Trembling at his close shave with death, he turned around, his eyes darting for the thrower. There, standing precariously on a tree-branch, he saw a face he would never have thought of. His assistant, co-worker and best friend of years, Mizuki, spinning another demon shuriken.

The grumbling began anew.

"Mizuki! What the hell are you doing! And why are you armed so lethally for this mission?!" Iruka roared, his eyes widened in shock.

Idly toying with the demon shuriken, Mizuki sneered viciously at his ex-boss. "I thought it was obvious. I am here to finish off the Kyubi brat.. Then I will acquire unlimited power through the scroll!"

Iruka glanced down to his pouch by his right leg, regretting the fact that he only brought along a small set of blunted kunai and shurikens with him. He had not expected this betrayal. Having no choice, he attempted to stall for time. "So you're the true culprit..."

"Hah! Did you really believe that the Kyubi brat had the intelligence to come up with such a convoluted plot? He scores quite well in the Academy, I'll admit, but how would he even know the existence of the scroll?" Mizuki mocked, before releasing a bark of laughter. "Tut, tut, Iruka. I had expected better of you."

"Go fuck yourself, Mizuki." Naruto growled low enough for Anko to hear as she grinned widely at the young man as she put her head up from her lap and bumped shoulders with him as Naruto was able to calm down as his attention was diverted to her.

"Hey, what's going on with those two?" Kakashi whispered to Kurenai. "They've been closer than bread and butter for a while now."

Kurenai grinned at the silver-haired man.

"Jealous?"

Kakashi just chuckled as Kurenai smiled as she turned her warm eyes towards the two knowing that both Naruto and Anko needed the companionship who went through the same trouble as they had.

Iruka cursed himself again. He did not think that far, mainly because he was half-awake when listening to the briefing from the Hokage, and because he just wanted to get the whole thing over with quickly. His eyes darted to his pouch again at back to Mizuki, his mind racing with calculations for the easiest way to nail him with a kunai. He was then interrupted from his mental focus when Mizuki spoke.

"Ha-ha. I'll admit, you were a small snag in my plans. I originally intended to just get the scroll and kill the demon, framing the wild animals in the forest, leaving nobody the wiser. But you found this area before I did. Now I suppose I'll just have to silence you too." Mizuki grinned maliciously, his grin speaking volumes of his ill intent. "According to my scenario..."

Mizuki started to spin his demon shuriken again, preparing for a throw. "The demon awoke his true nature and mauled you to death. When I reached, I was too late. I, who was alone, fought valiantly against the demon... And managed to barely put him down like the rabid he is!" His hands drew an arc, launching the circular missile.

"Do these kind of guys still exist?" Tsunade asked, unimpressed. "Villains that tell you every single one of their plans before they even set them in motion?"

"Yes." The women droned, bored and unimpressed. "Though, its usually the guy villains that do it."

The older generation of men deadpanned at the women.

Naruto had to hide his laughter as both Kakashi and Jiraiya flushed since they were the ones who spoke the most in battle.

"I will be heralded by the villagers as a hero!"

"No, you won't." Everyone, including Tsuchi, droned in unison, each looking as bored as the other.

Iruka's eyes widened as he lunged to the side, the large shuriken drawing a huge gash in his side. He grasped his wound, his eyes widened in pain. He gasped out. "You're insane! You've taught Naruto for years, it's obvious he's not the fox!"

Iruka was surprised when both Naruto and Anko grinned brightly at him. He knew why Naruto did so, but why did Anko…

Iruka grinned as he looked at the woman and Anko flushed as she realized what he had realized.

'Naruto…you lucky bastard you.'

"Poor Iruka. You don't even notice the wool pulled over your eyes. Don't you know that foxes are masters of deception?" Mizuki sneered in reply. His hands grasping at his back for another demon shuriken. His eyes hardened. "You were always too much of a goody two shoes. I... detest it."

"He has a point." Naruto admitted before scowling. "He is still a massive idiot. Its true that foxes are masters of deception, but if I was truly the Kyubi, I could have just wiped Konoha out without waiting sixteen fucking years. Idiot."

Everyone, even Sasuke and Neji, laughed at his sarcastic tone.

Iruka gasped out in pain as he was launched at a tree. He felt many things. The ache of his sides, wounded from the previous throw... the metallic edges of another demon shuriken embedded in his right shoulder blade... the blunt ache of his back from his impact against the tree...

But none were as oppressive as the feeling of helplessness, watching the person he had believed his best friend stalking slowly to his defenceless student with a kunai in hand, eyes glinting madly with the intention to kill, to murder, to slaughter, to eviscerate. He struggled to move, tried to open his mouth, but only gasps of pain escaped.

"I know the feeling." Jiraiya said gruffly as he turned to Iruka who arched an eyebrow at his words. "Orochimaru…was my best friend and learning that he committed all the fucked up shit he did…I've never felt more helpless."

Everyone, even Tsuchi, was silent at his words.

"You should shove a sword so far up his ass that they'll be walking crooked for the rest of their lives and then they won't leave." Naruto told simply as the men flinched and the women grinned at the young teen. "That's what I'll do to Sasuke if he tries to do something stupid like that."

Sasuke paled, remembering his thoughts of betraying Konoha and joining Orochimaru, shivering at Naruto's cold gaze.

Jiraiya and Anko and Tsuchi laughed loudly.

Mizuki walked up to the unconscious body of Uzumaki Naruto and gave sharp kick to ribs. Lips curved upwards in a wicked grin, his eyes glinted with a wild look of an animal. Lazily running a finger across the sharp edge of the knife, he debated on where to put the knife. Should he pierce the heart, the core of life? Or the throat? There were also the choices of the spinal column, the lungs, the liver, the jugular veins and subclavian arteries... Argh! Too many choices!

"Fucking psychopath…" Tsunade bit her thumb, worry filling her heart as she looked at the downed version of her little brother figure.

Naruto who had returned to normal reverted right back to a cold expression as his mind dreamed of bringing the end of Mizuki once again while Anko sighed, realizing this alternate universe just kept fucking her achievements with the brat up.

Kneeling down to the prone body, he simply decided to choose a random vital area to pierce. Malicious grin turning more pronounced, he put his palm on the chest of the blonde, steadying the body. The metallic blade glinted in the moonlight. Shooting a final wicked smile to the helpless Iruka, he held the knife high.

"Finally... The Yondaime shall be avenged!"

Those who knew of Naruto's heritage – Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kakashi- grit their teeth, scowling at the mere thought that the Yondaime Hokage would be pleased at the news of his only son and heir's death.

He stabbed downwards.

The sound of the metal cleaving through air filled his ears. Iruka's eyes widened in despair. Even if the kid was slightly creepy, he was still a child of Konoha! His heart raged, he screamed, he cried. The knife seemed to be going in slow motion... which only heightened his despair. He tried desperately to get up, but the pain overrode anything his soul begged him to do. His eyes screwed shut, heart wrought with insurmountable anguish.

"...W-what...?"

Iruka's eyes opened, unsure of what had caused the traitor such shock, what caused the traitor's voice to tremble. There, with eyes wide and a glacial, impassive, dull emotion on his face, was Uzumaki Naruto, his hand grasped tightly around the wrist of the traitor. The knife's blade just barely touched the blonde's chest.

"Oh. Shit." Anko grinned widely now as Naruto managed a smile. "It's time to fuck some shit up, brat!"

"Language, Anko!" Kurenai scolded but smiling as she did so.

"It is time to face the music, traitor!" Sakura growled, punching her fist in the air as she grinned at Naruto who continued to smile.

"Go Naruto!" The genin cheered.

"Teach him what's what boss!" The children cheered.

"Good work brat!" The older generation roared.

"Mizuki-sensei... Can I assume that you were intending something hostile with this tool?" Uzumaki Naruto rasped out, his voice void of all emotions.

"I'm still not pleased with this whole emotionless thing…but…" Tsunade grinned as she ruffled Naruto's hair. "Kick his ass, brat!"

Naruto grinned brightly at her and Tsunade felt her breath leave her lungs at how precious, how innocent and how loving this child looked, a child that could very well be hers by the colour of his hair.

Jiraiya smiled warmly at the woman he loved and the boy he loved like a grandson.

Stunned, Mizuki could only stare at Naruto in silence, unable to comprehend the situation. He shook his head to snap himself out of the stunned trance, and roared a hateful cry. Breaking free of the hold, he thrusted the knife downwards once again.

Only to have his face meet the brown, hard dirt of the soil.

"Ha! Eat the dirt, asshole!" Tenten laughed loudly getting suspicious looks from Lee and Neji and she flushed. "What!? That guy was an asshole when I was in the academy!"

"Ah." The two teens nodded wisely at her words.

He struggled to get up, spitting dirt out of his mouth, growling in anger. He turned towards the blonde, enmity glinting in his eyes.

"How did the dirt taste, Mizuki-sensei?" Naruto asked calmly, staring at the fallen form of his ex-teacher slash attempted murderer.

"I'm sorry but I love how nonchalant he is." Asuma laughed while Naruto grinned at the older man.

"Yeah! Mizuki-baka can't do anything against the boss!" Konohamaru laughed as he hugged Naruto around the middle and Naruto smiled warmly as he ruffled Konohamaru's dark hair while the women, young and mature, cooed at how they looked like older brother and younger brother.

It was unnerving, to have those azure orbs gazing into you with no emotion whatsoever. It was as if his entire soul was laid bare. It chilled him to his bones. It was eerie, it was disconcerting... It made him hesitate. Mizuki felt fear for the first time since sixteen years ago.

"Coward." Naruto scoffed, sneering, surprising even Tsuchi. "Even if it means going against an army, a ninja should never show fear." He turned to Kakashi with a grin. "Right, sensei?"

Kakashi eye-smiled as he nodded, ruffling Naruto's hair.

"I used to think he was more like Kushina than his father." Tsunade whispered to Jiraiya with a confused expression.

"I thought that as well, and it is true, to a degree but when he gets angry or annoyed or emotionally invested, he acts like his father's son."

Kakashi, Jiraiya and Tsunade smiled at the boy while Anko grinned and bumped against his shoulder and Naruto smiled at her as she did so, a sense of comradery between the two outcasts.

Gritting his teeth, ignoring his gut screaming at him to get out of the area, he screamed, "Silence! You will not make out of this alive!"

Naruto's eyes narrowed. "So you wish to meet death. Very well. Please pass along my greetings, would you?"

"I'm sure if this version of you is just really good as sarcastic conversation or you are utterly and completely serious when you speak." Sasuke deadpanned as he looked at his rival who grinned at his words.

"Probably both." He retorted with his eyes gleaming in amusement.

The adults, besides Anko, shook their heads at the two childish rivals.

Frothing with rage, Mizuki leaped at the blonde, sputtering spit. "Don't you dare mock me, demon!" His fingers curled into his palm, sending a fist flying.

Lazily side-stepping the pounce, Naruto threw his hand out and grasped the wrist of Mizuki's outstretched arm, before spinning around, launching him towards a tree.

Groaning in pain, Mizuki glared at Naruto hatefully. His mind racing, trying to find a way out of the situation, when his eye caught sight of the scroll beside Naruto. Panicked as he was, he did not think out his next action properly. In hindsight, it was the dumbest move Mizuki could have made.

Everyone rolled their eyes, even Sakura and Ino.

"Bloody idiot." Tsuchi slapped his forehead, wondering how stupid some mortals could actually be.

For he forgot the presence of his foe.

"Which is like, totally, the stupidest thing to do!" Ino huffed as she crossed her arms. "Come on, even I know that!"

Shikamaru and Choji and Asuma smirked as everyone looked at the usually prissy princess in shock as Sakura and Ino fist-pumped which in their eyes was way fucking out of character.

Lunging at the scroll, Mizuki's speed surprised Iruka for an instant. In their years of training, he had never witnessed Mizuki moving so fast before. Whether Mizuki had been actively hiding his skills, or whether it was adrenaline, he was unsure.

Mizuki could almost feel victory in his grasp. His hand outstretched, a manic grin on his face. "In the end...!"

Before a feet pushed against his back, pressing down on his center of gravity, sending him to the forest floor once more, stopping him in his tracks.

"You lose."

Mizuki angled his head, capturing the face of Naruto in his peripheral vision. Just when he was so close...!

"Even an Academy Student know better to turn his back on his enemy. I guess that makes you lower and inferior to one, Mizuki-sensei." Naruto calmly uttered, as if he was discussing about the weather. As if he was not insulting his enemy.

"HA! HA! HA!" Jiraiya threw his head back, laughing. "FUCKING BURN!" He did however squeak as Tsunade punched him in the stomach.

"There are children here, idiot!"

"Ah! Sorry hime!"

Naruto and Anko look at him with a cruel grin, enjoying his pain causing everyone to back away from the two unstable outcasts.

Mizuki scowled at the blonde, his hand moving slowly towards his equipment pouch by his leg. He was a Chunin! He would not be bested by someone who failed the transition to a genin! His arms swung, launching a kunai towards the passive blonde.

Naruto's arm flashed into motion, capturing the kunai by its hilt, its sharp edge mere millimetres away from his eye.

"That was dangerous, Mizuki-sensei."

"Okay! I don't want to talk shit, but how the hell is it that an academy student is so damn skilled!?" Kiba growled as he glared at his academy rival Naruto who just yawned as he looked away.

"It's called training, mutt." To Naruto's surprise, Sasuke sneered. "Maybe you should try it once in a while."

"Sasuke! Enough!" Kakashi declared and Sasuke grunted as he looked away, flushing as Naruto grinned brightly at him in gratitude.

"Hn. Whatever."

"Is it just me or has Uchiha been defending the brat every time someone says something bad about him?" Tsunade whispered as she leaned over towards Jiraiya who grinned, pleased that Naruto had such a loyal friend.

"Never would have expected it from an Uchiha." Is all he said.

Tsunade nodded in agreement.

Despair. Hopelessness. Two words that summed up Mizuki's state of emotions at that moment of time. Naruto, grasping the kunai in his right hand, held it up high, reminiscent of Mizuki minutes ago.

"Farewell, Mizuki-sensei."

"Oh shit…is he actually gonna kill him?" Kiba muttered under his breath, unfortunately Shino heard him speak.

"Uzumaki-san may be a good person, but he is a shinobi." He spoke calmly. "It is only reasonable to assume killing is a part of this profession."

"Yeah! But its Naruto!" Kiba pointed out as if that answered every single one of his complaints.

"Bloody mutt…" Naruto and Sasuke rolled their eyes, fist pumping as they caught each other's eyes.

Kiba glared at the two close friends in anger.

"Don't they remind you of us, Nai-chan?" Anko grinned as she stood beside Kurenai who hummed in thought. "The strong and silent Ice Prince and the strong and loud hot-headed commoner, they are a fuckin' mirror image!" She whispered so loudly that Tsunade could hear causing her to roll her eyes as the psychopathic snake summoner.

"Perhaps." Kurenai's lips twitched.

"W-wait!" Iruka cried out. Even if Mizuki was a traitor, he is - was - still his friend. He could not bear to see him murdered. "W-we should hand him over to the T&I. He might have valuable information!"

That outburst distracted Naruto, his eyes leaving Mizuki for a brief moment. That momentary distraction was more than enough for Mizuki to burst free from Naruto's hold. Palms on the ground, Mizuki pushed against the floor with all his might.

"Great job, Iruka." Kakashi said sarcastically, slowly clapping his hands as if to rub insult into the wound.

Iruka grew a depressed cloud over his head as Naruto snickered, Sasuke smirked and Sakura giggled.

"Come on, cheer up, Iruka-sensei!" Naruto laughed as he pats his sensei's back and Iruka looked at him with hope in his eyes. "Everyone fails once in a while!"

It looks as if a heavy weight pushed Iruka down to the floor.

Naruto tilted his head to the side as the Kunoichi young and mature cooed at how adorable he appeared except from Anko who grinned at the gleam in his eyes.

'Manipulative little bastard'.

Naruto jumped backwards and skidded to a stop as he landed, the soles of his feet pressing against the soil of the forest floor. "Iruka-sensei... While I respect your wishes, and am empathetic to your plight, that man is no longer your best friend. He is a traitor to Konohagakure, and is therefore a criminal."

"Indeed, young Naruto."

Everyone blinked and their eyes widened at the two men standing in the middle of the room while Tsuchi grinned in amusement.

For Hiruzen Sarutobi – the dead Hokage – and Shimura Danzo, one of the most terrifying advisers of Konoha were in the room.

"J-j-jichan!?" Naruto yelled and after a moment of shock, he bounced over to Hiruzen and embraced the old man that laughed lightly as he also embraced the youth, laying a gentle kiss on his golden head before letting him go and Naruto grinned up at him before looking at Tsuchi who was smiling warmly.

"You did this?"

"Yes. I thought that the previous generation would appreciate the other universes." Tsuchi said with a small smile.

"I'm happy sensei is here, but you didn't need to bring…his friend." Jiraiya grunted and Danzo merely gaze him an emotionless stare before Danzo's stare turned to the other Naruto, nodding satisfaction.

"Who are you, jiji?" Naruto asked innocently, tilting his head to the side as he looked upon Danzo.

Danzo was silent before looking at the boy.

"I am Shimura Danzo, young Naruto." He extended his hand. "I was one of the advisors of Sandaime-sama and am now an adviser to Tsunade-sama."

Naruto beamed.

"Cool! When I'm Hokage, you can help me out!"

Those who did trust Danzo which was almost everyone breathed deeply but Danzo smiled lightly to their surprise.

"Oh? You say when, not if."

Naruto arched an eyebrow.

"It is my dream." He said after a moment of silence before smiling with a smile that could only be called disarming. "I become Hokage or I die, there isn't a third option."

Danzo's eyes gleamed with interest.

"And tell me, young Hokage, what do you believe makes a good Hokage?" Danzo wondered and Hiruzen prepared to stop the conversation but said nothing as Naruto hummed in thought, wanting to know the answer.

"Strength."

Hiruzen and Danzo were surprised, for completely different reasons.

"Strength?"

Naruto nodded with a grin.

"The Hokage is the strongest. If the Hokage isn't the strongest, nobody listens and if nobody listens to the Hokage, that's bad."

Danzo smiled a very real smile.

"Indeed, it is, young Naruto."

Tsuchi stepped forward.

"Let's get to the event at hand shall we?"

Hiruzen and Danzo took a seat.

Iruka stared at Naruto. Physically, Naruto looked the same. But now... He exuded an aura around him. A regal, imposing and commanding aura that made you obey. It demanded absolute obedience. It was the aura of a commander, of a general, of a man who had led an army through endless wars to victory. It was the aura of a conqueror. He was an overlord. He was a king. An emperor. A champion. A subjugator. A vanquisher. He was all of these, and yet he was a sixteen-year-old blonde teen.

"This is what Konoha is." Danzo whispered so only Hiruzen could hear. "This is what our shinobi, our Hokage, should be. Regal. Imposing. Commanding."

Hiruzen arched an eyebrow.

"Are you in favour of Naruto succeeding Tsunade?"

Danzo's gave turned to the current beaming Naruto.

"The one on the screen is definitely worth of the title." He said calmly. "This current one has the ideals, the will but not yet the skill for it. One day he will become a great ruler but for now, he is not ready, Hiruzen."

Hiruzen nodded, for once agreeing with his friend as his mind drifted to the fact that Naruto had very similar ideals to his old friend, something that did not sit well with the Sandaime Hokage.

"Do not tell me you don't find that…enticing." Anko whispered to Kurenai who bit her lips, holding her thighs together as she attempted to calm her hunger, though as Anko's hands gently ran up and down her arms without the knowledge of others, it was getting harder and harder to do.

Unknown to them, Naruto gazed at them, his gaze intense and the smirk on his lips growing at the sight of them.

On the other hand, Sasuke who looked upon this other Naruto, did not know why or how, but he had the urge to submit. He did not know why this feeling came but it seemed that all of a sudden Naruto was in some unreachable place that he could never in a thousand years touched and he growled at this fact, trying to calm his temper.

Sakura just looked between Naruto and Sasuke, each as tense as the other, worried.

Eyes closed sorrowfully, Iruka gasped out. "V-very well..."

"D-die, demon!" Mizuki roared, his legs pushing against the forest floor for a final jump, a kunai grasped in both hands. He swung the blades simultaneously, creating two arcs that screamed to slice through anything it came into contact with.

Naruto ducked under the slashes, his fingers curled. He stretched out his hands and grabbed his former teacher by the flak jacket, and threw him to the ground. However, he did not stop there. Curling his fingers into fists, he let loose his fists. A blur of motion, that was all an outsider observer could see, as Naruto repeatedly pummeled Mizuki into the ground, each clash of fists against flesh releasing a 'thud'. Grasping Mizuki by his silver hair, he threw him away, the collision of flesh and soil releasing shrapnel of rocks into the air.

Groaning in pain, Mizuki grasped his chest and coughed out blood. His eyes diluted in fear. His hands shivered. It shook. As his head rose, he saw Naruto slowly sauntering towards him, a kunai in his palm. No... It was a demon, the knife a scythe, here to reap his soul. Each step the demon took towards him, while silent, sent pounding reverberations through his soul. Was he... going to die here?

We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the final moments before ourdeath.

Sasuke growled at this as he held his head, cursing Itachi as he remembers that night, the night that his brother said the same thing.

"Sasuke, are you alright?" Naruto asked in concern as he touched Sasuke's shoulder but to his dismay, Sasuke just slapped his hand away.

"I'm alright!"

"Fine!" Naruto growled, crossing his arms. "That's what I get for worrying about you, bloody asshole…" He mumbled under his breath.

Sasuke grunted.

"There it is. Back to normal." Kakashi sighed deeply at Sakura's dismayed whisper as they gazed at the quarrelling best friends.

In the face of death, Mizuki's instinct, the urge to live awoke. He raised his arm, facing the demon with his palm, as if it was a shield. He shakenly cried, "St-stop! I-I have information! A S-rank information of Konoha! Yo-you are the jailer of the Kyubi!"

"I've got a feeling that information is older than his grandma for this Naruto." Kakashi sighed as he ran a hand through his head.

"And what of it?"

Those four words. Simply uttered, but it instilled unbridled hopelessness. It heightened his fear, his terror. It grasped him like a vase. Chaining him to the ground.

"Called it! I called it!"

Naruto shook his head at his sensei's antics.

Sasuke scoffed in disgust.

"Sensei. You're being stupid." Sakura deadpanned.

Kakashi fell to the ground, a cloud above his head as he traced circles on the ground, muttering about how 'ungrateful' his team was.

He could not move. It oppressed him. The demon continued moving onwards without hesitation, his path clear. Hyperventilating, he grasped for straws, trying to find a way out of his plight.

"I-I-I can teach you jutsus! I-I-I can help you towards your ambition! You dream.. of becoming Hokage... right?" Mizuki shakenly smiled, trembling. "A-any jutsus. Anything..."

"Maybe if you bargained without pissing your pants!" Anko laughed as she slapped her knew, a laughing spree which Jiraiya joined while both Kurenai and Tsunade gave a satisfied and small smirk to the terrified silver-haired man.

Even Naruto and Sasuke who were still upset with one another shared a cold grin and smirk which showed their satisfaction.

At that, Naruto halted his stride. His head was held low, his visage concealed by the shadows of night. Mizuki's smile grew more confident. Hope - that he had quelled the demon's anger - grew.

"Ho? Maybe you are still as forgiving as in our world." Anko realized, pouting at this fact while even Naruto was confused. He did not think that this other him who seemed to show him true personality that he constantly hid would have time things like forgiveness.

Danzo frowned, not pleased.

Only to be extinguished a second later.

Everyone, even Danzo, breathed a sigh of relief.

"My dream? You dare to presume my dream to be something... so small?"

"Th-That's what made you stop?" Hiruzen wondered, his eyes wide.

Naruto just shrugged, wondering what it meant by saying that dream was small.

Danzo's eyes narrowed.

Hokage? Small? How dare this boy consider this? How dare he call the thing that Danzo had fought for his whole life small?

Tsunade and Jiraiya leaned forward, incredibly interested.

The demon's gait rekindled once again. Unbridled trepidation enveloped his entire being.

The demon's footsteps stopped. Trembling, Mizuki rose his head. It stopped, for it had already reached its goal.

"Pl-please spare me..." A weak voice whispered, wrought with despair.

"Wrong thing to say, buddy boy!" Anko cheered as she punched the air with Sakura and Ino and even Tenten joining her as they danced, singing what she just said.

"Wrong thing to say, buddy boy~!" Sakura sung.

"Wrong thing! Wrong thing!" Ino and Tenten sung.

"WRONG THING TO SAY, BUDDY BOY~!" All sung in unison making the rest of the room save Naruto who joined in either slap their forehead or shake their head.

"It is better to die with pride, than to live without honour." That sharp voice without emotions, it slaughtered hope and instilled the darkest emotions. "Do not grieve, for your death will be the beginning of the Devil King of the Sixth Heaven's conquest. It will not…be in vain."

"That alias…how do you know of it?" Hiruzen and Danzo demanded at once, looking at the boy.

"Calm down." Tsunade told them sternly as they leaned back. "I…will explain how he knows the alias of Oda Nobunaga."

Danzo and Hiruzen shivered at the mere mention of that beast of a man that either their sensei feared.

"In this other universe, when Naruto opened the Scroll of Sealing, along with techniques, he found a symbol which bore the memories of Oda Nobunaga." She sighed deeply. "He consumed those memories and…"

Hiruzen and Danzo looked at the innocent young man in awe.

"…He has become the reincarnation of the Devil King of the Sixth Heaven." They whispered in horror before turning as quiet as the grave, a grave they would soon join if these surprises continued.

"Am I the only one who finds the other brat incredibly fucking hot?" Anko whispered as she licked her lips. "I would like him to conquer me!" She gave her best friend a lusty grin as Kurenai flushed.

"Anko!" She shouted a whisper to her friend.

Anko just grinned as she kissed Kurenai's cheek as the red-eyed woman attempted to contain her lustful thoughts of the reincarnation of Oda Nobunaga.

A glint of metal shined in the air.

"And let me educate you on my dream before you meet the Shinigami." Naruto whispered, his tone void of emotions.

Everyone, even the more reserved such as Sasuke and Neji, leaned forward, interested to see the dream that made Naruto consider being Hokage small.

"My dream... no, my ambition. It is to conquer the entire continent, and unite it under a single banner. I will form an empire that defies the gods themselves!"

The metallic shine plunged downwards.

A spurt of blood arced through the air.

A dull scream was heard, before it was drowned by the thud of a heavy object colliding with the floor.

Silence. Complete and utter silence.

"ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE!?"

Well, silence could not exist when Senju Tsunade exploded.

Naruto himself was not as surprised. It was a thought that he had, in truth. Once he became Hokage, to form the world into a single society, but to think that his other self actually put this plan in action…

"Calm down, Tsunade." Jiraiya said but he was just as stunned as his teammate and more than a little worried.

"It is the other me, remember." Naruto said patiently and Tsunade growled as she paced up and down, angry and impatient.

"AGH!" She snarled as she punched the wall, but unfortunately for her, there was no damage.

Tsuchi just whistled innocently.

Danzo, meanwhile, looked at Naruto as if he was his long lost grandson.

'The…world? How…amazing. A child…a child that has not even reached his twentieth day of birth…has such ambitions for our home…our people!'

"Naruto…tell me this is solely the plan of your other." Hiruzen said gently. "Tell me you had no such thoughts."

Danzo's eyes narrowed, hoping for the answer opposite of what Hiruzen wanted.

Naruto grinned brightly.

"Why not? It'd be cool! The whole world together!" He laughed childishly as if he was joking, but Danzo could see the truth, could see the cunning and the ambition in his eyes, so he smiled.

The others smiled, fooled by his mask, save for Sasuke who looked at the cunning gleam and he glared.

'Dobe…you…are…insane. I thought it was I with an ego but your ego is much greater, you seek the whole world to fall at your feet…I see now!' Sasuke leaned on the wall, crossing his arms. 'I finally understand now, Naruto. You do not seek to surpass this man or that man. You seek to surpass everything and stand atop even the world itself.'

Sasuke shook his head, refusing to enter this conversation.

Tsuchi almost laughed at how well Naruto dealt with the situation. Those who believed that Naruto did not have the cunning or ambition for this such as Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kiba, Tenten, Rock Lee, Gai, Asuma, Choji, Hiruzen and Kakashi were happy to believe while those that knew his actually intentions such as Shino, Danzo, Sasuke, Hinata, Kurenai, Anko, Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi were too loyal or respectful or fearful of his ambitions to say anything.

"Well, that is this world done, for now." Tsuchi declared, smirking as many of them looked to protest.

"Why can't we see more, Tsuchi-san?" Danzo, of all people, wondered.

Tsuchi nodded as he faced him.

"The problem is, many of these alternate realities, the Gods that rule them can freeze and unfreeze them as we please and if the world is still frozen, I cannot show you it because the events of that world have not yet happened."

Danzo nodded his understanding as he sat down.

"Well, now what?" Tsunade wondered, grumpy at the story of a very cruel and dark Naruto that they just watched.

Tsuchi grinned widely.

"Now, guys, it is time for the second world!"

Without waiting, he clicked his fingers.

"Let's go, Naruto!"

Grinning, Naruto placed his hand on the sphere and images once again begin to appear, creating a clip.

It was time for another adventure; their second adventure!