Hi guys!!!

Sorry for the late update, but I am about to graduate from College and there is a lot of paperwork involved around it. I will try to get the chapters to be around 5000 words (no less than that).

griffin blackwood: Ten-Ten is making her appearance in this chapter… with her intervention in this chapter, the naruXten pairing will start taking place.

The Rogue Stallion: Well, as it is, Naruto is very powerful, and if do the sand 'thingy' I will be overdoing it… next chapter will show what he will be using instead of sand.

Last Chapter

"Yes.. it is a good idea… we will send his friends… hopefully, they will be able to find him." With that said Tsunade called upon an ANBU and gave orders to notify the Rookie 9, along with Team Guy to be there the next morning for a mission. With that said, the ANBU disappeared.

"Where are you Naruto?... We miss you so very much." Tsunade said.

Chapter 6; Training Begins.

The next days the Rookie 9, along with Team Guy were in the Hokage's office. Tsunade explained to the shinobi of the chakra spike from the previous day and they were order to investigate the source. Jiraiya informed the Nins that there was a high possibility that they will encounter Naruto, seen how the chakra belonged to him.

"If you find Naruto, you are to try to persuade him to come back to Konoha. If you are not able to convince him, I will need for Aburame Shino to place one of his tracker bugs on Naruto so that we have an idea of were he will be. You all have to consider the possibility that he might initiate a fight…. if it comes to that" Tsunade's voice started braking down "You may use….. any necessary force…….. to take him down." "You are all dismissed and are to leave with in the next hour."

With that said, the shinobi left the office while Tsunade's heart started breaking apart do to the order that she gave. She didn't want to think about it, but she had to realize that there was a small possibility that Naruto will attack his friends. It hurt her that she might have, in some way, ordered Naruto's, her own grandson death.

An hour later, the group composed of 14 shinobi departed to the indicated location. About a week later they arrive to a forest that indicated the border between the Fire and Waterfall Village. What they saw them left them in complete and utter aw. A great part of the forest was covered with ice. Also, on the ground they were all able to find pieces of wood in a semicircular shape what were covered by a thin layer of ice. Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and said "Naruto was definitely here; this whole portion of the forest is covered by ice which has the same characteristics and the same chakra system as the ice covered plant that the old man showed us a week ago. This is truly amassing, from what Tsunade-Sama told us, the chakra spike took place a week ago, yet this ice has not melted. We better off taking some samples of the ice and wood around here for further analysis."

"Will N-Naruto-Kun be a-alright?" the Hyuuga heir asked.

"I do not know Hinata-Sama, but I surely hope that he will not think that Hokage-Sama, Jiraiya-Sama and his friends abandoned him, otherwise, knowing Naruto and everything that happened to him that day…" Neji looked at Sakura "I can say for a fact, that he will seek revenge."

"What makes you think that Naruto will do that? He has always been a kind person, despite everything he went through, he always had a smile on his face, always motivating and pushing each and every one of use to always do our best." Ten-Ten replied.

"That was nothing but a mask." Shino answered getting everybody's attention

The Aburame continued "For a time I had my doubts, but a while ago my theory was confirmed. Every time that he was in front of us he smiled, that is true, but whenever he left, his mask disappeared and his true face showed up. A little before the Uchiha deserted, Shikamaru, Chouji, Naruto and I were at Ichiruka's place having some ramen. After a while we all went our different ways, but I was able to see how Naruto upon turning away from us had a sad face. At the beginning I didn't give it any importance, yet by some reason I was intrigued since I had never seen Naruto like that. After a while observing him, I realized that in front of us, Naruto was always the loud-idiot goofy type, yet, when the day was over, or he thought no one was near him, that very same face returned. What Neji said about Naruto seeking revenge is possible… a couple of days after I saw Naruto's true face for the first time, a placed a couple of my bugs on him. Those bugs had the ability to perceive people's emotions. What my bugs told me send a cold shiver through my spine. Naruto's predominant feelings were those of sadness, grief, sorrow and hatred. Yet, when he was around us, those feelings disappeared and were replaced with joy, and happiness. It was as if been with his friend was the source that fueled his life. Now with out that life source, the only thing left in his heart is sadness and sorrow. I am sure that Sakura should have known or suspected some of this seen how he was always after you" Shino finished speaking while looking at Sakura

Everyone's attention now turned to Sakura who coldly replied "I doubt it Shino, he was always just a loud idiot who got on my nerves every single day." Sakura received some stares from Ten-Ten, Hinata, Neji, Kiba and Chouji.

"How can you say that!?" Ten-Ten asked. "Practically, you are the reason why Naruto is no longer with use, if it wasn't for that stupid promise that you made him make, he will be with us right now!!" Everyone was surprised at this with the exception of the Gennins involved on the retrieval mission, along with Shikamaru.

"What promise are you talking about my youthful student?" Guy asked. "Neji told me that when they were about to leave, Sakura arrived at the Gates and made Naruto promise that he was going to bring Sasuke back for her. Sakura knew very well, that Naruto never will break a promise, since that is his Nindo, especial one done to her. She also knew that it was very dangerous mission, one which could easily be classified as an A-rank or even an S-Rank due to a couple of factors. The first one is that they were trying to retrieve an Uchiha, who is the holder of one of the most powerful bloodlines among the elemental countries. Second of all, the five sound shinobi that they fought were easily above Jounin level, yet, 5 Genin and 1 Chunnin were send to retrieve the Uchiha and third of all, Naruto was forced to fight Sasuke while the Uchiha was using a Kinjo's, the second stage of the Course Seal to be more specific."

"Then I have a proposition for you Ten-Ten" Sakura replied, "seen how much you 'care' for the 'dobe', why don't you do me a favor and whenever he comes back, you just keep him to yourself?" Ten-Ten was really pissed; she could not understand how Sakura could be so cold to the young boy who almost die to fulfill his promise to her.

'SLAP' was the only thing that was heard, as the echo of the sound travel along the forest. "You stupid IDIOT! do you have any idea what are you saying?" Ten-Ten asked after giving Sakura a slap across the face. "Despite the fact that I didn't know Naruto as well as you should have since he was your teammate for almost a year, as well as an Academy classmate for three years, I, along with every one of us, including you, knew that Naruto had a crush on you. I wouldn't have been surprised if he even loved you, seen how dedicated he was to you despite the fact that you always hit him and humiliated him. You always treated him like dirt, just like those stupid villagers who didn't know the difference between Naruto, who was the container of the Kyuubi, and the Kyuubi itself. The only difference is that back then, you didn't know about this, otherwise, I am damn sure that you will have followed the mob and hate Naruto for the burden that he was given to him upon birth. And don't you dare tell me to go after him if we are able to return him to Konoha, because if you do, I swear I will kill you myself!" Ten-Ten said with a firm tone, pulling out a kunai. "You, along with the stupid villagers should be thankful to Naruto because it is thanks to him, that Konoha was not destroyed nearly 13 years ago."

Ten-Ten continued "It was thanks to him, that we were all able to live by keeping the fox imprisoned, and idiots like you and those ignorant villagers made retaining the Kyuubi more difficult for him every single day. I will have been honored, and flattered if Naruto would have shown me the same interest and dedication that he showed to an undeserving, and selfish bitch as you, Sakura-Chan." Ten-Ten said giving the –Chan a venomous sound. The weapon mistress was trying to control herself. Her eyes were watery as she was repressing her tears from running down her cheeks."

The Jounin instructors along with Ino and Hinata couldn't believe what they just heard. To this, Gui approached Ten-Ten and try to calm her down and with an uncharacteristic soft, yet serious voice said "My youthful student, please try to calm down.." he then looked at Sakura and asked her "Is what my pupil said true? Haruno Sakura." Sakura did not respond until Neji broke the silent and said "I am afraid it is sensei, I, along with Shikamaru, Chouji and Kiba were there when she persuade Naruto to make that promise." Gui looked straight to Sakura and said "Is it true?" That is all that Gui could ask, since no response came out, her silence became her answer. Nobody could say anything, Hinata was an emotional rollercoaster, while Ten-Ten started openly crying while Kakashi was ashamed, not only he thought a power-hungry Uchiha a move which he used against a fellow comrade, but also her student became nothing but a cold hearted obsessed fan girl. Yet, the student that he completely ignored was the only one out of Team 7 who truly deserved his teachings. After a moment of silence Gui said "Haruno, your youthful flames have been extinguished by your cold heart. You do not disserve Naruto's flaming and blazing heart at all. We should start moving. It is going to be along trip back to Konoha."

-- Five Days Later --

The 14 Shinobi finally arrived to Konoha and went directly to the Hokage's office to submit their report and findings. Once inside the office, Tsunade was sitting down with her hands holding her forehead while Jiraiya was standing in a corner. Kakashi was the one who spoke and gave a detailed report of what they saw, including the incident between Sakura and Ten-Ten. Tsunade shed tears when the report she obtained was not what she was hopping for. She hopped that Naruto was going to come across those doors. She just wanted to see her grandson, but unfortunately, that was something that wasn't happening anytime soon. Everyone was about to leave when Tsunade said. "Sakura…. you will stay here, I am not done with you, at least not yet."

Tsunade gave Sakura a cold look and said "You have no idea how much I want at this moment to strip you out of your shinobi status and exile you out of this village, yet, that will be unethical of me as both a Hokage and your Sensei. As much as I despise you at this moment, I am not sure whether or not I will continue your training. I just hope that Naruto's sacrifice will not been in vane. I will give you a month to think of everything that has happen in your life, as well as to re-evaluate your priorities as a Leaf Shinobi. After the month has passed, I will expect to see you here and I will decide whether or not I will still take you as my student. Now leave." With that said, Sakura left the Office leaving both Jiraiya and Tsunade alone.

"Tsunade.." the Toad Hermit said "I will talk to Gamabunta, maybe he will know something about Naruto. If he has summoned him, or any other frog, Gamabunta will be able to tell us his approximate location." Tsunade nodded her head and both of them headed out of the Hokage's building to a training area with enough space to make the summon. Jiraiya make a set of hand seals and used his Kuchiyose no Jutsu to summon the Chief Toad.

"YOU!!!!!!!! HOW DARE YOU TO SUMMON ME YOU WORTHLESS EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN!!!!" A clearly pissed off Gamabunta stated.

"…" "What are you talking a….." Jiraiya didn't finish his sentence when he saw the Toad Chief pulling out his enormous dagger. "How could you have done to Naruto-Sama, you knew very well that Arashi was his father, yet you approved his banishment. You are lucky that the last time I saw him, he didn't command me to destroy this wretched village!" Jiraiya had a mixture of feelings, he was glad because Gamabunta had seen Naruto, but he was also surprised for two simple facts. The first one was that Gamabunta had never shown any respect for anyone, yet, he gave the –Sama suffix to Naruto, and on top of that, how could he have know that Arashi was Naruto's father, but what shocked him the most was his last statement, what did he meant by You are lucky that the last time I saw him he didn't command me to destroy this wretched village. Just, what exactly he meant by that?

"What are you talking about Gamabunta, and how do you know that Arashi is Naruto's father?" With that the Toad Chief explained everything his last conversation with Naruto. "Jiraiya you dumbass, what do you mean with how I know that Arashi was Naruto-Sama's father? I was there when the sealing was performed and he also asked me to take care of his child."

To that, Jiraiya explained everything that occurred with the Council, as well as his full heritage. "Well, at least everything is now clarified" Jiraiya said "So…. can you tell us where Naruto is now? I am sure that you will know since you are to Summon Boss, you will be able to feel his presence" the perverted Sannin said.

"True, but that changed nearly two weeks ago" The Toad Boss said "When he last summoned me…" Gamabunta lowered his head as an indication that he was depressed at what happened "What is wrong Gamabunta, did something happened to Naruto?" A very concerned Tsunade asked.

"Last time I saw him he was still alive, but the way he looked and talked…. the kid that I talked back then, was not the Naruto-Sama that I knew. That child…. was like a ghost, a shell of what he used to be. His eyes didn't have that fire and desire to live. It was like his very soul was ripped from his body. That day…… he asked me to void his contract with the Toads saying that he didn't want to have any links with anyone in Konoha."

Tsunade was been held by Jiraiya since she felt that her legs were not responding her. She felt like she was going to die; when she finally thought that she could form a family, and everything was starting to look good, the stupid council had to make that decision. It was then, when she decided that she will personally execute the initiator of the movement which ended up with Naruto's exile. The Toad Boss continued "At that point, I was furious at Konoha, including you Jiraiya. The kid wanted to void his pact with the Toads, I tried to talk him out of doing so, but I couldn't convince him. At that moment I told him that I will follow his last command, whichever it was…. he knew very well that he could have ask me to permanently seal and destroy the Toad contract, thus not allowing anyone to sign it, meaning that even you Jiraiya would have lost the ability to summon my kin. I also offer him revenge… but he declined… the kid has a noble heart, because he asked me to keep serving you, along with anyone who will sign to contract in the future."

"I understand…." Jiraiya said "Can you at least tell us where was the last place you saw him at?"

"I am afraid that will not be possible… before I agreed to void the Toad contract, I promised him that I will not divulge his location, but as much as I want to…. I can't give you that information… it will be going against my word, and my honor." To that, Gamabunta turned around giving his back to Tsunade and Jiraiya. "However, there are times, which we must break our word and leave our pride to the side to help those who we deeply care and cherish." Both Tsunade and Jiraiya smiled. "By his location… I assume that he was directing himself towards Iwa… I will ask you not to send anyone on his search, since sending shinobi to Iwa would be suicide. I highly doubt that Naruto-Sama was going to stay in that area, so you might want to look for places beyond Rock Country."

"There is something more…." Tsunade and Jiraiya kept listening "There are few who know this, but when a human signs a summoning contract, a link is created with the summoning boss, me, in this case. The link is permanent until the summoner dies, even if the contract gets void, like Naruto-Sama's case, the link is still present and even if the summoner signs another contract, the previous summoned boss will know, as well as the creature type for the new contract. In Naruto-Sama's case, he has signed another contract. Normally, I wouldn't mind and be glad for the kid, however,…. the creature that he signed to contract with, is much troublesome, and the thought that he could use it against Konoha, deeply terrifies me."

"What are you talking about Gamabunta, what kind of summoning contract has Naruto signed?" Tsunade asked. "Naruto-Sama….. has signed the legendary Kitsune contract…" To this, both Sannins were in awe. "Are you trying to say that Naruto signed the fox contract and that the summon boss is…." "Yes Jiraiya, the summon boss in no other than the Kyuubi itself, I hope that I am wrong and that Naruto doesn't looks for revenge in the future, because if he does… Konoha will be annihilated for sure."

With that said, Gamabunta disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving both Sannins in a state of shock and in disbelief of what they have just found out. Naruto now had the ability to summon Kyuubi! Unknown to both Sannins, there was a person hiding and listening around the trees. That person shed a single tear and whispered "Oh Naruto, what have we all done to you……."

- - 0 - -

It has been a whole month since Naruto's exile. During that month, Naruto started traveling to the Snow Country. They had to pass through Bakufu and Iwa. On Iwa Naruto had to perform a Henge throughout his travel on that country since, his appearance was somewhat similar to Arashi's. During that month, Naruto could not train himself since he was constantly moving, therefore, he followed Kyuubi's advice and used Shadow Clones to practice and perfect his Jutsus, as well as practicing new ones that Kyuubi was teaching him during his dreams. During nights, while his physical body rested, his mind was been given all the information that the Kyuubi had accumulated throughout several millennia. Naruto's bond with the Nine tailed fox started increasing; it went from that of a jailer-prisoner to that of friends. Mischief also had given Naruto a couple of surprises

Flashback

It has been two weeks since Naruto's exile and he was already deep in Iwa territory. It was already late, so he decided to camp for the night. Naruto was going to sleep when he felt a little furrball getting inside his sleeping bag.

"Oi!... Mischief, don't scare me like that." A little bark was heard from the little fox. "You know Mischief, by some reason I think that you understand me, I know that is kind of crazy, but sometimes I wish I could talk to someone. Is not that Kyuu-chan doesn't count, but I need to talk to someone who is willing to listen to me for a while. Even thought I am grateful for Kyuu-Chan's help, I can barely talk to her if is not training related…" Naruto was resting in his sleeping bag when the little furrball got her head out of the bag, and stared at Naruto. He rested his eyes and was about to sleep when a soft voice said "What is that you wish to talk about Naru-Kun?" Naruto immediately opened his eyes, and took a kunai out. He new for a fact that the voice did not belong to Kyuubi since hers was different. "Down here you dummy" The voice said. Naruto couldn't believe what he saw and heard, Mischief was sitting down looking at Naruto with the typical trademark 'foxy grin'.

"Yep, that was me Naru-Kun" Naruto sat down, picked up Mischief and raised her to eye level. Then the little fox said "If you are able to talk to a fox that is stuck inside your belly, what makes you think that I cannot talk to you, or is it that you don't want to talk to me?" Mischief asked.

Naruto smiled and asked "Since when can you talk?."

"Well, since I started visiting mom and dad on the other place, I have been able to talk, by the way, mommy says that if you do not take care of me, she is going to……… what did she said?... Oh yeah… she said that she was going to bite your balls off and use them as marbles" Naruto gave a painful facial expression and Mischief continue "Not really, she didn't say that, but I will do it if you don't take care of me though." Both Naruto and Mischief talked for most of the night. They talked about a little bit of everything, about their likes and dislikes, Naruto's exile, Mischief's new home with her mother and father, their respective training and more. Later they decided to get some sleep, since they were going to resume their travel within a couple of hours.

End of Flashback

A week later, Naruto was finally able to arrive to Koesetsu. He was walking along snow country when he asked his tenant.

'Hey Kyuu-Chan… we should start thinking about a place to stay, and I have to find a way to earn money pretty soon, since Gama-Chan is almost empty.'

'Well kit, to be honest, I haven't thought of that myself' Naruto sweet-dropped.

'Since you are not longer a Konoha Shinobi, maybe you should try to be a mercenary or perhaps a free lance Shinobi for Koesetsu'

'Well, it seems that I don't have many options, so I will have to search for the leader of the village, hopefully, I will be lucky and get a job.'

'Well kit, after we find a place for you to settle, we will start training your Mokuton. I will also recommend you to try to master all of your previously learned techniques, especially that Rasengan. You must learn how to perform it with a single hand and not rely on a clone to aid you with it. You should also learn simultaneously how to master your wind affinity. Both water and earth will not be a problem since Mokuton comes from those two elements. By the time you master Mokuton, both water and earth Jutsus will become like a second nature for you.'

'Oi Kyuu-Chan why can't I start with my Hyoton training first?'

'Well kit, that is because your Hyoton relies on your water affinity from your Mokuton as well as your wind affinity, so it will be easier of you first master both, Mokuton and your wind element… besides, by mastering Mokuton first, you will be able to handle my chakra much easier and in a higher amount. At this point, you can only handle three of my tails, but by the time that you are able to master Mokuton, you should be able to handle five of my tails with out any problem. Remember, Mokuton has the ability to control demon chakra, and in your case you will be able to incorporate to your chakra system much easier and faster.'

'Well, that makes sense I guess….. what about Mi-Chan?... I don't think that I will be able to help her train… I will not have enough time…'

'That, you shouldn't worry about. Whenever she is with her family, she will train… or did you actually think that she was there as a vacation resort?'

'Hehehehe, actually I did think that' Kyuubi could only sigh to Naruto's respone.

'Alright kit, lets get to the Village and see if we are lucky and someone is willing to help us out.'

Luckily for Naruto, Koesetsu was a relatively small village with very little and really weak Shinobi, thus he was easily enrolled as a Snow Shinobi after a simple test of his abilities. The unusual thing was that Naruto was not looking forward to be part of the village, instead, he made an offer that the village leader couldn't refuse. Koesetsu, was to provide shelter and food to Naruto in exchange for protection. Since Naruto couldn't be in the village and training at the same time, he relied on the Kuchiyose Kitsune no Jutsu to summon several foxes to scout the area. This was no problem, since they were all low level summons, therefore, they didn't require any chakra to keep the summoning active… the only exception to the rule was Kyuubi herself.

Everything was relatively calm in Snow Village, and his intervention was rarely required, thus he had a lot of time for his training. After two months of constant training on his Mokuton with the Kage Bushin method, Naruto was able to grasp the concept of how to manipulate the earth and water affinities in such a way that there was a constant equilibrium between the two elements.

'Alright Kyuu-Chan, today I want to try something special with Mokuton.' Before Kyuubi could say anything, Naruto formed the Snake seal and concentrated most of his chakra. The last thing that Naruto saw before he lost consciousness due to chakra depletion was wood forming out of nowhere and taking shape. After regaining consciousness, Naruto found himself outside of Kyuubi's cage.

"Oi Kyuu-Chan….were are you… I can't see you" Naruto spoke

"I am here kit" and with that, Kyuubi walked towards her cage on her humanoid form. Naruto's eyes were wide open. Kyuubi looked like a young woman, maybe no older than 25, with long red her that reached her back, pointy ears, slit red eyes, wearing a scarlet kimono. The two most distinguishable features was her whisker-like marks on her face, and 9 beautifully majestic tails.

"Is that you Kyuu-Chan?" Naruto asked

"Yes it is me… what is it that you want kit?"

Naruto walked towards the cage and raised his hand towards the seal. "What do you think you are doing Naruto?"

"Letting you out, what does it looks like…. I know once you are out, you will not attack me"

"How can you be sure about that… I could have lied to you, and just earned your trust so that you could let me out and then…" Kyuubi was interrupted by Naruto

"I trust you Kyuu-Chan… to me, you have become more than the demon fox, more than a friend….. to me….. you have become something very special…. something that I hold dear. I trust you more, than anyone I have ever met……… Hahaoya"

A single tear came down from Kyuubi's eye and said "I never thought that a mortal would have ever shown compassion to the likes of me, yet, here you are, in front of my cage, willing to take a risk by allowing the most powerful demon to roam your world once more… why are you willing to take such a risk?"

Naruto slightly smiled and said "I just told you why Hahaoya…. I trust you… and that is more than enough reason for me to let you out… I understand that you didn't attack Konoha because you wanted to, but because you were in search for that hemi-teme."

"I thank you…. but I must decline… even though I will like nothing more than be out there, there are more important things to think about right now. For starters, there is your training and second of all, I like been here… it allows me to see what you see, and feel what you feel…. It allows me to be very close to you…. Sotsu-Kun."

For the first time in months, Naruto gave a genuine smile and said "You are right, but I also want you to be out there… I know that you must be really cramped in there, and it will be good for you"

"Well….. there is a way…. if you leave a small portion of the seal intact, I will be able to go to your world during the days and that will allow me to supervise your training, while during the nights, I will be transferring my knowledge to you."

"If that is what you want, then well, I will comply to your petition." Naruto said

"Very well my child, before you remove the seal, you will have to put some of your, as well as some of my blood on the seal…" with that, Naruto took a kunai out of his pouch and slightly cut his finger putting some of his blood on the seal. Kyuubi proceeded to do the same. "Now, the last part of this will required to remove the seal, excluding of course the part where our blood was placed. This will allow me to be summoned to your world in my humanoid form. The reason for this is to ensure that you will pretty much keep about 95 percent of my remaining power, while I will be left out with only 5 percent. In case that you haven't notice, up to this point, you have completely absorbed 3 tails worth of my total power, and with in the next ten years, your body should grow enough to assimilate the full nine tails, thus becoming the new Kyuubi."

"But what will happen to you Kaa-San?" Naruto asked with a concerned voice "I will return to where I used to live. You will be able to summon me, just like any other fox, but my power will be the same as any ordinary human. The only difference is that I will not have the ability to process chakra, therefore, my abilities to perform Jutsus will become obsolete. This is the choice that I have taken my child, and I hope that you will be able to honor it."

"Yes……. mother." Naruto then proceeded to follow Kyuubi's instructions and with a blinding flash, he returned to the normal world. Upon opening his eyes, he saw his adoptive mother. With a genuine smile, he approached her and gave her a warming hug. They stood there for several minutes, until Kyuubi broke the hug and said "Well my child, I think it is time for you to resume your training. You have to master Mokuton as soon as possible if you are to be able to withstand my power. I estimate that you will be able to achieve this in about five years, and it will take another five years for your body to completely assimilate all nine tails of my chakra. As I told you earlier, you have assimilated three tails worth of chakra, meaning that you need to assimilate six more tails. Oh… and before I forget…."

SMACK!!!! Naruto just stared at the playful smack from Kyuubi and before he could say anything she said "That is for all the times that you were disrespectful to me." Both, Naruto and Kyuubi smiled and hugged each other again.

"Alright Kyuu-Chan… we better get back with my training because…."

"Kitsu…"

"Uhhh???.."

"My name is not Kyuubi, that, is just a title that was given to me by Konoha… my name is Kitsu."

"Alright Kitsu-Chan… lets return to our training…." Naruto turned around and stood there…. "Uh….. Kaa-Chan…… what is that?"

"Well… that is what you created when you used most of your chakra and you fainted…. Have to say… anyone who sees this will be quite impressed… it is really beautiful…. an ice covered forest…. that is nice just make sure that next time before releasing such high amount of chakra, you visualize what you will create and be careful…. you don't want to draw too much attention with that chakra spike… remember… Akatsuki is still after both of us."

- - Time skip; Two years later - -

"I must say my son… you have exceeded my expectations once more… I thought that you will master your Mokuton in five years, even with the Kage Bushin method, yet it took you only two years to accomplish the mastery of it, along with your wind element. I must say that I am very proud of you."

"Thank you Kaasan… I think that it is time for me to start with my Hyoton training."

Bakufu: Waterfall Country

Iwa: Rock Country

Kage Bushin: Shadow Clone

Koesetsu: Snow Country

Kuchiyose Kitsune no Jutsu: Summoning Fox Jutsu

Rasengan: Spiral Sphere

Hey guys/girls! Well… this chapter was longer than I expected, so the Hyoton training will be covered next chapter, and possibly naruXten 're-union' per say.

There will be 3 books to this story. The first book is almost done.. maybe 2 or 3 more chapters to go… tops! Due to popular demand, I will write an alternate story to my original one. In other words, book 2 & 3 will focus in the path that Naruto chooses, while one is the one of revenge and hatred, the other one will be the one were he plays the hero.

So, please, let me know which book will you like first… the dark or light side…. (yikes… I am starting to sound like Star Wars.)

Please Read N Review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!