A/N: Alright, I know you guys are all pissed at me, as you should be. However, I've been busy with a lot of stuff, going on a month long vacation out of the country, followed by for the next month having to go to three weddings, followed by finding out that my grades have dropped a lot, leading to me studying. Then regents, and AP Exams, but I'm done with all that. I could've had this out at least a week or two ago, but I've been having lots and lots of guests at my house, so much less privacy. Well anyways, on with the chapter.

Chapter 5 of Legend of The Twilight Warrior

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Kingdom Hearts. Rated M for profanity and violence.

'Thoughts'

"Speaking"

Attacks (not spells)

Flashback and scriptures

Sandaime P.O.V

After Naruto had drank the water, he had shortly passed out and fell asleep. This time, he wasn't unconscious, simply asleep. Relieved, the Sandaime had covered him with a blanket and gone to his office where he kept his records of the village's active shinobi.

'I need to find some tutors for Naruto. While I doubt we will be able to help him much with anything that is keyblade related, we can help him study his abilities, and find their weaknesses, strengths, and limits. Also, if he is going to go to other worlds, then he will need survival skills, as well lots of stealth, and information gathering skills. As ninjas, we excel at this, so we are the perfect tutors for him in this. Depending on the weapon his keyblade becomes, he will need a weapons specialist to teach him how to handle a weapon properly, and help him on his way to making his own style. Any ninja styles we have will only clash with the keyblade and limit his full abilities. He has really high chakra reserves for his age. I mean he is less than five years old, yet he outclasses many twelve year old academy students, so I can undoubtedly teach him how to fully utilize those reserves to augment his movements, as well as control it without letting everybody in a twenty mile radius know of his presence. There is so much to plan and so much to do. I haven't had this much fun in a long time, its like having a genin team all over again,' thought the aged guardian of Konoha.

Entering his office doors, he had walked behind his desk, to a painting of the Nidaime Hokage. Sliding the painting to the side, using a hidden conveyor belt built into the wall, he bit his lip. He quickly spit some of the blood onto the newly revealed seal tag that was the central control seal for all data stored on the village shinobi.

Being part of a ninja village was a very serious business, as the village held knowledge on all of your abilities ever seen, your family, ethics, actions, titles, and any and all other information that was needed. If you ever betrayed the village, all your financial accounts on any aliases you had were seized, and your properties auctioned, while the money went towards your bounty. Not to mention that the village could send hunter-nin after you that had studies your skills and attack patterns, so they could predict what you'd do before you do it, and counter it. Working in a team, they would bring you down. That's why this information was very important. The same applied for if any enemy shinobi gained information on village shinobi. They could prepare themselves to predict their opponent's moves, and you would die easily.

Thus, the Nidaime Hokage had made a system of seals, built in to the Hokage Office, which controlled all data, and could only be accessed by his blood and saliva being applied to the central control seal. The spit was needed as getting the blood of somebody was difficult, but not impossible, while saliva was much more difficult.

After he had accessed the control seal, he directed his chakra through the floor, and into the seals placed all around the room, before he pulled a console out of the ceiling with his chakra. It displayed the information he sought, and he searched through the files and folders in the console, touching the screen with his chakra. He flipped through various pages of aging shinobi of the previous generations, that would most likely retire soon, or take on academy teaching positions. He sadly noted the large number of notes of caution, telling of various incidents they were involved in, that led to Naruto Uzumaki being put into danger. The Anbu would save him, but the felons would walk away scot free.

He finally found the page that he was looking for and started writing down information on various shinobi who would be good choices as Naruto's teachers. They were shinobi who had proven themselves trustworthy and loyal to the village, and more so to the Hokage. They would need to be more loyal to him, as Naruto's secrets could not be released to the council.

The council from the start had chosen to have Naruto be a test subject for experiments similar to Orochimaru's on finding the effects of the Kyuubi on Naruto and his abilities. They had wanted to make a super-ninja project, and Naruto was the perfect specimen for them. The difference between their experiments and Orochimaru's was simply in who they used as specimens. They would initially use Naruto before testing on common thugs and criminals who plagued Konoha, while Orochimaru used anybody he could find.

After carefully noting several people, he quickly returned the console to its original position, before releasing the chakra from the seals, and replacing the Nidaime's painting over the control seal.

Satisfied, he then sat down and proceeded to make a training schedule for Naruto and wrote down his earlier musings on what Naruto would need to be tutored in.

Naruto P.O.V

Naruto was flying through the clouds, his hair whipping wildly, as the wind went through them. He felt so alive! It was like all the fears, insecurities, and woes, were all gone, and nothing but pure euphoria was left.

He could see spirits all around him, flying, with expressions of happiness and satisfaction being seen clearly on their faces. He could feel the positive emotions of the area around him affecting him, the happiness and love seeming to warm his heart. He even thought that he saw several memories, as strange as that sounds, of the happy times of his life, like whenever Jii-san took him out on a field trip.

Suddenly, he noticed an island coming closer to him.

'An island in the sky? How is that possible?' he questioned himself.

Moving forward, he landed on the island and immediately noticed that there was a lot of plant life on the island. Everything was so vibrant, even the petals of dead flowers seemed to shine an unworldly glow.

Turning around, he found himself face to face with a golden haired woman. She was wearing a priest gown, and held a staff in one hand, while the other held onto some sort of necklace, made of beads. Her blue eyes sparkled mischievously, as she stared at him, before she bopped him on the head with her staff.
"Ow," exclaimed Naruto, clutching his head. "What the hell was that for, you crazy bitch!" he angrily exclaimed.

She proceeded to beat him on the head again, before answering," You ruined my plans. You shouldn't meet me for at least another two weeks, when your new powers have begun to settle inside your body. I'm supposed to influence you and your dreams until we meet! You've already messed up my first mission, and we've just met!"

Naruto just groaned, defending his wounded head, before saying," Who the hell are you anyways."

She pointed to herself innocently, with her left hand's index finger.
"Me?" she asked him, a smile tugging at her lips.

She spread her arms out and said," I am this place's guardian. I safeguard it from the darkness, and keep it from being thrown out of balance."

Naruto queried," What is this place? It seems so unreal, I mean its like something from an imaginary fairy tale or something, I mean people flying in the sky, and floating islands? C'mon, seriously, is this like some dream realm or something?"

The girl giggled at him, before saying," You're silly. I mean a dream realm? That's so lame, I mean you're four years old! I thought you'd be able to come up with something better than that, I mean isn't this the age when the mind of a human is the most creative and imaginative? Well anyways, this place is where all your pure thoughts and imagination went after your innocence slowly died. This is as you would call it, your light realm. All your light powers reside here, along with all of your good memories and emotions. This is what you could call, your light realm.

Now you are probably wondering why it would need a guardian. Well, since this place is in your mind, there is also a dark realm, that is the antithesis for this realm. That houses all your anger, hatred, lust, envy, jealousy, and other negative feelings. It also holds all your bad memories, that you always try to forget, but never can.

Since there exists a dark realm, I exist to ensure that nothing crosses over from the dark realm to the light realm, because if it does, this place will be polluted. The balance of your mind will be broken, as this will also become dark, and there will be too much dark in your mind, and no place for light. Without the balance, you will fall into a downward spiral, farther into darkness, and you will no longer be a keybearer of the dark and the light. You will have broken your oath, and after going insane, when you eventually die, you will be forever tortured!

Now before you think about how harsh it is, you must realize the key bearer's role. The keyblade is a weapon of such enormous power, that it can either help maintain the balance and order of the universe, or it can destroy it. There are two sides you know of, the light and the dark. These sides are balanced, and when they are out of balance they keyblade chooses someone to wield it and help bring back the balance. However, should you break the balance inside yourself, then it will have negative repercussions for the entire universe. The light side or the dark side may become too powerful, and that is when things go to hell. The gap between the worlds gets smaller, and they become closer. That is when Kingdom Hearts appears. Of course, I'll teach you all about those things later.

I also exist to help you learn to use your light powers. I won't teach you anything, it will be up to you to learn about them, but I can help regulate your light forms, and teach you some magic. Well, that's all you need to know about me, and we have met now, anyways, if you need to speak to me ever, just whisper into your mind while focusing on me. Goodbye."

Naruto felt the onset of sleepiness, slowly creeping on him at the edge of his senses.

He quickly asked," What's your name?"

As his vision faded, he heard her say to him, almost like in slow motion, and heavily distorted," M-y-y-y n-a-a-m-e i-s-s-s-s-s..."

Naruto woke up with a gasp. His heart was pounding, and he felt as if he had taken one too many pills before sleeping. His whole body was aching, and he half-heartedly realized he was very tired. He hadn't noticed how painful every movement was when he had earlier awoken, still not being fully aware of his surroundings.

He saw that he was now on a bed, and it seemed like it was the Hokage's bedroom, considering all the paintings and artifacts of Konoha. He surmised it to be morning given how the light filtered through. the drawn curtains. He groaned, before he tried to get up to a better position using his elbows. He slipped, and fell back onto the bed, with a sigh.

"Hello, are you there Jii-san?" he called out.

He saw a nurse walk into the room, with a tray of food in her hands.

"Hokage-sama had instructed me to provide you with food when you wake up. He also said you would be quite tired after your ordeal, and would probably be bedridden for a little while. Hokage-sama had to go deal with some issues regarding the Kame incident. He should be back in a few hours, and he said that he had several things to discuss with you," she explained to him.

She placed the tray on a table next to his bed. She also placed a bell near him, in his hands reach, and helped him sit up, fixing his pillows to allow him to relax.

"Just ring that bell if you are in need of anything. By the way, you can call me M, my real name is classified as I am part of the Hokage's personal staff," she said to him.

Naruto asked her, his voice coming out raspy and hoarse," What's the Kame incident?"

She answered back," A group of villagers went missing yesterday, and all that was left was a crater in the alley. Officials are looking into the matter, and since it happened near the Kame tavern, it is referred to as the Kame incident."

She left the room, and Naruto started on his breakfast. He ate the breakfast, and noted a lot of it had protein. For the next few hours, he just sat there and relaxed himself as much as he possible could. Eventually, he decided to try contacting the girl he met in his dream. It was to see if it was really only a dream, or reality, and well he was mostly bored.

'Hello, is anybody there,' he thought into his mind.

For a couple of seconds there was no answer, and just when Naruto was losing all hope of getting a reply, he heard it.

With a heavy yawn, she answered him,' What do you want.'

'So it wasn't a dream...' thought Naruto to himself.

'Well of course it wasn't a dream. Do you think we'd hand awesome cosmic power over to someone and let them go scot free? Of course not, every keybearer has someone like me, you are a special case though. Usually we stay in the back of your minds, never meeting you face to face, merely influencing your thoughts to save the balance. The more powerful key bearers might be able to overcome our influence, though they are rare. In fact, we don't even teach them to harness their power, since the keyblade usually takes care of that, giving them the power they need when they are ready for it,' she admonished.

'So, since I have nothing to do...would you teach me some things? I mean, Jii-san isn't going to be back for a few hours. With the way I am right now, I can't do anything either. Maybe you could teach me to read or something. Oh, and whats your name?' he asked.

He could almost hear her sigh, as she said,' Well as for what to call me, you can't hear my name right now, so just call me LG.

Alright, how about I teach you about the worlds. Well, in the universe, there are many worlds. These worlds are each host to different life forms, different timelines, even different Earths. They are however separated, and never interact. They have huge gaps of empty space between them, and they are also separated by special barriers, that keep them from meeting. It is important that they never mix or gain knowledge of the existence of other worlds. It keeps them self-absorbed, and stops them from trying to break the barriers to meet the people of the other worlds. If the barriers ever break, then it would be possible for the worlds to be connected, and Kingdom Hearts could be found once more. You'll learn about Kingdom Hearts from your keyblade personally, when the time is right. Until then, you just need to know that it is a place where all hearts go.

Now since you know about worlds, let me teach you about magic. Magic is basically a spell construct, that is activated by an incantation, and a usage of mana, while you visualize in your mind the effects of the spell. Magic is a special power, that few have the talent and ability to fully utilize, not to mention actually keep under control. While it is a great power, many talented mages have tried to use spells that are out of their league, and lost control. They paid the price for it, as the magic seized control of their bodies, sacrificing their souls...

Now, you may wonder what is mana. Well, mana is a special type of energy that your body naturally produces every day, yet is related to the mind. It is used in magic, and replenishes itself gradually with some sleep. It is a common misconception that mana reserves, or how much mana you have is proportional to your intelligence. Those who are intelligent, are usually very learned scholars, that are full of wisdom. The more you learn, the more your mind develops. As your mind develops, your mana reserves grow bigger. That is why learned scholars usually have big mana reserves, because they have well developed minds. Now when I say well developed, I don't mean like the difference between a four year old and a twenty-two year old. I mean the difference between a well-read man, and an ignorant one. That is why most mages have extensive libraries of books for them to read, so that they can constantly increase their mana reserves.

Ok, now I think that is enough for now. Try to go to sleep, and I'll teach you how to read and write later, then we can start training your mana to react to your commands.'

She then went quiet, and left Naruto to ponder on the events that recently occurred. Despite everything happening, he didn't feel all that different. He thought that he was going to feel a little...stronger. Maybe even a little more confident, but he didn't feel anything yet. It was like he hadn't gotten any power at all yet.

He shook himself from those morbid thoughts, and moved on to a more lighter topic.

'Well, now I'm a keybearer. So...what now? I mean I guess I'll need training and all, but what after that? I mean I don't really have any defined goal right now. Hmmm,' he asked himself.

'Then I guess until I actually find a goal, I will simply have to get stronger. Well, I wonder who Jii-san will get to train me. I hope they aren't discriminating bigots like the rest of the village is. That would really suck, and I bet that they would probably sabotage my training. Well, no point thinking about it, until I'm actually well enough to do actual training. I guess that all I can do write now is rest, learn, read, and maybe learn magic,' he thought to himself.

He lay there for a few hours eating some food every now and then. Just when he was about to fall asleep, he heard a rapping sound on the door. It was followed by a voice asking," Can I come in Naruto?"

Recognizing the voice, our newly-instated keybearer answered," Sure, come in Jii-san."

The Sandaime Hokage then entered the room, and looked at Naruto's forlorn form.

He sighed as he thought of the mistakes he had committed by informing the village of Naruto's jinchuuriki status.

'I'll just have to make it up to Naruto now. I have a pretty good idea on how to do that too,' he thought determinedly.

"How are you feeling now Naruto? I feared greatly for you when you went unconscious. I do hope you are much better now," asked the benevolent man.

"I feel much better, and less tired. I am kind of bored, but as soon as I can leave I'll be fine. Now I'm guessing that you probably have questions on what exactly happened to me during and after the alley incident. Right?" he asked.

"Well, I do have a small idea, as I read up a little on the keyblade legend, but getting the details from you would clear up a lot of suspicions I have. There is a lot of mystery and myth that surrounds the keyblade," he replied.

And so Naruto explained the events that followed his killing of the mob, the Sandaime became more and more surprised. Especially when he learned of magic and other worlds. The concept of being part of something as huge as a universe was a concept that would blow anybody's mind away. It was just unbelievable.

"Well, I knew that you would need to get training to protect yourself, but it looks like you'll need even more training than I thought. Until you get better, is there anything that I can do for you to make your time resting pass by faster?" he queried.

Thinking on what he needed, the blond answered," Well, I could use some books to read. I need them to increase my mana reserves, and to learn to read. I also need some sort of training manual so that I can get a head start on my training while I wait. I have so much time on my hands while I rest," he said.

"Alright, I'll see what I can do to get you some reading material. As for the training manuals, I have a list of people that will train you, but now I think it will be better for you to get a handle on your powers and the keyblade a little bit, before you are taught by them. This will make sure you don't reveal any of your secrets in training, because while these people are loyal to me and wouldn't tell anybody your secrets, it is too big a risk to let anybody else know. I'm thinking that I'll provide you with some basic training manuals, and maybe give you some tutoring every now and then, while you are mainly learning to use magic and your mana. We still don't know how volatile your powers may be, and if they are a danger to you and your surrounding environment. After you are a little bit more in control of your mana, we can start thinking about your keyblades and what to do with them. Is that okay?" he explained.

Naruto thought about what he said, and understood the logic behind it. If anybody came to know of his powers, because he couldn't control them while he was being trained, then he could endanger not only himself, but the people around him. Besides, there was no point learning new skills, if he couldn't even properly use the skills he already had.

After pondering on his argument, he responded," Ya, that sounds fine. I still think however that we should go over potential candidates for training me, and while I train on my own, you can approach them and find if they are trustworthy or not. It may be a little while anyways, so we might as well use it well."

Surprised at his answer, the Third said," Well, I already had some papers on the various candidates, so if you want I can discuss them with you now, or we can wait a little bit later. It would help if you could read, and then it would be easier as I wouldn't have to read it all to you, and you could look it over by yourself in your spare time, and we can discuss them when I see you tomorrow. How about you use these to learn to read? These papers would teach you and when you can finally read, then we'll decide. Oh, look at the time, I must leave. I have to finish up some paperwork before I go to sleep myself. I'll leave these papers right here, and bring you some more reading materials tomorrow. Just ask M if you need anything else, and she will serve you dinner in about an hour or two. Ok, I must take your leave now."

He left some papers on Naruto's dresser in his reach, and left the room, shutting the door behind him.

Feeling the strain of staying awake all day, he decided to go to sleep.

For the next few days all that he would do is have his light guardian teach him how to read. He would practice with various books that the Sandaime got him, and as time passed, he was able to read. His vocabulary was wide, but that was a major effect of the keyblade, as his intelligence had skyrocketed after he passed the Trials. He still took a little while to read a paragraph, and he needed to read more before he could have a decent reading speed, but it was finally enough to read the pages with the information on the candidates.

There was a common format to the pages, listing their many traits, name, age, rank, and specialization in their abilities. It also had information on previous allegiances, and their pasts, so Naruto could judge if he was willing to learn from them.

Name: Asuma Sarutobi

Rank: Jounin

Age: 20

Abilities: wind affinity, powerful taijutsu style involving weapons, weak ninjutsu, weak genjutsu

Personality: Laid back, commonly smokes. Loyal to comrades.

Additional notes: Has had a falling out with the Sandaime, and has expressed a wish to go to become one of the twelve ninja guardians of the fire daimyo.

Past: Normal ninja, with nothing noteworthy until now. Seems determined to prove himself better than his father.

Loyalties: Konoha, and all his comrades.

Name: Yakumo Kurama

Rank: Clan Heir

Age: 8

Abilities: Kekke Genkai that makes genjutsu's effects felt in real life, inexistent taijutsu and ninjutsu abilities, but high genjutsu

Personality: Determined to prove she can be powerful even without the capability to use ninjutsu or taijutsu

Additional notes: Her teacher Kurenai Yuuhi has tried to stop her from becoming a shinobi and stop her. She seems to have a split personality of some sort, one which has malicious intent towards Konoha. Its name is Idou.

Past: Idou had taken control once and activated her bloodline, setting fire to her clan house. The fire killed her parents, and ever since then her bloodline has been sealed off by Kurenai Yuuhi. She still is very proficient in genjutsu.

Loyalties: Unknown

Name: Hayate Gekko

Rank: Chuunin

Age: 15

Abilities: Proficient with a sword, high ninjutsu, low taijutsu, low genjutsu

Personality: Seems depressing, but is a confident loyal individual

Additional notes: Has a chronic disease that keeps him from taking part in much physical activity, characterized by coughing up blood. However, he can fight if need be, although he is mainly proficient in teaching.

Past: Not much to note.

Loyalties: Konoha and mainly to the Hokage, for allowing him to retain his rank, despite his disease and handicaps.

Name: Kakashi Hatake

Rank: Anbu Captain

Age: 18

Abilities: mature Sharingan, lightning affinity, high taijutsu, high genjutsu, very high ninjutsu

Personality: Mellow and unreliable, often late, has fascination with the Icha Icha series, and is extremely loyal to his teams

Additional notes: He has a Sharingan eye from a transplant from his teammate during the war with Iwa. He was also the Yondaime's student. He is a genius and is also Sakumo Hatake's son, the White Fang of Konoha. A ninja equal to the Sannin. Has the title Sharingan no Kakashi, rumored to have copied over one thousand jutsu with his Sharingan

Past: Graduated at the age of five, made chuunin at six, and jounin at ten.

Loyalties: Completely to his team, Konoha, and the Sandaime

Name: Anko Mitarishi

Rank: Genin

Age: 12

Abilities: high ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu, snake summoning contract

Personality: Obnoxious and aims to please, recently in a depression

Additional notes: Was Orochimaru's apprentice and has a cursed seal. Harbors thoughts of vengeance against him.

Past: Betrayed by Orochimaru and left to die when he left Konoha.

Loyalties: The Sandaime for trusting her despite her affiliation with Orochimaru.

Name: Gai Maito

Rank: Anbu

Age: 18

Abilities: off the charts taijutsu, relatively strong ninjutsu, holds the turtle summoning contract, may or may not have skills in genjutsu

Personality: Has a cheery, very boisterous attitude, along with a huge sense of honor, justice, and what he calls youthful actions, masking his inner cunning and regret for his past

Additional notes: Calls himself the beautiful blue beast of Konoha, and is one of the most powerful shinobi that Konoha has, specializing in the Goken.

Past: He once led a team of jounin in the war with Iwa, but in his overconfidence had caused his team to be ambushed, and only he survived.

Loyalties: His comrades and Konoha, as well as the Hokage.

'Hmm, well I don't really know if any of these will help me in my keyblade training. I guess that Shisui and Hayate could help me. Since Hayate is a sword-user, he should be able to help me in using my swords. Shisui is a fighter that can teach me to fight multiple enemies at once, which really would have helped me during the Trials. I guess that maybe those other guys who have mastered their affinities would also be able to teach me a lot. Well until I actually need training, I guess that Shisui and Hayate are the only ones that might be able to train me right now,' he thought.

'Well next time Jii-san comes, I'll let him know who I think is a good choice to train me. Well, since I know how to read now, I can spend my time reading more,' he decided.

For the next few hours he tried to read some of the children's books that he had received. Eventually, when the Sandaime came, Naruto told him his choices and his reasons. The Sandaime commented on his choices and said that he would try to contact them in regards to training him. He then proceeded to hand him some scrolls on basic chakra molding techniques.

He spoke," Naruto, for now I just want you to read these scrolls, but not perform any of the techniques mentioned in them. You have a lot of chakra for your age, and I want to be there to witness your chakra's reaction to these techniques. Your mana reserve increase may also cause you some difficulties. Therefore, continue to learn to control your mana, but read these scrolls at the same time."

"Alright, that's what I'll do. What do I do if I get bored and finish reading the scrolls?" asked Naruto.

"Well, just wait until I come in the afternoon, and I'll test you on what you've learned to ensure you learned it right. Ok bye," he said.

For the next few days, he would just read. The reading helped improve his pronunciation as well as his reading speed which increased. After reading extensively for two weeks straight, and once his body had been checked, he was found fit to be discharged. He was allowed to walk around, and do other tasks by himself, but any other strenuous labor was not going to be allowed, such as taijutsu training, or any other thing like that. The Sandaime had said that he believed it time for him to learn to use his chakra. LG had been silent for the past few weeks not saying much to Naruto at all, besides advising him to read more and more, and increase his mana reserves. Once he had enough, she would let him know. Until then he should read about the world around him and everything else.

He had learned so far about the basic nature of chakra, and how it is a mix of spiritual and physical energy. He learned about its various applications in ninjutsu, genjutsu, and even taijutsu. He was currently reading about how ninjutsu actually was used, and how you can only use ninjutsu for the chakra affinity that you had. If you had an affinity for earth, then you could only use those types of jutsu, not of any other element. He was at the same time learning of what made Orochimaru and Jiraiya of the Sannin so powerful. It was the fact that they were able to use all five elements, because they had perfectly mastered their affinities towards all five elements. There was another person who had done this earlier in history known as the Rokudou Sennin. He had the Rinnegan, a powerful doujutsu that allowed him to use all five elements, as well as the ability to use a sixth element. Only he and his victims knew of what this sixth element was.

He was also learning about science, something that few shinobi had proper knowledge in. LG had warned him that using the elements without any idea of the processes that occur is like trying to gauge the sharpness of a knife by touching its tip. It would only come back to haunt him. The thing with shinobi was, they grew arrogant once they discovered how to properly use chakra. They know longer cared about science, and plowed through everything, using their chakra like a sledgehammer. They stopped trying to understand what made their world tick, and knew only the basic things like water conducts electricity, and other things. Even medic-nin knew very little, simply using chakra to regenerate skin and close arteries and things like that. Had any ninja known about science as much as they did before the manipulation of chakra was discovered, then they would be able to greatly improve their techniques, and decrease the chakra and control needed to use the jutsu. The weaknesses could also be improved upon. However, few actually learned about science and applied it, a few exceptions being present.

That's why Naruto was learning about it now, so that he would not be ignorant like so many before him. At the rate he was going, he would be very knowledgeable soon.

What Naruto didn't know was that the Sandaime had been currently trying to keep Naruto occupied, so as to keep him in doors. If Naruto so much as were to show his face to the citizens of Konoha, the strenuous peace he had managed to achieve would be broken. He didn't know that the Kame Incident had lots of investigations done. Villagers suddenly just disappearing and a huge crater being found near an alley wasn't normal, especially when witnesses stated Uzumaki Naruto was there. Anbu had arrived at the scene, shortly after Naruto had dispatched the angry mob. The Hokage was the only one that had actually seen Naruto obliterate the villagers, but the Anbu had noticed the energy residues, as well as Naruto's sudden tiredness, and had put the pieces together. They had told the council of their findings, despite what the aged Hokage had done to sabotage the investigation.

The council had immediately petitioned to seal off the boy's chakra, to keep him from being a threat to the village. They weren't aware of his keybearer status, unlike Sarutobi, and were therefore unaware of how bad a reaction that would get out of Naruto, or of how big a loss that would be for the village. Thus, it was up to Sarutobi to stop their attempt before they decided on anything that would be dangerous for Naruto.

He walked into the council chambers, amid a great amount of chaos and yelling. Both sides of the argument were occurring. Those who said Naruto should be destroyed or have his chakra sealed off, and those that thought they should turn Naruto into a weapon. There was also another group who had taken no side and were silent, and wanted to merely live their own life. This group was the one that usually dealt more with foreign affairs, rather than that of the village's own, and thus they were apathetic to the pain the Kyuubi cost. They didn't harbor any feelings towards Naruto, besides that of caution in dealing with him.

However, he soon realized one thing that seriously surprised him. Danzou, one of his greatest rivals for the Hokage position was silent, yet he held a smirk on his face that belied some secret that only he knew of. He usually was one of the greatest supporters for having Naruto become the village's secret weapon. To see him complacent in a fierce debate like this, where he might finally get the chance to control Naruto due to fears of him being unstable, was a sight that shocked him to his core. He had expected a huge argument erupting and ending with him having to take drastic measures, and maybe even threaten several council members with blackmail he held on them.
The arguments suddenly stopped, as he rose his hand, and drew all attention to him. People started to straighten themselves, and sit as regally in their seats as possible, trying to impress him and make themselves seem more important than they actually were.

A silky voice broke the sharp silence that had ensued," What are your intentions Sarutobi? We could all argue as much as we want on what we feel should be done, but I doubt that it would have much effect on your decision. Therefore, I want to know just what it is you plan to do?"

Sarutobi saw that everybody in the council chamber, was now looking at his face, all eager to know of what he planned to do next. While he hadn't expected this, he might be able to use this to his advantage.

The Sandaime steeled himself, and spoke, using the speech he had prepared earlier," I have decided, seeing the evidence that has been presented, that Naruto Uzumaki has shown signs of mental instability. It is entirely possible that he was merely at the wrong place, at the wrong time, but it is equally as possible that he is also the culprit of the Kame Incident. Therefore, I shall petition that Naruto Uzumaki be put into my care, and under my supervision, I will check him for any signs that he was indeed the criminal. At the same time, if he turns out to be the criminal, I will detain him and execute his punishment immediately. I am the ideal choice, seeing as I am the only remaining seal master, that would be able to stop him should he draw on the Kyuubi's power. Any Jounin guarding him would die instantly, while I can stop him immediately. That is my intention, and I intend to carry that out to the full of my ability."

Wild whispers broke out on hearing his decision. With that move, Sarutobi had been able to obtain custody of Naruto completely, unlike over four years ago when he had been refuted, and only given Naruto with many restrictions. Now Naruto was almost like his own charge, and family, in all but name. He knew that nobody would challenge his authority, because despite how favorable it was to him, should it be found out that he became biased towards Naruto, his capability as Hokage could be questioned, and somebody else could usurp power in the ensuing power vacuum.

He then left the room amidst the whispers, unaware of the thoughts of a certain individual.

'You fool Sarutobi. All I need is one mistake from you, and I'll be able to take away everything from you, just like that damned beast took away everything from me. I have my supporters stationed everywhere needed. All I need to do is get a catalyst. I think an expendable Ne operative should be enough to draw out the Kyuubi's ire once again,' thought the old man.

Today was different though. Since he had been discharged now, and had been reading books for what was the past few weeks, LG believed it was time to finally manifest his mana. Jii-san said that he would be present, and until he came, LG would give him instructions on what to do.

This was an important part of his magic training, she had explained, because not only would this decide how attuned he was to magic, and it would also be when she would release his special abilities he had for being from the light and the dark. Everything had to go off well, otherwise she had told him that he may cripple himself.

So here he was, listening to her explain to him how to manifest his mana.

'Alright, so when we get to the clearing, we will have a couple of hours to do this. This usually takes a little while, but depending on how attuned you are, it could be shorter or longer than the average time. The average takes about two and a half hours. I'd say it will take a little less than two hours, tops for your manifestation.

Now the easy part will be you manifesting your mana, I'll be doing the hard part. I have to introduce your gifts to you while you search for your connection to your magic, and ensure they settle perfectly in you, otherwise...well, you'll only explode. The good news is that even if I mess up, we still have at least an hour before you start to explode, to try to stop it,' she explained.

'Right, exploding isn't so bad, I mean c'mon, everybody just loves to explode!' he sarcastically commented.

'Don't worry, I've done this procedure millions of times before, I've never messed up. Well, aside from a few incidents...' whispered LG to him seeing his unease.

'Ok, now lets get serious. What will happen is this. You are basically setting up an anchor between your mind, and your mana reserves. Depending on how attuned you are, the easier it will be to find and attach to your mana. This is important, because without this connection, any attempts to use magic will be like trying to drink from a glass through a non-existent straw. It will end up failing miserably. The whole manifestation of your mana is because of the connection you form. Your mana is constantly trying to move, shifting about. Think of it enclosed in a sphere, and your connection is penetrating into that sphere, giving it an outlet from which it will escape. The mana will surge up, and depending on how much it manifests, we'll know how well the connection was formed,' she directed.

Naruto interjected,' Ok, but I have a question. Why was I able to use magic so well during the Trials, and now I gotta do all of these rituals and stuff just to do the basics? It doesn't make sense really,' he asked.

LG replied,' Well, tell me one thing. When you were in the Trials, did you not feel stronger than usual? Did you feel you could have done even half of the things that you did during the Trials right now? The answer is no. Even a grown man, who has been training as a warrior for his entire life, might not be able to complete some of the tasks that occur during the Trials. I doubt even the greatest warriors would be unable to fight a couple stories tall monsters. Then how do you think we would expect a teenager to do that? Since teenagers are the usual candidates for keyblade masters, we had to give them a boost. During the Trials, your latent power is brought out. It is even multiplied, and all that you really have to do is figure out how to use it, and that's why you could do all those amazing things during the Trials. The same thing is with your magic casting abilities. Your need to do these rituals and everything was bypassed, and you could cast spells at full power easily. However, as soon as your Trials are over, whether by success or failure, your boost is gone and you are back to your plain old self once more. Is that enough information for you now?'

'Ya that's enough for now.,' he answered back.

'Well, here is the actual procedure that you will have to complete if you want to be able to successfully utilize your mana. You will meditate in a circle, that has a star composed of two triangles, one pointing up, the other pointing down. Now there will be four points on this circle, that if they were connected right, they would form two intersecting lines. These points will have the seals for the four primary elements of magic on them, and at the intersection point, there will be a seal array that you will sit on. This array will be transcribed by your Hokage, as he seems proficient in them. Usually we would have mages chant and use their mana to loop a spell around you, but since nobody on this world is a mage, instead we'll use the primary containing method here, seals. The seals will act as the conduct for your mana, powering up the whole circle, and when it is completed, your mana will manifest around you, but only in the circle. Once your mana has been anchored by you mentally, the circle will make it permanent, and you will probably be knocked out. After that it is easy, as we just need you to try some basic mana controlling exercises, and you'll be ready to learn your first spell.

Ok, so that is all that you need to perform this basic ritual. Also, you'll probably start to notice energy around you, and be able to more distinctly identify different patterns of energy. Basically, your awareness will increase a lot. Oh, and you'll notice your mental capabilities will increase, as in your information intake, retention, and memory will all increase, as well as many other things. This is mainly the effect of all that energy that you produce finally meeting up with your mind, and being able to boost it. Well, now that I've basically told you all that you need to know, you can go tell the Hokage about what is needed for the ritual,' dismissed LG.

Naruto went and took out a map, and looked for a place that was far from civilization, yet not too far from Konoha. If they were gone for too long, and the lack of the Hokage's presence was noticed, then it would raise unnecessary questions on what they were doing and why the secrecy was needed.

He found a place that seemed to be far from the village's people, yet not too far from the actual village. It was an area known as Jai-Mata. An abandoned shrine was there, and from the background information he found out that it used to be host to a religion that was from the mainland.

A few hours later, after explaining everything to the Hokage, Naruto was sitting on the ground in a clearing, while the Sandaime drew the stars, the circle, and the seals for the elements and magic. He had to show the seal for magic by carving it into a tree so that the Sandaime knew what it looked like. LG had imprinted all the seals into his mind, but his writing wasn't neat enough to be legible, so the Sandaime's was used.

As soon as the circle was finished, LG told him to start clearing his mind of all thought. He was to clear it and use his instincts alone, nothing else. After a few minutes, he found himself repeatedly questioning himself on whether he would be able to do it. He wiped away those doubts by reminding him that the Sandaime trusted him and believed in him, and that he wouldn't let him down.

He took a deep breath, and unbidden, his hands rose up palms flat against each other. His body was straight, and his hands were pointing straight up. He slowly moved them down forward, like the arrow of a bow being pointed at a target. After a few minutes nothing happened, yet he felt in his mind that he was supposed to do something. It continued like that where he would follow his instincts and do various hand motions, while the Sandaime watched interested. Finally, after forty minutes, Naruto had his hands pointing forward, and he spread all his fingers, leaving only his thumb and index to connect his hands, forming a triangle. His other fingers continued to spread out, and once they couldn't stretch anymore, Naruto searched in his mind.

He felt restlessness overtake him, and any bit of calmness around him disappeared. His mind was frantic, overtaken by some sort of primal instincts that screamed at him that something was here. The hairs on his neck stood up, while his hair seemed to rise slowly, and his body shook. Tremors overtook it, and the Sandaime felt an eerie feeling rise in his chest, before it tightened into a knot. Naruto's forehead was sweating, while his hair moved as if some invisible wind was blowing through it, and Naruto all of a second turned. Moved by some mysterious force, he stood up, and rigidly spread his hands out around him, before he formed a T shape perpendicular to the ground. Then he rose off the ground, his light frame being silhouetted by a mysterious red glow originating from his neck.

Of course, Naruto was unaware of all of this, only able to think about finding something. His instincts shouted at him, as if it stood right in front of him, and he was blind. However, he felt despair and hopelessness reach him. He thought he even heard LG's voice in his head yelling at him to snap out of it. It was all gone though, he was in a different world, being controlled by an impalpable force. He felt himself feel sleepy, and the darkness closed around him. He could only think that Jii-san would be sad at his failure...

That thought was like a bucket of ice cold water that woke him up. He suddenly stood straight, and became aware of himself in his mind. He focused hard and well, unwilling to let down his only family and one true supporter. He wouldn't let him be proved wrong for believing in him!

As he focused, he thought he heard a trickle of water come to his left. The sound of the water became more clear as he felt his instincts stop shouting at him, and he focused more and more on the water. He in the direction of the water, and was rewarded by the sound becoming louder, until he finally realized it wasn't a trickle of water. No, it was a raging downpour as if a whole river was being emptied in front of him. It was an endless river, varying in color, constantly shifting, yet one thing remained the same about it. It was always his. It was all his. No matter what form or shape it took, the only one who would wield it would be him, and nothing could change that.

He took a step forward in the boundless space, and reached out to the waterfall of energy. As his finger touched the water, he was shocked with a jolt as he felt himself be realigned with his body, and become the anchor and conduit, releasing the pent up mana from his small frame. A sonic boom sounded in his head, and he felt a headache come upon him. Back in reality, his body stopped floating, and instead glowed more and more, as the energy suddenly shifted colors like a rainbow, before encircling him in an orb of pure mana. He was immersed and felt...content, and satisfied. He felt as if he was the happiest person alive, so fulfilled and vivacious. His life had meaning again...

The Sandaime observed this all silently, a calculating glint in his eye. He was very interested in the power that this energy held. It was an unknown, and he felt his old attitude as the Professor coming back, the one he held when he learned as many jutsu as he could, and wouldn't stop until he knew every jutsu in Konoha. Once he passed on the Hokage title to the Yondaime, he lost his drive, but now, the unknown factor of this new energy excited him greatly. So much to learn and understand, so much to think about, finding its limitations, its weaknesses. He wanted to know everything about it.

For the next ten minutes, the energy continued to flood out of Naruto, before suddenly abating. Naruto then fell forward, before being caught by the Sandaime, who gently placed him on the ground.

He wiped away all signs of them being there, and even used several doton jutsu to cover their footprints. He then destroyed the seals he had placed on the trees to keep the energy from escaping outside and alerting the world to what was occurring. Even though it was unlikely anybody would sense the mana, it was still energy. Although they may not recognize it, they would still investigate the area to find out about the anomaly. Once he was done, he took Naruto and leapt outside, unaware of the crimson red eyes that followed his movements with interest.

As he moved away from the clearing, he was suddenly interrupted from his leap by a giant shadow covering him. He slowly turned around, wary of what could be so large and yet not have been noticed by him.

As he did, he was met by a pair of jaws that could have swallowed him whole without any chance of choking. The giant sharp white teeth that aligned it, didn't help make it a less intimidating image, nor did the crimson red eyes.

The Sandaime took a step back in surprise, and whispered," What are you?"

Not expecting a reply, he was shocked when he heard a voice in his head speak to him,' I am a Dark Dragon. A denizen of darkness to simplify things. I have come for the boy-'

"I won't let you take Naruto away for whatever your planning," cut off the aged man. He got into a fighting stance and shifted Naruto so he could fight freely, and placed him on the ground.

The dragon laughed, before saying to him,' Stop you foolish human. I am not here to take the boy away. I simply wish to be his darkness guide. I can sense he has a light guardian, but not one to control his darkness and keep it from driving him insane slowly. I had first learned of him when he had used his energies a few weeks back. I couldn't pinpoint where in the galaxy it was though, but I had learned that a new keyblade master arose from the cosmic news that travels around. So I traveled from world to world searching for this boy. I didn't know where to look until he enacted that ritual a few hours ago. I doubt it was enough to attract any attention of the higher beings, but we should still get out of here before some heartless come.'

A little confused, but still wary, Sarutobi nodded, and led him away from the clearing, with Naruto, and headed back towards Konoha.

"Can you perhaps...become a little less conspicuous? I do believe a giant forty foot dragon would attract a lot of attention," asked the confused old warrior.

The dragon responded by laughing, as if he knew some inside joke.

He answered Sarutobi's questioning look," Right now only you and the boy can see me. To anybody else I am invisible to their senses. I'm letting you see me, because if I just took the child while invisible, I doubt it would end well, and I'd probably get into a fight with you shooting randomly around you at an unseen foe. So to avoid that I am allowing you to see me. Also, I'm not really here right now. What you see is a spectre, it is basically the aura given off by the presence of my mind here, so I am not actually leaving a physical presence here, like by leaving footprints or breaking tree branches. That's why nobody can see me, so you don't need to worry."

Giving the seemingly civilized dragon a strange look, Sarutobi took off at a faster pace. As the dragon flapped its wings and moved behind him, the veteran shinobi noticed that the dragon did not affect the trees or the surroundings themselves, it was like it just flew through them, like it wasn't even there.

When they finally got back into the village, they passed through without anybody noticing, and they went into the Hokage's office, while Sarutobi dropped Naruto back into his suite. Naruto was just sound asleep, and seemed as if he would remain that way for a while. The dragon had shifted into a much smaller form, and then he was consumed by flames, turning into a man. He had silver-gray eyes, and black hair that was short, and spiked in every direction. He was five feet five inches, and aside from his hair and eyes, he seemed to be a normal, nondescript man.

Activating the sound-proof seals on his room, he said," So what are your intentions with my grandson?"

The dragon-transformed-man laughed, before replying," Well, to understand my intentions, you need to learn a little about my race. My race is dying. Our society is decaying, and our culture is almost no more, being destroyed slowly, by the lethargic and passionless thinking of my race. My race of dragons, has slowly decreased in population and variety. We live for so long, yet we almost never reproduce, we have too much old thinking, and no new generations to add creativity and life to our race. The elders believe that they have seen everything and that there is nothing more to life, so they lead boring and dull lifestyles, and slowly, our whole society is ending itself. This lethargic cancer has infected almost every remaining dragon in the universe. I seek to end it. I had been sheltered from the others, so I hadn't picked up this attitude, and for years of my nigh-immortal life span, have searched for some method to bring my race back to our former glory. I believe that the boy is the key. He is the first keyblade warrior in two centuries, and will wrought great change where ever he goes. I wish to be a part of this, to be a part of his adventures, and to guide him, and use my experience to save my race. It is simple as that."

The Sandaime sat back in his chair, and stroked his beard, deep in thought.

Finally, he broke the silence," What will you do with Naruto? You mentioned you would guide him, but what does that entail? You are of the darkness, so I guess you help him with his darkness, but what will you teach him?"

"I shall teach him to control his dark side, and keep it from ruling him. I shall teach him to harness the powers at his disposal, and teach him self-restraint, so he does not go power hungry and insane like so many before him. However, most of all, I shall teach him what it truly means to be of the darkness. We are all so misunderstood, seen as evil and misguided fools who want to destroy everything in sight. Sure, they are those that do a lot of those things, but that does not mean that is all there is to the darkness," he said with a far away look in his eyes as he finished.

"Now, seeing as your interrogation is complete, may I go and meet Naruto?" he asked.

The Sandaime answered," Well, right now he is sleeping, so maybe you should wait until tomorrow to ta-"

The dragon cut him off," That is ok, I'll be residing in his mind anyways, so I'll meet him in his dreams then."

He then suddenly flew through the walls to the suite Naruto slept in. He gazed at Naruto's tired form on the bed, before touching Naruto's forehead. In an instant he disappeared outside, and entered inside Naruto's mind.

Naruto's P.O.V.

Naruto was having a dream, similar to the one in which he met LG. This time though, he was diving in the ocean, going straight down in a spiral through the water. The ocean however was different that its normal dark-blue hue. It was red and black, dark with the blood of oh so many. There was barely any light, and he could make out ghostly apparitions, screaming in anguish, as well as memories, of his bad times. Being kicked out of the park by some rangers, being laughed at and humiliated by the various townspeople who would feign care for him and then trick him into doing something stupid. Naruto was also feeling intense emotions of rage, anger, sorrow, hatred, and even betrayal. It was like everywhere that he went he saw the worst times of his life.

Then, he made out a form coming forward through the sea of despair. It seemed at first to be human, then became larger, and more bestial, until it finally became larger than him, being over fifty feet tall, and scared him greatly. He couldn't see the details, besides its outline, through the murky water, but those two crimson eyes pierced through the darkness, and he was drawn to them.

"Hello child. I am a darkness dragon, and am here to help you on your journey. I am going to help guide you in darkness, I guess you could say I'll be your darkness guardian. I'll help you sort through all of these emotions, and these memories, while helping you to control your powers, as well as become true darkness, not what those prejudiced light losers call darkness. I doubt you can hear my name, so call me DG until you are able to hear it. Good bye, we shall talk more of your training later, once you recover from the ritual," said the dragon to Naruto.

He then seemed to disappear, as Naruto felt himself fall into dreamless sleep.

Sarutobi clutched his head, suddenly seeming very old. The age was visible on his face, as all the events in the past few weeks took their toll on him. Taking care of Naruto under Danzou's watch wasn't easy, especially with everybody breathing down his neck, trying to find out what his future plans were. Then you have how Naruto's life just kept getting more and more interesting. It was a lot for an old man like him to deal with, not to mention the usual affairs of the village, as in all of that paper work. He was supposed to have retired a while ago, and he doubted that he'd be able to last for another few years unless something let up.

'Wait, I think I have an idea on what to do. I can deal with the paperwork, and taking care of Naruto, as well as his training, but his safety will be difficult to manage. I cannot trust the Anbu implicitly anymore, because Danzou might have some of his agents planted in my forces. If I can get somebody to teach and protect Naruto, that will take a lot of strain off of me. But who to choose?' the Sandaime pondered.

After several minutes of deep thinking, Sarutobi thought of a trustworthy person for his job.

He quickly signed a note, and then stamped it with his Hokage seal, before placing it in a scroll, which he put the Sarutobi clan Sigil on. He raised his right hand, before summoning one of the Black Ops that was stationed outside of his chambers. He handed the scroll to him, before telling him to take it to Anbu Headquarters, and to give it to Sparrow.

The Black Ops member disappeared in a flicker of leaves, before the Hokage sighed. He could only hope that his plan worked out well.

A few hours later, in the late evening, Sarutobi was doing some paperwork. He had relaxed a little bit once he sent the Black Ops to deliver his message to Sparrow, but then his secretary had reminded him of the stacks of paperwork he had to do. While it was true that he could just get a Kage Bunshin to do it all for him, that was bad. Then, he would actually remember everything the clone marked, and that would probably drive him insane eventually, with how much inane, useless information he had to go through everyday.

He heard his secretary buzz in, and say to him through the speakers," Hokage-sama, Sparrow is here saying you had summoned him for a meeting. Is now a good time, or should I send him away?"

He brightened up, and slid the paperwork off of his desk, leaving a few pages for Sparrow's assignment.

"Send him in right away," he told his secretary.

Sparrow walked into the Hokage's chambers, before he stopped and bowed before the Hokage. He wore a white sparrow Anbu mask, with red paint lines on it. Unlike other Anbu masks, it had bigger eye holes, than the usual small slits. Sparrow wore a bit of light samurai like armor, meant for taking serious damage, with some light clothing under it that allowed him the flexibility needed for taijutsu. He had a ninja-to by his waist, and wore fingerless gloves, which had retractable blades in them for assassinations. He wore strong boots made for all kinds of terrain, with a strong grip under them to help keep him from falling when he climbs.

He bowed down, his black hair falling to the sides of his masked face, as his onyx black eyes took in his leader and commander.

"What is it that you want of me, Hokage-sama?" asked Sparrow, in a monotone voice.

The Hokage clasped his hands together as he leaned back in his seat, his knuckles barely touching his chin. He smiled fleetingly, as he thought of how his idea just may work.

'Yes, maybe. It might just work,' he thought to himself.

A/N: And so, ends a lot of stuff I had to wrap up. Next chapter, Uchiha Massacre.