Tryna keep the rhythm out here so here we go. Enjoy.

"Someone talking"

"Zanpaktou spirit"

"Demon talking"

"Someone thinking"

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"Where are you from?"

"Why trying to figure if you can get a bounty for me seeing as you were the one who defeated me?"

Naruto heard the biting bitterness in her voice at this fact and smiled to himself. He sat down Indian style in front of her cell door in order to be at her eye level.

"No I just thought that it would be easier to piece together a picture of you why is their a bounty on you're head"

"……"

"Did you know that I learnt that when someone is being interrogated they usually do not speak…."

Naruto paused and looked her knowingly in the eyes before carrying on.

"…..and this is because they believe that their interrogator will be able to deduce the truth no matter how they tried to disguise their voice"

"Really I never knew that"

"I think there is one on you you've already killed some of the village members I hear, when they were just trying to help you and all I have to do is tell them that you were with the nuke-nin and they will instantly know that you are from mist and anything else their is to know about you so you can either start fucking talking to me or I am sure that they can find someone a lot worse than me for you to talk to"

"But you won't"

Naruto furrowed his brow he was in the process of trying to get back up but settled back down at this statement.

"And why so sure?"

"Because you're hiding to"

"What do you mea…."

"I've heard of you leaf snobs that are just like the rest of us if not worse but act like you're so high and mighty and better than us"

"Hmm the leaf village does pride itself on its morals"

This time it was the ice user that smirked at the obvious bitterness in the other ones voice"

"And those eyes of yours you would be in the cell next to me probably with your eyes gouged out too, just how did you beat two elite jounin one with a kekkei genkai and the other a well known member of the seven swordsman of the hidden mist"

Naruto looked her up and down his eyes finally settling on her eyes the defiance in them shining brightly and yet he could see something behind it something a lot darker and a lot stronger he carried on watching and saw a bead of sweat roll down the side of her face as she appeared to shiver from the cold of her cell.

"I see right through you"

"What do you mean?"

"What did you see when you looked into my eyes?"

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"GET OUT"

"But farther please"

"I SAID GET OUT YOU'RE NO DAUGHTER OF MINE"

"Please give me one more chance"

"IF YOU DON'T LEAVE NOW I'LL KILL YOU"

"But this, this is my home this is all I now"

"NEJI"

"Yes Hiashi-sama"

"Forcefully remove Hinata from the estate she is no longer welcome here"

"Yes Hiashi-sama"

A sick grin appeared over the experienced genins face as he crouched into an all to familiar position.

A small scream was all that could escape Hinatas mouth as she collapsed to the ground, as Hiashi looked on in disgust.

"Pathetic couldn't even defend herself against a branch member such as yourself get her out of my sight"

"Where would you have me bring her Hiashi-sama?"

"Anywhere she is not my responsibility anymore"

"As you wish Hiashi-sama"

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"Kakashi, Jiraiya thank you for coming at such short notice I believe you both know the nature of the subject that I wish to talk to you about"

"Naturally this Naruto is the divine meaning of the word enigma I have not spoken with him yet but from what I have observed he is hiding more than we could ever imagine"

"This Naruto? Am I to understand that you do not believe it to be the same one Kakashi?"

"Well look at it he has only been in that coma for a few weeks and the change that has been made is beyond belief"

"Kakashi the time stream between the two dimensions runs differently, to Naruto he must have been gone for month's maybe even years"

"Well when he starts working with team seven again I shall see where this change stems from"

"He will not join your team Kakashi"

"And what makes you say that Jiraiya-sama because he has experienced things that he shouldn't have"

"He hates almost everyone he knew he has been different the minute he awoke from his coma the toads on Myouboku mountain were in a frenzy the power he was letting off allowed me to pinpoint his location why do you think I reappeared so quickly after he awoke I needed to know what was going on and it is for this reason why I wish to take up a somewhat regular post inside the village as a jounin instructor I want to be Narutos"

Kakashi had been gripping his chair in shame harder and harder as Jiraiya had spoken as he had thought to himself how he had shunned Naruto for Sasuke seeing more potential in him than the blonde youth. It was only after he heard Jiraiyas plans to take said student that he broke the arms of the chairs his fury lending him courage to stand up to the man as he indeed rose to his feet.

"You will not take Naruto"

"And who will stop me"

"You have no right"

Jiraiya rose from his chair allowing his chakra to ruffle his hair a classic intimidation technique used when training new recruits in order to breed obedience in them on sight Kakashi merely sneered at the tactic.

"And you have no chance Naruto will seek me out sooner or later I have what no one in this poxy village can give him"

"And what's that?"

"Recognition"

"That is exactly what he is gaining now"

"No he is a science project that this village merely wishes to tinker with until they understand it then he will be discarded like a piece of trash he will come to me in the end he will seek me out as I have him it is inevitable"

"Careful Jiraiya-sama you're starting to sound like your old team mate"

Jiraiya pushed his chair out the way as he squared up to Kakashi.

"Careful squirt about what you say"

"You're not as quick as you used to be old man"

"ENOUGH"

Both Kakashi and Jiraiya looked startled for a moment both seeming to have forgotten exactly who they were fighting in front of. As they looked down to find that the hokage was not even looking at them but merely at the desk his hands coming together under his chin.

"You two WILL show me the proper respect you WILL sit down AND YOU WILL SHUT UP"

Both Jiraiya and Kakashi both did as they were told neither looking the old man in his eyes as they had rarely seen him display such anger before.

"Jiraiya you will speak with the boy Kakashi in the light that what Jiraiya has said is true other arrangements will be made for team seven in order to allow the team to continue with their ninja practices for the time being"

"Hai Hokage-sama thank you if you do not mind I will go and seek out my student now and speak with him"

"Are you sure that is wise Kakashi he may still hold some animosity towards you"

"Please Hokage-sama it is long overdue"

"Very well"

With that and a quick bow Kakashi made to shushin only to pause as Jiraiya spoke.

"Face it Kakashi you decided to handle dirt and let a diamond slip through your fingers and now you know how much that diamond is worth you want it back….well believe me I will make sure you pay a very dear price…a very dear price indeed"

"We shall see"

And with that Kakashi was gone.

Jiraiya turned around to look at his old sensei a look of defiance set dead in his eyes.

"Do you really think your decision is wise Jiraiya?"

"Do you think that yours were?"

And with that Jiraiya too was gone leaving the old man with two worst for wear chairs and his thoughts.

"At least the will of fire still burns bright in the old generation"

As Jiraiya leap from tree to tree he felt more than heard one of his more senior senseis drop from one of the higher branches to hop beside him.

"The wind brings me many tales little Jiraiya why such a change in personality?"

"No change but sometimes you must fight fire with fire"

"Will they take you back?"

"I know that foolish council will allow me the boy for my fully realised services again they would be mad not to"

"I see and this is wise because?"

"Because that boy needs a future he can be proud of and I don't think any of them can give it to him besides the great toads prophecy I have narrowed it down to just two people but seeing as I fear one of those people to be dead I will concentrate all my energies into this one"

"What can you offer him our sage techniques?...our summoning contract?...more power is that wise?"

"No the understanding of power"

"I see well good luck Jiraiya I will be….around obviously"

"Obviously"

And with that the old toad dropped out of sight leaving the old man too his thoughts.

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"Nothing"

Naruto openly sneered in her face the action making him look more feral than she could have imagined him.

"Lies"

"If you say so"

"Me and you both know that these little eyes of mine fucked you up I just want to know why what did you see."

"I saw nothing"

"Fine I will leave you here to rot in this cell it may spoil my plans a bit but oh well I am sure destiny will throw me a rope of salvation"

And with that Naruto bounced up with surprising bounce considering he had been sitting on the cold floor for quite a while and began to walk off.

"Good bye I'll see you again in forty years time if I survive that long"

Haku began to panic if she was stuck here she would never escape he was her only chance.

"Wait….I…I am not sure of what I saw I do not understand it, it was as though I saw death himself but he was a thousand times more terrible than what I would have expected when I looked into your eyes there were angry reds as though it was fire but more intensity I saw women children men dieing but it wasn't like I was on the outside it was like a part of me was dying with each of them…..do you know the pain of death Uzamaki?...... And then I remember looking into a little girls eyes as she died and in the reflection I saw myself killing a bounty with Zabuza-san I felt their pain like I never knew I could, I watched my dad killing my mum I watched me killing my dad and I felt it I felt my soul shred a thousand times only to reform just to shred one more time what dojutsu do you poses Uzamaki what jutsu could do that to me?"

"I have no dojutsu I have a curse but you killed your farther was it in cold blood or self defence?"

Haku looked shocked to hear that he had no dojutsu but flinched when he spoke about her farther before taking a deep breath and continued to answer.

"I come from mist country over their quite a few years back there was great hatred for Kekkei Genkai clans and so the country itself sought to wipe us out me and my mother escaped because I was so young and she could not use the trait passed down to her but when my farther caught me using it one day he killed her he killed my mother and when he turned on me I accidentally killed him with my bloodline. I was found by Zabuza half dead he took me in he nursed me back to health he trained me he showed me the ways of the world he helped me live and in return I gave him my undying service I was his tool a mere extension on his arm, he was the farther I couldn't find and I loved him like the farther I lost and since then my life has been from disappointment to hurt to hatred always and forever more and yet it doesn't sound nearly as bad as your curse what is it?"

"I hold the nine tailed fox inside of me everywhere I go he destroys my life and yet he doesn't stop me living its quite the ironic situation on the anniversary of the sealing which happens to be on my birthday they celebrate the man who did it to me the fourth hokage I hate that day, I hate him, I actually hate my birthday never had an ok one yet"

"Question"

"Answer"

"You said your plans include me what are they?"

"You and me become friends"

"…… Huh?"

"I could see it in your eyes when I fought your old master you've seen just as much pain and suffering as me I can help you, you can help me we can help each other"

"So you were fighting an A rank nuke nin and you were thinking about going on play dates?"

"More or less"

"The truth if you don't mind Uzamaki"

"Fine I will only give you the clip notes version"

Haku nodded as Naruto stood up as if to leave signalling that the conversation was over.

"I plan to change it"

He began walking away he put back on his henge and began his small shuffle oh-so-reminiscent of the third hokage before he was paused again.

"Change what?"

Naruto smiled to himself although while under the thirds guise it turned out a lot more sinister as did his last word.

"Everything"

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Naruto was beating a familiar track the only sincere one of the day as he smiled to himself humming some forgotten tune that had been taught to him by Shunsui in order to keep the beat of the swing in his rookie days. He pushed open the door and was immediately barged onto his feet by around twenty children stampeding through the small door way.

"Naruto?"

The blonde heard his name from his position on the ground and looked up his goofy grin etched onto his face.

"Hay Iruka sensei how you been"

"You're awake?"

"Yep just about"

Irukas face went from puzzlement to shock to happiness as he picked the blonde up by his outstretched hand before grabbing him in a tight hug.

"Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"Well I only just got up actually"

"Wow I normally go to visit you after class that would have been a shock when I found the empty bed, but how are you?"

"Never been better there's just one thing the doc said before I left….."

"What was it?"

"Hmm it was something important"

"Yes, yes come-on"

"They said it was really important that I needed right away"

"Yes I will go and sort it out now for you, tell me what it was"

"Brilliant it was a large pork ramen let's go Iruka sensei"

Iruka blanched as the air left his body barely having enough time to take in the con before being dragged out of the door by his former student.

"Kami dam it Naruto"

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"Kakashi-sensei is Naruto coming back now that he's awake?"

"Things are a bit more complicated than that sakura you and Sasuke just continue training on your katas for your warm ups ok?

"What's the point ever since the dobe when and got himself hospitalized. Which by the way you still haven't told us how yet, you haven't trained us properly you've been slacking a lot more than usual Kakashi if this is your best then I'll get myself another sensei"

The fact that that was the most Sasuke had said in a while wasn't what had kept Kakashi silent, it was with the fact that with the words of the saddest twelve year old in existence came a terrible truth, by focusing so much on Naruto he was putting his other team mates in danger and this as his old sensei would have told him was unacceptable.

"Those that abandon a mission are called trash but those that abandon their friends are worst than trash"

"Prepare yourself Uchiha, Haruno"

The chilling calm along with the use of their last names instilled a fear in them that they ha not felt since the bell test they both jumped back and prepared for the worse.

"Sasuke please work with me we should be a match for him as its two on one we can take him ready"

"Whatever"

"Kage bunshin no jutsu"

The looks on their faces were priceless as both Kakashis rushed the genin killer intent leaking out of both of the one eyed men.

"Come at me with the intent to kill"

"He's yours Jiraiya"

It was two hours later and there was a knock on the hokages door he cursed heavily under his breath.

"I was almost out for the day"

"Come in"

Kakashi walked in an old army blood clotting solution made of herbs mud and what looked like a leech was on a long gash going down Kakashis arm both of which happening to be supporting sakura as Sasuke followed behind with a weak limp behind them.

Saratiobis eyebrows raised ever so slightly at the scene but smiled he had been viewing them through his crystal ball ever since Naruto went to soul society and had been quite worried about them, this picture of a ninja group hard at work was proof that they were on the up and up again.

"Ahh team 7 how may I help you?"

"We have come to request a change in the teams we wish to join onto another genin team making a group of five, six if you're including me"

"And your reason for this is?"

"You can lead a cow to water but you can't force it to drink"

"Ahh I see very well such things are not unheard of but are rarely done I will have to speak to the ninja council about this"

"Very well until then I ask to allow us to continue as normal"

"Very well, understand that I can not give your team anything higher than a D rank mission"

"Hai Hokage-sama"

"And you should probably get that arm checked out"

"Yeah but I kinda like it it's a sign that Sakura is growing"

"Sakura?"

"Yeah she caught me off guard with her kawarimi it was quite inventive actually the thing these genin come up with"

"I see well as I said get that arm sorted out wont you?"

"Hai Hokage-sama goodnight"

"Yes goodnight and to you as well Sasuke"

"Hai Hokage-sama goodnight"

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Naruto and Iruka were sopping wet; the blame for this could rest only partly with the rain itself, two ninjas such as themselves need not get wet if it was not for a friendly argument debating if Naruto simply let Iruka catch him all those times instead of just being caught….and so it began.

And so it ended two hours later and not only was Iruka about to be hospitalized for collapsed lungs but he was about to have a heart attack as he realized he would have to live up to his end of the deal.

"Come on Iruka you have to pay that was the deal all I can eat if I win or I never eat ramen again…with the stakes so high how could you expect to win?"

"What…."

Naruto looked at the older ninja with little sympathy as he tried to take a breath between each word.

"Ever….blonde….bastard"

"Well while I see if the schools gona need a new teacher I'll just go ahead and order for myself I would order your food as well but I don't think you'll have enough for the both of us hahahaha"

"Teme"

"What?......"

The loud voice from round the back of the restaurant startling Iruka and Naruto both looking at expectantly to see what would happen.

"Is that Naruto I thought it was your voice I was hearing but I couldn't believe my ears, I heard you were in a deep coma how's my best customer?"

"Hi Ichiraku and yeah I'm good how about a complimentary bowl of ramen?"

"For you Naruto anything"

"See Iruka no complaining or grumbling that's what friends should be all about"

"Punk"

"Teme"

"Hey gime back my headband punk"

"Hahaha have to catch me"

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Naruto and Iruka had parted ways a few minutes ago, he heading back to the academy for some late night marking Naruto passing through some of his old hang out spots in the rain.

He had passed the hyuga house a few minutes ago and was now passing near the space of forest that he had beaten konohamarus trainer Ebisu in he smiled to himself as he pictured his Oiroke no jutsu.

"Ahh simpler times back when all I had to do was become Hokage"

"Cough….cough"

Naruto span around on the spot eyes searching as he looked calmly around thoughts racing through his head.

"No assassin is gona cough so I don't have to worry about that"

"Konohamaru?"

Naruto raised his nose in the air and sniffed.

"Hinata?"

He walked over to wear the smell and the sound came from and saw a pile of rubbish and… a foot. He rushed over and felt his heart skip a beat.

"Hinata what happened to you?"

The purple haired girl looked like she had just gone a round with Kenpachi there was blood coming out of her nose and mouth her clothes were torn she had cuts and bruises on every exposed part of her skin and she was breathing heavily.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu…go get help NOW"

The original Naruto picked the girl up gingerly not wanting to disrupt anything further her arm slipped round the back of his neck her hands ruffling his hair, he took a step and disappeared already half way home fear lending him speed to rival the thunder god technique.

Naruto laid Hinata on his spring less bed and felt lost as he waited by her side silently she began coughing blood bubbling at the side of her mouth as she seemed to gasp for breath, so preoccupied with the situation that he didn't have time to notice the slight pinkish tinge to the tips of his hair.

"Hinata HINATA HANG ON"

Naruto ran outside and looked around in the rain wildly.

"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU"

Hundreds of clones appeared around Naruto on the tops of roofs in near by trees.

"Get HELP NOW"

"My charka is not only for destroying"

"What do you mean?"

"My chakra is one of the most flexible power sources in the universe it can be combined with almost anything and turned to any use combine it with the lizards chakra and infuse it with her injuries and she shall begin to heal"

"Will more chakra make her heal faster?"

"NO you can only use a subtle amount this is not a useless jutsu you're doing this is a life you are in essence partially creating"

"What do you mean is she…is she dying?"

"Yes now you must do it subtly neither chakra must be fighting the other our charkas must be mixed perfectly you as well your chakra will help ease her body into accepting ours"

"Ok let's go….hang on hinata-chan"

Naruto pressed his hands lightly one over the over against her bosom as he focused the energies trying to get just the right amount that felt right separating the charkas so that the kyubis was on his left while Hanzos was on his right.

"Now Naruto you cannot view my reiatsu and his chakra separately you are separating them to much infuse them in your chest and then let it over flow into your arms it will go down into your hands and transfer to her make sure u dilute it with your chakra as much as possible it will not hinder the job"

Naruto stood over feeling a relaxing warmth sweeping down his arms as the healing power flowed through him the blood stains on her clothes began evaporating her minor cuts healing her bruises receding as her body began to raise ever so slightly as though as invisible line was connected to her top.

"Enough"

"Enough"

As he removed his arms her body fell with a light bump back onto his bed.

"Hinata"

Nothing her chest refused to continue the rhythm of the living her body lost the warmth of life, Naruto bowed his head by her side as he fell to his knees.

"No"

The single bedroom home that he had was completely silent only the rain to ease his suffering.

Narutos eyes snapped open as hinata took a gasp of breath as though she had just completed a challenge to see how long she could stay underwater for.

"Hinata chan you're alive"

"Naru .. to .. Naruto?"

"Who?... what did this to you?"

"Why..why did he do it Naruto?"

Her eyes were fluttering now as though she was about to faint.

"Who?"

"Daddy?"

Naruto blanched at the simple word one that he had never spoken but one that he had always wished to whisper into the warm folds of a shirt while being held firm by strong resilient hands.

He turned around and made five kage bunshins each with the same look coming on their faces Naruto looked at all of them and no words were needed to be spoken the eyes said it all……

'Look after her I'll handle this'.

And with that he was gone.

The two guards outside the hyuga mansion were pissed off to say the least a week ago they had accidentally bumped into Hanabi one causing her to spill her herbal tea the other snickering, they had each made their apologies and quickly made their exits and thought nothing more of it. Now the girl happened to be next in line for clan head and they had gone from elite guard to guard duty in 0 to 1 week, 7 days, 168 hours, or 10080 minutes what ever way you see it the point is……

Boy were they pissed.

So the fact that they felt the most murderous killer intent since the Uzamaki kid had died Hiashi-samas underwear pink which happened to be the most funniest shit ever was not comforting.

And when understanding dawned on them that it was the Uzamaki kid giving off the terrible taint of blood was even less comforting the only thing stopping them from shaking was the knowledge that he was a newly promoted genin barely a joke to too experienced chunin with the byakugan.

So for him to draw a sword and release an ungodly amount of killer intent and then disappear was lets say….upsetting.

Naruto saw the guards up ahead and allowed his mood to spread to them and was slightly impressed that they didn't call for help, he walked onwards and drew his sword and was slightly annoyed that they didn't run.

"Were they underestimating him?"

"You have no time for this boy find the man and remember what you were told be forceful direct uncompromising he is a head of state he's using to making the rules you're a demon your use to breaking the rules a perfect match if ever I dare say so, do not waste time with these fools"

Naruto wondered vaguely in the back of his mind why he did not get annoyed at being called a demon but shrugged it off and continued as he reasoned with himself that demon was just a title it was how you earned it that mattered.

And with that he was gone.

The alarm in the hyuga mansion was annoying so they rarely even had drills, who would dare come and attack them anyway? So to say that this shit was fucking confusing was an understatement if this was a kid mucking around, lets hope he's already in serious talks with an estate agents.

"What's going on?"

"Were under attack"

"By who rock village?"

"No the nine tails kid"

"What?"

"He's on his way NOW Hiashi-sama please go into your safety room and activate the seals you must protect yourself"

"No I will not run from a boy"

"Sir ahhhh"

A kick from a sandaled leaf ninja was the last thing he would ever smell as his head went through the window.

"What in the world do you think you're doing bo…."

Clones burst in from ever angle tearing through the roof and smashing through windows. The man went to activate his byakugan only to feel an overpowering sense of dread blanket him as an all encompassing blackness coated him from head to toe.

The real Naruto easy to spot, as he was the only one not advancing on the surrounded hyuga was standing there his eyes blurring from red to blue to almost black.

Dozens of swords rushed at the man from all angles the glass giving of no reflection so great were the number of clones that hardly any light could get through them, each sword pinning a different piece of clothing to the wall behind him as the hyuga bit his lip and closed his eyes expecting pain any second.

He opened his eyes and found that he couldn't move an inch as what must be over fifty swords surrounded him. He activated his byakugan and was shocked to find that all of theses copies were real no illusion detected.

"How?"

"You didn't even fight back how disappointing"

"What do you want boy"

"Justice"

"For what I have done you no harm"

"Hinata"

The mans eyes widened then narrowed, there was no reasoning with a sympathizer of trash.

Naruto noted the look in his eyes and got a sinister grin on his face, as the lavender eyed man blanched.

Naruto raised his hand and plucked a light bomb from a clones pouch as each clone drew their sword and stabbed it around the man making a feeble cage. Each clone disappearing a second before Naruto closed his eyes and a second and a half before the bomb hit the ground.

A blinding flash that would have caused kami himself to put on his shades spread throughout the mansion as the smoke from the dissipated swords surrounded them both as the man was heard to be screaming incessantly.

A second later Naruto was surrounded by not only Hiruzen Sarutobi but Anko Mitarashi as well as nameless other shinobi ten in total.

"Since when do you come out for a simple fight?"

"Since ten different copies of you drag me out my chair and jump out the window to take me to your home and show me an unconscious hyuga only for me to sense such a horrible taint in the air Naruto what have you done?"

"Nothing out of the law apart from maybe trespassing"

"Ahhh Naruto what have you done I have no choice…arrest him and call the medics for the occupants of the hyuga mansion.

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Yes that's right I have not forgotten here it is I put a bit more than what was intended as a poor attempt at an apology so yeah enjoy it read review bitch what ever dudes.