Me: That's right, yet another work from the mill. I came up with something I'm almost positive is unique here: Naruto, modeled after a member of Organization 13. But I'm not going with Axle, or Demyx, or Xemnas, or even Larxene. No, I'm going with my favorite and the most unappreciated of them all: Zexion. Also, I think it'll be a bit of a challenge to write due to, in canon, Zexion being a tactical genius with an under-developed personality and Naruto being… well, Naruto. Also, I only update if I get an equal amount of reviews as Favs! So REVIEW! MWAHAHAHA!

Naruto: Please do it. He doesn't feed us unless people review.

Me: Quiet! Back to work in the plot mine!

Neji: But sir, the canary died! It's toxic down there!

Me: Then just hope that people care enough about you to add the text */give_mask/* to the end of their review! MWAHAHA!

P.S, There will be NO Sharingan bashing, Uchiha bashing, or Sakura bashing. Think of this fic as my way of proving neutrality to team 7. But there will be Kankuro bashing. I hate him. A lot. HE MUST DIE!

P.P.S, I know Zexon's books real name, I just go by a shortened and more awesome sounding version.

P.P.P.S, I love wasting your time!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Kingdom Hearts, or much of anything… but I do own YOUR IMMORTAL SOUL! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-ha-ack! *starts choking*

UPDATE: As of July 17, 2012 I am revising this story. As my reviewers have pointed out, the chapter styles are very inconsistent due to time between updates and it alienates people. In addition to that, the quality and flavor and everything changed over time, and I just hate that. As such, I'm going through and fixing things. The mass edit will take time and, as I'm not doing an actual update while adding this, nobody who's read it before will know until I do and anyone who's new will read it and have no clue what I'm talking about, so it really serves no purpose. Eh, fuck that noise.

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The Hokage Tower of Konoha was many things. Built as one of the first buildings in the village, it has served as the center of political and military power since its inception. As the tallest building in the city, it had served as a signal spot in times of war. As the oldest building in the village, it served as a symbol of its founder's ideals. As the safest building in the city, it had always served as the greatest library in the village, and that is how our hero was using it on one fateful August 29th.

On that day, a six-year-old blond by the name of Uzumaki Naruto was brought to the tower by the closest thing he had to family, the aging Sandaime Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi. This normally would not be a problem for villains at large, but Naruto was going to enter the ninja academy tomorrow and the aged kage had, in a small fit of genius, allowed Naruto access to any book in the tower that might help him, after placing an "Ignore Me" genjutsu over any book that might teach him something that could cause an accidental suicide. The Hokage, though, is human.

"I wonder if there are any books on top of the shelf," said a six-year-old Naruto, a small bag filled with books and scrolls on the ground next to him. Looking up at the top of the 12-foot-tall shelves from his 3-foot-5-inches height, he couldn't see anything, but there had to be something to help him become an awesome ninja! All he'd been able to grab were a few books with titles like A Beginners Guide to Chakra Control and Basic Survival Skills and all the others were stupid sounding, like Kekkei Tota: A theoretical and practical examination of pluripotent chakra and its methods of use. He was pretty sure one of those wasn't actually a real word!

As Naruto climbed the bookshelf, he began to see just how unwise a course of action it was. Although he had climbed the steps on the outside of the tower and actually lived on the top floor of his apartment complex, the height of the bookshelf was dizzying and he could not back down. Although the veritable Everest challenged him and left him with vertigo, he couldn't simply stop and go back. He had to be the best ninja ever! As he thought these thoughts and closed his eyes to try and climb faster the most peculiar thing happened:

"Ouch, my head!"

He hit the roof. This moment, though, was unintended. A mis-stitch in the tapestry of fate, this moment had great consequences, consequences that began with a shelf dropping from within the roof. On this shelf lie a collection of books and scrolls and tablets, numbering at 14 and wreathed in destiny.

"Cool. I wonder if any of these can help me," Naruto said, before looking at them, reading their titles. Most sounded boring, like "I, Shadows of Nothing," or "IX, Sonnets to Water." Some bugged him, like "X, Fate of the Roll." Some were confusing like "XIV, Links of Memory." A few sounded cool, like "VIII Sparking the Burning Will," but there was one that he just felt drawn to. He couldn't, for reasons unknown to himself or the world, keep his eye off "VI, Another Hallucination." So, as can be expected of a six-year-old, he grabbed the book and added it to the pile. He actually would have grabbed them all if the shelf hadn't risen shut the moment his hand was clear after grabbing his book. After making his way back down from the terrible heights and placing the leather-bound tome in his bag the Hokage walked in.

"Ah, Naruto-kun! Tell me, did you find anything you think will help you in the academy?" asked Sarutobi.

"Sure did, Ojiji! Soon, I'll be the one wearing your hat!" shouted Naruto, pointing with his eyes closed at the rather stupid looking hat, having forgotten to mention the hidden compartment in his ADD induced rant.

"I'll walk you home, Naruto. I promise you won't have any problems with the villagers this day," said Hiruzen, before he lead Naruto, bag in tow, home.

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It was now 6 years later and the past years had gone rather well for Naruto. After he had read all the normal books and scrolls he had gotten from Sarutobi, he had began reading Another Hallucination and, as it turns out, the thing wasn't so much a 'lexicon' as it claimed to be, but an encyclopedia of fighting with the power of illusions. He'd began doing everything the book told him to do, and it seemed it was never wrong. He'd changed his wardrobe to a black shirt, black hakama, black padded boots, black gloves, and a large black cloak, because the book said it worked to be a good way to hide in the dark, the cloak he could hide things in, and in his opinion he looked "all mysterious and stuff." Naruto had also changed his hair style. It was still spiky, but the spikes were angled so as to be almost flat and he'd grown it out and combed it slightly so that the hair on his right side went down over his right eye and almost to his chin. He'd also gained a few purple-blue highlights here and there, although he had no idea why. As well, his time spent reading had bleached his skin of its tan, and his 'whiskers' were all but gone.

As well the book had turned him into his own antithesis. He had become a bookworm, reading everything he could under the books advisement. It had told him that the more he knew, the harder it would be for someone to recognize an illusion because he'd know more details about his illusions. At this point he'd do anything the book told him by now, although the book still taught him as much as it did back when he'd started reading it years ago, despite reading it through several times over. It was almost like the book had a mind of its own, teaching him anything he asked for that it had in it. It would probably worry anyone else… but the book told Naruto not to be troubled by this, so he wasn't.

But back on task, it was the last week of school for the soon-to-be Gennin. This meant that Naruto could finally show off without fear of retribution. Sure, he'd used all of his book smarts during his tenure at the academy, but he was also physically weak, although he was fast and had a simply gigantic reserve of chakra. Coupling this with the fact that his way of fighting was… indirect to say the least, and the fact that no jutsu were to be used during academy spars, and it meant he was smack dab even on the bell curve. But that would all change, because today they were allowed to use jutsu (so long as they didn't aim to kill) and that meant he could finally shine!

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"Alright class! Today were going to spar with chakra and jutsu! So long as you don't try to kill your opponent, it's anything goes!" shouted Mizuki, before he started pairing people up and, lo and behold, he 'surprisingly' pitted Naruto, the 'weakling' against Uchiha Sasuke, the Rookie of the Year. He also, totally not-on-purpose or with malice of forethought, began with their fight

"Ready? GO!" he shouted, starting the match. Sasuke got into position, in his standard taijutsu form, but Naruto instead just stayed in place.

"What's the matter, dobe? Can't you tell when a fight's about to begin?" Sasuke taunted.

"No, I was merely wondering when you decided that a simple 'hello' was too much to spare. But if you so desire to fight immediately, then I shall oblige," said our hero, years of learning showing through in his language, before he reached within his cloak and pulled out…

"A book? Time to fight not read!" shouted Sasuke, before charging and… stopping as, from universal perspective a monster, tall, white, and humanoid, suddenly leaped from the tome.

"Summoning? That's the way you play, is it? Fine then! Kanton: Goukakyuu no jutsu!" shouted the Uchiha, launching a torrent of flame at the 'monster' which then leapt away, causing Sasuke to miss and repeat this action again and again, getting madder and madder each time he missed, until finally he hit the thing, and ran out of spare chakra, only to see the thing undamaged, before it ran out at him, aiming to tear his face off… only for it to pass through him, nothing but an illusion.

"What was THAT?" asked/shouted a random bystander who's hair was singed slightly in the crossfire.

"This is my primary skill: Illusion. It is strange, seeing as the Uchiha were masters of illusion themselves, but I guess this proves that Sasuke still has much to learn," responded Naruto, eyes closed and smirking just slightly.

"The Uchiha are always the best!" shouted Sasuke, who then got up from his place (cowering) on the ground, and ran at Naruto.

Naruto finally opened his eyes, raised his hand, pulled his sleeve up, and said, "Fine then. How about a taste of my most supreme technique?" said Naruto, before he unleashed his chakra, causing him to levitate about a decameter above the ground by sheer chakra pressure.

Sasuke stopped in his tracks when the whole floating thing began, but after that things got weird. I mean REALLY weird. Naruto grabbed his book with his raised hand and pointed it at Sasuke, causing pages to be launched at him. But rather than do… actual damage, the pages (which he tried to deflect with his fists) passed through him, returning to Naruto.

"Hm. So much pyromania. No matter, all hope of your victory is nothing… Nothing but an illusion!" shouted Naruto, who then began floating in circles around Sasuke… before unleashing several kanton jutsu at him.

"H-how are you stealing my jutsu?" asked a burn and beaten Sasuke, who was on the verge of unconsciousness.

"The Sharingan is not inimitable in jutsu larceny," said Naruto, who then stopped hovering and walked off, leaving Sasuke to vanish from the land of the waking.

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"The child is possessed by the demon!" shouted Mizuki to the Hokage as he slammed his fist on the desk, raging and impotent.

"Oh? How is that?" asked the Sarutobi clansman.

"Yesterday he was pathetically weak, and now he almost murdered Uchiha-sama!" cried the future traitor as if that was almost all the evidence needed.

"I was watching that fight, actually. As you SHOULD have noticed, Naruto-kun is physically weaker, but in that fight he didn't through a single punch. Instead, he followed one of your lessons to the letter by distracting him with genjutsu to waste his chakra and then strike," said Hiruzen.

"But what about when he stole Sasuke's jutsu? And those types of genjutsu aren't taught at the academy!" Mizuki cried, grasping at straws to prove that his student was a monster.

"It's all written in that book of his. I gave it to him myself," said the Hokage, and it wasn't a total lie.

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"Hokage-jiji, I brought your books back," said an eight-year-old Naruto said, a large bag filled with rectangular and cylindrical objects.

"Alright then, Naruto-kun. Just hand them to me and I'll put them away," said the Hokage, before Naruto handed him a book and he placed it in its proper place. This continued until Naruto tried to hand the Hokage a thick, leather and copper bound book. The old man had just placed his fingertips on the cover, not but brushing even the slightest bit against the book, when he was tossed back by a shockwave of chakra from the book.

"OJIJI!" cried our hero, who dropped the book and ran to the old man's side.

"Naruto-kun, where did you get that book?" asked the kage urgently.

"In this thing on top of a bookshelf," said Naruto. Although after a half hour of searching for it, they couldn't find the thing, so the Hokage gave the book to Naruto, if only because it was too dangerous in the hands of anyone else.

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"I… understood, Hokage-sama," said Mizuki, who then left the Hokage Tower. Meanwhile, Mizuki's thoughts were far darker. 'If I can use a transformation jutsu to look like the demon, then steal the forbidden scroll and take it to Orochimaru-sama, then I kill the demon and burn his body, they'll think HE killed ME and went traitor, and I'll be a hero and prove that senile old man wrong!' This is, of course, overlooking the fact that Naruto had done nothing wrong, so it merely proved the Sandaime right, but Mizuki honestly didn't care about that.

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We now look in 4 days later, at the day of graduation. Right now, Naruto, who was in his desk reading, was being approached by someone.

"Hello Naruto-kun," said Hinata, who took a seat next to him.

"Salutations, Hinata-chan," said Naruto to his shy friend. The two had known each other for years, as the day Naruto had started to read his book constantly she had gotten the courage to sit next to him and a friendship sparked like fire.

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Hinata had just barely walked into the room and already expected the end of the world. Uzumaki Naruto, her secret crush, was here, EARLY, and was quietly, in his seat, READING! And he was reading a real book, with lots of words in it, and with minimal pictures! Something wasn't right!

"Oh, n-n-Naruto-ku-kun, h-how are you?" she said, silently reprimanding herself for the stutter.

"I'm doing great! Oh, your name's something like, um, Hana, no, um… Hinata, right?" Naruto asked the dark haired girl he had about a grand total of 10 minutes interaction with beforehand.

"Y-yes, and why a-are y-y-you reading? You n-never read," she said, a small blush adorning her features.

"I'm reading because this book is telling me how to be an… awe-inspiring shinobi? Is that even a real sentence?" he said, looking from the book to Hinata and back, repeating the cycle twice before saying, "I guess it is. So, how'd you like to sit next to me?"

Things went swimmingly from there.

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"So, uh, do you think you'll pass, Naruto-kun?" she asked.

"Of course I shall. Even if I lack whatever skill they demand, I can manufacture an illusion of myself having completed whatever challenge they may have concocted," said Naruto who shut his lexicon with a snap and placed it in his cloak as the class walked in. Iruka then started his speech.

"OK class, today you take your graduation tests and finally become ninjas but I'd like to say what an honor…" by this point, almost all his students were asleep.

"WAKE UP!" the dolphin-man said while quietly casting his Kyotou no Jutsu genjutsu, before continuing with, "Now, before you can become official shinobi in service of the village you all have to pass a test: preforming the Bunshin no Jutsu!"

'Perfect' thought Naruto, who could just feel the weight of the hitai-ate in his hands. Life was good.

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It is at around three o'clock that we look in on our hero one more. He and his best friend Hinata were currently roaming the streets and talking. Let's look in on them now.

"I know that blond hair is an intrinsic signifier of my identity, but I still believe I should dye my hair and even it out with the indigo in it," Naruto said to Hinata.

"I don't know, Naruto-kun. I think you'd look kinda like me," Hinata said and giggled slightly at that.

"Perhaps, but I am a shinobi now, and covertness is now most important. My blond hair is simply too conspicuous, and that is unacceptably detrimental to one in a support role such as me, and the sight of it could be lethal. Someone may find a way around my illusions and I cannot wear this hood all the time," he said, lifting the hood of his coat slightly for emphasis.

"If all you want to do is rationalize, then let's go get it for you as a graduation gift," Hinata said smiling, before dragging him along at a fast pace (to the under-exercised Naruto) to a nearby hair salon, ignoring his feeble protest.

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It was now around 9:30 when we look in on young Naruto, or at least what looks like him. Mizuki was dashing through the forest grounds of Konoha when he had to dodge a rain of kunai… before the kunai turned around and began following him. While he was running from the 'Kunai from Hell' while occasionally getting slashed by one, he tripped and fell… while all the kunai passed through him.

"What the?" said Mizuki, who had undone his transformation.

"If you intend to impersonate someone, than at least have the intelligence, both mental and tactical, to do so correctly. You were an estimated 10 lbs. heavier than I, 2 centimeters shorter, 3 centimeters broader, my book has three symbols on its cover, and I dyed my hair several hours ago," said a voice from the forest, which then revealed itself to be our hero, all his hair in that strange blue colour and his hitai-ate on the back of his left glove.

"YOU! Tell me, want to know why everyone hates you?" said/asked Mizuki, his voice dripping with sweetened poison.

"Is she a bright scarlet colour, terrifying beyond all reason, and have nine tails?" he asked nonchalantly.

"She?" asked Mizuki, confused.

"If the Kyuubi were biologically male, a single 'well placed' Suiryuudan no jutsu would have brought it to its knees," said Naruto, looking exasperated. (Author's Note: Honestly, why has no one used this as a reason for the fox being a vixen? Everyone's always having the Kyuubi shouting 'OF COURSE I'M FEMALE! Does a DEMON just HAVE to be MALE to be strong!' and yet they give no evidence for that. Honestly.)

"Whatever! You're going to die now!" shouted Mizuki, who then threw his big-ass shuriken at Naruto… before they passed right through him.

"Obviously genjutsu was never a talent of yours," said a voice from behind him while a spike of pain flashed through his mind, followed by an eternal absence of sensation as his connection to everything below the neck was forever severed. His task completed, Naruto dropped the illusion covering him and removed his blade from Mizuki's back before firing a flare gun into the sky. Of course, though, he felt it right to reward himself, and with a scroll of powerful jutsu just sitting there…

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We now look in 11 hours later at the team selection process, where the Jonin and Hokage decide who goes with whom. Let's listen shall we?

"What do you mean 'I want Uchiha and Uzumaki'?" asked/shouted Kakashi.

"Well Kakashi, it does make sense. Naruto is a budding genjutsu master not seen since the fall of the majority of the Kurama clan, and Sasuke has shown a weakness to artifact-type genjutsu, so it's quite logical for Kurenai to be there sensei," said Sarutobi.

"But then who'd teach Sasuke-san about his Sharingan?" asked Kakashi.

"We both know you never pass teams, so if Sasuke activates his Sharingan then you could teach him how to use it," said Kurenai.

"And who'd be your 3rd team member, Kurenai?" asked Sarutobi.

"I was thinking Hinata," she said calmly.

"The Hyuuga hime? There's no way that team can be balanced," said Asuma.

"I think I see where she's going with this. It's a working team; one to see the world, one to build the world, and one to destroy the world," said the Hokage.

"Exactly," Kurenai said, smiling with happiness that even the Hokage thought it was a good idea.

"And that just leaves one person left to pick out their team before those content with random people get theirs assigned from the dregs," said Kakashi. Suddenly, a bundle of cloth flew in from an open window, before four kunai pinned the corners to the roof and floor, revealing a banner saying 'Here's the sweet and sexy Anko!' in bright purple letters, followed by a voluminous amount of smoke as the aforementioned shinobi made her entrance.

"Sorry I'm late, someone stole my dango," she said, with lightning flashing outside while she finished her sentence.

"Just pick 3 people," said the currently face-palm-ing Hokage, before pointing to a large poster with the names and pictures of everyone on it with those selected already having a large black X through their pictures.

"I'll take Inuzuka, Aburame, and Haruno," she said after a moment's thought.

"Why?" asked Kurenai. After all, Anko never does something unless it's 'fun' (read: lethal and/or torturous) or it'll get her more dango.

"The Inuzuka can shred people into itsy bitsy little chunks and I've always wondered how fast bugs can eat through a body," she said as if it were the simplest thing in the world.

"And Sakura?" asked Kakashi, fearing for the safety of said child.

With a holy cartoonish flame in her eyes, she pumped her fist and declared, "If Gai can get a mini-me then so can I!"

"It's probably not the wisest thing I've said, but… OK," said the Hokage, with a weary smile upon his face, before the rest of the Jonin selected their teams, most by just chucking kunai at the board and taking who they hit. What? That's how I'd pick my team!

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And now we look in on the morning after at the academy, were Naruto is just now taking his normal seat by the window, followed in shortly by everyone else. Then Iruka walked in.

"Well class, today I assign your teams, and tomorrow we won't be teacher and student, but comrades. That said, I'm just going to assign your teams now. Team 1…" He started, before I.O.N, the greatest author you're currently reading a story by, pulled out the universal remote control and hit fast forward and stopped when Iruka said, "Team 7 is Haruno Sakura, Inuzuka Kiba," *Insert howl of agony from said dog man* "and Aburame Shino," *insert shriek of 'WHY CANT IT BE Sasuke!'* "Your sensei will be Mitarashi Anko. Team 8 is Hyuga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto," *insert the sentence 'A logical decision'* "and Uchiha Sasuke. Your sensei will be Yuhi Kurenai." I.O.N. then uses the universal fast-forward button till Iruka says; "And team 10 is Akimichi Choji, Nara Shikamaru, and Yamanaka Ino," *insert loud cry of 'why can't it be Sasuke!'* "Your sensei is Sarutobi Asuma. You are to wait here until all your sensei arrive. Dismissed!"

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"Team 8?" asked a woman, wearing a dress made out of bandages with black hair and make-up lined crimson eyes, who just stepped in.

"That would be us," said Naruto, who, followed by Hinata and Sasuke, walked out of the room, following and followed by the classmen over the course of a half hour… with the exception of 3 sad people who'd be sitting there for a good three hours and more by half. On the up side, they were luckier than team 7, who were attacked and kidnapped by a trio of pythons… with the exception of Shino, who just walked next to the python after threatening it with his bugs, while his teammates struggled. But we don't care about them at the moment. Meh.

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It was about ten minutes later by the time team 8 found itself in a small restaurant after being led there by their new sensei. After getting their seats and ordering, their sensei spoke up.

"Alright team, My name is Kurenai Yuhi. I want you all to introduce yourselves in a way you find comfortable. It wouldn't due to know nothing of your teammates."

"Then can you go first?" asked Hinata.

"Alright, you already know my name, and I hate perverts and I like to read. You can give out as much information as you want though," said Kurenai while smiling at the group.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I like nothing and hate a lot of things. I have no need for hobbies and my dream? It's more of an ambition: to kill a certain man," the emo-prince said while looking away from the group. (Don't worry, he's not going to be that way for long.)

An acute avenger complex, just my luck, thought Kurenai before she said "Alright Hinata-san, your turn."

"What do you want to know?" said Hinata in a tone that said 'ask and yea shall receive.'

"Whatever you want to tell us," said Kurenai. What most people didn't know was that, when Naruto was present, Hinata loved to talk. And talk. And talk. And so, by the time they finished their meal, she was still talking, only stopping when prompted by Naruto.

"That was… informative," said Kurenai, before turning to Naruto and saying, "Your turn."

"What do you want to know?" he said in the same tone as Hinata with a devilish smirk on his face.

"Name," she said, making sure to give no opportunity for a repeat of Hinata.

"Uzumaki Naruto."

"Likes."

"Reading, proper 'hello's, and Hinata-chan."

"Dislikes."

"Getting my hands dirty and those who dislike my likes."

"Hobbies."

"Reading and gardening."

"Dream."

"To be Hokage."

"Favorite food."

"Ramen."

"Miscellaneous."

"I have a scar in the shape of the Sharingan on the inside of my left knee. Anything else?" asked Naruto while giving away no more info than necessary, infuriating Kurenai that she could gain almost no insight by excess ramblings after each question. Also she was slightly disgusted at that last bit of info and somehow wondering how one gets such a scar. Eh, Anko-chan can find out.

"That's fine. Alright, before we all get on with our lives, I want you to meet me at training ground 23 at 7:30 A.M. sharp. You are going to be taking a second test," she said.

"What second test?" asked Sasuke.

"That first test of yours was to make sure you all were ready to become Genin, this test is to see if you're worthy of me being your sensei. But if you fail, you're all sent back to the academy," said Kurenai before paying the bill and 'poof-ing' away.

"Goodbye losers," Sasuke said, beginning to walk away before being stopped by Naruto.

"Wait. Sasuke-san, Hinata-chan, I want you both to meet me at the Hokage tower in 10 minutes," said Naruto with his hand on Sasuke's shoulder.

"Why not just walk with us?" asked Sasuke, feeling strangely out of the loop, with Hinata wondering as well.

"I'm afraid I'm not really here at all," said Naruto before he stabbed his own face with a kunai… and 'poof-ed' into smoke, turning out to be a kage bunshin the entire time.

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"Alright Naruto, what do you want?" asked Sasuke, although it came off as more of a command.

"I've brought you here because I'm afraid it does no good to have a teammate who's skillset is so incompatible with my own. Additionally, it is not wise to have a skillset as limited as yours, Hinata-chan," said Naruto, pushing open the door to the Hokage's office. Upon entry the Hokage greeted them.

"Afternoon, Hokage-Jiji. I have a bit of request for you," said Naruto to the aging man.

"Oh? What could it be?" asked Hiruzen.

"I think I have a way to open 'that cabinet' and wish to try for my teammates.," said Naruto evenly.

"And why, exactly, should I place such power in the hands of genin?" asked the Hokage, puffing away at his pipe.

"Because you've seen exactly how they work. It took me years to become even a novice in my craft, and it should surely take longer for anyone else. By the time anyone more than a genin could use it they would have no reason too. Reason enough?" Naruto explained, managing to keep his tone outside of condescension and with just enough arrogance to be convincing.

"Naruto-kun, if you think this is a good idea then your attempt has my blessing, but keep this an A-ranked secret," said the kage sternly before he lead them to the library, quietly but swiftly fleeing the scene as they entered.

"Why did the Hokage leave?" asked Hinata.

"Because if you screw up, there happens to be a rather large backlash," said Naruto before he jumped to the top of a shelf and scanned it before his eyes flashed with recognition and signaled his teammates up to him.

"Alright, why are we here?" asked Sasuke.

"Just push the panel to your left, the both of you," said Naruto, before they both pushed said panel revealing the tomes and tablets Naruto had seen so many years ago.

"Now just take the one that calls to you," said Naruto before they each grabbed one and the panel snapped shut again.

"Naruto-kun, what are these for?" asked Hinata.

"These treasures are each a part of a set of 14, and each details a path to incredible power. Mine is number 6, which ones did you get?" asked/said Naruto.

"I got 'XIII, the Twin Destinies'," said Hinata, showing off a composition style book with a picture of two swords crossing each other.

"'VIII, Sparking the Burning Will'" said Sasuke, showing a sloppily-written scroll sealed with an image of a circular weapon with flames surrounding it.

"Interesting. I want you to both read your books and do everything in them," said Naruto, before walking out the door. Then just before he left, he turned around and said, "I warn you both though, these books will change you. I cannot promise that the changes will be for the better, or even great, but they will suit you better to this. Your path is has been illuminated, and it is time for you to tread the cobblestones before you. I will see you both tomorrow. I'm sorry Hinata-chan, but I have to cancel dinner, I have training to do and so do you."

Then Sasuke said something so un-Sasuke-ish that if anyone who hadn't just heard what Naruto said, they would have detained him for being an impostor. "He really needs to lighten up."

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Meanwhile, in Suna, a boy wearing the world's stupidest outfit, which looked rather like a demented cat, was suddenly and violently kicked in the balls.

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Me: And THAT is a wrap! I've decided to do this story in a bit of a looser format than my other works. I happen to know that this story is the first of its kind. Also, I'm not going to update until I have at least 10 reviews and an equal amount of favs. Not more, equal. If you have the time to favorite this, then you can write a 10 word review. Also I also plan on having one scene where Kankuro gets hurt, even if I have to break away from the story. To quote my friend Devin "Your hatred for Kankuro consumes you."

Kankuro: What's your problem with me?

Me: You look stupid and sound like a pedophilic rapist who can't even do that right. And for that. *Pulls out blade mace and hits Kankuro in the head with it*

Shino: Excessively brutal, but I approve.

Me: Thank you. Oh, and the new Miyazaki film is coming out soon for all who care. I plan on seeing it myself. The first anime ANYTHING I ever saw was directed by Miyazaki. By this point, Miyazaki may do no wrong.

Random Flamer: Everyone makes mistakes, even Miya-

Me: DO NO WRONG! *Pulls out a Glock and shoots RF 3 times in the face, twice in the chest, and 9 clips to… his 'happy place' that isn't so happy anymore.* Anyways, the reason I mention this is because I've been re-watching all Ghibli Productions movies in prep for the new one, and it's starting to go to my head. Or maybe it's the fact I watch them while hyped up on Nos brand energy drinks. Nos, a higher octane. Yes, I just advertised for them. Anyways, if you see anything by me in crossover format with Naruto and one of the aforementioned movies, expect something fluffy and in no way my normal style. Later!

Forever or Never,
-InfinityorNone