Alright, a short chapter, but still, it is in fact a chapter, and I know you've all been waiting for it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or anything I cross Naruto with during the course of this story, be it Disney or otherwise.

"Are you sure about this?" Naruto turned around, along with the rest of his team. Heading back to Konoha after a more than stressful mission to Wave Country, the team had managed to bring along two stragglers. The first was one Zabuza Momoichi. Known as the Demon of the Bloody Mist, he was a rather strong ninja, making use of the silent killing technique. Walking along-side him, was his female apprentice, Haku. Like Zabuza, Haku was also an incredibly powerful Shinobi in her own right, her bloodline augmenting her skills through the manipulation of water and ice. The two were quite the intimidating pair…or at least they were.

After a particularly harsh battle on the bridge being built to try and liberate Wave from the oppression of a man named Gato, things went south for the two. In fact, Haku had nearly died, but was only alleviated from her fate by a fast use of magic. It was at this point, he realized one thing. As long as he had enough strength, he could literally bring someone back from the dead; however, the process itself nearly killed him. Apparently the act of bringing one life back from the dead required a payment of equal value. It was only the fox that kept him alive. Once he had managed to restore Haku to her normal state, it was fairly simple to bring down the crime lord. However, then came the problem of Haku and Zabuza themselves, who were no longer their enemy and had nowhere else to go now. Oh course, Naruto being Naruto, could do nothing but suggest they come with them.

Then though came the next problem. While Haku always played from the sidelines, and therefore never was entered in the bingo book, Zabuza was not so lucky. Being a missing-nin, he had a rather large bounty on his head, and thus would need some sort of disguise. Normal henge wouldn't fool any self-respecting Shinobi, so everyone had turned to Naruto, who used his magic to create the greatest disguise for the man ever…by turning him into a young version of himself.

Although he still wore his usual attire, his hair was grown out to his shoulders with bangs that fell messily over his eyes. And unlike his adult form, his younger body, which was around the same age as the other genin, this form was extremely scrawny. However, what would surprise anyone was the fact that he had managed to retain his physical strength and chakra reserves. This was evidenced by the fact that he could still use his enormous sword. It was thought that the sword would end up giving him away, however, no matter what they had said, Zabuza refused to stop using his giant blade.

"People in the village will probably find out easily enough, but those outside the village won't recognize either of you" said Naruto. "I've already sent word ahead to the Hokage, and he should help you out."

"Yeah "No-brows" continued Iago. "So shut it and stop worrying." A mass of killing intent flooded out of Zabuza, all directed at Iago, but the bird acted as though he hadn't felt it.

"One of these days, I am going to kill that bird of yours" said Zabuza, gripping the hilt of his sword, but was calmed by Haku.

"I highly doubt that" said Naruto, waving his hand and sending sparks at the bird perched on his shoulder. Flying into the air, Iago began to transform, before flying back down, allowing Naruto to jump on the now elephant-sized falcon that had once been a small red parrot.

"We'll go on ahead, Kakashi-sensei" said Naruto, getting only a sigh and a nod from the masked man. With a gust of wind from the gigantic wings, the duo took to the skies. If there was one thing that Naruto enjoyed, it would be flying, though Iago wasn't always enthusiastic about having a passenger. Once or twice he made a few comments about something called a "magic carpet" but for the most part, Naruto just ignored him.

It was amazing. They were still a long ways off from the village, but from the height the two achieved, they could easily make out the towering wall surrounding Konohagakure. "Time to go home" whispered the blonde, standing tall on his avian accomplice, using the same principle he had just learned for surface walking, sending chakra to his feet in order to stick to his back.

"Let me get this straight Naruto" said Sarutobi. "You have brought THE Zabuza Momoichi back to the village, and have convinced him to join us?"

"That's correct, yes" said the young sorcerer, leaning against his staff. "With his disguise, even if someone would send him back to his village, they would find him to be a boy remarkably similar to Zabuza, but as it's not a henge, they would not be convinced, thus we'd receive no money."

"Hmm, I can see your point. Can he be trusted?" asked Sarutobi.

"I can personally vouch for both of them" said Naruto. "If anything should happen, I take full responsibility."

Sarutobi nodded and took a moment to think. When he began speaking, his voice was strong and firm. "Then, as acting Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, I hereby grant both Zabuza Momoichi, and his apprentice Haku, the rank of Special Jonin. Only after a probationary period of no more or less than six months will they be allowed to become full Jonin. Do you accept these terms?"

"I do, Lord Hokage" said both Zabuza and Haku.

"Very well" said Sarutobi. "Naruto is currently the only occupant, and landlord, of an apartment complex. I'm sure he would not mind allowing you to stay in his building."

"Not at all, Lord Hokage" said Naruto, trying to sound as regal as possible in light of the intense seriousness of the situation. Of course, saying Lord Hokage, rather than just Old Man, left something of an odd taste in the blonde's mouth.

"Good, now that that is settled, I believe your mission was upgraded to an A-rank, which means you will receive A-rank pay for your services" said Sarutobi, before pulling out several pouches from his desk, giving one to each member of Team Seven. He dismissed Team Seven after that, along with Haku and Zabuza, telling them to return after they were shown where they would be living. After fixing up the place fairly well with his magic, Naruto showed Haku and Zabuza where their apartments were, before the two new Special Jonin went back to the Hokage's office in order to complete the process of shinobi registration. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until Naruto went out for some ramen.

Making his way across the village to Ichiraku ramen, something just didn't feel right. As we walked by a building, he was blown back by a shockwave and blast of heat as the structure burst into flames, seemingly out of nowhere. Naruto got ready to douse the flames, but before he could, several shinobi ran out of the building, before using several water jutsu to put the fire out. The entire business took about five minutes total. When they were finished, the place was badly burned, but nobody was hurt and the structure of the building seemed to be intact. But it struck Naruto as odd that a building like that would just spontaneously combust.

Hearing some chuckling, Naruto looked up and stared at something hovering in the air. He looked quizzically at the oddity of the strange, large blue cat with wings. It had a stripped tail, large grin and strangely what looked like a goatee, as well as golden bangles on his paws. He had a golden band around his neck as well.

"Hmmm, interesting" rang the voice of Kyuubi from within Naruto's mind. "Boy, I suggest you get his attention."

"Why?" asked Naruto out loud. "Do you know what that thing is, Kyuubi?" He and Iago were still gawking at the large blue feline, watching the show with a sense of glee, not even noticing them.

"That, my vessel, is Chaos" replied Kyuubi. "Chaos is a divine entity who embodies disorder, surprises and every other aspect of the unpredictable. He is the second in command of my sister, the Nibi, so you have nothing to fear from him. As a matter of fact the two of you have quite a bit in common. Short attention spans, love of pranks..." The fox trailed off in his thoughts as Naruto called up to the winged cat.

"Um, hey, Mr. Chaos?" The blue cat seemed to finally take notice of the blonde, smiling slightly before his body disappeared, leaving only his eyes and smile visible in the air, before that too vanished. It soon reappeared right in front of Naruto, followed by the eyes and finally the body of the winged feline.

"Normally I'm addressed by Lord Chaos, but seeing as we've never met, I'll let it slide" said the cat in a lighthearted tone. "And who might you be my blonde friend?"

"My name is Naruto. And I am the vessel and second in command of the Kyuubi" he replied, and Chaos's grin if possible grew even bigger.

"Reeeeaaallllly?" he said, stretching out the word in that same contented tone of voice. "Well then, this is a surprise. It's not too often I get an audience with another of the biju's underlings. Especially a vessel. Talk about your unpredictability. Here I am, minding my own business, when WHAM!" Naruto and Iago flinched as he got right up in their faces and shouted. "You come waltzing up out of nowhere."

"Or the other way around" squawked Iago. "Which one? Who knows? We'll be arguing for hours. I however will be going to get something to eat...thank you very much" said Iago, trying to fly past Chaos, attempting to go somewhere with food.

"He's very rude, isn't he?" inquired Chaos, before his eyes glowed a bright yellow and suddenly, Iago fell to the ground, his form changed from that of a parrot, to a turtle.

"Haha, very funny" he said, still in his grainy, irritating voice. "But would you please just turn me back?"

"I don't think you're in any position to tell me what to do, turtle bird" said Chaos, sounding particularly malicious, raising his claw, making Iago flinch. However, a moment later he was transformed back to his normal state, Chaos having a good chuckle at his expense, Naruto doing the same.

"So, it appears that Kyuubi wasn't lying about your power" said Naruto.

"Why would he?" asked Chaos, floating on his back with his arms and paws behind his head. "As far as I know, the big fox actually likes me. Of all the biju, only he and Mistress Nibi have actually complemented my work. Plus, if you're his vessel, that makes you his second in command, which means you actually rank higher than even I do. Now that is a surprise." Without warning, the head of Naruto's staff seemed to come alive.

"Hello Chaos" said the voice of Kyuubi from the moving mouth of the staff, though without the booming volume or the demonic sounding undertones. "As long as you are here, I was wondering if you could do me a favor."

"Well, that depends. I'm a very busy deity you know. And you know how much I hate being told what to do" replied Chaos, flying in for a face to face with the Kyuubi.

"It's just something for any spare time you may have" replied the golden statue head. "If you are ever in the realm of the Seven Deserts where our friend Iago is from, I merely ask that you stop in on a little kingdom called Agrabah. I would just like a report on a boy by the name of Aladdin. I don't even care what you do to him so long as he isn't dead. He is of interest to us."

"The Seven Deserts?" said Chaos slyly. "That's actually perfect. I can go see an old friend of mine, Mirage. She's a Nibi worshiping sorceress who lives in a pocket dimension just outside of the Seven Deserts realm, using her powers to torment the people in it."

"You're kind of person?" asked Naruto, but the blue feline just laughed.

"My kind of person? Yeah right. "Mirage is what we call an "Evil Elemental." It's always the same with them, plotting here, destroying there..." said Chaos. "It's way too boring for my taste. Yeah, I'll go check out this kid for you, Kyuubi. Sounds like fun." Without another word, he winked, before his body disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving behind his smiling face, which disappeared soon afterword.

"Mirage?" said Iago. "Now that is interesting."

"You know her?" asked Naruto.

"I know of her" said the parrot, flying back up to Naruto's shoulder as the blonde began walking once more to Ichiraku Ramen. "She is commonly referred to as the Evil Incarnate. She hates good. She annihilates good. Evil is all she does."

"Well, hopefully Chaos gets to have some fun with her then. I kind of like that blue cat" said Naruto absentmindedly, getting a chuckle from both Iago and Kyuubi, who had once more receded into Naruto's mind. Arriving at the food stand, Naruto ordered five bowls of pork ramen for himself and a bowl of miso ramen for Iago, before the two began chowing down.

Chapter end

So, If nobody realized, I have just INSTIGATED the Aladdin animated series episode "When Chaos Comes Calling." I have also decided to scrap the Naruto/Tenten pairing, and have narrowed down the new choices to two. It's time for you to decide. You're first choice, as I kind of discretely set up in this chapter, is NarutoxMirage. She'll play a large part in the story either way. YOU all just need to decide if she should be the one paired with Naruto. The other pairing choice is NarutoxDemona from Disney's Gargoyles.