A/N First of all I'd like to apologize for the huge delay. If any of you have read the prologue to A Hero's pain you know that the reason for it was that I left my chapters at a relatives home that was supposed to email them to me sometime this week. Well he still hasn't and I'm tired of waiting so I've decided to hell with those chapters I did and I'm writing new ones. Once again I apologize for the long update time.

Now onto reviews.

Rd: There will be council bashing but not to the WHOLE council as some of them will actually be on Naruto's side. The sword I haven't decided if it will be like a zanpakuto and though I'm leaning to it staying the way it is I might give it a "sealed state " in which it looks less... flashy? Most likely looking like a Shirasaya.

Reesie-cup4545: I will try to update faster but I do have a life you know :D. There will be Sasuke and Sakura bashing later on but I won't go over board. I honestly don't get why so many people overly bash on Sasuke, if he was the main character of the series everyone ( mostly ) would love him. Take the series Death Note for example Light is an egotistical, sometimes crazy, asshole that kills people with a book if they do anything he considers evil ( even those who get in his way ) and yet people love him simply because they made him the focus of the story. Moving on... my time line doesn't have the whole Kushina being alive thing though if a lot of people request it ill find a way to add it in as either an arc or a sort of filler chapter(s).

leonaris: thanks and if you look on my profile you'll see I'm a guy DX.

Boomerbambam: I've seen those kinds of stories as well with him going from being completely untrained running on instinct to him somehow gaining incredible knowledge and battle tactics the next chapter with no explanation to how. The pairing has already been decided with Haku, Hana, Hitomi ( Kyuubi ), and Shiho being in the harem though if you'd like I could put Hinata with someone else?

S-Wanderer999: Even though I was already planning out something similar your pm made me focus more on it and because of that I developed new ideas for that particular place. So thanks whoever you are :D

.XD: That will eventually happen but not anytime soon as that will make Naruto reveal his abilities waaay to early. Nice evil laugh though :D

For those of you who are wondering about A Hero's Pain during my waiting I was doing a rough time line for the story so the next chapter should be out by the end of this coming week or the beginning of the next

I've put up a poll on my profile asking if Naruto should get an animal partner similar to the Inuzuka with the wolf being in the lead and only 2 votes for the dog option. Of course if I do give him a partner it will either be a summon that stays with him, choosing one from the Inuzuka clan, or him getting into a situation that later on has him getting a partner.

For those who voted other what would your suggestions be? Keep in mind it would have to be something related to his bloodlinesOR his personality as well as his fighting style ( similar to the Inuzuka taijutsu and a fast and powerful kenjutsu style). I don't want someone suggesting some sort of overgrown Godzilla type partner ( though the amount of destruction makes me smile ).

I will also begin to put English definitions in parenthesis for those of you who don't understand some words I put in. Any Jutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, or names of importance ( unless they are character names ) will have a translation unless I say what they are in the next few sentences. I will only show the translated version in parenthesis the first time it is shown and after that it will not have them.

Example: Suiryuudan would have ( Water Dragon Bullet ) next to it while the name Naruto will remain the same.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto as that is the property of Masashi Kishimoto. I do however own any original Ideas, Characters, Bloodlines, Attacks, Weapons and the story line of The Howling Storm.

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Chapter 4 – The Wolf Returns

It had been four days after the battle on the bridge, four days of getting used to his new body, and four days of avoiding his team as well as the newly made Naruto Fan Club of Nami. He shuddered thinking what almost happened the day after he woke up. They had caught him off guard while he was shopping and it was safe to say he was glad Haku happened to be there or else he would have gone through something terrible.

As he packed his gear he couldn't help but think about how his friends back home were going to react to his changes especially the Inuzuka family

' Man Tsume's gonna have a field day with this ' he couldn't help but sigh at imagining her reaction when she found out he belonged to the once though extinct Ookami clan.

Slinging his pack over his shoulder he headed downstairs in deep thought ignoring the Uchiha and Haruno and walking out the door. The rest of team 7 along with Zabuza and Haku followed after him after all this was their last day here in Nami.

As the group reached the bridge they saw what looked like the entire population of Nami waiting for them. Tazuna and his family stepped forward as the group reached them.

" Well it seems your job is done," he bowed to the small group " on behalf of Nami no Kuni I'd like to thank you, for not only continuing the mission when you could have turned back after I lied, but also protecting my family, myself, and the people of wave. "

Kakashi merely eye smiled " It was no problem Tazuna, I'm sure this mission was just what my team needed."

" I would also like to thank you Naruto, for not only taking care of Gato and his men but for inspiring all of us." Tazuna was was again bowing this time to the blushing silver haired shinobi.

" Heh... it was nothing old man, " crossing his arms he smirked while looking at Inari " besides if anyone here is inspiring it's your grandson."

" Eh? What do you mean Naruto-niichan? " him inspiring? He didn't do anything important... did he?

Giving Inari a fanged smile he placed his hand on the small boy's head. " Don't act like you don't know, after all standing up to those two thugs after your mom took guts!"

Tsunami was smiling thinking back to the event while Tazuna gained a confused look on his face. " He did what now?"

" Oh? Didn't you know?" he paused in order to grab Inari in a headlock all the while his fanged smile never leaving his face. " he stood up to a pair of sword wielding goons with only a kitchen knife as his weapon, I'd say Nami has a great future hero right here!"

" Naruto-niichan stop it! You're embarrassing me!" the struggling and blushing boy settled into a pout which was followed by many chuckles and smiles from the crowd. He lowered his head in order to hide his face, a small smile growing.

A chuckle escaped Zabuza's throat at seeing this. " Any kids you have are gonna love ya gaki." Haku as well as every female with the exception of Sakura silently agreed with him.

Kakashi coughed seeing as how they should be leaving " Well it was nice being here Tazuna but my team and I have to get going."

Tazuna merely nodded before he and the rest of Nami watched the disappear into the horizon.

" You know you never did pick a name for this bridge tou-san."

Inari had stars in his eyes as he turned to his grandfather " Can I name it jiichan? Please?"

looking at his grandsons face he knew he couldn't say no so he settled for chuckling and nodding.

" So Inari what do you want to name it?"

" Onaruto-kyo!"

Tazuna grew misty eyed thinking about the name " the Great Naruto Bridge huh? Hes going to be a legend someday," he started to cry tears of joy thinking about the future " and ill become famous for building a bridge where he started out! Think of all the sake ill be able to get then!"

The people of Nami just shook their heads at the old mans behavior, but they knew it was only a matter of time before the young silver haired gennin became a legend.

For what felt like the hundredth time that day Kakashi let out a sigh. There had been a tension growing between his team since the first day on the road. He would notice Sasuke turning on his Sharingan at random intervals and focusing on his silver haired student as if Naruto would suddenly start showing all his secrets to the Uchiha. Sakura was doing what she usually did and asking the brooding Uchiha out on a date, though he did notice her sneaking peeks at Naruto only to get a quick glare from Haku instead. Naruto himself was trying not to interact with his teammates and avoided talking to him in favor of talking to Haku and Zabuza. He sighed again remembering his encounter with the young gennin in the clearing, he needed to find a way to apologize to him. A hollow laugh echoed in his mind as he remembered who Naruto reminded him of. ' sigh... they're so much alike and yet so different from each other,' he looked at Naruto as he talked to Haku an image of a black haired orange wearing gennin with Sharingan eyes overlapping him. ' hes so much like you Obito... heh he even blew up in my face like you did if a little more violently.' As the others fell asleep and he started his watch he stared at the stars in the sky wondering about the changes that were going to happen.

" Hey Izumo, I'm bored."

Kamizuki Izumo was currently rubbing his temples to try and stop himself from killing his partner. For the past hour and a half his friend and partner Hagane Kotetsu had been repeating the same thing over and over and over again. That he was plain and simply bored out of his mind. Oh how he wished for the days when Naruto was the prank master from hell, at least back then when they were stuck on guard duty he would visit and tell them of his latest achievement pictures included. As another "Hey Izumo " was heard he looked to the skies a pleading look on his face ' Kami please let something happen so that this idiot can shut up! Anything at all a merchant, a flying pig, hell even an A-ranked missing nin!'. He blinked hearing nothing but silence and looked over at Kotetsu only to pale at seeing A-ranked missing nin Momochi Zabuza walking to them with a group of people. ' I didn't mean that literally!'. He sighed in relief as Anbu descended around the group only to blink as he heard the name Kakashi.

"Hey Izumo? Is that tall silver haired kid Naruto? " Izumo spun his head to his partner an incredulous look on his face. What the hell was he smoking and where could he get some? Naruto was a blond haired short gennin, not for the first time he wondered if Kotetsu had gone insane after being there for hours.

Kotetsu seeing the look being directed at him just grabbed his friends face and turned it to look at the young man with silver hair. " Who else do you know has whisker marks on their face that's a Konoha ninja? "

Izumo stared in shock as he looked upon the gennin as they passed by them being escorted to the Hokage tower by the Anbu. His eyes widened when the silver haired teen looked over at them waving and gave off a smile that he had only seen on Naruto. He looked up to notice that the sky was still blue, looked down to see the earth was still brown, everything was normal? No indication of the world coming to an end because of the sudden appearance of a heart throb Naruto?

" Hey Izumo," as he got a intelligent huh from his friend Kotetsu smirked already knowing his friend would get pissed after he finished his sentence. " I'm bored..." What the chuunin didn't expect was to be turning blue, after all its kinda hard to breath when your being choked.

As the duo continued to fight they missed the sudden movement of an animal speeding through the gate and out of site the only evidence of it passing through being the slight prints it left in the dirt.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Sandaime Hokage, The professor, The God of Shinobi was facing off against an enemy that all kages have fallen before. Paperwork. As a result when a knock disturbed him from his work he gladly took the opportunity to escape it. He smiled seeing Kakashi had returned but gained his, as Naruto once put it, "Hokage face" on when he saw Zabuza enter with two unknowns and the blond gennin missing.

" Ah Kakashi I see you've returned, though I wish to know why Nukenin Momochi Zabuza along with these two others are with you and the where your other gennin is as i don't see Naruto-kun."

" Man I knew you were old Saru-jiisan, but I'm gone for a month and you forget all about me?"

Sarutobi stared in shock only now noticing the whisker marks on the boys face, and although the fact they were blue and the persons voice was deeper he could clearly tell it was Naruto. " N-naruto? Is that you?" the same smile that had shocked Izumo appeared on the gennin's face. There was no denying now he knew of only one person with that smile and that had the guts to call him an old monkey. " Naruto what happened to you? Kakashi! I want a report now!"

Kakashi after a lengthy discussion of the events that happened while omitting the encounter with Naruto stood looking at a shocked and dumbfounded Hiruzen. After dismissing the Uchiha and Haruno Sarutobi sat there thinking of what exactly would happen now with this new development. He sighed as he made his decision on exactly what needed to happen in order for Zabuza and Haku to join the ranks of Konoha.

" There will be no problem instating Haku here into the ranks and judging by her skill and what Naruto has told me of her she would do best as a chuunin and working in the hospital, " at Haku's nod he continued " Zabuza however will need to be on a two month probation while being guarded by Anbu, give a scroll of a few techniques that you have, and take on a roll in teaching Kenjutsu once the probation has ended." Zabuza nodded as well happy they hadn't killed him on the spot or handed him over to Kiri, besides he'd be more then happy to scare some snot nosed brats into becoming true swordsman. " Good, now as for Haku's bloodline I have to warn you that the civilian council is greedy when it comes to them and may try to force you into an arranged marriage."

Hearing this Zabuza was about to shout out but Naruto who had seen the look of fear in Haku's eyes beat him to it. His fangs and the slit in his eyes growing a bit Naruto stepped in front of Haku. " Like hell I'll let that happen! Haku-chan should be able to choose who she ends up with not have some old greedy dried up prunes decide for her!"

Deciding to ease their fears as well as tease his favorite gennin he chuckled as he pulled out a Konoha Hitai-ate. " I would never force a young lady to do that Naruto-kun, though I didn't know you cared for her like that," seeing the two now blushing teens he continued not letting Naruto think of an excuse " though judging by how angry you became when I mention an arranged marriage I guess its no surprise you two are together, who would have thought my cute little adoptive grandson would fall in love so soon," as the two teens blush rose to a new level he smirked " I wonder how Iruka-kun will react to this... or Hana-chan. " he cackled inside his head as Naruto's eyes widened and his once red face turned a pasty white. ' Ha! That will teach you for embarrassing me in front of my Anbu!' after a moment of watching Naruto standing there worry and fear in his eyes he decided to give him a break " Oh don't worry Naruto-kun, I wont tell them anything I just wanted to see how you would react to that threat." As his skin color returned to normal he sent a look to Sarutobi that sent a shiver down his spine. The same shiver he had whenever his paperwork increased during one of Naruto's... achievements. " N-now what can you tell me about your bloodline Naruto-kun? We will need to discuss them with the council as well." Sarutobi had to wonder though, how exactly did Naruto receive a bloodline when his parents never showed signs of having one.

The fanged gennin smirked he would enjoy the shocked look on the Sandaime's face when he explained them. " Not bloodline Saru-jii... bloodlines I have two old man. The Ranton ( Storm Release/Style ) and Ookamiki ( Wolf Spirit ), well... I have three if you count the Kitsune no Chi ( Fox Blood )." Sarutobi and Kakashi looked as if they were close to having a heart attack and they almost did when they heard the last part. Having someone with more then one bloodline was a rarity already but to have three? " Though I wonder if being able to make a weapon with you spirit and will is one as well? " With that last statement Naruto smirked as Kakashi and Sarutobi fainted, the information being to much for them. " Ho guess that was a bit too much to handle ne Neko-chan?" he turned to a wall were a purple haired Anbu materialized, her cat mask hiding the amusement on her face.

" You could have been gentler Naru-chan, and whats this about you falling in love hmmm?"

He groaned as she teased him, he knew for a fact that she as well as Hayate would hold this over his head for days. He blinked as he thought of something that could help him. " Ne... Neko-chan can you do me a favor?" seeing her nod he continued " Can you ask Hayate-sensei if he can start training me again?"

"Oh? You going to finally take him up on his offer then Naruto-kun?"

Pointing at Zabuza with his thumb he nodded " yeah id ask no brows here," ignoring the swordsman's yell and Haku's giggle he kept talking " but all hes good for is sparring he cant teach me how to properly use my sword." After accepting his request and watching them leave Uzuki Yugao couldn't help but shake her head at the gennin's actions. A smile spread across her face at the thought of how happy her fiance would be when she told him the once blond teen would be learning Kenjutsu under him again.

As Naruto left the Hokage Tower with the former Nukenin and Haku following him he decided he would show them around the village. Well that was the plan but he didn't count on being face first in the ground with a dog on top of him, and as he looked up he was met with a tongue to the face by another dog. He chuckled as another similar looking dog licked his face " Ok, ok stop it … its good to see you three as well." He stood up when the canine on his back jumped off "how did you know it was me though? I look completely different aside from my whisker marks." he watched one of the three come up to him and sniff for a moment when it hit him." Oh my scent huh? Forgot all about that."

"Hey! What do you three think you're doing?"

Turning their heads they saw a brown haired young woman with red fang like marks on her face running in their direction. As she stopped in front of the group she faced the three dogs who were currently wagging their tails. " What have I told you three about running off like that?" turning to the small group she sighed " I'm sorry if they bothered you they usually don't act like that."

" You don't have to apologize Hana-chan, I'm used to them doing that after all." He smirked as he watched a look of confusion cross her face before her eyes traveled to his whisker marks and her eyes widened with recognition.

" Na-naruto-kun? Is that you? " at his nod she began to poke him as if she was hallucinating. " Why did you dye your hair? " at this Naruto face faulted into the ground.

Shaking his head Zabuza was inwardly laughing his ass off. " So gaki you gonna introduce us to your girlfriend here or what?" Both Hana and the now standing Naruto blushed at his words before the silver haired gennin sighed.

" Well no brows," Zabuza twitched hearing the insult again " her names Inuzuka Hana, and these three " he pointed at the tail wagging dogs " are her partners Himaru, Honoomaru, and Nenshoumaru." The three dogs barked when their names were called looking proud of their respective names." Hana-chan the eybrowless swordsman here is Momochi Zabuza, and this is Yuki Haku." as he finished the introductions Himaru turned to his brothers with a sly look to his face and barked a few times as the other two seemed to laugh. Hana blushed as she heard what he said but both the brothers and the Inuzuka's eyes widened as Naruto spun around with an agitated look on his face. " I heard that Hi...maru?" as Naruto finished he grew confused. " I understood you?" the three canines merely shook their heads shocked that he was able to understand them. " huh I guess its another part of my bloodline then... heh now ill know when you three are saying things behind my back!" A giggle escaped Haku's mouth as Naruto's stomach rumbled from hunger. " Eh hehehe... guess I'm kinda hungry, you want to join us Hana-chan?"

Hana merely smiled and shook her head." I can't Naruto-kun I still have to help out at the animal hospital, but what's this about a bloodline?".

"Ah well I'm going to have to explain it to your mother later on so ill tell you then," His stomach rumbled once again causing the gennin to blush " ill see you later Hana-chan I still have to show Haku-chan and no brows around Konoha, and the first stop is Ichiraku!"

Hana watched him go before turning and heading in the direction of the Inuzuka clan compound while thinking about the former blond's new appearance. " What kind of bloodline changes a persons hair silver and lets them talk to canines?".

Himaru walked up to her with a pensive look on his face. " Partner Hana, although he always had a smell of fox around him there seems to be a strong scent of wolf now as well."

"Wolf huh, silver hair and and the scent of a wolf... why does that seem so familiar?"

A/N Yes I know it's short but I did have to rewrite it and I thought you readers would be fed up with waiting so I will be dividing this in parts. The reactions arc will deal with how his friends and the village deal with his new look and attitude. I know I said that this chapter the council as well as Shiho would make an appearance and they did in the original chapter -_-. The next chapter will have the confrontation with the council and clans, dealing with how they'll take the fact that he has more than one bloodline, and Shiho will also finally be introduced.

The Story line has pretty much been finalized with there being some holes here and there so give me suggestions who knows you might help me completely fill those pesky gaps. The storyline for A Hero's Pain however is like Swiss cheese can't look anywhere without finding a big hole XD... but! I will finish that as well with the next update for that story being around the 5th of February.

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