A/N: EDITED: 2/22/13

"naruto"-speaking

'naruto'-thought

"naruto"-kyubi in mindscape

'naruto'/'naruto'-link between bijuu/jinchuriki\

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto... yet. Im sending a letter to Kishi-san asking for the rights.

Chapter 1: The return of The Toads

It was a bright day in Konohagakure No Sato. The Godaime Hokage, Tsunade Senju, stood at her office window admiring the grand Hokage monument that acted as a backdrop to the peaceful hidden village. She sighed as her gaze fell upon the most recent addition to the monument; the large visage of herself filled her vision as she scrutinized the tiniest of details.

"I swear" she said more to herself than anyone else "my face is not that wide"

As she was turning around to go back to her desk for her favorite daytime beverage, sake, she caught a glimpse of orange out of the corner of her eye. She turned back to look at it and smiled as she walked to the window and opened the window to allow the small toad into the room.

"Hello Gamakichi!" she greeted the small toad summons happily, hoping for news on her two favorite knuckleheads "any news on Naruto and Jiraiya?" she asked hopefully.

The small toad smiled and in a puff of smoke was many times bigger than previously assumed "I can do you one better Tsunade-san" the toad said and without further explanation, he coughed up a scroll and unraveled it on the floor in front of the desk. The scroll held a complex seal array inside of it and Tsunade watched in anticipation as Gamakichi sliced his thumb with a kunai on the desk and went through some hand signs and slammed his hand down on the scroll. In a large puff of smoke, two figures appeared in the office "we're back Baa-chan! Did you miss us?" asked a tall spiky-haired blonde with blue eyes and whisker marks on his cheeks.

Tsunade couldn't help but smile, even with the remark about her age, as the blonde smiled "yes I did Naruto. Welcome back to konoha" said the Hokage as she hugged the young blonde "now stand still so I can get a look at you" she said as she pulled back and held him at arm's length so she could inspect him. She wasn't surprised to find that he was an inch taller than her now, he wore a mesh chainmail under shirt that extended halfway down his biceps. He also wore a black short sleeve T-shirt with orange seams and flak vest with black ANBU pants and kunai/shuriken holsters on his thighs above bandage wrappings. She noticed a pouch on his hip with the kanji for "cargo" on it and she could only assume that it had a seal that allowed it to hold the same amount as a small storage bin. The cloth to his hitai ate was now black and the metal plate that held the village symbol was covered in scratches.

"Well, it certainly doesn't scream "come kill me, I'm over here" to the enemy" she stated matter-of-factly. Naruto scratched the back of his head and flashed his trademark grin "yeeeaah' he breathed "Erosennin said that too when I decided against the jumpsuit" said pervert was currently restrained by Gamakichi so he couldn't bash Narutos' skull in "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT GAKI?! I'VE TOLD YOU TO CALL ME JIRAIYA-SENSEI OR JIRAIYA-SAMA!" the toad sannin yelled angrily. After several more futile attempts to reach the young blonde the older shinobi decided to give up.

"Okay" said Tsunade after several minutes of catching up "tell me what you've accomplished Naruto so we can update your file" she said switching to business mode.

Naruto smirked "should I show her "everything"?" he asked the toad sage. Jaraiya smiled and nodded while Tsunade raised an eyebrow in question.

Naruto nodded and crossed his arms and closed his eyes. After several seconds he was suddenly surrounded by an orange/red chakra and three fox tails materialized along with a pair of ears. Tsunade paled at the sight of the fox cloak and looked at Jiraiya as if to confirm what she was seeing was true. The toad sage just smirked and nodded to Naruto as if to say 'pay attention'. Tsunade turned her attention back to the young jinchuriki and her eyes widened at the sight of the barred/slitted pupils and red rings around his eyes.

"S-s-s-sage techniques!?" the Hokage stuttered "a-and he has some control over the fox's chakra. I'm impressed by your progress Naruto. Which is why I'm almost afraid to ask if there is any more?" She said with poorly hidden pride for her adopted grandson's achievements.

Naruto smirked as he dropped the chakra cloak and sage mode. "Just a few" he said as he reached into his "cargo" pouch and produced a three pronged kunai with a seal array on the handle. Tsunade's eyes bulged at the sight of the kunai "I-i-is that a hiraishin kunai?" she asked with barely contained excitement. That excitement was short lived though as she realized what it must also imply "Naruto?" she asked hesitantly "does this mean that you know who you-" "yes Baa-chan, I know who my father AND my mother are" Naruto interrupted already having known what she was going to ask "Erosennin told me during my training, I also know how my father sacrificed himself and couldn't ask someone else to do something to their child that he couldn't do to his. I also know how he didn't want me told 'til I was a jounin or I turned eighteen. I was also informed on how my mother was the jinchuriki before me and how she died shortly after the seal was broken. I don't blame any of you, I'm just glad to know that I had such awesomely strong ninja for parents!" he said loudly from the excitement "I mean, TWO kage level shinobi AND my father was one of the strongest ninja of all time!"

Tsunade sighed in relief at the way Naruto took the news "so… anything else I should know about your skills so we can classify you properly?" Tsunade asked.

Naruto smirked again "weeeeeeell, I have two elemental affinities, fuuton and suiton, and I am working on the Uzumaki clan Kenjutsu style, I've mastered the Rasengan one handed and I have added my elements to create Two high power S-Rank Jutsu, I've mastered Frog kumite taijutsu, I have a decent affinity for the Goken style that Gai-sensei and Bushy-Brows use and I have a basic understanding of the Juukin style of the Hyuuga clan and I'm a high level seal master." He ticked off these things on his fingers "OH! And by last count, I can make about fifteen hundred kagebunshin without exhausting, about two thousand using sage chakra and umm thirty seven hundred with the three tailed fox cloak, give or take a few" he said as if he were conversing about the weather.

That was the last straw for Tsunade, she reached into a drawer and grabbed a bottle of sake, pulled out the cork and took a nice long swig of the alcohol. After she finished her drink she placed the bottle on the desk and sighed. She looked at Naruto "well, I think this classifies you as an S-Rank shinobi, but we need to test your combat skills, so how about during the next Chunin Exams, which are being held here, why don't you and…" she paused to think for a moment and then a sickeningly sweet smile came to her face ".. I have a rematch? If you beat me, or put up a good fight, I will promote you to chunin and label you as an S-Rank shinobi" Naruto stared blankly before his face broke into a smile "you're on Baa-chan!" he yelled enthusiastically "when are the Chunin Exams?" The excitable blonde asked "three months the first test begins, four months and a week until the finals" she said looking down at one of the papers on her desk.

The three continued with idle chatter for a few more minutes before Naruto decided it was time for him to go. As he bid Tsunade and Jiraiya farewell as he walked towards the window he stopped and admired the newly improved monument "you look good up there Baa-chan, but not as good as I will one day" and with that he tossed a Hiraishin off into the distance and in a flash of light he left the two sannin alone to catch up.

"So" Jiraiya said conversationally "how about a date?" the vein in Tsunades forehead pulsed as she knocked him through a wall right past Shizune, who wasn't too surprised to see the toad sage, she had sensed him and Naruto as soon as they had been reverse summoned by Gamakichi.

"Tsunade-sama" Shizune called through the Jiraiya shaped hole "shall I call the contractor to fix the wall or would you rather try and fix it yourself again?" she asked. Tsunade sighed "No Shizune, I'll just end up breaking it more, just call the contractor" she sighed and finished off the bottle of sake on her desk in a swift gulp "It's nice to have things back to normal around here" she said with a smile.

I HOPE THAT'S BETTER, I FIXED THE GRAMMATICAL ERRORS ALONG WITH ADDING SOME COMICAL RELIEF. HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY. THE NEXT CHAPTER SHOULD BE UP BY SUNDAY. UNTIL THEN, I LOVE YOU ALL