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A.N I don't own Naruto. If I did he wouldn't wear a kill me orange jump suit. There is a reason we make our prisoners wear orange! Anyways I have to say I'm surprised and blown away at the response to this story. I started this story mostly to improve my writing skills, and because its hard to find a story where Naruto is not getting beaten by mobs and sporting fox ears and tails. Anyway back to what I was saying, I never thought the story would even get this large of a fallowing. So Thank you and stay with me and I will continue to try to improve my writing, to bring you the best story posible. Oh yeah one last thing, Naruto's house is Minato and Kushina's house from the Road To Ninja movie, If you wish to know why I think its the house the real Minato and Kushina lived in just PM me.

The Hokage's Office was full of Jounin, all giving the Hokage a report on their teams. Hiruzen sighed it seemed teams 1 through 6 was going back to the academy, and once again Kakashi was nowhere to be seen.

Hiruzen really wanted to know if team 7 passed. He wanted so badly for Naruto achieve his dream. Hiruzen had failed to stop the fear of the villagers from affecting Naruto's life. While Hiruzen's law prevented people from talking about the Kyuubi being sealed into Naruto. It did not stop kids from sensing there parents fear and hatred of Naruto, And kids doing what kids do best fallowed there parents lead, Making poor Naruto's life a living hell.

If it had been up too Hiruzen no one would have known about what Naruto had locked inside him. But the problem was that simply, Too many had witnessed Minato sealing the fox into his son. By the time Hiruzen could make the law forbidding anyone to talk, It was already to late.

Though few knew that Naruto was indeed Minato's son. Hiruzen had spread the lie that Kushina and her unborn child died in the fox attack.

The irony was is that the village mourned the loss of Minato's wife and child, while at the same time blaming Naruto for their deaths. It saddened Hiruzen that the only thing he was able to give Naruto of his parents was his Mothers surname and clan patch, that he now wear on his left shoulder. Not that he knew what it was. Hiruzen had told him that it was found on his Mothers body.

The truth was that Hiruzen loved Naruto as much as he loved Konohamaru. So when Naruto said that he wanted to be Hokage one day. Hiruzen had sworn to himself that he would support Naruto's dream, Even if he was the only one. And that above all else was why he had put Kakashi in charge of team 7.

Kakashi despite all his quirks was the best Jounin in the village and could teach Naruto much. Now if only he could move past the deaths of his team and family and allow himself to care for his Sensei's son. For you see after the death of Minato who was a father figure to Kakashi. Kakashi had come to believe he was a curse on all those he cared for, as he put it, why else would they keep dying all around him.

It was at that moment Kakashi walked in spouting a lame excuse for late. Hiruzen's son Asuma was about to give his report, so Hiruzen focused back to the task at hand.

"Go ahead Asuma finish what you were saying." Said Hiruzen.

"Team 10, consisting of Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, And Choji Akimichi Pass." Said Asuma as he lit another cigarette.

"And what is your assessment of them." Said Hiruzen curious as to the new generation of the Ino–Shika–Cho Trio.

"Well as you would expect from the kids of the previous Ino-Shika-Cho Trio, They compliment each other well as a team. However they are not without problems, Ino is bossy, and tries to order the other two around, Though if you look closely you can tell that she cares a great deal for them. Shikamaru is lazy, he would rather spend his time watching clouds then training, On the upside I've begun to suspect he has inherited his fathers intelligence. Choji lacks self-confidence, But is very kind hearted, I also think he has a lot of hidden potential just waiting to be tapped into." Finished Asuma.

"Alright keep me informed on their progress." Said Hiruzen to his son.

"Will do sir." Replied Asuma.

"Alright whose next?" Asked Hiruzen. His son's girlfriend Kurenai Yuhi stepped up.

"Kurenai Yuhi reporting that Team 8 consisting of Kiba Inuzuka, his ninken Akamaru, Hinata Hyuga, and Shino Aburame pass." Said Kurenai.

"And your assessment of your team Kurenai?" Asked Hiruzen.

"My teams talents go well together as a tracking team and they get along well enough. Though there are a few problems that need to be worked on." Said Kurenai.

"How so?" Asked Hiruzen.

"Well for instance Kiba has an alpha male personality, He sees himself as the leader of the team. The problem with this is he sees his teammate Shino as a rival for the position of 'Top Dog' so to speak, Shino on the other hand, is very silent will only really speak when spoken to. But given what clans their from its to be expected. In truth the only real surprise was Hinata." Said Kurenai.

Hiruzen raised his eyebrows in a sign for her to explain.

"Well I've known Hinata for sometime now, and she has always been shy, very timid and lacked confidence in her self. She would always avoid confrontations or eye contact." Said Kurenai like she was trying to solve a mystery.

"And now?" Asked Hiruzen.

"Now its like she is way more confident, She looks you in the eye when she talks to you, She doesn't stutter nearly as much, and today she even-" Said Kurenai trailing off.

"She what?" Asked The Hokage.

"Well like I said, Hinata used to always avoid confrontation. But during the test today her jacket got ripped up, where she was forced to remove it. After they had finished the test, Hinata caught Kiba staring at her chest. Now in the past this would have embarrassed her to the point of passing out. But today it just made her upset, Infact it made her so upset that she gave Kiba a chakra enhanced slap to the face that sent Kiba flying." Finished Kurenai

The Hokage and the other Jounin in the room were shocked to say the lest.

"Okay Kurenai I want you to keep an eye on it, Let me know if you notice anything else out of the ordinary." Ordered Hiruzen.

"Yes sir!" Said Kurenai.

"Alright Kakashi it seems your next in line." Said Hiruzen more than a little anxious to hear how Naruto had done.

"Team 7 consisting of Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, And Naruto Uzumaki pass." Said Kakashi in his normal lazy voice, Shocking all the Jounin, it was a well known fact that Kakashi never passed a single team.

"Go on" Said Hiruzen silently happy for Naruto.

"Well after a rough start they pulled together and worked as a team to take me on." Said Kakashi.

"Was it the Uchiha, That figured it out?" Asked Asuma, fully expecting the rookie of the year to be the one who lead the other two to victory and he wasn't the only one. Most of the Jounin in the room thought the same. So imagine their surprise at the next words out of Kakashi's mouth

"Actually it was Naruto." Stated Kakashi quite enjoying the looks he was getting. The silence in the room was deafening. Asuma cigarette even fell out of his mouth.

"Explain." Said Hiruzen.

"Naruto was the only one who noticed that something wasn't right about the test. And he correctly deduced that the only way to pass was to work as a team. Instead of fighting me for a bell, he spent most of his time trying to convince the other two to work with him. If it wasn't for him they would have failed miserably." Said Kakashi.

"Whats more, Naruto was the only one smart enough to disregard my advice not to eat breakfast. He also thought to bring his own lunch that he sealed into a scroll, and instead of standing around waiting for me to show up. Once he figured out that I was going to be late, offerd to let the other to sleep while he kept watch for me. All in all, I'm forced to conclude that the academy record was way off about his intelligence and skill." Finished Kakashi.

"So you believe he is hiding something." Said Hiruzen not really asking.

"Yes." Said Kakashi simply.

Sighing once again, Hiruzen figuring it was better to air on the side of caution. Grabbed his crystal ball.

"Lets see if we can't see for ourselves, what it is." Said Hiruzen, As all the Jounin gathered around the crystal. What they saw shocked them, and it also brought a smile to Hiruzen's weathered face.

If you looked into the ball you would see Naruto pushing Hinata on a tree swing, Smiling like all was right with the world, while Hinata, laughed, enjoying spending time with him.

"It would seem you were right Kakashi, Naruto was hiding something." Said Hiruzen amused, as he put his crystal away.

"And I believe that would explain Hinata acting so differently as well Kurenai." Finished The Third Hokage.

Kurenai just nodded her head to stunned to speak. She had known of Hinata's crush on the blond jinchūriki, But she had not know the two were so close, when had this happened?

"Well if that is all, you're dismissed." Said Hiruzen to the jounin in the room. As they left Hiruzen couldn't help but think that Naruto really was full of surprises. Little did he know that the biggest surprise was yet to come.

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"So you caught Kiba staring at your chest?" Asked Naruto as he pushed Hinata on a swing.

"Yeah it made me so mad!" Said Hinata enjoying having Naruto push her in the swing, while she talked about her day. She wondered if this is what it would be like to date Naruto.

"So would you like me to kick his ass for you?" Asked Naruto smiling. This made Hinata laugh. They were both unaware that at that moment, they were being spied on by an old man and a room full of Jounin.

"No thank you Naruto. When I caught him I might have gave him a chakra enhanced slap to the face." Said Hinata kind of shyly. This made Naruto laugh.

"I kind of feel bad for it to tell the truth." Said Hinata thanking maybe she had been to hard on Kiba. Naruto just shook his head amused.

"Don't feel bad Hinata, Kiba is your teammate now, and he needs to learn to respect you as a woman." Said Naruto backing Hinata's actions. "If you let a guy get away with that once, they'll do it again." Naruto finished.

"I guess you're right Naruto." Said Hinata as Naruto pushed her forward once again.

"And when am I not?" Asked Naruto in fake arrogance.

"Careful Naruto if your head gets any bigger you might float away." Said Hinata playing along, turning to give Naruto a Mock glare, Then they both burst out laughing.

"So Hinata I was wondering if you wanted to train together sometime?" Asked Naruto

"I would love to Naruto." Answered Hinata with her brightest smile yet.'Could this day get any better?' Thought Hinata. Her and Naruto where now friends, she had passed her Genin Test and now Naruto wanted to train with her. No, no she didn't think it could.

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A few hours latter saw Naruto walking to the Hokage's office, Having come to the decision to tell the old man everything. The way he saw it, If his Rinnegan ever came to light, He was going to need the old man's support. So with that he knocked on the old man's door.

Hiruzen was currently talking to Kakashi, They were discussing one Sasuke Uchiha, who it appeared had awoken his Sharingan, Whats more Sasuke knew of Kakashi's Sharingan.

"So your saying Sasuke found you and asked you about the Sharingan Obito gave you?" Asked Hiruzen.

"Well he didn't know how I got my Sharingan." Said Kakashi.

"Do you know how he found out about it?" Asked Hiruzen, starting to feel a headache coming.

"Naruto told him." Said Kakashi seriously.

'Yep defiantly a headache' Hiruzen thought to himself, how the hell would Naruto have found out about Kakashi's Sharingan.

"I am beginning to think you are right about Naruto hiding something Kakashi." Said Hiruzen rubbing his temples.

Before Kakashi could say anything in return there came a knock at the door.

"Enter!" Said Hiruzen with a sigh. And who should walk in? None other then the genin they were discussing Uzumaki Naruto.

"Naruto what are you doing here?" Asked The Third Hokage curiously.

"Hey Old Man can we talk?" Asked Naruto.

"Sure. Kakashi you can go ahead and go." Said Hiruzen hoping Naruto was hear to discuss whatever he had been hiding.

"Kakashi should stay Old Man its actually good he's here, Saves me having to tell him later."Said Naruto.

"Okay Naruto what is it you wish to discuss?" Asked Hiruzen.

"You will probably wish for this conversation to remain privet Old Man." Said Naruto seriously Motioning toward a hidden ANBU in the corner. Shocking Hiruzen and Kakashi, that Naruto had noticed the ANBU in the room.

"What could you want to discuss that would need the ANBU in the room to leave?" Asked Hiruzen feeling nervous for some reason.

At that Naruto got a look in his eyes that the aged Hokage had never seen in them before. It was the look of a true Shinobi. The next words out of Naruto's mouth made the Hokage's heart skip a beat, And Kakashi's eye widen.

"Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, And The Sage of the Six Paths." Said Naruto in a voice more serious then any he had ever used.

Making a motion for the ANBU to leave, The Hokage activated a seal on his desk, And looked Naruto dead in the eye and said one word.

"Explain." Said The God Of Shinobi.

And so Naruto did, He held nothing back as he told them all about how the Sage had come to him and gifted Naruto with his power, About his year of training, About who had trained him, Everything.

To say that Kakashi and Hiruzen were shocked, was like saying that Orochimaru was only a little creepy.

"So your saying that not only do you have the first ever doujutsu but you spent a year in some time chamber being trained by some of the most powerful Shinobi who ever lived." Asked Hiruzen in disbelief.

"Pretty much Old Man." Said Naruto as he activated his Rinnegan showing to Kakashi and the Hokage.

"Amazing and you said it has all the powers of the Sharingan?" Asked Kakashi.

"Yes that and so much more." Said Naruto.

"Can you prove the other part of the story, Something your mother or father might have told you to prove it was really them?" Asked Hiruzen. At this Naruto got an evil grin on his face, That he only ever wore when he was about to pull a prank. Making Hiruzen believe he was about to regret asking

"One time my Mom and Dad walked in on you and your wife going at it on your desk." Said Naruto making The Hokage go red and Kakashi to burst out laughing. But the worst was yet to come.

"What was it she called you? Her big strong Monkey Man." Said Naruto. By this time Kakashi was on the floor rolling.

"Okay, Okay, I believe you!" Said Hiruzen in a hurry. glaring at Kakashi he said "You can stop now Kakashi."

"Oh that was great! I so needed that!" Said Kakashi recovering.

"So Naruto I take it you want to keep this secret for now." Said Hiruzen getting back to business.

"Yes sir the longer no one knows the better. Shisui Sensei told me of how someone on your Advisory Council named Danzo attacked him and took one of his eyes." Said Naruto, Shocking The Hokage.

"DANZO DID WHAT?!" Yelled Hiruzen he should of known his old rival would do something like this. then a thought hit him out of nowhere.

"Did Shisui tell you anything else?" Asked Hiruzen nervously.

"He told me everything, Old Man." Said Naruto looking Hiruzen in the eye so he would know what he was talking about, with out having to say it out loud in front of Kakashi who Naruto was sure didn't know the truth of the Uchiha Massacre.

Hiruzen nodded his head sadly, giving Naruto a look that said, they'll talk about it later.

"Is there anything else you wish to discuss Naruto?" Asked the Hokage.

"No that Should be just about everything. Well actually there is one other thing, My parents house." Said Naruto.

"Ah I was wondering If you were going to ask about that." Said the Hokage with a smile as he reached in to his desk and removed a set of keys.

"I assume you know where it is?" Asked the Hokage. Naruto just nodded. Tossing the keys to Naruto, the Hokage couldn't help but be proud of Naruto he had come so far in such a short time.

"They would be proud of you, you know." Said Hiruzen.

"I know Hokage-Sama." Said Naruto Smiling at the man he saw as a grandfather, and showing him the proper respect for the first time.

"I'll talk to you later, And I'll see you tomorrow Sensei." Said Naruto as he left the office, Heading back to his apartment to start packing.

One thing about Naruto that will never change is that he will always surprise you, thought Hiruzen as both he and Kakashi watched Naruto leave.

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It had been a month now since the bell test, and since that fateful meeting with the Hokege.

"This is Sasuke at point C." Said Sasuke into the radio.

"This is Sakura at point B." Said Sakura.

"This is Naruto at Point A, target is in sight." Said Naruto.

"Aright team move on my order." Said Kakashi into his radio.

"Target is the move!" Said Naruto

"Alright team Now!" Said Kakashi.

Kakashi walk up to his team seeing them covered in claw marks, and looking quite fed up.

"Mission retrieve lost cat Tora, is complete." Said Kakashi. As they walked in to the Mission office where the Hokage and Tora's owner Madam Shijimi, the wife of the Fire Daimyo was.

"Oh my baby Tora, Mommy was so worried, yes she was, yes she was." Said the Fire Daimyo's wife.

Naruto was taking a vindictive pleasure in watching Madam Shijimi squeeze that hell spawn of a cat. And from the looks on Sasuke and Sakura's faces he wasn't the only one.

"Alright Team 7 for your next mission, we have babysitting, gardening, painting a fence,-" Before Hiruzen could finish they heard a loud yell.

"Tora come back here!" yelled Madam Shijimi.

"And retrieving the lost cat Tora." Finished The Hokage.

Now Naruto wasn't going to complain, really he wasn't, He was going to do these stupid D-ranks, like a mature responsible adult. That was at least until the Old Man brought up finding that damn cat again.

"No,no,no,no,NO! I've had it up to here with these stupid D-ranks. Their not missions their choirs. I want a real mission!" Said Naruto losing it.

Though they didn't voice it, both Sasuke and Sakura agreed with Naruto.

"How dare you! You're just a brand new genin, with no experience! Like everyone else you start with simple missions to improve your skills and prove your self." Yelled Iruka.

"I'm not that same brat I used to be Iruka Sensei. I've changed alot Whats more I truly think my team and I are ready for a real mission." Said Naruto calming down.

"Kakashi what do you think?" Asked the Hokage.

Kakashi thought about it, between Naruto's Rinnegan and Sasuke's Sharingan, Kakashi thought thay could handle it, In fact the only weak link was Sakura, But it would only be a C-Rank mission. Plus he would be there to make sure things went okay.

"I believe thay are ready, their team work has been improving by leaps and bounds. They should be able to handle a simple C-Rank." Said Kakashi not knowing that this C-Rank was going to be anything but simple.

"Alright Team 7, Your mission is to act as bodygaurds for a bridge-builder from the Land of Waves. Send him in now." Said Hiruzen. a couple seconds later a man drinking a bottle of sake walked in.

"This is all I get a group of worthless kids and a scarecrow." Said the man with a drunken slur. Naruto not liking being called worthless was behind the man in a millisecond holding a Kunai to the man's throat. Shocking Sasuke and Sakura, with his speed.

'Fast.' Was all Sakura could think.

'Where did the dobe get that kind of speed.' Thought Sasuke angry because he knew that even he could not move that fast. Just who was Uzumaki Naruto?

"Naruto we don't kill our clients." Said Kakashi in a slightly scolding yet somehow still board voice.

"I wasn't going to kill him, just teach him a little lesson." Said Naruto leaking a little killing intent at the drunkerd, making him sweat. "Insulting a Shinobi, even the younger ones can be bad for your health." Said Naruot in a deadly wisper. Naruto put away his Kunai, and went to stand beside his team. The old man cleard his throat, Trying to save a little bit of face he said

"My name is Tazuna and I am a super bridge-builder from wave, and I expect Super protection. Even if it means your life." Finished the man we now know as Tazuna giving Naruto a wide berth.'If that boy is anything to judge by, this just may work after all.' Thought Tazuna.

"Okay team go home, pack for a month, And get a goodnights sleep. Be at the west gate at 8am sharp tomorrow morning." Said Kakashi as the genin left to do as instructed, unawear that this one mission would change their lives forever.

Naruto awoke the next morning feeling ready for his first true mission as a Shinobi. Looking around his new house, Naruto still couldn't believe it now belonged to him. His parents house was a modest five room two bath house. While not overly large, it was still way bigger then anything Naruto was used to. The first night he stayed here, he cried when he saw the nersery his parents had prepared for him. The nersery that baby Naruto would never see.

Naruto had taken the master bedroom as his own, he didn't think his parents would mind. Though he now avoided that nersery, it was too much of a reminder of the life that was stolen from him. What Naruto liked most about the master bedroom was the picture of his parents on their wedding day, his mom looked so beautiful, and by looking at his dad Naruto could tell just from whom he got his goofy grin. There were lots of pictures in the house, but Naruto would always cherish this one and one other the most. The other picture was when his mom must have been about eight months along, beeming as the picture was taken.

After showering and dressing, Naruto grabbed a scroll that he sealed the things he would need for the mission and put it in his jacket. Straping Zanpakuto to his back, Naruto grabbed a quick bite to eat then headed to meet his team at the gate.

Ariving at the gate Naruto was in for a slight shock. Kakashi was on time! Guess his dad had been right, Kakashi did only show up on time to missions. After a few more minutes everyone was there.

"Alright team everyone packed and ready?" Asked Kakashi.

"Yes Sensei." Ecoed the three genin.

Kakashi noticing something asked. "Naruto where is your pack?"

Naruto pulled his sealing scroll out of his jacket and showed it to his Sensei.

"Ah Okay." Said Kakashi as they started walking. Naruto put the scroll back into his jacket.

Sakura seeing this, was curious so she asked "What's that scroll got to do with your pack Naruto?"

"That scroll is my pack Sakura, Backpacks are bulky and restrict movement. So to solve that problem I seal everything I need into a scroll." Said Naruto.

"You seal it?" Asked Sakura suprised that Naruto could do something so advanced, while she knew that Naruto had changed, it still threw her off sometimes to see just how much he had changed.

"Why so suprised Sakura? Sealing was the Uzumaki clan's specialty." Said Naruto shocking Sakura and Sasuke, Though the later refused to show it. Still Sasuke was now paying attention.

"I did't know there is an Uzumaki clan." Said Sakura, causing Naruto to devlop a tic mark.

"That's what really tic's me off! Every Konoha Shinobi wears my clan's symbol and 90% of them don't even know it! and to correct you Sakura there used to be an Uzumaki clan." Said Naruto starting out angry but growing sad at the end of his sentince. Now he really had Sasuke's atteention.

"What do you mean Naruto?" Asked Sakura referring to both parts.

"Well on the first part, The Uzumaki were cousins of the Senju, and close allies. As a sign of friendship between the Uzumaki and the Senju and their respective villages, The Senju put the Uzumaki swirl in the Symbol of the leaf." Said Naruto pointing at the Leaf symbol on his Hitai-ate

"They also put it on the shoulders of the leaf uniform, and back of our flak-jackets." Said Kakashi Joining in on the convertion.

"In fact The First Hokage married my aunt twice removed Mito Uzumaki. Making me loosely related to Lady Tsunade of the Sannin." Said Naruto

Sakura was shocked beyond words, she like every kunoichi knew who Lady Tsunade was. To hear that Naruto was related to her albeit distantly was stunning.

Sasuke on the other hand was not happy to hear all this. He was forced once again to admit that he knew next to nothing about his rival. Not only had Naruto been showing skills, (and boy did Sasuke hate to admit this, even to just himself), far superior to his own. But to find out that not only did Naruto blong to a clan, but that he had apperntly lost his clan, made Susuke realize that he and Naruto had more incommen then just being lonely.

Naruto unawear of his teammates thoughts, continued speaking.

"And as for the Second, All I really know is that Iwa and Kumo teamed up and attacked my clan's village and laid wast to it, all but wiping out my clan. My mother was in Konoha at the time, which is why she servived, well long enough to have me anyways." Said Naruto in a sad voice. He didn't really like talking about this, but he was trying to give his teammate a chance, so he was being honest with them.

"Why would they do that Naruto?" Asked Sakura.

"My clan's Fuinjutsu became feared in the first and second war, so when it became apparent that a third war was inevitable, they took my clan and its village out of the equation." Said Naruto. Sakura bowed her head thinking about how sad Naruto's mother must have been to loose not only her clan but her entire village as well.

Sasuke was wondering just how strong the Uzumaki clan must have been if it took two of the great five Shinobi villages to destroy them, When it only took his brother to destroy his.'Is it because Naruto's clan was so strong, Or was brother really that powerful? Why did it take only one man to Kill my whole clan?' Thought Sasuke.

After that the group feel into silence each lost in their own thoughts. Afew hours later Naruto was passing the time by singing a song under his breath, When he noticed something strange.

"Oh oh oh, She's following me, Oh oh oh, She's out of her tree, Oh oh oh, She's off of her rocker, I want to marry my stalker." Mumbled Naruto bord out of his mind, That was until he saw a puddle of water in the road.

'It hasn't rained in weeks, what's that puddle doing there? Unless...' Thought Naruto as he got ready, Just after Kakashi passed the puddle two Shinobi sprang out of it, And wrapped a bladed chain around Kakashi, tearing him to pieces.

Naruto didn't have time to worry about wether or not his Sensei was dead, For the two Shinobi were already on the move heading right toward him. Deciding now wasn't the time to hold back as he didn't have time to gauge their strength.

Naruto pulled out a tri pronged kunai not seen by Shinobi in thirteen years. He threw the Kunai in the center of the chain locking it in to a tree.

Sasuke who was about to do the samething watched as Naruto beat him to the punch trowing some kind of strange kunani in to the chain. What he saw next really shocked not only him but everyone watching, which unbeknowst to them also included Kakashi who was up in a tree.

Naruto using the Hiraishin, appeared on the assassins's out streched arms with Zanpakuto already drawn. Using the swords main abillity to cut the Soul with out damaging the flesh, Naruto swung the sword through the arms that he was standing on causing them to fall limply to the side of the two shinobi, The two Shinobi screamed in pain as their arms fell useless.

Kakashi figuring that he had laurnd all he was going to, appeared behind the two would be assassins, knocking them out.

"Kakashi Sensei you're okay!" Said Sakura relieved, Naruto and Sasuke just breated a small sigh of relief at seeing their Sensei alive. Looking over at where Kakashi had "Died" Naruto saw a choped up log.

'Substitution, Should have known.' Thought Naruto.

"Sorry if I worried you Sakura, I needed to try to find out who their target was, Plus I wanted to see how you three would handle the situation. I must say I'm proud of the three of you. Sakura you despite your fear, jumped in front of our client, ready to give your life for the mission, Like a true kunoichi." Said Kakashi eye Smiling at Sukura, making her blush at his praise.

"Naruto, Sasuke, I am also proud of the two of you. Naruto you reacted quick and decisively, disabling but not killing the assassins, so they could be interrogated later. And Sasuke you to were ready to go on the offensive, should Naruto have failed. All in All good job everyone." Finished Kakashi, Before turning to look at Tazuna.

"Mind telling me why you have Shinobi after you Mr. Tazuna?" Asked Kakashi.

"Just what are you trying to say?" Said Tazuna trying to play dumb.

"If I had been their target, they would have left when they thought I was Dead. None of my genin have ever left the village, So these two would have no reason to go after them, That only leaves you! So again I ask you. Why are they after you?" Said Kakashi with a hard edge to his voice.

And so Tazuna figuring that he was caught, told them all about how Wave's Shipping lanes had been taken over by a tyrant named Gato, who was sucking the life out of the country. And how Tazuna's bridge was his country's only hope of over throwing Gato, Making Tazuna a marked man.

"So you see my country has become poor, we simply didn't have the money for a higher ranked mission." Said Tazuna desperately.

"All the same, you lied about the scope of this mission, there by voiding the contract we have with you. This mission is now a B-Rank or higher, If we had known that from the start, we would have staffed this mission differently, with more experienced Shinobi. By all rights we should turn around and head back to the village." Said Kakashi.

"This mission is beyond us Mr. Tazuna. We're just genin, we don't have the experience for this kind of mission." Said Sakura, Though she didn't like the thought of leaving a man to die.

"You're right you should head back. I'll just go on with out you, if I die, I die, Its not your falt. Of course my grandson will cry. And my widowed daughter will be sad, probably cursing the Leaf Shinobi as cowards, for abandoning her father to die. But its not your problem." Said Tuzuna trying to play on their sympathy, And guilt them into continuing the mission.

At that point Naruto who had been listening , spoke even though he knew what Tazuna was trying to do, he still would not abandon the mission.

"I'm not going to leave him to die Sensei." Said Naruto shocking everyone once again, something that was becoming more and more common.

"Naruto I understand how you feel but-" Sakure tried to speak only to be interrupted by Naruto.

"No Sakure you don't understand! I all but begged Old Man Hokage for this mission, if I were to abandon it now. The shame would be so great I would have to commit seppuku, just to be rid of it." Said Naruto making Kakashi think briefly of his own father.

"Look you three can leave if you want. But I'm going to stay and see this mission through. Even if it costs me my life." Finished Naruto.

"I with Naruto, We wanted to prove ourselves as Shinobi. How are we suposed to do that if we run away just because the mission got harder? Plus I won't let an innocent man die just to save my own life." Said Sasuke for once in complete agreement with his rival.

Hearing Sasuke agree with Naruto, combined with her own dislike of leaving Tazuna to die, Was enough for Sakura to change her mind.

"Well I can't let the two of you go off on your own. Without me, who knows what kind of trouble you would get in too." Said Sakura trying to lighten the mood, Causing Naruto to smile and Sasuke to smirk.

Kakashi truly was proud of his students. If they wanted to continue with the mission dispite knowing the danger, who was he to stop them?

"Well it seems we are all in agrement," Said Kakashi eye smiling at his stundents. Looking a Tazuna he spoke.

"Alright Tazuna we will see this mission through. But you will have to pay the full price of an A-rank mission as soon as you are able." Said Kakashi.

Tazuna who was touched by what the genin had said bow his head.

"You have my word as soon as we get the money you will have it." Said Tuzuna slightly choked up.

Alright lets tie those two up, and be on our way." Said Kakashi, and they did just that. as soon as the demon brothers were tied up the group made tracks.

Later that evening as the group made camp for the night. They were all setting around the fire eating, when Sasuke had a thought.

"Hey dob- I mean Naruto, can I ask you something?" Asked Sasuke catching himself before he called Naruto dobe.

Naruto catching the slip, but deciding to let it slide said "Sure. What is it?"

"When you used your sword on those Shinobi your sword passed right through their arms without cutting them. And afterwards their arms just seemed to stop working. Why is that?" Asked Sasuke, Catching eveyone elses attention, as they to wanted to know.

"My sword's name is Zanpakuto it means 'Soul-Cutter', and that's exactly what it does, cuts the soul leaving the flesh unharmed. According to my clan's legends it used to belong to the Shinigami, and that when you kill someone with it, their soul is sent to the Shinigami. Now it can cut flesh if I will it to, and it can do a few other things. But those are clan secrets, I am actually showing you guy's a lot of trust just telling you this much." Said Naruto mixing lies and Half truths.

Sasuke who was from a clan understood clan secrets and let it drop, and asked something else that had been bothering him.

"What about when they fist attacked? My Sharingan didn't even see you move, yet you went from where you were standing to standing on the arms of the attackers in the blink of an eye. Even if you were moving super fast my Sharingan should have still seen you move." Said Sasuke looking intently at Naruto.

Naruto cursed his own stupidity. He had forgotten about Sasuke's Sharingan. He had been planing to lie and say he had been just moving really fast if anyone asked him about it.

Naruto looked at Kakashi for guidance, only to see the man shrug as it to say 'It's your secret.' Coming to a decision, Naruto spoke.

"Alright what I'm about to tell you is an S-class secret. You can not tell a soul no matter what ok?" Said Naruto getting nods from both Sasuke and Sakura. Looking at Kakashi Naruto asked

"Would you do the honors Sensei?" Said Naruto getting a nod from Kakashi who stepped in front of Tazuna and lifted his Hitai-ate, The next thing they knew the man was snorring.

"Don't worry Naruto he'll wake up tomorrow and won't remember a thing." Said Kakashi.

Naruto went through some hand seals and slamed his hand on the ground, putting up a sound proof barrier.

"Alright what you saw me do was the Hiraishin no Jutsu. It was the Forth Hokage's signature Jutsu, and was the reason he had the name 'The Yellow Flash'. Because when using this Jutsu he would appear and disappear so fast, that all people would see, is a flash of his Yellow hair." Said Naruto preparing for the question that he knew was coming.

"But why would you know a Jutsu of The Forth Hokage Naruto?" Asked Sakura. Not disapointing.

"Let me ask you something Sakura. Did you know that The Forth Hokage had a wife?" Asked Naruto looking at Sakura.

Sakura really didn't see what this had to do with anything, but being the bookworm she was, answard anyways.

"Yes his wife was Kushina Namikaze. She died in the Nine-Tails attack." Said Sakura.

"And do you know what her Madden Name was?" Asked Naruto.

"No it was never writen in any books. Why are you asking Naruto?" Sakura asked.

"Her madden name was Uzumaki. Sakura, Kushina Uzumaki. She was my mother." Said Naruto.

Sakura and Sasuke were now wide eyed.

"Y-You mean y-you're the-the-" Said Sakura unable to say what she wanted to.

"The son of the Forth Hokage? Yes I am. " Said Naruto to a stunned Sasuke and Sakura.

AND CUT.

(A.N) So for the cliff hanger, but this chapter was getting just a little long and this seemed like a fun spot to end it. XD Anyways I will try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can.

As always read and review. Oh the song Naurto was singing was Goldfinger's I Wanna Marry My Stalker, If you look on YouTube there is a funny NaruHina amv with that song. Well see you next time.