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A.N In the words of Yoda "Naruto I own not." To answer a few questions asked of me, Yes Naruto is bearing a lot of his secrets, but not all of them. And only to a select few people, He told team 7 what he did, Because 1. They caught him red handed so to speak, and 2. In the hope of bridging the gap between them as a team. In other words, If he trust them a little, maybe they will trust him. And next, I am leaning toward 'Good Sasuke' as apposed to 'Bad Sasuke.' I could go either way right now, I guess it really depends on if he makes me mad in the Manga. As far as Sakura is concerned, She is about to get a wake up call in this chapter, and I hope you don't hate Sasuke for it. Now forward unto story.

Hiashi Hyuga Sat in his study in his house looking at a picture, and not just any picture. It was the last picture he would ever get to be in, with his beloved wife. She departed this life just a few short months after this picture was taken.

In the picture you could see Hiashi standing with his arms crossed with a frown on his face, two feet to his side was his wife holding a baby Hanabi in her arms. She had a warm soft smile on her face as she held on to the new life they had created. In between her parents, was a tiny Hinata all smiles and blushes. He remembered how excited his oldest had been when she found out that she would be a big sister.

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Hiashi was going to check on Hanabi who had been put in her crib for a nap, As he neared the door to the nursery, he heard the soft voice of his oldest, Creeping slowly to the door he peeked inside. What he saw warmed his heart.

His oldest daughter was looking at her baby sister with eyes full of wonder. Hiashi focused his ears to hear what his daughter was saying .

"I'm gonna always look after you, baby sister, don't worry, big sisters here." Said Hinata in her child like voice.

Hiashi not wanting to disturb the cute scene, activated his Byakugan so he could keep an eye on them as he went to his study to get some work done.

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If Hiashi had only known that this picture would be the last they would ever have as full family, He would have smiled, he would have held his family in his arms and he would have let his wife know just how much she meant to him.

If the loss of his brother had been hard, then the loss of his wife had been unbearable. Some mornings the only reason Hiashi could even get out of his bed was his two daughters, his greatest fear was that he would lose them too.

Most people would believe that he didn't care for his oldest at all, that he thought of Hinata as a hopeless failure. This couldn't be further from the truth, you see Hiashi had lived and fought in the third war and still bore the scars of that horrible time.

One of which was the loss of a good friend and teammate Shiba Inuzuka. Who much like Hinata was very soft hearted. And it had cost him his life when he spared a man, just to have that man stab him in the back.

Hiashi would not lose his daughter like that! So Hiashi turned cold and acted as he did in the hope to hardening Hinata, and to drive her to prove him wrong. But much to Hiashi's dismay it only seemed to make matters worse. It was then he thought that maybe what was wrong was Hinata lacked a mother figure in her life, So in an act of desperation he had went to the Hokage and requested the aid of a kunoichi to mentor to Hinata.

The Hokage had been kind and gave Kurenai Yuhi a long term C-Rank mission to look after Hinata and to mentor to her. But it would seem that even that was destined for failure, for as great as Kurenai was, She was not Hinata's mother. It was then that Hiashi had begun to truly lose hope, and so he focused on the daughter he could save.

And so things have continued like that, With Hinata being shy, timid, self-conscious, and entirely too gentle. And with Hiashi focusing all his attention on training Hanabi, who under his tutelage had started to become a fierce fighter. While Hanabi was a polite and respectful girl, when she was fighting she became a whole different person. She would become cold, calculating, and would do or say whatever she thought would best get to her opponent.

Which is what has led to Hiashi being in his study. He had noticed about a month back that Hinata had begun to change. She no longer looked down when she talked, she would not stuttered, she carried herself straighter, All in all she was becoming the girl Hiashi had always hoped she would become. Wondering what could have succeeded where he had failed, He had sent Ko too follow her. What Ko had reported shocked him to say the least.

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Hiashi was setting at his desk when he heard a knock at the door.

"Enter." Said Hiashi only to see Ko enter the room.

"Lord Hiashi I followed Lady Hinata as you requested." Said Ko bowing low.

"What did you find out ko?" Asked Hiashi

"Lady Hinata left her team after completing her mission and team training for the day, After which she went to Ichiraku Ramen and made a to go order for six things of miso and pork ramen. After receiving her order, Lady Hinata walked to a clearing not far from the Shinobi Academy, upon entering she sat her food down and began to do stretches" Said Ko.

"What happened next?" Asked Hiashi. To a now nervous looking Ko. Making Hiashi wonder what he could be nervous about telling him.

"After working out for about 30 minutes, she was joined in the clearing by Uzumaki Naruto." Said Ko looking down awaiting an out burst of anger.

Hiashi was deep in thought, Like most other people who knew Hinata, Hiashi was aware of Hinata's crush on the boy. Hiashi had never said anything, because the boy was oblivious to his daughters feelings, Like most boys were at that age.

Now let it be known that Hiashi did not the hate boy because he thought he was the Nine-Tails. Hiashi was not stupid, he knew the boy and the fox were two different beings. No Hiashi did not hate the boy at all. But Hiashi did think the boy was a wild hooligan, and not someone deserving of his daughter.

Hiashi decided to hear out the rest of the story, Then he would figure out how to deal with this.

"Go ahead and finish Ko." Said Hiashi with a stony expression.

Ko swallowing nervously continued his report.

"After she was joined by Uzumaki, They sat down and ate the ramen as the talked, Uzumaki told her that he would be leaving on a C-Rank mission for a month, and would not be able to train with her as he had to go pack, but had wanted to let her know before he went. Lady Hinata looked sad by the thought of him leaving, But said that she was happy he was getting a mission to prove himself. After they finished eating they hugged goodbye, after the Uzumaki had left Lady Hinata came back to the compound and is currently in her room." Finished Ko.

'So he hugged my daughter did he?' Thought Hiashi furiously

'NO! I will not allow that boyto be around my daughter! She is too good for him.' Thought Hiashi. Making the same mistake fathers have been making since the beginning of time, to try and control who their teenage daughters fall in love with. Hiashi asked ko to fetch Hinata for him.

A few minutes later Hiashi heard his oldest knock on his study door.

"Enter." Said Hiashi, In his trade mark stoic voice.

"You asked to see me father?" Said Hinata, wondering what she had done to get summoned by her father.

"Yes come in and shut the door there is something I wish to discuss with you." Said Hiashi. As Hinata did as she was told. Unaware that a moment later a little girl would be passing by and decide to eavesdrop.

"What is it that you wish to discuss with me Father?" Asked Hinata as she stood in front her father's desk. What she heard next made her heart sink to her feet.

"I know who you have been hanging around with, after team meetings Hinata." Said Hiashi with a slight edge to his voice, a testament to just how upset he really was.

"Father let me explai-" Hinata tried to say only to be interrupted by her father.

"Silence." Snapped Hiashi. Causing Hinata to close her mouth.

"You may not be the heiress of this clan anymore, But you are still a member of the main house! And as such, you can not be seen with riff-raff like Uzumaki Naruto. He is bad news Hinata and will only bring you down." Said Haishi trying to calm down. He knew he was hurting his daughter and hated himself for it, But one day she would see that he only had her best interest at heart.

"B-But f-father please." Said trying to fight the tears in her eyes and failing. She was once again interrupted by her father.

"No Hinata! As your father and Head of the clan I forbid you to associate with Uzumaki Naruto any further! From now on, You are to come home after training, If you have need to go some place a member of the branch house will accompany. You are to come home and focus on your Juken. Is that understood?" Said Hiashi allowing no room for argument.

"Yes Hiashi-Sama." Said Hinata with something in her voice that Hiashi had never heard there before, Hatred.

Hiashi hoping that his daughter was just angry and would get over it in time, decided to let her vent in a constructive way. By sparring with her sister. The way he saw it, whatever Hinata threw at Hanabi, Hanabi as the stronger of the two could handle it. Oh how wrong he was, While the spar between the two sister started out like most, with Hinata on the defensive while Hanabi attacked.

What Hiashi did not understand, was that Hinata just didn't want to hurt her baby sister. At least that was until Hanabi hoping to spier her big sister to fight back and maybe impress their father for once started to provoke Hinata.

Hanabi loved her big sister with all her heart, as Hinata was the only person who treated her like a girl, and not as the future Head of the clan. Hinata would always take time out of her day to play doll or dress up with Hanabi. Hanabi wanted nothing more then her sisters happiness, and having over heard Hinata's meeting with their father, Thought that if their father was impressed with Hinata's fighting he might let her see her crush. So with that in mind she said something that nearly cost her dearly.

Hinata was picking her self off the floor when she heard something that made her insides boil, and unbeknown to her, Her father inwardly cringe.

"You're pathetic sister, Just like that loser boyfriend of your's. Its a good thing you can't see him no more. Maybe now you can find someone worthy of a Hyuga." Said Hanabi hoping her big sister would one day forgive her for that.

Hinata saw red! she could handle someone insulting her, but she wouldn't let anyone call Naruto Pathetic! Hinata assumed a stance and Spoke eleven words that had Hiashi running to block Hinata from getting to her sister.

"You're in my field of divination! "Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!" Yelled Hinata summoning every ounce of anger and hatred she had felt for the last eight years, She ran at her sister to deliver the first two palms.

"Two-Palms-" Yelled Hinata but before she could hit her sister her father appeared before her.

"Kaiten!" Said Hiashi block his daughter from getting to her sister. But Hinata was not through yet. Picking herself off the floor Hinata looked at her father, suddenly it was not Hanabi she was mad at it, It was him! Hinata thought of everything he ever put her through, But most importantly she thought of her friendship with Naruto, a friendship that would now never be allowed to develop into something more.

Hinata did something that would shock and amaze Hiashi for years to come.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu." Said Hinata creating a clone of herself, The clone begun to spin chakra in Hinata's hand forming a Jutsu that Hiashi had not seen in almost thirteen years.

"Rasengan!" Screamed Hinata as she charged her father.

Hiashi was so shocked by seeing his daughter use the Fourth's Jutsu that he almost didn't create a Kaiten in time.

The two powerful Jutsu's met in a violent clash, Had Hinata had time to perfect the Rasengan, the backlash from these two jutsu clashing might have destroyed the dojo they where in. Luckily Hinata had not perfected it yet, add to the fact that Hinata was low on Chakra and you get a Kaiten emerging victorious. Hinata was thrown across the room and knocked unconscious.

Panting slightly Hiashi looked at his youngest, Who was looking at her sister in wide eyed shock.

"Hanabi take your sister to her room and have a medic take a look at her." Said Hiashi, But Hanabi continued to stare at Hinata.

"HANABI." yelled Hiashi getting his youngest to snap out of it.

"Yes father?" Asked Hanabi snapping out of her shock, She couldn't believe her sister was really that strong, had her big sister always held back against her? And if so why?

"I said take your sister to her room and have a medic look at her." Repeated Hiashi.

"Yes father." Said Hanabi doing as she was told.

After Hanabi had left with her sister, Hiashi allowed the shock he was feeling to come to the surface. Falling to the floor Hiashi shook slightly. Did his daughter really care so much for Naruto Uzumaki, that she was willing to use Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two palms on Hanabi, Just because the girl had insulted him? Then she tried to use the Rasengan on him, where had Hinata learned those Jutsus she used?

And even more troubling was the look in Hinata's eye's when she had charged at him, it was a look of anger and hatred, but even more then that there was an endless well of hurt in her eye's. Had he been the one to put that hurt there?

'Kami what have I done?' Thought Hiashi as he picked him self of the floor. He needed to talk to his oldest daughter. Not as Hiashi the Clan Head, But as Hiashi the Father, something he hasn't been in too long.

Hinata awoke with a major headache. 'What happened?' Thought Hinata, then she remembered what happened, She remembered the meeting with her father, the spar with her sister, but most of all she remembered losing control.

'What have I done?' Thought Hinata regretting losing control of herself.

"How are you feeling" Asked Hiashi.

Hinata froze hearing her fathers voice how was she supposed to face him after what she did?

Hiashi taking her silence the wrong way, thought that Hinata was still angry at him and so he did something he hasn't done since he was a child he got on his hands and knees and bowed down with his head almost touching the floor.

"Forgive me daughter, I have not been a good father to you. I shouldn't have pushed you so hard. But I was afraid, afraid that I would lose you the way I lost your mother, and your uncle, and my best friend. I know I hurt you and I am so sorry." Said Hiashi begging for His daughters forgiveness.

Hinata was in shock her father was begging. She had never seen her father show so much emotion before, not even when her mom passed away. It was because of the emotion in his voice not just the words that he said that allowed Hinata to finally let go of all the hurt. Feeling more free then she ever had, She did something she had wanted to do for a long time. She hugged her father.

Hiashi was shocked. His daughter not only forgave him, but she was hugging him also. Quickly getting over the shock, Hiashi hugged Hinata back, as he promised her that things would change, that they would be better, that he would be better.

Hiashi couldn't tell you later how long he and his daughter had hugged, but he could tell you that he felt like a father for the first time in a long time. Then he remembered some of the things he wanted to ask her, But he would not force her to tell him if she didn't want to.

"Hinata how did you learn the Rasengan and the Shadow clone Jutsu, or the Thirty-Two palms for that matter?" Asked Hiashi in a gentle voice.

At this Hinata looked down remembering that she could no longer spend time with Naruto. But she would answer her father's question, if only so he would know just how good of a teacher Naruto was.

"Naruto helped me learn the Thirty-Two palms, But it was mostly me. As far as the Rasengan and the Shadow clone Jutsu, That was Naruto all the way he wanted me to learn them in case I got in a situation where the Juken couldn't help me." Said Hinata.

"Alright." Said Hiashi

Hinata looked confused so Hiashi continued.

"Alright I will allow you to spend time with the Uzumaki boy, Under the condition that when he gets back from his mission he agrees to meet with me." Said Hiash smiling at look on his daughter's face.

Upon hearing what her father had said Hiashi got his second hug of the day. Little did the two of them know but someone had been listening from the other side of the door.

Hanabi smiled, her plan had worked! Granted not in the way she had thought but oh well. Leaving her sister and father alone, Hanabi made a mental note to talk to her sister later and apologize for what she had said about her sisters crush.

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Hiashi sighed as he left his study, He had some questions for the Hokage, and he had a feeling the Old Man wasn't going to like them.

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As Naruto sat in the boat heading toward the island of Wave, he thought about last night, when he had told his team who his parents were. All things considered they took it pretty well, if one classifies staring in blank shock, as if they hadn't know him for years,as 'Taking it well.'

Naruto could handle the staring, Hell he had more experience then most when it comes to being stared at. It was the questions afterward that bothered him.

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'I think I might have broke them.' Thought Naruto, as his teammates sat and stared at him.

Surprisingly it was Sakura who snapped out of it first, and once she did Naruto immediately wished she hadn't.

"But I don't understand Naruto why is it a secret?" Asked Sakura not understanding why someone would want to hide something like that. It was actually Kakashi who answered her.

"Sakura, My Sensei and his wife had a lot of enemies and not just out side the village either. If it had been made public who Naruto's parents were, Naruto would have been lucky to make it past his first birthday." Said Kakashi looking at his students.

"What I don't understand is why Naruto was treated so bad, It wasn't just a few people it was the whole village, There had to have been people who Knew who Naruto's Parent's were. Why didn't one of them take care of him?" Asked Sasuke making his voice known.

"There were a few of us true, But we were all close to Naruto's parents. The Hokage fearing that someone would put the pieces together ordered us to maintain our distance. Your mother Sasuke who was best friends with Kushina, tried unsuccessfully many times to adopt Naurto." Said Kakashi, Shocking both Sasuke and Naruto.

Sasuke was in shock hearing that Naruto's mother was best friends with his. It made him wonder if Naruto's mother would have survived, Would he and Naruto grew up as friends? Would they have played together? Would Naruto's parents have tried to adopt him as his mother had tried to do for Naruto?

Naruto had Known that his mother and Sasuke's had been friends, That wasn't what shocked him, Hearing that Sasuke's mother had tried to adopt him not only once but multiple times, However did shock him, it made him feel a sudden warmth for the woman that he had never got to meet. He once again swear to do all he could for Sasuke, He would keep the promise he had made her via Shusui Sensei, No matter what.

"But that still doesn't explain why Naruto was treated so bad." Said Sasuke snapping out of his shock.

"Look guy lets just say I have a lot of secrets, secrets that I'm not ready to make known yet, But when I am I will share them with the two of you. I promise." Said Naruto.

"I'm going to hold you to that dobe." Said Sasuke with a smirk, But for one this smirk wasn't one of superiority, It actually looked...Friendly.

"You do that Bastard." Said Naruto with a smile.

Sakura just shook her head. 'boys' She thought.

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"Wow is that your bridge Mr. Tazuna?" Naruto heard Sakura ask.

"Yep that's my master piece." Said Tazuna.

Looking over to see what all the fuss was about, Naruto had to admit It was a cool bridge. A few minutes later and they pulled up to a dock, as they were getting off the boat Tazuna spoke.

"Come on I'll show you the way to my house." Said Tazuna as the four Shinobi followed him.

About 15 minutes later as they were walking by a lake Naruto heard a whirling noise. At the same moment Kakashi yelled

"GET DOWN!"

Naruto hit the ground taking Tazuna with him as a huge sword passed over them and embedded it self in a tree. Naruto jumped back to his feet as Sasuke and Sakura went to either side of him forming a human shield around Tazuna.

Naruto look at the sword and noticed a tall man with no shirt and bandages around his face.

"Kakashi of the Sharingan eye, Its no wonder the Demon Brothers failed their mission." Said the man to Kakashi.

"The Demon of the Hidden Mist, Zabuza Momoch. To what do we owe this pleasure?" Said Kakashi laking his normal board voice.

"Lets cut with the game's, move aside and let me kill that old man and you can all go." Said Zabuza, Making the three genin tighten their formation around Tazuna.

"I'm afraid that's where we're going to have problems, You see me and my team have sworn to protect this man." Said Kakashi as he lifted his Hitai-ate to reveal his Sharingan.

"Haha The Sharingan, This is an honor." Said Zabuza chuckling evilly as he jumped off his sword and taking it out of the tree in one smooth motion. Landing on the water Zabuza made a one handed seal.

The mist around them started to thicken, to the point it was almost impossible to see. Naruto pulled out Zanpakuto, But he could tell this man was a better swordsmen then him who only had a year of training with his sword, and judging from the mans size and the size of his blade, he far surpassed Naruto in strength as well. Which meant a sword fight with this man was not an option. If it came down to it Naruto would just have to use his Rinnegan, and to hell with the consequences.

But for now he would let Kakashi handle it and if he saw his opening he would join in.

"Listen this opponent is above any of you, His name is Zabuza Momoch, he was a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. plus he is a master of the Silent Killing Technique, if you drop your guard for a second you'll be dead before you even know that you slipped up." Said Kakashi. The killing intent from this man was strong, Naruto would give him that, But it didn't come any where close to Izuna Sensei's

"Sasuke! Relax I won't let my teammate die, That is absolute." Said Kakashi.

Naruto looked over at Sasuke only to see that he was about to stab himself in the heart with His Kunai. He relaxed after Kakashi's little speech, at least until they heard what came next.

"Eight points on the Human body that when stabbed cause instant death!" Came Zabuza's voice from the mist.

"What's That?" Asked Sakura frightened. Zabuza continued to speak.

"The head, the jugular vein, the heart, the-" At this point Naruto had, had enough.

"Sensei brace yourself!" Yelled Naruto as he started going through hand signs. Kakashi had the since to do just that, using his chakra to stick to the ground he heard Naruto exclaim.

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" Yelled Naruto as he sent a large amount of wind outward, Blowing away the mist. The two men were locked in combat as soon as the wind stop.

The fight that followed was in equal parts terrifying and comical. Seeing the might of the two Jounin clash was a sight to behold, even for Naruto who had trained under some of the most powerful Shinobi who ever lived. But that didn't hide the fact that essentially what the two men were doing was playing a deadly game of clone tag.

Back and forth Kakashi would kill Zabuza only for him to be a clone, and Zabuza would kill Kakashi only for Kakashi to be a clone.

When the real Zabuza and Kakashi finally did clash things went down hill quick. Kakashi had been forced to jump in to the water to avoid getting his head chopped off, but that turned out to be a trap, as soon as Kakashi surfaced Zabuza had him in the Water Prison Jutsu. Which led them to the current situation.

Naruto had to find away to free Kakashi Sensei. Damn he thought to himself it only he had just used his Rinnegan at the beginning, Now it was all but too late. The real Zabuza was right next to Kakashi Sensei, and most of the Rinnegan's best attacks were wide area attacks so he could just as easily hurt Kakashi Sensei as Zabuza. Naruto was sure he could take out that water clone but did Zabuza have more hidden? No what he really need was a way to get around that water clone and right on top of Zabuza. Naruto had an Idea hit him like Sakura used to.

"You guy's get out of here! Take Tazuna and Run!" Said Kakashi cursing himself for getting trapped.

"We're not going to run and leave you behind Sensei. We're not trash!" Said Naruto with fire in his voice. Getting nods from Sasuke and Sakura. Kakashi was proud of his team, but would it kill them to do as they were told just this once? Wait don't answer that.

"Well would you look at that, It looks like the blond wanna be swordsmen wants to play ninja." Said Zabuza looking amused, That was at least until he saw the blond boy form a ball of spinning chakra in his hand. Zabuza had to marvel at the power he could feel in the technique, but he still wasn't afraid.

"Nice Jutsu kid too bad you'll be dead before you can reach me with it." Said Zabuza arrogantly.

"I wouldn't bet on that you eye brow less freak!" Yelled Naruto causing Zabuza's eye to twitch. Sasuke and Sakura were wondering just what Naruto had planed when Naruto clued them in when he next spoke.

"Hey Sasuke. You remember that gift I gave you and Sakura last night?" Asked Naruto, causing Sasuke to smirk. Pulling out the tri pronged kunai he had gotten from Naruto the night before, Sasuke lined up his shot, so it would look like he was aiming for the clone. and threw the kunai with a precision only allowed to those with a Sharingan.

The clone thinking that the kunai was meat to take him out jumped out the way, only to notice to late that he was not the target, the real Zabuza was. Zabuza noticed the same thing his clone had.

"HA! You think a silly kunai will work on me!"Yelled Zabuza as he caught the kunai, If he could have seen Kakashi's face he would have seen a smirk, instead all he saw was the blond appear right in front of him, Zabuza had no time to dodge as the boy hit him with the spinning blue ball.

"Rasengan!" Yelled Naruto as he shoved his Jutsu in to Zabuza's stomach.

Zabuza was sent spinning with great force in to a tree.

"Good job Naruto." Said Kakashi as he emerged from the water, making note that Naruto also knew how to water walk.

"You should thank Sasuke, If it hadn't been for his quick thinking in making that clone think he was the target, that clone would have taken the blow for Zabuza and ruined my one chance to catch Zabuza off guard." Said Naruto.

Before Kakashi could respond they heard Zabuza groan. Naruto new that he was tough but to still be conscious after that was amazing.

Kakashi pulled out a kunai and started to walk toward Zabuza to finish him off.

"I see your future Zabuza and its death!" Said Kakashi, about to cut Zabuza throat.

"Screw you Kakashi!" Said Zabuza his teeth gritted in pain.

Out of no where nowhere two senbon struck Zabuza in the neck, Zabuza fell limp and lifeless.

"Hm I guess you were right, His future really was death." Said a voice from the trees.

And That's a wrap!.

(A.N) I just want to say sorry for the fight scene, but that was the only way I could think of to Keep Zabuza alive and still be a little different then canon thought even I will admit its not that different. But lets face it, if Naruto had gone all out on Zabuza, then Zabuza wouldn't make it to the next chapter. I know some of you might be asking "Well why did Sasuke have to throw the kunai and not Naruto?" the answer to that is simple Sasuke was in a better spot to make the throw look like it was aimed at the clone. You see if the clone had caught the Kunai, then plan over. If they had been to obvious that Zabuza was the target, Zabuza could have deflected Naruto's kunai with one of his own, in which case plane over. It had to be a surprise. Anyway I am Sorry if the chapter is not long enough, That next one will be longer and the fight scene way better, After that its back to Konoha and the Chunin Exams. Then you will get to see Naruto start going all out. Hope you enjoy see you next Chapter on 'The True Rinnegan.'