For many years I have tried to master the craft of writing. It is my passion. I love it like an Otaku loves anime. Like Lois loves Clark. Like Gohan loves Videl. But for me it's more than a passion for fanfiction. One day I hope my writing will get me a spot on the New York Times Best Seller's list. I am a man in my thirties who loves to interact with those who are fans of reading, writing, and the very concept of imagining something grand. So take a ride with me on this adventure of Naruto's journey with one small change. What will happen one person decided that Naruto was meant to know his past... a few years early. A much stronger Naruto, but not kamiLike...any time soon. But most definitely not someone to be trifled with. Fair warning... I did use one of the over used tropes, that Naruto is attacked in the village as a young boy, but I kind of felt if could work in this situation. So please sit back, pull up a chair and sit for a while. Please feel free to Fave, Follow, and Review to show some love. :)

OH CRAP. ALMOST FORGOT THIS PART... Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Naruto Shippuuden, or anything Naruto related. I make no money off of this work of fiction, though it would totally be cool if I did.

AN: Went back and fixed the few grammar issues I saw upon a quick re-read this chapter.

Ladies and Gentleman... A Change In Destiny

Hatake Kakashi, the silver haired heart throb to his fan girls, and fear mongering titan to his enemies just wanted a nice peaceful day with his stress relieving novel by his favorite author, Jiraiya no Sannin. He planned to do just that after a quick drop by to the council meeting as requested by the Hokage.

An Hour Later

''I don't give a rat's ass what you civilian bitches want. I will not take the Uchiha unless Uzumaki is placed on my team. 'I' am the jonin instructor and will fail his ass back to the first year of the academy. Fuck with me if you want to. I have watched him for the last few weeks and I am not impressed. You all pander to his every whim and have turned him into a pampered little shit. I hold no reservations with not training someone who will not be a benefit to Konoha's forces. And I see some of you getting red in the face. Well, too fucking bad. I have too much self respect than to bend to the whim of a CIVILIAN council who shouldn't even be in this conversation. These are ninja matters. Oh, and there is another here in the room with the Sharingan. Shimura Danzo.''

Danzo isn't surprised often, but even he couldn't hide the look of shock that spread across his features. ''The mangekyo sharingan at that. So the old war hawk would be equally as qualified to teach the little shit. So please give me one more reason I can't have Uzumaki Naruto? And if I am somehow forced to be his sensei, I will make his life a living hell. You don't like it, I will surrender my Hitai-ate and move on to greener pastures. A friend to Konoha, but never again a shinobi under it's banner. And before one of you threatens to rip out my sharingan, remember it is just that. MINE. I was gifted it by Uchiha Obito on his deathbed and it was confirmed by my teammate Nohara Rin at the time, and my sensei, the Yondaime hokage might I remind you accepted that fact and documented it in the Hokage STEM document system which is tamper proof. Kakashi released a large amount of killing intent upon the combined room of civilians and shinobi alike. No one had seen Kakashi this dark and quite frankly scary in many years. Not since he lost his sensei. They forgot for a brief moment that Kakashi was feared across all five great nations as the A, bordering on S-rank shinobi: Sharingan no Kakashi among other monikers such as Raikiri no Kakashi, as only one person ever survived the attack to tell about it.

Upon Kakashi's revelation of Danzo's sharingan, four members of 'ANBU' appeared before Danzo in a protective formation.

The lone Nara in the room, and Jonin Commander of Konoha's forces sighed and said, "Troublesome. Okay, here's what's going to happen. Everyone is going to stand down, or there will be unrest here today, and that is something none of us really needs. I vote to put Uzumaki with Hatake. We can't afford to lose a shinobi of Hatake's skill over some biggoted civilians acting foolish."

No one moved as even they knew not to mess with a pissed off Kakashi. Kakashi gave a small nod to Nara Shikaku in thanks for his support, then turned to his leader without dropping his guard in the slightest as his hand was still laying gently upon his tanto and his other upon a kunai. He bowed a bit and stated, "I apologize for my behavior hokage-sama. It was rude to interrupt your meeting's progression as such, but I believe it's far past time to remind the civilian," he emphasized with a snarl, "council who actually runs this village. You. A shinobi. They have no business having so much power, if any in that arena. They are the main ones trying to keep me away from my requested student and trying to force him to remain in the academy as well despite defeating and detaining a traitor not even two days ago. If I wasn't there myself to see the end results, I bet they would lick the Uchiha's balls by saying it was him when he was home asleep in his family's two story house."

After a few second's contemplation Hiruzen stated authoritatively, "Hatake Kakashi, Your request to be removed from your current post and reinstated as a jonin, APPROVED. Your request to take on UZUMAKI NARUTO APPROVED! Should I parish before Uzumaki Naruto proves his boast of taking my hat, you, Jiraiya, and Tsunade are my chosen successors. If for some reason Danzo is not executed for disobeying my orders and manages to make a run for my hat, you are the first line of defense against it. Oh, and take the Uchiha. If his arrogance gets in the way, break him. Shatter him and build him back up. We can't have an obsessed avenger in our ranks.

"But Hokage-sama," some of the civilians started.

"Silence," The sandaime Hiruzen roared again. "I am the Hokage of this village. And I'd better not find out any of you went bitching to the daimyo. He is our money, but I am the backbone to our strength. Who do you really want to piss off? Now to you old friend... Shimura Danzo, you will be detained and questioned about said sharingan and these ne' agents who were to be disbanded years ago. Do not resist, or be eliminated."

Hiruzen didn't like the fact that he had to do that to his long time friend. His two advisers and former teammates were about to speak on Danzo's behalf before being interrupted by two of the Hokage's ANBU appearing before him in a protective stance.

"Clear the room," Hiruzen's voice soft, but fierce. It was cleared with the exception of his four ANBU and Danzo and his two ne' ANBU loyal only to him. "Has it really come to this. Have you the desire to be Hokage so bad that you would blatantly disobey my decrees and lurk in the shadows when such services are not needed...currently.

Danzo sighed as he slowly stood in preparation of what could possibly be a Kage level battle of two of the leaf's oldest, and fiercest warriors of a time past. "If you'd shown this level of shrewdness for the last ten years or so I would not have felt the need to do so. I do everything I do for the sake of this village."

Hirizen sighed as he relayed, "I know. But you outright defied me. You know I cannot let this pass. I would be seen as weak by the rest of my forces and the village. I don't want to kill you, but unless you can come up with something better, I will have no choice but to eliminate you once and for all. Especially after that stunt a few years ago with Naruto. Yes I knew about the ne' agent. I saw the ANBU agent Inu take his head."

After a moment, Danzo decided to try his hand at diplomacy. "What if I could, after a few years bring your pet Uchiha back home as a hero... without making the clan as a whole look bad.

Hiruzen's eyes narrowed dangerously as he stated, "I'm listening."

Nearly Three Years Past-

'It took me a while to figure things out. I ran through the village as you've probably heard a time or ten before... but I have had enough. The old man Hokage listens to me, and says he's sorry I am chased, mocked, ignored and whatever else those bastard villagers deem the 'demon' deserves for the day. Well... I'm sick of it. I am going to make some changes around here. I have to be careful though. I found one small thing. A trinket if you will. A possible line to my past. And today... I will turn that into my golden ticket. My name... is Uzumaki Naruto, and I am the one who will change this village. I will make them see past whatever darkness hovers over me. I will become the Godaime Hokage... Or die trying.'

A young blonde boy of ten years old received a small box left in his apartment earlier that day. His first instinct was to toss it out of the window. Only the Hokage brought him gifts, but it wasn't his birthday or Christmas. Against his better judgment, he pulled out a small pocket knife an old ramen shop chef gave him for protection in secret after seeing how Naruto was treated first hand one day. He cherished it, and put it to good use as he carefully cut around the outside of the box to see the inside contents rather than the top. To his surprise, and relief, the box was not rigged to explode. The nature of living in a shinobi village.

Naruto pulled out the first item. A small mahogany box, and inside of it a few things... starting with a letter.

'Dear Sochi, I don't know what could have happened to keep your mother and I away from you. We were so excited to see you born, and decided to make this before your birth. I am your Otou-san Minato. Namikaze-Minato...'

Naruto dropped the letter, in shock. He now knew he had the wrong box. Every school child who entered the shinobi academy knew the name Namikaze Minato. He was the Yondaime. The legendary Yellow Flash of Konoha. The Forth in the Legacy of Hokage. Naruto knew he would never be that lucky. He went back to the letter as to hopefully find a clue to who the letter actually belonged to. He would do whatever he could to get the package to the right person.

'Your kaa-san, my beautiful wife, Namikaze, nee Uzumaki Kushina.'

Uzumaki... Uzumaki..Kushina. Uzumaki...Naruto.

Naruto felt his eyes start to tear up. He might not be alone. He might have family still alive, but his hopes were dashed when he decided to take a look at the list of fallen heroes every shinobi and academy student kept in honor of those who gave their lives in protection to the village. Beside her name was a gold star. The highest honor Konoha could give. Naruto couldn't decide whether to smile or cry, so he did a little of both. He took a moment to compose himself and reached over and grabbed the letter and the box and moved to his living room where he continued reading on his small love seat.

"She was a fiery type. She used to yell about how she would be the hokage. When we found out we were having you, I was already hokage, and Kushina's priorities changed a little bit as she said she would wait for the time when you take the hat instead. Big dreams sochi. I had one of my most loyal Anbu Inu hold this box until he thought you were old enough to understand. I know Hiruzen, and he would have likely taken back over as Hokage if I died for some reason. I asked him to keep our identities hidden for your safety. At least until you were twelve or chunin, but if Inu gave this to you first, then he believes you are ready. Don't rat out Inu. The sandaime would have his head for not waiting until he decided you were ready. Haha. The keys in this box are to our house. I used seals and placed chakra into the seals daily to build up a massive security system. So only you and my teacher, your godfather Jiraiya can get in. But even he can't get in past the main gate without your blood. So just use a drop of your blood and use the hand seals Inu, taka, Hebi, ryu. I know they are slightly unorthodox, but once you do those seals and add a little chakra, the residence will recognize you as it's new master. Your kaa-san and I have worked on a curriculum for you to help you with chakra control which is extremely important. Then you can start studying jutsu in the order presented. I also left a chakra scale. If you are anything like your kaa-chan was as a kid, you have an unnaturally large amount of chakra. If so, doing simple things like the clone technique will be nearly impossible for you, but we have outlined some things to help with this. Your kaa-chan, Jiraiya and I have also composed a specialized book specifically for you to study Fuinjutsu from. It will seem boring at first. Mind numbing in some ways, but please study it hard. It will give you an edge and protect you. Your Kaa- chan's clan is sadly no more... but at one time they were feared across the five great Elemental Nations. You have fallen into greatness my son, but please do not let this get to your head. Many have fallen when given power. I would have preferred you earned it, but if you have this, then Kushina and I aren't there to guide you, love you, and even discipline you when you need it. So let the lessons we leave for you guide you toward Konoha's Will of Fire. The Fire fierce enough to burn all of our enemies to ash, but passionate enough to protect our village and loved ones. A lesson I actually learned from a student of mine you should also take to heart as well: 'Those who break the rules are scum. But those who abandon their friends, family, or comrades in arms are far worse. I am sure I have another letter or two around our compound somewhere, but for now, just take in what I have said and know that your kaa-chan and I love you very much Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto.

Your tou-san, Namikaze Minato. :)

PS. Treat Inu as you would a well respected elder brother. He is charged with protecting you and your mother from the vilest, darkest of our village's underworld. He is, or was from your standpoint, my precious student Hatake Kakashi. Oh. On a side note, in case you were wondering: You were named for the definition Maelstrom, not the other definition of your name, fishcake, haha. You were named after the hero of Jiraiya-sensei's first book, 'Tales of a Gutsy Ninja.' They are rare, and hard to find, unlike his other works which are nothing but smut and should be avoided at all cost.'

Naruto fell asleep with tears in his eyes, only to wake up with a start, and finished looking through the box. He read the instructions and placed the cloth encrusted tags on his person and added as little chakra as he could. His weight nearly doubled. Fortunately he read the emergency verbal counter command before the weights crushed him. It released forty percent of the weight which was enough for Naruto to stand and move around again. Naruto chose not to take the weights off as they would supposedly make him stronger and faster. The cloth fell off, but the seals seemed to be permanent. They vanished on Naruto's skin, but he could still sense them. Knowing this was a gift from his parents, he felt a little stronger already.

Naruto did what he was instructed to do, and found his way to his parents old home. It was hidden away and took him nearly an hour to sneak through the village and the prying eyes of ANBU. Or so he thought. One 'ANBU' member took note of the ten year old's covert actions and went to intervene on his master's behalf. The 'demon' should be nowhere near the venerable yondaime's hallowed estate. But as this emotionless drone of a man's blade could finish descending upon Naruto, another blade countered it, thus catching Naruto's attention. He knew of this anbu as he had saved him a few times in the past from a few rowdy and over zealous villagers. His mask that of the dog... 'Inu,' Naruto thought in awe as he made short work of the assailant, his head on the ground, while the body still stood stock still.

Naruto then wretched as he realized he had just seen someone killed in front of his very eyes. He quickly shook it off and accepted the hand offered to him as he replied respectfully, yet silently in case others were within earshot. "Domou, Arigato gosaimashite Kakashi nii-sama."

Naruto's words caught Inu slightly off guard, but he gave a slight nod in acknowledgment of the thanks, looked around and used all of his training to see if there were others lurking about. Fortunately there were none. Inu performed a few hand seals and put up a small ANBU level privacy barrier. Inu sighed as he wasn't really supposed to be talking to Naruto, but he said, "Use the laundry room in the basement of your apartment building. There are three tunnels there that I spent a few years building with a little help to keep you safe. Use the middle one. It will lead you to the basement of your parents... your family home. It's one of the reasons I kept getting to you so fast, instead of through Konoha's traffic. Go in through washer number three. I had a sample of your blood from an altercation a few years back and used it the same way you are about to attempt to open this gate, but I don't know the seals for this gate... don't tell me. Not yet anyway. Wait until I've earned that right should I ever." He continued before Naruto could obviously object. He could see it in his eyes. "I need to report to the hokage what I have done. I can only pray that he forgives me for breaking his law and informing you of your heritage."

Naruto then grinned, despite the grim kill around him. "You didn't reveal anything. My tou-chan did. I just happened to find a letter from him after I found my family's estate. The only reason I got in was because a bit of my blood got on the gate after a small trip, and it opened for me. Maybe a glitch in the security system," Naruto lied perfectly, much to Inu's shock.

"You would lie to the Hokage? I know how close you are."

"We are, and I love my village for some reason or another. So I figure, you tried to help me to be safe here. If I am safe, I can secretly train and get stronger. And he need not even know about this needlessly, right?"

Inu was starting to like this kid's style. Inu turned around and gave Naruto a few second's privacy as he performed his hand seals and drew the required drop of blood. Inu was concerned, as Naruto was not supposed to know of this place. Without turning around, Inu asked, "How do you plan on keeping this place a secret?"

"I am training to be a shinobi for a reason. Stealth, silence and ingenuity. I might not be great at the latter two yet, but I am getting better at stealth. I keep you boys running for a good hour or two searching after a good prank. That's part of my stealth training since the only instructor at the academy that seems to give a damn about me is Umino Iruka. Now there's a man I wouldn't mind being like. I could see someone like him being Hokage if he got stronger... but not before me." Naruto added that last part as an afterthought. Inu didn't laugh often, even in his youth, but he did chuckle at little at that, as he knew of the young chunin and his former penchant for being a Konoha prankster.

Naruto realized Inu was deep in thought, but cleared his throat and got the man's attention. "I was told to give you respect and as you have been watching over me even now, where I didn't even know you were there... you've earned it. I don't really know how I can pay you back, but you have a friend and a little brother in me. If you need me, call on me. I will not forget your kindness... ever nii-sama." He said before he slowly closed the gate behind him and made his way up the yard to the house and performed the same technique.

Ten minutes later, Hokage tower

Inu arrived with a standard ANBU capture seal, but his stance was more rigid than normal. Sarutobi Hiruzen was a man in his late sixties. He did not become known as the Kami no Shinobi without being observant. His voice tired, yet his eyes shrewd ordered, "Inu, report."

Inu laid out the seal before the aged hokage and revealed a masked head. The mask was the old Ne' or Root ANBU which was ordered disbanded nearly twenty years prior. While Hiruzen figured a small division of the old guard still existed under his old friend and rival Shimura Danzo, he knew that if Inu brought this forward, something damning was coming... and he would be prepared, one way or another.

"Sir," Inu treaded carefully. "Uzumaki Naruto was training out near the old Na...Uzumaki compound when this piece of garbage attacked him. I was forced to reveal myself to Naruto... to a point. He told me he'd seen me a few times when I'd saved him. I had always thought he was out of sight, but he is better at stealth than we'd given him credit for. But he didn't ask much. He respectfully thanked me, then moved on, stating, there must be a reason I'm not permitted to talk to him, and he would not be the one to get his guardian in trouble."

Being the Hokage, he knew Kakashi was lying through his teeth. He'd seen Kakashi take the boy a package with his 'Infinite Vision Jutsu' granted to him via the summoning clan Saru. But Kakashi was no fool and has a lot of powerful friends upon the shinobi council. So he would just wait and see just what Kakashi had done, for he was a very patient man. Otherwise he wouldn't have made it to such a ripe old age. So instead of ripping 'Inu' a new one, he dismissed him for the time being. He looked up and another ANBU appeared before him wearing the identical armor as the ANBU captain who just left.

At the dismissal of the Hokage, Inu vanished in a flurry of leaves which miraculously disappeared with him. Hiruzen decided against checking in on Naruto just yet. Let the days ahead be the deciding factor as to his potential fate.

Meanwhile, at Naruto's family home, he had found two books on the book shelf almost immediately upon opening his father's study. A book on chakra control, and a book to help those with an abundant amount of chakra best utilize it.

Naruto, against the advice of his tou-san could not help but test one of the jutsu. A way to create solid clones. But he didn't dare try it until he gauged his chakra on the strange contraption his tou-san informed him of. It showed where his mother's was at her zenith as marked by a red pen and even noted where the specific jutsu he wanted to learn could be done without something called chakra exhaustion. Naruto had a little more than half of what she did, and knew it would only grow in time. He then started studying. He hated studying with a passion, but after four hours, he managed to complete the jutsu. He fell asleep for the next two hours, having drained a good amount of his chakra learning the technique. Before taking a quick nap, he checked his levels again. He was down to twenty five percent. He now knew a baseline for what not to get near.

After a few hours, Naruto looked back over the cloning technique he learned, and realized something he missed. Memories returned to the creator. Never had he had more inspiration to prank than he did at that moment in time, but opted to hold that back until some foolish villager really pushed his, or her luck. Naruto then looked around and gawked as he realized the house barely had any dust in it. He feared looking in the refrigerator. He then created a dozen clones, despite attempting to only create two.

"Hey! We're you. We don't want to do this crap any more than you do." One clone cried out much to Naruto's surprise.

Naruto then scrunched up his nose, but his head held high and went forward bravely and his clone brigade followed closely behind their noble leader. Naruto opened the fridge to see a bottle of something in a black liquid sealed in a bottle. The refrigerator was otherwise spotless as well. He couldn't figure out how, but that was a mystery for another day. No massive odor erupted from the door as the group expected. Naruto held his nose and opened the container and poured the liquid down the toilet and flushed. Thankfully it flushed successfully. Naruto thanked Kami his parents had a still viable canister of air freshener in the bathroom on the back of the toilet.

Naruto felt his stomach grumble, and then those of his clones did the same. Naruto was about to slam his clones back to oblivion, but was stopped by one of them. "Dude, you've got anger issues. We can dispel ourselves, or you can use the Half ram to mentally do it. Remember?"

"OH! Sorry guys. Take it easy. Thanks for your help. Maybe we could get some ramen together next time I summon you guys... if it works like that."

"Ichiraku's," the group said in unison, much to Naruto's joy. They really were made of him after all.

Naruto dispelled the group of his compatriots, and grabbed a backpack he found in a closet. It was brand new and had the red swirl on it. Naruto liked it. He placed some of the less important looking books into the backpack and left via the basement via Inu's instructions. He found a secret hatch below the carpet at the corner of the room. He eventually made it home, but realized he didn't have any food stocked. He took a look at the clock on his dresser and realized if he busted his ass, he just might make it to grab a bowl of ramen from Ichiraku Ramen.

He took the bag with him as he didn't quite trust anyone to not break in 'again' while he wasn't home. He flew down the stairs and past the snooty landlord. Naruto pushed the limits of his muscles, having forgotten that he was wearing seals which added extra resistance.

He made his way all the way to Ichiraku and slid under the curtain right as the owner Teuchi was about to close shop.

"Sorry Naruto, but we're closing shop." the old man said, without malice.

"Please old man. I got distracted training, and studying," he added the second part with obvious distaste in his mouth. "I didn't have time to go shopping today."

Teuchi thought about making Naruto go without, to help him learn responsibility, but when Naruto mentioned studying, he couldn't help but smile a little in pride. "You're lucky, I should make you go without. But you studying is a rarity. I can't even charge you for your food tonight. AYAME! A three bowl Naruto special setup!"

A tired looking teen with large beautiful eyes and brown hair stepped out of the back in a scarf on her head. "Ooh! My little Naruto-kun is here to see me before I go for the night!" she said as she blew a small kiss at the ten year old. She knew he had a small little crush on her, but it was more so a brother sister relationship, and they both knew that.

"Nee-chan!" Naruto whined as she poured him three bowls of ramen. Two for there and one to take with him.

After a nice meal and good company for a while, Naruto started to make his way home. But of course, somebody wanted a piece of 'it,' or so he'd heard. Naruto watched as a large group of fifteen civilians, and a few young nin surround him. He wasn't in the mood to run away. He stopped sighed, and picked up a thin metal pole as he set down his food.

"I'm not going to run tonight. I am not going to hide. I am only going to say this once. Get the hell out of my way... or I am going to beat the shit out of you. Civilian, shinobi. I don't give a damn. Fuck with me if you want to, and I am going ape shit tonight. You feel me?"

"Look. The little demon grew a pair," one civilian sneered.

"I'm no demon, but keep talking, I'll become one just for you." Naruto replied equally venomous.

Two shinobi ran forward and slammed Naruto back against the wall and pulled out two kunai.

Naruto didn't panic like he expected to. He simply said, "Nice shot, but now it's my turn."

Naruto thrust his fist at the two who attacked him's throats, missed, as he expected, and ran up to the shinobi and ducked under a kick and grabbed the pole, turned around and swung it like a golf club up into the first ninja's nether regions.

"Ooo," most of the ANBU above groaned. They were going to interfere before Inu arrived and ordered them to stand down. He was interested to see how Naruto would handle this.

"This is your last warning. Back up!" Naruto all but wailed. No one listened. Naruto placed his hands in the half ram sign and silently said, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Those few words in conjunction with that hand sign, and chakra... twenty five exact physical copies of the orange wearing ten year old appeared.

The ANBU nearly fell off the the roof above him. Naruto's clones had managed to materialize the poles with them as well. The Naruto's looked at the poles and grinned darkly. "Charge!"

To Be ConTinNued. Don't forget, reviews mean love. LoL. See you all next time.

Batman Out.