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Chapter One - Gone with the Wind Academy

Once again we find one Uzumaki Naruto, age five, being chased by a mob of angry villagers, as well as some genin and a few chunin. There would have been some jonin, but most are on his side, and the ones that aren't have been severely threatened with job termination if they did anything to him.

The mob had chased him to one of the training areas. The area in particular has a tall waterfall.

You know, I'm beginning to think it would be better for me to either stay in the Hokage Tower or go camping on my birthday, thought Naruto as he entered the area. Looking back, he saw that the mob wasn't too far behind him, and that his only chance was to dive into the water. Naruto took a couple steps back, then made a running leap off the riverbank.

Just as he made the leap, an energy field surrounded the young boy and pulled him behind the waterfall, moments before one of the villagers came into view. The villager looked around, but didn't see his prey, and so moved on.

Inside the waterfall, Naruto was lying on the floor of a large room.

Ugh, what happened, thought Naruto. One minute I'm leaping for my life, next thing I know I'm getting pulled into the waterfall.

Naruto got up off the floor and looked around. He saw a large room filled with chairs, tables, and what appeared to be a TV, but had something in front of it that had weird buttons. Wow, what a neat place, he thought. I wonder if anyone lives here.

"Hello," called Naruto. "Is anyone here?"

Just then, an image started to appear in front of Naruto, who leapt back in surprise. The image shaped itself into a young man with black hair, glasses, a black uniform with green piping and a green star insignia on the left side of the chest.

"Hello, and welcome. This is all that remains of the Wind Ninja Academy. I am a holographic image of Cam, the Green Samurai Ranger, of Power Rangers: Ninja Storm. The monitors of this base have been recording what has been happening since The Great Cataclysm, so I and the other holograms know what all has been going on, including, from what we have scanned, that you have the Kyuubi no Kitsune sealed inside of you."

Here Naruto was shocked. People have always said that the demon was destroyed by the Yondaime Hokage, yet in the back of his mind, he felt that the story wasn't quite right. He had heard stories about other countries fighting demons, and if one demon could be defeated, then why couldn't the others? Naruto was a bright lad, and he remembered seeing a picture of the Yondaime Hokage. He mentally compared his own image to that of the picture, and put two and two together.

So, I guess dad never thought of sending the demon back home, he instead chose to seal Kyuubi in his own son, me. Tomorrow that old man and I are gonna have 'words', to put it mildly, thought Naruto angrily. He then returned his attention back to the image.

Holo-Cam picked up where it left off. "The scan also revealed that you can use the wind element, which means you can become the Red Air Ranger." A new image appears next to Holo-Cam, this one also a young man with black hair, but darker skin, and his black suit had red piping with red wings for his symbol.

"I am a recording of Shane, the Red Ranger. I was the leader of the Wind Ninja Storm Rangers, and after I help you train, you will become the leader of the new Ninja Storm team. Before we do, however, I feel it would be a good idea if you talk with the Hokage about whatever personal issues you seem to have and show him this place as well."

Naruto thought it over, and agreed with the images. "I really don't want to go back out where that mob can find me. Can I stay here until morning?" asked Naruto.

"Of course, as all this is now yours," said Holo-Cam. "There's a bedroom down the hall, second door on the right."

Naruto went down the hallway and entered said door. Inside was a good sized room with a full sized bed and a closet with various clothes. Naruto found some pajamas his size, put them on and went to bed. He was out before he hit the pillow.

Mindscape

Naruto came to moments later, and found he was no longer in the bedroom.

How did I end up in the sewers? thought Naruto. Then he looked down and saw an image from the day before flow past him in the water.

Great, if that was what I think it was, this isn't just any sewer, this is my mind. And here I thought I always kept it out of the gutter, thought Naruto with a smile at his joke.

Ah, I see you finally made it here, said a deep, unearthly voice.

"Oh, great, he's awake," muttered Naruto. "Better get this over with. From the sound, he's not too far from here, and from the smell," here Naruto wrinkled his nose, "he won't be too hard to track."

Naruto followed the increasingly disgusting smell of decay and rot until he came to a huge cage.

Welcome, my container, said the voice as its beastly breath wafted over Naruto, who turned green instantly.

"Kyuubi, two words: breath mints," said Naruto, trying to keep his stomach together. He quickly imagines a gas mask and puts it on. Taking a couple of clean breaths, he told the fox, "Okay, look, if I'm gonna talk to you in here without having this on, I am most definitely going to have to give you a bath."

NANI?! said Kyuubi, with fear in his eyes.

"Hai, a bath," said Naruto. "We'll need to do something about that breath, too. I know, chew on this while I figure out how to get you clean." Naruto imagined an over-sized dental bone like the ones he saw at the Inuzuka Veterinary Clinic that one time the Hokage took him.

Kyuubi picked up the bone in his mouth and started to chew away at it. MMM, minty, said Kyuubi between bites.

Naruto just shook his head and imagined a large movable shower head above Kyuubi, as well as four stone walls surrounding the demon up to his knees.

"That's just to keep the water somewhat contained," said Naruto. "Now comes the fun part." Naruto imagined himself as large as Kyuubi, as well as a scrub brush and some neutral-scented pet shampoo, and hosed down the fox.

What the... ohh, that feels good, said Kyuubi, who at first was startled by the cold shampoo, but soon relaxed into Naruto scrubbing away the grime.

Naruto soon had the body scrubbed down and was about to start on the tails when he thought he'd better ask about that.

"Kyuubi, is it all right if I clean your tails?" asked Naruto. "I promise not to pull on them, unless I hit a snag, in that case I apologize in advance."

There shouldn't be any snags, but do please continue the cleaning, said Kyuubi blissfully.

Naruto very gently took one of the tails, wet and soaped it up, then smoothly ran the scrub brush through it. Kyuubi throughout the ministrations was purring like crazy as Naruto repeated the motion on each tail.

"I still need to do the head, but I don't want to get water in his ears, eyes and nose," thought Naruto out loud. "I know!" Naruto quickly imagined an energy field covering Kyubbi's eyes, ears and nose. Kyuubi could still see, smell and hear, but water wouldn't be able to enter those parts.

"Close your mouth, please, I'm starting on the head now," said Naruto, and Kyuubi closed his mouth, having been done with the bone since the third tail. Naruto lathered the jaw and skull, being careful not to part the lips or damage the whiskers. He used his fingernails instead of the brush to scrub the fur, then washed the head off.

Imagining a drain opening beneath the fox to let the water out, followed by another energy field surrounding himself, Naruto said to Kyuubi, "Okay, you can shake now."

Water went flying everywhere as the demon shook it off. It was a full two minutes later when he was done, and Naruto came up and rubbed him down with a big, fluffy towel. Starting from the head and finishing with the tails, Naruto dried off Kyuubi, then took a brush and tamed the fur that had fluffed up.

Imagining a mirror, Naruto let Kyuubi look at his now clean self. "What do you think?" asked Naruto, returning to his normal size.

Dang, kit, you do good work, said Kyuubi with a grin. If the ninja thing doesn't work out, you can always go into the pet cleaning business.

"I'll keep that in mind," said Naruto dryly. "Anyway, what did you want?"

I just want to apologize, said Kyuubi. A man named Orochimaru came to me and tried to get me to attack Konoha. When I refused, he killed my mate and our kits. He fled as I went into a blinding rage, heading straight to this village. I followed, anger fogging my brain. The snake ran towards Konohagakure, where his scent was the strongest, and then vanished. In my rage, I thought the villagers were hiding him, so I did what every over-sized being does. I pulled a Godzilla and went on a rampage. After I was sealed in you, I calmed down and thought over the situation, and I've decided to help you.

"You will? How?" asked Naruto.

Well, since it seams those holograms will be helping you with your taijutsu and possibly kenjutsu, I'll teach you all the nin and genjutsu I know, said Kyuubi. I'll also help you with your chakra control. I can also change my chakra to perfectly match yours so that you can use it in an emergency without harming you, though you'll probably still end up going slightly feral and gain some spectral tails. As you grow older my chakra will be transferred into you, eventually we will fuse into one being, granting you unlimited chakra. I can also grant you one of any bloodline currently available, or had died out, or just make a new one.

"Great Gamabunta! I'm going to be a powerhouse," said Naruto, to which Kyuubi chuckled at the exclamation. "Though I think we better hold off on the bloodline until I read up on them, since I don't know what's been done before and which ones are still active."

Good idea, kit, said Kyuubi. I'll let you get back to sleep now. Good night. And with that, Kyuubi faded from view, as Naruto returned to the world of dreams.

"WHAT WAS THE BIG IDEA, KEEPING THE INFORMATION ABOUT KYUUBI AND MY PARENTS AWAY FROM ME?!"

Sarutobi, the Sandaime Hokage, was not having a good morning. After his usual morning complaint about the paperwork, (Curse you, Minato, for placing me in this position again.), Naruto stormed in, asked for the ANBU guards to leave and a privacy jutsu to be activated, and then tore into the old man once it was set up.

"Who told you about Kyuubi and your parents?" asked Sarutobi, thinking of sending the poor fool to Ibiki for breaking the law.

"My new place of residence has some very sophisticated technology," said Naruto. "I was scanned by it and was told of the Kyuubi from it. As for my parents, I only know about my father, and that was because I put two and two together, namely from an image I remember seeing of him compared to my own. I also talked to Kyuubi last night."

"And what did he have to say?" asked Sarutobi, slightly afraid of the answer.

"He wanted to apologize. He said some idiot named Orochimaru killed his family and fled towards here before he vanished," said Naruto. "He also said he will help me in training with ninjutsu and genjutsu, while the holograms will help me with taijutsu and kenjutsu."

"Holo... grams?" asked the Hokage with a weird look on his face.

"It might be better if I showed you," said Naruto. Sarutobi agreed, and after telling his secretary that he'll be out for the rest of the morning, followed Naruto back to the waterfall.

Once there, Naruto stopped at the edge of the pool, his face showing deep concentration.

"Now what was the password again," thought Naruto out loud. "Oh, yeah. Now I remember. Better grab my shoulder, jiji." As Sandaime grabbed the boy's shoulder, Naruto called out, "Earth, Air and Water are one!"

The same teleportation beam that carried Naruto into the waterfall last night encased the old man and the boy and pulled them into the base. What they didn't know was that there was a hitchhiker, in the form of ANBU captain Hatake Kakashi.

Inside the Ninja Storm base, Sarutobi was in shock at what he was seeing in this place.

"This is incredible," said the old man. "I can't believe that a place like this had survived for so long."

Suddenly, an alarm started blaring throughout the base.

"What's going on?" asked Naruto, as Holo-Cam appeared.

The hologram punched some of the buttons on the console, and a video image appeared on the screen.

"Looks like we have an intruder," said Holo-Cam. "Do either of you recognize this man?"

Naruto shook his head, but the Sandaime said, "Yes, that is one of my ANBU captains, Hatake Kakashi. He must have followed to make sure Naruto and I were safe. Is it all right if he joins us?"

"Ask Naruto, it's his place now," said Holo-Cam. The Hokage looked at the boy, who nodded his head.

"It's alright, Hatake-san, you can come in," said Naruto.

Hatake Kakashi, A.K.A. Copy-cat Kakashi, A.K.A. the original Lazy Bum, walked into the room.

"So this is where you ended up last night," said Kakashi.

"You were following me last night?" asked Naruto.

"Yes, however, you managed to do the impossible, and got me lost in the woods," said Kakashi. "For that, and that alone, you must be punished."

"What do you mean, punished?" asked Naruto with a scared look.

Kakashi gave Naruto and the Sandaime Hokage one of his patented Eye Smiles, then dashed over to the little boy and started tickling him mercilessly.

"Ha ha ha, hey, ha ha, stop it, hee!" squealed Naruto.

"Not until you've been punished," said Kakashi, still tickling Naruto. The 'punishment' lasted for three more minutes. Kakashi felt that it was enough, and let go of the young jinchuuriki.

"Now that you've been punished, would you care to explain to me what's going on?" asked Kakashi.

Naruto and Sandaime explained the events of last night and this morning to an ever eye-widening Kakashi.

"So you're my sensei's son?" asked Kakashi with tears in his visible eye, and Naruto nodded.

"I've also been chosen to be the new leader of Power Rangers: Ninja Storm," said Naruto.

"Power Rangers? What are they?" asked Kakashi. Holo-Cam decided to answer.

"1600 years before the Cataclysm, an alien wizard named Zordon chose five teens to become the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, protectors of Earth from those that would destroy it. For the first six years, the forces of evil, mostly alien, attacked the city of Angel Grove as the starting point of their invasions, though with the Astro and Galaxy Rangers, the forces were attacking planets across the galaxy."

"We also started getting attacks from other agents as time went on. Lightspeed Rescue faced demons, though not as powerful as Kyuubi, Time Force had Mutants from the future, Wild Force dealt with Orgs, beings who wanted to trash the Earth through pollution, and we, the Ninja Storm team, had to deal with my live counterpart's depraved and power-hungry uncle, who was banished into space," said Holo-Cam.

"Were there other teams that came after you?" asked Sarutobi.

"Yes. There was the Dino Thunder team, whose enemies were dino based. We had a quiet year in 2005, but we have records of a team called Space Patrol Delta, or SPD, that were given to us thanks to Time Force, Mystic Force, who used magic to face the forces of the Underworld, and Operation Overdrive, which is the only team who had more enemies than the originals active in one year," said the hologram.

"Were there any other teams?" asked Kakashi.

"There were, but there's a glitch in the databanks. I can't retrieve the information," said Holo-Cam.

"That's okay, we get the general idea," said Sarutobi, who was deep in thought.

"What are you thinking of, jiji?" asked Naruto.

"I have an idea, but I need some more information. Cam, are there others in the village who could become the other Rangers?" asked the Hokage.

"Let me run a scan real quick." Holo-Cam turned back to the computer and ran a sweep through the village.

"Okay, we have a boy in the Inuzuka clan who can use Earth very well. He would be perfect as the Yellow Ranger," said Holo-Cam. "For Water, there's a Hyuuga girl, main house since I didn't pick up the caged bird seal, she would be great for the Blue Ranger. For the Crimson Thunder Ranger, I found a boy in the Aburame clan, and for Navy Thunder a boy in the Nara clan fits perfectly, though we are definitely going to work on that laziness of his. As for the Green Samurai powers, the only one that fits is a boy a year older named Lee."

"Okay, so we have Naruto, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Shikamaru, and Rock Lee. That's not a bad group, as there's a lot of potential," said Sarutobi.

"Sir, just what are you thinking?" asked Kakashi.

"I'm thinking of making Ninja Storm a Special Ops team, attached directly to the Hokage's office, and only taking orders from the Hokage. That way the council can't get a hold of Naruto and the others to use as they wish," said the Hokage.

"How is this going to work?"

"They will still go to the Konoha Academy for the basics, but will come here for their Ranger training. This will also be Naruto's new residence, so we no longer have to worry about him getting hurt or his place getting trashed."

"What about those who use the training area outside?" asked Kakashi.

"Name someone who does? The Forest of Death is right next door," said Sarutobi.

"Oh, right. I forgot Anko-san tends to drive people away from the surrounding area, though this still doesn't bode well for the kids," said Kakashi.

"I'll call her in when we get back and explain the situation, though this will be good for Naruto as she can keep people from his new home."

"Hey, can we go get the others now and explain the situation?" asked Naruto.

"That would be a good idea," said Kakashi, and they left to gather the new recruits.

Back in the Hokage's Office, Sarutobi, Naruto, and Kakashi stood facing the other five chosen kids and their parents/guardian, Hyuuga Hiashi, Inuzuka Tsume, Aburame Shibi, Nara Shikaku, and Maito Gai.

"Alright, what did the little hellion do this time?" asked Tsume, glaring at Naruto.

"The only thing Naruto did was create for us a new Special Ops team," said the Hokage, "but before I get into that, there's some information you need to know." He handed the parents and guardian a scroll.

Reading the scroll, the adults were soon in shock, but quickly came to their senses. "That snake has a lot to pay for," said Hiashi.

"You believe the information?" asked Kakashi.

"We do, since it explains better than anything we've theorized," said Shikaku.

"Naruto, would you like for them to know?" asked Sarutobi, pointing to the other children.

"Know what?" asked Kiba.

"My burden," said Naruto. "Yes, I would like for them to know, as it's not good for us to have secrets if we're going to be working together, and I feel that I can fully trust them."

"This must be big, so I will make sure that I live up to that trust," said Shino.

The Sandaime Hokage then told the group about what really happened five years ago, how Naruto found his new home and their new training center, how Naruto told the Hokage and Kakashi about it, finding out about the Power Rangers, and making plans to set it up as a Special Ops team connected to the Hokage and the Hokage alone.

"Are you sure about this?" asked Hiashi.

"It's the only way I could think of to keep them out of the hands of the council, especially Danzo," said Sarutobi.

"So, we've got a water, air, earth, and two lightning chakra users," said Shibi. "What about fire? Does it fall under the Green Ranger powers?"

"From what I understand, the Green Samurai powers are neutral, which is why Lee will be able to use it, since he can't use chakra," said Naruto.

"Now, with your permission, I would like to start the kids on a training regimen with the holograms of the previous Rangers," said Sarutobi.

"Why do I get the feeling this will be troublesome?" muttered Shikamaru to himself.

Troublesome was right. From 4:30 AM to 7 AM, the kids were put through the toughest training regime ever seen. The holograms, including the ones for Tori, Dustin, Hunter and Blake, had no mercy for them. From 7 to 7:30, they cleaned up, had breakfast, then went to the Konoha Academy until 3 PM. From 3 to 5 they did homework and studied for any tests at home. 5 to 5:30 was supper, then from 5:30 to 8 was more training then bed. However, the others were lucky, as Naruto had more lessons with Kyuubi in his mindscape.

"I must have done something to piss Kami off in a previous life," said Naruto to Lee and Shikamaru one day during lunch. "Why else would I end up having the most sadistic teacher I've ever met stuck in my stomach."

"At least your chakra control is now strong enough to let you make bunshins," said Lee.

"Anyway, did you decide on a bloodline?" asked Shikamaru.

"Yeah. After researching all the other bloodlines ever recorded, I decided on a totally brand new one. I wanted a bloodline that would let me be useful no matter what the situation, so I asked Kyuubi to give me the ability to become any animal that live or has ever lived on this Earth," said Naruto.

Lee and Shikamaru were stunned. "Damn, Naruto. You thought of the perfect Kekkei Genkai. If I had it, I would change into a bird and soar through the clouds all day," said Shikamaru with a contented look on his face.

"Yeah, well, it's going to be a while before it becomes anywhere useful, as I can only hold the form for up to five minutes before I tire out," said Naruto. "Thankfully, as I get older, as well as the more I practice, the time will extend and I'll be able hold it longer. Hopefully, by the time we graduate, I'll be able to hold it indefinitely."

"Hey, dobe!"

"Oh, no. Of all the days Sasuke had to remember that I exist," grumbled Naruto. "What do you want, teme?"

"Fight me!" said Sasuke angrily.

"Why would I want to fight a gay emo-wannabe?" asked Naruto as he, Lee and Shikamaru got up to leave.

"Where are you going, chicken?" asked Sasuke.

"Away from you, emo-chan," said Naruto. "Fighting just to fight proves nothing. Fighting to protect your home, your friends, your family, proves everything. Until you find something to fight for, you will be nothing." With that Naruto turned to walk away.

Sasuke was furious. Never has anyone said such things to him. "Huragh!" yelled Sasuke as he lunged at Naruto.

Naruto figured that Sasuke would try something, so he quickly changed into a large turtle and withdrew into his shell. From what he saw of Sasuke's footfalls, he was in the perfect position to trip the angry emo.

Sasuke's foot connected with the side of the turtle shell, throwing him off balance and sending him reeling into Sakura for a lip-locking kiss.

Sakura's eyes were wide at receiving a kiss from her crush, and moved to deepen the kiss, but was pulled away by Yamanaka Ino.

"What the hell are you doing, forehead-girl?!" screamed Ino.

"Sasuke chose me, and we sealed it with a kiss, Ino-pig!" said Sakura. "Sasuke is now my boyfriend!"

"Over our dead body!" screamed the other Sasuke fan-girls. Sakura became very fearful for her health, and ran for it, followed by Ino and the other fan-girls.

Naruto changed back just as Sasuke got up and brushed himself off. "Well, you may be a dobe, but you did give those fan-girls something else to chase," said Sasuke as he walked back to the classroom.

Naruto looked at him in disgust. "Whatever, teme," he muttered as he followed Shikamaru inside.

AN: I know what you're going to say. GET BACK TO WORK ON THE OTHER FICS!. Trust me, I needed to get this out of my mind first, and I'm almost done with chapter two of Harry Potter's Year at Duel Academy.