A/N: Ok this is my take on the famous Missing Hokage challenge. It will be more of a side project of mine though so don't expect too often updates. Hope you enjoy it. By the way I don't and never will own Naruto.

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Chapter 1:

Naruto clashed with Sasuke. Pain coursing through him Naruto pushed harder and harder. He knew he should stop the attack or Sasuke would be seriously injured... But Sasuke would not hold back... That much was painfully obvious... Naruto realized he had to find another way... In a burst of inspiration he used his half-functioning and aching leg to make a kicking motion, sending a burst of chakra on Sasuke. Sasuke having completely focused on his chidori never saw it coming... The chakra smashed into his abdomen, took his breath away and threw him back into the statue he came from.

Kyubi snarled in his cage. How could this ningen loose with his power coursing through him. Unacceptable! Pathetic ningen!!! Kyubi roared and smashed into his cage again and again in a maddened fury. Meanwhile Naruto oppened his eyes to his mindscape.

A few meters away Kakashi landed with his not-so-much-of-a friend Gai. Kakashi ran to Sasuke's fallen body ignoring Naruto. In responce to Gai's question he simply replied that Sasuke didn't have a healing factor. Gai nodded, half-believing before he took Kakashi's other student and making for Konoha.

Konoha Gates:

Haruno Sakura was waiting at the gates for her crush. That baka Naruto had promised her that he would bring him back. Then Sasuke-kun would wake up from that snake guy and fall in love with her, marry her and spend his life with her. In her mind it had all worked out. Sasuke-kun would be back, in love with her and all would be good. In the horizon two figures were heading for Konoha at full speed. Her Sasuke-kun was getting closer and closer.

Konoha Shinobi Hospital:

Tsunade was working hard in reversing the side effects of the Akimichi enhancing pills. Damn brat had eaten all three of them. Meanwhile her first apprentice, Shizune, was trying desperately to heal Neji's wounds. Suddenly both women looked up with a start. That chakra they would never forget. It was the one person to bring light back to their lives and give them meaning. Tsunade smiled. The blonde brat was alive. If only she knew what was going on at the gates she might not have smiled at all...

Konoha Academy:

Iruka was teaching his students about the kages. Specifically about the yondaime. Looking outside he felt something was wrong. Before he could act on it however he was swarmed by his students. Pushing back his thoughts, he concentrated on his lesson again, with only a lingering thought to his former student, a blonde knucklehead named Naruto.

Konoha Gates:

Gai set Naruto down on a chair carefully and went to the side to speak with the guards. After all his other student was on that same mission. Besides Naruto seemed getting better and better, though if he had known enough about Naruto, he'd have noticed something was not right about him. Sealing tattoos appeared on Naruto's back, glowed faintly and disappeared.

Sakura had just seen her crush come in injured. Damn it how could Naruto-baka hurt her Sasuke-kun. That monster should die! He was probably the reason her Sasuke-kun left in the first place. Enraged Sakura went to a barely conscious Naruto.

"S-Sakura....chan... I... did it... I brought back-"

"SHUT UP NARUTO-BAKA! YOU HURT SASUKE-KUN YOU MONSTER! I SHOULD KILL YOU FOR IT!!!" Attempting to go through with her threat Sakura took out her kunai and made to stab the wounded blonde.

Unfortunately for her Gai heard her threat and reacting instantly caught her wrist.

"What are you doing Gai-sensei! That monster hurt my Sasuke-kun! He must die! He was the reason Sasuke-kun left! He-"

CRACK

With a sickening sound Gai crushed Sakura's wrist to little pieces. Leaking Killer Intent that would make Kyubi proud, he punched her, sending her skidding on the road. Gai then picked up the now unconscious Naruto and left for the hospital.

Inside Naruto's Mind

Kyubi raged around his cage. How DARE that mortal scum act like that? How dare he loose? How dare he even get hurt with His power coursing through him?

Naruto slowly opened his eyes in front of the cage. Squinting his eyes he saw Kyubi's rage. Naruto made to speak...

Konoha Hospital - ICU

Tsunade, the legendary Sucker, Slug Sannin and Godaime Hokage, was desparate. She was low on chakra and Naruto's wounds were still terrible. Next to her Shizune was healing as much as she could. Burns, broken bones, cuts and a hole in Naruto's sternum... He should be dead... Yet Naruto held on... Trusting them to save his life. Shizune wiped the sweat off her brow, also wiping her eyes of the tears that threatened to fall before continuing the treatment.

Konoha Council Chamber

Danzou Homura and Koharu had finally done it. They would be rid of that nuissance and get ahold of a weapon at the same time. Danzou smirked. Manipulating people was so easy.

Inside Naruto's Mind

"So we have an accord? Kyubi."

"Yes we do brat. Now get going. I sense a lot of changes... And brat... thanks. Now go and set me free!"

"Will do Kyubi. With these annoying seals removed its going to be much easier dealing with things."

Konoha Hospital - ICU

She had done it. After hours of treatment, Naruto was stable. Tsunade noticed however that Naruto seemed... different. She couldn't place her finger on it just yet, but he definitely was different. Just as she was going to leave though,

"Hey there baa-chan."

"N-NARUTO? You're up? Damnit brat! You scared me there!"

"Yeah I am. Now baa-chan... we need to speak... immidiately. There are some things about me, Hatake and the Uchiha that you need to know."

"Naruto what are you-"

"You'll see... or at least listen. Now sit on the chair cause you'll need it."

-30 minutes later-

"So that's it. Quite the story huh? Say could you get Neji, Tenten, Lee, Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru Hinata and Chouji here?"

"What about Sakura and Sasuke or Ino?"

"What about the first two? They tried to kill me so I don't really care. As for Ino? If she cares she can come. If not its her loss. Oh and bring Shizune and Anko-nee. I'd like them to hear it as well."

"Alright Naruto. Just rest for now. They'll come by tomorrow at the earliest. Now I'll just place some security seals. Some idiots might think it smart to kill you while you're weak. Especially after Sakura's action yesterday."

"Thanks baa-chan. Now I gotta sleep... there are some things that I still need to finalize."

Tsunade left a bit shaken by what Naruto, no her otouto, had told her, but she would not let it show. After all she was the Hokage.

-The next day-

The Konoha Twelve, minus Sakura and Sasuke, now renamed Konoha Ten amongst them, had gathered outside, or in Neji's, Chouji's and Lee's case inside Naruto's room. To an outsider it would seem as if they were placed in the same ICU room with their friends to support them. As Tsunade arrived, Anko and Shizune could be seen following her. After getting to the door, Tsunade opened it and allowed everyone in. Once there, she sealed it off and woke up Naruto from his medically induced sleep. Naruto looked at them and sighed. It was the time of truth for a lot of things.

"Good morning guys and girls. Tsunade-ba-chan told you all to come here and listen to something right? Its storytelling time I guess and my story begins some 13 years ago. Just a few months before I was born. Now I'd like you guys to keep your questions at the end ok? Now here I go."

"I'll start with who and what I am. My name is Uzumaki Naruto... and I am the jinchuuriki of the Kyubi no Kitsune. In other words I am the container of the Kyubi. You see Yondaime couldn't kill the demon. So he chose another way to stop it; namely sealing it away. However due to the strength of the demon no item or holy altar could contain it, no animal resist it and no grown man stand the youkai inside him. The only way to seal it away was by sealing it inside a newborn child. However Yondaime was cunning. Not only did he seal the demon away, he found a way to force it to help Konoha. His seal allowed the container to drag out the power of the demon and use it for his own needs under extreme circumstances. I am that child. The child with the demon inside. The child this entire village hated as if I was the demon itself. Yondaime's wish that I be seen as a hero for stopping the demon was ignored and I was despised. Your greatest hero condemned me to a living hell. Now for something more shocking; Kyubi is not as evil as you think he is."

Ignoring the shocked faces he raised an arm to silence them before continuing. "Make no mistake, he is not a good guy. He is not caring, or kind. However he doesn't attack humans. Why? Because simply he doesn't care about us. He doesn't give a damn whether we live or die. Besides according to him we are weak and fragile, not worth his time. So the logical question is, why would such an uncaring being attack Konoha, after all he wouldn't stand to gain anything. The answer is that he was forced to attack. Not only that but he was condemned as much as I was. The Uchiha clan's Kekkei Genkai has two hidden levels. To unlock the first you must murder you closest friend. To unlock the second you must murder your own brother, rip his eyes off and replace your own eyes with the stolen ones. So why would someone do this? Simply because the second level gives you the power to control the Kyubi. Not complete control but enough to force Kyubi to attack whatever enemy you desire. In order to 'control' it better though, the only Uchiha with this power, the now immortal Uchiha Madara, former head of the Uchiha clan, placed a berserker seal on Kyubi. This way his... pet would be unable to ask for help or fight his influence. This led to Kyubi's attack on Konoha 13 years ago. In reality Kyubi was as much a victim of circumstances as I was, though not innocent by a long shot."

"Now while I was unconcsious by the teme's chidori, I had a long talk with Kyubi. After breaking the damnable berserker seal, he and I came to an accord. I would set him free, in return for him abandoning his Bijuu status and becoming a summon for me and my family. In short I'll turn Konoha's greatest enemy into Konoha's greatest ally. However that's only part of why I called you here. You see some people didn't like me at all. Specifically Hatake Kakashi. Damn bastard placed a number of seals on me as a kid. Nearly completely destroyed my mind. He restrained my body's growth, mental faculties, chakra control, chakra growth, concentration... Everything. Including... my Kekkei Genkai. If you're wondering what it is... its chakra manipulation at its finest. I can turn my chakra solid and manipulate its size, shape and some attributes. I can make weapons or arms or armor or wings or whatever really. Thanks to Hatake, I lost everything. Fortunately however, my battle with the teme forced my body to the limits. When I started drawing on Kyubi's chakra it started decaying the seals I had on me. When Haruno tried to kill me, it was the final push and I destroyed the mental blocks I had. Every mental block. Blocked memories, skills, knowledge, experience, everything came back to me. Now Kyubi is working on restoring my body to what I would have been if not for the restraints. On the good side of things however my chakra control now should skyrocket. Especially when I set Kyubi free and I won't have to fight tooth and nail to keep his youkai from destroying my body."

"So that's my story. Any questions? Oh and good to be back Anko-nee."

Everyone, even Tsunade, were looking at him. Anko snapped out of it before the rest and grabbed her otouto before giving him a noogie.

"Good to have ya back brat. Really missed ya there." Snapping back to a serious attitude Anko continued; "So it was that damn Hatake huh? So what are you going to do brat?"

"Nothing nee-chan. He'll just have to live on knowing he failed his own nindo. Heh look underneath the underneath my ass. And he's supposed to be a seal expert he couldn't tell I wasn't the furball."

Hinata spoke just looked at her crush "A-ano... Naruto-kun... c-can you t-trust Kyubi? I m-mean he i-is a d-demon r-right?"

Naruto looked at her surprised, "So you're telling me you're more worried if I trust the Kyubi rather than the fact I got the damn demon sealed inside my gut?"

"H-hai... N-Naruto-kun is n-no demon. Y-you are t-too kind f-for it..." Hinata was blushing a new shade of red at Naruto's inspection.

Meanwhile Naruto's friends were thinking about his revelations. Well all except Shikamaru.

"Mendokuse... Naruto's not the Kyubi... I knew since the Chuunin exams. I should have seen it earlier though with the adults treating him like that... Ah well"

That was a wake up call for everyone, hastily they agreed with the Nara genius. Naruto was truly surprised and happy by his friends. He smiled at them and made to speak before Tsunade interrupted.

"That's all good but... I'm afraid I have bad news... Naruto..."

"What do you mean baa-chan? What's wrong?"

"The council... that's what. Damn bastards went behind my back to the daimyo... Naruto they want... to banish you. Worst... they'll do it."

"WHAT?" Was the outcry of everyone in the room. Immidiately they began protesting

"But you can't"

"But why?"

"But he is loyal"

"SILENCE!" Godaime made them stop. Just then everyone noticed she was at the verge of tears. "The daimyo doesn't know anything about Naruto. All he knows is what these bastards told him... and they told him the seal is breaking... He did what I would have done if that was all I knew. Naruto I'm so sorry... so terribly sorry..."

"Its... its ok baa-chan... They don't want me... they don't deserve me... I'll leave as soon as I can baa-chan..."

"Yes. However you won't be going any time soon. Before you go I have to tell you some things. I was supposed to only reveal them to you when you became jounin but since that's not going to happen... I'll do it now. Naruto before I start, I want you to know it wasn't my choice to hide these facts. They were laws placed before me by Sandaime and Yondaime... I would have broken them but the damn council didn't allow me. I thought it wouldn't matter to wait for a couple of years so I could follow them but obviously I was wrong. Also Naruto I want you to know that while I did suspect the truth, I only confirmed it after I got the seat. Naruto its about your parents... and the origin of your kekkei genkai. It comes from your mother... Uzumaki Kushina, a jounin that died when you were born. The Kyubi's youkai and ki were too much for her and she passed away. She was a master swordswoman, better than anyone else I've seen. With her kekkei genkai she could take down just about any opponent. You have her maiden name to protect you from your father's enemies... Naruto they both loved you, don't forget that. Your father really loved and cared for you but he couldn't be with you... Your father was... Konoha's Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato..."

"WHAT?!?!" The resounding shout almost broke the seals.

"But? But why would? WHY WOULD HE DO THIS TO ME?!?"

"Because he couldn't do it to anyone else's son Naruto... He would not put this burden on anyone else. He could not trust anyone else"

Anko gently hugged her little brother as he let loose a cry to the heavens, a cry containing all his pain, anguish and anger. Chakra swirled around him.

Hinata looked at Naruto, almost in tears, before grabbing his hand and squeezing it, showing her support. The Konoha gennin just looked at Tsunade in surprise, well all except Shikamaru.

"Such troublesome idiots... they banished the son of the Yondaime... When does he have to go?"

"In three days... I'm sorry Naruto but Kakashi's report..." The chakra around Naruto lashed out like whips at the sound of his sensei.

"What did Hatake say?"

"Naruto, calm down... please."

"Calm down? CALM DOWN? I won't calm down baa-chan. Damn bastard got me BANISHED. I'm betting the second he learns of my dad, he's gonna come to me all smiles and apologies and shit so he can be my best friend. Well FUCK HIM. Him and the rest of this bigoted retarded village. I've got half a mind to let Kyubi level it or go to that damnable snake pedophile and learn that resurrection jutsu, bring back my dad and have HIM level the place. Alright that's it. I'm leaving in three days and I'm not coming back ever again. Are these idiots supposed to be shinobi? Can't these people see the difference between a a kunai and the scroll its sealed in? This is fucking pathetic."

Anko slowly let go of Naruto and started going for the door. Now this was not important, but the KI that was leaking off of her was. Naruto heard an appreciative growl from Kyubi. Tsunade stopped her.

"Don't Anko. I'll punish him don't worry."

"Heh Anko-nee, Kyubi is impressed by your KI, but maybe you should stop. Otherwise my friends will die. Anyway seems I'll be leaving for some time huh baa-chan?"

"Yes you will but you won't go like that. You were the one that brought me here and by kami they'll pay. The damned traitors are up for a surprise if they thought I'd take this lieing down. Nobody messes with my family, adopted or not."

"Everyone... since I'll be leaving... I'll need some help... Shika, could you make me a basic training schedule I can follow? Keep in mind I can learn book-stuff a hundred or so times faster than before, Tenten, I'll need some weapons to replace mine and a Katana. A scroll on kenjutsu will also be appreciated. Lee I'll need some weights and some scrolls on Taijutsu since mine sucks. Chouji, could you give me a scroll with easy recipes so I can eat something in the forest? Shino I may need some scrolls on ninjutsu from the library. I'd go myself but I'm never allowed so... Of course I'll pay for the things, its just that I'm not really allowed to go get them. Anyway I'd better get ready myself."

Anko looked sadly at her otouto... this was so unfair. She just got him back and she was going to lose him again. "Damn the council... I should gut them and then go with my otouto."

Tsunade looked at her. "What did you say? Actually... that might not be a bad idea... Anko how would a long term, ANBU mission sound for you? You objective; protect the gaki here. Konoha will pay an S-rank pay per week for your living expences. Hmm you gave me some ideas to work with" Tsunade sported a positively feral smirk now, one that, if you didn't know better, would make you think she was Inuzuka really.

Naruto spoke again "Now sorry guys but even with my regeneration I'm not well enough yet. Hinata, Neji could you stay a little bit more?"

Slowly Naruto's friends filed out of the room each thinking his/her own. Only Hinata and Neji remained.

"Neji, while I asked for something from the others... I demand this from you. I finally realized Hinata's secret. So since I won't be here to protect her like I should, you will. You are her cousin and a trained Hyuga, much better trained and more talented than me" raising a hand to stop their protest "No its true. As I am right now, I'm weak. Neji you will protect her got it? If something happens to her I will come back and so will Kyubi and this time noone will be able to seal him away. Kami be my witness she's the purest, kindest soul out here. Neji, we haven't been great friends, or known each other much, but I know I can trust you. I entrust you with Hinata got it?"

Neji just smirked a bit "Loyal as always I see. Don't worry. Hinata-sama will be protected even if it takes the entire branch to do so."

"Thanks Neji. Hinata... I have some things here in Konoha that I can't take with me. The only things I've managed to save from the damn villagers. Some plants mostly. Anyway seems Kyubi wants to finalize my body before he leaves." *yawn* "guess its back to sleep for me, or hybernation as it is. In case I don't wake up soon, tell everyone I'm gonna see you all in three days."

After the Hyuga bid Naruto fairwell, he fell asleep to allow Kyubi to fix his body and correct what nearly a decade of restraining and deterioration had done to the young Shinobi.

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A/N: I will be cracking here quite a bit and poke fun at everyone and everything. I'll try not to ridicule it though, but do expect a heck of a lot of bashing as well as some inconsistencies, as I haven't thought it over as much as my other fics.