TUAOA Naruto The Ultimate Shinobi

"Speech"

"Whisper"

'Thought'

"Boss summon/Bijuu speech"

"Shadow/Super Form speech"

Jutsu/Bloodline

Chaos Control

-chapter 22-

It had been about three years since Naruto left on his training journey. Tsunade received a note which told her the approximate day they would return. The day had finally arrived for his planned return to Konoha, and a group of Shinobi commonly referred to as the Konoha 11 awaited his return. Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, Shino, Neji, Tenten, and Rock Lee, along with their sensei's and Tsunade herself were assembled at one of the gates. Off in the distance, two people wear approaching the gate, when two mysterious Shinobi apparently killed the two. The majority of the Shinobi, excluding Shikamaru, who smirked instead. Like the othrts. He ran like his comrades to the slain Shinobi and checked to see if they were still alive. Suddenly, the slain Shinobi vanished.

Laughter sounded behind them and everyone turned around. Naruto and Jiraiya were assembled behind them. "But we saw you die…" Said Hinata. Shikamaru laughed and said. "You have all been pranked!" Laughed Shikamaru. Everyone had a gloomy expression on their faces while Shikamaru continued laughing.

"So who here made Chunin?" Asked Naruto to the group.

"Everyone here made Chunin." Said Neji. "But I made Jonin."

"What about you, Naruto-kun?" Asked Hinata. Hinata has retained her straight, hime-style haircut, but she has let her hair grow to waist-length. The short strands that frame her face remain, but are now shoulder-length. Her figure has also grown to become much more womanly. She also dons a new attire comprised of a loose fitting, long-sleeved, lavender and cream zip-up jacket with lavender cuffs over mesh armor with navy blue pants and black, low-heeled sandals. Although she still wears her forehead protector around her neck, its color has changed from blue to black.

"Drat, now I can't enter the Chunin Exams with anyone here, but that's what I get for being away for three years training." Said Naruto. On that note, everyone except team 8 left.

"Do you recognize me Naruto?" Asked a hooded member of team 8.

"You're…Aburame Shino. Wow you look very different Shino." Shino's appearance became even more mysterious, with his jacket hanging down to his knees and the addition of a hood that obstructs his face even more and a satchel on his back. This current appearance makes it harder for people like Naruto to recognize him right away.

The next member to introduce himself was very familiar, if his ninken didn't make it too obvious. The Shinobi's name was Inuzuka Kiba. is outfit, including his forehead protector, became a black color, with his coat being replaced by what looks like a nowadays leather form fitting black jacket, with zips over the chest and sleeves, along with black pants and sandals, also zipped, matching the pants.

"Hi Naruto." Greeted Kiba. "This is my ninken Aka…"

"Is that Akamaru? He sure grew bigger." Akamaru has grown into a full-sized adult large-breed dog. His size is such that Akamaru can now have Kiba ride on his back comfortably. Despite this, Kiba claimed he failed to notice due to the amount of time they spend together. Apart from his size, his general appearance has remained the same.

Suddenly, Naruto's Jonin-sensei appeared. "Naruto. We, as in Tsunade-sama and I, will reevaluate your skills. As an extra, we also will reevaluate Sakura's skills, and your teamwork skills." Kakahi-sensei gestured to a pink haired Chunin.

Haruno Sakura has donned a new attire consisting of a red top with the same design as the upper-half of her Genin outfit, with black gloves, black boots, black shorts, short grey apron skirt, and grey elbow protectors and forehead protector which is now on a red cloth. Her skirt and elbow protectors are pink. Sakura is mow armed with a medical pouch. When she's not on a mission, she wears her regular red shirt, with a light yellow shirt under it, and a navy-colored skirt. In this outfit, she still wears her boots. Kakashi was about to Shunshin away, but the appearance of a blonde Kunoichi caused Kakashi to pause.

Temari's appearance is completely different, exchanging her previous purple-colored kimono for a short-sleeved, black kimono that reaches down to her legs, with slits along the side and a more revealing neckline. While she retains a red sash tied around her waist, she now sported fingerless black gloves and now wore her forehead protector on her forehead.

"I just received word from Suna! Gaara has been kidnapped!"

"What? By whom?" Asked Naruto.

"By two assailants. Both were garbed in a black coat with red clouds. Kankuro, who gave chase, can only identify one of the two. His name is Sasori of the red sand. Our Bingo book gives his last appearance and any known information about him, other then Kankuro's."

Sasori had wide brown eyes which he inherited from his mother, and short, red hair which he inherited from his father. As a child, Sasori wore dark green robes with a pale poncho around them. As a teenager, while living in Sunagakure, he wore a purplish robe with the Sunagakure forehead protector around his forehead. After leaving the village and conversing into a puppet body in the likeness of his original body, Sasori's hair became slightly more messy, and wore his Akatsuki robe along with a purple Akatsuki ring on his left thumb that bears the kanji for "jewel" or "sphere" (玉, gyoku). He also wore teal nail polish on his fingernails. Even though Sasori still possessed his Sunagakure forehead protector that was slashed out in the middle, he kept it on his person instead of wearing it.

Sasori's puppet body consisted of a pair of spinning claws attached to his lower back, a holder for four scrolls on his back, a stinger in the empty and open stomach cavity, a compartment in his right chest, and a 'core of living flesh' (生身の核, namami no kaku) in the left which had the kanji for "scorpion" (蠍, sasori) painted on it. In his exposed state, Sasori's eyes would also be wide open in a maniacal way, as opposed to his normal calm looking eyes.

"Come to my office. I'll assign you the mission briefings there." Said Tsunade to Team 7.

"It takes about three days to arrive in Suna." Began Kakashi. 'How will we make it in time?"

"Don't worry about it. I'll just use Chaos Control to teleport each member of the group to the outskirts of Suna. I'll make it to Suna if I run there."