Hello everyone, as you have already known from the posts on my original story, I had decided to restart the story because it was not proceeding the way I would like it to have. I have decided to have the story to go at a slower pace. It seems better to have character's training proceed a little slower. I changed the characters that will be resurrected in the story. I have realized that some of the characters I want to bring back have been brought back in the manga canon. I decided to bring by a few that have not been brought back. In addition, please look at the poll on my home page on which people I should revive and cast your vote. I would really appreciate it. I hope you will enjoy this revision of my story as much as the original!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto owns it. However, I do own the original characters in this story.

Summary: What would happen if Akatsuki were not the only organization out there? What if instead of capturing the jinchūriki, they protect them and even help train them? What if the leader can bring people back from the dead and is truly the God of Shinobi. The story may have a possible Naruto Harem and a definite OC Harem. This story is Rated T but may turn M later for safety.

Rise of Tengoku

Chapter 1: A Stranger Appears!

Sitting alone on the tree swing at the Konoha's Ninja Academy was a young boy who was barely seven. He has blue eyes and spiky blond hair and is wearing a white T-shirt that has a fire symbol on the front, back, and sleeves, and black pants. The classes at the Academy were over for the day and the students and teachers all right left. Why is he all alone? It is because this boy is Naruto Uzumaki, the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

Seven years ago, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox attacked Konohagakure no Sato. To save the village, Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage and Naruto's father, sealed half of the Nine-Tails' chakra into himself by using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and sealed the Nine-Tails into Naruto's body with the Four Symbols Seal, believing his son would someday have use of it. Minato died afterwards, leaving Naruto to grow up knowing nothing of his parents for his mother, Kushina Uzumaki who was the previous host of the Nine-Tails that survived having the Nine-Tails extracted from her, died later with the sealing.

Jinchūriki, which means Power of Human Sacrifice, are humans with a tailed beast sealed within them. They contain extraordinary powers, and can be wiser than their tailed beasts since they know when and how to use the beast's power effectively. Unfortunately, jinchūriki are known to live dispersing and lonely lives for they are viewed by those around them as the beast contained within them. That is why Naruto is all alone.

Before Minato died, he asked that the villagers of Konoha to view Naruto as a hero who had helped to stop the Nine-Tails. Few did as he asked, instead of openly resenting him for containing the monster that had destroyed their home. In light of this, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, decreed that nobody should ever speak of the Nine-Tails sealed within Naruto, hoping that their children would not resent him as they did. The children, however, followed their parents' lead, not knowing why. That is why Naruto does not have any friends.

Naruto swung on the swing, staring at the ground with a sadden expression. He doesn't understand why everyone shuns and hates him so much. Whenever he stares at or approaches some of the adults, they walked away with hatred in their eyes. Sometimes people would throw stones at him, kick or punch, or chase him away when he did not leave their stores or go away. Whenever he approaches some children or plays with them, their parents scold them for it and walked away with them or chase him off. Now and then people would mutter stuff about him or called him names. Naruto sometimes wishes to get back at them and make them pay.

"Why… Why do they all treat me like this? I never did anything to them. So, why…?" He asked to himself staring at the ground before clutching his hands into fists and yelling, "Why do people hated me so much!"

"I'm afraid it's because of what you contain inside you, Naruto," a voice said from behind him, which scared to crap out of him.

Naruto yelled in surprised as he jumped off the swing and turned around in a sloppy taijutsu stance to see a man who looked to be in his early to mid twenties leaning against the fence. He was wearing a conical straw hat with small spike-like balls hanging down to cover his face and a long, white cloak with golden clouds painted on it with a chin-high collar.

He slowly raised his hand up and removed his hat revealing his long, spiky shoulder-length black hair and onyx eyes. He had a fair-colored skin. His hair hangs over both sides of his face to frame his cheeks. He also had the addition of a long ponytail in the back of his head. He stared at Naruto with a neutral expression. Deep inside, the person was infuriated by what the Third has been doing all these years.

Hiruzen you have dragged this out long enough. I understand you cannot do much being the Hokage again, but this is inexcusable. He has no clue to why the people here hate and fear him. All because you wanted the Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha kept in the dark. Minato would have understood what you did, but Kushina would not. She's saddened enough knowing that her son has to live this life. I even promised her that I wouldn't let this get this far. Hell, the villagers don't even know the Nine-Tails was being controlled that night, the man thought with annoyance. Besides that, that man will return to finish what he started that night: reclaim the Nine-Tails and destroy Konoha. In addition, what have you done about Naruto's training? He needs to be ready for the enemies that he will have to face. We will have to get him ready for them through training and studying. We missed most of his early life for her recovery, but we're not missing anymore of it. The hard job will be having Naruto remove the darkness in his heart. Without doing that, he will never be able to fight the Nine-Tails and gain control over it. (Sigh) Looks like we go a long road ahead of us.

"Alright, who're you and how did you know my name dattebayo!" Naruto yelled with a glare, which caused the person to blinked for a moment in surprise before struggling to keep from bursting out laughing. Oh wow! God almighty Kushina, it looks like he inherited your personality, body structure, and attitude, but he has Minato's overall appearance, he thought with admiration and amusement through his laughter. Hell, he even has that verbal tic of yours but in a masculine form for God's sake!

He could not take it anymore and burst out laughing, holding his gut from how hard he was laughing. Naruto was not amused by this and glared at him darkly before yelling, "Hey! Stop laughing you jerk! Now tell me who you are and how do you know my name ttebayo!"

The man soon got control of his laughter and apologized, "Hahaha... I'm sorry Naruto, but it's just that you remind me so much of your mother when she was your age that it's hilarious as hell."

Naruto stared at the man in shock and disbelief, "Y-You knew my Kāchan?"

He nodded and said, "Yes Naruto. I actually knew both your parents. Heck, they were my closest friends I have ever had in my life. Oh and by the way, my name is Katori Uchiha."

Naruto saw speechless that he was an Uchiha. He remembered overhearing from some of his classmates that Sasuke was the only one left. So then how can this person be an Uchiha? He decided to ask him about that later. Naruto lowered his gaze for a moment before looking up nervously.

"C-Could you… tell me a little bit… about them?" Naruto asked with a stutter, as he wanted to know more about his parents but was afraid that he would not tell him anything.

Katori smiled with a chuckle and ruffled his hair while saying, "Maybe some other time Naruto, but I can answer any other questions you have."

Naruto was a bit disappointed about not knowing more about whom his father and his mother and who they were, but another question popped into his head.

"H-How much do you know about me?" Naruto asked, hoping that he would continue explaining to him why the villagers hated them.

Katori chuckled and said, "I know a lot about you, Naruto. I've been watched for you for quite some time now."

Naruto's eyes widen in surprise then narrowed as he pointed an acquiring finger at him and yelling, "So, you're a stalker!"

Katori blinked for a moment in surprise before bursting out laughing again much to Naruto's annoyance. When he got control of his laughter moments later, he said, "Oh no Naruto. I'm no stalker. Moreover, I don't intend to fight you. I was only trying to learn more about you. After all, you are the son of the best closest friends, so why shouldn't I, right?"

Naruto sighed knowing he was not going to get much more out of him, but again, another question popped into his head.

"Um… Katori, ah… are you related to Sasuke Uchiha?" Naruto asked curiously, which caused Katori to smirk and chuckle.

"Why yes. You could say that I am a distant relative of his. Why'd you ask?" Katori asked with a smile tilting his head to the side with a raised eyebrow.

Naruto lowered his head and stared at him, nervously, "Well… I was just wondering if everyone in the Uchiha clan were stuck-up, arrogant jerks."

Katori smirked with a snort and tried to stop from laughing, but ultimately he burst out laughing yet again, leaving Naruto standing there with a confused look. When Katori started calming down, he wiped to tears from his eyes and stared at Naruto with a smile. God almighty man, you are killing me here, he thought with a smile and chuckle. Great, if he keeps this up, he is going to have me dead by day's end by just making me laugh myself to death. Katori shock his head at the thought.

"Well, almost everyone in the clan was, Naruto. However, a few of us were not. I myself included," he said in a distant tone as he stared at the evening sky. Naruto stared at him, blinking before nodding.

"Yeah, everyone in the Uchiha clan was murdered, except for Sasuke," He said staring at the ground.

"Well, you're half right," Katori stated causing Naruto to look up at him, which caused him to curse for saying that aloud.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked curiously, as he realized Katori slipped out information that he was trying to hide.

Katori sighed before saying, "I might as well confess now since it slipped out. You're forgetting Sasuke's older brother, Itachi Uchiha, which you obviously didn't know about."

Naruto's eyes widened in surprise and asked, "Wait, you mean to say that Sasuke has an older brother?"

Katori chuckled a bit and nodded, "Yes, he does. He never mentioned it, did he?"

Naruto sadly shock his head before something else started to bug him.

"Wait, if he's still alive then, why isn't he here in the village?" Naruto asked.

Katori's gaze saddened as he lowered his head and turned his eyes away while saying to Naruto, "That's basically because he's the one that murdered everyone in the Uchiha clan, except for his little brother, Sasuke."

Naruto's eyes widen in shock. Say what! His older brother killed the whole clan and did not feel anything while or after doing it, Naruto thought in shock and disbelief that someone would do that.

"He… he murdered his own clan?" He asked.

Katori nodded and lifted his head up, "Yes… But I only wish that was true."

Naruto stared at Katori confused, "Why is that?"

Katori's eyes narrowed and he said distastefully, "Because he had some help in the Uchiha Clan Massacre."

"Who?" Naruto asked turning his head to the side, "Who helped him do such a thing?"

"A masked man who claims that he is Madara Uchiha," Katori said with a hint of venom in his voice. 'He is so going too paid for what he has done to Konoha, Minato, Kushina, and Naruto,' he thought with an inward growl to his promise.

Naruto blinked with confusion, as he has never heard of the name before. Madara Uchiha, he asked himself. Who is this Madara Uchiha?

"Who's he?" Naruto asked out of pure curiosity to while Katori can understand. The named Madara Uchiha isn't really a topic people in Konoha like to talk about, Katori thought with a sad and angry sigh. Especially for those who remembered what he did after he abandoned Konoha and started down the path of darkness.

"He's one of the Founding Fathers of Konoha, and was the former leader of the Uchiha clan," Katori said before staring at Naruto. "And he's also possibly part of the reason why you are all alone, having no parent to raise you, why the village shuns you, and why the Uchiha clan was murdered."

Naruto stared at Katori in shock and horror at all the problems this man has caused.

"W-What… What do you mean?" Naruto stutters, still affected from the information just said.

Katori sighed before fixing his gaze on Naruto with a serious look and activated his Sharingan.

"Naruto, what I'm about to tell you is an S-Rank secret, possibly SS-Rank. You must never tell anyone about what is about to be said here without mine or the Third's approval, you understand?" He asked sternly.

Naruto flinched, seeing the Sharingan for the first time. W-What's those eyes…? What's going on here? Naruto asked himself while he stared fearfully at Katori's creepy eyes.

"Um… Katori? What's up with your eyes?" Naruto asked nervously. "They're kind of freaking me out."

"Hey, don't change the subject! Now answer me Naruto. Do you understand what I'm telling you?" He asked seriously while accidently causing his eyes to transform into the Mangekyō Sharingan which scared Naruto to no symbol in his eye was weird. It looked like a large red wheel with eight curved bans around it inside a black background. Inside of it, it looked like a thick black circle with four blades around it. (Symbols that I find that I liked are that of a hurricane that I combined into one. One is that of a hurricane with eight outer rainbands while the other is a hurricane symbol used on weather maps, but with two overlapping each other.)

"Y-Yes, but… what's up with your eyes?" Naruto asked pointing at his eyes, ""One minute there are black, then red with black comas, and then they became some kind of weird shape."

Katori calmed himself, deactivating the Sharingan and smiled kindly at Naruto, "Well, for starters, it's called the Sharingan. The other form they took was my Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. I will tell you more about it later. Right now, I'm going to tell you about what really happened seven years when the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha."

Naruto nodded with interest and Katori continued, "You know the stories about how the Fourth Hokage defeated the Nine-Tails that night, right?"

"Yeah, I do. They all say that he used a forbidden technique that defeat it and save the village, at the cost of his own life," Naruto replied.

Katori smirked and nodded a little, "Yeah well… It is not totally true, I'm afraid."

"What'd you mean?" Naruto yelled in shock.

"True, he fought against the Nine-Tails. However, he could not defeat it because of who was controlling the Nine-Tails. That 'masked man' saw through all his moves and beat him at every turn," Katori replied looking away with anger on his face.

"What? Someone was controlling it?" Naruto yelled in surprise.

"Yes," Katori nodded as he turned his face back to Naruto, "The Fourth, told me this himself as I arrived on the scene before he died."

"By whom?" Naruto asked.

"The man who he believed might be Madara Uchiha," Katori said with venom in his voice.

Naruto's eyes widened in shock, "Wait, if he really is the Founder of the Uchiha clan, then shouldn't he be… dead?"

Katori smirked and let out a laugh as ruffled his spiky hair.

"You catch on pretty quick, Naruto. And people call you the dead last," Katori said as he ruffled his hair. They both then burst out laughing.

"Hey, come on! …I'm not that stupid!" Naruto said between laughs.

When they both got their laughter under control, Katori continued, "True, but sometime you're just decent. Anyway, yes Naruto, Madara should be dead especially after he was defeated by the First Hokage at the Valley of the End. But, I know for a fact that man wasn't truly him."

Naruto stared at Katori, confused, "Why is that?"

"It's because not only did Madara have the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, the final stage of the Sharingan, but before he truly died, he awakened the Rinnegan that he gained with Hashirama-nīchan's help, undoubtedly. I too gained the Rinnegan with his help, but that is also for another time. So continuing on, he can't be him since he didn't use any of them from what Minato told me before he died. On top of that, he was using abilities that I know Madara didn't possess," Katori explained before continuing. "Anyway, all the levels of the Sharingan grant the user the ability to control the Nine-Tails like a pet. Therefore, back to the story, as the Fourth fought the Nine-Tails, he realized that someone was controlling him. And after he tried everything he could to stop the tailed beast, he came up with one solution: to seal the Nine-Tails into a human body."

Naruto gasped and stared in shock, "W-What? H-He sealed it?"

Katori nodded saying, "Uh-hum. He sealed half of its chakra into an infant so he could use it. The technique he used was the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. It sacrifices the user's soul to the death god, Shinigami, so he/she can take the soul of the enemy and seal it away forever. He used this technique to capture the Nine-Tails' chakra and seal half of it into himself so no one can use it. He then used the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style to capture and seal the Nine-Tails into a newborn baby."

Naruto's eyes widen in astonishment, "Wow! But, wait, why did he seal half of its chakra into himself?"

Katori's face saddened, but he said, "It was because it was far too large and strong for him to seal the whole beast all by himself. So in order to weaken it, he sealed half its chakra within himself, so no one can use it."

"Well then, who did he seal the Nine-Tails into?" He asked.

Katori stared at Naruto seriously, "Into his own newborn son, which was you Naruto."

Naruto stood there, eyes widen in shock, and his gaze moved to the ground.

"He couldn't ask anyone else to offer their child to do it, so he chose you, his surviving heir," He said trying to him his father's choice.

"B-But… why me?" he asked with tears in his eyes.

Katori smiles understandingly at him and said, "He told me it was because he knew you could one day harness its power and take control of it. Your father believed that you could use it to fight the masked man if he ever attacks Konoha again and believe me, he will. He has faith in you and knows that you will use its power for good. And also he did it to protect you from dangerous enemies."

Naruto sniffles a bit as he wipes he is tears away, but nodded, as he understood his reasons.

Katori then became more serious, "And because the Uchiha clan is the only living people that can control and summon the Nine-Tails, the Konoha Council believes that the Uchiha was behind the Nine-Tails' attack, believing that the clan was hoping to take over the village using the Nine-Tails."

"What?" Naruto asked in disbelief.

"The Third Hokage was the only one who stood up for the Uchiha, but his two advisors and a man named Danzō Shimura overruled him. The discrimination of the Uchiha clan began after that. The discrimination led to some bad blood within the clan. Then Konoha's suspicions eventually became fact. The Uchiha came together and started organizing a coup d'état. Fugaku, Sasuke's father, was the mastermind behind the whole plan. In addition, he had Itachi, Sasuke's older brother; join the ANBU to act as a spy. But little did they know, Itachi turned double agent and was secretly giving information to the village's High Command."

Naruto's eyes widen in shock and disbelief before asking, "Why would Itachi betray his own clan?"

Katori sighed before answering, "Someone who's never seen war, like yourself Naruto, may not be able to comprehend the answer. During the Third Great Shinobi World War, Itachi barely four years old, witnessed countless people slaughtered in cold blood. A four year is still too immature to turn war into experience… For a child, war is hell. The trauma turned Itachi into a boy who loathed war and strife, and only desired peace."

"And a man who worked tirelessly to keep his village safe and stable… A man who refused to let fetters and familial ties interfere with his love for the village. The Village High Command noted this, and used it against him. He assigned a top-secret mission. You know the phase "an eye for an eye?" To take on the Uchiha, you need the Sharingan," Katori explained.

Naruto stared forward, deep in thought for a moment, and then his eyes widened in realization.

Katori nodded with a frown, "Exactly right Naruto. His top-secret… was to wipe out the entire Uchiha clan. The emotion and inner turmoil he must have felt… It makes me cringe just thinking about it. Nevertheless, as terrified as he must have been, the time to make a decision closed in quickly. To raise his hands against his own relatives should have been unthinkable. However, if the clan of the Uchiha's caliber started a civil war, it would have shaken the not only foundations of Konoha, but the Fire Country itself. Moreover, that would have opened the door for other countries to invade. Unrest in Konoha would have been the trigger for the Fourth Great Shinobi World War. The Uchiha's selfish desire for power would have caused the deaths of countless innocent bystanders."

Naruto stared at the ground as he was taking in all of what Katori was telling him.

"If you were in Itachi's shoes, what would you have done?" Katori asked. Naruto said nothing and just stared at the ground.

"So Itachi then made his choice. He would close the curtain on his clan's history with his own two hands. He did not betray the clan because of a grudge; he simply had no alternative. The exclusion from the village's prosperous gains…the origins of their feud… No one can blame Itachi for making the decision he did, after having dealt with everything all by himself."

"Coincidentally, around the same time… Madara was looking to rekindle the flames of war. At this point, he had a grudge against Konoha and the Uchiha. However, Itachi found him out. He was the only one, besides me, to even sense his presence."

A question came into Naruto's head, causing him to snap his head up, "Wait! What do you mean by him holding a grudge against Konoha and the Uchiha?"

"Well if this guy really was Madara, then he would have a grudge against Konoha because they pick the Hashirama Senju over him as the First Hokage. In addition, he believed that he and his clan, the Senju clan, would slowly strip the Uchiha of their rights and power. He knew, as the Head of the Uchiha clan, that the only way to protect the clan was to stand up against Hashirama-nīchan. However, not a single person stood with him. They claimed he was trying to re-ignite the old flames of war, and turned their backs on him. That is why he has a grudge against the Uchiha. They came to despise him. Yet, all he ever wanted was to protect the clan. Furthermore…betrayed by everyone, he abandoned the village. Then things led up his defeat at the Valley of the End by the First Hokage."

Naruto just stared at the ground and listened, absorbing everything in.

"Now back to the story, Itachi sought him out and gave him an ultimatum. In exchange for helping him take revenge on the Uchiha clan, Madara would agree not to make any moves against the village. He would help Itachi murder his relatives… Nevertheless, the Third Hokage simply refused to accept what was going on. He tried everything he could to convince the others that reconciliation with the Uchiha was the answer. Unfortunately, time ran out… and he failed. Now, we come to that night. It was all part of the mission. Slaughtering the whole clan, fleeing the village, living as a wanted criminal… Everything about the massacre was all planned out. Itachi completed his mission quickly and efficiently. Except for one tiny little detail: the one thing he failed to do…was to kill his little brother, Sasuke."

Naruto's eyes widen in shock.

"Itachi pleaded with the Third to keep you safe from Danzō and the others. Before deserting the village with a threat to Danzō, "If you do anything to Sasuke, I'll tell everything there is to know about the village to every hostile nation in the world." He was worried about Sasuke more than himself or anything else. He even went to great lengths to keep him safe. So he begged the Third to ensure that he never learns the truth before he left."

"Well, that's about it. How are you feeling, Naruto?" Katori asked, hoping that the story did not take a big toll on him.

"I'm alright but, this a lot to take in," Naruto replied, feeling a little down.

Katori chuckled lightly and said, "Yeah, tell me about it. It is a lot to take in right now. So, what are you thinking?"

There was a long silent as Naruto was deep in thought. Soon, he stood up and gave the Fourth's face on the mountainside a thumbs up.

"There is no doubt in my mind. I will become the next Hokage and help redeem the Uchiha clan dattebayo! I will not let Tōchan down! I always stand behind what I say. That is my nindō!" Naruto proclaimed with a huge grin.

Katori stared in awe for a moment before smiling back.

"I have little doubt that you will be a great Hokage someday, Naruto," Katori said as walk up to Naruto and ruffled his hair, "…Dattebayo, hun? You truly are your mother's son."

Naruto looked up at him and asked, "Really?"

Katori nodded with a chuckle, "Yup! She had a childish verbal tic just like yours, so apparently she has passed it on to you."

Naruto stared at him with a blank look before grinning sheepishly at him with a chuckle. This caused Katori to grin back at him.

"So, what are we going to do now, Katori?" Naruto asked with a smile.

Katori brought a hand to his chin and started thinking.

"Hmm… Ah! I know! How about we see what you can do since you have to pass the Academy before you can become the Hokage, right?"

"Okay!" Naruto said with nod then beamed at him.

"Good, then let's head to the Third Training Ground, and see what you know already." Katori said with a smile.

"Okay! Wait...um, Katori? Can I call you Katori-sensei?" Naruto asked curiously.

Katori chuckled at the question, "Sure, if you want. I don't mind at all. However, before we go…"

He then turned towards the Ninja Academy with a smirk and shouted, "I know you're there, so you can come out now Hinata!"

There was a squeal of surprise from the left side of the Academy building. A young girl slowly came out from the side of the building and timidly walked over to the two. She has dark blue hair in a princess-cut style, with long strands framing each side of her face, and fair skin. She had lavender-gray tinted white eyes. She wore a pale yellow collared-jacket with a fire symbol on the left side of her chest and on her back over a sky blue T-shirt, and navy blue pants. Naruto recognized her right away as the sky, dark girl from his class.

"H-Hinata?" he asked with wide eyes.

"H-Hello N-Naruto-kun." she replied, playing with her fingers.

Katori turned to Naruto and asked jokingly, "So you know her, Naruto?"

Naruto rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, "Well, a little, we're in the same class together in the Academy."

"I see..." He stated with smirk on his face before turning back to Hinata who blushes nervously under his gaze.

"So Hinata, do you remember who I am, right?" Katori asked with curiosity.

"Y-Yes, Katori-sama," she answered with a nervous nod and shy smile.

Naruto then looked at both Katori and Hinata in surprise and asked, "Wait! You two know each other?"

Katori smirks and explains, "Yes, we do. You were there too you know. You do not remember, do you? That time when you saved her from those bullies?"

This gets Naruto to think hard on this. However, Katori remember that day very well.

(Flashback)

Katori was walking down a street to see what has changed when a little girl with dark blue hair in a princess-cut style raced passed them. He saw the tears running down her face and knew she was crying. He chased after her to see her bum into a group of three slightly older kids and caused the kid with the ice cream cone to fall to the ground. Seeing that the ice cream was no good anyone they surround her.

"Hey you!" the kid with the red cap on his head yelled in anger.

"I-I'm sorry!" the young girl apologized but it was too late for that.

They then grabbed her roughly and took her into the wood near the Academy by the swing. Katori followed them closely and hid in a tree to make sure they did not do anything they would regret. They stood around her in a triangle formation and looked more closely at her. That is when they learned who she was.

"Hey…she's the Hyūga kid!" The brown hair boy with the red cap said in surprised.

"Yeah, she's got the eyes!" The taller spiky black haired boy said in agreement.

"She must be that Neji's cousin," the chubby boy with the bandana on his head said.

"She's probably cocky too," The boy with the red cap said with assumption.

"She thinks she's better than us because of her family and talent!" the chubby boy with the bandana on his head said with a sour look on his face.

Hinata lowered her head with a miserable look on her face and muttered quietly, "I-I'm not like that at all…"

She tried to walk away which surprised and angered the boys.

"Hey you!" The boy with the cap yelled grabbed her arm and pulling her back. She cried out in surprise and pain. They then surround her again with hands at their sides. Katori was not liking were this is going. Truthfully, he was nearly in a rage right now. He heard what the kids said and knew that was Hiashi's child. What has he been doing to her, he asked himself.

"Trying to run off without saying you're really sorry?" The chubby boy asked with shock and annoyance, "What a jerk!"

"Don't let her get away with that!" the taller kid yelled to his friend.

The kid with the red cap put his hand on her hand and shoved her to the ground. She let out a cry as she landed on her hands and knees. They all looked at her as if she was an arrogant brat.

"Hey, say you're sorry," the kid ordered the girl to do.

"Apologize nicely," the chubby kid ordered as well.

"Say you're sorry!" the tall kid yelled.

Hinata sat there silently for a moment and muttered weakly, "I'm sorry…"

"Not good enough! Say it like you mean it!" The kid with the cap yelled not getting a good apology.

"Apologize!" the chubby boy yelled as he put his hand on her head and forced it down a little.

Tears streamed out of her eyes and on to the ground as she cried, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Katori was shacking with absolute anger. He yelled to himself, 'How dare those brats treat such an innocent little girl to apologize for a dropped ice cream cone!' He had half the mind to go down there and beat those kids every inch of their lives. Just as he was about to, a boy with spiky, blonde hair appeared on the scene. He looked a little like a miniature Minato. That is when he realized that he was their son. He had grown up so much since he last saw him.

Naruto then called out, "Cut it out."

"Huh?" the boys asked as they turned around to see him. Hinata raised her head up to look at the boy who came to her rescue with confusion on her face.

"What do you want?" the kid with the cap yelled as they faced Naruto now taking the attention away from Hinata.

"Hey, he's that kid!" The chubby boy said to his friends, "That one who's always getting into trouble. The one everyone hates!"

"Oh, yeah… That guy," the tall one said in remembrance.

"That guy, hun?" the boy with the cap asked to his friends with a smirk on his face. He and his friends then burst out laughing only to be silenced by Naruto's yell.

"I'm not 'that guy!'" Naruto yelled in annoyance before introducing himself to them, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki! I am going to be the Hokage one day dattebayo. Remember that!"

"Hokage?" The kids asked in surprise and shock before making funny looks and bursting out laughing.

"Are you crazy?" the red-capped boy asked as if he was serious while still laughing.

"That's a bunch of baloney!" the chubby kid yelled through his laughter.

"What a stupid kid!" the tall kid yelled as he and his friends continued to laugh at Naruto.

Hinata stared at the boy as she thought back on when she saw a boy just like him running of after he proclaimed he would be Hokage and looked up at the Hokage Monument. Hinata then realized who this boy was with a silent gasp of realization. This was that boy her bodyguard told her to stay away from, but never answered why.

"There's no way an idiot like you can be one!" He yelled as he and his friends smirked as he punched him in the face.

Hinata gasped and flinched in shock and horror at what he just did. She then watched as the kid punched him once more in the face, which caused him to fall to the ground. The bullies stared down at him with triumph. Katori was going to intervene when he silently gasped as Naruto slowly got back up. Naruto wiped the blood from his mouth and grinned as if it was nothing.

"Heh!" Naruto snort through his grin.

"Want to fight?" the red-capped boy challenged as he and his friends were angered that he got back up.

Naruto smiled with confident as he accepted their challenge and said, "Better not regret this, guys!"

Naruto then formed the Ram seal and channeled chakra. This caused the boys to gasp in surprise and looked a little nervous.

"What seal is he weaving?" He asked his friends as he was not sure what is was. Katori had an idea on what technique he was using.

"Clone…" Naruto yelled as he showed what technique he was using.

"No way!" the bullies gasped at one with widened eyes.

"Technique!" Naruto finished as the area was clouded with smoke with a "poof." Out of the smoke came a comical and stupid excuse for a clone that wobbled around a bit.

The kids stared at the clone with a stupefied look as they blinked in confusion. Even Hinata and Katori looked at the clone in shock and dumfound. The clone then wobbled around and dropped to the ground in a heap. Katori sighed deeply at failed technique. The kids struggled to contain their laughter before bursting out laughing at the display.

"That was terrible… Don't make us laugh!" the chubby kid said as his red-capped friend held his stomach from laughing so hard. It was now that Naruto charged at him and tackled him much to the surprise of everyone.

"Caught you off guard! How's That?" Naruto yelled as he slammed the boy into the ground several times by his shirt. He then raised a fist up and yelled, "I will! I am absolutely going to become the Hokage! And I'll prove you wrong!"

He then started punching the kid for what he deserved. The woods were filled with sounds of punching flesh and grunts of pain. Hinata stared at Naruto with a saddened look at also held some admiration in them.

"Why you…" The chubby kid yelled as he and his friend pulled Naruto off their friend.

"Don't take us lightly!" The tall kid yelled as he and his chubby friend started punching Naruto repeatedly.

Katori was now sick and tired of staying back and leaped into attack. Hinata gasped in fright and looked away with her eyes closed as she stands watching Naruto being beaten an inch of his life. Then there was the sound of kicks hitting something and bodies landing on the ground hard. She looked back and gasped at she saw a man wearing a conical straw hat with small spike-like balls hanging down to cover his face and a long, white cloak with golden clouds painted on it with a chin-high collar standing in front of Naruto who was unconscious.

"If I were you, I would get out here you stupid little brats or I'll make you enter into a world of pain and misery!" The man yelled as he stared at them with hate-filled glowing Mangekyō Sharingan eyes. They trembled in fear that the sight of them. Then, a new sound called out into the woods along with the sound of running.

"Hinata-sama!"

Hinata gasped in surprise to see Kō Hyūga racing towards her with his Byakugan active. The kids slowly got up with worried looks on their faces with wines of fear.

"Run!" they cried as they took off in the opposite direction as Kō stopped at Hinata.

"Hinata-sama… Are you all right?" He asked as she stared up at him. He then gazed to his left as well as Hinata and saw Naruto unconscious with a few bruises on his face. Hinata looked at Naruto with sadness and concern.

"This boy…" Kō exclaimed in realization of who he was, which caused Katori to snap his head towards him, and glared at him with the look he gave Naruto. Kō then grabbed Hinata's hand and said, "Hinata-sama, come on."

Hinata looked at Kō with surprise and shock before she pleads as she turned to Naruto with a look of concern, "Wait… He came to my rescue…"

"You must not get involved with him," Kō stated, as Hinata looked back at him sad and confused.

"Let us go," Kō said as he started pulling her away much to her surprise and shock.

"B-But…" Hinata pleaded as she tried to stop him as she looked back at Naruto when a hand grips Kō's wrist, which caused her to gasp in surprise. They turned to see Katori holding tightly to Kō's wrist much to his surprised. He was in between Hinata and Kō as he glared at Kō who cannot see it from his lowered hat that hid his eyes.

"Let the girl stay if you wants to, you ungrateful bastard!" Katori growled as he forced Kō to release Hinata who then ran to Naruto's side. Kō tried to stop her, but Katori grabbed his arm tightly.

"Hinata-sama! Stay away from him! Let me go! She must not be near that boy!" He yelled as he tried to get free.

Katori finally just had enough of his nonsense and grabbed Kō by the scruff of his kimono before slamming him into a tree and staring at him at eye level.

"OH… AND WHY IS THAT! HUN? WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP HER AWAY FROM NARUTO?" Katori roared in his face with glowing eyes. Kō who gasped as he now saw something that really shocked and terrified him. In both of the man's eyes was the legendary Rinnegan. He now realized who was holding him.

"N-No way! K-Katori-sama?" Kō stuttered in shock and disbelieve at who was in front of him before turning to Naruto with resent on his face, "B-Because she's the heir to the Hyūga clan. Katori-sama, it isn't good for someone of that importance to socialite with–"

"A jinchūriki?" Katori asked in a dangerously low growl as the temperature seem to drop sharply with some killing intent. The grip on Kō's kimono slowly tightened which made him gulp nervously.

Hinata looked over to the pair as Katori lowered his head as his shoulders started to shake with rage. Katori then glared viciously into Kō's eyes with new features. His teeth grew sharper and wicked looking and his nails were dark gray and clawed. The Rinnegan was now red in color, and the rings had three tomoes each in different patterns.

"Who do you think you're TALKING TO? I HAVE BEEN ONE FAR LONGER THAN NARUTO HAS! DON"T YOU IDIOTS KNOW THAT WHAT YOU"RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS CREATING EXACTLY THE THING YOU ALL FEAR OF HIM BECOMING? A JINCHŪRIKI BEING MANIPULATED BY THE VERY TAILED BEAST THAT WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SEE THIS PLACE REDUCED TO RUBBLE!" Katori yelled with fury before he loosened his grip slightly and shoved him into the tree hard.

He then released him and calmed himself as he walked over to Naruto's unconscious form. Hinata stared at Katori in awe, shock, and confusion at what he said. He then stopped and looked over his shoulders at Kō with cold-as-steel eyes.

"You better hope that I can reverse this or else I can't guarantee that Konoha survive a great evil that should appear in the future!" Katori said in a low voice, returning his eyes to normal before looking away, "You all got lucky that Minato saved this village with his life, but that won't happen again. There is a terrible storm coming in the future and Naruto here is the only one that can help me stop it."

Kō stared in shock and realization that that boy is the only one that can save Konoha and that Katori-sama was optimistic of him. He then bowed deeply and said, "Forgive me, Katori-sama. I, like some of Konoha, are just fearful of what he contains, what he could become, and what he might influence our children. However, if you watch over him, guide, and train him, then we may change our beliefs in Naruto."

Katori stopped in front of Naruto and looked over his shoulders with small smile. 'Maybe there are a few who might put their beliefs in Naruto after all,' he thought with in inward smirk.

"Well, I don't truly trust you yet Kō or the lot of you for that matter, but it's a start. And tell Hiashi that if he doesn't start being kinder to his daughter, then there's going to be hell to pay," Katori said with a hardened glare at the end. The one thing he hates the most is fathers that are way too harsh on children and don't encourage them.

Kō quickly bowed and said, "I will inform him immediately! Hinata-sama, it is time to go. Hiashi-sama is very worried about you."

"B-But…" Hinata pleaded as she looked back at Naruto when a hand lands on her should caused her to gasp and look up at Katori. He stared down at her with a gentle and warm smile before kneeling in front of her.

"It's ok Hinata, go home. I will look after him. Oh, and one more thing. If you want to know more about him, then talk to him and become his friend. And don't listen to what other people tell you otherwise, ok sweetie?" Katori asked with a happy and warm smile.

Hinata nodded happily and said, "Okay!"

Hinata looked back for a moment at Naruto as Kō walked her back home. Katori watched them disappear from site and looked over Naruto who seemed to be just a little bruised. He carefully picked him up and dropped him off at his apartment. He then leaved a note before leaving to meet Hiruzen to talk about what his group has been following throughout the Shinobi Countries.

(End of Flashback)

"Oh yeah, I remember now. But what happened after I was knocked out?" Naruto asked upon remembering the whole event.

"Well I chased off those bullies and Hinata's caretaker showed up. We fought a little over how he spoke of you before he took Hinata away," Katori told him with a little look of annoyance, "I then took you back to your apartment. I had to glare off some villages who were whispering about you on the way."

Naruto nodded with a little annoyance about the whispering villagers talking behind his back.

"Hinata, why were you hiding?" Naruto asked with a questioning look. Hinata's face turned beet red and she started playing with her index fingers.

Katori smiled at her adoringly, 'Awe, she has a little crush on this young man now. However, she is just too damn shy to tell him, so she stares at him from afar. Well maybe I can help bring this shy little turtle out of her shell.'

"U-um, I wanted t-to talk to you, N-Naruto-kun. But then, I s-saw you t-two talking, so…" Hinata said before trailing off, knowing she said too much.

"And you didn't what to disturb us and hid from view," Katori continued for her before said with slightly accusation. "You overheard everything we talked about, didn't you, Hinata?"

Hinata gulped nervously as she stared at his eyes and looked away. She knew she could not lie now that she is caught, so she decides to come clean.

"Y-Yes, K-Katori-sama," she said nervously before she started shaking in fear. "I-I'm sorry. I-I didn't mean to s-spy on you."

Katori smiled kindly with a gentle laugh and waved his hands at her to calm her down, "Hey now. Relax child. There is no need to apologize. I am glad that it was just you and not somebody else Hinata. Hey, you care to join us. We are on our way to Third Training Ground to do some training."

"Ah… Sure!" Hinata said happily.

"Well okay then, let's go."

As they walked away from the Ninja Academy building, Katori whispered into Naruto's ear, "I think someone likes you."

He lightly jerked his head towards Hinata and Naruto stares for a moment with light blush and asks quietly, "R-Really?

With a nod, Katori put his conical straw hat back on and they walked off towards the training ground.

As they walked through the streets towards the training grounds, Katori turned to Hinata.

"Hinata?" He asked quietly so Naruto cannot hear him.

"Yes?" She whispered back.

"You like Naruto, don't you?" Katori asked sincerely.

Hinata's face turned as red as a tomato.

"It's okay. You can tell me. I wouldn't tell Naruto. Its better he hears it from you. So please, tell me," He said, wanting to know.

Hinata turned head away, and nervously nodded her head caused her face to grow even darker, "Yes."

Katori chuckled quietly and said, "I knew it. And it's a good thing, too."

Hinata turned to Katori with a questioning look.

"He needs some love and affection. He was denied it for most of his childhood. I know you understand the pain that Naruto has went through. And it's nice to know that a girl as cute and beautiful as you has feelings for the village's jinchūriki who is also happens to be the son of the Fourth Hokage," Katori said with a amused grin.

Hinata stared at him in shock with a slight blush.

"A-Am I really c-cute and b-beautiful?" she asked in disbelief.

Katori smiles at her and said, "Well, of course you are. Your eyes are like shiny pearls, your hair is like a beautiful eggplant, and your face is like a cute little peach that you could just pinch. You also seem to be the only girl that's been chasing after Naruto, right?"

Hinata's face glowed into a deep cherry red at the compliments and nodded slowly at the last statement.

"And besides, you're pretty cute when you stutter like that," He said with a chuckle.

Hinata blushed even more at the statement and asked, "R-really?"

Katori nods with assurance and said, "Yeah, but you should break that habit. You don't have been so nervous around Naruto. He isn't going to hurt you for something you said. However, you should know that by now, right. Over the month that my shadow clone have been watching Naruto, you were always there and watching him from afar. Wherever you found him, you would follow him. He is a great inspiration for you, isn't he?"

Hinata smile lovingly with a light blush and nodded.

"In that case, you really should tell Naruto how you feel, Hinata. He will not reject you. You are probably the only girl who likes him. He really needs someone like you to care for him. Nevertheless, take your time. There is no pressure, okay?" Katori asked with a warm smile.

"Okay," She replied quietly with a happy smile and nodded.

Naruto turned to them and asked, "Hey! What are you two talking about over there?"

"Oh, it's nothing Naruto. We were just talking about some random stuff. Nothing important," Katori lied before starting forward.

Naruto looks at them questionably for a moment, which caused Hinata to blush lightly under his stare, which he then just shrugs his shoulder and stared in front of him.

(Meanwhile)

On the other side of the side, unknowingly heading towards them is none other than Sasuke Uchiha, wandering aimlessly around the village. He has black hair and onyx eyes. He has lightly colored skin. Like many other members of his clan, his hair hangs over both sides of his face to frame his cheeks roughly. Almost all girls consider him quite handsome near his age. Sasuke's clothing consisted of a black, short-sleeved shirt with a raised collar and the Uchiha crest on the back, and white shorts.

He then spots Naruto and Hinata walking to together with a stranger wearing a straw hat with a white cloak with a golden cloud pattern on it. What interested him was that Naruto and Hinata were together and walking with a strange man.

As they passed, Sasuke noticed that the cloaked person had onyx eyes and black hair like his. The cloaked figure shot a glance at Sasuke and his eyes glowed bright red for a second, shocking Sasuke to the core. He stops and turned around towards them.

"Hey, hold it!"

They stopped and turned to Sasuke who walked over to them.

"What do you want Sasuke?" Naruto asked with annoyance.

"I wasn't talking to you, so bud out dead-last," Sasuke replied turning towards to Katori, causing Naruto to growl with anger and Katori to narrow his eyes at his attitude.

"Hey! What did you call me, bastard?" Naruto yelled clutching his hands into fists.

"You heard me," Sasuke said moving his eyes towards him before turning them by to Katori. "Now, who're you?"

Enraged, Naruto tried to attack at him, but Katori caught him by his shirt's collar, which Naruto then struggled to get free.

"That's enough from both of you! Naruto, calm down! One of the rules on the battlefield is; you never rush into a fight head-on! It could lead to your death. If you ever want to become a shinobi or Hokage, then you better start acting like one," Katori said sternly, causing Naruto to flinch and stared at the ground, ashamed.

"Sorry Katori-sensei," Naruto said sadly, as he felt ashamed of himself. Katori released Naruto and stared back at Sasuke.

"So, you're Sasuke, hun? Naruto has told me a lot about you," Katori said with a smiled kindly, "I'm Katori Uchiha, nice to meet you."

Sasuke's eyes widened at this development.

"What? No! There's no way? Nīsan killed the whole Uchiha clan! There's no way that there are others still alive!" Sasuke exclaimed with shock and disbelief.

"Or so you thought," Katori said with smirk before his face saddened, "You see, I'm not part of the Uchiha clan anymore. In fact, I haven't been a part of the Uchiha clan since the day the Uchiha tried to kill me and someone precious to me years before any of your parents or your parents' parents were even born yet."

Everyone's eyes widen in shock. Then that would mean he would be as old as the First Hokage, but he looks so young, they all thought as one. They were also curious about who was precious to him that the Uchiha tried to kill.

"How can you be that old if you look so young Sensei?" Naruto asked in astonishment with Hinata bobbing her head in agreement.

"I will save that discussion for later Naruto," Katori stated before looking to the others "Now then, any more questions?"

"Why would they want to kill you," Sasuke asked shocked that his clan would do such a thing.

Katori gave a heavy sigh and stared at him depressed, "Well for now, I will only tell you this; they believed I was a threat to the clan because of my beliefs, my friendship with someone from our rival clan, and that I was getting too strong for them to control. Therefore, in order get rid of me, they tried to kill my little sister and me. They killed my little sister, but failed to kill me and I fled afterwards. I then eliminated all traces of our existence and existed in secret until after the Founding of Konoha."

They were all shock and surprised by this, even Naruto. Sasuke couldn't believe that his clan would just kill someone for those reasons alone.

"Anyway, we were on our way to do some training. Would you like to join us Sasuke?" Katori asked.

Sasuke shrugged and said, "Sure, I got nothing else to do."

"Great, let's go," Katori replied.

With that, Naruto, Hinata, and Katori continued towards the training grounds with Sasuke in toe. Unknown to any of them, a certain silver haired jōnin was shadowing them.

(Third Training Ground)

Soon Katori, Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata arrive to the training field. Katori takes off his hat, and does a few stretches before he turns and faces them and speaks, "Ok, now show me what you can do."

"Right!" Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata said in unison.

They all performed the Transformation Technique and Body Replacement Technique without any problems. However, on the Clone Technique, Naruto was having some problems. He can only create one clone and it was pale and deformed. He saw the mistake which was he only did one of the required hand seals, the Tiger seal. He showed him the correct hand seals to perform it: Ram, Snake, and Tiger. Still he could only produce a one to two if he was lucky.

They then moved on to throwing shuriken with pinpoint accuracy. Sasuke hit his mark perfectly, Hinata was above average, but Naruto only got one out of eight shuriken to hit the tree. The rest went all over the place, including one that Katori had to duck under to prevent from being impale in the forehead. Sasuke then perform the Great Fireball Technique, which greatly impressed Katori's outlook on the boy.

"Ok, that's enough. I have all I need to know. Come here please," Katori called out after Sasuke performed the fire technique.

The trio stopped and stood in front of him.

Katori turned to Naruto, "Naruto, you seem to be bad at Chakra Control, lack of knowledge on how to perform some techniques, and how to throw your weapons accurately. However, that problem can be fixed Naruto. I have certain someone that can help you with them."

Naruto was a little depressed but nodded with a smile.

Katori then turned to Hinata, "Hinata, you did fairly well. You did pretty well at everything. But, I believe you're trouble perfecting your Gentle Fist style and fighting to the best of your ability, correct?"

She lowered her face, closed her eye, and nodded sadly. She looked like she was on the verge of tears.

"Hey now, no crying, you heard me? I have certain someone who can help you with that. Ok Hinata?" He said which she calmed down and perked up.

Katori turned to Sasuke, "Sasuke, you did excellent for someone your age. You do not seem to have any problems. However, it'll probably do you and Hinata some good if you do some Chakra Control Exercises. Later, I'll teach you a few advanced Fire Release Techniques."

Katori then turned to the tree to the left and whistled. Suddenly, two cloaked figures, like Katori, appeared and came over to the group.

"Naruto, this person will help you with your Chakra Control and later the Clone and Shuriken Techniques," Katori said pointing to the person on the left, "Sasuke. You and Hinata will also work with him on Chakra Control.

"Hinata, this person with help you with your Gentle Fist," Katori said pointing to the person on right.

"It's nice to meet you in person, Naruto," The first figure said as he took off his hat, "Katori told me so much about you."

"It's been a long time, Hinata," The second figure said as she took off her hat, "I missed you so much."

The jōnin in hiding gasped in shock and disbelief at what he was witnessing. 'It cannot be,' the jōnin thought in shock as he stared at the figures in front of him.

Hinata gasped in shock and disbelief of who is in front of her. The person in front of her is supposed to be died. This caught Naruto's attention.

"Hinata, what's wrong?" Naruto asked.

"I-It... It cannot be. Y-You are…!" Hinata gasped with tears running down her face.

A/N: Hi, how do you like my reboot of this story so far?

As most of you or all of you have already known for my notes from my previous version, I have decided to have the story to go at a slower pace. It seems better to have Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke's training go a little slower, especially the Tree Climbing Exercise.

I also changed some of the characters that will be resurrected in the story. Some of the characters I wanted to bring back or stop later from dying have been brought by in the Naruto canon. Therefore, I decided to bring by a few that have not been brought back yet or at all.

The original idea of this story came to me when I was in Commons in High School wondering what if there was another organization like Akatsuki out there. Instead of working for world domination, they worked for world peace.

I posted a poll on my home page on which people I should revive besides Naruto's mother, Kushina like what many people have been doing in their stories. Later, I will post a poll on what creature should the new Ten-Tails be? I ask that you if you can please stop by from time to time and vote. The results will help me shape the rebooted story to the likings to which that you can enjoy reading and waiting for the next chapter.

Also, please send me reviews of whether you liked it or not if you can. It will really help me a lot to know what you think of my story and how and if I can improve upon it. So, until next time, JA NE!