Outside the Village Hidden in the Shadows a boy of what looks like twelve dressed in a full black suit of shinobi gear is seen doing vertical pushups while balancing several hundred pounds of weights on his feet. This young man is about 5 foot 7 inches with bright blond hair and black streaks going through his spiky hair. If you look close, you can see that the shadows around him are dancing around him forming all sorts of geometric patterns and designs all over the training field. As three people approach him, all of the shadows around him stop moving a few seconds before the three come into view. The young man kicked off the weights and flipped forward in front of the three people as they walked down the hill toward the training field.

Two man and a women approach the boy. The man on the right is dressed in a pair of black shinobi pants, with a dark blue, long sleeve shirt, and wearing an all black Kevlar vest. He has black, spiky hair that looks similar to a pineapple and he has an expression that says, "I really do not want to be here." The woman on the left has purple hair and is adorning a tan trench coat, a fishnet shirt and a dark tan pair of shorts. Around her neck is a tooth necklace and is subconsciously licking her lips when she sees the young man covered in sweat. The man in the middle is a tall dark skinned man, with more muscles than the body builders you see at the beach. He is wearing a white and black robe with the kanji for darkness written in red on the back of his robe. He has a pair of dark sunglasses that completely block his eyes from view. The man in the middle and the woman on the left stop several feet away from the boy and while the dark haired man continues forward stopping just in front of the young shinobi.

The young man bows to the three elders and says to the man directly in front of him "Shikinatsu it is very good to see you but I must ask you why did you decide to interrupt my training."

"Hello Naruto the Sairukage wishes to have a word with you, apparently we have allgi-"

"Please Shikinatsu" The dark skinned Sairukage interrupted, "Naruto the alliance with the the hidden leaf village has finally concluded and our two villages are now at a peace agreement. We need to send a shinobi as a sign that we trust our new ally and since you were born there, I have decided to station you there until I decide to call you back. I know you don't like the leaf village but you are the only one who can handle the journey there and also I can't spare any shinobi to be stationed at an allied village indefinitely."

"May I request a different mission sir, I would rather not return there if I can avoid it," Naruto responded, "I absolutely despise the leaf village and to be honest I don't know why you would wish to align with them, they're all just a bunch of blind bastards that can't tell a demon from a small child."

"Naruto, I understand your feelings but we must establish this alliance because while the hidden shadow village is strong, the leaf could easily annihilate us and many of the other hidden villages could do the same. We need to set up relations with our fellow villages in order to survive. Also you need to learn that you will have to work with people that you don't like in order to complete an important mission."

"But Sir-"

"Enough," The Sairukage said commanding an air of respect, "You are a genin under my command and you will follow my orders. Now I feel for you, I really do, but I need you to complete this mission, you are the only ninja I can spare."

"Besides Naruto," Anko interjected "Lord Sairukage said that I can visit if there aren't any missions, so it's not like your gonna be able to abandon your sister."

"Damn," Naruto snapped, "I was hoping to finally get rid of you, oh well I guess I can finally see the other half of the Nara clan in action."

"Ya, well their just as lazy as we are and they're not nearly as good as we are with shadow manipulation, and even though your not an actual part of the Nara clan your better than any as us."

"Thanks Shikinatsu, guess if I don't have a choice in the matter."

"Which you don't," The Sairukage interrupted.

"Very well, when do I leave?"

"As soon as possible, you can have a day to say your goodbye's and pack your things but we need you to leave tomorrow," The kage responded.

"Looks like I'm going back to hell, let's hope they don't recognize me"

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Time Skip (Eight Days Later)

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Naruto approached the gates of the hidden leaf village adorning an all black set of shinobi clothes and a black Kevlar jacket. He has a shuriken holder on his left side, a katana with a white handle on his back, black gauntlet that started at his wrist and extended to his elbow, and a headband with a yin yang symbol engraved in the center. The main thing that draws one's attention though is the black mask with a three red claw marks cutting diagonally right to left across the mask. As he approaches the two chunnin guards, they stand at the ready preparing for his arrival.

"Name and reason for entering the village," One of the chunnin asks

"Naruto Uzumaki, genin of the village hidden in the shadows, reporting to be stationed under the Sandaime Hokage," He said replied with little feeling

"Yes, we have been expecting you, you are to report to the Hokage immediately," The other guard responded.

"Very well," Naruto walked through the gates and begun down the path to the Hokage tower.

Just as he was about out of ear shot he heard one of the guards say, "Uzumaki… why does that sound farmiliar?"

"It's probably nothing, get back to your post," The other responded. Naruto chuckled at that. "Maybe people won't remember me," Naruto thought to himself as he shushined to the Hokage's office.