Some fantastic reviews for the last chapter, as well as some brilliant comments for the story overall. Someone told me they think the storyline has been corrected to a standard which makes it better with continuity- and that's a really nice comment because it's something I have noticed I'm not that good at. Also, my keyboard has been fucking up so bad recently. No t, no m, no spacebar and no 'c' or 'o' keys now either. I literally have to batter the shit out my keyboard every time I want any of those letters- and O is a fucking vowel, it's in everything!

Another point about the story. A few people have been commenting, maybe three or four every chapter at max. I'm really really happy with this, because I love getting reviews- but in the comparison to the views, three or four each time is nothing! C'mon guys review!

This chapter was really hard to start...I just felt really really lazy all day, but true to my nindo, my ninja way, I have updated as soon as humanly possible. I did start this a few hours later than usual.

So yeah, I hope you guys approve, and this chapter will contain: the clash with Kakashi and Sasuke, Haku's revenge, Sakura's revelation, Naruto's new ying/yang jutsu use, and the revelation of exactly how far he has come in his bone manipulation.

Chapter Six: Revelations

''What the fuck was that?'' Sasuke yelled as he charged toward the masked genin and aimed a harsh punch to his face. Hofuku's head snapped to the side, and when he turned back his sharingan was spinning furiously, as if it were mocking Sasuke for not having acquired his own Sharingan as of yet.

''Lord Jashin demanded a sacrifice. I had to do it, and he was evil. He was a sinner and as such Jashin called for his blood and he wanted it spilled. I was merely the conduit which allowed him to do so.'' Hofuku said, raising his hand and covering his Sharingan with his bandage once again.

''A better question is,'' Kakashi began, covering his own. ''Where did you get your Sharingan from?''

''It was a gift, Kakashi-sensei. A gift from Lord Jashin for my service.''

''Bullshit!'' Sasuke yelled

''Language...although I agree, it's not plausable.'' Kakashi chided Sasuke and continued.

''And yet, it is so. Believe me or not, that is your own choice. He also bestowed upon me that lovely gift of control over my bones which you saw allowing me to kill the Heathen Zabuza. I must remember to pray to him extra- he would never had recieved his first sacrifice from me if I had not had the ability.'' Hofuku continued. Sakura had awoken at this point, and was staring with the bridgebuilder at her teammate. Upon her awakening, she was informed of what had happened by the bridge builder in the time she had been out.

Getting to her feet, she ran over to Hofuku and punched him harshly in the face. The two of them, Sasuke and Sakura, continued punching, their teammate just taking the blows and refusing to return any of the hits to them. Eventually, Kakashi managed to get the two enraged Genin to stop beating their teammate, but it was a struggle. Sasuke was angry because this random non-Uchiha had a Sharingan, and Sakura was angry because Sasuke was angry and she didn't like it.

''Alright guys! Calm down!'' Kakashi yelled to the genin, and allowed Hofuku to rise from his position on the floor back onto his feet.

''No, no Kakashi, let them continue. It's hardly as if I had felt it anyway.'' the dark genin said, his words clearly not counting the large dent in his gas mask from the harsh punch which Sasuke had begun his assault with. It was obvious that the genin was harmed, but he didn't seem to have reacted in any way, let alone a negative fashion.

''You bastard!'' Sasuke yelled, raising his fist again, and plunging it into Hofuku's stomach. He watched with smug glee as his one sided rival fell to the ground, gasping.

Sasuke also noted the straps located on the mask...he had his chance! He could unmask his rival, right here, right now, and he wouldn't be able to stop him, not all tired after the fight like he must have been. Crouching down next to the harshly breathing genin, he pulled the head up from the floor and gripped the buckle. Hofuku attempted to resist but failed, due to the tiredness filling his limbs from using his high level jutsu. He would come to learn that dark and light jutsu took a hell-of-a-lot more chakra than any regular jutsu, and even with his massive reserves he was running low...he'd have to try and contact the demon fox to set up some form of chakra exchange system.

The Uchiha undid the buckles on the mask and slid it off his enemies face, jerking it harshly when the dent got caught tightly on his nose. Unveiling his rival, he gasped in surprise, showing the first inkling of a human reaction since the entire mission had started.

There, lay mildly exhausted on the grass, was Naruto Uzumaki. His hair was longer than it was last time the Uchiha scion had seen him, his face was a little more sharply shaped and he had a trio of long scars running across his face, meeting in the middle of the face, and some of his skin was darker than the rest at the bottom of his chin, entering his neck area. His one Sharingan eye was still there, fully developed with three tomoe, and his other eye which was black with flames, had faded back into the electric blue he was so known for.

Taking advantage of his gaping enemy, Naruto used some energy which was quickly returning to punch the Uchiha in the face, knocking his mask from his hand. Quickly picking it up and strapping it over his face, ignoring the bandages now that his Sharingan had been revealed, Naruto rose up from the ground. Pointing harshly at his teammates, he whispered with great amounts of venom...

''Don't you dare tell anyone about this.''

Walking away, and showing the first sign of irritation since it began, Naruto/Hofuku slammed his mask back on to his face and strode away, practically pulling Tazuna along with him, and carving a deep set of footprints in the ground from where his feet had been. Kakashi picked up Sasuke, laid him across his shoulder and set off after him, signalling silently for Sakura to continue on with him.

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The rest of the week went by almost flawlessly. Naruto acted out his plans for training almost non-stop, irritating Sasuke, beating him down in training, insulting Sakura and undermining Kakashi as much as he could without being taken for insubordination. The rest of the mission went to plan, watching over Tazuna and killing the occasional bandit which Gato sent his way. It only took three or four more weeks for the entire bridge to be finished, and Naruto was now forgoing his mask more often than not, thinking that, if he were already revealed, what's the point of wearing it in front of everyone who had seen it?

When they had gotten home, recieved their pay, and went off to train, Naruto decided he was going to put his new ideas into motion much sooner than later...

ULTRA SHORT CHAPTER. This chapter is incredibly short, but there really is no excuse for its shortness either...the only thing I can say is that it was required to move that story on a little bit more. Just letting you all know, that in order to make up for this chapters lack of length, the next one will be longer than average- i.e. upwards of 5000 words, which is weird for me. Hope you guys enjoyed it, review, and tell me what you think!

Also, I lost a little inspiration for this story at the time of this chapter...so review...now.