Naruto: Dark Swordsman of Kiri

I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

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Chapter 2: Making New Friends

"Nii Yugito" replied the blonde-haired girl.

Naruto smiled and nodded, "It's nice to meet you, Yugito-chan."

"Why were you crying?" asked Naruto softly.

Yugito buried her head in her knees again, "You would just call me a monster like all the other villagers."

Naruto could feel his stomach tighten but he kept his smile, "No I won't Yugito-chan, trust me when I say I've had problems with ignorant villagers in the past."

Yugito looked at the blonde boy before nodding, "Fine, I'm sad because the villagers always see me as the Nibi instead of just me. They are always kicking me out of stores and glaring at me, I want to prove I'm not the Nibi like Bee-sensei but they won't give me a chance."

Naruto let out a humorless chuckle, Yugito glared at Naruto for laughing at her misfortune but stopped when he saw Naruto had a sad smile on his face, "Do they hurt you Yugito-chan?"

Yugito shook her head, "No, Raikage-sama would kill anyone that tries to hurt me but it doesn't stop them from doing other things to show their hatred."

Naruto let out a humorless chuckle, "Consider yourself lucky Yugito-chan, at least your Kage takes care of you unlike mine."

"What are you talking about Naruto-kun" asked the confused blonde.

Naruto looked hesitant for a minute but reached for his shirt and lift it up, revealing his seal, "I know what it feels like to be hated for something you can't control, I'm a jinchuriki like you, Yugito-chan. I hold the Kyuubi no Kitsune."

Yugito looked at Naruto in disbelief, "Y-You're like me?" stuttered the blonde, Naruto nodded and the Nibi container pulled Naruto into a hug, "I-I thought Bee-sensei and I-I were t-the only o-ones!" cried Yugito, the blonde shed tears of joy and was glad that she wasn't the only one that carried a heavy burden.

Suddenly, Naruto pulled Yugito into the shadows as two BOLT dropped into the alley, "Did you hear that, Eagle?" asked Hawk, "Yeah, but there isn't anything here" spoke Hawk, giving one last sweep before both BOLT jumped back onto the roof tops and kept searching.

After both BOLT were gone, Naruto let go of Yugito and they stepped out of the shadows, "H-How did you do that, Naruto-kun? Those BOLT should have found us" asked Yugito in disbelief.

Naruto smirked and once again melted into the shadows, Yugito just looked in disbelief as Naruto seemed to camouflage himself with the shadows, "This is my bloodline Yugito-chan, the Meiton. I call this my Kage no Manto Jutsu (Shadow Cloak Jutsu)" spoke Naruto from the shadows.

Naruto stepped out of the shadows once again, Yugito grabbed his hand and led his out of the alley and down the street, "Come on, Naruto-kun! You have to meet Bee-sensei!" cried out Yugito happily as she led the Kyuubi jinchuriki through the village.

Yugito and Naruto ran toward the north of Kumo, avoiding the BOLT squads who were combing the south of the village in search of Yugito. Yugito ignored the whispers and glares the villagers and shinobi gave her, but Naruto just glared back at each person with concentrated KI in each of his looks causing the civilians and weak-willed shinobi to look away in fear.

Both blondes kept running until they were well in the outskirts of Kumo, they arrived in Kumo's Valley of Cloud and Lightning. "This is where Bee-sensei lives and trains. Sometimes I come to visit him when I'm lonely" said Yugito sadly, Naruto put a hand on her shoulder, "You're not alone anymore Yugito-chan."

Yugito nodded with a smile, before long they stopped at the steps of what look like a temple. They climbed the stairs and entered a cavern; inside there was a small living area and kitchen with a stair case leading deeper into the cavern. Yugito led Naruto down the stair case while using fire manipulation to light their way.

"My name is Killer Bee and my moves are a smooth as the sea, that's a guarantee!" yelled out a voice deeper in the cave.

"Is he rapping?" asked Naruto in a hushed tone, "Uh yeah, Bee-sensei likes to rap so try to bear with it" replied Yugito while she scratched the back of her head sheepishly for not letting that bit of information out causing Naruto to sweat drop.

They reached the bottom of the stair to see Killer Bee holding 7 swords in the joints of his arms, between his shoulder blade and neck, under his left armpit, between his hip joint, and one in his mouth. He was surrounded by countless clones holding two swords while charging Killer Bee, the Hachibi jinchuriki started spinning like a buzz saw and began decimating the clones that turned into puddles of ink after being hit.

Once all the clones were gone, Killer Bee stopped and channeled lightning chakra into his sword before throwing it at in at his audiences' direction. The sword traveled at near sonic speeds and embedded itself in the wall behind Naruto, slightly cutting his cheek.

"Yo, its little miss two, but I don't know you" rapped Bee as he looked at Naruto, "Uh, I'm Naruto… Uzumaki Naruto" replied the blonde jinchuriki.

"What's up Naruto! I'm Kirābī, but you can call me Killer Bee, WHEE!" yelled Bee as he held out his hand in a fist bump, which Naruto returned.

"It's nice to meet you Bee-san, I'm glad I could meet other people like me" spoke Naruto as he let a small amount of Kyuubi's chakra out.

Killer Bee raised an eyebrow before he burst out laughing, "Hahaha, good to meet you Mr. Nine, Hachibi says welcome to my shrine"

"Does he ever stop this horrible rapping" Naruto whispered to Yugito, "No, rapping is basically talking for him" answered Yugito with a sigh.

Unfortunately, Bee had heard Naruto talk bad about his rhymes and quickly put both of them in a choke hold, "Don't diss my rhymes fool, you fool!" "I'm sorry! Let go please" pleaded Naruto, "Bee let go of me you Baka!" yelled Yugito in anger.

Yugito slipped through Bees' grip and punched him on his head, Yugito huffed in anger as Bee lay on the floor with a growing bump on his head and Naruto gasped for precious oxygen.

Bee recovered from the feminine fury powered punch and stood next to Naruto, "So Mr. Nine, what bring you to the clouds?" asked Bee.

Naruto's smile faltered, "I guess you could say I ran away from my village, Konoha"

Bee raised an eyebrow, "Why you leave the leaf, it looks like it was a relief" spoke/ rapped Bee.

Naruto sighed and sat on the ground, Yugito and Bee joined him as Naruto began his story.

"On the day I was born, the Kyuubi no Kitsune attacked Konoha. My father Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage…" Bee and Yugito were shocked silent that Naruto was son of the Yondaime Hokage, "…wasn't able to defeat the beast, so he instead sealed the Kyuubi inside me to keep it from destroying Konoha. For my entire life, I was hated, ignored, and glared at. It wasn't until I was 5 that the villagers finally gained enough courage to 'kill the demon'…" spoke Naruto venomously, Yugito was seething while Bee just shook his head, "The spineless coward of a Kage, the Sandaime did nothing to protect me and instead preached about forgiveness and how the 'protection' of Konoha was a top priority. It wasn't until recently that I realized the weak fool was just trying to brainwash me into being a puppet for sacrificing to keep that damn village safe!" yelled Naruto in anger, "After I activated my bloodline, I found out about my real parents and I left the village" Naruto tone turned tired, "While I don't blame my father for what happened, I might have done the same thing in his position, I won't protect Konoha and I sure as hell don't love it, from now on I could care less what happens to that damn village."

Bee nodded in agreement, while the villagers did ignore and glare at him in the past. The Sandaime Raikage always made sure the villagers didn't harm him under penalty of death and he always had A to support him throughout his life. If his life was anything like Naruto's than he would have released Hachibi and been done with it.

Yugito let a few tears fall as Naruto finished his story, "That's awful Naruto-kun! I'm so sorry" spoke Yugito as she wrapped the blonde jinchuriki in a hug.

"Well Mr. Nine you had a rough life because of those fools, so why don't you stay in Kumo where they won't be cruel?" rapped Bee offering Naruto an invitation to Kumo.

Naruto gave a sad smile, "While that's a great offer Bee-san, I'm not ready to settle down in another village. I want to travel the world a bit, know other nations before I settle down" replied Naruto.

Bee nodded, "If you every change your mind, you know where to find little Miss. Two and Killer Bee!" rapped Bee, causing Naruto to sweat drop at his horrible rhymes.

Naruto nodded with a thankful smile, "Don't worry, I'll think about your offer."

"So Mr. Nine do you know how to fight, I'd like to know how strong your bite is?" Naruto paused for a minute as he deciphered Bees' rap, "Well I know beginners Fuinjutsu, chunin-level chakra control, elemental jutsu, bloodline jutsu, and learning the basics of kenjutsu."

"Well Mr. Nine why doesn't Killer Bee, help you with that sword?" offered Bee, "You would do that?" asked Naruto skeptically.

"Yeah, we jinchuriki got to look out for each other" said Bee as he held up a fist, Naruto smiled and returned the fist bump.

1 Week Later

Naruto spent a week training with Killer Bee in his shrine in the Valley of Thunder and Lightning with Yugito.

The reason Yugito had been pursued by BOLT was because she had skipped going to the Academy and the Raikage had overreacted thinking she had left Kumo or been kidnapped when in reality she was with Killer Bee.

Bee, true to his word, helped train Naruto in secret without his older brother A finding out. The Hachibi jinchuriki helped the Kyuubi jinchuriki with his kenjutsu and even gifted Naruto with Supervibrato Sword that Bee was accustomed to using. Bee even taught Naruto some exercises that helped Naruto channel Kyuubi's chakra more easily.

Now it was time for him to leave, the trio stood at the base of Bees' training ground. Naruto shouldered his traveling pack, "Thanks for everything" said Naruto, "No problem Mr. Nine, come back anytime" rapped Bee, Naruto got the wind knocked of him when Yugito tackled him into a hug, "Take care Naruto-kun, I won't forget you" said Yugito as she held back tears, Naruto smiled and hugged her back, "I won't forget you either Yugito-chan"

They separated from their hug and Yugito quickly gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, both children had crimson blushes as they stared at one another, "I-I d-don't k-know what t-to s-say" stuttered Naruto as he tried to think about what had happened, "F-For g-good l-luck" stuttered an embarrassed Yugito as she hid behind a smirking Bee.

Naruto nodded and turned away, he did a quick one handed seal and disappeared in a swirl of black mist.

"Miss Two and Mr. Nine sitting in a tree~" "SHUT UP BEE!" yelled Yugito as she punched Bee and sent him into a wall fueled by feminine fury.

9 months later

Akaei, Water Country

Naruto walked through the streets of a small fishing village in the Water Country, getting out of Kumo and into Water Country had been childsplay for him, no pun intended. Since he was 6, he was able to escape Konoha's ANBU whenever they chased after him for playing one of his pranks so escaping Kumo BOLT and Kiri WAVE were easy to say the least.

He had arrived 8 months ago in the small fishing village of Akaei and bought a house on top of the hill in the outskirts of the village, disguised as an adult, he was able to buy the house without a problem. It was there that he trained and worked on his kenjutsu, fuinjutsu, bloodline jutsu, and elemental jutsu.

For kenjutsu, he had searched through the kenjutsu scrolls and found a 3-Sword Style kenjutsu scroll; the training he had received from Bee let him learn the multi-sword style more easily. He had gone to the blacksmith the following day and brought 2 additional katana's made for him to be able to master his style. The katana's he had ordered were not top quality, but it was to be expected since he lived in a civilian village and only shinobi villages had decent blacksmiths. He still had the sword Bee had gifted to him which allowed him to channel his wind chakra through it a lot quicker and easier than his other katana's.

For fuinjutsu, with the help of countless shadow clones, he was able to reach intermediate level and could write out an explosive seal in 5 seconds. He was also able to create B-rank seal which included constriction seals, absorption seals, and other intermediate seals.

Yami had told him he was progressing well in his Meiton jutsu and was already moving onto A-rank Meiton jutsu. Naruto was also able to use 6 elemental jutsu for his fire and wind affinities, but he couldn't learn destructive jutsu too often or else Kiri WAVE would scour the village searching for whoever had released so much chakra.

"Remind me one more time why we're going into the forest to find these 'Legendary' swords again?" asked the sentient personality in his head, 'Because the guy said that it was in a nearby cave that no one could get to' replied Naruto.

"Okay, genius. If no one can get it, what makes you think you can? Scratch that, how could such a legendary sword not be claimed by some Kiri jonin that heard about it?" questioned Yami, Naruto always took what people said at face-value so he was skeptical that a civilian would know the location of the legendary twin swords of Ryūken and Kazeyaiba. Swords that were wielded by the Shodaime Mizukage but lost during the First Great Shinobi War and never recovered by Kiri. Now Kiri and rebel shinobi alike are scrambling to find the sword and turn the civil war in their favor.

The blonde jinchuriki had also changed his wardrobe; he now wore a pair of blue camouflaged cargo pants, a dark red shirt with a dark blue combat jacket, black shinobi sandals, and a black facemask.

'If someone already claimed it, then we forget about it. But there's still a chance it's sitting somewhere waiting to be taken, if someone get there before us then we might have to… give them incentive to leave' reasoned Naruto with a smirk, Yami could feel a smirk tugging at his lips, gone was the sweet and gentle Naruto that had escaped Konoha, replaced with a boy that would gladly use violence if it meant achieving his goals.

'It looks like I'm being absorbed a lot faster than I thought' analyzed Yami; the sentient bloodline knew that he was slowly being absorbed into Naruto psyche and, coupled with increased use of his Meiton chakra, Naruto's personality was slowly turning darker. In the end, Naruto and Yami's personalities will fuse causing a combination of Naruto's kindness, generosity, selflessness, and honor with Yami's hate, malice, selfishness, and arrogance. Which personalities win out couldn't be told but in time Naruto would know.

Naruto reached the edge of town and finally stopped suppressing his chakra; he channeled his regular chakra into his legs and began tree hopping in the direction the rumors said the Legendary Twin Swords were held.

An hour later, he reached a cave but was forced to suppress his chakra and hide in a tree when a battle suddenly broke out at the entrance of the cave. He could see it was a battle of Kiri loyalists and rebels, Naruto hid in the shadows as he waited for one side to finish off the other.

The blonde jinchuriki waited patiently and his prayers were answered when a Kiri Hunter-nin drove his katana through a rebels' throat, killing him and ending the battle in the favor of the loyalists'.

'Now it's my turn, but I'm going to have to rely on stealth. I may be strong but going head on with one of Kiri's Hunter-nin would be a death sentence for me' thought Naruto before he melted into the shadows.

"Get rid of these bodies" ordered the leader toward two of his subordinates, "The rest of you follow me!" commanded the leader as he entered the cave followed by his remaining three subordinates.

The two chunin gave 'Hai!'s and got to work piling the bodies of dead rebels and their own comrades, "Man this sucks!" complained one of the chunin, "Just do your job, if Taicho hears you then you'll die!" scolded the other chunin, "Whatever, if my family wasn't alive and living in Kiri then I would have joined the rebels" said the first chunin quietly.

The second chunin said nothing and kept working, he never even sensed Naruto jump down from the tree silently. The blonde quietly stalked up behind the second chunin and pulled his katana out of its sheath.

The chunin didn't even know what happened until he heard a blade slice the air, but by then it was too late as Naruto's katana made contact with his neck and separated it from his body.

"Hey did you finish…" the chunin was cut off when a pair of kunai embedded themselves into his chest, he grasped his chest and tried to scream but suddenly found a kunai stabbed into his throat. He looked behind himself to see a kid looking at him with cold blue eyes, his words died in his slit throat as he fell to the floor, dead.

Naruto dropped the bloody kunai and went through the dead bodies of the rebels and loyal shinobi, taking their kunai, shuriken, senbon needles, paper bombs, and occasional jutsu scroll.

After finishing his scavenging, he felt the familiar rush of memories and experiences as his shadow clones dispelled for the day having spent all their chakra working on the tree climbing and water walking exercises.

He took a few seconds to adjust to the memories and then moved into the cave, activating his Kage no Manto Jutsu (Shadow Cloak Jutsu), he was practically invisible in the pitch black cave. Stalking deeper into the cave, he could feel the atmosphere heat up and the rocks feel hotter as he continued down the path.

He finally reached his destination when he came into a massive room with a tornado of fire and wind raging in the middle.

"Suiton: Teppōdama (Water Style: Gunshot)!"

"Suiton: Mizurappa (Water Style: Wild Water Wave)!"

All the Kiri shinobi called out their water jutsu, their attacks collided with a wall of fire causing a large steam cloud to blanket the room.

Naruto used this and immediately disappeared into the steam, he snuck up one of the chunin and covered her mouth before shoving a kunai into her throat, killing her silently quickly. Disappearing back into the steam he channeled his dark chakra and began doing hand seals, "Meiton: Jajimento (Dark Style: Judgment)!" Naruto held his hand out and a blue dragon of fire roared as it materialized and charged the Kiri shinobi.

The Hunter-nin and two chunin were taken by surprise, the spec-ops shinobi had years of experience and was able to dodge at the last minute but his chunin subordinates were burned to a crisp as the fire dragon sunk its teeth into them.

"Whoever you are, you picked the wrong opponent!" yelled the Hunter-nin, "Kiri shinobi are taught the ways of silent killing, this mist is nothing!" spoke the Kiri shinobi as he stopped all noise, Naruto scowled knowing he had no way of tracking the Kiri-nin now. He quickly drew his katana and shifted into a defensive stance, closing his eyes and focusing completely on his hearing. He knew using a Futon jutsu would be suicide, the wind would fuel the raging inferno in the middle of the room and kill both of them.

He was taken by surprise when he was suddenly kicked from behind, he tried to recover but then found himself held by his throat. He clawed at the hand holding him, "What!? You're just a kid!" exclaimed the Hunter-nin in annoyance.

Naruto smirked, "T-That's right, a kid killed y-your four c-chunin subordinates" choked out Naruto.

Naruto hissed in pain as the Hunter-nin landed a punch in his gut, "Shut up, brat!"

Naruto suddenly found himself wound in ninja wire and tossed against the wall as the mist began to clear, "The Mizukage will know what to do with you" growled out the Hunter-nin.

"Want to switch?" asked Yami from the back of his head, Naruto mentally smirked, 'No, I have a second plan if I had ever been caught.'

Naruto watched for the next hour how the Hunter-nin sent Suiton jutsu after Suiton jutsu and yelled in frustration when the fire never once wavered or any opening appeared.

"Are you any closer yet?" asked Naruto with a smug smile, the masked Kiri-nin scowled and slapped Naruto causing him to spit out some blood, "Quiet, brat!"

The Kiri-nin went to do hand seals again but was interrupted by Naruto, "Why don't you jump in? You might get through without dying" suggested the blonde jinchuriki with a smirk.

The masked Kiri-nin scowled, but it couldn't be seen, and grabbed Naruto by the collar, "Why don't you find out for me, brat!" yelled the Kiri-nin before throwing Naruto into the twisting fire.

To the shinobi's surprise, the twister of fire opened enough to let Naruto enter before quickly regenerating and covering the hole.

On the inside, Naruto grabbed the kunai hidden in his sleeve and cut the ninja wire binding him. He stood up to see two katana's in X formation, embedded in the floor.

The first katana had fire being expelled from the handle and forming the twister of fire that surrounded them, it had an orange diamond design on a red-colored handle. He knew this was the Ryūken, the Dragon Sword.

The second katana had a stream of wind being expelled from the handle and seemed to be fueling the fire twister into making white-hot flames, it had a white diamond design a dark-blue colored handle. He knew this was the Kazeyaiba, the Wind Blade.

He walked up to both and could feel the heat coming off the blades, he moved toward the Legendary blades and grabbed their handles. The fire twister stopped as the blonde gripped the handles tightly and pulled them from the ground, he could feel the power radiating off the blades. Kazeyaiba was smooth, sharp, and precise like wind while Ryūken was destructive, wild, and hot like fire. Both swords radiated wind and fire chakra but also strengthened his own affinities to wind and fire.

"What the hell!" yelled the masked shinobi in anger, knocking Naruto out of his thoughts.

The Hunter-nin drew his blade and pointed it menacingly at the blonde, "If you know what's good for you, then hand over those blades, brat!" threatened the Hunter-nin.

Naruto smirked and fell into his kenjutsu stance, "There's a move I've wanted to try out, and it looks like you're my target."

The Kiri-nin screamed in anger and charged at Naruto with his katana drawn, Naruto followed suit and ran forward, "Taka Nami (Hawk Wave)!" Naruto swung his blades, Kazeyaiba released a strong gust of wind combining it with Ryūken it ignited the wind, sending a raging wall of fire straight at the Kiri-nin. The Hunter-nin could say nothing as he was killed by a wall of fire and reduced to ashes.

Naruto gave a smirk as he rested his blades on his shoulder and looked at his handiwork, "Not bad" commented Naruto as he gave his blades an impressed look before disposing of his inferior blades and placed Ryuken and Kazeyaiba in their scabbards, placing them in an X on his back and Bees' sword through the middle.

With his business done, Naruto walked out of the cave and took to the trees back to his home. With these swords, he would become legendary like their original wielder. Naruto began thinking of joining a shinobi village since without one, it would be difficult to gain fame and strength. He still remembered about Bees' offer to join Kumo.

Naruto shook his head and cleared his thoughts, joining a village would have to wait. He knew that joining a village would involve sacrificing his freedom and risking his life for a village that would sooner forget about him. Not to mention the treatment he would receive once the population finds out he is a jinchuriki.

For now, Naruto was content with training and getting stronger on his own. Joining a village would wait, for now he would gain strength and enjoy the peace and tranquility of Akaei. He needed to relax… it was his birthday after all.

Konoha

Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a tired sigh as he continued to stamp and sign document after document, ever since Naruto had disappeared, the villagers had thrown celebrations for weeks after his departure. Hiruzen tried to stop the celebration but the civilian council always overruled him saying that a village celebration was in the civilian councils' jurisdiction.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door, "Enter" answered the Hokage neutrally, "Hokage-sama…" spoke the Hokages' secretary, "…Hatake Kakashi is back from his mission" Hiruzen nodded and motioned him to enter, a few seconds later Hatake Kakashi, dressed in his full ANBU uniform, entered, "Were you successful in your mission, Kakashi?" asked Hiruzen hopefully, "No Hokage-sama, the tip that Naruto was in Kumo was false. By the time we infiltrated the village, there was no one that reported seeing a blonde boy with whisker marks."

Sarutobi nodded sadly, "Thank you, Kakashi. Your payment will be delivered this afternoon…" "Hokage-sama, if I may?" Hiruzen nodded, "May I be assigned a mission out of the village? Today is not one of my most favorite times in Konoha."

The God of Shinobi nodded in understanding, he reached into his desk and pulled out a C-rank scroll handing it to Kakashi. The masked-nin nodded in thanks and disappeared in a swirl of wind.

As Sarutobi returned to his paperwork, the door suddenly opened revealing Shimura Danzō and the Hokage's advisors; Koharu and Homura.

"How can I help you three?" asked Sarutobi neutrally, "Sarutobi, it has come to our attention that the Yondaime's bloodline is forever lost to Konoha…" spoke Koharu causing Hiruzen to frown, "Jiraiya is dedicating his entire spy network to finding Naruto-kun, he will soon return to his home and we can put his incident behind us." "That may be, but what if the Kyuubi jinchuriki has been recruited by a rival village?" questioned Danzō, "The fact of the matter is that the Kyuubi jinchuriki may defect should he ever return to Konoha, the only use for him now would be to return the Kyuubi to Konoha and breed a new generation of Namikaze's" Sarutobi scowled at his former best friend, "You will do no such thing, Danzō! I will not allow you to use that boy, the legacy of the Yondaime Hokage as simple breeding stock!"

"Perhaps there is another way to return the Yondaime's bloodline to Konoha Hiruzen, Danzō…" Danzō remained indifferent and Hiruzen slightly calmed down, "…There is still the matter of the Yondaime's wife and his other legacy" spoke Homura, Danzō nodded in agreement and Sarutobi's eyes widened, "You're not talking about…" "Yes, Uzumaki Kushina and her son Uzumaki Menma. While Menma is the heir of the Uzumaki clan, he still has the blood of the Yondaime Hokage and his bloodline. If we can convince her to allow Menma to become a Konoha shinobi, we will be able to keep the Namikaze bloodline in Konoha but won't be able to keep the Namikaze name."

Danzō and Koharu nodded in agreement, "Yes that is a wise plan, if we cannot get Menma-san to join Konoha, the least we can do is sign an alliance with the newly rebuilt Uzushiogakure and arrange a marriage between Menma-san and a Konoha kunoichi" spoke Koharu, "Yes, not only will we keep the Namikaze bloodline in Konoha but we will also be aligned with Takigakure, a long-time ally of the Uzumaki, who have the Nanabi jinchuriki" added Danzō.

Hiruzen sighed, "While that is a fine plan, Kushina swore never to return to Konoha. How will you convince her?" asked Hiruzen, "While Uzushiogakure has shinobi of notable skill, they are very few in numbers and with only Takigakure as allies it is only a matter of time before Iwa, Kumo, or Kiri attack to rid the Uzumaki once and for all" reasoned Danzō, "An alliance with Konoha would be in their favor as it will deter other villages from attacking them and allow them to gain strength" spoke Homura.

Hiruzen nodded in agreement but he still had doubts, "But what of young Naruto-kun, if he finds out about being abandoned by his birth mother. He will never return to Konoha of his own free will" spoke Sarutobi in concern, "It doesn't matter if the Kyuubi jinchuriki returns of his own free will, that will be considered traitorous and the beast would be ripped from him after he breeds an heir to the Namikaze Clan, should he ever return or be captures that is" spoke Danzō calmly.

Hiruzen scowled again, "We have gone through this, Danzō! Naruto-kun will not be turned into a breeder should he return to his home, now leave for you have tried my patience for the last time!"

Danzō scoffed, "You are a weak leader Sarutobi, if you cannot sacrifice the Kyuubi jinchuriki for the good and strength of Konoha. I fear the safety of our villages' future." With his last words said, Danzō left the room followed by Homura and Koharu.

When the door closed, Sarutobi let out another tired sigh as he stood up and looked out the window at the village he had sworn to protect. 'Could I really sacrifice Naruto-kun for Konoha…' thought Hiruzen greatly, '(Sigh) Yes, I would. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. I will not let my personal feelings harm the village my sensei's worked so hard to build and protect…' The Third Hokage reached into his desk and pulled out some paper, 'I'm sorry, Naruto-kun' With one final sign, the God of Shinobi began writing a letter to be sent to the rebuilt ruin of Uzushiogakure with an offer of alliance with the village leader… Uzumaki Kushina.

3 Years Later

3 years had passed since Naruto had gotten Ryūken and Kazeyaiba, in those 3 years he had trained himself to the ground, mastering S-rank elemental and bloodline jutsu, reaching advanced fuinjutsu level, and mastering the 3-Sword Style using the Ryuken, Kazeyaiba, and his Raiken.

Naruto stood in the middle of his training grounds, deep in the marshes of Water Country. He was surrounded by shadow clones holding recreations of his Ryuken, Kazeyaiba, and his Raiken (Bees' Sword). He stood in the epicenter of over 100 shadow clones who were grinning at him, Naruto just grinned back as he placed the Raiken in his teeth and held the twin swords in his hands. He signaled the clones to come and Naruto sprang into action.

The clones charged the blonde jinchuriki, Naruto ducked under the clones' slash and brought up his dragon sword. He slashed into the clone leaving a burning cut before it dispelled, he jumped over another's swing and stabbed his wind blade into a clones' head, dispelling it. Naruto landed on the ground and blocked two clones using Ryūken and Kazeyaiba, he then used Raiken and slashed into two other clones causing them to dispel.

Jumping into the air, Naruto landed on the ground and spun around creating a tornado of sharp steel, dispelling a bunch of clones. Naruto shifted into a kenjutsu attack stance, he crossed two swords across his chest and shifted Raiken horizontally in his mouth. Naruto channeled chakra into his legs and burst forward, "Oni Giri (Demon Slash)!" Naruto appeared behind a large group of clones, the clones stopped dead in their tracks as X slashes appeared on their chest and their throats were slit.

Naruto ducked under a slash and countered with a left slash, jumping into the air he swung Kazeyaiba and Ryūken, "Taka Nami (Hawk Wave)!" Naruto swung Ryūken and Kazeyaiba creating a wall of white hot fire that destroyed the remaining clones.

Naruto panted as beads of sweat fell down his face, he sheathed his swords and unsealed a water bottle from a scroll.

"You've come a long way, Naruto" spoke Yami, 'Of course, that weakling that escaped Konoha is gone. This is the new Naruto and he is ready for the shinobi world'

"So what are you going to do now?" asked Yami, 'I'm going into town to get some supplies' replied Naruto before crossing his fingers and calling out his favorite jutsu, "Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu)!"

The clearing was filled with white smoke as over 500 clones appeared, "You all know what to do!" yelled Naruto, all the clones yelled in confirmation. They divided into 5 groups of 100 with group 1 strengthening his wind affinity, group 2 strengthening his fire affinity, group 3 working on advanced chakra control, group 4 practicing kenjutsu katas, and group 5 working on jutsu.

Naruto left the clones in the clearing as he turned in the direction of the village, channeling chakra into his legs Naruto disappeared in a burst of speed into the forest. Reaching the outskirts of the village, he stopped and suppressed his chakra as he entered the town.

He walked down the main street and immediately knew something was wrong, everyone looked nervous and kept looked behind themselves as if someone was following them.

He wore a pair of blue camouflaged ANBU pants, a dark-orange red shirt and a dark-blue ninja jacket with crimson-red stripes on the sleeves, a pair of steel plated gloves, black shinobi sandals, and a dark-blue facemask.

He ignored the fidgeting villagers and kept moving toward his destination, moving through the village he finally reached his destination.

A ramen stand.

Naruto entered the Kaisen ramen stand run by the busty blonde Mami Kiyoko and her mother Mami Hitomi.

"Hey Naruto-kun, welcome back!" chirped the waitress Kiyoko happily, "Hey Kiyoko-chan, give me the usual" replied Naruto with a small smile behind his mask, the busty blonde nodded happily and went into the back to make his order.

As Naruto waited for his food he kept his senses concentrated on the outside of the stand and on the inside. Every time the Hitomi, Kiyoko's mother, looked out from the kitchen, he could see she was nervous of something that might happen and had a look of fear every time she looked outside the stand.

On the outside, he could hear the villagers scrambling through the streets, the fearful whispers between villagers, and the sound of carts moving out of the village.

"Here you go Naruto-kun" said Kiyoko happily as she placed a bowl of seafood ramen in front of him.

Naruto thanked her and broke a pair of chop sticks before giving a quick 'Itadakimasu' and began eating his ramen. About 5 minutes later, Naruto was eating his 5th bowl when there was a sudden commotion in the village.

"Scour the village, find every single bloodline demon!" yelled an authoritative voice, "Yes, sir!" was replied by a multitude of voices.

Hitomi suddenly came out of the kitchen and grabbed Naruto, "I'm so sorry, Naruto-san. But you have to leave" desperately pleaded Hitomi, Naruto pulled himself from her grip and nodded. As Naruto stepped out of the stand, Hitomi rolled down the metal gate. Before the gate could fully close, a Kiri chunin suddenly stopped her.

"Did you really think you could hide?" questioned the chunin as he reopened the gate forcefully and grabbed Hitomi by the arm, "Let go of me!" yelled Hitomi as she fought his grip, "Let go of my Kaa-san!" exclaimed Kiyoto as she hit the chunin on the head with weak blows.

Naruto watched hidden from the shadows as things played out, while he could easily kill the chunin it would bring more problems than it could solve. He would bide his time for a chance to let them escape without danger, it seemed the civil war he tried so hard to stay out of was coming to him.

"Shut up, bitch!" yelled the chunin as he backhanded Kiyoko to the ground, suddenly two more chunin landed in front of the ramen stand and grabbed Kiyoko and Hitomi before putting chakra suppressing cuffs on them and led them into the plaza at the center of the village.

Naruto kept his chakra suppressed and blended into a crowd that was forming in front of a stage in the center of the village. On top of the stage, there were 3 Kiri WAVE guarding a group of 18 regular villagers or bloodline users since that is who Kiri was hunting. Aside from the Kiri WAVE, there were also 4 Hunter-nin and 12 chunin scattered around the plaza.

"You are all here to witness us purge the world of these bloodline demons! For years they have destroyed our homes and caused this country to suffer, but Mizukage-sama saw this and acted quickly to destroy the disease that was plaguing Kiri and Water Country!" ranted a Kiri WAVE operative, some of the people in the crowd shouted in agreement while the rest stayed silent. The people on the stage were crying in fear and pleading for someone to help.

On the rooftops of the village, a squad of rebels silently observed what was happening. Led by their leader, Terumi Mei, they had come to the village to warn them of the loyalists plan to raid their village in search of bloodline users. Unfortunately, they had gotten into a battle on the way to the village and arrived too late to warn anyone, now they were trying to figure out a way to save the bloodline users but they were far outnumbered.

Naruto grit his teeth in anger, they were going to be killed and tortured for something they had no control of. It was very similar to the way Konoha treated him for holding the Kyuubi, he hated ignorant people and now he wasn't going to regret spilling their blood.

His hand inches toward his waist, having moved his swords to his waist for better accessibility, he gripped Raiken and channeled his dark chakra to the sword. The Kiri WAVE and rebels immediately tensed at the increased chakra and were put on guard, "Meiton: Ban Sakugen (Dark Style: Night Slash)!" Naruto hand was a blur as Meiton chakra flooded into Raiken and the blonde swung it at the stage, a shockwave of dark chakra destroyed the entire stage causing the crowd to disperse in terror and the loyalists' to search for the attacker.

Shadow clones appeared on the outskirts of the village, via shunshin, and quickly cut the bloodline users from their binds, after their job was complete they disappeared in puffs of smoke.

Naruto blinked twice as the memories of his clones came back letting him know the bloodline users were safe. He sheathed Raiken and did his signature jutsu, "Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu)!" the plaza was filled with smoke as hundreds of clones appeared and engaged the chunin and WAVE in kenjutsu, the WAVE and Hunter-nin were tearing through the clones but the chunin were having problems with their superior skill.

Naruto started doing hand seals and held out his palm, "Meiton: Kurotenkyuu (Dark Style: Black Celestial Sphere)!" A sphere of black, concentrated chakra appeared in his palm, the blonde launched it at a group of chunin and they were all killed in a massive blast that left a 3 foot deep crater.

Naruto's shinobi senses kicked in, he gripped Raiken and drew it to block behind himself. His katana blocked the blade of a Kiri WAVE and both swordsmen battled for superiority, a chunin tried to stab Naruto with a kunai but was surprised when Naruto was replaced with a log covered in explosive tags. The Kiri WAVE did a quick shunshin but the chunin was killed in the blast, Naruto landed on the other side of the plaza and quickly searched his surroundings. 8 chunin, 2 Hunter-nin, and 2 Kiri WAVE were still alive.

Naruto held Raiken up and channeled dark chakra into the sword causing the blade to be coated in a purple cloak of chakra. The blonde swordsman channeled chakra into his legs and disappeared in a burst of speed, he appeared a second later directly behind a group of chunin with his sword half way into his sheath, "Ittoryu Iai: Shishi Sonson (One Sword Style Draw and Resheath Technique: Lion's Song)" muttered Naruto, the katana clicked as it fully sheathed and the all the chunin fell to ground with slashes across their chests, leaking black blood from their wounds.

From the rooftops, Terumi Mei watched as a masked figure threw the loyalists' execution into chaos. He killed the chunin with ease and was able to go head to head with a WAVE operative in kenjutsu, not to mention the dark chakra he was emitting was not normal. Mei was impressed that this stranger was able to rescue the prisoners and engage the entire group in battle by himself. She was knocked out of her thoughts when her second-in-command, Ao, called for her attention.

"Mei-sama, what are your orders?" asked Ao, "We'll help this masked man kill the loyalist's, do not engage him, he is an ally" ordered their leader, her squad nodded in agreement as they jumped into the plaza and engaged the enemy.

Naruto positioned his blade horizontally above his shoulder, channeling chakra into his arm he performed a powerful circular swing, "Sanjuroku Pound Ho (Phoenix of the 36 Earthly Desires)!" A projectile of compressed sliced into the final group of chunin that tried to use their numbers against him, the bullet of air tore into torsos and sliced off arms and legs leaving the survivors to bleed out.

Naruto turned back to the battle to see that all his shadow clones had been destroyed, the blonde knew if he made anymore that he would run out of chakra. He was about to draw Ryūken and Kazeyaiba but a squad of rebels suddenly jumped down from the rooftops and engaged the Kiri loyalist's.

Naruto leaned against the wall as he caught his breath from killing over seven Kiri shinobi singlehandedly. He watched as a auburn woman wearing a long-sleeved, dark blue dress spit a sheet of magma into a WAVE operatives' face, killing him and destroying his body. A one-eyed man with a striped, grey suit, with a green haori engaged a Kiri Hunter-nin, the one-eyed shinobi ducked under the Hunter-nins slashes and retaliated with precise strikes to his tenketsu and a final strike in his heart, killing the Hunter-nin.

The final notable fighter wore square, black-rimmed glasses connected to ear protectors, a blue pin-striped shirt and camouflage pants. The shinobi looked young, maybe around 14, and nervous as he held a fish-shaped sword that had chakra covering it and forming a hammer. The young shinobi swung his large sword and the blue chakra morphed to form a long-sword that bisected the WAVE operative.

Naruto sheathed Raiken and walked toward the rebel squad as the final loyalist was killed, "You came just in time" spoke Naruto, still hidden behind a facemask and hood.

Mei stood in front of Naruto as her squad stood behind her, Mei raised an eye-brow as she realized Naruto was a lot shorted then she thought.

"I want to thank you for what you did, my name is Terumi Mei, I am the leader of the rebel alliance. It took a lot of courage to stand up to the loyalists' at such odds" spoke Mei with praise, Naruto nodded, "Don't worry about it, Mei-san. I never did like the loyalists much, us bloodline users need to stick together" Mei eyes widened in surprise, "You have a bloodline?" Naruto nodded and held up his hand releasing dark chakra from his palms. Mei noticed that Naruto's violet eyes turned red and his palms had two diamonds on them as they released a purple chakra from the lower diamond. The purple chakra covered a nearby chunin corpse, the malicious chakra began decaying the entire body as its skin turned pale and black blood burst from its wounds.

Naruto cut off his dark chakra and grinned at Mei, "I have the Meiton bloodline, it gives me a second chakra source that is highly corrosive to organic life and is more dense than regular chakra" explained Naruto.

Mei, and her squad, were highly disturbed with what had happened, but Mei admitted that it was a powerful bloodline.

"On behalf of the rebel alliance, I would like you to join us in overthrowing Yagura. Your bloodline and power could help us reach our goal much faster, and I know that you would be a valuable ally" spoke Mei, Naruto looked at her for a few moments before shrugging, "Alright, I'll join you. I was planning on joining the rebels one of these days, those loyalists went too far today…" Naruto suddenly turned extremely serious, "…They interrupted my ramen lunch!" The entire squad fell on their faces while Mei sweat dropped at his sudden seriousness over ramen, "Anyway~, we should clean up these bodies before we go back to base" spoke Mei, until Naruto stopped her, "Allow me" Naruto crossed his fingers and the plaza was covered in clones as they picked up dead bodies and piled them up in the middle, Naruto did some quick hand seals, "Katon: Endan (Fire Release: Flame Bullet)!" Naruto exhaled a bullet of fire that set all the dead bodies ablaze, reducing them to ashes in a few minutes.

"Now that we have that out of the way, what is your name?" asked Mei. Naruto grinned as he grabbed the facemask and hood, "My name is Naruto…" Naruto pulled off the hood and facemask, "…Namikaze Naruto."

DONE:

Second chapter done! Remember to rate and review.

RogalDorn: I was the original writer of this, but a few months ago I deleted this story by accident when I meant to delete Yondaime's Mistake (Which is the next story to be re-released). Anyway, this was one of my original stories and I decided to re-release it with a bunch of other stories.

Alexnder: That's for the criticism, I will take what you wrote into consideration. Keep writing those helpful comments.

Chapter 3: Helping the Rebels