this is my version of Gōsutoai by TheDeadGirlRisen

the original story is s/13110826/1/Gōsutoai they get the og credit but abandoned the story. i'm only putting this in the first chapter because i'm not a douchebag idea thief.

The night of the village festival celebrating the heroic sacrifice that the fourth Hokage made in order to battle the Lord of hatred and malice called the kyūūbi. We find our little blind haired prankster running for his life from a mob of drunk villagers, chūnin and gēnin.

'I can't believe I still have to run for my life every single birthday. I have to get as far as I can to lose them!' As he bends the corner he dives into a small crevice In the fence and manages to lose all but the Shinobi following him as they vaulted the high fence. After dipping through alleyways ducking under shop signs and posters, as well as dodging the various projectile weapons the Shinobi managed to throw in their drunken states he manages to slip into the bunkers behind the stone faces monument.

While walking around to find a place to hide he hears someone entering the halls " He came in here! There aren't many other ways to get in so spread out and look for the demon! Whoever brings me his head gets my pay for the rest of the year!" As this was being shouted through the halls the blond prankster panicked and ran to hide as soon as he possibly could.

He ran into one of the nearest bunker rooms only to find someone already in there. Their only other occupant was slender and pale with arrogant black hair and slitted gold eyes that were intimidating. As the tall slender man was leaning over something he made a motion that said be quiet, and the blond prankster had no intention of asking why. When trying to find a place to hide the group of gēnin and chūnin got closer to the closed door that was hiding the scientist and the blonde. Right before the door could be kicked off the hinges the scientist grabbed the blonde prankster and they both melted into the stone floor and the group of Shinobi found an empty room.

The scientist had resurfaced a good distance away from the monument and looked at the blonde. " Let's keep this a secret, OK?" He said

As the blonde looked at him curiously and couldn't help but ask where they were. "This is the clan district of the village. We'll be parting ways here. Just don't mention seeing me in the bunkers and you don't have to pay me back. I hope you stay safe." And the pale scientist walks into the shadows.

"I'm going to have to be careful getting home, and I'm glad I don't have to go through the festival areas to do it." As he walked through the red light district to get to his apartment he bumped into a drunk civilian "I'm sorry sir, please forgive my intrusion." The blonde stays. Before he could get too far away he's stopped by the older drunk man "it's nice to see the youth be polite and respectful…. Wait. You're the demon brat everyone's looking for!" He slurs his words and he grabs the blonde's throat and starts to beat on him. "No one's gonna care if I vent my frustrations on the demon brat" as he pulls out a pocket knife " but they are going to cheer for me if I can get rid of you!" He then starts to choke the young blonde and puts the knife to his face.

'Why is everyone calling me a demon brat? I didn't do anything but a few harmless pranks and that was after they started calling me a demon and looking at me like I was a germ. I have to get out of here!' "please sir, please let me go!" While trying to wrestle out of the drunk's grip he felt the knife in his skin. The heat and sweat from the drunk man's hand gave the blonde enough room to try to get away but the only thing that happened was the knife going into the kid's eye. He walked l wailed in pain screaming out for someone to help for minutes but no one was coming or ignored his pleas for savior. "Why! Why are you doing this!? What did I do to deserve this!?" The young blonde was screaming, squirming from the pain. The drunk could only laugh at the supposed 'demon's' pain and said "Don't lie and act like you're so innocent you demon! You know how many people you killed, how many lives you ruined, and how many families you tore apart because of the damage you did years ago! I'll be the one to finish what the fourth started!" And the drink stabbed out his other eye. The blonde child no longer saw the light of the world and couldn't do anything but sit in agony and pain. "It hurts so much. I can't see! Please stay away!" He started to push himself back until he hit the fence. Although he couldn't see anymore he heard a familiar voice. "Are you alright Naruto-kun?" Naruto stopped as he recognized the voice."Creepy science guy? Is that you?" The scientist could only laugh. "Yes it is me. What happened to you?" Naruto started to cry and tell how badly he was beaten but some of his bruises were healing as he was telling what happened and ended with saying how he couldn't see anymore. "Your eyes are badly damaged but if you let me I can help you see again but if I do you'll owe me a favor." Naruto just beamed good head up as he heard. "You really can help my eyes! I'll do anything! Please help me!" The scientist smiled" alright I'm going to pick you up to take you to my lab. Make sure to hold on tight because we'll be moving very fast as I don't have enough time to go slowly or we won't be able to save your eyes." The feeling of not being able to see your surroundings and getting picked up is an unusual feeling but he held on for dear life until he was laid down on a cold metal lab table. " Naruto-kun, I need you to relax now. I'm going to give you a shot to put you to sleep so I can help you see again, OK?" As Naruto nodded the scientist pricked him with the syringe and Naruto slowly fell asleep. As the scientist looked over his notes and gathered the correct materials and his sacrifice he formed the hand signs for the impure world reincarnation. Bringing back an Uchiha he experimented with taking out their eyes only to see that the eye that was removed was turned to dust. Trying again and only seeing the eye turn to dust and then removing Naruto's damaged eye from his socket. Trying for a third time removing the uchiha's eye and immediately placing Naruto's damaged eye in the resurrected ones empty eye socket only to see the eye being reformed and repaired. When the eye was removed the uchiha's original eye was reformed but Naruto's repaired eye did not deteriorate or disintegrate. And the scientist placed the first eye back into Naruto's head and tried again with the remaining damaged eye to see if the result would be the same. And with a second repaired eye he prefers it back into Naruto's eye socket. Reconnecting the chakra pathways, blood vessels and optic nerves he turns back to the Uchiha he resurrected. There was looking unkempt black hair shadowing the right half of his face. Wearing sturdy red armor and red crimson eyes with three black tomoes in them. As he started to fade he only said one thing "you will pay for the disrespect you've done to me this day when I return, and this is not an if I return because I will." Seeing the reincarnate fade into ash the scientist took Naruto back to his home and told him not to speak about what happened to anyone before he left.

The next morning the hōkage arrived for his usual visit to Naruto only to see the bandages over his eyes. After rushing Naruto to the hospital to get him a check up the hōkage waited until Naruto woke up. But had to speak to one of the elders. When Naruto had awoken he found he could see again. But remembered to keep what happened to himself. "How are you feeling?" Asked a white haired Anbu member. But before Naruto could answer, the hōkage came through the hospital room door. "What happened to you, Naruto? Do you remember anything from last night?" While trying to figure out how to explain what happened without mentioning the scientist or what happened to his eyes, the hōkage was just staring. "I was being chased by a mob through the village and I blacked out and woke up here. I remember something happening with my eyes but I don't know what. Though I can't see colors anymore."

The shock, pity, guilt and rage could all be seen on the hōkage's face. " Dog, you are to take Naruto home and secure it. Besides Naruto, not even a mouse gets in without you knowing."

With a nod the hōkage apologized to Naruto about how he was treated and promised to find who led the mob.

A few months later, Naruto was going about his daily life and noticed blurs everywhere he looked. And thought it was confusing. He went to visit the hōkage and ask about it but he only said it's probably a side effect from the beating he had.

Naruto had learned to ignore it but the blues never went away. Week after week the blues started changing shape and getting harder to ignore until he noticed that one was following him everywhere. It got to the point where he saw the weird see through object following him but not doing anything so he left it alone.

It's been half a year since he noticed the shapes and they slowly took the turn of people.

Although he could not yet see the faces or anything to easily identify who the apparitions around him were supposed to be, he was trying to find out what to call them. 'I think I'll call them shimmers.' "thank you shimmer." He said loud enough only for people close to him to hear. "Thank you for being here with me even though I can't talk to you." The next day Naruto woke up to some weird noises and it was a mob of shimmers at his door. He was trying to calm them down but couldn't speak to them or understand them. Then In its own unique way the shimmer that follows Naruto around had caught the attention of the other shimmers and since they didn't want to leave he forced them to vanish. Seeing one of the shimmers defend him was surprising. If they're a different form of people then why would one defend him? Nevertheless he bowed and could only thank the shimmer. "Thank you guardian shimmer. I won't forget your kindness." Seeing a confused distorted face he thought to explain. " My entire life I've been hated and scorned by others. You're the only one besides a very small number of people to help. So time you're going to be guardian shimmer until I can learn your name." He finished with a smile.

At the end of August Naruto was able to fully see every detail of his guardian shimmer. The long unkempt hair, the battle armor, the toned muscles under the shirt and pants and the thousand yard stare he often had. Because being around Naruto caused him more stares from the other shimmers, guardian shimmer stayed in Naruto's apartment. Other shimmers around the village weren't able to be seen as clearly, probably because of the time spent around them, and a single shimmer in the hōkage office was becoming more visible. By the end of September Naruto was able to talk to his guardian shimmer and learn how to read as well as how to unlock his chakra. A week before his birthday, Naruto was visiting the hōkage and saw a shimmer stare blankly at him. While Naruto was staring at the shimmer, the hōkage was looking at Naruto curiously. "Naruto-kun, is there something wrong? You seem off today, ``the old hōkage asked. Not wanting the old man to worry, Naruto tried to brush it off. " I'm alright Jiji, just lost in thought," Naruto said. With his curiosity growing about the young blonde he could only wonder what he was thinking. "Naruto-kun, what's on your mind?" The hōkage was asking in order to try to get any information out of the young blonde. How would you describe the other hōkage Jiji?" He asked as innocently as he could. The hōkage stopped to think. Then as he told Naruto about his time training under the first hōkage there was joy in his eyes. When he mentioned that the second hōkage was his mentor and how wondrous it was to learn from such a talented and powerful man, Naruto noticed the shimmer in the room was smiling. "Hey Jiji, could you describe how the second hōkage looked? The stone faces don't tell much about their actual face." Hirūzen described the second hōkage in detail. From his pale face, white hair, blue armor that contrasted his brother's red, even the marks on his face with the fur around the collar of his armor and his amazing affinity with water to the point where he could draw the moisture from the air to fuel his techniques. As Naruto heard this he realized that the second hōkage was the shimmer behind his Jiji. When the day of his birthday came around, Naruto only stayed in his apartment and refused to leave. He was talking to his guardian shimmer who was just listening to the little brat talk his heart out. Then the hōkage enters the apartment with a cake, some scrolls, and a beginners kunai set. A shimmer walks through the wall, and the only indication that something happened was a massive amount of killing intent flooded the room at a level where even the hōkage collapsed to his knees and Naruto was almost unconscious. It only stopped when the guardian shimmer noticed the state Naruto was in. " I haven't felt killing intent at this level since the first time my student was found peeping at the hot springs. Naruto-kun, who or was that?" The old hōkage said in a Manor that held no option for denial or refusal.

Both shimmers chimed in at this order. " Tell him you can't tell him here and mention alpha 7 Omega 84. He should remember it since it was only used between high ranking village Shinobi before the second war."

Naruto just sighed. " I can't tell you Jiji, but I will if we can go to your office. Someone you know very closely told me to mention alpha 7 Omega 84 and that you'd understand what it meant." Once hearing the code his eyes went wide. "ANBU!"

five ANBU agents immediately appeared in the apartment awaiting orders. " Yes Lord hōkage. What do you require from us?"

I don't care what you have to do in order to get this done or whether they are busy or not. Find me Danzo,Homura, and Koharu. Bring them to my office within the hour or all of you will be executed! Is that understood?!"

A chorus of yes hōkage-sama rang through the wall apartment before the ANBU left.

Hirūzen flashed Naruto back to his office and canceled all meetings for the rest of the day.

"Naruto-kun, I need you to tell me where you learned that code and who told it to you because that code is for information that is from one kàge to another. Only a kàge knows that code and can tell it to you or those that were students of a kàge and heard it."

A knock was heard from the door and the elders entered the office.

"Hirūzen, what is the meaning of ordering us here at this ungodly hour?!"

"I am the hōkage and you will do what I say when I say it. Now sit!" Hirūzen ordered the elders. Now, Naruto-kun, could you tell the elders the same thing you told me?" Naruto nodded and repeated what he told the hōkage and it left the elders shocked. "Could either of you tell me how this young child knows the secret code known to only the various kàge and the elders?"

Danzo could only narrow his single eye looking at the blonde kid. "I have no idea hōkage-sama, I have only just met the child," Danzo said. "We haven't seen him since the disaster a few years ago when you were holding him hōkage-sama," the siblings said.

After listening to the shimmers on how to interrupt without seeming disrespectful he spoke up.

"Hōkage-sama, I have the answer. But I can only reveal the answer with a yamanaka and no one else with us will understand when it happens and I can't say anything further because of unrequited ears. That's what I was told to say." Hirūzen nodded and dismissed the elders. "You are to stay the night with me and we'll go to the Yamanaka compound in the morning." Naruto nodded in understanding.

Hirūzen and Naruto arrive at the Yamanaka flower shop around 10 am. Naruto was in awe at how many flowers there were and how many plants were in the small room. While Naruto was staring at the plant life, Hirūzen was talking to Inoichi at the counter with small talk while using ANBU hand signs to communicate on the situation

"Hōkage-sama, I understand that this is a secret beyond S-rank but if we aren't careful and take things with caution, there is still a chance that with his ability to see and communicate with the souls of the dead, he will find his mother and turn against us from our lack of care. The only thing we can do is try to make his life forward what we should have from the beginning" Inoichi said.

Looking solemnly at Naruto through a mirror behind Inoichi he knew that the shop owner and clan head was right. "Inoichi, Naruto-kun was speaking as if the words were not his but speaking for someone who was in the room with us. I need to know how many minds you can link at one time. The person speaking through Naruto-kun knew my sensei's personal emergency code. If it was anyone that was close to my sensei or fought him and heard the code, and if the elders found out his ability then Danzo might get careless."

Inoichi truly understood the danger and severity of the situation. "Hōkage-sama I can link about five safely, but if we are going to be doing what I think you're suggesting we'll need to tell him everything and we'll also need someone around his age to help him afterwards."

With that knowledge Hirūzen just grinned at Inoichi and the realization struck him.

"Are you really suggesting I bring my daughter into this?" He asked

"I can have Yamato here in a second and we can't trust any other child not to reveal the information they would see let alone stay conscious in the event that we arrive near where kyūūbi is sealed."

With that noted Inoichi had no counter arguments. With a sigh Inoichi called his daughter to the front of the shop. " Ino honey, I need you in the shop. The hōkage needs you for something of great importance."

A few moments later the Yamanaka heir arrived in the family shop to see a blonde boy with the hōkage and her father and an ANBU agent walking in the door. It was the first time she had seen her father with such a serious face and it worried her. "Papa, what's going on? Why is the hōkage here with the ANBU and the boy? Are we in trouble?"

"No honey, there is no trouble. I want to introduce you to this young boy. His name is Naruto and he needs a friend to help with what we need to do with him" Inoichi had said.

"Are you going to take everyone into his head? Isn't that dangerous daddy?"

" It's only dangerous if you don't have the amount of experience that I have or the amount of chakra that everyone here has. The only one that might not be able to stay inside his head long if you honey, but if my calculations are correct we won't be inside there long."

As they gathered around Naruto everyone gathered hands. Hirūzen made a statement that confused the ANBU and Ino. " To those that may be present but only seen by one. Make your connection ten seconds after we have entered. Inoichi take us in." With that Inoichi used the mind intrusion jutsu and brought everyone into Naruto's mindscape. The only downside is that they appeared right in front of the kyūūbi's cage and seconds later the two shimmers appeared as well.

"Guardian shimmer! I can actually give you a hug now!" When everyone saw who Naruto was hugging their jaws hit the floor. I can't believe it is nïdaime-sensei and ma-"

"Don't finish that sentence if you don't want to be brain dead." Guardian shimmer or Madara Uchiha had said.

"Alright, but why hide your identity from the boy?"

Madara could only sigh. " My past transgressions on his ancestors were not the highlight of how I see my life. I was even lured to a false assumption that what I was trying to achieve would bring peace." Upon hearing the voice of the human he hated that most, the kyūūbi woke up.

"Madara! How dare you show your face after what you've done!" The killing intent nearly caused both ino and Naruto to faint which would have ended the gathering had the hōkages not enveloped them in their own chakra. "I am looking after your jailer to try to amend my own mistakes. There is someone trying to revive the great beast your father had to seal away. When I faked my death I was in limbo. The person trying to bring back the great beast had merged with my body before I was revived for a short time and I didn't realize that the thoughts and words spoken to the young Uchiha I had saved at the time were not mine until I took the form of a wandering spirit once again. The person is called Zetsū. The last thing I heard him saying before he disappeared. I will bring my mother back."

The kyūūbi's eyes went wide then they believed they could. "Whoever this Zetsū person is. They are subjecting the world to damnation. Yes I was created by the sage of six paths and he is the father of all tailed beasts. I do not see you worthy of my name but I tell you this because we have a common goal of stopping the jūbi from returning. I've also needed to speak with my jailer before his ninth birthday for something very beneficial. Does the boy know his parents?"

Before anyone could respond Naruto shouts "YOU KNEW MY PARENTS AND DIDN'T TELL ME! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE WONDERED IF I WAS ABANDONED, IF I WAS EVEN WANTED, IF MY PARENTS WE'RE ALIVE OR NOT DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT HURTS TO BE TREATED LIKE A GERM THAT NEEDS TO BE GOTTEN RID OF! HOW IT FEELS TO BE STARVED BEATEN OR TREATED LIKE YOU DON'T EXIST."

Naruto unintentionally replays his life memories up until he could talk to his guardian shimmer. And everyone couldn't help but cry. Everyone but the kyūūbi. There was an incredible silence for what could be seen as hours. Ino was cuddling Naruto as she had seen his entire life to that point. And the first one to speak was hirūzen. " I can't believe that this village had sunk so low to treat a child so horrendously. Things cannot stay as they are. Töbirama agreed " the leaf village was supposed to be a military dictatorship. The counsel wrestled the power away from the seat of hōkage when the fourth had died. We may be dead but we still walk among you. Ask of those who die but don't pass on are among us nii-san is here as well but no one has seen him. He has sealed himself in one of the training grounds that are no longer used. It's been so long that I don't remember which one." Inoichi remembered what the kyūūbi mentioned "didn't the kyūūbi say he needed to talk to Naruto about something related to Naruto's ninth birthday?"

"I did. All tailed beasts are able to give their hosts a bloodline according to how many tails they hold. Since I have 9 I can grant him nine bloodlines. The only bloodlines I cannot grant are the sharingan, Byakugan and rinnegan. As these dōjūtsu came from the sage and his brother." Everyone but Madara went wide eyed "WHAT!?" Madara got the attention of the kids and told everyone about the history of the Uchiha, uzumaki, senjū, and origin of hyūga. " Just because we're distant relatives doesn't mean I'll trust the Uchiha," Töbirama said. Hirūzen thought it wouldn't be any better of a chance to tell the boy otherwise he'll never trust them. "Naruto-kun there are several important reasons why we never told you of your parents. The village hinged in stone has had a flee on sight order for father since the end of the third great war. We can only assume that the hidden stone would do anything to get to your father through you. Your mother however was almost kidnapped by the hidden cloud but it was your father who saved her. She then grew into a fine Shinobi Gaining the title of red hot bloody habanero. She was also the last jailer for the fox before you." Naruto and Ino were amazed at how great his parents were but Hirūzen continued "Naruto your parents names were kūshina uzumaki and Minato Namikazè but you would know him as the fourth hōkage. You have the k o because he couldn't trust anyone else in the village with the power nor could bear to put the burden on anyone but his own son. He wasn't able to put the whole kyūūbi inside you though. He used a forbidden sealing technique to split the kyūūbi in two. Sealing in himself and you but the cost was his soul being taken by the shinigami." With so much to take in there wasn't much for Naruto to say. "Hey brat." The kyūūbi said "in order for what happened to your mother not to happen to you, we need to come to an understanding or a deal. What happened when I was sealed in your mother was you were being born and I would have died with her. To keep myself alive I took the chance to get out while the seek was weak. I would have been taken out since the fake Madara was dragging me out and used those cursed eyes to put me under a genjūtsu. The way things go is depending on how many tails we have. We can grant our containers that many bloodlines. Because of the snake freak messing with your eyes you'd have the sharingan in a few years. I'm sure you want your ability to see your shimmers to be permanent. So you can have 8 other abilities. You're four years old now. I'm giving you until your eighth birthday to have your eight abilities. This also means that only one ability will be passed down to each of your children. I'm sure the adults behind you with bleeding noses will tell you what that means before then. From now on if you wish to talk with me just focus on this place. Focus on how I look and look deep within yourself. Then you will return here" the kyūūbi finished explaining.

Naruto just looked at everyone's faces trying to ignore the hōkages bleeding nose. "Let me make sure I have everything correct. I'm the son of the fourth hōkage and my mother held the fox before me. The person who gave me my eyes back is on the run for illegal experiments including how I got my eyes back. I'm distantly related to my guardian shimmer as well as the first and second hōkage. I might get the sharingan later because of Orōchimarū's experiment. I have to have nine children because I'll need to pass on my nine abilities. To top everything off. I only hold half the kyūūbi because my dad sealed the other half in himself and he's in the shinigami's stomach?"

Hirūzen nodded. but needed to correct the young uzumaki. " Yes Naruto, you did get all of those right, but because you need to have nine children when you become of age you'll need more than one wife. Since you're the last known uzumaki we will need to go through the clan restoration act. Isn't that right sensei?"

Töbirama just nodded until he realized what his student said " what do you mean the last known uzumaki? What happened to uzūshiogakūre?!" He practically yelled at his student

To try to save the kids from a raging hōkage, hirūzen tried to explain. " After your death in the second war Kümo, IWA, and Kiri joined together to wipe out uzūshiogakūre. Very few of the uzumaki made it off the island alive and by the time the leaf could arrive to help there wasn't anyone left alive to save. The boy's mother was the only known uzumaki to the village. There's a chance that there are other uzumaki scattered to other nations but there's no proof and they most likely changed their names in fear of getting killed." On hearing this Madara spoke up " There is a large chance that an uzumaki is in the land of rain. That is where I had hidden and healed a young Uchiha. I think his name was Obito. I used a Zetsū white half clone to help him recover as it was born from the shell of the great beast jūbi. At the time I was connected to the shell of the jūbi to prolong my own life but I remember him saying a single name after he returned with his mangēkyo. Her name was Rin. Obito was alive when Rin died. Both him and whoever he gave his other sharingan to were in the same place and should both have the same mangēkyo." Hirūzen couldn't speak anymore. And some of them were running low on chakra. Hirūzen thought it best to end the gathering. " Since I know that you and my sensei can communicate through Naruto-kun, we can discuss this further at another time. Although I think the kids may be getting closer than I expected." as Inoichi looked over to his young daughter he noticed how confused the two looked, and that his daughter was trying to make Naruto feel safer. "I guess you're right, hōkage-sama. Ino, everyone's leaving Naruto's mind. I don't think i have to say how badly you can't say a word of what you heard in here young lady. Nothing you have heard while in Naruto's mind or that he holds the kyūūbi. This is all a SSS-rank secret as it contains national secrets, clan secrets and village secrets. I need your word that you will never say anything about this to anyone that is not in front of you."

Ino was worried and scared at first but when Naruto grabbed her hand she calmed down enough to think about it. "Papa, I give my word that I will say nothing about this to anyone outside of those here in Naruto-kun's mind." Inoichi noticed how his daughter started to address the young blonde but did not comment on it. " We will be training Naruto-kun from now on and also helping him decide on which kekkei genkai he will gain from the fox when he turns eight. The choice of who his wives will be his alone. Suggestions can be made but no one should be forced into a loveless marriage" Töbirama said. "You better come back to visit brat. I'll screw with your chakra control if you forget." said the kyūūbi. After that everyone left Naruto's mindscape to see a concerned housewife placing blankets on them. "S-rank secret honey" She had asked,and a nod was his only answer "well I'm sure with how close our beautiful daughter is with her new friend she wouldn't mind him staying for dinner. Isn't that right honey?" ino just blushed and replied with a hushed yes. With Naruto being the only one to see Töbirama and his guardian shimmer, things for Naruto had become much more chaotic.

The next day Naruto was in Hiruzen's office relaying between teacher and student how the shimmers operated just like the living did. But there were dangerous spirits that they called filth because they looked like living flowing ink that engulfed whoever was closest. He also noted that none of the shimmers that Töbirama sent towards the hidden rain in the past never returned. And Hirūzen got a thought " hey sensei, my student jiraiya is currently the village spymaster but if Naruto communicates with the other shimmers and reports to me what they find he'll be an even better spymaster than my student. If you and his guardian shimmer teach him all the things you learned growing up as well as what you created before your passing then even before he graduates from the academy he'll be at or above Anbu level." when hearing this guardian shimmer got a sinister grin on his face. "Hey Naruto-kun, i can teach you all the fire and wind techniques i know but we would have to see how much chakra you have and how well you can control it as well before anyone can teach you." guardian shimmer said. Naruto just nodded as they started to discuss his training schedule and anything Naruto needed for his training he would get from the hōkage himself.

A month has passed and it is November. Naruto has learned tree walking, water walking, the shadow clone jutsu, substitution jutsu, transformation jutsu, and learned that his current primary affinity is wind and a minor affinity in water and lightning. Naruto has learned the water style water wall, wind style gale palm and great breakthrough, and the lightning style lightning clone. While they were in training ground 32 Naruto thought of something that he was concerned about "tobirama-sensei, what should i do if there is a situation where only the shimmers can contact me and i can't be seen or heard by an enemy?" As Töbirama began to think. He could only come up with very few solutions. " Naruto-kun, there should be very few and far in between situations where this needs a solution but, you could use one of your future eight abilities to counter said problem. An option would be to have an ability to write messages on to the air itself for your comrades to read as you send them, or an ability to almost completely vanish from sight unless they can see chakra. The only downside to these options would be that they can still hear you."Töbirama had explained to the blonde. " Because you're a jinchūriki, we need to get you accustomed to genjūtsu. You will be learning my bringer of darkness genjūtsu. It's useful even against dōjūtsu. And because we need you to have as great of chakra control as we possibly can, I'm going to have you make one hundred clones for today." After Naruto had made the clones, Töbirama continued with the explanation. " The clones will split into four groups. Group one will be learning to balance on water using senbon. Group two will be learning to balance on earth spikes without moving a muscle. Group three will be learning to balance thirty individual balls on the surface of their skin and group four will be learning ANBU hand signs to communicate with black ops agents while In the field or to communicate sensitive information with the jōnin of the teams you'll be in. We will do these exercises everyday until you can complete them. You can increase the amount of clones you wish to use but if you are late for training you will be punished." While knowing it's better to keep the groups small he just can't help but want to get things done quickly. Naruto made more shadow clones and increased the chakra control groups from 25 to 50 in each. Seeing that his student doubled the group size for all but one he saw to prevent the original from taking damage from too much feedback. "Before either group does anything. When you gain progress in your task, dispel one at a time. You don't want your original ring unconscious from the feedback do you?" Just by mentioning the feedback all the clones had a shiver through their skin. Naruto's training went well. The only exercise he didn't finish was sitting without moving a muscle, but Töbirama only wanted to increase his environmental awareness. The other part of it can come later. Naruto took well to the physical training they started after he finished his chakra control and it impressed both hōkage and his guardian shimmer.

The first day of December and early in the morning Naruto was making his usual visit to the hōkage office. He enters the hōkage office to see the elders arguing with the hōkage. " My apologies hōkage-sama. I didn't mean to intrude."

Hirūzen noticed the subtle hints of formality his sensei trained into the boy, but it looks too much like his sensei. Like he was mimicking and copying his formal nature. "It's fine, Naruto-kun. Have a seat."

Koharu just looks at Naruto, surprised at how well mannered he's become in a few months. "Excuse me. Are you lady Koharu?" Naruto asks with an innocent face. "Why yes I am. I am curious as to why you're asking." She says.

"I was talking to hōkage-jiji about his days before becoming the hōkage, and he told me about his team and showed me his team picture. I thought you were pretty, and I wanted to meet you. Would you like to get some ramen with me?"

After hearing what the young boy had said, Koharu had red cheeks. " I'm sorry honey, I'm much too old for a kind young man like you. You should ask a lady around your age."

Not feeling down or rejected Naruto just grinned

"You're saying if you were younger you would go with me?" Naruto asked, looking for confirmation.

"Well from what I heard about you from the ladies club, which has the wives of all the clan heads and some civilians, you've been nothing but a gentleman and very kind. Yes I would." When hearing Koharu say this Homura, her brother, was surprised that she would agree to the jinchūriki taking her to dinner. "Hey Jīji, you heard that right? She said if she was younger I could take her to dinner. Lady Koharu, is that a promise?"

Hirūzen just looked at the head of the civilian counsel and grinned. "Yes lady Koharu. Is that a promise? You do remember that sensei told us not to make empty promises now, don't you? Because if you do make this promise I'll hold you to it." He said. Becoming curious, Koharu saw some sort of benefit from making this promise, and she couldn't help but smile. "I Koharu, promise in my heart that if I were to somehow become younger I would owe Naruto uzumaki a date." After hearing this, Hirūzen writes up the contract and has the both of them sign. "Naruto-kun, besides trying to date my former teammate, what did you come for?"

"Jiji, I came to ask if you could tell me something. I know you told me about the five chakra natures, but what happens when you combine them?" Getting an idea where he was going with this, hirūzen played dumb to not have the elders get curious. " Naruto-kun, there are lots of combinations you can make with the five elements. The current tsūchikāge has a combination of earth, wind and fire, called dust release. The first hōkage had a combination of earth and water call wood release, there's a combination of fire and wind by the name of scorch release, fire and water being called boil release, wind and water being called ice release, earth and fire being called lava release, and a combination of water and lightning being storm release. If you can think of any others I may not have known please let me know, but they're usually clan based or chakra mutations. Before you leave Naruto-kun, Inoichi asked if I saw you before he did to remind you that you need formal clothing for the winter festival later this month. We have important people from the land of lightning coming." As Naruto was mumbling to himself about itchy formal clothes and leaving the office, the elders had a different topic of discussion. Danzo was the first to break the silence. "Hōkage-sama, how is the boy's condition?"

"If you're speaking about the seal the boy has then it's in perfect condition. We've already discussed the precautions of the treaty with Kümo, and how many of our forces will need to return by then." With the elders being dismissed, Hirūzen returns to the only enemy every kàge faces but is everlasting. Paperwork. The moment Naruto left the hōkage Tower he looked up to the sky to see how much time in the day he had left. He had learned many things since he could speak to the shimmers and now he can use ANBU hand signals at gēnin speed. Because of the time of year he was given the month off training and was only allowed to train chakra control as his control would need constant tailoring as he gets older. Since it was early afternoon, Naruto goes to the Yamanaka flower shop to visit Ino.

"Welcome to the Yamanaka flower shop. Oh hey Naruto-kun. How are you doing today?"

" Hey Mrs Yamanaka, in Ino around?"

"Not today, Naruto-kun. Ino went to play with some of the girls. Why don't you come by later for dinner?"

"Not today Mrs. Yamanaka, I have to finish my training for the day and find some formal clothes for the festival that's later this month. I'll stay for dinner next time, but Mrs Yamanaka I have an important question for you, and you can't tell anyone I asked."

"Does this have anything to do with what happened between the hōkage, my husband, my daughter and you a few months ago?"

Yes it does, Mrs. Yamanaka."

"Then don't ask. S-rank secrets are secrets for a reason. Go get the hōkages approval then I'll answer."

"I understand. I'll see you next time!"

Naruto-kun, make sure you go past the Higūrashi weapon shop and restock if you're training today. You know how many senbon you shattered doing that balance thing."

I know Mrs. Yamanaka, I'll be more careful."

The matriarch of the Yamanaka clan watched the young blonde run down the road until he was out of listening range. "He's gone honey. You can come out now." Ino crawls out from under the shop counter. She looks scuffed up and covered in soil from working in the flower garden with her father. Even while being so young she takes great care in her appearance. "Does my little princess want to look good for her prince? You don't want him to think you're a fan girl now do you?" With this being said Ino blushed from her mother's teasing. "I'm going to take a bath mom." Ino rushed upstairs with rosy cheeks much to her mother's amusement. "That girl's gonna be a knockout when she gets out of the academy. I just hope she's with Naruto-kun."

Naruto headed to the higurashi shop as advised but took a while to get there as he had no clue where it was. He usually acquired his gear from the hōkage due to him not being a shinobi. Upon entering the weapons shop Naruto saw an assortment of various weapons of many different types and origins. Browsing the various ninja tools available for purchase the young blonde couldn't help but be in awe with the many isles of weaponry around him. He then took interest in a particular large weapon similar to a fan and another that had the appearance of a massive needle.

"Hello, is someone in the shop?" asked a young lady's voice. Not wanting to seem like he was attempting to steal from the shop, Naruto had announced his presence but not his name. A young girl had appeared in the isle that Naruto was in and stared at him. "Hi my name is Tenten, what's your name?"

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, the future hōkage ya know."

"Well Uzumaki Naruto, welcome to the higurashi weapon shop, my dad owns the shop and i try to help out since they adopted me last year."

"You were in the orphanage last year? I don't think I remember you."

"The orphanage is large and i wasn't there for long as i was brought in from outside the village but if you want to be friends you can always come back to the shop."

"Definitely. You're very nice so I'd love to be your friend, but I also came to restock on training supplies."

"Alright just let me get the owner. I'm just not used to calling him dad yet." After resupplying and a new friend, Naruto heads to training ground 3 for his chakra control exercises, target practice, and muscle building. Careful not to ruin and destroy the new ninja tools he just acquired. He trained for the next few days until the day before the festival. The day before the festival all Naruto did was visit the higurashi and yamanaka shops to visit ino and tenten. Naruto went to see Hokage shimmer and Hokage-jiji at the Hokage tower before getting lunch at Ichiraku ramen. After ten bowls of miso pork ramen Naruto heads home only to find his guardian shimmer waiting. He understood that the other shimmers didn't like him being around, although he hadn't cared in the slightest he cared for Naruto. "Hey guardian shimmer, why don't you come with me next time when I train? I know how boring it is staying here alone."

"The main reason I stopped following you was to keep an eye on what's going on around you. Something doesn't feel right about what's going on tomorrow. I'll keep a lookout around the clan compounds to make sure Kümo doesn't try to snatch any kids."

If that's the case I'll be walking around there too v so it seems like I have an alibi in case something does happen."

"I guess my way of thinking is rubbing off on you. I'm so proud."

Next morning the delegates from Kümo as well as the diplomats and emissaries arrived with a great welcome to the leaf village. While the counsel was dealing with the emissaries and diplomats in diplomacy at the hōkage Tower, the rest from Kümo were enjoying the festivities. Naruto began his walk to the gaming area by passing through the clan district and saw some Kümo Shinobi passing by the hyūga estate. He flagged a shimmer to keep watch of the hyūga until he met with his guardian shimmer letter that day. After enjoying the festival with ino and tenten he regrouped with guardian shimmer. "Naruto-kun, the Uchiha, Yamanaka, and aburame clans were being watched because they're the ones that have the easiest to gather information."

The hyūga are also being watched, maybe for the same reason."

"Well Naruto-kun, you watch the hyūga compound after sunset and have some of the other shimmers help."

With a nod Naruto geared up and went to the hyūga compound at sunset. It was only a few minutes before he saw Kümo Shinobi vault the compound Wall carrying a large sack on his shoulder. It was more surprising that it was moving and immediately confronted the man.

"Get out of my way brat or I'll kill you."

"Make me you pedophile."

The Kümo jōnin kicked Naruto hard and fast enough that he couldn't react in time and ended in a loud pop.

"Shadow clones!"

"Yes sir" said a chorus of small blonde clones. There were so many that one of Naruto's clones managed to get the sack away from the Kümo ninja.

Noticing that Some of his clones managed to get the attention of some ANBU were getting closer because of his clones that kept popping. The rest of the Naruto clones were aggravating the monk Shinobi and he was getting more and more enraged. Wanting to be out of the village with his mission target in hand he decides to finish off the kid in his way.

"If I have to kill a child to get my mission finished I will. Lightning style: landfall!"

Above everyone a thunderbolt fell from the sky down towards Naruto. He was only able to survive with a kyūūbi enhanced great breakthrough. The clash of jutsu also alerted every high level Shinobi in the clan district including the hōkage in the sarūtobi clan compound. Hirūzen and his high level jōnin from the hyūga, Nara, Yamanaka, Akïmichi, Inūzuka, and aburame clans surrounded Naruto and the Kümo delegate as well as the ANBU that showed themselves after the hōkage arrived.

"What is going on here, Naruto. Why are you, a four year old, in combat with a jōnin delegate from Kümo?"

A certain cat mask wearing ANBU stepped up to answer for Naruto." I can answer that, hōkage-sama. I was doing my rounds and saw Naruto-kun walking through the clan district on his way home. He saw this Kümo delegate vaulting the walls of the hyūga estate and pursued him. I Checked the area for any fallen comrades before I followed them as I didn't know the reason for the delegates retreat from the estate. I saw two unconscious hyūga guards and immediately went to confront the delegate. Only to see the area flooded with shadow clones. Young Naruto was able to put up such a good fight that not only was he able to get whatever the link Shinobi was trying to leave with stay from him, but he was also able to enrage the Shinobi enough for him to use an a-rank lightning jutsu called lightning style landfall. Naruto used a powerful wind technique to counter the lighting style which had awoken everyone here."

"She's right. That's everything I've done up till now. I had to use almost all of my remaining chakra for that last technique. Since all of you are here I can sleep now." Naruto said right before succumbing to unconsciousness.

While Naruto was explaining his part one of the ANBU knocked out the Kümo nin to take him to the T&I department where they checked him thoroughly for suicide pills and death seals before starting their search for information. Suddenly a young girl was walking out from behind a tree.

"Is Naruto-kun alright. His clone disappeared and I got worried."

Hiashi got pissed really fast."

"I want that Kümo ninja's head!" Hiashi yelled.

Hirūzen now understood what went on. The Kümo nin had orders to kidnap the heir of the hyūga main branch family and almost killed their jinchūriki.

"Believe me Hiashi, I understand where you're coming from and how you feel. I see Naruto-kun there as my own grandson and had he not had the training he does or if Cat wasn't here when the blast went off we would have come across a dead Naruto and you wouldn't have a daughter. Kümo will answer for this after we get some results from the T&I department. Until then Hiashi, you will take your daughter home and i will take Naruto-kun here to the hōkage tower so he can rest with me near. He is a brave four year old and he more than likely stopped what could have been a declaration of war from kumo."

With this said, everyone vacated the area and the hokage took naruto to the hokage tower and he didn't wake up for a week as he spent way too much of his own chakra and even used some of the fox's. When naruto did wake up he saw that he was in the hospital and racked with muscle fatigue.

"What's up with the bright lights? Where am i? Why does it hurt to move? Why do I feel so hungry and tired at the same time?

"I can answer all your questions Naruto-kun"

"Hokage-jiji! I'm glad you're here!"

"I'm glad you're alright Naruto-kun. You're in the hospital so that explains the bright lights. You also fainted from chakra exhaustion so that explains the way you feel, but you did manage to save the girl your clones took from the kumo ninja. The hyuga family wants to thank you and the raikage wants to speak to you as well" Hiruzen said with a smile.

"WHAT?!" Naruto yelled wondering what a foreign kàge wants with a four year old. Although he was constantly feeling like he did something wrong, hirūzen was trying to assure the young blonde that nothing wrong was done.

Hirūzen returned to his office with Naruto to meet with the fourth raîkage Ay. While going through the necessary pleasantries of kagés Naruto sat with his mind racing töbirama sensei was there doing his best to comfort the young blonde with no avail until Naruto heard the raîkage ask about who incapacitated his Shinobi.

"Lord raîkage, I'm sure you'd be surprised when you see him. I was surprised when I saw the explosion the two caused when they clashed. Naruto-kun, would you be so kind as to explain what happened in your encounter with the kümo nin?"

"Yes, hōkage-sama." Naruto said in his most formal posture and tone that töbirama and his guardian shimmer drilled into him for situations like this. The face of the raîkage was priceless. Ay couldn't believe that a four year old had taken down an elite jōnin of kümo. Though when the young blonde explained how everything happened from his perspective, Ay thought it more and more suspicious that a four year old child could do even half of the things that were explained. He could believe them if it were a gēnin. There was something familiar about the child though.

"Young boy, if I'm to believe a single word you say if true, and not a false take that hirūzen if forcing you to tell, I'm going to have to see your talents first hand. If perchance that your talents with chakra are a fallacy and you went along with this foolish old man's plan to place the blame on my country, I will declare war on the leaf and kill you where you stand. Am I understood?"

Both the hōkage and Naruto nodded their heads to show that they understood at a quick pace.

"Lord raîkage, Naruto would need another day for recovery, on the doctor's orders of course. The demonstration will be held in two days in the sarūtobi training grounds." Hirūzen said while ending the meeting. After the two days of Naruto being forced to rest, Naruto met with hirūzen and Ay.

"Listen well, young one. This is for me to see with my own eyes all that you are capable of. There is nothing for you to fear but I just have trouble believing that a child as young as you could fill a clearing with shadow clones and overwhelm a jōnin let alone matchan a-rank lighting jutsu with its natural counterpart at a lower level."

"Naruto-kun, you only have to demonstrate the same skills that you used when you faced the jōnin oh that night. If you wish to reveal any other skills you may have worked on you may but do not reveal anything personal." The hōkage warned him.

" Understood hōkage-sama."

Naruto demonstrated his proficiency in both the shadow clone jutsu and the wind style great breakthrough, then he showed his ability with tree climbing and substitution as his solid transformations and his crude attempt at the fireball jutsu.

" Most impressive young one. Can you tell me exactly which jutsu my Shinobi used against you?"

"Yes Raîkage-sama. I believe he said raiton landfall."

With this the raîkage's eyes went wide.

"That is one of our kinjutsu simply for the fact that it's suicidal to even attempt it as it is nearly impossible to control where it strikes at had enough electrical current to turn ones own blood to jelly. The fact that you were able to overload a simple d-rank jutsu to negate the damage from a high a-rank or possibly S-rank kinjutsu amazes me. I want to see if you can use this. I'm going to go slowly and I want you to copy my hand signs as I do them"

While the raîkage went through the hand signs, Naruto followed him exactly.

"Lightning style six rods prison"

With both of them calling the technique the both of them bound each other in rods of lightning immobilizing each other for a few moments. With both of them being bound by each other their chakra was to disturbed and their bindings dissipated.

"Hōkage-sama, is this boy who I think he is?" The raîkage asked the aging hōkage. The only answer received was a nod indicating yes, and the raîkage knew what he was to do next.

"Naruto-kun, I have something to tell you."

When Naruto approached the raîkage he stopped to listen to the powerful man.

"Naruto-kun, I fought your father in the last war. He was one of the few men to defeat me and my brother. I owed him a favor before he passed and I'll extend this favor to you, no questions asked and within reason. You will be able to ask me for this favor when you become a full Shinobi. For now practice the six rod prison and perfect your chakra control to the point where you can balance on a single senbon on water. And if you can go further then do so. I would like to see you in Kümo soon. I think there are two young ladies that I am fairly close to and I think one of them may understand how the villagers treat you more than me or the hōkage ever would."

With this being heard Naruto just nods and thanks the raîkage for the invitation.

"Hōkage-sama, if we could truly conduct the meeting for the treaty I would like to have little Naruto here, and another of your choosing to be ambassadors to kümo. If you would like to cement this treaty further I would consider an arranged marriage if you see it necessary with the young blonde." When hearing about the confirmation of the treaty from the raikage and even the marriage proposal towards young Naruto for the future, the hokage couldn't help but to inwardly grin. " Thank you for your diplomacy lord Raikage-sama, I see you are not as unruly as rumors make you uot to be. The only stipulation I have with the treaty conditions is that naruto won't be an ambassador until he at least becomes chunin. The marriage candidates must be at the oldest ten years older than him and must be agreed upon by both parties. If either naruto or the lady you choose does not go along with the marriage then it is called off. Is this comprehensible?" As the conditions of the treaty between the two villages were exchanged, Naruto thought it a good chance to think about the abilities he could possibly possess in his coming future until a pair of hyuga came up to him.

"Are you the boy that saved my daughter?" the tall man asked

"Yes, I am. What can I help you with, sir?" Naruto answered with help from his guardian shimmer

" My name is Hiashi Hyuga, as head of the entire hyuga clan, I deeply thank you for saving my daughter. If there is anything that troubles you or any way the hyuga clan can help you in any way do not hesitate to come to us.

After a moment of shock from everyone around the hyuga, Naruto followed his shimmer's

directions on how to respond.

" I appreciate the sentiment of hiashi-sama, but the thanks is unnecessary. I only followed what I believed was the correct course of action to secure the safety of a fellow villager but a friend is always wanted if anything was to be gained."

When hearing Naruto's response, Hiashi could only remember how alone Naruto currently was as the fox container before giving an answer.

" Naruto, you and all future uzumaki are welcomed in the hyuuga compound and when you become a clan head I will be looking to secure a clan alliance between us."

This time it was the kage who were surprised at the declaration as clan alliances weren't heard of since before the first shinobi war.

"Naruto, accept it. Clan alliances are nothing to scoff at and they are extremely rare. These things usually don't happen." guardian shimmer exclaimed

Nidaime Hokage offered his opinion " he's right even before Konoha was formed clan alliances were rare and highly treasured and usually sealed with marriage or blood contracts between the heads of the clans and their two advisors at the time of the alliance forging."

With this knowledge but not fully understanding it naruto accepts the alliance

" I won't need that long to decide. I may not have done any of this to gain anything besides friendship and to offer any help I can but I will gladly accept a future clan alliance. We can discuss specifics when I become chunin."

While the treaty between the leaf and the cloud was decided. Naruto returned to his home to rest for the rest of the morning before chakra control training for the day.