Before You Proceed:
1. After this chapter, there will be a time skip. A very important time skip that won't be very long but will still contribute to the story.
2. This is the end chapter of the Wave Arc. See end notes for more details.
3. Some very important backstory will be revealed in this chapter (More about the mysterious Anbu sensei that Naruto had)
4. Some of you will be confused with the pacing of this story, so in the endnotes, I will write out a timeline.
5. WE HAVE A HAREM!! It will mostly be kept a secret though, so don't expect too much. You know what this means though? Most of the ships you guys want will be in there!

Naruto forced himself to keep his trigger down, sucking in a breath and staring at the little man. And the many thugs behind him.
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Naruto tried to keep himself from going haywire as the man clapped again and laughed cockily, staring at the group.

"Men, when you're done with the others, bring me the girl with black hair and the girl with blond. They'll be able to please me for a while."

Naruto felt his heart rate speed up and beat painfully against his chest. His eyes lingered too long, his muscles screaming at him to move and crush this man into bits and pieces. Memories flashed through his mind, bouncing from one ear to the other and out his eyes. With a simple withdraw of chakra, the mask dropped off of his face and onto the ground, clacking against the stone.

Step by step, Naruto moved forward. His eyes glowed an ominous red, blackness crawling into his scleras giving them a nice hue. Suddenly, the dilated pupil slitted so far that it seemed almost non-existent in the sea of red, four large tomoe growing themselves from thin air and spinning wildly within his eye.

Taking a now clawed hand, he reached into his kunai pocket to pull out three sewing needles. Three drops of water swirled into existence, each dripping onto the sewing needles discreetly enough that nobody could notice it. (A/N: Jutsu first appears in chapter nine) With a quiet flick of his wrist, the tips of the sewing needles dug themselves into the stomachs of the three men in front, the point where you would thread the string through the needle angled towards the sky so that the water dripped down to the tip. The men stared confusedly at the needles, bringing their hands up to pull them out.

The water was lined with chakra.

"Suiton: Mizu no Kakudai no Jutsu!" Naruto shouted, bringing his hands up into a ram seal. The men exploded into a shower of red, watery blood splashing everywhere. Gato stared at Naruto in a mix of confusion and shock, mouth opening to reveal cracked and yellowed teeth. Naruto gritted his own at the sight in disgust.

Kakashi watched as Naruto turned and stared at him. The jonin felt a shiver run down his spine as Naruto walked over to him as doll-like as a person could be. When he walked past, their shoulders brushed over each other.

Naruto whispered something softly, eyes falling to the ground as if to make up for tears. Kakashi's eyes glazed over, but he nodded along. After a few moments pause, he opened his jonin vest and used a gloved hand to reach inside. The hand revealed itself, holding a letter with the kanji for "Student" on it. He handed it to Naruto reluctantly, looking down.

Naruto glanced at the paper before (A/N: idk what he did with the sword but imma just say that he had it the whole time.) sealing it into his henge-d sword. He brought his middle and index fingers up into a cross. In a puff of smoke, another Naruto appeared.

The clone jogged over to Menma, taking down the Mokuton (which still hasn't been explained possible lmao) shield and lightly tapping Naruko and Satsuki away. Naruko was a bit stubborn.

"Y-Yo-You! W-What are you d-doing?! A-Are you g-going to hurt him m-more?!"

"That was, honestly, an accident," The clone chirped, hands engulfed in red chakra. "So I'm going to heal him! But, y'know, if he has a scar after this, that's nobody's fault."

The clone smiled and spoke again. "Because he once had the Kyuubi inside of him, his body won't reject its chakra. That means that either it will only take a few hours to heal him, or I might need to just send in the chakra. Remember how a hole was ripped through my stomach?"

Naruko and Kakashi lurched, but since Gato was still stunned he couldn't say anything.

"That might happen to him! After he heals, I might need to take the chakra back."

"Why?"

"He might go haywire and into Kyuubi mode. Even though he had control of it, because it was sent from me, there's no telling what could happen."

Naruko nodded along as the Naruclone started sending chakra into the boy's system.

On the other side of the field, Naruto had made three more clones who all had hands full of soaking wet sewing needles. The thugs were screaming as more and more exploded into puddles of red, each leaving nothing but a bloody needle behind. Soon, there was only Gato left on the field, the battle having been won quickly.

The others stared in fright at Naruto as the clones popped out of existence, leaving only bloodstains behind.

Gato stared blankly, hands trembling at his sides. In the span of three minutes, Naruto had managed to wipe out his whole army.

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Flashback - Naruto (Age 3)

Naruto sobbed hysterically. His Jiji was leaving him for another scary man in a mask, for the sixth time.

Ever since he was just a baby, the Sandaime Hokage didn't want to give the little brunette to an orphanage when he was older. He was told by his grandfather figure that he was supposed to be in an orphanage when he was four. But, Hiruzen got very sick one day and decided it was time to choose a new Hokage-fill-in (until Minato returned) early.

With all the new paperwork, he didn't have the time nor the heart to send Naruto to an orphanage, but, it also meant that Hiruzen also had no time to take care of a baby.

Minato was his last decision, of course. He didn't trust the brat anymore, even after knowing what the blonde had been through. Nobody, under any circumstances, should abandon a child just to train the others. Even if the two they decided to train almost died.

Orochimaru was his first choice but his old student was currently on a long-term mission. He and Anko wouldn't be back until Naruto was five or six.

So, since then, Hiruzen had been giving Naruto off to some Anbu on their break. He tried to give Naruto to Anbu Dog, but Kakashi (being only twelve at the time) was way too young for that responsibility. Especially after his father, Hatake Sakumo, abandoned him at an orphanage and left the village. So, the first Anbu he gave Naruto to was Anbu Snake.

Mitarashi Anko was fourteen. She accepted the mission and took care of Naruto until the boy was eighteen months old. She would still be caring for him today if she hadn't gone on the long-term mission with Orochimaru.

The next five Anbu the god of shinobi chose were all abusive and tried to kill Naruto. Anbu Ox, Owl, Frog, Lizard, and Dragon were all Naruto's caretakers for the next year. It was unpleasant, to say the least.

Now, Hiruzen had finally found someone reliable. An Anbu by the name of Hawk. This Anbu was an Inuzuka, whos ninken had died during a torture session two months before. As therapy and as something to do on his two-year break, Hiruzen decided that the thirty-year-old would take care of Naruto.

So, now the normally bubbly little boy was screaming and crying in fear, fear of being hurt again.

"Please, jiji-! I promise I'll be good, just please don't leave me to anyone else! Don't you love me?" Naruto sobbed, clasping his hands together and staring at his jiji with wide eyes.

"He's already agreed and he's already here. Now, stop making a fuss or I'll cut off your allowance for a while," Hiruzen chirped happily.

And, as if on cue, the door swung open. The air went cold and still, coal eyes glinting with fear. Electric blue orbs glowed in the dim room, suffocatingly empty and cold. Naruto reeled back at the new emotions, breath quickening and shortening.

"... Isamu, why don't you introduce yourself to Naruto?"

Isamu looked up at Hiruzen, before looking back down at Naruto. "This is Naruto?"

Naruto flinched violently, ducking his head. Isamu snorted, cracking his fingers and smirking (though it seemed quite empty).

"He looks like he has zero potential. I'm here to change that, right?"

The brunette in question perked up slightly. This didn't sound like the others did. Anko-chan sounded tough and mean. All the others sounded raged and winded. Isamu just sounded... cold, fake, and tough. Monotone. e m p t y.

"Hey, you," Naruto looked up. Isamu looked him straight in the eyes, and finally, Naruto had the chance to look him up and down.

The Inuzuka's hair was short and messy like most Inuzukas hairs were like. He had narrowed, electric blue eyes. His skin was tanned, and marring it right underneath his left eye (A/N: If you know One Piece, imagine Luffy's scar placement) was a thick pink scar. His hitai-ate was around his neck. He wore the standard jonin outfit but his navy undershirt was sleeveless. He wore gloves that went up to his forearm, but the rest of his arms that was shown were covered in thin white scars.

"Huh?" Naruto took a breath. Isamu paused.

"Do you want to be a shinobi?"

Flashback end.

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The corners of Naruto's lips perked slightly at the memory. His mentor's first lesson had been to "never draw out a fight longer than you need to", and so that's where he was today. Fighting a madman with no potential and trying desperately to fix his own mistakes. He has already sinned of course (A/N: Not in that way, all y'all perverts. Naruto will be a virgin forever! *Rainbows appear out of nowhere*), but when you kill once it's easier to do it again.

"... Kakashi-nii?"

Kakashi looked up at Naruto. "Na- A-Arashi?"

"..." Naruto looked up at him, eyes flashing and fading from their red and black hue to their normal white and charcoal. They glittered in a type of honest emotion, one that Kakashi had (horrifyingly) never seen before.

Naruto walked over to the mask that had dropped to the ground, picking it up and hooking it to his kunai pouch. 

"I think that you should leave," he mumbled quietly after standing up straight and elegantly brushing off his pants. "Like, now."

Kakashi looked back to the team. Satsuki was stunned, eyes glazed over and mouth hanging open slightly. Naruko was watching over Menma as the clone kept healing the boy. And, Sai... Sai was watching them with narrowed eyes. His left leg was covered in blood, but he didn't seem to mind.

"... Yeah. We'll leave tomorrow."

That's when Satsuki snapped out of her daze. Her eyes flashed a brilliant red.

"I refuse! No matter if my Naruto-kun is a monster or not, he's still my Naruto-kun! I'm staying with him!"

And that was all Naruto needed to hear to feel betrayed.

"S-Sa-Satsu-ki... Y-You think I'm... A-A m-m-monster?"

Her mouth snapped shut. Her eyes glittered with tears, fear lacing her posture as she turned her head to the side. Her hands balled up the loose gravel underneath her, scratching her fingertips. "I-I..." She didn't know whether, to tell the truth or to tell a lie. But Naruto already knew what she wanted to really say.

"You... You were my everything. My sister... My heart... I- I lived off of you! I... I killed for you!" Naruto whispered harshly, anger and despair knotting his stomach and filling his lungs. "I TRUSTED you! I... I LOVED you! Satsuki..."

"Which is why..." Satsuki mumbled, looking him in the eyes. Everything stilled, their hearts, the light, the whispering in Naruto's mind-

"I don't know if I hate you, or if I love you, Uzumaki Naruto."

Darkness. A swirl of despair, and suddenly Naruto's eyes changed.

A different pattern resided in them (picture above). Mangekyou.

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Lightning.

Darkness.

Blood.

Darkness.

Running.

Darkness.

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In a flash of black, Naruto's clone, Naruto, and Zabuza disappeared and a gaping hole appeared in Gato's stomach.

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Timeskip (Next Morning)

Zabuza quietly knocked on the wood door to the guest bedroom. It creaked open slightly, signalling that it had been open the whole time. Zabuza just stood there awkwardly as the door slowly swung open to reveal a sleeping Naruto, half naked. Zabuza walked over to him, footsteps creaking the shiny wood.

The room was simple, dark oak accenting it with white fabric on any furniture. There was minimalistic design, just a simple dresser beside the queen-sized bed. Atop the dresser was a potted plant of Blue Camassia, just starting to bloom. On the right side of the room was a large white window with phantom white curtains, the only thing letting light into the room. There was a small basket at one corner of the room, and at the other a small white armchair. 

Zabuza took hold of the younger's shoulder, shaking him slightly. Naruto tensed underneath him, eyes opening blearily. Zabuza felt a pang in his heart at the sight. His eyes are still red and puffy.

Flashback - Naruto (The night before)

Naruto dropped to the hardwood floor, letting go of Zabuza. The clone had already long dispelled, sending him the painful memories that rattled his body. Pain. All he could think of was the pain. Eternal pain, excruciating. Engulfing him. 

Zabuza shun-shinned away, noticing that the boy needed time for himself.

Naruto wailed loudly. Sobs wracked his body, throat twisting as he hugged himself tightly. Hands clenched against his clothes, balling them into his fists.

He cried, longing for someone to hold him close. He leaned against the door, seeking warmth. He screamed and screeched, tears falling from his eyes non-stop. Eyes shut tightly in sadness, winding himself and sobbing. Betrayal flooded his mind, voices telling him that even Satsuki had replaced him with his siblings.

He hiccuped and cried and screamed non-stop. Hours passed, the pain faded, but the knots remained. Aches, shadows of people staring at him with displeasure. His eyes were an angry red, tomoe swirling in them slowly as if to calm him down. The voices in his head were still screaming at him, but his tears had flowed to a stop. He stood up wobbly, knees giving out under him almost instantly.

He hiccuped when he was caught by a pair of strong arms. He sighed softly, brokenly so, and let himself be carried away to the bedroom and placed on the bed. Zabuza left the room after tucking him in, turning off the lights and closing the door behind him.

Naruto opened his eyes in the darkness, blood red glowing in the eerie moonlight.

"Fear. She's afraid of me."

Flashback end.

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Naruto slowly sat up, wrapping his warm blanket around him and rubbing his eyes. "Zabu-nii?" Naruto asked, the silent question behind it hanging in the air. Zabuza blinked, an emotionless expression crossing his face.

"Your teammates are leaving today. Do you want to go say goodbye before they return to Konoha?" The masked nin asked, watching Naruto closely.

Naruto hesitated slightly. His half-lidded eyes widened slightly, the fuzzy light in his irises being replaced by a clear, sad one before disappearing again. He gripped the blanket slightly, the silence in the room growing seconds and seconds more. He grimaced slightly, eyes sliding cutely to the side and mouth forming a strained smile. Zabuza, like Kakashi before, felt his face heat up under his mask (bandage made, this time). 

Finally, the raven spoke. Soft-voiced, hurt, tongue-twistingly so.

"I'll say goodbye. I'm sorry if this is troubling you."

Zabuza nodded slightly, turning back so that the younger wasn't able to see the creeping blush on his face. "Get dressed. We're leaving in five."

And left.

Naruto sat still for a few seconds, still staring at the door. Oh man, how Jarod would be proud. Wait what? Who's Jarod? The FAKE GOD that's who! FINALLOCKWITHINVINCIBLEKEY-

Naruto blinked dumbly. He quietly noted his sudden outbreak, and finally built up enough psych to kick his feet over the edge of the bed and stand up on his wobbly legs. He ignored the cold floor on his bare feet and stepped over to the light switch by the door, muscles rippling and crunching with every step.

Once he flipped on the lights, he stretched. clasping his hands together and pulling them above his head tightly, eyes clenching as he let them fall and then rolled his shoulders. He noticed that he didn't have any clothes with him other than the ones he had worn yesterday (and the day before that, and the day before that...). He slipped off the pyjama bottoms that he borrowed from Zabuza, the cold air brushing his skin and easing goosebumps onto it. As he slipped into his pants and pulled his shirt and hoodie over his head, his mind trailed off.

Satsuki. Satsuki hated him. It was plain, simple, all that. After all, she had called him by his old name; forgotten name, if you will. The emotions in her eyes were painfully obvious... painfully... easy to read.

Too easy, if you may.

He shut his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. Tears fell from his eyes at the memory against his efforts. He rubbed his eyes and composed himself, finally finishing dressing and stepping outside.

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Timeline-

(in order of age)

Birth: Kyuubi attack, Menma and Naruko almost die.

Age - 6 months old: The Hokage family leaves the village.

Age - 3 years old: Naruto is given Isamu as a sensei.

Age - 5 and a half years old: Isamu dies.

Age - 6 years old: Naruto is adopted by the Uchihas, unlocks his Sharingan.

Age - 7 years old: Naruto and Satsuki are attacked. Naruto unlocks Sharingan stage 2.

Age - 7 and a half-13 years old: Naruto completes stage 2 of his Sharingan.

Age - 13 years old: The Hokage family returns, Naruto put on Team 7.

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next update will be out on wednesday any questions please leave them in the comments below and i will answer them im so sorry it took so long

but i now know how long chapters work out for me so lol never trying that out again

this is the end of the wave arc, which means there will be a 6 month time skip until the next major arc.

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