Naruto and Sasuke stood outside of Tazuna's house, Sakura, Sai, and Tazuna remained inside because Naruto had requested privacy, and after the strength he displayed, who were they to deny it? 

"Ask away, Sasuke," Naruto said as he put his hands in his pockets, his face serious for once as he met Sasuke's glare with a ready look. 

"Why do you have the Sharingan?!" Was his first question. Naruto shrugged.

"I was born with it. I activated it when my parents died in the Kyuubi Attack along with these," Two chains sprouted at the bottom of his back as the golden chains slowly set themselves down on the ground. 

Sasuke was silent for a moment before he gathered the courage to ask another question. "Did you know my brother, Itachi?" Naruto's serious face suddenly changed to one of sadness. 

"Yes." He whispered. 

Blood. Blood. Itachi's blood. Dripping off of his hands. Sasuke disappeared and Itachi was standing in front of him, blood seeping out of his mouth, a giant hole in his chests, his Mangekyou Sharingan blazing into his eyes. 

"How did my brother die?" 

"I killed him," Naruto responded. Sasuke's eyes widened as he looked at his sensei, taking a step back. This man had killed his older brother? "He was my best friend. He wanted to be killed by me, I think, he deactivated his jutsu just in time for me to pierce him with my Raikiri." 

"Does that mean. . ." Sasuke trailed off. Naruto nodded. 

"Yes, Itachi was my little brother of sorts. We graduated from the academy at the same time and went to the Chunin Exams together, when he died, I gained the Mangekyou Sharingan. It's a cursed power. Sasuke, your family was my family when my parents died, when Itachi died, he made me promise to protect you, and I've done just that." 

"Protect me?!" Sasuke asked in a voice that was in a rage. "You protected me?! You didn't do shit for me! I didn't even know you existed until you became my sensei!"

"The village needs to the Sharingan, Sasuke, I am not an Uchiha on paper. Most people don't even know I possess these eyes of mine. You would've been put under the CRA as soon as you turned into a ninja if it wasn't for me." 

"The CRA? What is that?" Naruto sighed. 

"An old law created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju to stop those clans with Kekkei Genkai from going extinct, meaning the last remaining members would soon be bred to make more offspring so the village would stay in power." Sasuke's eyes widened in horror. 

"But that's so morbid!" Naruto nodded.

"Hence why I forbid them from doing so." Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"What do you mean forbid them?" 

Flashback

"When Sasuke Uchiha comes of age he must be put under the Clan Restoration Act! The Uchiha were valuable assets to the village and cannot be lost!" One of the civilian council members said, pounding their fist onto the table. 

"I agree, Hokage-sama," Koharu, an elder of the village and a retired ninja, said. "The Sharingan is too useful to lose." 

"Sorry, I'm late!" A sixteen-year-old Naruto shouted as he burst into the council room, carrying several different books and such, obviously rushing from the library. "The old goat wouldn't let me leave without checking all these out!" He sat down at his seat. 

"So, what are we talking about today? Politics? Well, of course, politics, but anything specific?" He asked. 

"We were debating if Sasuke Uchiha should be put under the CRA." A random member spoke. Naruto's grin suddenly lessened significantly. 

"No need to debate anymore, he won't," Naruto said. "Now, what else are we talking about?" Hiruzen closed his eyes and tried to hide his smirk. He was against the CRA to begin with, but he was going to wait for the Council's decision before he immediately vetoed the idea. Seems like Naruto would shut this down quickly enough though. 

"I don't think you understand the significance this meeting holds, Namikaze." Homura, an elder like Koharu. "This is a big deal, we must decide whether the Sharingan holds enough importance to put Sasuke Uchiha under the CRA." 

"It isn't, and even if it was, you will not put Sasuke Uchiha under the CRA, and that is final," Naruto said a little bit more sternly. "Now, are we going to move on or am I just that late that this meeting is over?" 

"You will hold your tongue or-" Koharu began shouting before Naruto stood up, his chair skidding behind him. His blonde hair was shadowing his eyes as he had two hands on the large table that they all sat at. 

"Or what? I'll be removed from this meeting? I think not Koharu-san. You will not test me the way you think you can test anybody else here. Do not mistake my kind words and happy appearance to be a sign of weakness. I am not weak. I am saying that Sasuke Uchiha will not be put under the CRA, and if anybody has a problem with this statement, then please," He suddenly looked up, his Mangekyou Sharingan spinning violently, his eyes were bloodshot. 

"Feel free to try, but be prepared to kill me, for I will not give up even if my legs are cut off, or even if my arms are rid of my body, as long as I am conscious, I will fight for the boy, no matter the cost." 

"You would even poise your blade towards the village's throat?" Hiashi Hyuga questioned an unemotional gaze meeting Naruto's determined eyes. 

"No. Matter. The. Cost." Naruto said between gritted teeth. "I don't want to betray by village, but if it means protecting Sasuke. . ." He trailed off, letting their imaginations to do the rest of the thinking. 

"What you are saying is nothing less than treason!" Tsume Inuzuka barked out, glaring at Naruto. The temperature in the room decreased suddenly, their breath suddenly becoming visible as condensation flooded the room. 

"Then, by all means, kill me like a traitor, tell ya what," A crack came from his finger as his chakra slowly leaked out of his body. "I'll give ya the first shot, see how that goes!" Tsume felt the cold air enter her lungs as her body began shaking. 

The teenager was now a silhouette in the room, the only thing they could see were his bright red eyes that seemed ready to slaughter at any given second. What was this presence? How could a child be able to hold such power? 

How powerful was Naruto Namikaze?

"That's enough, Naruto." Hiruzen spoke quietly, but that simple sentence was enough to make Naruto suddenly change his demeanor back to its old happy one. 

"Sorry, gramps. Got carried away." Hiruzen sighed and rubbed the wrinkles on his forehead. 

"Sasuke Uchiha will not be put under the CRA, as a matter of fact, I am abolishing that ridiculous law altogether." 

"Hokage-sama!" Chouza Akimichi yelled as he stood up, slamming his large hand on the table. "You can't be serious!" 

"What if Sasuke were a woman hm? What you're suggesting wouldn't be anything but rape. I will not tolerate such a law, and if you wish to appeal my decision, I suggest going to the Daimyo himself, but be warned," The room suddenly filled with Hiruzen's chakra as he glared at Chouza. "Going behind my back is not a very good idea." 

"Y-Yes, Hokage-sama." Naruto was at the door but had frozen when he heard Hiruzen's small speech as well as his killing intent. A smirk developed on the teen's face. 

Yes. 

He was now on par with the old man. He knew it. 

Now to go even further. 

Flashback End 

"Itachi made sure to make me promise to protect you, Sasuke. I will not break that promise for as long as I live." The man said as he suddenly poked Sasuke in the forehead much like Itachi did the younger of the two when he was alone with Sasuke. "Itachi loved you no matter what, and I will help you accomplish your dreams, I promise." Naruto gave him a small smile before he began walking away. "Now come inside, dinners gonna be ready soon." 

"So, who hired you?" Naruto asked a tied up Zabuza. Next to the hulking of a missing-nin, was a petite teenager named Haku, who was just looking at the ground peacefully. 

"Nope."

"Please?"

"Nada."

"You know I could crawl deep within your mind and find out if I really wanted to?"

"You're no Yamanaka." Naruto cursed in his head as he suddenly sat in front of Zabuza.

"How much are you getting paid for this job?" Zabuza was quiet. "Well, if you open your mouth and speak, then I'll double whatever you're getting paid." Haku's eyes widened as he looked at his master with surprise. 

"Zabuza-sama!" Haku said in an incredulous manner.

"Quiet, Haku," Zabuza ordered. He met Naruto's eyes. "I am a missing ninja, sure, but I am also a prideful shinobi. I will not betray my employer by going to the next highest bidder, I'm sure you would feel the same way if my employer offered you double the amount the old man downstairs offered you." Naruto actually chuckled. 

"Huh, and here I thought I had you pegged. You're quite respectable ya know? Anyways, guess my scare tactics have to come in, I hate having to do this." He walked over to the bedroom door and locked it, it clicking shut. 

He made a single hand sign and placed his finger on the door, a weird black marking appearing on the door. "This is a prisoner seal. It will make sure nothing gets out, not even noise or chakra, and there are only certain ways to deactivate it that only I know of," Naruto turned around, his eyes red with a single vertical sharp line going straight down the middle of each eye. "I created it after all."

"You can't torture me, Namikaze, I have a stronger will than you think." Naruto let out a small chuckle. 

"I rarely have to resort to torture, Zabuza-san, I usually leave that for my psycho friend. No, what I like to do," The room was suddenly as cold as ice, their breath being visible in the air as Haku looked at Naruto with surprise in his eyes, but he found himself unable to speak. 

"Is something entirely different," Zabuza felt his spine shiver as he looked into Naruto's vermillion eyes and suddenly fear entered his entire being. This man was no man. The look in his eyes, the murderous intent surrounding the air like a thick mist that not even he could create with all the chakra he had, a man could not this. 

He was a devil. 

Then there was nothing but warmth. The cold was gone, and now a pleasant warmth flooded Zabuza and Haku as Naruto was now a bright glowing yellow color, a cloak surrounding him with several black markings surrounding him with his hair flowing up into the air like two horns. 

Now he was like an angel?! What was this? Genjutsu? No, there no chakra in the air, not the type to create a genjutsu anyway. 

"Calm down, Zabuza," Naruto said in a quiet tone before he went back to his normal form. "Now tell me, who do you work for?" What type of interrogation was this?  Why did he want to run as far away as he could away from the Namikaze as well as run towards the warmth he had? What was this conflicting feeling in him?

"Answer my question first," Zabuza got out. "When we first met, tell me, how much were you holding back?" Naruto gave him a small smile. 

"Zabuza Momoichi, I could've killed you exactly thirty-three thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven times in our fight. That means I've spared you that many times too, I dislike killing, especially when I don't need to." Zabuza chuckled under his bandages. 

"I believe you, compared to you, I'm just a blade of grass compared to your mountain. I'll tell you who I work for." 

He then told Naruto everything regarding from his failed revolution in Kiri to working for Gato as a hired thug. By the end, Naruto was looking at Haku with a faraway look in his eyes before he suddenly shook his head. 

"Okay, now, I'll give you two choices and only two." He said, holding up two fingers. "One, you can leave and go look for work elsewhere, kill Gato if you like and steal his money, or two," A small grin appeared on his face. "Come join the Hidden Leaf, I can guarantee your safety." 

Haku's eyes widened at the last few words of Naruto's sentence. 

"Bah, I thank you for the offer, but I decline, I'm not good with others." Naruto shrugged as the binding that tied Haku and Zabuza to the wall was slashed instantly. 

"Understandable. Then I expect you to leave the citizens of Wave alone." Zabuza nodded. 

"Yeah yeah, got it." Haku and Zabuza began walking out of the door and Naruto waved them off before walking back in the house where he was greeted by his subordinates. 

"You got him to stop attacking Tazuna-san?" Sakura asked in a skeptical tone. Naruto nodded.

"Yep, he won't be bothering anybody here anymore. So let's just rest up and chill for a little bit, hm?" 

And done. How was it? Good? Bad? Tell me!

Anyways, yeah.

Til next time my lil demons!