Ten Tailed Puppet Master (from fanfic.net)

Chapter 7

It had been four years since Naruto had begun training in the Kugutsu no Jutsu and it had been an interesting four years. Not three days after Naruto was approached by the Sandaime about what he did to those bandit camps and he revealed so much information to the old man did Sarutobi call Naruto in to explode in his face about the dangers of what he did, and that it was insanely reckless for an 8-year-old child, trained in ninjutsu or not, to have attacked a bandit camp. Even when Naruto explained he had trained in methods to defend himself if they had found him while his puppets were attacked, Hiruzen made Naruto promise to never do anything stupid like that again. Unfortunately, Naruto had to abide by this promise, as even if he snuck out and destroyed more bandit camps, the same rumors that sold him out the first time would do so again, and he'd be on the chopping block for Ojii-san's anger. Not everything was all bad; Naruto had managed to seek out a kenjutsu instructor while he was in the Academy, so he could give Gilgamesh an actual style instead of just throwing him into a fight and swing his blades around. A Gekkou Hayate, if he remembered correctly. The Jounin was an odd man, always coughing up something awful, which he looked, too. Always pale, in a cold sweat, dark circles under his eyes. Anyway, he had the basics of a fierce kenjutsu style down, and he had managed to transfer it into Gilgamesh, which he also had to train in the needed chakra strings for the behemoth of a puppet; it was truly massive. In the beginning of its 'life', under Naruto's control, it lumbered around like a curious child, and was rather slow. After a month or two of training in his chakra control over the massive thing, combined with the dexterity his kenjutsu training gave him, Gilgamesh moved fluidly now.

In his second year in the Academy, tragedy struck the village; Uchiha Itachi seemed to snap and slaughter all his clansmen, save for his younger brother, Sasuke. The night traumatized the boy and ever since then, Konoha had been low on security with the wiping out of its police force, and the 'last loyal Uchiha' was a depressing cloud of brooding and contempt for everyone, as the Civilian Council treated him like he was the messiah, inflating his ego to proportions no human should have.

Outside of that incident, Naruto remained the top student, in the running for Rookie of the Year, much to the ire of Sasuke and his loyal fanclub. But he didn't care about them. However, some time in his second year, he was approached... by Ne.

(Flashback)

"Uzumaki-san." A voice bade him as he walked him.

Turning around to face whoever it was, Naruto found an ANBU dangerously close to him. But this ANBU was odd; their mask was completely blank, save for the kanji for 'ROOT.' Even with the mask in the way, Naruto could tell this man was staring at him blankly, unfeeling, like a machine. He wouldn't compare the idea to his puppets; he made them with a touch of life. If each puppet were alive, Jidanbo-the renamed Holy Man-might be a wise-cracking pious man, spouting off lines from the manga that originally created it, from the specific character who did the same thing, Alexander Anderson, Gilgamesh might be the kind of... guy, he guessed, that would always be looking for a fight. Demongo might be the crazy shit in the group with a dark sense of humor, but still a lovable guy, and Tenshi might be that one guy who you just love to hate, as he might flaunt the fact he had wings. Figurative asshole.

Anyway! Naruto was getting off-track; this man was unfeeling. "Yes, ANBU-san?" He asked, noticing the almost invisible twitch of the man at the word 'ANBU' as if he stifled a single chuckle at some hidden joke.

"I am here to offer you a position in Ne under Danzo-sama; he believes that with his teachings, you will become a great asset to the village." The man said.

'Or tool.' Naruto finished in his head, having overheard Hiruzen's grumblings about a man named Danzo. "Can you give me time to think about it? This seems like a serious matter." Naruto asked.