Naruto has been in anbu for years, but some new info surfaces and he must go undercover. Can he handle being a genin again? Will he be able tolerate being on the same team as a fangirl? At least he has his Inu ...

The hokage never allowed Naruto to actually run around free, but simply let it appear that way. There were too many of his dark twisted things going on in the village to allow a simple pawn to have any real freedom. Even his teammates, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha, were planted anbu agents assigned to watch him, but why ... and who's really watching who?

Naruto suddenly has to deal with the symptoms of a terrible sickness because the nine tails was messing around and is not helpful at all now. As the situation grows his friends do everything to help. Will they find a cure ... or do they want him to die?

When Shino and Naruto stop at a bathhouse to relax Shino tries to explain proper hot spring etiquette, but Naruto decides to show the bug ninja an extra step ...