What if circumstances led a jonin to take a second look at the 'dead-last-loser' of Konoha? What if Naruto had a different sensei after leaving the Academy?

It couldn't make that much difference...

Could it?

People have asked for a sequel with Riley from "There's Always A Way", but there really isn't much room there for a sequel...  So I got to wondering what someone with his sarcastic personality would be like in Naruto. Not to  mention  how an outside party would view certain aspects of the story.

I'll warn you right now, this is going to be a little darker and grittier than my other projects. This also has no connection to my other Naruto plotlines.