On a large cliff overlooking a rather large village stood a man. Garbed in blue open-toed, high topped sandals, forest green pants taped down starting from his shin disappearing into his footwear. A gray long-sleeved shirt, with the same colored green short sleeved turtle neck pull-over, his sleeves bound to his arms by silver bands in the shape of a fox biting its tail, just under his elbow and above his wrist. Over it was a burnt orange flak jacket with an unusually high and thick collar, finally a dark red overcoat with black flames licking the bottom covering his frame, reaching to about his calves. And on the back, a spiral made of nine orange foxtails converging towards the center serving as a backdrop for a golden wave.

The man himself was an oddity, while most people in this part of the continent were of a lighter skin tone, dark haired, dark eyed and of smaller builds. This man was just the opposite; he was very tall, towering above those around him. What was rarest in this nation was his physical appearance, he was blonde and blue eyed and his skin carried a slight natural tan. And because of it many women chased him in droves attracted to his: "exotic" look that was so alluring, and the strange marks on his cheeks did not detour these women from their target, if anything it magnetized them more to him.

The man's name was Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze. A citizen of the strongest shinobi village in the known world, Konohagakure no Sato, and is the top candidate to become the village leader, the Hokage.

Naruto was an impressive man. At the age of 16 he was already considered by some as one of Konoha's finest shinobi. Now at 26 he WAS the strongest in the village, even the current Hokage thought so, although she had been saying it since he was 17, but the village council had been adamant to accept the fact that HE was the strongest.

You see Naruto was the container of the strongest demon to have roamed the world. The Kyuubi no Kitsune. The Nine-tailed fox. The very demon that attacked the village of Konoha 26 years ago and because of this, for most of Naruto's childhood he was treated as the demon incarnate. Not the frail orphan that the village treated like trash.

But it was not all bad for the young boy, he had his "special people", very few mind you, but important bonds nonetheless. His strongest was with the Hokage at the time, Sarutobi Hizuren the Sandaime Hokage. The owners and proprietors of the local ramen stand, Ichiraku Teuchi and his daughter Ayame. And eventually he befriended his final academy teacher, Umino Iruka.

As he grew he befriended more people, Naruto had the ability to make the most hostile of people into close friends. A skill that would be lost to a traditional shinobi as their job focused on deception and death.

But Naruto, as you could imagine, was NEVER a normal ninja because of his "nindo" or ninja way. He made friends with his fellow ninja academy students most of whom were clan heirs. Entire nations were indebted to his courageous opposition to thugs or the return of their true queen, the most shocking was the promise to continue a lineage of priestesses. As well as a very intimate relationship with the strongest kunoichi in the world and current Hokage who took quite a shine to the young boy.

Naruto was constantly thinking of those closest to him as he was now, most specifically the kunoichi who know thinks of him as her own. No one knew when their friendship became so close most chalked it up to him always calling her "baa-chan" and assumed the name just took hold and they just fell into the roll. But if you asked, which no one did because they'd be afraid of her legendary strength, either one of them would recall different times. Naruto said it was when she treated him to some ramen before he went on his three year training trip. And she would say it was when she gave him her grandfather's necklace when he saved her from her ex-teammate, the same necklace she entrusted to her son and lover, now to her son. Either way they were fairly close.

"Namikaze-san, Hokage-sama is requesting your presence in her office." The tiger faced ANBU spoke. Naruto sighed; he REALLY was not looking forward to what was in store for him.

"Thank-you. I'll be right over." He replied and with that the ANBU was dismissed.

Naruto took one last look at the village and disappeared in a flash of yellow.

Tsunade waited patiently in her office for the man to come in, fortunately this time she remembered to place the paper-weights on her piles of work and opened ALL the windows, as he tended to let in a draft.

"BAA-CHAN!!!" yelled the man, as he stopped just short of her desk with a large grin apparently he was happy to see her. It took a few moments for the Hokage to reorganize herself and look presentable as well as to calm down enough to not throttle the man.

"Naruto I am sure you know why it is I called you here." Tsunade asked as she tucked back a loose strand of hair.

"The Council right?" His previous exuberance gone as if it was never there.

"Unfortunately." She sighed. "Although this does have to do with you and the position of Hokage…and so they would like to meet with you later this afternoon." Tsunade was hoping that the keyword "Hokage" would stop him from questioning the council.

"What exactly is it that they want?" 'Damn he's gotten too smart for his own good!!' Tsunade mentally yelled, but maternal instinct praised the man.

"Well, Naruto." She wanted to be as vague as possible."They feel that you need to establish yourself before they can give you the title."

"So they want me to start a clan right?" Naruto questioned.

'Dammit!'

Tsunade, as his surrogate mother, had been pestering the man to finally settle down. After all, Akatsuki was defeated. Kabuto, with the remnants of the snake within him, was too weak to establish a following to become a threat to Konoha. And Sasuke was presumed dead by a Rasengan to the chest, but the snake did train to be as sneaky as his serpentine master who was infamous for his revivals.

He had taken care of his loved ones and she knew it was his time to be cared for. She had been trying to set him up with kunoichi and civilians alike. She would set up dates for him with various kunoichi. From older women like Anko and Yuugao, to younger girls like Inuzuka Ibara, Kiba's cousin, and a girl his age, mainly Sakura, his long time crush.

But it seemed Naruto had not taken with any of the women. Yes, he took them out. Yes, he was a total gentleman. And yes the women said that it was the greatest date they have ever been on and were interested in the young man, but he politely declined a second date. Although politely declining Anko was not so much of a decline as much as it was a restraining order.

Tsunade looked at Naruto who had a smirk on because he figured out her plan "Yes. The previous Hokage have come from large clans, the only exception being your father. So they want to keep the tradition going. Besides it helps in scaring off other villages, knowing that there is an entire clan sharing the same techniques."

"Fine I'll meet with them, the day after tomorrow. I have tons of stuff to do today and tomorrow." With that said he turned around and made his way to the door.

She slammed her fists on the table, nearly breaking it. "Brat you know you can't dictate when the council meets with you, I can't even do that." He stopped but did not turn around and all he said was "If they find me I'll meet with them, until then see ya' later baa-chan" And he left in a swirl of leaves.

Tsunade was pissed. Naruto had never been so rebellious, as a matter of fact he did pretty much everything he was told to do, with a scowl, but he did it. As Tsunade got to thinking she noticed that in the last few days Naruto had been acting a little off, he was still his goofy old self, but there was a new aura around him. An 'I don't take crap from anyone' aura, one that he only showed on the battlefield. But in the last two or three days the man had this aura around him constantly the difference being that one he stared down an enemy with this aura it was intimidating, now it was slightly comforting but demanded respect.

It was Naruto, but not HER Naruto. "I wonder if this is some sort of rebellious period, but he's already a grown man would a grown man have mood swings-…"

"Ah. The trials of motherhood, eh Tsunade? So the brat not listening to his mommy?" A new voice called out.

"I'd kill you for saying something like that Jiraiya but… Naruto, isn't himself. I mean it is him. And there is no way for him to be an imposter but why the sudden change… and did you see the strange emblem on his back?"

"He's a grown man Tsunade. He's allowed to not be the loud-mouthed little boy you remember. And he's also allowed to change up his style; he's allowed to live his own life, and maybe that's his clan emblem, or his calling card only Naruto knows but let him be." Jiraiya replied as he walked to the small plant in the corner of the room. Grasped the stem and lifted the entire thing leaving only the very bottom of the pot, with a bottle of sake and two saucers ready on the make shift tray.

"I guess you're right. For once." She was still looking at the spot from which he disappeared. But what Jiraiya inadvertently said about the clan seal put a large smile on her lips. 'I know your secret you little brat, and I have to say it's genius.' THIS was her Naruto.

"Well here have a drink." She took the offered dish and downed it one gulp. "Let's have a toast, to Naruto." With one last chuckle her partner in crime downed his as well. "To Naruto."

"Kami-sama!, Oh! Ayame-chan it's so warm! MMM! And they're so frim! Kami-sama YES! KAMI-SAMA!!! MMMM!!"

There was a rather large crowd gathered around the outside of the small ramen stand, they were intrigued and slightly aroused by the moaning and groaning coming from the small eatery, but none had the courage to actually look in. Whatever it was it sounded amazing.

*SLURP* "Kami-sama!, Oh! Ayame-chan it's so warm! *SLURP* MMM! And they're so frim! Kami-sama YES! KAMI-SAMA!!! MMMM!! *SLURP*"

Naruto was inhaling ramen at an ungodly rate. He enjoyed the silky and warm broth as it slid down his throat, and the noodles were just the right texture. Kami-sama if this was heaven he would not mind being dead.

A rather tomato faced Ayame, was surprised at the commotion the man was making over her food. And seeing a man of Naruto's…caliber moaning out her name was making her rather hot under the collar. He was enjoying it tremendously, as if he hadn't had any in years.

"Ne, Na-Naruto-kun." Ayame stuttered out glowing crimson now, as he took one long extended out his rather LONG tongue to slurp the last noodle from the bowl. "It's as if you hadn't eaten ramen in years, and you were in here just last night?" the young cook asked now that Naruto had settled down, she was starting to get herself calmed down.

"Oh Ayame-chan I know, I was just in here last night. But today reminded me of the angel like hands you must possess to have made such Ambrosia." Naruto literally sang this as he pulled out gama-chan and put the money in the small money dish. And as Ayame reached for the dish, trying in vain to hide the new stronger blush, Naruto grabbed her hand gasped.

"Oh no! I was mistaken! The hands of a goddess!" With that said he gave her hand a peck and walked out of the stand.

As Teuchi walked into his stand, he couldn't help but notice his daughter standing out in the front with her hand outstretched over the counter. He walked up from behind to get a good look at his daughter. What he found was slightly disturbing for the father. She had a large blush on her face. As a matter of fact she was a darker shade of red then their stand! She had a small trail of drool coming out of the corner of her mouth. But what was the real kicker, was that she was mumbling some fairly erotic things involving a certain blonde.

In a café a few blocks down from the ramen stand, sat three of the villages most beautiful and deadly kunoichi. Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, and Tenten Tsukabishi. Their thoughts centered around a certain blonde, "How big do you think Naruto's penis is? Ino stated out of nowhere, Sakura spit out her tea, while Tenten chocked on a dumpling.

"Ino! What are you saying in the middle of the street?" Tenten rebuked after she had a sip of tea.

"What? Please as if you've never thought of that before? I mean come on; he's got to be packing! What do you think Sakura? I mean you're the only one who ever went out with the guy, so what do you think?"

Sakura knew Ino was going to make this an inquisition, and had been trying to sneak her way to the door, no such luck with Ino. She began, apparently her tea was looking mighty interesting, "Well Naruto was the total gentleman. He took me on a fantastic date but we never did anything for me to *cough* find out."

Ino's mouth hung slightly open, "How could you not have at least noticed it, you said it was the BEST date ever?"

"Not all dates have to end in anything erotic Ino." Sakura rebuked, still blushing at the thought of doing such things with Naruto. Sakura had to admit she did have a crush on her teammate. In all honesty she had had a crush on him since he returned from his training, but out of routine she had declined his advances. Once she was certain that she would accept, the requests for dates had all but ended. She was disappointed but Sakura never showed it, when Sakura was told by Tsunade she was going to date him, on the inside she was jumping up and down and doing back-flips, on the outside she sighed and accepted.

"Yeah, but don't tell me you've never at least thought about it. I mean there are times when I think of him when I…" Tenten stopped mid sentence her face a shade of red that would make a tomato jealous.

"Tenten!" Sakura scolded.

"W hat was that dear please finish 'You think of Naruto-kun when you…'" Ino added, a huge grin plastered on her soft features.

"Hey look! Naruto is walking down the street." Tenten pointed out; sure enough the man came around the corner. It seemed as if he was thinking of something rather hard.

"NARUTO! OVER HERE!" Ino yelled out.

"Ino I swear if you ask him I'll hit you so hard you'll land in Yuki no Kuni." Sakura threatened.

"Relax I'm only going to ask him a few questions." Ino replied calmly, she was used to these half hearted threats.

"NARUTO! OVER HERE!"Naruto heard as he made his way to his father's house. He looked up to see Ino waving him over to her, Sakura's, and Tenten's table.

"Good afternoon ladies." Naruto bowed his head slightly to them. "What can I help you with?"

"Yeah you can tell me what you did on all those girls dates that made them proclaim how great you are? And why we haven't gone on a date?" Ino asked fluttering her eyelashes with the last question.

"Well Ino I am not one to kiss and tell, if you would like to know you can ask them yourself. I just wanted show them a good time for taking time out of their lives to go out with me. As for why we haven't gone, out you'd have to ask baa-chan."

"Well, I am not going to ask the middle man. Why don't we just go out tomorrow?" Ino answered.

"Hey! What about me I want a date too, come on Naruto what do you say?" Tenten added.

"That would be wonderful ladies, it truly would be, but I have already made plans well in advance. I am very sorry."

Ino pouted, "Oh, poo what could be so important that you can't take out one of the most beautiful girls in the whole village." Ino wasn't trying to sound vain, but when you've been voted hottest kunoichi in the elemental nations, it tends to come up.

"I can't Ino it's a surprise…but since you are here I personally invite you three-"emphasizing the point that all of them were invited"-to the Uzumaki-Namikaze Mansion, Friday afternoon. The Konoha Council will want to break down my door, after what happens earlier that morning. So why not make it a get-together with some friends?"

"What did you do Naruto? Why would the entire village council come to your house?" Tenten asked rather worried for her handsome friend; because of Naruto's unorthodox ways the council generally disliked him, despite his mission completion rate.

"Nothing yet, and nothing dangerous, but it will get them angry. With that said, ladies. I would like that you keep this information from your parents, I guarantee you none of this will harm anyone in any way, but it will get your parents riled up." Naruto asked he looked at each of them as he spoke. The look in his eyes proved to them that he spoke the truth in not hurting everyone, so they could trust him.

You see the Konoha council consisted of two 'houses' the ninja and civilian. This form of government was established by the Sandaime, after the attack of the Kyuubi, forced him to retake his post. The ninja house consisted of the heads of the 12 Ninja clans. The civilian was established similarly but revolved around the 7 guilds.

The guilds were unions of workers of a particular skill and were headed by the most successful family among them. Unless there were complaints the family would never change.

Naruto asked these ladies to keep his information a secret because these ladies were daughters and respective heirs to particular seats on the council, barring they married into a larger clan. The Archive guild, in charge of ALL of Konoha's documentation was headed up by Ume Haruno, mother of Sakura, and book-wormiest person in Konoha. Tsukabishi Tessai , , father of Tenten, and head of blacksmithing guild. And finally the head of the mind-walking ninja clan, Inoichi Yamanaka was the father of Ino.

"Again sorry ladies but I must be leaving." With one final bow, he disappeared in a flash.

The women, sat in their seats for awhile exchanging glances whenever their eyes met they shared a smile and shared an awkward giggle. "So… I have to go help dad with the shop. BYE!" Ino disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Tenten and Sakura shared a smile again before both bolting out the door. Out to look for something to be SEEN in.

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A/N: Well here's the story, it revolves around Naruto and what he does in the next few days, and it will last around five maybe six chapters. It depends on the length of the later chapters. Unlike Return of an Heir this fic has been written in advance(as of 18/4/09 I am on chapter 3) and without an editor or BETA I will be holding on releases longer(not as long as Heir) because I will re-read and re-read them at least five times to reduce mistakes.

For those who have or will read Return of an Heir I will get back to it eventually as my first fic I will not abandon it. I may do some revisions when I upload the next chapter. That said thank you for reading, a review would be appreciated and welcomed, good night!

---Published: April 14, 2009---Muffin-crumbs---FanFiction(dot)net---