Ladies and gentlemen, I am back! It is time for another season of Nine Crimes, Nine Kings. Now, before I even start writing this, you need to have read the previous fanfics that took place before this one for it to make any sense at all. If you have not read it yet, please read the original story first, which you can find by clicking on my profile, and enjoy! For those of you who have read the first part and are joining me now for number too, thanks so much for sticking with me. I subtitled this season/part Judgement, as it will deal with Naruto and the kings facing off against a threat far greater than Madara ever could've been, along with Naruto having to deal with some of morality of what he's doing. Now, I don't know how many chapters this is gonna be, or how long each chapter will be, I'm just gonna go with how long I feel it should be basically. As this is the introduction one, it'll be on the longer side. Okay, I'm starting to ramble at this point, so I'll try to get on with it. Just keep in mind, this will be taking place several months after the first part of the series. I promise, the opening won't be this long in the future. Please, sit back and enjoy, Nine Crime, Nine Kings: Judgement!

It was a strange gathering to be sure. People from all walks of life had joined together to in a celebration of life, love, and so much more. It was a wedding, the wedding of two police detectives Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara. Just six months after the death of the madman formerly known as Madara, Kakashi asked for Rin's hand in marriage. For many people, that may not seem like a long time, but they'd known each other long enough to know in just six months, that they were perfect for one another. The wedding had been planned in just two months, thanks to the help of one of Kakashi's closest friends, Naruto Uzumaki.

When Naruto, the head of the massive criminal organization The Nine Kings, had heard that his man on the inside was getting hitched, he instead on doing everything in his power to make perfect, even paying for as much as they'd let him. Of course that hadn't been easy, as Naruto and Kakashi weren't supposed to be seen together much, but they'd made it work. Yamato, the officer more than a little obsessed with Naruto, never got even a whiff that the King of Crime was so heavily involved. Which is why it had been such a shock when Naruto and some of the other kings had shown up for wedding at all.

Yamato didn't know who the kings were. Hell, almost no one did, but he knew that these were people involved with crime. That was exactly why he couldn't keep his mouth shut when he came up to give the happy couple his congratulations. Kakashi and Rin were sitting next to one another at the head table of the reception, just watching everyone eat their meals. Rin was in a beautiful white dress, Kakashi was in a nice suit, and wedding party was dressed nicely as well. Yamato was waiting in line with the rest of the well wishers, rather impatiently in fact. He was stuck behind none other than the loud mouth known as Mighty Guy.

"Yosh, I could not be happier for the two of you! I always knew that you would end up together," Guy screamed in his usually enthusiastic tone.

Kakashi would usually be upset at how loud he was, but frankly there was nothing that could ruin his mood on this day. He grabbed Rin by the waist and pulled her a little closer, "Yeah, I guess that the two of us should've seen it coming. Better late than never I guess. Thanks Guy."

Rin stood up and gave Guy a little hug, "Glad you could make it Guy, please enjoy the party. Maybe you'll find a girl of your own here."

"That would be youthful indeed!" Guy said, happily returning the hug. Once their little moment was done, Guy turned and walked away, finally letting Yamato get up and speak with the bride and groom.

He went up to them with a smile on his face, but his question still in the back of his mind, "Hey Kakashi, Rin, I couldn't be more happy for you guys."

Kakashi stuck out his hand and Yamato shook it briefly, a little show of respect between the two of them, "Well thank you, we couldn't be happier ourselves."

Yamato knew better than to ask the question burning in his mind just yet, so he decided to ask something a little more appropriate, "You know something, you guys never did tell me how he popped the question."

"Oh, that? Well there's not too much of a story there. Really it just kind of happened," Rin said, lying to him a little bit as there were certain details that needed to left out, "We were having dinner, he got down on one knee, gave me this super sweet speech, and here we are."

Kakashi chuckled at the little things she'd left out. What she'd said was almost the truth...almost.

Flashback

The proposal had happened at one of the frequent meetings of Nine King's. While everyone had been sitting around the table, Fu cuddled with Naruto, Bee doing his rapping, Gaara talking with his siblings, Kakashi had been sweating bullets. He'd decided a week ago that it was time for him to propose to his lover, even though they'd only been dating for six months. It just felt so right when he was with her and he'd been away from her for so long with the whole Naruto thing, he wanted to make sure that he was never apart from her again.

Naruto had been watching his nervousness with amusement, as Kakashi had told him before hand that this was night he was going to finally ask Rin the big question. He would've loved to have gone over and teased Kakashi a little bit, but Rin was right next to him, so Naruto knew better. Instead, he decided to help Kakashi about a little bit.

"Hey guys, I think that should just about do it for now. I'm beat, so how about we all call it a night and go home, huh?" Naruto asked, figuring the kings would have no issue with it and Kakashi would be grateful to be getting the show on the road.

None of them seemed to be bothered by the idea, even Yugito seemed fairly pleased, "Sounds good to me, I could a use a good rest right about now. I'll see all of you around and, for the love of god, stay out of trouble."

Everyone blew off Yugito's not so playful jab and finished saying goodbye to one another, other than Naruto and Fu of course. Naruto knew what was coming soon and he'd told his girlfriend before hand to stick around and watch. It had puzzled Fu, but hey, Naruto wouldn't make her stick around for nothing.

The two of them were sitting next to each other at the moment, much like the way Kakashi and Rin were sitting next to one another at the wedding in the current moment. Fu could see how nervous Kakashi, prompting much curiosity from the green haired woman. She leaned over to Naruto and whispered, "What's got him thinking so hard?"

"Just trying to remember his lines I guess," Naruto replied, chuckling to himself.

That just managed to confuse her even more, "What lines? What the hell are you talking about?"

Naruto always loved an inside joke, "Just give it a second, you'll see."

As if on cue, that's right when Kakashi started to walk towards Rin while fumbling with something in his pocket. Rin had been around Kakashi long enough to tell when something was on his mind, so she began speaking to him before he even got close, "Um, Kakashi, is their some kind of reason you look like about to pass out, or what?"

Kakashi knew he was gonna have to do this right, and he was only gonna get one shot at it, "Well, this would be a pretty bad time for me to pass out. I sort had something important to talk to you about."

Now that made Rin a little nervous, as those kind of words often meant something was wrong, "Oh no, do we have some kind of problem?"

"Well actually, it's the exact opposite," Kakashi said pulling a small box from his pocket, "You decided to ignore me for all those years, and that absolutely sucked, and I never want to have to live like that again."

Rin was agreement on that one, although she wasn't sure where Kakashi was going with this, "I know, it's hard to believe we blocked each other out for so long."

Kakashi tried to remember everything that he was going to say, "It was my fault though, I did something horrible and I don't blame you for getting as angry with me as you did. The fact that you found a way to forgive me proves what an amazing person you are. You're the kind of person that I want by my side for the rest of my life."

Rin finally noticed the box in his hand, "Oh my god...Kakashi…"

Kakashi took a deep breath and got down on one knee opening the box to reveal the ring inside, "Rin, will you,"

"Yes! Yes! YES!" Rin screamed, before Kakashi could even finish. She tackled him to the ground and pulled down his mask, kissing him feverishly.

Fu was almost in tears, "Oh, that is so sweet!"

Naruto was having the same kind of thoughts, "Yeah, it's beautiful little moment alright."

"I love you Rin," Kakashi said through the kisses.

"I love you too," Rin replied quickly.

With that, Naruto and Fu smiled and watched theme enjoy the moment. At least until Kurama, Naruto's lovable little fox who'd come along with, thought that they were playing and decided to get in and play too. Still an adorable moment, actually.

Flashback End

Rin giggled at the memory, "Nothing major that you need to know Yamato."

Yamato could see that Naruto was right behind him, so he leaned down and whispered the next thing that he had to say, "Care to tell me why the hell that son of a bitch got an invite to the wedding?"

Kakashi had known Yamato long enough to know that he was gonna bring that up sooner or later, "Well, him and his buddies donates a lot of money to the department. Lots of the higher ups felt it would be a good way to keep up appearances with him, you know?"

Yamato couldn't help but feel that a whole bunch of bullshit, "Oh gee, isn't that great plan. Let's invite a fucking murders to wedding with cops!"

Rin figured it couldn't hurt to try and defend Naruto a little bit, the guy was her friend after all, "To be fair, none of them have even come close to being convicted of anything. I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt."

"Well, that's very kind of you," Yamato admitted, "But I've just gotten to cynical for that. Have fun on your honeymoon you two. When do you guys leave, in a couple days or something?"

Kakashi was planning on enjoying the honeymoon as much as he possibly could, "Yeah, I've got a couple of things to take care of before we go. Thanks Yamato, have a good one."

Yamato gave one last nod and then walked away, letting Naruto walk up with Fu by his side, "Hello Detective Hatake, Detective Nohara, just here to wish you are congratulations."

Rin knew that they were only being so formal in order to keep people who might hear them from suspecting anything. Honestly, she found it pretty funny, "Thank you Mr. Uzumaki, we're glad that you could make it. Your date looks lovely this evening."

Fu wanted to laugh so damn hard, but controlled herself, "Thank you miss, that means a lot, we wish you nothing but a lifetime of happiness."

Naruto leaned down and quickly whispered to Kakashi, "Is Yamato still sore about everything that he hasn't been able to get anything on me?"

"Do you even have to ask? I'm just surprised that you didn't try to do anything just to piss him off," Kakashi responded, as that had been an honest concern.

Fu leaned down as well, "Don't worry, I wouldn't let him risk your big day like that. We'll leave you to it, hope you guys have fun on your honeymoon. Maybe you'll even make some little ones, huh?"

Rin almost spit out her water when she heard that, "What?"

Fu was glad to see her little joke had worked, even better than she thought it would actually, "Relax guys, it was just a little joke. Come on Naruto, it looks like they've got some other people waiting for them. By guys, and good luck!"

They gave a brief wave as Naruto and Fu returned to their table near the other kings. Only two other kings were there, Gaara and Han. Gaara was there with Hinata, who'd been invited because of some kind of Hyuuga connections and, he was still head over heels for her. Han, well he was just their because he had to keep up appearances with the police force. He hated having to go, but as least this time he'd gotten a date to come with him. Kurotsuchi, the lovely bodyguard of Roshi, had been kind enough to join him for the event. The two had been friends for a long time, and it had always been apparent that there was some chemistry between them. You'd think that'd make this date easy, but with the way Han showed little emotion made it impossible for Kurotsuchi to read him. She was more than a little nervous, but still stuck close to Han, hoping that the date would go well.

Han and Kurotsuchi were already sitting next to one another, Naruto sat back down next to Gaara and Fu sat next down to Hinata. It was surprising how well the two women got along, considering how much Hinata had once chased after Fu's boyfriend. However, the two of them were somehow great friends. Hinata was not the kind of person to get angry at Fu for being with Naruto, and Fu just found Hinata too nice to even try and dislike. They had indeed become very fast friends.

"Oh my gosh, you remember Shukaku right? The adorable little red panda that you got for Gaara," Hinata started off happily.

Fu nodded eagerly, "Yeah, my little gift for how well he did with taking out Orochimaru. How's the little guy doing?"

"He's doing great, and he does the cutest little thing. He'll stand up on his hind legs and just kind of like puts out his paws in front of his chest and makes his eyes all big, and it's just soooo cute," Hinata said, mimicking the action with her own hands.

Fu was an animal lover, so she couldn't help but find that adorable as well, "Haha, oh that's great. You've got send me a picture of that. I feel kind of sad about Kurama right now though, our little fox isn't so little anymore. He's pretty much fully grown, and that's great, but I kind of miss having the little kit around."

Gaara, the red headed king of assassins, found the sight of them very amusing, "You'd never guess how much tension there could've been between the two of them by the way they act. They almost act like best friends."

Naruto thought about it, and that wasn't even the biggest shock when your thought about it, "It's a bit of a surprise alright, but I think that we can all agree that the biggest shock was how well things turned out with me and Fu."

"Damn, I'd forgotten how bad things had gone when you two first butted heads," Gaara unable to believe that he'd ever been able to forget it in the first place, "With how intense the two of you guys are now, it pretty much made me forget about the stuff that happened before."

Naruto shook his head and then noted something else from the past, "Huh, you know, now that I think about it, Mei called it all along about me and Fu."

It took Gaara a second to remember what he was talking about, but he quickly started to nod, "Oh yeah, I guess she did, didn't she?"

Han finally said something of his own, "I still remember that day, shit was going down hard. I was glad that we didn't attract any police or anything, because Naruto and Fu were screaming pretty fucking loud."

Kurotsuchi spoke up as well, "I think the only reason Roshi didn't call the police is because I smacked the phone out of his hand."

"Actually, you kicked it," Han corrected her, "I remember because you were wearing the same red heels that you've got on now."

Kurotsuchi looked down at her shoes and then back at him, "You remember what I'd been wearing that day?"

"You looked...nice that day," Han replied a little nervously.

While Kurotsuchi blushed at the compliment, Fu was feeling kind of weird that she couldn't remember much about the fight, "Huh, babe, do you even remember what that fight was about?"

"Give me a second to think," Naruto said, taking a little sip of his drink. After tapping on the table a couple of time, he finally blurted out, "Wait, was that the day that we were debating just how much my fee was for managing your guy's various criminal activities?"

That's when it hit Fu, "Yeah, that's exactly what it was about. I probably almost ripped your head off that day."

Naruto just couldn't let his next joke pass him by, "Considering what we did later, I'd say that you almost ripped both my heads off."

Fu was both a little embarrassed and a little turned on by that statement, "Don't go telling them too much about our relationship now Naruto, they don't need to know all the little details."

This conversation had captured Hinata's attention too, "Wait, are you guys saying that's the night you first hooked up?"

Naruto got a foxy grin on his face and pulled her a little closer to him, "Yup, that was the big night. Sounds kind of weird, but it was that fight that got us started."

Fu cuddled up into the crock in his neck, her mind beginning to fade back into memory of that night.

Flashback

"Oh hell no! You have got to be out of your fucking mind!" Fu roared at the man who was supposed to be her leader. Naruto had just told all of them that he was thinking about 10% of the king's profit would be his new fee for using his connections to manage everything for them. While some people were going to debate him on that, most of them planned on doing it calmly, and rationally.

Fu was planning nothing of the sort, "10%, that's twice as much as you took before, which was even more than I felt you deserved in the first place!"

Naruto rubbed his temples, as he knew this was what was coming, "Look, that'll bring you guys down to 90%, and bump me up to 80%, plus the little stuff I make on the side. I'll make about the same amount as the rest of you do, which is only fair in my eyes.

Bee didn't see what the problem was, "Yo, I don't mind! I got more money than I need to take care of mine! He's keeping us safe, and for that he's earned his take! Fool, ya fool!"

"Oh please! Keeping us safe? All he does is sit around and let his cop buddies and accounts and shit do everything! We could all do that without him!' Fu scoffed angrily.

Yugito, the usually bitchy one, seemed rather calm during all this, "While I do think that 10% is a little high, I also think that Naruto's worth what we're spending on him. I've done the math, and between the safety that our business have and the time he saves us, we're getting a bargain for his services. Maybe even at 10%. Just imagine all the resources we'd have to get to in order to do it all ourselves, and the money we'd have to spend to do it."

Naruto puffed his chest out in pride, "I take pride in my job. Now, let me assure that this will be rate from this point on. As in, I'll never ask you guys for anything more than 10%."

Fu wasn't buying what the young blond had to sell, "Oh sure, until your ass get's more greedy and you decide that you want 15%, then 30%, and then eventually you'll just replace our sorry asses! No way am I letting that happen, I say that we just tell him 5% is all he's getting and leave it at that."

All of the kings were quiet for sometime, then finally Yagura said, "Okay, I'm fine with 10%, but how do we know you won't raise the price like Fu said?

Naruto started to think hard about that one, because it was very good question. How could he honestly convince these people that he'd never try and screw them over. In the end, he just finally decided to say exactly what was on his mind. His tone got a little low, and he got this introspective look on his face, "Well, if you get right down to it, there's eight of you and one of me, so you could always kill me. Of course, then you run the risk that I might have something set up with my cop friend, I only have the one by the way, just for that occasion. Then again, maybe you guys have enough cash and men to handle anything the cops throw at you, don't ya? I guess I could just use everything I have on you guys to take over the kings and replace you with men of my own too...huh, we've really got a house of cards set up here, don't we?"

Fu was getting very impatient at this point, "Does this have a point or are you just trying to bullshit us? If you've got something to say, say it asshole!"

Naruto sighed and decided Fu was right in this case, "I'm saying that if we don't trust each other, this is never going to work. We all have to be equals, that's the only reason I asked for as much money as I did. So that we could all be equal to one another."

"Kind of hard to equal when you're supposed to be the leader," Fu pointed out, clearly annoyed.

Naruto tried to think of the best way to put it, "I'm a the leader, but only in a sense. I just kind of make sure things run smoothly and keep an eye on things, nothing else. For that, I take my fee, and I give you my word that 10% is as high as it'll ever be. If you're all still nervous, then we can set up protocols to make sure that no one king can destroy the other eight. Does that sound alright?"

As the kings took in his words, which they only somewhat understood, they felt he made some good points. For something as serious as this, they needed to have 100% trust, but also a backup plan for just in case the unspeakable should happen.

"Tell ya what," Gaara said, breaking the silence, "If you set up all that shit up for us, I'll happily give you your 10%. I know that I can trust you, and I'm sure everyone else here feels the same."

Han certainly did felt that way, "I feel like this could actually make me some profit in the long run. Having to give Naruto more money will motivate me to make some more cash, and knowing my friends won't go down if I down if I do makes me a little more confident to sell somethings. I'm in for sure."

All of them looked around the room, as if to make sure that everyone else approved of this plan as well. They all seemed to be thinking the same thing. Naruto had never given them a reason not to trust him, so why start now? Even Fu was forced to give in after seeing them all begin to nod, "Fine! You get your 10%! But, if you ask for so much as 1% more, so help me!"

Naruto didn't need her to finish, "I get the point Fu. Thank you all for your time, I believe that wraps up our little shindig. Please go home and enjoy yourselves."

Mei found the whole conversation rather comical, "I tell you, the only two people who fight that much are people who have the hots for each other. By the way, whas was that hit wall during the fight?"

Kurotsuchi quickly said, "Oh, I just kicked a phone out of someones hand, don't worry about it."

They all got up to leave, all except for Fu who stood up and walked right towards Naruto. Kakashi, who at this point didn't really speak to kings much, leaned down and whispered to Naruto, "Looks like the crazy bitch is coming right at you. You want me to stick around and keep an eye on things? Make sure she doesn't go after you or anything?"

Naruto just waved him off, not being too concerned at the moment, "Nah, you had home. I can handle this one."

Kakashi walked off just as Fu got right in Naruto's face, "You are one smooth talking asshole, ya know that?"

"Yes, but you'll have to be more specific as to what you're referring to," Naruto responded calmly.

Fu looked him up and down, hating his overly calm demeanor, "You might have everyone else fooled, but not me. I know that you can't be trusted. One of these days you're gonna ask for a raise in your rates, and when you do, I'm gonna be there to tell all of the others I told you so."

Naruto pull a lighter and cigarette out of pocket, "Do you have wax in your ears? We agreed that I'd set something up so that no one king can screw over all the others in case one needs to be eliminated," He was about to light the cigarette, but stopped himself, "Oh I'm sorry, do you mind? Don't wanna be blowing smoke in your face if you're not a smoker."

"Honestly, I'd rather that you didn't. I think it's a disgusting habit...thank you for asking," Fu told him gratefully. She was honestly impressed that he'd even asked. It was so hard to be mad at him when he was being so nice.

Naruto put them back in his pocket, "No problem, and there's no worries about me asking for a raise in any way, shape, or form. I really did just want to make sure that we're all getting roughly the same amount of pay."

Fu never liked taking people's word for things, so Naruto was about to get an earful, "Maybe that's true, but I'm gonna make sure that I'm there with you when you set up the whole failsafe thing for the kings. That okay with you?"

Naruto figured that might help him in the long run, "Sounds good, that should make the kings a little more likely to trust me while I set the whole thing up. Still not sure how I'm gonna do it though. I mean, I've gotta think of some way to make it impossible for the kings to turn on us and go running to the police. That's not nearly as easy as it sounds ya know."

Fu rolled her eyes and got ready to leave, "Please, I'm sure that I'll be able to think up something even if you can't. I'll call you later to hash out the details. See you later."

"Why do you hate me so much," Naruto blurted out, in order to prevent Fu from leaving.

Fu was taken very aback by the question, "Hate you? What what the hell makes you think that I hate you?"

Naruto gave her a deadpan look, "Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's the way you bite my head off every time I try to talk. Maybe it's the fact that you refuse to do just about anything I tell you. I think that the biggest reason though, has to be the constant name calling and insults that you send my way."

Fu could hardly dispute a thing that Naruto had said. She did indeed belittle him just about every time the two of them were together, "Okay, so I find you very irritating, that much I'll admit, but I don't hate you by any means."

"I see. So you just don't have any respect for me, is that it?" Naruto asked wanting to get to the root of off this issue. It had been going on for far too long.

That one had caught Fu complete off guard. "Well, I'm not sure if I'd say something like that. I mean, I do have some respect for you."

Naruto could see that she was dodging the questions, "Just not enough to actually do what I ask you to do? Look, Fu, I'm not trying to be dick here, we just need to get this thing sorted out. We can't keep going on like this if we're going to work together. Now I'm going to ask you a question, and I want you to answer honestly. Do you think that you could run this more efficiently than I do?"

Fu knew that they were entering dangerous territory with this question but there was no turning back now. She was just going to tell him exactly what she'd been thinking, "I don't think that I could run this operation better, I know that I could. There's things that you do everyday that simple baffle me and make me wanna fucking rip your head off. You never explain some of these things, you just do them. To put it frankly, it seems like you always find some kind of way to piss me off. There's your honest answer."

Naruto took just a moment to think through what she'd said, and then looked her in the eye, "Alright, I can see where you're coming from on all those points. I know that I can be a bit cryptic at times, but everything I do is for the good of the kings. Now, do you mind if I give you an honest opinion on you?"

Now Fu just had to hear this, "Lay it on me. I can only imagine what you have to say."

It was a risky move, but Naruto felt it was time to lay his cards on the table as well, "Now, before I start this, I just want you to know that I have the highest amount of respect for you. I've never seen or even heard of anyone treating trafficked animals as well as you do. You seem like a kind enough woman...but you're a control freak. You can't stand to have anyone be even a little bit in charge of you. If you're not in control, you're a real bitch to work with. Needless to say, that's just about the only side of you that I've ever seen. I know that you resent me for being in charge, but, to be frank, you need to get the hell over it and work with us dammit."

Fu let a low growl loose from her throat, that Naruto couldn't help but find a little sexy, and leaned down closer to Naruto, "Oh, I need to get over it huh? I need to get over the fact that I'm being lead by an imbecile? I need to get over the fact that all my friends are being lead by an imbecile too! An imbecile that's likely to betray them?"

That finally got Naruto angry and made him stand up, "Okay, now that's too far! I would never betray the kings, they means just as much to me as they do to you! I was the person who started this thing in the first place! You met all of them the same day you met me and I've got the same tattoo that the rest of you do, so why? Why in gods name can't you just act decently to me and let me try to help all of them! It's because I'm the one in charge and you know it you crazy bitch!"

Fu pushed Naruto so hard that it knocked him into a wall, "Oh, you're the one in charge huh? Well, why don't I just show you how in charge you really are?"

That got Naruto's attention in the worst possible way, "Are you fucking threatening me?"

What Naruto didn't know is that Fu really wasn't threatening him, not in the least. Whenever she was around him, there was just something weird that went on inside her. There was just something about the way that he fought against her every move, the way that he managed to fight back against her when no one else could. It was both maddening and exhilarating!

Before Fu knew what she was doing, she grabbed Naruto by the neck and pulled him into a deep kiss. Naruto's eyes show wide open, and then slowly started to close as the kiss fogged his mind. The kiss finally broke after a few short minutes, and he was able to speak once again.

"As much as I'd love to continue, I think I'd first like to be sure that you aren't planning on killing me while you've got my guard down," Naruto said, barely able to keep focus.

Fu started to kiss his neck, "If I wanted to kill you I would've done it already. Besides, the other kings would kill me if I did. Don't question it, lord knows I'm trying not to."

Naruto only had one more question "Your place or mine?"

"Your's, it's closer," Fu said jumping into his arms. The two would have a very intense night of lovemaking to follow. It was a night that neither of them would ever forget.

Flashback end

"So that's how the two of you got started, huh? Well, I've heard worse love stories," Kurotsuchi noted, having listened to the story closely. It was pretty good overall. The way those two had started out made it seem a lot more believable that her and Han would work well together.

The story had captured Han's attention as well, "So, did you guys just kind of start dating after that?"

Fu gave a sort laugh at hearing that. He couldn't have been farther off, "Not exactly. In fact, it wasn't until a while after that that we started dating. It was this whole big thing and it's a long story but frankly, it's a story for another day. Let's just have a few more drinks and then get out of here. Make sure we don't step on any toes during Rin's big day, huh?"

"Not a bad idea," Han agreed and took Kurotsuchi's hand, "But I can't leave before I get at least one dance with this lovely lady. Shall we?"

Kurotsuchi blushed and followed him out to the dance floor, "Um...okay."

Gaara watched the two of them and gave Hinata a small smile, "What do you say sweetheart? You up for a dance?"

Hinata stood right up and dragged him to the dance floor, "I thought you'd never ask!"

Naruto smiled at his friends, taking a brief sip of champagne as he did, " Man, this is good stuff. Rin pick it out?"

"Yeah but she doesn't seem to be drinking much of it. I haven't seen her drink it at all actually. Huh, weird?" Fu noted.

Naruto didn't really think much of it, "Eh, she's never been much of drinker from what I could tell. She probably just had once glass and we didn't see it. Are you gonna want one last dance before we go?"

Fu thought about for a moment and then shrugged, "It'd be nice, but I don't have to have one. Let's just see if they play any songs that we like and if they do, we'll dance."

"Simple, but that'll work," Naruto said, as he heard a phone in his coat pocket start to ring, "Huh, I thought I turned that thing off."

He reached in his coat, which was hanging on his chair, and pulled out the phone that had been ringing. Curiously enough though, it wasn't his phone. It was an older style flip phone, and Naruto didn't have any of those. Fu had noticed it too, "Is that your's? I've never seen that one before."

Naruto shook his head to let her know it wasn't his phone, but he wasn't think about her much. His concern was on who the caller ID said was calling this phone. It said right on the small screen, 'Naruto Uzumaki'. It was a little crazy, which is why he just had to answer it, "I'll be right back Fu, I'm gonna go see if there's someone who might know who this phone belongs to."

"Sure, just don't be too long. We really do have to get going before to much longer," Fu said, turning her attention back to her dancing friends.

Naruto walked away from all of the various people, just far enough so that no one could hear him talk, and then answered the phone, "Hello?"

A deep voice came on the other end of the phone, "Am I speaking to Mr. Naruto Uzumaki?"

Now Naruto was really thrown off, "Yes, it is. Care to explain how I'm calling myself from a phone that isn't even mine?"

The man on the other end seemed somewhat amused by his little statement, "Hmp, yes, I can understand your confusion. The phone was placed in your coat by an associate of mine. I used your own name on the caller ID to make sure that you picked up."

"Clever," Naruto complimented, "Now tell me what the hell made you go through all the trouble of reaching me."

The caller could tell from Naruto's tone that it was time to get down to business, "A yes, my purpose. To begin with it, let me ask you one very simple question. Are you a god fearing man, Mr. Uzumaki?"

Now that was the last question that Naruto had been expecting him to ask, "Okay, so this clearly isn't going to be a normal call. What the hell, I'll play along. Yes, I'm a god fearing man."

That wasn't clear enough for the caller, "So you believe then, that there is a higher power watching over us all, judging us? You believe that the lord will some day hand us down our judgment on the day that we die?"

Naruto hadn't got into a conversation about religion in a long time. Frankly, it was a topic that made him a little uncomfortable, "Let me put it to you this way. I know that there is a god, because I've seen the face of the devil. In my line of work, I've seen some pretty horrid people. If there's that much evil in the world, there's some good in it too."

"A very logical explanation. I like it," The caller told him, "Are you some of that evil that you were mentioning before?"

Just when Naruto thought this guy couldn't say anything weirder, "I don't know If I'd say that I'm evil…"

That wasn't quite the answer the man seemed to be looking for, "Hm, considering all of the things that you've done, I'd say that you're at least somewhat evil. Not everything you do exactly, but more what you let go on. I mean, just look at the horrible little monsters that you work with."

Naruto never was one to stand for it when his friends we're insulted, "Now you just hold on a second, no one talks about my friends like that!"

"Now there's no need to get touchy," The man said quickly, "I was just pointing out some of the awful things that you help them do. The murder, the theft, the drugs, it's a just a bed of sin really."

Now this guy was really starting to piss him off, "I may not know the bible word for word, but I do remember something like, 'Judge ye not, lest ye be judged.'"

The man on the other side laughed, "A fair point. I feel like this has taken more of a hostile turn, so let me simply tell you why I've called. My name is Pain, or rather, our name is pain. My associates and I are members of a little group we like to call The Akatsuki, and we are dedicated to making the world a better place. Now, we like to do this peacefully is we can, which is why I've called. Mr. Uzumaki, we'd like to give you and your friends a chance to walk away from you criminal activities and start a new, better life. A life where you make the world a better place."

Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing, "This is a joke right? I mean, you can't really think that we have the ability to just walk away and forget our organization, now can you? Kohona's criminal underworld would be turned on it's head, there'd be fights breaking out like mad, hell, there'd even be some attempts on our life I bet!"

Pain, as he was now know, had taken this into consideration, "Of course we wouldn't expect you do it all at once, it would be over a period of time. We could work something out of course."

Naruto was more confused than ever, "You really must be fucking crazy. What the hell do you plan to do if we refuse?"

"Well it's a bit messy," Pain started to say slowly, "But if you won't change your ways, then you will face your judgement. Meaning that, we'll kill you and everyone that's a part of your organization."

Naruto found the threat comical, "Oh, is that all? Look buddy, you don't even wanna know what happened to the last guy who tried to threaten us."

"You killed Madara by turning off his machines and melted Orochimaru," Pain said easily.

Naruto blinked a couple of time, registering what had just been said, "...How in the Sam hell do you know that?"

Pain knew that he had his full attention, "We know a great many things about you Mr. Uzumaki. We know that you're dating your follow king, we know that your father was a great hero, and we even know that your friend's wife is pregnant. Sakura's due any day know, isn't she?"

Naruto could feel a cold sweat being to form on him, "Who the hell are you people?"

"We're the Akatsuki Mr. Uzumaki. We're the ones who helped Madara take you on in the first place. Although, the results for that were abysmal," Pain responded, sounding a little annoyed.

Naruto needed to try and scare this guy a little, "And what makes you think that your results will be any better?"

Pain fired right back at him, "Because Madara had something to lose, that precious legacy of his. Now us, we've got nothing but our goal. We're not going to have to play with you awhile to get what we want like Madara did. We can just go right out and kill you, and all of your friends to, not to mention the woman you love."

"If you so much as touch her," Naruto growled into the phone.

"...You know what? I think that you're taking in too much info at once. How about I give you a week to just let all of this sit, and then you can give us our answer. We'll even send you some more papers so that you know what you're getting into. Please, enjoy the wedding Mr. Uzumaki," Pain said, hanging up his phone.

Naruto heard the other end of the line cut short before he could tell Pain to wait. He took the phone away from his ear and put into his pocket, slowly walking back to his chair. All the time he was trying to piece what had happened. Whoever this Pain guy, or group, was, they knew more about Naruto and his friends than should've ever been possible. For fucks sake, it almost sounded like they knew who his father was, but that couldn't be possible...could it? I mean, it took Naruto years to figure it out, how could they possibly know?

Thought like this were what was running through his mind as he sat down at the table next to Fu. She had known him long enough to tell that something was bothering him, much like Rin could with Kakashi, "Everything okay babe?"

Naruto could only give her one honest answer in a very small voice, "I'm not sure. Something just came up that could be an issue for the kings. Then again, it could just be some crazy guy."

Fu gave him an odd look, "Care to explain?"

"Not just yet," Naruto told her, "I'll call a meeting with the kings tomorrow. It'll be easier that way and it'll give me some time to gather my thoughts."

That was at least an answer Fu could accept. He wasn't holding back, he just didn't wanna explain himself more than one time before he was sure on some things. As the two of them sat there for a moment, the song on the speakers began to fade out, and another began to fade in.

-I sit here in my lonely room

Sunshine breaks the dusty gloom

And spots the magazine on the table

Your cover girl eyes burn right through me-

Fu suddenly got very excited, "Oh babe, it's our song! Come on, we've gotta go dance!"

Naruto smiled as he heard the music play. It really was nice the way that Fu could always calm his nerves. He got up and walked towards the dance floor, his hand firmly in Fu's.

-I see myself in the looking glass

I see some freak staring back

Even though I know it's me

It's the inside I wish that you could see-

Naruto and Fu got to the center of the dance floor, holding one another close as they did. They began to move to the slow, romantic beat. It was beautiful little moment like this that had kept Naruto going through all these years. As the chorus began and his friends dance around him, he wished that the moment would never end.

-And hearts like mine, Love girls like you

Yeah hearts like mine, love girls like you-