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Gargoyle of the Leaf
"N-Naruto?" Kakashi asked as he stared at the beastly form of his student. The others had slowly filed into the room and stared in awe at the blonde's new form. Naruto turned back to them and grinned, once again showing off his elongated fangs.
"Yo sensei," the blonde said with a wave as his wings folded casually over his shoulders, forming a cloak-like shape, "What do ya think? Is it me, be honest now."
"What the hell happened to you?" the members of the Rookie 12 that were present and conscious shouted at once. Naruto took a step back in caution before chuckling nervously and scratching the back of his head with his right hand.
"Right..." Naruto drawled out as he moved his hand back to his side, "Well, um, how do I put this? Ah yes, my father, the Yondaime Hokage-"
"The Yondaime Hokage didn't have any children!" Anko shouted. Naruto arched an eye ridge and crossed his arms.
"Oh really, Ms. Know-it-all? Enlighten me, then," the blonde said, "Who do I look like...when I'm human that is."
Anko raised her finger and opened her mouth to speak when her brain short circuited. She then realized he was right and turned to the doorway wall. Subtly as she could, the Snake Mistress then began to bang her head against the wall.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid," Anko muttered to herself. The blonde gargoyle chuckled and shook his head.
"It's ok, Mitarashi-san," Naruto said with a smile, "I understand, I mean, everyone else in the village obviously couldn't see it. Hell, I didn't see it until I went into limbo."
"You WHAT?" Tsunade shouted. She along with Shizune were now giving Naruto worried looks and were probably ready to leap into another round of medical exams.
"Maa, I'm fine," Naruto said waving them off nonchalantly, "But anyway, my father was a half-breed. So I guess I'm more or less one third gargoyle...wait..."
As the blonde started to do the calculations in his head along with muttering to himself and counting on his fingers, the witnesses of the event were all at a loss and sweat dropped.
Is he seriously that stupid? The group thought. Naruto groaned and held his head.
"Ugh, this would be easier if it wasn't math. I hate math," the blonde grumbled before his eyes flashed white and he spoke in a monotonic manner, "My blood type is C Positive, a rare blood type exclusive only to Gargoyle, demi-Gargoyles, or descendants of Gargoyles. I have roughly twenty-five percent of gargoyle blood now flowing through me, overriding my previous AB positive blood type, thus making me one fourth gargoyle."
As soon as the glow started it stopped and the blonde sat down as his head spun from the new information. Kakashi was wide eyed as were Tsunade and Shizune. The medical genius that she was, Shizune had a pad open and was already writing that tidbit of information down. Tsunade had stood and turned to the people in the doorway and made a snap decision.
"Get out!" Tsunade barked at them, "I want only Kakashi, Sai, and Shikamaru to stay. The reason being they are the only ones of proper knowledge to be in the room and that I said so! So get!"
Choji and Lee sighed before respectively crouching down to pick Hinata and Sakura up. Anko begrudgingly moved away from the wall and walked away with Kurenai and Gai, the latter proclaiming aloud, "Naruto shall be fine because his Flames of Youth burn fiercely!"
Naruto's left eye twitched in a disturbed manner before he shook it off. He looked around the room, his eyes landing finally on Shikamaru. He shut his eyes for a moment, everyone noticing the glow they took on before they shut, but when he reopened them they were still the blue orbs he always had. Cocking his head slightly, Naruto held his hand out and said, "Pass me a smoke, Shika."
Shizune and Tsunade both gaped while Shikamaru shrugged and pulled a cigarette out from his pocket. He tossed it to the blonde, only for it to be intercepted by Kakashi. Naruto growled at the interference and stood, glaring down at the man he was easily a foot taller than.
"Give it," Naruto said, his eyes narrowing, "I'm stressed, tired, and not in the mood, sensei."
"They aren't good for you Naruto," Kakashi said with an eye smile. As he went to crush it in his hand, the tail of the blonde flew up and slapped Kakashi's hand, making the jonin release the cigarette. Naruto caught it in his outstretched hand before lifting it to his mouth and placing it there. He then held his right hand up as his eyes glowed again and his fingers turned into stone. Naruto snapped them together, making a small fire and lighting the death stick with it. He shook his hand once the cigarette was lit, ridding the stone from his body and the fire from his fingers.
"What the hell, gaki?" Tsunade roared. She stormed over to the gargoyle and reached for the cigarette only for Naruto to suddenly jerk his head back. He narrowed his eyes down at her and put the cigarette between his pointer and middle finger, removing it from his mouth.
"Look, baachan," Naruto said as he exhaled the smoke to the side, "I don't know how I know this, but toxins can't kill me. A; my blood won't be affected by normal toxins that effect humans and B; I still have the baka fox's chakra to keep me clean."
Tsunade and Naruto held a stern glare before the Hokage turned and sat in a chair rubbing her temples. The Godaime groaned and muttered something about needing a drink, which cause Naruto to laugh due to his advanced hearing. Shikamaru had first snapped from his daze and lit a cigarette before looking at the blonde gargoyle and asking, "So what is this? A side effect to the Kyuubi?"
Naruto chuckled and placed the cigarette back in his mouth, "Close. It comes from my father's side of the family. He wrote a scroll warning Jiji about my...birthright."
"This is what was thrown at you, yes?" Sai asked as he lifted the scroll from its spot on a chair. Naruto nodded and held his left hand out for the scroll. Sai handed the small scroll to the blonde before taking a seat in the chair it once occupied. Naruto unrolled the scroll and nodded.
"I knew it," he muttered before turning the scroll around to face everyone else. Kakashi's eye bulged, Shizune's jaw dropped, Tsunade mimicked her student, and Shikamaru muttered his catchphrase. Sai showed no surprise, aside from the slight opening of his eyes. Naruto grinned before turning the scroll around once again, "That cheeky bastard...this is my clan's past. My Gargoyle clan's history. Huh, apparently I descended from the third clan leader that was recorded in time. Brue-klen and his mate Katana. Ugh, this Gaelician stuff is hard to decipher..."
"What's Gaelician?" Kakashi asked with a confused eye. Naruto grinned at his sensei.
"I thought you knew everything, Kakashi-sensei," the blonde said cheekily before turning serious, "My clan is from the western lands, and Gaelician was their original language. It says here that my great-great-grandfather, Brue-klen, had two children, Gnash-ville and Taichi. Apparently, Taichi is my great-grandmother. Hmm...apparently it was almost 750,000 years ago when Brue-klen-jiji took command of the then named Man-hat-an clan, odd name, before he had participated in a war against mankind. This is what killed off most of the planet and mutated the children of the survivors, giving birth to kekkei genkai. Dad was raised in a bunker by a woman named 'Demon'. She was killed about 250,000 years ago by some guy named Mac Beef (funny name), leaving dad alone for the rest of his time on the planet...Herm, it seems dad couldn't bring himself to take more than one mate..."
"Some immoral code for gargoyles?" Shikamaru asked with an arched brow as he took a puff of his cigarette. Naruto shook his head and flicked his wrist, rolling the scroll up.
"Gargoyles are instinctual creatures," Naruto said, "I'll explain how I know this later, but they usually only take one mate, unless the time is dire. After the war with humans that lasted a good 250,000 years before my father was born, humans and gargoyles started pairing off. Who knows, perhaps there is a clan out there that had descended from Gargoyles, but that doesn't matter to me now."
"What does?" Shizune asked. Kakashi, Shikamaru and Tsunade all turned at her before looking back at Naruto, who had turned away to look out at the village from the broken mirror.
"The reaction of the village," Sai said, earning everyone's attention, "It wasn't long ago that they saw him as the demon and not the jailer. People's opinions change in a snap of their fingers. We have to address this immediately or the reaction could be worse."
"You aren't the one to decide that Sai," Tsunade said. Naruto turned towards the Godaime with saddened eyes.
"He's right, Baa-chan," the blonde gargoyle said quietly, "I have to show them what I am lest we start a civil war. Please call for a village announcement."
"You can't boss the Hokage around Naruto," Kakashi said with Shikamaru nodding slightly. Naruto glanced at his sensei before speaking calmly.
"I am not ordering her to, sensei," the blonde said before looking over the village from his window again, "I'm asking her to."
"Geez, to think the Hokage would call for a meeting this late," whispered a council-trainee by the name of Inuzuka Hana before she yawned. She was taking her mother's spot while Tsume and Kuromaru healed from the Pein invasion. Hana continued after her yawn, "I've got some problems with a first-time mother back home and I don't particularly like leaving her without my watch. Good thing I decided to leave the Haimarus behind."
Hyuuga Hiashi chuckled before hiding a small yawn of his own, "I agree, Hana-san. But she is the Hokage and her word is Law. At least we have seats up front and don't have to stand."
Shikamaru, who had taken his father's spot as clan head during his recovery from the Pein invasion, glanced at the Hyuuga clan head, "Was that a joke, Hiashi-dono?"
"Might have been," Hiashi replied with a small smile before it vanished when a cloaked clad figure walked up behind the Hokage, "Who is that?"
"He," Shikamaru said nodding his head in the cloak figure's direction, "Is why we are here."
"Who is it?" Aburame Shibi asked stoically from his spot on Hiashi's left, "My bugs are unnerved and yet calmed by his presence."
Hana sniffed in the figure's direction before blinking in confusion, "He smells like foxes and stone..."
Hiashi attempted to see past the cloak with his Byakugan, before deactivating it completely, "I cannot see his face. His whole body is pulsing with chakra."
"Should we be worried?" Inoichi asked as he watched the cloaked figure bow to them, nodding in return of the stranger's respect. Shikamaru chuckled, earning the attention of his peers.
"I doubt it," the chain smoking Nara said, "Unless the villagers roar for this guy's head, we should be in the clear."
The other council members present all watched as the Hokage approached the podium and utilized a voice enhancing jutsu. Tsunade was clad in her Hokage robes, proving to everyone just how serious she saw this event.
"I thank you all for joining me at this late time, considering we have all been working hard to return our village to its fullest abilities," Tsunade said in a grateful tone, "But I have good news. Upon the sixteenth anniversary of the imprisonment of the Kyuubi and the birth of our village's hero, a kekkei genkai awakened within Uzumaki Naruto."
People started whispering excitingly, now fully awake from Tsunade's announcement and the Council were all listening in eagerly and glancing at the cloaked figure. Shikamaru smirked as he pulled a cigarette out and tossed it to the cloaked figure, who caught it in his clawed hand out of sight of the rest of the council. Tsunade smiled at their reactions before turning gravely serious.
"I must warn you though," she said, getting everyone's attention once again, "Like most Kekkei Genkai, Uzumaki-san's has changed his appearance greatly. A scroll was found in the Sandaime Hokage's, my sensei's, hidden safe that revolves around Uzumaki's kekkei genkai. Through this we have discovered the effects of his bloodline only happen at sundown. Now, please keep your heads as Uzumaki-san gives you information of his Kekkei Genkai."
Tsunade stepped back and motioned to the cloaked Naruto to take a step forward. Naruto bowed slightly in respect before stepping forward and lifting his clawed hands up, earning slight gasps from the villagers, before dropping his hood. People collectively gasped as Naruto revealed his new face to the people. The Council were all also in shock, save for Shikamaru who was inwardly applauding Naruto for keeping his cool.
"First of all," Naruto said, revealing his voice had not changed once despite his appearance, "I would like to remind you all the effects of my...bloodline last only from sunset to sunrise. Secondly, I would like to inform you that this is not because of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, but of the blood of my father, whose identity i have yet to discover. I wish to tell you all despite my new appearance, I mean you no harm. It is in my blood, literally, to protect my village. It is the Uzumaki way of life as well as my kekkei genkai's curse, or so the scroll I have read stated. If you all wish, I can reveal the rest of my changes to you, or..." He hesitated, knowing his words would likely cause many to call for his head or instantaneously turn him into a nuke-nin. Looking back at the Hokage for reassurance, which he got as well as support from her gaze, Naruto looked back over at the gathered shinobi and villagers and said, "Or I can leave Konoha."
To his shock, there was no uproar or call for his blood. In fact, there was no verbal response louder than hushed whispering. Naruto remained quiet, doing his best not to listen carefully to their words, before a shinobi spoke up from the crowd, "Show us!" He was immediately backed up by others in the crowd and Naruto smiled slightly. The blonde bowed his head slightly before lifting his clawed hand to a strap on his shoulder. Slicing through the fabric easily with his claws, the blonde let his cloak drop and stood to his full height on his arched feet. Again, people gasped and whispered amongst themselves, much to Naruto's surprise.
Seeing that he was beyond the point of no return, Naruto played his biggest card and unwound his tail from his leg, slipping it through the slit in his pants, as well as uncloaking his wings from his body. People whispered their shock while others, mainly children, oohed and ahhed, a few cat calls even shot out from the crowd the blonde's age earning a blush from the scarlet skinned gargoyle. Scratching the back of his head, Naruto said, "I take it you all are...ok with this?"
A unanimous cheer came from the crowd, again making the blonde blush before he looked back at the Hokage who smiled and nodded. Naruto turned back to the crowd and cloaked his wings once again before stepping back, allowing Tsunade to take her place back at the podium. The Godaime smiled at the villagers, despite a few shrinking away in fear from the Hokage and her own personal demon, and said, "You have all chosen well, which is why I give Uzumaki Naruto the title of clan head and call for a public shinobi council vote to make him my successor. As Senju clan head, I support my movement, obviously."
A few councilors gasped before the civilians started to sweat in their seats. Some weren't even full supporters of the blonde, despite his status as a Village Hero. One such person was Shimura Danzo, who was scowling deeply from his seat as he contemplated his next move to become Hokage. Shikamaru stood and spoke into the podium before his seat, "The Nara clan accepts the Godaime's movement to make Uzumaki Naruto our Rokudaime Hokage, despite his troublesome antics."
"The Yamanaka clan accepts the Godaime's movement as well," Inoichi said, recalling Naruto's decision to reason with Pein being successful.
"The Akimichi clan accepts the movement," Akimichi Chozu said from his spot.
"The Aburame find this to be an illogical move on the Godaime's part," Aburame Shibi said, earning a scowl from Tsunade, "And thus decline."
"Err, I uh," Hana started, suddenly finding herself at a loss before recomposing herself, "As the current representative of the Inuzuka clan head, I accept this movement."
"As the Representative of the Sarutobi clan, I decline this movement," Homura said from his spot, earning boos and jeers from the crowd as well as nasty looks from the group. He liked the boy, to be honest, but Naruto had yet to deal with the same hardships the other Kages had to deal with, as they had all been a part of war.
"As Hyuuga clan head, I have to consider that Uzumaki Naruto has not had yet enough experience as a shinobi to be named a Kage," Hiashi said in a serious tone, "Thus is my judgment is sadly in favor of the decline of this movement. I apologize."
As Hiashi sat down, the people started to boo and jeer his decision, while a few secretly supported the decline of the 'demon' becoming Hokage. At this Tsunade nodded in understanding before turning back to the crowd. With a sad smile, Tsunade spoke, "Unfortunately, we need a unanimous vote in order to grant Uzumaki Naruto his right to be Rokudaime Hokage. However, as it states in Konohagakure Law written by my grandfather and grand-uncle along with then Uchiha clan head Madara; 'a Hokage can choose his successor-to-be if there is a vote in which the successor was not chosen to be Hokage unanimously or appointed the duty by the Hokage themselves.' Using this law, I grant Uzumaki Naruto the position of Rokudaime-to-be...unless anyone of the shinobi council challenges this decision?"
A unanimous 'no' was the response, gaining loud cheers from the crowd. Naruto smiled slightly and bowed to the shinobi council members in respect as well as the civilian council members, despite his not to pleasant past with them. He was not ready for Tsunade's next statement and thus fainted when the Hokage said, "I also name Uzumaki Naruto the next clan head of the Uzumaki clan, and thus, to my personal amusement, also put him in the Clan Reinstatement Act of Konoha, effective in one week."
Shikamaru laughed at the dazed look in the unconscious blonde Gargoyle's eyes while the crowd burst into conversation. The Nara representative stood and activated his signature Kagemane no Jutsu on the unconscious blonde, having his stand and walking his unconscious body back to his home while many females in the crowd watched and followed the red skinned being with their eyes.
"nng..." Naruto groaned as he sat up from his bed. He looked at the clock to see it was still nighttime and thus he would still be a gargoyle. With a glance at his wings, the blonde had an idea hit him.
I wonder if I can get that gliding thing down, the blonde thought as he examined his wings as best he could. With another glance at his bat-like wings, the blonde started to walk towards the door before stopping. He looked down at his hands and then at a window that his sensei constantly used to drop fruits and vegetables off. Snatching an apple from the basket his sensei left for him that day as he went to the window, Naruto took a large bite from it before opening the window. Hopping onto the ledge outside the window, the blonde twisted himself around and raised his arm and dug his clawed right hand into the side of the wall. With slight effort, the blonde then dug his left hand into the wall above it, hoisting himself up. He continued to climb up the side of the wall, making use of his newly gained talons. With a grin, the blonde gargoyle started to scale the wall of his apartment complex.
Hopping over the edge, Naruto looked around and spread his wings, searching for a current of wind. High winds were rare in Konoha, but not unheard of. Especially at night. The jinchuriki's eyes flashed white as his father's knowledge on gliding came into his mind again, all the details as well as the science behind it. With that knowledge came an idea his father had; adding his own wind chakra to the area beneath his wings, a gargoyle could achieve flight. Not the simple gliding along the wind currents, but flight, something humans of the past had achieved, but was lost to today's shinobi and villagers.
As the glow in his eyes died, the blonde grinned and ran towards the edge, already manipulating the elemental chakra within him towards the currents beneath his wings. With a large leap into the sky, Naruto spread his wings and fell. Concentrating on his chakra manipulation, he failed to hear the cry of fright coming from a watching villager. As several ANBU leapt towards the apparent suicidal shinobi, Naruto continued to focus on his manipulation.
As he was seconds from becoming a pancake on the ground of Konohagakure, the blonde snapped his eyes open, determination shining within them, before his fall turned into a light glide. With a flap of his wings, wind chakra started to push upwards into the wings of the young blonde gargoyle and he gained altitude. The ANBU rushing to his aid stopped and watched in awe, as well as several villagers and shinobi that were watching. With a grin towards those beneath him, Naruto successfully attempted a barrel roll that he witnessed his father do in his dream.
"This...is...AWESOME!" the blonde cheered as he flew higher into the sky. A few hours later, the blonde flew towards the town's local shinobi hangouts and landed with a stumble. With a chuckle towards several drunks that were now debating whether they should scream or not, the blonde dusted his torn orange pants off and cloaked his wings over his shoulder. Naruto walked towards a bar, his hetai-ite around his neck, before he was suddenly barreled into. Still new to his feet, the blonde fell back as a smaller human landed on him with an grunt of pain.
"Ow!" the person, a girl from her voice, exclaimed. Naruto blinked the dizziness from falling away and looked up into the face of the Inuzuka heiress Hana, who was rubbing her face. Hana looked down and was prepared to cuss out whatever idiot she ran into, and whacked her nose against something hard, only to look down at the blue eyes of the youngest clan head to date. Scrambling to her feet, Hana apologized, "Sorry, Naru-err, Uzumaki-sama."
The blonde gargoyle smiled in amusement before standing and looking down at the girl that was easily a foot and a half shorter than himself. Hana swallowed at the head of the Uzumaki clan's height out of nervousness only for him to scratch his head sheepishly and grin, "Not your fault, Hana-san. I was lost in my thoughts and didn't even notice you approaching, so the wrong was my own. Where are you off to in such a hurry?"
Hana stood dumbfounded as the blonde brushed her apology off with his own before blinking out of her stupor. Hana remembered exactly where she was running to before knocking the young gargoyle over and exclaimed, "Shit! I've got to go, there's an emergency and I have to get back to the clan grounds!"
Naruto arched a brow, "Need a lift?"
"Not unless you're faster than me," Hana said as she started to move around the blonde. A evil glint appeared in the blonde's eye and he grabbed her arm. Before Hana could protest, Naruto scooped her into a bridal hold and broke into a mad dash for the Inuzuka compound. Hana suppressed her anger as she closed her eyes due to the rush of the wind against her face. Naruto was internally dancing with glee as not only had his appearance changed, but his muscles were further developed as well as his mindset.
Stopping on a dime outside the compound of the Inuzuka clan, Naruto the set an uneasy Hana on the ground, leaving a hand on her back to steady her. Once she had regained her bearings, Hana rushed into the compound. Naruto calmly walked in behind her, getting some growls and confused looks from the present canines. The blonde gargoyle followed the Inuzuka heiress into the newborn's pen where her dogs, the Haimarus, were sitting watch over a grey furred pregnant female. Naruto blinked as he was hit with a barrage of scents, his eyes flashed white again as information imprinted in his mind.
"She's giving birth!" a female dog on the left of the mother-to-be said, "Hurry Hana-pup, her pulse is increasing beyond normal."
Hana cursed and unsealed an emergency pack of her veterinarian tools, "If I'm going to save the pups, I'm going to have to give her a C-section...Is Kuromaru here?"
The female dog shook her head, "Kuromaru said to save the pups at any cost. If he loses a daughter, he'd rather not risk their lives as well, nor would I."
Hana sighed before nodding. It often came to that hard decision for Kuromaru or other males. Dogs giving birth, especially for the first time, had many difficulties without the proper medical jutsu, but the difficulties were rare because usually a veterinarian was present. This new mother, however, was one of the few that had difficulties throughout the pregnancy. Her partner, a childhood friend of Hana's, had died in a mission before the Pein invasion. A loss of a partner was a hard blow for the Inuzuka dogs, they often sulked around the compound after that, not wanting to do much other than eat and sleep and rarely took on another companion.
As Hana started to save the puppies, Naruto's eyes were still glowing a bright white, earning the attention of the Haimarus. He had immediately deduced the female giving birth had a heart problem, something in his instincts were screaming to save the dog. Once Hana finished pulling the newborn pups, stillborn and not, out, Naruto acted swiftly. He sliced along his hand with one talon, the healing ability he had not kicking in as quickly as before, before placing his hand on the freshly stitched up mother. The female next to the dog growled at him, only to be silenced by a growl and a glare from the gargoyle before he looked back at what he was doing. The blood infused with his chakra was melding slightly with that of the half-dead female dog. Naruto closed his eyes before saying quietly, "Day after day you wish it to end, I free you from your burden as my newborn best friend. To heal the wounds that medics cannot, I give you the gift of no longer needing a shot. As the day ends and the sun goes down, You change with Me, becoming as hard as the ground. During the hours of night you shall be like me, becoming the first of the Uzumaki Breed. It is this way that you shall heal by tomorrow, Born again as the ever graceful Midorimaru."
Before Hana or the other dogs present could ask what he was doing, a bright flash covered both the gargoyle and the dog. When the flash cleared, the grey dog was gone and in her place was a olive green furred dog. The gargoyle beast was three times her original height and had a smoothed muzzle and a tail that was similar to Naruto's tail. With a tired whine, she opened her eyes to reveal white orbs without pupils. Naruto smiled, not a toothy grin or one of those he gave to his friends, but one showing care and compassion. Hana watched as Naruto started stroking the now short green fur on the neck of the now healed dog.
"There's a good girl," Naruto cooed to the exhausted dog as he stroked the gargoyle beast's fur, "Midorimaru."
The once pained dog looked up and lightly licked the chin of the gargoyle blonde that healed her before looking over at her deceased pups with saddened eyes. Naruto followed the dog's gaze before looking at Hana, who he noticed was staring at the two of them. Hana blinked from her stare before asking, "What did you do to her?"
"I saved her life," the blonde said before looking at the dead puppies, "but I can do nothing for her offspring. A shame."
Hana was still stricken with confusion and awe at the things she had just witnessed. She barely noticed the blonde standing from his kneeling state, the reborn garg-dog Midorimaru slowly following his actions. Naruto walked towards the door only to be blocked by the Haimaru Trio, who growled threateningly at him. Midorimaru growled back at her kin, her eyes glowing white as she growled. Naruto looked thankfully at the defense of his new friend and companion before looking at the now standing Hana.
"I would like a council with the Inuzuka Clan Matriarch," Naruto said, shocking Hana, "I can tell she is almost healed enough to resume her own duties as Clan Head, and I would like to offer her something. It would be best to have this meeting tomorrow, good day to you Inuzuka Hana."
With that said, the blonde scarlet Gargoyle turned on the balls of his feet and led his companion from the Inuzuka clan grounds back to his apartment. He was approached by several other dogs only for them to be given a warning growl from Midorimaru, who was easily larger than even Akamaru, the largest of the Inuzuka Dogs.
Hana and her own companions watched with wide eyes as Naruto easily scooped the immense dog up and took off into a run before throwing his wings out and taking to the sky. A head nudging the palm of her hand, Hana looked down to see one of her Haimaru looking up at her with worry. Smiling slightly despite her doubts, Hana reassured her dog with a smile and said, "I'm sure it's nothing of importance, Ashamaru. He probably wants to discuss what he did for Hik-I mean, Midorimaru."
AN: And thus begins the first arc of Gargoyle of the Leaf. The basis of the first arc is to reveal more about the clan Naruto descended from, how his friends and the village deal with his new changes, and how Naruto deals with the newfound attention he gets from the single females of his village as well as who he chooses as his first wife. The side story of the first arc includes a recon mission to Sound done by Shikamaru, Naruto, and Kiba.
The second arc revolves around the Konoha Civil War Danzo starts as Naruto starts training as Rokudaime Hokage and him settling into his position as clan head. It also deals with many strained friendships Naruto has concerning the deteriorating Team 7, as well as his standing with a potential wife/mate.
The third arc concerns the Hokage summit and the beginning of the Fourth Shinobi War. Naruto finds his second wife during this arc, which is something he was struggling with because of his Gargoyle instincts. We also see how Sasuke has been doing since his successful missions during the second arc, both personal and Akatsuki related.
The fourth and final arc is where Naruto finds his third wife and finishes his dealings with the Akatsuki. A large revelation is revealed to Sasuke, and a major twist occurs that opens up the next era of peace in the Elemental Nations. Thanks for taking the time to read these! R&R. PEACE.
