AN: You asked for it, here it is... this one is fairly slow, the next one should have a lot more action.

The same rules apply like in the last chapter, the first part is real time while the rest is in Journal style.

If there's a part you don't like, the part that could have been done better, send a review, I won't mind... :D

There is a pairing in this one... This will not be a Harem for several reasons, I doubt I could pull it off well enough, and the fact that a lot of you said that you don't want it a harem... that didn't stop me from mentioning the subject in the fic itself...

Enjoy the reading, I hope I did well enough


Wordcount:

Chapter 1: 13 234

Chapter 2: 16 767


A special thank you to the two betas:

deathshade37 & Twylyte


It seemed like everyone was hungry, most likely hungry for stories Naruto surely had in stores.

Everyone was still sticking to the group and Naruto found it a bit crowded but at the same time nostalgic. He taught himself to dislike the crowds in Skyrim, mainly in fear of pickpockets and assassins;

'You are surrounded by friends, calm down, they will not harm you... this is Konoha', it helped him to think like that, but some of the more experienced ninja noticed his tense attitude while surrounded by a group of people.

Tsunade, Jiraiya and Shizune were leading the group leaving Naruto surrounded by his friends. Kiba and Lee were talking to him about rematches and fights they would have now. Sakura Ino and Hinata were a bit to the side, willing to just watch for now. Tenten was next to Neji, waiting for a chance to ask Naruto about some of the weapons she had seen in one of the pictures he sent home. Shino was following alone, but was also waiting to ask if Naruto had noticed any strange insects in the new world he had visited (though knowing Naruto, he didn't hold his breath). Shikamaru and Chouji were close to Shino, smiling at the childish ways Kiba and Lee tried to decide who would have the first fight with Naruto.

The sensei were hanging back, observing their students together with smiles on their faces. Asuma was the one to voice the question.

"He seems a bit tense, doesn't he?" He said it loudly enough for other sensei to hear, but he was asking Kakashi.

"He's grown up a lot, he looks like more of a ninja now than he ever was..." Kakashi said peering over his orange book.

The others left it at that.

Tsunade turned to Naruto,

"Naruto, why don't you go on and get that shower, we'll be waiting for you at the Senju estate."

"Eh, what? Do I stink that bad?"

"Of course not, it would be a bit crowded at the stand don't you think? I've already arranged for the Ichiraku's to cater at my estate, don't worry, your Ramen will be waiting for you there."

Naruto chose this time to remove his face-mask since he had forgotten how warm it was in the land of Fire. Tsunade noticed his scar but didn't make any comment.

"Right, then I'll be there as soon as I shower and change... the only problem being; I have no idea where Senju estate is." he added with a smile.

"Kakashi, would you escort Naruto to his house and then to the estate? I'm sure he'll appreciate being around someone who's not pestering him..." she pointed a glare at Lee and Kiba making them settle down a bit.

Kakashi just nodded, not looking away from his book.

Eventually they came to the point where their paths would diverge, which was conveniently, just inside the gates since the cave where the seals were placed was outside of Konoha.

Seeing long blonde hair and intense blue eyes turned some heads, but once those turned heads saw the whisker marks they either glared at Naruto, or ignored him completely. He didn't really care.

Naruto did notice however, that a lot of the younger female population was sneaking looks at him covertly. He recognized the look, he had seen it twice in his life already, both times from Mirabelle.

'Oh no, anything but that...' He wanted to lay low for a while, that might be a bit difficult now.

Kakashi noticed his students horrified expression and tried to get his mind off the horrifying subject of fan-girls.

"You know, Tsunade-sama will probably want to organize a spar to gauge your current skills... I'm considering applying for that; I hope you have a few new tricks, it's been a while since I was surprised in a fight." Kakashi succeeded in drawing his intention and Naruto turned to him with a wide grin. It was Kakashi's turn to recognize the smile.

"A few surprises? No, I have a boat-load of them... To be honest I doubt you'll last long enough to even see a third of them..."

If that wasn't a challenge, Kakashi didn't know what was...being around Gai makes a person avoid challenges, but this one time he could make an exception.

"You're underestimating me, I'm not known as a man of a thousand jutsu for nothing, you know?"

"We'll see, sensei..." the grin never left Naruto and soon they were at the apartment.

"Feel free to make yourself some tea or something; I'll be right back." He unpacked all his scrolls and put them on the bed, though not before casting a simple seal to make sure they don't get taken away.

Kakashi briefly wondered how good his student was at conventional sealing, as he had wanted to improve his skills in the art for some time now.

He took up his students offer and made two cups of tea while Naruto was showering. After a few more minutesof contemplation about the questions he could ask, Naruto was out with only a towel around his waist. Kakahi raised his eyebrow, apparently the scar on his face wasn't the only one he had gained, the most gruesome one was a circular one at the centre of his chest, though it looked more like a burn than anything else.

Naruto took one of the scrolls and unsealed some clothes before going back to the bathroom to change. Kakashi had managed to count 4 scars not including the burn and the one on the face.

When Naruto walked out of the bathroom, he was wearing his Blue Novice Robes from the time he spent at the academy, they fit and resembled traditional Kimonos a bit so he wouldn't stand out too much. He sat down opposite his teacher and silently took a sip of the tea letting out a tired sigh,

"...I needed that..."

Kakashi was observing Naruto with slight wonder, from all he could see Naruto went from being a kid in a teenagers body to being an adult in a teenagers body. Though it could be argued that his body was on the verge of becoming that of a man, Kakashi noticed the pronounced muscles and could see that Naruto had the makings of a strong Shinobi.

"Strange clothes..." He commented on his robes.

"It's the most normal-looking thing I have right now, I've outgrown everything else." He didn't look up from his cup, choosing to keep his eyes closed and savour the taste of tea.

"...Naruto, how was it there?" Kakashi asked after a while, willing to get a bit closer to his student, now that he had almost lost him.

"...At first...it was crazy... then it became dangerous, and then... and then it became interesting and...fun." Naruto answered with a sad smile.

"I take it you've made friends there, maybe even something more?" Kakashi wiggled his visible eyebrow, obviously trying to leave the painful subjects, Naruto took the bait.

"Gods no, there was only one girl there interested in me and she was older and interested in more than just a relationship."

Now it was Kakashis turn to be surprised,

"Really? You almost got married?"

"Of course not, I was 13 and she was 27... As normal as that is there, I wouldn't be able to deal with something like that." Kakashi stored away the fact that Naruto hadn't said anything bad about the woman herself, just the fact that he didn't want to get married this young.

"We should head out soon, I want to get rid of some of the junk I'm carrying, and what better way than to call it souvenirs and give it to you guys?" He gave one of his smiles and Kakashi laughed.

"I can't even imagine what you'll give me."

"Well, since you're so colourless all the time, I decided that you should have something bright and colourful." Naruto rose, taking the cups and placing them into the sink.

After they left they quickly arrived to Tsunade's mansion. This time over the roofs, thanks to Kakashi's suggestion. Naruto quickly found out that he's horribly out of practice when it came to roof-jumping, the only place where he could actually do something like that had been Markarth and Windhelm, every other place had low roofs and he would easily get spotted.

Entering the chatty room, all heads turned to them,

"You're late, again, and you made Naruto late..." Sakura was the one to berate them for their tardiness but it was half-hearted at best.

Naruto was the one to answer.

"You see, there was this black cat..." The room burst into laughter, even Kakashi chuckled.

Naruto then noticed the people that he hadn't seen yet.

Ayame hugged him tightly while on the verge of tears and Teuchi gave him a firm hand on the shoulder.

Then he felt his shin being kicked,

"Boss, we thought you'd never be back!" Moegi tried justifying Konohamaru's actions while he was avoiding looking in Naruto's direction.

"I thought me being gone would speed up your goal, why are you so mad?"

"I'm not mad, I just can't wait for the next time we fight so I can kick your ass!"

Naruto left it at that and approached Tsunade.

"Now, get into that room, I need to give you a quick medical, to make sure you're not bringing back any diseases."

They disappeared into the next room and were gone for about 5 minutes, enough for the chatter to pick up again.

"Well, I'm giving you a clean bill of health, but you are to take 2 weeks off before resuming missions."

"Ugh, do I have to?"

"Yes, you have to. Now stop acting like a child and let's get you to your friends." They got out of the room and Naruto went to where they were all chatting. It seemed like they were all busy lately and didn't have much time to catch up; he figured that it's common in life of a ninja.

"Well, it would have been rude not to come back without a gift for all my friends from such a long trip, wouldn't it?"

"Wait, you mean..."

"Yup, I brought souvenirs!" He unrolled a scroll on a table and everyone huddled together to see what he brought.

He unsealed a wrapped a package and examined it,

"This one is for... Kurenai-san. It's a bunch of horror stories and something about illusions, though you probably know a lot about the subject already." He gave the package to Kurenai who looked a bit surprised that he actually thought of bringing her something, she didn't remember even having a proper conversation with him.

"Thank you, I have to say, I wasn't expecting a gift." He just smiled at her.

He had unsealed the next package, a lot bigger than hers.

"This one is for... Ayame-nee-chan and Teuchi-Oji, a bunch of pretty bowls, platters and a few cookbooks." Ayame took it to unpack it and the group was awed by the craftsmanship of silver bowls and cutlery.

"Wow..." Ayame was speechless while Teuchi listed through the cookbooks with glee.

"Next one is for... Sakura and Kakashi-sensei, you could say that this is a set, a Glass Dagger for Sakura and a Glass Sword for sensei. He gave them a packet and they eagerly unpacked it, seeing the green-glowing blades they couldn't help but be awed...

"You said glass, right?" Kakashi asked, still reeling from the sight of such a magnificent piece of art.

"It's actually just a special ore that looks like glass and is really light," Naruto got a wicked grin, "Now you have something that matches Gai-san and his spandex..." Kakashi quickly went from awestruck to horrified...

Naruto saw the next seal and looked at Tenten across the table, she was still staring at the sword and dagger.

"Tenten." his voice was calm and his look piercing, she looked at him waiting for her gift.

"You have a choice, a sword, a pair of daggers or a bow with a quiver of arrows... which one will it be?"

Tenten was simply horrified... her eyes were bulging and in a few seconds she was close to hyperventilating, you could almost hear the gears in her head turning. Naruto almost felt sorry for doing this to the girl... almost.

She opened her mouth and then closed it, a few more seconds of this torture and Naruto would have been willing to give her all three just to make up for it; she made the decision before those few seconds were over.

"The sword! I'll take the sword, I have a bunch of long-ranged weapons already, and my kunai should be good enough as daggers as it is, yeah, I'll take the sword..." She was talking to herself, not Naruto, she was desperately trying to convince herself about her choice.

"Here you go," he unsealed an Elven Sword and gave it to her, she took it with shaking hands,

"As a bonus, you get an axe and a mace." He unsealed both to give her and she almost fainted.

"They're beautiful... and so light..." She took her weapons and went off to a corner of the room.

Tenten was in a trance for the most part of the next hour, running a hand over the blade of her sword and lightly waving around her mace and axe. The smile and the crazed look never left her face.

"Next one would be... Neji, I have some books for you, since you kinda look like the reading type..." Neji accepted the gift with a polite thank you and made room for others while keeping an eye on Naruto, wanting to see what he got for the lunatics Gai and Lee.

"This one is... Jiraiya-sensei... you should open this in private... or we'll both get really hurt." He threw him the package and caught the glare from Tsunade, but looked the other way. Luckily, 'The Lusty Argonian Maid' was more for humour than anything else.

The next package was small and wrapped in a cloth.

"This one... Hinata, I wanted to bring you some herbs that you could use in that healing balm of yours, but that stuff will probably be classified and restricted, and I couldn't think of anything else so I got you this.

He unwrapped a Silver and Moonstone Circlet, with the glowing moonstone matching her eyes.

"Oh my..." she was the closest thing Konoha had to a princess but even she had never seen such a thing. She shakily took it from his hands and placed it on her head. Neji was looking from the sides, He wanted to see when Hiashi found out about this, it was so... interesting seeing him almost lose his calm demeanour. The Hyuuga princess was surrounded by all the other girls while she looked in a hand mirror with glazed eyes and pink cheeks.

"Next one is... the Konohamaru corps. A set of high-quality Steel Kunai and Shuriken for each one of you." The kids looked in awe at the equipment that wasn't the dull-ninja-black colour, they knew that their gifts weren't as awesome as some of the others, but it's the thought that counts, right?

"This one is... Shikamaru, I got you a bunch of books on riddles and a collection of board games, I think the rules are somewhere in there too." Shikamaru wasn't surprised, he enjoyed board games and sometimes spent time reading. The gift was fairly well thought out since it was from Naruto.

"Thanks, at least it's not a weapon I need to learn how to use, that would be just troublesome." Naruto gave off a small laugh before continuing.

"Next one is... Shizune-neechan and Baa-chan. Since I know you share almost everything, I got you a bunch of nice clothes and books on medical stuff... there's also some other healing stuff you'll probably be interested in..." Tsunade was eager to take the books into her possession and Shizune went through the clothes with some of the other girls.

"This one is... Ino, some clothes and books on flowers I found." Ino quickly went through the book, only looking at the illustrations and pictures.

"Gai-san and Lee; you two will get... matching Orcish War-hammers, see, it fits with your green... everything?" For those few seconds, Lee and Gai looked exactly the same, with open mouths and wide eyes glistening with new possibilities in battle.

"Yosh! We shall master these new weapons!" Lee yelled and Gai quickly agreed, they kept yelling about youth but were ignored.

"Chouji gets a few cookbooks, have fun experimenting with stuff." Chouji's mouth was already watering.

"Asuma-san gets an Ebony Dagger. That's one of the rarest things I found, you know. Don't worry about breaking it, I barely scratched it with a Rasengan..." Asuma was impressed, he had honestly expected something like tobacco or something...

"Shino, I assembled a book about stuff like insects, spiders and anything else you might be interested in, oh, and I have a sealed body of a Frostbite Spider, trust me, you will want to see that thing..."

"Thank you, I will look forward to it."

Naruto smiled when he saw the next gift, time for some more fun.

"Kiba, you get books." He said with his face turning serious.

"Eh?" The look on Kiba's face made Naruto take pity on the guy, the poor guy looked like he was afraid of reading.

"Books about werewolves, to be precise." Kiba calmed down a bit, after all werewolves were mythical beings and Naruto did mention in his letters that a lot of the 'mythical' stuff actually exists in that other world.

"You have got to be kidding me..." He took the book and stared at the picture of a werewolf on the cover.

"And that leaves me with Iruka-sensei who gets a pair of Imperial Bracers and an Imperial Sword." To say that Iruka was interested in the craftsmanship would be an understatement, in his free time, he studied a bit of metalworking and this sword looked like it was made from some of the finest steel out there.

The rest of the day was spent with Naruto giving them a short and heavily edited version of his story, the nice monks of High Hrothgar, the crazy mages of the College of Winterhold, the funny assassins, the Daedra... it was far from the truth really, he just wanted to get rid of the attention he was getting, Tsunade had told him that he should keep as much information as he could a secret, at least until it was determined what was dangerous.

Walking home was a bit stressful, it was evening and like after every other work day, the people were out talking to each other since their jobs were over and they were free to spend time with their neighbours.

People saw him right away, he felt like he was glowing in the dark; the only time he likes feeling that he's glowing is when he's casting a big fire spell.

He wasn't casting a spell right now, and he hated the attention, well he actually disliked all attention he got in general, but he really hated this kind of attention where people glared at him like he was a defenceless little boy. If someone attacked him, he would fight back this time.


Tsunade and Jiraiya were standing in a corner of a big room, and Naruto instantly went to them. There was a bunch of people there and he could recognize their clans just by looking at them. Well most of them, the guy with the bandages over his eye seemed a bit creepy, and that usually meant trouble back in Skyrim...

Tsunade had informed him briefly that Kakashi would be coming soon too, and that she couldn't show any favouritism during all the proceedings.

He figured it was only fair, she would act like a Hokage towards him today.

Once Kakashi arrived (on time for once) everyone sat at a long table and he stood at attention facing them.

He saw what were probably the heads of Yamanaka, Nara, Akimichi, Inuzuka, Hyuuga and Aburame clans, Kakshi and Jiraiya were at the end of the table, while the three team-mates of the Third were sat next to Tsunade at the centre.

"This is a debriefing session in compliance with the laws for Konoha shinobi missions. Uzumaki Naruto, Genin has been the only known person to spend time in a different realm than ours. To receive this report, the council of following people was assembled."

As she spoke their names, they all nodded.

"You may begin." Tsunade said and he nodded.

He talked and they listened, when he said how Jiraiya had given him Hiraishin the old man received a few glares from the people at the table. They were probably angry at his stupidity.

When he started talking about how he got to the other universe they were at the edges of their seats.

The part with the Greybeards was fairly calm, and they didn't over-react at the mention of him sharing information about ninja.

He asked for permission to set up a projection and got it with a few raised eyebrows. When he was finished, there was a perfect picture of High-Hrothgar on a large unrolled scroll at the opposite side of the room from the council. They were impressed at his idea. This way he could show them instead of relying on loose descriptions.

...

"That was when I had found a cave, it was filled with Falmer... they are... if I may use a technique to show you?"

"Yes." Tsunade had no need to look to others for their opinions, Naruto was a good story-teller and they were eagerly waiting for what happened next.

Naruto made a simple clone and henged it into a standard looking Falmer. Those more experienced in the realities of the ninja existence were less horrified by the monstrous appearance of the former Show Elves.

Naruto made another clone and henged it into a Chaurus. Aburame Shibi was visibly interested.

"The Falmer breed these Chaurus for battle, food, armor and more, I had snuck through the cave using chakra to stick to the ceiling. I had planned on looting their stronghold and leaving, but I discovered that they had recently captured some humans, they had been... cut into pieces, ready to be fed to the Chaurus." He wiped the emotion from his face.

"I proceeded to kill every Falmer in the cave before dragging out the deceased family of four and burying them nearby."

...

"In Dawnstar, during one of the nights, the Kyuubi brought me before him for a talk for the first time since I arrived in Skyrim."

Now that got their attention... Soon the room was filled with talk. There were too many questions at once for him to be able to answer any; Tsunade composed herself and called everyone to order.

"One question at a time please. Shikaku, you first."

"You say 'for the first time since arriving', does that mean that you have spoken to the Kyuubi before?"

"Yes. He has spoken to me a few times, and we have met once before."

"And when was that?"

"The First time he spoke to me was in my first mission outside of the village, the one to Wave country that escalated from a C rank into A rank. During the final battle against Zabuza, when I had believed that my team-mate, Uchiha Sasuke was dead, I was filled with grief and rage and somehow used Kyuubi's chakra, although I didn't understand what was happening at the time."

The council nodded, they had all read his mission records, Kakashi had noted that he used the chakra, but meeting the tailed beast was something important. Jiraiya started sweating, he had a pretty good idea about what was coming next; he had never felt so relieved to be away from Tsunade...

"We met for the first time during the month before the final round of the Chunin Exam. Jiraiya-sensei was training me to summon but I couldn't do it properly, to speed up the process and force me to use Kyuubi's chakra, he pushed me off a cliff and-"

"He what?!" As predicted, Tsunade was furious, even Kakashi looked a bit pissed. That was entirely irresponsible, even by his standards.

"I suggest we deal with this new... 'revelation' later, now we should finish with the debriefing." Hiashi managed to save Jiraiyas ass, seeing how Tsunade calmed down but still shot a glare at the pervert.

"Continue." She was obviously angry at him too, though that would have to wait as well.

"Mid-fall, I appeared inside my own mindscape, in the room with the seal." Inoichi was now the one with the question.

"It is rare for someone to go to their own mindscape, would you mind describing the state of it?"

"At the time, it was a dark and flooded sewer with pipes all over and almost no light."

Well, that only depressed most of them, especially those who knew more about the mind. He was known as hyperactive and perma-happy. To hear that on the inside he was slowly rotting and falling apart worried some of them; they were especially concerned about the integrity of the seal.

"'At the time'?" Inoichi asked.

"Yes, during my stay in Skyrim the water that was covering the floors turned into deep snow and eventually more lights appeared in the form of high windows."

"And the seal?" Danzo made himself known for the first time during the debriefing.

"The seal looks just at it has always looked, a gigantic iron gate with a tag over it." Danzo just nodded, that was enough for him, Konoha would not be destroyed by a raging Kyuubi any time soon... now he had to find out if it would be destroyed by a raging Naruto instead.

Naruto waited for a moment, seeing there were no additional questions, he continued.

"Once in front of him, and after all the insults have been said, I ordered him to pay me chakra as rent." The dumbfounded looks on the faces of the council almost made Naruto smile but he reminded himself that he needed to be professional here. Jiraiya was grinning and Kakashi had a look that said 'he really is crazy...' The rest looked at him in wonder, the kid ordered the Kyuubi around and was still alive to talk about it... and from the report about the Chunin Exam and given the fact that Naruto didn't die in that fall from a cliff, he actually succeeded.

Crazy kid.

"Once I was back in the real world I managed to summon properly and summoned the Toad Boss, Gamabunta by using the chakra from the Kyuubi."

The council was getting used to the surprises from Naruto by now, there's no way to fight it, might as well accept it...

"The next time we talked was in the Valley of the End." Kakashi winced as he remembered seeing the injuries Naruto sustained through that battle. He slumped a bit in his seat.

"Once my former team-mate Uchiha Sasuke used a Chidori on me, narrowly missing the heart-"

"I thought that your injuries showed that your right shoulder was struck by the Chidori?" Koharu asked, looking for that specific paper.

"That was the second one, the first one was closer to the centre of the chest." his reply was emotionless, like he wasn't talking about himself.

Kakashi on the other hand received a glare form Tsunade, despite the fact that she had already beaten him up for teaching Sasuke that jutsu.

"That was when the Kyuubi told me that I was being weak, and forcefully infused me with his chakra, sealing the wound in seconds."

He let the silence reign for a few moments before continuing,

"May I continue with the report?"

Tsunade just nodded, switching between being angry at Kakashi, murderous at Jiraiya, compassionate with Naruto and all other kinds of emotions in a few minutes had left her drained.

"Once he was done with insulting me, and the human race in general, though he did seem a lot calmer than usual; he made a deal with me: he would not actively try to take over my body, as long as we were in Skyrim."

As it turns out, getting used to surprises coming from Naruto was almost impossible and the council was left speechless once again.

"Why?" Shibi asked, being the first one to recover.

"He wanted to get back home." Naruto replied.

He didn't lie, he didn't want to lie since at least someone there would figure him out, the legendary Hyuuga eyes or the Nara intellect would find a lie instantly; so he spoke a half-truth.

The council took his answer at face value and didn't push further.

"Is there a chance to attain the same state now?" Danzo again, he had doubted that anything interesting would come out of this debriefing, but he had been proven wrong

He had to remember not to miss anything the boy did in the future as he had a gift for doing the impossible.

"I wouldn't know, over the months we were in Skyrim he did become more civil towards me, but I am still his prison and his guard, I doubt he would willingly give up his power." At least this one was a complete truth.

"Do you know why he chose that time to contact you?" Homura asked,

"My best guess is that he had noticed what I was thinking about at the time."

"And that would be?"

"Before meeting him I had been thinking about Konoha and came to a decision that I would no longer blindly chase the position of Hokage."

Once again, people were surprised. Those that knew him well were shocked at his statement, those that didn't know him very well had at least heard of his goal.

Danzo, Homura and Koharu were thinking the same thing, if he has given up on his dream then why is he back, and what is keeping him from just destroying this place in revenge for all he's been through? The clan leaders were wondering what made him change his mind like that, they had all heard about his goal from their children.

They kept silent, due to their shock, and he continued, not wanting to get interrupted.

"I then asked the Kyuubi about his story, he was reluctant, but I managed to talk him into revealing it using some sort of flimsy logic. After telling me about The Sage of Six paths, Uchiha Madara and the Shodaime, he told me about Uzumaki Mito and my parents, Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato."

Now that was not something everyone in the room knew, some were suspicious, considering his looks, but no one paid much attention to it.

Tsunade, who had been about to say something, shut her mouth again upon hearing that.

Those who didn't know, turned to her, looking for confirmation. Three hung heads of Kakashi, Jiraiya and Tsunade were answer enough.

While they were still recovering he decided to drop another one on them, maybe this one would satisfy the bandaged man that kept looking at him like he was evaluating him...

"The day after that, I had decided to honour my clan, my mother, and Mito-baachan by being the best Konoha shinobi I can be."

Danzo was satisfied, but not by a lot, the kid knew much, too much, he was getting closer to the line where Danzo would have to eliminate him for the sake of protecting Konoha. As for the rest of them, some were relieved, some were still recovering from the shock.

Naruto walked up to the table and placed a scroll on it,

"This scroll has the truth behind the Kyuubi attack on the day of my birth, considering the sensitive information in it I believe it should be classified 'Hokage-eyes only', you can change that as soon as you read it."

There wasn't as many surprised faces this time, most were apprehensive, clearly wanting to take a look inside the scroll.

He kept talking, not giving them much chance to interrupt him, keeping things as short as possible, showing them with henge and pictures whatever needed to be shown.

Tsunade laughed and even Hiashi cracked a small smile when he told them about getting access to the esteemed college by acting crazy and looking like Jiraiya... the toad sage had a childish pout during that part of the story.

"That was when I had managed to integrate a magicka source into myself." He had already explained to them the basics behind magicka, though he was purposefully being vague about spells themselves. Even so, they got into a debate between themselves. Was it morally right? Was it ethically wrong? Was it dangerous? It was as if he wasn't there after a few minutes, they argued for almost ten minutes before Tsunade shut them up.

However Danzo pressed on, asking.

"Can it be done to other shinobi of Konoha?" He knew he was walking on a slippery slope here, and within arms reach of Tsunade, that was not a safe thing to do.

"It would need to be done in Skyrim, though a large reservoir of chakra is needed for the process to be successful... and there is a chance of the process being fatal, though I couldn't say for sure with only myself as a subject." He uncovered his robes and showed them the burn on his chest.

Tsunade gave him a look, he translated it as 'You've got some serious explaining to do'."

"You said that you integrated it into yourself, how does this new ability compare to a bloodline limit?" Shibi once again picked up on something everyone else either missed or ignored. Danzo inwardly smiled, yes, having kids with that power would be better than having experienced shinobi.

"Right now it is somewhere close to 75% integration with my body, once it reaches 90 and above there is a good chance that it will be hereditary."

"And how selective would this new bloodline be?" Inoichi asked, referring to the chances of a child carrying the ability.

"As I have said before, everyone born in Skyrim has the capacity for magic, though only a rare few are born with a talent for it; right now, I can not give you an accurate number, though my first estimates say that more than 80% of people with magic in their parentage would be at least competent with it."

That was pretty good for a bloodline, the Uchiha had a lot lower rate, same with the Senju, shown in the fact that Tsunade didn't have their wood element.

He thought about telling them of Mirabelle and decided he should tell them, he could soften them up a bit with a lighter subject, maybe show them that there's still at least a semblance of normality under everything.

"I had integrated the source on the 16th of Suns Dawn, which is very similar to the Valentines day here... I was... approached by Mirabelle Ervine, the head wizard and she expressed... romantic interest in me..." Now there were snickers around, mostly from those who didn't connect the dots... Tsunade, however, did connect the dots and didn't like the final picture,

"Head wizard? She must be really talented to get such a position so young..." She was baiting him and he knew it.

"While she is talented, she was 27 at the time, hardly young, compared to me." all the snickers died, only Jiraiya had a grin on his face. He was itching to take his pad and write this down.

"Are you saying that she, a 27 year old woman, wanted to take advantage of you, a 13 year old boy?" Tsunade was now less angry and more worried.

"Of course not, she wanted marriage." He replied offhandedly.

The dull stare he got from a lot of people in the room prompted him to elaborate.

"Marriage with that age-difference is not something strange in Skyrim. They don't have 'relationships', so it is common for two people that have known each other for only a few months to marry and live a full and happy life." His 'different world – different rules' explanation helped some of them to get their minds back on track.

"And you?" Tsunade asked, still a bit of that anger in her eyes.

"It was completely one-sided."

With that he continued talking,

He told them about Windhelm and saving the little girl from being raped. They gave him nods of approval. They had no idea...

Then he came to the Dark Brotherhood, who he explained as the closest thing to ninjas in their world, and how they had started chasing him. He explained the battle and most congratulated him on his quick thinking.

Then he told them how the Kyuubi could sense if someone was lying and how he had joined the Brotherhood.

The surprised look on their faces when he told them that Babette was actually a 300 year old vampire and was only waiting for a chance to kill the paedophile was such a common occurrence for him today that he ignored it entirely.

He explained his missions with the brotherhood in great detail, and most were surprised at his cunning in battle. He even seemed a bit happy himself, once he started talking about them, though his mood took a slight dip once he said that Astrid probably gave him the 'morally acceptable' missions.

He then went on to explain the scroll transfer and after that leaving the brotherhood.

Then came his final plan for coming home, which they didn't seem thrilled about.

His search for the shrines was pretty straightforward, though when he explained about being called to Oblivion, they looked at him like he was an idiot, they would have ignored the call.

Then came his fight with Mehrunes Dagon, they were at the edge of their seats as he did his best to make the story as interesting as possible for them. They couldn't believe it when Kyuubi upheld his end of the bargain and actually helped.

Then the summoning came. He didn't need to explain much in that part, mainly because he just said that the Daedra would use a combination of their powers to propel him through the void and back home. He didn't want anyone to know about the 'going back' being possible.

He explained Nocturnal's mission as boring and long.

He didn't say anything about building shrines in this world.

He told of how he got back home in short sentences, getting eager to be free of the council. It was already late in the afternoon, other than the short intermission for lunch in the middle of his speech about Frostbite Spiders (much to Aburame Shibis displeasure) there were no breaks.

"Now then, give us a short run-down of your current skills and you can leave for half an hour while we discuss some things." Tsunade said, giving a tired sight, the rest were also visibly tired.

"I would say that I am an expert in conventional sealing though as you know, sealing is too time consuming as a battle ability. My ninjutsu consists of less than 30 tecniques, most being variations on the Kage bunshin and other jutsu I know. I would call myself a master conjurer and at least an adept at all other schools of magic. I came up with a few techniques that utilise my chakra and magicka in a single attack. My conventional Genjutsu skills are non-existent. My Taijutsu has degraded without proper opponents to fight or any ways to learn about it. I prefer the use of swords and daggers for close range and bows for long range but I have only little formal training, most of it being learned through experience."

Tsunade nodded and dismissed him, he left the room and sent a clone to the Ichiraku stand to get him a bowl of Ramen while he waited, just in case they finished quickly with their decision making... they didn't.

It took more than an hour and he thought about what he could do to pass the time aside from reading. Thankfully, he was called in before he unsealed his sword and started sharpening it with a whetstone to pass time. That would have freaked out the girl that was working at the reception.

He had a pretty good idea about what they talked about, he wouldn't be executed since he had both the Kyuubi and a new powerful bloodline for them, no matter what he did; he silently hoped they wouldn't force him into something like a 'Clan Reconstruction Program'.

They only said that they would test his abilities as soon as they could examine what he had brought back with him.

"I don't think we have time for that, it would take more than a few days to go through it all..."

"How much stuff did you bring?" Tsunade asked, already fearing the paperwork from it.

"I don't know the exact number of items, about 40 full suits of various types of armour, more than a few hundred pieces of large weaponry, same with smaller types, at least a few dozen samples of every plant life I could find, including written descriptions, potted varieties and seeds. Several frozen animal eggs, including the Frostbite Spider. Books of all kinds, clothes, jewellery (Hiashi stiffened up a bit at the mention of jewellery), potions, poisons, tools and various materials."

Tsunade dropped her head into her palm and sighed.

"We'll take care of it at a later date, unless there's something that requires our immediate attention?"

"Not at the moment."

"Very well, let's move to the training grounds, time to see how good you are..."

Naruto wasn't very surprised when all of them followed, after all, how often do you see a bloodline so unique?


Naruto had changed into his Nightingale armour, not willing to fight anyone while wearing regular robes.

Jiraiya had approached him before the fight began and said that he would like a match some time soon too.

He knew he would fight Kakashi, after all, the man told him that himself. But he didn't know that Jiraiya would want a match too, Jiraiya was easily Kage-level, fighting him would be tough... really tough, hopefully he could prove himself with only one fight and leave it at that.

Tsunade signalled the beginning of the match and Kakahi charged while Naruto backed off, he smiled, Kakashi remembered that Taijutsu is his weak spot.

The council was watching from a distance and he was determined to give them a good show.

Naruto stopped and prepared himself, so many different possible moves, he loved this. When Kakashi was on him with a kick moving towards his face, Naruto extended his arm and cast a ward around him. It was one of his own spells, not very useful in Skyrim, he had designed it to be used against ninjas.

It looked like a regular ward, but instead of protecting against spells it acts like a physical shield against physical attacks, unfortunately jutsu and spells would be able to pass through it effortlessly.

He wanted to summon something from Oblivion, but without the second focal point it was too risky. That left him with being able to summon only a few things.

While the ward was still active and Kakashi was still surprised, Naruto's second hand flew towards Kakashi's side and released a purple orb, Kakashi, thinking that he had dodged the attack when he moved his side slightly out of the way and the orb missed him, he didn't pay much attention to it. A spectral wolf slammed into his back, pressing him against the ward, pinning him in place.

Naruto filled his free fist with fire and let it loose while Kakahi was trying to get the angry animal away from the unprotected back of his head.

Naruto, of course, didn't want to burn himself so he postponed the explosion of the fireball, waiting until the force took Kakashi a bit further away and switched his physical ward to a magic ward.

When Kakashi emerged from the smoke of the explosion, the front of his jacket was missing, and the rest of his clothes looked charred, he obviously hadn't had the time for a substitution.

Naruto just raised three fingers and smiled.

"Those were just three of my tricks, I still have a boatload of them, remember?"

Kakashi didn't respond verbally, he uncovered his Sharingan instead.

Naruto did three hand-seals and five clones appeared around him without the smoke, instead they appeared with the same effect that creatures from Oblivion have when he summons them. One stood beside him, two jumped to the trees and drew their bows, and two drew their swords and stood in the front.

"Munashii Bunshin... [Void Clone*] you can't copy these, can you?"

Kakashi drew a Kunai instead of talking. Naruto raised his eyebrow.

"Sensei, I don't think I've ever seen you this mad... here's something you can copy."

The original did four hand-seals and placed his hands on the ground.

"Doton: Seichi [Earth style: Soil Preparation*]" The ground under him started solidifying and in a few seconds it was flat, solid and with no grass on it... perfect for drawing seals Kakashi realized. It would also be very good when combined with some of his own techniques.

The two sword-wielding clones at the front charged, slashing at Kakashi, while the ones at the back used their bows to fire at him every once in a while, It wasn't the arrows that were the problem though, as he could easily avoid them, it was the fact that he couldn't see the archers circling around him, so he had no idea where they were until he saw an arrow flying towards him.

The last two Naruto's, the clone and the original, were working on some sort of a seal. Kakashi had no idea what it could be, and that made it dangerous.

On the sidelines, Jiraiya was intently looking at the seal... he didn't get it. Tsunade looked at his confused face,

"What's wrong Jiraiya?"

"I don't know, the seal he's making has two layers, the inner layer is simple, a camouflage seal with a scroll hidden in it, but the outer layer is just gibberish, it makes no sense no matter how I look at it.." Jiriaya then realized it.

"Oh, the clever bastard..."

Kakashi managed to get rid of the two sword-wielding clones and charged towards Naruto, it seemed like he was still not finished with the seal as there was half an array left to draw.

He kept an eye out for arrows that would surely try and keep him from the seal... there, he jumped over one and ducked under the other. Only a few meters left now, the clone and the original looked at him, Kakashi jumped and readied his Kunai, one Naruto smiled and the other disappeared. Then there was just Kakashi and a wooden log in the half-finished seal.

"Fuuin!" The sound came from his left, he had no time to look, he was already pressed hard into the ground by an unknown force, his chakra forcibly suppressed. He moved his eyes and looked at the grinning blonde that was now holding a bow aimed at his head at a position only few meters away.

"You should never charge at an Uzumaki, sensei, never ends well... do you yield?"

Kakashi could barely nod but it was enough. He could now suddenly breathe normally again.

The rest of the council soon joined them and Tsunade stepped forward.

"Well, it's late and we're all tired, I think we can all agree on giving you the rank of a Tokubetsu jounin." There were no objections.

"Now then, those who have anything else to talk about concerning Naruto, come to my office, I'll bring the drinks."

"Actually, I have several requests." Naruto said after storing his bow.

"Oh?"

"Firstly, I would like the Uzumaki clan to be known as a minor Konoha clan with its own bloodline limit."

"Secondly, since the slum of an apartment building I live in is empty, I would like to buy it and convert it into a clan home."

"And third, I would like for you to make the announcement that any surviving Uzumaki are welcome in Konoha and the clan."

Tsunade was once again getting a headache, the kid was a source of pain for her.

"We'll... talk about it... though you do realize that a new clan in a major village is something that we are obligated to announce to other villages?"

"Yes."

"Ugh, fine, report tomorrow at 9:00 am to hear the decision, we'll work out all the details later."


One week later, Iwagakure.


"This is not good."

"The Jinchuuriki has founded a clan... and called all other survivors to join him... this needs to be dealt with." the Tsuchikage left his office and went to call the council, 15 heads are smarter than one, after all, and the situation required a quick solution.


Journal: Uzumaki Naruto – clan head of Konohas Uzumaki clan.

Date: 7th of May/ 7th of Second Seed 4E 201

I finished building my house today, it was a gruesome procedure but my hive-mind seal took care of it, one of my clones found a cat carcass so badly decomposed that the stench alone made him dispel right away. The clones controlled with this seal are fragile. Baa-chan was surprised when she came to check on me and saw that it's almost done; though no matter what, I'll always remember her face when I came to officially buy the building and dropped a pair of gold ingots on the table in front of her... still makes me laugh every time I think of it.

I'll need to find a place to build the second focal point soon. I could build it beneath Konoha, but that would be a bit too easy to find and too hard to explain.

I was just told that an Uzumaki has arrived in Konoha, apparently it's a red-headed girl and she wants to meet me before deciding to join the clan. The meeting has been arranged for this afternoon. Hopefully she's not hot-headed like the stories say about the Uzumaki.

That went well, her name is Uzumaki Honoka, she was working for some illegal researchers that are doing some weird stuff with summoning animals, she's a member of the clan now, her father is a full-blooded Uzumaki and her mother is a civilian, so she has the same amount of Uzumaki genes as I do.

She's a few years older than me but acts really timid, not as timid as Hinata, though. She was impressed when I showed her the house. And when she heard about some of the seals I placed on it I think I saw her eyes light up, she likes to learn.


Date: 8th of May/Second Seed

I keep wondering about things that are happening back in Skyrim...

Today is the 'house-warming party' that I'm supposed to have for my friends, I'm not really sure about what to do for it.

I had an idea so I prepared everything. I think Tenten will have a heart attack and Shino might not want to leave my house... I should stop calling it a house, it's not a house, it's a home, an estate, a manor... It takes time to get used to stuff like this...

Tenten was on the verge of tears, she begged me to allow her to come back again...

I gave them a tour of the grounds, introduced Honoka, gave them some drinks and shared some stories with them. Then I led them to the basement, When she saw all those armour sets on wooden mannequins and all those weapons hung above them... she just froze and stared for a while.

Ino screamed once I unsealed a corpse of a Frostbite Spider to show it to Shino. Shikamaru seemed a bit tense, I guess he doesn't like spiders either; I should save that for later...

I noticed that Gai and Lee are carrying those War-hammers everywhere, including the toilet.

Honoka said that I have some nice friends, I told her that those are only the few that could make it.


...2 days skipped


Date: 11th of May/Second Seed

Gaara arrived today, he apologized for 5 minutes about not being her earlier before I shut him up with a hug (a manly one, of course, if there's anything I learned from Arnbjorn, it's that a tight one-armed hug is called a man-hug... or man-brace as Nazir mockingly called it)

I showed him the house and all that, after that I said I have a gift for him and took him to a different room. When I told him that I want to try and improve his seal to help him control the power he looked at me like I was crazy. Poor guy, I'm pretty sure that he was completely surrendered to his fate of constant insomnia by now.

I had him fixed up in half-an-hour.

He won't hear the demon and will be able to sleep, but he will have a bit less power over sand with the new seal. At least for now. I managed to convince Shukaku (scare him shitless) to 'ease up a bit' on Gaara.

I gave Temari a small ornate fan I found in Skyrim, it had a few small jewels in it, and Kankuro got some real manly war-paint, at least he won't have to steal make-up from Temari anymore(why she has make-up, I don't know, she neither needs it nor uses it).


Date: 12th of May/Second Seed

Gaara left today, said something about paperwork.

So we received a message from Iwa... I sense potential for some big trouble... Right, from the beginning.

So I said goodbye to Gaara, went home, worked on some stuff, and got summoned in front of the council.

Turns out Iwa sent a message and the council couldn't decide what to do about it, they called me and the rest of the genin since it concerns me and team placements... possibly...

The message, right. It's basically a threat of war from Iwa, the Tsuchikage says (in not too formal terms) that the Uzumaki were destroyed for a reason and that their return cannot be ignored. He said that if Konoha does not comply to the terms in the message Iwa and Kumo will ally to destroy the Uzumaki (and the Uzumaki are now in Konoha, so that was the 'threat of war' part.)

The terms are:

Either the Uzumaki are given their old island home and Konoha cuts all ties from them for 5 years. (Leaving the Uzumaki defenceless against any attacks from the outside).

Or the Uzumaki clan-head is given to Iwa as a peace offering for marriage (which will be nothing but a farce and I'll be assassinated after impregnating enough women).

They know that I'm the Jinchuuriki and that Konoha would never give me up, they are hoping for war, they want payback for the last one.

I have no idea why I turned the scroll around, a habit from the paper notes I've been reading in Skyrim, but I saw that something was missing. While I was reading through it, Tsunade was explaining it to everyone else.

I think she started sweating when I grinned... I don't think I've ever looked so much like the Kyuubi.

"I have an idea... it will require a pretty big sacrifice on our part, but it should work..."

I still can't believe they forgot to place the 'confidential' marking on the scroll, effectively allowing us to publish it to the world without risking the release of our secret dosuments from their side (if we even sent any messages to Iwa in the last five years, which I doubt.).

So here's my plan:

They raised their axe at us, they are threatening us; what should we do? Let's be ass-holes and give them a hug and offer a compromise.

The Uzumaki get their island nation back and sign alliance pacts with both Konoha and Iwa. Konoha and Iwa arrange an alliance between themselves; seeing all the previous hostilities between the two villages and all the buried hatred, there would be only one thing that could hold that alliance together; an arranged marriage.

Now, I'm not a big fan of arranged marriages, mainly because they turn out ugly most of the time.

Danzo had no idea what to say, he eventually managed to yell, 'That's preposterous, they would never agree to that!'

"In that case, we'll just have to copy and publish both of our messages to the public, since they found it unnecessary to slap a simple 'classified' stamp to the scroll..."

Oh, the silence was... I have no words for it...

Homura managed to mutter something like "but that would..."

"Yes, that would make them seem like a bunch of uncivilized, war-loving thugs to the general public. And we would look like saints that are willing to compromise unlike them."

Sure, the ninja villages would see through the manoeuvre if the messages were published, but they have no reason to care.

Of course, there is still the small object of marriage, hell, Konoha has no chance against two villages, even with Suna on our side. Suna is still weak and if Iwa manages to recruit Kumo then we are doomed, chances of survival... not very good; and Orochimaru will probably want to join in on their side.

"The marriage would need prominent people from both villages... clan heirs..." Koharu added, all the genin turned white.

Then all hell broke loose, the clan heads arguing back and forth, why someone is good for this plan, why someone isn't... Baa-chan couldn't do anything, there was nothing to do, she knew that it was the only thing that could stop war...

Through some cosmic coincidence, all the best candidates were in my group of friends. Sakura, Tenten and Lee weren't from important clans so they were out of the plan, no one moved though, and I think I had heard a few people call each other cowards on the council, no one wanted to give away their child to Iwa (there was no doubt that whoever was the 'lucky winner' would go to Iwa, there is a limit to what we can ask for, even with the leverage we have on them).

I think it was the 6th rule that said something like 'THINK DAMN IT!'... yeah, I broke it. I could see that the clans (who were best friends yesterday) were becoming enemies (especially the Hyuuga, who had two candidates) so I just said, "I'll do it."

They shut up instantly, I said that I'll be safer in Uzu with one Iwa shinobi than any of them in Iwa with an army all around...

There were arguments, there were ideas about deals and there was yelling, but in the end it took only thirty minutes for them to agree that it's the lesser of two evils... so to speak. If you've read the entire Journal you can probably guess which one of my friends said what... some tried to talk me out of it, they backed of when I offered to trade places with them...

I'm basically throwing myself into marriage... with a possibly hostile woman... that will probably not want to get married any time soon, least of all to a 'tree-hugger'...

I think I'm going crazy... again... I'm sure Astrid would agree with that one.


… 2 days skipped


Journal: Kurotsuchi of Iwa

Date: 15th May

It backfired.

Gramps never makes a plan that can backfire...

Damn it! He's in with the council right now... they've been inside for at least half-an-hour now.

That means that they're at least thinking about it.

Damn it I don't wanna get married! I'm 16! And I've heard about the kid from dad, his profile says that he's brash, childish and a prankster... I don't want this!

Why does it have to be me?

Today was the first time I locked myself in my room.

I cried for half an hour after gramps told me about the news. They would put in a few conditions, but all in all, I would most likely be getting married soon.

'They have us by the balls' is what dad said, he never says anything even remotely inappropriate in front of me.

Even Akatsuchi looks sad, that should be a crime punishable by death... a frown just doesn't fit him.

I know why it has to be me... they said 'two different heirs of two different Kage...' that was all that gramps needed to start cursing... Yondaimes son.

Will I like him? No. Will he like me? I don't care. Will it help Iwa? ...Yes... it will help Iwa, that's why I have to do it... but no one said that I have to like it...


Date: 16th of May

He's a jinchuuriki, that's one more 'little detail' I was told about him. Well, not really, 'told' since I eavesdropped on some people...

That means that he has enough fire-power to crush half of the world if I piss him off..

I think I get it now, those Konoha bastards want to give him an important girl that will keep him calm for them... I'm actually thinking about pissing him off just so he can blow up their damn village... but that wouldn't protect Iwa, it could destroy it.

Just... Grit your teeth and bear it, Kuro... that's all I can do now... don't cry outside where people can see you.

Akatsuchi is back to his regular self, but all he tries to do now is cheer me up... keeps saying stuff like 'if he's bad to you just say so'... yeah right, like I'll be allowed any freedom...

I keep thinking bad things about this...

I can't imagine it being good, that's true; it could turn out bad, that's true too...

But it could turn out to be just bearable, maybe I'll be allowed to see my family even once I'm married, maybe he'll be tolerant, maybe he won't turn out aggressive... and maybe, just maybe, he won't be crazy like most jinchuuriki I've heard of...

Yeah, this doesn't have to be horrible... it probably will be, but there's still hope, right?

I'm crazy...


Journal: Uzumaki Naruto

Date: 17th of May/Second Seed

Two of the three most powerful armies on the planet are making a pretty solid alliance. That sure raised some heads...

Even Gaara sent a letter, basically saying, 'I hope you know what you're doing, because I don't know if I want to go to war any time soon'... it was a lot more formal than that of course...

I've heard talk about a meeting between the 5 kage... an alliance like this would seriously disrupt the power balance... after a bit of thinking, I've found only one way for both sides to be happy... (I'm counting Konoha and Iwa as a single side)

This could lead to war... easily.

I was right, Baa-chan told me that I'm going with her as a bodyguard. She's still trying to decide if she wants Jiraiya-sensei or Kakashi-sensei as the second one.

I think she'll take Kakashi-sensei, Jiraiya-sensei would make a better emergency-Hokage.

At least I get my mission...

Anyway, the trip is in a few days, and Iron country was chosen as the grounds where the meeting will take place. I heard it was really snowy there...


... 3 days skipped


Date: 21st May/Second Seed

It is really snowy here, one moment, we're on one side of a hill and it's a bit chilly, the next, we're in Iron country, Samurai are patrolling everywhere and snow is knee-deep. I actually had to teach Baa-chan about my snow-walking technique...

We're in an inn now, almost there... My Nightingale Armour feels like it was made for snow.

Gaara will try and cover for me... the Mizukage is a mystery for me, the Raikage is one of the most impulsive men in the history of impulsive men...

This diplomatic trip could turn into a survival trip.


Date: 22nd May/Second Seed

I've heard a rumour, the Tsuchikage brought his son and his granddaughter as guards.

Baa-chan must've known about it, or at least predicted it. If she predicted it, the Tsuchikage must've predicted that she'd bring me...

This could turn out ugly if anyone else predicted the same thing and decides to just get rid of the two of us... life in Skyrim was much simpler than this, there's too much stuff happening behind the scenes here.

No matter, I'll be ready.

We're waiting to enter the meeting room, I am supposed to protect my Hokage and obey the orders. If I can help it, there will be a 'Sure thing Baa-chan' instead of 'Yes, Hokage-sama' from my side.

Hopefully I'm not overdressed. I love my Nightingale Armour but compared to Kakashi-sensei I look... too different...

That went... I don't even know...

I was expecting the Mizukage and the Raikage to throw a tantrum, Gaara to try and cover for us and the Tsuchikage to glare holes in Baa-chan's head.

The Samurai leader Mifune did his best to keep it all in order but that's what happened... pretty much.

Oh, yeah, Kurotsuchi was there, that's the name of my 'bride-to-be'.

I guess you could say she's good looking, short black hair, athletic build, pink eyes, seems tough... more on her, later.

The Raikage was pissed, demanding to know why the alliance is even happening, (since the Tsuchikage agreed to the deal with me and his granddaughter, the messages were never released, so no one knows why the alliance is being made).

When the Mizukage tried her 'sweet voice' on the Tsuchikage, the old man lost it, demanding that Baa-chan show them the documents and be done with it.

Baa-chan had 'that' smile on her face... the one she has when she thinks she's winning at gambling.

She gave the documents to Mifune; after about ten minutes of explaining and reading, the next problem came up.

"This doesn't solve the problem, this just explains it..." The Mizukage said.

I silently agreed, praying to every being more powerful than me, just praying that they don't come up with the same nasty solution I thought of.

My prayers were not noticed, after a few minutes of talking and agreeing that it's always good to avoid war, The Raikage was the one to suggest multiple wives for me, one from every village that wishes to join the alliance. I silently face palmed in my spot next to Kakashi-sensei.

Baa-chan pulled me out of that one, she said that something like this can't be done without my approval.

Kurotsuchi was surprised when Baa-chan called me down, her dad kept watching me like a hawk, same with the Tsuchikage. (Baa-chan almost punched me through the wall when I landed behind her and said 'I'm here Baa-chan')

I humbly said something about them being 'most wise' and how although I would not dare go against their 'esteemed' will I will suggest a different solution.

I marry Kurotsuchi, every village that wishes to be a part of the alliance volunteers one of their shinobi and that shinobi becomes an Uzumaki. Those shinobi marry whoever they want and bring them into the clan, that way the clan grows and every village has a link to it. The Uzumaki are to act as 'conflict-solvers' and are not supposed to take part in any war in the elemental nations unless directly provoked.

Mifune asked all bodyguards to leave the room, feeling that all the hostilities were over with...

I'm now outside the room, all the guards are staring at me, or at least trying not to stare. I'm the indirect reason they're here, after all.

Kurotsuchi and her dad are at the other end of the room, either talking to each other or looking at me.

The refreshments arrived, a maid served us drinks and me, being a good guest that I always am, took the offered drink.

I took off my hood and face mask to seem less distant to ev

Well, that was interesting.

Apparently Kitsuchi wanted to talk to me, he was doing his 'father speech'.

I'm now forbidden from making her cry. It is my fault that she lost her dream of being the 'best damn Iwa shinobi ever' so I have to make her life with me worth it. He's convinced that the alliance will work out, I think there's a pretty good chance it will too, since there aren't any broken bodies or furniture flying around the meeting room...

He cares for her a lot.

I respect that.

Kurotsuchi hasn't approached me, I don't know if she ever will...

They talked about Akatsuki too, they keep slipping my mind, they're hunting me, right?

Yeah, Uchiha Itachi, the fish guy and a bunch others...

And then there's the masked man... and Sasuke... and Orochimaru...

Oh, yeah, they accepted my proposal, sure they said it was their idea but I won't fight it.

We'll stay for tonight and leave in the morning.

The Raikage wanted to speak to me, he called me 'kid' and said that I better be able to back up all I had said with actions.

The Tsuchikage also wanted to talk to me. He was told that I am the one to blame for foiling his plan for war. I told him the same thing I told Kitsuchi and the Raikage. I'm a man of my word and I don't give up until I'm done with what I set out to do.

Gaara told me that I've only gotten worse than before, always looking for trouble. I just hope he doesn't send me one of his siblings I don't think I could handle Uzumaki Kankuro... Temari would be a bit better... not by much though...


Journal: Kurotsuchi of Iwa

Date: 23rd of May

Dad says that he seems to be above his expectations... not a big achievement, seeing how dad's expectations were very low...

I don't know what to think of him, he seemed a bit serious, but he also called his Hokage 'Baa-chan', I know she's actually a lot older than she looks; does that mean he's extremely honest?

I would love nothing more than to just be myself and beat him up if he does something stupid or annoying or...

I can't. The entire world just agreed to this plan, there would be peace for a long time if this is successful. And I'm here at the front.

Gramps says that this guy really believes in himself: he doesn't think that he can do this, he knows that he can do it.

And I'm supposed to be there next to him and pick him up if/when he falls.

I'm too confused...


Journal: Uzumaki Naruto

Date: 23rd of May

I probably should have approached her, I don't know why I didn't? Was I trying to be the mysterious type? Why?

Was I trying to impress her?

Yup, I can't say that she's not a good-looking girl, but then again, I haven't really met many ugly girls in my life, maybe it's luck?

I think I'll be spending my life with her, the least I could do is try and become friends with her... if there really is some Karma waiting to come back around to me, maybe we'll be more than just friends?

… fat chance.


… one week later


Date: 31st May/Second Seed

Looks like I'll be getting that chance to make friends with her.

A four-member mission, me and her, with an escort from either village. A standard coast patrol of the land of Fire, starting at the bridge to the land of Waves and circling towards the wrecked island of Uzu.

Once there we are to 'assess the needed repairs and make preparations for them'. Not really.

I'm not letting anyone but my clones work there. Every secret entrance and exit will be secret, I'll know the layout of everything, I'll know of all the seals placed.

She already started her trip towards Konoha, once here, she'll spend a night and then we'll move on.

She'll be here today, how nice of Baa-chan to give me a heads-up...

Well, we talked a bit, I don't think we managed to get anything out of each other.

She's kinda nervous about all this. I don't know why, I'm the one everyone's looking at, should I be even more nervous than she is?

She's getting ready for dinner, Honoka made something nice, I can smell it, I've already shown her the house, the basement is left for after the dinner.

I think this might work. She told me why she's nervous, as my wife, people are expecting her to be there for me whenever I need her to help me up.

"I won't need you to pick me up, I always pick myself up when I fall, though I will need you to knock some sense into me, so that I don't fall for stupid reasons... I don't want you to keep picking me up, I want you to help me stand."

Reading it now, I can't believe I said that... the mood was kinda blown since I said that standing in front of a full suit of Daedric Armour. That's always a mood-killer (unless the mood is 'murder and mass slaughter').

She thanked me and left to her room.

Oh yeah, her escort is her dad, not that I'm surprised about that and Kakashi-sensei will escort us from our side. At least it isn't Jiraiya-sensei...

This might just work...


… 2 days skipped


Date: 3rd June/Mid Year

Well, I wasn't expecting 'The Great Naruto Bridge'.

I should probably thank them for the honour... Kurotsuchi said that I shouldn't hide away behind a hood and a mask.

I listened to her and am now walking through the town, being 'secretly' followed by a group of young civilian girls.

Kurotsuchi is smirking, I find that she likes smirking more than smiling...

She should laugh again, unfortunately, I don't have anything that could make her laugh. I used up the 'my name doesn't mean maelstrom it means fish-cake' joke, that was the only time I heard her laugh...

Did she laugh more before all this?

It's really awkward between us, we're trying too hard to be friends. If it weren't for this 'marriage thing' looming over us we would have already been sharing life stories by now... then again, we were brought together by this 'marriage thing'.

I need to do something about this.

To say that Tsunami-san was surprised that I was getting married... well, I'm using that expression too much already. She couldn't believe it, I invited them to the celebration, of course. (They offered to let us stay at their place but we had to decline, keeping appearances and all that, only the biggest hotel for us...)

I think I have a plan, nothing as grand as jumping universes or any of my other plans... I'm going to take Kurotsuchi on a date, this isn't really the best place in the world, I know, or the best time, but we might as well try and get a date before getting married.

That was one of the better evenings I've ever spent with someone, we walked through the town, avoided the fan-girls together and talked. The food was nice but the thing I remember best was the fact that I enjoyed her company.

I wanted to leave her home at the hotel and visit the graves of Zabuza and Haku before it got too dark, she asked if she could come with me.

I told her about the mission to wave, about Zabuza and Haku... and in turn, she told me a bit about Deidara... I don't know much but I can see that he's like a brother to her, even now...

We leave in the morning, it will take more than a week to get to our intended destination.


… 8 days skipped


Journal: Kurotsuchi

Date: 13th of June

I'm going to punch him.

We finally get to the ruins and he just tells us to stand back... then he did some seal and is now unconscious in the middle of it while 50-ish clones are working all over the place and cleaning rubble.

Holy mother of...

I won't have to kill him, he'll kill himself, a clone just came and told us that we should stand back cuz' he's going to go all out...

And then he summoned over three thousand clones... all clones, all tangible, and because of that seal, all connected and sharing the same mind...

One of them told us that everything should be cleaned up in about a day, a few days more and he says he could build the basic structures...

Three thousand workers with perfect teamwork...

All we can do is walk around the place, looking at stuff, there's too many clones around to even try and help, as soon as you look at a piece of rubble a clone picks it up.

I asked him about the garden. He's making a large one behind the 'main building'. There are also a lot of clones walking around planting seeds.

There are also a lot of them digging around, he told me that he needs a big underground chamber.


… 7 days skipped


Journal: Uzumaki Naruto

Date: 20th of June/Mid Year

I think that's good enough...

I just woke up from my obligatory 'tough-jutsu-coma'...

Kurotsuchi just punched me over the head as soon as I woke up... she says I should have told them about my plans earlier.

Kakashi-sensei just shook his head and asked me if I have a death-wish... and then asked about the details of the jutsu, he really was interested in it...

Kitsuchi seemed to approve a bit, maybe he's happy that I'm getting along well with Kurotsuchi?

We're heading out tomorrow morning, I still feel a bit woozy but that should clear up overnight.

I'll leave a remote clone seal here, that way I'll be able to summon a clone to Uzu from Konoha and check on the plants.


… 2 days skipped


Date: 23rd June/Mid Year

Damn, Baa-chan was pissed...

Almost punched me through the wall three times, and that's with all the holding back because we were not alone...

She muttered something about 'suicidal blondes' and I helpfully pointed out her regeneration technique and the fact that she's a blonde too...

If I had been just a bit slower I would have an imprint of that ugly paper-weight on my forehead now.

She asked why I've been so impossible lately... I told her the truth.

I'll be leaving and I have no idea when I'll be able to mess with her again.

She calmed down and said that I sped up my own departure by fixing an entire island nation in a week...

Sometimes I just bury myself...


Date: 24th June/Mid Year

The flowers are doing fine, well, as fine as I expected, some are thriving, some need the cold weather...

The Mountain Flowers need the cold but are growing, they might adapt if they survive for a few seasons.

Tundra Cotton is a failure.

Nirnroot is... a success? Instead of its regular colour, it turned yellow... after dissecting a few samples I've found that it's adapting to using chakra from nature instead of magicka, it's glow and sound are more subtle too.

I thought it would die without a source of magicka...

Snowberries aren't growing at all.

Nightshade and Deathbell are growing like weeds; I had to improve containment on them.

The Juniper Berries and Jazbay Grapes are adapting quite well.

The other successful plants are the ones I had ordered from Cyrodill;

Alkanet, Foxglow, Redworth and Tiger Lily are all over the place, Water Hyacinth took to the rivers and lakes (not that there's many of them on the island) quite well and Morning Glory is all over the walls of the handful of houses that are ready for people to move in.

The place looks really colourful...

I'll pay Baa-chan to order the furniture and all the other stuff that will be needed. This time I think I'll drop a pouch full of gems on her desk... I can already imagine the look in her eyes...


… 1 month skipped


Date: 30th July/Suns Height

Exactly two years since I accidentally sent myself to Skyrim... (or the sky above it to be more precise) I miss them all. Hopefully I'll be able to finish the second focal point soon, there isn't much more I need for it...

Kurotsuchi wants to know what's there and I keep avoiding her questions... she won't give up, I know that much...

She isn't lying to me about anything, the Kyuubi told me that... Once we're married, I'll just give her my journal, she can see for herself if it's worth putting any trust in me.

I've been having nightmares lately, I can't remember them but I remember the fear... I'm worried about the links, what if Vaermina or other princes have found a way to get here?

I'll need to finish the focal point before I can diagnose the link... and check for possible cracks.

I never thought I would be acting as a repairman for the universe...

I saw Hinata today, she keeps avoiding me... I think I have a pretty good idea about the cause.

The first rule really works, once you get some experience in love and being loved you start to notice things... though it's inexcusable how I didn't notice Hinata before, I mean, the girl fainted around me and kept stuttering...

I just thought she was 'weird'...

I don't want her to avoid me, as distant as she is, she's still a friend... I'll try and find a way to talk to her in private, maybe solve this, get her to move on... I honestly can't see the two of us working out as a couple, maybe if all the Skyrim stuff hadn't happened?

Speaking of love and all that, I used to have a crush on Sakura... I honestly have no idea when, how or why that left. She's obviously still crying over Sasuke, maybe I can get her to help with Hinata?

I'll have to deal with Sasuke eventually, I have some sort of a plan, it's basic, but it should work well enough. I'll just change his priorities...

I have to deal with the Akatsuki too... and the masked man... and the whole world... and one day go back to the other world... and my clan...

Yeah, my clan... I've heard that there are a bunch of families returning to Konoha, none of them are saying that they're Uzumaki but there is a lot of people with red hair here... maybe I'll be called for another meeting soon... right now it's a bit quiet in the house, with only me and Honoka...

I also have to get everything ready for the shinobi that will join the clan from other villages.

Baa-chan said that I'm supposed to report in at her office in about 15 minutes. It's probably about the ceremony, we don't have the date yet.

I sometimes wonder if I can see the future, the ceremony will be held in Uzu, which means that the place has to be in perfect shape, no one has been there in the past month other than my clones...

Baa-chan is sending me there in a few days, I'll spend some time there with Jiraiya-sensei and after a few weeks the rest of the people that are supposed to help out will arrive.

In two months from now, I'll be a married man.

I'll have a wife, a family, a clan, a home, a city, a country... all of them depending on me...

Pressure levels? Zero...


… 1 week skipped


Date: 7th August/Last Seed

The focal point is done, I won't need much power to activate it but I will need to tell Jiraiya-sensei about it...

Hopefully he won't go crazy and try to knock some sense into me, I don't know if it's possible any more...

He was actually interested, I think he wants to go there and catch himself a nice tavern wench...

Oh the images... I hate myself now.

Anyway, the room is finished, the arch/door is finished, and the four pedestals are ready, the shrines to Hermaeus Mora, Nocturnal and Jyggalag will be scattered all over the world but connected to their pedestals here, the shrine for Azura will be in Uzu, I think it would look great at a square or something.

I can finish the shrines later, there is no rush for that, these temporary shrines/pedestals will work well enough.

Everything is ready and all we have to do is activate the seals.

I can't believe he tried to hit on Nocturnal...

I also can't believe she hit him in the nuts so hard that he actually lifted off of the ground...

Anyway, he's in the corner, possibly trying to extract his family jewels from his stomach and return them to where they should be... everything went well (on my side), the link is good, the princes are good, no Vaermina however...

It must be stress that's getting to me.

Azura said that difficult times are in store for Tamriel but I am not yet fated to return...

I have to get the rest of the island ready for the ceremony, Nocturnal actually congratulated me on getting married...


… 9 days skipped


Date: 17th August/Last Seed

I felt a slight tremor in the link from the other side, I briefly thought about summoning Azura and asking her what's happening but decided against that, the tremor wasn't from the link... it was from the universe itself (I can't explain it but it felt like a small bubble was formed at the side of the universe and it just popped yesterday) besides she said that I'm not supposed to go back... at least not yet...

… Kurotsuchi arrived with my clones today, I spawned a few at the house and had them bring everything along (her stuff too, of course).

I have a surprise for her.

She loved the dress, I don't know why I even thought about taking back a traditional wedding dress from Skyrim with me, but I'm happy I did, I'm sure it will look perfect on her. Long pure white dress with a long red coat that has golden embroidery on it.

We were alone at the time, she knew that but turned around to check despite that. And then she gave me a peck on the cheek... I almost dodged too, previous experiences and all that...

Before, I thought that keeping her happy will be another one of my 'jobs' another thing I'll have to do... not any more...

I want her to be happy, and since she's stuck with me, I'll do my best... she deserves it.


… 3 days skipped


Date: 21st August/Last Seed

The old pervert is trying to push me into making him my best man at the wedding, I've already decided on Iruka-sensei for that.

Speaking of the wedding, Kurotsuchi is a lot more lively about the plans, and I mean a lot, I don't think I've ever seen her running around so much, and that's counting all the missions we've done together.

I've been approached by at least twenty different wedding organizers in the last few days, every time it's a different question, 'what is this flower called?' 'Is it fine if we use these buildings?' and so on... the only problems were when they wanted to decorate the tables with Nightshade and Deathbell among other flowers... I don't want any deaths due to poisoning at my wedding, thank you very much...

Speaking of the flowers, the garden is thriving, you can no longer see through it completely. It looks like a very colourful rainforest, with strange trees all over the place and 'otherworldly' flowers decorating almost everything. (I should have brought some seeds for those house-sized mushrooms from Vvardenfell)

I see a good amount of income in tourism.

All the armour and stuff has been organized and is decorating the hallways of the main building... Uzu tower? The central tower? I don't really have any ideas on how to name it.

The Library is now organized, I never actually thought that I would have my own library, even when I dreamed of the Hokage position... then again, I think that, as a leader of a small country and a future ninja village, I achieved something similar to my previous dream...

I'll go take another look at the Nirnroot, their mutation is fascinating.

I can't believe it... it's faint but it's there...

Nirnroot is converting chakra from the air into magicka... it feeds on whatever it manages to extract from chakra and just dumps out magicka...

It won't make much of a difference in the world, the magicka it releases isn't potent and degrades quickly, but in a few years, the island will be enveloped in a coat of magicka, it won't spread any further though...

I still don't know exactly what this means...


… 3 weeks skipped


Date: 23rd September/Heartfire

The wedding is in a week, there is nothing going wrong, there is nothing behind schedule. Everything is going just as planned.

I worry about myself; sometimes I think I went crazy a long time ago...

The guests are slowly arriving, and those that came early are not regretting it, the island looks stunning, it's just beautiful... And there's a certain black-haired bride-to-be that looks stunning too...

I'm thinking more and more about her.

I'm falling for her, maybe I already have?

When I think about her I remember that my thoughts about Sakura were; 'She's just what I want in a girl!'... when it comes to Kurotsuchi, it's 'She's the girl I want!'...

Oh boy... I'm not sure, but I think that she feels the same...

I want to ask her... maybe... maybe we can have a happy life together...


… 3 days skipped


Journal: Kurotsuchi

Date: 27th September

Gramps and dad came today, there's a lot of people coming from Iwa, there's a lot of people from every country...

I don't have any girl-friends back in Iwa, sad but true. My maids of honour are Narutos friends, Sakura, Ino, Hinata and Tenten.

We've spent more time together last night, a 'girls night out' if you will.

They're pretty unique, Ino is all 'girly' while Tenten is not girly at all but has an unhealthy obsession with sharp objects.

Sakura... I had heard about the crush Naruto has/had for her... I don't know what to think of her.

Hinata, well, it was obvious that she didn't like me, but I had to ask Ino about that (she seemed like the gossipy type) and imagine my surprise when it turned out that she has a crush on Naruto...

My future husband...

Why am I this calm!?

I'm getting married! I don't want to get married...no, I didn't want to get married, but, I can handle it if it's Naruto...

I've recently read some of the earlier parts of my journal and they make me look like a weak girl... I'm not a weak girl.

Sometimes I want to take a peek in Naruto's journal, I've never actually tried, but I bet it has a bunch of seals on it that are protecting it from prying eyes...

He's keeping secrets from me... I tried asking but he's avoiding the question... maybe it's a sore spot...

I'm rambling, I have to make sure everything is ready for the seventh time today...

I miss Deidara-nii, he should be here.


… 2 days skipped


Journal: Uzumaki Naruto

Date: 30th September/Heartfire

Everyone is in their places, everything is ready... it's times like these that I thank any omnipotent being watching for making me change... the wedding will not be showy, it will just be enormous...

The biggest wedding to date in all the nations... ever...

I just hope Orochimaru doesn't crash it, or the Akatsuki, or Sasuke, or that masked man... then again, the security is just crazy here, all the major Kage, all the major Daimyo, most of the minor Daimyo (they've been trying to find ways to join the alliance themselves, I think today they'll try to kiss certain asses and find their ways in... into the alliance, not into the asses, ugh)...

Ugh, I had to go puke, maybe it's nervousness, maybe it's the mental images that came when 'asses' and 'Baa-chan' merged in my mind... yuck...

I'm told that I should go and socialize with people and that my clothes look great.

Ah, my wedding clothes, I haven't described those, have I?

Right, usually a groom would wear a formal kimono, I'm wearing one, but I have a fur-thing covering my upper back and left shoulder while on my right shoulder I have a pauldron from a set of Glass Armour.

All in all, my robes look a lot like those of an emperor of Cyrodill... not that anyone here will noti

Shit... I'm going to give Kurotsuchi my Journal to read through...

At least I'm going to see that most beautiful woman in her gorgeous dress (which I gave you, you should not forget) on this perfect day...

...

Right, time to make friends in high places...

I don't have much time, the ceremony will start soon, I still haven't seen Kurotsuchi...

My next entry should be tomorrow, unless someone slips me some of the alcohol I brought from Skyrim.


Date: 1st October/Frostfall

I just woke up. Last night was tiring, boring, long, difficult... and perfect.

Spending time with the nobles was so... repetitive. I know I'm a 'noble' now too, but if it's that simple, just say the same thing everyone else is saying and add nice titles and names to people... I can do that part.

I think I got the exact same number of compliments on all of these: my clothes, my home, my garden, my island, my duty in the world and 'my' wife (if she had heard them call her 'mine' there would have been dead people there)

Then the ceremony started. Iruka-sensei was at my side at all times, a comforting hand on the shoulder (probably making sure that I don't revert to my old self and try to run away), a good piece of advice in the ear, a perfect distraction.

Then Kurotsuchi came in, oh God, that dress...

She was walked to the altar by her father, I took her hand and it began.

It was traditional, fast and simple, no complicated stuff, just like we agreed.

We kissed, that was our first real kiss, my first too (a certain incident that shall not be written down will here-on-forth never be mentioned and does not count).

Then the dancing started, I've never danced so much in my life. We talked and joked about the people that we met yesterday... it felt just like one of our 'nights out together' we didn't register the hundreds of people watching us.

We were at the table with family and the major leaders (the five Kage and the five Daimyo)

I didn't want to drink, remembering my experiences with mead but took a single glass of Cyrodillic Brandy anyway, when Baa-chan took a glass of the same, she almost started begging for more... I think I agreed to send a bottle or two to her.

They all acted civil, none of them said anything about the alliance all night. Now that I think about it, I don't know the details of the alliance between them, I didn't have the clearance before, I'll probably get sent a copy of the agreement... I've seen one on Baa-chans desk, it's thicker than all the volumes of 'Biography of Barenziah' put together.

Uzumaki Kurotsuchi, I like it. Kurotsuchi-chan... Kuro-chan... Kuro?

Kurotsuchi...

She's still sleeping, in her own bed of course, maybe one day we'll share a same bed; she's smiling in her sleep.

Anyway, back on track, there were no nasty surprises, no one broke in and yelled 'I object to this marriage!' Baa-chan managed to turn around and glare at everyone, just in case someone was considering it...

It went well, pretty much... other than the fact that we were told to 'socialize' until we can no longer stand, It was great.

We went to our room together, I had seals prepared just for the occasion, a simple pulse of chakra just before bed and we're safe for the night.

We're both in our wedding clothes, she'll kill me once she reads this, but she looks so cute all curled up like that...

Screw all the 'newly-weds' and all the 'first night as a married man' stuff... we were tired and in need of sleep, and we basically have to keep the world running from here on out...

Yeah, doesn't seem so fun now, does it?

Anyway, I'm going to get her breakfast (in bed preferably), she had a lot more dances last night, her dad, her grandfather even Jiraiya-sensei took a dance with her, she came to me pissed off, he probably tried to talk her into sharing anything he could use for his perverted books...

Life is good now, I'll give her my Journal after breakfast...

To be continued...


AN: Now then, for the announcements,

this took longer than I thought it would, then again, my original idea had both the akatsuki fights and tobi fights and sasuke fights in this chapter... so you can expect those in the next chapter.

Since the canon training trip took two and a half years, and he was in skyrim for less than two years next chapter will have a half-year timeskip, bringing the timeframe just to the beginning of shippuden...

who did the other villages send? You decide on that one, keep in mind that this won't be a harem and that the shinobi that are sent aren't supposed to be to weak or too strong.

Once again, thanks to my two betas, deathshade37 & Twylyte for pointing out the mistakes.

I've started writing the next chapter, I can't give you an exact time when to expect it... there will be a bunch of fights in it though... hopefully, I'm kinda doing this on the fly...

Feel free to review, tell me what I did great, what I ruined, what made the chapter good or bad...