Whirlpool's Rebirth
I do not own Naruto, nor do I own the Uesugi clan ( they belong to Trife and he was kind enough to let me use them)
Author's Note: I'm sorry for how long it took me to get this chapter out. Originally I had tried to have it done by Sunday but I kept finding myself tweeking it here and there and such. I want to apologize to Dragon man 180. I completely scrapped the whole cross dressing Naruto idea. there was just too much i had to write as it was and truth be told I had only planned for it to happen once. I originally thought this would only be 8,000 words but turns out it actually reached over 14,000. I hope it's easier to read now. I had looked at a few other author's stories that I liked and tried to copy what they did. Now for some replies to some of the reviews.
to Melikalily: I would but the only real good 7 swordsmans are dead, except Kisame and as we know he's with Akatsuki. Thanks for the suggestion though.
to Riku Uzumaki & KantonKageX: Yeah I know what you mean, there are way too many fics where Naruto ends up screwing every girl he knows and more.
to Serenity000: thanks for commenting on how I kept Naruto to his correcting. I'm happy people have been giving me pointers on how to write the paragraphs but i also need people to like you to tell me if my characters act as they should.
to GameDemonKing: this happends before shippuden. so no garra hasn't been kidnapped yet. Naruto will not look younger but he will look different.
to Trife: sorry man i had told you I would have this out sooner but between all the things i had to correct about the story and Marvel vs Capcom 3 it just took a while.
Chapter 2: The Domino Effect
The room he sat in looked as an office should with a hint of royalty. Red carpet covered the floor and had dark blue walls. The wall behind him had half of it taken up by windows. If one were to look out of them you would guess they were at least on the fifth floor. The room itself was rather bare except for the chair he sat in and his desk. There were two cushioned couches to the side and a few random pictures hanging on the walls.
Naruto stares at the giant mahogany desk before him. Leaning back in his richly cushioned chair and adjusting the Uzukage robes that now adorned him. The robe was worn in two layers. The first layer was a simple ocean blue long Kimono that had been worn in a fashion that it would fit snug on his upper body but below the black belt that tied the robe together he had pulled the robe apart leaving space so that he could move without hindrance. Over the kimono he wore a long white Kage robe with steel blue stripes that ran along the bottom of his robe and along the cuffs of his wrist. Underneath it all he wore tight leather armor that covered all but his head but had slack in the joint areas . The armor had been dyed a dark blue. Completing the outfit was the giant disk shaped hat that was mostly steel blue except for the curved white triangle at the front of the hat. In the triangle the kanji for Uzukage had been written in the same color as the hat itself. Along the sides and back ran a simple white cloth that helped shadow his face.
He turned his chair to look out the window, where ruins once lay was a village now full of life and prosperous. He chuckled.
' To think two and a half years ago I was stuck on this island with nothing better to do than train.' thought Naruto, a look of nostalgia filling his blue eyes.
2 1/2 years ago
After finding all the scrolls and books that contained information on his mother's blood limit, he headed for a river he had passed by earlier. Luckily the river was a good distance from the village.
'The place already looks like a hurricane hit it . I don't need to add to it.' thought Naruto morbidly.
After finding a nice open area he sat down and opened the book pertaining to the bloodline itself. Flipping to the first chapter he read on how to unlock it. He frowned as he read on eventually smiling with pride.
" Where other blood-limits were gained through stress or a little practice, mom's is only usable through a lot of hard work. Says here in order for it to awaken. I must first master water, wind, and fire elemental chakra. Guess I'll start on water." whispered Naruto.
It had been two weeks since he had started the first phase to master water elemental chakra and he still had a ways to go. He had been holding the bowel trying to push the water from one side to the other. The objective was to make the bowel look as if there was an invisible barrier in the middle of the bowel preventing the water from passing through. He had been there for hours today and still could only make the water ripple.
Getting frustrated he let out a growl. " Dammit I have to stay still or i won't be able to tell if I'm actually moving the water with chakra or if it's only moving cause I'm moving."
Putting the bowel down he put his fingers index and middle fingers into a cross hand sign and created a shadow clone next to him. The clone looked at him expectantly.
" I need you to go and find some food."
The clone gave a mock salute and ran off. This had been routine since he had discovered how hard mastering water element was. Sending off a clone to find food while he continued training just seemed like a better idea than he himself wasting time doing both. Picking up the bowel once again he went back to focusing on his training.
The clone had been searching for some time now. It was looking for some fruit thanks to a sweet tooth that kept nagging the original Naruto. Jumping up to an apple tree. He began picking a variety of different colored apples. He couldn't remember which ones tasted sweet so grabbing a few of each color would have to do. Satisfied with the amount he had he turned around to jump to the next tree only to scream and fall backwards. Mere centimeters from his face was a green boa constrictor staring right at him flicking it's tongue. The second he hit the ground he poofed out of existence.
Naruto's concentration had been broken from a sudden barrage of mental images. "Great i thought i was actually getting somewhere. And my cloned fell on his ass, But how did i know that, It's not like he was nearby?" asked Naruto.
Suddenly an idea popped in his head. He put the bowel down and created another clone. Handing the bowel to the clone. The clone looked from him to the bowel repeating the process three times before staring at Naruto with a confused face.
" What the hell do you want me to do." asked the clone.
Mentally slapping himself, he expected the clone to know. " I want you to practice the training I've been doing, but don't do it here go over there and turn around so I can't see what your doing." replied Naruto pointing to a tree.
Looking at the bowel again the clone just shrugged and did as it was told. Ten minutes later Naruto dispelled the clone. Once again the images ran through his head. Gaining a new understanding of the water element he didn't have a second ago.
" So anything the shadow clones do I'll know." said Naruto. Surprise evident in his voice.
Creating ten more clones, he sent the them back to the village ordering them to find as many usable bowls they could find. As soon as they left he walked over to the tree his clone was at earlier and picked up his first bowel. Luckily it was still usable. Thirty minutes later the clones returned with a total of sixteen bowels plus the one in his hands. Naruto frowned, he had been hoping for a bit more but when he considered that they could have come back with none he didn't really mind. Creating six more clones he began to give them their orders but was interrupted by his stomach.
" Could one of you please go get the apples? " muttered Naruto.
Since his discovery over the advantage of his shadow clones, Naruto was able to shorten his training significantly. After four days of training he had mastered the first phase. He had thought about trying to have his clones practice the first phase for the other two elements but quickly thought against it.
" The last thing i need is getting three different training methods mixed up."
After two weeks of practice on the second phase (which consisted of him reversing a section of the river's flow) he had it mastered. After four more months of training on mastering the other two elemental chakra along with a a few jutsus for each element, he felt ready to try his mother's blood-limit. Thinking back he found it strange that molding wind chakra was relative easier than molding fire chakra. Shrugging his shoulders he picked up the book again and began reading once more. With all three elemental chakras mastered, whether or not he would be able to use his mother's blood limit would be determined by if his body could combine the two elements.
Three months later
Naruto walked towards the beach. He now wore a simple blue kimono that went down to his knees with blue pants and a red wig that went a little past his shoulders. On his face he wore a powder that blended in well with his skin covering his whisker birth marks effectively. His eye brows were still blonde but he'd dye them as soon as he got back to Hot spring country.
He readjusted the pack he had slung over his shoulder. The last seven to eight months of training had payed off. He had actually been able to combine both wind and fire elements with water. His mother's blood-limit was at his disposal and for that he was proud. he could have left the island a month ago but he wanted to train for another month just to be sure. Checking his pack one last time making sure he had the scrolls he would need to continue his training among other things he felt he would need such as extra make up, some food, and a little bit of money he found here and there.
Afterwards he walked onto the water and spun through a series of hand signs deactivating the whirlpools before him. Once he passed the area the whirlpools resided he turned around and reactivate them. Turning around once more he sped off towards Hot spring country.
Present time
A steady knock on the double doors broke Naruto out of his thoughts. He opened his mouth to welcome the person in but a stern feminine voice interrupted him.
"Why do you even bother knocking, it's not like he's going to say no!"
"It's called being polite, but then again I wouldn't expect YOU to know that" replied a softer yet more forceful feminine voice.
"What did you say?" hissed the stern girl.
Silence filled the air for a few seconds. To the trained ear you could hear a slight shift, as if the other girl had just took a pose. Naruto had to cover his mouth to muffle his laughter. This would not be the first time they argued and he had learned from past incidents that interrupting only led to directing their anger towards him.
"I'm saying you don't know how to act like a proper women." spoke the soft yet forceful girl.
"Don't you even start that shit with me." Another shift could be heard but this sounded forced as if someone was grabbed. "Got it BITCH !" finished the stern girl.
Recognizing the end of the discussion Naruto wiped all humor off his faced. The door slammed open and an obviously pissed girl entered. She had long hair that could be argued whether it was a light shade of red or a dark shade of pink. Somehow her hair had a sleek yet wild look to it with one of her stray bangs running down between her eyebrows and along the right side of her noise. She wore a black bandana with a whirlpool plate. Her eyes were a dark brown. Dressed in a short grey kimono that almost covered a black skin tight long sleeve shirt and matching shorts with black sandals. She turned towards the door glaring at the next girl walking in.
Unlike the first girl she walked in with a sense of pride. Her hair was a rose red and was in an unorthodox style. One side barely went past her chin and appeared unkempt and jagged while the other side went a little below shoulder length and was neatly combed. Her eyes were the same color as her hair as she wore a pair of brown framed glasses. She wore a lavender jacket zipped up all the way but oddly had the bottom undone just enough to expose her naval area. The black shorts on her were well...short. Her black stockings went up to her mid thigh and the shoes were small and seemed to blend in. On her wrist was a Whirlpool headband
Both girls looked to be at sixteen with the pissed girl seem to have slightly older features. Feeling a glare directed at him Naruto turned towards the grey clad kunoichi.
Raising a blue leather covered hand in self defense." Now before you say anything I didn't do anything Tayuya."
Tayuya scoffed. "That's just it dumb-ass, you didn't do anything. You could have invited us in, instead of just sitting back and snickering"
The other girl tilted her glasses by the side smiling the entire time.
"AND YOU, don't go thinking this is over with Karin! I'll deal with your ass later." said Tayuya
Naruto to this day still couldn't believe he had not only adopted/recruited Tayuya and Karin into his village, but also into his clan as his sisters. He looked at Tayuya once more. His eye's filled with a sense of gentleness no other man would show her. Tayuya still busy glaring at Karin didn't notice.
1 year and seven months ago
Naruto had been doing odd jobs in hot spring country for some time now. Naruto was reluctant to leave yet due to certain road blocks. The first road block was the fact that in order for him to travel to any other country or village besides lightning country he would have to pass through either fire country or sound territory. Risk being found by leaf hunter nin or Jiriaya and dealing with Grandma Tsunades wrath was not a pleasant idea. And accidentaly running into Orochimaru seemed less than uncomfortable. He had made amazing progress over the last eight months but he wouldn't allow himself to think he could take on the world. Very rarely did ninja fights come down to who was stronger but more so of who was more cunning or who simply had the element of surprise.
Needing supplies he stopped by a general store. Grabbing some much needed make up and food, he walked up to the red headed cashier. She looked familiar but he didn't pay it any mind.
" What the fuck are you doing buying make up for. What are you some damn cross dresser?"
Naruto's head snapped up taking a better look at the cashier. It took a moment for the pieces to fit but once they did any smarts he had gained over time seem to have
dissapeared as he blurted out his exact thoughts.
"HOLY SHIT, IT'S YOU! TAYUYA!"
Tayuya looked at Naruto shock evident on her face. But unlike Naruto that didn't stop her instincts. She had grabbed and thrown him against the wall so fast that he never saw her pull out the kunai. She held it to his neck with a firm grip looking for one more reason to slit his throat.
"Alright fucktard you have a minute to explain how the hell you know me?" hissed Tayuya.
" It was when I was on a team to retrieve Sasuke Uchiha from you and three other guys!" replied Naruto.
"Bull shit I remember that mission too damn well and i don't remember a red head chasing us!" countered Tayuya her voice laced with hate.
Naruto's mind was blank for a few seconds. "Mywigtakeoffmywig!" blurted out Naruto franticly having been counting every second to the minute promised.
She understood him if barely. reaching up she grabbed the red hair and yanked it off revealing a head full of medium length blonde unruly hair.
An image of a blonde loud mouth annoying kid instantly played through her head. But that kid had whiskers and this guydidn't. Suddenly she remembered the make up. Her kunoichi mind began processing all the information that lay before her and finally one thought came to her.
'HE'S HIDING'
Naruto was thanking god, he never thought he'd be so glad to see signs of recognition on someones face again. Tayuya had slowly let go of him and began to back up. She still held her kunia but that was to be expected. The two stared at each other for some time before lowering their guard. Both looked at each other with curious questioning looks. After the tension lifted they began firing their question back and forth.
Naruto began explaining his disguise and the original reason he left Konoha along with his new ambition. After he finished Tayuya had to admit it took guts for what he was attempting but never spoke her opinion. Somehow Tayuya had survived her encounter with Temari. And apparently a traveling merchant trying to travel around the border of sound country had chanced upon her. When he had found her she was buried from her waist down in trees and other debris. It was only with a little luck that the merchant had a small shovel and had dug a trench deep enough underneath her so he could drag her out from under it. After that he carried her to his initial destination Hot spring country. After arriving in a town she was dropped off at the nearest hospital. After that was her road to recovery.
" What about Orochimaru and the curse seal?" asked Naruto.
Tayuya looked as if there was a bitter taste in her mouth. " I still have the curse seal. But I don't know anything about that trash now. Most likely left me for dead." she replied barely above a whisper.
There was another moment of silence. After a minute or two they began passing a few more random question here and there. When it felt like there was nothing more to discuss Naruto regathered his supplies and payed for them before waving goodbye and leaving the store. As he walked he thought back to his talk with Tayuya and another discussion he had with Shikamaru. Shikamaru had led the mission to retrieve Sasuke and had been the one to fight Tayuya. As usual he said the girl was troublesome, but complimented her as a shinobi and further went on to explain that out of all the sound four she seemed to have the most morals. Although now that he had talked to her face to face she seemed different. Naruto simply chalked it up to loneliness. He could sympathize with her. Eight months being alone had changed Naruto as well.
Stopping a block away from the general store Naruto turned back to look at it.
" I can't believe I'm considering this." whispered Naruto.
Walking back into the store and back up to Tayuya the entire time she was giving him a confused look.
"I want you become a part of my family." said Naruto as blunt as possible.
Tayuya brain had frozen. She repeated the sentence in her mind slowly. Her faced filled with anger.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY PERVERT!" A resounding smack echoed through the town.
Naruto now sporting a red hand mark on his left cheek slowly lifted himself up. Dumbfounded he repeated his own sentence trying to find where he went wrong. He sighed as he realized his screw up.
"Sorry I didn't mean as one of my wives. i meant more along the lines as a sister." apologized Naruto
Tayuya seemed to calm down but still kept her aggressive appearance. And quickly responded with a sound no. Naruto not one to give up easily had continued to persuade/bug Tayuya. Naruto would eventually have to leave but came back the next day to try again. This process had continued a week striaght before Tayuya finally broke down and asked him why her.
"Well as you know I'm trying to rebuild my village, but another thing I want to do is rebuild my clan. I don't want to put just anyone into it ninja or not. I want people with key features that my clan was known for and your pink... er red hair is a rare thing to find. Add to the fact that your a damn good ninja with some morals to it and why wouldn't i want you?" Explained Naruto
Tayuya who was only used to people such as Orochimaru saying she was useful was shocked. She wasn't used to people complementing her hair or her skills and the people that did were just looking for a quick lay. She quickly began thinking of a reply.
"Thats good and an all fucktard but why should i go along with this? Whats in it for me, I'm not a damn charity case?"
Naruto smiled but quickly removed it when he saw her begin to get pissed again seeing it.
" Well for one you'll have a good reason to get out of this store. I doubt you really enjoy acting nice to the various strangers that walk in and out of here." stated Naruto
Tayuya nodded " And what else?"
" This second reason is kind of a mutual gain..." Naruto stopped thinking about when he learned such a word as mutual.
Seeing Tayuya grow impatient he continued. " I've been trapped on an island alone for quite a while. While you've been trapped here with no one to talk to but the customers and your boss. It would be nice to have someone to talk to that has something to talk about other than "nice day" or "how's business going" right?"
"Well your right about that. Truth be told i don't know what I'd do if another damn person openly reflects on "how nice the weather is". Anything else?"
Naruto thought a minute. "Not really other than the obvious benefits if I achieve my goals."
She stared at him for a few minutes. He was pretty spot on about her predicament. She was tired of this town and though she wouldn't admit it she did enjoy their initial conversation before he came back and began bugging her. But she didn't really know him and despite how dull her life was at the moment she was tired of being used and tossed aside.
"How do i know you won't use me, just to throw me away once you have what you want?" asked Tayuya in a demanding tone.
A look of understanding crossed his face. " You have a good point, you really can't. But is there a way i can prove myself?"
This guy just kept surprising her. She had expected him to give some bull shit reason on why she should trust him. Instead he openly admits she can't and asks her if he could gain her trust. She smirked
"Well there is one way fucktard. But it won't be easy."
Seeing him shrug she decided to continue on.
" My flute got destroyed in that last fight. If you can get me another one I'll join you. But it can't be just any flute. It'll need to be strong enough to withstand a good amount of pressure. In fact the only place i can think of that would have what I'm looking for is Earth country."
Naruto understood instantly what she was getting at. He had told her his reason behind still being in Hot spring country. And now that he thought about it this was a perfect way to prove himself. He stood weighing the pros and cons. If he was successful he would have a strong ally and be one step closer to fulfilling his ambition. But if he got caught by either Orochimaru or Leaf nins it would all come to an end.
" Alright I'll do it" answered Naruto.
After writing down the name and description of what type of flute he would be looking for she sent him on his way.
She was expecting the trip to take at least two and a half weeks, but when he walked in dirty and pale nine days later she didn't know what to say. Fortunately for her she didn't get the chance as he promptly lost consciousness after taking a few steps in. She drag him to the back where a rest area was. Propping him up in a corner she searched his travel bag finding a rectangular case. Opening it up, sure enough was exactly what she told him to get down to the finest detail.
One month later Somewhere in Taki.
The trip to and from Earth country plus the price for Tayuya's flute had put Naruto back to square one. But on the bright side with Tayuya now travelling around with him people were willing to hire him for more expensive missions. Naruto had tried doing some missions on his own before but thanks to the fact that he was only fifteen people were quick to hire other people based on their size and stature. Tayuya'sattitude acted like a double edge knife. Although he was the main target of her crude words, when she turned her attention to possible employers they tended to be less judgemental. Thanks to better paying jobs Naruto and Tayuya had been collecting money at a faster rate than before, but at the same time when you include traveling expenses along with resupplying the amount of money they were saving up was petty. Naruto had been getting irritated lately. Tayuya's attitude could only help persuade people to a certain extent and depending on the missions difficulty they would most likely tell them to get lost. He had been trying to hide his irritation, but Tayuya had been noticing it. They continued walking through the forest till Tayuya wanted answers.
"Alright jackass whats bothering you?"
Naruto let a sigh slip deciding that trying to lie to her would only piss her off.
"I'm just a little annoyed that we're not making much progress. If we were just a bit older we wouldn't be having too much trouble."
Nodding her head " Yeah well it's not like it was going to be fucking easy."
Sighing again " I know, If i could find some more ninjas to join my village then i would be able to send them out and have them help gather money. but most missing nin aren't what i would call trusting and the ones that can be trusted are either too paranoid or too scared. Besides that it's not like a can just walk up to just any ninja and ask them to abandon there village and join mine"
"Your right about that jackass. It's not like there's any place that has a big ass number of powerful ninjas with no real allegiances..." Tayuya stopped walking as soon as she finished her sentence just realizing something.
"Heheh, yeah just means... " having noticed the empty space next to him, Naruto turned around to look at Tayuya.
"Hey Tayuya you ok?" asked Naruto
"I'm alright it's just... I just realized that there is such a place." said Tayuya in a rather low tone.
Naruto raised a eyebrow. "Really? Well where is this place?"
Tayuya shook her head. 'Your not going to like the answer.' Thought Tayuya.
Deciding to answer anyway she spoke."It's in Sound country. One of Orochimaru's prisons."
Two days later
Tayuya had explained how Orochimaru had a few prisons in Sound country. She continued to tell Naruto how Orochimaru would capture ninjas and even clans of ninjas that had rare blood limits or had powerful jutsus and how one particular prison was not only huge but housed some of the strongest ninjas. Naruto had asked Tayuya to help him break into this prison. She agreed but only because if they were successful it would cause Orochimaru to lose a rather large number of test subjects and piss him off in the process.
Right now they were running through the stone wall clad prison looking for any traps or guards nearby. The place had several winding passages with several doors lining both sides of the walls. Many doors had several seals imprinted on them and the only source of light were torches being powered by certain seals. To Naruto the place felt like a maze and had decided to make several mental notes of particular structures that stood out and the turns they made through the prison.
"Hey shouldn't there be some guards." asked Naruto.
"Yeah, I don't understand what the fucks going on." said Tayuya looking around at the guard-less prison. "Maybe that pale asshole decided that this place didn't need guards anymore."
"Well if that's the case lets split up and try to find the wardens office." said Naruto
Nodding her head in understanding she began running down one path while Naruto took another. Naruto continued walking through the prison for a another five minutes before coming across a corridor with only one door at the end. Walking up to the door he could see that it was bare of any seals. Opening the door he smiled at seeing a room with a big work desk and several filing cabinets lined up behind it with a simple bed sitting over in corner. Taking a step into the door he was stopped by a kunai placed against his neck.
"Don't take another step forward!" Commanded a soft feminine voice.
Looking down he saw the kunai being clumsily held at his neck by a soft pale hand. Tilting his head he saw the owner of said hand behind him. She was no older than him and had long rose red hair. On her face was small glasses and she dressed rather skimpy. He could easily get out of this, but decided to play along.
"How did you know i was here?" asked Naruto.
" I sensed your chakra." She answered.
Naruto frowned. " As if, I had lowered my chakra level and with as many prisoners that are here there's no way you would be able to tell me apart from them."
The girl smiled before proudly answering." I'm not like other sensor's. My sensing ability is one of a kind. With it i can sense multiple people and tell them apart. I knew you were here the second you came within nine feet of this prison. Now who are you and why are you here? Oh and don't bother lying, I'll know your lying by the fluctuations in your chakra."
A smile grew on Naruto's face " That's really impressive." admitted Naruto.
A split second was all Naruto needed to snatch the kunai out of her hand, grab her arm throwing her over his shoulder and into the room. He stood in the doorway effectively blocking the only exit.
"My names Naruto Uzumaki, now whats yours?" asked Naruto
The girl looked at him, seeing no harm in doing so and hoping to buy time to think she answered.
"Karin, just Karin."
"Karin how would you like to join my clan?" asked Naruto.
Before Karin could ask him what he was talking about he began explaining about his goal and his objective in coming to the prison. He made sure to inform her that he did not want her as a wife but merely wanted her in his clan due to her red hair and unique talent.
"So what do you say. Wanna join my clan and help?"
"And why should i betray Orochimaru and go with you?" asked Karin
"Because eventually he will betray you." stated Naruto.
Karen was confused. She could tell he wasn't lying, but then again maybe it was due to the fact that he didn't know Orochimaru and simply believed what he thought.
"And i should believe you over him. After my village was destroyed he gave me a place to stay. He's never lied to me. Why would he betray me?" said Karin daring him to answer.
Naruto simply began laughing. " Who's to say that it was not Orochimaru himself who had your village destroyed. And as far as lying goes, well Orochimaru has always had a way with words. There's a way around your lie detector."
She narrowed her eyes at him. " As if." was her only response.
"Fine then. How about this then. You ask me a few questions and I'll answer them without telling you the real answer. The first time I'll tell the truth. If you can honestly tell I'm lying to you I'll step aside and let you walk right out of here. But if I succeed then you have to join my clan." said Naruto
Karin stood there a minute thinking over his challenge.
"Fine then, but don't be disappointed when i bust you."
Naruto simply smiled.
"I'll ask you three questions. First question, what is your favorite food?" asked Karin
"I have to say dangos a nice snack" responded Naruto.
"second question, whats your favorite activity?"
" I really do enjoy reading about my families history."
"Third question, you were once a Konoha nin. Why did you leave?"
"Many people in Konoha lied to me."
Karin had stared at him. He had told her the truth. But something didn't seem right. The way he answered reminded her of Orochimaru somewhat. The way he seemed to have been talking about something else but answering her questions at the same time.
" Ok go ahead and try to lie to me this time." said Karin.
Naruto's smiled widened greatly. " But i did lie to you."
Karins eyes widened. "Don't screw with me, I know you didn't lie."
"Well, i guess I'll just have to prove you wrong." said Naruto. His grin never leaving his face.
" My favorite food is ramen and my favorite activity is learning new jutsus. I left Konoha so I could rebuild my mother's home village and clan." stated Naruto.
Karin back up till she felt the wall on her back. " How did you do it? How did you lie to me without me detecting it?" asked Karin obviously frightened.
"Well to be fair I never really did lie, but I never really answered your questions either. I simply stated facts in a way that it appeared I was answering your question. Orochimaru probably does the same thing" said Naruto.
"Why should I trust you either then. You just proved you know a way around my lie detector." said Karin sadly. Her self esteem broken.
" Cause jackass here isn't smart enough to talk like that all the time." answered Tayuya walking around the corner and making herself known.
Tayuya had been there the whole time, but thanks to the fact that Karin was so focused on Naruto she never detected her.
"Hey Tayuya, I was wondering when you would show yourself." said Naruto keeping his eye's on Karin the entire time.
Having heard Tayuya's name Karin looks towards her. "Tayuya? As in one of the sound four?"
Naruto looks to Tayuya. "Know each other?"
"She wouldn't know me. I've only been here for a couple months. A lot of people talked about the sound four and it's members. But i thought you died." says Karin before Tayuya can speak.
"Almost fucking did. But let me tell you this. Your better working for this jackass than Orochimaru. I was one of his top four and he still abandoned me." said Tayuya.
Karin understood Tayuya but she still wasn't sure."Why do you trust this guy. Who to say he won't abandon us as well." said Karin pointing at Naruto.
Naruto for his part decided that staying silent was the best thing to do. Karin didn't want to believe him so he decided to let Tayuya do the talking.
"I don't fucking blame you for not wanting to trust him. Hell i was the same way. Even thought the same damn thing. But someone who puts himself and his own dreams at risk just to get me to join him isn't going to abandon me." said Tayuya
Karin seemed to soften up after hearing this. When Tayuya saw this she decided to add one last statement in.
"And besides you made a fucking deal with him and now whether you fucking like it or not your apart of clan Uzamaki so you better just make the best of it"
Thanks to Karin joining, it made it that much easier to free the prisoners. Naruto was just going to free all the prisoners and give his speech on his goal and see who wanted to help and let the others go, but Karin had explained how her sensory abilities worked. After hearing how Karin could not only tell how strong a person was by their chakra but could also look at a persons chakra and see how dark it was, Naruto decided to let Karin filter through the prisoners first. Of course not all of the prisoners had agreed to join Naruto and help him accomplish his dream but many that were grateful for Naruto for rescuing them did. Naruto now had a over four hundred ninjas added to his cause. After returning to the hidden village of the whirling waves Naruto informed his new ninja what the current goal was and sent them out to go on missions. Naruto,Tayuya, and Karin had remained at the village for a few weeks to ensure that fights didn't break out between ninja clans and so Naruto could turn the whirlpools on and off for ninjas leaving out for missions and returning. After three weeks Naruto had taught a few of the ninjas how to turn the whirlpools on and off and had decided to head out and help collect money.
Present time
Tayuya having finished glaring at Karin looked back to Naruto. Noticing him looking towards her.
"Hey dumbass what'cha looking at?"
Naruto didn't respond
"Dumb-ass i asked you what the hell your looking at."
Still no response.
"Is he asleep?" asked Karin her voice carrying a hint of concern.
Not having any patience today Tayuya walked around the desk and slapped him over the head. The slap had knocked off the Uzukage hat he was wearing revealing his face. His crimson red hair though not as long as hers was pretty damn close. His face no longer sported the whisker like birthmarks and was pale. She couldn't help but smile when she remembered how these changes came and how freaked out Naruto was. It took him thirty minutes to remember that his bloodline altered his genes. The transition from Tanned blonde to Pale redhead took nearly a month to complete.
"Ow sis did you have to hit so hard?" asked Naruto in a annoyed manor.
" I wouldn't have had to hit you at all if you weren't day dreaming dumb-ass." replied Tayuya.
Deciding to get onto business Karin interrupted by dropping a stack of papers and a few scrolls on his desk onto Naruto desk.
"Here are the mission reports. And the scrolls are new missions from the hot spring Damiyo. Also Tazuna wants you to know that some of the civilian council have concerns about taxes. " said Karen.
Naruto looked at Karin letting her know he was paying attention. He owed it to her. She had become his secretary in a ways. From filing papers to reminding him of urgent business. She had helped contribute to the village in many ways. He couldn't help but think that if it wasn't for her, the village would not have been formed so quickly. In fact had he not had her with him one day the village would have taken another eight years to get where it was now.
1 year and four months ago
Naruto, Karin, and Tayuya were walking through grass country for some time. Thanks to Naruto's physical changes, he no longer needed the wig or make up to disguise himself. Karin had suddenly stopped looking to her right into a forest, a look of confusion on her face.
"Karin whats up?" asked Naruto
" There are two strong chakra sources nearby." said Karin
Tayuya rolled her eyes. " So what, we've run into several fucking strong people."
" I can't explain how, but one of them has an affinity to all five elemental chakras." said Karin.
Both Naruto and Tayuya became shocked and began staring at the forest.
" That's not fucking possible. There no damn way someone can do that. You sure your not just sensing five people ." Tayuya asked
Karin shook her head. " No this is definitely one person. The other one has a weird chakra as well but i don't understand it really."
"Lets go have a look." said Naruto.
"Have you fucking lost it jackass. She just told us There's a chakra source doing the impossible and you want to see what the fuck it is." said Tayuya a little frantic.
Naruto stopped for a second. " I don't plan to get too close. I just want to see who or what is capable of doing such a thing." Having said that he continued forward.
Tayuya and Karin followed him, both not liking the idea. They walked on for a few minutes before Karin stopped them.
"Alright the chakra sources are about twenty-five feet in front of us."
They looked forward but couldn't see anything except for a clearing in the forest. In the middle of the clearing appeared to be a door lying on the ground. Before any of them could wonder, it swung open. They instantly went into hiding. Watching from afar they saw two figures walk out of the now confirmed underground passage. The second they looked at their cloaks the group froze. Both members wore long black cloaks with red clouds. While they were too far away to see much they could tell that one carried some weird three blade scythe and the other had a mask on covering his entire head. Luckily for them, after the two Akatsuki members closed the door and covered it with dirt they headed in the opposite direction.
"Well are you fucking happy now or would you like another turn at curiosity killed the fucking cat." whispered Tayuya
Naruto looked apologetic towards Tayuya. " Yeah, don't worry I'm not stupid enough to try and fight them. But I am curious about what they were doing underground."
"Well if you want to theres no one in there that i can sense." said Karin
Having heard that Naruto headed for the hidden passage and entered, Tayuya and Karin following behind. At the end of the passage was a room that had metal cabinets lining the walls. Naruto walked up to the nearest cabinet and opened it. His eyes widened at the sight before him.
"Holy shit" was all he could say.
Having heard him, Tayuya and Karin walked over to see what had him stuck in awe. The second they saw what he was looking at caused them to join in his shock. After a few seconds passed Tayuya went to the nearest cabinet opening it only to find the same thing. Inside the cabinets were lots and lots of money. She opened one cabinet to the next only to find more money stashed away in each one.
Finally snapping out of his shock Naruto began laughing as if he had been told the best joke ever. Tayuya and Karin soon joined him. It felt like hours before they could finally calm themselves. Naruto created thirty clones and had half of them transform into large bags. Without being told Naruto, his clones, Karin and Tayuya began grabbing as much money as they could and dumping it into the bags. Smiling the entire time.
Three days later
To the ninjas of the village hidden among the whirling pools the sight they saw was rather comical. Their leader or to be correct multiple copies of their leader along with his two siblings had just dashed by jumping from roof to roof while carrying big heavy bags. When Naruto, Karin, and Tayuya had reach the Uzukage building once inside they dumped their loads onto the ground and Naruto dispelled his clones. He wiped the sweat of his forehead. Karin never took her eyes off of the bags and bags of money.
"How fucking much do you think that is?" asked Tayuya finally voicing what they were all thinking.
"Well i don't know how much exactly, but if i had to go by how heavy they are I'd have to say at least seven...no... ten billion ryo." said Naruto
"I guess the only way where really going to know is if we count it all." Said Karen.
Tayuya sighed."But that's a lot of damn money to count."
After they had counted all the money they couldn't help but laugh and shout. Many of the other ninjas swore they were partying. After they had taken a chunk out of the money they would need to pay for rebuilding the village, Karin had suggested taking a portion of the remaining funds and actually buy Hot spring country. Naruto had thought this over and had decided that they would attempt this after the repairs were done and over with. The next day he had taken the amount needed for repairs and headed off for the land of waves. Once there he made a bee line for Tazuna's house. Knocking at the door he waited impatiently. He had wanted to come back for a while now but between everything that happened in Konoha and his new dream he just didn't have time. Fortunately for the next part he would need someone of Tazuna's expertise.
It was rather funny to Naruto when he reintroduced himself to Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari. The poor old drunk nearly dropped his sake bottle and actually did when he explained his reason for being there. Initially Tazuna thought he was joking, but that idea vanished when Naruto showed him his payment for the job. Tazuna's first question to Naruto was what bank he robbed. Naruto couldn't help but laugh at how close to the truth Tazuna was. Once everything was set and ready Naruto had left with Tazuna, his family, and his carpenters on a boat back to his village.
Two weeks later
The repairs to the village were going great. Tazuna had acted like a slave driver. He would sometimes shout to the men that "they were rebuilding their hero's village and this would be the only way they could ever repay him". Naruto smiled at this. One day he had pulled Tazuna aside to offer him a chance to live in the village once it was done. Tazuna thought about it. On one hand once the repairs were done the place would look amazing, but on the other hand he would be leaving behind friends. Seeing the doubtful look on Tazuna's face Naruto decided to twist the poor man's arm by talking to Inari about the idea. Telling him how cool it would be and how he would even have a chance to become a ninja. Tazuna couldn't decide whether to be happy for Inari or to deck Naruto and wipe that damn grin off his face. Eventually he gave into the idea and told Naruto yes and decided to agree on it with a nice strong handshake. Naruto assuming that it was merely a friendly handshake was not prepared for when Tazuna's grip suddenly got five times stronger which had caused Naruto's hand to whine in protest with a series of cracks and pops. Inari too caught up in his day dream of how it would be to be a ninja was oblivious to Naruto's pained look or the noise his hand was making. After finally getting his hands free Naruto had decided to let Tazuna get back to work while promising to himself to get him back eventually. While watching Tazuna work he couldn't help but remember his first mission to wave and of Zabuza along with Haku. It then occurred to him that he had yet to visit Kiri. He had avoided it thanks to the blood line hunt, but decided it was time to go and see Kiri's situation.
Four days later
He had taken Karin with him and gotten on a boat set for Kiri. Once their he had begun gathering information on how things were going. Apparently Kiri was in the middle of a civil war due to the blood line hunt. Initially Karin had suggested that they leave for Naruto's safety. But Naruto said that he wasn't planning on leaving. Over the year Naruto had learned to mask his anger, but Karin could tell that Naruto was pissed even though he didn't show it. Naruto had asked Karin to try and find a large group of people with possible blood lines. It didn't take Karin long to do so and they headed for a large run down building. As they entered Naruto had immediately jump to the side pushing Karin along with him to avoid a barrage of shurikens and jutsu thrown by the mist rebel ninjas.
"Stop I'm not your enemy!" shouted Naruto in the hopes they listened.
Ignoring his plea they continue to attack. Deciding that he wasn't going to get through to them with words Naruto flipped through four hand seals
" Ice style:Frozen wall encampment jutsu!" A wall of water surronded Naruto and Karin before freezing .
When the rebels saw this they stopped immediately. Naruto canceled his jutsu once he was sure they would no longer attack. A woman who appeared to be in her thirties approached Naruto. She had unbelievably long auburn hair that went down to her ankles and had four bangs two of which that covered her right eye and crisscrossed at the ends.. She wore a blue dress that hung onto the sides of her upper arms. while the dress only went up to the underside of her well endowed breastshe wore a mesh shirt that covered the rest of her breast and stopped at her shoulders. She wore high heel boots that went up to her knees and apparently the women liked the color blue because she wore blue lipstick and nail polish. Naruto would admit the woman had an air about her that screamed sexy but powerful.
"I'm sorry for our attack, we've been on edge lately and when we saw you coming we thought you were spies sent here. I'm the leader of this rebel faction, my names Mei Terumi."
Naruto still caught up in Mei's looks didn't respond, Karin having sensed his emotions through his chakra had decided to jab him in his side with a quick elbow.
"Ow, oh aaaaa. Yeah I'm Naruto Uzumaki and this is my sister Karin Uzumaki." said Naruto, a slight blush on his face showing his embarrassment.
Some of the rebels had laughed at the situation understanding full well his thoughts.
" So why did you come here. Are you hoping to join us?" asked Mei.
Naruto took a moment to think before speaking. " Well yes and no. We're not from here, I came here originally to see how Kiri was doing. But when i heard how this civil war was still going on I decided that I would offer you my services, for a price of course. As you saw I have a blood limit and Karin here is an advanced sensor, it was thanks to her that I was able to find this base. I had her focus on finding a large group of people with blood limits."
Many rebels were impressed by Karin's ability.
"Mind if I test how good she is?" asked Mei
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Sure go ahead."
"Alright why don't you tell me all you can find out about my chakra?" asked Mei
Karin had taken a little time to analyse her. "Your affinities are earth, water, and fire. Your blood limit allows you to combine earth and fire to form lava elemental chakra and ... oh hey she's like you Naruto, she can combine water and fire to form boil elemental chakra like you."
Mei gave an impressed look at Karin before shifting her gaze to Naruto. " So you can also use boil along with ice, impressive. So how much would it take to hire you two, we could certainly use your help.
" Heheh well my price is more of a deal to be exact. If I help you I want you to make an alliance between our two villages." said Naruto.
Naruto then went on to explain his goal and just how close he was to achieving. It was safe to say that everyone one in the building sported shocked faces by the time Naruto's explaination was done. Once she was over her shock Mei thought about what an alliance with Naruto would mean.
"I have to admit that's rather amazing to say the least. This deal of yours is actually beneficial to us as well. Once we get rid of the current Mizukage we'll be left in a state of chaos. Yagura's ways won't just dissapear over night and it will take some time before his influence is gone. If we make the alliance other countries will be less inclined to take advantage of our state." said Mei holding out a hand towards Naruto.
Naruto took ahold of her hand. "So I take it we have a deal."
Mei gave him a nod. "Yes, we have a deal."
For the next two months Mei had led the rebels in hit and run tactics slowly weakening down Yagura's forces. With Karin aiding them she could not only prepare them for offensive strikes but could also warn them of when a group of mist ninja were getting close. Naruto had been aiding in the fights as much as he could with his jutsus and had been the heavy hitter for their attack forces.
Mei had notice that Naruto had been favoring his ice jutsus over his boil jutsuand had decided to ask why. When he told her it was due to the fact that he knew very little boil style jutsu and that it was harder for him to mold the chakra to pull them off she decided to teach him one of her boil jutsu. She taught him the boil style: skilled mist jutsu. Naruto had picked up on it rather fast and had discovered it was a rather good way to practice molding boil chakra due to the fact that it only required one hand sign.
Thanks to their efforts the rebels had been making good progress. Mei having felt that it was time to attempt an attack on Yagura had gathered them and began explaining the plan. The idea was to have most of the rebel forces keep Yagura's mist ninja occupied while Mei, a few rebels of her choice, and Naruto would attack Yagura himself and assassinate him. Mei had told Karin that she wanted her to find a well hidden spot and warn them over the radio's of reinforcements and where Yagura's forces were.
A few hours after midnight
The night guards patrolling the Mizukage building had gone into a defensive stance when a thick mist suddenly rolled in. Two heavily clothed rebels had jumped through the mist and thrown kunais at them. The night guards had tried to reach their own weapons and tried to deflect the oncoming kunais but found that their bodies felt stiff and the movements had become sluggish. It was too late when they realized how cold the mist that surrounded them was and the kunais ended their lives. Naruto canceled his jutsu revealing himself and a shivering Mei.
"That was rather impressive how you combined your ice element with the hidden mist jutsu. I just wish it didn't affect me as well." said Mei practicly hugging herself trying to warm up.
Naruto couldn't help but snicker. " I told you to dress in warmer clothes."
Mei shot Naruto a glare before moving on into the building with Naruto and the other two rebels following behind. A series of explosions went off signaling that the other rebels had begun their attack. With stealth no longer an option they ran down the hallway turning here and there until they saw a set of double doors at the end. Mei gathered chakra to her mouth and spat out 5 globs of magma. The globs broke through the door and hit the ANBU waiting to ambush them. One of them had survived and rushed towards Mei attempting to cut her in half with his katana but was met halfway by Naruto who blocked his strike with a kunai. Naruto focused wind chakra into his kunaiand cut through the ANBU's katana and neck as if they were butter, splattering his blood across the wall. As soon as everyone was in the Mizukage's office which resembled a large throne room more so than a office, Mei turned towards the broken doors and shot a long stream of magma effectively covering them and blocking the only escape root.
When Naruto had been told about all the things Yagura had done he expected a strong looking man with either a emotionless mask on or a evil sneer adorning his face. But what stood before him blew his idea out of the water. Yagura looked a few years younger than Naruto. He had grey messy hair and pink pupilless eyes. under his left eye he had stitches running down to the bottom of his cheek. He wore a grey short sleeved shirt with matching pants. over it he wore a green pancho over his shoulders and a sash around his waist. Unlike most ninjas who wore sandles, Yagura wore brown boots. On his back hung a staff with uneven hooks on both ends. His pink eyes looked at them with obvious boredom.
"I see someone has once again come to take my life." said Yagura with a voice that sounded far older than he looked.
Naruto had expected Mei to give one of those heroic speeches, but instead she opted to use her skilled mist jutsu and spewed an acidic haze at Yagura. Narutorealizing that his ice style jutsus would only get in the way began a series of hand seal for a strong boil jutsu. Before he could finish, a heavily burned Yagura had jumped towards him swinging his staff to impale him on it's hook. Naruto abandoned his jutsu and caught the staff just barelyan inch from his heart. He held onto the staff and refused to let go in hopes of giving the others a chance to attack or at least force Yagura to abandon his weapon. Yagura noticed the two rebel charging at him from behind. He increased his chakra immensely and yanked the staff out of Naruto's grasp causing him to lose his balance. Yagura then swung his staff knocking the two rebels away while in the same motion tripped Naruto with the other end. He then swung his staff downward towards Naruto only to be forced to dodged as Mei began spitting globs of magma at him.
Naruto took this time to get up and pull out one of his kunais infusing it with wind chakra. As soon as Yagura's foot left the ground as he jumped back to avoid another magma glob, Naruto launch his kunai at him. Yagura having no way to dodge it he spun his staff in a attempt to deflect it. The kunai carved through the staff and sailed through Yagura's right lung. Yagura fell down to the ground leaving a long trail of blood and grasped his wound and began wheezing as if he couldn't breathe. Seeing this Mei shot a stream of magma over Yagura covering him. Mei and the other two rebels smiled. Naruto however had a bad feeling. For some reason he knew it wasn't over yet. Suddenly the magma was blown away revealing Yagura completely healed and covered in a green cloak of chakra that had a tail lazily dragging across the ground. Mei and the other two rebels had been shocked by the fact that Yagura had survived. Naruto was shocked to discover that Yagura was a jinchuriki. Yagura immediately began a long sequence of hand seals.
"Water style: Water Dragon Bullet!" yelled Yagura with a water dragon forming above him.
Having snapped out of their shock, Naruto and Mei jumped away from each other just barely avoiding the attack. The water dragon shot past them and crashed through the wall. Yagura had dashed towards them as if to attack. Mei and Naruto prepared to counter only for Yagurato run pass them and jump through the hole made from his jutsu. They immediately chased after him while the other two rebels just stood there, unable to move thanks to their fear. Yagura had sped off towards the ocean and didn't stop till he was a good ways out. Naruto and Mei had stopped a few feet away. Both side had stared each other down, waiting for the other to make the first move. Yagura's patience ran out and his chakra increased once more as his chakra cloak gained a second tail. Mei unprepared for Yagura's new speed received a over head kick and sent flying. Naruto enveloped himself in a red cloak of chakrasporting one tail in hopes of at least keeping up with Yagura. Though he was able to keep himself from taking any damage, Yagura's speed was greater and kept him on the defense. Mei had returned to the fight and began aiding Naruto. Thanks to Yagura's focus being split on both of them, they were able to land quite a few hit on him. Yagura gathered a large amount of chakra and used it to create a shock-wave. It had force Mei to retreat, but did little to impede Naruto. A powerful right straight sent Yagura skipping across the ocean. Naruto had tried to follow up with another attack only for the nine tails fox to try and force more power on him. It took all his willpower to force the demons chakra back. Unfortunately he also lost his chakra cloak as a result.
"Damn fox. I'm useless to Mei if I become a mindless beast." thought Naruto.
Mei walked up to Naruto just as Yagura got back on his feet. He was panting and obviously exhausted.
"It looks like... I'll have to use all... of it."
Both Naruto and Mei had to jump back as Yagura's chakra cloak exploded and beganincreasing in size. The chakra thickened and began taking shape. Yagurahad taken on the form of the demon locked inside of him. Before them was a grey turtle that towered over them. it had spike like protrusions covering it's head and shell. Behind it's body were three tails swishing back and forth in uneven rhythms.
"What the hell!" said Mei.
Naruto shook his head in disbelief. He knew what happened, but he had thought that only Garra was capable of creating a body of his demon to fight with. Naruto had jumped way from Mei trying to put as much distance between them as possible. Mei having seen this understood his intentions. He was hoping to keep Yagura from focusing on both of them at once. Naruto launched a volley of explosive kunais only for Yagura to turn his head and release a shock-wave that blew them away. Yagura then swung one of his tails across the ocean creating a tidal wave. The tidal wave easily swept Naruto away momentarily removing him from the fight. Mei began launching more lava globs at Yagura, but they didn't seem to be affecting him. It wasn't till one of the globs hit Yagura in between his shell that he screamed in pain. Mei began aiming at the spots not covered in his shell. Yagura dived down into the ocean making Mei's attack pointless. Yagura reamerged several feet away with a ball of chakra suspended in front of him. He launched the attack the attack at Mei. She had planned to jump away but when the ball split into two she froze. The attacks were almost upon her when two hands grabbed her ankles and yanked her under the water. She watched as the chakra balls passed over her and then turned around to see Naruto. They both jumped out of the ocean applying chakra once more to walk.
"Mei I think I have a way to get him. How long do you think you can distract him." said Naruto
"I'm running low on chakra. I've got maybe five more shots of lava globs and maybe 3 skilled mists left." replied Mei
"I'll only need a moment, but when you hear me tell you to move do so. I'll only have one shot to do this" said Naruto
Mei nodded and ran off tossing a few shurikens that simply bounced off Yagura's body. Yagura then turned to Mei, whipping his tails at her. While this was going on Naruto went through three hand signs and collected a large amount of chakra. Mei was having a difficult time dodging. She shot two more lava globs to make Yagura believe she was fighting serious. Something dropped on her, but she didn't notice. She kept dashing from side to side hoping to keep from being hit. Once again something dropped on her, this time she did notice. She momentarily looked at the black speck on her hand. Confused she looked up and her eyes widened. Unfortunately this had cost her as one of Yagura's tail collided with her torso. The attack knocked the wind out of her and sent her skipping across the ocean. Suddenly it began raining. But the strange thing was that the rain was black. Yagura looked up to see a black cloud as big as his current body releasing the rain. Naruto ran through seven more hand signs and then breathed in a large amount of air.
'I'm really regretting the fact I never learned a lower level jutsu' thought Naruto
"Fire style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet jutsu!" screamed Naruto as he expelled a long dragon shaped flame. The instant the flames connected with Yagura's body, the black rain that covered his body ignited. Yagura screamed as the flames burned his entire body. Satisfied with the results Naruto ran over to where he saw Mei. She was hunched over and breathing hard.
" You ok?" asked Naruto
Mei took a few more long breathes before replying. " Got a few broken ribs. Otherwise I'm OK, that was a neat trick you pulled off."
"Yeah well don't ask me to do it again. It took me a large amount of chakra to create a big enough cloud for the black rain to cover him and even more to use that fire jutsu." said Naruto
"Don't you know a lower level fire jutsu?" asked Mei a little confused.
Naruto shook his head. The flames had begun dying down. Yagura's body was black now and had begun to dissolve. The green chakra resided back into Yagura revealing a horridly burnt man. He could barely apply the chakra needed to keep himself from sinking and standing was impossible. Mei got up and walked over to Yagura, intent on ending it. Naruto had followed behind but didn't plan to do anything. He believed that Mei should be the one to end it, not some foreign ninja.
Yagura seeing the two walk towards him grinned. "So this is what it comes down to. Sorry but i don't like the idea of just letting myself be killed."
He reached for his stomach and began channeling chakra. A confused look crossed Mei's and Naruto's a face.
"Whats he doing, what would channeling chakra to his stom..." fear flooded Naruto " NO DON'T LET HIM FINISH!"
Naruto pulled out a kunai and threw it not even bothering to channel any wind chakra to it. Mei not understanding why Naruto became scared still acted and launched her last lava glob.
The attacks weren't fast enough and green chakra burst from Yagura once again. Yagura's body went limp and sunk as the last his chakra left his body. The chakra transformed into the three tailed turtle once more. Naruto began cursing in his mind. The turtle roared and despite the fact he thought it was pointless Naruto prepared to fight it again. As Naruto studied the monster before him something caught his eye, or to be more exact something in the turtles eyes caught his attention.
'Is... is that a ... sharingon?' wondered Naruto.
Mei had just stood there. Having barely enough chakra to stand, she knew the most she could do was stay out of Naruto's way. She noticed Naruto puzzled look. She was about to ask him what was wrong when the three tails turtle just turned from them and swam away. When it was gone Naruto relaxed and turned his attention to Mei.
" That was ... weird."
" Yeah but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the face." said Mei
Naruto noticed Mei had begun to shake from the effort of staying on the ocean. He grabbed her arm and draped it over his shoulder. Mei smiled at the kind jester and leaned on him. Naruto took a moment to stare at the spot that Yagura once occupied. He couldn't understand why he would willingly release his demon. Turning around he made his way back to land.
With Yagura dead and many of the rebels out numbering them the mist ninjas gave up. Naruto had stayed in Kiri and put into a hospital to rest. He hadn't taken much damage from the fight but he hadn't been in a tough fight like that in a long time. He never liked the smell of hospitals, too many cleaning supplies used. But thanks to the fact that his other option was to rent a hotel he decided to enjoy the free room. Why pay money when you don't have to. Besides he still needed to find out who would be the new Mizukage. Karin had been keeping a check on him and kept him company. A couple days later Mei walked in wearing the Mizukage hat. Naruto smiled.
"Figured you'd be made the Mizukage." said Naruto.
Mei laughed at that. " Well it's not like it was easy. I've had to deal with the council and there's still many who are loyal to Yagura's believes."
Naruto stayed silent for a second. " Mei I need you to do something for me."
"And that is?" she asked.
" Don't tell anyone else about me. If you have to tell them a different name like Yori." said Naruto.
" For a moment there i thought you were going to ask for something outrageous. Sure if anyone asks I'll tell them it was Yori. I'll be sure to tell the others to do the same." said Mei.
Naruto thanked Mei. Afterwards they had a long discussion of how the treaty between their two villages should work. They talked about if they should just keep the alliance for trading goods or if they would be assisting each other and how far that should go. In the end they agreed to trade goods the other didn't have and would defend one another during times of war, but would not help the other start a war. After the discussion Naruto told Mei he would be back when his village was up and running to sign the official agreement between their two villages. Before he and Karin left He wished Mei the best.
Present time
Karin continued informing Naruto of some minor problems in the village and how Hot spring country was doing or as it was known now a days as Whirlpool country.
"The Damiyo will be sending us the annual taxes and agreed funds next week. It was a good thing we convinced him to continue running the country after we bought it from him. It's hard enough running this village." said Karin.
Naruto nodded
"Also there's something the Damiyo gave me to give to you. He said a few leaf nins came by and asked him to deliver this to you." Karin pulled out a green scroll from her pack and handed it to him.
Naruto looked at it and saw the leaf insignia on it. He opened it up and began reading it. A soft smile growing on his face.
Dear Uzukage
I have been hearing about your village being rebuilt. At one point in time our villages
were allied and would help one another in times of need. I regret the fact that Konoha
couldn't help during the rule of the first Hokage. I as the fifth Hokage would like to renew
our alliance and would like a chance to meet you. I have sent a team of my fastest ninjas
to meet with you. Please allow them to meet you so that they can confirm your decision
and report back to me.
signed Tsunade Senju
"Karin please send a few of our people to go back to the Damiyoto greet the leaf nins and have them escorted here."
Karin left out the door and did as she was told. Tayuya looked at the letter then to Naruto for a seconded before voicing the nagging thought running through her head.
"Do you really think thats a good idea. What if the people sent recognize you, or me for that matter?" she asked more than a little worried.
" I understand what you mean but there are three things you have to remember. First of all I have been going by the name Yori ever since I left Kiri. Second I look nothing like i used to. My hair, skin, and body is nothing like it was when I left Konoha." Tayuya had to agree with him there. She hated how fast she jumped to conclusions. "And as far as them recognizing you, well as Uzukage I can allow anyone into my village as well as my clan and give them immunity from other villages and such. If they have a problem with you they'll just have to take it up with me and I'll tell them to piss off." said Naruto with a smirk.
She smiled at this. The smart thing to do would be to simply hide her. But no, he simply said he'd defend her. A lot of crap happened over the years, but she didn't regret becoming apart of his clan. Unlike Orochimaru, he treated her like a person. She ran a finger across the flute that proved he was a person worthy of her trust.
" Oh and thanks again for telling me to start calling this village Uzu. It's better than constantly saying the village hidden among the whirling waves." said Naruto.
"Ha dumb-ass as if you had a fucking choice." joked Tayuya
Naruto couldn't help but chuckle.
The next day
Naruto was waiting for the leaf ninja to arrive. Tayuya was there as well partly to be there for a good laugh if any of the leaf ninjas did recognize. But mostly in case he needed her. Naruto was curious who Tsunade had sent. She said fastest team she had. But last time he checked Konoha's fastest team. Before he could continue his thoughts a knock on the door let him know that his guest were here. Karin walked through the door and led them in. Naruto felt like planting his face in his desk. He thought it might be them but didn't want it to be.
Before him stood a man that seemed to be beginning his thirties. Had bushy eyebrows and black bowel cut hair. He wore a green spandex body suit. Over that he wore a green Konoha flak jacket. He wore his headband like a belt and wore orange leg warmers above his sandals. His name was Might Guy. Behind him stood three more that looked to be around sixteen to seventeen years old. One was an exact copy except he was obviously much younger and wore bandages from his hands to his forearms. This one was Rock Lee, but everyone just called him Lee and in Naruto's case bushy brow. The guy next to him had long brown hair and white pupil-less eyes. He wore white robe like shirt and pants and some kind of brown... man skirt?
'Why do people in high class clans like the Hyuga wear something like that. If I didn't know better I'd say Neji was trying to dress as a girl.' thought Naruto trying his best to not look at the ... man skirt.
The person next to Neji was Tenten. She had her brown hair up into two buns on the side of her head. She had brown eyes and wore a white long sleeved chinese blouse with a high collar. Her pants were baggy and of a dark shade of red . Hanging horizontally just above her waist she had a giant green scroll with yellow strips at the end behind her.
He couldn't help but gulp. 'Damn just how many weapons are you carrying on you Tenten.'
"Well hello there Uzukage. I Might Guy thank you for seeing us!" he practically yelled.
Naruto had tilted his kage hat so no one would see the unnerved look on his face. He didn't dislike Might Guy, truth be told he respected the man for trying to live life to the fulliest. He just wished the man wasn't so loud sometimes. His upbeat voice didn't help matters. He took hishat off and stood. He held his hand out to shake. Guy walked over to him and shook his hand.
"Please Guy call me Yori. Full name's Yori Uzumaki." said Naruto gauging the reactions of the others.
Guy and his team had raised eyebrows at the name. Lee had been the first to speak.
"Uzumaki? Is there a chance your related to Naruto Uzumaki?" blurted out Lee.
Neji walked up to Lee. " Lee you should know better to show manners in front of a Kage!" scolded Neji.
It took everything Naruto had not to burst out laughing. ' Nice try Neji but I can tell you've activated your eyes. That would be a good idea, but you can't see through something that does not exist. I'm not wearing a disguise nor am i using genjutsu. And luckily thanks to Karin I've learned how to hide the foxes chakra with my own.'
Lee acted out his part of being ashamed rather well. Neji not finding anything deactivated his Byakugan and stood back into place between Lee and Tenten. Guy who had a raised eye at his teams actions looked back at Yori/Naruto.
"What's this about Naruto Uzumaki?" asked Yori/Naruto
Guy scratched the side of his head. "I didn't hear much, but apparently nearly three years ago while he was out on a training trip he went missing. My team was fond of him and especially Lee." he said a little solemnly.
" I see. Too bad, if there was another Uzumaki out there i would really like to meet him or her." said Yori/Naruto looking thoughtful.
Karin was rather amused now. Tayuya was right when she said Naruto couldn't do his truth/lie talk all the time, but he could during some random moments. Naruto had said that it was a skill among many of his other skills that only made itself known when he was being rather mischievous or was about to do something that would highly piss someone off.
' Rather funny to watch someone else fall for it, it' so simple yet effective.' she thought.
"Hmmm. Guy I was wondering why you're current Hokage sent for you to meet me in person. Not that I mind, it's just that sending a letter back would have worked too right?" asked Naruto for once speaking truthfully.
Guy stood straight while he had his hands pretty much planted on his sides. " Well the truth of the matter is that while your village is rather well known, you yourself were more of a rumor. Our Hokage wanted us to see you so she would know how you look for when or if you two meet. She was also curious of how your village is and might i say It Is Most YOUTHFUL."
How he said all that while still being upbeat and energetic had Naruto wondering. He noticed Neji's and Tenten's looks of sympathy. Neji seemed to be more annoyed while Tenten had an accepting look to her face. He decided to return their looks. They had to deal with this day in and out, he just had to deal with it for just today, or so he hoped.
"Thank you Guy and I will be heading out to Konoha in about two weeks. Please do let her know I'll be there to talk about our village possible alliance." said Naruto.
Guy gave him a thumbs up, a wink, and smiled big enough that it looked like it a flash went off. " That we will. Now that that's taken care of me and my team will go, we've got a lot of distanced to cover if we're to deliver this most youthful news to Konoha before the days over.
Lee seemed to take this well and had a determine look so intense that Naruto swore he saw flames. Neji seemed indifferent to this while Tenten looked rather terrified.
"On second thought why not stay in our village for a few days. There's plenty to do here entertainment wise and I'm sure your team would enjoy the various sea-foods we have. Besides whats the point of being youthful if you rush by it." said Naruto forcing the word youthful.
Guy seemed stunned at this statement. He suddenly slammed his fist into his palm. " Why thank you for bringing that point up my most youthful kage, I'll take you up on your offer."
Naruto didn't know whether he should be grateful that Guy gave him his best complement or whether he should lament on the fact that that would be the best compliment he got from him. As team Guy left Tenten turned around and put her hands together whispered a few thank yous to Naruto. He whispered a 'no problem' back. When Karin knew Team guy had left the building she turned to Naruto.
" So looking forward to your trip back to Konoha, it been three years right?"
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. " Not sure. I do miss Grandma Tsunade. But at the same time I'm not sure if I'll be able to fool everyone in Konoha."
"Well dumb-ass you fooled them." said Tayuya.
" Then again Neji didn't recognize you and he was there when me and the others chased you and the sound four. Hyuga's for some reason say that their eye's are all seeing then miss small details." pointed out Naruto.
Tayuya simply nodded.
"So who are you taking as body guards." asked Karin.
Naruto shook his head. " I've never understood why the most powerful ninja of a village would need bodyguards. But if I'm going to take someone I'll take you and Katsuo Uesugi."
" Hey dumb-ass I'm not going?" asked Tayuya rather annoyed by the fact.
"Sorry Tayuya I need you here to run the village while I'm gone. And despite the fact that Neji didn't recognize you others might. I'd still defend you but this time it wouldn't be just four people. If word got out that you used to serve Orochimaru the entire village would be trying to kill you." stated Naruto.
Tayuya understood and nodded. Besides she would get to run the village while he was away. A sinister look crossed her face at the thought. Both Naruto and Karin saw this and thought the same thing.
'Those poor bastards'
Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed. Please review and let me know what needs to be worked on or what you liked about it.