The third chapter aka the longest piece of anything I've ever written in one doc.


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Location: Uchiha Clan Main Household, Uchiha Clan Compound, Konohagakure no Sato, Hi no Kuni, Kenso no Kuni.

*KNOCK*

*KNOCK*

The rapping of the door could be heard as a beautiful raven haired girl knocked on the wooden rectangular shaped construct that served as an exit and an opening to a space. Mikoto did not want to come and wake Naruto up. She really did not want to face the tease of an Uchiha right now in the morning. Last night he had called her a freaking goddess of all things! Granted that even Mikoto knew she was beautiful and her best friend, yes she had one even though she was a whole year younger than her, had outright told her that her curves were something that women would kill for.

But, Uchiha Mikoto also had a reputation akin to that of her mother's. One of the proverbial Ice Queens, attractive and strong women who were just too damn hard to reach out to because of their often times cold and tempestuous personalities, of Konoha. Mikoto never really was attracted to a boy before. Sure, there were good looking guys here but none of them never really had the necessary characteristics she desired from someone.

She was contracted to have an engagement with Uchiha Fugaku. An atypical Uchiha , who was always about 'the Clan, the Clan, the Clan' and how to make the clan's image stronger. Honestly, it was like he saw her as nothing more than breeding material, although it was not surprising as he was the son of the current commissioner of the Uchiha Police Force who was a stoic 'worshipper' of the old ways of the formerly intact Uchiha Elders who had been dethroned of their powers by her father recently.

Then again Mikoto had accepted as she didn't find any other choice as sooner or later she'd have to get married, and make it sooner rather than later. All the males were afraid to speak to her.

The furthest any male had gotten was 'Um, Mikoto-san…'

That was it, no further words or steeled resolve to ask her out for a single date.

She admired a strong resolve. But her image as the daughter of the Clan Heir and the fact that she was a efficient shinobi was something that sent them tucked between their tails. Truth was she also wanted to give this 'dating' thing a chance. But alas, no men proved worthy of her time. And now, in probably two to three months she would be engaged to 'Bakagaku' as Byakuya calls him. Her parents initially told her not to rush things, but Mikoto was something of a realist and knew that shinobi, by definition, have a short life span and she didn't want to miss out on life. But, that didn't mean she didn't want to be loved. She wanted to be in a married life in which she was happy and not just love her future children but also her husband.

How she envied her parents' marriage. To her they were the perfect couple. Even Kagami and Mikasa had their fair share of arguments in the marriage. No marriage exists in which a couple doesn't have a bunch of squabbles. But she knew it with all her heart that they would never leave each other. Kagami , despite being scolded by Mikasa often times like a mother would scold her child, loved his wife with all his heart. Uchiha Mikasa had once said to Mikoto that Kagami is so important to her that her life would seem void without him. And the day that he had actively retired as a shinobi was the happiest day of her life. It was only after that they had gotten married and had their two children whom their parents loved.

At least that was the situation with the guys until last night. Last night, she was called beautiful by a man. Last night, a man had openly dared to flirt with her in a bath house. He even called her a goddess. And to top it all off he was an Uchiha. And no ordinary Uchiha too. No this man was the grandson of Uchiha Madara, a shinobi whose skill was as legendary as his scowl. But here he was in their house and he had a smile on his face that looked like it told others not to worry about anything. Hell, she had interacted with him while she was on ANBU duty. She never even spoke while on duty. Always communicating with signs and morse code. And he made her talk, as in made her talk by letting her make a crack of a joke pointed at him.

"Naruto" Mikoto said as she knocked on the door of the Anomalous Uchiha, as Byakuya called him for his really non typical Uchiha behavior. She was not going to call him with the suffix of san again. No sir, he would call her a Goddess again. Again, normally any woman would've complimented the man who would call her by such a title but Mikoto had never ever been on the end of such a compliment. It was nothing perverse, just pure teasing. And boy did it have a reaction.

"Naruto wake up." Mikoto said once more. The grandson of Uchiha Madara did not answer once more. She knocked a few times and was opting to leave, but knew that Mikasa would send her back to wake him up. She was quite adamant that Mikoto be the one to wake him up. Her mother even had that evil glint in her eye for some reason. She knocked a bit louder this time and was getting frustrated. Against her better choice she chose her action and the course was set.

"Naruto I'm coming in." Mikoto said as she lightly opened the door. The croaking sound was not there and she pondered when her father had fixed the door. She then entered ever so lightly, she closed the wooden frame behind her and once more was greeted by a sight that was both rare and something she had seen before, more specifically yesterday. Uchiha Naruto was laid out on the bed before her. Currently he was wearing nothing but a set of boxers that could be rather called shorts as they were no doubt worn so that his… thing doesn't stick out.

The image of his muscular naked body was something that Mikoto did not want to think about at the moment. Sure, she knew what sex was and the fact that she had the misfortune of once accidentally hearing her parents go at it, making Byakuya in the process, is what kind of made her a bit sensitive about it. But seeing a naked man up close was something that she had never seen before and remembering how he channeled Katon to heat off the water from his body make it look like it was steaming off from his body had indeed got her a bit bothered. He was handsome too. There was absolutely no denying, much more handsome than Fugaku.

But his Adonis like figure was not the only thing she had respected *cough* admired *cough* about the recently immigrated Uchiha. No, he had taken down a squad of Kumogakure jounin while making it look like easy according to Uzumaki Kushina, her best friend aka only friend, and he carried her all the way back to the village despite having no obligations to. Mikoto knew Kushina well, and by no means were the two of them fan girls. Not even close, but even Mikoto could tell that Kushina found the grandson of the founder of this village attractive.

And for that reason, Mikoto really did not want to interact with him as his outspoken nature and vivid personality made her feel weird. Weird as in she had never spoken with a male, other than her father and brother, that much. The young children of the Uchiha Clan do not count as they are just that…children, he had openly talked to her like she was not an Ice Queen or the heiress of the clan or an ANBU for that matter. He just saw her as a person as she could guess. He also called her 'Mikoto-chan' as if he knew her for a long time.

She knew that Kushina to some extent had some interest in the raven haired Adonis and for that reason, she could not honestly even look at Naruto in that way. Besides, her fate was set in stone by her own hands no less.

"Stupid…ten..tailed freak." Naruto mumbled out in his sleep as he shifted around in his bed. He was lying on his chest now as Mikoto got a very good look on his back once more. But more importantly his large mane of hair was brushed aside and his face looked so peaceful. But even better question was what that thing was that was on the small table beside the bed. It was small and seemed like a red ball with strap harness on it. And why were there shackles along with an elastic chain tied at the helm of his bed?

Mikoto shook her head as she went a bit forward and stood near the bed, some pink adorning her cheeks as she observed the newly arrived and barely covered male Uchiha who was still shifting around his bed.

"Naruto." Mikoto said in a light voice so as to not make him wake up in a fit and accidentally attack her. It was standard shinobi training, they were taught to be nearly vigilant at all times and would wake up at the lightest of sounds. But despite the fact that she was calling him to wake up he didn't even show a sign of waking up. She called once more and realized that he must be in a deep sleep because of that, less than subtle, bath yesterday. Even Mikoto had to be woken up by her mother. The effects of the bath were still there as it had done its perfect duty in relaxing her and she guessed that Naruto must've been in the bath longer than her.

"Naruto, please wake up." Mikoto said and this time she was starting to get annoyed. Her mother had told her that Naruto had a meeting to go with to meet the Hokage and the Council. Mikoto despised the Civilian Council, the Shinobi Council not so much. The Civilian Council always tried to nose their butts in shinobi situations but the Sandaime was able to kick them out. But his advisors, as they were designated, were slowly getting more powerful with the Civilian Council nowadays as business was flourishing.

Mikoto growing tired of the monotonous reactions Naruto was giving decided to wake him up as she reached for his shoulder and jerked him lightly. The worst mistake she could've done up to that point in her life. Suddenly the sleeping Uchiha jerked up from his spot as his eyes were still closed and then Mikoto was dumbfounded as he pulled her closed and snapped the shackled handcuffs on her. She tried to take them off but she couldn't as the handcuffs were glowing and she couldn't mold chakra.

"Fuui-MHGH!" Mikoto couldn't finish the word as all her words became irrelevant as she felt the strange red ball hat was previously lying on the table to enter her mouth as half of it stayed out while the strap was around her head. She tried to scream but all that came out were bare muffles that were hardly audible. She was feeling very embarrassed right now. Former ANBU codenamed Neko had been caught and bound by a sleeping shinobi…

A SLEEPING SHINOBI!

She tried to yell out but alas the muffles were the only sounds heard and now much to her shame, drool was falling from the corner of her mouth due to the ball gag. Large amounts of drool covering the lower half of her face as it travelled down to her neckline.

Uzumaki Naruto or rather as he is now, Uchiha Naruto was never one for subtlety. In fact, he often questioned the nature of shinobi themselves. How Kakashi's Chidori / One Thousand Birds was considered an assassination technique was something beyond his understanding. The whole flashy jutsu barrage also kind of seemed to be against the whole range of them trying to be sneaky shinobi who operated solely on stealth. As such, Naruto was never subtle about it.

So Jiraiya came up with the tactic of training the blonde in this evasive maneuver while he slept. The shackle that was witnessed previously was made by him and Jiraiya that had chakra disabling seals on them, along with reinforcing some pain inhibitors inside them. As for the ball gag, it was something that Mitarashi Anko had taught him to use after she was told by Jiraiya to add something to his skills in this area of expertise. Right now Uchiha Mikoto was victim of that technique.

'Shit… this is embarrassing!' Mikoto thought as her uncontrollable amount of drool was now going below her neckline to moist up her shirt. She then slowly calmed down looking for a way to get out of this bind. 'Okay…the shackles have fuuinjutsu on it. And…whatever the hell this is to suppress noise. Can I move my legs?' She then tried to move her legs and saw that there was some movement. She sighed. Now all she needed to do was somehow climb on the bed and wake up Naruto.

It was not an easy task by any means. Mikoto was literally rubbing her butt against the bedside and was working her way up. Finally, she had gotten on top of the bed, she was lying beside Naruto on her back as her arms were outstretched upright and was shaking Naruto with her foot as she lied in an awkward angle, not knowing that the pose she was in was a pervert's paradise, especially with all that drool falling off the sides of her mouth. She then decided to kick him to wake up and kick him she did.

*POOF*

'Naruto' disappeared in a poof of smoke as Mikoto was dumbfounded. Then she heard a swishing noise as someone landed on the bed, more specifically on top of her as she looked up to see onyx irises looking down on her.

Uchiha Naruto was very cautious, he had been ever since he had fused with the former Edo Tensei / Imperfect Reanimation particles of Uchiha Madara.

The Ghost of the Uchiha's skill in stealth and chakra suppression was unrivaled to the point that sensors didn't even know where he would be and Naruto had milked that ability for all its worth. His skills overall had increased to the point that Naruto felt that if he didn't train he would still win on instincts alone.

But still, another positive effect the fusion had was his awareness, Naruto no longer required to have the whole 'Chain and Gag' setup anymore. He had woken up at six in the morning and had gone to train. He had left behind a Kage Bunshin to get some sleep, as ironically the Toads had pointed out that the Shadow Clones could also send some form of resting sensations to the original when dispelled. So the clone would not only sleep but also serve as an alarm clock if someone came to wake him up.

The Clone would dispel and let him know, Naruto would then Hiraishin his ass over here and act out the rest. What Naruto forgot was that he had forgotten to throw away the ball gag and chain as he had kept it on the bedside table. The clone had dispelled and acted on instinct when someone had probably shaken him.

Right now Uchiha Naruto could not believe the situation he was in. Right now he lied on top of Uchiha Mikoto who was in a very compromising position under him and that look on her face was not helping. Her light colored skin was contrasting beautifully against the great red blush on her cheeks as drool of pleasure, or in this case embarrassment, was dripping wet from her mouth all the way to her neck and soaking the plain white shirt she had as the outline of her D Cup breasts could be seen magnificently.

'Oh man….' Naruto said as he fell Naruto Jr. trying to move around as the raven haired beauty under him was squirming. 'How do I even get in these situations?'

"Calm down." Naruto said with a nervous voice as he had some pink in his cheeks from seeing the delicate disposition of the possibly future mother of Itachi and Sasuke. "I am going to remove the gag. Alright?"

Mikoto did not reply, well she couldn't. Every time she tried more drool would come out and she merely nodded. She really did not like that having a man on top of her was starting to make her feel weird. What's worse she was feeling something brushing up against her leg and knew exactly what it was. Then the shackles were removed as Naruto then put his hands on the back of her head and took off the ball gag and Mikoto started to pant heavily. Naruto was getting really keeping his little friend in control as Mikoto panted heavily under him.

"Get….off…of…me!" She breathed out in between pants and Naruto did so as he really couldn't look at her now. He was idly wondering just how much Jiraiya had rubbed off on him. I mean sure he slept with Ino a couple of times every now and then, and those 'nee-chans' that Jiraiya had introduced him to in Tanzaku Gai but seeing someone breathtakingly beautiful as Mikoto under him panting and blushing like that was sending the wrong kind of messages to his brain. And his brain was sending it to the one organ that was twitching.

"Naruto." Mikoto said in a less than calm voice as she spoke with aura of intimidation. Naruto gulped. Even after fusing with Madara, Righteous Female Fury was his greatest weakness. No jutsu existed that could protect a man once a woman decided to rip him a new one. One hit from them was virtually powerful enough to send him flying to the sky and look like an ever distant star that shines against the black sky of the dreary night.

"Yes?" Naruto asked masking his fear as much as he could.

"What…the heck were you doing?" Mikoto asked not raising her voice knowing full well that her family members would come rushing in and if an explanation was required it would be both humiliating and embarrassing to learn that she, an ANBU Black Op who retired yesterday was bested and caught by a sleeping Shadow Clone her reputation would be stamped out. But that didn't mean she would let the unique Uchiha walk off scot free.

"Um…I can explain." Naruto said as he tried to come up with an explanation and thankfully Madara's calm / thinking trait he had inherited had kicked in.

"Okay. I went out at early morning to get some training in the woods. So I left behind a Clone to inform me. You know how Shadow Clones send information once they dispel, so I left it here to inform me if someone came to wake me up. I… made the Shadow Clone when I was still sleepy so I didn't notice that it was a Defected Shadow Clone and it ended up using the ball gag and chain I had accidentally left behind. I was intending to destroy it." Naruto said in a calm voice and Mikoto for her part seemed to be listening to the words calmly.

'Good work brain. Looks like we dodged that bullet.' Naruto thought to himself.

"Why do you have something like a ball gag?" Mikoto asked. She had never seen one, but she damn sure knew exactly what it was. She was not a pervert but perverse stuff like that often broke out in conversations between the ANBU and she would often pick up on conversations, some of which were rather disturbing. It seemed that the guest in their house was a bit of a pervert, much to her surprise and it made her a bit disappointed for reasons she could not understand.

"Okay…." Naruto thought as he sweated bullets. "That…was a mistake."

"What do you mean, Naruto?" Mikoto asked as her eyebrow twitched a bit at his vague answer.

"What I mean is…. That…..Wait why is your shirt so wet?" Naruto said all of a sudden as he pointed his finger at Mikoto, more specifically at her chest area as the white shirt she was wearing not only showed the outline of her well endowed chest but also the black lacy bra she was wearing. Mikoto suddenly began to turn red and covered the upper half of it with her arms. She shot Naruto a glare who flinched a bit and was on the verge of comically crying but footsteps stopped both their actions as Mikoto decided to Shunshin out of there.

Naruto sighed a breath of relief.

Uchiha Mikasa walked in to see Naruto leaning against the wall like he had been cornered by a wild animal. Now she had sent her daughter up for one reason. And that was not to wake up their guest no, she wanted her daughter to interact with Naruto a bit. He was a kindred soul if first impressions were anything to go by. He was also kind, humble and seemed like a good person. She really did not know why her husband kept antagonizing the boy.

That, and last night's unique interaction between the two which she coincidentally heard was quite interesting. Someone actually had the guts to call her daughter by a nickname. In her mind, maybe Naruto could lighten her up and unknown to her daughter she had seen Mikoto blush up a few times at dinner.

It was a long shot, but she wanted to see how this would lead out.

"Naru-chan, what's wrong?" Mikasa asked as she noted the sweating bullets on his forehead.

"Oh! Obaa-chan!" Naruto said a bit loudly. "Didn't see you there. Nothing's wrong…just um.. well I sort of had a cramp. So yeah, fixing that." Naruto said as he began to stretch out.

Mikasa for her part could only stare as the grandson of Uchiha Madara had then started doing sit ups randomly.

"Well, I'm glad you're up." Mikasa said with a warming smile as she watched Naruto still doing sit ups for some reason. "Stop what you're doing and have some breakfast. You have to go to that Council meeting. Remember?"

"Oh yeah." Naruto said as he stopped his distracting sit ups. "Jiji did tell me that I have to come to a meeting. But really don't want to. It's going to be soooo boring." Naruto said with a whine. Even as a child, Naruto was not one for bureaucracy and diplomacy, but he knew that even then it was required Jiraiya had explained it to him as he and Tsunade had often plans for grooming him to be Hokage.

Still, smash first, questions later always worked for him better and more than half of his strength had always come out of him using his instincts. Naruto then saw that Mikasa was chuckling at his reaction and he just opted to put like a child.

"It's not funny dattebayo." Naruto said not realizing that he had used his iconic verbal tic mark and Mikasa had looked at him wide eyes. Naruto soon realized what he had done and was a little nervous on what she would ask.

"Did….you just…say dattebayo?" Mikasa asked. "Do you have a verbal tick like Kushina-chan?"

"Well she kept saying it yesterday and it is kind of catchy so…..wait did you say 'Kushina-chan'?" Naruto asked in the middle of his brilliant excuse and Mikasa nodded happily. "Wait…how do you know her?"

"Well Kushina-chan happens to be Mikoto-chan's best friend so I should know her." Mikoto said.

"Eh?" Naruto asked indignantly. "Mikoto-chan….is friends… with Kushina-chan? Best friends?" Naruto asked not really believing the set of circumstances set out before him. Is that why he and Sasuke were generally friends? No NO! They were not friends anymore. Sasuke had proven that at the very last moment when he stabbed him with that chokuto, which ironically is one of the same weapons that Naruto now has in his vast array of weapons. Not Sasuke's chokuto but rather a chokuto he made out of the Chakra Disruption Metal he could create courtesy of one cheat code Rinnegan.

"Yes." Mikasa said as she looked at the surprised boy. "I know what you're wondering. But, believe me when I tell you that when Kagami-kun informed me that Kushina-chan got kidnapped we were worried sick. She's not just Mikoto's best friend she's probably her only friend. That girl is a real spot of sunshine and often comes over to our house. Some of the members of the clan don't appreciate that but we really don't care what they think. So you also have my thanks for saving her."

"Don't worry Obaa-chan." Naruto said with a ear to ear smile. "You don't have to worry about Kushina-chan, Mikoto-chan, Byakugaki or Jii-san and you. I'll protect all of you along with the village." Naruto said with brutal determination and deadest honesty. Mikasa for her part couldn't help but be inclined to believe his words. There was a natural charisma to his personality. An aura that told people to believe in him and follow him. Something she hadn't seen since the Shodai Hokage Hashirama Senju.

"Geez Naru-chan." Mikasa said as she came forward and ruffled his hair a bit "You're going to get a lot of ladies with smooth words like those."

"Oi Obaa-chan! Don't say stuff like that!" Naruto said with a comical expression. "I already saw some of the fan girls! And….they already freaked me out." He finished with a shudder.

"Oh don't worry about them." Mikasa said as she smiled sweetly and a dark aura surrounded her as Naruto saw the face of the shinigami floating behind her menacingly. "I know exactly how to deal with fangirls. Just let me know about them and I'll make sure they never bother our Naru-chan again." Naruto gulped and merely nodded.

'Why are all the women scary?!' Naruto screamed in his mind as he kept a completely, well nearly stoic and calm look on his face. Then he remembered something important.

"Oh, you said something about breakfast?" Naruto asked as he realized he had been training on an empty stomach.

"Yes. I hope you like udon noodles." Mikasa said.

'It's no ramen, but it is good in taste though.' Naruto thought as he nodded to her words. He then followed the matriarch of the Uchiha Clan downstairs. Uchiha Naruto was genuinely glad that he had met this Uchiha family. They were so different from the atypical Uchiha behavior he had so often heard tales about and from Madara's memories of the Sharingan wielding clan.

He wasn't surprised that Mikoto was one of them, guess Itachi must've inherited that side from his mother. Byakuya was from first impression a young gaki who didn't like to be left behind. Mikasa was the woman anyone would want to have as their mother: strict, loving, fair and kind.

Now Uchiha Kagami was a much more different case. He was kind, and a friend of the old man's. He also seemed to be one of the people who he could along with. But there was one problem: He insulted the mighty color orange and Naruto, Uchiha fused or not, would not let such an insult go by without consequences.


After Breakfast, Training Ground, Uchiha Clan Compound.

"How are you doing that?" Uchiha Byakuya asked zealously as he watched the grandson of Uchiha Madara slightly floating in the air using Fuuton chakra.

Over the year and nearly three months since Naruto had defeated the Nagato and the Six Paths of Pain, his life had been nothing but a montage of training heck. It was always training, training and followed by more training. The Tailed Beast Berserker State he had achieved when he had lost all control over himself due to the seal weakening had been an eye opener. His affinities over Wind, Water and Lightning had reached a point that he could fly using Wind Chakra and he had to thank the toads for making time for him.

Of course, his oldest buddy the Shadow Clone jutsu with its memory relay function also increased his training. He was much stronger than Uchiha Sasuke and when he had finally mastered the Kyuubi / Nine Tails Chakra Mode* along with Kyuubi / Nine Tails Chakra Drive Mode* and Kyuubi Bijuu / Nine Tails Beast Mode*, Uchiha Sasuke knew just how far behind he was. Not to mention the Sage Mode and Kyuubi / Nine Tails Sage Mode* he had.

It was a shame he had never gotten the chance to use the Kyuubi Chakra Mode in conjunction with his Sharingan. A strange fact that Naruto did not yet understand as over the last year ever since his arrival he could not go into that mode anymore. Kurama's chakra was there, and in large volumes too along with the other significant chakra of the rest of the Eight Tailed Beasts. But, for some reason he could not use those forms anymore. Though surprisingly he could use a Bijuudama / Tailed Beast Bomb when his Susano'o entered Stage Three, the process of it felt weird to Naruto.

Weird as in, there was no voice of Kurama coming from the back of his mind, reassuring him that his age old tenant and friend was still there to have the formerly blonde shinobi's back. He missed the Great Fox, and with some help from Madara's cold personality he was able to move on from losing the Nine Tailed Fox. At least his personality was good for something.

Now, Uchiha Naruto was floating in front of Uchiha Byakuya, the son of the Clan Head. Byakuya really did not like talking to strangers and Naruto was essentially a stranger. But, after breakfast Naruto had stated that he would be doing some light training and this mildly caught the attention of the six year old, who insisted he was a borderline seven year old. It began with Naruto sparring against his own Shadow Clone and both of them held nothing back in terms of taijutsu. Byakuya was watching the Uchiha Interceptor Fist being used in its most glorious form and he was utterly fascinated by the graceful and deadly counter movements each of the competitors or rather competitor made.

Then Naruto moved on to Precision and Projectile Training. Even without the Sharingan, Naruto's aim was decent but ever since seeing Itachi use the Triple Windmill Shuriken against him during the Fourth Great Ninja War, Naruto had made it a personal mission to master something that looked so cool. And the addition of the Sharingan helped him achieve that last year. Now Naruto was sitting down in the lotus position as his hands overlapped each other.

A sitting style he had become so used to when he was practicing senjutsu. He idly used Fuuton to lace his lower half that touched the ground to lift him off. This was also a chakra control training method. Precise control over the wind to the degree that Naruto had created Kaze no Yoroi / Armor of Wind similar to what the Raikage could do. He could also fly, looks like the Tsuchikage were not the only ones capable of that.

"I'm coating the lower side of my legs with Fuuton chakra to make myself float." Naruto replied as he opened his eyes to see the young heir of the clan looking at him with awe. It was the same look Naruto had often times given the other jounin of his time. A look of admiration and respect. "Oi Gaki, you joined the Academy, right?"

"Hai." Byakuya replied immediately as his eyes focused on the shiny onyx irides of Naruto. "But, its kind of boring there. I already know most of the stuff."

"Yeah. Learning about things you already know are boring." Naruto said as he remembered the painful and ear shooting lectures that Iruka often repeated over and over. Seriously, he loved the chunnin like an elder brother, but his speeches needed to stop. "But, make sure you do pay attention to your sensei. Basics are what build up the core."

"I know Naruto-san." Byakuya said. The boy was the son of the Clan Head, manners were drilled into him and the Uchiha Clan despite how stuck up they were always revered proper etiquette and decorum. He then looked at the former Uzumaki and asked a question that he needed, no he wanted to ask.

"Naruto-san?" Byakuya asked as the floating Uchiha looked at the young Academy student. "Don't mind me asking this but why were you and Nee-san glancing at each other last night during dinner?"

*THUD*

Naruto fell face first as he lost balance and into the ground as his handsome angular face now had a comical expression while it was intimately introduced to the ground. Where the heck did that question come from all of a sudden? Naruto recomposed himself as the young one looked at him in a confused manner. Naruto coughed into his hands and spoke up.

"Well, how do I put this?" Naruto said out loud, not sure how to directly approach this. First off all the kid was not yet ready for 'the Talk', nope not until he was ten. Naruto had learned about sex at a young age because the area he lived in was not the nicest and a little peeking on the neighbors nearly ruined the glorious art of two becoming one for him. The Sexy Jutsu was invented after Ichiraku Teuchi, of all people, had given him the talk when he was twelve. Kami it was so awkward! Right now, he couldn't afford to scar the kid. Hee needed to say something else.

"You see, I can pretty much guess that your nee-san is a sensor. I think the reason she was looking at me over and over again was because she was not being able to sense my chakra." Naruto said as his lying instincts kicked in. It was true though, thank the old goat for his chakra concealment technique.

"Okay, but why were you looking at her?" Byakuya asked as he narrowed his eyes.

"Oh I just guessed someone was looking at me so I decided to play back with a round of glances." Naruto replied. That was another lie. The truth was he truly found Mikoto to be a beautiful woman. Just as beautiful as Kushina or Tsunade for that matter. Her cool mindset and slightly mysteriously captivating eyes really distracted him.

And the fact that she could possibly be the future mother of Konoha's former last two Uchiha, did not bother him. Would Itachi kill Naruto if he found out the hyperactive ninja had a somewhat romantic interest in his mother? Possibly, but after hearing him out. Would Sasuke kill him for even thinking about it? Of course he would, he'd even throw in a few 'Hn. Dobe, blah blah elite Uchiha blah blah I am stronger blah blah bullshit out of my mouth' words here and there. But the fact was, the sheer loneliness and staying away from women to not danger them, had a toll on Naruto.

He did not want to live a life where people would be endangered because of his reputation as a Jinchuuriki. Now he had been given that chance by a higher power above instead of dying from the jutsu he had devised.

And yes, there were still some uneasy feelings on the fact that he did have some feelings for her on an…intimate level on the woman who was previously his mother in a completely different and alternate universe. In fact, once he really thought about it he wasn't even his own mother's son anymore. He was a new person. A new genome mapped throughout his body as his genetic articles blended perfectly with Madara's.

And now, he also found another woman he found attractive. And she happened to see him naked on their first encounter. Talk about a first impression. And this morning he had her tied and gagged in bed, just not the way most people would think.

But case in point, Naruto no longer had to hold back on his feelings anymore. There was no ostracizing him for housing a goddamn Tailed Beast, which he was hated for with a completely unjustified opinion, and no dobe reputation which people would insult him by. He was a new man. A better man and he would live life according to his wishes. He would do whatever the heck he wanted and if anyone wanted to stop, well good luck with that.

And with that another strange and bizarre thought entered his mind.

"I feel like I'm forgetting something. Am I forgetting something gaki?" Naruto asked as he tilted his head.

"Hn." Byakuya 'Hn-ed' and Naruto understood that it meant 'I know and you're an idiot for forgetting something like that.' Ah, spoken like a true Uchiha.

"Okay what did I forget?" Naruto asked.

"Hn." Byakuya delivered the Universal Uchiha Grunt once more. 'Really' is what the grunt translated into.

"Come on Byakuya!" Naruto said in a losing manner as he waved his arms around. "Tell me!"

"The meeting with the Council." Byakuya said with a deadpan expression and Naruto was sheepishly scratching the back of his head. He then looked at Byakuya and leaned forward to his ear.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" A hollow and emotionless voice came from the throat of Naruto and the young one was visibly scared at the voice.

"B-Because..well" Byakuya wanted to say something but he couldn't. He was frozen right there.

"You wanted me to get late didn't you?" Naruto asked as his face was level with Byakuya's, who gulped at the sight of the stoic face of the Uchiha. Then Naruto smiled before grinning madly and the younger Uchiha was confused. "Hehehehe. Nice one gaki. If I do prank someone, you're gonna be in on it. See you later!" Naruto said as he ran at a trail blazing speed leaving behind a cloud of dust.

As Byukuya was dumbfounded for a moment, he voiced his thoughts later on.

"Nani?" the only response of a word that came out of Uchiha Byakuya's confused voice. Then he slowly felt someone approaching him and saw that it was his father, Kagami.

"Byakuya, good work." Kagami said with a devious smile.

"You're just a Kage Bunshin. Besides, remember our part of the deal. I got him late and you're going to teach me the Katon jutsu." Byakuya said. Kagami had bribed his son with the opportunity to learn a new jutsu so that Naruto would be late for the meeting.

"Don't worry sochi." Kagami said as he looked at his son and ruffled his hair. "Finally, I get one over that raven haired bastard." He said and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Byakuya was thinking in deep thought as he spoke.

"What's a bastard?" Byakuya said out loud and thank the Log no one else was near them.


Council Chambers, Hokage Tower, Konohagakure no Sato.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked from his pipe as the room filled with some of the people waited for the designated person to arrive. The morning had been more interesting than usual. His older son Shinnosuke had left to join the Twelve Ninja Guardians this morning and had surprisingly passed his father's test. Asuma was still in the Academy and had a vacation day today. Biwako, his wife, had been surprised upon hearing from her husband that the grandson of Uchiha Madara had arrived in the village and was looking to join. That was the reason she had come to the meeting representing the Sarutobi Clan as her husband was sitting on his chair.

He was flanked on both sides by his 'advisors'.

Mitokado Homura, the bespectacled one among the other three alongside the Sandaime was his former teammate. Utatane Koharu, the only female at the head table and also a former member of Hiruzen's team. The final person sitting with them was a man who was also around their age but had bandages covering the right side of his ocular area and had a prominent 'X' shaped scar on the chin of his face. He wore a white shirt, with a black or dark grey robe over the top of it covering from his feet, to just over his right shoulder. The robe conceals his right arm which was bandaged as a cane stood by him against the table.

This was Shimura Danzo, Yami no Shinobi / the Shinobi of Darkness. The founder and head of the Foundation or ROOT as some like to call it, he is the head of the separate entity of ANBU Black Ops that delves in the darker and secretive wet works that the Hidden Leaf conducts.

But, he is also ruthless and cold, going so far as to ask Hiruzen to hand over the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki over to him so he could 'train' her properly aka turn her into a mindless shinobi of a tool who would blindly follow his way to protect the village. He was of course denied by the Sandaime and had even reprimanded him for this foolish act. To him, Konoha's dominance over the other villages was his definition of peace. And now another unknown variable of a headache had entered the village.

An Uchiha had come to the village to not only seek shelter but also be a shinobi. And no ordinary Uchiha no less, this Uchiha claimed to be the grandson of Uchiha Madara. The man that Shimura Danzo feared with every living fibre in his body. He still remembers the shockwaves that came to the village when the Shodaime fought the Ghost of the Uchiha who brought with him the Kyuubi at the Valley of the End. He respected the Uchiha's power but he never respected the clan itself. He had rather inherited his sensei's outward distaste towards the clan.

Whereas Senju Tobirama always viewed them as a potential threat, Danzo viewed them an internal threat. Thus using his influence over the Civilian Council he always tried to outmuscle them. But in terms of shinobi matters he could not mess with them as both Sarutobi and Uchiha Kagami always somehow barred him in ways. And now the descendant of the biggest anti-Konoha figure had come in. He even had ANBU tailed to his detail as they kept a watch him from a bit of a distance and were probably still watching him.

Naturally the reaction at first was shock, loud opinions and some outrage. People often feared what they didn't understand and the Civilians were under the false illusion that Madara had probably charged his grandson with the mission of destroying Konoha from the inside, and for some reason that seemed to reverberate with some of the shinobi too. Ironically it made more sense than all the usual bullshit they always keep spewing and Sarutobi Hiruzen along with Uchiha Kagami had somehow convinced the Shinobi Council to at least give them a chance. After all, the Uchiha Clan was one of the two founders of this village and receding equal rights from the member of said clan would no doubt cause controversy both inside the Land of Fire and foreign nations as well.

But now another interesting situation had developed. Uchiha Naruto, as they knew his name was, had not shown up. He was supposed to be here over an hour ago. Now they Council had patience but they also had other matters to attend to. The Hokage himself was getting rather impatient and something in the back of his mind told him that Uchiha Naruto was being late for a reason. A very good reason. He might've told him the secret behind paperwork but if he was to be a shinobi he would have to learn the proper details about meticulousness.

And for some reason he was not appreciating the suppressed smirk on Kagami's face. That smirk usually meant he was messing with someone and the fact that Naruto was late seemed to coincide with that fact. Sarutobi released another stream of smoke.

"Where is he?" a man spoke out. He had dark brown hair and had a stoic look on his face. He was wearing the standard jounin outfit along with the symbol of the Uchiha Police Force embedded on the right sleeve of his black shirt. This was Uchiha Souzen, Commissioner of the Police Force. He was also a stoic follower in the old ways and was now sporting the iconic scowl that most Uchiha had.

"Calm down, perhaps he is occupied at the moment." Came the voice of the Akimichi clan's head. Chokichi had the same slightly larger than life build his clan was ultra famous for.

"Maybe, but still this is very unorthodox of him to do so." Said by Yamanaka Ishida, head of the Yamanaka Clan.

"Troublesome. Could you guys tone it down a bit." The legendary lazy clan's head Nara Shikatarou said in a voice that could make the laziest of people just kick him to say the words with some effort.

"Regardless of your opinion this is highly disrespectful." Came the voice of Hyuga Hanataro. Stoic and regal as every other Hyuga that existed.

"I could've been home doing something worthwhile. Right Shirou?" the person who asked this was Inuzuka Matou, head of the famed tracker clan.

"…" was the only answer Aburame Shirou gave.

"I agree with Hanataro-san." Danzo said as all of them looked at him now. He then looked at the Uchiha Clan Head to speak. "What is taking him so long Kagami?" Suffixes were not needed amongst the two. They had fought in wars together, they weren't strangers and weren't going to treat each other like that.

"Not sure." Kagami lied beautifully as Sarutobi raised an eyebrow at his behavior. "He's probably doing something foolish and idiotic like sleeping on the Training Ground."

"He is doing something foolish? The grandson of Uchiha Madara is sleeping on the Training Ground? Outrageous." Said Souzen. "Behavior like that is reckless and unbecoming of a shinobi."

"Let's all calm down." Said Senju Nawaki who had that smile present on his face. His blush marks had seemed less prominent now. "I'm sure Naruto has a good reason for being late."

"You seem to be quite lenient towards him Nawaki-san." Said Hyuga Hanataro "Or is it he saved the Uzumaki girl that has earned your support."

"Am I grateful he saved my younger sister? Yes. But I am sure he has his own reasons for being late." Nawaki said not really showing his childish side right now. Despite having a childish and sis-con personality, when the situation called for it Nawaki did know how to behave like a clan heir. Now if only his older sister had taken this position instead of giving him this burden. He could've been home or in a mission right now instead of sitting in a room…doing nothing.

'Kushi-tan you owe me one for standing up for Naruto.' Nawaki thought.

And then finally a knock came.

But no…not a knock from the door.

A knock from the window. Sarutobi instantly looked around expecting to see a familiar mop of white spiky hair at the window. It was always Jiraiya's habit to come through the window. But imagine his surprise when everyone, himself included, turn around to see a Uchiha Madara looking person smiling and knocking on the window while he was standing on the outer wall of the Tower.

'Kami let this be over soon.' Sarutobi thought.


Thirty Minutes Earlier with Naruto

"Stupid gaki holding me back." Naruto said as he was still running at full pace through the Uchiha Clan Compound and was soon out of there.

He had abruptly stopped when he saw a person. A boy the same age as around Byakuya with spiky raven hair and orange rimmed goggles over his eyes sitting alone in the park he passed by that was sitting there alone on the swing. He was mumbling something about a masked idiot and whatnot. Naruto for his part raised an eyebrow and walked towards the boy. The boy seemed so familiar. The situation too as Naruto remembered a certain spiky blonde haired boy sitting alone on the swing as no one would ever talk to him. He went forward and was glad to see that the black iris colored boy did not have the look of sadness on his face but was rather annoyed.

"Stupid Bakashi thinks he knows everything." The boy said and Naruto lightly smiled at the similar phrase he had just used. Naruto went forward and stood near the blue jumpsuit wearing boy who looked at Naruto with a look of curiosity.

"Can I help you sir?" the boy asked and Naruto could still the baby fat in his cheeks. The innocence of childhood so vividly present in this boy.

"No it's just I thought I heard something about a baka being muttered so I decided to drop by." Naruto said with a small smile. The boy tilted his head in a cute manner and Naruto was slyly smiling at how he could use the kid, you know leverage for when he apologized to Mikoto for…well letting his instincts take over a bit. That woman would get an apology from him, after all it was his clone that tied her up in such a sexually frustrating manner.

"You mean Bakashi?" the boy said with a small smile after realizing what the man was talking about.

"Hai." Naruto said as he sat down on the other swing beside the young boy and the boy had noticed the clan symbol on his back.

"Hey mister." The boy said, "Are you from the Uchiha Clan?"

"Yup." Naruto said while looking at the young boy.

"How come I've never seen you before?" the boy asked with eager and wide eyes.

"Well that's because I was born outside of the village. I arrived at the village late last night." Naruto said and then remembered something he should've done. "Oh right. I forgot. My name is Uchiha Naruto, the greatest shinobi to ever exist." Naruto said followed by a prideful laugh.

"Yeah right." The boy said taking away Naruto's moment of glory. The boy had a deadpan expression on his face as he pointed at the Hokage Monument, "The greatest shinobi are those who have their faces on that wall. One day my face is going to be there as well."

"Oh really short stuff?" Naruto said and the boy's eyebrow twitched. "I really can't imagine a scrawny goggles wearing brat's face on that wall."

"Urusai!" the boy said with vigor. "My face is going to be on that wall one day. Uchiha Obito, remember that name you bully."

"Oh a bully am I?" Naruto asked as he looked Uchiha Obito. He kept reminding himself that this was not the same Obito. Now that he had truly learned the reason behind Obito's downfall he was a bit sad.

Uchiha Obito had seen the girl he loved die before his eyes at the hands of his teammate no less. Such an event would naturally break a person's mind but that was not all there was to it. Madara himself had planned alongside Zetsu for the girl Nohara Rin to be captured by Kirigakure nin and forced her to become the Jinchuuriki of the Sanbi. He had purposefully orchestrated the traitorous overture of despair for Obito and even placed a Kinkoju no Fuda / Forbidden Individual Curse Tag not only on his apprentice but also Nohara Rin as well. That was the extent Madara was ready to go through to make sure his dream became a reality.

Naruto owed him, Madara's genes infused with his body owed this boy that much of an apology. But since none of that shit went down yet, the least he could do was help this boy. In many ways Obito was Naruto all over again. Both were loud, dead lasts at the Academy, never gave up and had dreams of becoming Hokage. And from Madara's knowledge Obito really did not have skills that could be considered genius class or something along those lines. But Obito had heart and had some friends of his age, the latter was something Naruto did not have and this made Obito's resolve that much stronger than his.

"Yeah you are. I don't even know you and you were calling me short stuff!" Obito claimed out loud and suddenly felt a hand on his head as it slowly ruffled his hair. Uchiha Obito's parents had died and his grandmother had died a year ago. He was a kind child and tried to help people whenever he could, but as a shinobi his skills had left much to be desired. His pride as an Uchiha forbade him from asking for help from somebody. That and there was the girl he definitely always wanted to hang around with Nohara Rin. Too bad she was also one of the girls who saw Hatake Kakashi as the greatest things in the world, but he would prove them wrong. And now, someone other than old man Kagami was ruffling his hair. It was strange yet the smile on the stranger's face was warm and showed genuine concern.

"Sorry if I came off as rude gaki." Naruto said as he took off his hand. "But I like to mess with people every now and then. So let's start over. Uchiha Naruto, I came here last night. Nice to meet you." Naruto then sat down on one knee and extended his hand. Obito looked at him for some time before his significantly smaller hand clasped the hand of the infused shinobi.

"Uchiha Obito. Future Hokage of Konoha, nice to meet you." Obito said with a carefree grin.

"Well where do you live Obito?" Naruto asked as he sat down on the other swing.

"I live in the Uchiha Clan Compound. I live near the area of the Naka Shrine." Obito said. "Where did you stay?"

"Oh at Kagami-jii-san's house." Naruto said.

"Oh then you know Mikasa-baa-chan and Byakuya right?" Obito asked excitedly. The two had more small talks and Naruto was starting to see the similarities between him and Obito even more. The kid was no doubt the same thing he was back when he was in Team Seven. That was something Naruto decided to change. Naruto said and then looked at the sky. He was really getting late and decided to leave.

"Oi Obito! I have to get to the Hokage Tower for a meeting. So I guess I'll see you later. Alright?" Naruto said and Obito looked a bit dejected.

"Aww. Do you have to go right now?" Obito asked, he was bored and didn't have anything to do right now.

"Well yeah. Let's just hope an old lady with heavy bags doesn't appear along the way. Otherwise I have to help her." Naruto said making a jab at the future Obito.

"That's true. I guess I'll see you later Naruto-san." Obito said and immediately got bonked on the head as comical lump appeared on top. He then screamed out "What was that for?!"

"Stop treating me like I'm old!" Naruto yelled out. "If you want to call me something call me Naruto or Naruto-nii or something along those lines."

"Why?" Obito asked. "I mean why would you let me call you nii-san? You don't even know me."

"Hah!" Naruto said as he laughed out loud a bit. "You remind of myself when I was a kid. And since I am a bit older than you, you're around the age I would have a younger brother. So yeah call me that from now on."

"Fine…..nii-san." Obito grumbled out the last part, but he was happy that someone was acknowledging him even if it was a stranger.

"Alright see you later Obito." Naruto said as he started to run again and was near the Hokage Tower.

He stopped before he entered the door of the tower. He would be going to a Council Meeting, filled with not only shinobi but also the general merchants and other prominent figures. In short it would be a stuck up meeting and boring as fuck! This was the first time the higher ups would be introduced to him and he needed to show that he was no ordinary shinobi.

No sir!

He was Uchiha Naruto. The strongest shinobi of his generation fused with one of the two strongest shinobi of the old generation. His sheer power could cause meteorites to fall out of the sky. He could decimate battalions with a single jutsu and he beat an Edo Tensei Madara, sure he was a bit kamikaze in his approach but he did something that even the Shodai couldn't do. Naruto knew his inner Madara was tingling with joy at that statement.

Anyways, there was no way he would be following the rules everybody else did. He was the Ultimate Shinobi and would make an entrance worthy of such a title. He would also be paying homage to the Toad Sage who had died revealing the secret of the Six Paths of Pain.

Or, was he not since Jiraiya was alive in this timeline? So many questions!

Regardless Naruto then put his foot on the wall as he slowly proceeded to climb as the general populace were staring in wonder as to what the fuck he was up to.

Naruto was grinning as he made his way up and soon enough reached the window of what he rememebered was the Council Room, if it wasn't well they'd have to wait for some time more. He would not walk in through the door. Doors were for losers, windows were for the mighty and gallant shinobi. Naruto chuckled a bit at how much Jiraiya had truly rubbed off on him.

Then much to his luck, he did end up knocking on the right window as he saw the various people through the glass.

He then knocked while he was sporting his iconic grin.


Present

'Okay step one complete. Now step two. Come on, somebody ask it! Somebody ask it!' Naruto screamed inwardly in his mind as he kept a stoic and blank face on the outside. The grin on his face was gone the moment he had laid his eyes on Shimura Danzo. Just looking at that man made him realize how much problems he would create along the way. The Destruction of Uzushiogakure would not have happened if Danzo didn't feed that information to Kumo and Iwa.

Of course, the Uzumaki Clan could never expect their own allies or rather a shrewd, filthy shinobi in said ally village could betray them like that. Naruto wouldn't do anything now. He knew where exactly ROOT's underground bases where courtesy of one White Zetsu and one Black Zetsu of his time line of course. He had extracted all information from the Imperfect White Zetsu of this era before killing it. Oh how he loved the Sharingan!

Oh and the other two Elders were on his shit list too. They had ordered the death of the Uchiha Clan and he knew for a fact that the old man was to blame as he had given them and the Civilian Council a bit too much power. Thank Tsuande and her legendary strength that scared the shit out of the Civilian Council. It was only after the Kyuubi attack they had gained that much power, something that Naruto will never, ever let happen.

Kushina's life was his to protect regardless of whether he would end up having some feelings for her that she would reciprocate or not. The Uchiha Clan would also not get slaughtered. He would make sure of those things.

"You kept us waiting." Came the voice of Homura and Naruto was blankly staring at him.

"I know that." Naruto replied as he shrugged off the stare that the Elders minus Sarutobi gave him along with the Hyuga Head and the Police Commissioner.

"Why were you late Uchiha-san?" Koharu asked as Naruto looked at her for some time before speaking again however his next action sort of freaked them out. He tilted his head a bit as one of the bangs covered his left eye as his right eye turned into U shaped curl looking like a smiling face.

"Oh about that. A black cat crossed my path and I had to take the way around. You know how much bad luck they can bring. Then along the way I took a wrong turn and got lost in the road of life." Naruto said it all with a smile as the room was filled with silence. Then it broke!

"Excuse me?!" the usually stoic voice of Hyuga Hanataro broke out as he said with loud proclamation. "You got lost? And you took the long way around because a black cat crossed your path?"

"Yup." Naruto said it with a smile as he looked at the head of the Hyuga Clan.

"Do you think this is a joking matter Uchiha-san?" Danzo asked and got no reply as Naruto was still looking at the Hyuga who looked like he had been given a wedgie. Danzo narrowed his eyes at the man who resembled Madara so much it sent a shiver down his spine, but upon further inspection his behavior was radically different from the Ghost of the Uchiha, at least as far as Danzo's eye could see. Now the man was just outright ignoring him as Danzo coughed into his hand and seeing that he made no response, he spoke up again.

"Uchiha-san." Danzo said. No need to waste too many words on him.

"Oh sorry." Naruto said as he looked back at the Council of Elders as he began to speak again only in a nonchalant manner, "Did you say something?"

"…."

"…."

"…."

Then some snickers of amusement could be heard as Naruto's eyes darted around the entire area and saw the Inuzuka clan head trying to suppress his laugh as some of the other clan heads were smirking lightly. Idly Naruto noticed just how much the familial resemblances were strong in the clans. Well that was a given considering that dominant genes take over the receding ones.

"Naruto" Sarutobi said as he masked his amused smile perfectly when the young Uchiha looked at him "be nice. You kept us waiting for some time."

"I would've gotten here sooner if someone didn't try to make me late." Naruto said as he gave Kagami a glance who was smirking victoriously.

"Really why would anyone do that?" Sarutobi asked.

"I don't know. Maybe someone was jealous of naturally awesome persona." Naruto said as he lifted his hands in a lazy manner as they faced upwards.

"How disrespectful." Came a voice and Naruto looked at the source. The guy was definitely an Uchiha if the scowl and the symbol on his sleeve were any indicators. "First you're late and now you behave in such an unbecoming manner."

"Ummm….can I help you Mr….I don't know your name." Naruto said as he owlishly blinked at the current Police Commissioner.

"You stay in the village and you don't know who we are." the man said.

"Hey I got here last night! What do you expect me to do? Know everybody in a single night?" Naruto asked as he looked at the Police Commissioner.

"Calm down Naruto." Sarutobi said as said Uchiha grumble a bit. "That was Police Commissioner Uchiha Souzen and yes Naruto you should apologize to everyone for keeping us waiting."

"Fine. I am sorry I kept you from going on with this boring meeting." Naruto said and the Elders were glaring at him now, minus Sarutobi who sighed and Danzo who narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

"I also apologize on his behavior Hokage-sama." Kagami said in a formal manner but Naruto knew that the man was enjoying this moment.

"Keep him in line Kagami-sama." Souzen said as he looked in a distasteful manner at his Clan Head. "His behavior will reflect badly on the clan. Although it's no surprise bad blood does spread throughout the lines."

"Would you care to repeat that in front of my face?" a cold and merciless voice devoid of emotions spoke right in front of Uchiha Souzen. Said Police Commissioner flinched a bit at the way the voice exuded its hopelessness and his eyes were directed dead center to see Uchiha Naruto standing right in front of him in less than the blink of an eye. Nearly everyone in the Council Room were tensed save a few. The ANBU were a bit shocked at his speed.

"Well come on then Police Commissioner." Naruto spoke as each of his words were promising pain as his stoic and blank facial visage mirrored that of Uchiha Madara's. Danzo in particular was not liking that look on his face at all. It was as if he was seeing a future threat being born right in front of him, but there was nothing he could do about it. The young man was emitting no killing intent, his voice itself was enough proof to showcase his danger.

"Oi Naruto." Nawaki, the Senju heir, spoke up with a bead of sweat on the side of his head spoke up. "Calm down alright. I'm sure Souzen-san didn't mean what he said."

"Here's the thing Nawaki." Naruto spoke as his voice took a deeper baritone to emphasize his overwhelming will.

He took three precise steps away from the Police Commissioner and stood in the center as Clan Heads and Civilian Merchants looked at him while he looked at the Senju Clan Head while his next words were directed at those who were looking to ridicule him

"There are some things I can never stand. You can insult me, throw trash at me, hell you could even grow some balls and come at me with everything you have. But, if you ever insult or even dare to hurt my family, my friends and precious ones I will erase your existence from this planet. Your memory will become a scary tale that mothers tell their children at night of what happens when you cross Uchiha Naruto."

The statement spoke in volumes of what he said. Naruto then sat down in the chair that was in the center as his mood had taken a bad turn. True, right now he didn't have any parents or genetic next of kin but regardless that man's words had spitted on both Naruto and Madara, both of whom would raze continents if you harm their family. And now the meeting began in full force starting with an apology from the Police Commissioner. Then the interesting questions came up.

"So Uchiha Madara is dead?" Danzo asked as if he was asking whether his life truly belonged to him or not. The shiny black orbs that Naruto had were replaced with a duller shade as he looked like he was trying weigh Danzo down.

"He died when I was thirteen." Naruto replied with an emotionless voice. "Why do you ask questions about that that I am sure Hokage-sama has already told you about?"

"We were just getting our facts straight." Homura replied highly uncomfortable as how the young man turned the entire mood of the meeting a tense one and he couldn't even look him in the eye. At this moment he resembled Madara too much.

Naruto sighed and spoke once more.

"Are you still afraid that Uchiha Madara will raze Konoha to the ground? Or, are you thinking right now that Madara on his dying bed made his grandson promise him to destroy the Village Hidden in the Leaves? If so bury those foolish and impotent thoughts. As I said before, my grandfather died with a plethora of regrets. He died knowing that he had in the end pushed away his dream because of the blatant mistrust the Village had towards him. And surprisingly so, the same amount to mistrust this village is showing to me."

"What do you mean Naruto?" Sarutobi asked as he was curious by what the grandson of Madara meant.

"Clearly you're not lying. So someone else must've done it." Naruto said. "Ever since I left the Hokage Tower I felt four chakra signatures tailing me. They followed me all the way to the Uchiha Clan Compound and stopped at the entrance. Then when I left the Compound this morning, those same four were tailing me all the way to the Tower."

"What?!" Sarutobi yelled a bit angrily. Grandson of Madara or not, this was personal life violation and unsanctioned espionage going on right now. True, he did not also fully trust Naruto but this was taking it a bit too far. He narrowed his eyes at Danzo and knew immediately that his old teammate was behind this despite the leader of ROOT not showing any signs of the visual claim.

"Makes me question the Village's integrity. A kunoichi gets kidnapped from its outskirts and only a chunnin appeared to help her. Yet, a stranger arrives in the same village and four shinobi are secretly tailing him in no time. It's almost like the village wanted to get Kushina kidnapped and instigate an incident with Kumogakure." Naruto finshed and then proceeded to speak once more.

"Perhaps I was wrong to place my trust in the village that bears Hashirama-sama's famed Will of Fire." He said and everyone looked at him a bit nervously.

"Firstly I apologize for what happened Naruto." Sarutobi began to speak. "I did not know that some….pests would be on your case like that."

"I understand Hokage-sama. But do remember the next time someone tails me, it will be the last thing they ever do. I am entitled to a personal life and secrets just like any other person in the world. You should make sure that certain rats don't cause any problems for both you and everybody else." Naruto said and he didn't even spare Danzo a glance as he knew that the cripple was looking at him.

"Regardless, we are here for a reason for this meeting." Sarutobi said as he entered 'Hokage Mode'. "First of all I can vouch for Uchiha Naruto after his rescue of Uzumaki Kushina and then he returned her here safely to the village. Both the Senju and the Uchiha Clans have already spoken up for him as well." This was pretty much another way of saying that the Hokage and the two founding clans were pretty much backing the newly immigrated Uchiha and every other argument was invalid about his loyalty.

"Also, he has helped in another grave matter in the office yesterday which has helped me solve many a problems." Hiruzen said this part with much more importance as most of the Council were awed at the sheer weight of those words. Danzo for his part was guessing what it could be that made Hiruzen say those words. Kagami had a deadpan expression on his face while looking at the Sandaime Hokage with an incredulous stare. Naruto for his part only had a sweat drop on his head.

'Is paperwork really that terrible?' Naruto thought. If it really was then he was having second thoughts about becoming Hokage this time.

"Now on to the much more important part, Uchiha Naruto how strong would you say you are?" Sarutobi asked.

"Well, I guess I would be a jounin level shinobi." Naruto said as he wanted to get some heat distracted away from him. Being the grandson of Madara was enough for now. Too much attention and soon the other villages would be gunning for him.

Sarutobi of course knew better and knew he was suppressing his thoughts. There was no way someone trained by Madara himself could be at such a low rank at this age. He was probably a Kage level shinobi as he had taken out five Kumo jounin by himself with no problems. Still Sarutobi would play along with the farce, as he too knew that people would bring up issues about his skills and that was why he had followed a tactic like this. But then again, he himself would keep an eye on the young man to some extent and he did not need ANBU to see what he was doing.

"I see but for now I cannot make you a jounin despite the fact that your skills state otherwise when you took down those Kumo jounin. To become a jounin you must have to pass the Jounin Exams." Sarutobi said and immediately Naruto groaned out of annoyance.

It seems that Shikamaru was right, proceeding throughout the whole process of becoming a jounin was too damn troublesome.

Sarutobi looked amused at his expressions. Not a minute ago he had changed the environment to such an extent that people were getting ready to fight him and now he was acting like an overgrown man child. Still it was more refreshing than what Souzen's words had instigated. He also did not forget to 'ask' Danzo a few questions. Former teammate or not, his operations had certain limitations and pulling off such an act like this could've turned out to be a major controversy and the Uchiha Clan would not doubt want some form of recompense even if Kagami could diffuse those flames of mistrust and suspicion.

Uchiha Kagami was throroughly enjoying the annoyed and disappointed look on Naruto's face. At this point it was a game between them. Today the boy had shown that despite his happy go lucky nature, he had a serious demeanor with a mean streak. He had made a clear statement that you should never try to mess with his personal life or even bad mouth his family. Clearly boy had a clingy nature towards his loved ones and this is what made Uchiha Kagami respect the grandson of Madara.

"Does anyone have any further questions?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked to the general audience and pin drop silence was observed for a complete minute. The Sandaime was going to tell Naruto he is free to leave but someone decided to speak up.

"If I may," came the voice from one Shimura Danzo and Hokage narrowed his eyes at his former teammate "Uchiha-san could we have a demonstration of your skills?"

"I don't follow the exact nature of your question, Shimura-san was it?" Naruto asked the last part and received a nod from the Sharingan Thief.

"Yes. You see, I am sure that I am not the only who would like to see the strength you displayed from the report of one Uzumaki Kushina. She had stated that you had defeated five jounin without so much as using a single form of ninjutsu and Kumo can, much to our distaste, proudly say that they do bring out a good caliber of shinobi. So we would like a display of your skills." Danzo finished and Naruto looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Display my skills? Do I look like a kabuki to you?" Naruto asked.

"I mean no disrespect Uchiha-san." Danzo continued. "I simply wish to gauge your strength."

"Will you be the one who'll fight me?" Naruto asked to the man who clearly was a cripple.

"I am afraid not. Ever since a little accident during the Second Great Ninja War, I have been off the roster." Danzo said and Naruto looked at him with a raised eyebrow once more.

"I see. Then who do you wish me to spar against?" Naruto asked. Honestly he was bored, he had all this pent up energy and was not being able to surge it out. He needed to have a spar and good golly it would be great if someone did have a spar with him. Don't get him wrong, his Shadow Clones were great sparring partners but in the end they were just that, Shadow Clones. He wanted to fight someone who was real.

"Does anyone have a volunteer?" Sarutobi asked and Naruto was still sitting in a bored manner while everyone in the room waited for an answer.

"OH COME ON!" Naruto yelled out. "I have a lot of things to do today. Either you get someone who'll spar with me or you don't. Don't leave me hanging." The grandson of Uchiha Madara finished with an exasperated sigh.

"I may have a volunteer." Commissioner Uchiha Souzen said with a gleam in his eyes. Yes, he may have just the person that could take on this proclaimed Uchiha. According to this certain Uchiha he had not shown the three necessary signs of being a true Uchiha: Not once did he deliver the Universal Uchiha Grunt, one does not simply be an Uchiha unless they are well versed in the ancient language of 'Hn'; secondly nobody knew how much control over fire this man possessed and finally, he did not once show off his blessed crimson eyes. For all Uchiha Souzen's narrow mind knew this could be a very well placed Henge that this outsider was using.

"Finally who is it Police Guy?" Naruto asked clearly he did not remember his name and was no way going to refer to him as Commissioner-san or Commissioner-sama. He talked shit about his lineage and it would take a lot of work for him to even register a speck of respect from the formerly blonde shinobi of Konoha. For some reason, Uchiha Naruto felt like he was going to enjoy this. No not just as a spar, he was going to enjoy this and judging by the now barely visible smirk on Souzen's face he was making the biggest mistake of his life: You never, ever underestimate Uzumaki Naruto or even worse, Uchiha Naruto.


Time Skip: One Hour Later

Location: The Skyward Leaf Restaurant, Konohagakure no Sato.

Uchiha Mikoto sighed as she looked outside the window. Right now she was dressed in an elegant black kimono with golden petal designs on it, along with some red lines of silken craftsmanship and had her hair tied in a loose bun. She never really require make up and was the reason she did not put on any as of this moment. She was sitting at a table waiting for the food she had ordered to arrive. Normally, she would never eat out. One she was a good cook but her mother's cooking was even better. But today was different as there was someone else with her. She had to be presentable for the event that was going on right now. Unfortunately the said someone who sat across her, was rather focusing on the parchment of paper in front of him rather than the beautiful woman itself.

'I could've been at home doing something interesting.' Mikoto thought as she had some water from the glass in front of her. She looked at the man who was reading the paper with a small glance before once more focusing her attention outside toward the window.

The person who sat across her was a young man of around twenty years old. He had short, brown hair that reached to his shoulders and onyx-coloured eyes, with visible creases below them. He wore the standard flak jacket, along with a black shirt with the Konoha Military Police Force symbol on the shoulders, shin-guards and black pants with equally black shinobi styled sandals. Honestly speaking the man was bored and he did not care. He would rather spend the time training to get stronger.

This was Uchiha Fugaku. A very good shinobi even by Uchiha standards and he was one of the people who had a fully awakened Sharingan along with a good level of mastery over Katon jutsu. Personality wise, he could be considered stoic, regal and indifferent.

However, if there was one trait that defined him it would be his loyalty to the Clan. No one could ever deny that Fugaku was loyal to his clan and for that reason alone he had accepted the fact that he was to be married to the daughter of the Clan Head.

While he wouldn't deny Mikoto was a beautiful woman, he simply was not interested in her. In his eyes falling in love with a person was too much of a hassle and unneeded. He was simply doing this because he would one day have to get married and if he married the daughter of said Clan Head his standing in the Clan would increase. It was Fugaku's goal to surpass his father Souzen as the Police Commissioner.

As a child he had been often times neglected by his father who kept saying he was not strong enough and in the end, Fugaku had turned into a clone of his father which made the Commissioner happy. And now here he stood reading the reports of the Police Force. It was better than to talk to the woman he barely knew. For all intents and purposes the Contraced Marrage Proposal was made for one purposes: Heirs.

Nothing more. All he had to do was 'do' his duty and bring strong children to the Clan. That is what mattered to him. Mikoto was just that, nothing more than a suitable woman who would give birth to strong Uchiha children in the future.

"The food is here." Mikoto said making Fugaku look up from the report as he began to silently eat the food. No small talk, nothing. Just the food and him. He was supposed to court her and Mikoto was getting rather frustrated at the lack of social contact with the man she was supposed to get engaged to. She wanted to talk actually, get to know the person who she would probably, most likely, get married to.

"I heard you left ANBU." Fugaku said all of a sudden but he didn't look up from his plate.

"Yes." Mikoto replied. She was actually half expecting him to ask her why? Was it because of the stress or something else? She sighed as she knew she would have to pick up the pace of the conversation. Fugaku had said about twenty words since they met today.

"So I heard you're going to join the Police Force permanently. Congratulations." Mikoto said. She tried to smile as she said, believe her she tried. But couldn't.

"Thank you." Fugaku said as he looked up from his food the first time and looked at Mikoto. "So you will be taking up the jounin position I assume."

"Yes." Mikoto replied.

"Why?" Fugaku asked and Mikoto was a bit confused at his one worded question.

"What do you mean why?" Mikoto asked as she began to eat her food.

"Why would you become a jounin? I am not doubting your skills as a shinobi but there's no need for you to do so." Fugaku said in a stoic manner but his voice had slightest hints of arrogance and tried to assert dominance.

"And why would I not need to? Do tell." Mikoto asked as she didn't let that scowl appear on her face.

"Well after we get married, you'll clearly have to retire from the active roster." Fugaku said as he began to eat his food and did not see the incredulous stare that Mikoto had given him for a moment before she looked down to have her food.

Uchiha Mikoto was not even going to dignify that with a response. He had just openly told her to give up being a kunoichi and already start on thinking about spending her time as a housewife. As if! She had a right too and by the looks of this situation already she just might end up breaking the marriage contract after all. She silently ate her food and before she knew it both of them were done. And now both of them paid their bills individually despite Fugaku's insistence on paying the whole. Both were standing outside the restaurant and would formally say their goodbyes.

Until a voice broke them from their trains of thought.

"Fugaku-san!" a voice yelled out and Mikoto looked to see Uchiha Kaito, a well known acquaintance of her father's, well more like his assistant / right hand if she was to be honest. Kaito was around 33 years old and was happily married. Her family's personality had sort of rubbed out on him and he was a bit more cheerful these days.

"Kaito-san, what are you doing here?" Mikoto was the one who asked that.

"Mikoto-san you're here as well." Kaito said as he looked at both of them and noted Mikoto's attire. "My apologies, it seemed I have come at a wrong time."

"It's no problem Kaito-san, our lunch session was over any way." Fugaku said in a no nonsense voice.

"I see." Kaito replied noting the annoyed look on Mikoto's face which she tried to hide, but he had known her family for a long time and could understand them better than most people. "Police Commissioner Uchiha Souzen and the Council have requested your presence to Training Ground 12."

"Training Ground? Why is there going to be a demonstration of some sort?" Fugaku asked. He really wanted to go back to training and not waste his day watching other people train.

"No. Rather, you've been asked to take part in a spar, to gauge the strength of a new shinobi who has recently joined." Kaito replied and Mikoto found the situation just that more interesting.

"A new shinobi who joined is to spar against me. I have better things to do than fight with an unknown." Fugaku said with some distaste in his mouth and Mikoto looked at him with a slight frown.

"Regardless of that Fugaku-san, your father personally volunteered for you to fight that person and Hokage-sama himself is there." Kaito said trying to make Fugaku realize the gravity of the situation.

"I see. So nearly everyone is there." Fugaku said as Kaito nodded. This could be a good chance for him to show his skills, and if required he would go overkill. After all, this could increase his standing not only in the Clan but also in the village itself.

"Hai, Fugaku-san. I assume that you will be going then?" Kaito asked and Fugaku nodded. He then looked at Mikoto and spoke, "Kagami-sama also sent me to look for you. He told me to ask whether you wanted to come with us. Will you join us Mikoto-san?"

"I have nothing better to do. But we will have to go at a slow pace as I really can't jump around while wearing this." Mikoto said and Fugaku spoke up.

"You can either go home or come slowly, I will be going now. By the time you arrive it will most likely be over. Goodbye Mikoto." Fugaku said as he disappeared in a Shunshin. Mikoto immediately released a sigh of frustration as Kaito looked at her in confusion.

"Is something wrong Mikoto-san?" Kaito asked noting how tired and annoyed she looked at the moment.

"Nothing, just one of the decisions of my life proving how I can make some irrational decisions. I should probably go home though. I doubt many shinobi would be a match for Fugaku. Despite his…slight ego he is strong." Mikoto said as she thought of walking away. Maybe she should go and visit Kushina, it would be a good thing to do and that girl could lift her mood like the warm sun.

"I see. Kagami-sama rather wanted you to be there. But its okay I suppose." Kaito said.

"Out of curiosity Kaito-san," Mikoto began "who is going to spar with Fugaku anyway?"

"Oh it's the new shinobi who arrived last night. Uchiha Naruto." Kaito said and Mikoto immediately turned around from the direction she was facing to face Kaito. Now this got him surprised.

"Naruto is taking on Fugaku in a spar?" Mikoto asked not really believing what she heard.

"Yes." Kaito said noting that the usually formal Mikoto did not refer to the newly arrived shinobi by 'san' as she usually did to strangers and most people in general. "Commissioner Souzen himself wanted to see how Naruto-san does against Fugaku."

"Well let's go then." Mikoto said walking towards the direction of Training Ground 12 as Kaito looked at her with a surprised expression. "Is something wrong Kaito-san?"

"No Mikoto-san. It's just I thought you'd be going to the Clan Compound." Kaito said not believing how quickly she had changed her mind. This was highly unusual.

"Yes, but I want to see how strong Naruto is." Mikoto said. It was an honest answer, ever since seeing the Rasengan and the fact that he could pull out water molecules from the very air she was interested in him. Interested as in what he could do as a shinobi. She mentally told herself that she was not looking forward to seeing him because he called her a Goddess or the fact he had tied her up in a pretty obscene way in his bed. That didn't stop her cheeks from becoming a bit pink though.


Location: Training Ground 12.

"So," Nawaki said as he saw Naruto sitting down on the grassy ground perfectly still as the Uchiha opened his eyes "you have any tactics beforehand?"

"Um, no." Naruto said as he looked at the two people near him. Senju Nawaki and Uchiha Kagami. The clan heads of the Senju and the Uchiha near him both giving him careful looks. "Why would I?"

"Because Fugaku is actually a strong shinobi even amongst the Uchiha Clan." Kagami said as he looked at the young man sitting down. "You'd best not underestimate him."

"I agree." Nawaki said as he looked at Naruto only this time he wasn't in Sis Con Mode and looked serious. "He is one of the best shinobi from my generation."

"So he's from your class. What can you tell me about him?" Naruto asked at the prospect of facing someone who could make him fight with the Sharingan.

"Well, naturally like all Uchiha he is very good at Katon. He also has a deadly aim with shuriken and kunai, even better than mine. And genjutsu would be his real forte. It's quite hard discerning from reality and illusions." Nawaki finished as he saw Kagami nodding.

"Nawaki-kun is right, every single detail of it. I'm surprised Nawaki-kun you've come far from that little kid who used to tell everyone he would be the next Hokage." Kagami said and Nawaki sheepishly scratched the back of his head as the blush marks on his face became a bit prominent. "But there is another thing you must know about Fugaku, he also has complete mastery over his fully matured Sharingan."

"Psht" Naruto blew a raspberry as Kagami's eyebrow twitched. "So do I, you don't see me acting holier than thou about it."

"Now brat," Kagami said as this time Naruto's eyebrow twitched "what did I tell you about being a bit more humble and respectful towards me?"

"I don't know something about broken legs and how orange is the new black." Naruto said and then he smiled. "By the way after I left for the bath house, I heard some noises coming out of the room I was in. It went like *PHWISH*" Naruto said as he made a whip like motion with his hand as Kagami groaned at his words and action.

"What is that supposed to be?" Nawaki asked in a confused manner, not sure what exactly the grandson of Madara was aiming for.

"It means he was whipped. By Obaa-chan." Naruto said and Kagami grumbled remembering how his wife chewed him out last night, and even more so after dinner after Kagami was secretly planning to somehow delay Naruto and now that he thought about it he really didn't mind; he got the job done as the Brat was late. Nawaki looked at and huffed as he knew better.

"That's not the sound of whipped. Whipped is more like *WA POW*!" Nawaki said as he too made a whipping motion with his hands as both Uchiha looked at him with weird stares.

"Okay, I think I'll be the one to say it. What the fuck was that?" Naruto asked with a confused manner.

"Whipped. You know, that's the sound." Nawaki said with eager vigor as kept displaying the motion.

"No it's not. The brat was right. Whipping is more like *PHWISH*" Kagami said as he made the same motion.

"I…was wrong?" Nawaki asked with teary eyes at being wrong.

"Good for you. Wait, how does Kikyo-san whip you?" Naruto asked all of a sudden.

"I..I'm not whipped or something like that." Nawaki said a bit nervously.

"Be honest Nawaki-kun," Kagami said as he put a hand on his shoulder "it's nothing to be ashamed of."

"She…sometimes fires arrows at me." Nawaki said and Naruto looked at him with wide eyes.

"Damn!" Naruto said with a large sweat drop on his head. He then noticed that a person had arrived and looked like the atypical Uchiha, only with brown hair. But for some reason, he was confused at seeing the man. Like he had seen him before. A lot of times too.

"So Fugaku's here." Nawaki said as he smirked a bit and saw that he was coming directly here with Commissioner Souzen, the Hokage and Danzo. The only other people around were the Clan Heads. The Civilian Council left because well Naruto made it very clear this was none of their business and the Clan Heads agreed with him.

"Chin up brat." Kagami said and saw that they arrived. He may not like Fugaku that much but decorum had to be maintained. "I see you've arrived Fugaku. Good to see you. Heard you joined the Police Force permanently."

"Hai Kagami-sama." Fugaku said and then his eyes saw Nawaki. He scoffed a bit. "Senju, you're here as well."

"Yup. It's been some time, Fugaku." Nawaki said as he looked at his once rival. "So how's life been for you?"

"Good enough. I heard you got married. Sorry I wasn't able to attend the wedding. But then again, I heard that you didn't have a choice." Fugaku said with a bastardy smirk.

"Woah! Time out. Hold on!" Naruto said getting the attention of all the people there. "What do you mean he didn't have a choice?"

"Let me explain this Naruto." Sarutobi said. "Nawaki here had been on a mission around nearly six months ago. On the way, he encountered a kunoichi. Said kunoichi was from the Nadeshiko Village. Have you ever heard of that?"

"Oh boy." Naruto said as he remembered the beautiful green eyed Shizuka. Now that was one of the most awkward moments of his life. "Yeah, the village than strives on matrilineality. What happened next?"

"Well, sadly the village got destroyed." Sarutobi said and Naruto looked at him with wide eyes. "Yes, the village was wiped out overnight. And the kunoichi that Nawaki had encountered was the last one alive. And Nawaki later fought her and won, but he did not know the price of winning."

"Wait, Nawaki." Naruto said as he got up. "Was…..Kikyo-san the last Nadeshiko?"

"Yeah." Nawaki said with a sad smile. "She was the last one and since I beat her I had to marry her." He finished and Naruto knew why he got such an awful feeling of déjà vu when he had seen Kikyo for the first time. God she even had the same emerald eyes as Shizuka. Maybe, just maybe Kikyo must've been Shizuka's mother from his timeline. Then there was a chance Shizuka would be born and it did seem to coincide with her age as Shizuka was older than Naruto when he met her.

"Nawaki, be honest. Do you like being married with her?" Naruto asked, knowing full well that contracted or forced marriages don't work out that well.

"Actually, I've never been happier." Nawaki said with an infectious grin. "I was really worried at first but, I guess you could say that she sort of straightened me out. Of course Nee-tan had nearly killed me for getting married."

"Nee-tan?" Naruto asked and them immediately stopped when he saw Nawaki's eyes glowing. "On second thought forget about it. Now, um who are you?" Naruto asked as Fugaku had been keenly observing him ever since he spoke about Nawaki's marriage.

He looked a lot like Uchiha Madara but that was not what was strange about him. His behavior was so…common like. He was an Uchiha, at least he looked like one and was wearing the Combat Robes the clan used to wear them in the Warring States Era, something that most Uchiha don't do anymore. At the same time, Naruto was definitely sure he had seen him before.

"Hn." Fugaku used the Universal Uchiha Grunt but it's not very effective against Naruto who had heard 'Hn' so much in his life it didn't affect him. And Fugaku's 'Hn' Level was nowhere near Madara's 'Hn' Level , he was maxed out.

"Nice to meet you too." Naruto said as he understood what Fugaku meant and the father son duo realized that he too fluently spoke 'Hn'.

"You're new to the village. Why was I brought out here Otou-sama?" Fugaku asked Commissioner Souzen and Naruto sweat dropped at the overly formal way Fugaku talked to his father.

'Geez talk about being severely stuck up. Kami knows what would happen if he became….Commissioner …..one day…..' Naruto thought for a moment while he tried to keep his look blank as Fugaku spoke with his father Souzen. And once more realization dawned.

'Oh my Log….This fucking asshole! I, Uchiha Naruto, am going to make him cry like a little bitch at the end of this or at the very least humiliate him by breaking his bones for all those times he scolded me at the Police HQ. Vandalism and misconduct. That's what you told me you brown haired bastard. I'll show you vandalism you stuck up, shit eating, condescending motherfuc-'

"Where is Kaito, Fugaku?" Kagami asked as his words were earshot to Naruto. "I told him to come back."

"He's probably escorting Mikoto to the Compound." Fugaku said as Naruto looked at his face. Yup, some of Sasuke's facial resemblances were definitely there and the whole arrogant asshole aura was there as well. Seemed legit. But another thought had crossed his mind as soon as he heard Mikoto's name being mentioned. Clearly Itachi and Sasuke were their children. So would they end up together?

"Mikoto-chan? Haven't seen her since breakfast." Naruto muttered to no one as he thought about the raven haired beauty. He wouldn't deny it, there was something definitely electrically attracting about Mikoto's personality. Maybe it was a trait he had, being attracted to strong willed women. Either way, he had to make some sort of apology, Jiraiya taught him well about women and he would follow the Chou Hentai's advice.

"What did you say?" Fugaku asked a bit taken back at his words. More specifically the 'chan' part. "How do you know Mikoto?"

"Well I kind of met her last night." Naruto said in a completely aloof manner as Fugaku narrowed his eyes at the Madara looking Uchiha. "I mean I've been staying at Kagami-jii-san's place so it's pretty natural I'd know everybody there."

"I see." Fugaku said as he looked around and spoke. "I suppose we should begin the spar. I have some other things to do, and the sooner we end it the sooner I can go back to training." Naruto didn't show it but he was inwardly glaring at Fugaku. The bastard was looking down on him. If it was the old Naruto he would've shot out opinions out of his mouth at the top of his voice, but Madara's more sadistic side had presented a much more viable option: Humiliation.

First Naruto would let Fugaku think he was going to win the fight, then slowly turn up the heat before making him realize how pathetic his resolve is compared to the power of the Ultimate Shinobi. Ah, good times.

But, first.

"I think we should wait a while." Naruto said as he sat down and Commissioner Souzen looked at him with a scowl.

"What do you think you're doing? Do you intend to keep us for the entire day?" Souzen asked with some irritation in his voice, which Naruto was exactly aiming for.

"No. It's just I'm waiting for Mikoto-chan to come. Pretty sure she's on her way here, otherwise Kaito-san would've been here a long time ago. Wonder why she's being so late though?" Naruto thought with his hand on his chin not really caring at the looks he got from the other people that included shock, outrage and annoyance. Except from three other people of course, Nawaki was just smiling at his highly 'Un-Uchiha' behavior, Kagami was sighing at his usual rebellious, borderline annoying, approach and Sarutobi, well let's just say this is probably the most interesting that he has seen happened in the last three months.

"Why do you refer to Mikoto-san that way?" Souzen asked all of a sudden.

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked not really knowing what the 'Stick Up My Ass' Commissioner was saying.

"She is the daughter of the Clan Head. She deserves to be treated with respect befitting of the Clan Heiress." Souzen said. Part of that was why he had contracted the marriage of his son with Mikoto. He was pretty sure that Fugaku agreed to it because it was Mikoto. After all, the image of the Uchiha Clan would increase more if those two got together and the future generation would benefit the clan.

"Hai." Naruto said with his eyes close as he spoke loudly for everyone to hear. "Mikoto-chan is indeed the daughter of the Clan Head. And she does deserve respect in that regard." He said as he opened his eyes and showed the sheer resolve in his eyes.

"However, to me she isn't just that. She is Uchiha Mikoto. A kunoichi of this village, not just the daughter of the Clan Head. She is her own person and probably strong kunoichi too, since I haven't seen her fight. But since she was formerly an ANBU Black Op, that designation alone speaks of her skills in volumes. That's why I'll treat her like a friend not some glass doll. And, I'm pretty sure she'd use genjutsu on me if I did look at her like that." Naruto finished as everyone stared at the words the young man had spoken. Blunt, brutal and true.

Sarutobi Hiruzen actually laughed at the words Naruto just said.

"You really are different from Madara-sama. Hard to believe that your grandfather didn't rubbed off on you." Sarutobi said as Naruto flashed him his iconic foxy grin minus the whisker marks.

"Yeah well, beggars can be choosers sometimes." Naruto said as Nawaki spoke up this time.

"Man, you sure are a handful. Makes me wonder what sort of hellish anguish Madara-sama went through while trying to fix that personality of yours." Nawaki said with an amused smile. This guy was a gold mine, and for some reason his outspoken nature was really reminding him of his grandfather. Too bad Senju Hashirama died, otherwise he would've been truly happy to see his former best friend's grandson turning out like this.

"Hah! As if I'd let that old goat win! I am way more stubborn than the old man ever was. Of course having a very scary mother and grandmother helped too." Naruto added as Kagami was lost in his own puzzle of thoughts.

'Brat..' Kagami thought with a smile as he looked at the grandson of Madara with a small smile. 'You don't know how unique you are. I hope you'll be able to break my daughter out of that shell she keeps herself locked in. Heh. Maybe you could even act like a friend to her like Kushina is. You really aren't that bad are you brat?'

"Oi, are you talking shit about me in your thoughts Jii-san?" Naruto thought as he caught the look on Kagami's eyes and all the respect he had for the young Uchiha once more comically disappeared.

"No, I was just thinking of a really disrespectful brat who is a freeloader." Kagami said as Naruto stood up and lightning crackled between their eyes.

"Wait." Fugaku said all of a sudden a bit….worried was he? Yes, that was the look of worry on his face. Slightly, but it was there. "What do you mean by Madara being his grandfather?"

"I think that's exactly what it means. Oh right, I didn't introduce myself. My name is Uchiha Naruto, born in Ta no Kuni. Son of Uchiha Izuna and grandson of Uchiha Madara. Nice to meet you." Naruto said as he extended his hand. Fugaku did not shake his hand and instead crossed his arms as Naruto looked at him in such a manner.

"So that's why you have some resemblances to the traitor." Fugaku said as nearly everyone around them tensed a bit. Even Danzo was cursing Fugaku for saying something like that, he really did not want to see an angry grandson of Madara, chances are the whole area will become nothing more than burning ash field if he was even ¼ as strong as his grandfather.

"You know what?" Naruto said with a sick smile that threatened to break his face as he giggled a bit. The giggling was really unnerving, even to Sarutobi. "Just for that, I am going to make sure this spar doesn't end too soon."

"Hn." Fugaku said as he activated his Sharingan, all three tomoe lazily spun around. "Outsiders like you really should learn their place, especially from a cursed and traitorous line like that."

"Fugaku" A silky voice of a woman said. Naruto looked past the ass of an Uchiha to see where the voice came from and he stared for a few moments. There stood Uchiha Mikoto in a glorious black kimono that was eating away at the light that surrounded her beautiful frame, the golden colored petal designs along with the red lines of design only served to add a more regal look as it slowly shined for a few moments. Her raven, silky hair was tied up in a loose bun and made her look that much more beautiful, but honestly he preferred it when her hair was let down and freely moved as the soft tresses would flow.

"That was disrespectful of you to say something like that." Mikoto said as she neared the group of seven people. "You should apologize."

"I'll apologize if he can last a good amount of time against me in the spar." Fugaku said as he looked at Mikoto with a light glare. Grandson of Madara or not, he did not retaliate when he looked at Naruto with his flared Sharingan. That was a sign of weak resolve to him.

And now, Mikoto his soon to be fiancé was standing up for this outsider. Mikoto for her part returned the glare as she was really not appreciating how assertive Fugaku was trying to be. Then her eye shifted to Naruto who was looking at her intently and observing her face. Then he smiled and spoke.

"Wow." Naruto said. "You look really beautiful Mikoto-chan." He said not even aware of the situation and the people around them he had said that to.

"!" Mikoto nearly 'eeped' at the compliment Naruto had made but settled for a slight gasp. She was red in her cheeks and could not meet his gaze as she found the ground very interesting right now. She then voiced out her response.

"I-I see. Thank you, Naruto." Mikoto said not even having the gall to look up. 'Damn him! Why is he saying stuff like that in front of everyone else?! Baka Naruto!' She yelled in her mind but she also liked it when he did compliment her. She had against her better decisions decided to look good for the occasion and the person she had lunch with didn't even once say those things about her. Not one single compliment and here Naruto told her just that.

"Hey!" Souzen yelled a bit angrily at Naruto who looked at him while scratching his ear. "Do not speak like that to her."

"Why?" Naruto asked. "It's the truth though. I mean she looks so beautiful in that kimono. She even tied up her hair like that. Though, she does look better when her hair is flowing freely though." Mikoto went even redder at this and was really looking forward to walk away, she could not handle two compliments from one person. It was weird for her, getting compliments and all from a guy no less.

"Naruto." Nawaki said as he looked a bit angry at said Uchiha. "You better not betray Kushi-tan's trust like that." He said as he began to enter Sis Con Mode.

"Oi calm down Nawaki!" Naruto said. "Besides I was just telling the truth."

"I would appreciate it if you didn't talk like that about my fiancé." Fugaku said, who felt a bit possessive at this Uchiha's behavior. Then again he might not have known about the contract in the first place.

"Mikoto-chan is your fiancé?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow and noted the look of annoyance on Mikoto's face which was now up and had a slight frown that did not suit her.

"Yes." Souzen said with a cheeky grin. He was trying to mess with the mind of Madara's grandson. "He is to be engaged to Mikoto-san in a few months. Why do you ask?"

"Oh nothing really." Naruto said as he masked his emotions perfectly.

He was really, not liking the situation. Don't get him wrong, he had no right to budge into someone's personal life and he would be lying if he said he wasn't attracted to Mikoto in more ways than one. But he did feel like that Mikoto at the very least deserved someone better than Fugaku, that was Sasuke reincarnated all over again. Or was it because Sasuke inherited his father's genes he was a conniving little asshole? Either way, both of them were assholes and Mikoto deserved someone better, someone she would choose freely of her free choice because from the looks of it, it sounded like a contracted marriage.

Mikoto for her part looked at Naruto and saw that he really didn't care much about what was said about her upcoming engagement to Fugaku. She was glad he wasn't barging into her personal life, but was kind of slightly disappointed he didn't care. For a single moment she looked sad and it went as fast as it came. Unfortunately, someone noticed this.

'Why is Miko-chan looking sad? I thought she wanted this marriage.' Kagami thought sadly. His daughter had really changed ever since joining ANBU and rarely spoke with a barrage of emotions. But now, the mask was cracking slightly and then he saw his daughter throw a glance at Naruto and looked down disappointed once more. Oh boy, Kagami was fuming.

'No way….Brat. What did you do to her?! I swear if you pulled anything stupid off with my daughter you're going to….wait.' Kagami halted as his thoughts as he looked at Mikoto. And, he noticed that his daughter….had some pink tint on her cheeks?

'No fucking way…..Miko-chan.' Kagami thought.

"Well I guess we can begin now. We have kept Hokage-sama waiting for some time. I'm sorry if your work at the office has been delayed by this." Nawaki said as he also noted the conflicted look on Mikoto's face. She was his younger's sister's best friend and was internally sighing. He really did not want an awkward situation to grow between the three, as Kushina had some sort of fondness towards her savior.

"Don't worry about that Nawaki-kun." Sarutobi said with an amused smile. "I am sure that the paperwork will be taken care of by me in a short amount of time."

'What?!' Danzo thought in his mind. 'Hiruzen always complains about paperwork? Did he find some secret method to fixing paperwork. If he has I must find out!' Yes, even Shimura Danzo was a victim of the plague known as paperwork and none of the ROOT operatives could offer any advice to him about it as they Curse Binding Seals on their tongues. Oh the irony is not lost on that one.

"Right." Naruto said as he walked towards the center of the Training Ground. He was a bit distracted now. He wasn't gonna lie. The snide remark got to him but he would probably walk it off or in this case pent it out. And by Kami's will a media was there right in front of him. "Do we have a proctor?"

"I'll do it." Nawaki said as he stood between Naruto and Fugaku who had his Sharingan activated and the Senju heir raised his hand above. "Both of you know this is a mere spar. Try not to kill yourselves and avoid fatal wounds. Hajime!" Nawaki said as he brought his hand down signaling the beginning of the spar.

"Yosh." Naruto said as reached into his pouch and everyone waited as to what weapon he would draw.

Instead he brought out a white book with no title. In reality it was not a book but rather an illustrated comic book that he learned was called a 'Manga'. So with all the knowledge he had from travelling through the Interdimensional Gap he had unknowingly absorbed all that information, and since it was all lying inside his head, he might as well put it to good use. So with wood from the Mokuton he made lots of paper and the Sharingan remembered every detail he put his fuuinjutsu skills to use as he finished his first official volume. He was now inspecting for minor mistakes.

'Berserk' was the working title and he was glad that he was never in the shoes of the guy named Guts. Seriously that world was something that could drive people insane from the sheer gore of it. Regardless, he was reading the first chapter of the volume he had made and was reading every word and inspecting every artwork he had made. Honestly speaking, the artwork was beautiful and it made his writing that much, more smoother.

"What are you doing?!" Fugaku yelled out a bit angrily. Was this outsider looking down at him?

"Nothing just checking my manga." Naruto said as he read the first page and found no faults and went to the second page. Now all he needed was a magazine to promote it. He spoke without lifting his eyes. "You can start Fugaku, don't worry I'll be fighting back."

"Is he crazy?" Souzen asked. "Fugaku will kill him for such disrespect."

"Calm down Souzen-san." Kagami said as he looked at the situation. "Look at Naruto's posture, he is on guard." It was true, Naruto may look like he was reading but his body was stiff and he was patiently waiting for Fugaku to attack and if he was like Sasuke, well a head on charge while getting angry was the perfect approach and then it happened exactly the way Naruto wanted it.


(INSERT MUSIC: The King of Fighters '99 AST – My Dear Fallen Angel)


The Fight

"You! You'll pay for this blatant show of insolence!" Fugaku rushed at Naruto with shuriken in his hand and threw them with precise aim at Naruto who merely lifted his free right arm. He was holding his hand up as his index, middle and thumb were outstretched and connected, while the other two were resting on his palm. Then the just as the eight shuriken reached near him they were deflected away by an invisible force while Naruto was still reading his manga.

'What?!' Fugaku stopped for a moment and saw the buildup of chakra in his hand.

"Fuuton chakra was used to make small blades of wind to deflect the shuriken." Fugaku thought as he rushed more carefully looking for signs of chakra buildup and to his surprise he couldn't see his chakra network through his clothes. "What the heck?"

"Sorry, but you're not going to have any luck seeing my reserves. Seals are such a beautiful thing." Naruto said as he finished reading it and put the first issued book in his pouch as he cracked his knuckles. "Well, come on then. Or do I have to make the first move?"

Fugaku didn't respond and instead brought out a kunai he held in reverse grip and was waiting for Naruto who sighed.

"Very well then." Naruto said before he disappeared as winds raged from the spot where he stood.

Fugaku eyes widened and then he felt pain as he turned his face. Naruto drove his fist into Fugaku's cheek and sent him skidding back as Naruto rushed at him with his own unique Tri Pronged Kunai and was cancelling the slashes that came from Fugaku's kunai with his own. Naruto laced his Kunai with Fuuton chakra and it cut through Fugaku's kunai before Naruto sealed back his kunai into his arm and grabbed Fugaku's wrist and headbutted him straight on his nose as some blood came out of it. They then engaged each other in pure taijutsu as the Uchiha Interceptor Fist came into play and both were moderately cancelling each other's moves out but Fugaku's moves were flowing faster and finally managed to push back Naruto with chop which did not to much damage but made him lose his balance.

Fugaku tried to kick Naruto as he fell back but Naruto ducked and with a one hand seal three Shadow Clones appeared as two of them kicked Fugaku up in the air and Naruto lifted the last clone into the air who proceeded to axe kick Fugaku downwards where the real Naruto rushed up with an uppercut hitting Fugaku's jaw directly. The other two clones came into play as they jump kicked Fugaku away from them.

"Great job you guys!" Naruto told his clones as they grinned before dispelling and Naruto now had a tanto in his hand, among the several other weapons that Naruto had collected and mastered over the years. Naruto saw Fugaku recovering and guessed it was now time to mess with him. "You know if I had a watch I'd be looking down at it real condescendingly right now."

"Urusai!" Fugaku yelled out as he laced his arms and legs with chakra. The direct brunt to the chin was devastating and affecting his footwork. 'Who the hell uses Shadow Clones like that?' He thought. It was something unseen, they were always distractions but Naruto seemed to be a step ahead with the Shadow Clones. Plus there was the fact that they took up large amounts of chakra, and he used it like it was nothing.

"The style is called Gundan no Ken / Thousand Fists in case you're wondering. This is a style suited for me only. Now, will you yield?" Naruto asked with a shit eating grin that was meant to piss of Fugaku and judging by the throbbing vein on his head it was working.

"Shut up." Fugaku said as he analyzed the situation. 'I need to keep an eye on his hands. He can make Kage Bunshin with one hand alone. If I can keep an eye on it with the Sharingan, then I should be able to predict the movements. That was a lucky jab he got because of the unpredictable situation.'

Fugaku then unsheathed the ninjato behind him and rushed forward as he saw Naruto patiently waiting and then Naruto unsealed more tanto in his hands. There were about six of them and Naruto threw all of them at Fugaku. Using the Sharingan, he deflected all the tanto as all six of them as they were now behind Fugaku. Then Fugaku felt a heel connecting with his back as he saw from the corner of his eyes that there were now five tanto and one Shadow Clone.

'He henged one of the clones as a tanto.' Fugaku thought as the real Naruto was getting near him and was spinning around in the air with his leg outstretched.

"Konoha Goriki Senpu / Severe Leaf Hurricane!" Naruto yelled as the spinning roundhouse kick connected with Fugaku's chest and sent him flying backwards as he rolled over the ground before stopping. 'FUCK YEAH! So this is why Bushier Brows Sensei always did this!' Naruto thought as he had seen Fugaku rolling like a stone.

"Kuso." Fugaku cursed as he got up. The sheer force behind that kick was monstrous and from Naruto's build he didn't look like someone who could pack that much force into one kick. Fugaku then stared at him with his eyes as he thought the name of his genjutsu.

'Magen: Jigoku Kōka no Jutsu / Demonic Illusion: Descending Hell Technique' Fugaku thought as Naruto suddenly found himself as everyone around him disappeared and he was alone. The sky was pitch black and then all of a sudden a great ball of fire enough to engulf the forest in a conflagration descended down on him. Then Fugaku realized Naruto was not there. Instead, he was the one standing as the great conflagration nearly reached him.

"KAI!" Fugaku yelled as the illusion broke apart and Naruto was looking at him with his own Sharingan in the lone right eye that was visible. 'The bastard used Magen: Kyo-Tenchi Ten / Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change to reflect my own genjutsu at me.'

"When?" Fugaku asked as he gritted his teeth. Naruto was eye smiling with the only ocular organ visible.

"When I kicked your ass away." Naruto said it in a sing song voice but he looked a bit strained and Fugaku picked up on it. "Genjutsu of that level is useless against me. So, now that we've covered two of the three arts. How about we go the last one?"

"Agreed" Fugaku said as he took the time to recover his bearings. He wasn't able to land a single hit on him. Him! The son of the Commissioner was not able to even scratch this outsider and he was smiling like this was an Academy Spar. Well that would change now.


(END MUSIC)


The Crowd

The crowd was looking with slacked jaws at how much Naruto was controlling the fight.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was observing every move. It wasn't until the spinning kick that Naruto activated his Sharingan, knowing full well that Fugaku would resort to genjutsu. He thought that far ahead. But the most troubling issue was the way the boy used Shadow Clones to fight. They were made for being distractions not to be used like that in a battle and this only meant that Uchiha Naruto had large amounts of chakra if he used a taijutsu style that was based in conjunction to that Forbidden Jutsu.

Uchiha Souzen was outraged at what just happened. Pride and gloating aside, Fugaku was no doubt one of the strongest members of this generation of Uchiha yet he was thrown around like a rag doll by the grandson of Madara. This match was supposed to be an exhibition of Fugaku's skills and increase their standings not making the newly arrived outsider Uchiha look like an enigma of battle. But Souzen was worried a bit, the style that the boy used was unpredictable and highly unorthodox even by wet work standards.

Kagami on the other hand was silently observing. Right now he was dead serious at how the battle was turning out. He knew the brat was strong but the sheer method of his combat was unique. He started off with goading Fugaku to attack and the used Kaze no Yaiba / Blade of Wind to deflect all the shuriken while he was reading a book. That and the Fuuton Shunshin / Wind Release Body Flicker showed how much control he had over wind.

Mikoto for her part was trying to stop herself from cheering Naruto on only because Fugaku had acted like a complete ass today. What? Staying with Kushina for too long does have its effects and the way he was controlling the battle was amazing to say the least. He had also only begun using his Sharingan now. Which meant that a ninjutsu battle might be used.

Nawaki was the closest and he was rather getting excited from observing the fight up close. He looked at Naruto who was lightly smiling at Fugaku, who despite the beat down had a ghost of a smirk on his face. Looks like he was enjoying this as well. Nawaki himself wanted to fight against Naruto.


The Fight

"Don't leave me high~" Naruto started singing all of a sudden and Fugaku was once more getting angry. "Don't leave me dry~" Then Fugaku started going through hand seals at a very fast rate and stopped at the tora hand seal.

"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu / Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!" Fugaku launched a great ball of bright red flames that sped off at a good pace. Fugaku smirked as Naruto wasn't moving but staring at the large ball of fire coming at him. He was nearly in range as Naruto was intently looking at it before he made some hand seals as well and then said the name of his technique while stretching his arm out.

"Katon: Kajiin / Fire Style: Fire Spear" as the words were said bright orange flames wrapped itself around Naruto's extended left arm and were beginning to take a shape as the large fire ball all but engulfed him. Fugaku thought he had gotten him but then his jutsu began to split apart as a vertical line of orange flames took the shape of a spear as it cleaved through the jutsu as it was shown to be Naruto's extended arm. This jutsu was made in a similar fashion to the Raikiri / Lightning Cutter as this jutsu rather cut down flames itself. Naruto looked like he was panting and the fire ball went past him hitting two trees and burning it all the way down. Naruto raised his hand as he took the flaming spear in his hand and lunged it at Fugaku who was able to dodge the deadly orange spear. He saw that the spear cut through four trees before imploding around the area creating a small sphere of fire in the ground.

"That jutsu could've killed me." Fugaku muttered as he saw the recoil damage from the Katon jutsu he had never seen before. He couldn't even copy the hand seals because his own ball of fire blocked his vision. He saw that Naruto was panting and realized the toll such a jutsu takes. He smirked a bit and Naruto frowned at his expression.

"That was quite a jutsu." Fugaku said. "But something like that no doubt takes away a large amount of chakra. That and the fact that you've been actively using your Shadow Clones must be finally hitting your reserves."

"Well aren't we a smart ass?" Naruto said as he panted a bit more.

He then ran towards Fugaku who copied the action and both of them met in the center of the field. As Naruto's right fist met with Fugaku's left. Slightly, Fugaku's one was overpowering him as Fugaku grabbed him by the wrist as the son of the Commissioner decked Naruto across the jaw. Then the two were fighting each other with the Uchiha Interceptor Fist as each punch, kick, jab and evasive maneuvers were getting cancelled. Each and every single move by one fighter was being traced by the other and copied to the extent that they were mirroring each other's moves. Then the kunai came into play as they collided with each other and Naruto sweep kicked Fugaku who managed to elbow Naruto's leg at the same time. Then Fugaku went through six hand seals before ending at tiger as he gained some distance.

"Katon: Endan / Fire Style: Flame Bullet!" Fugaku said as he shot out a large barrage of flame like bullets aiming for Naruto who already made hand seals for his next jutsu.

"Doton: Ni-Doryuheki / Earth Style: Double Layered Mud Wall" Naruto said as he slammed his hand on the ground as two large earth walls emerged to take on the full blow of the barrage of flames as the first wall got destroyed and the second one was being damaged to a great extent as well. Then it stopped as Naruto felt the weak wall crumbling lightly as it later broke down.

"Not bad." Naruto muttered then through the dust Fugaku came out with his ninjato and managed to cut the upper half of his Combat Robe as his black undershirt could be seen clearly.

Naruto took out his own tanto and was fighting him head on as steel collided against steel, but Fugaku had made a Shadow Clone in preparation as it jumped up from behind the original and threw several kunai at Naruto who moved away from Fugaku to deflect all the kunai. Just then Fugaku sweeped in and kicked Naruto in his chest with all his force as he rolled back into the ground. Fugaku wasn't done yet as he started going through hand seals and was going to end this match before Naruto would come up with another technique to even the match again. He stopped and knew that the match was pretty much in the bag now that Naruto was suffering from chakra depletion.

"Katon: Karyuu Endan / Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet" Fugaku said as he kneaded his chakra into flames before spewing a large stream of fire that took the shape of a genuine dragon and then as if obeying Fugaku's will it surrounded Naruto before wrapping itself around him as a small explosion of flames burst in the area. Then flames died down as Naruto was on his knees. His clothes were burning and he seemed like he was down for the count.


The Crowd

Uchiha Souzen was smirking at the final result. Fugaku had proven to him why he was one of the strongest Uchiha in the village at the moment. Now that the Hokage and the other Clan Heads saw this, Fugaku's reputation would increase a bit more along with his own of course. Still, one had to admit that the Grandson of Madara did have his moments in the match, especially that technique that pierced and split the large fireball and that jutsu in itself must've taken a chunk of chakra as it was both elemental infusion and change in shape manipulation. Shame that he too couldn't copy the jutsu as the fire had nearly engulfed Naruto at the point he had performed the jutsu.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was a bit disappointed. He was honestly expecting a bit more from the grandson of the man who rivaled the God of Shinobi. Still, Naruto was younger than Fugaku and experience in itself counts more than anything. Flashy jutsu could only take you so far and despite how the fire splitting jutsu was amazing, Fugaku had come out on top. Yet something about the whole situation seemed off. Still, technically Fugaku had broken one of the rules of the spar. That jutsu was clearly meant to cause third degree burns or even worse. Begged the question why Naruto wasn't burned?

Nawaki frowned at what happened. He was really hoping forward to seeing Naruto beat Fugaku. Seems that his rival did improve a bit over the years, his speed in hand seals had definitely increased along with his Katon manipulation. Looks like Nawaki would have to work a bit harder.

Shimura Danzo was keenly observing the situation. Just like, Sarutobi something about the whole affair seemed off. The young man was using Shadow Clones to fight in a taijutsu style. Then after that fire spear shaped jutsu he was tired. True, the jutsu did look like it needed a lot of chakra as it had cut down the Uchiha signature jutsu but was the grandson of Madara really going to go down after that?

Kagami sighed. He really thought that Naruto would've come out on top. But things had changed, what was supposed to be a small spar resulted in high level Katon jutsu and a newly created jutsu that he had never seen before. Fugaku proved his mettle as a shinobi, but that didn't mean he still liked the son of the Police Commissioner.

Uchiha Mikoto had no doubts about Fugaku's skills. She mostly figured that Fugaku against any Uchiha would win right now easily, barring her. He was very good at using and manipulating fire and was a good close range fighter too. But she did no expect Uchiha Naruto to lose, well even if she did why did he lose like that? Why did he not use the Rasengan? Or hell why did he not pull water out of the atmosphere unless….

"Well that's over." Souzen said as he looked at Naruto's kneeling form. "Seems that Uchiha Madara's grandson has a long way to go before he reaches the levels of the elite of this village. Then again, not being part of a village must've not given him enough experience against standard shinobi. But he is good, that I will not deny."

"Indeed." Kagami said. "Though I would be lying if I said I didn't expect a bit more."

"It's not over yet." Mikoto said as the four other people in their group looked at her, Nawaki was proctoring so no way he could've heard it.

"What do you mean Mikoto-san? Clearly the match is over." Commissioner Souzen said, not really liking the fact that the soon to be fiancé of his son was rather disclaiming that fact.

"The match isn't over yet." Mikoto said with unwavering resolve. "Naruto….hasn't lost yet."

'OK! Seriously what the hell?! Miko-chan has never spoken up for anyone like this unless it's Kushina.' Kagami thought as his protective father instincts took over. 'Looks like we need to talk. But I know for a fact that Mikasa-chan will take that bastard's side.' Kagami thought as a chibi version of himself cried crocodile tears inside his mind.

"You seem to believe him in quite a lot Mikoto." Sarutobi said noting the absolute certain tone the female Uchiha's voice had taken. "Are you sure it's not over yet?"

"Yes I am." Mikoto said. 'I know he's planning something. Call it women's intuition.'


The Fight

"Congratulations, Uchiha Fugaku." Naruto said loudly for even Nawaki to hear. "You've proven that you're a strong shinobi and I applaud you for that."

"I see you're taking your defeat well." Fugaku said and noted that Naruto was smiling at his words. "Too well I see. Still you did put up a good fight. The fact that you weren't in a shinobi village is what hindered your skill. Clearly you've never fought an –"

"-elite shinobi before." Naruto said with a smile cutting Fugaku off and the look on his face confirmed that's what he was going to say. "Yes, I expected you to say something like that. But unfortunately you haven't won this fight. Far from it, you've yet to land a blow on me."

"The jutsu must've made you disleveled." Fugaku said with narrowed eyes as he was still a bit tired. Spamming jutsu after jutsu followed previously by those hits on his body was starting to take toll. The adrenaline was going away and his body was feeling heavy.

"You feel it don't you?" Naruto asked as if he was reading Fugaku's mind. "The adrenaline leaving your body and you starting to realize how intense this little spar was. Guess it's time to reveal to you my final move."

"And what would that be?" Fugaku asked. He was really not believing what the man was saying to him. Was this talk a part of that plan?

"You'll find out in 3, 2 ,1." Naruto said and nothing happened. Then Naruto looked annoyed. "I said 3,2,1!"

"What are you doing?" Fugaku asked now convinced the jutsu had done some brain damage, while Nawaki was sweat dropping at his behavior.

'Kushi-tan…might have a crush on this guy?' Nawaki thought. Seriously this was even more stupid than that time he wanted to give his sisters a back wash while they were bathing. What was weird about that? Nothing! But this was.

"Just give me a second. You know what? Fuck it!" Naruto said as he turned into smoke revealing a hole in the ground from where he stood. Fugaku's eyes widened as he heard a small cracking sound.


(INSERT MUSIC: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders OST – Stardust Crusaders)


"ORA!"

The yell came as fist filled with fury smashed against Fugaku's as Naruto emerged from the ground his body in an uppercut stance as some blood came out of Fugaku's mouth and he fell down. The sheer force his chin was hit had once more affected his knees. Wobbling he got up as he saw that Naruto was wearing a cap off all things on his head now and was looking at him with a bored manner.

"So will you yield now?" Naruto asked Fugaku who looked at him angrily.

"You..you coward! You were hiding in the ground this whole time!" Fugaku yelled out. "Have you no honor?!"

"Feed honor to the dogs that shit in the yards of war." Naruto said. "I'm a shinobi, I kill, I lie, I cheat, I steal. Besides I only went into the after my clone made the Kaajin. And the one you fought afterwards was just a simple Shadow Clone. Now, I'll ask once more. Do you yield now?" Naruto asked. Inwardly he was hoping that Fugaku would refuse. He really wanted to do that thing he learned and troll everyone.

"No! I will not go down. The only way I will yield this match is when I am out cold." Fugaku yelled. His pride was at stake here. And there was no way he would forfeit a fight to an outsider, grandson of Madara or not. He needed to prove that he was strong and there was no way he was going to quit.

"Judging by that look on your damaged face along with your tone of defiance to not give up, I'll have to make you forfeit this match." Naruto said as he put his hand on the visor of the cap and pulled traced his fingers across it. "Yare Yare…..Too bad it's going to look a whole lot worse by the time I'm done, well your face that is."

Suddenly the entire ground around them cracked as hundreds of Naruto's Shadow Clones appeared and were rushing at Fugaku who was still shocked by the sheer number of clones.

One, two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty two and so on and so forth. The sheer impact of the barrage of the punches was being blocked out as all the yells were hitting and yelling as the entire area heard one word being repeated over and over again.

" ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA! ORA!"

Fugaku's body was riddled with blows of brute strength and when he was kicked in the air all the clones jumped up and started the same process in mid air. Punches, kicks, elbows, heels, chops, headbutts, one of them even bitch slapped him.

'What in the Log?' Fugaku thought in writhing pain as he felt the blows coming in at endless repetition as kept getting hit around and thrown around like a rag doll. Then his eyes focused on the real Naruto whose chakra was taking physical form as it flared around him like a coat. Naruto jumped off the surface as he kept stepping on the clones to reach Fugaku in mid air. His right arm extended and his fist was close as he looked at Fugaku with a lazy expression.

"ORA!"

Naruto yelled as he smashed his fist against Fugaku's jaw line and sent him literally flying back as he smashed through two trees. The clones dispelled as Naruto landed on the ground as he gripped the visor of his cap.

"Make sure you don't forget this." Naruto said as he brought the cap's visor down on his left side as his visible right eye looked at Fugaku's broken body. "Your biggest mistake was calling my line cursed and traitorous." Naruto muttered to himself.


(END MUSIC)


"And that takes care of that." Naruto said as he took off the cap and sealed it back into his left arm. He was smiling. 'Sugoi! I knew that attack would look so cool if everyone yelled ora like that Jotaro guy! I even got the cap thing going on perfectly! Narutoton: Ora Rendan / Naruto Style: Ora Barrage is officially a success! And I didn't have to use too many jutsu. Take that stupid people who say I reveal all my secrets!'

"What have you done?!" Commissioner Uchiha Souzen yelled at Naruto as he looked at Fugaku's downed form.

"Kicked his ass is what I did." Naruto said in a non chalant manner. "Remember what I told you? You can insult me, throw trash at me, hell you could even grow some balls and come at me with everything you have. But, if you ever insult or even dare to hurt my family, my friends and precious ones I will erase your existence from this planet. Besides, I went easy on him. I even gave him the chance to forfeit. But he didn't back down and , and well you know how that story went."

"Still, that was a bit brutal." Sarutobi said as he lit his pipe. He could feel a major headache coming, no not right now. This boy would no doubt cause more trouble along the way because of his outspoken nature, and brash protectiveness towards the ones he holds precious. Just like Senju Hashirama often did when he was a child, Senju Tobirama had often told that the Shodai Hokage's fierce nature to protect what was precious to him was one of his most deadliest traits. And now, this young man before him was showing the same tendencies.

"Gomen jiji." Naruto said a bit as he put his hands on the back of his head. "But, Fugaku should've realized he had this coming to him. At least now he'll know never to talk all that hot shit in front of me and try to think he can get away with it."

"Geez Brat." Kagami said as he looked at Kagami's clearly broken frame that was riddled with at least 100 punches. "You really went overkill on this one."

"No not really." Naruto said as he coughed into his hand. "Overkill would be me resorting to making a thousand clones and each of them use the same technique followed by a barrage of Katon, Fuuton and Raiton jutsu. And then I trap him in a genjutsu for hours while I slowly hack away his body with an axe and then bury his remains in a pile of steaming bullshit. That is overkill right there."

"Remind me never to piss you off." Nawaki said with a deadpan expression.

"Oh don't worry, pretty sure your wife will keep you in line for that. *PWHISH*" Naruto finished with a whipping motion followed by that sound as Nawaki groaned.

"Inconceivable!" Commissioner Souzen yelled out. "Uchiha Naruto you're under arrest for physical assault and battery! You will be going to the Police HQ with me right now!"

"Okay… just answer me this question. Why would I do that again?" Naruto asked in a curious manner.

"Because you assaulted my son! This was supposed to be a spar not a deathmatch!" Souzen yelled out.

"Oh I see. What about the fact that, I don't know that he made a goddamn fire dragon to engulf me to cause third degree burns or even better kill me in the process?"

"You did not get hurt! Don't make excuses!" Souzen yelled.

"My Shadow Clone got incinerated to dust. I had to bring up a clone from the ground to take it's place." Naruto said. He then looked at Souzen with his Sharingan and spoke once more, "Wasn't it you who said…I don't know what was it again? Oh that's right. 'Hn. My son will be more than a challenge for you. You can even feel like going all out against him if it helps your odds.' Yes I think that's what you said. That's what he said right Danzo-jii?" Said person was taken back by the random nickname given to him.

"Yes." Danzo said. He really did not like how he was being reminded he was old. "Regardless, it was Fugaku who broke the first rules of engagement. You followed suit. If anything, you should be glad Commissioner Souzen that Naruto-san here did not follow through with Ninjutsu." Danzo finished and he was disappointed.

Even after the battle he didn't have much clue about Uchiha Naruto's skills. Right now he was a flight risk and potential spy in his books. Konoha's safety was all that mattered to Shimura Danzo and if he needed to cut off the new leaves to ensure the tree's survival he would do so willingly. Still, he did discover some things. Firstly the grandson of Madara had large chakra reserves, though that was not much of a surprise. Secondly, he was good at using fuuinjutsu as he was seen sealing his weapons into his own body. Thirdly, he had affinities for wind, earth, fire and he mentioned using Raiton, so lightning was also taken into fact. But the most astonishing thing was, the boy played dirty. He would goad the enemy into thinking one thing and proceed with another. The sheer unpredictability in his form and attitude is what made him that much more dangerous and Danzo would eventually have to keep an eye on him.

Though he couldn't do it right now. Hiruzen would no doubt keep an annoyingly close watch on him after his ANBU had been caught by the Uchiiha Ghosts' Grandson. That also meant he was a sensor and a good one too, his ROOT ANBU do not slip up. That was something that he could proudly say about his mindless, heartless, slavery induced, killing oriented and loyal because of a Cursed Seal shinobi. What a just leader he was!

"Tch!" Souzen was spluttering nonsense before he left in a strafe of anger and haste. His son was injured and needed help. Uchiha Naruto would be taught his lesson later.

"Well, that concludes the day's affair." Sarutobi said as he smoked from his iconic pipe. "All of you are dismissed, and are free for the day. Naruto, if you could kindly follow me to the Office. I'd like to give you your chunnin flak jacket."

"Can I not wear that? I mean it isn't mandatory is it?" Naruto asked. Don't get him wrong, he loved the village. But at this point wearing a chunnin flak jacket pretty much felt like an insult.

"Well, you could not wear it. But either way, I have to register you as a shinobi." Sarutobi said as Naruto unsealed a sheet of paper from his wrist and gave it to Sarutobi who took it and read it, out loud for everyone to hear.


Name: Uchiha Naruto

Age: Eighteen

Date of Birth: 10th October (as for the year of birth don't ask. Nobody knows the years)

Next of Kin: Uchiha Izuna (father; deceased), Kazama-Uchiha Tsuki (mother; deceased), Uchiha Madara (grandfather, deceased), Uchiha-Uzumaki Haruhi (grandmother; deceased)

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 253 lbs

Origin: Ta no Kuni (Land of Rice)

Former Address: Shady Looking House by the river named Kwai, burnt down because of an experimental Katon jutsu

Current Address: Old Man Kagami's House, Uchiha Clan Compound

Additional Notes: Uchiha Naruto is known to the be the single most awesome shinobi in the world whose mere presence causes everyone to cower in fear and awe. Orange is the color that world should be painted in and those who diss ramen should be given a bow of extra miso to change their minds. Oh and one day, Uchiha Naruto will show the world that he is stronger than both Madara and Hashirama combined.


Sarutobi Hiruzen and everyone else could not stop the major sweat drop from forming on their head. As if the form details weren't bizarre enough his picture at the top was even stranger, it showed Naruto genuinely smiling only his palm was near his face as all five fingers were outstretched making it seem like he was posing and after today, Sarutobi Hiruzen sure as hell knew he was definitely posing for the picture.

"That should do right?" Naruto asked in a curious manner.

"I supposed it will. Still, next time do hold back on your personal feelings a bit Naruto. No I am not telling you to let people who insult your friends and family scot free. I am simply telling you to apply some restraint in your approach." Sarutobi said as Naruto grumbled like someone took his candy away. Sarutobi noticed that his grandmother was an Uzumaki, maybe that was the reason why Madara was kept in line. Sure, Kushina was scary there was no doubt about that even Sarutobi would freely admit that. But the Shodai Hokage's wife, Uzumaki-Senju Mito was a different case altogether. She didn't say anything or scream, no she either let her fits, sword or seals do the talking. Good kami! Now that was a terrifying woman! Perhaps all Uzumaki women were scary by traits.

"Fine." Naruto grumbled as he muttered something about stupid rules. He then noticed Kagami looking at him with a weird stare. It wasn't the usual one of their usual banters. No, this was a bit different. Much more different. "Oi Jii-san you okay?"

"I'm fine. I just can't figure out one thing." Kagami said. "Why did you scream Ora all the time?"

"Call it a war cry if you will. Makes me feel comfortable when I smash someone's skull in." Naruto said as everyone stared at him. "Don't give me that look! I was raised by a man who used Katon jutsu on me if I got a single stance wrong, a man who was too kind for his own good and two women who scared the living daylights out of me. I am rightfully qualified to have some issues."

"No doubt about that." Kagami said and before Naruto could grumble he spoke again with a devious smile. "Oh I just remembered. I already told Mikasa that you'd be having lunch outside, just like how you told me to tell her. And all of us are going over to Kaito's house to have lunch. So good luck eating outside."

"You win this one." Naruto said and Kagami nodded his head approvingly. Oh he was going to get back at the old man. But first he needed to have some lunch. Now where could he buy some lunch from? Should he have ramen, ramen or ramen? So many choices. He had been having only healthy food for such a long time it was frustrating. Ever since he left for his training he hadn't had a single buffet of ramen where he would wolf down all the starchy goodness of the meal that had come to define both his name and his characterism.

"I know!" Nawaki said as he beamed up. He was then slapping Naruto on his back. "You could have lunch at our place. Besides, I'm sure Kushi-tan will be happy to see you."

"You're right." Naruto said as he looked up in thought. "I haven't visited her today. Are you sure I wouldn't be imposing?"

"Not at all. Besides, Kikyo-chan already told me to bring you over as she wanted to cook something as a thank you meal for saving imouto." Nawaki said. His mood was a refresher for Naruto. Boy was he glad he wasn't dead in this world, and Naruto would try to make sure he stays alive. For a long, long time.

"Sweet." Naruto said as he felt someone looking at him. And he instinctively turned around to see that Uchiha Mikoto was the one looking at him. Her arms were crossed, she was raising an eyebrow and had that aura of righteousness around her. And Naruto then remembered that he had in short pulverized her soon to be fiancé. 'Oh shit….'

"Okay Mikoto-chan." Naruto said with a nervous tone. He better not fuck this up, he really did not want his face to get acquainted with that bucket again. "First of all, it wasn't my fault. Secondly, he insulted my family so I just couldn't let that slide and thirdly, I'm sorry I nearly broke every bone in his body."

"We are going to talk alone." Mikoto said.

"Now Miko-chan," Kagami began, he was a bit nervous as to his daughter was behaving right now. You couldn't blame him, in his mind there was an off chance that he believed his daughter, HIS DAUGHTER hadm no might've….urgh…liked Naruto. Now grandson of Madara or not, there was no way someone would make the moves on his daughter. He would tear them apart. Plus she was engaged to an asshole, but he was still her fiancé.

"Tou-san. I won't be having lunch with you all. My apologies Kaito-san. I already had lunch when I met Fugaku." Mikoto said and Kaito replied that it was okay. "I will be heading over to the Senju Compound to visit Kushina anyway. So Nawaki-nii, please excuse us for a while. I have some questions for Naruto." Mentioned person gulped a bit at the blank tone. There was an underlying threat in those words.

"Okay. See you at the Compound Mikoto-chan." Nawaki said as he saw the tension clear as day between them, Mikoto nodded as Nawaki despite being a Senju was something of an older brother figure to her. Poor Naruto, he was going to be in a lot of trouble. Nawaki shook his head as he said his goodbyes and soon enough everyone except the two young Uchiha left.

"Okay, Mikoto-chan I am really sorry-" Naruto began in a nervous tone.

"Why do you call me that?" Mikoto asked.

"Eh? Call you what? You mean Mikoto-chan? I guess it's a bad habit. I tend to add suffixes to everyone's name." Naruto said not understanding where she was going with this.

"Be honest with me Naruto." Mikoto said as she looked at him with her Sharingan activated. "What do you really see me as? What I mean is, you don't treat me like everybody else minus my family and the Senju treat me. You treat me like I'm-"

"-a completely normal person." Naruto said without hesitation. He even had a smile on his face. "I think I know what you feel like. You know being the daughter of the Clan Head and all. You have a certain image to hold up with formalities and what not. But somewhere along the way, people forget who you really are. That you're not just the daughter of the Clan Head. But that you're your own person. You want people to sometimes treat you like that, like your normal. I know it sort of creates boundaries between you and nearly everybody else. But you do it for the benefit of the clan. And to some extent I do understand it."

Mikoto stared at the Uchiha in wonder as how he had perfectly defined her thoughts in a perfect manner. He had understood exactly what she wanted to say to him. This was weird for her. She really could not define what the way she was feeling right now.

"But don't worry about that Mikoto-chan. You do have friends. You have Kushina-chan as a friend. You have Nawaki and Kikyo-san who also, I think, treat you like you're not just some Heiress of a clan. And then there's your family who by the looks of it are sometimes worried about you. Probably because you're in ANBU. My advice is this Mikoto-chan. Let your family in. It won't hurt and you may feel like there isn't much to talk about but trust me there is. Don't lose your time with your family. You can never get those moments back once they are lost. And as for me….well think of me as your new friend." Naruto finished.

Uchiha Mikoto could not stop herself from smiling at what Uchiha Naruto said. He was right in the end. True, he was a bit childish with his mannerisms at times, but he was also kind and strong at the same time. He had shown just that when he had fought Fugaku, during the fight her father explained to her how Naruto does not take insult to his friends or family lightly and will retaliate in critical manner. Naruto backed this statement when he spoke those same words again after the fight. Then Naruto looked at her in confused manner.

"Say Mikoto-chan we are friends right?" Naruto asked.

"I suppose we are." Mikoto said with a small smile as Naruto sighed a breath of relief.

"Well, can I ask you a question if you don't mind that is? And it's totally okay if you don't answer it." Naruto said and Mikoto understood it must have been a question on personal level if he phrased it like that.

"As long as it isn't anything too vulgar." Mikoto said with a light glare as she reminded him of this morning's incident.

"I told you that was an accident. I promise I will never gag you and tie you to my bed again." Naruto said and realized what he just said as Mikoto became a bit red with both embrassment and anger. "I-I didn't mean it like that. Why do I always say stupid things?!" Naruto scratched his head nervously and was sweating bullets while Mikoto noted that his behavior was a bit like Kushina's. Perhaps it was because he was part Uzumaki.

"I-I understand. But please don't say things like that again…..ever." MIkoto said as she had some pink in her cheeks as she remembered lying on the bed with her body being positioned in a rather sexually evoking way while Naruto appeared on top for those fleeting moments. She shook her head driving those images out. You can't really blame her for this. That was probably her most intense sexual moment in her life of seventeen years. And the fact that she had seen Naruto's perfectly chiseled body was not helping because she could never forget those muscles, she had her Sharingan on. And the strange part was, he was hot! Yes, Mikoto could admit that.

But then again, she was no fan girl and was not going to fall head over heels for a guy she saw naked and was tied up by on a bed. No, she believed in a healthy mutual relationship that could be built for years. It wasn't like she was going to marry some stranger she barely knew or talked to…..

Oh right.

"Sorry. I tend to say stupid things every now and then." Naruto said as he looked at her and put on a semi-serious look, from what she guessed anyway. "Okay, Mikoto-chan you can not answer this if you want. But, as a friend I have to ask this question. No forget it." Naruto said all of a sudden. He was going to do something stupid that might break off whatever friendship he has with Mikoto.

"It's okay Naruto. If I'm uncomfortable with the question I will tell you straight away." Mikoto reassured him.

"Okay. Why are you marrying someone like Fugaku?" Naruto asked and Mikoto was dumbfounded.

"Well I am going to be honest. There aren't many suitors around that are good." Mikoto started speaking. "First of all, he is a good shinobi. And he is a respectable person. He is also a man with moral codes. So it seemed right that he is fitting to be my husband and he will be a good father as well."

"Is that it?" Naruto asked with a disappointed manner.

"Yes." Mikoto said not sure at his tone.

"I see. So all you want from life is an okay husband, who might be a good father?" Naruto asked and Mikoto was not sure how she could reply to a question like that. Of course, she couldn't it was a rhetoric question and Mikoto realized the hypocrisy of what she wanted and what she was aiming for as her eyes widened. Naruto saw the look of realization on her face.

"I see you realized it Mikoto-chan. I am not going to tell you what to do with your life Mikoto-chan. You're a capable kunoichi and a beautiful woman. You can make those decisions for yourself. In the end all of your life's decisions come down to you. If you think you're happy with Fugaku then I wish you a happy marriage. However if you think he is not the best decision for your marriage life, then don't end up making a mistake that you will regret for the rest of your life. And judging by how you didn't go to the Hospital to attend to Fugaku, I'm kind of guessing you aren't that happy about it." Naruto finished as Mikoto no longer meeting his gaze.

She thought about he words he said. How nearly everything he said was what she thought but could never voice. Again, he was right showing how little she cared for Fugaku even though a lot, and I do mean a lot of bones were broken in his body. Did she not care for Fugaku? Was that all she saw Fugaki as? Nothing but a capable father of children she would one day give birth to? She was now thinking like the former Elder Council of this Clan which her parents worked day and night to remove. Something she believed in. She believed that people in the Uchiha Clan should follow what they believe instead of being shackled by the Clan's limitations. That was she believed and now she herself was denying the truth to herself.

Was she a coward for running away from her own truth? Maybe so, but that was not the only reason she was looking at the ground. Once more he mader her feel a bit giddy like last night when he had called her a Goddess. He called her a 'capable kunoichi and a beautiful woman'. Why was he like this? True Mikoto often wanted a man to call her that, but the last time she thought that she was a clueless girl heading into adolescence and ever since becoming a kunoichi such thoughts became alien to her. So why?! Why was she feeling like this when he talked to her like this?

"Well that's all I'll say but do know this Mikoto-chan." Naruto said as she finally lifted her gaze to meet his and realized just how much those onyx colored orbs had life in them. A certain shine that made you want to stare into them.

"No matter what happens and what decision you take. I'll be there to support you as your friend." Naruto said as he smiled at her. Mikoto could not believe the sheer gravity of those words he just said. He never said anything about her leaving Fugaku. He was merely telling her to think this whole thing through. And that he would be there to support her no matter what she does. No, not even Kushina said something like this. She had outright told her to 'leave the teme' as she so aptly put it. She couldn't help but be a bit red at this and for the first time in a very long time. She smiled a full smile. Her entire face's beautiful features were enhanced by this one single act and Naruto found her to be even more beautiful.

"Arigato, Naruto." Mikoto said it with full conviction and honesty.

"Mah, mah." Naruto said as he lazily waved his hand around, a habit he picked up from Kakashi when he was training Raiton under him. He was even taught the Chidori / Thousand Birds and the Raikiri / Lightning Cutter, he never used it because of the tunnel vision problem. After he fused with Madara however, he could use it. Hell he even knew how to use Kirin / Giraffe (get over it that's what it means) as he remembered Sasuke-teme using it against the Juubi.

"Don't sweat it Mikoto-chan. Besides, you look a whole more beautiful when you smile. You should do that more." Naruto was being honest, no flirting. Just pure opinion. Mikoto once more gained a pink shade on her cheeks as she spoke.

"Thank you Naruto." Mikoto said as she spoke up for the first time. "We should probably get going. Kushina can get a bit…..zealous at times."

"Yeah I pretty much figured that out. But you have to admit that she is real source of sunshine." Naruto said with a far off look and Mikoto agreed but for some reason didn't like it. She doesn't know why, but she doesn't like it.


Senju Clan Compound.

Uzumaki Kushina just arrived out of her personal bathroom. She had taken a bath with all the proper salts and soaps. It was truly a relaxing bath. Her long, flowing crimson locks freed flowly which were still wet as her beautiful body was covered by nothing but a towel. He smooth, creamy legs could be seen as she was now drying her hair off with another towel. Her pseudo / adopted older brother, no that was wrong. HER OLDER BROTHER was yet to arrive from the Council Meeting that was to decided whether one Uchiha Naruto was to stay in the village or not. Truth be told, he was a very consistent subject on her thoughts ever since last night he left.

He did not know her. He did not meet her before. Yet, he cared about her. Uchiha Naruto saved her from the Kumo jounin who no doubt had breeding plans for her as she was one of the last full blooded Uzumaki around and he did it for no reason. He then did one thing that no boy, alive, around her age could never do. He made her feel shy, nervous, giddy and mushy. That was something she had never experienced, more like not allowed, before. After Uzushiogakure got destroyed she had a very small opinion on the world and was rather careless, even more so after the Kyuubi no Kitsune was sealed in her. If it wasn't for Senju Nawaki, his wife Kikyo and her elder sister figure Tsunade she would've no doubt turned into something of a reclusive person. But, alas Uzumaki were stronger than that.

Now came the topic of boys. There was a reason she didn't go out with any of them. Why? The same boys who used to tease her and called her an outsider often lined up to try and ask her out on a date. Keyword being TRY. That was the reason why Kushina hated those boys and from what she understood about Minato, from last night's experience, he must've had something akin to a crush on her. If he did, he could've tried asking her out on a date. But no, he always stayed on the sidelines and there was this one time in her life she would admit that she found Minato cute but that time had gone. It was just a phase. And she did not like that fact that he had a weak resolve to approach her. She wanted someone to have a strong resolve to approach her because despite her legendary temper, she was also a rather sad girl who had lost her entire clan. She also needed some emotional support. And that was why she had always used her temper as a defense mechanism. A temper that was supposed to be a mask that later integrated into her actual personality, of course that was unavoidable as she remembered both of her parents being legendary hotheads.

Then a day ago, she had lost her temper because some boys had once more insulted her hair. For a long time she had begun to resent her hair. It stuck out like sore thumb, like a color similar to neon glowing orange. She had even thought about cutting her hair, which she was planning to do today.

But she didn't.

Why? Why did Uzumaki Kushina one of the most stubborn and adamant kunoichi stopped her decision from chopping off the red threads that made her stand out so much? Why did she not cut out the hair that nearly everyone called her a Tomato for?

"Hn. They're idiots Benihime-chan. They don't know any better about anything. Besides, if you ask me….. you have beautiful crimson hair. You should always let it flow like this."

She stopped drying her hair as it was finished anyway. Those few words he said. He wasn't flirting with her, as she could think so far. He was just telling her the truth of his opinion. He found her hair that beautiful. A stranger who saved her at the cost of his own life and didn't ask for anything in return. He carried her all the way here to here, to the safety of her home and didn't complain once, okay maybe once but she was pulling down on his neck dattebane!

But above all, Uchiha Naruto called her Benihime. The Crimson Princess. Was it weird that you might, again might have a crush on a person you just met? True, saviors infatuation was always there but if that was the case then she should've fallen in love with the Konoha jounin who brought her to the Hidden Leaf. No this was different. When she talked with him, it was like she knew this person. Like she had known him for years and he wasn't afraid to talk back to her. And he was so friendly and nice. Not to mention strong. Originally there weren't five jounin. There were seven and Kushina had managed to kill two of them with her Kongo Fusa / Adamantine Chains but lack of experience and control over the sacred Uzumaki Kekkei Genkai was what led to her downfall. And then her savior had arrived in the darkness of the night when she had prayed to be saved.

'Calm down Kushina.' She told herself as she let the towel fall as her perfect hourglass figure was revealed.

D Cup breasts at this age and her hips were wide, as her buttocks were full. Needless to say if a full blooded man saw her right now in all her naked glory, he would surely faint from this sight. She put on a deep purple brassier and equally alluring panties as the garment came to cover her sacred womanhood above of which some small, trimmed strands of red could be seen. She then put on an elegant white kimono with deep purple colored designs and a pitch black obi. She had tied her hair in high pony tail and used clip near her forehead to keep the bang from falling over her eye. She then got out of the house as it was nearing time for lunch. She had not realized how much time she had spent in the bath. She came out of the personal traditional house that she always occupied and walked over to the main house. She was hoping with her fingers crossed that her brother would arrive with good news that Naruto was allowed to become a shinobi of the village.

She entered to find Kikyo sitting elegantly as ever. She smiled seeing her sister in law who was sitting in the seiza postion and her eyes were closed. The last Nadeshiko survivor and now the Matriarch of the Senju Clan. True she was strict like a mother was, but considering some of the embarrassing stuff that Nawaki often did, she was right whenever he pulled off something stupid or worse when he was in his 'Sis Con Mode'. But that didn't mean that the beautiful dark haired woman didn't fall in love with grandson of Senju Hashirama. She would never admit it out loud, but she did love her husband. And she was a capable kunoichi too, but her most deadliest usage was with the bow and arrow. Right now she was having a cup of green tea and was displaying royalty.

"You're late." She said with her eyes closed as Kushina squirmed a bit at her words. Her eyelids opened as emerald eyes looked at the natural redhead Uzumaki. She put her cup down on the lowered table as a precaution for what she was about to say next.

"Your brother arrived some time ago." She said not realizing the immediate impact it would have.

"Nawaki-nii is here?!" Kushina asked. Screw subtlety at this point. She then rushed forward towards Kikyo and grabbed her sister in law by her shoulders as she shook her with quite the vigor. For a moment Kikyo became a consistent blur of a human silhouette figure. Then Kikyo with all her restraint grabbed Kushina's hands to stop the jerk like motion. The redhead beauty realized her silly action and was nervously laughing in a fake manner so that her sister in law does not 'scold' her. Kikyo sighed after seeing the silly expression on her face and couldn't possibly stay angry at her, or even remotely try to be angry. That girl was too bubbly and cheerful, it was infectious too.

"Calm down Kushina." Kikyo said as the female Uzumaki sat in front of her in a much more subtle fashion.

She saw the fidgeting fingers of Kushina idly playing with her kimono and knew that she was dying in anticipation of what had happened to her raven haired savior. Kikyo, prior to this incident, had never seen Uzumaki Kushina so interested in a person before much less in a young man.

Still, the mentioned young man despite being an Uchiha was more well behaved and socially adaptable as his behavior was more attuned to that of the Head Family of the Uchiha Clan, were sometimes watched with slight views by their own kinsmen no less. And the more disturbing fact, yes it was to her, to her was that the same young man was apparently the grandson of Uchiha Madara. She learned from her husband moments ago that the Legendary Uchiha had not only survived his ordeal with the Shodai Hokage but also went on to settle down in the Land of Rice to have a nice family and Nawaki noted the full details of it, especially the form that Naruto had submitted. The boy was also part Uzumaki as his grandmother was said to be as such. Perhaps the genes of whirlpools were strong in this one. Regardless, it seemed that it was time to answer Kushina's questions especially since the young man was coming over for lunch. That was not a problem anymore, Kikyo had mistakenly prepared something of a large buffet anyway since she had assumed that her elder sister in law would be arriving today. Apparently she was wrong.

"You're brother into the washroom and he is probably taking a bath right now. Now I am sure you're a bit interested as to what went down in today's meeting. Correct?" Kikyo finished her statement in the form of a question.

"Hai, nee-chan." Kushina said as she tried to control herself from not jumping around and yelling the question in barely controlled anticipation.

Then she saw the blank look in Kikyo's eyes and the redhead felt a bit of disappointment. The look itself indicated some level of negativity and Kushina was thinking along the lines of the assumption that Naruto was not allowed to stay in the village. Maybe she had expected too much, still she would not be wrong once she thought about it from the village's point of view.

An unknown shinobi appeared in the middle of nowhere to suddenly save the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki and then hand delivered her to gain their trust. Did people do these acts of kindness randomly out of the goodness of their hearts? Of course not! This was a world filled with shinobi. Their sole objectives, to be put bluntly, were to kill and gain dominance over their opponents and by extension rival villages. The village higher ups probably discovered some sort of underlying evidence that the man was sent by Kumo or Iwa. He was probably a rogue Uchiha who served as a mercenary and was employed to gain her trust and then discard her. Yes, shinobi logic did dictate that.

But that certainly didn't mean that Uzumaki Kushina would have to like that decision. Call her crazy, but something in her heart told her that Uchiha Naruto was anything but a instigator. Words could not explain the gut feeling of absolute trust the red head had placed in the Madara looking Uchiha. There was just something so naturally magnetic about him that it defied all logic inside her and told her that this man, was a true friend. That is what she felt.

"I guess I'll get it it over with then." Kikyo said as she looked at Kushina with the most stone faced look she could muster and Kushina was beginning to feel worse as she expected the last Nadeshiko to deliver her the bad news. Then the unexpected happened, Senju Kikyo smiled. No not a smile that had a threatening undertone in it, nor a smile that promised Nawaki some form of punishment because of his very enthusiastic behavior towards his older and younger sister. This was a genuine smile, albeit a very small one compared to some of the smiles that most people deliver which stretches from ear to ear.

"Firstly , congratulations." Kikyo said as she continued to smile as she was enjoying this particular game of waiting. "You are now a chunnin. Hokage-sama, had personally given Nawaki-kun a chunnin flak jacket and a scroll that designated your promotion. Apparently, Hokage-sama found out that you had been able to take down two of the jounin. You were already there strength wise, but you will still be under observation as your temper often tends to get the best of you."

"I see. Arigato, nee-chan." Kushina said with a pouty face. Why was her Kikyo-nee-chan not telling her about Naruto? Was the situation with him really bad? Maybe just maybe, Naruto was right now in the Torture and Interrogation Department as they were messing with his mind to extract information on who sent him and then they would left to rot him in a prison for trying to commit such a high act of crime. Why did she feel so bad that this might be happening? Still, Kushina had to ask. Perpetrator or not, the man had brought her here with his own two arms to safety. She needed to know this more than anyone.

"Nee-chan," Kushina said getting the attention of the matriarch of the Senju Clan who looked at her with a slightly raised eyebrow "what happened to Naruto-kun?" There she said it. Come what may! She could take the bad news. She could bear it-

"Oh, him." Kikyo said not letting the Uzumaki finish her thoughts and she even took a long pause to see her younger sister in law's reaction. It was there: The small fidgeting of her fingers, the widened eyes writhing in anguishing anticipation and the slight trembling of her lower lip. The last one in particular had struck a specific chord of genuine interest in the former resident of the Nadeshiko village.

"He was accepted by the village as a shinobi. And he'll be taking the jounin exams later on." Kikyo said it all with a blank tone to insinuate a different tone to distract her.

"I see. Then I'll….wait." Kushina said as she had begun in a grumbled voice but later realization yanked her out of all the previous mundane scenarios she had imagined in her mind. She looked at her sister-in-law with wide eyes as if she had been given candy for the first time.

"Naruto-kun got accepted by the village?" Kushina asked once more as if to confirm what she was told was not her hearing what she wanted to hear.

"Yes, Kushina-chan." Kikyo said as she watched her younger sister in law shaking with excitement. Kikyo needed to diffuse the bomb before it went off. "Kush-"

"I KNEW IT DATTEBANE!" Kushina yelled out at the top of her voice whilst she stood up, lifting her arms in victory as her yell of victory echoed all around the Senju Compound. She then realized what she had just done and had some red on her cheeks because of the act she had committed and Kikyo looked at her before sighing.

"Sorry, nee-chan." Kushina said as she sat down and apologized. "But, I'm really happy that he was accepted by the village you know."

"Yes, your brother said you would be. He also said another piece of information that you might find interesting." Kikyo said as Kushina was looking at her with a certain shine in her violet eyes.

"What is it Nee-chan?" Kushina asked. She was really too eager to find out what she would say.

"It seems that Naruto-san's grandmother was an Uzumaki." Kikyo said as Kushina looked at her in awe and happiness.

"Wait, so….he's part Uzumaki?" Kushina asked once more.

"Yes he is. But it looks like his Uchiha genes easily outweigh his Uzumaki genes. Still, that does not rule out that he is in related to the Uzumaki Clan, and by that extension to the Senju Clan as well." Kikyo finished as she realized what she had said. Ironic, really. Madara had married and settled down with an Uzumaki woman, who were related to the Senju. The world really does work its own set of miracles. Or that is what she thought.

"So, do you think there are more Uzumaki out there?" Kushina asked a bit hopefully. Since Naruto's grandmother was an Uzumaki, that partly made him one as well. And there could be more out there as she so desparately hoped.

"Maybe, remember during a siege or an attack a lot of people can flee. I guess that could've happened in Uzushiogakure. Who knows maybe we'll even meet them someday." Kikyo said with a small smile as her sentenced brightened up Kushina's day anymore.

"Alright then dattebane." Kushina said as she stood up. "I guess I better go and get some training, after all I'm a chunnin now. Just a few more years, and then I'll be wearing that Hokage hat in no time." She claimed as fisted her left open palm with her right.

"You probably shouldn't be taking off that kimono yet." Kikyo said. "We have some guests coming over for lunch and you will join us."

"But I don't want to sit through a boring lunch with Clan Heads. It's always politics or indirect marriage proposals for me. Can't they get a blunt hint?" Kushina said with an annoyed tone.

"Don't worry it's not a Clan Head coming over. Rather, it's your friend Mikoto-san coming over. She couldn't visit you last night so she is coming over in a few moments. Though she could be late too." Kikyo said as she put her hand on her chin.

"Why would she be late? Does she have to meet up with the teme?" Kushina asked.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Uzumaki Kushina had called and referred to Uchiha Fugaku by the highly respectful title of 'teme' which literally translates to 'bastard'. Honestly speaking, she did not like that guy. I mean at all. He was about as interesting as a potato with three holes in it and gave even more less reactions than a person would get when talking to a wall. She also remembered how the 'teme' used to verbally berate her Nawaki-nii for not living up to the Senju name. Nawaki had proven him wrong as he showed that he was a late bloomer. Hell, Fugaku had called her a 'no good kunoichi with absolutely no chakra control'.

As if the bastard had half the chakra Kushina had, he was just jealous of the dense chakra she had dattebane! And then, Mikoto her best friend had dropped the bomb on all of them that she was going to be engaged to the 'teme'. Kushina tried to convince her best friend to not give 'teme' the chance but all of Kushna's arguments were from personal point of views.

From a logical perspective, and by that the term refers to the tone that will benefit the clan and the village, Fugaku would be a good suit for her if marriage was all about two people getting married because they have to get married.

No, that was not what marriage was. It was a relationship that two people are joined in matrimony to not only be together, but also love and support each other unconditionally. That is what marriage was to her. From her point of view, Nawaki and Kikyo's marriage was no doubt bizarre in every sense of the word as to how it happened. But still, after the marriage they both tried to understand each other and now here they were. Both husband and wife loved each other as time showed its charm. She wanted Mikoto to be with someone better and someone who could possibly fall in love with her. That's just the sort of person Uzumaki Kushina was, she had no qualms for anyone.

"No it's not Fugaku-san. The Police Commissioner's son is right now in the hospital with a lot of broken bones resulted from a spar. That's what Nawaki-kun told me. Coincidentally, Mikoto-san is talking with the person who put him in such a condition." Kikyo said and saw that Kushina was actually laughing at condition Fugaku was in? Was she a potential sadist? Probably not, it was more like she enjoyed it when Karma Police decided to repay their debts to a person. Or maybe, Kushina didn't believe what Kikyo said. The statement did seem a bit farfetched.

"Hahahahahaahahahaha. That's rich dattebane!" Kushina said as she tried to stop her laughter. "Fugaku in the hospital with several broken bones. I know the guy is a qualified jerk but still who could do that to him?"

"That would be Naruto-san's doing." Kikyo said and Kushina looked at her with wide eyes as they became white circular orbs that showed disbelief. "Apparently, Fugaku-san had said some rather inappropriate comments regarding Naruto-san's lineage and Naruto-san had made it clear that he will not stand for anyone trying to insult his friends, family and people of the sort that he deems precious. So, he thrashed Fugaku's living daylights out." Kikyo said it all as if she was reading the newspaper.

"Okay. You're not messing with me are you, nee-chan?" Kushina asked with a whitened frame of an expression as her sister in law nodded. "And Mikoto-chan is with Naruto-kun right now?" She nodded once more as Kushina absorbed all the knowledge in her mind.

Inwardly a chibi Kushina was celebrating as ramen flew everywhere in her mind. Not only did Fugaku get his ass kicked, but also Naruto was the one who did it and he was part Uzumaki. The real icing was that Mikoto did not go to the hospital, looks like she maybe realizing what a mistake she made in choosing Fugaku. Maybe, it was still a long shot. Kushina recomposed herself as she asked another question.

"Okay." Kushina said. "Is there anything else I should know?" She asked.

"Well there is this one thing about Naruto-san." Kikyo said. "Yes, he is Uchiha Madara's grandson."

"Nee-chan stop joking." Kushina said with a grumble. True, Kikyo often more or less mislead people and that was her way of messing with them. But this was something too wild to believe.

"It's true. He is Uchiha Madara's grandson and his grandmother was an Uzumaki." Kikyo said. "He gave a registration form to the Hokage which Nawaki-kun got a good look at and….Kushina-chan are you okay?" Kikyo asked as she saw Kushina roll over to the ground. The red haired Uzumaki then got up and spoke with a comical expression.

"HOW?!" Kushina asked with her arms flailing around to add emphasis. "How is someone so kind and funny like Naruto-kun Uchiha Madara's grandson?"

"Who knows?" Kikyo said. "Regardless, here go and put this in your room. It has your Promotion Parchment and your chunnin jacket. And don't train, have lunch then you can decide to whatever. Mikoto-san left the ANBU and as a friend you must talk with her. She hasn't been coming over lately." She finished as she gave a scroll to Kushina who took it not quite believing that Naruto was Madara's grandson.

"Fine, I won't train. Don't worry about Mikoto-chan, I am her best friend after all. I'll get her fixed back to normal in no time dattebane. Oh, I'll be back in a while Nee-chan. I have to write this down." Kushina said as she got up and left the room of their house. Kikyo now sat alone.

"Goodness, that girl." Kikyo said with an amused sigh. "Still, I hope she never changes and EEP!"

The sentence could not be finished as two muscular arms had suddenly wrapped around her slender waist and pulled her back into a bare toned chest as she felt a chin resting on her shoulder. Senju Nawaki was only in a towel that rested from his waist as he embraced his beautiful wife in a less than outright erotic embrace. She felt his hot breath on her neck as he kissed it slowly and passionately. She got a bit pink and moaned ever so quietly at the loving act her husband was doing to her.

"Nawaki-kun" She said in a whisper as one of his hands roamed from her waist and slowly snaked up passing right through the valley of her breasts before it was cupping her cheek. "What are you doing? Kushina might hear us."

"Mou Kikyou-chan." Nawaki said as he pulled her into his frame even more. "I've been bored since morning. You would not believe how much time that Naruto-yarou made me spend away from my beautiful wife." He finished and his hand was slowly going lowed from her cheek but Kikyo stopped it with her own hand and he pouted.

"Guests are coming over Nawaki-kun. So behave yourself and put on some clothes." Kikyo said as she slowly freed herself from his hold while he looked like grumbling child as he sat with nothing but a towel around his waist as her eyes scanned his toned out body. She then started walking away with an extra sway in her hips as that got her husband's attention.

"If you behave, I might give you a reward tonight. So," Kikyo said as she turned around and had her finger on her lower lip seductively as she spoke in a tone that enticed even angels "you'll behave right, Nawaki-kun?"

"HAI! HAI! HAI!" Nawaki said as he got up and rushed to he wardrobe. Kikyo giggled lightly into her hand as she thought how easy it was. But she did love her husband, even the childish part. But she could definitely live without the whole affection 'Sis Con' thing he had going on.


"And that is what I found out today. Not only is Naruto-kun partly an Uzumaki but he's also the grandson of Uchiha Madara! Who would've thought?! But still I am glad he put teme in the ground. Surprised that Mikoto-chan won't go to visit her fiancé. But then again, she really wasn't happy with the contract in the first place. I can only hope she finds someone else whom she likes and will keep her happy. And I wonder if I will ever find someone too? What am I thinking dattebane? I'm still too young to get married. But, I don't know why…. I hope its someone who's not only strong, but also someone kind and loving. I hope I can one day find such a person I can grow to trust and love. I wonder what his reaction will be once I tell him…about the old fox. I just hope whoever it is….he is a good man. That's all I ask and that he looks at me for who I am not what I am."

Uzumaki Kushina finished writing in her diary as she closed it as the kanji for seal appeared on it. Only she could read whatever she wrote and this was the definition of privacy in her mind. She then walked out of her house and was walking in the garden now. As she thought about a certain someone.

Uchiha Naruto. The man was strong there was no doubt in her mind but now that he had defeated Fugaku, well more like broken Fugaku down he had proved he was very strong. And now she was wondering about getting some more serious training now. Mikoto was planning to leave the ANBU as she had told her months before and that was a good decision for her. Mikoto did become a little distant after being an ANBU for so long. She would no doubt become a jounin and she couldn't possibly fall behind her. Hell she had her pride as an Uzumaki and her own dream of becoming the Hokage. She wanted to become Hokage for a reason. So that she could officially declare that all Uzumaki were free to come to this village. The loss of Uzushiogakure had quite an impact on her and she was very sad about it. If it wasn't for the Senju Clan taking her in, her personality as bubbly, happy go lucky kunoichi would be very different. Still, there was a saying among the Uzumaki.

"Family must always look out for each other."

This was a strong belief in all Uzumaki from a child to an elderly sage and one of her dreams was to restore the Uzumaki Clan. And by that she didn't just mean giving birth to Uzumaki children no. She wanted to find more Uzumaki survivors and bring them to safe haven so that they could thrive once more. That was her real purpose behind becoming Hokage. She sighed and told herself mentally that she would one day achieve this.

She then started to walk out of the garden as she decided to head towards the main house but her alluring amethyst eyes darted off at the entrance and saw two figures emerging inside the Compound. Naturally she walked towards the entrance and saw the two people.

Uchiha Mikoto had entered and in Kushina's eyes her best friend looked elegantly beautiful right now. She looked like one of those princesses that you could see in those paintings. But that was not what made her look so delightful right now. No, her best friend and might as well be sister was smiling. A full smile that accunteated her features that much more and Kushina herself couldn't stop smiling after seeing Mikoto that carefree for a moment. How long had it been since she had seen her smile like that? She can't remember as it wasn't as important as the fact that her friend seemed to be happy at the moment. And then she saw the person who was standing beside her, who was sort of almost, walking in close proximity to her.

Almost close.

Uchiha Naruto. He looked like as happy as ever since she had seen him and now he too had that grin on his face that made her felt safe when he finished off the Kumo jounin. He was also vigorously talking like he had no care in the world, as he was talking about wearing a neon orange jumpsuit when he was a child. Kushina actually chuckled at the thought of a small Naruto running around in an orange jumpsuit while being chased by Madara with a kama in his hand. True it was disturbing on many sensible levels, but it was also hilarious because one would not expect someone like Madara to run comically after a child because he put salt in his cup of tea. It was like there was this whole other side to Madara that people never knew about because, well he did leave the village. But another very important question was….

Why was Naruto walking so close to Mikoto? And why was Mikoto…MIKOTO of all people chuckling at his words? And why did Kushina not like the fact that she was seeing this? She shrugged away the thoughts as she neared them and smiled

On the way here, Uchiha Mikoto was doing the one thing she thought she wouldn't do. She was talking about her hobbies. She rarely ever did that anymore. Now to be honest, she wouldn't have said as much if our Hybrid Shinobi was not stubbornly insistent. She learned that Naruto was something of a unique person. He had clearly stated that among his likes were his family, friends he has and will have and , ramen. He even went as far as to call it the Food of the Gods. Saying that life without ramen would be a curse that one should never bear.

He also had a strong sense of comradery as he stated that those who abandon the rules are trash but those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash, this showed that he had significant hatred towards backstabbers and a strong sense of loyalty along with a will to protect those who were 'precious' to him. That sounded a bit skeptical to her and Naruto seemed to have picked it up saying that he was taught that once a person has people that he cherishes he can truly grow strong to protect them and Naruto even outright swore that he would sooner give up his own life than risk any of his friends, and he made her feel weird once more when he stated that she, along with her family of course, was actually one of them as she was one of his first friends. Losing his family must've had quite an impact on him. And his dislikes included and this is his quote mind you 'stuck up people, people who are power hungry assholes, people who are looking to take over the world, jerks that berate other people and finally people who can't tell a kunai apart from the scroll it holds'. That last one struck a chord in her and knew there was a deeper meaning behind those words. Naruto also mentioned his dream.

His dream was to settle down and have his own family. A large family if that was possible as he really did not want to stay alone after everyone in his family died.

Naruto also had a good time when he walked over to the Senju Compound with Mikoto. The girl was very reclusive and his constant insistence, borderline annoying behavior, is what prompted her to speak about herself. Apparently Mikoto particularly liked training, hanging out with Kushina, spending time with her family and much to her reluctance to admit, cooking. Mikoto looked embarrassed a bit at that statement but Naruto assured her that one day she will be a good cook and he even volunteered to taste some of the food she made. Naruto had drunk expired, really outdated expired milk when he was younger and lived. He was pretty sure nothing would happen to him even if Mikoto would screw up a bit. And he also learned about her dislikes: sexists, rapists, gambling and finally perverts. At the last word she shot him a glare and Naruto once more apologized in a comical manner but he saw that she was chuckling and he called her evil. As for her hobbies she liked to experiment with Katon and was utterly fascinated Naruto's Kajiin / Fire Spear. Naruto explained the basic function of it to her and she had already broken the jutsu's capabilities down, Naruto noted that Itachi must've inherited that ability from her. But he was a bit sad, when he learned that she had no specific dream.

Though, there was a silver lining when she said that Naruto will be the first to know if she does get a dream. Naruto couldn't stop the goofy grin on his face to form and Mikoto had to chuckle at his face.

Uchiha Mikoto then realized something. She had told Naruto more about herself on a small personal scale than she had ever told to Fugaku, well conversations with Fugaku were always rather one directional and always ended with him walking away from wherever they would meet after a stoic goodbye. It was frustrating really, and here was Naruto. Sure, he was a bit eccentric but a good level of eccentric similar to Kushina's. Kushina's bubbly personality is one of the reasons that she had become friends with her. In many ways, Kushina had also treated Mikoto the same way Naruto treated her and she adored Kushina for that. Now that she thought about it Naruto was in ways similar to Kushina. Maybe that's why it was so much easier for her to talk with Naruto as if she knew him before hand.

And now they were finally here at the Senju Compound where she could see Kushina coming in as she wore a white floral kimono and she looked beautiful too. Kushina was a whole two years younger than her and it was at the Chunnin Exams they had met for the first time where Kushina the underdog had defeated a member of Hozuki Clan. Needless to say, their friendship was born when Kushina asked her how well she 'kicked shark teeth's ass' as she was one of the proctors of that exams. Kushina was walking with her red hair flowing freely and she was a bit jealous of her. No not because of the color of the hair, rather because it was longer than hers. Then she noted something strange about her. She looked a bit….annoyed? But that went as quickly as it had come

"Mikoto-chan, Naruto=kun!" Kushina said in her usually cheerful voice as she stood in front of them.

"How are you Kushina-chan? I'm so sorry! We got the notice-" Whatever Mikoto wanted to say as an apology to her friend was gone when Kushina rushed forward and glomped Mikoto in a hug as Mikoto became quiet. Kushina was probably the only person in the village who was not her family that interacted with her like this.

"It's alright dattebane!" Kushina finished her sentence with her iconic verbal tic. "Besides, I got out alright. And if you guys weren't late, I wouldn't have met Naruto-kun. So no harm done."

"I guess. Still, we should've responded faster. You were lucky Naruto was there. If he wasn't, well Kumo would have to pay for what they did" Mikoto said as she activated her Sharingan and Kushina chuckled. Naruto actually found the friendship between the two impressive and strong, unlike anything he and the teme had. He wished that nothing and no one would ever come in the way of their friendship. But there was one slight problem at the moment.

Just one.

"What am I chopped liver?" Naruto said getting the attention of both woman. "Glad to see you two still remember. Honestly, just ignoring me because two best friends are together. That's just rude." He said in a grumble as he crossed his arms. Seriously was there something forgetful about him? I mean he did look like a mini Madara. The girls realized the incident and both had some pink in their cheeks for their forgetfulness. Before Mikoto could apologize, Kushina had gone forward and looked at Naruto as she was childishly leaning to see him and he too was comically looking away.

"Ne, Naruto-kun are you angry? If so I'm sorry." Kushina said with a small smile.

"I'm not angry, I just don't like being ignored like that." Naruto said as both girls realized he was implying something deeper, which was totally changed form perspective as he spoke his next words. "I mean I'm the greatest shinobi to ever exist and you two just forget about me! How in the Log could you do that?" Both girls deadpanned a little bit at his statement.

"You really shouldn't be praising yourself too much Naruto. It kind of hurts your image." Mikoto said as Naruto huffed making her eyebrow twitch a bit.

"Yeah Naruto-kun. I mean I heard that you beat Fugaku but you shouldn't gloat like that, you could've gotten hurt today during the match." Kushina said as Naruto looked at her with disbelief.

"Kushina-chan, Mikoto-chan you two hurt me with your statements. Oh Merciful Log, do Thee hear these nonbelievers casting comments on thy servant?" Naruto asked as he looked at the sky and strangely enough the air around them picked up as the sunlight intensified. "I understand thee Great Wooden One! Thou shall be more humble with thine skills! Praise to thee Oh Mighty Log! For thine is nothing but a servant to Thee!"

"What was that about?" Kushina asked with a sweat drop to Mikoto who was trying to ignore the rant.

"He was praising the Log." Mikoto said and Kushina looked confused. "Apparently he considers the Kawarimi / Replacement jutsu the greatest jutsu ever created as he told me on the way here. To the point where he nearly worships the logs we use."

"That's weird, but at least Naruto-kun is fun to be around." Kushina said with a smile and Mikoto looked at her friend in curiosity. She had a certain look in her eyes and Mikoto for the life of her could not understand it.

"You guys shouldn't underestimate me that much. The Old Goat used to do it and he got his butt handed to him by me later on." Naruto said with a small smile.

"Old Goat?" Kushina asked and after a while she realized who he was talking about. "Wait you called your own jiji Old Goat?"

"Of course I did. If I didn't who would. Stupid Old Goat once even put a seal on my eyes as well. Said it was survival training when he left me in the Forest." Naruto said.

"How old were you back then?" Mikoto asked.

"Around five." Naruto replied like it was no big deal. "He said either I come out with five dead wild hogs, or I'll lose an arm."

"That's kind of harsh. How did your parents allow that?" Kushina asked as she looked at Naruto.

"Don't worry about it. As long as Baa-chan and Kaa-chan were around he didn't have the stones to do something like that. Still I'm grateful to the Old Goat. If he didn't train me like I did along with my Tou-san I would've been much weaker." Naruto said with a small smile. He did thank Madara, for all the gifts he received when they fused bodies. The raven haired and red haired women were looking at his nostalgic moments. He looked so mature right now.

"And now I can defeat whoever comes along my way. As they taste justice from my divine fists." Naruto said completely ruining their thoughts about him.

"You shouldn't put yourself on such a high horse Naruto." Nawaki's voice came as he came with Kikyo in tow to welcome him and Kikyo. "Fugaku nearly got you for a moment with that dragon jutsu."

"Please, that was a clone the entire time. And besides it's going to take more than that to take me down. At the very least it should be something like a blast that could level Iwagakure." Naruto said and everyone minus Kikyo sweat dropped. That was because Kikyo had a certain plan in mind after learning that Naruto was a happy go lucky person and wanted to be known for his own strength rather than his grandfather's reputation; she might be able to pull it off considering how her eye was evilly glinting.

Pleasantries were exchanged as Kushina and Mikoto were walking on both sides of Naruto, as the three of them didn't know that this would be a highly common sight in the years to come. All was well until they arrived to the main house where Kikyo stopped and made a statement.

"I am sorry Naruto-san, but you cannot enter." Kikyo said with an absolute stoic face as Naruto looked at her with a worried expression. Why do the women in his life always have to be troublesome?

"Um, what did I do Kikyo-san?" Naruto asked not really liking where this conversation was going.

"You came to our house the first time without a welcoming gift. The first time was allowed because you had Kushina-chan in your arms." Kikyo said as Kushina went red at his and was squirming with Mikoto who remembered how her friend had refused to leave from his embrace. What was going on with Kushina when it came to Naruto?

"And you've come again today for lunch no less without a gift. Is it because you're the grandson of Madara-sama that you think you will get away with anything?" She asked in a deadly tone.

"NO!" Naruto yelled out as everyone around them were slyly smiling at his despair especially Nawaki as he was muttering something about him carrying his imouto like he belonged to her as his Sis Con Mode flared a bit.

"Why would I do something like that? I just didn't know. Besides, me and the Old Goat are different people. I am my own person." Naruto said with confidence as he saw a sweet smile appear on Kikyo's face which made him shiver.

"I see then why did you style your hair like that? Were you copying him?" Kikyo asked.

"No! I just…" Naruto tried to make up an excuse "never got the chance to cut my hair. Yeah! That's it."

"I see. Since you didn't bring a gift, you must pay the penalty I suppose. As the Matriarch of the Senju Clan, there are some things I wont allow and this is one of them." Kikyo finished.

"O-Okay." Naruto stuttered a bit. Hey! Don't blame him. Most of the women in his life were scary and meeting Shikamaru's mom did not help his case at all. "What is it?" He then heard a snapping noise as Kikyo pulled out a pair of scissors out of nowhere.

"You have to cut your hair short." Kikyo said.

"B-But why?!" Naruto asked in a comical expression as now everyone giggled at his expressions. "I worked hard to keep this silky smooth and spiky at the same time."

"Will you or will you not comply with the request?" Kikyo asked as her aura became a bit darker and everyone shivered. "Or are you insulting me by saying no?"

"But I- You- My-Fine!" Naruto said as he fondled his hair. To be honest, he did work hard for his hair, but sometimes it was like looking after a child and babysitting Asuma's daughter once did not help. Seriously why were they always crying? Needy little munchkins. He was going to cut it a bit short, but realized that he did end up looking too much like Madara. So why the heck not get a haircut? He was trying to be a different person anyway.

"Excellent. I am glad to see you understand decorum and respect Naruto-san. All of you wait in the Dining Room. This shouldn't take long." Kikyo said as she started to head out towards the open sparring ground inside the Compound. She then looked at Naruto and spoke, "Well come on then. We don't want to keep everyone waiting." She then strode forward as Kushina and Nawaki were laughing while Mikoto giggled, and her act got him the most.

"You have an evil wife." Naruto said to Nawaki who smiled at his disposition. The three then headed into the main house as Nawaki mentioned how much he loved his wife. "Hmm." Nawaki said. "It's been twenty minutes they should be done by now."

"Wonder what Naruto-kun will look like without the hair?" Kushina said as she put her finger on her chin.

"As long as he isn't shaved bald by Kikyo-san." Mikoto said as all three of them imagined a bald Naruto and cringed at the thought.

The door slid open as KIkyo quickly walked in with no scissors in her hands, but much to their surprise she had pink in her cheeks as she came to sit down beside Nawaki as all three of them looked at her curiously. Nawaki was going to ask something but a voice cut them off.

"Yare yare." Naruto's voice said as they looked at the open door where his voice came from but he was not there yet. "That was a real hassle. Well at least it looks better now." And then Naruto stood near the door. He had taken off the Uchiha Combat Robes as it was folded neatly and in his arms. He was just wearing simple black t-shirt that did nothing to show the outline of his rippled and toned muscles. Nawaki didn't like it because even his body wasn't that well toned and this was Naruto wearing the shirt. Mikoto and Kushina however had a very different reaction from him as both were red in their faces as it nearly matched Kushina's hair color.

Naruto's wild unkempt hair which was a bit smoothly tamed as he claimed was now only upto the nape of his neck as the raven hair was let down. It covered his forehead as it split down near the bridge of his nose while some parts of his eyes were constantly being covered by the strands. Two raven bangs framed the sides of his face as he looked very attractive at that moment.* He even ran a hand through his hair to brush it back but kept looking like that. He looked at Mikoto and Kushina's red faces and couldn't help but smirk a bit, hell even Kikyo had some pink in her cheeks. Her plan had backfired as she wanted Naruto to suffer a bit, instead he liked it and it made him look even more handsome than before.

'Oi stop it!' Nawaki yelled inside his mind. 'First he makes Kushi-tan blush like hell, and then Mikoto-chan. No way is he staying near my wife. Kikyo-chan why did you give him that haircut? I just hope he doesn't attract anymore girls! Especially if they're close people.'


At the Village Gates.

"Achoo!" came a sneeze.

"My, my Tsunade. Looks like the mission from the Land of Rain took its toll on you." Said a man who had smooth, black hair and pale white skin with some purple markings around his eyelids. He was wearing a full sleeved black shirt and black pants. Over that he wore gray colored flak vest that was unique to three people and he was one of them. He also had the Konoha hitai-ate on his forehead. This was Orochimaru, as his yellow slitted eyes looked at the person who sneezed. One of the Three Legendary Sannin

"Oi, Orochimaru be nice. We just got back. You alright hime?" the man who was wearing a similar outfit asked only his hair was pure white and spiky as he kept it tied up in a pony tail. He also had red markings under his eyelids that came down to his cheeks. He then smiled a bit lecherously. "Want me to give you a massage to help you feel better?" The only response he got was a hard punch in the face that crashed him into a wall as a human hole could be seen. This was Jiraiya, the Super Pervert as he refered to himself. The second of the Three Legendary Sannin

"Can it pervert. Orochimaru, go and give the mission report to Sensei along with the pervert. I'm going home." Said the woman whose name was Tsunade and she was the final member of the Densetsu no Sannin. Tsunade has brown eyes and straight, shoulder-length blonde hair that was kept tied in a high pony tail. On her forehead was a violet diamond shape tattoo or something of the sort. She too was wearing the same uniform made specifically for the three but there was one large difference. Actualy make that two. As in, the uniform did nothing to hide the fact that she had large E cup breasts and a curvy figure that was somewhat hidden by the suit. She walked away in a huff not really caring. She was tired and hungry.

But she did have one question in mind: Why the hell did she sneeze?


Geez, talk about an overwhelming amount of words.