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Chapter 3 -
Naruto woke to find four girls in his hospital room, Haku who was reading his chart and smiling, Yoshiko who was adjusting an IV bag, Hinata who just smiled at him while sitting next to him her own hospital gown, and finally there was a pale brown haired girl who just smiled while she sat next to Hinata. Hinata spoke up first. "Good morning Naruto-kun."
This caused the other girls to turn and look at Naruto. All smiled warmly at him, he was not sure what to do so he began by smiling. "Morning Hinata, how are you?"
Hinata blushed then spoke. "I am better now Naruto-kun, thank you. I would like to thank you for helping my family especially Neji-niisan."
Naruto grinned broadly. "See, I keep my promises, Hinata. I also think I pulled that stick out of his ass."
Yoshiko and Haku both giggled at Naruto statement, but Yakumo and Hinata both blushed and put their hands over their mouths to stifle their giggles. "Yes Naruto-kun, I think you did, you also made a friend of him." Yoshiko replied.
Naruto blushed and became embarrassed. "I have two questions…"
Haku smiled and nodded at Naruto. "And what would those be, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto took a deep breath. "Is Sakura-chan okay?"
Yoshiko moved over and put her hand on Naruto's head, this caused Naruto to blush. "She had minor injuries, Haku-chan and I arrived just after your battle with Gaara of the Dessert. Haku-chan treated her for cracked ribs and a concussion. Sasuke had minor bruises and was suffering from chakra exhaustion. You my dear…" Yoshiko drug the 'dear' out seductively as she touched his chin affectionately. "suffered from chakra exhaustion, broken ribs, a broken right arm, internal bruising and bleeding. You took a pounding out there, I am just glad we were there to help you. So what is your second question?"
Naruto began to stutter. "Um…. Why are all you girls here in my room?"
Hinata began to giggle. "Because silly, we all care about you Naruto-kun." Hinata explained.
Yakumo stood and bowed to Naruto. "I am Yakumo Kurama of the Kurama clan. I am here because I owe you a debt and have watched you from afar. As a matter of fact we all have."
Naruto looked around the room and saw that all the girls nodded in turn as his gaze fall upon them. "Huh? Why watch me and not the teme, I mean Sasuke?"
Yoshiko sat on the bed next to Naruto, to which he blushed. "Because silly we find that there is more to you than the stuck up Uchiha. We prefer our mystery man of the happy variety."
Naruto looked around the room again only to see them all nod again. A nurse entered the room and looked around the room seeing three house heirs and the newest medic who also had a bloodline all in the 'demon's' room. "De… Naruto, you will be released in a couple hours. Yoshiko-sama and Haku-chan there are other patients that require care. Can you go check on Sasuke-sama please?"
Yoshiko's and Haku's faces both turned dark for an instant only Hinata and Yakumo noticed. Yoshiko in the most sickly-sweet voice she could muster replied. "But of course I would love to dote over the last of the 'great Uchiha'. Wouldn't you Haku-chan?" Naruto noticed the sarcasm and suppressed a grin.
"But of course I would love to spend some time with Sasuke-chan. Shall we go?" Haku replied with the most evil grin Naruto had ever seen cross the girl's face. He almost felt sorry for Sasuke, almost. The nurse, Yoshiko, and Haku all left the room as the remaining inhabitants laughed heartily.
Hinata blushed. "Naruto-kun, please be safe." Hinata got up gently placed her hands upon Naruto's cheeks and then planted a passionate kiss on Naruto's lips, she then left the room as she smiled longingly at Naruto who wore a stupid grin.
Naruto after a few minutes a confused look came upon his face as he watched the doorway where Hinata had left a little bit ago. "What was that all about?"
Yakumo blushed. "I will tell you in a month or so. Until then do not dwell on it. Just remember you have friends and we all care about you, Naruto-kun. I must take my leave of you or I will be late for my own checkup. Have a good day and be safe." Yakumo stood and bowed to Naruto, she then left not sure if she had said too much or not. She was almost sure that Hinata was pushing the envelope, but he needed to get a clue, even if they had to strip him down and have their way with him then so be it.
Naruto called after her. "Good bye Yakumo-san and it was nice to meet you!"
Naruto heard what he thought was Haku screaming and then a second later Sasuke screamed like a girl. Naruto chuckled at the thought of Haku pushing an ice senbon into Sasuke's back-side. Kakashi entered the room. "Yo. How is my hyperactive student? Not causing too much trouble for the staff are you?" Kakashi asked nonchalantly.
Naruto folded his arms and 'hmphed' at Kakashi. "No actually they are kicking me out later today."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "Good job in getting Sasuke to safety. I understand that he was exhausted after fighting Gaara."
Naruto eyed his sensei. "You could say that. If ero-sennin hadn't taken the time to train me a lot of people would be dead now. Sasuke was only able to injure Gaara, but he only awakened his anger and made fighting him that much worse."
Kakashi flashed a look of anger and then waved as he left. "Glad to see your feeling better. The Hokage's funeral will be tomorrow, full funeral attire, we will meet on top of the Tower for the ceremony. I'm sorry, Naruto." Kakashi looked back sadly as Naruto felt devastated by the reality that Sarutobi, the Third Hokage and his adoptive grandfather was now dead. The rest of Naruto's day went by him in a blur. He later just went home and went to bed.
The funeral was attended by the whole village, even those who could be wheeled to the event even attended. Yoshiko was able to be up on the tower with the Shinobi, she heard Iruka, Naruto and Kakashi talk about the loss to the village as Iruka attempted to comfort Konohamaru. Yoshiko later watched as Kakashi teasingly told Naruto how to create a Chidori, knowing full well that he would not teach him that jutsu. She also over heard the conversation between Sakura and Sasuke where he awarded the credit for saving her to Naruto, even after Sakura insisted that Naruto could never have accomplished it. Yoshiko also noticed the look in Sasuke's eyes of resentment towards Naruto for being able to defeat an opponent that he couldn't.
Yoshiko visited Naruto the next morning an hour before Jiraiya took him out of the village to go find Tsunade. Yoshiko knocked on Naruto's door. Naruto opened the door a few moments later in only his boxers. "Yeah what is it?" Naruto asked sleepily.
Yoshiko chuckled at Naruto's state of undress. "Do you answer the door in your boxers all the time, Naruto-kun?" Naruto chuckled in embarrassment as he realized that he was not even dressed. He dashed back into his apartment only to leave the door open. Yoshiko stepped in and took off her sandals. "May I come in Naruto-kun?"
Yoshiko heard Naruto respond from farther in the apartment. "Yeah sure you can come in. So what is your visit for?"
Yoshiko blushed as she lied to Naruto. "I just wanted to check-up on you after your discharge from the hospital and after the funeral. I know you were close to him and it was just kind of strange that they let you out before your wounds should not have been fully healed."
Naruto came before her in a black tee-shirt with an orange Konoha leaf symbol on the front and his normal pants. "Oh they do that to me all the time, except for Dr. Kikiyo, she is one of the ones that makes sure I am alright before she says I can go. There are a couple of nurses that watch over me too."
Yoshiko used her index finger to indicate that she wanted Naruto to approach her, so Naruto complied as Yoshiko kissed him on the forehead. "Now you have two more nurses that will watch over you. You also have others that will also watch over you."
Naruto blushed but also wore a confused look on his face. "Do you mean Haku-chan too?" Naruto asked as Yoshiko nodded. "So… what was with Hinata… chan…" Naruto whispered the term of endearment.
Yoshiko looked wryly at Naruto. "What do you mean?"
Naruto looked frustrated. "Well I was hoping my first kiss would be with Sakura-chan, but some guy bumped into me and I kissed Sasuke-teme." Naruto stated with much revulsion as Yoshiko politely chuckled at Naruto's troubles. "And then when all you girls were in my room, Hinata-chan kissed me on the lips when she left."
Yoshiko smiled warmly at Naruto. "So you are worried that Sakura-san will hear about this and be angry?" Naruto nodded at the question. "I am sure if you ask Hinata-chan she wouldn't mind doing it again. I'm tempted to kiss you too." Yoshiko's statement cause fear to creep into Naruto's face. "Don't worry, I will not kiss you yet, it is not time and we do not know each other well enough, yet."
"Whew… that is a relief. I was worried that all you girls were going to kiss me all at once." Naruto stated.
"Would you like that Naruto-kun?" Yoshiko's question caused Naruto to wonder if he did. "No matter, please sit on the bed and sit still." Yoshiko ordered as she began a diagnostic on Naruto. Jiraiya came in just as she had moved over his pelvis.
"Entertaining girls in your home now are we Naruto? You are a boy after my own heart, and princess Tsunade's daughter no less, I'm impressed." Jiraiya stated with a leer as Yoshiko blushed, Jiraiya didn't fail to notice this reaction as she finished her diagnostic jutsu.
"Shut up ero-sennin." Naruto replied in an annoyed voice. "What are you doing here anyways?"
Jiraiya smirked and pointed at Yoshiko. "We are going to go retrieve a beautiful woman, her mother to be exact. And I am going to give you some training on the way. I have already cleared it with Kakashi and the council so we are off."
Yoshiko bowed as Naruto began to collect items for a trip to retrieve someone. "Excuse me Master Jiraiya, but am I going along too?"
Jiraiya looked at her and bade her to approach. "Naruto you get ready, I have to talk to Yoshiko-chan here." Jiraiya turned to Yoshiko and spoke in hushed tones. "I hope you know what you are doing. That boy may not want to be involved with you. I will also leave it to you to explain to your mother about what you want from him and you do not have to come on this mission, I had set it up so it would be me and Naruto."
"Thank you for your concern Master Jiraiya, but I will eventually worm my way into his heart. He is not so hard to understand, less so than people might think. He is bright and talented, if here were given a chance he could prove that. As for not telling my mother I thank you for that. I will inform her when I see her again." Yoshiko assured Jiraiya.
"Just don't let him break your heart when, you know when he puts his mind to something he will not give up easily or possibly at all. From what I have seen he has it hard for the pink haired girl on his team." Jiraiya warned her.
"She doesn't care for him so she will lose to me as I do care for the boy." Yoshiko replied as she kept an eye on Naruto out of the corner of her eye.
"But does he know about it, if not then he will be oblivious to it and he may not even be able to love." Jiraiya stated with a very saddened look on his face.
"You know something about him and his hard life don't you?" Yoshiko questioned.
"Nothing I can tell you. I wish you luck in your quest." Jiraiya graciously stated as he put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. Jiraiya turned to Naruto and spoke up. "Time to go we have to catch an important woman, now let's go."
"Yeah, I just hope he is not going to peek on your mother in some bath." Naruto stated as he approached the two at his door. Yoshiko giggled as she knew that Tsunade had nearly killed him for that once, as Jiraiya paled at the notion of peaking on Tsunade.
"Good luck Naruto-kun, I will wait for you safe return." Yoshiko called as the two males walked towards the gates. Naruto waved at Yoshiko as smiled and waved back. The other four members of the 'Naruto fan club' hid as Naruto left the village.
Yoshiko eventually saw Gai bring back Sasuke later that same day. She knew how to fix the problem but lacked the chakra control, she needed to have more chakra control to fix the genjutsu that Itachi had placed upon Sasuke, but also knew that her mother would have to fix it so that Naruto would see how little Sakura thought of him, even for helping his rival and her crush. Her work with Lee left him only needing major surgery from her mother, not life threatening surgery. It would take some work for Tsunade to figure out the details of the surgery. Yoshiko knew it, but did not want to share as it would create more possible problems with the timeline when she didn't want them to appear just yet.
Yoshiko notified the hospital that she would be taking a week or two off in a couple weeks. Haku and Isaribi were concerned and asked why. Yoshiko's answer was simple. "I need to be there for Naruto-kun on his return trip. If I can make a connection to him it will be easier for him to make a break from Sakura. I also need to confront my mother and father."
"You know who your father is?" Haku asked as Isaribi listened intently.
"Believe it or not Jiraiya is my father. And this way I will have them in the same place at once so I can get them to admit to it. I can also inform them that I know that I am a jinchuuriki like Naruto-kun. I also know that Naruto-kun will suffer a near fatal injury, only my mother can fix it but I want to be there to help if I can. I will try not to interfere, but he will need extensive healing as will everyone that is coming back. Jiraiya will suffer broken ribs, and a broken ankle. Shizune will suffer from torn Achilles tendons and mom will suffer from using her healing jutsu." Yoshiko commented.
"I forgot that little tidbit, sorry. Then go bring our man back to us and make sure he is okay. Now that people are getting back to work we will have less to do at the hospital. I am sure we can live without you at the hospital for a little while. We also will continue to train. We have added both Hinata-chan and Yakumo-chan to the training regime. Kurenai-san has also asked if she and the rest of her team could join us in our training as has Asuma-san. I am not sure how to answer, they seem to want to have their teams work on chakra control and have one of their team members become a medic. We have that already with Hinata-chan, and Yakumo isn't even a shinobi or shinobi trained. We have been slowly working on her stamina and strength." Haku replied with a sly smile.
Yoshiko nodded as she assimilated the information. "Since when have you guys been working with Yakumo-chan?"
"It happened last a couple days ago when both her ANBU doctor and Kurenai-san gave her a clean bill of health. Kurenai also offered up Anko-san to be a possible sensei for our group if we actually become shinobi." Isaribi replied.
"Well we have four females two have been truly trained, the other two have no practical training. That would be Haku and me with the actual training. While Yakumo-chan and Isaribi-chan are talented they do not have actual training. The best we could hope for would be that we would be a team with either Haku-chan or I become the sensei. Otherwise we would have to be split. We are also heavy in medical training. I am afraid we might also have to take Sakura into our little group, if only to make sure she gets medical training. Isaribi-chan could get some training in taijutsu but Yakumo-chan is our weak point, while she is strong in genjutsu she needs to be stronger in both taijutsu and ninjutsu." Yoshiko pointed out.
"I am working with Gai on the taijutsu training. He and Lee seem quite willing to help me. Yakumo-chan would not be able to keep up with their schedule, I can only last for about thirty minutes on their schedule, but they do enjoy the company. Oh, and I will not wear that ridiculous spandex outfit. I do not want to be seen as if I were wearing nothing at all. It leaves little to the imagination, I would rather go naked than wear that outfit, but if Naruto-kun wanted me to wear it I would for him and only him." Isaribi admitted with a blush as the other two girls laughed
The next week was spent working at the hospital and training. Kurenai's full team showed up if they were not doing missions, only Ino from Asuma's team showed up for the training. Yoshiko and Haku were taskmasters in training even pushing Kurenai near her limits in both physical and mental abilities. Yoshiko would work everyone in the fields of medicine, either with plant knowledge, poison knowledge or medicinal knowledge. Haku focused on the physical, this left everyone that attended the training worn out physically and mentally. Yakumo made tremendous strides in improving her physical abilities, she went from being a weak barely able to move girl to actually having the physical abilities of a second year academy student. Kurenai was pleased with her progress and was not at all worried if she actually hurt herself as there were two trained medical personnel ready to render assistance. Kiba and Shino added to the training with their knowledge of both animals and insects. After the week of intensive training Yoshiko gave them all a book project to work on while she would be off on a trip to find her mother. Haku would continue the training but at a much slower pace as they would only have one medic ready to go.
Yoshiko left the village with little fanfare other than an ANBU with the symbol of NE on his mask. The ANBU finally left her alone after about half days travel out from the village. Yoshiko was glad to have gotten rid of the Root member. Although she did run into a couple bandits along the way, she made short work of them as she continued on her way to Otafuku Gai and the meeting she would have with Naruto-kun, Jiraiya, Shizune and her good old mother.
She entered the town and booked a room in the inn that she knew they would be staying in. She got to the baths and soaked for a couple hours before she knew they would arrive. She came up to her room just as Naruto, Jiraiya, Shizune and Tsunade began to enter their rooms. Yoshiko began to run as she headed towards Tsunade. "Mom!"
Tsunade turned and looked at Yoshiko in surprise. "Yoshiko-chan? What are you doing here?"
"I had a guess that Naruto-kun would find you and I figured that you would stay here and so I decided to meet you on your way back. I missed you mother." Yoshiko embraced Tsunade.
Naruto blanched and pointed at Yoshiko and Tsunade. "You… you mean she's your mother?" The fear was evident in his voice.
Yoshiko nodded. "Yes Naruto-kun, she is my mother."
Naruto continued to stammer out his opinions. "But… but she is old enough to be my grandmother!"
Tsunade became angry and the vein on her temple appeared. "Listen here brat!"
Yoshiko placed her hand on her mother's arm to calm her. "Yes, she is old enough to be your grandmother but she is also old enough to be your mother too. She is my mother and I am only fourteen. So are you going to apologize or do I let my 'mother' go so she can make you apologize to her, Naruto-kun?"
Naruto looked defeated and dropped his head down in defeat. "I'm sorry."
"I couldn't hear that brat" Tsunade stated wanting to milk the situation for all it was worth.
Yoshiko swatted her mother. "Mother, be nice to Naruto-kun."
It suddenly hit her that Yoshiko was referring to Naruto in an affectionate tone. "Naruto-kun? What have you been doing while I was not around young lady?"
Yoshiko gave her mother a firm stare. "We will discuss this in a little bit after you have gotten settled."
Yoshiko pushed Tsunade into her room as Shizune closed the door behind them. "Okay young lady, what is going on?"
Yoshiko took a deep breath. "Look mom, I found out some things and want to confirm them."
Tsunade's eyebrow rose quizzically. "And those are?"
"Did Naruto-kun convince you to return as the new Hokage?" Yoshiko asked as she sat on the floor.
"Why, yes he did, he can be a quite a persuasive person." Tsunade stated as she continued to reminisce about the last few days.
"Is Naruto-kun the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi?" Yoshiko went for the jugular.
Tsunade was immediately pulled from her stupor. "Who told you that?"
Yoshiko sighed. "I just felt it."
Tsunade shook her head. "How did I get a daughter who could predict the future? To answer your question, yes his is a jinchuuriki. I shouldn't have told you that, but if you know then no need to keep it secret."
"So he is like me." Yoshiko exclaimed.
Tsunade sighed. "Yes and no. He was not born with a spirit sealed within him. I can't tell you which spirit he has sealed with in him but you might not want to get too close to him."
Yoshiko became very angry. "I know he has the Kyuubi in him, like Gaara, has Shukaku, Kirabi has the eight-tails and Yugito Nii has the two tailed cat sealed with in her."
Shizune gasped. Tsunade looked concerned at her daughter. "How do you know this?"
"Aki told me." Yoshiko stated bluntly.
'You are bending the truth as I have never told you this. Just don't get me in trouble let's see how far we can take this.' Aki stated in her mind.
'I know that, but they don't so we can just wing it, and if they ever figure it out then we worry about it then.' Yoshiko replied mentally.
"Who is Aki?" Tsunade asked pointedly.
"Aki is my burden, my demon. I have talked to her. She knows that Naruto-kun houses the Kyuubi. She also says that I can help Naruto-kun because I possess the Mokuton ability like great-grandfather. I just need training." Yoshiko replied.
"Okay let's say that we believe Aki, and you do posses the Mokuton ability. Why the sudden interest in Naruto?" Tsunade asked as Yoshiko blushed. "No, you can't tell me that you actually like the boy?"
Yoshiko nodded with a blush. "I know we are still young and he is only twelve and soon to be thirteen but there is a connection that I can't deny."
"Are you sure it isn't your demon telling you this and steering you towards him?" Tsunade asked.
Yoshiko nodded. "Naruto-kun is the nicest person I have met. He cares for others and is quite strong, no thanks to other's sabotage. I believe I can help him and he can help me. It is almost as if we were meant to be together. Please mother, do not deny me this." Yoshiko pleaded.
Tsunade sighed heavily. 'Geez if I knew being a parent would have been this taxing I would have opted to not have one.' Tsunade relented. "Okay, you can date him but he will have to come over for dinner and make himself presentable." Yoshiko nodded but worry crept into her face. "What is it now?"
"Well, a couple things. Naruto-kun never had a proper upbringing and is a little rough around the edges." Yoshiko replied shyly.
"Rough around the edges? Like broken glass or rough gravel, but I understand what you mean. You can help him become more presentable. What else is there?" Tsunade inquired.
"Well there are a couple of other girls that are living at the compound." Yoshiko braced herself for her mother to yell at her, when it never came she looked up and saw that her mother wanted her to continue. "One also has a bloodline, one having to do with Ice, Naruto-kun and I saved her at a bridge named after Naruto-kun. The other might have a bloodline but has had her genetics messed with by Orochimaru. We are hoping to help her become more presentable or finish the bloodline surfacing."
"Okay that is fine, is there anything else like all of you liking Naruto?" Tsunade asked as she saw Yoshiko freeze. "No, not all of you." Yoshiko shook her head. "So only a couple of you?" Yoshiko again shook her head. "How many?" Yoshiko put up both hands. "Ten, what did this boy do to get that many girls to fall for him?" Yoshiko shrugged. "Anything else I should know?"
Yoshiko nodded. "Yes mother, I know who my father is." Tsunade froze this time. "I am sure you can guess who it is but I do know." Yoshiko was adamant about her knowledge.
"Okay who is it?" Tsunade asked with a smirk.
"Jiraiya." Yoshiko answered as Tsunade's jaw dropped. "I am glad that I know who he is. I do not plan on following in his footsteps as a lecher."
"Good, too bad I didn't actually marry the old fool. You might have had a sibling. So show me your Mokuton ability." Tsunade stated to change the subject.
Yoshiko placed her hands together and a small banzai like tree rose out of the floor. "I can do a little more than that but it takes a lot of concentration. I wonder if Naruto-kun has a similar bloodline."
"Great I have boy crazy daughter, and she is after one who has half the village chasing him." Tsunade complained.
"No mother, most of the village detests him. It is changing but it will take time. As far as I know Haku-chan, Hinata Hyuuga-chan, Isaribi-chan, Yakumo Kurama-chan, and Shion from the land of Demon's has true feelings for Naruto-kun, but I have a feeling that there will be others." Yoshiko corrected her mother.
Tsunade shook her head. "Three clan heiresses, a priestess and two others right now. Does Naruto know about this?"
Yoshiko shook her head. "No, Naruto-kun is fixated on his teammate Sakura Haruno. She abuses him and demeans him at every turn in favor of her other teammate Sasuke Uchiha. Who I might add is currently in the hospital because of his brother Itachi. Sakura currently will not even leave his side to even train."
"Guess we head back to Konoha and fix things tomorrow." Tsunade admitted.
"Thank you mother." Yoshiko stated as she lunged into a hug with Tsunade.
"For what?" Tsunade asked confused.
"For understanding about how I feel about Naruto-kun and about everything else." Yoshiko admitted.
Tsunade tightened the embrace with Yoshiko. "I am your mother and I understand first love. Just don't let him hurt you."
Yoshiko nodded. "I want to go spend some time with Naruto-kun, maybe I can steal him out from under the pink head while she doesn't even know what she has."
Tsunade nodded as she continued to hug Yoshiko but also warned her. "I do not want any grandchildren anytime soon. You can do that when you reach eighteen years old. Deal?" Yoshiko blushed and nodded as she left.
Yoshiko entered the bathhouse knowing full well that Jiraiya was there and that Naruto was not. She kept the towel tight to herself. "Well we have a young kunoichi in training. You are a little young for my tastes. Your boyfriend has already left." Jiraiya stated in a boisterous voice.
Yoshiko gently sat in the water. "Master Jiraiya, I wished to speak to you without Naruto-kun around."
Jiraiya became deathly serious. "What did you wish to discuss?"
Yoshiko smiled innocently. "My parentage."
Jiraiya looked confused. "What about your parentage?"
"About you being my father." Yoshiko replied with a smile.
Jiraiya's face became pale. "You are my daughter, but Tsunade-hime said it was someone else."
"No, you are my father, just like I have a two tailed fox sealed within me by the Shinigami. I came here to tell you this and to ask you a favor." Yoshiko admitted.
"You have a demon fox sealed within you?" Jiraiya looked quizzically at Yoshiko.
"Yes like Naruto-kun but not as powerful." Yoshiko admitted.
"Is that why you pursue Naruto?" Jiraiya questioned.
"No, I pursue him because I feel more than a connection with him, I think I love him." Yoshiko stated with a blush.
"Strong words from a fourteen year old." Jiraiya stated.
"Yes they are but he has a, certain magnetism about him that I find appealing. I have already gotten permission to date him from my mother. Now for that favor, could you train Naruto-kun to protect himself from those that are out to get him?" Yoshiko pleaded.
"How do you know about people that are out to get him?" Jiraiya inquired.
"Demons learn things and mine talks to me. It is afraid of my Mokuton abilities so it is helping me." Yoshiko replied.
"So you are like your great-grandfather the First?" Jiraiya questioned as Yoshiko nodded. "So what can I do to help you with the gaki? You know he is fixated on that Haruno girl."
"That will come in time. He will see her for what she is, an uncaring girl who would just use him for her own ends to get into the pants of the Uchiha." Yoshiko stated with much venom in her voice.
"I take it you don't like her." Jiraiya replied with a chuckle.
"Nope, not really." Yoshiko admitted with a smile. "Well, dad, I need to get out and start my courting of Naruto Uzumaki. I figure it should take at least a couple years before I can get him to marry me. What do you think?"
"If he is smart he will give up now and become my son-in-law as soon as your mother will let him." Jiraiya replied with a lecherous grin.
"I advise you not use us for your novels, if I get my way he will know about you being my father and all the money you made from the books." Yoshiko stated with a smirk and exited the bath with a wave.
"You are nearly as bad as your mother. Maybe I should ask her to marry me." Jiraiya said to no one in particular.
"You should hurry up then, as there might still be a chance I could have a sibling." Yoshiko telegraphed over her shoulder as she entered the changing room. Yoshiko smirked as she closed the door and got dressed. She smiled inwardly as it would be nice if her mother would actually go with her feelings and marry the old pervert. It would save her heart from breaking, him from beatings and maybe his later death at the hands of Pein. A single tear came from her eye as she remembered the news of his demise. Yoshiko left the building just as a group of elderly women entered the changing room, she couldn't help but smirk at what was going to happen today. Naruto-kun in an admirable display of chivalry would force Tsunade to see that her gambling ways were not so helpful to being a Hokage.
She eventually found Naruto or at least one of Naruto's clones. She had to admit he cleaned up better than she thought about it. She found out it was a clone by pulling it into an ally to get it away from Shizune who had used a 'Transformation' just to appear as Tsunade. "Shut up and kiss me if you want to hide from my mother." Yoshiko demanded and the clone showed his lack of experience kissing by puckering his lips and making a fishy face. "No, relax and do it like this." Yoshiko then proceeded to kiss Naruto, once he understood what to do she found him to actually be a good kisser. That was until an angry Tsunade smacked the Naruto in the back of the head, he then disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Yoshiko was angry. "Mother! I was working on getting him to dinner and look what you did. I am betting he doesn't even know that a shadow clone's memory transfers back to the original. Now look at all the work you have destroyed!" Yoshiko knew it was Shizune but showed her righteous indignation at her kiss being disturbed.
Shizune released the henge only to be pummeled by Yoshiko as she yelled. "Stay out of my love life!" Shizune disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Another Shizune came around the corner rather angry. "What were you doing kissing Naruto-kun?"
"Trying to hide him from you apparently so that I could ask him to dinner after we got back to Konoha, but you had to interfere." Yoshiko retaliated.
"Don't take that tone with me young lady." Shizune ordered.
"Auntie, you ruined my perfect way to show Naruto-kun that I care about him, you don't care about my life!" Yoshiko ran off crying.
Shizune looked down and saddened. "I thought I was just protecting Tsunade-sama. Wait I got him." Shizune ran off in another direction.
Shizune in Tsunade form had caught Naruto with the suit case he had taken. Tsunade, Yoshiko and Boss Jirocho looked on in awe as Naruto attempted to get away from Shizune and hand the case to a couple of hired men trying to make good on a debt Tsunade owed. Eventually it was all straightened out as the money had been paid back at an earlier date. Shizune was quite embarrassed by the whole affair. She also had to explain why Yoshiko was upset, in front of Naruto.
Naruto was surprised to say the least as the memories of the clone came slowly to him, he looked at Yoshiko who was blushing and smiled kindly at him, he blushed in return. "Naruto-kun, will you be our guest for dinner when we return to Konoha?" Yoshiko asked as Naruto just nodded, she then leaned up to Naruto and kissed him on the cheek. She then whispered into his ear, "I meant the other one too." Naruto thought about that and the kiss that Hinata had given him and promptly fainted to the laughter of everyone else.
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Naruto enjoyed the trip back home to Konoha. An older girl had kissed him and his clone, the big problem for him was how to deal with Sakura-chan and Hinata-chan when he returned. Sure Yoshiko was pretty and nice to him if only a little bossy, but compared to Sakura-chan she was a saint. 'When did I start to think of Hinata as 'chan'? And would Yoshiko be a 'chan' too?' He kept on glancing over at Yoshiko every so often as she talked to her mother, Tsunade who was now the Fifth Hokage. He wondered what they were talking about.
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Yoshiko noticed every glance that Naruto made her way and blushed every time just like he did. She was not sure what was going through the other blonde genin's mind but she was sure she was at least playing a part in it. "So mom, do you have any problems with me maybe eventually marrying that boy?" Yoshiko inquired.
"You have been on your own for two years now, just so long as I don't get any grand children until he is at least sixteen, after that I don't care. What has caused your interest other than being able to talk to your tenant?" Tsunade asked her daughter not sure she actually wanted to know.
Yoshiko smirked and just couldn't help herself. "Well… Hinata-chan told me that he was most capable male in their class." Yoshiko replied and blushed profusely.
Tsunade stopped dead. "You didn't just say that did you? You have him involved the daughter of the Hyuuga along with yourself already?"
Yoshiko could not help but keep the tease going. "Well Yakumo Kurama-chan is also interested in him too, I did mention this before." Yoshiko got a faraway thinking look on her face. "And there is also Haku-chan, and Isaribi-chan."
"How did he get such a fan club?" Tsunade was astonished that this boy had such following of prestigious females, while inwardly she chuckled that the Uchiha boy could only get fan girls.
"Well… it helps that he is so cute and does not fight us or run away. Also we do not follow him blindly and chase after him. We are working our way into his head and heart slowly. We all know he is only an unrefined boy of twelve. I also have my bets that his paternity is actually of royal or noble blood." Yoshiko pointed out.
Tsunade looked at her daughter as if she was someone else. "What makes you think that?"
Yoshiko put her hand up to Tsunade's ear. "He is the spitting image of Minato Namikaze. Pull off the whisker marks and you have his near double. Of course you would actually have to feed him a proper diet. I have seen him and he is under nourished for his age. Looking at his clothes you would think he was the proper weight but both of us know he is very under weight."
"So you want to marry up or so you think. What if I can prove that he is not the son of the Yondaime?" Tsunade inquired.
"Want to lose another bet with me mother?" Yoshiko asked playfully.
"Okay let's say you're right. Why has he not been honored for who he is?" Tsunade asked.
"Hm…. Maybe because his parents are dead and they had many enemies, like say Iwa, or members on the Konoha council? I am betting they are even now trying to make it so that Naruto-kun can't marry anyone or be happy later in life. He is the innocent party in this whole jinchuuriki deal, but the village pushes all their anger and fear upon Naruto-kun." Yoshiko sadly stated. "I even bet you thought of him as Kyuubi first and then as Naruto-kun afterwards."
Tsunade lowered her head in shame. "What do you want Yoshi-chan?"
Yoshiko smiled broadly. "I want to help with his mission assignments. I also want you to make me either a shinobi or give me a means to help him on some of his assignments. I also want to determine who can marry Naruto-kun. I would also like to create my own team. I already have some people in mind."
Tsunade was taken aback. "Will he agree to that?"
Yoshiko nodded with a smile. "Yes mother I am sure he will agree. He has already met most of his fan club while he was in the hospital, there are five of us now in Konoha but more may come around eventually."
"Are the members of your team also members of the fan club?" Tsunade asked with a perverted leer.
Yoshiko nodded. "Mostly, okay yes they are. I will give you a rundown of the 'fan club'. First there is me, then there is Hinata Hyuuga, Yakumo Kurama, the priestess Shion, Haku-chan, and Isaribi-chan. Hinata-chan is already on a team and all the others are not shinobi. Haku-chan and I are shinobi trained. Kurenai-san suggested we have Anko Mitarashi be our jonin instructor. Haku-chan and I are of at least chunin or even a higher level."
"My one question would be would you treat Naruto-kun first before any other injured parties on a mission?" Tsunade asked in all seriousness.
Yoshiko smiled. "No, Naruto-kun has enhanced healing and stamina recovery. I would triage the injured as expected. Both Haku-chan and I are fairly good medics. So I would say we were a medical team with some unique abilities in a fight."
Tsunade gave Yoshiko a sidelong glance. "What are your capabilities?"
"I am similar to you and Jiraiya in that I am a brawler with enhanced strength and a fairly good arsenal of jutsu, mostly water, earth and of course Mokuton. Haku-chan is an ice jutsu expert so she knows water, some wind jutsu, and Hyouton. Yakumo is a genjutsu expert. Isaribi is a water jutsu expert and a fair brawler." Yoshiko responded.
"Sounds like you have an over balanced team for short range and are medical users. Yakumo doesn't have any taijutsu I assume." Tsunade asked.
"You are correct but we are working on that deficiency, she is weak but her strength is increasing every day with our training." Yoshiko added.
Tsunade sighed. "I will think about it. That is not a yes or a no. I would also like to make sure that everyone in your group can pass the genin test. As Hokage I could use a special medical unit. I would worry about you as you are my daughter. I also wouldn't want you to expect special favors for being the daughter of the Hokage."
"Okay no favors, but I would like my opinion listened too. I could also help you out around the office when I am not out on missions or working at the hospital." Yoshiko replied to her mother's concerns, she then smiled wryly. "I will also endeavor to keep a certain genin in line."
"Not with the types of favors your father likes I hope." Tsunade quipped.
"Only after we are married would I do that mother. Well maybe before, but not until he is at least sixteen. I just hope he finds being like father is not beneficial to his life expectancy." Yoshiko countered.
"So have you talked to him about being a father?" Tsunade asked.
Yoshiko nodded. "Yes, but he glossed over it, but said he should have married you those years ago."
Tsunade smiled affectionately. "I would only agree to that on the condition that he did not do his research and we both know he will not do that."
"What about me getting another sibling?" Yoshiko teased.
Tsunade shook her head. "I will take it under consideration. I might even use your boyfriend and Shizune to give you a sibling."
Yoshiko froze. "No, he is mine!" Yoshiko yelled as Tsunade began to laugh hysterically. "Not funny mother."
Everyone looked at Yoshiko as she yelled at her mother. Naruto was not quite sure if her comment was directed at him or not, if it was he was in more trouble with Sakura-chan than he was before. Naruto suddenly stopped and everyone looked at him wondering what was going on. Naruto found himself in the dank dark realm of his mind where the Kyuubi dwelt. 'Great now what does that damn fox want now.' Naruto walked towards the cage and looked directly at the fox. "What do you want now fox?"
The fox laughed. "Do you like the blonde girl? You can have her if you like, she can teach you many wonderful things." The fox teased.
Naruto looked at the fox with a confused look. "What do you mean wonderful? She is a good kisser. I just wish Sakura would kiss me like that…"
"Be gone whelp and bother me no more, we will talk again." The fox told Naruto as he came back to reality as Yoshiko wore a concerned look on her face, and her face was only an inch from his face.
'So close… so close… She is so cute…' Naruto thought to himself as he quickly turned red and passed out.
The adult began to laugh as Yoshiko quickly rested Naruto's head on her lap. Naruto quickly woke up to see Yoshiko smile at him and help him to stand. Naruto smiled weakly at Yoshiko as he did not know what to do. He apologized for fainting but was surprised by Yoshiko being in his face when he had been 'thinking'.
"It is okay Naruto-kun, you are not alone in the burden you carry, there are others." Yoshiko replied as she looked to her mother to see if she would let her tell her secret. Tsunade smiled and nodded, Naruto saw this and was not sure what was coming next. "You must tell no one what I am about to tell you." Yoshiko stated but he could see her pleading in her eyes, he just nodded his response. "I am also a jinchuuriki, as I also carry a demon fox inside of me."
Naruto stopped dead. "What did you say?"
Yoshiko took Naruto's hands into her own and smiled weakly. "I also carry a demon fox sealed with in me. It is nowhere near as powerful as yours. Please don't hate me."
Naruto was shocked to know that there was another beyond Gaara and himself that carried demons. 'Is that why she seems so desperate to show me affection?'
Yoshiko's eyes began to tear up. "Please say something…" She pleaded.
Naruto did what he knew best he smiled a big grin and played dumb. "I believe you Yoshiko-chan. How did you know I am a jinchu…. Jinkur… what you called it?"
Yoshiko chuckled at Naruto and smiled warmly as a tear ran down her cheek. "They are call jinchuuriki, a human sacrifice. It is a way to deal with a demon. We both carry demon foxes. I might be able to help you with yours if you like." Yoshiko offered.
Naruto reached up and began to wipe the tear on her cheek away only to find her pressing her face into his hand. Naruto was totally confused.
Jiraiya sighed at the scene and then walked over to Naruto and bonked him on the head. He then took Naruto aside. "Gaki, you have will eventually have some choices to make. I can tell that she likes you but I know you like that pink haired team mate of yours. My advice is for now to at least get to know the girls around you, you can date all of them that will put up with you, but don't date them at the same time. That would be a bad idea. Now when we get back we fix up your teammate and I can do some training with you and you can return to going on missions." Jiraiya explained.
"Training, great when can we begin?" Naruto inquired excitedly.
"You still have some healing to do but we can start in a couple days, and having a cute nurse as a girlfriend will make you heal a little quicker." Jiraiya stated as Naruto looked back at Yoshiko who had her hands clasped in front of her, blushing and was turning side to side while she looked wistfully at Naruto.
Omake: Yoshiko invited Naruto up to her room with a sinister purpose. She closed and locked the door after Haku, Hinata, and Isaribi all entered the room with her and Naruto. "Okay show me your distraction jutsu, you are so famous for."
Naruto didn't even think about his surroundings, in that he was surrounded by girls and was going to show them a naked girl. "All right, here we go. 'Sexy jutsu'". Naruto changed into a beautiful young woman of between eighteen and twenty. She wore nothing other than whiffs of clouds.
Yoshiko took an analytical pose and then walked over to Naruto. "Okay I can see why the guys fall for it. Hmm… what is this?" She touched the cloud and it didn't move. "Some form of genjutsu?" Yoshiko then touched Naruto's breasts, Naruto immediately blushed. "Okay you are missing the nipples and answer me this. How did it feel when I touched you there?"
Naruto blushed and spoke, his voice was different higher in pitch and definitely female. "It felt good, but I am not sure if I am actually ready for people to touch me that way." Naruto admitted.
Yoshiko blushed. "I'm sorry Naruto-kun. I am just testing a theory." Yoshiko knew something was wrong. 'How does he actually have real breasts, minus the nipples? I am guessing that the clouds are a type of genjutsu that only he can do.'
Naruto blushed as he didn't understand what was going on. "I did it right didn't I?"
Haku walked over and put her hand up to his breast but did not touch. "May I Naruto-kun?" Naruto nodded as Haku gently touched him. Naruto's eyes rolled into the back of his head and he let out a moan. "I see it does feel good to you doesn't it, Naruto-kun?" Naruto nodded. "You do know you're missing some things, don't you?" Haku asked as she pulled her hand away, Naruto nearly followed the hand as her warm hand left a cold spot on his chest.
"The magazines didn't have any of the areas that were covered by clouds. I guess I let the guys leave it up to their imagination." Naruto admitted.
Yoshiko nodded to Naruto. "You can release the jutsu." Naruto nodded and returned to his original form. "Naruto-kun, you wanted to perfect the jutsu didn't you?"
Naruto's eyes lit up. "Yeah it would be great if I could do that!" Naruto excitedly exclaimed.
Yoshiko smirked as the rest of the girls also smirked. "Well first you have to understand female anatomy."
Naruto smiled innocently. "Okay, what do I need to know first?"
Yoshiko looked at Hinata. "Hinata-chan can you help Naruto-kun with the lips and face?"
Hinata blushed but nodded. "Naruto-kun re-engage your henge but with clothes this time. Make her our age also."
Thus the rest of the afternoon went learning what it was to be female. A good time was had by all and at the end of the day all remained virgins, at least physically. Naruto had to spend the night in the guest bedroom because of losing consciousness from blood loss. Seeing all the girls in their birthday suits didn't lend itself to keeping him conscious. Naruto didn't forget his night of show and tell anytime soon as the girls would always giggle and sigh contently in his presence. This annoyed Sakura as the girls always seemed to appear after the team meetings. It also annoyed Sasuke as Yoshiko and Haku were in the group and they had kept on turning him down time and time again. How could the 'dobe' have all the luck with the girls now after he kept on striking out with Sakura?
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A/N: I am trying to keep up with the chapters but hey what do you expect? I got sick over the last couple weeks and my mind turned to mush so I hope you enjoyed the chapter and thanks again for my beta Chewee Cookies. He does a great job.
