A/N: Hey guys! Olivia here and welcome to chapter 3! Hopefully, you enjoy this chapter!

Guest: ":Cliché trash. If you are too lazy to write an original story then maybe you shouldn't write one." Didn't I say in the first chapter that I like clichés? It seems you don't like clichés which begs the question, why did you go past chapter 1? Hmm. I would bet money you'll read this chapter too. Isn't it interesting that most flames are guests? Their might be a correlation with cowardice there.

Plums: I mean…this is a whole new continent. It's pretty natural that everyone you meet will be an OC. Some that I've introduced won't be that major but others like Akira, Godfrey, and Daven will be. I'll also be introducing characters from things that I like, like World of Warcraft. Maybe even The Witcher.


Chapter 3: Confrontation

The Konoha diplomatic group closed on the port city of Kizu City, the capital of the Western Empire. Most of the Konoha-nin looked at the city in awe, it was larger than even Konoha and off in the distance, situated atop a hill was the Royal Keep. The residence of the Emperor and the imperial court. Tsunade gazed at the city in fascination, she had never seen a city as large as this. Her mind immediately wandered to the medical facilities and capabilities of the Western Empire.

Several ships made their way in and out of the Kizu City harbor, Violeta carefully guided her ship into port making sure to not hit any of the outgoing ships and making sure to dock her ship very carefully. After a few seconds of maneuvering, the woman confidently guided the ship to one of the many docks that line the coastline. Several of the men on deck quickly went about their docking duties while Violeta let our a weary sigh.

"Welcome to Kizu City," Violeta yelled to the Konoha-nin. Several of them merely nodded while taking in the sight of the city. Several of the sailors on the docks avoided Violeta's ship as if it was a plague. Violeta noticed this and wondered why? She would often be welcomed by the frequent visitors to the docks. That was when she saw several glints. She narrowed her eyes then they widened.

'Did that brat seriously send the royal guard? I mean, it does make sense. Argh' Violeta thought, groaning. The royal guard moved in formation towards the violet-haired's ship. Several of the Konoha-nin swiftly went into their battle formation, they weren't expecting a fight this suddenly.

"By the order of the Lord Hand Godfrey, you are hereby ordered to follow us to the royal keep to meet Lord Hand."

Several of the Konoha-nin stayed in their battle formation to fight. Violeta sighed, "Konoha…you should follow these orders or else."

Several of the nin turned their head and looked at the woman with shock. "Stand down! Follow what they say," Minato shouted, trying to ease the tension that was rapidly building. The group slowly nodded while slowly disengaging from their battle stand and formations. The royal guard slammed the ends of their pikes on the wooden dock signaling the group to get off the boat. The diplomatic group slowly followed the orders of the royal guard.

"You will follow us. You will not stray from the group if you do not follow these orders we have the right to arrest you for disobeying our orders. Do you understand?" A black-haired woman in golden armor and a golden helmet stated.

"We do," Danzo replied, annoyed. The woman nodded. She gave a hand signal to the other guards who nodded and started to move away from the docks. While making their way from the docks, the Konoha-nin took in the sight of Kizu City. Most if not all the civilians looked at the group with wariness or disdain. Sakura head was turning rapidly trying to take in all the new information.

"How long has this city been established?" Minato asked clearly impressed. The woman remained emotionless. "Decades. It was held by a previous warlord before the Emperor conquered it," The woman replied.

"What's the state of your medical facilities?" Sakura asked curiously. Tsunade was going to ask that question before her young apprentice got to it first. The woman shrugged, "It works for us. Our methods might or might not be better than yours. It would depend," The guard again replied. Sakura nodded. She didn't know much of the West aside from what the Phoenix Merchant House told Konoha.

The group continued to receive sneers from several of the citizens. The Royal Keep grew and grew the closer the group got to the castle. Arriving at the gate, several of the guards eyed the Konoha group with apprehension. The guards turned their heads to the raven-haired captain.

"Captain," The guard said brought his right hand into a fist and placing it over his heart. The Captain returned the gesture. "The Lord Hand is expecting us," She stated. The guard nodded.

"Open the gates!" The man yelled. The same words were yelled several times before the gate opened, slowly lifting. The group entered, turned left then turned right to be met by another gate. This one mimicked the first, lifting slowly. The Konoha group was greeted by the courtyard and several guards training.

They noticed a pale skinned, glowing green-eyed woman with pointed ears looking at them from what seemed to be the second floor. The group looked at the woman in shock, they had never seen this…humanoid before. The group finally noticed the shorter female next to her, she looked like a copy of the taller one but her skin was a very dark blue almost purple, her eyes glowing red with no pupil.

"Wh-what are those?" Kiba asked while Akamaru lowly growled. The raven-haired captain looked at the dog with disdain. "Muzzle your dog, boy," she said. Kiba quickly nodded and gave Akamaru a pat on the head that seemed to calm down the big dog.

"They are both elves from the Kingdom to the east," The woman informed the group. The Konoha-nin looked at the woman in confusion.

"Elves..?" Kushina repeated confusedly. The woman nodded.

"They are a different race from humans."

The group's eyes widened at the new information. A new race? Something they had never seen in the Elemental Nations. Kushina stared at the two women with curiosity. Tsunade also looked at them with the same gaze.

"Are there more?" Tsunade asked.

"Yes. There are more races besides elves. Although they don't frequent the capital as much as the elves."

Tsunade slowly nodded at the new information. "And what are they?"

The captain looked at the big breasted woman with narrowed eyes. "Dwarves, gnomes, elves, dark elves, orcs, dragons."

"Dragons!?" Koharu repeated, in a disbelieving voice. The captain again nodded confirming the information that she stated. The group looked at the woman with disbelief.

"That can't be right," Minato said. The woman merely shrugged her shoulders not caring whether they believed her or not. "It doesn't really matter if you believe me or not. The people of Uturai know, we do not care for your feelings on the matter," She stated, "now come, we've kept the Lord Hand waiting long enough."

The group slowly nodded and followed the woman. They crossed the courtyard and made their way through two huge wooden double doors. They walked down several hallways and were met by another set of two huge doors. The captain opened them and the group was met by a huge open room, their eyes made their way to the end of it and they saw a stone throne elevated above the everyone.

Next to the throne sat a man with graying hair accompanied by a gray goatee. The man eyed the group while setting his quill down on the wooden desk that was in front of him. The man stood and stepped down the stairs to eye-level with the rest of the group.

"Ah. The Konoha group that we've been hearing so much about," The old man said with a low rough voice, his piercing cold blue eyes staring at each one of them. Both Danzo and Minato stepped up in front of the group and nodded.

"Lord Hand," Danzo began with a respectful voice that made Godfrey's eyebrow rise, "my name is Danzo and the man next to me is the Hokage, Namikaze Minato, we are here to meet with your Emperor and try to arrange an alliance along with a trade deal."

Godfrey nodded while scratching his goatee, "Yes...I understand."

"Our merchants have been suffering since your Phoenix Merchant House started popping up all over the Elemental Nations. I think we can remedy this by working out a trade alliance," Minato said.

"Why work out a trade alliance when our merchant house is doing just fine? It is you who is suffering not our merchants."

Danzo looked at the man with narrowed eyes but the expression left his face fairly quickly, "Is it not more prudent to include your Emperor in this talks?"

Godfrey nodded, "Indeed. He has been notified of your upcoming arrival and will be joining shortly," Godfrey replied. Danzo looked at the man again with narrowed eyes. 'So…they knew we were coming. Which means they have spies embedded within Konoha.'

As if their very spoken words had power, the double doors of the throne room were thrown open. The Konoha-nin turned their heads to face the sudden intrusion. A young man with a blond ponytail and two bangs that hung from both sides of his face and a light beard walked in. His regal armor was glinting from the sunlight that was coming through the upper windows on the walls.

Surrounding the man were several soldiers who surrounded the blond as if their life depended on it, all of them hand their hands on the handles of their swords ready for anything that might threaten their Emperor. The man ignored the group and made his way to the stone throne. None missed the way Godfrey bowed his head when the man walked past.

The blond sat down on the stone throne slowly and finally acknowledged the group with a simple stare. The soldiers quickly went into a formation. Two were standing next to the throne, two at the lower steps and one on the two far sides of the steps.

One of the soldiers banged her spear on the stone floor and yelled out, "May I present, his Imperial Highness, Protector of the Flight, Archlord of Lorylei, The Great Uniter and first of his name, Emperor Uzumaki Naruto!"

The Konoha-nin looked at the young man with wide eyes none more so than Minato and Kushina. Naruto eyes the group with a hard stare. "Thank you for dealing with them Godfrey," Naruto said while looking at the old man. Godfrey merely bowed his head with respect. "Of course."

"Now. Why are you sure, Konoha?"

"Na..Naruto," Minato whispered. Naruto turned his head slightly to stare at the man. He knew what his father had looked like from the Hokage monument and the picture that was hung up in the Hokage office. The man before him looked like an older version of the man in the picture.

"Yes, Hokage?" Naruto replied in a cold voice. Minato flinched at the tone. Danzo disregarded Minato's expression and stepped up to address the young Emperor.

"Naruto-"

"You will address his Imperial Highness by his proper title of Emperor!" The woman with the spear interrupted. Danzo gave the woman a cold stare but nodded. "Emperor Naruto," He corrected himself. Naruto nodded.

"Like we have informed your advisor, we are seeking an alliance and trade deal that would benefit both of our nations."

Naruto nodded slowly. He gave Godfrey a look that the old man understood. The man walked up the Emperor's side and whispered something the Konoha-nin couldn't hear. Naruto never looked away from the group while being informed. Godfrey pulled back while Naruto nodded.

"My Lord Hand informs me that our merchant house has been hurting your merchants."

"That is correct."

"He also informs me that we should not care whether or not you are hurt because of our profits," Naruto replied. Danzo and the group gave the old man a look that Godfrey only returned with a smile. Danzo sneered at the man.

"While yes you can think like that, a trade deal would be more beneficial to us in the long term. We are also offering an alliance that we have written up along with a trade deal right here," Danzo replied. He turned to accept a scroll that was handed to him by Homura. Godfrey walked up to the one-eyed man and took the scroll then returned back to the Emperor's side.

"Sochi…"

Naruto looked at the source of the broken whisper. A red-haired woman that had her shaking hands clutched together. Kushina looked at her son with tears streaming down her face. She had not seen those whisker marks since the Kyubi's sealing.

"Yes, Uzumaki-san?" Naruto replied with an indifferent tone. Kushina swallowed her emotions and shook her head.

"You will be housed in the diplomatic wing of the Royal district. You will also be under guard."

"You don't trust us?" Sakura asked with a frown.

"I only trust tone in your group," Naruto replied turning his gaze to Tsunade. The blond woman gazes back at the young Emperor a small smile, "there are some of you I would never trust," He further stated looking at Danzo and Sasuke.

"I don't need your trust, dobe," Sasuke replied with his Sharingan activated. Several of the guards gripped their swords. This only made Sasuke get into a fighting stance, the royal guard responded by drawing their swords to protect their Emperor.

"Enough!" Naruto yelled.

"But, Your Grace-" One of the guards tried to get out

"I. said. Enough," Naruto emphasized the three words. The guard slowly nodded and sheathed his sword while the remaining guards followed suit. Sasuke looked at Naruto and the guards in disdain.

"A wise choice. I would have hated to slaughter you and your guards."

"Do not worry. You wouldn't have gotten within ten feet of me."

This made Sasuke growl. Naruto waved his hand, "Now leave. Several guards will escort you to the diplomatic section. You are not allowed to leave the section unless given permission by myself or my Godfrey. Do you understand?"

Several of the Konoha-nin looked at the blond as if his request was ludicrous. Minato quickly nodded at the Emperor's offer. "Yes, your Grace."

Naruto turned his head and gave the same guard who escorted the Konoha group from the docks a look that the woman understood. The woman stepped up, "Come, Konoha-nin. I will show you to your quarters."

The group started to walk away only to be stopped by Naruto's cold voice, "Oh, if you violate the rules, you will be imprisoned within the Netherlight," He stated. The group only looked at Naruto in confusion, what was the Netherlight? It was some sort of prison from the way he said it.

"Tsunade, stay."

Tsunade froze while Danzo looked at the Emperor with suspicion. 'What is he planning with Tsunade?' Unfortunately, he couldn't stay. The group was swiftly led out of the room while the blond Senju walked up to the throne. Naruto looked at the big breasted woman for a few seconds before breaking out into a smile.

"It's been a while, Tsunade."

The blond woman smiled, "It has, Naruto. Emperor of the West huh?"

"Yeah," Naruto chuckled, "I needed to find a place where Danzo's root or Akatsuki couldn't find me."

"Make sense," Tsunade nodded, "but Emperor?"

Naruto chuckled again. "I didn't plan on it at the beginning. When I got here this was a war-torn place. The people here don't have chakra," Tsunade's eyes widened at that, "so I was an oddity. I was able to swiftly gain power. I conquered Kizu City within the first few months then I spread throughout the continent. Those that didn't submit I would conquer."

"Quite harsh."

Naruto merely shrugged his shoulders, "I gave them an option. Surrender and keep all your lands and titles. Resist and swiftly be conquered."

Tsunade only nodded with hesitation. This Naruto was different than the one she last saw. She studied his features, the young man was sporting a light beard with long hair tied into a ponytail, his bright cerulean blue eyes still the same as they were but with a slight glint…as if he had experienced things no one should.

"The reason why I told you to stay is that I require your assistance," Naruto said, "there's something called 'the corruption', it's a disease that affects the mind and it's only affecting one… 'culture'."

"What do you mean?"

"Tsunade…dragons do exist," Tsunade's eyes again widened in shock, "they're separated into something called dragonflights. They're easily identified by the colors of their scales and the color of their hair."

"So, this 'corruption' is affecting one of the dragonflights?"

"Correct. The Black Dragonflight. Some within the flight have been slowly corrupted. I had thought Alexstrasza manage to contain but I received news that it was spreading," Naruto said in a concerned tone, "the black dragonflight is quite powerful. If this corruption manages to spread I would have very powerful enemies that would attack my Empire."

"Who's Alexstrasza?"

"She's the leader of the Red Dragonflight. There are five. The red, blue, green, bronze, and black. Each is led by a Dragon Aspect or an Aspect for short and each is in charge of something. For example, the Red Dragonflight are the protectors of life and Alexstrasza is the Aspect of Life."

"And others?" Tsunade asked curiously.

"Blue Dragonflight are of the Arcane. They're led by Malygos the Spell-Weaver, the Aspect of the Arcane. The Green Dragonflight protect the dream world, they're led by Ysera the Dreamer. She's the younger sister of Alexstrasza. The Bronze Dragonflight protect time itself. Their leader is Nozdormu, the Timeless one. And finally, the Black Dragonflight, protectors of the Earth. Their leader is Neltharion the Earth-Warder."

Tsunade looked at the young Emperor with awe as he finished informing Tsunade of the various dragonflights. All this was new to hear, she had so many questions for these various dragonflights. A shadow swiftly passed the upper windows of the throne room. Tsunade quickly turned her head, just too slow to see what passed the window.

The ground shook lightly. After a few seconds, the throne room doors opened to reveal a green haired woman in tight black leather and onyx eyes entered the room. The woman gave Naruto a smile and Tsunade a curious gaze.

"Tsunade, this is Akira of the Green Dragonflight. Akira, this is Tsunade, the best medical-nin in the Elemental Nations."

Akira stared at Tsunade's breasts for a few seconds before finally giving the blond woman a nod and a smile. She turned her head back to Naruto, "Have you told her?"

"I have. She's willing to help."

"Good," Akira replied with a genuine smile, "Ysera will be pleased."

Tsunade eyed the woman, "Ysera? Your Dragon Aspect?" Akira nodded, "will I get the meet this dragon?"

Akira tilted her head, "Perhaps. Alexstrasza is the one that discovered the corruption while Ysera dreamed it. You might meet both."

Tsunade nodded. Naruto stood from his throne, "Thank you, Akira. Your usual quarters have been assembled," Akira gave Naruto a smile and quickly left the throne room to get settled. Naruto stepped down from his elevated position and looked Tsunade straight in the eye.

"How is Konoha?"

Tsunade growled, "A Plague. Minato returned shortly after you were banished. I didn't agree with what they did to you so I resigned. The council saw fit to name Minato back to the Hokage position but the true power behind Minato is Danzo."

"The old man is still a thorn in Konoha's side?" Naruto asked growling.

"Yes. Naruto…I don't know how you're going to take this news.." Tsunade trailed off. Naruto eyed the woman in confusion. "What is it?"

"You…you have two young siblings."

Naruto froze. His brain spinning in confusion, anger, curiosity. He didn't remember much from before the sealing of the Kyubi. Only bits and pieces…most of the memories were fuzzy. Naruto gazes at Tsunade a cold gaze.

"What."

Tsunade nodded, "They're twins. Nami and Menma."

"Is…is that why they left?"

Tsunade turned her gaze away from the eyes of Naruto. This only confirmed what he was already thinking. Naruto let out a growl, smoke started to appear around Naruto's hands as if his hands themselves were getting too hot.

"Where are they?"


There's chapter 3. The little reunion isn't as explosive (hardly any) than some of you were expecting, that comes later. You now know who Akira is! Yes, I have brought the dragonflights and the aspects from World of Warcraft into this! This is where I'm going to add characters from several different fandoms. You now know what the "Corruption" is or at least what it's causing. Where's the Kyubi? *chuckles curiously*