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Planning…?

-Sunrise the following morning-

His alarm clock going off Naruto picked it up and threw it out his window sending it sailing across Konoha. He was tired, grumpy, and didn't want the damn thing waking Bara up. She had already been awake far too late into the night and they both needed their sleep.


After spending three hours getting the office full of shinobi to finally calm down and listen to him, Naruto had gotten them all to agree to keeping quite about his parentage. It wasn't that he didn't want people to know, he just wanted to find the right way to tell the village.

"After all," he had said, "what would you do if the demon you had cursed since its birth suddenly announced that the hero who had stopped it from destroying everything you loved was the father of that same demon's reincarnation?"

That had made them all stop their squabbling for a bit. While most of the shinobi forces had had their views of him changed by his feats, there where still those who cursed him for the death of the Yondaime.

The civilians didn't even know hardly anything about what he had done during his training excursion, so they had hardly changed their opinions of him at all. This was obvious to Naruto as he walked through the village the previous day when most would glare at him if they didn't still mutter things like "demon" or "monster" under their breaths as he walked by.

None would dare confront him openly, not with the others around him, but the waves of hatred rolling off of them were easier to see than the sun in the sky. It was only when one of them had called Bara "the demon's spawn," after the meeting in the office that Naruto had reacted at all to the hostility.

Naruto created a shadow clone to hold Bara as he then proceeded to force the man to bite the end of his tongue off, which he then cauterized with a quick fire jutsu.

"That should help you think about what you say to innocent children," he said before throwing the man back towards his stall all the while wearing a fake smile on his face.


"Probably scared them all with that one… Ah well, bastards needed to learn a little respect," Naruto said to himself as he got up. Making Bara and himself some breakfast, oatmeal with blueberries for himself and a bottle of warm milk for Bara when she woke up, he started to think about all that had happened the previous day. Tsunade had been more than willing to make the arrangements for him to by his father's house, but had asked how he would afford it.

"You do realize that Akatsuki was made up of S-Class criminals, each with enormous bounties on their heads…right?" he had asked.

Thinking on that made him chuckle because she had then asked how much money he actually had. Realizing she was implying taking out a loan so she could go gamble he had simply said he had enough. This, of course, made everyone else burst into laughter as she huffed and turned away.

Of course she turned back as soon as Bara had giggled having found Tsunade's face to be as funny as her father's. After another round of denying all requests to hold Bara from the women present it became obvious to them that Naruto was something of an overprotective father.

The incident with the stall manager had only reinforced that point of view. When Naruto had looked at Tsunade expecting some kind of reprimand she had merely shrugged. He had been so busy focusing on the man he hadn't seen Tsunade about to do something similar before he got to him. Turns out, she really doesn't like people being mean to children!

Hearing Bara start to cry he went to her crib which he had placed beside his bed for now so that he could feed her. It felt strange for him to be walking through his new home having only ever lived in his small apartment.

The place sat on a three and a half acre lot with three buildings all in the traditional Japanese style construction being long and low with low sloping roofs. The smallest was a guest house large enough for three or four to stay at comfortably; the next was a dojo like facility with seals on all of the surfaces to allow it to repair itself from the damages caused by training.

The largest was the main house having three bedrooms, a large kitchen, a sitting room with a small fireplace, two bathrooms, and a dining room. The largest difference from this building and the others was that it also had a basement. Its entrance was hidden by a tatami mat and was large enough for an office and a small storage room.

Most of the buildings were bare for now, Naruto having 'helped' the previous owner move out rather quickly the evening before, but the gardens were anything but. There was a karesansui (sand) garden with intricate designs drawn in it surrounded by a small manmade stream meant for meditation. A small garden comprised of nothing but white roses stood nearby. Others surrounded the small compound being meant for private discussions, while there was a large open area with an ancient oak in the center in-between the three building.
The whole place was surrounded by a three meter tall one meter thick guard wall that was covered in so many security seals it put the Hyuga compound's security to shame. Needless to say, the previous tenant had not been very happy about his sudden expulsion from his grounds and was constantly yelling about his home being stolen. Naruto had simply turned an emotionless face upon the man and asked, "Is there a problem? If so, I'm sure I can find a hole somewhere for you to hide in." Not understanding what he was being told entirely, and far too scared to try and figure it out he had run from the premises.

Hey kit. What's the plan?

Whatever could you mean Kurama? Naruto thought as he started feeding Bara.

STOP PLAYING THE FOOL! You may be able to pull that shit around the others, but I know you better than that… How the f*ck do you plan to get control of this shit-hole? I know you've been planning this for a while but I can't see the details asshole!

Oh, I've got a couple ideas in mind… the easiest would be to become Hokage. I'll probably just go for that route, but I still plan on having fun along the way.

And the council? The shinobi half may support you, but the civilians will probably oppose you. Let's not forget the Restoration Act once they find out whose son you are…

Yah, well they can kiss my ass for all I care about them. I'll handle the Restoration Act when it comes up, but I'll be damned if I'll be put in to some arranged marriage, let alone three of them! Kara was the only one who ever felt right by my side and I plan on honoring her memory.

IF, and that's a BIG IF, I ever marry again, it will be because it feels right.

Well aren't we the little romantic? Kurama cackled, pissing Naruto off a little.

Screw you! She was the only one you ever approved of… I'd have thought you wouldn't have wanted me to get together with some random chick.

Aaahhhh… Yah, I don't kit. Surprisingly, I actually like you now, and I liked Kara too. Just… take care of your own kit, before anyone else take care of your own…

I know that Kurama… I'd just like to make the rest apart of my own as well. I'll talk to you later, Bara needs to be changed.

Behave kit…

Naruto took Bara to get cleaned up and dressed for the day. Like any clueless single father he dressed her in a gaudy baby outfit that made her look like an orange fox, complete with a tail and a little hood with ears.

"Don't you look cute, my little Bara-chan," he said while making a face to get her laughing. "I suppose it's time to get to work." Placing her in the basinet he dressed quickly before putting her on his back. Walking out of his new home he made sure the security seals were activated before walking towards the Hokage tower.

It was time to get control of this place…


A/N: Again, I know it seems slow but from here on it will pick up a bit... most likely... Anyways, I need a quick question answered, I can go one of two ways for this story. a)Focus on Naruto becoming... ok I'll admit it, in the end he'll become Hokage, but their will be a lot before that and a lot after. b)Timeskip directly to Bara graduating from the academy and focus on her. I have a plan to go with either path but was wondering what you all thought...

daniel 29: Thank you SOOOO much. It was driving me crazy trying to remember that those things were called basinets!

imsabbel: A/N won't happen often inside the story, trust I don't care for them either but they're necessary sometimes. And he didn't seal the Gobi in Bara just because, actually, if you read between the lines, you can see that it was Kara who came up with the idea. Naruto only agreed to it because it would 1) keep both bijuu calm...er and 2) just ike his father, he didn't feel it was right of him to force the position on other children if he wasn't willing to do the same with his own child.

To everyone else: Thank you for the wonderful reviews! They are what make me sit here at night ignoring my keylime pie to write this story. :P

Also, as for future pairings, he will end up with a new wife, but I'm trying to decide if it will be more than one. There will be no more than three! The one is confirmed (to me) but I'd like your opinions on the matter as well. (He WILL NOT be paired with Hinata, Sakura, or Tenten.)

So until next time... READ, ENJOY, AND REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW! :P