Disclaimer: This is strictly a work of fiction. I do not own Naruto or Avatar the last Airbender. At the time of this writing they are owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Nickelodeon respectively. I do own the concepts and plots I introduce into the story. This story is a product of my imagination, not for monetary gain, but for my own enjoyment. Enjoy.

*WARNING SPOILERS FOR LEGEND OF KORRA AHEAD*


The large halls echoed with her even footsteps as Azula responded to her father's summons and made her way the throne room. Today she was finally going to be put on the war council. It was about damn time too. She was smarter than all those dimwits put together and everyone knew it. Except for her father of course, but she would catch up soon enough. She was playing the long game after all. As she arrived at the doors that led to the great hall however she was surprised (but didn't show it outwardly of course) when the members of the council began exiting before she could even reach for the handle.

If she wasn't here to be given a seat then why had her father summoned her? Did it have something to do with the stalemate going on?

She passed the leaving generals, who bowed to her as she passed, and made her way into the grand hall. The Fire Lord Ozai was standing with General Shu speaking quietly in the centre of the room. The rooms usual wall of flames was absent with the only light illuminating the hall coming from the various lanterns throughout the room.

Seeing Azula approach the Fire Lord dismissed Shu with a wave of his hand.

"You called for me Fire Lord." Azula said kneeling.

"Stand up." Ozai commanded as he moved to stand in front of her. "I have an assignment for you."


Zuko shot up out of his bed in surprise, feeling the sun at its zenith in the afternoon sky.

He had slept in till noon? How was that possible?

He winced slightly and clutched his aching chest. Yesterday's practice had been a little more trying than normal. He had wanted it that way but he supposed he had needed a little more sleep than usual. But how had the nightmares not awoken him? He had been tired before and they had still been able to….

He hadn't had one. That was…..amazing.

How? Why?

He was broken from his self-reflections by the faint sound of feminine laughter.

Quickly getting dressed he left his quarters. As he walked through the halls of his ship he found not a single individual. It seemed something was happening on the deck so he began to make his way there.

When he opened the door that lead from the conning tower to the front of the ship he was stunned. He didn't know what he had been expecting but this was certainly not it.

It seemed to be a beach party, just without the actual beach. There was a large pool that was filled with several people, a volleyball game had been set up, others were sun tanning to the side and a bar had been set up that the rest of the people present congregated around. What surprised Zuko even more was that most of his crew was involved as well. The musicians of his crew had joined up Jiraiya's own and were performing at the helm.

"It's not fair!" Zuko heard a feminine voice cut through the commotion from the volleyball court.

Looking over he saw Tsuru (He thought that was her name) standing in Jiraiyas personal space and poking him in the chest.

"You can't have Sun on your team! It's too unfair!" she continued hotly.

Jiraiya had his hands on his hips and was smirking down at the smaller women.

"You should have thought of that before challenging me to a match Tsuru-chaaan." He said dragging out the honorific slowly.

"How was I supposed to know that Sun would want to play and you would win the coin toss on top of that?" Tsuru exclaimed scratching her head furiously. "Curse you and your ridiculous luck!"

"You can still pull out you know?" Jiraiya continued playfully taunting her. "I can see why you would admit defeat. I'm too much on my own as it is."

"As if! I'll smash you and your fucking luck down your throat you old geezer!" Tsuru exploded making a gesture that Zuko didn't know but was convinced was extremely rude.

"Girls get over here!" she called out.

Zuko saw Jiraiya turn several shades paler as he quickly reacted, "Hey, what the hell? You can't do that. We're alternating picking teammates. Cheater!"

As several other women in striking swimwear (in some styles that Zuko had never even seen before from his various trips to Ember Island) made their way to the makeshift court Tsuru crossed her arms under her chest pressing her otherworldly globes together and smirked up at Jiraiya. "What? Are you scared of a couple of women Jiraiya-samaaa?"

"Terrified and you know it!"

"Prince Zuko!"

Zuko turned to the member of his crew that had addressed him and looked him up and down. The solider was in a simple pair of swimming trunks and was hurriedly placing his drink on the ground. The man then quickly righted himself and stood at attention. The rest of Zukos men finally noticed him and hurriedly began to prepare for what was undoubtedly going to be one of the Prince's infamous outbursts.

"Oh, Zuko!" Jiraiya called out as he jogged over to him. "Great timing, your uncle told me that you're great at volleyball. Come give me a hand."

Zuko silently followed Jiraiya as the man pulled him towards the net. Once they were right outside the court Zuko paused and turned to his crew.

"At ease and as you were." Zuko spoke calmly.

The crew was left dumbfounded.


Naruto panted lightly as he watched the score master change the point card once again. They had been at it for a while now. The girls had won the first game with his team taking the second and they were dead even now at thirty points each, dragging out their overtime.

He glanced down at Zuko who was panting hard, bent over with his hands on his knees. He had done extremely well keeping up. The pace they had been setting would have been brutal to most people. Add on to the fact that the gorgeous women across from them were wearing sexy swimsuits and you had another layer of difficulty that most men would be unable to fully overcome.

"I think we should call it here." He said patting Zuko on the back lightly.

"What?! No we've almost beaten you!" Tsuru pouted cutely.

"That's what you said six points ago." Nyuuki said raising her arms and stretching after which she walked around the volleyball net and grabbed Naruto by his arm.

"Come get a drink with me Jiraiya-sama." she then leaned up close to his ear pressing her body flush against his. "Watching you play has made me incredibly thirsty."

Now Naruto had lived quite a while and had taken on many identities to blend in with the various situations he found himself in. Due to him initially not being very good at putting on different personas Naruto had to convince himself to convince others that he really was that person. It was why a lot of his personas were from people he once knew. He had gotten better at differentiating between the different personas he would take on and himself since he had started but it was a hard habit to break. There was also something liberating in taking on someone's traits and immersing himself in that character.

And so once Jiraiya saw Nyuuki sensually walk up to him with her banging bod in her small white string bikini, felt her press up against him and whisper seductively in his ear he decided that if they were this determined to try to get him uncomfortable it was about time to start using some old skills he hadn't needed to bother with in a long time.

Grabbing Nyuuki with the arm she had wrapped herself around he spun her from his side around to in front of him. He placed his left hand on her wide child baring hips while his right hand cupped her face as he looked deep into her wide golden eyes with foxy grin. He caressed her hip and lightly stroked her cheek all the while letting his pure chakra envelop them setting Nyuuki's senses on fire.

The results were immediate. A massive blush appeared on Nyuuki's face, her hands that were resting on his chest curled, her pupils dilated and her nipples hardened through her top that he felt from her body being tightly pressed against his own. She began to pant cutely and her body quivered lightly.

Naruto silently celebrated that his skills seemed to be up to par before he leaned down and placed a soft kiss on Nyuuki's lips.

Her knees buckled and nearly gave out but he held her steady. He nibbled on her bottom lip lightly coxing her to open her mouth. Moaning she did almost immediately but Naruto pulled back still biting her lip for a second before releasing it.

Naruto smiled down at the flushed, quivering and aghast Nyuuki before finally responding to her.

"Of course my love." He said lovingly and sincerely. "Anything for you."

"No fair!" their moment was disturbed in the form of Tsuru's indignant cry.

Naruto glanced over at her with her balled fists and heavy blush contrasting nicely to her pale skin.

"I want one too!"

"We're fighting remember?" Naruto chuckled as Nyuuki looked down and composed herself. However she didn't try to break away from their embrace.

"Fuck that!"

Tsuru ducked under the net (doing wonders for her breasts) quickly making her way over to Naruto.

Naruto appreciated Tsuru's swimsuit as she closed the distance between them. It was black with a bikini bottom that had metal rings on either side holding the two pieces together that rested nicely on her hips. The top wrapped around her slender neck and crisscrossed the top of her chest connecting again bellow her generous globes with a hole in the centre exposing her vast cleavage. A final strap came from the bottom of the top wrapping around her back and holding the piece together.

Of course the only reason it was an extremely sexy piece was because Tsuru was currently filling it with her killer body.

As she reached him she brought her arms up and beckoned him cutely.

Naruto looked down at Nyuuki as she finally withdrew herself from his embrace and looked up at him much more collected.

"I'm going to get my heels. I'll meet you by the bar." She said as she turned to leave.

Naruto nodded and turned to face Tsuru who was still looking at him expectantly.

"Do you surrender?" Naruto asked playfully.

"Yes." Tsuru said seriously.

Naruto sighed exaggeratedly before stepping into her arms. She wrapped them around his neck pressing her body up against him, closed her eyes and puckered up. He grinned evilly before planting a quick kiss on her forehead and then dancing out of her hold. Tsuru's eyes shot open and her shock quickly turned to rage.

"YOU PIECE OF SHIT! GET BACK HERE!" And the chase was on.

Zuko watched from his place on the ground as he leaned against the volleyball net's pole drinking a cup of water. He honestly didn't quite know what to think about the whole spectacle going on in front of him and everybody else. He was disturbed however that he had felt incredibly strange for a brief moment when Jiraiya had kissed the dark skinned woman. Ever since Jiraiya and his crew had ended up on his ship lots of strange things had been happening if he was being honest.

"She's been trying to get him to sleep with her for a long time now." Zuko heard a soft and melodious voice come from above his left shoulder.

Looking up he saw the blonde woman who was always close to Jiraiya. Now that she wasn't wearing her usual conservative clothing he saw that she was very fit. She wore a light blue bikini with a strapless top and a bottom that had a bow on her right hip. Her hair was done up in a topknot with some strands having come loose and hanging in front of her face.

Zuko didn't have much interest in the opposite sex these days. It was a distraction from his mission more than anything else at this point. However he couldn't help but be awed by how stunning the women in Jiraiyas employ were, especially the four that were constantly around him. There was just an otherworldly beauty enveloping them that was difficult to describe.

The woman continued, "She used to hate his guts but he won her over just like he does with everyone. Once she realized that she wanted him she's been taking every available opportunity to try to get him in the sack."

Zuko blinked. "I thought they already had. I thought…..."

"That we all had?" the blonde smiled shaking her head. "No we haven't. Despite how he acts he is actually very restrained. That was the most intimate with Nyuuki I've ever seen him be."

She turned her gaze over to the chase and a soft look appeared on her face.

Zuko stood up and turned to face her with a serious expression. "Then why do you guys try to be so close to him if he keeps you at such a distance?"

The blonde's sky blue eyes bore into his for a long moment before they closed and Zuko witnessed one of the most brilliant smiles he had ever seen.

"Because we love him."

She left him then, headed in the direction of the commotion presumably to get Tsuru to calm down and Zuko was left to ponder everything he had learned.


Naruto sipped on his drink as he stole a sidelong glance at Nyuuki. She was being quiet, hadn't said a word since he sat down. It was getting a bit unbearable. He signalled everyone at the bar and they took themselves and Zuko's crew away from the couple.

Once they were alone Naruto finally spoke up, "Look, Nyuuki, I'm sor-"

"Did you mean it?" she interrupted him.

Naruto looked at her questioningly.

Nyuuki turned on her stool placing her legs over his own and leaned forward resting her elbow on the counter propping her chin up with her hand.

"Anything?" she reminded with a coy smile.

Naruto thought his blush might be reaching up to his hairline.

"Gods you girls are going to be the death of me." He mumbled out. "Aren't you and Kur- I mean Kumiko supposed to be the rational ones?"

Nyuuki shrugged, "We are but not when it comes to you. You know that."

"Yeah….I know." Naruto confirmed quietly.

Nyuuki regarded him for a long moment before speaking again. "Is it because we weren't originally human before? Or is it because you don't want to get involved that deep again?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head. Still couldn't seem to break that habit.

"No to the first, I know you girls are more like me than anyone else. I suppose some part of it is in the second?" he said sounding unsure but continued on. "I've had time to get over them and I've been with women since but with you girls it would be different."

He looked into her eyes then and took her free hand in his own rubbing it softly.

"You girls will continue on with me. What if we have a falling out? And we already are very close. You guys are my family. We are the closest anyone could be without being, you know, 'that'." He redirected his gaze to her hand.

"Why ruin a good thing? What if it's awkward? And that's not even going into the whole jealousy side of it. I mean can you imagine Tsuru sharing anything? I don't want to cause problems between you girls. And what about the-"

Nyuuki grabbed him by his chin with her other arm and forced him to look at her, her eyes fierce.

"What is this bullshit? Some stupid little fears have been making you push us away? Naruto, there is no one else we would rather be with and we know you." Her harsh gaze softened. "We know that you have had a hole inside you since then and we want to help you fill it."

Naruto's eyes were wide as Nyuuki stood and straddled his lap.

"Let me love you." She said slowly leaning in to place a soft kiss on his lips.

This time it was Naruto who was on the defensive as Nyuuki encouraged him to open his mouth. He did and she pressed the advantage. He felt her wrap her left arm around his head and her hand delve into his locks while her right hand rested on his chest. They kissed for a little while, not breaking for a moment. Naruto felt her dainty tongue against his own, her warmth, her body pressing into him and decided that he wanted more.

He placed one hand on the small of her back pushing her closer to him his other coming up to the back of her neck massaging it gently.

Nyuuki moaned quietly and began to grind her hips on his own.

Naruto felt himself become harder and pulled back panting heavily resting his forehead on hers. Nyuuki was out of breath herself but was visibly disappointed that they hadn't continued further.

"God damn it woman." Naruto managed to get out between breaths. "You want to put on even more of a show?"

"I don't give a fuck about them right now. I'd rather fuck you."

Naruto chuckled lightly, "I can see that but I don't think that's the best idea right now. You've given me a lot to think about. We can revisit this soon."

Nyuuki leaned forward and pecked him on the lips once more.

"How soon?" she asked with eager eyes.

"You are insatiable!"


It had been a couple of weeks since the Earth Kingdom had made contact with the massive fox spirit Kurama (They had learned that it identified itself as one) and began to present various offerings to gain favour.

Kurama's male form munched on a juicy fruit that he didn't know the name of and relaxed on a large cushion next to his massive spirit form.

It didn't matter how many gifts they gave him. He wouldn't do anything without Naruto's command. But that didn't stop him from enjoying himself. It would have gotten pretty boring if all he was doing was sleeping the days away. He had done more than enough of that when he was sealed.

At noon he saw the usual caravan pulling out of the earth kingdom's encampment and heading in his direction. Apparently the earth kingdom had been approaching his other family members as well with varying degrees of success while the Fire Nation side had been very didn't matter if they did anything. Whatever Naruto's plan was Kurama would be sure to make it succeed.

As the group came closer Kurama noticed some differences in this one from the regular caravans. There were more guards, the food smelt better and they were bringing furniture. There was also a live bear. They ate bear here? Huh.

As the caravan arrived a heavily decorated carriage pulled up near him. Two manservants jumped down from the back with one grabbing a small portable staircase and the other heading for the door to the carriage. The guards who were behind the stagecoach quickly came to stand on either side of the door separating him from whoever was inside. The servant with the staircase put below the door and the other one put his hand on the handle before announcing loudly.

"PRESENTING HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE FIFTY SECOND KING OF THE EARTH KINGDOM, KING KUEI!" the young man bellowed out before opening the door and allowing the people inside to step out.

'Young.' Kurama thought as he assessed the king with his senses. 'Spoon fed but with some promise…..maybe.'

Two others stepped out behind the king, a general with an impressive beard and a young woman wearing a military uniform with an interesting haircut wielding a war hammer. Both they and the soldiers present were on edge. The general didn't outwardly show it however, while everyone else couldn't seem to help it.

The young king didn't seem to notice the tension however and made a beeline straight for him.

"Greetings O great spirit." the king began with exaggerated movements and signs. "I have come here to speak with you to learn of you and your kind."

Kurama chuckled. His rumbling tone caused the soldiers to tense up even more.

"Hello to you as well your highness." Kurama said as seriously as he could. Naruto would be mad if he messed up on negotiating with the Earth Kingdoms king.

"HEY PO!" Kurama called out as he rose from his pillow. Po was one of the few cooks he liked enough to learn the name of. He liked his meat dishes. "Get over here!"

The portly man looked startled before making his way over. He stopped as he reached the outer perimeter of the collected group and faced him and the king with his head bowed.

"This is your big chance Po." Kurama smirked "You got to impress the king if you want your dream to open a shop in Ba Sing Se to happen."

Po didn't quiet seem to know what to do so he simply bowed deep and backed away slowly.

While the rest of the King's entourage seemed to take offence to Kurama's flippant behaviour in front of their ruler, Kuei seemed fascinated more than anything. He had produced a note book from seemingly no-where and was taking some notes.

"So Kuei," The soldiers bristled once again with Kurama's familiarity with the monarch. 'Damn it, I'm not great at this Naruto.' Kurama thought gruffly before continuing. "You want to know about me do you?"

Kuei looked up from his notebook and seemed to remember that he was in public before placing his notebook away and finding a seat on another cushion near Kurama.

"Ah, yes I do. Tell me, do you spirits poop?"


Naruto watched as a snowflake slowly descended onto his outstretched palm. It could get pretty damn cold on this planet at the poles it seemed.

He turned to the horizon and expanded his senses across the icy tundra as far as he could.

'There.' He thought.

"I found it." He told his companions pointing further south. "We should be able to get there from the one at this pole from what the book said."

Akashi came up to his shoulder as they ran to their destination.

"Naruto-sama, I really feel that we should have brought a few more members or at least one of the honourable tailed beasts." Akashi spoke over the loud winds of the South Pole.

Naruto laughed loudly. "Would you believe me if I told you that at one point everyone hated the tailed beasts and considered them demons?" he asked rhetorically. "Nah, got to give them a break every once in a while. Besides," he turned to look at the red haired man with a pout. "you really think I can't do this myself?"

"Of course not Naruto-sama." Akashi responded in his dispassionate way. "It's just that you said that this is probably the most powerful being on this entire planet."

"I know!" Naruto grinned widely. "It's going to be fun."

A couple seconds later they arrived at their destination. The forest of trees was certainly odd but Naruto knew of its connection to the other side and thus wasn't very puzzled. Before they entered the forest however Naruto felt Kurama reaching out to him from one of the battlefields and opened the connection.

'What's wrong Kurama?'

'The earth king's here.'

Naruto raised an eyebrow. 'Really? Huh. That's interesting. How long can you keep him busy? I kind of need to be focused here for a bit.'

'We're starting entrées so I'd say a couple hours if I can drag it out.'

'Entrees? Never mind, do that and I'll be there as soon as I can.'

'Do I need to be worried?'

'No, no I'm fine.'

'Naruto-'

'Ok, got to go bye.'

Naruto broke the connection, signaled the four with him and they entered the forest.

It was very peaceful. His group didn't seem to think so, probably because of the spirits filtering around them. The four had formed a diamond shape around him causing Naruto to pinch the bridge of his nose.

"You know they can feel your negative energy right? That's what's going to make them attack us more than anything." Naruto told the four super soldiers. "Relax, let your mind clear, focus on the nature and energy around you." He directed them.

Akashi and his team exchanged glances before Akashi did as instructed with the rest following his example. Sure enough, the spirits left them alone for the most part. Some fluttered over to Naruto and danced around him enjoying the positive energy he projected.

After a relaxing walk to the centre of the woods they reached their destination and the spirits that had tagged along with them took off into various directions.

Naruto closed his eyes and placed his hands on the spirit portal in front of him allowing his own energy to leak out and begin to gently interact with the storm of spiritual power before of him.

After several minutes of feeling out and coxing the portal to bend to his will Naruto opened his eyes with a wide grin.

"We're in." he declared.

He walked forward and let the portal do its work coming out the other side to their intended destination.

It was a truly breath taking sight. Much of this planet had a beauty that he had rarely seen anywhere else. Every planet had its own beauty and charm but the energy here just really pleased him (Perhaps due to its similarities to his own.) And that put it a step above the rest. It just reaffirmed his desire to protect such a place.

Feeling his companions come through the portal behind him Naruto began to make his way to the massive tree of time that sat in between the two spirit portals.

As they approached the tree the malevolent energy of Vaatu began to pour over them.

'I guess it was a good idea to check on him.' Naruto reflected silently. The prison was pretty weak by this point. It had been a long time. You would think that a tree of time wouldn't be affected by something like that but he supposed that all the negative emotions and actions built up over that long was just too much for the tree to contain. He knew how cruel life could be.

Vaatu seemed surprised to see them. It made sense, after all this time who wouldn't be.

"Hey big guy, we came to see how things were going on this side!" Naruto waved to the personification of evil on this world while his four companions began to spread out heading in different directions.

"What nonsense is this?" Vaatu's voice boomed forth. "How is this possible? Only Raava could open the spirit portals and I do not feel her inside you."

"That's true." Naruto said as he jumped up onto the ledge in front of Vaatus prison and sitting down on it. "From this world, only Raava could do it." He grinned up at the being before him.

Vaatu was quiet for a moment before responding. "You say some interesting things, puny mortal. Tell you what. If you release me from this prison early I promise not to destroy all those you love."

"I don't know. It sounds like you're just going to use me and then toss me aside like garbage." Naruto said continuing to grin.

Vaatu brought his head down to the little human in front of him before snorting and pulling back. "Then what are you here for?"

"To let you out."

If Vaatu was capable of facial expressions he knew he would have what the humans called an incredulous one.

Before Vaatu could speak however Naruto continued.

"Then put you in another prison."

'Annoying.' Vaatu thought trying to contain his anger. 'What an annoying pest.'

"But first I'm going to bully you a bit."

"YOU LITTLE WORM!" Vaatu exploded. "I WILL GRIND YOUR BONES TO DUST! I WILL BLAST YOU INTO OBLIVION! I WILL-"

Naruto let Vaatu bellow and rage against his prison.

'Ah, what déjà vu is this?' he thought.

After a couple minutes Naruto finally stood up and placed a hand on Vaatu's prison halting the spirit's tirade.

"Let's get started shall we?"


Akashi listened to his three team mates chatter as they got into position at the edges of the large crater.

"I'm just saying he feels really powerful. It would be better to be safer now than sorry later."

"And I think we're fine! This is THE Naruto we're talking about!"

"You're both being idiots right now! Just focus on the job!"

"But how true are the legends? Don't you ever wonder that maybe it's all fiction."

"You've been hanging out with the honorable tailed beasts haven't you?!"

"Both of you shut up!"

An explosion of energy and dust happened at the massive tree prompting Akashi to put his game face on (which was exactly the same as it always was) and pull out his various combat scrolls.

"Eyes up people." He called out over coms. "We're about to see a legend get to work."


It's been awhile. The primary reasons for not updating were real life, motivation and creative juices not flowing but I wanted to keep some kind of consistency going so here is the next bit. Submissions are still a go, info on that at the end of chapter two. I wanted to address some questions that I haven't answered in the story yet. I don't like spoiling stuff so I try not to but it's taking a while to do this so if it doesn't spoil anything major I thought why not.

NarutoXAzula/women of avatar: I consider telling what the pairings are right of the bat as a spoiler so that's why I haven't done so. Having said that I feel like I should touch on something. Naruto is pretty old in this story and him getting intimate with teenagers is not very likely. He's had kids of his own. I do plan on trying to get through to the Korra timeline however so maybe once they are older? I could start a relationship with say, Ty lee, now but it will only be physically intimate later. Last thing, the NarutoXAzula pairing has been done a lot but I feel like I could put a spin on it if I decide to go through with it. Feel free to share your thoughts.

Where are Aang and the Gang? : They are coming soon! I'm just taking longer than I thought to make it there. Aang hasn't been woken up yet. This is just before then.

Is this way in the future for Naruto? : An interesting question. I thought it was obvious but I guess not? Yes it is.

My OC's: Do you like them? I found that I did like one or two so I want to know if you wouldn't mind seeing them more. I didn't initially want any OC's in my story but I found uses for them. Akashi, Mariko and Orga are my intermediaries for the Spec ops, Naruto's people and the military so I have to keep them around.

Special thanks to TSAImpregnable and RevampedAtol for their consistent support. frozem1, I don't always get what you're saying and I have no idea how you can read my story but I love your enthusiasm! Thank you to everyone else for their kind words. They drive me. Constructive criticism is welcome. Flames will be ignored. Till next time!