Chapter 4 has come at last.

A few things happening in here, the reveal of a new plot, Naruto and Hinata's first time (small LEMON warning) and the plot thickens with the shadows.

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Any feedback is greatly appreciated, and any questions, I will try to answer, no plot spoilers, but if you find some things confusing.

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Chapter 4: Discovery.

It had been two weeks since the service to Naruto. The talk had died down more, and many had slowly moved on back to their daily lives and routines.

For others, it was a time of continued healing. While talk of Naruto's ceremony had kept his death alive in the minds of everyone, once it had passed, they could finally attempt to move on.
For a few though this was harder.

For Sakura, her nightmares continued, coming and going at random, shadows casting themselves in what she convinced herself was in her mind.
His memory kept alive by pictures, and memories she had formed. Everything reminded her of the times she had spent with him.
It helped a little that Sasuke had started talking with her more lately about his own feelings on the situation, opening up more than he had ever previously, and much to the annoyance of Karin who wanted to be the one to 'comfort' the Uchiha.
Sakura wanted so much to read more in to this, and it pained her to deny that thought, the thought that just perhaps, Sasuke Uchiha, wanted her, and cared for her more than friends.

But, it was that thought that had made Sasuke doubt her pure intentions at the ceremony, and she was not going to prove him right, and didn't make any moves that could be considered romantic.
The closest it got to was a hand on his, or on his shoulder to comfort him.
And this is what he needed, to have a friend to help him talk about what he holds close to his chest.

Another who found it hard, was Tsunade. Since his death she had been up and down emotionally, one minute fine, the next crying and unable to stop.
Shizune hadn't seen her like this since the death of her uncle, Dan. This was particularly hard on her, as she had placed so much faith in Naruto, so much care, and bet her whole heart on him. And the more he had grown closer to his goal, the stronger he got, the more confident she got in him, to the point where she had completely given over to her faith in the blond knucklehead.

But now he was gone, and it had destroyed her, even if she wasn't going to show it publicly, to her best ability, it had reopened the oldest of her wounds, and it was hard to keep it wrapped up inside herself.

More and more she would go home early to her empty home, and either lay there, sober, or passed out drunk.

A habit that wasn't going unnoticed by the officials of the village.

For some time her retirement from the office of Hokage had been talked about, with the expectation that Naruto would take over when she did, someone she was more than happy enough to step aside for. But despite he was gone, the idea of her retirement wasn't. Her recent behaviour being a push for the village council that she should be replaced.

The council itself had been reformed when the last of the elders had died, or retied from public service, a generation who were chuunin during Minato's term as Hokage, had taken over, and while not as stuffy as the previous council, were still very opinionated in their expectations of the village and its overall running.

And Tsunade's current situation wasn't helping her, or her position.

One such member was Ukyou Hashiko, a leading member of the council.

He had been a Jounin only a few years when he lost his leg in a battle, now wearing a false leg he could control using chakra. This by its very execution showed his great chakra control, and his determination to push past any obstacles in his path. Afterwards, he was never cleared for field duty again, and so, he fell in to the bureaucratic roles within the village, and worked hard to get to where he was. Now a 43 year old man, he was seated within the council, and his sights were set on the Hokage position. A position he was looking to alter.

"She is no longer capable of running things as Hokage." Ukyou argued. "This village, along with many others are still suffering from the last war, we cannot afford to have our Hokage unable to perform her basic duties."

"She has lost Naruto Uzumaki, not only her successor, but also a dear friend." Another member argued. "She just needs time."

"Needs time?" Ukyou commented, raising a hand as he shook his head. "It has been many weeks since the… 'unfortunate' death of our beloved hero, how much more time can we afford her to grieve over a mere friend?"

"Ukyou, you overstep your opinions." A third member, an elder blonde woman, said, frowning a little.

"Forgive my abrupt statements, lady Yamanaka, but this is a serious subject, and we should move beyond the pleasantries so that we can discuss the true issue at hand."

"My granddaughter was a friend of Naruto Uzumaki's." she said, "And I myself have had the pleasure of meeting him, through her, and believe me, that short a time knowing him, I can understand the grief of our Hokage, who was far closer than a 'mere friend' as you put it."

Ukyou lowered his head respectfully. "Again, I ask forgiveness." He said, before looking up. "But my question still stands, how long should we wait for her to mourn?"

"Then what is your suggestion, Ukyou?" yet another member asked.

Ukyou turned to him. "I suggest her duties be removed from her, and given to a civilian run agency." He said. "This agency will run the missions, and the shinobi in the correct fashion."

"Correct fashion?" Lady Yamanaka asked.

"The Shinobi village of the modern world is no longer about mutual protection of clans, and the balance of power between the five great nations." He said. "For a long time the shinobi village has been a business, we get clients, who hire our personnel for a job, and we get paid." He began to walk around the council room as his speech took stride. "Yes, we have had wars, but between those wars we are a business, and so the shinobi should be run like one, by those who know how to run a business. We must make Konoha profitable again, and we cannot do that with a Hokage who cannot perform her duty."

"So you expect her to give up her position as Hokage? Finding a replacement for Naruto may not be found as easily as you think."

"I do not ask we remove Lady Tsunade, but her duties." He said.

There were a few gasps. "Do you realise what you're saying?!"

"Doing that will simply make the title of Hokage nothing more than just a title." Lady Yamanaka said standing up. "You want to diminish a title and tradition that has been held dear since its founding!"

"I state only my opinion, fellow councillors." Ukyou said, tipping his head down. "I give only one answer to this solution, and there are many others. Some much harder than others."

They looked to him curious as to what he meant.

"For example, simply replacing her by the council's wishes would cause a divide in the village." He said. "She was elected to office by the council's recommendation, as the third Hokage had not selected his successor before his untimely death, it would be the same thing, but she is very much alive, and therefore less acceptable to our people."

"This is dangerous talk." Lady Yamanaka said shaking her head. "Replacing the head of Konoha..."

"Dangerous, but warranted, which is why I have felt reluctant about bringing it up before now." Ukyou said.

"We must all think more on this." A male councillor said. "We shall reconvene tomorrow, as we all have other duties to attend to."

All the councillors bowed their heads, and separated, their mind burdened with this talk of replacing Tsunade; except for Ukyou, who smiled a little as he walked out.

"How did it go?" a woman in her early thirties asked, dressed in an intricately patterned Ukata she stepped in front of Ukyou.

"I think it went well my dear." He said. "I think waiting for her to get worse was the right call, they were a little more willing to hear me out."

"I'm glad my darling." The woman smiled, as she put her arm around his, as they walked together.

"Are you up for dinner tonight, Juri?" he smiled to her. "I wish I could my love, but I have a prior engagement." She said, seductively pressing against him, and leaning in to a kiss on his lips. "Forgive me."

He smiled, "Nothing to forgive, but lunch?"

"At your place?" she grinned, making Ukyou smile, and faintly blush before the two walked away.

"You're WHAT?!" Hiashi's voice rang through the large house, the servants stopping in their tracks.

"Uh-oh." One servant sweated. "I think Lady Hinata finally told Lord Hiashi!"

"Keep it down, do you want him to know he's the last to know?!" a maid nervously said, covering her co-workers mouth with her hand, before they scurried off to do their duties.

In his study, Hinata was sat, nervously sipping at some tea as her father paced back and forth absolutely fuming at the news Hinata had finally told him…. Two weeks after finding out herself, after discovering she hadn't been having a stomach bug of some kind.

Despite it had spread through her friends like fire, and the staff had been told, due to some changes she had to make, and Hanabi's 'help' in keeping it a secret, Hinata had been petrified of telling her father of the news; his reaction was not unexpected.

"That… that… Uzumaki…" he said, unable to get many words out before he gave a yell, and turned to his daughter. "He pressured you in to… in to…." He couldn't even say the small word 'sex'. "He stole your innocence!"

"He…. He took nothing from me that I did not consent to giving him, father." Hinata said. "I love Naruto, I always have, and shall until I die." She then put her hands on her stomach. "I would be grieving him now, if I did not have his child to care for."

"You're… you're too young…" he said.

"I am 18, father." She stated. "Grandmother had you at such an age, didn't she?"

"That… that was a different time, and you're not mother." He said. "And… and she was married, think of the scandal!"

"S-Scandal?!" Hinata blinked and her voice rose to a level that was unlike her. "My child is not a scandal, it is a product of love." She exclaimed in a matter of fact tone.

"You intend to keep this child?" Hiashi said.

"Of course I do!" she stated, standing up.

"Hinata… your baby will be a ba…"

"NO!" she shouted, before lowering her voice, shyly retreating into herself a little. "He… or she has a father… he… he just happens to be…." A tear filled her eye, the pain of the thought still hard on her, despite how much she was trying not to cry anymore, to learn how to be strong for her coming child.

Hiashi sighed, and walked up to his daughter, placing a hand on her shoulder. "I…" he went to say he was sorry, but they were words he rarely gave. It had taken him years to say it to Neji, to ask forgiveness was not a natural aptitude for leaders who should be confident in all their actions.

Instead he decided. "We shall announce that you and Naruto were… engaged." He said.

"W-what?!" Hinata gasped, as her cheek tinted red.

"It will discourage any notions of… inappropriate behaviour." He said. "It is still out of wedlock, but a… loving engaged couple being…" he cleared his throat "…intimate, would be understandable."

"F-father I…" she blinked, and then smiled, with a tear in her eye. "I will agree to that. To be known as Naruto's fiancée would make me happy."

Hiashi smiled a little. "Of course… there will be the future to think of."

"Of course." She agreed, "I must prepare for the baby, and… I have decided to retire from the Shinobi life once my child has arrived. Be a mother full time, if I can."

"I understand that." He said. "In fact I was expecting you to do so."

"You were?" Hinata looked surprised.

"Yes, plans will be made…. Yes… I know how to deal with this." He stated, his mind already working, and making Hinata blink curiously. "But we will deal with that at a later date."

"Wh-what do y…" she tried to ask, but Hiashi interrupted.

"Go rest up now Hinata." He said. "I'll deal with it."

"Deal with what?!" she asked as Hiashi ushered her out of his study. "Father!"

This was never answered though as Hinata soon found herself outside of the study, in the hallway blinking. She wasn't sure what her father was up to, but chose not to deal with that now.

She began walking through the house, her hand once again slipping to her abdomen as she thought about her future child.

Boy? Or girl?

Like her, or Like Naruto?

What would this child be like? Would she be a good mother?

She worried a little already, but her thoughts wandered back, back to when she believed it had to have happened.

Their first night…

"N-Naruto… s-stop… please." Hinata moaned out as Naruto pulled away, a trail of saliva bridging from where he had been kissing Hinata's neck intently, as she lay under him on his bed.
Her clothes were a little ruffled, his hands and the movement on the bed having ruffled them. Her waist exposed as her shirt had been pushed up to just beneath her large breasts.

"I'm sorry." Naruto said, blushing just as much as she was.

"N-no… I'm just… nervous." She said.

She felt guilty, Naruto seemed to be getting in to it, enjoying himself, and she had to admit, it felt good to her, the way his lips and tongue danced across the flesh of her neck and jaw; the way his hand softly caressed her side, her hips, her thigh, even her chest.

The problem was it felt TOO good.

And Hinata was getting afraid of losing herself in it.

Losing her mind, her control, and doing or saying something that would put Naruto off of her, there was too much of a risk, for her.

Naruto rolled off of her, lying next to her, as Hinata simply lay looking up at the ceiling, quietly kicking herself for putting Naruto out like that. It hadn't been the first time things had gotten heated between them, and she had always stopped him from going too far, and despite Naruto said he was fine, it was obvious this was taking a toll.

Naruto would eventually hear sniffling coming from the beauty beside him. He turned on his side, and put an arm around her.

"Hinata… what's wro…" he went to say before Hinata turned and hid her face in his chest, curling in to him.

He sighed, and held her, lovingly.

"I am so sorry Naruto." She muttered, crying a little.

"For what?" he asked.

"For stopping you." She said.

Naruto took a deep breath, breathing out in a deep sigh. "Hinata… I don't care if…"

"Don't lie." She said. "You get so in to it, and I can tell you're disappointed when I tell you to stop."

"I'm not going to say I'm not disappointed." Naruto said, softly, "I wanna… you know… with you."

"You're going to end up hating me." She said, pressing harder in to his chest, as if trying to hide more, but when she heard him chuckle, she pulled back, a little, looking up to him. "W-what's so funny?"

"You are." He said. "How could you ever think I could hate you, because you wouldn't… put out?" he smiled to her, and with a gentle hand stroked her cheek, wiping some of the tears away. "You are so beautiful."

Hinata blushed, and hid her face again against his cheek.

"Hinata… look at me." He said, gently pulling back so she would look up at him. When she did, their eyes met, his soft blue orbs staring at her with a loving softness that simply penetrated her heart to make it beat fast. "When you're ready, I'll be here. I will wait as long as you need me to wait. Pervy sage taught me a lot about things you don't want to know about, but, he did teach me one important thing, almost a golden rule."

"What?" Hinata muttered, a little curious.

"Women are the greatest gift to man." He said. "They're a pursuit worthy of the greatest hunter, a match for the strongest of wills, and they can be as strong as any man, and as weak and innocent as a new-born. Men are weak to them, and will do anything to possess them, as if the greatest of treasures." Hinata looked to him, as he stroked her cheek with a smile. "This can drive men wild, turn them to beasts if left unchecked; love women, desire women, seek them out, but never hurt them, never force them. The best times come, when they are shared, not taken."

Naruto looked down a little, "I want to… I…" he looked a little nervous, Hinata could feel his hand… no his body begin to tremble.

"Naruto?" she softly spoke.

"I want to share myself with you…" he said. "I want to share each other… to have things the right way." He took a deep breath. "If you're not ready to share then I…" his words were interrupted as Hinata leant up suddenly and kissed him on the lips, not as softly as was her way, but a hard pressed deep and loving kiss that surprised him, and took his breath away.

After a few moments the kiss broke, their lips slowly parting, with both of them keeping their eyes closed, as they savoured the feeling some more.

When their eyes did open, they looked to each other, and Hinata blushed.

"S-sorry." She said.

"For what?" he smirked.

"For… interrupting." She blushed more.

"Interrupt like that anytime." Naruto grinned, cheekily, which only made Hinata blush even more, though with a big smile on her lips.

Naruto leant in and held her, both of them quietly snuggling on his bed for a short time, before Hinata shifted a little, and moved her body slightly on top of him, as she leant in for a soft kiss.
It lasted only moments, a peck between lips, followed by another, longer and deeper, soon afterwards.

Naruto smiled against it, wondering why she would be doing this, and Hinata could tell he was curious, but rather than explain, she leant in a third time kissing him.
Her mind had been going around in circles the whole time they had lay quietly, feeling Naruto's warmth, from both his body, and his love, and it made her reluctance feel cold. The more she thought about it the more her hesitations began to melt away, until she felt she just wanted him; no pressure, no force, her own choice, and she chose HIM, as she always did.

The new kiss was much deeper than the previous two embraces, and Naruto returned it with vigour equal to her own, leaning up, as Hinata sat up for some reason.
The kiss broke when Hinata placed her hands on his chest and gently pushed him back, so he would lay down.

"Hinata, what…?" he went to ask, only for Hinata to press a finger on his lips, making him stop.

"Please… no talking." She blushed, before biting her lower lip in the cutest way, mixed with an enticing, needy look, which made her so appealing.
Her body trembled a little as she ran both her forefingers across the hem of her shirt, she was nervous, but Naruto knew exactly what she was trying to do.
Naruto went to say something, to stop her if she was pushing herself, but again, and this time before a sound was uttered, a finger across his lips stopped him.

Naruto looked to her eyes, appealing to him to let her, and he smiled to her, nodding, lay back and relaxing, as she lifted her shirt up, slowly, inch by inch, her nerves slowly fading, and unintentionally building the expectation as Naruto's eyes followed her hands, and taking in the view of the ever increasing skin on show.

Her abdomen was silky, and toned, yet not muscular. As a shinobi she worked out, but there was something about it, and the way her shape, now being revealed, curved that just hit Naruto in the right way…

…but that slow reveal… her chest getting closer.

Hinata blinked, and blushed deep red suddenly, Naruto wondering what was wrong, when he realised, she was sat on his lap, straddling him and he was…

"S-sorry, I can't help it!" he said, blushing too.

"I-It's ok." Hinata smiled. "It… I t means you like… like my body, right?"

"God yes." He said, perhaps a little too enthusiastically, though it only made Hinata feel more confident as she moved her arms up more, and slowly unveiling her large mounds as they bounced in to view, falling from the shirt as she removed it, finally.

It felt like the lingering movement had suddenly hit fast forward, as her shirt had barely hit the ground from being thrown as Hinata covered her bare chest with her arms.

He was surprised she never wore a bra, but he didn't really complain, as his hands stroked up her side, Hinata closing her eyes as she felt the motions of his fingers sliding up slowly up her curves, onto he arms, and down to her hands before Naruto gave a light tug, to signal he wanted her to move her hands away from her body.

Reluctantly she soon did, her arms dropping to her side as she turned away, eyes closed in embarrassment as Naruto took in his girlfriend's glorious figure.

"Hinata… You're so… beautiful." He said, before he reached up, and gently cupped his hands over each breast, Hinata raising a hand to her mouth to softly bite it, as she swallowed a small moan caused by Naruto softly massaged her chest, his fingers rubbing across her skin, as his palms pressed firmly against the mounds, pushing them up, apart, and round slowly.

"They're so soft, yet firm." He said.

Hinata blushed, "N-Naruto…." She gasped, before squeaking cutely as Naruto lightly pinched her erecting nipples.

Naruto smiled at her before he finally let go of her chest, to sit up, holding Hinata lovingly in his arms before kissing her on the lips deeply.

It was a passionate kiss, one Hinata quickly return with vigour equal to her blonde haired loves, the two of them laying back again, Hinata still on top of Naruto.

Though not for long.

Naruto rolled themselves over, so he was on top, the kiss remaining unbroken until he removed his own shirt finally, his toned chest pressing against Hinata's, their skin pressing together, the warmth of their bodies being felt with all tingling sensation.

Hinata felt like she was going to melt as they continued to kiss as clothing, piece by piece, was slowly removed, rolling back and forth on the bed to make it easier for one to move, and discard the next item.

When their bodies lay naked, and already a little sweaty from their combined heats, their kiss broke once more, and they smiled to each other, Naruto gently stroking Hinata's cheek, with his fingers, as Hinata glided her hand down his back.

Their legs were intertwined, their hips pressed together, Hinata feeling a hard shaft pressing against her virgin womanhood.

"I love you." Naruto whispered to her.

"I love you too." Hinata blushed as she kissed him softly again on the lips.

"Are you… ready?" He asked her, both their bodies trembling a little.

It wasn't just from eagerness, it was from nervousness too. Neither had had sex before, even with Naruto's reputation as a pervert, and student to the legendary pervert Jiraiya, he had never taken that step with any girl.
Hinata had never intended to lose her virginity with anyone BUT Naruto, so it was certain her purity would still be intact.

Hinata took a deep breath, nodding as she held a little tighter on to Naruto, feeling something pressing at her entrance, Naruto looking down between them, as he a little awkwardly began to get his manhood in to place, his nervousness showing as he took moments to get in to place.

"Naruto… are you…" Hinata went to ask before Naruto interrupted.

"I'm fine… I just… this is a little harder than…" Naruto tried to explain before Hinata blurted out a snigger, covering her mouth the moment she did, blushed bright red.

"Hinata!" Naruto smirked, chuckling himself. "This isn't a time for jokes."

"I-I'm sorry, I don't know why I did that. I feel ashamed for taking that word perversely." She said, turning her head away blushing, and still smiling a little.

Naruto shook his head. "Too much time around me." He joked, and kissed her, just before he finally pushed in to her Hinata instantly grabbing him tightly as she let out a loud gasp, her eyes slamming shut tight as a few tears appeared.

Naruto held her as he felt her body tense all over, Hinata working through the painful waves that shot through her body, until they began to dull somewhat.
When her body relaxed a little, Naruto began t slowly move his hips a little at a time, slowly in and out for a few pushes, before he sped up the pace a little.

Hinata quickly felt better a few moans escaping her lips as Naruto's body moved over her, his face moving in and out of her gaze as he thrust in to her over and over, their breathing quickly getting heavy, and their bodies once again heating up rapidly.

"N-N-Naruto!" Hinata moaned out.

"Hi… nata…" he moaned in reply getting faster, and closer already as their moans grew louder and louder until Hinata felt an explosion of something warm inside her, both within herself, and coming from Naruto.

Afterwards Naruto lay on Hinata, and she held him lovingly. Despite it had not been very long, it had felt good after the initial pain of losing her virginity.

Losing her virginity. The thought rang through her head when she thought about it. She had just become one with Naruto, and it made her heart swell, and she smiled, happier than she had even been, and she didn't even understand why doing something so perverted could make her so happy; was she a pervert too, being happy about doing naughty things?

In all that mattered at that moment, this wasn't something that would bother her too much at this moment, and just basked in the afterglow of their new more intimate moment.

Naruto looked to her, stroking some loose strands of hair from Hinata's face, smiling at her, and without a word kissed her again.

Hinata sat at her dressing table, looking at a picture of Naruto, as the memory of that night faded from her thoughts and to just Naruto, and how much she still missed him.

Her fingers glided across his picture in the frame, her eyes intensely focused on him, and his smile, the reminder of happier times.

"I miss you so much Naruto." She muttered to herself.

Silence filled the room for what seemed like an age, but Hinata would then feel something, a presence in her room. She turned, but saw no one in her room.

"Hello?" she called out, just in case it was someone at her door, but there was no reply.
She looked confused as she got up to walk to the door, but as she did she felt a shiver run through her making her turn back to where she had been sat, and her eyes widened as she saw something strange, a dark mass, like a mist hovering around her dressing table, surrounding it.

She stepped away giving herself more distance from it, not sure what it was, and when it began to convulse she let out a worried gasp, what seemed like tendrils whipping out from the mass wildly, and smashing the mirror, and knocking what was on the desk off, and flying through the air, her chair too was flung away, barely missing Hinata as she had managed to open the door, but instead falling through the frame in to the hallway,

The strange form moved to follow her, slowly coming closer as Hinata crawled backwards until her back was pressed up against the wall.

But, as she thought it was going to get her, the dark shadow like mist began to convulse as if in pain, a second smaller form suddenly appearing and mixing with it, before suddenly dissipating like breath in cold air, and it was gone.

Hinata trembled. She had never seen anything like that, and her mind raced as to what it could have been.

"Hinata?!" Hanabi called out to her sister as she and several Hyuuga rushed up the hallway. "What's going on? Are you ok? We heard…"

"I… I… something… dark…" was all she could, say before she closed her eyes. She reached up to her neck and pulled on a string, pulling out one of Naruto's Hiraishin tags, and held it tightly in her hands, as if praying. She was in fact looking for her strength to calm down from the one source she always had done, Naruto.

Tsunade was in her office, sat, and not doing much except looking out of her window across Konoha, and thinking about Naruto, and how much he would not accomplish anymore, and how his dream had come so close, a mockery of fate towards someone who deserved better.

"Lady Tsunade?" Shizunes voice came, interrupting the silence of the room.

"Yes, Shizune?" she replied a moment later.

"I have more security reports for you to…."

"Just add them to the rest." Tsunade interrupted pointing to a large stack of files.

Shizune sighed. "You know you need to get through these." She said, moving over.

"I know." Tsunade said, "And I will… eventually."

Shizune looked to her sensei worried, and then took a file and opened it. "Why not try now." She said, "Just some small stuff, see what's going on."

"Not right now Shi…" Tsunade said.

"Nothing much to report, a few arrests made." She said, as she looked down the reports, then something caught her eye. "Hmm…"

Tsunade heard the exclamation, but when no more was said, her own curiosity got the better of her and turned to look over to Shizune. "Well? What is it Shizune?" she asked a little irritated she had to put effort in to something.

"Oh… umm… well, there have been reports of… sightings." She said.

"Sightings of what?" she asked.

"Well… they're not sure." She explained. "They would have dismissed it, but… well, they seem to have something in common, some sort of shadow that acts li…"

Shizune was interrupted as Tsunade suddenly snatched the file from her, her eyes wide, reading the reports one by one quickly scanning over the descriptions, though varied the common thread being a dark misty shadow like formation appearing and suddenly disappearing.

"Lady Tsunade?" Shizune spoke up confused at her sensei's reaction.

"That's just like…" she said "Whatever it was that happened during Naruto's memorial…" she almost growled, slamming her fist on to the desk. "Nothing came up from the investigation, no clues or anything, and now it's happening again, but smaller…"

"And for some time…" Shizune said, having gone through a few more files.

"What?!" Tsunade cried, "How long?!"

Shizune skimmed through several files in the pile. "They get less and less the further back I go, but… this has been going on for weeks!"

"Dammit, why didn't anyone no…" she was angry, but then realised, this had been her job to notice this sort of thing, reports made by different people, combined for review by the governing system, and since as Hokage missions and security were under her charge, she was the one who should have seen this. "Damn it… Damn it…" she cursed herself, she had been so frustrated when no enemy had been found to accuse of the events surrounding Naruto's memorial, and more so because she had been wanting to hit someone, a reason to let herself lay in to someone and release her anger at the loss of someone as special to her as Uzumaki Naruto, the son she never had.

Shizune walked over to Tsunade and put a hand on her shoulder, rubbing it a little.

"We're going to go through all these files, and see if there is a connection." Tsunade muttered. "I'm going to find whoever is doing this, and pulled that stunt at Naruto's memorial, and make them pay!"

Her words filled with vile intent, and an intensely focused purpose.


Another chapter completed at last! whoo hoo!

Sorry this took so long to get out, busy busy as always, and probably won't slow down anytime soon, lol.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and the lemon scene. I wanted to make it a romantic first time, more than a sex filled over the top play up, so hope it worked for you :)

The next chapter is going to have some funny scenes in it, so look forward to that ^^

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Until next chapter, NHFTW!