Finished uploading my last chapter, got my bowl of ramen, and got to writing this.

Dragon man 180-What a wonderful idea. Nemu is officially the first addition to the harem on the bleach side. See this people? You suggest stuff, and if I like it, it makes it into my story. That's what I call a good reader/writer relationship.

Anyway, I've yet to decide further harem characters at this point, so without further ado. 'kicks Nenacu'

"Ow! The writer of this fic does not and will never own any part of Naruto or Bleach. He owns me though, which is why he gets to kick me around. Do not steal me please."

Chapter 4: A Hectic Day of Relaxation.

Naruto left the Hokage tower shortly after receiving his assignment and wandered aimlessly until he saw Hinata looking at a hair salon in deep contemplation. Deciding to see what was going on, he made his way over, placing his hand on her shoulder gently. "Thinking about getting a haircut Hinata-hime?"

Hinata had just come back from a mission herself and was debating on whether she should cut her hair short again. 'Naruto always seemed to like Sakura, and she has short hair. Maybe he likes short hair on girls?' She was snapped out of her thoughts when her object of affection spoke to her. She turned around quickly, holding back the stutter that was threatening to come back. "Hello Naruto-kun. Actually, yes I was. What do you think?" She prayed to herself that it didn't sound like she was being desperate for his approval.

Naruto took an appraising look at her and grinned, cutting through Hinata's nerves like sunlight through the clouds. "Actually, I've always liked long hair. Yours is so beautiful, I think it would be a shame to cut it. But, it's your decision, and I'll stand by whatever it is you decide to do." He scratched the back of his neck while he talked.

Hinata's face gained a soft pink blush at the compliment from Naruto and she shook her head. "On second thought, I like it this way too.. Um, would you like to get something to eat? I'm sure a lot of the others are at Ichiraku's by now."

Naruto nodded at the thought of his favorite meal and the chance to see his friends. Being ninja, most were usually out on missions and they only had precious little time to socialize. "Yeah, that sounds like a good way to start a day off. Let's go then Hinata-hime. My treat." He offered his arm to her like he did every time they took a walk together and she gladly accepted it.

When they finally arrived at the ramen shop, Ino, Kiba, Choji, Shikamaru, Tenten, and Lee were sitting, talking and eating together. They saw the pair coming towards them and Ino and Kiba immediately began to tease them about it. Choji was too absorbed in his food to notice, Shikamaru was asleep on the counter as usual, and Lee was yelling something about how Naruto's flames of youth were burning more brightly every day. Hinata blushed profusely, but did not let go of Naruto's arm until they both sat at the counter.

"Hey old man, I'll have ten bowls of Miso to start. Also, Hinata's on my bill today." Suddenly, a fist came out of nowhere and Naruto ducked to avoid it. "What the hell was that for?" He turned around to see Nenacu glaring at him.

"I told you not to call me an old man! I may be your teacher, but I'm more like a brother to you than anything else." Nenacu turned his gaze to see Ino looking at him. He could have sworn he saw pink hearts instead of her eyes for a moment, but shook his head. 'That couldn't be right.'

"I wasn't talking to you sensei, get your ears checked. I was talking to that old man." Naruto pointed at Techui who was still laughing at the whole ordeal while making Naruto's food.

The entire group looked at Naruto and then at Nenacu as if confused by something.

"So, Naruto.. This guy's another teacher of yours? How do you do it man?" Kiba spoke up, crossing his arms over his chest and puffing his cheeks out like a small child.

"Nenacu-sensei? Yeah, he taught me loads. As for how I met him.. Well, he just kinda started tagging along with Jiraiya and when I asked him if he was a ninja, he said.."

"No," Nenacu finished Naruto's sentence for him. "I'm not a ninja by any stretch of the imagination. I am, however, a competent swordsman and a good teacher of elemental chakra control. That's about the only thing I've got other than speed and stealth."

"Elemental chakra? What in the world is that?" This time it was Choji's turn to speak up, having just finished his last bowl and adding it to a stack that could rival Naruto's.

"Well... it's probably better to show you" Nenacu produced several small slips of paper and handed it to each of the ninja while Techui and Ayami watched, interested in the rare ninja lesson. "This is chakra paper. I'm not going to explain it, it takes too much time. All you need to do is channel a small amount of chakra into the paper to see it's effect." At this, he held up his own which suddenly burst into flame. "As you see, my affinity is with fire, as is most of the fire country. That's how the countries were named by the way. Now, try it."

Naruto shrugged to himself and went through the routine again. 'Who knows? We may have changed our affinity a bit by merging our souls eh fox?' "Perhaps. Your body is already starting to undergo the changes I was talking about earlier." 'Still not going to tell me what they are yet though, are you?' "That would ruin the surprise." 'Thought so, damn furball.'

To his surprise, the result had changed The paper crinkled like Kakashi's had, cut itself along the crinkles, and the pieces burst into flames. "Well.. That was unexpected.." He looked around, seeing that only Nenacu had noticed and was watching him with a knowing grin on his face.

The others were too busy watching the effect on their own slips. Kiba's had crumbled into dust, Hinata's had become quite soggy, Ino's was on fire, Choji's had been cut in half, Shikamaru, who was already aware of his type, smirked when all his slip did was turn black. That left Lee, who was staring sadly at the paper in his hand.

"What's up kid, you having troubles?" Nenacu placed his hand on Lee's shoulder.

"Hai.. I have never been able to use ninjutsu or genjutsu, only taijutsu. Therefore I have never had any chakra control training." Lee began to set his slip on the counter when Nenacu stopped him.

"Hey, I'm no ninja, kid, and I can do it. You just have to concentrate on the paper. You don't need all that other fancy stuff. Just try it."

Lee nodded and began concentrating on the paper in his hand. When the thing crumbled into dust, he cheered and suddenly Gai appeared next to him, tears streaming down his face.

"Lee! You have done something that even you didn't think was possible! I am so proud of you!"

Lee jumped up from his chair and hugged Gai. "Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

Nenacu leaned in close to the rest of the group who were watching the two in absolute horror. "They do that a lot?" The entire group nodded as one and slowly backed away.

After Gai and Lee left, Nenacu placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Hey, I've got to talk to you for a bit before the mission starts. It's about the training I was talking about."

Naruto nodded, excited at the prospect of training and left the shop, paying for his hand Hinata's food. "I'll see you guys later, training awaits. Oh, and you may want to see your sensei's about elemental chakra training now that you know what type you are. I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys can do." With that and a wave, he and Nenacu walked away.

"So, sensei, you noticed the change. What happened to do that? I'd never heard of anybody having three affinities." Naruto walked with his hands behind his head as he talked, watching the crowd part around him. They still feared him.

"Heh, you know what caused that. You originally had a good affinity for wind and an underlying affinity for lightning. Your merge with Kyuubi just made it stronger and added Kyuubi's fire element to the mix." Naruto looked at his white haired teacher in shock. "How did I know? Well, that's the training Naruto. I'll explain when we get to where we're going."

The two left the town entirely, heading for a run down looking shack just on the outskirts of town. Once they had entered the building, Nenacu pulled on a strange pair of gloves. They were red and fingerless with the odd symbol of a burning skull on the back. Without warning, Nenacu hit Naruto in the face with his palm, sending him rolling into the wall.

Naruto stood up and shook himself off. "What the hell was that for!?" He took a moment to catch his breath, which seemed harder than usual for some reason and saw that there was more than just he and Nenacu in the room. In the corner of the room there was a tall man with blond hair and bright blue eyes. Naruto recognized him instantly, he had admired that face for as long as he could remember. Speechless for a rare time in his life, he could only gape. "T..Tou-san?"

Minato nodded to his son, smiling broadly. "Hey Naruto. It's great to finally see you again. Your mother would have been here, but.. well.. paperwork is a hell that none of us can escape for long."

Forgetting that he was talking to his father who should be dead, he scratched his head in confusion. "Huh? What would Kaa-san be doing with paperwork? Wait.. you're dead, does that mean I'm dead?"

Nenacu chuckled and hit himself in the chest with the gloves. Naruto watched in awe as his body fell backwards but strangely, Nenacu was still standing, separate from his body. Nenacu grinned at Naruto whose mouth was gaping.

"No, kid, you aren't dead. We've just separated your spirit from your body for a while. First off, take a look at yourself." Nenacu pointed at Naruto before turning to retrieve his katana from the fallen body.

Naruto did as he was told and looked down at himself. He noticed that he had a long chain linking his spirit to his body. He also noticed something else strange. He currently had 9 gold furred tails waving gently behind him as well. "Huh, I guess merging with kyuubi did this as well huh?"

Minato nodded, walking closer to observe his son. "Yeah, it did. I didn't think that you and kyuubi would get along well enough to merge like this for several more years though. What happened?"

Naruto looked at the ground, a look of sadness in his eyes. "Kyuubi told me once that he was glad you did what you did. You sealed him away when he wasn't in control of himself. Despite all that, once he was sealed safely away, the villagers found out who he was sealed into and immediately began assassination attempts. I.. it's not your fault, but I've lived without the love of friends or family for most of my life. It wasn't until my graduation at the academy that I actually gained some friends. Even still, most of the village sees me as a monster. I don't blame you though Tou-san, you did exactly what you needed to do."

Despite what his son had said, Minato was feeling a good amount of anger towards what he thought were the good people of Konoha. It was his wish from the start that his son would be seen as a hero. Instead he had been shunned and cast out. 'Well, he's got a great attitude despite everything that's happened to him. Kushina will be so proud of him.'

Nenacu came back, his katana at his hip and a grin on his face. "So, here's the rub. Minato and I are going to follow you and your team on this mission. I'll be in my body, but Minato's just going to follow. Too easy to be recognized when you're as famous as he is around here." Naruto nodded, showing his understanding before Nenacu continued. "Now, we're going to have to get you ready for the training. This may hurt a bit."

Before Naruto could even ask, Nenacu drew his blade and cut the chain anchoring him to his body clean. Naruto felt as if something had suddenly gone missing and gasped for air. "Now, this should be easy since you know how to do it. You need to enter your mindscape and find a new kind of power. It has a much different feel than anything else, so you should know it right away."

Nodding, Naruto's face acquired a vacant expression as he delved into his mindscape. What he found there was that things had changed. Instead of the dreary sewer that his mind once was, it now resembled an old Japanese temple. Kyuubi was napping comfortably on several cushions where his cage once was. He paid the fox no mind though, and followed the strange sensation. He somehow knew his way there already.

When he finally found what he was looking for, he was surprised to see a slim woman with light green hair in a tight red Chinese dress leaning against the wall. She had light green eyes and was wearing armlets that looked like gold Chinese dragons wrapping around from her wrists to her elbows. On her ankles were similar bands leading down to a pair of soft brown leather shoes. She saw Naruto approaching and waved to him with a bright smile. "Finally, I get to meet you Master. I have been here for so long, waiting for you to find me."

Naruto lifted his eyebrow, staring at the strange girl. "Master? Waiting? Just who are you and why are you in my head?"

The girl shook her head sadly. "You aren't ready to hear my name yet Master. When the time is right, you'll know. For now, you need to take this." The girl reached behind her back and held Naruto's katana out to him with the same bright smile she wore earlier." Just be careful not to break it okay? It would really hurt."

Naruto blinked as he took his sword. It felt somehow more right to him than it had previously. "Break it? Hurt? Wait, that would mean that you're the sword?"

The girl nodded once more. "Yes, I am. I know you've already given me a name in the real world, but, it's not really my name. Please be careful with me, I'll be with you until the very end of everything, seeing as I'm part of you and all."

Naruto nodded and smiled at her. "I'll try to get to know you better as soon as I can. Until then, take care of fluffy back there, would ya?" He nodded back in the direction of the sleeping kyuubi.

The girl giggled happily and nodded before Naruto left his mindscape. When he looked back down at his body, he found that the chain on his chest had vanished and that he was wearing the same clothing as both his father and Nenacu. The two were applauding Naruto's success.

"Heh, from now on, you'll be able to see spirits when you're in your human body. Just don't talk to Minato here while in the company of the rest of the group. He's going to explain everything about the spirit world and about Shinigami, of which you are one of as of now."

Naruto nodded and looked at his body which was laying against the wall and looked to be sleeping. "So.. uh, how do I get back inside?"

Nenacu and Minato burst out laughing at the one important thing that they had forgotten to mention. "Ah, that. Well, it's pretty easy, you just get back in." Nenacu demonstrated by laying back down inside of his body and standing up as one person again. Naruto followed suit, feeling strangely whole again.

"Well, I'm going to go about the rest of my day if you both don't mind." The two shrugged at this and Naruto left with a wave. "See you both later."

Minato watched his son leave with a proud grin on is face. "It's amazing, none of this went over his head and he didn't really even react to me being here. It's like it was completely normal for him."

Nenacu nodded, watching his friend. "Well, I was preparing him for this for a while. He didn't really even know I was doing it either."

Naruto was whistling to himself as he walked the streets of Konoha when he was suddenly ambushed by Ino.

"Soo, Naruto. You know Nenacu pretty well right?" Ino fell into step with her blond friend who was eying her carefully. "Yes, sort of. I mean, I trained with the guy for about half a year. Why do you ask?"

"Oh, no reason really, you just seemed pretty close with him, so I wanted to see if he was any good. Besides, I'm interested in that elemental training he was talking about and I don't think Asuma-sensei knows enough about it to teach it properly." Ino drew closer, attempting to look innocent.

Naruto sighed to himself. 'Well, he's done it again. Gotta hand it to him, Ino would be a hard catch. Guess she's given up on Sasuke.' "Well, I'm going on a mission soon and he's coming along. I guess I could talk to him about it. It's not like you to ask other people about this kind of.. thing... Ino?" The girl was suddenly gone after hearing what she wanted. Naruto shook his head, grinning to himself.

Hinata had given into her stalking tendencies after Naruto had left with his teacher. What she had seen happen in that shack with her byakugan had frightened her, but she was even more disturbed when he had suddenly come back to life. Deciding that something like that needed to be investigated lest she lose her Naruto-kun forever, she followed him back into town, approaching him only after Ino had suddenly disappeared.

"Uh.. Um, Naruto-kun?" Hinata hesitantly placed her hand on Naruto's arm.

"Mm? Oh, hey there Hinata-hime, what's up?" Naruto lifted his arm, resting it around Hinata's shoulders subconsciously. He knew something was wrong by how hesitant she was being.

Hinata blushed lightly at the contact, enjoying it nonetheless. "Naruto-kun.. I'm sorry, but I followed you after you left. I.. I saw you die, but then you came back.. What happened?"

Naruto sighed once again, pulling the girl closer to comfort her. "It's okay Hinata-hime." He looked around to make sure nobody was listening and then explained the entire situation to her, including the part about his father. "So, you see, as hard to believe as it is, that's the story."

Hinata tilted her head into Naruto's chest, smiling. "I believe you. You've never lied to me before, so why would you start now. I trust you Naruto-kun."

Naruto noticed that they were by the entrance of the Hyuuga compound and turned to Hinata. "Well Hinata-hime, I should probably let you go here. I've got to start preparing for the mission tomorrow. If all goes well, I'm coming back with that bastard Sasuke."

Hinata nodded in understanding and stepped away slightly before doing something completely uncharacteristic of the shy girl, but seeing him die had triggered something inside of her. She leaned in close to Naruto and kissed him on the lips, blushing furiously. "Good luck Naruto-kun. Please come back safe." With that, she ran into the compound to avoid further embarrassment.

Naruto turned and began to walk away, touching his lips thoughtfully as he started towards his apartment. He grinned a little later once it had really sunk in. Hinata, one of the most beautiful women in Konoha had decided that he was worth loving. He closed his door and began to pack his bag for the next day, reflecting on the days happenings. He shook his head, smiling to himself. 'Things are gonna get interesting from here on in.' "You say that like they weren't already kit." He chuckled to himself, knowing that his tenant was right.

Ha! There it is, the next chapter. Yes, I gave the others elemental affinities. Tell me if they already had any and if they were different than the ones I gave them. Other than that, look forward to the finding Sukey arc with a twist. Naruto learns how to use his new shinigami powers, and Sasuke isn't n ass like always? You'll just have to wait and see. Now, for my writing benefit, please R&R. I like to know what you people want me to write about so that I can write it. You, my readers, play a large part in me deciding where I want to take the story next. I'll post more of the harem characters on my next chapter, so until then, the polls are still open. Also, I know some of you may think I moved Hinata and Naruto too close too quickly. Think about it. If a girl like Hinata really saw her object of affection die, don't you think she would decide to make some changes?

Well, that's it for me, see you all next time.