Previously on Kingdom Wars: A figure sat on the throne with a stern look on his face before jumping out of his seat. The guards looked at him strangely. "Are you ok sir?" The figure nodded as he chuckled. "Yeah, I'm fine, but I haven't felt this energy in seventeen years." The two looked at each other, then back at their ruler. "What shall we do sir?""Call back the elites. I want them to meet this kid." The guards bowed before leaving. "How much have you inherited from those behemoths?"

Chapter 3: A King's Deal!

Naruto walked calmly through the gates as the guards watched him. He noticed how all of them seemed to be gripping their weapons tightly./Man, Gaara wasn't kidding about these guys./He then thought back to his conversation with the red head.

Flashback : 1 Day before Naruto and Yugito's departure

Naruto sat in the office of the red head that was currently glaring at him. Gaara's face had a bandage on it and Naruto scratched his head sheepishly every time he looked at it. Gaara's glare then disappeared, replaced with a frown. "You intend to talk with the king, correct?" Naruto grinned at him and gave the thumbs up. "Of course!" Gaara shook his head. "Then you'll need to learn some restraint. "Naruto jumped out of his chair. "What do you mean restraint!" Gaara's glare forced him back into his seat. "Thats precisely what I mean. The king is a very important man. You can't barge in there and demand anything of him. You must present yourself calmly and politely, or else you wont even make it past the guards. If they feel you're a threat, then they will eliminate you. Understood?" Naruto nodded solemnly. "Yeah, I understand."

End Flashback

Naruto looked ahead at the end of the courtyard and saw a man about his height with long red hair wearing white robes. He could feel the man's gaze upon him as he walked forward. The man waved him over. "Hello there, my name is Kurama. I'm the grand tactician of the Northern army. I was asked by the king to escort you to the throne room." Naruto's eyes widened and he bowed to Kurama. "Thank you sir!" Kurama chuckled at the gesture. "Now don't do that. Just act naturally, and call me Kurama." Naruto straightened out and nodded. "Right Kurama-sempai." Kurama smiled as they started to walk inside. He looked back at Naruto as they neared the Throne room at the end of the main hall. "He seems to be in a good mood today, so you can relax a bit." Naruto nodded, but had became too nervous to say anything./What the hell is wrong with me? I've never been nervous before./When they stepped through the door to the Throne, a great pressure landed on them. Kurama seemed unaffected, but Naruto could barely stand. Kurama took a few steps before looking back at Naruto. "Don't be nervous, just come on." Naruto looked at him as if he was insane, but continued to walk. The room was very dim, except for a light behind the figure sitting in the throne, casting a shadow through the room. When they stood in front of him he began to talk.

"So this is the kid Gaara sent the letter about, huh?" Naruto stepped forward, still struggling to stay standing. "Yeah, thats me." Suddenly the pressure disappeared and the lights came on around the room. Naruto could now see a man with slicked back hair, a yellow shirt, and blue karate pants sitting in the throne. The man grinned maniacally before speaking. "Hey kid, the name's Yusuke!" Naruto blinked at the man in front of him./This guy is the king? He seems like more of a kid than me./Yusuke was laughing like a giddy child, and Naruto was beginning to get scared. "Uh, so Yusuke, I was wondering," Yusuke suddenly appeared next to Naruto with his arm draped around his shoulder. Naruto went wide eyed./I didn't even see him move!/Yusuke pulled Naruto close, still grinning like a maniac. "Let me guess, you were wondering if I could do some menial task for you, or some village, right?" Naruto nodded dumbly, not sure what to say. "Then forget it kid .I got too much to worry about without taking care of some no name village's problems." He began to walk back to his throne, ignoring Naruto's trembling body. Naruto's eyes turned a feral red before he drew his sword and lunged at Yusuke. His sword hit the ground and Yusuke was back in his throne looking bored.

"Where are you aiming kid?" Naruto glared at him, his eyes and blade glowing brightly. "What kind of king are you? To just dismiss a village like its nothing! I'll kill you!" Yusuke's previous grin returned to his face. "Ok kid, how about this? If you can put a scratch on me, then I'll negotiate with you on your request." Naruto gathered youki into his blade. "I'll destroy you!" Yusuke laughed at the response, further enraging Naruto. "You wont even make me get out of this chair." Naruto wasted no more time and sent several flame waves at Yusuke. Yusuke once again had a bored look and knocked the attacks away with no effort. Naruto leapt at him with the intention of removing his head, but hesitated when Yusuke lifted up a finger. Kurama quickly took a few steps back, not that Naruto had the time to notice. "Heh heh, bang." A blast of spiritual energy exploded from his finger, encompassing Naruto and sending him flying into the wall. "If you can hear me kid, that move is called the spirit gun. Unlike youki and chakra, spirit energy can affect the body and spirit. While it normally makes the attack weaker, when you get to my level it doesn't really matter." Naruto shakily stood up, spitting out a glob of blood. He glared at Yusuke and let his sword hit the ground."Alright then. Lets see which is stronger. Your blast or mine!" Naruto adopted the stance for his new technique and began to gather chakra from his body. Yusuke pointed his finger at him and smirked.

"Too slow." He fired a second spirit gun and watched Naruto's panicked expression. Naruto fired his chakra blast at Yusuke, shooting straight past the spirit gun. The blast collided with Yusuke's palm and dissipated. Naruto, however, was once again hit with another blast. Yusuke sighed as he looked at his hand. "Oh man, not even a scratch on there. I was expecting him to be stronger." A red light caught his eye and he saw a half conscious Naruto shoot out with a red glow covering his body. Yusuke waited happily as he got closer./Now this is what I'm looking for./Naruto swung at him with a now claw-like hand. Yusuke held up his hand to block, but Naruto pulled his arm back at the last second. Yusuke looked at his hand and found a thin red line. Naruto grinned before the glow started to fade. He stumbled back and passed out on the ground. Yusuke snapped his finger and several guards appeared. "Take this kid to the medical wing. And make sure either the grand medics or their apprentices are watching over him!" The guards nodded and carried Naruto away. Kurama walked up to Yusuke. "Quite the interesting boy, huh?" Yusuke laughed at this and nodded. "Are you kidding? That kid has more potential then you!" Kurama frowned before responding. "Yes, well we have matters to discuss."

Medical wing, several hours later

Naruto's eyes fluttered open to see white tiles. "Huh?" He started to move until a hand gently held him down. "You shouldn't move sir, you were badly damaged. Several of your ribs were broken and you lost a lot of blood. If it weren't for your advanced healing you may not have made it." Naruto looked at the source of the voice and was stunned. The girl had long blue hair and lavender, pupil-less eyes. She wore a white robe with the symbol for heal on it. He then growled and forced his way up. "That bastard! He's no king!" The girl went wide eyed and looked around nervously. "Y-you shouldn't talk like that around here. You might-", the girl was pushed to the side as a woman with brown hair and a robe similar to the other girl's. The woman grabbed Naruto by the neck of his hospital gown and began to smack him. "Listen here you little runt! You have no right to talk about my husband that way!" The blue haired girl grabbed the woman and tried to restrain her. "Master Keiko please calm down! He is still in bad shape!" Keiko sighed as she looked at the blue haired girl, then back at Naruto. "You better thank Hinata!" She looked at his chart then walked out of the room. Hinata smiled weakly at Naruto. "I apologize for Master Keiko's actions. She gets riled up when it comes to Yusuke-sama." Naruto rubbed his cheek as he listened to her. "Eh, that guy is still a jerk.""You really shouldn't say that. You have no idea the amount of stress he has to deal with. As powerful as he is, he cant handle everything." Naruto calmed down and looked at the ground. "I...I guess I hadn't thought about it. I was just mad that he wasn't going to help my friends."

"Who said I wasn't going to help your friends?" The two looked up to see Yusuke standing at the door. Hinata bowed as he walked in. "Yusuke-sama! What are you doing here?" Yusuke grinned as he sat in the chair next to Naruto's bed. "I'm here to check up on the kid and to work out a deal." Naruto looked at Yusuke as if he had lost his mind./This guy has an entire nation to rule, and he takes time to visit someone who assaulted him? What's up with this guy?/ "What type of deal are you talking?" Yusuke pulled a piece of paper from thin air. "You want me to send troops to help some no name village, right? Well I cant just withdraw troops from the war front. I'd have the southern army marching over all our asses. But you, you're a free agent. Not only that, but you're pretty strong too. Id say at least general-level." Naruto blinked in confusion. "General level? What does that mean?" Yusuke and Hinata gawked at him.

"You don't know about ranks? Have you been hiding in a cave or something? Gah, never mind. Listen up kid, I'm only gonna explain this once. We tend to rank people based on a power scale. To even become a soldier you have to have a power reading of 25. Then there is general rank, which begins at a power reading of are high generals at 250, commanders at 350 and high commanders at you get above 700 you get a grand ranking." Naruto listened intently nodding his head. "So what's your power reading." Yusuke grinned at this. "I'm glad you asked. I have a power reading that some believe could rival the Bijuu. A reading of 1050!"Naruto went wide eyed. "Wow! No wonder I got my ass handed to me. How do we find out mine?" Hinata walked over to the closet in the room and pulled out a device. "We always keep one in the rooms in case patients want to see if they have improved. We get a lot of people who over do things during training. This is a power meter. We just point and press and it'll measure your energy." She pointed the meter at Naruto and waited for it to respond. It beeped and she almost dropped it. "His power reading is 140!"Yusuke grinned and Naruto pouted. "No fair! His is 1050!"Yusuke shook his head as he stood up. "You don't get it kid. You're stronger then some of the generals we have. And you're definitely stronger than the soldiers we have. For some random person to come in with a reading like that is unheard of." Naruto's face went blank. Then slowly a grin formed on his face until he jumped from the bed and began hopping around the room. "Ha-ha, I'm awesome!" He picked Hinata up and spun her around. "I'm awesome! I'm awesome!" He set the now crimson faced girl down before pointing at Yusuke.

"Now what's this deal? If I do whatever it is you have to help Saru-jiji and Kono-kun, right?" Yusuke waved his hands nonchalantly. "Yeah, sure. What I need you to do is go into the Southern lands and slowly work your way through. Take out anyone you meet along the way. Well, anyone who is a soldier. Don't go around killing civilians, just the people that can fight. But the more people of their's you can take out, the more soldiers I can devote to solving issues here in the North. Especially if you can take care of some of their higher ranking people." Naruto flexed his muscles and smiled. "Is that all? I can get started right now!" He walked towards the door but was stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Hold on kid. You may have survived the fight, but your clothes sure didn't. I have some people making you some new threads that will help you on this mission .Until they're done, how about you just relax and enjoy the palace. Meet some people and what not. I'll leave this for you to sign." He set the paper he had been holding down and left the glanced at it before signing. He then looked at Hinata and smiled. "So, wanna hang out? I'm really hungry, but I don't know where the food is." Hinata nodded and pointed at the closet. "There are some spare robes for you to where outside. A hospital gown isn't exactly appropriate." Naruto looked down and laughed sheepishly. "Heh heh, I guess so." He opened the closet and saw a robe with a red fox on it. "This is...perfect." Hinata blinked. "Thats the robe Yusuke-sama requested for you." Naruto looked at the robe with a hardened gaze./Does he know that-/"Is something wrong?" Naruto looked at her and shook his head." Just amazed at how awesome this robe is!" He ran into the bathroom to change, leaving a confused Hinata. "What an odd boy."

Dining Hall

Naruto's eyes shined as he saw the food awaiting them in the dining hall. He was about to run straight at it until several figures stood in front of them. The first was a boy with long brown hair and eyes similar to Hinata's. The second was a boy with large eye brows and a bowl cut. The third was a girl with brown eyes and brown hair that was wrapped into two buns. The last figure was a tall man with spiked brown hair, a zanbatou, and a white jacket with the symbol for bad. The first boy spoke addressing Hinata. "Lady Hinata, I was unaware that we were having visitors." Hinata stepped in front of Naruto and bowed to the boy. "Hello to you too Neji-niisan. This is Naruto, he is a friend of Yusuke-sama. He'll be staying here a few days. Naruto, this is Neji, Lee, Tenten and Sanosuke. "Naruto flashed his trademark grin at the group. "Its great to meet you guys! I hope we get to hang out!" Lee gave him the nice guy pose. "It would be an honor to train with one so youthful!" Sano pushed Lee out of the way and began sizing Naruto up. "You seem decent, hopefully you'll get stronger. I need new opponents. "Tenten walked up to him and shook his hand. "Do you use any weapons?" Naruto nodded as he reached for his sword, only to realize it wasn't there. "Oh no! Where's my sword? "Hinata grabbed his hand as he started to hyperventilate. "Calm down Naruto-kun. Its back in your room. We didn't want you attacking anyone so we didn't tell you where it was." Naruto relaxed and fell to the ground. "Woo. I thought I had lost it for a sec. But yeah, I use this super awesome sword. Its an energy blade, so I can channel chakra and youki into it." Tenten had a glint in her eyes that frightened Naruto. "We should definitely spar sometime." Naruto took a few steps back as he nervously nodded. "Right, well I'm kind of hungry, so I'll talk to you guys later." He then ran towards the food, leaving the group to themselves. Neji looked at Hinata. "Are you sure that Hanyou is safe to be around Hinata-dono?" Hinata looked at Neji, then at Naruto stuffing his face. "I'm sure Neji-niisan. You all have a mission to get ready for, don't you?" The group nodded before walking away.

Medical Wing, later that night

Naruto sighed as he laid down on the bed. "Man, what a day." He shot up as he heard the door open. A busty blond with the same robe as Keiko walked in. She had brown eyes and a green diamond on her forehead. She read his chart before addressing him. "So your name is Naruto, huh?" Naruto nodded dumbly as he tried to pay attention. "Well you're pretty much at one hundred percent, but Yusuke wants you to stay here. Ok gaki?""Eh, yeah. Who are you? "The busty blond huffed in anger. "How do you not know who I am?" Naruto stuck his tongue out at her. "Excuse me for not knowing who every Baa-chan I run into is!" The woman fumed and cracked her knuckles. "Baa-chan? BAA-CHAN?" She punched him threw the wall and out into the courtyard nearby. He landed in the bushes dazed. "The name is Tsunade-sama to you, Gaki!" Naruto stumbled to his feet, thankful that they were on the first floor as she walked through the hole. "Bring it Baa-chan!" They rushed at each other, fists pulled back. At the last second Tsunade punched the ground, creating a crater that caused Naruto to stumbled forward. She grabbed him by his head and threw him through a window. Naruto looked at the person whose room he had landed in. It was a guy who looked about his age with spiky black hair. "Eh, hi. I'm Naruto." The kid raised an eye brow at him. "The names Yahiko, and what the hell are you doing?" Naruto was about to respond when Tsunade landed in the room. "Come here Gaki!" Naruto jumped back through the window as she kicked the spot he had been kneeling. The resulting shockwave caused an explosion in the room and Naruto heard Yahiko scream. "Sorry man!" Tsunade rushed at Naruto again, but he retaliated with a kick to the gut. She grabbed his leg and sent him flying into a tree. "Man, this lady is crazy strong. I cant beat her in taijutsu. Her strength and speed surpass mine. I have to improvise. "He focused his chakra through his body into his fist. "Lets do this Baa-chan!" They rushed at each again, ready to end the 'fight'. Just as they swung a figure appeared between them and blocked both of the punches, creating a crater around the group.

The figure was an older man with long spiky white hair and red streaks down his face. He was wearing a red vest over a green outfit and had a headband with the symbol for oil. "You two need to cool it! This is the medical wing ya know? Not only are you disturbing people, but you pretty much destroyed poor Yahiko." The two sweat dropped and looked down. "Eh, were sorry." The two looked at each other after talking in sync. Tsunade huffed before she spoke up. "What are you doing here anyway Jiraiya?" Jiraiya grinned as he pulled out a scroll. "I'm here to give Yusuke this letter from you know who." Tsunade smiled at this. "That old geezer finally responded, huh?" Jiraiya nodded and looked at Naruto. "Hey kid, you're pretty strong. Not too many people could take a blow from Tsunade-hime and still be standing. If you're ever interested in getting stronger, then just search me out." Jiraiya then shunshined away. Naruto looked down at the crater that they had made./That attack had all of my strength in it. He blocked both of us like it was nothing. How strong is this guy?/ The world suddenly went black for Naruto as Tsunade knocked him over the head. " That'll teach you gaki."

Several Days Later, the main gate

Naruto smiled at the small group that had assembled to see him off. He was wearing his new gear, which consisted of black pants with chakra resistant shin guards, a red long sleeve shirt with chain mail woven into it, and white trench coat with Uzu no Kitsune on the back with Kyuubi under it. He had his sword strapped to his back in a new sheath. He waved to the group composed of Yusuke, Hinata, Keiko, Tsunade, and Sanosuke. Yusuke walked up to him and gave him a map with several locations circled. "Alright kid, this map has the locations of several of our posts in the Southern lands. You should head to the village of Kusa. Its close to the border and we have some men stationed there. You can keep going from there, ok kid?" Naruto nodded. "No problem Yuyu!" Yusuke frowned before laughing. "Ha-ha, get out of here kid!" Naruto started walking until Hinata ran up to him." Be careful Naruto-kun." Naruto grinned and hugged her. "See you later Hina-chan! Stay out of trouble! "He then ran off. Sano laughed. "That kid has nerve telling her to stay out of trouble." The others just nodded before laughing as well.

Village of Kusa, same time

A Northern soldier grunted as he was thrown back. "You'll never get away with this. King Yusuke will-urgh!" The soldier coughed up blood as a blade pierced his chest. His killer whipped the blade out as the man fell to the ground. "Heh, no one is a match for Uchiha Sasuke."

End Chapter Three: A King's Deal!

Ok, just to make sure people understand the power level rankings I'm putting it at the end of each chapter with each character who actually fought and their power reading. Just to clarify though, having a higher power level doesn't guarantee victory. If the opponent has more skill then they can still win.

Civilian : 1-24

Soldier: 25-99

General: 100-249

High General: 250-349

Commander: 350-499

High Commander: 500-699

Grand: 700-999

Bijuu: 1000+

Naruto: 140

Yusuke: 1050

Yugito: 115

Gouki: 85

Serpent: 125

Tsunade: 520

Jiraiya: ?

Baldak: 90

Konohamaru: 50