Chapter 6

As Kushina was getting ready to go to ichiraku ramen for her favorite food before some training an idea popped into her head. She might not be able to find where that little bitch took her precious baby boy but Sarutobi could, and if the old monkey knew what was good for him he would do exactly as she wanted. No one was keeping her baby from her NO ONE.

So with her new objective in mind, Kushina switched direction moving at full speed to get to the tower all that much sooner.

As Kushina walked through the Hokage tower she couldn't help but smirk as she watched the remaining staff from when Minato was in charge would often drop stacks of paperwork, or really anything else they may be holding at a time and would be doing double takes only to rub their eyes and then try releasing what they thought was genjutsu after which they promptly fainted as they watched her keep walking. However, they didn't stay that way for long as a terrifying yell of "SARUTOBI" quickly woke them only to hear the boom of a door being busted in and slammed shut.

"Listen up you old monkey! I want you to send an anbu to bring my baby to me now. Refuse and I'll make the beating I gave you earlier look like I was just giving you a tap on the wrist for bad behavior, got it" Kushina growled out as Sarutobi instantly sent out an anbu to inform Naruto to come to the tower. Little did Sarutobi know that though this would make Kushina happy it was about to bring another girl into his office that wouls be just as bad as Kushina had been as well as a very pissed off jinchuuriki.

With naruto and Yūgao

Yūgao was happily holding hands with Naruto as they walked through the village to the Hokage tower. True she may have been pissed as hell that her date day with naruto had gotten interrupted but she took comfort in simply knowing that she could rip into the Hokage for breaking his promise as well as enjoy watching and adding Naruto in a month of the most hellish pranks that his mind could conceive. After all, there was a reason Naruto had the title of The Prankster King from Hell. A title the Hokage had given him do to the last time he got himself put in Naruto's sights. It was also the reason so many of the ninja of the village refused to interrupt their date days, even if they were unaware of the days actually being a date, as there was an unspoken rule to never interrupt the two when they were together especially if they were at the ramen stand.

With Anko

Anko was currently in her apartment putting her second set of ninja gear away. Sighing Anko looked down at the snake anbu mask that was on top of the gear.

"The Hokage had better be willing to compensate me if the brat hits me with another torture month for interrupting his date day with his Neko-koi for the second time," Anko said with a sigh as she hid her second set of ninja gear In her secret compartment.

"I sewer he is more terrifying than Orochimaru ever could be when someone sends him on a torture month. His normal pranks alone are impressive but what he does in his torture month scares the shit out of even me" Anko said as she shivered at the thought of what happened the last time she got herself targeted for torture month.

The brat almost had her quitting her dongo addiction cold turkey thanks to the brat, keyword being almost. Yet that wasn't even a scratch to how many things he had made the woman to nearly be petrified of during that month of hell. It had been so bad she had to have the Yamanaka clan head wipe her memories of what happened and even then there were still some things that had the fear so far ingrained into her that the man was still having to work to remove them plus the man himself had to go into therapy to work past what he saw. Worst of all one of her two best friends, Kurenai and Yūgao, would help the punk during the entire month all while they recorded every moment of every prank from hell and used it as blackmail (*cough* Yūgao *cough*).

Anbu captains would even threaten to have the newer Anbu that had gotten out of line be the Anbu messengers for naruto on those days as a means to keep order amongst the ranks and every new anbu was required to undergo Naruto's torture month as the initiation for them to join anbu do to that month of hell would expose how much said anbu could handle and still function. They also used it as a test to see if someone was ready to undergo the promotion trials thus if you wanted to be promoted to a higher ranking in Anbu you had to function better than when you first underwent the trial.

However, the most unsettling fact about this was that ibiki himself had asked Naruto to either join T and I or teach him some of the pranks he did and how to pull them off. After which ibiki made it publicly known he would never go with a hundred yards of Naruto during his date days even under the threat of his death or the death of those he cared for.

At the Hokage tower

It didn't take long for Naruto and Yūgao to make it to the Hokage's office.

"You wished to see us Hokage-dono," Yūgao said as they entered the room

"Well, um…"

"Spill it old man" naruto said an annoyed tone.

He may see Sarutobi as a grandfather type figure but that wasn't going to excuse him from the torture month that he just brought onto himself. After all, no one interrupted his date days with Yūgao and got away without punishment.

Sarutobi, on the other hand, was shocked he had never heard Naruto speak to him in such a pissed and blunt tone. Yet after a few minutes, Sarutobi paled as he realized what he just did and what happened to him the first time he had done this.

"Well Naruto I just wanted to give these" Sarutobi said as he handed naruto an envelope.

Raising an eyebrow naruto opened the envelope only to arch an eyebrow at its contents.

"Why do you want to give me blank marriage contracts," naruto asked in confusion

"Well, Naruto I will have you know that as you are your mother's hair by your clan laws she can only remarry to a man you approve of seeing as your father has passed making you the man of your family," Sarutobi said as he was letting out an evil chuckle on the inside.

'Take that Kushina, if I have to suffer the hell of a torture month then I will be damned if you don't suffer as well' Sarutobi thought to himself

"However by your clan laws you can not only set up an arranged marriage for your mother should you feel she needs someone in her life, but you can even make one for yourself should you wish it and the girl that you want to marry agrees of her own free will as these marriage contracts are unbreakable once made" Sarutobi explained with a smile

Having heard this naruto took a second look at the contract forms and noticed that it looked completely different from the ones he had seen be explained in the academy.

The contracts border was outlined in the same spiral marks that were on the back of every chunin and jounin flak jacket. Next was that the form had to boxes on each side right next to the borders with a larger box in the middle and a smaller box under the larger one.

"How does this one work then," Naruto asked with a smile

"Well, do you see that small box under the big one in the middle," Sarutobi asked kindly

"Ya, what about it," naruto said getting rather annoyed that the old man as taking so long to explain this

"Well you put your middle and pointer fingers inside that small square, then you push your chakra into it and explain what you expect for the marriage to go through. Like how the two are to treat each other or should you be marrying someone in a political marriage you would also say what is expected of the two countries to share both before and after the two are married. As you do that you talk you have to continue to pump chakra into the square so that the words will be recorded in the larger one above it. After which both members of the couple would put a hand on one of the outer squares on the day they are to be married and pump chakra into them so they receive a seal that makes sure they follow the contract" Sarutobi explained

"you forgetting that that law only applies to him after he has graduated from his Uzumaki training to become a genin of the Uzumaki clan and that wouldn't happen until he turns 12 at the very least. He also has to agree to take over as daimyo of whirlpool and there are requirements for that as well such as having a wife as it is always the husband that is the daimyo and the wife that is the military commander similar to that of a kage by Uzumaki tradition. It helps balance things out that way, sure the men of the Uzumaki clan knew better than to piss their wives off but the daimyo has absolute control of the country so he always gives that position to his wife to prevent himself from getting too full of themselves knowing their wives would put them in their place if they ever did when others would just cave" Kushina said with a grin as she quickly saw Yūgao's anger, that the Uzumaki had such a sexist tradition, leave her face knowing that it was done so for a specific reason to help keep the Uzumaki from destroying themselves with a smile forming on her lips.

Kushina however had a smiled the entire time as she remembered the days she would watch her parents work side by side until she had gotten shipped off to the leaf because she was the youngest of her siblings giving her a better chance of having a successful resealing of the Kyuubi. After which Kushina's godmother spent her last days teaching Kushina everything she had known about being the nine tails jinchuuriki and the process she would have to undergo to be able to control the Fox's chakra without it hurting her or making her lose control. Something Kushina was grateful she could still teach naruto though she was hesitant to start the process do to things only she knew about the Kyuubi at the moment and was uncertain on what that might do to her baby.

'I think it will be better if I wait until after he has graduated from the leaf academy. After all, I don't think it would be smart to teach him what I learned when I was his age, I mean he is a boy and it could change his view on a few things that could become problematic depending on how far the first step changes his views. Especially given his well-earned title of prankster king from hell, the last thing we would need is him using what I have to teach him for the first step on a normal person' Kushina thought to herself with a slight cringe

However, Kushina was quickly brought out of her thoughts by naruto

"Do I get a say in who I marry" Naruto asked

Seeing the look of worry on Naruto's face made Yūgao's heart want to break. She remembered the lessons that were taught In the academy about political marriages and how most often times those that held important positions were used for them with the ones chosen not getting a say in the matter or had to sacrifice their happiness for the needs of the many often times not being allowed to marry the one they wished. She also knew naruto had paid attention far more than his teachers thought so she knew naruto remembered those lessons as well and what it could mean for them

"Well she would have to at least be the hairstress to a clan as you are royalty" Kushina said only to watch as she was instantly torn in two at the sight of her baby and Yūgao quick grabbing hold of the others hand with a scared look on their faces as they each held the other's hand in such a tight hold that they started to turn white from blood loss.

At this sight one-half of Kushina was wanting to break down crying telling her baby he could be with anyone he wanted as long as he was happy it wouldn't matter to her, whereas her second half was as violent as an erupting supervolcano wanting to pull the two apart and shred Yūgao into a million pieces as slowly and painfully as possible all while she tore her apart mentally and scream about how Yūgao would never be good enough to even have her baby boy save Yūgao from being raped for the rest of her life or even to become a slave to her son that's sole purpose was to polish the underside of his shoes.

"Then I would rather not even being an Uzumaki" Naruto said shocking Yūgao and Kushina.

Sarutobi on the other hand wasn't shocked as he had already suspected Naruto would react this way if his hand was forced to choose between his clan or Yūgao due to Naruto having confided in him by telling Sarutobi that Yūgao meant the world to him when Sarutobi had been asking if he was making friends with anyone only to be stunned to find that Naruto had become close with the head anbu of his protection detail. Once sarutobi had heard that he asked Naruto just what was the extent of his friendship with said anbu only to have Naruto shock him by say she was his best friend and that he honestly didn't know what he would do if he couldn't spend time with her anymore .

"Well if she means that much to you there is a ceremony she can do that would allow her to become your wife but let's forget about that matter, for now, what is important now is that you're not just an Uzumaki but my baby boy. We have plenty of time for things to change or stay the same between now and when we have to start looking for potential brides" Kushina said as she strategically got Naruto away from Yūgao and pulled him into a hug as Yūgao and Kushina glared at one another.

"Now, how about we go home and I'll start teaching you some of the more advanced parts of the Uzumaki fighting style now that you have the basics down" Kushina said only to be surprised to find Naruto had pulled away from her and was walking out the door with Yūgao.

Kushina was about to stop them and ask Yūgao what she thought she was doing when Sarutobi stopped her as the door closed

"Kushina, I know he's your baby boy but he's lived a life of hell for the last eight years. I've done what I can but Yūgao has been his only solitude from that hell. You can't just come walking in with food, love, and a library of ninja skills and expect him to act like you've always been there for him. Let alone ask for him to choose you over her. Hell I don't think anyone will ever be able to ask that and have him choose them. Or have you forgotten when your own mother asked the same of you to choose between your family or Minato, because if I recall correctly you choose Minato"

"That is completely different an….."

"It's the same and you know it! That girl is your son's entire world! He even threatened the entire council for her" sarutobi yelled with a stern edge as Kushina's eyes went wide

"What do you mean by that"

"*Sigh* I don't know who's worse between you and Yūgao. That boy isn't the prankster king from hell for no reason. He's smarter than you both give him credit for. As for what I mean, the assassination attempts on Yūgao only stopped because when the last one made her close to deathly sick Naruto literally bulldozed into the council and to them that if, in his words, "back the fuck off and leave his neko-hemi alone then his pranks wouldn't be so armless anymore and the first ones to suffer would be the entire village council". After that he left and one of the idiotic merchant council members didn't listen. During the next meeting the moment we all set down sharpened Spears of wood shot out of storage seals and impaling said person so much that his body looked like a pincushion. Once we all got over our shock a folder unsealed on my desk proving the man's attempt on Yūgao and a sing dropped in front of the door say "I told you to back off. Next time it won't just be the guilty that suffer but their entire family". After that the assassination attempts stopped cold as did the mobbings thanks to how terrified the council is of him. Though the idiotic villagers still have yet to learn that" sarutobi explained

Ok that's it for this chapter I hope to update soon and as always please remember to review