Another. Chapter Seven. Enjoy


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Chapter 7: I Don't Like You

"You're not that hot."

"Yes, I am."

"No, you're not."

"Okay, maybe not to some people but," spoke Tayuya smirking at the deadpan stare Naruto was giving her. "You think I'm hot and that's cute. A little boy has a crush on me."

"Don't call me cute..." said Naruto as his Rinnegan's gaze kept Tayuya from pinching his cheek like she wanted to. She wasn't about to treat him like a little kid. He wasn't even that little anymore. "And don't call me little. I'm taller than you."

"I didn't mean your height shithead," said Tayuya looking below Naruto's waist for a moment before looking back up. Naruto's stare didn't change but, red tinted his cheeks showing his flustered state. Seeing his blush made Tayuya actually reach over and tug one of his whiskered cheeks. "It was so adorable. And just so you know, I'm happy I'm your first crush."

"...I don't like you," said Naruto again. He'd said it plenty but, it needed repeating because Tayuya was agitating. Tayuya was forced to remove her hand when Naruto tried to bite it off getting her to laugh. "Words like 'little' and 'adorable' don't need to be used with regards to my... my, you know...my-"

"baby dick. You can call it what it is."

"my dick," growled Naruto before taking a calming breath. He would not continue to be riled up. He was better than this. "I'm still in control of your life here remember. I could tell everyone you tried to kill Sandaime-Jiji. So, just be nice and the rest of this Oto stuff will fly by in a flash. Then we'll be rid of one another since I won't need your help anymore." continued Naruto turning forward while he spoke. "Or don't be nice and I could tell everyone who you really are. They'll lock your vulgar mouthed ass away forever."

"I don't think you'd tell. Actually, I know you won't."

"Pfft, and why is that?"

"Because we both know you don't have balls big enough to-"

"-Fuck it. Figured we could move past that but, nah...whatever," said Naruto getting Tayuya to drape over his back and tug his cheek once again. A blush was on Naruto's face again before he stood with the girl still attached to his back. Tayuya noticed the quick shift in Naruto's demeanor and prepped a question that Naruto answered before she could ask. "We've made it."

"Man that was fast," commented Tayuya before realizing Naruto hadn't started yet. That was weird. He usually just launched some super jutsu to begin their attack on Oto bases. "Oi, shithead... why you stalling? You trying to drop a meteor or something?"

"I could but," replied Naruto getting Tayuya's eyes to widen. He could drop a meteor for real?! And she had the nerve to aggravate this man? Probably not a good idea to actually get on his bad side. A fucking meteor though?! "They surrendered. Look."

And look Tayuya did. She could see a white flag waving from the highest building of Oto's southern hideout. Tayuya just smirked realizing who headed this department. She should have known something like this would happen.

"Heh, little bitch's abilities might have saved her ass."

"The Karin girl?"

"Huh?" Tayuya looked up shocked at hearing that from Naruto. She looked to the boy and rose an eyebrow. "How do you know about her?"

"I stole your teammate's memories."

"Oh, right. I forgot shithead," said Tayuya before smiling. Her hand had stayed on Naruto's cheek this entire time as she tugged it again and pointed down with her other arm. "Let's go! I still want to scare her. I bet she's freaking out right now."

"Hmm, why?"

"I could probably kick her weak ass with my eyes closed and both of my arms restricted," said Tayuya before tugging Naruto's cheek a bit sharper. "That's just me. And now your beefy chakra ass is sitting right above her Oto base. She's probably shitting herself feeling how strong you are." continued Tayuya before tapping Naruto's cheek this time with the back of her hand. "So come on, let's go talk to her. She sucks but she might be useful."

Naruto just nodded before vanishing in an Ashura Senku with the redhead.

(Otogakure's Southern Hideout - 2 Minutes Earlier)

Situated within the Otogakure hideout, a redheaded girl stood tugging on a rope. She was a girl with crimson eyes, fair skin, and her aforementioned red head of hair in an unusual hairstyle; short and spiky on the right side, while longer and straight on the left side. She wore narrow glasses and her outfit is a lavender uniform that exposes her navel, short black shorts, and long black thigh high stockings with black sandals. And right now, she was freaking out from what she could feel coming.

"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!" thought the girl frantically tugging on the rope.

The rope had a white flag attached to the top of it that she was hastily trying to raise. She would thank her stars she was a sensor and could hopefully surrender before that enormous chakra got here. She'd never felt anything so strong in her life.

"Please please please...we surrender...don't kill us."

The flag raised fully, the girl sat waiting with bated breath that their surrender would be noticed and accepted. There was absolutely no way in the world she could contend with such a power. She could feel the power sitting a few hundred meters above the tower before it was suddenly right in front of her face.

"Hey," greeted Naruto getting the girl to jump back in fright. Naruto's eyes immediately picked up on something interesting. "Her chakra matches mine somewhat...does that mean she's..."

"Ah! Don't kill me!" shouted the girl seeing Naruto so close to her now. Naruto snapped out of his thinking to see the girl looking at him fearfully. "I don't want to die..."

"Hahahaha! This is priceless. I told you she was shitting herself shithead," said Tayuya still perched on Naruto's back and smirking at the girl. Tayuya climbed off Naruto, who was now looking around the interior of the hideout, as she walked right up to the other redhead. "How's it going, Karin?"

"Tayu...ya. Is that you?" questioned Karin looking at the other redhead before turning her gaze to Naruto. His chakra levels were so vast that she had yet to find the end of them. "How strong are you..."

"Oi, pay attention. Stop marveling at shithead," said Tayuya getting Karin's focus back on her. "Now we might not kill you if you can help me. Where's that crystal using bitch that really stroked off Orochimaru? She comes to this base a lot. Shithead wants to speak with her."

"I...I..." stammered Karin unable to concentrate with Naruto standing so close to her. She hadn't even known Tayuya was with Naruto considering his chakra overshadowed hers entirely. And she couldn't really pay attention with his overwhelming presence so close. But she could try. "You mean Guren-san?"

"No, the other crystal using bitch..." deadpanned Tayuya looking at Karin. Tayuya watched the girl's eyes move from her to Naruto repeatedly. Tayuya turned to see Naruto just scoping out the base as she snapped her fingers to get his attention. "Oi, shithead. Anyway you can turn your chakra down? Tomato here can't concentrate." continued Tayuya getting Naruto to turn to Karin. He saw Karin's still fearful gaze and smiled disarmingly. Karin felt Naruto's chakra vanish entirely as she could hear how loud she'd been breathing. "Thanks shithead. Now, you...tell me where that crystal bitch is."

"Here!" shouted a voice getting everyone's attention. The trio all looked around to see nothing. The only thing was, Naruto found himself encased in a pink crystal that covered his entire body and froze him in place. "Heh, kid's no God."

"Uh duh... wait... shithead," said Tayuya turning to see Naruto trapped within a perfect crystal. That wasn't how this was supposed to go. "Oi, you stupid crystal bitch! Let shithead out."

"Now why would I do that?" questioned no one still until the wall right behind the frozen Naruto began to move forward. The wall shimmered before shattering into hundreds of shards to reveal a light blue-haired woman with a smug smirk on her face. This was Guren, the crystal using bitch as Tayuya so eloquently put. "I just trapped and am about the kill this God who took Orochimaru-sama from me. Why would I let him free?"

"Because if you don't, he might kill you..." said Tayuya getting Guren to laugh as she walked up to Naruto.

"And how is he going to accomplish that trapped like he is. One touch and he'll shatter."

"He's not trapped dumbass."

"Yeah, she's not lying," said Naruto letting out a wave of gravity that shattered Guren's crystal trap getting her to cover up from the pieces flying toward her. Naruto's three tomoe'd Rinnegan looked at the taller girl and she began to panic a bit. "About my being trapped. The killing part though, I don't believe is necessary."

"How...how did you..." tried to speak Guren but it wouldn't come out. In her panic, she placed her hands in the ram seal. A blue lance made of crystal surrounded the girl's forearm before she lunged at Naruto. "I don't care who you are! This is for Orochimaru-sama!"

"I'm sorry..." said Naruto catching the tip of the lance with his palm. Guren looked shocked he caught the sharp end of her lance without it going straight through his hand. "Shurado. I'm sorry I took your master from you." continued Naruto having augmented his body. He increased the augmentation and preceded to crush the girl's lance by tightening his grip. "Just like with another shinobi of his, I can see how much he meant to you and... I'm sorry."

"You're...sorry," said Guren with a few tears coming to her eyes. They were furious tears though as the girl went through another set of hand seals while jumping back to put distance between the two of them. "Shoton: Isshi Komyo (Crystal Style: Arrow of Light)"

"The Shoton kekkai genkai, such a powerful ability and I can see why Orochimaru would have treasured you," said Naruto watching a near invisible to the naked eye prism of crystal form around Guren. The tip of the prism launched a potent and fast beam at Naruto that he absorbed using Gakido. "The same chance I gave to another one of Orochimaru's subordinates, I will give you the same." continued Naruto watching Guren end her attack realizing she wasn't doing anything. The girl fell to her knees and Naruto frowned at the tears he could see. "I'm sorry... please, leave this base. I'm going to destroy it. You have thirty seconds."

Guren looked up at that and could only see genuine sincerity from Naruto. He really was sorry that he took Orochimaru from her. She could see it clear as day on his face. But, it didn't matter because he still took him away. And with that thought, Guren stood before clenching her fists at Naruto.

"I'm going to kill you one day..." said Guren knowing she couldn't now. He didn't bat an eyelash at her strongest attack, she wasn't beating him today. She didn't know anything really about him or what his weaknesses were. But, she'd find them out and on that day, "I'm going to avenge Orochimaru-sama."

Naruto watched Guren take off out of the base and he let out a sigh. Naruto then turned his eyes to Karin to see her still standing there.

"Konoha."

"Huh?"

"When you leave here, go to Konoha..." said Naruto getting the girl to nod her head before turning to leave.

"Wait! That's it shithead?!" questioned Tayuya getting Karin to stop and turn just in case she wasn't allowed to leave.

"Tayuya..." said Naruto calmly holding out his hand. Tayuya looked down at the extended hand before looking back up. She was ready to argue but seeing Naruto's face, she simply put her hand in his while he turned back to Karin. "Go to Konoha. Please. Tell the guards at the gate that your name is Uzumaki Karin and that Uzumaki Naruto asked you to be taken in until I return. Go."

Karin heard the surname and realized why Naruto wanted her to return to Konoha. She was an Uzumaki? She never planned to go to Konoha when he first told her to. She was just going to nod and pretend like she would before running for her life.

Then he called her an Uzumaki. And if Naruto was one too, that made them family somehow. Karin had questions of how Naruto knew who she was when she didn't even know but held them back until they both met one another again in Konoha. She'd actually go now given that reason.

"Shithead..." said Tayuya lowly looking at Naruto's face.

"Everyone else here is a despicable person, correct?"

"Yeah...these are people who did wrong that Orochimaru captured and used for experiments," confirmed Tayuya getting Naruto to nod his head.

"What I thought. I need an outlet right now," said Naruto as three tomoe returned to his eyes at that moment. The boy was back to six again as his chakra amped up twofold. Tayuya could feel the massive difference and watched the tomoe hypnotizingly orbit his pupil. "Iso No Hitotachi (Majestic Attire Sword Stroke)"

Tayuya blinked and found herself and Naruto atop his tengu. She looked to see the phantasm of them arriving there before seeing a shimmering white chakra grow to surround herself and Naruto. Tayuya marveled at how beautiful the chakra looked. It looked like it was coated in diamonds with how it sparkled.

Naruto's Tengu crowed loudly just as the white chakra grew and morphed to surround it like armor. A sword, made of the white chakra, formed in the summon's hand that it gripped before swinging down at the base below it. The sword never came close to striking the base but, its shockwave split it in half rather destructively.

"Seiatsu," said Naruto holding a palm down toward the middle of the split base. A potent gravity blast truly separated the two parts of the base into crushed pieces. A clone then phased into existence before it teleported to the center of the flattened base. "Tenchi Kaijin (Heaven and Earth End in Ashes)" Tayuya watched a massive array spawn from the Naruto clone that managed to cover the ruined base completely. And then it exploded in a burst of fire that rose dozens of feet in the air before dying down. The tomoe in Naruto's eyes stopped circling his pupil as the white chakra surrounding him and his Tengu dissipated. "On to the Eastern Hideout. We're almost finished."

Tayuya's eyes never left the crushed base, now only ash, even as Naruto's tengu began making its way to the next hideout they were to take down. Tayuya looked back to Naruto and saw his eyes lifelessly looking forward. Something was off with him.

"What happened shithead...what's got you so moody?" thought Tayuya a bit concerned for the powerful boy.

His Rinnegan did give off an emotionless appearance but, Naruto managed to put forth emotion through them with his facial features. Right now though, he wasn't giving off anything. It was honestly scaring Tayuya. It was why she just took his hand and didn't argue further with him back down at the base.

"Oi! What the fuck is wrong with you?!" Tayuya was still Tayuya though. And she wasn't having this mopey shit as she tugged Naruto's cheek getting him to turn to her. His Rinnegan was much scarier with the six tomoe but, Tayuya didn't care. "What's got you all pissy shithead? Is it cause of the crystal bitch?"

"Yes, how can-"

"Stop, shut up...I know where this is going," said Tayuya getting Naruto to narrow his eyes at her. Man his stare was bone-chilling but, Tayuya still didn't care. She was going to get this straight with Naruto. "You killed Orochimaru and he meant something to someone so you feel bad, was that what you were going to say?" questioned Tayuya getting Naruto to stop glaring at her. Tayuya took that as confirmation she was right and continued speaking. "So what? You killed Orochimaru. Dude tried to kill your grandpa. Feels like ample reason to return the favor."

"Yeah, but I didn't have to kill him. I could have kept him alive-"

"-So he could break out and keep doing the diabolical shit he was doing?"

"...no, so the ones like Guren and Kimimaro could at least have had a moment with him. Or something," said Naruto getting attentive brown eyes from Tayuya. "Who am I to be the executioner of the world's bad people? Going around killing them only makes people like Guren and Kimimaro want revenge." continued Naruto turning his vision down to look at his hands. "I want to bring peace to this world. It was Hagoromo's dream and what he hoped of me when endowing me with his power. And yet, I'm sitting here killing people like Orochimaru, your old teammates, or those two from Akatsuki unceremoniously when there was no need for me too. I could have easily captured them and allowed judicial practices to take place. Maybe their loved ones could have some peace instead of what this is..."

"Shithead..." said Tayuya softly putting a hand to Naruto's cheek and raising his head again to make him look at her. Naruto could see Tayuya giving him a sympathetic look in return before slapping him hard with her other hand. "You sound like a pussy right now." continued Tayuya in the same soft voice despite what she just did. Naruto looked back at her with a red handprint forming on his face as Tayuya shook her head. "You're thinking too much. Who gives a fuck that you killed a bad person doing bad shit? I don't."

"Well, I do. I could have let them live just like I let you live. And we both know you give a fuck about that."

"Not really, if you'd have killed me then I'd just be dead and you'd still be doing this destruction stuff. Just without me here to slap your ass for being a pussy," said Tayuya getting Naruto to raise both eyebrows at her. How she could state that so confidently was crazy to Naruto. "You shouldn't think so hard about this. I never have because it doesn't matter. I don't have some perfect saying for you here that'll make this make sense shithead. There probably isn't one. But I do know, it doesn't matter. You're a ninja...you kill people."

"But-"

"And you're human...you might make a mistake when killing someone. But stop moping about this shit because what's done is done. That shit pisses me off," said Tayuya before poking Naruto in the chest harshly. "If you are going to keep being a pussy though, let me off now. You're a buzzkill like this..."

Naruto just watched Tayuya sit down aboard his tengu having said her peace. Naruto saw her pull her flute out to begin playing melodies from it as Naruto looked up. Maybe Tayuya was right.

The people Naruto had killed probably did have people who loved them. And to those people, Naruto would feel bad for no matter what he did. But, he shouldn't go around letting it affect him like it was. Orochimaru didn't deserve to live nor does his legacy deserve the right to continue remaining in this world. There was no question about that in Naruto's mind.

Tayuya was definitely right about his killing people though. He was a ninja, killing was going to happen. His feeling bad about it didn't change the fact he'd do all of those things again if he were given the opportunity to change it. Or that he wouldn't kill every member of Akatsuki for messing with him and Hagoromo's Bijuu children. Despite that, he wasn't going to stop feeling bad about killing people. No matter how bad they were.

"If I don't feel remorseful then I'll be no better than those I've killed." thought Naruto with a smile at that. He wouldn't stop feeling bad in these cases. It allowed him to keep his humanity. But, he could at least stop being a bitch about it. "Thank you."

"Think nothing of it shithead. You were the same way when you let Kimimaro-teme go," said Tayuya as she stopped playing her flute to look up at Naruto. She rose an eyebrow seeing the ominous look on his face though. "Shithead?"

"I'm not going to stop being a pussy about killing people," said Naruto grabbing Tayuya with his gravity powers before moving her off his Tengu. Naruto held the girl in midair and watched her eyes widen at what he was doing. "And I believe you said to let you off now if I wasn't going to stop. So..."

"Hey Hey Hey! Stop playing shithead," said Tayuya freaking out at being at his complete mercy. She couldn't move due to the unseen force locking her in place as she saw nothing but the ground waiting beneath her. She turned her brown eyes to Naruto and glared at him. "You better not drop me shithead!"

"Or what?"

"... or I'll kick your ass."

"We both know you can't kick my ass. Especially, if you don't survive this," said Naruto with an evil grin that got Tayuya's heart to skip a beat. She could feel he was serious and that was actually scaring her a bit. "And even if you did survive, you'd be in no condition to fight me without months of recovery."

"Shithead..."

"What's my name?"

"..."

"Say it and I'll bring you back..."

"..." Tayuya looked at Naruto and could see him waiting to hear his name. The little bastard was annoying. "Fine, fine...your name is...Na...Na..." spoke Tayuya almost gagging trying to say Naruto's name. "Your name is na...naru-shithead! Hah! Fuck you and drop me pussy!"

Naruto growled before doing as she asked and dropping her. Tayuya fell through the sky while laughing like a mad woman. Her laugh began to die down about halfway to the ground when she realized she was actually plummeting to her death.

"Maybe that wasn't the best thing to say..." said Tayuya beginning to panic as she neared the ground. Yeah, definitely wasn't worth it as she was picking up more speed toward a fatal landing. "Shithead! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" shouted Tayuya bracing herself for impact. "Your name is Naruto alright! Naru-"

"That wasn't so hard now was it?"

Tayuya blinked and found herself settled neatly on the back of Naruto's Tengu. She could see the telltale poof of smoke from a summoning and turned to see Naruto smiling at her. The girl was breathing heavily as she looked at Naruto.

"I don't like you..." said Tayuya settling her rapidly pounding heart as Naruto shrugged.

"I don't like you either," replied Naruto before turning to look at where they were going. "We'll be rid of each other in a few more days. So, don't you-"

Naruto didn't get out what he wanted to say as Tayuya had tackled him and began to tussle with the Rinnegan wielder. She didn't care about what he was saying and if it was up to her, Naruto would be sporting a few bruises and broken bones by the time they got to the next base. Dumbass just dropped her from about a thousand feet above the ground and had the gall to give her his back? She was going to kick his ass.

"Oi, no biting Tayuya. Dammit, ow! Why the fuck are you so strong?!"

Tayuya was kicking his ass any way she could. Godlike powers or not, Naruto was going to feel her wrath for that death scare.


(Konoha)

Walking around aimlessly, the Nanabi jinchuriki had a perpetual frown on her face. The reason for the frown was very simple. She'd been in the hospital since Naruto brought her to Konoha and this morning she'd been released. Only to find out that the only person she knew outside of the Hokage was gone in first, a meeting, and then 2nd, literally across the world to destroy the remnants of Otogakure.

"He could have at least said something, right?" thought Fu in her head.

For most people, asking a question in your head wouldn't be met with a response. Fu was a bit different than most people. She had a Bijuu who could try to answer any query she could come up with.

"He did say something Fu," spoke Chomei to her Jinchuriki.

She was happy Fu finally came to speak with her back when Naruto was saving them. Her villagers had Fu believing Chomei was someone Fu should never speak with at all. When all Chomei had wanted was to help Fu from day one to make both their lives more pleasant.

"I don't mean on that Bijuu plane thingy Chomei." thought Fu in reply while making her way down the street. "He could have at least been there in person..."

"He's a busy boy Fu. He has the man who created me's chakra and eyes," rebutted Chomei flapping her mighty wings to stay hovering within Fu's mindscape. "With his great power, comes great responsibility. There are a lot of problems in the world and with his Rinnegan, I believe he presumes it is his duty to solve them."

"That's dumb...he's not a god."

"Honestly, if he's like Hagoromo-sama...he's the closest thing to one."

"That's still so stupid though..." thought Fu looking around at the people of Konoha. She was happy they were amicable to her, greeting her with a smile and a few older citizens even going so far as to call her pretty. But she could see they were all fanatics of Naruto. "That has to be so annoying."

"Hagoromo-sama didn't mind it."

"Hagoromo-sama was also born that exalted." thought Fu having heard the tale of the man from Chomei in their conversation. "Naruto was like me. Shunned for most of his life to now, being hailed as a God. That has to be annoying." continued Fu with a frown marring her pretty features at all the overheard conversations about Naruto. It was taxing to her and she wasn't even Naruto. "It's probably why he's not here right now. To get away...even if he won't admit it."

"Hmm, you might be right," replied the giant rhinoceros beetle with seven-tails. "Maybe when he returns we can-"

"Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going," said Fu having bumped into a boy wearing round sunglasses and a high collar coat. Fu saw he was a shinobi from the headband and could see him blushing for some reason. When he didn't speak, Fu just shrugged before waving goodbye. "Sorry again. See you around shinobi-san."

"..." the boy stood still as ever until Fu was clear out of view. Once she was, the boy merely said two words. "Aburame Shino."

His introducing himself to her was pointless since she was no longer there. The only thing Shino could think about when looking at her was that she was the finest thing he'd ever laid eyes on. The bug user would find out sometime later that Fu was the Jinchuriki of the world's biggest and strongest insect and he would fall in love.

It was only a matter of time until he found out.

(With Naruto - One Week Later)

Seated upon the back of his tengu, Naruto sat meditating on his winged summon while returning to Konoha. Naruto breathed in and out calmly just allowing the wind to lightly breeze around him. He felt good. He felt at peace. He felt like-

"Hey Fishcake," He felt like Tayuya was doing this on purpose now. Agitated, Naruto peeked open one Rinnegan to see Tayuya close enough that the tips of their noses were touching. "So, you were serious right?"

"Yeah, you've been more than helpful," said Naruto looking at the girl with a smile. Tayuya smiled back as Naruto confirmed what she was asking. "Oto's finished enough. There aren't any bases other than Orochimaru's more elusive ones. Probably where his right-hand man Kabuto has gone too. He's a loose end sadly."

"Just like Kimimaro-teme and that crystal bitch."

"Them too but, they aren't too bad," said Naruto looking right back at Tayuya. "Kabuto feels a bit dangerous. I don't know what he can do and no one else does either. That means he's an unknown. And the unknown is to be feared."

"Pfft, as if you're actually worried Fishcake," said Tayuya getting Naruto to raise an eyebrow.

"Fishcake huh? Can't just say Naruto? You did it before."

"No."

"At least you stopped saying Shithead."

"You threw me off this damn thing last time I did," replied Tayuya with an angry glare that Naruto just laughed at. She didn't even really get to fight him for it because after she managed to bite him, he threw her off the Tengu again. She didn't try him a second time when she got summoned back. "Fishcake is where I draw the line. It's equally demeaning mister maelstrom. Less vulgar though. Plus, you know you like it."

"Meh, I'll get you to say my real name someday."

"Oh, that sounds a bit sexy Fishcake. Are you trying to come on to me?" questioned Tayuya batting her eyelashes at Naruto. Naruto just frowned at the girl's antics as she smirked at him. "Going to suck not seeing you blow up strongholds."

"Is it now? At first, you said I was scary and now you're going to miss it?"

"A little bit. Not every day you see a fortress get flattened by pure gravity or hit with all five elements at the same time," said Tayuya with a smile. "My favorite was the super robo-fishcake that terminated the Eastern Hideout. He was cool." continued Tayuya before looking at Naruto distastefully. "You didn't have to let that water prick go though. I hate that guy."

"Heh, he was just a captive Tayuya. You knew that and still tried to get me to kill him," said Naruto shaking his head and inadvertently rubbing across Tayuya's nose in the process. He'd forgotten that they were still that close and that meant he just...dammit. Naruto frowned immediately seeing the excitement in Tayuya's eyes. "No...shut up. I wasn't-"

"Fishcake-kun, did you just nuzzle my nose?!" questioned Tayuya chippily getting Naruto's frown to deepen further. He didn't mean to. It was purely an accident because the girl wanted to talk so damn close to him. "You did nuzzle my nose! Awww, do you want a big, juicy kiss from your sweet Tayuya-chan? It's much better than nuzzling my nose."

"I don't like you..."

"Aww, you don't mean that. Come here and pucker up. My lips are really soft Fishcake-kun," said Tayuya while slowly leaning her face in with her lips closing in on Naruto's. The ex-Oto ninja grinned a Cheshire smile when Naruto repelled her with gravity off his Tengu again. "Yeah, going to suck not doing that too..."

"Chikushodo," said Naruto summoning Tayuya back as the girl kept grinning at him. Naruto's blush was deep red and covered his entire face. He could feel the damn girl's breath she'd been so close. Why did she have to mess with him so much? "I really, really don't like you."

"I know. And you know that I don't like you either," said Tayuya moving to sit beside Naruto before pulling out her flute. "I don't like you either Fishcake."

The two just calmly made their way back to Konoha to the melodies played by the girl.

(Konoha - Several Hours Later)

Naruto knew the moment he set foot back in Konoha that he'd be bombarded by the denizen that called it home. So, to solve himself of that problem, Naruto just teleported to the Hokage's office. He was glad Hiruzen was still there and could hear Naruto's full debriefing of events passed. Well, see Naruto's full debriefing considering showing a memory was much easier than giving words. Took much less time too.

With that out of the way, Naruto teleported once more back home. It was always comforting to come home and see his place. His place may have sucked but, it was still his damn place and that was nice. Opening his door, Naruto saw everything was how he last left it.

His tiny kitchen was connected to his tiny living room. His tiny living room had his tiny couch. His tiny couch had a Fu sitting on it. And Fu was sitting right in front of his-

"Wait...Fu?" questioned Naruto seeing the girl wave at him. Well, he wasn't expecting that but, it wasn't the worst thing to see sitting on your couch. "They let you out of the hospital already?"

"Yeah, they said I only needed rest after keeping me overnight. I can get that outside of the hospital," said Fu with a bright smile that was infectious because Naruto smiled too. She was supposed to rest in the hospital from her rather drastic injuries because they wanted to monitor them. Naruto was sure of it but, she must have escaped after the first day and stayed away. Naruto hated hospitals too though so he couldn't blame her. "I've been here since then just waiting for you to return. It didn't take much to find out where you lived. People exalt you now if you didn't know."

"I've noticed," said Naruto knowing about his current 'God' status. It was what it was though. "It'll die down soon...hopefully." continued Naruto before looking at Fu. "So, did you make a decision on what you wanted to do?"

"No, not yet. Hokage-sama said I could take all the time I think I need," said Fu with a smile as Naruto nodded. Made sense, whatever she chose to do would be literally life-changing. To become a Konoha kunoichi or live the rest of her days possibly without a village to call home, both were big choices. "I want the opportunity to find out which of the two is better for me first. I kind of like Konoha so far but, I don't know."

"Well, I'd say make that decision for you. I got a bit of a cheat when deciding myself."

"You thought about leaving Konoha?"

"Yeah, my eyes are kind of powerful," said Naruto getting a deadpan stare from Fu at his humility. His eyes were a lot stronger than just 'kind of powerful' and he knew that. "Just wanted to make sure the village I give my allegiance to is one that aligns itself with my own beliefs."

"And you found out Konoha was it?" a nod from Naruto got Fu to nod her head in return. That was in Konoha's favor. If Naruto wouldn't mind staying despite being who he was, then that meant Konoha probably was the place to be. Fu wouldn't make her decision off of that though. "So, you've been gone for a week?"

"Yeah, I was taking out a few bases is all."

"One of my bases." Naruto and Fu perked up at the new voice and turned to his doorway. Standing there, Karin stood looking at Naruto. She saw the question on his face and she answered it easily. "I would have knocked but, the door was already open."

"Hmm, I didn't close it because I saw Fu..." said Naruto thinking out loud before smiling at Karin. "I see you made it!"

"Yeah, I had a guard this whole time though."

"Who?"

"Me! And about those bases, you were doing the damn thing kiddo!" came a shout from Naruto's window that got everyone's attention. The three turned to see Jiraiya sitting there with a grin on his face. "Welcome back Naruto-sama."

"...no," said Naruto with a frown at the sama. He wasn't hearing that from people like Jiraiya. "Don't do that. Even as a joke, no..."

"Aw what? That other redhead calls you shithead and I can't call you sama jokily?" questioned Jiraiya crossing his arms. "That's sexist gaki."

"I don't care. And she doesn't call me shithead anymore."

"Really? How'd you do it? She still calls me dumbass every time she sees me."

"Because you're a dumbass," said the girl the two were speaking of.

Naruto was getting tired of people just busting in his home. Especially Tayuya because she'd kicked his door off its hinges with her entrance. She didn't even have to kick the door down considering Karin hadn't closed it. Naruto would have called her on it but, he was currently fearing for his life based on her facial expression.

"And you, Fishcake! Why the fuck did you leave me? I had to walk through your stupid cult asking me stupid questions about where you were. That shit was annoying..." growled Tayuya stalking toward Naruto slowly.

"Hey...hey now. Stay back...stay back I say. You and me are done dammit! Why do I have to teleport you places still?" questioned Naruto with a black rod sliding out of his sleeve to defend himself when she lunged at him. It was no use though as Tayuya managed to tackle Naruto and wrestle him to the ground. "Oi! Stop trying to bite me dammit! That shit hurt last time!"

Naruto and Tayuya were a mess of limbs as she assaulted Naruto in his own home. Really smart of her because Naruto couldn't really launch her off of him because he could potentially damage his own stuff. That was a no go and gave Tayuya free reign to physically abuse the jinchuriki.

Jiraiya, Karin, and Fu were simply watching the interaction before the Sannin pulled out a notepad. Karin's focus was on Naruto slowly losing the struggle for dominance against Tayuya. Fu stopped watching due to her curiosity of what Jiraiya could be writing but, he wasn't allowing her to see as he just giggled to himself.

"This is good. This is so good," said Jiraiya with a drip of blood coming from his nose. "Oh, this is so good. Kid, you're such an inspiration. Kid's got three in his house not even five minutes back home." continued Jiraiya before looking at Fu to see her reaction. She clearly didn't get what he really meant and that was a good thing. And now that he thought of it, Jiraiya figured why not ask because he was sure the kid had already forgotten. "Hey, the kid is going on a training trip soon. I was here to tell him it'll take another week and some change to get the route all mapped out. Being a 'God' made him pretty popular and there are numerous requests to meet him. He was going to ask if you wanted to come with."

"A training trip? How long?"

"However long it takes the kid to do what he wants to do."

"Who's all coming?"

"Gaki, me, and one of the kid's teammates are the only ones confirmed," said Jiraiya seeing the contemplative look on Fu's face. "It'll be better than sitting around Konoha. Plus, it'll help you decide what you want to do by experiencing more of the world!"

"I really don't have anything else to do," said Fu before shrugging. She'd planned to stay close to Naruto anyway. It was why she'd spent the week in his home waiting for his return. So, why not go on a globetrotting trip with the guy who saved her life? "You said a week?"

"Yeah and some change. Whenever I can get us all ready to go then we'll head out."

"Okay, I'll be ready then. I'm in."

Jiraiya just nodded before seeing Naruto yell indignantly.

"No, Never! Your flute does not go there!"

"It's going there today! Spread those legs Fishcake!"

"Fine, you want to play that game," said Naruto before vanishing. Tayuya growled at Naruto disappearing only to find out he didn't go far. He was settled right behind her with his hands in the tiger seal. Hands that were closing in on Tayuya's backside. "Word to Kakashi-sensei. Sennen Goroshi (One Thousand Years of Death)"

It need not be said what Naruto just did. Karin and Fu both gasped at the boy's audacity. Jiraiya just began rapidly writing more in his notepad and repeatedly calling Naruto his 'newest muse'. Tayuya's face was a deeper red than her hair before she was rocketed off his fingers right into his bedroom. She landed with an audible thud that got Fu and Karin to cringe at how painful it sounded.

Naruto held his pose from his latest action before standing abruptly. He waited a second before looking over at the others currently invading his home.

"So, I'm going M.I.A. for the night..." said Naruto feeling a goosebump-inducing wave of killing intent wash over the area. It was coming from his bedroom and Naruto knew it was directed all at him. "I'll be back soon Fu. Something I wanna ask you. And Karin, we'll talk soon too. Sorry to just keep leaving but, ciao."

"FISHCAKE!"

Naruto vanished in an Ashura Senku just as Tayuya came out of the living room with an absolutely livid look in her brown eyes. She was nearly foaming at the mouth looking for him before turning to the other three.

"That. Didn't. Happen. Got it?!" questioned Tayuya dangerously getting the other three to just nod at that.

Tayuya then stalked off in hunt of Naruto whilst holding her backside tenderly. He was so going to pay. Jiraiya just sat there smiling before returning back to his notepad.

"This training trip with the kid is going to be epic. There's never a dull moment with that brat," said Jiraiya smiling at all he'd written from that small exchange.

He couldn't wait to see all he'd be able to write on their training trip. It was going to be so good. There was no doubt in the Sannin's mind as he headed off to get back busy setting it up. Jiraiya was ready to hit the road.

"Bet the kid is ready to roll too."

And with that thought, Jiraiya would make haste in ensuring everything was set up. Time to introduce the world to Uzumaki Naruto.


And yeah. Hope you enjoyed.

-Hamp