AN: I apologize for the lateness of this chapter. Several college projects have bogged me down. Thank you for your patience. On a brighter note, Tsunade has made it to the harem. Another girl besides Tsunade has made it to the harem. So without further ado, chapter seven start!

As they walked towards the bar Tsunade was spotted in, Naruto couldn't help but wonder why Itachi had defected he was a loyal ninja of Konoha. He concluded that the Sandaime could shed further light on the subject. He would have to wait on that matter. The slug Sennin had appeared and Konoha needed her.

The two walked into the bar and quickly spotted Tsunade and her apprentice. "Jiraiya!" exclaimed a surprised Tsunade and Shizune, her apprentice. "Tsunade-hime it's been a long time. The village needs you," said Jiraiya.

"I'll never step foot in that village again. I've lost too many precious people. Dan and Nawaki died for Konoha, their dreams of being Hokage dashed. I will not go back!" she said. "The pervert didn't say anything about being Hokage," said Naruto appearing at Jiraiya's side.

"I still refuse." "The Hokage asked us to bring you back. Orochimaru's been spotted and he plans to destroy Konoha."

"The old man is a fool for not killing him before. It is not my problem," said Tsunade.

Naruto slapped her across the face as her apprentice and Jiraiya gasped. "You disrespectful woman, the Hokage is no fool. He and the other Hokage before him dedicated their lives to the village. My father died so that the village would continue to prosper. However, they couldn't respect his dying wish. That is not the point and Jiji just asked for you to come back," said Naruto. Tsunade's face turned red with rage as she stood up towering over Naruto.

"Ballsy huh brat? Let's take this outside," she said. Tsunade and Naruto went outside followed by a nervous Jiraiya and Shizune. "Hey kid, you don't know what you are getting into. Tsunade is one of the Sannin," said Jiraiya.

"And yet I outclass you in Fuiunjutsu pervy sage," said Naruto grinning at Jiraiya. "Alright Tsunade, I'll make you a bet. If you win, I'll pay off your debts and you are free to leave. Jiraiya and I will forget we ever saw you. However, if I win, you will come with us to Konoha. I will also pay for your debts. I can't have one of the Sennin owing money." Tsunade smirked; the deal was just too good to pass up.

"Done brat. I will only have to use one finger to stop you." Naruto nodded and signaled Jiraiya to start the match. As Jiraiya yelled for them to start, Naruto dashed forward, using his mastery of Suiton jutsu to manipulate his seal drawing ink out of its container into the air. "Fuiunjutsu: Wind Palm Strike Array!" yelled Naruto he manipulated the ink into a floating array.

Tsunade's eyes widened as she was blasted with a concentrated stream of wind that pushed her back as she tried to secure herself to the ground with chakra. Her feet dug trenches as she slid back. She came to a stop and a tick appeared as she rushed toward Naruto. As she closed in, she moved to flick Naruto's forehead.

Naruto smirked as he created a perfect Rasengan and infused a small amount of water chakra into it. "Rasengan: Crashing Tides!" said Naruto as he thrust the sphere into Tsunade's abdomen. Tsunade grunted and her eyes widened with surprise as Jiraiya's and Shizune's eyes also widened. 'Kid tricked me. He already knew the Rasengan,' thought Jiraiya as he watched his teammate crash into the trees behind her.

Tsunade quickly got up from her crater among the trees and charged at Naruto, a fist cocked back to deliver a chakra enhanced blow. Naruto created another seal array, this time fusing it to his skin.

"Fuiunjutsu: Force Absorption Array!" Tsunade's fist landed on Naruto's stomach but nothing happened. The seal Naruto drew on himself glowed a bright red before it dissipated into nothing. Naruto rubbed the place where Tsunade had hit him. "See not a scratch," said Naruto. "You lose-" Naruto suddenly collapsed unconscious as Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Shizune rushed to his side.

"Ruto! Naruto!" Naruto's eyes cracked open as he groaned. "Did you get the ID of the ninja that hit me?" said Naruto jokingly. Tsunade stood over Naruto with amused eyes. "What keeps you going brat?" she asked. "My precious people. I'm engaged to five girls. If I was to die, they would bring back from the dead and kill me themselves," said Naruto chuckling.

"Anko-chan would probably torture me for days." Tsunade's eyebrows rose as she looked at Naruto then at Jiraiya. "He's married to five women?" she asked. "Yeah," said Jiraiya. "Five women who are all considerably older than him by at least three years or more." Tsunade's eyes widened when she looked at Naruto. "What do you aspire to be?" she asked gently.

"I will be Hokage just like my father and become Konoha's greatest Hokage in history," said Naruto beaming. Tsunade suddenly saw her brother and Dan in Naruto as he said that. Tsunade asked Jiraiya and Shizune to leave as she began to a medical jutsu to scan Naruto' body for any anomalies. "Why do you want to be Hokage so bad, Naruto?" she asked as she continued her work. "I want to bring peace to everyone, including you, Tsunade-chan," said Naruto.

"I'm sorry for slapping you before but the past is the past and you need to move on. You are only hurting yourself and I have been there. I want to save you from yourself." Tsunade finished up her examination of Naruto and he sat up. Quickly sealing the room from intrusion and sounds that my leak out with a few hand signs, Naruto sat next to Tsunade on the bed. "Tsunade-chan, I would like to give you a second chance at life. A literal rebirth. Will you accept?" asked Naruto.

Tsunade sat quietly as she pondered the offer. On the inside, she was ecstatic about getting another chance to be young again but memories of Dan and Nawaki surfaced. "What about Dan and my brother?" she asked in almost a whisper. "I'm sure Dan and your brother wouldn't want you to be sad and lonely. I'm sure they want you to move on," said Naruto touching Tsunade's hand.

"They want you to be happy. So let me make you happy so you can carry on their memory." Naruto made several strange hand seals that Tsunade had never seen before. "Fuxenikkusu no ririisu: Rebirth!" said Naruto before he kissed Tsunade on the lips. Tsunade's eyes opened wide as Naruto kissed her but she soon melted into the kiss. The two started to glow white and Tsunade closed her eyes shut as the light became a blinding white.

Tsunade woke up the next morning with Shizune sitting next to her asleep in a chair next to her. Naruto had disappeared but left a note.

Drop your henge

Naruto

Tsunade cancelled her henge as she went into the bathroom. Her mouth could not form words as she touched her face. Her wrinkles had disappeared. Her hair had become as soft as it was when she was twenty five. All signs of aging had disappeared and she had reverted to the age of twenty five. Shizune had entered the bathroom to check on her master and was equally speechless.

"What happened to you?" asked Shizune when she finally was able to form words. "Naruto," said Tsunade as she continued to stare at her image in the mirror. Naruto was outside working on the wind natured Rasengan with Jiraiya. "Why did you ask me teach you to learn the Rasengan when you already knew it?" asked Jiraiya as Jiraiya stopped his work.

"I already learned the Rasengan but without your help I would not have been about to power down the Rasengan and not hurt Tsunade-chan," said Naruto. He created the same water natured Rasengan and thrust it against a large boulder. The rock shook violently and was suddenly ground to dust from the Rasengan thrust into its center.

Jiraiya looked at the rock then remembered the Rasengan that Naruto used on Tsunade. "So that's why you wanted my training. I see what you did. You learned to minimize damage while still keeping it from destabilizing and seriously hurt either of you," said Jiraiya as he thought back to the fight. "Right but even though I have figured that out, I can't do the wind natured Rasengan yet.

The last time I tried this one, I had to get Kyu-chan to heal me. My whole arm was riddled with countless cuts and they all stung for weeks," said Naruto. Jiraiya pictured a wind natured Rasengan in his mind and came up with a few ideas to stabilize it. "When you put wind chakra into the Rasengan, what kind of rotation did you put on it?" the Sennin asked.

"I think I rotated it in multiple directions… Oh shit that's why I never got it. It stopped the Rasengan from rotating and destabilized on me." "Right so if you let the wind natured chakra move in the same direction as the Rasengan then it will continue to rotate without you killing yourself."

Tsunade came upon the pervert, as she entitled Jiraiya and Naruto in a discussion about the Rasengan. "Hey Naruto-kun," said Tsunade as her apprentice's and Jiraiya's jaw dropped at the affectionate suffix she added to Naruto's name. Jiraiya snapped out of his daze and his mind almost stopped functioning. Tsunade was looked as if she had become twenty five again.

He watched in jealousy as she went up to Naruto and pecked the blonde on his lips, turning his face a scarlet red as she giggled. 'You're so lucky brat. Even I the great Jiraiya could not do that.' Tsunade saw the look on his face and as if she read his mind said, "It's because Naruto-kun knows how to treat a woman right not ask her to reveal herself." Tsunade let that sink in as she turned her attention back to Naruto. Jiraiya had streams of tears coming from his eyes.

"I'm sorry Tsunade-chan for kissing you but that was the only way to use that jutsu. I apologize if I have offended you," said Naruto bowing before her. Tsunade felt smug on the inside as she denied Jiraiya. Jiraiya cried waterfall tears as she kissed Naruto on the cheek, telling him that it was ok if it was him.

"As promised, I'll pay for your debt. Could you show me to the nearest casino?" asked Naruto as Tsunade nodded. The four of them entered a casino Tsunade had frequented. "So this called Blackjack?" asked Naruto as the dealer handed him two cards. "Yes, to win your cards must equal twenty one. If you go higher you bust and lose. If you are lower and someone has higher cards within the range you lose," explained Tsunade. "Then I win right, twenty one," said Naruto laying his cards down. The other players looked at Naruto in shock as he racked in the cash. Naruto had bet ten ryo and had gotten the pot of 20000 ryo.

Naruto left the table and carried his ryo to a roulette table. Tsunade again explained the rules to Naruto who nodded a picked one number, putting his chips he got from exchanging all his cash. "N-Number fifteen red wins," said the man spinning the roulette wheel in disbelief. Naruto played once more and took the 50000 he earned to the poker table. It seemed that Naruto had Lady Luck on his side. Every game or slot machine he sat at rained money on him. The owner of the casino came out when he got a call that someone was cleaning the casino out and challenged him for the now 1 million ryo Naruto had accumulated in a mere hour of playing.

"I got a deal for you kid. You play a game of poker with me and if you win I'll give you the deed to this casino, the hotel next to this place, and the trendy kimono shop I own here. You lose and the only penalty you pay is the cash you won tonight. Deal?" said the owner, confident the rookie would lose. "Deal." The owner set up a game and had one of his dealers deal the cards to him and Naruto.

"Four of a kind," said the owner. "What is this called?" asked Naruto as he laid down his cards. Tsunade gasped quietly as the owner nearly pissed himself. Naruto had gotten a Royal Flush and had beaten him. "Here you go kid. Keep the cash. You are now the owner of this casino, the hotel next to it, and the kimono store. Don't worry about me. I got another casino in a nearby town.

My staff is now yours. Thanks for the great game. I have never played against anyone as good as you are." Naruto tucked the deeds into a pouch on his pants and asked Tsunade to lead him to another casino. This time they were in another close village playing in a huge casino with multiple floors. Unknown to Naruto and his group, this casino grew large because several of the players were professionals that worked for the casino and cheated with ease to win the casino billions of ryo.

They had met their match today. Naruto followed the same routine he used at the last casino. By the end of the day, he had cleaned them out. Several owners in the town had hands in the dirty business and feared Naruto's lucky streak they thought he had. They all challenged him and each one lost their businesses to Naruto.

One owner had a hand in the operation to help out his ailing family. Naruto refused to take his business from him. Naruto had given him the deed from a rival store that had stolen their customers be sending in their employees disguised as customers to spy on their prices and lower theirs. The man thanked Naruto immensely while Naruto said that he was doing because he couldn't bear to see anyone suffer.

The group entered Konoha a month after embarking on a search for Tsunade. Tsunade came up with a cover story for her appearance that her sensei could tell the council without them hounding Naruto. Since the Senju compound was destroyed in the Kyuubi attack 13 years ago, she opted to stay with Naruto who had offered her and Shizune a room to themselves. Naruto, Tsunade, and Shizune entered Naruto's compound after reporting to the Sandaime. Naruto's fiancés surrounded him and each took a turn kissing him affectionately.

"Welcome back Naruto-kun," they said in unison. "Oh girls we have two people who will be staying her from now on. Tsunade-chan, Shizune-chan these are my fiancés, well the ones who live in Konoha. I'm engaged to the Mizukage but that's a story for another day. The woman with the gorgeous purple hair is Anko. The red eyed goddess is Kurenai. Haku is my ice queen. The last woman is my gorgeous crimson haired beauty Kyu-chan. I'm sure you remember her," said Naruto.

Before his new guests could flinch he explained from the beginning. After he finished speaking both his new guests were feeling more comfortable around the queen of the biju. "Girls if you would be so kind to show our lovely guests around the house. We don't want them looking for the restroom or the onsen in vain."

The girls escorted their new housemates around the mansion while Naruto fixed up their rooms. The girls finished up the tour and led them upstairs where Naruto waited. "Tsunade-chan, your room is this one. Shizune, yours is right across from Tsunade-chan's. Dinner is at six thirty so be sure to come down to the dining room," said Naruto after he finished showing them their rooms.

The two women settled in and went about their routine until a shout announcing dinner was ready reached them. They headed to the dining room to see Naruto and Kyuubi putting platters of exquisite on the table. Anko sat next to Naruto with Kyuubi to his right with Shizune and Tsunade sitting across from Naruto. They all said Itadakimasu before they dug into their food. Tsunade and Shizune commented the food upon taking a bite of the food they put on their plate.

"Who made this?" asked Tsunade as she ate akashiyaki (it's a dumpling with octopus in it. It's made from an egg rich batter and dipped into dashi before eating. Dashi is a thin fish broth.) "Naruto's the cook around here. He makes great desserts," said Anko drooling. Kurenai sighed as Anko snapped out of her stupor and wiped the saliva that had made its way down her chin. Naruto just looked on with an amused smile on his face.

Tsunade, Shizune entered the onsen and found Naruto's fiancés relaxing in the large onsen. They entered in and relaxed as well. Kyuubi was the first to start the conversation. "I assume your appearance is due to Naruto." Tsunade looked at Kyuubi with a looked of interest. "Yes, but how did you know?" "The jutsu he used on you was part of a collection of jutsu from Uzu he found.

Apparently, kami favored the Uzumaki clan and bestowed upon select members of the clan the ability to use the phoenix release. Just like a phoenix is reborn continuously, the phoenix release allows the user to reverse anyone's age as if they had reborn again. Not that you would have actually needed if you're here for what I think you are here for," said Kyuubi smirking as Tsunade turned red as Shizune looked at her master curiously. "You're right. I love Naruto. He saved me from myself.

He showed me that life was worth living even after my precious people died. I just love him," said Tsunade quietly as her cheeks reddened. The girls smirked as Kyuubi smiled. "I see. There is still space left to become one of his wives," said Anko out loud. "Really?" shouted Tsunade until she realized she shouted and composed herself. "I mean it is an interesting proposition." Kurenai, Haku, and Anko were giggling at Tsunade's outburst. "Naruto is required to marry eight girls before he turns twenty one. If you would like to become his fiancé, I'm sure he won't mind. The way he acts around you already told me his answer. So what is yours?" said Kyuubi.

"Yes, I want to Naruto's wife," said Tsunade with conviction. "Welcome to the family then. You are more than welcome to sleep in Naruto's room. We all do. I'll leave my spot tonight so you can sleep on his chest," said Kurenai. Since Naruto's harem had grown only four girls fit on the bed. Two beside Naruto, one lying on top of him, and one lying across his thighs. So when Mei came to visit the girl who slept on Naruto's chest most recently slept in their room so Mei could slept on his chest. Not that they minded. Haku turned out to be a great seamstress and she made everyone a foxy plushy doll of Naruto which the girls all slept with when not in Naruto's room.

Haku handed Tsunade one and the Sennin tucked it beneath her pillow for the nights she slept in her room. Tonight she would get to sleep in Naruto-kun's room. The next morning she woke from her slumber next to the three other girls that slept with Naruto on his bed. She rubbed her eyes as she sat up and replaced her clothes with casual wear. She wandered to the kitchen and found Naruto at the stove cooking breakfast. "Good morning, Tsunade-chan, could you wake the others? Breakfast is ready," said Naruto as he set the dishes on the table.

The girls all headed for the dining room after Tsunade roused them. Tsunade looked at her plate then at everyone else's as she savored her food. 'Naruto-kun went out of his way to make breakfast and even added a small side of what each of us like.' Tsunade finished eating and helped Naruto clear the table. Just then, Anko appeared from the foyer.

"There's ANBU at the door asking for you two," she said as she headed out the IT department. Tsunade and Naruto went outside and saw ANBU at his gate. "The Hokage wants to talk to us?" asked Naruto as the ANBU nodded and disappeared in a shunshin.

Naruto and Tsunade appeared inside the Sandaime's office. The Sandaime looked up from his Icha-Icha book to find an amused Naruto and a fuming Tsunade. "Sensei, I can't believe you turned into a pervert!" said Tsunade.

Sarutobi quickly hid the book to avoid the wrath of Tsunade. "As of now, we have discovered Danzo was a traitor and have executed him. In doing so and raiding his ROOT headquarters, we found he has been in contact with Orochimaru and had planned a coup. I'm old now and I would like you Tsunade to become the next Hokage.

Naruto meets all the qualifications but he is the sensei for a team. It has to be you. Jiraiya refused the job and the only other person that is qualified is Kakashi," said Hiruzen. "I accept the job. After all, I can't let Kakashi take the job. From what Naruto-kun told me last night, he's chronically late," said Tsunade hugging Naruto. 'Naruto you lucky dog. I see why Jiraiya was jealous. Anyone would gladly die to have the chance to be smothered in those pillows.'

Sarutobi quickly turned away, pretending to pick up a dropped document to wipe the blood that dripped from his nose. "The secret to paperwork is shadow clones, Tsunade-chan," whispered Naruto to Tsunade. Tsunade kissed Naruto on the cheek in response. The three went through the technical work and Tsunade became officially the fifth Hokage of Konoha.

Sarutobi told Tsunade his plan to fool Orochimaru into thinking that he was still the Hokage. He would attend in his Hokage robes and Tsunade would stay at his side dressed as she normally was. When the time came, they would kill Orochimaru together. Naruto proposed to create seals that would allow them to sap the Snake Sennin's strength provided he remained in the kage box when the fight went down. The seals would go around the area and would be attuned to just Orochimaru's DNA.

Since Naruto had some from the cursed seal he removed from Anko, he could make the seals. Tsunade and Sarutobi agreed saying the seals would give them an advantage. "Jiji, if we know about Orochimaru's plot, what makes you sure he doesn't know about us hatching a counter attack plan?" asked Naruto causing the Sandaime to stop and think. "We might have spies among us. We need to act like we don't know what's going to happen. That way we have the element of surprise on our side," said Naruto.

Naruto had ordered special bracelets and necklaces for his fiancés a while ago. He had just picked up the order he put in for Tsunade and decided it was time to give them to his girls. So when he got home and all the girls had come home he pulled out the small boxes they were in and hid them in the rooms of his fiancés under their pillows knowing they would find them. And they did, they came squealing, wearing their new accessories and laid kisses all over his face.

Naruto never bought jewelry for its ability to enhance one's beauty. He bought battle jewelry that had a purpose.

For Anko he had bought her a golden bracelet but hidden within it was a small blade that extended from it when muscles in the wrist were moved and touched the trigger on the inside.

Kurenai received a pair of earrings that allowed her store small amounts of chakra inside. The combined pools were capable of refilling her reserves to a third of its full capacity.

Haku had gotten a necklace that was studded with fancy gems and had a unique crystal snowflake hanging from it. The snowflake was imbued with water natured chakra and allowed Haku to draw water particles from the air or even from an enemy's body without having to be next to a major source of water.

Kyuubi wore a choker necklace that had a ruby in its center. The gem allowed her to transfer her chakra to any of her fellow girls without harming them.

Tsunade was gifted with a pendant that allowed Tsunade to store medical chakra that she could release to heal others and herself at a moment's notice. Naruto kept Mei gift with him to give her when she visited Konoha.

A whole four months had passed. The remaining two months were set aside for his students to tweak their skills before the Chunnin Exams. Naruto had asked Kurenai to aid Anko during his absence. The girls had progressed further than he had imagined. Ino had learned several new lightning jutsu and her proficiency with barriers had increased.

She was now about to encircle four people and hold it for ten minutes. Sakura had gained headway in increasing her raw strength and learning earth jutsu. Though she was not able to break a boulder with a flick of her finger like Tsunade, she was slowly getting there. Hinata had completely modified her taijutsu to her skills. Naruto asked for a demonstration and was not disappointed. Hinata's movements now flowed just like her water jutsu.

Their chakra control had greatly improved and Kurenai had taught Ino some genjutsu and Ino was quickly learning. Naruto talked to his newest fiancé, Tsunade, to testing his students and teach them medical jutsu. She agreed and took Sakura and Hinata as her apprentices. The two learned under her but while Sakura learned the ways of a medic, Hinata learned the ways of the combat maiden. It turned out that combat maidens were a large part of Uzushiogakure's shinobi rosters. They were the equivalent of Konoha's combat medics but had training extensive use of chakra scalpels that could be used as lethal weapons.

Naruto had found a scroll among his mother's things and gave it to Tsunade who taught Hinata its contents. The battle maidens were heralded as great healers as well as all-around good fighters, especially with chakra scalpels. Each battle maiden was unique onto herself. Some specialized in poisons while others specialize in chi attacks. Each maiden also went through a graduation rite. The maidens wore leather armor sown into their clothing at strategic places for most protection.

The leather had seals written on them, making them impervious to any blade, jutsu, or fist. The outfits were designed by the maiden and the seals were done by a master. They were donned upon graduation. Hinata had completed her training so Tsunade had Naruto put seals on the leather armor that would be sewn into Hinata's battle kimono. Hinata had finished her training along with her teammates in time for the chunnin exams. Naruto entered his team in it and came to the first exam to cheer them on.

A week later, his team had progressed to the third part of the exam. His fiancé Mei had come to watch the exams and he took the opportunity give her the necklace he bought her. She kissed him as she tucked the red opal that hung from a silver chain into her robes. Tsunade saw Mei embrace Naruto and suddenly she felt jealous for some reason. "You must be Mei. Naruto told me all about you," said Tsunade through her teeth. Mei looked smug as she looked at Tsunade.

'That's right, cow. I was with him first,' thought Mei until Naruto kissed Tsunade as affectionately as he did for her. 'That's right flat chest. In the battle of affection, the one with the softer chest wins,' thought Tsunade as she pressed Naruto's face into his chest. Mei was now third in rank in the bust war, with Tsunade only training Kyuubi. 'Damn cow, you may have better boobs but can you kiss like I can?' She pulled Naruto out of Tsunade's embrace and pulled Naruto into a passionate kiss. 'That's right cow. How about matching that?' Tsunade's glare said everything. 'This is not over by a longshot!'

Naruto had slumped in his chair between the two girls that were two of his fiancés, who were too busy fighting. Kyuubi had been invited to sit with the Kages and she took notice. While the two glared at each other, Kyuubi was comforting Naruto. She had his head in her lap as she sat with Naruto on a long bench. The two had stopped fighting and realized Naruto was gone from his chair.

"You girls will be the death of Naruto-kun if you keep this up. He is trying to make you guys happy. Try to remember that," said Kyuubi as she watched over Naruto. Both girls hung their heads as Kyuubi smiled at a sleeping Naruto. "Naruto," she said gently into his eye. Naruto's eyes fluttered as she groaned. "Hinata is starting her match." Naruto sat up quickly and watched his pupil take to the battlefield. Her opponent was Neji. Naruto knew the boy from his visits to the Hyuuga estate. Hiashi had tried to make amends by inviting Naruto over often to tutor Hinata in the estate. Naruto had done so to boost Hinata's confidence and it had worked wonders.

Down on the field, Neji sneered at his cousin. "You may be trained by Namikaze-san, but fate states you will lose," he said. Hinata ignored him and unsealed her staff from a storage seal Naruto had put on her armor. Hinata readied herself and waited for the proctor to start the match. "Go!" said the proctor's voice. Hinata added her own flair to the ancient Uzu arts of the battle maiden, channeling chakra into the staff's ends to create chakra blades that sliced anything in their path.

Neji charged at her as Hinata calmly analyzed his movements. Neji was proclaimed the Hyuuga clan genius and his skills confirmed the claim. Neji attacked his cousin with a flurry of attacks, all blocked by Hinata's staff. "You are a weakling, hiding behind a weapon to make yourself look stronger. No matter you will still lose," he said.

Hinata saw an opening and unleashed a combo of blows using her staff. Neji expertly blocked them but then a surprise came. Neji's right arm had dropped by his side to awe and disbelief of the crowd. "You may be quick with block my staff but my chakra scalpels on the ends penetrate skin and severe tendons and nerves without any surface damage," said Hinata. "You said earlier I only hide behind my staff. Let me show you the fruit of my training."

Hinata sealed away her staff and got into her modified jyuuken stance. Neji looked confused at the open palm and fist stance that Hinata assumed but disregarded it. Hinata sped towards him, skillfully dodging all attacks on her person and sent Neji flying with combo of palm and fist strikes. Neji smirked as he got up and waited for Hinata to come near him again. Neji quickly performed the Kaiten and watched with look of satisfaction when Hinata was rocketed off her feet upon contact with the rotating blue orb around him. Hinata quickly readjusted her position in midair and landed on her feet. What she did next shocked everyone, including her own father.

"Suiton: Heavenly Fist of Submission!" Hinata expelled a rotating stream of water that shot at Neji's ultimate defense. Neji felt himself stop spinning and a look of horror quickly replaced his smug look. The Kaiten that was dubbed the Hyuuga's ultimate defense had been stopped to a standstill. Hinata's column of water rotated in the opposing direction, cancelling the rotating shield around Neji. The stream continued to push and sent Neji spiraling onto the arena floor.

He got up shakily as he dropped into the Jyuuken stance again. He desperately tried one last tactic. He waited until Hinata was again in his range and yelled: "You're in my divination. Eight Trigrams: 64 palms!" Hinata sailed back from the attack and crashed into the ground. Neji looked smug as he walked slowly to his cousin's prone form, or so he thought. "Never underestimate your opponent," said Hinata as she sprung up and delivered an equally strong attack as the 64 palms. "Divine Water Trigrams: 64 palms!" The crowd watched in utter shock as water literally surrounded Hinata's hands during the execution of the attack.

Neji was struck 64 times by Hinata's attack but the attack was doubled in strength by the water natured chakra that blasted from her palms during the strike. The water spread the damage over large areas, overlapping and multiplying the injuries that were dealt. Neji fell to the ground unconscious as Hinata's father and sister saw Hinata in a different light.

'Hinata developed her own style and even countered the Kaiten!' thought a stunned Hiashi. 'Nee-chan…' thought Hanabi as she stared into the arena. "Winner: Hinata!" called the proctor. Naruto gave Hinata a smile, which she returned. Naruto had offered Hiashi a solution to the caged bird seal and he had accepted. Naruto was finalizing the seal that would replace the caged bird seal.

Naruto watched Ino's battle with a grass ninja who took her pretty exterior as her weakness. "What do we have here? A pretty girl, huh? Why don't you forfeit and go play with your dolls?" taunted the ninja. Ino smirked as she wanted intently for the proctor to start the match. "Go!" Ino rocketed toward the ninja, pulling her butterfly swords from their sheaths and surprising the ninja from grass. He threw a few kunai at her as a distraction but had not guarded his back, thinking she was just a pushover.

He had effectively doomed himself. Ino had disappeared from his sight and reappeared behind him. He sensed the danger too late and barely parried her attack with a kunai. Ino grinned as she pushed lightning into her blades. The electricity flowed to the kunai, leaving a fried grass ninja in the dust, unconscious and occasionally sparking. Naruto sighed as Ino left the field after her victory was called. Anko was rubbing off on her. Sakura's battle was interesting as well. She fought a ninja from Mist.

Mei watched intently hoping he would win and secure Mist a place in the finals. Her other gennin did not make it or had lost their bouts. The Mist ninja was cocky and unsheathed his sword when the proctor started the match and rushed at Sakura. The pink haired kunoichi's strength training had paid off. Her chakra packed punch to the side of the blade had caused it to shatter into bits. Sakura had quickly ended her match by fracturing the earth below the Mist gennin and catching the ninja with a large boulder to the face. He was sent into a blissful unconsciousness as Sakura was declared the victor.

Mei frowned as Tsunade smiled at her apprentice's win. 'What is Konoha feeding its gennin?' thought Mei as she watched her gennin being carted to the infirmary. Naruto watched the Kazekage and Sarutobi chat about Sasuke. Naruto looked at the Kazekage with suspicion. His veil was hiding something he did want anyone seeing and it rang a bell in Naruto's mind. Orochimaru had been spotted in the Forest of Death while Anko had proctored the second part of the exam.

She had gone to face the bastard but had missed him by just a bit. The Uchiha had been already marked and Naruto had the pleasure to seal up the mark from the unstable gennin. Naruto never liked Sasuke and with the cursed seal, he had witnessed Sasuke become more unstable. He remembered the kid from when he was undercover in the academy. The black haired gennin was brooding in the corner.

Itachi had told him how Sasuke was ignored and was even more so when Naruto beat him in a spar. With the clan mostly gone, Sasuke received more attention but his obsession with gaining power to beat Naruto had grown. Anko was good friends with Mikoto and told Naruto of her friend's dilemma. Naruto was weary of the boy.

He was no threat to Naruto but if Orochimaru got his grimy hands on the kid, Konoha would be in deep shit. Shaking his head to clear the negative thoughts, Naruto whispered his suspicions to Tsunade who nodded slightly. Jiraiya had come to watch the matches as well and Tsunade told the pervert about Naruto's concern. Jiraiya reassured him the Kazekage wasn't Orochimaru.

Naruto had a run in with Suna's jinchuriki, Gaara during the month that was given to train for finals. Naruto had taken a look at his seal after Kyuubi had told him Gaara was the container of Ichibi. Naruto made it a habit to help any jinchuriki he came upon, since he was one as well. Gaara's sister Temari had thanked him for helping her brother. Naruto had placed a seal on top of his existing seal and had extracted the insane priest sealed with the Ichibi.

Gaara could now sleep and wasn't bloodthirsty. Gaara and Naruto currently sat together, chatting pleasantly and playing a game of go as Anko trained the three kunoichi that made up team eleven. "So Gaara, does your village treat you well?" asked Naruto. "The Kazekage sent assassins to kill me fearing I would kill the entire village," said Gaara as he studied the board.

"I'm sorry about that Gaara. Konoha wasn't too keen about me either. Until they found out that I was the son of their fourth Hokage. I still get hateful looks from some villagers but most have tried to kiss up. I ignore them. I have six beautiful fiancés and that's what keeps me going Gaara. Friendship and love," said Naruto as he moved a piece on his side. "I see Naruto-san. I'm surprised you did not turn out like I did. Thank you for helping me by the way. Ichibi is quieter now," replied Gaara. "Well if Kyu-chan hadn't held you in place before Ichibi could emerge, I may have been too late."

Gaara's eyebrows shot up. "The red haired girl with the strange eyes is the Kyuubi?" asked Gaara incredulously. "Yeah, she's one of my fiancé and I love her very much." Gaara nodded as he claimed his victory as Naruto winced at his epic loss. He was good friends with Shikamaru and Choji's parents and by default Shikamaru and Choji.

The three had gone to eat once when Naruto's fiancés were busy. Shikamaru had taught Naruto how to play go once. Naruto played Shikamaru when possible and he had not won once yet. Gaara had never played once and he still won. Maybe it was Naruto's inability to understand the game. Naruto sighed as Gaara's sand reset the board again.

"It's two to zero Naruto-san. Ready to lose again?" asked Gaara. Naruto nodded. Temari had told him about the invasion but Naruto had already known for a while. Instead he asked them to defect and fight for Konoha during the invasion, and the trio agreed. Temari sat next to Naruto who had given up on beating Gaara at go and watched his fiancé train his team.

"How did you become a jounin?" asked Temari gazing at the blonde jounin. "I guess I had the skills for it. The life of a jinchuriki makes sure you are always on your toes," said Naruto as Temari started to apologize. "It's alright Temari-san. You didn't know. Gaara told me the three of you are the Kazekage's children." "That's right but not once did he ever treat us like his children.

After our mother died having Gaara, he was bitter and blamed by brother. I really appreciate you helping Gaara," said Temari softly. Naruto thought he saw a bit of pink in her cheeks but dismissed it. "You're welcome. I can't leave a fellow jinchuriki to fend for himself or herself. It's against my policy." Naruto closed his eyes for a second and when he turned to Temari she was closer to him. "So Naruto, do you have a girlfriend?" asked Temari hoping he was single.

"No but I'm engaged to six girls. I'm the head of two clans," he said as Temari blinked and smiled. "Then you won't mind another right?" she asked seductively. Anko had turned to call Naruto and saw Temari leaning into him. Almost instantaneously, Anko's protectiveness of Naruto skyrocketed. "Get away from Naruto-kun, you hussy!" exclaimed Anko. "Is this one of your fiancés, Naruto? She looks more like a tramp than anything else," said Temari as sparks flew between them. Gaara appeared beside Naruto. "My sister has never had the chance to date because she was my sister. However, I have never seen her like this before," said Gaara.

Naruto sighed. "I hope you never have to experience this, Gaara." "Girls, please stop," said Naruto. "Temari, the girls that I am engaged to are not my fiancés because I am attractive or have money. They love me for how I am and I do the same. You are really beautiful but I am not that easy, Temari-san. I don't marry for anything less than love." With that, Naruto and Anko dismissed their team for the day and took off after bidding their friends good-bye. 'Naruto-kun, I will get you. I always get what I want,' thought Temari.

The finals came quickly as the finalists stood in the arena antsy to compete. Naruto watched as the finalists fought each other. The fights were now a three person free for all. Ino and Sakura were unlucky and had lost but they had made it far. Hinata had defeated her opponents though and had moved up. The last three were Gaara, Sasuke, and Hinata.

Gaara and Hinata had teamed up against the Uchiha when feathers fell from the sky and the observers fell asleep. Naruto and his fiancés were the first to respond and woke up whoever they could as Suna and Oto ninja began to clash with the Konoha forces. Naruto and Zabuza were reunited on the battlefield, this time as allies. "Hey brat! I see you haven't gotten any weaker," said the Kiri swordsman as he removed several Oto heads from their owner. "You don't look bad either, Zabuza," said Naruto as his scythe cut through several Suna ninja.

Gaara and his sibling were watching their back and cut down anyone who tried to sneak up on them. Naruto looked up and found a purple barrier around the kage box and left the arena to check it out. Cutting down some Oto ninja near it, he tested it, tossing a dead Oto ninja into it. He whistled as the body disintegrated into nothing. Naruto tossed a seal he quickly wrote to negate the dome temporarily for him to enter the barrier. The purple barrier hissed as the paper burned up and opened a big enough hole for Naruto to quickly enter before it closed behind him. Naruto saw Orochimaru fighting Tsunade and Sarutobi and leapt into the fray.

"I see the snake has slithered out from its hiding place," said Naruto as he swung his custom weapon, blocking the Kusanagi from cutting Tsunade. His blonde fiancé and Sarutobi were now occupied, fighting off the revived Shodaime and Nidaime, whom Orochimaru brought back with the Impure World Reincarnation jutsu. Naruto snarled at Orochimaru as he deflected the blade from Tsunade and blasted Orochimaru with a wind attack, causing the former Sennin to jump to avoid the attack. He didn't see Naruto's attack until too late, which impaled him through the chest. He shed his skin becoming whole again as the former shell of himself turned to dust.

"Kukuku, I see you have some powerful attacks Naruto-kun. You are no match for me though," he said laughing as he summoned Manda. Tsunade quickly summoned Katsuyu while Sarutobi summoned Enma who transformed into an adamantine staff. The two kages quickly killed off the resurrected kages but were left tired since the two dead kages had put up a fight. Naruto gritted his teeth as he missed Orochimaru for the fifth time. The snake was slippery than slug slime.

Quickly summoning several clones, he mobbed Orochimaru with them as he drew his ink from its container and formed into a chakra sapping seal in the air. "Fuiunjutsu: Chakra Draining Array!" shouted Naruto as he fired the floating array at Orochimaru who had finally killed the last shadow clone. Orochimaru turned too late and the seal burned into his skin, stopping his chakra from flowing to his hands. His arms could no longer convey chakra and Orochimaru felt the seal sapping his strength.

He shed again and retreated with Kabuto and his bodyguards, the Sound Four. Naruto quickly gathered his fiancés and they gave chase together. Tayuya and the rest of the Sound four stayed behind to give their leader and Kabuto some time. Naruto killed everyone but Tayuya who had been beaten into unconsciousness by a collaboration of Anko and Kurenai. Taking Tayuya into his arms, Naruto buried the rest of the Sound four in graves near the Konoha border and put up a crude tombstone for them all.

Tayuya woke up in the Namikaze mansion, with her hands bound over her head and the rest of her body immobilized by a seal on her abdomen. Naruto came into the room and found Tayuya awake and set the tray of food on the table across from the bed. "I see you are up now," said Naruto. "What so it matter to you shithead?" spat Tayuya.

Naruto ignored the cursing and took a bowl of soup from the tray he brought up after he sat Tayuya up. "Do you want some soup? I'll unbind you and let you eat with your own hands if you like," said Naruto calmly. "Fuck off, Shithead!" growled Tayuya. Naruto set the bowl of soup back on the tray and stood up with it. "I wanted to feed you but if you insist you aren't hungry I'll leave." Tayuya's stomach growled as she turned pink with embarrassment. "Fine, shithead. I'll eat!" she shouted.

Naruto unbound her hands and put the tray on her lap. "Know this; there is a seal on your body that prevents acts of aggression towards me or my fiancés. If you try anything, the seal will make it unpleasant for you," said Naruto. Tayuya ignored him and ate her meal. Tsunade entered the room and stood next to Naruto. "Why did you save her?" whispered his blonde fiancé. "She had the same look in her eyes Gaara had. The look of utter loneliness. Gaara has his siblings but she has no one.

Plus Gaara is in Konoha, away from Suna," said Naruto. Tayuya finished her meal and shouted to get Naruto's attention. "Oi shithead, I'm done now," she said. Naruto told Tsunade to calm down as he got the tray off her lap and exited the room. Anko entered the room after Naruto exited and sat by Tayuya's immobilized form.

Naruto had no clue how Anko did but an hour later he went to check on Tayuya and she was crying while Anko comforted her. Anko had done the impossible. Tayuya had been resistant to anyone talking to her. She swore at anyone and everyone. Anko had broken through the façade Tayuya had put up to shield herself.

Anko later explained that in Oto every girl was on her own and that if they couldn't fend for themselves they would be taken advantage of. Tayuya was one of the Sound Four so many people didn't harass her but she was traumatized by the girls around her that were. She consequently created that façade to protect herself from any and all.

She had a friend who was like a sister to her. Kin, the girl that one of the Konoha gennin fought. Orochimaru considered her expendable and sacrificed her to bring back the Nidaime from the dead. Naruto reassured Tayuya that she was safe from all harm in the mansion. He went and talked to Sarutobi who issued Tayuya a Konoha shinobi license in exchange for any information on Orochimaru.

She spilled her guts and told Ibiki all she knew the minute she was interrogated. Naruto took her home and let her rest for a few days before he started research on her cursed seal. Tayuya complied completely. Naruto worked tirelessly to come up with a counterseal to remove it like he did for Anko's. A month after Konoha was attacked he had the research completed.

Konoha was repairing itself slowly. He created an army of clones to help and Tazuna and Inari had come from Wave to lend a hand. In fact all of Wave came and the village was rebuilt in a month. Mei had also sent help from Kiri to help her so to be husband's village.

Finally with Naruto's research on Orochimaru's new seal done, he gave Jiraiya a copy of his notes and told him to remove the seal from Sasuke. Unfortunately, the Uchiha had jumped ship and had defected to Oto. A retrieval team was created and was sent to retrieve the traitor. Unfortunately, they were too late.

Sasuke's trail had gone cold about a mile from Konoha's border. The retrieval team, made up of Naruto, team eleven, and the other gennin teams and their sensei returned empty handed. Sasuke's obsession with defeating Naruto had totally taken hold of him. Naruto wondered why his brother didn't stop him and then went to Sarutobi, remembering Itachi was not in the village. "Itachi was asked to go undercover in the Akatsuki.

They are a group that has sprung up and with the reports he has sent back, they aim to collect the biju but their reasons are still unclear," explained Sarutobi. Naruto nodded at the logic. Itachi could have defeated him with Kisame's help but he clearly held back. Naruto left the Hokage tower as Tsunade finally took over as the Godaime.

Her coronation was held two weeks after the invasion with much celebration. The civilian council wasn't happy with the new Hokage though. Tsunade had cleared the civilian side and appointed Sarutobi as the third council elder to offset Koharu and Homura. This would even out the tables and give the shinobi the control of the village back. Tsunade also implemented the changes Naruto had suggested after his undercover mission in the academy was completed, adding a class in medical jutsu as a mandatory course.

Naruto had finally gotten back and immediately started to work on removing Tayuya's seal. The girl cooperated when Naruto explained the counterseal would have to be drawn all across her upper body. She sat quietly as Naruto finished drawing the seals. "Kai!" yelled Naruto as he channeled his chakra into the seal. Tayuya winced as the seal she had burnt and vanished from her skin. Naruto removed his chakra from her system and cleaned up his work area.

As he sealed away his Fuiunjutsu tools, he felt Tayuya press herself against his back as her arms encircled him. "No one saw me do this, right?" said Tayuya. Naruto nodded and took Tayuya back to her room after she redressed. Tayuya had a picture of her of Naruto under her pillow that she kissed as she laid on her bed. She hid it back in its hiding place before dozing off. Little did she know Anko had been passing by and saw Tayuya kiss the picture that she gave her of Naruto when she explained Naruto's background. Anko smiled and continued on her way, smiling at what she had seen.

Tayuya reported the Hokage's office to see the Hokage. She knew Naruto was engaged to her but didn't know she was the Godaime. "Hey Hokage-sama," said Tayuya as she entered the room. Tsunade smiled at the girl. Anko had gotten her to open a lot. "Tayuya, you are on probation as of now. Anko had an emergency job at the IT department and Naruto needs an assistant to teach his team. You are it. Go to training ground eleven and meet the team there," said Tsunade. Tayuya tried to protest saying she wasn't good with kids. Tsunade wouldn't budge so Tayuya sighed and headed to training ground eleven.

Naruto had his team running warm up laps as Tayuya arrived. "Tsunade-chan sent you to help me? Alright then. I need you to use your doki to give them a good opponent to fight. Tayuya nodded and brought out her flute. Naruto had recovered it and given it to her. She played a tune and summoned her doki and used another tune make them attack the group. Naruto's whole team was promoted to chunnin after the reconstruction effort. Tsunade kept team eleven together saying they had the best success rate.

Tayuya's doki were indestructible demons that only dispelled after taking heavy damage so team eleven threw their strongest jutsu at them. Twenty minutes later, Tayuya was laughing on the ground when she saw the girls collapse in a heap with their tongues hanging out. "Why the hell are you laughing?" shouted Ino.

"You should have seen your faces! You tongues were hanging out like a pack of tired dogs," said a still laughing Tayuya. Naruto healed his team and they all went to eat at Ichiraku's ramen stand. "Ten miso please," said Naruto as he broke apart his chopsticks.

Tayuya had ordered a beef ramen, while Sakura and Ino ordered a chicken ramen each. Hinata had ordered a pork ramen. Tayuya watched with unmasked awe as Naruto happily slurped down his ramen. She had barely even finished a fourth of her bowl and Naruto had polished off his tenth bowl.

"Naruto-sensei always eats this fast," said Ino to Tayuya who just nodded dumbly. Naruto called for another ten bowls which he finished with a similar vigor.

"It's just so good. Probably my parents' genes. They ate at Ichiraku's all the time," said Naruto getting a giggle from Tayuya who pictured Naruto's parents eating ramen with the same vigor as Naruto.

Naruto and Tayuya returned to the estate where Naruto and Tayuya lived with Naruto's five fiancés who lived in Konoha. Tayuya went to her room and grabbed a towel as she headed the onsen in the back of the estate. She undressed and put her clothes in the basket in the room before opening the screen door and entering the onsen.

Anko was already soaking in the onsen and motioned for Tayuya to join her. The red haired girl joined Anko in onsen, sighing as the water loosened her tight muscles. "So Tayuya, how did taking my place as Naruto-kun's assistant turn out?" asked Anko as she drank a cup of saké from a floating wooden plate holding a saké bottle and cups.

Tayuya poured herself a cup and drank it down, savoring the taste of the sake. "It was interesting. The brats he teaches are a funny bunch but they are pretty good," said Tayuya as she poured herself another cup of saké.

"I know right? Naruto-kun and I only succeeded in making them good kunoichi by pushing them to the limits at every team practice," said Anko laughing. Tayuya joined her and soon the onsen was filled with giggles. "You know Tayuya; I was once exactly like you were when Naruto-kun brought you to the mansion. I was called the Snake Bitch of Konoha.

Along with two other women, they and I were collectively called the Ice Queens of Konoha. I'm sure you know Kurenai-chan. She was one of the Ice Queens and was known as the Genjutsu Mistress. She is still called that now but it is only used by those who got pummeled by her.

She hates perverts." Anko looked at her cup as she drank another shot of saké. "I was insecure about myself. I built a façade around myself to protect myself from the perverts and anyone who wanted to take advantage of me. As you know, Orochimaru was my master before he betrayed Konoha and left me with a cursed seal like the one you had.

Naruto befriended me despite my cold attitude towards him. We met in the Forest of Death. He took me to eat dango when he was free. Then he offered to remove the cursed seal for me after we had become friends.

I just at the offer and shook him. He looked so silly, all confused and dizzy! In the end, I fell for him. He emits this aura that calms anyone down and comforts you like no other. He's kind, loving, compassionate, and is the perfect gentlemen. I am glad he's my fiancé," said Anko giggling as she reminisced. Tayuya listened the whole time, not once interrupting Anko's story. Tayuya's thoughts turned to her savior, Naruto.

He could have killed her with her former team but he spared her. He could kill her by poisoning her food but did not. He could have let IT torture her for information but he chose to let her do it on her own. Tears threatened to spill from Tayuya's eyes as she quickly wiped away her tears before they fell. Anko smiled softly at the red haired jounin. Tsunade had instated her as a jounin since her skills met the requirements. Anko wrapped her arms around the girl and pressed her head to her shoulder and let her cry. "It's alright. Let it all out Tayuya. It's okay to cry," said Anko soothing the distraught girl.

A few minutes later, Anko released the girl who wiped her tears and moved beside Anko. They soaked in silence until Tayuya broke the awkward pause in a small voice. "Do you think I'll find someone to love me like you did?" she asked. Anko grinned. 'Hook, line, and sinker.' "I'm sure Naruto could use another fiancé as beautiful as you. He has to marry at least eight girls anyways and he only has six. Do you want to try being with him?" asked Anko.

Tayuya turned bright red remembering a kiss between Anko and Naruto she accidentally caught when she exited her room once. Anko had told her she was welcome to join in, causing her to run away, hiding her red cheeks. "Okay," said Tayuya in a small voice. Anko smiled at the girl and they got out together.

Anko redressed and disappeared while Tayuya redressed slowly, pondering what would happen now. Meanwhile, Anko was busy filling her fellow sisters in on the new addition. Everyone smiled at the thought of Tayuya trying to tell Naruto she loved her, with a red face. 'She's a perfect tsundere,' thought Kurenai.

Tsunade was walking home with Naruto so she had no clue so she would be as surprised as Naruto would be. Naruto entered his mansion with Tsunade as the girls plus Tayuya readied for Naruto. Tsunade kissed in the foyer before going to her room and heading to the onsen. Meanwhile Anko greeted her lover and led Naruto into the den where Tayuya sat; dressed up in one of Anko's dresses she lent her for the occasion.

Tayuya got up from her seat and moved towards Naruto and pressed herself into Naruto's body. "I-I l-like you okay? I w-want to be your wife," said Tayuya blushing as she hid her face in Naruto's chest. Naruto hugged the blushing girl before gently placing a kiss on her forehead, causing Tayuya to pass out from embarrassment. "She's like Hinata, right Anko-chan?" said Naruto as he kissed his fiancé on the lips.

Naruto set the girl down on his bed before gently closing the door. Naruto told the girls that he would be running an errand and would be out until dinner. Little did they know, something wonderful would happen at dinner. Naruto went to the jewelry store to pick up the engagement rings he had custom ordered when he picked up the jewelry he gave his girls.

Each ring was custom fit for the girls and was themed for each girl.

For Anko, the ring was a coiled snake that held a diamond in its opened jaws.

Kurenai's ring was themed around her genjutsu skills. The ring was made from clear volcanic glass finely polished with the diamond snuggly fitted into a custom cut hole in the ring.

Haku's ring was carefully cut from milky quartz, snowflake motif engraved on the outside of the ring in great detail. A diamond was the set so that it looked as if it was the center of a snowflake.

Kyuubi's ring consisted of a golden band with fox motif engraved into the outside circumference. The diamond was placed into a small holder that were made to look like four small foxes with their tails interwined to hold the gem in place.

Tsunade's ring was made from platinum and the diamond was embedded into the band.

Mei's ring had a rough texture to the outside circumference. Made from volcanic rock containing a single diamond, the ring was cut from it. The inside was smoothed and polished while the outside of the ring was just smoothed and the imperfections left. The diamond was ground into a perfect shape and polished. Naruto had the ring made in this way to symbolize Mei's 'diamond in the rough' personality, a strong but gentle person at the same time.

Tayuya's ring was most difficult to create. Carved from a chuck of wood found only in the forest of death then decorated with material from a giant tiger's tooth (again from the forest of death), the ring was finally finished by dipping it into liquid silver. The diamond was fitted into a hole in the ring. The hole was part of the ring's decoration: the ring's circumference was engraved into a flute that wrapped around the ring, with one real hole to fit the diamond in.

Naruto spent the next several hours before he would have to start dinner engraving a Hiraishin seal inside each ring, enabling his wives to call for help and let him teleport to their location.

Naruto entered his mansion and started dinner, hiding his presents in a seal in his belt. His fiancés soon came into the dining room, lured by the aroma of Naruto's delicious cooking. Naruto set the last dish on the table and created five clones to present each ring to its owner. Naruto would present Kyuubi's himself. Mei would have to wait but not for long. She sent Naruto a letter, saying she was coming to visit tomorrow. Won't she be surprised when he proposed to her tomorrow.

Tsunade, Kurenai, Anko, Haku, Kyuubi, and Tayuya entered the dining area; all clueless and surprised at the number of Naruto's moving around the dining room in wait of something or someone. "Oi, boss they are here!" shouted a clone. Naruto entered from the kitchen and asked his clones to stand in front of each wife the ring was for. "I think I have put this off too long so will you marry me?" asked Naruto as his clones did the same presenting a ring to all his girls (except Mei).

Each girl reacted differently: Anko kissed the clone with her ring so hard he dispelled after placing her ring on her finger. Kurenai hugged the clone until it dispelled. Haku froze its intimate parts for taking too long.

Kyuubi started to unbutton Naruto's clothing and was stopped by Tsunade who bopped Naruto on the head. Tayuya was enraptured by her ring but when she was caught tried to deny it. Somewhere in Kiri, Mei sneezed as she narrowed her eyes. 'My Naruto senses are tingling. That cow better keep her hands to herself,' thought Mei as an aura of death, scaring her assistant.

Naruto got little sleep that night: Tsunade, Haku, Anko, and Tayuya were sleeping in his bed alongside him. Each girl had a body part pressed into her intimate parts unintentionally. Anko may have done it intentionally but it was Anko. Naruto's sheer will forced down a nosebleed as he tried to ignore the fact that his arms, chest, and right leg were pressed against the cleavage of his soon to be wives.

The girls in his bed all smirked in their sleep as Naruto began to break out in a cold sweat. Naruto woke up a bit tired but his lack of sleep was soon fixed when Tsunade put a breakfast tray in his lap as his other fiancés were downstairs doing what Naruto did for them usually. As Naruto finishes the meal that Tsunade cooked for him and gave her a compliment on the good food, he headed outside and his fiancés followed him to meet Mei who was arriving.

The Mizukage enters with her two bodyguards and two familiar people. Naruto kisses his soon to fiancé and greets Zabuza and Tsunami. "I see you have been busy Gaki," said Zabuza as his arms snaked around Tsunami's waist. "Well as you can see, Tsunami and I are dating as of six months ago." Tsunami plants a kiss on Zabuza's cheek and he reddens but his bandages help him cover his red face. Naruto takes Mei into his home with Zabuza and Tsunami while Mei's bodyguards wander the town.

As Zabuza and his girlfriend talk to Naruto's other girls, an earsplitting scream causes everyone to jump. They rushed into the mansion to see Naruto pressed into Mei's buxom. Mei finally releases a dizzy Naruto who is tended to by his other girls while Mei looks dreamily at her engagement ring. Tsunade and Mei were soon in each other's faces. "See what you did flat chest? You hurt him!" said Tsunade as she unconsciously thrust her chest forward, making her breasts bounce.

Mei snarled at Tsunade, her chest heaving in a similar manner. "Well at least I don't suffocate him when I hug him you cow!" she retorted. Naruto had regained his basic functions and a look of sadness settled onto his face and his abnormal silence made the room quiet. "I'm sorry I didn't consider all of your feelings. If this is not what you want please speak up. I'll give you two some time to think about it. I wanted to be with all of you but it seems that it is impossible…" Naruto slowly climbed the stairs in a silent fashion as Tsunade and Mei stared at Naruto's retreating form. "Both of you stop! Naruto sacrificed his personal time to love us all equally.

If we can't get along, what will Naruto think? He'll be heartbroken. Both of you need to learn to tolerate each other if you want to be with Naruto, "said Kyuubi as she scolded the two women. Both women were flushed from embarrassment and both apologized and began to climb the stairs but Anko stopped them.

"Naruto is in a fragile state now. We all should apologize. He had never known the love of woman in his entire life so it's our job to do just that," said Anko. Kyuubi nodded in approval. Tayuya, the newest addition to the harem suddenly got a glint in her eye. "Naruto treats us like princesses all the time. It's time we return the love he shows us," she said. With that, Naruto's girls were talking among themselves, planning to give Naruto the love he deserved and much more.