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The summon from Tsunade was not any more personal than the last one. So Naruto decided to appear through the window as he had before.

"Dammit I told you to use the damn door, Naruto!"

Ignoring the Hokage for the moment, Naruto strode over to the lone chair and sat down. Crossing his legs he asked, "So? What is it?"

Tsunade was about to speak when she took in his appearance. "What happened to your hair?" she asked.

He shrugged. "Tayuya thinks it's my Uzumaki blood. Closer proximity to another Uzumaki triggers it. Or something like that."

"Closer proximity?"

Naruto shrugged again, though Tsunade could see the tips of his ears redden. Shaking her head, Tsunade motioned to the ANBU at the door. It swung open a few seconds later and a girl stepped in. Naruto didn't need an introduction to see that she was an Uzumaki. Shoulder length red hair and violet eyes. She was a bit taller than Tayuya, an inch maybe, and by far more petite... He swallowed, his ears becoming even more red. Gods, why did he have to sleep in the same bed with her!? Why was she so... nice to hold? He mentally shook of these thoughts. Then he smiled. He smiled because his family had just extended even more.

He stood as the girl walked closer to the Hokage, looking as nervous as they got.

"Karin," Tsunade said kindly, "Thank you for waiting."

The girl bowed hastily. "I-It was my pleasure!"

Tsunade smiled. "Ease up, Karin. No need to be this formal. We are all family here. Though I am quite a bit farther away from you two."

Karin's eyes, which Naruto noted had a slight pink tone to them, snapped up to meet his cerulean ones. The intensity of her gaze surprised him. He offered a weak "Hi" before she launched herself at him. He was about to pry her of himself when he noticed that she was crying. He looked helplessly over at Tsunade. The woman shrugged, much to Naruto's aggravation. It wasn't cool using his attitude against him.

"Hey," he said eventually after some gentle petting of her head. "It's alright now." He had no idea what had been wrong to begin with but he guessed a little assurance couldn't hurt.

She jumped back, obviously embarrassed. "I'm sorry..." she offered meekly, trying to dry her tears with her sleeves. "It's just... I never thought I would meet another Uzumaki again."

He smiled. "Yeah, I know what you mean. My mother told me that there were very little left, if any at all."

Tsunade listened intently. How the hell could he have talked to his mother? For all intents and purposes the woman had been dead ever since Naruto had been born. She would need to inquire about that.

"Anyways," Tsunade said and stood up, "Since Karin arrived with a lot of scrolls from the Uzumaki clan, it had been decided to finance the construction of a clan compound in the outskirts of the village. Yamato agreed to help and it should be done before the wedding."

"Wedding?" Karin asked, turning pale. "I can't- I don't want to-!" She looked at Naruto. "Nothing against you but I have no intentions of marrying the next best Uzumaki!"

He laughed. Didn't she just say she didn't imagine ever finding another Uzumaki? "No need to worry." He turned to Tsunade with a slight frown. "Or is there?"

"No, there isn't." Tsunade sighed and sat back down again. "For now, Karin and her cousin will come to live in the same apartment complex as you, Naruto. Make sure to introduce Tayuya to them."

"Cousin?" Naruto asked, turning to Karin.

She nodded. "Her name is Sari. First cousin of mine. She's also somewhat a librarian of sorts." Karin smiled sadly. "She's mute, her windpipe had been crushed by one of Orochimaru's lackeys when they came for us. Her healing ability isn't as strong so her vocal cords never fully recovered."

Naruto nodded sadly. "I see." Then his smile brightened. "But she is part of the family all the same. I look forward to meeting her." He then stuck his hand out to her. "I'm Naruto, by the way."

She smiled and shook his hand. "Karin."

Tayuya was waiting for Naruto to return. She found herself in need to talk to him. She wanted to get out of here, even if she had to be pushed around in her wheelchair. Being indoors all the time was driving her crazy. And without Naruto here... it was boring. He was fun to be around and he took her coarse language in a stride, even picking it up to some degree. It made her smile. The Uzumaki, known for sealing, red hair and cursing till kingdom come. She wanted out, roll around for all she could. Tayuya also wanted her flute back, or at least a new one.

Imagine her surprise when she saw Naruto walking up to the apartment building, pulling a cart together with two red heads. She ripped the window open and leaned outside.

"Ooooi! Shithead! Whose that!?"

He looked up to her. Waving he shouted back to her. "Hey there! We have gained two more clan members in just one day!"

"You married another? And two at the same time!?" she exclaimed, scowling something fierce. She didn't think he'd be that type of guy. Asshole... didn't he already have her...?

"What!? NO!" he shouted back up, waving his hands frantically in denial. "I didn't! I swear! Tsunade made sure that they can't force me to marry another woman!"

Tayuya nodded to herself. Good... Then she promptly turned bright red. Where did the jealousy come from? She shook herself out of it. "Then come get your ass up here, shithead!"

Naruto sighed as she slammed the window shut. Karin and Sari walked up to his side. The mute girl held up a piece of paper. It read "Mad wife?" and Naruto snorted.

"You could say that... We were kinda forced into this but...," A smile tugged at his lips. "We're getting along."

Karin smiled. "She seems... energetic."

Naruto laughed. "That's... one way of putting it."

The window overhead was thrown open again. "I heard that, idiot! Now move it!"

"Yes mam!" he mock saluted and began pushing the cart again.

"Fuck you!" Tayuya shouted back, her ears tinged red.

Sari held a piece of paper out to Karin, who took it.

It red, "If they were forced into this, then whoever did it was a damn good matchmaker."

Karin smiled. "So it seems," she told the girl.

Sari was shorter than Karin, shorter than even Tayuya. Her red hair was short and straight. Her bangs shadowing her deep violet eyes. She wore a grey traveling tunic, just like Karin, and a red choker that hid the scars left on her throat. Sari's skin was incredibly fair, her red lips a stark contrast in her face. Karin's had a more natural color and her skin wasn't as pale. One could see that they were family. They had the same nose and the ears were distinctively similar. But Tayuya looked different, showing the wide spread of the Uzumaki clan. Where Tayuya's nose and cheekbones were distinct and sharp, Karin and Sari shared softer features and a kinder, less sharp eye form than Tayuya.

Pushing the cart behind the building and parking it underneath the stars that lead up to the first floor, The three Uzumaki made their way to the apartment Naruto and Tayuya lived in. Karin's and Sari's was just the neighboring one. He led them inside and was nearly run over by Tayuya in her wheelchair.

"Took you long enough! Come on! Let's get the fuck out of here!" She glared at Naruto who was sticking to the wall besides her on all fours, using chakra. "Let's fucking go!" She grinned when she saw the other two's amused expression. "I'm Tayuya," she told them. "And as it stands, I'm a cripple and that idiot's wife! Now come one!"

Naruto was calmly pushing Tayuya through the streets of Konoha, pointing out buildings and the occasional memory of a D-Rank mission to her and the two newest Uzumaki. Tsunade had arranged for furniture to be moved into the apartment building and until that was over, they had nothing better to do than go shopping. The markets of Konoha were bustling with people and merchants, even in the late afternoon hours. Naruto didn't expect anything out of the ordinary to happen. The rebuilt market was mostly hastily set up stands from foreign merchants. The locals were still recovering and most funds were put into regaining the village's infrastructure and medical institutions. Food and water supply were up there in the priority list before the local economy was kick started again. It would take some time but the village was on a good way.

But just as he noticed Tayuya staring intensely at a vendor to their left, someone called out to him.

"Oi! Naruto!"

Naruto groaned as he heard Kiba's voice. How was he going to explain these three? Was he even allowed to tell anyone about the clan? Or that he was married? Then again, did it even matter? He sighed and turned around. Kiba, Shino and Hinata were walking towards them. He could also spot Ino and Sakura bickering about something behind Team 8. Naruto was relived to see that Shikamaru wasn't there. He could have identified Tayuya as a former sound ninja.

"Hey guys," he said with a wide smile, "How's the reconstruction effort going?"

Kiba waved him off as his eyes drifted over his companions. "Good, good, ya know...,"he said as his eyes zeroed in on Tayuya. "But what's way more important: Who are those babes?"

Tayuya had yet to take her eyes of a sleek black flute she could see in one of the displays but being called "babe" had her eyebrow twitch violently.

"Now listen here-!"

Tayuya stopped short as her words seemed to come from Naruto's mouth.

"This," Naruto said with a voice so hard it could crush feeble spirits, as he put a hand on Tayuya's shoulder, "Is Tayuya. And like Karin and Sari here," He motioned to the girls, "she's and Uzumaki." His semi friendly attitude dropped and he outright glared at Kiba. "Besides, she's married!"

Tayuya's mouth shut with a loud clack of her teeth as her ears began to redden and she tried to sink into her chair. Why the hell would he simply proclaim that? Stupid... sweet... shithead...

Kiba raised his hands defensively in front of him, sweating bullets as he took a step back. "Woah. Alright, Alright, backing off, dude."

Ever the gossip queen, Ino appeared from behind Kiba. "Uzumaki? Is she, like, your sister or something?" she asked. "Are all of them? They don't look like you at all. What happened to your hair by the way? Who's the husband? Did you get taller by any chance?"

As Ino continued to rumble off questions that would not find any answer soon, Sakura stepped forward and shoved Ino's head. "Shut it, piggy." Then she looked expectantly at Naruto.

The (by now) deep orange haired boy sighed. "No, they aren't my sisters. They are fellow Uzumaki. From the Uzumaki clan." He tried to think of something to tell them real quick. "I... I've known Tayuya for a while and Karin and Sari arrived today." He purposefully left out the question about the husband. Why the hell did he bring it up anyways. "And yeah, I've been made clan head, since I'm the only remaining male Uzumaki."

Kiba nodded along, then he suddenly grimaced. "Oh shit, dude. They aren't going to pull the CRA on you, are they?"

Naruto quickly shook his head. "NO, no! I got out of that without them getting to breed me. They did try though. Stupid elders..."

Shino pushed his shades up. "You have been really lucky then. Why? Because right now, Konoha can use every bit of power we can get."

Tayuya's blood returned from her ears and she noticed the Hyuuga girl sigh in relief. She narrowed her eyes. What did that bitch have to be relieved about? As Naruto got drawn into a conversation, Tayuya noticed that he seemed... uncomfortable. Her eyes swayed from him and over his friends.

She frowned. If one could call those cowering in fear "friends". Tayuya knew fear, she could see it in all of them, practically smell it in the air. She glanced around and found that everyone looked upon Naruto with awe and... fear. Aside from the children they were afraid of him. All of them. Kiba stood too far away from him, his posture to diminutive for an Inuzuka, Shino was as tense as it got and the Hyuuga girl... well, she might have been a nut case. Sakura and Ino walked up to her, but she noticed that they placed her between them and Naruto.

What the hell?

Karin and Sari had taken the opportunity to do some shopping with the money they had been given. It had been their money to begin with but they just relented everything to their clan head, namely Naruto, once they arrived. How very nice of them.

"So you're married? Who's the husband?" Ino asked excitedly. Tayuya was at loss for words. Should she just straight up tell them it was Naruto? Would he want that?

But she was saved by Sakura. "Shut up, piggy, we probably don't even know him!" Tayuya relaxed but found her breath hitch when Sakura asked, "So how is he? Tell us about him!"

Ino nodded. "Yes! Is he handsome?"

Tayuya glanced at Naruto to make sure he wasn't listening. "I... I guess so, yes."

The girls squealed. "Fuck," Tayuya cursed in surprise. "Do you have to be so damn loud!"

She was ignored as the next question was fired. "Is he nice?"

"Uhm, yes."

"Is he strong?"

"I... suppose."

"And... how's he in bed?"

Tayuya's ears had camouflaged themselves and hid in her hair. Suspiciously enough, Naruto's also reddened considerably. Damn his enhanced hearing!

"What's wrong?" Kiba asked him.

"Ah," Naruto laughed uneasily, "I, uh... it's a bit hot, you know?"

The Inuzuka shrugged. "I guess. Anyways, we're headed to the Hokage, do some missions." He waved and retreated hastily. "See you guys later!" As his eyes lingered on Tayuya again, Naruto scowled. He shooed Ino and Sakura away from the steaming Tayuya as she cursed their entire existence under her breath and pushed her towards Karin and Sari, who were inspecting various articles of clothing from a foreign merchant. When no one was looking at him, he made a single clone that henged immediately and sent it off.

"Ya found something?" he heard Tayuya ask the two Uzumaki girls. As he returned his attention to them, his eyes drifted over the people around them. And for a second, he could have sworn to have met a pair of sad lavender eyes.

Half an hour later he received the memories of his clone and he smirked. The smirk was wiped of his face when Tayuya jabbed him in the ribs. She glared up at him when he suddenly stopped in the middle of the street. "Something up, shithead?" she asked, none too little bite in her voice.

He waver her off. "Nah, everything's fine. Come one, it looks like Karin found a dress for you!"

Tayuya looked horrified. "No! No, fuck you! Don't you dare just leaving me with them! NOOOOOOOO!" Her screams of protest were smothered by layer upon layer of pink, fluffy dress gowns.

"I thought you didn't like dresses, aunty!"

She rolled her eyes at the blonde girl. "And I still don't."

"But," the pink haired girl spoke up in protest, a pout on her face, "I saw you and aunty Karin in that dress shop with all these white robes!"

"That's something entirely different! Now shut up, I'm not yet finished yet!"