Naruto:

The One True King

Chapter 7:

Childhood's End Part III:

The Conquest of Yuki no Kuni

Well I hope everyone had a joyous holiday, I know I sure did. But now with the holidays over and the Naruto Manga back and the anime actually getting to a good (Killer Bee is curb stomping Sasuke!) part of the story. It's high time I get back to writing One True King.

Now I wanna thank all those people who read and reviewed the last chapter. It means a lot. This story is getting a least 10 favorites a week and that really puts a smile on my face. But enough of the boring chit chat let's get on with the show.

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Naruto sat on his throne looking at a hologram of Kel'Thuzad and said, "Did you acquire what I asked for Kel'Thuzad?"

The image of the Arch Lich of the Scourge nodded and said, "Indeed, it was a simple task to retrieve the body you asked for my Prince. And the package is currently getting prepped for your arrival." He replied. He then paused and asked, "And how is the Lady Mother fairing?"

Naruto let out a breath and said with a hint of self loathing in his voice, "She's stable but still is in critical condition."

"Try not to be too hard on yourself my Prince. She attacked the Ladies Hyuuga and Yamanaka as well as yourself and you were forced to defend yourselves. Our best physicians are waiting for your arrival and we have the best neurologists on hand to figure out what happened to her memory. She will be fine. Also Lady Sylvanas is already planning a welcome banquet for her once she's back on her feet," the Lich said.

"I wish I had your optimism Kel'Thuzad," Naruto said.

"Take my advice my Prince: put the ordeal with your mother behind you and focus on the task at hand. You've found Princess Koyuki now you have to get her to cooperate with you. It will not be easy, so prepare yourself my Prince," Kel'Thuzad said and then the image of him disappeared.

Naruto slumped in his throne and realized Kel'Thuzad did have a point. He needed to focus on the task at hand and find a way to convince Koyuki to help them. Naruto then closed his eyes and drifted off. While on the surface it looked like Naruto had only dozed off, but in reality he had whisked himself off to his mindscape to have a powwow with his tenant: the Kyuubi no Kitsune.

When Naruto first learned to communicate with the Kyuubi his mindscape took the form of a sewer and the Kyuubi was held back by a giant gate with a seal on it. But now the mindscape had changed from a sewer to the Frozen Throne and instead of a gate holding Kyuubi back there was a massive collar around his neck with a little tag that on the front had the kanji for Namikaze Kyuubi and on the back had the kanji for seal.

The Kyuubi noticed Naruto's arrival and growled in his deep voice, "Well well well…if it isn't the mighty Prince of the Scourge himself."

Naruto smirked and said, "Nice to see you too fuzz face."

The Kyuubi got up from where he was lying and walked over to where Naruto was sitting and glared at him and said, "I hate you so much." The Kyuubi then began to shrink until he was the size of a wolf.

Naruto grinned and reached and started scratching behind the fox's ear. Naruto then chuckled as the Kyuubi's glare faded away into a look of pure euphoria. Growing up knowing about the Kyuubi and learning to control its power taught Naruto many things about the Kyuubi. One of the things he learned were the fox's weakness: getting his ears scratched and having his belly rubbed. "Be nice and I might be inclined to rub your belly," Naruto added.

Now if there was one thing the Kyuubi no Kitsune loved more than destroying things…it was getting his belly rubbed. His eyes lit up and he said, "You will?"

"Of course…and if you play your cards right I might let you out for some exercise when we get to Yuki no Kuni," Naruto said as he patted his furry friend on the head.

"Have I ever told you you're my favorite human?" the Kyuubi said as he began to nuzzle Naruto with his muzzle.

Naruto smiled and said, "Many times." He then patted his leg and the Kyuubi shrank to the size of a regular fox and then jumped up into Naruto's lap. Naruto began petting the Kyuubi and said, "So what do you think about all this?"

Kyuubi sat up straight and looked Naruto in the eye and said, "Be on your guard." Naruto raised an eyebrow and was about to ask why but Kyuubi continued, "Koyuki's is one of the world's greatest actresses, and even though you've been trained to see through deceit. But remember Koyuki's job is to make people believe what she wants them to believe. Always be wary of what she says."

Naruto nodded and then scratched Kyuubi's ears and said, "Thanks." He then faded away out of his mind.

Kyuubi frowned and said, "He said he'd rub my belly and didn't…what a dick."

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Two days later Malykriss was hovering over the city of Eigamachi. Eigamachi was located on the southern peninsula of Hi no Kuni and was considered the movie capital of the world. Thousands of movie stars lived there in their lavish mansions overlooking the ocean. One of the biggest and most lavish mansions belonged to the world famous actress Fujikaze Yukie aka Kazahana Koyuki. Koyuki's house was on top of one of the several hills that surrounded Eigamachi. It was three story mansions: the top containing Koyuki's master bedroom and bathroom as well as some other rooms. The middle floor contained the dining room, kitchen, a study, and a living room and a veranda separated by a large glass sliding door. The veranda had a breathtaking view of Eigamachi and the ocean.

Koyuki entered through the front doors of her mansion and into the foyer to hang up her coat. She had just gotten back from a meeting with some film executives about her newest Princess Fūn movie. It was a long and boring meeting but everything went along smoothly. She then walked out into the living room and was shocked to see a boy with spiky blonde hair who looked to be in his early teens dressed in a dark blue jacket with a bizarre crest on the back. The crest being a dark looking sword with a couple of Hammers, and arrows behind it in a criss-cross pattern all covered in ice. "I must say this is a breath taking view," said the boy.

"Who the hell are you? And how the hell did you get in here?" Koyuki demanded.

The boy turned around and smirked, "Straight to the point are we Fujikaze-san….or should I say…Koyuki-hime."

The whole world seemed to stop for Koyuki as she felt her blood run cold. She tried to open her mouth and say something…but couldn't. She watched the blonde boy smirk and say, "Don't worry I don't work for your bastard of an Uncle. And since we've got that cleared up allow me to introduce myself," he then walked up to Koyuki and kissed her hand and said, "I am Namikaze Naruto, Crown Prince of the Scourge Empire and it is indeed a pleasure to meet you Koyuki-hime."

"Don't call me that," she said with a glare.

Naruto nodded and said, "As you wish. But before we discuss why I am here, how about a drink?" He then walked over to a table where she noticed a bottle of wine was in an ice bucket with a couple of glasses. He then poured himself and Koyuki a glass. He then walked over to her and handed her a glass. "Don't worry it's not laced with anything…cheers" he said and then took a sip from his glass.

Koyuki followed suit and took a sip and was surprised to see how good it was. "So why are you here Prince Naruto?" she asked.

"Call me Naruto," he said as he sat down in one of the chairs.

"All right then Naruto…why did you break into my house and what do you want?" she asked as she sat down on the couch across from him.

"The thing is my country wishes to annex Yuki no Kuni. But due to a pact we made long ago we can't simply invade Yuki and take it. So we decided to take it over using an alternative method: revolution. We want you to lead an uprising and regain your throne and once that is done…you annex Yuki to us," he said.

It was silent for a while but then Koyuki said, "I must say that's quite the plan…but unfortunately for you I have no desire to return to Yuki."

Naruto chuckled and said, "Come now Koyuki, there must be some part of you deep down that wishes to return and kill your Uncle."

"Maybe when I was young…but now I could care less," she said.

"Really now? So you don't care that your people are suffering under Doto's tyranny?" Naruto asked with certain amount of surprise.

"Exactly," she answered.

Naruto shook his head and said, "I wonder what your Father would say if he heard you say that." Koyuki glared and then threw her glass at Naruto. Naruto moved slightly and the glass ended up crashing against the wall. "Looks like I hit a nerve," Naruto added as he glanced between a seething Koyuki and the broken glass across the room. He then smirked and said, "I bet he would ashamed to see his little Princess just completely ignoring her people's suffering and pain." Naruto watched with amusement as the damn that held back Koyuki's anger broke.

She then grabbed a dagger from a drawer and lunged at him and cried out, "DIE YOU BASTARD!"

To Naruto, who had spent years training to fight, she moved in slow motion. He easily grabbed Koyuki's arm and prevented her from stabbing him with the dagger. He then quickly disarmed her and used the momentum to fling her back onto the couch. "It's good to see that there's some fire in you. But who are you really angry at? Are you angry at me for bringing up your past? Or are you angry at Doto for ruining your life. The answer is no to both isn't it? Because I can see it in your eye's Koyuki. That hatred that you have for me and Doto pales in comparison to the hatred you have for yourself," he said.

He then leaned down and grabbed Koyuki's face and said, "I'm giving you the chance to redeem yourself. And regardless if you want too or not you will help me. The choice is yours Koyuki-hime."

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Koyuki stood on a raised platform overlooking the 500 troops that made up her attack force. There were about 250 nervous samurai before her. They were not nervous to head off into battle but it was the other 250 warriors that made up the army. The other 250 were soldiers in dark armor that seemed to emit and aura of darkness and death. She took a breath and cried out, "My people for too long you have lived in tyranny. For too long has my Uncle gone unpunished for his crimes…but no longer! For today we take back our country…for today justice will be served!"

The half of her army that was made up of Yuki samurai cheered the other half was silent like the grave. "Now to brief you on our attack I present too you Prince Namikaze Naruto of the Scourge Empire!" she added. Now it was time for the other part of the army to cheer. And cheer they did. Chants of "Long Live the Prince", "Glory to the Prince", and "Hail Prince Naruto" could be heard. Needless to say the others were stunned to see such a silent group go from quiet as the grave to as loud as a rock concert.

Koyuki then turned and watched as Naruto approached the railing. Garbed in his usual dark jacket and pants with Frostmourne sheathed at his side. Naruto cleared his through and then began to speak, "Our attack will be strong and unrelenting. We will not stop until Doto is dead. The majority of you will be part of the main force which will attack Doto's citadel from the south straight on. While this is going on Koyuki-hime and I will sneak in from the North and proceed directly to Doto's throne room. By the time the rest of the army gets there Doto will be dead and new age of prosperity and peace for Yuki will be at hand. Now let go of your fear! For today you fight for not just yourselves but your children and their children!" He then unsheathed Frostmourne and pointed it at Doto's Citadel which could be seen in the distance and cried out, "FOR THE GLORY OF THE SCOURGE AND THE FREEDOM OF YUKI NO KUNI DOTO WILL FALL! NOW MY BROTHERS IN ARMS TO RANKS!" he then turned around and walked to the command tent with Koyuki closely following him.

As the two walked cheers from Koyuki's Samurai and Naruto's Death Knights could be heard. "You know in all my days in the movie business I've met a lot of talented actors who gave pretty inspiring pre-battle speeches. But you seemed to have turned it into an art form," Koyuki said.

Naruto glanced over to Koyuki and said with a slight smirk, "My ancestor Terenas II once said that the greatest victory is stirring the hearts of your people. I like to keep that in mind whenever I have to say something uplifting."

"I see," She said. The two entered the tent they were greeted by Ino, Gaara and Hinata. Naruto sat down on a stool next to a map and said, "Ok were going to go over it this one more time. Gaara will lead the main attack on the gate." He then smirked and said, "Got anything special planned for them Gaara."

Gaara gave one of his rare smirks and said, "Actually I do in fact have something special planned." He then patted the giant gourd that was strapped to his back.

Naruto raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's in the gourd?"

"You know how Shukaku granted me the ability to control sand," Gaara said.

"Yeah what of it?" he asked.

"Well I created artificial sand made up of ground up bones. Took a while to make but it works great. Shukaku's been itching for some exercise lately," He said.

Naruto nodded and said with a smirk, "Well then I expect to see some good fireworks then." He then smiled as Gaara nodded with a smirk. "Ok then Hinata-chan and Ino-chan will man Malykriss and provide range support in case something insane happens. And lastly Koyuki and I will sneak in through this escape tunnel and off Doto. Any questions?" No one said anything and Naruto said, "Good now let's get this party started!"


Hours later the army began its siege of Doto's citadel. Naruto's Meat Wagons began launching their payloads against the walls of the citadel. But Doto's forces would not give up without a fight. From the walls of the Citadel turrets popped out and began showering Narutos' forces in kunais. Dozens of soldiers, Samurai and Death Knight, were killed by the constant barrage of Kunai. But from his mount, Blizzard, Gaara showed little concern.

"Lord Gaara what should we do about the turrets?" asked one of the higher ranking Death Knights.

"Leave them to me…it's time for the fireworks to begin ha ha ha. Commander, tell the troops to fall back to Malykriss and then when I give the signal attack," Gaara said.

The Death Knight saluted and said, "Right away sir!" He then rode off to inform his lieutenants of the order to fall back. Gaara continued to ride forward, protected from the kunai barrage by a barrier he had put up. As he rode up he asked inwardly, "Ready?" A somewhat manic and crazy voice replied, "You know the drill kid."

Gaara sighed and said, "I hate when he makes me do this." He then cleared his throat and chanted, "Though I know I should be wary, Still I venture someplace scary; From the Dunes I turn loose...Shukaku, Shukaku, SHUKAKU!" And as he said this the bone sand in his gourd began to shake as well as the dark chakra within him began to swell.

And in Gaara's mind a voice dripping with anticipation said, "It's Showtime!"

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From his look out spot from atop the castle's ramparts Doto's Second-in-Command Rōga Nadare watched with concern. He watched his men cheer when the foreign solider turned around and head back to the strange floating fortress that he assumed was their base.

He knew something immediately was up when the only invader on the field of battle was the red headed boy with a gourd on his back. He watched with calculating eye's the cork of the gourd flew off and what appeared to be white sand flew out and formed a dome around the boy.

"What's going on? What's your plan?" he asked himself quietly.

But then a tidal wave of malevolent chakra crashed over the battlefield like a tsunami. A immediately Nadare knew something bad was about to happen. He watched as the dome got bigger and then in an explosion the sand formed to create a giant white with purple markings Tanuki monster that stood as tall as the castle. The monster roared and then began walking to the castle with the army of dark soldiers following behind it.

Nadare was a seasoned shinobi and traveled the world and learned of many legends and myths. One such myth was about the sand demon of Suna: the Ichibi no Tanuki Shukaku. Though it might have been the weakest of Biju; that in itself was an understatement because the power of Biju was legendary and infamous and only a few people ever fought a Biju and lived to tell about it.

Part of Nadare wanted to flee and panic, but years of fighting had honed a stone cold personality for dealing with threats of this magnitude. He knew for a fact that the Biju could be beaten, the Yondaime Hokage's defeat of the Kyuubi no Kitsune about twelve years ago was proof. But Nadare knew his power paled in comparison to the Yondaime Hokage and that the Yondaime had died in the process of defeating the Kyuubi.

The best strategy that Nadare could come up with that would allow him to see another day would be to flee and live to fight another day. He then turned around and ran off to inform Doto of the situation.

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"WOOO HOOO IT'S SHOWTIME!" Shukaku roared as he marched forward to the castle.

"Try not to make too much of a mess, Naruto has plans for this place," said Gaara's voice inside Shukaku's mind.

"Relax everything will be fine…I think…oh well…time for some good old fashion destruction!" Shukaku said manically. He then took a very deep breath and then pounded his gut and shot out his signature move: Fūton: Renkūdan.

The Renkūdan crashed into the front wall of the castle and obliterated it leaving a gaping hole for Naruto's troops to flood which they did. When Shukaku saw the destruction he began dancing around and singing, "I'M THE BEST---------AROUND---NOTHING'S GONNA EVER KEEP ME DOWN!"

"Oh Kami why did I have to have the insane Biju sealed within me?" Gaara asked.

"Sanity is totally overrated anyway…hmm you know what I could go for right now...a chimichanga….mmmm chimichanga," Shukaku said.

"What in the name of the Lich King is a Chimichanga?" Gaara asked. But got no answer as Shukaku continued raining destruction on Doto's forces.

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Naruto casually strolled through the tunnels of the castle with his hands behind his head was whistling. Koyuki who was behind him raised an eyebrow and asked, "You surprisingly calm. I thought that explosion a while ago was going to do us in."

Naruto chuckled and said, "I trust my friends and soldiers. We'll be fine, so just try to relax. Also how much longer is this tunnel?"

Koyuki shrugged and said, "It's been a while but it shouldn't be that much farther."

"Good, the sooner we get this over with the better…I got other things I have to worry about," Naruto muttered.

Koyuki heard this and asked, "Really now? Because from what I gathered the most important thing to you was acquiring Yuki."

Naruto didn't stop and turn around but he did glance back at her and shot an icy glare at her. "Let's just put it this way…before I tracked you down I ran into something unexpected that's going to be taking up a lot of my time in the near future." Koyuki knew not to press the topic any further and the two continued to walk in silence through the tunnel with their final destination being Doto's Throne room.

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Kazahana Doto was not a happy man. He glared at Nadare and asked, "And you are positive that Suna is not behind this?"

"Yes Doto-sama. While the Ichibi Jinchuuriki has always been associated with Suna, the enemy shows no evidence of being Suna nins. In fact several of their attacks seem to be similar to our Hyoton Jutsus," Nadare said.

Doto slammed his fist on his throne and said, "Blast it!" He then shook his head and tried to compose himself, "So you believe that the best course of action is to flee?"

Nadare nodded and said, "Yes Doto-sama." Doto sneered and stood up and performed some hand signs and cried out, "Hyōton: Kokuryū Bōfūsetsu!" An icy black dragon shot out of his fist and slammed Nadare into the wall. Doto looked at Nadare's body and watched as blood seemed from where Nadare had cracked his skull against the wall. "I have no need for cowards," he said as he spit on the floor in distaste.

"You know Doto-ojisan you really are a bastard," said a somewhat cocky voice to the left of him. Doto turned around and saw two people there smirking. One was a boy dressed in dark blue and black with a sword at his hip and the other was a young woman with a crystal around her neck. Suddenly it dawned upon who the woman was and he began to laugh.

"Well well well you sure have grown Koyuki-chan," he said as he finished laughing. His face changed from comical amusement to annoyance and he said, "So I can safely assume that you're behind this attack?"

"Actually Doto-teme if you really want to know the mastermind behind it all, look no further than me," said the boy.

Doto raised an eyebrow and asked, "And who the fuck are you boy?"

The boy smirked gave a mock bow and said, "I am Prince Namikaze Naruto of the Scourge and the future ruler of Yuki no Kuni."

Now this made Doto laugh. "Future ruler of Yuki no Kuni? HAHAHAHA! Over my dead body kid," he said as he began to laugh.

Naruto chuckled as he raised up his palm as dark unholy energy began to gather in his outstretched hand. "You know that was actually the plan…DEATH COIL!" The energy shot out and took the form of a skull and before you could blink it hit Doto straight in the chest and it sent him flying backward.

"That was rather anti-climatic" Koyuki said as she walked over to Doto's body.

Naruto chuckled and said, "It's not over…not yet. Quit play opossum Doto I know your chakra armor protected you." Doto then stood up and took off his cloak revealing his prototype black chakra armor.

"You know that actually stung a bit," Doto said.

"I wanted to test how strong your chakra armor was and I must say I'm impressed. Your armor absorbed enough of the power to prevent the impact from killing you," Naruto said. "It should be a nice addition to my Death Knights armor in the future."

"Kid you don't have a future once I've done with you," Doto said with a snarl.

"I think it's time to put up or shut up," Naruto said with a smirk.

"Insolent brat! Hyōton: Kokuryū Bōfūsetsu!" Doto cried as he sent out his signature jutsu at Naruto. Naruto tried to through up his Anti-Magic shield but was too late. Doto's black dragon hit him head on and sent him flying into the wall and then through it. He then shot another Kokuryū at the ceiling burying Naruto in a pile of rubble.

"Kids these days hehehe so full of themselves," Doto said with a smirk. He then turned to Koyuki and said with a sick smile, "Now it's your turn Koyuki-chan…though it will be such a pity to turn a beauty such as yourself into a corpse. Maybe if you get on your knees and beg for forgiveness I might spare your life and let you have the honor of giving me an heir."

"Hey teme you know you're a pretty sick fuck," said a voice from behind Doto. Doto pivoted and saw Naruto emerge from the rubble his outfit torn and ruined. Naruto tossed off his ruined jacket and shirt and said, "You know that jacket was a gift from a dear friend of mine? You're going to pay for it with your life! GRRRRRAAAAAAHHHH!"

Dark crimson blood red chakra poured out of Naruto skin making his fingernails into claws, his teeth into fangs his whisker marks more feral and his blue eyes turn into red slits. But then when he unsheathed Frostmourne the crimson blood red chakra suddenly turned a dark and unholy purple. He then lunged at Doto and tried to cleave him in half with a horizontal slash.

Doto barely managed to dodge the slash but then found himself dodging for his life as a crazed Naruto began slashing at him. Doto did a back flip and then jumped into the air and shot out a Kokuryū from each fist. "Dancing Rune Weapon!" Naruto growled and then a second Frostmourne appeared in his hand and then began spinning around creating a cyclone of dark purple energy to protect himself from the dual Kokuryū. The two black dragons clashed with the dark purple energy creating an explosion of chakra. When the light died down Doto discovered that Naruto was nowhere to be found and Frostmourne was stuck in the ground.

"Where is that little brat!" he growled.

"UP HERE TEME!" Cried out a dark voice.

Doto looked up and saw that Naruto was above him. "TIME TO DIE BOY! Hyōton: Sōryū Bōfūsetsu!" Doto cried out as he shot out two black ice dragons merged and turned into a giant tornado of ice and snow.

"Perfect," Naruto growled softly and then he quickly grabbed two knives from his pants pumped them full of chakra so the dark unholy runes on the blades glowed a dark purple and chucked at the dark cyclone of ice, snow and wind. He then crossed his arms in a diagonal fashion and put up his Anti-Magic Barrier. Doto watched as his attack crashed into the roof and which caused the roof to fall apart. But then his eyes went wide as two blades came out of the dark cyclone and impaled him in the cried in pain as he felt the dark blades go straight through skin and muscle. He then grunted and pulled them out and tried to limp his way to the exit as the roof started to cave in.

"Leaving so soon?" said a voice from behind him as a sharp pain engulfed his body. Doto looked down at his chest and saw Frostmourne coming right out of the center of his chakra armor.

"This….ca…ca…can't….be…," Doto said as the life left his body.

"I told you the plan was to rule Yuki no Kuni over your dead corpse. I think when I get back to Icecrown I'll have your soul sent to the Soul Grinders ha ha ha," Naruto chuckled darkly as the dark purple aura faded and he returned to normal. Naruto then noticed to that the room was caving in and said, "Time for me to leave." He then turned to exit and ran. And as he ran he looked over his shoulder and smirked when he saw no sign of Koyuki as the throne room finally caved in.

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Gaara led his troops as well as the leaders of the local resistance through the halls of the castle until they reached the caved in room. "Where is Koyuki-hime and Namikaze-dono?" asked Sandayu, who was Koyuki's retainer.

"Doto and Koyuki are dead," said a sad voice.

The troop dropped to their knees when Naruto came out of the shadows. Sandayu rushed forward and said, "Please Namikaze-dono please tell me what happened to Koyuki-sama?"

Naruto closed his eyes and said with melancholy in his voice, "Koyuki killed him. The battle between Doto and myself took an unexpected turn and Koyuki had attached a Saronite bomb laced with Exploding Tags. She incinerated both Doto and herself."

"No…," Sandayu said as he fell to his knees. "Forgive me Kazahana-dono…I failed you," he cried as tears began to fall from his eyes.

Naruto bent down and said, "Before she died she had something she wanted me to tell you all." He then watched as Sandayu and the other resistance leaders looked at him. "She wanted me to tell you that you should pledge your loyalty to me and Scourge," he said. He let the statement sink in and then added, "I promise you that you will be free from tyranny. My country has access to great technology far surpassing your own; together we could forge a bright future for Yuki no Kuni."

Sandayu and the other leaders looked at each other and then one by one they knelt before the new ruler of Yuki no Kuni. Though on the outside Naruto wore a strong and confident face inside he was smirking as he thought to himself, "Everything went according to plan."

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Several hours later a shirtless Naruto found himself bandaging up his wounds with some Frostweave bandages when a blonde women in her early twenties walked in and sat across from Naruto. Naruto smirked and said, "Looks like your plan worked flawlessly Koyuki-hime."

Koyuki smirked and said, "It did didn't it. Oh and how do you like the makeover Ino gave me?"

Naruto nodded and said, "It looks good." He then stood up and stuck out his hand said, "Well from this day forward Kazahana Koyuki is dead so...so good luck in the movie business Fujikaze-san."

Yuki shook his hand, "Rule my people well Namikaze-dono."

"They're not your people anymore Fujikaze-san…they're my people and I plan to protect them with my life," he said.

"Yes but of course," Yuki said and then she turned around and left the tent.

Naruto watched as she left his tent and life forever. He then sat down and continued applying his bandages with a degree of difficulty. He then watched as Hinata emerged from the shadows and said, "Let me do that for you Naruto-kun."

Naruto smirked and said, "Thank you Hinata-chan." He then watched as Hinata sat down beside him and began fixing his poor bandage job. "Though I can't help but wonder why you were in here spying on me," he said with foxy smirk.

Hinata blushed and said, "Forgive me…Naruto-kun…I didn't mean…."

"Don't worry about a thing Hinata-chan," Naruto said with a chuckle. Hinata blushed and continued to bandage Naruto up when she asked, "If you don't mind me asking Naruto-kun….what was Koyuki-san's plan?"

"She said that if I were to kill Doto and fake her death she would hand Yuki to me," he said.

"I see," Hinata said.

"Do you think she'll be ok?" "She decided to face her past, and keep running from it at the same time…she'll be fine. Though now there are other more important things to focus on," he said as his thoughts turned to his mother. "Oh and I'm sorry but the jacket you made me got destroyed Hinata-chan."

"Don't be sorry Naruto-kun…it wasn't your fault. And besides it will be easy to sow you up another jacket," she said with a smile.

Naruto smiled back and said, "You know Hinata-chan I don't know what I do if I didn't have you here to look after me." This caused Hinata to turn beet red and she slowly nodded and went back to her task of bandaging up Naruto.

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A week later Naruto and company, minus Gaara, Ino and handful of troops who were tasked with rebuilding Yuki no Kuni, returned triumphantly to Icecrown. And as soon as he got back he immediately went to see Kel'Thuzad.

"Is he ready?" Naruto asked.

"He is indeed my Prince. His body was aged 12 years and the latest most powerful necromantic spells were used on him to make the body fully functional. He'll be able to eat, sleep and so on but unfortunately he'll never be able to sire children again," the Lich said as he led Naruto to a special resurrection room.

"That's fine. Good job Kel'Thuzad," Naruto said.

"I live to serve my Prince," Kel'Thuzad said as he motioned for Naruto approach the body on the table.

Naruto then examined the body and said, "Time to rise again Otou-san." He then pointed Frostmourne at the body of Namikaze Minato and a wispy purple ball of light descended into the body. Then for the first time in roughly 12 years Namikaze Minato opened his eyes.

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And that folks is the next chapter of One True King. I hope you liked it. Sorry for it taking so long to write I had writer's block for a while. Don't really have much to say about this chapter other than it was fun having Koyuki come up with the idea of faking her death. A neat little option C as opposed to her willing join Naruto or have Naruto control her via Ino. Also I decided to make Shukaku Deadpool level insane. So expect future scenes like the one seen in today's chapter.

Next chapter will focus on Naruto's life as the Prince of the Scourge. Expect to see him venture out of the citadel and mingle with his people. Also be on the lookout for some long overdue father son bonding between Naruto and Minato.

Until next time Ja Nae and remember to leave a review if you have any thoughts, ideas, questions and so on.