Wow the number of reviews im getting suprised the hell out of me, now onto replying to some of these reviews,
this one is for Brain Stentzel - Thank you for the awesome review, and the whole thing about most of the clones is i never really thought about it, i had them wearing a olive drab balacava to hide their features apart from the few clones who started to get personalities of their own, which its kind of easier to distinguish them apart from battles scars/ different hair cuts/ and personalities. im sorry to say i already am half way through the chunin exams while i'm writting the prelims now, so i can't tie Hanabi in, your idea has merit though and i thank you for giving me some ideas.
nxkris - im slowly setting them up together, which is kind of harder for me since i never had to write a slow relationship, that and trying to stay towards their personalities is tough cause ive seen people make a girl Haku out to be a crazy bunny loving girl.
Appo1119 - thanks for the heads up about that, but i never said i'm a master writer, in truth english was my worst class in school, so if i offend you with how i butcher my story i'm sorry.
Now i'm going to let you all know who read this, i write at home then i'm forced to go to the library to upload my stories since i dont have internet. this doesnt change much except some days i won't be able to come here, but good news im already halfway through chapter 11, which is surprisingly hard to write due to how many different fights i am going to do, while there are new characters in the mix which is making it even tougher, since most writers when they come to this part just do the same old fights, i don't want to do that since it would seem like a major fail on my part.
Now for the people who flipped out cause of the whole incest thing, i hope you read my note at the top of page 6, sure i didnt go out of my way to explain they aren't related in this fic due to Kushina's mistake at his birth. now this all ties into something im working into my chapters later, so if you can gag and hold your breath we will be out of the Kushina/naruto moments soon, however their is two lemon scenes witht them two; i can hear the yells of outrage already but what do you expect from naruto who is 15 stuck in a 17 year old body, with the hormones to match while putting his life on the line every other day?
anyways enough of me PMSing ill let you all get to the story!
Ranger Naruto
Chapter 7
Naruto was standing at the edge of the Blackhawk looking out the open side door as they flew over the sea towards Kumo, while they could have drove they would have to pass through Hot Springs Country which was hostile ever since the end of the Third Great Ninja War; so to avoid the country all together they over the sea to reach Kumo.
Naruto felt someone step beside him he turned and saw it was Sarutobi Asuma, "I never thought these things would fly, kind of different seeing the ground from so high up," he said as he took a drag of his cigarette.
Naruto grinned as Team 10 was the first Konoha ninja to fly in one of the choppers apart from the Hokage, "yes it does change the perception of how small the Nations actually are, how is your team holding up?"
Asuma looked back to his team, Shikamaru was sitting calmly while Ino was gripping her seat tightly in fear with her eyes closed; apparently she wasn't one for heights, Choji was worst off as he needed a barf bag soon after they took off.
"They will hold up but I don't think they will want to ride in this thing again," he said as he let out a chuckle.
Naruto grinned as he said, "you get use to it after awhile, and some of the other aircraft can reach heights higher than this."
Asuma's eyes widened at that little detail before he saw they started to fly through the open mountain ranges that made up Lighting Country, "I see we're in Kaminari now."
Naruto nodded his head as the radio came to life, "Naruto how is the mission going so far?"
Asuma looked awed hearing his father's voice over the radio, Naruto clicked his radio as he replied, "We just entered Lighting country, I don't know how far we are from Kumo."
A new voice answered over the radio, "Hokage-sama this is Shin from Blackhawk 2, we're currently thirty miles south of Kumo."
Naruto nodded his thanks to the pilot who gave him the thumbs up as Sarutobi's voice came over the radio, "Thank you Shin, remember to land outside the village so as to not to start a war."
"Understood sir, can't wait to see some Kumonians piss themselves," Shin replied as he turned his focus back to piloting the chopper.
Naruto chuckled as he heard Sarutobi do so also, "Jiji this should go okay, Reaper Team has reported the Raikage to be a man of action, however when we land ill have the Blackhawk take off so it may seem we're out numbered."
Sarutobi's voice was serious as it came over the line, "keep safe Naruto and make sure Team 10 come back in one piece understood? And hope your having as much fun as I did Asuma."
Asuma chuckled as the radio went dead, "what did I get myself into?"
Naruto grinned as he turned to him, "an A-rank mission to a probable hostile country?"
Asuma lowered his head as Naruto laughed, "Look on the bright side, your Team will have a fancy A on their portfolios."
Asuma nodded his head as something caught Naruto's eye as they passed a simple looking hut. A large black man stood looking at him as they flew by, for some reason Naruto gave a slight wave surprised as the man returned it before he lost sight of him.
Killer Bee was training inside his hidden cave only by a few as he was talking to his Bijuu the Hachibi, "So what shall we rhyme about Hachibi?"
He however was surprised when the voice didn't respond immediately as usual, "Go out Bee, something is heading this way."
He wasn't use to taking orders from his Bijuu but something about the seriousness in his voice made him leave his cave, he waited outside getting annoyed by the wild goose chaise but as he was about to enter his hut again the sound of large swinging blades entered his ears.
He turned and what shocked him was a large black object was flying by bearing a white Konoha emblem on the front and narrow tail; He saw there were people inside of it, he was surprised seeing a teen standing next to a Konoha Jounin dressed in clothing he never saw before look straight at him.
He saw the teen wave at him, he waved back dumbly as he lost sight of the teen as it disappeared towards the direction of Kumo. He took off in a flash following the strange machine, he watched as it flew over Kumo before rounding the Administration building before heading towards a large rock outcropping outside the Village.
Naruto waited until the Chopper was near the ground before jumping out followed by Team 10 and Naruto's Team. He was surprised when the man he saw earlier land a few feet away from him as the Chopper took off again hovering a couple hundred feet away.
Killer bee saw the Teen had teammates dressed like him carrying weird weapons, Hachibi was oddly silent more than he ever was, he was serious as he asked, "Who are you and what does Konoha want with Kumo?"
Naruto said in a laid back tone, "my name is Naruto, and we're here to deliver the Chunin Exams invitation to the Raikage."
Bee looked at him for a minute saying, "my name is Killer bee, brother of the Raikage," as he said this a large man landed next to Bee making the ground crack slightly as a squad of Jounin landed behind him.
A was surprised when he saw the weird machine fly over his village, he was even more surprised it was carrying the Konoha Emblem, however instead of attacking it flew off after circling his administration building, as he took off after it followed by Team Samui.
He felt his brother presence where the craft dropped off 7 people, nothing had happened yet so they weren't here to attack, he landed near his brother, "State your business here before I crush you."
He released a wave of KI making the Jounin sweat and forcing what had to be his Genin team fall to their knees. The other three however merely looked bored as they snapped to attention, "We're here to deliver this year Chunin Exams invitations, and I would appreciate Raikage-sama if you would stop releasing KI, the Genins are still new."
The KI stopped much to the relief of Team 10, though A still looked ready to attack he said, "All this for a simple invitation? Who are you and what is the real purpose for your visit?"
Naruto sighed as he pulled out a scroll, making two of the Jounins who followed the Raikage to pull their swords, Naruto however sighed as he threw it to the Raikage, "I am Naruto, Commander of the Konoha Rangers, and the reason for all this? The Daimyo thought it would be a good idea to show the nations Konoha's new allies."
Bee shook his head as he muttered, "politics."
Naruto nodded his head, "you're right Bee-san, politics is best left to civilians, if I had it my way I wouldn't have wasted the time seeing as how I have already lost people doing these stupid courier missions," he traced the scar across the face in remembrance.
A looked up from the scroll with an eyebrow raised, "who would attack a diplomatic courier?"
Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "Hanzou apparently finally went completely nuts, as I was ambushed heading to Ame."
A shook his head, Ame blatantly attacking a Konoha ally? The scroll was an invitation, he waved for the team behind him to stand down, "well who are you friends?"
Naruto scratched the back of his head, "ah sorry about that, this is Team 10, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, and Yamanaka Ino, and this is Sarutobi Asuma their sensei."
He turned to his team as he waved to them, "This is my teammates Scar and Joker, right now were currently waiting on a fourth member."
A nodded his head as he said, "As you already know Bee, I'm A, behind me are my trusted Jounin Samui, Karui, Omoi."
Naruto nodded to the team looking all of them in the eyes, he made sure not to look at what had to be Samui's large breasts; however Joker didn't have the same restraint as he giggled perversely.
Naruto sighed, "You have permission."
Everyone looked confused at him until Joker wound up being knocked to the ground with a hand print on his face. Naruto chuckled as he turned to the slowly sitting up Joker, "you're going to get into more trouble than you can get out of someday Joker."
Joker grumbled as he nodded his head in agreement as he stood back up; Naruto turned back to A as he let out a deep laugh, "I like you kid, you're alright, tell Hokage-dono that I will be sending some teams this year and to see me during the Third Exam, but I have a favor to ask."
Naruto nodded his head with a smile, "what would that be Raikage-sama?"
"When the exam comes around would you mind picking me up in that machine over there?" he asked as he pointed towards the Chopper.
Naruto scratched his chin while Team 10 was speechless as Naruto spoke on seemingly good terms with the Raikage, "shouldn't be too much of a hassle, I'll tell Jiji to send a hawk warning you when we will be showing up."
He waved the chopper to land as he continued, "would you like a ride back to your tower?"
A was shocked that he would agree and even ask if he wanted a ride, "I would like to but aren't you the least bit serious my team will just kill you all when were on it?"
Naruto grinned slightly as the chopper touched down, "nah because if you did it would just mean another war and more than likely not all of us would leave alive," the veiled threat was there making the Raikage nod in approval.
Team 10 was already sitting in their seat again as Joker and scar took sitting positions at the edges, The Kumo group carefully got in seeing technology beyond anything they had seen, Naruto jumped as he clicked his radio, "Shin take us back to the Administration building to drop of Raikage-sama and his group ok?"
The Kumo group saw the pilot turned around saying loudly, "Right-O sir."
The quick flight back was amusing to Naruto as he watched the Kumo ninjas watch in awe at being able to see the village from the sky without being on a mountain. Hovering over the building the group jumped out before turning back to Naruto as he waved goodbye as the chopper flew away from the village.
Samui turned to A saying, "is this a good idea A-sama?"
A nodded his head as he rolled his shoulders around, "that Naruto kid is strong, he didn't fall into a giggling mess when he saw you Samui, so he has willpower, Konoha has changed and we need to learn of these changes, what are your thoughts about this brother?"
Bee had been oddly silent the entire time and the group noticed it, "He is different, I couldn't place it at first but now I know bro."
A turned to him with a raised eyebrow, "he was a former host, you felt his chakra, however I got a taste of it and it feels nothing like regular chakra or Yokai."
A looked surprised, he had kept track of all the Jinchuuriki since the last war, Rock had lost both of theirs, one who left the village and the other killed by missing-nins. Mists were dead due to the ending of the civil war, Waterfall's was missing presumed dead and Bee and Yugito were Kumo's.
However he had received a message from Yugito earlier she was being followed by a group named Akatsuki; he had learned it was the same group who went after the Jinchuuriki in Rock which ended in many ninja's death trying to protect the man.
He couldn't take the chance so he destroyed the note, he regretted it but it was for the best of the village. However the only Bijuu left was…the Kyuubi his eyes winded at that, "He was the former host of Kyuubi!"
Bee nodded his head as he said, "Had to be, seeing as how the Yondaime defeated the Kyuubi before, but Hachibi says he can't feel the Kyuubi anymore so he must have returned to his realm."
Team Samui was shocked at this revelation, to them he look and seemed like a normal teen, apart from the chakra reservoirs of a Kage, Karui spoke up, "how is it possible Bee-sensei! Anyone to have a Bijuu removed has died, if the Kyuubi broke free how could he be standing there talking to us?"
A shook his head, "The Kyuubi couldn't have broken free, I hate to say it but the Yellow Flash was a seal master, anything he did would hold a Bijuu, no the boy must have released the Kyuubi of free will."
Bee nodded his head in agreement to the reasoning, while the Jounin looked shock and thoughtful.
(Blackhawk 2)
Asuma was staring at Naruto seriously, "you think it was smart telling him you will get him when the Exams come around?"
Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "Yes, while it may seem dangerous A-san won't start another war, plus he seems to like me," he grinned this last part making Asuma snort.
Naruto looked down below them as they passed over a abandoned village, from reports its was destroyed during the war, however when he turned back to Asuma an explosion erupted below them making the Blackhawk shake as it tried to regain control.
Naruto was holding onto the surface of the chopper as it banked to the side, he heard Ino scream, Naruto turned and was thankful they were buckled in however he was surprised to see Asuma get knocked from his seat as he started to roll to the open door.
Asuma yelled in shock as he rolled towards the open hatch, he gripped the side of the door as his body swung out, he looked down at the ground seeing flames bellowing smoke, the aircraft shook again making him lose his grip; his eyes widened as he felt weightless as he started to fall however before he could get far a hand grab his wrist gripping tight.
He reflexively gripped the wrist as he looked up seeing it was Naruto, Naruto started to pull the scared Jounin back into the chopper. Once he was in he applied chakra to the surface as his breath was ragged from the near death experience, "Thank you Naruto."
Naruto nodded as he clicked his radio "Bring us around Shin; I want to see what caused that explosion."
He got the affirmative as the Chopper turned what he saw made his eyes widen; the Nibi was fighting two ninjas dressed in black cloaks with red clouds on them. He watched as the Nibi spewed blue flames at the jumping ninja, they were forcing the demon back as one threw Jutsu's and the other swung a three bladed scythe.
Naruto cursed as he said, "damn Akatsuki, Shin fly low my team will hop out, afterwards pour fire on the two men in black cloaks."
Shin nodded as he sent the chopper into a slight dive towards the ground, Asuma turned to Naruto as the Rangers prepared to jump, "who are these Akatsuki and why not attack the Demon?"
Naruto looked at him as he said, "Intel has had them appear in different countries in teams of two, they seem to be gathering money for something and also hunting down the Jinchuurikis, to what end I don't know but reports say they have managed to capture a few."
As he saw the ground was getting closer he said, "The Nibi Nekomata last time I checked was still sealed in someone, so I'm saving the Jinchuuriki."
He finished as his team jumped out of the fast moving chopper rolling to a stop they got up be running towards the crater as the sounds of combat continued, they arrived to see the same as before however as the roar of blades cut through the sound of battle all three combatants looked up to see something they never saw before.
Kakuzu looked up at the machine, he had never saw something like it before in his hundred of years of life, meaning the thing had to be priceless, however he saw three teens standing above the crater looking down at them.
Hidan was pissed that his battle was interrupted by some thing, Jashin demanded blood, he saw three teens that would do nicely as he grinned sadistically.
The Nibi was in full control as Yugito trusted her to get her out of this mess; however these two were proving troublesome as the grey haired man proved difficult to kill. She was surprised however when she saw the thing in the air, she noticed the teens on the crater weren't looking at her but towards the two men aiming weird weapons when her ears caught one mutter, "Open fire."
What happened shocked the three as the flying machine opened fire with a loud VEERSH; Hidan didn't even have time to react as his upper body was ripped from its waist as rounds shredded through him. Kakuzu's eyes widened at the display of fire power, he started to run towards the teens forgetting about the Nibi.
Naruto saw the man running towards him as him and his team opened fire. Kakuzu felt the rounds entire his chest before exiting out the back, two of his masks cracked as the rounds punctured them, he fell down in a heap feeling two of his hearts stop beating.
Naruto slid down the side of the mountain as he saw Kakuzu jump up seemingly not in pain before disappearing, he cursed as he couldn't feel his presence anymore. He walked over to the seemingly still alive man who was laughing, "Ah the pain! It's glorious!"
Naruto shook his head as he frowned down at the man, "How are you still alive bastard?"
Hidan looked up to see it was one of the teens he grinned viciously, "Jashin-sama grants me immortality, so you will never kill me! He will taste your blood as I slowly kill you!"
He however wasn't expecting what the teen said to his team, "Grab his arms and get ready to throw him."
Joker and Scar both grabbed the mans arms holding him down, Naruto pulled out a grenade, "This is a M7 fragmentation grenade, lets see if immortality can save you from this."
Hidan looked confused when the teen crouched down as he pulled the pin, he held the handle before releasing it quickly shoving the grenade into the mans mouth, "Now!"
Joker and Scar both launch the upper body away from them, the man attempted to get the thing out of his mouth however three seconds was too quick for him as his head exploded and his upper body exploded into chunks spraying red mist across the ground.
It was dead quiet as the supposed immortal didn't move again; Naruto sighed as he turned seeing the Nibi go in a defensive stance hissing.
"Jinchuuriki we aren't here to hurt you, you can take back control now," Naruto said as he waited for whoever to revert back to their human form however he was surprised when a deep feminine voice spoke.
Nibi grinned maliciously at the death and wounding of her attackers, however she wasn't stupid, she saw the Konoha Emblem; she was surprised when the teens didn't attack right away but said they weren't here to harm her kitten, "I find it hard to believe from someone from Konoha would save my host, but…what's this? You have Kyuubi's smell on you, who are you!"
Naruto pinched the bridge of his nose, "will I never be rid of the stench of that fox?"
Sighing Naruto readdressed the demon as he realized who he was talking to, "Ah Nibi-san, I take it your host let you gain control?" he saw it nod its head, "I'm Naruto, Commander of the Konoha Rangers, and I was the host of the Kyuubi a few years back."
Nibi's eyes widened at that but she hissed menacingly, "how can that be, every host dies if we are removed, you must still have the Kyuubi!"
Naruto shook his head as he pointed to his cheeks, "I lost my whiskers when I released the Kyuubi."
This caused Nibi's eyes to widen, a host freely releasing his Bijuu? It was unheard of, however she saw the truth before her, the boy show the mark of the Kyuubi; each host always had a mark, males always had one on the face while the females had one on their body, Her kitten had two tail like tattoos at the base of her spine.
She relaxed as the boy Naruto spoke again, "I can give your host medical attention, the longer you have hold the longer the Yokai enters her chakra system, I give you my word your host will be looked out after and have the protection of the Rangers."
Nibi looked at her options and saw they were then as her host was banged up pretty badly and even her quick healing wouldn't be able to save her, sighing the cat demon sat on its hunches, "I'm trusting you brat, you do anything to kitten and ill make sure you pay very dearly!"
With that the Yokai cloak receded as a woman's body fell down to the ground, Naruto made it to her in time before she hit the ground, catching her he clicked his radio, "Shin bring the chopper down we got a severely injured woman needing medical attention ASAP."
As the chopper touched down in the crater Naruto carried the women inside of it before laying her softly down he turned to Scar, "Patch up what you can."
Scar nodded as he got to work as the Blackhawk took off heading to Konoha, Asuma looked down a the woman he said, "I hope you know what your doing Naruto, she is a Cloud Jounin from her attire, this could classify as kidnapping."
Naruto took a seat as he watched Scar heal her, "The Raikage left her to die, that's the only explanation as he wouldn't want to lose a Jinchuuriki, he must know of Akatsuki and what happened at Iwa."
Asuma looked confused as he asked, "What happened in Iwa that would make the Raikage abandon her?"
Naruto sighed as he said, "from the Intel the came in a couple years back Akatsuki attacked Iwa to get one of their Jinchuurikis, they succeeded in getting the Bijuu along with killing many Rock ninja's, the Raikage must have been thinking about his military strength and decided to cut his losses."
Ino who was sitting from her position said, "that's horrible, how could he do such a thing!"
Naruto looked at Team 10 seriously as he said, "its politics Ino, since we're in peacetime right now wars are fought through spying and paperwork."
Ino looked shocked as her and the rest of Team 10 looked thoughtful about this new development. Naruto clicked his radio, "Base, this is the Commander is Hokage-sama there?"
There was a minute of silence before, "yes Naruto I'm here, has something happened?"
Naruto bit his lip trying to figure out how to explain this to the Hokage, "Yes and no Jiji, the mission is a success and were returning to base, however we hit a snag on the way back."
"And what snag would that be Naruto?" asked the aged Hokage over the radio, Naruto slightly winced hearing the exasperation in his voice.
"We ran into a fight between two Akatsuki members, they were battling the Jinchuuriki of the Nibi, we managed to kill one and make the other flee but right now we're heading back with a wounded woman," Naruto told him hoping his Jiji wouldn't get too mad.
There was silence for a couple minutes before he heard a serious Sarutobi say, "Naruto you do know the Nibi Jinchuuriki is a Cloud Jounin? And did you think about a plan BEFORE YOU ENTERED A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO S-CLASS MISSING-NINS AND A JINCHUURIKI!"
Naruto winced as he saw Asuma snicker at him, "yes sir, I kind of told her I would give her Ranger protection."
"Naruto we're going to have a talk when you get back," The seriousness in his voice made Naruto flinch, he asked quietly, "Am I in trouble Hokage-sama?"
He decided to show some respect as the Hokage sounded mad, the reply made his fears confirmed, "yes Naruto you are, see you when you return, no more saving damsels in distress today got me!"
Naruto sighed as he sat back in his seat, "Yes Hokage-sama, see you when we return."
(Konoha an hour later)
Sarutobi watched as the Blackhawk landed outside of the hospital as Team 10 hopped out followed by Naruto who was followed by Scar and Joker carrying the woman on a stretcher. The Doctors were already waiting for them as they took the stretcher before heading into the building.
Team 10 and Asuma left soon after to get some lunch after a successfully completed mission, Naruto however was left standing in front of irritated looking Hokage.
"What's up Jiji?" asked Naruto nervously as he watched the old mans eyebrow twitch.
"Naruto, while I understand why you saved the woman, why didn't you take her back to Kumo, this could cause a war!" he said seriously as he followed Naruto into the hospital.
Naruto sighed as he stopped before turning towards the Hokage as he said seriously, "They left her for dead Jiji, while I know of the risks they believe she has been taken by Akatsuki, she had to have been battling the two men for awhile as she went into full demon form."
Sarutobi frowned at that revelation, "so she has full control?" seeing him nod Sarutobi sighed, "Then what will you do with her since she is your ward as of this moment."
Naruto's head swiveled to him eyes wide, however he grinned, "while I won't take her in the Rangers I think she would make a nice addition to Konoha's ninja force, that's if she agrees, if not, ill let her do what she wants."
Sarutobi could feel his head ache grow a little bit more, "And what about the Kumo delegation that is suppose to arrive for the exams?"
Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "eh can ask if she would dye her hair, but these are all maybes seeing as how she probably won't be awake for a day or two."
Sarutobi nodded his head but asked a question, "Well when will you be leaving for Kiri?"
Naruto got a huge grin on his face, "after I made sure she is taken care of, but I got a surprise that some of my clones have been working on every since the base was completed."
Sarutobi felt his blood run slightly cold at that smirk on Naruto's face, "and pray tell what surprise is that?"
Naruto let out a slightly evil chuckle as he said, "You will get to see it on it revealing, I can say it will change Konoha's power a little bit more."
Sarutobi shook his head as he left Naruto to wait for the woman to awaken.
(Next day)
Nii Yugito awoke to her entire body feeling like it had been trampled on, she was use to the feeling as it was customary for using the Bijuu for too long, while she was unconscious Nibi had filled her in on what had happened after she let her have control.
She feared opening her eyes to see a dank cell somewhere in Konoha, however she was mildly surprised seeing the white ceiling, looking around she saw she was indeed in a hospital, she also noticed that they hadn't even restrained her in any way.
A cough caught her attention seeing a blonde sitting in the chair next to her, she saw he had the Konoha emblem but was wearing a uniform she never saw before, "How are you feeling Nii-san?"
She grimaced, "like I got mugged by two men, so you're the Naruto Nibi told me about?"
Naruto nodded his head as he asked seriously, "I need you to answer a question Nii-san, did you ever send a message to the Raikage telling him you were being attacked by Akatsuki?"
The darkening look was all he needed as an answer, "yes, I can't believe the bastard would leave me to die!"
Naruto nodded sadly as he said, "politics, a ninja's worst enemy."
Yugito frown but found the phrase to be right, however she asked, "so what's going to happen to me now? Seeing as Kumo believes me dead it could be interrogation, or a cell, or Bijuu removal."
She felt a hand smack the side of her head lightly making her glare at the blonde, "none of that, you get to chose what you want to do."
Yugito coughed slightly, "I get to choose? Like what do I get to choose?"
Naruto sat back as he said, "what you want to do, as of now you're my ward, however I don't like controlling people so you can do whatever you want, become of Kunoichi of Leaf, Leave the village to wander around until Akatsuki tracks you down, or retire to the quiet life receiving weekly stipends from me, or return to Kumo."
This caused Yugito eyes to widen as she didn't see he was joking, he was serious about all of them; she started to have an internal debate with Nibi, "what should I do Nibi?"
Nibi was just as surprised as her, no man or village leader would let a Jinchuuriki go freely, however seeing as how to become a Ninja of the village you needed the Hokage's approval as he seemed to already give it, "I don't know kitten, those bastards in Kumo left us to rot, this boy, no young man saved your ass from Akatsuki."
Yugito mentally nodded her head in agreement however she thought, "yes but everything comes at a price, I bet this guy is a pervert waiting for his reward."
He spoke her thoughts, "So is this how you get your rocks off? Watching women sleep?"
Naruto chuckled as he said, "While the sight is beautiful, no I don't, I was reading mission reports and Intel while you were asleep."
This caused both Yugito and Nibi to sweat drop at the explanation. Yugito turned back to her inner dialogue, "he was reading? A beautiful woman lying unconscious next to him and he doesn't try anything, wait he called me beautiful!"
This caused Yugito to blush lightly as the Nibi roared with laughter, "oh he is a keeper kitten!"
Yugito blushed even harder causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow at her, "something wrong Nii-san?"
Yugito shook her head negatively, "Just going over my options with Nibi."
Naruto nodded his head in understanding before pulling out another folder before reading the report on Wave; Yugito sighed as she thought to Nibi, "What should I do Nibi? I don't want to leave cause Akatsuki will just find me again," for the first time since she was young she felt useless.
Nibi felt sad about what her kitten was going through so she said, "Well as he said you could live the quiet life, but we both know that wouldn't work well for you so the only option would be to become a Ninja of the Leaf."
Yugito could see the logic, she always got stir crazy with being unable to do something, she forced her resolve about her choice as she turned back to Naruto she was shocked to see him talking to the Hokage.
Naruto saw she seemed to be done talking to Nibi, he stopped updating the Hokage on the situation as he turned to her, "Nii-san I would like you to meet the Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Jiji this is Nii Yugito container of the Nibi."
Yugito nodded her head respectfully, "Hokage-sama, if I decide to join Konoha what position would I be in?"
Sarutobi sighed as he put his arms behind him, "more than likely a Jounin, if you did decide there would be a 6 month watch period in which you would have to meet with Naruto here, however apart from that and the unique situation we now find our self in you may need to dye your hair."
Yugito was shocked at such a lenient join period, all that was required was to check in with Naruto every now and then, but then she asked, "why would I need to dye my hair? I don't think any Kumo ninja to come near Konoha."
Sarutobi seemed to rub his temples, "Do to Konoha's new allies, the Daimyo requested that this years invitations be delivered by Naruto and his Rangers, Naruto somehow impressed the Tsuchikage, Kazekage, and the Raikage who have stated that they would be here at this years exams."
Yugito was shocked, this was the first time the Kage's would meet in person since the cease fire treaty was signed almost 13 years ago however the Mizukage wasn't included so she voice her thoughts, "what about the Mizukage?"
Sarutobi looked at Naruto who spoke up rubbing the back of his neck, "I was going to be heading there after I made sure you were well and taken care of."
This caused her to smile at the kindness while she heard Nibi repeat 'keeper!' inside her mind making her blush, Naruto stood as he said, "well seeing as how you seem to be better I can go, Jiji ill pay for Team 2 to help her get acquainted in the village also set her up with an apartment, take the necessary funds out of my account."
Yugito felt sadden that he was already leaving however when Naruto saw her face he said, "I'm sorry for leaving so abruptly but the Exams are drawing closer, and the Sensei of Team 2 you should be able to like, she was my predecessor as the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki."
This caused Yugito's mouth to drop in amazement as Konoha had two people to ever survive a removal of a Bijuu. Sarutobi shook his head as he said his goodbyes to Yugito as he followed Naruto outside; the walked outside as a chopper was waiting for them.
Naruto got on followed by Sarutobi as Scar handed him a large scroll, "the Rangers are already in position, and the new clones have ran simulations and are ready."
Sarutobi raised an eyebrow, "New clones Naruto?"
Naruto grinned, "Its all part of the surprise, I need to make more for this but you should like it."
He nodded as the Blackhawk took off followed by the other one, as a Chinook lifted off soon after. The flight to the sea near the Great Ranger Bridge was short, the first Blackhawk landed letting out a squad of Rangers before Naruto's chopper touched down letting his team and the Hokage off.
As the Chinook landed and let out its troops Sarutobi finally got a good look at the new clones, most them were wearing blue pants with a light blue shirt, a few were wearing tan pants along with a tan shirt, Naruto grinned at the Hokage, "Meet Konoha's new Naval Group."
Sarutobi looked incredulous at Naruto, "to be a naval group they need a ship," as he said this his eyes widened as he looked at the Large scroll Naruto was carrying.
Naruto unrolled the scroll before throwing it towards the water as a plume of smoke appeared followed by a giant splash. The old Hokage's jaw dropped as he took in the new ship, it was at least 60 yards long and had two turrets on bow and two on the stern, and he could see 4 .50 caliber turrets placed in strategic points on the ship.
However the name of it was the FCS Will of Fire, he turned to Naruto as he said, "this is a Fletcher class, while doesn't have the technology as the others, we had to make her from scratch."
He finished as a Humvee pulled into the clearing the group was gathered in, Naruto said as he turned to it, "I see their on time."
Sarutobi turned as he watched Zabuza be pulled out with his arm tied behind his back; he was followed by a Haku dressed in Ranger gear with only a M9 strapped to her leg along with a storage pouch on the other.
Zabuza whistled when he saw the ship, "Damn Gaki all this for me? You shouldn't have?" he said arrogantly.
Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "you and Haku will be riding the waves in Konoha's new naval power, I would say it's fitting for the Demon of the Mist to have a massive entourage" he joked as he turned back to the Hokage.
"Well Jiji I know you have a council meeting soon so I wont keep you longer however when you get some free time ill take you out on a voyage," Naruto said to the old man who nodded.
"I would like that Naruto, just don't give too much of a scare to the Mizukage, have a safe voyage," Sarutobi said as he walked back towards a chopper that just touched down, the excess Rangers loaded back up before the Choppers took off again heading back to Konoha.
Naruto saw the new seamen were already taking their posts as the ship came to life, Naruto motioned for Haku to follow him as he lifted a grumbling Zabuza over his shoulder before jumping onto the ship. The ship pulled away from the shore heading on its maiden voyage to Water Country.
