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AN: Ahh, OpenOffice froze while I was writing the AN so now I have to write it over, not a big deal just the AN. I rather like this chapter, but want to get this stage of the Fic over with. For action fans, you need not worry... A war is going on and our Hero(?) is gonna fight in it. Next chapter will probably be more political stuff for Naruto to deal with, maybe he should have a clone deal with it. Also I was thinking or writing a second story. Only a one with small chapters so that I can get my idea's off my chest. Thanks yo all my Reviewers, readers, people who put me in favorites, alerts and C2s! Please review they make me feel all bubbly when I get one
AN2: About the Sasuke thing it must be decided in 2-3 Chapters or I'm just gonna flip a coin. Also Oto is gonna Join the war(maybe not for a while though). But don't assume anything!
Naruto6660: I didn't even think I rushed until I read you review. I guess I did. I tried to make things in this chapter more detailed but with the type of chapter it is this is a long as its gonna be. grammar... I try... but I still fail. If I could get a beta or something that would help, but if none come around...
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Kyuubi"
Chapter 8:
Marriage. The Ultimate union between a man and a woman. Binding two people together until death. In a ninja village such as Konoha love is not needed in marriage. Over 85 of marriages between ninja are those of convenience. Both sides gaining something from the other. Power, allies, money, or just a person to start a family with. This is because Shinobi have busy and dangerous lives, hardly anytime to fall in love. Another reason is no one wants to fall in love, marry, and then a month later attend the others funeral. Its better not to be too attached to the other person or you will be hurt. 'And they want me to get married!' Though Naruto.
"Naruto, now that you're back in Konoha you'll be getting those directly. Like us, you can ignore most of them. But some of them you have to consider. The Hyuuga is one you have to at least meet with as well, With your new status it would be way too rude to ignore them. Don't let them force you into anything though." Said Sandaime.
"Speaking of your new status, you have to make a few changes. You already changed the way to act so thats out of the way. Next will be you home, you make enough money now with Chuunin pay and those notes of yours to buy something decent. It will also help if you do something more that is significant to Konoha like... start selling those OTHER tags you keep hording to yourself. Most of all, getting stronger is the most important thing for you." said Jiraiya
Sandaime spoke next "Now this is really important Naruto so listen carefully. As we told you earlier you are the youngest person ever to have a seat on the council. Normally you would have to be a seasoned ninja, as well a a clan or major family head to get a seat. You were got around those because, you are the the only living family of Yondaime and has been in service of the village since the day you were born. Holding the Kyuubi for that long is more than anyone on the council has done so they didn't argue with it"
"This is a lot of responsibility you're giving me. Why?" asked Naruto. When he was younger he was given few things. He was never responsible for anything but himself. Now he has a team under him, high status in In the village, and he was gonna help make important decision for the village. He didn't understand why they have putting this on him.
Jiraiya smiled a little this, he was waiting for this question the whole time. "Why? Can't handle it? For someone who wants to be Hokage you're buckling under this little bit of pressure? Bah! I would like you to be in our seat for a day!"
Even with the life or death battles Naruto has been in he still found it hard to suppress his tears. 'Finally! FINALLY someone who wont mock me for wanting to become Hokage! Not only do they believe in me they are gonna help me with it!'
"Bah! Don't get soft on us now Gaki! Thats all we have to tell you for now, you can leave." The Godaime said.
Naruto not trusting his voice at the moment he just nodded and left. It only took him a few minutes to get outside of the tower. He decided to go home. Normally no one would bother him while walking but that was before they knew who he was.
"Naruto-sama! Wait a second please." Naruto turned to the person who over respectfully called his name. 'I guess Its not too much now, everyone one else on the council gets called -sama so why not me as well.' When he turned a saw her his mouth all but dropped to the ground. She was pretty, in fact she was probably the prettiest girl Naruto has ever seen. She also was older than him, she looked to be about 19.
"Hey, how are you today?" She ask him. Naruto had to shake himself out of his shock to answer. "I'm fine, you?" She then smiles and says. "I'm Great! Hey, why don't we go over to that shop and talk?" he nods a yes to her and started walking. He didn't get more than 3 steps before he was interrupted again, this time by someone he knew. "Yo! Naruto, follow me I have something important to tell you." Naruto just looked at him, then looked back to the girl and sighed. "Ok, Kakashi-sensei" When he was about to apologize to the girl for leaving she just "hmpt" and walked away.
After about 5 minutes of walking Naruto wanted to know what he wanted "Ano, Kakashi-sensei what did you need me for?" It took about a minute before he got an response. "Hmm, just keeping you out of trouble." said the Jounin. "What do you mean, I wasn't in in trouble or danger" Kakashi turn to Naruto and looked him in the eye and said "Naruto you were just in danger of being in a bad situation. I can guarantee you if I wasn't there to stop you, by the morning you would have asked her to marry you. You should be more wary of people who suddenly wants to be your friend now that they know about you. Take all those marriage proposals for instance. You had only 1 girl like you, now you have an army of women asking you to marry them. Not to mention the men sending their daughters after you with and without their knowledge."
Once Naruto though about what he was just told he couldn't help but to feel relieved that Kakashi was there. 'I'm supposed to be a ninja, almost feel for that.' "Thanks Sensei, guess I'm still to eager to make friends." said Naruto. "Nothing wrong with making friends, or even talking people. Just don't believe everything they say and read underneath the underneath ." After that Kakashi vanished in a puff of smoke.
Naruto decided to just go home. It didn't take him long to reach his apartment. He looked at it for a moment and then thought 'I guess getting another place to stay is a good idea, I do have the money now.' Shrugging he decided to just go into the apartment.
Once inside he went the the kitchen and made a sandwich to eat. While eating it he made a few clones to clean the place. It was kinda dusty because he was away for so long. With 5 clones cleaning it didn't take long before everything was in order. "Guess I can take a nap." With that he went to his room and lied down, unaware of what was gonna happen during his nap.
Location Unknown:
Naruto opened his eyes and received the shock of his life. He knows that he just was in his room lying down in his bed attempting to sleep. Now he was standing in the middle of a sewer of all places. "What the hell happened, why am I here? Where IS here?" Since standing in the same spot was not going to help him get out of the sewer her decided to walk forward.
There was water that reached his ankle and pipes along the ceiling. "Gahh, I've been walking for 10 minutes and everything is the same!" it seems as soon as he said that he finally reached where the sewer led him. A large cage far taller than any cage he has ever seen. It seemed to locked in place by a piece of paper that said "Seal"
While looking at the paper Naruto saw two red eyes in the background, eyes that he has seen before. He seen those eyes on none other than himself when he tapped into the demons chakra. With those eyes looking at him it didn't take long to realize who's they were or where he was. "Kyuubi. Why am I here?"
After the question was asked the beast came forward and trust his claws to the bars, they stopped a few inches before hitting Naruto. Kyuubi was a little shocked to see that Naruto had not flinched let alone being scared. "Human, you have been using my power against my will. You will stop this." Naruto just looked him in the eye and said. "Whatever your power is mine to do with what I please, you're nothing but my battery so don't go ordering me around." Kyuubi narrowed his eyes, bared his fangs. He quickly turned around and one of his tails shot out of the cage and wrapped around the boy. "Human, who do you think you are talking to? I could kill you in a instant!" Naruto just smiled and said. "I know everything about the seal that keeps you within me. This place isn't real, its more like a dream, one that I control! Let me show you what I mean." Suddenly the tail unwrapped from him. The bars from the cage of Kyuubi vanished. The best looked at the Chuunin for a moment and the found that he couldn't move. "See, we are not actually here, so you cant hurt me, I cant hurt you either but since you are trapped within MY soul I can control you here. But enough of this, is that the only reason you brought me here? Because if it is you can forget about me stopping, I like never running out of chakra." said Naruto.
"No the main reason I've called you here is because of the obligation of a Sealed Demon." Seeing Naruto with a confused face, he spoke again. "I guess they have not told you or maybe they do not know. Having a demon sealed within a human can cause a slight mutation, when the human uses the demons chakra that is. You have used my chakra a lot and that mutation has manifested in you. Don't look so scared because we demons are hunted so this can occur, so that you humans may gain what is called a Bloodline Limit."
Naruto face went from fear to joy as those words were said. "Whoa, so you mean I have a Bloodline Limit now? Do you know what is? How do I use it? Whats it called?" Naruto shouted, reverting back to his hyper self.
"Yes you have one now. I do know what is, but you shouldn't get to excited about it since it wont benefit you much. You have been using it for a long time now. The mutation gives you rapid chakra regeneration and rapid healing, which you already have because of my chakra. Its a passive ability, so its used when needed. For its name, thats your job. The mutation is random so there are not names for them until the founder names them."
"Ok, ok thats fine. Oh is it way to give someone else a bloodline limit? Like giving them some of your chakra?" asked Naruto. It was a good question and if he could people would be lining up for a Bloodline Limit. "No you can't they would die if they were given my chakra. It is two ways for you to cause the same mutation in another. One is for that person to be your child. The other way is for the person to be the barer of the founders child. Though with the second way the woman cannot pass down the mutation to a child of another man."
When Naruto processed all of that information, he realized it changed things a little. Not much but some. Then he though of a question that has been bugging him for a lot time, and since now was the best time to ask, he did. "Hey, why did you attack Konoha anyways?"
Kyuubi's eyes started glow brighter, killer intent was leaking from and Naruto could tell this was a touchy subject. "The one you call Shodaime Hokage. He used some wood Jutsu and bound me. He was going to attempt to seal me within someone but I guess he gave up or died. I was bound in that cave for over 70 years."
Naruto felt a little ashamed, it was a Hokage's fault Konoha was attacked. 'I guess being a Hokage doesn't mean you can't screw up, big time.' Naruto was about to see if he could get anymore information from the Kitsune but.
"We are done for now, Leave" roared Kyuubi. Naruto thought about saying no but decided to just leave. 'I have to tell the Hokages about this anyways.' and so he left.
Hokage Tower:
After getting a meeting with both Hokage for the second time today. Naruto told them everything that he found about during the meeting with Kyuubi. They were surprised and shocked, and well pissed. Mostly because they did not know these things.
"The reason why Kyuubi attacked us will be kept a secret between us 3, no one else needs to know this. If the people found out that Shodaime was responsible for the Kyuubi's attack it will just become fuel for people to undermined our authority. During the times of war thats one of the worse things that could happen." is Surutobi.
Jiraiya spoke next. "Yes he right that needs to be kept a secret but what about your Bloodline Limit? Its up to you rather or not to keep it a secret. Personally it should be kept a ninja only secret because it will give you leverage when it comes times to negotiate your marriage"
Naruto agreed with him, thus ending the meeting
Kirekatte Family Meeting Room (next day)
In this room was 7 people ranging from age 20 to 60. They were the leaders of the family. Which family? A rather large family in Konoha who makes about 60 of the weapons used in the village, 5 of the weapons used in the fire country. They even had upwards of 50 members in their family. One would wonder why such a large family with with a good financial situation would not consider themselves a clan. The reason is simple, all they make are weapons, normal weapons as of the last hundred years at that. Weapons that anyone could make, nothing special. Also because the ninja who belong to this family rarely made Jounin rank. Only about 25 of them earned a Chuunin rank, again nothing special. Clans such as the Hyuuga, everyone made Chuunin and 30 of them made Jounin or ANBU.
A man, 36 years old, Chuunin, his name is Quon spoke started the meeting with what he though was an important topic. "I heard that we have not sent a marriage request proposal to Kazama Naruto, why is that?" Yes, bringing Naruto into the family. A very hot topic in Konoha these days. Everyone knows the boy has no family and would have to make the decision himself.
This time a retired Jounin named Jun spoke to answer the question. "Because I don't like to do useless things. As much I would like to have him in our family what do you think the chances they he would choose our family over the others he has been offered? I even hear some has offered to marry him to multiple women. What can we offer to have him choose us?"
A woman named Mei, a non ninja but one of their best smiths said. "I might not be as useless as you think, Tenten is on the same team with him so he at least knows her already. Though he knows the Hyuuga girl as well from his Genin team. He also must care about her some. She told me he gave her Raijin because she was sad over Fai's sword. I don't know about how all men think, but I've been married long enough to know they wont give away something as valuable as that if they have no feelings for the person."
"It would also do wonders for our family as well. We could finally be recognized as a clan. With that we would get more contacts in and outside of Konoha. He also is a council member now we could gain some political power. He is a seal master and also know a good amount of ninjutsu, so we could produce better ninja under his teaching. Tenten also has mentioned that he knows how to make weapons with special abilities, that alone is worth bringing him into the family. I shouldn't be saying this so please don't repeat this to anyone. He also has a Bloodline Limit. I don't know which member of his family he got it from but we were told today that he has one. We were also told not to tell anyone below Chuunin. Lastly, I would not be surprised if he becomes our next Hokage." This was said by the Only Jounin in the family, Kong.
Jun though about everything that was said then replied "Well, I guess it would be worth it to at least TRY to arrange a marriage but next problem is will she agree to this? She was always a strong willed girl and if she doesn't want to go along with this we can't force her."
One member of meeting that hasn't said anything and had a frown on her face since a certain name was said, that name being her daughter's. "Why must it be her? Why can't someone else be chosen. I do not want my daughter to be used as a bargaining piece so that WE can benefit." said Tenten's Mother, Hua.
Jun knew this was coming and already had a reply ready. "Because everyone other woman in our family has is either married, too old, and too young. Because she already knows him, and we suspect he has feelings for her. Because she has the potential to become a Jounin. It will benefit her as much as it would us. If he were to accept our proposal THEY would become the clan heads, not one of us. She is also a Chuunin an adult in the eyes in Ninja, she can decide for herself if she wishes for this."
