I'm back with another Chapter for Return of the Sage.

Give a shout out to 100,000 views and 100,000 words with this chapter! Couldn't have done it without my readers! Big Thank you!

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Let me say this first: A lot of people are confused or irked that Cerberus beat Kyubi. That only happens because she was distracted and trying to get to Naruto. In previous engagements, she beat him badly. Cerberus is just under her in power and no where near her level of intellect. This is the first fight that Kyubi lost against against him. Yes, I do plan on a rematch.

I had to have an enemy bigger than Kyubi otherwise there would be no strife, no conflict because Kyubi would go all ape shit on them and win hands down, the end. Not a very exciting story in my view.

to Toby860: Thank you for your wonderful comments. You won't be happy with the end of this chapter, but let me reassure you that a bigger wedding with an actual ceremony will come sometime in the next two chapters. So keep on reading.

to DEBob19: no I wasn't high. I actually had the demons invading for quite some time. I had to do something with them since I had Lucifer find out about Naruto and I thought, "what would make this an interesting plot? Oh, five villages plus demons." And yes, it did come out of nowhere, just like I wanted it to. People forgot about the demons and I felt it was time to remind them that humans are not the apex predators.

Chapter 9: The Truth of it All

"Naruto…what happened to your eyes?"

Naruto blinks. Standing in the office is a good portion of the rookie eight, i.e. Kiba, Ino, Shikamaru, Shino, and Sakura, along with the remaining conscious Jinchūriki, aka Gaara, Yugito, Fū, and Kirabi, and lastly Jiraiya.

"And did you just say Kyūbi?"

Naruto shakes his head and moves past them. He doesn't have time for this. The Jinchūriki all raising their eyebrows as they can feel the yoki within the woman Naruto is carrying, as low as the levels may be. He blatantly ignores the shocked looks of his fellow leaf shinobi and the very hurt and confused look Fū is giving him.

"Ba-chan!"

Tsunade, who was in some kind of stupor, comes back to life and sees a very injured Kyūbi who is on her last rope. Tsunade snatches Kyūbi from Naruto and clears her desk of all papers with one sweep of her arm.

"SHIZUNE!"

The dark haired woman bursts into the office and is shocked by what she sees. Being Tsunade's assistant and a big sister to Naruto before Sakura broke him, she is privy to just who the red head on Tsunade's desk is.

She immediately goes into action and starts repairing tissue while Tsunade starts scanning for internal injuries and other things that aren't so obvious. The males in the room all notice just how beautiful the woman is. Luckily Kyūbi had thought of clothes when she changed back into her human form.

"Tsunade-sama, can I be of assistance?" a timid Sakura asks.

She approaches the desk and actives a scanning jutsu when the harshest look Tsunade has ever given someone stops her dead in her tracks.

"You will not come near her."

Sakura, as well as the others in the room (minus Yugito) are all taken aback by Tsunade's hostility. Once Sakura backs up, Tsunade resumes her work. After ten agonizing minutes and several blood pills, Tsunade declares Kyūbi stable enough to be moved to the emergency room.

Shizune picks up Kyūbi gingerly and shunshins to the hospital to prepare an operating room. Tsunade walks over to Naruto and places a hand on his shoulder, making him jump in surprise.

"Go home Naruto. Get some rest. I'll take Hiromi to the hospital and make sure she gets help too."

Naruto looks at her. "I can't do that. I have to go with you. I have to see if she is going to be ok."

Tsunade smiles and places both hands on his shoulders. "She'll be fine, thanks to you. Five minutes slower getting her to us and there would be nothing we could have done. Go home and rest. I'll page you as soon as we are out of surgery."

Naruto is about to argue but Tsunade cuts him off. "Don't make me order you."

The blond male fixes Tsunade with a harsh glare. "I don't care if you ordered the entire village to stop me. Nothing would keep me from being there with them."

Tsunade sighs and should have known that he would say something like that.

"Fine but go home and shower and change first. I will not have my hospital smelling like burnt fish."

Naruto gives her a small smile and hugs her briefly. He then looks around the room before locating Yugito. With a very subtle movement of his head, he inclines for her to follow. Most see it but don't know what it is for. Then he actually leaves using the door. He leaves calmly but swiftly, leaving a mostly stunned crowd.

Tsunade rubs her temples for a second before returning to the assembled crowd.

"Alright, secure the village. Jinchūriki, you are to stay together and in the center of the village unless otherwise directed by me only. With Akatsuki still out there, we must ensure your safety.

"Sakura, Hinata, Ino, and Jiraiya are to go out and capture and reseal the Sanbi while it is still close. If we hurry, we can have eight of the nine Bijū here and all together and protect them from Akatsuki."

With a chorus of affirmatives, Tsunade collects Hiromi from the clone and takes off for the hospital.

As soon as Tsunade is gone, the rookie nine start to talk between themselves about what they just saw.

"Sakura, Ino, and Hinata. Follow me. You all have the highest chakra control here and are the best suited for a sealing. Last we heard, the Sanbi was headed east back towards Kiri. We will follow it and seal it inside a kunai made of chakra enhancing metal. Let's move out."

The four of them leave the room. The other non Jinchūriki also take the time to leave, never having stopped talking about what Naruto said and his appearance. Yugito uses the commotion to discretely create a clone and Shunshin out the window at the same time.

Naruto exits the building and is immediately accosted by an irate dragon god.

"We must speak boy."

Naruto shakes his head. "I'm sorry but I can't right now. My fiancé are wounded and I must see to them. After they are better we can talk."

Bahamut snarls, torrents of black smog issuing from his nostrils. However, Carbuncle bounces from Bahamut's back and onto his snout, drawing the attention of both.

"That is fine. Tend to your mates but do not take too long. The fate of the entire universe is at stake here and you are the hinge pin on which everything rests. Once you are ready, summon us by calling our names."

Bahamut growls in annoyance at being at the beck and call of a human but stows his opinions. Naruto watches as the dragon takes off and soars into the sky and ultimately disappearing into the ever darkening clouds.

Naruto reaches his house surprisingly calm or just highly focused. He walks in the door and before he closes the door, Yugito is standing in front of him. She gives a curt nod of her head to him before speaking. He, however, notices that she seems to be fidgety.

"What can I do for you Master?"

Naruto looks to her for a second before answering. "Do you have a cloaking Genjutsu?"

Yugito nods.

"How good is it?"

Yugito is kind of thrown off by the question. "Well, if I suppress my chakra output to a minimum level, then the only way to detect me is to bump into me unless someone is a very detailed censor. I can still be detected by smell and sound though."

Naruto nods. "Good. I want you to stand watch over the fiancé that I am not currently with. I'll go and wait for Kyūbi to get out of surgery so you will be with Hiromi. I'll come and spend some time with her once she wakes up and then you'll switch to Kyūbi until she is able to defend herself.

"I don't want people to get an idea that they can harm one my fiancé. I won't allow that to happen. Deadly force is authorized but try to apprehend first."

Yugito nods in understanding but it is awkward due to her rubbing her legs together.

"Is there something the matter?"

Yugito blushes in embarrassment of getting caught by her master, but she tries to play it off.

"It is nothing Naruto-sama."

However, Naruto doesn't by it.

"Don't make me order you to tell me."

Yugito flushes again. She turns her head away from him and answers.

"Ky…Kyūbi-sama hasn't been by to administer her…treatment. I tried to hold on, but my body is reacting on its own. I usually get three a week and it been five days," she pleads desperately. She looks down in shame as her body continues to try to rub anything to get pleasure.

A wide eyed Naruto forms an 'o' with his mouth in understanding.

"Take off your pants."

Yugito's head snaps up so fast Naruto us afraid she has whiplash. "M…master?"

A blushing Naruto at what he is about to do but commands himself to continue.

"You heard me. I will be…assisting you in Kyūbi's stead."

Yugito hears the finality in his voice and slowly slides her pants down and then her underwear. Naruto, being the gentleman he is turns around and remembers something. He follows Kyūbi's advice to get a towel beforehand and have it underneath Yugito's…he blushes at the thought. He takes a deep breathes. This is the first time he is going to have any experience with kind of thing.

After taking a few calming breaths, he sits on the couch and motions for Yugito to join him. She awkwardly shuffles over to him, having her pants around her ankles and completely exposed to one of her masters. Eventually Yugito gets to her master on the couch and he directs her to sit on his lap. He places the towel on his lap just as she is sitting.

"Now lean back. I don't have much experience with this but Kyūbi taught me the theoretical knowledge for the technique," he says while blushing.

With trembling hands, Naruto moves his left arm around and takes in a deep breath before placing a hand on her core. He only has a basic idea because Kyūbi thought it was a good idea to 'teach him'.

He starts by gently rubbing up and down the sensitive folds, getting a whimper from Yugito. He goes slightly faster and presses his finger harder, making Yugito putty in his arms. His confidence rises as Yugito's moans get louder and louder, confirming that he is doing it right. He finally feels confident enough to do something else when Yugito bucks her hips into his finger.

Yugito cries out in pleasure as Naruto slips a finger into her now dripping core. Naruto makes a sawing motion with his hand and adds another finger. Yugito plants her feet and bounces on his finger in an attempt to increase her pleasure. After a minute, Naruto makes a discovery. A tiny nub on the outside of the vagina that makes her quiver every time he brushes it.

So what does a curious guy do? He messes with it.

He takes his other hand and rubs the nub between his forefinger and thumb, all the while never stopping his hand that is pumping into her. Yugito shudders. Her mouth is open and her tongue hanging out the side and panting like a dog. This would be quite the insult to her if she actually cared at the moment.

'And now for the finish.'

Naruto adds chakra to his fingers on both hands. The chakra spreads into her nerves at an astounding rate and makes them all fire at dizzying speeds. Yugito's eyes widen and she shrieks as her pleasure increases a hundred fold. Naruto's fingers are ejected from Yugito's honey pot as she orgasms and squirts all over the…towel?

Yugito slumps over, breathing heavily and heavily fogged and clings to the side of the couch. Her body continues to shiver and shake as her body rides out her orgasm. It was the best orgasm she has ever had, even better than what her female master does.

For Naruto, he is now very glad that Kyūbi gave him advice to use a towel when helping Yugito. She said that Yugito was a gusher but he didn't know what that meant before. He gets up to put the towel in a hamper and wash his hands when a slender hand reaches out and very lightly grabs his wrist.

"Th…thank you Master," she breathes out.

Naruto gives her a sad smile. "No problem. When you have recovered and washed up, head over to the hospital but don't let anyone know you aren't with the other Jinchūriki."

Naruto sets out to put the towel in a hamper and curses. His pants are very uncomfortably tight.

When he reaches his room he strips and is unsure what to do about his wings. That is remedied after a bright flash of light from his body and suddenly Naruto is holding the sword again, his wings gone.

'One thing less to worry about.'

After a quick shower, Naruto starts to get dressed and notices that his armor, or at least his chest plate, is gone.

'This is going to be a problem.'

"Not really Master Naruto."

Naruto jumps. 'What have I told you about that?' he angrily thinks to the spirit of the armor.

"I am sorry Master Naruto. You may collect me from the heavenly realm. When the sword stabbed you, I could do nothing about it. It went right through the chakra shield and metal. I was transported to the heavenly realm after that.

"I have no idea how you get to this realm but I was assured that you would be here soon."

'Great. I guess I'll have to worry about it later.'

Naruto showers with cold water, then finishes dressing and calmly walks out the door and out of his compound to the hospital, sword in hand. It takes ten minutes but he gets there.

He walks up to the nurse's station and asks for the operating room Tsunade is in. Naruto had to pull rank and tell her that Tsunade is operating on his fiancé to get to tell him, but a few short minutes later, he is sitting outside the operating room.

Hours later, Naruto is awoken by Shizune softly nudging him.

"Naruto-chan, Kyu is fine and resting. We put her and Hiromi in the same room. Unfortunately we don't have a clue as to dragon physiology so we can't heal her. The most we can do is make her comfortable until she wakes and can go back to her own village to get treatment."

Naruto yawns and stands.

"Thanks Nee-chan. I'll go and sit in their room."

Shizune smiles and directs him to a room on the second floor near the emergency stairs. He enters the room and fights a grimace.

Kyūbi is wrapped up in so many bandages that the only real identifying feature is her hair, but even parts of that have been shaved and all of it cut to neck length. She has a breathing tube as well as an IV in her arm. Hiromi on the other than just has her arm in a sling and propped up with several pillows.

Naruto's heart sinks at the sight.

'How did they both get almost killed and injured and I don't have a scratch on me?'

He pulls a chair from the side and puts it so he can sit in between their beds. He reaches over and gently rubs the back of Kyūbi's left hand and a silent tear falls from his eyes.

'I failed you both. If I had only been stronger…'

Several hours later, Naruto is awake but just barely. His head keeps nodding foreword and starts to doze then jerks up again. Cycle repeats.

From the corner, Yugito frowns. She wishes she had someone to dote over her like he is over the two unearthly beautiful women. She feels a longing to feel loved and needed and someone to tell her that she is perfect in every way; someone to hold her close and whisper sweet nothings into her ear.

The door silently opens. Yugito's eyes are immediately fixed to the person entering. She prepares to defend her masters against all threats.

The nurse opens the door very quietly and steps in. She immediately sees Naruto nodding off and moves as silently as she can. She grabs the charts on the end of the bed and examines it for a few seconds. She then moves to Kyūbi's right side and touches her wrist and watches the clock. Satisfied, the nurse jots something down on the chart.

After a few looks at Kyūbi and several more written notes, the nurse puts the chart back on the bed. She went over and did the same to Hiromi.

Satisfied, the nurse leaves the room, allowing Yugito to relax her grip from her kunai.

Outside the door, the nurse grimaces.

'One guard inside along the wall near the window. High amount of chakra, female, adept in Genjutsu. This is going to make things difficult.'

As the nurse walks down the hall, she seemingly disappears into the floor, nobody noticing a thing.

An hour later, Naruto is awoken by a yawn. He blearily opens his eyes and sees Hiromi yawning and trying to stretch.

"Hiromi-chan."

The dragon whips her head to the side, happy at whose voice it is and confused at the defeated tone.

"What's wrong?"

Naruto just shakes his head. "Nothing. I'm just glad you're alright."

Hiromi smiles and motions with her good arm for Naruto to come closer. When he does, she pulls him closer with strength that one wouldn't associate with a woman. She crushes her lips against his. The heated kiss doesn't last long.

"Don't hold it in. Tell me."

Naruto struggles to voice his thoughts. "I…I feel…I feel like…like I failed you both."

Hiromi is about to argue when he continues. "I trained for this and when push came to shove, I couldn't keep either of you safe."

"Naruto, you did just fine. Sure we got hurt but it wasn't your fault! We were facing demons, beings created from the Jūbi's own yoki centuries ago."

"But I wasn't strong enough! If I had only trained harder Kyūbi wouldn't wrapped up like a mummy with a machine to breath for her and you wouldn't have gotten your wing…arm…hurt when you tried to protect me from the fall. I have to get stronger to protect you."

Hiromi gently takes Naruto's face in her good hand and looks directly in his purple eyes.

"Don't ever say that. You have done your best and did better than any human could ever hope for against demons.

"And as romantic as it is to have someone protect you all the time, Kyūbi and I are not brittle. We are made for this kind of thing. Yes we got injured but we will live and grow stronger because of it. So don't go into a guilt trip when there is no cause for it."

Naruto looks at the floor. He heard Hiromi's words but for the life of him, he can't get the feeling of letting them down out of him. Then he feels Hiromi's hand lift his face to look at her.

"We are not going to break over something like this. You don't have to act like we are, though most of the time it is rather sweet of you. But now is not one of those times." Hiromi lowers her head for a second before looking back. "I hate to do this but I have to go back to my realm. I need to get my wing set and healed. Your medical staff is good but they are nor equipped nor knowledgeable enough to treat a dragon."

"I understand."

Hiromi scowls at his still downtrodden look and tone of voice. Using her massive strength, she hauls him on to the bed and onto her lap. Hiromi holds him to her, careful to avoid her arm, as she just allows Naruto to be close. She breathes in his scent and relaxes herself even as he is too stunned to return the hug. Her good hand absentmindedly strokes his hair.

"I would rather stay here with you but I cannot. I will be back as soon as I am able to." She gives him anther kiss, this time tender and loving. She looks directly into his eyes, amber-gold meets bland blue. "I love you, remember that."

With a puff, Hiromi goes back to her realm, leaving Naruto alone with his thoughts.

Said blond, being the devoted person he is, goes back to watching over Kyūbi. Hours pass and Naruto ends up sleeping with his hand in hers with his forehead resting on the edge of her bed.

This is the scene that Tsunade walked into. She smiles at the sight, though she notices that Hiromi is gone; probably back to the summons realm to get healed properly. Tsunade very careful not to wake Naruto goes through her check up on Kyūbi.

All is looking well. Her injuries are healing at a more rapid pace than before due to her yoki replenishing. It will still be some time before she is completely healed, probably within a week, but it is still many times faster than any human, Jinchūriki included, can do.

Tsunade flips through hand seals and runs her glowing hands over Kyūbi's chest. With a nod, Tsunade's hands stop glowing purple and grabs the respirator tube and gently pulls it out of Kyūbi's throat. Tsunade holds her breath, hoping that the Bijū would breathe on her own. And to her great relief, she does.

Next Tsunade checks the bite marks and gashes. Most are either completely healed or close to it. So she cuts the bandages and removes them, pulling them from under the Bijū in human form. Soon, Kyūbi's skin once again is visible with only a little reddening of the skin due to the recent healing. With a quick flash of a pen, Tsunade updates Kyūbi's chart and writes for the respirator to be taken out when the next nurse comes to check up on them and to get her washed to get the residue of the ointment and bandages off her skin.

With her checkup complete, she takes the time to run a few over Naruto who had yet to get one. The worst of his injuries seems to be a few gashes and cuts that are already healing at a fairly high pace. In twelve hours or so, they should be finished.

Tsunade takes a moment to watch them…him. He has come so far in a short amount of time. A proud smile creeps on her face as she watches. She is more proud of him than he will ever know. She ruffles his hair in a motherly way, takes one more look as if embedding it into her memory and then leaves them be. She never notices the extra pair of eyes on her the whole time, ready to pounce and protect her masters.

Elsewhere

"The Kyūbi and the Dragon are both incapacitated and the brat is too tired to do anything. Add to that the village is still in shambles from the invasion and the shinobi are tired as well. Our targets are right there for the taking!"

"No…we will not move on Konoha."

A stunned Zetu lets his shock show on his face.

"And why the fuck not!" the dark Zetu roars out only for his white counterpart to slap his hand over his mouth but the black Zetu fights him off. "We risk our lives to get intel on them, months of planning and even longer to set up this invasion and for what? Just to sit back while eight of our nine targets are in the same place? Yes eight. They were successful in retrieving the Three-tails and are on their way back. Eight! My whole life's mission is right in front of me and you expect me to sit back?"

Suddenly both Zetu are flung back against a wall, a strong hand grasping their throat with two angry Mangekyo Sharingan spinning madly.

"I expect you to follow orders! The demons change everything! They already made it clear that if they see me, they will try to take me out on sight. But more than that, they are watching Konoha. If we try to attack now, they will just come back and wipe us all out at the same time.

"And with Lucifer watching Konoha, so is Kami and her forces or did you miss the GIANT FUCKING DRAGON that obliterated their forces with a few blasts?"

Madara throws Zetu into another wall where he is imbedded into said wall. Zetu watches with blurry vision as Madara approached him while upside down, Sharingan still spinning wildly. A horrifying vision of someone who wouldn't think twice about killing you to be sure.

"The dynamics of the game have changed. We will wait and find out who makes the first move and then, we will make our move. I do not require your understanding, just your abilities. Do I make myself clear?"

Time Skip – 4 Hours

Naruto is tired. Really tired.

The sleep he got isn't the most restful he ever had and add to the position he slept in on multiple occasions, his neck and body is creaky and sore.

However, despite all of the reasons to be tired, he finds even more reasons to be awake. Like the fingers running through his hair. Naruto opens his eyes with a groan and lifts his head to see a smiling Kyūbi moving her fingers through his hair.

"Good morning handsome."

"Kyūbi-chan?"

Kyūbi giggles. "Who were you expecting?"

Naruto doesn't even answer, only launches himself at her. Kyūbi is a little stunned at the sudden action but welcomes it all the same. She holds Naruto to her as he lets out all his pent up emotions all at once. His walls break down and he vents, to which she is more than happy to be used as a sponge.

His barriers had started to creep up, blocking out emotions when he first saw their broken bodies. Then they rose even higher with Hiromi's leaving. But when he saw Kyūbi up and talking and smiling, the walls couldn't hold the joy he felt and they crumbled.

"I'm ok Naru-kun. I promise."

True to her words, she is bandages free. But the sight of her only a few hours ago being completely covered in bandages and needed a respirator makes it very hard to believe.

"Believe it or not, but I've had worse. Cerberus is a nasty demon who I've gone toe to toe with several times. Last time I nearly castrated him if not for his underlings coming to his rescue."

"But you almost died! How can you be so casual about that? I had to carry you to Ba-chan so she could heal you. I…"

Naruto get too choked up and Kyūbi realizes her mistake. Before when she faced dangerous opponents, to her, she didn't have anyone waiting for her, no one to care about her wellbeing. But now she does and that person was forced to carry her battered and broken body towards safety, all the while not knowing if she would survive.

"I'm sorry about that. I've never had…" Shestops, realizing that she is about to try to make an excuse. "I can't guarantee that I won't get hurt again but I promise to do my best to not put you in that situation every again."

Naruto looks like he wants to argue but decides to drop it. They sit there on the tiny medical bed, cuddled against each other for a while.

"Where is Ryū-chan?"

Naruto's face falls a bit. "She had to go back to get healed properly. Her wing was cut by that monster as she was flying and she landed on it to protect me from getting hurt."

Kyūbi can tell that Naruto is blaming himself. She holds him tighter to herself.

"Naruto, that demon's name is Ultima Weapon. It is a demon that in terms of raw power exceeds my own. The only way I could win against it is too outsmart it. Until you gain control over demonic yoki, you won't stand a chance against it."

That is something Naruto knows only too well. That feeling of helplessness as the beast took everything he had and just kept coming like it was nothing. He never wants to experience that again.

"I'll get stronger. I have too."

A cold knot forms in Kyūbi's stomach. "What are you talking about? You don't need…"

"Yes I do!"

The sharpness of his words stuns her. "I couldn't do anything! My best jutsu, even the holy jutsu, didn't even scratch it. I couldn't protect Hiromi and I couldn't protect you. I'll get stronger so you don't have to figh…"

"Are you even listening to yourself?" Kyūbi bellows, interrupting him mid rant. "Do you hear the nonsense you are spouting? You are a human, albeit the strongest human living right now, but a human no less. I am a Bijū, created from the Jūbi's own yoki and second only to Lucifer in terms of both power and intellect. If I wanted to, you would be nothing to crush even in with your holy jutsu.

"So don't spout this 'I have to protect you' shit. I'm not a delicate flower. I am a fucking Bijū, born to fight and protect humans from the likes of the demons. I have lived for centuries and let me tell you…you have no idea what demons are capable of. You haven't even scratched the surface. Lucifer could look at you and you would die."

As Kyūbi berates him, his feelings get lower and lower. He cringes at her words, the sharpness of her tongue. But one emotion overpowers his feeling of uselessness.

"So what would you have me do? Just roll over and play dead?" he asks heatedly.

Inwardly Kyūbi smirks. Her words riled Naruto out of his pity party and got him to open his mind up.

"No. You train and get stronger so that one day we can take them on."

Naruto shakes his head. "So what is the difference of what you just said and what I said?"

Kyūbi looks him straight in the eyes. "The intent."

Now Naruto is thoroughly confused.

"If you train just to get stronger to keep Hiromi and I on the sidelines, then you will distance yourself from us and your friends. You would be no better than the emotionless shell you were before. No scratch that. It would be worse than you being emotionless because we know how you feel about us but purposefully keeping us away anyways. How do you think that would make us feel?

"But if you get stronger to fight the demons by accepting help from us, you will allow us to help you get even stronger than you can by yourself. We can do this far easier with three of us than you taking the burden all on your shoulders. We can train together and grow closer on top of getting stronger.

"And besides, Hiromi and I are tough and we can take a lot of punishment. So don't worry so much about us. We will be fine."

Before Naruto can answer, the door opens, revealing Tsunade. She looks surprised to see Naruto in Kyūbi's lap but it doesn't last for long.

"I'm glad to see you two up and talking. Now that you are feeling better maybe you can tell me what the hell happened?"

The two stumble for adequate words to describe what had happened.

"The demons were…"

"They were after me."

Tsunade looks surprised. Of all the answers, that wasn't one of them.

"Explain."

Naruto opens his mouth but Kyūbi stops him.

"What Naruto means is that they fear what he can become. He is the second coming of the Rikudō Sennin. When the Sage pulled the Jūbi into himself, it gave him total control over demonic yoki and the demons all feared him for it. When he died, they all rejoiced and would have danced on his greave if they could have because they were free to do what they wished once more.

"Now when we were in Kiri, the demon I ripped apart was sent back to Hell and put back together who in turn told Lucifer that Naruto has the Rinnegan and is rapidly getting stronger. Lucifer, the strongest demon ever, seeks to cut him off before he can be able to control the demons. Even I don't come close to Lucifer's strength. It would take the Nanabi, Hachibi, and myself to take him on and even then it would be close."

"So what tomb activates your control over yoki?"

Naruto scowls slightly. "The very last one and there are still two more to go before that."

Tsunade purses her lips. "So where is the next one?"

Naruto looks at Kyūbi as if confirming something before looking back at Tsunade. "We think that they are in Iwagakure and Kumogakure. So far the tombs have been at the sights of the major villages and correspond with the element. Fire Country for fire, Wind Country for wind, and so forth."

Tsunade scowls.

"If you are right, the one in Iwa could be very difficult. However, we could use the fact that we have the Tsuchikage in our holding cells to our advantage…"

"I wouldn't do that Hime."

The four occupants in the room turn to look at Jiraiya's form slipping through the window. His clothes are torn and sopping wet and he looks dead tired. He tosses something at Tsunade who catches it out of instinct.

"Don't tell me…"

"Yup. You are holding the most expensive and sought after kunai in the entire Elemental Nations. In that kunai is the Sanbi. Oh come on! Don't give me that look. It is not going to break just by touching it. You can even use it as a norm…"

Jiraiya is forced to jump out the window to avoid being skewered by the very same kunai.

"You're an idiot, you know that?"

Jiraiya shrugs and pockets the kunai after he pulls it out of the wall and looks to his pupil and sees how he and his foxy lady are both squashed onto the tiny bed. He suddenly gets a perverted grin on his face.

"We weren't interrupting anything were we?"

Kyūbi fixes him with a deadly glare. "Jiraiya, do I need to put you in your place again?"

Kyūbi had caught Jiraiya peeking on her a week after she had been released. That hadn't ended well for the self proclaimed 'super pervert'. Kyūbi nearly castrated him and surprised them all by claiming that Naruto only had the right to look at her naked. That had gotten the ball rolling on her trying to 'bag and tag' Naruto.

Jiraiya waves her off. "Mah, give me a break. I just sealed the Sanbi and a little worn-out right now. I divert to my more rudimentary trains of thought while tired or running low on sleep."

Tsunade restrains herself from wiping Jiraiya off the face of the planet. "What were you saying you perv? And you better hurry. I'm not sure I can keep my fist from launching you into orbit for much longer."

Jiraiya wisely decides to get serious.

"As I was saying, I wouldn't use leverage for sparing Ōnoki's life as a way to get Naruto into Iwa. As soon as he steps foot within Tsuchi no Kuni he will be swarmed by Iwa ninja just wanting to get a bit of revenge for their humiliating defeat by Naruto's old man, Kage or no Kage telling them otherwise. Not only did he single handedly win the war for us, he also secured us a third of Iwa's B through S rank missions. After the war, Iwa went into a sharp decline for a number of years. It wasn't until Kyūbi's attack did Iwa start recovering as Konoha wasn't able to fulfill those extra missions."

They all are silent to contemplate Jiraiya's words.

"Then I will parade him in."

Three pairs of eyes fix Kyūbi with varying emotions ranging from interest to curious to outright worry. The room is silent, waiting for Kyūbi to elaborate.

"We know that the one thing Iwa ninja respect above all above all else is power. If we make a grand show of parading not only their Kage but their Jinchūriki as well they will be far less likely to attack. On top of that, if Naruto rides on my head, it will show that he has 'control' of me or at least I am under his thumb. Though I personally prefer to be on top…"Kyūbi trails off as if reminiscing.

Naruto and Jiraiya sport identical nosebleeds and Tsunade sighs and gets everyone back on track.

"That's good in theory but what about Akatsuki and the demons? I don't know why but we caught a break as Akatsuki has missed their opportunity to invade. I'm afraid that the second you step outside Konoha, the demons will attack again."

Suddenly Naruto remembers something.

"Oh, that reminds me that the grumpy dragon and weird rabbit wanted to talk to me. They said something about me being a hinge pin for the universe…"

Kyūbi's eyes go wide.

"You…you talked to them? You talked to a Guardian?"

Naruto gives her a confused look. "Well duh. They have to for me to tell you what they said. The dragon needs to get laid but the rabbit is cool…" *SMACK*

"Baka, speak with more respect. We are very fortunate that Kami sent them or we would all be dead!" Kyūbi berates her fiancé.

Naruto rubs the spot where Kyūbi hit him. "Fine, geeze. Just stop hitting me."

Kyūbi flashes Tsunade a victory sign who then goes back to running her hands through Naruto's hair.

Silence ensues. "So what now?"

All eyes find Tsunade.

Said woman sighs. "I don't know. We need more information on everything before we make our move so for now, just focus on getting better. When you are felling well enough, meet me at the Tower to go over what we know and the clue to the next Tomb."

Naruto nods and has one more question.

"So how did we fair?"

Tsunade sighs again. "All things considering, we did remarkably well. We faced down four Kage, three Jinchūriki, a half dozen Hidden Villages, a betrayal by Iwa, and a full out assault by a demon army. We suffered roughly forty percent losses and most of that was against the Iwa ninjas that were inside the village. It was a good thing that the Daimyo's personal guards and samurai division were here or we might have lost containment on the situation.

"Right now all eyes are on us to see what we are going to do. I sure as hell won't be the one that pulls the trigger that sparks the Fourth Shinobi War but I will demand reparations and restrictions. And they will agree because they can't risk war with three of the five great hidden villages when their own numbers and Kage are gone or captured. We can use this to our advantage but not too much. We don't want to fan the flames even more.

"Oh and that reminds me. Naruto, you have a visitor. I'll tell her that she can come in now."

Tsunade leaves the room while Naruto is confused. Jiraiya takes the opportunity to leave and get some sleep. In his trying to figure out who is visiting, Naruto takes notice of Kyūbi's hair…or the lack thereof. Her gorgeous hair that once went past her knees is now uneven and cut very badly.

"Kyu-chan…your hair."

Rather startled by the suddenness of Naruto bringing her attention to her hair, she has Naruto make a mirror out of water and suspends that 'mirror' right in front of her. She takes in her hair being cut.

"Do you like it better short or long?"

Naruto starts. He hadn't expected her to ask his opinion on her hair. He had expected her to lose it and rampage or at least comment about how long it took to grow it out. But she doesn't even think twice about changing.

"Uh…I'm not sure. It is…uh choppy right now," he stutters out. He is completely out of his element with this topic having never thought about a hair style for him much less gone to a barber shop. He didn't trust people with sharp objects around him.

Kyūbi however takes it in stride. Right before Naruto's eyes, her hair 'cleans' itself, fixing all the uneven ends, the choppy job (probably with a kunai). Her bangs shorten and the back seems to curl itself against her neck.

Naruto's voice catches in his throat. She looks HOT!

Kyūbi giggles at Naruto's stunned but awed face.

"I take it you like it?"

Naruto can only nod dumbly.

"Good. Now that I'm feeling better, we can…catch up."

The blood in Naruto's body for the first time flows in the proper direction when aroused. Kyūbi grins victoriously as she claims Naruto's mouth. At first they are tender, gentle. But slowly they grow more heated and passionate. Soon their tongues are battling each other with everything they have, making them groan.

"Uhem"

Naruto and Kyūbi turn and glare at the interruption but Naruto starts. Standing in front of him is Mei, the last person he ever expected to be in Konoha.

"Uh…hi?"

It didn't take a genius to see that Mei is a nervous wreck despite just defeating a Jinchūriki not a few days ago.

"Mei here came and defeated Yagura at the South gate and saved Fū too. And just so you know Naruto, your friends have been asking to see you but I'm keeping them away for now. Many of them saw your eyes. We will have to announce your Dōjutsu to the village and world."

Naruto groans. "Damn it! Why can't people just mind their own business? It isn't like I've got time to just sit and talk to anyone and everyone."

Naruto takes a deep breath and calms down. It helps that Kyūbi is rubbing his back soothingly.

"I would rather just gather them together and explain it then. I don't want my Dōjutsu getting out just yet. I'm pretty sure that Akatsuki doesn't know about my eyes just yet and I'd rather keep it that way."

"Whatever kid. It's your call. Just don't wait too long. I'm getting tired of being pestered," Tsunade says wearily.

As Tsunade leaves, Naruto turns his attention to Mei.

"So what are you doing here Mei? What happened after you left for the resistance?"

The red head finds a chair. "Well, I met up with the Resistance a few days after I abandoned the Mizukage. They were very suspicious of me but it helped that I had a tactical analysis of Kiri as well as current troop numbers and guard rotations with me. I was relocated to menial tasks such as repairing buildings and walls with my Kekkei Genkai. After a few weeks of that, I joined a battle group. We fought a few battles, all were successful since the loyalists had nothing to counter my Lava and Boil jutsu.

"They started to trust me more and I move up to squad leader. One day I was brought to the War Room. There I was told that they had received intelligence that Yagura had left the village with a large number of shinobi and headed out of Mizu no Kuni. At first the Commander didn't believe the reports but it was confirmed by several others within the village itself.

"They asked for opinions on the easiest way into the village and I gave them the Anbu entrances and the locations of the Anbu headquarters, barracks, and armories. The Commander wanted to take advantage of the situation immediately and ordered an all out assault on Kiri.

"When I asked where Yagura went, I was told that Yagura was headed for Fire County. I put some things together and figured that Yagura was invading. I knew that Yagura didn't have enough shinobi with him to conquer Konoha so he must have reinforcements.

"I begged the Commander to let me go and help Konoha. At first he wouldn't let me but I kept on it, eventually saying that the reason I defected was because of a Konoha shinobi and that it was you who gave me the tactical analysis of Kirin add the surrounding areas. He eventually gave in under the condition that I would stay here and be the liaison for the new Mizukage.

"I accepted and hauled ass to get here and arrived just as he was about to kill Fū. I sent Fū inside the walls. Yagura…he…he told me he loved me and that is why he didn't kill me."

Mei falls into silence, clearly still disturbed by what he said.

"Mei"

Said woman looks up.

"Forget about what he said. Love doesn't come from just knowing or seeing someone. Loving someone means accepting someone completely, even if they have bad habits or things about them you don't like. It comes from knowing them and their likes, dislikes, beliefs, their favorite foods, what their hobbies are, what their dreams are.

"When I was sealed inside Naruto, I knew him like no one else. I saw his dreams, his need to be accepted, his drive to be Hokage. My heart bled for him when his heart was crushed by that bitch named Sakura. I know what he likes to eat, I know what his favorite colors are, I know he wants to meet his parents again, how he wants nothing more than to have a family. I know him inside out and I can say that I love him with more than my life.

"Yagura didn't love you. As far as I can tell, the most interaction he had with you was for missions and debriefs. You have a bloodline, he wages a war against bloodline users. He could never accept you fully. To say that he loved you is an affront to what real love is. So don't believe for a second that he truly loved you."

Mei looks down while Naruto is red from her words about him. Needless to say that she was spot on with all of them.

"T…thanks Kyūbi-san.

"Anyways, I fought Yagura and killed the shinobi he brought with him. I ended up killing Yagura with my strongest technique and released the Sanbi. Luckily the demons decided to attack right then so the Sanbi high tailed it out of there…or as fast a large, hundred foot turtle can.

"I was admitted to the hospital for minor yoki burns but it was easily healed. During treatment, I received a message from the Commander. They have taken Kiri. The war is over."

Naruto can Kyūbi can see the relief spread through her body at that declaration.

"That secures my position here and as my first act as liaison, the new Mizukage wishes for a trade alliance with Hi no Kuni and possibly a military one with Konoha should the village survive. So far as I know this village still stands."

Naruto gets up and gives Mei a warm hug. He breaks away tactfully, not there too short to be rude but not long enough to show too much affection. He gently leads her by the arm to where Kyūbi lays and the red head gives her a hug too.

"Congratulations. What will you do now?"

Mei bites her lower lip but decides the truth is the best.

"I partially came here to see Naruto again and I had hoped that…"

"That you could become involved with Naru-kun?" Kyūbi finishes.

Mei flinches and closes her eyes in preparation to be beaten down by the possessive Bijū. In the Tomb near Kiri, she felt and saw just how protective and possessive Kyūbi and Hiromi were of Naruto.

But the hit never comes. She opens an eye to find Kyūbi looking at her with an amused look.

"It just so happens that Naru-kun has to marry three wives as he activated the CRA. We need a third and you would be nice as we already know you and you know us."

Mei's eyes water. "You mean…you mean I have a shot?" Kyūbi nods and suddenly finds herself wrapped in a hug from a tearful Mei.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," she chants as she hugs Kyūbi.

Said demon pats Mei's back and the emotional woman backs away. Kyūbi then gets serious.

"Another reason is you also know that if you do anything to hurt him, your life is forfeit."

Kyūbi glowers and spikes her yoki at Mei. Said woman pales considerably and nods rapidly.

Naruto is silent the whole time, allowing Kyūbi to do this. Really he doesn't care who it is just so long as he loves her, she loves him, and Kyūbi and Hiromi approve.

"You know, news about you being out spread like wild fire." That draws both their attention sharply to Mei. "All of the civilians were evacuated by the time the demons rolled around, so they didn't see you. The Shinobi on the other hand…they say everything and the rumors were off."

"I suppose they are calling for Naru-kun and my head by now."

Mei shakes her head. "That's the interesting part. The Shinobi on the newly sealed gate spread how you saved them from being crushed by those large…things and how you defended the village. Most of the Shinobi are re-evaluating what they think of you. The villagers don't believe a word of it though. Not surprising given the history of this place.

"And those Jinchūriki…most were talking between each other but one green haired girl…she had sort of an aura of death around her."

Naruto starts. He had completely forgotten about Fū! She had to have a lot of questions for him right now. However, Fū is pretty low on his priorities right now.

"Thanks for tell us Mei-san. You have given us foresight into problems that may arise in the future." Naruto creates a shadow clone. "This clone will take you to my clan housing. I'm sure that Ba-chan will find more appropriate quarters for you soon but the VIP hotel is probably gone since it is very close to the Hokage Tower and the Stadium which is where most of the Iwa ninjas were when they attacked.

"If you don't mind, Kyu and I have some business with Ba-chan."

Mei nods her understanding and follows the clone out of the window. As soon as she is gone, Naruto turns to Kyūbi.

"Do you have the strength to stand and walk?"

Kyūbi nods, though thoroughly confused.

"Yes but what…?"

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

In front of Naruto stands two tiny dragons. Naruto opens Kyūbi's chart and tears a couple pieces of paper and uses his fire manipulation to burn a message into them. He hands one to each dragon.

"Take this to Ba-chan and tell me what she thinks." He turns to the other dragon. "Take this to Hiromi and wait for a response then come back and tell me."

"Naruto...what are you doing?"

Naruto turns to Kyūbi, a serious expression on his face.

"Tell me…want to get married today?"

Kyūbi's voice catches in her throat.

"Wh…what? Why this all of a sudden?"

Naruto climbs into the tiny bed with Kyūbi again and puts his arm around her shoulder.

"You're being very affectionate today…" she whispers though he hears it. In truth she loves it but would be a bad friend and lover if she ignored it. While he usually isn't the one to instigate contact, he doesn't shy away from it. But he is

"I…I don't know. I just…I feel this…this need to marry you. Like urgently. I don't know how to explain it. It's like a hot iron in my chest that burns me when I don't think about marrying you or Hiromi as quick as possible. When I do, it settles for just being warm…"

Kyūbi frowns. His urgency could be attributed to several things. First and the one she hopes it true: he could be afraid to have a repeat of the battle and is making the most of his time. Second: Kami could be manipulating him into speeding things up so she can meet him. Third: someone is controlling his emotions for unknown reasons to hurry things along, like Lucifer to get him out of the village to kill him.

The last two make her wary. She doesn't like her mate and soon to be husband to be manipulated at all, even if it is towards something that she wants personally. But she isn't self absorbed enough to ignorant just so she gets what she wants.

But until there is more, all she can do is agree.

"Yes, Naruto. I will marry you…but only if Ryū-chan is able to."

Naruto grins infectiously, something that he doesn't do enough. He moves to kiss her but a *poof *of smoke and a one of the messenger dragons returns. The young red and golden dragon opens her mouth and out comes a piece of paper.

Naruto grabs it and reads it.

"It's from Hiromi and she says she'll do it. She needs some time to get ready and says to summon her right before we do it." He turns to Kyūbi to say something when the other dragon flies through the window.

"What did Ba-chan say?" he asks immediately.

Naruto waits for the messenger dragon to deliver the message when suddenly he finds himself buried into the wall. When he looks at the offender, he finds the dragon prostrating himself in submission.

"F…forgive me Naruto-sama but the Hokage said to hit you as hard as possible."

Naruto grunts and pulls himself out of the wall. "And you listened to her?"

The dragon has the decency to look embarrassed. "W…well, she promised me a free meal of…never mind. Along with the hit she says 'Not to make rash decisions on the fly that concern her' and 'I'm not going to do it now. I have the villagers railing for your execution and a third of the village destroyed.'"

Naruto scowls. "Fine. Go back to Ba-chan and tell her that my fiancés and I are going to meet with Kami's forces. When I come back, I will marry them even if I have to go to someone else. After giving her the message, go and tell Hiromi I will summon her in five minutes and not to dress for a wedding."

The dragon nods and disappears.

Naruto waits patiently for five minutes to pass. In the meantime, Kyūbi, who has recovered enough yoki to do so, changes into something a little more comfortable. Around her materializes a pair of skin tight jeans along with a shirt that is far too small for her. The only question is if she is wearing any underwear under her jeans as she sure isn't under the shirt.

All in all, Naruto likes Kyūbi's new look. While her hear isn't quite as flowing, the new style frames her face better and is no less glossy and silky. Neither speak, both just preferring to keep the comfortable silence.

That is, until the silence is broken by a summoning jutsu. When the smoke fades, a peeved Hiromi stands in the center of the room. She quickly looks to Naruto.

"Alright…what's going on?"

What a loaded question.

"Do you want the full version or the condensed?"

Hiromi raises an eyebrow at her lover.

"Full. I'd rather not have any surprises later."

Naruto nods and gives her just the short version of everything. Though she is a little upset that Kyu told Mei that she had a chance without talking to her first, she decides to leave it be for now. She also isn't happy that Tsunade wouldn't marry them right now but understands as a fellow leader that she can't just drop everything for one person at the drop of a hat, especially whose village was just attacked.

Hiromi decides to bring up a different issue.

"So what made you change your hair?" she asks with genuine curiosity.

Kyūbi shrugs.

"It was already short from being cut from surgery. I could have made it go back to its original length but I thing Naru-kun likes it this way."

Hiromi raises an eyebrow at Naruto.

"It makes her unique. I think it works for her just like your hair works for you. Both of you are different and that's partially what I love about you both."

Hiromi feels her face heat up at the words of encouragement and sees Kyūbi's face do the same. Naruto opens his mouth when he spots something he should have before.

"Why isn't your arm in a sling anymore, Hiromi-chan?"

Said dragon looks to her arm and remembers why.

"Well, the healers in my village came up with a new medical treatment. It combines healing jutsu, herbs, and a cast that encourages the healing of broken bones and other internal injuries. I have no idea how it works and I didn't even know about it until I got back.

"On a side note, Hitomi got Manda really good and is in the process of making me a purse out of his skin."

Naruto grins at that. He felt so bad for Hitomi and is very glad she got that snake (literally) back. He walks over to Kyu and Hiromi and places a hand on each of their shoulders. However, he turns to look at the corner.

"Yugito, you are free to do what you wish for now. Just remember that things will not like the punishment Kyu and I will give you should you get captured."

The blond woman lets her Genjutsu go and bows to both Kyu and Naruto.

"Of course Masters. I will not fail you. And Thank you," before leaving the three.

"Alright, let's get this show on the road. I'm not looking forward to this."

In a flash, the three of them are gone Shunshin as a nurse comes in to check on them.

Fields outside Konoha

Kyūbi turns to Naruto as soon as they arrive.

"Why did I smell her arousal when you commanded her?"

Naruto frowns. "I don't know but I…helped her with her...addiction since you were incapacitated at the time. She said it had been a few days since her last…treatment. And thanks for the advice about the towel."

Hiromi looks confused but drops it while Kyu scowls.

'That hussy. I treated her when I checked on her not two days before the fighting. I'll deal with her later.'

The three of them stand around…and wait…awkwardly.

"So…what's happening?" Hiromi voices nervously.

Naruto scratches his head. "Ah…the rabbit…ow…and that prude of a…ow! Stop hitting me!"

Kyūbi smirks which totally melts any sternness her glare holds.

"I will…when you start showing some respect."

Naruto huffs and goes back to thinking. "He said…said…ah! BAHAMUT! CARBUNCLE!"

Hiromi's eyes go wide as the sky cracks with thunder and lightning. The clouds darken and blots out the sun as they start to swirl. Suddenly a large bolt of lightning strikes the ground, temporarily blinding them all.

Standing before them is Bahamut, king of the dragons and unquestioned ruler of the skies.

"You have summoned me mortal. It is time to…"

The mighty dragon stops talking and looks intently to the ground. Kyūbi and Naruto blink out the lights and follow the dragon's line of sight.

Where Hiromi once stood, is now the dragon woman on all fours, her head to the ground in submission and reverence.

Bahamut scoffs and chuckles. "Finally some damn respect. You may rise, Hiromi of the Storm Dragon."

And the buxom blond does just that, though she keeps her eyes to the ground.

"Thank you for your graciousness, my king."

Naruto and Kyūbi both raise a few eyebrows while Bahamut nods in approval.

"I thought I was your king…" Naruto says quietly though everyone heard him.

In a flash, Naruto is decked and into the ground by Hiromi. Said dragon turns and bows again to the dragon.

"I apologize. Naru-kun is very young and has yet learned to respect his elders and betters."

She then turns to Naruto and helps him out of the 'me sized' hole in the ground. She sets him down and she can almost see the tiny birds flying around his head.

"You are king of my heart but he is…you know…my king…literally. He is not only my patron to Kami but my progenitor of my species. Even the clan head must be approved by him. He was the one who originally forged the contract between the Uzumaki and my people.

"So please show some respect. I don't want to have to pick up your ashes."

"Ah, it is about time. Kami was getting impatient and trust me when I say you don't want her in anything but a good mood."

The three of them look to see the large blue-green 'rabbit' with the large ruby in its forehead.

"So since we are all here, let's get a move on."

Carbuncle's ruby flashes, whiting out everything. When their vision comes back, they are standing in a large room with a lot of people standing in it. However, there is a dais and on that dais are four chairs, three of which are being sat in. Two women of impossible beauty on the left and a rather skinny looking male just to their right.

The first of the two women (the far left) stands, gathering their attention. Naruto is very surprised when, instead of a booming, all powerful voice, she has a light and warming voice while still being authoritative at the same time.

"Welcome to Valhalla, throne of those who oversee everything. I am Asami, goddess of creation. Next is Kami, goddess of life. Next is Shinigami, the god of the dead. Kratos, the god of chaos and destruction, would be sitting here but he is locked up…for the moment.

"Come. We have much to discuss."

Out of nowhere, three chairs find themselves in existence at the bottom of the dais. Taking the cue, Naruto and his fiancé find their seats.

"Now, you have been summoned here but first do you have any questions?" the one known as Kami asks.

"I have one."

The two fiancé of Naruto look at him in wonder. Apparently Naruto does have a limit to just how powerful a being has to be before giving respect.

"Who are all these people and why me?"

Asami smirks. "I will get to the second one later but to answer your first questions…these are all deities and messengers or plain workers that help run Valhalla that have been created, conscripted, or asked to join over the many millennia we have existed. Each holds a different function.

"I have created Tsukuyomi, the deity of the moon. She traps the Jūbi's body within the moon and keeps the moon separate from the earth, while Gaia is the mother of all things green and growing. There is also Izanami, the deity of creation (i.e. birth and conception).

"Over there are Amaterasu, whose black flames purge all and Susanoo is god of storms. They were created by Kratos to do his work for him. He never created more than two because he liked to do the destruction himself most of the time.

"Yomi and Sarutahiko are the only ones that he made. Yomi ferries the souls to Shinigami while Sarutahiko guards the souls Shinigami hasn't gotten to yet. Amaterasu and Susanoo both answer to Shinigami as he is acting God of destruction.

"For Kami…she has Ame no Uzume, goddess of dawn, mirth and revelry, Izanagi, and Inari, the deity of a lot of things.

"Any more questions? If not, let's get started."

Surprisingly, Shinigami starts it off.

"I know you know this from the tombs but I will go over it again in case you missed anything. Kratos along with the other gods and goddess gave our power to Asami in the beginning. With our power, she was able to create the universe and everything within it. And thus we settled into our roles: Asami creates, Kami dictates, Kratos destroys and causes general mayhem, and I collect the souls when it is time to pass on or when Kratos has his…fun.

"This system worked for a long while before Kratos became discontented with his current level of destruction. He craved more and caused more. Each day, I would have more souls come to me than the previous one. Something had to be done.

"Unknown to us though, he had already planned for this. He wished to destroy the universe, Asami's ultimate creation, her crowning achievement. He had sent down the Jūbi and his deities to wreck as much havoc as possible before turning his sights on a grander scale.

"Kami and Asami created and chose the Rikudō Sennin to deal with the Jūbi. When the creature was sealed and then split up, we turned our attention to Kratos. We tried to talk him down from the proverbial ledge but he wouldn't have it.

"A fight broke out and it damn near destroyed the universe as he intended. Unable to defeat him, we settled for locking him away for all eternity. Should he escape, I'm not sure we can stop him a second time."

"This is where you come in."

Naruto and company look to Kami.

"There is an anomaly within your timeline. A man has existed for far too long and has evaded Shinigami's agents for many decades. His name is Uchiha Madara and has one goal: to unite the Bijū together and recreate the Jūbi. He will then seal the newly reformed Jūbi into himself and place the world under an enormous Genjutsu, making himself ruler.

"This must not happen. Madara has no understanding of the Jūbi and its powers. Should he recreate it, it will not only rampage but do something far worse…

"It will gather the demons it split off itself…and then return to Kratos, freeing him once more."

The silence in the room is palpable.

"Like us, Kratos split his power to create his deities. That creation leaves us temporarily weakened until we can regain the lost strength. Kratos hadn't yet recovered from his creating the Jūbi before attacking. That monstrosity he created could very well be considered a deity all on its own with the power he gave it.

"Anyways, he wasn't at full strength when we fought and good thing too. If he had been…well, we wouldn't be talking about this."

Kami sees Naruto's confused face.

"The point is, when we locked Kratos away, we made sure that he couldn't recover past what he had when he started the fight, meaning he is still missing the Jūbi's power. Kratos is calling to his lost power of Amaterasu and Susanoo as well as the pieces of the Jūbi. We have reduced his calling of Amaterasu and Susanoo but there is no getting rid of it. He will always call for them.

"Just like he calls his deities, should the Jūbi reform it will return to its creator to which he will have his full strength, allowing him to break free of the prison we created."

"You must complete the tombs and assume your roll of the Nidaime Rikudō Sennin. Only then will you have the power to combat Uchiha Madara and save the universe from destruction.

"Now to answer your earlier question…we chose you before you were born to do great things. We used Madara's plans to our advantage. Not once since the Rikudō Sennin has someone with such potential come about. The Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi, the last Uzumaki and heir to the Uzumaki's most treasured artifacts, son of the legendary Yondaime Hokage, summoner of the dragons, half demon, able to wield the Mestuki no Kami (Eyes of God), use holy jutsu. You are exactly what we were waiting for."

Naruto is silent in thought as are his fiancé.

"So what about Madara do you know?" Kyūbi asks.

Kami takes her cue.

"Nothing extraordinary about him until he and his brother developed the final stage of the Sharingan separately and without killing each other. Once he realized that his sight was leaving him, he killed his brother and took his eyes. Somehow, this made the degradation of the Sharingan stop as well as his body, granting him the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

"After losing to Hashirama, he falls of the grid and little is known about his activities since then. All we know is that he made Kyūbi attack Konoha and he is forming a group to go after the nine Bijū but other than that, he is a complete mystery.

"You will have to get much stronger in order to face the challenges ahead of you. We aren't going to tell you what they are, but trust me when I say that you haven't scratched the surface of what's to come. Make no mistake, we wish for you to be victorious, but getting handouts from us will not help you . You and you alone must triumph in this.

"However, before we forget…"

Kami snaps her fingers and in Naruto's hands is his breastplate. Naruto immediately puts it on, feeling much better with it on.

Welcome back Master Naruto. I was beginning to worry if you would ever come to retrieve me.

Naruto ignored the obvious jab at his punctuality.

"Thank you…so what happens now? I know there are still three tombs left but as soon as I move out of the village, the demons will just attack me."

From the crowd of assorted deities and other important figures in Valhalla, one moves forward to be beside the three in front of the dais.

"That is why these she will be teaching you. She knows holy jutsu as well as many things from Ninjutsu to speed."

Naruto turns his head and his world stops. Standing right in front of him is his mother, Kushina Uzumaki. Only now her hair is white and her eyes golden. But other than that, she is identical to the Kushina the sword had imprinted. The wears a short white toga like dress that wraps around her body and is lose while being tight enough to not hinder her movements.

"Hello, Naruto. I'm sure you know who I am. I was granted a spot as a…messenger and warrior of sorts for Kami. She is always on the lookout for souls to help her rule. I was lucky enough to be chosen or perhaps that was her plan all along. I was very excited to learn that I was going to be able to meet you."

"Why? Why are you doing this?" Hiromi asks Kami.

In truth, Hiromi is a little jealous. Now Naruto has another woman in his life that has another connection to him that she can't compete with. However, her curiosity is sky rocketing past her jealousy.

"Because it is the least I can do. I made him go through some pretty horrible things so I thought he deserved a break. Between having you two plus two more and his mother back, I owe him that much. Plus his road will not be easy and will need all the help he can get."

Hiromi seems to accept the answer but doesn't like it.

"As for the demons, we shall have a few Guardians standing by to jump in should you encounter any demons that you can't handle. Though between a Storm Dragon, Kyūbi, The Samsara eyes, and a Valkyrie you can probably handle a lot."

Nobody replies to that. All eyes are on Asami as she stands, as do her fellow rulers.

"I think our time is at an end. You now know the severity of the situation and why you must not fail. We will contact you should we find out anything else or if you are needed somewhere specific. On the plus side…I do believe you have a wedding to get to."

In the blink of an eye, the four of them are standing in the same clearing they were before, only several hours later and the sun is setting. Wait four?

Naruto is suddenly smothered by an emotional Kushina. He has no choice but to hug her back but motions for the other two to move in. He is grateful when they do so. It makes it not quite to awkward to have a gorgeous woman, who the mother you never knew, smash herself up against you.

She quickly calms down and runs her eyes over him.

"My boy…you have grown up so much. I'm…"

"If you're going to apologize, forget it. I don't need an apology for something that was out of your control."

She looks like she wants to press the issue but decides to back off for now.

"Kyu, Hiromi. How do you want to do this?"

Kyu instantly shrugs, being a Bijū, she never paid attention to such things as marriage as she has no need to give it any time out of her day. They both turn their eyes to Hiromi, who shrinks back a little bit.

"Well…I would love a huge ceremony with a lot of people there to show you off, but that wouldn't be practical. In my village, mating is the same as marriage so we never had a ceremony, just a ritual to be performed privately."

After a few minutes of debate, they decide upon a simple way to go about it. Naruto sends another messenger to Tsunade while the girls run off to a clothing store, leaving Naruto to get formal attire and the rings.

As for Kushina…they all agreed, even herself, it would be best to not reveal that she is back, even if it is temporarily. She takes off for the Namikaze clan house. Naruto had insisted that she take the master bedroom like before, but she vehemently refused claiming that he is the head now and needs to sleep there. She will take one of the unoccupied clan houses that doesn't house an ambassador or Jinchūriki.

After a short time of going to the jewelers and finding appropriate rings he finds himself some formal attire. Nothing too fancy but still appropriate to get married in. After that, he picks up the rings that we put on double rush to get done in time.

When he finished that, he used a Shunshin to get to the Hokage tower. A short ceremony later with two very gorgeously dressed women, three matching gold rings, and a signed marriage certificate, Naruto takes his new brides to his compound, leaving Tsunade to finish the mountain of paperwork required for such a marriage.

However, there was one small hiccup. Kyūbi can't get married as Kyūbi. So Naruto came up with a name on the spot.

Flashback

"What do you mean I have to chose another name?" Kyūbi yells at Tsunade.

Said woman lets out an annoyed sigh. "Look, there is no way anyone will approve of this of the name 'Kyūbi no Yoki' is on the marriage license! And before you ask, yes I will marry you but that marriage has to be submitted to the IMLC (The International Marriage License Committee) before it will be legal and none of them will approve you no matter how much pushing I do."

Kyūbi huffs and concedes.

"Fine. Anyone have any suggestions?"

"How about Chiyo?"* Naruto suggests lightly

Kyūbi glares at him while crossing her arms under her breasts in a decidedly feminine way.

"Are you calling me old? Think carefully before answering that question."

Naruto chuckles.

"I'm only kidding. How about…Manami?"

The three present woman blink. That is surprisingly a good name.

"Affectionate beauty? I like it. Let's do this!"

*(From this point on, Kyūbi will be called Manami most of the time. Get used to it)*

The newly named Manami, Hiromi, and Naruto face Tsunade as starts the ceremony.

End Flashback

As they walk through the compound, he starts to head towards his clan house, only to be stopped by his wives. That feels so weird to call them that.

"Kushina was right. You are clan head and need to be where you belong."

"We will be right beside you the whole way. You don't have to be afraid."

Seeing how he is outnumbered and outgunned with his arms being pushed between their massive breasts, he gives in. They make their way to the stairs between the second and third floors of the Clan Center. His hand reaches for the door and finds it frozen again, just like last time.

However, he finds two sets of soft hands pushing the arm forward until the hand is around the knob. They give him a comforting smile and he turns the knob and opens the door. It is too dark to really see anything but the moon through the windows makes navigating easier. Having a dragon who has excellent night vision has its perks.

Hiromi leads them through the floor, looking in each of the half dozen rooms. She hides her tears and emotions…or tries to. She is surprised when Kyūbi pulls both her husband and her wife into a hug and pushes them forward. The last door on the floor at the very end leads to the master bedroom.

They enter but don't turn on the light. Hiromi guides them all to the large bed with a sheets made and clean from the seals placed around each house and building.

They sit there for a minute, not sure of what to do. Then Kyūbi does something neither expected.

"Go ahead and have him tonight, Ryū-chan. I'll get him tomorrow or later."

The dragon is stunned, flabbergasted, shocked, and whatever other word fits.

"But…but you've known him longer. I thought you would like to be his first."

Kyūbi smiles at her harem sister. "I would. In fact I would love to." Hiromi opens her mouth when she silences her with a slim finger. "But, I've seen your frustration, your circumstances that keep making you leave, the insecurity that he will pick someone over you. If this relationship is going to work, we all have to compromise, and I'm giving you the chance to have him first."

Hiromi looks ready to cry and hugs Kyūbi tightly, whispering her thanks.

With that settled, all three of them strip with only Hiromi really able to see well in the low light. When Hiromi and Naruto are completely naked, she guides Naruto down to the bed. They lay side by side for a second.

"We don't have to do this."

Hiromi bites her lip and kisses him. "But I want to…"

Seeing as how she is sure, Naruto kisses back fervently. They kiss and swap tongues for a while, while rubbing up against each other.

Suddenly Naruto rolls on top of Hiromi, making her groan in appreciation. Takes a hand and lightly massages her large breasts, earning a low moan from her. Her pleasure continues to rise as Naruto's head slips downward and captures her right breast in his mouth.

She shouts at the unexpected warm suction feeling while his other hand continues to massage her. He switches breasts after a minute or so, making her shiver from the suddenness of the cold air on her very hard nipple.

"Naruto…" she moans.

Her hands aren't idle as he imitates a baby. She roams his muscles on his back, arms, neck, his hair and face. She takes it all in and is turned on even more just thinking about all those hard muscles.

Her world is broken up when he breaks off from her chest and captures her with another kiss. They battle it out with no clear winner though her temperature sky rockets when his hands run up and down her sides.

"Enough. I want you now."

Already at full mast, Naruto reaches down and maneuvers himself but stops short of doing the deed.

"Are you sure? We can stop at any time."

Hiromi's only response is to take her legs and pull him inside. All the way.

They both cry out in pleasure and pain as Naruto bottoms out. While he isn't large, he is no means small. Hiromi could try to determine his size if she could form any kind of coherent thought. All she can focus on is the white hot, throbbing in time with his heartbeat, man meat. The heat sooths the small pain of being stretched for the first time but this is nothing compared to the size of a dragon in true form. Her walls are made to accommodate much larger cocks in both girth and length. That doesn't mean she isn't tight, just that it isn't very painful for her.

Naruto waits with held breath. He is afraid of her being in pain from what he heard of what normally happens. That thought, as well as any other thoughts, are blasted away when she bucks her hips not ten seconds after getting penetrated.

"You can move. I'm not in pain."

In response to her, he starts out slow, not sure of how fast or his own limit. He finds that despite this being his first time, he is doing just fine. Her walls may be tight, but they are very slippery, like she is making too much lubrication.

He builds up speed, much to Hiromi's pleasure.

"Mmmm…faster."

Naruto complies and goes as fast as he dares, which isn't all that fast. But for the first timers, it is perfect. Naruto can feel his end approaching and decides to warn his lover.

"I'm…I'm close."

Hiromi isn't. Not to say she isn't enjoying it, but being a dragon on top of a woman means that she has more stamina than he does at this point.

"Keep going. Don't hold back. I'm on a contraceptive."

A few seconds later, Naruto releases into her. She holds him close as pleasure wracks his body. She finds it a weird sensation to have his gunk in her.

"How…how was that for you?" he asks.

In other words, 'did you get off?'

"I loved it. Everything I could have hoped for my first time."

"So you didn't…"

She hears the disappointment in his voice and she rushes to head off the direction he is going.

"No, but that isn't unexpected. Men are naturally lower in stamina initially than woman. I'm sure…"

She is cut off when Naruto suddenly starts sawing into her around the speed he had going last time but this time with a lot more power behind it.

"Wh…what are you doing?" she asks between thrusts. She had no warning to the pleasure inducing stabs into her willing and welcoming love hole. She thought he had gone limp and ready to call it a night.

Apparently not.

Naruto doesn't answer but makes his determination so see her orgasm by moving up slightly on her and using his body weight to power his thrusts, making her cry out with pleasure.

"Right there! Don't stop!"

He has no intention to. He continues to hammer into her, gradually getting faster. He focuses his mind on the woman writhing beneath him, making sure to have her feel the same pleasure he felt. He multitasks and finds a breast with his left hand and kisses her at the same time while his right arm is over her head to keep himself up.

Naruto feels her moan loudly into his mouth and feels her walls shudder before clamping down in him. He lets her scream into his mouth as her pussy claims his baby batter. They stay connected as Naruto collapses on a sweaty Hiromi. Again they just hold each other close as they come down from their highs.

"That…I could get used to that," Hiromi breathes out.

Naruto nods in agreement as he slides to the side and out of Hiromi. They feel the bed shift and Naruto feels Kyūbi lay herself on his chest. Of course, she is naked as they are.

"Are you ready Manami-chan?" he asks with a tone of playfulness.

The red head smiles at his attempt but there is no mistaking the tiredness in his voice.

"Go to sleep. You've had a long day and I can wait. I don't want you falling asleep on me."

Naruto doesn't protest and they all climb under the covers and away from the mess made earlier. It is with Naruto in the middle with a fox demon and a Storm Dragon curled up next to him, that they fall asleep for the first time as husband and wives.


End Chapter 9

AN: Dead god, nine chapters already. I feel like it had only been four or five.

*Chiyo means one thousand generations

Anyways, hoped you liked it. Kyubi or Manami will get her lemon later. When they are alone, they will go back and forth between Kyūbi and Manami but they will stick with her marriage name in public.

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So I wrote for four hours straight to get this out tonight. I hope I got the lemon right with being so tired.

Also...KUSHINA WILL NOT BE IN THE HAREM. Had to get that out. She is there temporarily and yes I named heaven Valhalla from Norse mythology as well as the Valkyries. You will find out more about them later.

Btw...Kushina was completely random. I needed a character to train Naruto and briefly considered having it be mystery wife #4 that I originally had planned but decided against it.

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*Poll concerning Naruto's fourth wife* on my profile. This is to see whether or not Yugito should replace Mystery Wife #4 in the harem. Just to give you a few hints about who it may be: she is not a junchiriki, she is not from Fire Country, and she is an older woman. It could go either way and I don't care. But if Yugito is not to be with Naruto, then she will end up with someone else in a loving relationship. (i.e. she will not be alone for the rest of her life.)

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Flame me, praise me, dis me, or question me, I don't care. It is feedback about my story and I will take it anyway I can get it ;)

Until next time,

tomhunt98