Disclaimer: I claim no ownership to the series Naruto and continue to be amused by his twists and turns he does in his story. I only borrow his characters and some of his situations for fun and no profit.
Now on to the story…
Chapter 9 – They're here…
Naruto woke to a nice sight. Shion and Hinata were both curled up to him. Both girls wore grins on their sleeping faces. Since he was on extended leave for rehabilitation, the girls, no women in his life had decided to make a man and husband out of him. He was happy, but tired. Last night Hinata and Shion showed him what pleasure could be garnered from girls who looked like twins, but as if one was a photo negative of the other. Shion was blonde, while Hinata had dark blue hair. Both were proportioned almost identically. The night before that, it was Yoshiko and Anko. Now that was a night to remember, since Anko acted like she was a seductress, but come to find out she was actually a virgin till that night. With Yoshiko leading and Anko following they had enjoyed making love for hours.
Tsunade had been angry at the first night with Yoshiko, Haku and Hinata, but had capitulated after hearing about them merging with their future souls. She had offered to have Sasuke neutered and made a personal eunuch to Naruto, but he was happy to have his friend back that wasn't yet evil. He also knew that after the mission to Tea country had prompted Yoshiko to begin the process of seducing Naruto and it worked better than she had thought. His birthday, the surgery, and then the mission had left Naruto to only train and Sasuke to recuperate.
The time with Isaribi had been interesting, since she had Tsunade and Yoshiko finish the process of her becoming the Kaima, which allowed her to transform between her human form and a woman/fish form. It was a beautiful sight in most everyone's opinion. With the completion of the process her skin had turned back to a normal human, but when she wanted to she could transform and her skin would change into light green iridescent scales. The only thing that disturbed Naruto was that her teeth would change from normal flat human teeth to sharp shark like teeth. He made a joke of no blowjobs while transformed, to which she agreed. The most unusual night was with Koyuki, since she was physically older, but he surprised her in being able to satisfy the Daimyo and actress. Naruto was now secretly married to numerous women and they had agreed to share him. They also agree to work to make the whole group stronger to protect their husband and each other.
Naruto had begun sage training only in so far as being able to steady himself and not move. He also worked with Hiashi, Tsunade, and Shizune on advanced techniques that required chakra only without a nature affinity. Naruto had also advised the Hokage that Sasuke would be making a run for Orochimaru soon.
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Naruto noticed that a girl with dark brown hair in a single bun on the top of her head and wearing a light red sun dress was following him and Yoshiko. The girl hid behind a pole, but then jumped when she heard Naruto speak from her right. "Reminds me of Hinata-chan a while ago… how about you Yoshiko-chan?" Naruto said into the younger blonde girl's ear.
Yoshiko put her hand on her chin and appeared to be thinking, but then said in a sarcastic voice, "You've got fangirls now, Naruto-kun. Should we can keep her or throw her back and wait for her to grow a little?"
The girl blushed lightly and stood at nearly attention. She blushed even harder when Naruto appeared to begin to inspect the girl. She swallowed hard when as he moved his gaze across her whole body. The girl began to feel warm and began to sweat. She closed her eyes hoping he would be done soon. After a minute she opened her eyes and jumped at seeing crystal blue eyes that appeared to be smiling at her. She nearly fainted when he said, "I think she can hang around for now. If she likes me then that is fine, since I don't have a stick up my ass like Sasuke-chan. So do you want to be my friend and if so what is your name?"
The girl looked down and hesitantly replied, "My name is Midori, Naruto-kun. I watched you in the chuunin exams…" She trailed off and began to chew on her fingernail.
Naruto used his index finger to lift her chin and thus her eyes back to his and said, "I'm happy to meet you Midori, now you can come along and keep Yoshiko-chan company, while I meet with my team."
The girl nodded and smiled widely and quickly fell in behind Naruto and Yoshiko. Yoshiko giggled while Naruto chuckled lightly. He then thought, 'I wonder if she would make a good wife when she grows a little older?'
Yoshiko's eyes opened wide and she thought, 'We shall see, Naruto-kun, but for now you have enough wives to keep you busy.' She looked over and saw Naruto nod his agreement and he then flashed her a cheesy grin. She blushed at this. He then smiled at Midori and waved her up between the two. Midori quickly complied and kept looking back and forth between the two blondes.
The trio entered the hospital and Yoshiko and Midori sat outside of Sasuke's recovery room, while Naruto entered. He smiled lightly at the sight of Sakura peeling and cutting up an apple for Sasuke, who appeared to be moping, yet again. "Hey Sakura-chan, Sasuke," he said and it caused both to jump.
Sasuke glared at Naruto, while Sakura replied, "Naruto, you shouldn't just barge into someone's room."
Naruto sighed internally, but said, "I came to see how Sasuke is progressing."
Sasuke activated his Sharingan and exclaimed, "Fight me!"
Naruto shook his head and replied, "No, first you're not fully recovered and second I don't think a spar is what you had in mind."
Sasuke angered at Naruto's refusal swung his arm wide and slapped Sakura's arm, thus breaking the plate and spilling the cut apples on the floor next to the girl. He then exclaimed angrily, "You wanted to fight me to prove that you're my equal, so now prove it."
Sakura became teary eyed and said pleadingly, "Sasuke-kun, please don't."
Sasuke's glare caused the girl to shrink and he said, "Shut up Sakura. You wouldn't understand."
Naruto looked down and said in her defense, "Yeah, she wouldn't. She's had a rather sheltered life. Always had someone to rely on, like you did before Itachi killed them right?"
Sakura gasped, while Sasuke closed the distance between himself and Naruto. Sasuke grabbed Naruto's collar and attempted to lift him up, but Naruto had attached himself to the floor. "Fight me damn it! You owe me!" Sasuke exclaimed.
Naruto sighed and then slapped Sasuke's hand away from his collar. Sasuke then stalked to the door, slamming it open and then stalked towards the stairs. Naruto exited the room and gave Yoshiko a sorrowful look and said, "Guess this is something we can't change. Come along and protect Sakura and Midori, please."
Yoshiko nodded, while the three girls followed Naruto and Sasuke up the stairs to the roof.
On the roof Sasuke smirked and glared at Naruto a few meters away. The area was full of hanging sheets on clotheslines, along with a couple of water tanks off to the side and a green chain-link fence surrounded the edges of the roof, so no one would accidently fall off.
Naruto sighed and then pointed to his headband. "If we're going to do this then put on your headband. It is a symbol that we are shinobi of the leaf and consider the other an equal. It will also make it more of a spar then a death match that you seem to want." Sasuke's eyes went wide, but then he ground his teeth together in aggravation. Naruto then continued, "Go ahead, I can wait."
Sasuke smiled and replied, "I don't need too. You won't even scratch me."
Naruto put his hand on his hip and explained, while waving the other in explanation, "Look, Baa-chan is going to get mad at the damage that we're about to do up here and if we can say it is a spar then we will get off light. Also you don't know my real capabilities."
Sasuke charged, while it appeared to Sakura and Midori that he was moving extremely quickly, both Naruto and Yoshiko thought he was rather slow. Naruto blocked his punch and the follow up kick. Sasuke then went for a quick kick to the jaw, but found Naruto's face not there and then Naruto disappeared the next instant. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and looked around. He finally found Naruto hiding behind a sheet that was hung on a clothes line. "You can't hide from me," he exclaimed.
Naruto then said as Sasuke approached, "Do you remember the lesson from Rock Lee?"
Sasuke looked confused, but then saw Naruto's fist connect with his chin, but couldn't bring his arm up to block it in time. Sakura saw this and wore worried look. Sasuke was still going up when he recovered. He then performed several hand seals and exclaimed, "Fire style: Flamethrower jutsu."
Naruto bit his thumb and did a few hand seals and exclaimed, "Summoning jutsu, Water wall."
A puff of smoke appeared in front of Naruto and wall of water angled up and diverted the flame away from the roof. Yoshiko had just finished some hand seals and a wall of water had appeared in front of the three girls, but it was clear, so they could watch through it. Sakura looked at the daughter of the Hokage and got stars in her eyes. Midori waited with baited breath to see Naruto again. She then got excited when she saw him and a small orange toad. "Look, look there he is," she exclaimed excitedly and pointed at Naruto.
Sakura's eyes followed to where the girl pointed, but then rolled her eyes when she found out that the girl was pointing at Naruto. She looked around and saw Sasuke still falling from some unknown height, but also saw electricity formed in the boy's left hand. He had created a Chidori when he finished the fire jutsu. They watched Naruto do some hand seals and he then spit out a large water drop at Sasuke. Yoshiko said quietly, "Water bullet, interesting choice. I figured he would have used a Rasengan. Oh, I'm wrong he did create a Rasengan."
Both of the other girls watched as Sasuke was hit by a glancing blow of the Water bullet, but it barely altered his trajectory and didn't disperse the Chidori. They watched Naruto yell something, but couldn't hear it through the Water wall protecting them. Sakura clawed at the water in a vain attempt to get through to stop the boys fighting, but couldn't seem to make headway.
Naruto continued to hold the Rasengan in his right hand, but waited for Sasuke to land. Sasuke charged, but Naruto waited a second before he also charged. Sakura screamed, "No!"
Yoshiko said, "Calm down pinkette. Your sensei will stop it."
As if by magic Kakashi appeared where the boys were going to meet and the boys were now headed towards the pair of water towers on the roof. Naruto controlled his crash into the tank and whistled when he saw the circular caving in of the tank. Sasuke looked at the damage and only saw a small hole leaking only a small stream of water out of the tank Naruto had hit, but he struggled and finally pulled his arm from the tank his left arm was impaled in. There was a satisfying gush of water and hole the size of his fist pouring out water.
Kakashi looked around and saw a toad along with three girls in the doorway. He sighed heavily and looked at Sasuke. Who just smirked and jumped off of the roof. "I'll take care of Sasuke, while you handle Naruto. You know the Rasengan is a dangerous jutsu to be teaching him at such a young age," Kakashi said over his shoulder.
Naruto approached the girls while Jiraiya answered Kakashi, "I would say the same thing about the Chidori, but also it appears that Naruto was using the Rasengan defensively, since he also used Gamakichi and your other student appeared to have been using a fire jutsu. This wasn't a spar for one of them and I have an idea who it is."
"They are like you and Orochimaru. Well I have a student to discipline," Kakashi explained, but then said to Sakura, "Everything will be alright and back to the way it was soon."
"Really Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked in a pleading tone as the jounin disappeared.
Naruto grabbed Yoshiko and Midori by the hands and headed down the stairs. He exclaimed over his shoulder to Sakura, "I don't know why or how, but he and I are going to settle this one way or another, so keep out of it Sakura."
Sakura looked like she had been hit and could only just stand there in awe at what Naruto had said.
Naruto had finally gotten down to the base floor and turned to Midori. She looked up at him with stars in her eyes. He sighed and then said, "Midori-chan, can you go to the Hokage and tell her that the red ball is in motion?"
She looked at him in confusion, but then nodded emphatically and replied, "Yes Naruto-kun." She then quickly ran off in the direction of the Hokage's tower.
He then called out and said, "You can come out Ero-sennin!"
Jiraiya sighed and then said, "I wish my lovely student and son would stop calling me that, especially after the week you've had."
Naruto looked at Yoshiko who nodded and he just sighed heavily. "Look… dad… Sasuke is going to leave tonight. The fight showed him that I have caught up to him and that making I'm making the progress he has made look like he's just standing still. His ego can't handle it and thus begins his slide into darkness. It doesn't help having your pedophile teammate talking in his mind."
Jiraiya nodded and replied, "You may be right there, but how do we save him and is it even possible?"
Naruto shrugged and said, "I have a plan, but we need duct tape, some ninja wire and a barrel of sake."
Yoshiko grinned, but looked at her husband and giggled. Jiraiya shrugged and then nodded.
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Itachi left Kisame and entered a house. He didn't come out till morning, while Kisame had taken off for the night to do something else. When Kisame arrived the next morning he could almost see a smile on the Uchiha's face, but he just chalked it up to the light. The pair left the house and headed to destination unknown. A woman in a robe looked out the window with a smile and a longing look on her face as the pair left.
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An ANBU stood over the unconscious Haruno Sakura, who lay on a stone bench. She was set there by none other than Uchiha Sasuke, just before he left the village. "This is Bear. Haruno tried to persuade him, but failed. She even proposed to leave the village with him. What do you want to do, over?" the man asked, while holding two fingers on his left ear. He then nodded and said, "Roger, we will take her to your office." His partner picked the girl up and then both disappeared.
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Sakura woke up in a chair and found that she felt very weak. She began to look around the room and found many scowling faces. "Sasuke-kun has left!" she exclaimed. Her eyes then fell upon Naruto and she pleaded, "Only you can save him now. You need to save him."
Naruto looked at Sakura and then said, "In another time and if things were different I would have pledged a lifetime promise to do it for you, but I'll go after him, but only on the orders of the Hokage. Right Baa-chan?"
Tsunade sighed and then said, "Shikamaru, Kiba, Choji, Haku, Yoshiko, Hinata, Neji, Yakumo and Naruto, I task you with the capture of Uchiha Sasuke. Shikamaru is in charge and I would ask Naruto about information on your target. Dismissed."
The assembled shinobi left the room all ready and decked out for combat. Sakura worriedly asked, "How were they ready so quickly? How long was I out?"
Tsunade looked at the girl in front of her and said in an annoyed tone, "I was told that you could have surpassed me in skill."
Sakura's eyes went wide and she asked, "Who told you that?"
"Naruto," Tsunade answered succinctly.
Sakura looked down in shame at having been given such a compliment from Naruto, but always looked him over. Now he was close to the Hokage and her daughter. She still longed for Sasuke, but wondered why so many people were gravitating towards him instead of Sasuke.
"I heard that you said you would betray the village for Sasuke," Tsunade asked and a chill ran down Sakura's spine. Tsunade folded her hands in front of herself and asked, "Would you like to talk about it? We have all morning…" The grin on Tsunade's face made her begin to fear for herself even more.
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Shikamaru sighed as they got to the gates. "Okay what intel do you have, Naruto?"
Naruto grabbed a couple bags of chips out of his pack and tossed them to Choji. "First we are not only dealing with just Sasuke, but also a group known as the Sound Four. Each calls themselves the guardian of a gate, whether it be North, South, East or West. There is also fifth, but if we complete this quickly we can avoid him. Now, Choji don't take this the wrong way," Naruto explained, but also looked worriedly at Choji, who nodded. Naruto continued, "One is a fat ass and likes to suck chakra from his opponents. He uses an Earth dome to do this. The next is a guy with six arms, he can produce webs and can harden the webs to use as weapons. The substance he uses for the weapons is also secreted by his pores and is very hard. Next we have a woman who uses a flute, genjutsu, and ogre summons. Lastly we have a pair of twins who can enter a body and then attack you from inside out. You will only see one at a time, most of the time. It is a trick they use to try to trap their opponents. From what I hear they bond with the opponent on a cellular level, whatever that is. If we encounter them without Sasuke then he will be sealed in a barrel."
Shikamaru looked at Naruto in surprise and asked, "How did you come by that much and that specific information about those who we are up against?"
"Baa-chan told me not to tell," Naruto replied happily. Naruto then appeared to remember something and then said, "Also they have boosters, they can use a curse seal, but unlike Sasuke, they can use it to a second level. It is one hell of a power boost."
Given this information Shikamaru had Kiba lead with Yoshiko and himself right behind him. Naruto would be in the middle with Yakumo. Choji would be right behind them and finally followed by Hinata and Neji.
They quickly found the Sound Four, but put off hitting them till morning. The Sound Four woke up a little earlier than the Konoha team and set out. Only about ten minutes behind the Konoha team came upon the Sound Four fighting against a team of jounin led by Shizune.
The group looked at Shikamaru and waited for his decision. He sighed and then said, "Pick a target and join in. They need help. Yoshiko you're on medical detail with Yakumo guarding her. Naruto you're on mass spam. Hinata, Neji, you two hit targets of opportunity. Choji you and Kiba back up the jounin. Now go."
Naruto created a hundred clones and had them blanket the area. He then snuck up behind the red headed girl and struck her on the neck, thus knocking her out. Genma was currently going toe-to-toe with Jirobo when a huge fist slammed into the large man with curse marks all over his face. The man was slammed into a tree and was actually imbedded into said tree. Raido was fighting a losing battle with Sakon, Ukon and Kidomaru. Kidomaru's eyes rolled into the back of his head that left Hinata standing in his wake. Ukon had quickly left his brother to avoid a strike to the back of the head by Neji. He then had to jump to avoid being hit by Kiba and Akamaru using their Fang over Fang technique.
Sakon fell quickly to the combined efforts of Neji and Raido. Genma had slapped a chakra suppression seal on Jirobo, just as he had extracted himself from the tree. The large man fell over unconscious. Ukon was having problems trying to join with a Naruto, since the area was filled with his clones and none had actual cell structure that he could merge with. The man finally succumbed to a kunai to the skull from Raido. Naruto then began to administer first aid to the injured, along with Shizune and Yoshiko, while Yakumo stood protectively over the trio ready to cast a genjutsu to protect the group.
Naruto smiled widely and said, "Mission accomplished." He then slapped the tub with Sasuke sleeping in it. The two teams headed back to Konoha with their prisoners, Sasuke and the bodies of the three dead Sound shinobi. Naruto had also gagged Tayuya to keep her colorful language from bothering the others.
The two teams had dropped off their prisoners to the Torture and Interrogation unit. While they left the tub with Sasuke in it at ANBU headquarters and the bodies were put in the morgue for later examination.
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Sasuke woke from his forced slumber and felt someone quickly put what felt like a piece of paper on his forehead. He again lost consciousness. "That should hold him until Hokage-sama has a chance to take a look at him," one of the ANBU said. A couple of the ANBU then pulled the unconscious boy into a cell and then locked his hands behind him to await the Hokage.
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Yoshiko, Naruto, Haku, Gaara all sat waiting for Kimimaro to show up. The man from the Kaguya clan was breathing hard, but had spent all day looking for the other members of the Sound guard. He then felt a prick on his neck. He reached up and pulled a senbon from his neck. His vision blurred slightly, but he paid it no mind. Suddenly a blonde young boy came running up to him with a smile on his face.
Naruto got to within three meters and then asked, "Are you looking for a group of nitwits?" Naruto then looked up and looked like he was counting on his fingers as he said, "Let's see, one with six arms… a psycho, foul mouthed girl… a guy with two heads… and a fat guy with more manners than the whole lot of them combined?"
Kimimaro glared at the boy and asked, "Where are they?"
Naruto replied, "Well the girl, six arms, and fatso are all guests of Konoha, but the guy with two heads seemed to contracted something that he just couldn't get over…"
Kimimaro raised an eyebrow and asked, "And what was that?"
Naruto turned really chipper and replied, "Death. They seemed to not want to give up and they caught a couple kunai the wrong way and you know…"
Kimimaro raised his right arm and formed a spike in the palm of his hand, but only realized too late that he was off balance. He fell backwards on his ass. His vision began to swim and he started to lose track of the blonde boy. "What did you do to me?" he asked angrily.
"Oh, we drugged you and we are going to capture you, since Orochimaru considers you expendable, and because you're sick. We plan on healing you and getting rid of that curse seal. Once that is done, I'm not sure, but Baa-chan will let you know what is going to happen when she gets a chance."
"Just let me die… I have failed you Orochimaru-sama," Kimimaro said quietly just before he succumb to unconsciousness.
Naruto slapped a seal on the man and the group hauled the captive off to Konoha.
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Sakura was scared, she was now only in panties and was tied to a chair. She didn't know what was going on, but wanted to go home. The door opened and she felt a cold chill go down her spine. The woman from the chuunin exams walked in and had a smile on her face.
Anko walked up to the girl in the chair and she knew what was going on. She had read the written report and wanted a crack at this interrogation. The girl, Sakura, was teammate to her now husband and she wanted to figure out what he had seen in her before the exams and why the girl was so stupid to reject him. She smirked at the young girls figure and moved closer to her. She then smiled warmly in the girls face.
"I don't know why I'm here, but I didn't do anything," Sakura exclaimed. She then looked down as Anko pulled the seam of her panties out. She then exclaimed, "Hey, what are you doing?"
Anko smirked at the sight of a nearly bare mons pubis, with only a few pink hairs there. She then released the waistband with a snap and said, "You're still just a girl, not a woman. I hear that you promised things to the Uchiha boy. Is that correct?"
Sakura nodded and replied, "Yes, I would do anything for him."
Anko's smile turned to a frown and then asked, "Even carry his child, even if it meant you would die?"
Sakura swallowed hard and asked tentatively, "What do you mean?"
Anko again pulled Sakura's waistband and pointed to the girl's pubic hairs or lack thereof. She then replied, "You've just entered puberty, girl. You're twelve and so is he. You need to grow a little bit both physically and emotionally before you could have a child. I'm sure that you could carry the baby to term, but you would be hard pressed to have a vaginal birth and a cesarean could kill you from the possible complications. Even if you had a vaginal birth you more than likely would die from complications. So tell me did you want to be a mother or just a birthing tube for the Uchiha boy?"
Tears started to fall off of Sakura's face. Anko sighed, but smiled internally. "Look you think that you're in love, right?" she asked and the girl nodded. She then continued, "So you professed your love to him and told him that you would abandon the village to make him happy, right?" Sakura nodded and Anko thought, 'Too easy.'
"I love Sasuke-kun and he will love me," Sakura exclaimed.
Anko put her foot between Sakura's legs on the seat of the chair and smirked as she saw the girl's eyes go wide at looking up her skirt. She then said, "Not likely. He's going to think that you turned him in because we caught him so quickly." Anko smirked at this point, since she was wearing the smallest panties she could and it showed off both her camel toe and her large triangular tuft of purple hair in her crotch. 'See, you've got a long ways to go to become a woman, little girl,' she thought to herself, but then remembered her interrogation and it was almost over. "So you admit to agreeing to abandon the village and attempting to leave with a traitor?"
Sakura pulled her eyes from Anko's crotch and shook her head. "No, I would never abandon the village," she exclaimed.
Anko then leaned in and was nearly touching the girl's nose with her own. "That friend of yours, Ino, she says she loves the Uchiha boy, but wouldn't leave the village to be with him, so what's your excuse?" she asked angrily.
Sakura replied, "I would do it for love." She then let her head sag, only for her head to bounce off of Anko's knee. She now had a sore head and was cold, because of the lack of clothing.
Anko grabbed the girl's chin and pulled the dazed girl's eyes to her own. "You know you screwed up more ways than I can count. You let a good kid like that Naruto boy go and you go after the bad boy who turns out to be a REAL bad boy. You got the daughter of the current Hokage angry at you and finally you committed treason. I would find someone's cock to suck on and learn to like it if I were you, because if you're not put to death you're going to be in prison for a long time. You might even get your wish and get to be a love buddy for the Uchiha boy, but don't count on it. Think about it… I'll be back soon to check up on you and see what you want to do about what you've done."
Anko then left the room for the girl to contemplate her future.
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Orochimaru was sitting in his chair, having just taken a new body and was wrapped from head to toe in bandages. He asked in an almost seductive voice, "Has there been any word about Sasuke-kun?"
Kabuto shook his head and a replied, "No, Orochimaru-sama. Even though they are strong, they might have failed and that wouldn't be good."
Orochimaru chuckled and said, "Have faith in Sasuke-kun. He will do everything in his power to come to me."
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Sasuke slowly opened his eyes to see several people in the room sitting on chairs looking at him. He could feel that he was tied up and he felt very weak. He recognized, Naruto, Yoshiko, Hinata, the Hokage, the crazy proctor and Ibiki, the other proctor from the chuunin exams. There was another man there with white hair and a headband with the kanji for 'oil' on it.
Tsunade leaned forward and asked, "So Jiraiya, how do you want to proceed?"
Jiraiya smirked and then replied, "Well he seemed to know instinctively where he could go to meet up with Orochimaru. I say we tag him erase his memory and then let him go to Orochimaru. We could also put a memory seal on him to make him a sleeper agent for us."
Naruto cleared his throat and then waited for Tsunade to nod. "I have a question. What do you know about Uchiha Madara?" he asked pointedly.
Sasuke looked at him in confusion. "Who are you talking about? I've never heard of him," he replied angrily.
Naruto waved his index finger back and forth. "Tut, tut, someone didn't pay attention in history class did they? Given the name he is or was part of YOUR clan, so you should at least have some information on him. Also tell us about the information written in the Uchiha shrine," he asked authoritatively.
Sasuke lurched forward and strained against his bindings, to no avail. He growled and replied, "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Naruto smiled and then said, "Under the seventh tatami mat on the right is a secret entrance leading to what appears to be a shrine. I'm sure that we could get Kakashi-sensei to read it, but he would have to try to unlock the next stage of the Sharingan to be able to read more than you can." Sasuke growled angrily, but Naruto continued, "Let me guess you have to feel the loss of your best friend to unlock the next stage? I think it is the tragedy of loss that can actually cause the unlocking process. Did you know that Itachi is going blind and is being eaten by a disease?"
Most of the group looked at Naruto in awe, but also saw the surprise on Sasuke's face when Naruto brought up his brother's condition. Naruto sighed and then said, "You by being caught have lost your goal in life. I believe that reviving your clan was something that you never really knew how to fulfill. You say that you want a strong woman, but you had one right next to you that wanted to do anything for you. All you had to do was help her get stronger and she would have done it for you. You could have postponed your revenge until you got strong and had a family. Then you could have taken out your brother and if you died your family would have continued, but sadly you chose to go before you were ready. Look what happened when Ero-sennin and I went to get Baa-chan. You thought you were strong, but look at this way. You and I lack patients, but I wanted acknowledgement and you wanted revenge. Look where that led you. You could have had most all you could have wanted, but no you had to find an enemy around every corner and not ask for help. You were all alone, by choice."
Naruto waited for a couple minutes while Sasuke seemed to calm down. He then continued while looking up and away, "I've been alone all my life, you at least had a family for most of your life. Mine was taken from me by one of your clan, Uchiha Madara." Almost everyone in the room gasped, but Sasuke was dumbstruck. Naruto then went on and asked, "You know that most of my problems early on were from your family? So… your messed up family killed mine… you want to kill me to gain power to help end your family. Well I don't want to participate in your fratricide."
Naruto then chuckled and said, "You know for the longest time I was jealous of you having so many girls chasing you, but I know now that you were an idiot. You had Sakura, who by the way could have been the best medic since Baa-chan, but thanks to you, she's going to prison for a long time. Then there's Yamanaka Ino… you broke her heart, since she loved you dearly. I'd hate to be in your shoes when Inoichi finds out you broke his little princess's heart." Naruto sighed, while Sasuke swallowed hard. Naruto looked directly at Sasuke and said, "You could have had most of it, even with your family planning a coup."
Sasuke shot forward only to be caught by his restraints and yelled, "That isn't true!"
"Then why did the elders plan with Itachi and Madara to eliminate this possible threat to Konoha. I bet Madara just wanted to get even with how your clan forced him out after he fought with the First and lost. You know he used the Kyuubi that time? So since the Kyuubi was summoned again the day I was born… he wanted to destroy Konoha, but failed that time and helped ruin my life by having the Fourth seal it in me, so you see someone in your family caused me pain. Now I don't want revenge, but you must understand that your family, even if he is a distant relation caused me to grow up alone. I tried on too many occasions to count to try to befriend you, but you had to brood, thinking that you lost more than I did. Well let me tell you something, teme. I lost everything and then some. While you were accepted I was shunned and not given the time of day… if I was lucky. You were given sympathy, I would have loved to have gotten some of that, but no! You thought the world revolved around you and only your suffering. You wanted to kill me for power… that would just add to MY suffering. You've suffered for what? Four or so years? Well call me when you've suffered for thirteen years or more!"
Sasuke looked down, but still grimaced. He said through his clenched teeth, "I didn't know."
Naruto nodded and then said, "I know, but if you had taken the time to try to be my friend, a real friend. You would have known. We could have had so much." Naruto then looked up and continued, "Do you know who Senju Mito was?" He looked down to see Tsunade look surprised and Sasuke to shake his head. Naruto then tapped his chin and said, "Guess not, I'm going to have to talk to Iruka-sensei and ask him how you became Rookie of the year, since you can't even recognize one of the founders of Konoha and a clan member of yours, along with the wife of the First Hokage and grandmother to the Fifth Hokage. Jeez… Her maiden name was Uzumaki Mito of the hidden Eddy village."
This turned heads and even Sasuke was looking at Naruto. Naruto turned his shoulder and showed the patch on his left shoulder. He pointed to the patch and said, "This is the clan seal of the Uzumaki. Yes I said clan. I not some nameless orphan like you thought. I'm from a respected clan that was an ally of Konoha. For all we know I'm the last Uzumaki and have been since before you were the second to last Uchiha. Yes I'm pointing out that your brother is still alive and could still have a family. If he did what would happen if you got your revenge? Would his children then be allowed to take revenge on you for killing their father or would you slaughter them for being his children?"
"I would not let them into the clan and if I could I would kill them for being the spawn of his," Sasuke replied with so much venom that it even shocked the older members that stood there.
"So you would kill an innocent child for who his father was?" Naruto asked.
"Yes," Sasuke replied and glared at Naruto.
Naruto chuckled and then said, "I think that Itachi wants you to kill him to help absolve him of his guilt, the guilt that he feels from having to keep the peace by killing his own family to protect the village that he loved. You see your brother grew up in the midst of a war and saw the carnage that was involved in war and didn't want it visited upon the village."
"How would it be any different than him slaughtering those of my clan?" Sasuke asked nearly in tears.
"Do you understand what civil war does? It pits brother against brother, friend against friend and no one really wins in the end. After the dust settles then the other enemies see your weakness and pounce, causing more bloodshed. I don't agree with what your brother did and would have tried to work it out, but it happened and the Uchiha are nearly gone. Thanks to you they may pass on into history as a footnote. Your family wasn't happy, but also know that they might have tried to stage a coup and if they did they wouldn't have won. They were just too few and even if they won the civil war they would not have had the support of the people and would have to rule the village with an iron fist. That is if the Daimyo didn't interfere and help put down the Uchiha rebellion," Naruto explained.
Sasuke's eyes went wide at the idea that the Daimyo might get involved. He was hard pressed to counter anything that Naruto had said, but finally figured out a way to try to even the playing field. "So you're a monster and that is where your power comes from?"
Naruto growled, but then sighed and replied, "I'm a jinchuuriki, defined as the power of human sacrifice. The Fourth gave his life to seal the Kyuubi inside of me and made my life hell in the process. You see he wanted me to be seen as a hero, but the people just thought of me as a monster and did their best to make life miserable. You see when Madara first summoned the Kyuubi for his battle with Senju Hashirama, Uzumaki Mito was there. She became the first jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi." Tsunade gasped at this, but Sasuke just smirked. Naruto ignored him and continued, "You see, the Uzumaki were feared for their seals and the village was destroyed for that. Now when her life was coming to an end my mother Kushina came to Konoha to become the next jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi." While Naruto had explained this he had gotten up and walked around behind Sasuke.
"So your mother was a whore and a monster just like you," Sasuke said with satisfaction. He suddenly saw stars and he felt pain radiate from his jaw.
Naruto shook his head and pulled his arm back from where Sasuke's jaw used to be. Naruto then said angrily, "You shouldn't insult another man's mother when you're tied up. Would you like for me to refer to your mother as something she wasn't? No, I'm sure you wouldn't. Now let me continue with my story. Now a female jinchuuriki has a longer pregnancy than normal, about ten months or so. The reason for that is because of the strain on the body will also weaken the seal on that person, so care must be taken. You see the day I was born Madara extracted the Kyuubi and thus sentenced my mother to death. The Fourth who was there to monitor the seal was able to save me from Madara and then seal the Kyuubi into me. The Uzumaki have a chakra that works well to keep the Kyuubi sealed within them. So you see… I'm not a monster, just a victim of YOUR family's quests for revenge that always seem to get others involved and killed. Your family was starting the cycle of hate and revenge and I want to end it. I thought you were strong, but since you can't fight that little hickey you got, I guess that you're weak."
Sasuke began to fume and yelled, "I am strong and I will kill you! Just let me go and I'll show you!"
Naruto turned and his eyes were blood red with slits. The killing intent washed over the room and Sasuke relieved himself. "Just like your family did to my mother and caused my father to sacrifice himself to save the village?" he asked angrily.
Naruto turned and left the room, followed by the others. Sasuke looked on and saw Yoshiko linger and said, "I hope you learn and enjoy your prison stay. I will try to help you remember, asshole!" Her eyes then became like Naruto's and another wave of killing intent washed over the boy. She smiled and left the room. Sasuke sagged in relief. He then began to go over the information that had been given him.
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At the main Konoha gates there was a parade of visitors keeping the pair of chuunin busy trying to figure out why so many people wanted to come to Konoha today. Among them were shinobi from Kiri, Taki, Tsuki, and Hoshi villages. There was also two girls, one brunette and other a red head with red eyes. Included in this group was a couple of Daimyos or their daughters to be more precise. Kotetsu and Izumo were being overwhelmed.
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A/N: This one was interesting and fun to write. I would also like to thank those fans and writers who use Isaribi, since I think she would be great in a final Kaima form. Now that most of the players are in Konoha the fun will begin next chapter… nope, next chapter is a full Omake and is almost finished at this point. Thanks to all for the well wishes about my return to writing.
Tristan76: You have no clue how much of a stink… I mean fun Kyuubi opened. As to her motives… not telling… Actually two are going to avoid Konoha Han and Rouchi are going to avoid Konoha for good reasons on their part.
Deathmvp: Thanks for the praise and hope you like the lemon filled Omake of chapter 10… should be out soon… that is all I will say. Thanks for adding me to your collection and I'm not sure which story is going to be next, since I'm spreading my time between several. I have a couple of stories in the works and each has its own niche. I'm working on a NaruIno, possible harem story, inspired by "Blonds have more fun" by EroMichaSlacker. I still have the NaruHaku story and playing with harem or not in it, shoot me… I'm also working slowly on a NaruAmaru story which will sort of follow canon, but not sure where it will separate. I'm also slowly working on a story where Tsunade is Naruto's stepmother, she was married to Minato while he was married to Kushina and both women had kids on the same day. Naruto will have an older sister and the story is progressing slowly and looks to be a harem, but no incest. Working on 'Naruto of the Elves' story and making some progress on it too. Rereading 'Uzumaki of the Whirlpool' and should be able to start writing for it again when I figure out what is going on in the story again. Have a pure harem (crack) fic starting on Naruto's return, but with several twists. I should be able to release it soon. Updating Truth is also on my list of things to do. So sorry can't tell you what is going to be next. Oh and working on the next chapter to Priestess story so I can complete it.
YoukoTaichou: To answer all your questions on Midori… well she is a non-descript character and I found a few and I mean a few instances of her. She is has brown hair in a single bun and wears standard pants and a shirt that reveals her midriff, not much else. Rather bland character if you ask me. Not much else I can say.
Bankai777: Nope… Sakura and Sasuke are in ANBU holding cells right now. Naruto is too busy training and sleeping with his wives to worry about or even tell the village who he is related too. Sasuke will figure out who he is related too, but not many will take him seriously, since he is now a felon.
Leaf Ranger: They are a hodgepodge of characters that have shown at least a little interest in Naruto, except for one and I'll let you guess who that is.
