I do not own Naruto in any format, this is fan fiction
For all Sakura Haruno fans, If you think that I am bashing her too much. I suggest a beautiful story entitled "I wish you happiness." It is even on this very site. As for this story I will show her the same consideration she did to Naruto during the anime. Which is to say the bashing is not bashing, it is a matter of overdue justice. Thank you to all readers for your constructive criticism and suggestions.
"You have got to be kidding me!? You tell us now that we have been entered into the Chuunin Exams." Kakashi apologized that he simply forgot to tell them, with everything new in his life, his new relationship with Anko for one thing, he was simply so happy that he sort of forgot till it a month later. "I don't see what the big deal is, dad has been training with me for all that month. I am pretty sure we are ready for the exams right now!" Sakura asked how in the hell did they know of this if Kakashi forgot!?
"The renovations the hotels and restaurants are doing mean they expect heavy customer traffic, the streets and parks have had major maintanence, and the ANBU are doing more night and day time patrols. All this means visitors, and pretty important onces, so of course it means the Chuunin Exams, the Jounin Exams are done in private by each village after all. It just a matter of simple common sense." Naruto did not understand why he even need to tell her this.
"So what is this rummor I hear that Sasuke is dating the frigid daughter of Zabuza Momochi!?" Naruto told her they were not dating, he had begun talks with Zabuza to draw a formal marriage contract, they are only waiting for them to chose the date. "We plan to marry after I make Chuunin, after all I need to secure an income for our family." Naruto was very proud of his boy, "That is what I come to expect from my son. Very well said son. You make me very proud." Sasuke looked embarrassed.
"But remember son we want no less than 3 grandkids." Sasuke blushed so much his face was the color of a boiled crab. "Daad, please that is something me and Haku have to decide!?" Naruto then asked when is Kakashi going to marry Anko. He told them he did already, last week as a matter of fact. "I guess congratulations are in order, I hope you two are very happy together, just like I am with Mikoto."
Kakashi thanked him and Sakura was silently fuming mad. "Excuse me, so my Sasuke is going to marry the ice doctor of Konoha, Kakashi already is married and Naruto was married even before he was in our team. So I am going to be the only one single in this team?" They all looked at her and told her at the same time, "Pretty much, it's not like it is any of our business if you chose to remain single for the rest of your life.." She said she wanted to marry Sasuke but he kept interfering and saying that he would not allow it.
"Sasuke is m son, and as his father I will safe guard his happiness. I will not let anyone abuse my son! Specially a woman that just want to use him as a social stepladder." Some Uchiha heard him speak and began to clap in approval of his words. "That is what I expect from out clan head. Well said my lord. I fully support the idea a parent must safeguard their children's happiness." Sakura told him he could not be a clan head. He was the same age as Sasuke and he did not posses the Sharingan.
Natuto decided to out this to a rest once and for all. "Sakura, do you love Sasuke Uchiha to the point that you will let him marry someone else if that will marks him happy?" Sakura turned around and she could not believe what she was seeing. A fully matured sharingan staring at her. "I would,because I love him. I am not trying to use him." The three tomoe were spining and he knew for a fact it was a lie. He could clearly see her own feelings.
"Sakura, you might not know this, but any member of my clan does. You can not lie to an active sharingan, specially one that has reached my level. I know the truth and you just want to use him, you do not love my son." Sakura could say nothing against that since she was found out, in the presences of not just one but four active sharingan including Kakashi. She ran away crying or at least pretending to cry. "Tell the other clan members that tomorrow we shall have a meeting."
"If I may ask, what this this meeting about?" Naruto deactivafed his sharingan. "To discuss the future of our clan, I will propose some radical changes on how we live and relate to others in the village. It is time we discuss the possibility of ending our own self imposed isolationism." They few that listened said that it was a wonderful idea, to be true parts of the village at long last. One voices concern but he was told to make a decision after he heard his complete proposal. The old man agreed to do that.
"So what kind of training have you been doing with Sasuke?" Naruto told Kakashi nothing major. "Just 3,000 push ups, sit ups, pull ups and 30 laps around the village, take a five minute break, and repeat five times. A simple warm up, some ninjutsu, taijutsu and sealing theory in the evening. If we finish the warm up quick enough some kenjutsu." Kakashi had no words to describe the sheer insanity of the training he just heard. 'Is he trying to work him into an early grave!?'
Might Guy just happened to hear his explanation of his training routine. "Yosh, finally someone has their flames of youth as bright am mine. Why the long face my eternal rival?" Rock Lee on the other hand was furious, "Yosh! I must do more than him, I shall eclipse your fire of youth and claim the heart of my beautiful Sakura from you." Naruto and Sasuke told him that would not be so difficult, they both said at the same time. "Please take her, If you want that for a girlfriend please be our guest,but it is your funeral."
Both Kakashi and Guy could not see that seen without laughing their heads off. It simply was to funny to see. "Then I shall defeat you to earn her love!" Sasuke began to walk away as he whispered for them to place some distance from him, his stupidity might be contagious. "No son, that is natural talent to be sure, he's a natural born blockhead. No suggestion or advice is getting in that thick skull." When Guy heard that he demanded that he spar with him, Kakashi called it a duel.
"Hope you are ready to fight and army then." They both began their fight and Naruto made 50 shadow clones. The next thing they found strange was that each threw a three point kunai at him, Guy deflected them easily. "No, don't tell me he can do that jitsu." Guy tried to run and hit one of the clones and in a massive series of black flashes each clone delievered a punch, kick or jab at a pressure point. Guy was on the ground barely able to move and was breathing quite hard. "Cheater!" Guy said as he fell unconscious.
"He never said I could not use jutsu." Kakashi watched was the clones dispelled at intervals of 10. "So Naruto can you use the other jutsu our Hokage is known for?" Naruto asked for him to look down, and on his hand was a perfect rasengan. "The guy does not realize I took it easy on him. If I used this, we be picking Guy in tiny chunks." Sasuke asked if he could teach him those moves. "Sure son, just wait till you finished my training and are chuunin. These require master chakra control and be a seal master. That is going to take you time, since you can't use the shadow clone jutsu yet."
Kakashi asked why he needed to be a seal master. "The seal array for the flight of the thunder god is individual. No seal array is the same, mine is different from my father's that is why you or anyone else can not copy it. Even if they tried using it the result would be gruesome to say the least. Ifhe want to be able to use it properly he has to be able to make his own sealing array based on himself, thus the need to be a seal master."
Naruto and Sasuke went to continue their training, little did they know someone was watching them from afar. This someone was a rather pale looking young man by the name of Sai, having been trained as a Root ANBU practically from birth his loyal to Danzo, his leader, was second to none. Danzo had ordered him to keep an eye on Naruto and what he did with the Uchiha Clan, since the failure of wiping them out Danzo was afraid that the truth came out, and his plans being discovered sooner than he would like.
So far he saw a pair of people, Naruto and Sasuke train like they were getting ready for war. This always bothered him somehow, why train like that during peacetime? It was not like they were expecting an attack? This was always on his mind, deep down he felt like Naruto knew that Root planned to finish what Itachi was almost tricked into doing for them. But he was just a brat playing to be a responsible father figure, what could a brat that grew up pampered and loved by his parents could do against him or his fellow Root ANBU?
"Dad, just how long are you going to let that creepy pale guy follow us around?" Naruto smiled at him, "Till he makes the first move son, he is upto something, it would not do that we jump yo early and fall into a trap. I will do everything I can to keep our family safe. I just wish your brother came home and told the Hokage the truth." Sasuke asked if he still believed their was more to that night than Itachi going on a killing spree? "Sasuke your brother was a captain in one of our most elite forces in the village. Trust me if he had another reason it must me a good one, but till we find the truth our hands are tied."
As their training was done they went home. Mikoto was waiting for them to arrive. She told Sasuke to take a bath and prepared for dinner. As soon as Naruto heard her tone, he knew that she had something in mind. She saw the look of understanding her mate was showing. They both sat down together and he kissed her first, to break the ice as it were.
"What is this I hear about the Clan meeting happening tomorrow?" Naruto pulled her close,and he whispered he was putting his plan in motion. Mikoti looked relieved as she was worried about something bad happening. "I am proposing to bring down the barriers our clan has both physical and social. As long as we remain as we are, it will only continue to breed mistrust in our clan.I am just doing something for our family, so relaxmy love, I thought of everything and would do nothing to make you sad, I love you."
"Of that I have no doubt, but why do so? I really want to see why?" Mikoto leaned on her mate and looked at his eyes. "Because there is someone in the shadows that wish us harm, my love. If I manage to get our clan to be felt, and accepted as another part of Konoha, this individual will have to accept that harming the Uchiha is in turn harming Konoha. And if I am right, this person would sooner kill himself before harming the place he loves so much. With our clan is safe, I can finally begin my search for the truth, and thus our eldest son can finally return home. Would that not make you happy my beloved mate?"
Mikoto was amazed at the lengths he would go to see her happy. Fugaku only cared about his own happiness, his own ambitions, but Naruto cared more about seeing her happy than obtaining power for himself. Even the position of clan head, was something he accepted so that she would not have to put up with the stress. "You teach our son to seek something besides revenge, you seek our safety and you make me happy with almost all that you do, do you know how fortunate I feel to be your mate my love?" Naruto kissed her passionately, "I am fortunate to have you by my side."