Once back in the Hokage's office the four relaxed and sat down. Tsunade activating privacy seals, and with a glance Naruto and Jiraiya activating their own. Tsunade pulled out a big jug of Sake and took a massive sip before sitting it down, looking at the group, and taking another big swig.
"So, am I supposed to look past you planting that scroll?" she questioned, "And as for that matter how in the hell did you do it? I saw you plant it, and yet I even couldn't fins evidence it was a forgery."
"You are if you want to keep Naruto here and yet her be out of Danzo's hands." Jiraiya started before taking the jug and taking a swig himself, "And as for how, when you grow up as a street rat you learn a few tricks, when you become a seal master you add to that, and when you become a spy master...well you put it all together and do your best to fool everybody. I mean hell who do you think has been signing your name to the few reports that you apparantly sent in that kept Sensei from having to list you and Shizune as Missing Nin."
"Wait you did that?" Tsunade said shocked.
"I've always had your back Tsunade. Me and Sensei made sure that when someone finally knocked some sense into your ass, you had a home to come back to." Jiraiya said taking another swing.
"Fine. Moving on I need an honest breakdown of Naruto's skill Jiraiya." Tsunade said, once back in Hokage mode.
"Just one question," Kakashi said trying to sneak his own sip of the booze, "I can understand Naruto, but why am I here."
"Because, after I find out what Jiraiya says I'm going to place her under your command. The presence of three Sharingan, a Wood Release user, Danzo's subordinate, and my own apprentice should help calm any fear from the civilians and keep peace with the elders."
"That's not a good idea." Naruto said looking away.
"And why not?" Tsunade asked.
"Because, she doesn't trust them." Jiraiya said after Naruto failed to respond, "I mean think about it. Two of them she doesn't know except that one claimed to be made to control her and the other is Danzo's pawn. Sasuke is obvious, betrayed the village and put two chidori in her chest. Sakura because the last she knew her, Sakura would sell anyone out for Sasuke, going as far as to verbally assault her loyal and more injured teammate for forcibly bringing the traitorous one home. And don't even get me started on Kakashi."
"What does that even mean?" Tsunade said while Kakashi looked saddened.
"Um, lets see. He knew her parents and didn't tell her. He favored the Uchiha in everything, never giving her a chance in anything. Going so far as to personally train the Uchiha for the Chunin exams and dumped her on Ebisu...that's right you heard that correctly Ebisu. Whenever she asked for help before that he told her to work on chakra control. Tsunade how in the hell was a true blooded Uzumaki supposed to learn chakra control when the only things she knew was tree walking and academy exercises. You know the things made for people who only have a fraction of her chakra." Jiraiya growled, Kakashi's shoulders sagging more and more as each failure was listed.
"Dammit, that may be. But that's the only place I can put her that keeps her from being attacked politically and keeping everything calmer." Tsunade growled before pulling out another bottle.
"It's fine, I'm used to having to watch my own back." Naruto said calmly, taking the bottle from Tsunade, and to Tsunade's shock taking a huge pull.
"Quit showing off brat." Jiraiya said taking the bottle from her, and after being given a questioning look from the other two "Being an Uzumaki and aJinchuriki makes drinking with her no fun. The Uzumaki natural healing factor makes it take a lot more alcohol to do anything, and then the Kyuubi filters it out, she apparently considers it poison."
The other two nodded, it made sense.
"As for her skills she's has the potential to be the best Konoha has ever had." Jiraiya began, "She has one of the most diverse set of skill sets, and the most dangerous. The problem is lack of experience. She has honestly only had three sparring partners the whole time, not counting squads like Kakashi's that she trapped and ambushed. So I'd put her at Mid Jonin level, with the ability to easily become Kage level"
"She's that good?" Tsunade asked.
"Let's see," Jiraiya began with a chuckle, "Her biggest strength, the ability to spam Shadow Clones. Not just in a fight but to train. Using them in the past three years to train she has made leaps and bounds. Taijutsu wise she has mastered three distinctive styles: the Uzumaki Clan Style, the Gama Style, and the Kitsune Style. In hand to hand she can effortlessly flow between the three, add in her unpredictable nature and she is a force to be reckoned with that less experienced Shinobi will be overwhelmed by. In that same thought she has mastered the Uzumaki Clan Style, Gama Style, and Kitsune Style of Kenjutsu. The blade she uses for Kenjutsu, is one of the strongest swords I've ever even heard of. She is also an Uzumaki Seal Master, or Mistress I guess, and I do mean Master. The level she is at, I struggle with the concepts of, soon she'll be better than me, Kushina or Minato ever thought to be. As expected she is a ninjutsu monster. Between her own massive reserves and the Kyuubi, it will be a cold day in hell when she runs out of chakra. With her clones even I've lost track of how many jutsu she actually knows. She originally had a natural affinity for Wind, Water, and Lightning. Thanks to Uzumaki genetics and Minato. After the Kyuubi healed her she gave her some major perks. The Kyuubi added a natural affinity for Fire, and altered Naruto's DNA to be able to use Advanced Chakra Releases much easier. She can actually easily, relative when compared to other Ninja, combine two of her basic natural affinities into the advanced ones. Plus since they are handy I made her learn Earth release techniques as well. And of course she has worked on summoning with the Toads and the Rasengan"
Tsunade and Kakashi were stunned, if all of this was true, Naruto had the chance to become an actual monster, no an actual god of Shinobi.
"Ok so I have several questions from that." Tsunade said, Kakashi was nodding along like an idiot, "We're gonna start at this sword and then we're gonna move on to those elemental releases."
"Well you remember Kushina's sword? It started out as that. Apparently she had hidden the remains of it at Uzu for Naruto. Naruto found these pieces and decided to reforge it. The Uzumaki were geniuses, their scrolls of knowledge were all sealed against time and weather. The scrolls they had not only left instructions on how to do something in their way, but had Chakra Echoes in them, so you could actually have a master guide you through how to do it. So this was how she learned how to forge and how to seal in the Uzumaki Clan way. So she reforged Crimson Princess in the traditional Uzumaki way, but she didn't stop there. She took it to the biggest seal room in Uzu and proceed to seal the hell out of it. This room was about as big around as the forest of death, and easily taller than the Hokage tower, and made perfect for writing seals. Using only Blood and Chakra she filled the room full with a massive three dimensional sealing array, with the Crimson Princes floating in the middle. This thing was one of the most complex seals I've ever seen. Some of the lines in it were no bigger than the chakra threads Suna Puppeteers use. She then forced it to collapse on itself so she could add to it. That was merely the base sealing array. When she had finally finished she had filled that room a total of nine times, collapsing it down after each array was finished. She was beat. She worked on it for almost 9 months. She used gallons of her own blood, massive amounts of her own chakra, the Kyuubi's chakra and Nature Chakra"
Here Jiraiya was interrupted the other two almost in at the same time gasping out.
"She's a sage!" Kakashi exclaimed.
"She can use Senjutsu!" Tsunade gasped.
"No," Naruto said interrupting them, "I have been learning the basics of it but I haven't begun my formal training yet. I used seals on my own body under the guidance of Grandpa Fukasaku, Grandma Shima, and Pervy Sage, to channel the Nature Energies into the seals."
The other two still gaped. That itself was an accomplishment.
"As I was saying she used all of that and finally the seals were done. But she was too exhausted to do anything. I made her rest for several days before I let her activate them. And that itself was another battle. It took her 9 days of constant heavy Chakra flow for the seals to activate. She did three days of her Chakra, three days of Demonic Chakra, and three days of Nature Energy. Then she passed out, but the blade was finished. If she wants to she can tell you about her blade."
"As long as it goes no farther than this room I don't see why not. You've already told them so much already Sensei." Naruto deadpanned, the other two quickly nodded agreeing to not mention it, "Well first things first did you know the Seven Swords of the Mist were actually forged by the Uzumaki. It was supposed to be a gift. One of friendship, showing that Uzu would not attack them, as long as they did not attack us. I was able to speak with the Chakra echoes of each of the masters who made those swords and drew a lot of inspiration from them. The Crimson Princess has nine distinct complex sealing arrays that allow it to have hugely powerful abilities. The first of the nine seals of the Crimson Princess is the Eternal Seal, was inspired by the Kubikiribōchō, the Decapitating Carving Knife. Because of it he blade is now made of Chakra conducting Black Adamantine, which makes it incredibly hard to damage in any way. But if it is ever damaged it will repair itself using blood or any Chakra source. Even if it is ever completely destroyed it will very slowly reform. The second seal is the Soul Seal and was inspired by Samehada. The Crimson Princess is sentient. Able to tell exactly who its owner is and will not allow itself to be used unless by its owner or someone who it's owner has said could use it. No henge will work against it, and it cannot be used directly against its owner, if the borrower tries to turn on them. The blade would, fight back in at least one of the many ways it could. It can also communicate with its owner, mostly intent, but other times it can communicate in it's owners mind. Being sentient it also will not allow it's owner to use any of it's abilities that they are not equipped to handle. The third seal is the Power Seal and was inspired by Hiramekarei, with influence from Samehada as well. It absorbs, stores, and uses Chakra. It can absorb and store normal chakra, demonic chakra, and nature chakra, without limit. Now it can absorb chakra in multiple ways. Either the wielder or a tailed beast feeds it chakra, it is left still and absorbs nature chakra, or it can absorb incoming attacks. Now to actually absorb incoming attacks the wielder has to have at least matching chakra in their reserves and have proficient enough chakra control to do so, its actually really difficult. The fourth seal is the Strength Seal and is what allows it to use its stored chakra, and was inspired by the sword Kiba. It can use it for Chakra attacks or in seals or, with elemental chakra, to change the properties of itself. When using Lightning Chakra it vibrates at an extremely high frequency and becomes the sharpest blade in existence, as well as to move faster. Wind Chakra also sharpens it and allows it to be controlled away from its users body with hand gestures, almost like a puppet. Fire Chakra heats it up, and leaves after trail of fire, and causes any wound it leaves to also include third degree burns. With Earth Chakra it allows it makes itself weigh much more, making every strike more and more powerful. And finally Water Chakra allows it to for it to be more elastic, redirecting easier, and can create a water whip out of the front. it can use Nature Chakra to majorly strengthen any attack or feed to it's owner if they are a sage. Demon chakra similarly. The fifth seal is the Transformation Seal. I guess you can say it was influenced by Kabutowari and Nuibari. While I personally did not see the use of their unique abilities, I did see that there is no universal tool, and it depends on the situation to what is needed. So the Transformation Seal allows the sword to shrink, grow, and shift into a similar weapon. It can become as small as a pen knife or as big enough the Nine tails could wield it. It can also shift to other weapons, such as a halberd, that consist of one blade and a handle. The sixth seal is the Memory Seal. Again I found the sword lacking but the fact that Shibuki does incorporate seals inspired me. The sword basically has a ever growing library of seals that it can instantly create. The sword learns them if their owner learns them, and will never forget them, even later generations can learn seals from the sword, but will not allow the owner to use a seal they are not capable of. When creating a seal the sword can use any of it's stored chakra and will almost instantly form the condensed completed seal, from its owners will. The seal appears out of the tip of the blade and as long as the blade is within a foot of what the owner wants the seal on, it does not have to be in contact to place the seal [think Freed from Fairy Tail]. The Seventh Seal is the Light Seal, and it is somewhat inspired by the Hiramekarei. It can use the stored chakra to create chakra constructs that surround the blade. It can create a powerful flash of visible chakra to blind enemies. Similar to the Kaiten of the Hyuga, it can revolve a solid wall of chakra into a shield that can block any attack as long as it's made with enough chakra or it can make a skin tight armor of chakra, although the chakra cost and control needed is heavy. The Eighth Seal is the Shadow Seal. It can be split up for a total of nine versions of itself with Shadow Clones. The Clones wielding The Crimson Princess can take way more than one hit, in fact unless it is a death blow or a incredibly debilitating blow, they can keep fighting. The sword also allows for the original to, with concentration, see out of the eyes of a clone, and with focus control it. Of course in doing so the original can't move their own body, sooo they better be in a safe place. Finally the Ninth and Last Seal is the Heaven Seal. In it is nine of the most powerful seals ever created. They all have been named after a god as well. What is even more special about the Heaven Seal is that unlike the other eight seals, this seal layer can actually be adjusted so that the owner can wield them. I can't use but two of them, I'm working on being able to master the others though."
Kakashi and Tsunade gaped. They didn't know what to say. The blade was so powerful it wasn't even funny.
"Yea it's that powerful,"Jiraiya said grinning, "But without being strong and training in general it's just a very nice sword."
"Do I even want to know what the seals are in the Heavens Seal?" Tsunade groaned, realising that Naruto was going to be causing her so many many problems, and so much paperwork.
"Well one of them is the Eye of the Whirlpool God seal. It allows the sword to be stored in my mind scape, and be called out on instinct or in the instant of a thought. As well as it can be summoned to my hand no matter where I am and where it is in just as quickly. When I die, it will choose one of my children to wield it. If I don't have any then it will search far and wide for a suitable candidate of Uzumaki ancestry to wield it." Naruto said, " The next one is the Flash if the Thunder God seal, and I can't use that one just yet, but I'm close. The one I made and can use is the Whisper of the Hummingbird God seal. It allows the owner to transport with a thought in a radius of the blade, with only a small fierce whoosh of wind to signify it. While very similar in thought to the Flash of the Thunder God Seal, to me it is better for fighting one to two enemies in close combat while the Flash of the Thunder God Seal is better at allowing one person to fight an army. As of right now I've gotten it up to a 25 foot radius, but I want to get it to at least one hundred. And a girl's gotta have some secrets so that's all I'm saying on those seals."
"That's one powerful sword." Kakashi said almost drooling.
"It is, can we see it Naruto?" Tsunade asked.
Naruto responded by flicking her wrist, the blade appearing. The blade itself was pitch black from the back of the blade to the hamon line, where it seemingly got darker. Almost like it was absorbing the light around it. The hamon line itself was beautiful, like waves on the shore, and at its edge a very fine gold color. The blade collar itself was gold with the Uzumaki Clan Crest in the center on each side, outlined in pitch black but filled with a fiery red. The hand guard was ornate and beautiful. The outside edge was black but from the inside out was the golden waves of a whirlpool on the top, and nine fiery red and gold fox tails on the bottom. The handle was wrapped in fiery red and and dark black, showing golden ray skin underneath. The buttcap was an intricately detailed fox face, the top if its head on the same side as the back if the blade, leaving its teeth matching the edge. The fox was roaring, canines shown in its snarl. It was golden and had fiery red eyes that almost seemed to glow. All in all the sword was as absolutely gorgeous and breathtaking as it was powerful and deadly.
"Damn," Kakashi said with admiration, "That thing looks nothing like it used to."
"She." Naruto said with a glare.
"Huh?" Kakashi questioned, startled.
"Just like me the Crimson Princess is a she, not an it or a thing. She is sentient remember." Naruto said pointedly.
"Uh sorry." Kakashi said, rubbing the back of his head and giving an eye smile, "She looks so much different than before. Can I hold her?"
"Sure" Naruto said fangs slightly bared in a laugh. She handed the blade to Kakashi who upon gripping the handle almost collapsed. He dropped the sword as he pitched forward, but Crimson Princess never made it to the ground, reappearing in Naruto's hand. Tsunade was on her feet beside Kakashi in an instant. He waved her off before sitting back in his chair looking much more tired.
"What in the hell was that?" Tsunade growled. Kakashi himself spoke up before Naruto could.
"Apparently the Princess wasn't happy with the way I treated Naruto before," Kakashi said with slight mirth in his voice, "So she drained as much chakra as she could from me as soon as my hand touched her hilt while informing me of this."
Jiraiya began laughing before taking a huge swig of sake.
"Should have figured that would happen to you too." The old pervert said with a laugh.
"Too?" Tsunade questioned.
"Yea, too. See when she forged the blade, like many Uzumaki Clan styles, their forging style is very reliant on emotions and baring one's soul. In doing so the Crimson Princess knows of her whole past, and how she was treated. Unlike Kakashi, I held on and let it drain me and much like with Naruto, we talked. I explained, just like I did with Naruto, that as far as Sensei said Naruto was happy, healthy, and not in any danger. When I found out around her chunin exams, me and Sensei got into it, badly. Then afterwards I put it on the backburner with his death and being so close to catching Orochimaru. That when I returned to take her with me on a training trip, she was gone." Jiraiya said seriously, before giving a little laugh and saying, "Of course by the time I was done explaining, I was basically completely drained of Chakra and had to sleep for a few day straight."
Tsunade and Kakashi gaped first at Jiraiya and then the sword.
"Well as much as I now hate to ask this after all that about the sword, what about these advanced chakra natures you can use?" Tsunade said looking at Naruto.
"Well since I have 4 natural affinities and they are all very strong ones, the way she reworked my DNA makes it to where I can combine them much easier then other ninja, and train until it is theoretically possiblethat they become a natural affinity. The only one I can really use at all right now is the Ice Release, the others are just too difficult." Naruto said.
"Holy hell," Kakashi was finally able to speak again, "How do you figure she's only Mid Jonin?"
"Don't act like an idiot Kakashi," Jiraiya said disapprovingly, "We both know power does not equal ability. She's got the raw power, the ability to easily get way more powerful, and skills but she has almost no experience. That's what will hurt her in any fight. As one of her regular sparring partners, she is quite good. But, I'm not coming at her with intent to kill, and after fighting me for three years, it becomes too regular, to patterned. She needs variety and challenges. Remember, Naruto is an Uzumaki, because of their natural sealing abilities they easily pick up on the smallest details and patterns in a fight. While not able to actually predict their opponents next move like the sharingan, they easily can read their opponents. After three years she can easily pick up any keys from me in a fight. Without me actually trying to kill her, I'm afraid she needs others to help keep her getting better."
"So that's why you wanted her back here." Tsunade spoke.
"That and I've heard whispers." Jiraiya said gravely, "Whispers of war and Rogue Nin. I need to check them out and to have someone I trust watch her back."
"And you trust Konoha?" Tsunade said curiously.
"Hell no." Jiraiya spoke again, "I trust you, Iruka, and Asuma. I trust in Kakashi's guilt. I trust in Danzo's paranoia. I do not trust Konoha."
"Ah." Tsunade said, while Kakashi shoulders slumped. Both suddenly jerking up right. Killing Intent filling the room. Tsunade struggled to match it, and Kakashi fought back with his own hopelessly.
"Make no mistake. If I find out she has been mistreated like before, Konoha will learn of my wrath. It will learn why I truly was asked to be Hokage before Minato and you. It will learn why Orochimaru always flees from our fights. It will learn a very painful lesson." Jiraiya said snarling before cutting off his Killing Intent, "I hope I am understood here."
"I understand Jiraiya." Tsunade began, "If you ever do that again though, there will be consequences, do you understand that."
"Sure Tsunade, sure I do." The Toad Hermit spoke dismissively, before turning to Naruto ruffling her hair, "Come on, I have a house here we can stay the night at. It's about time we got some rest."
"Wait, meet at Training Ground Seven tomorrow at seven in the morning, so we can test you and officially give you a rank." Tsunade called out as the two nin disappeared out the window.
"Lady Hokage." Kakashi started.
"Yes Kakashi." Tsunade spoke.
"Could Lord Jiraiya really follow through with that." The Copy Nin asked curious and worried.
"I don't want to find out Kakashi," the Hokage said, knowing in her heart the truth, "I really don't want to find out……"