Naruto looked around the Hokage tower. There were some seriously powerful people all meeting in one room. It almost seemed too unreal to honestly believe it were true. Sitting in seats before him were the other four Shinobi who were the strongest of their entire village, so strong to earn the title and position of Kage in their village. Nevertheless Naruto done what he usually did in situations that he did not entirely understand and smiled widely at them all.
"So, how can I help you guys?" Naruto asked all before him. Kakashi inwardly congratulated his student. He was acting so calm and casual about the whole thing. That was what he liked to see. It was Mei that was first to speak up from them all.
"My, you certainly have grown up Naruto-Kun…" Mei began as the other Kage had to admit that indeed the person before them was no longer a boy but a man. "… in all the right places too" Mei commented as her eyes trailed downwards and a mischievous smile crept onto her face. Meanwhile, everyone but Naruto had face-faulted from the bluntness of that statement, even Kakashi, despite how proud he was of his student, fell to the ground in surprise.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment and laughed softly as his eyes closed and he tried to think of something, anything that he could say back to her.
"I guess I have" Naruto responded. Then he decided that a compliment deserved a compliment back and as such spoke without really thinking. "Tell me, has someone put a ring on it yet or are all the men of Kiri idiots?" Naruto asked as he laughed lightly at his own joke, completely unaware of the implications that his words would hold.
Ao was standing directly behind the Mizukage and had almost shit himself when he had heard what Naruto had said. He got death threats whenever he had spoken about something even slightly relating to the subject, yet the boy had so boldly spoken about it. The way Ao saw it now, it didn't matter if the guy had stopped a war, and he had just signed his death sentence now. He closed his eye and expected to hear as body parts were thrown all over the place. What he heard instead was something he had not heard in a long time. There was a light giggle and once he had spun around he saw that indeed the Mizukage was laughing.
"No I have not Naruto-Kun, I am still looking for the right man for me" Mei said as she continued to laugh lightly and Naruto smiled widely. He had one Kage in a good mood; this definitely made things seem brighter for him. As he looked around the other three Kage he could see that they all had varying levels of smiles on their faces. From Onoki's grin down to Gaara's slight smile on his face, it seemed he was off to a good start.
"Just as Naruto initially asked, would you like to speak to him now?" Tsunade asked as she finally recovered from the shock of what Naruto had said she honestly expected the strongest Shinobi in her village to be history in that instant. She was not prepared to lose her Gaki just yet, she had to die before him, and they were the rules.
"Ah yes, sorry lad, I think that took us all by surprise" Onoki spoke as he looked at Mei who simply flashed him a beautiful smile in return. Onoki rolled his eyes before continuing on. "The reason that we are all here is to do with your well-being" Onoki explained as he got straight to the point, just the way he preferred doing things.
Naruto cocked his head to the side at those words from the Tsuchikage, his well-being? Why were they worried about that? He was fine as far as he could tell, the worst of things had been taken off his shoulders and he felt as fit as he had ever been in the past. So what was there to worry about?
"I feel fine Tsuchikage-Sama; I don't quite understand why you are all here if you are worried about my well-being?" Naruto answered and asked at the same time, as he looked to everyone in the room in slight confusion. A was the one to lift the veil on his confusion as he spoke next.
"We are here because of what happened after the war finished; I think you remember that surely?" A asked and at that moment Naruto bowed his head and nodded it slowly. Of course he remembered that, how could he forget? It was probably the worst state he had ever been in his life. "We are simply here to make sure that you are actually alright now after all these years. I won't deny that with so little information about you after the war we were, anxious as to what you were doing" A admitted as Naruto looked up again at the broad dark skinned man.
"Well I can say that I am fine all I want but you should really ask Baa-Chan, she's the medical expert" Naruto said as he turned to Tsunade. She nodded at his silent request and drew all of their attention towards her with a light cough.
"I will agree with Naruto on this, when he returned to the village he was very mentally unstable as he will agree" Tsunade said as all other Kage looked at Naruto and saw him nodding his head. "After about a week or so he had drastically improved and as such is now as I would like to say, prepared for active service again" Tsunade finished as Naruto turned to her with a beaming smile.
"You mean it!" Naruto asked joyfully to which Tsunade was only able to smile and nod here head. This in turn sent Naruto into doing a happy dance that managed to tug at the humour in all of the other Kage.
"Relating to the question about what I was doing" Naruto spoke again after he had finished his dance and looked at the Raikage again. "I was exterminating a threat to the peace and balance that had finally been brought to the world" Naruto explained with a deadly serious face. Even A who prided himself upon never backing away from an opponent was finding this change in demeanour slightly intimidating.
"What would that be Naruto-Kun?" Mei asked softly, when Naruto looked at her she smiled at him in an attempt to try and get rid of his serious face. It was both disturbing and not befitting of a man of his accomplishments. He was well known for his childish ways and it was the way many liked him, including her, even if she had only met him a few times in the past. Naruto relented on his seriousness yet the smile that came to his face was not quite his usual cheerful one.
"Eradicating the Sharingan" Naruto replied which had all present sitting with their eyes popping out of their head. It could not be that one of Konoha's own destroying one of the Dojutsu that made them one of the greatest villages in the world? Not only that but it was also a bloodline limit from a clan that had helped to create the village itself, it seemed almost too absurd to believe.
"Why would you do such a thing? Is it not detrimental to the whole of Konoha to no longer have the Sharingan?" Onoki asked as Naruto then turned to look at the small man who was looking at him intently. Onoki may not have any ill will towards Konoha any longer despite the rivalry between them over the two previous wars to the fourth, yet with the Sharingan gone they were at a distinct disadvantage.
"No, those that had it were not from Konoha and had basically stolen them, they were missing-nin" Naruto explained as the Kage's faces lit up in surprise, there were not many missing-nins since the war yet those that were declared missing-nin were definitely a force to be reckoned with. "If I remember correctly Teraku Jiruga was one of those I had to hunt down" Naruto said and A almost fell out of his seat.
"Are you kidding me!" A yelled, Naruto recoiled slightly at the sudden volume of the Raikage's voice. A noticed this and felt bad that he had scared the guy but he was still shocked, there was no way Naruto had managed to take on 'The Scourge of Kumogakure' by himself was there? A lifted himself off of the ground and dusted himself off and stood to his full height, only just standing a slight bit taller than Naruto. "Sorry, are you really trying to tell me that you took on Teraku?" A asked being as serious as he possibly could, he could afford no mistakes here.
"Yes, I looked at the bingo book and it was his face, if you still don't believe me…" Naruto replied as he rustled around in his back pouch and pulled out a scroll. Throwing it onto the desk in between all of the Kage Naruto pointed to it. "In there you will find the heads of all those that stole Sharingan, except Haruza Kuroha, I kind of lost the head with him" Naruto spoke as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. Everyone in the room looked at the scroll suspiciously. "I will unseal them if you really want?" Naruto asked after sighing heavily.
"That is alright Naruto I am sure that everyone here agrees about your integrity, I guess it just means we all owe you money for their bounties" Tsunade said as A, Onoki, Garra and Mei noticed that this was indeed true, they were stopped, the term was dead or alive and… well… they were dead now.
"It is alright trust me, I only done what I needed to in order to see peace come to this world, I don't care much for money" Naruto responded as he waved his hands in the air at what they were talking about. it wasn't exactly a lie, due to him inheriting his father's compound he also gained the money that was in his father's name. in all honesty he'd be taking money they could probably better use on themselves.
"And we all came here worrying about your well-being" A chuckled to himself as he looked at Naruto. "He's exactly like he was before the war started, too damn nice for his own good, then again I guess he has went to extreme lengths to make it all happen" A continued as he walked over to Naruto and thrust his hand out. "If you're ever near Kumo and need any help just give me a shout" A spoke to Naruto as he took his hand and shook it vigorously. "There is also no doubt in my mind that I had probably better say that Bee was saying hi to you" A finished as they finished their hand shake.
"It's been too long since I saw Bee, how is he doing?" Naruto asked as he rubbed the back of his head once again. A move which was slowly becoming one of the Mizukage's favourites that the man done.
"The same as usual, being a complete idiot and trying to rap, failing entirely in the latter" A responded flatly and Naruto laughed sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head continuously.
Mei was seriously considering hugging the man, when he done that he just looked so adorable, yet she was able to restrain herself. Ao however noticed the way she was acting and leaned down to her height and spoke to her in a whisper.
"Are you alright Mizukage-Sama, you seem to be straining yourself, is there a problem?" Ao asked lowly so that no-one else within the room would realise that there was a possible problem with the Mizukage. Mei simply looked at him and he could clearly see a gleam in her eyes that he had not seen in the past.
"I am fine Ao, I do believe I have found my husband however" Mei spoke softly while whispering back. Ao almost fell to the ground by what she had just said; surely she could not be serious. However, he did know her very well and had a feeling that what she had just said she intended to go through with.
"You can't just go and decide something like that for yourself though" Ao commented as he began to turn away, yet he felt a familiar feeling rising from behind him and instantly identified it as killer intent. He turned around to seeing a sight of Mei he had seen too often, her staring at him as if he had just kicked a puppy in the face.
"If you ever say anything like that again, I'll kill you" Mei said in a sickly sweet voice which sent Ao almost to the floor once again in fear. He hated it when he got threatened from the Mizukage; she was scary even at the best of times. To piss her off was like just asking to have you killed.
"That's good to hear, at least uncle Bee is alright then" Naruto replied fondly which had both Tsunade and A smiling at him. For Naruto to have gotten so close to Bee was rather surprising, since they had believed that to Jinchuriki may have fought against each other, yet were pleasantly surprised. A nodded his head at what Naruto had said before he walked towards the door, followed by his two Shinobi guards.
"Well I have seen all that I came here to see , so I think it about time I return to Kumo, after all I have to prepare for the Chunin exams" A said as he nodded to all other Kage in the room and made his way out, rather casually they all had to note. With his other exits usually including him exiting through a wall, he was after all easily capable of doing it again for the sake of it.
Naruto waited until the Raikage was completely out of the room before he turned back to the others that were in the room. He was met with the other Kage staring intently at him, something he still felt unnerving despite the strongest Kage of them all being out of the room now. Although he was not sure about the Mizukage, there was something in her gaze that he half did not believe and as such decided not to think on it.
"I suspect that there is no more you wish to know, as you can see, Naruto actually came her himself which means he had another reason for coming here" Tsunade said as Mei, Onoki and Garra nodded their heads, they knew when they were being asked politely to leave. "I can however understand that you may wish to rest so you are free to take up a place at any of our hotels in the village" Tsunade offered to which Mei at least smiled at Tsunade.
"Thank you Hokage-Sama but I really must be going, there is much paperwork that needs doing" Mei replied as she began walking towards the door. "I would also not wish to burden one of your hotels with a Kage, I have no doubt it may make things, hard" Mei added to which Tsunade had to agree, the owners of the hotel might believe they would have to perform to a level above their normal.
"You could all stay at my house if you want?" Naruto suddenly asked. They all rounded on him in an instant. Naruto looked between them to try and understand why he got such a reaction. Wasn't offering a place to stay meant to be a nice thing?
"I think I shall take you up on that offer Naruto" Gaara suddenly said which surprised everyone in the room save Naruto. Even his brother and sister were surprised by how quickly he had answered the question. Not to mention how strange Temari felt it would be to be in the same house as the blonde bombshell before her. Kankuro could see the conflicted look that was coming over his sister's face and grinned to him, oh how he was going to torment her with this.
"I do believe I shall too in fact, I am sure paperwork can last one day without me" Mei said as she smiled at Naruto. "That is alright isn't it?" Mei asked sweetly and half expected Naruto to blush, yet was partly disappointed when he didn't, yet she was not unhappy with his answer.
"Of course Mizukage-Sama, there are plenty of rooms in my house, you will just have to share it with Noma-Chan… which reminds me" Naruto said before he turned to Tsunade and found her looking at him suspiciously, she could see that this was probably why he was here in the first place, yet she was still trying to put together just why he was here. Although this was Naruto she was thinking about and there was no-one alive that could claim to understand what he thought much of the time.
"Baa-Chan, I want to file adoption papers for Noma Vydia to become a part of the Uzumaki-Namikaze clan" Naruto said and not unlike many other times before, Tsunade was completely taken aback by what Naruto was asking, did he even have any idea what it was he was asking? This was about a young child no less, though she did not doubt he had good intentions at heart, she would have to make sure he was prepared for the whole thing.
"Are you sure about this, I mean do you know anything about looking after a child or how to bring them up?" Tsunade asked Naruto as he looked back at her with a serious expression once again. This made Mei slightly sad that this face was back again. "Do you know what you must say to her? Do you know how to look after her?" Tsunade asked. She did not want to seem picky, but she did want to make sure that Naruto knew what he was getting himself in for.
"Tsunade-Sama, I came here to ask that you allow her into my clan, if you do not believe I am fit to look after her then very well, but trust me when I say I shall do it, with or without your permission, I will not allow her to sleep on the streets any longer" Naruto responded. Tsunade knew instantly that Naruto was full aware of his actions when he addressed her so formally. Even Onoki, Gaara and Mei were watching in mild worry in the manner that Naruto spoke; he did not appear to like his intentions being questioned.
"What do you mean sleep on the streets? You can't possibly mean that she has not even had a home? Surely I would have known if she was homeless, people notice this kind of thing" Tsunade spoke frantically. She could not believe that such a thing had been brought up in front of other Kage from other villages, the embarrassment would kill her.
"It is not your fault, Noma-Chan is actually a very good at deception, I mean think about it. She fooled her sensei who is a Yamanaka, something that is usually hard, so don't beat yourself up about it" Naruto said trying to make Tsunade look better in front of the other Kage, only now realising what he could very well have caused for her. "I know what it is like to grow up alone and don't want her to have to go through that, so I'm taking her in whether you allow it or not" Naruto finalised to which Tsunade looked up at Naruto's serious face.
"I guess things like that can slip under our radar Tsunade-Chan, don't worry about it, we can't make conditions in our villages perfect either" Onoki said surprisingly enough making Tsunade feel much better if one of the oldest and most stubborn Shinobi in the world was trying to cheer her up. "Anyway, although I would love to take you up on your offer my boy, I must decline and get home to my village, things to do, people to see, you know the usual" Onoki said as he rose from his seat and made his way to the door.
"Grandpa! Can't we stay? Please!" Kurotsuchi whined as she followed after her grandfather. Onoki rolled his eyes at the way his granddaughter was acting. He knew exactly why she wanted to stay and he was not staying in Naruto's house for that one specific reason, he liked the man of course but like he had said there were things that needed to be done and to leave them too long would only turn out to be detrimental.
After the Tsuchikage and his retinue had left it was only The Hokage, Kakashi, The Mizukage, Chojuro, Ao, The Kazekage, Kankuro, Temari and Naruto. They all looked amongst each other before Naruto had decided that it was time to start heading off.
"Well, I am going to go home and help train Noma-Chan, I promised Ino-Chan I'd help them today, you are all welcome to come now or later, whatever you prefer. If you want to explore the village then just ask where the Namikaze compound is when you want to find me" Naruto said as he grinned to them before disappearing in a flash of golden and red light. Mei turned to Tsunade with evident awe in her eyes.
"That was the Hiraishin No Jutsu wasn't it?" Mei asked the Hokage as she simply nodded her head. Mei looked out of the window that she believed Naruto had just leapt from. That man had become one scary powerful Shinobi, she had not doubt that he could probably very easily match her in a fight and that would be with her going all out.
"Well if where we are staying tonight is any indication then it makes perfect sense that Naruto would learn such an ability, I guess you could say it 'runs in the blood'" Gaara said cryptically as he walked towards the doorway of the Hokage's office. "I wish to explore this village Hokage-Sama, I have not seen it since it had to be rebuilt, is this alright?" Gaara asked politely. Tsunade nodded her head with a smile.
"Of course, the same applies for you Mizukage-Sama, explore to your heart's content and when you are ready to go to Naruto's home ask any villager, every one of them knows where the Namikaze compound is" Tsunade answered as she settled back into her seat and allowed the other two Kage to nod their heads before bowing and walking out of the door. Once they were both away Kakashi finally made a movement from his still position behind her.
"Hokage-Sama was it wise to allow two such high ranking officials of other villages to walk around our village, things may not be quite so happy beneath the surface in the village" Kakashi asked as Tsunade gave him a thoughtful glance before turning to the paperwork on her desk and took out a pen.
"No, I think it shall be fine. The villagers already know what will happen if they disrupt the peace that has been created, they will be brought before me and charged, but worse than that is that they will make the work of their hero completely in vain" Tsunade answered as she began marking down on the paperwork before her. "After all, they love him now" Tsunade finished concentrating more on the paperwork.
"I know" was Kakashi's short and curt reply. Tsunade looked up and could see the unhappy look on Kakashi's face.
"You almost sound unhappy that Naruto is respected by the entire village?" Tsunade asked as she looked at him with suspicious eyes.
"It is not that I am unhappy, I just feel that it is highly unfair. He was hated and alone while he held the scorn of the entire village, taking their hatred in and accepting it. Then when he does something that saves the entire village they suddenly love him, I think that it is highly hypocritical and petty of the villagers" Kakashi answered back and Tsunade could almost taste the venom in his words, he had clearly thought about this for a while.
"I can understand why you are angry at this, but the past cannot be undone. Can we at least be happy that the village accepts him now?" Tsunade asked almost pleadingly. She was basically pleading; she did not need a future Hokage disgusted with the people he had sworn to put his life on the line to protect.
"I guess I can do that, yet I only do it for Naruto, that boy has seen and done things no-one of his age should ever be forced to endure" Kakashi answered and Tsunade nodded her head in agreement. It was true to all extents, yet like she said what was done cannot be undone. "I take my leave Hokage-Sama, if you need me then I shall be at the Namikaze compound, I shall see if Naruto would like my help also with young Ino-Chan and her squad" Kakashi finished as he completed a Shunshin no Jutsu and disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
"That's right Naruto, it is nice to know that this village finally accepts you, just like you always wanted" Tsunade spoke wistfully as she looked out the window of the Hokage tower, the sun was already in the middle of the sky, meaning it was midday and by the looks of things it was going to be a beautiful day. At least Naruto's day has not been dampened by the Kage meeting, I thought it might go worse than it did, I guess it goes to show the level of Naruto's Maturity now Tsunade thought to herself with a smile on her face.
Ino was still absolutely stupefied with what had happened. She, Naruto and Noma had explained to her team the conditions that Noma had been living in and the girls had taken it very well, Ino was most grateful for that fact. What had her stupefied was, once again the blonde haired man that she had recently come to realise as a friend. Yes, Naruto had managed to surprise her yet again.
Not only had he saved one of her students from a harsh life upon the streets and offered her a home with absolutely no strings attached. He had also just gone away to the Hokage tower to request that he adopt her into his clan. Ino could just not wrap her mind around that, Naruto was completely re-writing the rules on how a clan would function.
She would not deny how much respect he had gained from her with such a simple move. It was something no other clan head would ever even dare to try. Yet Naruto was never one to stay within the parameters of what was expected of him, if he wanted to do something then he usually would.
Ino was currently sitting in the large living room of Naruto's home with the rest of her team, they were all patiently awaiting Naruto's return with news of what was going to happen to Noma, whether she would be accepted into his clan as his adoptive daughter or not. Noma was sitting on a couch opposite Ino with Kyoki and Hiku on either side of her gushing at the prospect of the 'Hero of Konoha' becoming Noma's father. All past worries about Noma's past on the streets was forgotten and Ino honestly felt that it might just be a good thing for the sake of Noma.
"Do you think that you will be allowed to become Naruto-Senpai's daughter Noma?" Kyoki asked innocently as she looked intently at Noma who turned to her with a large smile on her face the likes of which they had only ever seen on that day. Ino felt a smile tugging at her own face; it was definitely nice to see Noma smiling. She never looked sad but she always looked far more content than the other two girls. As if she was not trying to give much about herself away. It was only in times like these when Ino looked back over their interactions and realised times where her condition should have been blindingly obvious.
"I hope so!" Noma answered enthusiastically. Once again Ino found herself smiling at the antics of her student; she had simply never seen Noma this happy in the past.
With Noma and what Naruto was doing for her Ino found herself thinking about the blond man much more than she had anticipated.
It was something she had not dedicated much thought towards but now that she thought of Naruto and his exploits the more she felt her feelings and views of him changing. Her first instance of this had to be during the Chunin exams where he had taken on Neji and won, despite the odds being against him the entire time. He showed her that he could pull through despite the odds. The next time was three years later after he had come back and apparently grown up a little.
When she, Shikamaru and Choji alongside Hatake Kakashi had gone to take revenge on the Akatsuki duo that had killed their sensei, they fully believed in their own abilities and thought they could win. Although Shikamaru was able to get rid of the immortal, she, Choji and Kakashi were still stuck with the unbeatable enemy that was Kakazu. Nothing they done seemed to be enough and even Kakashi had found it hard to beat him. Then Naruto appeared. He showed up without any care as to why they were there; he simply came to help them. He then proceeded to use his newest technique which done almost as much damage to himself as it did to his enemy, although his enemy had died technically.
Probably the biggest one though was when Konoha was in dire straits. The invasion of Pain. A small group of enemies had managed to get into Konoha and utterly destroy it within the space of half a day. Then once again, just as need for a hero was at its greatest, fate delivered. Naruto appeared prepared to battle and save his village from the enemy that had utterly destroyed it. He had even managed to somehow bring all of those who had died back to life, she now knew it was because of Nagato that they were alive but it was still amazing.
Then there was the whole ending of the War. Naruto had managed to stop Sasuke, even though he later died, defeat Madara and stop much of the Zetsu army. With this he was widely known as the Hero of the World, yet he never bragged about it nor did he want to be recognised because of it, all he wanted was peace and it seemed like he would get it now.
Finally was when he had saved her and her team. It was one of the greatest moments in her life when she found out that she was with one of her closest friends from their earliest days and knew that the fate she had resigned herself to did not have to happen.
Now he was going out of his way to make one of her student's lives better than it currently was. Naruto through no intention of his own was showing her more and more reasons for her to fall for him. She had a feeling that she may have already done so a long time ago, when she had said she could almost fall for him after he defeated pain she wasn't joking. Thinking about it now though, she could see that Naruto had all of the traits that any girl would die to have.
He was kind, caring, compassionate, handsome, fun. Those were all traits that made him and they were all things that Ino would not deny she loved about him. he was also selfless, just like Tsunade had said before, he never looked anyone out, he would simply deal with things himself, yet he would be one of the first on the scene if one he cared about was to be in any real need of compassion or care.
It was at that one moment and time. While she sat in Naruto's sitting room as her team spoke animatedly about the possibilities of Naruto becoming Noma's adoptive father. That she finally realised something for herself. Naruto was perfect. He was an absolutely excellent specimen of a man, one any woman would die to have and one she just realised she now wanted too. Ino wanted Naruto. She wanted to feel his love; she wanted to soak him in her love. She wanted to hold him, to wash away his worries if they ever came along. She wanted him and now she realised that she had better move quick. It would not be long before everyone else made their moves on her love.
"I'm home!" Naruto called out as he entered his home. He barely made it to the sitting room when he was blasted in his stomach with the form of a small girl who had her arms wrapped tightly around his waist. Naruto smiled down at the top of the purple head that was just below his own face. He rubbed the back of the small girl's head as he looked down at her.
"Did it work, can I become and Uzumaki?" Noma asked quickly. Naruto smiled down at her again and hugged her into himself.
"Even if it might not be legal you will be an Uzumaki, you are now my daughter" Naruto affirmed for her and Noma hugged into Naruto even more thoroughly now. It was all she had wanted from a young age. Ever since she had lost her parents due to the Sound and Sand invasion all she had wanted was for a caring family to look after her, to love her. And right now she was being offered this on a silver platter.
"Thank you!" Noma squealed to Naruto who smiled fondly at that and hugged into her fully now, closing his eyes in the process.
Ino smiled at the interaction between Noma and Naruto. It was evident now that Noma had always wanted a family and everyone was aware that Naruto had always wanted a family too. For them to come together and make a father and daughter pair just seemed sweet in so many different ways. She was finding it extremely hard now to find fault with the man before her.
Kyoki and Hiku watched the exchange in mild fascination. They were glad that Noma finally had a father, they really were. Both of them could not help the slightly bitter feeling they had in their minds though. Neither of them knew their fathers. Kyoki's father was dead, she knew he had at least died protecting his home and his love yet she still missed the feeling of having a father. As much as she thought about that though, Shikamaru was the closest thing she had to a father, and although he denied it most of the time, he did treat her as if she were his own child. Hiku on the other hand had absolutely no idea who either of her parents was, she was watched over and loved by the Clan head and the Branch head yet she still wished she knew who her parents were.
Naruto and Noma split from their hug that had lasted quite a good few moments now and Naruto stood up straight again. Noma stood back from him and then moved around so that she stood at his side. Ino had to stifle a giggle at the size comparison; Naruto stood towering over his new daughter.
"Right now that has been decided you are now called Noma Uzumaki" Naruto spoke with authority and Noma nodded her head in agreement. Naruto smiled after speaking and then looked to Noma and then everyone else within his home. "Now after being serious let's do something fun!" Naruto said as he fist pumped into the air. All of the girls looked at him expectantly while Ino raised an eyebrow at him.
"Out of interest, what level of fun are we talking about?" Ino asked trying her hardest to stay composed as she spoke to him. She did succeed, even if it was at a great amount of effort. Naruto looked at her and she could feel the heat rising to her face and cursed her luck. She must look like a little girl with a crush right now, not what she wanted him to see right now, not at all in the slightest. Naruto appeared to be ignorant of her intention of avoiding his gaze and simply smiled in her direction as he gave his answer.
"Training!" Naruto answered in response with a big grin on his face. Ino shook her head lightly, despite Naruto growing up it seemed like he was destined to stay a child at heart, yet as she thought about it. she would have it absolutely no other way, it was part of the charm of Uzumaki Naruto.
"What can we train on though?" Hiku asked. Ino had taught her Genin of course, yet her speciality was useless to them and they had to get training from their parents or carers in the ways of other techniques. Which she realised now meant that Noma was actually lacking in this area, which was a dangerous thing. Her worries were put to rest however with the next thing Naruto said.
"How about I teach you my favourite Jutsu?" Naruto asked with a cheeky smile on his face. All of the girls looked at him in wonderment, yet they could not think about what it was that Naruto could possibly be trying to teach them. After all they knew little to nothing about his abilities, all they really knew was that he had perfected the Fourth Hokage's technique the Rasengan. Other than that they were completely stupefied.
"Are you sure that they will be able to do it Naruto-Kun? I mean you can do it because of your massive amounts of chakra" Ino asked tis time managing to mask her ill composed self. Naruto looked between the three of the girls, spending a few seconds staring at each of them before smiling and looking back at Ino.
"Have more trust in your team Ino-Chan, your girls have strong chakra systems, even if they get the basics now they can work on their chakra levels as they go on" Naruto explained as Ino had to agree with that. With time came better control of chakra and for some it improved the amount of chakra they had. "Okay! Let's go out into the training ground!" Naruto yelled enthusiastically as he made his way through his home towards the back of his house.
All of the girls turned to look at Ino who shrugged her shoulders and began to follow after Naruto herself. She knew exactly what they were in for. She just hoped that they would be up for the challenge because if not then they could miss out on a vital skill.
Well here you guys go, I hope you like it. I felt that this chapter should adress the meeting and the adoption of Noma and then i felt that I could also add in Ino's epiphany about Naruto, but don't worry it wont be a fast and sudeen (lets become a couple) kind of thing. I know the chapters are getting shorter, it's simply because it is at a calm period just now and there's not much too really write about. I was also pleasantly happy with the amount of reviews I got last chapter, at least 12 in one go made a very happy me =] well next chapter will basically be about Naruto teaching his favourite technique to the girls, which I think you will be able to guess at, and then I might have him get a mission. I would also like to pose the question of Harem or no again, so that I get a solid amount of evidence of numbers of who does and doesn't want one. Anyway R&R if you please because reviews make me happy and stimulate me to write more to keep you happy, making everyone happy =] as always thanks for enjoying and I'll see you all next chapter - Varrukh
