Author's Notes: Hey there! Sorry if this chapter came a little late, busy with schools, but in the meantime it looks like I should have chapters ready till mid-December so there's that. This Chapter's a bit of a relaxation one, setting some things up, oh and a blowjob, but I'll let you read that right below.


"So let me get this straight, you were fighting one of the Rain Ninja, she stabbed you with some weird black rod, you found yourself not in the Kyuubi's layer, but something similar to it, and she and you teamed up to fight off some intruder?" Kushina asked her son, who was currently grunting in pleasure from her hand.

"Ye-yeah, Kaasan." The Blonde grunted, eyes still fixed on his hardened shaft as it was currently out in the open, his Mother's hand gliding over it with her smooth, soft touch as her fingers tighten just enough for him to feel enough pleasure yet not turn into putty in his hands.

But Kushina didn't really pay her movements any mind, instead just looking at her son while she worked his shaft. She thought it would be easier to get him to tell everything if she gave him his reward at the same time, kunoichi were taught a number of sex techniques should the need in a mission arise, luckily it usually wasn't, but that knowledge came in handy every now and than. And she was using that knowledge now on her son, making sure to slow down or painfully tighten her grip when he started to bit around a subject.

Though that didn't stop him from moaning every now and then when he did give her the truth, and with the seals she put up and private room they were in, they didn't have to worry about any intrusions, and with Naruto now finished giving her all the information she thought it was time to wrap this up.

"Well Naruto, considering how truthful you've been and how I did promise to reward you if you passed this part of the exam, I'll finish you off with more than just my hand." The red-head smirked, making Naruto widen his eyes as she gave him a sultry look. This was the first time in this session she had given him that look, and Naruto knew now he could fully enjoy his reward as he felt Kushina now speed up her movements as she turned her head to his shaft.

'My, I know this thing felt big in my hand, but looking at it now, well let's just say Minato might get some competition in a few years.' The former Jinchuuriki thought as she noticed how Naruto was struggling to keep his eyes open as he watched her continue.

'Oh, I'm gonna make you widen those eyes Naruto, widen at me from what I'm about to do.' Kushina stated before giving her son's dick one last look as she took a deep breath, before proceeding to open her mouth and take his full length into her mouth in one fell swoop, giving a satisfied smirk as she heard Naruto give a very loud moan from it.

But as she found her lips at the base, she also inadvertently came into contact with his pubic hair, which was in light terms, not something she wanted to taste, as she pulled her lips up before pushing them back down, her tongue dragging across the side of his shaft as she stopped just a bit above his base before repeating the processes again.

"God, Kassan." Naruto groaned as he felt her continue her blowjob, his eyes now shut tight from the pleasure his shaft was engulfed in her warm mouth, and this new sensation was too much for him, first a hand job, and now a blowjob from his bombshell of a mom, he could feel his will to hold on fastly crumbling.

And Kushina felt it soon as she felt him begin to twitch in her mouth, disappointing her a bit as she was hoping to continue the blowjob a bit longer, 'Though considering how long I kept him on edge with that handjob, I guess I should be surprised by how long he held out with this blowjob. Should probably finish him off with one final push, huh?'

And with that she pushed herself as down as she could, bearing with the feeling of his pubic hair on her lips for a bit while the tip of his cock was in her throat. The Sensei using her throat muscles to squeeze that tip as she opened her eyes at her son, seeing him stare back at her in surprise, and Naruto could swear she was smirking around his cock before his eyes went to the back of his head, his shaft pulsing violently as he came, Kushina feeling his seed shoot down her throat.

'My goodness he's shooting down a lot, guess I should be lucky that it tastes kinda nice.' Kushina thought as she gulped down her potential grandchildren before removing him from his mouth with a pop, wiping off any excess semen from her lips with the back of her hand before giving her son a friendly smile, the boy in question breathing heavily as he was clearly spent.

"Kaasan, *pant*, that was, *pant*, amazing." He breathed out, Kushina giggling from his words as she proceeded to stand up and say, "Thank you Naruto, it's nice to know I've still got it, it has been a while since me and your Father got to have some foreplay in our lives."

Though Kushina realized Naruto didn't even register her words as he was still recovering from the best orgasm he ever had. Deciding it was time to go Kushina quickly put his deflating shaft away as she turned around, about to make her way to the door before Naruto spoke.

"Ah Kaasan, can I ask you something?" He said, getting Kushina to stop as she turned around and faced him.

"Sure honey, as long as it's not another blowjob, while it was fun for me these are suppose to be rewards," She joked as she stood at his side, Naruto flinching at her words a bit before looking at his lap, getting the courage to speak his words as before saying, "Do you think I can move out?!"

Kushina was, well, pretty surprised at his words, "Move out?" She repeated, making sure she heard him right.

Naruto looked down, "Yeah, it's not like I don't like living in our house, it's just that, well, I kinda want a place to call my own, to have to myself. I wanna feel like I can live by myself, on my merits without just relying on you and dad." He explained.

Kushina had to say, she was definitely not expecting him to say this, Naruko hadn't even brought this subject up even though the girl was more than cable of living on her own if she choose. Placing her hand on his Kushina ruffled his hair lovingly as she said, "Well I guess my little boy is growing up faster than I thought." Giving him a peck on the cheek she added, "I'll talk to your father later and figure something out, for now you just get another day of rest cause you'll need to start training for the tournament tomorrow, OK?"

Nodding back at her Kushina smiled at him as she got up and made her way to the door, but as her hand landed on the knob she turned her head to him and said, "Oh, and by the way, I think its time you start to shave, specifically down there, cause I'll give you a little piece of advice, that hair doesn't mix well when a girl's giving you a blowjob."

And with that she left, leaving Naruto by himself as he laid back for the time being, even trying to contact Ku but all he got was silence, though for some reason Naruto felt like that was more because she was resting rather than her ignoring him. But after a while he felt himself start to slip into a sleep-like state, until a voice that sounded very recognizable to him said.

"Well long time no see, eh Naruto?"

His eyes flew open from those words as his head immediately whipped towards the source. The window next to his bed was open, and on the other side was a very familiar tall, spiky white-hair so long that it went down to his waist man, wearing his green short kimono and matching pants with a red coat covering it. His trademark grin plastered on his face.

"Uncle Jiraiya!" Naruto exclaimed, clearly happy to see the man after so long as he asked, "What are you doing here?"

Jiraiya responded with an equal amount of cheerfulness, "Well considering how I heard the Chunin Exams were going on and learning you were participating in it, I thought I'd come pay my favorite Godson a visit!" He explained, extending his arm as he ruffled the blonde's hair and added, "And look at you, it's only been a year since I last saw you and I can tell you've gotten stronger, though I guess that's to be expected, considering you have such a banging Sensei!" The man loudly jokes.

"I'm your only godson." Naruto joked as he added, "And yeah, Kaasan is amazing."

"Automatically making you my best." Jiraiya responded before he got closer and held his hand up to his mouth as he asked in a hushed whisper, "So, how crazy is she? Cause I remember back when she and Minato were Chunin she would get into all sorts of crazy missions, even as your Father's sensei I don't know how he survived all of it considering how she practically dragged him along, though in all honesty, I don't think he offered up much resistance considering how often he was entranced by her beauty, if you know what I mean?"

Naruto sighed at his words as he said, "Come on Uncle Jiraiya, you know she'd throw you across the other side of the Village if she heard you talking like that, especially in front of me."

But Jiraiya wasn't fazed by those words by a bit, "Kid, I've survived attacks from Tsunade, and as strong as your Mother is, nothing can beat the strength from your that Sannin!"

Naruto had to admit, Jiraiya wasn't wrong about that, though still, he personally wouldn't take the risk, "So, where have you been for the last year?" Naruto questioned, remember how Jiraiya said farewell to him and Naruko before he left for his mission, but he never told them what it was about.

And Jiraiya was apparently gonna keep it a secret as he responded, "Can't tell you kid, but I will tell you that its been one of the hardest missions I've had for a while, there were honestly some points were I thought I was gonna bite it, but hey, that territory comes with the job, and I think I completed it pretty well. In fact, I just came back from talking to your father about it."

"Dad's here!?" Naruto questioned.

"Yep." Jiraiya confirmed as he continued, "He and the Kazekage are having a meeting and going over all the information. But enough about that, I hear you've got a month before the tournament starts, right?"

Naruto nodded in confirmation as Jiraiya smirked, "Well that gives us plenty of time to train!"

Naruto was shocked by his statement, "Train! You and me!" He asked, needing to know he wasn't lying.

"Of course! I trained your sister before her first exam, so why not! I could use some teaching to help me calm my nerves after my mission." Jiraiya explained before turning around to leave.

"Now get some rest and get ready for tomorrow cause we're gonna make you Chunin Material!" The Sannin stated before jumping from the window, leaving Naruto alone as he couldn't help but be excited at this new training.


In the meeting room of the Kazekage tower, the 4th Hokage and the 5th Kazekage were currently sitting down, processing the information Jiraiya told them. Silenced filled the room until Kushina entered, a clear speed in her steps as she closed the door behind her as the two Kage turned to acknowledge her presence, Minato even getting up and meeting her halfway across the room as he greeted, "Hey Honey." Giving her a quick peck on the check that had Kushina blush and go wide-eyed a bit in both embarrassment and humor.

"Hey Honey." She greeted back with a warm smile through closed eyes, 'I don't know how to feel about that considering what I just did with Naruto.' She thought before straighten out her appearance.

"Kushina, since your here I assume Naruto has woken up?" Gaara asked as he stood up as well to great his fellow redhead, his words surprising the blonde Hokage.

"Woken up?" He questioned before asking with concern, "Did something happen?"

Kushina's face took a serious turn as she looked at her Husband, "During the Chunin exams, he got injured and was out for a few days, and as we all know it takes some serious damage for a Jinchuriki to take that long to recover." Kushina told her beloved who listened intensity, clearly not liking the direction this was heading as Kushina continued, "So when he woke up today, I had him tell me everything that happened, and honestly, it doesn't sound good."

"Not good how?" Gaara asked, first the news Jiraiya gave, and now something bad enough for Kushina to come and visit them to inform.

Taking a deep breath Kushina readied herself, "Somehow, someone that Naruto didn't recognize entered his mindscape deep enough that they were able to reach the Kyuubi. Luckily Naruto and the Kyuubi worked together to dispel this person, but from how Naruto tells me, it wasn't easy." She explained, surprising both Gaara and Minato.

The Latter asking, "Does Naruto have any idea of how that person entered?"

Shaking her head Kushina responded, "No, through from what Naruto told me, I think it may have to do with the Rain ninja he faced." Turning to Gaara the long-hair redhead asked, "Are they still in the village?"

Gaara gave a look of disappointment as he answered, "No, they left the day after the exam many of the other failing teams, they must be back at the Hidden Rain by now."

"How shaken up is Naruto about?" Minato asked, wanting to make sure how his son was doing physically from the experience.

Kushina felt the need to look to the side, hands behind her back as she said, "Uhh, don't worry, I was able to get him to focus on some other, stuff."

While this gave Minato some relief, he proceeded to close his eyes as a frustrated look came on his face, "First the Akatsuki, now this."

"Akatsuki?" Kushina questioned, of course she knew of the mercenary group, made up of missing-nin from around the Nations, but she didn't know why Minato had mentioned the group, "What about them?" She asked.

Sighing Minato asked his wife, "Have you heard of the disappearances of the Jinchuriki's from the Hidden Stone over the last year?"

Kushina responded, "Well yeah but they're just rumors, they have some of the most experience Jinchuriki's right? And doesn't the one call Roshi usually disappear from time to time on some sort of journey?"

But Minato didn't share her same sense of unworriness, "I thought so too, but something seemed off, so I sent Jiraiya to investigate." He stated, causing Kushina to realized the mission that Minato sent him on, he never did tell her she thought before Minato continued, "And he just informed us that the Jinchuriki of the 5-tails is completely gone, no trace of him left, the amount of Stone Anbu dotting around the land were enough confirmation that something had happen. And as for the one called Roshi, Jiraiya couldn't confirm his status."

Kushina felt fear start to go through her body, the disappearance of a tailed beast was no laughing matter, as they were one of the most import factors in keeping the Great Nations stable. However, Minato still seemed to have some news to share his face turned even more somber.

"But they're not even the only Tailed Beast to go missing, the Three-Tails is also gone." Minato informed her.

"The, the Three-Tails?" Kushina asked, husband and wife both feeling just how much it pained them to speak that name with the loss that came from it.

Minato, despite hating to continue the subject on that Tailed Beast, continued, "I had Jiraiya go check on the lake I hid the beast in, and when he got there, he said it was a battlefield, the earth was scorched, the water gone, and craters dotting all over the place."

"No." Was all Kushina could breath out, body becoming paralyzed in fear from all this bad news.

Deciding to step in, Gaara speared his fellow Kage from speaking anymore, "Lord Jiraiya says he found many pieces of clay blown to bits across the area, and with a bit of digging around he came to the conclusion they belonged to a new Akatsuki member known as Deidara."

Speaking up Minato explained their situation, "Right now, we believe the Akatsuki are also responsible for the disappearance of the jinchuriki from the stone as well, but right now we don't know any solid motive they have for possible capture them. Our best guesses are that they were contracted to, or that its for some plan they have."

Kushina felt shock go through her body, to hear of someone attempting to steal a Jinchuriki, it was another thing to hear a Jinchuriki become captured, but even so, to hear that the ones responsible weren't even a great nation! But then a thought entered her mind, a terrifying one, "Wait! Does that mean those Rain Ninja are part of the Akatsuki as well!?"

Minato responded, "We can't know, as far as our intel on the Akatsuki goes, we don't know what their ties to the Hidden Rain are, it could be possible that the Hidden Rain has its own plot, they do have more than enough motive after all, though from what Jiraiya has told me of him, their leader Hanzo doesn't seem like the type to do this."

But that didn't stop Kushina from worrying about her son, "Still! We need to take some more precautions" She pleaded.

But Minato tried to calm her down as he said, "Don't worry Kushina, after Jiraiya gave us the info, I had him go find Naruto, he'll be watching over him until the tournament along with training him."

But that didn't seem to calm Kushina down, in fact, it seemed to make her even more worried, "Jiraiya? You're letting that pervert train him!?" She shouted as she walked up to her husband and grabbed his shoulders with her hand as a terrified look came on her face, causing Minato to wince up in fear from her while Gaara slowly walked back, thinking it best not to get in between the two.

"What's so bad about it, Kushina? Jiraiya was able to train Naruko just fine!" Minato pleaded as he tried to calm her down once more.

"Without my permission! Minato, that man writes smut novels as a hobby! Naruto is going through puberty! I already have to make sure he gets his hormones in check as a Ninja! What do you think Jiraiya will do!?" Kushina exclaimed, sure she may have been sexually enticing her son with rewards and what not, but he had to earn them and control himself to get them, in her mind Jiraiya might just take the boy on field trips to the hot springs for his research, like he sometimes did when Naruto was growing up, his training being a second thought.

"Look, Kushina, just trust me on this, yes Jiraiya may not be the most, pure, teacher, but he'll make sure Naruto's protected, and he'll give Naruto plenty of time to train on his own with some guidance, that's how he trained me and Naruko, some guidance to set us on the right direction with some advice here and there so we'd learn and grow from our mistakes and try ideas."

Kushina closed her eyes in frustration as she let go of her Husband, fists clenched hard, before relaxing her tense muscles, "God I hope you're right Minato, all this information and the wait by Naruto's bedside has gotten to me, I need to take a break."

Placing a hand on her shoulder Kushina leaned into his touch, feeling the love and concern in his voice as he suggested, "Why don't I take you back to Konoha so you can have a bit of a break before the tournament starts? For now though maybe it's best you take a walk to clear your mind, when I'm done discussing things with the Kazekage I'll come get you ok?"

Nodding back at him Minato gave his wife a quick peck on the cheek as she made her way out, the door sounding shut as the two Kage faced each other once more, Gaara speaking first as he suggested, "I think we should heighten up security for the exams, with the information that Naruto was targeted, it could be possible that others will be as well."

"I agree, in fact when I get back to Konoha I'll make a call to bring in some of my best Ninja to help with it." Minato responded

Looking out the window, Gaara had a determined look on his face, "To think, our first joint Chunin Exam would experience a complication like this."

Standing next to him Minato had an equally determined look on his face, "Which is all the more reason to make sure it goes smoothly, to show the world the step in a new era of peace."

And with that Minato left, off to find his wife and go home to prepare, leaving red-hair Kage by himself as he looked out at his village, the one he swore to protect.

'You know you can say something, you've been quiet for a couple of days.'

Nothing, no reply, leaving Gaara with only one way to contact his recipient, goading him.

'To think my powerful Tailed beast is scared from just a couple of rumors, and I thought you said you were the strongest, huh, Shukaku?'

And that did the trick as a loud booming voice rang out in Gaara's head, 'WHO YOU CALLING SCARED! I TOLD YOU BEFORE I DON'T LIKE YOU! AND I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THOSE RUMORS, THE ONLY TAILED BEASTS I CARE ABOUT ARE MYSELF, THE REST CAN DISAPPEAR FOR ALL I CARE!'

Smirking to himself Gaara retorted, 'Oh really? Then why did you seem so excited when we faced Naruto? I could feel the sand moving with more energy than normal, in fact I think you did more of the battling while I just made sure the moves didn't do to much damage.'

'That's cause I've always hated that fox! Getting her to come out and getting a chance to kick her ass was more than enough reason for me!' The One-tailed stated.

'Yet the clone was promptly destroyed right after she gave him her power, the only one who got their ass kicked was you.'

'What did you say! You were the one holding ME back! I could kick both their asses if I wanted too! And I could kick your ass as well!' Shukaku shouted, ranting on while Gaara listened, though even with all the harsh words the beast said, Gaara couldn't help but smile in response, cause even if their relationship was rocky, it was better than it was a couple of years ago.


Elsewhere, in a small cafe in the Hidden Sand, a group of Chunin and Jonin were currently relaxing from their journey from their home village to this neighboring one. The group consisting of 3 females and 2 males were currently sat down at a table, as the girls mingled on one side, the guys mostly just keeping to themselves as they quietly ate their food. Looking out the window one of the males let out a yawn, not interested in the conversation the girls were having, which one of them pointed out.

"You know you could at least act like you're listening to us." Naruko called out to him.

Sighing from being put under the spotlight when he would've just preferred staying in the shadows "And what would be the point? Not like you're actually discussing anything of value to me, besides I'm tired." Shikamaru replied in his usual flat, unmotivated tone.

One of the other girls chimed in, "How are you tired? Its barely noon and we just arrived, and it wasn't like we were in a hurry to get to the sand." Sakura pointed out, to which the Nara clansman turned to look at her with his flat, dull expression.

"I meant mentally, after this I gotta report to the exam organizers, and who knows what they'll make me for the rest of the exam." He complied, before shuddering as he muttered under his breath, "And I'll probably have to work alongside Temari again."

Raising her eyebrow curiously Naruto asked, "Aren't you two a couple? Why would you be uneasy working with her?"

Her words made Shikamaru's face light up for a moment before his eyes took center stage, sending an ice-piercing glare at the blonde who flinched from the stare, "No, we are not a couple." He corrected.

"Hey, Ino said it, not me!" The Namikaze Uzumaki hybrid defended as she raised her hands up.

Sighing from the gossip of his teammate, Shikamaru went back to looking out the window, "It's not that I don't like her, its just that she's always hovering over my back making sure I'm working, I don't need someone acting like my wife before I'm even 20." He stated, before focusing his gaze on the reflection of the group on the window, more specifically the two Hyuuga's sitting at the end. "And what about you two? You've both been pretty quiet since we got here." He pointed out.

Neji didn't pay much mind to his question as he continued eating his food, swallowing one of its chunks down and taking a sip of his drink he simply said, "Don't really feel much of a need to talk."

Hinata meanwhile had her arms crossed on the table, her food barely being touched as she just stared at it, yet it didn't seem to be the thing she was focusing on.

"Uh, Hinata?" Naruko said, trying to get her attention but to no avail, causing the rest of the group to wonder what was wrong.

"Hinata?" The blonde asked again, but still no response.

Getting a bit irritated Naruko brought her face to the side of her best friend's head, cupping it over her mouth to direct it right into her ear, "Hinata!"

The snapped the blue-hair girl out of it as she imminently jumped up in her seat, eyes wide before realizing just how spaced out she was, "So-sorry." Hinata apologized.

But Naruko wasn't very interested in the apology as she and the rest of the group gave Hinata a concern and question look, "You ok? Why were you so spaced out?" The blonde asked.

Hinata felt her shoulders and form slump down while her face fell a bit, her gaze landing on the table as she took a deep breath, "I'm worried about Hanabi." She stated, the rest of the group listening closely as she continued, "This, in a sense, is her first real experience as a Ninja, she's unbelievably talented, much more than I could ever hope to be, and she's already much stronger than I was at her age. But even so, the Clan elders kept her under a somewhat tight lock, molding her to shape their image of a leader of the Hyuuga, and even when she became a Ninja, it just was more politics for her, no real experience on the field, even when traveling around she would always have a squad of elite Hyuuga guarding her."

"And?" Sakura questioned, wanting to know where her friend was going with this.

Taking another deep breath the former Heiress finished her words, "She doesn't really know the feeling of true defeat yet, while she's not cocky or too reckless, the most trouble she's ever had with something is currently trying to learn rotation, and even then she's progressing amazingly on mastering it. And not just that, she's using the Exam as a way to show to the clan elders that she has the skills and ability to stand on her own. But if she fails and doesn't make it to their standards, then not only will she truly learn the weight and pain of defeat, but the clan elders will tighten her grip on her life so much that me, Neji, and even our Father can't loosen." She explained, her voice filled with concern, "If that happens I don't know what will happen to her, something like that might be too much for her, so much so that I'm afraid she won't even be motivated to try and live her own life." Hinata finished, her voice now shaking and her arm trembling a bit in worry from a possible future.

Naruko placed a hand on her friend's shoulder to help calm her down, "Come on Hinata, you're worrying too much, I'm sure that she'll do great, I mean she is basically Neji in her skills, right?" The Blonde tried to reassure, turning to look at the branch clan member as she gave him a look that pretty much forced him to speak.

"Yes, she is, given a few more years she could probably surpass most of the Hyuuga," Neji stated.

"See? I know you're worried about her, but she can handle herself, all you need to do is support her when she needs it, besides I'm sure they're getting ready for the final prelims now." Naruko said, but Shikamaru knew he needed to clarify a mistake the blonde had said.

"Actually the final prelims are over, only the tournament is left." He corrected, catching the Blonde off guard from the news.

"Wait, it's just the tournament left?! Oh god, do you know if Naruto passed the other exam parts!?" She pleaded with her friend as she brought her form over the table, getting up in Shikamaru's face, who flinched from her invasion of his personal face while as she gave him a worried look.

"I don't know, I'll find out when I go meet with the other proctors" Shikamaru explained as he brought his hand up to push the child of the kage away from himself.

Getting her body back mostly on her side Naruko seemed to be full with energy as she stood up and proclaimed, "Than what are we doing just sitting around here for? Come on let's go and find out!"

"Wait, what?" Shikamaru exclaimed surprised as Naruko grabbed him and dragged him from the other side of the table, somehow not knocking over any of the plates or drinks as she set him down on the floor before the half-Uzumaki looked at Hinata, "You too." She stated.

"Huh?" The Hyuuga squeaked, being a bit surprised at being told to come along.

Giving her friend a look Naruko stated, "Don't you want to see if Hanabi passed? Now come on and move it! We gotta go and support our little siblings!"

Grabbing the Nara and Hyuuga, Naruko proceed to drag them out the store, Hinata accepting her fate while Shikamaru tried to break free but giving up halfway across the store as they left, leaving just Sakura and Neji by themselves to finish their food, a bit surprised at the scene but not nearly as so as the other patrons. But Sakura snapped out of her surprised when she realized one thing.

"God damn it Naruko, you left us with the bill!" She yelled frustratedly, making Neji also snapped out of his surprised as well, sighing from the mess the two were left with as he pulled out his wallet.


Outside Naruko was still dragging Shikamaru, while she had let Hinata go as they walked down the street.

"You can let me go now." The Nara pointed out, not exactly thrilled at the situation he was in and the stares he was getting, but Naruko paid his words no mind.

"Nah, its faster to just drag you." She stated with a chippy yet matter of fact tone, before taking a left on one of the intersections.

"Other way." Shikamaru corrected.

Quickly correcting her course the Blond let out a nervous chuckle, "Right, I knew that."

As Naruko dragged the lazy Nara around the Village, Hinata trailed on the side of them, looking around the sand village as this was admittedly, the first time she was here. But as she looked around she saw a familiar face pop into view.

"Hanabi?"

Hanabi brought her attention to the familiar voice, finding her sister on the other side of the street as their gazes met.

"Nee-chan?"

Naruko meanwhile stopped her movements when she heard Hinata call out to her sister, finding an alternate solution to finding out if her brother passed she proceeded to let go of her grip of Shikamaru, causing the Nara to drop to the ground with a groan as Naruko grabbed Hinata's arm as she ran to the other side of the road with her towed along, leaving Shikamaru to pick himself off the ground.

"Could've at least warned me." The Nara grumbled, rubbing his neck as he made his way over to the Hyuuga sisters and Naruko. Hanabi currently a bit shocked as Naruko was all up in her face.

"HeythereHanabilongtimenosee!Howyoudoing!?LookingprettygoodfromwhatIsee!" The blonde spoke quickly, her words barely being comprehended by the Hyuuga heiress.

Hinata, seeing her sister getting a bit overwhelmed decided to cool her friend's jets, "Naruko, you're overwhelming her." She pointed out.

Naruko, seeing that she was indeed overwhelming the younger Hyuuga who was leaning back from Naruko getting to close, pulled back and let out a nervous chuckle, "Sorry about that." Naruko apologize.

Hanabi blinked a bit as she realized the blondes overwhelming questions and invasion of her personal space was over, "Uh, no worries." The Hyuuga assured.

"You should be, just to make her feel bad," Shikamaru commented as he made his way over to them, before turning and giving Naruko a pretty annoyed look.

Shrinking from his gaze the Blond apologized for her actions, "Sorry about that."

Shikamaru gave a huff in response, even if the blonde meant it, which she most likely did, she'd probably do it again, that's just how she was. Turning his gaze to younger Hyuuga, Shikamaru quickly deduced why Naruko had dropped him.

"Hanabi, right? We were wondering what the current state of the exams is? I know it's just the tournament next so we were wondering if you and Naruto have made it this far?" The Nara decided to ask, not wanting to beat around the bush.

"Oh, um yeah, me and Naruto passed the other exams, we're gonna be in the tournament." The Hyuuga clarified, before realizing she should probably tell the blonde a pretty important piece of information, "Oh, and by the way, Naruto's currently in the hospital."

This piece of news caught the three Ninja off guard, immediately needing to know the status of her brother Naruko proceeded to grab Hanabi by the shoulders, surprising the black-hair girl was caught off guard by her grip, feeling how strong Naruko was making it unconsciously as she gave Hanabi a very concerned and worried look.

"Oh My God! Is he OK!? Is he hurt!? Did he do something stupid!?"

"Yes, he's ok! I just came from visiting him and he should be out by tomorrow!" The Hyuuga blurted out, hoping to calm Naruko down and get her to lessen her remarkably tight and strong grip.

"Oh thank goodness." Naruko breathed out in relief, loosening her grip on the girl who tried to discreetly remove Naruko's hands from her shoulder.

Hanabi made her way to her sister, the older Hyuuga gazing at the younger in curiosity, noticing how she seemed to have something to say. "Something wrong Hanabi?" She asked with concern, seeing Hanabi turn away quickly before bringing her gaze back to her.

"Uh, Hinata, I was wondering if we and cousin Neji could go out for training before the tournament, there are some opponents that are gonna be tough to beat at my current level. " Hanabi asked, seemingly a bit shy from her request.

Giving the girl a swear smile Hinata placed a hand on her shoulder, leaning down to match her height, "Of course, I'll go inform Neji of in a bit, we'll get something worked up for you by tomorrow." Hinata told her before bringing a hand up to her mouth to whisper in another part, "But for now, I think I'll go with Naruko to visit her Brother in the hospital, someone's gotta to make sure she stays in check."

Hanabi couldn't help but giggle a bit from her sister's remarks, "Sure, I'll see you tomorrow Nee-chan."

And with that Hanabi made her leave, heading off to who knows where.

Making her way to her blond friend Hinata brought a hand to Naruko's shoulder, "Come on, let's go visit Naruto."

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea," Naruko accepted the two making there way to the Hospital, leaving a lone Nara by himself in the streets.

"Man come on, first I get dragged out of the cafe before finishing my food, left in the middle of the street, and now I gotta decided whether to head back to the cafe and maybe get to finish my meal, or head to the exam building which is closer and most likely get yelled at by Temari, doesn't matter when I come in, she'll find something to reprimand me on." Shikamaru grumbled, sighing in frustration, "Man what a drag."


Back in the Hospital room, Naruto was currently laid back in his head, resting his body while he focused on his mind, trying to think back on the exam so far and see what he could improve on before the tournament.

'Well, I need more options for fighting. I could try practicing my sealing techniques with my scrolls a bit more, but I don't think that suits how I fight, then again I can't just keep using shadow clones either, sure their great for giving me strength in numbers and allowing me to strategize, but they can be taken out too easily, and that'll waste too much Chakra even by my standards when I could be using it for something else.' The blonde mussed, before bringing a hand to his hair in frustration, "Man why is it so hard to think of something! I've been around amazing shinobi all my life yet no ideas are coming to me!" He complained.

But his complaining was cut short when he heard a knock on his door, "Come in!" He called out to whoever was on the other side, wondering who they were.

And he got his answer as the door proceeded to burst open, revealing his elder sister who rushed over to him with breakneck speeds before pulling him into a bone-crushing hug.

"Oh my goodness Naruto I came as soon as I heard, you're not hurt are you? You healing ok? What happened? Did you do something stupid?" The twin-tail girl question, not noticing her Brother struggling to get out of her grip as he could've sworn he bones were gonna crack.

"Naruko, you're gonna crush him."

Glancing over his sister's shoulders Naruto saw Hinata standing behind her, closing the door to the room as she saw him look at her, giving the boy a sweet smile in return as she made their way over to them.

"Oh, right." Naruko realized as she let go of her brother, the genin landing back on the bed with an umph, "Sorry about that Naruto." She apologized to her brother.

"Yeah, yeah." He grumbled as he tried to move his arms again, making sure they were too sore from the hug as he gave his sister a questioning look, "So what are you doing here?"

Giving a look of mock hurt Naruko answered, "What, I can't come and visit my baby brother for his first Chunin Exams? I thought you'd be happy to see me, especially after the ass-kicking it looks like you got." She teased.

"Hey, I still passed!" Naruto barked back, only to have Naruko flick his forehead, making him rubbed his temple in irritation from her flick.

"Yeah yeah," Naruko chuckled as she pushed his legs a bit to the side to make room and sat up on the bed, legs swinging off the side while she put one over the other, her side facing Naruto, while Hinata took a seat on the chair next to the bed as she watched the two siblings communicate.

"As for why we're here, since Shikamaru and Sakura said they needed to come and help set up the final parts of the exam or whatever, me and Hinata decided to tag along and see how you and Hanabi were fairing, oh, and Neji's here too." Naruko explained before giving her brother a curious look, "So what happened? It takes a pretty bad ass-kicking to get one of us into the hospital."

Naruto looked away from her sister, looking out the window next to his bed, his pause concerning his Sister and her best friend.

"Naruto?" Hinata asked, concerned for the boy.

"I got my ass kicked all right, the team who we face last round were good, even when I thought I was doing good, they just had more skill, and honestly, they might have had more motivation to win than me," Naruto explained, catching the two girls a bit off guard from his seriousness.

"More motivation?" Naruko question, wondering what he exactly meant.

Still looking out the window Naruto responded, "They were Rain ninja, apparently their land was used as battlefields during the last Great Ninja War, and the one I faced certainly appeared to hold a grudge, even then I fell right into her trap, got stab and woke up here."

'Just stabbed?' Naruko thought, she knew how serious stab wound could be, but for someone like her and Naruto, they weren't nearly as bad, in fact, she's had her fair share of stab wounds, and even than the worse only took a day to heal, well there was that scar she got from Sasuke on her chest, but she gave him a fair sare as well, still, never was one so bad that it sent her to the hospital for a while. Then again, she knew her brother wasn't exactly on par with her regeneration so maybe that had something to do with it.

But Naruto wasn't finished as the two Chunin saw the Genin tighten his fist on the covers in frustration, "The thing is, they were better than us, and in the end Hanabi said we only passed on luck, the Rain Ninja seemed to just leave and I don't know why, in all honesty, we didn't pass cause we earn it, we passed from their pity."

Silence filled the room for a bit, the two girls taking in his words, and realizing just how much Naruto was putting himself down.

"*Huff* " Naruko sighed out, reaching over to her Brother she flicked his head with much more force than last time, Naruto hissing in pain from the sensation, "Stop that." She ordered.

"Huh?" Naruto asked, confused while still holding his sore forehead as he gave her an annoyed and confused look.

"Stop doubting yourself." She told him, her expression stern as she stared at him, "My team only made it through parts of the exam through luck and pity as well, it happens, but if you're gonna broad and complain about you better just give up now. Instead of complaining about it wasn't the skills that lead to you passing, actually do something about and get stronger."

Hinata, feeling like she should jump in as well spoke, "Your Sister's right, take it from someone who feels like you do, the only way things will change is if you actually try and change it, it can be frustrating for things not to happen as you want, but that should just fuel you to make it happen next time."

Naruto felt speechless from the two's words, they somehow always seemed to know what to say together, one cutting to the point, while the other lifted him back up. Feeling his spirit rising again the Genin gave the two his trademark proud smile, making them both smile back from the sight.

"Thanks you two, I gotta make sure I don't waste my training with Uncle Jiraiya." He thanked, but the mention of Jiraiya caught his sister off guard.

"Wait, Pervy Sage is here? And you're gonna train with him?" She asked.

Looking at her in surprise, thinking she would already know of Jiraiya presence Naruto responded, "Yeah, he visited me a little while ago, said he'd meet me tomorrow to start training for the tournament, did you not know he was here?"

"No!" Naruko exclaimed, her facing turning into one of frustration, "He leaves for more than a year and when he comes back he doesn't even visit me! I'm his best student."

"I thought Dad was his best student?" Naruto interrupted.

But Naruko just gave him an angry stare that made him flinch, "Don't push it." She sternly ordered, to which she had the Genin shut up before she realized there was something she's been meaning to ask, "Wait, do you know who you're fighting for the tournament?"

Hinata perked up from the question as well, realizing she didn't even know who her Sister was facing as well. "Do you think you can tell me who Hanabi is facing as well?" She asked.

"Oh, Hanabi's facing a cloud Ninja named Karui, from what I can tell she and her team are strong, and I'm facing," Naruto paused for a bit, causing the two girls to worry about his opponent as he said the name, "Konohamaru."

Silence came over the room once more, the two girls a bit shocked at the opponent, before they saw Naruto start to laugh, "Man to think out of all the opponents I would have to fight him!"

Naruko couldn't help but start to laugh as well, "My student vs my little Brother, god who do I root for, the one I chose to train, or the one I've had to endure like a pain for most of my life?" She joked, a tear coming out of her eye from how fate seemed to place the matchup.

Hoping off the bed the blonde bombshell took a step towards the door, "Guess I better go find him than, I did promise to help him train." She stated before turning around, "You don't mind that, do you Naruto?" She asked, a bit curious about her brother's opinion.

But the Genin didn't seem to mind, "Go on ahead, it'll only make it better when I beat him!" He proclaimed with a daring smirk, his Sister smirking back.

"Well then I better go and make sure he's worthy of the fight, just know that when you do face him Naruto, he'll be a force to be reckoned with." The twin-tailed Sister stated while Hinata also got up, but as she was about to take a step to the door with her friend, Naruko got an idea.

Whispering into Hinata's ear Naruto thought he saw Hinata stiffen a bit, his sister pulling away from the bluenette before grabbing Hinata's hand and walking back to his bed, the two leaning on either side of his face respectively as the next thing he knew, he felt their soft lips pressed against each of his checks. His face going red enough that it would've matched the color of lipstick if either girl had worn any, the two pulling away as they saw the stunned look on his face.

Naruko seemed cheerful from the kiss, the face her brother giving off as well as Hinata's own red face being a treat for her eyes, grabbing her friends hand she pulled Hinata out of the room as she said, "Call that a gift for making it so far, and good luck training with Pervy Sage, you're gonna need."

And with that she closed the door, leaving Naruto alone by himself once again as he couldn't help but touch both his cheeks, he didn't know why, but he could feel his heart racing, just as much so as when his Mother was giving him his reward, and he didn't exactly know why.


"My my, looks like you still had a bit of fight left in you, even with Samehada snapping away at your chakra you were still able to save enough to try and escape." A Shark skinned man wearing a black cloak with red clouds dotting it spoke to the bloody red hair old-man on the ground in front of him, his skin charred from his attempted escape from his captors, a Stone forehead protector showing his Village of origin. But even with his grave wounds, the defeated Jinchuriki was still breathing, even if just barely.

A few feet away a young man black hair man wearing a similar cloak had his eyes turn from a red background with three dark tomoe fade away, giving his eyes their usual onyx color. "Let us go Kisame, and be delicate when carrying his body, just a drop could kill him at this point."

"Yeah yeah." The man now identified as Kisame replied, making sure to carefully pick the defeated Jinchuriki up from the ground and slinging him over his shoulder. Turning to his partner Kisame saw the man hold his head for a bit, or more specifically, cover his eyes.

"Even just having the Sharingan out is enough to give you a headache, ay Itachi?" Kisame joked.

Removing his hand from his face the Uchiha killer gave his partner a blank stare, "I'll manage." He assured before heading down the path they were originally on, "Now come on, we're already late."

Hurrying his pace to match his Kisame had a grin on his face, "What's the hurry? It's not like the rendezvous site is that far." He stated, trying to lighten the mood.

"The faster we get there the quicker we can seal him and rest before our next mission." The Uchiha explained.

"Yeah yeah, I guess you have a point." Kisame agreed, conceding in trying to have a longer conversation with the man. The two walking together in silence for the next couple of hours, with the sun above their head starting to set while the sky above them filled with dark clouds, a light drizzle setting over them.

Though the pair didn't have to stay in the rain for two longs as they finally reached their destination, a large entrance that was currently blocked a large boulder, a seal tag visible on its front. With a quick hand seal, Itachi had the boulder start to rumble before it began levitating off the ground, providing the two with enough space to move under it.

Making there way inside the cave the boulder behind them settled down once more, blocking the way in and out as the area was only dimly lit with a few torches. But on the other side of the cave, the pair could make out two figures along with a few of their features. One with bright long yellow hair, a bang on his front that covered one of his eyes with a half pony-tail on the back of his head, while the other one was much shortened and hunched over, having a wide frame with most of his face covered. The two of them each wearing similar cloaks to Itachi and Kisame.

"Ayy, took you guys long enough, while you two were taking your sweet ass time we had to seal the Three-Tails without you!" The yellow hair man complained, irritated at his comrades.

"Sorry about that Deidara," Kisame apologized to the man before turning to show the unconscious Jinchuriki on his shoulder, shaking the body a bit he stated, "But this guy was a lot more trickier to bring here than we thought, this old dog knows a lot of tricks."

But Deidara didn't seem too interested in the reason as he crossed his arms in annoyance, "Yeah, yeah." He mocked before walking up to the shark-skin man, or more specifically, the man over his shoulder, "Man Kisame you didn't hold back, it looks like he could die any second." He expressed, genuinely believing in the possibility.

And his partner seemed to believe in the possibility as well as he brought his head up, "Well then if that's the case then we should probably get started." He suggested, before turning to Itachi, taking a couple of steps towards the Uchiha the hunched over man had a tail come out from the back of his cloak. The metallic mechanical limb curled up at the end as it seemed to be holding something before unraveling, revealing a small glass jar sealed with a liquid substance as he presented it to the Uchiha.

"It's a new combination I've been trying out, it'll hopefully help with your disease for the next few months before we have to switch to a new type of medicine, lest we let the disease gets your body to create antibodies like with the last one." The man explained, Itachi taking the jar from him as he put it away in his pocket.

"Thank you, Sasori, you're medicine has been remarkable." Itachi praised his comrade, who seemed uninterested in the words as he turned away.

"It's nothing, that disease is honestly a nice little challenge for me, been a while since I've been this challenged as a chemist." Sasori explained, but before any of them could continue their conversation a voice cut through the air.

"If you are all done catching up, it's time to start the sealing."

Turning to the voice the four members saw a holographic projection standing in the room, the purple eyes he had confirmed his identity as their leader to each of them, and with a quick hand sign, the ground around the hologram began shaking, before something rose up. A giant, earthen-colored humanoid entity with a decayed appearance was how the members would describe the statue, its blindfolded face staring at them while its rose out in front of it, bringing its fingers up for 1 person to take each spot.

The holographic projection of their leader vanished, before reappearing on one of the fingers, and one by one several of the other fingers had holographic projectiles coming upon them as well. Knowing what to do the 4 Akatsuki members moved to their spots, with Kisame making sure to put the Jinchuriki in the center of this statue before going to his spot. And once everyone was in position, hand seals at the ready to add their chakra, their leader spoke once more.

"Now, let us begin, the faster we get this done, the more time we have to prepare for the invasion."

And with that, the sealing of the 4 tails begin.


A/N: And Naruto finally got his first reward where he gets to cum! Good for him! And I'm getting him to move out! Wanna see what its like for him to eave on his own for a bit. And the Akatsuki get closer and closer, trust me when I say, they're gonna make a scene. By the way been reading some of the comments, and many of you seem to think Naruto's a bit weak, I guess when writing his fights I always wanted to portray him as smart and clever, but inexperience and not the best, and thought that making his opponents a bit higher level it would flow better. But apparently not, so I'm bringing in Jiraiya! And hopefully I can give an in-canon explanation to Naruto's weakness. And by the way its looking as I'm writing the next few chapters this little training arc should be around two more chapters, setting up a couple of things, so there's that. Until than, see you!