Chapter 10: 1 year later-return of Naruto and Hinata
Kotetsu and Izumo stood guard at the entrances of Konoha. It has been ten years since they became chunnin, and frankly, guard duty is what they have been doing the whole time.
"Ten years and we're still doing this crud," complained Izumo.
"Yeah, nothing ever happens here. Wish something will happen," said Kotetsu. Kami must have granted his wish, because a huge senkaimon gate appear out of thin air, in front of them. "What the!? Shit, Izumo! Be on your guard!"
"What is it?!" asked Izumo worriedly. The gates open and a large group of people stepped out. The immortal gate guards had their jaws hanging seeing WHO the people were. The first person they saw was the known nine-tails which they know as Kyuubi, or in recent terms, Kuruma. Kuruma had on black anbu pants with a red jonin-style vest over a white shirt. His nine tails stood behind him, swaying.
The next was who they know as Uzumaki-Komamura Rankuro, otherwise known as the Crystal Shinigami. Nothing much changed about him. Silver hair, anbu style outfit, and the Kusanagi on his back. Yup, good ol' Ranko.
Follow up was a pink hair girl wearing a OnmitsukidÅ ninja outfit and the traditional Jonin vest. Normally, they would have assume that the girl is a Haruno, but that cancels out by her appearance. One word: breasts. That, and she is a shinigami. Her name is Kusajishi Yachiru. Sorry, was Kusajishi Yachiru. She is now Uzumaki-Kusajishi Yachiru. That's right, Ranko actually pop the big question after ten years being together. Won't go into details, but it does involve Ranko proposing in front of the 9th and 11th squad, and Kenpachi chasing the fox boy with his zanpakto with threats that would make Tayuya, Nara Yoshino, or any Jashin priests blush in embarrassment. That action cost Naruto a month of training.
The next person was a white hair woman with fox ears and ten tails swaying behind her. She had on a white spandex suit that did VERY little to hide her busty body. She had on a white jonin vest over her torso. This woman is known as Kitsune No Keiko, the ten tail fox, Ranko's biju.
Next to her was a man that would make any person's brain shut down. He had bright blue eyes, and spiky, blond hair with jaw-length bangs to the side of his face. He had on a blue Konoha nin-suit with the standard jonin flak jacket. He had on a white short-sleeved, long Haori with red flames painted on it's edges. On the back was the Kanji for Yellow Flash. This person was none other than Namikaze Minato, back and better than ever.
Next to him was a woman that is wearing a white blouse with a green apron-like dress. She had red fiery hair and violet eyes. Her expression was a foxy like smirk. This person was know as the red death herself, Uzumaki Kushina, aka Naruto's mom.
Next to her was someone that completely shock Kotetsu and Izumo. It was a young teen with spiky blond hair and blue eyes, similar to Minato. He had on a orange jumpsuit with black sleeves and to the extent down the torso. His bangs appear side to his face giving the boy a near stiking resemblance to Minato. He had on a red long coat with black fire patterns on its edges. The most distinctive attribute of him was the six whisker marks on his face. This person was none other than Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto, and boy, he is no longer the short hyperactive blonde they remember. Naruto's still hyperactive, but now taller, going at 5 foot 1 inches.
The last person of the group was a young girl who appears to be blushing of the blonde next to her. She had capri pants and the traditional Hyuga sweater. She was slender and beautiful, going at the height of approximately 5 feet tall. She has short indigo hair. Her two distinctive features were her whisker marks and her lavender, pupiless eyes. Her name is Hyuga Hinata, and she is the new rabbit goddess of Konoha.
"Kotetsu, Izumo! Long time no see!" greeted Minato. He was responded with the gate guards fainting on the spot. "O-kay, not the response I was looking for."
"Well what do you expect, Minato-kun? What would anyone had done if they saw two great heros alive from their supposed death?" said Kushina.
"Good point."
"Ah, good to be back home, huh Hinata-chan?" said Naruto, giving the new rabbit goddess his trademark foxy grin.
"It is, Naruto-kun." answered Hinata, blushing.
"Remember Hinata, I did promise you a date after our year of training."
"Eep!"
"Shame Hanataro and Nel couldn't come, Yachi-chan," said Ranko to his newly wife.
"Well, Hana-chan did have medic duties and Nellie-chan had to work at your squad along with Hali-chan," pointed out Yachiru.
"Oh yeah, I forgot."
"I wonder what our brothers are doing?" Asked Keiko.
"Knowing Saiken, Isobu, and Chomei, probably hiding from you," responded Kuruma.
"Kuru-chan, shut up or I'll hurt you," threatened Keiko.
"Yes, sis."
"How should we enter?" asked Kushina to the group. "By the Hiraishin no Jutsu, or walking through the gates and see everyone's faces upon seeing us."
"Let's walk. I feel like visiting some old friends." answered Minato.
"Then walking we shall," said Keiko as the group went through the gates. While down the road to the hokage tower, the group couldn't help but laugh at the reactions the villagers had when they saw the Yondiame and his wife walking as if nothing happened to them. Their comments are no different.
"It's the Yondiame and the Red death!"
"Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina walking among the living!"
"Konoha's Yellow Flash has returned!"
Yeah, it's that funny.
"Hey dad, check that out," said Naruto, pointing at the hokage monument. The group looked up and were surprised that along with the four hokage heads was a fifth one, and it was Tsunade herself. "Baa-chan's a hokage now."
"Guess the old monkey finally retire for real," chuckled Minato. "I'm surprise he didn't let my dad be hokage."
"Knowing the old pervert, he would have made Icha Icha be sold everywhere and have peeping at the hot springs legal without consequences." said Keiko.
"Oh."
"I can't wait to see my mother and father along with uncle and aunt. I wonder if Neji-niisan and Hanabi-neechan misses me as well." wondered Hinata.
"I'm sure they are, Hina-chan," assured Naruto, giving the hyuga heiress a kiss on her whisker cheek. Hinata giggle of the action.
"Awww, how sweet! I sense grandchildren in the future," gushed Kushina. The blonde and indigo blushed, with the latter crimsoned.
"Good thing Unohana and my mom don't act like that," said Ranko.
"For some reason, I think they do when we're not near them," doubted Yachiru. The group made it to the hokage tower and went inside. Just like before, the people inside were shocked of seeing Minato and Kushina backed to life. The group walk toward the secretary's desk, with the woman behind filing some paperwork.
"May I help you?" asked the Secretary, not looking up from her work.
"Yes, can I see the hokage?" asked Minato, trying to keep a straight face.
"Name?"
"Namikaze Minato."
"Ha ha, real funny. Seriously, can I have your- OH KAMI!" sarcastically laughed the Secretary, only to yelp when looking up and saw the late Yellow Flash in front of her eyes. "YONDIAME! H-How can I h-help you?"
"Is my mom busy?" asked Minato.
"Sh-She's busy in a meeting w-with the cl-clan heads," answered the Secretary.
"Even better," said Kushina cheekily as the group walk toward the office.
(The Hokage office)
Tsunade sighed as Shizune went over the reports of the students of the academy with Jiraiya and the clan heads (minus Nagato and Itachi) at the side. Being hokage was not relaxing at all. She can't go one minute without Shizune dropping a pile of paperwork on her. She wonder why her sensei or her son saw in being Hokage.
'Kami, if you truly exist, please give me a sign to stop this meeting,' pleaded Tsunade. Fortunately for her, Kami exists, because at that moment the doors to her office were kicked open by none other than...
"Naruto!" shouted Tsunade and Jiraiya as everyone saw the knucklehead blonde grinning at them.
"Baa-chan! Ero-jiji! I'm back!" shouted Naruto, who dodged a paperweight thrown by Tsunade.
"Damn it Naruto! I'm not old yet!" Yelled Tsunade.
"Yeah, treat your grandparents with respect!" yelled Jiraiya.
"Jeez, even today you two still act like this," said Minato, stepping foward. Silence filled the room as everyone looked at the Yondiame standing before them.
"M-M-Minato?" said Tsunade.
"S-Son?" said Jiraiya.
"Hey Kaa-san, Tou-san," waved Minato as the rest of the group enter the room. Tsunade ran to her son and grabbed him in a bone crushing hug. Oh how she misses him.
"Oh my baby boy! I can't believe your back!" cried Tsunade.
"Ack! Can't...breathe!" choked Minato. As Tsunade and Jiraiya reconcile with their son, Hiashi stepped forward to his daughter.
"Hinata, it is good to see you return." greeted Hiashi. "You have clearly grown. You are just as beautiful as your mother."
"Arigato, father. It is good to be back. How is the family?" said Hinata.
"Your mother and sister misses you dearly. Hizashi and Neji do as well." Answered her father. Keiko then walked up to the clan heads.
"Hey, anything new since we left? How are my brothers? The Uzumaki clan? The others?"
"Well, Deidera is a chunnin and works alongside with the demolition squad of Konoha. Kisame is a jounin and is usually seen sparing with Hayate in Kenjutsu. Kakuzu is always out of the village, doing S-rank assassinations because of the rewards. Zetsu is part of Jiraiya's spy network due to his specialty of appearing anywhere discreetly. As for the Uzumaki, Nagato is doing well along with Konan. He finally regain his lost muscle from before. Tayuya, Kin, and Karin are still in the academy. As for your brothers, Isobu is seen walking around. Chomei and Fu is usually at the Aburame clan compound because of their familiarity of bugs. Saiken and Utakata are busy with teaching their own students with their bubble jutsu and stuff." answered Inoichi.
"Great, what about Kimmimaro, Hika, and Guren?" Keiko asked.
"Troublesome. The three applied for the chunnin exams six months ago amd only Kimmimaro and Hika were promoted. Guren didn't because she lost in the preliminary round against Kimmimaro and his five dances jutsu." said Shikaku.
"Ouch. So I guess Guren is going to have a new genin team this year, huh?" said Ranko.
"Exactly, though it'll be surprising to see a 17 year old genin along with two 13 year olds." chuckled Tsume.
"Now that's something I see. So what now?"
"Well," said Tsunade, finally letting go of Minato, "Naruto and Hinata need to go to the academy. Today is the graduation exam."
"Really, then. What are me and Hinata-chan waiting for?" said Naruto as he and Hinata walk toward one of the open windows. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a tri-pointed kunai with a seal on it. Everyone's eyes widen when they saw the kunai.
"Naruto! Is that what I think it is?!" asked Sarutobi.
"You betcha!" replied Naruto, smirking. He gave the kunai a good throw out the window, watching it sailing over the village. He then turned to Hinata. "Hinata-hime, if I may hold your hand," asked Naruto. Hinata blushed as she gave her hand to her boyfriend. Naruto took hold and said only three words that shocked the rest of the room.
"Hiraishin no Jutsu!"
A bright orange flash covered the room, and in the moment, Naruto and Hinata disappeared. Seeing the clan heads and in-laws in shocked, Kushina spoke.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our son, Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto, and my future daughter-in-law, Hyuga Hinata, Konoha's Orange Flash and Rabbit goddess."
(At the Academy)
Iruka watched as he gave the final score to Tayuya and gave her a headband. Said girl started whooping and cheering as she ran back to her seat between Kiba and Karin. He sighed as he call out the next person. "Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto?" he called.
"The dobe ain't here. You might as well fail the failure." said Sasuke, arrogantly.
"Yeah! The demon-baka and his whore aren't even here!' agreed the pink harpie, Sakura. Many of the classmates glared at the two. Kiba was pissed because he viewed Naruto as a brother and Hinata as a little sister, and those two are clearly putting them down. Ino scowled of how cold Sasuke has turned, and how her former friend agreed as well. Choji shook his head in disbelief, wondering how the two even made it this far. Shino stayed emotionless, but if near him, one can hear the angry buzzing of his bugs. Shikamaru in his part believe that they were troublesome, like how Sakura takes after her mother. As for Sasuke, it clearly obvious that he takes after his grandfather, or he was the incarnation of Madara. Fu scowled because Sakura clearly puts down Jinchuruukis without even believing they are humans. Kin and Karin had to restrain Tayuya from summoning her Oni summons from pulverizing the Pink one, even though they want it to happen. Iruka shook his head in disappointment. Ever since the Tsunade took down the law concerning Kuruma, Sakura had been putting down Naruto because of the fox and Hinata just for having a crush on him. He remember how Mizuki tried to assemble a mob against Naruto when Tsunade took office. Unfortunately for the Chunnin, the law was still in effect and Tsunade punished him by giving a chakra enhanced punch to the skull. Messy. As for Sasuke, Iruka talked to both Itachi and Mikoto about his condition, and all Itachi said was and quote,
"He is a fool, thinking everything revolves around him. One of these days, he will go too far, and I will have no choice but to brand him as a traitor."
Iruka had a feeling that branding traitor was more to than meets the ears. As he is about to mark Naruto absent, a kunai crashed through a window and made its mark in front of Iruka, scaring the whole class. Before the teacher did anything, an orange flash filled the room, and when it died down, standing in front of the class was...
"YONDAIME?!" yelled Iruka, pointing at Naruto in a comedic fashion.
"I'm hurt Iruka-sensei, don't you recognized your own students?" said Naruto in a fake hurt tone.
"Naruto! Hinata!" answered Iruka, shock of seeing his students back and different looking. "You two changed!"
"Thank you, Iruka-sensei," said Hinata. "Tsunade-sama said we are ready for the graduation exams."
"Well, since you two came, it's better if I assess you two at the same time." said Iruka. "First off, Substitution!" Naruto and Hinata nodded and perform the required hand signs. Smoke cover the two and when it died out, there stood Minato and Kushina, who shocked the hell out the class and Iruka. "What the-? Minato?! Kushina?! Is it really you two?!"
Kushina turned to Iruka and gave her trademark fox smile. "Well, if it isn't Iruka-chan!" she said as she pinched both of Iruka's cheeks, who was still in shock of seeing Konoha's greatest heroes alive. Smoke covered them, and Naruto and Hinata were back to their normal places. "How do you like that? You met my mom and dad." Naruto said, cheekily.
"Uh, Henge?" said Iruka, still in shock. Naruto and Hinata nodded as they perform the correct hand signs and henge into Sasuke and Sakura.
"Ohh, Sasuke-kun! Please take me, my body can not wait for you," said Hinata as Sakura.
"Hn. Be quiet, you are weak." said Naruto as Sasuke. The class cracked up in laughter, with Tayuya saying somewhere in the lines of, "Emo king can't get his dick up even if he tried." Sasuke scowled and Sakura bitched at the two.
"DAMN YOU, YOU STUPID DEMON!"
"Bla bla bla, demon shmenon, I heard it all before. You can't do anything with petty words." mocked Naruto as he turned to Iruka, with Sakura screeching once more. "Iruka-sensei, what's next?" he asked.
"Final test is the clones portion." the scarred chunnin answered. Naruto and Hinata perform the hand signs, but not for the regular clones.
"Kage Bushin No Jutsu!"
Smoke filled the room, and moments later the room was covered in a large crowd of Narutos and Hinatas, shocking the hell out of the class. Iruka can only watch in awe of two academy students performing jonin level jutsu, but then again, the two had special training. After regaining his composure, he spoke, "Alright you two, that was an amazing feat, especially the last part. Congratulations." He handed over two Hitai-ates to the two, with the latters taking them. Naruto whooped in joy and grabbed Hinata, giving her the biggest kiss he ever gave, on the LIPS. Of course, this shocked the whole class with jaws hanging, boys jealous of Naruto, girls with dark clouds on their heads, Shikamaru saying troublesome, Ino, Kin, and Karin aweing at the affection, Choji and Shino giving thumbs up, and Tayuya and Kiba doing catcalls. Of course, there is that one person who ruin things for them.
"Great, they're trading spit already. How revolting," scoffed Sakura.
BAM!
Everyone turned to the sound and saw Sakura face planted on the floor. On top of her was Kuruma and Keiko in all their tail glory. "Damn bitch won't shut up. Hey kit, just to let you know we're having a clan meeting at the Namikaze estates." said Kuruma.
"All of us?" asked Naruto.
"All except Rankuro. He is currently busy at the Hokage tower with your grandmother, telling her about your training along with your vixen," the fox smirked, seeing Hinata going twelve shades of red.
"Oh shut up, you stupid furball." Replied Naruto as the two bijus disappeared in smoke. "Sorry Hinata-chan, clan business. Tayuya, Karin, let's go!" The two sisters nodded and all three disappeared in smoke.
(Back at the Hokage office)
"Let me get this straight, you're telling me that Naruto and Hinata are clearly strong enough to be, and I hope I didn't heard this right, Sannin level?" said Tsunade to Ranko. The clan heads had left the room to pick up on any new business back at their clan compound. Kushina left to the Uzumaki (Namikaze) clan house for a meeting (which is most likely Naruto's training or ramen related). Minato left to visit his old student, Kakashi, wanting to know the cyclop's reaction to seeing his old sensei alive and well. Yachiru went to the hot springs to relaxe. Jiraiya went to the hot springs as well, but for his research. Normally, Ranko would have follow and dragged the pervert from spying on his wife, but Yachiru is clearly strong enough to handle herself.
Speaking of which, a high pitched, girlish scream can be heard from the hot springs.
"Are you freakin drunk? I said the two are strong enough to be a sannin, you old hag," repeated Ranko, who dodge a fist to the head.
"Shut up! You're old, too!" pointed out Tsunade.
"Yeah, but we shinigami age gracefully. I could be a thousand years old and still look 17. My sister, for example, physically look 12, but mentally, 25." explained Ranko.
"Back to I was saying, if Naruto and Hinata are basically Sannin level, wouldn't it be appropriate to just make them Jonin?"
"True, but they haven't graduated from the academy yet."
"Good point. Alright, that's enough talking for now. Iruka should be bringing in the results from the academy and I need to consult with the other jounins seeing who will take who on their teams." said Tsunade.
"About that..."
"No Ranko, you can't have a genin team. There hasn't been a case of a Sannin taking a genin team. My and Jiraiya are proof of that. You wife, Yachiru however, can have a team since she is a jounin."
"Meh, at least I tried." Shrugged Ranko as he jumped out the window. Tsunade sighed as she pressed the intercom button to call Shizune.
"Shizune, bring me sake. Lots and lots of sake. I feel it's going to be a long day."
(The next day)
Tsunade's office was filled with various jounins who are being assigned their genin teams. Tsunade took a glance at the piece of paper she was holding that shows the teams she already configure. She called out the teams til she got to team 7.
"Hatake Kakashi, you will be in charge of team 7 which consists of Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, and Namikaze Naruto." said Tsunade.
"Duty noted." accepted Kakashi as he read his little orange book. In his mind, he seem happy with having Naruto in his team ever since his sensei came back to life. It was startling, actually. He was on a little date with Inuzuka Rin, and out of nowhere, Minato came out of nowhere and surprise the two. The couple did what any other person does upon seeing someone once thought lost forever.
They fainted.
"Yuuhi Kurenai, you will be in charge of team 8, which consists of Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino."
"Yes, Hokage-sama." said Kurenai.
"Team 9 is still in effect, so we'll skip that one. Sarutobi Asuma, you will be in charge of team 10, which consists of Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akamichi Choji."
"Okay." said Asuma, puffing out a smoke.
"Mitarashi Anko, you will be in charge of team 11, which consists of Uzumaki Tayuya, Tsuchi Kin, and Uzumaki Karin."
"Time to teach those maggots a lesson or two," grinned Anko evilly, causing many of the occupants to shiver.
"Also, can you please not bring your daughter into these things. The last time you were assigned a team, you were 7 months pregnant and you went all hormonal rage on them," pleaded Tsunade. Ever since that fateful day when Iruka and Anko 'kissed', the two had been going steady until one day, the two decided to go to a party hosted by Tsunade herself. There was music, food, sake, and long story short, Anko woke up naked on Iruka's bed with the chunin right next to her. No regrets were made, and nine months later, Anko gave birth to a girl who they named, Chiaki. Chiaki had the same hair style like her mother, but with her father's hair color, brownish. She had tan skin like Iruka as well. She takes after her mother more than her father.
"No can do!" decline Anko, smirking.
"Yeah!" said a little 4 year old girl appearing behind Anko. She had on a fishnet shirt and a trench coat, just like her dear old mom. "Those idiots aren't worth being train, old lady!" The insult cause Tsunade to sport a tick mark.
"Chiaki, just be quiet. Uzumaki-Kusajishi Yachiru, we seem to hit a snag with the teams. You were suppose to have team 12, but we only have two students remaining, thus putting them on the reserved list. Those two are Guren and Fu." sighed Tsunade.
"How is that a problem?" asked Ranko, appearing by the window.
"Did you just enter my office, by using the window?" said Tsunade.
"Yeah, Jiraiya told me how it was easier than the door so I thought, why not." replied Ranko. "Now, what about the third teammate?"
"Well," Tsunade explained, "there is a reason why we have three-man teams. We put them like that so that they can build on teamwork so when they work on actual missions, they can rely on each other's back"
"I see, so there isn't any other candidate?" asked Ranko.
"Well, there is one, but that's is Yachiru is prepare for it." said Tsunade.
"I think I'm ready for it. Who is this person?" said Yachiru.
"Kuruma Yakumo." said Tsunade flat out. Nobody notice Kurenai stiffen at the name.
"Who's that?" asked Ranko curiously.
"Before I tell you that, can I have everyone leave except for Ranko, Yachiru, and Kurenai?" said Tsunade to the room. Everyone nodded and left, leaving behind the said occupants. "Alright, Yakumo is a member of the Kuruma clan, who are rumor to have the most skilled members when it comes to genjutsu. A long time ago, she was suppose to learn under Kurenai here, but the woman here refused." Ranko and Yachiru turned to Kurenai, who look sorrow for some reason.
"Kurenai-chan, why did you refuse?" asked Yachiru.
"It's because I wasn't ready to teach her yet. I was barely a jounin back then." answered Kurenai.
"There's more," said Tsunade. "Yakumo had some kind of mental breakdown and accidentally perform a genjutsu that cause a fire to her family home. When she woked from the incident, she remember nothing from that day, and all she saw was a painting in front of her showing her house being burned down. In retaliation for the loss of his brother, her uncle placed seals on Yakumo to surpress her mental state, but in the process accidentally freed what is known as the Ido."
"And her uncle?" asked Ranko.
"I don't know. All I know is that he is somewhere in Konoha, but what point, nobody knows. What I do know is that he shows great hostility to his niece and would have killed her if it wasn't for my sensei's intervention." said Tsunade.
"So what now?" asked Kurenai.
"That depends. Yachiru, do you want Yakumo to be the third member despite what happened to her?" asked Tsunade to Yachiru.
"I faced worst," said Yachiru.
"I'll take your word for it. Right now, you will stay here so I can process Yakumo's papers. Ranko, I want you to head to a small house near the village's gates and find Yakumo. The Ido is not an enemy you should laugh at. Bring Keiko just in case, even Jiraiya had trouble getting by the girl when Sarutobi told us about her a long time ago. Also, if her uncle shows up and shows hostility, put him down, permanently. Consider this an S-rank mission." ordered Tsunade.
"Alright, I'll go get the girl," said Ranko. He was about to jump off the window before he looked toward Kurenai. "By the way, Kurenai?"
"Hmm?"
"You're dressed like my old sensei." he said, before jumping off.
"His sensei? She must have good fashion taste," mused Kurenai.
"Hold on, I think I have a picture of her," said Yachiru as she dove her hand in one of her pockets. "Aha! Found it!" She handed the picture to Kurenai. "That person is his sensei, Hisana-chan." Kurenai took a good look at the picture before jaw hanging.
"This is his sensei?! She look like she could be his little sister!"
"You should have met Hisana's sister."