A/N: Hey guys, before we get to the story, I'll answer some stuff.
I have received some complaints about Naruto's behaviour towards his parents, so I wanted to clear this up. It never sit well with me when Naruto so readily accepted his parents in cannon, but don't think for a second that this fic has some sort of bashing, bashing it's just stupid and completely destroys a story's credibility. No, my reasoning for his behaviour is simple, since everything I write it's based off of my own experiences (Naruto in this story has some of my personality traits) I am one to know that is not that simple. I am not saying that I have a big ass twelve winged dragon sealed inside me by my parents, I'm just saying that I had a similar fallout with them and I can tell you that kids, don't give a damn about reasons, as noble as they might be, they only care about who's there and who's not. You may say he's acting like a dick and that he shouldn't accept his gifts then, but don't forget that even if they loved him more than anything in this world, in the end, they still chose the Leaf over being there for their son and they still turned him into a weapon, those are facts that no matter how much you ask them, will never change. I understand that cannon Naruto accepted them so easily out of the necessity to feel the love of a parent, but remember that in this story he has a father in Kakashi and two brothers in Itachi and Sasuke, so that necessity has been nullified here. So allow me to make this clear since now, in this story, Naruto will NEVER see Minato and Kushina as his parents, he DOESN'T hates them though, far from it actually, he respects them both greatly, Minato especially, but to my Naruto they will always be heroes and nothing more, so if that bothers you then you should stop reading this story, for it will not change.
Regarding the Rinnegan, I still haven't decided whether he'll get it or not, if he does though, it will be in a way you fellas won't expect.
I was expecting to make this chapter shorter but it appears my imagination got the better of me once again so I ended up making a regular length chapter.
There is also a lime in this one and as last time, there's a warning in case you wanna skip it.
That's it for now so let's jump into it!
"Naruto"- normal talk.
'Naruto' - thought.
"Naruto" - mental talk.
"Naruto" - Tailed Beast/Creature/Divinity mental talk.
'Naruto' - Tailed Beast/Creature/Divinity thought.
"Naruto" - Tailed Beast/Creature/Divinity speaking.
-LEARN-
Among Waves (Part 4)
"Well Kakashi, is just you and me now." Zabuza said while carrying an excited smirk beneath his bandaged face, he was definitely eager to test his strength against an opponent of Kakashi's stature.
"It appears so yes." Kakashi replied lazily, his face was completely relaxed and his eye was giving his trademark eye-smile but his body however, was completely on guard and ready to attack at a moment's notice.
The two stayed on a frozen state for some seconds, intently watching and trying to measure each other's power, then all of a sudden, the two ninja suddenly sprang into action. Zabuza immediately tried to cleaver Kakashi in half with his Kubikiribōchō by swinging it with great force but Kakashi wasn't one of the Leaf's elite for naught, he proved this when he infused one of his kunai with earth chakra to augment its sturdiness and with it, the silver-haired jōnin parried the strike, much to the surprise of the swordsman of the Mist.
"Hmpfh, What is it with you Leaf-nin being able to parry my swings." Zabuza claimed with a voice that carried both mirth and annoyance.
"Well, we aren't the strongest village for naught, you know?" Kakashi replied with a lazy tone.
After that brief exchange of words, the two jumped away from each other and Kakashi hastily made a series of hind-signs, "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" The last Hatake took a deep breath and a second later, he released a huge fireball straight at Zabuza who could not avoid it in time.
Zabuza seeing that the Copy-Nin's attack was too fast for him to dodge, made some hand-signs of his own and then said, "Water Style: Water Prison!" Instead of using the attack to imprison an enemy, the bandaged swordsman used it on himself so that the fireball wouldn't cause any damage, a plan that worked to the letter since a mere second later, the ball of fire clashed against the water prison, 'Damn… that fire attack was powerful…' Zabuza thought after feeling some small burns on his body due to the water surrounding him boiling up due to the intensity of the fire. He then released the water prison and wanting to rile up his opponent a little, he taunted, "Pretty reckless of you to do that Kakashi… have you forgotten about the unconscious workers?"
Giving the ex-Mist-nin another of his eye-smiles, the lazy jōnin replied casually, "Of course not Zabuza, but even in this thick mist of yours, I know exactly where they all are."
"Tsk…" Zabuza clicked his tongue in annoyance, Kakashi was turning out to be everything he was expecting.
Zabuza then didn't waste any more time and quickly made a quick succession of hand-signs and two other Zabuza appeared beside him, the three then jumped and surrounded Kakashi and without wasting a second, one Zabuza jumped at Team 7's leader and tried to stab him with his massive sword. Kakashi barely avoided the strike but had no time to breathe since one of the other Zabuza did almost the same, just that this time, he swung his sword in a diagonal manner, but Kakashi quickly grabbed one of his kunai and again enforced it with earth chakra, with that, he managed to deviate the attack and with a quick movement, the silver-haired ninja managed to get away from being surrounded.
Making a one hand-sign, Kakashi said, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Two more Kakashi appeared beside him ready to fight, "You're not the only who can do that." He said while getting ready to attack.
The three Kakashi jumped at the three Zabuza and they soon got into a fierce battle of slashes, but since Zabuza was a swordsman and had a big ass sword he certainly had the advantage over Kakashi, but Kakashi again proved why he was an elite when with his kunai managed to parry and deviate most of Zabuza's attacks, so far, no one has been able to land a clear hit.
Soon, one of Kakashi's clones emerged victorious over one of Zabuza's when thanks to his sharingan, managed to trick the clone into a panicky mode making him believe that he could see the future. But the clone had no time to cheer since he was pierced from the back by the other Zabuza clone, Kakashi's clone then disappeared in a puff of smoke a second later.
Soon, the other clone of Kakashi attacked Zabuza's remaining clone and again, the two entered into a fierce battle of slashes and punches. Kakashi and Zabuza couldn't use powerful jutsus because the unconscious workers were still lying around the bridge, Kakashi had no intention on putting them at risk and Zabuza was not one to kill for nothing, so the two decided to stay with close-quarters combat.
The fierce battle between the clones lasted for some more minutes until finally Kakashi's clone managed to land a chidori in Zabuza's chest, "You lose." The clone of the silver-haired jōnin said.
Zabuza just smirked and then responded, "So do you." Before Kakashi's clone could inquire more, the swordsman's clone suddenly grabbed the other clone's wrist so that he couldn't move and quickly stabbed the massive sword into the clone's belly, seconds later, Kakashi's clone disappeared in a puff of smoke while Zabuza's clone turned into water.
The two originals were still stuck in a stalemate but Zabuza could see that thanks to Kakashi's sharingan, he was slowly gaining the upper hand, 'I gotta do something fast…' Zabuza thought after feeling his chakra approaching dangerous levels. He then used his control over the mist that surrounded the whole bridge and mentally increased the thickness, making it almost impossible to see, "I am a master of silent-killing Kakashi… so many ways to kill you in a matter of a second… which will it be?... so many frail places in your body…" His voice then sounded from all around the mist, making it almost impossible for Kakashi to pinpoint his location.
'I need to end this soon… my sharingan is eating way too much of my chakra so I won't be able to hold much longer…' Kakashi thought. He needed a way out and soon, thankfully for him, it took his brain only a couple of seconds to come up with a plan, 'Even if I can't see him, he still needs to be close to me… is time to debut my new move…' Doing a series of hand-signs with incredible speed, Kakashi's body started to be surrounded by bolts of lightning and as soon as he finished the signs, he exclaimed, "Lightning Style: Lightning Pulse!" He then pushed his hands to the sides and all the lightning that accumulated in his body, suddenly shot all around him, the attack could kill most opponents easily but since Kakashi knew that the workers were still around, he had to tone it down so that only the body would be shut down.
'What the…' Zabuza didn't know what was happening but before he could finish his thought, a powerful wave of electricity suddenly hit him and he realized too late that his body could not move at all, "Wh-what… again!?…" He mumbled angrily after he realized that just like with those annoying brats before, he was once again electrocuted and unable to move an inch.
Kakashi then walked towards the downed Zabuza and lazily replied, "You made the mistake of facing off against a lightning user when you are a water user, your own mist allowed me to create a more powerful lightning thanks to the water it uses…" He then grabbed his kunai and charged it with lightning before saying, "You are an incredible ninja Zabuza, I wish we could have been allies but since we're not, I'm afraid I cannot allow you to live."
Zabuza knew this was it, he couldn't move at all and this time, Haku was still too busy fighting against the genin and the same could be said for Aoi who was facing off against the ANBU, so he just closed his eyes and thought, 'I'm sorry Haku… for everything…' He wish he had the chance to apologize to Haku for taking away her freedom and turning her into a weapon, but seeing that Kakashi was about to kill him, he knew he would take those words to the grave. Or so he thought, because it appears that life had given him another chance when out of nowhere, an arrogant laugh could be heard from the other end of the bridge and along with it, the sound of footsteps and armour.
At the same time that the fights between Zabuza vs Kakashi and Haku vs the genin started, the battle between Aoi and Yūgao began as well with Aoi jumping eagerly at the female ANBU Captain.
"I'm going to enjoy cutting you down and sending your head to Hayate, bitch!" Aoi screamed while cocking his sword back to charge a strike, his face looked like a dog with rabies due to the insane amount of spite he was showing towards his former crush.
The purple-haired ANBU easily parried the strike and in a quick movement, managed to land a kick in the missing-nin's tummy, sending him skidding back a few steps, "As rabid as ever I see, you did never grew up." Yūgao said while keeping her stance up.
Growling, Aoi directed a hateful gaze towards the unflinching cat masked ANBU and said, "Shut up you bitch!" He screamed while once again leaping towards the masked ninja while preparing his legendary sword to strike.
Yūgao saw this coming and by applying a bit of earth chakra to her katana, she managed to once again parry the strike. Manoeuvring her katana to push Aoi's lightning sword to the side, she then made a one hand-sign and said, "Water Style: Water Slash!" As soon as the words left her mouth, the water surrounding them in the form of the mist suddenly gathered in Yūgao's hand and seemingly formed the shape of a sword which she swung towards Aoi who had to jump away to avoid the deathly slash of water.
This is what the cat masked swordswoman was aiming for though, since the distance created between them was enough for the ANBU Captain to shot one of her powerful sword combos, "Hazy Moon Night!" After making a one hand-sign and jumping towards Aoi, she released a powerful sword strike that thanks to the after image left due to the speed, Aoi could not avoid entirely, he managed to roll away at the last second but a deep cut was made to his left shoulder.
"Fuck…" Aoi mumbled while wincing in pain, he could feel a sting in his left shoulder and he didn't need to see the arm to know he was bleeding.
Gathering strength again, Aoi made some quick hand-signs of his own and after some seconds, he claimed, "Lightning Style: Lightning Bolt!" He then swung the legendary 'Sword of the Thunder God' and a powerful bolt of lightning was shot from the swing, the bolt had a boost on its power due to the lightning nature of the sword, making the bolt too fast to evade.
Yūgao conjured as much earth chakra as she could, knowing that she could only parry the attack, and after some seconds, the bolt of lightning finally came and she brought her katana forward in order to stop the dangerous bolt. It worked, but with a great cost, "No! Dammit!" She said after being sent back due to the strong explosion that erupted after the bolt hit her sword. The reason for the cursing is because after seeing her katana, she saw that the blade had been broken, her body also felt a little stiff, no doubt due to the powerful lightning current that managed to get through her earth defence.
"Hahaha! You might be better than me Yūgao, but…" Aoi then brought the lightning sword up and said with a cocky grin, "I have the better tool."
The mist around them suddenly thickened, no doubt the work of Zabuza who was fighting Kakashi not far from them, but this allowed Aoi to make use on one of his recently acquired teachings, courtesy of Zabuza, "Oh, thank you master…" He mumbled before disappearing in the thick mist, "You see Yūgao, I have been training under Zabuza himself for some time now and one of the things he taught me, is the silent-killing."
"Tsk…" She clicked her tongue while looking around, trying to find Aoi, but the fact that his voice seemed to be coming from everywhere made it almost impossible, almost, "You seem to forget one of my specialties…" She smirked and then grabbed a kunai from her pouch. She then focused her mind and using her sensor abilities, she managed to find Aoi some steps to her left and with that, she threw the kunai with a paper-bomb attached to it with incredible speed.
"Tsk…" It was Aoi's turn to click his tongue because he did in fact forgot about his opponent being a sensory type, Leaf's best in fact, but even still, he successfully deviate the kunai's trajectory and after some seconds, the sound of the paper-bomb blowing up above them could be heard, "You may be a sensor, but even still, you're helpless inside this mist." He said while carrying a nasty smirk on his face, not that she could see it.
'Dammit this is bad… my sword's out and I have no real experience with this kind of mist…' She thought grimly after realizing that now her opponent had the advantage. She grabbed two more kunai and got her stance and senses ready for the coming onslaught of lightning slashes Aoi will no doubtedly deliver.
Her musing was spot on since seconds later, the sound of somebody moving through the air was registered by the purple-haired ANBU's ears and soon, a deathly slash was shot at her from behind. She managed to avoid the slash barely but surprisingly, Aoi shot a kunai at her, forcing her to deflect the attack.
This continued on for a couple of seconds, the only reason for why Yūgao has been able to avoid the attacks is because Aoi is clearly no master of the silent technique, so he could not avoid making his moves in complete silence, giving away his position. But still, the purple-haired kunoichi was on the losing side here since the strain of constantly avoiding and deflecting the slashes was starting to show up, plus, the fact that even if she parried an attack a small shock of lightning was sent to her no matter what, was making her moves get sloppier every time, 'Dammit, what a backup I turned out to be…' She thought, completely disappointed in herself. Her intention of coming here as fast as she could so she could see if Naruto was okay made her arrive tired due to running without rest from the Leaf to Wave and now, she was paying the consequences.
"You look tired Yūgao, here, sit." The female ninja wanted to curse the arrogant Aoi but soon out of nowhere, Aoi appeared from the side and delivered a critical hit on her right foot, severing the tendon and rendering it useless.
"Ah!" Yūgao screamed in pain and fell on her butt before looking at her foot, she saw it bleeding badly, worst, she could not even stand up due to the pain.
"You disappoint me Yūgao, where is that fierce apprentice of the Red Hot Habanero? How sad…" Aoi said while slowly walking towards the downed ANBU who could only watch as her death was approaching slowly. Aoi then lifted the lightning sword and said, "Don't worry, I'll make sure Hayate gets your head for old times' sake." He then with a maniacal grin, swung his sword down aiming straight at Yūgao's head.
'Naruto… Hayate…' She could only close her eyes and think of those important to her, there was nothing she could do now. But suddenly, she had to open her eyes again when she heard Aoi screaming with what it seemed like a lot of pain, "What th…" She mumbled after seeing Aoi kneeling on the ground while clutching his right arm, the arm he used to hold the sword was severed from below the wrist, even Yūgao winced after seeing the immense amount of blood coming from the mutilated arm.
"What is it with scum wanting to hurt my loved ones nowadays?" A cold and powerful voice could be heard coming from behind the crying Aoi. The figure slowly made his way towards the missing-nin and soon, the figure was revealed to be Naruto shrouded in a cloak of crimson flames as he stood beside Aoi and grabbed him by the hair, pulling him up painfully to face him. Aoi could only shiver in fear after he saw those demonic red glowing eyes with that golden neon slit that seemed to be burning his soul, but the burning was not coming from his soul though, it was coming from his hair and scalp due to being in direct contact with the corrosive essence of a god.
"Na-Naru…" Yūgao mumbled weakly. To be honest, she was a little freaked out, she has never seen this side of her beloved ball of mischief, but the protectiveness he was showing towards her was making her heart beat a little faster.
Seeing that the curse will not get much satisfaction from this pathetic excuse of a swordsman, the silver-haired Uzumaki decided to end his misery when he brought his Gloria to the screaming ninja's neck and with a swift movement, the silver-haired youth cut his throat effortlessly.
After the lifeless body of the missing-nin dropped to the ground, Naruto quickly deactivated his cloak and made his way towards the purple-haired kunoichi, "Yū! You aight?" He asked with great concern after kneeling by her side.
Said female smiled at the teenager and decided to save her troubled emotions for later in order to answer him, "Yeah… thanks to you, Naru…" She said with warmth, trying to reassure the concerned silverette.
But Naruto could see the blood coming from her foot, "You're not alright Yū! Look at your foot…" He said while examining the injured limb, the cut was deep and she will undoubtedly need surgery to reattach the severed tendon, his blood could cure her foot without problem but that will entail her to become drawn to him in a sexual way and he did not wanted to steal anyone's girl, much less the girl of a man he respected and loved as his swordsmanship teacher, so he just took his jacket off and proceeded to tear a sleeve from his shirt and then carefully wrapped it around the wound, managing to stop the bleeding for now, "That should do for the moment." He uttered.
"Thanks." She said while removing her mask and proceeding to give him a thank you kiss on the cheek, making both of them blush from the affectionate act.
Naruto recovered faster and that's when he saw a strange object near him, it looked like a sword grip but it had no blade. Most people would disregard it as useless junk but Naruto was a sword maniac, and he recognized the object as one of the most powerful swords in existence, the 'Sword of the Thunder God' which previously belonged to the Second Hokage.
"Whatta… seriously!? Dis fool!? He had the 'Sword of the Mudafaking Thunder God' in his pathetic possession!?" He said while grabbing the grip which such care, love and admiration that it looked like two lovers seeing each other once more after a long time.
"Yup… he stole it some years back…" The purple-haired female responded while giggling at the boy's sudden change in mood, "It deserves a better swordsman and I don't think there's one better than you." She said while caressing his knee affectionately.
Naruto smiled after hearing the honesty in her voice, she actually believed that and seeing her looking at him like that, it made his whole body warm, 'Damn ya Hayate-sensei… ya lucky fool…' He mentally cursed his beloved sensei due to the silverette's jealousy. He then looked back at the grip and decided to test it by channelling some of his chakra in it and the sword quickly responded, but there was something different, the lightning blade changed drastically from his regular yellow colour to a dark-crimson, the blade also became significantly larger and thinner, resembling Gloria in shape, "Whoa…" He mumbled stunned, the sword looked so cool and much more deadly than before, it was mesmerizing.
Yūgao was in a similar mesmerized state, the new look of the sword was hypnotizing, "Amazing, I heard that the sword was capable to take on the shape that the wielder imagined… you have a haunting imagination, Naru…" She mumbled with a voice that was barely a whisper.
Naruto wanted to respond but they were interrupted when the sudden sound of someone laughing arrogantly was heard, accompanied by the sound of many people walking with armour.
"Gatō…" Naruto muttered with so much hate and killing intent that even Yūgao flinched.
"Haha! Pathetic, the lot of ya!" An arrogant voice could be heard coming from the end side of the bridge, gaining the attention of all the ninja that were fighting.
Some seconds after, the mist finally receded enough to allow an almost clear view of the whole bridge and the ninja could see that Tazuna seized the distracted state of the ninja engaged in battle to pull the majority of the unconscious workers away from the battle, they could now also see the results of each other's confrontations.
Kakashi who was still on top of Zabuza who could still not move, looked towards his genin. He felt his heart stop for a second when he saw them lying on the ground unmoving but his distress was quickly removed when he heard the soft voice of Haku saying.
"Don't worry Leaf ninja… they're… they're just unconscious…" Haku struggled a little to speak or stand, almost all of the right side of her body was numb due to Sasuke's powerful chidori and the fact that she spent so much of her chakra was already weighing on her aching body.
"You are too soft Haku, as always…" Zabuza mumbled weakly after listening to his protégé's words. He wasn't reprimanding her or anything, his voice carried more mirth than disappointment.
"I saw no necessity of killing them." She replied, she was lying of course but she couldn't say that this was all planned and less could she say that it was Naruto's plan.
Kakashi then turned towards Yūgao and again, was surprised and a little freaked out when he saw the scene. There, Yūgao was sitting while grabbing her foot that seemed to be wrapped around a piece of cloth, no doubt hurt, but just some steps in front of her, laid the body of Aoi surrounded by a lot of blood. That wasn't what freaked Kakashi out though, it was seeing his son covered in no doubt Aoi's blood while wielding the lightning sword which had turned into an eerie crimson colour, his whole frame was shrouded by the dragon's power and the mere presence of him was making the whole place feel eerie.
"Look at yourself Zabuza! You're nothing but a pathetic imposter! 'Demon of the Mist' my ass!…" The midget screamed while smirking arrogantly. He then walked in front of his thugs and added, "Your supposed worth is nothing but a cheat, good thing I never intended to pay you." The short tycoon then laughed alongside his men.
Zabuza wanted to strike a deal with Kakashi but was interrupted by the silverette teenager when he spoke with a tone that made even him shiver, "Dad…" Naruto said quietly.
Kakashi knew this was serious, he only called him 'Dad' when he wanted to ask something big, "What is it, son?" He replied, starting to feel somewhat uneasy when he saw and felt his surrogate son's aura.
"I really need to feed it or I'll lose it soon." He replied dryly, confusing all those present.
All but the silver-haired jōnin, he knew exactly what he was talking about. Naruto had told him a few days ago that the Twelve-Wings had explained to him that all dragons needed to feed their innate thirst for blood, otherwise, they were at risk to lose their sanity. This was the only way Naruto could explain it to his father because he could not reveal to anyone but his lovers the truth, well, the only thing he could not reveal to anyone, not even his women, was his status as Ddraig's successor, but Kakashi understood.
It didn't sit well with him, but the danger of the Uzumaki losing it was greater than anything else, so he replied, albeit a little reluctantly, "Alright… I trust the Twelve-Wings will snap you out of it?" All the ninjas stiffened when they heard that, they didn't know what was going on but if it involved the mighty Twelve Winged Dragon, it was definitely something to be afraid of.
"Yeah… don't worry…" He replied with a small nod, he then looked briefly at Haku as if asking don't get scared, which the blackette kunoichi nodded slightly, and did the same towards the sitting Yūgao who nodded the same way. He then turned to face Gatō who along with his men were watching the scene confused, "You made a mistake Gatō… you decided to show up with your lap dogs when I needed to feed a dragon… bad choice…"
Said tycoon was confused for the weird words the silverette brat had spoken, he wanted to retort, he wanted to say something back but for some reason, he just couldn't move or speak. Just when he thought this was bad, something that made everyone cower happened, Naruto's cloak of flames started to turn into a different shape, one that eerily resembled the devil, the one nobody wanted to see after their death, but here he was, looking at them with those demonic red eyes and that piercing neon green slit, nobody could move due to their fear.
Naruto just grabbed with his left hand his other sword Gloria and now he was holding both Gloria and the sword he had just named Nex in his unusual backwards grip and without a single word, disappeared from view.
For a second, everyone was confused, until the sound of men screaming could be heard. The ninja attention then was directed towards the group of thugs behind Gatō and what they were witnessing was frightening. The silverette was dancing in the midst of the thugs, he was moving so fast that no thug could even see him, all they could see were the bodies of their comrades falling one by one, most of them decapitated. But then it all went down to a darker path though, when Naruto all of a sudden decided to throw away the swords and engaged the thugs with his bare claws, even more gruesome was when he used his teeth to shred their throats, it was horrifying, they thought they were watching Lucifer himself killing people just to satisfy his lust, and they weren't too far off with their remark.
'Na-Naru…' Yūgao thought, she was genuinely scared, she thought the Naruto that killed Aoi was scary but this one was on a whole different level, this was a god feeding off from petty humans, an angry god with incredible lust for blood.
'How… h-how can su-such a kind m-man… have such a d-dark side?…' Haku thought. She was in a similar state to that of Yūgao, she didn't recognized this person, this devil was not the kind and warm young man she met and fell for. But strangely enough, seeing him like this did not deterred her wish to serve by his side not even in the slightest, in fact, she felt safe knowing that someone who could do that will protect her no matter what.
Neither Kakashi nor Zabuza had the strength to utter a word. Zabuza was feeling incredibly relieved by knowing that he was no longer an enemy to that silver-haired devil who was having the time of his life by shredding 200 thugs to pieces. Kakashi, he was just dead worried for his son, he was hoping that the dragon will keep his word to snap him out of this crazed state because the silver-haired jōnin was damn sure that nobody here had the power to do it.
"T-th-the d-d-de-devil…" It was all Gatō could stutter, he had actually pissed his expensive pants after seeing the carnage unfolding right before his eyes. The young man, no, the devil himself had come to earth and was punishing all of those who had sinned, and Gatō knew he was next. But such was the fear he had that nothing he could do or order his body would work, he was frozen there, patiently waiting for Lord Lucifer to finish his feast and come to give his divine punishment over such a sinner like the tycoon.
It took 7 minutes, 7 minutes for Naruto to completely and brutally slaughter over 200 thugs, his whole body was covered in blood and he could not think straight anymore, the real Naruto could only see dark, the world to him was dark and those present appeared in his vision as blurry blood red silhouettes. But there was one who was redder then the rest, one that made his anger rise to uncharted heights, even in his craze state, he still knew who this pathetic insignificance was, "Gatō." He muttered with a demonic husky voice but for some strange reason, everybody could hear it clearly.
Said midget started to cry, it was the only thing he could do, he could not even gather enough strength to beg for mercy, all he could do was kneel before this god and cry.
Naruto walked slowly towards the kneeling and crying tycoon, the moment he got in front of him, he kneeled and then roughly grabbed the midget's hair to force him to look at him straight at the eyes. He then removed the tycoon's glasses and said with a divine voice, "Gatō… face your punishment…" Naruto's eyes then glowed brightly and his essence started to flow inside the tycoon's body.
To the people who were watching the scene with great fear, the only thing they could see was Gatō inhumanly screaming, but they didn't know what was Naruto doing since all he seemed to do was look at Gatō's eyes and grab his head tightly. But the truth was that the essence that was making its way inside the mob boss' body was melting his insides, his organs, his bones, everything was being turn into liquid by the divine essence and inside Gatō's mind, he was facing the judgment of the Red Dragon Emperor himself.
In one minute, it was all over, the tycoon's body suddenly fell lifelessly to the ground and the only sound that could be heard was the sound of multiple gasps. Those gasps belonged to the townspeople who just arrived there with the will to fight for their country, but they arrived late and they were all frozen and scared after seeing the immense carnage at the end of the bridge, and there in the middle of all that river of blood, a lone figure stood.
"Honey…" Tsunami whispered. She could feel it through her mark, the beautiful sun that represented her beloved turned malevolent, so malevolent that it was lashing out furiously inside her mind, but she wasn't scared of him, she was scared because she didn't know how to calm him down.
Fortunately though, the dragon god was there to act, 'The curse has been satisfied, now rest boy, you've earned it…'With that thought, the oppressive aura dissipated and Naruto's cloak as well as he then fell straight to the ground, completely unconscious due to energy exhaustion. Nobody moved for some seconds before Kakashi finally snapped out of it and quickly made his way towards his son and soon after, the cheers of the people could be heard and the country began their celebration, the day that Wave Country was free had finally arrived.
A soft moan could be heard inside a big room lit by a lot of candles. In this room, the only thing inside was the form of a sleeping woman, she was completely naked and was lying on the flooded floor, "Wh-where am I?…" She groggily said while getting up from her prone position.
After finally getting on her feet, her persona was finally revealed. She was stunning, probably the most stunning woman in the world, her hair was long and it had a hypnotic crimson colour that reached down to her thighs, her body was that of a goddess, she had a perfect and buxom figure with maddening curves that will make even the most heterosexual of women to think twice about their preferences, her face was like a masterpiece carved by the greatest sculptor in history and she had beautiful clear blue eyes.
"Hm…" She mused after looking down and seeing her naked form. She then closed her eyes and focused her mind on some clothes and soon after, a black pair of boots appeared on her previously naked feet followed by black leather pants that served to show her luscious legs and perfectly shaped butt, on her torso, a crimson top that covered everything but her collarbone appear and soon after, a black jacket materialized over the top, "Much better." She said after checking out her new attire.
She then walked in circles to see where she was at, but she couldn't find anything until after some seconds, she could finally see a door on the far side of the room, she walked towards it and tried to open it but it was to no avail. Getting frustrated, she started to call on her immense power but for some strange reason, she could not use any of her strongest powers, only the minor ones like those she used to create clothes, "What the hell is this!?" She muttered before she stuck her ear to the door to try and see if she could listen to anything outside, but nothing could be heard.
She then walked back to the center of the chamber and tried to call on her friend, "Kushina!?…" Nothing came, "Kushina are you there!?" She spoke with more irritation now clear in her posh voice, but just like before, no response could heard.
She closed her eyes and just muttered frustrated, "Where the hell am I!?" She decided to just sit there since obviously there was nothing else she could do, so she decided to wait and see what happens.
"I can walk now, Haku." Zabuza said to his protégé after they had just successfully escaped the Leaf-nin after seizing the distraction caused by the gruesome display from the silverette jinchūriki and now, they were inside the woods and heading towards the border.
"Okay." Haku replied with her soft voice as she released Zabuza and stood there looking at him blankly.
Zabuza felt a little confused for the strange way the hunter-nin was watching him, but knowing the female for so long, he knew she wanted to say something, "What is it Haku?" He asked while leaning on a tree.
Haku steeled her resolve and then bowed, knowing that her master was confused, she explained her action, "Thank you master, for all you have done for me since you found me, you gave me a purpose and you taught me how to survive in this dangerous world…" She then brought her head up and removed her mask, she held it in both hands and added, "But I… I cannot follow you anymore… I have found a purpose… to protect Wave…" She then walked towards Zabuza and handed the mask to him before she walked back some steps and stood there waiting for Zabuza's response.
Zabuza was indeed surprised but inside of him, he was happy, 'You have finally found your path Haku…' He thought what he wanted to say, but he wasn't going to say those words, that wasn't his style, so he just kept the mask and replied, "I understand Haku…" He then started to walk away but before he could disappear from sight, he looked back at her over his shoulder and said, "I'm proud of you, Haku." And with that, he continued his trek towards the border.
Haku's sadness immediately disappeared after hearing the words she had been waiting for so long now, she knew she was making the right decision for her, she wanted to stay in Wave and protect them, she wanted to stay with Tsunami and protect her, she wanted to stay with cute little Emi and protect her, but more importantly, she wanted to stay by Naruto's side and aid him on his quest. She might have said that she wanted some months to live without committing herself fully to Naruto, but deep inside, she knew it was useless for she has already fallen for the silverette and was already fully committed to that man.
The sound of waves hitting the shore could be heard throughout the whole coast, the sky was cloudy but it was not gloomy, it was calm and refreshing, the water was gentle yet a little fierce. Two beings could be seen from afar on the shore, one was a giant red dragon who was relaxing comfortably on the sand, it almost appeared as if the cool breeze of the sea was lulling him to sleep, beside the mighty dragon, laid the unmoving form of one silver-haired Namikaze.
"Uuuuuh man…" Naruto muttered groggily while getting up, he had just woken up from his craze state but he found it surprising to see that instead of waking up at the bridge or Tsunami's house, he was inside his mindscape. He scratched his butt and then turned to his left side where he saw his giant partner relaxing as usual, "Sup." He greeted nonchalantly, almost as if he hadn't just slaughtered over 200 people some minutes ago.
Ddraig opened his giant eye and replied to his successor, "For a guy who just allowed the darkness to take over for some minutes, you seem pretty rested."
Naruto chuckled a little bitterly, he then directed his gaze towards the sea and replied, "Don't get confused D, while I definitely lost it… I… I still remember everything…" He closed his eyes and allowed his body to relax with the help of the cool breeze from the sea, as if washing away his sins. He took a deep breath and then added, "I know how many people I killed… I know how I did it… but I… I don't know what that makes me…" He brought his hands forward and stared at them as if trying to figure out whether he'd changed or not.
"Do you remember the exact number?" The Red Dragon Emperor suddenly asked, confusing the silverette a little.
He answered none the less, when he nodded slightly and replied, "two hundred and thirty four, counting the two I killed in Tsunami's house and Gatō."
"Do you feel remorse?" The dragon asked, confusing the boy even more.
Namikaze stayed silent for some seconds, trying to grasp what he was exactly feeling, and what he found made him both at ease and afraid, "No… I feel remorse for doing it THAT way, but… while I do believe all life is precious… I know sometimes people will just go back to their old ways… if I had allowed those thugs to live, they would no doubtedly either stay in Wave or go somewhere else to reform."
The mighty god just stayed silent for some seconds. He then opened his eye and stared at the sitting form of Naruto when he said, "Then, you don't have to worry about anything, the truth is Naruto, you can't save everybody, I am a god and I couldn't save my brother Cruach from his own darkness, they decided to choose that path and you chose one that oppose theirs, this path you have chosen, will pit you against a lot of enemies, they might not necessarily be evil or have ill intentions, but if you don't have the absolute resolution to achieve your goal and remove all of those who oppose it, then back up if you feel you can't do that, but I know you can, you just did."
Naruto didn't said anything, he just stared at the water, pondering on the dragon's words, he was right, Naruto did not want to kill, he wanted to bring a new world to everyone, including enemies, but he also knew that there was no such thing as a perfect world. People will oppose, powerful people will lose a lot if the world was to be freed and they would no doubt use any means necessary to stop the change, Naruto knew he had to have the same resolution, he was no saint, he was no hero, he wasn't the light of this world, he was the bridge, the bridge to connect this world to the new one, so realizing that, he stopped feeling troubled. He then looked at the dragon and asked, "Yo D, what about the curse?"
Ddraig was relieved to see that Naruto wasn't sinking in his own thoughts, he was once again reminded how fast the silverette was turning into a true god. He then broke his head out of his pondering and replied the boy's inquiry, "Fed for now… you won't have problems with it for some time now, unless you force too much of my power out of course."
"Noted…" The silver-haired teenager said while feeling immense relief, he wanted to avoid going into that crazed state as much as he could, more so when he remembered the fear he saw in his loved ones' eyes. He couldn't blame them though, he was scared of himself as well, but seeing what his corruption curse could do to him, actually inspired him to get stronger so he could completely control it by himself. And knowing that he had the help of not just a god, but of his family, friends and lovers, he knew he could do it.
The Absolute God of End started to think that this might be the best time to reveal one the biggest secrets he had kept hidden from the hatchling, seeing that she has just awoken some minutes ago and knowing that Naruto really wanted to know where his demonic powers come from, he decided to reveal it now, "Naruto…" The dragon said with his divine voice in a tone that revealed a serious topic to come.
Naruto knew this tone well, it was this exact same tone of voice that Ddraig used when he revealed the truth to him some months ago. So intuiting that something serious was to be discussed, he gave the god his full attention when he replied, "Yes?"
Seeing that he had the knucklehead's full attention, Ddraig began, "You remember that I told you that I was looking for the origin of your demonic energy right?…" Naruto nodded and then, the dragon continued, "The truth is, I have always known where it comes from…" He stopped to see if his successor had anything to say but seeing the calm look on his face, he knew that he already expected the dragon to know, so Ddraig continued, "The reason for me not telling you, was because you were emotionally unstable the other day, and before that, you weren't ready, but now you are… your demonic power comes from your second tenant."
Now, that did surprised Naruto, a lot, "Wh-wha…" He muttered almost unbelievingly.
"I am not the only being sealed inside you, boy." Ddraig cleared after seeing the shocked state of his rap-lover host.
"S-Second tenant?… wh-who else i-is here!?…" He asked after breaking out of his early stupor.
"The Nine-Tails." Ddraig replied nonchalantly, as if he wasn't revealing a shocking thing.
Getting on his feet, Naruto pointed towards the dragon and said frantically, "N-Nine-Tails!? You… you mean the Ni-Nine Tailed Fox!?… h-how!?"
The dragon chuckled a little after seeing his successor's outburst before he replied his question, "The why, I don't know, only your father and mother could tell you why they did it. The how, they did to her the same thing they did to me, they sealed her in you after I knocked her out, she was sealed after the blond man sealed me in you."
Naruto just allowed his body to fall on his butt with a thud. Again, a huge burden was placed in him. He wasn't mad towards his biological parents at all though, he knew they were smart and that everything they did had a reason, but still, hearing that the Tailed Beast that had supposedly disappeared after the confrontation with the Red Dragon Emperor has been inside of him all this time, definitely shook his ground a little.
Getting his wits back, he looked back at the dragon who was silently watching him and asked, "Then this demonic energy, it's hers?"
"Yes, it's her special ability, the power of destruction." The god replied.
The silverette just nodded and looked back at the sea. After some seconds of silence, he realized something, "Hoo shit!… K-Kurama!… the girl Kushina asked me to take care of!… it must be her!…" The dragon nodded, he already knew the real name of the Nine Tails but he wanted his successor to find out by himself. Naruto then looked back at the sea and asked something else, "Where is she then?"
The dragon got back to his relaxing position before he answered, "She has been inside a chamber that after you changed your mindscape had been moved to one of the mountains behind us, she awoke just minutes ago but I haven't allowed her to leave the chamber, I wanted you to be here…" Ddraig then opened his eye and looked at the silverette before asking, "Are you ready then?"
Naruto understood what the dragon was saying, so regaining all his strength after a deep breath, he replied, "Yeah… let her out…"
With that, Ddraig opened the door of the chamber where Kurama was currently sitting on trying to figure out what was going on. Both Naruto and Ddraig stayed there and waited for the Nine Tails to find her way to them, with Naruto mentally preparing to have a surely tedious meeting with his second tenant and old friend of Kushina.
Kurama felt a little startled after the door of the chamber she was in suddenly burst open, she was expecting someone to walk in but after nobody came through the door, she decided to walk towards it, so she stood up and made her way to the door cautiously since she had no idea where she was.
After exiting the door, she felt even more confused when she saw that the chamber she was in was inside into what it seemed to be like a big wet cave, the cave was wide but well illuminated since a big opening was just at her right side. She walked out of it and saw that she was in the middle of some woods but her ears could pick up the sound of waves hitting a shore, the weird part though was that she could feel two presences at the distance, one was very familiar, although she had no idea what a god like Ddraig would be doing here, but the other one resembled the presence of her only friend and her husband.
She made her way towards the presences, it took her some good 10 minutes to finally see the vast ocean and the view was amazing, the sky was cloudy but it created a refreshing ambience alongside the waving ocean. She then walked through a road that seemed to lead to the shore and sure after, she arrived at the sandy beach where she could finally see that her musing was indeed right, not too far away from her, a giant red dragon could be seen resting on the beach. She was confused at where she was and what the third most powerful being in the universe was doing here, so she approached her late father's old friend cautiously.
"Umm… L-Lord Ddraig?…" She said with some stutter in her voice. Sure she was prideful due to her status as the strongest of her brethren and also because she was treated as royalty back when she still lived with her father and siblings, but she was also smart, the smartest of her siblings, so she knew that if there were beings that demanded her to kneel and bow in respect, were the Absolute Gods and the two beings above them, so she courtly made her presence known while bowing respectfully.
Opening his giant eye, Ddraig replied to the confused Tailed Beast, "I see you've finally awaken."
She couldn't stop feeling a little nervous by being in the presence of a god but she quickly managed to control her shivering and replied, "Y-yes… umm… wh-where am I?…"
Before Ddraig could reply though, the other presence decided to make himself known when he replied to the goddess in front of him, 'Great Red have mercy on this poor soul of mine…' He mentally pleaded to the creator who for some reason was sending goddesses his way on a daily basis, "You're in my mindscape and your being it's sealed inside me." He answered with a calm voice while leaning coolly against the dragon.
Kurama felt a little startled by the sudden voice but when she saw the one that spoke, she felt her blood freeze and for a second her anger spiked to uncharted heights, but she managed to control the sudden volcano of emotions before she thought, 'G-god… he… he l-looks so much like… that damn bastard…' The reason for her sudden lashing emotions was because the young silverette in front of her was the spitting image of the man she hated the most, the one that almost stole her and her siblings' power to kill his own brothers and become the dominant force in this world. But this teenager wasn't the only one she'd seen that resembled the spiteful man, the other one she'd seen the resemblance on was the husband of her one and only friend Kushina, Minato was his name, and seeing the silverette's uncanny resemblance with Minato in all but the face that was almost a copy of Kushina's, she managed to piece the story together, "You're Naruto… Kushina's son."
The Red Dragon Emperor managed to catch on the rage that Kurama experienced just now, just like Naruto who also caught on it, but unlike the silverette who felt confused by it, the mighty being knew exactly why the sudden outburst. Naruto resemble so much a man that just like Kurama, he hated, he didn't liked to admit it but that cursed man had the potential to even reach the power of an Absolute God, the youngest of Hagoromo's three sons, and since he knew Naruto's DNA well, he knew Naruto's connection with the Sage of Six Paths was closer than just being his transmigrant.
For his part, the silverette Uzumaki decided to save the sudden spike of anger from the beautiful red-head for later as he answered calmly while smiling slightly, "Yes I am, Naruto Namikaze, it is nice to finally meet you, Kurama." He didn't bowed nor brought his hand forward in a greeting manner simply because he could see that the Nine Tailed Fox would not take that kindly, probably thinking herself above him.
And he was sort of right, although, she didn't thought too low of her friend's son, she still saw him as a mere human and to her, the only one worthy of her power was Kushina, and seeing the lax attitude of her son made her think he was arrogant. Even though so was she, she hated that trait in humans who in her eyes, had nothing to be arrogant about, "You might be Kushina's son and I can guess that you know my name thanks to her, but don't hang yourself from her achievements, you're nothing but a pest who's not worthy of calling me by my real name." She said while flicking her hair in a rude manner.
Naruto snickered, earning an irritated gaze from the female but before she could insult him once more, Ddraig decided to clear some facts to the arrogant fox, just because messing with the prideful Tailed Beast was one of his favourite hobbies, "Careful with how you speak to my successor, Kurama, you do not want to get on a dragon and a god's bad side, do you?" He actually chuckled after seeing the red-head female's eyes almost bulging out of their sockets after the reveal.
She could not believe what she just heard, but after getting her shit together again she focused her senses on Naruto and could see that it was no lie, the boy was not a human, his aura was that of a dragon and hence a god, but focusing her aura on him seemed to have been a mistake because after some seconds, the silverette's incredible presence was starting to mess with her body, 'Dammit… I forgot that dragons are irresistible…' She thought while getting her sudden arousal in control. She then looked towards the god and asked without realizing she had a cute blush on her porcelain face, "I never expected Kushina's son to turn into a dragon, what happened?"
Both knew that this would take some time so Naruto urged Kurama to sit, she did as told and soon after, Naruto began a recap of his life, everything about it, excluding his current ambition of course, Kurama was a female and a prideful one at that, so he knew that for the moment it might not be a good idea to reveal too much, he would have to ask Ddraig to lock her from his thoughts or something. It took a little more than 30 minutes to cover all the important parts but finally, Naruto finished his tale.
Sighing deeply, Kurama looked at the sand for a bit before bringing her gaze back towards the silverette before she said, "Well, I can't say I'm surprised of how you were treated, Kushina was lucky her status as a jinchūriki was kept hidden from the public until she herself revealed it…" She then stood up and closed her distance with Naruto. Taking seat in front of him, she grabbed his right hand and said, "Can you call on my power as you said you could?"
Nodding, Naruto focused and soon, his hand was coated with a pitch black energy with a crimson hue. This really surprised Kurama though and when Naruto saw her genuine surprise, he asked, "Is everything aight?"
"Well… yes but… this is not just my demonic power…" She said, confusing the silverette, so she elaborated, "This is my power of destruction, only two more people are capable of using it, my father who's dead and Lord Ddraig, but this is MY signature, not Lord Ddraig's." She said with a small glimpse of awe which she quickly suppressed since she did not wanted to show her new jinchūriki a friendly side just yet.
Tilting his head to the side a little, Naruto made his confusion known when he asked, "Wait, you mean to tell me that Kushina couldn't use it?"
Shaking her head in no, she replied, "Exactly, she was able to use all my powers but this, I think that the fact of you being an actual god and a dragon nothing less, allowed you to handle this power which comes directly from darkness itself." She then released his hand and stood up while dusting herself up, she proceeded to go towards the coast and allowed the cool breeze to hit her beautiful face.
Naruto was transfixed by the woman's beauty, he even dared to say that she was the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. He also felt strange knowing that the fact the she was also a giant fox did not deterred his attraction in the slightest, it seems that Ddraig was right when he said that dragons did not care for species at all.
Kurama could feel the stare of Naruto's gorgeous blue eyes that resembled this magnificent ocean, and the piercing stare coupled with his presence was sending shivers through her body. She has never felt like this, she knew too well what those shivers meant, but she was a prideful woman/fox and she could not admit it just yet.
Ddraig was watching the scene with amusement though, while he wasn't really protective over his friend's children, he did enjoyed teasing them, Kurama especially and this scene was giving him good ammo to tease her with her obvious attraction towards his successor.
Naruto decided to break the silence though, when he realized that he has already been here inside his mindscape for too long, his friends and lovers will no doubt be worried sick, "Well, for now Kur… I mean Kyūbi… you're gonna have to bear with being here until I find a way to free ya without killing myself in the process, ya know!?" He said while getting up and dusting the sand from his clothes.
Kurama felt really shocked by his words, Kushina wanted to do it as well but she didn't had the chance or the knowledge to do so, but she didn't expect Naruto to actually say that, "F-Free me?…" She whispered, almost unbelievingly.
Smiling wide, Naruto replied with conviction, "Of course yo! I told ya about my dream right? That dream applies to you and your siblings as well, ya know!? I'll find a way to free ya, I promise!"
Kurama actually allowed a little emotion to surface when she offered the teenager an ever so small smile, "Then you better hurry up with it then!" She said while turning her back on him so he could not see her blush.
Naruto saw it though and just turned towards Ddraig who smirked knowingly at him, a smirk that he returned, "Well, I'll make your chamber comfortable before I leave, I kinda went all Lucifer on my friends and I am dead sure they must be worried sick, anything you need to know just ask this oversized lizard here…" He then had to jump away when one of Ddraig's wings came at him from above. He laughed for some seconds and said, "Well, I see you two around, ciao." With that, he went to Kurama's chamber to change it so he could leave his mindscape and return to the real world.
Kurama just stared at the spot where the silverette was standing just a second ago, she then turned towards the god and said, "Lord Ddraig, what is his connection with the Old Man? I can feel the Old Man's aura in him." She could feel as much, the Sage's distinctive aura was exuding from the teenager.
"He is his transmigrant yes, but…" Ddraig responded before stopping for some seconds. He then narrowed his giant eyes at the distance and added uneasily, "I'm afraid his connection with Hagoromo is more familiar than I'd like to."
Kurama didn't had to ask what he meant with that, she could see it easily, the resemblance was too much and she didn't like it one bit, she just genuinely hoped that Naruto turned out to be different than that cursed man.
"Oh man, everything hurts, son…" An aching Naruto mumbled after waking up from his slumber, he could feel all the muscles in his body aching bad. He wanted to look around but he was suddenly crushed by a hug that startled him for a second but it didn't took him long to realize who was hugging him since he recognized the scent all too well, "Hey Yū." He said while returning the hug to the clearly dead worried ANBU Captain.
"Oh god Naru… you're alright… thank god!... I was… so scared back there…" She said, showing a rarity among ANBU, the display of emotions. She didn't cared to show how much she was afraid that something might have happened to her beloved silverette for they were the only occupants in the room and even if they weren't, she was never one to think rationally when it came to Naruto.
The silverette for his part just tightened his hug in order to calm the distressed woman a bit while saying soothingly, "I know, I'm sorry you had to see that side of me."
Releasing the hug partially so she could see straight to Naruto's eyes, she replied while caressing his cheek, "Is not that Naru… while it was… intimidating…" She shivered a little when the memory of the diabolized Naruto came back, but she quickly pushed those memories aside and added, "I was afraid that something might have happened to you… I just… don't want to lose you, Naruto…" She brought her gaze down a little. She hated showing her needy side but she grew up alone, the only one she had growing up was her sensei Kushina and she lost her already and now the only thing she has are her three best friends Hana, Anko and Kurenai, her fiancée Hayate and probably the most important one, Naruto, the mere thought of losing one of them, especially Naruto, drove her mad.
He felt a little relieved when he heard that the purple-haired ANBU was not afraid of him, he just hoped neither Haku nor Tsunami were afraid of him, but getting his attention back to Yūgao, he brought her head towards his and kissed her forehead lovingly, "Don't worry Yū, I promised that I'll always be close to you and you know that I never go back on my word." He said soothingly.
Yūgao just smiled widely at him, she did felt relieved hearing him say that, it was what she wanted, for him to always be close to her. She knew Hayate felt somewhat wary of her overprotectiveness over the silver-haired teenager but she didn't cared, she had her reasons, she just hoped he respected them once they get married.
The tender moment was interrupted however, when the lazy voice of a certain silver-haired jōnin was heard from the door, "I see you're awake now…"
Both turned to see Kakashi who was leaning against the door frame wearing an eye-smile. Naruto then released Yūgao gently and replied, "Yup, I'm all good yo!"
Laughing a little at his son's usual enthusiasm, Hatake walked towards the boy and ruffled his hair while asking, "How are you feeling, son?"
Smiling at his father a little, Naruto replied honestly, "Well to be honest, my whole body hurts a little but from there on, I'm aight." Kakashi just smiled at him and nodded in understanding.
He wanted to ask the silverette something but Yūgao beat him to it when she said a little timidly, "Na-Naru… umm… how often… how often do you have to… you know… do that?…" She was clearly referring to his 'Lucifer' form as he calls it.
Naruto felt a little surprised when he heard her say that, so he turned towards his father as if asking how does she knows to which the jōnin understood and answered, "I explained everything to her since she wouldn't stop nagging me about it."
The Uzumaki just nodded, he was actually relieved that for the moment Yūgao wouldn't ask too many questions that he was not ready to answer, "Well, according to Ryū it depends on how often I fight, the longer I go without fighting, the stronger the need to… 'release'… some stress becomes…" That was true, Ddraig had explained to him that he needed to keep his dragon needs well fed, that includes his battle wants and much to his embarrassment, his lust. Apparently the longer he stacked his needs and emotions, the stronger the corruption curse will get whenever he calls on Ddraig's power, "So as long as I don't take any long vacations from the fight, then it'll be aight." He added.
Both Yūgao and Kakashi nodded, they feel somewhat content with his answer but they still wish he didn't had to do that but well, beggars can't be choosers.
"How are Teme and Sakura?" Naruto changed the subject after sensing that the other two in the room were still troubled a little.
Eye-smiling at his son, Kakashi replied, "They're okay, Sakura just woke up some minutes ago, Sasuke woke up an hour ago but he's… angry for losing his fight…"
Naruto snorted, he figured as much, he was surprised when he saw both Sasuke and Sakura unconscious on the ground since he actually believed they would defeat Haku but seeing the state Haku was in, it made him think that something made Sasuke commit a mistake, "Yeah… losing always makes a number on the fool… I'll chill him up later fam, no worries…" He said while getting out of bed. He then looked towards the female and asked, "How long was I out?"
"Seven hours." The purple-haired beauty replied.
"Come on son, everyone's been worried." Kakashi then said while urging him to go downstairs.
Naruto knew this to be true, Tsunami was dead worried since he could feel her distress from the mark, she probably hadn't come to check on him as to not raise any suspicion, Naruto was going to make sure to make it up to her and Ayame who he could also feel her worry, no doubt she felt the malevolent side of his presence and got worried. He then walked downstairs with his father and the cat masked ANBU, he also wanted to go and wake Emi up from his genjutsu and finally, go to Gatō's mansion to recover all he could from the midget tycoon's vaults.
Naruto was walking towards Emi's cottage in the woods, he had just met with his team and Tsunami's family. He was glad to see that nobody thought differently of him after his diabolical display, he could also see Tsunami's struggle to not jump at him and kiss him, the gratitude, admiration and love were clear in her eyes, not just hers, he knew all of Wave adored him and his team after they had finally freed Wave.
He now wanted to see if Haku was already in Emi's cottage since according to his father, both her and Zabuza slipped out of their sight when they were all distracted. He said nothing about it but he was relieved since it appeared that his plan worked, he didn't wanted anyone knowing Haku's identity so he was hoping to either fake her death or allow her to escape, it turned out to be the latter so he was happy with the result.
After some more minutes of walking, he arrived at the beautiful cottage and smiled a little when he felt Haku's presence inside the house, he walked towards the door and opened it and there inside, he saw Haku cooking on the stove. He really wanted to say something but he wasn't so sure of what Haku felt after his display at the bridge so he just said warily, "Haku, I'm happy to see you here." He smiled at her while taking a seat on one of the chairs.
Haku had already felt his presence so she wasn't startled, but she then turned around and headed straight towards him, she could see the confusion and slight glimpse of fear in his beautiful blue eyes, no doubt he was afraid that she might think of him as a monster, but instead of saying something, she leaned on him an planted a sweat loving kiss on his lips and after ending the kiss, she sat on his lap and said to the confused silverette with a huge blush on her porcelain face for such daring action, "Naruto… I'm not afraid of you at all… seeing you like that was, frightening yes… but… it made me feel safe…" She then stood up again and added while bowing, "Thank you so much for allowing me to save Zabuza."
Naruto stood up as well and gently lifted her head before replying, "There's nothing to thank me for Haku, I should be the one thanking you for choosing to be by my side, it makes me really happy, ya know!?"
Haku smiled at his sincerity and warmth, every second she spend with the Uzumaki just convinced her more and more of her decision, she did not wanted to miss out on being by his side, "Always." She said sweetly while resting her head on his chest. She didn't know a thing about relationships since this is the first time she had both a friend and a lover, well, future lover, but she thought that maybe if she showed the affection she felt, it would do for now.
The two embraced for some seconds before Haku gently broke the embrace to continue cooking, she walked towards the stove and said without looking back at the silverette, "So, what now?"
Sitting back, Naruto replied, "Well, I'll spend some time with ya and mah sunshine, then amma head to the fat midget's mansion to take everything I can find there and give it to Nami, then, we'll make sure she becomes Wave's governor…" He then looked at the window for some seconds before he added, "As for ya… it is up to you Haku, you don't have to worry about money since I'll be sending more than enough for Nami, Emi and you, just find something that you want… all I ask of you is to take care of Emi while I'm away, to train Tsunami and for you to be happy."
Haku smiled, she felt really excited to begin a new life, one doing things she had never done before, the thought of using her abilities to help instead of harm made her feel really happy and proud of herself, "I actually want to help Tsunami closely, not just with her training but with everything she needs…" She then tuned to face the teenager and said, "As for Emi, don't worry, I promise you Naruto, I'll protect her with my life."
The Namikaze nodded with a smile, he was really pumped by all the success he was currently having, "I'm sure Nami will appreciate that a lot, and speaking of the little bugger, she still asleep?"
"Yeah, I got a little freaked out when I saw her still but then I realized that you placed her in a genjutsu, so I figured you might wanted to wake her up yourself." She replied
The jinchūriki nodded and stood up, he then walked towards the stairs and entered the little girl's room, he saw her there in the bed sleeping peacefully, "Snort, Spoiled brat…" He muttered lovingly before he approached the girl and then placed his fingers on her forehead, with a powerful burst of his chakra, the girl finally awoke from the genjutsu.
Emi slowly opened her blue eyes, she then rubbed them and saw the form of her beloved Papa looking at her with a smile. She immediately forgot of her sleepiness and jumped at him with a bear hug, "Pap… I mean Naru!" She blushed in embarrassment again after the slip.
Chuckling a little, Naruto returned the embrace and said while petting her small head, "Hey sunshine, had a good sleep?…" The girl nodded while looking at him with such adoring eyes that made Naruto blush a little, "Well, guess what? I have good news for ya!"
The little blonde tilted her head cutely and asked, "Good news?"
"Mhm…" Naruto hummed as he got eye to eye with the girl and said, "Honey, there are no more bad guys here in Wave, I've made sure of it, your country is free now."
The girl went wide-eyed, while she was too young to really understand the state her home country was really in, she understood that there were many bad people oppressing them all, the same bad people that killed her father. She was prohibited by Tsunami to leave the area around the cottage since according to her mama, there were many bad people in the town so she had to be here until her papa drives them away and now her papa was telling her that there were no more bad people. That, she could understand well and she was really happy, "Yay! Papa is so strong!" She said, not even noticing her calling him 'Papa'.
Naruto smiled, he really didn't mind her calling him 'Papa', he wasn't going to encourage her though since he still felt a little weird but he wouldn't stop her if she wanted to call him that, so he just picked her up in his arms and said, "That's not all sunshine, Haku has officially moved in here! And she's making us food right now!"
Emi just smiled widely, she was really happy that her 'big sister' was finally here to stay with her, so she said excitedly, "Really!? Then let's go Papa! I want to see her!"
Naruto smiled and did as he was ordered. With that, the trio inside the cottage spent the rest of the evening eating and chatting together, enjoying the newfound peace here in Wave Country.
It has been 9 days since the liberation of Wave and the people all around were avidly helping out with the restoration of their once enslaved country, thanks to all the money recovered from Gatō and a mysterious donation that came out of nowhere, there were sufficient funds to restore Wave and began its trek towards prosperity.
The bridge was also due to be finished in one more day thanks to the help of Naruto's clones and his team who had taken on an active role on the bridge's construction. All in all, the ambience all around Wave Country was for the first time in a long time, positive.
The people of Wave also felt security over their future for they have chosen a new leader, one that has lived in Wave through all of her life and has done all she could to help those in need, she even went as far as to rally them all to free their own land, they were late of course, but she did it none the less. This new leader was of course Tsunami, who true to Naruto's prediction, was fully accepted as Wave's new leader.
Now knowing that he only had two days left in Wave, Naruto decided to give Tsunami a little treat, he knew she was feeling stressed due to the sudden responsibility she now carried, adding the weight of knowing that both Inari and Emi had decided to take on a more active role in helping with whatever their small frames allowed them too, she was definitely tired of worrying, "Don't worry Nami, yours truly is here to help…" He muttered with a lecherous smirk.
LIME START
Tsunami was currently bathing, she was alone since her father was spending almost all the day on the bridge to oversee its completion. Inari and Team 7 were with him and her little girl was with Haku whom she must admit, has become a great friend and aide to her since the black-haired beauty has helped her with all her tasks as Governor while acting as her body guard, "If only Naru was here with me…" She muttered while relaxing in the warm shower, allowing her stress to be washed away while wishing to have her partner here with her, a wish which will be granted.
"It appears Lord Great Red has granted your wish, my Governor…" The manly voice of Naruto could be heard from behind her. She wasn't startled because thanks to the mark she felt his presence long before he made it known, she was startled however, when she felt his naked body pressed against her equally naked back, allowing her to feel his muscled torso with her back and his impressive limp sex with her butt.
"Na-Naru…" She moaned while Naruto slowly snaked his arms around her belly to caress her and she said weakly, "I… I th-thought… yo-you wa-wanted me to… wait…"
Naruto smirked after seeing her state, he then began to massage her soft breasts and said with a husky voice that sent shivers down her spine, "I do… while I cannot claim you fully, my tidal wave…" He gently bit her lobe and added, "That doesn't mean I can't give you a treat for your hard work."
Tsunami just melted against his embrace and groping, it has been so long since she had felt a man's touch and it felt amazing, "Y-yes… I've wo-worked so hard… please… relieve my stress… honey…" She said with a voice that could barely be heard.
Naruto smirked and turned her around to face him, there, he kissed her so deeply that she felt like she was flying. With one of his hands, he continued to caress her bountiful mount of flesh on her chest while his right hand went to her left ass cheek where he massaged it tenderly, he was channelling his essence to his hands to make her feel even more, a trick he discovered with Ayame, and the results were obvious, Tsunami was almost melting at his touch.
He then broke the kiss and began to trail down butterfly-kisses down her chin, neck and collarbone until he finally reached the neglected right breast, where he gently kissed the tip of her nipple and soon after, opened his mouth and sucked it like a hungry baby.
"Ah… Na… gooood… this feels… so good… Na-Naru…" Tsunami moaned a little louder after the explosion of sensations her body was so brutally subjected to, not even when she was fully penetrated by her late husband she had felt such rush of arousal, it was incredible.
But Tsunami was not a selfish lover, she also wanted her new beloved to feel good so she reached down with her hand and grabbed his penis. She wanted to stroke it but before she could do anything, Naruto stopped her while also stopping his ministrations on her body, much to her confusion and disappointment, "H-Honey?…" She asked timidly, thinking that she might have done something wrong.
Naruto just smiled lovingly at her and said while caressing her cheek, "I'm sorry Nami, but if even my pre-cum comes into contact with your skin, the complete changes on your body will take place and I want to give you more time to enjoy your old life before you enter your new one." He then kissed her chastely, hoping she would understand.
She did though, as she nodded and smiled but said still, "I understand but… I… I wanted to m-make you f-feel good as well…"
Naruto just brought the hand he used to caress her cheek down to her sex and gently began to rub her slit with his fingers, making the no longer single mother moan and arch her body a little, "Seeing you like this Nami… making this sexy faces… this naughty sounds… makes me feel incredibly good…" He whispered to her ear while inserting two of his fingers into her hot canal.
"Ah…" Tsunami almost screamed after being penetrated by her beloved silverette's fingers, she could not believe how good her body was feeling with mere foreplay, she could not even speak after Naruto inserted a third finger and augmented the speed, making her pant in rhythm with his hand movements. So lost in her own satisfaction was she, that she never noticed Naruto's head lowering towards her vagina until it was already too late, "Oh God!" She screamed in ecstasy after feeling his tongue flicking her clitoris, sending her into orgasmic overdrive.
Naruto smirked devilishly after seeing her reaction before he removed his fingers, but before she could complain, he grabbed both legs and lifted her body effortlessly, pushing her towards the cold wall and placing her legs on his shoulder, forcing her to sit on his face. He then inserted his tongue into her excited sex and began to explore it eagerly, he wanted every corner he could reach fully explored, he brought his hand and began to rub on her clit furiously, he could feel her inner walls tightening around his tongue, undoubtedly she was near her end, so he just increased to ferocity of his attack.
"Ah!… Baby!… I'm… argh!…" Tsunami couldn't say anything else because her orgasm hit her like a wall, she came right into Naruto's awaiting mouth where he gulped her juices like a man deprived from water for too long. Her orgasm was so intense that she couldn't even think, she had never felt like this, she could only imagine how full intercourse with this sex god would feel but before she could even say something, her body gave and she fell into a content unconsciousness.
END LIME
Naruto caught her easily and just smiled at her, "Hehe… guess she was really tired…" He muttered while laying her down on the floor. He then continued her cleaning and after finishing bathing her, he walked out of the shower while carrying the happily sleeping Tsunami bridal style towards her bed, he dried her wet body with a towel and dressed her with a white gown he found in her closet before he covered her with the sheets and kissed her forehead while whispering, "Rest Nami, you've earned it." With that, he left the room and headed towards the house's door, he still had work to do on the bridge and he wanted to be there in time.
An amber-eyed beauty was making her way throughout a dimly lit corridor, she had just arrived to Rain an hour ago and went straight to report her observations on the silver-haired jinchūriki to her organization's leader Nagato, or Pain, heck, she didn't even knew who she was talking to anymore. She just spent the last 30 minutes discussing everything she saw and she was now making her way towards her room to take a refreshing shower and wash all her troubles away.
"Sigh…" Konan sighed tiredly after finally arriving to her room. she made her way towards her bed and took off her Akatsuki cloak, leaving her with only a navy blue mesh shirt and black ANBU pants, she then stared at her cloak for some minutes before beginning to strip her body from the rest of her clothes. After she was completely naked, she headed towards her bathroom and went into the shower, allowing a relieved sigh to escape from her enticing lips the moment the semi-warm water hit her naked flesh.
She then began to reminisce her discussion with Nagato, her old friend was of course somewhat troubled by the information he received from the bluenette, she couldn't blame him though as she was very surprised as well. She just witnessed how Naruto singlehandedly decimated over 200 hundred people, sure they were mere thugs but Naruto did it all in under 10 minutes and with his bare hands, there were no jutsus and he only used his swords for maybe a minute before going on a rampage, she knew that even she with those same conditions will have trouble taking them all down so quickly.
He was definitely getting really strong, she was afraid that Nagato was going to order his capture right away but even so he appeared to want that, he surprisingly said nothing. Konan inquired this but he only replied that the Uzumaki's time to be captured will come eventually, she was relieved of course but she managed to hide her true feelings, just like she hid her conversation with the silverette from her best friend.
"Naruto…" She muttered while smiling slightly, she could not stop thinking about their talk.
Flashback
"Akatsuki huh?" Naruto said calmly while leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed, he didn't raised his guard because he could feel that the blue-haired ninja had no ill intentions so he intuited she just wanted to talk.
Raising her blue eyebrow slightly, Konan felt surprised to see the calm demeanour from the jinchūriki and more so when he appeared to know about her organization, so she made her surprise known when she replied, "I see you are informed about us."
Naruto straighten himself up and closed the door behind him before he walked towards the cloaked woman and stood some steps from her as he replied, "Yup, Pervy Sage warned me about ya guys, something about some fools hunting jinchūrikis down for their evil purposes while wearing ridiculously big black cloaks adorned with some really out of character red clouds."
Konan felt really surprised now, he was not only calm at the presence of someone who's from an organization dedicated to chase him and his kind, he was also actually mocking them openly, "If that is so, then how come you are so calm?" She asked.
"How come you are so calm? You're supposed to be chasing my ass yet here you are with no intention to attack or make a move since you clearly called for me peacefully, so why attack ya when you're not attacking me?" He replied while shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.
'Intriguing…' She thought after hearing the teenager.
The two stayed silent for some minutes, with no one making a move. He was the one who broke the silence when he asked, "Why are you after the Tailed Beasts?"
She felt a little surprised for the sudden question but she answered truthfully none the less, "To use them to show the world pain, once they know true pain nobody will want to fight anymore and after humanity brings itself to its knees, they will finally see what pain does, once the rest see the truth of their actions of war they will stop the fighting."
Naruto nodded, he then crossed his arms and asked, "What will happen to the Tailed Beasts after you achieve your 'peace'? What will you do with them?"
She narrowed her eyes in confusion since she didn't understand the question, but she answered it anyway when she said, "They will remain with us, we will be watching over the world, with the Tailed Beasts in our hands nobody will want to fight since they'll know we will get rid of all of those who oppose peace."
Naruto just nodded again and after some seconds, he looked at her straight at the eye and said firmly with no doubt or hesitation in his word, "You'll fail."
She was expecting this, she wasn't expecting however the immense belief in his words, the same belief Itachi carried in his, she could see clearly that this young man was no doubt Itachi's legacy, "What makes you so sure?" She asked calmly, she found it strange that she had no irritation over his words but she just didn't wanted to admit it, that deep down she knew she also believed that Nagato's plan will fail.
"Two things really…" He said as he looked at the sky for some seconds before looking back at her saying, "One, there's no such thing as true peace…" Konan felt really confused by this, she thought he was striving for peace as that was what Itachi told her, but here he was saying he didn't believed in peace, "And two, the way you're doing things, makes me see you don't understand humanity at all."
She tilted her head slightly due to her confusion but then said, "You say peace does not exist yet it appears that you always preach about it."
He smirked at her words, it appeared to him that almost everyone got his words wrong, "You heard wrong, I do not preach about peace, I preach about an UNDERSTANDING between us all, a way for us to see that in the end, we're all flesh and blood, to understand that only together, we can achieve the beyond."
"But what about peace?" She asked, now really confused.
"That's what I meant when I said you don't understand humanity, there are two things you can never change about humanity, their will to fight and their desire for freedom, take away those two and humanity will always find a way to bring you down, that's why I say you'll fail, because you're not looking for peace, you're looking for pacification…" He then looked at the sky and continued, "An enforced peace will never be as strong as a true desire to work together, say you defeat all of those who opposes you, say your plans come to fruition, because you are forcing humanity to stop fighting, essentially taking away their freedom to choose, someday, someone will rise against you, you might defeat him or her, but it will continue to happen until you lose, simply because that is the way humanity is, you might successfully bring the world together to defeat you, but being forced to fight together does not creates a lasting peace, desiring unity however, will."
Konan was stunned, his words seemed beyond what she could even understand, it sounded almost godlike, like if he knew humanity in a level nobody else does. She could not deny them either, his strong voice along with those fantastic blue eyes that are as mesmerizing and great as she remembers them from the tsukuyomi just made her doubt about her already shaking beliefs.
Naruto allowed her to ponder on his words, he could see it in her face, the great confusion, he hoped he had convinced her to change her ways for he could see and feel that she was kind, and a kind person was a rare thing in this world, losing even one, was a great loss to humanity.
Konan just stared at the ground, she really did not know what to say, but after some minutes, she looked back at him and said, "You… you have given me much to think…" She stayed looking at him and then added, "I'm kinda surprised you haven't asked about Itachi." She felt confused since she knew his relation with the Uchiha traitor, seeing that he would not ask about him, was weird.
Naruto just shrugged while replying, "There's no point, I'm nowhere near my brother's level, knowing where he is or what he's doing makes no difference, I know me and Sasuke will see him again someday, then, I'll ask all I need to know from him."
That was really mature from him, but seeing at how composed and wise he seems to be, she was not surprised anymore. She just nodded and said, "Then I will take my leave now."
"Will I see you again…" Naruto said while trailing off at the end as if asking for her name.
She saw no trouble in telling him her name so she answered, "Konan."
He smiled and replied, "Konan, I'm Naruto, nice to meet you…" He then look at her eyes and said again, "Will we see each other again, Konan?"
She stayed silent for some seconds but replied truthfully, "I believe so…" She wanted to leave with those words but before she could go, Naruto said something to her that shook her core even more.
"I hope you can one day aid me in my quest Konan, I will gladly share my power with you whenever you need it…" She just stood there before she nodded slightly and with that, she called on her paper wings and disappeared from view.
End Flashback
"Perhaps… my path is with you…" She muttered after finishing her remembrance. She honestly did not know what to do anymore, the way the silverette saw the world and what he wanted to achieve was so like what she initially wanted, a world united not by fear, but by understanding each other. His last words shook her harder though, since she had never heard someone actually wanting to share their power, Akatsuki wanted to amass power to bully everyone with it, Naruto however, wanted power to share it with the world, that really shook her core.
"Perhaps…" She just repeated before stepping out of her shower and heading towards her bed to rest, she had definitely much to think now.
"NO! P-papa!… d-don't leave me!..." A very teary Emi was saying while hugging the life out of Naruto.
The day of Team 7's departure has finally come, much to the sadness of everyone, especially the little blonde named Emi who thought she was losing her Papa, but Naruto hugged her back and said, trying to calm her down, "I am not leaving you sunshine, I just have some things to do for now, but I promise you, I'll come by soon to spend time with you, I am your Papa my baby, don't ever forget that."
Emi stopped crying a little but she was still sniffing hard, she managed to say though, "Y-You pro-promise, P-Papa?"
Smiling at her, he said with a loving voice, "I promise you my princess, every time you miss me just look at your hairpin and remember my promise to you…" He then kissed her forehead and cleaned the little girl's tears with his thumbs before saying, "Everything I'll be doing is for you, so you can live in a beautiful world, don't forget that, okay?"
The little girl managed to calm down a little after 10 minutes of intense sobbing. She believed her Papa, he has never lied to her and even if she was little, she could see the honesty in his eyes, so she nodded and just buried her little head on his chest before saying, "Y-Yes… I lo-love you… Papa…"
Naruto felt really sad for leaving the little girl, Tsunami and Haku, but there were still many things he needed to do and he was thankful that both Haku and Tsunami understood that, adding the fact that he was near completing the 'Thunder God' jutsu which will allow him to teleport wherever he wanted in a matter of seconds and the fact that after everything was done they had an eternity to enjoy together, both females felt at ease. But leaving Emi was turning out to be incredibly hard, he contemplated taking her with him but she definitely needed her mother more than her father, so he decided against it, "And I love you sunshine, don't you ever forget that…" He said before gently releasing the still sobbing child from his arms. He then turned to Haku who was silently watching the scene from their side and said, "Well Haku, I leave her to you, I promise ya, I'll come back soon, okay?"
Haku just nodded but she seemed really timid about something, the silverette knew she was sad but they have already talked in private so he knew it was not that. It was after some seconds and a rude pointer from the Nine Tailed Fox living inside him, that now had the privileges of communicating with him mentally, that he realized what she wanted to say, so turning towards the little girl, he said, "Emi, close your eyes and don't look." Said girl tilted her head cutely in confusion but did as she was told
Haku was a little confused for the silverette's words as well but she then went wide-eyed when he pulled her close to him and before she could say anything, he claimed her lips deeply. She was shocked for some seconds but the blackette quickly gathered her wits and returned the kiss with equal fierceness, the two kissed for almost a minute but had to break it when the necessity for air knocked the door, "Thank you…" She said a little dizzy, she was really glad he understood she wanted him to kiss her but did not know how to ask.
"Anything for my Ice Queen…" He said while caressing her cheeks, making her blush for both the contact and affectionate nickname. He then released the hug and said, "Ok sunshine you can open your eyes now, it's time for me to go…" He then kissed both females on the forehead and said before leaving, "I'll come back soon, I promise!" The two girls sadly waved him goodbye but also felt happy to know he will keep his promise.
With that, Naruto made his way to the bridge where both his team and Yūgao were surely waiting for him. It didn't took him long to get there and when he did, everyone in town was there to see them off, they immediately turned to the silverette and went full fan on him, making him a little embarrassed. He eventually managed to make his way through the crowd while waving them and soon he got to the front, where Tsunami, Tazuna and Inari were chatting with his companions, "Aight, I'm all set, fools!" He said after settling beside his brother.
"Thank you so much for everything you've done for us, we will never be able to pay you such debt." Tsunami spoke as Governor of Wave Country. She already had a very long and steamy goodbye with her beloved and while she was sad to see him go, she was also fired up to contribute to his ambition.
"There's no need, it is our job as ninja to fight for those who can't." Kakashi said dismissively.
"Still, you guys made our dream come true, just know that Wave will never forget you." This time it was Tazuna who spoke, with great gratitude and teary eyes. He was incredibly grateful to this people, especially Naruto who not only did he liberated Wave, he also brought Inari out of his depression and made Tsunami happy again. He didn't know what was going on between the silverette and his daughter, but as her father, he could tell that the two shared feelings, he didn't really said anything because he was happy that his daughter met the silverette, he just hoped Naruto comes by soon to visit Tsunami who no doubt will be missing him dearly.
"Well, let's go then." Yūgao said then and with that, the Leaf-nin began their trek back to their home village, all of them feeling contempt with their work, even if some of them were a little mad for losing their fights, they still felt happy to know they helped a country in need. Naruto meanwhile was excited to see where his path would take him next.
"So, have you thought on a name for the bridge, Tsunami?" Tazuna asked his daughter while seeing the retreating forms of the ninjas.
Tsunami tilted her head a little when she replied, "Me? This is your bridge dad, you should be the one naming it."
Tazuna chuckled and then rested his hand on her shoulder before saying, "You are the one that will lead us to a new Wave, Tsunami, it should be you the one to do it."
Tsunami felt a little overwhelmed after seeing that all the people around them shared Tazuna's sentiment, so she just sighed and closed her eyes in thought. She then opened them again and said while focusing her gaze on Naruto at the distance, who appears to be rapping due to his extravagant hand movements, "How about… 'The Great Naruto Bridge'…" She said after some seconds.
Everyone smiled at that, it seemed right to name the bridge after Wave's main hero. With that, everyone stood there until Team 7 and Yūgao finally disappeared from view, feeling forever grateful and indebted to those 5 brave ninja.
A/N: Well, there you lads go! This is the end of TBE's first arc! I will be taking a break of two to three weeks since I want to revise all that I'll be touching on the next arc. I cannot tell you enough how good it feels to see so many people enjoying the story, it might not be unique, I might not be the best writer there is, but know that I'm pouring all of my effort into making a good story for you lads to enjoy, thanks again and see ya lads later, cheers!