Hello all, author here ::waves::, that's to all those still sticking around, and those who have joined the ride. I apologize for the shortness in chapter length. Hopefully this one will make up for it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, never have, and never will, no matter how hard I try.

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Hanzo looked at the sleeping form that was the last of his family and sighed. He felt many things, but most of all, he felt regret. Regret that he was not there for his two grandchildren when they needed him. He had failed the clan that he had built, failed the village that he had had a hand in founding, and finally, he had failed himself. Old as he was, the man decided that he still had another good three decades of life left in him; he'd be damned if he died before he saw another generation of Namikaze born. Steeling his will Hamzo decided now would be a perfect time to play matchmaker for both his great, great, great grandson Naruto and granddaughter Sakura. Giving a small chuckle, the century old man made his way to the training grounds oft used by a certain paled eyed Hyuuga heiress.

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Sasuke paced the large training ground located in the Uchiha compound. He was pissed to say the least; he had over heard Tsunade talking to Kakashi about Naruto's bloodline limit, and the amount of pure power that it had given the blond. What he didn't hear was the fact that Naruto had to start from scratch and relearn everything that he had ever known from the academy, save for his taijutsu style.

Sasuke hated Naruto now, and all thoughts of worry that he once had were gone. He wanted nothing more then the power to kill Itachi. Itachi, the mere though of the man brought up an intense hatred in the young prodigy. Sasuke gave a half crazed laugh, his plan would see to that. After all, he was an Uchiha, an elite shinobi, a noble, and didn't, elite, noble shinobi deserve to have power? That is what Sasuke figured as he let out a twisted laugh, his plan was perfect and simple, all he had to do was steal some of Naruto's blood and splice it with his own, thus giving him the power he so "justly deserved" by birth right.

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Sakura was humming to herself as she made her rounds in the hospital. She always enjoyed helping the patents who where there. It gave her a chance at learning medic-based jutsu's, after all; it was her dream to become like her idol, Tsunade. She had Naruto to thank in a lot of ways; and today she was going to thank him by making him a home made dinner. A sad smile crossed her face, it hurt to know that he had never once had gotten a home cooked meal in his entire life. So tonight Sakura was going to remedy it by bringing him some real food.

Naruto, Sakura smiled at the mention of the blond these days. He truly was an enigma, but that was to be expected from someone who had one of the darkest secrets in the village. Sakura pondered how the rest of the rookie nine would react to the news of her and Naruto being twins. Ino for one would completely freak out and start making accusations of it being a sick joke, Hinata, Sakura already knew, was happy for the two of them, as for everyone else, she had no clue. And then there was Sasuke, the pink haired nin sighed, truly wondering about the Uchiha. She had noticed his attitude change since the cursed mark incident, and it scared her. Everything Sasuke did these days scared her, but for some odd reason, Naruto didn't, not even when she found out about the kyuubi, not even when he had physically changed did Naruto scare her.

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Naruto was really comfortable at the moment. He was in no rush to get up from the warm, soft, and really comfortable bed he was in. He was just going to sleep as long as possible. After all, he was in no rush to go anywhere, so why hurry. Sleep was just to damn good at the moment, and but that didn't stop the napping nin from noticing the scent of Hinata as she tried her best to quietly enter the room he was currently napping in. If there was one thing that drove Naruto wild since the change of his bloodline kicking in, it was the scent of Hyuuga Hinata. For some odd reason her particular scent both calmed him and drove him nuts at the exact same time.

Hinata quietly entered the room, as not to wake her long time crush. She couldn't help but blush as she saw his shirtless form lying on the bed. She was doing quite well, until his ear twitched, and that became her falling point. She had always wanted to play with his ears since she first laid eyes on them. And now the opportunity presented itself for her to do just that, play to her hearts content with them.

Letting out a schoolgirl giggle, Hinata tiptoed over to the bed and gently sat next to Naruto. Slowly she reached out and touched them, marveling at the softness and ever present twitch. Letting out another giggle Hinata started scratching at the base of one of the ears, and immediately noticed the reaction Naruto gave. It was funny for Hinata, which was until Naruto suddenly pulled her down onto the bed and snuggled up against her. "My Hina-tenshi," murmured the blond into the girl's ear. This of course caused her to black out in pure joy. Outside the door, neither noticed a chuckling old man with a hot pot of tea next to him. Yes, things were getting interesting, and that's how Hanzo liked it, unpredictable and full of surprises.

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Naruto now walked the now familiar sewers of his mindscape. But this time it was different, this time there was an unusual earthy smell to it, one that had not been there before. That and he noticed that plants and earthen patches had started to dominate the once murky and depressing place. As he walked he noticed that the ever present cage that had once been, was no longer there, and in the place of the once monster kitsune, now sat an exotic woman in a deep red kimono, with some of the most fiery looking hair that Naruto had ever seen. But the most noticeable features where her elongated fox ears, and the nine tails that seemed to move on their own.

"Welcome, kit," stated the woman, "We have much to discuss"

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Yeah, I know, ain't I a stinker? So, hope you guy's enjoyed this chapter, and remember reviews make this possible. Flames are welcome as they are read and fed to young dragons for future warfare. Oh, and would the owner of the radioactive zombie squirrels come and pick them up? They're attracting flies.