DISCLAIMER: I do not own Negima, Inuyasha or Naruto. Negima is the property of Ken Akamatsu, Inuyasha is the property of Takahashi Rumiko and Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto.
Ackdam's story "Naruto One Man Team" has inspired portions of this story. If you haven't read it, I strongly advise you to do so.
Italics text = character thinking to themselves.
Underline+Italics = character communicating with telepathy
Bold text = shouting
Bold+Italcs = Casting Spell/Ability
Chapter Fourteen
Girls and Blood
As the group of ninja approached the Konoha main gate, Naruto was getting a mixture of looks from the others: amusement and a little perverted envy from Kakashi, hate and fear from Sasuke and Sakura, who had their hands tied, anger and envy from Kiba and some embarrassed smiles from Haku.
The reason why the brooder and the banshee hated him was obvious: he kicked the Uchiha' ass. Kiba on the other hand had finally found out what the CRA meant.
Kakashi and Haku though... He had been persuaded by Kyubi to tell them both everything, from his tenants and currently four girlfriends to his bloodlines and parents. It had been decided that Kakashi was trustworthy enough since he had been one of Minato' students.
The look on their faces when they saw Naruto' mindscape was only overshadowed by the revelation that Kyubi was one of his girlfriends. Naruto' favorite part was at the end of the explanation when Haku teased him regarding his ability to handle so many women. At that point Negi discretely asked Chachamaru to record the scene before Naruto reminded everyone of his talent with Kage Bunshin. The torrents of blood that made the girls fly backwards would forever be immortalized in a picture on Naruto' nightstand.
"Hey there, Kakashi! How was the mission? Lost any of the kiddies along the way?" Kotetsu, one of the chunin guards greeted.
"Unfortunately, no." Kakashi said with a glare towards Sasuke and Sakura.
"I see." Kotetsu glared as well. "Ah, you must be the girl I heard about!" he said as he turned his attention to Haku. "I was informed by the Hokage of your arrival so there's no need to fill up any papers here."
"Really? I thought it was standard procedure." Haku raised an eyebrow.
"Not when you're about to join a clan that Hokage-sama favors." Kotetsu gave Naruto a grin.
"What about the civilian council? Naruto-kun has given me a very... detailed description of them."
"As long as you bring a new bloodline in the village, they would agree to throw rose petals on your path." the chunin shrugged.
"Well, let's see if they do that." Naruto said and the group said goodbye to Kotetsu and went through the gate.
They were barely thirty feet away from the gate when an ANBU landed in front of Naruto.
"Uzumaki, the council requires your presence." he said to the blond.
"That's Fuhen-sama for you, ANBU." Kakashi said with an edge in his voice.
"My apologies, Kakashi-sempai." he gave a slight bow towards the jounin. "At any rate, the council...; he began.
"Request denied." Naruto said and went past the ANBU without giving him a second glance.
"Bu-But the council…" the ANBU stuttered.
"Only the Hokage may force a ninja council member to attend a council meeting." Kakashi said as he followed the blond.
"He's a WHAT?" the ninja' eyes bulged behind his mask.
"All clan heads are part of the council. You people haven't figured it out in the month he's been away?" Haku shook her head in disbelief and followed them along with the others, leaving a gaping masked ninja behind.
The group was halfway to the Hokage Tower when three more people appeared before them.
"Greetings Uchiha-sama" the two council advisers and Danzo said before noticing the avenger' state.
"What is the meaning of this, Kakashi?" Koharu yelled.
"Release Uchiha-sama at once" Homura added.
"No." Naruto countered. "None of you have any right to interfere in ninja matters."
"Why is he restrained?" Danzo asked carefully, noticing the hateful looks Sasuke was sending towards Haku and Naruto.
"He tried to murder me. Twice." Haku said, drawing attention to her.
"Ah, you must be the Hyoton user that expressed interest in joining our village." Danzo said with a smile.
"No. I expressed interest in joining the Fuhen clan" Haku cut the discussion short.
"I… I see." Danzo said, glaring at Naruto.
"Weren't you supposed to be in the council chambers? I believe you've been requested to be at a meeting." Koharu looked at Naruto in distaste.
"Since when does the civilian council have the right to demand the presence of a member of the ninja council?" Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"But you're not…" Homura began before the words 'clan head = council member' passed through his head, as well as the other two.
'Oh shit!' the three thought.
"Now, if you're done wasting our time, we need to turn in our mission." Naruto said and the group left, leaving the trio thinking of new plans to control the 'demon brat'.
When they finally entered the Hokage' office they found Sarutobi smoking his pipe as he relaxed while a pair of Kage Bunshin was doing the paperwork.
"Oh, I've been expecting you, Kakashi." Sarutobi smiled before his eyes landed on Sasuke and Sakura and he frowned at their binds. "Report"
"Team 7 and Tazuna were attacked by the Demon Brothers halfway to Wave. At that point they sent the request for reinforcements before continuing the mission. On my way, I encountered Kafu Ohba who was working for Gato along with Momochi Zabuza and the Demon Brothers. I used a trap and killed him. When I arrived, they were fighting Momochi Zabuza. Kakashi had been captured and his three genin were being picked on by one of Zabuza' Mizu Bunshin. When I arrived, I freed Kakashi and managed to wound Zabuza with kunai coated in a nerve-paralyzing poison. When we were about to kill him, Haku – who at that point was still Zabuza' ally because of his manipulations – attempted to frame his death. I saw through it but they got away. Kakashi collapsed afterwards because of chakra exhaustion." Naruto began the explanation.
"After we arrived at Tazuna' house, Naruto cured my chakra exhaustion quite easily as well as making a few modifications to my Sharingan transplant in order to make more like an Uchiha'. The next day, we began training for the future confrontation with Zabuza. A few days later, Naruto, who had been more advanced and was training on his own, encountered Haku and freed her from her memory seal. As you are aware, she accepted his offer to join his clan and became our spy in Gato' headquarters. When we were attacked by Zabuza she turned against him and, with the help of Naruto, killed him. Soon after that, Gato arrive with about two hundred bandits. While he was demanding us to surrender, two more missing-nin, Tamotsu Hiroshi and Gekoku Kaito, arrived holding Tazuna' daughter and grandson hostage. Naruto swiftly killed them without harming the hostages." Kakashi said.
"At that point, the bandits attacked. I used my new sword, Tessaiga, to kill about a hundred of them and made a lot of Kage Bunshin to assist Haku and Kakashi while I went after Gato. The Team 7 genin were assigned to protect Tazuna, which they would have failed if it wasn't for the arrival of a group of armed villagers. Before I killed Gato, he revealed of a backup group that was to attack the village in case of failure. After we arrived at Tazuna' house, as I was talking to Kakashi about my discovery, Sasuke and Sakura attempter to kill Haku in her sleep. Luckily, me and Kakashi arrived in time to stop them. I need to add that Sasuke also attempted to kill Haku on the bridge even after Kakashi warned him that she was an ally. After their attempt, we restrained them in a separate room." Naruto said, and killing intent began leaking from the old man as he glared at the two genin.
"The evening after the bridge was completed, we discovered the camp of the bandits Gato spoke of. There were about four hundred of them. We left Kiba to guard Tazuna' house with instructions to release Sasuke and Sakura to help him, in case some o the bandits got past Naruto, Haku and me." Kakashi said but Sarutobi interrupted him.
"Hold on. You're telling me you attacked a comp of four hundred with just two others?" Sarutobi glared at the jounin.
"We first inspected their defense under the cover of the night. We only attacked after Naruto formulated a very good plan. We used the fact that there was a cliff towering above the camp. Naruto' Kage Bunshin bombarded them from above with some very powerful jutsu before we attacked them with long ranged jutsu. Haku used one of her Hyoton jutsu to keep them from attacking us or escaping while Naruto did the same with some traps he invented. When there only twenty left, Naruto charged at them and cut them down." Kakashi said in his defense and was happy to see Sarutobi' frown change into an impressed smile.
"After we were done, we went to Gato' former hideout and I was able to destroy the barrier surrounding the building. We found a lot of money and documents there. All of the money went to the villagers since it was taken from there in the first place, but a lot of the documents may concern Konoha. They're all in this containment scroll." Naruto said as he placed said scroll in Sarutobi' hand.
"Why do I have the feeling that I'm not going to like what's in there?" Sarutobi groaned.
"Because I certainly didn't." Naruto said.
"Carry on with the report." the old man sighed in resignation.
"After we arrived at Tazuna' house, Sasuke demanded answers. When his request was denied, he attacked Haku by throwing a kunai at her. Naruto was able to somehow destroy the kunai before it reached Haku and then proceeded to show his anger. He threw Sasuke out of the house and then knocked him out using a Raiton jutsu. In this morning, we left Wave with Sasuke and Sakura restrained and arrived in the village earlier." Kakashi finished the report.
"ANBU. Take Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura to their respective homes and keep them there until I say otherwise. Untie them when you get there." Sarutobi said coldly, barely keeping his killer intent under control.
Two ANBU took the genin and Shunshin-ed away.
"Hokage-sama, Kakashi, Haku and me have something to discuss with you." Naruto said.
"Very well. Kiba, you're dismissed."
After the door closed Naruto quickly activated the privacy seals before answering Sarutobi' questioning look.
"First of all, I told both Kakashi and Haku about my tenants and parentage." Naruto began. "Haku in joining my clan and offered to share her bloodline with me, while Kakashi was my father' student." he added.
"It's your decision, Naruto-kun." Sarutobi sighed.
"Secondly, I obtained blood samples from three other bloodline users, beside Haku. One of them is from Sasuke." Naruto said.
"So you took it after you knocked him out. Perfectly within the rules we set up. Why though? You already have the Mangekyo Sharingan. Which I believe you used to save Haku" the old man asked.
"Yes, but if I try activating the Sharingan using a sample of blood from Sasuke, it should evolve the Mangekyo I got from Itachi into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan." Naruto explained.
"I see. That way, you would get power boost as well as get rid of any possible drawbacks the Mangekyo has. Well, I approve." Sarutobi decided.
"Thanks. I won't use the sample from Kafu since it wouldn't help me too much and would slow me down. I'll keep it in storage for a later time. The one from Gekoku on the other hand is very useful and I'll soon assimilate it." Naruto said.
"Good, good. Anything else?" Sarutobi said pleased.
"Um, yeah." Naruto hesitated. "When Sasuke threw that kunai at Haku, I used the Mangekyo like you said and threw him out of the house. What Kakashi didn't mention earlier was that my anger summoned a bit of Kyubi-chan' chakra."
"How many people saw this?" Sarutobi said warily.
"Kakashi, Haku, Tazuna and Sasuke. The others fainted from the killer intent.
"So the only problem is the Uchiha." Sarutobi mumbled.
"Not really, Hokage-sama." Kakashi intervened. "The only real difference between that partial transformation and the activation of his vampiric bloodline were his eyes being red instead of blue and his whisker marks being a little more obvious. And I'm sure we can pass these details as hallucinations under that massive killer intent." he shuddered at the memory.
"Was it that bad?" Sarutobi asked curiously.
"It felt like Tsunade-sama had caught me peeping on her in the hot springs. Only deadlier." Kakashi explained. "What? Jiraiya-sama described it!" he added to the accusing glares.
"At any rate, do you have anything else to add?" Sarutobi asked Naruto.
"Nothing regarding the mission. Though the council sent an ANBU demanding my presence in the council chambers as soon as I entered the village." Naruto said.
"There are several reasons for that." Sarutobi grinned. "First of all, they'll probably want Haku in another clan or to turn her into breeding stock." he began. "Secondly, the modifications you made to the barrier around your compound had caused some discomfort to the ones that had the urge to enter."
"Like what?" Kakashi asked curiously.
"Well, originally, it was meant to either reject any intruder outside the compound or to put them in a stasis sleep. The way I changed it, it puts them to sleep AND rejects them." Naruto grinned.
"So, how many fell for it?" Kakashi asked.
"Just a dozen were dumb enough. They're all in the Hospital." Sarutobi grinned.
"I'll wake them when I get home." Naruto promised.
"Well, I need Haku and Naruto to fill in these documents for her adoption in the Fuhen clan." Sarutobi said and handed them a few sheets of paper which the filled in a few minutes.
"Hokage-sama? Would it be possible for me to join the ninja ranks?" Haku asked.
"I would actually recommend it. That way, the civilian council will have even less authority over you." the old man grinned and gave her a few more sheets of paper that she filled in enthusiastically.
"Now, all that's left is to face the council." Naruto said with a grimace.
"Unfortunately" Sarutobi sighed. "We need to officially announce that Haku joined the Fuhen clan as well as deal with the Uchiha and the Haruno problem." he said, making Kakashi and Naruto grimace.
"Hokage-sama, since you don't need me…" Kakashi tried to weasel out.
"You're a witness. You're coming with us." Sarutobi cut him off.
"Like hell you're damning just us to Haruno hell." Naruto mumbled.
"Let's go right now and get this over with." Sarutobi said as he headed for the door. "By the way, why were those two so silent?" he inquired as he deactivated the privacy seals.
"Oh, that. I just put a paralysis drug on their tongues. We need our sleep, after all." Naruto said, making Sarutobi snicker.
As the group arrived at the council chambers they saw the civilian and ninja sides of the council busy yelling at each other. In fact, they didn't even notice the new arrivals. After Sarutobi took his seat, he motioned Naruto to draw their attention. With a grin, the blond obliged.
"SILENCE!" he roared, channeling a bit of youki into his throat and released a wave of killer intent. That got their attention as the civilians were trembling like leaves.
"Thank you, Naruto-kun" Sarutobi grinned. You may take your seat. Two rows in front of Hiashi, I believe." he added, earning a tick mark from the said Hyuga, since he was quoting Naruto' words.
"Thank you, Hokage-sama." Naruto replied with a slight bow and took a seat between Shikaku Nara and Tsume Inuzuka, who he high-fived under the table.
"Hokage-sama. Why is the brat sitting there?" Haruno Isako demanded.
"Fuhen-sama is sitting here because he is the head of a ninja clan." Shikaku said lazily.
"Then Uchiha-sama should be here as well! He's the last of his clan and…" Koharu began with enthusiasm.
"Hokage-sama, you need some younger advisers. The current ones apparently forget the laws because of their old age." Naruto said as he leaned back in his chair.
"And what exactly do you mean by that?" Homura asked sharply.
"In order for the title of clan head to be inherited, the ninja must be at least Jonin in rank. Also, despite what he did, Itachi is still the heir of the Uchiha clan, since he is the oldest son of the former Uchiha Head. Fugaku would have had to leave a will proclaiming Sasuke his heir in order for that to change. The only possible way for Sasuke to become the heir of the Uchiha is for Itachi to die. And even then he'll have to wait until he reaches Jonin to become clan head." Naruto said in a bored voice.
"Thank you for the detailed explanation, Naruto-kun. And thank you for the previous suggestion. Since my old teammates abandoned their ninja training decades ago, they are in worst shape then I am. It would be cruel of me to keep them working in that state. Homura, Koharu, I promise to look for some new advisors so you can retire." Sarutobi said, trying to keep a wide grin off his face. And failing. Badly.
The look on their faces was priceless. Kakashi even activated his Sharingan momentarily in order to keep the image stored in his memory. But apparently that moment was enough for some of the others to notice.
"Kakashi, what happened to your eye?" Choza inquired.
"Naruto made it work normally with one of his personal healing jutsu." the Copy Ninja replied with a double eye-smile.
"It wasn't hard, to be honest. One of the chakra coils was severed and another was damaged." Naruto shrugged.
"Naruto-san, where did you learn that jutsu?" Shikaku asked.
"I created it. And no, I'm not going to give it to the hospital since they don't have chakra reserves big enough, so why bother?" Naruto replied.
"What kind of reserves could a mere healing jutsu require?" Hiashi mocked.
"Kage level, at the very least." Naruto cut him off.
"And you want us to believe that you have Kage level reserves?" the Hyuga Head asked in disbelief.
"Kage level? I have at least five times more chakra then any Kage in the Elemental nations. And if you add my other reserve to the equation…" he trailed off leaving the council chamber in its rare moments of silence.
"At any rate, I believe that Naruto-kun' position in the council or his healing jutsu are not the reason we are here." Sarutobi said.
"Yes. Hokage-sama, we demand that he is arrested!" Isako Haruno said.
"Really? And what exactly did I do in the past hour since I've been back in the village? Disturbing the peace?" Naruto asked with a smirk.
"A dozen people are in the Hospital because of you!" she screeched.
"Because of me? And here I though that trespassing was illegal! Did the law change while I was away Hokage-sama?" Naruto asked with fake surprise, while Haku, Kakashi and most of the ninja council members were snickering.
"No, Naruto-kun, it's still illegal." Sarutobi replied.
"Well, if that's the case then the so called victims are actually criminals and will be having a nice long chat with Ibiki after I wake them up." Naruto said, his voice gaining an edge towards the end, giving the civilians shivers.
"And when will you wake them up?" Isako asked.
"Hm, let me have a look at my schedule for a sec." Naruto said as he took out a small scroll from his pocket and looked over it. "Hm, tomorrow I need to get some new bloodlines and the day after I'll have to get used to them. Then I have to work on my seals. On Friday I have kenjutsu practice. The weekend is no good either…" Naruto said to himself, though loud enough for everyone to hear.
"How about toady?" a civilian council member suggested.
"Not in the mood." Naruto lazily replied, making the civilians and surprisingly Hiashi go red in the face.
"Naruto-kun, it would be best if we empty those hospital rooms" Sarutobi said, making the civilians smile in satisfaction. "And besides, Ibiki and Anko have been quite bored lately." He added, making the civilians go pale.
"Do you have a list with all their names?" Naruto inquired.
"Yes, several copies of it. There should be one on the table in front of you." Sarutobi replied.
"Yeah, I have it." Naruto said and gave the list a quick look. "Okay" he said and snapped his fingers, releasing a pulse of chakra. "They're awake."
"So all you had to do was to snap your fingers?" Hiashi asked, with the veins on his temples pulsing, as if he was trying to activate his Byakugan.
"Yep, easy huh?" Naruto grinned, earning a few chuckles from several clan heads.
"Now that that's done, we should move to the next order of business." Sarutobi said.
"Yes Hokage-sama. We of the civilian council request that Yuki Haku joins a proper clan like the Uchiha, instead of the Fuhen clan." Isako said, gaining a few glares.
"Request denied." Haku said firmly.
"Who are you to deny the civilian council?" Isako demanded annoyed.
"I am Yuki Haku, last of the Yuki clan and user of the Hyoton bloodline." Haku said, glaring at the pink haired woman.
"I apologize, I didn't know" Isako said slightly embarrassed.
"Obviously." Naruto said, earning a few snickers.
"At any rate, I decided to come to Konoka and join the Fuhen clan and none other. Discussion on the subject is over." Haku said with a tone of finality.
"Indeed. Welcome to Konoha, Haku Yuki Fuhen." Naruto said with a smile.
"Thank you, Naruto-sama." Haku said with a slight bow.
"Fuhen-san, earlier you mentioned gaining bloodlines in your schedule. Were you referring to the Hyoton?" Suzuki asked.
"Yes. Also, on my last mission I gained the required items to gain two more bloodlines from two Kiri missing-nin. I have decided to activate the Hyoton from Haku and the Pocket Dimension Creation bloodline from Gekoku Kaito AKA Shadow Thief of the Mist. The Iron Blood bloodline from Kafu Ohba AKA Demon of the Blood Armor doesn't fit my style so I will keep it in storage for now." Naruto explained. He then noticed the looks he was getting. "What?"
"What kind of mission did you go on? Those were B and A-rank criminals you mentioned." Shikaku asked.
"It was originally a C-rank Team 7 went on. It became A-rank when they were attacked by the demon Brothers. I sent him as reinforcement." Sarutobi said.
"Kakashi, can you give us a brief description of the mission? If Hokage-sama agrees of course." Tsume requested.
"Go ahead, Kakashi" Sarutobi grinned.
"Well, Naruto killed Kafu on the way towards us. When he arrived he saved me from Zabuza' Suirō no jutsu." Kakashi began.
"What were your genin doing?" Tsume asked, knowing that one of them was her son.
"They were getting their asses kicked by Zabuza' Mizu Bunshin." Naruto said.
"Actually, only Sasuke was getting his ass handed to him. Sakura and Kiba were either smart enough or more likely too scared to move." Kakashi said and Tsume blushed in embarrassment.
"Well, most people get scare when they first meet a missing-nin in Zabuza' league." Naruto said and motioned Kakashi to continue.
"After he released me, he injured Zabuza with a poisoned kunai that made him unable to move for over two weeks. When we encountered Zabuza again, Naruto and Haku fought him and Haku killed him. After that Gato and about two hundred bandits arrived at the scene and asked us to surrender. They tried to blackmail us by holding Tazuna' daughter and grandson hostage. Naruto killed Gekoku Kaito and Tamotsu Hiroshi who were holding the hostages. At that point, the bandit's attacked and Naruto killed half with a strike of his new sword." Kakashi said but was interrupted by Koharu.
"You mean he killed a hundred with one strike?" she demanded.
"Yes, it's a very powerful sword that can be used only by me." Naruto said.
"Where did you get it?" Isako asked with greed.
"I made it." Naruto said.
"At any rate, Haku and me along with Naruto' Kage Bunshin killed the rest while Naruto took care of Gato. I asked Sakura, Sasuke and Kiba to guard Tazuna, but they didn't pay attention and Tazuna would have died if it weren't for the arrival of some villagers." Kakashi said.
"Before I killed Gato, I found out that another group was to attack if the first one failed." Naruto informed.
"Later that day, Sasuke and Sakura tried to kill Haku in her sleep. Sasuke refused to accept her as an ally and decided to kill her. Luckily, Naruto go there in time to stop them" Kakashi said, glaring at Isako and the two advisers. "Since then, we had the two restrained in order to prevent any sort of criminal activity. A few days later we found the bandit camp. There were roughly four hundred of them. Me, Haku and Naruto attacked at night. Naruto killed more then half while me and Haku killed the rest. When we got back to Tazuna' house, Sasuke, who had been released I the eventuality that some bandits got away, demanded answers. When we refused to answer his questions, he threw a kunai at Haku. Naruto stopped the kunai and used the strength from his bloodlines to throw Sasuke out of the house. There, he used a Raiton jutsu to knock him out. In the morning we left Wave." Kakashi finished the story.
"That brings us to the next order of business. The punishment for Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura." Sarutobi said with an edge in his voice.
"Where are they at the moment, Hokage-sama? Hiashi inquired.
"At home, under ANBU guard." Naruto answered him.
"Hokage-sama, I demand that my daughter is cleared of accusations at once. She was no doubt manipulated." Isako said.
"I agree with Haruno-san on the manipulation part." Naruto said, gaining a few surprised looks. "After all the brain-washing she put her daughter through, it's no wonder she would do anything the Uchiha asked of her, and I mean ANYTHING." Naruto said, glaring at the pink haired woman.
"How dare you insult my daughter and accuse me?" Isako roared.
"Neither Sakura nor Sasuke are mentally stable. I already warned you that the fan-girl attitude doesn't belong with ninja. You said you'll take care of it and made it worse. She's in her own fantasy world that revolves around Sasuke." Kakashi pined her down with a glare. "As for Sasuke." he turned towards the advisers who shifted uncomfortably "he thinks he deserves everything and anything handed to him. Hell, he was actually near ordering Zabuza to surrender because he's an Uchiha. He's been pampered way too much."
"We must keep Uchiha-sama content!" Koharu said defensively.
"If he wants pampering, he doesn't belong in the ninja ranks. This is no game." Naruto said coldly.
"What if he gets upset and leaves the village?" Homura asked panicking.
"He will be hunted down like any other missing-nin. And share their fate when captured." Sarutobi said. "At any rate, since this is the first incident of this kind, I'll let him off easy with a short talk with Ibiki and therapy sessions with Inoichi." he proposed.
"I approve, for now." Haku said.
"Then it's settled." Sarutobi decided.
"Hokage-sama, if I may speak." Naruto said.
"Yes, Naruto-kun." Sarutobi nodded.
"I believe we should accustom our genin to the conditions on a battlefield. Kiba for example nearly fainted on the bridge because of the strong scent of blood his advanced sense of smell was picking up. The same goes for killer intent. We can't have our ninja trembling like the civilians they're hired to protect." Naruto explained.
"You mean you were trembling..." Koharu began mockingly but was quickly silenced as was everyone else in the room.
Naruto had released a short but extremely powerful pulse of killer intent. He then looked at the trembling old woman with a smile.
"No, I was fine. I was actually talking about your precious Uchiha, who wet himself before I knocked him out after his second murder attempt." the blond snickered.
"Very well, Naruto-kun, we'll look into it. This meeting is over." Sarutobi said as he got up and left, followed by Kakashi.
Haku waited for Naruto to lead her and they were joined by Tsume.
"So Kiba really froze?" she asked a little disappointed.
"Yeah. Not only that, both he and Sakura fainted from my killer intent." Naruto confirmed.
"The runt fainted?" a voice said. As they looked towards the person who spoke, they saw Tsume' daughter.
"What are you doing here, Hana?" Tsume inquired.
"Oh, I just passed by to tell you that Kiba' back. He was in a hurry to leave, though." Hana said.
"Haku-san, this is my daughter Hana. Hana, this is Haku, Naruto' new clan member." Tsume made the introductions.
"Pleased to meet you." Haku said with a slight bow.
"Likewise." Hana answered before he turned to Naruto. "So, did he really faint?"
"Yep. The funny thing is that Akamaru was still conscious." Naruto chuckled.
"If that isn't blackmail material, I don't know what is." Hana grinned.
As the four headed towards their compounds that were conveniently in the same direction they made small talk and eventually began discussing behavior towards women.
"Well, I didn't have to do anything while on the mission; the women in Wave were quite capable of taking care of perverts." Naruto grinned.
"Yeah, though his lewd comments were really getting on my nerves." Haku said.
"Well, at least he didn't try to force himself on someone again." Hana said, grumbling at the memory.
"Yeah. If I see him trying to force himself on Hinata-chan again..." Naruto stopped dead in his tracks and started growling, staring straight ahead. Looking in that direction, the others did the same.
They had just turned a corner and now had the Fuhen compound in view. Near the gate, Hinata was backing away from Kiba.
"Come on, Hinata, you know you want me." he said as he slowly approached his prey.
"N-No! S-Stay back, my boyfriend is Naruto-kun!" Hinata said as he backed away.
"Naruto got a new woman on the mission so I'm claiming you as mine!" Kiba said.
"S-Stay away!" Hinata panicked.
"You're mine bi..." the mutt began but froze when a huge spear passed between him and Hinata. It was so close to his face that it scratched his nose a bit.
As he turned towards the attacker, his blood ran cold there stood the last people he wanted to be caught red handed by: his mother, his sister, Naruto and Haku.
He blinked and then coughed blood as Naruto' fist punched him in the gut, before he fell unconscious.
"Tsume-san, I'll leave this animal in your capable hands." Naruto said.
"Don't worry, Naruto, I'll deal with him." Tsume said, looking at her son in disgust.
She and Hana then proceeded to drag Kiba home.
"Hinata-chan, are you alright?" Naruto asked concerned.
"I'm fine, Naruto-kun." Hinata smiles before gaining a cold look in her eyes as she noticed Haku. "Naruto-kun, who is she?"
"My name is Haku Yuki Fuhen. I was adopted into the Fuhen clan today. You must be Hinata. Naruto-kun told me a lot about you." Haku gave her a mischievous grin.
"Hinata-chan, I need to talk to you about something important." Naruto said with a serious look in his eyes. "Do you want to come to my place so we can talk in private?"
"Um, su-sure." Hinata said with a curios smile.
"Alright, follow me." Naruto said and led them in front of the gate. "Haku-chan, I need you to touch the crest and channel chakra into it when I will tell you to." he instructed and both he and the Hyoton user touched the crest. A few seconds later, they both channeled chakra and the gate opened.
"What was that for, Naruto-kun?" Haku inquired as the gate closed behind them.
"Well, since you're part of the clan, you need to be able to get in, right?" Naruto replied, smiling at the awed looks the girls were giving their surroundings.
When they got at the door of the house, they repeated the process with the crest before heading for the living room. As they all sat on the sofa, with Naruto between the girls, Hinata looked at him curiously.
"So, wha-what do you want to talk about, Naruto-kun?" Hinata inquired.
"Well, as I'm sure you know, I've become the head of a new clan, the Fuhen Clan." Naruto began.
"I know, Naruto-kun, congratulations!" Hinata smiled.
"However, I doubt you know what comes with the position." Naruto said.
"The compound and a seat in the council?" Hinata suggested.
"Yes, that too, but that's the obvious part." Naruto sighed. "Hinata-chan, I'll be blunt about this. I'm required to have at least three wives in order to populate my clan."
"You mean polygamy?" Hinata raised an eyebrow.
"Yes." Haku drew attention to herself. "And I recently become one of Naruto-kun' girlfriend." she said and began explaining her story to Hinata.
"I see, that's what I would have expected of Naruto-kun." Hinata chuckled after Haku finished.
"So, you okay with this?" Naruto asked hesitantly.
"Yes, I'm okay with sharing you with other girls." Hinata gave him an uncharacteristic grin. "And if you can't handle us by yourself, there's always Kage Bunshin." she teased, making the others' noses bleed.
"Hinata-chan, there are some other things that you should know." Naruto shifted uncomfortably.
"Such as?" Hinata inquired.
"Well, it would be best if you and Haku entered my mindscape..."
Half hour later we find Hinata, Haku, Eva, Asuna, Kyubi looking at Naruto, while the others were watching the situation with amusement.
"So, let me get this straight: at the moment you have five girlfriends, with another two pending? And three of them are several thousand years old?" Hinata asked calmly as she put down her tea cup.
"Well, that sums it up." Naruto nodded.
Hinata looks at him for several seconds in contemplation.
"You know, I thought you could be interested in older women, but this is not what I had in mind." Hinata said, making the others sweatdrop.
"So, you're okay with this?" Naruto asked.
"Well, how should I put this? Between your stamina, chakra reserves and Kage Bunshin, I think you'll manage to handle all of us." Hinata grinned, making most of the girls lose focus as they thought of the possibilities. "However..." she got their attention again "I don't think it's fair that among us only Kyubi-san, Asuna-san and Eva-san have a mental connection with you." she stated.
"Hinata-san, I believe that the issue can be resolved by the forming of pactios." Chachamaru said.
"That's a brilliant idea!" Naruto grinned.
"Just one problem, Naruto-kun. You'll need someone to organize the forming of the pactio. Someone in the outside world, since Hinata-san isn't sealed inside you, like we are." Kyubi pointed out.
"Hm, you're right. The only ones that have that kind of knowledge are us, and teaching it to someone else would be a bad idea and it could go wrong in many ways." Asuna said.
"So the only way to do this would be to somehow bring one of us outside, at least temporary." Negi concluded.
"We need someone experienced with pactios." Hinata said and several heads began to turn.
"We need someone expendable." Eva grinned and everyone was smirking towards a sweating Chamo.
"HELL NO!" the ermine yelled and took off.
"Let's hunt a rat!" Eva said as she began to cackle maniacally.
"Nah, there's no need for that." Naruto said as he went after Chamo. "I'll talk to him. I'm sure I can reason with him."
"Any idea how he'll convince the rat to risk his life for your convenience?" Eva asked Hinata.
"Threaten him?" Hinata shrugged.
"That would work." Asuna said after a few seconds of silence.
Ten minutes later, Naruto returned with a grinning Chamo on his shoulders.
"Okay, from the look on his face I can tell that you didn't threaten him. So how?" Eva asked.
"Evangeline, I have no idea what you're talking about." Chamo said, avoiding her gaze.
"You told him that Konoha has hot springs, didn't you?" Negi whispered to Naruto.
"Guilty as charged. Though I didn't tell him what could happen to him if he gets caught." Naruto whispered back.
"So, how are we doing this, exactly?" Chamo asked.
"Well, I found something interesting in one of the books from the magic library. It was about Shikigami." Naruto began.
"Of course! Shikigami can use several onmyōji abilities of the caster. So if you infuse the paper with chakra instead of ki, it will also be able to use spells because of the mana part." Setsuna exclaimed.
"Yes, that's true. But it would also be more durable, sine chakra is also known as life energy. While a magic user would simply faint from exhausting his mana, a ninja would die if he used all of his chakra." Kyubi explained.
"Speaking of durability…" Naruto began with a smirk "what would happen if I use the Jishou Zousaku in conjunction with the Shikigami?"
"Still, to make a real body, you would need something alive as a component" Eva said thoughtfully.
"Well, what do you suggest I use for that, oh Vampire Queen?" Naruto joked with a knowing grin.
"Of course! Blood! You just need to write the name on the Shikigami in blood!" the blonde vampire realized.
"Yep. That's the plan." Naruto nodded.
"So, we'll need some Shikigami paper, Naruto-kun' blood and one ermine soul" Konoka said as she wrote a small list.
"So, it will be just like my previous body?" Chamo inquired.
"No, it will be better." Naruto grinned.
"How so?" Kyubi asked.
"Technically speaking, he's still bonded to me through the seal. So if his body dies, his soul returns here" Naruto explained.
"What happens if you die while I'm out of the seal?" Chamo asked.
"You die as well." the blond replied.
"Okay, enough stalling! I have hot sp… I mean pactios to do!" Chamo corrected quickly.
"Setsuna-san, can you give me the knowledge you have on Shikigami? I don't want to make any mistakes." Naruto asked.
"Sure." Setsuna replied, closing her eyes for a second "Done." she said as she opened her eyes.
"Oh, before we leave..." Naruto turned towards Kyubi "is the blood from the teme saturated with enough youki?"
"Yes, it's been more then seven hours." the redhead confirmed.
"Good. I intend on gaining the Eternal Mangekyo after we do the pactios." he said.
With that, he left the mindscape along with Haku and Hinata.
After they returned to Naruto' living room, he used the knowledge from Setsuna to create the Shikigami paper and brought out a now glowing vial of Sasuke' blood. He then cut the paper in the right shape and wrote 'Albert Chamomile' using his own blood instead of ink.
"Alright Chamo, I'm gonna activate the Shikigami and pour your soul into it while I do the same with some of my chakra." Naruto warned.
"Go ahead!" the ermine said.
Naruto did just that, he began channeling chakra into the paper while, at the same time he focused on putting Chamo in the new body, instead of a piece of his conscious mind, like the technique was originality supposed to work. The words written in blood began to cover the entire paper as the blond willed it to with his Jishou Zousaku. When the entire paper was colored crimson, he pushed more chakra in the recipient, until it expanded into a small sphere. At that point the seal on his belly glowed golden for a few seconds, the light fading when the bubble of blood burst with a small shock-wave, leaving a white ermine in Naruto' hand.
"I need a bath." Chamo said in a disgusted voice.
Correction: a white ermine covered in blood.
Half hour later, he was standing next to a standard pactio circle.
"Alright, you know the drill." Chamo grinned "Get in that circle and make this pactio happen."
"Naruto-kun, you remember our pactio?" Eva said through the mental connection.
"Yeah, you bit me before the kiss. Why?" Naruto inquired as both he and Hinata stepped in the circle.
"I want you to do the same with Hinata and Haku, channeling a small amount and youki and mana in them in the process. At the very least, they'll gain a healing factor. And at best... Well, youki is known to have been used to empower many bloodlines." she said and he had to agree that the benefits were worth a little pain.
"Hinata-chan, this may sting a bit at first, but it gets better." Naruto warned her and received a determined nod.
Naruto leaned forward and bit her just like Eva did to him. As he channeled mana and youki through his fangs, the circle they were standing on began to glow and Hinata moaned in pleasure. At that point, he removed his fangs from her neck and proceeded to kiss her passionately. When Chamo called out 'Pactio!' after the card appeared, they finally remembered to breathe and broke the kiss.
"Wo-Wow... That... That was..." Hinata stuttered.
"Yeah." Naruto agreed. While he wasn't at the receiving end of the energy this time, it felt just as good.
He then repeated the process with Haku in went just as well, thought, unlike Hinata, she was less shy and began groping him near the end.
With the pactios done, both girls were staring at their cards in awe.
The Hinata on the card was dressed in her current attire, but had water surrounding her hands like bracers. Looking more closely, they noticed that it originated from the azure rings on the middle finger of each hand. Also, the eyes of the Hinata on the card showed an activated Byakugan, though the white of her eyes was the same shade of lavender as the iris.
Haku also appeared in her current attire and also sported rings, but these were white, being the source of the blade-shaped on her wrists. She showed no change in her bloodline, but unlike Hinata her bloodline was chakra based, so the changes would not be too obvious.
"Well, now that the pleasant part is done with, I guess it's time to deal with the painful part." Naruto grimaced. Seeing the curious and slightly worried looks the girls had, he added "I mean for me, when I assimilate Sasuke' blood to gain the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan."
"So, gaining bloodlines is painful?" Haku asked, knowing that he was to get the Hyoton the next day.
"Well, I only got the Sharingan this way so far, but I thing that only bloodlines that cause physical transformations are painful to gain." Naruto shrugged.
"I wouldn't be so sure, Naruto-kun." Hinata countered. "Chakra based bloodlines might put a strain on your coils, and I hear that it could be more painful then losing a limb."
"Great. Now I'm really looking forward to gaining the Hyoton and the Pocket Dimension Creation bloodlines tomorrow." Naruto said sarcastically, making both girls snicker. "Oh well, mind as well get it over with." he sighed and took the vial in his hand.
Like the first time, he made a small hole in his thumb with his elongated fang and allowed several drops of his blood to fall in the vial. Unlike Itachi' blood that turned black at this point of the process, Sasuke' blood became a much darker shade of red.
"Hm, last time it turned completely black… it's either because of the effect of the youki, or it simply differs from one person to another." Naruto mused as his finger healed.
Without another word, he downed the liquid and carefully placed the vial on the table before sitting down in an armchair, waiting for the excruciating pain to come. He fell a sting in his eyes and closed them tightly. He then waited… and waited… two minutes passed.
"Huh, is that it?" he asked in disbelief as he opened his eyes.
When light hit his eyes, so did the pain he was waiting for. Luckily, it only lasted a moment.
"Me and my big mouth…" Naruto mumbled as girls looked at his in worry. "Don't worry girls, I'm fine. The pain was as powerful as last time, but it only lasted a moment, not minutes." he assured them.
"Well, how about a demonstration?" Chamo inquired.
"Good idea. I want to know what they look like." Naruto said and activated the normal Sharingan. After a few seconds, he pushed more chakra into his eyes and felt them change again. "Well, what do they look like?" he inquired.
"Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Naruto-kun, but all I see is the same Mangekyo you used in Wave." Haku said regretfully.
"Hm, wait a sec, let me try something." Naruto said and turned his eyes back to the regular Sharingan before channeling twice the amount of chakra he did for the Mangekyo. He once again felt his eyes change.
"Oh! Now they're different!" Hinata announced happily.
"Yeah, it looks like a Sharingan with six tomoe." Haku added.
"Great! I actually feel they're more potent then before! Still…" Naruto trailed off.
"What is it, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked.
"I fell like if can change them even more." Naruto said and reverted to the regular Sharingan once again. This time he channeled three times the energy needed for activating the Mangekyo, though only two thirds were chakra. The third part was youki.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw Hinata and Haku staring at him with their eyes wide.
"They changed again!" Hinata gasped.
"I knew they would!" Naruto grinned. "So what do they look like?" he asked curiously.
"Hey, do I look like a mirror?" Haku pouted playfully as she made small one of ice.
Looking at his image on the frozen surface, he saw six red tomoe on a pitch-black iris, iris surrounded by a crimson background.
Next time: Clan Developments