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"Hinata-chan, I love you." Naruto almost whispered, before Hinata went limp in his arms.
"All that work with Anko and Kurenai helped her confidence but I guess that was kind of shocking." Naruto thought as he sat down on the couch and laid her head on his lap.
After a few minutes of sitting, Hinata began to stir before finally opening her eyes and blushing when she realized her position.
"N-Naruto-kun…"
"Hina-chan, I'm sorry but I felt like I had to say that… if you don't feel the same I under-" Naruto was cut off as Hinata leaned up and kissed him on the lips.
"Naruto-kun I l-love y-you too." She almost whispered after she broke the short kiss.
"R-really?" Naruto said softly, receiving a nod from Hinata.
"I pretty much always have. You were my first friend and you've always been so good to me, I couldn't help but fall for you… I've just been too scared to say anything because I wasn't sure if you felt the same."
The now couple sat in comfortable silence for a moment before Naruto decided to speak up again.
"Hah. I guess it's only normal, you've been living here and taking care of me for a few years already like you were my wife anyways. I don't know what I would've done without you."
"Yea I guess you're right." Hinata paused for a small giggle. "You are kind of helpless without me."
Naruto smiled at her "Hey I'm not that bad!"
"Naru-kun, if it wasn't for me living here you would have ate ramen for 3 meals a day."
Naruto was then covered with a black anime depression cloud. "Yea you're probably right."
Hinata had to stifle a giggle at his antics. "Cheer up, at least we don't have to worry about that, do we?"
"Nope, and I'm glad of that." Naruto replied as he pulled Hinata into another kiss.
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Next morning
"So Sakura, you still wish to be a shinobi?"
"Hai, but I don't have good enough reserves." Sakura replied, looking down at the floor.
"I may have a solution to that. I'm about to revamp our medic program, and I think you'd be a good candidate."
"You really think so?" Sakura asked, the excitement noticeable in her voice.
"Mhm. Myself and Jiraiya will be leaving the village later today to find Tsunade and return her here to head it up."
"Wow… you mean I'd get to study under one of the legendary Sannin?"
"Yes, provided Tsunade accepts you. The choice would be completely up to her in the end, so I'm giving you about a week until we get back to get yourself ready to impress her. You are dismissed."
"Thank you Hokage-sama." Sakura said with a bow before leaving Naruto's office.
"Alright Jiraiya come on out." Naruto said before Jiraiya stepped out of the shadows.
"Well Ero-Gaki-sama, are you ready to go?"
"Have I ever mentioned how much I hate you…" Naruto muttered under his breath. "Yea as soon as Itachi gets here I'm ready."
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A few minutes later
"Thanks for covering for me Itachi, hopefully we should be back in a week or so."
"It's no problem, I don't mind running the village, I just can't do it full-time."
"Anyways, you know how to reach me if need be but I'm sure you can handle things." Naruto said as he turned to walk out the door.
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Another few minutes later, village gates
"So Ero-sennin, do you have any idea where to look for Tsunade at?"
"Not one hundred percent. All we know for sure is that she is in Hi no Kuni somewhere. I have a clue, but we'll just have to search for her."
"I see. I hope she isn't too difficult, I've heard of her attitude towards Konoha."
"Yea, me too…" Jiraiya shuddered at the thought.
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ANOTHER couple of hours later, random trading town
"Hey Ero-Gaki, why don't you go find us a room, I'm going to see if I can dig up anything on Tsunade. I should be back before too long." Jiraiya said as he and Naruto split up to do their own duties.
"Hmm... I'm the fucking Hokage... How did I let him order me into a shit job like this?" Naruto thought as he walked into the nearest hotel.
"Hello sir, how may I help you today?" said the young clerk behind the counter.
"I'd like a room for the night please." Naruto replied.
"Certainly, is it just you?"
"No I'll need two beds please."
"Alrighty." The clerk turned to a rack of keys of behind her and grabbed a set. "Here you go, that'll be 120 ryo please."
Naruto pulled out a few ryo notes and handed them to the girl. "Thank you."
"Thank you, have a good night." The girl said with a smile as Naruto walked out of the lobby and towards his room.
It only took a few minutes for Naruto to reach the room and make his way inside, where he sat down on a couch and quickly fell asleep
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Unknown time later
Knock Knock Knock
"Grr,,, Dammit I didn't give Jiraiya his key." Naruto grumbled out as he stood up and walked over to the door, opening it without a care.
What Naruto saw woke him up rather quickly. "Well, it seems you're not who I expected. Why have you come here?"
"We just came to talk with you a bit, Naruto-sama. Said a large blue man.
"Oh and who might you two be?"
"I am Kisame Hoshigaki, and this is my partner, Raiga Kurosuki. We are both formerly members of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, and now we are members of Akatsuki."
"Akatsuki?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, we are a group of S-Rank missing nin from all across the country. Now then, would you like to come with us the easy way, or the hard way?" Raiga said as both he and Kisame put their hands on the hilts of their swords.
"What business does this Akatsuki have with me?" Naruto asked
"Why would I tell you that?" Kisame said as he and Raiga drew their blades. "I guess you're choosing the hard way?"
Naruto simply drew his sword, making Kisame grin widely.
"I fucking love the hard way!" Kisame yelled as he sliced downwards towards Naruto.
Naruto jumped back to avoid the slash that just ripped a hole in the floor where he was standing, before having to parry a strike from Raiga, though the force knocked him back several feet anyways.
"Ah shit!" Naruto muttered under his breath before having to dodge another slash from Kisame.
"Hold still Gaki! I promise it won't hurt, MUCH!" Kisame shouted maniacally.
Just as Naruto regained his balance, he had to step back once more to avoid a slash from Raiga.
Raiga's attack left him off balance just a bit, giving Naruto enough time to form a Rasengan and thrust it towards him. Raiga managed to twist his body just in time to avoid taking the Rasengan to the chest, but wasn't able to dodge completely, as the ball of chakra still grazed his shoulder and blew him back into a wall.
"Well done Gaki, not many people alive are good enough to even land a hit on Raiga." Kisame said as he appeared in front of Naruto mid swing.
Naruto was able to get his sword up in time to block, but it only slowed down Samehada long enough for him to leap back before breaking.
"Shit... I'm in some serious trouble here!" Naruto screamed in his head.
Kisame quickly appeared in front of Naruto, swinging his sword down to incapacitate the young Hokage, when a new voice called out "Rasengan!"
Just before Kisame's attack landed, Jiraiya appeared beside him and thrust a Rasengan into his chest.
"Shit. Raiga, let's go for now, we can't defeat them both at once!" Kisame and Raiga then ran out of the room and into the hallway, bent on escaping.
"Not so fast. Kuchiyose: Gamaguchi Shibari!" Jiraiya yelled out as the walls of the hallway turned into a pink fleshy material.
"This is the esophagus of a great toad from Mount Myobaku, its walls are impenetrable; no one has ever escaped this technique before!
"There's a first time for everything!" Raiga yelled before touching his two swords together. "Rairyu!"
A large ball of lighting formed between Raiga's blades before launching out and blasting a hole through the side of the toad wall, allowing himself and Kisame to jump through and escape.
"I-Impossible... No one has ever broken out of here before..." Jiraiya muttered out in disbelief.
"Shit… I guess you've never used it on a S-Rank missing nin before huh?"
"…"
"Dammit. Well they're gone now… I'm going back to bed, see ya in the morning." Naruto said before walking back into the room and to his bed, quickly falling asleep.
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Next morning
"So, did you find anything about Tsunade last night?" Naruto asked Jiraiya as they ate breakfast.
"Nothing good, she was here a few days ago for a night. We'll just have to move to the next town and keep trying."
"Great… This is gonna take forever." Naruto sighed before getting up from the table and getting dressed, followed shortly after by Jiraiya.
Once the pair was packed and ready to go, they set out towards the next town to begin their search anew.
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Several days later
"Woo… someone sure did a number here. Looks like we found Tsunade." Jiraiya said as they stumbled upon a destroyed castle in Tanzaku town.
"Yea, she's definitely been here recently. Now I guess we just have to search the bars and casinos until we find her."
The pair then set out on their mission, and searched through the local 'adult establishments' until it was almost dark.
"Goddammit! Is she invisible or something?!" Naruto screamed in frustration. "I'm starved let's stop in here and grab something to eat."
Jiraiya and Naruto turned and entered the restaurant and started towards a booth near the back when Jiraiya yelled out "Tsunade?"
"What. The. Fuck. Really? A restaurant of all places?" Naruto mumbled out.
"Jiraiya? What are you doing here?" Tsunade said before motioning for Naruto and Jiraiya to have a seat.
Once Jiraiya and Naruto were settled in, Tsunade spoke up again. "So, who's the gaki?" she pointed at Naruto, making him growl.
"This is Naruto Namikaze. Minato and Kushina's son."
"Huh… I thought he died in the Kyuubi attack…"
"No, we just didn't want to reveal his identity due to the number of enemies Minato had."
"I see, that makes sense I guess. Anyways, what brings you two here?"
"Well, we were actually looking for you. We need you to come back to the village."
"No."
"Come on, we need you back. It's been twenty years, do you still hold a grudge?"
"Yes, that place has no happy memories for me. I'm not gonna come back there and replace Sarutobi."
Now Naruto decided to speak up. "Actually-"
"I mean, what kind of fool would want to be the Hokage!"
Naruto started to get angry now. "You're-"
"Look at the past Hokages, Sarutobi is the only one who lived past 40, and he still got killed. Only an idiot would be-"
"Dammit listen to me!" Naruto yelled out, stopping her speech.
"Who the fuck do you think you are talking to me like that?!" Tsunade screamed out as she stood up and glared at Naruto.
Naruto jumped up and glared back. "I'm the fucking-"
"I don't care who you are, no one talks to me like that! You wanna settle this outside?!"
"I don't think that's a good idea Tsunade." Jiraiya said.
"I won't hurt him too bad, but someone needs to put this brat in his place!"
"But… Okay whatever." Jiraiya said with a sigh as the two blondes walked out into the street.
"Hey brat, I'll tell you what, I'll only use one finger to kick your ass, just to make it fair."
"This is bad…" Jiraiya sighed once again.
"Don't worry; she won't hurt him too bad." Shizune added in helpfully.
"It's not Naruto I'm worried about."
"Confident aren't you Baa-san? Alright how bout we make a bet?" Naruto said with a smirk.
"Granny? I'll kill you for that! But you've hit my soft spot with that bet, what are the terms?"
"I beat you, you come back to Konoha, and give me that necklace you're wearing; you beat me, we leave you alone and I'll give you all of the money I have on me. You can even use everything you've got."
"Deal. Go!"
"Tsunade you can't bet your necklace!" Shizune shouted from the sidelines as Naruto blurred out of sight. "She's in trouble isn't she?" She added on quietly, to which Jiraiya just nodded with a grin.
"Damn this kid is fast… No matter, he's no match for me." Tsunade thought as Naruto appeared in front of her with his fist cocked back.
He launched the punch at Tsunade's face, and though she managed to get her arm up and block it, the force blew her several feet backwards.
"Hmm, impressive for a gaki!" She said as she leapt back towards him intent on ending the fight with a single punch.
Imagine Tsunade's surprise when Naruto not only caught her punch, but she saw the spiraling ball of chakra in his other hand. "Shit!" She yelled out as Naruto uppercut the ball into her stomach, launching her up into the air
"T-Tsunade…" Shizune stuttered out while Jiraiya just grinned.
Naruto, knowing that she was a Sannin and that something so simple wouldn't end her, pulled a three pronged kunai from his coat and threw it up into the air and past her.
"Hah! Dumb luck that you hit me! You can't even throw a… Wait, SHIT!" Tsunade realized what happened just as she saw a yellow flash behind her, accompanied with a large pain in her back, courtesy of an axe kick from Naruto.
Tsunade's body crashed into the ground hard, kicking up a dust cloud that covered the street.
When the cloud of dust cleared, Naruto was standing over Tsunade with his kunai at her throat.
"H-How…" Tsunade mumbled out.
"H-He just annihilated Tsunade-sama…" Shizune uttered.
"Yep. I tried to warn her." Jiraiya said with the same old grin on his face.
"Well Gaki… I'm a woman of my word… I suppose I'll come back and be the Hokage."
"Would you listen for once you old hag?! We don't want you to be the Hokage!" Naruto yelled out, turning around so Tsunade could see the kanji for 'Fifth' on the back of his coat.
"Oh…" She muttered, feeling like she was 4 inches tall. "So why do you want me to come back?"
"To be the head of a new combat medic program."
"Oh… that makes sense... But wait… you're like 12, how are you the Hokage?"
Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Beats me. It was between Itachi Uchiha, Kakashi, Jiraiya, You, and me; for some reason or another I ended up with the job.
"Anyways, we need to get to bed where we can leave out in the morning." Jiraiya said as he walked over and helped her out of the crater she was laying in.
"Actually, since I'm going back to Konoha, I have some news…"
"So Tsunade, you decided to accept my offer I see." Orochimaru said as he grinned at Tsunade.
"Yea. We were teammates for a long time, I can't forget that. I don't approve of what you did to Sarutobi-sensei but I can't say I care about the village." She replied.
"Excccelent, thank you Tsunade."
"Alright just hold still for a moment." Tsunade said as her hands began to glow green for a moment before she moved towards Oro.
"Wait!" Kabuto yelled out as he threw a kunai at Tsunade.
She disengaged the 'healing jutsu' and leapt back to dodge the kunai.
"What is the meaning of this Kabuto?!" Oro yelled out as Kabuto stepped between the two sannin.
"She was trying to kill you Orochimaru-sama."
"I see… So you are still loyal to that doomed village after all." Orochimaru hissed out with a glare towards Tsunade.
"Yea, I guess I am. Now it's time for you to die!" Tsunade yelled out as she lunged forward and threw a chakra enhanced punch at Orochimaru.
Both of them managed to dodge as Oro smirked. "Oh well, I can be healed by other means. You have out lived your usefulness to me Tsunade, and you always were too weak to beat me alone, much less when you're outnumbered."
Naruto and Jiraiya figured it was a good time to appear from nowhere and make him eat his words.
"Well well, Jiraiya too. It seems we have a good ole reunion huh? Kabuto!" Oro said as Kabuto bit his thumb and began doing hand seals. Jiraiya and Tsunade quickly caught on and did the same.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Kabuto all yelled out at once as the field was covered in smoke.
The smoke finally died down, revealing Manda, Katsuyu, and Gamabunta staring each other down.
"Hmm Gamabunta, Katsuyu, what do I owe the 'honor'?" Manda hissed out.
"Great! My wife has been wanting a snakeskin wallet lately, this is the perfect chance." Bunta said as he drew his tanto and leapt towards Manda.
Manda moved surprisingly quickly for a snake and avoided the slash from Bunta before having to jump away once again to avoid a stream of acid from Katsuyu. Bunta didn't relent, leaping towards Manda and slashing at him once again, causing Manda to dodge.
"Naruto!" Jiraiya yelled as Naruto threw a kunai to the ground near where Manda was going to land and teleported to it in a flash of yellow light.
"Doton: Yomi Numa!" Naruto yelled out as he appeared near the kunai and slapped his palms to the ground. Instantly the ground began to turn into a swamp right as Manda landed.
The large snake sunk up and began to struggle trying to get out of the swamp as Naruto continued pouring chakra into it, causing him to go deeper and deeper. Manda finally realized it was futile and dispelled himself, freeing Naruto up just in time for him to dodge a chakra scalpel from Kabuto.
"Hmph, so I get to bring down the traitor I see." Naruto said with a grin.
"You don't stand a chance with me Naruto-kun, I am equal to Kakashi in power." Kabuto said while readjusting his glasses.
"Funny thing is-" Naruto started before blurring out of sight. "I'm stronger than him." He finished in a whisper from right beside Kabuto.
Kabuto's eyes went wide but that was the only reaction he had time for before he found himself flipping along the ground courtesy of Naruto.
Naruto then reappeared right above him. "Katon: Rasengan!" He yelled out as he drove the ball of compressed flames down towards Kabuto. Kabuto was able to right himself and jump out of the way just in time, but he was still caught in the shockwave and blown backwards several feet.
"What raw power… I may have bitten off more than I can chew here…" Kabuto said to himself as the smoke and flames died down revealing a grinning Naruto.
"Still think I don't stand a chance, Kabuto-kun?" Naruto said with a small chuckle.
Kabuto didn't have a reply; instead he just leapt towards Naruto and engaged him in a taijutsu fight for a moment before he was able to catch Naruto in the arm with a chakra scalpel.
Naruto leapt back to recover a moment with Kabuto doing the same. After a brief staring contest between the two, Naruto chuckled and began to speak.
"Well, I've had enough fun, time to finish this." He said as his eyes morphed into the form of his Mangekyo.
Kabuto looked at his eyes for a second. "T-t-that's the sharingan… but how?" he stuttered out.
"That's not important. Tsukiyomi." Naruto said as Kabuto's eyes glazed over. In just a matter of seconds he screamed bloody murder and fell to the ground unconscious.
"Kabuto!" Oro screamed when he noticed Kabuto fall. "You little bastard you're dead!"
Oro broke off from his fight with Jiraiya and darted towards Naruto.
"Naruto run!" Jiraiya yelled out, as he was unable to make it in time to stop Orochimaru.
"Die pedophile!" Naruto yelled as he threw a kunai at Oro.
"Pathetic brat you can't even throw a kunai right!" he yelled out without realizing what happened.
Naruto simply smirked at him before disappearing in a flash of yellow as Oro's eyes went wide.
"Rasenrengan!" Naruto yelled as he appeared behind Oro with a rasengan in each hand before thrusting them into the snake's back.
"Ahhh!" Oro yelled out as the rasengans tore into his back and shot him away.
Before Naruto or Jiraiya could give chase though, he managed to get up and shunshin to Kabuto. "This isn't over! Konoha will burn!" he yelled as the duo sunk into the ground.
"Shit they got away!" Naruto yelled once they were gone.
"It's okay, we'll get them some other time gaki. We should head back now." Jiraiya said as he walked over to Naruto.
"Yea. Let's go."
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