Shingen Takeda 1521: I based the growth of Hinata and Naruto's relationship on my own personal relationship with my girlfriend. We started off in denial like they did.

As far as Shikan goes, he's going to play a tremendous role after the timeskip. I'm just setting everything in motion now.

And I'm really glad you feel that way. I've pretty much been working on this story for the last three years; I'm glad people like it.

Red-volpe: I love me some Hyuugas (they're way better than the Uchiha!) and I always thought that Hiashi would be a lot nicer if Hizashi was there to keep him sane. Neji and Hinata should be close too.

Oh and that was the perfect analogy!!!! I'm pretty sure I'm gonna fail that damn class……………

The Sealed Deal! Summoning…!

Jiraiya stared at the seal on Nartuo's stomach in amazement. "So lemme make sure I understand correctly. Orochimaru sealed up your yokai?" he asked.

"Yep," replied Nauto as he stared at the ceiling.

"And you broke the seal?"

"Yep."

"Without Kyo-sama's help?"

"Yep."

Jiraiya rubbed his chin for a brief moment, before slapping Naruto upside his head. "YOU IS A LIE!!!" he shouted.

"I IS NO LIE!!!" Naruto shot back [1].

"You two are role models to all the little kids who want to be book writers when they grow up," Minato said as he materialized into the room. "Hey Uncle, do you think you can remove the rest of the seal?" Minato said as he removed his robe.

"Done," said Jiraiya as he removed his glowing hand from Naruto's now bare stomach. "Naruto's yokai has been constantly removing the seal. All I did was add extra energy to speed up the process.

"Now, get some rest Naruto," Jiraiya said. "Tomorrow, we begin our training."

Naruto walked through the streets of Konoha, searching for something. Try as he might, he couldn't find it. He did find Kiokure and Chuuko.

"Oy blondie! What's shakin'?" asked Chuuko.

"Nothing much," said Naruto, who was still looking around for whatever he was looking for.

"What're you looking for, Naruto-kun?" asked Kiokure.

"Eh, it's nothing," said Naruto. "How's your training going?"

"Really good. Big bro here is on leave until the exams are over, so he agreed to train me," said the young Masurao.

"Hey, wait a minute!" shouted Naruto. "Chuuko, you're a dirty pervert! Where would you go if you wanted to peep on some naked girls?"

Chuuko's eyes widened in glee as he replied, "Wow! Your balls finally dropped! I've been waiting for Kio-kun's balls to drop for ages! I'm so proud of you!"

Naruto punched the old-looking Jonin in his head and shouted, "THE PERSON I'M LOOKING FOR IS A PERVERT, YOU DUMBASS!!!"

"HEY!!! MY BALLS DROPPED A LONG TIME AGO!!!" shouted Kiokure, who punched Chuuko on the other side of his head.

"Owwww," said Chuuko as he rubbed his two lumps. "Uh, the best place to go to see some naked chicks is the Hot Springs."

"Alright! See you later Kiokure-kun! Thanks you old bat!" shouted Naruto as he ran off toward the Hot Springs.

"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU CALLING OLD?!?! I'M 23!!!" shouted Chuuko.

A passerby began to cough. "*cough* Bullshit *cough*!"

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY?!?!"

Naruto walked across the wooden bridge leading to the Hot Springs, searching for whoever he was searching for.

"Young master!"

Naruto looked up to see Ebisu heading his way. 'Shit!' thought Naruto as he waited for the pompous tutor to make his way over.

"Young master Namikaze! It has been a very long time since I last saw you," said Ebisu. "Why, now that I think of it, I last saw you in June, when you graduated from the Academy. What brings you all the way out here?"

"I'm, uh, kinda looking for someone," said Naruto nervously. The last thing he wanted was for Ebisu to find out who he was looking for.

"But you're headed toward the female section of the establishment," replied Ebisu. "Surely, you know that us men folk are not allowed beyond this point."

"So why are you coming out of there?" asked Naruto.

Ebisu began to blush and sweat profusely. "I-I-I W-W-WAS N-N-NOT!!!"

"Riiiiiiight," said Naruto.

"YOU MUST BELIEVE ME YOUNG MASTER!!!" replied Ebisu.

"OH, YEAH!!!"

Naruto and Ebisu turned around and saw Jiraiya spying at the naked women in the Hot Spring via a small hole in the wall.

"YOU SCANDALOUS LECHER!!!" shouted Ebisu. "I'LL STOP YOUR PEEPING DAYS ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!" He ran toward the Gama-sennin, who grabbed him by his collar and threw the tutor through the wall and directly onto a naked woman.

"Kid, I think we should run!" shouted Jiraiya. The two Namikaze men ran away as fast as they could as the women beat Ebisu senseless.

"Alright, we should really get busy. You're a day and a half behind the other kids taking the exam," said Jiraiya. "Now, I heard that Kyo-sama taught you how to refine and use your yokai, correct?"

"Yeah, I'm a natural!" said Naruto.

It took you three years to say yokai correctly.

'Don't you have a big ball of yarn to play with?' Naruto snottily shot back.

Foxes are canines, dumbass.

"Well, did you know that your body places a set of limiters on your yokai?" asked Jiraiya.

"It does?" replied Naruto.

He is correct. They are called Bibuhan (Tailed Seals). The Bibuhan are meant to keep young, foolhardy demons like you safe from your own power.

"I couldn't agree with you more Kyo-sama," said Jiraiya.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, flag on the play," said Naruto. "How can you hear Kyo?"

"They don't call me a sennin for no reason," replied Jiraiya. "Anyways, as time progress, each of the seals weaken, allowing your yokai to become stronger and more potent. When all the seals have finally been removed, your yokai will be at its strongest point."

The number of seals placed on a demon determines on the amount of yokai they possess at birth, and how strong the demon will become as he matures. The most any demon can have is eleven seals. The bijuu tend to have at least nine.

"So I have at least nine?" asked Naruto.

"Well, I think that it is ten," said Jiraiya. "Sadly, I can't remove the seals for you. These seals come naturally from an ancient Fuuinjutsu long lost to humanity. Even I couldn't remove the seal if I had an eternity to devise a counterseal."

"So basically what you're telling me is that I'm badass, but I can't pull the bad out of my ass," replied Naruto.

I have no idea what that means, but let us pretend I do. You naturally weaken the seal as you get older.

"So basically what you're saying is that I can pull the bad out of my ass, but my ass will be old and saggy and have liver spots all over it by the time I can?" replied Naruto.

"There are ways to…accelerate the deterioration of the seals," said Jiraiya. "Danger is one way. If your body perceives that it is in imminent danger, and no other solution is available, it will break one of the seals to give you extra strength. You'll then grow what is called a tail."

Naruto's face showed his horror. "It's bad enough I have these ears; now I'll have a tail?!"

It is not an actual physical tail. It is a cloak of yokai that surrounds your body and forms a tail at the end. The more tails you possess, the stronger your yokai will be.

"Oh, I get it!" said Naruto. "If that's the case, then I already broke a seal. When we were in Namigakure no Sato, a cloak of yokai surrounded me when I fought Haku-chan."

"Then this is good!" shouted Jiraiya. "That means that we can focus on unlocking your second seal. Focus all of your yokai into your chest, then slowly distribute it to the rest of your body until you feel that it has all been spread out evenly. Then keep repeating this process."

Naruto began focusing his yokai as best he could. 'I have to be strong enough to avenge Lee's death and beat Sasuke!' he thought as a cloak of yokai surrounded his body.

Gaara sat on top of a large castle in Sunagakure no Sato, merely staring out at the sandy village. A white ball flew up into the air toward Gaara's head. Instantly, all the sand around Gaara formed a large hand that caught the ball.

"Whoa!" shouted a little boy as he ran toward Gaara. "That's awesome!" The hand dropped the ball into the boy's waiting arms. "Thanks mister…"

"Gaara," the psychotic killer replied.

"Ya know, I always see you sittin' up there at night. Do ya ever sleep?"

"Is there a reason as to why you're still here?"

"Geez, I was just tryna be nice, ya jerk," the boy shouted as he walked away. Gaara was stupefied; someone just wanted to be nice to him. He willed the sand that shifted restless behind the boy, ready to crush him, to rest, and allowed the kid to run off to his friends, who waited impatiently for him to return.

Jiraiya stood atop the Namikaze Estates' main house, staring at the night sky. "Why have you come back after all these years, Uncle?"

The Gama-sennin turned around to face his nephew. He stared at Minato and didn't say a word.

"I couldn't find you after Orochimaru defected. And now he shows his face and you reappear. I take it that you're not just here to see me and Naruto-kun."

"I'm working on another novel. Orochimaru no longer concerns me," replied Jiraiya.

"You never could lie to me," said Minato. "But I need to know. Are you with me or with Orochimaru?"

"You've been a lot of things, but stupid was never one of them," said Jiraiya. "How dare you question my loyalty?"

"When you two fought after he defected, you could have killed him but you brought him back and he escaped again. Then, in Mizu no Kuni you could have killed him again, but you went to help your squad mates who didn't need help. Or how about when you didn't even challenge him in Yugakure no Sato?"

"What are you trying to say?"

"All I want to know is if you'll be able to rise to the occasion when it comes," said Minato.

"I will," replied an angry Jiraiya as he brushed past Minato.

Three days came and went quickly, and Naruto had mastered creating his yokai cloak by will. Jiraiya was sufficiently impressed as was Kyo.

It took me a week to do that!

"That's the old Namikaze blood in him," said Jiraiya. "My old man, Namikaze Seigyoku, mastered the Kaiten Me at the age of four.

"Now then, time to teach you a jutsu no ninja should be without. I'm sure you've seen your dad or Sarutobi-sensei perform a Kuchiyose, correct?"

"Yeah!" shouted Naruto. This was it; he was going to sign the Gama contract. For as long as the Namikaze clan existed, they have summoned toads into battle with them. To be allowed to sign the Gama contract was a great honor.

Jiraiya bit his thumb and strung up several hand seals before summoning a giant red bull frog. He opened his mouth and spat out a large scroll. Jiraiya opened the scroll up for Naruto, who stared starry-eyed at it.

"Just sign in blood and you'll be able to summon whenever you desire," said Jiraiya.

Before Naruto could sign, his body stiffened. He began stringing together hand seals and slammed his hand into the floor. A large plume of smoke obscured Jiraiya's view of the blonde Kitsune. As the cloud of smoke began to thin, Jiraiya noticed a man standing with Naruto. He had long platinum blonde hair with red tips, and intense red eyes. He wore a forest green kimono, black armor, and a katana strapped to his waist. He held a large scroll in his hands. His platinum blonde fox ears twitched rapidly as he tried to become familiar with his surroundings.

"Where the hell am I?" the Kitsune asked.

Welcome to the human plane.

The Kitsune rolled his eyes and said, "Gee, thanks dad. You just had to summon me now. I was this close to getting some."

Jiraiya-sama, Naruto-kun, meet my son Harufuudo [2].

"YOU HAVE A SON?!?!"

"SOMEONE SLEPT WITH YOU?!?!"

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!?!

"Nothing, just sayin'!"

"WHY CAN'T I FIND A GIRL DESPARATE ENOUGH TO SLEEP WITH ME?!?!"

"Uh, yo! Disgruntled Kitsune Okami! Big ass summoning scroll! Kinda want to go back to getting poon!" shouted Harufuudo.

Do you think about anything other than girls?

"Uh, yeah! I think about MILFs too!"

"Why did you summon this stellar young man here?" asked Jiraiya as he approvingly appraised his fellow pervert.

I want Naruto to sign the Kitsune Contract.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," said Jiraiya. "He's a Namikaze! He should be signing the Gama Contract!"

He's also the Kyuubi no Kitsune! He should be able to summon any of his own kind, not some damned frogs!

"Maybe it's none of my business, but doesn't the kid get to choose which contract he wants?" Harufuudo said.

"Thank you!" shouted Naruto as he snatched the scroll out of the Kitsune King's hand. He bit his thumb and signed his name in blood.

Jiraiya and his frog summon began to cry profusely. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD TURN YOUR BACK ON YOUR CLAN LIKE THAT!!! AFTER ALL WE'VE DONE FOR YOU!!!"

"I didn't turn my back on the clan, but let's be for real. What Kitsune summons frogs?" replied Naruto.

"TRAITOR!!!"

"Uh, can I go now, old man?" said Harufuudo.

OLD MAN!!! IF I HAD MY BODY, I WOULD BEAT YOU WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR LIFE!!!

Harufuudo, Naruto, and Jiraiya stood in the middle of a large field. Harufuudo and Jiraiya had struck up a very quick friendship, talking about breasts naturally.

"Personally, I like them bigger. They're a hell of a lot firmer and when you squeeze 'em, the flesh moves through the space in your fingers. That's so erotic!" said Jiraiya with a lecherous grin.

"I like them big too, but they can't sag. Having DD's is nice, but if they droop all the way to your stomach, that's a major turnoff," Harufuudo replied.

"Ahem! Can we train?" asked an impatient Naruto.

"Ok ok ok, kid. Just one quick question, Harufuudo-sama. Bald, shaved, or unshaved?"

"Bald, definitely."

"But when it's bald, I get turned off. It's like a little girl before puberty!"

"But I hate getting hair in my teeth."

"Very true."

"CAN WE GET SOME TRAINING DONE?!?!"

TRAIN THE KID OR I SWEAR ON YOUR MOTHER'S GRAVE I WILL CASTRATE YOU BOTH!!!

"Thank you!" shouted Naruto.

And shaved is better. You will not get hair in your teeth and you will not feel like a pedophile.

"ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!" screamed a frustrated Naruto.

"Ok, you little queer. We'll put this conversation on the backburner," said Harufuudo. "Now, focus your chakra and think of a creature that you want to summon. Release that chakra and you will be able to summon the creature you want."

"It's the same mechanics as our Kaiten Me," said Jiraiya. "You know how we look at an area, and focus our chakra at that point, and kind of summon ourselves there? It's the same thing, except that you're summoning another being from another point in space."

"Ok, I think I understand," said Naruto as he began to make the summoning hand seals. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" He slammed his fist into the ground and a large plume of smoke obscured him from view.

"Wow! He must be summoning one of the higher-ups like me with all that smoke!" exclaimed Harufuudo.

The smoke vanished, revealing a cute Kitsune. His fur was green, and his eyes were extremely squinty, making it hard to see what color they were. His tail flicked slowly as he looked at his surroundings.

"W-W-Where am I?" the cute little Kitsune said as he frantically looked around. He saw Naruto and Jiraiya and howled (cutely of course). "HUMANS!!!"

Harufuudo walked over to the little Kitsune and said, "Relax, Unari of the Winds [3]. Kyuubi-sama summoned you."

Unari looked around and said, "Well, where is he? I don't see him."

Harufuudo pointed to Naruto and said, "There he is."

Silence filled the meadow for what seemed to be an eternity. Finally, Unari burst into a raucous laughter. "You're kidding, right? He looks so weak!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME, RUNT?!?!" shouted Naruto.

"All I'm saying is that if you were tough, you'd have summoned a higher up, not a one-tail like me," said Unari.

"I'll prove you wrong!" shouted Naruto. He made the summoning seals and slammed his palm into the ground. As the plume of smoke cleared, four Kitsunes, identical in appearance to Unari save for different colored fur, ran to the green Kitsune.

"Alright weakling," Unari began. "The red one is Nenshou of the Fire [4]; the blue one is Shinseki of the Sea [5]; the purple one is Dageki of the Lightning [6]; and the brown one is Deido of the Earth [7]! Together we're the Five Elemental Brothers!

"Um, Unari-kun, I thought we agreed that we'd change our name to the Five Elementals seeing as I'm a, you know, girl," said Shinseki.

"You're a girl?" asked Unari. The blue Kitsune bit her green counterpart's tail. Unari screeched in pain and began running around, failingly trying to shake Shinseki off.

"From what I see, you have no talent as a ninja. You should give up now," Harufuudo began. "Send me a postcard if things work out!" He closed his eyes and tried to dispel himself, but failed miserably.

I knew you would try to sneak away without trying, so I decided to block the passageway back to the Nenshoutaira (Burning Plains). Have fun here on Earth.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Next Time: We're all training; we all want to be something. Sometimes our passion gets lost in the haze of reality.

That was very insightful, kit.

Got it off a fortune cookie!

Should have known. The sky has not yet turned black.

Each Passion! Each Reality!

1- My idiot friends argue like that all the time. I always saw Naruto and Jiraiya as the funny, not-so-bright kids in the schoolyard so I thought that using this very poor grammatical argument was perfect for them.

2- New Character Bio (Harufuudo): Harufuudo is the son of Okami Kyo. He seems like a spoiled, wasteful pervert, but that is merely an act to keep people from realizing just how cold, calculating, and cruel he can be in battle. His name has no real meaning; I found a skateboard with the name graffiti'd on to it so I kept it lol. (A/N: Think of Sesshoumaru from Inuyasha with a green outfit and platinum blonde and red hair.)

3- New Character Bio (Unari): Unari is a young Kitsune with great strength. Despite his young appearance, he is actually a hundred years old. His cute form is really a henge that hides his actual appearance to trick foes into thinking he is weak. He is the strongest of the Five Elementals and the smartest. His name means howling.

4- New Character Bio (Nenshou): Nenshou is a young Kitsune with great strength. Despite his young appearance, he is actually a hundred years old. His cute form is really a henge that hides his actual appearance to trick foes into thinking he is weak. He has the most stamina of the Five Elementals, but the worst temper. His name means burning.

5- New Character Bio (Shinseki): Shinseki is a young Kitsune with great strength. Despite her young appearance, she is actually a hundred years old. His cute form is really a henge that hides his actual appearance to trick foes into thinking he is weak. He has the most yokai of the Five Elementals and is the calmest.

6- New Character Bio (Daigeki): Daigeki is a young Kitsune with great strength. Despite his young appearance, he is actually a hundred years old. His cute form is really a henge that hides his actual appearance to trick foes into thinking he is weak. He is the strongest of the Five Elementals, as well as the fastest. His name means shocked.

7- New Character Bio (Deido): Deido is a young Kitsune with great strength. Despite his young appearance, he is actually a hundred years old. His cute form is really a henge that hides his actual appearance to trick foes into thinking he is weak. He is the biggest of the Five Elemental Brothers; he is also the gentlest. His name means mud.