fanofthisfiction chapter 25 . Jun 20
You have me wondering now if the tumor will have any behavioral repercussions on Naruto even if removed. So much lies in his survival it will be definitely be something everyone pays attention to. He is the main character though so it will be interesting to see where you take it.
With another chapter due in July it looks like you are writing up a storm this summer.
Thanks for taking time to read and review my story despite all the writing you've been busy with. I appreciate it!
THE TUMOR SERVED IT'S PURPOSE... FOR NOW. I AM TRYING TO KEEP UP ON THIS STORY, BUT I AM WORKING ON FOUR AT ONCE AT THE MOMENT. IT'S NOT EASY.
fanofthisfiction chapter 24 . Jun 11
Future King Naruto seems to have quite a life mapped out for him with several people in place to make sure his ascent takes place.
I see you've had many more updates that just the one before June! I guess Naruto and friends aren't the only ones who are working hard.
Assigning Kakashi to be Naruto's sensei or trainer for future greatness was a nice touch. Though it would have been pretty funny to see what Anko would have molded him into in that regard.
One typo I thought I would bring to your attention is the word: Sannin. (Stands for san - meaning 3 and nin for ninja).
I'm so sorry to hear you were in the hospital. I trust you are doing better now?
I WON'T ALLOW KAKASHI TO BE A LAZY BUM OF AN INSTRUCTOR IN THIS STORY. HE'S EITHER ON THE BALL OR HE DIES! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! AS FOR THE HOSPITAL, I AM HOME AND DOING MUCH BETTER, THANKS.
Guest chapter 25 . Jun 4
Well well well enter Kushina...and the Daiyamo is fucked once the Gokage learn how he kidnapped Tsunade.
HOW RIGHT YOU ARE.
Drakon45 chapter 7 . Jun 3
for those in the know what does late for the "train" mean. I have not read or heard that before
WHAT?.
chapter 25 . Jun 3
noooooooo evil cliff hanger no jutsu! I hate that jutsu
SORRY, BUT IT'S MY BEST JUTSU. :(
Angel Hatake chapter 25 . Jun 3
Sochi? Either way awesome chapter and man, I can't wait to see what happens next. From the looks of things, Kakashi looks to have accepted Naruto as more of a leader so I wonder what will happen to the land of fire's feudal lord.
SOCHI IS SON, AND THANKS. :) THE DAIMYO WILL HAVE A PART TO PLAY STILL AT A LATER DATE.
Kingdomheartsfan2 chapter 25 . Jun 3
No please don't wait until July to update! :( I want you to make another chapter soon. Love ya and can't wait to see what you do next.
SORRY FOR THE WAIT, BUT I AM WORKING ON AT LEAST FOUR STORIES RIGHT NOW. :(
It had been the longest day of the pink haired medical ninja's young life. Sakura didn't know of Hinata's very thorough medical training under her Shishou Konan in Uzu, so she did not allow Hinata to assist in the procedures once Tsunade arrived. That turned out to be a very dangerous mistake.
Flashback: One hour into Naruto's neurosurgery:
"Hinata, stop it this instance!" Yuhi Kurenai yelled in her most commanding voice as Hinata punched, kicked and jabbed Sasuke, Kakashi, and a very shocked Kurenai.
"Not until you all let me in to see Naruto!" the formerly shy young lady twice as fierce warned in return. "Now remove yourselves from my path or I will tear this building apart until I make my way to him!"
Tsunade had finally had enough, and stepped out of the surgical bay for but a second to be completely and utterly shocked to see two Jonin and Konoha's golden boy Sasuke getting trounced by the young Hyuuga girl.
"Enough!" Tsunade commanded to which all of her ninja, save Hinata stood down upon feeling her massive killing intent. Hinata however glared at her and stated, "I need to be by Naruto's side... even if I am not working on the surgery," without the slightest sign of backing down. "I am more than qualified to do so however as I was trained as a medical ninja for four years by my shishou!" Hinata almost howled in rage.
"I don't care what your reasoning, you are going to calm down before I put you down." Tsunade threatened, already pissed off from the daimyo situation, and in no mood to deal with an unhinged genin.
"Naruto... now," Hinata said silently. Kiba, and Shino almost wet themselves as they knew what was coming next as they had seen it when Anko tried to discipline Naruto once a few years back.
Shino knew stepping between a sitting hokage and a pissed off Hinata was suicidal, but it was the only way to stop what could turn out to be the biggest shit storm in the history of the hidden leaf despite not being quite home yet. But before he could say anything, Tsunade sped forward and attempted to knock the pupil less girl out. To her extreme surprise, she hit an after image. Not an illusion, but the girl's speed was so great that an actual after image was formed, but not before Hinata was slightly clipped on the shoulder... That was when things went from bad to worse.
Hinata had been hearing a voice for the last thirty minutes. That voice sounded agonized. A voice she promised herself she would make things right with. The problem was that she was the only one who heard that voice... until Hinata winced in pain of her arm being clipped by the Hokage.
The ground trembled as that same voice echoed through the very sky, "Hinata!" The Killing Intent was felt slightly in Uzu, and Naruto's nee-chan Ayame shivered. She knew that it took a lot to make Naruto that angry.
In front of Tsunade appeared a green aura, similar to that of Celeste which became a clearer image. That image was of Ichiraku-Uzumaki, Naruto. He didn't look happy.
"Have you lost your fucking mind?!" He exploded at Tsunade much to her surprise as Naruto, to her knowledge was still laying down with his brain stem exposed. "My spirit sensed Hinata and called for her because we are linked. I didn't expect our link to still be so strong after... some issues in the past, but the fact is, she came for me. She would never do anything to hurt me. And you've seen what happens when someone tries to hurt her," he left the not so subtle threat in the air. "Even on my deathbed... she is the girl that I love. I will protect her for as long as I live. Heck, I'll protect her after I die too." Naruto said and floated over to Hinata and placed a hand on her shoulder to which her eyes glowed green and her body healed and suddenly felt super charged. Her focus returned, and she no longer had the urge to mow down those in her way. She had the mindset to feel a bit sheepish at her actions, but did not regret trying to help Naruto.
Tsunade had a tick mark protruding from her forehead but calmed now that Hinata seemed to have come back to her senses before she turned to face Naruto directly and asked, "What the hell is going on here gaki? And don't play games with me. Sakura is doing her best to keep you stable, so you'll want to make this very quick."
Naruto nodded slightly and explained, "Several years ago Hinata and I started getting closer. We ended up so close that one of the special gifts granted to me started to affect her as her eyes turned green. My sensei/big sis Anko went to discipline me once, but accidentally hit me too hard as I was trying to avoid being hit. It cracked my skull slightly. Hinata who was on the other side of... the town,"Naruto said, careful with his words in case spies were near, "felt my life was in danger and rushed to me, bowling Anko over. Our head medic followed her after hearing her student's howl. Upon seeing me, Hinata started using the little bit of Shousen her shishou had taught her to try to save me. It didn't save me, but it stopped the damage from getting worse long enough for Kon... to get there. Then there were two other events where she was in danger and was knocked out where my strength nearly quadrupled like Hinata's did here. It is one of the reasons I wanted to be placed on the same team as her alongside Shino and Kiba as we were already a cohesive team, and the danger of our gifts drawing us to each other like this would not endanger our Konoha comrades. But the old man said no, and I didn't push for it as I wanted us to move forward in peace. That and this had not happened for a few years. I didn't believe our link was still so strong."
After a few moments of silence, Sasuke finally broke the ice and said, "If you become that fierce when Naruto's life is in danger, we could have really used you when that snake bastard pedo Orochi-bitch was here."
Tsunade had been caught up and glanced over at Sasuke who flinched slightly and said, "Sorry for speaking out of turn Godaime-sama," as respectfully as his voice would allow. Tsunade on the other hand allowed her lips to upturn slightly into a smirk. "I am sure the sandaime had good reasoning for setting the teams up the way he did. That said, changing teams is rather difficult at the moment for...reasons. I will however consider putting your teams together for higher ranked missions. I should be punishing you Hinata, but your...unique situation needs to be taken into consideration. And as Hokage I need to remember that things aren't always as clear cut as one would like. As for you helping Naruto in the surgical bay," she said carefully, "This is primarily Sakura's operation, but..." again she waited, and continued as Hinata stayed calm. "If you agree to stay calm I will allow you to watch, since you seem to be a medical shinobi, I'll listen to any... reasonable opinion you have and advise Sakura..."
But before she could finish, a very loud booming voice sent the now red trench coat wearing Kakashi, into a near catatonic state of terror. "My sochi is dying, and you are out here running your gums sensei! Get back to work!"
Tsunade looked shocked, then looked to the ghostly form of Naruto who looked equally as perplexed. Kakashi's voice trembled as he inquired, "Kushina-sensei?"
"Yes. Now hurry up and heal my sochi (son)! He dies, I promise I am coming back from the dead and beating the shit out of all of you! I don't have time to explain why I am here. And you Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto, and I need to talk, so if you'll be so kind as to let them work on you, I will speak to you in your mind."
Naruto stood dumbfounded for a moment before the words finally came to his lips... kaa-chan?" with a few tears showing on his ethereal face. He looked at Hinata who nodded, and he vanished, having felt no other threats surrounding the girl he loved.
Hinata was allowed into the surgical bay after getting cleaned up and into scrubs. Hinata's assistance actually proved quite helpful, especially when Kushina and Naruto didn't quite see eye to eye on a topic which caused Naruto's vitals to spike dramatically with moments inside Naruto's mind such as:
"What do you mean Ichiraku Uzumaki Naruto?! Your name is Namikaze Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto, or Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto!" Kushina screamed.
"If you wanted me named that, you shouldn't have died and left me alone all those years until I was adopted. I was on the fucking street after I was kicked out of the orphanage! The old man gave me an apartment, but even then some of the more brazen villagers, and even ninja tried to kill me because of Kurama being sealed in me! But eventually Old man Teuchi and Ayame-nee took me in and damn near went to jail for attacking anbu to get to me to protect me."
"Then where's Jiraiya, Mikoto Uchiha, and Tsunade been?" Kushina asked slightly calmer knowing someone was there for her son.
"Mikoto? Where have I heard that name before... Oh! What does Sasuke's mom, RIP, have to do with this?"
"Mikoto's gone?" Kushina whispered silently. "This part of me is seperate from the rest of my spirit, so I don't know what is going on – on the other side. Only the chakra I left inside of you allows me to be here for a short time."
That shocked Naruto, but decided to answer the rest of her questions. The rest of the day went rather smoothly after Naruto finally stopped screaming at Kushina to release his fox and to stop trying to reseal him in the eight trigrams seal. The fact that Naruto kept literally kept fighting her and Kurama had a bored look on his face despite being restrained forced Kushina to step back for a moment and ask.
"Why are you so angry and why is the big fuzzball so calm?"
"Because the celestial goddess Celeste already punished him once for one mistake he made, then cleansed his spirit. We've been friends for a good five plus years now. If you were anyone else I would have broken the chains with the gifts Celeste nee-sama gave me and let him eat you." Naruto said in slight annoyance.
Celestial goddess, Kushina took a moment to consider and then took a moment to sense the different energies inside of Naruto. She took in a deep breath and said, "I think you are about to wake up soon. I since the fox didn't put up much of a fight, I didn't use that much of my chakra, so I can stick around for a few more days. Just concentrate on my chakra to summon me. I will go into a meditative state so I can gather a little wisdom and knowledge I can pass on to you and try to leave them here as scrolls for you to study from my time in Uzu and some fuinjutsu lessons you might like." she offered.
Naruto closed his eyes and a small chest appeared that said 'Kaa-sama.' He handed it to her and said, "This is all I have learned about Fuinjutsu, What Uncle Nagato has taught me, the status of the reformed Uzu, and anything else you might find interesting."
Kushina's eyes nearly bulged out of their socket at hearing her brother's name, but that was a discussion for another time. Naruto started to fade from his own mind as Kushina opened the box to find hundreds of mini scrolls. Kushina realized Naruto had just handed her his life story as a small tear appeared in her eye as she whispered, "Arigato sochi."
End Flashback-
A day after Naruto's surgery, the group began it's trek back to Konoha thanks to Naruto's inhuman healing speeds. The trip back was rather uneventful until they came upon the red haired swordsman. Upon seeing Tsunade, He immediately knelt.
"Hello sensei, It has been a long time." Kenshin offered Kindly.
"Kenshin... is it true that you attacked Konoha shinobi?" Tsunade asked not so kindly.
'Shit," Kenshin thought as he slowly stood and fell back a few steps in fear as he answered in the affirmative.
Instead of the severe beating he thought he would receive, Kenshin was asked, "So what do you think? I believe our standards have lowered a great deal since your time with me. I could use someone to help toughen up these new age nin, after your daughters are healed of course."
"I would be honored Hokage-sama," He answered diplomatically. "But I would need a to be cleared of any wrongdoings to be welcomed back into Konoha as an instructor," He clarified not wanting to work in the field again.
"I think we can work something out... however, you will need to occasionally do a little field work as all Elite Jonin have a minimum number of hours they must complete each year to stay qualified." Tsunade countered slyly as she knew she could bypass that, but wanted a way to keep Kenshin on standby for emergencies.
Kenshin saw this, but after a moment's contemplation excepted the invitation. The rest of the trip was spent in relative silence after Hinata and Kurenai had a very long talk about the chain of command and her terrifying temper. Tsunade glanced at Naruto who looked away sheepishly. He knew he should be getting the same talk, but got off light due to her having other things to worry about, such as dealing with the capital.
Kakashi was too terrified to deal with Naruto currently. He kept hearing the voice of Kushina Uzumaki around him. Naruto didn't hear anything, but wondered if his 'kaa-sama' was somehow messing with Kakashi-sensei.
Naruto and Hinata ended up closer and closer to each other no matter how much Kurenai tried to subtly keep them apart. Eventually their hands started to rub against each others. Naruto fought back a smile that threatened to break out across his face. Hinata's own grin shining a bit along with touches of pink on her cheeks. Sasuke and Sakura glanced back at them with knowing smiles which only made both Naruto and Hinata cherry red. Kurenai gave up by then. She realized that nothing short of an S-Rank super nin would dare try to come in between those two blossoming love birds.
Upon reaching the front gates, Chunin Guards Kotetsu, and Izumo were wide awake and looked grumpy. Tsunade approved. It meant they were actually doing their jobs. Upon signing in, Tsunade looked to the two guards and said, "I've been thinking... you two have done a good job watching the gate for all of these years. How would you both feel about taking on a few missions outside of the village. As a team of course as I read you two were on the same genin team. It might be nice to see the outside world every once in a while, right?"
Kotetsu and Izumo's eyes shot up along with their heads in surprise and bowed deeply in short order. "We thank you for your kindness and consideration Hokage-sama." in complete unison.
"Take the next three days off, paid, and then report to me for instructions. I will make sure the paperwork is filed for replacements to look after your post for you." Tsunade instructed.
As soon as they thought Tsunade was out of sight, the two chunin sighed and agreed that it was good to have the godaime home to which she smiled a little. It was time she got her house back in order.
Tsunade already had reports from all of the genin and they were dismissed. Before Kurenai and Kakashi could order their genin to do anything, Hinata, Naruto. Sakura and Sasuke were gone in a massively quick shunshin (body flicker). No one wanted to be told to meet anyone else for at least three days, and if it was needed, their senseis would find them eventually.
The group stayed together as they walked down Toragakinomai (Tiger Writing of Dance) Drive. They used it to cut through the small of the red light district and headed toward Naruto's favorite spot to eat. Upon entering the renovated Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto called out, "Oi. Tou-chan! Not going to let your son starve are you?!"
The old man appeared as if by magic with six bows of assorted ramen and set three of them in front of Naruto, the rest in front his friends. Sasuke's mouth dropped as his was the only one with fried tomatoes in his. Teuchi just gave him a quick wink before walking to the other side of the counter and gave his adopted son a huge hug. "Welcome home sochi."
Naruto almost teared up. It felt so good to be welcomed home. He had that with Ayame in Uzu, but it didn't quite feel the same. "I'm home." a stray tear fell from Naruto's eye.
Hinata and Sakura fought back a tear. Sakura's mouth nearly dropped when she thought she saw a tear from Sasuke, but it vanished as mysteriously as his tomato covered ramen.
After a few minutes, Naruto asked his tou-san, "Have you seen godfather Jiraiya of late? I need to talk to him about my kaa-sama. Something... interesting happened on my mission, and she is likely the only one who can explain a bit of confusion I have."
Teuchi felt a little hurt by those words. He knew Naruto would speak to his birth parents at some point thanks to the special orbs that Celeste-sama left for him, but he hoped it would be when he was an adult, and long since left home. Naruto could see teuchi's pain, but simply gave his adopted father a warm smile and said, "No one can ever replace you. You and Ayame-nee have served as my mother, father, sister and brother for many years. I just have some questions about her death that might have caused me a few headaches."
After a little investigating, Naruto and company managed to track down the self proclaimed super pervert. Naruto's jaw dropped seeing his godfather's antics and placed his hands over Hinata's as Sasuke did the same for Sakura as Jiraiya shamelessly spied on scantily clad women in bikinis at the local outdoor pool. Naruto, with much practice managed a one handed seal to create Kage Bunshin and it came in handy now as two clones used the henge technique to transform into a few beautiful women and 'take note' of Jiraiya.
"Pervert!" One of the disguised Naruto's screamed out as he pointed to Jiraiya's large form in the bushes.
Jiraiya glanced backward instinctively and said to his godson, "You do realize, this means war right?"
Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata and Sakura smirked at that, and hands were removed from the girls 'innocent' eyes.
Naruto's features almost looked evil when he said two magic words that come about when someone dares to challenge him, especially with his roll of prankster king, "Bring it."
A voice inside of Naruto's mind asked, "Is that Jiraiya sensei you are threatening for being perverted?"
Naruto gave a mental nod.
Kushina's grin matched that of her son as she added, "Count me in," much to Naruto's utter astonishment and joy. He now knew where he got his prankster side from.
Jiraiya on the other hand slowly stood up, ignoring the screaming women on the other side of the fence as he said, "Consider it brought kid. Who do you think taught tutored your mom and dad on the intricacies of what is known as pranking."
Jiraiya disappeared, but not before a secret third clone of Naruto's placed a tracking seal in Jiraiya's jacket pocket.
"Looks like we get to have some fun before you ask him about your mom," Sasuke said with his signature smirk.
Naruto looked to Hinata and smiled as he asked, "So what to you say to helping me catch a perv."
"I'm in!"
And the four were off on their next adventure. To Be continued.
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