Chapter 26 Healing
The now Jonnin Naruto stood in the doorway of his parent's room. He had been in the house for two nights now and during those two nights he had slept on the couch. He already had the refrigerator replaced and Sakura had gone out to get food. Sakura had to go because the shop owners still wouldn't sell to him.
"I can't keep thinking about how my life could have been." said Naruto out load as he walked into his parents room. He headed toward the closet it was a good place to start. He opened it up to find his father's Hokage's robe on the back of one door still clean and waiting to be put on. Just looking at those robes caused Naruto to daydream.
Naruto's Day Dream
"Look at me daddy." Said a young 12 year old Naruto as he whore the robes that where far to big for him. Even the hat refused to stay up.
"I think that is a little too big for you son." Said Minato with a smile as he took the hat off his son's head. "But just you wait someday you will be."
"Do you think so dad?" asked the young Naruto.
"I know so." said Minato as he helped Naruto out of the robes. "But for now just be a kid."
"Supper." yelled Kushina's voice from down the hall as the smell of freshly cooked food filled the air.
End of Day Dream
Naruto left the Hokage robes where it was and started to pack away his father's things, mostly cloths and shoes. He was about half way done when he heard the front door opened, he knew it was Sakura just from the smell of her shampoo and the way she walked.
"So Sakura what are you and Ino planning?" asked Naruto as he looked toward the door to see Sakura standing there. With bags of food in her hands.
"Ino is coming by soon to plan it out." said Sakura
"Thanks for getting the food, the Hyuuga and the Akimichi clan own most of the food stores in the village." said Naruto
"And they hate you." said Sakura
"Ya." said Naruto
"Do you have any idea why?" asked Sakura
"It's something that has to do with clan hate and competition. The Hyuuga, Uchiha and Namikaze clans had a three way fight for control of the council. The other clans sided with one of each clan" explained Naruto
"And the Hyuuga clan thought they won when the Uchiha and your clan was gone?" asked Sakura
"Ya, and now one of us is back." said Naruto as he went on cleaning.
"So you are going to move into the room?" asked Sakura
"It is the master bedroom in the head of the clan house and I am the only one of my clan so ya." said Naruto as he put another one of his father's shirts into a box. "Sakura can you do another thing for me?"
"Sure." said Sakura
"Can you go through my mother's personal woman stuff." asked Naruto with a slight blush as he looked toward the other closet.
"Ok I can understand Naruto not wanting to go though his mother's underwear that would be weird for anyone…even me." thought Sakura
"Sure, it isn't something a son wants to do." said Sakura as she took a box and headed toward the other closet.
Meanwhile in the demon world Sasuke and Karin stood before Seamus and Bilal.
"You have done well Sasuke." hissed Seamus
"I killed him only to gain another person to kill." said Sasuke "The man who helped my brother kill my clan Madara Uchiha."
"You may kill him after you kill the Kyuubi's student." said Seamus
"Works for me, Naruto is in the Leaf right?" asked Sasuke
"Yes." said Bilal "He hasn't left the confines of the hidden leaves in a few days."
"Good, I will destroy the Leaf village when I kill Naruto." said Sasuke
"The Leaf Village means nothing to us, do with it as you wish." said Seamus
"Then I will leave right now." ordered Sasuke
"No." said Seamus "It isn't ready yet."
"What isn't ready yet?" asked Karin
"A gift that will help you two bring the Naruto to his knees." said Bilal
"I need no help." snapped Sasuke
"This will not help you per say but it will protect you." said Seamus
"Protect us?" asked Karin
"Naruto has weapons made of demon steal and that can cut though almost anything that isn't demon steel." said Seamus "We don't want you two to lose because of some lucky blow."
"Amor you giving us armor." stated Sasuke
"Yes, a very special armor." said Bilal "Armor made out of demon snake scales. They are lighter even then demon steal, just as strong and something the foxes could only dream having. It just takes time to create."
"How long?" asked Sasuke
"Two days." said Bilal "This will give you time to rest and prepare for attack."
"Come on Sasuke-kun we can take a little break." said Karin with a slight grin as Sasuke rolled his eyes.
Back in the Leaf Sakura was cleaning out a draw of cloths that belonged to Naruto's mother. It felt strange to go through another person's personal effects but she knew she would have done better than Naruto.
"Some of this stuff looks very good." Thought Sakura as she packed another set away however than she found a small side draw. In the draw was some very lacy almost see though sets of orange lingerie. The stuff that woman only used on weddings night and when they wanted to play.
"Ok Naruto-kun would past out from grossness if he found this." thought Sakura as she quickly started to seal the stuff away.
"Anyone child would if they found that of their parents." said Inner Sakura
"I would if I found what my mom's stuff." thought Sakura as she felt something under set of lingerie.
"Kinky." said Inner Sakura as Sakura looked at what she found. It was a pair of orange fuzzy handcuffs and what looked like a blindfold. "We could use those on Naruto-kun later."
For a moment Sakura though about taking them before putting them in the box.
"No." said Sakura
"Your right, it would be weird to use them." said Inner Sakura "Besides orange wouldn't go well with us, red works better."
"Pervert." said Sakuraback as the doorbell rang
"That must be Ino." said Sakura as she closed the lid on the box so that Naruto wouldn't see what she found.
"Go I'll handle things here." said Naruto as she Sakura walked out of the room. She quickly opened the door to see Ino standing there.
"Well forehead have you moved in already?" asked Ino as she looked at her best friend.
"No, I am only helping Naruto-kun out." said Sakura
"So you and Naruto are really a thing." said Ino
"Is that a problem?" asked Sakura as she crossed her arms and glared Ino.
"No, you guys would look good together." said Ino as Sakura smiled.
"But not as good as you and Sasuke will be like?" asked Sakura as Ino stopped in her place. Unknown to Sakura Ino's blood turned to ice as she remembered Sasuke's eyes. She was thinking about telling her but changed her mind; the Hokage had ordered her not to talk.
"No…I don't think I am that interested in Sasuke anymore." Said Ino as the girls walked toward the backyard.
"Really?" asked Sakura stunned to hear that "You found someone else?"
"No." said Ino sadly.
"What about Shikamaru?" asked Sakura as Ino cringed at the idea.
"Are you kidding?" asked Ino "First he is like a brother to me, second he has a hard on for Temari and she likes him."
"That would be a scary relationship." said Sakura with a she thought about what those two would be like together.
"Ya." said Ino "You will never guess what I heard someone saw last night."
"Listen Piggy I don't want to know about something the queen of gossip heard form a someone, who heard it from someone else who may or may not have heard it from someone else." Said Sakura
"Well to bad Forehead." Said Ino "Turns out that Neji and Tenten where spotted having dinner together."
"So?" asked Sakura "They are teammates."
"They were at one of the best restaurants in the Leaf." said Ino "Most people would call that a date."
"If that is true good for them." said Sakura as Ino spotted the Namikaze clan swimming pool.
"This is prefect, we fill this up and then we can have a real party." said Ino "And I have a new bikini I have been dyeing to try on."
"Are you going to get this one wet?" asked Sakura "Or are you just going to sit out in the sun and never go into the water."
"Does that matter?" asked Ino
"It's a swim suit it is suppose to get wet." stated Sakura
"Finally then don't let Naruto see you in a bikini?" asked Ino
"That would be a good way to get Naruto's attention." Said a new voice as Katara appeared. "It got Naruto's attention when you followed my advice and dress sexy."
"Ah…so you're trying to seduce Naruto?" asked Ino with a small laugh.
"It didn't work, it got Naruto body not his heart I want both and I think I have them both at the moment." said Sakura "I am not going to reunion it by dressing like a slut."
"Sakura did you forget what Naruto said about dressing like that." said Katara
Flashback
"I am not saying never to dress like that because it makes you looks very, very good." said Naruto with a grin.
End Flashback
"Naruto-kun was more upset that I dressed like that when we were going to train…but a pool party is a different story all together." said Inner Sakura "There we are suppose to put on a show."
On the outside Sakura grinned as she began to form her plan. Meanwhile Ino quickly found the water system as new water started to fill the pool at a surprisingly fast speed. She also noticed the heating controls
"Looks like we may be able to have a nighttime pool party tomorrow." said Ino as began to lay out her plan.
Later that night Naruto stood there just looking at the room. He had cleaned out almost everything from the room. Only the furniture and a few photo's remained. He had put away his things but still the room looked empty.
"Could use a vixen's touch." said Saito as he appeared beside Naruto.
"I thought you hated needing a vixen?" asked Naruto
"I do…but they have their uses and decorating a room is one of them." said Saito as Naruto shook his head.
"Saito sometime you will have to face the truth, vixens are needed." said Naruto "And when you love one of them you just want to be with them."
"I disagree with you because Katara has driven me crazy for years." said Saito
"They are suppose too." said Naruto as he remembered all his time with Sakura and the kiss they had "But somehow you love them for it anyhow."
"Whatever." said Saito "I'll take one of the side rooms if you don't mind."
"No." said Naruto as he headed toward his new room. He lay under the new cover and looked at the photo that Sakura had given him. The slightly burned photo of his team all gathered together. His eyes locked on the image of him and Sakura as he reached toward the light switch located by the bed turning it off.
The next morning just after sun rise a large team of Sand Ninjas arrived. Standing at the gate waiting for them was Shikamaru Nara.
"Well hello little boy." said Temari as she walked up to him.
"Hello troublesome woman." said Shikamaru with a slight smile as the two genius ninjas traded verbal blows like they normally did.
"So why are you here so early?" asked Temari "You hate waking up early."
"A few things actually." said Shikamaru "Well first to tell you that Naruto is back in the Leaf."
Gaara's head instantly snapped at that news.
"We will have to see him." ordered Gaara
"You can do that later today; Ino as informed me that Naruto is letting her throw a real welcome home/new home/promotion pool party today."
"How can Naruto have a pool, I thought he was poor." said Kankura
"Turns out that Naruto Uzumaki is really Naruto Namikaze." said Shikamaru as Temari's eyes widened.
"Namikaze?" asked Temari as Shikamaru nodded his head.
"Who are the Namikaze?" asked Kankura
"They are one of the founding clans of the Leaf village with their most famous member being Minato Namikaze, the yellow flash of Kohona." said Shikamaru "Our 4th Hokage."
"Naruto is related to the 4th Hokage?" asked Kankura
"Father and Son." explained Shikamaru as the sand ninjas eyes became as wide as dinner plates only Gaara's eyes remained relatively the same "And as the last of the Namikaze he has an entire compound including a pool."
"I see." said Temari as her mind went into overdrive processing the new information. "And who is all coming to this party?"
"Ino just ordered me to ask you all so I am not totally for sure who but more then likely just Naruto's closest friends." said Shikamaru "So are you three going to be there."
"Well the Chunnin exams don't start till the day after tomorrow so we can take the night off can't we?" asked Kankura as he looked at his longer brother and Kage.
"We can." said Gaara
"This is going to be troublesome. All of us and the Sand Siblings at a pool party together." thought Shikamaru until he looked at Temari "However seeing Temari in a swimsuit is worth all the trouble."
Well I hope you liked this chapter, next chapter is the pool party followed by more action. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you please keep on reading and reviewing. Thanks Wilkins75