A/N: YES!! My first flame!! I actually laughed my ass off at the flame too. The guy must have only read the first chapter and he didn't even sign in to review me. HAHAHAHA! Literally, he said "Huyu is a fag and by Huyu I mean Raziel Sotd!" That's hilarious!!! I'm still laughing actually…

Anyway, Naruto's and Ino's date in this chapter. I bet you all have been waiting for this. Actually, I've realized that some of the story leans a little bit more towards Huyu's story then Naruto's. Hopefully I'll remind myself not to let that happen. I also bet I'll get a little bit more reviews with the NaruXIno action in this one – Wait!

Somewhere in Oto

"My ass hurts!! Put the fire out, put it out, PUT IT OUT!!" Orochimaru was running around cursing at the flame on his ass. Quickly Kabuto ran up to him with a pale of water.

"I've got it Oreo-kun." He threw the pale, water completely missing the fire and the pale landing on Orochimaru's head.

"I curse who ever the hell flamed Raziel Sotd! He will be my experiment if I ever find him!" And with that, everything went back to normal, and the Leaf Demons continued.

Also, I messed up the meaning of Kinjutsu. I used it as the style of fighting with swords, but it really means 'Forbidden Techniques' just for the people who didn't know that. I might go back an change it later, if I don't forget.


Chapter 29 Paralyzer

Naruto growled when he realized that even though some people respected or just didn't care about the fact he was a Jinchuriki anymore, there were still people that didn't like him… and most likely thought of Ino as nothing more than a demon whore.

This pissed him off.

Ino noticed the glares but she didn't care about them. People were that ignorant, let them be. She smiled as she wrapped her arms around his and looked at him. Naruto instantly relaxed and smiled at her too.

"So, we're going to Ichiraku's first thing in the morning?" Ino asked her knuckleheaded boyfriend. He just nodded and grinned.

"You bet! Teuchi and Ayame are awesome people with the best tasting ramen. Chouji said it himself; anybody that has a good heart loves Ichiraku's ramen." Ino laughed, remembering her childhood friend say that many times to people.

They finally reached their destination and sat down on the stool. Teuchi and Ayame smiled at them knowingly.

"Welcome our favorite couple- uh, I mean costumers!" Teuchi exclaimed. Naruto and Ino just rolled their eyes at the old man's antics. Teuchi had been gloating about hitting the nail on the head when he thought Ino and Naruto was a couple.

"I would like my usual old man!" Naruto exclaimed happily.

"I would like my vegetable ramen and my chicken ramen please." Ino was a little less enthusiastic about eating ramen then Naruto was, but she did grow to like it ever since he got her eating enough of it.

"Coming right up guys!" Teuchi and Ayame then went to work on the ramen and presented it to the blonde couple. They started digging in and talking about latest events with the ramen stand owners.

"So, how's your training going Naruto!" Ayame was interested in Naruto's training regime since it was so unique. He was the only one to be able to use Kage Bunshin to train the way he does because of his chakra reserves.

Naruto quickly finished his third bowl and swallowed the soup before he answered. "It's been going excellently. I'm glad that so far, I haven't had to use my Shi no Me, which is actually called Shinigan. I found that out after reading another book I hadn't noticed before. Anyway, that means I'll have a huge advantage on my opponents that have seen me fight before. Huyu had told me to always watch what I say out in the open, because you never know when someone might be listening. That itself could cause a problem." All three of the people listening nodded knowingly.

If information gathering amongst shinobi could be dangerous. If someone let anything slip, eminent danger would likely be upon certain people.

"The chakra resistors my dad came up with are awesome! They work just like chakra weights but they don't mess with my bone development and I can increase them with out taking them off, unlike the chakra weights some shinobi use." Naruto raised his left arm and got Ino to roll up the sleeve for him, since he was still wearing his cast. On his arm, everybody could see four seals on his arm. Two on either side of his bicep and two on either side of his forearm. "All I have to do is focus a certain amount of chakra on them, and they release the weight on me, then I do the same thing to regain the weight. The annoying thing is that if I release the weight, it feels like a wind storm hit. I've actually blown my clones off their feet and dispersed some because they were thrown into trees."

Everybody including Naruto chuckled at that. Ino smiled, just starting to use the chakra resistors herself the day before. Naruto told her that he was going to train with her for awhile now. She's gotten pretty good since they started training together a few days ago. She's gotten used to some of the weight, but it would be another day or two before she adjusts them.

She had also learned that she had the water affinity, which was something she was happy about. She saw a lot of water jutsu being used by various ninja, Kakashi and Huyu namely, and thought the Suiton was a pretty cool element to use. She liked the Futon jutsu too, but she knew from what Asuma and Naruto told her that she most likely didn't have the affinity since it was rare to have in Konoha.

That was another thing. Asuma was getting better, but if he took another major injury, he wouldn't be able to be an active ninja anymore. Of course, everybody thought he would be a little worried about it, considering he was lucky to still be a ninja, but he just smiled when he heard the news.

'He said "I'm just glad that I was able to be given a second chance at living with my wife and child. Next time I'm seeing Huyu, I'll be thanking him properly." After that Kurenai said the same thing. When we had informed them of Hidan and Kakuzu, Naruto gave them the thumbs up and Kurenai hugged him for 'punishing the evil bastards'.' Ino smiled at the memory as she quickly finished her last bowl of ramen and Naruto just started his seventh.

Ino then remembered when Naruto found out that he would be helping with the Chuunin exams, along side Ino, Shikamaru, and the rest of the rookie ten. Neji was a Jonin so he would be constantly on guard duty and Lee and Tenten were helping him with that. Apparently, Naruto would be helping during Ibiki's part of the exam. His reaction was priceless.

Naruto seemed to be thinking the same thing as he thought back to it.


Flashback

Naruto was meeting the original Ino-Shika-Chou trio, Ibiki and Anko for a review of his training with them. A little bit after the Gaara mission, they had approached him and apprenticed him the same way they did with Huyu. They did not inform him of Huyu's training with them and Naruto surprisingly did take the interrogation and poison training. He however, didn't get the spy network. He actually declined it when Shikaku offered him the visit. The Uzumaki simply told him that it was 'to troublesome' and liked it better if Huyu was his spy network. Shikaku apparently laughed at the closeness to Naruto's statement and reality.

After they had told Naruto he had almost completed his training and he was progressing better than usual, Ibiki announced he had a message from Tsunade.

"Naruto, you are to be helping with the Chuunin exams, more importantly, my part of the Chuunin exams." Naruto seemed dumbfounded.

"You want me to watch for cheaters after listening to your boring speech again?" Ibiki glared at Naruto for that statement while Anko laughed. He cleared his throat and continued.

"Yes, and your also going to be on call if another incident happens in the forest of death. Alright?" Naruto nodded.

"If there's another preliminary fight, Shikamaru will be the proctor because he could stop anybody with his Kage Mane if they didn't listen to him. And Shino will be the proctor for the finals. For the finals, everybody will be on guard, just incase Orochimaru or Akatsuki, or another village tries an invasion." Shikaku explained. Naruto nodded and shortly after he was sent on his way.

End Flashback


Naruto smiled to himself as he thought about the exams, which were a month from today, and then thought about teaching those kids at the academy. He wouldn't allow them to just go through history lessons and kunai and Taijutsu practice, he would also start their chakra exercises as soon as he could. He would also enforce the 'those of us who break the rules are trash, but those of us who betray our friends are even lower then trash' and the 'look underneath the underneath' mottos. Hopefully, those kids won't be so green when they get out of the academy, and hopefully more of a success rate would pass the final exams the individual instructors give.

Being caught up in his thoughts, Naruto almost missed the man who walked into the ramen stand and sat down at the end of the counter.

"Welcome to Ichiraku's ramen stand! What can I get for you?" Teuchi greeted the customer. The hooded figure looked at him before returning his stare to the table. The ramen stand owner quickly felt something off about this guy.

The mysterious man finally spoke up. "Get me some sake and miso pork ramen please. Keep them both coming." Ayame went straight to making the ramen as Teuchi looked at him.

"Are you old enough to drink that young man?" Even though the voice screamed 'EXPERIENCE' at everyone, he still knew he was young.

The lone figure just looked up at Teuchi. "I've killed, I've worked my body to the bone, I left my home village, my girlfriend behind with it for her own safety… and I've literally come back to life through death's door. You decide whether I'm old enough." After receiving the message, which was either 'I'm a ninja' or 'I'm inhuman, don't piss me off', Teuchi pulled out his best sake and poured it into a dish. The man picked up the dish and told Teuchi to leave the bottle so the ramen owner could attend to other business if it arose. A few minutes after that, Ayame gave him his first bowl of ramen.

"I hope you enjoy it!" She exclaimed happily. She was a little freaked out about this guy, but Naruto and Ino were there, so she felt safe.

The blonde duo were studying the guy intently, trying to figure out who he was. They felt like they've at least spoken to him once before, but they couldn't tell. Suddenly they saw him reach for his face, which was completely blacked out from the shade his hood cast over it.

After taking his eighth drink of sake, he responded as he picked up his chopsticks. "An old friend of mine once said 'Anybody with a good heart must love Ichiraku's ramen.' Since I've had your ramen before, yes, I will enjoy it, and arigato." He started eating his ramen at a reasonable pace for awhile, sighing after his first bite. You would think he was craving this ramen for a long time. Ayame went back to work and Ino and Naruto kept staring at him.

Suddenly he snapped his head towards them, still they couldn't see his face. "Is there something I can help you with?" He said the polite words, but it sounded like 'fuck off and die'. Naruto just went back to eating as did Ino. When they glanced again, he had already finished his ramen and was drinking sake again.

"I'll have another." He repeated this until he ate about five bowls of ramen and finished off the sake bottle.

Naruto didn't get it… this guy ate that much ramen, and drank all of that sake, and he didn't even wobble as he walked out of the ramen establishment. Before he left, while he was paying, he muttered something about not being able to get drunk. After he was gone, Ino gave her two cents.

"Okay, was it just me, or did you guys get a weird vibe from that guy too?" They all seemed to have felt the same.

"I felt the same thing Ino-chan, I felt like I've met the guy before. Someone I knew a very long time ago." Naruto didn't know what to make of it, still thinking about the man. Suddenly, they heard a crack and realized it was raining out.

Naruto grunted. "Great, I planned on training with my weapons today." He had finally started training with his fan and other special weapons that Huyu left him at Tenten's family shop. He had progressed over the last couple of weeks, taking a liking to the fan and the kodachi inside of it. If he was to rely on pure Taijutsu weapon fighting though, he would want to use the Bo staff. It was probably his favorite weapon.

"Aw, poor Naru-kun can't play with his toys today." Ino teased playfully. Naruto just smirked as he knew how to get her back. He leaned into right next to her ear as he said.

"I can always play with you, my love toy." He laughed as she blushed so badly he thought she was going to die. Ino didn't like perverts, but Naruto was her boyfriend, and she wanted to for awhile since they started dating awhile ago. They weren't able to keep going with the teasing however as they started hearing music play.

"What is that?" Ayame asked.

Teuchi shook his head. "I think the question is, where is that comi…" He was cut off as they heard a shout.

HERE COMES THE RAIN!!!

They listened as the music played and after a few minutes the song was over. Naruto rushed outside to figure out what was going on, but he didn't have a clue as to where the music was coming from.

'I wonder what's going on.' Before anyone else could compose another thought, another song started.

Disappointing, change in season
Cold has come again
Streets are flooded, with excuses
Stories never end
People walk in, their delusion
Wading through despair
We must come to stand as one,
And take the cross they bare

Yep, Naruto had a weird feeling, like the one he got when that mysterious dude was in the ramen stand. After the song ended he decided to leave it alone for now. 'At least it's good music.'

They went back inside the stand to pay for their food and continue their date on Christmas. Suddenly Naruto smiled to himself as the Ichiraku's said their farewells.

'A Christmas with my girlfriend. It's going to be great! Especially when I give her the gift I got her at the party at the Uchiha compound tonight.'

Suddenly he snapped back to the now as Ino was snapping her fingers in front of Naruto's face. "Earth to Naruto-kun. Are you there? This is your girlfriend speaking."

Naruto just smiled at her. "Sorry, thinking about tonight." Ino beamed.

"Oh! That party is going to be so cool! The music, the dancing, the food and the people!" The Yamanaka girl was using her arms very dramatically as she was explaining the whole thing. Naruto chuckled at her, which made her stop in confusion. Quickly, he kissed her on the lips and pulled back.

"Lets go to the Hokage mountain." Ino nodded as she jumped onto Naruto's back and he started giving her a piggy back ride.

They went past the area Naruto's old apartment building was and she noticed construction was being done. She quickly remembered what that old man said to Naruto and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Yes?" Our favorite blonde Jinchuriki responded.

"Didn't that old guy say he wasn't going to rebuild the apartment complex?" Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, but apparently, since more people respect me, there have been offers on rooms, whether I'm living there or not. The old man offered my room back though and it's supposed to be a bigger too!" Naruto exclaimed with enthusiasm.

Ino kind of felt a little put out and sad. She wanted Naruto to stay with her at her house. She loved his company, and she didn't think she could sleep anymore with out her human sized teddy bear. 'He is human after all.' She thought to herself.

Naruto had a genuine smile on as he landed on the top of his father's head, and let Ino down. He grasped her chin and made her look at him. "However, I declined the offer and told him that I didn't want to live in a place where I never was welcomed before. Especially if I could live with my girlfriend." Ino beamed, almost quite literally when Naruto said this. She wrapped him in a bear hug and he squeezed her just as tight.

"You didn't actually say that did you?" Naruto laughed.

"It was implied… It was basically the thought that immediately ran through my head when he offered the room and I said no." Ino pulled back just enough to lean up and kiss Naruto on the lips. It was a deep and passionate kiss too.

She licked at his bottom lip and he automatically opened up to have a tongue wrestling contest. Said contest went on for a few minutes before they broke apart for air.

"Don't tell my girlfriend I was kissing a hot stranger on the Hokage Mountains. She'll kill me." Ino playfully punched Naruto in the arm when he just laughed.

"That's not funny." She said as she laid her head against his chest. After a few more minutes of just sitting on his father's head, making out every now and then, the blonde duo decided it was time to go home and get ready for the party.


Naruto and Ino showed up at the party looking very awesome. Some girls would say Naruto was hot when some guys and girls would say Ino was extremely hot. Ino was wearing a black dress that stopped mid thigh, she was also wearing her hair down and a fishnet glove on her right hand. She wore the same styled heels as Tsunade, except they were also black.

Naruto was wearing the birthday present Kurenai got him. The male version of her outfit, and he was wearing the fishnet shirt under the red shirt. Just like Kurenai's shirt, his right sleeve was the only sleeve, so the fishnet sleeve was the only thing showing on the left side. He was wrapped in the white wrappings and his hitai-ite was wrapped around his left arm. He was also wearing those black shinobi kicks that had the red streak running down the sides. The necklace that once belonged to Senju Hashirama was proudly wrapped around his neck.

Once they entered the party, which involved everybody they knew closely and a few others, they started dancing. Nothing fancy or anything like that, it was basic for the most part. Really, all anybody ever did was move slightly while talking to people.

Anko was laughing her ass off at Gai and his team trying to keep Lee off the alcohol while Tsunade tried to get some bottles in her robes when Shizune would reprimand her.

The snake mistress continued on like this, looking through the hordes of people. Zabuza and Haku talking to Kakashi and Sakura. Asuma was out of the hospital and sitting on the couch next to a pregnant Kurenai. They smiled and held each other for the whole party basically.

And then she saw her. Akiko. Anko hadn't forgotten about the girl, but she obviously wasn't roaming around Konoha to much. She probably just stays in the house with Hide most days. Helping the Uchiha woman clean the house and such daily. Currently she was just standing next to the table with food on it.

Anko walked over to the girl, who instantly turned to meet gazes. After awhile, Akiko smiled, remembering who Anko was. "Ah, Anko-san! How are you?"

Anko smiled back. "I'm fine Akiko, no need for the formality. What about you? Are you doing alright?" Akiko just nodded as she looked out the window opposite the wall they were next to.

"I know their doing what they believe is right." Akiko stated, hoping her fiancé would come back alive from the self assigned mission.

Anko snorted, causing Akiko to whip her head up at the older woman. "Are you really that naïve? I thought you were a prisoner in Orochimaru's hide out, I thought you were going to get married to Sasuke."

Akiko clenched her fists. "What is that supposed to mean, Anko?" The girl was trying to keep her emotions in check. The last thing she wanted to do was get executed for attacking a Konoha shinobi.

Anko got completely serious. "I'm pretty sure that entire group doesn't do anything for righteousness. Huyu killed Jiraiya after all, even though that in itself is fishy. Anyway, my point is that they are doing this because they can and want to do it. They are doing thing to ensure the safety of their friends and family. They're doing this so the generations after them don't have to live in a world of strife, lead by the Akatsuki. They don't think its right. They think it's what needs to be done." Anko finished her little rant, waiting to see Akiko's reaction. She was kind of surprised when she wasn't decked by the younger girl. Instead, Akiko seemed to be thinking carefully. 'Maybe what I said hit the spot.'

Akiko smirked as she looked up at Anko. "I don't believe that Anko. I do believe they want to do it to protect us and such, but I highly doubt their doing it because it needs to be done. Whatever it is you want to call it, it's them caring enough… it's them giving a damn about the future of this world we live in and their willing to do something about the corruption that threatens to bring the world to its end." Anko was caught completely off guard with that statement. The purple haired woman thought about it, and knew Akiko was right.

"Okay, so you phrased it better, big deal… I got the hotter of the two." That one statement launched them into a debate about which Uchiha was better out of the brothers.

Zabuza wasn't really listening to Haku, Sakura, or Kakashi talking to each other. His mind was currently focused on the letter he got from Kisame. The Demon of the bloody mist… bloody leaf, smiled at the memories he had of his long time fish friend.

That's why he was so focused on the letter. Actually, the letter was sent by a Suna bird, but it went straight to Zabuza's apartment. He didn't understand until he saw his name on the scroll. Once he read it he was a little surprised, but started the preparations. He kept on replaying them in his head.

'Set up a trap at the South gates for the day of the finals for the Chuunin exams. Someone needs to be captured or killed." Well, no problem… except for the fact, YOU GAVE ME NO DESCRIPTION! Damn it Kisame, if you were here right now, I would beat you. Tch, I bet he doesn't even know who this guy is either.' Zabuza had a suspicion that Huyu had mentioned a certain detail, and Kisame decided to warn Zabuza. At least that was his guess. He shook his head as he couldn't ask anybody else for help on this. He wasn't allowed to tell anybody about the letter, not even Haku.

'So how am I going to get him to the gate with out him asking me a bunch of questions?'

"Zabuza? You in there sensei?" Haku was waving a hand in front of Zabuza's face, which finally snapped him back to reality.

"Oh, sorry. I spaced out for a second there, thinking about things. And stuff…" Wow he wasn't good at that.

Sakura laughed. "No kidding Zabuza-sensei. It looked like you were staring a whole into the wall." Haku chuckled, for it was true.

Naruto and Ino stopped dancing after awhile and went to get some food and drinks from the table. They had listened to Akiko and Anko debating about which Uchiha brother was hotter, smarter, etc. Naruto didn't judge his friends, but he knew that if any of them wanted to beat Itachi, said Uchiha would have to throw the fight. Even at the level Huyu and Naruto are at, Itachi would still be able to wipe the floor with them. At this thought, Kyuubi made his presence known.

"How so kit? Is the eldest brother really that strong?" Naruto mentally nodded his head.

'If Huyu and I were to team up on him, we would probably be able to beat him if we didn't go rushing in. Itachi is very smart, has the Mangekyo Sharingan that probably has more tricks up its sleeve then Itachi himself. He could copy our movements, all though I do admit it would probably be a strained watch if we weren't wearing our resistors. Also, he took out the entire Uchiha clan by himself, so yeah, he would wipe the floor with either of us one on one. Also, if I tried to use your chakra, he would be able to make it recede some how.' At that Kyuubi growled, remembering the way Uchiha Madera made almost no effort to control the Kitsune.

"I see your point kit. I almost started thinking like an arrogant fool. Just because you have all of these techniques, doesn't mean you've mastered all of them, and experience can also be a huge factor in battle if the shinobi is intelligent. Like those Nara men, or, even I hate to admit it, that war hawk Danzo." Danzo was a pain in the butt for everybody. Naruto wouldn't forgive that guy if he literally kissed his ass and answered to every beck and call. Neither Jinchuriki nor Kitsune trusted that old man, and weren't going to anytime soon.

'I better keep a closer eye on Sai, and keep look out for any other ROOT members I may come across.'

"I agree. I'm sure that they've done things unsanctioned by the Hokage, whether the council was aware of it or not." With the Kyuubi's warning, Naruto was snapped back to the physical world when Ino grabbed his arm.

"What are you doing, talking to fuzz ball again?" The blonde kunoichi giggled at the nickname Naruto would sometimes use for the demon fox when he got annoying.

Naruto winced when Kyuubi shouted. "I heard that!"

"Yeah, I was. Why?" Ino smiled as she grabbed his shirt and pulled him into a passionate kiss. After they separated, both in a daze, she continued.

"Um, oh right! I had offered to exchange presents with you right now." Naruto, just getting out of his daze, smiled as he agreed. "Alright, I'll be right back." Ino was just about to rush into one of the bedrooms, where she had asked Hide to hide the present, when she decided to take him with her. "Actually, you're coming with me." She grabbed his hand and dragged him into the room.

There, on the bed, were three presents, wrapped up nicely. She walked over to the first one and handed it to him. When he opened it, he almost dropped the picture frame. Ino then gave him the next two and he held them all in his hands.

The first one he had opened was a picture of a beautiful woman with crimson red hair, bright green eyes, an all too familiar grin, and a white kimono with the Uzumaki spiral on the left side of the woman's chest. She was giving the victory sign to the camera, or whoever was holding the camera. Naruto was speechless as he looked over the others.

The next one was one of a man with spiky, blonde, hair and bright blue eyes. He was wearing a Konoha hitai-ite and a white coat with blue flames at the bottom. He had an all too familiar smirk on his face, and a lean jaw line. He too gave the victory sign to the camera.

The last one was slightly bigger then the others. It was both the man and woman, standing next to each other, his arm wrapped around her shoulders while she snuggled into his side. They were both giving genuine smiles to the camera, and looked happy as ever. Again, they were giving the camera, or the camera man/woman, the victory sign. Naruto noticed the wedding rings on their fingers.

The Uzumaki boy swallowed a lump in his throat as he turned to Ino. "How do you know? A-a-and where did you get these?" He gripped the pictures tight, in order to make sure he didn't let go of them.

Ino gave Naruto a loving but sad smile. "Promise me you won't get mad." Naruto was far away from that feeling, he was happy, sad and grateful.

"I don't see why I would Ino, but just to reassure it, I promise I won't get mad." Ino nodded and continued.

"Well, one day, I woke up before you did, and I wanted to get you up. The problem being, you had rolled over in your sleep and you were on top of me, and you hadn't released your chakra resistors. You weren't suffocating me, because of our positioning, but you were to heavy to move and I couldn't make you up by shouting for some reason." Naruto chuckled, knowing full well about how hard it is to wake him up. The boy slept like a log most of the time.

"Anyway, I decided to go inside your head to see where you were, and get you to wake up. And if not you, I would have gotten Kyuubi to do it." Naruto understood now, because he knew his mind was sort of like a maze. It was easy for anyone to get lost in, even he had a couple of times. "Anyway, when I couldn't find you or Kyuubi's cage, I realized I was lost and was about to just try to go back to sleep. Before I could cancel my jutsu though, I had seen something flash in the distance. It was a memory bubble." Naruto put the pictures down as he walked over to Ino.

"What did you see?" As if Ino thought she was in trouble, she answered quickly.

"It was the memory of you reading the letters from your Mom and Dad. I could have guessed your dad was the fourth. Since I know you hadn't found a picture of them or anything like that since you started staying over at my place, I thought I could talk Tsunade into letting me get some pictures for you. She told me she had three that she would give me if I kept them away from prying eyes." Ino got a little nervous under Naruto's stare. He kind of looked depressed, but then she saw the emotions in his eyes change completely as he put a genuine smile on.

Naruto wrapped his girlfriend in a hug and kissed her on the head. "Thank you so much Ino-chan. I can't describe how much I appreciate this." Naruto kept on smiling as Ino wrapped her arms around his neck. He suddenly frowned. "I don't know if my present is anything compared to this."

"I don't care Naruto, the fact that you even put the thought into getting one is good enough." Naruto shook his head as he reached into his pockets and pulled out…

Ino gasped as she looked at the jewelry. "Is that really his?" Naruto nodded.

"Yes, Kakuzu's ring." Ino gazed at the ring that was put onto a chain, making it a make shift necklace. She admired the gift, because Kakuzu was one of the men that was hunting Naruto and helped Hidan almost kill Asuma and her teammates. Not to mention herself. Also, there were this thing with shinobi, men and women alike, that had a thing for mementos that you got from a fallen opponent. A piece of jewelry, a weapons, etc. Ino turned around and lifted her hair up as Naruto reached around her neck to put it on.

She turned around while fingering it. Naruto smiled at her as she smiled back and wrapped her arms around his neck. His were around her waist. A passionate kiss was what they shared for several minutes. The heat of the moment was getting to them, after gift giving and tongue wrestling, Naruto started reaching for Ino's zipper and Ino was trying to unwrap her boyfriend. That's when…

Click. Door opens.

"Hey Ino, Naruto are you guys done gift exchanging we're about to…" Suddenly, Tsunade Hide stopped in her tracks. Naruto and Ino stopped kissing, but didn't move from their spots. "Oh, sorry for interrupting. Carry…" She was about to say carry on, but Inoichi had walked pass, luckily with Aoi.

Hide tried to close the door, but Inoichi saw them and Hide moved out of the way. After all, it wasn't her business. The only reason why she wasn't going to stop them from having sex.

Inoichi had gotten past Hide and shouted. "What the hell do you think your doing with my daughter Uzumaki!" Just as Ino and Naruto moved from their questionable hand placements, standing side by side, Ino tried to explain. Before she even said 'Daddy' he rounded on her. "And you should have more self control Ino!" He was about to chew them out even more, but Aoi intervened.

"Yamanaka Inoichi back away from the couple now!" Hide at this point decided to stay, just to see what Aoi was going to do. It always interested her to see the wife give her husband a lashing.

'Perhaps I enjoy that too much.' She admitted before continuing to watch.

"And you!" Inoichi pointed at Hide this time. She looked confused.

"What?" She shrugged.

"You were just going to walk out of here, letting them have sex. Not just that, but you tried to cover for them!" Hide quickly got annoyed.

"I'm not your wife, I'm not your kid, and I'm not your kid's boyfriend. You keep shouting like that, especially at me, and I'll kick your ass. If that's alright with you Aoi." Said woman turned to Hide with a smile.

"Just leave some for me if you can." Hide agreed as she faced Inoichi. Who was now realizing he was quickly heading for an ass kicking not just from and Uchiha, but his wife too. "Now Inoichi. I recall not only hearing about some things you did and where you did them at the same age as them, but also you and I have had sex at more open places then this." Inoichi blushed mad as Hide smirked. Naruto and Ino covered their ears, not wanting to hear it.

"But hime-."

"No buts Inoichi. I would like you to consider this. Naruto-kun here is being hunted, not just by Akatsuki, but judging by those pictures…" At this, Hide and Inoichi turned around. Naruto gasped and Ino and he covered the pictures as best they could. "…He will one day have all of Iwagakure on his ass. Ino has the curse seal from Orochimaru himself. We have no idea why, or what he's planning, and her sensei almost died at the hands of the men her boyfriend and her boyfriends brother had just killed, a few days ago. Last but not least, they are shinobi, Naruto more specifically a Jinchuriki." She leaned a bit to her side to see around her husband and at Naruto. "Not that your not human Naruto-kun." Naruto nodded. "Now, what do you have to say for yourself."

Apparently he had nothing to say. Except… "Fine. Carry on, just don't force her to do anything, or I'll kill you."

Both Ino and Naruto were shocked, Hide was kind of for a loop too, but quickly got over it. They all left the room, leaving Naruto an Ino alone.

"My mom ruined it with what she said." Ino suddenly crunched her nose up while being assaulted by images. Naruto nodded an agreement, frowning at the images. So, they decided to leave the room and resume the party. They would wait until later tonight to do that.

Just when they opened the door, Inoichi fell over. He scrambled to his feet and started scratching the back of his head. "Uh… I was… um… just…" Ino interrupted him.

"It's okay dad. You were concerned. Next time, trust Naruto please." Inoichi, being confused at the easy forgiveness, exhaled and nodded. Ino walked off to go find her sister while Naruto was held back by Inoichi.

"Naruto, I actually want to apologize for my actions earlier. It's just that… I can still remember the day you guys had saved them from those rapists three years ago. Sometimes I have nightmares of the whole thing going differently. Them being assaulted, you two showing up at the door with either their dead bodies or their quivering bodies, with uncontrollable sobs." He shivered, he never wanted that to happen to them. Suddenly a hard grip was on his shoulder and he snapped his head up at Naruto.

Said boy gave him a smile and determination was in his eyes. "I promise that I would never harm Ino or force her to do anything she wouldn't want to do… unless it saved her life. Also, my body would have to be destroyed, nothing left, for someone to be able to rape or harm Ino in anyway shape or form. Other wise, I would destroy any one who tried." He squeezed Inoichi's shoulder a bit harder.

The older blonde male smiled and patted Naruto on the back as he laughed. "Good to here Naruto my boy!" With that, they went back to the party.

When Ino was looking for Kaida, she saw Hide dancing with Kakashi. Ino quickly did the calculations in her head. 'Lets see, I know Hide is 36, and I'm pretty sure that Naruto had told me Kakashi was 33. I couldn't really tell with how much he covers himself up. Whatever, I like those two anyway. They seem cute… I guess.' Ino shrugged as she walked passed them, sure to make Naruto aware of this if he wasn't already. She wanted to know how badly he would bug the two of them.

When she had asked everybody around her, except Shino and Hinata making out, she decided to go back to Hide and ask her. Suddenly…

BAM!!

The front door was slammed open as a ROOT Anbu member was thrown threw it. He sat up and looked around, spotting Tsunade he quickly spoke.

"There has been a breach. Uzumaki Huyu and whoever is traveling with him is in the village as we speak. We saw him head towards the Yamanaka residence. We were about to intercept him, when suddenly five men came out of nowhere and ambushed my partner and me." The ROOT member finished as everybody looked out the window to see the five men standing there. Hide spoke up.

"The Yamanaka residence is quite a distance from here." She pointed out to the everybody.

The ROOT Anbu nodded as he explained. "We knew we didn't have a chance, so we retreated to get back up."

Suddenly, everybody felt a wave of killer intent wash over the room. They all turned to its source. Naruto.

He turned to Hide and acted as calmly as he could, which kind of resembled the calmness Tsunade remembered in Minato. "Excuse me Hide, but I have to leave now. I have… business… with my brother." Suddenly Naruto was out the window already creating a thousand Kage Bunshin.

The five men leapt off into different directions as Inoichi, Aoi and Ino ran to the Yamanaka state. Everybody other shinobi that was capable of hunting down the other five went out to do so. Tsunade turned to the ROOT member.

"Do you have their identities?" The masked man hesitated, but gave up the information anyway.

"I know three of the five. Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi, and Hoshigaki Kisame." Tsunade frowned as she turned around and left, the ROOT member deciding to go report to Danzo.


One Naruto had caught up to one of the intruders and clobbered him in the head. The hood fell off, and it revealed to be Deidara. Naruto growled as he launched another punch at the clay loving guy, before he rolled out of the way and focused chakra into a seal on his arm. Then, he got up and continued running.

Another Naruto had quickly learned to never hunt down Hoshigaki Kisame. His head was almost ripped to pieces by Samaheda. He turned around again to see that Kisame was now running away again.

Itachi quickly got annoyed with Naruto's stamina. Not only that, he could feel other chakra signatures quickly gaining on the both of them. He decided to focus chakra into his seal also. Not stopping once.

Sasuke was having déjà vu. Being chased by Naruto wasn't as fun as it used to be for the youngest Uchiha. He focused chakra to his seal though, not wanting to risk fighting the other shinobi bound to show up. After all, he was with S-ranked missing-nin. Naruto growled out his name, making Sasuke go faster realizing the Uzumaki was closer then he thought.


'Damn it, I have to catch this guy. I want to know where Huyu's going next, what he's been doing besides killing our sensei.' Naruto rushed forward, faster than he anticipated, and smashed into the fifth member of the group.

They went through wall of a building and out the other wall, into an alley way. They hit the ground hard, Naruto on top of the guy, fist raised. And just as he was about to bring it down on the guy, the hood fell off.

Naruto froze, not believing his eyes. How could he believe it, he was convinced Huyu was going to kill him. He knew it wasn't a genjutsu, because ever since reading about an incident about his mother pissing off Kurenai, he's been making sure he's practiced the identification of genjutsu, and when they are triggered.

"Calm down Gaki." It was him. Only Tsunade, Gamabunta, and Jiraiya called him gaki, especially like that.

"J-j-Jiraiya?" So much hope was in his voice, suddenly Jiraiya kicked him off and stood up, putting his hood back on.

"You finally stopped calling me that accursed nickname. Although, I was beginning to miss it. Huyu doesn't call me that anymore. Anyway, yes it is me, but keep it quiet, don't tell anybody." Naruto didn't know what to do.

Did Jiraiya go rouge, was it a trick from Huyu, or were they up to something. Suddenly, Jiraiya looked up at Naruto, giving him a clear view of his face, and the blonde jinchuriki just realized what was on his masters head.

"Suna?" Jiraiya put his finger over his own mouth and then, ran off. The Naruto clone dispersed itself, not waiting for anybody to show up.


"Your dead Huyu!!" Naruto and Inoichi shouted as they leapt at said Jinchuriki. Kaida quickly wrapped the blanket around herself as she jumped in the way, knocking both unsuspecting men down.

"Run now!!" Kaida said as Huyu was already dressed. He cursed when he picked up his weapons pouch. He turned to Kaida.

"I'm sorry hime." He jumped on to the roof across from the Yamanaka house and Inoichi and Naruto were let back up. Naruto getting all the memories of what just happened with all of his clones, as they were killed. He now knew who was there. He looked up, and saw Huyu doing hand seals.

"Kuchiyose no jutsu!" He bit his left index finger, smeared it across his hand, and slammed it on the ground. Five puffs of smoke later, and all of his companions were with him. "I'll see you another time, promise." With that said, he got everybody to hold on to him. Inoichi watched as he recognized the signs of his heart stopping, clearly seeing his chest heaving in and out.

Kaida got really worried and almost jumped out to him, when suddenly, they heard a crack, much like that of a lightning bolt and he was gone. Naruto clenched his fist.

"He's fast." Inoichi turned to Naruto

"What?" Naruto just crossed his arms.

"I think he made a variation to the Hirashin. I bet you anything he calls it the 'Raiden'." Naruto just went out the window after saying goodnight to everybody and started roof hoping. He went to his favorite place in the world.

"Hey, dad." He said as he sat on the fourth's head. He was just thinking about the new revelation about Jiraiya when he remembered that he had left the pictures given to him by Ino at the Uchiha house. Naruto just shook his head has he but his head on his knees.


'If dad thinks he's going to punish me because I slept with my boyfriend, then he has another thing coming. We're shinobi after all.' Kaida growled to herself as she got dressed. She was going to have a 'good talking to' by her parents. 'That should be fun.' She started feeling really upset, not enough to cry, but enough to feel pretty sad.

She didn't see the fairness in any of it. She knew that life wasn't fair. 'But why is it always unfair for him.' Huyu seemed to always be the bad guy in situations, and sometimes he felt like he was supposed to be for everybody's sake, but he didn't. He hadn't asked permission to leave the village, and it wasn't an order either. She knew that he didn't kill Jiraiya, she just didn't have that proof yet. She constantly worried for her boyfriend, and she was getting angrier and angrier every time she thought about his memories and what the people of this village put him through.

She was about to go tell her father to shove it where the sun don't shine, when suddenly, she saw a wrapped present. It wasn't any bigger then a box that holds a necklace. She picked it up, opened it, and read the folded not inside.

A variation of dove

Better then life

Worse then death

The symbol of love

"A… poem?" The only other thing it said on the letter was 'Are you involved with Chuunin exams' and that was it. But, she kept re-reading the poem until she finally got it to click. "Uzumaki Huyu wrote a four line poem." She blinked, then smiled. "Aww!" She giggled as she placed it on her desk and opened the box itself. Suddenly, her breath hitched as she saw what was inside.

"No way." She pulled it out of the box. Attached was one of the many symbols of love (will have picture link soon in profile) and she couldn't believe how beautiful this simple thing was. It was on a silver chain, the symbol it self wasn't so fancy, but the engraving on the back of the symbol was.

It was a seal for heart. She didn't know what it did, but she knew that Huyu must have put it there for a reason. She put the necklace on and smiled as she looked at it in the mirror. She fingered her new second greatest prized possession. 'Huyu being the first.'

Suddenly Ino walked in through the door. She was still proudly wearing that Kakuzu's ring around her neck. She walked over to Kaida and oohed.

"Thanks sis, it was a gift from Huyu, I just found it though." She frowned as she realized that she never got to give Huyu her gift. She gave him a form of a gift, she smiled, but not the one she originally intended to give him.

"Well, that's kind of what I want to talk to you about." Kaida turned to Ino with a neutral look.

"What is it?" She hoped her sister wouldn't be so judging as well. Ino and her almost always clicked, and never really ever broke apart. To start now, would not be good for any of them.

"Well, personally, I think there has to be more to this story of Huyu killing Jiraiya, so I'm not going to judge anybody here. Secondly… was he any good?" Kaida, for the briefest of seconds was confused, before she face palmed and was ready to belt her sister.

"What the hell Ino! I didn't know you were a perv!" Ino, being insulted, retorted.

"Who's the one who fucked yesterday!" Kaida laughed at Ino's ridiculous insult. She knew that Ino knew that was lame.

"I did, and it was fun. Lasted about two hours. We did it in this room, we did it in the shower, on the bathroom floor, the living room, and your room, and this room. Again." Ino gaped at Kaida's blunt answer to Ino's question. She shook her head.

"Damn… WAIT! My room! Why mine!" Kaida laughed, shaking her head.

"Not like you were going to use it anytime soon." Kaida leaned in and waved her finger in front of Ino.

Ino pouted. "No fair, I was about to have fun with Naruto in one of the bedrooms at Hide's house, but mom and dad had to ruin it." She cursed her luck. Missing out on sex the day before.

"Ha ha. You suck, well maybe not." Kaida giggled at that.

Ino groaned as she hated losing verbal battles against her sister. She shook her head as she remembered why she came up stairs.

"Listen, forget about that for a sec. I came up here to tell you that you shouldn't get so mad at dad or mom if they start fussing, alright. Naruto just got back from running out last night, and told me that dad apologized for getting mad. Mom and Hide put him in his place." Ino laughed at the memory before she walked towards the door. "Although, if they down right insult him, fight for him. He's your boyfriend, and you love him, he would do the same for you." Kaida nodded as Ino walked out of the room.

'Fine, I'll try it your way.' She took a few minutes to collect herself, and walked down the stairs to confront her parents.


A/N: Yes! You thought there'd be a lemon, but there wasn't! Hahaa! Don't worry, I'll get to it soon with Naruto and Ino. I just saw an opening and decided, 'what the hell' and went for it. I do that a lot and not just with stories, which can sometimes be bad in the real world. Anyway, how do you like my hinting of a possibility of Kakashi and Hide?

Well, if I don't get that poll up for you to vote, cause I've never used the poll thing and I might forget to do it, just review me and tell me if you like the idea or not. Also, since Kushina is only presumed dead, and so many things are happening in this story that have changed completely, I'm going to have a poll to see if I should have her brought into the story. How? I don't know, maybe she was a captive of someone and she escaped, or got a letter to Huyu or Naruto, or maybe Huyu's group stumbles upon her, or something. The poll's won't be up right away, but it'll get done eventually

Anyway, your vote counts. Damn, now I feel like a dirty politician *shivers*

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