Review Shoutouts
KitsuneNoYomeiri: Yes, I'm an evil, evil bastard, I'll be the first to admit it. It's a shitty cliffhanger, but I reserve the right to cut off my stories at my own leisure. YEAH!
Chaosglory626: I could do that, if I could stomach leaving my readers hanging on what should have been a pivotal part of the plot like SOMEBODY WE ALL KNOW! Kishimoto I'm looking at you. I don't think I'll put her with Kiba though, I've rethought that long ago.
Anime Insaniac: I do admit that I did like the fight between Sasuke and Danzo, it did have to happen. And now that I actually think about it I can see potential timeskips since his fight with Itachi where he first started getting all supercharged, so it isn't a stretch to say that he trained during that time at all. Like I said before, I don't hate the Sasuke character, as a matter of fact if he didn't have such a one-track mind I might say he had the potential to be my favorite anti-hero character in all of anime/manga, but he's too easy to manipulate for me to say so.
Kalevra: I was waiting for someone to get that reference for the longest time. Atmosphere is that shit yo.
Nik's Work: I'm a dumbass, you notice how I never tried anymore real formulaic shit after that chapter right? That's why.
acepro Evolution: No it wasn't intended to be. I actually wrote that part in without thinking about it. In FMA they always transmute chains and shit from the ground all the time, I just gave it a practical use in this story. I slapped myself after I read your comment because I saw that it could be construed that way too lol.
road kill609: Yes consistency is a bitch. Damn me and my need to tie up loose ends! Oh well, more fun for me trying to tie all of this shit together.
Jyuubi6: About my temporary loss of personal self-esteem… The mountains suck, and I've been here for a little over a month, I still have two weeks left and only after getting a one day reprieve from the training camp was I able to head into a nearby town and, through mysterious means that will not see the light of day in this story, get my swagger back. And this is your only warning cornbread, DO NOT reference my lack of Naruto ownership ever, EEEEVVVER again, or I'll find you. I am capable of amazing and horrifying things that you can't even imagine… so I'm not even going to mention them. I will however say that I have solved the conundrum of obtaining human flight. Your paragon of light has spoken.
Raidentensho: The ignition gloves will be used to bad-ass effect very soon. I just need to get to that part of the story, I can't wait to write it out. It should be a blast… no pun intended. (Okay, yes it was.)
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Fullmetal Alchemist. So what? I'm still better than Kishimoto. You hear that Kishimoto? You ain't better than me! YOU AIN'T BETTA THAN ME! WHO'S BETTA THAN KENCHI?
NOBODY!
*Ahem* Okay I'm done now, enjoy the chapter.
Chapter 49: A Thin Line Between Honor and Stupidity
The perpetual smirk on the face of Onoki was starting to quickly piss Naruto off and he had only known the man for all of twenty seconds. Something about the look on his face, the look of a man that thought he was untouchable and that no one around him was capable of calling him on anything he did. A look that told Naruto how little he actually valued things like camaraderie, principle, and things of the like, he really didn't like that at all.
Jiraiya wanted to bite at his nails. His student was under scrutiny from one of the most powerful shinobi in the world and he was standing four feet away from him, the very man that had put out a hit on him in the Bingo Book. Jiraiya needed a drink…
Akiza was just concerned about Naruto. What would happen when she was declared a missing-nin? Of course they would send enemies after her, but she was currently traveling with Naruto and Jiraiya. Jiraiya she wasn't concerned about, but Naruto wasn't sannin level, there were still people out in the world that posed very legitimate threats to him and they all knew it, and there was no doubt that Onoki wouldn't hesitate to send the big guns after him.
Naruto grinned at him cheekily, "Thanks a lot. Me and my brother always wanted a hit put out on us in the Bingo Book and I beat him to it. When I go home I am gonna so fuck with him about it until he loses his mind! I'm going to lord that shit over him until we both get promoted again."
Two of the people currently in the box gasped at how Naruto had just addressed the Tsuchikage, one of them stifled their laughter. I'll leave it up to you to deduce exactly who was who.
"You're welcome boy. Sorry that a little page in the Bingo Book will end up with my ninja killing you." If anything Onoki's smirk got even more smug after Naruto's previous statement, "You know what they say don't you boy? You're nobody until somebody kills you."
Naruto shrugged off Onoki's threat and insult, "Well if that's the way you see it, I'll end up being a nobody for quite a long time. Of course, Minato Namikaze wasn't a nobody before he died was he? Or is a flee-on-sight order just given out to any random shinobi that can throw a kunai straight?"
Onoki bared his teeth at the boy as he started radiating anger. His bodyguards felt his presence and rushed to his side. A large man with black hair and black eyes with a red bandana-style hitae-ate dressed in a jounin vest, with red clothing underneath the vest and a yellow scarf arrived alongside a woman with short black hair, a jounin vest with a red shirt underneath that left one sleeve kimono-style and the other sleeveless. She also had fishnet tights with shorts over them.
Both of them simply looked at Akiza who spoke to them in a slightly saddened tone, "Hello Kurotsuchi, Akatsuchi. I hoped I wouldn't have to face you two again."
Before either of them could speak Onoki raised his voice, "Akiza here has decided to desert Iwagakure and join up with the Gama Sennin and the Fullmetal Alchemist of Konohagakure as you can clearly see."
Kurotsuchi hardened her eyes as she glared at Akiza, "Is this true? Have you left us for Konoha, have you deserted your home?"
Akiza shrunk away from her gaze at first before finding resolve, "That place was no home to me. In a home you feel safe, you feel wanted, you feel like people truly want you around. In Iwa all I ever felt was nothing, no one cared, and I was cast aside saying that because I ran into an enemy I couldn't defeat I could never return home. That was Tsuchikage-sama's order, and as you can see I'm fulfilling it. I'm just not going to kill Fullmetal, there's no true reason to, and he's treated me better than anyone in Iwa can ever say they did."
The female escort of Onoki's entourage radiated killing intent at Akiza, "You're a traitor to your country."
As the Iwa kunoichi moved to attempt to engage her former comrade A stepped between them, "Tsuchikage-dono control your escorts. Jiraiya-dono and the two accompanying him are guests of mine, missing-ninja or not they are to be protected as if they are Kumo's own while they are here as are you and your wards." His words made Kurotsuchi back down from attacking.
Akiza shrugged off her anger, "It's your country, your village, and I don't care that I'm a missing-nin. The way I see it, it was either die in battle against superior opponent for a cause I don't agree with, or again die, only with my beliefs and morals intact. I chose the latter."
Onoki sneered at his former ninja, "Well then you can die along with him. I'll look forward to seeing you again soon Akiza. Your head will be deposited right next to Uzumaki's on my desk soon enough."
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes at Onoki's not too subtle threat while Akiza latched onto Naruto's arm to try and pull him away, "Come on Fullmetal, we need to get ready to go. The exams are over, it's time to leave Kumo."
Naruto nodded and turned to descend the stairs with Akiza while the elder ninja all watched them leave. Before they got out of earshot Onoki had one more thing to say, "Uzumaki. For someone marked for death in one of the five major ninja villages you don't seem too concerned at all. I can't tell if you're brave or simply a fool of the highest caliber. "
Naruto turned and gave him a grim smile, "Why would I be concerned? I've been marked for death by a group of S-rank missing ninja since I first became a genin, fought in the midst of two kage level battles in the span of a year, fought and beat three jinchuuriki in full-scale combat, and have been trained by Jiraiya of the sannin for almost three years. Any assassin you choose to send at me any time soon can only be a step down as far as I'm concerned and that's what makes it worse actually, because I'm only getting stronger. I didn't even pull out half of the stuff I can do today, all I did was one wind jutsu, Kage Bunshin, Bunshin Daibakuha, Gogyo Fuin, and base alchemy. You still know next to nothing about what I can do, so you won't be sending any of your elites into the meat grinder that's named Naruto Uzumaki anytime soon, unless you have a lot of disposable elites just lying around Iwagakure."
A grinned at Naruto as he spoke out loud to the Tsuchikage, 'Okay, that was stupid, all things considered, but now I REALLY like this kid.'
Onoki simply scoffed, "Like I said to your soon to be departed friend, I'll be looking forward to seeing your body-less head deposited on my office desk one of these days boy."
Naruto simply guided Akiza further down the steps, "And I'll be looking forward to mailing back your would-be assassins in scrolls to you, courier style, when you send them out for me… old man."
The mood in the box was tense as Onoki finally turned to exit from the opposite side. Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief when he got far enough away, "I'm glad that's over. At least Naruto didn't bait him too much, we still have to get the hell out of town though before Onoki chooses to try and strike at Naruto and Akiza while they're close."
A nodded, "I hope that boy stays alive for a long time. He's an interesting one, though apparently you have a knack for finding talented youth to train Jiraiya-dono. First Namikaze and now Uzumaki, it's uncanny."
Jiraiya sweat-dropped, however it was unnoticeable to the leader of Kumogakure, "Yeah… uncanny."
XxX
Naruto and Akiza immediately returned to their hotel room and began to pack. Naruto was quick to notice that Akiza was moving way too fast, as if she was concerned about something but wasn't telling him. Eventually putting two and two together after remembering what she had spent the day doing, Naruto let out a sigh, "He isn't going to hurt you. You know that me and ero-sennin would never let anything happen to you right?"
Akiza froze in the middle of her piling things onto her open sealing scroll and turned to Naruto, "No Fullmetal. I'm not worried about myself. It's you, I'm worried about you."
A confused look came on the face of the blonde as he stopped packing his own things to look at her, "Me? Why would you be worried about me? I can handle one or two jounin, I'm certain, especially if you're with me."
Akiza bit her lip as a concerned look crossed her face, "I know that. But it won't just be a random jounin being sent out every blue moon Fullmetal. As long as you're with me they'll send entire squads of hunter-ninja after me, and you? If you're around when they catch up with me they'll just see you as an extra bounty that's actually worth more than me. They won't let up until I'm dead, and my pursuers will have absolutely no problems coming after you just because you're nearby." Akiza sat on the bed and looked down, "I don't want to see you get hurt or killed just to try and protect me."
She was really concerned with her changed status in Iwa. It had finally hit her after she had resurfaced that she would be marked for death by her village for deserting. She had come to terms with the fact that her life might have been very short after she made the decision to abort her mission against Naruto, she had intended to only travel with him for a short time and go off to disappear somewhere until she was finally caught and inevitably killed. She had not however, expected to get so close to Naruto so quickly. By the time Jiraiya had found them she found it hard to bring herself to leave, so she didn't.
And now the same boy that had saved her life, that she had put her own life on the line to save in return. The person she had been training and living with for two years, the only person that had ever treated her like he truly wanted her with him, perhaps the only person that had ever cared whether or not she was happy, he was now in danger, even more danger, just from being around her.
Akiza wasn't going to let Naruto die just because she wanted to be happy, he had people to return to Konoha for, he had something important he needed to prepare for, and whether or not anyone in that village knew it or not, he was important, other than the reason they all thought. She wasn't worth it in her own mind. Not worth him getting maimed and potentially killed over just because being around him made her happy.
"Fullmetal…" She started lowly. Akiza had to gulp to get the composure to keep speaking, "I was thinking, maybe it's time that you and I went our separate ways." Naruto's eyes snapped to her own so quickly she thought he might have hurt himself, "I mean let's face it, neither of us thought this would be a permanent fix, and there's no way Konoha would let an Iwa ninja join them just like that. It would save us all some time and grief if we just split up."
"What?" Naruto's voice held an air of disbelief, "I thought it would be. I told you it doesn't matter. Konoha isn't like that now, I can get you in, you can stay with me- .Us, you can stay with us, with me and ero-sennin. We won't just let you disappear, not after all of this time."
Naruto noticed that Akiza wouldn't meet his eyes and he narrowed his own, "What did that short son-of-a-bitch say to you while I was gone Akiza-chan? Did he threaten you? Of course he did, he's a goddamn bully, but you never seemed to be the kind of girl that feared threats on your person." He noticed her beginning to noticeably flinch, "You really are that worried about me aren't you? You really believe that I can't deal with his bullshit."
Akiza hugged her arms to her body and kicked her sandals off, "I won't just let you be attacked for traveling with me. You've already done more for me in two years than anyone else has done in sixteen. I can do just fine on my own, I don't need you or Jiraiya-sensei to hold my hand forever."
Naruto sat beside her on the bed and kicked off his shinobi sandals, "I don't give a damn if that wrinkly midget sends anyone after you. We'll just beat their asses every time they show up. Like I said before, I'll do whatever I can to make sure you're safe and happy Akiza-chan, that was a promise, and I don't break those. Now how is going off on your own with Iwa hunter-nin chasing you down keeping you safe or making you happy in any way, shape, or form?" Akiza snickered slightly before she schooled her emotions again.
Akiza finally lifted her head to look at Naruto in the eyes, "I just don't want you to get hurt for me. I'm not worth the trouble."
"To who?" Naruto asked her dryly, "You're worth it to me. If I can help you out I don't mind getting another enemy to go along with my laundry list of them. Hell, you might be in more danger than me considering who I know for a fact all want me dead." Akiza had a confused look until Naruto decided to elaborate, "Okay, so you know I've got you-know-who in my stomach right? Well let's just say there are nine S-rank ninja that are coming for her very soon. On top of that, I pissed off Orochimaru, ero-sennin's old pedophile teammate, so I got that going for me too."
Akiza nodded and the two sat in silence for the time being until she spoke up with a question, "So is Orochimaru really a pedophile? Because this isn't the first time you've said that."
Naruto nodded with a grimace on his face, "Oh yeah, you can see it in his face if you ever meet him. But that's beside the point. Don't be afraid for me Akiza-chan, it's insulting. I've worked hard to get strong enough to take on a group of kage level ninja, and for you to be afraid for me when I'm going up against hunter-nin, that may or may not come up against us? That just tells me that you think I'm weak. Whether you know it or not you're one of my precious people, and I'm not letting anything bad happen to you, do you understand?"
Akiza laid her head on his shoulder and the two just sat there. Naruto rubbed her back and waited silently, "So do you feel better now?" Akiza hesitated but finally nodded, "You going to bring up that 'going our separate ways' bullshit again?" Akiza shook her head, "Good. Now, I think we should find something else for you to wear now because you really aren't an Iwa jounin anymore, so wearing the vest would be pretty misleading."
Akiza stood up and ruffled out her skirt, "We can get something when we get out of this town, preferably somewhere far away. I'm still scared Fullmetal, scared that they'll hunt you down, or that they'll use me to get to you, or-."
Naruto cut her off when he stood and tilted her chin up to face him, "Akiza-chan. I won't let them take you, I promise. Trust me, believe in me, and I won't let you down, I swear it."
Akiza's forest green eyes met Naruto's deep blue ones before a blush rose to her face, "So… Am I really the only girl that you let call you Fullmetal, Fullmetal?"
Naruto smiled at her and stroked her jaw, "Yep. No one else, it's a title, but for you, it's kind of the only way that I want you to say my name Akiza-chan. I honestly don't care if you ever use my true name ever."
Akiza looked at Naruto through half-lidded eyes, "So you like it when I call you that…" Naruto nodded, bringing a smile to her face, "Well then I guess you finally belong to me after all, isn't that right Full. Metal?"
Naruto grinned at her, a grin that she readily returned as she drew herself closer to him, "So what happens to us now Fullmetal? What happens from here?"
Naruto shrugged, "The training trip is pretty much over at this point. We should be heading to Konoha very soon, it's time to go home."
His senses went off as he felt Akiza hold her body close to him and look up at him expectantly, "I'm not talking about where we're going next, I'm talking about you and me. What about us. You want me to be with you don't you?"
Naruto fought back a shiver as he looked into her eyes, "You're telling me you don't want to be with me yourself? You're a bad liar Akiza-chan. I can feel the pent-up emotions coming off of you right now. I think that if I kissed you right now you wouldn't do a damn thing to stop me. As a matter of fact I think you'd probably let me do a little more than that."
Akiza bit her lip cutely, "You want to try and prove that to me? Or is the great 'Fullmetal Alchemist' full of it?" She tried to will her heart to slow down so that Naruto didn't notice how nervous she really was, but luckily for her his heart was beating just as fast.
"You're really stubborn sometimes, you know that?" Naruto moved closer to Akiza's lips and finally took them to his own. He really didn't want to take advantage of Akiza with their first kiss so he simply held her close and enjoyed the contact with her until they finally broke for breath.
Akiza pushed a bang from her face as she looked up at Naruto, flustered, "Bastard. And who are you calling stubborn, you hypocrite?" She unconsciously licked her lips after breaking off from Naruto's own.
Naruto chuckled at her fake-angry look, "Well seeing as how you haven't kicked my ass yet I'm assuming you liked that."
Akiza stroked his whisker marks, getting a low purr from him, "Don't assume anything Fullmetal." With that Akiza pulled Naruto down towards her to resume their previous activity. Much to Naruto's surprise Akiza wanted a little more this time and tried to coax entrance for her tongue into his mouth.
Naruto let her in and immediately allowed his tongue to grapple with hers. Akiza moaned slightly while wrapping her arms around his neck, and turned them both so that she could sit back on the bed and lay down with Naruto laying over her. Eventually the two broke off once more, Naruto looked down while Akiza's chest moved up and down with her breathing, "So do you admit that you enjoyed that or what?"
Akiza crossed her arms with a blush on her face and looked away, "Okay yes, I did." Naruto pinched her cheek softly forcing a smile to form on her lips. Akiza looked up at Naruto and once again met his blue eyes with her green ones, "Fullmetal, do you love me?"
Naruto blinked before rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, "Wow, kind of putting me on the spot here huh?" Akiza's eyes were locked with his looking up at him expectantly, "Akiza-chan yes I love you. I won't just let you go, not because that rat bastard Onoki threatened you. If he wants you, and I mean he really, seriously wants you dead then his little helpers will have to go through me, literally."
Akiza pulled the hand from her cheek and kissed the back of it gently, "I believe you. I know you're good enough to stop anything that Iwa could send after you, and I will be right there with you when they come for you or me." She sighed softly and looked up at him sweetly, "Because I love you too Fullmetal."
He was slightly taken aback at her proclamation, he kind of expected it to be one sided, "You do? How long? I mean for me it's been since a little after we started staying in Resembool when it hit me."
Akiza pulled Naruto down by his neck to hold him close to her, "I don't know. I would say shortly after you beat me the second time. Why else would I have taken a stab to the belly for you. You need to think sometimes Fullmetal."
Naruto pulled away from her and stared down, dumbfounded, "Two years? You've been into me for two years and I was the one that had to say something to get the ball rolling?" Akiza looked away sheepishly, "Do you know how awesome that would have been if we had hooked up sooner?" He chuckled and lowered himself back on top of her, inhaling her scent, "…Like I said, stubborn."
Akiza bit Naruto sharply on his earlobe and kissed him on his neck, "Don't be an ass about this." She smiled to herself as she felt a bulge in Naruto's pants, "I didn't know you thought I was sexy Fullmetal. That's certainly encouraging for me to know."
Naruto grinned stupidly, "Would you like me to show you just how sexy I think you are Akiza-chan? We are alone you know."
Akiza looked at him curiously, "Weren't we about to leave town? Won't Jiraiya-sensei be angry if we don't head right back to the stadium?"
It was very tempting for Naruto to say that there was no way Jiraiya would get pissed off if he knew what they were trying to do, but being around the couple of his brother and Haku for so long, and spending a ton of time with Jiraiya gave Naruto the knowledge that saying certain things could bring the mood to a screeching halt, and that was the last thing he needed right now, "Let's make him wait Akiza-chan. Remember, he did ditch us in Resembool for six months. Compared to that what are a few hours huh?"
Akiza kissed him again and pulled back with a smirk on her face, "You're bad Fullmetal." She slid back on the bed and motioned for Naruto to come closer to her, "Can you help me out of this skirt of mine?"
"Go get her kit. I told you the vixen wanted you back then." Naruto blinked as he realized just who was speaking in his head, 'Kyuubi-chan! Talk shit later, let me get laid now!'
A giggle came from the back of his mind, "I would never do anything to interrupt you kit. Give her a little something for me would you?"
XxX
(The Next Day)
Naruto and Akiza, upon awakening, received a message from one of Jiraiya's toads saying to head to the main gate soon after receiving the information. As they arrived at the exit to the village Naruto smirked as he could see the lecherous grin on Jiraiya's face and surprisingly A wore one very similar.
As the teens came up to them Jiraiya cleared his throat, "Alright, now that we're all here I believe it's time for us to take our leave." With that he swung an amused glance at Naruto and Akiza, "That is unless you two weren't finished with yesterday's extracurricular activities."
Akiza blushed while Naruto stroked his chin in faux-thought, "Nope, we're all good for now. Thanks for the offer though ero-sennin." Akiza elbowed him sharply in the ribs, "Akiza-chan says thank you as well."
"Idiot…" She palmed her face, mostly to hide the blush that she felt was spreading and walked closer to the gate.
Naruto walked up to the Raikage and stuck out his hand with a major grin on his face, "Well Raikage-sama, it's been quite a visit to your village. I met two kage, one cool, one old and douchy, fought another jinchuuriki that kicked my ass up and down your stadium, and I met some interesting people… in addition to getting laid."
"Fullmetal!"
A grin came to the blonde's face, "Thanks for letting us stay here for a while. You're pretty cool. I wish I could have met that other jinchuuriki though."
A grabbed Naruto's hand firmly and shook it, "Trust me Uzumaki-kun, no you don't, but maybe next time. You're welcome and I hope you return to Kumo one day, I look forward to seeing what you can do in the future."
Naruto nodded and caught up with Akiza at the gate leaving the two older shinobi to speak amongst themselves. Jiraiya walked closer to A, "So I guess this is goodbye Raikage-sama."
A nodded, "Yes it is Jiraiya-dono. Keep that boy safe, I wasn't lying when I said I was looking forward to seeing what he can do in the future." He looked around and lowered his voice, "Say, you don't think I can get an early copy of your next book do you?"
Jiraiya smirked, "Sure you can. And with those two I'm traveling with I'm sure the rest of the story will finish itself. They've been such an inspiration so far. Hell, I think I might even add you in the acknowledgement page for paying for their lodging here." His smirk suddenly dropped as his eyes widened as to what the events of their stay actually meant, "Oh fuck! That means I'm on the clock! I didn't even think of a way to win my half of the bet, I never thought the gaki had the stones to actually go through with it! I was just planning on just letting him draw, now I have no choice but to keep up my end of it!"
XxX
Akiza laid her head on Naruto's shoulder as he stood against the gate. Upon hearing her teacher's cry of 'Oh fuck!' she tilted her head at Naruto, "Fullmetal why is Jiraiya-sensei ranting at Raikage-sama?"
Due to enhanced hearing, Naruto had heard every word that had transpired between the two. He simply smiled down at Akiza and shook his head, "Nothing important, just a simple gentleman's wager. *chuckle* Just a wager."
XxX
(En route to Tsuchi no Kuni)
Kurotsuchi, upon the Iwa contingent's exit from Kumogakure had been inconsolable about the blatant traitorous actions that had been taken by her fellow Iwa kunoichi, 'Turning her back on her village, just for that blonde son-of-a-bitch…' Even her teammate Akatsuchi couldn't get her to calm herself as she sat by herself on the ship that was being utilized by the Tsuchikage to return to their country.
"Calm down Kurotsuchi. I'll see to those two soon enough." Kurotsuchi turned her head to see Onoki making his way over to her, "It's too dangerous to leave those two to their own devices for too much longer."
The black-haired girl stood up tall to face her leader, "Tsuchikage-sama, I request to be placed on the team of hunter-ninja that will be sent to dispose of Akiza Tamagawa."
"Denied Kurotsuchi…" He ignored the look of shock on her face and answered the question before she could ask it, "You can't go because I'm not sending any Iwa ninja after them. The Uzumaki-brat was right. He's fully capable of handling the second strongest ninja in Kumo on his own, nothing short of sending my very best like yourself and putting them at risk will come close to taking him down at this point. Now that the facts of her actions have come out in the open he'll never leave Akiza alone to be a target, and with Jiraiya with them as well, who knows how many of my best will need to be sent to deal with them."
He stroked his beard, "No, I won't risk any of my own ninja to kill them." A dark grin came across his face, "But there just so happens to be a mercenary force out there that seems to be damn good at delivering results…" A chuckle came from his throat, "It looks like it's time to contact that Akatsuki organization once more upon our return."
Ok, random rant time. You know what really grinds my gears? When you lose your internet access for an entire week due to your friend not paying the fucking bill! He and all of the rest of us had the bank, they just lost the bill itself. Hence why I'm so late with this bullshit chapter. I'm behind on most of my updates for all of my stories because of this… DAMN!
Rant over.
Okay, chapter over, and now maybe you'll see Naruto get to cut lose in an actual full-scale battle soon. …Or maybe I'll be a bastard and let him get back to Konoha first, OOHHH! And how will this short manipulation of canon events play out in my story? I don't know. Seriously I don't, I haven't thought that far ahead yet, I'll probably think about that while I'm cutting grass or some shit later today. But whatever.
I got 'em to hook up, and while I'm not too confident in my ability to write a lemon, damn it I gave it a hell of a shot! I'm done, time to get my workout on, later.
Drop your hero a line, Kenchi out.
P.S. For some reason I think that baby Naruto looks bad-ass. If you saw the title cover of chapter 501 then that's the picture I'm talking about. That is one bad-ass looking kid, I just can't explain why. The only time I think he ever looked cooler is when he first showed up to fight Pein. I don't know if that's a sad thing or not.
