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Chapter Twelve

Naruto and Sakura both casually walked into the Akimichi BBQ restaurant, wearing casual clothes. For Naruto that was his Short sleeved high collared orange shirt and black pants. Both Sakura and Naruto left their headbands at home.

The blond teen offered for Ino tag along, but the girl declined saying he should catch up with Sakura. Naruto simply took her answer and left to go meet with Sakura.

When the two entered, they noticed Team 8 along with Shikamaru and Chouji. It was Kiba who noticed them and waved, at them. Naruto merely glanced while Sakura waved back, following Naruto to a seat.

The blond decided to sit away from the other Konoha rookies of their year, wanting to actually spend time with Sakura. Once they sat across from each other, Sakura smiled and spoke.

"Thanks for coming Naruto-kun," Sakura smiled sweetly. Naruto gave a shrug with a small smile of his own.

"Its cool, figured it would be better hanging out with you than being bored. Nothing much really to do," Naruto muttered, earning a nod of agreement. A moment later, a waiter came and took their orders before leaving them be.

"So Naruto-kun, how was your trip?" Sakura asked. Naruto sighed with a shrug before he gave an answer.

"It was eventful to say the least, and a long story. But before we go on and on about me, how have you been the last three years?" Naruto inquired, with a raised brow and a smile. Sakura gave a small blush of embarrassment before shaking her head.

"Okay I guess. After I heard about Sasuke's death I was heart broken," Sakura started with a frown. Naruto kept silent as she continued to speak.

"The only person I 'admired' and 'cared' about so much was dead. And even though I knew it was your job as a Konoha shinobi to deal with traitors, I was angry at you. I hated the very thought of you. I wanted to give you a piece of my mind, but I found out that you left. I broke down again," Sakura chuckled humorlessly. Naruto solely kept his gaze and attention on her as she went on.

"I was a two sided fool. I hated the fact that you took away Sasuke, but I also hated the fact that I was alone, that I had no one with me anymore. You were the last person I could hold on to. My relationship with Ino was very shaky," The girl muttered earning a small smile from Naruto.

"But after I wiped my tears, I found out Ino was training under Tsunade. I politely demanded she teach me as well. I wanted to become strong, so when you came back I could hurt you. Tsunade refused, saying she didn't need a 'Sasuke mad driven brat' for an apprentice," Sakura laughed with humor this time.

"After I continued to beg her, she finally gave in. I learned with Ino, but we still weren't close. One day I made a mean comment about you and she lost it. We fought…no it wasn't a fight. She kicked my ass, big time. Ino threatened that if I ever bad mouthed you again when you weren't there to defend yourself, she would break every bone in my body." Sakura told him, making his eyes widen just a little.

"Ino said that?" Naruto asked in slight disbelief. Sakura nodded with a sure look.

"She did, scared the shit out of me. Once again, I broke down crying. During the time Ino kicked my ass, she told me how much of an idiot I was. How stupid it was for me to admire someone who thought of me as a nuisance, a liability. How retarded I was for being angry at someone who was only doing their job," Sakura went on with a sigh.

"Ino was completely right. I didn't train with Tsunade for a full week, as I was to busy crying and going over my life since I joined the academy. Then I thought about you, I thought my purpose from then on was to get stronger for you," Sakura confessed gazing into his calm eyes.

Naruto was about to reply, but she beat him to it, "Then I realized how foolish that was. That purpose was no different from me trying to get stronger to avenge Sasuke. It took a scolding from Tsunade to realize that. Finally, I realized that my purpose wasn't to get stronger for you nor Sasuke. It was for myself. I wanted to better myself, so I couldn't be seen as useless," Sakura declared. Naruto gained a small smile as she continued to speak.

"And so I did. I didn't just train and work hard. I took in account to how I should be working to get stronger, and it cost me countless hours of no sleep. I dedicated myself to knowing as much as I could about Medicine, healing, all that good stuff. After I filled by brain with that knowledge, I then went to Kakashi and had him help me with my physical training," Sakura explained with a bright smile.

"I felt as if Kakashi wasn't enough, so I went to Gai-sensei. I trained with both of them for 6 months, and learned the medical things Tsunade would teach me. I knew she wouldn't teach me as much as Ino till I proved myself, and that's what I was doing. When the Chunin exams rolled around in Kumo, I made it to the final round with Ino as my partner," Sakura smirked, remembering the fights she and Ino participated in.

"It was great. We were pit against the other team finalists, and we won. Tsunade then promoted me to Chunin and that was when I started taking more missions. By the second year rolled around, I was hungry for more knowledge. Gai-sensei and his team were put on more missions, so he couldn't teach me. So one day, I saw Hinata and Neji have a spar and I was interested even more with the concept of their fighting style," Sakura continued, with a awe filled stare.

Naruto smiled at her, before he noticed the raw meat being served. So as she talked they both started to grill their meat.

"I humbly went up to Hiashi and asked if it would be alright if I learned about the workings on how to shut down Tenketsu points. He was surprised that I wanted to learn and actually had someone teach me. With that knowledge and Tsunade stepping up my training, I created my own Taijutsu style," Sakura grinned.

Naruto raised a surprised brow, impressed with Sakura so far, "Really? You're going to have to show me sometime then." Naruto suggested with a smirk. Sakura returned the smirk with her own and nodded.

"Not long after, I was promoted to Tokubetsu Jounin. I continued to learn more from whoever I could. Ten-Ten helped me with my weapon skills, Kiba helped me how to learn to use my nose more, Kurenai taught me more Genjutsu, while Kakashi stepped up my training as well. Not long after, I participated in the Jounin exams." Sakura finished.

Naruto finished chewing his chicken and chuckled before he broke out in laughter. Sakura gave a small chuckle though she was wondering what he was laughing about. After a few moments of laughing Naruto smiled at Sakura, then shook his head still chuckling.

"What so funny?" Sakura asked him with a curious look in her eyes. Naruto simply kept his smile on her before he spoke.

"It's just funny to me how the annoying, loud, bullying, fan girl Sakura Haruno I knew for most of my life turned into be," Naruto paused as he gazed at her. Sakura was really hoping to find out what he was thinking, was it positive, negative? She wanted to know.

Just as Naruto was going to speak he was interrupted by the call of his name. With a sigh he turned his head to his left to stare at an ANBU officer. His eyes narrowed slightly, that only Sakura caught it who was nearly having a raging breakdown within her mind.

"May I help you? You're interrupting my date." Naruto declared bluntly. Sakura gave a small blush before she gave a small shake of her head and looked towards the Anbu who cleared his throat.

"My apologies, Uzumaki-san," The officer bowed slightly in response before cutting to the chase. "But Lady Hokage wants to see you immediately, Haruno-san as well." The Anbu informed.

Naruto's eyes narrowed once more before nodding with a small sigh, "Fine, we'll be there in a couple of minutes." Naruto replied with a bored tone. The Anbu nodded before leaving. Naruto frowned as he looked towards Sakura.

"I apologize that our date has been cut short. This conversation will resume very soon; how about dinner and a walk in the village?" Naruto suggested. Sakura blinked in mild surprise before she shook her head with a small smile.

"It's okay Naruto, I've already taken up most of your time anyway. I don't want to be a…"

"Nonsense. If anything we hardly spent any time together. We're finishing this date whether you want to or not. Now that is out of the way, lets go see what the Senju wants." Naruto muttered as he stood and left some money on the table.

Sakura blinked as she watched Naruto walk out. The girl couldn't believe what just happened, Naruto actually wanted to continue to spend time with her? That was amazing. She was afraid that he would be the old Naruto where he was an ass who ignored everyone who he didn't see as worthy.

But this Naruto, was different. Although he still somewhat ignored those who he deemed as unworthy; it seemed as if he wasn't writing them off outright. This meant, she had a bigger chance to be close friends with him than TenTen to say the least.

Sakura shook her head and stood to go follow Naruto. Once she finally caught up the two calmly walked towards the Hokage tower. They both noticed there seemed to be a big crowd of people in the area, which made them suspicious.

The two walked the stairs, hall and passed the Anbu guarding the door. Naruto was going to knock but allowed Sakura to do so. The pinkette gave a soft yet firm knock on the door, only to receive permission to enter.

Naruto glancing eyes met with Sakura's who nodded. The blond opened the door but it was Sakura who walked in first to assess the danger. Once she quickly did that, she silently informed Naruto of such.

The blond gave a nod and closed the door before gazing around the room.

Tsunade as usual sat behind her chair, though on each side was Kakashi and Shizune, off to the side was Sarutobi. Though sitting in a chair in front of Tsunade's desk was a person wearing a white kage hat. This immediately put Naruto on his P's and Q's.

Standing on each side of the Mizukage was their bodyguards. To the left was a woman and the right was a tall lean man.

"Ah, Naruto, Sakura; so glad you two could make it." Tsunade greeted with a nod, it was then when the two bodyguards in front of them looked behind them to see who the woman was talking about.

Naruto and Sakura both studied each bodyguard with a single glance before going back to Tsunade.

The female Body guard stood at about 5'6 with brown hair braided into four long braids. Tied around her forehead was the Kirigakure headband. She had sharp hazel eyes, and a light brown skin tone. On her face where two red marks that resembled the Inuzuka clan, though they were placed higher and lower than the other.

For her outfit she wore a blue kimono top with white ends. However the top stopped right below her B-cup bust, revealing her toned bare stomach, till there was some kind of blue loin cloth covering her sacred place; though underneath she had black biker shorts on, along with black flat ankle high open toed boots. Lastly strapped to her back was a Zanbatou similar to Zabuza's sword. A small smirk on her lips was also present.

The male body guard had sandy tan long hair that was put into a single braid while two bangs framed the side of his face. He stood at the height of 6'3. His skin tone was fair, and he had amber eyes. For his outfit he wore a misty colored long sleeved shirt with black pants and sandals, strapped to his waist was a normal katana. Tied around his waist was his Kiri headband. His facial expression was that of a bored one.

"Naruto, Sakura, I would like to introduce you to the Rokudaime Mizukage." Tsunade stated as the person in the chair stood and revealed themselves.

Just like every kage should be wearing, the person was wearing a white robe along with the customary Mizukage hat. When the person turned around, they had their mouth veil on, covering all of their face except for their eyes, which were a lavender color.

The Mizukage unhooked the veil and took off their hat, revealing their black messy spiky shoulder length hair. It was a man who Sakura thought to be handsome in a rugged kind of way, in fact, the man looked a bit like someone but she couldn't figure out exactly who.

The man looked to be in his early to mid twenties, and stood at 6'2. Spiky bangs covered his forehead and settled right above his eye brows. The man had a slightly chiseled face, even though there was no baby fat what so ever. He had a nice fair skin, and had some stubble on his jaw, indicating he was growing a beard somewhat.

The outfit he was wearing was dark fishnet tank top and black shinobi pants with Anbu style boots. Around his waist were two red brown studded belts. Both Naruto and Sakura could see his well muscled yet lean torso, flawless of any marks.

"Mizukage-dono, these are two of my best skilled jounin. My apprentice, Sakura Haruno," Tsunade introduced the girl who gave a small bow. "And Naruto Uzumaki," Tsunade said.

"The Inari, how interesting. I expected him to be….older," The man chuckled quietly before continuing. "As you know I am the Rokudaime Mizukage, Soren Asakura. These are my two bodyguards and trusted jounin," The Mizukage nodded to his guards.

"Kana Masamune," Soren pointed to the woman who's smirk widened a bit. "And Mifune Ryu," He finished, nodding to the man who gave a small nod.

"It is a pleasure to meet the Rokudaime Mizukage, may I ask what has caused you to visit Konoha?" Sakura asked as Naruto remained silent. Soren gave a shrug as he spoke.

"I figured it would be better to establish some sort of alliance with Konoha now then later." Soren answered with a small smile. Sakura nodded, while Naruto continued to be silent, till a moment later.

"Is this all you wanted Tsunade? You interrupted our time off." Naruto stated bluntly, causing Tsunade to narrow her eyes slightly. Sakura nudged Naruto, giving him a warning look. The blond understood and gave a huff.

"I don't care whether the Mizukage is here or not. She should be happy I'm calling her by her name than nickname I deemed her. Now, are we free to go?" Naruto demanded with a raised brow. Tsunade gave a harsh glare at Naruto before giving a small nod.

"Yes, but I would like you to show Masamune-san and Ryu-san around Konoha." Tsunade stated, Naruto huffed and started to walk out.

"I'm no baby sitter, have Hatake or Asuma do it. I have better things to do." Naruto muttered, walking out the room without another word. Sakura sighed and gave a quick bow to the Hokage and amused Mizukage; after she ran after Naruto.

With a chuckle, the Mizukage spoke, "It seems Uzumaki-san isn't a big fan of me." Soren joked. Tsunade gave a sigh before shaking her head.

"I apologize for his behavior. That's how he normally acts, Kakashi," Tsunade called. The man looked at her with a raised brow.

"Please give Mizukage-dono's bodyguards a tour of Konoha." Tsunade ordered. Kakashi gave a nod and a small sigh before waving for the two to follow.

"Shizune you are dismissed as well. And make some time on my schedule to talk with Naruto." The Godaime said, earning a nod from Shizune. Once she was gone, that only left the two kage alone to talk.

Naruto gazed over Konoha with an impassive gaze, beside him was Ino and Sakura, both who were unease by Naruto's mood. The blond hadn't spoken for an entire hour, which seemed like a bad sign to both girls.

"Um, Naruto-kun?" Ino called, tired of the silence and the tension that the blond was possessing. Naruto gave a quick glance back at her, which showed her she had his attention. "What's the problem?"

"Things…are moving to slowly. I'm bored," Naruto muttered earning a confused look from both girls. They didn't know that when Naruto was bored, he tended to destroy things; and with a village he disliked sitting right in front of him, the thought was very tempting.

"What should we do then?" Sakura asked. Naruto remained silent, pondering on that thought. With a sigh, he looked up towards the sky before speaking.

"I have a total of five biju, I need nine. My patience is running thin. I think it's time for each village to be put up on the defense," Naruto smirked. Both girls narrowed their eyes still confused. Naruto turned to the two girls, allowing them to see his eyes.

They were a bit intimidated by the doujutsu, but remained calm, knowing he would not hurt them. "As I said a few years ago, a war is on the Horizon, we just need a linchpin that will start this war," Naruto muttered. This caused Sakura to frown in thought.

"No disrespect Naruto-kun, but do we really need to start war? What about the thousands of lives that will be lost because of it?" Sakura asked which only earned her a blank look from the man.

"What's your point?" The statement alone showed both girls that Naruto didn't give two fucks about anyone else that wasn't in his circle or serving under him. "I doubt you two really want to know, but I'm going to tell you anyway. This world…is going to hell; or hell is coming to the world, either way, it's time is nearly up,"

Both Ino and Sakura merely glanced at each other then back at Naruto. "I bet you two also know that the only ones capable of stopping the world from being turned into a playground for demons, is those with celestial power. Basically…me," Naruto grunted.

"I need a war to start so I can dominate it and make sure everyone knows that they are mere shit compared to me. I don't need people getting any bright ideas about fighting Hell's forces themselves only to get themselves killed. If I show them my godly skills, they will back down and allow me to handle it," Naruto explained before adding an after thought.

"It may seem I don't give two fucks about this world, but I do; I just have a fucked up way of showing it," The blond shrugged. Sakura and Ino kept quiet for a bit before sighing, the latter speaking up.

"So what's the plan then?" Naruto quietly hummed as he gazed over the village.

"The Mizukage is here in Konoha, but that isn't much time to act. I'll give those who are hunting the Jinchuriki two more weeks before I start the search myself. The world is only so big, they have to be somewhere. And if Akatsuki does have them, I will go to Ame myself and show 'Pein-sama' how a god really acts when pissed," Naruto muttered.

"For now, just lay low. I have a feeling something interesting is going to happen really soon," he added before turning to Sakura. "Now, I'll see you in another hour," Naruto waved before he disappeared in a flash.

Ino and Sakura looked at each other before both shook their head and went off to prepare for Sakura's date.

"Finally, he annoyed the hell out of me," Kana muttered as she and her fellow Jounin walked the training grounds, gazing up at the night sky. Mifune nodded in agreement, also a little glad they ditched Kakashi, or was that he ditched them? It was hard to tell.

As they walked, the two came to a stop, and the woman gained a bloodthirsty smirk on her lips while Mifune remained stoic as they both gazed to the silhouette sitting casually on a tree branch.

"I honestly thought it would take longer to find you," Kana smirked, unleashing her large sword, pointing it to the cloaked figure. Mifune just laid his hand on the hilt of his sword ready for action.

"I allowed you to find me, I knew what you two wanted as soon as you heard my title. It's expected, I've heard of both of you, though you are locally famous in water country," The figure said, in a bored yet slightly interested tone.

"Oh really? Tell me what you know," Kana grinned wildly, showing her slightly sharp teeth. She was getting excited, and could barely hold in her glee at the thought of a good fight.

"Kana Masamune, A-ranked Kiri ninja, Moniker: . 23 years old, seen as the second coming of Kisame Hoshigaki. Talented in Kenjutsu and Ninjutsu," The figure said calmly which caused her grin to widen a bit more.

"Mifune Ryu, A-ranked Kiri ninja, ex samurai. 25 years old, third guard to General Mifune of Iron country," added the cloaked person. Mifune had a small smirk on his lips but that was it.

"I guess we're all accounted for. I'm honored a bit that such a high ranked ninja as yourself took notice to us, Naruto Uzumaki!" Kana cackled however she stopped when she saw Naruto's strange doujutsu suddenly appear in the darkness. A wave of fear hit her and Mifune, nearly causing them to doubt their own skills, but they stood their ground.

"Come," Naruto ordered in a bored yet commanding voice. Kana laughed as she lunged herself at Naruto, slicing the tree in half. However as expected, Naruto moved from his position and was going to counter with a round kick to the head but was forced to dodge the slash sent at him by Mifune.

The man had amazing speed and balance as he was standing on the flat end of Kana's sword. Naruto gave a back flip, landing on the trunk of a tree but not without firing a three fireballs.

"Kana," Mifune called earning a grunt from the woman who spun on her heel horizontally cocked back her blade and swung. Naruto narrowed his eyes as he watched all three of his fireballs sliced in half.

Mifune then took his chance to charge Naruto bringing down his katana upon the blonds head. Naruto moved his head before giving a spinning round kick which connected with Mifune's head. Sending his target flying, Naruto jumped back when Kana slammed her sword on to the ground.

Channeling chakra into the palm of his hand, Naruto fired an chakra blast which confused the woman but she sliced through it too. Naruto grunted as he landed n the ground, but casted another jutsu.

Large fists of earth morphed from the ground and were shot at Kana who merely smirked and cut through them both with relative ease. 'She's slicing through all my attacks,' Naruto mused inwardly. Glancing to the side, he jumped once he saw Mifune coming from the sky to stab his sword into him.

Clapping his hands together, from the air molecules, a dragon of water formed behind him and fired off towards the swordsmen. Mifune glanced to it, but didn't flinch as Kana blurred right in front of it and butchered it completely.

"You really are stupid aren't ya?!" Kana insulted as she prepared herself for round two. Mifune plucked out his katana and waited as well. Naruto on the other hand simply stared.

'No wonder do they call her Ms. Butcher. Not only does she brutally butcher her enemies, but she can easily slice through anything, even earth. Impressive; but there is one thing she can't cut through,' Naruto thought to himself as he outstretched his arm.

The two Kiri ninja watched as a Gunbai fan manifested into his hand. "Cut through this," Naruto muttered as he raised his fan. "Typhoon boom," Naruto jumped into the air but came back even quicker, slamming his fan against the ground.

Strangely, a very powerful gust of wind blasted Kana and Mifune, causing them to skid back before it got too strong. But it wasn't over as Naruto seemingly materlizaed out of wind right in front of Kana and slammed the side of fan against her stomach, smashing her into a couple of trees before blasting her away.

Mifune recovered quicker than he expected, bringing down his blade off to the side of him. Naruto however blocked it with his fan, holding it with one hand. And with a surprised look, the swordsmen watched as Naruto started to cast a jutsu only using one hand for the hand signs.

"Earth style: Earths hunger," finishing it with the bird sign, Mifune suddenly dropped into the earth due to the hole that opened from underneath him and closed when he fell. The tomoes in Naruto's right eye started to spin as he glanced to the side and a Kamui opened up revealing a heavily beaten up Mifune.

"That's one," Naruto muttered as he checked to see that the man was unconscious.

"Impressive, but you still have me to deal with! GRAH!" Kana screamed as she threw her sword at him. She expected him to dodge, as it would be the predictable and smart thing to do. However, instead Naruto did the opposite. He stood there, allowing to inch closer to him as seconds passed.

But right before it made impact with his body, his chakra flared and a large rib cage covered in dark green charka formed. The sword completely bounced off it before the ribs disappeared.

"The hell? OOF!" the woman grunted as she was smacked by the fan before kneed in the stomach then snatched at the throat. She coughed as Naruto choked her, an impassive look on his face. "Shit,"

"Exactly. You did well, I expected more but I should have kept my fan out of this little game. Oh well, better luck next time, Kana," Naruto smirked as he released the woman only to plunge the end of his fan into her gut, cracking her sternum and a couple of ribs.

Raising his fan, Naruto then slammed her down to the ground, breaking another bone or two. Giving his Gunbai one good wave, he was about to set off before he felt another presence enter the area.

"I figured they would come try and find you, but I didn't think they would get their asses handed to them so quickly," the newcomer stated. Naruto turned his head a bit to see it was the Mizukage, standing on the top of a tree, in the moonlight.

Naruto remained silent as he and the Mizukage stared each other down. "I thought…I would be satisfied with fighting them. But it only pissed me off a bit. Mind showing me what it's like to fight a kage? Haven't done it in a few years," Naruto smirked.

"Oh of course, I don't mind witnessing first hand how the Inari battles," Soren sneered. Naruto gave a light chuckle before pointing the fan at the kage.

"Come, entertain me!" Naruto ordered, a blood thirsty grin on his lips. Soren gave a snort before he rushed Naruto from the position of his tree. Naruto gave a frown as he was surprised a bit how fast the man moved.

Glancing behind him, Naruto back flipped to just strike back but Soren grabbed his fan in mid swing before punching him in the face with his other. Naruto grunted as he was then kicked in the face before punched in the stomach then given an uppercut. But what really sent him packing, was the chakra force palm delivered to the center of his chest.

Naruto went tumbling hard, before he caught himself coming to a skid. But as he skidded Naruto sent out destructive wind with his fan. Soren covered him self with his arm before cocking his own fist back and throwing it forward.

The blond was surprised when Soren's own blast of wind emitted from the fist and blew him away since he didn't expect it. But Naruto used the wind to his advantage as he was taught too. He allowed the current to blow him into the air, before he channeled his chakra into his feet and legs allowing him to maintain balance in the air for a few minutes or so.

Soren looked surprised that Naruto was flying, as only the Nidaime and Sandaime Tsuchikage possessed that ability, maybe even the Shodaime Tsuchikage. Caught in his own surprised, he missed the fact that Naruto was spinning his fan above his head awfully fast.

"Typhoon Hurricane!" Naruto yelled as he grabbed onto the handle and swung the fan as hard as he could. Soren's eye twitched in annoyance as he heard the loud monstrous roar of the wind. He could actually so the howling blades of wind that were actually heading towards him.

There wasn't much he could do but block and pray. But there was always that…

Naruto set on the ground, a small smirk on his face. He looked around the area to see the damaged training ground that his attack caused. Trees were ripped from the roots, sliced into pieces; the ground was scarred with deep gashes. Impressive if you asked him,

However, what didn't impress him very much, just irritated him was the fact that the damn Mizukage known as Soren Asakura was still standing as if he didn't get a scratch on him. Oh, actually that was not accurate. He did have a scratch, on his cheek, but it wasn't very deep.

"I'm impressed, Uzumaki. To form such a powerful jutsu in such a short time takes skill. But, now it's my turn. You wanted to see the power of a kage, let me show you," Soren grinned darkly before he rushed at Naruto, breaking the sound barrier and creating a crater.

Naruto wasn't ready for the momentary burst of speed, only having enough time to hold up fan as a shield with little power behind the defense. And it cost him considering Soren broke through his fan with his fist and was still able to connect the punch with Naruto's chest.

The blond was sent back skidding, crashing into a few trees. Soren smirked before he went through a hand sign and pointed his two forefingers to where Naruto was. "Lighting point,"

With a bang, Soren actually shot a bolt of lighting at Naruto who simply knocked it away with the rest of his fan. The bolt soared into the sky, before striking somewhere else. The Kage was once again impressed and amused by Naruto's skill. The boy was well trained and skilled. No one really has been able to deflect his bolt, take it head on and live maybe, but not deflect it.

"Shit, that's my fifth fan in a month," Naruto grumbled, gazing at the heavily damaged fan; there was no saving it. With a depressed sigh, he tossed it as it was useless to him now. "Alright, so I'll admit you have speed, and power behind your punches. Not to mention you can shoot lightning from your finger tips, cool. But…" the tomoes started to spin madly, as he was engulfed in fire red and forest green chakra.

"I'm merely amused," Naruto stated in a serious tone. Soren huffed before blasting off again, using his super speed. "That' won't work," but it wasn't as super since a thick large arm made from Naruto's chakra formed and merely smacked away Soren like a pesky fly.

The Kage was sent tumbling and crashing through the forest. A few moments later a dragon made of lightning rushed out of the forest towards Naruto who merely glanced at it. Another arm made of chakra formed and the two hands merely crushed the dragon, and all he did was glance.

"Water style: Under pillar!" The blond heard the cast of the jutsu and stepped to the side a bit, allowing a steaming hot pillar of water burst from where he stood. One of his chakra arms also blocked the punch Soren sent as he came out of the pillar. Grabbing on to the kage, the other arm came from above to smash him into dust.

But before it could promptly do so, Soren used a substitution, appearing a bit away from Naruto on a tree branch.

'It seems he has gotten somewhat serious. He hasn't moved a muscle besides moving out of the pillars way. But more importantly, his chakra control must be perfect. He has two thick solid chakra arms at his disposal and they don't seem to be wavering,' Soren thought to himself as he studied Naruto.

"I guess there is only one way for me to do this," Soren sighed as he raised his palm, allowing lighting to dance across it. With his other hand, he cupped his mouth and started to create something out of water.

Naruto watched with small interest as the water turned into some kind of water Golem. His eyes narrowed a bit as Soren tossed the water into the air before grabbing the end of it with his other hand, causing the lightning to race into the water Golem. Smart, really.

"Combination style: Golem Whip!" Soren yelled cocking his hand back before throwing it forward in a whipping motion. However this whole time, he was unaware of the Rasenshuriken spinning in one of the chakra hands.

"Time to put an end to this," Naruto muttered as he cocked back the arm without doing anything and was going to chuck it when something started to ring in his pocket. Pulling the object out, he realized it was a clock.

"SHIT!" Naruto cursed himself as he only had ten minutes left. "Um uh, we'll settle this later!" The blond declared before he disappeared in a flash, completely avoiding the attack.

Soren blinked as he realized Naruto disappeared, and wondered if he was going to attack him from behind. But after a few moments he realized that wasn't the case. Naruto actually did put a hold on their battle, strange.

After getting a grip on his chakra, Soren walked over to his unconscious body guards, a dark smirk on his lips.

"You are an interesting one, Naruto 'Inari' Uzumaki,"

"You're late," Ino deadpanned as she was the one who opened Sakura's door to see a somewhat groomed Naruto. The teen gave a roll of his eyes as he tried fixing his tie.

"By like five minutes," Naruto muttered having trouble with the damn tie. He wasn't the type of guy to wear formal shit. And it showed as he was wearing a black pair of Anbu pants with the boots, yet wearing a grey long sleeve dress shirt and a dark red tie. However the sleeves were neatly rolled up a bit.

With a sigh, Ino shook her head and helped the blond with his tie. "It's fine, Sakura is still getting ready. There," Ino smiled softly as she finished it. Naruto thanked her with a kiss on the cheek before walking inside.

The apartment was small and seemed to fit only two people. Naruto noticed the Haruno family portrait on the hallway wall. A small frown was on his lips as he remembered Ino telling him about Sakura's parents dying in a fire.

"So where you taking her?" Ino wondered as she sat on the couch, breaking Naruto from his thoughts. The blond gave a shrug, not really wanting to tell. Ichiraku, and the BBQ restaurant from earlier was not an option. "Oh come on, you can tell me!" Ino pouted.

"Nope," Naruto replied with a small smirk. Ino huffed before her eyes darted to the new occupant that walked into the room. Naruto followed her gaze to lay eyes on Sakura who was wearing a dark blue Kimono top with pink petals adorned as the design and a black dress like skirt that stopped a bit above her knees. She also wore comfortable flats.

The Kimono was a bit open allowing her to expose some cleavage. She also tied her hair up into a bun with two bangs framing the side of her face and her forehead. Around her neck was her mothers jade necklace.

"You look great Sakura-chan," Naruto said with a grin earning a light giggle and blush from the girl who thanked him. Ino just watched them with a grin of her own, while it wasn't her best work it put a smile on Naruto's face.

In all honesty she wanted to put Sakura in a dress but with the way things have been going lately, she figured it wasn't such a good idea, in case a fight broke out and Sakura needed to be mobile. This way if a fight did break out, Sakura could always lose the skirt and fight in a pair of black spandex shorts.

"Well I'm pretty sure you two don't want to stand here and go goo goo eyes over each other, leave already!" Ino barked causing Naruto to clear his throat and offer his arm to Sakura.

"Fine fine, see you later Ino-chan," Naruto waved along with Sakura before the two left. Ino's smile dropped a bit, as she was a little depressed and jealous about the whole harem thing. But after a few moments she got over it, if she wanted to be at the top she needed to be the best she could be. Strength, looks, all of that good stuff.

But for now, she needed to see what was in Sakura's fridge.

"So where we headed?" Sakura asked as the two walked the streets. Naruto hummed in thought before grinning. She blinked as he pointed to the a tall building that was a few miles or so down the way. "There? Isn't that the silver branch?"

"Yup, the second most expensive restaurant in this village," Naruto nodded. Sakura gave a small smile, a little upset that they weren't going to the golden leaf like Ino thought. But she sucked it up, she should be happy she was getting a chance to be with Naruto at all! With that thought in mind her smile widened a bit.

"But, I don't think you feel like walking all the way there so," Naruto pulled her closer and flashed away. By the time Sakura finished blinking, she and Naruto were standing right outside the restaurant. "Here we are,"

Sakura blinked once again, trying to regain her bearings but Naruto gently pulled her along inside. When they entered, the two stepped into the calm and somewhat quiet atmosphere of the Silver branch. People were wining and dining enjoying their respective dinners.

"Hello sir, madam, how may I serve you?" The head waiter asked from his podium. Naruto nodded and stepped up before speaking,

"Special reservation for Inari," the waiter flipped through his book, a thoughtful look on his face. After not finding their names in the book he glanced up at Naruto before reaching for another book.

Sakura was a bit worried they weren't on the list and glanced to Naruto to see he was calm as ever, just merely waiting. The waiter found what he was looking for, pulling out a small notebook that that had a silver cover with a golden Konoha symbol.

Flipping through pages, the waiter found what he was looking for and his eyes widened before looking up at Naruto then glancing towards Sakura. He stepped away from his podium and gave a respectful low bow.

"My apologies for the wait, Uzumaki-sama, Haruno-sama; please this way," the waiter ordered as he had the two follow him. Sakura frowned as she and Naruto walked behind the man, wondering what was going on.

The girl glanced around the people they passed by, knowing they were given their attention. It was strange, just where were they being taken. Apparently it wasn't dangerous as Naruto was still calm with a small smile on his lips.

Sakura then noticed they were going through double doors, that guessed only waiters came out of. They made a right with a bit of a walk before stopping in front of an elevator. The doors opened and the waiter allowed her and Naruto to step in first. Once they did, he followed pressing the R button.

"Once again I apologize, Uzumaki-sama, Haruno-sama. I should have instantly recognized you instead of making you wait," The waiter apologized once again.

"Its fine, just make sure you are quicker next time," Naruto waved it off, his voice still even. The man gave another bow though this time short.

With a ding, the elevator stopped and the doors opened. The waiter moved out of the way to prevent from blocking the view to the two honorary guests. Sakura gave a small gasp as she noticed they were outside, on the roof of the tall building restaurant.

There was only dinner table present, that was already set. She followed Naruto outside to feel the slight breeze which was nice. Naruto let go of her arm and allowed her to be amazed. And amazed she was.

The venue point of the roof allowed her to see most if not all of Konoha. She could see the street lights, and the many bustling through the night. It was expected since it was only like 8:15, meaning the night only just began. Looking straight across she could see the Hokage tower, right where the Hokage's office was supposed to be. Off to the side was the Hokage monument.

"Wow, this sight is wonderful," Sakura breathed, not noticing Naruto step right beside her with his hands in his pockets as he nodded.

"Yup, besides the tower and the monument, this is the only place that has a great view of the village. Even the Golden leaf doesn't have this view, they're way to high up so it's not as awesome. It's what makes this place great, though not many people can eat up here," Naruto chuckled.

"Of course, probably because it takes a shitload of money. How much did it cost?" Sakura asked carefully. Naruto smiled, shaking his head a bit.

"It was free, everything but the meal is free. The drinks are free too," Naruto informed earning a wide eyed look from Sakura, prompting him to explain. "I had to pull a few strings. Believe it or not, this building actually belongs to the Senju clan," Naruto said a bit dully. Sakura blinked, a bit confused.

"Well, Namikaze is Senju and apparently the parents he never knew owned it, but it belongs to the clan. I found out that this building belongs to me from Minato's will, hence why I can eat up here without charge. Plus the cost of the meal is cut in half, due to ownership," Naruto shrugged.

"So that's why he referred to you as Sama, but what about me?" Sakura wondered as she and Naruto sat down and looked at the menu. Naruto hummed in thought trying to figure out what he wanted while also speaking to his date.

"Isn't it obvious? You are Sakura Haruno, one of the best medics in the village. The only person better than you is Tsunade, you already surpassed Shizune. You heal all within Konoha, so it's easy to see why you are so respected within the village," Naruto shrugged, a small smile on his face.

"I see, I guess you're right," Sakura smiled with a nod as she started to look over her menu as well. It was silent for a few minutes before Sakura broke it, deciding to ask Naruto a question. "You know Naruto-kun, you never told me how your trip went, I just blabbed on about myself,"

"It's not that important, shit happened," Naruto muttered as he set down the menu, knowing what he wanted. Sakura however wasn't taking no for an answer and gave him a light glare.

"Well I want to know what shit happened, So if you will," Sakura egged him on with a waving motion of her hand. Naruto merely grunted before taking a deep breath and speaking.

"Well lets see…I created my own village from almost nothing, killed Orochimaru and Kabuto, trained with a special kind of race, gained more followers, destroyed Taki, gained even more followers, made a deal with the Raikage that I need to fulfill soon," Naruto muttered mostly to himself before continuing.

"Connected with the Biju, met and fought Namikaze, fought Kyuubi-chan, met Kushina-chan, gained even more awesome power, killed some demons, lost to Sasuke," the blond grumbled earning a very confused look from Sakura, but Naruto just said he'll explain later.

"Emi-chan was born, continued training, Saito-chan was born, more training then Misaki-chan was born not to long after. Continued on with my training till I came back." Naruto finished as the waiter came and took their orders.

Naruto ordered the Chicken parmesan with a side order of chicken ramen. Sakura ordered the rib eye steak with a side of two red bean paste.

"So, mind going back to the fighting Sasuke, I thought he was dead," Sakura said somewhat seriously. Naruto gave a nod with a sigh.

"He is dead. And just like I predicted the bastard went to hell. However, he also became a demon. For some reason the other more powerful demons took an interest in him and began training him to kill me. As of the moment, I'm stronger than him, but not by much. It won't be long before he comes back to try and kill me," Naruto explained.

Sakura just gave a nod before looking towards Konoha, a small frown on her lips. "Do you really plan on destroying it?" She asked softly. Naruto turned to the amazing sight and shrugged.

"Yes," Naruto shrugged, as if he didn't care. Sakura glanced towards him before facing him fully.

"Can you please tell me why? I doubt anyone close to you knows the real reason to why you want to destroy Konoha," Sakura reasoned, wanting her questions to be answered. Naruto gave a light chuckle before shrugging.

"This place…causes me lots of pain. Every time I sit up on that mountain and gaze down at it, my heart starts to clench in pain. Flashes of my childhood run through my mind. I care nothing for the people, or the Will of Fire. I just want all of it gone, burned into ashes," Naruto answered in a monotone, gazing at the village.

"You think destroying Konoha will take away the pain?" Sakura asked genuinely. Naruto shook his head.

"The pain won't go away, it will always remain. It will just be lessened. Think about it Sakura, Konoha is no longer the place that it was during the Shodaime or even the Sandaime's early rule. It's changed, and not for the better," Naruto muttered.

"There is no Will of fire, or anything like that, not anymore. We preach teamwork, trust, bonds, friendship…but take the first chance we get to stab someone in the back. Suna was our ally for awhile, and they slowly started to decline into a lower class village, becoming the weakest," He explained.

"Instead of helping our ally, we watched them suffer, we even in participated in bringing them down more thanks to the Wind Daimyo's help. Suna didn't invade Konoha just to prove themselves, they also invaded to get back at us," Naruto frowned.

"Well things have gotten better with Tsunade in charge, we're really allies with Suna now," Sakura tried earning a shake of the head from Naruto.

"Wrong, did you really think Tsunade put in the work for that? No. To be honest, Suna wanted to outright decline the alliance after they paid for the damages and such. However, it was I who made them agree. How did I do that? Gaara," Naruto smirked.

Sakura's eyes widened slightly, thinking of the Kazekage. "After I defeated Gaara, he became fiercely loyal to me, and he still is. I had him work hard to become Kazekage so I could put Konoha in the position they are now. I am the one pulling all the strings here," Naruto shrugged as he took a sip of his drink.

Sakura was slightly astonished by this news but knew it had to be expected when dealing with Naruto. He really wasn't the brash loud dopey knucklehead he was when they started as genin. He was analyzing, cool and collected, charismatic, and insanely strong.

Naruto set his drink down and kept silent for a little while as he gazed at Konoha. "You don't have to be apart of this, if you don't want too," Naruto said quietly causing her to focus on him.

"I can see that you still hold some kind of compassion for this place. It's all you know, and it would hurt you to see it fall," Naruto continued on. Sakura gazed at him before shaking her head.

"That's true, it would hurt. But I would be able to get over it," Sakura smiled. Naruto turned his eyes on her, wondering what she was saying. "Yes I care for Konoha, but it's not the village I care for or the people. It's my friends, it's the people who make it home,"

"Ino, Anko-sensei, some of the rookie nine, you…all of you are what I want to keep. So if that means Konoha falls, oh well, as long as I have at least you and Ino, I'll be fine. I'm not going to leave your side Naruto-kun. Not when I have finally earned myself a spot by you, believe it," Sakura teased causing him to mockingly scowl.

Naruto smiled at her, chuckling. "It's funny how you turned out to be…so great, Sakura-chan," Naruto grinned causing her to blush a bit with wide eyes. "I mean, when we first were put on a team, I was happy but as time passed I was angry that you were so useless falling for Sasuke,"

"But I can clearly see that you have grown over the years. I don't see you as a impudent child who is dead-set on a relationship that will never happen. I see you as Sakura Haruno, a mature, intelligent, skilled, sexy woman. And I'm glad you turned out this way," Naruto complimented.

Sakura continued to stare at Naruto with wide eyes before tears started to swell from her eyes and she looked away to hide them. She was happy he thought so highly of her, for a moment, she thought she was getting nowhere, but that was not the case. She did get somewhere!

"Did I interrupt something?" The waiter asked as he brought them their food. Naruto shook his head, glancing to Sakura who was pulling it together.

"Not at all,"

"Now this view is even more amazing," Sakura whispered as she and Naruto were standing on a cliff, gazing over the still awake village of Uzuni and the ocean. She stood by Naruto's side who was smiling brightly. The sight of his village just made him smile.

"Yeah, Risa-chan and I put a lot of work into this. Glad it's so appealing to your eyes," Naruto chuckled causing her to mutter a bit. The blond then tapped her shoulder and pointed up to the starry night sky.

Before she knew there was at least three shooting stars. Closing her eyes, she made a wish. She was unaware Naruto wasn't making one as he pulled something out of his pocket.

"Sakura-chan," Naruto called. Opening her eyes she turned to Naruto to see he was holding out a ring that was made out of pink metal and had a green jade jewel at the center.

"N-Naruto-kun what is this?" The girl asked nervously, redness starting to take over her face. Naruto chuckled before explaining.

"I trust you Sakura-chan, and your skills are spectacular and are valued greatly. I want to request you to become one of us, I want you to join the Spiral," Naruto said in a serious tone. Sakura calmed down enough to notice the tone and also became serious.

"What is the Spiral?" She asked, as she hasn't heard of the term before. Naruto closed his eyes, before opening them. Sakura expected to see his doujutsu, she didn't expect to see a spiral instead of tomoes.

"The Spiral is an organization I and Risa have formed. There are 11 of us, and since we are the top eleven we are the strongest. Below us, is the army…Legion. They are Uzuni's war Shinobi as they will help me free Juubi-sama and create my empire," Naruto explained.

Sakura nodded, though she was still captivated by the eyes; catching it, he explained more. "These eyes are my and Risa's gift to the other members of Spiral. It increases ones abilities, and is a way for us to connect with each other,"

"And you want me to join Spiral? So there will be twelve members?" Sakura asked. Naruto shook his head as he continued.

"There can only be eleven members. I am Zero, which translates to me being the eye of Juubi-sama, while the other ten represent each of her tails. So those below us refer to them as 1st tail and so on. We eleven members, are allowed a fraccion. That's what I want you to be," Naruto stated.

"You want me to be part of your fraccion?" She asked in disbelief, Naruto shook his head with a frown. This caused her to frown but what Naruto said next made her curious.

"I want you to be part of someones fraccion who you will benefit from. She's perfect exactly for you. She has been around…for awhile and has way more experience than Tsunade in the medical arts. If you accept, I can have you meet her tomorrow," Naruto offered.

Sakura was wondering who could be more experienced than Tsunade. The woman was the best Medical user in all of the elemental nations, so the fact there was someone better was surprising.

"If I join, I will be one of you? I can remain by your side…right?" Sakura asked with hope. Naruto smiled as he grabbed her chin and kissed her deeply. The girl was taken back by this but quickly returned the kiss, moaning into it as she let Naruto take control.

After a few moments, Naruto pulled away, holding Sakura up as she was losing her balance. "Does that answer your question?" Naruto smirked. Sakura smiled as she accepted the ring, placing it on her right ring finger.

Maybe in the future, she could switch it to her other hand. Just maybe.

Naruto sighed as came out of the shower. After accepting Sakura's eager two hour make out session, Naruto brought her home. He dropped by Ino's to see she was sleeping soundly before making his way to his apartment. He slipped on some shorts and was going to fall into his bed when his body froze.

He felt…warm for some reason. The blond could also feel his chakra was starting to stir as well as his blood. Something was going on, and whatever was going on was close. He wanted to ignore it as he was tired, but figured it had to be important if it was earning such a reaction from him.

Walking out of his apartment, Naruto tried locating it before he realized it was on top of the building. Hopping a bit, Naruto found the source or cause of his strange reaction.

Sitting on the edge of the roof, looking towards the new moon was a girl who looked just as old as him, if not a year older. The girl was wearing a yukuta like kimono. Her long black hair flowed to the lower mid section of her back.

Naruto reached out with his chakra to feel the girl had no chakra at all, nor was she bearing any ill intent. She was completely calm, and collected. He carefully walked over to her, standing behind her.

"Mind me asking what you are doing up here?" Naruto asked in a kind tone. He didn't know what this person was like, so being rude would probably not being a good idea.

"I wanted to see the moon, this is the best spot," the girl said, in a soft tone. Naruto glanced up to the moon who he knew was his Juubi-sama. A small smile came upon his face as he sat beside her, still gazing at the moon.

He gave a quick analyzing glance to her, taking in her features. She was pretty to say the least. She had a somewhat innocent look on her face. Her skin was slightly pale, almost like an Uchiha. Her eyes were and ashen gray too.

She had bangs cover her forehead a lot, while a side bangs on the right and left side reached down to her cheeks. The girl didn't have much of a chest from what he could tell, he guessed she was a B-cup or C-cup at the most.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Naruto asked softly, focusing back on the moon. The girl gave him a somewhat surprised look as he continued. "I always enjoy gazing at it, even when I'm in the heat of battle. She always calms me down and gives me strength, I love it," Naruto sighed in content.

"She?" The girl asked, earning a nod from him.

"Yeah, the moon is a goddess after all," Naruto grinned towards her, causing her to blush a bit and look away. "I plan on freeing her though," he continued softly. "It must be so lonely up there, by herself. She always watches the people down here go through their lives and have fun. I want to free her from that prison, I want her to enjoy what life has to offer down here,"

"You talk as if you know her personally," The girl brought up causing Naruto to nod.

"I actually don't. I know of her and what she has been through. But I do want to know her personally, I follow her after all," Naruto chuckled lightly. The girl seemed captivated by him as he turned to her a smile on his face.

"I'm sorry, Naruto Uzumaki, you are?" Naruto asked politely, a smile on his lips. The girl blushed lightly before laying a hand on his cheek softly. Naruto froze as soon as she made contact, her skin was ice cold.

However his focus on her skin changed to her lips once she laid them upon him. It was light and chaste but he could feel the emotions she carried pour into it. after a few moments, she pulled away speaking her name.

"My name is Tsukuyomi, or as you humans call me…"

"Juubi-sama," Naruto whispered in complete disbelief. Juubi nodded shyly, looking away a bit. "But how are you here? How are you free?" He questioned.

Juubi shook her head, a sad look in her eyes. "I'm not free, Naruto-kun. I'm still imprisoned. But thanks to you I was able to slip through and come down. It's because of your vast chakra that is connected to me and the New moon. However, I am only 'free' till dawn," Juubi explained to him.

Naruto nodded as she looked away from him, a frown on her lips. "I'm sorry for not being more beautiful, Naruto-kun. The new moon causes me to change into my younger form, but I promise that I am way better looking when…!" She was shut up when Naruto pressed his lips against hers.

She nearly closed her eyes to enjoy it when he pulled away and smiled at her shaking his head. "It doesn't matter to me Juubi-sama, you still are beautiful either way to me," Naruto said. Juubi was surprised by this and tackled him down, hugging him tight.

"Thank you Naruto-kun, thank you for everything your doing for me! I'm so happy!" Juubi exclaimed, tears of happiness streaming down her eyes. Naruto returned the hug, calming her down.

After a few minutes, he leaned back up with her in his lap. She blushed a bit before nodding to herself and looking into his eyes.

"Naruto-kun, can you do me one favor while I'm here?" she asked. Naruto nodded with a grin.

"Of course, Juubi-sama!" He agreed, causing her to give a small smile. Giving a calming sigh, she looked him straight in the eye.

"I want you to allow me to bear your child," she stated seriously. Naruto had a blank look on his face as he played her statement over and over in his head.

"Eh?"

And finished. So, hope you guys liked it. The story will keep moving right along until we reach the CLIMAX!

By the way, if you guys want to see what Juubi looks like, go to my profile under Naruto no Jubi.

So, for those of you who are probably still confused…Sakura has been added to the Harem. Konoha will still be destroyed. And Juubi wants to bear Naruto's child. Oh and the Mizukage is mysterious.

With that, I'll leave you guys to REIVIEW, later.