Authors Notes: All aboard! Next stop, Chapter 24!

First and foremost, I hope that everyone is staying safe during this pandemic and taking the proper steps to keep yourselves and your families and loved ones healthy.

Anyways, as some of you may have noticed, I have closed the poll. Reason being is that Imperial-samaB had given me a great alternative on how to handle Sasuke during the finals. What will that be you ask? You'll find out soon enough, but rest assured, it will humiliate our little duck ass emo king in front of the entirety of Konoha and beyond.

So, in the last chapter we saw Sasuke attempt to flaunt his Uchiha superiority and have it fail spectacularly, Sakura hinted to Koyuki to cast Naruto in her movie as well as hint at other things, causing our poor princess to blush at the implications. Izumi is now residing in the Uzumaki compound, after being attacked by other Root ANBU's, only to be saved by Anko and Yugao. And lastly, Sasuke's ranting caused an avalanche that swept the princess away. Now her and Naruto are cuddled together in the nude in a sleeping bag.

Going to be interesting when she wakes up, that's for sure.


Review Corner

CrimsonStarBlade – Sadly, Fubuki will not have the chance to sabotage his Chakra Armor. And no, Sasuke is too full of himself to realize he is at fault for anything.

Antex-The Legendary Zoroark – Rest assured, there is going to be some tension between Yakumo and Izumi in the next few chapters, as well as with Kurenai. But, this probably won't happen until Naruto returns so he can play the mediator between the three, to prevent things from escalating.

UnsanMusho – Kakashi isn't going to have a choice but to be honest in his report, due to too many witnesses, and the victim of the Uchiha's arrogance herself, is none other then the princess and future ruler over the country.

Re Lovely Lover – I kind of figured it would fit perfectly with Danzo's paranoia and his ROOT's inability to think for themselves. He had said at the slightest sign of disloyalty, to remove her. And thus, when they saw her dining at a non-sanctioned establishment and conversing with non-Root affiliates, it was seen as betrayal, based on their orders.

BoredKing – This will be addressed in this chapter. So there is a reason Naruto didn't just use his Shadow Step ability to get them back to the others.

XLR8wuzhere – Naruto will still learn Sage Mode in this story, just not from the Toads, for obvious reason. But he will have a Snake Sage Mode. Though that won't happen until later on in the story.


Harem

In a relationship - Anko*, Ayame*, Fem!Haku*, Fem!Kyuubi*, Hana*, Hanabi, Hinata*, Mei, Sakura*, Tsunami*, Yugao*

Has yet to court - Ameyuri, Fem!Hidan, Fem!Jashin, Fu, Fuka, Hokuto, Ino, Izumi, Karin, Karui, Kin, Konan, Koyuki, Kurenai, Kurotsuchi, Kushina, Mikoto, Natsuhi, Pakura, Rin, Ryuzetsu, Samui, Shion, Shizuka Shizune, Tayuya, Tenten, Temari, Tsume, Tsunade, Yakumo, and Yugito

Those with * next to their names have been marked and completely mated with Naruto.

Small heads up, there is a very, very subtle Easter Egg in this chapter. How many of you can find it? I'll give you a hint, it's from a movie.


Darkness Falls

Chapter 24

"If you look closely, you can see the future." A gentle and deep voice echoed in the darkness as a young girl, no older then six, with dark blue hair stared into the mirror in front of her. Attempting to look into it at different angles. Frowning slightly, as she couldn't see anything other then her own reflection staring back at her.

"I can't see anything." She finally replied, disheartened.

"Of course you can." The voice encouraged the young girl, prompting her to look in his direction, revealing a large man with glasses and a slightly receding hairline. A gentle smile on his face. "When the spring comes, you will."

"The spring?" She questioned, looking inquisitively at her father. "What is spring?"

It may have seemed like an odd question for the young girl to ask, but all she had known through her short six years of life had been cold weather and endless snow. Hence the lands name, Yuki no Kuni. Her father could see her confusion and chuckled softly at it, earning himself a small pout from the girl.

"That's right, you've never experienced Spring, have you Koyuki." It was more of an observation then a question. Receiving a saddened shake of her head, answering the rhetorical question.

"Koyuki." The man smiled, catching the young girls attention. "Close your eyes."

Frowning slightly, the young Koyuki did as she was instructed and closed her eyes.

"Now, try to imagine yourself surrounded by flowers."

Her expression lightened a little as she focused her imagination to bring forth a field of flowers within in her mind. A small smile coming to her face as she had filled it with some of her favorite flowers. Orchids, tulips, and various other wild flowers she had seen in books and in some of the market stalls being sold in the nearby town.

"There now, isn't that beautiful." Her father commented, seeing on her face that she was picturing a field full of flowers. "Now, run through it as fast as you can."

Smiling, she spread her arms out as she imagined herself running through the field of flowers. She could just almost feel the petals touching her hands and tickling her legs as she ran through the field within her own imagination.

"It makes you feel all warm, and happy." Her father smiled. "Doesn't it."

"Mmm hmm." She smiled, feeling a sense of warmth around her.

"That is spring." Her father smiled, snapping her out of her imaginary run through the flower field, causing her to look to her father. "And if you never give up, if you believe the future, then spring is sure to come."

"Believe in the future, if you do, the spring will surely come." He repeated as he stood up from where he was kneeling and walked over to where she stood, placing his hands on her shoulders. "What will you do when it comes, Koyuki?"

The young Koyuki adopted a thinking pose before smiling and looking up to her father.

"I'm going to become, a princess." She smiled.

"Oh?" Her father smiled down at her. "What sort of princess?"

"Mmm, let's see." She adopted another thinking pose. "One that is strong, and kind, and most of all, fights for justice!"

This earned her a belly full of laughter from her father, causing her to smile.

"That's some dream." He laughed, ruffling her her slightly, causing her to pout and quickly work to organize her hair once more. "Well, so long as you believe in your dream, and never give up. One day, you will be that princess."

Saying this, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a beautiful necklace with a simple hexagonal crystal hanging from it and secured it around her neck.

"You can see it, can't you?" He continued as he placed his hands back on her shoulder, prompting her to look into the mirror once more. There is a beautiful princess standing right there in front of you."

"But, I have sort of a problem." The young Koyuki spoke, looking up at her father. "There is something else I want to be."

"Really, what's that?" He asked.

"An Actress!" She proudly exclaimed with joy.

Her father could only laugh in response. Knowing full well his daughter would be anything she set her mind to, so long as she believed in her dreams.

Slowly, Koyuki began to open her eyes. Noticing she had tears streaming down her face from the memory she had just dreamed. Unconsciously, she snuggled into the object of warmth that was in front of her, breathing in his scent before feeling an embrace tighten around her firmly in a comforting manner, causing her eyes to shoot open.

"Finally awake, Koyuki-hime?" The other figure inquired.

It was at this moment that the princess realized two very important things. The first and foremost, was that the young blonde before her had an extremely captivating body, with well defined muscles that would no doubt make some of her past male co-stars envious of the young blonde. The second thing was that neither of them had any cloths on, giving her a good look at his body up close, causing her to blush at the situation she was in. Though she she craned her neck upwards to look at his face, she noticed something that made her smile slightly.

The young blonde had placed his hitae-ate over his eyes, preventing him from seeing anything what so ever. While it was a small gesture, it was endearing to her to see that he had respected her enough not to ogle her body, despite their unique situation. Though that did beg the question, how did they end up in this position with the blonde?

However, before she could voice her question, he rolled away and moved to the entrance of the tent they were in, leaving her completely covered, though lacking in warmth due his sudden absense from the sleeping bag, causing her to frown slightly. Cracking the entry way open slightly, he poked his head out.

"Are our cloths dry?" She heard him ask someone outside, making her a little nervous that others may have saw her in such a state.

However, her fears were quickly dispelled as she heard his voice answer back to the blonde and hand a bundle of clothing to Naruto. Zipping up the tent again, Naruto placed the princesses cloths inside the sleeping bag with her.

"You were buried in an avalanche and knocked unconcious." He began to answer her unasked question. "Your clothes were soaked, due to the snow. I had to undress you and use my own body to keep you warm to prevent hypothermia from setting in."

"Th-thank you, Naruto-kun." She replied from under the sleeping back. Blushing like crazy at the realization that she had been naked the entire time with an equally naked Naruto. However, she was broken out of her thoughts when she heard the tent open up once more. Taking a peek out of the sleeping bag, she saw the nude blonde exit the tent, giving her an eye full of his entire body. This of course caused her to blush even further.

'He is….well endowed.' Was all she could think as she worked to calm her racing heart and begin to get dressed.

After a few moments had passed, Koyuki had exited the tent now completely dressed and was immediately greeted by the scent of freshly cooked eggs, ham, and some rice. Looking around, she finally found her blonde savior at the mouth of the cave they were inside, talking to one of his shadow clones. Receiving it's instructions, the clone quickly disappeared into the shadows, before the blonde turned to greet her.

"Breakfast is ready, and as you saw, I just sent one of my Shadow Clones to let the others know we are alright and should meet up with them later today." He smiled as he dished out a plat of breakfast and passed it towards the blue haired princess.

Offering a soft smile, she accepted the plate and sat down next to the camp fire and begun eating. Noting it's flavor and how could everything tasted.

"How did the avalanche start, Naruto-kun?" She asked after a few moments, earning a small frown from the blonde.

"While we were digging out the path, the Uchiha-teme kept ranting and complaining loudly about doing what he calls, servant's work. That is probably what caused the avalanche."

'Ironic that even Koyuki-hime had offered to help with no complaints, but the damn Uchiha acted like he was asked to work the mines or something.' Ahri scoffed from inside the blondes mind.

'Agreed.' Naruto mentally nodded. 'Though you know the Elder Council will only allow Ji-ji to lightly scold him, despite nearly killing our client.'

This of course caused the kitsune girl to growl in disgust at how the elder council of the village would grovel at the Uchiha's feet and let him get away with damn near anything. Something she knew was going to bite them in the ass at some point down the road. At least after the whole CRA debacle, the boy had lost a bit of favor among the civilian side of the council.

"How did you find me, if I was buried in the snow?" She asked, looking to the blonde. "It couldn't had been that easy."

"Well, truth is." He sighed, putting his empty plate down. "I've have a mark on you that let's me know if you're in danger and where you are. That is how I was able to find you so quickly."

This revelation of course caused the princesses eyes to widen slightly.

"If you're wondering, I put it on you when we first met in that bar." He explained. "I knew you were going to run, so instead of being a jerk like Sasuke-teme, I simply prepared. Besides, even then I could feel something was off."

"But, I've changed cloths since then." She pointed out, frowning in confusion.

"True, but my mark bleeds through clothing and anchors itself to your skin." He stated. "Further more, it moves around to avoid detection, so any time you felt something like a bug bite, that was the mark moving to a new location."

"Well, that explains why I was itching yesterday." She frowned. However, she did recall one thing. The mark, never ventured into any obscene places. Every 'bite' she felt, was either along her back or shoulders.

"Anyways, once you are finished with breakfast, we will meet up with the others." He instructed as he stood up and set to work breaking down the camp site. Working quickly to get everything stored back into their respective storage scrolls.

By the time Koyuki had finished her meal, the entire campsite was completely cleaned up. Though despite the blondes offer, she had insisted on helping at least wash the dishes. Citing that she didn't want to appear as one of those spoiler princesses you would always read about in various articles and other stories. Chuckling, Naruto had relented and allowed her that.

"Ready, Koyuki-hime?" Naruto asked as he offered his hand towards the princess, whom gladly took it, unlike the first time he had offered it to her. "We'll be back with the others in the blink of an eye."

"Um." Koyuki blushed slightly, catching the blondes attention. "Could we perhaps, take the long way back?"

'I think she wants to spend some time alone with you.' Ahri teased. 'So what's the tally now? You have two clan heirs with Hana-chan and Hinata-chan, an actual Kage with Mei-chan, and now an actual Princess.'

'Perhaps she just wants to talk about the script in private.' The blonde mentally offered, earning a slight scoff from the kitsune girl.

'Oh I can imagine.' Ahri grinned. 'She is going to want to add a hot, passionate, steamy sex scene between the Demon Queen and the hero, after of course, she asks you to be in the movie.'

'And what makes you think she will ask me to be in the movie?'

'She's been eyeing you all morning, and blushing at the same time.' The kitsune pointed out. 'So I fully expect her to ask you to play the Dante. Seeing as you already told her you based him off of yourself.'

'We'll see.' Naruto mentally smirked before turning his attention back to the princess. Though if he was honest with himself, he knew the kitsune was right and was half expecting the princess turned actress to ask him to be in the film.

"As you wish." He smiled at her.


Team 7

Kakashi let out a long sigh as he leaned against the inside of one of the trucks that had survived the avalanche, his nose buried in his trademark orange book. Accompanying him was Asama and Sasuke, the former pacing around nervously as they awaited for the arrival of the blonde genin and the princess. While he didn't show it on the outside, the masked jonin was worried.

He had expected Naruto to be back last night, with the blondes ability to travel through shadows. However, it was late morning and there was still no sign of the two. A small part of his mind that was heavily influenced by the orange smut he constantly read had produced some scenarios as to why the two have not yet arrived. After all, trapped alone in the cold with only their body heat to keep them warm, it was the perfect scenario to be added in to the Icha Icha Paradise novels.

'Perhaps when this is all done, I could suggest this to Jiraiya-sama.' He thought to himself, with a perverted giggle.

However, his perverted musing was interrupted as the door opened, revealing his pink haired student, whom had been outside helping to finish clearing what was left of the snow that had blocked the pass. Despite her boyfriend being missing for the past twelve hours, the pinkette seemed to be in a good mood. A ghost of a smile on her face.

"Naruto-kun and Koyuki-hime should be arriving some time this afternoon." She informed the group, earning a confused look from the masked Jonin.

"How do you know?" He inquired.

"I just spoke with one of his shadow clones." She explained as she fully entered the truck and closed the door behind her. "Naruto-kun and Koyuki-hime were forced to camp out last night due to the princess being unconcious when Naruto-kun found her."

"Well, that's a relief." Asama let out a sigh in relief that the princess was safe.

"Why didn't Naruto just use his shadow ability to get back here last night?" Kakashi questioned, having seen the blonde teen do it a handful of times. One of which was during the aftermath of the bridge battle, when Naruto had used the technique to take Sakura to the house to get some rest.

"Naruto-kun didn't want to risk causing any further injury. Even though he can use his Shadow Step ability flawlessly, he still doesn't know everything about it or if they're any side effects from taking an unconcious person through it." Sakura explained.

"But if she is awake, he could be able to use it now, correct?" The masked jonin inquired. "Why would it take him until later this afternoon to arrive with her?"

Sakura merely shrugged.

"Perhaps she is still disoriented from the avalanche or she simply doesn't want to rush back." The pinkette offered.

'Though with the urging you gave her, she probably wants to spend as much time alone with Naruto-kun.' Inner chuckled.

'No doubt.' The pinkette mentally replied.

"I wish they would return quicker." Asama sighed but shrugged. "But at least I know she is safe."

"Looks like we have little choice but to wait until they return." Kakashi sighed.

Sasuke, for his part, had wisely kept his mouth shut throughout the entire conversation. Opting instead to silently brood in the corner. The previous night, Kakashi had made it abundantly clear that his little outburst had jeopardized the entire mission, and it would be a miracle if he would escape this without receiving some form of punishment. Be that from the Hokage, or the princess once this mission was complete.

"Anyways, I'm going to go train until they return." Sakura stated, leaving the truck once more.

"I suppose I should get things ready with the film crew." Asama said, departing the truck as well. Leaving the two Sharingan users alone.

Silence hung between the two for a handful of minutes before the masked jonin lowered his book and eyed his favored student.

"I suggest when she returns, you do everything within your power to impress her." Kakashi advised, knowing the Uchiha had his eyes set on the princess, and hoped they could make it work to get the raven haired boy to focus on other things, rather then pure revenge.

"Hn." Sasuke grunted. "She should already be impressed with me being an Uchiha Elite."

"Regardless, give her a good impression. If you do, she may ask you to be in her movie." The masked jonin gave one of his eye smiles. "After all, they are suppose to start filming the start of the Icha Icha Paradise movie once we reach the village. I believe the first scene is in the hot springs."

Sasuke merely scoffed at the perverted masked jonin, though he wouldn't deny that he was a little bit enticed by the idea of seeing the princess completely nude for him. Not to mention knowing what kind of books the movie was from, he knew all to well what the scene would lead to. A small grin appearing on his face as he planned to make the princess his woman and show her what a true elite could do.


Naruto and Koyuki

It had been roughly an hour since the two had set off from their campsite, with Naruto carrying the princess on his back as he carried her through the snow. Not that the princess minded as she laid her head on the blondes back as he effortlessly bounded through the snow, and took in his scent. Getting a feeling of comfort and contentment from it.

"Naruto-kun?"

"What is it, Koyuki-hime?" he asked, craning his head slightly to look back at her slightly blushing face.

"I was wondering… hoping that you would consider playing the role of Dante in the movie." She asked softly, though loud enough he could still hear her.

"Why me?" He inquired with a teasing smile. "Surely now that you are out of that smut film, your usual male leads will sign on."

"Perhaps," Koyuki sighed, a little disheartened at the prospect that the blonde may turn down the offer. "It's just that, despite all the films I have done, I have never done a full romance scene, and I would like it to be with someone I trust."

At that, Naruto turned serious and nodded his head. Feeling the seriousness behind her request.

"Very well, I accept." He gave her a soft smile. "When we get back, I will write up a request scroll to send to Ji-ji to extend my and Sakura-chan's stay."

"Why request Sakura-san to stay?" She asked, trying not to sound as jealous as she felt.

"I don't fully trust the Uchiha-teme nor my supposed sensei not to try something if I am not around." The blonde replied while looking ahead.

"Has something happened before?" Koyuki asked with a slight frown.

"A few weeks ago, we had a diplomatic mission to Kirigakure and set up an alliance between the two villages." Naruto began. "I guess during that time, Sasuke-teme had expressed interest in Sakura-chan, and Taida-sensei did everything in his power to try and get them alone together."

"Which is probably why he assigned the duck ass to guard you." The blonde continued. "Once he learned of your heritage, he probably set his sights on you. Willing to bet if he hadn't already, he will be throwing around his 'Elite' status as a Uchiha soon."

"He already has." The princess responded, a tone of disgust in her voice as she recalled her interaction with the Uchiha just outside her room while on the boat. "Had the audacity to say I should feel honored to bare his children."

Naruto could only scowl at that.

"I refuse to be alone with him for even a second." She commented with disdain.

"Stay close to either me or Sakura-chan." The blonde offered her a smile. "We'll protect you, even from our own team mate."

"Thank you, Naruto-kun." She smiled, laying her head back down on his back.

"We should be back with the others in about half an hour." He decided to inform her, as he took in his surroundings and noticed they were getting close to where the convoy had been halted. Receiving a nod in acknowledgment.


Half Hour Later

True to the blondes word, a line of trucks came into view as he bounded over a smalls now drift. A lone, pink haired girl could be seen standing in the open, waiting for their arrival. For her part, Koyuki was both relieved and disappointed at the same time. She had greatly enjoyed her time alone with the blonde as they had talked about a great deal of different topics. She had even learned the reasons as to why the pinkette had informed her that she didn't mind sharing, after the princess had flat out brought it up to the blonde, much to her own embarrassment.

Koyuki was relieved as to how honest the blonde was in regards to that topic. It had helped allay many of the concerns she had about any potential relationship she could or would have with the young blonde. Though she still wasn't fully welcoming to the idea of sharing him, but she had decided to discuss it in more detail with Sakura later, since the pinkette seemed completely comfortable with the concept and even happy, and had encouraged her to seek out a relationship with Naruto.

"Enjoy your camping trip?" Sakura teased as she approached the duo, which earned her a blush from the princess.

"We ran out of S'mores." Naruto responded with a chuckle as he set Koyuki down. "How have things been here?"

"A bit boring, but we got the path cleared this morning." The pinkette answered before turning to the princess, a look of concern in her eyes. "And please be careful, I overheard Kakashi telling Sasuke to make a good impression to you when you returned."

This of course caused both Koyuki and Naruto to narrow their eyes.

"He is probably going to try and assign the duck ass to her again." Naruto pointed out, earning a nod in agreement from Sakura.

"I refuse." Koyuki stated defiantly, clenching her fists tightly.

"Don't worry." The blonde winked at her, causing her to blush slightly.

"Koyuki-hime, it is a relief to see you safe." Asama stated as he approached the trio, bowing in respect to the young princess. "And I thank you, Naruto, for looking after her."

"Well, unlike some members of our team, we prefer to keep our client alive and safe." The blonde responded, eyeing the approaching Uchiha, whom only scoffed in response.

"That's enough Naruto." Kakashi chastised as he approached the group. "Sakura, I want you to guard the film crew today, while Sasuke…."

"No!" Koyuki exclained, cutting the masked jonin off. "I absolutely refuse to be left in the care of that arrogant asshole!"

Naruto and Sakura both couldn't help but snicker to themselves and the princess outburst, whilst the Uchiha looked like he was about to blow a gasket. Meanwhile, Kakashi looked taken aback.

"In case you forgot, Hatake-san." She continued, causing the masked jonin to flinch at the use of his last name. "I already refused to have him as my protection detail earlier, and I still refuse to be anywhere near him."

"I see." Kakashi sighed, before looking between Naruto and Sakura. "Very well, Sakura, you will be watching Koyuki-hime."

Nodding, the pinkette stood next to the princess, whom was still glaring at the masked jonin for a few more seconds before turning and leaving the group, along with Sakura. Though not before giving one last look towards the blonde, whom merely gave her a subtle nod.

"Sasuke, you take watch this time while Naruto watches over the film crew." The silver haired man finished his instructions, earning another scoff from the Uchiha, and a shrug from the blonde.

Having his instructions, Naruto immediately took off towards the truck the film crew was in. Though not before making a few shadow clones to keep watch, not fully trusting the Uchiha to perform his given duty. Arriving at the truck that housed the film crew, Naruto let himself in and quickly set to work writing out the request scroll he had promised Koyuki. Deciding to keep the short, no matter how tempting it was to inform the old man of the avalanche incident, the blonde finished up the scroll quickly and rolled it up.

"Kuchiyose no jutsu!" The blonde exclained, slamming his hand to the ground, causing a small poof of smoke, revealing the same slender blue snake that had appeared to him the other day.

"Greetingsss Naruto-sssama." Nagni hissed, quickly crawling up the blondes arm.

"Sorry for calling you back to this cold place, but I need you to deliver a scroll to the old man for me." The blonde stated as he pulled out the scroll he had just written. "If it isn't too much trouble, Nagni-chan."

"No trouble at all, Naruto-sssama." The snake hissed, taking the scroll with her tail.

"Thanks." The blonde smiled as the snake disappeared in another plum of smoke.

The blonde was fairly certain the old man would allow the extension for himself and Sakura, as it was on the clients request. Though he had kept the reasoning for the request for just the two of them a secret wanting to surprise the Hokage when the film finally did come out. However, he did have to reveal that the Icha Icha movie deal had been canceled, due to the director meeting with N. U. Kitsune, and that the new film was from the Demon Heart books. Which wasn't exactly a lie, as they had met the author.

"Shouldn't take long to hear back from the old man." The blonde spoke to himself.

'Now to prepare for the inevitable ambush that's to come.' He thought to himself as he narrowed his eyes slightly. 'I swear, if this Doto didn't orchestrate an ambush in this pass, I will swear off ramen for a year.'

This of course earned a small giggle from the kitsune girl as she could imagine her blonde mate going through ramen withdrawals, should he actually be wrong about the ambush. Though, like the blonde hanyou, she felt it was coming, and the only thing they could do is spring the trap.


Hokage's Tower, Konoha

Hiruzen sighed for what seemed like the millionth time within the past hour as he sorted out another stack of paper work to be filed away. While allowing his shadow clones to do most of the work, it was still expected of him to at least help out. He had just lifted up the stack when a plum of smoke erupted from his desk, causing the poor old village leader to stumble back and drop the stack of papers, causing a domino effect as other stacks of papers fell over, adding to the ever growing mess.

"Awwww!" He cried out as anime tears poured from his eyes, groveling as he imagined how long it was going to take to clean up this mess.

"Hokage-sssama?" Nagni inquired from the desk, looking down at the crying old man.

"Yes?" Hiruzen replied as he slowly picked himself up off the floor, turning to his desk and seeing the light blue snake coiled around a scroll. "Ah, Nagni-chan. It's been awhile."

"Message from Naruto-sssama." The snake hissed as she uncoiled from the scroll, allowing the Hokage to pick it up to read.

"I see." The village leader commented as he read the contents of the scroll. Raising an eye brow as to why the actress had specifically requested Naruto and Sakura to remain for an extra two weeks to finish up personal matters outside of the mission parameters.

Shrugging slightly, he decided he could give his surrogate grandson this much. Pulling out a fresh scroll, he quickly jotted down his permission to allow both of the requested genins to stay for the requested two extra weeks before rolling it up and handing it off to the snake.

"Please give Naruto-kun my regards and that I wish him luck." Hiruzen stated with a smile.

"Of courssse, Hokage-sssama." Nagni hissed as she took the new scroll and disappeared once more to deliver the message.

Letting out another sigh, he looked around the office before making a few more shadow clones to help him clean up the mess of paperwork. After nearly an hour of picking up and sorting out all the papers, the village leader had finally finished cleaning up the last of the mess. Not taking any chances this time, he assigned each of his clones to file away their respective stacks of papers to avoid another colossal mess from happening.

"There." The Hokage smiled as he sat back down in his chair, though upon looking at his desk, he found something peculiar. Unknown to him, a certain purple haired ANBU had swapped out his usual orange book with the first of the Demon Heart series.

Being curious, he picked it up and flipped it open, only to find a small note written on the inside cover.

'Hokage-sama,

While I respect your love for your students books,

I strongly recommend giving this a read. I think you

may enjoy it.

With regards,

Neko

'Very well Neko-chan.' He chuckled as he proceeded to open the book, not one to turn down a thoughtful gift. Though, he may as well read it if the new movie Fujikaze is based off this book series. Though he had to admit, the summary of the book did sound interesting.

However, before he could begin to get into the book, a presence at his window caught his attention.

"What do need Jiraiya?" The Hokage inquired, placing the book back down on his desk to give his former student his full attention.

"Well sensei, came across something interesting." The white haired man stated, turning serious. "A group of missing nin's has formed, calling themselves the Akatsuki."

"Do you know what they are after?" Hiruzen asked, a little concerned. When missing nin began to group up, it was never good.

"Not yet, but I have my network keeping an ear out for anything new." The toad sage stated.

"The moment you learn something, let me know."

"Will do sensei." Jiraiya nodded. "So how's the gaki?"

"He is doing well, currently on a mission in Yuki no Kuni." Hiruzen replied with a smile. "Protection detail for the actress Fujikaze while she films her new movie."

"Ha ha, so the gaki gets to see my movie being made then?" The white haired man laughed at the irony of his godson being on the set for the upcoming Icha Icha movie.

"Actually, the studio canceled the Icha Icha movie." The Hokage informed the perverted sannin, whom immediately stopped laughing, a look of horror washing across his face.

"Wha-what?" He asked, his voice stuttering.

"According to the scroll I just received, Fujikaze ran into a N.U. Kitsune before they set off to Yuki no Kuni, and finalized the deal on a movie based on those books." Hiruzen informed his now heart broken student.

'How!? How!?' Jiraiya mentally questioned himself. 'Damn that Kitsune to the depths of the Shinigami's stomach!'

"Damn." The white haired sage finally responded out loud. "All that effort to intercept his letter for nothing."

"Jiraiya, are you telling me that you misused Konoha resources to further your own gain?" The Hokage inquired in a cold tone.

"Come on sensei," Jiraiya held up his hands in a surrendering position, his eyes flickering to the older mans desk, catching sight of the Demon Heart book sitting on top of it. A sense of betrayal worming it's way into the perverted sage. "This was the best time to get my movie made, and with Fujikaze starring in it, it would have been a sure hit, and furthered my book sales at the same time."

"That doesn't help your case at all." Hiruzen sighed. "Because not only did you use the villages resources for your own gain, which could be considered treason mind you, you also engaged in corporate sabotage."

Jiraiya could only gulp at the serious implications.

"You had better hope that your actions doesn't come back to bite this village in it's ass." The Hokage warned.

"I-I should go check on my contacts." The white haired sage clumsily replied as he moved towards the window before jumping out of it and disappearing into the sunset.

"One of these days Jiraiya, your perverted ways is going to catch up to you." Hiruzen sighed and turned back to the book on his desk, picking it up, he began reading.

Above him, Yugao couldn't help but smile.


Omake, The Doctor Is In

"And whats so special about your taijutsu style anyways?" The Uchiha asked, clearly not impressed by it. "If a dobe like you can do it, it can't be that effective. At least not in your hands. But a true elite like me, could no doubt make it better."

"What's so special about it?" Naruto grinned. "Is that even if you copy it with your precious little pink eye, it would be useless to you."

"You dare insult the power of the Sharingan?" Sasuke demanded.

"Kick it." Naruto suddenly said, catching the Uchiha off guard while gesturing towards the mast.

"What?"

"Kick it, as hard as you can." The blonde instructed, much to the confusion of the raven haired teen and even Kakashi, who was wondering what Naruto was planning.

"What use would it be to kick the post?" Kakashi asked.

"Fine, if the vaunted Uchiha is too scared to do it, I'll do it first." Naruto shrugged before taking a stance, bringing his leg back and swinging it forth. Driving his shin into the large wooden mast, causing the deck in the immediate surrounding area to shake and groan under the power of the strike.

What surprised the two Sharingan users further, was that Naruto made no reaction upon the impact. Almost as if he didn't feel it. Not wanting to be outdone, Sasuke copied the strike. However, when his leg made contact with the massive chunk of wood, a sickening snap echoed across the deck of the ship as the Uchiha collapsed to the deck, holding his now broken shin, screaming in agony.

"That is why it's useless to you." The blonde sighed. "It takes years to condition your body to use this style, but don't worry Sasuke-chan, I have a doctor on call that could even rival Tsunade."

Sasuke could only glare at his blonde team mate through tear strained eyes as Naruto stood up and performed a series of unknown hand seals before slamming his palm into the deck. However, instead of the traditional plum of smoke associated with a summoning jutsu, a steel cage began to rise from the deck.

Slowly, the door spread open to reveal a rather tall individual wrapped in a cape. Their face evenly covered with white make up, dark red lipstick on their lips, and dark blue eye shadow around their eyes. Stepping out, Naruto greeted the strange man.

"Greetings Dr. Frankenfurter, I have a patient in need of your care." The blonde stated as he gestured to the fallen Uchiha.

"How do you do love?" The now identified doctor greeted the raven haired teen, whom could only look up in horror as the man began to approach him with a slight strut in his step. Throwing off his cloak in the process, revealing him to be dressed in a rather scandalous outfit that would normally be worn by girls looking to surprise their lovers for the evening.

"No! No! No." Sasuke screamed as he vainly attempted to crawl away. "I'm fine! It's just a bruise! It's just a bruise!"

"Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke." Naruto shook his head. "It is important to get your leg fixed. After all, Dr. Frankenfurter is a professional."

Though, as the blonde was talking, the doctor broke out into a song and dance number about showing the raven haired teen about not getting strung out by the way he looked and to not judging a book by it's cover. As well as a few implications of showing the Uchiha what love really was. All the while dragging the poor raven haired teen back into the elevator, to disappear back to where ever it had come from, leaving behind a very confused and horrified Kakashi.

"Don't worry Kakashi-sensei." The blonde reassured the still stunned masked jonin. "Sasuke-chan is in very good hands."


Additional Authors Notes: Hope everyone loved that little Omake, as well as I hope everyone knows who Dr. Frankenfurter is. If not, feel free to head to Youtube and search for The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Anyways, Koyuki finally got her time alone with Naruto, even though it took a ranting Uchiha to cause it, though she ain't complaining. We also got to see Naruto use his summons a bit more, all the while the poor Hokage in his ever valiant battle with the foe known as paperwork! Not to mention, Naruto got his offer to be in the film.

Lastly, Jiraiya has made his second appearance and has warned the Hokage about the beginning movements of the Akatsuki.

As always, feel free to leave your thoughts, comments, and suggestions in the reviews or hit me up with a private message.

Until next time!