Summary: So we all know the Infinity stones and what they are capable of, right? Well, what if the stones were somehow replicated into the Narutoverse? What if the stones themselves are sentient and they have traveled across the universe for someone good enough to be their wielder? What if they chose the Uzumaki Clan to find their chosen one and they have remained dormant since they we're found...that is until a certain unpredictable blonde calls upon their power and stumbles upon the question...What is Infinity?

AN/: And here we gooooo! On to the second chapter of 'What is Infinity?'!

First I would like to say thank you for the support on the last chapter as it's great to see I still have people who wanna read my stories. Secondly, I would like to remind some people who are still confused about the infinity stones that the ones in this story don't work the same way as the stones in the Marvelverse and they don't have the same rules. The stones in this story don't need a gauntlet as a catalyst to function as they already have a catalyst. More will be explained on this topic as the story continues.

Remember that the harem for Naruto in this story is Sakura Haruno(yes, It's her), FemHaku, Hinata, Tsunade, Konan and Fu. I'll be putting up a poll for 3 more ladies to be added. That's right, 3 ladies. I'll let the poll run until the end of Naruto part one.

Nothing else to say besides please enjoy and remember to R&R as that always helps out!

Opening Theme Song: ASIAN KUNGG FU GENERATION – Re:Re

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...Don't say goodbye if you're not prepared to never see that person again...

The land of Rice Paddies

In a run down bar with people trying to go about their business as some could be meeting important business partners while others are there for spying on specific conversations spoken, here we find two individuals sitting at a booth keeping silent as they drank green tea respectively not saying a word.

On the right side of the booth is an androgynous looking girl named Yuki Haku who could be easily confused for a boy because of the baggy clothing she wears. The girl has light-brown sandals with green straps at her feet and a standard Kirigakure pinstriped outfit stopping at her knees under a green haori with white trimmings and a brown sash around her waist with a fringed trail wrapped around her waist twice. For facial features the girl has raven black hair gathered in a white bun holder while two locks of hair frame her face perfectly. She has light brown eyes and a kirigakure forehead protector on.

On the left side of the booth is tall man named Momochi Zabuza dressed in black shinobi sandals with standard Kirigakure leg warmers on and some black Kirigakure striped-pattern pants. The man has a black sleeveless shirt on and dark grey Krigakure wrist warmers that are also gloves. Zabuzaa has bandages around his face that also act as a scarf covering the lower half of his face, dark brown eyes with near invisible eyebrows and short spiky black hair.

Haku and Zabuza have been together for a couple of years now traveling the elemental nations doing whatever jobs they could get their hands on seeing as with Zabuza being labeled a missing for his actions back in Kiri and Haku not really being a shinobi as her job is to act as a hunter-nin to save Zabuza whenever he finds himself unable to beat an opponent he faces in battle. Of course there's the demon brothers, but they decided to hit the brothel for today to leave their commander alone to be with Haku.

Today, Zabuza is annoyed at how Haku's attitude has changed over the last month, seeing as she barely kills anyone she faces and no longer trains with Zabuza to get her frustrations out like she usually does. Apart from that, she's been keeping her distance from him more often then she ever does...

"Do you mind telling me what the hell is going on here, Haku?" asked Zabuza, and Haku stopped drinking her tea with slightly widened eyes before she put the cup down and sighed sadly while looking down at her cup not wanting to look her master in the eyes.

"Zabuza-sama...let me just say this first. I'm grateful for everything you have done for me. From taking me off the streets of Mizu no Kuni, clothing me, feeding me, raising me, training me and giving me a purpose to live. I am truly grateful for all these things and I know that I could never repay you for doing all of this for me...but I've been with you for some years now, travelling across the elemental nations escaping the Hunter nin and bounty hunters-

"What are you trying to say, Haku? That your tired of running? You feel like I'm cramping your style, you don't wanna be my weapon anymore? Is that it?" asked Zabuza with a tone of annoyance in his voice which didn't make things easy for the raven haired dark- brown eyed girl but she got her wits together and replied back, " That's not what I'm trying to say Zabuza-sama.. I just think we've been doing this without any direction now. We keep taking missions from shady people who we eventually have to kill so they don't give out our last known locations to any other ninja while robbing them of all they have, we barely stay in one place for month as we mostly just live in the woods camping, not to forget we have no choice but sleep with one eye open figuratively and literally. I wouldn't mind living this way with you Zabuza-sama as my loyalty has always been with you and it shall never leave you...however, after 7 years of living this life, I'm starting to feel like a weapon that's used to cut down grass instead of the weeds in the ground ruining your garden. Zabuza-sama, you left Kiri because of your failed attempt at assassinating the yondaime Mizukage...have you tries getting in contact with the rebels from the time you left?"

Zabuza couldn't believe what he was hearing from Haku. Had this been anyone else talking to him, he would have taught them a very painful lesson by removing a finger or a limb and if they spoke too out of line with him, their head would follow. But this-...this is someone he secretly saw as his daughter. A person who Zabuza has cared for deeply and has always gone out of his way to appease even though he never really shows this side to her openly.

Zabuza pinched the bridge of his nose then replied to Haku, "So that's what this is about, huh? I'm honestly surprise by this...No, Haku, I haven't gotten in contact with the rebels because me and their leader are completely on the outs with each other. When I was a genin I was on the same team with her and the yondaime Mizukage Yagura. We used to be the best friends with me-...liking her a lot more then usual if you get what I'm saying. Everything went smooth until Yagura switch up and became the monster he is today. I stayed with her for a month trying to protect the remaining clans that survived the bloodline purge in Kiri...but when I told her the truth about how I feel about her...she was pissed off. I get that we were in the middle of a civil war and I knew about her feelings for Yagura but I-...I just couldn't hold it in any longer."

"I guess it was just bad timing on my part" said Zabuza with an empty chuckle before he continued "Anyway, This rejection gave me the reason to try my hand and putting down the Yondaime Mizukage, but as you know I failed and I fled. I stayed for two months in the water country, I met you and the rest is history. That civil war has been going on for years now and I got word from a friend of mine that Mei is actually managing to stand up to Yagura. However, that little shrimp-let ain't no push over. His the mizukage for a reason and his also the jinchuriki of the sanbi. If Mei is ever gonna put end to the civil war she's either gonna need to capture Yagura or kill him. Even though she's strong, she's gonna need some kind of Ace up her sleeve to fight the guy the head on survive".

Both Haku and Zabuza stayed quiet for moment, but then Zabuza looked up to Haku and spoke up...

"Look Haku, you may think I only see you as my weapon off battle or a means to an end, but if that was the case I would have dumped you or killed you the minute you didn't do what I tell you. Don't think I never noticed the things you did when I wasn't looking, Haku. In every small village we've been to you made friends, you helped people and you left a positive mark on every spot we've been to. You stopped killing for a while now only killing the worst of the worst...so hears what's gonna happen. First, I wanna know what are gonna do for the rest of your life if you leave me Haku- And don't tell me you don't want to because of all I've done for you!...Your 15 years old and I'm 26. I'm not as fresh as I used to be and you still have your whole life ahead of you"

"I'm serious Haku" said Zabuza "I didn't really think far ahead when I became a missing nin. Even when I had you with me I thought nothing of it just getting by with the jobs we took and that's it...but now that you mention it, maybe it's time I let you go before I loose you on a job I might not be able to finish".

"But Zabuza-sama I-...who would take care of you if not me?...and where would I go?" asked Haku who had glass eyes as Zabuza could see she was close to crying but he quickly responded, "Go to a small island country. Do some good there with your skills as a Kunoichi & an Iryo-nin and then find some shlub to settle down with and have a kid or two with him...but down just go for any good-looking guy, Haku, or else you'll get hurt. And you know what I do to people who try to hurt you!...Anyways, I just want you to be free Haku. I want you to be able to make your own choices without me making them for you. More then anything, I want you to be your own person. Shinobi don't really have that kind of freedom as we are tools of espionage, seduction, battle and war. We don't have the right to live normal lives as we can get captured and tortured for the information we have or killed in a mission. Anything bad can happen with us".

Haku set their in silence thinking back to the life she had when she still had parents, loosing them and her clan, forced to live on the streets of the small towns in the Water Country then living with Zabuza as his loyal weapon helping him in every job and tending to his medical needs. From the time she spent with him just traveling from town to town, country to country just camping with him, training under him then learning about life from Zabuza, Haku has grown to see him as family as well.

But what Zabuza said to her just now made Haku really start to think about herself and what she wanted. Sure, she still views Zabuza as the most precious person in her life and the will for her to fight and get stronger, but with the life they were living, there was no telling how long would they both be alive to see the next day.

Yes, Zabuza is strong and so is she, but they have had a lot of close calls over the years that have scared Haku terribly. She doesn't want to leave Zabuza's side...but at the same time her thirst for life has never been as high as it is now...

"...I'll go settle down in the Wave Country as I've heard from the demon brothers that the country is currently under the tiranic rule of Gato. I'll stay there for a month to see if I can manage on my own then move to another country if it doesn't work there. I might choose to go back home to Kiri to help out with the war. This isn't goodbye, Zabuza-sama, as I'll pray to see you again...Please promise me that whenever you are in danger, you will call for me, Zabuza-sama" said Haku with a stoic face eve though tears kept on falling endlessly from her eyes in sorrow, and Zabuza scooched over to her so she can lay her head on his lamp. This caused Haku to finally let her emotions go but only silently as not to to bring attention to herself and Zabuza, but you can still hear the sniffing and whimpering from her. Zabuza sighed as he also had tears of his own but he just continued to brush Haku's hair and her cheeks wiping away the tears...

"Don't go around telling people I said this or else I'll look weak...but know this Haku. I love you and I always will, kido...Don't ever forget that".

"H-hai...Zabuza-sama. I love you too...Tou-chan".

…..What is Infinity?...

Flashback...

The playgrounds of Konoha.

A place where the children of the village come to get to know each other, play with one another and be happy.

At the jungle gym is where most of the kids are, not because that's the best place to be but because the proclaimed son of the Red-hot Blooded Habanero and the Konoha no Kiroi Senko Uzumaki Naruto is there along side his brother in all but blood Inuzuka Kiba.

All the kids along with Naruto were playing pretend acting as Ninja on a mission to take out the ninja from the rival village named Kagegakure, the village hidden in the shadows, with Naruto being the Hokage leading his konoha shinobi to battle and his brother Inuzuka Kiba being the leader of the Kage Shinobi.

"Choji! You better start blasting rocks at the enemy or I'll blast you myself!" yelled Naruto, and young Choiji couldn't be bothered listening as he was sitting at the top of the jungle gym comfortably eating chips...until a rock flew right at him hitting the chips right out of his hands. Enraged at the lost of his snack Choji stood up and glared at the kids below while yelling "HEY! THAT COST ME 2000 RYO! WHICH ONE OF YOU IDIOTS DID THAT?!"

"How about you stop eating and start playing fatso!" said a grinning young Kiba, and that was the boiling point for Choiji who reach for a sack of rocks and started throwing them at the kids below never missing a target.

A young Shikumaru, who was on Kiba's side of the game, had a sling shot with him design to keep him from using to much of his energy...or what little he had to spar anyways. He took a small rock and placed it in the slingshot, took aim at Choiji's forehead and released.

BOING!

A comical boing sound was heard as Choji fell on his back hanging on the bars of the jungle gym and all the kids laughed with Naruto teary eyed seeing this happen next to him...before he got boinged as well falling on top of Choji.

The game ended a few minutes later and now the kids were sitting in a circle telling fake stories of their Ninja parents and all the outlandish jutsu they could do like attacking an entire village with just air or summoning dragons and what-not.

Just as Naruto was about to tell his own story that his brother Kiba was sure to back up, he noticed a pink-haired girl dressed in white shorts, red sandals and a red shirt sitting by the swings all by herself. Two 10 year old boys walked up to her and started saying some nasty things before they started poking her forehead making fun of her thus cuasing the girl to cry. Without a second to spare, the young 7 year old Naruto got up ran to the girl ready to defend her. Kiba was already behind him sensing his blonde-haired brother go on fight mode.

Just as the boys were ready to pull the pink-haired girl of the swing forcefully-

PUNCH!

A right fist landed on the boy on the right falling to his back while the boy on the left got a kick to the stomach falling to his knees holding his stomach in pain...

"What the hell is wrong with you guys?! What did she ever do you?!" yelled an angry Naruto, and Kiba growled with aggression as he said, "Look at the hair bro, their from that stupid Uchiha Clan. Their only talent is picking on the smaller kids since they can't fight people their on size!".

"Ugh! Great. If it isn't the mutt and the spoiled bastard. Say Naruto, how come no one in the village knows your dead mom?" said the raven haired boy on the right with a smirk seeing as he got Naruto riled up. Unfortunately-

"Don't you dare bring my mom in this you stupid dead bird!".

PUNCH!

Naruto threw another punch as this one hit the boy's nose hard breaking it and Kiba went for the other boy punching him down as well right the eye.

Throughout the commission, the pink-haired & emerald green-eyed little girl looked at Naruto and kiba but mostly Naruto with wide eyes of shock seeing the boy everyone knows and loves coming to her defense. No one has ever spoken to her before besides her mother, and it's mostly because most kids find her forehead to be big and freaky which lead to the little girl always forced to sit by herself and watch the other kids play.

But today, here she is watching Uzumaki Naruto and his brother Inuzuka Kiba fighting to defend her, Haruno Sakura of all the other girls in the playground!

Seconds later, Naruto and Kiba got off the boys and watch them run off while yelling 'This isn't over!' even though their sniffing and crying from their bruises with one sporting a black eye and the other a broken nose. Kiba and Naruto walked away from the fight with only a bleeding lip and few scratch marks on the necks.

"Like their ever gonna come back here again" said Kiba, who then turned to his blond-haired brother and continued "I'll catch you at home, bro. I gotta find our secret first aid kit and heal up before Kaa-chan and Hana see us like this. Don't take too long or they will do worse to us!".

Naruto nodded at Kiba seeing him run off home, then he turned to see a still shocked and now blushing Sakura looking a little dazed. Naruto walked up to her spoke gently...

"Hi. My name is Naruto. What's yours?".

Sakura at first couldn't find the words to speak for her playground hero, but swallowed some spit and looked into his cerulean blue eyes and replied "Sakura...Haruno Sakura. That's my name".

Naruto, for the first time in his life, widened his eyes now seeing the girl's face without her hair obstructing his view and muttered "...Amazing".

Sakura grew a deeper blush at this as she never got a compliment from anyone but her mother before...

"Y-you said amazing?...why?" asked Sakura. Naruto gave smile and answered back, "Your eyes are super cool. Your hair is like those trees with pink leaves and your forehead is pretty...here, let me help with you that".

Naruto took a few small strands of Sakura's hair and framed her forehead just right to make her even more amazing in his opinion. Sakura just sat their blushing, but was actually feeling good for the first time since ever seeing someone other then her own mother take interest in her. In her mind, Naruto has so many friends, yet he chose to go out of his way to fight for her and tell her she's amazing just by looking at her. She has never felt this way before, and the feeling is truly a strange yet welcoming experience to her.

Once Naruto was done, he stood back and looked at Sakura now with a few bangs covering her forehead a little, and blushed saying "Wow...you're so pretty, Sakura-chan!...Would you like to be my friend?".

Not finding any words to speak, Sakura could only blush and smile as she nodded with a giggle, and Naruto smiled back before his expression changed to one of getting an idea with a lit light bulb comically appearing on top of his head. He took out a black marker he had in his left pocket, and then wrote something on a confused Sakura who could only stand there wondering what was he doing this time. Done with his forehead writing, some kenji standing for 'Property of Uzumaki Naruto' could be seen on Sakura's forehead.

"There we go!" said Naruto, "If those uchiha kids or anyone ever bothers you, they'll know to leav you alone when they see that or else they will have me to deal with! And nii-san too!".

Sakura was silent for a second then laughed happily which confused Naruto at first but then joined in as well...

Flashback End

'...And we've been best friends ever since that day' thought Sakura as she smiled to herself.

It's been two months since team 7 was formed and now we see the three genin and one Jonin walking away from the west gate of Konoha leaving the village on a mission for the first time.

The mission of course, is a C-Rank mission escorting a client back to their country and guard the said client from bandits.

With Kakashi dressed in his usual attire walking behind them reading his favorite pass time book, Sasuke, Sakura & Naruto are surrounding the client in a triangle formation with Kakashi covering the back.

The client who's the middle of the triangle is an old man named Tazuna dressed in grey sandals & pants, a sleeveless worn out black shirt with an obi, a towel around his neck and a pointed hat on his head. The drinking old man has a grey beard, dark eyes with spectacles on and cut-short grey hair.

For a few minutes Sakura was spacing out thinking back to the first time she met Naruto and couldn't help but smile to herself. Since that day she always hung out with him and Kiba everywhere they went. They played together, got in trouble together, they laughed and cried as kids together...Sakura could not find a single reason to regret meeting Naruto when she was young, or younger since she's 13 at the moment. As Naruto had made her feel special, she also learnt that being like the other girls isn't what it's all cooked up to be.

By the time she enrolled into the Academy, she spent her time training while learning to be kunoichi. Yes she had her book smarts, but she also spent her time training herself physically and learning all the available aspects of being a Ninja available to her. Because of this, the girls in her class and possibly the rest of the Academy called her a tomboy for being around boys more then girls and she was sometimes ostracized for this by them when Naruto wasn't with her. But she quickly learned not to care about what others thought about her, or rather, she never cared after being friends with Naruto and kiba.

However, as time passed on in the Academy, her feelings for Naruto changed from seeing him as a friend, a surrogate brother and then to a crush...one which she has yet to confess to, not because she's afraid mind you, but she wants to spend more time growing as a kunoichi first so she doesn't slow Naruto down or hold him back. She loves Naruto dearly, that much she knows and accepts, but right now, she can't afford to bring this on him as he isn't mature enough to handle being in a relationship...at least that's what his sister Hana tells Sakura.

Reguardless of that, Sakura has vowed to herself that even when she does tell Naruto about her feelings, she will love him and only him even she has to share him as she has overheard the sandaime and Naruto's adoptive mother Tsume speaking about putting Naruto through the CRA if he so wishes to restore the Uzumaki Clan or jump start the Namikaze Clan.

"Neh Sakura-chan, you okay? It Looks you've been spacing out since we left the village" asked Naruto who is dressed in the same attire(Read chapter 1) with a blue konoha forehead protector tied around his forehead and a backpack on his back. Sakura looked at Naruto and answered, "Sorry. I was just reminiscing about our time growing and being in the Academy".

Naruto laughed sheepishly while brushing the back of his head and said, "O-oh yeah, sorry about the whole writing on your forehead thing. It was kinda sexist to do that". Sakura giggled and replied back, "We kids back then, Naruto-kun, we didn't really know any better. My mom had a laugh when she saw it, and besides, you wrote that on a lot of girls and women for the same reason to keep bad people away, remember?".

"Yeah you right, Sakura-chan" said Naruto as he scratched the whisker marks on his right cheek and continued "I wrote that on Kaa-chan and Onee-chan once, same with Tenten-chan and Neko-chan from the anbu, then I once wrote that on Ino-chan but she did beat me about it when she found out what I wrote, Hehe!".

"What about Hinata?" asked Sakura, and Naruto formed a thinking pose before he replied to Sakura, "I remember saving her from that international incident with Kumo when I was 5 with Onee-chan, but I never wrote anything on her. Why do you ask, Sakura-chan?".

Sakura eye-widened for a second, then laughed nervously as she replied, "Hahaa~ No reason, Naruto-kun...No reason at all...Oh boy, Ino-pig's dad was right about Hinata being-

Before Sakura couldn't finish her thought, she and Naruto & Sasuke turned around to see two men coming out of a puddle, running up to Kakashi then around him as the gauntlets they have are connected to each other through a shuriken chain. The kiri nin pulled the chain and-

SQEENCH!

-Kakashi was ripped to shreds momentarily shocking the three genin with Tazuna terrified at seeing the strongest member of the team being so easily taken down.

"One down, four to go" said both of the men known as Godu and Meizu the demon brothers looking ready to slay everything in their path.

With quickness, Naruto and Sasuke ran up to the demon brothers and Sakura stood in front of Tazuna with a kunai in one head acting as his guard.

Sasuke had a little trouble landing a hit on Meizu has he kept trying to grab the last Uchiha with his poisonous gauntlet. Naruto...was kinda having fun toying with Gozu as he moved like water evading all of his strikes waiting for the right moment to strike him right in the center hard with a kick.

Having enough of these Konoha genin stopping them from completing their orders, the demon brother collectively jumped back and both of them formed handsigns and said, "Water Release: Gunshot!".

A blast of water shot straight for Naruto and Sasuke, but they were saved by Sakura who quickly formed handsigns and yelled "Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!".

A wall big enough to block the large shot of water came up in front of Naruto and Sasuke, the wall took the full front of the water-based attack crumbling down once it performed it's use. Sakura started breathing a little heavy seeing as she just preformed a C-rank jutsu that still takes up quite a lot of her chakra.

"Damnit! It seems these kids are a lot more persistent then we anticipated, nii-san" said Gozu, Meizu nodded and wanted to reply only for Kakashi to appear behind them and knock their heads together knocking them out.

Sakura released a sigh she was unknowingly holding in as she thought to herself 'First time outside Konoha and it's this intense from the start! I better shape up and not loose myself or else I'll end up as dead weight because of my small amount of chakra. I have got figure out a way to increase my reserves soon!'.

"Aw come on Kakashi-sensei! We had 'em just fine" cried Naruto, as he was honestly looking forward to fighting some bandits and foreign ninja, but it seems like the sandaime hokage must have alerted Kakashi to make sure Naruto fights as little as possible on this mission because of what happened two weeks ago back in the village...

'Geez! I said I was sorry to Asuma-sensei when he woke up. How was I supposed to know putting some of the power stones energy in my kunai could make it strong enough to shatter bones and muscles?! It's bad enough I'm forbidden from using it ever again for next 3 months unless I have to! Hmph!'.

Kakashi, once he was done tying up the sleeping demon brothers, turned to Tazuna and said "Well...that's strange. I knew something was a miss when we passed that paddle seeing as it hasn't rained in a long time".

"Tazuna-san, you have some explaining to do" said Kakashi with a narrowed eye looking at nervous Tazuna and continued "My team was hired to complete a C-rank mission of escorting you back to Nami no kuni and guarding you from easy bandits. With these two gentlemen here being chunin C-rank missing nin known as the demon brothers, the rank of this mission just shot up to A-rank. The rules of Ninja employment state if a Ninja being in group or solo are on a mission that is not agreed upon between the Kage and client, they have the right to abandon the mission and go back home to report the false information regarding the client on their mission request. So please Tazuna-san...tell us what's going on here or else I'll be forced to take my team back to Konoha and leave you here alone to go back to Nami all by yourself".

The three genin were now looking between Kakashi and Tazuna waiting to see what would happen. Tazuna, seeing no other reason to hide anything now, released a sad sigh and spoke up...

"I'm sorry, mina-san. I came to konoha opting for a mission I could pay with all the money I had gather in Nami...and that amount could only get me a mission of C-rank. This is because Nami No Kuni isn't striving as it once was because of a man named Gato now taking almost all of the country into his evil palms. My home is known as a central hub for shipping and trading because of all the ships containing precious merchandise docking at our waters. We never had any trouble before and our crime rate was very much small enough for our best men to handle on their own without means of seeking help from foreign Ninja & Samurai...but when Gato came, everything changed".

"Our economy continues to collapse the more he tries to take control of all the trading, the ships that enter and leave Nami and the businesses we have keeping us afloat" said Tazuna, but then he looked down as a tear drop fell from his right eye and continued, "Gato has turned my country into a Bandit country where horrible men come to do as they please with our women and children, as every day we keep loosing someone to his large compound and they are later released to work at the brothels or to be sold as slaves...My people are now left with only one option to escape this monster, and that is having me building a bridge to the main-land to hopefully restart the economy and the country without his presence affecting us!".

By now, Nauto and Sakura were beyond saddened and pissed off hearing what Tazuna was revealing to them. Sasuke kinda felt the same along those lines but he didn't seem to show it at least. Kakashi was thinking to himself...

'Gato, CEO and founder of the Gato company and famous for being known as a shipping magnate. It's only obvious why he would try to take control of Nami no kuni. But there are rumors of him being one of the most powerful drug dealers in the elemental nations today and also being the kingpin of the slave trading that happens these days. If this is the case, we may just be biting off more then we can chew here seeing as fighting the ninja Gato will send to try and kill the client will ultimately lead to us coming across Gato and being forced to defend ourselves against him. The fire country, while a Ninja and Samurai nation, has had it's own issues fighting off crime organizations from setting up illegal business on our lands. If we do this, they'll find this as a slight against them and have more reason to double their efforts on trying to start up crime in Konoha and Hi no Kuni'.

Kakashi looked at Tazune first and then to his three genin and said, "Well, with me being here I'm sure we won't face anything we can't handle. That and the three of you have just shown me now that you are more then capable of handling yourself when I'm not around. I Believe we can continue this mission even with the change of rank. We can iron out the details later but I want you guys to decide if we should continue. Understand that this won't be easy and you might see and do things you probably won't forget for the rest of your life as neither of you besides Naruto have had your first kills yet as official Ninja".

The three genin eye-widened at this, but then they all had different reactions as Sakura was really trying to think this through, Sasuke...he wanted to continue anyways to test himself against other opponents he could come across and hopefully get in some training to get stronger for his personal mission.

Naruto was looking down as his face was hidden by the shade made by his hair covering it...then a few seconds later he looked up straight at Kakashi with a scowl on his face and said...

"Kakashi-sensei...Do you really think going back home and leaving Tazuna-san here to fend for himself is an option right now when the people of Nami are in serious need of help getting out of their current situation? My mother's clan are neighbors with these people and we helped them establish their place in the elemental nations as the main country of for ships and trading. There's no way in hell I'm gonna let this bastard Gato continue with what his doing to them! I can't say I have a clear plan to help them out right now with their bandit problem, but I'm gonna think of one once we get a boat and travel there. The mission is to escort Tazuna-san and guard him right? Well I'm not stopping there!".

Sakura looked at her blonde-haired Uzumaki team mate getting all fired up, and blushed as she muttered 'Naruto-kun' to herself, although Sasuke did hear her and looked at her in sheer disappointment as he thought 'She's gonna useless on this mission constantly being love sick for the dobe. Better him then me to deal with talent-less dead weight holding me back from getting things done'.

Naaruto took a deep breath in then exhaled looking right into Kakashi's one eye and continued speaking...

"I'm gonna put an end to their suffering, Kakashi-sensei, and help them restart their economy and give back the people Nami no Kuni the hope they lost when that bastard Gato first arrived on their land! I'm gonna do this whether you allow me or not, Kakashi-sensei, as the Uzumaki always take care of their own! And anyone the Uzumaki clan considers as a friend is seen as family...and our motto is family first, everything after- dattebayo!"

Tazuna was moved by Naruto's speech as was Sakura who cried a little but smiled seeing as her best friend and secret crush hasn't changed that much since she knew him when he was still a little trouble maker. Sasuke could care less about what Naruto said but he nodded and added his own statement "I say we continue".

"Hai, Kakashi-sensei" said Sakura who now stood next to Naruto and continued "If we abandon this mission that will only serve to tarnish our reputation with anyone else who wants to hire us. I also vote we continue the mission and help guard Tazuna-san to build his bridge...and also help the country find it's feet again with Naruto-kun!".

'Yare yare, Naruto has promised far too much to Tazuna and Nami now' was what Kakashi thought with a sweatdrop before he continued his thought 'Once an Uzumaki puts their mind into something there's no stopping them no matter how much you try. I'm not worried about Naruto not succeeding in his personal quest to free Nami no Kuni. The problem is he might over succeed especially with the power stone at his disposal making him at least high chunin when he holds back...when he doesn't hold back he becomes in irremovable object, and when adding Kushina-sama's chakra chains and Naruto's knowledge on a few wind release techniques he is a small army all on his own...the best I can do is just try to keep him grounded so nothing else too crazy happens and keep an eye on the seal as the sandaime instructed me to'.

"...Sigh...Alright then, team 7. We continue with the mission and help Tazuna-san here build his bridge. This time I want you guys to stay focused and be on alert for anything and everything around us now because I will not tolerate any slip ups. You go that?".

"Hai/Hai, Kakashi-sensei!" said all three genin, and Tazuna couldn't help but smile seeing as this might be the miracle his family, his people and his country have been praying for...

…..To Be Continued...

Closing Theme Song: NICO Touches the Walls – Kimi Dake

AN/: There you have it guys! I'll be sure to update again soon but don't hold your breath for me now, hehe! Remember to vote on the poll which of the three women would you like to see added to the harem. Please remember to leave a review as that helps to keep me and the story going, and maybe I'll start answering some reviews on the next chapter.

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Kakashi: Close your mouth when you eat so the taste doesn't leave your tongue(eye smile)