Naruto's Revenge

by Opa-sensei

This is a lemon fic. Naruto is betrayed by his friends and left with two broken legs on the floors of Konoha high. Several years of later a 25 year old reinvented Naruto meets once again with his old friends. He has one thing on his mind. Revenge.

6. I Am Kami

There may errors in this chapter since I didn't do a thorough read-over of it like the rest. I'll update the corrected version in a few days.

I Am Kami

Naruto shuffled in his chair. He was feeling very uncomfortable right now. His aunt, Tsunade, elegantly sat down on a single person sofa, a steaming cup of tea in hand. She took a sip from time to time and occasionally glanced at Naruto. Her assistants were equally seated but they made sure to use less fancy looking chairs than their mistress and the young master. Normally, Naruto would be delighted to be in the same room as three beautiful women, but the women in question were one of the few he rather not see while he was here.

These women weren't anything like the women he dealt with here. They were a lot like Temari, bearing an empress-like majesty, confidence and pride. They weren't to be taken lightly, his aunt especially. She was more like Samui than anybody he knew. Better put, she was like Samui if the blonde was raised to believe she was divinity give mortal flesh. Amongst the three, Naruto only found a single one easy to get along with. Kato Shizune. She was the woman sitting on Tsunade's right with a gentle smile on her face. In Naruto's eyes, Shizune was a sweetheart. She was the one who attended personally to his needs and kept him out of trouble when he was taken in by his aunt. Naruto could recall several important things that he learnt from Shizune and there were probably more he didn't. She was a much needed embodiment of gentleness and tender love that helped to ease Naruto's wounded mind in contrast to the strict and tough love he got from his aunt. Shizune had hair as black as Sai's, she was never a fan of long hair so always went with a short hair cut. Her hair barely reached her jawline. Her eyes were equally black but didn't have the inky abyss like depth and rather a bright and comforting glow to it. Shizune barely wore any makeup, down to lip gloss, still her appearance was incredibly beautiful. Shizune had a pure saint like beauty, gentle like a swan, precious like a diamond and loved like a baby. She was dressed in a black moon themed kimono that hid her figure, hands and feet. However, Naruto knew Shizune's body was by no means inferior to her face. While her body couldn't be considered very erotic since she didn't have a big ass or boobs, Naruto still found her very attractive. Shizune had a moderate sized (though for regular women she was quite large) 'assets'. She wasn't the biggest and firmest but her charm lied in the delicateness of her figure. Her skin was almost unnaturally smooth. Her fingers were slender and her nails had no blemishes to them. Her teeth were extremely white, her tongue was a pale pink color, even her feet were pretty. Shizune's breasts had a slight sag to them, however it only made them more alluring and gave the feeling of naturalness. Her ass was shapely and could be described as cute with how pale her cheeks were. Naruto had seen her in a bikini once and since then he was constantly plagued with the thoughts of what it'd be like to spank such an ass. He had a feeling it was one those asses that paled with every squeeze, like they had to blood drawn out of that spot. Shizune's character was even more beautiful than her appearance and aside from Hinata Naruto had never seen a woman so sweet and caring.

The woman on Tsunade's left could perhaps be said to have beauty that could rival the goddesses. She was just like Ino. Possessing a dazzling beauty that could not be ignored no matter where she went. Women like this when compared to other beautiful women like Hinata or Karin didn't surpass them by so much, however they gave off a certain glow. It was like these women were embodiments of beauty and thus it made it difficult to imagine them having any other capabilities outside being beautiful. Every single inch of them seemed to be created with an extreme partiality. Like God wanted to mock the masses by showing them what his true effort looked like. She had wavy black long hair. It wasn't as black as Shizune's but it still stood out in comparison to her fairly pinkish white face. She has rosy red luscious lips that drew in men to kiss her, but her piercing red eyes warded them off as well. A perfect combination. Her eyes couldn't be considered beautiful due to how frightening they appeared, but they were still enchanting. They appeared to be mystical with the different shades of red mixed together to form pools of endless depth. They made her look nonhuman. Her body was similar to Shizune's but she still had an erotic attraction to her. She was a picture of what the perfect woman would be in the 80s. Slender, long beautiful eyelashes, sexy long legs. A dainty frame, an apple shaped rear and perky breasts. However, she still possessed a modern day woman's shapeliness. Her breasts were by no means below average but they weren't too large as well. She was around Tayuya's size or slightly larger. Her hips were tantalizingly wide and her ass had a sexy shape that only lost out to Karui's. Her legs were long but not as delicate as they looked. Naruto learnt that from experience. This woman was dressed in a white short dress that looked to be made of bandages with a short red undergarment. Her legs were exposed but she didn't mind it. She wore black wedges and a silver choker. Her name was Kurenai Yuhi, she was the personal protector of Naruto's aunt.

The final woman was his aunt, Tsunade Senju. Not much had to be said concerning her character. Tsunade was a naturally born queen and demanded to be treated as such. She was a woman who never accepted loss and would not settle for any less than what she deserved. It was only that Tsunade felt she deserved the whole of Asia. Tsunade had perhaps the most well known body shape in modern day Japan. She was hailed as the most attractive human to grace the planet and some even claimed she was a modern day Mona Lisa or Cleopatra. A beauty with no rivals, no comparison. Tsunade wasn't a tall woman, though in her country she was considered so. She stood at 5'9 and possessed a perfectly proportioned and sexy figure. Her face was extremely alluring, especially her brownish golden eyes that looked like they descended from a linage of divinity. Her eyebrows were oddly small but this only added a great deal of cuteness to her appearance. Her lips were full and soft look, dainty and pink. Her neck was without flaws and her collar bones were slightly visible. Her legendary breasts were even larger than Hinata's and Samui's though by a bit. Still, despite their size they didn't appear comical in the slightest. Her midsection was fit and tight like the rest of her body, it was evident that she worked out. The defined curves and firmness of her creamy body was something girls all across Japan envied for themselves. Her hips were wide, and her ass was an impossible erotic heart shaped mounds of extreme softness yet firmness. Naruto knew Tsunade's body under her clothes was an even more provocating sight. She was dressed in a green dress that exposed a thigh and leg. Her breasts were completely covered however you could see how much the fabric struggled to keep the mounds from breaking free. Her back was exposed, showing a fair amount of her alluring skin. She wore expensive looking jewelry and golden colored heels. On her forehead there was a purple diamond shaped tattoo that no one but her understood the history behind.

Naruto was surrounded by three women that would individually make men drool at them from desire. However, he still felt an urge to run away from this place right now. The reason being none other than his aunt.

Tsunade sipped her tea in silence and pretended as though everything was fine , as though she hadn't just shown up unannounced in her nephew's new house. She didn't bother looking around the place or asking any questions. After she vented her anger outside by cussing out the whiskered young man she led her personal assistants inside and asked them to make her tea. Since then she had not said anything and opted to silently enjoy the herbal brew.

"Auntie..." Naruto said. The silence and suspense was killing him. If she was going to say something about his new life she might as well just go down to it. He could tell there was a lot on her mind, yet she just did that thing like she didn't care. Was she really going to pretend to enjoy that awful tasting tea while he fidgeted in his own house?. Naruto cursed himself because he knew even if that was what Tsunade planned there was little he could do about it.

"Yes darling." Tsunade said, looking up to make eye contact with Naruto.

Naruto gulped. She was pissed. She wouldn't call him 'darling' over something so casual if she wasn't pissed. Naruto wondered if Kurenai's words earlier were still making her upset, however he couldn't be sure until she said something. And for her to talk he had to ask. It was just that, he really didn't want to ask. Naruto turned to Shizune who smiled apologetically at him. That either meant 'I don't know what her problem is really' or 'I can't tell you what it is, sorry'. Naruto turned to Kurenai but the black haired woman was staring off at a different location, happy to ignore everything happening in the room. "Is there a problem?." Naruto asked reluctantly.

"Is there?." Tsunade asked him back.

Naruto groaned in his heart. If there's something wrong just say it!. She was making him nervous. It was like she was going to explode at any second. At least let him know why you were so close to exploding in the first place. "Are you still upset that I made you wait, auntie?." Naruto asked.

Tsunade stared at him with a incredulous expression. Her arched up eyebrow made her look extremely cute. "Why would I be upset about that?. You already said sorry, right?." Tsunade said.

Naruto's smiled bitterly. She was truly planning on dragging this out. "Is it because I... I..." Naruto stammered. Unable to bring himself to say the words. Words he knew would undoubtedly triggered Tsunade's anger.

"Because what?." Tsunade asked. In her flash her cute and curious expression was replaced with a cold and expectant one. Naruto gritted his teeth in frustration. Why did she have to make him have a hard time all the time?. This happened all the time and it was one of the main reasons he decided to leave for this city. He wanted to escape the shadow of this powerful woman and stand independently, by himself. He was –in his opinion– making a fine job of doing that. Here he was in control. He determined how everything played out, at the very least in his direct area of influence. He controlled his life and was responsible for his choices. He didn't need to ask anybody's opinion when he wanted to ask. He only chose to take the suggests of his women because he didn't want them to feel as if they were just pieces in his game. So they would have a measure of control over their lives. However, he remained the head and nobody dared challenge his authority. But now Tsunade was here and to his eternal shame, he actually felt threatened by her presence. He was acting like the little boy she always treated him as. Just from knowing she was here he reacted like a scared kid who'd done something bad and heard his parent come in. Was this really who he was?. Did he leave Tsunade for a different location so he could play lord over already submissive people?. No. Naruto may have doubted himself but he didn't doubt the people around him. Submissive?. His women?. Even Hinata proved to have a hidden fire in her when he tried to win her over for the first time. Karui tried to attack him simply because he 'bothered' her in the gym. Samui was sent to ruin him and almost succeeded. Tayuya and Karin were strong and capable women that only easily bowed to him due to his status as the Uzumaki clan head. All the other women he made his were by no means submissive or easy to control. What about his enemies?. Were they weak?. He didn't even have to bring up their personal traits since just a single one of his enemies was the arch nemesis of his aunt. So how exactly could Naruto easily stand firm in such a place. How could he gather so many allies easily?. How could he go against so many enemies easily?. Could the child his aunt treated him as accomplish all this?. Impossible. Naruto felt his determination rise and wariness wilt. She trusted him to do some of his dirty work, of course he was capable. He was the one holding himself back. 'Even my aunt recognized me, so why the fuck should I be so scared of her?. I left her protection and still I'm here. I got Levi fucking Ackerman to work for me when she couldn't. Karin-nee-chan picked me over her. When I'm not scared of Yastura Aimui why should I be scared of a woman he's been in competition with for decades?!.' Naruto's eyes turned fiery and his expression calmed. Tsunade noticed this and was visibly taken aback though she quickly hid her reaction. Naruto spoke again, but this time in an authoritative baritone.

"Are you mad because I was having sex with somebody else?." Naruto asked brazenly.

Tsunade frowned. Shizune gasped and covered her mouth with her hands in surprise. Kurenai turned to the whiskered man in surprise and a mixture of anger. No matter what, nobody was allowed to talk to her mistress without regard for who she was. What she was. Even if it was her nephew.

"A few months out of your mother's pouch and you think you're already a full grown stud, huh?." Tsunade most certainly would not answer such a question She instead responded to Naruto with a question of her own. Her expression was once again cold and demanding. She was a very forceful woman who gave no regard for tact when she didn't have to. This was her true self. That all loving, charming and polite was just something made up by her PR team. The Tsunade under the mask was a woman who didn't care to love. A woman who cared little for charms, people tried to charm her. She was always at the receiving end so why bother?. The pleasure was always hers. A politeness?. That was an unimportant quality. She was a dominant woman who took and cared little for what the other party thought or felt. Tsunade was a queen in her mind. And a queen didn't require to be polite in her own kingdom.

"You're not my mother." Naruto fired back. Shizune's expression turned gloomy. Where they going to have a fight again?. This time, however, it felt different. Naruto would always fight with his aunt as a boy but over the years he eventually submitted to the woman's will. Everybody did at some point so Shizune was surprised. Naruto did fall out with her from time to time and he was perhaps the only person around her that had the privilege to do so without losing his life the second time. And on those times Tsunade was largely at fault and would agitate the blue eyed blonde until he could stand it no longer. This time, Tsunade hadn't even begun ripping into the blonde, talk less of force him to lose his head. However, Naruto still did. This was out of the ordinary as far as the three women were concerned. it was apparent that Uzumaki Naruto had changed. How much, they could only find out as time went.

"Naturally, I wouldn't betray my own flesh and blood over dick." Tsunade said with venom. Most of it originated from a different source than her anger with Naruto. His parents had always been a taboo topic to him and regardless of his feelings she would cuss them out the moment they were brought up.

"I wouldn't put it passed you." Naruto said snidely.

Shizune paled. Kurenai frowned at the man in angered but there was still a visible trace of awe in her eyes. Did Naruto grow an extra pair in months?. If he did, would they be enough to deal with the consequences of what he just said?.

"What did you just say to me... brat?." Tsunade drawled in a heavy voice.

Naruto felt his bravado weaken when he saw the very serious look on Tsunade's face. This wasn't one of her usual moods, she was truly pissed off now, enough to kill. And while he didn't fear for his life, his life wasn't the only thing at stake if he was too careless. Still that didn't mean he'd back off. He had to make her know that this was his turf and she couldn't just assume she was queen here. "Don't expect me to swallow all the unkind things you say about my parents. Even though I never knew them they're still my parents. Since you won't tell me what they did to deserve such prejudice, you don't really have the right to say all this smack about them to my face. I just let you because I love you, so I let you have your way." Naruto folded his arms as he spoke.

"A 'I love you' isn't going to save you." Tsunade said, completely ignoring Naruto's words, not calming down in the slightest.

"I know what will." Naruto said. He felt a little embarrassed with himself as he openly ogled his aunt. Tsunade and Kurenai frowned while Shizune almost face palmed. Really?!. That was his plan?. She must've put too much faith in this brazen and arrogant sounding Naruto, deep down he was still an extremely simple person. He thought that the sex Tsunade got from him –which she always initiated– would fix everything. Did he really think Tsunade was like other women?. Getting laid wouldn't make her forget things nor forgive. Not even if it was something people would consider small.

"Moron." Tsunade snorted, unable to stop herself from chuckling. Seems like Naruto hadn't changed all that much. He was still a simple dunce. The insulting words Naruto spoke were temporarily forgotten. Key word; temporarily.

Naruto smiled, happy to put aside the difficulties between them. "I really didn't expect you auntie Tsunade. I thought you said you said you were leaving for a meeting with some partners in France." Naruto said with interest twinkling in her eyes.

Tsunade smiled lightly. This was one of the reasons why she always considered Naruto a kid. No matter how much bigger he got he still had that childish curiosity towards anything regarding her. He always wanted to know what was going on with her. This was why she was annoyed when he didn't call her for over a month. "I was going to go but an anonymous caller tipped me off yesterday. I'm not sure exactly why I was being lured with such a juicy offer but the whole thing was way too sketchy so I decided not to go." Tsunade said. She did hide some things from Naruto, but those were things she felt she had to. Everything else she liberally told him. No matter what they were family and she had no doubt in her mind that Naruto would never betray her. "The jet was all ready so I decided to just fly here instead." Tsunade said with a shrug.

Naruto nodded. He wondered just who was trying to lure his aunt and why. He was relieved somebody managed to tip her off. Being lured never ended well. "I should go prepare a room for you ladies." Naruto said rising to his feet.

"Oh, are there any free rooms left?." Tsunade asked, a unamused smile on her face.

Naruto's expression didn't change but he felt a frown threaten to appear on his face. "Of course there are. Why wouldn't there–"

"Cut the bullshit gaki." Tsunade said. A cold look appearing on her face once again. "I know you've been playing house with a bunch of women and one of them is the daughter of that old boar Ai." Tsunade revealed. She stared at Naruto to see if he would give away his surprise with his expression, she knew he was surprised. However, she brought the brat up too well so even she couldn't tell if he was actually shocked or not.

"You've had somebody monitor me." Naruto stated. He glanced at the two women seated at Tsunade's right and left respectively. They always carried out the direct bidding of his aunt. The chances of the monitor being one of them was very high. Either that the person came through them. Naruto had received information that he was being monitored by his aunt but he never would've guessed that she already knew so much. Whoever this person was, they were good. To track the movement of Samui when even her father failed to do same?. This person was extremely good.

"Don't look at them, they didn't do anything." Tsunade said. Naruto made a noise in response. That was obvious skepticism. Regardless of what he thought he was exposed. "Why are you sleeping with the enemy... again?." Tsunade asked, looking more fed up (with Naruto's horniness of course) than annoyed. "She tried to kill you last time and if not for me you would be dead. What exactly did she say to get you to forget she was almost your murderer?." Tsunade asked, gradually the annoyance was rising over all other emotions.

Naruto knew he had to maintain a solid stance and be fearless when facing his aunt. But when he remembered her crying face when he almost died his heart softened. She had every right to be mad at him for associating with the person who almost killed him again. He was the last bit of family she had left and even though she was manipulative and dominative, she was still the first person who genuinely wanted him and give him direction in this life. While what she thought him were acts of scheming, blackmail and other underhanded methods, she was still there to teach him. That wasn't something any of his parents could claim they did. Naruto however was curious about one thing. "Wait, you knew it was Samui?." Naruto asked. He most certainly did not tell his aunt who the person who almost killed him was. He did his best to protect Samui from her revenge but now it tuned out Tsunade already knew. If she did, why didn't she make a move on Samui then?.

"Yes. And she's only alive because Shizune convinced me to respect your wishes and let her go." Tsunade said.

Naruto turned to Shizune and smiled warmly at her. Shizune returned his smile. 'Looks like Shizune-nee-chan is still looking out for me.' Naruto thought, feeling warmness in his heart. Naruto turned to his aunt and bowed his head slightly in gratitude "Thank you."

Tsunade's expression turned blank as she stared at the lowered head of Naruto. "Raise your head." Tsunade said in a tone that left no room for arguments. When Naruto raised his head she glared almost angrily at him. "I know you would never lower your head for your own case. You are after all a proud Senju. No nephew of mine would lower his head to any woman, even the woman is I, Senju Tsunade. The fact that you've done this angers me more because you've done it for the benefit of a woman." Tsunade said. What other reason would he protect a woman who tried to kill him for?. He also lowered his head, casting his pride aside for her sake. What else could he do it for if it wasn't love?. He had fallen for the daughter of the old boar. For the enemy. 'How revolting.' Tsunade thought as she rose to her feet. Shizune and Kurenai mirrored her action on instinct. "I'll take my leave." Tsunade said. She was a prideful woman so even if she hated this Samui girl she wouldn't be shameless enough to stay in the same house as her. That would give the impression that she was fighting with her over Naruto. It was beneath her.

Naruto rose as well and stared at the proud woman and that unshakable and firm expression of hers. She looked like what many made her out to be. Different from the rest. A cut above all others. Even though they were standing on the same level, even though he was taller so could look down at her, somehow... Somehow she seemed like the taller one. Her expression, her bearing, the light in her eyes. She looked up to no one and down on everything. She was elevated, it didn't matter where she stood or who had the higher ground. Wherever she stood was the high ground. Tsunade was like a dragon. Born to look down on everything, born to rule, born invincible, proud to the core and most of all.

'She's magnificent.'

There was no erotic intentions in his words or even romance. This was unbridled adoration for how perfect the creation that was Senju Tsunade was. How could he not feel a subtle urge to prostrate himself to such a creature?. How could he not want to surrend himself to her?. And yet he didn't. He chose to part away from her and stand on his own. This was his decision. Still even before that she became his. Even though she maintained she was in control and never let him completely claim her as he would like, she kept herself for him and him alone. She didn't stop him from doing the things all men wanted to do. She let him take others but never considered anyone but him. Perhaps many would look at their relationship as strange since they were related, but to Naruto there could not be anything more beautiful. A woman who was sought after by every man that laid eyes on her chose the one man that people would think would never be her partner. Wasn't that a great victory?. To win over a woman who was considered impossible to be his, over millions of men. If that wasn't a beautiful victory Naruto didn't know what else would be. Nothing made him feel more like the man he believed he was. So how could he bare to watch this woman, his greatest prize, his woman go just like that?. What sensible man would?. In any case it didn't matter what other men would do since they didn't get her. He did. And he wanted her to stay. (AN: pretty fuqed up relationship this two share.)

"No." Naruto said. He didn't have to explain, Tsunade instantly understood what he meant.

It was because she did understand that she frowned. While Naruto wanting her was a something she welcomed, –she was after all a woman– she still had her pride. This made her stubborn to agree to Naruto's wishes. So what if he wanted her to stay?. She wanted to leave. "I'm leaving." Tsunade didn't even think twice and turned to leave, however felt a firm grip lock on her wrists. Suddenly her sight blurred and before she knew it Naruto had swept her into his arms. She was being carried. Tsunade blinked to make sure she wasn't hallucinating and sure enough she could still see her feet in the air. A strong pair of hands were still carrying her and an handsome face with an almost angelic smile was looking straight at her. Blue piercing eyes that ignored everything in the world but her own. Any normal woman would not be able to extricate themselves from this otherworldly sight. She however was not a normal woman. She was Tsunade Senju so she simply closed her eyes, blocking away the view of the smiling face. "You're permitted to carry me to the master bedroom." Tsunade said. While she was no ordinary woman and could ignore that captivating gaze, she was still a woman. Her heart could still be moved and this was her man. Her man. So if he wanted her she could make an exception and grant his wish. She wasn't so heartless to leave her man when he so clearly craved her presence in this hopeless life of his.
She couldn't see it but she knew he was smiling victoriously and she didn't mind. The creator of fate watched humans celebrate the fruits of their efforts while everything they did and would do was already set in stone before their birth. Naruto could have his peasant victory, she told herself.

(AN: This moment should establish in all your minds how arrogant Tsunade is in this fic. This is only the tip of the iceberg. As the story progresses you'll all be amazed at how egocentric and arrogant this woman is.)

"Yes princess." Naruto said with a laugh. He guessed she was thinking up something ridiculous to console herself after she was unable to resist him. He didn't mind. She could dream. He was more happy being the victor in reality. Naruto turned to Shizune and Kurenai who were obviously feeling awkward and left out just standing there. Or Naruto would like to think they were since their faces indicated anything but that. They revered Tsunade so much they couldn't even bring themselves to feel awkward at being left out due to her matters?. What a scary level of loyalty. "You ladies can stay in one of the free rooms. The two other rooms in the top floor aside from the master bedroom are free so have your pick." Naruto said.

"Will do Naruto-kun. Take care of Tsunade-sama." Shizune said, smiling as she glanced at her mistress who still had her eyes closed. She managed to look elegant and in control even while in Naruto's hands.

"Please call if you need anything Tsunade-sama." Kurenai said. She glanced at Naruto briefly before ascending up the stairs with Shizune. Naruto spent a few seconds to stare at the beautiful face of his aunt as she fake slept –or whatever this was– before taking the stairs as well.

Naruto entered the bedroom that he shared with Karin and as expected the redhead wasn't there waiting. He made sure to call Karin to wake her up before going to welcome his aunt. Naturally the woman listened in on their conversation and thus knew to vacate the room before he came with Tsunade. It was perhaps unfair to 'evict' Karin for another woman, however this woman was her boss. Karin wouldn't hear of staying in the same room as Naruto when she was present. She knew better than his other women what the relationship between Naruto and Tsunade was like. More than any of them, Naruto was her man.

"Princess, would you like to take a bath and change into something more comfortable before going to bed?." Naruto asked, still flattering Tsunade. She acted like it didn't but he knew this made her happy. Sure there was no lack of men who were willing to do this and more for her, however, they weren't him, where they?.

"We do not require it since we already had a bath after we landed, but we will allow it." Tsunade said, letting him have another small victory. What did it matter how many he had anyway?.

Naruto noticed her use of the plural 'we' in place of 'I'. She got this way when she felt total pride in self, which was basically anytime she wasn't addressing people very close to her. Naruto smiled widely. "Perfect." he said and put her on the bed first and began undressing her. She sat there silently, her eyes closed trusting him to do exactly what he said. No matter what she decided when they could get romantic. Naruto easily took off her green dress, leaving her in lacy panties and bra, jewelries and her shoes. His hands didn't roam but he still softly caressed the places he had to touch. He gently picked up her dainty feet and took off her shoes one after the other. He couldn't resist the urge to place a kiss on her feet. Tsunade opened her eyes at stared into the blue eyes of the blonde male.

"Don't overstep."

"Mm." Naruto made a sound of agreement but he really didn't put her words in his mind, and still caressed her feet.

"My jewelries." Tsunade reminded.

"Right."

Naruto took off her necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets and kept them in a box then inside his shelve. These were really expensive stuff and she would probably want them later so it was better if he didn't carelessly leave them lying around. Naruto stared at the figure of Tsunade. All that was left was her underwear. Naruto didn't bother asking for permission. If she wanted him to stop there she would say something. Naruto climbed the bed and sat on his legs behind her. He made sure to be close enough to see her cleavage from behind as he unstrapped her off-white colored bra. Her breasts immediately pushed the cups forward once the bind was undone. Naruto could make out the pale red areolas of his aunt but didn't rush to take off the loose piece of cloth. He slowly pushed down the elastic straps. Once they were loose the entire bra fell to Tsunade's midsection. Her entire breasts were exposed and Naruto had a strong urge to grab them to check their weight. With breasts so large they naturally had touch of sag to them, but this instead made them more erotic than flawed them. Even still the firmness was still considered gravity defying and they still stood proud without the bra. Tsunade's areolas were large and would cover up the entirety of a regular pair of breasts but only managed to cover a fourth of hers. They were numerous erotic bumps all over the red patch of flesh in contrast to the smooth vanilla areas of her breasts and skin in general. Her nipples were longer than normal and made her already amazing breasts look even more provocative. Like her areola there were bumps on them, albeit far smaller in size. They were also pale red and the opening in them slightly peeked open. Naruto had never felt so thirsty in his life.

"Panties." Tsunade said, knocking Naruto out of his daze.

The blonde sighed. To think he was caught day dreaming at the sight of a pair of breasts. Naruto got off the bed and knelt in front of Tsunade. The woman opened her eyes again and made eye contact with him. She was maybe the only person who had him in such a position and didn't so much as blush. Naruto didn't break eye contact as he took off her panties, making sure to rub and graze more than necessary as much as possible. Tsunade's expression remained tranquil and Naruto was a little dissapointed. She still didn't blush, not even a little.

"Up." she said.

Naruto rolled his eyes. What was he?, a horse?. Still Naruto carried her. He didn't look down. He didn't want to see those pale red lower lips of hers on that perfect mound with a small patch of golden hair over it. If he looked down he wasn't sure he would still be able to control himself. Naruto took her into the bathroom and placed her inside the tub. She trembled slightly from the coldness, Naruto found the sight adorable. He put the hot water on for her and rose to leave but this time she was the one stopping him by the wrist. "Bathe me." she said.

Naruto smiled. She really wanted to be pampered today. What was this?. A way to remind him how desirable she was?. Why he would do things he would never do for other for her?. Was that really a good enough excuse to torture him with so much cuteness. When she said 'bathe me' she probably thought it came out in a commanding tune, but to him she sounded like a little girl. She laid naked inside the tub, a calm yet tender expression on her face. How could she sound domineering when she looked like that?. Despite what she was thinking, just looking like this Naruto truly didn't mind do anything for her at the moment. She was unparalleledly desirable. How could he resist. "Okay, my princess." Naruto put emphasis on the my. Tsunade didn't say anything and chose to pretend she didn't hear him. She closed her eyes again and let him do as he was told. Naruto picked the bath sponge and slowly washed Tsunade's body. She would open her eyes sometimes when he focused a little too long on her erogenous areas.

"Hentai." she spat out.

Naruto smiled and continued washing her. He spent longer on her hair and cleaned it thoroughly. After a few minutes he was done. He carried her out of the tub, water dripped from her hair, ears chin and elbows. Naruto quickly grabbed a large towel and wrapped it around her. He carried her bridal style again and took her back to the bedroom. He dropped her on the bed to sit and returned to the bathroom for another towel. When he returned he used said towel dry her hair. "We should've done this in the bathroom." She dripped a little on the sheets.

"Blame my absent-mindedness." Naruto shrugged. He continued toweling her in silence, when he was done he smiled. "You're really beautiful." he said honestly.

"We know." Tsunade said, not at all moved by the compliment.

Naruto chuckled. How vain. "What are you gonna wear?." he asked.

"Anything of yours." she replied.

Naruto brought a one of his shirt and boxers. As expected they were several sizes too small for Tsunade due to her 'assets'. Just as planned. Naruto laid on the bed next to Tsunade who was already under the covers (he had to change them cuz the first one got soaked). "So..." Naruto started.

"No sex. Just hold me." Tsunade said, guessing what he was driving at.

Naruto smiled, not at all disappointed. He went under the covers as well and pulled her too a hug. Tsunade buried her head into his chest, revealing a rare smile that he didn't see. She enjoyed a night of peace in his arms

---

Naruto woke up to the beautiful sight of a sleeping Tsunade in the morning. Her hair was disheveled and the usually proud looking woman had a peaceful expression, completely relaxed in his arms. Naruto took advantage of the fact that Tsunade was still asleep and planted a soft kiss on her forehead. Unfortunately for Tsunade was a light sleeper so the small action was sufficient to wake her sleepy eyes parted and she blinked severally before sitting up. Naruto felt a little awkward seeing how she didn't acknowledge him and just sat up to look out the window.

Tsunade yawned as she stretched out. She slept really well and the wake up was just as good. She wouldn't let Naruto know that though, else he would be too casual with her. Tsunade spent a few minutes staring aimlessly out the window before flipping the covers off her lower body and turning to sit down on the bed with her feet touching the floor. She glanced at the digital clock on a shelve and saw the time was just a few minutes passed nine. It was still relatively early for a nonworking day. She was about to get off from the bed when she felt Naruto's hands wrap around her midsection and pull her back into his chest. Tsunade prepared to reprimand the whiskered man but his masculine voice reverberated before she could.

"I missed you."

Just like that Tsunade's words died on her tongue and instead of a stern look a positive glow light on her face. She leaned back into his frame and let him hold her in silence. They stayed like this for almost an hour. Tsunade continued enjoying being pampered by Naruto as he stroked her hair gently like she was the most precious thing he had ever had the grace of laying hands on. It wasn't until Kurenai interrupted them with a knock that the two broke away from each other. Tsunade was slightly annoyed that the red eyed woman picked then of all times to check up on her. Still, they had to leave bed at some point and other matters had to be attended to. Tsunade took a quick shower but still dressed as casually as her night wear. She wore a large red turtle neck woolen sweater that barely managed to cover her plump ass, girly pink panties and a pair of thick white long socks. It was already getting chilly since December was fast approaching. Naruto wasn't feeling the cold all that much so was dressed in a black Ninja Turtles themed shirt and loose shorts. He was on the computer when Tsunade finished dressing but had to stop and stare at her choice of dressing.

"Feeling daring today princess?." Naruto asked with a smirk.

Tsunade smirked right back and approached the other blonde, walking with a slight sway of hips. She grabbed the arm of his chair and spun it so he was facing her. She slowly leaned into his face, her luscious lips quivering as they slightly parted. Their eyes stared deeply into each other. Naruto felt his heart beat increase in tempo, however, he was soon dissapointed when Tsunade halted just before their lips could meet and instead rubbed noses with him. Naruto had to stop the intense from reaching his face. He was played, but he wouldn't give her the satisfaction of seeing him annoyed. While he was still getting over the disappointment, Tsunade suddenly jumped on to his laps, straddling him.

"Is my little baby disappointed?." Tsunade asked in a child-like voice. She saw Naruto roll his eyes then turn away from her and grinned. She knew he hated it when she talked to him this way. She grabbed his face with both hands and turned his head back to face her. "Do you want to kiss mommy?." Tsunade asked in the child-like voice again. "Say you wanna and mommy will kiss you... anywhere you want, okay?." Tsunade said the last part with a mischievous smile on her lips.

"Get off." Naruto said. His expression didn't match the playful one of Tsunade nor was it in anyway a positive looking one. It was blank yet there was still a layer of frost covering it. He really wasn't amused.
Tsunade being the proud woman she was obviously wouldn't take being told off like that lying down. Her smile dropped, replaced by a small frown. She immediately let go of Naruto's face as though it was made of acid and placed her hands on the armrests. "Who do you think you're talking to like that, you brat!." Tsunade yelled in anger. She didn't wait for his reply and immediately raised her self up, pushed her waist back a little and then yanked Naruto's pants down, exposing his semi flaccid member. "Brats like you have to be disciplined." Tsunade said and took the heavy piece of man meat out of his pants so it could rest against his stomach.
Naruto watched in surprise and curiosity and to his shame bits of excitement as Tsunade set her eyes on his cock. He watched mesmerized as she erotically slobbered on her hands and rubbed them together. He couldn't stop a groan from reverberating in his throat when he felt her soft sticky and wet hands grasp his dick and stroked it at a decent pace.

"You think you can talk to me however you like cuz you've managed to spend a few months on your own?." Tsunade said and then released Naruto's dick grasped his shoulders, staining his shirt with her saliva. She felt a pleasant sensation in her heart when she saw his confused expression and then pushed her body forward so her panty-clad pussy was pressed against his thick pulsing dick. Tsunade held back a moan when she felt the hot piece of meat throb against her mound. It was very impatient. Tsunade locked eyes with the now blushing Naruto and began rocking her hips against his. "Have you forgotten who mommy is?!." she yelled as she mashed her pussy against his dick. She saw his lips part in a sigh, the pleasure was already clearly written on his face. Her clitoris rubbed against his bulbous dick head with every slide and soon her panties were completely drenched. Tsunade held on tighter and increased her speed. She felt one of his hands wrap around her waist and was about to speak but then the other moved for her ass and possessively squeezed one of her cheeks. "Who told you you could touch?."

Naruto didn't reply immediately and instead moved his other hand to her other ass-cheek and squeezed. "Shut up and rock those sexy hips." Naruto commanded.

Tsunade glared at him with anger in her eyes. "You impudent little fuck!." Tsunade said and furiously grabbed his dick and roughly squeezed it. She watched him hiss in pain and shifted her panties to a side so she could rub directly against him. Her pussy was aching with need just as badly as his dick was throbbing for her. However she refused to let him penetrate her. Not until she was satisfied would she let him inside her. Tsunade released Naruto's dick and resumed humping him. Her face was finally blushed, her breathing was heavy and she squeaked out moans of pleasure. The pleasure on their faces was clear for both to see. "This big dick... It's wasted on a disobedient brat like you. It's better you let me use it." Tsunade said, gasping out moans between almost every two words.

Naruto pulled up her red sweater to reveal her rosy ass-cheeks and spanked them with both hands causing the mounds of thick soft flesh to quiver erotically. He saw gasp out in pleasure from his action and squeezed her tightly into himself. "This big ass is wasted on such a grouch. Better just let me fuck it whenever I want."

"No." Tsunade whispered out, her thighs trembling as she felt her orgasm building up. " I won't let you inside me... not yet." she said adamantly. "I'm gonna cum baby." Tsunade said breathlessly and wrapped her arms around Naruto's neck, allowing the blonde to take charge of the movement as he raised her by her cheeks, up and down against his shaft.

"Me too." Naruto said. Within a short period they both orgasmed. Naruto's thick cum painted Tsunade's midsection and she gushed all over his. The woman quivered in his grasps and they could both hear their heavy breathing and feel the rapid beating of their hearts. "And we just got dressed." Naruto said. He heard a soft giggle reverberate against his neck and smiled.

---

All the women in Naruto's house felt very nervous when he summoned everyone for a meeting in the living room via text. Karin who had spent the night with Hinata and Karui was the most informed on the situation and given her nature soon the other women knew as much as she did. Tayuya was shocked to find out that the person who had interrupted her steamy 'session' in the laundry room with her master was none other than his aunt. It was ironic since prior to that moment she was thinking of said woman, though her line of thoughts regarding Tsunade was anything but pure. Tayuya wondered what the iconic busty woman would say if she knew she was fantasizing about her when she 'got busy'. Tayuya was even more nervous than the other women but it wasn't for her sake. Samui had returned early this morning, and Tayuya knew just what she thought of Tsunade Senju. Why her normally emotionless girlfriend harboured a strong distaste for a woman she had never met was beyond her, but the fact remained that Samui did not like Tsunade Senju at all. Considering the relationship between Samui's father and the iconic woman then the feeling was most likely mutual. Samui upon her return already knew of Tsunade's presence and despite her calmness she still felt hints of pressure in the suspense of meeting with the woman that shaped Naruto to the person he was now. She had her opinion on the woman but didn't let that cloud her thinking too much. For now she had to keep an open mind as she truly didn't understand what the relationship between Naruto and Tsunade was. She had only recently found out that their relationship was sometimes a romantic one, and that completely threw her off since she didn't expect a woman like that to engage in a taboo relationship like that. However, her uncle married somebody who could be considered her aunt even though she was from the side branch. Samui had seen her fair share of incest and truly it wasn't uncommon in these parts. So perhaps she shouldn't be so surprised considering how attractive Naruto was in her eyes. Still... Tsunade Senju was just different. 'Looks like no matter what that woman still had me fooled like the rest of the world, at least to some regard.' Samui thought.

"Should we start going down?." Tayuya asked.

Samui glanced at Tayuya who was dressed in a beautiful red gown and sweatdropped. "What are you wearing?."

"A gown."

"Why?."

"Cuz... Why the fuck else would I be dressed?."

"You don't need to wear all that just for a meeting in literally another room in the house."

"...Well what are you wearing?."

"This."

It was Tayuya's turn to sweatdrop as she regarded Samui's state of dressing. She was dressed in fitted jeans and a Spongebob themed crop top. Tayuya had to admit she looked good. But this was what she was going to wear when meeting Naruto's aunt for the first time?. Wasn't that a little bit too casual?.

"We're meeting Naruto's aunt not the president. I'm not getting all dressed up for that."

Tayuya gave a dry look at Samui when she said that. That was a a really argument and she knew it. While Tsunade wasn't the president, she was sponsoring a presidential candidate. That was pretty much as close as it could get so Samui's argument was really a poor one. But on the flip side Samui never dressed up to meet with her uncle or father unless she absolutely had to. She despised putting up pretences of modesty or courtesy for another person's behalf. Tayuya doubted that even a president would be able to make Samui dress up for a casual visit when she didn't want to. Or maybe she was just being stubborn because this was Tsunade Senju, a woman she wasn't particularly fond of.

"I doubt she would be dressed any better." Samui said upon seeing Tayuya's dry look.

Tayuya shook her head at her girlfriend. "What if she does?. We're gonna be looking like a buncha jackasses if you're wrong." Tayuya countered.

"Nowhere close to as dumb we'd look if we are the only ones all dressed up." Samui shot back. Tayuya rose a finger in defense but soon found that she had nothing to say so quietly dropped her hand and began undressing. "I knew you'd cave." Samui said with a small smile.

"Whatever, I ain't as stubborn as you milky." Tayuya grumbled.

Tayuya slipped into a plain loose dress and actually held her hair in twin tails. Samui found it ridiculous that she was still trying to dress for the occasion but didn't stop her. Her clothes were casual enough and she really just found Tayuya too cute to say no too. This was a pure look she looked forward to profaning tonight. The two left their rooms and found Karui, Hinata and Karin leaning against the wall opposite their door. Clearly they'd been waiting for them.

"Y'all sure took your sweet ass time." Karui said.

Samui surveyed the state of dressing of the three women and nodded. Karin had an amused smile as she stared at the now cute looking Tayuya. The glasses wearing woman was dressed in a plain A-shirt and yellow tights. Hinata looked was the most visibly nervous amongst them all but was still dressed casually. Probably Karin convinced her, Samui guessed. The Hyūga wore a white vest that showed quite a lot of cleavage and her multi colored corporate bra and a short jean skirt. Karui didn't look nervous at all, and Samui guessed she was probably not a fan of Tsunade Senju as well. Their father tended to bad mouth the woman a lot so even though Karui didn't have a close relationship with their father, Samui didn't find it odd that she would somewhat share his opinion on people. He was still her father so at the very least she'd take his side against an unknown woman who they both knew was playing the masses for fools. Karui wore a grey buttoned shirt and a tight navy blue shorts.

"We didn't know you were waiting. Nice choice threads." Samui said, snidely complimenting those who willingly choose to dress this way. The admonishment of those who didn't was silent of course. Tayuya rolled her eyes, but ended up looking more adorable than she'd like. The red haired woman felt like everyone was staring at her, almost as if they couldn't wait to poke fun at her choice of dressing. 'Fuck you all.' Tayuya thought, frowning at the women.

"You look so pretty Tayuya-chan. Good morning Samui-chan." Hinata greeted.

Tayuya smiled at the lavender haired woman. She should've guessed that Hinata's stare wasn't one of mockery. She genuinely admired her new look. "Thanks Hinata."

"Let's go, they're probably waiting." Samui said and walked ahead, leading the other women. Karin followed behind.

Karui paused and narrowed her eyes at Samui before grabbing Hinata by the hand and pulling to follow the blonde and Karin. Tayuya glanced at Samui in silence before joining them. The foul mouthed woman turned to Hinata and saw the bitter expression on her face and sighed. It was only a day before yesterday when she and Hinata almost lost their lives at the docks. Just a little more than a day and Samui wasn't home for most of yesterday, so the opportunities for her and Hinata to speak weren't many. Normally the two rarely conversed with each other. It wasn't that they had something against the other but they were just too different to begin with. Samui was a very serious and realistic woman who only seemed to have fun when she was verbally torturing somebody else. Hinata was an optimistic woman who had a kind gentle soul and hardly ever said rude things to other people. Aside from their body types the two had nothing alike. They were almost a polar opposite of the other. Sure, Hinata wasn't hopelessly naïve and had serious and imposing moments but deep down that wasn't her nature. That was simply her using her Hyūga training. Compared to other Hyūga, Hinata was like a candle standing next to a bonfire. In fact it wasn't a stretch to say Samui was more Hyūga than her, even more so than many Hyūga. The key difference was Samui was not nearly as arrogant. In truth, Hinata would be the more arrogant of the two. This wasn't to say Hinata was extremely prideful, she was naturally a humble person, but in a way Samui was even more humble than her. Samui never looked down on anybody no matter who they were. She was a person who viewed human beings on the same level as herself no matter who they were or the difference in status. This was why she didn't see anything improper in dating her own bodyguard nor refusing to act courteously towards Tsunade Senju. To Samui nobody was special. In the end they were all human beings. The only person she could say she held in a higher regard than herself was a certain blonde and even she couldn't explain why. Perhaps this was why she made his matters priority in her life without even realizing it. Hinata on the other hand was viewed as by far the meeker of the two, but she had her fair spells of pridefulness. For example, she began to look down on her husband Kiba after she rediscovered her self esteem and now viewed him as no less than vermin. She also looked down on Temari when the woman was inexcusably rude to her. At that point she intimidated Temari, who carried herself like an empress, by acting like a descendant of divinity. This was a subconscious reaction and if Hinata was truly completely meek she wouldn't have reacted by showing her 'glow' exceeded that of Temari's. On that day Hinata verbally oppressed Temari and this could be attributed to her Hyūga training by some. However, her statements suggest that even herself held a measure of pride in being a Hyūga. Hinata may claim she despised her clan, however, the statement from that day proved otherwise.

'But fair warning. My man is a very jealous man, and if he were here when you said that I would have kicked your teeth down your throat till it dance three rounds of wild salsa in your bowels. Not because you insulted me, because I don't mind that but your words would stain his pride and anybody who dares to do that will find out just how we Hyūga are raised.'

(AN: Is it annoying how I just jump into explanation of person's psyche outta nowhere?. It's necessary though. Since most characters are out of 'character' in this fanfic.)

Even if it didn't appear so on the surface, Hinata and Samui were very different from each other, so they couldn't claim that they got along with each other swimmingly. This was why it was difficult for Hinata to come up front with the apology she knew she owed Samui. The blonde had warned her, when herself and Karui approached her with the Sai issue, not to carelessly make any moves. Yet she was forced to when that mysterious person called. Hinata also wanted to call Samui when she started getting cold feet but couldn't reach her. However, that wasn't an excuse. She had already gone against Samui's words when she did what that person told her without the consent of Naruto. Hinata didn't plan on calling her until she was sufficiently spooked since it would mean she couldn't go where she was told to. She couldn't claim it was all a big misunderstanding now. Not only her disobedience, Hinata also inadvertently put the girlfriend of Samui in danger. Even if Samui had not brought it up it was obvious she was very unhappy about it. Hinata knew a simple apology wouldn't be close to enough for a woman like Samui and was at a loss at what to do. She was completely in the wrong in her opinion, yet she was unable to even make it up to the person she offended.

That was Hinata's opinion however. Karui and Tayuya most definitely did not share this opinion. Karui for most of the part was simply taking Hinata's side because of their friendship. Still she believed since nothing happened to the two in the end there was no need for all this bad blood between Hinata and her half sister. Tayuya was mostly irritated that she was being used as an excuse for Samui to be upset at one of her master's women, a person she was slowly starting to consider a friend. She was her own human being and it was her choice to risk herself to save Hinata. Admittedly she did it solely because of Hinata's connection to her master, still it was her duty so she didn't hesitate. Samui should know this, thus Tayuya didn't approve of this cold attitude towards Hinata. While she understood that Samui was just acting like this because of the scare almost losing her gave the blonde, she still felt it was contradiction. Samui was the one who asked her to protect Hinata and that obviously entailed danger even if the danger she ended up meeting was far more severe than Samui could've anticipated. If Samui didn't want her to be in danger she might as well not have asked her to do anything in the first place. Also, she and the blonde had been in equally dangerous and disadvantageous situations before and they managed to pull through. Tayuya didn't expect her to hold the faith that she would always prevail, however Samui's anger to her was misplaced. The blonde was projecting her anger at herself on the Hyūga, Tayuya was certain of it. It was a very human reaction, which was unlike Samui and Tayuya was glad she could make her do something so out of the ordinary. But, it was to Hinata's detriment. She didn't want Hinata to suffer for her case. So Tayuya decided that if the two couldn't settle their differences on their own she would do it for them.

---

The five women walked in unison into the living and found Naruto seated with three other women. The women were immediately blown away by how stunning these women were, and wondered if Naruto had some sort of factor that made him attract so many beautiful women. The two black haired women were easily comparable to them in terms of beauty, however one exuded a glow that they had only seen on Ino. She seemed to pull the attention of onlookers to herself. However, she was still unable to suppress the radiance of the blonde haired woman sitting in a single chair, between her and her companion. The women instantly recognized this woman as Tsunade Senju and even though they already knew what she looked like, seeing her in the flesh was a far different experience.
Radiant. That was the only word that could describe this woman. Every single part of her seemed to stand out. Her golden eyes were unnaturally deep and glittered like the natural element. Her skin had an almost transeunt glow to it. Her somewhat messy looking hair still appeared perfect in their eyes. In short, it was like gazing upon this woman put a spell on them that made them want to prostrate themselves to her and call her goddess. This feeling however lasted for a short interval and the women were now left with different shades of embarrassment at their own thoughts. Staring at Tsunade, some of them felt intimidated, more so when those brownish golden orbs stared squarely at them. The imposingness of the woman wasn't hidden from her eyes and they felt as though they had just come face to face with an ancient dragon in human form.

Naruto rose up and walked towards the women and they all felt their heart rates calm as the protective and aura of safety he projected washed over them. They quickly noticed the similarities in himself and his aunt upon seeing them so close to each other. The bottomless depth of Tsunade's eyes were present in his as well, though his blue eyes held a warmth and gentleness that was lost in Tsunade's. His skin had the ethereal glow, every part of his being appeared to be highlighted and in his presence they felt like they were in the grace of a man descended from divinity. He wasn't nearly as overbearing as Tsunade who made other women around her feel suppressed, however there was a hidden authority within his gaze. Staring at the two one of the women had a crazy thought go through her mind. To her these two weren't human. At the very least they weren't normal. Naruto smiled warmly at all his women and regarded them one by one. He paused for a moment when his eyes settled on Tayuya and then smiled even wider. He grasps Hinata's and Karui's hand and led them forward while the others followed in silence. None of them questioned Naruto's decision to hold Hinata and Karui nor did they feel jealous that they weren't picked. They understood his reason behind doing this. The two women were visibly the most shaken up by meeting Tsunade for first time. Could they blame them?. Even they were affected to a certain degree by the blonde haired woman's stare. She was dressed simply, almost lewdly with just a red turtle neck woolen sweater (AN: Naruto had a spare :) ) and a pair of socks, as far as they could see, yet they still felt intimidated by her and it really had nothing to do with her 'size'. Shizune and Kurenai wore a black nightgown and a pale violet simple dress respectively.

Naruto stopped just ahead of Tsunade and her assistants and seemed to appear even bigger than he was as he took a protective stance ahead of them. He knew his aunt would try to intimidate them and he couldn't just stand by and watch that happen. Not all his women required the support, however they silently remained behind and simply hardened their expressions. "Princess, these are my women." Naruto introduced, calling Tsunade 'princess' instead of aunt. This was a subtle indication that the woman shouldn't put up a protective aunt act to intimidate his women. Right now Naruto wanted her to see them as women, just like herself. However that was wistful thinking. Could it be said that Tsunade saw herself as a mere woman alone?.

"My name is Samui. Yastura Samui." Samui stepped forward first. This perhaps was a subtle message of her own, telling not only Tsunade that she came after Naruto and no one else could shove her out of that position. You could say this was a type of pride for Samui, however who else is more qualified to call themselves first after Naruto if not her?.

Tsunade didn't say anything and just stared deeply at the blonde haired woman. As expected of the golden child of Yastura Aimui, she didn't even blink. Tsunade was already slightly impressed that the women didn't come here dressed like they were going to the ball, and while she could say it was Karin who forewarned them, they fact that they were brazen enough to meet her so scantily dressed was a little praise worthy.

"Uzumaki Tayuya." Tayuya said.

Tsunade's eyes sparkled in interest as she turned to the next speaker. She let a beautiful grace her lips as she stared at Tayuya. This put off not only Tayuya but Samui, Hinata and Karui. The smile was extremely similar to that of Naruto's and Tayuya couldn't help but blush. "What a cute little girl." Tsunade said and Tayuya almost passed out. Even Tsunade's voice was enviable. Why did Kami play favorites so obviously?!. Tsunade laughed in her heart and turned to Naruto. "You didn't tell me you found another Uzumaki."

"I was scared you'd abduct her." Naruto deadpanned.

Tsunade chuckled and turned back to gaze at Tayuya. Her smile got even wider when Samui slightly moved ahead of the red haired woman.

"Yastura Karui." Karui said.

Tsunade turned to Karui and surveyed the ebony woman with her eyes. "Let me guess, you're the old boar's not so bright daughter?." Tsunade said snidely.

Karui's expression immediately dropped into a frown and she opened her mouth to say something but was quickly stopped by Karin. Karui glared at the red haired woman who she then noticed had the most serious expression she has ever seen on her face. It wasn't anything like the cold expression she had when Karui 'attacked' Naruto yesterday, there was an obvious lack of hostility. However, Karin appeared very focused at this time as if a small mistake could mean death. Karui grumbled in her mind but took the silent warning of Karin and didn't say anything back to the blonde haired woman.

"You must have Karui confused for someone else. I found that she's actually the particularly exotic daughter of Yastura Aimui." Naruto said, putting a clear innuendous emphasis on the 'exotic'. Karui instantly blushed at the obviously lewd implication Naruto made. Tsunade didn't look amused by the slight jab from her nephew but didn't frown either. Naruto knew she would take shots at some point and he was ready to defend his women in every turn. No matter how beautiful Tsunade was she was still a local thus she didn't have the exotic appeal of Karui. It wasn't particularly a weakness but nobody liked to be told what they weren't nor couldn't ever be. Especially a narcissistic woman like Tsunade.

"Ano... I'm Hyūga Hinata." Hinata said, struggling to keep out her nervousness from her voice. She couldn't explain why meeting this woman had such an effect on her. Perhaps it had something to do with her past. Tsunade was not a Hyūga but she was one of the most spoken of people in the clan. She was used as a reference for young Hyūga girls. Many Hyūga girls back when Hinata was in the clan aspired to be like her and this was a major achievement of the woman since the Hyūga had a famous greater-than-thou personality. Still that wasn't sufficient reason for this level of nervousness, that was why Hinata was questioning herself. There was something else that was making her feel out of the norm around this woman.

"Ah a cute little Hyūga girl. Mhmm I like this one." Tsunade said, giving her approval of a woman Naruto brought to her for the first time. This was apparent since Naruto and Karin currently had the expression of a dead fish. Even Shizune and Kurenai looked stunned and had to do a double take on Hinata to see if there was something about the obviously shy woman that they missed. "Hinata, what a lovely name. You don't mind if I give you a nickname do you?."

Hinata's didn't know what face she was making but knew it wasn't closely expressing the weirdness she was feeling at the moment. However, she was still aware enough not to space out and quickly answered Tsunade. "I don't mind."

"Excellent. Gaki..." Tsunade's sweet voice suddenly turned very sour as she turned to Naruto. "Do you or anybody else have a nickname for Hinata already?."

Naruto stared at Tsunade as though he was trying to read her mind and seriously contemplated what her angle was before replying to the seemingly casual question. "Not really. Tayuya and Karin call her and Samui-chan milkshakes sometimes but that's about it."

"Oh, how crude. As expected from a senseless brat." Tsunade said. Naruto childishly stuck his tongue at her and she revealed a rare genuine but small smile. She kept this smile as she regarded Hinata. "I'll call my little bunny."

"Pardon me?."

"What you don't like it?." Tsunade asked smiling coyly. "I like bunnies and since I liked you upon seeing you I've decided to call you my little bunny."

Hinata didn't say anything and truly didn't know what she was even feeling at this point. 'Little bunny'. Really?. No matter how endearing it sounded she was a twenty-five year old woman. She was by no means little or a bunny!. Hinata decided that she felt insulted. It was apparent this woman set up this meeting to grill them and for no other reason. She had sneakily riled Samui up with her actions towards Tayuya, then she openly insulted Karui and now she was snidely speaking down on Hinata. Her, a former Hyūga princess, arguably the most noble clan in Japan, descendants of a mighty warrior tribe was called a cute little bunny. Was Tsunade looking down on her simply because she was an ex Hyūga or was it because she didn't show the personality of her clan and was intimidated by another?. Regardless of her reasons for using such a demeaning term as a nickname for her, Hinata was now annoyed. She let a rare frown mar her face. She didn't even realize it but the fact that Tsunade possibly took a dig at her current clan status struck far too close to home. Hinata felt like her pride had been spat on and in a rare show of brazen rudeness Hinata spoke back to the woman. "I detest bunnies. Such insufferably weak and worthless creatures, why would anybody like them?." Hinata said fearlessly.

Karin's expression immediately turned pale as she saw the expression of Shizune and Kurenai sharpen. Even Samui looked stunned by the Hyūga's words. Shizune glared at Hinata, however it was the red eyed woman seated by Tsunade's left in particular that made a move. Kurenai immediately stood but then heard a click and quickly turned to the direction of the noise. A beautiful black haired and eyed woman with a red scarf wrapped around her neck. Nobody even realize the woman was in the house until she showed herself.

"Ackerman..." Kurenai said immediately having a sense of wariness.

"Aren't you too?." the girl said, her voice was extremely gentle which was a stark contrast to her action. She had a handgun pointed at Shizune and Kurenai respectively. And from the young lady's almost blank expression, Kurenai had no doubt in her mind that if she made any careless moves she would definitely fire.

"I wasn't ever completely one of you." Kurenai replied, she knew the dangers but was still willing to take the risk if her mistress gave so much as a nod.

However, Tsunade had no such plans. "Stand down Kurenai." Tsunade ordered. The woman immediately did as she was told but remained standing. Tsunade's expression was blank as she stared at Naruto, not even so much as glancing at the red scarf wearing young woman. "I'm insulted." she said, and that was all she had to say.

Naruto groaned in his heart and cursed his aunt for being so petty as to rile Hinata up like that. Now look where it had gotten them. "Mikasa, stand down and apologize to lady Tsunade."

The young woman named Mikasa was just as obedient as Kurenai and immediately holstered her weapons. She bowed deeply at the golden eyed woman. "My most sincere apologies, lady Tsunade."

"It's alright little Ackerman girl." Tsunade said. It wasn't that she intentionally disregarded Mikasa's name, she actually didn't know what it was. Tsunade only filed away the names of important people or people that would directly influence her life and since Mikasa was neither of those kinds of people, she paid no attention to what her name was. "After you can not bare the consequences of your actions. Only your master can." Tsunade said, that was a direct threat.

Naruto felt a migraine coming and really wanted nothing more than to curse at his aunt but he knew how impulsive she could be. If he pushed her too much she might just do something truly crazy. It was already a miracle that she had not insisted that Kurenai or Shizune kill Hinata. "I'll make it up to you, so can we just drop this for now, please?." Naruto asked. At this point he had to resort to sweet talking and bribery.

Tsunade was silent and kept her eyes on Naruto alone before finally closing them. "You owe me one." she said.

Naruto felt the urge to throw up when she said that. When she asked for payment of what he owed he was sure he would be cursing his present self for making such a deal at that time. But, did he even have a choice?. While it was Tsunade who had made trouble with Hinata first, resulting to the lavender woman talking back at her and then Kurenai having to be countered by Mikasa, she was still herself. Tsunade Senju. No matter what she wouldn't let somebody pointing a gun at her left hand slide. The fact that she didn't seek for payment in blood was already good enough. Hinata appeared calm but internally she was berating herself for losing her temper. Why would she, who was extremely lenient lose it at a time like this. She was nervous upon meeting Naruto's aunt, more so than anybody else, yet she was also the one who traded words with the woman without fear. Now she was almost killed for the second time in days and again Naruto had to bail her out of a mess of her own making. This time he was forced to pay a price as well. She knew whatever favor he'd have to do Tsunade would not be anything good. Hinata felt an intense feeling of disgust at her current self. She was too weak. Far too easy to pick on. If she had something to rely on, something other than Naruto, something that solely belonged to her, to risk and do with as she saw fit she wouldn't be in such a situation. 'I have to do better. I can't keep getting Naruto-kun in trouble over my case.' Hinata told herself.

"Okay, then we can begin. I won't be long though. I just wanted to see you girls really." Tsunade said, her expression switching to a cheerful and carefree one. It was as though the seriousness a few seconds ago had never existed. "Go on, sit."

The five women sat down. Naruto made sure to sit with Hinata in case she needed support. He didn't put it above his aunt to have another crack at the Hyūga just to see if she was hotheaded enough to win her another favor.

"Naruto already told you all about his past, correct?." Tsunade asked.

"That's right." Samui said, taking the responsibility of spokeswoman for the other four. Not that Karin needed her to.

"Then he must either trust you four with his life or is in love with at least half of you." Tsunade said. The ladies knew better but couldn't help but stare at Naruto as if to ask who it was that he loved. Naruto pretended like he didn't notice the stares. "I'll be blunt. I don't care what feelings you have for him or if he feels the same. He's mine. I'm not saying this to start up an argument, because there isn't one to make in the first place. It is a universal fact that can not be changed. Perhaps one day you'll understand why it is so and you can curse your peasant lives for all eternity, until then you are welcome to bask in this facade." Tsunade said and the four women couldn't help but frown. Who did this woman think she was to talk to them however she cared to?. And watching her expression she didn't even look like she was trying to offend them. She spoke as though she was reciting popular facts of the world. As though she hadn't said anything disrespectful. To her they truly were peasants. To her their feelings meant absolutely nothing. To her, Naruto's feelings for them meant next to nothing. All she saw was herself. Singularly Tsunade Senju, because she was. A singularity. Why she should she care for the feelings of lowly mongrels?. The mere thought was beneath her.

'I don't think I've seen a more self-centered person in my life.' Karui thought. The other three women shared her feelings as well. For Karin this was just regular everyday Tsunade Senju. She wasn't surprised at all. This was also a major part of the reason why she dared not have an official relationship with Naruto even though her feelings for the blonde was more than that of physical attraction. Naruto in her opinion belonged to this woman and she would ruthlessly eliminate all those that sought to compete for his affection. She as an Uzumaki submissive to Naruto would never so easily back down, however Tsunade was different. She genuinely cared for Naruto, and though she showed it in a very twisted way, Karin knew she wanted only the best for him. Also there was the fact that only she could be with her master. No other woman was worthy. Sadly herself included. She was fine being his friend with benefits until he grew tired of her, yet the blonde always wanted her with him. This only made her incapability to be with him hurt even more. Karin stared at the blonde with an aching feeling of longing in her heart and it was as though Naruto sensed her emotions and smiled brightly at her. Karin felt the pain in her heart slowly melt away with that smile as she mirrored it. She knew Tsunade had caught her and Naruto's actions but there was nothing she could do now. Her heart had been stolen a long time ago, and if he smiled at her like that she had control over her lips anymore.

"So my words are taken for granted. That's fine too." Tsunade said with a shrug. Karin knew those words were meant for her. "Moving on, we already know of Naruto's mission here and while we feel it's a waste of time to chase the ghosts of the past, we won't impede his plans as well. We are a queen, yet we am a magnanimous one, so we shall do you all a big favor." Tsunade said returning to the use of plural for self identification, referring to herself as queen without so much as an inkling of shame. In her opinion why should she be ashamed?. She wasn't lying. She was truly magnanimous, right?.

'Can you even call her out on it...?. The way she says it even I'm starting to believe it.' Tayuya thought, totally helpless to deny Tsunade's claim of royalty. While she had a higher status than many queens in the world, that word obviously didn't refer to normal queens of small kingdom. And if a possible president was basically in the palm of this woman's hands what would she consider herself in particular?. A queen?. The question shouldn't be why she would call herself a queen, rather it should be 'a queen of what'?.

"What is her highness going to do for us?." Samui didn't miss the opportunity to say something coy. What did she care if Tsunade thought she was queen?. Queen, kings, presidents it matter little to her. To her there was only the friend and foe and if Tsunade was going to be the former then by all means she could even call herself Kami's first wife. However, if she was the latter then it would just mean she had joined her long lists of enemies. Even the great King Arthur finally knew terror in the hands of the lowly Mordred.

Tsunade knew Samui wasn't referring to her as 'your highness' politely but didn't think much of it. She instead smiled friendly at the women. "You'll know by then. For now just enjoy the suspense. I'll take my leave." Tsunade said, rising to her feet. Kurenai and Shizune immediately rose to follow while the other women did so in courtesy. "I'll leave behind my contact in case any of you girls have a need to speak with me." Tsunade said. Shizune walked forward with for cards and handed it two Samui, Karui, Hinata and Tayuya respectively before returning to Tsunade's side. With a final nod Tsunade led her two assists up the stairs for their rooms. They had to get decent before taking their leave.

Naruto glanced at the women intensely but made no move to follow them.

"What a bitch." Karui couldn't hold it in anymore and cursed out at the golden eyed woman. "No offense daddy." she added the last part for Naruto's benefit, though she really didn't care if he took offense or not. The woman was incomparably rude, self-centered and bitchy to the extreme. If Naruto couldn't admit that at least then he wouldn't be the man she knew.

"None taken." Naruto said, looking relieved as though Karui's words had taken a load off his chest. There were just some things that were improper for him to say out loud, that didn't mean he didn't enjoy hearing others saying it for him.

"Is this gonna be a problem?." Samui asked the whiskered man.

Naruto glanced at the stairs in contemplation. "What does it matter?. With you by my side do you really think anybody's our match?." Naruto asked. His voice was soft yet the sheer trust he had in Samui and himself was astounding. So what if Tsunade had her schemes?. He and Samui were more than a match for her.

"No." Samui said without hesitation. Her expression didn't change but she felt her heart palpitate as a raging fire was ignited in her being. Finding out that the man you put so much faith and trust in did the same for you was a feeling she couldn't describe. She also felt this way because a little side of her was worried Naruto was still the man she met those years ago, someone who did Tsunade Senju's bidding. But it turned out he was not so different from her. Both of them only acted based on the situation they found themselves in and since Tsunade and Aimui –respectively– were their only support they couldn't entertain thoughts of insolence or even independence. Now they found each other again and decided to depend on each other instead of those two, why should they be afraid of the consequences anymore?.

Hinata stared at Samui with the lingering feeling of envy festering in her heart again. She wondered if Naruto could say those same words to her with such an unshakable belief and assurance. Most likely not. She wasn't like Samui, she wasn't nearly as smart, calm nor experienced. All she had going for her at this point aside from an attachment to one of Naruto's enemies was a pretty face. And yet Naruto never held this against her, in fact he showered her with more of his attention and affection, and yet none of his women had never picked issue with her because of it. That was what bothered Hinata the most. They didn't care that Naruto played favorites a little with her and it wasn't because they were simply that reasonable but because of the image of Hinata they all had in their minds. Naive, inexperienced... weak. Perhaps Hinata was being too harsh on her self and even if the other women may not see her in such a light, she was undeniably still sweet and kind Hinata to them. The positive sounding description was proving to be the bane of Hinata rather. Everybody saw her as the sweet and kind Hinata. Soft. Harmless. Defenseless. This made them always push her behind in the face of danger, and while they hadn't been in such situations frequently, Hinata saw the clear indications to this fact. Karui always leaped to her defense before she could even speak, even Ino did so as well. It was as though they didn't expect her to say anything back so took it upon themselves to defend her. Samui openly told her she was the weak link and she knew it was the blonde who had Tayuya monitor for her own protection. In a life and death situation Tayuya decided to save her and not herself and this was not out of the kindness of her heart, but because she couldn't trust Hinata to be able to save herself, talk less Tayuya. Hinata knew most of them had little to no faith in her contribution towards Naruto's goal. Karin openly called her naïve. Naruto himself coddled her like she was an egg. Samui's faith in her was probably on the negative side after her stunt at the docks and Tayuya probably felt the same. As for Karui, she was the only person Hinata could say had a healthy amount of faith in her, yet she still treated Hinata like a little sibling and was always watching her to see if somebody was making her feel uncomfortable. The ebony woman had gotten into fights with Samui, Kiba and even beat up a man that stared at her (Hinata) lasciviously, all because of her. Tsunade's nickname for her suddenly lit up in her mind and Hinata couldn't suppress the frown from reaching her face as she had to admit, she wasn't at all that different from a cute little bunny.

"...ata... alright?."

Hinata stared deeply at the card Tsunade's assistant gave to her in both resentment towards herself and the woman. Compared to Tsunade Senju what was she?. Their family status wasn't all that different and Hinata could claim to have a rich family history, yet as a mere chess piece of the Hyūga clan, what did that count for?. Could she be even mentioned in the same breath as Tsunade Senju?. The woman had it all. Beauty, elegance, wealth, power, respect, intelligence and most importantly, a firm control over her own life. How stupid would it be for anybody to think they could use Tsunade as a piece in their game?. She was beyond such thoughts, nobody would dare think of her as expendable. Hinata had a small resentment in her heart towards Senju Tsunade yet she couldn't help but envy her. If she was like that would she even have to try to get Naruto to see her the same way he saw Samui?. They would all trust her and depend on her. In meetings she would be able to take the lead and not just sit or lie in silence, getting her hair stroked by Naruto like she was some puppy. If she was like Senju Tsunade then–

"Hina!."

Hinata immediately snapped out of the daze she had no clue she was in. She turned to the direction of the person who yelled her name and found a worried looking Karui staring at her. Instantly Hinata felt even worse when she realized that everybody but Samui had similar expressions on their faces. Probably they thought she was still unable to shake off the feelings meeting Naruto's aunt gave her. They were worried that she was seriously affected by the encounter. Her rare moment of brazenness and guts was already pushed to sidelines and they were yet again staring at her as the sweet and kind Hinata. "Sorry, did you say something Karui-chan?." Hinata said, suppressing her depressing thoughts.

"Are you alright?. I've been calling your name for almost a whole minute but you didn't respond." Karui said worriedly.

"I'm fine." Hinata said in almost a whisper. She didn't respond for almost a minute?. Were her issues even more serious than she thought?. Hinata's first thought was to see somebody, but who exactly could she take her problems to?. A therapist?. Yeah right.

"You must be tired after all that bitchass-ness, maybe you should go lie down. We'll see the big boobed goldie locks off." Tayuya said. Even with the use of obscene language she still sounded very concerned, but that wasn't making Hinata feel any better.

Hinata smiled wryly at her own uselessness. 'Did I look so pathetic that they think after seeing Tsunade I'd have to lie down to recover?.' Hinata asked herself. "Really, I'm fine." Hinata remained adamant. No matter how good their intentions were, it would be too embarrassing if she had to retreat just after meeting a woman for a few minutes. And when Tsunade returned downstairs and asked of her, what would be the reason they gave for her absence?. She wasn't feeling right all of a sudden?. Even an idiot would be able to tell the cause of the supposed sudden strike of illness. Then wouldn't be a little bunny to the woman forever?. Never to be taken seriously.

Ting!

Samui fished her phone out of her jeans pocket and stared at her phone a little distastefully before putting it away. However, nobody noticed this since they were all focused on Hinata. The only exception was Naruto who was now returning from doing something by the window. The blonde spoke as he neared the women. "Go take a little rest Hinata-chan. I'll be the one to see my aunt out so you don't have to worry." Naruto assured.

His words didn't make things any better for Hinata, however. "But–"

"Don't argue, just go. It's for your own good." Naruto said firmly. His expression was visibly strained as though he was repressing something.

Hinata felt like she had been harshly slapped across the face. She wanted nothing more than for the earth to open up and swallow her. Even more so because she was afraid to be alone after the ordeal at the docks. And when she realized a good part of her earlier hesitance was as a result of this, she felt like throwing up. Hinata fought back tears, refusing to make herself appear any more pathetic than she knew she looked and took heavy steps towards the bedrooms.

"I'm feeling a little tired myself."

Hinata froze as she heard Samui's voice and sure enough there was an incoming sound of footsteps following after the statement. It wasn't even afternoon yet so it was ludicrous to claim they were tired when they just got out of bed a few hours ago. Samui was clearly not tired in any sense of the word. 'Is she also concerned for me too?!.' Hinata yelled to herself as an air of melancholy washed over her. Samui was not somebody Hinata would consider a friend yet she was a person she heavily relied on. While others treated her like glass, Samui who saw her the same way others did never personally made an exception for her. She spoke to her as an equally, reprimanding her without restrain when she felt like Hinata was deserving of such treatment. In a toxic kind of way, Hinata cherished the somewhat insensitive actions and words of the blonde. They made her feel more like 'one of the girls' than almost any other thing. Now to think the cold woman was sacrificing her reputation in the eyes of Tsunade for her sake. Hinata's tears almost poured but then...

pap pap pap pap

Samui's back view was now visible to the lavender haired woman, and her form was slowly reducing in size. The blonde was walking ahead of Hinata. Not with her in companionship, nor behind her in concern, but ahead in unconcern. Hinata acknowledged that this might just be an act to make her decision to leave appear to be one done for her own benefit, still, the possibility that it wasn't gave Hinata the strength to fight back her tears. Her steps felt lighter as she followed Samui to the bedrooms. When Hinata arrived at hers and Karui's room door, which was a shorter distance from the living room than that of Samui and Tayuya, she was welcomed to the –in her opinion– sad sight of Samui leaning against her door. Turned out she wasn't wrong the first time. Samui was here for her benefit.

"Follow me inside." Samui said, then opened the door and walked into the room without waiting for Hinata's response.

Hinata blinked. Samui actually took the initiative to talk to her. That wasn't too strange, but considering Samui's obvious grudge with her, why would she go out of her way to speak to Hinata?. Being concerned for her was one thing, but for a woman of few words like Samui did she have to talk in the process of 'safe guarding' Hinata?. Most definitely not. And from her words it was implied that she had even more to say. Hinata was confused at the woman's words but still followed her inside the room. Samui sat on the bed Hinata and Karui shared, the bed Karin had to squeeze herself into yesterday. Karui was her usual self and complained about the inconvenience, knowing Karin didn't care of course. As for Hinata she was happy to have her there. The more the merrier.

"I'm not one to beat about the bush when I have something to say, come sit already." Samui said somewhat impatiently. Hinata had a strange expression but still did as she said. The blonde haired woman felt the urge to sweatdrop when Hinata plopped down beside her, close enough for their thighs to touch. 'Why so close?.'

Hinata didn't know why she chose the spot next to Samui and suspected it had something to do with her lingering fear but wasn't sure. Either way she had already done it so now the best thing to do was pretend like there wasn't anything strange about her action. "What do you want to talk about Samui-chan?." Hinata asked softly.

Samui chose not to comment on the invasion of person space. Technically this was Hinata's space and she had already invaded it, could she really tell her where to and not to sit in her own bedroom?. "Naruto asked me to come up here with you. Sent me a text." Samui said, tapping her pocket and inadvertently Hinata's hip as she indicated her phone.

Hinata's expression fell. So it was Naruto that had Samui baybsit her. It wasn't a surprise, but it wasn't exactly thrilling news as well. "Oh.' Hinata didn't know what to say.

"It's not just because he's worried about you. Why would he pick me of all people if that was just it?." Samui asked rhetorically. She could almost literally see the light in Hinata's eyes turn bright. "He wouldn't inconvenience me for no g reason."

Hinata winced at the blonde's last words and her eyes filled with sadness. She turned to Samui with an apologetic look. "Look Samui-chan I'm so–"

"No need. If you really feel bad for what you did, just let me project all this self-resentment I'm feeling on you unfairly in peace." Samui said, making eye contact with Hinata.

Her eyes were very blue. Hinata didn't notice until now. "Self-rensentment?." she asked.

"Yes. I was the one who had Tayuya monitor you and whether I like it or not I was prepared for a bit of danger. I can't go crying about you after I got exactly what I knew was coming." Samui said with a shrug.

Hinata didn't know what to say. While Samui could be considered very expressive, the way she spoke her mind without a shred of emotions made her seem like she was just reading already established truths to those that didn't know. It was extremely difficult to argue with her. "I still take responsibility." Hinata insisted.

"We both do what we want." Samui said, not bothering to convince Hinata otherwise. If she wanted to beat herself up about what happened so be it.

"What was the other thing Naruto-kun wanted you to do?." Hinata asked, feeling a strange yet comfortable sense of freedom and control around Samui. The woman didn't try to impede her on any decision she didn't think would grossly affect the lives of others. She didn't care if Hinata hurt herself by shouldering the blame of what happened in the docks and didn't make any attempts to console her. She didn't care and oddly enough Hinata appreciated it. Somebody was willing to put faith in her not breaking to pieces from a simple decision or action she took by herself.

Samui rose to her feet and grabbed Hinata and led her to the window. This was the first time she took the initiative to touch Hinata. They both stood by the window and took in the sight of Naruto and his aunt kissing by the gate while her assistants stood by the side, one with a small smile on her face and the other calm yet showing hints of happiness. "She loves him." Samui said. Hinata adverted her eyes from the scene, finding it impolite to stare at two people who were making out. She agreed with Samui's immediately. Seeing them kiss was enough to tell that it was true. The passion in the kiss as well as the look in the golden orbs of Tsunade, those were almost identical to the eyes Samui had when she saw her and Naruto kiss. Hinata guessed Samui came to this conclusion using the other person she knew was in love with Naruto as an example as well.

"I want to use it to our advantage." Samui spoke again, not turning from the sight of the two blondes making out. It was as though she wanted to measure just how deep Tsunade's love for Naruto was.

Hinata blinked. That was a really outrageous statement. How Samui could say that with a straight face was beyond the lavender haired woman. She was just thinking about how it would be impossible to use Senju Tsunade just a few minutes ago and now Samui was brazen enough to say she wanted to do just that. "You want to use Naruto-kun's aunt?."

"I wouldn't put it that way. That's for two reasons too." Samui replied and finally looked away once the couple stopped kissing. She left Hinata by the window and aimlessly walked into a corner. She didn't turn back until she heard Hinata ask her what her reasons were. Samui turned to find the lavender haired woman leaning against a shelve with a cute curious expression. "Manipulating a woman like Tsunade while it ain't impossible, it'd be more than hassle than we can afford at this juncture. We won't be trying to play her, instead we'd be playing a game with her."

"A game?." Hinata raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Yes. Just like the one we just played." Samui said gesturing at the window with her eyes, making Hinata's expression turn even more dumbfounded. "Do you really think Senju Tsunade lacks so much self-awareness to make out in the open?. She knew she was being watched and probably did it for our benefit." Samui revealed.

Hinata was taken aback by the revelation and quickly turned to the window and found Tsunade staring at her direction with a very thin smile. She didn't look like she was staring at her in particular but still her general direction. Hinata guessed they weren't the only ones 'spying' on the blonde woman and her nephew. The iconic woman stepped into her car and left alongside her assistants. This was what Samui meant by a game they played?. "How did she..." Hinata trailed off.

"Reflections. Naruto has a lot of glass doors and the car behind her caught our reflections and bounced it over to a door she was facing. It's pretty hard to peek on others in this house. Speaking from experience."

Hinata sweatdropped at Samui's shameless confession that she peeked on people in the house. Hinata wondered if she was one of these people. She noticed the intense stare Samui was giving her and felt a little embarrassed. That was a clear answer to her unasked question. "So what exactly is the next game we're going to be playing with Tsunade?." Hinata asked.

"That brings us to the second reason I wouldn't term what I'm doing as using Tsunade." Samui smiled thinly, very similar to the way Tsunade did moments ago. Hinata felt a chill for a reason she didn't know. "Because I won't be the one dealing with Tsunade, you will."

"Eh?."

"You are the chosen one, Hyūga Hinata." Samui said, amused by the silly face Hinata was making. Did she really think she could just be a spectator in this operation?. For a long time they been thinking of ways to utilize the strong points of Hinata and now with the latest information they got, it was finally time to put the Hyūga woman to work. "Why do you look so surprised?. Didn't you hear Tsunade say she liked you in particular?. You're obviously the best candidate, how enviable." Samui said, struggling to stop herself from cackling like a madwoman as Hinata's expression got sillier by the second.

Hinata finally decided on what emotion to express and cleaned the mixture of the various ones she felt from her face. She looked completely annoyed now. "We both know she only said that to fuck with me." Hinata argued.

Samui felt even more amused when Hinata resorted to cursing. How cute. "That's true, but isn't there always a measure truth in jokes?."

Hinata's expression fell. That was a low blow.

Samui rolled her eyes at the lavender haired woman. "I didn't mean it like that. What I'm saying is Tsunade might actually like you better."

"What makes you say that?." Hinata asked.

"C'mon, think about it. Aside from you who can claim to be a little close to the status of Senju Tsunade?. Karui and myself might be considered to be part of a clan, however our clan might be noble on the surface but in the end we're just descendants of a bunch of fiends that decided to band together. We're still a crime family in our core, way too much muck to consider the Yastura as noble. Tayuya and Karin may be from a supreme clan but they're... Well, you will understand why an Uzumaki is unfit for this job the same time I do."

"Huh?." Hinata said. Was there a reason why Uzumaki women couldn't do what Samui wanted?. Something Samui claimed she didn't understand as well. Did it have to do with Tsunade being a part Uzumaki?.

"For now even Naruto doesn't know why they're unfit, he just declared them unfit on a gut feeling. I trust him though, I'm sure you do too." Samui said.

"Naruto-kun..."

"Yeah him. All this is his idea, didn't I already say he didn't only tell me to keep you company?." Samui said.

Hinata couldn't help but be shocked. Was Naruto truly making a move against his aunt?. Were the two playing this game Samui spoke about, knowing the other was aware of the others moves, pretending they didn't see them?. They were just kissing minutes ago, could it be that dazzling couple she saw could actually scheme against each other like that?. Or was it that they always did but knew when to put it all aside and just focus on themselves?. Hinata realized yet again that Naruto wasn't so simple. He may look like a very handsome but normal person on the surface but that was definitely not the case. He was extremely clever and very unpredictable. His outward appearance of gentleness and simplicity while not faked only made him even more dangerous to his enemies. If her, somebody who constantly saw the other side of Uzumaki Naruto continued to underestimate him, what about his enemies?. Would a guy like Naruto even be taken seriously?. Even right now, with the whole place in chaos after the incident at the docks she was a hundred percent sure that Naruto wasn't a suspect. Even though he had a connection to Tsunade Senju, giving him a motive, even though he had Levi Ackerman on his payroll, giving him means, even though he was close to Hinata's husband, giving him the opportunity. Naruto, who was supposed to be considered a major suspect was completely ignored by everybody else. Nobody considered his involvement in any way. To them he was just the nephew of Tsunade. A spoilt prince who rode the curtail of his aunt. Tsunade's fame was so much more superior to his, she was so dazzling nobody even saw him. Many people didn't even know he existed. Hinata shivered at her own realization. To think that because of Tsunade all Naruto's enemies were ignoring him, a man who was possibly greatest threat to them. Naruto was like a poisonous scorpion hiding in the shadows waiting to strike and his potential victims were all to busy glaring at themselves and an obvious enemy.

"Magnificent isn't it?. For all his attractiveness nothing turns me on more than this aspect of him. When we were enemies I was almost made to pay because of it. He made himself out to be an easy target and I didn't even realize he was on to me until I tried to take him down. Truthfully speaking, that was the first time in my life I felt like I lost." Samui said, openly smiling in reminiscence of her past with Naruto. "He's so dangerous and it's so sexy." Samui said.

Hinata saw the small blush on the woman's face and could guess she was having impure thoughts about Naruto. Perhaps it was only a woman like Samui who could get turned on from almost being destroyed by an opponent. Maybe that was what made Naruto so special to her. In a sense she was his first, just like Hinata. Hinata was so hopelessly in love with Naruto because he was the first man who had shown her such love and care. He was like the ray of sunshine in her once completed dark world. 'It should be the same for Samui-chan... in her own twisted way.' Hinata mused. "No horny Samui-chan." Hinata said, knocking the woman out whatever lewd merryland she went off to.

Samui's expression turned normal but there were still hints of arousal in her eyes. She'd abstained too long. 'Goddammit Tayuya...' Samui thought in annoyance. "Anyways, you are the chosen one, Hyūga Hinata." Samui repeated.

Hinata sighed. Could she really argue?. While she was still overwhelmed by how devious Naruto's and Samui's plans were and how he and his aunt could scheme against each other, a part of her was happy that Naruto had found a use for her. She had no idea the blonde realized that she was feeling left out and was thankful that he didn't pressure her when she couldn't do anything and made plans for her instead. She had a choice in this as well. Since it was Samui telling her then Naruto's words were obviously not aimed to pressure her into agreeing, those parts would be just Samui's bit. Without knowing what her mission was, Hinata was still excited. She could finally make everyone know she wasn't so useless to their mission!. The image of kind and caring Hinata could finally be washed away for a new one. Hinata felt excitement bubble in her heart as she stared at Samui. "What's the mission."

"Whatever you want it to be." Samui answered.

"Pardon?."

"Naruto's being a softie again. He wants you to choose what you want to do instead of giving you the best mission for the plan. Totally uncool." Samui said.

"I don't get it." Hinata said.

"Think of it this way. Tsunade is like a super doctor and you're trying to get an arm reattached. Instead of Naruto making you pick a demon's arm which is more badass and would help both of you out, he let's you pick the right arm for you. Wack."

Hinata sweatdropped. "That's a terrible analogy Samui-chan." Hinata said. The blonde haired woman just shrugged. Hinata found it really adorable knowing that Samui had a thing of dark and edgy things. She was turned on by Naruto's danger level and thought demons were badass. Judging by her personality this was normal. A woman with such out of the ordinary a state of should be only interested in out of the ordinary things. Still, even if her explanation was a tad... abnormal, Hinata could still make sense of it. Basically, Naruto wanted her to choose how she wanted help him and Tsunade to him was like a djinni that could make her wishes come true. (AN: Maybe Hinata and Samui ain't so different after all.)

"You get it, don't you?." Samui saw the look of delight in Hinata's face and asked.

"Mhhmm." Hinata nodded.

"So what do you want to do?."

Hinata revealed a small smile. "Of course I'm gonna take control of my Hyūga clan." Hinata said, her repressed Hyūga genes coming to life and making her appear more focused and determined than anybody had ever seen before. She already thought about it before, now she had the opportunity to realize that thought. She had no clue how Tsunade would be able to make her accomplish her wish and didn't care. To her, all that mattered was the vote of confidence Naruto gave her. His belief in her to make the right decision for both herself and himself. While some could say Naruto was very manipulative since this action more or less made it certain that Hinata would make the best decision for him, she didn't care for it. To her he was everything. He gave her a real life, a real purpose, real friends and his love. What more could she ask for. If he was so willing, Hinata would cast herself into the depths of hell for him. So what if she was labeled as a traitor of the Hyūga clan in her quest?. What had they done but caused her pain. Naruto saved her and thus everything in this life that was hers belonged to him as well. If the Hyūga dared to pose a threat to her man she would crush them. If he needed them out of the way she would bury them. If he wanted to use them to further his plans she was more than happy to use her status as former heiress to force them into submission. It was definitely be a difficult task and regardless of what Tsunade could do or not do for her, Hinata swore she would succeed. Her accounts with the Hyūga clan would be settled, but that was only her secondary objective. What took priority was her man. The Hyūga clan would inevitably fall under the thumb of Uzumaki Naruto.

The path had been opened and Samui watched with glee as Hinata unhesitantly chose to walk that path. Samui left the future Hyūga clan heir after explaining some things and found Naruto stepping into his car. "Are you going?." she asked, excitement gleaming in her eyes.

Naruto saw the look in Samui's eyes and concluded that Hinata made a decision the blonde woman wanted. He didn't ask what. That would be detrimental to his plans. It was better if he had no idea what Hinata was doing, that way Tsunade wouldn't be able to get an clues on what he was truly driving at. At this moment only Samui did, he himself had no clue. He trusted her enough to let her subtly manipulate his actions to fall in line with whatever Hinata was planning on doing. That was his confidence in Samui. That was his faith in Hinata. He knew they wouldn't fail him because he wouldn't fail them. "Yeah I am." Naruto replied to Samui's question making the woman break into a smile that many would find extremely disturbing, but to Naruto it was a very cute smile. She was like a demoness. His adorable demoness. Naruto drove off.

Samui watched her man leave the compound, the big smile was still on her face and she begun to tremble in glee from the anticipation. 'The mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole, unaware of the oriole behind.' Samui thought then burst into an almost maniacal laughter. He had been holding in her laughter for a long time.

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

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Ino sighed as she sipped from the glass of whiskey in her hand. She slammed the glass down hard enough to get the attention of the bartender and gestured for a refill. The bartender begrudgingly poured the drink, grumbling about how he didn't want to have to replace his antique glass with an uidentical one. Ino ignored the man's words and continued sipping her drink, glancing at random things and people in the bar. For the passed week and more she had been locked up in her own house, unable to leave. While staying in a single room was her decision, her husband still prevented her going anywhere. She couldn't use the moving she was shooting as an excuse since shooting had been indefinitely postponed due to the missing Gio St Augustine. Ino felt a squeezing pain in her heart any time she thought of the woman. While the rest of the world wondered where on earth Gio St Augustine was, Ino knew she was long dead. Killed by none other than her husband. Ino felt a piercing guilt in her heart from dragging Gio into her affairs and inadvertently causing her death. She was a bad wife because she was selfish. And this time her selfishness hadn't only costed her but somebody else. Gio may have been her rival and nemesis two weeks ago but after she found out that Sai beat her, she showed Ino more tenderness and care than she'd experienced in her seven years of marriage. Ino always had the fear Sai would find out that she was talking to someone and made sure to only meet up with Gio during work hours. However, she underestimated just how cautious her husband was, and was found out when he had somebody follow her. Ino didn't know when or how her tail found out the things she told Gio and two days and multiple missed calls later she was reading the missing report of her friend on the news. Ino immediately confronted Sai, with no evidence whatsoever that she did anything but a gut feeling that he had something to do with Gio going missing. Sai didn't bother denying his involvement and forwardly told her that he had killed her two nights before. Ino could not describe the feeling she had at that point, nor when the police came to question her and Sai. All she knew was she answered every single question correctly but the ones that actually mattered. Her acting skills were put to use as she told the policemen, with a straight face, that she had no idea who Gio's killer could be. After the men left Ino shut herself off in her room and refused to come out. Sai didn't ask her to lie, yet she did. It went without saying. A good wife made up for the shortcomings of her husband. She earned his praise. Yet his words didn't have any effect on her hollow heart and while she couldn't bring herself to feel regret, she as well couldn't find solace in his words. She felt empty. She didn't hate Sai, no. Why would she hate him?. He was her husband and she was his wife, yet she kept secrets from him. No, she hated herself for killing Gio. For not knowing better. For being selfish. For not being a good wife. Everything was her fault. And yet... here she was performing another selfish act after sneaking out of the house and losing her tail. It wasn't easy getting out, it was only possible because Sai was in an emergency meeting with his partners. Her actions would probably get a few of his workers killed for their incompetence. Wherever she went, death followed. So why was she in this adequately populated cultural bar?. Why did she pick Sai's favourite spot to hide away in?. Why was she drinking whiskey at the bar?. Wouldn't Sai be looking for her?. Wouldn't he be angry she left?. Wouldn't he punish her again after he found her?. And he definitely would. It was only a matter of time. Why did she see sin and yet walk straight into it?.

"Is this seat taken?."

Ino paid no attention to the man who was now sitting beside her. He sat even before she had the chance to answer, not that she was planning to. This man clearly didn't care if someone was seated with her or not. He only spoke those words so he would have something to go on when he started–

"Damn these chairs suck. You comfortable?."

–bothering her. It was on times like this that Ino cursed her beauty. Even if she made the most unsightly and unwelcoming expression possible there would still be men flocking to meet her. She felt like a tongue of flame, drawing moths around her. It made it almost impossible to be alone. There was always some dunce trying to shoot his shot. Ino wasn't in the mood to entertain strangers, so ignored every word of the man, hoping that he would get the hint and kindly fuck off. Unfortunately for her, he was a persistent man. A full thirty minutes went by and he was still pestering her. Ino finally had enough and turned to glare at the man. She regarded his features and though he was relatively good looking, Ino could tell he was a sleazy individual. She hated the way he was smiling at her.

"Bartender, my bill." Ino said.

"You're leaving already?." the man asked, his smile still in place. "What about the club downtown, the one I told you about?. It's banging, don't you wanna come?." he asked.

Ino had no idea what club he was talking about since she ignored what he was saying for most of the time. She took a few notes of money from and slapped it on the table, standing up to leave. Ino left her seat and immediately made for the door. When she exited the bar she saw that it was already dark out, and it was cold. Ino cursed, she forgot to take a jacket just in case. She was dressed in a long sleeved shirt and jeans but they were nowhere thick enough to ward off the cold. Ino turned sharply as she heard the door of the bar open. She narrowed her eyes as she saw the sleazy man again.

"Stop following me." Ino said and immediately started walking away. She could hear the man's footsteps resound behind her.

"It's pretty cold out here. Why don't you come with me, I'll take you somewhere warm." the sleazy man said, chuckling darkly.

Ino instantly understood what kind of situation she was in and what this sleazy man was planning on doing. She felt fear creep into her heart as well as confusion. This was Sai's favourite bar as well as a classic one, why would such a rogue hang around a place like this and why did he have so much confidence in doing what she knew he was planning out in the open?. While these questions went through Ino's mind, she wasted no time exchanging words with the man. They weren't all that far from busy areas and she was sure this man wouldn't dare do anything to her with so many witnesses. Also, it was cold outside. If she delayed too much the low temperature would affect her muscles and then she wouldn't be able to run close to fast enough. Ino took to her heels, sprinting away surprisingly fast. The sleazy man yelped in disbelief. Ino didn't look like a runner, yet here she was sprinting away like a professional sprinter. The man's surprise didn't last long and he immediately gave chase.

"I tried being nice bitch, but since you wanna run–"

A muffled sound of a gun shot resounded in Ino's ears and she immediately came to a halt. The sleazy man was armed and his weapon had a silencer. If he so wished he could kill her without alerting anybody. Ino didn't dare assume he was a terrible shot and immediately rose her hands in surrender.

"That's more like it. For a classy rich bitch you sure run like a damn antelope." The sleazy man said, slowly walking towards Ino. He didn't have his gun up. Why bother?. She was just a weak pampered wife of some rich bozo, what exactly could she pull here. This wasn't a movie and he wouldn't be making the rookie mistake of leaving his gun in her reach. Just as well, he didn't trust his itchy trigger finger enough to point a gun at such a fine piece of ass. He walked to the front of the woman and couldn't help but fall into a daze. She was easily the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life and he wasn't exaggerating. He wasn't much of a TV guy so he had no idea about absolute drop dead gorgeous women like, Senju Tsunade and Mei Terumi, nor did he know Ino was a very famous actor married to none other than Sai. If he did he wouldn't dare do this. Who in his line of business didn't know that the pale skinned man wasn't as simple as he seemed. In the streets the name of Sai was equivalent to the boogie man. Nobody dared antagonize him, so why would a nobody like him even dare glance too long at that man's wife?. Unfortunately for Ino, he didn't know who she was.

Ino as well didn't know how infamous her husband was in the streets of this city. If she did she would immediately reveal her identity. Ino didn't consider that her attacker didn't know her. She assumed this was done with the knowledge of who she was in mind. And while she knew this man was already a dead man walking, since Sai would definitely not spare him, she still didn't want to have to trade herself for such an outcome.

"It's so cold out here, damn brrrhhh." the sleazy man said, feigning a shiver. He noticed that Ino was already beginning to shiver in actuality. "Let's go over to the alley over there. I'll get you real warmed up." the man said with a lascivious laugh. Ino's expression paled but was forced to comply when the man made to raise his weapon.

"You know for one of the more popular parts of this city, this area is strangely unsafe. I wonder why that is."

Ino and the sleazy man froze in their tracks as a third voice reverberated out of the alley they were headed to. The sleazy man immediately put up his gun and pointed it at the incoming person. "Who's there?!."

A chuckle rang out. "What, you want me to report my name?. I doubt you'd know who I am since you clearly don't know who she is." the man said.

The sleazy man wanted to turn to Ino and question her, but didn't dare do so with a potentially armed person lurking in the shadows. Something struck the sleazy man at that moment. This person had the advantage of surprise yet he didn't take him out when he had the chance. He was clearly not whoever this woman's was saviour. Perhaps she was a little popular and was 'fond' of her. Maybe it was a simple weirdo who wouldn't go so far as killing but would do other vile things. "Why don't you enlighten me then. You're obviously very interested in her."

"Oh I am." the figure admitted.

Ino felt her heart sink. She was hoping this person was the tail her husband put on her that finally found her, but it turned out it was another sleazebag that wanted a piece of her. Would she really be subject to the shame of having to strangers share her like a piece of meat in an alley?.

The sleazy man grinned. He was right. As expected from these parts. There was more than one of his kind of people moving around. He didn't care much for the thought of having to share this woman, but he didn't want to get into an unnecessary dispute as well. "That's fine. As long as you let me go first you can do whatever. Obviously I won't make it suck for you, so I won't be nutting in her, rest assured." the sleazy man offered.

The other man didn't reply reply and Ino who stood helplessly with her hands up, looking like a condemned person assumed he was contemplating the sleazy man's offer. However, to both her and the sleazy man's surprise, a chuckle reverberated again and the man shocked them with his words.

"Now who told you you're gonna get anything tonight?." the figure asked.

The sleazy man tightened his grip on his gun and narrowed his eyes at the silhouette of the unknown man. "Don't get too greedy." the sleazy man warned. Did this guy think he could be so easily pressured into giving up his prize just like that?. So what if he didn't know how dangerous this guy was, he was still one guy. At the very least there was a good chance that he could kill this guy, why would anybody sensible want to take such a chance. Now it turned out this guy was an obsessed fanboy who didn't give a damn about the consequences and wanted to monopolize this woman.

"Does it matter what I am to a dead man?." the figure asked rhetorically.

"Hah, dead my ass. Who's to say you won't be the one dying?!." the sleazy man hollered. He had an itchy trigger finger but he still treasured his life. He did not fancy the thought of entering a gun fight for such a stupid reason, so he tried to remind this man of this risks of taking things too far. No matter how obsessed he was with this woman, he still cared for his own life, right?. Unfortunately, he was proven wrong yet again. The man laughed.

"Left arm." the figure said.

The sleazy man rose his eyebrow in confusion. 'Left arm?.' he wondered. He was left handed, was this guy pointing that out for some reason. Did he think being a left handed shooter was somehow a disadva–

Swish!

"Argh!." the sleazy man screamed as he felt the familiar feeling of a bullet piercing into his flesh, followed by the foreign and even more excruciating feeling of metal barrelling into bone. He involuntarily fired into the air before dropping his gun. He clutched his bleeding arm in pain. He was just shot, and he was sure it wasn't by that figure. Somebody else was here!. The sleazy man's eyes went wide and the words of the unknown man began to make sense to him now. Left hand. That wasn't just a random statement, it was an order.

"Ino come here."

Ino was in a daze from the sudden change of situation. The sleazy man had her at his mercy and was negotiating with the other man but all of a sudden he was now bleeding out his arm and had already lost his gun and every advantage. There was another hidden gunman within the area and this one was insanely accurate. If they so wished the sleazy man would be instantly killed. Ino was shaken out of her daze when she heard the figure call her by her name. Ino immediately felt this voice was a little familiar now she paid attention to it. She still hesitated as she couldn't tell if this person was friend or foe. The man seemed to read her thoughts and stepped out. His face was revealed, though not completely as darkness still heavily cast its shade on it. Still, Ino could recognize such unique features anywhere. Blonde spiky hair, three whisker marks framing his cheeks and piercing blue eyes that glowed almost magically in the moonlight. "Naruto?." Ino said. She wasn't too familiar with the blonde and had only met him once and never really talked to him before. Yet, meeting him once was enough to brand his image into her memory. For someone so odd looking that was normal. His voice also sounded very unique and foreign so it wasn't easy to forget.

"Yeah, come over here. I don't want my guy to accidentally hit you." Naruto said, smiling in a way Ino suspected she did as well.

The blonde woman felt relief in her heart. Thankfully a friend of her husband was in the area if not she was scared to think of what her fate would've been. Ino didn't argue, what sense was there in doing that?. She immediately ran towards Naruto's direction and before she knew it she was pulled into a hug by the blue eyed man. Ino froze. This wasn't her first time hugging other men, she was an actress and also entertained various male guests on an almost daily basis. Yet, she felt awkward as the strong muscly arms wrapped around her. This was perhaps the first time she was hugged like this, without any forewarning or mental preparation for the body contact. Ino couldn't move a muscle, she couldn't even blink all she could was stare into nothingness, completely dazed. She felt a hand rub her back gently, putting her body a strange sense of ease. There was no erotic intent in this movement, no ulterior motives, it wasn't out of courtesy, it wasn't fake. This was a genuine hug, like the ones she gave Hinata. Like the one Gio gave her. "It's alright, you're safe now." Ino heard Naruto said soothingly. She didn't realize when she wrapped her slender arms around his back. She didn't realize when she rested her head in the crook of his neck, inhaling his cologne mixed with his natural scent. Ino didn't even realize that she was already balling her eyes out. All she was conscious of was her heart. The pounding sensation steadily slowed to a gentle rhythmic beat. The terror she felt was replaced with an indescribable feeling of safety. Her body felt light, and all that seemed to exist was her beating heart. She saw nothing, heard nothing, felt nothing but that feeling. It was like she was off in another dimension, a one where all her problems didn't exist, where she was safe. Was it his bigger frame?. His soothing words?. She didn't know, all Yamanaka Ino knew was that she was safe, at least for now. Ino shut herself away from every other thing, enjoying the rare moment of safety in his arms.

Naruto continued stroking the back of the crying woman as he turned a cold glare to the sleazy man. The man was smart enough not to try to go for his gun. He just remained on his knees, staring at Naruto in fear and a pleading look on his face. "Even if I spare you it wouldn't matter. You're going to die today or tomorrow either way." Naruto said.

The sleazy man felt his throat dry up and all traces of hope flicker away. Was this his death?. Would he die for something so stupid?. Why didn't he just take this woman's advice and stopped bothering her?. Just because he'd gotten lucky with an unfaithful rich man's wife a few nights back he felt lucky. 'How lucky do you feel now Hiro.' he thought in self-mockery. He should've just stayed home. He should've just stayed home!. "Who is she."

"Yamanaka Ino, the actress Yamanaka Ino." Naruto replied. No harm in telling him that much.

Hiro paled. He wasn't much of a TV person, but he still recognized the name. She was one of the state's biggest stars and fairly well known in the entire country. No wonder she looked so different from the rest. But more importantly, she was the wife of Sai. Hiro immediately agreed with Naruto's earlier statement. Either way he was dead. Either by this blonde man's shooter tonight or by Sai tomorrow. To think he would make a move on the wife of Sai on his own turf. He was a dead man walking, he knew that much. It was only that... "I have a little brother..." Hiro said, sobbing in helplessness. What could he do?. He had already gone too far to regret and had inadvertently implicated his junior brother.

"He's probably a piece of trash like you." Naruto said coldly. Was this man looking for his mercy?. Having a junior brother was his defense for trying to rape an innocent woman?. Naruto knew people like these all too well. Their most treasured people were probably even more despicable than them, and even if he wasn't, so what?. His life had nothing to do with Naruto. If he was smart he would leave town before Sai could get to him.

"He's a highschooler!." Hiro argued.

Naruto rolled his eyes. Hiro himself didn't look all that old either. Was that really an argument?. "I'll send his school pals flowers."

Hiro stared at the cruel blonde in disbelief. While his brother wasn't a saint he was nowhere as terrible as him. Was he going to die all the same just like that?!. "P-please let me at least call him. Sai would kill him, please!." he begged and quickly went for his phone.

" Right shoulder."

Swish!

"Arrrggghh!." Hiro screamed in pain. Blood leaked out of his right shoulder and now he was unable to use both his hands. Hiro gritted his teeth in pain and stared at Naruto with tears in his eyes. "Why are you doing this?!."

"Same reason you went after Ino, because I can." Naruto said. He felt Ino tremble in his hands, she was probably calm enough to listen in on what they were saying now. Naruto held her tighter and stroked her hair.

Hiro stared at him in disbelief. "Bu-b-but my little brother!."

"Fuck your little brother." Naruto said dismissively. "Didn't I tell you?. You won't be getting anything tonight." Naruto's voice dropped a several degrees lower. "Not a chance to escape. Not your life back. Not any mercy or favours from me. I won't permit you to have the peace of mind knowing your brother will be safe. You're gonna die right here, tonight. And you're going to die knowing you can't change anything about the situation now or the consequences of your actions after. Just as hopeless as you made her feel."

And just like that all traces of hope, even the ones Hiro didn't know he had disappeared. Despair took over his heart and Hiro truly felt like a dead man walking. There was no hope for him, neither was there any for his brother. Hiro saw the cold look in the man's eyes and didn't doubt his words. He was finished, completely finished. "Sai won't let you go either..." he still found himself speaking. Why was he speaking?. Why did he have this crazed look on his face as he regarded his would be killer. When a person is in a disadvantageous situation that they could do nothing about there were three kinds of reaction they would have. There were the passive people, accepting that this was their life now. There were the people who wanted to see others fall down to the same low as them. Then the hopeful ones who hoped to see somebody in danger of falling to their low escape calamity. For the third kind of people they needed to see others survive for them to go on believing that they could. Hiro was among the second kind of people. There was no hope for him or everything he loved, so he didn't wish to be the one to bare the consequences alone. He didn't want to walk this path of condemnation by himself and so he laughed. He laughed like a madman. "Look how you're shamelessly holding his wife!. Sai's definitely gonna kill you hahahahahaha." Hiro cackled in madness. Despaired beyond reasoning, completely broken by his fate.

Naruto felt Ino tremble again and smiled widely at the laughing Hiro. The sleazy man paused upon seeing the big smile on the blondes face. "My name is Senju Uzumaki Naruto."

That was all he had to say. The crazed Hiro instantly found his sanity and lowered his head in defeat. While Uzumaki Naruto meant nothing to him, Senju did. Just the utterance of the name was enough to make Hiro give up. He hung his head, completely surrendering himself to defeat. He didn't recognize the name of this Senju, but on the other hand he didn't recognize Ino either. And also, from the way Ino called out his name it was likely that they were somehow acquainted, and while that wasn't sufficient evidence that Naruto's words were true, it was still an indication that he wasn't lying. The acquaintances of Yamanaka Ino couldn't be simple people. And a man who was willing to put his hands on Sai's wife, while knowing who she was, that was a person far beyond himself. Hiro had no reason to dispute his claim. He had no more strength left to fight. He already lost a lot of blood and the mental impact from Naruto's revelations were enough to break his spirit. Hiro just knelt there, staring into nothingness, hopelessness and despair consuming what was left of his spirit.

Naruto saw the broken look of the sleazy would-be rapist and felt a measure of satisfaction. At least he had made him pay close to a sufficient price for daring to have intentions towards the best friend of his woman. Naruto looked down at the best friend in question and saw that she was staring at him as well. He couldn't deny, this woman's beauty was almost mystical. He couldn't say she was more beautiful than any woman he knew, but, there was a certain difference in her that made her stand out. He couldn't explain it. Naruto had made a huge revelation in front of her but he wasn't bothered. Through his aunt he was able to find out a few things, namely, who Yamanaka Ino truly was so he had no fear of her deciphering his true identity through his name. Naruto was officially known as the nephew of Senju Tsunade, yet never used the name. This was because to the public he wasn't actually blood related to her. To them he was the same as the guest elder that was running for president. A honorary member and the surname Uzumaki truly didn't mean anything to the masses. So Naruto went by the name, Uzumaki Naruto instead of Senju Naruto so as to not attract the attention of Tsunade's many enemies. This was why Yastura Aimui saw his betrayal as feasible. Nobody had a clue of how close the relationship between Naruto and Tsunade truly was, and almost everybody assumed it wasn't too good. Why would Tsunade care much for a honorary Senju?. As for the name Uzumaki, it originated from his mother, Tsunade's sister. The true story behind Uzumaki Kushina is not one that can be revealed at this time. "Where do you want to go?." Naruto asked.

Ino stared at the handsome man in wonder. As expected of Sai's acquaintance, he wasn't so simple and even had a cruel side to him. However, unlike Sai she couldn't bring herself to be scared of him. Maybe it was because he was cruel for her sake, maybe it was because he didn't have the face of a bad person. It could be because deep down she was equally as cruel and didn't care for this sleazy man's little brother as well. Or for the simple reason that she was willing to ignore it all because he didn't look like a bad guy. Ino decided it was a mixture of both. Just how many people had suffered because of her actions?. Yet did she look back at them with regret or pity?. No. She just kept moving forward. Why should she care for her would-be defiler's brother?. She wasn't so benevolent. Saints lived in heaven, her life was a living hell. Ino heard Naruto's words and felt an odd sensation in her heart. He didn't say 'can I take you home' but 'where do you want to go'. Ino was a very sharp woman, she quickly understood the underlying meaning in Naruto's words. He knew she didn't to go home. She didn't know how he knew, but as Sai's acquaintance it wasn't impossible for him to find out some things. At that moment Ino recalled the words of the sleazy man. His crazed statement that Sai would kill this acquaintance of his. And Ino believed that he would if he found out. He was her saviour and he was only trying to give her comfort, she didn't want him to have to suffer for his good intentions. She didn't want the life of this blue eyed man to be snuffed out. So she had to tell him to take her home. She had to turn any other offers down and go home directly and explain things to Sai before somebody saw them. Even though she rather be anywhere else than home. Even though she wanted to run away forever, it was impossible. She had to go back home to save this man, just as he saved her. She had to be selfless this time around. "Take me anywhere..." Ino found herself saying. She wanted to scream at him that she was wrong, that she wanted to go home. Yet, all she did was hide her face away, resting her into the crook of his neck once more. Ino berated herself and cursed her selfish heart. She couldn't dare look at that face again, the face of the man she refused to save. Another person condemned to their deaths because of her selfishness. However, she wasn't allowed to hide from her sin. Naruto picked her up bridal style and now even if she didn't want to, she was looking up at his face. He had that dazzling smile on his face and his eyes looked even bluer. Ino couldn't help but be entranced by the sight. She saw herself being carried in another man's arms but did say anything.

Naruto turned to look back at the kneeling sleazy man and turned away, finding the sight of a hopeless scumbag unsightly. "Kill him. And make it hurt." Naruto issued an order. Instantly three people emerged from the shadows. One was the young black haired lady with a red scarf from the morning with Tsunade. The other two were female as well, and appeared to be older than the scarf wearing lady. They all had raven black hair and eyes, cold and unfeeling expressions on their faces. "Mikasa follow me, we're going to a different city."

"Okay." the girl said and disappeared into the dark. The other women dragged the sleazy man without any struggle from the dying man and soon after screams of excruciating pain and hopeless begging reverberated.

"You're not a really good guy, are you?." Ino said, not affected by the screams at all. She'd heard and seen far worse.

"Nope." Naruto said.

"You're taking me out of town. Sai will find out."

"Naturally he'll know you're gone."

"You're not afraid of him." Ino said, staring at the man in disbelief. Who wasn't scared of her husband, Sai?. Who exactly was this man. He clearly wasn't a friend of Sai's, else he wouldn't be basically adopting his wife. Yet he was an acquaintance of his as well. Ino didn't understand this blue eyed man at all. There was also his full name. Something about it made the sleazy man give up, as though to say there was no chance of Sai killing Naruto. To Ino that was impossible. Sai could kill anybody. That was what he did. This man was already implicated by her. He was a dead man walking, she was just so selfish that she didn't want to leave his protective embrace until she absolutely had to.

"Trust me, Sai is more scared of me than I am of him." Naruto said with a smile.

"I don't believe you."

Naruto shrugged.

"Sai is like a demon from hell..." Ino continued. "No matter what he drags whoever he wants down. And those who look down on it always end up regretting it. Even if you're the devil, you'll still get dragged down to the depths of hell by Sai." Ino said. This was her twisted confidence in her husband. She knew better than anyone how dangerous Sai was.

"It's a good thing I am Kami then." Naruto said with a casual laugh.

Ino looked up at the smiling face of the man brazen enough to call himself God. She knew it wasn't strange to be confident in oneself but she still couldn't bring herself to have any hope for this blue eyed man's survival. Ino closed her eyes and let him carry her to his car. If he succeeded in taking her away that would be fine as well. She wasn't going to try to convince him to save himself, she wanted to stay away from home as long as possible. Even if it cost him his life. Gio died and she didn't shed a single tear. Would anything in her life change if this blue eyed man died?. Probably not. So Ino let him lie her in his backseat and drive away. She let the low revving of the car engine lull her to sleep. The image of his smiling face stayed in her mind as she slept. A smiling man, mad enough to call himself Kami, trying to save her.

Ino hadn't slept better in years.