Sooner than expected right? I hope so because I'm typing this before even starting on the chapter. If I have to add an edit note later, I'll kick my own ass.

In the meantime, I generally want to rant but since I just got off of work, I'm too tired to remember what I wanted to rant about. Anywho, I'll start on the chapter now.

Edit 12-31-17: Just a general typing day. I'm not very sober so you'll probably catch the part where I type while under the influence. I was gonna rant about a certain pairing here but I'm too drunk and lazy to do so.

Edit 4-8-2018: Welp. I fucked up. Sorry loves. I wish I could have gotten this up sooner like I promised, and no one wants to hear excuses or reasons. I'll try not to make promises unless I'm thoroughly through the chapter next time. This was supposed to be up in January. I'll be going to kick my own ass now.

Edit 6-29-2018: So I'm making sure this chapter gets up soon after typing this. Unfortunately, that means a lot of the scenes end up feeling rushed. I'm also a bit rusty with typing seriously since I spent a decent amount of time typing the crap that is All Mighty Maelstrom.

Full Tilt

Blood and Water Arc

Chapter 6: The Morning Will Come Soon

She was bored.

It was bound to happen eventually, but she had hoped she could hold off until they were assigned teams. Unfortunately, not being able to kill anyone, fuck anyone, or cause general mischief had finally taken its toll on her.

The Yamanaka heiress looked towards the forest with glowing eyes, watching her counterpart blonde, as well as his sister. It was another shared technique of the looping trio, being farsight. It could literally be classified as a doujutsu, seeing as it could do everything both the byakugan and the sharingan could do, plus a bit more. They were even debating whether or not to give it the abilities of the rinnegan, but decided it would be a waste of their time.

"Irony." Ino sighed and flopped back on her bed. She had seen the Mizuki battle so many times, even new takes on it didn't really interest her. She knew Naruto and Naruko would most likely end up killing the man anyway, so she would just wait to hear from them the following morning.

On her end, she had already spoken with her father about the recent happenings with her fellow classmates. Needless to say, he had been quite livid with her and her mother, and the argument the elder Yamanaka couple entered made Ino 'upset'. She excused herself to her room where her father told her to stay for the night.

Ino only listened because she wasn't technically a legal kunoichi yet. The minute she was placed on a genin team and passed their test, however, she would pack her stuff and move in with Naruto and Naruko.

"Wait a minute..." Ino suddenly shot up and slapped her forehead. "HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED THAT?!" She whisper shouted to herself.

The girl sat on her bed indian style before entering an instant meditation. She began to go over things that happened in the previous timeline, but tried to focus on a particular memory.

-Haze-

"At least promise me this." Hiruzen started. Naruto, Ino, and Hinata looked up, already knowing what he was going to ask. He let out an exasperated chuckle. "Whatever my word means to you three, in your next life, live normally. Please."

-Haze-

Ino locked the memory in her mind and brought it to the forefront of her thoughts. With a smirk, she exited her own mind and began to stretch.

'He told us to live normally. He never said to be good, or to not hurt anyone. Normal for us is so much more extraordinary than for anyone else. That means we promised the Hokage we would be ourselves. We never promised to be good.' Her smirk turned into a sinister smile. "Fuck I love loopholes."

With that thought in mind, she wished they could find the time to unlock their full potential. Letting Kurumi slowly feed them their energy without the sealing ritual was tedious and took far too long. With as strong as they all were, it would probably take another few weeks or perhaps even months before they were at full strength again. So far, she could feel that she was barely stronger than Tsunade at that point. To her, that was the equivalent of a sick and dying newborn baby. People like Jiraiya and a few members of Akatsuki would still be able to defeat her and her lovers at the moment.

Her frustration didn't last however. Her mind drifted to the team placements. She had figured out what Hinata was doing by bringing Sai in early, though she didn't know what was supposed to be different with him and Danzo.

She hoped that she'd still be with Shikamaru and Chouji. It was rare for her not to be, so she wasn't too worried. But the extra pieces Hinata was adding had her a bit nervous.

'Speaking of my little Hime...' Ino's thoughts trailed off as she looked in the direction of the Hyuga compound, making her eyes glow again.

She could clearly see Hinata bathing with her younger sister, washing the smaller girls back and hair. A content smile was on her face and Ino felt the same contentedness envelop her. Hinata was happy to be with her little sister, something she had a generally hard time admitting. Ino smiled wickedly as Hinata began to tickle Hanabi, much to the younger Hyuga's shock. Ino took a mental video of the moment for blackmail material.

'Enjoying yourself Tsuki-hime?' Ino projected her mind into Hinata. Hinata squeaked and blushed a magnificent shade of red as she knew she was caught playing with her sister.

"Are you okay Nee-chan?" Hanabi asked as she looked at her sister curiously. Hinata just smiled warmly and continued to wash her hair.

"I-I'm fine, imouto. I just got a chill."

Hanabi shrugged and turned around to let her sister continue taking care of her. It was the happiest she had been as far as she could remember and didn't want to look a gift horse in its mouth. Any time spent with her elder sister would be precious to her.

'Ino-chan, stop being a pervert.' Hinata admonished.

'What? I was just trying to see what you were up to tonight and if you were available to chat. There's a few things I wanted to tell you.'

'And they couldn't wait until I wasn't in the bath, or with my little sister?' Hinata deadpanned in her mind, making Ino chuckle sheepishly.

'I swear I didn't know you two were in the bath. But I couldn't look away when I saw how happy you were. It made me feel happy too.'

Hinata smiled sadly before finishing up with Hanabi. She told the younger girl to get dressed for bed while she finished washing herself. 'So what did you want to tell me? Did something happen with Naruto-kun and Naruko-chan?'

'No, they're on their way to meet with Mizuki right now. But, I did remember something that I think you're going to like.'

Ino replayed the memory of the previous timelines Sandaime speaking to them before he passed on. After the short memory, Hinata was silent for a moment.

'Naruto-kun's not going to like this.'

Ino scoffed. 'He doesn't have to like it. He agreed to it. Sarutobi-ji didn't tell us to be good. He told us to live normally. And normal for us-'

'Is anything but, I know. But for Naruto-kun, he will see it as you just doing your best to cause trouble.'

Ino frowned a bit. Her and Naruto tended to get into it a bit more lately because of her growing need to cause destruction. It was something that only started about 400 years ago, but the defeat by Chaos two timelines ago made her itch grow. For a moment, Ino realized she needed to calm down. Maybe falling into her role within that world would help, but there was no guarantee.

'Maybe I am. But it's not against our promise either. I don't want to cause trouble here...much. But I want to have more freedom to. Naruto's starting to treat me...like a child.'

Hinata sighed, knowing what Ino was saying. The more Ino tried to act out in her own way, the more Naruto seemed to scold her as if she were his daughter instead of his lover. Hinata wasn't entirely sure why or when it started happening, but it definitely put a bit of distance between the two blondes. It was nothing substantial at the moment, but she knew if they continued as they were, it would be just like before…

'Maybe when you bring this up to him, you both should talk about what you're feeling. Try to explain to him what you've been going through lately. You know Naruto-kun would understand.'

Ino nodded. Even though she had the makings of complete and utter trust in all of her lovers, there was still some apprehension of mistrust. It was generally due to whatever part of a timeline they were in. Being in their younger bodies made her anxiety a bit higher. And with her past self not completely restored, she was still being affected by the emotions of her present timeline.

'Anyway, enough of the moping. Want to go get a late night snack? Pretty sure we can break into the bakery for some cinnamon rolls-'

A knock on Ino's window actually made her jump. She hadn't even noticed Hinata literally vamp from her sight until she looked outside to see the Hyuga princess beckoning her to come. She held back a giggle at the glazed look in the dark haired beauties eyes, her mouth salivating already.

'I better go before she breaks my window and drags me...'

He had went over all the different possibilities of how to get Naruko jump started into the life he and the others were going to build. At first, he planned on using the Kyubi to scare her, but realized Ino was right. There was a better way to do it. However, it would end up being worse than the original idea. It would definitely put the girl in danger, something that made his stomach coil the more he thought about it.

"You okay nii-chan?" Naruko asked as she walked hand in hand with her brother towards where they were supposed to meet Mizuki.

Her sapphire eyes peered into his own with actual worry. It made him feel even worse for what he had planned now. He would be sure to make it up to her afterward. She was their world, and he'd be damned if anything permanent happened to her, mentally or physically.

"I'm fine. Just wondering how I got such an adorable imouto all to myself."

Naruko almost tripped in her step, her face burning so red one could confuse her for the original Hinata. Her hand slipped from her brothers grasp, much to his chagrin.

"Wh-what are you saying? Don't be weird, baka!" She turned from her brother, pushing the tips of her fingers together.

"Aww, someone's tsundere!"

"LIES!" Naruko shouted before jumping onto her brother with an unexpected hug, knocking them both down. Naruto sweatdropped but had to stifle his giggles at his younger counterparts puffed up cheeks.

"Did I strike a nerve?"

"That's a taboo onii-chan! Tsundere's are terrible creatures only fit for the worst parts of hell!"

Naruto's brain paused for a moment. Only the uproarious sound of Kurumi laughing her ass off in his mind brought him back to reality.

"Na-chan, I was only joking..."

"NO! Tsundere's are little demons just waiting to rip out the heart of honorable and loving people who only want to see them happy! They're monsters who don't even deserve romance, even if they try to be cute sometimes!"

'How did we even get on this topic?' Naruto wondered as he could feel the passion of Naruko's words.

"Okay, okay! You're not tsundere! Can you get off now?"

A sly smirk found its way onto Naruko's face. Naruto's brain paused again.

'Uh-oh...'

"You know what? I can prove I'm not tsundere right now onii-chan." The twin-tailed blonde leaned up, straddling her brothers waist. Luckily for them, they were already in the forest headed towards where Mizuki wanted to meet up so no one was around to see the compromising position.

"Imouto...my dear sweet little sister...what are you doing?" The older jinchuriki was honestly a little nervous. None of his previous memories of the timeline showed Naruko being bold enough to take that next step in their taboo relationship. Nothing had happened recently, that he knew of, that would make her act this way either.

On her part, Naruko simply put her hands on Naruto's chest before wiggling her hips a bit, slowly grinding on her brother through his clothes. A jolt went through them both. Naruto stifled a groan of pleasure, not sure if he should let this go on.

"I'm not naive onii-chan. I see how you look at me sometimes. I know you've seen me look at you the same way." She continued to grind slowly as she spoke. Her cheeks began to flush pink and she let out small moans, making Naruto harden beneath her. "See? You're being more honest now too!"

A haze of lust began to form over Naruto. He could only take in the form of the girl atop him as his mind began to slip. She wore a more feminine version of his orange outfit, the jacket being short sleeved and having a low cut for the chest area. It showed a decent amount of cleavage. It worked seeing as Naruko was the second most developed girl in their class, only losing out to Hinata. Her skin was flushed with her own arousal, his eyes lingering on her slightly pouty lips. Her hips were developing just as fast as her breast; she was almost as thick as Kurenai already. Naruto couldn't fathom how she looked even sexier than his sexy jutsu.

The male jinchuriki subconsciously gripped his sisters hips as she began to grind on him harder, kneading her softly as his own hips involuntarily pushed back against her motion. His member throbbed painfully against his pants, and hurt with pleasure every time Naruko pushed herself down onto it as he pushed upwards. A wetness soaked through to his package, letting him know Naruko was just as turned on as himself.

"We can have some fun now, right Onii-chan?" Naruko leaned forward, her twin-tails falling to both sides of Naruto's face as she brushed her nose up against his. His face was just as red as hers and the lust that was building between them seemed to create a heat haze around them, a sparkle of crimson in her eyes locking into his own sapphire orbs.

Wait a minute...

'Son of a...KURUMI! STOP IT!' Naruto shouted in his mind.

Naruko's face suddenly pouted and she sat up with a huff.

"Aww, you figured it out!" Naruko's voice was a mix of her own and Kurumi's. Her eyes flashed red completely, showing that it was indeed Kurumi possessing Naruko's body at the moment. She had gotten close enough for Naruto to see the glow in her irises.

"What the hell were you trying to pull? If this had gone on, I could have hurt Na-chan!" Naruto did his best to keep from yelling.

"I wouldn't have let it go that far. Relax, I was just making a memory for Na-chan to daydream about."

Naruto moved his sisters body from atop him and pulled her up. He made sure they were in the same walking position as before Kurumi's little prank.

"I already have a plan to get Na-chan over that boundary. I don't need you interfering."

A scoff came from inside his mind. Naruto looked to his counterpart to see her in a daze, her eyes partially glazed over. Kurumi had released her.

"Oh fine! Be that way! But I bet you and Na-chan get it on before the end of the night because of me!"

The blonde waited a few moments to let his arousal fade before snapping his fingers in front of his siblings face. The girl flinched a bit and looked around.

"Huh? What happened?" She blushed a bit at feeling the wetness between her legs and tried to hide the stain that was surely there.

"Uh, you started mumbling about how you were going to prove that you weren't a tsundere and then you spaced out for a bit. Everything alright?"

He couldn't help but smirk as the blush on her face returned anew, setting her aglow.

"L-let's just get to this meeting with Mizuki-teme!" She took off into a sprint. 'Oh kami, I was picturing myself doing...THAT...with onii-chan! In FRONT of onii-chan!'

It wasn't the first time Naruko had daydreamed of her and her brother like that. Hell, her dreams were so wet when it came to her brother, it made the Land of Waves seem like a desert. It didn't help that she was almost positive her brother felt some way towards her as well.

With a shake of her head, she decided to concentrate on the task at hand.

Naruto could still smell her arousal on her, surprised that it seemed to be growing. Maybe he should thank Kurumi after all.

"DAMN STRAIGHT!"

One special jonin by the name of Anko Mitarashi wasn't too happy at the moment. After dealing with a failed mission that resulted in the maiming of two of her teammates, she was punished with night time patrol duty. The reason she was punished was because she happened to be the one to maim her teammates.

There were only so many 'Snake Whores' and 'Purple Sluts' she could take before her leg involuntarily found its way between the legs of her 'comrades'.

Multiple times.

The two chunin ranked shinobi were out of active duty, possibly permanently. Unfortunately for her, the Hokage liked the two bastards more than he liked her. But then again, he generally liked EVERYONE more than he liked her.

She was just a reminder of his failure; a cursed student of Orochimaru.

'Fucking hypocrite...' The special jonin kicked a rock down the road. She found it unfair that she was looked down upon simply because she was apprenticed to the traitorous snake for all of two years, while the man who trained the traitor, AND let him escape capture, was still revered as a noble leader.

Usually she would let things go by hanging out with Kurenai and occasionally Yugao. But Kurenai had to plan things for her new genin squad she would be receiving, and Yugao just so happened to be newly stationed within the Hokage's office as one of his personal guard. It was almost as if the old man was intentionally making sure Anko suffered. Even more, Yugao's boyfriend Hayate was sent on a long term mission outside of the village, taking the last of her potential friends away from her.

She was left to stew in the fact that people still hated her for something she had no control over, even after all those years. It truly did hurt her. No matter how hard she tried, things didn't seem to get much better for her. She latched on to Kurenai and Yugao as her safety blankets and the thought of not having them, even if just for a night almost sent her into a panic attack.

A small thud somewhere off to her right made her pause. She immediately steeled her emotions just in case someone was watching her. Not sensing anyone in the immediate area, she faded into a shadow and stalked towards where the noise came from. To her surprise, she found two fresh looking genin breaking into the back of what she knew to be the bakery.

'Ohoho? Somebodies got a late night sweet tooth and a hankering for a side of bacon and eggs.' (Dane Cook joke about breaking and entering. Don't judge me.)

She hadn't expected anything interesting to happen on her patrol, but scaring the life out of two freshly minted victims...genin...would definitely keep her mind occupied.

With a sly, almost sadistic grin, she took a few moments to completely suppress her chakra signature.

She silently made her way to the open door, almost scoffing at the two and their poor stealth job. However, she paused as she heard their voices.

"W-wait...Hi-Hinata-chan, stop! Not there! Aaahhn!" Ino's voice echoed with the failed attempts to stay silent.

Anko raised an eyebrow before moving quicker into the store room of the bakery. Her brain froze upon the sight before her.

Laying on her back with her night shirt pulled over her head was Ino, her chest bared to the world. A box labeled cinnamon buns we partially on her head, it's contents strewn about the floor and her body. White glaze clung to her face, chest, and, stomach. However, Hinata was more than happy to help remove the mess. She was over Ino, one hand pinning her hands above her head as she licked and sucked at her supple skin, cleaning the cinnamon glaze from her stomach and chest.

She took one of Ino's nipples into her mouth, lightly sucking and twirling her tongue around her pink areola before moving to her other breast and cleaning the glaze from it as well.

Anko's brain slowly began to reboot as the lewd sucking sounds from Hinata and Ino's heated moans suddenly registered. Her face heated up pinker than a virgin's pussy before a double nose bleed blasted her back out the door.

The crashing sound snapped Hinata out of her sugar induced high and she looked around with glazed eyes.

"Huh? Ino-chan? What happened?"

Ino glared up at her lover with tears in her eyes. "G-get off, please."

Hinata blinked before realizing the position she had Ino in. The blush that blazed up her face was worse than Anko's. She 'eeped' before jumping back and trembling.

"Oh no, I did it again!" She called out with a storm cloud over her head. Ino took a moment to fix her clothes with an indignant blush adorning her cheeks. She cleared her throat but refused to look Hinata in the eyes.

"As much as I love it when you dominate me, Hinata-chan, I don't trust you to not bite when there's sweets involved…"

Hinata pulled her knees to her chest and buried her head. "I molested Ino-chan again. I should just die..."

Ino sweatdropped. "It's not that serious Hinata-chan. It's just that we had unexpected company."

Hinata perked up at that. She looked to the doorway to see Anko stumbling back into the room with an awkward blush.

"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE YOU TWO GAKI'S DOING IN HERE?" She scream whispered.

Ino and Hinata looked sheepish before both offering her dango. Like a switch had been flipped, Anko leaped on the two before snatching the treats and shoving both sticks in her moth at once.

"FUCKING YES! I HAVEN'T HAD DANGO IN FOUR DAYS! FOUR FUCKING DAYS! DO YOU HEAR ME? IT'S LIKE BEING A BORN AGAIN VIRGIN BUT WITH DANGO!"

Both time travelers were impressed with how Anko could speak clearly with thick sticks in her mouth. (Sorry, it was too easy.) She seemed to forget all about them for a moment as she sucked the sticks clean of the sweets. She sat back against one of the counters once the treat was gone and patted her stomach before addressing the teens.

"So, you're the Hyuga heiress and you're the Yamanka heiress. What are you gonna do for me to keep this a secret?"

Ino sweatdropped. "You're trying to blackmail us?"

"That's the gist of it. Pretty sure you wouldn't want dear ol' daddies to find out about you breaking and entering into the bakery as well as experimenting with some girl on girl action." The snake like smirk on Anko's face did little to hide her blush though.

Hinata and Ino looked at each other before bursting into laughs. Anko was a bit startled at the change.

"Oh please, like we'd give a shit about our clans finding out about us. As soon as we get our Jonin sensei's we're moving in together. So try again lady!" Ino proudly called.

Anko smirked again. "Oh, so it's like that! You two seem well informed about the laws regarding legality with genin. Still, you did break and enter into a civilian establishment. Since you already have your hitai-ate's you're officially genin, even without a Jonin sensei. So if I were to take this to the Hokage..." She left the threat in the air.

Hinata's eyes seemed to darken, much to the snake mistresses surprise. "You'd go so far just to blackmail us?" A small ki began to build.

Anko suddenly felt that teasing the two was not such a good idea. It wasn't enough to truly frighten her, but she was surprised a fresh genin was suddenly putting out more ki than most chunin. If Ino was the same, she wasn't sure she could actually win a fight against them both at the same time.

"Ah...heiresses. Should've known your dads taught you both how to channel ki." Anko tried to justify their ability as simply them being taught at home and not just the academy. However, the spike of ki from Ino actually did make Anko sweat.

"Our abilities have nothing to do with our families." Ino spat. "Hinata-chan's father doesn't teach her as much as her younger sister while my parents want me to focus on going into the family business flower shop instead of being a kunoichi. Our skills were gained through hard work and perseverance, on our own."

The two began to calm down as they saw Anko tensing up, as if preparing for a fight. They both huffed before indulging back in the sweets around them. Anko let the silence grow for a moment before relaxing herself. She grabbed another stick of dango to ease the mood as well.

"Okay. So I don't know much about you two, and I promise I'll keep this a secret between us since I'm getting free dango out of it. But you seem interesting for a couple of little lesbians, so tell me about yourselves." Anko wasn't usually interested in people, especially snot nosed clan heirs. But for some reason, she felt a small sense of comfort with these two. Like kindred spirits almost.

"We're bi, not lesbians." Hinata corrected.

"Technically we're pansexual, but I don't think that term is widely acknowledged yet." Ino stated, looking to Anko for confirmation. The older woman nodded.

"Interesting. So you girls got a boyfriend?"

"Hold up. If we're going to tell you about us, you should talk about yourself too. You're Anko, right?" Ino asked. Anko frowned a bit.

"Yeah. I guess my reputation proceeds me..."

Hinata tossed the woman another dango stick. "We've heard rumors throughout the village but we never trust word of mouth. There are a few people who say you're one of the strongest kunoichi in the village and that if it weren't for the Hokage, you'd be a Jonin already."

Anko tried and failed to hide her shock at that. Who would be speaking of her like that outside of her admittedly small group of friends? She wasn't sure how the genin would have been able to get in contact with them, seeing as most of them were in Anbu. Maybe there were some civilians that actually liked her?

"Don't go around saying things like that." Anko advised. "You wouldn't want to be accused of treason against the Hokage or helping the 'Snake Whore'."

Ino and Hinata bristled at her comment, again surprising her. The small ki they leaked wasn't aimed at her. "Fuck anyone who judges you because of your past or things that you have no control over. If they can't take the time to get to know you for who you really are, then they aren't worth shit." Ino huffed.

"People are too blind to look past what's right in front of them. They'll always hate things they don't understand..." Hinata teared up a bit.

Anko observed the two and knew they were thinking of personal experiences. It was a fact now. They definitely were interesting.

"How much do you two actually know about me?" She asked with a serious tone.

Ino blushed on probably being the one to let it slip they knew more. "Honestly, mom and dad talked about you a bit. The name Orochimaru popped up a lot so I did some research. I know pretty much everything that wasn't classified. But I know a lot of it had to be lies too. Besides the blacked out points of the reports, there are a lot of inconsistencies."

Hinata continued. "You were only 9 years old when Orochimaru took you out of the village. They found you two years later in one of his hideouts. But the reports make it seem like you chose to stay behind to become a spy for him."

"Which doesn't make sense. If you had been a spy then they would have executed you on the spot, or at the very least, you'd be in prison to this very day. It doesn't make sense for the Hokage to sign off on you being a spy but then let you into the ranks to roam the village freely." Ino finished.

Anko's face went through many emotions at their explanation. She knew the records that were made public were false, but everyone believed them anyway. How could two fresh genin simply pick apart the lies and tell her straight up the Hokage was wrong. Unbeknownst to her, a flow of tears began to roll down her cheeks.

Ino and Hinata looked at the snake mistress with concern. It wasn't too rare, but it still caught them by surprise to find a timeline where Anko was more than a little emotional.

When she noticed the two staring, she quickly wiped her eyes and sniffled a bit. "Fuck...didn't want you two to see that but...you two are some of the first people to not simply believe what the reports said just because the Hokage signed off on them. But like I said earlier, we should drop the subject. You two still haven't told me about yourselves."

With solemn nods, the genin began to talk about themselves. They told Anko of Naruto and Naruko, confiding in her that they were both wanted to be Naruto's girlfriends and that they hoped to add Naruko to their little relationship as well. Anko seemed more than okay with incest, saying that it was a fetish of hers anyway and she wished she had a brother growing up, though having Kurenai as a 'Sister' figure helped a bit.

Hinata told her of the kidnapping attempt that resulted in the death of her uncle several years priors. Anko confirmed that the Hyuga had went from a seclusive and prideful clan, to an almost lethargic and solemn one. No one really knew how, when, or why it happened though, making Hinata look forward to finding out the truth.

Ino told the woman about her home life and how she was expected to act by her mother. She played up the regret with the story revolving around Naruto's most recent trip to the hospital. Anko shot her a disapproving glare, but it turned into understanding after she explained her apology.

It was strange for Anko to open up so much, especially to a couple of genin she had just met. She wanted to chalk it up to needing another outlet now that Kurenai and Yugao were unavailable. However, the more and more time she spent with the two genin, the more comfortable she felt around them. It even got to the point where she almost went into detail about her time under Orochimaru. Yet, the pain she felt from that time was still too much for her to bear. Her hand unconsciously found its way to her neck over the curse mark.

Noticing the look on Anko's face, both Ino and Hinata immediately came to the same conclusion; Anko would be on of their top priorities in that timeline. They had to get her to join them.

"As much fun as this has been, girls, I need to get back to work. If you two get caught, I'll have no choice but to turn you in though." The tone of her voice let them know it wasn't an outcome she wanted.

"We'll be fine Anko-chan. Thanks for worrying though." Hinata bowed to the woman before tossing her one last dango stick. "Besides, I'll leave enough money to cover the damages as well as things we took. Plus I can find some way to blame this on the Inuzuka's."

Ino and Anko sweatdropped at the cheerful comment and both silently prayed for the Inuzuka clan.

On that note, Anko departed. As she got further away, a rare, genuine smile formed on her face. The morning couldn't come soon enough. She wanted desperately to see the two again.

The duo stood just outside the clearing from where they were supposed to meet Mizuki. They felt the mans chakra signature and decided to wait just a bit before going in. Naruko was a bit nervous. She knew her and her brother were both at the very least chunin skill wise. However, as far as she knew, neither had been in an actual life or death combat situation against another shinobi. At most, they sparred against Jiraiya and his toads, but they were never to the death. Especially since they were so young when they did so.

Naruto noticed his twins hesitance and took her hand in his own. Her gaze found his and she blushed lightly, though the unspoken words reached her clearly. She had nothing to worry about.

Now for the last time, Naruto was sure what he wanted to do. Usually they took things slow when it came to changes in the timeline. However, he realized with all of his contemplating, he failed to take into account the most important thing of all; Naruko's safety.

His fucked up and timeless mind sometimes gave way to unnecessary thoughts. Thinking he needed to do something extravagant to get Naruko jump started into their life was silly. The truth was, he could just tell her. Or better yet, show her, to an extent.

"Imouto." Naruto started. Naruko noticed the serious tone in his voice and became serious as well, the bush leaving her cheeks swiftly. It made Naruto smile on the inside. She wasn't tethered to her emotions like most others were. "There's a secret I've been keeping from you since I woke up from that coma."

And just like that, Naruto realized he was going to lie to her anyway. Her safety was priority, yet the thought of things going horribly wrong from simply telling her the truth gave him pause. Oddly enough, it was really only because of the promise he had made to the previous timelines Sandaime.

"A secret? About what?" Naruko was more than a little surprised. As far as she knew, her and her brother rarely kept secrets from each other.

"The truth is, I died."

"Wh-what?" Her eyes dilated and she took a step away from him. She didn't know what to think from the simple statement.. The look in his eyes and tone in his voice was enough to let her know he wasn't lying or joking. A part of her became angry at the thought of her onii-chan being dead and it manifested in a quick flash of red in her eyes.

"Hold on. Don't get angry or Mizuki-teme might sense us." After a moment, Naruko began to calm down. She took a few deep breaths but the pain in her eyes was still there. "I ended up meeting Shinigami-sama, Naruko. I was there for...a very long time. I met our parents again too, and they told me to tell you how much they love us and how proud they are."

Naruko's heart beat heavily in her chest. She was accepting but skeptical at the same time. Yet, if it was Naruto saying this, she felt she could believe him no matter what.

"While I was there, they all trained me. Naruko, I'm far stronger than I ever was before. Plus, I have a little excess energy that I can give to you too." It was a partial bluff. Naruto would be able to give her energy the same way he could with Ino and Hinata, however, it would be his own personal energy. It would mean he'd be dividing up his own power. Though he could get it back, it would take longer for Kurumi to make new power for him for the current timeline they were in. Plus, whomever he was giving power too needed to be able to handle it, mentally, physically, and spiritually. Naruko's body was developed enough for up to mid jonin levels of strength, in which Kurumi had already done for her unbeknownst to the female jinchuriki.

To prove his point, Naruto created a bubble of chakra around them before swamping them in a small fraction of his real power. It was enough to make Naruko's entire being quake. Her soul shivered as her heart seemed to skip several beats. Naruto eased it to about mid jonin levels to make her think the initial release had simply caught her off guard. However, it was still enough power to make Naruko's mind race with the possibilities.

"This...onii-chan, with this ero-tou will be beyond proud!"

She tried to keep her priorities in order. Though she had so many questions regarding their parents, the afterlife, and why he brother kept this from her, she had to accept that it was what it was at the moment. They were only minutes away from dealing with Mizuki. Plus, Jiraiya had told them he had something planned. The stronger they were, the easier whatever it was their father figure had planned would play out. (This is rushed bullshit, I know, but if you all like it, I'd rather not pad the chapter with Naruko's confusion.)

"I know. I can give you this strength too imouto. But...there's a catch." Naruto blushed a bit. It wasn't completely forced this time either.

"I don't care! If this helps us become stronger, I'll do it!" Naruko grabbed both of Naruto's hands and looked resolutely into his eyes. He smiled, his love for the girl in front of him growing even more.

"Alright...you asked for it." Naruto started, getting a confused and slightly worried look from Naruko for only a moment before his lips crashed into hers.

The twin tailed jinchuriki immediately felt a surge of power blast from her core and envelope her body. Her eyes widened at both the influx of power as well as the kiss she was receiving.

'O-onii-chan...is kissing me...' The words took the forefront of her mind before she let her eyes slide shut and her body to press against his. Their arms wrapped around each other as Naruto continued to pretend to feed her power. The truth was that Kurumi was simply letting Naruko feel the power she had already given her.

After a few more seconds of being lip locked, the duo broke apart. The blush adorning both of their faces were punctuated with adoring smiles and somewhat lustful gazes.

"Onii-chan...why did you..." She knew it was to give her the power she felt coursing through her veins, but she also wanted to know if there was something more…

"Imouto, I know it's taboo for the most part but...I've always felt something more between us. Beyond just being brother and sister. Even greater than us being twins..." Though it wasn't the first time he had done this, it was always somewhat weird for Naruto. At one moment he wouldn't care for any taboos and the next he would. His conflicting emotions sometimes made it hard to stay in control during such situations. Ironically, if he were more lustful like Ino, he'd have less problems with it.

The tears that entered Naruko's eyes let Naruto know he had chosen the right time. He really did need to thank Kurumi.

"Onii-chan...I've always felt the same too! I just didn't want you to reject me..."

The older blonde placed a chaste kiss upon her lips again. "I would never reject you imouto. For anyone or anything."

The two stood embraced for a while longer, wanting to take the time to explore their finally admitted mutual attraction, but still knowing there was no time at the moment. They would have all the time in the world later one anyway.

"Besides, imouto..." Naruto smirked. "I can only give a bit of power this way. If you want the rest, we'd have to...get a little closer."

The sound of a car crashing sounded in Naruko's mind as she immediately got the implications. The smell of her arousal returned as blood began to leak from her nostrils. Naruto cupped her ass, snapping her from her daydreams. "I know what you were think earlier too, and I'd have no problem making those dreams reality tonight." He whispered into her ear.

Suddenly Naruto was holding air as Naruko marched towards the clearing and Mizuki. He blinked before looking after his counterpart. "Uh...imouto?"

"We must kill him as fast as possible!" She called though Naruto could see the massive blush and lewd smile on her face.

With a smirk, the blonde put his hands behind his head. He owed Kurumi way more than he though.

"DAMN FUCKING STRAIGHT!"

Definitely got to apologize for such a long wait, especially since I cut the chapter short again. I wanted to this chapter to actually finish the Mizuki incident segment and for next chapter to be the team exams. Please bare with me for one last introduction chapter before the main course arrives.

Also RANT INCOMING!

So I usually find it more interesting to rant through my characters so I can see things from a slightly different perspective. But sometimes I just have to speak through me.

One of the things that bugs me when it comes to fanfics (primarily Naruto fanfics) are people imposing our real world laws, rules, and taboos on a FICTIONAL world. Even more so, as fanfiction, we make the rules for our particular stories.

In that case, both sides have an argument. One can easily say since it's their story, they are allowed to apply the real world laws etcetera to it. This is true. I can't argue that.

But for me, taking away limits of worlds is more fun than placing more. Especially since some things make more since in other worlds or cultures within our own world.

For this rant specifically, I'm talking about the age ranges in the Naruto Universe. (Again, primarily fanfic wise.)

This will come up in character wise at some point, probably multiple times throughout the time lines of Full Tilt.

A specific quote that I've seen in several fanfics recently spurred this rant.

"If you were a few years older..." or "Maybe in a few years..."

Disregarding the absurdity of the actual show/manga, Naruto's universe is dangerous AS FUCK!

They literally begin training to become professional killers before they are even 10 years old. (The general age of pokemon trainers leaving home and venturing off into a dangerous world as well, but I digress.)

With their world the way it is, the life expectancy of general shinobi should be EXTREMELY low. The biggest example would be the chunin exams. I'm not sure if it was rare for people so young to enter, a.k.a the Konoha 12 being between 12 and 14 years old. But other villages sent genin just as young.

The chunin exams were a sanctioned battleground where not only were people allowed to be killed, they were EXPECTED to die. There was no guarantee that a single one of the Konoha 12 would actually survive the exams.

Before that even, with the mission to wave. An unforeseen complication in a simple C-rank mission could have cost all of Team 7 their lives. Their very first time out of the village.

This is a world where these things are common and accepted. So my belief, at least for my stories, is that people would be more accepting of age gaps for romantic and sexual purposes due to a low mortality rate in their society. I had Hinata touch on this and how I generally show this in the Full Tilt Specials first chapter.

Generally speaking, as soon as they are officially cleared by their Jonin-sensei, the genin are legal to most pleasures of the world.

But that's just my thoughts and opinion on the matter. I'd love to hear from you all regarding this and the chapter in general. I hope you enjoyed it, as sloppy as it was this time. Hope to get the next one up sooner than later.

Till Next Time Loves!