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Author's Note (A/N): Hey Everybody. Happy Halloween I hope everyone is safe and enjoying themselves. I know I am. Here is the next chapter. Tempers and emotions are flaring in this chapter as Naruto meets a certain someone. So strap yourselves in and enjoy.


Chapter 15

Meeting the Secret Hunter

The last two days have been particularly eventful to say the least. Sakura and Sasuke have made great progress with the advanced Tree Walking Exercise. Sasuke has finally managed to walk up the tree and back down it. He was able to do this for about 15 minutes before he ran out of chakra and his body's muscles gave out on him. It was impressive but to be expected. The reason why Naruto was able to master the technique in a matter of only two months was because his chakra reserves were massive compared to everyone his age. Not to mention the fact that his Yōki is mixed in and fused with his chakra, this makes it more potent. Not only that, but his Yōki naturally enhances his muscles without conscious effort which allowed him to keep going.

For Sasuke to do what he did without those advantages was very impressive since he didn't know how to enhance his muscles yet. He was relying on his own physical strength. The way holding the heavy manikin effects your center of gravity going up and down the tree helps increase his endurance, muscle strength, and much more.

Sakura came in a little behind him. She walked up the tree and back down it without the manikin and she had zero problems doing this but that was because her chakra reserves were so small she had no problems controlling and regulating it. On the flip side it also meant that she couldn't keep going up the tree for long periods of time. She was further slowed down by the heavy manikin but Sakura showed surprising resilience by continuing on. She had a deceptive amount of physical strength. She lasted for 9 minutes so far.

However with all those good points and progress there was one bad note.

Inari.

The son of Tsunami was antagonistic, pessimistic, depressing, and an overall kill joy. He's denounced and put down all of Team 7 and their accomplishments since they arrived at his house. He's moody and always locked in his room and rarely interacts with them. When he does it's only to antagonize and pass condescending and down putting remarks. Team 7 has tried it's best to ignore the little boy but it was starting to grate on their nerves having to listen to the same broken record mantra for the last two days especially when they would return to the house exhausted from hard training and then they would hear demeaning words meant to discourage them.

Even Iris and Chaos were getting annoyed at hearing such words and they were not even directed at them. (Mainly because nobody knew they were there except Kakashi.) Right now everyone was sitting at the dinner table eating a fresh and tasty dinner that Tsunami made with Naruto's help. Naruto knew every inch of a kitchen and exactly how to use one to make the best food in the world. Well at least Iris and Chaos thought his food was delicious. But then again so did Shoko, Anko, Aria, and Evangeline. So Naruto could safely say that his food wasn't terrible; and judging by the pleased looks on everyone's faces he now had proof that he was a decent cook.

Everything was going fine but the decent atmosphere was ruined again by another one of Inari's degrading comments after Kakashi implored Sakura and Sasuke to share their progress with him. Finally Naruto had enough.

"Inari how long do you plan to mope around and degrade us. You've shown us nothing but disrespect since we've gotten here and we risked our lives to grant your grandfather safe passage back into his country but not only that he begged us to help save you all and instead of being grateful for that you turn around and undermine everything your grandfather went through. What is bothering you so much? Why do you dislike us so much?" Naruto asked. His question cut a thick line through all the talking and festivities of everyone's dinner. Now everyone was focused on what was happening.

Naruto said his words calmly but in reality he was biting his tongue a little. He was very annoyed by the boy's attitude but he didn't want to seem rude in a guess's house. Shoko and Hinata managed to beat etiquette and manners into him from an early age.

Inari glared at Naruto for calling him out in such a manner and forcing him into a spotlight he obviously didn't want to be in. But now that he was there he couldn't back out now. "You want to know why I don't like you." Inari asked with a sneer. Naruto narrowed his eyes at the kid for his obvious disrespect. "What gives you the right to come here and act all cheerful? How can you all be so relaxed? How can you say you're going to save my country yet you all are obviously weak since you came here nearly dead? How can you say you're going to save my country when you all don't know what we've been through?" Inari ranted. His voice raised an octave for every question he asked.

Naruto gritted his teeth a little at hearing the last two questions. The first one stung his pride while the second one offended him. Sasuke and Kakashi also felt the slight pang of their pride being wounded but more so Sasuke than Kakashi. The experienced Jōnin was far above rising to such insulting words but he's still a man so his pride is still susceptible to being wounded.

"You all don't know the first thing about suffering! You don't know how we suffered here at the hands of Gatō. He's ruthless and cruel. You all are from some big and fancy village that's safe and you guys probably never have to worry about a thing! You guys don't know what it's like to struggle or suffer like we do yet you come here trying to be heroes! BUT GUESS WHAT HEROES ONLY GET KILL-!"

BANG!

Inari's belligerent tirade was cut short by Naruto slamming his good hand into the table so hard that everyone's plate's briefly jumped into the air before coming back down onto the wooden table spilling little bits of the food out.

"Are you done?" Naruto asked in a cold tone. His tone was so unforgiving that everyone except for Kakashi subconsciously flinched. "What?" Inari whispered. "I said… Are you done? Because all I've heard come out of your mouth so far are blasphemous words against everything your family is trying to do. Do you not even understand the danger you grandfather is putting himself in everyday when he goes to work on that bridge? It is beyond me why Gatō hasn't assassinated your grandfather yet. It would be a trivial matter for one such as him. Better yet he could just kill off all of Tazuna's workers who have been his friends for decades and put an end to all of this. Or I know he could just strap thousands of explosive tags to the columns of the bridge and sink it in seconds. All of Tazuna's blood, sweat, and tears would have sunk to the bottom of the river along with his bridge. Then what would you do then. You guys would really be screwed. Those supplies and resources didn't fall from a tree you know. I bet the bridge is sucking up every last drop this country can produce in its poor state right now. Yet your grandfather knows all of this and he still continues to work his hardest because he knows if he can get that bridge done then the far reaching benefits will outweigh all of the losses and sacrifices he's had to make up until this point. Now this just leaves us at you." Naruto stated in a cold and detached voice.

The way he spoke of the different ways Gatō could stop Tazuna was like he was speaking about the weather. No better yet everyone thought. It sounded like Naruto was speaking as if these would be plans he would come up with and execute. Like he was trying to decide which one was better or more amusing. It sent a chill down everyone's spine when they thought of this.

"You've done nothing but whine and complain about how we should give up and go home; that we don't belong here and that we're only getting in the way; that we don't know what suffering is and we've never tried walking a mile in your shoes. These are some real hypocritical words coming from someone who has already given up." Naruto said as he bored a hole into Inari's eyes. Inari had silent tears running down his face as he stared back into the cold navy blue icy chips that were Naruto's eyes.

"How dare you?" Inari said barely above a whisper as his hold body trembled in silent rage, sadness, guilt, and remorse. "HOW DARE YOU!" Inari screamed as he lunged out of his chair but before he could even take a single step Tsunami who was sitting next to him grabbed him by his shoulders since that was the only place she could grab given how she was seated. "Inari calm down you must stop!" Tsunami struggled; she was trying to get out of her chair to restrain her son, but given the position she was in it was not helping. Tazuna who was on the opposite side was getting up as well. Naruto didn't even flinch when Inari exploded.

"I DON'T CARE SO SHUT UP MOM!" BANG!


Flashback Begin

"I don't care! Now shut up Eva!" A very young Naruto yelled to his trusted partner. The little winter fairy had tears pooling in her eyes since Naruto never in his life talked to her in such a way. Then the pain came even before Naruto could fully register it.

Flashback End


Naruto's hand moved faster than he could even register it.

SLAP!

Silence. The entire room was as silent as a grave yard. Nobody moved. Inari's face was turned to the side and his cheek was swollen with a large red spot. Naruto had slapped Inari straight across the face and he didn't do it lightly either. The back of Naruto's hand was red as well. Inari slowly panned his eyes up to Naruto's and they nearly fell out of his head. Naruto's eyes were dead. There was no life in them just two jaded dark pits that made you feel as if your skin was ice cold or was that caused by the actual temperature in the room being close to the freezing point since it just plummeted in seconds. Inari didn't know or care and neither did the others in the room either since nobody's ever seen this side of Naruto before.

"I don't care if you are angry with me but don't take your anger out on others especially your family. Now apologize to your mother for hurting her." Naruto said in a cold tone as he panned his eyes over to Tsunami. Inari involuntarily followed his eyes and his small black ones widened beyond disbelieve. Tsunami was bleeding. The dinner they were eating was different and as such they were using utensils such as knives and forks instead of the customary chopsticks. When Inari yelled at his mother he jerked back and used his shoulders that she was holding onto to push her off of him. However since she was trying to get out of the chair at the time she didn't have a proper balance so she fell back into her chair and pushed against the table which caused the knife she was using to fall off and cut into her wrist.

Ironically enough it was the same wrist that Naruto injured the other day. Luckily it cut the top of her wrist instead of the bottom were the veins are located so she wasn't going to quickly bleed out or anything. "Momma I-I I'm sorry." Inari whispered in disbelieve and shock. The little boy couldn't take the sight of the blood dripping onto the floor and the fact that it was his mother's blood made it even worst. Inari fled the room as fast as he could and he didn't look back.

A muscle jumped in Naruto's jaw. Inari ran away without checking to see if his mother was ok. He wanted to chase after the boy but he was feeling uncharacteristically tired at the moment and he could feel his strength leaving him. Naruto's mind was already made up for what he was going to do next.

Walking over quickly Naruto grabbed the glass of water that Tsunami didn't drink out of yet and scratched his head. A small lump of golden dust piled up in his hand courtesy of Evangeline who like always was one step ahead of Naruto in his thinking pattern. Naruto dumped the dust into the glass of water as if he was pouring tea spoons of sugar into a drink. The water immediately started to sparkle and reflect light in a golden hue just like all the times before. Everyone widen their eyes at this except for Kakashi.

Naruto grabbed Tsunami's wrist and placed it over the sink. He poured the glass of golden water over her wrist and everyone heard a hissing sound. Everyone's eyes widen beyond believe when the large cut on Tsunami's hand closed up in a sizzling smog of steam.

Naruto was silent as a mouse the entire time. He didn't say a word. Despite all of the crazy feats he's seen the Ninja do in the last week alone Tazuna could honestly say he's never seen anything quite like what he just witnessed.

'What on earth?'

'How is that even possible?'

These were the thoughts of Sasuke and Sakura who couldn't take their eyes off of Tsunami's wrist that was healed miraculously right in front of their very eyes. Naruto still as silent as ever walked pass everyone with his head low and shadowing his face and headed for the door. He slipped on his shoes and before anyone could regain the ability to speak watched him walk straight out the door.


With Naruto

"HOW DARE I?"

"HOW DARE HE!"

Naruto screamed as he was in a clearing half a mile away from Tazuna's house. It was late at night and the nighttime ambient sounds of the forest could be heard by all except for Naruto who was in a very rare uncontrollable rage. He seethed as he slammed his blue colored fist into a nearby tree with a roar and watched as it was literally ripped from its roots and blasted apart in two by Naruto's Acceleration Punch.

All around the small clearing he was in the forest was destroyed and torn up. Thin sharp lines cut through many of the trees and bushes indicating Naruto must have either used a sword or his wind style probably both and there was some patches of frozen grass and tree limbs as well as puddles all over the clearing with many of the trees soaking wet down to their bark. It was clear that Naruto lost control over his power since the clearing did not look anything like what it was supposed to be.

"Hey, hey, Naru. It's ok. It's ok now. You can calm down. It's ok." Eva soothed as she finally got Naruto to look at her. He was panting and his eyes which were clouded over in rage and anger returned to their brighter ocean blue color but again they were clouded over but this time by fatigue and exhaustion as well as seeds of confusion and shame.

Naruto tumbled back and landed against one of the very few trees unscathed in his siege of the forest. "Eva what happened to me? Why did I lose control like that?" Naruto asked with undeniable disbelieve and confusion in his eyes. The anger he felt was his own but he didn't believe he should have been that angry. "I'm sorry Naru. I was also quite angry at Inari. I couldn't properly keep my own anger in check either so my Yōki influenced your emotions and enhanced them. I've been siphoning them out of you for the last 10 minutes now. I'm sorry." Evangeline apologizes once Naruto finally calmed down.

"It's ok Eva. There's no point in pointing fingers at anyone right now. I'm just so tired after today. Who knew dealing with a kid like that would leave you this drained?" Naruto stated as he leaned his back against the thick tree.

"Daddy? Are you better now?" Iris asked in worry. Iris and Chaos released themselves soon after Naruto left the house. They were equally worried about Naruto who was emotionally and physically at his limit. He wouldn't admit it to anyone but the news of what they were up against and the new developments that keep popping up have been taking its toll on Naruto and his mental stability has been stressed because of it. Not to mention his physical abilities are hampered by his injury that has been healing remarkably these last few days. Naruto estimated that by the end of the week he would be completely healed and would have full function over his arm and neck again. Also Naruto has been silently worried about Shoko and everyone back in the village so it's was a small weigh in the back of his mind as well.

"Yeah sweetie. I'm sorry you had to see me like that. You must have been scared." Naruto said as he took his hand and scooped up Iris into his lap. He gently rubbed his hand against her cheek and the princess didn't protest but instead she leaned into Naruto's touch. Her face although marred with worry for her father, was also blended in with contentment form his current actions right now. "I was afraid I was going to have to step in and calm you down myself. But I figured you needed to get this stress off your chest so I stayed back." Iris said softly although with a tad bit of hesitance in her voice. She wasn't sure if Naruto would approve of her stepping in like that. He would most likely be angry that he might hurt her by accident.

"I'm sure you would have calmed me down without any problems. Your powers are amazing after all." Naruto said in his soft and gentle voice. It was the voice that was reserved solely for Iris and Chaos. With Eva he was more casual but he could sometimes be softer whenever they were having a tender moment. Naruto picked up on Iris indecision so he wanted to make sure that she knew he was fine.

Iris blushed both bashfully and with her usual shyness at her father's praise. She buried her face in his chest to hide her red face. Naruto smiled at this since he knows which buttons to press on Iris and Chaos to get them to react a certain way. He's had a lot of practice since he's raised arguably two of the most manipulative girls in their age group. They were never malicious with their schemes and manipulations but they knew Naruto inside and out and had him firmly wrapped around their pinky eagerly at their beck and call. Anko often teases Naruto that he's whipped by two little girls but instead of rising to the obvious bait Naruto would usually respond with a small content smile while confirming that he knew what they were up to most of the time.

"Dada you should do that again that was so much fun. Eeeeeeeh!" Chaos said with a girlish squeal. Her large slanted purple eyes were wide open with a giddiness that Naruto rarely sees on her face. Chaos looked like Christmas came early. Naruto knew why of course. The negative and chaotic emotions that he was giving off were like an aphrodisiac towards Chaos who lives off of such emotions. He could tell and sense that she fed off of his earlier rampage and glancing around Naruto noticed a few signature marks around the clearing that he is incapable of making but a certain mistress of destruction is.

"It probably wouldn't be a good idea for me to do that again Chaos. Although I do feel better now." Naruto idly said as Chaos skipped over to Naruto and her sister with a noticeable pep in her step. Sometimes he underestimates just how much his ever changing emotions affect his daughters. Just the slightest amount of either positive or negative emotions could drastically affect his daughters and how they act when those emotions are present.

Sitting down next to Naruto Chaos leaned in and placed her head down partially on Iris's lap who was enjoying sitting in her father's lap. "That boy has a lot of growing up to do. He is to narrow minded and ignorant of how this world works. He's not the only one who has suffered." Naruto said after a few minutes of silence. "I know and I agree. However his will has been broken. That picture in the kitchen a person has been ripped out of it. I assume Gatō has killed one of his family members. Most likely his father." Eva speculated. She was naturally attuned to emotions being a demon and it helped her a lot with figuring things like this out.

"I was thinking the same. I'll have to deal with him real soon. This cannot be allowed to continue. We already have enough problems and enemies to deal with as it is. It would be crazy to have an enemy in the very person you're trying to save while fighting against an enemy who nearly killed you once before." Naruto said tiredly. His mental and physical might has deteriorated rapidly in the last few days. Naruto truly needed to rest and that was exactly what he was planning on doing. He could feel himself dozing off.

"Are we heading back to the house?" Eva asked tiredly. "No we'll head back in the morning. It's too late to head back and I don't think I would be able to go even if I wanted to." Naruto replied as he closed his eyes. "Goodnight girls." Naruto mumbled as he made one last adjustment to make sure Iris and Chaos were comfortable. "Night daddy/Naru." Eva, Iris, and Chaos responded before they all drifted off into sleep.


The Next Morning

The sun was just rising over the horizon bathing the forest in a soft light. In a small clearing in the woods a boy that looked to be around twelve or thirteen years old was propped up against a tree with a small little girl no older than six wrapped tightly in his arms, a small girl with wings as small as eight inches tall lay in the boy's messy blonde hair; all three were a sleep.

A small girl also about six years old sat staring at the three from the first branch in the tree they were leaning on. The clearing was quiet with only the sound of the many birds that have gathered in the surrounding trees. The peace and quiet was kept for a little while longer until small dull footsteps could be heard approaching the clearing at a methodical pace.

Upon hearing the intrusion of peace the little girl quickly turned her head to the direction of the sound and her eyes quickly flashed a dangerous robotic red before it faded back to the soft purple color they always are; whatever she saw must have excited the girl because a big smile spread across her face, but for some reason the smile seemed a little off, a little demented looking even. With that being noted the little girl seemed to slowly fade away into the background of trees just as the footsteps entered the clearing.

Iris the name of the girl who was sleeping soundly in the arms of her surrogate father suddenly awoke upon sensing the disturbance nearing them. Her spatial awareness and ability to sense emotions particularly positive ones were second to none even at her very young age. These traits and skills came easy to Iris just like breathing. Iris's baby blue eyes scanned the clearing quickly and she spotted a figure coming into the clearing. Thinking fast Iris transformed herself into a brow teddy bear with a green collar around its neck. It was resting securely in the boy whose name was Naruto arm.

Entering the clearing was a relatively short person standing at 4'11 maybe a solid 5'0. The person had long black hair, pale skin and large dark-brown eyes, and a slender frame. Around their neck was a small black band. The mysterious person had on a pink kimono with a dark pink swirl designs scattered around for aesthetic designs. A white sash helped keep the kimono closed. The person had on thin sandals that added an extra 5cm to their height but nothing more. In the person's hands was a small straw basket that had a few freshly picked herbs and plants in them.

Naruto stirred awake not only at the sudden shift in weight on his body do to Iris transforming but also because he too had a highly developed spatial awareness that he naturally had to develop with a lot of trial and error. As he is now his awareness is comparable to an experienced Jōnin.

Opening his striking blue eyes Naruto scanned the clearing in seconds and discovered the mysterious person approaching him. Naruto closed his eyes and pretended to sleep since he could easily tell that this person was a stranger. Once the person was a foot away from him Naruto heard them drop their basket.

[Daddy this is strange, I don't sense any malice or evil intentions from this person.] Iris's voice rang out in Naruto's head. Her voice was always something Naruto enjoyed listening too since it was so unique and elegant. 'I see. That is a little strange. Maybe it isn't an ambush or something.' Naruto contemplated as he receded from his inner thoughts.

"Hey wake up. If you stay out here you'll catch a cold." The person spoke up. Their voice was very feminine and soft yet it was a lot deeper than an average girl's voice. Opening his eyes Naruto's then blue eyes widened to the point of nearly falling out. 'Holy crap who is she? She's got to be the prettiest girl I've ever seen in my life.' Naruto thought to himself with his jaw unhinging a little. Naruto could feel a stirring in the back of his mind and he could sense that Iris was suddenly in a bad mood.

"Hey there I see you're awake now." The apparent girl spoke up. Again the voice was soothing yet just a tad bit deeper than the average girl. Thinking this Naruto felt another spike of anger from Iris. "Um yeah, uh hi." Naruto fumbled with his words. None of his tuned shinobi senses were going off around this person so he didn't have anything to fear. However he was still trying to be cautious. "My name is Haku what's yours?" The attractive girl asked. Her large doe brown eyes were staring into Naruto's cerulean colored eyes with curiosity and a hint of mirth.

"Oh me… I… uh… my name is Naruto." Naruto said as he again stuttered over his words. It would seem like his inability to function properly around pretty girls was coming back to haunt him again. It started with Ayame from Ichiraku Ramen Stand; then it went to Hinata. He fumbled around with Hinata for some time after meeting her. He didn't know how to properly act around what he considered to be his first real friend and the fact that she was a shy girl made it worst. The day they met in the forest was just him being forced to respond to the fact that she discovered Evangeline and he felt like he owed her because she got dragged into his mess. This then went to both Shoko and Henrietta who he also didn't know how to act around. However he never really acted this way around Aria when they met.

It would seem like his instant crushes syndrome was making a return. "Nice to meet you Naruto. May I ask what were you doing sleeping out here all by yourself?" Haku asked simply as she sat down in the soft grass next to Naruto. With the amount of moisture in the air it made sure that the grass was always soft to the touch. "Oh nothing really. I was just doing some late night training but I was exhausted so I fell asleep here." Naruto answered in a half lie, half-truth. Even if he didn't sense any bad intentions from the girl in front of him he still instinctively didn't fully trust anyone he just met.

"So is that why the clearing is half destroyed?" Haku asked again in curiosity. Her brown doe eyes panned the clearing and took in the damage done to the area. "Yeah I guess I went overboard huh?" Naruto sheepishly replied while scratching the back of his head in a nervous/embarrassed habit that he's had for as long as he could remember. "I would say so. But why were you training? You look plenty strong to me." Haku said with a tilt of her head. This caused Naruto to blush while turning his head to the side. Again he could feel Iris's presence in the back of his mind and for some reason his princess was not happy and he could sense that he was the cause.

"Oh well I'm not all that strong really. I need to continue training. I have to get stronger." Naruto admitted. In all honesty Naruto knew that he was quite powerful for someone his age and especially during this time period were the countries and villages were not in constant war. Back then many children were pushed into active service and they either grew strong enough to survive or their lives were tragically cut short. There were no other alternatives. Those were the only two options you had. For him to be this strong while not in the same scenario as his own sensei and those of his age group who he knew grew up during the Third Shinobi World War based on their age was nothing short of impressive. Naruto knew that he was easily high level Genin/low level Chūnin just with his base skills. Add in his signature Ice Style moves and then he would be high level Chūnin at best. But going full out using his trump card the High End Skills that would place him closer to an average low level Jōnin. But going full out is not something he can maintain for long and none of his techniques are so strong that they are unbeatable.

While his advanced growth rate and street experience not to mention his training at the hands of Hiruzen, Weasel, and Shoko has left him far above those of his age group; Naruto knew that any experienced Jōnin or any other opponent could still beat him based on experience, skills, and any unique ability that they may have. So Naruto knew that he was not all powerful. He knew that he was a heavy hitter and a powerhouse but he humbly knew that he was very far from being exceptionally strong. Shoko saw to that over the years with the numerous spars and training sessions they've had. Realistically speaking Naruto wasn't going to march into Hiruzen's office and beat him in a one on one duel or somehow outclass Shoko in a swords match. It was just not possible.

"What is your reason for growing stronger? Do you have something to protect?" Haku asked while eyeing Naruto carefully. Naruto thought about it for a quick moment and a warm smile spread across his face. He instantly thought of Evangeline who was his other half. They were like two sides of the same coin. They completed each other. Iris and Chaos was obvious. They were his daughters and there was nothing more important to him in his live than them. They wormed their way into his heart and life and held on tight. He couldn't imagine living without them. Shoko and Anko came next. Naruto privately imagined to himself that Shoko must be like what having a mother would be like. She holds a special place in his heart for all that she's done for him. Anko was the crazy annoying older sister that you can't help but love and silently become attached to. Naruto also owes Anko a great deal for all that she's done for him. Finally Naruto came to Hinata, Henrietta, and Aria who are his closes friends and the three friends that he trust above all else.

Naruto's thoughts also drifted to Hiruzen; the Ichiraku family; Iruka; his classmates and friends Shikamaru, Choji and Shino; Dino; his colleagues; and a few others. But he knew he would always care about them.

"Yes I do. I have things very important to me that I have to protect." Naruto admitted warmly. He could feel Iris's apparent anger start to dissipate. Her emotions from what he could tell became bashful and shy again just like any other time he would think about her. For whatever reason she got angry Naruto was just glad he was able to make her happy again.

Haku smiled gently at Naruto. "Then you will become strong. I believe that when a person has something that they want to protect then they will unlock and achieve their true strength. A strength that will allow them to defeat anyone who would stand in their way of protecting the things they cared about." Haku stated with a lot of passion laced in with her words.

"Those are some very wise words Haku. I can easily see the truth in them. It's a really nice saying." Naruto complimented with a smile. He could easily see the purity and truth in those words and they were sentiments that Naruto's felt for a long time regarding his rag tag surrogate family that he loves more than his own life. When you're an orphan who has longed for a family for all your life and then you meet and befriend a group of people from all different walks of life you become attached to them. Especially when they are so diverse that they can sympathize and empathize with you.

"Thank you. They are words I live by." Haku said with a small smile. Naruto returned the smile before his eyes trailed down to the basket placed next to Haku. "What are those herbs for?" Naruto asked in curiosity. He wasn't stupid. He didn't mistake them for normal flowers. The assortments of flowers in the basket were used for making herbs and remedies. Shoko being an experienced medic drilled those lessons into Naruto among a wide range of other useful information and skills.

Not showing any shock Haku smiled once again. "My father recently became ill. These herbs will bring him back to health." Haku explained simply. There were some patches of flowers still in the clearing and her eyes were drawn to them. "I'll help if you want me too." Naruto said with a light tinge of pink on his cheek. "I would love the help." Haku agreed.

Naruto and Haku made small talk as they picked the necessary herbs for Haku to make a remedy for her sick father. In that time Naruto could honestly say he quite enjoyed Haku's company. She was a great girl who had a sense of humor and was interesting. They talked for about half an hour in which time Haku asked Naruto simple questions like what happened to his arm and why did he have a teddy bear with him. Naruto answered those questions and in turn he asked Haku his own list of questions. Haku answered these questions easily and the two continued their conversation before Haku told Naruto she had to go.

"Thank you for the help Naruto. I appreciate it very much. With this I can make my father better." Haku said with a charming smile on her face. Blushing at this Naruto watched as Haku started to walk away. As he watched her walk away Naruto's eyes subconsciously started to trail down to Haku's hips and butt and the second they did Haku turned to look at Naruto who had surpassed Hinata in the blushing department. In his mind he thought he was caught.

"Oh and by the way I'm a boy." Haku said coyly as 'He' walked away leaving Naruto frozen as a statue. With that Haku left the clearing leaving behind a catatonic Naruto who was frozen stiff like a living statue. Once Haku was gone Iris revealed herself and she had a scowl on her face. "Daddy what…—? Daddy? Daddy?" Iris said as her scowl turned to a looked of irritation and confusion as she snapped her fingers in front of Naruto's face who would not move an inch. Not even his eyes moved. "Step aside Iris. I got this." Eva said with a sigh. With that Eva blasted Naruto with a stream of water that knocked him onto the ground.

"Huh…? What…?" Naruto mumbled out in a disoriented haze. He wiped his eyes and face of the water that was blinding him and looked to see both Iris and Eva in front of him with annoyed and irritated looks on their faces. "What?" Naruto said in confusion.

"Daddy you're an idiot." Iris said with a huff as she turned away from Naruto while crossing her arms over her chest. She had a scowl on her face as she glared a hole into the path that Haku took to leave the area. "What did I do?" Naruto mumbled. "Naru, I'm so angry at you right now." Eva said in a deadpan. Her voice didn't sound angry but she looked like she would freeze Naruto any second now based on the irritated look on her face.

"Wait Haku's a boy. Oh my god! Haku's a boy. HAKU'S A BOY!" Naruto exclaimed as the shock finally caught up to him and he fainted in the same fashion Hinata would. Eva's eye was twitching and a ball of water was floating above her head. It didn't take a genius to know that she was really annoyed with her life partner.

Iris's glare intensified and with one final growl of repressed irritation she stomped her foot on the ground and the tree closes to her spontaneously combusted into a magnificent painting of whites, oranges, yellows and reds of fire. Eva watched as her little sister stomped off in one of her very, very rare temper tantrums when something she didn't like happened. "Great now I got to put out that fire before the whole forest burns down. Naru this is all your fault." Eva muttered while glaring down at her other half. 'Wait where is Chaos?' Eva thought in a brief afterthought after not seeing Chaos.


Further into the Forest

The boy was walking along the path with a calm only a 'civilian' could possess as he whistled a small little song completely unaware of the disturbing encounter he was about to have. Chaos was silently trailing her newest victim… (I mean soon to be friend) with a happy little smile on her face. When he reached far enough away from the clearing Chaos decided now was the time to finally greet her new friend.

Haku's POV

'He sure is an interesting boy. To think he could push master Zabuza so much. Just being near him I could sense how much power he possessed. It's staggering. Even injured I know he would pose a challenge to defeat in a straight up one on one battle. I should have taken him out then and there away from his team but something in my gut was telling me not to. I wonder what it was?' Haku thought in serious contemplation. He was genuinely curious about Naruto as he is someone definitely different than anyone he's met before.

Haku was brought out of his musing as a figure was approaching him from the direction he was headed. The figure turned out to be another boy about two years younger than him he had black hair with bangs falling to the side of his face as well as hair in the back of his head. He would have kept observing if not for the fact that he got a weird vibe from him they did not even make eye contact with each other despite the fact the path was a little narrow. Then the moment was over they passed by each other without even acknowledging each other. 'That's one of Naruto's teammates. If what I heard was right his name is Sasuke. He's interesting and will certainly be threat but he's not as interesting as Naruto.' Haku mused to himself.

Haku was content to keep on walking when he froze as he heard a little girl's voice speak directly into his ear "Hi there want to be friends?" Chaos whispered with her signature giggle in Haku's ear. Haku quickly spun around to discover he was the only person on the path as Sasuke who he pasted not even five seconds before was no longer there. "Who's there?" Haku asked as he heard little footsteps running around him but they were never in his line of sight. The boys eyes scanned the path as he tried to discover where the sound of the footsteps were coming from but he could never find it. Just when he thought it couldn't get any worst his vision started to get blurry as the scene in the forest kept on changing from the morning forest that he knew he was in to a dusk setting with a dark sky with a moon and the snowy trees covered in blood, if that was not bad at all he could hear heart wrenching screams in the distance.

'What's going on? Is this a Genjutsu?' Haku thought in a panic. He surged his energy but nothing happened. "He sure is interesting isn't he?" Chaos asked in a disembodied voice. "Are you talking about Naruto? How do you know him?" Haku questioned as his vision would blur and then fix itself. "I've been watching him for a long time now. He's my most favorite dolly of all. He's so much fun to play with." Chaos replied with a giggle that sent a tiny shiver down Haku's back.

The scene of trees covered in snow and blood kept coming back in and out each time he heard the little girl giggle. "Where are you, show yourself? Whatever game you think this is it's not funny, if you don't stop I will be forced to hurt you!" The boy yelled out into the path as he got a reply again in his ear "But I'm just saying hello like a good little girl *giggle.* But I have some questions to ask you. One is would you like to be my friend because I don't have many; two would you like to play a little game I like to call sanity survival; and three what is your favorite type of horror scene? *giggle*"

Chaos asked these questions with childlike laughter that sounded demented. Ever since coming to the Land of Waves Chaos could feel herself being riled up. She mention this to Naruto on the boat ride into the country. Like Iris Chaos is very sensitive to emotions of all kinds but unlike her sister Chaos could actually see the Emotional Wave Spectrum with her naked eyes. She could see what type of emotions a person was having and she was specifically attuned to negative and chaotic emotions.

She could feel herself becoming more and more agitated and riled up the more time she spent in Wave. It got bad when Naruto was incapacitated for two days because he wasn't conscious to comfort her and suppress her instincts. Her instincts acts up whenever she absorbs to much turmoil and chaotic energy. The land of Waves right now is the perfect place for her to absorb such energy because of all the suffering going on behind its borders. Naruto was able to suppress some of it by spending time with her after he finally regained consciousness but it wasn't enough. Especially when the feeling was growing every day.

Before the boy could answer any of the questions he was then assaulted by wave after wave of disturbing scene's each worse than the last. This went on for a couple of minutes with the boy screaming after he saw scenes of snow with blood in it, after a while he begged her to stop. "STOP! PLEASE!"

"Aww! But we were just getting to the good part!" The little girl whined out as you could hear the disappointment in her voice. "Please stop. Why are you doing this to me?" Haku asked while trembling. He was just forced to relive and remember some painful memories that he would have rather left buried. "Aww. So that's what you are. I never would have guessed that. That's pretty neat Haku." Chaos said with childlike amazement in her voice as she discovered something about Haku. "I'm sorry about what happened to you. Some people are just ignorant and deserve to die." Chaos commented. Haku could feel the palm of a little girls hand gently rub his hair but when he looked over his shoulder no one was there.

"What did you do to me?" Haku asked in fright. This was not a Genjutsu. As far as he knew this was real or some type of illusion so powerful he couldn't break free. "I just looked into your memories. I wanted to see if you were some kind of threat to my dolly. But I never would have guessed that you had a past like that. I'm so sorry. You must have been so scared. No one was there to give you any love." Chaos said sympathetically. She truly was sorry for whatever she saw in Haku's memories but the boy couldn't tell that she was genuine with her concern since he was to weary and scared of this strange and dangerous encounter he was having.

"Who or what are you?" Haku asked with a shake of his head. He has never encountered something like this before and for the live of him he could not locate Chaos. She was completely beyond his sensing range yet he knew she was close by.

"I told you already silly that I'm just saying hello; I am your new friend. My name is - and I want to play with you." Chaos said with a happy tone in her voice. Her voice cracked and became distorted when she tried to say her name. "If we become friends we can play together all the time and I can teach you all about LOVE!"

By the time she finished the sentence and reached the word Love the tone in her voice went from happy to Insane.


Later on that day

A door was flung open as a boy in a pink kimono dragged himself into a wide open room with wooden walls and floors. The room was Spartan in design but it had the basic amenities. There was a bed in the room and on the bed a tall man was covered up in the covers but he acknowledged the boys presence but his eyes widened for a moment when he took in the boy's appearance.

"Haku what happened to you?" The man asked in surprise. Haku was sweating profusely and his straight and perfectly maintained hair was disheveled and in a mess. His kimono was disheveled as well and covered in sweat. Haku's face was paler than usual.

"Master Zabuza. We have a problem."


With Naruto later on that day

After being forcibly woken up after fainting Naruto tried and failed to get Iris to pay any attention to him. He knew she was angry with him but for the life of him he couldn't figure out why and the princess was not being forthcoming with information. Usually when Naruto tries to get Iris's attention she would come running since she loves to be showered and pampered by Naruto's overwhelming attention and dotting. But at the moment she was ignoring her father who she was angry with.

Eva was also angry at Naruto but she was more jealous than anything. She was jealous because Naruto gained another one of his instant crushes on another girl. In the past she didn't mind because she got to know those people who would quickly go on to become people she would consider her family but this girl who was without a doubt drop dead gorgeous and Eva would freely admit that came out of nowhere and somehow managed to capture Naruto's attention.

Eva couldn't truly blame Naruto for taking notice of Haku like that. She was again drop dead gorgeous and definitely one of the prettiest girls she's ever seen. She could understand how Naruto or any boy would instantly become smitten with her. Heck the moment Eva saw Haku her jaw dropped but luckily she was hidden away inside of Naruto's thick and spike hair underneath one of her simple illusions that could fool many people because it's not Genjutsu.

However it didn't stop her from being jealous of the girl. Her feelings for Naruto were coming to the forefront in this and she was heavily annoyed that some girl managed to get a reaction like that out of Naruto. However Eva would freely admit that Haku was a great catch and she was very interesting. If Eva didn't already love Naruto to such an extent and if she wasn't already in a committed relationship with Hinata which she took seriously even if it was mostly a joke between the two girls then Eva could honestly say she would like the girl too.

She could also understand why her little sister Iris was upset as well. While she doesn't show it Iris is extremely territorial over Naruto and she doesn't like it when other people especially girls take his attention away from her. While she doesn't mind Hinata, Henrietta, and Aria she still sometimes gets annoyed when they take Naruto's attention away. Now however she was furious because she recognized how beautiful Haku was and as a girl who knew she was exceptionally beautiful for someone her age Iris felt both threatened and jealous that Haku could grab Naruto's complete attention like that.

Eva was completely shocked when Haku said she was actually a boy. Eva was so shocked she almost fell out of Naruto's hair. Now this revelation actually stung her vulnerable feminine pride a lot. Eva doesn't have the best self-esteem about herself because of her size and growing feelings for Naruto but to see that a boy (admittedly an extremely attractive boy) could ensnare Naruto's attention like that was a sucker punch to Evangeline's face.

After a while Naruto was able to get Eva and Iris calm enough for them to walk with him. In a few minutes Naruto ran into Chaos who had to biggest smile on her face but Naruto instantly knew that it wasn't her normal smile. It was the smile that she wore when she let her instincts take over. Naruto instantly scooped Chaos up into his arms and began to stroke her head. Physical contact among other things was the only way to stave off the effects of Chaos's natural instincts.

After hearing what Chaos did and who Haku truly was a frown came on Naruto's face. "This complicates things." Naruto said as he returned to Tazuna's house. Iris and Chaos returned to their transformed states. 'I wonder what Ms. Tsunami made for breakfast?' Naruto asked himself as he turned the handle to the door. Stepping inside Naruto looked up and his eyes widened considerably.

"Guys?!"

"Naruto?"


Jutsu Library

1.) Acceleration Punch - The only known technique of Acceleration. By molding all of the chakra in the cloak to his fist Naruto can discharge a massive burst of both chakra and kinetic energy that can demolish at this point in time almost anything. However this attack can be canceled out by an attack of equal force of makeup.


Author's Notes (A/N): Hey guys I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. This one actually took some time to write but I'm happy with it and I hope you guys are too. Naruto and Inari have had a serious disagreement. Naruto has also revealed some of his power to his teammates unintentionally and he also had an uncharacteristic breakdown brought on by the stress he's been trying to hide from everyone.

In the clearing he meets the one and only Haku who he has an interesting reaction too; which is consistent with previous run in's he's had over the years when it comes to pretty girls. We also see Iris and Evangeline jealous of Haku as well. However it's the interaction between Chaos and Haku that was a real highlight of this chapter I'm sure. Our little Angeloid of Chaos has discovered some things about Haku that no one was supposed to find out. Finally who is at the house when Naruto got back?

All of this and more will be revealed in the following chapters so stay tuned and find out.


That's the end of chapter 15 I sincerely hoped you enjoyed it.

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Published: 10/31/15