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Authors Note (A/N): Hey guys I'm back yet again with another chapter. This chapter is the wrap up and fall out of the Land of Wave's Mission. This chapter serves as a conclusion and a transition over to the next Arc and my favorite one. The Chunin Exam's Arc. Now just a little heads up. The Chunin Exam Arc Officially begins on Chapter 31. The next two chapters including this one is transition chapters meant to set up really important plot progression. But rest assured we won't have to wait long to see our favorite characters.


Chapter 28

Mission Complete

If one word could describe the atmosphere in the Hokage's office, then that word would be tense. The atmosphere was very tense and solemn. The aged Hokage had a stern yet composed visage on his face. There was no visible emotion on his face but to Naruto Hiruzen directed a brief flicker of compassion and understanding, but it was over in an instant. Naruto caught the look directed at him but he could see that the look was loaded with many emotions and hidden meanings that he could not decipher in such a short amount of time.

For the others in the room they were all feeling the pressure of their leader baring down on them. The rest of the Genin rarely see the Hokage of their village face to face for any period of time unlike Naruto who visits the elderly man almost daily despite the fact Hiruzen made it an objective for himself to visit the Academy very periodically to oversee the next generation and see them prosper. It fills him with pride and a sense of nostalgia when he periodically finds himself walking the halls of the decades old Academy building that housed the next generations of leaf shinobi.

The current presence of Hiruzen and the mood he was in didn't particularly affect Naruto too much. It wasn't a side he sees Hiruzen in often. In fact, it's very rare but at the moment he felt that he could deal with it. What he couldn't deal with however was the fact that his two old teammates and now top advisors were in the same room sitting next to him and they both had very stern stone wall expressions on their faces that gave nothing away of what they were really thinking about at the moment. Not a flicker of emotion could be seen on their faces and that unnerved Naruto greatly since he's unfamiliar with them and he is unsure of their opinion on him and how they view him as a person. Do the hate or dislike him? Are they neutral to him and pretty much don't really care about him? Or do they actually like him and don't hold any malice in their heart for him?

These were the questions burning in the back of Naruto's mind as he gazed at the two advisors. Depending on their view of him it could complicate things in the future especially since he has no choice but to reveal the existence of his daughters to these two if Hiruzen didn't already inform them. Either way it wouldn't matter to much since he would have to tell them since they will be mentioned in the debriefing that is about to start.

"Your simple C – Rank mission turned out to be much more than any of us anticipated. This is quite the mess we are all left with." Hiruzen stated as he started the conversation. The wise Hokage had a few opened scrolls and documents scattered on his desk. Most of it was gathered information that was sent to him over the weeks since he originally received the message from Iris's little bird. Since then Hiruzen has been receiving updates from not only Kakashi but from the villages trusted Spy Network. While the appropriate manpower couldn't be sent down to the Land of Wave's in time that doesn't mean Hiruzen doesn't know what was going on. With the constant stream of information coming in from not just the Jōnin squad leaders of the teams and well-hidden spies from the Spy Network Hiruzen has had the country under a microscope. Add on the information that Dino supplied him with form his own Mafia teams on the ground in the Land of Wave's and you get a well-informed Hokage who is caught up with almost all of the events that transpired in the small island nation.

Hiruzen's eyes roamed over the papers on his desk as he bounced from one piece of information to the next. Familiarizing himself with the information so he could quickly compare it to what his Jōnin were about to tell him. Cutting his eye to the Jōnin and Genin lined up rigidly in front of him he took a few seconds for his eyes to roam over everyone present as well as their body language and facial expressions. Stopping on Naruto's for a brief second Hiruzen then placed his eyes on Kakashi.

"Kakashi begin your debriefing." Hiruzen ordered as he opened his ears and all of his senses to gather up every single last detail possible from one of his top Jōnin. "Yes milord." Kakashi said in a very humble and professional tone. He knew what time it was. This mission was originally supposed to be a simple escort and protection mission but it quickly escalated into a national issue that has many international ramifications. With most of the Leaf's top brass sitting before him wanting an in-depth debriefing of all that had happened Kakashi knew that this was not the time for his usual laid back responses and that he had to act professionally like he was trained too.

With that said Kakashi started his debriefing sparring no detail. It was like he was telling a very detailed story. When he finally got to the part where Zabuza came into the picture the old council members perked up as they paid extra attention when Kakashi added in Naruto's involvement with the fight. Koharu gave Naruto a barely concealed gaze of suspicion while Homura was a little bit more on the curious yet cautious side. Hiruzen himself perked up a little as he was interested to know more about how far Naruto has improved. The last assessment he analyzed Naruto's skills on was when he had his Bell Test with Kakashi. Unknown to all was the fact that Hiruzen using his crystal ball watched from start to finish what happened during the test. The aged Hokage was impressed with what he saw but since then he has had no measurement of Naruto's skills. He missed the little skirmish Naruto and Hinata had with Evangeline when she went out of control so he was forced to rely on the debriefing Kakashi gave him that day. They only measurement of Naruto's skills in a life or death scenario was the Mizuki incident on the night Naruto graduated and that was months old by now and he knows that Naruto has improved a lot since then. Giving Naruto a brief look Hiruzen could see that Naruto experienced the most amount of development as far as his power and skills are concerned during the mission.

With that in mind he listened carefully to everything that transpired since that point onward. Hearing how Naruto defended his teammates and received critical injuries at the hands of Zabuza caused the elders to start to ask Naruto questions. "How was it that you were able to hold your own against the likes of Zabuza boy? You were given orders by your sensei and you blatantly disregarded them and got yourself injured halving they effectiveness and manpower of your team. That is unacceptable." Koharu stated as her old squinted eyes pierced into Naruto's skull with unforgiving intensity.

"I did what I had to do in order to insure my teammates and client were safe. Kakashi sensei would not be able to fight off both Zabuza and Haku who was hidden at the time by himself unless he went all out and he wouldn't be able to do that if he had to constantly worry about his defenseless Genin. If his Genin weren't as defenseless as he thought, it would make things go smoother." Naruto answered back crisply. He could already tell that Koharu didn't practically like him and Homura was on the fence with him. Naruto was dreading what would happen in a few minutes when it came time to mention his daughters.

"And what makes you qualified to make such a decision? Your actions could have cost your team the mission as well as their lives." Koharu abolished. Naruto frowned at this. He knew very well that what he did was extremely risky and foolish, he's beaten himself up over it a lot since then. "Please continue Kakashi." Hiruzen interrupted. It was going to be a long day and the worst of the debriefing had yet to come. He was also secretly eager to hear about Iris and Chaos's involvement with the mission, even if he knew it would cause a big racket with his old teammates.

Continuing on Kakashi skimmed a little over the part dealing with the drama in the house and the brief fight between Naruto and Inari. Kakashi again skimmed over Teams 6 and 8 arriving as backup. He went into detail the day they set off for the bridge and everything that had happened including Naruto not being able to wake up. Naruto knew that out of the three visions he had that day the most urgent one for the Hokage to hear about would be the one he saw of the squad of Hidden Stone Shinobi being brutally murdered by the strange duo that reminded him of what Chaos was. An Angeloid. That was something the Hokage's ears should only hear. It was sensitive unknown information and Naruto knew that no one else knew exactly what happened to those men like Naruto did.

'Here it comes.' Naruto thought as he tensed up when it came to the part where Iris and Chaos entered the picture. "Two children took out 10 Chūnin?" Homura mumbled in disbelief. Koharu's eyes were wide opened. "Preposterous. Two six-year-old girls could not possibly have that amount of power. Where are they now?" The elderly woman demanded.

She could not believe such a tail. They were no longer in war so children should not have any kind of training or power anywhere close enough to even accomplish such a feat. Being the generation born directly after the end of the Waring State's Era Koharu along with her two teammates were directly influenced by that time and they already had training and power that the Academy students of this day and age could only dream about. But her and her teammates era has long since passed them by and the only other notable child shinobi with notable skills would be the man standing in the room before them Kakashi Hatake and the now rouge ninja Itachi Uchiha. Not even the legendary Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze had that level of skill and power at the age of 6.

Naruto looked to Hiruzen for permission and guidance. A look of worry and fear that was concealing feelings of mistrust and paranoia was etched onto Naruto's face as he looked towards the man he thought of and affectionately called grandpa. Seeing the look Hiruzen exhaled a cloud of smoke from his trusted tobacco pipe. Nodding his head in Naruto's direction Hiruzen braced himself for the headache to come. With a mental signal from Naruto everyone watched as the air around Naruto rippled and distorted all the while simultaneously combusting into a beautiful shower of pure white flames. Iris and Chaos were now in the room with everyone else and the elder's eyes widened in disbelief.

Iris was wearing a soft pink dress that reached her knees. Around her waist she had a white ribbon tied tightly in the back in the shape of a bow with two streamers of left over ribbon dangling behind her. The dress had a white collar that folded down and was in the shape of a small V-neck towards the front. At the end of the short sheaves of the dress it was cuffed by white bands. On her feet she had white socks and expensive looking red shoes that were very shiny and well-kept despite the fact she was jumping through the trees with them just half an hour ago. Iris had decided to change up her style a bit. Instead of her signature pink bow that highlighted her bangs on top of her head she decided to have a smaller red bow tied at the back of her head. Her teddy bear shaped purse was hung over her shoulder and inside of it was her two metal battle fans as well as a few other items including her signature pink bow. Last but not least Iris had her ever present Teddy Bear John Paul in her arms.

Chaos had on a light amethyst colored dress that was about knee length. Underneath her dress attached on the inside of the bottom portion of her dress was a light baby blue see through silk like material that flowed out to below her knees and ended in jagged triangle like edges. At her waist was a dark purple thin band that actually marked where the silk like secondary underdress was sewed into the primary dress and inches above that the dress changes colors along with a crease forming in the dress marking the top form the bottom. The top portion of the dress has a deep V-neck that reveals Chaos's collar bones and Chaos is wearing a red bow tie that hangs down into an actual tie. The dress is practically sleeveless as the sleeves themselves stop at Chaos shoulders and ripple out in frills.

Despite what some people thought Naruto did have a fashion sense. Mostly due to Iris forcing Naruto to read fashion magazines or else she would hide his ramen away from him. Suffice to say Naruto learned pretty quick for his stomachs sake. Half the wardrobe of clothes that the girls wear was handpicked by Naruto himself. The other half was pooled together by Hinata, Aria, Anko, Shoko, and Henrietta. The girls weren't too picky with the choices unless they really saw something that caught their eye so they rarely requested or showed interest in picking out clothes for themselves. Well at least Chaos in that regard. Iris was just content and approved most of the choices that were given to her. She rarely fused about the clothes Naruto picked out for her since he knew her taste pretty well.

"But how...?" Homura mumbled out in shock. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. He never once sensed their presence in the room. His eyes that were hidden behind his glasses opened up in astonishment. 'I didn't even sense any other presences in the room. I only sense them now that they are right here in front of me.' Koharu thought to herself in shock. She was no sensory ninja and old age hasn't affected her senses but she knew for a fact that they had to have been in room with them the whole time. She saw that Naruto was now missing the choker around his neck and the small teddy bear pendant that hung from the chain on the choker. So with that in mind she knew that is what they had transformed themselves into for Naruto to transport them. Naruto at one point in time taught Iris how to transform into other things other than her teddy bear. So she chose a pendant that could attach itself to Chaos's choker when it's around Naruto's neck. It saved on space and it didn't get in the way.

"Hey grandpa!" Chaos cheerfully said from Hiruzen's lap. No one saw her move from her spot next to Naruto. No one saw her get behind Hiruzen's desk and no one saw her climb up into his lap to sit. There was absolutely no time for any of this to realistically take place yet Chaos was sitting in Hiruzen's lap with a cheerful smile on her usual glee filled face. She was thrilled to see her Grandfather like figure again after being gone from the village for a month. She missed him dearly so she took the first chance she got to greet him. She just didn't know that her actions would have consequences. The same second Chaos spoke up was the same moment the ANBU Commander reacted. Time stopped for everyone in the room as they saw the commander with a beautiful katana in hand and the tip of the blade was mere inches away from Chaos's face. Hiruzen had placed his bare hand on the tip of the blade and was keeping it from harming Chaos. Hiruzen himself didn't really move much from how he was originally seated in the chair but one arm was supporting Chaos while the other was blocking his own Commander's sword.

"Puma, little Chaos is no threat. Stand down." Hiruzen commanded and just like that the sword disappeared from Puma's hand like it was never even there. His reflective silver mask gleamed in the light of the room as he returned to a rigid statue besides his Hokage. Naruto let out a breath he didn't even realize he was holding. "Impossible…" Koharu whispered. She never even saw Chaos move from her spot next to Naruto. No one did. The only thing that drew everyone's attention to her new location in the first place was the fact that she spoke up. Hiruzen was very surprised and a little bit unnerved by what just happened but he hid it perfectly well. Despite spending a lot of time around Iris and Chaos the old Hokage still knew very little about their abilities. This was the first time Chaos has ever done her little trick in his presence and it took every single ounce of restraint and training he's accumulated over the many decades he's trained as a Shinobi not to react to the sudden invasion of his personal space and the total abruptness of the tiny blonde's actions.

However, he did need to unleash his instincts in some form or fashion so he instead chose to block the strike that would have surely killed the young girl. While it looked casual to everyone else Hiruzen did have to put a little bit of effort into that block. The commander's sword wasn't a practice sword or anything of that nature. It was the real deal, the sword was specially crafted and handed down to each ANBU Commander that takes up the position. The blade is extremely sharp. One of the sharpest not to mention densest swords in the world. The blade is made of an exceedingly rare material that is so rare you could easily buy a small island and still have money left over to spare. Hiruzen simply applied a dense coating of his super rich and dense chakra to his finger tip to prevent himself from losing a finger.

Chaos was staring at Puma in wonder with a sparkle in her eye. Naruto knew that look very well. Chaos just found something that interest her. When she finds something that interests her the first instinct that would come to mind is to try to corrupt it or torture it in her own sadistic way but seeing this from a very early age Naruto has raised Chaos to instead channel those urges into pranking and other non-life threatening mediums. It's helped wonders since Chaos is so simple minded that she usually agrees and goes along with whatever he tells her to do but whenever her instincts overwhelm her like when she absorbs to much negative energy it can cause those killer impulses to creep back up.

"That could have ended badly little one. That was quite reckless." Hiruzen said lightly as he gently rocked Chaos in his lap. She wasn't really listening however as her eyes were watching Puma. Naruto who finally regained his breath saw what was happening and what Chaos's next likely course of action would be and so decided to stop her in her tracks. "CHAOS! Come here right now!" Naruto commanded as he raised his voice for the very first time in front of everyone. Not even Hinata has ever seen him talk to the girls like that before. Chaos flinched in Hiruzen's lap and again for the second time in less than a minute Chaos somehow managed to move across the room and appear before Naruto without anyone seeing her move. Her head was down and she wasn't looking at Naruto. "Look at me." Naruto said firmly. Looking up everyone could see that Chaos's face still had the same dopey smile as usual but that was actually not the case. Chaos communicates in a special language only known to Naruto and Iris. Not even Hinata has picked up on many of it.

Chaos's lips were not as curved upwards as they usually are in her ever present smile. Her nose isn't crinkled a bit in its usual way. Her eyebrows aren't fully in the right position. Her eyes while shining in the same mischievous light was actually concealing feelings of sadness and regret. It was all in her body language and other cues. From the position her fingers and toes were in too the way she placed her feet where she stood and the posture her body is taking. To everyone else it doesn't look like anything has changed but to Naruto this is what Chaos's kicked puppy expression looks like. It's the closest she would get without actually physically demonstrating it to any noticeable degree for others that don't know her to see.

"Don't ever do something like that again. This is a very serious time right now do you understand." Naruto reprimanded as he got down on one knee so he could be at eye level with the tiny terror. "Yes dada. I'm sorry." Chaos chirped in what everyone assumed was her usual tone but to Naruto he could pick up on the variation in her tone. She was feeling remorse right now. She was well aware of what just happened and what could have happened to her. She could also sense and feel Naruto's fear for her safety and it was starting to eat her up inside. These particular emotions are poisonous to her and she hates to absorb them since when they come from Naruto it makes her physically sick. Chaos placed her hands on the side of her head and shook her head from side to side slowly. This was her message that she wasn't feeling well. Naruto could feel a mental shift in the back of his head pertaining to Chaos and it made him sad but he did have to put his foot down. He couldn't blame Puma for simply doing his job and he would have done the same if someone without explanation suddenly appeared in his leader's lap. They could have been a threat.

"How did she do that?" Koharu demanded. As a shinobi this incident could not be overlooked. Whatever Chaos just did was incredibly dangerous to the right people if she was to be used against an enemy. "I don't know. It is a unique passive ability that she has. It comes to her just as naturally as breathing." Naruto said as he held Chaos's hand.

He wasn't lying either. After all this time Naruto still does not know how Chaos does what she does. He's questioned her multiple times over the years on her strange ability but she would always give him either her usual dopey if not mischievous smile or she would look at him in total confusion. Going to her inner persona that's inside of his mind didn't help him either since she would respond the same way. He's just had to accept that fact over the years.

She slowly stopped swaying from side to side as she started to feel better. He rarely disciplines the girls since he hates it and they usually are obedient but he had to make sure she didn't do something like that again. Someone like Hiruzen wouldn't be around to protect her the next time something like that happens again. Especially since Naruto never even saw the ANBU Commander move. He moved with such a speed that Naruto could honestly question if he was human. It was just to inhumanly fast.

"An ability like that is unheard of. Hiruzen these two children are far too dangerous. They need to be taken in for monitoring and studied…" Koharu started to say as she just could not let something like that go. An unknown ability that unique could not simply just be passive and could be used at any time without limit. That was far too powerful of an ability. As well as Iris's unknown ability to control Fire and Wind in the way she does. Her old shinobi mind was starting to think they were not human but instead supernatural creatures and if that was the case then they needed to be taken in right away. It was bad enough that Naruto as the Jinchūriki of the Hidden Leaf was being possessed by a demon, even a species as weak as Eva's, but to have two extra unknown entities around him made warning bells go off in her mind. Homura was thinking along the same lines as well. Koharu was going to say more but she was cut off by Naruto's outburst.

"Absolutely not!" Naruto shouted as his chakra flared around him and the temperature in the room started to rapidly drop. "My girls are not going anywhere…" Naruto growled as his whole body language screamed caged animal and it looked like he would lash out at any second. "Excuse me young man. I don't believe you have any say in this matter." Homura spoke up with a firm tone. "They are my daughters so that gives me every right in this matter." Naruto said with a heated glare towards the old councilor. "Not legally. The leaf holds no records of their birth, not vaccinations, not medical charts or anything else. As far as the law is concerned they don't exist and they are definitely not your daughters." Koharu spoke up with a brick wall defense.

Naruto felt a white hot anger suddenly course through his body as he listened to what Koharu just said. At this point in time Naruto couldn't see Iris and Chaos as anything but his daughters. Not after everything he has been through over the years while raising them. Koharu's words triggered Naruto's anger but something startled him on the inside, the Nine Tail's Chakra started to seep out and leak into his system. He was honestly surprised that this amount of anger was all it took for the Nine Tails to become active again but before he could rein himself in and control his anger something else attached itself to the Nine Tail's Chakra. It felt just like Evangeline's Yōki but darker. It was the same presence that he felt the day Eva lost control and a couple of weeks back when he lost control on the bridge.

[Destroy this woman. She wants to take your daughters from you. Prove her wrong. Show her that you are their father. She has no right to claim they aren't your daughters.]

Poisonous whispers started to flood into Naruto's mind at an alarming rate that startled Naruto deeply. He had no idea this was going to happen to him but again as he tried to control himself he found that his mouth had already started moving and venomous yet passionate words were flowing out without any signs of stopping.

"I don't care. No piece of paper can tell me that the last six and a half years of my life raising them meant nothing. They do exist. They are right here besides me!" Naruto fired back with a fierce shout. "A piece of paper can't tell me that I'm not their father. A group of people don't need blood ties to call themselves family!" Naruto continued as he yelled at the two councilors who looked shocked. His emotions quickly spiraled out of control the second it was implied that his girls would be taken from him. It was his worst nightmare to ever have his girls taken from him. Over the last six years Naruto has discovered just how much he's come to care for the girls. His entire heart has slowly been given over to them as the years went by and now its quickly reached the point that he couldn't imagine life without them. It honestly scared him just how much he's come to not only love but depend on them but not only does he not know how to slow down and detach himself from those feelings but he finds himself each and every day not caring. He doesn't want to detach himself from them.

"… until you change their diapers, wash their clothes, feed them, comfort them when they are scared then you can't decide anything for them so you can both shove it!" Naruto roared as he placed Iris and Chaos behind him and his entire posture and body language was completely rigid and coiled like he would lunge at the first person who made a move against him. The others have never seen this side of Naruto ever. Not Hinata, Anko, Kakashi, or Hiruzen. Not any of the others either. This was a completely knew side of him. They caught a glimpse of it back when Gatō made the mistake of saying inappropriate remarks to Iris and Chaos but they couldn't visibly see what Naruto had done since Zabuza had summoned his famed mist to hide the carnage that was to transpire. The others couldn't see Naruto's face right now since he had made his way forward in front of everyone but the councilors and the Hokage saw his face and it caused both Koharu and Homura to abruptly stand up from their chairs. Puma showed the first signs of moving since Hiruzen told him to stand down.

The reason for this was because Naruto's eyes were no longer blue. They were a vibrant shade of crimson red that was almost glowing and his pupils was elongated into vertical slits that was animalistic in nature. The whisker marks on his face were starting to darken and become more pronounced and both his hair and teeth were starting to grow in size with his hair becoming spikier while his teeth began to sharpen. The temperature in the room was starting to plummet rapidly and it was showing no sign of stopping. "That is very well said my boy I couldn't have said it any better, but you need to calm down now Naruto. Shouting doesn't get anything accomplished. Besides you're starting to scare the girls." Hiruzen said in a calming tone as he nodded to Iris and Chaos who was behind Naruto. Taking a quick moment to collect himself Naruto blinked and his eyes returned to their natural blue color. The rest of his facial features reset themselves as well.

Naruto took all of his willpower and forced the whispers to the back of his mind as well as forced the Nine Tail's Chakra out of his system. He could feel a sliver of Iris's energy circulating around his body and he quickly latched onto that to help calm him down faster. He could literally feel all the eyes in the room on the back of his head right now but he couldn't focus on that right now. He could feel Chaos absorbing the negative energy coming off of him right now and he knew it was making her very sick. That was something he was going to correct right now.

"I'm sorry about that gramps. I didn't mean to do that." Naruto said in remorse as he bowed before Hiruzen. The old Hokage nodded in apology as he watched Naruto turn around to address his girls. "I'm sorry to girls. Daddy didn't mean to scare you like that." Naruto said in a very soft voice only meant for the twins. Iris had a frightened look on her face as she looked into Naruto's eyes while Chaos's perpetual smile had visibly waned this time. She was holding her head again letting Naruto know that the emotions she just absorbed from him was making her feel nauseous and sick. The others didn't see his facial features transformed but they could see the regret and sadness on Naruto's face as they saw him comfort the two little girls. While they couldn't see a true visible change in Chaos's demeanor they could obviously see that Iris was shaken up.

"Hiruzen we must take action now…" Koharu said as she turned to her old teammate with a firm gaze. "Now is not the time for that Koharu. We will discuss this all at length at another time. Kakashi please finish up quickly if you would." Hiruzen said as he urged Kakashi to continue. Nodding Kakashi continued before anyone could interrupt him. When he crossed over Naruto saving Haku's life Koharu and Homura did have something to say about that. "On what authority do you have that would make you decide to save your enemies life. You again put everyone in danger with your selfish actions." Koharu reprimanded harshly.

"I already have the blood of too many men on my hands…" Naruto started to say and it caused those who did not know of his past to look at him in shock. The councilors eyes narrowed in suspicion about this while Hiruzen tipped his Hokage hat forward to shadow his face. "…While I may be a shinobi I don't want the only thing I know how to do is to kill…" Naruto said passionately with a tired and heartfelt tone in his voice. The others in the room could feel how emotional saying that made Naruto feel. Hiruzen gave a small unnoticeable proud smile at what Naruto just said. "… Besides you should be thanking me. We now have a high ranking member of the Hidden Mist. A village that no one has had any contact with for the last decade. The Land of Water has been in a terrible state of civil war and any information about what's going on is scarce and sometimes unreliable with all the counter intelligence in place. You now have a perfect source of information to go over." Naruto explained as he calmed down.

"I agree. None of this happened perfectly and not everything went the way we would have wanted it too but at the end of the day we now have an incredible source of information and a country that is free. I think that is all that we could hope for." Hiruzen cut in while smoking from his pipe. With a signal from Hiruzen Kakashi quickly finished up summarizing the battle on the bridge but he stopped before mentioning Jūra. "That is all that needs to be explained Lord Hokage. The rest of the mission details I would like to go over with you in private." Kakashi said as he gave Hiruzen a discreet signal. Picking it up instantly Hiruzen nodded to Kakashi.

"You are quite the formidable shinobi young Uzumaki. Clearly you are no mere Genin if you were able to defeat a member of the Yuki Clan who had access to their secret techniques." Koharu stated tersely. "They were always a formidable bunch, not to mention tricky with their unique powers and techniques. Powers and Techniques that you share many similarities with." Homura said idly as he probed Naruto a bit.

"I guess I'm just full of surprises." Naruto said in a clipped tone. He really didn't like the two advisors but he was trying his hardest not to antagonize them and he knew he was failing at that spectacularly. "Indeed you are." Koharu said in a finishing tone as she rose from her seat. Homura did the same. "The more specific details of the mission will be reviewed tomorrow afternoon at the Jōnin meeting. I want you three to be there on time." Hiruzen commanded as he looked to Kurenai, Anko, and Kakashi as he said this while giving Kakashi an extra look about being on time.

"After that you three will have exactly one week off from any A – Rank missions. As for the Genin you all have the next two weeks off and you will not be allowed to do any missions. After those two weeks are up for the next month you will only be allowed D – Rank missions. Once that probationary period is over your teams will be allowed to take C – Rank missions again." Hiruzen instructed as he shuffled around some papers on his desk. "Is that understood?" Hiruzen asked as he looked at everyone lined up in front of him. "Yes Lord Hokage." Everyone chanted. Most of the Genin were out of sync with each other but as for Kakashi, Anko, and Kurenai they all said their line at the exact same time in perfect harmony.

"Excellent, you all are hereby dismissed. Naruto I wish to speak to you in private so please stay behind." Hiruzen commanded as he watched everyone begin to head towards the door. "Anko can you please watch over the girls for me please?" Naruto asked. He knew Anko would be heading straight to his apartment since she practically moved in a few years back. She rarely visits her own apartment anymore unless she wants some time to herself. "On it. Come on girls Aunty Anko has some embarrassing stories of when your father was younger." Anko said with a grin on her face as Chaos pretty much attached herself to Anko's back with a gleeful look in her eyes. She wanted to hear these stories. Iris also had an interested look on her face as she took Anko's hand and began to walk with her. Her ever present teddy bear John Paul was in her other hand.

Naruto had the decency to blush since he was afraid of whatever story Anko had in mind. He would rather his girls never find out about some of the embarrassing things Anko tricked him into doing over the years, and sadly knowing Anko half of the stories she would end up telling the girls would be highly inappropriate for little six year olds to hear. Before he could turn around and reprimand Anko for what he knew she was going to end up doing the snake loving woman Body Flickered out of the room eager to get away since she knew what Naruto was going to say. Hinata shook her head lightly with a small smile on her face as she made a mental note to stop by Naruto's apartment later just to make sure Anko didn't end up corrupting the poor little girl's heads. Well Iris at least. Chaos was an entirely different story all together. Even Hinata knew that to be fact. But she did spare Naruto a worried glance since she was nervous of what the old Hokage would want to speak to him about. The last thing she saw before the door closed was Naruto's slightly ashamed face as he looked up to the man he thought of as a grandfather.


Once the door closed and everyone was out of the room including the councilors and the ANBU Commander Naruto turned to look at Hiruzen with nothing but shame on his face. "Gramps I… I… I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to act like that…" Naruto started to say as he was having trouble picking out the words to say. Hiruzen held up his hand signaling Naruto to stop. "I understand how you feel my boy. A lot has happened to you and I'm sorry for that." Hiruzen said as he studied Naruto's expression. "I shouldn't have spoken to your old teammates like that. I was wrong. That old lady did make a valid point. My actions put everyone at risk. I thought I could handle things my way but all I did was screw everything up." Naruto said as he looked down at his feet while shaking lightly. He was gritting his teeth as he mentally beat himself up.

"Naruto great leaders aren't born. They are made. They are forged and molded by the many overwhelming experiences and trials that are always unexpectedly thrusted upon them. Only those who don't crack under that immense pressure may be allowed to lead others…" Hiruzen stated in a soft voice as he gazed at the young blonde haired boy in front of him. "…It's the same with being a father. No one is born to be a father and no one can be prepared or taught. Once you become a parent you have to wing everything and think on your feet and let your instincts take over." Hiruzen continued in his soft voice. "Your performance was the furthest thing from perfect. Indeed, many things could have been handled better and some things didn't even need to happen in the first place. But the most important thing to take away from all of this is that you are willing to acknowledge your mistakes and own up to them. Those are also qualities of a great leader." Hiruzen said as he saw the gears turning in Naruto's head based on what he just finished saying.

"I… I still don't think I have a right to lead. I messed up. I even used the Nine Tails Chakra. I could have seriously hurt my friends or worst. Not to mention the biggest mistake was letting Iris and Chaos come with me and participate in all of this. They got hurt because of me old man! What type of father lets his kids fight in his own battles like that! What am I doing…?" Naruto started to rant as tears welled up in his eyes. He would have said more but a warmth enveloped him. Opening his eyes, he saw the Hiruzen had risen from his chair at some point and walked over towards him. The old Hokage had Naruto in a tight hug that made Naruto feel safe and secure.

"You are still very young Naruto and you have much to learn but the fact that you are willing to try speaks volumes to your character. You mustn't doubt yourself in these troubling times. You have two children who depend on you to be strong. Friends who care about you and a village who also needs you whether they know it or not to be strong. You have a heavy burden that not many could understand or ever hope to bare but the Fourth Hokage didn't seal the Nine Tails into you for no reason. He believed that you could be strong Naruto. That you could bear any weight on your shoulders and that you would never bend or break. I know we are all asking a lot of you but you must stay strong. You are not the same small frail child I use to visit in the orphanage all those years ago. You are now a proud shinobi of this village with powers and responsibilities that far exceed your rank and age yet you've held on for this long. All I'm asking you to do is to continue to endure this pain because it will only make you stronger in the end, but only if you allow it." Hiruzen said with a heartfelt tone and soon he felt Naruto trembling in his arms.

Tiny sobs could be heard before Hiruzen pulled back and saw something he hasn't seen in quite some time. Naruto was crying with copious amounts of tears flowing from his eyes. He was shaking uncontrollably and the old Hokage could feel and hear the pain flowing out of Naruto with each sob he gave off. Evangeline at some point flew out of Naruto's hair and was sitting on his shoulder. She was embracing him with all the strength her tiny body could muster but she was not letting go. She was whispering comforting words right into Naruto's ear but other than that she did nothing more.

"Let it out my boy. Let this pain out and turn it into a newfound strength." Hiruzen said softly as he rubbed Naruto's back. He could hear the pain slowly fading away from Naruto as time flew by. Soon Naruto stopped shaking and crying and before long he was wiping his eyes from the many tears that fell. "Thank you, gramps. I really needed that. I haven't cried like that since the time Shoko almost died." Naruto said in a small voice as he tearfully looked over to the aged Hokage. Because of Hiruzen's short stature he wasn't much taller than Naruto. Naruto estimated that in a few years he would be taller than the Hokage just like many people already were.

"Any time my boy. Sometimes we all just need to let go and have a good cry every once in a while. It's good for the soul." Hiruzen said as he placed his hands on Naruto's shoulders. Eva herself returned to Naruto's hair and was sticking out of it so that she could be seen. "Old man. Did you really mean all that? Do you believe in me that much?" Naruto asked in a very small insecure voice. His fears were brought to the surface now that his tears had washed away all of his protective layers he spent years building up.

"I did. You will become incredibly powerful in the future but you mustn't wavier. You must be steadfast and stubborn in all of your endeavors. You must believe in the Will of Fire and let it guide your actions." Hiruzen said as he gave Naruto's shoulders a reassuring squeeze. "Thank you, grandpa. You always knew what to say to cheer me up." Naruto said as he wiped a stray tear near his eye away. "That is what I'm here for my boy." Hiruzen said with a warm smile. A smile that both Naruto and Eva returned. "Now I have one final question for you. Do you know what it means to be Hokage now?" Hiruzen said to the shock of both Naruto and Eva. "Old man why would you ask me that now. It's not even my birthday yet?" Naruto question in confusion. Ever since his fourth birthday when they both made that promise Hiruzen has asked Naruto that same question each year on his birthday. Each year he ended up giving the wrong answer but some years he would get a little closer to the answer then most.

"Well it doesn't need to be. Just go ahead and give me an answer." Hiruzen insisted with a smile. Taking a moment to mull it over in his mind Naruto looked back up to Eva who looked down into his eyes with a warm smile on her face. Turning to the waiting Hokage Naruto formed a sincere smile on his face. "To be Hokage…"

Hiruzen smiled a smile unlike anything Naruto or anyone has ever seen. "That's my boy. You may just take my hat yet." Hiruzen said in such a heartfelt tone that Naruto couldn't help himself as he felt tears come to his eyes. The sheer overwhelming look of pride on the old Hokage's face shot a warmth into Naruto's body that felt like a raging inferno or in Naruto's opinion a warmth that he would think the Will of Fire would possess. "I hope that I will one day. I promise that I'll be the greatest Hokage the village has ever had." Naruto said with a sincere smile on his face. "And you will be Naruto. You will be. Now I believe you have finally earned the right to study more than just Bōjutsu under me." Hiruzen said much to the shock of both blondes. "What do you mean…?" Naruto whispered. "I will be teaching you all about politics and the many requirements of what it takes to be Hokage. As well as a few Jutsu here and there if you manage to meet my standards and impress me. But don't think I'm just going to be handing these things to you on a silver platter. I will work you into the ground without mercy and I will show you not a shred of kindness or leniency." Hiruzen said with a stern voice but the warmth in his eyes couldn't be replaced.

Naruto's jaw was on the floor but slowly he managed to pick it up. "I… I… I won't let you down old man! Believe it!" Naruto said with barely contained enthusiasm and excitement. Emotions that befitted his age. "I know you won't my boy but other than that since you did mess up quite a bit during your mission as punishment for the next four months up until the day the Chūnin Exams start you will be my personal assistant and currier and you will get no breaks from me." Hiruzen said with a smile that did not belong on such a loving and kind old man like him.

Naruto turned deathly pale at this as a lump formed in his throat. "Uh… I just remembered that I have to go report to Mr. Dino now so… uh… yeah I have to go now… and… stuff…" Naruto stuttered out as he was dreading the next four months of torture because he refused to call it anything else than what it was. "On last thing Naruto before you go. Me and Dino have something urgent to discuss with you later so I will be joining you later on today." Hiruzen said with a serious glint in his eye, a look that Naruto caught which caused him to nod in compliance. "By old man. I guess I'll see you later." Naruto said as he closed the door to Hiruzen's office.


By this time Hiruzen had returned to his desk as he peered out at the village below him. The vast amount of morning light that flooded in from the large panoramic windows of his semi oval shaped office reached everywhere in his office except for one little corner that remained shrouded in pitch black darkness and out of that darkness emerged Hiruzen's oldest friend and rival Danzō Shimura.

"He has it old friend. The Will of Fire burns brighter in him than any other person we've ever met. Even more than us." Hiruzen said without even turning around in his chair. His eyes were glued to the beautiful morning and the picture that it painted his beloved village in. Hiruzen's eyes idly tracked Naruto's small orange form as it left the courtyard of the Administration building. He lost track of him after he disappeared over the twisting and winding forms of the rooftops as he made his way over to the massive casino that could be seen not too far in the distance.

"Perhaps he does but time will tell if that flame will remain burning. I bring you news from the Land of Waves. It would appear as if the citizens named the new bridge after young Naruto. Quite the accomplishment for him to accumulate." Danzō said as he took a seat in front of Hiruzen's desk. Hearing this a hearty laugh escaped Hiruzen's mouth as he turned around in his chair. "Indeed it is. Judging by the scroll in your hands I can only guess that this is a fully detailed report on everything that happened in wave gathered by your ever elusive contacts?" Hiruzen asked with a chuckle. "Yes just some old contacts from days gone by." Danzō rumbled as he eased himself more into the comfortable chair. "Well they certainly got to the root of the problem fast didn't they." Hiruzen probed in jest. "Indeed they did. They are the best after all." Danzō fired back not missing a beat.

Humming in thought Hiruzen took the scroll from Danzō and placed it in front of him. "Thank you for the speedy information as usual Danzō but you might as well cut to the chase and speak what's on your mind. We can have time to catch up later." Hiruzen said while exhaling a cloud of smoke from his tobacco pipe. "Those children are unknown threats Hiruzen. What do you plan on doing about them? It is quite obvious that they are supernatural entities." Danzō said with a firm tone as he gazed at his oldest friend and rival. "I'm quite concerned by the amount of supernatural beings that surrounds our villages most valuable asset. This marks 4 now. One a Seasonal Fairy, Two a Witch with Psychic powers, and now these two children with so far unknown powers. This is not good Hiruzen. Something must be done about this." Danzō fired off as he got straight to the point while tapping his cane on the polished tiled floor.

"For now nothing can be done. If any harm were to come to those girls, then I fear for us all. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Naruto would tap into the powers of the Nine Tails. We are not as young as we use to be Danzō . Just twelve years ago we still had immense difficulty driving the beast from the village walls. Age has not made that any easier today. They are no threat to Naruto. That much I can sense. But I do agree that they should be watched. That is the best I can do for now. Unless they show signs of being anything else other than Naruto's daughters then I refuse to do anything to them." Hiruzen stated calmly.

"Why don't you simply ask him to reveal what they are? I'm positive he knows." Danzō said with a look. "Yes I know Naruto is aware of what those girls truly are. But the boy is just as paranoid as you are my friend. It was a miracle that he even revealed them to be all those years ago. He is to untrusting of everyone and everything. He has had too much happen to him to make such a rookie mistake. Besides with unknown people ease dropping in on our conversations he wouldn't talk." Hiruzen said as he gave Danzō a look when he said unknown people.

"I see. We must continue to monitor them then. But Hiruzen if you don't take action soon then I will." Danzō said as he rose from his chair. "Don't do anything drastic Danzō. We are dealing with things we may know nothing about." Hiruzen warned in a stern tone of voice. "You needn't worry old friend. I'm well aware of what I'm doing." Danzō said as he disappeared from the room without a single trace.


Hiruzen sighed in weariness as he took another look out at his beloved village that he has fought for tirelessly for the last 6 decades. 'I think I better go visit Dino now. It is best that we prepare Naruto for what is to come.' Hiruzen said with another sigh as he rose from his incredibly comfy chair and grabbed the scroll Danzō gave him as well as the mission reports from the mission the three teams just came back from. Without any effort at all Hiruzen disappeared from his office without a single trace of him ever being there. Even in his old age his sheer speed with the Body Flicker was still nothing short of awe inspiring.

After another lengthy debriefing in Mr. Dino's office Naruto was feeling incredibly drained. His enthusiasm from the heartfelt pep talk the Hokage gave him earlier left his body in a hurry when all of Section 2 was present in the room and they wanted to hear his part of the mission. Naruto ended up arguing quite a bit with Jean during the meeting which was nothing new but with all that had happened today made it so that Naruto was beyond tired. After everything was said and done Naruto was slumped back in one of the chairs in front of Dino's chair while everyone else had already left the office.

Only Dino and Shoko was left with Shoko scooting her chair over so she could grab Naruto and bring him into her embrace. He didn't even say a word as he just sighed in contentment as he snuggled up closer to the woman who he secretly thought of as a mother. The crush he had on her when they first met subsided over the years and it was slowly replaced with thoughts and feelings of Shoko as his mother. Of course he never told her any of this since he was to embarrassed and nervous to have that conversation with her but for the time being he just enjoyed the close bond that they shared.

Soon a knock was heard at the door and after acknowledging it Dino watched as his old friend Hiruzen Sarutobi entered the room with a warm smile. "Hello old friend." Dino greeted while drinking from his ever present cup of expensive tea. "Hello to you as well Dino." Hiruzen greeted. His eyes softened when he saw Naruto snuggled up too Shoko's side. "He looks tired. So I guess we should just cut to the chase." Hiruzen suggested seeing the tired state Naruto was in. "I agree." Dino said.

"Naruto what we are about to tell you is very important and I want you to keep this to yourself. Please be discreet about this." Hiruzen instructed firmly. "I understand." Naruto said as he could see how serious the Hokage was being. "Now we need to explain some things to you. What do you know so far about a woman named Balalaika?" Hiruzen asked with a grim tone as his Hokage hat shadowed his face.


Author's Note (A/N): So guys I hope you enjoyed that chapter very much. Now I hope you guys are ok with my portrayal of Koharu Utatane. Out of the two I personally always felt she was a little bit more stiff and by the book even more so then Homura. I also needed a voice of opposition to counteract and question Naruto's off the book actions. Naruto can't be allowed to do as he pleases without someone even questioning him, its just not realistically possible in a society like the one they live in.

Some really questionable scenes happened in this chapter that are sure to raise some questions. Like that strange whispering Naruto keeps hearing in his and Eva's head as well as the fact that it didn't even take much to set the Nine Tail's off. Crazy things are afoot and dark times are ahead.

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Published: 8/24/2016