Authors Notes: Yeah, I know.
I got bit by this plot bunny and someone *cough* Scarface101 *cough*had kept feeding it until it was a plump little bunny, ready to be put on display.
Yes, I am working on my other stories as well, and I am hoping to have Remember Me updated next, along with Resident Uzumaki, Crimson Dawn, The Crimson King, and of course, A Fox and His Wagtails. I just couldn't stop the flow for this particular bunny, so I just let it run wild. Whether that was a good idea or not remains to be scene, but at least it got the creative juices flowing.
At any rate, I hope everyone enjoys reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Now, on with the show!
Along Came a Spider
Chapter 1
Naruto Uzumaki was pissed.
This was suppose to be a day of accomplishment for him, a day for celebration for him. Despite being paired up against an admittedly superior taijutsu user in the form of one Kiba Inuzuka, he had won and progressed into the Chunin Finals. Some may argue that his victory over the Inuzuka may have been a fluke, but at least he didn't win by something embarrassing like farting in the mutts face. So what if he landed a lucky blow that knocked the mutt out, a victory was a victory none the less.
However, any sense of pride or accomplishment had been sapped by his supposed sensei, when he met the masked man at the hospital, replacing it with anger, hatred and loathing instead.
"Sorry Naruto," The silver haired Jonin commented. "But I've got other things I need to do…."
"Let me guess, you're going to be training Sasuke, right?" The blonde cut the man off.
"Mah mah, don't complain." The masked man waved off the blonde's statement. "Sasuke's opponent is far more dangerous then yours. Your opponent won't kill you, Sasuke's will."
"I will give you that." The Uzumaki gritted out, seeing through Kakashi's attempt to guilt trip him. "Gaara is a far more dangerous opponent then that Hyuga prick, but you are dead wrong if you think that prick won't try to kill me as well. If you had stuck around instead of coddling the Uchiha again, you would have seen him try to kill his own cousin, whom is also a Leaf Kunoichi. So yeah, Neji-teme has already shown he has no problem killing his own comrades."
Kakashi frowned at his students jab at his 'coddling' of the Uchiha, but let it slide for the time being. Knowing that Naruto had no idea just how much danger the last 'Loyal' Uchiha was in, with Orochimaru after the boy for unknown reasons and his recent encounter with Kabuto in the Uchiha's room not too long ago. However, the masked Jonin did have to relent to the fact that the blonde Genin was correct. His 'rival', Gai, had been ranting not too long ago about how unyouthful his student was for attempting to end the life of such a youthful kunoichi.
Which meant that Naruto was in just as much danger as Sasuke. The only exception was that at least against Neji, the Proctor would be able to stop the match should the risk of death be imminent, unlike with Gaara, whom Kakashi was sure would kill the proctor just for getting in the way. Though, that would hardly matter if the Hyuga already scored a direct juken strike to the heart. Which left only him one option to keep his blonde student safe.
"Then perhaps you should simply quit, and try again next year." The Jonin lazily advised, refusing to look up from his book. Sure, it may hurt the blonde teen for a bit, but better then dying, wasn't it? However, he failed to notice that his words had only served to infuriate the blonde further.
"So that's it then?" Naruto ground out, clenching his fists. "Those of the words of advise from my sensei? Just give up?"
"Naruto," Kakashi sighed, finally closing his book with an annoyed clap. "The reason I am advising you to drop out of the exams is because you don't have what it takes to be a Chunin, Sasuke does. Between the three of you, you lack the required skills and maturity to put others before yourself that comes with being promoted and above all, you require the most work to improve."
"Bullshit." The blonde scoffed, glaring up at the silver haired man. "I probably put the most fucking work into this farce of a team. The teme gets everything handed to him on a silver platter, while I work my ass off to get the skills and techniques I have. And don't even get me started on Haruno."
The masked Jonin frowned at the blondes words.
"She is, without a doubt, the weakest member of this team." The whiskered teen continued to rant. "Her chakra reserves are barely above that of an academy students and her repertoire doesn't even extend beyond the Henge, Kawarimi, and Bunshin. Basic Academy Jutsu."
Naruto paused, looking the Jonin in his exposed eye. Ignoring the gathering crowd that was attracted by their 'disagreement' and growing tension. One in particular took special interest in the conversation. Wearing a purple dudou on her chest, supported by eight straps that meet on her back, forming a spider like pattern. Her black hair styled into two horns on top of her head, which were secured into place with pink ribbons. Purple eyes gleaming with malicious mischief; one more so then the other.
"Hell, the only reason she survived her encounter with the Oto team was because they didn't see her as a threat. The kunoichi on their team fucking toyed with her, mocking her the entire time." He continued. "At this rate, the only future Haruno will have, is being a cum dumpster for an enemy shinobi until he grows bored of her holes and slits her throat, simply because of her lack and refusal to train and the fact that she foolishly believes that the damn Uchiha-teme will swoop in and rescue her."
Kakashi couldn't help but grimace at the very bleak, and all too possible fate his blonde student described for the sole female of the team.
"And you say I don't have the maturity to put others before myself." Naruto challenged. "Who was it that figured out the purpose behind your little bullshit bell test? Me. Who was it that switched places with Haruno, taking a poisoned stab wound to keep her and the client safe on our way to Nami no Kuni? Me. And who was it that saved your ass when you got caught in Zabuza's water prison?"
Silence.
"Me." The Uzumaki seethed. "All you do is focus on the damn Uchiha, while leaving your other two students to flounder in their training, or in Haruno's case, no training at all. If all you wanted to do was train the damn bastard, you should have just taken him as an apprentice. Perhaps then, Haruno and I could have been placed under an actual competent sensei that would have taken the time to break Sakura out of her damn fan girl mentality and turn her into a proper Kunoichi. Maybe under a competent sensei, I would have my flaws addressed and fixed."
"Now, Naruto…." Kakashi began, shifting nervously under the stares of the spectators that had gathered, feeling a little embarrassed due to being called out like he was. It didn't help that some in the gathering crowd were some of his own colleagues and fellow Jonin Sensei. "I know your upset at me for telling you to quit, but that is no excuse for telling lies."
"Fuck off, Hatake." The blonde growled, turning on his heel to leave. "It's clear I made a mistake in actually placing my trust in you. You're just like every other sack of shit, always wanting to hold the 'demon brat' back."
The masked Jonin frowned at the lack of suffix that 'should' be attached to his name, as well as the informal way the blonde had addressed him, implying that the whiskered teen had completely dismissed the man as his sensei.
"Know this Hatake." Naruto turned his head, glaring at the silver haired Jonin. "Not only will I not be dropping out of the finals, I will crush the Hyuga prick beneath my heel and your precious Uchiha as well; and regardless if I get promoted or not, I refuse to stay on this farce of a team. That's a promise."
Not giving the now thoroughly embarrassed Jonin time to rebuke, Naruto stormed out of the hospital with a newly formed purpose. Not only was he going to knock the Hyuga bastard down a peg or two, he was also going to stick it to his failure of a sensei.
'So that is Kushina-sama's boy.' The purple eyed woman thought as she watched the teenage blonde depart, licking her lips in anticipation as she gripped a tattered and aged scroll in her right hand. 'Time to honor my promise.'
Training Ground 3
The sound of flesh colliding with hardened wood echoed across the training field as the teenage Jinchuriki unleashed his frustrations upon one of the three training posts. Frustrated because not only did his sensei, his fathers last known surviving student, had simply brushed him off and told him to give up; but also because he allowed his carefully crafted mask to crack, giving his failure of a sensei a glimpse into the real Naruto, instead of the orange wearing idiot that was always smiling.
'If he is half the shinobi he acts like he is, he should at least have his suspicions.' A dark feminine voice reverberated within his mind, earning a slight chuckle from it's blonde host.
'You and I both know that Hatake has the Uchiha's cock so far down his throat, the only thing that that bastard can see is pubic hair.' The blonde teen mentally replied. 'I'm just pissed that I allowed him to get to me and allowed my mask to slip, Sif-hime.'
'It needs to come off eventually, hopefully sooner rather then later.' The kitsune stated with a sagely tone. 'Otherwise, you will lose yourself in your mask.'
'I had already planned to take off my mask after the exams.' Naruto sighed as he landed another strike against the training post, creating a large crack in the wood. However, he stopped and cocked his head to the side a little, an annoyed expression forming on his face.
"And here, I thought you lot finally smartened up." Came the whiskered teens annoyed remark as half a dozen individuals came out of the tree line. Consisting of two Genin, three Chunin and one lone civilian. "Especially after the beating your received the last time you tried this shit."
"Yeah, well. We got a surprise this time." The ring leader of the rag tag group spoke up. "And that Snake Whore isn't here to help you this time."
"Bitch is probably getting bent over in an alley somewhere by some desperate bastard." Another commented, earning a series of snickers from the group.
Unfortunately, the blonde teen was well acquainted with this group of idiots. While there were no shortage of people within the village that hated him for what happened sixteen years ago, the majority either kept their disdain to simple glares and hateful comments; or in the case of the few shop owners, taking a more unorthodox approach by simply refusing him entry or charging him a 'demon tax' for his purchases. While a pain in the whiskered teens ass, not really against the law the old man put in place.
These six however, were a constant pain in his ass.
They were the very few that actually had the stupidity to physically assault him for the supposed murders he committed on the day of his birth. Which had he group arrested on a number of occasions, heavily fined, and even demoted, not that that deterred them any. However, the ring leader of the group was right about one thing, he didn't have his best friend, Anko Mitarashi, to back him up this time. Then again, he wasn't an academy student anymore.
With a grin of his own, he charged forward to meet the oncoming pack of idiots. Effortlessly ducking under a poorly telegraphed punch by one of the genin before bringing his own fist up to in a devastating upper cut, knocking the unfortunate genin off his feet, landing a few feet away in a heap. Disoriented but conscious. Not wasting time, Naruto slid past the downed genin and drove his elbow deep into the solar plexus of one of the Chunin that had moved in, knocking the wind out of the disgraced shinobi.
"Don't just stand there!" The ring leader shouted at the other three. "Get the demon bastard!"
At the battle cry, the rest of the mob charged forward in an attempt to overwhelm the whiskered blonde. Pulling out various weapons to give themselves an even larger advantage over the demon brat as they charged towards him.
"Guess I should even the odds." Naruto grinned as he formed his infamous cross seal and created two clones to pop into existence to meet the four idiots head on in a three versus four scuffle.
The real Naruto though was focusing on one particular Genin, the one that had made the earlier comment about his best friend. A sinister grin spread across his face as he closed in on his target, a grin Anko would be proud of, as he caught the Genin by the wrist as he was making a stabbing motion and gave it a hard twist, being rewarded with the sound of the unfortunate teens arm snapping at the forearm.
Without hesitation, Naruto gripped the now loosened kunai and drove it into his unfortunate victims groin area, ripping the poor genin's testicles apart. For an added insult, Naruto channeled a little bit of raiton chakra into the kunai, completely electrifying the teens genitals.
"Never," Naruto grinned as he looked into the pain filled eyes of the genin. "ever, talk like that about my Hebi-hime, understand?"
Not even bothering waiting for a response, the whiskered teen pushed the prone genin to the ground and renewed his focus on his next victim, while he clones easily dispatched the lone civilian and remaining Genin, leaving just a Chunin left. Seeing their jobs done, the two clones dispersed themselves, leaving the original to finish this debacle off.
"How the hell did you reach Chunin rank?" Naruto inquired in a mocking tone as he stalked towards the lone member of the group. "Bribe the council for it? Suck them off? Because you guys are almost as weak as my failure of a team mate."
However, the Uzumaki didn't get any further as an explosion of smoke erupted in front of him, blinding the blonde jinchuriki for a split second. Which was all the time the Chunin needed to launch a barrage of six kunai towards the whiskered teen. One sailed harmlessly past the blondes head, while four burrowed themselves deep within his torso at random points, one of which came dangerously close to puncturing his lung. The last one however, found it's mark in the Uzumaki's right eye, prompting him to elicit a pain filled scream as he collapsed to his knees holding his hand over his right eye socket, which still had the kunai sticking out of it. Blood running down his face.
"You were suppose to wait for the signal, Tsubaki." The Chunin stated, looking towards the newcomer.
She was a woman of average height, roughly around five foot two, give or take an inch. Her dark eyes glaring at the blonde jinchuriki as she approached the duo. Her long black hair braided down her back while jaw length bangs framed her face.
"Oh, shut it." Tsubaki snarled, her glare fixated on the blonde. "I got tired waiting for you dumb asses to finish playing around and this little shit needs to pay for what happened to my fiance."
"Shit, forgot that this bastard was responsible for what happened to Mizuki-san."
By now, some of the others had begun to find their way back to their feet and hobble towards the group. Two of which moved to get their severely injured friend to the hospital and no doubt report what the 'demon' did, leaving only three of the original group and the newly arrived Tsubaki.
"Heh, all this for that fucking traitor." Naruto spat, literally, as a glob of blood landed at the woman's feet.
This of course only earned him a swift kick to his chest from the scorned woman, aggravating his wounds further. Pain exploded in his chest on the left side and he struggled to take in oxygen. A clear indication that his lung was just punctured.
"Mizuki-kun was not a traitor!"
WHAM!
"He was a loyal Shinobi!"
WHAM!
"That loved this village!"
WHAM!
"And you framed him!" Tsubaki raged. "You are the traitor!"
One final kick sent the blonde jinchuriki on his back, skidding a few feet along the ground.
"You took him away from me." She snarled as she reached behind her and pulled out a ninjato from where it was holstered on her back as she stalked closer towards the blonde. "And now, I will have my revenge."
"Don't worry, demon brat." The ring leader of the mob grinned. "We'll take good care of that snake whore for ya."
However, Tsubaki was frozen in place when she felt an eruption of malevolent killer intent behind her. Prompting her and the others to turn around to see the sight of a lone dark haired woman, standing no taller then five foot five, her hair styled up into two horn like designs atop her head. Her left eye gleaming brightly, promising untold pain.
"Wh-wh-who are you!?" The Chunin stammered, his knees shaking in fear at the amount of killer intent the woman was releasing.
"No...no...it can't be…" Tsubaki stammered, taking an unconcious step back as her ninjato clanged as it hit the ground. The purple dudou, the spider design the support straps created, the baggy off-white sweatpants and purple tights, and long finger-less gloves. Her bright pink painted fingernails and kunoichi combat sandals. She recognized it all. "Juri 'The Widowmaker' Han."
"Wh-what do you want?" Another stammered, nearly pissing himself when the purple clad woman licked her lips, as if eyeing prey to be devoured.
"I happen to have a…." Juri grinned, licking her lips once more. "personal interest in that handsome blonde over there, bleeding out."
"Yo-you want to kill the brat too?"
Juri's left eye roared to life once more as she grinned madly, signifying that the idiot had chosen the wrong words to utter. Seconds later, screams echoed off the surrounding trees.
Ignoring the blood that now drenched the training field, Juri approached the prone form of Naruto, whom had finally fallen unconcious due to the wounds he had received just moments earlier. Kneeling down, she cupped the whiskered teens cheek, allowing her to get a good look at his blood caked face, a genuine smile creeping across her face.
"Defiant to the end, even when faced with death." She whispered. "Just like your mother."
Gently, she lifted him up and cradled him, departing the training field.
S.I.N. (Shinobi Information Network), Konoha Branch
Juri Han observed through the observation window as a team of doctors and nurses seemingly danced around the operating room below her, working to save the young blondes life that she had brought in not even an hour ago. Four stab wounds across his torso, a punctured lung on his left side by one of the kunai that had been driven into his lung, multiple fractured ribs, a cracked sternum, and lastly; severe damage to his right eye, not unlike a similar injury Juri herself had suffered years ago. Thus, having the Uzumaki teen have a Feng Shui Engine implanted within the now empty socket.
"So that's him." A crimson haired woman commented from her right.
She was rather tall for a woman, standing at a solid five foot nine inches tall. Dressed in a uniquely designed gray battle suit that resembled an ordinary business suit, though two weapons lurked within the accompanying gloves and boots. The gloves concealing metal knuckles that could be electrically charged, that were capable of stunning and even electrocuting her victims at higher settings. While her boots where capable of granting her the ability to jump higher and further without the use of chakra.
"I am going to go have a chat with the old monkey." Juri commented, ignoring the other woman's statement.
"And if he wakes up before you get back?" The crimson haired woman inquired, prompting Juri to stop and turn her head slightly to look at the other woman.
"Then explain what had to be done and the functionality of the Feng Shui Engine, Maya." The black haired woman instructed, resuming her trek. "I will be training him how to use it after he has healed up."
"Very well," The now identified Maya replied, before smirking slightly. "Try not to destroy the old mans office, if you can help it."
"No promises." Juri grinned.
Hokage's Office
Hiruzen rubbed his temples, attempting to alleviate the on coming head ache.
Not even an hour ago, a long standing genin was brought in to the hospital with severe damage to his groin area with reports that he was attacked by the 'demon'. Which of course had prompted an outcry from those that were present within the hospital to hunt down and kill the 'demon' once and for all. It had taken a handful of minutes for his ANBU and Jonin to quell the potential mob from forming.
However, one particular kunoichi had set off on her own to the reported training ground that the genin was brought from, forcing the old man to follow; mostly to prevent the aforementioned kunoichi from doing anything too reckless, with a small team of ANBU. Only to be met with a morbid sight. Blood soaked the ground, splattered against the training post whilst bodies, horribly disfigured, littered the ground. Despite the mutilation, they were able to identify the so called 'victims' as the group that had constantly harassed the blonde jinchuriki, and were also stupid enough to target Anko Mitarashi as well.
The remaining victim, whom was left barely alive no doubt as a warning to others, was identified as none other then Mizuki Toji's estranged fiance, Tsubaki Koto. Hiruzen ordered his ANBU to take the woman to the hospital so she could be interrogated later, by an eager snake mistress. However, there was a problem.
Naruto Uzumaki was missing, though his blood was identified at the training ground.
Which lead to the elder mans current situation. Due to the current mood of the Snake Mistress, Hiruzen had opted to have Ibiki take over the interrogation of Tsubaki, knowing that even after getting the required information, Anko would have continued her interrogation of the woman. Interrogation and torture becomes an entirely different thing when it becomes personal, and due to the close friendship the two pariahs had, it was extremely personal for Anko.
Something the snake mistress had not taken well, and Hiruzen was forced to ask his most trusted ANBU, and personal friend of Anko, to escort her out of the office to cool off for a bit. Knowing that at this moment only Yugao, a.k.a. ANBU Neko, would be able to calm the infuriated snake mistress. At this point, Hiruzen didn't think his day could get any worse.
WHAM!
Apparently he was mistaken.
One of the double doors to his office went flying off it's henges, embedding itself into the far wall, while the remaining door was left hanging loosely from it's henge before falling to the ground in a loud clatter. A lone female figure stood in the now empty door way, her leg fully extended while her left eye glowed with mischievous intent and an insane grin plastered to her face.
"Hey, you old bastard." The woman greeted as she jumped up on the elder mans desk, crossing her legs. Inadvertently, pushing off some of the stacks of paper that were once stacked on top of the desk. Much to Hiruzen's dismay.
"Juri Han." The elder village leader greeted stiffly, slightly miffed at the woman's lack of respect. "I wasn't aware you were back on this side of the world."
"Weeelllll, the Outerlands got boring, so I decided to come back here to find something to entertain myself with." Juri grinned.
"Suppose it would be pointless to ask if you are here for business or pleasure then."
"Silly monkey, business is always pleasure for me, however…." Her mood shifted from mischievous and playful to cruel and psychotic as her right leg snapped out of it's lotus position and pinned the elder man to the back of his chair, prompting the ANBU on guard to surround the woman, their blades drawn. "You better have a damn good reason as to why I was never told about Kushina-sama's death."
Hiruzen's expression shifted from one alarmed to one of confusion as he heard this.
"What do you mean?" He inquired, ignoring the foot on his throat. "I had ordered Jiraiya to contact you after it happened."
Juri snarled and pushed herself into a back flip off the desk, landing in the center of the ANBU gathered, though paying no mind to them. If anything, seemingly more annoyed then anything else that they thought she would be intimidated by them.
"You actually trusted that sleazy sack of shit." The black haired woman commented with disdain, flicking one of the ANBU's katana, almost as if mocking them. "You know that frog fucker would do anything to spite Kushina-sama."
Hiruzen frowned, knowing what the black haired woman said was true. Jiraiya did have a rather unhealthy grudge against the now deceased woman. Especially since Kushina had hidden highly advanced Uzumaki seals around the bath house that prevented his perverted student from spying on unknowing women, instead, trapping the man in a multilayered genjutsu. Resulting in the pervert only seeing naked old men, sometimes engaging in sexual acts with one another, regardless of which side of the bath house he was on. Even better, at least for the women, if Jiraiya attempted to flare his chakra to break the genjutsu, it would trigger alarms around the property. Not only alerting the women inside, but also ANBU to the area.
The elder village leader also held no doubt that Jiraiya blamed Kushina for getting in between him and his student. Not allowing Minato to be swayed by the Toad Hermit's perversion. As well as implementing a very strong belief of family comes first mind set within the revered Yondaime. Something that Jiraiya was adamantly against, often times putting himself first before others. A tendency he had attempted to push onto Minato, only to fail once Kushina had entered the picture.
Looking to his ANBU, he gave a subtle signal for them to return to their posts. Knowing that if the woman wanted to, she could easily lay waste to them in mere seconds. Hesitantly, the retreated back to their hiding spots, eyeing the woman carefully.
"I suspect that is not the only reason as to why you have returned." Hiruzen ventured, knowing well the woman before him wouldn't waste her time sticking around for something so trifling. No, if that were the case, she wouldn't waste time with words. She would have simply kicked the door in like she had done earlier, and beat the ever living crap out of him and leave.
Wordlessly, Juri produced the tattered scroll and presented it to the old man.
"This is…." The elder man stammered as he looked upon the scroll, seeing that it bared the Uzumaki crest.
"A marriage contract." Juri grinned, licking her lips excitedly. "Between myself and Kushina-sama's son, Naruto-koi."
"Of course Kushina-chan would set up something like this." Hiruzen muttered, knowing the woman was very insistent that she was going to have a son when she was pregnant, and would even go as far as to draw up marriage contracts to ensure she had grandchildren. "Unfortunately, I am currently have my ANBU searching for Naruto-kun myself. It appears he was involved in an altercation of sorts at…."
"Training Ground 3?" Juri grinned, prompting the elder man to turn his full gaze to her. "Oh, don't look so surprised old monkey, surely you had your suspicions already."
Hiruzen frowned at this. In truth, he did suspect that the woman had something to do with the massacre that was discovered in the training field when she had literally kicked in his doors, especially considering the relationship the woman had with Kushina.
"Where is he?" The Hokage asked, looking to the black haired woman. "Since his blood was found at the scene, I can only assume you took him somewhere else."
"By now, he should be out of the operating room and recovering at the SIN headquarters." The purple eyed woman replied. "Bastard did a number on him before I arrived, no doubt thanks to that Jonin bitch."
"I am surprised you left her alive." Hiruzen commented. "Where the hell was Kakashi?"
"Ha, that bastard!?" Juri cackled. "Cyclops ditched Naruto-koi at the hospital, even told him to drop out of the finals so he could focus on the Uchiha brat."
The elder village leader frowned upon hearing this. Kakashi had practically begged him to put Naruto in his team. Originally, Hiruzen had thought that the man wanted to honor his sensei and train Minato's son, though it would appear the silver haired Jonin either had other intentions or his emotions clouded his judgment. Hiruzen decided after this meeting was concluded, he would personally review all of Team 7's mission reports and look for any inconsistencies, no matter how small.
"Not sure what everyone sees in that arrogant brat." Juri continued with an uncaring shrug. "Kid acts like everyone should simply roll over and bow to him, simply because of a damn name."
"After the Uchiha Massacre, many felt sympathetic for the boy and began to pamper him constantly." Hiruzen sighed.
"Whatever, kid can choke on a cock for all I care." She waved her hand dismissively. "Anyways, just to let you know, I will be taking Naruto-koi as my official apprentice and will taking over his training."
Hiruzen mulled it over in his head for a handful of seconds, though in reality, there really only was one option. If Juri wanted to, she could have easily taken Naruto and left the village. Not that he would object, the blonde teen deserved a chance at happiness just like anyone else. However, not only would the village lose it's jinchuriki, which for all intent and purpose was a deterrent for war, he would also lose an extremely skilled kunoichi and last loyal Snake Summoner in Konoha in the form of Anko Mitarashi, whom would no doubt depart after her whiskered friend. Sometimes, the elder village leader wondered if the two were just friends or something more with how loyal they were to one another.
"I see no problem with that." The elder man replied as he brought out a blank scroll from his desk drawer to make it official. "Since Hatake has failed in his duty as the boys sensei. However, Naruto-kun will have to remain a registered Konoha shinobi, to avoid any unwanted headaches in the future."
"Meh, I suppose I could hang around for a little while." The purple eyed woman shrugged, reading over the scroll the old man had just given her. "Who is Anko Mitarashi?"
"She is someone extremely precious to Naruto-kun." Hiruzen answered, pulling out his tobacco pipe and filling it. "The two of them have been friends for years now, I have no doubt that once she learns of you taking Naruto-kun under your tutelage, she won't be far behind. Which leads me to our next topic, Naruto-kun's heritage. More precisely, him being the last of his clan."
"You plan to put him in the village's Clan Restoration Act." Juri commented with a slight smirk. "Kushina-sama mentioned the likelihood of Naruto-koi being put in it, and she only had one demand."
"And what would that be?"
"No fan girls, no shy wall flowers and absolutely no gold diggers." The purple eyed woman stated with a feral like grin. "And I will personally test any potential bride. Naruto-koi will need women that can stand beside him, not behind him."
"Very well then." The Hokage stated with a smile, knowing that things were finally going to start looking up for his surrogate grandson. "I leave Naruto-kun's training and 'other' interests in your hands, Juri-san. I look forward to seeing the fruits of your labor in the finals."
"By the time I am finished with him," Juri grinned madly, her left eye glowing with mischief. "Naruto-koi will crush everyone and leave only dust in his wake."
Additional Authors Notes: And cut!
Initially I was going to end this chapter with Naruto and Juri's first meeting, but didn't know how exactly I wanted to have that play out, so that is what I will open the next chapter with, give me some time to think how I want to do that particular scene.
Next chapter will also see the reaction, namely Jiraiya's, to Juri taking Naruto as her apprentice. And for those curious, I have already decided on a summoning contract and a big hint should be in the title of this story. If it isn't obvious, Naruto will be signing the Spider Summoning contract.
Anyways, be sure to leave your thoughts, comments, and suggestions in the reviews!