Youkou Shukuen: Crimson Destiny
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Chapter 6: Chaotic Day

Dawn was upon him when Naruto woke up at the waterfalls. It was a violent awakening as he found himself covered in sweat. He just had another dream. He had been having them quite often ever since he had discovered his origin but lately it was more about his future then his past, it was about the mysterious girl that looks identical to his mother apart the eye colors, who keeps haunting him. In this encounter, they were at the cherry fields of Terayama (Temple Mountain), a village at the southern section of Fire country where his mother used to live, during the spring. They had just visited the temple dedicated to the god Inari where his mother used to live and his parents were right beside them giving their blessing. The scene ended with her accidentally tripping on him, which resulted to a kiss between the two. That was enough to wake Naruto up. He was confused about what the dream was trying to tell him or what the girl was trying to tell him. He admitted that ever since he met her in his dreams, he had been secretly seeking her but he does not recall ever seeing her. Was she in Terayama? Definitely not the last time he went there, which happens to be a few days before coming here. She had become his enigma.

As for dreams about his parents and Terayama that was usual ever since he had seen Mikoto, his mother's image thanks to Kyuubi. In fact, he visited Terayama in his dreams before actually finding it and he went there he was dumbfounded how well he knew the place. Most importantly he had found his most precious treasure there a portrait of his mother and a hidden portrait of his parents together. Now he was skeptical about the existence of his girl, but given that Terayama ended up being true he really could not ignore her. He had mixed feelings about her, on one side he wanted to meet her and the other he felt that he had no time for romance with his complicated life. As for Kyuubi it had become his favorite punch like to get Naruto off his bad days.

"Another sexy adventure with your princess I suppose? Man you are so hooked on her it's not even funny. I am going to enjoy the day you meet her, I cannot wait to see you make a fool of yourself at your first attempt. I wonder if we should have taken a bit more time to seek her then coming here now", wondered the fox.

"You are enjoying this aren't you? Well enjoy, just keep in mind our main goals. I have bigger fish to fry then to run around the world after a girl I hardly know", said Naruto, as he got up.

"Are you sure you never met her? I mean think harder, you must have seen her somewhere. Then again maybe your mind is simply playing with you, I mean after all most guy try to picture their wife with their mother as the role model", added the fox.

"I sure hope so I would recall such a face if I ever met one. I mean she resembles mom so much that it's simply not believable. The same long silky raven hair, pale skin, face, height, she is almost her clone apart the eye colors. Anyway, let us not waste our time day dreaming here, we got a lot of work to do, it's going to be a chaotic day", replied Naruto.

After washing his face at the waterfalls, both companion leaped towards their old training ground. They had planned to train for an hour before heading towards the village, where they planned to have their breakfast. Then they would check out the mansion and assess the damage and renovation costs then meet up with Jiraiya for lunch, then find Sakura and face her wrath, then find the rest of the genins and hand out their presents and finally face Tsunade's challenge after having dinner and two hours of more training. God knows what that crazy woman had reserved for him.

On the other side of the dream, Kasumi woke up from her slumber exactly like Naruto. In her case however, she was enjoying it, after all given her current position such a dream was a fantasy.

She, Maruyama Suishou Kasumi, a kunochi from Kiri was the sole survivor of the Suishou clan and their famous bloodline of water and ice manipulation. This also made her the most hated kunochi in the village, as in Water country, having a bloodline was the same as having Kyuubi's vessel in Konoha, especially if they came from this particular clan. This is because the Suishou were the ones blamed for the start of the civil war, even though most knew that it was due to a power struggle between their rival bloodline clans, mainly the Kaguya. The Mizukage tried numerous times to fix the error but he had become old and his power was now limited by the council who had a say in all of his decisions. It was his greatest regret that he being the Mizukage and teacher of her father Suishou Okita, the late leader of her clan and the leader of the famous Kiri no Shinobigatana Nananin Shu (Mist's Seven Swordsmen) could not prevent her from living the life of humiliation, as a slave. It was the best he could do, the alternative was death. Thus even though he had adopted her legally she would always be known as the slave of the Maruyama.

That being said it still did not prevent her from becoming a great shinobi, she was hailed as a prodigy given that she had become a jounin at her young age and had managed to somewhat decipher her bloodline jutsus. Now she did not have all of them but she was knew and created enough to earn the title, but respect was another thing. She was simply glad she had the untouchable status or else those wolves would have surely taken her dignity by now. She was also glad she had the Muramasa family. Sanjo being her father's best friend had given her refuge at his domain and inside the walls of their mansion she was treated with all the honors she deserved. They had become her real adopted family; Sanjo was her father figure while his daughter Keiko acted as her elder sister.

Her version of the dream was a bit altered then Naruto's. That is it was her parents that were there instead of Naruto's. She however did not recognize Terayama; she had hardly gone outside of Water country. In fact, she never did go farther then Wave country, then again so didn't most of the other shinobis of Kiri. They were way too secluded. However, unknown to both they had nearly encountered each other twice, both times when Naruto had visited Muramasa, only mission her by a day or an hour. She however did not believe much of the dream, to her it was simply a fantasy created by her mind thanks Keiko's fantasy imagination of prince charming and princess. She was a realist and given her current position it was very much an unrealistic dream.

"Good morning, Kasumi-chan. I see that you woke up already and from the look of your face it looks like you dreamt of him again. Would you care to slip in the details while we have breakfast?" asked Keiko, as she approached her.

"Good morning to you too, I am sorry to say this but I will have to decline that offer. I don't event think I will have time to eat, as I am late for my annoying mission that I have to attend, or those fools will have my head", replied Kasumi, who was in a hurry to dress up.

"Ah, another mission with that ugly mutt I suppose? I thought you would be free of him now that you are a jounin but guess I was wrong. I can now understand your displeasure. No wonder you looked so tense yesterday. Is he still giving you are hard time? I understand he is the youngest son of the Mizukage, but he still does not deserves the credit he is given, considering you are the one who end up most of the work. I do not understand how that other team mate of yours still glorifies him like that after he treats her like crap", complained Keiko, as she helped Kasumi get herself ready.

"Ichiro is the least of my problem, he was always an ass and I am used to his insults. As for Rei, she would not live up to her name if she did not worship like a master. I am afraid I have come to realization that I will never be allowed to go on solo missions. The council simply does not trust me. In fact, I think they had a big hand in my latest misery. My current problem is Mizukage's grandson Nobu and his genin team, who I was given command to train. I don't even know why I was given a team considering how the people treat me and the three are the worst. All they do is insult all day, complain, and are very uncooperative. In fact, I practically do their missions myself. I must have the unfortunate luck of having lechers as companions", said Kasumi in revulsion.

"That is truly sad, wasting your potential on brats. At least you had a pleasant dream of prince charming. It should make you more resistant to them. Just be patient little sister soon enough your prince will come and take you away", said Keiko with a giggle.

"Spare me from your fantasies dear sister. I am in enough trouble already. Save the fairy stories for those who can afford them", replied Kasumi.

"Oh it will definitely happen for you. It always happens to those who don't wish to believe it and when it does I will be the last one to laugh", taunted Keiko.

"Oh thou cannot wait, please tell him to come soon. I am dieing to jump on his arm and fly away from this misery by riding his trusty horse Pegasus. Till then this Cinderella has her daily chores to attend. I will see you tonight then", mocked back Kasumi, as she rushed out of the house.

It was already noon when Naruto had finished inspecting his new home. He had to admit that planning his day ahead helped a lot. He had outsmarted his first obstacle of avoiding the villagers glare with ease. His plan was to disguise himself as tourist civilian. He had sneaked back into the hotel and had dressed himself in the latest fashion. He was wearing khaki pants, black sneakers, an orange undershirt and a black v-neck sweater on top. He also wore a khaki baseball cap in reverse to cover his hair, a pair of dark sunglasses to cover his eyes and his mp3 player to look cooler. The unsuspecting villagers accepted him with great interest as a tourist always meant profit. His second task was not as easy as the first, the Uzumaki Mansion had been empty for the last 15 years and that meant a lot of decay. The house was huge. It had 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, large living room, kitchen and dining room, a concealed hybrid library-office-armory, a weight room, a recreation room and even a sauna, all this spread within 3 floors which including the basement. Furthermore the house was in a secluded location as the whole sector was abandoned, it was supposedly where the Uzumaki clan used to live before they were whipped out by Kyuubi and all of it was under his name. Naruto had no intention of keeping it a ghost town and plans to repopulate the area. First he had to renovate the main mansion and that alone would take some work, but he had the money to afford it, the question was who would do it for him and that he was planning to discuss with Jiraiya over lunch, which he was no headed for with Kyuubi at his side.
However, this is where his troublesome day began. Unknown to him, Sakura had been hunting for him for the last hour with some friends with the intent to physically repay the humiliation she suffered last night at his hand. He had been avoiding crowded roads but since Kyuubi was the only fox in the village, it did not take long for her, Shikamaru, Ino, Lee, Kiba and Akamaru to find them. When she did find him, she greeted him with a tekken resshin (disastrous earthquake fist) and he being vigilant moved aside from her path as she jumped towards him forcing the ground to take the blow much to her displeasure. It created a small sized crater at the impact location which was loud enough to alert Ino and Shikamaru to join them from the entourage. Of course the only one who was venting her anger was Sakura, but her 'punch first and ask later' attitude was not having any success. She was trying to physically batter him, but all that she was hitting was the wind and the ground, that did not stop her from keep trying.

"Hmm, looks like they were all looking for you, I guess the reunion could not wait, either that or your clone must have done something terrible to have Sakura fuming like this. Either that or she inherited Tsunade's 'smashy-smashy' mood along with her teachings", thought Kyuubi.

"Hi, look I know you have a lot of heat to release on me due to yesterday, but I can explain. I was going to visit you later today to fix this little miscommunication, but I guess it cannot wait. So can we stop this nonsense and act in a civil manner?" asked Naruto, as he kept dodging her bullets.

"You know Sakura, I think you should listen to him, I mean he is innocent until proven guilty and I still don't know his side of the story. Besides it does not look like you are making your point either", added Shikamaru, who was dragged in to this mess without his consent by Ino.

"Quiet both of you. You are interrupting my pounding session. Just be a man and stand still Naruto, it's the least you can do to buy back your dignity. You bastard I cannot believe I tried to be nice to you and get paid back like this, you are going to pay", replied Sakura, as she kept on her assault.

"Look, I know my clone messed up his mission, he was just supposed to escort you back to your post nothing else. I promise I will make up for it you do not have to get so worked up on it. Seriously I apologize for yesterday. You deserved it anyway you should no by now how bored I get of history lessons, especially about your personal life for the last two years in Konoha. So when I saw someone else that needed my attention I left you to help them. What you are doing right now is childish, you know you won't be able to hit me; all you are doing is damaging public properties. We should be glad that the street is deserted", explained Naruto, dodging another of her right look.

"Oh so you left me to be a hero then? Well Mr. Hero, there is something you forgot before running away. It's called leaving your current occupation in safe hands, not in the hands of a filthy lecherous perverted clone who attempted to disgrace me in front of Ino. I know Tsunade-sama said I should watch out for your perverted act since your teacher is the biggest one in the Five Nations", yelled back Sakura, as if she just had been raped.

"Huston we have a confirmation for the first time in history a clone tried to hit 'Second Base' on a girl that it's creator never reached. Maybe he went all the way too, I mean a good looking man like you should be irresistible", laughed Kyuubi.

"Oh my god that bastard, I cannot believe he sexually assaulted you. I should have known having them close to that pervert would have had a repercussion and my failure to prevent it has now ruined my life. I will have to marry and live with a violent wife as you", cried Naruto, acknowledging Kyuubi's words.

"Wait what? What sexual assault? Do you seriously think I would allow you to even attempt that? He just tried to flirt with Ino in front of me. Wait did you call me a violent person?" asked a confused Sakura.

"That was all? You made all this drama because that fool tried to pull Jiraiya's seduction method 101, which never work anyway, hence why he is still single at his old age. Really nice acting princess you had me really looking like a rapist. Besides why would you care which girl I make a pass at, last I checked you were neither my mother nor my wife. As for the last part, you would call your self the same if you reviewed the tantrum you pulled", said an angry Naruto.

"It's okay Naruto, I already tried to tell her that, but she would not listen. She just cannot phantom that good looking boys like you may favor hot blonds like me. I guess after all these years she is finally starting to get interested in you", added a giggling Ino with her usual seducing poses.

"Can it Ino-Pig. I am not interested in him nor do I care who he wants to be with. I was just worried that he had become the next Jiraiya. It is not like Naruto to openly hit on girls you know?" yelled back Sakura.

"Add I would like to further add, that no Ino I am not interested in you or any other girls in this village. It is the last place I will ever look for romance, Konoha women are simply too crazy to handle. So please spare me your jalousies", added Naruto who received glares from both Sakura and Ino, while an approval from Shikamaru.

"Well that settles it you guys really had me going there. I was almost starting to believe that Naruto had done something that terrible. Now that I think of it, if I started doubting Naruto, then Lee who gets carried away by these 'ill-mannered' acts must have really too it seriously when you told him like that Sakura. Speaking of the devil here he is now", said an annoyed Shikamaru.

Indeed Lee had just arrived at the scene and he did not have a happy look at the sight of Naruto. He pointed his finger towards him and gave his ceremonial speech.

"This is as far as you go Naruto-kun! I thought you were a gentleman when I welcomed you back yesterday, but you have disappointed greatly. How could you do such an unforgivable act to the sweet Sakura-chan? I, Rock Lee, shall defend her honor. Prepare yourself, here I come", yelled an invigorating Lee who charged towards Naruto at full speed.

"What a fool, is he seriously charging at you head on? Man the people in here seriously take you too lightly. Oh well I guess this must be my dessert for this comical act, can't say it won't be fun to see the chivalrous knight getting floored", added Kyuubi.

The second later Naruto was met by Lee's konoha senpuu (leaf whirlwind), but as the dust settled the three spectators found Naruto still standing at the same place, unharmed and with a smile. He had blocked the attack with the sole of his right foot.

"I am sorry Casanova, but you should investigate more on the claim before deciding to play the chivalrous knight. It is also dumb to attack another shinobi head on, here is the whirlwind you requested", said Naruto while hitting him with a combo of his own.

As he talked, Naruto started the combo from his initial block, which followed up with a back flip scissors kick and then sending Lee flying on the nearby wall with a fuuton senpuudan (wind element whirlwind blast) while in mid-air before Lee could counter. Kiba and Akamaru who just happened to be the last to show up missed Lee by an inch as the Azure Beast of Konoha flew by them. The spectators were speechless for a moment as it was the first time they had seen anyone managing to push back Lee with almost no effort. Even Neji had to put some these days.

"Now that is a real whirlwind. Hi Kiba, damn is that really Akamaru? God what did you feed it steroids? Are you going to charge at mea also? See Sakura, this is what happens when you exaggerate too much. You should stop over reacting so much, or else you will get wrinkles by the time your beau Sasuke returns. Don't worry, Lee is a tough man he will be fine, besides all I did was blow him backwards", answered Naruto.

"I guess I am the last one to join the party and it seems the party's main event is over already", said Kiba shaking his head.

"You are just in time to receive the souvenirs I brought for all of you, now if only all the others could have showed up I wouldn't have to do door to door service", pondered Naruto.

"I am afraid that cannot be done. Chouji is on a mission with his father, something about a special new recipe for their restaurant. As for Neji, I heard he was off on a special clan mission protecting the Hyuuga leader and his daughters Hinata and Hanabi on their annual shrine trip. Tenten is helping at the academy today, hence why she is not here to control Lee and Shino is on a mission with his father", informed Ino, who also happen to be the best informant in town.

"You really know everything that goes around town don't you Ino? So the Hyuuga are out of town hein that is great, now I don't have to look out for Miss Stalker. Oh well, I guess I can always hand you guys their share and you can give them when they are back", said Naruto, as he popped out a bag which held the souvenirs.

"You see, if you had actually listen to me yesterday you would have known by now that you don't have to worry about Hinata anymore since she is engaged to Neji. Yeah, apparently both accepted the arranged marriage, guess it was the best way for Hiashi-sama to fix their internal conflict", added Sakura.

Naruto could not believe his ears. The world must have gone upside down while he was away. Not even in his wildest dreams would he ever think that Hyuuga Hiashi who hated his guts more then anything would actually end up helping him fix two of his problems. Now not only did he not have to worry about Hinata but he did not have to fix the Hyuuga clan either as he had once promised. In joy, he quickly unveiled his presents. He had brought a crystal necklace for Sakura, a golden bracelet for Ino, a specially carved 'Go' board for Shikamaru, special cologne for Kiba, a big juicy bone for Akamaru and metal knuckles for Lee, who had joined them after a while, still feeling a bit dizzy. For the absent he had brought energy boosting food pills for Chouji, a scythe like weapon for Tenten, special eye elixir for Neji, a 'mirror of self-confidence' for Hinata and finally a pair of sunglass for Shino, as it was the only thing he remembered of him. After receiving their gifts the group moved on to casual talks, which started with a special delivery Naruto had for Shikamaru from his lady love and before he could realize two hours had passed by.

By the time he reached Jiraiya the old man was so furious that he was about to erupt. His star pupil had wasted his precious research time on his next book once again. It was around the same time that Naruto encountered Kakashi who had been waiting for him on the rooftop of the building in front of the Ichiraku Ramen shop, after seeing Jiraiya. The first thing Naruto did was to hand him his present which happened to be Jiraiya's latest edition of 'icha icha tactics' and then ask him if he was going to be his opponent tonight. Kakashi assured him that even if Tsunade seemed demented sometimes she only wanted to test his abilities to judge weather he was fit for ANBU or not and that meant that he most likely wont be his opponent since he is higher ranked. Naruto however refused to believe this, he was expecting the old woman to send a whole squad of ANBU, or all of the available chuunins in Konoha or most likely case send Kakashi against him. He figured given that the first two alternatives were too costly the third was most likely, after all secretly he wanted to face Kakashi. He was a sharingan user and two of his main opponents will be sharingan users, so what better way then to test himself against him and find out where he stands.

Unfortunately, Tsunade was also aware of this and she knew that putting Kakashi on the mat would be asking for a bloodbath since Naruto will most likely try to test against the sharingan and given the way Jiraiya recently reacted to him, it was clear that he was much stronger then he lets out or that she had expected. Besides, what she wanted more was to see his analytical skills by exploiting his known weaknesses or at least what she believed them to be from Jiraiya's style, hints and former knowledge of her favorite genin. That is his rashness, weakness in genjutsu, unwillingness to fight females along with some of his advantages she can use against him such as the use of Toads and his deceptive tactics. She was still unsure about a lot of things, mainly the weapon on his arm, which he calls Amenonuhoko, his speed and rumors she had heard about a mysterious shadow warrior, which may be him, given it's close reference to the 'Konoha no Kiiroi Senkou' (Konoha's Yellow Flash).

Another of her concern was weather or not she was asking a bit too much from the teen. He was only 15 and she wanted to put him in the leadership of a full ANBU division and possibly even the acting leader of all ANBU as her right hand man. The first decision was clear. He had far more experience against Orochimaru's cursed warriors and his terrain then any other. The second remained to be seen but overall the bigger problem was again weather he would take it too seriously or not. The boy was a complex character in one way in the beginning he had shown that he was careless of paperwork, which would be his main job as acting leader, on the other hand the Naruto she saw before his trip had went totally on the opposite end of the scale. He was way too determined about his job and she did not want him to become a no life workaholic.

Currently her plan was to use Shizune and Anko as a team against him. Both were jounins and could compete against him in summoning and both her experts in genjutsu. Most importantly both were the opposite ends of scale when it came to personality and tactics; this would allow her a wide range observation on his style as his coops against their tactics. With all her plans ready she was anxiously waiting to see him in action.

As Naruto arrived at the stadium with Kyuubi he was surprised to see the little audience, as only Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kakashi were in the stands. This lead him to believe that Kakashi may have been right, which meant that his opponent would be multiple persons. He sent Kyuubi to rest in the stands while he awaited his opponent to show up.

"After much consultation on how to test you, I have come to the decision that it would be a duel to the first side getting knocked out or accept defeat via submission or resignation. The rules are no killing and both side limited up to A rank jutsus. Your opponents will be Shizune and Anko, let the battle commence", announced Tsunade, as both kunochis appeared in front of him.

"That is all? I was expecting a whole army from you. Hmm, I guess it does still oppose some challenge, I mean I refuse to physically hit a woman, so I guess I will have to use their momentum against them, but that still won't help them facing me much. Are you sure you do not wish to add a few more opponents?" asked Naruto.

"You are thinking to lightly of us Naruto-kun. I thought you out of all would not underestimate your opponents just by looks", added Shizune.

"Hey, I am not underestimating any of you, I am just trying to be fair, have it you way. In my opinion you two maybe good but you still got nothing on me", replied Naruto.

"That is a bold statement considering you have never faced us before. I will give you credits for daring, but let's see if you can keep up with it. I guess I will be the one to break the ice first since you seem reluctant to attack us", added Anko, as she began her attack.

Anko was known for fighting her battles like a wild Tasmanian devil while Shizune was more of the prudent sneaking backstabber type. Thus it came no surprise to Naruto when Anko hurled a kunai at him and tried to stab him with another while he dodged her initial attack along with the supported cover fire from Shizune with her doku shikomi shinden (prepared poison needle projectile). The tactic although a great one failed as Naruto proved to be superior when it came to speed and agility. He dodged the projectile with ease and then blocked and hurled Anko back towards Shizune for a collision. Shizune countered by using herself as a springboard to re-launch Anko towards him for another attack. This continued for a while, with both girls adding a few more jutsus to their strategy, but it was becoming clear that it was pointless. Thus they changed their tactics with this time Shizune taking the initiative with a sneak attack while Anko tried to distract the teen with her wild taijutsu and added shuriken and kunai projectile showering.

"Tsunade, don't tell me this is all you have reserved for him. Their tactical knowledge and experiences may be good but he is no average shinobi. He is much too cunning to be attacked with these subtle strategies", asked Jiraiya watching from the stand.

"Are you sure you are not underestimating the girls a bit too much Jiraiya? Fact of the matter is I know they are weak adversaries but you must realize that given who he is there is not many people who can take on him. That is why I devised this plan, Anko and Shizune will be able to contain most of your jutsus, since we are not talking about a fight to the death and Kakashi being here adds another challenge for him, as now he knows he cannot use just any jutsu as Kakashi will most likely copy them. Also being here, he can help me analyze him better, something Kakashi would not have been able to do if he was in battle. I told you already, what I want out of him in this trial and he seems to understand it. I am not interested in his power but his ability to multiple handle situations without overpowering his opponents", replied Tsunade.

"Yes, I understand that, but are you sure he making a monkey out of all of us already? I told you yesterday he more deceptive then before, so much that he maybe sitting behind us and using a clone to fight them and we would not realize it", added Jiraiya.

"I would rather say he is having more difficulties then being deceptive Jiraiya-sama. For one, Anko may not be strong but her wild fighting style is still a handful for someone who is unwilling to directly assault her. He has totally forgotten about Shizune sneaking behind him", countered Kakashi.

Shizune had sneaked up behind him and before Naruto could react she stroke him down from and blind angle with chakra no mesu (chakra scalpel) on his right shoulder. Naruto then got up and began to laugh hysterically before transforming into a dark shadow clone and then disappearing into thin air.

"You might have been right Kakashi-sensei, but if only they were observant enough to realize that they are wasting their chakra on one of my silhouettes. Guess you forgot to tell them the difference between a clone and the real person old woman, such a waste. Guess I was right, the sharingan really can't tell difference between a clone and the real person, even less my silhouettes", whispered a voice from behind which disappeared just as the three observant turned their head.

"What the hell was that? It looked like a kage bunshin but it doesn't share the same property associated with it", wondered all of them apart Jiraiya who was snickering.

"I told to not take him lightly, now you are his monkeys. You maybe wondering what those were and you should because if you don't you will never see the real Naruto in action. These are what he calls katsu eizou (split-image silhouette), the next generation kage bunshin, which only he knows how to use as he is the creator. They are faster, more versatile and even more deceptive then the best of what a normal kage bunshin can give and to make it worst they even consume less chakra, as they don't need to use a form or detail till it is necessary. The only way to recognize one when it is transformed is just like the normal ones that is special details, in the case of Naruto, Amenonuhoko and no Kakashi even if you try, you cannot copy them, they are sharingan proof", announced Jiraiya.

"So this is the reason why he is known as 'Konoha no Kokuei Senkou' (Konoha's Dark Shadow Flash) is it not? It makes sense now, in the day they would be hiding in his shadows while at night they would be to dark to be seen by naked eye unless you have some bloodline vision and know what to look for, very clever indeed. No wonder some considered him like the angel of death, it's the impression anyone would get of them if they suddenly attacked", noted Tsunade with a smile.

"Oh no, you got it all wrong. All though they are great it is not where they are deadly. That comes along if he ever decides to use the combos that are associated with them. The silhouettes are simply the foundation of his style; watch one of the combos in action and you will name him the angel of death for certain", added Jiraiya.

"Hey old man, don't you think it's a bit late to give this lecture of yours? Anyway, I won't mind if you decide to add more opponents' old woman. Either that or I suggest you two try something else then ninjutsu/taijutsu combinations, you won't hit me with such low level projectiles. So what will it be?" asked the teen who was lurking like a bat under the Hokage chamber.

"This kid… he is really taking me for granted isn't he? Well I guess it's time to show him why he should not piss me off. On to Phase 2 Shizune and my favorite one too, let's see how this brat handles against my snakes", said Anko with a devious smile, as she summoned a giant snake and used them to attack the boy while she concealed herself for an attack of her own, while Shizune supported them with her doku kiri (poison mist).

"Tell me something Jiraiya; you are known for making your student's develop their own styles. How deviated is Naruto's compared to yours? For some reason I am starting to suspect that you lied to me about teaching all your jutsus", asked Tsunade.

"From my estimation, it looks like Naruto has followed sensei's path, right? Ever since he had become my student I saw Naruto's growth pointing towards his direction. Does he know all of sensei's jutsus, specifically the hiraishin (thunder god)?" asked Kakashi.

"Oh he is far more unique then that, it is sad for me that my students seem to always go distance themselves from my own style, but I guess it my karma. Yes, the closest comparison to Naruto would be Arashi's and he does indeed know hiraishin, but don't expect to use him much. During his training I realized that his style and mine indeed differed too much, so I gave him the ones of his father, but he blew me away with his own set of arsenals. I guess it was given, since his life got altered due to Kyuubi's powers. The best way to describe his style would be to sum up with the following words: shadow, flash, unorthodox, Amenonuhoko, space-time and elemental deadly with a little bit of everything else", answered Jiraiya.

"I see, in other words the Naruto of now is a mix of Arashi, Kyuubi and shadow clones. Say how come he isn't summoning a toad to counter the snake summoned by Anko?" asked Tsunade, as she watched him dodging the snake.

At that very moment, Anko came out from behind him and tried to catch him with senei jashu (hidden shadow snake hands), while Shizune appeared in front of him and used her fukumi hari (hidden needles).

"You people seriously take me too lightly, Fenrir strike!" yelled Naruto, as he launched Amenonuhoko towards Anko's oncoming snakes while blocking the needle with launcher.

In a blister, the weapon swoop into action as if was alive and decapitated the snakes coming out of Anko's hands, then impaled the giant snake she had summoned then retracted towards its master. The pace of action caught Anko totally off guard and before she could realize it roped her on its path of return like an anaconda. Naruto then pulled her towards him and then sling shot her towards Shizune who was approaching to strike him with her chakra no mesu, resulting to a mid-air collision between the two followed by a tumbling crash.

"This is why. You should never try to attack him in mid-air, unless you can fly. You never know when he will ask Amenonuhoko to show its fangs. It is the deadliest long range weapon I know and with his chakra output he makes it seem alive", replied Jiraiya to an amazed Tsunade and Kakashi.

"You guys should seriously stop charging at me. No matter how many tricks you try, you cannot compensate for my speed and your taijutsu is not great enough to confuse me. I suggest you stay on to long range attacks at least that way I cannot use one of you against the other", added Naruto.

"You are seriously getting on my nerve with your tips. Guess it is time you learn to never ask for what you cannot handle. It's time to play 'blow up the annoying brat'", yelled an angry Anko, who jumped and began to throw multiple kunai with explosive tags attached.

This was the beginning of Anko's mayhem strategy, which sole purpose is to destroy anything and everything around her target including the target itself, by blowing up everything on her path. Thus the stadium was filled with explosions after explosions. Even Shizune had to summon a mid sized slug to cover herself from the barrage. Anko meanwhile had already summoned another snake this time a two headed snake and it was from its top that she was creating her barrage of explosion. After wasting about 30 explosive tags, which decimated the stadium floor into a war zone she stopped to see if she had hit her target, while getting severe scolding from Tsunade for her rash action. As the dust settled they were horrified to find Naruto lying on the floor covered on his own blood with his right leg and left arm missing, as he moaned in agony. Anko who now felt really bad jumped immediately near him, as she knew the consequences that lied for her if he should die, Shizune followed also. Tsunade was about to jump at his side too for immediate treatment when she was pulled back by Jiraiya.

"Don't be another monkey and jump into his deception. Watch and learn how the master of trickery fools his victims", he whispered.

"Oh my god Naruto, I am so sorry… I really got carried away this time. Shizune please tell me you can do something", said Anko.

"Oh it's not your fault… I was being to mean too you. I don't blame you… oh my poor body, now I shall never know what love is and live the rest of my life crippled. I really can't blame you after all I should have known you had a hot temper… too bad I also knew you two were also… suckers for falling for dramatic deaths, right boss?", said Naruto, who suddenly changed his voice and before Anko and Shizune could act, they found themselves in the clutches of the real Naruto.

He caught them from behind with a move called Gleinpir bind which is a move where he uses the chain of his weapon to bind his enemies, the chain being named Gleinpir. He then pulled both victims toward him and grinned evilly.

"Told you he was deceptive, he must have been hiding under their nose and made this scene to lure them into his trap and they fell for it", said the observant Jiraiya.

"But how did you know?" asked Tsunade.

"Well I could tell you a lie and say I can read his mind but to be honest I just looked at Kakashi's facial expression at the scene, who couldn't stop but smirk as he saw those two run towards the silhouette. So maybe you can ask him for details", answered Jiraiya.

"He used my old technique, when he saw those explosive tags he waited for the first explosion and then quickly went to hide under Anko's snake as it was the one sure place she wasn't going to blow up. Then from what I can understand he sent out two or three of those silhouettes to jump around and assure Anko that he was in her war zone. Then when she had finished, he simply left one of them and disguised it as the victim of her attack and suckered them in. A very cleaver strategy, although I wonder why went all the length to catch them though?" explained Kakashi.

"That is simple my dear Kakashi, I hate snakes… so I make sure every time I see one to kill it. The Tasmanian Girl was on top of that two headed one and knowing her craziness it would have risk to use the following jutsu to kill it, since she may accidentally kill herself, so I got her away form there, Shizune-chan was simply an added bonus. Now Anko dear, say bye-bye to your ugly snakes: fuuton yaiba kousen (wind element blade beam)", said the teen, as he completed the required seals, as two blades made of wind transformed with the movement of his fingers and decapitated the two snakes.

"You bastard to think I got concerned for your well being, I am going to make you pay for deceiving me like that. Before you stop smirking allow me to remind you that you forgot one thing, you left my hands open and at this close range you cannot evade me, take this: katon ryuuka (fire element dragon fire)" yelled an angry Anko, who unleashed a burst of flame from her mouth on Naruto.

The flame hit him instantly but much to Anko's celebration, instead of screaming for getting scorched Naruto began to laugh hysterically (think Iori Yagami laugh). He kept on laughing for a minute, to the surprise of most of his spectators.

"That is the best you can come up with, a fire jutsu? Did you seriously expect me to get burned by it? Seriously, Jiraiya really screwed you people over, but then again I cannot blame him, considering that you know what I have inside me. Do you seriously expect me to get burned by your pathetic flame when I got a real furnace in me for the last 15 years? Didn't you think my body would have adjusted to the King of Fire's heat and still you came up with a big speech and use a fire jutsu on me of such a low grade too? Maybe I should show you some real hell to make you understand my point. Oh by the way, I did that on purpose, to give you a chance to retaliate", said Naruto as he used Amenonuhoko to push them back up in the stands.

"I am sorry Shizune-chan but I guess I will have to use your slug as an example. Don't worry, unlike the snakes it won't die but rather sent back to its world with some severe burns which I am sure you can heal later. Anyway, watch this: okaen (inflame)", yelled the teen, as he gathered flames on his right hand and hit the ground with it creating a giant flame blast that surrounded him with a wave of fire engulfing up to 5 meters high, which resulted the slug to disappear into it's own world.

"… Is this one of those self created jutsus you were talking about? Damn that is a lot of heat generated out of hit a normal human would be burned to crisp without a proper protection if there is any from it", commented Tsunade.

"Yes, it's one of his many. Trust me you don't want to see some of the others. As you can see, given his high tolerance to fire and the energy outputted on such a jutsu, only he can do it. Any other user crazy enough to try it would most likely burn himself. Although he came up with this after learning the katon hibashira (fire element fire pillar), you can see a trend in his jutsu creation that is their versatility. The okaen is an offensive/defensive jutsu unlike hibashira and much more powerful, as he can change the range of effect and height of the flames", explained Jiraiya.

"I am beginning to see his style know and starting to understand the meaning of those key words you mentioned earlier. So for the past two and half years you have been teaching him only the most efficient jutsus and he made even more efficient jutsus out of them. That is a spectacular feat for a child considered a stupid. You have yet again managed to prove that quality beats out quantity. No wonder Orochimaru is so jealous of you", smiled Tsunade.

"Too bad he can't back out from his stupid philosophy, but then again if he did that would be outright admitting defeat. Tsunade, Naruto was never stupid, at first even I found it hard to believe but the truth is the trauma of his young life and with no support or motivation, he allowed himself to be considered stupid thinking it would please the villagers", smiled back Jiraiya.

"I know that. I just can't believe he managed to pass under radar like he him in those days. Now all that remains to be scene is how good he is with genjutsu, I am sure Anko and Shizune have figured by now that their other tricks wont work on him", replied Tsunade.

The two were still in awe of the latest action along with Kakashi, who was sure glad he wasn't participating in this test. He was great, but if there is one thing he knew that is he did not have the cunning mind or the devastating power to play against Naruto. He was more of book smart while his former student was the street smart, with power that would even scare the greatest book smarts. He was happy though. Over the last two years he trained hard but one thing that still kept lurking in his mind was how he was a bad teacher and what a bad influence he had given to the three. But here he was seeing that at least that negative influence had not affected their lives much. Well at least for Sakura and Naruto, for Sasuke he still did not know, he hoped not.

After making his demonstration, Naruto pulled the enchained girls towards him. Anko and Shizune by now were now in the final phase of their duty. It was the one they were at their strongest, the genjutsu test. In all of the past phases there were plenty of doubts about their ability to match against Naruto, but considering that he was a zero in genjutsu, they were certain he could never match them, for they were masters when it came to it. The best thing was that Naruto, unknowingly, was helping them. He made it possible for them to be at their closest proximity to him and on top of that their hands were still free, it was an opportunity of a life time.

"So what else must I prove to you ladies till you decide to give up?" asked Naruto nicely.

"Oh nothing more then the help you have already given us. I was starting to appreciate your abilities, but I guess you I was wrong. Your arrogance and indiscretion will be your doom: magen narakumi (demonic illusions hell viewing)", yelled Anko to put him on her genjutsu.

"No… not hell! Ahh I feel my body burning in the hell fire, ahhh! Make it stop! Is that what you were expecting me to say? I was expecting something far worse then vision of my hell… I had that for the first 7 years of my life you know? Maybe you should have given me illusion of heaven or something that would have worked better. Anyway, I guess this deserves a nice spinning reflection", said the teen as he violently whipped Gleinpir as he released Anko, which made her spin like a top on herself.

"Alright, how about getting out of this one, Naruto-kun: kokuangyou (black cloak of darkness). Now you cannot see but the darkness and without your eyes you lose your agility to evade us greatly and expose yourself to our jutsus. In other words, you have lost in a real battle", said Shizune as she completed her seals and turned his world into darkness.

"Hmm now that is what I call a genjutsu, perfect darkness. Most shinobi would certainly be vulnerable after being hit with this one. But you see you forgot that I still hold you in my grasp and even though you have your hands free to use chakra no mesu, I can kill you before that with simply applying a bit of chakra to make Gleinpir squeeze you to death faster then you can move your hand. Second even if I don't have my eyes, I can still sense you with my other senses like by the scent of your perfume. If you wish to test it, I will gladly allow you to prove again my point. But more importantly, I want you to remember the biggest flaw of using genjutsus… if the target knows the jutsu, he can easily dispel it by countering with the right output of chakra or if the person happens to have more chakra to expel then the user, which I happen to have. Are you still willing to try?" asked Naruto.

"… Alright I give up! Tell me, how do you know all that and how the hell did you manage to learn this one with all the others things you have been showing within the last two and half years?" asked Shizune who finally gave up.

"Oh its simple you see, just like the old man was explaining to your mentor, he taught me only efficient jutsus after realizing that I did not needed a 1000 jutsus. So I basically learned about 200 of them not including the ones I created from them. Given that he knew I may encounter an Uchiha or two in the future so he gave me a lesson in genjutsu. Now I don't know a lot of them… well this one was the only one I found interesting to learn. The rest are basically my creations, since you seem to have given up, I afraid I cannot show you one of them", he replied with a smile.

"His own created genjutsu? Only 200 jutsus… wow I wonder what those are", wondered Tsunade from the stand.

"Only the ones he was interested, mostly offensive minded ones. Yeah, he learns fast, but only when he is interested in them. Otherwise, even if they are the easiest thing in the world you cannot get him to learn them", replied Jiraiya.

"Just as stubborn as before, I see, but it's good to have some flaws. I mean from what I see here, his judgment has been right on the money. I still wonder how he created his own genjutsu though, those are usually hard to do, especially within the limited time he had", wondered Kakashi.

"Well he does have a big imagination and he does have a terrible childhood, he simply took those experiences and mixed with his prankish nature. The only thing that remained was the seals and I helped him on that part and voila. It's pretty crazy what such a mind can come up with", said Jiraiya.

Back at the action, Naruto had one more opponent left, a dizzy Anko who now had a headache after spinning like a top. She still was not ready to give up, much to Naruto's chagrin. So the battle went on and Anko leapt into action like a raging tiger. Unlike Shizune she had not heard Naruto explaining that he could easily dispel himself from the kokuangyou, as she was too busy trying to keep her bearings straight during the spin. So believing that he could not break the genjutsu she launched an all out path of destruction. Explosion tags, kunai and shuriken, basically anything she could get her hands on. Realizing that the only way to stop her was to knock her out, he used shunshin (body flicker) to appear behind her and then put her to speed with kitsune kaimin (fox's pleasant dream) for the next two hours.

The tactical move surprised his new spectators, more so that Anko easily fell for it. When Tsunade asked Naruto what he had done to her, he replied that he had simply given Anko the pleasant sleep she deserved. He figured it would help calm her anger management or at least avoid him her wrath of future friendly meetings.

"So, old woman, did I show enough to become an ANBU or should I say ANBU captain, that is what you are planning to add me as right? Or else you would not be forcing me to face two jounins and wanted to check my tactics skills", asked Naruto.

"I see you have read your job description, yes, you will be an ANBU captain. You have proven your worth for that. However, you won't be a normal ANBU captain. You will be the new leader of Alpha division with 50 members under you. They are currently all on reserve due to the loss of their last leader in a backstabbed Rice country mission, so their moral is kind of low. You will have the task to get their spirit back up, as well as to train them to make them more competent against Orochimaru's forces with your experiences gained in similar terrain. It will be a hard task, but I know you can do it. You have that will that makes miracle and they really need it right now", explained Tsunade.

"You must be kidding me, are you insane? I am 15 years old I can't take that kind of responsibility. They are all older than me, they will never believe in me, not to mention that they lost their former leader and are in low moral. It's a very bad decision from your part", yelled back Naruto.

"Naruto, they may be older then you, but as you have proven here skill wise, you top all of them. In fact, I would have to say there aren't many who can take on you head to head in Konoha at the moment. Plus you have the experience against cursed warriors. You never have a trouble in convincing people when you focus, so this won't be anything new for you. Think of it as your first big step towards the Hokage position", she said with a smile.

"Yes keep on rolling with the cookies old women. It still won't change the fact, that I am too young for this job. Can't you get someone outside from the ANBU to accept the job, if there is indeed no one capable in the whole ANBU for it? I mean what about getting Kakashi-san to do it? I mean one of the reasons I want to join the ANBU is to keep my identity hidden and you are blowing that sky high" said Naruto.

"If there was do you think I would have put you in such a tight spot? The fact is that even though it's been nearly 3 years we still are undermanned, when it comes to high ranking jobs. People like Kakashi hardly have time to do this kind of day to day duty. Don't worry about hidden identity, only I know who my ANBU are and if you want you can add more reforms to make it even more secretive. That will be one of the other jobs you will be asked to do. You are to make them more efficient by adding things you believe will help make them better. As you know we been having a little security problem lately. Anyway, here is the paper you need to get your equipments from the armory. Meet me tomorrow around 2P.M. To start your job and good luck", said the Hokage with a wink.

"Man talk about a pain in the ass. Two days in and the whole world is over my ass already. Oh well, I guess defying the impossible is one my curse. Anyway, someone should take the Tasmanian woman to her home, she won't be up for the next two hours", said Naruto.

"Erm, Naruto whatever you did to her seem to have back fired on you. It seems she is up much earlier then expected", said Kakashi.

"That is impossible there is no way to break out from my kitsune kaimin. It's only inconvenience is if the target is a sleepwalker, in which case they will be physically performing their most wanted dream. So I guess Anko-san is a sleepwalker no big deal, let's just hope her dream isn't about killing on of us", explained Naruto with a smile.

Just then Anko jumped on him from behind with a piggy back hug yelling "Arashi-niisan!" much to Naruto's horror. She then started to cuddle like a teddy bear.

"Ahhhh! Get of me you evil woman I am not him. Let go! Stop don't you dare pinch me, oh my god stop you child molester! Someone get this crazy woman off me!" yelled Naruto, as he received Anko's cuddling.

"I guess her dream must be the one with Arashi. It's understandable, after all he was the one who rescued her from Orochimaru, after he curse sealed her. I guess with you two looking so familiar, she thinks you are him. So play the role Naruto, it can't be that bad", said Jiraiya.

"Easier for you to say!" thought Kakashi, Tsunade, Shizune and Kyuubi who just woke up from his sleep.

Apparently the fox had decided to take a nap during the test, as he knew the winner after he saw who the challengers were. Thus the group parted their ways each heading their own direction with Naruto having to take care of Anko. He soon found out the horror of playing his two hour role as Anko began to tell him about her past relationships. Along the way he met up with Sakura who had just finished her shift at the hospital.

"Well, well, I wonder what you did to get yourself in this mess", she giggled.

"Long story short, to stop her and win the challenge I put her on a genjutsu and it kind of back fired on me. Yeah, laugh hard Haruno Sakura, but guess what I got the job, so take that", replied Naruto.

"Well, I am glad for you. I was secretly rooting for you, you know? So what did you do to her?" asked Sakura.

Naruto explained without revealing too much and then they kept on chatting. Sakura being free decided to help him take Anko to her home, it was a grave mistake. As halfway towards their destination Anko began to talk about her love relationship with Kakashi and well by the end of their self-indulged mission, neither of them wanted to see his face for at least a week. Anko had given to many specific details for them to make them realize what a dirty lover Kakashi was.

In Kiri, another unhappy kunochi returned home, all drenched in mud. She had a rough day, her mission was to help a farmer cultivate his farm with her apprentices and team and again she had to do most of the job. After all that her team decided to give her a mud bath, just to add the cherry to their martini. She entered and went straight for a warm bath, mumbling all the curses she could find in her head towards her team. Yes, it was another chaotic day.

End of Chapter 6

A/N: I know you guys have been waiting this impatiently, well I hope. Sorry for the delay again, I hope 20 pages of text for this chapter will do. I rewrote this like 6 times and the reasons for the main delay was first final rushes to Exams and me getting addicted to Shattered Galaxy again. I blame a bit of Kishimoto too, his recent chapters has me really disappointed in him. Anyway, hope you enjoy this, we covered a lot today. We got our first full battle, a broad detail on Kasumi and her life, some comedy and misunderstanding. Next chapter, Naruto's first day with his new task, handling the situation, which includes having to confront Aya. If I can get trough all that within 10-11 pages possibly even their mission to Wave country and Naruto first meeting with Kasumi (it's going to be a spark I tell ya, no not instant love spark people). For those who think, I am making Naruto too strong, hold on buddy, it's cuz he will need to be. Did I mention I completed all the jutsus Naruto will have in this FF? Now all I need to do is complete Kasumi's one too. So leave some R&R people, you know those always make an author write faster. Shingen

New Characters

Muramasa Sanjo: Master sword smith creator of the swords for the Shinobigatana Nananin Shu and also a lord in Water country. He is the caretaker and somewhat the adoptive father of Kasumi (more info later).

Suishou Okita: Kasumi's real father. He is the leader of the Shinobigatana Nananin Shu and Suishou clan. He died trying to save the Mizukage.

Maruyama Ichiro: The youngest son of the Mizukage and teammate of Kasumi. A very arrogant, spoiled shinobi who thinks he deserves to be acclaimed more then her.

Maruyama Nobu: The grandson of the Mizukage and student of Kasumi, a real brat, who doesn't respect his teacher.

Urashima Rei: The third member of Kasumi's team, she is from one of the renowned family of Kiri and crazy about Ichiro (fan girl).

New Techniques & Weapons

Amenonuhoko / Heavenly Spear: (additional updated info) A shinobi weapon made by Muramasa Sanjo specifically for Naruto. It has the same technology used for the unbreakable swords of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist. The weapon is a larger version of the Haapuun. It has a range of 50m and is an indestructible weapon. It has three parts, the large kunai spear, Fenrir, with his blade made out of diamond, while the rest of its body, as well as the chain, Gleinpir, and launcher were made out of special ultra resistant carbon fiber. Gleinpir also has hidden diamond shards within it that acts like its fangs if Naruto gives the order to deploy them, making the Amenonuhoko a two in one weapon. A deadly spear that can pierce through almost anything and a chain that can entangle its victim as well as kill them by grinding it's fangs around them. Just like his previous weapon Fenrir and Gleinpir both launch and retract through Naruto's chakra.

Gleinpir Bind: An attack where Amenonuhoko's chain binds down opponents.

Fenrir Strike: An attack where Amenonuhoko pierces through the opponent. It is Mortal Kombat character Scorpion's original spear throw attack. Sometimes Naruto may say the famous 'Get over here' rather then this name to perform the act.

Fuuton Senpuudan / Wind element Whirlwind Blast: C rank ninjutsu where the user summons a whirlwind cyclone that blasts opponents backwards.

Fuuton Yaiba Kousen / Wind element Blade Beam: B rank ninjutsu where the user summons a blade made of wind and throws it towards the target. It is usually used in combination with a sword as it is easier to release with the blade of the sword, as well as more furtive.

Katon Hibashira / Fire element Fire Pillar: B rank defensive jutsu where the user creates a pillar of fire around him to block an oncoming attack.

Katsu Eizou / Split-Image Silhouette: A rank ninjutsu created by Naruto as an advanced form of kage bunshin. It creates shadow silhouettes of him who look like blobs of oil when not in action or dark clones in Naruto's form in action unless it is for some sort of diversion. They are better in all aspects then a normal kage bunshin. Due to the complication of these silhouette creation only Naruto can use them, it is the jutsu that gave him the legendary title of Konoha no Kokuei Senkou.

Okaen / Inflame: A rank ninjutsu created by Naruto where he blasts the area surrounding him with a wave of fire on a given radius and height. The burst of flames acts like a heat shockwave and engulfs anything on its passage, in which only Naruto is left unharmed. (Check Enflame skill in the game Fable for a resemblance it's the exact one)