Authors Notes: Alright, so I may have gotten a little distracted with the plot bunnies this past week. I had started the week working on this story, only for those pesky fur balls to gnaw at my mind, which gave birth to the two other stories I started. So now that they have been sated, back to this one!
Not only that, but my monitor died on me over the weekend, thus rendering my PC out of commission until I was able to replace it, so that was fun. Anyways, moving on!
In the last chapter, Hiruzen got to see that his plan to have Sakura killed had failed, much to his disappointment. To further increase his frustration, even Anko had avoided a run in with her former sensei, thus leaving the old bastard with two failed attempts to break Naruto emotionally.
But on a happy note, Sakura finally got her first kiss. Not to mention she is slowly piecing together the pieces of the puzzle that has been laid out before her, exposing horrible truths about her own village, and it's Hokage. And while she doesn't know the exact details, she does know that Naruto and the girls from Berugakure have a connection. Should be fun when she finds out.
Not to mention, last chapter we also got to see Kiba get smashed into the ground by a very upset Morgiana. We all knew his 'Alpha' ways was going to land him in trouble one day. Question is, did he learn his lesson?
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Q: Kakashi knows that Naruto is both Kushina and Minato's son. So why'd Kakashi kidnap Naruto? What is his reward that made the risk worth it?
A: Short version, Kakashi is more loyal to Konoha then he is to his late Sensei and his wife.
Q: Same question as 1, but applied to Jiraiya.
A: Mostly the same as Kakashi. He was raised in Konoha and wants to see it on top of the Elemental Nations. Also in this story he will be obsessed with fame and the prophecy thing, and all of that.
Q: How did Kushina survive losing Kurama?
A: Easy answer, plot armor. Though, I am leaning towards Kurama purposely leaving a bit of chakra behind within her to ensure she survives when he felt himself being pulled out against his will. Keep in mind, in this story the Kyuubi has a good relationship with the Uzumaki's.
Q: When and why did Kushina leave for Berugakure?
A: During the sacking of Uzu, many of the Uzumaki's fled to Berugakure, which was allied with Uzu and Konoha. So with her husband dead, Kushina had no reason to stay within Konoha, so she went to where the rest of her clan was.
PraetorXyn – You are going to be able to rebuild Uzu with the amount of bricks Hiruzen will be shitting when Kushina arrives in the village.
12Ookami12 – There are a few that are not as they seem, which will be revealed in the coming chapters. Though you are correct, no redemption for the primary three involved with Naruto's kidnapping.
HyperA2019 – I have something else in mind for Naruto to proclaim, something that will chill Hiruzen to the bone.
YeagerMeister31 – Fortunately, I already have the fight planned out between Naruto and Omoi. Though poor Naruto, while he is use to being hated, he at least knows why the populace of Konoha hates him. Omoi though, poor Naruto has no idea why, lol.
Harem
Anko, Aqua, Esdeath, Kairi, Koyuki, Mabui, Morgiana, Pyrrha, Rory, Sakura, Xion, and Yoruichi
Remember Me
Chapter 10
Mabui looked on in horror as the names displayed across the screen for all to see. Beside her, Omoi gained a sadistic grin as he saw the names, imagining that Kami must be looking out for him. Grin still in place, the Kumo swordsman departed the stands, imagining the various ways he could hurt the blonde teen that had taken his girl from him. Perhaps even kill him, if he was lucky enough to land such a blow before the proctor would interfere.
"Omoi is going to kill him, you know that, right?" Karui pointed out, earning a groan from the silver haired beauty. Mabui didn't want to imagine what would happen if her team mate would be successful. Without a doubt, if Omoi were to land a killing blow, the girls from Berugakure would rip him apart before he would even get the chance to celebrate.
"Let's hope not." The silver haired kunoichi commented with a sigh, absolutely despising the situation she found herself in. She knew she should cheer for her team mate, but on the other hand, she didn't want Naruto to lose either. 'Why, why couldn't they have been paired up against other participants?'
"So you're saying you want Omoi to lose?" The red head inquired in a half teasing tone. Though the red haired kunoichi didn't get all the drama going on between her fellow team mates and the Naruto boy. Mostly on her male team mates part. She understood where Mabui was coming from, she had agreed to an arrangement and she wanted to at least give it a chance. Omoi on the other hand, has seemed to become increasingly obsessed with the silver haired kunoichi. It was becoming rather concerning for the two kunoichi.
"It's not that." Mabui replied, not catching the joking tone her team mate was using. "I don't even want to imagine what the Berugakure girls will do to him if he actually succeeds in killing Naruto-san."
Karui couldn't help but shiver at the thought. It was very clear during their meeting with the Berugakure team that all five of the girls were extremely protective over the blonde teen. Especially now that they had found him after years of searching, only to find one of their closest allies were responsible for his disappearance.
"Well, all we can do is just watch and see." The red headed swords woman commented, earning a nod in agreement from her friend.
Arena Floor
Naruto stared across the arena at his opponent, a feeling of uneasiness washing over him. Warning him that this particular participants had ill intentions.
His opponent in question was a young Kumogakure shinobi with dark skin, and short spiky white hair. Dark eyes with his eyelashes curving upwards from the corners. The Kumo-nin's attire consisted of an overlong shirt with a hood, with red bandage hand guards and Kumogakure shin guards. Finishing off the young genin's outfit was his black Kumogakure headband, and dark gray flak jacket, and a single lollipop in his mouth.
"I really don't see why Mabui-chan is so fixated on you." The Kumo genin commented with a slight sneer as he glared at the blonde jinchuriki. "You don't look like anything special, only an idiotic dope that wears the brightest colors just to get attention."
Meanwhile, Naruto only frowned at the Kumo genin before him, a bit confused as to who this Mabui person was that is supposedly fixated on him.
'Kurama, what the hell is he talking about?' The blonde mentally inquired.
'Not sure kit.' Answered the fox, equally as confused as his container. 'But he seems extremely upset at you for whatever reason, so better keep your guard up.'
"I am going to show Mabui-chan just why she should be focusing on me, instead of you." Omoi finished as he drew his blade and got into a fighting stance.
"Question." Naruto spoke. "Are you related to Kiba by chance? Because you kind of have that same mindset that women are property rather then people."
Despite himself, Hayate couldn't help but snicker at the blonde genin's retort, especially since the sword wielding genin seemed even more infuriated at the responds. Seeing as the two combatants were ready, the sickly swordsman started the match before jumping out of the way.
Omoi wasted no time in initiating the fight as he swiftly closed the gap between himself and the blonde, bring his blade up in a right, upwards horizontal slash, prompting Naruto to back peddle as the blonde just as the blade slashed through his jump suit, drawing some blood from the jinchuriki's chest. Naruto didn't have time to react as the Kumo swordsman quickly brought the blade around for another strike, forcing Naruto to tilt his head to avoid another severe injury, receiving another slash on his left cheek. Pushing chakra through his legs, Naruto bounded back to give a significant distance between himself and his attacker and give him time to formulate a plan.
'Kit, this guy is really trying to kill you.' Kurama pointed out the obvious. Noting that each slash the silver haired genin made was aimed at lethal points on the body.
'You think I don't know that!?' Naruto responded sarcastically. 'Seriously, who the hell is this Mabui girl that this guy is so hung up on.'
'We'll figure that out later, we need to come up with a plan first that keeps you alive without blowing your cover.' The kyuubi responded.
'Right.' The blonde agreed as out of instinct he summoned forth a couple dozen of Shadow Clones to send at his opponent to keep him occupied and away from the real Naruto. 'Got any ideas?'
'Actually,' Kurama began, watching as his containers clones rush the Kumo swordsman. The fox could see that while the young man was adept in his use of the sword, he did struggle when there was more then one opponent coming at him. 'I do have an idea, but first send some more shadow clones and watch.'
'Okay.' Naruto frowned slightly, but still did as suggested and created a dozen more clones, ordering them to attack the Kumo genin once more, just as Omoi had cut down the last Shadow Clone. Though the blonde jinchuriki did find it funny when the swordsman started cursing when he saw more clones coming at him.
'Do you see it, kit?' The fox inquired, coaxing his container to see what he did.
Remaining silent, Naruto focused on what the fox was implying. Within seconds, the blonde saw what the fox was talking about. While the white haired genin was good with a blade, he was no Jonin. He was a Genin, just like Naruo. As such, the Kumo swordsman was having issues keeping up with the amount of clones Naruto kept sending his way.
'I see it.' Naruto commented. 'He can't keep up with more then one opponent at a time. Now how to use this to my advantage?'
'You mean besides you doing the same to him as you did to that Mizuki bastard, and just pummeling him into the ground?' Kurama deadpanned.
'That too.' The blonde chuckled. 'But I need to shut him up for awhile before he spouts off something that could blow my cover and compromise our plan of escaping this shit hole.'
'Agreed kit.' The fox nodded. 'What about that Siphon Seal of yours?'
'Siphon seal….that could work.' Naruto mused to himself as he watched as more and more of his clones were able to tag hits on the white haired swordsman. 'Even though I designed it to hold on to my target to drain them of their chakra, if enough clones are making contact with him, it should work the same.'
'Make it happen, kit.'
Mentally nodding in confirmation, Naruto set to work making even more clones. Though with these ones, he made sure to add more chakra into them before silently commanding them to use the seal chosen to siphon the energy from the Kumo genin. Omoi let out a loud curse as he saw even more Shadow Clones descend upon him as be recklessly began swinging his blade around, aiming to make quick and precise cuts to severely reduce the amount of clones surrounding him. Though with each clone he cut down, the plum of smoke that erupted afterwards only served to impair his vision, allowing others to get in quick jabs on to his body.
With each strike, Omoi began to feel the energy slowly leave his body as his breath became more and more ragged and labored. Still, he persevered. Continuing to cut through more and more of the clones as they continued to work to overwhelm him, which was working as with each clone he managed to cut down, more were able to slip through his defenses and score more blows against his body.
After nearly three minutes of keeping the clones at bay, Omoi finally succumbed to the blonde jinchuriki, as Naruto had switched places with one of his clones and caught the dark skinned swords man in a rear naked choke hold. Which only served to sap the energy from the Kumo genin even faster as the blondes clones proceeded to take advantage of the situation by scoring some more shots in before Omoi finally fell unconcious.
Seeing no movement in his opponent, Naruto cautiously released his hold, ready to swap himself with one of his clones if need be. However, it was not required as Hayate moved in to check on the fallen swordsman before signaling the end of the match and declaring Naruto the winner, much to the surprise of the spectators, as medics ran out onto the arena floor to attend to the defeated genin.
None more so then the village elders, who openly scowled from their viewing booth. They had hoped that by rigging the randomizer and pitting the boy against the Kumogakure swordsman, the jinchuriki would suffer a severe injury and remove him from the exams all together, partially under the Sandaime's orders, as Hiruzen had hoped to remove the boy from the exams all together in a clean fashion. Though once again, the old mans hopes had been crushed.
Panting heavily, Naruto dismissed the rest of his clones before departing the arena floor and returned to the stands. A sense of relief washing over him as not only had he had managed to qualify for the finals, but he had managed to keep his cover intact. All he had to do now was last until the finals, which was still a month away, though with the girls in the village, it would be much more bearable.
"Excuse me, Naruto-san." A feminine voice broke the blonde from his musing. Looking up the flight of stairs he was walking up, he spotted two dark skinned Kumogakure kunoichis. One silver haired, and one red headed.
'Must be that guy's team mates.' Naruto observed. 'Though I sense no ill intent from them, so guess they are not sore over me beating him.'
"Yes?"
"I-I wanted to apologize for my team mates actions in the arena." The silver haired girl started, tentatively making her way down the flight of steps, as the red haired kunoichi stayed at the top. Stopping just as she stood before Naruto, getting to finally see her fiance up close. A small blush dusting her cheeks as she took in his face.
"You are Mabui, I presume." Naruto ventured to guess.
"I-yes." The silver haired kunoichi blushed slightly.
"I see, then perhaps you can explain why your team mate personally wanted to kill me?" The blonde inquired, in a soft yet stern tone. Implying that while he didn't blame her exactly, he still wasn't happy that Omoi had every intent to kill him on that arena floor.
"Omoi has been a bit….obsessed with me." Mabui sighed, casting her eyes to the floor, ashamed by the actions of her sole male team mate.
"Yeah, I gathered that much." Naruto couldn't help but chuckle lightly. He didn't want to come off that he was accusing her for his actions. "But he also mentioned that you were fixated with me, why?"
"About that…." The silver haired kunoichi blushed severely, before looking him in his blue eyes. "I, am one of your fiances."
"My….wait, what?" The blonde could only stare in surprise. "Not to sound rude, but I don't even know you."
"That is understandable." Mabui stated with a sigh. "Your mother had set it up as a surprise, but you disappeared before we could formally meet."
"My-my mother?" Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly. "Then that means you…."
"We know your secret, yes." Mabui interrupted before holding her hands up in a surrendering gesture. "However, I am on your side."
"You mean 'we' are on his side." The red haired kunoichi corrected from her position at the top of the stairs. "Karui, by the way. And no way in hell am I letting my sister in all but blood do this alone."
'I sense no malicious intent behind their words, kit.' Kurama commented from within the blondes mind, earning a mental nod from his host.
"Pleasure to meet you." The blonde nodded to the now identified Karui.
"Anyways, we should probably not linger much longer." Mabui sighed. "No doubt if you don't show up by your team mate soon, others will become suspicious. But, I would really like to sit down and get to know you better."
"I can't promise anything until I know what the old bastard has planned for after these preliminary matches." Naruto admitted, scratching the back of his head.
"You think he is going to try something because your other fiances are here?" The silver haired kunoichi inquired.
"Not openly, no." Naruto mused. "Especially not after I have qualified for the finals. I have no doubt that he, or others under his orders, rigged the randomizer to have me face a weapons specialist, since I am suppose to be a brawler type, and it would have been a bad match up for me. Though I doubt the old bastard planned on your team mate trying to kill me."
"Speaking of which," Karui quirked an eye brow. "How did you beat him?"
Smirking some, Naruto allowed the seals to appear on his hands that he had used to sap the chakra from their team mate.
"What are those?" Mabui asked.
"Seals that I created." The blonde explained. "Each time I make physical contact with someone, it saps away some of their chakra, so when I have a small army of clones attacking, it speeds up the process. So your team mate is only suffering from moderate chakra exhaustion."
"Wow." Was all the two kunoichi could respond with. Clearly impressed with the blondes ingenuity, since it clearly hid his skills, but still gained him the win.
"Anyways, it was nice to meet you both, but I should get going before anyone comes to check on me."
"Right." Mabui agreed, though frowned slightly as she wanted to spend more time with him. Staring into his cerulean blue eyes, before she let a small come to her face. "Ah, fuck it."
Before Naruto could ask what she meant, Mabui had closed the distance between the two of them and brought him into a firm embrace, allowing her lips to collide with his. The first thing the jinchuriki noticed, aside from her impressive bust pressing against his chest, was how soft and warm her lips were. Deciding to take it up a notch, Naruto probed her lips with his tongue, asking for entrance, which she granted as she parted her lips slightly, allowing his tongue to invade her mouth and wrestle with her own. Eliciting a pleasured moan from the Kumo kunoichi. Slowly breaking the kiss, Mabui leaned back, her eyes glazed over with a smile on her face, meanwhile, Karui stood back and had watched the entire scene play out, completely shocked at the boldness of her team mate.
"Once I know what the old man's plan is, I will contact you and let you know of a meeting place." Naruto informed the two, though mainly Mabui. "I assume you are staying at the Soaring Leaf hotel?"
While it wasn't the only hotel within the village, it was the most popular amongst the foreign visitors, especially during the Chunin Exams.
"Yes." Came the short reply.
"Alright, I'll get in contact with you as soon as I can."
Nodding in affirmation, the three genins parted ways. With the two Kumogakure kunoichi's heading down to check on their team mate, as it was expected of them to do, and Naruto taking his place next to Sakura to watch the rest of the matches.
"You alright Naruto-kun?" The pinkette asked as the blonde jinchuriki took his place beside her at the railing, turning her attention fully to him to address the cuts he had received from the match. "You took awhile to return from your match."
"Yeah," Naruto reassured her with a smile. "Just used a bit too much chakra by spamming the Shadow Clones."
This wasn't a complete lie, since he had used a considerable amount of his own chakra to summon forth his small army of Shadow Clones, not to mention channeling chakra through his seals to keep them active during his match. And while he could ask Kurama to refill his reserves, the two of them really didn't want to take the chance unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Only you would use such a technique to over come your opponent with sheer numbers." Sakura sighed while she shook her head. Knowing full well that while useful, the Shadow Clone technique was not designed for frontal assault, instead, it was more of an infiltration and spying technique.
"It worked." Naruto grinned.
Slowly, a comfortable silence fell between the two as the continued to watch the matches below. Cheering and supporting their fellow Konoha genin, while Naruto would silently cheer for his himes. Which they themselves had put on some good matches, even though Naruto could tell that they were holding back considerably, though there had been a few glimpses of their true skill throughout the matches, though ironically not from their own matches. Two such moments stood out the most.
The first moment was during the match between Temari of the Wind from Sunagakure, and Konoha's up and coming weapon's mistress, Tenten. While the bun haired kunoichi had given it her all, the Suna-nin's wind attacks had proved too much for the budding weapon's mistress to over come. However, towards the end of the match, Temari had intended to severely cripple her opponent, as Tenten begun to fall, the blonde haired kunoichi had positioned her iron fan directly below the girl, clearly intending to break her back from the impact.
Rory however would have none of it. Seeing what was about to happen, the raven haired halberd wielder had flung her weapon into the center of the arena with such force that when it had impacted, it had cracked and created an upheaval in the ground which sent the Suna kunoichi flying back before 'the Reaper' had landed atop the handle of the halberd and caught Tenten before she hit the ground. As the medics had rushed out to collect the defeated weapon's mistress, Rory had leveled a cold glare towards the fan user. A silent warning being sent, which cause Temari to shudder under the ruby eyed woman's gaze.
The second time had come during Rock Lee's and Gaara's match. The bowl haired taijutsu prodigy had given the red haired Suna jinchuriki a run for his money, especially when the green clad boy took off the weights he had been wearing throughout the match, allowing him to move at such speeds that he managed to slip through Gaara's sand defense, being the first to score a hit on the red head. Though, even after using his own forbidden taijutsu skill, it still proved ineffective against the jinchuriki. While Rock Lee was exhausted from using such skills, Gaara had struck. Rock Lee had attempted to evade the on coming attacks, but the sheer amount of sand was too much for the exhausted boy, as the sand wrapped around both the green clad boys leg and arm, crushing them both, before the sand began to encase it's victim, despite the proctors call to cease the match. A series of splashes of water struck the sand, rendering it unusable catching the red haired jinchuriki's attention, prompting him to look at the offending person that had denied him his kill.
Standing firm before him was Kairi, unflinching as the unstable jinchuriki stared her down. Though currently unable to act, as water had rendered his sand ineffective to utilize. Not to mention the proctor had warned him that should he continue his attack, he would be disqualified from the exams. While the red head jinchuriki would love to sate his mothers blood lust, he had reluctantly complied and left the arena, allowing the medics to carry off the crippled boy to be treated.
Then there had been Sakura's match against her once again best friend, Ino. Though the match had proven to both kunoichi that they had seriously slacked off on their training, and showed where their flaws where. The match had ended in a double knock out, much to both girls disappointment. Each making a promise to one another and their team mates that they would train harder and take their career as kunoichi more seriously.
Then there was the match between the sweet, but shy Hinata Hyuga against her own cousin. An arrogant boy that held a grudge over the young heiress for something well beyond her own control, as well as a majority of the Main Branch family of the Hyuga Clan. Though the boy was so entrapped by his own hatred, that he had literally attempted to kill his own cousin, purposely aiming for her heart before he was stopped by the proctor and three other jonin in the form of Might Gai, Kurenai, and Asuma. Meanwhile, Naruto stood between Neji and the fallen Hyuga heiress, glaring at the misguided boy as he begun to spout nonsense of the jonins showing favoritism to the main branch of his clan.
It was then and there, that Naruto had made a blood vow against Neji, promising to avenge Hinata, causing the Hyuga prodigy to scoff at the blondes words. Already deeming him a failure as fate had dictated. Though Naruto remained undeterred, stating that fate was only a crutch for the weak. A statement Neji did not take kindly to.
"As of this moment the preliminaries of the third exam are now complete!" Hayate proclaimed, catching everyone's attention as the final match had concluded. "To those of you who have won your bouts and qualified for the finals of the third phase of the exams, congratulations!"
"Now, I will explain the rules for the finals." Hiruzen began as he stepped forward, allowing the chunin hopefuls to see him. "As it was mentioned at the start of the preliminaries, you will conduct your final round of bouts in front of everyone. Each of you represent your village of your respective lands."
"So, we want you to exhibit and fully showcase your various talents." The Hokage continued. "As such, the finals will commence one month from now!"
"What?" One of the sound genin stated. "Why not do it right here, right now?"
"We call this the requisite preparation period." The elder village leader replied. "A period that allows us to relay the results of the preliminaries to the rulers and Kage's of your various villages, and to invite them to attend the finals. This also serves as a preparation period for you applicants."
"During this month long period, you may analyze what you have seen during these matches and use it to increase your chances of victory." Hiruzen continued. "Though, some of you probably ended up exposing everything you've got in front of your rivals, while others among you may were terribly injured. So, in order to level the field, this month is also to be used to heal and train."
Having said his piece, the elder village leader took a step back as Anko stepped onto the arena floor with a box in her hands.
"Now, before you maggots run off, there is one thing you must do first." Anko stated. "All of you line up, when I come to you, you are to reach inside and grab just one piece of paper. That paper will have a number on it, that number will dictate your position in the final matches."
One by one, each of the qualifiers grabbed their slip of paper and called out their numbers, allowing Ibiki to write them down on his clipboard. After a few moments, all the papers had been drawn, and Ibiki had revealed the line up for the finals in the following order.
Naruto Uzumaki vs Neji Hyuga
Xion vs Karui
Sasuke Uchiha vs Gaara
Mabui vs Aqua
Kankuro vs Shino Aburame
Rory 'the Reaper' vs Temari
Shikamaru Nara vs Dosu
Morgiana vs Kairi
"Now then, you are all dismissed to plan out your training, rest up, or whatever else you please." Hiruzen stated. "Now, do any of you have any questions?"
"May I?" Shikamaru asked, raising his hand to gain the elder village leaders attention.
"This is a tournament correct? So that means there will only be one winner." The Nara stated. "Then does that mean that only one person will be promoted to Chunin?"
"No, that is not the case." The Hokage replied. "For the finals, you will be observed by many judges, not just myself. We will be looking at your over all performance throughout your matches, and will determine an absolute value to your skills. Those that are deemed to have sufficient skills will be considered for the promotion."
"So, that means there is a chance all of us could become Chunin?" Temari inquired.
"Yes." Came the short and simple reply. "However, it is also possible that none of you will be promoted either."
Seeing as there were no more questions, Hiruzen had dismissed the participants, though his eyes lingered on the blonde jinchuriki as the boy met up with his team before the trio that made up Team 7 departed the arena floors, no doubt in search of their sensei. Letting out a sigh, he summoned one of his ANBU to have Kakashi meet him in his office before he talks with his team.
'With those girls in the village, I can not risk having the boy encounter them.' He thought to himself. 'I'll need to bring Jiraiya back to take the boy out of the village for the month.'
Berugakure
A fair skinned woman with brown eyes and straight blonde hair, parted down the center with shoulder length bangs that framed her face, as the rest traveled down to her lower back, tied into two loose pony tails sat before the large desk that Kushina was seated behind. A swirl of excitement and nervousness washing over the blonde woman, as well as her companion, apprentice and surrogate daughter.
"You said you had news, Kushina-chan." The blonde inquired, the nervousness showing in her voice due to the red haired Berukage being eerily silent since they had answered the woman's summons.
"Before I tell you, I need to know something Tsunade." Kushina stated, pushing herself up from her chair. "Did you have anything to do with it?"
"Anything to do with what?" Tsunade asked, clearly confused as she stood up to look the woman before her in the eye. A woman she considered a sister in all but blood.
"Konoha was behind Naruto's kidnapping." Kushina finally answered, earning a surprised gasp from both Tsunade and her companion.
"Are-are you sure?"
"Just over a month ago, we sensed Kurama's chakra signature." The red head explained. "It came from Wave Country. I dispatched the girls to investigate. They had learned that Naruto-kun was there with a genin team from Konoha, under one Kakashi Hatake."
"Kakashi?" Tsunade whispered disbelievingly. "But he should have known it was Naruto, unless…."
"Kakashi was the one that kidnapped my son, and placed a memory seal and loyalty seal on him." Kushina bluntly stated. "And I have no doubt that he did it under the orders of Hiruzen. Fortunately, the girls have made contact with him in Konoha, now all that is left is to bring him home, but I will see the ones responsible for his kidnapping pay for their transgressions."
"What can I do to help?" Tsunade asked, looking Kushina dead in the eye to show that she was serious.
Additional Authors Notes: And that's a wrap!
So yeah, I know I skipped over a lot of the fights and matches, but I really wanted to focus on just Naruto and Omoi's fight, as well as Naruto finally meeting Mabui and learning just why Omoi wanted to kill him. Also, fight scenes are one of my weaknesses in writing, and while I want to improve in writing them, I don't want to do it at the cost of derailing the pacing of the story.
Anyways, I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Feel free to leave your thoughts and comments in the reviews! Or hit me up with a private message.