A/N - Okey dokey, since my buddy wanted to see another chapter of this, I decided to go for it.
I'm honestly not sure what to say about this chapter, but I think it turned out alright. I had a bit of trouble at a few points, but I pushed through it and finished the dang thing, sooo...yay? lol
Anyways, enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 14 - A New Mission
Naruto quirked a brow as he stared across at the young woman that had come into his home with Tsunade. "So, let me get this straight. Shizuka…" When she nodded to confirm that was her name, he continued, "decided to come here to uphold some deal her village made with that lecherous asshole, Jiraiya many years ago? But he never took on an apprentice, and I sure as hell wasn't going to agree to become his apprentice either, for that matter. I highly doubt he would've taught me anything anyways."
Tsunade sighed and nodded her head. "Yes, that is correct, Naruto-kun. I have tried to tell Shizuka-san that her deal is null and void now, but she insisted on meeting you. Now that you've seen him, are you satisfied Shizuka-san?"
Shizuka narrowed her eyes as she looked hard at Naruto. After a while, she said, "I hear you're with many women. Are you treating them right? Or are you like Jiraiya, a lecherous pervert that has zero respect for women in general?"
Naruto scowled and said, "I'm nothing like that asshole! The only time I get perverted at all is when I'm with one of my fiances/girlfriends in a physical sense. And even then, that's in the privacy of our home. At least most of the time…" As he said this, Naruto blushed and rubbed at the back of his head nervously.
Looking deep into his eyes, Shizuka finally decided that she had heard and seen enough. "I believe you. I trust you to stay the course, Naruto-san. You seem like a good man to me, and I do believe that you and your partners will be happy together."
The whiskered blonde nodded in thanks before speaking up again, "Shizuka-san? I've heard about your village's tradition...and I wanted to tell you something. I think you should change the tradition a bit. Sure, it's understandable that you want to keep your village alive and flourishing, and this tradition seems to work...but what about your own happiness and the happiness of your villagers? You should all be allowed to find true love, rather than forcing not just men, but your own female villagers, to be together simply for the sake of tradition. Just...food for thought, I guess."
Shizuka blinked a couple of times, her eyes wide as she processed what Naruto had just said to her. After taking a moment to think on it, the beautiful young woman nodded her head and said, "I'll...take your words to heart, Naruto-san. Thank you. You've given me something to think about."
Naruto smiled at her and said, "Just trying to help. You seem like a good person to me, and it's obvious you care about your people as well. Just...try to take care of yourself and be happy, okay?"
The green-eyed woman offered him a small smile and said, "Thank you, Naruto-san. For what it's worth, you seem like you'd be the perfect husband and a loving father. Who knows? I might just come back and make you my husband one day soon." she said with a sly smirk on her face.
The blonde youth blushed and tried to speak, only for words to fail him at that moment in time. When he finally composed himself, he looked into her eyes to see if she was just teasing him, but when he saw how serious she was, he rubbed at the bridge of his nose to stem off a growing headache. "I see. That would be your decision to make and I accept that, but I still think you deserve to find and fall in love with whomever you want."
"And I thank you for that. However, there are few men as kind as you are in this world of ours. A great many of them are either perverts or assholes, most of the time they're both. It's hard to find a truly nice guy in this world of ours."
"Ain't that the truth?" Tayuya said as she entered the room with a coffee mug that contained some hot coffee. "I can't blame ya if you come back here to be with the big guy. He's just got that way about him, after all. Hasn't snagged me yet, but that's because I'm just not interested in that crap yet. I dunno." she said with a shrug of her shoulders.
Shizuka nodded and looked squarely into Naruto's eyes. "It's been very nice meeting you, Naruto-kun. I hope to see you again soon." she said before rising from his couch and seeing herself out.
Once she was gone, Tsunade scowled and said, "I don't like her. I hope she leaves you alone from now on."
Tayuya smirked at this and asked, "What? Were you jealous or something?"
"What does it matter if I was? I already have to share him with a bunch of other girls. I don't need to deal with a girl that follows an outdated tradition where the man loses no matter what happens. Besides, I don't get enough time with my Naru-kun as I'd like. Is that a problem?"
The redhead shook her head and said, "Not at all. I just don't think you need to be jealous of that girl. She seemed nice enough to me."
Tsunade sighed and nodded reluctantly. "Yes...she did. She was kind of persistent and annoying though."
"I understand, Tsunade-chan. Anything I can do that would cheer you up?" Naruto asked, hoping to make his girlfriend feel better.
At this question, Tsunade got a glint in her eye and nodded before whispering something in his ear. When he started blushing, she giggled a bit and rose from the couch. Without a word, she sashayed away, causing Naruto's eyes to be glued to her tight ass.
As she walked away, Naruto couldn't help but smile to himself. Damn. Just...damn. Better go give her what she wants. Wouldn't be much of a man if I can't please my girls. He thought with a grin.
Seeing this, Tayuya shook her head and walked back towards the kitchen so she could enjoy her cup of coffee. Yep, don't need to think about what they're going to do.
The Next Day
Naruto was all smiles as he left the movie theater with his date for the day: Meru. So far he had been having a great time with her, and he was happy that he was able to get her giggling as much as he did. She seemed to love the stories about his pranks and even asked if she could participate in any future pranks he thought up. Naruto gladly agreed and told her they'd have to begin planning a big prank soon that would really drive people nuts.
However, as they began walking away to continue their date, they were nearly run over by a woman on a horse. "What the hell was that about?" Naruto asked grumpily.
Looking back, Meru tapped on Naruto's shoulder and said, "I think she was running away from them. What do you want to do Naru?"
Naruto sighed as he looked at the approaching horses and their riders. "We take them out and go see if that woman needs any help. As much as I hate to cut our date short like this, we can't just let this continue."
"Got it! Let's do this Naru-Naru!" Meru exclaimed before she began attacking their foes with her large hammer.
As she clobbered their foes, Naruto called forth a small army of Shadow Clones and proceeded to beat the others into unconsciousness. No point in killing them, after all, especially when they can be interrogated for chasing after some woman.
Once the strangers were dealt with, Meru and Naruto prepared to chase after the woman, only to hear someone screaming at them for ruining a scene. Blinking, they looked at the man yelling at them and noticed he was walking with Rose. "Rose-chan? What's going on?"
Rose sighed and decided to explain. "We've been given a mission to escort that woman, Yukie Fujikaze, and the film crew to the Land of Snow. We're to protect them until they have finished filming the new Princess Gale movie. You interrupted a scene in progress, but that's not necessarily your fault. You and every other ninja in the village should have been informed about this beforehand." she said, shooting a glare at the film director.
Mr. Makino began to sweat under her gaze, but quickly composed himself and looked at the two that had interfered with the scene. After a moment's thought, he smiled and waved it off. "I'm sure we can work with this and work it into the movie somehow. So no harm done. Only problem now is that we have no idea where Yukie-chan has run off to. She certainly isn't happy about going to the Land of Snow, though I can't imagine why."
Rose sighed and looked at the director. "If you really want to know, it's because she's the princess of the Land of Snow. Her father was killed by her uncle, Doto Kazahana. Her real name is Koyuki Kazahana. She's been with you all this time, so I'm a little surprised you don't know this about her. Then again, it was her secret to keep, I suppose."
Makino closed his eyes and thought over the information he had just heard. After a few moments, however, he grinned and exclaimed, "That's just perfect! A real life princess playing the beautiful, innocent princess in movies! That just makes this all the better!"
Naruto quirked a brow and nudged Meru slightly. "He's sure taking this well, isn't he?"
Meru giggled and nodded her head in agreement. "We should probably go look for Miss Koyuki and see what she's up to."
The whiskered youth nodded and turned to Rose. "We're going to look for her. See you later!" And with that, he and Meru rushed off to go and find one Koyuki Kazahana.
It didn't take them all that long to find her. When they did, however, they were not happy. She rudely turned down a bunch of kids when they asked her for her autograph before storming off. Meru quickly went down to try and cheer the kids up after telling Naruto to follow Koyuki.
When he saw the actress entering a bar, he sighed in disappointment. Yeah, what a great role model you are, Koyuki.
Entering the establishment, Naruto watched her for a time and couldn't help but groan when one of the patrons tried to hit on her while she was getting drunker by the minute. However, when the man went to touch her, Naruto acted.
Quickly moving forward, Naruto grabbed the man's wrist and yanked him off the stool before pinning him to the floor, holding his arm at an awkward angle and making him scream out in pain. "Never try to take advantage of a lady when she's had a little too much to drink. Now get out of here."
When the man was released, instead of trying to flee like he should have done, he took a swing at the teen. Naruto hit the inside of the man's arm, knocking it off course and causing the man to stumble a bit. Taking advantage of this, he ducked down and hit the man in the chest and stomach three consecutive times before quickly dropping to the floor and knocking the man's legs out from under him. Immediately afterwards, he grabbed the man by the hair and dragged him outside before giving a quick stomp to his crotch. "I warned you. You brought this on yourself." And with that, Naruto went back inside and sat down beside Koyuki.
"Alright, I'm going to have to ask you to stop drinking and come with me, Yukie-san. Please don't try to resist, because I'm only trying to look out for your best interests. Getting drunk and being propositioned by strangers won't be good for you or your image." Naruto said as he stared hard into Koyuki's eyes.
Koyuki, or Yukie Fujikaze as the majority of people knew her, scoffed at him before turning back to ask for another drink. Naruto wasn't having any of this though and shot a quick glare at the barkeep to prevent him from getting her what she wanted. Afterwards, he hit a pressure point on Koyuki and knocked her out. Afterwards, he paid for Koyuki's drinks before carrying her out of the bar. This woman is more trouble than she's worth, I swear.
Later
Naruto and the other Dragoons were currently standing at the gate leading out of Konoha. Rose had informed them that they had a mission and were to pack for a few months. Now here they were, watching as the film crew, Sandayu, and Koyuki were preparing to set off.
Koyuki was feeling rather pissed, especially with that damned blonde idiot that kidnapped her, as she put it. Naruto had simply chosen to flip her off and eat some pocky that he had packed so he'd have a snack on the way to their destination. Mmm. Pooocky. He thought with a grin.
Haku couldn't help but giggle at the content smile on Naruto's face as he nommed on some delicious pocky. I swear he's just too cute sometimes.
Hinata looked around at everyone and everything before turning to Rose. "Are we ready to go?"
Rose took a quick look around before nodding. "Yes. Everyone, we're moving out!" she exclaimed before she and the Dragoons took up their positions around the carriage and film crew.
As Naruto walked alongside the carriage, chatting away with some of the film crew about their jobs, he heard Koyuki's voice. "Hey, you. I want to talk to you."
The whiskered teen turned towards the carriage and looked at the open window. "Yes? What can I help you with Yukie-san?"
"Why are you doing this? If you really know who I am, then you know why I don't want to go back there! My uncle…" Koyuki couldn't bring herself to finish speaking.
Naruto sighed and shrugged his shoulders. "It's my mission to see you safely through the Land of Snow while you film this movie. But while we're there, I plan to take your uncle down so the country can go back to normal. He sounds like a pretty evil guy, especially if he's willing to kill his own brother for power. So yeah, we're probably just going to kill him so you can take over as daimyo of the Land of Snow. Unless of course you have no interest in ruling? In that case, you could either continue your career as an actress or even settle down with a nice man, or woman if you prefer, and potentially start a family. Once Doto's dealt with, you're free to do pretty much whatever you want with your life. So tell me Yukie-san, what is it you want?"
Koyuki stared at Naruto for a while before she finally asked, "Do you really think you can defeat my uncle? What makes you so confident?"
The blonde simply smirked at her and said, "I'm confident because I believe in my abilities, and I believe in my teammates as well. We've dealt with enough tough foes that Doto doesn't scare us. Hell, Rose-chan's fought against someone that had the power to destroy the world if he so wanted. So Doto's really quite low on the food chain, if you ask me. Now, why don't you answer my question?"
The princess frowned in thought for a while as she digested what Naruto had just said. Looking back into his eyes, she said, "When I was growing up, I always wanted to be an actress. It was my dream. I never really thought about ruling the Land of Snow before. I just wasn't interested in it. After what happened though, I became bitter and, despite achieving my dream of becoming an actress...I just couldn't enjoy it fully the way I wanted to. If...if you can get rid of my uncle and set things right, I think I'd really like to put my all into my acting career and let somebody else rule as the daimyo of the Land of Snow."
"Then do that." Naruto said simply. "Sure, that Sandayu guy might try to convince you to become the daimyo, but ultimately the decision is yours. Don't let him pressure you into it, okay Yukie-san? And please make me a promise. Promise that you'll be a nicer person after all of this is over? You really upset those kids that asked for your autograph before. I never want to see that again."
Koyuki flinched, but nodded slowly in acceptance. "I promise, Naruto-san. Thank you."
Naruto smiled at her before holding up his box of pocky. "Want some? They're really good."
The princess giggled a bit before accepting a few sticks of pocky. Taking a bite of one, she was very pleased with the taste of the snack before she began to truly savor the pocky. Once she had finished, she smiled at Naruto and said, "You're right. They really are very good. I think I'll have to get some as well."
The blonde chuckled a bit as he handed her the box of pocky. "You can have the rest of this one. I've got plenty more stocked in one of my storage scrolls and in my pack. Yes, I really love them that much." he said as he saw her look of disbelief.
Giggling again, Koyuki said, "Nothing wrong with that. Thank you very much, Naruto-kun." she said, trying out a more affectionate suffix.
"You're quite welcome. And again, I promise that we'll deal with your uncle. You won't have to live in fear of him any longer. I do wonder something though…"
"Oh? What's that, Naruto-kun?" she questioned curiously.
"What kind of movies do you really enjoy starring in? You're really good in the Princess Gale movies, but I can't help but wonder what else you'd enjoy acting in."
Thinking on it for a time, she offered him a smile and said, "Romance movies are some of my favorite. I also like the action in the Princess Gale movies, though I bet the real thing is far more interesting and entertaining. Other than that, I kind of wonder what it would be like to star in some kind of mystery drama type thing. I also want to try and play the role of a female samurai or kunoichi in a movie, even though I can't use chakra myself. I still think it would be a lot of fun."
Naruto smiled at her and said, "I'd enjoy watching those kinds of movies with you in them. I think you're a great actress and could really make any movie really shine."
Koyuki looked him in the eyes and thought about something for a short while. When she had finally gathered her thoughts, she asked, "You're really something special, aren't you Naruto-kun? Despite how I acted before, you've been really kind to me. You've really made me feel better about this whole thing and...and you've been really sweet. I'm really glad I met you. You've made this whole trip worth it already."
Naruto began to blush and found it hard to look her in the eyes. "Th-Thank you, Yukie-san. I appreciate that. But...why are you saying these things?"
"Well, if everything goes as well as I think it's going to go...I think I'd like to invite you to star in some of my films with me. I'd really enjoy your company, and it would be nice to get to know you better. What do you think?"
Blushing deeper, Naruto looked her in the eyes and asked, "Are you sure? Because I have to admit, I'd love to star in films with you. I just don't know how it would work, considering I'm a shinobi of Konohagakure and don't have the luxury of leaving whenever I want…"
"We could find a way to work around that, I'm sure. If need be, we can make them long-term missions, couldn't we?"
"True, that's a possibility. It might work, but at the same time, what if I'm needed on an urgent mission or something? That might throw a wrench into our plans at the time…" Naruto said, sounding a bit unsure.
"There's no rush. We'd be more than willing to work with your busy schedule. I really think acting with you would be really nice. So please consider it?"
"If you're that sure about it, then of course I'll accept. It would be fun and pretty exciting as well. I never thought I'd have this kind of chance." he admitted, feeling pretty giddy.
Koyuki nodded excitedly for a moment before she smiled slyly at him. "Perhaps you'd like to ride inside with me for a while and talk about our future projects with me?"
Naruto began blushing worse than he had earlier as all kinds of raunchy images ran through his mind. "I...I...uh…"
Haku frowned as she stepped up beside her blonde lover. "I'm sorry Yukie-san, but we need to take your protection seriously. He can better protect you from out here. Please try to understand."
The beautiful actress frowned a bit, but nodded in understanding. "Of course. My apologies Haku-san."
When the window closed again, Haku looked at her boyfriend and sighed. "You really need to be more careful with people, Naruto-kun. You just agreed to star in movies with her without consulting any of us. It'd be nice if you talked to us about things like this before you make any life-altering decisions."
"S-Sorry, Haku-chan. I just got so excited that...well, I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry."
"It's fine, Naru-kun. But just for this, I expect you to rock my world soon. I'm tired of waiting." she said with a wink before she returned to her position.
Naruto blushed again and chuckled to himself. Heh, I sure love being me sometimes.
Konoha - Hokage's Office
Tsunade smiled as she read the letter delivered to her by one of Orochimaru's snakes. Good. He's agreed to host the meeting between A and me. Now to contact the Raikage and inform him of where we'll be meeting and when. I just hope Naru-kun and the others get back before then. She thought to herself with a sigh.
Taking out a pen and paper, she began to write a letter to be delivered to A. In it, she requested that they meet at a time after her escorts would return from their mission, which would be in a couple of months.
Once she had finished writing the letter and she had read through it a couple of times to be sure it said everything she wanted to say, she called in Shizune and had her mail off the letter via messenger bird. Afterwards, she tried to remember if there was anything else she was forgetting about.
It was at this point that she remembered she had a meeting today with a group of civilians that wanted to put forth a few candidates they felt were 'worthy' of positions on the council. Groaning, she tried to stem off a headache by rubbing her temples with a few of her fingers, but it wasn't helping any. She just KNEW that the ones put forth by the former civilian council were going to be corrupt assholes too. Still, she would humor them, if only to shut them up.
When a puff of smoke appeared in her office, she blinked and prepared to squash whatever insect had made its way into her office unannounced. However, when she saw Fukasaku and Shima standing there, she blinked a couple of times in disbelief. "Fukasaku? Shima? What are you two doing here?" she questioned curiously.
Glancing around, the small, green toad eventually settled his eyes on Tsunade and hopped up onto her desk alongside his wife. "Why hello again, Tsunade-chan. We're actually here looking for that tadpole, Naruto Uzumaki. After what Jiraiya-boy pulled, we cancelled our contract with him. However, we are now without a summoner. So, we decided to ask young Naruto-kun to become our new summoner. Do you happen to know where he is at this moment?"
Tsunade nodded slowly in the affirmative. "He's currently on his way to the Land of Snow. He just left a short while ago, so you can probably catch him if you hurry. Though if I may ask, why do you want him to become your new summoner?"
"From what little we know of the tadpole, he's a good person with a pure soul. Jiraiya-boy was a disappointment and tended to drive us insane after too long dealing with him. It helps that Naruto-boy is the son of Minato-kun, our previous summoner. We feel that it's his right to become our summoner." Fukasaku explained.
Nodding her head in understanding, Tsunade offered them a smile and said, "I'm sure he'd appreciate it. It would bring him a step closer to his father, after all. Like I said, if you hurry, I'm sure you can catch him before he gets too far."
"Thank you Tsunade-chan. We'll hurry to meet with him. You enjoy the rest of your day sweetheart." Shima said before they both vanished in puffs of smoke, leaving Tsunade alone in her office once again.
This should help him to become even stronger, especially if he can master their sage training. She thought to herself with a smile as she got back to work on her stack of paperwork. Thankfully, it wasn't too bad today, which she was grateful for. However, she knew that soon enough she'd have to deal with those bloody pests and she was not looking forward to it. Damned civilians and their idiocy.
Naruto
Evening had come around and so the group decided to settle in for the night at a nearby village. It was small, but rather homey, and the inn was really nice for being in such a small town. As he sat in his room that he was sharing with Haku, as he had promised he'd spend time with her tonight, he thought over the current mission and how 'forward' Koyuki had been earlier. Blushing a bit as he remembered the raunchy images he had at that moment, he couldn't help but chuckle a bit. Damn that would've been fun.
Naruto was startled out of his pervy thoughts when he heard tapping on the window. Turning to the source of the noise, he saw a couple of toads looking at him as if asking him to let them in. So, stepping up to the window, he opened it and allowed the small toads into the room. Closing the window again, he sat down on his chosen bed and looked at them. "Hello there. Who are you?"
Shima giggled a bit before asking, "Shouldn't you introduce yourself first, before asking for another's name? It's only polite, after all."
The blonde chuckled a bit as he rubbed the back of his head. "True enough. Sorry about that. The name's Naruto Uzumaki. Pleased to meetcha!"
Shima nodded and said, "There we go, that's much better. My name is Shima and this is my husband, Fukasaku. We are some of the most powerful toads tied to the Toad summoning contract. We were quite disappointed with Jiraiya. He let us down time and time again, and his perverted antics always drove us to the brink of insanity. However, your father, Minato-kun, was a great summoner and we were always proud of him. It's such a shame he died the way he did. But, I'm droning on and getting lost in my memories. We're actually here to make you an offer."
The green toad spoke up at this point. "We would like you, Naruto-boy, to become our new summoner. With Jiraiya and Minato-kun gone, we are without a summoner. We can think of no one better than you to hold the power of the Toad summoning contract. So what do you say, Naruto-boy?"
Naruto's eyes were wide as he looked at the two of them for some time without a word. When he finally gathered his thoughts, he smiled at them and nodded his head. "I'd love to be your new summoner! It'd bring me one step closer to Dad. So how do we do this?"
Fukasaku held up a webbed hand as if telling Naruto to be quiet while he took care of things. Summoning forth another toad, he watched as the contract was placed before them. "Sign your name in blood and leave a handprint next to it. Afterwards, we'll teach you how to use the Summoning Technique so you can summon us whenever you need to."
Nodding excitedly, the blonde quickly got to work doing exactly as they had instructed. Afterwards, the scroll keeper took the contract once again before vanishing in a puff of smoke. The elder toads then proceeded to teach Naruto the Summoning Technique before telling him to find a good place to practice the technique. They warned him that, with his large reserves of chakra, it might be difficult to get the hang of it, but once he did, it would be more than worth it. With their job finished, the two toads bid Naruto a good night before vanishing in twin puffs of smoke.
Once they were gone, Naruto heard a cough at his door. Looking that way, he saw Haku smiling at him seductively. "Now that they're gone, what say we have a little…'fun'?"
The whiskered teenager blushed as he looked at her. After a moment, he nodded his head and watched as she sauntered towards him after locking the door. "Oh yes, that sounds wonderful." he said with a grin.
Haku slowly began to disrobe, teasing him a bit as his eyes watched her every movement. "I must admit, I was feeling a bit...jealous of that woman earlier today. Trying to seduce my Naru-kun? Oh no, I refuse to let that happen. It's my turn to be with my hunky, sexy man." she said before straddling him and kissing him passionately. "Now, my sexy stud...make love to me."
"With pleasure." Naruto said as they engaged in another heated kiss, Naruto slowly disrobing himself. "Anything to please my gorgeous Ice Queen." And with that, they began their night of passion, eager to make love to one another, their passion driving their every action. Kami I love my life.
The Next Day
The other members of the team were feeling a tad grumpy as they shot the occasional glare at Naruto and Haku. Apparently, they had been kept up by Haku's moans and screams of pleasure last night and were feeling fairly exhausted. Still, they kept up a vigilant watch and kept focused on their mission. Despite being tired, they weren't about to let any harm befall their charges.
As they walked along, the film director approached Naruto and asked, "Naruto-san? Yukie-san has come to me about a change in the casting of the movie. She has insisted that she wants to work with you, and so I was wondering if, perhaps, you'd be interested in such a thing? I don't know if you've had any acting experience, so I'm not sure how well you'll do, but if Yukie-san wants it, then I'll gladly accept your appearance in the movie. What do you say m'boy?"
Naruto blinked a couple of times as he stared at Makino. "Seriously? I have zero experience when it comes to starring in a movie. However, I do have experience acting in front of people. After all, when you've lived a life like mine, you kinda learn how to put on an act for people."
The film director nodded his head in understanding. "Very good. I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do. I'm sure you'll do great, especially with Yukie-san vouching for you."
The blonde nodded and offered the man a smile. "I'm looking forward to it. I won't let you or Yukie-chan down."
"Glad to hear it. Here's the script for the movie. You'll be playing the role of the hero, a man by the name of Hiiro Shirayuki. Look it over and do your best to memorize your lines. Good luck, Naruto-san."
"Thanks, Makino-san. I'll give the script a read and give this my all. Have to admit, I'm anxious already." he said with a chuckle.
"You'll do fine, I'm sure of it. I'll just leave you to it. Take care Naruto-san." Makino said before patting the tall teen on the shoulder and returning to his place walking and talking with the film crew.
Naruto looked at the script in his hands and nodded as he began to read through it. As he did this, he called forth a few Shadow Clones to keep watch. She really does want to star in movies with me. Have to admit, I'm nervous. I hope I don't let her down.
Rose slowly fell back into step beside her beloved and asked, "Are you absolutely sure about this, Naru?"
The whiskered teen looked at his sweetheart and nodded slowly. "Yep. I think it'll be awesome to star in a movie. But...I can't help but be nervous. Um...do you think you can go over these lines with me?"
Rose giggled a bit before nodding her head. "Of course, sweetheart." Looking at the script in his hands, she took note of the female lead and asked, "Are you ready?"
"Yes. Thank you Rose-chan. I love you."
"And I love you too, my beloved Naru." Rose said before she began to go through the lines with him, helping him prepare for the movie he'd soon be starring in.
A Few Days Later
The team was currently on a boat bound for the Land of Snow. However, that wasn't what they were focused on. Rose had gotten violently sick a short while after boarding the boat and had continued to vomit over the side of the boat. As she collapsed to her knees, panting in an attempt to catch her breath, Naruto gently petted her hair and looked at her worriedly. "Rose-chan? What's wrong? This doesn't seem like typical seasickness."
The beautiful Darkness Dragoon shook her head and offered him a weak smile. "I don't get seasick, sweetheart. Never have. I...I think...Oh Kami…" Standing up, she vomited over the side again for a time before sitting down against the railing. "Naru...I think I'm p-pregnant…"
Naruto's eyes widened in shock at hearing this. Looking around for a moment, he spotted Haku coming up from down below and waved her over. "Haku-chan, can you perform a diagnostic scan of Rose-chan please? She thinks she might be pregnant."
The Water Dragoon's eyes widened at this before she quickly nodded and got to work scanning Rose's body. When she finished, she said, "Yes, Rose-sama is pregnant. It's too soon to determine the sex or even how many babies she's pregnant with, however. Still, I guess congratulations are in order. So, congrats Rose-sama."
Rose smiled weakly at her friend and then at her lover. "I'm happy. I'm...I'm going to be a mother. I can't wait."
Naruto smiled and hugged Rose tight. "I love you so much, Rose-chan! I'm...I'm going to be a daddy…" Eyes widening in shock, he muttered out, "I'm going to be a father…"
When Naruto fainted a moment later, Haku and Rose couldn't help but giggle. "Silly Naru. He's so happy he fainted from the shock of it all." Haku said.
Rose nodded, but before she could say anything she had to lean over the railing and vomit some more. "Ugh. Please make it stop…" she pleaded to nobody in particular.
Haku simply smiled awkwardly at this before she ran her hands through Rose's hair. "You'll be okay, Rose-sama. I really am happy for you both, you know? Congratulations again, Rose-sama."
Sandayu stepped up to them, looking worried. "Are you going to be alright to continue the mission? If you're ill…"
Rose shook her head and slowly rose to her feet. "I'll be fine when it comes to fighting and protecting Koyuki. I'm just suffering from a bit of morning sickness. That's all."
Koyuki's manager went wide-eyed and asked, "What? Are you going to be okay? Why would they send you on this mission when you're pregnant? Isn't that dangerous?"
Haku frowned and said, "We didn't know she was pregnant until just now. And I wouldn't worry too much. Rose-sama is incredibly powerful and she's more than capable of seeing this mission through, even with something like this weighing her down. You have nothing to worry about, Sandayu-san."
"She's correct. Despite this, everything will be okay. If need be, I'll hang back from the fighting and focus instead on guarding Koyuki-san. I won't be a hindrance." Rose insisted.
Sandayu nodded slowly in understanding. "Alright, if you're sure. Just be careful, okay Rose-san? I don't want to be the cause of you losing your unborn child. Congratulations, by the way. I hope you have a trouble-free pregnancy and give birth to a healthy, happy baby boy or girl." he said with a kind smile on his face.
"Thank you, Sandayu. I think I'm just going to stay here with my friend, the ocean for a little while longer." Rose said before she turned and vomited once again.
Sandayu chuckled a bit at her little joke before he walked off to go and check on everything. Once he was gone, Naruto groaned and sat up. Looking up at his girlfriends, he blinked a couple of times before asking, "Am...am I really going to be a father?"
Haku nodded at him and helped him to his feet. "Yes, sweetie. Rose-sama is pregnant with your child. Congrats, sweetheart. I can only imagine how happy you are right now."
Naruto nodded slowly before smiling at Rose. "I really love you sweetheart. I can't wait to see our beautiful baby."
Rose smiled at him before she made a shooing motion with her hand. "Go...go check on everything. Make sure everything's okay. I'll be okay."
"If you're sure, sweetheart. I'll be back to check on you soonish." he said before walking off to go check on everything and make sure everyone was doing alright.
Once he was gone, Haku looked at Rose and offered her a small smile. "Try not to take any unnecessary risks, okay Rose-sama? Just leave everything to us. We'll make sure nothing happens."
Before Rose could reply, Koyuki made herself known as she asked, "So you're pregnant? With Naruto-kun's child, I assume?"
Rose nodded slowly and asked, "Yes, I am. Something wrong with that?"
The actress shook her head no and simply smiled at her. "You're a lucky woman and he's lucky for having you at his side. I'm...sorry, too."
Haku frowned at Koyuki and asked, "What are you apologizing for?"
"Because...I'm kind of...I don't know." Sighing, Koyuki looked apologetically into Haku's eyes and then Rose's. "I have to admit that he intrigues me, and I can't help but want to learn more about him. I'm doing everything I can to keep myself in his company, and I've even...well, I tried to coerce him into my carriage so we could, maybe...you know. I didn't realize that he was in such a relationship with you."
Rose quirked a brow at her before shrugging her shoulders. "It's only natural you'd be interested in him in such a way. Naruto has that effect on people, especially women. We weren't offended by it, but we aren't exactly comfortable sharing him with another woman just yet. He's already with eight women, so we really weren't looking to add more to the mix. But…"
As Rose sighed and went quiet, Haku looked at Koyuki with a frown. "We can tell you're genuinely interested in him. You're really pushing hard to ensure you get to be as close to him as possible. We can respect that, but at the same time...it's hard. You're likely to become the new daimyo of the Land of Snow once we've dethroned your uncle. On top of that, you're an actress. You wouldn't be able to spend all that much time with Naru-kun, and if you became the daimyo, you'd have even fewer chances to spend time with him. So...how would a relationship between you two even work?"
Koyuki sighed and shook her head. "I don't plan to become the daimyo. Like I told Naruto-kun, I would rather be an actress. But in between movies, I could stay in Konoha with all of you and really get to know Naru-kun better. That's if you'll have me as a part of your family."
"Is that what you truly want? You barely know him." Rose questioned curiously.
The beautiful actress nodded slowly and offered her a smile. "I'd love that very much, actually. There's just something about him that draws me to him. I don't quite know how to explain it, but…"
Rose sighed and shook her head. "It seems you genuinely want to be with him. Let's...give it some time to really think on this, all of us. If you want to be with him, you'll have to convince all of us to share him with you. Take some time to get to know my team and give them a chance to really get to know you. If we all come to an agreement, we'll...invite you to become one of our sister brides."
Koyuki smiled beautifully and nodded her head. "Of course Rose-san! I'd love to get to know everyone, especially if it means I have a shot at being with Naruto-kun."
As they watched the princess walk off in search of someone else to talk to, Haku looked into Rose's eyes and asked, "Are you sure about this, Rose-sama?"
Rose sighed again and said, "I'm...not entirely sure, to be honest with you. But she seems genuine and she's not the worst person in the world. And...I think Naruto likes her. Then again, he loves her movies, and now he gets to star in one. I can't help but wonder if he's just starstruck or if he's genuinely interested in her."
Haku frowned at this before asking, "Want me to find out? I'm sure he'll tell me if I ask him."
"No, just let him be for now. I just hope he doesn't let his dick do the thinking for him. She is beautiful, after all. On top of that, she's shown a genuine interest in, well...seducing him."
The Ice Princess sighed, but nodded her head in agreement. "Naruto should be fine, but I'll try to keep an eye on him just in case." she said with a chuckle.
Before anyone could really say anything more, however, the boat suddenly lurched to a stop. Looking to see what the problem was, they saw that they had struck an iceberg. "That's weird." Haku said.
Rose frowned at this and turned to Haku with narrowed eyes. "Get the others. Prepare for an ambush."
Haku quickly nodded and rushed off to gather the others. If Rose felt they were about to be attacked, then she'd make sure they were all ready for what was to come.
A short time later, once everyone had gathered together, the film director announced that they would shoot a scene right there. After all, it was the perfect setting! Hearing this caused Rose and the other Dragoons to groan in annoyance. He would make this more difficult, wouldn't he? Rose thought grumpily as she prepared for whatever might come their way.
Naruto couldn't help but look around at their surroundings. While he agreed that this made for the perfect set, he also knew that they were about to be ambushed, he could just feel it. Just focus on the scene, Naruto. When they spring their little ambush, we'll act then. For now, give acting out this scene your all! He thought to himself in an effort to psyche himself up.
Koyuki smiled at Naruto and said, "Don't worry too much, Naruto-kun. You'll do great, I promise. Now, are you ready?"
When Naruto nodded, they waited for the film director to announce a start to the scene. Naruto gave acting out his role his all and was really getting into it after a short few moments. When it came time for Koyuki to shed some tears, she somehow managed to will tears to build up in her eyes and stream down her cheeks. Makino and the others were genuinely shocked by this, as they had always had to use fake tears in order to help her along with the scene.
As Koyuki and Naruto acted out the scene together, Makino couldn't help but grin to himself. Oh Naruto Uzumaki, if only we had stumbled upon you sooner. This is perfect! He thought to himself with an ever widening grin.
However, when the top of the nearby mountain exploded and a small avalanche was set off, they all looked to see three shinobi riding along on snowboards. As their apparent leader proceeded to speak, Naruto tuned him out before moving Koyuki behind him. He quickly created six Shadow Clones and had them surround the princess before he leapt into action, kicking away the smaller man, Nadare Roga. "Keep her safe!" he shouted back to his clones as he gave chase after Nadare.
Koyuki looked towards the other two ninja and wasn't surprised to see Haku and Meru working together to fight the woman, while Tayuya and Kurotsuchi fought the rather large man. Looking back towards Naruto, she saw him in a fierce fight against his opponent. While she was glad that none of their foes could break through to get to her, she couldn't help but worry for them, especially Naruto. Please be okay!
When she felt a hand on her shoulder, Koyuki turned around to see Rose standing there. "Come on, let's get you back to the boat. It'll be safer there."
The actress nodded and quickly followed Rose back to the boat, Naruto's clones following closely.
Once they had reached the boat, Koyuki turned to Rose and asked, "Will they be alright?"
"Of course they will be. Their foes won't be expecting to fight people like us. You see, each of us is something special. We were placed on a team together because we're a special group of warriors. We've got something up our sleeves that no foe could ever expect, and that makes us a deadly group to fight. Just watch." Rose explained before pointing towards the fights taking place in the distance.
Turning to watch the fights, Koyuki was amazed to see Haku and Kurotsuchi were now adorned in beautiful armor and wielding some impressive weapons. On top of that, their armor had freaking wings and they were utilizing them to their fullest potential. She felt a little sick, though, when they killed their opponents. Turning to the last fight taking place between Naruto and Nadare, she couldn't help but frown a bit. "Be careful, Naruto-kun."
Naruto
"Where the hell is Kakashi, boy?! I was hoping that pathetic coward would show his face so I could finish what I started all those years ago!" Nadare shouted angrily.
Naruto sighed and shook his head. "Kakashi might have come along, if he were one of us, but you see, he betrayed our trust and now he's no longer part of the team. Instead, you've got us. And I promise you now that, if you don't surrender peacefully, you're going to die a painful death. So, will you give up? Or do you want to do this the hard way?"
The purple-haired man began to laugh uproariously. "Do you really think you can kill me, boy? You aren't even in my league! But sure, go ahead and try it, you little punk." he said before he unleashed a simple ice technique, sending a group of ice wolves to attack him.
The Wind Dragoon sighed and shook his head disappointedly. "Can't say I didn't warn you. Alright then, here I come!" Transforming into his Dragoon form, Naruto quickly dispatched the wolves before flying up high. "Prepare yourself, you stupid asshole!" he shouted before diving down faster than his opponent could react and began to lash out with his spear.
When the spear didn't penetrate his armor, Nadare began to laugh. "Ha! You can't even touch me, you stupid fool! Now die!"
Sadly for Nadare Roga, he had never fought a Dragoon before and, before he could react, Naruto flew backwards and coated his lance in wind magic. "Take this you asshole!" Flying in fast, he thrusted his lance forward and pierced through Nadare's armor, his spear going straight through the man's heart and piercing through his back.
Removing his lance from Nadare's body, he watched as the light slowly left Nadare's eyes before he collapsed to the ground, dead. Touching down on the ground, Naruto shook his head and sighed as he cancelled his transformation and strapped the spear back on his back. "Stupid fool."
Upon returning to the boat, Naruto found out that their other two opponents were also deceased. Breathing a sigh of relief at this news, he was about to go and greet his friends/teammates when the film director shouted out, "That was PERFECT! We really got some prime footage there! You ninjas really are the best. I can't believe how amazing you are!"
Eyebrow twitching a bit, Naruto turned to see the film crew all chatting away excitedly and realized that they had filmed their fights. Before he could say anything, however, Koyuki walked up to him, giggling at his dumbstruck face. "You'd better get used to it, Naruto-kun. It's just how they are. I can definitely say that you're going to be a star after people see this movie, though. That really was amazing. I didn't know you and your friends could do something like that."
Naruto sighed and slumped his shoulders as he realized just how crazy these people must be. After a moment, he stood straight again and looked into Koyuki's eyes. "I'm glad you were impressed, Koyuki-chan. And what you saw was our transformation into something called a Dragoon. If Rose-chan wants to, she'll explain it all to you later."
The actress nodded in understanding before she leaned in close and whispered to him, "You looked so hot out there. I'm glad you decided to accept this mission. Thank you, Naruto-kun." After saying this, she gave him a kiss on the cheek and smirked at him. "I'm looking forward to the time that we get to share some 'quality' time together, Naru-kun." she said before sauntering away, leaving Naruto's eyes glued to her perfect ass.
Damn. Naruto thought to himself with a grin forming on his face. Have to admit, I'm tempted to follow her and have one hell of a time together.
Kurotsuchi frowned as she stepped up to him and whacked him in the back of the head. "Hey big boy, watch where you're staring. Haven't exactly agreed to share you with her yet, you know?"
Naruto blushed a bit and chuckled nervously. "S-Sorry Kuro-chan. Anyways, great job. And...what are your thoughts on my acting in that scene?" he questioned curiously.
The Earth Dragoon blushed a bit and said, "You were great, Naru-kun. I was very impressed with both you and Koyuki-san. And thanks. I think we handled that pretty well."
"Glad to hear it. And thank you, honey." Naruto said before giving his girlfriend a kiss. "Sorry for ogling her the way I was."
"It's fine, sweetheart. She is quite the seductress, but I suppose that comes naturally to her. It helps that she's genuinely interested in you. That's easy enough for the rest of us to see. Plus...you two seem to have a natural chemistry on set, which will probably help this movie be even better than it would have been otherwise."
"Really? I was worried I'd kind of suck." he said with a chuckle. "As for Koyuki-chan, you're right about that. As for the chemistry between us, I dunno. It just felt right acting alongside her."
"Which is a good thing. The more comfortable you are with each other, the easier these scenes will flow. I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished product." Kurotsuchi said with a smile. "I really do think you're amazing sweetheart. And...I love you. I...I heard you with Haku-chan the other night. I want to experience that with you soon. Um...if you don't mind."
Naruto blushed, but slowly nodded his head. "I'd love that, sweetie. It might have to wait a while though. Who knows when we'll get a real chance to rest on this mission? We'll probably have to wait until Doto has been dealt with."
Kurotsuchi pouted and nodded her head in agreement. "True. It sucks! I really want to be with you like that too. I want you to know how much I love you!"
Kissing her sweetly on the lips, Naruto smiled at her and said, "I already know. You don't have to push yourself into doing something like that just to prove your love to me."
Shaking her head, Kurotsuchi said, "That's not the only reason I want to do...that with you. From what I've heard from the others, it feels amazing. They're really happy doing that with you, and...and I want to experience it for myself soon! Okay?"
Naruto chuckled a bit and pulled her in for another kiss. "You're so cute, Kuro-chan. I'm happy you want to be with me in that way. I promise that when we finally make love, I'll make you happier than you've ever been before."
"I know you will Naru-kun." she said before burying her face in his chest. "I love you so much."
"I know sweetheart. I know."
Later
They were out in the open now, doing another scene. However, none of the Dragoons liked the area they were in. It was too open and their enemy could easily descend on them in any number of ways. However, Naruto couldn't focus on that right now. He had to focus on acting and leave the rest to the others.
After a while, when the scene was nearing its end, the snow began to melt, revealing a set of railroad tracks. Frowning at this, they stopped filming, allowing Naruto to focus on his other senses. When he heard something barreling their way along the tracks, he quickly gathered Koyuki into his arms and leapt out of the way of the train right before it could hit them.
When the train came to a stop and began to open up, Naruto pushed Koyuki behind him and shouted out to the others, "Watch out! It's some kind of launching mechanism!"
However, before anyone could react, Sandayu appeared at the top of a nearby hill and shouted something, but Naruto wasn't focused on that. Instead, he kept Koyuki behind him while the rebels charged the train. When he heard the clicking coming from the train, he quickly threw up a wall of wind to protect the princess and himself. He would have tried to protect the rebels and Sandayu as well, but there just wasn't any time to do that.
They watched in horror as a hail of kunai suddenly launched from the train towards the approaching rebels. They wouldn't have any time to get out of the way or defend themselves against such an attack! However, right as the kunai were about to hit them, a large wall of ice rose from the ground in front of them, blocking the hail of kunai before it could hit them.
Meru cheered and shouted out, "Booyah! Take that you moving wall of death!"
Naruto chuckled a bit before he looked back towards the train. Kurotsuchi and Rose quickly destroyed it before anything more could happen. However, he soon heard something approaching and turned to see a mechanical hand about to grab Koyuki. Moving quickly, he batted the hand away before cutting the wire with a wind-enhanced kunai, causing the hand to fall to the ground.
Watching as an airship appeared in the sky nearby, he glared towards it and shouted out, "Doto! You fucking coward! Stop with these tricks and your cowardly tactics and face me! I won't let you terrorize this country any longer!"
Doto could be heard laughing uproariously. "Do you really think I'd fall for such a taunt, boy? If you want to face me so badly, then I invite you to board my airship and come after me. I'll gladly kill you, boy!"
When a rope ladder was thrown over the edge of the airship and left dangling in the air, Naruto scowled and shook his head. "Your uncle is a real coward. It's obvious he's got something prepared for anyone that goes after him."
Koyuki scowled at this and nodded her head. "Yes, he truly is. Then again, he's always been a dastardly asshole. What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to tackle this problem like a shinobi would. We don't play fair, after all." he said with a grin as he quickly leapt at the rope ladder, grabbing it and slowly pulling himself up. As he climbed, he worried that Doto would do something to make him fall to his death, but put that thought aside.
As he reached the top, he quickly created a number of Shadow Clones that spread out along the ship. Climbing over the railing and looking around, he didn't spot anyone nearby. Hmm. He must be inside somewhere. My Shadow Clones should be able to locate him, and then I can deal with him properly.
Upon finding the room that Doto was waiting in, Naruto nodded towards one of his Shadow Clones and motioned for him to enter. As Doto taunted his Shadow Clone, he listened to everything he was saying, trying to determine if there was any useful information being shared. Hmph, so that's what he's after, is it? Dumbass. He thought to himself with a frown.
After a moment, Doto attempted to slap some strange device on his Shadow Clone, but two more of his clones acted in that moment and saved the clone inside of the room, leading to the illusion that the first Shadow Clone was the real Naruto. Deciding to take this moment and use it to his advantage, the real Naruto entered with a few more clones and, working together, they proceeded to disarm Doto and landed a few devastating blows that sent him flying through the wall and off of the airship.
Quickly rushing to the edge of the ship, Naruto and his clones watched as Doto fell all the way to the ground below, screaming all the while. When he finally landed on the ground below, the snow practically buried him. "Well, if he's not dead from that, he will be soon." Naruto said as he transformed and flew down after him.
Out of the corner of his eye, he could see the film crew filming the whole thing and couldn't help but chuckle to himself. "They really will take any chance they get, won't they?" he wondered aloud as he descended to the ground.
Examining the outline in the snow that signified the area where Doto had fallen, Naruto knelt down and checked for a pulse. Feeling none, he began to examine Doto's body and shook his head when he found the cause of death: his spine had snapped and it appeared as if the bone had shot up and pierced his brain. Haku would likely have to perform a medical scan to see if that was, indeed, the cause of death, but it didn't really matter in the end. The point was, Doto was dead and he could no longer do any harm to the country.
When his allies and the film crew came running up a moment later, he gave them a small wave before rising to his feet once again. Looking at Koyuki as she rushed towards him and glomped onto him, he gently patted her back before he pushed her away slightly and began to examine her necklace. "Hmm, so that's what he was after. Koyuki-chan, do you know what he planned to do with this?"
Looking around curiously, Koyuki soon settled her eyes on Naruto's and shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not entirely sure why he wanted this. I'm sure he would have used it for some kind of nefarious purpose."
Shaking his head, Naruto looked hard into her eyes and said, "Your father gifted you that necklace, didn't he? Doto seemed to believe it was used to power some kind of weapon. I highly doubt that, though. You knew your father best. So, what do you think he gave you that necklace for?"
Koyuki's eyes widened in realization, but before she could say anything, Haku and Meru came flying down from the sky. "Guys! We found something nearby. I think it might be important. Follow us!" Meru exclaimed before she and Haku landed on the ground and cancelled their transformations. Afterwards, they began to lead everyone to what they had found.
As they approached the strange device ahead of them, Naruto and Koyuki noticed the indentation in the strange slab of stone. It looked like the perfect size to fit Koyuki's necklace in, so, giving her a light push, he said, "Go on Koyuki-chan. Activate it."
Nodding slowly, the actress stepped forward and inserted her necklace into the indentation. When the snow began to melt in the immediate area and it began to warm up a bit, they all watched in amazement. It appeared to be some kind of heat generator, and when a video began to play of Koyuki's father, Koyuki couldn't help but let her tears flow.
By the time it was all done, Naruto walked up to Koyuki and gently took her hand in his, squeezing it gently to show his support. "It looks like the Land of Snow is saved. Might have to call it something else, soon enough." he said with a chuckle. "So what's your plan now, Koyuki-chan? Will you take over as the new daimyo, or will you refuse and continue your acting career? It's all up to you now."
Sadly, before she could respond, Sandayu rushed forward and clasped her free hand in both of his. "Koyuki-sama! The Land of Snow is finally free! You can take your rightful place as daimyo of the country now! I'm so happy!" Looking into Naruto's eyes, he bowed his head and said, "Thank you! Thank you so much!"
Koyuki quickly ripped her hand free from Sandayu's and shook her head. "I don't want to become the new daimyo! I never wanted that. I want to be an actress. I want to continue with my career and become a truly respected actress that everyone admires and looks up to when they're feeling down. And...I want to be with Naru-kun. I enjoy being with him, and when we're acting together, it just feels so right! So why don't you take over as the new daimyo if you covet the position so much?!"
Sandayu frowned and tried to protest this decision, but Naruto exclaimed, "Enough! Sandayu, she's free to be her own person and do as she pleases with her life. Try to respect that, will you? I know this isn't what you wanted, and I know you worked so hard for this to happen, but you shouldn't try and force her into doing something she doesn't want to do. Okay?"
The bespectacled man frowned at this and went to speak out against their decision, but he soon paused and shook his head. "I...can't approve of this decision, Koyuki-sama. But...I don't want to make you miserable. So...please do me a favor and be happy, okay? If you truly enjoy being an actress, then continue on that path. I'll gladly see each of your movies. And Naruto-san? Treat her with the respect she deserves and do what you can to make her happy, okay?"
Naruto blushed a bit, but nodded his head in affirmation. "Of course, Sandayu-san. Take care of yourself, okay?"
"Of course. I hope to one day see you again, both of you."
And with that, Naruto and Koyuki joined their friends and descended into pleasant conversation, enjoying the company of one another and teasing Naruto every now and then just to see him blush. All in all, it was a pleasant day and they knew they wouldn't have much more to deal with in regards to this mission. As he watched them, Sandayu couldn't help but sigh and shake his head in disappointment. I wish you would have chosen to stay, Koyuki-sama. But...so long as you're happy, I suppose that's it.
As Koyuki mingled with the team of Dragoons, Makino couldn't help but grin to himself as he watched them from afar. "This is going to be the best movie yet. Kid, you're the best."
A/N - Okey dokey, that's the end of the chapter! I wasn't really sure how to end the chapter or what else to say, so I just chose to end it there. Hopefully you liked the chapter.
As you can see, Koyuki's interested in Naruto, but I dunno if anything will come of that or not at this point. I'm leaning towards a romantic relationship between the two of them, but we'll see. *shrugs* I don't want to add too many more to the harem, so she and Meru are likely to be the last two. Who knows though? *shrugs again*
Again, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I have no idea what I'll work on next, as usual. So look forward to whatever! lol