Secret of the Sexy Technique

by MercenaryGrax

What if the Sexy Technique was more than it seemed? What if Naruto has been, in actuality, hiding his true gender from the people of Konoha this entire time? Follow the story of a female Naruto and see the craziness that shall ensue! Obviously a Fem Naruto fic. Small Harem (both genders)

3. Chapter 3

Warning! There is a mild lime in this chapter! Try not to skip it as important stuff does take place during said lime.

Chapter 3 – Boy & Girl

It hadn't taken the group that much longer to reach Tazuna's home. Of course, the men were still quite wary of Naruto as he still had that strange gleam in his eyes. In fact, as the blonde continued to pet the rabbit he had practically kidnapped from the scene of the battle, (if you could even call it that after what Naruki did!) he looked around at each of the men and laughed to himself. With every soft chuckle, with every glance the blonde sent their way, with every little move Naruto made, the others in the group instinctively went to cover their crotches with both hands.

Upon entering Tazuna's home, they were immediately greeted by a rather pretty young mother who identified herself as Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter. Naruto was actually the first to greet her, and rather politely at that. It was when Inari, Tsunami's son, came down the stairs and starting spouting off his crap that the men in the room began to panic.

Kakashi and Tazuna rushed over and immediately clapped their hands over Inari's mouth. "Inari shut the hell up! You don't know what that blonde kid's capable of."

Kakashi nodded in agreement with Tazuna before offering his own words of advice. "If you want to keep your 'manhood' intact, I have a few words of advice for you. Don't. Talk. If you don't have anything nice or helpful to say, do not talk when Naruto is around. Do you understand?"

As soon as the two men removed their hands from Inari's mouth, the little kid turned his gaze upon Naruto and immediately stormed past the 'old men' as he called them and got up in Naruto's face. "You don't look like much. What the hell are they so scared o…." Before he could even finish what he was saying, Inari looked down and went cross-eyed before collapsing to the ground. Every now and then he'd twitch in some form of involuntary reaction with what appeared to be foam emanating from his mouth.

Kakashi and Tazuna hugged each other in their fear while keeping a firm grasp of their privates in the fear that Naruto would turn his powerful Crotch-Seeker on them next. Fortunately for them, they weren't the target of Naruto's weapon. Sasuke was the one to speak up next, and they both had a feeling that it wouldn't go well for the poor young shinobi.

"Damn it Dobe, I thought Kakashi-sensei told you to stop that?! Besides, this kid may be a brat, but that doesn't give you the right to…OGH!" Sasuke collapsed, gripping his junk and began rolling around on the floor in sheer agony before he could even finish telling his teammate off.

Naruto looked down at his fist and brought it up close to examine it closer. "Hmm, I didn't feel anything with that one. Sasuke? Are you sure you're a guy?" Upon hearing snickering coming from behind him, the blonde turned his head just enough so he could peer over his shoulder at the two men standing behind him. "I wonder if I should test this on you two. I think it might be broken."

Sasuke snarled at this point and glared daggers at the blonde. "What? My privates or your brain?! And for your information, YES, I AM A BOY!"

Naruto tilted his head slightly and stared down at his raven-haired teammate curiously for a moment. "Really? Then you must have a small package because my Crotch-Seeker didn't react much. Then again, with how much you're writhing on the ground, I suppose you must be right. Hmm…" Shrugging his shoulders, Naruto returned to petting his new pet rabbit and smiled softly as she rubbed her cheek against its fur. "Sorry then Sasuke. Sorry to you too little boy. I guess I need to give my Crotch-Seeker a break."

Kakashi and Tazuna breathed a sigh of relief, while Tsunami and Sakura were staring in concern at the two boys still on the floor. Sasuke couldn't even stand after becoming a victim of Naruto's latest weapon, and Inari was unconscious, a small puddle forming under his head from the foam. "I-Inari? Are you okay sweetie? Are you alive?"

Sakura went over and checked for a pulse. When she found one, she nodded at the boy's mother and smiled softly. "He's okay. Just in a bit of shock after what happened. I think you should probably take him to his room and put him to bed. Though you might want to clean him up first." Frowning, the pinkette then turned her attention to Sasuke. "As for you Sasuke-kun, how do you feel?"

Seeing that the boy was about to scream out, Tsunami quickly hurried over, lifted Inari into her arms, and rushed off before Sasuke could predictably start spewing curses at the top of his lungs. Even if her little boy was currently unconscious, she wouldn't let him hear such things. After all, he was far too young still!

Sasuke glared heatedly into Sakura's eyes and reached up with one hand, gripping her by the collar of her shirt and pulling her down so he she could see and hear just how pissed off he was. "How do you think I feel you stupid idiot?! I think one of my fucking testicles retreated into my body somewhere! The other one? I…I think the other one might have actually POPPED!" By this point, Sasuke's eyes were wide and he stared at Sakura with a crazed look in his eyes. "By Kami Sakura! It hurts! It hurts so much! I…I need to lie down. Maybe I just need to sleep this off. Yeah…sleep. Get Kakashi-sensei. I need someone to carry me to a bed. I can't move…"

Sakura nodded slowly and laid Sasuke back upon the floor as gently as possible. "Just close your eyes and rest Sasuke. I'll talk to Kakashi-sensei." Rising from where she had knelt down and looked at Naruto a moment before shaking her head. "Naruto, I'm glad you apologized, but please, please refrain from doing something like that to anybody else. Okay?"

Seeing him shrug his shoulders and nod slowly, she breathed out a sigh of relief before walked up to Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei, please take Sasuke-kun to a room. He needs rest and I don't think it would be a good idea for him to move on his own for another day or two. This…'experience' for lack of a better word has deeply traumatized him it seems. I don't have any real medical experience, but as you suggested I did study first aid. He's going to be hurting for at least a couple of days."

The silver-haired Jonin sighed and nodded. Before he could walk over to Sasuke, he heard Tazuna speak up. "After what he just experienced, I wouldn't be surprised if he can't move for at least a week. Even if he does recover in a couple of days, he's going to be sore for a while longer. I pity the poor boy. I…pity my grandson too for that matter. Poor Inari. But, at least this teaches him a valuable lesson." With a shrug, Tazuna went into the kitchen to get himself a drink.

Kakashi chuckled softly and shook his head before moving over to Sasuke and lifting the boy gently into his arms. What really surprised him was the fact that Sasuke was crying. Yes, the Uchiha was actually in tears! Frowning behind his mask, the Jonin shook his head and held the boy closer as he carried him up the stairs. "Shhh. It'll be alright Sasuke. Just close your eyes and sleep. Everything will be okay." With that, he quietly asked Tsunami where they'd be able to sleep and nodded when she pointed to another room.

Downstairs, Sakura sat beside Naruto and stared quietly at the rabbit on his lap for a time. When she finally found the words, the pinkette looked up and into Naruto's eyes before placing a hand upon his shoulder. "I'm not sure why you resorted to doing such a thing Naruto, but I hope you really do stop it. You hurt your teammate and an innocent little kid. Zabuza I can understand and I don't mind, but this…" Sighing softly, Sakura took a moment to collect herself before continuing on. "This is a bit much Naruto. From what I've seen of you so far in training and our time in the academy, you didn't really seem the type to resort to things like this. So what's going on?"

Naruto blinked a few times before looking into Sakura's face and offering a smile. "First, I'd like to say that there's no guarantee I won't do something like that to anybody else. I'll try not to, but it might happen." Shrugging, Naruto looked back down at his rabbit and continued to pet it softly while it slept. "Right now Sakura, I can't really tell you why I do it. But let me just tell you it stemmed from my hatred of perverts. Okay?"

Sakura frowned at that and stood up, staring down at her teammate with a frown. "There has to be more to it than just a deep hatred of perverts. Why don't you tell me what's really going on? Sure you act kind of insane at times, but this? It's a bit much for me to just take in and accept."

Naruto frowned and looked up into Sakura's eyes. "First of all, lower your voice Sakura. Little Cushy is trying to sleep." At the name, he could see Sakura's questioning gaze and he shook his head. "What? He's soft like a cushion. I figured Cushy was a fitting name." When Sakura just sighed at the name, he frowned and decided to ignore her obvious disapproval for the chosen name.

Shrugging his shoulders, Naruto looked back into Sakura's eyes. "You don't know about the crap I've been through, do you Sakura?" Once again she donned a questioning look and he shook his head. "I thought not." Shaking his head some more, Naruto began to chuckle softly before scratching just behind one of the rabbit's ears. "I'm hated by the villagers Sakura. For something out of my control, that wasn't even my fault. Again, don't ask because I can't tell you."

Seeing Sakura nod at that, he smiled softly and patted the spot next to him for her to sit again. When the pinkette sat beside him and smiled in response, Naruto nodded and continued on. "Well, the hate isn't just limited to scornful looks and derisive words Sakura. The villagers, even some of the shinobi, have actually physically attacked me before. Sometimes they've even gone so far as to try and kill me. You didn't know that, did you?"

Sakura's mouth now hung agape as she stared into Naruto's face for any signs that he was making this all up. "You're…not kidding me, are you Naruto?" Seeing him shake his head, Sakura immediately hugged her teammate close and rested his head against her chest. "I'm so sorry. I…I didn't know Naruto. I didn't know that you had experienced something like that."

Naruto smiled and closed his eyes, not even trying to pull himself free from his teammate's hug. "It's fine Sakura. I've come to terms with it, and I didn't feel it was worth mentioning."

"Of course it's worth mentioning. We're your teammates Naruto. I want you to put some trust in us and believe that we'll be here for you. Okay?" Seeing Naruto nod slowly, she smiled softly and gently began to pet his hair. Giggling quietly, she adopted a soft smile and closed her eyes. "Good. Your hair's pretty soft by the way. You take really good care of yourself, don't you?"

Naruto chuckled softly and nodded. "I try to. Jiji and Onee-chan have insisted that I don't just let myself go and become a slob." Grinning, he freed himself finally and smirked at his teammate. "But that's enough of that. You wanted to know about the Crotch-Seeker and why I started using it. Don't get sidetracked by my hair."

Sakura giggled at that and nodded before resting her head on Naruto's shoulder and yawning quietly into her hand. Naruto smirked at that and held his teammate and friend close. "Sakura, I'm sure you realized it by now. I adopted that particular 'weapon' as a means to defend myself. Sure it may be unorthodox and really cruel, but it worked to scare them away sometimes. Then again, sometimes the exact opposite happened and I was beaten worse than usual by the villagers. I could never land a blow like that on the shinobi of our village, but the villagers? Well they were another matter."

Shrugging his shoulders softly, doing his best not to disturb his sleepy teammate too much, Naruto found himself smirking. "Eventually I became pretty skilled with this new weapon and, well…it just works I guess. As for enemy ninja, I figure that if this weapon comes in handy to keep my teammates safe, then I'll just use it. Know what I mean?"

Sakura nodded slowly and released another quiet yawn. "That makes sense. Personally, I think the others overreacted a bit much. Zabuza's an enemy and he snuck up on us. He could have killed Tazuna-san and your actions not only saved his life, but ours as well. I'm thankful to you Naruto-kun."

At the affectionate suffix, Naruto found himself grinning slightly. The blonde knew she didn't mean it like that, and he didn't want her affection in that way. Still, it was nice that Sakura was finally accepting him as a friend and was actually opening up to him somewhat. Sakura, you might be a good friend after all. Hopefully we can become better friends after this.

Nodding slowly, Naruto glanced over his shoulder at Kakashi and Tsunami. Tsunami was looking at him sadly, clearly having heard everything he said about his time in the village. Smiling softly at her, Naruto assured her that he was okay. Kakashi simply eye smiled at his student before taking Sakura and carrying her to their room. Before disappearing, he informed Naruto that it would be a good idea for him to get some rest soon as well. The blonde nodded slowly and said he'd join them soon.

After Kakashi left, Naruto smiled when Tsunami brought him some tea and sat down beside him with a teacup of her own. With a sigh, he awaited her inevitable question. When it finally came, Naruto simply smiled at her and listened patiently. "I-Is it true? That your own village did such terrible things to you?"

Naruto nodded slowly and then looked down at the teacup in his hands. With a sigh, the blonde shinobi brought it to his lips and took a sip before breathing out happily. "This is some good tea Tsunami-san." Nodding, he turned to her and smiled sweetly. "It's true Tsunami-san. And before you ask why I stay there, I'll say it now. I stay because there are people precious to me there. If not for them…well…I don't know where I'd be or what I'd be doing right now. I'll admit it hasn't been the best life, but rather than just running away from a bad situation, I'd prefer to fight through it. I'd like to think that I'll come out a better person through it all. Does that make sense?"

The kind-hearted mother nodded slowly and hugged Naruto close. "I understand. You actually remind me a bit of Kaiza in that sense." Seeing the boy's questioning look, she shook her head and smiled. "I might tell you about him later. Just know that he was a wonderful person and I think he would have liked to have had the chance to meet you. For now, why don't you go ahead and get some sleep Naruto-kun?"

Naruto nodded slowly and finished off the last of his tea before rising, the rabbit now in his arms, and walking off. As he went to begin walking up the stairs, the blond noticed a picture hanging on the wall with a man's face missing from it. Frowning, he nodded his head and decided he would learn all he could about this Kaiza while he was staying with this family. Walking up the stairs, Naruto disappeared into a room, laid his new rabbit down, and decided to get some sleep. If he guessed right, Kakashi would give both he and Sakura some new training exercises to work on before he went to guard Tazuna at the bridge.

Next Day – Morning

Naruki woke up early the next day. After doing her morning stretches, the young kunoichi walked over to Sasuke and gently patted his head. "Sorry again Teme." Smirking to herself, Naruki went and got washed up before heading downstairs to eat some breakfast. It wasn't much longer before Tazuna, Sakura, and Kakashi joined her. Glancing towards the stairs, a small smirk played at the blonde's face. I guess after last night, they wouldn't be able to walk yet, huh?

Giggling evilly to herself at that thought, Naruki finished her meal before walking over to Tsunami and bowing her head. "Tsunami-san, I have a favor to ask of you."

The woman smiled politely down at the young ninja before her and nodded her head slowly before responding. "Good morning again Naruto. What can I do for you?"

Naruki smiled brightly and gently grasped Tsunami's hands in her own. "That rabbit I was petting last night? Can you please watch over little Cushy for me today? I can't exactly keep him with me when guarding your father or training. More than that though, you seem like a trustworthy person. So please?"

Tsunami smiled softly and nodded once again. "Of course Naruto-kun. Whatever I can do to help. All I ask in return is that you don't completely destroy Inari's, erm…testes. I would very much like grandchildren someday after all." Giggling somewhat nervously at that, Tsunami watched Naruto for a reaction.

Naruki chuckled softly and nodded her head in response. "You have a deal. I'm sorry again about using my Crotch-Seeker on him. I guess I just wasn't thinking." Rubbing the back of her head and giving off a nervous laugh, the blonde looked down and away from the kind woman. "Oh if only I could just tell someone the whole truth, I'd feel so much better. Having to hide all the time really pisses me off."

Despite the fact that that what Naruki just said was simply muttered under her breath, Tsunami picked up on it and leaned in closer. "What do you mean by that Naruto-kun? Is something troubling you?"

Naruki's eyes widened and she quickly waved her hands in an assuaging manner. "No, no. I was just thinking out loud, that's all. Please don't mind it too much." Giggling nervously, Naruki took a step back and bowed her head again. "Thank you very much for agreeing to look after Cushy-chan for me Tsunami-san. I truly appreciate it."

Rushing out of the kitchen, Naruki looked at Kakashi and Sakura and rubbed the back of her head nervously. "I'll just be waiting outside. Sorry. I just need a little time to think and I'll be good." Nodding quickly, the blonde rushed past them and out the front door, slamming it shut behind her.

Taking a deep breath and releasing it slowly, Naruki fell to her knees on the grass and laughed nervously. "That was close. I didn't realize I was saying all of that out loud." Lying back on the soft grass, the blonde closed her eyes and breathed a soft sigh. Tsunami may be a nice person, but I can't just go revealing my biggest damn secret to her! I don't know if she could keep her mouth shut about it. Besides, with my team here with me, that would only be BAD. Sighing angrily, Naruki rolled onto her side and began poking at the dirt while she waited for Kakashi and Sakura to finish eating and come outside.

A short time later – In the forest surrounding Tazuna's house

The members of Team 7, excluding Sasuke naturally, were currently sitting together in a small clearing some ways into the forest near Tazuna's home. They had arrived just recently, and the two Genin were currently waiting for their sensei to tell them what the plan was for today and however long they had until Zabuza decided to strike again.

After what felt like hours to the Genin, Kakashi finally looked into their faces and nodded calmly. "Alright, after taking some time to think on it, I need to know a few things." Looking into Naruto's face, the silver-haired Jonin eye smiled. "Naruto, I know you've received training from Hokage-sama. Can you please tell me what you've learned from him so far? Please don't keep any of your training a secret from me. If I'm to help further your training, I need to know it all."

Frowning at this, Naruto was about to refuse before he took the time to think it through. Nodding slowly, seeing Kakashi's point, the young Genin closed his eyes and spoke up. "As you've seen, Jiji has taught me a variety of Doton (Earth Release) jutsus. They were a little hard to pick up on, but after learning so many of them from Jiji, it's become easier for me to learn them. I've also learned some Suiton (Water Release), Futon (Wind Release), and Katon (Fire Release) jutsus from him as well. As you already know, he had Yugao-onee-chan teach me tree walking and water walking. Along with those, the two of them recommended I try other chakra control exercises. That's actually why I started trying to keep leaves stuck to certain parts of my body with my chakra. But…"

Kakashi nodded and waved his hand in a dismissive gesture. "I understand Naruto-kun. I understand. I'll try to help you with your problem in a bit. Right now I need you to move past that particular problem and tell me what else you've been taught. I'm actually pretty amazed that Hokage-sama and Yugao-san have taught you as much as they have. I didn't expect to hear quite this much."

Naruto rubbed the back of his head and chuckled lightly. "Aside from that, Yugao-onee-chan has taught me some kenjutsu, but I don't have my own sword, sooo…that's kind of pointless right now. Then there's the Monkey Contract Jiji-sama had me sign."

Kakashi's eye widened and he stared in Naruto in shock. "Hokage-sama had you sign the Monkey Contract?! W-Why did he allow you to do such a thing Naruto-kun?"

Naruto shrugged his shoulders and brought a finger up. He began to lightly tap his chin as he stared upwards. After a few minutes, he shrugged again and offered his usual big grin. "Jiji just wanted to make sure I stayed safe. It seems he was worried about me. I even got to meet Enma-san! He's really cool! Did you know he can turn himself into a staff?! I got to swing him around and even bonked Jiji on the head on accident! It was pretty funny."

Kakashi was speechless. Sakura was too, but she wasn't gaping nearly as much as Kakashi was. In truth, she had kind of expected to hear something kind of crazy and even a little outrageous from her teammate. So, despite being shocked, the pinkette was actually able to handle it a bit better than her sensei. Leaning closer to Naruto, she whispered to him with a small grin playing at her lips. "I think you broke our sensei, Naruto-kun."

Naruto smirked at Sakura and the two of them began to giggle while Kakashi took the time to compose himself. When he finally did, the silver-haired Jonin ran a hand through his hair and nodded solemnly. "Can you at least show me some proof that you aren't just messing with your dear sensei? I'd like to see you perform a summoning Naruto. So long as you don't mind, of course?"

The blonde sighed and shook his head as he got to his feet. "It's fine Kakashi-sensei, I don't mind too much. Jiji doesn't want me doing this unless I really need to, but I'm sure he'd understand. Besides, it is a little hard to believe and I understand that." Quickly going through the hand seals required for the jutsu, Naruto slammed his right hand upon the ground and shouted out, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)!"

Symbols spread across the ground in a wide circle right before there a bunch of smoke exploded in the surrounding area. When it finally cleared, there were two monkeys, or rather, one small monkey colored a dark grey with dark red eyes and one large ape that towered over Team 7. It wasn't quite as big as the trees in the area, but it was at least a good ten to eleven feet tall. While the monkey sat on Naruto's left shoulder, poking at its summoner's cheek, the ape sat down next to Naruto and scratched at the back of its head.

Naruto quickly shot both of his summons a look when it appeared they were about to speak. As they looked around at their surroundings, the two summons immediately understood and gave a silent agreement to not call Naruto by his true name. "You called for us Naruto-kun? Are we needed?" The small monkey asked curiously.

The blonde Genin smiled and pulled a snack from inside of his pocket. Handing it to the small monkey, he patted its head before speaking. "I didn't have anything in particular that I needed you two for, but my Jonin sensei wanted to meet you both. I kind of had to prove that I really did sign the contract to summon you guys." Rubbing the back of his head nervously, Naruto handed a snack to the ape and smiled softly at the both of them. "I have to admit, it's nice to see you again, Chikao, Katsuo. Have you both been well?"

Chikao, the little monkey, nodded and began patting the blonde's head. "About as well as can be when our summoner's been busy with small missions that he has no need of our help on. You haven't even called us recently to train or even to talk. Don't you realize we miss you?" Lightly bonking Naruto on the head, the little monkey summon chuckled before turning to his fellow summon. "Come on Katsuo, say something."

Katsuo sighed and nodded slowly. "Naruto-kun, it is good to see you again. As for you Chikao, you know as well as I do that Naruto-kun knows we keep an eye on him when we can. Don't act like we never see him anymore." The big, red and black ape let out another heavy sigh before turning and offering a smile to the young lad. "It's good to see you've been well Naruto-kun. But more than that, I'm happy to see you're doing so well with your team. Have you encountered any problems with anything so far?"

Naruto chuckled softly and shook his head slowly from left to right. "That's right; you two couldn't exactly follow me all this way. Weren't you two busy with something earlier?" Seeing them nod, Naruto shrugged his shoulders before glancing at his teammates. "Well Katsuo, we did encounter a few interesting things on this mission. It turns out our client lied to us about the details of the mission. Learned that Gato has essentially turned the Land of Waves into a terrible place to live and he's making the peoples' lives as miserable as can be." Tapping his chin in thought, Naruto then nodded slowly and pointed to his fist. "After dealing with a couple of Chunin level missing-nin called the Demon Brothers, we ran into Zabuza Momochi. I socked him with my Crotch-Seeker here and he ran away. It was pretty funny too."

At this point, both monkey summons sweatdropped before looking to his teammates only to see them nod in the affirmative. Sighing, the two monkey summons shook their heads before the two of them grinned at each other and burst out into a fit of laughter. Chikao patted Naruto gently on the head and grinned at him. "Good job m'boy! Who would've thought the Demon of the Hidden Mist would allow you to nail him with the ol' Crotch-Seeker, eh?" Laughing harder, the monkey fell backwards off of Naruto's shoulder and began slapping the ground, clearly unable to control himself.

Katsuo on the other hand managed to compose himself and settled for a simple grin. "Explain just how you managed to get close enough to Zabuza for something like that to happen. I'm curious Naruto-kun."

Naruto smirked and began to regale his personal monkey summons of the tale of how he defeated Zabuza with a single, well-placed Crotch-Seeker. When the blonde told them about the moment Kakashi and Zabuza hugged each other and shed some manly tears for Zabuza's crushed testes, the monkey summons began to laugh even harder. When it was all finally over, Kakashi looked completely dejected and appeared to have barely any spirit left in him.

With a sigh, Katsuo walked over and slapped Kakashi lightly on his back. Well, it may have been lightly in Katsuo's opinion, but it was still enough to send Kakashi face first into the dirt. "Ah, lighten up Kakashi-boy. It's nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, all men that know about it, Human, Summon, and otherwise, are right to fear the Crotch-Seeker. The sheer power of that move is terrifying even to us summons. I don't even know how Naruto-kun managed to develop the kind of strength he did for that particular attack." Shaking his head in wonder at that, Katsuo turned back to Naruto and grinned. "Still, it's an impressive attack. Just wait until your Jiji hears about this one, eh Naruto-kun?"

Naruto chuckled and nodded in response. "To think Jiji once became an accidental victim of the Crotch-Seeker. It's a good thing he didn't need any more kids, because after that…I don't think that would be possible anymore." The monkey summons and the blonde Genin started laughing harder again until they saw the horrified looks on both Kakashi's and Sakura's faces. Blinking in surprise, Naruto looked between them and shrugged his shoulders before asking a simple question: "What?"

Kakashi stared in bewilderment at the blonde for just a moment longer before he pointed an accusatory finger at his Genin student. "You…you used the Crotch-Seeker on…on HOKAGE-SAMA?! What were you thinking Naruto?!"

Naruto frowned at that and moved Kakashi's finger aside. "Hey, it was an accident. I don't remember the exact details, but I was trying to improve the strength of my Crotch-Seeker and, well…yeah. It just kinda happened. Jiji forgave me for it, even though he told me he could literally feel one of his balls pop upon impact. Looking back on it now, Jiji, our summons, and I just laugh about it. Even Yugao-onee-chan finds it funny."

Kakashi looked between Naruto and his summons in absolute horror at what he had just heard. Sakura meanwhile, wasn't quite sure what to think. The poor lass looked as if her brain had just exploded in her head. It wasn't surprising as the current talk revolved around an old man and his testicles. It wasn't exactly something a young girl like Sakura needed to hear. When it all finally registered in her mind, Sakura's face lit up a bright red and she shut her eyes in an attempt to will the horrible images to go away. All this managed to do was make the images more vivid and her eyes immediately shot back open as a result.

When Sakura looked as if she was about to break down in tears from the nightmarish images, Naruto hugged her close and patted her back. "Sakura, it's okay. Imagine burning Kakashi's books if that will help you. Maybe try to imagine going on a date with your precious 'Sasuke-kun'?" Seeing his teammate's eyes widen at that, Naruto knew he had hit the right note, so to speak. "Yes. He's taking you to your favorite restaurant. In fact, Sasuke's even offering to pay for a grandiose meal. There you go. After the meal, he takes you out stargazing and then, do you know what he does?"

Sakura looked into her teammate's eyes and shook her head. "N-No. I know what I'd like him to do…" She replied quietly, completely lost in this little daydream Naruto had invented for her by now.

Naruto smirked and gently ran his fingers through Sakura's pink hair. Leaning in close, he whispered the answer in her ear. "Sasuke leans in and kisses you so tenderly it takes you aback. It's not what you would have expected from him, but it takes your breath away. Feels good, doesn't it Sakura-chan? Your crush has finally responded to your feelings and now he's yours." Inside his head, Naruto was laughing hysterically at the sheer prospect of Sasuke doing any of what he had just described, but the blonde wasn't about to say anything to his pink-haired teammate. After all, this was much better in comparison to a naked Hiruzen Sarutobi running around with one crushed nut!

Once Naruto was sure Sakura was mentally stable, he turned his head to gaze at his two summons. "Thank you for spending some time with me Chikao, Natsuo. I really appreciate it. But if you don't mind, I actually have another favor to ask of you."

Natsuo looked between Chikao and Naruto for a moment before shrugging his broad shoulders and smiling happily at his young summoner. "If there is anything we can do to be of assistance to you Naruto-kun, then please, ask away. We're more than happy to help."

When Chikao nodded in agreement, Naruto found himself grinning. "Good. Thanks you two. Now, let me explain what I want." Taking a deep breath in and releasing it slowly, Naruto composed himself and pointed at Kakashi. "Kakashi-sensei is going to try and train us a bit. Or at least, he's going to get us started. The plan was for him to get us started with some new exercises, help us where he could, and then go to guard Tazuna-san. I have a few shadow clones guarding Tazuna right now, and three of them guarding Tazuna's house where Tsunami-san and Inari are right now. Because shadow clones are so easily dispelled however, I wanted to ask if you two could guard Tazuna instead. When Kakashi isn't needed here, perhaps you could watch over our training and offer us what advice you can give? Does this sound fair? I know you two watch me from the shadows as is, so it's not like it's too much to ask, is it?"

The monkeys looked at one another for a time before Chikao nodded and turned back to his summoner. "We'll do what we can Naruto-kun. The bridge builder will be more than safe with the two of us guarding him, but you do remember that we'll need to return to our realm to rest from time to time, right?" Seeing Naruto nod in response, the little monkey smiled and nodded again. "Summon us when you need us Naruto. We'll leave when somebody takes over guarding the bridge builder. In the meantime, we'll rest and keep our energy up. Now, let us go Natsuo. We should go and relieve Naruto-kun's shadow clones on the bridge."

Team 7 watched as the small monkey Chikao climbed its way up the ape summon's body, eventually settling itself on one of Natsuo's shoulders. Waving good-bye to the team, Natsuo and Chikao bounded off through the forest, moving towards the bridge.

After a few moments of silence, the three members of Team 7 that were currently in the clearing each sighed and smiled at one another. "Well, that was certainly an interesting experience. I didn't even realize you could summon two of them at once. I figured you might end up summoning Enma of all people. That would have been a really interesting conversation, I'm sure." Kakashi stated, only to find himself staring at Naruto with a curious expression now donning on his face. "Wait, when you said you got to swing Enma around earlier, did you mean you could summon Enma as well? Or that Hokage-sama and Enma both agreed that you could, erm…'play' with him that one time?"

Sakura actually seemed curious about this as well, so Naruto simply rubbed the back of his head and nodded slowly. "Yeah. I can summon Monkey King: Enma just like Jiji. But I like to leave him alone. After all, he and Jiji are really good friends. Besides, I have my own personal summons. You just met them: Chikao and Natsuo! Aren't they great?!"

Kakashi just eye smiled while a single sweat drop rolled down his face. "That's really great Naruto-kun. That's…really great. I just wish I had known about some of this a bit sooner. That's all." Chuckling dryly, the silver-haired jonin shook his head and looked down as he lost himself in his thoughts for a time.

After a bit of thought, Kakashi finally raised his head again and nodded. "Is there anything else I should know about Naruto-kun?" Upon receiving a simple shake of the head to signify that the answer was 'no', Kakashi eye smiled. "Okay then. I'll get Sakura started on her own exercises, and then I'll try to offer you some advice on that chakra exercise you've been working on. Aside from that, I have a few other things I'd like you to try."

When Naruto nodded excitedly, Kakashi took Sakura off to the side and began to go over what she would be working on for the time before they'd have to battle Zabuza again. In the meantime, Naruto summoned twenty shadow clones and nodded at each of them. "Go ahead and get to work on what I had you practicing before the mission. I'd like to get those jutsu mastered before we see Zabuza again."

In a few more moments, almost immediately after the shadow clones rushed off, Kakashi returned to him and sat down across from him. "What are you having your shadow clones do Naruto-kun?"

The blonde shrugged his shoulders and simply smirked. "Oh y'know, just to go work on some training I was working on before we left Konoha." Seeing the look in his sensei's eyes, Naruto shook his head. "It's nothing too much, I just have them working on some jutsu. If you're curious, there's one Katon jutsu and two Suiton jutsu. If I have them practice on them every day, they should have them done before we meet Zabuza again."

The silver-haired jonin simply nodded in response before donning a hidden smirk beneath his mask. "Alright. Enough of that though. Are you hiding anything else from me Naruto-kun? Or have you really told me everything?"

Naruto simply donned one of his foxy grins and shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe. Maybe not. Who's to say, right?" Snickering to himself, the blonde watched as his sensei's shoulders slumped and could hear the sigh escaping him. I'll tell you later if you and the others really need to know. Right now it's not necessary; either for this precise moment or for protecting Tazuna. It might be useful for future missions though.

The one-eyed Jonin simply chose to eye smile after a moment's thought and nodded his head. "Alright Naruto-kun. I'll trust you to know what's best. If you have anything that would help make this mission a success, I just hope you'll use it when the time comes."

Naruto quirked an eyebrow at this and shook his head quickly. "Umm, I don't think what I'm hiding is going to be real useful on this particular mission Kakashi-sensei. Sorry." With a quick shrug, the blonde shinobi just offered another smile. "Hey, at least I admitted I was hiding something. It was obvious you could tell anyways though, so why bother hiding the fact that I'm hiding something else right?" Chuckling, clearly amused at that, the blonde just grinned wider and waited for what his sensei would say.

Kakashi offered an amused chuckle at that before shaking his head. "Ma ma. I understand your point Naruto-kun. But enough of that. Before we begin, I need to know something first. How many shadow clones can you make with your Kage Bunshin no Jutsu?"

Naruto shrugged his shoulders before raising a single finger and tapping his chin, losing himself in thought for a while. "Hmm… I've never tried to make that many before. I can make up to at least 100 shadow clones without too much worry. Jiji doesn't want me over stressing myself during training, and warned me against doing too many in battle and stuff like that. But it really doesn't bother me." With another shrug, Naruto looked directly into Kakashi Hatake's eye. "Even creating 100 shadow clones doesn't bother me, so long as I only dispel them in groups of ten or less at a time in at least a two minute interval. I could probably create even more. Why do you ask?"

If Kakashi was shocked, he sure didn't show it. Instead, the jonin sensei nodded calmly and thought the information through in silence for a couple of minutes. After about three minutes, the jonin eye-smiled and nodded his head once more. "Alright Naruto-kun, I think I've got a good plan to help you out. First, I want you to take these two scrolls. Create two groups of twenty clones each. Give one scroll to one group, and the other scroll to the other ten. Before you ask, the scrolls contain a few simple jutsu I would like you to try and learn. One scroll contains a few low level Raiton (Lightning Release) jutsu. I figured that if Hokage-sama wants you prepared for most anything that comes your way and you've already learned jutsu for every other basic element. I can only imagine how difficult all of that was for you in the beginning."

Naruto laughed lightly at that and nodded slowly. "Jiji pushed me kind of hard, but I worked really hard to learn everything he taught me. Then again, since when am I the kind to give up just because something's a little hard? I'll never give up and I never go back on my promises. That is my nindo after all."

Kakashi Hatake chuckled softly and nodded his head. "So it is Naruto-kun, so it is. Now, the other scroll contains a few Katon jutsu I think may be of use for you in the future." Seeing Naruto nod and send off the specified number of clones with the two scrolls, Kakashi waited until he had the Genin's attention again before continuing. "As for what we are going to do, I want to first help you finish that chakra exercise you set yourself to working on."

The Jonin frowned at this point and narrowed his eye slightly as he looked his student up and down. "Naruto, first I need to ask. Have you had your chakra nature tested before?"

The blonde frowned and shook his head in a negative fashion. "No, but I've been wondering about that for a while. Jiji has let me read a lot of things before, and chakra natures is something I found myself curious about. I know that a lot of people only have one nature, but others have two, or even three. Kekkei Tota, I think that's what having three natures is called. Or something like that, I'm not entirely sure how that works to tell you the truth."

Kakashi found himself chuckling at his student's knowledge and nodded. "Kekkei Tota are very rare Naruto-kun. The only one we actually know of right now is the Sandaime Tsuchikage's Jinton (Dust Release). I'm sure you've already figured out that there are various kekkei genkai that allow people to use other elements such as the Yuki clan's Hyoton (Ice Release) and then there's the Yoton (Lava Release) that is used by some people. There are many examples of nature manipulation, and many jutsu derived from the use of such natures. It's already impressive that you can use as many different natures as you can. You've already proven yourself quite capable though, so I've no doubt you can master Raiton techniques as well Naruto-kun."

Eye smiling at his student, Kakashi decided to continue on with why he first asked the original question. "The reason I asked is because I think your main nature might be Futon. I noticed something whenever you were trying that chakra exercise. Whenever a leaf fell, I spotted numerous small cuts in the leaves. Some leaves only had one diagonal cut, others had several. The reason I suspect you may have a Futon element is simple. Cutting leaves with wind-natured chakra is the first exercise when trying to master your Futon element. To be more precise, you need to split a leaf in half."

Naruto nodded at this, understanding the point Kakashi was trying to drive home. "So you think I'm unconsciously transforming my chakra into wind-natured chakra while attempting this chakra exercise? That would make sense. If I'm unconsciously doing something like that without even realizing it at the exact same time I'm attempting this particular chakra exercise, it's no surprise then if the leaves keep getting shredded like that." Frowning at this problem, the blonde crossed his arms against his chest and looked his sensei in the eye sternly. "What do you suggest I do then Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi eye smiled and reached over, patting his young Genin on the top of his head. "Don't sound so worried Naruto-kun. We're going to try a couple things. I want you to create another group of ten clones and have them get to work on trying to split leaves in half perfectly down the middle. Meanwhile, while the clones do that, I want you and a group of four clones to focus on another chakra exercise I'll give you. It should increase your chakra control to a similar extent as to the exercise you've been attempting, but I doubt you'll unconsciously do something to mess it up." Chuckling at the look on his Genin's face as he said that, Kakashi simply grinned and helped his student get started. After all, they only had so much time to train before Zabuza returned for another attempt on Tazuna's life.

Four days later – Nighttime

The past four days had gone by surprisingly quickly. Between guarding Tazuna and training, time really did seem to fly by. On the second day of training, both Sasuke and Inari had recovered. Inari had been wary of Naruto, clearly afraid of going near the blonde again for some time. Sasuke on the other hand immediately threw himself into training so he 'wouldn't try to murder his teammate' as he put it. So, being the ever helpful sensei that he is, Kakashi put Sasuke to work on specific training exercises.

Naruki's clones had managed to figure out the jutsu she had been studying since the prior week on that same day. However, the other jutsus, namely the Raiton jutsu, had just plain escaped her for the time being. Aside from that, she had made progress with the Katon jutsu as well as the new chakra control exercise. Splitting leaves however was another issue in and of itself. The blonde's clones had definitely made progress, but for some damn reason they kept goofing off and blasting each other with Futon jutsu just for laughs! Apparently the little bastards were of the belief that if they could already use Futon jutsu, why should they feel the need to bother with these exercises?

So, pissed off at her idiot clones after they dispelled on the first day, Naruki had created a bunch more the next day, ordered them to get to work, and as soon as they decided to be idiots and goof off again, Naruki approached them, kicked their asses in the most painful way she could think of, and then created more when they were finished off. When the new clones came into existence, the irate blonde cracked her knuckles and glared darkly at her new set of clones before pointing at the leaves in the clearing and saying one sentence: "Get to work." Needless to say, the clones, in fear of their creator, got to work and none of the clones since has decided to goof off again.

While they had made some progress, it still wasn't quite completed. But, Naruki could accept the good news where it lay. She had taken time to observe the training Kakashi had decided to put Sasuke and Sakura through and noticed that it was a great deal different from her own. Feeling it was best not to disturb them or spy on them for too long however, Naruki didn't stay too long to observe.

Currently, all members of Team 7, plus Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari, were seated at the dining table in their client's house. Each of them was eating a well prepared meal that tasted like heaven to the exhausted Genin. Training these past four days had taken a lot out of the three of them, and Kakashi's shadow clones hadn't let them take long breaks as some of them may have wanted. The most they ever seemed to get was a thirty minute break before they were told to get back to work. It was just a lucky thing that Zabuza hadn't attacked yet, otherwise they'd have absolutely no energy left with which to fight him!

It was obvious to them that there were two possible reasons for this. The first of which is because he was waiting to strike for some reason. Most likely he had some type of plan in this case. Or, the second, more embarrassing possibility is that he was still recovering from what was possibly the worst attack he had ever suffered from! Then again, Naruki was under the impression that it was probably a mixture of both.

Giggling to herself as she imagined Zabuza groaning in pain and clutching at his junk, she didn't notice Inari glaring at her until the kid spoke up. "What the hell are you laughing at? Do you think the situation we're in is funny?" Yep, apparently the brat hadn't learned his lesson. In fact, he continued on, clearly not remembering what happened the last time he decided to get in Naruto's face and gripe at him. "We're suffering. People are dying here because of Gato! Then you people come here and just play around like idiots! You don't know anything about what we go through! I bet you don't even know what real suffering is with how great you have it back in your stupid village!"

Inari suddenly froze and everyone quickly moved back and away. It was quite obvious they didn't want to be caught in whatever attack Naruki was about to unleash on the brat. Tsunami and Tazuna were silently praying that Inari would be okay, but they weren't holding out high hopes at this moment.

After some time, Naruki finally looked into Inari's eyes with a small grin that promised death. However, she simply stood up and glared down into the boy's face before slapping him hard across the face. When he looked up, ready to yell at her, she slapped him again before grabbing him and forcing him to look at her. "I don't know what it's like to suffer? Try that again. I don't give a shit that you lost somebody precious to you. Oh, don't give me that damn look; I know all about what happened with Kaiza. Your mother told me a couple of nights ago." Sighing heavily, Naruki closed her eyes and thought back to the conversation she had had with the boy's mother.

Flashback – 2 nights ago

After everyone had gone to bed for the night, Naruki joined Tsunami in the kitchen and offered to help her with the dishes. When she agreed, the blonde Genin joined her and decided to ask again about the man Inari had lost. "Tsunami-san, I think it's time you told me about this Kaiza. I've been keeping an eye on Inari, and it's obvious something happened. The kid has no hope at all. All he does is complain about our presence, tell us to leave, and says that we're all just going to die. He's such a pessimistic little brat, sorry Tsunami-san, and it's starting to get on my nerves. So please, tell me about Kaiza and what happened."

The woman froze where she stood, scrub brush and plate in hand, going silent for a good while. When she finally resumed movement, she nodded her head slowly and let out a very soft sigh. "Okay Naruto-kun. I'll tell you everything."

For a good while, the woman told the tale of how Kaiza had saved her son, how the two of them had bonded, about how the two of them had fallen in love and married, and so on until finally she came to the story of what happened after Gato arrived. When she told Naruki of how Kaiza stood up to Gato by himself, none of the other villagers even so much as standing beside him in the process, and what was done to him for his defiance, Naruki gritted her teeth angrily.

When Tsunami had finally finished, Naruki handed Tsunami the last dish to scrub clean before turning to her. "So what you're telling me is that the people of the Land of Waves are just a bunch of cowards who decided to abandon their hero, their friend as soon as somebody came along that thought he could bully them into submission?" At the look on Tsunami's face, she raised a hand to interrupt her. "Don't Tsunami-san. Just…don't. You shouldn't defend the people that left your husband to die. It's no wonder Inari is the way he is. If my father figure was killed because the people he trusted decided to just stand by and watch as he fought alone against somebody like that, never once trying to help him, I'd be in a pretty shitty mood too." With that said Naruki cleaned up and left the kitchen, leaving Tsunami to think over what she had just said.

Flashback End – Back to Present time

Shaking her head in frustration at the thought of what the people of the Land of Waves did, Naruki glared back into Inari's eyes and decided it was time to open the little brat's eyes. "Did you know that you're spitting on Kaiza's heroic sacrifice, on him and his wishes with your actions Inari? Kaiza fought against an enemy he couldn't have possibly handled by himself for a bunch of ungrateful pricks. The people of this land? They were people you and your family trusted and called friends. But when the time came down to it, what happened? They refused to stand by Kaiza and instead just stood there and watched as he was killed. Yeah, real great people you have here."

Growling in irritation, the blonde shook her head again before narrowing her eyes once again, making the kid go quiet before he could say whatever he was about to say. "You gave up hope when he tried to give your people exactly that. Don't give up on this country, these people (despite how much I don't think they deserve your kindness), or on life itself Inari. Believe that things can get better, that they will get better!"

Sighing heavily, Naruki sat back down and sat Inari down next to her. Turning her head slightly, the blonde looked into the boy's eyes. "As for suffering? I can guarantee you that I know a hell of a lot more about it than you do. Do you want to know what I see when I look at you? I see a kid who has a pretty good life, despite having lost someone precious to him recently. You have a grandfather whose bravery is undeniable. He's fighting for this land and its people, but more importantly, he's fighting to make sure you have a good life. You have a kind and beautiful mother whom you're hurting by just behaving the way you are. She loves you dearly and just wants to see you happy. A simple smile goes a long way."

Standing from the couch, Naruki stepped in front of Inari again and glared down at him one more. "Now to explain true suffering to you. Look at Kakashi-sensei. I don't know his story or what happened, but I heard from my Jiji that he's had a pretty tragic past. He's lost people close to him and mourns for them all the time." Sighing, Naruki closed her eyes before pointing at her broody teammate. "The teme over there? Yeah, his entire clan was slaughtered by his older brother. Itachi killed everyone in the clan in a single night, leaving only Sasuke alive. Didn't know that, did you?"

Grumbling to herself, the blue-eyed blonde looked away and clenched her fists in anger. "Then there's me. You don't know anything about what I've been through. I didn't have parents growing up. I don't have a clan, I don't have a house; instead I've got a rundown apartment in a crappy part of the village. The villagers hate me for a really stupid reason. Tch. I don't even need to tell you all this." Turning away from Inari and the others, the blonde-haired Genin stepped out of the house and ventured towards the woods.

Back in the house, Tsunami walked over to her son and stared down at him, clearly disappointed in her son. Shaking her head sadly, she donned a frown and sat down beside him. "Inari, you really need to watch what you say sometimes. That boy has been through far worse than you or I have been. He's a kindhearted person and deserves your respect and kindness. I want you to go to your room and think about what you've done, how you've been acting, and what you can do to fix things." Rising, the single mother turned and bowed to the other members of Team 7. "As for you three, I apologize deeply for my son's words and actions. Please forgive him."

Sakura stepped forward at this point and shook her head. "You don't need to apologize for your son Tsunami-san. It's not your fault that he's been acting the way he has been. I'm more worried about Naruto-kun." Looking up at her sensei, the pink-haired girl frowned and looked back towards the door. "Shouldn't one of us go after him Kakashi-sensei?"

The silver-haired Jonin shook his head and frowned beneath his mask for a moment. Collecting his thoughts, he turned to Sakura and eye smiled. "Naruto will be fine. Just let him be for now Sakura-chan. Let's finish eating and go to bed. Tomorrow will be a day of rest for the most part. You've all been training hard and I've a feeling Zabuza may strike soon. Even if it's not tomorrow, it's still best that you don't overexert yourselves in training and make yourselves unfit for battle when it's actually time. All we can hope is that Naruto comes back sometime during the night and gets some sleep as well." Nodding at that, the group resumed eating, each one of them thinking about different things as they did.

The next morning – Forest

A young woman, appearing to be either fifteen or sixteen years-old, was walking through the forest, almost as if she were in search of something. When she came across a clearing with a circle of charred grass, shattered trees, debris littering the ground from the destruction caused, and more, she spotted a young man wearing the Konoha hitai-ate. A slight smirk played at her lips before she composed herself and began to creep closer to the young boy. Yes, it would seem she had found exactly what she was looking for.

When a voice suddenly came from the boy in front of her, the woman froze in her steps and had to quickly compose herself as he looked her way. "Trying to sneak up on me huh? Not very smart of you Miss…?"

Haku quickly smoothed her kimono and smiled politely before offering her free hand. The other held a basket full of various herbs she had apparently been collecting in the forest thus far. "Haku. My name is Haku. It's nice to meet you Mister…?"

The blonde chuckled and shook his head as he rose from the grassy floor beneath him. Turning to face Haku, the Genin extended his hand and shook Haku's. "Naruto Uzumaki. No need to call me Mister or use any honorifics either Haku-chan. Just call me Naruto."

Haku giggled a little at that and nodded her head before retracting her hand. "Well it's nice to meet you Naruto. Are you okay? It looks as if there's been a battle here!" The young woman could clearly tell that these were simply the signs of training, but she wanted to gather more information on exactly what the blonde was doing out here. Therefore, she chose to play the innocent young woman routine to garner as much information as she could.

Naruto smirked at that and shook his head. "No, there was no battle here Haku-chan. I've just been using this area to train. Y'see, I'm a Genin from Konohagakure." At that, he jabbed a thumb upwards towards his hitai-ate. "See? I'm on a mission here with my team. We're protecting somebody pretty important right now from a pretty tough opponent."

Haku smiled at that and nodded her head, calmly absorbing the information. "I see. Well that certainly sounds like an important job indeed. Could you perhaps tell me what you were doing that caused such devastation? I can't imagine what you could have been doing to cause all of this." As if to prove her point, Haku spread her free arm around and spun around in a circle slowly as if to show him said devastation she had mentioned.

Naruto's smirk widened just a bit at that before he composed himself and shook his head. "Sorry Haku-chan, but I'm afraid I can't tell ya. You seem really nice and all, but what I'm working on is a secret. Gomenasai." Bowing apologetically to the young woman, Naruto grinned, knowing that Haku couldn't see his face at this moment. This could be fun.

Haku shook her head. "There is no need to apologize Naruto-kun, I was simply curious." Kneeling upon the grass, she watched as the blonde Genin knelt down in front of her and smiled softly at him. "Would you mind telling me why you train so hard? Why do you fight Naruto-kun?"

Naruto was a bit taken aback by those questions, but didn't see the harm in answering them. With a shrug, he looked up at the bit of sky he could see through the treetops and smiled softly. "To be perfectly honest with you, I don't quite know entirely why I try so hard to get stronger. I suppose there are a few reasons." With another shrug, he looked back into Haku's eyes and rubbed the back of his head. "I've had a tough time back in my village. There are only a few people that are truly kind to me, and even fewer that know the real me."

At this, the blonde Genin let out a long, drawn-out sigh before continuing on sadly. "I want to get stronger for those people. But I also want to get strong enough to the point where I don't have to hide anymore. Does that make sense Haku-chan?"

Haku nodded slowly and reached over, gently gripping Naruto's hands in hers. "You seem like a good person Naruto-kun. As far as I'm concerned, those are wonderful reasons to work towards becoming stronger. Rather than seeking power just to have it or having a corrupted goal such as revenge that can lead you down a continually darkening path, yours are noble and to be respected. If it means anything, I'm sure you'll continue to grow stronger and stronger."

Naruto watched as Haku rose to her feet and smiled, also rising. Of course, he was trying to fight down the blush that had snuck its way onto his face from Haku's words. Shaking it off, Naruto nodded slowly before bowing politely. "Arigato Haku-chan. Those words mean a lot to me, especially coming from such a beautiful girl as yourself."

Haku giggled at that before waving his flattery off. "You're flattering me Naruto-kun. I'd love to stay and talk some more, but I need to get going. It was nice meeting you." As she began to walk away, Haku turned over her shoulder and smiled softly. "And oh, by the way, I'm a boy Naruto-kun."

Before Haku could take another step further, she heard Naruto begin to chuckle to himself. Not quite expecting that, the young man turned around and stared at the younger Genin curiously. "What's so funny Naruto-kun? I'm telling you the truth."

The blonde shook his head and smiled. "No, it's not that Haku-chan. I just find it kind of ironic is all." Looking into Haku's eyes, Naruto could see that the poor boy just didn't understand what he was getting at. Sighing softly, Naruto's expression softened and he reached up behind his neck, slowly unclasping something. When Naruto moved his hands away, a necklace came along with them, along with the Genjutsu hiding his true gender.

Naruki found herself smiling at Haku and shook her head, her long, golden hair flying about behind her. She didn't have it up in pigtails right now as she didn't feel the need for it, so her hair currently reached down to just past her rear end. The young kunoichi stood at 5'3" and was dressed differently than her illusion would have people believe. Instead of wearing an orange jumpsuit, Naruki was dressed in a red t-shirt with a black jacket draped over that. For pants, she wore dark blue pants that hugged her legs snugly. In Haku's opinion, this girl was beautiful and the whisker marks on her cheeks and her deep, blue eyes only further accentuated that beauty in a unique way that he couldn't quite put into words.

The young woman gave the slightly older boy before her an amused look as he was rendered speechless. "I see you like what you see." Smirking, the young kunoichi took a few steps forward and nodded slowly as she gauged his reaction to the revelation. "It seems you're a boy that is often mistaken for a very pretty girl due to your appearance. Well, I'm a young lady that has to hide her true gender behind an infinite Genjutsu."

With a grin, Naruki decided to tease Haku a bit as she ran one of her hands up and down his chest. When the kimono-wearing boy stepped back out of shock, he soon found his back pressed against a nearby tree. When Naruki began to saunter closer, a devious look in her eyes, Haku's brain went into overdrive in an attempt to talk the girl down from whatever she was trying to do. "W-Why do you have to hide who you really are? And for that matter, is Naruto even your real name?"

Naruki giggled and stopped in her approach for a moment as she tapped her chin in thought. "Alright, I suppose there's no harm in telling you Haku-chan." Approaching the boy again, she soon stopped in front of him and blew lightly on his ear before speaking. "But only because you're such a sweetie." Smirking again, Naruki couldn't help but think about how much fun this was going to be.

"You see, I'm hated in my village for something out of my control. Jiji, our Hokage, wanted to keep me safe from the particularly nasty people of Konohagakure. You see, it's not that hard to figure out, but there are some that would go further than simply trying to kill me. In order to truly humiliate the 'demon', some would go further. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about by now." By now, Naruki had resumed running her hand up and down Haku's chest, staring into his eyes sadly.

Haku felt himself somehow enchanted by that look, unable to look away. At the moment, his mind was racing as he tried to piece together what 'Naruto' had told him. It was to the point that he couldn't even feel the hand on his chest. "You're talking about rape. Right?" Seeing the look in Naruki's eyes, Haku realized that he was right in his guess. "There's more to it though, isn't there? You'd be viewed as weaker and easier to get to, by those men that view women as a weaker species rather than as equals. If they knew your true gender, attacks on you would be that much fiercer. They wouldn't fear retaliation. But what I can't understand is the 'demon' comment. Can you explain?"

The blonde sighed softly and nodded slowly. "First though, you asked my name earlier, correct? It's Naruki. My name is Naruki Uzumaki. It's not much different, but there you go." Smiling at him, Naruki continued with her story. "I'll assume you know of the Kyuubi attack on Konoha, correct?" Seeing Haku nod, Naruki breathed a soft sigh of relief. "Good, that makes this easier to explain then. The Kyuubi was sealed inside me at birth. The villagers think that I'm the demon. It's a case of misguided hatred, but it's hatred nonetheless. There are very few people that actually know the truth and treat me as a person. But…there are even fewer people that know the truth about who I really am."

Haku found himself thinking about what he just heard. But more than that, the young man was thinking about his past now as well. With a sigh, he wrapped his arms around the young woman before him and patted her back. "I'm sorry you've had to experience such a thing. Nobody should ever have to go through such tragic conditions." Frowning sadly, he found himself blushing when Naruki's lips were suddenly placed on his cheek.

Naruki smirked lightly and flicked him in the nose. "I told you that you were a sweetie. Don't go apologizing for things that you can neither change or have any control over. Besides, I don't regret any of it. I've been made a stronger person because of my experiences, and I have people that do care about me. That's enough for me. Buuut, enough about me Haku-chan. Time to find out if you're really what you say you are."

Interrogation Lime Time! (Don't like, don't read. Friendly warning!)

Haku was about to ask what Naruki was going to do when his eyes suddenly went wide. "N-Naruki, what are you doing?!" Seeing the girl simply smirk up at him, the young man soon began to panic when his kimono fell to the ground, clearly having been removed while the girl had been speaking. Blushing fiercely, he tried to back up again, only to remember that he was literally pinned against a tree. Everything had been laid bare before the girl before him and the boy couldn't do anything about it. At least not while he was in such a panicked state.

Naruki licked her lips before her smirk widened even further, now getting a good look at the boy's body. "I didn't doubt you, but it certainly is good to see you were telling the truth. Now…" Reaching down, the blonde Genin gripped Haku's member in her hand firmly, brushing her thumb over the tip. It didn't take long for the boy to get hard from her touch. When this happened, the girl leaned in close and whispered in his ear, making sure her breath tickled him in the process. "Haku, I want you to tell me what you and Zabuza are up to."

Haku's eyes widened as he looked at the girl before him. Before he could even ask how she knew, he had to stifle a moan and bit into his bottom lip to keep quiet. "How did I know? I'm a sensor Haku, and I recognized you. I felt you nearby during that 'battle' before. Your chakra flared unconsciously when you saw what happened with Zabuza. Your chakra again flared when you attempted to sneak up on me. I may be crazy, but I'm certainly not stupid."

The boy winced as Naruki's grip tightened somewhat as she began to stroke his member. Haku couldn't help the natural reaction his body was giving her as she did so. "I w-won't sell out Zabuza-sama to you Naruki-chan."

Naruki smirked at that and began to lightly nibble at Haku's neck, her pumping of his member increasing in speed. "Oh, but you will. You might not want to, but you will. As long as I have you under my power Haku-kun, you don't have a choice."

Haku groaned and shut his eyelids tight as he could feel his release coming. Only…it never came. Looking down, he knew Naruki was doing something to prevent his release and went wide-eyed. "N-No…"

"Ahh, I see you've realized it. Until you tell me everything I want to know, I'm not going to let you cum Haku-kun. Now, why hasn't Zabuza-sama attacked yet?"

Haku actually whimpered at this point. The girl began to use her thumb to gently rub across the tip of his penis while continuing to pump her hands up and down the shaft. "P-Please just let me cum…" Seeing Naruki simply shake her head in a negative, the boy felt tears beginning to sting at his eyes. "F-Fine! Zabuza…Zabuza-sama was really hurt after w-what you did Naruki-chan. It took him this long to actually recover from the b-b-blow, but…but…"

Naruki giggled evilly before she began to move her tongue in circles around Haku's nipples. Looking up into his pleading eyes, she giggled and shook her head no. "You don't need herbs to heal Zabuza. Tell me why you were collecting those Haku-kun."

Haku sighed and nodded slowly, practically gasping in breaths now as the need for release was becoming painful. "It's my hobby. I oftentimes have to tend to Zabuza's injuries during our travels. They usually aren't too bad, b-but…" Gasping out, Haku threw his head back and had to bite into his lip to prevent himself from screaming out. Everything Naruki was doing was pure torture in the boy's eyes. Refusing him release and continuing to tease him this entire time! It was agony for poor Haku.

The blonde giggled again before bringing her face up so she was staring into Haku's eyes again. "You're so cute Haku-kun. It makes me want to play with you even more." Moving her face closer, Naruki lightly brushed her lips over Haku's in a quick, soft kiss before she reached around with her other hand and pinched his ass. Hearing him yelp made her giggle even more as she got a little rougher with her strokes. "When is Zabuza attacking? I want to know details."

Haku nodded quickly, clearly eager to just get this entire conversation over with so he could achieve the release he so desperately needed. "Tomorrow. Midday. Zabuza's going to ambush the workers when they're feeling safest and k-kill them all. Something to u-unnerve the bridge builder. I-If he doesn't give up, Z-Zabuza-s-s-sama will d-do things the hard way. I'll be with him. I-I'm sorry Naruki-chan!"

Naruki frowned at that and shook her head. "I see. I have to say I'm not really surprised by that. I think I've heard what I wanted to hear. Buuut, that doesn't mean I can let you go just yet." Smirking, the blonde pressed her lips to Haku's neck and began to suck on it until she left a very visible hickey. Snickering, she looked into his eyes and gave him another quick kiss. "You're mine Haku. My little toy. You're just too much fun to give up. You will not tell Zabuza about me. You will not tell him about my true gender or what I'm capable of. I want you to act as if everything is perfectly normal. When it comes time for you to fight, act as you normally would. But when I appear on the bridge, I want you to come join me at my side. Perhaps if we're lucky, we can talk your 'master' into giving up and turning on your employer. After all, Gato doesn't seem like the type to stick to his deals. From what I've gathered, he's a greedy bastard who's out to screw people over every chance he gets."

Haku slowly took in the demands and nodded slowly after taking some time to think it all over. "Y-You're right. Gato isn't the type to just relinquish the kind of money Zabuza demanded. B-But…what can we do? I-I've tried to warn Zabuza-sama off of this path, but…but…"

Naruki sighed and shook her head. "He's the stubborn kind, isn't he?"

Haku actually managed to chuckle at that before groaning again. "Y-Yes. Zabuza-sama has been this way since I have known him. Tough, strict, stubborn…" Sighing, still wishing Naruki would just let him cum, the boy closed his eyes and actually offered a smile. "B-But…Zabuza-sama saved me. I owe him my life." At this point, Haku told the tale of his past, how he met Zabuza, everything up until this point in time. By the time he was done, Haku had actually collapsed to the ground, Naruki kneeling beside him, still continuing to stroke the poor boy as he struggled to maintain his senses.

"I see. But Haku-kun, you aren't just some tool to be used." Seeing his confused expression, Naruki smiled and slowed down her stroking somewhat to allow him to relax a little. "You're a good person with a caring heart. You haven't killed anyone other than your father, and I can tell you never plan to kill again. If I'm correct, I think Zabuza cares about you too. The stubborn idiot just doesn't know how to show it. Then again, considering the kind of life he's supposed to have led so far, I suppose that's understandable." With a soft shrug of her shoulders, the young blonde looked down and smirked. "Haku, would you really like to cum?"

Haku sighed and nodded almost immediately. "Please Naruki-chan. I'll do anything!" By now the poor boy was literally whimpering, a clear look of begging in his eyes.

Naruki nodded at that and finally allowed the poor boy his release. She stopped pumping her chakra into that spot, the chakra that had been blocking him from the release, and quickly gave him a few good pumps before a thick, white rope shot forth from the tip of his penis. While some of Haku's seed landed on her hand, most of it simply hit the grass and laid there, slowly dripping to the ground.

The boy's heavy breathing soon caused the blonde to turn her gaze back to him as she brought out a cloth and wiped her hand clean. There was no way she was about to swallow somebody's cum just yet. After all, it took a lot of nerve to actually go this far. Seeing how exhausted her new 'friend' was, Naruki leaned in close and rested her forehead against him, gently tucking a few strands of his hair behind his ears. "It's okay now Haku-kun. Just relax okay?"

Lime-Limey Time is over! Safe to read again if ye so chooseth!

The feminine boy nodded slowly before wrapping his arms weakly around Naruki-chan. "That…felt good. Painful, but good." Laughing quietly, he looked into his new friend's eyes and grinned a bit. "I've never had a girl do that to me before, let alone one so pretty."

At this, Naruki actually blushed a deep shade of red before looking away, clearly embarrassed by his words again. "Y-You flatterer." Shaking her head, taking some time to calm herself, the blonde looked back into the boy's eyes. "You really are very sweet Haku-kun. Still, remember that you're mine now, okay?" Poking his nose, she smiled softly before helping him back into his kimono. "I will take you back to Konoha with me. I can actually relate with you in a sense and it'll be good to be able to talk to you. I decided to put my trust in you Haku-kun. Please don't let me down?"

Seeing the look Naruki was giving him, Haku felt something tugging on his heart and he relented almost instantly. Nodding his head slowly, he smiled when Naruki gave him a bright smile. "Thank you Haku-kun! I hope we can talk Zabuza into giving up on this foolish notion of revenge or whatever drives him so hard. He should just come with us to Konoha. You two could be happy there, and you and I could spend time together just doing whatever we fancy. I know Jiji will like you!" Hugging Haku tight, the blonde kissed his cheek before slipping the necklace on again and activating its Genjutsu with her chakra.

Haku's eyebrow twitched slightly at that before he rose and patted himself off. "Just going to say this, and please don't take offense to it, but it needs to be said. After what we just did, seeing you like that is pretty creepy."

Naruki laughed to herself before nodding. "I suppose it would be. However, one of my teammates is approaching, so it had to be done. Please remember what we discussed Haku-kun. Take care and I'll see you again tomorrow okay?"

Haku nodded slowly before wrapping his new friend in a hug. "I'm glad we met Naruki-chan. I'm looking forward to spending more time with you. It…really was fun." Blushing deeply, Haku picked up his basket of herbs and walked off calmly, unable to look back for fear of turning into a tomato.

The Next Day – Bridge

It turns out Team 7's suspicions had been correct. Gato sent a couple of his thugs to Tazuna's house in an attempt to secure some hostages to use against the bridge builder, but thankfully Naruki had been there to thwart that plan. It didn't take much effort to deal with the idiots, and she was pleasantly surprised when Inari had actually stood up to the two of them. In a hurry to get to the bridge, the blonde Genin left five shadow clones behind just in case and rushed off.

Arriving at the bridge, the kunoichi, still in her disguise, smirked when she saw not only a heavy mist, but also a bunch of ice mirrors that she figured belonged to Haku. After all, the kindhearted boy told her yesterday about his Hyoton kekkei genkai, so it would certainly make sense.

Upon creeping closer, Naruki was able to get a closer look at what was taking place inside the mirrors. Smirking to herself, the Genin couldn't help but giggle softly at the state Sasuke was in. Geez teme, you look like an Uchiha pincushion. Further ahead on the bridge, Naruki could hear the sounds of a fierce battle taking place. Kakashi-sensei and Zabuza are fighting. Hopefully they don't end up killing each other. That would be counterproductive to what I'm trying to achieve here. Looking back at Sasuke, Naruki's eyes widened a moment before narrowing in concern. So you've unlocked the Sharingan, eh Sasuke? I'm sure Haku will be okay, but I don't want you two hurting each other.

When she saw Sasuke and Haku both preparing to attack one another, the Uchiha clearly angry at suffering such a blow to his pride and aiming to kill his opponent, Naruki prepared to act. As soon as Haku moved to attack, Sasuke preparing to counter, Naruki went through her hands seals and slammed her hands down on the bridge. "Earth Release: Earth Dome!" She shouted, a dome of earth surrounding Sasuke and protecting him from Haku's attack. It also forced Sasuke to cancel his technique and look around, an angry scowl on his face at having his battle interrupted.

Recognizing what was going on, Haku glanced around until he spotted Naruki and smiled behind his mask. Deciding to end things before anyone could truly be hurt during this battle, Haku unleashed an attack that paralyzed Sasuke before calling off his ice mirrors technique. Using another ice mirror to move quickly to Zabuza's side, he placed a hand upon the man's arm and shook his head. "Zabuza-sama, please stop. Naruto-kun is here and you know Gato won't pay us. Please just hear Naruto-kun out."

Zabuza grumbled and cancelled his Kirigakure no Jutsu before turning to glare at the blonde gaki. Glancing out of the corner of his eye, he saw Haku remove his mask and smile at the blonde. But what came next is something he, nor anyone else on the bridge, was truly expecting.

A smirk threatened to play at Naruto's lips as he watched Haku take off his mask. Okay, I just can't resist screwing with everyone right now. Call me insane, but it's just in my nature. Forgive me Haku-kun. Pointing a finger at Haku, a faux shocked expression appeared on Naruki's face. "Hey! I recognize you! You're that guy I whacked off in the woods!"

At this, everyone on the bridge gawked at the blonde, wondering if they had just heard Naruto right. Then, all eyes were on Haku. "What the hell?! The little shit breaks my balls, but he whacks you off?! W-Wait…" When it finally registered in Zabuza's brain, he took a few steps away from Haku and shook his head. "H-Haku? I'm starting to question your sexuality." Glancing to Kakashi, the Demon of the Hidden Mist nodded his head towards Naruto. "I'm questioning his sexuality as well. Maybe you really should get the gaki checked out when you return to Konoha."

Sakura was a deep shade of red before she shouted out, clearly disgusted with her knucklehead teammate. "What the heck Naruto?! That's sick! What were you thinking?!"

Kakashi watched as Haku blushed a deep shade of red and Naruto began to laugh hysterically. "I'm scared for the future of this team and for the village if Naruto achieves his dream of becoming Hokage." Shuddering at the mere thought of Naruto becoming Hokage as he was now, the silver-haired Jonin knew he was going to be having nightmares for a while.

Before any of them could say another word however, they heard the sound of a cane tapping on the bridge and a soft chuckling coming from further down the bridge. When all turned in that direction, they spotted a midget with a cane, sunglasses on his face, and a wicked grin plastered for all to see. All around him were bandits, ready to kill not only the shinobi and Tazuna, but the people of the village as well.

"I'm disappointed Zabuza." Gato shook his head and sighed heavily. "I expected you to at least kill some of these pathetic bastards. Instead, here I stand, seeing a bunch of perfectly healthy ninja. Well, except for a few wounds on you and Cyclops over there. Then again, the pincushion over there doesn't look like he's doing too well." Chuckling to himself, Gato took a few steps forward before raising his hand with a grin. "You may be highly skilled ninja, but I doubt you can defeat all these hirelings. Sorry Zabuza, but our contract is nullified here and now. Now, kill the ninja you fools! Whoever manages to kill Zabuza and his shit sidekick will earn bonuses! Go!"

Naruki, Zabuza, and Kakashi all stepped forward, ready to take on the new 'threat', if you could even call it that. Immediately, both Naruki and Kakashi summoned forth numerous shadow clones while Zabuza took hold of his Kubokiribocho and charged forward, slashing through bandits like they were nothing. Kakashi and his clones proceeded to kill an equal number of bandits with a variety of simple kunai attacks and simple jutsu. It required as little effort as possible, but he was clearly skilled at dealing with such simple bandits.

The blonde simply clobbered the hell out of her opponents, nervous about killing any of them. However, thinking about the state that the Land of Waves was currently in and what she had heard from Tazuna a few days back about some of the terrible things Gato's men had done to the people, Naruki clenched her fist and shook her head. Immediately she sent a mental signal to her clones and ordered them to ready their jutsu. It wasn't much longer that the blonde kunoichi unleashed a combination jutsu with Katon and Futon jutsus that not only decimated the ranks of the bandits, but left almost all of her targets as charred corpses.

Turning away at the sight, Naruki wrapped her arms around herself and struggled to keep from vomiting right there on the bridge. The young lass closed her eyelids tight and shook her head. "I…I didn't want to have to do that. But…they would have just continued hurting people. It…" Sighing, she clenched her teeth hard and simply sat upon his knees, shaking uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Haku immediately rushed over and wrapped his arms around his friend, quickly offering whatever soothing words he could. "Naruto-kun, I'm sorry. I wish I knew what I could say to make this easier for you. I…I've killed before, but only my father. Ever since then, I've refused to kill again. But these scum…they truly deserved it. I'm so sorry. I've seen what they did to the villagers, to the women, but… Oh. I'm just so sorry Naruto."

Soon after, Kakashi and Zabuza walked over and joined them. Sakura and Tazuna hurried over to Sasuke, deciding it was best to try and tend to his wounds instead. The jonin sensei placed his hand gently upon Naruto's shoulder and gripped it firmly. "Naruto. Your first kill, or rather kills in this case, will always be the hardest. The job of a ninja is never easy, and death is always painful. Over time you'll be able to deal with it easier, but it never truly goes away. The best advice I can give you is not to bottle it all inside. When you need to, talk with your friends, your team…whoever you can. Find some way to relieve the stress and find your smile again. It will be hard, but you did the right thing. I can assure you of that."

Zabuza frowned beneath his mask and sighed before nodding slowly. "I'll admit it. You shouldn't have had to kill at such a young age. I've tried to protect Haku from having to do such a thing, but this? I'm sorry gaki. Just deal with it however you can." Reaching down, the ex-Kirigakure swordsman patted the kid on his other shoulder and offered a soft smile, though he couldn't see it through the mask. "After seeing this, I'll forgive you for smashing my balls with that attack of yours. Just don't do it again."

The group chuckled softly, even Naruto, before the blonde looked up and around at everyone. After a few brief moments, the Genin looked back down again and shook his head, going quiet for now. It was then that Zabuza's voice broke the silence once more. "So, um…Haku tells me that she wants to join Konoha. Think the two of us would be welcome Kakashi of the Sharingan?"

Kakashi chuckled softly and shook his head before shrugging. "Honestly? I wouldn't have a clue. That's something only Hokage-sama can truly decide. But I trust my precious student's judgment. If he thinks you'll be welcome in Konoha, then I will back his decision. Now, I think we should all return to Tazuna's house and relax." Seeing everyone nod in agreement, Tazuna included, the group began their trek back to the old man's house to rest for the time being.

A/N - First off, I need to say something. I have been asked this question numerous times, and I feel it's best I just explain it here for everyone to know. I know that Naruko is the tag chosen for female Naruto's on this site. However, I see this fic as something different. It's not necessarily Naruko after all. After all, Naruko is the name given to Naruto's female form. I see the Naruko U. fanfiction tag being used for Naruko's sister (twin or otherwise) in fanfiction, or for his female form. In this case, for my fic, it's literally a FEMALE Naruto Uzumaki. Therefore, because it's Naruto Uzumaki, just a different gender, I'll be leaving it as Naruto U.

For those of you disturbed by the lime in this chapter, I apologize. If you take the time to think about it however, Naruki is a very unique character. It's not hard to imagine her doing something like that. After all, she's pretty damn crazy. It's true she may dislike perverts, buuut, she also understands that sometimes sex appeal and certain sexual acts can be pretty damn useful in obtaining information from people, enemy or not. Hopefully though, you enjoyed the chapter, lime included. *nods*

Finally, you may have noticed that I've finally added the pairing for this particular fic. Yes, it's a small harem. The interesting thing you should notice is that it's BOTH genders, male and female. The current pairing is Naruki/Haku/Gaara/Anko with the possibility of a few more being added. It's not going to be a big harem, but it's a harem that has a lot of potential for not just romance, sweet moments, etc., but also humor and other fun scenes. I hope this doesn't bother any of you and I hope you continue to enjoy the story. Review/Comment if you'd like, and look forward to what's coming next. ^^

Next up is chapter 13 of RoNUN. Look forward to it! ^^