Okay, please read this, I'm gonna write this as fast as I possibly can, staying up till 4 am and pulling bitches, so this Chapter is half fun times and half war stuff, the start of the serious depressing stuff quite literally this Chapter is the month in between Chapter 21 and 23 like another intermission chapter. I'm skipping the Sasuke thing because trust me, you'll get more of him with Chapter 24 and 25 and he'll explain there.

I ain't bashing him, I think Sasuke and Itachi can offer Naruto a different perspective on his life.

Now, I will say that maybe people will have problems with the last Chapter and I'm sorry if you did but the smoking and drinking are tools to show a root cause for Naruto's troubles that I will get into just before the festival with the last major mission I promised way back when and the end of Naruto's little depressive episode, Yūgao should be the working on that too

and we still have Kushina and Minato dealing with him later for doing something like that. Yeah, they'll be around for a single chapter later. I look forward to that, I guess.

One more thing, I'm gonna make a Metal Gear X Hotel Transylvania story to go alongside this as a meme, I jokingly wanted to write one and it turned out to be decent so I'm gonna polish it and basically it'll be set in the same universe as this story just over in Transylvania but like a one story a very long one shot but a one shot like 30k words or something

I checked Boruto threads and it looks like a hellstorm so I'm staying on this side of the fence for the most part.

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Week 1:The New Shinobi man Friday

"Gah!" Tsukune shouted, taking another punch to the face as Naruto's clone causally stared him down, the brown-haired teen, stood up again and returned to his basic Taijutsu stance, his pride and ego were always taking hits when he and Naruto would have a spar.

"You're getting a little better now! I don't even see you crying anymore!" The clone taunted as Tsukune growled, standing back up, he was bruised and bloodied yet he went on to try and attack the clone

Mizore and the real Naruto watched on from the distance again as Tsukune was tossed over the clone's shoulder

"Fuck!" he cursed and rolled on his back, despite the pain, Tsukune was actually getting better at this and improving faster than what Naruto originally expected

"You know, once he actually takes out my clone, I think I'll try to find some Ninjutsu for him." Naruto spoke, while Mizore scooted closer to sit next to him.

Tsukune tried to catch his breath barely having time to block a punch from the clone, surprisingly as soon as he did, Tsukune struck back and the Clone smirked, grabbing his fist

The brown-haired teen grit his teeth, placing his foot behind the clone's leg and pushing forward.

Naruto's eyes widened, watching his clone get dropped to the ground with Tsukune on top.

"Huh…not bad…" He smiled slightly, the Shinobi had his worries that he wouldn't be a good teacher, after all what experience did he have? Ontop of being only a Chunin…but little by little Tsukune was really coming together.

However, if it came down to it, Naruto still wouldn't throw him in a real fight against another Shinobi or even a Monster here.

The clone then disappeared in a puff of smoke causing Naruto to blink.

"Well…I guess we can keep honing his Taijutsu more after that I'll get him on Ninjutsu." Naruto mused as Mizore closed her eyes.

"Moka-chan wants to know about the Kyuubi, the Other Moka" She suddenly spoke up, the Yuki-onna actually felt Naruto's body tense up

"O-Oh…" Naruto muttered

"I didn't say anything but you might want to deal with that." Mizore informed as the Uzumaki sighed

"Well…I can't really…tell them either…" Naruto replied, trying to think up a way out of it.

"I'll talk to Moka about it though…at some point, I don't want her scary side to get any bad ideas" The Uzumaki looked up at the stars he then noticed Tsukune was still huffing on the ground, bleeding from his face and still bruised

"Oh, crap, yeah I should patch him up" Naruto wiggled his way out of Mizore's grasp and went over to the downed Shinobi trainee

"H-How'd I do?" He grinned through his wounds as Naruto nodded

"You're getting better…once you got it all down and can put up a fight like that I wanna teach you some Ninjutsu." Naruto moved his hands over Tsukune's face as they began to glow green

"Oh, man, keep doing that, it's heaven, Naruto-sensei!" Tsukune cried out, the Uzumaki cringed while Mizore had an amused grin.

"Kami, do not say that ever again."

Tsukune managed to wheeze out a laugh as his bruises and cuts were slowly healed away.

"Same time tomorrow?" Tsukune stood up, good as new before gathering his things.

The Whiskered Shinobi hummed

"Y-Yeah, I might have an errand to run though later this weekend so just do some standard exercises if I can't make it." Naruto replied as Tsukune blinked before giving a slow nod and walking back to his dorm.

Mizore once again wrapped her arms around the blond's side

"Since Ms. Uzuki isn't here, do you want to get some sleep again before class starts?" She spoke up while the blond glanced at her and grinned

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Week 1: out in the field, Saturday

Naruto shivered, looking at the snowflakes falling on the armored bus, he was in some forigen country, he had no idea what language the people here spoke but from what he could gather, he was an entire ocean away from Japan on some frozen mountain range in 'Alaska'.

Leading up to this, the Bus driver had driven them through some dense woods, somehow maneuvering around them and getting them in an ideal ambush position

"I told you to bring winter clothes here and you didn't listen…" Yūgao spoke, looking up at the small gunnery position where the lower half of Naruto's body was still there.

"It's funny you can sleep in the same bed with a Yuki-onna but can't handle this…"

Both Yūgao and the Bus driver grinned at that before the former offered Naruto a cup of hot chocolate which the blond happily took.

"Hey, no, I do have winter clothes!" Naruto retorted, pointing to his light purple scarf, holding the cup with his other hand

Yūgao scoffed before taking a sip of her drink

"That's all you brought with you and only because your girlfriend didn't want you getting sick when you told her about a winter Shinobi exercise, by the way did she get that for you?" Yūgao asked with a smug grin as Naruto lightly glared at her

"No…Kurumu did, but Mizore-chan did help her pick it out" He answered though the Anbu woman rolled her eyes hearing this

"So Kakashi-senpai and Anko-chan are just behind us in position as well…Naruto, your job is to just hit the leading truck, it'll stop the rest and our clones will move in from the sides while we support them with heavy fire from the bus."

The Uzumaki hearing this nodded, taking a sip from the cup.

"Standard procedure when stopping an convoy…" the Bus driver added, looking at the map

"Now this organization is transporting more materials to an unknown black site…there's another one in Siberia and a hidden one that we don't know the whereabouts of just yet…but the materials they're gathering, it's alarming" Nurari trailed off before Naruto looked at his strange weapon system in front of him.

Yūgao's face cringed, knowing exactly what the Bus driver was alluding to.

She couldn't help but feel worried with what she had learned in Hong kong, trying to hold an entire nation hostage like that, especially with such a weapon...

The Anbu woman wouldn't admit it, but she had come to love her time in this world, there were so many things that would be unheard of back home and now she was finally getting her footing here with her paperwork and citizenship, this group decided to show up and started causing trouble.

Truth be told, Yūgao was now completely fine with working these extra missions for the Headmaster. She understood more about what this organization's plans were and they weren't gonna be good for the world she had come to love.

But even still…most of their objectives were a mystery to them.

"And don't go wasting my shells, you have no idea how expensive those things are and the paperwork I have to do with the Security council. even with the friends in high places the headmaster has, it's a pain to get approval from them." He spoke, both Shinobis raised an eyebrow hearing this

"Do we even know how they're getting these materials anyway?" Yūgao spoke up as the Bus driver's glowing eyes glanced at her and he shrugged

"It's not too hard really, they have an equally extensive network of supporters, Human and Monster alike, I can't imagine it would be too hard for them to throw some money at Human Mercenary companies to do the menial tasks for them while their Monster counterparts work behind the scenes.." He explained, both Naruto and Yūgao glanced at each other

*bzzt*

"This is the sexy and single Anko…oh and the Masked pervert" a small radio blurted out as it caught Yūgao's attention and she marched right over.

"I didn't agree to that code name!"

"Go ahead."

"we're in position!"

"We just saw the first vehicle pass ahead, tell Foxy-kun it's his call when to fire the first shot, we finished setting up the explosive tags too! Just give us the signal " Anko's voice cut out as Yūgao turned over to Naruto crouching down on his position

"Showtime, kiddo."

"Hey, how come I can't use the heavy machine gun thing?" Naruto questioned, pointing over to one of the Bus windows that had said weapon mounted, he stood there watching Yūgao prepare herself to use it.

"Because I have better aim, reaction time and the recoil doesn't affect me as much…" Yūgao listed before the Bus driver took a drag of his cigar and sat on his driver seat

"And more importantly positive identifacation of her surroundings, she doesn't just spray and pray like you do…wasting my ammo like that. That stuff isn't cheap, brat." He grumbled, recalling previous missions.

Naruto gave a sheepish laugh before taking a deep breath, spinning the large mounted anti-tank gun around towards the road.

The thick brush still concealed them but from the snow and light fog, Naruto could see headlights approaching and he waited for a few seconds.

He looked through the crudely made iron sight and gulped.

"Three…two…one…" Naruto then pulled the trigger as the Cannon fired and landed on it's target.

*Kaboom*

As soon as the leading vehicle was completely wrecked, the Bus driver stepped on it, moving onto the road and allowing Yūgao to begin firing rapidly onto the men scrambling out of the burning wrecks.

Under the convoy of military-grade trucks, several explosive tags went off, blowing the guards sky high, and a handful of mercenaries tried to fire back in random direct.

Several of Naruto's clones along with Yūgao's jumped out of cover with their own weapons and continued their assault.

"Kami! I can't hear a fucking thing!" Naruto screamed, only hearing a ringing in his ear as the Bus driver chuckled,

"We'll buy you some hearing protection some other time!" He spoke before grabbing his own weapon and moving towards the window to support Yūgao.

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Week 2: working another job, Friday

"And that's how we won the Swimming championship…" a blue haired woman sat herself down with Kurumu as the Succubus had a mild bored look, writing that down.

The two sat down at the Academy's cafe, run by students for students.

"She's so lucky we're having a slow news week." Kurumu thought to herself with a sigh.

"Well, Tamao-san, thank you for your time, I hope you look forward to seeing your section on the paper!" Kurumu gave a friendly smile as the older student scoffed, grabbing her things to leave

"Oh I don't read the paper, it's a waste of time." She bluntly stated, causing Kurumu to blink at her and feel a bit insulted, Tamao merely walked away without another word.

"What a bitch…" Kurumu muttered, noticing Moka and Yukari came into the small cafe.

"How did the interview go?" Moka cheerfully asked, setting her things down on the seat while Yukari grabbed one from another table.

"Horrible but I got what we needed" Kurumu answered with a sigh, putting her papers away

"…kinda strange we haven't dealt with a Hybrid thing for like two weeks now or anything screwing with us…" Kurumu spoke up, Moka slowly nodded

"They're even gonna lift the curfew in a few days…" Moka looked a bit worried while Yukari shrugged

"I mean, it's good though…they're still repairing the Hospital and the shopping street…but the Committee has enough power now to handle everything and they're being kept in check by the Headmaster..." Yukari exhaled

"As long as it's not us doing any of that crazy fighting anymore." the small Witch added as Kurumu leaned back on her chair.

"How's your little experiment thing going by the way? The Committee still thinks the Vigilante guy is gonna strike again at some point." Kurumu asked, Yukari hummed, playing with her wand and taking out a small Voodoo doll

"See, I'm waiting on something from the Apothecary club to continue on it but I think I'm almost done with it…after that we just need a list of suspects." Yukari answered, waving the small doll around before noticing a familiar blond, wearing an apron and handing another table their drinks

"Is..is that nii-san?"

Both girls looked over to where Yukari was pointing and sure enough, it was Naruto working with a grin on his face.

"Okay, so a hot Mocha for you…" Naruto mused, handing everything as one of the customers lightly blushed.

"Hey! Naruto!" Kurumu called out as the blond nearly jumped and cursed hearing the familiar voice, slowly turning to the three girls

"H-Hi?" He weakly waved back and approached them

"Naruto-kun, you work here?" Moka looked in disbelief seeing their club members here.

"Ah..sorta?" the whiskered blond scratched his cheeks before leaning over to his friends and speaking in a low voice.

"I'm actually a clone, the Boss said it was an easy way to make money on the side like this…" Naruto whispered over causing the three girls to blink.

Kurumu then looked over to Moka, nudging the Pink-haired girl to snap out of her surprise.

"O-Oh, Naruto-kun…um, w-we need to talk about the Club…" Moka started, glancing at the clone who gulped slightly before giving a weak smile

"Y-Yeah, Mizore-chan told me…I can't really talk here thou-"

"Oi! Uzumaki! Get back there and wash those dishes!"

The clone let out a sigh, giving the three girls a glance

"I'll talk to you guys later…" he stated before leaving to the back, Kurumu blinked realizing the implications of that, she paused for a few seconds, Naruto was using his clones to get a part-time job at the Academy's cafe.

"Kami, he's so weird!" Kurumu commented, Yukari looked to be in deep thought

"But it's freaking smart of him…"

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Week 2, Konoha Mutual assistance:

Jiraiya nervously opened a scroll as he stood outside a hot spring, interrupted by a messenger toad, though he wasn't a Sannin for nothing and seriously hid himself from the women bathing.

"A-Are you sure this is real?" He asked as a small red toad with goggles shrugged

"Just passing on…" it spoke before a puff of smoke, Jiraiya glared at the spot before looking in the direction of the Hokage's tower and sped off.

At the Hokage's tower, Jiraiya noticed Tsunade actually catching up on Naruto's letters and a photo of the Newspaper Club's group photo

"She's not a bad looking girl, but still he should've known better than to complicate his mission." Tsunade's eyes laid themselves on Jiraiya as he landed on her window.

With a sigh, the Toad Sage shrugged

"Let him enjoy his life right now…Kami knows he needs it…I think Minato and Kushina would've just wanted him to be happy be it here or there." Jiraiya pointed out as Tsunade raised an eyebrow seeing the frown on the Toad Sage's face

"Oh…you think so...What kind of Monster is she then?" Tsunade intensely stared at her old teammate as Jiraiya simply shrugged

"A Yuki-onna…I'm sure you'll get to meet her and everyone else when you have to." He answered before lifting up a file. Tsunade glared at it

"Akatsuki?"

"They're moving to Kiri right now, my assumption is that they're taking the Sanbi and potentially moving for the Robuki…Hime, this is crucially important. One of the Jinchurikis ran off when the Civil war broke out and Sanbi might have finally reformed after the Fourth Mizukage was killed." Jiraiya quickly explained, Tsunade leaned on her office chair and closed her eyes

"We're gonna need to take this seriously…" She simply made a hand signal and an entire platoon of Root Anbu appeared from every direction, her windows, the ceiling, rooftop and even just behind Jiraiya

"Kiri isn't ready to repel Akatsuki even if Mizukage wanted to risk it…so…propose a Joint-Operation between Konoha and Kiri with our Numbers we could make an attack from Akatsuki extremely costly…" Tsunade proposed as the Toad Sage blinked and shook his head, feeling all of the Chakra signatures.

"...I was planning to head myself, Don't you think this is a little too much?" Jiraiya asked while Tsunade then glared at him once again

"You? Going over there, Alone? No, I can't have that, Root is strong, they'll be enough to at least buy Kiri some time." She shot back

Jiraiya scoffed

"It's a show of force if I go, however, I'll just be there to gather information on Akatsuki as well, if it gets too hot, I'll just reverse-summon my way back here." He grinned, Tsunade now let her glare drop into a look of worry.

"This is for Naruto…the sooner this Akatsuki threat is dealt with, the sooner Naruto can come home." Jiraiya folded his arms while the Senju woman nodded

"F-Fine, go but take the Root Platoon with you and …come back in one piece…" She spoke as the Toad Sage turned away

"Bet on it."

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Week 2 Saturday: Disciplinary action and Genjutsu

Yūgao glared at the Shinobi in front of her, as Naruto felt sweat drip down his face

"I-I needed something to improvise with!"

"You used my most expensive bottles! Do you have any idea how much they cost?! I had to get some imported from some crazy far off continent called 'Europe'!" She yelled, her face red with rage, Naruto shrank down never seeing the Anbu woman blow up like this

"I knew it was a fucking mistake to let Anko teach you improvised incendiary weapons…I…those were special to me! You owe me!" Yūgao ranted while Naruto slightly trembled

"I…I have a clone working a part-time job! At the Cafe! He's making good enough money!" He confessed as the Purple-haired Anbu leaned over at him

"Then you'll be buying me new replacements and you're gonna figure out how you're gonna get your hands on the imported wine I had…" She hissed at the blond who stiffened.

"B-But I'm sixteen! I can't even get close to buying that stuff here!" Naruto shouted as Yūgao chuckled, it wasn't a comforting action and screamed danger to him.

"Well, lucky for you we're starting minor Genjutsu today."

The Uzumaki's eyes widened

"G-Genjutsu?"

"Minor Genjutsu…small tricks you can pick up to throw people off." Yūgao spoke before grabbing something from her back pocket, pulling out her Shinobi identification card, she smirked before showing it to the blond.

"Wait, why do you have that…" Naruto stared at the card, seeing that it was his own, it had his old Genin photo in his white makeup, he was about to reach for it, only for the Sunlight to cause a light glare on Naruto's eyes, blinking and adjusting them

The Uzumaki saw it was still Yūgao's actual Shinobi card and not his.

"Not a lot of Shinobis really bother with minor Genjutsu since it's not as flashy as Ninjutsu or effective like the higher ranking stuff, but the Anbu employ small illusions like this every single day." Yūgao blinked before trying to piece something together about Kakashi

"I swear, sometimes I still think Kakashi-senpai's mask is a Genjutsu, have you ever seen him eat with it?"

Naruto let out a stiff laugh, remembering his Genin days with Team Seven at a certain ramen stand.

"Once!...I think…" Naruto awkwardly spoke.

Yūgao shrugged

"Regardless of that…you're learning Minor Genjutsu and getting me new Alcohol, all out of your pocket…" She glared at him as the Uzumaki gulped and furiously nodded, but paused recalling the events earlier in the week.

"U-Uh, Sensei…"

Yūgao perked up while Naruto took a deep breath, a part of him really didn't want to have this conversation at all but now he was getting backed into a corner with this and he did not want to completely just lie to his friend's faces after the fact they had already seen the Kyuubi's Chakra.

"My friends are asking about the Fox again…" he lightly glared at her and she simply blinked at him

"Okay? Then come up with a cover story." Yūgao flatly replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world while Naruto's glare intensified

"Yeah, it's my secret though! I had to put up with the bullshit of people talking behind my back, and…not being treated fairly, why can't I tell them?" Naruto demanded, Yūgao's face grew emotionless

"Because it's not your secret, it's a village secret, you are a Shinobi just like any other and The Hokage's laws are set in stone…" Yūgao started then pausing as she heard Naruto lightly growl and actually grew worried for a second

"I-I'm not belittling what you went through as a kid either but being a good Konoha Shinobi doesn't just mean laying down your life for the village, sometimes you have to make sacrifices like this too…" Yūgao explained seeing Naruto's mood not improve

"Look, you could tell them the same thing you told Aono-san, about it being the reason you were sent here but they can't know the specifics." Yūgao offered, knowing that while this was against her mission, giving a little ground to Naruto was fine.

"A Village secret then…" Naruto trailed off as the Anbu woman shrugged.

"Tsunade-sama's law still stands, I have my fair share of black ops missions, I'm not allowed to speak about either…all of it comes back to you though and your trust in them" She replied.

The Uzumaki still had a frown, his brain forcing him to recall the glares the Villagers would give him, the whispers that appeared even after he saved the Village from Gaara, they really didn't change.

"I had to deal with all of that shit and still…" Naruto could feel himself get angier before Yūgao suddenly spoke again

"Now we should start on learning about Yin Chakra…"

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Week 3: Monday, a Promised Strange Magical Experiment.

Yukari hummed, looking over her notes sitting on a desk, in her dorm room laid dozens of strange glowing potions with one even being spilled. Ruby only quietly stood there with a sympathetic smile at a bound clone of Uzumaki Naruto tied to a chair. .

The real Shinobi was busy looking at the glowing potion next to him instead of his anxious and terrified clone. Naruto stood there watching it change color, everything from red to yellow to blue and color shades he had never seen before.

It was beautiful and now he wanted a bottle solely because it looked cool now but to get one…

"S-So, Naruto-san what's this experiment, Yukari-chan wants to try?." Ruby questioned as Naruto glanced at her with a shrug, the two only then noticed the Small Witch muttering words and formulas to herself before clasping her hands together

"Aha!, I got it!"

The Clone jumped from his seat as Yukari dashed over with a strange looking stone in hand.

Ruby raised an eyebrow at the unorthodox item.

"A Charm stone? Yukari-chan are you really planning to mess with it's very essence?" the Older Witch titled her head curiously and the young Witch shrugged

"Sorta... it's complicated." She replied before slightly giggling perversely to herself.

"Nii-san! Trust me! I'll owe you big for this!" Yukari exclaimed, grabbing her supplies and finally finishing spells

Naruto watched in genuine horror as his clone screamed before disintegrating into blue clouds.

Yukari put up a determined face, opening the vital and waving her wand, after a few sparks

The three watched the Vital be filled up with a blue goo as Yukari's face completely lit up with joy

"Gahaha! It worked! Kami! Step one is finally over!"

Both Naruto and Ruby stole worrying glances at each other as the former realized this was a mistake though despite that, Yukari's devious smile sent shivers down their spines.

"I regret nothing"

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Week 3, Tuesday:A short date

Mizore took a deep breath, feeling the cool breeze of the Academy's small park It wasn't too big, just an open area of grass with the Academy building in the distance and a lot of flower beds with a small fountain, the Purple-haired teen found herself sitting on a blanket

Suddenly, She held her breath as a blond blur appeared next to her, Mizore perked up, seeing Naruto smile at her and drop a picnic basket next to her, along with a cooler now their date could begin

"What took you so long?" She asked while Naruto huffed

"I had to sneak back into my place to get everything…we're technically ditching class but you're off that dumb contract and I don't wanna be stuck in art history" Naruto brought up.

"Hey, Naruto-kun?"

The Uzumaki paused, as he unwrapped a bowl of ramen from it's plastic wrappings

"Yeah?"

Mizore narrowed her eyes, looking at him up and down went her eyes as Naruto blinked at her odd actions while picking up his utensils and quickly beginning eating his ramen

"What do you think our kids will look like?" She bluntly asked.

"H-Huh?" Naruto looked at her, not believing they were on this subject again.

"Do you think they'll come out with your whisker marks or my hair color?" Mizore played with her lollipop as she began to fantasize about the idea.

Small whiskers marked, ramen obsessed purple haired kids running around…

"Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that Yuki-onna genes are usually more dominant than Humans…" She suddenly said, Naruto continued to eat his ramen

"I don't know what that means…" He muttered, his Academic knowledge was getting better but it wasn't that great.

Mizore hummed, looking to be in deep thought

"It means they'll look like me more than you." She answered for him as Naruto raised an eyebrow

"Nah, I think they'll look more like me!" He replied, now entertaining the idea in his head,

never having a family of his own, it terrified him to even be a father at that young of an age but the idea…the idea was nice to have.

"What about names?"

"Names?"

"Names…for our kids." She clarified as Naruto nervously glanced around realizing they had most of the park to themselves

"Uh…Boruto?"

"Boruto…?" Mizore repeated in slight disbelief, Naruto shrugged, a vague image of a smaller Naruto with two whisker marks flashed in his mind, though having light purple hair, if they really would end up taking Mizore's looks more.

"Is it bad?" He asked while the Yuki-onna folded her arms and sighed

"I think you should leave the names to me…" She answered with a small grin as Naruto mocked a hurt look.

"It's not that bad!"

Mizore couldn't stop herself from giggling, grabbing the Shinobi's side as the two fell back on the blanket.

The Yuki-onna kept smiling seeing Naruto's own face, she really couldn't believe her luck, despite everything that would eventually happen with the Snow-white ceremony.

Mizore had someone in her life now and while sure, she might have to get married pre-maturely, it wasn't going to be a loveless marriage.

"These are the days I'm really gonna miss when I'm older." She thought to herself as the Whiskered Shinobi infront of her finally pulled her into a hug.

"…Oh…so after the Snow-white Ceremony, I guess we can come back to the Academy to graduate." Mizore mused, she blinked then realizing something about the blond

"And What are you gonna do about your Shinobi career?" She asked, Mizore clearly felt Naruto tense up and took note of that.

"I…I mean…" Naruto trailed off while Mizore frowned pulling away

"Can you retire?" Her blue eyes flickered with hope as she sat up along with Naruto for a brief second Naruto saw worry in her eyes and took a deep breath. He wasn't going to quit being a Shinobi, so why was he even getting her hopes up?

"I…could…it's kinda embarrassing to retire at a Chunin rank though…I'm not sure where I could live here too…I only have that place in the Human world because my Village is paying for it…" Naruto trailed off, thinking about the idea, somehow his dream of being Hokage wasn't even a thought passing through his head.

"Well, once we're done with the ceremony you're gonna stay with me." Mizore bluntly stated as Naruto blinked, recalling what Mizore had told him about her childhood.

"You mean in the Snow-village?"

"Yeah, my parents own a small Ski resort on the Human side, we have a barrier protecting the actual village and I think they want me to run it once the ceremony is over." She explained while Naruto repressed the urge to sigh before giving a slow nod

"S-Sure, we can do that…"

The Uzumaki then felt Mizore's arms wrap around him again as the two went back to lay down on the blanket

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Week 3 Wednesday : Another issue

"Well I really prefer having a slow week than the Hybrid attacks the whole Academy was having…" Gin sighed, running his hand through his hair before going back to read Kurumu's rough draft. He leaned back on his chair, really stumped that this was all they had.

"Yeah, me too, doesn't change the fact this is all we got for the week, the Swimming team won a championship and that's basically it" Kurumu said in a flat tone while Naruto huffed, staring at the copy machine again.

"Don't touch anything you'll screw it up again." Yukari stated next to him as Naruto got into a thinking pose.

"No, No I can do this, I have to learn…." Naruto dismissed glaring at the button, he shakeily neared his index finger as Gin set the rough draft down and began to make his way out the door

"You fuck up the copy machine again, you're gonna stay up printing copies at the Library." Gin commented, causing the blond to freeze up as he was about to press it.

"O-oh…"

The Werewolf then turned back to Kurumu.

"Look if I can't find anything before tomorrow's session then publish that but I should have some lead about the Vigilante guy…" He muttered in a low voice as Kurumu raised an eyebrow before shrugging and watching Gin leave.

Something else caught her eye as she turned over to the only window to the Club room, noticing a mop of purple hair peeking through the window

with a sigh, the Succubus went over and opened it

"Why can't you just use the door?" She questioned while Mizore shrugged

"Why should I?" the Yuki-onna shotback as if on cue, both Tsukune and Moka finally entered the Clubroom together.

"We're late! We know! We're sorry!" Moka cried out

"Hideo-sensei just talks way too much…" Tsukune grumbled, following behind her.

Moka then glanced at Naruto before motioning for Tsukune to close the door.

Naruto spun around to face the Pink-haired girl as she sat down, with a sigh Naruto sat down as well.

"Okay! Let's get this over with!" The whiskered blond grinned, while Moka nervously looked at her friends and Tsukune leaned against the wall, equally looking concerned.

"My…other self is just worried about the power you have…I don't want to intrude but she just won't leave me alone until she knows what it is." Moka poked her fingers cutely as Naruto looked a little bored, glancing over at Mizore who simply shrugged.

"It's not safe…and it's a Village secret but…" He started, looking at her rosario, Mizore's eyebrow began to seeing Naruto's gaze on her chest and took a deep breath to calm herself down.

The rest of the Newspaper Club gave each other nervous glances as it almost felt like a slightly tense standoff between Naruto and Moka.

"I'll tell you that it's just Chakra, not a good kind though, it's part of the reason I got sent here… because of that" Naruto finished, closing his eyes and folding his arms, it was then Kurumu raised an eyebrow hearing the last part

"What's the other reason?" She asked as Naruto tensed up slightly

Mizore glanced between Kurumu and Naruto before standing behind the latter.

"No one is going to take him from me…" Mizore felt a jolt of energy, making a risky decision, wrapping her arms around Naruto and leaning onto him.

"He has some bad people after him and they want him dead." Mizore added

Naruto blushed lightly at the physical contact then realizing what she had just said and he slightly paled, though it was already too late and the group looked shocked.

"Hold on, man, someone wants you dead?" Tsukune asked in disbelief while Yukari looked horrified, Kurumu blinked, not really processing that bit of information.

"Nii-san, who wants you dead?"

Naruto tried to glance at Mizore before simply standing up and pointing at all of them.

"This doesn't leave this room, alright? Not a freaking word of it at all." Naruto nearly shouted as Moka nearly jumped out of her seat at the sudden volume of the blond's voice.

"A group of people are hunting you, Naruto-kun?" Moka spoke up with genuine worry on her face and the Uzumaki's glare softened into a frown

"Yeah, look, they can't get here I'm pretty sure but my…Shinobi team doesn't want any information leaks, at all!" Naruto shouted then glared once more

"So don't say anything to anyone about this, not even Senpai…" He added, Kurumu frowned as well, getting the feeling that there was a bit more to all of this.

"This is all a Village secret, alright? No one from my Village can know that you guys know this." Naruto stated, feeling himself get anxious at the mere thought of Kakashi and Anko finding out, maybe it was still an empty threat from Yūgao but even then, Naruto did not want to test his luck with the lives of his friends like that.

"Hey, we got it but if they come for you we got your back" Kurumu replied causing the Uzumaki to blink upon hearing this.

"Yeah! If they want to take Nii-san they're gonna have to get through me." Yukari added, Tsukune nodded with them while Moka only glared right back at Naruto

"Naruto-kun, we're your friends, we're not gonna let them take you." Moka brought up, Naruto actually smiled a little relieved to hear that.

Tsukune then snapped his fingers and digging through his pockets

"Right…sorry, before I forget, we still need an additional story. Naruto, I think I got something about some shut-ins forming a video game club, we can tack that on as a last story before the Issue is out." Tsukune pulled out a small paper as Naruto slowly wiggled his way out of Mizore's grasp

"It was started by some girl called Tomoko, I think we have her for Ms. Ririko but just go check in on them and the members and offer them a free advertisement on the paper" Tsukune's holy lock jingled as he handed the Shinobi the information

Mizore blankly stared at the Brown-teen before looking over at Moka and Kurumu

"I'm going with Naruto-kun."

The blond Uzumaki was gathering his things, he gave a mock salute and smiled before he and Mizore both left the Clubroom.

The hallways were dead silent as Naruto walked ahead of Mizore, the Yuki-onna tried to grab his hand only for Naruto slightly pull away

"Why did you tell them that Akatsuki is after me?" He asked, Mizore got in front of him and cutely tilted her head.

"Because they're our friends and I'm sure they'd wanna help you, that's what friends do, right?" She answered with a small smile though Naruto only shook his head with a frown.

"They shouldn't, the less people involved the better…now they really can't say anything about any of this or something bad's really gonna happen to them if my Village finds out." He grumbled.

The thought of his friends in Konoha fighting his battles for him in Akatsuki made Naruto plenty upset but the very idea that his friends in the Newspaper Club would be sent to the slaughter against S-rank Shinobi made his blood boil.

Noone should be fighting to protect him when he could protect himself just fine, At least his friends in Konoha were Shinobis, they all knew what they were signing up for but the Newspaper Club against any S-rank Shinobi?

"Well, we could trust them that, they won't." Mizore frowned, seeing the emotionless gaze on Naruto's face

"Y-you…do trust them, right?" She asked now unsure of the risk she had taken earlier about telling the Newspaper Club

But Naruto wasn't even paying attention to her anymore, his vision blurred as looked ahead.

The world around him turned gray as he laid his eyes on the stairs leading up the second floor, the same blond Naruto sat down there.

Those blood red eyes looking back at him and very slowly waved at him with a small smile, it made him freeze up and lightly grit his teeth

"Naruto!"

The Uzumaki took a deep breath, turning back to Mizore as his world brightened again.

"What?"

The Yuki-onna lightly glared at him

"You weren't listening to me…like at all." She muttered under breath but didn't really speak up, being as dense as he was Naruto spoke up.

"Yeah, I know so what's up? What were you saying?"

Mizore looked at with a sudden blank expression before repressing the urge to scoff instead she just shook her head

"Nevermind…let's just go get this stupid story." Mizore muttered, turning and walking away, Naruto blinked, a part of him wanted to apologize but a head splitting migraine hit him and he scowled before following her

the two continued on in a more uncomfortable silence.

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Week 3, Saturday.: A Slow boat in the Amazon

Naruto let out a frustrated sigh as he filed to light a cigarette with a dying lighter and sat down at a wooden table to have a smoke break.

now Here he was on the deck of an old armored steam ferry just slowly making it's way down the great Amazon river.

"Great…now I have to go leech off the creep for a light…"

He really didn't like this mission from the offset even more so with just how far away from Japan and the Academy they were

"On top of that, this piece of junk is barely floating up by duct tape and chewing gum." Naruto grimly examined just how rustic and old the vessel was, the engine going at a snail's pace and even worse...

Their whole crew? The Bus driver, Yūgao, Himself, Ruby, Anko, Kakashi and…Hanabi, that was all they could really muster from their end but it was more than the two people the Huang Family sent with them even having Hanabi there with them as a member of the 'crew' was stretching it.

this was just another assault mission with their clients being…'personal' friends of Nurari and were excellent for relieving him from steering the ship all day

It was completely awkward getting used to them all here for the past three days now and aside from a brief firefight early in their mission with some armed men who quickly fled from the port city once they had lost the element of surprise, it had been quiet since

He should've expected it, this was a big mission after all and the Headmaster poured a lot of money into this but still…it was annoying to be constantly pulled away from Mizore and the Academy.

"Yeah, it's gonna be a long night." Anko spoke holding a chilled bottle and looking out onto the water, the Snake mistress sat down next to the Uzumaki and smiled

"That at least we're not sleeping up there like sensei" Naruto pointed out as Anko blinked before nodding

"Yeah, that fucking sucks...at least we got a room" Anko answered before musing lightly, Naruto took a drag of a cigarette before pointing at her bottle

"Share?" Naruto spoke as Anko now glared at him before groaning and conceding

"Gah! Fine! But if we get shitfaced tonight, it's coming from your supply not mine." She growled while the Uzumaki snorted at her.

"Deal" Naruto muttered before drinking away and Anko turned over to the Bus driver approaching the table

"Hey, creep, what's up with your two clients anyway?" The Snake Mistress asked, snatching the bottle away from Naruto.

Nurari chuckled lightly at the interaction before shrugging.

"They're just two lovely ladies, one of them, I just so happened to have some close relations with." The Bus driver smirked as Anko passed the bottle back to Naruto with a scoff

"Oh cool, Good to know you weren't some thousand year old virgin or something…but I meant the mission." Anko shotback, Naruto hissed, placing the bottle down and already feeling tipsy.

"Well…you see they might seem like the human natives of this land but they're Monsters just like us, their community was overrunned by an elite mercenary company that we know is for sure a Shadow Company of that Organization and they're trying to heavily coax them into surrendering a precious resource but that secret has yet to be spilled..."

There was a pause of silence before Naruto slapped the back of his neck and hissed.

"Kami! These bugs!" Naruto cried out as Nurari's glowing eyes turned over to him as the man maintained a frown and ignored Naruto's woes.

"…They're not just ordinary grunt mercenaries either…" Nurari started while Anko raised an eyebrow. given how this was the first time she had ever seen the Bus driver like this

"These humans have went above and beyond their line of work, just don't let your guard down…" The Bus driver spoke before turning over to Anko who started looking bored, glancing at Naruto still trying to fix the walkman

"Not only that but rumors are that they're aware of the Monster world and have worked closely to remove threats on behalf of the Organization…hell they probably have several weaker boundary beings and half-breeds that could surprise you." Nurari dramatically ended though Anko now completely looked bored before noticing Naruto had really finished her whole bottle already.

"Oi! It's been like two minutes. How the hell did you finish everything?!" She roared as Naruto jumped slightly and paled

"T-T-M-M-My scrolls! Behind the cabinet in my room! There's a bag and all of it is yours!" Naruto offered while the Snake mistress only growled again before slowly going into the sleeping quarters.

"Better not be lying!"

Nurari had an amused grin while Naruto finally managed to get the walkman to work

"Are you sure I could keep these?" Naruto asked as the Bus driver nodded, he watched Naruto continue to tune the device while going through the cassette tapes.

Nurari frown slightly, recalling seeing his Bus schedule

"Hey…kid…look, I know this is out of the blue and I'm not one to get nosy with anyone's lives, you know that…." the Bus driver started while Naruto titled his head in confusion, Nurari sighed before shrugging

"But I got slotted for a trip to the land of the Yuki-onna…for a wedding and now I'm only aware of one Yuki-onna in the Academy." He obviously alluded and Naruto blushed before putting out his own cigarette

Naruto knew for a fact the man was talking about the Snow-White Ceremony with Mizore

"W-Well Yeah, that's coming up soon…" Naruto muttered before the Bus driver waved him off

"Kid, it's not my place to advise students about anything, but just as someone who cares…this is someone you'll spend the rest of your life with, I hope you're just being careful." Nurari spoke with genuine concern in his voice surprising Naruto

"Whoa baby! Naruto you got the good shit!" Anko cried out as she came back to the table with the two bottles in hand then the ship speaker went off.

"N-Nurari-san, K-K-Kaa-San is up and ready…"

Nurari then smiled as he adjusted his tie, actually taking a swig from the bottle, Anko had.

"And that's my cue to leave"

Anko burped before pounding her chest and licking her lips, already halfway done with one bottle.

Naruto looked on in shock that as soon as Anko was done chugging it away, she began to downgrade her top to her fishnets, the Uzumaki could clearly see her breast and gulped

"Oh, don't give me that look, you're shirtless too and it's so damn hot…we're in a freaking jungle." Anko brought up, Naruto stiffened before looking away completely red on his face and ignoring her.

Anko couldn't help but laugh at the blond's antics

"Gahhaha! Is your little girlfriend not putting out and that's why I got you all excited?" Anko teased before Naruto scoffed at that not even bothering to respond.

Anko continued to drink while Naruto still continued to look away into the water, the blond now noticed it was completely pitch black as the boat continued deeper into the jungle.

"But I mean come on, you get to be shirtless, why can't I?" Anko add with a grumble, though only blushed and looked away

"Kami, you know, Naruto, you're not a Genin anymore…we can talk about not-Shinobi stuff.." Anko stated breaking the awkward silence that set in, Naruto let out a short and stiff laugh but said nothing for a few more seconds until Anko spoke again.

"Hey what's up with you and that Fang-Fang kid?" Anko asked barely above a whisper, Naruto scoffed and rolled his eyes

"He's just a freakin' weirdo…" He grumbled before there was a sudden stillness.

The two Shinobis suddenly felt a familiar presence and Naruto repressed the urge to groan while Anko smirked and took a swing of the bottle again.

"Hey! Speak of the devil..."

"Ah, Naruto-san, Anko-chan, I thought I might find you here." a woman wearing common Chinese clothes and hair, her sharp green eyes gazed into the Uzumaki's soul as he shrunk back.

"Are we landing already?" Anko asked, Ling-Ling gave a short nod

Naruto grabbed his walkman and quickly scurried off to grab the rest of his equipment

"We're going on-foot for an hour or so before we reach the Village" the undead woman spoke with a casual smile as Anko rolled her eyes watching the Ship reach the riverbank.

"You guys slow us down way too much…we'd get there in a few minutes if it was just us Shinobis going through the trees…" Anko muttered as Ling-Ling blinked and looked at her new friend

"What was that, Anko-chan?"

The Snake mistress flinched before giving a sheepish smile, Hanabi awkwardly wanted to speak to Naruto but Anko quickly got in her way

"Nothing!"

The entire 'crew' of the Ship continued on with gathering their things as Naruto and Kakashi left a few Shadow clones to guard the docked ferry.

"Got everything?" The Copy-cat Shinobi asked

Naruto already had a carbine slung on his shoulder and nodded.

"Everything, we'll meet you at their village then." Naruto awkwardly looked at Kakashi

Yūgao sighed before equipping herself with her blade and firearms, just finally glad to be out of the upper deck before approaching her student.

"Don't get sidetrack, just get to the encampment and help them prepare for their assault, we're going to just perform an ambush on their reinforcements coming from the west." Yūgao spoke.

The Bus driver suddenly tossed Naruto a new lighter as he and the two attractive female clients followed behind him

Anko ruffled his hair, walking into the jungle to follow her friends.

"Make it back in one piece, Kiddo!"

Naruto sighed looking at Ling-Ling and her younger brother.

"Naruto-san, remember this is our job we need to keep things professional so no games like yesterday!" Fang-Fang teased with a light blush, the Uzumaki scowled at him before noticing Ruby land next to him

Naruto took out his walkman and began to shuffle through cassette tapes.

"Ah, Naruto-kun, shall we get moving?" Ruby spoke while she used her wand to cast a small ball of light that illuminated some of the area, enough that the group could see in front of them.

Naruto finally found one tape and looked at the witch and smiled.

"Yeah, I'll be listening to this and you got the ball of light, you lead us." Naruto spoke, pressing play on the device, Ruby gave a hesitant and small nod before taking their route.

"These Boots were made for walking and that's just what they'll do"

The Uzumaki lit another cigarette and let out a puff of smoke before smiling, Ruby gave him a flat look as Naruto walked along bobbing his head to the music

"One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you"

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Week 3, Sunday. : A Gift and a Payment.

"Another mission done, that right there is why you're the best!" The Bus driver's voice came through a small earpiece as Naruto shrugged, walking down the streets of a busy Japanese city

It was late at night already but here he was in a city he didn't even know the name of, not that he really cared

Though they liberated their client's small village, those midnight ambushes and minimum sleep were starting to take their toll and even had Naruto asleep for an entire morning.

As of now Naruto had a few hours to himself before having to head back to The Academy

"Pacific facility…wow…Kid, this information is crucial, you already got your payment, go on and enjoy the next few hours. You earned it, just meet me at our point of contact when you're done." the Voice cut out and with a job well done, he had money to spend.

Naruto sighed, hearing the horns honking of the cars, people talking and looking around at the neon lights in the area.

When he first came to a big city with the Newspaper Club, he was overwhelmed by the tall buildings, the cars and the millions of people going about their lives but now he could feel himself even enjoying some of the aspects.

Though sadly being a full-time Shinobi, a part-time student, a 'journalist' with the newspaper club and having an overly obsessive girlfriend? There was hardly such a thing as free-time for Naruto these days.

"Maybe…some window shopping…"

He looked at the signs of as many random stores, electronics, restaurants, and a jewelry store…

The Shinobi blinked, walking back a bit to a window with an expensive diamond necklace on display.

Now Naruto never really cared about jewelry or knew much about it but the color matched Mizore's eyes.

"Perfect for brides…" Naruto read out the small tag before looking at the actual price, he cringed, that was steep, it would eat more than his pay for today's mission and even take a chunk from his savings.

Still…Naruto couldn't help but think about Mizore's reaction to such a gift, especially since there was still a tense feeling around each other

After some deliberation, the Uzumaki lightly pushed through the door with a smile

"Good evening, and how could I help you today!" a cheerful, short, green-haired girl spoke, Naruto slouched slightly as he laid his eyes on her, She was clearly older than him but not by a lot

"Ah…that necklace, on the window." He pointed over a tad sheepishly,

The girl snorted before composing herself

"That one? You think you can afford it?" She almost looked amused at the very idea, though Naruto dug in his pocket, actually taking out a small plastic card from his pocket

"Sure!"

The girl blinked, seeing a debit card in Japan was uncommon but not unheard of…though someone so young having one…and with confidence.

"Sylvie! You treat that young man well! He's a patron of our fine establishment" A raspy old feminine voice cried out from another room in the back, the Short-haired girl stiffened

"U-Uh, y-yeah! Got it boss-lady!" She replied before turning back to the Shinobi still holding the card.

With a Sigh, Sylvie went over to get everything for him.

"You know this for brides, right? Aren't you a little too young to get married?" She commented pushing down the numbers on the register, Naruto only gave a nervous laugh

"Y-Yeah, it's more like a promise…" He trailed off with a light blush as the cashier raised an eyebrow and lazily went over to finish her job.

"Well, go ahead…" She motioned, Naruto shrugged, sticking his card in and he quickly noticed the girl's eye twitch seeing the approved statement.

"Holy shit, you must be loaded…"

The Girl composed herself before wrapping everything up for him.

"Anyway, whoever the lucky girl is, tell her to look us up!" Sylvie smiled as the blond grinned, grabbing his things and leaving

Naruto sighed, realizing he still had to buy Yūgao's things and walking into a shady alley to get away from people.

Naruto went for a small storage scroll to put away Mizore's gift before placing his hands and the scroll in his pocket and continuing to the otherside

It was the bad side of the city now…the Uzumaki could see a liquor store just up ahead and dug through his pockets again for a list of bottles he had destroyed when taking out Midou's group.

The Uzumaki didn't know why he felt his heartbeat speed up remembering his actions back at the Academy's train station.

Everything Anti-thesis did should be over now with Midou's death or at the very least, their attacks would cease but still Naruto couldn't shake off the feeling that something bad was coming soon.

He took a deep breath, getting himself under control then realizing he needed a disguise to even try to purchase that, he wasn't twenty yet after all.

Naruto quickly went for the small ear-piece with a radio he had and placed it, changing it to match the frequency for Yūgao's own radio wave

"...T-...K…What do you want?" He heard Yūgao's voice cut out for a second before it stabilized, just in the background he heard a little bit of fighting and shouting in the background

"Uh Sensei…I'm getting your stuff but I don't know how to really…do it, I'm still not old enough"

"You're a damn Chunin, just use a Henge and a minor Genjutsu if they ask for Identification…."

Naruto blinked, for a second and was about to reply when…

"Holy shit, Anko-chan has her in a grapple!"

"Sensei, what are you doing?" the Uzumaki asked in slight worry as Yūgao's radio turned to static slightly

"Anko decided to sign up for an amateur underground Mixed Martial arts, she's apparently really good at it….Beat her ass, girl come on!"

It was strange to hear Yūgao shout like that, though Naruto blinked, he then heard Yūgao compose herself before speaking

"Anyway, use a Henge that looks a little like you but older, it'll be easier for you to concentrate and interact with the world…" Yūgao's voice then cut out as Naruto stood there in the alley way

"Like me but older…" He mused, realizing he was the son of the Fourth Hokage, of course he knew what the man looked like from his days in the Academy and it was a wonder he didn't get a hint about his heritage before reading the first letter

Naruto chuckled lightly before making a single hand seal, with a puff of smoke, stood Minato Namikaze with a casual attire and a goofy grin on his face

The Disguised Uzumaki then made his way to the liquor store.

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Week 4, Saturday: Questionable Loyalty

"Stupid brat…they weren't just bottles to throw away like that…they weren't cheap booze, it was a collection….I'm glad he got most of them but that Tuscany red wine…I really wanted to try that…" Yūgao thought to herself, walking towards the Public Safety Committee's building.

Usually she just had clones doing her secretary job and this time was no different, the Headmaster actually ordered her to shadow the Committee leader Keito again.

Yūgao's assumption being that the man was still paranoid about losing control of the Committee to Kuyō last time, the Anbu woman actually wondered what happened to that Monster…but all she could gather was that he was expelled.

Her face turned into a frown, realizing the anniversary of the Sand-sound invasion was coming up, meaning his death…would be four years now.

It still didn't feel right, every now and then she'd have dreams about him.

She could swear sometimes to still feel his warmth by her bedside only to wake up again in the early morning…alone.

"Kami…why did he have to go…he promised we'd retire in a few more years" Yūgao's eyes began to water ever so slightly.

Still, she cut herself off before she could make herself even more depressed.

"I couldn't fucking believe it either"

As soon as she heard that voice, Yūgao composed herself instantly and quickly put up a small Genjutsu, hiding herself behind a dead tree

Instantly, it was almost like she disappeared, though the Anbu woman was still solid, there was nothing there for the Committee members to see

Just a normal dead tree

"Don't talk so fucking loud!" A Committee member hissed, as the other scoffed before tensing up, turning over to the woodline.

Yūgao narrowed her eyes, making eye contact with the anxious Committee member glaring at her, though the Student didn't see anything just had the feeling of being watched

"Man…I know we're supposed to protect this place but fuck is it creepy…" he grumbled as the other one shifted uncomfortably before groaning

"I'm sorry, dude, I just can't believe we have evidence now…Uzumaki was the Vigilante! What the fuck! He was the one killing all those Hybrid assholes…I don't know if we should be happy or terrified!"

Yūgao paled hearing this

"Naruto's cover was blown?! How?!" However, Yūgao didn't go into panic mode, she was a damn Kunoichi and a good one.

"Well…Keito-sama doesn't want us to do anything about it till Monday…She wants to show the Newspaper Club and make sure they weren't involved but we're pretty sure it's just Uzumaki."

Yūgao kept on listening in, debating on if to see if she could remove the evidence but it was frankly too late, she didn't know how to go about fixing this if it could be fixed at all

"Are we gonna take him in then?" the first Committee member asked while the second one shrugged before waving him off.

"We can't go around arresting people like before…not without approval from the Headmaster, that's why Ketio-sama wants to do all of this on Monday too."

Yūgao leaned on a dead tree, a little bit relieved that the Headmaster had the final say and the Anbu knew that would mean Naruto would technically be off the hook…but still

The Anbu woman hissed at the thought, she now was in a position to save her student's relationship with Mizore

Though a big part of her knew It would make her job easier…if Naruto could cut his ties to Mizore over it.

Now Yūgao paused, hearing the Committee students walk away, the best she could even do would be damage control…the secret was already out there wasn't much she could do about it.

It was still a shitty feeling regardless, She could prevent the suffering Naruto was about to endure and she wasn't going to lift a finger to help him…all for Konoha.

"I just hope he'll forgive me…but He's a Shinobi he should've known better…Right? yeah…right."

Yūgao watched the Committee members completely disappear from her view with a sigh before dropping her Genjutsu and slowly walking home while trying to justify her own actions in her head

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Week 5: Monday, The Hard times have only just begun

Keito grit her teeth making her way through the hallways of the Academy, she couldn't believe the Headmaster wouldn't allow her to take the bastard in!

Keeping order in the Academy was her job! Not Uzumaki's! All of that recruiting and training to create a decent security team for nothing! Though at the very least it seemed like he did deal with the Anti-thesis threat,

None of that really mattered to her… Vigilante Justice was no Justice at all.

Though now She looked at the Flashdrive in her hand despite the Headmaster's orders, She was gonna do it anyway, if she wasn't gonna take him in, she'd burn out his name and run it through the mud.

The Spider-woman eyed the Students of the Hallway who all made sure to get out of her way, slowly the new Leader of the Committee found herself in front of the Newspaper Club's room.

"And Tsukune-kun's gonna be helping with the Festival!" Kurumu spoke up while Moka watched her crush with avid curiosity

"...He's been drinking a lot of water too"

"Ah! Hey, Naruto never lets me take any breaks unless I pass out." He smiled as Kurumu then tilted her head cutely

"And you're still gonna be working on the festival on top of training with Naruto?"

Tsukune sighed before shrugging.

"I'm trying to get out of the festival honestly, I got too much to work on…"

Mizore blinked while watching her friends go through their daily routine, though a knock on the door broke the conversation and it was Moka who went to open it.

"So…how are you all doing?" Keito gave a friendly smile that the whole group knew was fake.

"C-Could we help you?" Kurumu questioned with a light glare, never could she let go of how this woman tried to kill her and her friends.

Keito held the flash-drive in her hand as the group all collectively looked at it

"Uh…"

"It seems like you guys just can't stay out of trouble…" She casually ignored everything else

"I have the identity of the Vigilante right here." Keito added, while moving towards the Clubroom's Computer, it was an old bulky type though it was the only one the Newspaper Club had for typing up papers and doing more research.

The feeling in the room became heavy as they all collective felt a sense of dread, creeping up on them

Keito couldn't stop smiling going through the file and taking a step back, allowing the Old Tunnel's security cameras to pick up what they saw

There was no Audio for the film, just silence as the group watched Midou try to strike the shadowy masked figure along with several Hybrids.

seeing said Mask made Mizore frown though, the sense of dread grew ten folds for her

Moroha was seemingly taunting the figure as it disappeared out of the Camera's view and then it finally played

Despite the static and rough cuts, a familiar figure wearing a cloak and with that sun kissed blond hair struck down from the dark ceiling above, slamming two Rasengans into the backs of the Anit-thesis members killing them

"That's…Why would he…?" Tsukune tried to speak up but all words died in his throat as he watched the now unmasked Naruto smile, slicing through more Hybrid Monsters

Usually Naruto's Kenjutsu seemed a little controlled and smooth but here…he was killing them like they were just animals.

"That's really him…but what the hell…" Kurumu muttered while Moka was already tearing up, Mizore simply stood there refusing to believe what her eyes were seeing.

They finally watched Naruto cut Moroha's throat and Mizore unconsciously rubbed the area where she had been cut by him.

"I can't see this, Stop!" Moka began to lightly sob, looking away.

Keito began to not feel the satisfaction she thought she would get once showing this instant the leader of the committee folded her arms.

The Newspaper Club watched Naruto kneel by the dying Midou, only a few lights now lit the area before Keito paused the video and pointed at the blonde.

"Well, there you go, Uzumaki was the one taking out those Anti-thesis kids, I'm sure you all had no idea…for some reason the Headmaster is adamant I can't take him in…" Keito trailed off though the rest of the group were only quiet, despite Moka's light sobs.

Mizore only looked catatonic but things little by little began to add up, Naruto's mannerisms, how distant he had been acting…the smell when he went to bed with her.

"Oi! They finally let us out of class."

"Nii-san kept talking and we got held back basically so…" Yukari trailed off as well looking at the paused video, Moka lightly sobbing while Keito glared at the incoming blond

Mizore was the first one to move, however and she took a deep breath, throwing himself into his arms, Naruto stumbled slightly catching her, not really understanding what was happening

Though Kurumu managed to tug Yukari over and whispered everything into her ear.

The Small Witch stiffened and felt a pit in her stomach as Naruto finally laid his eyes on the Computer

He felt his heart stop and then felt his body get colder while the Yuki-onna finally broke down onto his shoulder and cried

Yukari acted quickly, grabbing a small lock of Naruto's blond hair with some scissors and taking out the same voodoo doll she had been working on for a while

"Ow! What the hell?!""

"You actually killed them…?" Tsukune spoke up, trying his best to help Moka's now hysterical crying.

"I…I…"

Naruto tried to get Mizore off him but felt his body stop all commands on their own, ice began to encase the Uzumaki's lower body before making it's way up to his chest, then Mizore pulled away, her hair shadowing her eyes.

Still, Naruto wouldn't look at her, yet.

Now Naruto tried to struggle but Yukari's voodoo doll had him in place, despite that Yukari herself was struggling just keeping Naruto there even with Mizore's support

"You killed them, didn't you?"

Now Naruto gave up, not due to the fact Yukari's spell was too strong but the guilt finally steeped in, it was trying to crawl out of him, the emotional turmoil was getting to his head, the flashes of everyone he had killed came through.

"I did…kill them" his voice cracked slightly

"You're lucky the Headmaster won't let us take you in…they may have been attacking the Academy but that didn't give you the right to butcher them the way you did…that was our job." She gave him a smug smirk then glanced back at the Newspaper Club.

Naruto only glared at the back of head utterly seething at the pleasure she was getting from this

"He's all yours now…I don't care if you expose him with the paper or not, this hybrid thing is finally over for us and we can move on…" Keito spoke moving towards the door but she glanced back at Naruto

"Uzumaki don't ever even think of trying any of this again. at all." Keito added before exiting the Clubroom and closing the door behind her.

Silence now filled the air as Naruto looked up at them

"L-Look, T-they were attacking you guys! The Academy, I had orders to protect the Academy too!" Naruto retorted, trying to make some case for himself

"...so you lied to us…and you even lied to me?" Mizore still in disbelief while the blond refused to even look at her, only feeling the worst type of self-loathing as Mizore began to try to get more answers out of him.

"And you had orders from the Headmaster…" Mizore finished, finally taking everything in, the Uzumaki could only nod as Mizore frowned, seeing him briefly make eye contact with her.

"What else have you lied to me about?" She added with an emotionless voice as Yukari tightened her grip on the doll, causing Naruto to look back up at her, guilt was being overtaken by anger at his own situation now, he couldn't get out of this anymore.

"I…I'm not sure…" Naruto felt himself trying to avoid the topic that he was coming to, anxiety was beginning to set in for him.

Yukari then narrowed her eyes despite tears trailing down her cheek, she whispered something into the doll's ear before squeezing it again, the Uzumaki gasped feeling his own control of his words leave him

"Well that I'm not sure I should get married to you!" Naruto forcibly cried out, then feeling a wave of frustration overcome him

"You know I have to go home! I can't give you kids, I'm not even sure I want them and I have people that depend on me back there! I have…a dream there…" Naruto paused, out of breath and finally spilling his frustrations.

He really saw the look on Mizore's emotionless expression now, his dream of being Hokage passed through his mind and getting Sasuke back to Konoha

"I really have to go home!…I do have my life back there, I do, I care about all of you guys but I'm a Konoha Shinobi first!"

Mizore's eyes grew distant as she heard this but what she would hear next would be the final nail in the coffin.

"I don't know if you're really just tossing me away once you get what you want out of me, I heard that's what Yuki-onna do." Naruto huffed out before slowly realizing what he had just said

"How the hell can you even say that, Naruto? Toss you away? What the hell gave you that idea?" Kurumu spoke up, glaring at him as the Shinobi grit his teeth, unable to believe he let his insecurity about what he had heard from Moroha finally get to him.

"You were our friend, we trusted you…Mizore-chan…she…" The Succubus paused looking at the completely stunned Yuki-onna

"Konoha Shinobi…first…" Mizore repeated in her head, she only felt her heart rate speedup and somehow still kept her composure, remembering what that Shizune lady had told her.

"So were you just leading me on? Giving me false hope about our relationship?" Mizore finally said in complete disbelief, causing Naruto to immediately regret what he had just said

"M-Mizore-chan? That's… it's not like th-…" Naruto tried to say though the Yuki-onna finally broke her emotionless facade and glared at him

"And toss you away…is.. Is that what you think of me? After you gave me false hope? " Mizore spoke, the tears that were streaming down her cheek were beginning to freeze as she felt herself getting angrier

After a few seconds of a still silence

Mizore dropped the ice tomb with a heavy sigh and calmed herself down, Yukari hesitated, seeing this but stopped her voodoo doll. Naruto slumped over, unable to look at them

"I'm sorry…but I told you I can't be with someone I can't trust and I really trusted you Naruto-kun" She trailed off before taking a deep breath

"It's okay, it's for a good reason…" Mizore choked back a sob as she tried to smile weakly at the blond

"You have responsibilities back in your village, I get it. Have a good life, Naruto-san." Mizore's voice cracked as her eyes watered, Naruto paled as the Yuki-onna walked passed him and the entire club fell quiet

One by one they all walked passed him, though Tsukune stayed back as even Kurumu helped the still sobbing Moka leave the clubroom

"Uzumaki-sensei, I think it's best if you don't come to the Club for a while…" He started watching the girls all leave.

"I'll…see you for the next training session, Sensei…" Tsukune spoke with a small whisper as he made his way out, Tsukune stole a glance at his former friend and frowned.

The shell shocked Uzumaki was now completely alone, he wanted to cry but the Whiskered Shinobi only heard the door close behind him and the computer's video player still paused on that same frame portraying the mission that got him into this mess.

Naruto took some time to collect himself before leaving the Clubroom himself, stumbling while doing so, for the first time ever the Shinobi felt an even worse pain than those glares and whispers he endured as a child

The Pain of heartbreak.

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Week 4: Death of the Toad Sage.

Jiraiya took a sharp breath, seeing the sunlight peer through the clearing above him, he then looked down at the piece of paper in front of him, scribbling the rest of it

"And I leave the rest of it, all to you…Naruto…"

"Jiraiya-sama, Kiri has agreed to allow our forces to assist their attempt to convince Rogue Shinobi Utakata to return to Kiri" A Root Shinobi spoke, pulling Jiraiya out of his thoughts.

The Toad Sage grinned slightly before putting away the scroll and handing it off to a Red Toad

"Good, we'll share the information we know about Akatsuki with them and explain to him why it's so important for him to return to hiding." Jiraiya stated

*Kaboom*

An explosion broke the two out of their thoughts as Several Root Shinbois were now on guard as they paused.

*Kaboom*

A second Explosion rang out as Jiraiya grit his teeth and motioned for the Root Shinobis to follow after him.

Jumping through the trees, he stiffened seeing an orange-haired figure with that all too familiar black cloak with red clouds on it.

"Yahkio?" Jiraiya muttered as the figure turned its attention to him and frowned

"You're already too late, Konoha Shinobi…"

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End

FUCK, I had to rush this fast because my plane leaves in like two hours, I don't think I'll even have time to spellcheck, so if it's rough please be easy on the fire, I'll be back to fix this later I promise, I do not have time like at all.

Edit: so a lot of stuff in this chapter had to be rushed so I'm going back and fixing it and expanding on it probably around 5k words for this Chapter and the last one, sucks Tsukune and Moka I feel like are getting a little sidelined, I'll do something about that later.

Now for Guest, yeah I didn't think I'd do a Harem but with my inexperience as a writer, I didn't trust myself with it, so it'll be Akua, Kahula and Mizore with some drops of Ruby but that's it and main focus for the next forty chapters is still Mizore and the normal storyline with drops of them before I give them individial chapters

BY THE WAY, the fang-fang, Amazon section, don't think too much about Fang-fang's changes, he'll still be his canon self with Yukari by the end of it all, it's just some goofs with Naruto.