Summary: As Naruto, Kakashi, and Jiraiya settle into their new lives back home. Each of them take on new roles, as their time away, life has brought many changes into their lives. One new change has is the shocking revelation Naruto has just discovered of his true heritage to the infamous Sannin Tsunade and Jiraiya. How will he react to this knowledge and what will it mean to the people closest to Naruto?
Naruto vs. Sasuke: The Aftermath
Chapter 72: "The Magnificent Fox - - - Exposed!"
"It all started during my training trip when we arrived at a secluded valley called the Land of Amazonia and their village of Estrogenia." Naruto announced, before he paused a moment and then stated.
"No, that's not quite accurate. It actually started during my training trip when we were running out of supplies. We were in an unknown land far, far to the west, and didn't know where to go to get restocked. Fortunately, we found a small farmstead being tended to by a kind old man. And that is when we first learned of the existence of the Land of Amazonia and their village of Estrogenia."
(Flashback)
"Thanks old man for the food, we ran out yesterday and we were starving." Naruto happily offered in appreciation to elderly farmer named Haru."
"Gaki, address Haru-san properly." Jiraiya scolded.
"You're right pervy-sage, I apologize Haru-san." Naruto contritely offered, while bowing in respect.
"It's alright Naruto, I am an old man and a poor one too, but I would be less than a man if I couldn't at least provide one meal for some starving travelers." Haru declared with a chuckle.
"Well we're very grateful that you did Haru-san." Kakashi stated, before he then asked.
"Since we're unfamiliar with this land, can you tell us where the closest village or town is where we can get resupplied for our travels?"
"Well, the nearest place that I would recommend you go to is the village of Miyama in the far mountain alps about 90-100 miles north of here."
"A 100 miles, that will take us a week or more to get there." Naruto proclaimed with a groan.
"Haru-san is there no other village or town that is closer?" Jiraiya asked.
The old farmer hesitated a moment, before he gulped nervously and hesitantly said in a stammer.
"Uhhh….. Well there is a village in a valley called the Land of Amazonia about 10 miles to the west, but I wouldn't recommend going there."
"Why is that?" Kakashi queried.
"The village which is called Estrogenia is… different from normal villages." Haru vaguely explained.
"What do you mean by different old man….urr, I mean Haru-san?"
Haru exhaled a sigh, before he then explained further.
"That village Naruto is ruled by a tribe of independent, mighty warrior women who long ago had rebelled against the male-dominated society."
"I don't understand?"
"Their society is governed strictly and exclusively by women, beautiful women, but women nonetheless."
"That doesn't sound so bad?" Jiraiya announced with a wicked grin.
"Trust me Jiraiya-san, it is." Haru sternly declared, before he continued on.
"The Amazons, as the surrounding lands call them have a matriarchal society, in which women fight and govern, while men perform the household tasks. Men are not allowed to become members in their society, unless it's for the specific purpose of mating or for slavery."
"So are you saying if we go to this village, the women there are going to either sleep with us or make us slaves?"
"No Kakashi-san, just the men in their society. They treat travelers cordially enough albeit there attitude in doing so is begrudgingly at best."
Haru then took a long deep critical look at both Kakashi and Naruto and then added cryptically.
"However, to carry on their race, they will often mate with men from other societies such as the Gargareans or with handsome prisoners of war. And though you have that scar Kakashi-san, I suspect you're not disfigured and are probably quite handsome in your appearance. So I would definitely keep that mask on lest you catch the eye of some of the more…..amorous Amazonians, if you choose to go to their village."
Haru then turned to Naruto and declared in warning.
"And you should strongly consider wearing a mask like your teacher here as well. However, as I said, I would recommend you avoid them all together and travel to the village of Miyama instead." Haru pronounced once more on earnest.
"Excuse us for a moment Haru-san, while we discuss this matter." Jiraiya stated, before he, Kakashi, and Naruto moved off a distance and debated their next course of action.
After a few minutes, they returned to Haru and Jiraiya announced.
"I thank you for your sage advice, but the sad fact of the matter is we don't have enough supplies to even reach the village of Miyama. So despite your warning, we really don't have a choice, but to go to this Estrogenia village and deal with these Amazonians."
Haru merely shook his head sadly and somberly replied.
"I can't say that I agree with your decision, but it's your choice, not mine."
"We promise Haru-san, we'll just get in and out as quickly as we can to get resupplied and move on in our journeys." Kakashi stated.
"Well, if you're going to go there, I think that's the best course of action you can take. When you arrive there, ask for a merchant named Hangaku Gozen. She's a retired Amazonian warrior and can probably get you resupplied. Just mention my name to her, as periodically when I have a good crop, I've sold some it to her in the past." Haru offered with genuine sincerity.
"Thank you Haru-san, that's very kind of you." All three shinobi expressed, before bowing to the old farmer in gratitude.
(End of Flashback)
"After that we left to go to this village of Estrogenia and meet with these warrior women the Amazonians."
Everyone in the hotel suite was rapt with attention, before Ino finally declared.
"Don't stop there Naruto, what happened next?"
Naruto inhaled a deep breath and then exhaled a sigh, before he continued on.
"Well we reached the village late that afternoon and even though we had been told by Haru-san what to expect. We were still surprised by what we saw when we got there."
(Flashback)
Naruto, Kakashi, and Jiraiya attempted to move through the village of Estrogenia as quietly and discreetly as they possibly could. They kept their grey cloaks pulled tightly about their bodies and covered their heads as much as they could under its hood. However, all three of them were a little unnerved by the looks of disdain and scorn they were receiving from the Amazonians. Even more unsettling was that fact that these looks were coming from very statuesque and beautiful women dressed in leather clothes that covered only a few parts of the body. Some of the older Amazonians did wear dresses that reached the knees. However, the younger women were not only what one would call scantily attired, but also well-armed with a bow and arrows, a double-edged axe called a librys and a shield in the shape of a crescent. Jiraiya took note of all of this and whispered to his two companions.
"I think we've found the place where the term beautiful but deadly must have originated from."
Naruto and Kakashi nodded in silent agreement.
Eventually, the trio finally found the merchant shop owned by the Amazonian Hangaku Gozen that Haru had told them to seek out. Unfortunately, the shop had already closed and wouldn't open again until the next morning. Cursing their luck, they had no choice but to seek out a hotel and spend the night in the village. When they finally did find a hotel, is when they were shown a sample of the true disparity between how men and women were treated, even foreigners.
Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Naruto stood patiently behind two women getting a room ahead of them at the front desk of the hotel they had chosen. They over heard the desk clerk say to the women in a cheerful friendly voice and attitude.
"So it's just the two of you, then that will be 25 silver pieces each for the room."
The two women paid the smiling clerk and collected their key to their room, before they left. Almost instantly, the smile on the clerks face disappeared and was replaced with a harsh scowl directed towards Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Naruto, before in a voice laden with hostility spat out.
"And what do you three want?"
Attempting to ignore the outright surly attitude they were receiving, all three Konoha shinobi smiled brightly and in as affable a tone as he could muster, Jiraiya answered.
"Good evening Madame we are weary travelers through your village and seek a room for the night, before we resume our journeys tomorrow."
"So you're foreigners huh, that makes sense, as you sure as hell don't look like any of the men around here or the surrounding lands." The clerk spat with disdain, before she openly complained.
"Normally, I'd tell you three to go fuck yourselves and get the hell out of my hotel, but Queen Hippolyta has ordered that all travelers to our village women or …...MEN are to be treated with hospitality. So I have no choice but to rent you a room."
Picking up a registry book and slamming it down in front of them. The owner of the hotel told them to sign in. Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Naruto had already decided before they entered the Amazonian village to use the aliases of Hanzo Sarutobi and his two sons Obito and Iruka. After signing the book, the brusque woman pulled it away and grabbed a key before stating in no uncertain terms.
"For the three you, that will be 50 silver pieces each for the room."
"Wait a minute, you only charged those ladies before us 25 silver pieces for a room." Naruto questioned in confusion.
The fierce and deadly glare Naruto received sent a small shiver up his spine, before he heard the lady spit with contempt at him.
"It's my hotel and I can charge whoever I want whatever damn amount I want! You got a problem with that kid?"
Naruto didn't appreciate the tone he was getting from the older woman and was about to say something, before Kakashi suddenly covered his mouth with his hand and answered for him.
"No, we don't have a problem, 50 silver pieces is fine."
Jiraiya quickly paid the woman, while Kakashi kept Naruto at bay, before all three of them reached their room and opened the door. One look inside told the trio all they needed to know, their hotel room was a dump.
"This is what we're paying 50 silver pieces each for, what a rip-off!" Naruto openly complained, as they entered the room and closed the door behind them.
"Quit complaining gaki, we've spent most of our nights on this trip sleeping outdoors." Jiraiya replied in annoyance.
"I'd prefer to sleep outdoors, it's at least cleaner than this rat-hole." Naruto shot back, before turning towards Kakashi and asked.
"Why'd you stop me from saying something to that old bat at the desk? You know as well as I do that she was robbing us!"
"Because that old bat owns the hotel and I didn't want have to go in search of another one if you pissed her off. It took us long enough to find this hotel."
"And remember Naruto, we don't want to make any waves in this village. We just need to keep a low profile, while we're here." Jiraiya stated, before adding.
"Besides, once we get resupplied tomorrow, we'll be long gone from this village. So for the time being, just keep quiet and don't cause any trouble while we're here."
"Fine, I won't say anything or cause any trouble, but I'll sure be glad when were out of this village." Naruto answered with irritation.
(End of Flashback)
"Oh come on Naruto, a village full of hot women doesn't seem so bad." Kiba declared, earning a sharp slap to his shoulder from Ayame.
"If you had been there, you wouldn't be saying that. The men of that village are little more than slaves that's all."
"Well, aside from that, at least Master-Jiraiya and Kakashi-Sensei kept their heads and gave you sound advice about not causing any trouble while you were there Naruto."
"Yeah, you would think that was the case Tenten, but the problem is those two pervs didn't exactly practice what they preached to me!" Naruto fired back, before casting a piercing glare at his two sensei's, who seemed to shrivel under his intense scowl.
(Flashback)
The next morning, both Kakashi and Naruto were nursing sore backs from sleeping on the floor. For Jiraiya had claimed old age and a bad back, as to why he should get the only bed in the hotel room to sleep in. Needless to say both Naruto and Kakashi were in a foul mood, as the trio trekked through the village towards the merchant shop owned by the Amazonian Hangaku Gozen.
Upon their arrival at the merchant shop, they received a greeting from Gozen reminiscent and familiar to the one they had gotten from the hotel owner the night before. However, unlike the hotel owner, Gozen's hostile attitude lessened when they mentioned Haru's name to her. Nonetheless, just like the night before, the trio could see that they were being overcharged heavily for the supplies they needed simply because of their gender.
Gozen said it would take about an hour to gather everything they needed. Which suited Jiraiya just fine, as he had spotted along the way towards the shop, an advertisement for the village onsen. Jiraiya knew he had a deadline looming from his publishers for his next Icha-Icha novel and was in desperate need of some inspiration. So much to Naruto's great irritation, the Toad-Sage left him behind at Gozen's shop to oversee their order. While he took Kakashi to act as a watchdog for him, while he partook in his…..research.
(End of Flashback)
"Oh no!" Tsunade exclaimed out loud, as she pinched the bridge of her nose out of both frustration and embarrassment, before she then asked already knowing the answer to her question.
"What happened?"
"What do you think happened; pervy-sage got caught spying on the onsen.
Tsunade glowered fiercely at her fiancé, who tried to muster up his only defense and said.
"It's not my fault, if my guard had been doing his job, I wouldn't have gotten caught."
"So you're going to blame me for what happened?" Kakashi asked in disbelief.
"Well if you had done your job properly."
"You incredulous old fart! It's not my fault that you chose to do your research in a village full of warrior women who are hostile towards men. And you chose to do it on the very day that the Queen of these women was using the onsen in private!"
Everyone in the room turned to stare at Jiraiya who could only sink in his chair under the oppressive scrutiny he was receiving. After a moment and much to Jiraiya's relief everyone's attention turned back towards Naruto, as Kurenai asked.
"What happened after that Naruto?"
"Well, I didn't know what had happened; I was finishing off our order for supplies, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the shop on the street."
(Flashback)
'What the hell is going on out here?' Naruto thought to himself, as he exited Gozen's shop, his arms laden with supplies.
Naruto looked up and saw a procession of people heading down the street towards him. Putting the supplies down, he waited and when the people got closer, his mouth hung open in shock. For there marching by him was Kakashi and Jiraiya in chains surrounded by a large contingent of Amazonian warriors. All of them with weapons poised and ready to cut the two shinobi down in an instant, should they try to escape. An audible groan, came from Naruto, when he heard someone in the crowd say those two foreigners had been caught peeping at Queen Hippolyta, while she was using the village onsen in private. Dropping his head in angered frustration at his two mentors, Naruto inwardly cursed.
'Great, just freaking great! Don't cause any trouble Naruto,…Don't make any waves Naruto,.…Keep a low profile Naruto! Damn perverted hypocrites! Just what the hell am I supposed to do now?' Naruto thought bitterly to himself, as he stealthily moved away from the crowd surrounding him.
Gathering up his supplies, Naruto decided he needed to get back to their shitty hotel room and come up with a plan to deal with this dubious situation his teachers had gotten themselves into. , However, when Naruto got to the hotel, he suddenly stopped and quickly hid himself in a nearby alleyway. Peering warily around the corner of the alleyway, he spied two Amazonian warriors talking to the hotel owner, who was pointing to where their hotel room was. The two warriors then headed off in that direction, as Naruto cursed to himself and thought.
'Damn it, there's no doubt they're looking for me. Apparently I'm guilty by association with my idiot sensei's. What do I do now?'
Deciding the village was no longer safe for him and the fact that he was burdened by the supplies he had obtained. Naruto covertly made his way out of the town, carefully avoiding the Amazonian patrols looking for him. After he got a couple of miles away, Naruto found an old abandoned barn and hid the supplies he was carrying before sitting down and try to formulate a plan of what to do next.
'Damn it, I don't know what to do? I've got to save those two perverts, but how? I think the only thing I can do is sneak back into the village and see if I can communicate with them and maybe we can figure out how to get them out this mess.' Naruto thought to himself, before he decided to rest and try to slip back into the village at night.
Later that night, Naruto utilizing his shinobi skills of stealth to the utmost, he silently crept back into the village and made his way towards the Amazon prison. Unfortunately, when Naruto got there, he cursed his luck. Everywhere he looked were Amazonian warriors inside and outside of the jail. There was no way he was going to get within a mile of Jiraiya and Kakashi, let alone be able to talk to them. Naruto quickly realized he needed a new plan and quietly moved away from the prison. Keeping to the shadows, Naruto cautiously made his way through the village, before his stomach grumbled and he decided to grab a bite at a small all-night café. However, what Naruto didn't realize, was that someone else was also keeping to shadows and following the young shinobi from a safe distance.
Naruto ordered some ramen and coffee from the waiter who seemed to eye him suspiciously. In fact, all of the customers in the café cast quizzical looks at him, which made Naruto a little nervous. Unbeknownst to the blonde shinobi, he had every reason to feel nervous, as the owner of the café, had sent her busboy out the back in secret with a message to be delivered to the village authorities. The café owner smiled to herself, as she would delay Naruto's order just long enough for the authorities to set up an ambush of him, once he left the diner.
After nearly half an hour had passed Naruto's order finally arrived to his table. However, just as Naruto was about to dig in, the waiter spoke up and said that Naruto didn't have a napkin. Before Naruto could even respond and correct the young man that his napkin was already unfolded on his lap underneath the table. The waiter quickly thrust another napkin into Naruto's hands, while giving the young shinobi a frightened glance, before quickly scurrying away. Naruto could feel something inside the cloth napkin and brought it down to his lap, as he surreptitiously opened it.
Inside the napkin was a note warning him to beware when he left the café, as the owner had recognized him as the man the authorities were looking for in connection with the two men who were arrested yesterday. And that she had already sent word earlier to the authorities, who may have already set up traps outside of the restaurant to capture him when he leaves. Naruto shot a furtive glance at the waiter and slyly nodded his head to him, silently thanking the young man for the warning.
Naruto closed his eyes and concentrated seeking out any groups of chakra signatures outside. Unfortunately, the waiter had indeed been correct, as Naruto could sense two large groups of about 5-6 signatures on each end of the street about one block away from one another. Ensuring that no matter which direction Naruto chose to go after leaving the café, he would run into one of those groups. Sighing to himself, Naruto began to eat at a leisurely pace, as he saw no reason to eat quickly like he had originally intended to do and make his stay at the café as brief as possible. He now knew that he was going to have a fight on his hands no matter what, as soon as he left. So he might as well enjoy this meal, before that occurred.
Forty-five minutes later, Naruto exited the café and began to casually walk down the street. Seemingly oblivious to the ambush that was about to transpire. As Naruto rounded the corner of a building, he suddenly halted, as standing before him with weapons drawn were five Amazonian warriors. The lead warrior spoke up and in a commanding voice ordered at Naruto.
"Halt, you're wanted for questioning! Surrender now and come along peacefully or we will take you by force!"
"What? Wanted for questioning about what? I haven't done anything!" Naruto replied in protest.
"You're wanted for questioning in connection with your two companions who were caught peeping on the Queen at the onsen yesterday!"
"What do you have to question me for? I wasn't at the onsen and I didn't peep at anyone."
"It doesn't matter, your two companions were there and that's more than enough to take you in as well!"
"So, I'm guilty by association is what you're saying. That seems pretty unfair to me."
"Nobody cares what you think, you're just a lowly man! Now come along with us quietly and no tricks!"
"Oh come on, let me show you one trick, it's pretty neat." Naruto answered in a mocking tone of voice, before flashing through a series of hand signs and then with a grin said.
"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" (Multiple Shadow Clone Technique)
An instant later the five Amazonian warriors suddenly found themselves surrounded by fifteen Naruto shadow-clones. And before they could react to this surprising development, Naruto barked out in command.
"Take them out, but don't kill them."
The Amazonian warrior women attempted to put up a resistance, but they were still in shock of having their numbers advantage on Naruto suddenly upended. And within a minute the last warrior fell unconscious. Naruto dispelled his clones and turned to leave, failing to notice a sixth Amazonian had stayed hidden in a nearby alleyway.
This warrior after seeing her comrades go down, quickly realized she needed as many reinforcements as she could gather at this spot. Stepping out of the alleyway she pulled a horn from her belt and blew out a thunderous note that seemed to carry on for miles. Naruto quickly turned around and recognized what the warrior was trying to do. However, before he could step forward and stop her, the Amazonian suddenly crumpled to the street. Naruto looked up to see a man holding a blackjack in his hand, which he had obviously used to knock out the warrior. The man turned to Naruto and said.
"Come with me if you want to live."
Naruto was naturally cautious of this stranger, before the man said in earnest.
"Come on, that trumpet she got off is going to bring every Amazonian warrior here from miles around. We need to get out of here now!"
"I can handle them." Naruto declared confidently.
"Maybe you can, that's a neat trick you pulled off with the clones, but even if you do defeat all of them, what have you accomplished? Besides, if you come with me, I might be able to help you and your friends currently sitting in jail at the moment."
Hearing that perked Naruto's interest and he thought about this for a moment and decided this stranger made sense and decided to follow the man, although he would keep his guard up just in case. Quickly leaving the scene before any other warriors arrived. The two men weaved their way around many back alleys and deserted streets, before they arrived at the back door of what looked like to be some sort of club or theater. The man hastily ushered Naruto inside the building and took him down to the basement locking the door behind them. Upon reaching the basement, the man shrug off his coat and flopped down onto a couch, as he exhaled in relief and stated.
"We should be safe here."
Naruto still wary of the man asked in a demanding voice.
"Where is here and for that matter who the hell are you? And what did you mean about helping me and friends?"
"Whoa, whoa, so many questions, relax and take a load off. Do you want a drink?" The man genially replied, as he pointed to a chair.
"No I don't want a drink, I want answers to my questions." Naruto curtly answered.
"Well if you don't want a drink, I hope you don't mind if I have one." The man stated, as he got up and went over to a small bar in the room.
For the first time, Naruto got a good look at his companion, as he watched the man closely. He was a good looking young man perhaps a few years older than Naruto. Maybe 25 to 26 years old Naruto estimated and he appeared to be in very good physical condition. The clothing he wore was different from what most of the men he had seen in this village wearing and seemed much more casual in nature. Before Naruto could study the man further, he turned around and with a drink in his hand said.
"So, to answer your questions in order. Where you're at is a club cabaret theater called Stallions and my name is Tsuyatsuya (Slick)."
"Cabaret, you mean like a strip club?" Naruto asked.
"We prefer the more refined term of burlesque, but yes you are correct."
"So, you own the place."
"Unfortunately no, Estrogenia doesn't allow men to own any property or businesses. I just run the place for the woman who does. By the way, I've introduced myself, so I think it's only courteous that you do the same."
"Sorry, my name is Naruto."
"Pleased to meet you Naruto." Slick cordially said, as he extended his hand out to shake Naruto's.
Naruto hesitated a moment, but then shook his benefactors hand, before he then asked.
"Did you mean it about helping me and my friends?"
"I did, but it's not going to be easy."
"So how can you help?"
"Well, because of club, I have a little bit of pull with Queen Hippolyta and the other higher-ups of the village."
"I don't understand, why would the strip-club help you out?"
"Naruto, describe a strip-club for me."
"What's there to describe? It's a bunch of girls who dance around on a stage or in private and take their clothes off for money." Naruto answered with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Crudely stated, but accurate. Except things are different in a village mostly populated by women."
"I don't understand?"
"Well wait her a moment and I'll introduce you to the stars of my cabaret show. Seeing them should make things abundantly clear for you."
Slick then left the room, leaving a very confused Naruto in his wake. A few minutes later he returned and was not alone. As to Naruto's surprise, six handsome and very physically fit young men followed Slick into the room.
"Naruto, allow me to introduce you to the stars of Stallions."
Slick then walked towards one of the men and said.
"First off we have Tobias."
The young man waved to Naruto.
"Next we have Ken." Slick indicated towards the man next to Tobias.
"Then we have Tito, followed by Tarzan." Both men nodded to Naruto.
"This here is Dallas and standing next to him is the featured star of the show, Big Dick Richie."
As Naruto stared at the six men, it took him a moment to process what was going on, before he then jumped up and exclaimed in shock.
"You mean you guys are strippers!"
"We prefer the term exotic burlesque dance performers." Tarzan replied in a clearly angered and irritated voice.
"Ease up Tarzan, we know you don't like the term strippers, but when you pull away the elaborate labels and get down to the nuts and bolts of what we do, the kid is right, we are strippers." Tito said his fellow performer.
"Sorry, I wasn't trying to insult anyone, I was just surprised that's all." Naruto contritely apologized.
"Apology accepted, Tobias said to Naruto, before he turned to Slick and asked.
"So why did you bring us here and who is this guy?"
"I brought you guys here, because I wanted to introduce you to the man who is going to help us finally escape this accursed village." Slick casually answered.
Hearing caused a visible mood of excitement to sweep over the six young men, who smiled at the thought, before Tobias then asked in a hope filled voice.
"You're not kidding us are you Slick? Do you really mean we might have a chance to escape?"
"I'm not kidding and yes I think we have a chance to escape with Naruto and his friends help."
"Hang on Slick, what are you talking about? And how can me and my friends help you guys out when they're currently sitting in prison?"
"You mean this guy's friends are the ones who got caught peeping on the Queen! The kid's right, how can they help when they're scheduled to be executed in a week?" Tarzan exclaimed with skepticism.
"What! Executed! Just for peeping!" Naruto cried out is disbelief, as he jumped up from his chair.
"Everyone, everyone calm down, let me explain." Slick implored to everyone in the room.
After everybody settled down, Slick began to explain what he had in mind.
"I'm sorry you had to hear about your friend's sentence that way Naruto. I thought you already knew their fate or I would have told you myself."
"Well, it's not going to happen. My sensei's might be a couple of perverts, but a sentence of death just for peeping is beyond harsh. And if I have to I'll fight the entire Amazonian army to free them!" Naruto declared with defiance.
"I've no doubt of that Naruto, but let me talk to the Queen, maybe I can convince her to be lenient with your friends. Like I told you before, I do have a little bit of pull with Queen Hippolyta."
Tarzan snorted in derision, before he sarcastically stated.
"If by pull you mean she prefers to sleep with you more than any of the rest of us, then yeah you got a little pull."
Slick shot a glare at Tarzan, before Tarzan glared back and then asked.
"I don't understand, why is this guy and his friends so important for us to escape?"
"They're important because I've seen Naruto and his two friends in action and it is a sight to behold. Hardly anyone knows this, but I was there at the onsen when they got caught, and it took a hell of a lot of Amazonians to take down his friends and the only reason they were able to was they got the drop on them with the drain chains. And just an hour ago I witnessed Naruto here take down five Amazonian warriors in under a minute. None of us nor any other man in this village has those kind of fighting skills. And we would need those skills with us if we are to have any chance to escape. So let me go talk to the Queen and until I return, you guys keep Naruto hidden and safe."
"We'll keep him safe, but if his friends are that important to us for our escape, then do everything you can to free them Slick." Tobias pleaded.
"That means everything you can!" Tarzan declared, placing extra inflection on the word everything.
This earned a chuckle from the others in the room and even Slick smiled a bit, before he left the room to go see the Queen of Amazons.
While waiting for Slick's return, curiosity got the best of Tarzan, who sat down next to Naruto and asked.
"So where are you from kid and how come you're so good at fighting like Slick says?"
"I'm from a village to the far, far east called Konoha. And the reason I'm so good at fighting is that like this place, it's a warrior village to." Naruto answered.
"A male warrior village?" Tito questioned.
"No, we have both male and female warriors, we call ourselves shinobi."
"Male and female warriors, I find that hard to believe. Doesn't one gender dominate over the other in your village?" Dallas asked skeptically.
"No, both genders treat the other on an equal basis."
All of the Stallions performers paused and seemed to ponder deeply what Naruto had just revealed to them. After a minute, Ken spoke up once more and commented in wonderment.
"A place where men and women are treated on an equal basis, it sounds almost too good to be true. I was born in this village and never even imagined in my life that such a place could even exist."
"Actually, all of the villages I know of back home the men and women treat each other as equals. Well, at least most of them do anyway. To be honest, this is the only place I've ever seen where one gender subjugates and dominates the other in such an unfair and cruel manner."
"So you can see why we want to escape this accursed village and start our lives over somewhere else." Tito remarked.
"Yeah I guess I do, but from what it looks and sounds like, you guys don't have it too bad. My friend Kiba would probably say there are worst jobs in the world then stripping and sleeping with beautiful women for a living."
"I'll admit Naruto, we do enjoy a little bit of leeway within the village compared to other men because of what we do, but it's temporary and fleeting at best. It can be snatched away from us and any moment, because basically all we are to the Queen and the other Amazonian warriors are pets, sexual pets, but pets nonetheless."
"And I'm damn tired of my existence being nothing more than a pet to service the sexual desires of any Amazonian who happens to be feeling horny that day." Tobias declared angrily.
"We're all tired of it, so I hope Slick is able to free your friends and we all can get the hell out of here once and for all!" Tarzan proclaimed in a bellowing voice.
Everyone nodded their head in approval and sat silently in the basement, waiting patiently for Slick's return. After a while, Ken spoke up and asked Naruto.
"So since your friends were caught and you weren't, does that mean you're the best fighter of the three of you?"
"No, the truth is they both are way better than I am and are my teachers. They both have been training me the past few years to become as good as they are." Naruto answered, the truth of his words not in doubt.
"If that's true, then it's strange then that your teachers were able to get captured." Ken idly expressed.
"Yeah, I've been wondering about that to. It's not like pervy-sage or Kakashi-sensei to let their guards down so easily."
"Well I was giving a private show to a couple of the Amazons last night. And I overheard them say the younger one with the silver-hair and one eye gave them the most trouble in taking down. While the older one was captured much easier, as he seemed to be distracted by the Queen. They made a joke and said he had been bewitched by Queen Hippolyta's naked beauty and that she had cast a spell over him rendering him powerless."
"That doesn't make any sense to me! Pervy-sage has seen hundreds, no probably thousands of naked women in his lifetime. I've never known it to cause him to drop his guard and get captured like that." Naruto declared in bafflement.
"Well, the Queen is pretty hot!" Tarzan declared, as the others agreed.
"I wouldn't know, I didn't get a very good look at her yesterday." Naruto solemnly stated.
"You want to see a picture of her?" Tito asked, before he got up and went over to a desk and began rummaging through a file. A moment later he pulled out an 8x10 photo and brought it over and handed it to Naruto. After one look, Naruto rolled his eyes and groaned in annoyance, before he announced in a frustrated voice.
"Well, now I know why pervy-sage was so damn distracted!"
(End of Flashback)
"So what was it Naru-kun? Why was Master-Jiraiya so distracted?"
"It was because of who the Queen looked like Hina-chan."
"So who did she look like?" Shikamaru asked with curiosity.
"Well, let me describe her to you all. Queen Hippolyta is a light-skinned woman of average height with brown eyes and straight, blonde hair. Her hair is waist-length with shoulder-length bangs framing both sides of her face. The Queen also ties her hair into two long loose ponytails that run down her back. The Queen is in her late forties to early fifties in age, but she maintains the appearance of her younger self through a unique and I guess you would call it magical golden girdle she has. She has a slender frame but rather a large bust for it. So the Queen likes to reveal a lot of cleavage in the clothes she wears. And to finish things off, Slick told me she's a heavy drinker who loves to gamble, although she's not very good at it. Oh and I almost forgot, that golden girdle not only keeps the Queen younger looking than what she actually is. It also gives her super-human strength. Now tell me, does that sound like somebody we all know?" Naruto sarcastically questioned.
All eyes save for Jiraiya's turned their gaze upon Tsunade and stared unrelentingly at her, while the blonde Hokage fidgeted in her seat. She turned her head to Jiraiya and asked in a disbelieving tone.
"Oh come on, she couldn't have looked that much like me?"
Jiraiya could only exhale a sigh, before he stated in a candid voice.
"She was almost your identical twin and believe me I got a good look at her from head to toe."
"So because she looked so much like me is why you got distracted and captured so easily. I'm disappointed that you would allow that to happen." Tsunade said in admonishment.
"Don't start, need I remind you that I had also read by then a certain letter from a certain someone, which had weighed heavily upon me for most of the trip. So when I come across a woman who at first glance is virtually your bloody twin, it's going to cause me to pause and wonder why she is out here and not in Konoha!" Jiraiya fired back with irritation at his fiancé.
Tsunade wilted a bit upon hearing that and the sharp glare Jiraiya was directing at her.
"So what happened after that Naruto?" Kiba asked with curiosity, as everyone was within the hotel suite.
"Ok, so after a few hours, Slick returned.
(Flashback)
When Slick returned, Naruto could tell by the look upon his face that the news he bore was not going to be positive. Walking over to the bar, Slick fixed and then downed a quick drink before turning around to address everyone in the room, but more specifically Naruto.
"Naruto, I wish I could have brought back better news to you."
"What happened Slick?" Tito asked.
"Well before I start, I want you guys to know I tried everything I could and before you say anything Tarzan, I do mean everything I could to get the Queen to relent and release your friends Naruto, but she wouldn't do it. The best I was able to do was to get her to grant clemency to your silver-haired teacher and and reduce his sentence from execution to 25 years in prison. And that was only because he hadn't actually seen the Queen naked. Your other teacher the older one is still marked for execution at the end of the week."
"This is unbelievable, I'll admit peeping is creepy and perverted, but it doesn't warrant a death penalty as punishment for it!" Naruto angrily exclaimed, before punching a wall and leaving a fist-sized hole in it.
"I'm sorry Naruto, one of Hippolyta's worst traits is her vanity. However on the plus-side, she has rescinded the arrest order on you, so you're no longer a fugitive here in Estrogenia."
"How'd you pull that off Slick?" Tarzan questioned in curiosity.
"When I realized that Hippolyta wasn't going to budge on the punishments, I hatched a plan that could still free them and also help us to escape. Although I'm not sure you're going to like the plan Naruto."
"If it will free my two perverted sensei's, then I don't care what the plan is!"
"You still didn't answer my question."
"Be patient Tarzan, I'm getting there, it's because Naruto's freedom is the key to my plan working."
"I don't understand Slick?" Naruto asked in confusion.
"Try to keep an open mind Naruto, because I had to come up with this plan on the fly so to speak."
"Alright, I'll try." Naruto hesitantly answered.
"Well first off to answer Tarzans question, I was able to persuade Hippolyta to rescind the arrest warrant on Naruto because of who he is."
"What do you mean by who I am?" Naruto questioned.
"I mean I convinced the Queen that you were a legendary stripper from the Far East called Subarashii Kitsune (Magnificent Fox) that I had brought in to perform here. And that your two companions who she arrested were your manager and bodyguard."
"You told her I'm a stripper!" Naruto exclaimed in shock.
"Calm down Naruto, let me finish." Slick replied, but before he could continue on, Tobias interrupted him and asked.
"How come you chose that name for Naruto?"
"I don't know, it's just when I'm around him I get this weird sense of a fox." Slick replied, as Naruto heard the Kyuubi no Youko within his mind chuckle in amusement, before Slick continued on.
"Anyway, I told Hippolyta that your debut was going to be this Saturday night and that it was going to be an epic performance by you. I then pointed out that if she had you arrested, even though you had nothing to do with the peeping incident. That she would be depriving herself of witnessing such an extravaganza. I then invited the Queen to attend the show and with her presence there will also be a very large contingent of Amazonian warriors attending as well."
"I don't understand how me being a stripper, which I'm not is going to help my friends or you guys?" Naruto openly groused.
"The kid's got a point, I'm not seeing it either." Dallas echoed, with the others nodding their heads in agreement.
"Ok, here is my plan in a nutshell. Naruto, while you're giving your performance, I figured you could send some of your clones into the prison to disable the Drain generator. There should be just a skeleton crew manning the prison, as the most of the warriors will be attending the show with the Queen. Now once the generator is destroyed and you free your teachers, that's going to set off the alarms in the village. Knowing Hippolyta as I do, she's going to send every Amazonian warrior she has available to try and recapture you guys. So while the Amazonians are focused on trying to capture you three, that will allow us slip by their vacated posts and make our escape. That's basically it, so what do you guys think?"
Everyone looked around at one another, as all their faces held a skeptical visage, before Tito finally spoke up and said.
"I don't know Slick, that plan seems pretty paper-thin to me."
"Flimsy is a better description." Tarzan added.
"Look guys, I never said it was the best plan, but it was the best one I could come up with at that moment. But if any of you can come up with a better plan please share it."
Everyone remained silent, as none of them could present a better idea to gain their freedom. After a minute, Slick spoke up once more and said.
"I know you guys have your doubts about this working and truthfully so do I. But we haven't heard what Naruto thinks about the plan and as I said earlier, he's the key to its success or failure in the end."
Everybody turned to gaze at Naruto who had remained silent, yet bore a look of deep concentration upon his face, as he pondered the merits of Slick's plan. After a minute he finally spoke up and said.
"Your friend's are right Slick that plan is pretty flimsy, but you're also right that we don't have any other alternatives. However, I do see a couple of problems with it, that I'm not sure we can overcome."
"What problems?" Slick questioned.
"Well first off, like I said earlier, I'm not a stripper and have no idea how to be one. The Queen will know immediately that I'm no legendary performer from the Far East and know something is up."
"I thought about that Naruto and all I can say is me and the rest of the guys will train you non-stop for the next few days to become a stripper."
"Oh come on Slick, it takes years of training to do what we do!" Tarzan exclaimed angrily.
"Tarzan is exaggerating a little, we could probably train Naruto into becoming a proficient stripper in a few months, but not a few days Slick?" Ken stated in a defeated tone.
"Actually, if it's just weeks instead of years, you guys could train me. I'll just have to use my Shadow-Clone technique to speed up the learning process." Naruto announced.
"So what is this shadow-clones, I heard Slick mention something about clones earlier. I don't understand what you two are talking about?" Tito asked in puzzlement.
"You guys are going to love this, go ahead and show them Naruto." Slick ordered.
Naruto exhaled a sigh, before he flashed through a series of hand-signs and then said.
"Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" (Multiple Shadow Clone Technique)
An instant later, six Naruto shadow-clones appeared in a puff of smoke, each one standing next to one of the Stallions performers.
"What the hell!" Tarzan cried out, as he stumbled backwards in surprise and fell on his ass.
"How, how come there are now six of you!" Tito stammered in shock.
"What you're seeing guys are what is called Shadow Clones." Naruto calmly answered.
"Ok, but what are Shadow clones?"
"Shadow Clones Ken, is a shinobi technique that creates exact copies of the user. The clones are capable of performing tasks on their own. However, they can be dispersed after hit by a strong enough force or by the user of the technique." Naruto explained, before he pointed at one of the clones who then disappeared in a puff of smoke."
"That's a cool trick and all, but how does creating copies of yourself going to help you to learn how to be a skilled stripper in only a few days?" Dallas asked, while he stared at the clones in amazement.
"It will help because one of the characteristics that is unique to the Shadow Clone Technique is that any experience the clones gain during their existence is transferred to the user once they are dispersed." Naruto answered.
"I don't understand?" Tarzan stated dumbly.
"The Shadow Clone Technique is useful for training purposes, since the total amount of experience the user gains is multiplied by the total number of clones being used to train. For example, if a user creates one shadow clone and trains together with this clone for one hour, then dispels the clone, the user gains two hours of training in one hour by adding the hours of clone and the user together."
"I still don't get it?"
"I think I do, so you're saying Naruto that the more clones you create will increase your learning curve and decrease the amount of time it takes for you to train as a stripper."
"Exactly Dallas!"
"So how many clones can you create?"
"Enough to get the job done."
"So all of us, just need to show Naruto's clones our best moves and train him as much as possible before Saturday." Slick announced to the others.
"I don't know Slick, I don't have a problem stripping in front of women, but in front of a dude, I'm not sure I can do it?" Tarzan hesitantly remarked.
Naruto merely smirked, before he flashed through a series of hand signs and then said.
"Oiroke no Jutsu!" (Sexy Technique)
An instant later, the remaining five Naruto Shadow Clones instantly transformed into that of a nude, sexually appealing young women with clouds of mist surrounding their private areas and striking seductive poses. Naruto then asked in a bemused voice.
"Will that take care of the problem?"
"Yeah, that will work Naruto, but I think you're going to need to put some clothes on them, because it's going to be difficult to train you if were sporting wood while we do it." Slick answered in a joking manner.
"I can do that." Naruto replied, and a second later all of the clones were now adorned in bathing suits."
"How's that?" Naruto asked.
"It's better, but you might need to dress them up a bit more." Tito replied.
Everyone chuckled, before Big Dick Richie who had remained silent the entire time spoke up for the first time and in a gruff voice asked.
"Hey, how do we know this kid even has the physical look and equipment to pull off being a stripper?"
"Are you kidding Richie? Naruto take off your shirt." Slick said in an incredulous voice.
Naruto pulled his shirt over his head revealing his broad muscular shoulders and arms. A well-defined chiseled chest gleaming in the dim light of the room. And finally Naruto's bronzed colored perfect six-pack abs."
"I'd say he qualifies Richie." Tarzan said sarcastically.
"Yeah, yeah! Ok so the kid's in shape, but that doesn't mean he has the equipment needed for a gig like this." Richie fired back.
"He sort of has a point, can you take off your pants?" Slick sheepishly asked.
"What, you guys want to see my junk!" Naruto exclaimed in shock.
"It's not a big deal Naruto, we see each others junk every day. We just need to make sure you meet the….qualifications that our customers have come to expect from our performers." Slick calmly stated.
Naruto growled a bit in frustration, before he finally grabbed the waistband of his pants and underwear and pulled them down to his knees, before rising up and revealing what Kami had blessed him with.
"Damnnnnnnn!" Everyone said in a chorus, all of them wide-eyed and what they were seeing, before Tarzan turned to Richie and remarked in amusement.
"Once again, I'd say he qualifies Richie. In fact he comes close to giving you a run for the money!"
"Everyone in the room burst forth with laughter.
"I'm still bigger!" Richie defensively proclaimed, as he thought to humbly to himself.
'Slightly bigger.'
Embarrassed, Naruto quickly pulled his underwear and pants back up. As the laughter subsided, Dallas turned to Naruto and asked.
"Hey Naruto, you said you had a couple of problems with Slick's plan, what was the other one?"
"Hmm, the second problem is one of a more personal nature."
"What do you mean?"
"The second problem is my girl back home. I don't think she would like or appreciate me dancing and getting naked in front of a couple hundred women."
"Well yeah, but you're only doing it to save your friends." Tito pointed out.
"I know that, but I'm scared if she were to ever find out that I did something like this, I could lose her."
"You love this girl that much?" Slick asked.
"She's everything to me. When I get back home, I'm going to ask her to marry me."
"What's her name?"
"Her name is Hinata and she's the most awesome girl in the world." Naruto proudly declared.
"Tell us about her kid." Tarzan asked.
(End of Flashback)
"So I then told the guys how beautiful and amazing you are Hinata." Naruto stated with love and sincerity.
Hinata blushed at hearing Naruto's public affection and adoration for her, before she leaned up and kissed him. Everyone in the hotel suite felt their heartstrings tug at seeing Naruto and Hinata so much in love with one another. After a minute, Hinata broke off the kiss and said to Naruto.
"You needn't have worried that you would lose me because of what you had to do. You had no choice but to do it to save Master-Jiraiya and Kakashi-Sensei. And you will never lose me Naru-kun, I love and I always will, nothing will ever change that." Hinata declared with conviction.
"I love you to Hina-hime and I always will, nothing will ever change that for me as well." Naruto proclaimed with equal conviction.
"Ok, ok, you two love one another, we already knew that. So what happened next Naruto, I'm dying to know!" Ino eagerly asked.
"There's really not that much left to tell. I and my clones trained with the guys who were awesome in helping me out. Tito and Tobias choreographed my entire routine you ladies saw and the rest of the guys showed me all of their best dance moves and stripping techniques. Then Saturday night arrived and I gave my performance, while the clones I sent into the prison destroyed the drain generator and freed pervy-sage and Kakashi-Sensei. We then made our escape towards the east with the Amazonians in hot pursuit, while Slick and the rest of the guys headed west."
"I wonder where those guys ended up, they sound pretty nice and hot!" Ino openly remarked, causing her parents to shake their heads in frustration.
"They went to Suna." Naruto answered, before adding.
"I told them to look up Gaara and see if he could help them out."
"The Hard Bodies Club, I always wondered why Gaara allowed those guys to open that place. It was because of you Naruto." Temari exclaimed in realization.
"What's the Hard Bodies Club?" Tenten questioned.
"It's only the hottest and sexiest male burlesque show in all of the elemental nations! The dance performers are all total hunks and what they're packing would make even a nun reconsider her vows! They must have changed their club name from Stallions to Hard Bodies when they opened up their new club in Suna." Temari answered excitedly, causing Shikamaru to cock an eyebrow at his wife and comment.
"You seem to know an awful lot about this club."
"Errr…ummm…no Shika-kun, it's, it's just what I heard about it." Temari stammered in an unconvincing voice.
It was then that both Anko and Ino asked in unison, causing both of them to giggle.
"Do you have any upcoming missions to Suna Lady Tsuande?"
The blonde Hokage could only shake her head in amusement, before she then stated with a laugh.
"Ha, ha, ha, I'll let you know, but I have a feeling you're going to have a lot of competition from other kunoichi's who would want that mission as well."
The blonde Hokage then asked.
"There is one part about your story that I don't understand Naruto. You mentioned Drain chains and a Drain generator, what were those?"
"They were chakra inhibiting devices Lady Tsunade. The generator infused the chains Master-Jiraiya and I were captured with chakra draining properties. And the prison cell walls were also infused with it, so we couldn't access our chakra in anyway to escape our captivity." Kakashi answered.
"I wonder how the Amazonians got hold of such a device? I mean it doesn't sound like any of the people in their village or in the surrounding lands knew about or even used chakra in anyway." Tsunade wondered out loud.
"They got it from our bastard ex-teammate Orochimaru. I saw the remnants of the generator after Naruto freed us and I recognized it. It was something Orochimaru had shown me and Sarutobi-Sensei the plans for many years ago. However, the snake-teme decided it wasn't practical, as the power needed to run the generator was enormous. He must have built it and then sold it to someone who then sold it to the Amazonians years ago, or maybe they captured it in a raid, who knows." Jiraiya spat bitterly in explanation.
"That makes sense, as I remember Slick telling me the Amazonians only used it on prisoners who had demonstrated the use of some weird power as he called it. It must have been chakra that he was talking about." Naruto added in realization.
"And I utilized chakra in my initial fight with the Amazonians." Kakashi declared.
An uneasy silence filled the room, as everyone's thoughts turned towards the Snake-Sannin, before Kurenai finally spoke up and announced.
"Well I don't know about the rest of you, but it's very late and I'm ready to call it a night. Besides I still have to pick-up Minato-kun from the Akimichi's in the morning."
"Yes I agree, in fact we also have to pick-up our bundle of joys in the morning from the Akimichi's as well." Iruka announced in agreement with Kurenai.
"Naruto, I'll send that movie of you over to your house in the morning." Inoichi stated, much to his daughters disappointment.
"Thanks Inoichi-san, As soon as I get it, it's going to be destroyed." Naruto announced, causing most of the women who had seen the film to become crestfallen at the thought of its destruction.
"Let's not make any hasty decisions Naru-kun." Hinata timidly said.
"Huh, you mean you don't want to destroy it Hina-chan?"
"We'll, we'll talk about it." Hinata sheepishly replied, while blushing, before she leaned up and whispered in Naruto's ear. After she was done, Naruto had a quizzical look upon his face, before he then asked his soon to be wife.
"You really want one of those installed?"
Hinata smiled brightly and enthusiastically nodded her head.
"Ok my hime, if you want it, I'll have one installed right away."
After that everyone bid their goodbye's to each other and The Night of the Hookers, as it would jokingly be referred to in the future by many of the people who were there had officially ended.
A couple of days later Naruto and Hinata were enjoying breakfast with Kakashi and Kurenai in the Namikaze/Hatake mansion. When little Minato came bounding into the dining room and jumped up in his chair ready to eat breakfast himself.
"You're late Minato-kun, what kept you?" Kurenai asked her son.
"I went to go get Awnty-Hinata and Unca Nawuto for breakfast, but saw their bedroom door was open and that they were already gone. But then I saw something strange and couldn't figure out what is was for?"
"Strange? What do you mean Minato-kun?" Hinata asked in confusion, wondering what the young boy was talking about.
"Awnty-Hinata, how come you and Unca Nawuto have a brass pole inside your bedroom?"
Hinata's face immediately flushed in a deep crimson with embarrassment, while Naruto nearly spit out the orange juice he had been drinking and was now choking on it. Thankfully, Kakashi once again came to their rescue and answered his sons question.
"Son, do you remember that special taijutsu training your aunt and uncle like to practice in their bedroom sometimes I told you about."
Minato nodded his head.
"Well that brass pole is just tool for their training. Isn't that right Naruto?"
"Umm yeah, yeah kiddo, that's what it's there for...tr-training" Naruto stammered in response.
"Ok." Minato stated, fully believing the explanation he had just heard, before he then asked.
"It looks kind of fun, can I use it too?"
"NO!" All four adults shouted together, before they looked at one another in embarrassment.
"Dang it, you adults get to have all of the fun!" Minato exclaimed with a pout.
Author Note: Merry Christmas to all of you and a happy holiday season as well. I present to all my readers my Christmas gift of a new chapter. I have to say I had serious doubts I would be able to post this in time for Christmas. Originally, I had planned on releasing a chapter for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas, but then the most calamitous of acts befell me. My computer crashed 5-6 weeks ago taking with it all I had written, because I was stupid and hadn't yet backed it up onto a flash-drive. Even worse was the fact that my computer was terminal, so there was no bringing it back to life. So to many of you who have sent me pm's, alerts, and reviews over the past several weeks. That is the reason why I've been unable to respond to any of them.
So I currently find myself with no computer to use of my own. Anyway, I've spent the last few weeks trying to find computer time with any of my family or friends computers I could use and writing like a madman when I did. In fact I've spent much of my day today finishing this chapter for all of you. Because I really wanted to give all of my readers a new chapter to enjoy this holiday weekend. So please don't burn me if I've got some stupid grammar and spelling errors, as I didn't get a chance to proof the chapter as much as I would have liked to because of time. Also because of the time and lack of access to a computer factors, is the reason why this chapter is also a bit shorter than what I normally give you.
As for the chapter itself, as you can easily tell it completely centered on the explanation of how Naruto ended up becoming the legendary stripper Subarashii Kitsune (Magnificent Fox). With a little bit of humor mixed in here and there. I have to say I did find it challenging trying to write about someone telling a story. Because when you think about it, in real time Naruto could give the entire explanation in probably 5-10 minutes. So I used the flashbacks to try and give the readers a sense of being there at the Amazonian village of Estrogenia and of the people there. Hopefully the series of flashback's didn't leave anyone confused or hurt the flow of the chapter as you were reading it.
Anyway, I hope everybody enjoyed my gift of a chapter and I'm anxious to see what your reviews will be for it. That honestly is the best gift you can give me. I do wish to thank everyone both old and new readers who took the time to review my last chapter. For those of you who did review, you all had a lot to say about it and I'm pleased that this story has such a strong fan base with readers who actually write out well thought-out reviews. Because of that, I enjoy reading many of your reviews, so please leave lots of them, as they do help a writer get a sense of the thoughts and opinions of the fans of a story. They also can help lift the spirits of an author as well. Also, to any readers who are staff members to any C2 communities, please feel free to add my story to your community if you feel it is worthy of it. I won't mind, I swear. I'll even pinkie swear if I need to?
I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year as well.
Homage time:
I've inserted into this chapter not one but two of my subtle homage's to movies. I think they're pretty easy, so I'm not going to even give you a clue about them. The first homage is a quote and it's the first words Slick said to Naruto. Name the iconic movie and character who said it. The second homage are the names of all the male exotic strippers. On that one just name the iconic movie I got them from. You'll get a cyber-gold star in honor of the holidays if you can answer both. Once again, all I ask is please don't leave a review with just your answer, but also say something about the chapter or the story in general.
My most sincere apologies, as due to the lack of time, and computer, I've yet to checkout the Naruto Gaiden and give my thoughts/rants on it yet. As well as any story recommendations in this chapter and still get it posted by Christmas day for you all to enjoy. However, not to fear as they will return in my next chapter.
Kingkakashi
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Definition: Obtained, done, made, acted, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: .
Etymology: Latin to Late Middle English 1400-1450a.d.
Part of Speech: Adverb