Author's Notes: Well then, I'll bet that most of you didn't see me coming back so soon, did you? Well, gonna have a lot more free time leading up to Christmas, that's for sure. Also, I'm gonna be reverting to a more standard form of story-writing from now on, considering how polarizing the last chapter was.

Q&A Section(As well as some other responses)

Midnight Lost: Glad you enjoyed the chapter! As for your disdain towards my cliffhanger... We both know you can't exactly blame me entirely... As for that next point, you may just see some of that in this chapter, lol.

David Saville: Yeah, I'll admit, I don't like cliffhangers either. As for the flow of the story, I'll admit it wasn't the best. Still glad you enjoyed the plot though.

Dragon and Sword Master: Thanks!

Antex-The Legendary Zoroark: Well, to be fair, I do enjoy writing longer chapters from time to time, it's just that I either don't want to be burnt out or I just want two chapters to have completely different tones. Besides that, I'm glad you enjoyed the story so far.

WindyCitySlayer1: Damn, didn't expect you to predict some things, well played, glad you enjoyed the story so far.

FenreldStormblade: Well, you do have a preview into some of my plans... For the plan regarding this story, I will say that many readers will be surprised by the content... As for your challenge... That's progressing steadily as well.

5stardragon20101: Thanks!

Sageofchaos: Thanks!

Beastyd22: Thanks! As for the update, it's coming now!

Kaneblair: Yeah, I agree, that would've been funny.

YeagerMeister31: 1) Well yeah, you can say that. 2) To be fair, that is what most of the first section of the story consists of, as for chapter length, it's something I'm still trying to address to this day lol. 3) Yup, some people have called Kurama something of a Tsundere, as for Mizuki's plan, you could guess how the plan went. 4) Yup, except you could probably add on 'indifferent' to that description. 5&6) All in all, thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed the story so far.

Imbadatusernames09: Aight, I suppose I've never truly discussed the age of Naruto and how it works. So, essentially, Minato had experimented on himself, these features did not manifest on Minato himself but did pass onto Naruto himself, and as they manifested themselves, each altered Naruto's anatomical structure ever so slightly. So technically, Naruto is 14, but physically and anatomically, he is 16. Hope I helped to clear it up.

Harem - Fem!Kyuubi, Anko, Fem!Haku, Temari, Fem!Deidara, Shizuka and Tayuya.

Ages are probably also important, so here they are!

Naruto - 16(altered anatomical structure)
Anko - 23
Kurama -?
Haku - 16

"Talking"
'Thinking'
"'Talking or thinking by Kurama or berserk Naruto'"

Alrighty! Let's continue reading about Naruto and Haku's fight...

-Forest-

Naruto and the hunter-nin remained in their deadlock for a bit, before the hunter-nin broke Naruto's grip over her wrist, jumping back right after she did so.

"I'd advise you to leave now," The hunter-nin warned, "Or I'll be forced to use some rather... Crude and uncivilized methods to force you to."

"Even out here..." Naruto began to say, "You guys still aren't above a threat, huh?"

"Maybe, but more than likely..." The hunter-nin continued, dashing towards Naruto, "I just don't enjoy fighting in worthless skirmishes, really."

"Me neither," Naruto replied, leaping over the hunter-nin, "Hell, if I had a choice in the matter, I'd rather not be a shinobi at all."

"Wait..." The hunter-nin stopped to ask, "Does Konoha force everyone to be a shinobi?"

"Unless you become a medic, conscription for those above the ages of 12 has been a thing in Konoha for years at this point-" Naruto began to say.

Finding herself distracted, the hunter-nin broke out of her stupor, before dashing over and throwing a punch towards Naruto during the blond's monologue, only for Naruto to look up and casually catch her punch, surprising the hunter-nin.

"-And I'm no medic, so I have no say in the matter," Naruto finished, before leaning in towards his enemy's masked face, and looking into her eyes through the eye-holes in her mask.

'This is getting progressively more and more awkward...' The hunter-nin thought.

"Oh, no," Naruto stated, pulling away, "Don't worry about any romantic implications I may send towards you, I already have two mates."

"Wait, two?!" The hunter-nin asked in shock, "Is this a Konoha thing as well?!"

"Well, no, not quite," Naruto replied, "It's more of a biological and zoological thing..."

'This guy's weird...' The hunter-nin thought, taking a step back, 'But still, he's oddly fascinating, from many perspectives.'

Realizing how their scuffle had suddenly shifted to a casual conversation, Naruto slipped into his stance, before turning to face the hunter-nin.

"As fun as our conversation has been, it is unfortunate for me to say how I do not have a say in the matter of my duty as a shinobi," Naruto began to explain, before spinning a kunai by its ring, "So, I will have to detain you for the time being."

'Almost forgot that he was an enemy...' The hunter-nin thought to herself, withdrawing three senbon.

Without another exchange, Naruto and the hunter-nin dashed at each other, throwing their projectiles at each other, only for Naruto to disperse into smoke upon near-contact with the senbon, leaving a scratch on his opponent's mark as the only result of that singular maneuver. Naruto reconstituted his body, only to disperse into smoke again upon the emergence of three other senbon.

"Stop doing that!" The hunter-nin yelled, quickly getting frustrated at her opponent's choice of actions.

"I don't know..." Naruto replied, reappearing in front of his enemy, "Aren't shinobi supposed to do this?"

'Hold on... I got a plan!' The hunter-nin thought, lifting her mask slightly to reveal her mouth, "Could you perhaps... Help explain the job of a shinobi?"

"Strange request," Naruto stated, "But sure, a shinobi is used by most elemental nations as the standard-"

Naruto began to monologue on about what it means to be a shinobi, only for the hunter-nin to tackle him to the ground, before holding his kunai to his neck.

'Can't believe that worked...' The hunter-nin thought.

'Damn, how did I fall for that?' Naruto thought, 'Maybe I should stop monologuing...'

"Now, you could turn to smoke again," The hunter-nin began to say, "I fucking hope you don't, but please, I don't want to fight, let alone kill you, I just want to talk."

Moments later, the hunter-nin came to realize the compromising position that the two of them were in. Blushing slightly under her mask, the hunter-nin would come to find something poking against her thigh.

"I swear..." The hunter-nin growled, "That better be a kunai poking my thigh..."

"Wait, that's dangerous!" Naruto exclaimed, pushing the hunter-nin off of him before pulling a vial from his pocket. "That was lucky... One single drop of this would've burned through your body like a hot knife pressed against butter."

"You're a chemist?" The hunter-nin asked.

"Well, kinda?" Naruto replied, standing up before looking up into the sky, "Wouldn't necessarily call it my profession, but it keeps my mind off of other things... And it also keeps me from communicating with other people."

"Sound's pretty lonely..." The hunter-nin acknowledged.

"This is it, Naruto-Kun!" Kurama yelled, "She practically asking you to fuck her!"

'That's not how this works, Kurama-chan...' Naruto mentally replied.

"Eh, Anko would beg to differ..." Kurama purred.

'Knock it off,' Naruto mentally stated, before turning back to the hunter-nin. "It's hard to get lonely when you already have two mates... Anyways, what is your name?"

Hesitating for a moment, the hunter-nin gave into Naruto's request.

"Haku, Haku Yuki," The hunter-nin replied.

"Oh? An ice user?" Naruto asked, shocking Haku.

"How the-" Haku began to ask, only for Naruto to continue.

"Read a history book from the Mist," Naruto explained, "If I remember correctly, you guys are pretty dangerous..."

"Yeah? Well, it got my entire family killed..." Haku replied with a tinge of sadness in her voice.

"If it makes you feel any better, my father died sealing a large beast inside of me," Naruto began to explain, "One which led to me being ostracized by most members of Konoha."

"You've been through some stuff, haven't you?" Haku replied, 'He said that so nonchalantly...'

"Well... You could say that..." Naruto stated, "I should go now, I've got some stuff to attend to."

"Wait! Hold on!" Haku yelled, only for Naruto to vanish before her eyes. 'Clever bastard... He got my name... Didn't even get his... Maybe he comes here often...'

-Three Days Later(Late at Night)-

Haku found herself perched atop a branch, steadily looking ahead and at the several trees around the forest. For the past three days, she has had little luck when it came to locating Naruto, so it came as a pleasant surprise when she finally spotted Naruto, laying atop a large tree. Slowly moving towards the tree Naruto was on, Haku patiently positioned herself in the exact spot she had wanted.

'Hmmm,' Naruto thought, thinking about why he was there. 'Kakashi-sensei said something about training...'

Before Naruto was able to continue his thoughts, he found himself pulled through the treetop and down onto a large branch. Shaking his head from the shock, Naruto found himself staring into a pair of dark brown eyes and a face adorned by long, black hair. Not fully understanding the situation, Naruto quickly dispersed his body into a cloud of smoke, before reconstituting his body atop of Haku, pinning the female shinobi onto the branch.

"Woah!" Haku exclaimed, struggling to get free from Naruto's grip, "Slow down! It's just me!"

"Oh, my apologies..." Naruto muttered, "I just didn't expect to be pulled down from a tree!"

"Hehe," Kurama giggled softly.

'What is it now?' Naruto mentally asked, almost dreading Kurama's answer.

"Who would've known you were so... Bold..." Kurama teased, making light of Naruto and Haku's current position.

'What would you do in this situation?' Naruto asked, releasing Haku from his grasp.

"I don't know?" Kurama purred, "Although... I probably wouldn't pin someone as if you were going to... Yeah... Unless you two intend on engaging in those acts right there and then."

Ignoring Kurama's last statement, Naruto helped Haku up, before helping to brush the dust off of her clothes.

"As much as I appreciate you helping me clean up," Haku began to say, "I don't know your name yet, and that's not all, what would your wives think if they saw us just then? I don't mind... But what would they think?"

"I'll address those questions one by one," Naruto replied. "My name is Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki, although my parentage and bloodline are... Both complicated. As for my wives... One of them dresses incredibly revealing everywhere she goes and would most likely walk up to grope you upon your entering of her line of sight."

Hearing this, Haku blushed slightly, picturing the scene in her head.

"Wait, that's one of them, what about the other?" Haku asked, "Surely the other one is more sensible?"

"Well... Would you like to meet her?" Naruto offered, confusing Haku.

"Pardon me?" Haku asked, completely confused by Naruto's offer.

Naruto and Kurama mentally snickered, remembering the time Anko had first met Kurama, only this time, they decided to do something... Different.

'Ready?' Naruto mentally asked.

"Ready," Kurama replied.

"Alright, this won't hurt that badly," Naruto assured, before placing a finger onto Haku's forehead, causing both to fall unconscious upon contact.

-Naruto's Mindscape-

Haku awoke in a vast forest, one slightly different from the one she had just been in prior. Instead of the darkness of nighttime encapsulating the forest, she now found herself in an environment much akin to a sight one would commonly see during springtime.

"What the-," Haku asked herself, "Where am I?"

"You're in my mind..." Naruto replied, appearing next to her. "Well, I suppose we both are."

"And this is where your other wife lives?" Haku asked.

"Yup," Naruto stated.

"Well, where is she?" Haku questioned.

Naruto looked to the left, as large footsteps appeared and shook the earth. Suddenly, Kurama, bearing her Kyuubi form, burst out of the forest, before running in front of Haku and roaring.

"What's this?" Kurama growled, "Did you bring me another meal to feast on?"

"Maybe?" Naruto winked.

Kurama leaned in close to Haku, before sniffing the girl with her large nose. Not wanting to move a single inch, Haku slowly turned her head towards Naruto.

"Is this normal?" Haku whispered.

"Kinda?" Naruto replied, before turning to Kurama. "Kurama-chan! You can turn back now!"

The large fox nodded, before reverting to her more human-like form. Briefly smiling at Haku, Kurama rushed towards Naruto, before wrapping the blond in a tight hug, one which Naruto swore crushed multiple of his dense bones.

"I like this one!" Kurama exclaimed, much to Haku's confusion. "She's one of the few humans who aren't scared of me!"

"What?" Haku asked.

"That's fine and all, Kurama-chan," Naruto began to say, "But I don't think she's very enthusiastic about the idea of sharing her partner with two others!"

"Excuse me?" Haku continued to ask.

"Well, we both remember a time when I was opposed to the idea..." Kurama stated, "But then again... There is always a way to convince others."

"You guys know I'm still here, right?" Haku stated, causing both Naruto and Kurama to turn towards her.

"So..." Naruto continued.

"What's your assessment of the situation?" Kurama asked.

"Could I consider it for a bit first?" Haku asked nervously, scratching the back of her head, "It would be the first time I've ever had a relationship like this... And to share my partner with two others... That just feels... Strange, doesn't it?"

"Suit yourself," Naruto assured.

"I'll be eagerly awaiting your decision, Haku," Kurama purred, before sending both Naruto and Haku out of the former's mindscape.

-Real World-

"Well... That sure was an experience..." Haku admitted, before turning to Naruto.

"Look, whatever decision you make..." Naruto began to say, positioning himself to leap away, "I do hope you make the one that's best for you."

Without awaiting the ice-user's response, Naruto leaped away into an unknown location, leaving behind a thinking Haku.

'Hmmm,' Haku thought, her mind completely conflicted by the previous series of events. 'I can't bring myself to betray Zabuza-sama... But... I can't bring myself to kill Naruto either! What happens if, during our next clash, I have to fight Naruto-kun?!'

Haku paused for a bit, blushing upon the realization of what she had mentally addressed Naruto as.

'Damn it,' Haku thought, 'He probably doesn't even think that much of me... That wife of his was quite the beauty... What would I be to him? I-I... I can't believe it... He's got two wives already, but yet... I'm falling for him...'

Author's Notes 2: Alright, fine, I'll admit, this wasn't the most riveting chapter, but in my defense, this chapter is meant to set up for the next chapter. As for the length of the chapter, the next chapter is going to be a long one, I can promise that as a definite!

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