People talking, "It could be."

Person thinking, "I don't like this idea."

Demon speaking / Invocation talking, "No doubt you are someone to be reckoned with."

Demon thinking / Invocation thinking, "His heart is dark."

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does.

Chapter 17

Amegakure no Sato - In a Tower

"I think I've found our missing member," Madara stated, moving even closer.

Nagato raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did you manage to convince Orochimaru?"

Madara chuckled, turned around and replied. "No, it's not wise to recruit Orochimaru again, nothing will stop him from betraying us again; I've found someone more interesting."

Nagato narrowed his eyes and ordered, "Don't waste my time. Tell me who it is."

Madara approached Nagato and answered, "Naruto Uzumaki."

Nagato at that name narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you have in mind? You know very well that he is the Kyūbi's Jinchūriki."

Madara chuckled again; he walked across the room to sit down in a chair, looking at Nagato as he replied, "Indeed, but remember that he has a small portion of the Kyūbi's power. That's not important to us, remember that we're looking for the power of all the Bijū. Besides, he meets the level to be in our group. I realized this when he almost defeated Orochimaru. "

Nagato was a little surprised; he approached him and continued, "Tell me what you have in mind. Don't incur the wrath of a God."

Madara gave a giggle; he waved his hands and answered. "Nagato, Nagato. Come on; I'm not planning anything. Tobi is a good boy. Tobi just saw Naruto fighting, and Tobi says that Naruto is someone very strong to join our group."

Nagato remained calm, but he didn't trust in Madara. He knew that he had to be careful with this person, and though Madara spoke like a fool sometimes, the masked man was someone incredibly powerful, but he was no match for a 'God.'

He turned around and walked over to his partner, who in this case was a blue-haired woman.

"You can do whatever you want, but don't bother me. And remember that it will be your responsibility what that guy does." Nagato stated, looking at the village again.

Madara smiled behind his mask and then said. "Send Sasori, Deidara, Kakuzu, Hidan and Kisame. Tell them they'll have to go in search of our recruit after Orochimaru's invasion. I have to leave; I have things to do." Madara didn't wait for a response; he just disappeared into his characteristic Shunshin.

When Madara disappeared, Nagato's partner asked, "Are you sure about this, Nagato? I'm sure that Madara is planning something."

Nagato looked at her and answered, "Don't worry, Konan. It doesn't matter; if he tries something, he will suffer the full wrath of a God."

Konan nodded and said no more.

Forest of Death.

"What the hell?" Minato whispered in amazement as he watched the destruction of Naruto's Bijūdama.

"Hokage-sama, we found no one here. But we discovered Orochimaru was fighting someone," an ANBU spoke, kneeling before Minato.

Minato squinted at the name, "What are you waiting for? He shouldn't be far away, go and look for him immediately. Kill him on sight, and remember that he's an S rank ninja; he won't hesitate to kill you."

All the ANBU nodded and disappeared. Hiruzen then approached him and asked, "So, who do you think that did this?"

Minato looked at Hiruzen and answered, "It was Naruto, Sandaime-sama. I don't believe that Menma would have been able to do something like this yet, but I can't understand how Naruto could. I'll have to talk to him once the second part of the exam is over. There's nothing else to do here, let's return to the Tower. "

Hiruzen nodded before looking at the place where Naruto threw the Bijūdama. The attack had been undoubtedly powerful since it spread almost entirely through the Forest of Death. Luckily, it wasn't launched in another direction, or otherwise, the Tower at the center would have been obliterated.

Hiruzen then looked at Minato, nodded and felt the blond putting a hand on his shoulder; they both disappeared in a yellow flash.

Elsewhere in the Forest, Orochimaru began to emerge slowly from the ground. He was almost without Chakra; he had used his Body Replacement three times. Naruto was certainly someone amazing, and he was more than willing to take possession of his body.

Once Orochimaru fully emerged, he saw that someone landed in front of him, which made him smile a little bit. "It's been a while… Anko." Orochimaru said, looking directly at Anko, who looked angry.

Anko stepped forward and stated, "Orochimaru, you're someone very dangerous. That's why I will finish you up here and now, even if it costs my life."

Orochimaru smiled more, but the truth was that he didn't want to fight. He wasn't ready for another battle, even against Anko. "Although I would like to witness how much you've grown since the last time we met. I'm sorry to say that I can't fight you. I just had a fight with someone fascinating, and I've also given him a small gift."

Anko placed her right hand on her neck as she furiously growled, "You damn sick bastard! Whose life have you ruined now! You're sick!"

Orochimaru smiled slightly and answered, "Kukuku, the Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi, Naruto-kun. But I think you wouldn't mind." He really believed that Anko wouldn't mind that.

However, Anko had opened her eyes in total shock as she took a few steps back while pointing at Orochimaru. "D-Did you put your mark o-on N-Naruto-kun?"

Orochimaru nodded and replied while smiling, "Of course; Naruto-kun is the only person who deserves my power. You were worthy of it, but that was long ago. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to rest. Naruto-kun made me spend much of my chakra."

Orochimaru slowly submerged into the ground, and Anko left her impassive state. She ran as fast as she could, but it was too late since Orochimaru had disappeared.

Anko fell to her knees; she hit the ground while tears ran down her cheeks. "Sorry, Naruto-kun…" She whispered, cursing herself because Naruto would have to live the same hell she had lived.

Then she got up, wiped her tears and said to herself as she changed her expression. "No, Naruto-kun won't let that a stupid seal takes control of him. I'm sure that he'll find a way to get out of this."

After that, Anko ran towards the Hokage Tower. She had to get there as soon as possible and inform the Hokage.

In another part of the forest, Haku and Sai were on an Ink hawk, with Naruto in the back. "There, land near that river, Sai," Haku spoke.

Sai nodded and landed, putting Naruto on the ground with Haku's help. Sai moved away to make a tent and then prepare a small campfire.

When everything was ready, they put Naruto inside the tent, and Haku approached him as her hands began to glow green. "Hmm. He's just unconscious; he doesn't have a fever or anything, just Chakra exhaustion."

She looked to where Orochimaru had bitten Naruto, and she noticed a strange seal with four Tomoe and with the Kanji 'Hell' right in the center. It was very tiny, but Haku could read it.

When Said saw Haku's hands glowing green, asked. "Are you a Medical-nin?"

Haku turned around; she looked at Naruto while smiling slightly, "I'm not very good at it. But since the time I saw Naruto-kun in a coma, I went every day to the hospital to learn more about medicine. I didn't want to see Naruto-kun in a state like that again, so I decided to train in this field. "

Sai nodded and replied, "Yes, I remember that day very well. Although I didn't care about Naruto-sama in the past, I can say that I'm sorry for not caring more for him."

There was so much respect in his words that Haku decided to ask. "Why do you respect Naruto-kun so much?"

Although she had a slight idea, she wasn't completely sure.

Sai smiled a bit, which surprised Haku, "Because Naruto-sama is an amazing person who opened my eyes," Sai replied in a submissive tone.

Haku just sighed. She knew that she wouldn't get anything from Sai. Therefore, she would ask Naruto once he woke up.

Meanwhile, she focused again on Naruto while Sai went out to stand guard.

Meanwhile - In Naruto's Mindscape.

"Damn it! Hey, Naruto! Give me a hand over here!" Kurama shouted as he pulled some snakes off his body.

Naruto growled and replied, "Hey, can't you see? I'm busy over here!" He was cutting several snakes that were trying to get on him, but he wouldn't allow that not even when crazy.

Kurama growled. Those snakes had appeared out of nowhere, and he could tell that they were trying to take his power away and also get inside him to control him somehow. But he wouldn't allow it.

Then Naruto came, and the snakes had tried to do the same to him, but he had quickly started to kill them. Nevertheless, they seemed to have no end, since more and more of them appeared.

They continued killing those snakes until Naruto got tired and shouted, "Hey, Kurama! Take cover!" Naruto then began to float at an appropriate height and stretched out both arms.

Kurama nodded, he covered himself with his tails just in time to hear Naruto shouting, "Shinra Tensei!" The Uzumaki expelled a strong force from his hands, which lifted the ground and annihilated the snakes.

Kurama took off his tails, seeing Naruto landing and releasing a sigh, "It's finally over." He stated.

Kurama smiled and nodded, and he was about to add something when they heard someone speaking, "Kukuku, the Rinnegan is definitely a wonderful thing, Naruto-kun."

Naruto maniacally smiled; he pointed his hand at the source of chakra, and just when Orochimaru was emerging, he uttered, "Banshō Ten'in."

The pale man instantly felt his body being pulled towards Naruto. He tried to stretch his body out, but he couldn't move because he was feeling a lot of pressure around his body.

"Stupid asshole! You're in my mind! Don't think you can escape!" Naruto shouted with that smile which was even starting to intimidate Kurama.

Naruto caught Orochimaru; he placed a hand over his head and whispered, "Ningendō."

The Jinchūriki yanked Orochimaru's soul out of his body before absorbing it, which he regretted.

"You fucking sick bastard!" Naruto shouted, releasing Orochimaru's body, which disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Naruto smiled; it was just a shadow clone, but he made sure what his clone had seen wouldn't reach the original because he extracted the soul of that clone, a weakness he had discovered in that technique.

Naruto then squinted. "So, is this how Orochimaru's seal works?"

Naruto snapped his fingers and everything around him changed. Now he was in his room of memories.

"Hmm, this has changed a lot," Naruto said while looking around; the walls were now black, and the floor seemed sticky.

Naruto ignored that and walked through the room. He opened a door and saw a similar seal to the one he had on his neck, but this one was much bigger, and it was also glowing in a black color, while some lines came out of it, which seemed to be connected to his neural network.

"Hmmm, that's how it is..." Naruto murmured and walked a little more until he gave jump while shouting, "Ouch! What the hell?"

He looked down and saw Kurama. "Hey! Why the hell did you bite me?"

Kurama chuckled and replied, "You never told me where you were heading, so I had to find you on my own. You know very well that I don't like walking through your mind."

"Oooh. Poor thing, are you afraid of getting lost in my mind again?" Naruto mockingly asked.

Kurama flushed in shame for a moment, but then he growled and shouted, "Shut up! Now tell me, what the hell are we doing in this place?"

Naruto stopped smiling, looked at the seal and replied, "This is the seal that Orochimaru put on me. Those snakes were trying to control us, and then Orochimaru would come to this location to have full control of my body. Moreover, thanks to his clone now I know that Orochimaru leaves his soul in everyone that he marks. After that, his would make a summoning if something bad were to happen with the original, and from the soul fraction that he sealed, Orochimaru would come out to revive later; he's certainly smart."

Naruto paused, approached the seal on the wall and placed a hand on it, causing it to glow and then change to a red color. "And now he won't be able to do that."

Naruto stepped back and stood next to Kurama, who asked because the seal didn't disappear. "Why did you not get rid of that seal?"

Naruto looked at Kurama's diminutive form and answered, "Because this seal will help me a lot in the future."

Kurama raised an eyebrow and asked again, "What do you mean?"

Naruto snapped his fingers and reappeared in his typical mindscape. He entered in a cottage along with Kurama, sat on a chair and responded, "Because it grants its host a significant power boost. And as far as I could see in Orochimaru's memories, the user suffers changes when activating it. I wonder how I'll look when unlocking the third level of my mark," he said the latter while putting his fingers on his chin.

Meanwhile, Kurama was still confused. He could understand most of the explanation, but not everything. "What do you mean by 'the third level'?"

Naruto looked at him and answered, "The Curse Mark has levels. At the first level; some marks appear around your body, increasing your power moderately. At the second level; your body undergoes alterations, completely changing your appearance to a new one and increasing your strength considerably. The feelings of hatred and the fighting desire of its user fed it, and the more powerful these feelings are, the stronger you will get. However, to achieve that level you must go through a process not to die when you reach the second level. Besides, at first, you aren't so powerful because your body needs to get used to such power.

Kurama opened his eyes and asked out of curiosity, "But you didn't talk about the third level. Does that level allow you to exceed the limits?"

Naruto stood up and answered, "I'm not sure; I still can't process all the information from Orochimaru, and I don't want to do it. The mark he put on me is experimental; not even Orochimaru is sure if I will be able to reach the third level. He just put his mark on me, since it would be able to interrupt our connection so that you wouldn't be able to free me of the trance in which I would have been in. Too bad that the bastard never knew about the qualities of my Rinnegan, and now he doesn't know that I know all this, hehe. "

Kurama smiled too, but then changed his expression and asked, "But now he knows that you have the Rinnegan. Are you not worried?"

Naruto shook his head and answered without stopping smiling, "No, Orochimaru isn't stupid; he won't tell anyone about my Rinnegan, he doesn't want anyone touching the future container of his soul. Poor idiot, hehe. Though I could also learn something interesting thanks to that bastard."

"And what would that be?"

"It seems that Orochimaru plans to use the Edo Tensei to kill the old Hokage. And thanks to that, now I know the proper way to use the Edo Tensei; it wasn't as complicated as I had believed. Now I'll be able to revive Kaa-chan. There's just a little more left, and I'll finally be able to leave this filthy village. But I won't allow Orochimaru kill the old Hokage; he won't escape from my hands again..."

He made a short pause, clenching his fists tightly and lowering his head, "I've failed Anko-chan; I couldn't keep my promise."

Kurama quickly added, "Hey, but now you know how to remove the mark from that woman. You should be happy."

Naruto looked up; Kurama was right, but he couldn't help feeling sad for having failed his promise. "Yeah… you're right." He added.

After that, he walked to another room. "Now I'll get some sleep; we must recover the Chakra we've spent in the battle. Besides, I've discovered that the Apple also limited our connection time a lot. I won't use it again until I recover more of your power."

Kurama nodded and accompanied Naruto inside the room. The Jinchuriki laid down on the bed and the Biju on his stomach.

The next day.

Haku was waking up, and the last thing she remembered was watching Naruto until she fell asleep. She fully opened her eyes and looked at the place where Naruto should be, but he wasn't there anymore.

She quickly got up and whispered. "Naruto-kun…"

She walked out the tent to see Sai and asked, "Sai, where did Naruto-kun go?"

Sai turned around, looked at her and replied, "Naruto-sama should be inside, Haku-san; I didn't see him leaving."

Haku growled and quickly went back into the tent; she checked the place where Naruto had been resting, and under the pillow; she found a note.

Haku quickly grabbed it and read it. "Haku-chan, I've gone out to think about what happened yesterday. Don't worry; I'll return in a few hours. And tell Sai to be more attentive, or I'll kill him the next time."

After reading the latter, Haku laughed softly. She saved the note and left to look for something to cook when Naruto returned.

Meanwhile, Naruto was destroying everything in his path. He had failed Anko, and that was bothering him a lot. He had promised her on several occasions that he would kill Orochimaru if he saw him. He had failed, and that was making him furious.

Although Kurama told him that he already knew how to remove the seal from Anko, he couldn't forgive himself.

Naruto continued destroying everything, trees, animals, rocks; with different types of Jutsu, punches, kicks, everything while unconsciously approaching to the second source of the chakra that had caught his attention yesterday.

Meanwhile, Kurama could only sigh; he already got used to Naruto's sudden changes in emotions. There was no doubt that he would never entirely understand humans.

Naruto continued his destruction; he was fully recovered. The seal that Orochimaru had put on him had somehow improved his regeneration rate and his chakra. He didn't know why because not even Orochimaru was sure how his seal would work. Therefore, he didn't mind that now, he would think about it later.

"Where is everyone?!" Naruto heard someone shouting close to him.

He quickly left his state of fury and concentrated, and he finally realized that it was the Chakra that had caught his attention yesterday. In a burst of speed, Naruto appeared on the scene. He didn't know why, but he felt the need to help that person.

He saw a huge bear, which seemed to be trying to attack someone. "Stop right there, bear!" Naruto shouted from the top of a tree.

The bear at that voice quickly stopped as he sat down on the ground, just to see Naruto landing next to him. "What the hell are you doing?" Naruto asked the bear, who now looked quite scared.

The bear then growled, and Naruto nodded. "If you're hungry, go and hunt something at the river. You're a bear, dammit."

The bear growled again, and Naruto could only roll his eyes and sigh when hearing the stubbornness of the animal in front of him.

"Uhm, excuse me. Are you talking to that bear?" asked the person who almost was eaten by the beast.

It was a female voice, so he turned to answer. But he instantly felt paralyzed. The reason? Right before him one of the most beautiful creatures he had ever seen was.

It was a surprising sight, especially her red hair which for some reason made him wish to have that girl on his lap and never let her go.

She saw Naruto frozen; hence, she slowly approached him, with precaution because the bear was still there. Besides, she couldn't see well because her glasses had fallen off. "Sorry, did something happen to you?"

Naruto shook his head, smiled and replied as he took the girl's hand, surprising her slightly, "Excuse me, miss, but after seeing such a beautiful angel, I was speechless. I would be delighted if this sweet divine being spoke her name to this poor mortal." Naruto proceeded to kiss the girl's hand.

She blushed slightly, and although she couldn't see him well, she knew he was handsome and polite.

She then remembered Naruto's request replied, "M-My name is Karin."

Naruto smiled widely, seeing her squinting. He didn't understand it at first until he saw her glasses on the ground. He grabbed it and put it slowly on Karin.

After that, he said, "Thanks for sharing your name. You've certainly made this humble mortal jubilant, Karin-chan," he said, bowing slightly.

Karin blushed more when clearly seeing Naruto.

"I-I... Thank you very much for helping me. If it weren't for you, I would be dead right now." Karin bowed to hide her blush.

Naruto, however, stopped her and stated, "Don't bow to me. I don't like when beautiful girls like you bow before me. There's no reason for you to do it."

Karin blushed again, but then she remembered who he was. "It's you; we passed the first part of the Chunin exam thanks to you."

Naruto smiled and replied as he bowed again, "Hehehe, good to know that you still remember me. My name is Naruto Uzumaki, at your service."

Karin giggled, "Nice to meet you, Naruto-kun. But you don't need to bow before me either."

Naruto raised his head, smiled and replied, "But that's where you're wrong. I'm a man, and a man should always show his respects to a beautiful woman."

Karin blushed, then smiled and was about to say something else when she heard the bear growling loudly. It startled her, which made her fall to the ground.

Naruto growled too, "Stupid! I don't want to do that… Well, not yet."

The bear growled again, a thing that was starting to annoy Naruto, and Karin spoke again, "Naruto-kun, how can you communicate with that bear?"

Naruto shrugged and answered, "As you may know, I'm the Jinchūriki of the Kyūbi."

Karin nodded; she had heard that from the gray-haired guy.

After seeing the nod, Naruto continued, "And by being the container of that poor bastard…"

"HEY!" Kurama shouted.

Naruto chuckled but paid no attention, and Kurama knew that he was trying to annoy him. "I've gotten some abilities; I can understand all the land animals and some of the fliers ones. But I can't understand the aquatic ones at all."

Karin was completely amazed; she didn't know that something like that was possible. She came closer and asked, looking at the bear. "Why did he stop when you ordered him to do it?"

Naruto smiled and replied, "Because the animals of this forest know who the Alpha is. And they're well aware that they can't oppose to me. Well, they can try. But our dear bear over here has already witnessed what might happen to those who disobey. "

The bear growled weakly, which made Naruto laugh. Karin looked at him with great interest, and for some reason, she felt that she wanted to know everything about him.

Naruto felt the same; therefore, he made her sit on the ground as he asked, "Tell me, Karin-chan. Why are you alone in this place? Where are your teammates?"

Karin lowered her head and replied, "They're dead, a team attacked us. I managed to escape but my companions couldn't."

Naruto nodded and continued, "I'm very sorry. But the good thing is that you're safe and sound; that's all that matters."

Karin nodded, "And your team, Naruto-kun? What are you doing here alone?"

Naruto scratched his head, "My team is out there; they know how to take care of themselves. I decided to walk around here. My mind was a mess."

Karin nodded, and then she heard Naruto asking, "How old are you, Karin-chan?"

"I'm thirteen years old, and you?"

Naruto smiled and replied, "Thirteen years old as well, but I'll be fourteen in a few months."

Karin blinked surprised. "You must be kidding. Thirteen? I don't believe you."

Naruto smiled and replied, "That's what they always say, but I promise you that I'm thirteen. Look, I born the day of the Kyūbi's incident, in other words, thirteen years ago."

Karin stared at him, which surprised Naruto a little bit. "Hmm, did I say something wrong?"

Karin stopped; she shook her head and gave him a tender smile, which made Naruto blush slightly. "No, I was just checking your Chakra to see if you were lying or not."

That information surprised him, and just then, Naruto remembered something he had seen when he was in a coma.

"She's an Uzumaki," Naruto thought, but then he shook his head and asked, "Karin-chan; what will you do once you return to Kusagakure?"

Karin unconsciously covered her arms with her hands, which caught Naruto's attention quite a bit, and just now, he could see the bite marks on her arms.

He quickly grabbed one of her arms and seriously asked, "Who did this?"

Karin pulled her arm away so that Naruto couldn't see her marks. "Nobody, N-Naruto-kun; you don't need to worry."

However, Naruto didn't like that answer, so he took her arms again and asked, "Karin, who did this to you? I want to know who those bastards are!" Naruto demanded, getting angry. Not with Karin, but with those people who did that on her beautiful skin.

"Naruto-kun ..." she spoke, but now looking straight into Naruto's eyes, and after doing, she felt her heart jumping with joy because she could only see his concern.

Karin blushed, lowered her head and replied, "I-I have a unique ability, Naruto-kun. When a person bites me, I can heal their wounds. And Kusakage-sama took advantage of this ability, charging money to those who wanted to be healed."

Naruto clenched his fists as he whispered, "He'll die."

Karin could clearly hear him; she got worried and quickly replied, "Naruto-kun, Kusakage-sama is powerful. We're only Genin; you could never hurt him."

Naruto growled; he stood up and stated, "Karin-chan, I don't care if that bastard is the Rikudō Sennin himself. I'll make him pay for what he has done."

Naruto knew he was hasty, but he couldn't help feeling in this way.

Karin stood up again and denied, "You don't understand. I-I ... I d-don't care if Kusakage-sama did that."

She said trying to convince Naruto, who turned, placed his hands on her shoulders and forced her to look into his eyes. "Say that again."

The Uzumaki girl could no longer lie. "I-I, I don't want to return to that place, Naruto-kun," she replied lowering her head.

"Then come with me. I promise you that nobody will use you ever again," Naruto promised, putting his fingers on Karin's chin, raising her head.

Karin blushed and let out a longing sigh. "B-but you're the son of the Hokage, and I a-a simple girl from a village of no relevance. I don't want to bother you."

Naruto smiled, but then he put a serious face and cut distance with Karin. "Forgive me…"

Karin blushed hugely, and unconsciously, she raised her lips. She had just met this guy, and were they now about to kiss?

She didn't know the reason, but something inside her told her that she had to be with him, and well, she wasn't going to resist that urge. He was a handsome, polite and attentive boy. Besides, he had saved her. What more could she ask for? It was a great opportunity for her, for a girl with no opportunities.

Naruto made contact, knocking his lips against Karin's, who had closed her eyes and stood on her tiptoes to have a better reach.

Naruto noticed this; therefore, he put his arms around Karin's waist to bring her up to his height.

The Jinchūriki continued kissing her until he felt something surprising; Karin was pushing her tongue against his lips, requesting permission to enter. Naruto smiled and opened his lips a little, giving permission to Karin's tongue, which quickly played with his.

Naruto went to the ground, put Karin on his lap and started kissing her with more ferocity. The Uzumaki boy just wanted to have this girl in his bed, but at the same time, he didn't want to. Not because he didn't desire it, but because he didn't want to do something like that.

Naruto didn't want her to think that he only wanted to have sex with her; it was something strange, because if he wanted to do it, he would have released his pheromones. However, he hadn't even done that; something stopped him from doing it.

Something inside him wanted that to happen naturally, and he would do it, he didn't want her away from him.

Naruto then ended the long kiss, separating slowly from Karin, who was staring off; she couldn't believe that she had her first kiss and a really intense one.

"Sorry," Naruto apologized again, very close to Karin, who sighed and then looked at Naruto.

"W-why are you apologizing?" She nervously asked; she didn't want to believe he was just playing with her.

"I… I ... we barely know each other, and I have already done this. I don't want you to think badly of me," Naruto replied directly looking at those red eyes that were making him crazy, plus her glasses made her look downright sexy.

Karin put her head on Naruto's chest, and he placed his arms around Karin to hug her. "Why would I think badly of you? After all, I returned the kiss," she replied, raising her eyes to see Naruto, who smiled a little and then kissed her reddish hair.

"Karin-chan, you're beautiful," Naruto stated, stroking Karin's hair.

Karin blushed and asked, "Seriously?"

Naruto nodded and replied, "Of course. Never think otherwise. Though I have to tell you something, and I hope you understand it."

"What is it, Naruto-kun?"

Naruto looked straight into Karin's eyes and answered, "Uhm, I… I have girlfriends."

Karin opened her eyes considerably, so he quickly corrected his words. "Yeah, well. But it's not what you think. Karin-chan, it's hard to explain. Look, I was hated and despised my entire life, until the point I thought about ending all that suffering. "

Karin didn't understand it, "But you're the son of the Hokage. Why would they hate the son of the most important person in your village?

Naruto laughed with bitterness and replied, "Well, that bastard realized that I was his son just a few months ago. He believed that I was the Kyūbi, and for that reason, he threw to the wolves."

Karin opened her eyes significantly; she was about to say she was sorry, but Naruto continued. "But that doesn't matter. What I'm trying to tell you is that I thought that I would only serve to kill those people who had caused me so much pain. However, that changed when I realized that not everyone saw me like that in this place, and those turned out to be my girls. I must say that if they became my girlfriends, it was because I had a lot to do. However, they did it as well since they approached me selflessly; they were the first ones to want to talk to the 'Demon Brat.' However, what I'm trying to say is that I'm very grateful to them. For those reasons, I have a strong attachment to them. And I don't know, but I've started to believe that I love them, just as I'm beginning to think I feel with you. I know it's very fast; we barely know each other, but it's just something that I can't avoid. Something deep inside of me tells that we should be together," Naruto finished, waiting for Karin's response.

Karin smiled, got up a little from his lap and kissed him. "You didn't need to tell me all that. I was just surprised that you had more than one girlfriend; you should be really good to keep them all happy," she paused and moved her eyebrows provocatively.

Her forwardness surprised Naruto; this girl really was sassy, and he could say for sure that he loved it.

Karin continued. "Although I also feel the same. Something tells me that I must be with you; my heart and my mind tells me that. I had never before experienced anything like this."

"So, are you not angry? Would you accept not being the only one?" Naruto asked with interest; he wanted her to accept more than anything else.

Karin nodded and replied, giving him another kiss, "Yes, but if you promise that you won't forget me."

"Never," Naruto quickly replied, giving her another hot kiss, which she gladly returned. After a few minutes, they took distance, and both were blushing.

Naruto smiled; this had definitely escalated quickly, even for him. But as the Jinchūriki had already said it, he couldn't avoid it, and he thought it had something to do with the fact that she was an Uzumaki woman. The old man had told him that something like this would happen when he met Uzumaki women. But hey, the Uzumaki women were beautiful, and that became clear when he saw how the Uzumakis of that time were.

Naruto and Karin stood up as he said, "Okay, Karin-chan. Time to return to my team, I'll tell you a few things as we arrive. Now hold on to me, I know a way to get there quickly."

Karin nodded and grabbed one of Naruto's hands, but the Namikaze quickly carried her bridal style, which made her blush, "Naruto-kun, what are you doing?"

Naruto didn't answer, he smiled and floated, which made Karin's eyes open widely. "You can fly!" she exclaimed fascinatedly.

Naruto spoke, "That's a secret, Karin-chan; don't tell anyone, okay?" Karin nodded quickly.

Naruto then slowly flew where his teammates were. He didn't want to go fast since he knew that Karin would enjoy this experience, and he also wanted to tell her some things before they arrived.

After flying for about 15 minutes, Naruto landed near the river. "We're close," Naruto said looking at Karin, who was looking at him eyes full of admiration. "Uhm, what's up with that look?" Naruto asked.

Karin jumped on him again and exclaimed, "One more lap! Please, Naruto-kun! I want to fly again!" She asked, smiling widely.

Naruto chuckled and replied, "I promise you that we'll do many laps later, Karin-chan, but now I must return to my team and then go to the Tower. Here isn't anything else to see."

Karin nodded, and they walked until spotting the camp. The redheaded girl saw that Sai came closer quickly and knelt down before Naruto. "Naruto-sama, some Genin have said that they've come to kill you. Haku-san and I have already captured them. We thought it would be best to let you decide what to do with them."

Naruto nodded, and when he was about to speak, Haku left the tent and ran straight at him before jumping on him, giving him a kiss.

Then she pulled away. "I'm glad you are already well, Naruto-kun. But don't ever leave without telling me before. You could have ended up destroying the forest," Haku scolded at the end.

Naruto laughed a little as he scratched his head. "Don't worry, Haku-chan; you should thank Karin-chan that I didn't do that. If it weren't for her, I would be lying somewhere in the forest due to the Chakra consumption."

Haku didn't know who Karin was until she saw a girl next to Naruto. "Naruto-kun, is she also? You know…" Haku asked squinting.

Naruto waved his hands defensively and replied, "Y-Yes! But there's a good explanation. I'll tell you later." Then he looked at Karin, who had a strange smile on her face.

Naruto didn't pay much attention to it and continued, "Karin-chan, this beautiful woman is Haku, and Haku-chan, this preciousness is Karin. I hope that both of you can get along."

Naruto stepped back and saw that Karin quickly approached Haku to shake hands with her. "Nice to meet you, Haku-san, I hope we can get along, and that we can satisfy Naruto-kun."

Haku blushed a lot, and Naruto's eyes opened widely; this girl was definitely sassy.

He didn't say anything about it and continued, "Okay, now that you know each other. Please Haku-chan; tell me where my supposed murderers are."

Haku nodded and made a sign for Naruto to follow her.

Naruto said nothing and just did so, and Sai and Karin as well. They entered into the woods until arriving at a small ice dome. Everyone went in, and Naruto saw the three Sound Genin held by what looked like ink snakes.

"Sai, release Kin-chan right now." Sai quickly complied with the order of his master.

Kin rubbed her body; those snakes were squeezing a lot.

Then she saw Naruto standing in front of her and looking at her with an emotionless gaze, which scared her a little bit. "Naruto-kun, I'm so…"

She couldn't finish because Naruto helped her to stand up.

"Don't worry, Kin-chan, I know you couldn't do anything, or else these bastards would have done something that they would have regretted for the rest of their lives." Naruto interrupted.

Kin felt relieved; therefore, she looked at her teammates, who were looking at her with pure hatred.

"Sai, pull that thing off their mouths," Naruto ordered, and Sai quickly pulled their gags off.

Zaku immediately shouted quite angrily, "You fucking bitch! Once Orochimaru-sama finds out about this, he'll do experiments with you!"

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Idiot! Do you not see the situation you are in? If I were you, I would choose my words properly."

Zaku snorted and chuckled, Naruto, tired of his attitude, took him by his hair. He raised him until having him up to height, and with his other fist, he started giving him repeated blows in his face.

Zaku couldn't help being surprised. These punches were so powerful that he already felt head injuries, and if he continued with that intensity, he would certainly end up killing him. However, Naruto suddenly stopped and threw him to the ground.

The Uzumaki wiped with a rag the blood from his hand. Zaku tried to say something, but he couldn't because Naruto had broken all his teeth. Besides, he felt his life fading way, and for that reason, he didn't have strength to open his mouth.

Naruto then looked at Kin, who had eyes wide open. He grabbed his Ninjato and handed it over to Kin. "Finish him off," Naruto stated, taking her out of her daze.

She took a few steps back, and Naruto growled and exclaimed while approaching her, "Finish him off, Kin-chan! He can no longer hurt you; don't be afraid. Show him that you're the one who has the power now. Kill that bastard," Naruto said, putting his Ninjato in Kin's hand, who held it sheepishly.

"B-but what if..." She tried to say.

Naruto placed a finger on her lips and continued, "Shhhh. Relax, they can't hurt you anymore. You now have the power, face your fears. Trust me; you'll feel better once you do it."

Naruto knew this wouldn't be easy for her, heck, not even he could make his first kill in cold blood so easily.

Kin then grabbed the handle of the Ninjato tightly and slowly walked towards Zaku, who had his face completely ruined and covered in blood.

The Sound Genin saw Kin standing in front of him, and he smirked as he could while he spat some blood in front of her.

Kin grabbed the handle of the Ninjato, she kneeled down, put the tip down and raised her arms as high as she could before lowering it quickly.

However, just when it was in front of Zaku's head, she stopped and said with tears in her eyes. "I can't do it, N-Naruto-kun. I-If Orochimaru-sama finds out about this; then he'll make worse things to me." She shuddered slightly.

Naruto began to get closer, but he couldn't since he heard something that made him outraged. "Y-Yo-you're a u-us-useless b-bi-bitch. D-damn w-whore-e, O-Orochimaru-sama w-will not only f-fi-finish you o-off, b-but also your little whore f-fr-friend." And then he spat directly on the face of Kin, who went completely blank.

Her eyes suddenly lost their brightness; she just squeezed the handle tightly, and at full speed, she stabbed Zaku's skull. However, she didn't stop there, she pulled the Ninjato out and stabbed his body repeatedly. "Shut uuuuupp!" Kin yelled, continuing stabbing to a more than dead Zaku.

Naruto approached her since he concluded that she was losing her mind. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into a hug, which made Kin find herself. "Relax. He can't hurt you anymore." Naruto said stroking her hair.

Kin trembled and felt her legs weak, which made her almost fall, but Naruto hugged her even harder so she didn't. Therefore, Kin could only do one thing... Cry.

Naruto just stroked her hair; he just let her vent. He turned his head slightly and noticed that Karin was trembling slightly, as she covered her face.

Therefore, he created a clone, which walked over Karin and asked, "Karin-chan, let's go. What do you think if we take the ride that I promised you?"

Karin instantly left her state and jumped on Naruto's clone, which quickly caught her in his arms.

The clone just smiled and walked away so that Karin can have a tour around the skies. After a few minutes, Naruto realized that Kin calmed down, so he asked. "Do you feel better now?"

Kin then pulled back and replied as she wiped the tears. "Y-Yes, thank you, Naruto-kun. I-I don't know what happened; I suddenly lost control. I've never done anything like that before."

Naruto gave her a soft kiss, which surprised her pleasantly. "Your reaction is understandable; anyone would react in the same way if someone threatened the people who are precious to us."

Kin nodded, and she then separated entirely from Naruto. Then all those who were still in the dome looked at Dosu, who seemed quite nervous. "Kin-chan, you can leave if you want; I'll take care of him." Kin shook her head and replied, "I want to stay, Naruto-kun; Dosu has been almost as despicable as Zaku."

Naruto then looked at Sai, who nodded and pulled the gag off. Naruto slowly approached him, looked into his eyes and said, "Hmmm, there are so many ways to murder you, I can't settle for just one."

Dosu got quite scared and replied more than nervous, "W-wait, t-think about it, I can be helpful- I know a lot about Orochimaru, I can tell you about his plans. I'm sure that the Hokage will be grateful."

Nevertheless, Naruto laughed aloud, "Hahaha, trust me; I already know about Orochimaru's plans, as well as his future plans. Anyway, it's a shame that you have nothing to offer me. I think that means that you have to die." Naruto smiled darkly.

Dosu got even more nervous; he tried to say something, but he couldn't because the next thing he saw left him quite surprised. Some tentacles of what appeared to be made of metal came out of Naruto's arm, they coiled around his forehead and neck, holding him tightly.

Then all who were there were surprised to see how Naruto's hand changed to what appeared to be a cannon, which revolved for a moment before stopping.

Then the metal tentacles removed the bandages from his, and Dosu saw that Naruto slowly approached a cannon towards his mouth.

He tried to say something again, but he couldn't because the cannon lengthened and became smaller for every inch that it lengthened. Finally, the cannon went into his mouth, preventing him from speaking.

"Look, Dosu. I'll spare your life if you manage to say: Oh great Naruto-sama, please forgive my miserable and pathetic life. I swear to you that I'll never be a bad boy again."

Dosu opened his eyes and tried to say those words, but only gibberish came out from his mouth.

Since Naruto didn't hear what he wanted, he looked at his other hand as if there were a clock. "Hmmm, I'm sorry; your time has run out."

Dosu panicked; he tried to scream, but it was useless. He felt that the cannon in his mouth started to heat up and release a strange sound.

When Naruto saw the look of horror on Dosu's face; he couldn't help smiling. He then released the attack, which destroyed Dosu's head and the ice wall that was behind him as well.

The blood poured everywhere, and much of it ended up on Naruto's face, who didn't flinch. He withdrew the tentacle of Dosu's neck before deactivating his Rinnegan. After doing it, his hand returned to normal. "This power is great; I can't wait to use it on another bastard."

Naruto then closed his fist, stretched his arm out and started making noises as if he were shooting with his hand as he pointed it in different directions.

Everyone got out of their shock after seeing him doing that, and they couldn't help but sweatdropping at his childish behavior, even after killing someone in such a way.

After a few minutes, Naruto turned around and said, "Okay, it's time to go to the Tower; we don't have anything else to do here."

Naruto noticed that everyone was looking at him strangely, so he asked, "What are you staring at?"

Haku sighed and answered, "Blood… your face."

Naruto scratched his head clumsily and pulled out another handkerchief. "How do I look now?" Naruto asked, giving a sensual smile.

Kin and Haku blushed a little and answered at the same time. "Handsome."

Both stared at each other before smiling. Naruto did it as well and gave a round of applause. "Okay, wait for me outside while I get rid of these bastards."

All went outside, and Naruto did some hand seals as he activated his Rinnegan.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu." He put one hand on the ground, and a puff of smoke revealed a two-headed dog. "Have fun," Naruto stated and left the dome.

The dog, which wasn't very big, quickly began to devour Dosu's body before moving on to Zaku's. Once Naruto was outside, he saw his clone landing, along with Karin, who had a big smile on her face. "Naruto-kun, you're incredible!" She stated, still in the arms of the clone.

Naruto approached her, lowering her from the clone's arms and asked, "How was your trip, Karin-chan?" He caressed her cheek, which made her blush again.

"Phenomenal," she whispered, enjoying the touching.

Naruto smiled and stopped, much to her disappointment. Naruto turned around and looked at everyone. "I don't think I have to say this, but I'll do it anyway. All that you have seen in this place is a secret; you can't tell anyone. Understood?"

Quickly everyone nodded, and Naruto smiled before creating a shadow clone. "Here you have a heaven scroll, and the other one is of earth. Search for Ino-chan and give her the one she needs. I'm sure she couldn't find a scroll because of those two cowards that she has as teammates."

The clone nodded, grabbed the scrolls and ran out of there, towards the direction he could feel Ino's Chakra.

Naruto then created another clone; he called Kin and his new clone called Haku. Both girls approached, and both of them carried the girls in bridal style, something that surprised them. "W-What are you doing, Naruto-kun?" Haku asked blushing due to the position.

Naruto's clone didn't respond. Instead, he floated and flew towards the Tower. Karin didn't ask much and jumped on her clone, who caught her in his arms. Then he did the same as the other clone.

"Kin-chan, you're not afraid of heights, are you?" Naruto asked with concern, not wanting her to feel worse.

Kin shook her head and answered, "No, Naruto-kun; I would love to fly."

Naruto smiled and nodded; he looked at Sai and continued, "You can create those hawks of yours, see you at the tower; don't be late."

Sai nodded, seeing Naruto floating and then flying slowly towards the tower.

Naruto didn't rush because he wanted Kin to enjoy the experience, and he also wanted her to think of something else besides her first kill.

Kin couldn't help being surprised; they were flying quite high, and everything looked tiny. She had no idea that flying was possible; for that reason, she was looking at Naruto with surprise, and also with love in her eyes.

Though they had met a few days ago, Naruto was the first man who had treated her with respect, and also had helped her to get rid of those two who had mistreated her since years ago.

She snuggled into Naruto, releasing continuous sighs. She was falling in love with Naruto, and she liked that feeling. She closed her eyes, enjoying the soft breeze that crashed against her face.

When she opened her eyes, she realized they were landing on the roof of the Forest's Tower.

Naruto lowered her gently and then looked towards the others. "Okay, let's enter and take a well-deserved rest."

Everyone nodded followed him to the bottom of the tower.

Once there, Naruto remembered Anko's words; therefore, he opened both scrolls and instantly a puff of smoke appeared, which revealed a silver-haired man.

"Yo!" Kakashi said, raising a hand and giving an eye smile.

He noticed that there were more people besides Naruto's group, so he asked. "Hmmm, what are they doing with you, Naruto?"

Naruto shrugged and answered, "Hello, Kakashi. Hatake. They are with me because their comrades died in the test, and I couldn't leave them alone there. Now if you'll excuse me, I want to rest. Don't worry; we already know the speech of the scrolls. Goodbye."

He didn't pay more attention and walked inside the Tower along the others. Kakashi tried to stop him, but Naruto just ignored him.

The copy ninja sighed; he wanted to approach Naruto. But he had been unable because he had been very busy, and for that reason, he had asked to be the person who would appear on his scroll.

He shrugged, took his Orange book and began to read it as he disappeared in a Shunshin.

Notes

Okay, chapter finished.

Let's talk about someone and that someone is Karin. In this fic, I wanted to add her to the harem at the beginning.

Karin was the first member I had in mind, but unfortunately, it wasn't possible before because only now they would meet.

Another thing, if you think it happened too fast, let me explain it; Naruto developed an ability as well as a debility after touching the Apple, which is to feel attracted to the Uzumaki women. And that's what happened with Karin, and she felt something similar.

Another thing, this will happen with most redheads that you know in Naruto, so I'll make some redheads Uzumaki, but Naruto will have the willpower to resist his impulses after this encounter. Well, at least until some point.

The weakness of the Kage Bunshin is simple. Naruto extracted the small portion of Chakra and the soul of that clone, and without it, the information couldn't return to the original. So, Naruto obtained Orochimaru's secrets.

For people who haven't read "Awakening" yet, I invite you to do it; it's kind of interesting.

Okay, until next time.