People talking, "I underestimated him!"

People thinking, "This is getting very hard."

Nonhuman talking, "It would be best to think of a better plan."

Nonhuman thinking, "It didn't work."

Jutsus / unknown names, "Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu."

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

Lemon, but you already know what hapenned.

Chapter 23

4 hours later

Naruto was heading to the training camp where he should meet up with Karui, hoping that this time, she would be there.

Nothing unusual had happened at his apartment, but his girls noticed that he had been very silent and thoughtful. They asked him if something was wrong, but the Uzumaki had replied that he was fine and had a few things to think about.

However, Anko knew he wasn't entirely honest; she knew that his condition was due to what had happened earlier. The Mitarashi was worried and scared; she would never forget those yellow eyes.

Minutes later, the Jinchūriki had left the apartment in silence, which concerned his girls even more; they were sure that something was going on.

Naruto used to be thoughtful and serious most of the time, indeed, but he always talked with them before leaving; this time he didn't even say goodbye.

Anko sighed sadly and proceeded to tell them what had happened in the Forest of Death.

Meanwhile, Naruto thought while walking, "Kurama, do you have any idea on how I could avoid going crazy when using that power? I feel bad for lying to Anko-chan, but I didn't want to tell her that it was me, but in a state of madness. I don't know what she would have thought if she knew it was me."

Kurama sighed and shook his head. "Sorry, but I don't have the slightest idea; you'll have to figure it out on your own. When you get the full power of your mark, try it again, but for now, don't ever combine chakras again. I'm sure that that thing you turned into has already adapted to the situation; I don't think that some Chakra suppressor's seals will work with you again. As for the human girl, well, I don't know. I think she'll understand if you tell her the truth. Besides, I'm sure she is telling the others about this. I noticed that all of them were concerned because you ignored them."

Naruto nodded; maybe Kurama was right, maybe he should get full control of his Cursed Mark before trying it out again. The power he had felt was something out of this world; it was as if he could do everything and no one would be able to stop him. However, the price to pay was high. He couldn't distinguish between friends and enemies in that state; he just wanted to kill, destroy, and cause pain everywhere.

The Uzumaki should avoid using it for that reason; he almost harmed Anko, and if he did it, Naruto would never forgive himself for it.

He stealthily created a Shadow Clone that went to Kohta's Mansion to give him new instructions.

Meanwhile, Naruto arrived at the training camp and decided to implement what he decided to do after seeing the ANBU using the Mokuton. He had already succeeded in making the Hyoton, and the Jinchūriki wanted to combine the three elements to make the Mokuton; the Suiton, Doton and some Yōton (Element Yang).

Therefore, he concentrated on detecting if people were around. There was no one, so he activated his Rinnegan and created thirty Shadow Clones so that everyone could try to combine the Elements.

Some of them decided to combine Doton with Suiton while others tried to measure the exact amount of Yōton.

They continued training for about two hours without any significant progress. The Element Yang was hard to use. Besides, it was necessary to put an exact measure for the Mokuton to work. The Scroll of Seals didn't indicate that amount; it only said the Essential Elements, and for that reason, Naruto asked himself how that ANBU was able to use Mokuton; he surely was a Senju.

But that couldn't be possible since he was sure that the Senju no longer existed. Tsunade was the last one, but she couldn't use that Element; there surely was another explanation.

Naruto dissipated all of his clones so that the progress returned to him, which made him nod. Those who progressed more were the group that was trying to combine the Doton and Suiton, although it wasn't much, it was enough for Naruto to have an idea of what to do next.

He sighed as it seemed that Karui wouldn't come this day either; he wanted to talk to her. He could look for her and ask her what was happening, but the Uzumaki knew that he had to give her some space. He didn't to ask for explanations that could make her angrier; the best decision would be to wait until she felt that they should talk.

The former ANBU turned around to leave, but he quickly unsheathed his Ninjato and blocked a cut that was headed to his crotch.

He raised his Ninjato again because the person decided to attack his right arm.

Naruto jumped back, seeing Karui's furious expression; he couldn't deny that it surprised him a little bit; now he was confused. "Hello, Karui-chan, did you come to train?" Naruto asked with a smile.

Karui growled and ran back towards Naruto. "You liar!" Karui shouted as she jumped up before putting the edge of her katana forward, in an attempt to cut Naruto in two.

The Uzumaki blocked the attack again, this time while raising an eyebrow. Liar? When did he lie to her?

"Womanizer!" Karui shouted again, now trying to cut his waist.

When the Jinchūriki heard that word, he understood it; he had to explain it before she could continue misinterpreting things.

He pushed Karui's Katana to one side before stepping back, waving his hands defensively. "Hey, wait, Karui-chan, let me explain."

Karui ignored him and continued attacking. "Don't call me that! I'm only Karui to you. You hear me?!"

Naruto just sighed; she was outraged. But even if she was, the Uzumaki noticed that she attacked neatly, although she occasionally left openings that could be fatal.

The Jinchūriki continued blocking her attacks, waiting for the Kunoichi to detect these openings, but it seemed that she wouldn't.

Therefore, he turned his Ninjato and slapped Karui's ribs with the back of his Ninjato.

The blow took Karui with her guard down because she didn't think that Naruto would attack her; it was a blow strong enough to knock her down.

"Ouch, that hurts," Karui complained.

She looked at Naruto angrily. "What?! Now are you going to hit me? It wasn't enough for you to lie to me?" Karui asked calmer but still angry.

Naruto sighed and shook his head. "I was just trying to help you, Karui-chan. You were attacking me very well at first, but as time passed, you started to leave openings that could prove fatal. I was just showing you pointing them out so that you can remember them in future. About the other, how did I lie to you, Karui-chan?" Naruto asked with a questioning face; he felt that Karui was calmer now, so he decided to sit crossed-legged on the ground.

Karui growled and crossed her arms. "I saw you kissing your teammate," Karui replied as she looked away.

Kurama smiled but remained silent, and Naruto wanted to hit his head repeatedly. Of course! That was the reason! He had been an idiot.

How did he not notice that before? He couldn't say anything because Karui lowered her head as she clenched her fists.

"I thought you were different; I thought I was lucky and that someone was finally interested in me. But it was only a lie," Karui whispered, now unable to hide what she was feeling.

Naruto quickly stood up and hugged Karui tightly. "Please, don't say that," Naruto replied, tightening the hug while his Uzumaki genes returned to bring out his feelings.

Karui was also feeling something similar, but her temperament was stronger that these feelings. When the Kunoichi was about to return the hug, she pushed Naruto aside. "Stay away! You're nothing but a liar and a womanizer!" Karui exclaimed, getting angry again.

The Uzumaki couldn't help feeling sorry and was unable to hide his surprise when hearing the last word.

"Do you think that I don't know? Do you think I'm stupid? Everyone knows what happened three days ago when you lost control over your Bijū, and everyone knows the reason. You're not only dating the girl on your team but also that Charin girl that everyone speaks about. And although I don't want to think about it, I believe that you're dating your Sensei too... Your Sensei!" Karui exclaimed, staring angrily at Naruto.

"Her name is Karin," Naruto whispered, ducking his head. Who would have said it? Naruto Uzumaki, bending his head in front of a woman, and they thought he could conquer them in a jiffy. He had never received a lecture from a woman; moreover, he had never received a lecture from anyone. The "lectures" from Danzō were nothing compared to what Naruto was suffering right now, and Kurama couldn't help smiling and chuckling.

Karui growled and turned around. "So you admit it. You know what, Naruto? Stay away from me; I don't want to know anything about you anymore."

She didn't mean that; something was telling her that it was a terrible mistake, but she chose to ignore it. The Kunoichi wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible because she felt that she was about to regret it and apologize to Naruto.

The redheaded girl walked away, but Naruto grabbed her right hand. She quickly turned around in an attempt to tell him to let her go, but in doing so, she felt her heart twisting.

The Uzumaki was giving a sad look as if he were feeling very guilty and unhappy. Karui didn't know the reason for the latter feeling; after all, they were nothing.

"Forgive me, Karui-chan. I-I didn't know that this would bother you so much. You're right; it's my fault. But I planned to tell you about this as soon as we met here. Believe me that I never wanted to lie to you. If I didn't say anything in the preliminaries was because it wasn't the right place to talk about it. Believe me, Karui-chan; I'm truly sorry about all this. Please don't walk away from me; I want you to be with me, at my side, please," Naruto stated, bowing to the ground; he couldn't help it anymore.

"W-What?" Karui asked blushing in surprise. That had been so sudden, but for some reason, she couldn't help smiling slightly in happiness. However, the Kunoichi quickly shook her head and replied, "No is no!"

With that said, the redheaded girl turned around in an attempt to walk away, but he stopped her again, which make her turn around.

Naruto instantly placed a hand on her neck and drew her into a soft kiss.

Karui immediately kissed back; she didn't doubt it for one second. She didn't think of the consequences or the risks of kissing a Shinobi of another village; she just did it. She couldn't hold back the impulse that was telling her to throw herself into Naruto's arms.

Karui didn't return a soft kiss; rather she began to devour his lips as if they were bathed in honey, she just wanted more and more.

For that reason, Naruto placed his hands on her hips and raised her up to his height.

After that, he put his tongue into her mouth, and they fiercely fought with their tongues. And although this was Karui's first kiss, she knew how to live up to the situation. But of course, she couldn't do much against Naruto's experience.

After seconds that seemed like minutes, they separated. Naruto had a small smile on his face, and Karui's eyes were bright with emotion.

The Kunoichi then did something she had never done in her life; she bowed her head. "Why?" Karui asked, raising her head again and looking into his eyes.

"Why not?" The Uzumaki replied, putting his forehead against Karui's.

The Kumo-nin bowed her head again and nervously touched her hands. "I-I'm not very feminine or p-pretty."

"Who was the bastard that told you that? Karui-chan, you're pretty, you're beautiful; don't let anyone make you think otherwise," Naruto angrily replied because he was sure that people disparaged her in Kumo.

"B-But compared to your teammate, I-I," the redheaded girl tried to say, but a kiss silenced her. She returned it, but this time, it was softer than before.

They separated again. "Karui-chan, that's enough. You're beautiful; there's no need to compare yourself to other women. Every woman has something special, and you have many things that make you special."

Karui blushed and asked, "What are those things, Naruto-kun?"

The Uzumaki nervously scratched his head and replied, "Well, if I tell you, you might end up hitting me. But what I like the most about you is this..."

Karui didn't understand it, why would she hit him? The next thing she saw was that Naruto touched her hair; he smelled it, making her blush again.

"Your hair is beautiful; it drives me crazy. Though you have something else." Naruto glanced on the sly toward her ass.

Luckily, Karui didn't notice it, or otherwise, he would have to reassure her again.

The Kunoichi couldn't help taking one of her hands to her hair. "Are you serious?" she asked, getting a nod and a smile from him

She smiled back, and he spoke, "By the way, you said that you weren't very feminine, Karui-chan. You may be right about it," Naruto stated, seeing a vein of annoyance popping out on her forehead.

But before she could get angry, Naruto added, "But that's because of your clothes; it doesn't bring out your beauty. But that has a solution. Accompany me; I'll present you to your "sisters". After that, we can go shopping at the mall, what do you say?"

Karui nodded quickly; going to Konoha's Mall was one of the things she wanted to do. Rumors said that the place had a little of everything. But since she was an orphan, the Kunoichi didn't have much money, so Karui thought she would never get a chance to go there.

However, Naruto was offering her an opportunity; she didn't believe that it was bad to accept. If she was honest with herself, she also wanted to get rid of her clothes, and since Naruto was the Hokage's son, it was likely that money wasn't a problem for him. But of course, she didn't care about money.

Naruto invited her to join her arms into his. She did so, and both walked towards Naruto's apartment; he wanted her to meet the other girls to get to know them better.

As they walked away, something that looked like sand was slowly approaching behind them. Naruto was already aware of this. Regardless, both kept walking.

The responsible person was Gaara, who was hidden among the trees with a hand on his head. "Naruto Uzumaki, you will prove my existence."

He pointed his hand towards Naruto and Karui, and just when he was about to attack them, he heard a voice. "The next time you try something like this, you won't live long enough to regret it."

The Suna-nin quickly turned around, just to see Naruto with an angry face and his right fist just a few centimeters of his face.

Gaara just stood still with a neutral look, trusting that his sand would protect him. But it didn't even move, and Gaara received the entire power of the blow.

The redheaded boy felt surprised; this was the first time he felt the physical damage. It was something new and inexplicable to him.

Also, it wasn't a soft blow; it was a very powerful one that sent him flying in the opposite direction. He tried to regain his balance, but after looking forward, he could see that Naruto was already there.

This time, he gave him a powerful ascending kick, which sent him to the sky at high speed. At this point, Gaara was practically unconscious; these two blows had done him more damage than he could have imagined.

Just before he lost consciousness, he saw Naruto in the air, waiting for him with fists together. "Sweet dreams, you son of a bitch!" Naruto exclaimed, giving him a mighty blow on his neck that sent him towards the ground.

Gaara created a big crater after hitting it, losing consciousness due to his powerful attacks.

The clones looked at each other, and the main one activated his Rinnegan to get into Gaara's mind.

Once inside, the clone walked around the place. Gaara's mind was simple, but it looked corrupted. It was as it were breaking or something like that; the Uzumaki couldn't explain it.

The diminutive form of Kurama was next to Naruto, and the Biju was grinning as they walked.

They soon reached their target, who was growling and squealing at them. "Stay away or I'll kill you!" A crazed Ichibi shouted.

Kurama looked into his brother's eyes. "Hello, Shukaku. It's been a long time, silly little brother. Three hundred, four hundred years? I'm not sure." Kurama spoke with amusement.

Shukaku growled and shouted even louder, "Stay away! You're not Kurama! Get out of here before I kill you both!"

The Kyūbi raised an eyebrow in confusion. That he wasn't Kurama? Surely being sealed for so much time had already made his younger brother stupid. But his threat didn't scare him. "Hahaha, only in your dreams, bro. Anyway, we're here for another reason, and I think that my Jinchūriki will be the most appropriate person to explain the reason for our honorable visit," Kurama stated while chuckling.

Naruto chuckled as well and stepped forward to see the great beast before him. "Well, I'll be quick and direct. I'm here to warn you about something."

Shukaku growled even louder because he understood what his warning would be.

"As you see, my dear friend Kurama had suffered a great injustice a few years ago. A poor bastard, my father, decided to extract all his power to give it to another poor bastard. And for that reason, Kurama and I decided to regain his power... And more," Naruto stated with a sinister smile.

He continued, "We both came to the conclusion that we couldn't forgive such injustice. Therefore, we came up with something interesting, and you, Kurama's brothers, have a lot to do, hehe," Naruto wickedly laughed.

Shukaku only growled, waiting for Naruto to finish his speech. "Our decision was to wrest the power from all of you and give it to Kurama to make him the most powerful Bijū. But unfortunately, I still don't have a Jutsu capable of extracting you from your Jinchūrikis. But there was another problem. The Rikudō Sennin took care of giving consciousness to each one of you, and it wouldn't be good if you're tormenting Kurama while you're inside of him. That was a big problem for us, but I've found a solution."

Kurama smiled as he watched Naruto concentrating and making the Apple of Eden appear in his right hand, glowing intensely.

"You!" Shukaku growled after seeing the golden sphere.

"Oh? Do you know about this device? Well, that's good! I guess that you're aware of its capabilities," Naruto spoke with a smile.

Shukaku growled and replied, "Yes, I know it. I could feel it when my Jinchūriki was near you," he paused and looked at Kurama. "Do you really trust this human? Nothing good will come if a human deliberately uses that artifact; you're making a great mistake."

Kurama chuckled and replied, "It's the only human who can have my trust. No other human has proved to be even half of what Naruto is."

Shukaku shook his head and heard Naruto talking again, "Thanks, Kurama. Anyway, as I was saying; I still don't have a jutsu to extract you from your Jinchūrikis. However, I do know how to delete your consciousness forever, and I'll do it with this." He raised the sphere and continued, "Once I'm able to extract you from your Jinchūrikis, I'll put you inside this sphere, and then I'll command it to erase all signs of life stored within it. The Rikudō Sennin did something almost similar, but he gave a consciousness to each of the parts of the Jūbi after dividing it. Anyway, that doesn't matter."

Shukaku growled. "Indeed, I know that it can do that even though Oto-sama tried to erase that memory from all of us. He couldn't do it with me because I was in contact with it for a longer period. But why are you telling me about this? I could ruin your plans if I tell my Jinchūriki about it," Shukaku asked.

Naruto smiled and replied, "As I said, it's just a warning. It wouldn't be fun to hunt down a poor maniac who believes that his Bijū is his mother. For this reason, I've come to tell you to help your Jinchūriki. There's no fun when things are easy, you know? That's the reason; I just want you to help Gaara. But of course, you're right. I also came to tell you that this is the last time that you'll influence your Jinchūriki. I'll add something to his seal. As you already know, his seal is of poor quality. I won't do anything complicated; I'll just add a seal that won't allow you to communicate with Gaara. But hey, we gotta go. And remember my warning. Help Gaara if you want to have a chance of surviving. Until the next time, Ichibi."

With that said, Naruto and Kurama faded away.

Shukaku was furious; they confirmed his theory. That object was dangerous, and he didn't doubt that the human would try to capture him someday.

He had Kurama's help, and even if he managed to escape from his Jinchūriki, the Ichibi wouldn't be able to hide for long. Kurama would find him sooner or later. Therefore, the best decision would be to help his Jinchūriki, just to ensure his survival, not because he wanted to.

Gaara would need to train with his sand because Shukaku could no longer protect him automatically, not while Naruto had the Apple in his possession; that was the only way that Gaara would be able to recover his defense against Naruto.

"I think you were wrong, old priest. Humans don't want to accept each other," Shukaku stated, thinking of his first Jinchūriki.

Outside of Gaara's mind, Naruto had finished placing the seal that would interrupt the connection between Gaara and Shukaku. "Done, with this suppressor seal, Shukaku can no longer communicate with Gaara. His seal was garbage, how could Suna have Shukaku for so long?" Naruto shook his head.

Kurama growled. "If you can do it better, why don't you take a look at your seal?"

"I've already told you, Kurama, releasing you is not an option; our souls are linked. The only one who can release you is my father, and I don't think he wants to do it. The only thing I could do is allow you to manifest temporarily outside of my body. But for now, that's not possible. Perhaps with Kaa-chan's help, but for now, we must wait."

Kurama nodded and saw Naruto picking up Gaara's unconscious body. He put him on his shoulder and walked towards the village.

Apartments Area - 15 minutes later

"Kankurō, Temari, how could you leave Gaara alone in his state? You know that he's unstable right now, and he surely went after the Hokage's son. If he did that, he could jeopardize all our plans," Baki stated, looking at Temari and Kankurō; both looked anxious. They didn't know what would happen if their brother fought against Naruto. Surely, he would end up releasing the Ichibi.

Temari was about to answer when they heard someone knocking on the door. "Who could it be?" Baki asked before walking to the door, followed by the brothers.

The Jounin opened the door, and Naruto threw Gaara's body to the floor as if he were a mere bag of potatoes. "This guy is heavy. How many pounds of sand does he carry in that Calabash?" Naruto's clone asked while wiping the sweat from his forehead.

He noticed that they were looking at him with eyes wide open, almost as if he had two heads.

He looked down at Gaara and continued, "Oh, yeah. Sorry for bringing him in this state. But he was spying on me and also tried to do something with his strange sand, so I decided to put him to sleep."

Baki left his state of shock; Gaara sleeping meant a significant problem. He had to wake him up soon; therefore, he approached Gaara to see if the Shukaku was trying to escape.

He knelt down and examined him, just to hear Temari asking. "D-Did y-you defeat Ga-Gaara? How did you do it, Naruto-kun?" Kankurō nodded.

"Ah, it wasn't too hard. It seems that your brother isn't used to receiving physical blows. He was knocked unconscious faster than I thought. Tell him to fix that when he wakes up, or he won't be so lucky the next time; I don't like when people spies on me. The only reason I didn't kill him is that he's your Jinchūriki. If I killed him, the Shukaku would get free due to Gaara's shitty seal," Naruto replied.

Temari and Kankurō were surprised again; they didn't believe that Naruto would know that information.

"How do you know that?" Baki asked, ready to stop Naruto; he didn't care if he was the son of the Hokage. The Jounin would kill him if he knew something about the invasion plans.

The Uzumaki shrugged and answered, "I'm a Jinchūriki too; we can feel these things. Anyway, I just brought that bastard here; I could have left him where he was when he tried to attack me. But I thought it wasn't appropriate; we don't want Konoha's ANBU to enter into the mind of your weapon, right?" Naruto asked with a giggle at the end, which tensed up the Ninjas of Suna.

Baki had the feeling that Naruto knew something about their plans, but he decided to ask cautiously, "What do you mean?" Baki was getting ready to attack him.

The Uzumaki put a confused expression and asked, "Huh? What do 'you' mean? It obvious that you wouldn't want the ANBU to do that, after all, he's your Jinchūriki and a Shinobi of Suna besides the son of the Kazekage. It's obvious that he has secret information; not that I mind. I just brought him here to prevent that from happening," Naruto answered. It wasn't true, but he didn't want them to know that he already knew about their plans.

Baki nodded in satisfaction and picked up Gaara before taking him to his room. "Thank you, Namikaze. Now you should leave."

Naruto spoke, "Well, I also came for another reason."

The Jounin turned around and saw him approaching his female student. "Temari-chan, will you accompany me to the mall? Do you want to go? The girls will also be there."

The blonde girl looked at her Sensei, who sighed and nodded. "Okay, but you can't take more than three hours."

Temari smiled and stood next to Naruto, who spoke again, "You can also come if you want Kankurō; it may be a good 'experience' for you," Naruto finished with a malicious smile.

Kankurō didn't notice it, so he agreed and walked next to the clone, all of them heading to Konoha's Mall.

Namikaze's Mansion - 5 days later

"*Whistle* Wow, you've managed to master the first two steps of the Rasengan in just three days. That's surprising, son," Minato stated, looking at Naruto with a not very bright ball in his hand.

"Hmph, it was pure luck," Menma growled with crossed arms.

"Wait a minute; I think I have it," Naruto growled while something blue began to move toward the Rasengan, decreasing its size slightly, but giving it more consistency and color at the same time.

Minato, Jiraiya, and Menma's eyes widened in shock. "He mastered the R-Rasengan in three days," Jiraiya spoke surprised.

Meanwhile, Naruto was mentally smiling; he already knew this Jutsu long ago, but he decided to pretend that he was learning it.

"How could you do that, Nii-san?! And you can do it with one hand! I need clones; It's not fair." Menma crossed his arms; it took him a month and still needed the help of a clone to maintain the Chakra.

"Good Chakra control. Besides, someone trained me since an early age." Naruto instantly realized that he said too much.

"At an early age? Who trained you? You never told me who made you so strong. I remember that you were already powerful back in the academy."

Minato decided to change the subject. "Good work, Naruto. You've surprised me; you've mastered a jutsu that took me three years to create. And now let's pass to the other point. Sensei?" Minato looked at Jiraiya, who nodded and performed a summoning Jutsu.

A large orange toad immediately appeared with a huge scroll in his arms. "Hello, Jiraiya-sama, Minato-sama, and Menma-sama, is it the time?"

Jiraiya nodded and replied, "Yes, Gamatashi. It's time for Naruto to be part of the Toad Clan."

Gamatashi nodded and opened the scroll before telling Naruto to sign it.

The Jinchuriki replied, "That won't be possible."

Everyone looked at him with confusion, and the Yoindame hoped that his older son didn't have a summoning clan already.

"What do you mean, boy?" Jiraiya asked.

Naruto sighed and answered, "I can't sign any contract; I don't know why."

Menma inquired, "But how do you know? It's not like you've had a chance to sign a contract before." Menma saw his father tensed up.

"Okay, what are you hiding from me?" Menma asked; something was giving him a bad feeling, and he knew that it had to do with Naruto and the place he had been when he was on that trip outside the village.

"We're not hiding anything, son; don't worry," Minato replied.

Menma didn't like his answer but decided to remain in silent for the moment. He would ask his father who Naruto actually was when they were alone.

"Well, Naruto. You could at least try it out," Minato continued; he didn't know that Naruto couldn't sign contracts. There surely was a mistake or something like that.

Naruto sighed and bit his thumb; he approached the scroll and started to sign it next to Menma's name.

Once he finished, he stepped back, and the others approached to look at the scroll.

And indeed, they saw the name newly signed disappearing without leaving a single a drop of blood.

"This is strange. Let's see, try it again, Naruto," Jiraiya spoke intrigued.

The former ANBU didn't complain, but the same thing happened again. "Do you have any idea what's going on?" Jiraiya asked Minato, who was considering a possibility, but he didn't think it could be possible.

"I don't know. Kushina told me about a summoning contract that the Uzumakis had. She said it was a very special one. But after the war, the scroll disappeared. And for that reason, we never went to look for it. Kushina also told me that only a pureblooded Uzumaki could use it, or if a pureblooded Uzumaki allowed others who have Uzumaki blood to sign it. But unfortunately, there are no longer pure Uzumakis in the world; Kushina was the last one. So I don't know why he can't sign this scroll," Minato replied.

After hearing that information, Naruto saw a ragged vision. He could only see a strange creature descending from the skies. But he could not identify its shape because the creature was dark.

Everyone saw that Naruto gasped a little bit as he placed his right hand on his head.

Minato approached him and asked, "Are you okay, son?"

Naruto looked at his father. "Y-Yeah, only a small headache. I think the Rasengan made me more tired than I expected. What do you say if we leave the training for another day?"

Minato nodded and added, "Okay, son. Come tomorrow to continue with your training. Since you've mastered the Rasengan so quickly, I'll also start to teach you the Hiraishin. Get over here tomorrow when you can, maybe you can help Menma too."

The blond boy quickly nodded. Perhaps he could master the Hiraishin faster with his brother's help; the younger brother knew that his brother was good at seals. Besides, the Namikaze could take the opportunity to ask him to teach him some of his Wind Jutsus that he had always wanted to learn from him.

Once they saw Naruto leaving, they returned inside the mansion. Menma went to his room to take a shower.

Minato and Jiraiya went to the living room, and the latter decided to ask. "Do you think that teaching Naruto the Hiraishin is wise? Don't you think it's too soon?"

The Hokage raised an eyebrow as he sat on the couch. "What do you mean, Sensei? Naruto and Menma must get stronger as quickly as possible. I can't always protect them. And sooner or later, Akatsuki will go after them."

Jiraiya sighed and replied, "I know, Minato. But we both know that Naruto was in Root."

Minato narrowed his eyes and asked, "Sensei, where are you getting at?"

Jiraiya sighed and answered, "Minato, I know that you're happy because Naruto returned to you. I'm happy too; I'm happy that my godson returned. But don't you think that his decision was very spontaneous? I don't know. It's not that I don't trust him. But you told me what he said in the first phase of the Chunin Exams. It doesn't convince me; he also has Orochimaru's mark. It can easily influence Naruto. What would happen if he decides to search Orochimaru for his power? Remember that Orochimaru-" Jiraiya couldn't finish because Minato interrupted him.

"Enough, Sensei! I don't want you to compare my son with that snake bastard! Naruto isn't like that; I'm sure he's not," Minato firmly stated.

Jiraiya only sighed and mentally said, "I hope so, Minato."

Streets of Konoha - 10 minutes later

"What the hell was that? When the idiot spoke about the Uzumaki clan summoning, I began to see visions. Is that preventing me from signing summoning contracts? What was that?" Naruto mentally asked.

"I don't know, boy, but you should return to Uzushiogakure and see if you find something else. Maybe that scroll is hidden somewhere. But not even I know what summoning the Uzumakis had. I know it was a kind of mythical beast. But they never used them because they were a peaceful clan. So I can't say what kind of creatures they were," Kurama replied.

That caught Naruto's attention. A mythical beast? Wow, he wondered what it could be, but he left that aside.

Training with his father had gone well; he would start to teach him the Hiraishin. Now he wouldn't need his blood to open that section of the scroll.

He would just learn from him and would leave the village at the end of the invasion. There was the Mokuton too; the Uzumaki felt that he was about to find the exact measure of Yōton.

His clones had managed to combine the Water and Earth elements, thus obtaining the Shokuton. Kitsune would surely be surprised.

Naruto kept walking through the Commercial District; his apartment was crossing this area.

He stopped after seeing a woman with purple hair dressed in a white dress coming out of a store packed with many bags. "Is that ...?" Naruto asked, so he quickly approached her.

"Yugao-chan, is that you?" Naruto asked.

Yugao's heart pumped faster; it's been long since the last time she heard that voice. "N-Naruto-kun?" she asked, slowly turning around. There was no doubt that it was him, and he was now taller than before; he had the same height as she.

"Yugao-chan! Nice to see you again!" Naruto exclaimed and hugged Yugao, who smiled and returned it.

"It's been a while; we couldn't talk since you woke up from your coma," she answered, comfortably receiving the hug.

Naruto separated and spoke with a smile, "Indeed, it's been a while. What do you say if I help you to carry your things to your home?"

Yugao nodded, smiled and handed her bags over to Naruto before walking toward her house.

The Uzumaki spoke as they walked, "I thought you'd be doing missions, Yugao-chan. After all, you're an ANBU."

Yugao smiled and continued, "Well, I'm on vacations until the finals. It seems that all those extra hours were worth it. But, Naruto-kun, I heard that you did something terrible in the preliminaries," Yugao scolded at the end.

The Jinchuriki nervously smiled and answered, "Aaah, yes, that, I'm sorry, Yugao-chan, but that dog breath asked for it. Trust me; I did him a favor by ending his ninja career. But as I said, he asked for it. If I wanted it, I would have murdered him, but I decided to cut off only half of his arm."

Yugao sighed but couldn't help smiling. She liked the way Naruto talked about these type of topics. It was sort of... funny.

After walking for several minutes, they arrived at Yugao's residence.

It was well away from the suburbs of the village. It was a one-story house; not very big, but enough for Yugao and Hayate, the latter was in the village making the preparations for the finals.

Yugao stood in front of her door. "Thanks for helping me, Naruto-kun. It was nice to talk to you after so long."

Naruto smiled and replied, "Yeah, it was also a pleasure for me, Yugao-chan. But since I got here, let me help you put all these things in their place. You're on vacation; you should enjoy it."

Yugao was taken aback as she looked with doubt at her door. She looked at Naruto, and when seeing his smile, the ANBU nodded and opened the door.

Yugao lit the light switch, and Naruto couldn't help raising an eyebrow curiously.

The Uzuki noticed this and answered as she grabbed the bags from Naruto's arms. "Hayate and I moved here just three days ago. We didn't have time to accommodate all the furniture. But don't worry, I'll fix this later." When the ANBU finished, she heard several smoke explosions.

The Uzuki turned around and saw that at least twenty clones were picking up things. "Naruto-kun, you don't have to," Yugao spoke before sighing.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and quickly turned around, seeing the original grabbing all the bags from her hands.

"Yugao-chan, I told you; you're on vacation. If you have to fix this mess, then it won't be a vacation at all. Let my useless clones take care of this. They must, at least, be useful for something."

The ANBU heard some grunts of annoyance coming from his clones, but they did nothing; they only continued their work.

Yugao couldn't help smiling once again; she definitely missed Naruto, and she couldn't deny it.

The Uzumaki turned around and headed to the dining room, putting the bags on the table.

She smiled and walked into the kitchen, seeing Naruto putting the items in their place.

"Since you've behaved so well all this time, I think I'll give you a prize," Yugao spoke while looking for a bottle of Sake and two glasses in her kitchen shelf.

When Naruto finished, he saw her sitting at the table with what she had been looking for.

"Wow, I like this reward," Naruto stated with a smile, seeing Yugao pouring the liquid into the glasses.

They began to drink without haste while talking about what they did during the time that they couldn't see each other.

The Uzuki told him about her missions and stuff, and the day she found him lying in front of the hospital doors.

The Uzumaki told her about his missions, the training he did before and after his coma, omitting a few things.

They continued talking for almost an hour; they were very comfortable with each other, Yugao in particular; she couldn't help laughing at Naruto's jokes.

Although they had been drinking during all that time, they weren't completely drunk yet, and Yugao knew it, but even so, she decided to take the first step.

"I'm telling you, Yugao-chan, it was the worst day of my life. Hahaha, I can't believe I said all that crap," Naruto recalled the day he woke up from his coma. Although he wasn't drunk yet, he could feel the effects of alcohol.

Yugao laughed too as she switched seats to approach Naruto. "You're funny, Naruto-kun," she paused and bit her lower lip. "But... I was wondering-" she finally stood next to Naruto, who just looked at her.

"What do you think of me?" Yugao asked with a blush on her cheeks due to the alcohol and the question.

Naruto didn't hesitate to answer, "I find you funny, beautiful, responsible, intelligent, dedicated... Did I mention beautiful?"

After finishing, he felt her soft lips against his.

Naruto was slightly surprised by her action, but he returned the kiss almost instantly. Both stood up from their seats and started kissing more intensely.

Lemon

Lemon

Meanwhile, at Konoha's Stadium, Hayate and Genma were talking.

"Hey, Genma. I'm leaving now *cough *. Cover me for the rest of the day; today is the great *cough * day," Hayate spoke with a smile.

Genma smiled back as he moved the toothpick in his mouth. "So, are you going to propose to her? Okay, but you have to replace me tomorrow."

Hayate weakly smiled and coughed before leaving, heading to the Commercial District. He entered several shops; he withdrew a golden ring with a small diamond on top; he bought a bouquet of red roses from the Yamanaka flower shop, and finally walked to his home.

Perhaps the emotion made him arrive so fast. He didn't knock on the door; just walked in.

It surprised him to see the living room clear; maybe Yugao had been working all afternoon. He would have wanted to help her, but he was unable due to the preparations for the finals.

He went to the bathroom and looked in the bathroom's mirror, practicing his announcement. After about twenty minutes, he took a shower without making much noise because he thought that Yugao was already sleeping.

Afterward, he put an elegant suit on, brushed his teeth and combed his hair.

Once Hayate was well dressed, he grabbed the roses as he examined the ring. He smiled and walked slowly toward his bedroom.

He looked at the door with nervousness; he didn't want to ruin everything. Hayate shook his head to push the nervousness away before grabbing the doorknob.

He could hear strange noises coming from the room; maybe Yugao had woken up to prepare dinner. Therefore, he smiled and hid the bouquet of roses behind his back.

Hayate finally opened the door and stated, "Yugao, I want to tell you... s-s-so-som-something."

Notes:

Cut, Cut, Cut!

A shocking end, right?

Naruto and Karui reconciled, and she couldn't do much to help it.

About Gaara, now you know why his sand defense doesn't work. But if Gaara manages to control his sand, that inconvenience will disappear.

Oh, Naruto defeated Gaara quickly because he wasn't used to physical blows, and believe me that Naruto hit him really hard.

Naruto and Yugao… At last.

Let's see what these two will do next.

That's all, until the next chapter.

EDIT: 08/29/2016

I want to announce that the current lemons will be deleted and replaced with new ones (better ones). For the moment, you'll continue reading the old ones; I'll change them once I finish the revision of the Spanish version.

Just that.