Hey guys. Guest-questioner, I see where you're coming from. But actually, what I'm doing will be mixing SAO's plot and 'Naruto's plot. Yes, this is the Naruto world, but I'll include quite some elements of SAO... so I'll prob not remove her from Kirito's harem.

Besides, I wanted to try writing a fic where the male protagonist is not a 'Naruto'... if you get what I mean.

To the Guest, if you know about the Alicization arc, you'd know what I'm referring to.

Thank you zero fullbuster, glad you like it.

So, here's the chapter.

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Later that night, Kirito, as promised, cooked ramen for dinner. And to the surprise of Asuna, Sinon and Suguha, he cooked 15 bowls for Hikari.

Suguha sighed, "Hikari-chan, you made him cook this much, didn't you?"

The blonde beamed, "Of course, you've all banned me from eating so much at home. Apart from Ichiraku's, Kirito-kun's ramen is the best."

Kirito sighed, "So I'm still not as good as Teuchi-ojisan."

Hikari giggled, "You're on his level, but I know you can do better."

Asuna sighed, "Well, I guess its fine, since Kirito-kun did hide secrets from us."

Suguha nodded before she pouted at Hikari, "But to think you and Kirito-kun will have a date, it feels kinda unfair."

Sinon nodded, "But come to think of it, Kirito-kun has never taken us on a date before, right?"

The four girls looked at the boy who was eating his kimchi ramen. Kirito chuckled nervously under their gazes, "I'm sorry, but I don't have as much free time as you do."

Asuna stared at him, "But you can find some time for us, right?'

Suguha nodded in agreement, "Yeah."

Kirito sighed and nodded in a defeated manner, "Okay, I'll take all of you on a date, separately."

The girls smiled as they continued with their food, with Hikari stacking up the bowls faster than anyone.

Later, they quickly got changed as they went to their rooms, with Hikari in Kirito's room. Kirito wore a simply grey shirt and shorts while Hikari wore a light pink shirt and grey shorts.

As Kirito got on the bed, the girl stood by the bed blushing slightly. The blacksmith asked, "What's wrong, Hikari-chan?"

The girl looked away, her blush increasing, "Umm..."

The teen sighed, "You wanted this, didn't you? Come on."

Hikari nodded and shyly got onto the bed, lying beside Kirito. The girl then shuffled and laid her head on Kirito's shoulders.

The girl asked, "Kirito-kun, do you think there really are other Uzumaki out there?"

Kirito blinked, "What brought this up?"

Hikari turned and looked at him, "I mean, Ashina-ojisan did say there are others out there, but do you think we can find them?"

Kirito flicked her forehead, "Idiot, of course we will. Even if we can't find them, once you become Hokage, they will definitely hear of you, then they will come for you."

Hikari smiled slightly, "I guess you're right. Thank you, Kirito-kun."

The blacksmith grinned, "Anytime. I'll always be here for you."

Hikari nodded, "Goodnight."

Kirito nodded as they fell asleep, with Hikari in Kirito's protective embrace.

The next day, the five of them were sitting on the sofa. The clan scroll was rolled out on the coffee table. Hikari looked at the scroll and saw that a lot of them had their status being 'Deceased'.

The girl said sadly, "So many of us, yet they're all dead."

Then they noticed two names apart from Hikari that did not have the status of being deceased. Asuna said, "Uzumaki Karin and Uzumaki Nagato?"

Suguha nodded, "They're alive. But, we don't know where are they."

Hikari nodded before she said, "Well, let's put this for another time. I have all of you, that's enough. So, let's go sign those contracts."

Kirito nodded, "I'm closing the shop for today anyways, so I'll follow you. We should also tell Kakashi to come, since he has experience with summons."

The girls nodded as they took the scrolls and went to look for Kakashi. As they walked, they noticed the man giggling while reading a suspiciously orange book.

Kirito and the girls deadpanned at the man. Asuna sighed, "Well, I guess we can't expect too much from Kakashi-sensei..."

Sinon nodded, "Are we still gonna ask him to come with us?"

Suguha nodded, "He feels like those perverted creepy old men..."

Kirito sighed, "Yeah..."

The girls sighed as Hikari called out, "Kakashi-sensei."

The cyclops noticed his student and eye-smiled, "Ah, good to see you all here."

Kirito stared at the book in Kakashi's hand, "You never change, do you?"

The man chuckled, "Hey, Icha-icha is good."

Suguha sighed, "And people wonder why you are always single..."

Kakashi ignored the girl and asked, "So, what are you all doing?"

Hikari spoke neutrally, "We were actually looking for you, we're gonna sign the contracts, Kirito-kun said you knew about them."

Kakashi nodded, "I see, sure, I'll tag along, I'm curious what kind of summons they are, apart from the general description the scrolls had of course."

Kirito nodded, "Good, let's go."

They then moved towards one of the larger training grounds nearby. As they took out the scrolls, Kakashi asked, "So, are you familiar with the signing procedures?"

Sinon blinked, "Signing procedures?"

Kirito nodded, "Yeah, to be able to summon a, well, a summon, you need a contract with them, hence the name summoning contracts."

The girls nodded as Kakashi spoke, "To sign one, you need to write your name on the scroll with your blood, of course also channel your chakra through it to make it binding. Then place a print of your five fingers with blood."

The girls nodded as they started to unroll the scrolls. Hikari commented as she saw the faded names there, "So many Uzumaki..."

Asuna, Sinon and Suguha nodded. Then, they bit their thumbs and started to write their names with their right hands before they pressed their bloodied fingers onto the scroll. Their names and the finger prints glowed, signifying that they had binded the contract.

Kakashi spoke, "To summon, smear your palm with blood before doing the seals. The seals are boar, bird, dog, monkey and ram. Then slam your palm on the ground."

The girls nodded and started to go through the handseals before the slammed their hands on the ground, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

Kakashi and Kirito's eyes widened and both yelled, "Wait, don't!"

They were too late as huge clouds of smoke covered the area. Soon, the smoke cleared to reveal four creatures, one was the size of a building while the others were the size of a horse.

The building sized creature was a grey western dragon, with dark wings and white eyes. The next one was a white cat. The third creature was an eagle. The final one was a killer whale that floated in the air.

The whale spoke, "Who summoned me?"

Asuna looked nervous and said, "Umm, me."

The whale seemed to look at the girl before it said, "I see, you're... not an Uzumaki, are you?"

The cat huffed, "Of course not, she doesn't even have their chakra."

The eagle nodded, "But, I don't see any of the Uzumaki here."

The dragon grunted, "The blonde girl, you're an Uzumaki, are you not?"

Hikari nodded. The dragon gave a small, barely noticeable smile, "You are the one to have summoned me, yes?"

Hikari nodded as the dragon continued, "To have summoned me, Sigmund, on your first try, you must have a large amount of chakra."

The dragon stared at her, "What is your name, girl?"

Hikari answered, a bit nervous, "Hikari... Uzumaki Hikari."

Sigmund nodded, "Good. You... didn't sign the other three contracts, did you?"

Hikari shook her head, "Umm, no. Asuna-chan, Sinon-chan and Suguha-chan signed them."

Sigmund nodded while the three other summons groaned slightly. The dragon spoke, "While its not forbidden, for others not of the clan to sign the Uzumaki summons' contracts, we summons prefer for only the Uzumaki clan to sign them. But, the leaders shouldn't have any problems with them if you tell them."

Hikari nodded. The whale spoke as it looked at Asuna, "My name is Trident. You're lucky to have summoned me. I am one of the whales who have learned to fight above water, and by extension, live above water. If you had summoned any other of us, they would have died."

Trident stared at Asuna, "Tell me your name."

The auburn haired girl replied, "Asuna, Yuki Asuna."

Trident nodded, "Very well, Asuna. I will tell our leader, that we have a new summoner. I look forward to working with you."

Asuna smiled, "Thank you."

The whale nodded as the eagle spoke and looked at Suguha, "You were the one who summoned me, right?"

Suguha nodded as the eagle asked, "I am Reaper, since Hikari has allowed you to sign the scroll, we will accept you as our summoner, please, tell me your name."

The girl nodded, "Kirigaya Suguha."

Reaper nodded, "I shall see you soon. Our leader will probably want to meet you."

Suguha nodded. The cat then looked at Sinon, "I guess you're the one who summoned me then."

Sinon nodded. The white cat spoke, "My name, is Shirone. As Reaper-san said, since Hikari has acknowledged you, we of the Cat Tribe will accept you as our summoner, ummm... what's your name?"

Sinon grinned, "Asada Sinon."

Shirone nodded, "Okay, Sinon-san. Our leader will probably want to meet you, so yeah, I'll tell you when the time comes."

Sinon nodded before Sigmund spoke, "We will take our leave. We look forward to working with you."

The girls nodded before Sigmund looked at Kirito, "You, I sense the power of the Underworld in you."

Kirito blinked, "The Underworld?"

Sigmund nodded, "It seems... you have no idea of your heritage. It is not my place, but soon, you will find out, and you will have to make a choice."

Kirito blinked, "A choice?"

The dragon nodded, "But don't worry about it now, enjoy your life. Everything will come to pass naturally."

The dragon finished, "I've said enough. I'll see you all again."

The four summons then poofed out of existence to their realms. They stood there in silence before Kakashi said, "Well, that went well. You all passed easily, normally the summons would give you a test of sorts."

Hikari blinked, "Really?"

Kakashi nodded, "Yeah, my dog summons had chased me all around the village for a whole day. If I could stay hidden from them for the day, I could be their summoner."

The five of them blinked, "What?"

Kakashi chuckled, "Good memories. So, what do you want to do now?"

Hikari then remembered, "Kakashi-sensei, can we talk in private?"

The cyclops blinked and nodded, "Sure..."

The blonde nodded and dragged the man away into the trees. As they walked off, Suguha joked, "Hey, you don't think she'll confess to him, right?"

Asuna and Sinon laughed while Kirito paled at that thought. The girls laughed harder when they saw the blacksmith's face.

Asuna giggled, "Kirito-kun, that's ridiculous. Hikari-chan wouldn't do something like that."

Sinon nodded, "Yeah, besides, who would want someone like him?"

A few thousand miles away, in a casino, a woman with short black hair and a dark blue kimono sneezed. The pig in her arms oinked as the woman smiled, "Its okay, I'm fine."

The woman thought, 'Someone must be talking about me.'

Back at Konohagakure, Kirito nodded, "I guess that's true. Its not a secret Kakashi-san loves Icha-icha."

Asuna nodded before she asked, "By the way, I'm curious. A lot of men like to read that particular series, I haven't seen you reading them?"

Kirito chuckled, "Ah, because I am above reading shit like those. Besides, its a waste of money. I mean, its basically porn, I wouldn't waste money on useless stuff like that."

The girls nodded as they stared at him skeptically. Suguha looked at Sinon, "I think we should search his room."

The archer nodded. Kirito blinked before he cried, "Why won't you believe me?! I don't read Icha-icha!"

The girls just giggled at how he was overreacting. Meanwhile, outside a hotsprings in a random village, a white haired man with a helmet that had the word '油', the kanji for 'oil' on it spoke, "I sense it, someone lacks enlightenment."

Meanwhile, Hikari and Kakashi were standing in the forest. The cyclops asked, "So, what did you want to talk about?"

Hikari looked at him in the eye seriously, "Kakashi-sensei, you knew who my father was, didn't you?"

The man was taken aback by the question before he asked, "Did you find out?"

Hikari nodded before she turned to look at the Hokage Monument. Kakashi sighed, "To answer your question, yes, I did."

Hikari stared at the man, "Where were you? You knew I was your sensei's daughter, didn't you care?"

Kakashi sighed, "Come with me."

Hikari blinked before Kakashi grabbed her shoulders and they vanished via Shunshin to arrive at the Memorial Stone.

Hikari asked, "What is this?"

Kakashi spoke, "I won't give any excuses. I was afraid. I was weak. My generation of team 7, they were family to me. After my father died, they were all I had left. Uchiha Obito, Nohara Rin, and Minato-sensei. Kushina-senpai was like a big sister to me, I cared for all of them."

Hikari stayed silent as Kakashi continued, "I vowed to protect them, but in the end, all of them died in front of me. Obito died in a mission when he pushed me away from a boulder. Rin... I killed her in a mission. Minato-sensei and Kushina-senpai both died when they sealed the Kyuubi into you."

Kakashi let out a breath, "You were... a lot like them... too much in fact. I... I couldn't look at you without seeing them in you."

It was then Hikari realized how much her teacher had lost. The girl asked, "How?"

The man smiled, "Like Rin, you are kind. Like Obito, you never give up and you want to be Hokage. Like Minato-sensei, you are smart and you care for Kirito. Like Kushina-senpai, you have that brash attitude and you get angry when someone threatens your family."

Kakashi sighed, "But, that still doesn't excuse me from not being there for you. I did join the Anbu to help you, I knew it wasn't enough, but I didn't do more."

Hikari nodded, "Anbu... wait, you're Inu-niisan?"

The girl had vague memories of an Anbu with a dog shaped mask playing with her before she met Kirito, Asuna, Sinon and Suguha. But after she met them, the girl rarely saw the Anbu.

Kakashi blinked in surprise and nodded, "Yes, I was Inu. I tried to guard you whenever I could, but I had missions as an Anbu."

Hikari smiled at the man, "I know. At least, I met Kirito-kun. I met Asuna-chan, Sinon-chan and Suguha-chan."

The girl then stared at him seriously, "I won't say I forgive you, but... I will give you a chance."

Kakashi nodded, "Thank you."

Hikari nodded before she asked, taking out a rubber ball, "By the way, I can't seem to make the ball burst you did."

Kakashi blinked, "Hmm, show me how you do it."

The girl nodded and channeled chakra into the ball. It started to rumble before a hole burst open and the air flowed out like a punctured tyre.

Kakashi nodded, "I see what's wrong. You're not containing the power. Look at this."

The man made a Rasengan as it swirled to life in his palm, "The Rasengan has three components, rotation, power and compression. The second step is power with a bit of compression. What you did, was pushing the power outwards, not containing it to unleash the power like a bomb."

Hikari nodded, "I see. I'll have to try again."

Kakashi nodded, "While you're at it, try the third step. Get a water balloon, do the same thing as the second step but without popping the balloon. Do it for a minute, then try that without the balloon."

Hikari nodded as they walked back to the field. As they left, Kirito thought, 'I wonder what Sigmund meant by the Underworld... I think I'll have to look into it some time.'

The next day, it was almost time for his lunch break. Hikari, Asuna, Sinon and Suguha had said they would meet him at his shop and the blacksmith was preparing to close the shop when three people entered his shop.

Kirito greeted, "Hello, Tenten-san. Who are your two friends?"

Tenten nodded, "Kirito. These are my teammates, Hyuga Neji and Rock Lee."

The Hyuga nodded in acknowledgement while Lee greeted, "Yo!"

Kirito asked, "So, what brings you three to my humble shop? Tenten-san's family runs a smithy, so I doubt you're here for supplies."

Lee grinned, "Actually, I asked to meet you. I heard there was someone who couldn't use chakra, like me. I wanted to meet you."

Kirito chuckled, "I see. Then, what did you want?"

Neji huffed, "He wanted to spar with you. Something about seeing what kind of person you were. I mean, we all heard you fought Zabuza of the Mist."

The taijutsu specialist nodded, "Exactly, I want to see how bright your FLAMES OF YOUTH burn!"

Kirito winced, "Another Gai-san..."

Tenten sighed, "Think how we have to deal with him and Gai-sensei at the same time."

Kirito nodded in sympathy before he spoke, "Sorry, Lee-san, but I can't today, I already have plans. Maybe another time."

Lee nodded, "Its okay! We shall compare our FLAMES OF YOUTH another time!"

The three then left, with Tenten waving at him while Neji giving him a nod of acknowledgement.

Kirito chuckled as he flipped the sign to closed, "A mini-Gai, my so called rival and a stoic Hyuga, then again there are some strange bunches in those Gennin teams."

A while later, Sinon, Hikari, Suguha and Asuna met up with Kirito. The katana user asked, "So, Kirito-kun, where are we going?"

The boy grinned, "Next door."

The girls blinked in confusion as the blacksmith led them into a suspiciously dark themed café. They entered to see that the shop was half full with people.

Kirito said, "This is the Dicey Café, I told you girls about it, remember?"

The girls nodded as they remembered the boy mentioning it. The blacksmith grinned, "Come on, let's get a seat."

They went to a table and sat down as Agil walked over. The man grinned, "So, Kirito, these are the girls you talked about?"

Kirito grinned and fist-bumped with the man, "Yeah."

The young man looked at the four girls, "This is Andrew Gilbert Mills, he's this shop's owner."

The man chuckled, "Just call me Agil. Kirito has told me a lot about the four of you."

Hikari and the girls stared at their boyfriend, the blonde commenting, "So he did..."

Kirito just chuckled and Agil asked, "So, what do you want? Since its lunch time, we have the daily lunch sets."

The man looked at Kirito and said, "And since this little bastard finally brought you four here, I'll make them on the house, order whatever you want."

The blacksmith sighed, "You're awfully cheerful today."

A voice cut in, "Of course he is, Agil just hit his monthly target and earned quite a lot of money."

They turned to see Klein standing there. Kirito looked at Agil, "Is he still jobless?"

The bald man shook his head, "No, I heard he found a job as an accountant somewhere."

Klein frowned, "Oi, that's not a way to talk about me."

The man then saw the four girls sitting with Kirito and bowed, "I'm Ryotaro Klein, 25 years old, single and ready to m-ugh!"

The man clutched his stomch in pain as Kirito burried his fist in his guy. The blacksmith said, with a vein bulging out of his forehead, "Klein, if you dare touch any of them..."

The man groaned as he fell to the floor, "Sorry, Kiri-no-ji. I won't do that again."

The girls just sweatdropped at the blacksmith's protectiveness of them, though they found it endearing.

Agil chuckled, "Well, just ignore Klein, he's just a creepy bastard that can't seem to find a job and a girl."

The girls just nodded as they gave Agil their orders. Kirito also ordered his food, "Just put it on my tab."

Agil chuckled, "That's a no. I said it'd be on the house, didn't I?"

Kirito blinked and nodded, "Thanks man."

The foreigner nodded, "Sure."

The owner of the shop then went to the kitchen to start working. Asuna spoke, "Well, it's nice here."

Kirito nodded, "Yeah, Agil has a few waiters here and there, but he prefers to cook the food himself and brew the drinks. You can say this would be a restaurant in the afternoon but a cafe otherwise."

Klein nodded as he stood up, "Yeah, the guy is awesome like that."

The girls just nodded as they sat there, enjoying the atmosphere. A while later, their food was ready and Agil had brought them to the table. The man spoke, "I'm probably not as good as Kirito when it comes to cooking, but I like to think I can do quite good. Enjoy your meal."

The four of them thanked him as Agil nodded before sending a grin to Kirito who just sighed and ate the food. Sinon commented, "This is actually quite nice."

Hikari nodded as she bit down on the meat, "Its surprisingly tender."

Kirito chuckled as he ate the food, "Hmm, Agil might seem fine, but he's actually a man who deals a lot of dark stuff."

The man yelled from the counter, "I can hear you, ya know? Besides, you're the one who asked me to do those things!"

The girls giggled, Sinon spoke, "So, you deal with a lot dark stuff huh..."

Kirito slumped his head down, "Never mind..."

He thought, 'At least Argo isn't here.'

As if on cue, the door opened to reveal a short light brown haired girl wearing a brown coat. The girl grinned, "Yo, Ki-bo."

The blacksmith facepalmed, "I haaad to jinx it."

The girls looked curiously as the short girl approached them. Kirito sighed, "Hey, Argo."

The girl grinned, "So these are the girls... not bad, for someone like you."

The blacksmith sighed, "I already have Klein with that, please don't."

The girl grinned, "What? Afraid I'll tell em bout your... dark stuff?"

The girls stared at him as he sighed and facepalmed, "Argo..."

The girl's grin widened, "And since its your first time, I'll charge you half price."

The girls blinked and Kirito explained, "Argo is an informant. With the right price, she can get you any piece of information you want, with the 'right price' usually being a fortune."

Argo chuckled, "Ah, you give me too much credit. I don't just get any information, I get whatever that seems beneficial to me."

Suguha grinned mischievously and looked at the three other girsl, all of them sharing the same grin, "Then, can you give us any intel on Kirito-kun's... dark secrets?"

Argo grinned darkly as Kirito groaned. The informant then shook her head, "Sorry, but I don't think I have anything yet... yet."

The girls just giggled as the blacksmith sighed before they continued their meal.

A while later, Kirito stood in front of Hiruzen in the personal training field of the Hokage. Kirito asked, "Do I really need to do this?"

The old Sarutobi nodded, clad in his old armor, "Yes, I need to confirm something."

The blacksmith sighed and drew his swords, staring at the Hokage.

A few hours before, after Kirito and the girls finished their lunch, they had gone for a stroll around the village. As they walked, an Anbu appeared before them.

The Anbu spoke, "Kirito, right?"

The young man nodded as the Anbu continued, "I need you to come with me."

Kirito blinked as the Anbu gripped his shoulders saying, "Sorry, I will need to borrow him for a while."

Then they vanished via Shunshin, leaving four very confused girls as they continued their stroll.

With Kirito and the Anbu, they arrived to see a small field, with the Hokage standing on it. Kirito blinked, "Hokage-sama, what are you wearing?"

Hiruzen chuckled, "This was my old shinobi armor. Its been a while since I fought after all."

Kirito nodded and asked, "So, why are you wearing it?"

The old Sarutobi stared at the young blacksmith before he suddenly spat out a horse sized fireball at the young man. Kirito's eyes widened before he took on a slight red aura and vanished, dodging the fireball.

Kirito appeared a few meters from where the fireball was and yelled, "Oi what was that?!"

The Hokage chuckled as he slid into a stance, "Come on, Kirito, I think its time we had a spar."

The teen sighed, "Do we really need to do this?"

Hiruzen nodded, "I wanna confirm something."

The blacksmith nodded and drew his swords, facing the old Hokage.

As soon as he slid into his stance, Hiruzen shot forward. The Hokage threw a fist at him, which Kirito blocked by crossing his swords. Kirito was surprised by the strength behind the punch before he remembered that this was the Hokage.

Kirito let out a breath as he leaped away from the old man. Then, his eyes turned serious as he activated his Acceleration, taking on a red hue.

Hiruzen grinned when the swordsman vanished, to the normal naked eye of course, and closed the distance between them easily as Kirito spun, swinging both swords down. (Levi style)

The old man raised his armored arms to block to strike, he wasn't surprised when the swords clashed against his armor, no, he was surprised when the force behind the slash sent him flying straight into a tree.

Hiruzen got up from the tree and nodded, "Impressive strength, show me more."

Kirito retook his stance. Then they both vanished. To normal people, they would have saw a black and red blur clashing against each other several times, but to ninja or anyone with trained eyes, they'd see Hiruzen wielding a kunai clashing against Kirito's swords.

Kirito landed a distance away from Hiruzen and started chanting, "Search! Destroy! Burn them away, Ignest!"

The blacksmith held his swords in front of him as a small magic circle appeared in front of his arms. Embers formed and shot at Hiruzen.

The Hokage dodged them easily before his eyes widened as the flame bullets actually turned and shot after him. He dodged them a few times before he flashed through handsigns, "Suiton: Teppodama!"

The old man spat out a large water ball that would engulf the bullets. But Hiruzen was surprised once again as the bullets curved around the ball of water and exploded against the Sarutobi's armor.

Hiruzen charged out of the smoke at Kirito, but the swordsman was ready. His swords glowed as he yelled, "Gale Slicer!"

The swordsman charged forward and sent a cross slash at the old man. Hiruzen's eyes widened as he quickly substituted with a log which was sliced in half.

A while later, Kirito laid on the grass panting, with Hiruzen grinning as he stood above the blacksmith. The Hokage nodded, "Definitely mid to high Jounin level. You still have a long way before you can defeat me."

Kirito panted, "Hey, you're the one who wanted me to spar with you!"

Hiruzen chuckled, "Indeed, it also proved that you can handle the next mission I'll be giving you."

The young man nodded, "So what is it?"

The old Hokage spoke, "I want you to proctor the upcoming Chunnin Exams."

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Done. So yeah. And before any of you ask, Kirito's relationship with Hiruzen still hasn't been fixed yet, so to speak. They still have that wedge between them. Review please. So the next chapter will the start of the Chunnin exam arc. If you guys have any idea on what kind of mission you'd like to see, tell me.

So yeah, until next chapter.