After he escapes from Iruka's watchful eyes, Naruto makes a beeline for the Temple of Jashin. He really wants to see the cool history books. Now that is a sentence Naruto never thought he would think. Naruto never thought there would be such a thing as a cool history book, and he wants to see it. So with Sparky in tow, Naruto flies to the Temple of Jashin. Sitting on the grass around the Temple steps is a group of men and women, all of whom are armed and dangerous.

Naruto drops down on the steps of the temple and grins at the men and ladies. Sparky sits regally on Naruto's shoulder and surveys the crowd. Naruto waits, and soon the crowd notices him.

They stare at Naruto, and Naruto stares at them.

"Hi!" grins Naruto. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, 'tebayo! This is Sparky. Who are you guys?"

A man with slicked-back hair and pink eyes pushes his way to the front of the crowd. "We are the Order of Jashin!" the man says, pointing his red, three-pronged scythe at Naruto. I am Hidan, a Priest of Jashin, and an immortal! I am going to sacrifice you for the glory of Jashin!"

Naruto pulls a face. "So you lot are the cult Jashin told me needs to take a chill pill on the sacrificing. He only has so much room in his belly, 'tebayo."he crosses his arms and exchanges an eye-roll with Sparky.

"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK OF LORD JASHIN AS IF HE WERE A MERE HUMAN!" yells Hidan, running at Naruto, his scythe ready to do some serious damage.

"Oh, he's not a mere human," says Naruto, conversationally, drawing a seal on the steps of the temple. "He's a shinigami, and there is really only one thing I can do in this situation." He grins and activates the seal. "Fuuin: shinigami summon! Come forth, Jashin!"

Hidan skids to a stop at the foot of the stairs, staring up in awe as Jashin appears before them on the step of the temple accompanied by a pillar of fire.

"Hey, Jashin," says Naruto, cheerfully.

"Oh, it's you again," says Jashin. "Imma take your soul."

"No you aren't," says Naruto. "You're gonna take Hidan's soul, 'tebayo." Naruto points to Hidan. "That's Hidan, there."

"Excuse me," says Jashin, raising his eyebrows patronisingly. "Which one of us is the powerful immortal shinigami?"

"You are," says Naruto, grinning. "That's why YOU are gonna have to kill him, see, he's immortal too, 'tebayo."

"Sorry, the yellow hair made me momentarily forget you are an Uzumaki," says Jashin, just as patronizingly. "Let me put this in terms you will understand: I am my own boss. How does spending the rest of eternity in my belly sound? That's where you'll be going if you don't unsummon me this instant."

Naruto sighs. He should have known Jashin would be difficult. "Look," says Naruto, adopting the tone his Grandma uses on Iurka-nii when he disagrees with her. "You've got two options: either you take Hidan, soul and all, back to Shinigami Land to be your slave for all time, OR you can cease to exist. Your choice."

Jashin laughs at Naruto. "Of all the threats Uzumakis and Uminos have tried to use, that one takes the cake. Good f###ing luck trying to make me cease to exist."

Naruto pulls out some notes he made while adjusting the shinigami summon seal to cater to each individual shinigami. "See this seal formula?" he says, pointing to one of his scribbles. "If I turn that symbol up the other way and activate the seal, you will stop existing. I can do it with all four of you."

All the colour drains out of Jashin's entire ghostly body. "That's...that's...s###!" he grabs Hidan's soul right out of Hidan's body and says. "I'll be taking this and going. Tell your Umino you are a Master of Fuuinjutsu now." Jashin vanishes in a swirling pillar of fire, which does not even scorch the steps.

Satisfied that Hidan will not try to kill Naruto before he can get in the temple, Naruto turns and runs inside. The wall of fire parts for him, allowing him through unharmed. Naruto watches the shield close behind him and then turns back to the temple. This temple actually looks like a temple. It has pillars and arches and huge gilded doors, and "The Temple of Jashin" carved in big letters above the door frame. Naruto runs forward and pushes open the doors. The doors creak and groan as if they have not been used for a long time. Naruto walks inside, looking around at the orderly shelves and display cases arranged around the large room he finds himself in. The room is multi-level, one level around the edge, but raised on a platform up some stairs in the centre of the room. Naruto is about to explore when he hears the sound of applause, cheering and laughter from outside.

Curious about the noise, Naruto runs back outside, past the wall of fire to the top of the stairs. Down below him, the Order of Jashin is cheering, clapping their hands and laughing in joy. Naruto is confused. What's gotten into them? Then they see that he is out of the temple and turn to face him. Then, to Naruto's surprise, they bow low to the ground saying, "All hail our new leader, Naruto Uzumaki!"

Naruto looks around desperately for some clue as to what just happened and sees Iruka-nii standing behind the crowd. He looks very, very done. Iruka-nii marches up to naruto, right past Hidan's corpse and, grabbing Naruto by his collar, scolds him saying, "Naruto, I told you to stay away from this place, but you didn't even wait to hear the explanation as to why, and now you've become the leader of the Order of Jashin! WHat the bloody hell happened in the FIVE MINUTES you were here alone?"

"OI!" the Order of Jashin leap to their feet and whip out their weapons as one. "Who the hell are you and what do you think you are doing to our leader?"

Iruka sighs and turns his head towards the Order of Jashin. "I am Iruka Umino, and I am your new leader's Uncle or brother, depending how you look at it. Now if you don't mind, I am trying to explain to Naruto what he just got himself into."

Naruto peeks past Iruka-nii's shoulder and says, "Just get comfortable, this might take a while."

Looking at each other in confusion, the Order of Jashin simultaneously drops to the grass and makes themselves comfortable.

Satisfied, Naruto turns his attention back to Iruka-nii. "So why are they all bowing to me and obeying me?" he asks.

Iruka-nii takes a deep breath and begins his lecture. "In the entire history of the Hidden Whirlpool, only four people ever became rogue ninjas. Three from the Uzumaki clan and one from the Umino clan. The four rogue shinobi each founded one of the four shinigami cults. The rogue Umino, who was my mother's cousin's grandfather's brother, founded the Order of Jashin. He made a law that only those who can enter the Temple of Jashin are worthy to be the Leader of the Order. After his death twenty years ago none of the Order was able to pass the barrier and claim leadership. They developed techniques to become immortal in hopes those techniques would get them past the barrier, but the barrier threw them back without letting them pass. The Order sought out members of the Umino Clan, which of course led them to my parents, to find out what was going on with the barrier. My parents, of course, told them that the barrier is specially wired so that only those of certain bloodlines can get through. The Order made a declaration right then that the next person who goes through that barrier will be hailed as their leader, no matter who they are. Since that day, the Order of Jashin has kept watch over the Temple of Jashin to wait for their new leader to appear. You went through the barrier in front of the ENTIRE Order, so they have declared you their leader. Now that you are their leader, you must learn their rules and customs and either follow or change them. As far as I know, the first leader did not have any children because he did not want to raise a member of such a prestigious clan as mine outside the Hidden Whirlpool. So when he died there was literally no one in the Order who COULD become their new leader. So the only people who could take the position are either members of the other three cults or us, Nagato, Okami and Karin. Now you have taken the title. But I forget, we both became members of the Order of Steve last night. Oh dear. Now you are in two of the four Shinigami cults. Honestly, Naruto! Can't I leave you unsupervised for ten minutes without you causing havoc?"

"Um…" Naruto is not really sure how to respond to this information. Finally he says, "I summoned Jashin when that dead guy down there tried to sacrifice me to Jashin. I managed to convince Jashin to take the guy's soul, and Jashin said to tell you that I am a Master of Fuuinjutsu now."

"Oh? That's quite an achievement," says Iruka-nii, smiling and finally lets go of Naruto's collar. "How did you do it?"

Naruto grins. "I'm not telling, 'tebayo. It's my secret!"

"If you will not tell, then we will keep silent also, oh great leader," drones the Order of Jashin in unison. (Naruto learned the words 'drone' and 'unison' from Madoka when he was feeling nerdy.(That is, Naruto was feeling nerdy. It was an odd feeling, but it soon passed.))

"My, my, my," says a bemused voice. "What happened here?" Naruto looks over to the tree line, past the Order of Jashin. Gramps Pants is standing there with Neji, Shisui, Grandpa and Burifu. "Looks like your Grandson got himself made head of the Order of Jashin, Arashi, eh."

"EH?!" Naruto's Grandpa takes a couple of steps backwards. "But isn't the Order of Jashin a cult of mass murderers?!"

"THAT'S THE ISSUE?!" yells Neji, facepalming.

"Can you be in multiple Shinigami Orders at once?" asks Shisui.

"Only if it is accidental, eh," says Gramps Pants.

"You say that like it's happened before!" sas Neji, apparently distressed by everything that is going on.

"Well no, eh," admits Gramps Pants, shrugging. "But it was bound to eventually, so we made the rule just in case, eh."

"That's sensible," nods Iruka-nii.