I don't own Naruto.

NECESSARY EVIL

Unravelling

"Well everything went okay." Asuma said with a sigh. They had been half expecting Naruto to kick them out.

"Yeah. He is still a naive idiot." Sakura said.

"Hn. dobe."

"But we have to admit. Naruto is some big deal here, I mean look at what all he could. Apparently this hotel mirage is the best tourist hotel in the village. You need exclusive permission to get a room here. And he managed to get us each a room." Ino said in amazement.

"Yeah. I remember the onikage saying that Naruto was much respected here." Kurenai said.

"But, he's just an architect." Sakura scoffed.

"Not just any architect Sakura. I asked the hotel staff. Apparently this entire hotel is Naruto's creation." Tenten said.

"You got to be kidding me!" Ino said.

"Yeah, he designed this amazing place!" Sakura said in amazement.

"Heh. But he is still just a dobe." Kiba said with a scoff.

"Actually Inuzuka, Naruto san is often requested by high ranking officials from many countries to design their homes, including palaces for daimyos."

"Whoa!" Kiba gasped when Neji said that.

"He must make a fortune out of this then." Ino wondered.

"He does." Shikamaru answered lazily.

"It would be beneficial to have him in our ranks." Kurenai said.

"When will the dobe come? Does he plan on keeping us waiting?" Kiba growled. Their guides had informed them that Naruto will be coming here to have dinner with them. And now they were waiting for him in this grand room.

Right then the large double doors opened and Naruto entered, flanked by guards on either side.

Everyone except Sakura felt their jaws drop.

That sex god was Naruto?!

"Hey guys." Naruto greeted with a nervous grin and removed his sunglasses to give then a view of the sapphires he called eyes.

"Naruto!" they all chorused in surprise.

Sakura jumped out of her seat and went to hug him, but the guards stopped her.

"I am his friend." she glared at the guards.

"Sakura, just let it be." Naruto said softly.

He then sat down at the table with all of them. The guards still standing on each side.

Kakashi gave a hard stare at the guards, 'Maybe the Onikage arranged them so that they could keep Naruto here. After all they would lose an expert with connections if Naruto left.'

"So..." Naruto trailed of nervously.

"Hey Naruto how's it going?" Kakashi said with an eye smile. And he saw Naruto relax with a sigh, maybe he had been expecting them to be angry or something.

They conversed while they ate.

"Hey Naruto, I saw some ninjas from other villages here. Is there some kind of function going on?" Tenten asked.

Naruto looked confused, "huh?...oh that. You don't know about the scholarships."

"The what?" they asked confused.

"You see we have academies here in demon country. Academies for architecture, medical training, combat training, electronics, mechanics and such."

Everyone's eyes widened. "And you teach them to people from other villages? Why? They could use it against you."

"Well, it's really to encourage interaction between people from other villages. Every year exams are held in each village. The top 10 students from each exam are allowed to learn at an academy. Each academy takes in 100 students each year. 40 students are from our village, the rest from foreign villages. It doesn't matter if the student is a ninja or not."

"That's stupid. Your village could be at risk."

"Why? Why would they attack us when we are willing to share our knowledge and facilities with them? They know that we have no intention of ever becoming a ninja village, so attacking us will only serve to destroy a village that is beneficial to them. So in exchange for the knowledge we share, they give us protection."

They all looked at Naruto dumbfounded.

"And it's not like we don't have any defenses. Our guardian force is there for law enforcement."

"Guardian forces. Yeah I've heard of them. They're just ninjas who don't kill." Kiba scoffed.

"We are a peaceful village Kiba, killing will only be problematic. It is not that they can't kill, but that they don't want to." Naruto shrugged.

They resumed their dinner. Naruto was well aware of how Sasuke was ogling him. He could already imagine what was going through the man's mind.

"Naruto sama, you have a meeting in half an hour" one of the guards said.

"Oh? It's already 9:30. I am sorry guys I have a meeting to attend to. So when will you be leaving?"

"Who are you meeting dobe?" Sasuke asked annoyed.

'Feeling possessive bastard?'

"Yeah Naru kun, can't you just skip the meeting to spend some time with your friends?" Sakura asked sadly.

"Sorry guys, I can't miss it. They're some very important people (More important than any of you to me) and I don't want to disappoint them."

"Hn"

"Will you guys be leaving soon?" Naruto asked.

They looked confused at this.

"Yeah tomorrow. We need to go back to the village. But aren't you coming with us?"

"No. I have some documents that need to be finalized before coming to Konoha. You know paper work about the banishment and such. I have to finalize it with the demon country daimyo and the fire country daimyo." he finished with a groan.

They all chuckled at his expression; a certain someone licked his lips in anticipation. Once the dobe comes back to Konoha, he'll make sure that Naruto will be his.

"Good to have you back Naruto."

Naruto just smiled and left the dining room. He had a 'meeting' at the Devil Palace to attend.

Few Days Later

"It's done?"

"Yes it is. Here are the documents."

"Good. Tell the people to start mining as soon as possible. Be as discrete as possible." Naruto smiled indulgently.

Chris chuckled. "I will transfer the ownership of the properties into your name tomorrow just in case they decide to complicate things."

"Alright. And what about the other properties?"

"All done. It was easy to convince the daimyo especially when his wife was vehemently against disappointing you."

Naruto chuckled. Konoha just lost the treasures they didn't even knew they had all along. Chris chuckled as well.

"Will you be going there?"

"Yes. After all I want to see what became of my dear sweet village."

Naruto walked away from Chris with a smirk.

In Konoha (sometime later)

"Hey guys, Naruto's here."

Sakura and Sasuke paused from their spar to look at Ino who had yelled out.

"Really? He didn't even send any message." Sakura said surprised.

They had expected him to at least inform them.

"Maybe he planned a surprise." Kakashi said.

"Yeah. That's probably it. Come on Sasuke kun, let's go meet the baka."

The villagers stared. Could anyone blame them? I mean, walking in front of them was the same boy they had kicked out of their village. Only difference was that now the boy had grown into what can only be called an Adonis and the villagers knew that they needed the boy's help.

It has been one week after the announcement that Naruto will be coming back to the village. The villagers had protested at first, but the hokage and the council (even the ones who had actively participated in banishing Naruto) had given a speech on how badly they needed Naruto. So the villagers grudgingly had to agree.

"Naruto kun." Sakura exclaimed in surprise. It seemed like Naruto gets more and more beautiful every time she see him.

There he stood, flanked by his loyal bodyguards on each side.

"Hey" Naruto waved not that much enthusiastic.

Sakura frowned but ignored it thinking that he was just tired from the journey or something. He was wearing gray v neck underneath a black tuxedo jacket; left open. Along with relaxed blue jeans and black sneakers.

She moved forward to hug him, while Sasuke stood ogling the beautiful man.

But before she could, the bodyguards stepped in front, stopping her from even touching their lord. After all Kyoshiro had specifically instructed not to let any Konoha scum touch his mate.

Sakura growled at the guards, so did Sasuke. But imagine their surprise when Naruto only smirked at them and not made any move to make the guards move.

"So, is the Hokage Tower still where I remember? I want to get all of this out of my way as soon as possible." Naruto said bored.

Sakura was confused by the change in behavior. But ignored it in favor of leading the blond to the tower.

"Naruto Uzumaki, you have been summoned by the council." Spoke the anbu who appeared in front of the blond.

Naruto smirked thinking of what will follow.

Naruto stood outside the council chambers of Konoha. As soon as news reached that he had returned, the council summoned him for a meeting.

As the council called for Naruto to enter, Naruto entered with his head kept high and a neutral expression, his trusted bodyguards close behind. He was disgusted seeing the many lustful and greedy looks from most of the civilian and some of the shinobi council, but he managed to keep the disgust out of his expression and voice.

"Welcome back, Naruto."

Naruto turned to look at Tsunade who had a smile on her face. Seriously! She was a shinobi, she should've known that he won't remain that naive fool after all they had done to him, but he supposed she also believed the lies he spewed at Sakura. How foolish of them!

His reply to the 'warm welcome' was a simple nod with a blank face. Some of the council, especially the honorable hokage was surprised by the lack of emotion he had shown; as far as they knew, he was happy to be back in Konoha, but they ignored it as him being nervous and trying to hide it.

There was a long drawn awkward pause with the council now being a little confused on what to say to the beautiful youth that looked emotionless except for the boredom he occasionally showed. It was Danzo who started,

"So Uzumaki san, now that you are back, we will integrate you back into the Konoha shinobi roster as soon as possible and you can start your training to get back into shape. You do not need to worry about your companies as the council will be taking over as the head of them and will be managing them for you."

Naruto almost rolled his eyes, how greedy can they get. But he merely lifted an eyebrow at the 'suggestion'.

"You can do that?" The mild amusement must've thrown them off, because they looked surprised. Danzo narrowed his eyes,

"Of course, now that you are a part of Konoha-"

"I am a part of Konoha? Since when?" This time his amusement was clear to even the most oblivious of them.

"Naruto, your lawyer has all the paper work completed." Tsunade said confused.

"Really now? Why did they ever make you the hokage?" Naruto shook his head disappointed, Tsunade was surprised and hurt.

"W-What are you-?"

"Hokage sama," He neatly cut her off mid speech, "My lawyer only processed the papers that removed my ban on entering the fire country and the one against me owning any properties on the fire country. I believe he never processed any papers regarding the reinstatement of my Konoha citizenship or my integration back into your shinobi troops."

Tsunade was wide eyed for a moment, but then smiled; this caused Naruto to raise an eyebrow in question.

"Oh Naruto, you and your pranks." Tsunade chuckled and the whole council followed suit, thinking this a prank from the notorious prankster. Naruto could only suppress a sigh at their stupid ignorance.

Then Tsunade continued, "Your lawyer had told me that the papers for your integration back into Konoha could only be finished once you are here and had the approval of your current daimyo, which is the daimyo of the demon country. I assume you have the papers with you now, so give them to me and I'll sign them off. Your prank did catch me off guard."

Naruto's only reaction was to look at the woman like she had lost her mind. He again said,

"Why did they ever make you the hokage...? I have no papers with me and I have no intention of joining Konoha."

Then he smirked at the wide eyed council,

"Naruto, the pranks over now give me the papers." Tsunade said seriously.

This time it was Naruto who chuckled, he was thoroughly amused by the foolish humans.

It took a while for the council members to figure out that Naruto was indeed not pranking them.

"Why did you come back if you had no intention of staying?" A teary eyed hokage asked.

"A good question." Naruto said, but didn't answer her.

"Well! Answer me!" Tsunade yelled, Naruto stood unfazed by the rage of the legendary sannin.

Even his bodyguards didn't bat an eyelash at what was the most frightening situation to the rest of the council. Even Danzo was slightly shaken by the monstrous looking woman.

The bodyguards knew well that their master had no need for protection, the simple act of having bodyguards made others underestimate Naruto. Their only job was to do the jobs that they found beneath Naruto, which included most jobs as according everyone in demon country, Naruto was a divine being and most things were beneath him and no matter how much Naruto protested that wouldn't change.

"Why should I?" Naruto asked amused. "You are not my kage, nor are you my daimyo... so why should I? You're not even someone I care or respect even slightly about."

Tsunade took a step back shocked, the hokage's chair clattered to the ground as she bumped into it. The council was very much nervous and some were outright angered by the disrespect shown by the demon to the hokage.

"Show us respect you demon." An outraged council member shouted.

"Demon? On what basis do you call me a demon?"

Naruto asked very amused.

Naruto's amusement was really starting to be annoying to the council.

"We all know about the Kyubi." A jealous council woman sneered, "So don't try to fool us, and that is the only reason we bought you back, because the only thing you're good at is being a weapon."

And Naruto laughed and it was a sweet melodious sound even when it was mocking.

"I own the biggest company in the entire elemental nations; I am the most sought after architect in the elemental nations, not to mention the most popular designer. Who do you all think the famed 'Golden fox' is? And you say all I am good at is being a weapon!"

Naruto really enjoyed the surprise and disbelief. He was careful not to reveal his other professions like his achievements in nano tech or pharmaceuticals. Konoha might start a war just to destroy him, if they know. So even though he enjoyed putting them back in their place, he toned it down.

And as for the council, utter disbelief was what happened. No way that the 'black Rose' which was termed the biggest company in elemental nations belong to the demon! No way that he was the Golden Fox, the designer with such high talents that the royalties fought over him. There was just no way. But they couldn't ignore the obvious clues like how Black Rose never opened any of their branches in Fire Country, because if they did, anything that belonged to Naruto would've been confiscated by the council. And never had the Golden fox boutiques ever opened in Konoha when there were many boutiques in every other nation. They had already known about the architect part and it took them a very long time to believe that.

"There is no way! You are lying demon." The same council woman screeched in a way similar to the pink haired monstrosity. Come to think of it, she had that particular shade of green eyes as well. But Naruto didn't care.

"Suit yourself." Naruto shrugged. "Oh and just so you know, I'm not a jinchuuriki anymore either."

"WHAT!"

Naruto shrugged once more.

"The Akatsuki extracted him."

"But But you would've died during the extraction." Tsunade was shocked.

"I am an Uzumaki." He said. That made a lot of sense to Tsunade and some of the shinobi council, but really didn't make any sense to the civilian council and Naruto really didn't care to elaborate.

"Why do you being an Uzumaki have anything to do with it?" A clueless council member asked and Naruto didn't even acknowledge the question.

"So the Akatsuki have all the demons!" Tsunade asked terrified.

"No." Naruto sighed. He was really getting tired of the whole ordeal; he just wanted to get out of Konoha once he had done what he needed to.

"They couldn't contain all nine demons and the statue used to contain them exploded and the Akatsuki died. I got saved by my lover and now I live happily with him. End of story. I am leaving." With that Naruto left the stunned council to process what he had just said.

The council had a lot of questions, surprisingly, or perhaps not; the main question among the male members was who the lucky man who snagged the beautiful youth was. The females were equally disappointed that he was taken, by a man too no less. They more that hoped that he was Bi and not gay or just experimenting; either would do.

Tsunade was the one who asked the question that everyone forgot, "Was he telling the truth?"

Most of them had the decency to look sheepish at having forgotten to think of that during their plans to somehow make the blond their.

"He was." Hiashi Hyuga said. "I checked his chakra coil; he had no biju chakra at all. And he wasn't lying; there were no fluctuations in his chakra coil as he spoke."

Unbeknownst to them Naruto long since attained the ability to fool the Byakugan and any human experts in deception. That was the reason that the Byakugan only saw a small part of his normal blue 'human' chakra and not the ten tails of golden chakra he got after becoming the jubi.

"I also checked, he wasn't lying about anything. Even more proof, his whisker marks are gone." Inoichi Yamanaka the interrogation expert said.

The council was stunned that the most powerful man in elemental Nations (Money and influence wise) had just slipped out of their grasps, just like that. Not like they had any chance to make him stay from the beginning.

Now they understood why the fire daimyo had been eager to remove Naruto's banishment after all he too had a wife who was a fan of the Golden Fox and the daimyo himself had been trying to get Naruto to build him a new mansion for a while now and had been probably denied because Naruto couldn't enter the fire country. That was no longer the case.

"Troublesome..." Shikaku said and the whole council agreed.

There you go folks, chapter three.

I wanted to add some more things but I kinda lost the whole story line trying to enhance it, so I stopped brainstorming and posted what I already had.

Thanks to all those who review and follow. Really appreciated.

I'll try posting the next chapter as soon as possible. But I think I am being too hasty working on four stories at once, so I might put one of them on hold or might alternate in posting. I'll try not to put it on hold for the sake of those who read.

Hope you enjoyed.