The day after reconnecting with Shion, he was meditating near the battle training area, empty of any other shinobi. He was thinking. 7 out of 9 have already been found, but he was back to square one; who else is left? He couldn't think of anymore kunoichi he could bring into his harem. What to do, what to do? His internal question was answered he felt a precence in front of him. He looked up to see... wait, who was she? She looked familiar. The black hair, those stricking green eyes, that outfit...

"Umm, who are you?" Naruto asked. "You look familiar." The woman merely smiled as she clarified,

"I am Lady Shizuka of the Nadeshiko village. Remember when you sent that creep flying when he tried taking me as his bride?" Naruto then remembered. The village with that outdated rule, the giant robot, and the lady from then standing in front of him now.

"Oh hi, Shizuka!" Naruto greeted as he got to his feet. "How are you doing? How's your village?"

"I was finally able to abolish that marriage rule. Now all the women can marry whoever they want to." She explained with a smile.

"That's great!" Naruto exclaimed.

"I also came to ask you a request." She added.

"Yeah, what's that?"

"I would like to have a rematch." Naruto tilted his head in mild confusion. "Even though the marriage rule is now void, I have still been training for the past two and a half years to become stronger. I've waited until that the rule was repealed so I could have my rematch with no strings attached. Don't worry, you don't have to go completely serious; you're as good as a kage, but I still want to fight you and win in a friendly match." Naruto thought about this for a minute before saying,

"Alright, I've got no problem with that."

"Excellent." She readied herself. "Let this be a battle to remember."

"Yeah." Naruto took his normal battle stance. Seconds pass before Shizuka starts.

""Nadeshiko style: Roaring Gale Slice!" Shizuka shouted as she chops her hand down, creating a blade of air cutting through the ground that Naruto dodged like before.

(Wow, she improved her moves.") He thought to himself.

"Nadeshiko Style: Aerial Dance Barrage!" Same as from the past Shizuka threw a crazy amount kunai at the orange ninja, who was having no problem staying out of their trajectory. Since this fight isn't serious, he figured he'd see how far she progressed. He made his signature sign.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Over 300 clones surrounded the kunoichi, putting her in a seamingly tight spot. She only grinned as she slammed her hand down to summon a huge scroll. She picked it up and spun around like a top.

"Second Waltz Barrage!" From her and her opened scroll came out not only hundreds of kunai, but also shuriken, swords and spiked iron balls. All of the nearby clones got hit and poofed while those far enough away manageged to get away from her second barrage's range. Shizuka smiled even more from their scattering around as they tried thinking on how to get close. "Nadeshiko Style: Aerial Fountain!" Increasing her spinning speed, she unleashed a dozen spiked iron balls per second as they went high in the air before raining down from the sky. More clones were poofed, even some who were hiding behind trees as they were destroyed. When Naruto only had 50 clones left, they needed an indirect tactic. Nodding to each other, they got into one giant group and formed their own rasengans, then charged as one. When she tried taking out more clones with her tools, they were expertly rebounded from the spinning balls of chakra like each was a shield. Shizuka lightly laughed from their mob tactic and stopped her continuous barrage to summon from her scroll a giant bansho fan and prepared to attack, "Wind Style: Cyclone Clash!" She took one swipe and from her a giant gust of wind blew all of the clones off their feet, many poofing from smashing into trees. "Reverse current!" She exclaimed as she brushed the fan the other way behind her, blowing away clones coming up from behind.

However, she was pinned down from the back by two remaining Naruto clones, knocking away her fan and keeping her away from her scroll, leaving her defenseless under the two shinobi.

"Got ya." They cheered. Shizuka only smiled as she turned into a log. "Wha...?" Was all they had to say before he was wrapped up in rope in that instant and both Naruto's were captured. Shizuka dropped from above to say,

"I win." She then untied the two shinobi and the clone dissipated.

"Wow, I have to admit, you really polished up techniques. You even found a counter for sneak attacks from behind." Shizuka smiled from his words. She bowed,

"Thank you Naruto for the rematch." Shizuka picked up her fan and scroll, making them disappear along with everything she threw during their match. "I'd love to stay and chat, but I only had time for a small greeting and match. There's still things I need to do in my village, but if you ever need me, give me a call. You can also come over whenever you'd like."

"Yeah!" Naruto agreed sticking out a thumbs up with a smile. Kurama's eighth tail glowed.

A/N: Hello, I fixed the "Cool" chapter with Samui so if you want to give a review on how I did please do so, along with what you think of this chapter. Shizuka will be back two or three chapters later, when the story concludes then. One girl left; who will it be? Your guesses will amuse me as you'll never guess my chosen last contender. You'll never guess who! Muwahahaha!(Coughing and hacking) Sorry it took so long getting this chapter up. I simply got lost on the road of life. ;)