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Warning: This is rated M for a reason (blood, gore, extreme violence, language, and possible adult themes/lemons, etc.) Some of the characters will be a little OC.

Now on with the chapter.

The Black Leaves

Chapter 35

"So, that's it?" Naruto asked rather emotionlessly as he stared out of the window behind the Hokage's desk.

The old man took a deep inhale of his nicotine laden, tobacco-filled pipe before replying. "Yes, that is all I know of why your family left this village. And left you here." Tsunade and Jiraiya were both there just in case things went either very bad or very emotional. So far, everything appeared relatively calm.

"They left us here, for our safety?" Naruto repeated back to the Hokage. "And to be the hero of this village." He pressed the palm of his left hand on the window and a web of cracks suddenly appeared across the entirety of the clear surface. "This village owes us quiet a lot. Doesn't it?"

"More than you know." Sarutobi agreed. He refused to look at the boy, fearing that gazing upon whatever expression he had would destroy the aged worrier's resolve. The room remained silent for a good few minutes before Naruto decided to speak again.

"These; worthless humans!" He shouted. "They treated us like trash, like garbage after what we've done for this place! And they have the GALL to deny us their pathetic lives!?" The window nearly shattered.

"You have every right to be angry, Naruto-kun." Sarutobi said calmly while taking a deep inhale of his pipe. "But please calm down and don't do anything drastic." Naruto swiveled on his feet and walked in front of the Hokage and glared directly into the old man's eyes. The Hokage stared right back as Naruto slammed his hands onto the desk that separated the two.

Tsunade made to approach Naruto and pull him away, only for Jiraiya to stretch out an arm and prevent her from doing so. In the back of her mind, she was a little proud of the old man from attempting to grab her breast since hi arm was at the perfect location for doing so.

Naruto and Sarutobi continued to stare at one another, one more angry than the other, for a few minutes before Naruto let out a heavy sigh and hung his head. "We can't be mad at you. It is not your fault." He sighed again. "You did what you thought was right."

The Hokage almost let out a sigh of relief before Naruto pointed a newly clawed finger in his direction. "But you will NOT interfere with our feedings from this moment onward! Understood!?"

Sarutobi suddenly stood up and made an attempt to size up the boy. Only to see the mass if tentacles slowly rip out of Naruto's back. "Please do not press us." He stated calmly.

This time, it was Sarutobi who was glaring down at Naruto. His glare softened lightly before he slowly sat back down. "Fine. You can continue your hunting. But, I will not call off any of the search parties or deny anyone who wants to hunt you down. You made your bed, and you need to lay in it."

Naruto gave a curt nod, "Agreed." The tentacles retracted back into the young boy; who decided it was time to leave and did so. A few minutes after the Uzumaki's departure, the other two old folk walked over to the village leader.

"Do you think that was wise to do?" Tsunade asked her superior.

Sarutobi pulled out a stack of paperwork and started getting to work signing before saying a word. "Would you deny the only thing keeping the Nine-Tailed Fox from incinerating us?"

The busty blond gave the Hokage a confused look and was about to respond with a question of her own; but was interrupted by Jiraiya. "That seal that Minato had put on his son, became completely useless just a few months ago. He may have been an expert in seal-making and long-term planning, but there are some things you just can't plan for." He glanced out of the window with a solemn expression. "I'm worried about what will happen when Naruto's parents arrive. The demon's anger might go out of control and force the monster out of Naruto."

"We will have to do all we can to make sure that the demon doesn't destroy the village, should the situation arise." The village leader stated calmly.

Over the course of the next few weeks, the village was alive with action. The shops were being cleaned and stocked with their most impressive wares; food stands, stored, and restaurants were stocked with the freshest foods available. Homeowners and hotel managers were hiring every cleaning service available to make their buildings as perfect as one could imagine.

Ninja were training at more than a fifty- percent increase of effort and determination, all to impress the arrival of the once thought-dead hero. Civilian employees were putting in all effort possible to get their work down sooner so as to prepare for Minato's eventual arrival.

Naruto and his team were not immune to the village's violent activities. Kakashi thought that it would be a wonderful idea for his team of genin to train twice as hard and twice as much to 'keep up with the other teams'. This of coursed caused the already high tension between Naruto and Sasuke to get that much worse, and with Sakura trying to act as the mediator between the two hotheads. To add fuel to the fire, Naruto's stomach had been burning and aching since his team's last mission.

Finally, the day had arrived! The street that led directly from the village's front gate to the Hokage's tower was lined with villagers. Every store was open, wares sold cheaply and as clean and professional as humanly possible. Ninja lined the rooftops as the sounds of excitement roared across the entirety of the village. Standing right at the very end of the street was the Hokage, his two remaining students, and the entire Konohagakure council.

The sounds of the village's front gate creaking caused the excited crowd to instantly quiet. The massive set of wooden doors ever so slowly creaked open to reveal the tall, blond, blue-eyed past leader of Konohagakure standing next to his read-headed wife and blond haired, pigtailed girl. The silence lasted for what felt like ages until the Namikaze's handsome face split into his famous shit-eating smile.

The explosive cheering of the village was loud enough to be heard miles away. Over the noise, one of the illustrious members of the Konohagakure council leaned over and whispered into the current Hokage's ear. "Do you really think this is wise? Everytime we have some loud event, it draws the attention of it."

To which, the Hokage replied with a less concerned tone. "Already thought of that. Every available ninja has been warned about the demon's inevitable appearance. To prevent any unneeded problems, no one is to confront it unless a life is being directly threatened. I made it perfectly clear of what punishment will be dished out if my orders are ignored."

The council guy nodded before returning to his original position and watched Minato's family slowly walk down the cheer filled street with the rest of the village's political officials. Sarutobi, however was constantly shifting his eyes across the street and to the roofs, watching out for the inevitable appearance of Lord Venom. The only thing that caught the old man's eyes was a small, tiny bit of roof crumble away.

Down the street, the Namikaze family continued to slowly make their way towards the village leaders. Minato was giving the cheering villagers a reserved and regal wave while his wife was doing the exact opposite and was waving wildly with a massive grin covering her pretty face. The little girl walking with them looked to be very confused and gave a few timid waves to the massive crowd.

They were about half way to their goal when Kushina noticed Tsunade and Jiraiya standing a distance away, her already big smile grew that much more and she made a mad dash towards the aged ninja. Just before she reached the group something large and heavy smashed into the ground directly in front of her, knocking the mother back onto her rear.

"Ow." She grumbled as she rubbed her butt; failing to notice that the once ear-splitting cheering had completely stopped and a deathly silence pervaded the area. Kushina looked up from her sitting position and stared at her own reflection through a giant, odd-shaped eye. The smell of rot and chocolate invaded her nostrils as the white surface slowly backed away a bit to allow the snout of the beast to point directly at her face.

Kushina had to try and not cross her eyes as she stared back at the black monster crouched in front of her. Loud sniffing could be heard coming from the beast's snout as it moved its head back and forth; smelling and looking at her alternatively. Kushina made to stand up, only for one of Venom's large hands to grab and pin her down on the ground.

This, unfortunate, gave the impression that he was about to kill the redhead and gave the idea to attack him to a relatively young ninja standing guard. Said naive ninja WAS about to throw a random weapon of some sort when a low whistle pierced the silent village.

Venom's head snapped up before turning to look behind him. There stood the two women he encountered in the candy shop a few weeks ago; with a large, many layered trolley lined with many different chocolate foods and candies. Almost everyone fell over when the two females struck ridicules poses in an effort to attract Venom's attention.

And; to everyone's surprise, it worked. Venom tossed Kushina aside like an old rag doll before slowly approaching the trolley full of goodies; mouth dripping massive amounts of saliva. Low gurgles came from his drooling mouth as the two women slowly backed away from the trolley at the same pace of venom's approach.

Just as Venom reached the trolley, he reached one large hand out and grabbed a large chocolate cake. He sniffed the food loudly and licked it several times before shoving the entire confection down his gullet. He licked his chops clean before reaching for more, all other concerns gone from his mind.

A distance away, the council member that had bothered the Hokage earlier was holding his head in his hand in shame. "You mean to tell me. That all we had to do to distract that thing was bait it with chocolate?!" He nearly screamed.

"It would appear so." The Hokage said almost emotionlessly. He noticed Minato help his wife to her feet before pulling out a weapon and stalk over to the large, feeding demon. A confident smirk graced his face. His strong demeanor as well as over-confidence put the villagers to ease and filled their minds with the hope that they would finally be rid of the demon once and for all.

"This won't end well." Jiraiya mumbled. Tsunade simply closed her eyes and Sarutobi had to fight the urge to shake his head in defeat.

Minato did not even bother to act stealthily upon his approach of the feeding monster. He stopped almost directly behind it and gave the inattentive beast a good look over for any glaring weakspots before locking his eyes on where the jugular would be and bringing his stabby-stabby tool up to strike.

But before that could happen, Venom swiftly snatched Minato's arm and delivered a swift punch to the blond man's gut; letting go of his arm at the same time. The force behind the punch was not strong enough to cause any serious harm to the ninja, but it had enough power to push him away. Right after delivering the blow, Venom went right back to eating.

Minato held his throbbing stomach; his temper flaring up and his confident smirk replaced with one of anger. Normally keeping a cool head, being so simply pushed aside in front of his past fellow villagers pissed the man off. He quickly shook the pain away before starting a long series of hand signs.

"This thing thinks it can ignore me like that?! I sealed the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox!" He shouted before nearly finishing the last few handsigns.

Venom, again, paid the man no heed and finished the food on the trolley before licking his hands and face clean. Feeling the delicious chakra well up from behind; Venom turned his head and saw the obvious attack about to be launched. Getting all the information he currently desired and not in the mood for an all out fight, Venom let out an almost chuckle-like growl before letting his body shimmer and slowly disappear.

Kushina placed a gentle hand on her husband's shoulder and whispered in a surprisingly menacing tone. "Calm down, my dear." This nightmare-ish whisper quickly snapped Minato out of his ego-driven stupor and had him return to his smiling disposition instantly. The pair's daughter said nothing but looked at her parents with a combination of confusion and worry.

As if nothing had happened at all; the mass of village returned to their cheers and praise of the Fourth Hokage's return and current presence. The family of said man finally arrived to the group of the village's leaders and greeted them as such.

As Minato shook the hand of the elder Hokage, he leaned in and seethed. "Just what the Hell is going on in the village?!"

Sarutobi sighed before giving his reply. "Let your family settle in first. We have much to discuss."

A short distance away Naruto stood atop one of the village's rooftops and stared at his father, mother, and the girl with them.

'They left us here

. Left you here.' Venom whispered. 'They left you to the mercy of this filthy village. They expected you to die. They wanted you to die. After all, you were nothing more than a shell; a jail-cell for an over-sized plush toy.'

With every silent whisper the symbiote spoke, the angrier and angrier Naruto became. 'Is that what a family does? Leave their helpless child out to fend for himself? For him to suffer? To be punished for uncommitted crimes? To forsake they're first born and cherish their second?'

Venom chuckled almost wickedly as he continued to egg his host on. 'We can't let them know what we are! They will separate us. Tear us apart. Take you away from us; from the horde; from the village. They will do exactly what the foolish council wants. You'll be a tool, a weapon.'

"We will just have to make sure that does not happen." Naruto said darkly as he watched Konohagakure's most influential individuals walk inside the Hokage's Tower.

The Namikaze family were quick in finding their old family grounds. The Konoha Historical Society had kept the place clean and fully functional all the years it had been empty. The place had just been fully furnished and the shelves had been restocked with food. The members of the family walked around the abode and got reacquainted with their new-ish surroundings. The bedrooms were found, but one was empty.

After all the 'exploring' was done and over with, Minato let out a happy puff of air. "Well, I'm off ladies! Go explore the village while I go get bored listening to fossils fart."

"See you later honey." Kushina chuckled.

"Bye Dad." Their daughter said.

Her father gently patted her on the head and smiled. "I'll be back soon. See if you can make any friends 'k Naruko?"

"Ok Dad." She smiled back and saw him leave before looking over to her mother, who was getting her shopping bag and money purse. Naruko raised a questioning brow at her mother.

Said woman just chuckled and gave her daughter a wink. "Your father may be a great man; but he can be rather dim sometimes." She pulled out a large wad of money out of the purse she was holding. "Especially when he let's his wife and daughter have full rein over their money in a new village."

And so, the girls went out on a shopping spree all around their new home. Since they were part of a very influential family, and a hero's family none-the-less, nearly everything was at a reduced price. This made the expectedly large amount of purchased items to increase significantly.

While they were shopping, the constant feeling of being watched loomed over the pair. Now, obviously being who they were, people were going to have their eyes glued to them; but the uneasy feeling that seemed to stick to them from the unseen glare was a little more than irritating. They decided to ignore it for the time being.

They girls worked their way from store to store, from the very center of the shopping district to the very last shop within the walls of the village. Taking a shortcut back home, the Uzumaki women passed right by Naruto's home. Kushina came to a sudden halt a few steps after passing the place.

"Mom?" Naruko questioned as she looked at her mother. The woman was looking straight ahead and was not moving an inch.

"Something's wrong." Kushina mumbled under her breath. Her eyes slowly scanned over the area in front of her before she suddenly searched all around. There was not a soul around besides herself and her daughter.

Kushina dropped her purchased goods and rushed over to the window of an empty building and peered inside. The inside of the window showed a perfectly lived in dining room. The chairs were either pushed over or shoved away from the dinner table; which still had half-eaten food on the plates. The food had long begun to rot and Kushina was a little glad she was not in there to smell it.

She slinked over to the door and urged her daughter to come closer before she began to try and pick the lock on the front door. "What's wrong mom?" Naruko whispered.

"There are no people around here. No one in the houses, no homeless, not even a random drunk." Kushina whispered as she worked the lock. If there was one thing that she was willing to admit, Kushina was terrible at lockpicking. She would always loose her temper and either just break the door handle or find another mode of entry. After a few minutes of working the lock, Kushina's temper started to rise and she was just about to break the doorknob when her daughter reached over, grabbed the doorknob and turned it. The unlocked door slowly swung open.

"Shut up." Kushina mumbled as she saw her daughter smile smugly. She ignored it as she stepped into the house and was suddenly attacked by the sent of rot. The experienced ninja stopped in her tracks as the smell traveled into her nostrils and alerted her brain. The incredible stench was not coming from the rotting food that was left on the table, but from a human corpse.

She quietly walked over to the dinning room table and brought a cloth up to her face to try and block the rancid smell from assaulting her any further. Letting her detective-like skills, Kushina began to survey the area to find out what could have caused the people of this house to suddenly vanish. On the table, floor, and on the doorway leading to the kitchen were deep scratch marks that could have only been made by human fingernails.

Her daughter was right behind Kushina as she slowly walked through the doorway into the kitchen. Her body froze and the cloth she was holding dropped to the floor. Naruko had to push her mother a little bit further into the kitchen to see what had shocked the older woman. The young blond woman had to cover her mouth to keep the vomit from erupting out of her.

Jutting out of the kitchen floor were several thick black tentacles along with countless small black tendrils. The tendrils had spread over a large portion of the kitchen and appeared to still be growing over any surface that they could touch. The few tentacles however, were being used for something different.

The tentacles were holding the drained corpses of the house residences. The tentacles had split apart and pierced each person's skin in several different locations and drained each body of nearly every useful resource. The faces of the nearly skeletal bodies were stuck in unholy expressions of pain and fear.

Naruko jumped when her mother put a hand on her back and spoke. "We need to tell the Hokage about this! This must be why there are no people around here!"

The sudden sound of cracking bone forced the two girls' attention back to the three hanging corpses. The heads of the corpses were now 'looking' directly at the women. Kushina and her daughter remained motionless as they kept their eyes on the once again motionless corpses.

Naruko slowly squinted her eyes when she noticed a tiny movement coming from the corpse of the only dead female. It looked like several worms were crawling directly underneath the tight skin of the body and were slowly moving down the arm to the hand and each finger. Suddenly, all three dead bodies gave a cracking lurch upwards; the tentacles still sticking out of their backs.

Kushina pulled her daughter back as the corpses continued to crack and move until they were held upright and completely facing the women. The three corpses "starred" at the two living women; who were starring right back.

Without warning, the three bodies lurched forward and flew straight for the Uzumaki girls. The women threw themselves out of the kitchen and back into the dinning room just as the corpses slammed into the wall right behind where they had just been standing. The Uzumaki's quickly scrambled to their feet and decided to make a beeline straight for the front door.

The corpses smashed through the wall that separated the kitchen and dinning room and were now assisted with several thick black tentacles. Thinking that it would not be the best idea to fight in such a small and cramped area, Kushina pulled her daughter towards the door just as the corpses lurched forward again.

The two flung themselves out of the building just as the corpses once again smashed into the surface they had just been at previously. The two girls then turned around on their heels and prepared for a fight. Only to have the corpses halt all movement and the door of the house slam shut.

Not waiting around for another attack, Kushina and Naruko both bolted towards the Hokage's Tower as fast as they could. They were unaware of the large white eyes that observed the entire conflict that had just occurred.

They were getting close to the Hokage's Tower when the girls saw the image of Minato leaving said tower. They were quick to stop the man and tell them all that had occurred. Minato turned right around and walked right back into the building and straight back to the council meeting room; where several members were still preparing to leave. The Hokage happened to be one of those people.

Minato had his family explain what they had encountered to the confused village leader; who replied with a sight and a 'We are handling it' response. The family decided to take their leave and head back home.

"There is something really wrong here." Minato said with a deathly serious expression. "I know Hiruzen. I know that man more than most people know their own children. The Hiruzen I know would not allow a demon and some infestation take over his village!"

In an attempt to cheer up her solemn father, Naruko decided to speak up. "So did you find out anything about my brother?"

This caused her father's hard expression to soften as he responded with a slight smile. "I learned quiet a lot about him, Naruko. I learned that he has become the great ninja we knew he would become staying here." His smile faltered for a moment. "Unfortunately, Hiruzen saw it fit to deny Danzo training of Naruto. Why does that old monkey not see how much better a ninja Naruto would have been with that training?"

Kushina crossed her arms and gave a little pout. "I don't like that man. His methods would not allow for the plans we have for our kids to come to fruition."

Her husband only shrugged. "Only a small bump. I'm sure I'd be able to convince Danzo to allow the marriage of our beautiful daughter to our powerful son."

"S-shut up Dad!" Naruko shouted with a blush adorning her face. Having been trained to be both a powerful ninja and the bride of her brother; Naruko had been preened into becoming the perfect woman for him. The only problem was that she had no idea what he looked like.

As if reading her mind, Minato pulled out a photo of said husband-to-be. "And here he is!" He announced with pride. He held the photo out so that his family could see it.

After they all had a good look, Minato put the picture away before speaking up again. "I plan on announcing our son's status after we find him, as well as a few other things a week or two from now. For some reason, Hiruzen must have forgotten to give me the address to the place Naruto is living at."

"So we will look for our son first thing tomorrow and finally be a complete family!" Kushina squealed.

The family walked back to their home and prepared for the next day; completely oblivious of the pair of reflective white eyes that had observed the entire conversation.

"Heheheheh."

Venom chuckled. "Tomorrow is going to be a very fun day." He said outloud before jumping away.

The instant the sun rose the next day; the Namikaze estate was empty of those who were currently living inside. The family that owns the estate were all out searching for their missing fourth family member. Each family member going in a different direction so that they could cover more ground in their search.

During their search, the family tried to ask the villagers if they knew where to find Naruto. All they got were disgusted remarks and shocked questions. Besides those, nobody in the village appeared to have any knowledge of where the son of the "Yellow Flash" lived.

At around noon, the family all met back together in front of a flower shop.

"Find anything?" Kushina asked? She received no confirming answers and gave a heavy sigh before leaning against the flower shop window. "How are the three of us supposed to find Naruto in a village of this size?"

"Did you say you were looking for Naruto?" A young blond pony-tailed, purple-clad ninja asked. Ino had been inside her family's flower shop when she overheard Kushina's whining.

The second the Yamanaka stepped out of the shop, she was hit by the massive amount of chakra all three members of the Namikaze family had inside them. The girl was almost brought to her knees due to the overpowering scent of all that chakra.

The family simply took Ino's shaking knees and drooling as the typical fangirl-ism that normal occurs to women to who see Minato. Naruko rolled her eyes as her father and mother chuckled at the reaction. All three completely unaware that what was going on inside Ino's mind was much less sexual and much more cannibalistic. Naruko snapped her fingers a few times in front of the other blond girl's face and snapped her out of her hunger-based stupor.

Ino shook her head a little before speaking up again. "If you're looking for Naruto, you should try over there." She said as she pointed a finger at a small ramen shop placed a far distance down the street. "He's usually at that place whenever he is off from missions."

"Thank you." Kushina said before she and the rest of her family started making their way to the ramen shop.

"Best of luck on your search." Ino responded before walking back into her family's flower shop. It was time for lunch and this girl was very hungry.

When the family made it over to the small restaurant they saw the sign above it read "Ichiraku's Ramen Stand". They only saw the back of one person sitting at the bar of the restaurant. The three Namikaze member's walked into the ramen shop and noticed the spiky blond hair on the head of the person at the bar.

"N-Naruto?" Kushina barely whispered as tears started to wheal up in her eyes. Th figure turned his head to look behind him to see who called his name. And instantly a pair of strong female arms wrapped tightly around Naruto's torso as his mother pulled him into a tight, bone-shattering hug.

All Naruto did in return was stare at the woman and say, "Who are you?"

And so, what followed was a lengthy explanation to who each individual was and their relation to Naruto. What quickly followed was a hear-felt family hug...With Naruto trying his damnedest to not eat each and every member of his family in the most violent and gory way possible.

The newly reunited family left Ichiraku's Ramen Stand, but not before Naruto sent a glance over to the working Ayame, who was pretending to clean the counter where Naruto had just, been sitting. Ayame responded with a smile and a wink, showing that she understood what Naruto had requested of her.

The group made their way to the Namikaze estate and settled in the common area to talk about each other, where they have gone, what they have learned, and most importantly; why the left Naruto in the village.

To sum up a long and pointless speech; Naruto's family left him at Konohagakure in hopes that Danzo would take the boy under his wing and help little Naruto become a strong ninja with complete control over the Kyuubi. They also told Naruto of the arranged marriage between him and his sister and every single plan they had for the ceremony. Hell, they even told Naruto about what they planned on him doing for the rest of his life.

All Naruto did was grit his teeth to the point where they started to crack and give a strained smile. "I'm just so happy that I have a family that loves and cares about me." Naruto said with false joy in his voice. This got a smile out of his family.

He looked over to Naruko and gave a gentle smile that caused the young girl to blush and look away nervously.

'Can we eat her

now?'

Venom asked impatiently. 'They smell so delicious! Just a little taste? Come on. Please? Haha.'He nearly begged. Naruto ignored the parasite and quietly excused himself.

"I have to meet my team for a mission. I should be back in a few days." Naruto's family fell for the lie and gave disappointed groans, farewells, and good-lucks to the boy and observed him leaving the compound.

"It is so nice to finally have the family back together and complete." Kushina sighed happily. She smirked before addressing her daughter. "So, he as hot as you were hopping?"

"Shut up Mom." Naruko grumbled with a slight blush. This only caused her mother to laugh and start picking on her daughter that much more. All the while, Minato said not a word nor did he even glance over at his bickering family.

Something was bothering him. Something involving his son. Since the very moment he met his firstborn; Minato had the nagging feeling that there was something deathly wrong with his first born. But what, was unknown to the sealing master.

'Why would there be anything wrong with the boy?'

Minato thought. 'I've only just met him. It's not like I really know anything about him. The only think I do know is that I sealed the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox inside him right after he was born.'

After a few hours of nothing worth writing about, the Namikaze family started heading to bed.

Naruto arrived at his house and walked over to his tentacle-covered armchair before sitting down and remaining silent. His expression was unreadable. He sat and stared at his apartment's front door in complete silence. The only sounds coming from the occasional groan of the building being constricted by his tendrils. He remained in his armchair, not moving or changing expression for a full hour.

Suddenly, the sound of someone knocking on his door echoed loudly through the silent building. "Naruto-kun?" The voice of the ramen waitress, Ayame called out from the other side. "I'm here with your special ramen delivery." She knocked a few more times. "Are you there?"

Naruto's expressionless face slowly split into a wicked grin. He slowly raised his right hand to the door and tilted it upwards before slowly pulling it back. The tendrils covering the door moved a little before clenching and opening the door wide open.

Ayame poked her head into the dark apartment and could only see Naruto's grinning face and several thick, black tentacles waving around behind his seated form. She did not have time to scream as she was violently pulled into the symbiotically infected building and the door was slammed shut behind her.

The rest of the week was very eventful as people swarmed the Namikaze wherever they went. Wanting simple things like autographs to extreme things, such as sex and kinky sex. And even kinkier sex.

The family learned that Naruto's favorite restaurant was Ichiraku's Ramen Bar and decided that they might as well try it once a day and try to guess which was Naruto's favorite. Naruko could not really remember, but she did not recall seeing the waitress of the restaurant wearing a medical mask the other day.

The young blond kept her eyes on the waitress everytime the family went to eat at the place. It was only a day or so after they first started eating there did Naruko notice that the bottom of Ayame's mask seemed to slowly darken and get wet. After it got soaked enough in whatever; Ayame would go into the back and exchange her dirtied mask for a clean one.

Despite the mask; Ayame was still able to talk normally, announce orders and even eat and drink somehow without anyone noticing. This made many customers wonder if she had been taking lessons from a certain mask-wearing jounin. Beyond all that, Ayame wasn't any different than from before wearing the mask. So nobody expected a thing when Ino walked into the restaurant one day.

"So," Ayame started as she started wiping the bar in front of the Yamanaka. "Any ideas?" Ino looked up at the waitress with a passive expression.

"We are just preparing for the worst. With him here, it's getting harder and harder for him to hold it back. We fear it might break free soon." Ino said rather passively. "We have made all precessions possible and even have assistants from the Hokage should worst come to worst."

Ayame gave a nod in understanding before Ino decided to get up and leave. Several people asked Ayame what the conversation was about. She responded either with some lame and/or basic excuse or the waitress ignored the questions all together. After a while, people just decided to ignore what they had heard.

All but Naruko; who had decided to pay extra attention to the conversation for some odd reason. Something about the conversation as well as the two people that held it gave Naruko a bad feeling. A very bad feeling. Something was going to happen soon that nobody in the village was going to enjoy.