A/N: I Know this chapter is a long time coming but work and family sadly have to take priority. I have had more changes in my life and if things happen the way they seem to be my life if going to leave me with more time to write and more family time as well.

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The Epitome of Eccentricity: Not sure how I missed the 'kumai' 'kamui' but if you send me where you see the problem I will fix. No need to get snarky. I am human and I will miss things from time to time. As far as the 'charka' 'chakra' that is an auto correct error from MS Word. Apparently, a charka is a domestic spinning wheel used chiefly for cotton in southeast Asia. From a quick look at your profile I see that I have chapters longer than all 8 stories you have combined. I have had far more opportunity for mistakes.

PkmnMewTwo: Everyone does fox mask I feel it makes it to obvious. Just trying to stand out a little.

Plums: Not sure how I am retaining every cannon milestone as you put it. You can't just arrest everyone and then build your case later. That would have been both unethical and left the possibility missing someone. Subtlety is the best way. So "SPOILER ALERT" but only the wave arc and chunin exams will have more than a snippet of them and the other two will not be much longer than a chapter and after that basically all arcs will be of my own creation.

FF8cerberus: I did put in the beginning that it would be a godlike Naruto. The Akatsuki aren't really going to be the big bad guys in the fic.

Azriel Nightsilver: Fear makes people stupid. A person can be smart but as a whole people tend to be stupid. Hiruzen is old and tired. Age has made him less careful.

Yuzukikuran476: I said in the first chapter I took a lot of inspiration for Legacy by cr4ypt.

I won't give out spoilers on Naruto's abilities or stuff after the chunin exams. Thanks to everyone for the mostly positive r3eviews. Starting to get more critical responses but let's keep is civil. I won't pretend to be perfect and if I mess tell me where so I can fix it.

To Intro: I am aware my first chapter needs work. Its why I ask people to go two chapters in before judging. This is my first fic and I expect to lose some people because of that. Authors notes in the middle of the story may be a bit of a faux pas but to hell with its not like this is going to a publisher and I don't feel it is universally panned as bad. But I thank you for your insight and time to write your review and give me something to think about.

Warning this will be an MA fic. It will have foul language, blood, gore, attempted rape, probably cold blooded sadistic murder, and most likely lemons and limes.

"Regular Speech"

'Regular Though'

Jutsu's- English or Japanese depending on which style I like better.

"Demon/Large summons Speech"

'Demon/Large summons Thought'

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or really anything in this for that matter other than maybe one or two original ideas.

Chapter 14: The Reunion

Academy- One Week after Fuu's Arrival

"Sasuke Uchiha"

"Hn"

"Naruto Uzumaki" Silence. Right as Iruka went to move on Kiba spoke up as was the case about once a month.

"He's not coming back, knowing him he is probably dead in a ditch somewhere. That loser is never coming back." Kiba's frustration had been growing the last few months. Even with Naruto gone all his attempts to woo Hinata had failed. She would just politely decline any time he tried to approach her.

"Kiba we've had this discussion several times already. He will be back. If anything had happened to him his name would be removed."

"It's been over eight months. Even if he does come back he will just be even further behind. I guess that doesn't matter though. It's not like he was ever going to graduate in the first place. If he did he would just get himself killed on his first real mission." The entire class quieted down during Kiba's little speech until Hinata couldn't take it.

"Kiba, shut up." It was spoken is a cold voice that they never heard her use. It was enough to worry some of them. "If you must know I got a letter from Naruto-kun last week and he will be back in two or three months depending on how long his return trip takes him."

"You really got a letter from him?" Iruka asked with curiosity. He would never voice it but he had been worried about Naruto as well. Knowing that she got a letter meant that he was still alive and well at least up to last week.

"Yes. He sent it along when his sensei sent a report on his progress. He will be rejoining us next year after break." It was more info than she really wanted to give but some people just would let it go.

"Progress, pfft." Kiba snorted. "He will still be the weakest in class."

"Got that right" mumbled Sasuke but was still heard.

"Given he is getting one-on-one help that may no longer be true." Stated Shino in a monotone voice.

"I don't now Shino. I like Naruto and all but he would have to come a long way to really make up the difference." Chouji spoke between mouthfuls of chips.

"I don't care if he is I will still pound him when he gets back just so he knows his place" Kiba boasted while smirking at Hinata. "He still wouldn't even be a challenge" stated Sasuke with just a hint of self-satisfaction. Hinata meanwhile had had enough and lost her temper and decided to put the boys in their place.

"Iruka-sensei, I would like Kiba and Sasuke to be my sparring partners today." Said Hinata shocking the whole class. Kiba was one of the best in taijutsu and only Sasuke could reliably beat him. To want to fight both seemed just crazy "Hinata I can't allow that. We don't start mixing the boys and girls sparring until next year and you won't start training to fight multiple opponents until you become a genin."

"That's ok, I asked for this so you won't have any liability in it." Iruka just nodded and turned to Kiba and Sasuke. "Do you accept this?" Kiba only nodded and smiled while Sasuke just answered with "Hn". 'Finally, I will get to show her who is really top dog around here.' Kiba thought while Sasuke was indifferent. Hinata wasn't a fan girl and never bothered him. If she wanted to be embarrassed he wasn't going to stop her but he also wasn't going to enjoy it.

Later- Academy Training Grounds

Everybody was looking forward to the match between Hinata, Kiba and Sasuke. They figured it would be a blow out because Hinata hadn't really shown much promise.

Word Had spread and a few other classes had shown up including her cousin Neji's. He was eager to see her fall. Despite carrying the same seal he did, at least to his knowledge, she was free. He had heard how hers was used too soon and it ended up being faulty after a second strenuous use later on. Not to mention she had been banished. Another form of freedom he would never get. For this he hated her. Surprisingly he only hated her father for what happened to his father.

His father had spoken out against the elders when were trying to recapture Hinata and had refused to help track her down. When they tried to use Neji's seal as a means to force his compliance, he had attacked the elders and had been killed with his seal. This display had pushed any others that were asked to do as commanded without question.

"This match will be Hinata vs. Sasuke and Kiba. The only reason I have allowed this despite my better judgment is because Hinata herself requested it. The same rules as always shall apply. Kiba and Sasuke Ready?" Getting a nod from both of them he turned to Hinata. "Hinata ready?"

Instead of answering right away Hinata closed her eyes and brought her hands into the tora seal and whispered "Training Array: Kai" but no one heard. All the teachers felt a considerable change in her charka. It was no on a level higher or equal to most of theirs. She turned to Iruka who was still staring at her dumb founded and said "ready". Still in a daze Iruka started the match.

"Hajime" Iruka called as Kiba charged at Hinata Sasuke circled around. When Kiba got close enough to her he through a quick right hook to try and catch her off guard. She simply ducked under it rotated her body planting her right elbow into Kiba's stomach. He doubled over in pain while she quickly turned to deflect as punch from Sasuke before jumping to the side to create some space.

The whole class along with Iruka had be watching closely and only Iruka and a few teachers noticed how controlled and precise she was. There was no wasted movement and the blow was aimed such that it came up under Kiba's diaphragm. Making it hard for him to breathe and she never even activated her Byakugan but still was fast enough to sense Sasuke's punch and turn a deflect it in time.

After Kiba regained his composure and regrouped with a now agitated Sasuke. He charged again this time more cautiously with Sasuke beside him. He threw quick jabs and kicks trying to find a way through Hinata's guard while Sasuke filled any openings that Kiba made. Iruka was surprised too. With her being removed from her clan there was no one to train her. But here she was dodging Kiba and Sasuke like it was nothing. Sasuke who had started the match thinking it would be an easy victory was quickly becoming angry. No matter ho fast and how coordinated he was with Kiba, which was surprisingly good, they still couldn't get through. Kiba went for a leg sweep and when she was forced to jump over it Sasuke tried to catch her in the air. She simply grabbed Sasuke's wrist and use it as the leverage she needed to pull self out of the way.

They separated again. After gathering themselves Sasuke charged while Kiba circled around. Instead of dodging this time Hinata opted to block Sasuke with a look of apathy in her face. Naruto was far harder to fight even with his weights on. Sasuke saw this and began to lose his cool. His moves became sloppy. Kiba decided now was a good time to strike. He charged in from behind hoping to catch her off guard. Him and Sasuke both went for full strength punches straight to the back of her head and face. Waiting to the last second Hinata, to all the students Kiba and Sasuke included, disappeared while Sasuke and Kiba ended up hitting each other in the face. When the looked around they found her finally in a stance across the ring from them. They charged.

The boys were losing steam and Hinata had not even broke a sweat. 'I will have to thank Naruto for the seals. I could never have done this before. It's like they're moving in slow motion.' Finally, having enough of dodging Hinata caught a wild haymaker that Kiba threw in his exhaustion. She then proceeded to pull Kiba forward off his feet and deliver over a dozen quick blows before he was thrown back and landed outside of the ring. At the same time, she kicked Sasuke in the stomach forcing him to double over in pain. After Kiba was taken care she quickly moved behind Sasuke and kicked him in the same direction making him land right next to Kiba.

The rest of the students were floored. Hinata had just creamed both Kiba and Sasuke and made it look easy. Iruka however was suspicious. 'I barely even saw her get out of the way of those punches. Then she hit Kiba at least a dozen times after catching a full force punch without budging. I bet none of these kids even saw more than two hits. I barely saw all of them. And the forced required to kick someone the way she did. When did she get this strong and fast?'

"Winner Hinata" Iruka called out before going to check on the boys. Hinata went to them and whispered by their heads "I am not even a tenth as strong as Naruto-kun. Remember that." Before walking over to the stands where she reenabled her seals to full strength before she sat down.

Shikamaru had gotten curious about halfway through the fight. 'Kiba and Sasuke are arguably the best in class in taijutsu and she is picking them apart' he had thought. With that in mind when Kiba was thrown from the ring he subtly made his was over to him to see if he could get any clues. Upon reaching both of them, as Sasuke had joined Kiba, he noticed a that his clothes had small rips where he had seen her hit him. This meant she was twisting her hand very fast when she hit him. But he also noticed several places that looked the same but that he couldn't remember seeing her hit. Sasuke wasn't looking much better and was having a hard time breathing. Then he saw her approach. Channeling chakra into his ears he listened in to what she had to say.

"I am not even a tenth as strong as Naruto-kun. Remember that." It took all he had not to react. Hinata hadn't even looked like she was trying and she said Naruto was more than ten times stronger. After wracking his brain and coming up with no logical explanation for everything he had seen and heard today he could only mutter "troublesome."

Hanabi had told her father what happened that night. He only smiled and told her she now trained the same way as Naruto so that was to be expected. This had confused Hanabi. Naruto lost to everyone except the civilian children. Then it hit her. So did Hinata. Hinata always held back against her. She never made her wins easy. No. Hanabi had to work hard for every victory. Hinata had been doing just enough to make Hanabi push herself and keep her confidence. She was unsure if she should be grateful or insulted. She made the choice to go and speak to Hinata.

Hinata's Apartment-Next Day

Hanabi knocked on the door getting a response to enter. "Hanabi? Why are you here. We normally have dinner on the weekends." Asked Hinata slightly confused. Not that she wasn't happy to see her but things with the clan had made coming to visit during the week hard.

Hanabi just stood there in silence for a few moments before asking "Why do you hold back against not only me but everyone else?" Hinata just sighed. She knew her actions would have repercussions but this was sooner than she wanted to deal with them.

"Sit down this could take a while." Hinata said gesturing to her couch. "You are not completely aware of what is going on in your clan are you?" She asked as much as she stated. Hanabi flinched at hearing 'your clan'. "Sorry Hanabi but it's the truth. I am never allowed to be part of that clan again or even step foot in the compound." Hanabi looked like she was going to tear up so Hinata decided that it would be best to get away from that subject. "But moving on. The other main house wants to be the only one. They were not happy when kaa-chan came back. Kicking me out got them halfway to being able to declare one of their children as heir. If I were to beat you constantly they would call into question your strength. That's why I hold back. I make you work for it each time so you must continue to push yourself, but never quite win so you can remain in good standing. Because if they manage to depose you as heiress you will be branded and I doubt you will be as lucky as me to get away from them."

Hanabi just sat there wide-eyed. She couldn't believe her sister was still trying to protect her. It gave her even more respect for her sister than she had before for trying to keep the brand off her head. That reminded her of something else she had been wanting to ask for a while.

"That reminds me. How come when they try to activate your seal nothing happens?" Hinata had really been hoping to avoid this question but knew she would have to answer eventually. Looking Hanabi in the eyes she debated what to say before "I'm sorry Hanabi but I can't tell you. All I can tell you is it happened when the elder tried to kill me with the pain seal rather than the death seal." Hanabi flinched. She had been told what happened and couldn't imagine how much that must have hurt. After that they turned the conversation to less serious things.

The rest of the school year was rather quiet with none of the girls even willing to fight Hinata. They would simply forfeit at the start no matter what Iruka or his new assistant Mizuki would try to say. This quickly propelled her to the top spot for kunoichi and second overall. Her sister never did get matched with her after that. She figured her father had something to do with it.

Konoha's Front Gates-Two and a Half Months Later

Fifteen Days after the end of the war in Kiri and Wolf's ordered return Two figures could be seen approaching Konoha. One wearing a ANBU mask that looked like a wolf wearing a black cloak and another with spiky blond hair and an orange jump suit. He was now about 5'6" having finally hit a growth spurt. After an uneventful check-in, they headed to the Hokage's office.

Naruto noticed that he was getting both glares and confused looks. Not sure what that was about he filed it away to ask his Jiji.

Hokage's Office

Hiruzen was again battling his fiercest foe: Paperwork. It seemed like no matter what he did the beast would not go down. At least no permanently. It was in the middle of contemplating using a fireball to burn it all that a knock came.

"Enter" he spoke loud enough for the person to hear. His face brightened a little when he saw it was Naruto and Naruto. He sweat-dropped a little at this act that was once again being put on. "So, Naruto how was the 'inspection'" You could practically hear the air quotes but appearances had to kept.

"Good. I learned a lot. I am probably stronger than anyone in the academy." He said rubbing the end of his nose. Hiruzen already knew this was true but still chuckled. "I guess we shall see. Now you better run along I know you have some friends who are just dying to see you."

"All right catch you later Jiji. We should have ramen sometime." He started to walk towards the door before he stopped. "Hey I have question first. On are way here people were looking at me like they were confused. What gives?"

"Well," Hiruzen started, "some of the civilians started a rumor that you had been banished and despite all the evidence to the contrary, it seems that most believed it." The old Hokage looked a bit amused and annoyed see Naruto just give him a 'da faq?' look. After shaking his head, he just walked out. After leaving the building and finding somewhere he wouldn't be seen he dispelled.

Back in the office things were a bit more serious.

"Wolf now that you have had some time I would like a full report on the war in Kiri."

"Hai." He launched into a minute by minute account after making sure that only he and the three ANBU he trusted were there. "In the end, I ended up using my newest Jutsu to kill the three tails and in turn kill Yagura. After making sure everyone was safe and the injured were cared for I left."

Hiruzen had simply been stunned. He was relativity sure he would no longer be able to beat Wolf in a fight. Hearing that he had actually killed the three tails was just insane. "What jutsu could possibly kill a Biju?"

"It called Raiton: Kirin. It uses electricity from high in the atmosphere to create a lightning dragon several orders of magnitude more powerful than a standard one. It would be classified as a somewhere above High S-rank jutsu."

"Noted. Keep that one to yourself. We don't need anyone else with a jutsu like that." Hiruzen said almost in a daze. High S-Rank was a high as it went for him to say this one might be above it was scary. "I believe you have earned a vacation for a while. I have to leave for Suna in a few days you will be off duty until I return. Dismissed."

"Hai Hokage-sama." Wolf responded as he swirled away appearing in his apartment and going to change. He started thinking over how to talk to Anko and Hinata about his feelings. Anko's age difference made him nervous and Hinata had been his friend for so long he didn't want to take a risk of losing her. He got so caught up in his thought that he didn't realize what time it was until her heard voices coming down the hall. He recognized them as the two he had just been thinking of.

With Hinata and Anko

Hinata and Anko where returning from training since Hinata was on break from school and Anko didn't have any missions today. As they went over area that needed improvement they were oblivious to Naruto and that he had returned. They knew he would be back any day now and were very excited.

After saying their goodbyes, they went to head to their apartments to change when a sound caught their attention. It was coming from Naruto's apartment as they looked towards his door it opened and to their surprise it was empty. Thinking they were just hearing this they turned around standing there was the one person neither could get out of their thoughts.

"Hey girls, I'm back." Before the boy could utter another word him in a hug so tight he couldn't breathe. "A-a-air" was all he managed to wheeze out but it was heard. The girls turned to look and saw he was actually turning blue. After being released he caught his breath and just started at them. He didn't even know what to say it seemed that a year had changed much. Hinata was taller at about 5'2" and having filled out some while Anko was now only two inches taller than he was. Breaking out of his stupor he embraced both of them.

"I missed you so much" he told them. Then his stomach decided to growl making him blush a little, Hinata giggle, and Anko just smirk. "So, who wants to have dinner My treat."

After making a quick meal and sitting down to eat they did some catching up. Hinata told him about how the academy had been and how she had lost her temper with Kiba and Sasuke. That just made him laugh. Anko went over the minor things that happened in the village. Suffice to say it was basically life as usual except the about two weeks ago three genin teams left for the Chunin exams in Suna.

Naruto told them of his training and how he was only able to get 95% done. When they asked when he just told them he couldn't say. They both saw the look of sadness and regret. Something had happened. That they knew for sure. After Dinner and a few hours of catching up he said his goodbyes and told them he needed to rest after such a long trip. Cleaning dinner he took a shower and went to bed.

Later that night both Hinata and Anko awoke to the sound of screaming. Both bolting out of bed and to the hallway. Each seeing the other realized it was coming from Naruto's apartment. Using her key Hinata unlocked his door and both made a beeline for his bedroom. What they found was Naruto tossing and turning, covered in sweat, and screaming.

Acting quickly, they grabbed him and shook him awake. When his eyes opened they were his Shi no Me and instantly locked on the two of them before turning blue again. Naruto collapsed on the bed when they let him go out of shock form him activating his eyes on them. He laid there catching his breath and put his forearm over them.

"Sorry about that" He spoke lowly.

"Naruto-kun what happened?" Asked Anko as she was the first one to recover.

"One of the missions I had to do while I was gone went sideways." He told them about what Yagura did and how he had to fight an army. Anko just nodded understanding that sometime this like that would happen and a guilty conscious was hard to avoid. Hinata just had tears on her face and held him tight. Neither left to go back to their bed for the night and Naruto for the first time in two weeks got a decent night's sleep.

The next morning when Naruto woke up he found his head on something warm and soft. Not knowing what it was but also not wanting to get up he rubbed and nestled his head into the softness a little harder. While trying to figure out what he was laying on he heard someone clear their throat.

"Comfy, are we?" Came a bit of a sickly-sweet voice. Naruto failed to notice the tone.

"Yes, very" he mumbled still failing to grasp the situation. It was about this time Hinata woke up. She found he pillow moving. Sitting up she realized it was Naruto's side just below his ribs. Not understanding the short exchange, she heard she sat up to see what was going on. She blushed a deep red and suppressed a giggle.

She was watching Naruto rub the side of his face into the right side Anko's chest. Anko had a look somewhere between pure outrage and mortified embarrassment. Anko was also having a small sense of déjà vu. "Naruto, what do you think you are doing?" She asked in the same tone only this time Naruto started to catch on but it only increased his confusion.

"Trying to sleep. My pillow is so much softer than I remember." He said a bit more awake.

"That's not you pillow." Anko Said with a sweat-drop. Hinata by this point is now failing to suppress her giggle. She is now trying to suppress a full-on laugh.

"Whatever it is I like it better than my pillow." Hearing him saw that Anko face goes into full Hinata-Blush mode and Hinata finally losses her battle not to laugh out loud. Hearing Hinata's laugh Made Naruto finally open his eyes. After surveying where he was for a second, he sat up so fast he was a blur.

Naruto immediately started to apologize but Anko just held her hand to silence him. "It was a misunderstanding and you didn't mean any harm. Let's just drop it for Now." Naruto just nodded glad he would be allowed to live for a while longer and Hinata had finally calmed herself down enough to stop laughing.

Naruto daring to speak trying to make it less awkward now that he realized he had been using Anko's breast as a pillow and was sleeping between Hinata and Anko and neither had gotten out of the bed yet. "So, what was the plan for today? Jiji gave me two weeks off because he will be in Suna, and I know the academy is on break so me and Hinata-chan are free. What about you Anko-chan?" He finished off.

"I don't have any missions until the day after tomorrow so I am free." She replied.

"Great. I want to see how strong both of you have become." Naruto told them with a big grin.

"That's sound like a good idea but we have to talk about something first." Hinata started looking at Anko to see that she understood. Anko nodded and motioned for her to continue. "Naruto-kun, how do you feel about us?" Naruto look a little confused not quite grasping what Hinata was saying. Seeing this she continued. "I know we are friends but do you ever feel like we could be… more than friends?" The confusion disappeared from his face and was replaced by a look of indecisiveness.

After taking a moment to clear his head he figures being honest was the only thing to do. "I actually gave this a lot of thought while I was away. The more I thought about it the worse I felt. I realized I could never choose between you two. The only thing I can do is be your friend, hope you can understand, and maybe find happiness with somebody who can devote themselves to just you." As Naruto spoke a range of expressions went across their faces. From Joy when he said he thought about them to frowns as he said he wanted them to find someone else. It slowly changed to smirk when they realized where he was going with it. Naruto just kept his head down the whole time he spoke not being able to bear looking at their faces.

Hinata raised his chin and smiled at him. "We were hoping for an answer like that." Naruto's face fell for just a moment before he hid it thinking they had both found someone and moved on. "Naruto-kun are you aware that you are the last of two separate clans and the last of the main blood line of another?" Naruto just nods still holding on to his mask while his heart just feels more and more hollow. "When who you are becomes public the council will more than likely force you to take more than one wife. Even more so if they find out about your eyes." Naruto was barely listening but he had known that his future may not be so great for a while now. Being forced in loveless relationships all for the sake of duty. The women he would end up with it would all be about money, power, and status. He couldn't imagine someone he truly cared about wanting to be in that situation.

"Naruto-kun," Anko spoke this time "neither of us would ever make you choose. Two months ago, we were talking and Hinata-chan brought up this little law called the Clan Restoration Act. I know I am quite a bit older than you but you're are the only man who has always treated me right. I asked Hinata-chan if she was willing to… share. Even if I have to wait until you are recognized for your heritage I don't care."

Before Naruto could respond Hinata spoke up" Naruto-kun, before you think it would be unfair just know that I would never feel right leaving Anko-chan to herself just so I could have you. She has done so much for me and There is now one I would rather share you with than her."

Naruto just remained speechless for a minute before he processed everything and did the only think her. Hugging both of them "I love you. Both of you."

"I love you too" they both said in unison.

"Now how about some breakfast and you show me how much you learned while I Was gone. Both just smiled and nodded.

A/N: So, things are picking up steam on the relationship front. I will tell you all this now. I always finish what I start. Not always in a timely manner but this story will not go unfinished.