Chapter Twenty-Six - A Clan's Nature and Meeting Tsunade

Naruto wiped the blood from his hands after he set the modified storage scroll to the side of the table. Medical tools used to slice and pull were bloodied and haphazardly laid on a tray that was also covered in blood. He grimaced at the crimson liquid caked under his nails but sighed and turned to the silent man on the table.

Danzo lay with his torso exposed. His left arm, which bore a face where the bicep meets the shoulder, contained many pockmarks as a grim testament that it was once covered in Sharingan eyes that had long since been removed and placed in a modified seal. Even his left eye socket, once always covered, is now exposed to the world revealing an empty void where the right Mangekyo stolen from Shisui once sat.

The man didn't speak or react, the seals on the table and the sedatives were preventing him from doing so. He could feel and perceive the world around him but anything more than moving his last eye was impossible.

"Your arm will be taken after we dispose of you," Naruto said as he turned his attention to the man and moved his chair closer.

"I loved every second of this operation, Shimura-san. Not only do I get to indulge in a little of my clan's savagery but I get to give you a small measure of the pain that you caused me and so many others. Shisui will be able to rest knowing you won't abuse his and his clan's eyes ever again."

Naruto stared back into Danzo's shaking eye. "Growing up, even as a kid with no knowledge of his parents, I've seen the way you looked at me. I wasn't human to you, but I wasn't the Kyuubi like the village thought. To you, I was a weapon. And like a weapon you believed I should have no will but that of my "wielder". A tool that could be used to get you what you always wanted. My clan's possessions."

The blonde chuckled emotionlessly as he sat back a bit. "You will be the first person I tell this to that is not unquestionably loyal to my clan, so allow me to indulge you and gift you this secret to take before the Shinigami. My clan was savage. We may be scholars, collecting and learning all that this world has to offer, but knowledge is power, and power corrupts, and none know more than the Uzumaki. Therefore, is it no wonder that we Uzumaki use our knowledge to indulge and feed our carefully hidden darkness."

"After all, the Uzumaki were not always of Uzushio. Long ago, we travelled the Elemental Nations and beyond in search of strong foes and new experiences. We thrived on battle and hardship. We loved the rush of our blood through our veins and the painful bliss of fighting to our last breath. But then one of our leaders fell in love with a woman of extraterrestrial beauty about four thousand years ago."

Naruto paused as he looked down from the man's gaze and he cupped his chin. "That is a story you don't need to know. But needless to say, we move to that island and continued our traditions. We loved our family and we accepted those we deemed trustworthy or unique. But those we deemed unable to be loyal to the Uzumaki to the last breath or too weak or average to be of use. We killed them to the last. Women, children, the elderly, it mattered not. If they did not serve, they did not live for from that moment forwards they were a threat. And all threats to our family must be eliminated."

Naruto chuckled as he shook his head in amusement. "Do you know what my clan did for fun and to continue training their people? We developed a resurrection seal that can bring anyone back from the dead. Not like Tobirama Senju's technique but an actual true rebirth. We used this for people we thought were strong and pitted them against the rest of our clan like a gladiator. A trial of blood that put even the practices of the Bloody Mist to shame, not in the name of making stringer Shinobi but for our own satisfaction. As entertainment. So that we may chase the thrill of battle."

"We are powerful. We are savage. We are everything this village feared Madara to be. And by Sage," Naruto now leaned forward into the man's face before finishing, "we love our family with everything we have and the world will burn before we allow any to harm them."

Next Day

Naruto entered the Hokage's office and instinctively scanned the perimeter, assessing threats while noticing he wasn't the only one present. "Why is the perverted toad here?"

Hiruzen sighed at the annoyed question given by the blonde. "I have a mission for you two. My last mission."

Naruto paused at the tone used and straightened himself. "Alright. What is it, Hiruzen-jiji?"

"I want you and Jiraiya to find my last student, Tsunade, and bring her back so she may take this hat from me."

Naruto made a face. "You remember that she wants nothing to do with the village right?"

Hiruzen nodded his head slowly. "I'm trusting you to make sure she's convinced to become Hokage."

Naruto glanced at Jiraiya before jabbing a thumb in his direction. "Why must he come? It's not like we have a good track record when it comes to getting along."

"You're just a Chunin, brat," the Toad Sannin scoffed with crossed arms. "You can't take a mission like this on your own."

"I'm not a shinobi of this village at all," Naruto told the man, getting a flabbergasted look. "What, wasn't expecting that? What did you expect when the one man that made this village tolerable would no longer be the Hokage? I have more important things to do in my own country."

"T-this is not right," Jiraiya stuttered before turning to his former sensei. "You can't possibly let this happen! He is Minato's son, a legal citizen of Konohagakure, and he holds the village's most important deterrent."

"I have resigned from active duty, which can be done by any Special Jonin and below so long as they have no knowledge of village secrets. Considering what I know has been taught in class and by mistake, there is no proof I hold any village secrets that would need to be silenced." Naruto rolled his eyes at the man. "You sound as bad as Danzo when you call me a deterrent pervert."

"You know I don't see you as the Kyuubi but I have to look at this from the standpoint of the village," Jiraiya justified himself. "If the other villages found out that you were no longer here and on active duty, they would see it as an opportunity to finish what Orochimaru started."

"That's not my problem. Maybe if you spent more time in the village to train some seal masters then Konoha would have more people readily available to handle Jinchuuriki-level threats. At this point, I'm the only person capable of handling a Biju or other equal threat without having to sacrifice my life with a Reaper Death Seal."

Jiraiya winced at that, grumbling to himself but Naruto did not pay any attention to the poor attempt at a defence. "Whatever. Let's get this over with and find the old hag. I would like to be back home with my loved ones sooner rather than later."

He turned to leave and did not look back at the Toad Sannin though expected him to not be too far behind.

Sure enough, slightly quickened steps could be heard trying to catch up. "Hold up, kid, do you even know where Tsunade-chan is?"

"There are few things the woman is known to adore," Naruto said before holding up three finds. "Booze, gambling, and beating people up." He put a finger down for each one. "I plan to look at each village that has all three in abundance."

"That's still half the country," the man insisted as they left the front gate of the village.

"Shadow Clone Technique."

Sixty-four clones spawned into existence from the blonde, each one looking at the old pervert with a glare and or crossed arms.

"Oh," Jiraiya scratched his head when he looked at all the clones. "Good idea."

"I'm not you," Naruto rolled his eyes and couldn't resist taking a small jab at Jiraiya's methods. "I pride efficiency over luck. I am not going to treat this trip as some kind of egg hunt. Each clone gets a town and they will see if she's there. I will know from there."

With that, the clones all disappeared as they left for their destination.

"So," Jiraiya drawled out before turning to his student. "What now?"

"We can travel as we wait for my clones to find the hag," Naruto shrugged before continuing their direction down the main road, adjusting Khahrahk to settle more comfortably.

"Hmm," the older man said as he followed slightly behind the blonde. "I have a question if you wouldn't mind answering."

"Knowing you, I will mind but you won't shut up until I answer," Naruto answered with an annoyed tone. "What is it?"

"What's with the nodachi?" Seeing the blonde not give a physical or verbal response, Jiraiya continued. "What I mean is that you had not had the blade with you before now. While I find it fitting since your mother also specialized in Kenjutsu, I can't help but find the presence of your weapon unsettling."

The two continued in silence for a bit.

"You're right for once, perverted toad," Naruto chuckled softly to himself. "I do mind the question. I carry my weapon because there are some people who are getting very annoying for me to have to deal with. I think that some people require a different persuasion to understand how fucked they are."

He now turned to look at the older man. "My weapon is unsettling because it finds you annoying. He doesn't like many people."

Jiraiya cocked an eyebrow at the soft tone used by the young adult. "You can't seriously hate me so much that you would threaten me, can you, Naruto?"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "I'm not threatening you. I don't care what you do or think so long as you don't try to dictate my life. But my sword feels differently."

"Swords can't feel."

"Tell that to the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist," Naruto smirked at the man.

Meanwhile

"Kaa-chan?"

"Isane-chan," Retsu turned to look at her adoptive daughter enter the room timidly. "What's wrong?"

Isane slowly moved to sit next to her mother and fidgeted with her hands without looking up. She felt an arm wrap around her and she looked up to see her mother holding her.

"Tell me what's bothering you."

"I just wanted to ask," Isane fidgeted more as she tried to say her thoughts. "I wanted to ask what will happen when I have Naruto-kun's child?"

Retsu softened her smile and kissed her daughter's temple. "Why does that have you so worried?"

"Because he's the Prince," she muttered in response.

"Well, what happens is dependent on what you two decide. But technically, as the firstborn, your child will be first in line to inherit the title of Prince or Princess. But that also depends if Naruto has to officially marry one woman into the main branch at any point politically."

Isane nodded her head but both she and her mother knew such a thing would not happen. "What does the title of Prince mean?"

"Prince was a title the Uzumaki clan developed three thousand two hundred and some years ago," Retsu mused to herself. "The Uzumaki did not dare make their leader a King or Emperor as to do so would mean you claim a right of divinity, calling upon equal authority as the Heavens. They saw themselves and everyone else as serving the Will of the Heavens, so they took a title of inheritance as a ruling title."

"The Prince will be waiting to ascend to the throne after the King, and because the King's Burden is to shoulder the Will of the Heavens alongside his predecessors, it is a responsibility the Prince will not be burdened with until death. Even the leader of a dangerous nation and people must be humbled by the gods and the gods humbled by Heaven's Will," Retsu said the last bit as a bit of warning to her daughter. "Never may a future Prince see themselves as above the Heavens and the gods that live there. It will be your duty as their mother to make sure you temper their Uzumaki temper and refine their emotions. Remember, to an Uzumaki rulership is not a right, nor a privilege. To the free spirits of your beloved's clan, a Crown is no different from a Shackle; Ruling is a burden endured out of duty and in the name of love for one's family. A Prince is a martyr before he is man, such is the responsibility of the one who has taken up the burden of shielding our people from the Evils of the World. No matter the cost."

Isane nodded her head in understanding. "I will, mother, I promise."

"Good, my dear," Retsu kissed her daughter again. "Anything else that worries you?"

"Just one but it's more of a personal curiosity." Isane bit her lip at this point. "Does Naruto have a zanpakuto?"

Retsu did not answer her daughter for a few moments and Isane was going to repeat herself when the older woman began speaking. "Naruto does have a zanpakuto. Ginrei-san and I taught him how to make it when he was twelve, but he was such a troubled kid back then with no sense of purpose."

Isane is surprised to see her mother's eyes filled with sadness as she seemed to reflect on the past.

"His sword reflects who he was back then. A hurt child that cursed and hated the world and Konoha for his lost childhood, the spirit of his zanpakuto became the embodiment of this resentment; A severing of his malice from his soul, born so that Naruto could move on. Still, that sword and what it represents is still as much a part of him as his own heart, only now it serves as a warning, a constant reminder of the dark path he once could have willingly walked and what he one day may still become should her ever embrace his inner darkness."

Retsu sighed and wiped a few tears away. "His zanpakuto is called Khahrahk. I can't tell you of his Shikai and Bankai beyond that he has indeed unlocked those releases as I feel that it is not my place to reveal something so intimate to one's being."

Naruto and Jiraiya

"Found her," Naruto startled the man.

"Really! Where?"

Naruto chuckled at the man's excitement. "Tanzaku Quarters. South-west by about 40 miles."

"That's pretty far," Jiraiya muttered as he did not sense any toads close to that area.

Naruto blinked at the man and simply grabbed his shoulder.

Shhwip!

Naruto's feet landed on the dirt path outside Tanzaku where his clone left the coordinate seal for his teleportation seal. He let go of the man and chuckled at his disorientation.

"How about some warning next time," Jiraiya groaned and leaned on his knees. "Hold on."

"Come on," Naruto rolled his eyes with a smile. "Tsunade should not be far from here. She had entered a bar when my clone found her."

Jiraiya nodded and slowly caught up to the blonde young man. "How do you know what Tsunade looks like anyway? You haven't met her before."

"She looks relatively similar to the last profile picture when she was still a Konoha iryonin. Mid-forties appearance, diamond seal that I thought was a tattoo on her forehead, large tits, and a loud mouth."

"That sounds like my Tsunade," Jiraiya smiled dumbly. "Is she alone?"

"No, she is accompanied by two others," Naruto said as he turned to the bar the woman entered. "She's in here."

"Good, let me do the talking," Jiraiya said before leading the way into the building.

Jiraiya found his princess in the corner booth but he stopped dead in his tracks when his eyes caught the sight of one of the people with her.

Naruto glanced at the girl when he noticed Jiraiya not moving and even his mind paused when he saw her. The young woman has silvery blonde hair split in a punk style, the right part going behind her ear while the left side fell over her eye and ear. Her eyes are a striking blue as well, matching the hue that is the lining of the inside of her leather jacket.

A large tattoo goes from her arms and shoulders down to the inside of her black turtleneck crop top. She is wearing some type of harness under and in the middle of her top but Naruto is unsure if it served a purpose beyond just adding to the style. She is wearing black chaps that have the sides of her waist and part of the sides of her thighs exposed - revealing enough to show Naruto that she was wearing very thin underwear. There is also a separate harness around her thighs, as well as shin-high black boots that have a three-inch heel.

However, while the muscular beauty is very stunning, Naruto is more concerned about the clawed gloves the woman is wearing as she drank. However, Jiraiya has still yet to move and he shook his head. "Tch. Pervert."

Naruto walked towards the table without the man, stopping a respectful distance away but close enough to be noticed. The oldest woman looked up from her drink, her eyes widening slightly through the haze of her alcohol.

"Min-Minato?"

Naruto shook his head. "No, I'm his son. Naruto."

The woman seemed to calm down, her head tilting to the side a bit. "I didn't know he met a girl."

"Kushina Uzumaki," Naruto told the woman before raising his hand. "Is it possible that I can join you?"

The woman waved her hand. "Sure, sure."

"Thank you." Naruto sat down in the empty seat of the booth that is next to the leather-wearing beauty while setting Khahrahk to the side and glanced at Jiraiya. "Grab a chair, perverted toad."

Tsunade looked up and blinked her eyes when she noticed her old teammate. "Idiot's here too?"

"Tsunade," the man smiled in response as he brought a chair over. "How have you been, my beautiful Princess?"

"Good until you came," the woman scoffed and gulped another shot of alcohol. She offered the bottle to Naruto. "Care for a drink, brat?"

Naruto shrugged as he accepted the glass of liquor. "Not like it will do anything."

"Oh?" The muscular woman smirked and leaned forward as she seemed to be interested now. "Why is that?"

"Being a Jinchuuriki makes you immune to nearly all toxins," the blonde answered simply and swallowed the drink entirely. "Good taste, though."

She smirked at that and chuckled to herself. "I like you, brat."

"Calm down, Zoya," Tsunade said with a chuckle. "He's a second or third cousin once removed of yours or something like that. I can't remember anymore."

"Wait, that means-" Naruto stopped as he was beginning to understand the relation between Tsunade and the fit woman.

"You should know how little that means mother," the now-named Zoya said with her own chuckle.

"M-m-mother?"

Naruto chuckled at Jiraiya's frantic stuttering at the metaphorical primed explosive tag that seems to have been triggered. He was intrigued about this development as well, as the last relationship Tsunade had was with her first love, Dan Kaito, but the man died in the Second Shinobi World War.

Tsunade raised an eyebrow as she set her drink down. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"Hiruzen-jiji sent us to talk to you," Naruto told the woman truthfully if anything than to let Jiraiya suffer as he fixated on Zoya. "He wanted us to try to convince you to come back."

Shizune looked at the woman in concern but Zoya seemed disinterested by now. Tsunade just stared at the blonde. "Then I'm sorry you wasted your time travelling here."

"Come on, Tsunade-chan-"

"Please let me do the talking, perverted toad," Naruto interrupted the man as he glanced at him without turning his head. He looked back at the older woman. "I didn't want to disturb you either. I know the stories of your reasons for not returning. You've lost a lot to Konoha. I can't imagine what it's like."

"Ssss."

Naruto smacked Khahrahk but it seems that he didn't catch the whispering in time judging by the looks he gained from everyone including Jiraiya.

"What was that," Shizune asked and looked over at the nodachi.

"As I was saying," Naruto said ignoring the question. "I've hated the village as well for what I've lost. Not only did my father and mother die in defence of the village but I also lost my childhood. I was hated for being a Jinchuuriki and I will never have the innocence that my friends had the luxury to enjoy."

Tsunade's eyes softened at the boy's statement but she did not interrupt him. She knows the type of prejudice that can snare the hearts and judgments of others. She knew Kushina from when she was a little Genin, mostly due to their blood ties but also because of the younger's service as a scary kenjutsu master. The village didn't even have to know that she was the Jinchuuriki to justify belittling her. Back then it was because of her clan.

Shizune gave a look of sympathy, her judgment of the village being mostly on behalf of Tsunade but hearing the boy share something as personal as his childhood had her sympathizing with him. For a moment, her view of her native village was brought lower than before. How could a village do something like that to a child, something heinous enough that he can claim in such a clinical tone to not have not had a good childhood like his friends?

Zoya just watched the blonde with a calculating stare, her mouth fixed to a frown on her face. She showed no outward expression but she was truthfully unsurprised. Her mother told her stories of the village and while there was some good to be found there, it was the bad that affected her opinion of Konoha the most. It was part of the reason why she started the path she had chosen in the first place.

For Jiraiya, the man simply stared at his hands, clasped on the table. He hated being reminded of how much he and the village failed a boy that was meant to be seen as a hero. The boy his student had named after the hero of his first book. His godson whom hated him and kept him far away.

"I can't lie and give you some speech of why you should come back. Honestly, I wish for someone else to be chosen so you don't get roped into this mess."

Jiraiya now looked up with startled eyes. "What?"

"You heard me, Jiraiya," Naruto glared at the man. "The only reason I came here is that that's what Hiruzen-jiji told me to do officially. But from my private conversation with the man, this is just an attempt so his former teammates can't say he didn't try. He has no intention of making Tsunade take the hat and serve a village that, in my opinion, no longer holds the same values of the First Hokage."

As Naruto took a breath he was surprised to hear Zoya start softly chuckling. "This just got interesting."

He turned to Tsunade to see her reaction and the woman watched the interaction with calculating eyes. Even through the alcohol she was able to read the situation. "Tsunade-san, I see that you are not truly happy with your life right now even while not in the village. Can I ask why?"

The woman blinked at the genuine curiosity given by the boy. She hummed in thought, her eyes turning to blankly stare somewhere else in the bar. "I lost my little brother Nawaki when he was young. All he wanted was to be Hokage like our grandfather and granduncle. I lost my first love, Dan, in the second war. He, too, wanted to be Hokage."

Naruto listened intently and watched as the woman reached toward her chest before pulling out a green emerald necklace.

"Both of them wore this necklace. After being given to them, they soon died." She clenched her hand around the necklace before putting it back into the valley of her bust. "I believe that the position of Hokage is cursed. We have lost our leaders quicker than the other villages and yet we are considered the strongest in the world."

She scoffed. "I like my life so if you were to have asked me to replace sensei then I would have told you no. But," this time her eyes softened and she seemed to get lost in a nostalgic melancholy. "But I still remember the conviction Nawaki and Dan shared for the village. I guess… it never really left me. I am the granddaughter of the First Hokage after all."

She sighed and poured herself a shot before tipping it back quickly. "If you aren't here to convince me to take the hat, then why are you here?"

"To say we tried," Naruto answered cheekily before glancing at Jiraiya. "Due to the fact that you won't take the hat either you can't complain about our decisions, perverted toad. You're a hypocrite enough already without making your teammate take more responsibility."

The man sighed and slumped forward before grumbling. "I would like to be left in the loop sometimes."

That Night

Naruto sat on the balcony of his hotel room, coincidentally next to Tsunade and her daughter's room while Jiraiya was on the next floor.

"Hey, brat."

Naruto looked over and saw Tsunade walk out of her room onto her balcony. "Hi, Tsunade-san."

"Enough with the formalities," the woman waved her hand as she leaned on the railing. "You looked like you wanted to say something to me when we first met."

Naruto nodded his head. "Yeah, I just didn't think it best with the perverted toad there."

"I feel the need to remind you I'm old enough to be your grandmother," Tsunade snorted jokingly.

"Would still smash but I'm more curious about your daughter," Naruto chuckled quietly in response. "That's not it. I would instead like to offer you something else. You see, Hiruzen-jijisan wants to retire to Uzushio with me since he doesn't want to deal with village antics anymore. I would like to ask if you would want to move there so he has somebody he knows with him but to also monitor him."

Naruto's eyes softened now and he leaned his head on the bars of the railing. "He doesn't have much longer to live. His body is just too old and the stress from picking up the position again as well as the recent invasion has deteriorated his health."

"How much longer?" Tsunade's voice is soft as she sounds sad to hear her sensei close to dying.

Naruto wiped the tears from his eyes at the woman's concerned tone. "A year, maybe two. Any more than that would be a miracle, he says."

"Why Uzushio? It's just a bunch of ruins."

"Not anymore," Naruto laughed sadly with a shake of his head. "I've made it my home. I've gathered the Uzumaki clan and the retainers to rebuild it. You're family, as your grandmother is my grandaunt, so I wanted to give you a home that isn't filled with bad memories."

Tsunade hummed as the two fell into a content silence. "I'll take you up on that offer, Naruto. I want to ask a question, though."

"So long as I can ask one of you."

"Fair. What's with that sword? We all heard that sound just before you smacked it."

"Ah, that." Naruto rubbed the back of his neck. "That's just my sword spirit getting annoyed."

"Annoyed at what?"

Naruto is surprised she didn't doubt his explanation. "Huh, you're the first who hasn't doubted what I said."

She shrugged her shoulders. "I've seen and heard a lot in my life, brat."

Naruto nodded in understanding. "He was annoyed when I said I couldn't understand how you felt losing so much to the village. He believes we know more than others what it's like to suffer at the hands of others. He forgets that just because we have experienced so much doesn't mean others can't understand or go through the same."

"Huh," Tsunade hummed to herself. "Your weapon cares a lot for you."

That's because he is me. "Yeah."

"What's your question?"

Naruto rubbed the back of his neck as he looked to the side away from the older one sheepishly. "I just wanted to know… who is Zoya's father? She looks too young to be your former lover's child."

Tsunade hummed and took a drink from her alcohol bottle as she seemed to contemplate the question. "Can you keep a secret, brat?"

He nodded.

"Surprisingly enough, it's Jiraiya." She chuckled mirthfully and shook her head. "A single drunken night when he came to ask me something I don't remember anymore. He probably remembers it as some kind of lusting dream and I would have too if it weren't for being pregnant."

"Are you training her to be your successor in iryojutsu?"

Tsunade shook her head sadly and sighed. "She's unable to manipulate her chakra in such a way. What little she has comes in mostly physical enhancements like me but the control for iryojutsu is unattainable. Besides, she's found a better use of her time."

"Like what?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow at the young blonde. "Why the interest?"

Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Call it curiosity. She doesn't look like the type to be doing normal work. She's a fighter, I'm not blind to that, but she has a rough attitude that reminds me of the shadier organisations I've encountered in Konoha."

Tsunade scoffed lightly. "I'm sure that those organisations were just small fries wanting more out of life. But to be honest, you're not completely wrong about my daughter."

"She's a gangster," Naruto said distastefully.

"I prefer the word businesswoman."

Tsunade and Naruto turned to see Zoya at the balcony door. Her hair is wet which she is drying with a towel and she is wearing dark blue plaid night pants and a black shirt.

"Why is that, Zoya-san?"

"Don't call me 'san' or anything like that. I don't care for stuff like that," the woman said as she closed the balcony door and moved to lean on the railing while looking at Naruto. "I prefer businesswoman because that is what I focus on. We distribute weapons, goods, and drugs and we offer safety to the towns we do business in. I control over half the trade that happens in Fire and have a few operations set up in Lightning."

"We don't go looking for trouble but we eliminate the threats when or if they can show up. There are people who get jealous or greedy and try to take us down but we always handle it with little to no collateral. I like to think of what I do as humanitarian since the Daimyo ignores those that do not provide a lot."

Naruto understood that the current Fire Daimyo is the son of a loved and benevolent lord that had been in power at the end of the Second Shinobi War up until a few years before Kurama was released. Nobody liked the new Daimyo and the common opinion was that he only cares about power and wealth and that his neglect of the smaller villages was this.

That is almost certainly the reason there was a drastic increase in the number of C-ranks Konoha had been receiving to handle bandits and highwaymen since he came to power. With no protection, outlaws had been popping up to make a living and vent their frustrations on being abandoned by the Capital. It's sad, as it ends up with shinobi being called in to take them out, but such was the world they live in. And it only made Naruto annoyed with the announcement that will need to be made with the man in attendance.

Fuck my life.

No, fuck her instead and you'll forget your issues.

Quiet, perverted fox.

For those of you who know where I got Zoya from, kudos to you lol. More will be mentioned from there but my main focus is Zoya. I got up to chapter 28 finished but the next bits are a lot of writing and more setting up for future events. I will try to make them interesting though! As always, I hope you guys like the story (at this point I'm surprised anyone is still reading if they don't) anyways thank you for reading :D

PraetorXyn: I like the zanpakuto for Naruto. The other transformations will also be interesting as Khahrahk is still sealed but his presence is still strong.

HereForSmutLemon: People will not be happy with the announcements and as you can see, the Fire Daimyo and his royal court are not liked by the citizens. Naruto's reaction to Aizen is still unsure as he can't believe Aizen would do something like this but he also knows that Tayuya and everyone can't or won't lie to him. He's confused.

777torn777: It's been weird to me as to how the Sarutobi clan works as the only ones alive at this moment are Hiruzen, Asuma, and Konohamaru. Konohamaru is treated as the "honorable grandson" and Asuma is pretty largely ignored beyond being a respected shinobi. So I have the idea that Hiruzen had an older son with Asuma being the youngest secondborn, and Konohamaru is the living son of this firstborn Sarutobi heir. That's my idea at least.

dbtiger63: I appreciate you enjoying the story and leaving a review. We will have to see about Aizen we have not reached that point lol.

Lampre8: That's why I share small tidbits of what Naruto has done. Like when he and Team 7 were entering the first part of the exam and what his experiments with seals were while still in the academy. It's stuff like that I share. Most of the time, he has moments when he is in the Library or he is reading something that will make him understand techniques better. Thank you for enjoying the story though :D