Chapter Twenty One: Explosions in the Snow, the Uzumaki Family,
the War plan, the traitor and the Rinnegan.
*FLASH*
Naruto appeared with his hand against one of the seals on a tree his father had placed once upon a time, he shivered as he suddenly found himself in an area where it was snowing, "Geez, why the hell would someone come to a place like this to escape?" he asked himself as he brushed some snow from his suit.
Walking out from the tree line, Naruto admired the wedding suit Dan and Hiashi had gone with him to buy, it was plain black but with the Uzumaki symbol on his right shoulder and the Namikaze symbol on his left. The simple suit was finished off with the Leaf village symbol as his cuff links, and an orange tie, making Naruto smile, 'Bow ties are so cool.' He thought to himself as he glanced around.
In the distance Naruto saw someone walking in his general direction and since the light breeze was blowing in Naruto's direction, he could confirm with a sniff that it was indeed Killer B. So Naruto lifted his arm waving, "Hey! Octo-pops!"
B looked up from his little notebook and grinned, "Yo if it ain't Naruto, whatcha you doin out here bro?" he asked as Naruto jogged up to him.
Naruto grinned as he gestured to his suit, "Just trying to wear this in for my wedding tomorrow." He said with a grin.
Killer B's grin mirrored, "Yeeeeeah! Naruto's getting hitched to the ladies of his dreams! Who'd of thought it'd be me he comes to see!" B rapped terribly.
Naruto smirked at B before glancing over his shoulder, "Hey Octo-pops, three quick questions: where exactly are we, why did you come here and who are they?" Naruto asked with a nod, gesturing to the people behind Killer B.
B turned before scratching the back of his head nervously, "Hehe, well I may have pissed off some Sound Shinobi on my way here, but we're technically in the land of Iron bro. Guess if I had to pick a reason I switched with a clone was so that I could take that break that my big bro A never wants me to take." He said with a chuckle at the lame excuse.
Naruto sighed as he reached back for Samehada, only to remember we was in his wedding suit, "Well unfortunately for me, as a leaf ninja it's my responsibility to take care of anything related to Orochimaru. And the snake is the one who started the Sound Village." Naruto said as he fingered his last resort ring on his pinky.
Killer B grinned, "Well how about you lend me backup from a distance so you don't mess up your suit yeah? I got up close covered." He said normally as the two of them faced the two sound Chunnin and one Jonin.
Naruto nodded, already forming hand seals, "Sounds good, guess I finally get to test out some other techniques of mine with this snow and ice." Naruto said with a grin before channelling chakra and slamming his hands on the snow.
"ICE STYLE: SNOWMAN FIST!" Naruto yelled, landing an instant hit to the Jonin's back with the sudden formation of a large fist from the snow behind him, launching the shocked Jonin at the two Jinchuuriki.
Killer B grinned as he saw the stealth and strength of Naruto's move, which had frozen the ninja's arms to his torso, thus rendering him jutsu-less, "Got it!" B yelled as he flipped forward, his seven swords flashing through the air around his body.
B landed with only two of his swords in hand while the others were once again sheathed on his back as the now dead Jonin's body parts fell to the ground a few meters from Naruto.
Instantly, the two Chunnin began forming seals as Killer B charged them, "SOUND STYLE: SONICBOOM!" the ninja yelled as he launched his jutsu at B.
The cloud ninja dove to the side, surprised at the speed of the technique as it headed towards Naruto, "Naruto! Lookout yo!"
Naruto frowned as he formed a few hand seals before punching towards the attack, "ICE STYLE: BLACK DRAGON BLIZZARD!" Naruto yelled as he launched the dragon shaped blizzard on a collision course with the attack.
*BOOM*
Naruto held his arms to his side as the mouths on his hands opened while he channelled Deidara's explosive chakra from the mouths while pushing wind chakra from his funnels, having them act as lungs for the mouths on his hands, "EXPLOSIVE STYLE: EXPLOSIVE WAVE!"
A barrier of chakra appeared in front of him, causing anything that was flying at him from the explosion to be disintegrated or blasted away from Naruto, whose suit wasn't even ruffled by the manoeuvre.
Naruto looked down at the hands on his palms as he had them lick their 'lips', "Okay, so maybe absorbing Deidara was actually a good idea." Naruto pondered to himself as the mouths opened up once more.
"Heads up!"
Naruto looked up as B slammed his Lariat into one of the ninja's backs, launching them through the air towards Naruto who tried to mix two techniques for the first time, the Decapitating Airwaves filled with Explosive chakra, "EXPLOSIVE STYLE: DECAPITATING AIRWAVES!" Naruto yelled as he aimed his right palm up at the ninja.
Naruto's eyes widened in awe as the stream of wind seemed to be more like an explosion contained in the shape of a cylinder, causing the hidden blades of wind to cut into the enemy ninja before exploding.
Naruto smirked as he saw the log explode, 'Holy Log! If Deidara ever learnt Wind Manipulation with his explosive style, he'd have been so much more dangerous!' Naruto thought as he turned to face the sound ninja that was charging at him with a sword.
Naruto decided to test out another theory, sending his explosive chakra into his bone as he created a Bone Bullet, 'This should give it more speed!' Naruto thought before launching the bullet forward.
Naruto frowned a little as the bone bullet was actually slightly slower than his average Bone Bullets, but as the Sound ninja brought up his sword to block the small bone Naruto had a grin instead.
*BOOOOOOM*
Naruto used another Explosive Wave to keep his suit clean as he watched his Bone Bullet explode upon impact, 'Nice! I'll call these the Destructive Wave and Boom Bone!' Naruto thought before looking over a B.
"FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!"
Naruto sighed as the Sound ninja launched the fireball at Killer B, 'Seriously? Does everyone know that technique?' Naruto thought before forming hand seals as B escaped with a shunshin.
Naruto finished his hand seals, "This is straight from the Kage of the land of Snow! ICE STYLE: SNOWMAN COFFIN!" he yelled, once more summoning the snow to do his bidding.
Snow began to shoot off the ground and attach to the Sound ninja, slowly taking the shape of a snowman before Naruto held one more seal, "SNOWMAN BURIAL!" he ordered.
The snowman suddenly shrunk to the size of a snowman that you'd expect to see small children create, the now dead ninja's blood oozing out of the eyes and mouth in a creepy display that even caused Killer B to shudder.
"Damn man, that's a weird move." Killer B said as he landed next to Naruto, flicking the only piece of snow from Naruto's shoulder. Not a single hair out of place otherwise.
The blonde laughed, "Yeah well the guy I got these moves from had jealousy issues of his brother when he was younger, he found comfort in making snowmen and eventually turned it into a Ninjutsu repertoire before he became serious with his ninja skills." He said before turning to B and offering his fist.
B grinned and fist bumped Naruto, "So bro, where we goin now?" B asked.
Naruto smiled, "Hopefully you'll be one of my groomsmen for tomorrow's morning?" he said, the two of them sharing a grin of excitement for a moment.
"Awwww yeah!" B cheered with a laugh as Naruto began to channel his chakra before B suddenly seemed to nod towards Naruto's suit, "Yo Naruto?"
"Yeah Octo-pops?"
"Nice bow tie man."
*FLASH*
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The next day
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"I have to what?" Naruto asked with wide eyes as he sat forward from the couch.
The house was empty since Naruto wasn't allowed to see the four women on the wedding day. So Sasuke had come over to get Naruto and Killer B who had slept on the couch as Danzo sent a letter to the Raikage to inform him of his brother's whereabouts. As Sasuke did this, he gave Naruto some vital information.
Sasuke sighed, "You have a breakfast with the legal guardians of the people you are about to marry. It is tradition on the morning of the wedding." Sasuke explained with a sigh as he stood, "You should get ready, now." Sasuke said as he walked over to Killer B, who was adjusting poorly to wearing a suit.
Naruto blinked before running upstairs to get dressed, having already had a shower among the other necessities. Killer B pulled on his tie to loosen it and accidently ended up ripping the jacket along his spine because of his large build, "Hehe, sorry Sasuke-san." he said, taking off the wrecked suit jacket and wearing just the dress shirt and pants.
Sasuke sighed, "It's fine, I didn't expect my spare jacket to fit you, but at least Jirobo's shirt and pants seem to fit fine." He said with a nod before he tilted his head slightly in thought, "Hmm, stay here for a moment B, I think I have a solution that you'll find okay." He said before fading in his Mirage Shunshin.
B chuckled before a shiver went up his spine, 'Why am I here again? I only met Naruto about a fortnight ago and yet he brought me to his wedding…eh, can't say I ain't excited.' He thought before grinning and straightening his shades, which Naruto said he could wear since B was practically begging.
B lifted a glass of water to take a drink when Naruto came down the stairs, pulling his suit jacket on over his shirt as he came, "Yo B, where's Nii-san?" Naruto asked as he started messing with his bow tie.
B pointed to a gap in the middle of the room where Sasuke suddenly appeared, holding a large vest in his grasp, "Jirobo had a spare vest. It seems better than nothing at all." Sasuke said before offering the article of clothing to B.
As B put the suit vest on Sasuke began talking, "We're meeting at the Hyuuga compound since Hiashi hosted a room for the breakfast, we better be going now since we have.." he hesitated as he glanced at the clock in the kitchen, "Four minutes to be there." He said.
Naruto nodded, "Well we better get going then, like now!" he said loudly before running out the door while running a hand past the ring on his pinky.
*POOF*
Naruto threw the tri-pronged kunai towards the Hyuuga compound before turning to Sasuke and Killer B, only now noticing the large Uchiha clan fan on the back of Sasuke's navy blue tux.
Sasuke raised a brow as he noticed Naruto looking over him, "What?" Sasuke asked.
Naruto shrugged, "Just thinking, are you planning on getting married?" he asked before holding out his arms.
Sasuke placed a hand on Naruto right forearm before nodding for B to do the same, "I think it will be early next year. Kin-chan has recently been put in the T&I department under Ibiki and her training there will go for a few months before they register her as a Tokubetsu Jonin. Then we're hoping to get started with the weddings." Sasuke responded.
Naruto nodded.
*FLASH*
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*FLASH*
"So you'll have traditional weddings of the Uchiha right?" Naruto asked as the three appeared on the rooftop opposite the Hyuuga Compound.
Sasuke nodded, "Yes I will be, though I noticed you let the girls handle this wedding. Are you going to shape your clans' traditional weddings around this one?" Sasuke asked as the three of them dropped down to the street level.
Naruto shrugged, "Yeah I guess. I mean I know that Ten-chan and Tayu-chan wanted to base it off a western wedding so I guess it's something new, but either way I like the idea." Naruto said with a smile as he placed his hand on the wall of the shop opposite the Hyuuga compound, leaving a Hirashin seal on the wall as he had done nearly all over the village by now.
B smiled at the attractive branch member who opened the gate for the three of them, before she led them toward the prepared room.
A few minutes later, the female branch member pulled open the sliding door for them, letting in Naruto first then Sasuke, B hesitated a moment to pull down his shades and wink at the woman, causing her to blush before he walked inside.
The three sat down at the long table on their seating cushions. Since Naruto was the groom he sat in between Killer B and Sasuke, not even for a minute of silence before the door on the other side of the room opened as well as a door at the end of the room.
Four branch members walked out from the door at the end of the room, placing down a plate in front of each cushion for the occupants to eat.
As they left the food on the table, Hiashi Hyuuga, Dan Higurashi and Shibuki of Waterfall entered the room, taking a seat opposite Naruto and his two groomsmen.
Naruto bowed his head, "Thank you all for letting us do this." Naruto said before sitting up with a grin.
Dan's grin mirrored Naruto's, "Thank us? Thank you for making little Tenten happy! I've never seen her as ecstatic as I have these past few weeks." Dan said before lifting his glass.
Shibuki nodded in agreement, lifting his own glass as well, "Indeed Naruto-san. You saved Fuu-chan and brought her here, now you're marrying her. It seems almost like fate." He said with a smile.
Naruto turned towards Hiashi to the Hyuuga head with a frown on his face, "Originally I thought that you being with Hinata would be good for the clan since she began to become stronger with your encouragement. I thought she would grow into a fine clan head," he said with a sigh, "Instead she's helping you make your own clan prosper." He said before smiling softly, shocking Naruto a little.
"And yet the only words that come to mind for me is 'Thank you Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze'." Hiashi said before lifting his own glass.
Naruto lifted his own in agreement as Hiashi spoke since he had the highest authority in the room, "I hereby decree the marriage between our loved ones and Naruto blessed." Hiashi stated before taking a drink, the others following his lead.
Naruto smiled after taking a sip, "Thank you all for bringing up such wonderful women. They each are the lights of my life and I don't know who I would be without them with me." Naruto said before placing his glass down on the table.
Killer B took a deep breath, smelling the delicious food and letting his mouth speak for his stomach, "Damn that smells good! Let me get ma grub on yeah?" he asked, already picking up his chopsticks.
Dan laughed at B's exuberance before picking up his own chopsticks, "I say we should since we only have three hours til the ceremony, who is your friend Naruto?" he asked.
The group began to eat as Killer B introduced himself, by the end of his little introduction-rap the group was laughing while enjoying the small breakfast for the next hour.
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"He's here! It's okay he's ready!" Sakura said as she stuck her head between the curtains of the girls' change room.
Tayuya sighed, "Bout fuckin time." She said in annoyance, doing her best not to move her face as Ino finished her make-up.
Hinata sighed in relief from her place as Hanabi passed her a small bouquet, "Hanabi-chan?" Hinata asked.
Hanabi subtly activated her Byakugan, "Yes, he's wearing the suit you chose and he has two of his friends, Sasuke-sama and who I can assume is his friend from Cloud?" she whispered.
Hinata smiled and nodded, "Thank you." She said before Hanabi walked out of the room.
Hinata turned as Fuu took a few steps up to her, "H-Hinata-chan? Um, is it alright to b-be nervous?" Fuu asked as she fiddled with the hem of her sleeves.
Hinata smiled before taking the girls' hands in her own, "It's more than alright Fuu-chan, it's completely normal and I'm nervous as well." Hinata said softly.
Fuu smiled but nodded before they heard something odd on the other side of the room, turning to see a slightly hysterical Tenten practically shaking with excitement while Ayame held her shoulders to stop her from literally breaking her heels from the jumping she was doing.
"Tenten-chan, please calm down! It's only a few minutes okay?" Ayame practically begged, with a desperate smile since she was the one to handle the over excited girl.
Luckily, her help arrived as Kin walked in, "Last check-overs girls! He's waiting at the altar!" she whisper-shouted as she came up and placed a hand on Tenten's shoulder and the other on Tayuya's, just as the music started.
Tenten took a few deep breaths, "I can't believe it's here! We're finally getting married!" she whispered in excitement as a few men in suits walked in.
Dan smiled widely, a tear forming in his eye as Tenten turned to him, "Oh Tenten." He said with a big sniffle.
Hiashi merely walked up to his daughter and smiled softly, "You look beautiful Hinata." He said, causing the soon to be Uzumaki to smile brightly in return.
Fuu didn't see Shibuki until he was standing behind her, "That you Fuu-chan?" he asked with wide eyes.
Fuu turned to him and grinned, "Sh-Shibuki!" she exclaimed happily, wanting to hug him but more so wanting to not mess up her dress in any way.
Shibuki smiled as he kissed her forehead, "I'm so glad you got to live like this. I'll have to thank Naruto once more." He said, grinning still for his friend.
Tayuya was staring at her reflection in the mirror, seeing the tears of happiness about to pour from her face and trying to restrain them, 'Fucking tear ducts. I wonder if I can rip em out before they ruin this make-up.' She thought before closing her eyes to concentrate.
Opening her eyes, Tayuya almost jumped in shock at the picture in front of her, shaking her completely from her happiness and replacing it with stunned silence.
Kakashi eye smiled as he lifted Icha Icha Paradise away from Tayuya's face, "No more crying now aye?" he asked.
Tayuya spun in her chair to see Kakashi placing his book away, "Kakashit? What are you doing here?" she asked.
Sweat dropping at the nickname, Kakashi eye smiled once more, "To walk you down the aisle Tayuya. Naruto said he'd trust no one else to look after you and I must say I'm honoured to be a part of this ceremony." Kakashi said.
Tayuya smiled as Kakashi helped her to her feet, "Thanks Kakashi-sensei." She said quietly.
Hanabi stuck her head back in, "Hinata-Nee-chan, your go!" Hanabi said, causing everyone to line up before walking out in order.
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'Oh. My. Log.' Naruto thought as his heart rate increased.
He was standing at the end of the aisle, watching as the four women he cherished most walked down. The seats where filled with ninjas, friends and the majority of the Hyuuga clan and all of them were smiling at the beautiful kunoichi walking towards their groom.
Feeling a nudge, Naruto tore his gaze from Hinata, who was at the front of the four, to glance at Sasuke, "Jaw off the floor Otouto, remember your vows." Sasuke reminded him with a whisper.
Naruto closed his hanging maw as the four approached him, Hiashi walked Hinata up to Naruto, letting him walk her up the three steps and showing her the way to stand in front of Danzo before he walked back down, doing the same for Tenten. After three minutes, all four women were standing opposite the brightly smiling Naruto, barely able to hold in or restrain their levels of excitement.
Danzo began his speech as Naruto was contacted, "Congratulations Kid. This is a big deal for you." Kurama said from its place inside Naruto.
If it was possible, Naruto's grin grew as he could feel the genuine feeling of the fox's words, 'Thanks Kurama,' he thought as he looked from the acting Hokage over each of his girls, 'Nothing could ruin this perfect moment.' Naruto thought with a grin as he was entranced with the women in front of him.
He couldn't help but let his grin grow as he noticed Fuu bouncing a little bit with excitement, Tenten who was tearing from happiness, Tayuya who was not so subtly glancing between her ring and Naruto before glaring at Danzo as if to tell the man to hurry up, and finally Hinata.
Naruto locked eyes with the Hyuuga with a thoughtful look, 'It's hard to believe…' he thought as for a second he had a memory of himself sitting side by side with Hinata back at the academy, 'We've come so far.' He thought before feeling his grin grow impossibly larger at Hinata's blush, 'Though some things never change.'
Naruto's ears snapped back into focus, suddenly realising he had been admiring the four girls a bit too intently since all of their blushes were matching. His focus was brought to Danzo who raised his arm in a gesture, "The rings Naruto?" Danzo asked.
Naruto nodded as he turned to the side, watching as Konohamaru stepped forward with a large red pillow in his hands, the four matching rings on top of it. Since all four women would need manoeuvrability in their ninja lives, he couldn't hinder their hand seals with a large ring so he settled for four solid gold bands with a single gem in each while on the underside was an extremely miniaturised version of the Hirashin seal.
Naruto stepped down a step so that he could walk in front of each woman, firstly he approached Hinata, whose ring had a dark blue gem imbedded in it that glistened in the light. He reached out for her hand which she gave to him, mirroring his smile with one of her own.
He held her gaze as he spoke, "Hinata, you have supported me for so long now that I don't know how else I ever lived. I am so unbelievably happy when I'm near you that I can barely hold it in." he said as he slid the ring on her finger, "And that's how I know I want to marry you, I love the life we share but only if it's with you. I love you Hinata." He said, smiling up at the ex-Hyuuga heiress.
Danzo began speaking, causing everyone to turn to him, "With the acceptance of this ring and the power vested in me I announce you Hinata Uzumaki, wife of Naruto Uzumaki. You may kiss the bride." Danzo said with a wave of his arm.
The crowd cheered as Naruto took a few steps with Hinata to walk her to the center of the podium before he let her go, walking back over to the girls and stopping in front of Tayuya as Konohamaru held up her ring.
Naruto took the ring as he began talking to Tayuya, "Tayuya, I'm so glad that we found each other in this world, even though it wasn't under the most pleasant circumstances, I believe that the way we met defined the possibilities of our relationship." Naruto said as he took Tayuya's hands in his own, "I love you Tayuya, that is why we were brought together." Naruto said, placing the ring on her finger.
Without waiting for any prompting by Danzo, Tayuya leaned down and kissed Naruto, wrapping her arms around his neck and subsequently showing the crowd her ruby encrusted gold ring.
Danzo chuckled softly at Tayuya's behaviour as the crowd cheered, "With the acceptance of this ring and the power vested in me I announce you Tayuya Uzumaki, wife of Naruto Uzumaki."
Tayuya pulled herself from Naruto and her grin was matching his as he walked her over to stand next to Hinata. After she was settled, Konohamaru lifted the next ring up for Naruto as he approached Tenten.
Naruto accepted the ring as he held Tenten's hand, "Tenten, you are simply exceptional at everything you try. That includes winning me over on that simple night on that balcony." He started, causing a teary smile from Tenten to light up the ceremony as he slipped the ring on her finger, "I've loved you since then, and I want to love you forever more, Tenten." He said, finishing in barely a whisper as the brown haired girl smiled at Naruto and the ring he had placed on her hand, the smouldering amber glinting in the light as Naruto overturned her hands in his own.
"With the acceptance of this ring and the power vested in me I announce you Tenten Uzumaki, wife of Naruto Uzumaki. You may kiss the bride." Danzo said, letting the two share a passionate kiss before Naruto walked her to stand by Tayuya's side.
Naruto took a few steps to stop in front of Fuu, even though he was a step down he was still slightly taller than the girl, "Fuu, you are the only person that I can truly say understands exactly the worst of me, and the fact that you still except me knowing that is nothing short of a miracle in my books," he started as he placed Fuu's emerald bearing ring onto her finger, "I love you and I love you infinite compassion. Please be mine." He said, causing the already excited girl to be practically beaming as she glanced at Danzo to hurry up.
Which he did in haste at the woman's glare, "With the acceptance of this ring and the power vested in me I announce you Fuu Uzumaki, wife of Naruto Uzumaki. You may kiss the bride." Danzo said with a smile.
Naruto and Fuu shared a deep kiss as he lifted her into the air, stepping up onto the podium and placing her on her feet next to Tenten, giggling with happiness at the movement.
Hanabi stepped up next to Hinata and gave her a ring, who she kissed before passing it to Tayuya, who did the same before passing it to Tenten, who kissed it and passed to Fuu who held it forward, placing it on Naruto's finger, "W-we love you too Naruto-kun." Fuu said with a blush and a smile.
Naruto grinned as he stepped up, hugging the four women at once with happiness as he kissed each of them softly, causing Danzo to clear his throat. "Naruto…" he said.
Naruto quickly stepped back, wiping a hidden tear of happiness from his eye as he did so, "Yeah, sorry." He said, grinning as the light bounced off the small gold band he now wore thanks to the girls in front of him.
Danzo took Naruto's left hand and held it palm up, "Would the brides please join their groom in the gesture." Danzo said, prompting the girls to place each of their own left hands on top of Naruto's only palm down.
Danzo tied a red ribbon around their arms, "With this gesture I tie your fates together. May your future be clear as the love in your hearts." Danzo said before stepping back a few feet and raising his good arm, "I pronounce you! The Uzumaki Clan's Head Family!" Danzo proclaimed, causing the crowd to stand and cheer for the five of them.
Naruto glanced over his shoulder at Sasuke, who gave him a nod and smirk while behind Sasuke stood B, giving Naruto two thumbs up with a grin, causing Naruto to laugh a little.
"Naruto-kun?"
Naruto turned forward, facing the girls as Hinata spoke, "Want to get out of here?" she asked.
Naruto grinned and nodded, "I know just the place!" he said before the seals on each of their rings glowed.
*FLASH*
The five of them disappeared in a yellow flash signifying the ceremony's end as Danzo stepped forward, "Thank you all for coming….."
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Two days later
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*Knock Knock*
Danzo turned as the two Shadow Clones that were working at the table dispelled, allowing him to sit down in the Hokage seat, "Enter."
The door opened and in walked Jiraiya, who after the wedding of the Uzumakis had gone to Shizune who had done the operation, giving him a mechanical arm similar to Jirobo's, though it wasn't functioning yet.
The sannin walked in and almost glared down at the old man in the chair in front of him, "Why did you not have Naruto look at Tsunade? Why didn't he come himself?" Jiraiya demanded before slamming his working hand on the desk.
Danzo glanced up at Jiraiya, "You mean you don't know?" Danzo asked with a frown.
Jiraiya raised a brow, "Know what?"
Danzo frowned before sending chakra into the room silencing seal, causing Jiraiya to be put on guard, "Calm down Jiraiya. It just seems that Naruto has been lying to me…again." he muttered before sighing.
Jiraiya was caught off guard at Danzo's response and decided to hear him out for this one subject, "What exactly is the relationship between you and Naruto?" Jiraiya asked.
Danzo smirked as he sat back in his chair, "Hmm, well put simply, I guess you can call me his Commanding General." He said.
Jiraiya sighed as he sat in a chair opposite Danzo, "It's not war times Danzo, you are the temporary Hokage. You may be in charge of him but you aren't his commander." Jiraiya said.
Danzo chuckled, "You misunderstood me Jiraiya. I am merely the general, of Naruto's army." He said, causing Jiraiya to look at him in confusion before glancing out the window in thought.
Danzo waited for what he assumed would be another question from Jiraiya, 'If Naruto has been lying to me about what Jiraiya knows, then maybe I can get an upper hand on the Jinchuuriki.' Danzo thought.
Jiraiya looked back at Danzo, "So, you know of his War plan?" Jiraiya asked straight forward, causing Danzo's smirk to falter.
Danzo frowned, "Ah, I guess you do know then. A shame. I thought I may be able to gain an ally from you after Akatsuki is taken down." Danzo said.
Now it was Jiraiya's turn to frown, "After? The War plan is what we will do to turn the other five nations against Akatsuki. What more is there after that?" Jiraiya asked, momentarily forgetting about Tsunade's situation.
Danzo paused for barely a second before a grin grew across his face, "Jiraiya, do you know what Naruto's 'dream' is?" Danzo asked.
Jiraiya raised a brow but nodded, "Yes, it was bestowed upon him by Sarutobi-sensei. For Konoha to prosper at it's finest." Jiraiya said, causing Danzo to chuckle.
"No, see that is what your sensei interpreted from the second Hokage's words. But what you may not know is that I was there as well when Tobirama-sensei left to protect us. And his exact words where to follow the Will of Fire and use it to protect the Hidden Leaf Village." Danzo said.
Jiraiya nodded slowly, "Okay…what's the catch?" Jiraiya asked, feeling that Danzo was holding something back.
Danzo smirked, "The thing about Tobirama-sensei. He was the creator of the term 'Looking underneath the underneath', and I know for a fact that this is how he communicated his true dream to us." Danzo said, sitting forward seriously.
Jiraiya stayed quiet, feeling as though the meaning behind Danzo's words were about to be revealed.
"As a fire does grow, so does the Will of Fire. As a ninja fights the enemy, they do this to protect their home." Danzo began before dropping the bomb, "Therefore, what Tobirama-sensei was really saying, was that Konoha should grow, and the enemy should be no more of a danger." Danzo said.
It took Jiraiya a few seconds before his eyes widened, "You don't mean…?!" he said, standing to his feet in shock.
Danzo nodded, "Naruto will expand the Hidden Leaf Village's reach over all of the Five Great Nations under the cover of this Akatsuki war before using that to eradicate any potential threat to the village. We will truly help Konoha prosper." Danzo proclaimed as he stood.
Jiraiya stood silent, 'Naruto is planning to wage war on the world?' he thought before his mind came up with images and memories of a happy and cheerful Naruto with the rest of the team on their training trip, 'No, I can't believe that. I will find out what your true plan is Danzo.' Jiraiya thought as he looked down at his feet.
Danzo's eyes narrowed as he watched Jiraiya for a reaction to his words, 'This man loathed the Wars. But he will still fight for the village, for the greater good.' Danzo thought for certain.
Jiraiya looked up, a plan already formulated in his mind, "What are the odds of success?" he asked.
Danzo smirked, "If we follow Naruto's plan exactly, there is an eighty seven percent chance of success with minimal loss on our side."
Jiraiya's eyes widened before he glanced out the window, 'For Naruto to have planned this so detailed…when did he have the time?' Jiraiya thought to himself before turning away from Danzo.
Danzo watched Jiraiya's back as the white haired man placed a hand on the doorknob, "I will fight for the village. If that's what is best for it." Jiraiya murmured before looking over his shoulder, "When he gets back, send him to Tsunade or else." Jiraiya threatened before walking out.
The moment the door closed, Danzo scowled, 'Naruto said that Jiraiya was completely going with the plan…but to know that he had no idea of this, what else has Naruto kept from me?' Danzo thought as he span in his chair, looking out the window over the village.
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Ino sighed, "It's no good. I may be one of the best medical experts in the village now, but this coma is caused by mental and physical stress, all we can do is fix the physical and hope that she is strong enough to break her way out of the mental problem." Ino reported to Jiraiya and Sasuke.
Jiraiya looked down sadly as he nodded, "Even though the others all said that, I kinda had hope that you'd find a solution." Jiraiya mumbled.
Ino pat Jiraiya on the shoulder, "I'm sorry Jiraiya-sama." She said softly before a commotion was heard in the hall.
Seconds later, a nurse stuck her head in, "Ino-sama! We got a kunai to the right lung!" the nurse said.
Instants later, Ino used the chakra skating technique to traverse across to the hospital in record time, leaving Jiraiya and Sasuke in Tsunade's room. But that was interrupted as well when an obviously angered Shizune stomped into the room.
She grabbed Jiraiya's good arm, causing the man to nearly jump in shock, "Your arm still isn't functional! You are not allowed to leave your room! I know that Tsunade-shishou is important to you but-" the door closed behind the two, leaving Tsunade's room in silence other than the beeping of the machinery.
Sasuke sat in the silence after they left before glancing around with his Sharingan, 'Guess this is as better time as any.' Sasuke thought as he stood, taking a seal from underneath his clothes.
Sasuke put a drop of his blood on the seal, activating the jutsu Naruto had placed inside. It was the most advanced all rounder healing jutsu the blonde knew.
Sasuke moved closer to Tsunade and lifted the blanket, placing the seal hidden on the inside of the woman's arm before moving the blanket back into place. Sasuke smiled softly as he saw just the slightest release of tension in the woman's brow, 'Stay strong Baa-sama. We need you back in charge.' He thought before looking out the window, glancing up at the Hokage Tower with a concerned look in his eyes.
He suddenly snapped to attention as he felt a chakra signature that was familiar to him come near the window, coming to a stop in the tree opposite the hospital.
Sasuke's eyes moved as his EMS glowed, locking eyes with the ninja in the trees before Sasuke faded in his mirage shunshin.
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Sasuke appeared behind the 'ANBU' stabbing his Kusarigama right at the back of the ninja's head. But the 'ANBU' dodged by ducking to the side, causing the blade to hook the mask and rip it from his face.
The 'ANBU' slid to a stop, his back against the tree as Sasuke stood opposite him, his EMS beginning to spin, "What are you doing here Kabuto? Didn't you learn from last time?" Sasuke asked with a confident smirk as his Kusarigama stiffened into its scythe form.
The glasses wearing ninja smirked as he stood tall, revealing that half of his face was covered in black stripes like Kimimaro's curse mark, "I did in fact. After that fight against you I spent my time in the shadows, learning everything from Orochimaru-sama's plan that I could. And I found out some interesting things which have led me to a conclusion." Kabuto said before reaching up and taking off his hood, showing that the other half of his face was scaled and his eyes were slitted like a snake's.
Sasuke's eyes widened as he watched Kabuto kneel, "Sasuke-kun, I wish to seek an audience with your village's council." Kabuto requested before raising his arms with his wrists together, "I am your captive until the point in which I am considered an ally." Kabuto said.
Sasuke acted instantly, flinging out his Kusarigama to wrap Kabuto up before the blade stabbed into Kabuto's palms, causing the medical ninja to wince as Sasuke walked up to him.
Sasuke knelt, his Sharingan spinning as he activated a doujutsu, "TSUKUYOMI!"
Kabuto's eyes widened for a moment before he fell to the side unconscious, Sasuke stood tall and unwrapped Kabuto, throwing the medical ninja over his shoulder as he thought over the information he had obtained from his little interrogation, 'So, Orochimaru has mastered that reanimation technique and plans to use it alongside the Akatsuki…and over one hundred samples? That's over one hundred undead super Shinobi.' Sasuke thought before using his mirage shunshin to traverse through the village.
Sasuke faded into existence out the front of the T&I department of the ANBU headquarters, knocking on the door as he did so.
A few moments later, Kin opened the door with someone else's blood in her hair and dango stick in hand, "Oh! Sasuke-kun!" she exclaimed in shock.
Anko stuck her head out over Kin's, causing Sasuke's brow to twitch as the two of them stood in basically the exact same position with the exact same outfit, "Kabuto Yakushi." Sasuke said simply, dropping the man to the ground.
Anko stared down at Kabuto and grinned, "Thanks Sasuke-chan! How sweet of you to bring me this little present!" Anko said with a dark chuckle as she knelt next to the medical ninja, "So what did you do to him?" she asked as she reached towards Kabuto's head.
To everyone's shock, Kabuto rolled into a crouch, seemingly fine as he frowned, "He used the Tsukuyomi on me. It took my mind a while to handle the stress of such an advanced technique." Kabuto explained as his skin became white and scaly with black lines over it.
Anko quickly whistled and a squad of ANBU cut off Kabuto's exit route, but before anyone attacked Kabuto spoke, "Hold it! I'm here willingly! I need to warn you!" Kabuto said.
The medical ninja dropped under a punch from one of the ANBU behind him before spinning, cutting the tendons in the ninja's legs before leaping back, "Stop attacking me and let me explain!" Kabuto said, grabbing another ANBU before blurring to stand with his back against the wall, hand at the ANBU's throat.
Everyone froze and Kabuto took the opportunity to quickly speak, "I see the strength of the ANBU is still overestimated in this village." Kabuto started with a chuckle before getting serious as he saw Sasuke pull out his Kusa once more, "Let me deliver my message then you can do whatever you want to me! Just let me speak!" Kabuto demanded, waves of nature chakra bursting from him with each shout.
Everyone but Sasuke was pushed back since his own curse mark appeared, "Speak Kabuto!" Sasuke ordered.
Kabuto smiled as his chakra stopped pulsing so that everyone could hear him, "My name is Kabuto Yakushi! Formerly allied with Orochimaru!" he announced, causing people to realise that Kabuto truly had no allegiance to the snake anymore.
"And I'm here to warn you that Akatsuki is coming!"
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Two days later
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Naruto opened his eyes with a tired yet thoroughly happy smile on his face, he glanced out the window of the place he and his wives were staying in before he glanced around his room.
He had spent the first day and night consummating his marriage with each of his wives before the five of them spent time relaxing in each other's company, except for the times when they were preoccupied with each other's bodies.
Not much had changed until last night, when to Naruto's surprise, he had two visitors unlike the previous one wife at a time.
He looked to his left shoulder to see Tenten with her hair flowing out over his chest, the majority of her body was concealed by the simple sheet resting over them but Naruto could see the cute birth mark on the inside of her cleavage, causing the blonde to smirk.
He glanced to his right hip to see Tayuya laying practically sideways in the bed, her head sleeping peacefully on his muscular stomach as she slept on her back, not covering a single part of her body as she lay sprawled out with a satisfied grin on her face.
Naruto took another second to take in all he was seeing before laying back down and sighing contently, 'And here I thought they were just teasing when they talked about having each other as well as me.' Naruto thought before chuckling a little bit.
*Knock Knock*
"Naruto-kun?"
Naruto looked up to see Hinata walk into the room, wearing basic tights and a tight singlet as she held three plates of breakfast.
Hinata glanced at Naruto before giggling softly at Tayuya's position, "Even in sleep she has no shame." Hinata said as she placed the three plates on the bedside table and grabbed a sheet to cover up Tayuya.
Naruto nodded, "That's for sure, I doubt she even knows the meaning of the word." He said before holding Tenten to his side as he slowly slid up into a sitting position, carefully sliding Tayuya's head onto his thigh as he rested his back against the headboard.
Tenten started to stir as the door opened again, letting Fuu walk in holding another two plates as she tried not to look at Tayuya, "I-is she covered this time?" Fuu asked as she smiled at Naruto, her clothes basically a match of Hinata's.
Naruto chuckled and nodded, talking to Fuu as Tenten began to open her eyes in a daze, "Yes she is, but if I remember correctly you preferred to spread out as well Fuu-chan." Naruto said.
Fuu blushed and smiled while biting her lip, "Sh-shut up Naruto-kun." She said softly before walking around and sitting next to the waking Tenten.
Tenten let out a huge yawn as she tucked the sheet under her armpits to cover herself, "That was amaaaaaaazing!" she exclaimed dreamily, referring of course to the previous night.
Hearing multiple laughs and some light snores, Tenten focussed on everything in the room before realising that everyone other than Tayuya heard her proclamation, causing her to blush heavily and bury her face in Naruto's chest in embarrassment.
Naruto just laughed louder as he kissed the top of her head, causing Tayuya's snores to die down as he spoke, "No need to be embarrassed Ten-chan, you are right after all." He said with a wide grin.
Tenten's blush increased before feeling a pressure on her lap, she looked down to see Fuu placing a plate down, as Hinata spoke to everyone, "Eat up Tenten-chan, Fuu-chan wants you to go to the market with her this morning. She wanted Tayuya to come as well but…" Hinata said with a nod to the lightly snoring redhead.
Tenten nodded before grabbing her plate, smiling at Fuu in the process, "Thanks Fuu-chan." Tenten said before kissing Fuu on the lips.
Since Fuu's mouth had most of a rice ball in it, she just blushed as she sat there for a few minutes, completely zoned out from the world before she could even chew again, trying to process that she had just kissed a girl…and she like it.
Tenten had, meanwhile, picked up on a little something, "So, with Fuu-chan and I at the market for about an hour and Tayu-chan in a sex induced coma, what are you and Naruto-kun going to do?" Tenten asked, causing everyone to laugh quietly at the 'coma' while Naruto blushed, taking Tenten's words as a compliment.
Hinata placed her mostly finished plate back on the bed side table as Naruto and the others kept eating, "I suppose I should make Tayuya comfortable first. Then I am going to have I nice looong soak in the private springs." Hinata said, running a hand nonchalantly down her leg, locking eyes with Naruto in the process as she bit her lip, "Though, I could use some…company?"
Suddenly, Naruto's plate was empty and the unconscious Tayuya was in his place, resting against Tenten as if she was always there. The three conscious girls looked up to see a stark naked Naruto holding his and Hinata's finished plates.
"I'll just wash these up first and…um…yeah." He said with a slightly perverted giggle before disappearing out the door.
The girls burst into loud laughter at Naruto's actions, accidently waking up Tayuya who just hugged her face against Tenten's bare shoulder, "Damn Buns, were you a starving cat in your past life? Cause the things you can do with your tongue…."
Tayuya opened her eyes to see that she was hugging a pillow and that the room was empty, causing Tayuya to grin in victory, "Ha! Worked like a charm!" she said before laying across the whole king sized bed and sighing contently as the sun warmed her nude body through the open window.
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"What do you mean he's gone?" Anko yelled from her place next to Kakashi.
Ibiki sat at his desk and scowled, "You don't need to yell Anko, I already feel shit about it as it is." Ibiki said with a sigh as he held an ice pack to the side of his head.
Anko scowled and looked down at the ground in anger at losing her link to tracking down Orochimaru. But feeling a grip on her hand, she looked to her side to see Kakashi eye smiling at her, "It's okay Anko-chan. We got all that we could from him anyway. Kabuto broke himself out with almost no effort according to Ibiki's story, so we can only prepare for what is to come." Kakashi said, showing Anko a logical option for what they could do.
Anko sighed and nodded before a red light flashed in the corner of Ibiki's desk, "An unmasked intruder?" Ibiki said to himself as he stood.
Kakashi nodded, "Let's go. If someone blatantly enters the village without even caring that they've been seen means one of two things." Kakashi spoke as they three of them walked out the door.
Anko nodded, "Either they're idiots."
"Or they're confident." Ibiki finished as the three of them soon landed on a roof.
Kakashi glanced around the village before feeling something was wrong, "None of the gates of walls are breached…" he pondered.
"Kakashi!"
The three veteran ninjas turned to see Gai slide to a stop in front of them with a serious look on his face, "Look up!" Gai said before leaping forward.
Kakashi sighed at his friend's exuberance, 'Maybe it's a ninja we know?' he thought as his eyes scanned the skies for the intruder.
Anko gasped as Ibiki scowled, alerting Kakashi that they had spotted the intruder. Kakashi's eyes locked onto an orange haired little girl, but that wasn't what made him wary.
The black coat billowed in the wind and the light bounced off of the red clouds as she landed, her Rinnegan eyes flashed as Gai neared her, just a moment too late, "SUMMONING JUTSU!"
*POOF*
Gai's foot moved through the smoke, hitting nothing and causing him to leap back and stand defensively.
By the time the smoke cleared, Kakashi, Anko and Ibiki had landed next to Gai, just as the seven individuals were revealed from the smoke.
"So, Copy Ninja Kakashi, Green Beast Gai, Sadistic Mind Breaker Ibiki and the Snake Mistress Anko." Pein's Deva path said as he stepped forward, aiming his hand at them.
"Where are the Seven, Eight and Nine Tails?" He asked.
"RASENOVA!"
Preta blurred next to Deva and absorbed the jutsu that Jiraiya was holding in his metallic arm, "Oh, Jiraiya-sensei, you are alive." Preta said curiously before paper covered Jiraiya's vision.
The paper showed to be explosive notes which exploded outwards at Jiraiya, who turned into a log at the moment of impact.
Jiraiya landed next to the other four Konoha ninjas, "This is him! The puppet of Nagato's!" Jiraiya exclaimed as all of the ninjas got into fighting positions.
Yahiko's body chuckled, "A puppet? No, I am an instrument of God." He said simply before Konan stepped forwards between the Six Paths of Pain.
Konan tilted her head, "This is your last chance. Where are the Jinchuuriki?" she asked as her skin began to take the appearance of paper.
Jiraiya quickly barked orders, "Gai! Kakashi! help me with the Peins! Ibiki! Go take care of Konan! Anko! Get everyone you can here now!" Jiraiya ordered as he braced himself.
All of the Paths but Deva disappeared in a lightning fast shunshin as Konan's body began nothing more than paper.
Jiraiya got a small glance between the falling sheets of paper to see Deva's arm stretched towards him.
"SHINRA TENSEI!"
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Chapter end.
Sooooo…..yep.
Tell me what ya'll think, lil bit of action, lil bit o romance, lil bit of explainin from Danzo a lil bit of sexual implications and a little bit of 'HOLY SHIT THE AKATSUKI IS HITTING KONOHA AND TWO OF THEIR THREE TARGETS AIN'T EVEN THERE TO HELP AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH', then a little bit of gravity manipulation..
Next chapter is gonna be death by death. There will probably be two or maybe three chapters of pure fighting. Should I post one chapter at a time or wait a bit and do all the battles at once?
Also, any questions about Danzo and Naruto is welcomed, at this point I will answer all of them (Through PM's so sorry for those who do not have an account).
Umm….yeah, reviews please, otherwise I die a little inside.