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Now... our wonderful readers... Last Updated: Oct 27, 2016. but as of 2/14/2023 or 14\2\2023 for everywhere else...We are still here. Just had some... issues to deal with some of our other stories have been updated sporadically maybe once or twice a year at random, but... I bet you all never thought this one would be continued did you? Bwahahahaha. Part of it is because I'm sick and feel like crap, but I am actually doing a heck of a lot better than I was, if I'm being honest. I meant physically. As for what else I have been working on... Check out my new book Words To Wake The Mind: Poetry Under The Starlight on Amazon in the US, UK, CA, AU and more. If you would like to support, that would be appreciated. In the meantime, I am going to continue trying to get stronger, and push forward. My bud Einjeru has her own issues, so I haven't pushed for her to churn out chapters either. Everyone goes through their down phases, but for now... it looks like we're back, and we are more than likely going to work on this... work on Dai Shi. And my personal pet project I really want to get back to: To Boldly Go: A Naruto-Star Trek Epic.

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Avatar Uzumaki: Naruto is too forgiving... but... he's no longer the brainless moron he once was. Especially now that he has been given responsibilities, such as training others.

Harry2... Sorry man, but... I might have possibly done you wrong with this chapter... You'll see when you read it.

Usagi led the charge against Kaorinite, and much to everyone's surprise, quickly won the fight, The red haired villainess didn't know what to say, she was handily defeated within minutes. Bloodied and battered. Barely able to stand. Before anyone else could make the announcement, Sailor Moon stepped forward and sadly stated, "I don't know what your game is... but I will not allow you to endanger my city, and with my team at my side... you will be brought to heel...and we will punish you!

Kaorinite looked straight into Sailor Moon's eyes with a touch of what could almost be called respect, she said nothing. But even in her bloodied state, she was still able to flicker away somehow.

"Well I'll be a toad's warted uncle... You all have come a very long way, in a very short time." Jiraiya pondered suspiciously. "And I am pretty sure I didn't come to this world with a Konoha Shinobi as a Sailor of some sort did I?" He deadpanned.

Usagi, being proud of her mentor and temporary teammate as well stepped forward slightly, "The answer to your second question is one of ours got hurt badly, and we managed to stop the powers from being lost 'forever'," she smoothly added on. Another plus in Naruto's favor as he worked with her on her lying skills as part of the Kage Bunshin training. "The powers will revert automatically soon. As for the other question," she glanced at the group of Konoha ninja and who in turn looked to Naruto. He was a little surprised at the deferment, considering they were all technically a higher rank than him. He simply nodded, " Shikamaru sensei has been teaching me Taijutsu in a fun way while Naruto sensei has been training me in Taijutsu, Fuinjutsu... Ugh. My Kanji sucks... and a few other things for the last two weeks using his...proprietary secret training regime.

Everyone stopped cold...they gawked, jaws dropped. "What?" Usagi asked confused.

"PROPRIETARY?!"

Usagi thought for a moment, and then looked to Naruto and stated, "Maybe there were more blockages than we initially thought."

Naruto could only nod, dumbfounded.

Neji then spoke, "Naruto, I back what Shikamaru said. Whatever you did for Usagi-san... you are definitely taking over training. The sooner, the better.

THREE LONG, PAINFUL DAYS LATER...A BEHIND AN OLD ABANDONED PARTIALLY HIDDEN CASTLE, SHINJUKU JAPAN,

"You wanted to meet up to discuss this?! We opted not to join your little girl scout group. We've got real work to do." Haruka stated in a harsh, slightly cold tone.

"Enough!" Usagi's enraged voice rang out as if a mighty lioness' roar. "I am the princess of the Silver Millennium's kaleido-era (my term, not canon), and the current leader of this generation of Sailor Guardians. It's time you came into the fold officially."

Michiru, in an attempt to be the voice of reason opened her mouth to be the voice of reason, but to everyone's surprise, is stopped by Usagi. "No Michiru. This game of tag ends now. You all are Sailor Guardians under the protection of the Moon which comes with certain responsibilities which you all damn well know."

Rei, Ami, Mikoto and Minako were shocked. Hearing Usagi angry was relatively new, but actually swearing in any capacity was terrifying to be honest the group admitted to themselves. Maybe that kill a bit back has taken Usagi over the edge, the team wondered as one.

"What if we don't want to come to heel," Haruka mocked, having been hidden in the shadows in case the outer senshi needed to step in during the fight with Kaorinite.

Usagi materialized her broach and held it close to her chest, not taking her eyes off of the outer team. "Don't make me give you that answer Haruka... because it will end badly for all of us... and I can assure you... we'll all be worse off for it in the end."

Naruto, upon hearing this decided to step in but as soon as he took a step forward he was held back by Shikamaru's hand on his shoulder. Naruto didn't fight him, just glanced back and saw Shikamaru had a small smile. Naruto simply shrugged. He was simply going closer to make sure Usagi wasn't getting in over her head, but not stop her. He feared she might be getting a little too overconfident. He realized just how hypocritical that sentiment was, but could not help but want to watch over his student.

Without taking her eyes off of Haruka, Usagi called back, " Don't worry Naruto sensei. I can feel your concerns through the remnants of our training. I'm more than capable of handling this."

Having never taken her eyes off of Haruka and Michiru finally asked, "Will you all take a knee?" having heard that term in a medieval movie of some kind, but it felt right in the moment.

Michiru, Sailor Neptune pulled out her transformation item and was followed by the other member of her team. "I'm sorry Tsukino Usagi... but we have our own destiny. In a thousand years we will join you again, but for now, we can only help you from time to time. And even that is becoming a bit... problematic as it interferes with our own work."

Usagi's eyes began to water slightly, but her face no less determined... "So be it. My team, and Shinobi... please stay out of this. It's a personal matter." Her team was shocked, but respectfully began making some space with the shinobi.

Michiru was not happy about this. But watched in fascination as Usagi leaped backwards into a somersault and called out, "Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!"

Michiru and Haruka quickly followed suit, not wanting to give Sailor Moon an advantage.

By the time Usagi landed, she had already finished her mid air transformation. It was far quicker than the usual twenty plus seconds it usually took and that was slightly concerning to those of the outer senshi.

"I want it known that I could have easily dispatched you during your transformation. You take too long and your energy is relatively fine tuned, but I want it drilled into your thick skulls that you are still free to live your lives and have kids and whatever else you may want. I'm not here to debate that, but where the Sailor Guardians are concerned... my word is law!" (A bit of Princess Serenity's 'warrior leader' personality coming through, with Usagi's blessing).

The two enemy combatants, as Usagi mentally told herself, glanced at each other, then without warning raised their hands in unison and quickly called out, "World Shaking," and "Deep Submerge!" Energy quickly gathered above their heads, gold and sea green respectively. They pointed their hands forward and fired orbs of energy at Sailor Moon.

Sailor Moon believed she could win this fight within a moment, but she really needed to teach these two a touch of humility before they end up hurt, or hurting someone else because of their callous attitude. She simply leapt over the energy which exploded behind her. Sailor Moon landed, took off at breakneck speeds in a zig zag formation until she was close enough to her opponents to attack. She slid in between them, scraping her knees on the old village grounds which laid before the castle. Twisting around before her opponents and sweeping them both. Usagi flipped back, but wasn't quite quick enough. Haruka stopped taking Sailor Moon as a joke the moment she sped past her and Michiru, IN SAILOR FORM. That was nearly unheard of, even with their toughest of enemies.

With her enhanced Sailor strength, Haruka picked up a larger loose tile and flung it, hoping to knock Usagi out of the air, and thus stopping a smooth landing. Sailor Moon sensed the tile and turned her body in the opposite way, but still got clipped with the sharp and jagged edge at the end of the tile on her upper bicep.

Sailor Moon wanted to hiss in pain, but wouldn't give her opponents the Satisfaction, but she switched up to a sword stance. Sword arts were never Naruto's specialty, however it was Gamabunta's. He had Usagi training with Gamabunta, having found he can shrink his size (As mentioned earlier in this story). Naruto reluctantly joined in on the training and surprisingly, after an agonizing three thousand Kage Bunshin were put through the ringer, and Naruto's physical form was focusing on the Sage Arts, it was a done deal.

Usagi however picked up on the arts far quicker, like a rabbit to lettuce, Naruto's quick thinking always gave him a slight advantage in their spars. The Outer Solar System Guardians were not used to facing enemies who were not just skilled in hand to hand combat, but weapon combat as well. It was obvious Usagi was taking the lead in this battle against Haruka and Michiru, but... they were stubborn, and Usagi had-had enough.

Sailor Moon did something odd. She started a tumbling routine, and flipped away from her opponents. Everyone looked at her in confusion. Usagi, now away from everyone, but looking towards her enemy ane. Usagi's transformation began slipping away... or so they thought. Her sailor uniform de-materialized and reformed into a shining white silky dress with delicate designs on the bottom, and a golden trim across her chest area. A golden light source appeared in her hands before a scepter appeared... but not just a scepter, but a scepter with a crystal fused with it. The crystal was in the shape of a rose.

Before anyone could think to move, there was an overwhelming presence from Usagi. Everyone but Jiraiya, Naruto, and barely Sasuke managed to stay standing in the wake of such power. Naruto immediately went into his Silver Kurama Mode by instinct. Jiraiya took a moment to infuse his cells with sage energy while Sasuke activated his mangekyo sharingan to ensure he was not under an illusion of some sort.

Sailors Uranis and Neptune look up in awe, respect, and a touch of fear. "Princess Serinity." They say as they submit themselves to her power, and let their transformations fade, returning them to their human forms. (Before anyone comments that they aren't human, yes they are. They were reborn as humans. :D ).

"No," this young woman in white says with calm confidence. "The princess is part of me. Resides in some small part of my soul, but she is not me. At least not entirely. I am Tsukino Usagi, Leader of the Bushoujo Senshi Sailor Guardians, and If I must wear these ridiculously wedding like night gowns, a princess of the moon kingdom. So... Do we have to continue this game of cat and mouse, or do I really need to get serious?"

Princess Usagi's voice carried an air of authority that nearly forced one to stand at attention. The two enemy combatants glance at each other once again, nod and get in a kneeling position with their Henshin pens in a submissive way. Usagi nodded and Naruto went forward then and grabbed the Pens for the time being. Usagi holds out her hands to Naruto's slight surprise and annoyance.

"Sorry Naruto sensei, but these two are my responsibility. I don't mean any disrespect."

Her sensei sighed and handed over the newly received items and then allowed her full transformation to come to an end. Her regular clothing reappearing. Her knees felt weak, and she nearly fell unconscious.

"Usagi!" the girls called and went rushing over.

"No!" Usagi called out defiantly. "I appreciate the love girls, but I have to learn to stand back up, by myself at times without your wonderful support. I can't stop thinking about my school friends who could have been caught up in these battles. A family member of one of us. We even lost Minako-chan for a while. We were lucky... very lucky Hinata-chan (to which Hinata smiled a bit) was there to help us when we needed our full strength the most. As of now, I am the strongest, fasted, and most level headed among us, and that is thanks to Naruto-sensei, and Gamabunta sensei. I will explain more about him later, but we need to become stronger. Not just one of us, but all of us. It's why I pushed so hard for our team to be complete. We will have some things to work on where Uranis and Neptune are concerned, but that is for another day.

Usagi takes a quick glance at Shikamaru and admits, "and training under Sasuke and Shikamaru was... to be nice... a nightmare. But it could have been so much more 'troublesome.'" which drew a few chuckles and a mock glare from Shikamaru. "But the fact remains... we don't know how much time we have left with our shinobi allies. They could be called back as early as an hour from now. So from here on out, I plan on training you all the way Naruto sensei helped me, if he and Lord Kurama don't mind giving us a little extra power to let our magic and magic / chakra networks grow and strengthen.

Naruto tilts his head a bit and then replies, "We're both game. You helping with the training will help me train our Shinobi side as I have more time to work with them. Alright boys and girls... Are you ready to kick some ass?!" Naruto shouted joyfully.

Jiraiya glanced over and stated, "You're forgetting one very important detail all. I'm here... and I did train the Yondaime Hokage after all."

Sasuke steps forward and pointedly tells Naruto, "I don't know about this magical mumbo jumbo training trick you've got, but I do know that Jiraiya is a Sanin, and he knows a lot of fire techniques. I'm going to work with him.

Sakura steps up beside Naruto and says, "I've learned to trust Naruto, so I think I'll try this 'magic' training method. Besides, if it lets me become even more powerful than Tsunade-shishou's training... I will be far more useful than a punching bag who can heal herself and others. So Rock Lee, I ask that you stay with Naruto too. You are one of our Taijutsu specialist from Team Gai, and I can think of no one better to help us there.

"That is no problem Sakura-chan."

So this went on for another thirty minutes until everything was set. Everyone ended up training with EVERYONE, but in shifts.

Two months later,

'Hi-ya!' 'Wah-sa' '8 Trigrams' 'Let's Go Kurama!' 'Heaven Kick Of Infinite Pain!' 'Come Aoba (I think that was one of Sasuke's snakes).' 'Konoha's Revenging Entry!'

Bodies were flying across the air, you could almost hear the impact of each attack landing or being blocked. While the shinobi's advances were nowhere near as impressive as the Sailor Guardians, there were still massive increases in both mental, spiritual, and physical energies. Physical courtesy of Rock Lee, Neji, Jiraiya, Sakura and Sasuke. Naruto and Kurama made sure everyone had energy and chakra to improve quickly even after expending their own chakra. The good side to this being Everyone's chakra pool ended up growing, even Jiraiya after he realized just how much a few weeks in Naruto's care with the others helping each other grow could take them.

It had taken two weeks for Minako to finish healing entirely. She even caught up to the others in training and even came close to Usagi-hime's level of skill, but Sage Mode made Usagi a force of nature. Jiraiya also wasn't stupid, but knew that if he pushed for Hinata to keep the Venus power pen, wand thing, there would be hell to pay. After finally getting back in his godson's good graces, he was playing things patiently and smart.

Jiraiya Looked at group, had no choice but to be impressed. "Alright," He called out, everyone stopping what they were doing. "I have tried Naruto's training method and believe I might be at the zenith of what this old body can take. So now, I will do something to thank you all for pushing yourselves, and by extension me so hard." Jiraiya bites down on his finger, drawing a bit of blood and does a few hand seals before slamming his hands down on the ground calling out, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu! Tadpole Secret Technique. Scroll of Seals!"

A small toad appeared with a miniature scroll and glanced between Naruto and Jiraiya and said, "I don't have time for drama. Naruto, as you have always shown me respect... unlike your bozo of a pervert godfather, I am entrusting this to you. Besides, Lord Forth was the one who asked me to hold it for you in the first place. From what Bunta and now more recently Jiraiya-chan have told me and my wife... you are Worthy. So... on order of the fourth Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato, the Scroll of Seals, and the official Seal of Konoha which is passed from one Kage to the next. As Hiruzen-kun returned to the post, he didn't ask for it back, and Tsunade knew about it but also asked Jiraiya to convey her wishes. To hold onto the scroll until such a time as a worthy six hokage could be chosen, or should a worthy candidate not make him/herself present within the time the fifth left her reign... the 'Seal of the Hokage' and the FULL Scroll of Seals.' Not like the barely half full version still in Konoha with Danzo-baka,' the small toad ended with Disdain.

"Kneel Naruto Uzumaki,"

Trying to wrap his head around what was happening, and he being a Toad Sage of Mt. Myoboku knew exactly who this old timer was. A Sage Master, Fukusaku. Naruto glanced at Jiraiya who stood there slack jawed. He had only meant to summon the toad to grab a few heavier Jutsu, as he was allowed slight access to the first quarter of the scroll.

Naruto looked at the small Toad and knelt with his head bowed respectfully.

"As Tsunade Senju is no longer active as a Konoha Shinobi, and has been rendered politically powerless in Konoha due to subterfuge and sabotage... as her last official order and request to the shinobi and allies of the true Konoha, and the request of the Yondaime (4th) Hokage, I the Honorable Toad Sage Fukusaku do hereby request and require you, on orders of your previous hokage, be twin promoted to the rank of jonin. Naruto Uzumaki: You are to present yourself in their absence as the new 'official' 6th (Rokudaime) lord hokage of the konohagakure no sato. Effective immediately. Lead the Shinobi with you until such a time Konoha is free once more... or burned to the ground. For either way, no darkness shall be allowed to extinguish the flames of the will of fire...

To Be Continued...

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