Alright, here's chapter 2. I've been reading over all the suggestions of who you all said should be in Naruto's harem. I've been making a list of "definite", "possibly (meaning I'm considering it, but have made no decisions or am still debating it.)", and "not" for who would and wouldn't be in the harem. Right now the number of people under each category are: Definite- 6, Possibly- 19, Not- 9. EVERY character that has been suggested is either on the list or under a grouping on the list. I won't say who is going to be in it or possibly be in it (although, you all can probably guess 2 so far and after this chapter 3), but at the end of the chapter I will put up a list of the ones who WILL NOT be in the harem.

Also, I will be purposely adding in one reference in each chapter from random things just for fun. If you can identify the line that was referencing something and identify where it came from, and if it applies, who said it, PM IT TO ME (if you post your answer in the reviews area, you are automatically disqualified from any future guesses in the chapters ahead. I'll be keeping tabs, so don't think I'll forget.), and if you are right then I'll tell you who else will definitely be in the harem and who will most likely be in the harem. By the way, you only get one shot per chapter. So no redos.

((I'm gonna put the word "Break" for now on because all the little things I put up to separate sections keep disappearing when I post it.))

Eight O'clock and Naruto was up and ready to go. Today he had to do a test to show how much he had improved. He was almost laughing at the look he imagined would be on everyone's faces when they all saw what he was capable of. Before he did this though, he had something very important that he needed to do.

((Break))

"HEY, OLD MAN! I'M HERE FOR SOME RAMEN!" Ichiraku was a place that became like a second home to him. Not because of the food, although it was absolutely delicious, but because of the people that owned it. Since he had been young, the Ichiraku family had taken him in and treated him to warm meals and all the support he could possibly ask for. In a world where you were cast out because of something you couldn't control, this was the greatest gift he could have possibly received.

"It can't be. Is that? IT IS YOU! Naruto, how have you been, my boy?" No matter how many times he saw him, the site of Teuchi Ichiraku always brought a smile to his face.

"I've been doing amazing. I've gotten so strong since I left that I wouldn't be surprised if I was Hokage within the year."

"Well, that's great news. Ayame will be happy to hear that. Speaking of which, AYAME, COME OUT HERE! WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL GUEST!" They heard a lot of banging coming from the back before a somewhat irritated voice could be heard.

"What could possibly get you so excited that you had to yell at me in the middle of making-" Naruto noticed a woman step out from the back before she froze and stared at him. Next thing he knew, Naruto was being tackled to the ground by a brown and white blur.

"IT'S YOU! IT'S YOU! IT'S YOU! IT'S YOU!"

After getting over his initial shock and gaining a blush across his cheeks, he wrapped his arms around the brunette and said, "Yeah, it's me, Ayame. Hey, Ayame?" She looked up at him bringing their faces dangerously close causing Naruto to blush.

"Could you maybe get up? It's a little uncomfortable here on the ground."

"Oh my god!" She scrambled to get up on her feet and off of Naruto, all while gaining a blush of her own. "Yes, of course. I'm so sorry."

Naruto calmly got up and started brushing himself off, letting out a gentle chuckle. "That's alright, Ayame. You were just a little excited." Finally back on their feet, Naruto and Ayame took a look at each other, only for their blushes to darken.

"Oh wow. He's so much taller and so much… cuter." was the thought going through her mind, while Naruto was thinking something very similar.

"Since when did Ayame become so pretty. Wow, she's even curvier than before. DAMN IT! Ero-Sennin must have rubbed off on me more than I thought."

"HEY AYAME! Quit staring and get to the back. We have an order to make now." The blush quickly disappeared from her face as she turned towards Teuchi.

"Oh… yes." Turning back to Naruto, she quickly bowed and said, "It was really great getting to see you again, Naruto. You will come back more often, won't you?"

"Of course. Now get on back there. I'm really hungry for some of your delicious ramen."

"Hey, Naruto."

"What's up, Teuchi?"

He waited for Ayame to get to the back before turning to Naruto, giving him a serious look and saying, "I'm not sure if you noticed, but I think my little girl has a crush on you." This made Naruto's blush come back to him full force.

In a panic, he started saying, "I promise I didn't mean for any-" Before he could continue, Teuchi held up his hand, silencing him.

"If you were to have any kind of relationship with her, not saying you should, have to, or need to, but should anything happen, then I give you my full approval." At this a smile broke out across the older man's face.

"I mean… I didn't… I wasn't…" Naruto had to pause for a second, putting on a thoughtful look. "Thank you, Teuchi. I'm honored. I don't plan on a relationship like that right now, but it's always possible for the future."

"Good man. Now, tell me some more about all of the stuff you did while you were away on this training trip."

For about an hour more, Teuchi, Naruto, and Ayame continued to talk, Ayame's eyes never leaving Naruto. Finally, it was time to go. With a goodbye and a wave, Naruto set off towards training ground 7.

((Break))

As Naruto arrived at Training Ground 7, he saw Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Kurenai, Gai, Shizune, Iruka, Tsume and a number of other shinobi and kunoichi whom he did not know.

"IRUKA-SENSEI!" Naruto's exuberant yell brought a smile to the old school teacher.

"It's good to see you again, Naruto. How have you been?"

"Great Sensei. You wouldn't believe the things I've seen and done since I last saw you. So, what have you been doing?"

"Oh, nothing of particular interest. Although," a modest grin was cast on his face, "I have gotten into a relationship with Anko."

Naruto's eyes went wide before he started beaming with excitement. "That's great! I'm really happy you could find someone."

"Yep, we've been together for two years now." Before they could continue on, they heard someone cough loudly, getting their attention.

They turned to see Tsunade, along with everyone else, staring at them. This brought a small blush to their faces. "I'll tell you more about it later, Naruto."

"Now that you all are done talking," Tsunade said, "we can finally begin. Naruto, you will be having a one-on-one match with each of these jounin. Each is a specialist in taijutsu, genjutsu, or ninjutsu. While fighting each, you will only fight them using their specialized field. Understand?" When she was finished, a quiet laugh could be heard coming from Jiraiya. "Jiraiya, what's so damn funny?"

He calmed down before saying, "You'll find out." Not sure of what to make of what he said, Tsunade turned back to Naruto.

"Alright, Naruto, get into position. Your first opponent will be a taijutsu master." The man that stepped forward was easily a head taller than Naruto, looked to be made of pure muscle, and practically reeked of confidence.

"Alright you two, on my mark… BEGIN!" The taijutsu artist began to move towards Naruto as Tsunade turned to Jiraiya. "Jiraiya, I don't know if this is one of your tricks, so I want you to tell me right now what you were laughing-"

WHOOSH!

A blur flew past Tsunade and Jiraiya before a loud crash was heard coming from the trees behind them. A large grin split Jiraiya's face before he turned to look in the direction that the blur went. When Tsunade herself look, her eyes grew to the size of dinner plates when she saw the taijutsu specialist knocked out next to a downed tree.

"NEXT!"

Naruto stood there looking back at everyone with a smile as if everything was all right and he was just going on a casual stroll through the park. Kakashi had been watching the whole time and was baffled. One second the taijutsu specialist was approaching Naruto, the next, he was out cold. He had barely even seen Naruto move, and that was saying something considering he spared with Gai on a regular basis.

"Naruto, how did you-"

"Muffin button."

"…What?"

"ALRIGHT, who's next?"

After everybody managed to get over what had just happened as well as calling in some medic ninjas to take the taijutsu specialist away, Tsunade called out, "The next person you will be fighting is a master of genjutsu." At this a man who, other than his toned legs, which Naruto guessed was for speed and dodging, stepped forward.

Naruto glanced over and saw Kurenai scoffing at this man. He was beginning to question why when Tsunade's voice got his attention.

"On my signal you will begin. Remember, you may only use genjutsu in this match. Ready… START!"

Wanting to make sure she didn't miss anything this time around, Tsunade kept her eyes on the two men standing in front of her. Immediately, the other man went into a series of handseals before he called out, "Genjutsu: Field of Death."

Everyone stood still waiting to see what would happen. It looked like the genjutsu was going to work for all of 5 seconds before Naruto sent out a large pulse of chakra that nearly knocked the other guy off his feet. Naruto just stood there with the ever-present grin on his face while the supposed genjutsu specialist was going wide-eyed.

"That was cute. Now it's my turn." Going through a series a handseals almost too fast for anyone to keep up with, he stopped and cried, "Genjutsu: Nightmarish Hell." Not even 5 seconds had passed before the other man fell to the ground screaming and trying to claw his eyes out. Everyone rushed forward and restrained him until he managed to calm down to a manageable level.

The man laid on the ground in fetal position, shaking and mumbling, "Spandex… eyebrows… naked." These words alone caused everyone but Gai to shiver.

"Naruto, please tell me you didn't?"

Naruto looked over at Kurenai and said, "Well, I was told to use genjutsu… so I did. Next."

After ordering the genjutsu specialist to take a couple weeks off and get some therapy, the Godaime Hokage spoke up.

"I'm almost afraid to see what you are going to do considering you were a ninjutsu powerhouse before you left. Will the last person please step forward?" A woman, who was not particularly muscular, but looked as if she had a well-toned body stepped forward. Having seen what Naruto was capable of, she looked at him with a scared expression, almost as if she was considering running away right then and there.

"Alright, BEGIN!" In a flash, Naruto disappeared from sight only to reappear behind the woman, her having not yet noticed where he was.

She looked around panicked until Naruto leaned forward and whispered, "Boo." With a scream, the woman fainted, falling to the ground.

"Alright, looks like I'm done here. I'm gonna head back over to Ichiraku's to get some lunch. I'll see you all later."

"Not so fast, Naruto. You merely toyed with them. I had you come here so I could see what you were capable of and you aren't leaving until I see it." Naruto sighed before looking Tsunade dead in the eye.

"If I were to show you everything I was capable of, I would end up destroying the entire village along with all the people in it. If I must show you, then I need to go much farther from the village. Now what do you want me to do?"

She thought for a moment before saying, "Go out as far as you need to and show us a full powered Rasengan."

Without saying another word, Naruto pulled out a very familiar tri-pronged kunai, jumped to the top of a tree and threw it in the opposite direction of the village. After about 20 seconds, he disappeared in a yellow flash, much to everyone's surprise.

Spinning on her heals, Tsunade turned to Jiraiya, getting right in his face. "Jiraiya, was that the Flying Thunder God Jutsu?"

"Umm… yes?" He said meekly.

"How in the HELL does he know that jutsu?"

"Well, you see…." That's when they heard Kakashi speak up.

"Oh my god."

Tsunade and Jiraiya turned and looked up to see a Rasengan that had to have been a hundred yards across heading towards the ground five miles away.

They all watched, mouths agape, as the giant Rasengan descended towards the ground before a massive shockwave knocked them off their feet and shook the trees around them violently. Far away they heard the sound of the Rasengan tearing away at the ground before everything fell silent. About thirty seconds later, another tri-pronged kunai hit the ground in front of them and in a flash, Naruto appeared. He looked at Tsunade with a somber expression.

"Can you see why I didn't want to go all out against them? I didn't want to hurt them… or you." What Tsunade could have sworn was a loving expression flashed across Naruto's face for only a split second, causing a blush to come to her.

"But, how did you become so powerful? I mean you were gone for three years, but that's not nearly enough time to gain the chakra control for an attack on that scale. Not even I would be able to do that if I had access to the amount of chakra you do."

Jiraiya stepped forward, gaining Tsunade's attention and said, "I think I can explain that. You see it was a rather ingenious idea that Naruto stumbled on. About a month into his training, Naruto discovered the side effect of the Shadow Clone Jutsu that gives him the memories and experience of his clones. It was then that he thought to use it in his training. Every minute of every day, he had about 300 clones training, dispelling about 10 at a time so as not to put too much fatigue on himself. He had them practicing chakra control, ninjutsu, genjutsu, reading books on sealing among many things, coming up with different fighting styles and strategies, and learning how to use katanas. Since the clones couldn't make him any stronger physically though, he spent his time getting faster and stronger. After only a year and a half, he was able to take me on in a one-on-one spar. As for how he discovered the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, I'll let him explain it."

((If you have not seen or read the "Confining the Jinchuuriki Arc" in the Naruto anime or manga, be warned. This next part contains major spoilers about it. However, I have made a slight change, so please don't get on me about it. I'll also be putting up a sign that says when the spoilers are done.))

At this point, everyone was already blown away, but was ready to hear what Naruto had to say.

"It happened while we were traveling along the borders of Kumogakure. We were on our way to meet one of Jiraiya's informants in his spy network when we ran into a squad from Kumo. After a small fight, a man named Killer B and I found out that we both were Jinchuuriki. We ended up getting along very well. After talking for a bit he revealed to me that he could teach me how to control Kurama."

"Wait, who's Kurama?" Kakashi spoke. Naruto looked at him as a small smile graced his lips.

"Kurama is my friend, the Nine-Tailed Fox." This sent a look of shock through everyone in the group, even going as far as causing one of the unnamed shinobi to faint.

"He ended up taking me to this room in a temple on a giant turtle that we sealed ourselves in because B said it would hold the bijuu if it escaped while I tried to tame it."

"Hey, you didn't tame me at all. Remember that, Kit." Naruto chuckled to himself before thinking, "Yeah, I know, Kurama."

He then continued on saying, "He had me sit down and go into my mind. There, I released the seal on the fox." If it were possible, everyone else seemed to look even more shocked. "What I had to do next was fight the fox and try to pull all of his chakra into myself before he could do the same to mine. If he pulled mine out first, I would die, allowing the fox to take over my body. Things seemed to be going badly for me, until…"

Kakashi spoke up, saying, "Until what, Naruto?"

A look of pure happiness and love as well as sadness covered Naruto's face as he said, "My mother, Kushina Uzamaki." Rather than shock, everyone's face, except Kakashi who gave an eye-smile, looked surprised. Kurenai walked over to Naruto.

"You saw your mother? My sensei?" His smile only continued to grow as he looked at her.

"Yeah, and she was beautiful. At first I didn't know who she was, but after I started getting angry thinking she was a projection of the Nine-Tails chakra, she knocked me over the head saying how no son of hers was going to start yelling at her. After getting a little emotional she helped to hold the fox down so I could take his chakra. After that we both sat down and explained to me about herself and my dad, Minato Namikaze, the Yondaime Hokage."

He had to stop for a second because he was starting to cry at the memories. Whether from happiness or sadness, nobody knew at the time. "She told me about how she and my dad met at the academy, how he had saved her from some enemy ninjas, how she fell in love with him, and about how she was the previous Jinchuuriki of the fox. Eventually, see told me about the day she gave birth to me, about how a masked man came, took me hostage, pulled the fox from my mom, fought my dad, and was eventually beaten."

It was at this point that the tears really started falling. Naruto was hardly keeping it together as he said, "And then… she told me about how my dad and her died. About how they loved me so much… and about how they had put the last of their chakra inside me so that they could meet me one day."

((Ok, the spoilers are over.))

Tsunade was at this point gently crying, and in a rare moment of vulnerability, went over and hugged Naruto. She looked at him and gently spoke, "What happened next, Naruto?"

Naruto gently smiled as he wiped the tears from his eyes. "Something amazing. After she explained everything, my mom started fading. She said that her chakra was starting to run out and that she would have to go. I couldn't stand to see that so on instinct, I grabbed her and tried pulling her chakra into me like I did the fox's. The entire time I was thinking about how I wanted her to stay with me. How I wanted to be able to spend more time with her and learn all about her. When I was done, I noticed that in the room in my mind that Kurama was usually in, a house appeared. Not knowing what it was, I walked in… and saw my mom. Somehow I managed to make it so that my chakra would feed hers allowing her to stay." He chuckled a little. "I can even talk to her telepathically as well as do something else incredible."

Naruto stepped back and formed the familiar cross-shaped hand sign before a cloud of smoke appeared. When a small gust a wind blew the smoke away, everyone's mouth dropped to the floor. Standing in front of them was none other than Kushina Uzamaki. No one moved. No one spoke.

After about ten seconds of silence Kushina said, "Oh come on. It's like you all saw someone come back from the dead." This caused Naruto to bust out laughing till he fell to the ground and for Jiraiya to chuckle a bit.

"Kushina," Kakashi spoke up, "you ARE dead." Kushina's eyes went wide.

"WHAT!? OH SHIT! NOOOOOOOOOOO!" She immediately fell to the ground and started doing a mach cry. After a few seconds she stood up laughing and said, "So what if I'm dead. I'm here now. Could somebody at least say something that doesn't have to do with me being OOMPH!?" Kurenai at that moment had leapt forward and tackled Kushina to the ground. Looking down onto her former student, she saw that Kurenai was crying her eyes out.

"Kushina-Sensei, I missed you so much. After I heard that you had died, I didn't know what to do. You were like a mother to me." She pulled herself against Kushina harder and cried into her chest. Kushina gave a kind smile and hugged Kurenai to her.

"Well, that was then. This is now. I'm here and that's all that matters. Now, let me up so I can take a look at you."

Kurenai got up and dried her tears as she looked up at her sensei. Kushina looked her up and down before saying, "My, you have grown into such a beautiful young lady. Look at you; you must have the guys all over you. Now tell me, do you have someone right now? Come on tell me. Who's the lucky man?" A blush appeared on Kurenai's face.

"Sensei, not now. You're embarrassing me." Kushina only laughed as she wrapped her arm around Kurenai's neck and pulled her to her side.

"Oh come on, Kurenai. Lighten up a bit… ok, we can talk about it later, but I expect to hear all the details."

Shizune leaned over and whispered to Tsunade, "Umm, Tsunade, how do we know that this is really Kushina and not one of Naruto's clones transformed to look like her?" It was at this moment that Kushina turned and saw Tsunade.

"Hey! Is that you Big Tits? What's going on? I haven't seen you in forever. You must be fuckin ancient by now." This caused the already laughing Naruto to start crying with laughter.

Tsunade only face palmed saying, "Yep, that's Kushina alright."

"Now, I don't know about you all, but I think I'm gonna get some training in." They looked to see Naruto standing up and dusting all the dirt of him. "Mom, go ahead and hang out with Kurenai. I'm sure Tsunade would like to talk to you as well."

"You know what? That sounds like a great plan to me. Come on Kurenai, Tsunade. Let's go grab a bite to eat." Tsunade nodded her head in agreement before turning to everyone else.

"Ok everyone, you all have the rest of the day off. Tomorrow though, we get back to work." She turned to Kushina letting her know that she was ready to go."

((Break))

About an hour later, Kushina, Kurenai, and Tsunade were all sitting around a table at a small restaurant as they all related stories to each other.

"So you are telling me that even though you have this sexy body and are one of the few true genjutsu masters in the world, you don't have a boyfriend? I find that hard to believe." Kurenai laughed.

"Well Sensei, I'm just waiting to find the right guy before I go into a relationship. I was considering Asuma, but he could never give up that awful smoking habit of his. I couldn't stand being around him because of the way he smelled."

"Well, that's too bad. What about you, Tsunade? Found any good men lately?"

Tsunade smiled at her before saying, "Well, someone has caught my attention recently, but I'm not gonna say anything at the moment so don't you dare even think of trying to pry it from me."

"Fine, fine, but one day you are going to tell me. Whoever this guy is though, he must be pretty special to catch your eye. Anywho, let's get back to Naruto and see what he's up to."

They all got up, paid the bill and headed towards the training ground while continuing to talk about other things going on in their lives. When they were about to reach the training grounds though, something caught Kushina's eye.

"Hey, I thought I just saw something. Quick, follow me." As quietly and quickly as they could, they all made their way through the bushes and trees to find Tsume and Shizune peaking through the bushes, sporting blushes all the way across their face. Tsunade was the first person to speak, however, making sure to whisper it seeing as she didn't know what the two women were looking at.

"What are you both doing?" This caused Tsume and Shizune to jump in surprise.

Seeing as they were caught, Shizune nervously said, "Well, you see, we were just… well…"

"Oh move out of the way and let me see for myself."

Moving Shizune aside, she peaked through the bushes. What she saw though, made her both blush and drool a bit. Standing out there was a shirtless, sweaty Naruto. What she saw made her realize how much Naruto had matured and grew over the years that he was gone. His entire upper body looked as if a sculptor had taken a block of marble and sculpted a man out of it, making sure to make every detail perfect and precise. There was not a bit of fat on him. Only muscle, and boy did it make him look good.

"Wow." This was the only thing that Tsunade was able to say seeing as the rest of her mind was entirely focused on the, in her opinion, perfect piece of man standing in front of her.

By this time, both Kushina and Kurenai had gotten up along side her to see what she was looking at. Kurenai was having a huge nosebleed while Kushina couldn't help but admire how toned her son's body was. After a bit, Tsunade came back to her senses before turning to the others.

"Everyone, come with me." They all audibly groaned before getting up and following Tsunade back to the Hokage Tower.

((Break))

Naruto, after a couple hours of training, finally finished up and headed back to grab something to eat, making sure to talk to Ayame a bit more, and then heading home.

"Man, I am beat. It's about time I head home." Along the way he sent a mental message to Kushina telling him where he was heading. "I wonder what all of them were doing earlier though. I mean I feel like they might have wanted to talk to me, but then why were they hiding in the bushes." During the time with Jiraiya, Naruto found out that after many hours of training in chakra control, he was able to sense people very clearly from about a hundred yards away. "Ah well, maybe I'll find out tomorrow when I report to Tsunade."

He looked down visibly depressed. "I wonder if I'll ever be able to tell her. NO! I have to. I've never backed down from anything before and I'm not going to start now. Tomorrow, I tell Tsunade that I love her."

((Break))

Well, there you go. Chapter 2. I personally think I did a pretty good job on that one. Not sure about you all though. What do you think?

I did tell you all I would post the list of the people that WOULD NOT be in Naruto's harem. If possible, I'll also try to include a reason. Oh, and you won't be able to convince me to change my mind on these so don't even think about it. So now, you can stop suggesting these people to me. Although, if you happen to think of other people, then let me know. And remember, I am not putting in people that only appeared in filler episodes, so stop suggesting them to me. If you are upset that I'm not including some of these people though, I'm sorry. I do take what you all say into consideration, but in the end, it comes down to what I like and want. Without further a due, the listed of the people who won't be in the harem.

Menma- for those who haven't heard, there is a new Naruto movie called "Road to Ninja". Basically, Naruto and Sakura are sent to an alternate universe where everyone's personalities are different and Naruto's parents are still alive and Sasuke did not become a traitor to the village. Personally, I am looking forward to seeing Hinata because she is apparently very straight forward and flirtatious when it comes to Naruto. Not unlike the way Sakura and Ino were with Sasuke. Anywho, Menma is Naruto's counterpart in this universe, only he has black hair due to somehow combining with Tobi.

Almost any male character turned fem- I'm not against gays or anything, just most of the male fem things make me uncomfortable because I know they are female in the story, but they still appear as males in my mind.

Anko- now a lot of you suggested her to me because she relates a lot to Naruto with how she was ostracized by the village due to being Orochimaru's student. However, I just am not a huge fan of the paring. Simply because you can already see her as being perverted and everything so you don't really gain any excitement from it when something romantic or sexual happens.

Tsubaki- filler character

Kagura- I have not played the game that she is in, so I don't feel any real connection to her.

Ameyuri- Other than being in the Fourth Great Shinobi War, she wasn't featured in anything but filler. So if I wanted to use her, you all would have to wait a ridiculously long to time for me to get to the Shinobi wars. I also don't think I could come up with something good enough to just bring her in.

Pakura- she did appear in the manga, but did not make enough of an impact for me to remember her till I looked her up online. Even then, I had no clue who she was.

Any male character- Same with the fem males

Yugao- I just didn't really care that much for her.

Well, that's all of them for now. Remember, about the reference and you might be able to learn about the people I have lined up for his harem.

Some people have suggested that I put Kushina in there. Before you go off saying how it's disgusting and everything, listen. I don't support incest in real life, but in works of fiction it doesn't bother me. Also, think about this. Naruto didn't know Kushina till recently, so he was never really able to gain the type of connection family members would normally have. Naruto even calls her "a babe" TO HER in the manga. This doesn't mean that she will be in it for sure. I'm just saying.

While writing this chapter this chapter, I got an idea for another story I might write. I'm probably going to call it "Across Dimensions" or something like that.

Also, could you all organize your posts better if you are going to suggest people to me? It was hard to read. Also, make sure your sentences make sense. I had to guess on some of the things that were being said.

Anywho, the next chapter should prove very interesting for everyone.