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Chapter 21: Road to Chunin Exams are paved in setbacks and tears.

Naruto woke up to find both of his girls gone. He looked around the room to find nothing but discarded cloths he could assume were from last night. He was about to worry when he heard two women laughing in the next room. He sighed in relief and threw off the covers. He peered into the living room, to find out who was laughing and sure enough it was the two women he loved. It made him happy to know they were in high spirits. The only thing that broke this was when he saw try and FAIL at putting make up on. Tayuya was never allowed to look nice with make up when in Orochimaru's presence. Naruto wanted to laugh at the lines and almost clown like face that Tayuya had. After calming himself down using the vivid imigry that Naruto had of Tayuya beating the shit out of him, Naruto figured maybe he could continue his nap since obviously nothing was going on. Naruto was about to go back to sleep when Tayuya looked in the mirror and from her position saw Naruto up. Naruto sighed. 'oh shit…' He thought as both 'Tayuya' and 'Hinata' continued their session. He didn't need to look behind him to know who was there. He sat up.

"If you girls want to sneak up on me, make sure you do it better." He said as one set of arms wrapped around his neck and down his shirt. A head rested on his shoulder as Naruto made an annoyed sigh.

"Well can you blame us? After last night you should know that you owe us for playing games with us. Next time can you at least act surprised." Naruto smiled and turned his head to Hinata's face. Tayuya stood behind him and looked a little pissed.

"Yeh you owe me big time… and I mean big… and if you say one word of this..." Tayuya said blushing slightly after she realized just how that could have been interpreted. Naruto laughed seeing Tayuya blush because he never thought such a thing was possible. He just loved his two women to death. Hinata he favored more but Tayuya made him happy and would be there for him and vise verse.

"So what time is it?" Hinata and Tayuya looked at each other and frowned.

"Don't be mad but we didn't wake you up cause you looked cute sleeping there." Hinata said trying to look cute to reduce how mad he was going to be of her. Truth is Naruto knew he overslept for the opening but at least he could still meet Garra. "Its three…" Naruto sighed and figured at least now would be a good time to go see Garra. He got up with Hinata still clinging to his back. "Please don't be mad at us." She pleaded. Naruto smiled and looked back at her.

"I could never be mad at you both. Especially you Hinata-chan." Hinata smiled and wrapped her legs around his waist and clung to him he headed to take a shower before stopping at the bathroom door. He turned his head to her. "Are we going to have a repeat of yesterday?" Hinata giggled and slowly got off him. He turned the knob and closed the door behind him. She went to the bedroom to get some cloths for him, at least she could think clearly now. All those lonely nights made her personality change and his, both of them where now more calm and relaxed. Hinata noticed Tayuya lieing down and going back to sleep. Tayuya said that he over did it with her and that she couldn't even walk right. Hinata laughed. Tayuya opened her eyes and growled at her. Hinata ruffled in her pockets and threw a pill at her. She then made a few seal signs before putting her palm and hand into Tayuya's stomach. There was no pain from the hit but she felt a sting in her lower stomach and soon found her pain was gone.

"Use that jutsu next time so that you don't have that."

"What was the pill for?" Tayuya asked looking at the pill.

"That is for any other side effects you might have." Hinata said walking away to get the rest of Naruto's cloths. She wasn't surprised to see black T- shirts and orange and blue pants but he had two jackets that she haddn't seen before. Both where the same and looked like Kakashi's jacket only they where black background and orange flames on the shoulders and bottom of the jacket. Hinata turned around to see Naruto out of the shower already and behind her in nothing but a towel staring at her with his jacket in her hands. Hinata blushed and handed him his jacket.

"So guess I'm wearing just a jacket huh?" This made them all laugh and didn't put too many pictures in their heads of Naruto walking naked down the street of Suna. Hinata pulled out a black t shirt and one of the blue and orange pants. Naruto was enjoying himself teasing her like this but he had to hurry up. There was a knock on the door. Tayuya listened to the door being pounded on again. She looked over to the two of them who were looking at her.

"Oh sure, let me go answer the door looking like this! Bunch of lazy bottom feeding..." She left the room grumbling to herself. Naruto started to put on his shirt when he noticed Hinata was staring right at him. He turned away and dropped his towel then put on his cloths, every so often looked back to see her eyes wondering him then looking away. After he was dressed he walked to the doorway and looked back at Hinata. "You coming?" Hinata's turn to let loose a joke.

"Not like last night…" They both laughed and Naruto wasn't surprised. Things like last night seemed to evaporate more then sweat in one night. It helped to cool off the tension and help to temporarily erase their thoughts. Hinata walked over to Naruto and wrapped him in a hug. Once they saw who was at the door talking to Tayuya, both of them knew this was going to be one house guest they wouldn't want.

"What do you want Ero-sensei?" Naruto asked seeing the white haired ninja. Jiraiya shook his head.

"Ero? This is coming from someone who has TWO women in his room, and probably his bedroom at some point." Hinata, Naruto and Tayuya (Tayuya not as much) all looked at him with killer intent. Jiraiya quickly recovered. "Settle down… it was a joke. Anyway I wanted to show you something." Jiraiya pulled out a book from the inside of his shirt and held it in his hands. Naruto's eyes twitched.

"Your new ero book?" Naruto said getting pissed that Jiraiya was trying to give him a sex book in front of both his girls. Jiraiya shook his head.

"Nope." Jiraiya said too proudly.

"Then what is it?" Naruto asked unsure if he wanted to know.

"This was the first book I ever published. I never told you this but your father was…" At the word 'father' Naruto used his speed to appear in front of him. "a fan of mine. In fact he named you after a character in one of my books." Naruto pinned him to the wall and nearly through it. "I guess you don't believe me do you?" He held the book in front of Naruto's face. "Read it." Naruto snatched the book and opened it and read a few pages quickly. He looked back at the perverted ninja and closed the book with a loud smack.

"This doesn't prove anything, you could have wrote this during one of our encounters and changed a few things." Naruto didn't trust him with things like this. Especially when he says his father read the perverts books.

"I found a new jutsu that will prove to you that i'm not lying."

"How do I know this won't be just another illusion?"

"Cause Tsuande herself can confirm it." Naruto still didn't trust him. Could you blame him? I'm sure you could but could you? "Will you let me prove it to you?" Jiraiya asked. Naruto let him go and Jiraiya rubbed the back of his head. "Be more gently next time."

"I was." Jiraiya sweat dropped (Special effect)* Jiraiya made a few hand seals and put his hands in a diamond shape. The shape of the room changed to that of a house dinning room with one large table and a few chairs. Two men sat at the table, one being the fourth and the other being a much younger Jiraiya. 'Even then an ero... what did I get myself into?' Naruto thought before the men started talking and moving.

(Spoiler for those who have never seen this part of the Naruto series.)

"The main character in this book…" The fourth said smiling and keeping the sage's first book in his hands. "I thought his determination to never give up was really cool. He's a lot like you sensei." Jiraiya scratch the back of his head and in slight embarrassment replied.

"Y-You really think so?"

"So I was thinking…" The fourth closed the book and smiled at Jiraiya.

"Huh?"

"I really hope my unborn child can become a ninja just like this main character." The forth put the book down on the table and continued. "Which is why I'd like your permission to name my son after him." Jiraiya's eyes widened and couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Are you sure? He was just a random name I came up with when I was eating ramen!"

"Naruto-chan" A clearly pregnant women entered the room behind the fourth while the fourth was grinning like a happy child. She had long red hair, almost like Tayuya. "It's a wonderful name." Jiraiya still couldn't believe he was hearing.

"Kushina… " He rubbed the back of his head. "Cripes I guess that makes me his godfather. Are you really sure about this?" Jiraiya asked one more time. Kushina placed her hand on the fourth's shoulder.

"You are my sensei and you are a great ninja who possesses the true talent of a ninja. There is no other like you." The fourth said still smiling.

The room turned back to normal and Jiraiya noticed Naruto completely out of it. 'What wrong with him? I'm sure that he knows who his father is by now… or maybe… SHIT… no one told him who his mother was! Damn the thirds rule!' Jiraiya thought as he wasn't sure what to do. Hinata and Tayuya were stunned for a few seconds as that memory was slowly being processed. After a few more seconds Hinata snapped out of it and looked over at Naruto to see what his reaction was. His mouth was hanging open and his eyes were shaking in disbelief. Naruto's eyes filled up with tears.

"My mother… is she is still alive…??" Jiraiya knew this was bad. He broke the thirds rule. No one was ever supposed to tell Naruto about his mother because of what she did to Naruto as a baby. On record, she was killed while in labor and most adults who were there would never say anything different. However, the events of that night scarred everyone, but Naruto was the most hurt. His mother had tried to kill him to prevent more deaths. She was sure that Naruto was going to grow up, be possessed by the fox and kill everyone. Naruto tensed up. "I saw her… She's still alive." Jiraiya knew this was bad. Tsunade would never forgive him for this. Naruto's mother was indeed alive but was banished for trying to kill her son, she had been given permission to be at the fourth memorial and collect his things but not to ever see Naruto again. Since Naruto had seen her, Jiraiya needed to think of something quick to try and convince Naruto she wasn't alive.

"That's impossible Naruto; she died when she gave birth to you. Maybe you just saw someone like her." Jiraiya said not coming up with anything else. Naruto shook his head of the thoughts and tried hard to believe what his sensei was saying but still didn't believe him completely. Hinata moved over and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Naruto-kun are you alright?" Naruto snapped out of it slightly and shook it off. He looked up to Hinata who he could tell was worried about him and how he looked right now. This wasn't the place to be thinking about this.

"Yeh I'm fine now." 'luckly he has her, if he suspected were she was… I know what Naruto-kun has been through, but he would break down if he knew the truth. Besides, if he met her and she still hates him, she could try and kill him again. No telling what has happened in nearly 19 years since then.' Jiraiya thought. He was going to keep an eye on him for awhile, just until he was sure he was ok. "Come on Hinata-chan, Tayuya-chan we have to go see Garra-sama." He said walking towards the door, still slightly out of it, and looking back. He tried as hard as he could to try and clear his head.

"I have to get going anyway. I have to go and talk to my informants." Jiraiya walked out of the building and went far away. He figured Naruto is going to be fine for now while he goes and tells Tsunade. Jiraiya tried to imagine the pain he was going to feel after he told Tsunade. She was a medical ninja and on rare occasions has beat him to death, brought him back then beat him to death again, then brought him back. He was afraid of that but he figures that is what it is going to take to have Tsunade forgive him. Naruto and the two girls headed out for the kazekage tower. Hinata and Tayuya split off from him after they found some neat shops in Suna they wanted to check out. Naruto was now walking alone and was deep in thought. So deep in fact he bumped heads with a women and knocked her down. Naruto rubbed his head.

"Oww… Sorry about that…" Naruto said trying to smile. Naruto grunted when he saw a women around her 30s with long red hair with groceries around her. The women looked at him and gasped but then regained her posture and picked up the groceries while Naruto was still in a daze. She apolizied and then started running away from him. Naruto snapped out of it and realized he just bumped into her without apologizing, which he used to try and convince himself was his excuse for following her. His real intention was to find out if she was who he thought she was. She finally stopped running at a small apartment. She looked behind her and opened the door. Naruto figured now was a good time and ran up to her before she moved into her room. "Hold on a second." She turned around and found that Naruto was two feet behind her. They stared for a second before she turned around to run into her apartment and close the door but Naruto put his foot in the door before she could fully close it. "Hey, wait a second." He said pushing against it hard but gently, to not push the door into her and hurt her.

"Go away!" The women screamed trying as hard as she could to close the door.

"I just want to talk!" Naruto yelled as he tried hard not to lose this battle.

"I don't want to talk." Naruto grunted as he started making progress on the door.

"Please just hear me out." She pushed hard enough to stop his progress momentarily.

"I said no!" Naruto had to think of something fast, something that he could use to verify it was her. He thought of one way.

"Please Kushina!" The door suddenly flew open and the women got knocked on her ass. Naruto fell over and recovered quickly. As he stood up, he noticed she was staring up at him. Her eyes shaking in fear and her body unable to move. Any movement he did she followed. Naruto had a little confirmation but needed more. Is this who he thought it was?

Cliffy… not really but nicccccce. Next chapter: Kushina and Naruto, the real story.