Hey y'all! I back with another chapter of HSD Naruto! We are now on the final leg of Naruto's road to the Chuunin Exams. We finally introduce anthor HSD Kenichi denizen in the form of Renka, as per popular demand! Also, we will see the return of the Slug Princess, Tsunade! Konoha won't know what hit it, will it?

RYOUZANPAKU GATES

Sakura had stomped her way through town and made a bee-line for the place that Ino had described. She DID, however, wonder why the people she asked about it thought that she was insane for wanting to actually go there. That, unfortunately, did nothing to quell the anger she harbored for her blond teammate at this moment in time.

"How dare that blond idiot get training that my Sasuke-kun doesn't get! I'm gonna turn his face into hamburger meat!" She ranted loudly as she continued to rampage through the rural streets that lead away form the village.

Five minutes later saw her in front of the massive and ridiculously heavy gates of Ryouzanpaku. She was at first marveling at the size of the compound, but her fangirl side reared it's ugly head.

"Whatever. Sasuke-kun's clan compund is soo much better than this dump." She scoffed as she tried to open the gates, only to find that they wouldn't budge.

"What the hell? HEY, NARUTO-BAKA! GET OUT HERE!" She screeched loudly until she heard somebody land beside her.

She got a good look at this newcomer and saw that it was a girl her age, only far more developed than her, and had her long black hair up in braids that were held up by a pair of bell-like ornaments. She also wore white thigh-highs with a short chinese style dress and topped off by black slipper like shoes.

"Who are you yelling at?" She asked, her cat like eyes blinking with curiosity.

"I want that Naruto-baka out here right now! I bet he thinks that if he gets training from some old fart here, he can beat Sasuke-kun!" The she-banshee screeched.

"Hmmm...That's strange. I don't remember anyone by that name living here..." The new girl mused out loud as she walked up to the massive gates.

"Um, those doors are locked." The pink haired girl scoffed.

The dark haired girl was starting to not like this girl as she placed both hands on the gate and took a deep breath.

TANPA!

With an inhumanly powerful thrust, the doors flew open to allow entry. Sakura's jaw dropped at the sight. 'What the hell was that?'

"You said you were looking for someone right?" The new girl drawled out, snapping her out of her awe.

"R-Right..." She stammered slightly as she followed along.

Once inside the compound, she good a good look around to see that it was mostly open grounds and had two main structures, a dojo and a main house that she supposed housed the people that lived there. Off to the side was a training area that had multiple training dummys and posts, along with some other strange items, like an oddly deformed iron girder that had fist shaped dents in it.

She was currently being led up to the main house and her guide opened up the door leading inside.

"NIHAO, PAPA!" Her guide shouted out into a hallway. Sakura moved up to see a group of people that were sitting down around a table, eating dinner. Many were adult men with one woman.

"Ahhh, Renka-chan! How have you been, my daughter?" A short, bald man in black clothes stated as he stood up to greet her.

"Not too bad, papa. I heard that you guys took on a new disciple and came to see for myself. I that true?" Renka asked curiosly.

"Ahhh, yes. Naruto-chan is a very interesting boy. Reminds me of myself when I was your age." He mused, not knowing the bomb that he unwittingly set off.

"WHAT? WHERE IS THAT BAKA? I WANT HIM OUT HERE NOW!" Sakura roared.

Hayato and the other masters were not amused by this rather rude outburst from a total stranger that had yet to introduce herself. Not one little bit. Calmest of the bunch, Akisame, called out to her.

"And who might you be, young lady?" The moustachio asked the banshee.

"Huh? Oh, my name is Sakura." She replied. No sooner than the name left her mouth, Ki came crashing into her from all directions.

"And what might you require from our student at such an hour?" Akisame asked, eyebrow raised.

Sakura launched into a diatribe about all that she had heard from someone else about Naruto recieving special training from somebody that her precious Sasuke wasn't. It was at the end of that rant that her target appeared from the kitchen and her rage-filled eyes locked onto him, already stomping over to him. She grabbed him by the front of the shirt angrily.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here, Dobe? Sasuke-kun needs this training, not you, so get out of here! Nobody wants you around anyway!" She ranted. As she pulled back her fist to clock him, the person he followed out of the kitchen, who she never even saw, snagged her wrist and was wrenching down with a powerful grip.

"Excuse me, but what do you think you're doing to my otouto-kun?" Miu asked in a deadly yet sweet sounding voice, Ki practically gushing form her.

Sakura now felt the Ki that was flooding the room hit her and looked around to see that the adults in the room were all glaring at her, the woman in the short kimono unsheathing her blade slowly while standing up. She had unwittingly cast herself into the Lion's Den.

"We've...all heard and...seen what you've done to...this boy. My Akabanetou...cries for blood." Shigure said in her usual tone, only instead of boredom, this time she had malice and rage in her words.

The pink haired girl was now pertified with fear. There was no Kakashi, no Sasuke, or even Naruto to save her this time and she would have to reap what she had sown.

Miu noticed this and spoke out. "I believe that you shouldn't come around here anymore, Haruno-san. Also, if you EVER hurt him like you have again, we WILL break you." Miu snarled. Sakura could tell, even in her current state, that this was no threat, but a promise. She looked over to Naruto with pleading eyes to try and get some form of comfort from him like he always would in the past, but he wasn't budging.

"Naruto? Why? Why won't you help me? Aren't I your teammate? Don't you like me anymore?" She whimpered, trying to play his sympathy.

It really turned the stomachs of Miu and Shigure to hear this pathetic girl try to charm him, but they were glad when his even gaze turned into a small glare.

"I know what you're trying to do and I'd like it if you stopped right now. I'm not the same person that you bullied around anymore. If you're finished, leave." The blond told her in a cold tone as he turned his back to her.

Sakura's pride took a major blow as she ran crying from the compound, most likely all the way home. 'Damn that baka! He's was supposed to be my loyal pet, but those people turned him against me! You will pay for this, baka!' She mentally snarled as she continued to dash home.

Naruto sighed as she left. "I can't believe I used to like her..."

Renka was having thoughts of her own. "Hey, um, what was that chick's deal with you? That could not have been normal."

Naruto looked over at who spoke. "Hey, um, who are you?" He asked. He had to admit that she was very pretty and...provocatively dressed, not to mention that she was generously endowed.

"Oh! Sorry about that! I'm Renka, Ma Renka!" She told him cheerfully as she took in what he looked like. 'Hmmm. He's kind of scrawny and short, but he's also kind of cute, too.'

"Ma? Are you related to Ero-sensei?" He asked.

"Ahh, yes. She is my daughter, Renka. Renka, this is our new pupil, Uzumaki Naruto-chan." Kensei replied.

Renka stifled a giggle at how he addressed her father. "You called him Ero-sensei? That was hilarious!" She exclaimed.

'I can definitely get to like this boy. Maybe I should stay a while...' She thought and she remembered that her Uncle Teuchi, her mother's brother, and her cousin Ayame, owned a ramen stand here in the village. 'I wonder how they're doing?'

"Now, back to what I was asking. What was her problem with you, anyway?" Renka asked.

"You might as well have a seat, 'cause this is gonna take a little while..." He told her as he told the tale of his life, or at least not the parts with the Kyuubi. When he was starting to show his fatigue, he turned in for the night. Even with his inhuman stamina, making waves of Shadow Clones along with getting the crap beat out of him all day wore him out.

"G'night, Renka-chan." He told her with a large yawn. He had a very long day and the following days would prove to be just as harsh, but they were nessessary if he wanted to stay alive against Neji and anyone else that he might wind up fighting.

Hayato took over for him and filled in the rest, verifying that all that was said was the truth. Next, she was told of how Sakura's treatment of Naruto had caused a psychological episode earlier that day.

Renka seethed at the fact that this girl thought that she could just walk all over someone and scar him so badly like she did. He was only being nice to her and she used him as her personal punching bag, all because she was brainlessly devoted to that arrogant Uchiha. The more she heard about the clan and the person himself, the angrier she got. She had heard about the Uchiha clan and from what she had learned, many of them were little better than thieves who stole the hard work and secrets of others, even their allies, to gain power.

"So, Naruto-kun is stuck on a team with that worthless little fangirl and an Uchiha with an over-inflated ego. To top that off, he had a worthless sensei who only taught the Uchiha so that he could ride on his coattails. I don't see how it could have been any worse than it already is... Renka muttered.

However, her opinion of the young blond she just met had taken a massive leap forward, just for the sheer amount of patience it much have taken to keep from going insane. She was especially interested in finding out why he was hated so much by the village as a whole. She looked to her father once again.

"Father, I will be staying here in the village for the time being, at least until the exams are over." Renka informed her father.

Kensei was many things, such as a world class pervert, but not blind or dumb. He could see that his daughter had an underlying motive for staying here and it had to do with his newest student. She had taken a keen interest in him and far be it for him to discourage her. But, he had to warn her about the engagements he already had, should she decide to pursue him.

'That can wait for now...I first need to see how she feels about him and that will take time. It's usually best to let these things run their course. It worked for Minato and Kushina and myself, so why not?' The Kenpo Master reasoned.

"That's okay with me, my dear. Maybe Miu-chan will let you stay in her room?" Hayato offered.

"Thank you, elder! Maybe I can help Naruto-kun out a bit as a sparring partner." She suggested, blushing slightly. Renka was no slouch as a fighter herself, having been trained since birth to take over her father's skills when he finally passes. She could easily beat a Chuunin with Taijutsu alone and could probably take out Sasuke with ease.

Hayato nodded his head at the offer. "That could work out well. It would give the boy mmore styles to learn from and give him a wider skill and experience base to draw from. Miu-chan, would you mind if Miss Renka shared your room?" He asked his grand-daughter.

Miu merely smiled. If Renka was around to help her and Naruto out, things would be far easier. "I don't mind, Ojii-san." The blond girl replied as she led Renka to her room to get settled in.

The other masters all decided to turn in for the night as well, but Hayato asked kensei to talk with him for a moment. "I'm sure that you noticed it as well."

"I know. My daughter is taking an interest in the boy. I could see it in her eyes and in the request to stay here, otherwise she would never have considered it. She is obsessed with finding a strong husband and she has her sights set on Naruto-chan. However, I don't think she's aware of the engagements. If she continues to show interest and tries to actively pursue him, I will tell her. My other concern is if you approve, seeing as you are the boy's guardian." Kensei replied.

Hayato closed his eyes to consider it. "Renka-chan is a strong girl and spirited, but also a good girl and she will treat him with respect. I have no problem with it, but you and I will have to talk with Hiashi and Tenmon to see if they will allow this, since this agreement was hammered out before they were born." Hayato explained.

It made perfect sense to Kensei, but he could also see just what made Naruto so appealing to these girls. He was a good kid and while he wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, he had the right stuff where it counted the most despite all that he had to go through over the years. 'These girls know what they want in a future groom. Smart, unlike these fangirls that I've seen in recent times.' He reasoned.

After their heart to heart, all had turned in and went to sleep.

TIMESKIP : ONE MONTH

Man, a lot can happen in the span of just one month, thirty days, 720 hours, 43,200 minutes. However you want to count it, much can and did happen to one Uzumaki Naruto :

FLASHBACK

Naruto had been training not only with the masters of Ryouzanpaku, but also studying Ninjutsu and Fuuinjutsu with Jiraiya of the Sannin who was also his Godfather. For all of this training, his Kage Bunshin proved itself to be invaluable with how he was soaking up all of the knowldge like a sponge.

In one month's time, he managed to master the Rasengan enough to the point that it was combat effective, but he still needed a clone to help him with the manipulation. He had also gone with Jiraiya for a day and signed the Toad Summoning contract. Jiraiya had told him that his own father had signed the contract before him, then he signed it and passed it down to Naruto's father, who the Sage saw as his own son, and would now pass it down to Naurto. After two hours of frustration, Naruto finally summoned a small orange toad named Gamakichi.

The spunky little toad and our favorite blond had hit it off wonderfully as he continued to try and summon bigger toads. Just when he was reaching his limit, he shoved all of the chakra he had left into the jutsu and it resulted in a massive explosion of smoke. Naruto felt like he was speeding up into the sky until the smoke cleared to reveal that he was standing on top of the nose of a massive toad that was the size of the Hokage Monument.

"OI! WHO THE HELL SUMMONED ME? JIRAIYA! GET OUT HERE!" The great toad bellowed.

Jiraiya paled. He knew that Gamabunta didn't like being summoned for no reason and moved to hide, but Naruto was out in the open.

Gamabunta noticed a boy that was panting on his nose. "Oi, gaki. Where's that pervert Jiraiya? I need to talk with that fool about summoning me for no reason."

Naruto looked confused for a moment, but answered the massive creature. "Hey, uh, Boss Toad? I was the one that summoned you." He answered sheepishly.

The toad's eyes narrowed, but then it broke out into earth rumbling laughter. "You? Summon me? Hahaha! That's a good joke, gaki! Now tell me where Jiraiya is!"

Naruto still didn't like being dismissed so easily, but he was beat to a response by Gamakichi. "Oi, pops!" He called out, raising a webbed foot in greeting.

'POPS? This huge freaking toad is Kichi's FATHER?' Naruto thought.

"Huh? Gamakichi, what are you doing here?" The massive toad asked.

"The kid here was telling the truth, Pops! He summoned me, too and he's alright with me! He's a pretty fun guy!" Kichi answered.

"Is that a fact?" Bunta said aloud, more to himself than anyone else.

'Minato, your boy looks just like you...' The Toad Boss though sadly as he decided to accept Naruto as a summoner.

"I believe you, kid. You are now one of my henchmen, part of the family, kiddo. Now, to seal the deal like men, we'll have a drink, ne?" Bunta announced as he pulled out his sake gourd, The hardest part was for a small enough portion to go to Naruto, but the 'drop' that came out of the bottle nearly drowned the young summoner. The end result was that Naruto took in the equivanlent of a milk jug's worth of alcohol, enough to put Tsunade into an alcohol induced stupor. After the two of them finished their 'drink', Naruto was shitfaced drunk and stumbling around. Bunta himself was singing a sappy ballad with Naruto tunelessly joining in, annoying just about everyone in the area that wasn't three sheets to the wind.

"(Hic)Yer awright by me Gaki! Call me out fer another drink sometime and a good fight! Ja ne!" He called out as he poofed away, leaving Naruto passed out next to the river bank they were at.

Jiraiya took a look at his Godson, laid out spread eagle, snoring away and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Ugh...How am I going to explain this to Hayato?" He grumbled as he scooped up the dozing boy and carried him back to new home, Ryouzanpaku, where he got an earfull from Miu for letting him drink.

Next in his Ninjutsu training was furthering the Rasengan. He was told that the Rasengan took the Fourth three years to develop and learn, and Jiraiya himself almost two years to master. Naruto knew that he didn't have that amount of time to learn it, so he was putting every effort into completing it. After three weeks, he was on the final stage of the Rasengan training while his Taijutsu training raged on. Both of his fiancees lent themselves out as sparring partners, Hinata for Anti-Jyuuken training and Raichi to help sharpen his skills. Renka also helped out by filling in for her father at times since she knew what he was teaching the boy.

Most of the masters had something going on the side, like Akisame running a chiropratic clinic and Kensei running a shiatzu and acupuncture clinic. Sakaki sometimes was gone for a few days on an occasional bodyguard gig, and Shigure on occasion took an ANBU mission that was close to home. All of the proceeds went into helping to run the compound and stave off foreclosure, so the girls and Naruto all pitched in to help.

Speaking of the girls, Kensei, Jiraiya, and Hayato sought out Hiashi and Tenmon to discuss Renka's interest in their future son-in-law. Hiashi was a little pensive about introducing a new girl into the equation and asked to meet with her. He was surprized and intrigued by this girl's sharp wit and confidence, getting the feeling that she could help draw Hinata further out of her shell and push her harder. Tenmon and Kensei had been old friends for a very long time and had even studied under the same master at one point in time. He already knew Renka and she and Raichi were already friends, so he had no problem with it, either.

Next, Hinata and Raichi were taken aside by their fathers and this issue was discussed in it's entirety. Hinata was already comfortable with the fact that she would be sharing with Raichi, but she wanted to get to know Renka a little better. From what she knew already, Renka was almost like a female Naruto in some ways, which made her easier to get used to. Raichi was more comfortable with the idea after she found out that her father supported it.

Finally, we come to Naruto himself. He was at first oblivious to Renka advances. However, during sparring times, she gave him little choice but to notice that she liked him by managing to put them into precarious situations like making him fall on top of her or making sure that their faces came VERY close and she would comment on his features, mainly his eyes and whiskers. The purple haired girl was quite agressive in making sure she got her message across. Naruto came to talk with Kensei about it, which is what he and Hayato were waiting for. The two of them explained that should Naruto accept her, she would be allowed into the betrothal group.

"Th-three girls..." The blond stammered out before passing out with a nose bleed and a wide grin on his face.

On a training ground on the other side of the village, Gai could actually SENSE that someone had discovered the power of Youth.

In the Hokage's office, Sarutobi was reading his Icha Icha book when a certain feeling of pride washed over him. " I feel like I should be very proud of someone."

At Team 8's training grounds where the rest of Team 8 was training, Shino did something that would scar the rest of his teammates forever.

"YYYYYOOOOOUUUUUTTTTTHHHH!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. As he stopped he noted the bewildered expressions of his teammates.

"Sorry. That just sort of came out." Was his normal, monotone reply.

Back with our blond hero, Jiraiya and Kensei both slammed into "Ecchi Mode" as they referred to it as, upon contemplating the extreme luck that the boy was blessed with. Hayato brought them back down to earth by stating the fact that his luck was hard won from years of suffering, to which they solemnly agreed.

Now, we move on to Naruto's Taijutsu training. Now, anyone who said that Naruto was a dumbass wouldn't be complete right, but not wrong either. he just learned things differently and the type of training he was recieveing was right up his alley. You see, he is what's called a Kinesthetic learner, meaning that he learns by actually doing rather than by theory alone. Through this method, Naruto soaked up the styles of his masters like a sponge, taking in everything with child-like enthusiasim, awe and wonder. After getting down the basic movements for each style of each sensei, he bage to experiment by mixing up the movements. Soon, as he was plugging away on a training post, he mixed in the movements of all of the sensei on the same punch and wound up breaking the post in half.

Nearby, Akisame had been wathcing him train and raised an eyebrow at what his student had done and accomplished. He noticed that he combined the movements for all of the Marital Arts he'd been taught into one, single blow and walked over to the dumbfounded boy.

"Naruto-kun. Do you even realise what you just did?" He asked calmly.

"Uh, n-no, Akisame-sensei." He replied, thinking he'd done something wrong.

The moustachio sighed. They were still having a rough time breaking him of feeling that everytime they stop him he did something to anger them. "Naruto-kun, I want you to try what you just did again on another target."

Naruto gulped, but wanted to succeed. "HEYAHHH!" He roared as he repeated the process again, only this time adding more force into the blow. The training post was nearly reduced to sawdust as Naruto pulled back his fist, looking in awe as Akisame smiled.

"What you just did was combined the basic movements for all of our styles into one blow, exponentially increasing the power of the punch. Now, all Marital Arts have a rythmn of sorts, but this had no rthymn at all, making the blow extremely difficult to predict or percieve. I think you just created your our signature techique, unique to only you. I'm proud of you." The wiry Jiujitsu Master applauded him.

Naruto couldn't believe it. He had made this powerful Taijutsu technique all on his own and his masters were proud of him. This filled him with happiness and a renewed drive for improvment.

On another note, Jiraiya's summons and the ANBU team sent out by Sarutobi had suceeded in locating Tsunade, who was currently two day's away form Konoha itself. The toad's had informed her that she still had something in the village, a living relation. Spurred by this, Tsunade made all possible haste in returning to the village, beating the ANBU back by nearly half a day. The blond Sannin stormed right up to Sarutobi's office while she ordered her assistant Shizune to check them into a hotel room, marching right over the Chuunin guards and an ANBU to do so.

"Sensei! Is it true? Is there still someone left?" She asked him.

"Calm yourself Tsunade and sit down. We have much to discuss." He informed her, Jiraiya and Hayato flickering in beside him.

"Jiraiya? Fuurinji-sama? What's going on here?" Tsunade asked, puzzled.

"Tsunade-chan, how have you been, my dear?" The elder blond man asked of her.

"I've been well, Fuurinji-sama. May I ask what's going on here? I was just told that I still have a relation here in the village so I came right back."

Sarutobi nodded to the two men to have a seat as well as he began to tell her everything, especially that her Godson is still alive and living in the village. The beautiful Sannin was reduced to tears at how bad Naruto's life had been and at the fact that she was not even aware of his survival. However, her sadness was replaced with another emotion, rage. Pure, primal rage, at how she had been lied to by the council.

"Damn it all! I could have taken him with me! Raised him myself! How could they do this to me? To him? To Minato and Kushina? What kind of monsters have you allowed to make these decision?" She ranted at the elderly Hokage, who did nothing to defend himself. He knew that he could have alerted Tsunade, but he allowed the council to tie his hands.

"I know that you would have taken him with you, but allowing an infant Jinchuuriki to leave the village was too much of a risk. If he were captured, he could have been turned against us by any power unfriendly to ours, specifically and old friend of ours that has an unnatural love of snakes." Sarutobi told her. He also informed her as to what Orochimaru was planning, a fullscale invasion of the village and ultimately, it's total destruction.

"Orochimaru...I'll rip that son of a bitch to shreds before he lays a hand on him." She growled, her maternal instincts kicking in.

"That's not all, Tsunade. Orochimaru knows of his existance and has already gotten to him. During the second stage of the Chuunin Exams, his team ran into Orochimaru, who was targeting the Uchiha for recruitment. During which, Naruto fought with and managed to drive away Orochimaru, but not before he put another seal on the boy, the Gogyo Fuuin. This put him at a severe disadvantage in the next stage of the exam, but the boy pulled through. His sensei, one Kakashi Hatake, was informed of his condition, but chose to ignore it in favor of Uchiha Sasuke. He also abandoned Naruto to train that Uchiha brat exclusively." Jiraiya told her with a growl, as he was the one that both spotted the malfunctioning seal and fixed it.

This was yet another thing that nearly made the woman seek out and destroy the ones that wronged her Godson. However, she was also proud of the fact that he managed to stand up to the snake freak and stood his ground. "That slimy bastard...I'll see to him soon enough. but enough of that, how is the brat doing now?"

Hayato smirked slightly. "He's alive and as healthy as a boy could be. I have taken him into my home as his legal guardian and I have been training him after he was...abandoned. Also, I believe that as his Godmother, you have the right to know about an extenuating circumstance surrounding him and an agreement made by his father to a couple of old friends of his. I believe you remember Hyuuga Hiashi and Li Tenmon?"

"Yeah, I do. Minato-gaki's best friends. What about them?

"Well, the two of them had daughters while Minato had a son. I believe you can figure out what happened." Hayato told her with a grin.

Her eyes widened. "That brat has a small harem on his hands." She said aloud before breaking out into a smirk.

"Heh, the entire world shits all over him, but he sure got compensated for it, didn't he?" She laughed.

"So, when can I meet the brat and his gang?" She added once she stopped laughing.

"I'll take you to him personally, Tsunade-chan." Hayato told her, standing to his full and impressive height of over 6' 6".

With that, Sarutobi told his secretary that he would be in the village in official business as they all flickered from the office to the compound.

Once at the compound, she was greeted by the sight of a small boy with a shock of wild, golden blond hair, riding around on the shoulders of a bronze skinned giant like a bucking bronco, whooping and hollering at the top of his lungs. "YAAAHHHHOOOO! Giddy-yap, Apachai-sensei!"

Tsunade smiled at the sight. 'He has Minato's hair and Kushina's face...It's uncanny.' She commented to herself as the human bronco came to a stop near her as Apachai noticed the newcomer.

"Apa? New person?" He asked, to which Hayato nodded.

"Yes, Apachai-kun. If you would be so kind as to round up the others in the dining room, we all need to talk about something." He instructed.

Naruto slid off of his shoulders and got a good look at this new lady and blushed slightly. 'She's really pretty...' He thought.

"Who are you?" He asked in bewilderment.

Tsunade smiled softly at his as she ruffled his hair playfully. "I'll tell you in a few minutes, gaki." She told him playfully.

"Oi, gaki, let's go to the dining room. We have a lot to tell you." Jiraiya told the boy, who nodded and followed his Kyoufu.

The masters all started to file in but they all noticed the blond woman sitting next to her teammate.

"Ah, Tsunade-sama. It's been many years since I've seen you." Akisame greeted her repectfully. He studied physiology under her for a few years while she was in the village.

"Tsunade-hime! It's been so long!" Kensei called out, tipping his hat.

"So you're the famous Tsunade-sama? You hold your age well!" Sakaki greeted merrily.

Shigure's greeting was silent, yet still respectful. She gave a deep bow to the Slug Princess, while Apachai gave the "Pretty Lady" a somewhat childish wave.

Miu came out of the kitchen with fresh tea. "Oh! I didn't know you had guests Ojii-sama!" She told her grandfather.

"Miu-chan, please sit. This concerns you, as well." He told her as he turned his attention to the great nephew.

"Naruto-chan..." He started as he explained everything that had been talked about in the Hokage's office. Everything about Tsunade and how she was and is his godmother, and why she didn't know about him until recently.

Naruto sat in silence. "So...You won't go anywhere, Tsunade-Obasan?" He asked her, scooting near her.

'Auntie? Well, it's way better than Baa-chan.' She reasoned.

"That's right, gaki. I'm not going anywhere. C'mere, kiddo." She told him in a playful tone as she snatched him up into an embrace.

Shigure watched impassively, but was finding it harder to keep her connection to Naruto a secret until he is told of his parents. To that end, she was training him hard to make Chuunin to meet the stipulation placed upon him by Jiraiya and the Hokage.

Once that was all settled, Shizune was informed of her master's whereabouts and homed right in on her. There, she learned that Naruto was her master's godchild, so she gladly took on the role as another big sister to him. Her nuturing nature helped Naruto warm up to her very quickly, just like it helped Miu and Ayame crack through Naruto's masks.

His brides to be were also told about who his legendary godmother was and got to meet her personally. All three girls were thrilled to meet someone so famous and legendary as the Princess of the Sannin, Senju Tsunade. She, in turn, wanted to meet the girls that would be marrying her godson in a few years for herself and was pleased, very pleased. All three girls had their wits about them, didn't act like scatter brained fangirls, and they were all around good, respectable young ladies with fire in them.

To support herself in the village, Sarutobi made her the Hospital Director and Head Doctor due to her unmatched skills as a medic, with her assistant Shizune filling in the number two spot. From there, she began to "Trim the Fat" as she called it, cutting down on doctors and nurses that couldn't cut the mustard and conuction refresher training for those that remained. She also got the go ahead to start up the Combat Medic program that she always wanted to implement. Hinata expressed interest in this new program and with her Byakugan plus her home made medicines and salves, she would be a natural as one. Hiashi supported her whole heartedly in this endevor, as she would be the first Hyuuga to ever be a Combat Medic.

On the issue of the Hyuuga clan, there was plenty of opposition to Hiashi's decision to honor the marriage pact that he and Minato had devised long ago. It turned out that the elder council was going to marry Hinata off because she wanted to join the Main and Branch houses once again and get rid of the Caged Bird Seal that had done so much damage to their family. Since the prince of Kuma no Kuni was out, they wanted to go with plan B, marrying her off to the heir of the Inuzuka clan, Kiba. Hiashi would not budge an inch for his decision, so they offered a comprimise, should naruto defeat Neji in the tournament, she would be free to marry Naruto. But, if Neji was victorious, she would be branded with the seal and married off.

Now, Kiba was pretty upset with losing to Naruto in the Prelims, but his smugness kicked in to high gearonce he learned that if Naruto lost to Neji, Hinata would be his. He wanted her to bear his pups and destroy Naruto's dreams, just to rub it in his face. He even came by the compound to gloat, but made a grave error.

Kiba was strutting around near the compound and happened upon Naruto training with his fiancees and Master Sakaki and Miu all of them sparring. He strutted up to Hinata and snagged her by the arm.

"Hey! Let her go, dog breath!" Naruto yelled.

"Why should I, Dobe? She's gonna be mine anyway, so she might as well get used to hanging off of my arm. Since you're such a loser anyway, I might as well take the rest of these hotties from you. No Dobe could ever please a woman." He sneered.

Naturally, Naruto didn't take this very well, but neither did the rest of the people present. Sakaki looked ready to kill on sight while Raichi and Renka were ready to turn his ass into a throw rug. Hinata was nearly retching with disgust. Kiba was an alright teammate when he wasn't being a total creep and pervert, but this was going too far. The most pissed off of them all, thought, was Miu.

Normally, Miu was a very gentle and kind young woman, a young woman that one would assume would't even hurt a fly. However, should you piss her off, even Hell couldn't hide you from her wrath. The beautiful blond haired girl strode over to to the dog boy, his eyes leering at her figure.

"Hey what's this? Somebody jumping form the Dobe's ship already, huh?" Kiba jeered at Naruto, but missed Miu cracking her knuckles, an aura of rage behind her that was making even Sakaki cringe.

As Kiba reached out to take her arm, Miu snatched it and twisted his arm to the point of breaking in one smooth, lightning fast action. Kiba quickly found that the more he tried to struggle, the tighter her grip became.

"Now...you listen to me and yuou listen good. I don't EVER want to seen you around here again and should I catch you bothering any one of us, there won't be enough of you left to clean up with a mop." Miu growled at him, making Akamaru bolt off for home. She then shoved him away and the group started off back to the compound.

However, Kiba was, if anything, a very sore loser and his arrogant pride had him trying to attack Miu form the back. In his mind, he needed to dominate this girl. Fortunately, his strike never hit it's target. Sakaki, a literal mountain of muscle, was blocking it, Kiba's claws not even scratching him. With only a paralizing glare and a low growl, the Karate master made the arrogant Inuzuka both piss and crap himself before passing out in fear.

The news of ths new condidtion, once it reached them, infuriated the masters and Naruto, but only served to further fuel his desire to train harder and get stronger. Tsunade offered him more chakra control exercises to make his chakra stretch even further than before, but he didn't have much time to master them, He got though only two of them when the time for the final stage of the Chuunin Exams rolled around.

FLASHBACK END
RYOZANPAKU COMPOUND

Sunlight broke over Hokage Mountain, splashing into the village below. People were already up and about, trying to take care of business beforehand on this special day. The Chuunin Exam Finals were to be held at 1000 this morning and nobody wanted to miss this. The fight card for the day was star studded, several highly talented Genin from the shinobi clans were fighting today, along with the Hyuuga prodigy and the Last Uchiha. However, to the chagrin of many, the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi was also fighting and many hoped that his opponent would actually kill him. Betting pools had been started on the winners of the matches, Naruto's odd for winning were abysmal to non-existant, over 1000:1.

However, the person in question was just rising out of bed and getting himself prepared for the day. For him, defeat is NOT an option, as Hinata's well being was on the line. Should he be defeated by Neji, Hinata would be forced to marry the dog boy of Team 8, someone whose hormones should be kept on a leash.

Naruto slipped on his training uniform and was preparing to strap on his weapons holster and pouch when something was thrown at him. He turned around to see who threw what to find all of the masters smiling at him. This time, it wasn't that insane, sadistic smile. These were filled with pride.

He reached down and opened the package that was tossed at him to reveal a new uniform.

The top was that of Karate, from Sakaki. "Hope you like it, gaki!"

The pants were from Chinese make but open at the cuff, from Kensei. "They have a loose fit for exrta movement."

There were hand and ankle wrappings like what Apachai wore. "Apa! These wrappings will protect your hands and feet, Naruto-chan!"

Next was a chain mail armor shirt that was hand crafted by Shigure herself. "To...protect you. This armor can...stop a spear."

Finally, a set of Tekkou, from the Elder himself. "I have been saving these for a long time, Naruto-chan. They belonged to your father, but now is the time to pass them down to you, my boy. Shigure-chan has been kind enough to re-size them to fit you. These Tekkou willprotectyou just as they did your father." Hayato smiled at him, having him change into them.

After a few minutes, Naruto came back out. "How do I look?" He asked.

"Like a warrior, gaki. Like a warrior." Sakaki told him with a smirk and a thumbs up.

Naruto clenched his fists as he tried to stave off tears, but a few tears of pride slid down his face. "Thank you...all of you." He whispered as Miu put an arm around him.

"We're all proud of you, Naruto-kun. Now go out there and win." She told him as the all got themselves ready to leave. Once preperartions were made. The troupe left en masse, bound for the Chuunin Exam Stadium.

A/N: Chapter 4 finished! I know that people will get up in arms about bashing, but you know what? I don't really care!

Anyway, the road to the Chuunin Exams is finally at an end and Naruto stands prepared. He is now a better person in all aspects due to the family support from his newly gained Godparents and greatuncle, his cousin, the masters, and his three fiancees. Neji's got a nasty surprize in stroe for him when he faces the reborn Naruto Uzumaki!