Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. A guy called Kishimoto does. I don't own Bleach either Some lucky chap called Tite owns that.

The Eighth Swordsman

Chapter 9

Tazuna's House

It was late evening when Teams Eight and Eleven arrived at Tazuna's quaint wooden house. Naruto walked up to the front door and knocked. He was quickly answered by a beautiful bluenette with warm brown eyes wearing a pink sweater and a blue skirt.

"Otou-san, you're safe" she exclaimed upon seeing Tazuna and glomped him.

"Relax Tsunami-chan. I'm safe thanks to these fine shinobi who fought this super strong shinobi to protect me" Tazuna told her.

"Thank you for protecting my father" Tsunami said gratefully as she let go of her father and turned around to look at the people accompanying them.

"It's not a problem" Rangiku told her cheerfully.

"Please come in" Tsunami said to them and went back into her house followed by the tired group of shinobi.

"Do you have anywhere I can put him" Naruto asked Tsunami once everyone was settled down referring to Kakashi.

"Yeah, go upstairs and leave him in one of the guest rooms. It's the second door on the left" Tsunami told him and got a thank you in response as he left to bring Kakashi upstairs.

"Wait" Tsunami said making him pause on the stairs.

"What's up" he asked her.

"What about her" she asked pointing to the pink haired, flat-chested girl in a torn red dress with little twigs stuck in her hair, and patches of dirt all over her who had been dropped unceremoniously into the corner of the room once Naruto's clone puffed out of existence. There was also a stench of urine coming from her but Tsunami decided to ignore that for now.

"Eh, she'll survive" he told her with a shrug before continuing up the stairs leaving Tsumai to mirror the action before she started to finish up the seafood stew she had been preparing before their arrival.

'Unfortunately' he mentally added.

Tsunami was serving up dinner when he came back down and he took his place at the table. Dinner was a quiet affair that evening with everyone going to bed soon afterwards. Yoruichi and Rangiku were staying in the same room with Sakura thought thankfully she was still passed out in the living room seeing as how no one had bothered to wake her.

Rangiku seeing that they were alone decided to start her interrogation. "So Yoruichi-chan, how big was it?" she asked her as they both changed into their nightclothes. Yoruichi's consisted of a purple bra that struggled to hold her substantial yet still developing bust, and purple panties. Rangiku's bra and panties were lacy white, drawing a great deal of attention to her incredible bust.

"How big was what sensei?" Yoruichi asked her curiously as she got into bed and turned round to face Rangiku who had already climbed and settled into her own.

"Now, now Yoruichi-chan. What have I told you and Naruto-kun to call me when we're off duty or relaxing" Rangiku lightly scolded her.

"Sorry, Rangiku-chan. Now what are you talking about" Yoruichi asked.

"Why Naruto-kun's sword of course. And I'm not talking about Zangetsu" Rangiku clarified with perverted grin on her face.

"You noticed" Yoruichi muttered with her face glowing bright red, her mocha skin doing nothing to hide the blush this time.

"Yep, don't worry though. I'm the only one who noticed when you copped a feel" Rangiku told her.

"I didn't cop a feel" Yoruichi yelled indignantly at her.

"So your hand just so happened to be placed at his crotch" Rangiku deadpanned and got a quick nod in response.

"Well, now that you know what I'm talking about how big was he" she asked her with Yoruichi spacing out a bit as she thought about it.

"That big huh?" Rangiku asked, impressed.

"What makes you say that?" Yoruichi asked, still dazed.

"You're drooling" Rangiku told her with a smirk. Yoruichi cursed as she wiped up the small amount of spittle from her mouth while Rangiku roared with laughter.

"He's nine inches" Yoruichi told her, immediately quieting her laughter.

"Fuck, imagine what he could do with that to us with that thing" Rangiku said quietly.

"Us?" Yoruichi asked, a vulpine smirk coming onto her face as a blush that would have made Hinata proud bloomed across Rangiku's own.

"Damn" Rangiku muttered.

"Aw, sensei has a crush on Naruto-kun" Yoruichi teased.

"And you don't?" Rangiku replied getting Yoruichi to shut up and an awkward silence settled into the room for a while.

"Touche. I'm pretty sure Mei-chan is in love with him as well" Yoruichi said eventually breaking the silence.

"Yeah" Rangiku muttered.

"Good thing he's subject to the C.R.A." Yoruichi added.

"He is?" Rangiku asked her, momentarily stunned.

"Yep. His dad is the Yondaime after all" Yoruichi informed her, making her facepalm.

"How did I not see that? When he was younger he was practically a chibi-Yondaime" she asked herself.

"I know how you feel. I was the same way when he told me".

"So, you don't mind sharing him?" Rangiku asked her after a while.

"Not really. Plus I've known for a while that he was going to be in the C.R.A. so I've grown used to the idea. What about you?" Yoruichi asked her.

"I don't mind as long as he looks after all of us equally" Rangiku replied.

"It's Naruto-kun, of course he will" Yoruichi stated simply and Rangiku couldn't help nodding in agreement. He just gave off that kind of vibe.

Soon after that they both went to sleep, though not before planning on how to inform Mei of their plans. They would ask her to go to the hotsprings with them soon and inform her of the situation.

With Naruto

Naruto slipped out of his clothes and armor before sealing them away as well as Zangetsu in a seal that he had on his left forearm that only responded to both his chakra and blood. He didn't like the way the Uchiha was eyeing his blade and knew he would try something eventually. He fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, tired from fighting earlier on in the day.

Little did he know that his night had just begun.

Inside the mindscape

Naruto appeared naked in the bedroom of the house he had created for his tenants. He took in the white wall, oak bookcase and crimson curtains before his eyes fell on the black quilted king sized bed.

And more importantly, Kyuubi and Zangetsu lying beside one another, smirking sultrily at him.

Did I mention the fact that they were completely naked?

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He could see every inch of them. Those toned legs that seemed to go on for miles leading up to their firm, full and rounded asses. The large mounds on their chests rising and falling with each breath, nipples standing to attention. Kyuubi's were a striking scarlet with a darker areola while Zangetsu's were a pretty shade of pink, areolas a mere shade darker. Their glistening lower lips, clean shaven and already soaked, showing their arousal if the sweet honey-like scent of the nectar leaking from them wasn't enough of an indication. This pleasing combination of sight and smell brought a hazy cloud over Naruto's mind and both biju and sentient sword could see the lust darkening his half lidded eyes

"Well Naruto-kun, are you gonna leave us all on our own?" they asked him as they rose from the bed and sashayed towards him, hips swinging from side to side and breasts bouncing with each step.

That seemed to shake Naruto out of his reverie as he moved towards them a lecherous grin creeping across his face. "Well what sort of man would I be if I did that?".

He smashed his slips into Kyuubi's own and slid his hands down her waist and on to her heart shaped ass, loving how soft and firm it felt on his fingers and gave it a squeeze. Kyuubi let loose a moan at the surprising but welcome sensation, giving Naruto the chance so slide his tongue in to her mouth. Kyuubi sucked happily on the invading appendage making Naruto groan as well. Zangetsu was not idle either as she kissed and sucked on his neck.

Naruto separated from Kyuubi and his lips met Zangetsu's as his tongue danced with her own, the wet muscles wrapped around one another. They broke apart and Naruto returned to Kyuubi as he started laying feather light kisses down her neck, gently sucking on the crook of her neck, hearing her moan his name softly in pleasure as he did so. He then moved his left hand to her left breast and kneaded it, marveling at how soft it felt and how his hand seemed to sink into it and brought his mouth to her right breast, circling his tongue around the erect nipple and on the areola before taking the rosy bud in his mouth, sucking and occasionally nibbling on it.

Kyuubi could only moan his name at his ministrations, especially when he tweaked her left nipple between his finger and thumb and gently nipped at the nipple enveloped in his mouth sending an electric tingle down her spine. Naruto soon switch breasts, using his right hand to massage her right breast while lavishing oral attention on her left. Kyuubi cooed as she felt her release building up in her core under the attention he paid to her overly sensitive breasts and came soon afterwards.

Naruto soon left her chest for Zangetsu's, sucking and nipping at one breast while he gently massaged the other, swapping breasts every a few minutes, tugging gently at her nipples with his teeth. Zangetsu came quickly with a drawn out moan under his loving his ministrations, her honey-scented nectar flowing down her thighs.

Naruto threw his head back and groaned as he felt something warm and wet run along his cock from base to tip while there was sense of suction on his sack. He looked down to see Kyuubi lathering his cock with her saliva by running her tongue along it from base to tip and Zangetsu giving his sack one last suck before her tongue joined Kyuubi's own running along his shaft. Both met at the tip and licked it like a lollipop and kissed one another with head of his cock between their lips as their wet tongues wrapped it.

They broke apart and Kyuubi took the tip into her mouth sucking heavily while swirling her tongue around the tip. Naruto moaned out her name as she started to bob her head up and down his dick. Kyuubi moaned as she did do and started humming, the pleasant vibrations driving Naruto crazy as he played with her crimson locks. She soon released the tip form her mouth with a 'pop' and he felt Zangetsu engulf his member in her own mouth. Her head bobbed up and down savoring his taste before she started to deepthroat him, swallowing him down to the base of his cock as her throat vibrated as she started humming. She suppressed her gag reflex for as long as she could before she released him from her throat, gasping for air. Naruto couldn't believe how good her throat felt as it vibrated around his member, so warm and wet.

Kyuubi saw the dollop clear liquid emerge at the tip of his cock and licked it off. She enjoyed the slightly salty flavour of his precum and she swirled it around her mouth. She kissed Zangetsu and moved the precum into her mouth with her skilled tongue. Zangetsu's eyes widened slightly as the enjoyably salty flavour settled on her pallet. They both looked as each and nodded as they separated from one another and swallowed the remaining precum. They had found their new favourite drink and wanted more. And Naruto was all too happy to oblige them.

Naruto felt himself growing harder if that was even possible at the sight of them sharing and swallowing his precum.

"Well Kyu-chan, I think it's time we pulled all the stops, don't you?" Zangetsu asked her in a seductive tone that made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.

"I couldn't agree more Zan-chan" Kyuubi responded in an equally seductive tone.

Naruto couldn't help involuntary shiver that crept down his spine at the sultry quality their voices had taken on, as he wondered what they had in store for him next.

Not that he was complaining or anything.

He found out just what they had in mind when he felt something incredibly soft surround his cock. He looked down and almost came from the sight alone. Zangetsu and Kyuubi grabbed their boobs and squeezed them around his member and started moving their tits up and down, the head of his saliva soaked cock occasionally poking up from their heavenly valley only to be lightly licked and sucked by Kyuubi and Zangetsu who took it in turns to lavish their oral affections on his member.

Naruto began lightly thrusting his cock up and down and needless to say he soon came under their loving ministrations. Rope after rope of cum spurted up from his cock and landed in Kyuubi and Zangetsu's waiting mouths as Naruto groaned in bliss at his orgasm as he fell back on the bed with his erection having wilted slightly at his release. Some however missed their mouths and land on other areas, primarily their chests and cheeks.

Naruto watch in awe and arousal as they swallowed what they had in their mouths and then proceeded to clean one another by licking the cum of each other's faces and chests before swallowing once more. Though not before showing him what exactly was in their mouths before gulping it down with satisfied expressions one their faces, an action that led Naruto's dick to spring to life once more.

"That was a nice appetiser but I think it's time for the main course" Kyuubi said smacking her lips as she eyed his dick before she walked towards Naruto with Zangetsu doing the same.

Kyuubi soon straddled Naruto, the tip of his cock just brushing against her outer folds making Naruto groan while she cooed softly at the incredible sensation. Naruto watched as his cock was swallowed by her warm, wet and eager pussy until he hit a barrier.

"Are sure about this Kyu-chan?" he asked with concern in his eyes as he sat up, propping himself up with his elbows. Kyuubi nodded, touched at his concern for her as she braced herelf.

Naruto quickly bucked his hips upwards and tore through her hymen. Kyuubi opened her mouth to scream in pain as she felt him fully penetrate her virgin pussy but her screams were muffled by Naruto's mouth as he kissed her while kneading her breasts in an attempt to help soothe her and help her overcome the pain with pleasure.

His attempts soon bore fruit as Kyuubi soon adjusted to his size and separated her mouth from his as she rolled her hips and grinded against him, making them both moan in pleasure at the new sensation.

Naruto was soon pushed onto his back by Zangetsu who straddled his head with her dripping slit right above his face or more importantly his mouth. Her desire was obvious and Naruto was more than happy to oblige her.

"Eat up Naru-kun" Zangetsu said with a sultry smirk and lowered herself onto his waiting mouth.

Naruto looked at the delicacy above his face with a grin before deciding to get to work. He gave a long slow lick along her slit, and deciding the taste was to his liking grabbed her by her waist and parted her outer folds with his tongue and began using said tongue explore her moist inner cavern, occasionally thrusting his tongue into her.

Zangetsu's moans grew louder before she was quieted by Kyuubi's lips upon her own as their tongues dueled and they kneaded each other breasts.

Kyuubi was bouncing on Naruto's shaft while he thrusted his pelvis upwards to meet her own as she came down and moaning in ecstasy as she and Zangetsu played with each other's breasts.

Zangetsu suddenly separated from Kyuubi, threw her head back and howled as her back arched in ecstay.

Why you ask?

Well Naruto was trailing his tongue along her dripping slit when he came upon her clit. He immediately recognised the little nub for what it was before giving it a gentle flick his tongue. Zangetsu shuddered lightly and Naruto grinned.

"Jackpot" he thought with a grin before latching his lips onto her clit and sucking for all he was worth. Said action caused Zangetsu's sudden howl.

Naruto felt his end coming after a few minutes and from the way his partners' moans were growing louder and louder they were in same boat and so he decided to end each of them simultaneously.

He took a deep breath and waited for Kyuubi to come down from her latest bounce. As she did he gave a savage thrust upwards and the head of his cock burst past her cervix and into her waiting womb while biting down on Zangetsu's clit.

The effect was instantaneous. Kyuubi and Zangetsu 's mouths were opened in silent screams as their backs arched in ecstasy from their orgasms.

Naruto came as well as he felt Kyuubi's inner walls convulse, coil around and caress his cock. It was like her pussy was trying to swallow him. He came with roar as he pumped his load into her waiting womb while he greedily drunk up Zangetsu's sweet nectar.

"Fuck that was amazing" he said as he sat up beside Zangetsu and Kyuubi who could only nod in agreement. "Up for round two yet?" he asked them both huskily.

"Do you even need to ask?".

"Guess not'" Nartuo remarked as he watched them get into position. Kyuubi lying on her back on the bed with Zangetsu's mouth above her soaked and cum filled pussy. Speaking of Zangetsu she was on her hands and knees waving her perfect posterior from side to side in and effort to entice him. Naruto moved towards Zangetsu and rubbed his cock against her pussy in order to make sure he was well lubricated in order to make it as painless as possible as well as teasing her.

He eased himself into her, reveling at how tight she felt around him before he came to a halt at her barrier. He looked at her, asking her the silent question and got a nod from her as an answer as she looked over her shoulder at him. He leaned over her shoulder and kissed her before pulling out slightly and thrusting forwards, tearing through her hymen before staying completely still.

Zangetsu screamed in pain into the kiss and felt the tears building up in her eyes. She was soothed by Naruto's passionate kiss and soon felt the pain be replaced by intense pleasure. Naruto separated from her and used his thumb to wipe a tear from her eye and smiled kindly at her.

Naruto started thrusting forward slowly eliciting a soft moan from Zangetsu who soon occupied her mouth by licking away at Kyuubi's outer folds and lightly flicking at her clit with her tongue making Kyuubi join her in the erotic melody of their moans.

Naruto sped up much to Zangetsu's pleasure and marveled at the feel of her tight pussy around his cock as he pounded into her. Zangetsu moaned as she felt him continue to piston in and out of her and focused on the delicacy before her. Kyuubi moaned and caressed her breasts as she felt Zangetsu's tongue trying to scoop Naruto's cum from her cunt. Naruto knew his end coming after of pumping in and out of Zangetsu for a while longer. Zangetsu also felt the heat building up in her core signifying her coming release.

Naruto came with a roar as he gave one last hard thrust into Zangetsu and shot his seed into her womb. Zangetsu came at the sensation of him filling up her womb with his seed. She bit down lightly on Kyuubi's clit as she orgasmed as she had been lavishing her oral affections on her clit prior to her orgasm. Kyuubi writhed in pleasure as she came as well as her liquid gushed forth from her pussy along with a healthy helping of Naruto's seed that escaped her womb which Zangetsu greedily drunk up.

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Naruto pulled out of her and fell down between Zangetsu and Kyuubi on the bed. Kyuubi cuddling his right side and laying her head on his chest with Zangetsu mirroring the action but on his left side.

"I love you Kyuubi-chan and you Zangetsu-chan" Naruto said as he kissed them both on their foreheads.

"We love you too Naruto-kun" they both said and snuggled into Naruto's chest before falling asleep with Naruto doing the same not long afterwards.

Next Morning

Tsunami, Yoruichi, Tazuna, Rangiku, Sasuke, Sai, Inari and Saura were gathered round the table in the kitchen doing their morning routine. Tsunami was happily chatting away with Yoruichi, both being morning people, Tazuna was quietly nursing a hangover, Rangiku was looking around bleary-eyed as she drank a cup of coffee, she wasn't in any way, shape or form morning person, Sasuke was … do I even need to say it at this stage, Sai was doodling away in his sketchbook, Inari eating his cereal in a subdued manner as he usually did and Sakura was sulking because she was left in the room for the night and everyone was enjoying the temporary silence.

"Morning everyone" Naruto said as he entered the room with Kakashi, a shit eating grin on his face and helped the Cyclops over to the table. Tsunami smiled at them as she handed Naruto a cup of tea and Kakashi a cup of coffee that they both gratefully accepted.

"Morning Naruto-kun, Kakashi-kun/sensei" his team, Tazuna and Tsunami greeted him. Kakashi's team were still silent, something everyone else in the room was grateful for.

"What's made you so happy?" Yoruichi asked him upon seeing how good of a mood he was in.

"Just spent some quality time with my tenants that's all" Naruto said with a foxy grin on his face as took a sip of tea. The ninja in the room all nodded at that bar Sasuke and Sakura as they weren't privy to the information and Tsunami and Tazuna merely shrugged, figuring it was some super secret shinobi stuff.

Sai's ears perked slightly though at this new piece of information. Naruto was communicating with the Kyuubi and more importantly unless he was mistaken he said tenants. Danzo-sama needed to be informed of this upon his return. In the meantime he'd keep an eye out for anything else he could find out about Naruto.

Sai's wasn't the only ones whose ears perked though. Kakashi, Rangiku and Yoruichi were all wondering just what kind of 'quality time' would put him in such a good mood. Kakashi had his suspicions though as he noticed the 'I just had sex and it was fucking amazing' grin on his face. He cocked an eyebrow at Naruto who nodded to answer the unspoken question.

Kakashi immediately hugged Naruto and patted him on the back while a single manly tear fell from his revealed eye. Inside his mind there was a chibi-Kakashi proudly waving a banner around that read 'that's my otouto' and doing a victory dance. He had seen what both Zangetsu and Kyuubi looked like when Naruto showed the Hokage their appearances when he was eight and he was damn proud of him being with the two buxom beauties and on his first time no less.

Outside a Hotsprings in Kusagakure

A large man with long spiky white hair, dressed in a short green kimono, matching pants, a mesh undershirt, geta and a red haori with a horned headband with the kanji for oil etched into it and a large scroll completing the ensemble looked up from his research. Said research consisted of peeping on the local kunoichi while he was perched precariously on a branch overlooking the springs.

"I sense someone I know has been enlightened to the dark side" Jiraiya remarked. "Who knows, maybe Naruto finally got it on with the purple haired chick he was with the last time I visited him. Yoruichi was it? She was a beauty" Jiraiya thought before he began giggling perversely.

Unfortunately for him, one of the kunoichi present heard him and with quick yell of pervert alerted the others in the springs to his presence.

Jiraiya fell down from his tree in shock and cowered against the trunk as the women, clad only in towels towered over him.

"Have mercy" he pleaded desperately as he looked for something to protect himself with and found it.

"Not a chance pervert" the one who spotted him said and cracked her knuckles.

"Protect me cone" he whimpered as he held the bright orange cone in front of his crotch.

It did him no good however as they fell on him like a pack of wolves, and unleashed their feminine fury upon the great and gallant Gama Sennin of Mount Myoboku in the form of a flurry of fists and feet, the vast majority aimed for his family jewels. His screams could be heard across the Land of Grass that night with all females smirking at the sound, knowing they were those of a pervert being subjected to feminine justice and all males wincing, holding their own family jewels and saying a prayer for the poor misfortunate bastard who was a source of those screams.

Back in Wave

Naruto and Kakashi separated from their hug and Kakashi told them of Zabuza'a probable survival due to the supposed 'hunter-nin' not disposing of his body at the site of his death. Rangiku nodded, having shared his suspicions and was relieved as well. It wouldn't do to have one of her fellow swordsmen die now that Zangetsu's awakened. Naruto couldn't help the manical grin that came to his face at having to fight Zabuza again. He loved fighting a strong opponent like Zabuza. Yoruichi sighed as she saw the grin on his face, that grin that never boded well for anyone. Sakura damn near pissed herself at the thought of facing that monster again even though she was passed out for the entire fight. Sasuke was delighted as he had awakened his kekkai genkai during the fight, granted he did jack shit in said fight but he was still looking forward to copying any techniques that were used during the rematch. And Sai, well Sai just nodded once before he went back to his sketchbook.

"Zabuza will likely be back at full fighting strength in a week so we'll need to train for the upcoming confrontation with him along with his accomplice. Rangiku, could you and your team stay here to keep an eye on Tazuna and his family today?. We'll set up a schedule for training when we get back" Kakashi asked her and Rangiku nodded.

"Team Seven follow me to our temporary training grounds" Kakashi said and limped out of the house on his crutches with his team following him.

"Well Team here's the plan, Yoruichi-chan, you'll accompany Tsunami on her errands, Naruto-kun, you'll guard Tazuna and I'll stay here and keep an eye on Inari and the house" Rangiku said.

"Hai sensei" they answered.

Both genin left the house soon afterward, Naruto went with Tazuna to the bridge and Yoruichi went with Tsunami to help her with her errands.

"So kiddo, I'll be taking a nap upstairs so wake up if you need me ok" Rangiku told him cheerfully and waved a hand over her shoulder at him as she made her way upstairs leaving a confused Inari to shake his head at her antics before he went back to his own room to do his own thing.

Later that night

Kakashi and his team arrived at Tazuna's house late that evening to find Tsunami setting cutlery out on the table for dinner. Soon they settled in and Tsunami dished out the food for the whole group. It wasn't long before the gather shinobi started laughing and joking around as they ate their excellent meal much to the displeasure of a certain bucket hatted boy at the table.

"Why are you all trying so hard" he muttered quietly as his shoulders were shaking with repressed emotion.

"You say something kid" Naruto asked him.

"Why are you all trying so hard when Gato will just slaughter you all. You should just give up" Inari yelled at him as his eyes started to water.

"I don't know about you kid, but I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees. And besides I won't fall before some shitstain like Gato, I've got too much to live for" Naruto told him with a confident grin, though his good mood from last night's events was starting to leave him.

"Shut up. You'll die like everyone else who fought Gato. What do you know anyway? What do you know about suffering?" he yelled at him as stood up and he started to cry.

And with that little statement of his Naruto's mood vanished faster than the last piece of barbeque beef at an Akimichi eating contest. Everyone who knew of Naruto's life all winced at that statement. Yoruichi could feel her anger rising and Rangiku was not far behind her. Both knew what Naruto went through as a child, Yoruichi more so than Rangiku and but the fact remained that they were downright pissed off at the little gaki. Kakashi was pissed as well however he was watching Naruto carefully.

"Kid, have you ever had to live on the streets with no one to help you" Naruto asked quietly, his hair shadowing his eyes and his voice a having a slight edge to it.

"No" he muttered.

"Have you ever been so hungry that you dug through trashcans for any half rotten food you can find?" Naruto asked him, the edge in his voice being just that little bit sharper.

"No" he muttered.

"Have you ever been beaten just for looking at someone, just for being somewhere, just for existing?" Naruto asked him the edge in voice being sharper than ever, downright dangerous

"No" he said quietly.

"Then don't you dare tell me I know nothing of suffering, you little coward" Naruto told him the edge in his voice being sharper than Zangetsu herself now as he loomed over him.

Inari sat back down in his chair while Naruto sighed angrily before taking a deep breath in an obvious effort to calm himself down.

"I'll be outside blowing off some steam. Don't look for me. I'll be back when I've calmed down" Naruto said as he walked out the door and slammed it behind him with enough force to shake the entire house.

Yoruichi and Rangiku got up to go after him but were stopped by Kakashi.

"You shouldn't go after him" Kakashi said.

"Why not" Yoruichi asked annoyed that he stopped her from comforting Naruto.

"Because he needs to blow off some steam and when Naruto blows off steam the surrounding area tends to be his outlet. And unfortunately you'll probably be caught in the crossfire" he told her.

'Tch, fine. I'm going to bed" she told him and went up the stairs.

"I'll keep an eye on her" Rangiku told him and went up the stairs after her.

"Was he really treated that badly?" Tsunami asked him a shortly afterwards.

"He gave you the heavily sugar coated version" Kakashi told her, eliciting a gasp from her.

"I'm heading to bed as well" he said leaving the little family to muse over what they heard.

Forest clearing

Haku was whistling with a basket cradled in left arm as she made her way through the forest, searching for the herbs needed to speed up Zabuza's recovery. Her whistling soon stopped as a gasp escaped her mouth as she saw the devastation in the clearing. The trees were covered in slashes like they were used as scratching posts by some huge cat. Some were just cleaved in half horizontally and others had a fist-sized hole pierced through them. One edge of the clearing was black and ashy like the area had fallen victim to a localized wildfire. And there in the centre of the clearing lay the who had caused it all.

Haku crept closer to him and formed an ice senbon in her hand from the morning dew using her Hyoton. She soon recognized him as the male who disabled Zabuza's water clones and freed Kakashi. The one who Zabuza ordered her not to kill.

She sighed as she dispelled the icy senbon in her hand and reached down to his shoulder to wake him up.

Naruto yawned as he woke up, stretching with his eyes still closed. He was surprised to see a beautiful black haired girl clad in a pink kimono kneeling before him with a herb basket beside her, her chocolate orbs gazing into his crimson ones. He stood up and sheathed Zangetsu at his waist.

"Thanks for waking me up Miss…" Naruto trailed off hoping to learn her name.

"Haku, and it was no problem. Though I wonder were you responsible for the state the clearing is in Mr…" Haku asked him as she trailed off for his name.

"Naruto Uzumaki and yes I am, I kinda got carried away when I was training last night. I needed to blow off some steam" he informed her with a grin as he scratched the back of his head sheepishly in a way Haku found endearing.

"So you're a shinobi then?" Haku asked him, scouting for any information that could be useful to Zabuza.

"What makes you say that" he asked her wearily as his hand rested itself on Zangetsu's hilt.

"Your headband" she said pointing at the headband he wore as a belt.

"Oh right" Naruto said sheepishly, slightly embarrassed.

"So do you have anyone precious to you" she asked him.

Naruto was thrown for a second by the odd question and thought about it for a second before a fond smile crept across his face.

"Yes I do and I'll protect them with my dying breath" he answered her smile still in place.

"Good. I believe a person is truly strong when they are protecting someone precious to them. And if you continue to protect them I'm sure you'll grow to be a powerful shinobi" she told him with a warm smile on her own face.

"Thanks Haku-chan. So what you doing out here so early anyway" he asked curiously.

"My precious person has fallen ill recently and I'm looking for some herbs to speed his recovery" she told him and gestured towards the basket.

"Let me help you then as thanks for waking me up" he told her warmly.

"Thanks Naruto-kun" she replied and showed him what herbs to gather. They spent the next hour gathering herbs as they talked with one another. Naruto handed the ones he gathered to Haku who nodded her thanks as she placed them in her basket.

"Goodbye Naruto-kun" she said and moved to leave the clearing. "Oh and by the way I'm a boy".

"No you're not, though working for a cretin like Gato I can understand why you'd say that Haku-chan. Oh and be sure to give Zabuza my regards" he told her cheerfully.

Haku whirled around with ice senbon already formed in her hands.

"How long have you known" she asked him sharply.

"The moment you woke me up. You and Zabuza's partner have the same scent. Ice, metal and lavender. A scent as delightful as the one who radiates it" he told her and Haku felt the heat in her cheeks as she blushed despite the situation.

"So why didn't you do anything".

"I saw no need to. You clearly meant me no harm as you could have easily attempted to kill me while I slept and trusted me somewhat as you spoke with me despite our being enemies so I decided to extend the same courtesy to you" he answered her.

"Ok. I'll be going then" she told him, hoping to get back to Zabuza as soon as possible.

"Wait. Can you please pass a message to Zabuza for me?" he asked her.

"Sure what is it?'" she replied.

Naruto told her the message and she gasped but soon nodded, and left in an ice shunshin to get the message to Zabuza immediately.

"Well guess I better head back" Naruto said before vanishing in his own shunshin of crimson fire.

When Naruto arrived back at the house he immediately informed his team and Kakashi of his meeting with Haku, her apparent ability to manipulate ice based on what he saw regarding her senbon and shunshin and the message he sent to Zabuza. Kakashi groaned at the message. Only Naruto would try something like that with a infamous if he could pull it off it could prove very beneficial for Konoha.

The week passed quickly with both teams switching between training and guarding Tazuna. Tazuna also took the shinobi aside once Naruto came back from his little excursion in the forest explained that Inari was acting the way he was due to his surrogate father and 'Hero of the Wave' Kaiza being publicly executed by Gato's thugs. Soon the day of the battle with Zabuza arrived.

"Alright everyone, today's the day of Zabuza's return so be careful and stick together alright" Kakashi said.

"Shouldn't we wake up Naruto-kun Kakashi-sensei" Yoruichi asked him.

"Nah, Naruto will catch up when he wakes up" Kakashi answered her. "Let's head out" Kakashi said and left the house, soon followed by Tazuna and his fellow shinobi.

Ten minutes later

Naruto woke up to the sound of Tsunami's screams. He cursed and quickly put on his gear before he silently shunpo'd out of the room.

Downstairs one minutes earlier

Tsunami was in the kitchen washing up after breakfast when she heard someone knocking on the door.

"Inari-kun, could you please get the door?" Tsunami asked him and heard him yell an agreement.

Inari opened the door and his eyes widened as he saw the two men with katana in the doorway before he tried to run away only to be caught by the shirtless one in a rough grip.

"Kaa-chan" he screamed before the one holding him clamped a hand over his mouth.

Tsunami ran out to the front door and screamed as she saw her son held by the samurai.

Inari struggled in the shirtless one's grip annoying him. "Hey Zori can I kill the little whelp" he asked his white haired companion.

"Sure, go ahead Waraji" Zori replied uncaring, making Waraji grin as he swung his unsheathed katana Inari.

"Wait" Tsunami screamed making him stop. "If you kill him I'll bite off my own tongue and kill myself so you have no one to bring to Gato. Let go of him and I'll go with you without protest".

"Be happy you have such a great mommy kid" Waraji said as he pushed Inari forward while Zori got a hold of Tsunami.

"Come on lady. We can't keep Gato waiting" he said as he dragged her out of the house.

Inari stood still, frozen in horror as he watched Gato's thugs bring his mother away. He couldn't do anything, just like with Kaiza's execution. Naruto was right, he was a coward.

"No" he thought as he ran into the kitchen and grabbed a knife from the chopping board.

"I'll prove Naruto wrong. I'm not a coward".

"I won't let you take my Kaa-san" he roared as he charged the samurai.

Tsunami screamed as she saw the one who held Inari earlier swiftly draw his katana and swing it at the boy.

Inari closed his eyes, expecting to feel the blade cleave him in half. Instead he heard the clang of metal and opened his eyes to see Naruto standing before him, effortlessly blocking the two handed swing from the bulky thug with Zangetsu in a reverse grip.

"Good job Inari. Now stay back and I'll save your Kaa-san" Naruto said he turned around and smiled at Inari. Inari nodded and returned the smile with one of his own, something Tsunami hasn't seen since Kaiza died.

"Who the hell are you" the thug growled as he pressed against his opponent with all of his strength in an effort to break through his guard and kill him.

"I'm the hero of course. Who else arrives in the nick of time to save the young prince and the fair maiden" he replied playfully to the thug, making Tsunami blush despite herself. "Oh, by the way you shouldn't overexert yourself against someone who is clearly stronger than you" he added helpfully.

"And why is that?" the thug growled at him.

"Something like this could happen" he told him in casual tone with a sadistic glint in his eye as he smiled darkly at him.

The thug suddenly fell forward as Naruto withdrew Zangetsu from the deadlock as he did a half-spin on his heels before he sheathed his blade in the thug's back, the tip protruding form his chest. He quickly removed his blade from the thug's spine, uncaring as the thug fell to his knees and then the floor, dead and flipped the blade into a normal grip.

He sighed and flicked the blood of his blade and looked at the remaining thug who was staring at him, frozen with fear. With his dark smile still in place he slowly advanced towards the remaining thug, who drew Tsunami close to him and held his blade to her neck.

"Come any closer and I'll slit her throat" he yelled in a deranged voice at him.

If Naruto heard him he gave no sign as he continued onwards with that slow stroll of his making the thug step backwards.

"Didn't you hear me? I said I'll slit the bitch's throat" he roared at him.

This time Naruto deigned to give him a response. "Actually, I don't think you will. And please refrain from calling Tsunami-chan a bitch in my presence".

"And why wouldn't I" he said and pressed his blade against her throat just enough to draw blood as if to emphasise his point.

"Because if you do, then there won't be anything to use as a shield against me and I will be very angry. And trust me when I say this, those are two circumstances you truly don't want to find yourself in" Naruto informed him as he kept on walking towards the thug, his eyes glinting with sadistic glee.

The thug's eyes widened as he realised the truth in Naruto's words. He panicked and threw Tsunami forward before turning to run away. Luckily for Tsunami, Naruto was close enough to catch her. Unluckily for the thug he ran right into the sword Naruto's clone was swing at his neck. His body fell to the ground as his head sailed through the air before falling into the sea that bordered the bridge builder's house.

"Arigatou Naruto-kun" Tsunami whispered as she hugged him while two clones disposed of the bodies.

"Your welcome" he replied and slipped out of her embrace. "Do you know when my team left?" he asked her.

"Twelve minutes ago" she replied and Naruto nodded once before vanishing, hurrying to get the bridge in time to get Zabuza's answer.

AN: And I'll end it there. So there you have it you randy bastards, you finally have your lemon. Oh and to the guy who threatened to sick Ulquiorra on me, bring it on, I have my machete and I'm not going down without a fight. And to the guy who threatened me with Sakura, I had fucking nightmares about that shit, I mean fuck man I laughed through the Exorcist and Saw when I watched them but that shit was just going too fucking far. Though I am flattered that you would resort to such heinous acts to get me to update faster. Oh and sorry for the delay but the lemon took me ages to do. And this is also my longest chapter at 7183 words not including, disclaimer, title and authors note. The lemon was over 2000 words, not sure if I should be proud or ashamed of that. I think I'll go with proud though, it's a fuzzier feeling. I'm also sorry to inform you though that I probably won't update again until July due to exams that are coming up in school. I've also reached 200 reviews which I'm delighted about so I'd like to thank you all for reviewing this story and ask you to do so again. I'd also like to hear some feedback on the lemon so I know where to improve when I next write one.

Take it handy,

Maverick Wilde

Edited: 15 June 2013