"Kyuubi talking"

'Kyuubi Thinking'

"Regular Talking"

'Regular Thinking'

I Do Not Own Naruto

Naruto the Crimson Chain Wielder

"Dammit, I'm going to make those stupid Konoha villagers pay for not believing me." Came the screechy annoying voice of one Sakura Haruno as she tiredly walked through out a random land. She has been gone form the village for about a week and has spent most of her money on food and on hotel rooms to get by.

"I'm almost out of money but I still need to get some one stronger than me to beat that loser and show those dumb asses from Konoha how wrong they are. Then me and Sasuke-kun can get married." She said a little loudly which is picked up by a couple of suspicious shinobi in a diner near by her.

"Guys, did you just hear that?" Asked one of the shinobi.

"Yea, she said she wants to get revenge on the leaf village or something." Another one said.

"Maybe we should take her to the base and see if you has any information on the village."

"I guess we could but would the boss like that?"

"I don't know, but I don't think it could hurt, besides that, Sasuke is the target that Orochimaru is after."

"Alright, then lets get her." They all agreed and leave the bar without even paying.

Back with Sakura she was still grumbling about stupid villagers and how she was going to get Sasuke when some people appeared in front of her.

"Who are you guys?" She asks a little afraid of them.

"We are shinobi for the village near by here little girl and we overheard you talking about some revenge on Konoha or something." One said trying to get some info out of the clearly weak girl.

Sakura seemed to still be a little suspicious but answered anyway, "yea, they have a demon in there and no one would believe me when I told them to kill it." She said to the ninja in front of her.

"Yea whatever, look we want you to come with us to the base and you can talk to our leader about some information on the village and then maybe we could help you get your revenge." One of them said which made the others grin at the girl.

Sakura seemed to really think about the offer and decided that she had come this far and she wanted some revenge. She soon nodded and they started to walk away to the secret base when she asked them, "Who is your leader anyway?"

"The Otokage in the Village hidden in the Sound." They said together and continued to move to the base while Sakura just shrugged and followed them. She had never heard of this person but if they had the title 'Kage' self given or not, they had to be strong. She just wanted to bring the demon to its knees and show the villagers not to question her again.

The break that Naruto was given was a very good training time for the blond and his other teammates. Naruto had been training himself into the ground and while its not very relaxing, he did improve greatly. He had mastered the rasengan to a point where it was almost equal to Jiraiya's. He still laughed at Jiraiya's jealous and surprised face that he completed it to a decent amount in just nine days.

After Jiraiya had informed Naruto about his parents, something he already knew but he didn't have the heart to speak up about, he had decided to push him that much harder. It really didn't have anything at all to do with the jealousy either... Well, maybe a little.

He had told the blond that Minato was his last apprentice and that he was a very quick learner. This had of course got Naruto to work harder and learn faster than ever before something that Jiraiya had planned for.

Naruto is very proud of his knew abilities and he is also happy that he actually took the old pervert up on the shinobi training. Right now he is headed to the Hokage's office to get his first mission since the near disaster of his first C rank turned A rank mission.

As he makes his way to the tower he can't help but blush remembering what happened at one point during his training break. Hana had all but dragged Ayame and surprisingly Haku behind her and came to him to tell them they liked him.

Flash Back

Naruto is training in the wooded area of training ground 7 and is working up quite a sweat doing it. He has taken off his shirt and has been doing some of his physical exercises he has been doing for years now. He didn't even think to check the surrounding area with his senses because he had thought he would be safe there.

Behind the trees nearby were a couple different pairs of eyes watching him workout with lust filled eyes as they watched him doing his workouts. He has been doing one armed push ups with a good sized boulder on his back for a while and the girls were drooling at the sight.

Hana, Ayame, Haku, and a hidden Anko were all there and because Ayame couldn't climb trees, Hana, Haku, and her were on the ground and were so focused that they didn't even sense Anko at all. Hana had came to the ramen stand wanting to confess to Naruto and she wanted Ayame there too so she just grabbed her while tell Teuchi that she would be back later.

Ayame had also seen quite a bit of Haku as she had been brought to her stand with Naruto a few times and she knew that she like him also. She didn't really mind Haku though as she was really kind and cheerful. She was still a bit jealous at her beauty though.

"Damn, he is so hot right now..." Ayame said to Hana and Haku with a matching blush on their faces.

"Look at all that sweat glistening on his body... I say we just jump him right now..." Hana said making their blushes grow even more while Haku remained silent as she really didn't know what to say.

"Damn Hana, he would probably drop dead at us trying to do that, not that I don't want to though. I just don't know if I'm completely ready to tell him yet..." She says softly while tearing up a bit which Hana, Haku and the still hidden Anko notice.

"What's wrong Ayame?"

"Its just that you and the others are all ninjas and will always have the perfect bodies and have amazing skills that can make Naruto fall for you all so easily." She cried out with tears forming which shocks the two women but they soon understand what is wrong. "I'm just Ayame, the ramen stand girl. I will never look as good as you will, and I could never perform those skills. what is there to love about me?"

Hana and Haku were shocked silent at that, so the spying Anko decided to come down which makes the girls whip their heads to her and then sigh in relief. "He likes you for who you are Ayame." She said sternly making her look in her eyes. "Its the same with the rest of us. He likes only our personalities and our actions the same. It doesn't matter if your a ninja or not, he would never be that shallow." She says making her think back a lot.

"Its the truth, Ayame." Haku said with a soft smile, "its something that I have always loved and that I will always love. He accepts everyone for who they are and besides every time he goes to your stand he glances at you quite a bit." She said calmly with her beautiful tone of voice.

"I guess your right." She says as she wipes her tears and looks to them gratefully. "Naruto will always be the nicest man I will ever know and he loves ramen a lot, so I could be his own personal cook." She said more confidently with some giggles. "Now lets go and get him."

Hana is a bit surprised at her determination and watches her walk away with an equally shocked but happy, Haku for a bit before sending a deadpan stare at Anko, "do you always watch him like an overly attached wife?" She asked which makes Anko erupt in a blush.

"Sh-shut up Hana." She says as she shunshins out of the area leaving Hana to catch up to Ayame.

As Naruto is just finishing his last push up, he hears some footsteps behind him and he quickly throws the boulder off his back. He then stands up not noticing how they are staring at him with lust filled eyes.

"Hey Ayame-chan, Hana-chan, Haku-chan." He says kindly while coming towards them with a small blush at thinking it is a good time to talk about his feelings.

The girls are momentarily speechless as they didn't see the front of his body when he was doing push ups and they could now see his perfectly sculpted front and they loved what they saw.

"U-Uhh. Hey Naruto-kun." Haku said nervously as she, Hana, and Ayame gawk at him.

"We would like to date you and hopefully marry you and have your children. So what do you say." Ayame yells out as she was really nervous and she just keeps blurting things out. Needless to say everyone erupted with a blush. Hana couldn't even believe the shy girl would say that and Haku almost fainted at the blunt confession, while Ayame was mortified. 'I thought we would say it a little bit better than that. But it definitely made the point' was what Hana thought after a while.

Naruto just looks at all of them in shock, 'Kyoshi? Did I just hear that right?'

'I think you did Naru-kun, it looks like your dreams are coming true. But remember I get you first.' Kyoshi responds while starting out sarcastically but ending in a dead serious tone.

'Yea yea.' He thinks back to her slightly jokingly.

'I will have you first, it was already agreed upon and if you touch them first I will never forgive you.' She responds to him with an ice cold tone.

'I know Kyoshi-chan, I will be with you first when I am ready. I promise.' He replies back, now a little afraid.

'Good' she says in a much too cheerful tone that made a giant sweat drop on the back of Naruto's head.

On the outside he now comes back to reality, "Ok... let me get this straight." He begins making the three look at him with the most hopeful expressions that he had ever seen. "You want to be with me, even though I have to have others, these being Hinata and Anko?" He asks blushing making them blush and smile warmly at him.

"Yes we agreed to share you and we already knew about Hinata. We trust that you will treat us equally." Hana says gaining more confidence while Ayame is just too embarrassed to speak again. "So what do you say?"

"Yes. Of course, I had fallen for you the moment I laid eyes on you both. With looks as cute as yours, I was hopeless not to fall for you." He says making their hearts swell with happiness and love. "You ladies are the most beautiful ladies I've ever seen and each of you has such a great personality and I love that you are all different and special in your own ways. I don't have any idea where I would be without you ladies in my life and I'm truly grateful for all the things you have done for me. I promise that I will love and cherish you all equally for the rest of my life." He says passionately, determinedly, and the best of all, honestly.

The ladies were then stunned by his most handsome smile and his nice words, he didn't just say that they were crazy hot like pretty much any other guy would do. They all knew that they were completely in love with that blond because he is respectful and caring and his speech to them made their bodies explode with warmth and love.

They soon jumped him each girl giving their first kisses to the boy happily while not having any regrets.

He shakes his head as he is recalling the memories, he will always remember that day for the rest of his life. He also was informed by the Hokage that the council wanted the ice release ability to put rebuilt in Konoha. Of course Naruto and Haku were against that but Naruto vowed to come up with something different later on.

As he finishes shaking himself out of his memories, he finds himself at the entrance of Hokage's office and he enters. There he sees the rest of his team standing quietly waiting for him. "Hey team."

"Hey, taicho." Sai replies stoically, still not too used to his emotions yet.

"Taicho," Kiba replies simply with a nod of his head.

"Naru-kuuun" Anko teases him and sends him a wink, making the others in the room chuckle at the obvious pair.

"Anko-chan." Naruto says back to her with his famous fox like smile making her blush a bit and the others chuckle harder. "So, what is the new mission we have today?" He asks the old man.

"Well I had just received a message from Wave country actually." He said making them all curious. "They seem to have taken over Gato's trading company, thanks to you Naruto-kun, and are doing very nicely for themselves. They want to see the team again and pay you guys the rest of the money for all you have done for them." The Sandaime said making the team smile as they have missed the people of Wave quite a bit.

"Sweet, so that's our mission then?" Kiba asks loudly making the two other guys on the team smile a bit at how energetic he can be at times.

"Yes, I'll give you guys two weeks to complete this mission. I know its a little long just for a trip to Wave but I have also heard some rumors of some missing rain ninja near the location in between there and the next village over, Takigakure. I thought you guys could check it out for me." The Hokage says to them while smiling at them even though he shouldn't be giving genin missions the involve other ninjas, he had a great deal of faith for this team.

"Sure Hokage-sama, we'll do just that." Anko says to the old man, knowing that the Hokage had given them this mission to prove themselves. "Alright team pack up for that long of a mission and meet at the front gates again in two hours." She says talking to the team and then shunshins out of the room.

"Well, I'll see you guys then." Naruto says simply as they both leave. "Thanks for trusting us with this old man." Naruto said happily while getting a smile from the old man.

"I know that you are strong enough to do this Naruto-kun." He said and watched as the boy shunshined away.

Two hours later the whole team is packed up and ready to go. All of them with similar smiles on their faces at the thought of seeing their friends again.

"So Naruto-kun, excited to see Tsunami again?" Anko asks with a small mischievous smile on her face as she had come to terms with him liking the woman. Naruto just blushed a little and looked at her with a confused expression that made her chuckle.

"Why are you asking me that Anko-chan. Of course I'm excited to see her and Inari again. I would almost even say I missed the old drunk too." Naruto responds while trying to diffuse the situation. Too bad it didn't work at all.

"O come on Naru-kun. Tsunami obviously likes you from the way she was staring and blushing in your direction. I think you also like her to some extent as well, based on what I saw from you when you thought no one was looking." Anko said sweetly which scared Naruto a bit but she just giggled showing that she was joking. The other guys were starting to catch on and were just smirking at him.

"Well well well, taicho. You just seem to be a babe magnet don't you." Kiba says mischievously to his best friend and leader.

"I've read a book about this sort of thing, it said that when a man attracts numerous women to him it means that he probably has a very big penis." Sai said in a stoic tone ignoring the blush on the rest of the teams faces and the proud look on Naruto's face.

Anko, after composing herself and bringing her mind out of the gutter addressed the team. "Alright alright, that's enough talking lets get on our way to wave and then we'll get to see all of the people again." They then head off at a nice ninja pace, all of them excited to see the people of wave again.

The fact was that Naruto definitely felt something for the kind and beautiful woman. He just needed some time to think and the traveling time would be perfect.

Tsunami is walking calmly through the now much better looking village of Wave Country. Ever since the ninja of team 7 have came to their aid, the village has done nothing but grow and prosper again.

Thinking of team 7, or more specifically a certain member of team 7 brings a blush to her beautiful face. Ever since Naruto had first made eye contact with her and his first words to her, she hasn't been able to not think of him. His eyes are the deepest blue she had ever seen, and he was so kind and caring to everyone in the village. The people of the village had instantly fallen in love with him... and she was no exception.

She felt so lonely when he had left and has really been wishing for him to come back to see them again. She tried not to feel this way, as she was still worried about being a good bit older than him, and she had a son that wasn't far behind him in age. But her heart seemed to have made up its mind and she really couldn't change it after their time together. She was unaware that her father had actually specifically requested him and his team to come and collect the money they rightfully deserved and she could never have prepared herself for their reunion.

Meanwhile, Tazuna was inwardly laughing at the lost look on her face as she walked through the door. 'I had thought that she had a developed a thing for the blond Hero of Wave, I am her father after all. I think that he will be a great choice of a husband for her as he is strong and caring. He is someone that I can count on to protect her and keep her happy. I just can't wait to see her reaction when he shows up at that door.' He thought while cracking up on the inside.

The team has just crossed the new bridge and they were all surprised at the name of it. "No way..." Naruto said, mostly to himself. "The Great Naruto Bridge."

"Wow, you have your own bridge now huh taicho?" Kiba asked in his own amount of surprise while Sai and Anko remained quiet.

Naruto didn't reply as he was highly honored and touched that something as awesome and important would be named after him so they just continued on their way. As they walked they noticed that the now lively people of Wave all seem cheery and were even more excited when they saw the people that helped them get back on their feet, mostly Naruto of course, much to Anko's ire.

NARUTO-KUN'S BACK EVERYONE!

HE LOOKS EVEN BETTER THAN THE LAST TIME.

WE LOVE YOU NARUTO-KUN...

Shouts like these were heard by the whole team making Naruto blush while signing some autographs for people while Anko silently fumed. She only held back her anger because she knew Naruto would never go for any of them.

The guys didn't seem to care so much for all his attention either. Kiba because he wants his own recognition and Sai... Well he's Sai. Eventually, the team gets through the crowd and makes it to Tazuna's house and they knock on the door.

"Tsunami, can you get that?" questioned Tazuna who had a good idea of who was behind the door.

Tsunami, who still had no idea of who it was, agreed and went to the door, "I wonder who it could be." She wondered and her heart fluttered in her chest at seeing the person who hasn't left her mind ever since she saw him and after all the things he did for them.

"NARUTO-KUN!" She yells and hugs him tightly into her chest making Kiba a little jealous and Anko slightly annoyed but she let it go. She would just have to talk to her about it.

Tsunami blushed at what she was doing and Naruto wasn't much better as both silently liked the contact. Tsunami reluctantly let go and backed up to get a better look at him and her blush increased. Her blush deepened as she begins to have more images of her hands running over that strong back and ripped arms. Rubbing against a young man that looked truly like a god would definitely not be unwanted.

She couldn't move, only look on in awe at him as if not believing that he was real... "Nice to see you again Tsunami-chan." She heard him say and if her blush could get deeper it would have.

she stuttered, "Hai, nice to see you to Naruto-kun, what are you guys all doing back here?"

Anko quickly answered the question, "You didn't hear? Tazuna sent us a letter requesting this team personally to pick up the rest of the money for our mission."

Hearing this made her glare at her father, "No, he didn't warn me about this at all..." She said to the team while still glaring at the old man making him sweat a bit. "But come on in, I'm sure Inari will be happy your here Naruto-kun."

Inari then came into the room at a slight jog, "hey, did you just yell Naruto, kaa-san?" He then sees why she did and his face brightens up. "Naruto-nii-chan!" He yells as he runs up and hugs him getting a warm smile from Tsunami.

"Hey Inari, how's it going?" Naruto asks warmly and the two quickly left the room to talk.

"Well, I'll go get the rest of the money. You guys are welcome to stay the night here." Tazuna said as they all sit down at the table.

"Of course, I was just about to start dinner anyway, your free to stay as long as you like." Tsunami adds in politely while getting a bit sad that Naruto had left when she didn't get to see him that much.

"Thank you, we will stay for the night but we have another mission to go and seek out some missing Rain ninjas in the next village over, and I can help with dinner Tsunami." Anko says to her kindly.

"Ohh, that's alright. I can handle dinner for you guys." She replies back not knowing why the woman is asking to help with dinner but she begins to get nervous thinking she may be on to her thoughts of Naruto.

"I insist." Anko says back and follows behind her to the kitchen, "don't do anything stupid in here guys while were cooking. Got It?" She asks at they then leave the room.

They get into the kitchen and Anko asks her something that makes her freeze. "So, are you going to tell him or should I?"

"What are you talking about?" She replies while getting the ingredients together and pretending not to know what Anko is talking about, but she knows that it won't work and that she will have to confess.

"You know what I'm talking about Tsunami, you like Naruto-kun. What are you going to do about it?"

Tsunami sighs and looks at the woman with a defeated look on her face. "There is nothing I can do Anko-san, I'm too old for him anyway even when I know that I like him a lot. We also live in two different places so it wouldn't work out." She says to Anko sadly, but Anko just laughs a little bit confusing her.

"Naruto is not like that at all, I can tell that he likes you and he is under a law in our village which says that he has to have multiple women to revive his clan because he is the last known member of it. About the not living in the same place thing, you could always just move." She explains, shocking Tsunami but also giving her a lot of hope.

"So, he is in a relationship with some other girls? So it would be possible for me to join?" She asks full of hope as she was not all that put off at the multiple girls thing, as long as she had her own time with him.

Anko smiles as she sees Tsunami finally being honest about the situation and she can see the relief in her stance. "Talk to Naruto and I'm sure he'll want to be with you too and you could stay with him." She says getting a blush from Tsunami as they both get working on dinner while Tsunami is thinking to herself. 'I definitely will tell Naruto-kun about this after dinner.'

With Naruto and Inari they are having a blast as they are walking around the village as Inari shows him the improvements and additions. After a while of Talking, Inari remembers something, "I have a surprise for you Naruto-nii, I want to show it to you." He says excitedly and leads him towards the eastern most part of the village.

When they arrive Naruto sees something that he never thought he would see in his lifetime. On top of a platform with white marble stairs all around it is a statue. it is a statue of him standing with a fierce look on his face alongside of his team. Kiba and Sai are on either side of him standing in a defensive stance with their own battle faces on. Akamaru is snarling at his invisible opponent next to Kiba as he has his sharpened claws in front of his body waiting for an attack. Sai has a pretty big sized bird that he is standing on, made to look like the one he drew while he is holding his scroll. Anko is crouched in front and to the right of Naruto with snakes coming out of her sleeve and a kunai in the other hand. At their backs and sides are Naruto's chains which are shooting out in all directions in a protective manner around his teammates while he has his katana in his hand raised towards the sky while a few chains are also coming off his free forearm. The statue is made of bronze and is perfectly sculpted making Naruto look in awe at the sight of it.

All in all, it was the coolest thing Naruto had ever seen. "This is amazing, that is the most awesome statue I have ever seen." Naruto says excitedly, which makes Inari smile happily.

"Read the inscription at the bottom of it." Inari says as they get closer to it.

"To the heroes of Wave Country for their bravery in the face of certain defeat, Anko Mitarashi, Sai, and Kiba Inuzuka with his companion Akamaru, but most importantly to the main hero of Wave, Naruto Uzumaki, the Chidarake Chiein Sureiya (bloody chain slayer). We will remember them with this statue in their honor for all time. Without Naruto's courageous leadership his teammates would never have come to aid us in our time of great need. He valiantly led his team into a perilous battle while bringing hope back to our country, we will forever remember him in our history as long as Wave stands."

Naruto was speechless as he finished reading the statue, he was now entered into history on this statue. His heart swelled with pride at his accomplishment as well as his team's accomplishment.

"Lets get back to the house, dinner should be ready soon and we can tell the others and celebrate." Naruto said as the headed back to give the team some very unexpected news.

Chapter End