Disclaimer/Legend: See first chapter

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Now with our hero…

Naruto found himself running through the woods, naked, with his dangly bits flopping in the wind. 'How the hell did I get myself into this situation?' he thought as he batted another branch away from his face.

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A little while ago…

Naruto found himself being held captive by two the girls he saw with Ten-ten and Temari. Naruto knew them from somewhere else, but he couldn't quite place their faces. Carefully he managed to work his way out of the bindings when the two girls were occupied stripping. Once free, he made easy work of the smaller, dark haired girl with a few placed finger jabs to some pressure points, rendering the girl unconscious. But the red head was a whole different story. She was the stronger of the two and seemed to have much more training. While Naruto was much stronger than her, she seemed to be slightly faster, and had almost taken him back down. But Naruto slipped her grasp, losing his underwear in the process. Now he was running for dear life.

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Back to the current time…

"Naru-kun, don't run! I just want to play!" a voice called out from behind him.

Naruto almost tripped when he heard her voice, she was much closer than before. Using an inner strength he didn't know he possessed, he ran faster. His legs screamed in pain whenever his foot hit the ground but he kept on. He would only stop running when he was in the safety of his seal enhanced home. Thankfully he could see the light coming from his house ahead. 'Only a few meters to go, come on Naruto, you can do this. You don't want to be caught again do you?' Naruto thought to himself as leaped into his yard and dashed towards his open window.

Jumping through his window, Naruto spun on the balls of his feet and quickly closing the window, activating the seal he placed on it. Now nothing could get in or so he hoped.

"Where the hell are your clothes, kit?" a voice said from the doorway.

Turning, Naruto faced Kyuubi and panted out a response, "Crazy pant girls in the woods pant."

"So it's safe to assume that half naked girl who is staring at us through your window is one of them then?" Kyuubi said as if it was the most normal thing the world.

Naruto turned to look, dreading at what he knew was there. Kyuubi was right, on the other side glass, staring at Naruto was the redhead from earlier.

"Let me in Naruto-kun," Tayuya said in a sweet voice, "Look at your bed, it's too big for you alone, let me in and we can share it." Seeing that her attempt at being seductive wasn't cutting it, she switched to her old standby… "Open the fucking window! I'm not going to hurt you! I just want to fuck your brains out!"

Naruto just stared at the girl. One moment she had acted sweet, the next she was cursing worse than an Itachi being denied his snack sticks. 'Ok, I've dealt with crazy, sex obsessed girls before, but she takes the cake.' Then something in his mind clicked, 'wait a minute redhead, swears more than a sailor… I remember her now!'

"You're one of those guys that grabbed Sasuke! What the hell are you doing here?!"

"I want to fuck you silly, what the fuck do you think I'm doing here?" the Sound-nin growled out as she banged on the window pane.

Naruto walked over the window, tempted to open it and getting explanations, but decided against it. Instead he reached up drew down the blind, further infuriating the girl.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing? Don't leave me out here! Fuck me!" she screamed.

Turning he walked over to his bed and looked over to his friend. "We're going to be in for a long night."

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Elsewhere in the Uzamaki residence…

Shikimaru was sleeping peacefully, when a loud voice woke him. 'Mom must be yelling at dad again' he thought as he rolled over without even opening his eyes. But what he heard next blew that theory out of the water and forced him to look around.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing? Don't leave me out here! Fuck me!"

'What the hell? No matter how weird ma is, she doesn't yell at dad like that.'

Looking around his room, he realized that he wasn't at his parents' home. 'Oh that's right, Naruto is letting me crash here, but what troublesome woman would be here yelling obscenities at this hour?' Shika thought as he sat up on the edge of his bed. He could hear more swearing, which was coming from outside oddly. Slowly he plodded over to his window to find out who was the source of the noise.

Opening the window, he poked his head out and saw something that would surprise many but not Shika. He saw a Tayuya, in her skivvies, banging on Naruto's window while swearing. Deciding to do something he knew would be troublesome for him, he had to ask the obvious question.

"Tayuya, what the hell are you doing? Why are you in your underwear?"

The girl turned her head and narrowed her eyes when she saw him. "What the fuck are you doing here?" she hissed out.

Shika just sighed before he answered. "Naruto is letting me and Kiba crash here. But why are you here screaming at Naruto's window?"

Tayuya was known for being many things, but one thing she wasn't known for was being tactful. "I want to fuck him!"

Shika just widened his eyes and tried to keep himself from gaping. He never expected to hear something like that from the girl concerning Naruto.

"Why?"

"I don't need to give you my reasons, you pineapple headed fuckstick. But he has one hell of a dick… it was just beautiful," the girl answered with a lustful look in her eyes.

"Ok, too much information. I'm not going to try and stop you but can at least keep it down? Some of us are trying to sleep."

"Fuck you!"

Shika just shook his head, and muttered, though not low enough for the irate girl not to hear, which earned him a rock to the forehead. Grunting, he pulled his head back in the window, leaving the girl to her screeching. Flopping back down on his bed, he rubbed his newly formed knot and formed a thought, 'I will never envy Naruto ever again, that woman was most troublesome…'

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The next day…

Tsunade watched as the council members began to filter into the small arena used for Jounin exams. The arena was smaller because the exams were usually taken with fellow Jounins as judges and were much more private. There wasn't a need to make it into a grand show to showcase the skills of their village. That was done with the Chuunin exam.

Soon, all the council members have arrived and split into two little factions. There was the like or at least respect Naruto for what he was and what burden he shouldered, made up of the clan heads. Then there was the anti-Naruto faction which was composed Homura, Koharu, and Danzo. Those three just glared at others like the petulant children they were, causing Tsunade to chuckle.

Personally she liked the clan heads. Each of them had their quirks that made them 'special' in a way. Hiashi always seemed to carry himself as the snob that truly befitted a Hyuuga, while the Haruno matron was a quite outspoken individual. Then you had Danzo, he bore no clan, but was allowed a place on the council due to his military victories in wars long past. He truly craved a military state, something that was the opposite of what Tsunade's ancestors wanted, and he would try by any means necessary. Something that disgusted her to no end.

Heaving a sigh and making an attempt to clear her mind from the path of thinking it had taken, Tsunade glanced at her pocket watch. Noting the time, she realized that Naruto had five minutes before his test would take place. She prayed that he wouldn't be taking after Kakashi when it came to a serious matter such as this. Her doubts were disappeared when a cloaked individual appeared in the middle of the arena.

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Naruto couldn't believe he was almost late. He had overslept due to a crazed redhead keeping him up most of the night. Then his two senseis didn't get him up for reasons unknown. He didn't even have a chance a chance for his morning shower and chose to dress in the same clothes he wore the prior day.

But he had made it in time. Using one last Shunshin, he arrived with a minute to spare. Glancing around, he looked for faces that he knew. Immediately he noticed Ino's father standing next to what he assumed were Shika and Chouji's fathers. He also saw Hinata's father looking at him rather intently with a smirk, unnerving him a little bit. Then a woman with bright pink hair drew his eye. 'Must be Sakura's mom' he thought as he watched her. Last he saw the woman, who he felt was an older sister/crazy grandmother figure smiling at him. He also noticed three individuals that seemed to be keeping a bit of distance from the others, but he didn't recognize them so he paid them no mind. When he heard a slight cough he turned to Tsunade.

"Now Naruto, do you know why you have been called here today?"

"You guys wish to test me to see if I'm qualified to be given the rank of Jounin."

"That is correct. Do you know the how you will be tested?"

Naruto nodded and removed his cloak, showing that he was the wearing the same clothes as the day before, as he waited for his opponent to join him on the arena floor.

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Hiashi stepped down to the arena floor. Looking at the boy he tried to sum the boy's strengths. Naruto easily stood a head taller than him, and seemed to pack on plenty of muscle, but not in huge amounts. Settling into the Jyuuken stance, he smirked and gestured for Naruto to get ready. He watched as Naruto got into a rough stance similar to the one that was taught in the academy.

'His stance is very rough. I doubt he trained in taijutsu in his travels and shouldn't be much of a challenge, but he isn't known as the number one most surprising ninja for nothing.'

Hiashi wasn't wrong. It was Naruto who started the fight, charging straight at him and throwing two punches, one aimed for his face while the other went for Hiashi's right shoulder.

'His form is terrible as is his speed, but he seems to be exuding confidence and power. He may still do something that surprises even me.' Hiashi thought as he began the counterattack.

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Naruto couldn't believe the speed that Hiashi could move at. The older man was keeping toe to toe with Naruto, canceling out Naruto's powerful blows with quick counters, even going so far to start sealing his chakra points in his left arm. Making it all but useless in the fight. Then Naruto did something that scared him. Hiashi used the Eight Trigram Sixty-Four Palms, forcing Naruto to the ground. The old man had sealed up half of his chakra, making getting up seem twenty times harder than what it really was, but he managed to do it.

Breathing heavily, both arms hanging limply at his sides, he stared at the man and waited for him to make the next move. Seeing the man doing nothing, he tried something that worked back at the Chuunin exams. 'God I hope this works' Naruto thought as he pulled at the special chakra reserve that he used under only dire consequences. Feeling the primal force if it tug at his mind, he pulled. Almost instantaneously he could move again, but at a price. He was a hurting unit now but he could fight again. Gritting his teeth against the pain, Naruto found himself on the attack once again.

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Meanwhile at the Uzamaki homestead…

Three figures sat relaxing in a corner of the onsen that was separated into a sort of Jacuzzi. Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Kiba were having a soak while discussing the events of the night prior.

"Any of you guys hear that yelling outside Naruto's room last night?" Kiba asked as he shifted in the bubbling water.

Kakashi sighed, "Yeah I heard it. Some crazy chick screaming that she wanted to nail him. I'm sure you had a part to play in this Jiraiya."

Jiraiya looked shocked at Kakashi's accusations. "I don't have an idea what you're talking about."

"So you're saying a girl screaming for him at all hours of the night is normal?"

"While I hate to agree with the old pervert, but he's right." A figure replied as he sat in the onsen next to Kakashi.

"You can't be serious Itachi. I mean I grew up with Naruto. He was never the ladies man." Kiba said in an unbelieving tone.

"Kid, you saw how all the women reacted when we were at the bar. It's because of incidents like that, that he has to wear that mask all the time. It keeps the women off him."

"I refuse to believe that! There's no way that Naruto can get more tail than me! I mean look at me; I am one sexy beast!"

At that, the others gave him a disbelieving look and went to back to their own conversations. Leaving Kiba to pout at Naruto's good fortune with the female gender.

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Back with our hero…

Naruto was getting the ass beating of his life. Even the one he received when he told Itachi they were going to ban Pocky didn't hold a candle to this one. He knew that Hiashi was stronger than he looked, but this was ridiculous. They've been fighting for well over twenty minutes and Hiashi showed no sign of slowing down. Naruto knew if he was to win this match he would to do something desperate.

Naruto waited for Hiashi to get close and didn't have to wait long for his moment of opportunity. Hiashi rushed forward, moving at a speed that Naruto barely caught and struck him in his right arm, shattering his Humerus. Grunting against the pain, he grabbed at Hiashi's collar and slammed his head into the man's face.

At first the man stood there looking stunned. Then he began to stumble a little before falling to the ground, with a small smile. Naruto couldn't help but grin under his mask. He did it, he won. He went against a stronger opponent and emerged victorious. Using the last bit of his strength, he flashed a goofy thumbs up before he passes out.

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Now with Temari…

Temari sighed as she nursed her tea. She was sitting in a small café waiting for Shika. While they weren't dating anymore; both of them still liked to meet up at least once a week to shoot this shit. While she waited, she let her mind drift off and began to think of other things. Some thoughts were normal, such as what Gaara is up to and what she was going to make for dinner that, but in the end she began to think of her current mission and a fellow blonde.

'I mean how many Kunoichi get a mission to bed someone without having to off them in the end?' Temari thought as she sipped her tea. She knew a bit about Naruto, but nothing of what made him, him. But she was thankful to Naruto for straightening Gaara out and giving her little brother back to her.

"Sorry for being late, had a troublesome problem that needed to take care of." Shika said as he took a seat across from her in the booth.

"Would that problem have anything to do with that bruise you lazy ass?"

Shika just gave her a small glare before picking up the menu, muttering something that sounded like 'troublesome women', causing Temari to giggle slightly.

"So where have you been? I stopped by your parent's house the yesterday and they told me they haven't seen you in awhile."

"Well," he paused to light up a cigarette and took a drag, "I was staying with Kiba at his girlfriend's, but he got us kicked out. So now we're shacking up with Naruto."

Temari choked slightly on her drink when she heard mention of Naruto. Coughing slightly, she had goaded him to continue. "What do you mean? I thought Naruto lived in some little rat hole of an apartment?"

"Nah, he has a big place outside the village. Hell, I helped him build it."

"I can't picture that you, the laziest person I have ever met, actually helped build a house."

"Hey, I take offense to that. I'm not that lazy, only when I want to be."

"If I recall, one of the reasons we broke up was due to your lazy tendencies." Temari said and immediately regretted it as the mood turned somber. Deciding to change the subject she asked the question that's been plaguing her mind since Shika's arrival.

"So are you going to tell me how you got that bruise?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," Shika grumbled out as he gave the waitress his order.

"You got to tell me. I'm sure it's a funny story."

"I don't see how getting a rock to the forehead from Tayuya can be called funny."

"Now you have to give me details. Tell me everything that happened," Temari knew that this would make awesome gossip.

Sighing, Shika began to recount the events that happened last night. Going so far to give Tayuya's actual quotes on what she said about Naruto, only pausing when the waitress arrived to take their orders. At first she didn't believe it, but her rational side kicked in. 'That does sound like something Tayuya would do.'

"And that's how I received this bruise." Shika said as he finished his story.

"Well I can't say I feel sorry for you." She paused as the waitress placed their food in front of them. After saying a small thank you she continued with the conversation. "So tell me. What it's like living with Naruto."

Shika sat there for a moment to think before answering, eating a fry in the process. "I would say it definitely isn't troublesome at all. It's kind of fun if you can look past his roommates."

"Roommates?"

"Well… Kakashi and Jiraiya are living there now along with Itachi and Kisame."

"Itachi as in Itachi Uchiha and Kisame? The two S-class missing-nins?" Temari asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, but they're cool if you get to know them. Itachi is a pretty good guy as well as one of the best damn Shogi players I have ever met, and Kisame can bake one hell of a cake."

Shika's comment about the Ex mist-nin caused Temari to burst into a fit of giggles when she heard about Kisame. "You're telling me that one of the deadliest men in existence bakes?" She asked before another bout of laughter took hold.

"What can I say; the man makes a mean bran muffin." Shika said, trying to hold in his own laughter.

"So tell me, what's Naruto like? Is he still that annoying, loud mouth that he was when I last saw him?"

"He's nothing like the brat he used to be. Now he's a completely different person. He's quiet, mature, even though he's a bit of a perv if those books he reads are any indication."

Temari just stared at her friend; she stopped giggling and was now trying to contain her feminine anger. If there was one thing she hated, it was a pervert. 'Mission be damned! I'm going to kick his ass!'

"You ok Tema? Your eye is twitching?" Shika asked with concern on his face.

"Oh…I'm fine…" she said, drawing out the 'fine'.

"You don't look fine, you look like you're about to kill someone."

"Shika can I ask you a small favor?" She asked in a voice that dripped sweetness.

"Tema, you know I would do anything for you, as long as it's within reason."

"I want to meet with Naruto."

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Back with our hero after the ass beating of a life time…

Naruto woke to find himself in an unfamiliar room. Glancing from side to side, he could tell that he wasn't in the hospital as he usually ended up when he passed out in a fight. He could see that it was finished in a soft style instead of a sterile white. Peach colored paint covered the walls while a rich green carpet covered the floor. Naruto further examined the room before noticed someone enter.

"What do you want Ero-Sennin?"

"Well, Tsunade sent me in here to inform you that you're wanted in the council chambers."

"I take it that I passed the test?"

"Don't know for certain, but most of the council was smiling, even Hiashi." Jiraiya paused to shudder slightly, "He creeped me out."

"Hmm, lead the way you perverted bastard."

Jiraiya glared at him but didn't say anything. Turning on his heel, he walked out the door he came in with Naruto in tow. As they walked Naruto realized that he must have been placed in one of the spare rooms in the Hokage tower.

After a few minutes of walking, the two found themselves standing in front of the two doors that led to the council chambers. Releasing the breath that he didn't even realize that he was holding, he pushed the doors open and entered the room.

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Somewhere in Konoha…

Hanabi was searching the village for our blonde hero but could find no sign of him. Earlier that day she had spent a few hours with her sensei, trying to get tips on how to seduce a certain man. What she got was some tips and then some. Now she was sure that it would take years of psychological help to suppress the images that Anko and unknowingly planted in her subconscious. 'I mean did she seriously have to show me how to suppress my gag reflex?' Hanabi thought to herself as she jumped looking for her crush.

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On the way down the dirt path road…

Shika sighed for the thirtieth time as he walked towards home. He wasn't sure why he agreed to bring Temari with him to meet Naruto. He wasn't even sure why she had the sudden interest in him now, but he wasn't going to worry about it now. After all he had a relaxing bath waiting for him.

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Temari couldn't believe her eyes. 'This is Naruto's home? It's bigger than Gaara's!' she thought as she stared at the immense home. She couldn't help being impressed by its size but it had another endearing quality, it wasn't extravagant. She wanted to stare longer, but Shika began to pull on her arm, forcing her to follow him as he walked toward the front door. Stopping at the door, he turned to her.

"Naruto's currently taking a test to see if he can make Jounin. So he should be home in a couple hours at most. So I thought I'll give you a small tour and then we could play a few games of Shogi while we wait for him to return."

"Hmm," 'Didn't know Naruto was a Chuunin,' "Sounds like a plan."

Shika nodded and turned back to the door and began to open it, opening it just in time to get an eyeful of naked Kiba as he walked by. Seeing this, Shika quickly shut it, and turned to a wide eyed, blushing Temari.

"Could you give me a minute? I need to straighten something out really quick."

Temari nodded dumbly, not really paying attention to what he was saying. Her brain was working overtime to try and dispel a certain image from her memory. Shika just looked at the girl once more, before slipping into the house. Moments later sounds of a scuffle could be heard from behind the closed door before Shika opened it.

"You can come in now Temari, I straightened out our little problem."

Temari nodded once again before stepping into the house, doing her best to ignore the object that was covered by a sheet and twitching every now and then.

'What did I get myself into?' She thought as she followed Shika.

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In the council chambers…

Naruto stood before the council once again, but he noticed that there were a lot more people there than there was. The newcomers looked at him with in contempt and he could hear them muttering, while the clan heads looked at him impassively, well all of them but Hiashi. He was smiling at Naruto and Jiraiya was right, it was creepy.

Leaning he over, he whispered into Jiraiya's ear. "What's the deal with the extra people? They don't look like ninja."

"They're not; those people are the civilian portion of the council. I have no idea why they were called here. You don't need their opinion if you made Jounin or not. Someone must have called them; maybe Tsunade is finally going to reveal your heritage."

"What?!" Naruto hissed out, "She told me I would be the one to reveal it whenever I felt people were ready."

"And when would that be?"

"When I'm Hokage, I mean how would you feel that the person, who you thought was hell incarnate and treated like trash since he was born, and became the strongest ninja in the village, also turned out to be the son of the man who saved them with his sacrifice?"

"You've been practicing saying that, haven't you?" Jiraiya deadpanned.

"Shut up"

"He he, thought so."

Naruto was contemplating strangling his mentor right there, but Tsunade's voice brought him out of his thoughts of murder.

"This meeting of the council has been called to order to discuss the results of the test Hiashi-san placed on Naruto Uzamaki to see if he's worthy of the rank of Jounin."

As soon as she said those words, uproar came from the civilians, much to Naruto's distaste.

"Tsunade-sama! You can't be serious?! That abomination shouldn't be a ninja, much less be made into Jounin!" A fat man yelled.

"Tage, I'll give you one warning. You are to be quiet unless you have something important to say. And I have a question, what are you and the rest of the civilian council members doing here? You have no say in militaristic matters."

"We received a message that we are to be here."

"Who was the message from?" Tsunade asked curiously.

"It was Hiashi-sama."

Tsunade turned from the man to look at Hiashi. 'What are you planning…?' Tsunade thought as she watched him carefully. He just sat there smiling.

"Whatever," Tsunade sighed out. "Now back to business. All in favor of promoting Naruto to Jounin?"

Immediately all the clan heads voted their approval, much to the dismay of Danzo and the others. Their votes wouldn't be enough to prevent Naruto's advancement.

Tsunade smiled at the results of the vote. Turning to Naruto, she grinned widely. "Looks like you're a Jounin brat. Congratulations! After this meeting, gather your two friends and come to my office so you can receive your vests."

Naruto just grinned. He was tempted to jump for joy but he didn't want to make himself look like an ass in front of all these people. He felt a hand smack his back and turned to see a grinning Jiraiya.

"You did well boy. You made your father proud today."

"Thanks old man. If it wasn't for you and the others, I wouldn't have been able to do it."

Jiraiya looked at him, feeling tears coming to his eyes. "Well now that you're a Jounin. I think both of us should go out in celebrate in our own special way later."

"You mean…"

"He he, make sure to bring the telescope."

Both of the men began to giggle perversely, drawing the attention of everyone in the room. Even Tsunade couldn't draw her gaze away from them. She was about to walk over when Hiashi called to her.

"Hokage, there is one more thing that has to be dealt with before Naruto can leave."

"What do you mean Hiashi?" Tsunade asked.

"I have something that I have to give Naruto." Hiashi said as he pulled a scroll from his sleeve. "Naruto could you come here for a moment?"

Naruto hesitated for a second before walking over to him. "What do you need of me, Hiashi-sama?"

"Naruto, I was told by your father to give this scroll to you when you reached the rank of Jounin. Minato gave this to me the night before he died in the battle."

"What's in it?"

"I don't know, my boy. It has a seal on it that only a blood relative could remove. Must be important enough to warrant a blood seal though."

Naruto looked at the man once more before looking down at the scroll. It was very simple looking if you looked past the intricate seal. Curiously he bit his thumb and pressed some blood to the seal, resulting in a large puff of smoke and the sound of cloth and metal hitting the floor. Naruto waited for the smoke to clear before reaching down to pick up what fell from the scroll. The first thing he noticed what the Konoha headband. The metal was aged and hand several cracks around the edges, but the cloth of the band looked new.

Glancing at the bundle of white cloth he held in his other hand, he pocketed the headband so he would have a free hand. Once that was done he examined the cloth, it was obviously something other than a mass of cloth. Holding it up, he watched it unroll, revealing that it was a cloak. He noted that it seemed to be white with a purple liner that extended past the white of the sleeves. The bottom of the cloak was finished with flames.

As Naruto turned it around, he noticed a paper flutter to the ground. Throwing the cloak over his arm, he bent and picked up the paper and began to read.

'Naruto,

If you're reading this you have made Jounin and I am no longer in the realm of the living. With that said, I don't really know what to say so I'll go with the old standbys. I can honestly say that I'm proud of you and that I'm truly sorry for the burden I have placed on you without your consent. I hope that you can truly forgive me for what I have done to you and hope you can understand the reason I had to. Enclosed in the scroll besides this letter is my cloak along with my headband. I left them to you so you would have something of mine to remember me by. It would honor me if you wore them both. Let this be known son, that your mother and I loved you, make us proud.

Your father, Minato Namikaze

P.S. you're probably reading this in the council chambers and the members now know your true heritage. Now with you being the last Namikaze, I'm sure the clan restoration act will be suggested. I'm sure you do not know what the act pertains to so I will tell you. The clan restoration act was added to aid in the restoration of a clan when there is only one living member. It allows the person to participate in polygamy. My advice for you in this situation is this. Live the dream son, live the dream!'

Naruto had begun to tear up as he read the letter, till he noticed the end. Now he stood there with, his left eye twitching in anger. 'Ok that proves it! Everyone I know is a pervert!' With a sigh, Naruto removed his mask from around his neck, and reached into his pocket and pulled out the headband, which he tied around his forehead. Once that was done he lifted the cloak from his arm and noticed that it had the kanji 'Yondaime Hokage' was emblazoned on the back. Slipping it on, he turned to face Tsunade with a questioning look, unknowingly flashing the back of the cloak to the rest of the council, causing chaos to ensue.

"What the hell is the meaning of this!? Danzo screamed at Hiashi when he saw what Naruto was wearing. "Why did you give that demon the Yondaime's cloak?!"

"Danzo, I gave the boy his father's scroll."

"What are you saying? There's no way that the demon brat is Minato's could be his son. He never married!" One of the unnamed civilian councilmen yelled out.

Inoichi spoke up, "Actually, Minato did have a wife, and her name was Kushina Uzamaki. I mean where did you think Naruto's surname came from?"

The man who spoke earlier immediately shut his mouth as Inoichi continued.

"I was one of the few that knew of their relationship. Minato didn't want it to become public knowledge due to the chance of Iwa taking vengeance on his family. It was this reason that Naruto's relation to him was kept under wraps."

"What proof do you have to back your claim?" Homura asked Inoichi.

"You mean besides the fact he just opened a blood seal that his father made? Christ, look at him right now and tell me he isn't the spitting image of Minato."

That shut Homura's mouth up before he could continue. It was even obvious to the disbelievers who Naruto looked like.

"Now that we settled that," Hiashi spoke, "There's the matter of sorting out Naruto's duty now that he knows about his clan."

Naruto just stood there and watched as the conversations continued. 'I don't like where this is heading…' thought Naruto as he listened to Hiashi.

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At the Uzamaki household…

To say that Temari was impressed with Naruto's home would be an understatement. She loved the place. The inside was furnished simply but it gave the place a nice cozy feeling, then there was the onsen. Never in her life had she seen an outdoor bath that size and it was a private bath! She made sure to make a mental note to bring a bathing suit the next time she came so she could take a soak without worrying about Jiraiya, Kiba, and to a lesser extent, Naruto.

Then there was Itachi and Kisame. Those two really surprised her when she met them. Both of them were well mannered, polite, and generally nice. They seemed more like normal people than ex missing-nins. What really won her over was when Kisame offered her the one weakness all women shared…their love of all things sweet. That's right boys and girls, Kisame offered her cookies, and that's where we find her right now.

Temari was currently sitting across Shika, happily munching a cookie as she waited for him to make his move. As soon as he made his, she quickly countered and went back to her cookie. Eventually she had to bring up Naruto, even while she was in the middle of a good game of Shogi, her mind still drifted from the game on hand to the boy she had feelings for.

"So Shika, you think he passed his test?"

Shika spoke as he moved one of his pawns, "Naruto doesn't know the meaning of the word fail, Temari."

"So what's taking him so long? I mean when we made Jounin, we just had to wait to receive our flak vests."

"The council probably holding it up, his test was unorthodox in a way after all. Then you have the fact they probably know who his father was now."

"Why would they need to hold him back for that?" Temari asked as she reached for another cookie.

"His dad was a very important person here. I mean he was the Yondaime after all."

Temari nearly choked when she heard this. "You mean Naruto is a Namikaze?!"

"Yeah, I didn't know it till I stumbled across some paperwork when I was a Jounin intern at the Hokage's tower. Can't believe I didn't figure it out sooner, I mean Naruto is the spitting image of his old man."

That comment led Temari into a new train of thought. She had seen pictures of the Yondaime before. Hell she wrote a report on him when she was a student at the academy in Suna. Now she was remembering one particular picture. It was one that was taken while he was a member of ANBU. She could remember it clearly. He was dressed in the clothes that were typical of an ANBU minus the mask and the body armor. With that image she planted the images of what she knew and saw from Naruto. First she added Naruto's whiskers to the face, then the tattoos and seals slowly inked their way onto the bare flesh, a moment later the change was complete.

Now Temari studied the image, ignoring the blush that came to her face. As she pondered she felt warmth develop in her abdomen along with a release of some sort. Shifting her legs slightly, she could feel something slick on her thighs. Quickly realizing what had happened she felt her blush increase tenfold. 'Hope Shika doesn't notice…'

And notice he did. 'I know that blush, she's thinking of something perverted. Naruto, I worry for you my friend' Shika thought as he moved his queen to take her king.

"Checkmate"

"What?" Temari mumbled as she was brought from her thoughts. Looking down at the board, she saw that Shika won. With a grunt of disapproval she resorted to glaring at him.

"Hey now, it wasn't my thought you were distracted by naughty thoughts." Shika said with a hint of amusement. It was an unknown fact to his friends, but Shika lived to torment the girls close to him. A trait he picked up from Naruto from their academy days.

"What?! How dare you say things like that about me?" Temari screamed as she reached across the board to throttle the life out of him. He was almost in her grip when two voices behind her spoke.

"Twenty ryo he screams like a girl before he passes out."

"You're on"

Temari stopped her attempt of ending Shikimaru to turn to see Kisame and Itachi standing at the door, both of them wearing grins. Obviously amused at Temari's antics.

Kisame spoke first. "You two may continue."

"Meh, let's leave them alone to do whatever they were doing, no matter how amusing it may be. We do have to be at the Hokage's tower in fifteen minutes anyway." Itachi said as he turned to leave.

"I take it Naruto passed?" Shika asked as he scooted out of harming distance from Temari.

Kisame nodded, before he left as well, leaving the two ex lovebirds to their own. Once Kisame's footsteps could no longer be heard, Shika turned to Temari, a Naruto-like grin on his face.

"Looks like your lover boy isn't a Chuunin anymore."

Temari just gaped at him before unbridled rage came over her. With a scream that demanded blood, she lunged.

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Back to our hero…

Naruto hated his life. Not only did his secret become public knowledge of the council, he had to sit there and listen to them bicker. Now this had only taken about an hour to get through the more stubborn ones. When that was over he had to listen to his so called new found 'duties' as the last Namikaze. He would have to take over his family's position among the clans and was forced to agree with some of the terms. He had to sit through any meeting that happened while he wasn't in the middle of a mission, much to his dismay. He also had to agree to use Namikaze as his surname, which really wasn't that big of a deal to him.

Then one of the civilian idiots brought up the one thing he hoped they would overlook. The damn fool suggested that he participated in the clan restoration act. Naruto hated the idea, if he had agreed to it. He would have been forced into a loveless marriage, with women he probably didn't even know much less love. Now while the idea of sleeping with several women was appealing to him in a way. He sure as hell wouldn't do it just for the sake of making little Narutos.

He could remember the look on the council's face when he told them no. Most of the men looked at him like he was nuts and probably were going so far to question his sexuality. He couldn't blame them if they did though, he probably would too if he saw a man pass up the chance to bed multiple women without any of the repercussions. Then he remembered the looks on the females of the council. They looked at him with something he wouldn't expect, they actually looked at him with respect, even Koharu. He had shown them that he was indeed better than the average male.

Smiling smugly at that thought, Naruto walked towards Tsunade's office. There he met Itachi and Kisame. After getting the obligatory congratulations out, they entered.

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Tsunade sat at her desk filling out the paperwork that would reinstate Naruto as a Konoha Nin when the doors to her office opened, revealing a grinning trio. Gesturing to the three vests she laid on the sofa.

"There are your vests, congratulations."

"That's all you have to say?" Naruto asked as he removed his cloak to put on his vest.

"What? You expect a parade?"

"No… I just expected a more a cheerful attitude. Especially from you."

"Cheerfulness stopped after that damn meeting."

"Bah, was it my fault those old fools wanted to turn me into a man whore?"

Kisame let out a chuckle when he heard this, which he silenced as he felt Naruto's glares on him. Seeing that silence was once again brought to the room Tsunade continued.

"Now that the three of you are now Jounin, I have two options for you. The first is the three of you become Jounin instructors. The second one is you become just regular Jounins and do missions. Personally I think you guys should work as instructors. All of you have certain skills that would make the next generation the greatest one yet."

The three men were silent for a moment as they got in a huddle and discussed it, occasionally peaking up to glance at Tsunade before returning to their conversation. After a few minutes the huddle broke.

"We'll do it."

"Well that was a pleasant surprise. Since the academy classes don't end for another month so I guess you guys can think of this vacation."

"I guess that's ok. Still have plenty of money in my savings." Naruto said as he turned to leave, only to stop when Tsunade called for him.

"Naruto there is one more matter to discuss. It concerns your Jounin test."

"Hmm?"

"Naruto you may have passed the test, but it was obvious that you were struggling. I know it would have been a cakewalk if you were allowed to use the other skills you have in your possession, but your Taijutsu is terrible. You know as well as I do that there may be times in battle that you're forced into hand to hand combat and it wouldn't look good to your students if their sensei got his ass beat."

"So what are you saying?" Naruto asked as he thought of murder and how to dispose a body of a certain old woman.

"Well… I took it upon myself to get you a teacher to school you in proper Taijutsu."

"May I ask who?"

"You'll meet him tomorrow when you meet your fellow Jounins. You will be training with him for the next month, after that you will be training with him when your Genin team and his don't have any missions. With that said; you can leave now but I need to speak with Itachi and Kisame privately."

Naruto glanced at her then to his friends before heading home. He had a hot shower and a relaxing night of reading waiting for him when he got back. Once Naruto could no longer be heard, Tsunade reached into her desk and pulled out two headbands and tossed them to the pair in front.

"Now you two are officially Konoha Nin, but that wasn't all I needed to speak to you two about. Now, Jiraiya would you mind coming out?" Tsunade asked the wall that was behind her.

Jiraiya released the jutsu, revealing that he was in the room the whole time, before breaking into a shit eating grin. "Boys, we got a proposition for you."

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A/N: Well another chapter up for you guys. As always read and review. No rants this time other than being sick really sucks.