A/N Hola. I'm about to go somewhere with a friend when I realized I forgot to upload this. So here you go. On a sidenote a lot of this chapter would not come out right and I got really goddamned annoyed writing it. Also, remember that this is a super Naruto fic so none of his peers have shit on him (being supercharged with Kurama's chakra made his body better, faster, stronger to put it crudely, combined with Kurama's teachings, experience and his elemental abilities and it is not a fair fight). Also note that Siren's song is being minimally used for a reason. It's a trump card after all (along with some other things I have up naruto's sleeve).

I still do not own anything of any real value. Goddammit.

Please enjoy. Read, review and question.

"People talking"

'People thinking'

"Naruto talking"

'Naruto thinking'

"Bijuu talking"

'Bijuu thinking'

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*Akatsuki meeting room, after the meeting*

Izumi was now walking towards Hakai and Kakuza, a certain forcefulness in her step since she wanted answers on what these women knew of/did with her Naruto-kun. There would be blood if either of these psycho bitches did anything to harm him. Kakuza and Hakai were thinking the same thing as they were gearing themselves up for a possible fight. The three pairs of Akatsuki were now standing in a rough triangle facing one another as a tense silence fell upon them.

"So, during the meeting I couldn't help but notice that you both seemed to know the kyuubi jinchuuriki." Izumi said in a cold, emotionless tone.

"Maybe, why would it matter to you Uchiha?" Kakuza said guardedly.

"As the one to capture Naru-the kyuubi jinchuuriki I need gather information. As such I'd like to know what you two have done wi-err- I mean how you encountered him."

"None of your business Uchiha, un."

Sasara was now intrigued with these turn of events and the mystery surrounding this male with the wondrous abilities. She decided that if the opportunity presented itself she would find out more about him…

"Indeed, now I have a job to do." Kakuza said while starting to walk away. Her partner Hisa staring oddly at them, wondering what the hell was going on.

"You should both be careful and watch yourselves. Friendly advice." Izumi said with icy politeness (being displeased with their answers about Naruto). Hakai and Kakuza both nearly turning around and throwing a kunai in anger. "Oh, and Naruto is mine. Stay away from other people's targets."

"What was that bitch!?" yelled Kakuza and Hakai in unison.

"Stay. Away. From. My. Target. When he joins he will be by my side as well. I figured I might as well inform you both of this." Izumi finished in her emotionless tone as both Hakai and Kakuza were being restrained by their baffled partners who could not figure out what the hell was going on. Izumi then walked out of the room with the rather delighted Kishiko (she loved it when Izumi was a bitch to others, it was so refreshing from her normal stoic, uncaring personality).

"That fucking whore better watch what she does with my Naruto or she'll feel my art firsthand, un." Hakai spat. Kakuza then gave her a calculating look and decided to hold her tongue for now; she'd get rid of Hakai if she got in the way of her plans for her and Naruto… Deciding to use a different exit Kakuza also left with the still confused Hisa.

*In the hallway with Izumi and Kishiko*

"So, what the hell was that?" Kishiko asked, still rather amused. This had been an interesting morning for her.

"Just making a few things clear to those vagabonds." Izumi said mysteriously.

"… Whatever you say Izumi. By the way, the Naruto mentioned is the same one whose name you were moaning out earlier isn't it?" Kishiko asked as she leered at Izumi.

'Why is my partner such a blunt pervert?' Izumi mentally groaned as she remembered her partner's sense of humor.

*sigh* "Yes. It was. I will explain after we leave the hideout." Izumi finally admitted; over the years working together she had grown to trust Kishiko and though neither could understand it they were now rather interesting friends.

"Fufufufu. Alright, but I want all the steamy details." Kishiko agreed with a perverted grin to make Jiyuna the toad sannin proud.

"…pervert…" Izumi said to herself as she and Kishiko left the hideout.

*Training ground 12, Konoha*

Naruto stood apart from team 7 as they gazed at each other, both wondering how to approach this fight. Satsuki getting impatient, decided to end this quickly in order to get Naruto alone so she could kidnap…erm…'invite him forcefully' back to her clan compound. Probably introduce him to her mother and start moving him in… With speed borne from intense training she darted forward in order to try and knock Naruto out in one punch. She was smirking arrogantly as she saw her fist closing in on Naruto's face but suddenly her world shifted and she found herself facing the sky, on her back with her arm still being held by one of Naruto's.

"W-what just happened?" uttered a stunned Ino, voicing the thoughts of all the rookies watching since a man had countered the prodigy that was Satsuki Uchiha as if it was nothing. The jonin senseis on the other hand were trying to stifle their laughter since they already knew of Naruto's skill from testing him themselves or from being told in Geiru's case. This little spar would teach their cute genin to prepare for incredible surprises.

Suddenly, Satsuki focused and tried, in an incredible display of flexibility (that would lend itself to something a bit more perverse if Satsuki had her way), to launch a kick at Naruto from her position on the ground. Naruto quickly let her go and jumped back. Unfazed and wondering when the other two would join in the fight like the team they were supposed to be. Sakura was awed at the short display and was starting to truly feel inadequate when it came to her skills as a kunoichi. Sai was analyzing Naruto's form and deciding how best to attack in order to prove her strength (she had read in a book that males would look for the strongest females in order to have the most powerful offspring, unfortunately she did not remember the book was a biology piece on animals and not a dating guide).

Deciding to make her move and test out Naruto's taijutsu for herself Sai rushed in quickly with her tipless tanto drawn. Naruto, curious as to her attack style, allowed her to come in close and launch the first attack, a forward stab that was aimed precisely at his heart. Naruto having a sense of déjà vu moved to the side in order to launch a kick which connected and sent Sai flying. Although she flipped in midair and managed to land safely near the watching Satsuki (she was waiting for a moment of weakness in Naruto's form to exploit, infuriatingly she found none). Having used her full speed (easily mid to high chunin level) Sai realized that Naruto was more than likely much better than her considering how easily and smoothly he countered (a huge surprise since Danieru kept her out of the loop on his abilities and skills, Sai just thought it was because he would be no match for her...). On the sidelines Shika's mind was going a mile a minute realizing the same thing and wondering just what else Naruto had under his sleeve.

With her perpetual smile still on Sai called out to her teammates. "Ugly, flat-chest! We'll need to work together if we want to even attempt fighting Naruto-sama. He is much stronger than any of us one-on-one."

"He just got a lucky shot in! I'm an Uchiha! I don't need help!"

"Satsuki-chan maybe we should work together…"

"No! I'll show you all that no one stands up to the might of the Uchiha! You will be beneath my feet!" Satsuki said in a frenzy as she rushed Naruto with a kunai held in a reverse grip in her hand. As she dashed forward and swung the kunai towards Naruto's chest he simply side stepped the swing before delivering a powerful palm strike to her abdomen (the pain of which forcing her to let go of the kunai). As he was about to deliver a roundhouse to knock her unconscious, Sai intervened with a downward slash of her tanto. Naruto flipped out of the way (while simultaneously grabbing Satsuki's abandoned kunai) and got himself into a ready stance in case Sai attacked again.

"The 'might' of the Uchiha was certainly on full display there ugly. Now grab flat-chest so we can actually fight Naruto-sama." Satsuki merely pfft-ed in annoyance before pointing at Sakura and making a 'come here' motion. Sakura meekly obliged and the three formed a strategy to fight Naruto. Who, in the mean time, was trying to pacify Kurama (she had flown into a rage the moment 'that Uchiha cum dumpster tried to claim her man as property like he was some trinket, the arrogant bitch!' to paraphrase).

Having a strategy the three burst into action; Sakura threw a dozen kunai in quick succession as Sai used her Choju Giga no jutsu (Super beast mimicry technique) to create several ink lions that immediately attacked Naruto. Naruto quickly used his own kunai to deflect and parry all those thrown at him before rolling to the side in order to dodge the attack from the first ink lion to reach him. He was deeply intrigued with this technique and decided to ask Sai about it later. While thinking this he continued to dodge the ongoing strikes from the ink lions. Although during this little melee he managed to throw his kunai (round end first) at an unnoticing Sakura who was now rendered unconscious from the surprise blow. As he was pushed back a certain distance the then absent Satsuki burst into view finishing the handsigns for katon: Gokakyu no jutsu (Great fireball technique) and unleashed a great torrent of flame towards the still unfazed Naruto.

The rookies were absolutely frightened for Naruto's sake and several tried to intervene but were held back by their senseis. That is when they saw something they would never forget; Naruto had thrown out his left hand and stopped the flames movement before (with a strong twist of his wrist) quickly bringing the flames around himself into a sphere and then making it explode outwardly with a powerful palm strike, destroying each ink lion and knocking Satsuki (who was too shocked to move farther away) unconscious from the power of the explosion.

The jonin senseis stopped trying to stifle their laughter at the looks on their students' faces and instead regretted not bringing a camera in order to capture this moment. The rookies were all shell shocked and wondering if this was some odd hallucination. A man, bending fire to his will? Complete madness, yet it just happened in front of them. Stranger still, it was Naruto of all people with this power.

Sai deciding to try and strike while everyone was distracted, created a new group of ink lions to attack Naruto. The lions quickly reached his position where each was destroyed with a well aimed kick or punch supplemented with a powerful burst of flames. Then with an influx of speed Naruto moved towards Sai who was at a loss on what to do since her ink techniques proved ineffective and she had already figured out that she could not hope to measure up in close range combat. Suddenly, she was struck with inspiration on what to do.

As Naruto drew near she implemented her plan; she quickly ripped off her shirt and bra exposing her pale and luscious c cup breasts to the world and shouted "Please take your prize master!" while looking away and feigning a look of embarrassment (ruined by the fact that her 'embarrassed' voice was so incredibly fake that it sounded wrong even to her ears). Naruto, rightly surprised by this, lost his focus, tripped and fell on his face.

"""SAI! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?""" was once again roared by the audience. Kasumi quickly pulled off her jonin vest (allowing a wonderful view of her d cup breasts underneath her thin shirt) and forcefully put it on Sai.

"What the fuck was that!?" reiterated an incoming Tenten.

"Have you no shame? Exposing yourself like that!" said an irate Nejiko. During all this Sai once again looked genuinely confused and finally after being yelled at for a few more minutes by more approaching genin asked…

"But this was how the women in Kasumi-sensei's orange book responded when they were bested. Was that not a guide on proper etiquette when being conquered by a male?" suddenly everyone grew quiet and slowly turned to face the now nervous Kasumi who could feel the anger of everyone else at allowing Sai to read her book Icha Icha: Warriors Honor (who was she to deny a curious student wanting to dive into the wonders of Icha Icha?). While everyone was glaring and radiating killing intent at Kasumi, Sai realized her mistake; while she had started the right actions she did not follow through! No wonder everyone was angry. Wanting to rectify her mistake she easily slipped away from the anger blinded mob and made her way to Naruto (who was checking his nose to see if it was broken).

"My apologies Naruto-sama, I realized my mistake. Allow me to fix it…" she said to the nervous and now scurrying away Naruto. She pounced and grabbed his legs while trying to remove his lower clothing.

"W-what are you doing? Dammit Sai!" Naruto frantically said while trying to keep his clothing.

"Hmm, I like this one. She's very forward and if you play your cards right she would definitely be into the kinkier things. Fufufufu…" Kurama lecherously said while adding Sai's name to her list of women to get into Naruto's harem.

While the two were fighting desperately, the others finally noticed Sai's absence and immediately flew into action.

*Ten minutes and a short scuffle later, at the edge of the training ground*

Sai and Kasumi were both now tied to separate trees after both being subdued and now punished for their 'acts against decency' to use Nejiko's words.

"Kasumi-sensei, I still do not understand. What did I do wrong? Your guide to relationships clearly demonstrated what was to be done in these situations and yet everyone else was so angry."

"Shut up Sai…" Kasumi said in a tired voice. She could easily get out of these bindings but if she did her first edition Icha Icha would suffer the consequences. She would be having a long talk with Sai after this about what fiction means… And for doing those lewd things to her Naruto-kun…

Back with the rest of the rookies (including a now awakened Satsuki and Sakura who were confused as to why their sensei and team member were tied to trees) and jonin senseis. "Ahem, we apologize for that Naruto-kun. We should have known something would happen. Now shall we continue with these demonstrations of your flames of youth!?" Geiru started off contritely before going back to her usual exuberance to a nodding Naruto.

"Alright, team 8 and Naruto-kun get into positions and start when I say. Declaring that you yield ends the spar." Geiru finally finished as those mentioned moved an appropriate distance away from one another and the spectators who were all eager to see how this turned out.

Naruto smiled warmly at team 8 (making them all feel a little woozy) and said "Please show me what you have all accomplished in my time away." Giving them a boost of confidence as they smiled back and readied themselves to show their future man what they could do.

"Start!" Geiru yelled. The atmosphere turned tense as suddenly team 8 started their plan of attack. Hinata was designated as the defense for Shino (her gentle fist style being incredibly good at countering) while Kira used her clan's highly offensive style to keep Naruto on his toes (Hinata would step in if needed) as Shino readied her kikaichu beetles for an attack at the enemies blindside. This was their standard pattern in dealing with higher level opponents taught to them by their sensei Kurenai.

As Kira rushed forward (her puppy Akamaru being at the veterinarians' office for a checkup), hands in her clan's standard claw style, Naruto watched Shino with a critical eye, remembering what the Aburame clan was known for. Deciding his course of action Naruto rushed toward Kira and used a few well placed bursts of flames to make just enough room in order to pass by. Kira realized his motives a few seconds too late as he already reached Hinata.

Hinata was nervous and a little frightened since she would be fighting against someone she had held deep in her heart for years. Summoning up her courage she quickly launched several strikes at the incoming Naruto, who after spending quite some time in the Hyuga household, was rather familiar with the gentle fist style and deftly maneuvered around each strike before then moving towards the amazed Shino. Shino had never seen anyone besides Kurenai-sensei able to bypass her team members so easily. Her amazement was cut short as Naruto appeared before her swinging his right fist towards her stomach for a quick knockout. She immediately tried to regain some distance by moving swiftly away. And in an effort to further distance herself, released a large portion of her kikaichu beetles to act as a wall to impede his movement.

Naruto twisted his upper body while making a pushing motion with both hands, creating an intense gust of wind that instantly cleared the wall of kikaichu and blinded both Hinata and Kira with the mass of insects (they had frantically sped up to attack Naruto's back). Shino tried to quickly recall the insects to keep them from consuming her teammates' chakra (although even if she did stop them, the damage has already been done and a large portion of their chakra already lost) as she suddenly found Naruto in front of her with his fist covered in fire mere inches from her face.

"Please yield."

"….. Geiru-sensei, I yield." Shino said after a moment to think over her options (namely both her teammates were now severely weakened and she was about to get into a close quarters fight with someone who easily trounced both the Uchiha prodigy and the perverted wonder that is Sai).

Naruto immediately lowered his fist and congratulated Shino on how well she and her team did in the spar. Shino of course was barely able to answer properly as her nervousness was rising incredibly quickly, although she did enjoy having his attention all to herself... She was saved(?) by Hinata and Kira joining into the conversation and both being congratulated as well. The group then started to walk back to the others (a redfaced Hinata being supported by Naruto while a jealous Kira was being supported by an equally jealous Shino).

"Alright! Now it's time for my team to fight the most youthful Naruto-kun!" Geiru shouted happily as team 9 looked anxious for a fight (well, more like work out some anger form being kept in the dark about Naruto's abilities and from Sai's earlier conduct).

As both team 9 and Naruto faced off against each other (Naruto warmly smiling and team 9 in various degrees of excitement) the air started to have an odd electric feel, as if a particularly bad thunderstorm was working itself up. But the sky was clear and there hasn't been a storm in weeks… As these thoughts crossed team 9's mind, Geiru started the spar and both Lei and Nejiko rushed in.

Lei reached Naruto first and threw a powerful roundhouse that Naruto easily ducked under as he launched his own quick jab at her midsection. Lei jumped back as the arriving Nejiko launched a series of gentle fist strikes towards Naruto (whose fist was still outstretched from trying to jab Lei). He couldn't dodge them as easily as he could Hinata's, so instead he used his palms and forearms to knock each attack off their mark ensuring that he wouldn't be hurt. While continuing her assault Nejiko felt an odd tingling in her arms, deciding to worry about that little tidbit later she suddenly jumped back as Lei launched a dynamic entry from Naruto's blind spot.

Naruto spun quickly, grabbing her right leg (and unknowingly to her at the moment sending in a pulse of electricity) and then throwing her towards a surprised Nejiko who caught her. Before Naruto could press his advantage a hail of kunai was sent at him by Tenten. Naruto merely smirked before submerging himself into the earth. Tenten was now fully on guard as she tried to sense his location and jumped away right as Naruto emerged from underneath the ground with his fist outstretched for a devastating uppercut. Quickly gaining his bearings he spun and emitted a burst of wind to knock away the projectiles thrown at him. As he finished his spin he found himself blocking a powerful punch from Lei as Nejiko tried to disable his legs with a few nerve disrupting gentle fist strikes. Deciding to take things up a notch, Naruto concentrated deeply and his body exploded in a wave of electricity that moved outward and sent both Lei and Nejiko flying.

Tenten immediately sent a barrage of kunai covered in explosive tags at him. The entire area that Naruto was in immediately became a sea of explosions as Naruto himself was nowhere to be seen. In an eruption of movement Naruto burst from the ground behind Tenten, his fist shrouded in lightning. He delivered several lightning infused punches that ruined Tenten's ability to move as she crumpled to the ground. Naruto then jumped forward in order to avoid another roundhouse sent by Lei from his blind spot as Nejiko then jumped forward in order to use her gentle fist in not so gentle ways.

Naruto, finally deciding to end this, flooded his limbs with more electricity as he parried her blows. After the short exchange Nejiko jumped back as Lei had finished taking off her weights (leaving massive holes in the ground in the process) and zoomed forward, catching Naruto by surprise and launching him back several dozen feet from a superfast punch to the chest. Nejiko meanwhile realized her arms were now too numb to fight (even with the extra layer of chakra she added over them when she saw his lightning fist, although she was having difficulty controlling her chakra earlier as well…) and decided to watch from the sidelines and hope for Lei to win.

"Allow me to show you the full extent of my flames of youth Naruto-kun!" Lei said while assuming the standard Goken stance.

"You have always been better at expressing yourself through action Lei-chan. I would be proud to see the results of your training." Naruto said with a disarming smile that made Lei both incredibly happy and eager to prove her growth to the man she hoped would be hers soon.

In a burst of speed that most of the rookies could not follow Lei appeared before Naruto, another earth-destroying punch heading towards his face. Naruto ducked below the punch and delivered his own punch towards Lei who easily vanished from his sight only to appear at his side with a roundhouse kick connecting to his midsection. Once again Naruto was sent flying but he used several gusts of wind to slow himself down. Unfortunately in the time it took to do this, Lei had already reached him and was sending dozens of super fast punches and kicks towards him that he barely dodged. Naruto was very impressed with Lei; it seemed she had indeed given her all to becoming a fantastic kunoichi even with her chakra handicap. He would have to get her a gift later on to show how proud he was.

Shelving these thoughts for later, Naruto went on the offensive and started to throw his own punches and kicks at Lei, although his were accompanied by incredibly powerful (and near imperceptible) bursts of wind. Lei found that even when she was able to dodge his fists and kicks she would still receive a powerful blow, this was starting to wear her down since most of her attacks didn't connect or Naruto managed to block/parry in a way to reduce their damage. Suddenly, she felt it difficult to move her right leg. As she started to worry about this she felt the muscles in her right leg contract and she fell forward, unable to properly control it anymore.

"W-what has happened!?"

"Forgive me Lei, but that would be my doing. Earlier when I grabbed your leg I sent in a pulse of electricity that would disturb the nerves in your leg muscles. Although it took much longer than I thought it would for it to take effect. To fight it off for that long is truly impressive my friend." Naruto explained calmly and with a hint of pride in his voice that reddened Lei's face as a chibi version of her inside her mind danced with joy at being praised for her hard work.

"I see. Geiru-sensei! I yield." Lei said before being picked up by Naruto who carried her bridal style back to where the spectators were gathered (although they were all glaring in envy at Lei, even the now somewhat moving Tenten). As Naruto gently laid the very flustered Lei down (she had made sure to hold on tightly and found that Naruto's body was most youthful in her humble opinion). Geiru started to shout once again.

"Alright! Now it is time for the most youthful team 10-"

"We forfeit." Interrupted the nonchalant Shika with a nodding Cho and a dumbfounded Ino.

"What!? Why are we forfeiting?" yelled Ino.

"Indeed. Please explain yourself Shika-chan." Said the intrigued Asuna, she knew Shika always had her reasons and she wanted to hear her breakdown of the current situation.

*Cough* "Well after observing the past three matches I've come to the conclusion that none of us could possibly go up against Naruto-kun. In fact he is way above all our levels and has not even broken a sweat metaphorically in any of the spars."

The jonins smiled at her figuring it out. "It is as you say; Naruto-kun is currently around Kasumi's level and has yet to fully even show his abilities to all of you. This spar was more to demonstrate to all of you the uncertainty of the kunoichi lifestyle. A crash course if you will on how one variable can completely change everything." Kurenai said while smiling.

"Now, could you explain why you would lose and how you came to this conclusion?" Asuna asked.

"Troublesome. I noticed it first at the fact that he would be fighting alone against several teams in succession. While that may be fairly obvious it seemed to have flown over the heads of many of us since it was overshadowed by who would be fighting in the first place. Then as I watched his spars I realized he was holding back quite a bit. His early blows during the fight with team 7 were nowhere near as powerful or fast as the ones in the spar against team 9. Meaning Naruto-kun would try to fight at the level of his opponents. Something one usually only does when fighting opponents much lower than themselves. And then when he used his elemental abilities it was only done in completely non-lethal ways and usually as a last resort measure. He probably could have fried all of the genin he fought at the get go and ended the fight like that. Instead, he used mainly taijutsu with only the occasional elemental attack." Shika said to her wide-eyed peers.

"If we were to spar with Naruto-kun, my Kagemane no jutsu (shadow imitation technique) and Inos' Shintenshin no jutsu (mind body switch technique) would be way to slow to even attempt to capture him. And Cho-chans' Bubun Baika no jutsu (partial multi-size technique) would also be too slow to activate or not be powerful enough to fight Naruto. In short, we would be destroyed." Shika finished with a solemnly nodding Cho and a flabbergasted Ino (she hadn't realized her jutsu library was quite so limited).

"Nice assessment. Well I guess that does it for the spars today. Thank you for helping us Naruto-kun! Truly your flames of youth burn bright as the sun!" Geiru said grandly as she turned to where Naruto was a moment ago only to see he had vanished along with most of the genin (Sai still being tied to a tree).

"Oi Geiru, while you were yammering the genin took Naruto-kun for dinner at that barbecue restaurant owned by the Akimichi's. You coming or what?" Asuna said as she started walking out of the training ground (Kurenai having been pulled along by Kira earlier).

"Ah! Indeed my youthful friend!" said Geiru as she ran after Asuna.

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"Girls? Can we come? Girls?" Kasumi yelled in vain as she was still uncertain as to the fate of her precious and dared not move.

"Kasumi-sensei, can I take another look at your book on relationships? I believe I might have misunderstood it and that's why we were tied up like this." Sai said contemplatively.

"Sure. After we have a talk on what the book means Sai." Kasumi responded in a voice that for some reason sent a chill up Sai's spine. Emotions and proper socialization were strange Sai finally concluded.

*Several days later, Hokage's office*

It had been a crazy and hectic time for Naruto after the spars with the rookie genin teams. After being dragged to the barbecue restaurant he had been grilled on his abilities (he managed to sweet talk his way out of having to divulge everything and left everyone rather flustered and happy). After that he had been forced to walk everyone home (which certainly made for an interesting sight at the very least). The next day he learned that his future teammates were on missions so he would be a free agent to work wherever he was needed for a bit longer and then that night he performed again at the Silver Leaf. The place was packed to the gills (the news of his return being spread extraordinarily quickly) and he had been tearfully thanked by the owner for bringing in so much business. Of course he had to put on several encores and had to escape rather quickly when some of the more inebriated kunoichi started to get a bit randy (and were bringing out the ninja wire) after he was off stage.

The day after that he was tracked down by his childhood friends (Lei, Tenten, Nejiko and Hinata) and 'persuaded' to spend the day with them. A day consisting of going around Konoha together and alternating who held onto his arms (it seemed they had agreed on a system), although the four girls would often have to stare down opposing groups of women that wanted to spend time with him as well. And just yesterday he had spent the majority of his time training with several Anbu units (these having won the new lottery 'who gets to train with Naruto-kun') who proved to him that being incredibly handsy was the norm in the Anbu corp.

Now he had been summoned to the Hokage's office for something very important. Currently he was standing in front of Hiruko.

"You summoned me Hokage-sama?"

" Yes. Tomorrow at 9 am team 7 will be going to Nami no Kuni. I want you to go with them as backup unofficially and as an ambassador for trade officially."

"Wouldn't team 7 be fine by themselves? They do have Kasumi-chan after all."

"Normally yes. But the bridge builder who hired them to escort him back to Nami no Kuni is hiding something if our current lack of intelligence on Nami no Kuni means anything. So in case there is a hiccup in this supposedly C-rank mission I want you along. You'll be paid well of course."

"Take the job Naru-kun. It should get you some peace and quiet from all those hounding you for a little while at least." 'And I want to see the shenanigans that'll happen with Sai-chan along ufufufufufu…'

"I accept Hokage-sama."

"Good, pack for at the very least a month abroad and meet team 7 at the west gate tomorrow at 9. Dismissed." Hiruko said as Naruto bid her farewell and left.

'Nami no kuni huh. Should be an interesting trip.'

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A/N Wave arc starts next. I was going to write out those several days next chapter but I wanted to advance the plot so I could get to the juicier stuff later on quicker. Also, Sai will continue being like this for a while but I hope to develop her as a character since I actually really dig Sai and her backstory in the actual Naruto.

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