A strange blonde twist.
Me: WELCOME BACK TO A STRANGE BLONDE TWIST! Hasn't been very many Naruto/Naruko stories so I thought 'what the hell, might as well' but oddly out of all the reviews only ONE person guessed how she knew what she knew, no one else did which surprised me more than anything. Common people aren't you curious!?

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Previously on A strange blonde twist
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Naruko let out a sound that was like a snort, a laugh and a sob all in one and she held the picture close.

"I will honor your memory Fox..." She said as she heard a knock on the door and knew it was Kaze.

"BE RIGHT THERE!" she yelled before setting the mask down and then glancing at it as she reached for the door.

'Thank you for everything... Naruto-kun' her eyes flashed as she went to turn the door knob, a look appeared in her eyes that showed she knew more than she let on.

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Chapter 3! Wave country!
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Naruko sat quietly alongside Kaze and Sasuke, lost in her own thoughts. She was getting stronger, she knew it. She and kaze were learning quite a lot from the scrolls that Kakashi-sensei gave them. And due to her specialty with shadow clones she was able to accelerate this process even more, thus raising her knowledge to new heights. Kaze, who shares a similar affinity for the technique, was learning just as fast as she was, if not faster. Even though this pushed Naruko even harder in order to catch up to her fellow blonde, she still felt so far behind. When they sparred it seemed like he was holding back, and that angered her slightly.

Still, he was a nice guy, helping her along after Fox's death. She had allowed him to sleep with her once because of different nightmares, and he did nothing but stroke her hair comfortingly when she woke up screaming. Even though he became exhausted the next day because of this, Naruko appreciated his help and made sure he knew it. Coincidentally, she became conscious of him.

At times, Naruko noticed the strange looks that Kaze often gave her; like the times when she'd take off her sweat shirt after a bit of sparring and he would blushed and look away just as she turned to face him. The blonde girl found this odd as she herself began staring at him. His muscular body, coated by weird markings, bore scars that littered here and there, and it made her wonder where he got them.

Meanwhile, Naruto was having a hard time keeping his eyes off of Naruko. Her developing body appealed to him like only one other woman could and he was vexed, terribly vexed by this. He wanted to treat her like a sister, but something changed him the day after he had kissed her forehead while she slept. It just seemed strange not to do so; a compulsion of sorts that he couldn't explain it. The blonde ninja sighed as he leaned against a post, glancing at Naruko and then quickly at somewhere else when their eye's met. Naruko did the same.

'Who would have thought, Kaze and Naruko.' Sasuke thought as he glanced at both of them with a lopsided smirk. Sasuke had seen the exchanges lately and he chuckled in amusment.

A swirl of leaves filled the area, announcing the arrival of their sensei Kakashi. Naruto would normally chuck a kunai at him, but withheld from doing so out of honored for his master, his friend, by letting him live.

"Alright team, ready for a new mission?" Kakashi asked and everyone said 'Hai' and they stood up and followed their sensei.

Naruto was deep in thought as he walked, pondering on how to convince Haku and Zabuza who he was... which wasn't really hard considering he had the seven swords of the mist sealed in his thigh. After the destruction of the Mist that followed after Cloud and Sand fell, a dying messenger appeared baring Mei's last request for him to have them. Naruto honored her request and solemnly accepted the blades, silently vowing to change everything with the help of his old friends and sensei's.

Naruto stepped to the right to avoid a pole as he looked up at the sky, hands in his pockets. Naruto had to agree with Shikamaru that on certain days he wished he was a cloud just floating around without worries. It felt like the whole damn world was on his shoulders... which it kind of was from the future.

Kakashi was taking Obito's mortality allot easier than he expected as well, of course he was putting almost all his spare hours into a mind blocking seal to block out Madara's influence on Obito. If it worked than they would have a powerful ally. But it was only temporary till Tsunade was able to help him cultivate some of Obito's cells to replace Madara's. Obito was the key to everything, after all. All Naruto needed to do was stop those cells before they completely meld with him, assuming it hasn't happened already. If it has then the only hope they had was his technique, the ultimate maelstrom, to stop Madara.

Naruto watched as Naruko excitedly talked with her sensei about a new scroll. She learned by doing, not by reading so he showed her how it worked and she plunged ahead trying as hard as she could to learn it, sometimes not getting the exact technique and creating her own in the process. Naruto's eyes trailed down unconsciously before shooting back up to the sky as a blush colored his face.

'Serious things Naruto, serious things!' Naruto thought to keep his mind off of Naruko for the time being.

Kakashi and Sasuke shared a glance as the Jounin cursed and handed some money over to Sasuke who held a smirk. Kakashi was surprised, really, because Naruto was so determined not to get mixed up with anyone. Then again, love was something you can't really resist in the end.

As they arrived at the Hokage tower they saw a team leaving catch the dreaded, devil cat Tora, prompting Naruto to snicker. He smiled at finally having a small challenge since he was losing his edge. In the future, he fought Kakashi seriously during their training, and usually left the training grounds leveled with a badly beaten Kakashi and some exhaustion on his part. Kakashi was an elite and he knew Naruto was in a class of his own, surpassing the Sanin and Kage even.

Kakashi was about to knock on the door but Naruto being Naruto, raised his foot and yelled 'I GOT IT!' before kicking the door hard, sending it flying into the office. The old kage and Iruka blinked as Naruto walked in with the same foxy grin he always had on. Naruko was openly laughing while Kakashi and Sasuke merely sweatdropped at his actions.

"KAZE, FIX THAT DAMN DOOR!" Iruka yelled and Naruto nodded before walking back to the door to put it back together. He heard Naruko arguing with the Hokage for a better mission and he smiled a bit when Kakashi also requested something better. Of course it was a ploy because of Kakashi's and Sarutobi's knowledge. Naruto insisted that they get a C-rank and Sarutobi sighed and granted him his wish. He held out a scroll and handed it to Kakashi.

"Your mission is to escort a bridge builder to wave. His name is Tazuna." As he spoke the door opened to show a man standing there with a bottle of sake in his hand and was about to speak till his bottle shatter and Naruto was twirling a Kunai on his finger.

"I'm sure we are more than enough for whatever Gato can dish out." Naruto said with a grin and the man paled a little.

"Alright team, pack for at least a week and a half and meet at the northern gate in two hours." They all nodded and filed out the door to gather their gear and supplies. Sasuke hurried to the Uchiha district while Naruto and Narutko walked off together to grab their things. It was rather awkward since they would try to take steal glances at each other only get caught because they ended up doing it at the same time. Eventually Naruto couldn't take it anymore and coughed into his hand as he looked up at the sky.

"So, how are you feeling since... since Fox?" Naruto asked.

Naruko sighed sadly.

"Ok... I guess. He was a good guy, but he only thought of me as a sister... guess he thought because of his identity he guessed we couldn't be together." Naruko said.

After a bit of silence, she turned to see that Naruto wasn't there. She spun around and found him frozen in mid step behind her, his face pale like he had just seen a ghost.

"Kaze... Kaze! You ok?" Naruko asked as she waved her hand in front of his eyes.

He shook his head to clear it and coughed.

"Uh ya... you knew what his identity was?" Naruto asked and Naruko nodded.

"I overhead him explaining to the old man, I can tell now why he knew I would turn into such an awesome ninja." Naruko said with a laugh. Naruto just seemed out of it for the rest of the walk, allowing her to sneak glances at him with a blush on her face.

Finally arriving at her house, Naruto he opened the door for her with a smile; one that she returned in kind as she stepped inside. He waited for her outside as he had everything already packed inside his seals. The only things he had in his house were the picture of the new team seven, a few clothes and some ramen. Everything else from his armory of Kunai and Shuriken to his food and clothes was kept with him; even the secret jutsu from the future village since he was technically the most qualified to guard them. Everyone trusted him and he never touched them till a few weeks ago where he started learning them.

He was going to be ready, one way or another.

Unsealing a backpack, Naruto slipped it over his shoulders just as Naruko opened her door, surprise etched across her face at finding him still there.

"I came to walk with you back," Naruto said and Naruko felt little disappointed. She needed to ask Kurenai what it was like to like someone. She couldn't ask Anko, and Mikoto couldn't help considering she was on Sasuke's team and might take it the wrong way. Men were perverts so it was either Kurenai or the Anbu Neko, the sword lady was nice enough to her.

Naruko bit her lips then sighed as she walked down the steps with Naruto and they talked a bit, mostly about the mission. It bugged Naruko a little how easily it was for the old man to give a mission. She just shrugged it off thinking it was just Kakashi sensei.

They got to the front gates with a few minutes left to spare and no signs of the rest of their team and client. Naruko glanced around as she sat down and began to think. Even though everything was ok for her, she still wished she had parents and someone to love. The last thought made her blush as she shook her head.

Naruto was watching her intently, noticing how cute she looked when she was pouting and she seemed to glow when she blushed, the red tint on her cheeks making him blush as well at his thoughts. He quickly berated himself for thinking like that. He was here to save lives not to cuddle up to... himself... herself...

"GAH THIS IS CONFUSING!"

"Huh?"

Naruto's eyes widened when he realized he had spoken out loud and chuckled a little nervously.

"Er nothing, just trying to figure out something," Naruto said sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. Naruko just shrugged and turned back to her thoughts.

A few minutes of awkward silence later, Sasuke walked out from a side street towards them making Naruto think of all the things he had changed. Sasuke was a smiling prodigy, he put almost all of his time in to surpass his brother but he did hang out with the two blondes quite a bit. With his father gone and his mother mow in charge, the Uchiha pride was being chipped away bit by bit, leaving an honorable man in its place. Not soon after, Kakashi and Tazuna arrived with the latter obviously drunk from the way he swayed a bit. Naruto sighed a little and turned on his heel and started heading off to start the mission, soon followed by the others. Secretly, Naruto was in charge since he had already done this mission before, which was an odd feeling but he was confident that he would save the two this time.

As they walked Naruto saw the same puddle and smirked a little, nearly skipping down the road. Not long after they passed it, chains appeared from the tree line, wrapping around Kakashi tightly before tearing 'him' to pieces. Quickly after that two men darted towards the genin. Naruto quickly grabbed both their hands, grinning before breaking them and delivering a swift kick to their stomachs that sent them flying into the trees. Naruto cracked his neck before he walked over to the downed men, struggling to get back up and Naruto sighed. He hadn't put THAT much force in the kick. Naruto picked them up before slinging them into another tree, throwing two Kunai with ninja wire tied to them and it wrapped around them effectively holding them to the tree.

'They weren't much of a challenge... but...'

Naruto looked down at his hands where a small cut was healing faster than normal. The poison that flooded his system was being killed off when he sighed.

'I'm losing my edge… hopefully Zabuza will give me a challenge.' Naruto thought as he noticed Kakashi interrogating one of the men. He groaned a little, it would be so much easier if he had Kyuubi's normal chakra; just put a bunch into his finger nail, scratch one and watch him fall apart while the other spills the beans... like his sensei really needed it. Kakashi was just doing it for show, and after he finished 'questioning' them, Kakashi rounded on Tazuna who cracked soon after, confessing his deception and weaving a story Naruto already knew. Shocked faces appeared on Naruko and Sasuke while he grinned and Kakashi remained... stoic would be the best word considering all you could see of his face was his eye.

"Well, only thing we can do now is continue, right guys?" Naruto said.

Both Naruko and Sasuke gave a nod after a bit of thought, spurring Tazuna to give his tearful thanks in return, to which Naruto smiled before moving on with everyone else.

They soon found themselves crossing the water and over them loomed the large Bridge. Naruko was about to yell out how huge the thing was, but Naruto quickly clapped a hand over her mouth to silence her. When she stopped struggling, he pulled his hands away and place finger to his lips as a sign to stay quiet.

"Shinobi must always be silent when going into enemy territory." Naruto said with a hint of what was coming going into his words before he turned his head and watched as the shore came into sight.

As Naruto and the others arrived, he stretched out his chakra sensing and was satisfied to find Haku and Zabuza chakra signatures. Smiling slightly, he glance at Kakashi, who nodded minutely in return, and proceeded down a different trail.

"Kakashi-sensei, why is Kaze going that way?" Naruko asked, worried for her teammate as he made clones and had them henge into his team and Tazuna.

"He's just doing a little recon. He'll be back with us in a bit." Kakashi explained as Naruto entered the forest.

When they were out of sight, Naruto put a hand on his though for a moment before deciding to win Zabuza over without giving information away... yet. All in due time he might give away the info to everyone. Other than that, only the involved in the moments he deemed necessary were allowed to know.

Soon enough he felt the rabbits presence and threw a Kunai like he had done in the past, and grazed its back, scaring it out of its wits. 'Naruko' quickly grabbed the bunny and cursed Naruto while 'Sasuke' looked on indifferently. 'Kakashi' looked around a bit before yelling for everyone to get down. Everyone ducked except for Naruto who held out his hand and the handle landed just in it and he held on tight to it, only moving about an inch from the recoil and he slung the heavy sword onto his back.

"Come on out Zabuza, I have a proposition for you." With that his 'team' and 'client' went up in smoke.

"First, I know the reason why you left Kiri, good intentions don't get you anywhere huh? Second I know your 'friend' with the ice bloodline is here, third you can be free, free from hunter nin's and be a kenjutsu teacher for people as well as I will help you with the Mizukage, I know where his problem lies and I will tell you if you come out." Naruto waited a few minutes till he heard rustling and Zabuza appeared with a punch ready to connect with his face. Unfortunately for him, Naruto disappeared just as fast and appeared behind him with the large blade pointed at the man's spine.

"Alright kid, you got my attention, what exactly is wrong with him?"

"He is being controlled, by a man with the sharingan against his will." Naruto stated and handed Zabuza back his sword.

"I know you won't come without either having something worth coming for, the person earns your respect or both so I will do both." Naruto said with a grin as he jumped back to dodge the swipe of the blade.

"Oh? And how will you do that?" Zabuza questioned as Naruto stood straight and yawned, slightly ticking off Zabuza which Naruto had learned a long time ago was one of his gifts.

"Win in a battle against you and Haku." Naruto said making Zabuza raise a non existent eyebrow.

"How do you know her name?"

"I know a lot of things." Naruto smirked and held up a Kunai that he threw into the air. Truth be told, he was using the Hirashin Kunai that he kept as a precaution in case things got hairy.

A swirl of water appeared and Haku stood beside Zabuza as the Kunai plummeted to the ground. Right as the tip neared, Naruto threw three more Kunais into the air and flashed through some hand signs as he grinned.

"Mutli Shadow Kunai jutsu!"

The Kunai turned from three to three hundred falling onto the field. The two ex-mist ninja's reacted by hurling several Senbons that Naruto easily avoided after evading a slash from Zabuza. He smiled in anticipation at finally getting a good match.

Naruto remained defensive and took to dodging for several moments before seeming to warp out of existence. Not a moment later, Zabuza felt a pain in his back as he was sent flying towards the trees in a twirling motion with spiral mark appearing on his back from Naruto's Rasengan. The blonde watched it turned into water and managed to avoid another slash and senbon barrage till he heard Zabuza cry out.

"Water style: Hidden mist jutsu!" Mist quickly filled the area and Naruto closed his eyes in concentration, relying on the rest of his sense to dodge downward sword slash and the ice spike that forced him to land in a dome of mirrors.

"Secret technique: Demonic ice mirrors." Naruto smiled as he dodged almost countless ice senbon, bringing back memories of his first C-rank turn A-rank.

When the senbon started to hit Naruto he growled in annoyance and suddenly was encased in golden chakra as black lines flowed over his body. With a burst of speed Naruto quickly punched Haku in the stomach, making her double over in pain before sending flying, through a mirror and then through several trees. He then disappeared and appeared behind Zabuza to deliver a much larger rasengan directly onto his spine, sending the man flying into a tree and knocking him out.

With the battle over, Naruto released his chakra and fell to one knee. Haku had managed to knick several of his nerve points during the battle. While not much of a danger, he still winced when he slowly got up stiffly. He grabbed Zabuza and headed off to retrtieve Haku who was inside a crater, before making his way towards Tazuna's house.

When he arrived he saw the lights were on and knew everyone was inside by now. He pushed open the door and quickly collapsed, putting on a slight show, part of it was true because of the senbon his legs were about to collapse. He looked up and saw everyone staring at him with wide eyes and he smiled at them tiredly before collapsing beside Haku and Zabuza.

"KAZE!?"

He heard a female scream and chuckled tiredly as he moved his head to look up at the slightly trembling Naruko.

"Hey der." Naruto said with a foxy grin and struggled to get up and went over to the couch. Wondering why everyone was staring at him he grabbed a mirror and gasped, he was the definition of pin cushion. Must have been hit more times than he thought he guessed. Naruto started pulling out the needles and allowing them to drop on the floor, all of the needles half covered in blood making Tsunami a little green as well as Inari stare at him in awe. When he was finished he leaned back and yawned a bit before laying down.

"Tell our guests to wait upstairs for me when they wake up." Naruto said to Kakashi who nodded before Naruto quickly fell asleep. Hours later Naruto cracked his eyes open to feel a weight on his body. He looked down and saw Naruko leaning on him while sitting in a chair, fast asleep and almost drooling making Naruto chuckle a little. Naruto smiled down at her and sighed a bit as he set a hand on her head, shaking her a bit making her eyes crack open a bit and looks up at the smiling Naruto making Naruko gasp then leap up and hug him, chocking him slightly.

"Naruko, choky not breathy." Naruto rasped out making Naruko let go with a blush as she turned her head away.

"Awww was little Naruko worried about me?" Naruto teased than laughed as Naruko's head almost exploded in red before she cocked her fist back and nailed a large punch directly into his face sending him flying into the wall. Naruto groaned a bit before falling onto his knees, made a dramatic show of being hurt and stood up with a laugh.

"So where is Zobi-chan and Haku?" Naruto said with a smile, Naruko pointed upstairs and he nodded before walking up the stairs, leaving a still blushing Naruko who sat down on the couch. Naruto walked up the stairs and knocked on the first door. He heard a gruff come in and walked inside to see Zabuza there with bandages around his torso. Over to the side was Haku who was reading a book and Naruto smiled a bit before closing the door, putting a seal on the door making the room flash blue and he sat down in a near by chair.

"So any questions?"

"I want to know where it is you say we will be safe, and who is responsible for controlling Yugura."

"Well, first off you will be headed to Konoha if you follow me, Haku will be safe and even treated as a princess, bloodlines are coveted there. And your Kenjutsu will also be wanted to help strength for forces." Naruto said before taking a deep breath.

"NOW, what I'm about to tell you DEOSN'T leave this room, ever. Got it?" Haku and Zabuza nodded and Naruto closed his eyes.

"The one who is controlling the Mizukage goes by the name of Tobi or Madara, but his true name is Obito. He was partly crushed by a boulder where somehow Madara saved him, placed his own cells into the boy and having them mess with his mind, turning him insane and wanting world 'peace' by bouncing a genjutsu off of the moon onto the planet, thus making everyone his slaves, I have no real idea why he took control of Yugura, maybe it was to help destroy the Uzumaki clan, who knows. All I know is that he needs to be stopped." Naruto said darkly "One way... or another." Zabuza and Haku sat there in shock, they never knew someone could be so insane. Naruto stood up and released the seal before opening the door and walking down stairs. Naruto sighed as he slumped back in the chair, noticing Naruko and Sasuke gone he guessed Kakashi was teaching them tree climbing. Naruto closed his eyes a bit and then stood up and walked into town. Naruto stood in the town square as he made a stand appear and a chair and sat down behind it. A rather shaggy looking kid walked up to him and tugged on his arm.

"Mister what are you doing?"

"Giving away food thats what." Naruto said with a smile as he took out a box in a puff of smoke and handed it to the boy who thanked Naruto with a happy smile and went off to tell his friends. People started lining up, Naruto would hand out a box of food each to the villagers, he had a whole armory full of food in that one seal so he wasn't worried about running out. During the war everyone learned to stock up on food whenever they could get it, because you didn't know HOW long you would go without it. It was about two hours before he finished handing out food and he smiled as He packed up the stand, heading out and getting thankful nods from all the villagers. He smiled to himself as he passed by several people who said thank you and hello. Naruto Walked off into the forest to where he knew Naruko would be. He felt a chakra signature spike that was identical to his and he smiled as he sat by a tree watching Naruko looking at a leaf. Naruto walked out and smiled at her and she gave an angry grunt as she tossed the leaf away.

"Something wrong?"

"I was TRYING to combine the tree walking and leaf balancing but was hard and I hit my head." Naruto laughed a little causing her to glare at him and he smiled back before pulling out a scroll.

"I think its time for you to learn this." Naruto said before tossing a scroll with swirl on it to her. She opened it up and read out loud.

"This technique is called the Rasengan, A very powerful close range technique made by... the fourht Hokage himself!?" Naruko's eyes widened in excitement. Naruto smiled as he watched her automatically make clones and have them start to work on the first part as Naruto brought out some water balloons. Naruto watched her for a good hour when she snorted at him and put a hand on her hips, Naruto's eyes softly trailing up her body as she did so.

"How come your not training?"

Naruto simply held out his hand and a blue orb of energy appeared in it making her shut her eyes and growl in annoyance before getting back to work. Naruto watched her as she worked, watching the way her body moved everytime she stretched out her hand, sweat pouring from her head from the use of chakra so much. Naruto yawned a bit and stretched as he leaned back against the tree and put his arms behind his head.

"Watching you train so much is making me tired." Naruto said cheekily making Naruko growl before running and jumping into his lap making his gasp for breath from the sudden jump. Naruko giggled and flicked his nose making him grunt and flip er off of him gaining a squeal in response. Naruto laughed before dodging a punch and tutting.

"Now now Naruko-chan, ladies shouldn't have such violent habits." Naruto dodged a Kick and appeared behind the girl making her stiffen when he whispered in her ear.

"Especially one such as beautiful as yourself." Naruto said teasingly before dashing off in the opposite direction. He thought he was going ot be followed but when he turned Naruko was standing stock still making him tilt his head a little and walk back. He walked around to face her and saw her staring into space with a heavy blush on her face. Naruto was about to leave till she burst into smoke and a fist was delivered right into his nose sending him flying into a tree. He looked up after popping his nose into place with a loud 'crack' and saw Naruko standing there, blushing up a storm after going through the clones memories.

"Pervert." She simply said before turning and walking away with a flip of her hair leaving a downed chuckling Naruto as he stood up.

'Damn she punches like Tsunade.'

Naruto shook his head before following after her with a smile as memories flashed through his head that made him wince a bit. A week passed, Sasuke completed the tree walking and was working on Water walking while Naruko was finished with the first step of the Rasengan. Naruto was watching the bridge along with Zabuza, Haku, Sasuke and Kakashi. Naruto sighed as he leaned back against the railing while his clones helped out with the construction of the bridge. Wasn't hard really while two kept look out at the end of the bridge, waiting for Gato's army. A burst of memories later and Naruto's henged clone inside the house went off, right after Naruko gave her speech and he smiled a little. Naruto made a signal and the Ninja tensed a bit, while Kakashi knew what was coming the others weren't as informed and all they knew was Naruto's clones would signal him and he would signal them when there was trouble. Soon after Naruto made a mist at the end of the bridge to make them think they had the advantage. After that Sasuke, Haku, Zabuza, Kakashi got ready to unleash some of their most powerful techniques upon their opponents. When the mist cleared there stood Gato with an army of thugs, their eyes widening when they saw two water dragons, an ice dragon, a fire ball and rippling wind. That was all they saw before they were ripped, burned or blasted to pieces. Naruto with his impressive speed had saved Gato only for his money to be returned to wave, after much torture from Haku and Zabuza they finally got his bank account, where he keeps his deeds, property, everything. It all went to wave with a small chunk for the C turned A rank mission. Naruto smiled to himself as he cleaned up the mess, helping with the rest of the bodies and bridge work when Naruko arrived and complained about missing the action and Naruto tutted, saying that she shouldn't have slept it. Soon after a large crowd of people appeared to 'help' with the battle. They were shocked when all there was to do was help out the bridge. Naruko walked up to Inari and ruffled his hat and saying how proud she was of him for putting all this together and he blushed heavily as he stood even with his eyes on her bust. Naruto growled at the boy and his eyes went up to Naruko's who was still smiling. Naruto shook his head as he beat down his protectiveness and yawned as he leaned back, his clones putting on the finishing touches to the bridge which wasn't much to three hundred of the blonde. Naruto watched Naruko from a distance as she talked to the others, fiddling with her hair now and again. Naruto shook his head after a moment as he tried to beat down his growing feelings for the girl, but almost living with her and being so close for so many years had made his heart grow for her, wanting to protect from everything. He sighed heavily as he looked up at the sky.

'One things for sure, I need to find Obito soon, and the best place to start is Kiri...' Naruto sighed as he turned to Naruko and their eyes locked for a minute.

'Time is not on my side, I need to act soon if I'm going to protect the world, my precious people, and my Naruko.' Naruto thought as he stared deeply into her blue eyes and red tinge appeared on her cheeks as well as his.

'My... Naruko-chan'

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Me: HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THIS! Its the latest chapter and it shows HOW Naruko knew of Naruto's identity, as well as starting the Rasengan training AND Naruto and Naruko's relationship growing. How will she react to Naruto when he admits of his faked death? LET US SEE! And also BETA'D BY! -anonymous- thats right, he wants to anonymous, thats all the info you will get from me that he is is a he! Or is it a she... YOU WILL NEVER KNOW! HAHAHA!