Another Path

Chapter 7

Here are the polls so far. Just so you know, the polls will end when Naruto get back…

Sai: 2

Lee: 2

Also, I am trying to decide what Naruto should summon. So far I got Scorpians and Shadow Creatures….care to add more and then I will have a poll later.

"Oh, so that is what happened." Fu said after she heard what had happened from his brother. Currently they were in Shibuki's Office. "I knew I should not have gone on that mission. I bet Suien was waiting for me to leave so he could attack." She scowled at the thought of that man.

"Yeah well, it couldn't be helped." Shibuki said with a frown and that turned into a smile as he addressed Naruto next. "So, you have another mission to be done…..does it have to be done right away?"

"Well no, I just got to go to Suna soon for some reason." Naruto said, not really telling them the mission details.

"I see, well in a few days, the village is holding a festival and I would like you to be the Guest of Honor." Shibuki said while Fu looked at him oddly.

"What do I have to do?" asked Naruto curiously.

"Well, since this is the Hundredth year festival, you get to get the water from the tree and take one sip." Shibuki stated.

"And you want me to do that?"

"Yes, with Fu as your date." Shibuki just gave an innocent smile at their shocked faces. He could tell that Fu highly respected Naruto after he told her what happened and it seemed that Naruto had gained a bit of a crush on the girl. Fu was a little shaken at this and glared at her brother. HE knew what she was getting on about and gave a slight nod as he knew he would have to tell Naruto. The smile disappeared and he gave Naruto an evil big brother glare. "BUT I must tell you one thing and if you hurt her….I will hurt you back."

"Ok…" Naruto said, a little freaked.

"My sister Fu is special to me and this village in the sense that she is the demon container for the Seven Tailed Horned Beatle." The village leader said in all seriousness.

Fu looked at Naruto for any signs of ill intent and found none of that. Instead she found a sad smile….not what she expected. "Glad to see I was not alone in that."

That comment shocked the sibling. "What do you mean 'was'?" Shibuki asked.

"Think about it, I am from Konoha. I had the Kyuubi in me but it unlocked my bloodlines for me and well….it died. It's extra chakra turned into these swords." Naruto said while showing them the blades.

For Fu this was a shocker and her bijuu was not helping any. "THE HELL! The Kyuubi is not that charitable…..unless. Those swords….could they be the sword of the SHINIGAMI!" The hell are you babbling about? "That boy is last of the old Shinigami, he must be the one the King of Shinigami talked about all those years ago….if that is true...then the time of the Bijuu is at an end" Ok…

While Fu was having an internal conversation, Shibuki said, "That is great! I thought this was going to be a problem, but it won't!"

"Yeah, but are you sure you want me to do this?"

"Yes! You saved the village!" The leader stated.

"Alright then." Naruto replied, "So Fu, would you like to go to the festival with me?"

Naruto's voice brought Fu away from the bijuu in her mind and she smiled with a small blush. "Sure! I would like that." Fu then ran out of the room to go get ready.

Shibuki chuckled at this, "Heh, let's hope this works out for her."

"Yeah, uh I have a question."

"Ask away."

"What do I do on a date?" Naruto asked as Shibuki and his hidden ANBU all face vaulted.

This is going to a long two days… The village leader thought with dismay.

Two days later…

After Naruto helped out with setting up the festival, learning his part, and learning what to do on date, the blond was ready to go. Shibuki gave Naruto a nice suit to wear. It was a white tuxedo and it attracted a lot attention on his way to meet Fu in the park.

When he reached the park, he saw Fu and he felt like he could not breathe. Fu was was wearing a long green dress that had white stripes running down it. It match her hair very well. He though she looked beautiful in his eyes.

"Wow, you look beautiful!" Naruto said as he walked up to her.

It got the desired effect as she blush bright red and said, "Thank you Naruto, you look very handsome in that suit."

Naruto smile as he then lead her through the festival, winning her stuffed animals from the various game stands in their ways. Ironically, most of the prizes they won were foxes or odd cartooned bugs.

Soon they made it to an outdoor restaurant and sat down to eat. After ordering their food, Naruto decided to speak his mind. "Fu…I need to ask you something."

"Yes, what is it?"

"Well, in the few months that I have been a genin. I have done a lot of research and sealing work. There is a group out there that is known as Akatsuki that wants the demons that people like us hold. I want to know if you want to form our own little group as I find the other demon containers."

Fu blinked and said, "That is a good idea and I have heard of this Akatsuki from traveling merchants. Both good and bad stories are what I hear. So, what do you know of seals that could help us?"

Naruto smirked and said, "Two seals so far. The first one is where I could but on you and we could communicate over long distances and we can keep track of each other. It could be our organization's symbol I guess you could say. The second seal is something else I can put on you and it slowly turned you Bijuu into a sword like mine and converts the chakra into spirit energy."

"Wow….sounds pretty good, but we should tell Shibuki later about this." Fu suggested. "Other then that, I think it is the best idea to use against those that want to harm us."

Naruto smiled and after a hour or so, we see our favorite couple near the lake, where they see ninja dancing on the water to a slow song. He smiled and held out his hand. "Would you like to dance?"

"Yes, yes I would." Fu said with a blush.

As they stepped out onto the water, it seemed that time seemed to just stop for them as they danced the night away. Shibuki, who was dancing with his girlfriend, smirked at them from his spot. His sister needed someone and he hoped it was Naruto.

Fu looked into Naruto ocean like eyes and felt herself getting pulled into them, they were just so alluring to her. Naruto felt the same why about her eyes as he too leaned in. They met in the middle with a soft and passionate kiss.

"AW! My larva is making the transition into adulthood! I am so proud!" The seven tailed bug in Fu's head cried out, ruining the moment for her. SHUT IT! I AM I TRYING TO ENJOY THIS!

When they pulled back, Naruto spoke his mind, "Wow, that was great!"

"Yep." Fu whispered as she leaned in for another kiss, neither of them noticing the fireworks going off in the distance because they were dealing with the ones in the kiss.

Shibuki and his girlfriend watched this with happy smiles. "Way to go Naruto…..you made her happy." He said as he leaned in to kiss his own girl.

Midnight…

Naruto and Fu stood on the stage next to the big tree where they will extract the Hero's Water. He did just has Shibuki and Fu taught him and channeled his chakra into a spot on the tree and guiding it with his chakra into the small jug that it was carried in.

After he was done, Shibuki nodded to Fu and she gave Naruto and small amount of the water and then jumped away. The blond was confused at first but he soon understood why as he already massive chakra grew bigger and was swirling around him.

Normally, if someone drank the water, their lifespan would shorten, but if they drank it right after they extracted it, they get the chakra from the tree itself and expand their lifespan by a few years.

Though nobody expected this result as his eyes turned into the Uzugan and he held his head in pain before tree root grew around him and then shot upward. The a green energy shot down on the blond and then everything went back to normal. Naruto fell on his hands and knees, panting.

Fu rushed to his side and asked, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, but it seems that I just absorbed the power of a true mokuton user….well that it was my eyes tell me."

"Who was the true mokuton user?" Shibuki asked.

"The one who taught the Shodiame Hokage and created the tree, but his name has been lost to the tree and history." Naruto said as he slowly got back up and smiled at Fu.

The next day…..at the waterfall…

"Like I said, I am glad you started this organization and helped my sister. Now if you get banished like you said you would because of the idiot council and the elders, you are to back here first before you go find that Soul Society place." The Leader of the Hidden Waterfall village said to their hero.

"You got it and I wil be back to visit when I get the chance." Naruto said as Fu walked up to him and gave him a passionate kiss.

"I will miss you." Naruto said as he hugged her.

"So will I, but duty calls." Fu smiled as she melted into the hug and reluctantly let go.

As he was leaving, Shibuki has an idea and smiled, "Like you, he is still a genin. So you'll be seeing him soon."

"I hope so." Fu replied as she watched Naruto's retreating from.

I will end that here. Next chapter, Naruto meets the sand siblings…well Temari and Gaara anyway. He will get the summoning scroll in that chapter but will not be able to open it just yet, so please give some suggestions but I am getting tired of toads and foxes. You are also prolly wonder why he get the mokuton this way...He doesn't even know Yamato yet and i thought this was more fun.