Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Warnings: Violence , Gore and Lemons(Much Later)

Credits: If I may have used some Ideas that are not my own, I apologize. Some of the Jutsu's were taken from The Legend Of Kyuubi's Profile page so credit goes to him

Chapter 6

Tsunade was rushing towards the clearing that Mei and Sakiko had told her about. She had been alarmed when they had told her that they were attacked by a Konoha Ninja, she had looked at their crying, distraught faces as they told her that Naruto was still fighting him, she had immediately shot towards the training ground, Mei and Sakiko hot on her heels.

When she was about to reach, she saw a figure that she recognized immediately. Naruto was walking towards her position. She was filled with relief that he was at least well enough for him to walk, and then she saw him collapse. She reached him and began running a diagnostic check on him. Apart from some internal bleeding, some cracked ribs and a concussion, he was uninjured. She was amazed that he had come out of battle with a Ninja sporting only such injuries. She turned towards Mei and Sakiko who were crying silently, and smiled at them.

"Don't worry girls, Naruto's going to be just fine. He will be back to normal by this time tomorrow." Tsunade said. Tsunade then sensed a chakra signature not far away from their location. She narrowed her eyes.

"Stay here with him, and don't move." She ordered the two girls and continued silently towards the signature.

When she reached the clearing, she saw that there was a lone Ninja, a Jounin, judging by his appearance, that was hunched over on all fours, coughing out blood violently. Tsunade quelled her immediate urge to kill him outright, she needed to question his motives and see if he was acting on his own or was some part of a group.

She walked up to him, questioned him and killed him with a swift strike to his heart. She returned towards where she had left Naruto and together the four of them went home. On arriving, Mei and Sakiko refused to let Naruto out of their sights. Tsunade understood that, they might be training to be a Ninja, but they were still kids. Such an event was bound to change them and strengthen their friendship.

Mei and Sakiko watched as Naruto slept on his bed, Tsunade had offered them to stay the night, and given them rooms. Mei watched as Sakiko watched Naruto crying slightly but with a determined glint in her eye. She knew how she felt, it was the same as she felt. Utterly useless. Naruto had always protected them, be it from harsh words from the villagers or from bullies. He was their best friend and if she was honest to herself, she wished that they could be more than friends. Mei was surprised when Sakiko began to stroke Naruto's hair and them she came to a sudden realization; Sakiko might feel the same way about Naruto as well. After they had shifted in together, they had become the best of friends. She knew that Naruto was the heir to two clans, now she just had to confirm if Konoha had the CRA for bloodline clans with less number of members. If they did she had every intention of dating Naruto. She grinned slightly, she would be having a long talk with Sakiko after they got home.

Timeskip – Next Morning

Naruto woke up the next day and was not surprised to see that he was at his house; he was surprised however by the presence of his two friends who had apparently fallen asleep waiting for him to wake up. He was touched by their concern for him, he smiled softly at them and picked them up and placed them on his bed. Just as he turned towards the door, he saw that his Baa-chan was also there in his room, sitting on the couch, her head leaning on her hands, sleeping. He got a devious smirk on his face before he shook his head, this was not the time for a prank, she was probably exhausted after healing him and needed rest, he would have to think of another idea for pranking his Baa-chan. He walked to the bathroom, and did his daily routine but before he left he again activated his Sharingan and saw his reflection. He deactivated it and noticed that his eyes were the same blue that they were before. He was filled with energy and happy, he still couldn't get enough of the fact that Kyuubi-chan loved him as well, and as far as he knew he would be able to date Mei-chan and Sakiko-chan as well after he was named as the head of the clan when he graduated. He and Kyuubi had a long talk about this, while she had said that she didn't mind Naruto taking multiple mates, she had said that Naruto simply couldn't date everyone that Naruto fancied.

Kyuubi had encouraged Naruto to tell Mei and Sakiko everything, including how he felt and about the CRA. From watching Naruto's memories she had picked up subtle hints that pointed to the fact that they definitely liked him as more than a friend, the lingering hugs, contented sighs, and their blushing faces whenever they went swimming together. While she had expected Mei to like Naruto, Sakiko was a surprise as she had barely known Naruto for half a year, but she knew that she liked Naruto as much, if not more so than Mei did. Kyuubi shook her head, with how Naruto was such a kind hearted and gentle soul who was fiercely protective of his friends and family, he would be lucky if he didn't have fangirls of his own. Giggling slightly she went to her bedroom and went to sleep, awaiting Naruto when he came at night.

Oblivious to Kyuubi's thoughts Naruto got out of his room silently, he went down to the kitchen ate some fruit and went down to the training room. He needed to think about his plans, taking in the events of yesterday and more importantly, making sure that he and his friends weren't targeted anymore. They would need to move their training to his own house; he was reluctant to do so before as he didn't know how his friends would feel if they knew that Naruto was much more powerful than them. But after yesterday, his priorities had changed somewhat. Protecting his precious people was what mattered the most to him now. He also wondered what had happened to the Jounin that had attacked them. He was sure that he had not killed him, however he wouldn't be leaving the hospital for at least a month Naruto estimated. Killing was something that Naruto had decided that he would avoid, he understood that he could not become a good Ninja without killing. It was a part of their job, whether they had to kill someone who was a threat or the mission parameters required so.

He was about to start his morning exercises when he was interrupted by Mei and Sakiko calling his name and rushing towards his position. He smiled at them and was tackled by the both of them; they clinged to him and Naruto revelled in the feeling of togetherness. He just returned their hug and kept on reassuring them that he was perfectly fine. After they calmed down he told them to sit down and led them over towards the lake, sitting down he began his tale of his life; he left nothing out, his parents, his bloodlines, he even told them about Kyuubi. Mei and Sakiko listened attentively, they cried at the hardship that their friend had faced so young in his life. They understood that he was a Jinchuuriki, and his own father had been the one that had performed the sealing. They were saddened that he loved Kyuubi, but thought that they were able to mask their emotions from him. Naruto had caught their flash of sadness in their eyes and finished his tale. The three of them were the only ones that knew everything that there was to know about him.

"So the reason that you always train so hard is because Madara was after the Kyuubi and you think that he would come after her again?" Mei asked glancing at Sakiko, wondering how she felt about the situation.

Sakiko held her head down. She couldn't believe that the founder of her clan was still alive and directly responsible for the horrible life of her friend. She couldn't bring herself to look at Naruto.

Naruto picked up on her thoughts and gently placed a hand on her shoulders. "Don't think that I blame the whole Uchiha clan for Madara's actions. Moreover if we see it technically, you aren't going to be a part of that clan for much longer anyway."

"Naruto-kun you said that you had activated your Sharingan, can you show it to us please?" Mei asked.

Naruto activated his Sharingan and both Mei and Sakiko gasped. It looked utterly demonic, but his eyes were so full of life and slight amusement that they didn't think that it was scary. They shuddered to think what they would look like if Naruto truly was angry at anyone and was glaring.

"Amazing. . ." Sakiko whispered.

"Can you help me with my Sharingan as well Naruto-kun."

"Sure . . . starting today I'm going to ask Baa-chan to help with your training as well. Both of you. I'm always going to protect you whenever you are in trouble, and the best way to avoid needing my help would be training to get stronger." Naruto said looking at them intently.

Both Mei and Sakiko nodded happily, and the three of them spent the morning going over their revised training regimen.

In the afternoon Naruto told Tsunade about activating his Sharingan. Tsunade conducted some tests and announced that there were no anomalies with him, compared to his previous tests. Naruto then asked her if she would mind helping him in training his friends as well; Tsunade grumbled about it, but eventually succumbed to Naruto's expectant and happy expression.

Naruto knew that Mei and Sakiko couldn't use the Kage Bunshin training method; they simply didn't have enough chakra for it to be used effectively. But, having small reserves meant that they could they could achieve chakra control much faster than him, keeping this in mind they had decided that over the next three years left for them at the academy, they would train in chakra control, move on to checking their elemental affinities, and then moving on to Elemental Manipulation. Naruto also had almost the same schedule, along with his own training in his mother's Bloodline.

He had so far mastered Tree Walking, Water Walking and had started on using chakra to enhance his speed and muscles for added strength along with routing his chakra to counter blows to his person. The last exercise had helped him in his spars against his clones, while he had an unusually high pain tolerance; he would still prefer to avoid getting hurt if he could. His Taijutsu was coming along great, he had mastered the stances and he just needed to increase his experience in using it. With the help of his clones he had mastered the three Jutsus that he knew, in order to increase his skill with them he would need to train in Elemental Manipulation. Kyuubi had told him that if he were to master his affinities to the extreme, he wouldn't need handsigns for performing his Jutsu's. He had a new idea after he had seen that his friends were exhausted easily after practicing Jutsu's and was brainstorming for ideas with the help of Kyuubi.

Naruto went to sleep that night thinking about the future and his new relationship with Kyuubi-chan.

With Mei and Sakiko

Mei and Sakiko had accepted Naruto's offer to stay at his house from now onwards. They were just going to go to their apartment tonight and would bring their possessions to Naruto's house tomorrow morning. Mei and Sakiko walked towards their apartment silently, each lost in their own thoughts. Their day had been nerve wracking but at the end of the day, they each thought that they had come out of it with a better understanding on their goals in life, and what they wanted to do with their lives.

As they arrived home they completed their daily routine before going to bed. Mei snuck into Sakiko's room for a talk that she felt that had been postponed for a long time; she decided that it was time that they talked about their feelings towards their blonde friend.

Timeskip 21/2 years

Naruto was walking towards the academy for the final time in his life as its student. He was wearing a blue t-shirt and off white cargo shorts. He completed his attire with a orange hoodie and black sandals. He had a belt hanging loosely around his waist containing a ninja pouch with his throwing weapons. Today he would take the Graduation exam and start his career as a Genin of Konoha. A lot had happened over the past two and a half years. The most significant, at least to Naruto was that he was now engaged to be married to Mei-chan and Sakiko-chan. Although he had a crush on them and had considered dating them he was surprised when the two of them had confessed to him together, the very same day after the attack. Naruto could honestly say that he was truly happy with his life.

He had eventually made friends at the academy as well, most of the clan heirs knew each other and as a result when he made friends with Shikamaru Nara and Chouji Akimichi he was inducted into their friend circle. Mei and Sakiko had also made friends with the girls in the class. The teachers had tried their best to actively oppose their intermingling but had failed miserably. Despite the best efforts of the other teachers, Naruto was ranked as the Rookie Of the Year in his class. This was mainly due to their teacher Iruka-sensei who believed in fairness and didn't think of Naruto as the Kyuubi.

As he reached the Academy, he spotted a person that he hadn't seen in well over a year. Uchiha Sasuke had demanded that he be specially trained, and the Council; primarily the Civilian and the Elders had supported his demands. As a result, he had been given a waiver and was assigned a Jounin as his teacher. Naruto looked at his arrogant stance and cocky smirk; it filled him with quiet rage. The bastard had followed through on his threat and had banished Sakiko from the Uchiha Clan as soon as he was made clan head. Sakiko had always said that it didn't bother her and she was happy to be rid of the cursed clan, but had been morose for the next week. Naruto and Mei had helped her and Naruto had said that since she was engaged to him she would belong the Namikaze-Uzumaki clan. She had smiled at Naruto brilliantly and hugged him with all her strength.

As he entered the class, Naruto noticed that his two loves were chatting together and on spotting him waved enthusiastically. Sitting between the two he leaned against the back wall and just closed his eyes. He thought back to everything that he, Mei and Sakiko had learnt. He was at the very least Low Jounin in overall ability and both Mei and Sakiko were Mid-Chunin. He was currently working on the Jounin level chakra control exercises and always trying to maximise his Chakra reserves. His reserves were nearly Kage level and considering that none of it was Kyuubi's Chakra, was pretty impressive. Jiraiya had finally told him the reason that his dad stopped using the Resistance Seal. It was quite simple; he had developed a newer and better seal, that had the properties of both the Gravity Seal and the Resistance Seal without the drawbacks of either. Jiraiya had applied the new seal on Naruto and Naruto couldn't be happier with it, he wouldn't need to wear bulky weights on him, the Gravity Seal took care of it for him and with the resistance seal still functioning, he needn't worry about overall growth. The new seal was similar to his earlier seal and had 50 levels max.

He had grown heaps and bounds with his Ninjutsu training, although he could only complete the Wind Manipulation exercises, and was halfway through the exercises for Water and Lightning Manipulation his wind techniques were something that was best avoided, otherwise you were liable to be torn to shreds. Naruto loves using Wind techniques and was arguably his favourite element. He knew many Jutsu's for Wind Element but the most frequently used by him were the Vacuum techniques.

He was looking forward to today's training as he would hopefully, finally get his Soul Blade. He was brought out of his stupor when his name was called and he went and performed the three required Jutsus to pass the exam. After that the Academy teachers led the students outside and began their sparring exercises, grades were awarded based upon the length and quality of the spar, Naruto, Mei, Sakiko and Sasuke along with most of the clan heirs had no trouble in beating the evaluator and at the end both Sasuke and Naruto were tied for the spot of Rookie Of the Year.

"I refuse to accept this worthless wannabe Ninja as the Rookie of the Year, the title should belong to me." Sasuke stated arrogantly.

There were many squeals and shouts from the Emo's fangirls supporting his statement. Naruto just shook his head, he suspected that only the clan heirs and a few others were liable to even make it as a ninja. He had expected such behaviour from the Uchiha and had a perfect plan to take him down a few pegs and take revenge for how the bastard had treated Sakiko as well.

"Why don't we spar Uchiha, right here, right now, winner gets to be the rookie. What do you say?" Naruto asked while looking at him challengingly.

Sasuke was sneering arrogantly at Naruto, "Fine, but we play by my rules. . ."

Sasuke decided on an all-out spar, where anything goes except killing your opponent. Naruto couldn't help but smirk at Sasuke's naiveté. His arrogance would be his downfall.

Iruka looked as if he was reluctant for this to happen but had eventually given in when Sasuke's fangirls had started cheering loudly and the deal was sealed when Mizuki agreed.

Naruto and Sasuke stood opposite each other, Sasuke was in the stance of the Uchiha Taijutsu style, the Interceptor. It relied on predicting your opponent's movement and was supplemented by the Sharingan.

Naruto adopted the standard Academy Style as he didn't want to injure the arrogant prick too badly; if that happened, the Civilian Council would not let him live in peace.

Mizuki started the fight and Sasuke immediately started going through several handseals before announcing his Jutsu shouting Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique) and blew out a moderately sized fireball in Naruto's direction. Sasuke smirked victoriously.

Naruto stared calmly at the approaching fireball; he had dealt with far worse than this in his spars against Jiraiya. He noticed the cocky smirk upon the Uchiha's face and grinned. He was so going to enjoy the following next moments. He rapidly flashed through handsigns and whispered; Suiton: Teppōdama (Water Release: Gunshot). Water rose up from the nearby fountain and formed a globe of water before it shot towards the approaching fireball. The two collided violently and steam rose up from the point of collision, but eventually water won out and headed towards the surprised Uchiha. Although it had lost majority of its power it still drenched him to the bone and pushed him backwards quite a bit. Snarling, Sasuke lunged himself at Naruto and began engaging him in hand to hand. He soon realized that no matter what he did he was unable to get past Naruto's guard. Changing tactics he crouched down and swept his legs hoping to catch Naruto and trip him. Naruto anticipated this and stepped back slightly avoiding the sweep and dashed forward towards the awkwardly positioned Uchiha. Initiating a combo, he punched Sasuke three times; two in his stomach and one on his chest and then finished it off with a solid kick to his back. Sasuke was hurled towards one of the trees and after impact slowly slid down, gritting his teeth in pain, glaring up at him.

"What's the matter Sasuke? Am I a bit too much for you to handle hmmm?" Naruto taunted.

Sasuke again tried and was subsequently thrown towards the same tree.

Naruto walked up closer to him and whispered, so that only Sasuke could hear what he was saying. "This is for Sakiko-chan." He threw four kunai forming a diamond pattern around him and slowly performed handsigns and almost lazily stated Raiton:Kaminari Shibari (Lightning Release: Thunder Binding).

A wall of lightning rose up in the same pattern of the previously thrown Kunai and Sasuke who was already wet, was struck by Naruto's lightning Jutsu. He screamed for some while before slumping into unconsciousness.

Naruto stared at the prone form of the Uchiha for sometime before he turned to face his spluttering classmates. He saw that both Mei and Sakiko had happy smiles on their faces and Sakiko mouthed a quick 'Thank You'.

"Winner, Uzumaki Naruto." Iruka said feeling a bit proud, he was his student after all.

Iruka then handed him his Konoha Headband. As a rookie he was given a different headband than the others. His had the plate finished in black metal and the leaf symbol was carved in silver. He chose a black cloth to tie the headband on his upper left arm.

"Man you totally smoked that bastard's ass Naruto . . . way to go. Remind me to not get on your bad side." Kiba said as he came and thumped him on his back.

"Meh, someone had to do it, the bastard was getting too big in the head."

Naruto then spent some time talking with Kiba, Chouji and Shikamaru before Mei and Sakiko came up to him and the three of them said their goodbye's and started towards his house. Halfway there, Mei suddenly jumped up at Naruto's back and acting on instinct, he caught her. Mei rested her head on Naruto's shoulder and closed her eyes in comfort. Sakiko silently berated herself for not thinking of doing the same thing. Naruto just shrugged and the three of them were on their way.

"Baa-chan we're home!" Naruto called and gently deposited Mei who had amazingly fallen asleep on the couch.

"Welcome home Naruto-kun." Shizune answered. "Rookie of the year huh? Not surprising." She then stepped towards Naruto and ruffled his hair, smiling at the outraged expression on his face.

"Congratulations Naruto-kun." Shizune said and then hugged him.

Naruto's expression changed in an instant and he returned the hug, "Thanks Nee-chan."

Shizune then stepped away and hugged Sakiko as well.

"You should have seen him Shizune-san, he practically wiped the floor with that prick." Sakiko was smiling brilliantly.

"Oh do tell. . ."

Seeing as the both of them were not liable to stop talking anytime soon, he walked towards his room and thought about the training that he would do today. He had already requested the Hokage to place him, Mei and Sakiko on the same team with any Jounin Sensei of his choice. While the Hokage would have a hard time convincing the council for the unusual team structure, it was not beyond his capabilities. Naruto then took a shower, donned his training clothes and proceeded towards the training ground in his basement.