' ' = thoughts
" "= talking face to face or talking out loud
Bold letters = either Kyuubi in fox form, Shinigami using his scary voice (lol) or a summon
Sky Zephyrus- The reason I've put time in the relationship between Naruto and the older women is because they are older and more mature. Plus they'd be more ready to have his children age wise *giggles perversely*
Orange-Fuzz-Ball- Naruto has only been intimate with Rose, Guren and Kyuubi and has had sex with Kyuubi only.
Dragon Soul Weaver- First thanks for the review. As for how you see Naruto as a kid in my story I'm not sure. He's fifteen years old and with how I described him he definitely doesn't look like a kid. Another thing he was 8 when he made his first kill when he protected the Fire Lord. As for him killing hundreds a majority of those would be bandits as I figure they travel in at least groups of 20 during the 9 years he was gone from Konoha. Hell from what I've seen recently in the manga my Naruto's probably a bit stronger than Sasuke (who's overpowered in my opinion).
Now for the harem deal it doesn't need to be realistic as this is fiction. One of my plans is that the women won't all be living together. Romance isn't a major concern for me in this story but I do agree that I need to put a little more interaction with the new girls now that a good portion is with him. If you need to think of it realistically just think of your favorite girl with Naruto as his wife and the others his mistresses. He is a King after all and they did have mistresses.
It was now the middle of March and a couple months had passed since Kurenai and Naruto confessed their love for each other. As he spent more time with the other women they eventually confessed to each other as well. He had spent a few days with each team in teamwork training.
He had found out Lee couldn't use his chakra except for small amounts so he was still able to use chakra control exercises like the Tree Climbing Practice and the Water Surface Walking Practice. He ran a diagnostic jutsu on him and found that because of a rare disease his tenketsu points were too small not allowing enough chakra through for Ninjutsu or Genjutsu.
He told Lee that he might be able to fix this but he'd need to do some research first. Lee and Gai were ecstatic and Tenten and Neji were amazed that this person they barely knew might be able to help Lee. Naruto had also gained himself a little entourage in the form of three 8 year olds by the names of Sarutobi Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon. He had met Konohamaru while he was in the Hokage's office and the little twerp barged in ranting on about his stupid tutor then tripped over his scarf and blamed Naruto for tripping him but after a hit to the head they got that settled out. They called themselves the "Konohamaru Corps" and started calling him boss. He agreed to play with them every now and then.
He had also finished creating the seals that would negate the Sharingan's copying abilities. He drew them all over his body and had Kakashi try to copy his moves. To say Kakashi and the Sandaime were surprised was like saying Naruto only had a small preference for ramen.
As for missions he'd done 5 C-ranks that didn't last long but had been doing mostly D-rank to help the village until his match with the Hokage (bet you forgot about that) which was were he was now. Naruto had let him take an extra month to train his body as he wasn't ready yet.
Naruto and the Sandaime were in a private training field that Naruto had placed seals around so no one would sense the fight. Naruto stood in his usual outfit except his shirt had red swirls on the top part of each sleeve. The Sandaime was dressed in his battle armor.
They looked at each other and rushed forward. They engaged in a Taijustu match for a few minutes then both flipped back. The Sandaime went through 6 hand seals and took a breath and thought 'Katon: Gōkakyu no Jutsu' and blew out a huge fireball toward Naruto.
Naruto went through one hand seal and yelled out Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique).
'Incredible. Only Tobirama-sensei was skilled enough to do that' Sarutobi thought as he watched his fireball be overpowered by the dragon and come racing towards him. He went through 3 hand seals and yelled out Doton: Doryūheki (Earth Release: Earth Style Wall).
Naruto watched the dragon hit the wall and dissipate. He looked around and suddenly jumped up in the air as Hiruzen came up from underneath the ground with a staff in hand.
Naruto took out his kodachis and they engaged in a Kenjutsu vs. Bōjutsu fight. 'I'll need to be careful' Naruto thought eyeing the Adamantine Staff. They traded blows for 20 minutes landing cuts on each other only for Naruto's to heal right away.
Naruto put his kodachis away and went through some hand seals and yelled out Mokuton Hijutsu: Jukai Kōtan (Wood Release Secret Technique: Birth of Dense Woodland) and watched as trees started shooting from the ground toward Sarutobi.
'Amazing not even Tenzo is this proficient in his Mokuton abilities' Sarutobi thought as he dodged the trees. When he landed he used the Snake hand seal and thought 'Doton: Doryū Taiga' (Earth Release: Earth Flow River) and watched as the ground turned into mud. He followed with Doton: Doryūdan (Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet) then Katon: Karyū Endan (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Missile) to ignite the mud balls and sent them towards Naruto.
Naruto went through 3 hand seals and called out Mizu no Tatsumaki (Tornado of Water) to surround himself in water.
Sarutobi watched the fire hit the tornado of water. He waited until the steam disappeared and noticed Naruto was gone. 'Shit his stealth skills are better than Jiraiya's' he thought. He looked around and dodged as a barrage of kunai and shuriken impaled where he was previously standing.
They engaged in another Taijutsu match. Naruto used his mother's style Hiryuu (flying dragon)while Sarutobi was using Gōken. They continued for 10 minutes trading blows and with a final punch to each other's face they flew back.
Sarutobi laid there on the ground panting hard and started to laugh "Naruto my boy I haven't had a fight like that in decades. You are well on your way to surpassing your father."
Naruto lied on the ground as well panting and smiled at his jiji's praise. "Thanks jiji. You don't know how much that means to me coming from you." Naruto waited a couple minutes to catch his breath before getting up and heading over to the Hokage. He kneeled down next to him and with a quick activation of the Shōsenjutsu (Mystical Palm Technique) started to heal him.
"Now that I've seen your skills first hand I can start assigning you higher rank missions." Sarutobi said.
"About that I wanted to inform you of something. As you might know Wave Country has been taken over by a shipping magnate by the name of Gato. He has been slowly killing the people of that country and I have spies in his organization. Well a week ago I went to meet one of them." Naruto said.
FLASHBACK
Naruto was approaching the spot where Zabuza, Haku, or the brothers would be. He had decided to meet in a hotel in a small city close to Wave Country that he owned after investing in it and helping the city prosper. He arrived and was greeted by his employees. He greeted them and headed up to his master suite.
When he arrived he walked into the bedroom and saw Haku taking a nap. 'She's beautiful' he thought. Besides the occasional memories from his clones that he'd sent to Kiri to see how it was going it had been 2 years since he's seen her. She was now 16 and her body had further developed. She was only in her bra and panties which were a baby blue. She had creamy skin that he just wanted to run his hands over, her breasts had increased to a C-cup, she had a flat stomach, long legs, wide hips and a heart shaped ass.
He walked up to her and slowly began kissing his way up her body. She started to moan and got louder as he squeezed her breasts. He finally woke her up when he kissed her.
Haku was having a pleasant dream. Naruto was kissing her all over her body and it felt so real but when she felt lips on her own her eyes shot open. She saw who it was and smiled into the kiss deepening it. They continued making out for 30 minutes before they stopped and lay on the bed together with her head on his chest.
"I missed you Haku-hime." Naruto said.
"I missed you too Naru-kun." Haku said.
"How are Zabuza and the brothers?" he asked.
"They're fine. They have to strain themselves from killing Gato everyday with the things he's doing to that country. Luckily we've been able to hide the civilians we've been ordered to kill when they start to "act up" as Gato puts it. However an opportunity has arisen." Haku said.
"Oh? How so?" Naruto asked raising an eyebrow.
"A Master Bridge Builder named Tazuna has begun constructing a bridge that would connect to Fire Country. If he finishes it Gato will lose his control on the country and he will not allow that to happen and Tazuna knows it as well. He has collected whatever money left the people have and plans to head to Konoha soon to hire ninja to escort him back and guard him till he finishes the bridge. Gato had also hired a team of Ame-nins right before I left and one of them will most likely be a Jounin." Haku said.
Naruto kissed the top of her head and said "Good work. When this Tazuna arrives I'll have the Hokage assign me to the mission. Then whoever I come into contact with first I'll issue the next of your orders."
Haku nodded her head into his chest. They talked for a couple hours catching up. When the sun started to set they went out for dinner at one of the nicer restaurants in the city. They chatted some more answering some questions Haku had about the women in Konoha he was with. When they were done they headed back to their room, undressed to their underwear and cuddled falling asleep shortly after.
Noon the next day they were standing in front of the path toward Wave Country. Naruto took Haku in his arms and kissed her. They broke apart and he said "Be careful Haku-chan. I'll see you and the others soon. I love you."
Haku smiled and kissed him and replied "I love you too Naru-kun." With a final kiss Naruto watched as she left then he turned around and headed back to Konoha.
FLASHBACK END
"This bridge builder should be arriving soon if he's not already here." Naruto said.
Hiruzen nodded his head as Naruto informed him. "Very well then. When this bridge builder requests his mission I'll let you join." Sarutobi said.
Naruto nodded his head and after Naruto got rid of the seals the two bid each other farewell.
A couple days later and the Hokage had still not alerted Naruto of the bridge builder. Deciding to go check up on the old man he headed over to the Hokage Tower. When he arrived he saw Kakashi's team walk into the office with a cat. Before Kakashi could close the door Naruto walked in and took a seat on the couch and watched as Sai handed the cat to its owner.
"Oh my precious little Tora! I missed you so much. I'm never letting you go!" Madam Shijimi said rubbing her cheek against the cat.
"Haven't I told you to be gentler with Tora Shijimi?" Naruto said catching everyone's attention. Sakura and Sasuke were shocked at how he spoke to the wife of the Fire Daimyo and Sakura was about to yell at him until Shijimi spoke up.
"Ahh Naruto-kun! I haven't seen you in a few months. How are you? Are you eating enough? Is the Hokage treating you right? When are you going to visit again?" Shijimi ranted on as she hugged him.
Sakura and Sasuke were even more shocked at the display as was Sai but he was able to hide it.
Naruto chuckled and said "I'm fine. The Hokage has been taking good care of me. Now what is this I hear about Tora running away again?"
Shijimi blushed a little bit and pouted saying "But she's just so cute and I can't help myself."
Naruto gave a mock-glare and said "That may be true but do try to restrain yourself a bit more when you are hugging her. I'm sure she'd appreciate it. Isn't that right Tora?" he said then asked Tora who jumped into his arms during the speech. She gave him a meow and he scratched her head.
He handed Tora back to Shijimi who gave a kiss to his cheek that left lipstick and bid the others goodbye.
Sarutobi and Kakashi were laughing at him and his eye started twitching. "What?" he asked.
"My, my Naruto-kun going after married women and the Fire Lord's wife no less!" Kakashi chuckled.
"What?" he asked again.
Kakashi pointed to his cheek and Naruto raised his hand to it and wiped it. He spotted the lipstick and looked back at the Hokage and Kakashi and huffed saying "Grow up." He headed toward the bathroom in the office to wash it off.
Sarutobi chuckled some more before coughing getting the other's attention. "Alright let's see what we have here for Team 7. Hmm there's painting Mrs. Kaede's fence, picking up the trash at the one of the parks or" he was interrupted by a shout of "Tora-chan come back!!!" he continued "catching Tora."
Sasuke lost it and yelled "NO NO NO!!! I will not do these stupid missions again. Give us a harder mission Hokage-sama. With me and Kakashi nothing can go wrong."
The others were surprised that Sasuke was the one who lost it that Iruka who was aiding handing out missions was speechless while Kakashi grumbled handing some money to Naruto who had walked back in during the rant. The Hokage looked at the missions on his desk and saw what he was looking for.
"Hmm…ah I believe I have just the mission for you. It is a C-rank. You are to escort bridge builder Tazuna back to Wave Country and guard him from possible bandits until his bridge is complete." The Hokage said.
Iruka was broken from his brain freeze and spoke out "Are you sure Hokage-sama? Are they ready for a C-rank?"
The Hokage looked at Kakashi who said "I believe my team is qualified for a C-rank mission Hokage-sama."
The Hokage nodded when Naruto spoke "If it would make things easier perhaps I should join Team 7 on this mission. This is what we agreed to anyways." The Hokage smiled and nodded at that.
"Alright then time to meet the client." The Hokage said then pressed a button telling his secretary to let Tazuna in.
The door opened and Naruto could smell the sake coming off of him.
Tazuna walked in and looked at the team. He snorted and said "This is what I get. An emo, a girl who looks like she can barely pick up a stick, a pale looking… something and a scarecrow?"
Naruto walked over to Tazuna, grabbed his bottle of sake and took a swig. He handed it back to Tazuna and said "Not bad but the stuff in Kiri is better. Name's Uzumaki Naruto and I'll be joining this little party."
Tazuna thought 'Uzumaki? It couldn't be. I must be hearing things' then regained his composure and chuckled a bit. "I like you kid. Good to know someone knows how to have fun" Tazuna said.
Kakashi spoke "We leave 10 am tomorrow. Meet at the gate." With that he nodded toward the Hokage and left with a Shunshin no Jutsu. Kakashi's team bid the Hokage goodbye and left through the door. Naruto turned to leave when he heard Tazuna say "So Kiri huh?"
Naruto laughed and said "I'll give you a taste once we finish your bridge and free Wave Country from Gato."
Tazuna froze in his tracks and saw the serious face on Naruto when he saw him turn around.
"Oh yes I know about Gato. I have had spies in his organization for a few months now. You can rest assured that the civilians that he's sent my spies to kill have been able to hide them so they are still alive. I also know he'll do anything to stop that bridge from being completed such as sending the nin he's hired to kill you which would make this a B-rank mission easy.
If you just told the truth from the beginning the Hokage could have figured something out. We are not cold-hearted people Tazuna and I do not appreciate not being informed of information that could get those kids who just left here killed. The only other person who will know of this will be Kakashi who I'll inform tonight. You will act as if you would have if we did not have this conversation. Is that clear?" Naruto said.
Tazuna gulped and nodded then left the room. Naruto looked back at the Hokage and said "Later jiji."
The Hokage replied "Be safe Naruto-kun" and watched as Naruto left.
Meanwhile Iruka who was still in the room had his jaw on the ground and his eyes popped out of his sockets at what he just heard. He got out of his stupor however when he saw the Hokage take out a familiar orange book and started yelling at the blushing Hokage who forgot he wasn't alone.
Naruto had informed Kakashi about the extra information and told the girls he'd be gone for awhile on a mission. When he arrived at the gate it was 9:58 am. He nodded toward Tazuna who nodded back and at Sai who nodded back as well. He would have said good morning to Sakura but she was busy pestering Sasuke. He leaned against the gate and waited thinking about what happened yesterday.
FLASHBACK
Naruto was looking for a ninja store to resupply. He entered the ninja section and found a store that didn't stand out that much. 'Looks promising' he thought then noticed the name of the store "Higurashi's Ninja Store" 'I wonder if it's related to Tenten' he thought. He walked in and spotted Tenten at the counter.
Tenten was looking through a magazine when she heard the door open. She looked up and spotted the person who's been on her mind the past 2 months. "Naruto?" she asked.
"I do believe that's my name." He responded back and chuckled as she blushed.
"How can I help you?" Tenten questioned.
"I'm leaving on a mission with Kakashi's team tomorrow and need to restock my supplies." He stated.
She nodded at that and watched as he walked around the store picking up shuriken, kunai and various other supplies. He came back to the counter and she was wide-eyed at the amount of stuff.
She totaled everything up and said "Alright that comes up to 1,250 ryō."
He nodded and took out 1,500 and said "Keep the change."
Before he left though he heard Tenten speak "Umm Naruto do you think we could talk in private?"
He raised an eyebrow but nodded his head. He watched her close up the shop and he followed her to the back of the store. When they arrived he saw an older man that he assumed was Tenten's father working by a forge.
"Otou-san I'd like you to meet Uzumaki Naruto" Tenten said.
Her father stopped what he was doing and looked over toward her and spotted a young man then spotted the kodachis on his back. He cleaned himself up then walked over to Naruto and shook his hand saying "Name's Higurashi Ian. My daughter has told me and her mother a lot about you."
Naruto looked over at Tenten who blushed and said "Has she now?"
"Yes she has and I must say I've been waiting to meet you especially when she mentioned your name and those kodachis on your back. You see I once made a pair of kodachis that look just like those for my ANBU Captain who was a friend of my wife and I who was a woman by the name of Uzumaki Kushina" Ian said.
Naruto's eyes widened at that and sighed. He looked at Ian and asked "Is your wife here?"
"She's back home" he replied.
"Since I'm pretty sure you know who I am let's head over there to talk" Naruto said.
Ian nodded and a few minutes later the three of them headed to the Higurashi home. When they arrived Ian walked in and said "Sayuri honey we're home and we brought a guest."
Sayuri walked out to greet them and when she saw their guest her eyes widened and she said "Minato?"
Naruto walked up and said "No I am not my father. My name is Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto and I suppose we have much to talk about."
Sayuri started to cry and hugged Naruto. "I knew it. I knew it. When we saw you we knew you were their child." Naruto hugged the older woman while Ian watched with a small smile and Tenten had no fucking idea what was going on.
They all sat in the living room and Tenten spoke up "What the hell is going on? How do you two know his parents?"
Ian looked at his daughter and said "Do you remember those bedtime stories about the Yondaime and my ANBU Captain I told you?" Tenten nodded and he continued "Well those were real. The Yondaime's name was Namikaze Minato from the Namikaze clan here in Konoha and Kushina never told us where she came from."
Tenten spoke up and said "I've never heard of the Namikaze clan before."
Naruto spoke next and said "That's not too surprising since they stayed out of the spotlight but they were probably one of the strongest if not the strongest clan in Konoha. In fact they were here when the Senju and Uchiha clans came to a truce and decided to build a village. They then helped build Konoha and became the most economically and politically powerful clan over the years with me now owning 51% of Konoha. As for my mother she came from the Kingdom of Whirlpool and she belonged to THAT Uzumaki clan."
Ian's and Sayuri's eyes widened in realization before she spoke up "I can't believe we never put the two together but I thought the Royal Family was killed during the war."
Naruto shook his head and said "She was the only survivor and she came here. She told my father her past after they got married and before he went through with his plan with Kyuubi he informed the Fire Daimyo as well."
The parents' eyes widened again knowing he knew the truth. "What plan?" Tenten asked. The two looked at her then Naruto who nodded.
Naruto began "When Kyuubi attacked my Otou-san knew even someone as powerful as him could never defeat an immortal creature such as the Kyuubi but there was one thing he could do and that was seal it as some of the other Bijuu have been. But the only thing powerful enough to contain a being as powerful as the Kyuubi is ironically a newborn baby so its chakra coils can adapt to the Kyuubi's massive chakra. My father was a man who could never ask someone else to sacrifice their child if he wasn't willing to sacrifice his own.
So after he told my mother his plan she reluctantly agreed and they induced the pregnancy 3 weeks early. Now that they had their container they still needed a seal powerful enough to contain the Kyuubi and the only being more powerful than the Kyuubi is a God. So he summoned the Shinigami to power the seal in exchange for his own life. As he died with me in his arms he made his final wish for the people to see me as the hero that saved Konoha but sadly only a small handful fulfilled his wish.
I grew up hated, beaten, starved, poisoned and many other things for the first 5 years of my life not knowing why as the Sandaime had placed a law forbidding anyone from speaking of the Kyuubi being sealed in me. But then on my 5th birthday everything changed as I was attacked and my wounds were too severe for even Kyuubi's healing abilities and I was dying."
Sayuri and Ian looked down remembering that day while Tenten had tears in her eyes. She hastily spoke up and asked "What happened?"
He smiled at her and said "I met Kyuubi, Shinigami and my parents and learned the truth of why Kyuu-chan attacked as well as other things."
They looked at him and asked "chan?"
He laughed and said "Kyuubi is a female and the first love of my life."
The others had their jaws on the floor and he continues "Perhaps I should show you what my life has been since Kyuubi has been in me up to now." With that said he flashed through 15 hand seals too fast for any of them to see and called out Ninpo: Myou Kanran Waza (Ninja Art: Life Viewing Technique).
Tenten and her parents watched Naruto's life as the others had. Ian and Sayuri were surprised to see their friends again and all three were surprised when they saw Kyuubi. Sayuri had to hit Ian over the head to make him close his jaw and stop drooling when he saw Kyuubi in her human form as well as some of the other women in Naruto's life. In 5 minutes it was all over and Ian was hugging Sayuri and Naruto got up to hug Tenten as she had a few tears coming down her face as well.
She stopped and she smiled at him and said "King huh?"
He laughed and said "Yep pretty much. Would you three like to see the Dragon Sword in person?"
He and Sayuri laughed at the stars in the eyes of Ian and Tenten. He got up and walked to the middle of the room and raised his left arm and channeled some chakra to the seal on his wrist. A second later the Sword of the King appeared in his hand. Tenten and Ian were dumbstruck seeing the legendary sword and Sayuri had to admit it was quite the sight to behold.
They talked for a couple hours and Naruto ended up having dinner with them. He gathered his supplies and with a quick "Hope we can get together when I get back Ten-chan" that had Tenten blushing at the nickname he left.
The parents looked at each other and grinned and said together "Ten-chan huh?" They laughed at her as they dodged the projectiles.
FLASHBACK END
Exactly 2 minutes later and Kakashi appeared. "Good morning. Now before we go let's check our equipment." Kakashi said snapping Naruto from his thoughts.
Sasuke opened his backpack and said "I have 50 shuriken, 30 kunai, metal wires, 7 sets of clothing and other various necessities."
Kakashi looked at Sakura whose bag was easily three times bigger than Sasuke's. She spoke up "Umm I have my makeup, brush, hair dryer, shampoo and conditioner" she was cut off as Kakashi took the bag from her and made a shadow clone who took the bag back to her home.
"You are not going to a party Sakura. This is a mission that has a possibility no matter how low of you dying. Here take this. I made a couple extra in case. Just channel some chakra to open and close it." Kakashi said handing her a scroll. She blushed in embarrassment and took the scroll.
He looked at Sai next who just showed him a scroll and he nodded.
He looked at Naruto who was wearing his cloak and said "Do I need to ask?" pointing to his flak jacket. Naruto just grinned.
"Alright we'll head out with Sai in front, Tazuna in the middle with Sasuke on his left and Sakura on his right with Naruto and me bringing up the rear." Kakashi announced. They all nodded at that and left through the gate toward Wave Country.
A few hours into the mission and Sakura started to talk. "Ano Tazuna-san doesn't Wave Country have any ninja?"
It was Naruto who spoke up "There is no ninja village in Wave Country Sakura. While there are other ninja villages besides Konoha only 5 can have their leader be called a Kage. Those would be Konohagakure no Sato in Fire Country with the Hokage, Kumogakure no Sato in Lightning Country with the Raikage, Sunagakure no Sato in Wind Country with the Kazekage, Kirigakure no Sato in Water Country with the Mizukage and Iwagakure no Sato in Earth Country with the Tsuchikage. Those five make up the Five Great Shinobi Countries."
Sakura nodded at that and asked "When you were traveling did you visit any of those places?"
"I visited all those places except Iwa as I didn't want to deal with any trouble as the current Tsuchikage is the same one who was in charge during the Third Great Shinobi World War and many people there still hate Konoha and the Yondaime Hokage for how many ninja they lost during the war." Naruto said. She nodded at that and they continued on.
Another couple hours into the mission and Naruto spotted a couple puddles on the ground. He sighed and thought 'I can't believe this is what they're using. How many times have I told them to be aware of their surroundings when using Genjutsu? I see Sai has noticed it and no doubt aniki has.'
Kakashi indeed noticed the Genjutsu and heard Naruto sigh. He chuckled and then raised an eyebrow as he saw Naruto using ANBU hand signs that said 'Those two idiots work for me. Let's see how the others react as I noticed only Sai spotted the Genjutsu.'
Kakashi responded back 'Works for me. How'd you learn these hand signs anyways?'
Naruto chuckled and responded through hand signs saying 'A ninja never reveals their secrets aniki.'
Kakashi just sighed at that knowing it was true and let it drop. Kakashi and Naruto jumped into the trees to watch and when the others passed the puddle the brothers acted. They knocked out Sasuke first when he passed the puddle and when Sakura saw Sasuke fall she of course screamed out and shouted "SASUKE-KUN!!!"
The brothers then went after Sakura to shut her the hell up and were about to succeed until Sai intercepted them. Before they could continue a commanding voice made it self known.
"Gouzu, Meizu stand down." Naruto commanded.
Sakura was wide-eyed for a couple seconds before her brain rebooted and she shouted out "NARUTO-KUN!! KAKASHI-SENSEI!!" She was unaware that she added the "kun" but the others heard her including Naruto.
Gouzu and Meizu jumped back and kneeled in front of Naruto and together said "Heika" (your Majesty) catching the attention of Sakura, Sai and especially Tazuna who thought 'It couldn't be. I thought I just imagined it' but not Sasuke as he was still unconscious.
"How many times have I told you two to be aware of your surroundings when using Genjutsu? You two used a puddle when there isn't a cloud in the sky and it hasn't rained in weeks. Also there are no tracks of any recent activity on this road of any one else using it that might have spilled a large amount of water." Naruto said.
The two looked down and said "Forgive us Naruto-sama."
"It's alright. Just continue to train and try to remember your training from now on." Naruto said placing a hand on Gouzu's left shoulder and Meizu's right shoulder.
"Now stand and tell me what news do you have for me?" Naruto asked.
They both lifted their heads and stood up. Gouzu spoke first "Gato is getting impatient with Zabuza-dono (Naruto's Knights will have dono added to their names and his wives/future wives will have sama as well). He has started to threaten the villagers more asking where Tazuna is."
Meizu spoke next "So far he hasn't ordered any to be killed but it's only a matter of time. Also the Ame-nins Gato hired arrived a few days ago. They consist of 3 Genins and a female Jounin by the name of Hisame and another Jounin by the name of Rokushō Aoi."
Naruto smirked when he heard that. 'Hopefully that traitor still has the Raijin no Ken (Sword of the Thunder God) and I can retrieve it.' He still couldn't believe how lax the security in Konoha had gotten for a Genin to be able to steal the Nidaime's sword.
"Alright good work, with our current pace we should arrive at Tazuna's residence by tomorrow night. Go ahead and inform Haku and Zabuza of our presence." Naruto said then smirked and whispered so only the brothers could hear "Tell Zabuza to make a special appearance sometime between when we reach Wave Country and before we reach Tazuna's house. I want to see how Kakashi and the others react. Hopefully they'll all be more alert this time."
The Demon Brothers smirked back and bowed saying "Hai Naruto-sama." With that they leapt back into the tress and disappeared. When Naruto turned around he saw everyone looking at him including the now conscious Sasuke. He quirked an eyebrow and said "Can I help you?"
Sakura had a vein on her forehead and shouted "Can I help you? CAN I HELP YOU??! What the hell just happened??!"
Naruto shook his head and said "First off Sakura you must learn to control your anger. For all we know there could be others out there who could mean us harm and with you shouting like you just did you could have just given them our location. Remember you are a ninja and ninja are supposed to use stealth and shouting all the time is not stealthy." Sakura had the decency to blush in embarrassment at that.
He continued "Now for those two they work for me. I knew what to expect on this mission since I have them working as spies in a certain organization ran by a little fat midget by the name of Gato which is why I requested the Hokage assign me to this mission before Tazuna even requested it.
The Sandaime and Kakashi know what is going on as does Tazuna who I informed that I knew what was happening in his country right after you all left the Hokage's office. This mission has been upgraded to A-rank with a group of Ame-nin consisting of three Genin and two Jounin being hired by the same man who is trying to kill Tazuna."
The 3 Genin looked wide-eyed at that including Sai which Naruto noticed. 'Looks like Danzo's little Root training doesn't completely erase emotions and I just need to wait a little longer until I talk to him.'
Sakura spoke again "But why did they call you "your Majesty" and add "-sama" to your name?" Sasuke's eyes widened again when he heard that.
Naruto simply replied "That is one of my secrets that I'm not comfortable sharing with you yet. When I know I can completely trust you then I will tell you." 'Of course it won't matter after the Chuunin Exams' he mentally added.
The three Genin nodded at that with Sakura and Sasuke not being very happy with it not hiding their anger one bit. While with Tazuna he was thinking of everything he heard about Naruto. If he heard correctly when he said his name was Uzumaki and now there are two people calling him "Heika" then if he was who he thought he was then this was HUGE.
After a few minutes they continued on their way toward Wave Country. They spent the night camped out and Naruto and Kakashi would notice Tazuna taking quick glances at Naruto as if trying to determine something. The next morning they were on their way again when they came to the end of the road and saw a man with a boat.
"Ahh Tazuna there you are. Are these the ninja you've hired?" the man said then asked.
"Hai these are them. Can you take us across?" Tazuna asked.
The man nodded and they all boarded the boat. About 10 minutes later they started to see the bridge. "Impressive isn't it? It'll be my greatest work yet" they heard Tazuna say.
"It is indeed impressive Tazuna-san. It'll be the biggest bridge I would have seen so far in my travels." Naruto said.
They spent another twenty minutes till they reached the other side around noon.
"Thanks again." Tazuna said.
"No problem. Just finish that bridge." The man said. The others thanked him and continued on their way with Kakashi up front this time and Sai in back with Naruto.
A couple hours later and a heavy mist started to roll in. Naruto held in his smirk and thought 'I can sense Haku-chan's presence 200 ft to our left watching us which means Zabuza must be close.'
A few minutes later everyone started hearing a whizzing sound. Kakashi's eyes widened and he yelled "GET DOWN!!!"
With that he dropped down as did the others as Sasuke grabbed Tazuna. Naruto just moved to the right a bit as the sword came by less than an inch from his face. When the others got up they saw a man standing on the sword as it was lodged in a side of a tree. He had on a bark blue shirt a dark blue ANBU pants. The bottom half of his face was covered like Kakashi's but instead of a facemask he wore bandages. On his forehead he wore a Kiri hitai-ite.
Kakashi looked at Naruto who tilted his head toward Zabuza and smirked. Kakashi sighed and thought 'Damn otouto making me fight one of his Knights.'
Kakashi straightened up and looked at Zabuza and spoke "Momochi Zabuza, A-rank missing-nin and former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Left Kiri after a failed assassination attempt on the Yondaime Mizukage."
Zabuza watched as Naruto smirked at Kakashi and had to hold in his laugh when he saw Kakashi's face. He listened to Kakashi and replied "If it isn't Sharingan no Kakashi. This ought to be an interesting battle" then watched as Kakashi lifted up his hitai-ite revealing his Sharingan and chuckled "Bringing out the Sharingan already? I'm honored."
Sasuke was listening and was left speechless as his mind was racing when he learned Kakashi had the Sharingan. Kakashi raised his voice and said in a commanding tone "Leave this fight to me. This guy is way out of your league." With that said he charged forward engaging Zabuza.
*Same fight scene in anime except Kakashi doesn't faint*
Naruto watched Haku disguised as a Hunter-nin take Zabuza away. 'She's improved with her senbon' he thought. He looked over at Kakashi and said "I need to do a couple of things. Are you alright on your own for a couple hours?"
Kakashi nodded having a good idea what he wanted to do. "Yeah I'm good. We'll meet you at Tazuna's when you return." Naruto nodded and used a Yōgan-Shunshin no Jutsu (Lava Body Flicker Technique) and the others watched and could feel the heat as lava rose from the ground encasing him then dropped to the ground receding back into the earth and he was gone. Sasuke's fists were clenching thinking 'That power should be mine! I need it to defeat HIM!' While Kakashi thought 'So he's mastered his Yōgan nature manipulation already.' Tazuna was more certain who Naruto was seeing that as he had seen it before a long time ago.
While they left toward Tazuna's house Naruto was following the scent of Zabuza's blood. He caught up with them 10 minutes later and took Zabuza from Haku's arms earning him a smile and a kiss on the cheek from the girl. She led him to their hideout which was surprisingly up in some trees.
He laid Zabuza down on one of the beds. He took out the senbon still in his neck and with his knowledge of ijutsu (medicine, healing art) he did a quick activation of the Shōsenjutsu (Mystical Palm Technique) and started to heal him. 15 minutes later and he was fully healed.
"I was pleased with your battle Zabuza. To be able to go toe-to-toe with Kakashi is no easy feat as he's a bordering S-class shinobi. You'll be ready to go again in 3 days but I'll need you to wait the full 2 weeks if I hadn't healed you. I'll come back here the night before you head to the bridge with the Ame-nins. You wouldn't have any info on the female Jounin by chance?" Naruto asked.
"She's a Suiton user and is decent in it but stands no chance against either of us." Zabuza replied then added "What do you want to do with Aoi?"
"He's mine. I want the Raijin no Ken (Sword of the Thunder God) if he still has it." Naruto said.
"Oh he does. Idiot was bragging about it and even showed me it. He has only basic skills in Kenjutsu and the way he kept swinging it was a disgrace to not only Kenjutsu but to the Raijin no Ken." Zabuza replied a bit miffed.
They talked for the next two hours. When they were done Naruto gave his Knight a hand to arm handshake and Haku a kiss on the lips and headed back towards Tazuna's house.
Kakashi and the others had been waiting for about 3 hours now and Sakura kept asking when Naruto would be coming back. Kakashi giggled and thought 'Looks like her attention is slowly drifting away from Sasuke and to Naruto.'
They had all met Tazuna's 29 year old daughter Tsunami and her 8 year old son Inari. She was in the kitchen wondering what the other person that was protecting her father was like. Her father kept ranting on about him when they first arrived and she could tell there was something he was thinking of very seriously about the mysterious young man.
She and everyone else were distracted from what they were doing when they heard a knock at the door. "I'll get it" Tsunami said. Kakashi could already sense the powerful chakra on the other side and knew who it was.
When Tsunami opened the door she was greeted by the most handsome man she'd ever seen. The man was standing tall at 5' 9". He had blue eyes and blonde spiky hair that reached the bottom of his neck with his bangs covering his hitai-ite on his forehead. He had a face that belonged to royalty with no baby fat and three faded whisker like mark lines on each cheek. She could she the body he had through his clothes that fit him nicely. He was wearing black steel toed boots, black ANBU pants, a long dark blue sleeved shirt that had a red swirl on each shoulder that she thought looked familiar and a customized flak jacket that had many more pockets than the usual flak jacket. On his left thigh he had his weapons holster containing his shuriken and kunai. Over that he was wearing a white cloak that had a picture of a storm with winds creating waves and whirlpools on the back with red orange flames on the bottom of the cloak. He had his kodachis strapped to his lower back that were hidden behind the cloak.
Naruto was also quite surprised when he saw who opened the door. It was a woman in her late 20's but she was still one of the most beautiful women he'd seen. She had long dark blue hair that framed her face. She had an amazing body that even some kunoichi would kill for with firm and perky CC-cup breasts, a flat stomach, long lean legs, wide hips and an ass that was perfect.
He smiled at her making her blush a little. "Hello Ms. I didn't know Tazuna had such a lovely daughter. May I come in?" he asked.
Tsunami blushed harder at his compliment and somehow found her voice and said "Forgive me. Of course come right in. May I ask the name of the person who has my father so enthralled?"
Naruto looked behind her at Tazuna then back at her "Of course. My name is Uzumaki Naruto. May I know yours?"
"Tsunami" she said starting to understand why her father was so interested in this young man when he introduced his name, especially his family name.
Naruto smiled and took her left hand and kissed it making her blush. "Well thank you for letting us stay in your home Tsunami-san." Naruto said.
Kakashi giggled at the scene while Sakura was feeling jealous. Tsunami replied back "Oh it's no problem for the people protecting my father."
"Well at least let me help you around the house. I have become quite the cook, cleaner, carpenter and builder over the years. If you need any thing at all don't hesitate to ask ok?" Naruto asked her smiling into her eyes.
Tsunami felt herself get lost in those blue orbs before she whispered back "Hai."
"Excellent. Well then for tonight let me make dinner for all of us with the food I brought with me and you can help me" Naruto said grabbing Tsunami's hand making her blush again at how her hand seemed to fit perfectly in his. Tazuna watched the whole thing with his jaw on the ground. He couldn't remember seeing Tsunami blush like that.
Naruto and Tsunami spent the next couple hours in the kitchen. Tazuna and Inari were shocked when they heard Tsunami laughing and giggling so much while in there. A few of them tried to sneak a peek at what they were cooking as it all smelled delicious only for them to be thrown out of the kitchen or were walked out in a daze after getting a kiss on their forehead (Sakura of course).
Time finally came and they were all shocked at all the different types of dishes on the table. "Naruto where did you get all this food?" Tazuna asked.
"I stopped at a few stores and picked up some supplies. I knew how Wave was so I decided to help a bit while we're here and tomorrow we can help spread out the remainder of the food. Trust me there is plenty. I love storage seals." Naruto said making Tsunami giggle as she had been amazed when he explained them to her when she asked how he could store so much food.
Tazuna let a couple tears fall then bowed toward Naruto and said "Thank you. Thank you for everything. You knew since the beginning that I lied but you still agreed to help us. I can never repay you."
Naruto walked over and put a hand on Tazuna's shoulder. "You can repay me when you finish your bridge and Wave Country is free from Gato's grip."
Tazuna nodded at that and grinned saying "Then the sake?"
Naruto laughed and said "Then the sake."
It was night time and during dinner Naruto noticed the slight movements Inari was making. He could see the anger in the boy's eyes. He was about to ask what was wrong when he heard him say "Why? Why do you fight? There's no way that you can beat Gato and his men. You'll just get yourself killed like everyone else. You think you can come here and everything will be alright again. None of you know how much we suffer and how hard life is for us." With that Inari ran upstairs into his room and slammed his door.
Kakashi was watching Naruto during the speech and was wondering how he would react. He could see the anger in his eyes but was glad at how mature he had become over the years and a bit sad knowing why he had to grow up so fast.
Naruto closed his eyes and said "He lost someone precious to him didn't he?"
Tsunami and Tazuna were shocked at the question and nodded. Tazuna looked at his daughter and saw her nod. He took a swig of his sake and began "A few years ago we had a pretty bad storm. The local dam was starting to break so one of us went into the raging water to try to fix it. He wasn't able to make it to the dam and was swept underwater. We didn't know what to do until someone jumped into the water and brought him back to shore. Then he went back in and managed to fix the dam.
We learned his name was Kaiza who was a traveling fisherman who came to the Land of Waves to seek new opportunity. Over the years he became the father Inari never had and the brother and son Tsunami and I never had. When Gato arrived Kaiza tried to stop him from taking over the country but he was captured and publically beheaded in the town square by Gato to show what happens to those who oppose him."
Sakura was horrified at what she heard. Sasuke looked down while Sai still had his emotionless face. This wasn't the first time Kakashi heard something like this but it still shocked him what humans were capable of. Naruto was looking over at a picture that was torn missing what he assumed was Kaiza and a younger Inari.
He got up and said "Thank you for the help Tsunami-san. I'm going to go check on Inari and bring up his plate as I noticed he barely touched it."
Tsunami gave him a grateful smile and watched him head up the stairs and couldn't help but notice his ass even in the somber mood.
When Naruto arrived outside Inari's door he knocked a couple times and said "It's Naruto Inari. I got your food with me. I'm coming in." Waiting a couple seconds and not hearing a response Naruto opened the door to see Inari wasn't in his room but noticed the window was open. He placed the food on a desk and walked up to the window and poked his head out and saw Inari sitting on the roof.
He stepped through the window and took a seat next to Inari. "I heard about Kaiza. He sounded like a brave and wonderful man." Naruto said looking up to the stars as Inari looked at him. "I can't help but think that he would be disappointed in how you're acting. You have a mother and grandfather who love you with all their heart who would die for you and when they see you are hurting it hurts them too.
I know life seems hard and unfair right now but it will get better if you're willing to fight for it like Kaiza did and like your grandfather is doing now. He is risking his life building that bridge so you can have a better life tomorrow."
Inari looked at him and asked "But what can I do? I'm just a little kid. I don't want to see my mother and grandfather hurt."
Naruto looked down at Inari and smiled "Have faith in yourself and others. I can teach you some basic ninja techniques while we're here. But most importantly help your mother and grandfather become happy again."
Inari nodded at that with a small smile and Naruto told him to wait here. When he came back he had Inari's plate of food. "Thought you might be hungry as I noticed you didn't eat much" Naruto said then chuckled as Inari's stomach rumbled.
An hour had passed as they watched the stars together and Inari had fallen asleep. He wrapped him in his cloak to keep him warm. He looked over toward the window and said "You can come out Tsunami-san."
Tsunami stepped through the window and took a seat next to Naruto. She looked at him as he lay on his back looking at the stars with Inari cuddled up against him. "Who are you?" she asked.
He looked at her with his blue eyes looking at her black eyes and said "Your family is not from Wave Country is it?"
She shook her head and before she could respond he said "Whirlpool Kingdom right?"
"How?" Tsunami asked.
"Tazuna has been acting strangely since he heard my name and so have you a bit when you heard my name as well. I also noticed you two looking at the swirls on my shirt. There are many things about me Tsunami-san that I must keep secret from many people for the next few months for not only my safety but those precious to me including you and Inari. However I have a feeling I can trust you even though we've only met.
My full name is Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto. King of Whirlpool and only child of Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage and Namikaze Uzumaki Kushina, daughter of the former King and Queen of Whirlpool and Royal Princess of Whirlpool Kingdom." Naruto said then carefully lifted his arm to not wake Inari and unsealed the Dragon Sword. Tsunami gasped as she saw it.
She looked at him and looked down saying "Forgive me Heika. I didn't know my place."
Naruto sealed the sword away and used his right hand to lift her chin "You do not need to bow to me Tsunami-chan. You never need to bow to me" he said running his thumb across her cheek. He brought her face to his and as they got closer Tsunami's heart was beating faster and faster. Their lips met and Tsunami couldn't believe how amazing it felt.
They broke apart and he smiled at her and pulled her down to lay next to him. She cuddled up to him and laid her head on his chest. "I don't know where this will lead to but I'm willing to give it a try. I can't say I love you yet but with time I know I will. There is also something else you need to be informed of if we are to see where this leads." Naruto said as she looked up to his face.
"Because of a law in Konoha that deals with bloodlines I am allowed to marry at least 60 girls there alone. There are already other women in my life who love me and I them who are aware of this and have agreed to share me. I will not pressure you into answering now and will let you think it over." Naruto said as he kissed her forehead. The two laid there watching the stars as Inari slept.
Over the next two weeks Kakashi had Team 7 work on increasing their chakra control with the Tree Climbing Practice exercise. He was surprised that Kakashi was just now teaching them that as they should have started within the first week of becoming a team. He wasn't that surprised when he learned Sai knew it already so Kakashi had him start working on the Water Surface Walking Practice exercise.
He and Tsunami had spent a lot of time together over the weeks as well. She wasn't sure if she was willing to share yet but they decided to see where their relationship was heading and so far both were loving it. Tazuna had noticed how close his daughter and Naruto had gotten as well as Inari and both were for it. Sakura had noticed it as well and she wasn't sure why she was jealous.
The day before Zabuza and the others would make their appearance arrived and Naruto headed to the base when night fell. He arrived and they went over the plans. He would take on Aoi, Haku would take on Hisame, Sasuke, Sai and the Demon Brothers would likely fight the Genin with Sakura guarding Tazuna and the others acting as support.
With that settled Naruto headed back to Tazuna's and snuck into Tsunami's room where he undressed to his boxers and climbed into the bed with her and she cuddled up next to him. "Sweet dreams Tsunami-hime" he said and kissed her forehead getting a smile from her and fell asleep with her in his arms.