A/N: Alright well since I can not seem to find any decent stories to read considering how I refresh my Naruto page and have to search 3 damn pages for anything that is not yaoi or mpreg! I geuss I am writing my next chapter in my free time.

I seriously have no problem with Gay people. I have met gay relationships that are much better than any male/female relationship. But Naruto being mpreg? Come on. I know I am going to receive criticism for this but it is getting ridiculous. I don't care if they are gay just don't bring something that is completely against the laws of the world into the stories. But I guess that is the point of the story huh? Anyways my little rant is over. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Well onto my story!

"Sometimes the only way you can take a really good look at yourself is through somebody else's eyes." -From the television show Scrubs

Chapter 11- The Hokage, Sannin, and Marriage.

Naruto opened the door dressed in a Kimono. He came face to face to who he had expected, The Hokage and Jiraiya.

"Hey Jiji! Jiraiya-san." he said with a smile "Will you be joining us for dinner?"

The Hokage frowned. "Naruto we are here for business not pleasure."

Naruto looked at the Hokage with deadly serious eyes. "I know what it is you are here for," with a deadly calm voice but switched to a happy voice here, "Let's have some dinner before the unpleasantries." With that he ushered them into the compound.

Naruto led his little party to the dining room and sat everyone down. "Now then Kurenai-chan, Yugao-chan, and Katsumi-chan have worked really hard to make this. Please enjoy." He saw the stares from the Hokage and Jiraiya about Katsumi. "O! Thats right you guys haven't been introduced to Katsumi-chan yet huh? Well her story is very interesting but will be very long so we will discuss it with the unpleasantries."

Naruto sat down at the table with Kurenai, Yugao and Katsumi on his side with Jiraiya and the Hokage on the other side. Naruto clapped his hands and Kage Bunshin's came in carrying the food. It was quite lavish. Plenty of food was spread out even with the shortness of the time the girls had managed to make quite the feast. Naruto and his girls made some small talk while the Hokage and Jiraiya would input a few things.

Jiraiya was feeling out of place because of Naruto he was not very courteous to him. "Course he has every right to I basically abandoned him and didn't even check on him." Jiraiya thought to himself. "Though he seems to be doing alright now." he finished with a perverted chuckle about the three women surrounding him.

Naruto glared at his godfather when he heard his patented perverted chuckle. "Jiraiya-san do not look at my girlfriends with such a leer they do not take it too kindly." he said in a sweet voice.

Jiraiya came back to his senses when he was on the recieving end of 3 KIs. He chuckled nervously. "Gomen." he said.

The rest of the dinner finished and the KBs cleared the table and went to do the dishes. Naruto stood up and said, "Let's go to the living room where we can commence this, as the Naras would say, troublesome and pointless discussion."

The Hokage frowned again. This was not how he was expecting this to go.

They all followed Naruto and he motioned for the Hokage and Jiraiya to take a seat before sitting on a love seat. Kurenai, Yugao and Katsumi all sat on the sofa opposite the Hokage and Jiraiya. Naruto looked at the Hokage and Jiraiya expectantly.

The Hokage cleared his throat before asking, "Naruto how long have you been living here?"

Naruto said, "After we returned with Haku."

The Hokage thought for a second, "So about 3 weeks? How did you find this place?"

Naruto's eyes darkened, "Yes 3 weeks, I found this place when I would hide when I was out on the streets Hokage-sama." he had a little bit of venom in his voice.

The Sandaime blinked surprised at the venom directed at him and that he was not called jiji. "Why did you not inform me you had found this place?"

Naruto's eyes became even darker. "Because jiji would be happy for me but Hokage-sama would be forced to banish me from my own birthright. One that should never have been denied me when I was suffering."

Kurenai, Yugao, and Katsumi were agitated with the waves of menace coming from Naruto. They were so in tune with him they could feel his rumbling emotions. Jiraiya and the Hokage were less affected.

Sarutobi covered his eyes, "Yes I regret your childhood Naruto-kun but you can not stay here. If word got out about this-" he was cut off.

"I had no childhood Hokage-sama you know that as well as I do. When I was seven I had the same maturity as a fully grown man. Do not belittle what you know. Word about me got out? Your own ANBU have yet to discover this arrangement, otherwise you would have been at my doorstep the second the report hit your table. Either you are not paying attention or your ANBU are not doing their job correctly." Naruto retorted.

The Hokage was surprised but then he thought about what Naruto said and agreed that his ANBU needed a talking to. "Regardless, what if someone saw you come in here? No one is supposed to be living here. The village can not afford another war Naruto-kun you know this. You must not stay here. You may claim this when your of jounin rank." Sarutobi said with a note of finality in his voice like that settled things.

Naruto looked at the Hokage and shook his head slightly, "Hokage-sama, do you really think you can keep this from me? The seals around this place alone prevent anyone who does not know about its existence hidden. Me going into the forest with Kurenai, Yugao or Katsumi would be seen as nothing more than a makeout session. Your fears are unfounded but this village cannot afford another war you are right about that. Not with you as Hokage."

Sarutobi bristled. Jiraiya was stunned. Jiraiya admitted that his sensei was a powerful Ninja but Naruto seemed to have a point.

Sarutobi said in a deadly calm voice, "What exactly are you insinuating?"

"Be careful Naruto-sama." sensing the KI from Naruto's room.

Kurenai and Yugao shivered seeing part of the Kami no Shinobi being unleashed. Katsumi merely licked her lips at how Naruto was remaining calm.

Naruto looked unfazed and responded, "You are not fit to be Hokage."

"Now hold on a minute-" Jiraiya started but Naruto cut him off.

"Not now, the village needs a new guiding light. Your policies are nice. You bring the people happiness, but YOUR ninja take advantage of it. Your own ANBU have been disobeying you. The council has way too much power because you are not going to live long enough to put whatever practices you put into action through. The council undermines your authority at every turn and gives you so much paperwork you can not even get reports from what should be the most important part of your village, your jinchuuriki."

Jiraiya had his mouth hanging open while Sarutobi looked like he had been struck in the heart.

Naruto looked down, "I am sorry to tell you that jiji but it is true and you know it. You are the strongest ninja besides Jiraiya within these walls but you are too old for the Kage hat with the council undermining you. We need a new guiding light. This situation only proves what I am saying you did not even know your jinchuuriki and biggest secret was living in an old HOKAGE's house. If someone would have been smart enough to break the security seals they would have made off with all of Konoha's jutsu except the Hiraishin and Rasengan."

Sarutobi looked down his age catching him unawares. "I know Naruto-kun if the council supported me it would be a different story but at the current time we have no one else fit to be our Kage. The only people strong enough are Jiraiya here and he must be on the move for our spies. The only other one who could be is Tsunade, but I haven't heard from her in years."

Naruto looked at his jiji and said, "Please I know I shouldn't be living here but it is the only place I feel safe. No one will find out about my heritage until I become Chuunin and claim my clan seat. The Namikaze seat will be incorporated into my new clan. I would like to take his name but I want to be known for my own prowess not his."

"You should not hold such a grudge against Jiraiya-san Naruto-sama please try to make amends." Kamikaze said. Kamikaze knew his wielder had a kind heart and would be able to forgive Jiraiya if Jiraiya proved himself.

Naruto looked at Jiraiya, "Do you have any idea where Tsunade-san is?"

Jiraiya shook his head, "Not usually she has escaped my spies pretty readily, She was supposedly last seen near Tanzaku Gai about 2 days ago though."

Naruto nodded, "Then lets go take a look around and see if we can't find her. She needs to come back. But why has she not?"

Sarutobi and Jiraiya looked down, "She has lost much within Konoha." Sarutobi said.

Naruto scowled, "And the rest of the ninja have not? or the civilians who are friends or even lovers of ninja? We die every day and loss is a lifestyle we must bear. There is no reason to be wallowing in grief for more than 13 years."

Jiraiya looked up, "She lost her younger brother first in the war and then fell in love with a young man named Dan and lost him as well. You have never lost something so precious do not patronize her grief!"

Naruto looked at his godfather with steely eyes, "You are correct I have never lost luckily enough. I had never had before I became a genin though. Do not compare me to her. I said she is a ninja. If she is not capable of moving on she will waste away when others need her."

Jiraiya said, "That is true however, she will never take the job even if we found her. Her younger brother and lover both desired to be Hokage. Once she gave them her grandfather's necklace, the necklace of the first, they died shortly afterwards."

Naruto's eyes softened, "A noble sacrifice for their village, but is she not dishonoring them? She is allowing the village they loved so much to be in pain when she could be preventing it."

Sarutobi looked up, "Would you go with Jiraiya to find her Naruto-kun? I know you could defeat any of the chuunin applicants and don't really need to train past keeping in shape. I would like Tsunade back. I feel something will happen during the finals with Orochimaru having attacked Sasuke."

Jiraiya flinched at the question and looked with Naruto with a small amount of hope in his eyes.

Naruto's eyes went steely again, "Jiraiya-san I am not happy with you. Let me make it perfectly clear I hold no love for you. You should have been protecting me when you had the chance, not trying to make up with me after the damage is done. I may never love you, but I can put my past behind me long enough to give you a shot at like. Do not betray my trust. To Few do I give a second chance and there is no third with me. Should you lose this you can forget ever having a relationship with me." Naruto's eyes softened as he looked at his godfather.

"I had to vent when I saw you. I took my rage out when I yelled at you within the hot springs. I will try not to hold too much of a grudge but it is hard for me to let people in Jiraiya-san. Please I would like to get to know my only remaining link to my family."

Naruto looked at the old man with some fire in his eyes, "I probably sounded like I held a grudge against Konoha did I not?"

Jiraiya nodded his head and said, "That was what I was afraid of."

Naruto nodded and said, "I will never attack Konoha unless it attacks me. I will protect it, not for the village, but for the few people within it, I feel, are worth protecting. Never fear me I will not turn against Konoha unless it turns its back on me."

Sarutobi nodded his head his small doubt vanishing after his declaration. Naruto may hold grudges but he always kept his word. Of that nothing was questionable. "Very well Naruto-kun as much as I want to remove you, it seems you have convinced me it is ok. Would you find Tsunade and bring her back? If anyone can it would be you."

Naruto nodded and said, "We have one last thing to discuss. Since you have been so open, but this needs to remain between the 6 of us or Tsunade should she become Hokage."

All of them present nodded and Naruto continued, "The seal was broken. I have only one small piece of the seal left. Once Orochimaru blocked Kyuubi with the Gogyo Fuin, I had to rip part of the seal off to keep myself alive. I did it right before you," he pointed to the Hokage who had a shocked look on his face, "released it. I would like to tell you the rest of my story now." So Naruto explained to the Hokage how he could speak to the Kyuubi and left out how Katsumi was the Kyuubi. He explained how she acted and how she helped him. How she was a she and how she helped him then left him alone. Why she attacked Konoha and how his father suspected foul play.

Once it was all done he looked at the shocked expressions of the Hokage and Jiraiya and chuckled, "She is quite safe. She has done nothing to incur our hate and simply wishes to live outside of me."

The Hokage and Jiraiya looked at each other before looking back at Naruto and Sarutobi spoke up, "How can you be sure Naruto-kun?"

Naruto smiled and said, "Because she loves me."

At that the Hokage's and Jiraiya's faces dropped and Katsumi, Kurenai and Yugao laughed. They had been holding in since Naruto started.

"Besides she has been out almost 3 days now, and she has not attacked Konoha or yourselves, why should you be scared? If she had any harmful notions, she would have killed the entire village."

The Hokage and Jiraiya snapped out of it and they quickly connected the dots before looking at Katsumi. "Your Kyuubi?" Sarutobi said.

Katsumi stopped laughing and nodded showing her tails and ears. "Yes Hokage-san and everything Naruto-kun has said is true. I bear no grudge against your village beyond what they did to hurt Naruto-kun when he was younger. It is considered taboo to hurt children in the demon realm so you can imagine the horror I felt when Naruto-kun showed me his memories."

The Hokage nodded. Naruto looked confused before asking, "So no freaking out. No kill the demon!"

The Hokage shook his head, "You said it yourself if she wished us dead she would have killed us already. Though I am curious as to why your blonde and not a red head and your eyes."

Katsumi giggled and said, "That is because I am a lightning fox. I only appeared red because when a demon gets protective of their most precious things their youki turns crimson. It is the reason Naruto-kun's youki is crimson with flecks of gold. If he ever decides to fight for the fun of it his youki will be purely golden but his reason for fighting right now is to protect, specifically protect his loved ones so his tails are crimson with golden streaks."

Jiraiya said, "Tails?"

Naruto sighed, he had hoped to save that. "Yes tails." and released them from his defense mechanism. They spilled out and his fox ears showed.

Sarutobi looked stunned before both he and Jiraiya jumped back and adopted fighting stances. "Where is Naruto?" Jiraiya shouted.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Guys do you really think Kurenai and Yugao would be sitting so close to Katsumi and myself during dinner if I was not Naruto? Seriously sit back down and discuss this. My defense mechanism has always been in place hence the reason you have never seen these. I was changed into a Hanyou when Katsumi-chan was sealed inside me. Even the Byakuugan could not see past this mechanism."

Sarutobi and Jiraiya looked wary before asking, "Prove it."

Naruto sighed and left the room. He walked back into it holding Kamikaze's dual blades. "Proof enough?" he asked.

They nodded and sat back down. "So how did you get your body back Katsumi-san?" Sarutobi said.

Even Naruto had his eyes on her now. Now that he thought about it, he had never asked her.

Katsumi chuckled and said, "That's easy. It was sealed in this compound."

Everyone blinked before laughing. "That makes perfect sense." Naruto commented.

"So would you like to become a Kunoichi Katsumi-san?" Sarutobi asked.

Katsumi shook her head. "Nah too much paperwork. I would much rather be Naruto-kun's ninfox."

Everyone looked at her confused until she turned into a little blond fox with one tail. Kurenai immediately grabbed her and hugged her with stars in her eyes. She and Yugao began petting Katsumi and she started to purr.

The Hokage cleared his throat before saying, "Yes well, umm ok that would work. I will get you a headband for your neck though is that ok?"

Katsumi nodded while her tail wagged happily at the attention she was recieving.

Naruto said, "If that is all I believe it is time for bed. We can leave tomorrow morning Jiraiya-san."

The Hokage and Jiraiya nodded before Naruto led them back outside. "Tomorrow morning 7 AM Konoha's gate." with that he shut his doors and walked back inside to cuddle with his loves.

The next morning Naruto was heading to the gate after giving his girls some kisses. He decided that Katsumi needed to stay with Kurenai and Yugao so they could get to know each other and Naruto could focus on Jiraiya while they traveled. He arrived at the gate to find the Hokage and Jiraiya waiting for him.

The Sandaime stepped forward, "Naruto-kun when you come back with or without Tsunade I need to discuss something with you."

Naruto nodded already having an idea about what it was. "Jiraiya-san you said it was Tanzaku Gai right?"

Jiraiya nodded and said, "Yep so if your ready let's get going the sooner we get there the better."

The Hokage said, "Very well your mission is to find and retrieve Tsunade Senju so she can be debriefed and either retired or reinstated. Dismissed."

With that Jiraiya and Naruto set out the gates of Konoha.

Timeskip 2 days

Naruto had managed not to be overly mean to Jiraiya. He was not exactly nice but he held a little bit of conversation with him. He asked about his spy network and how his life on the road was. What his specialty was as a ninja and what his elemental affinity was. Little things. Naruto stayed away from when he would visit the village to avoid his anger. He did not ask about his parents yet.

"So Tsunade was you teammate what does she look like?" Naruto asked trying to keep conversation going while they traveled.

Jiraiya took a picture out and handed it to Naruto. It showed a woman in her twenties with big breasts, blonde hair, and a diamond on her forehead. "She is my age but uses an advanced Henge to look younger."

"So any hobbies or something we can use to track her?" Naruto asked.

Jiraiya chuckled, "Well she is a big alcoholic and loves to gamble though she almost always loses. Her nickname in the betting ring is the Legendary Sucker."

Naruto chuckled at that. "Well then it shouldn't take too much to find her eh?"

Jiraiya turned to Naruto and said, "She has managed to evade me each time I got close don't assume it will be easy."

Naruto nodded and said, "Well lets get a move on I want to get back and look at the Hiraishin a bit more before the finals."

Jiraiya nodded and they stepped it up a bit.

Tanzaku Gai 1 day later

Naruto and Jiraiya arrived at the entrance to Tanzaku Gai and looked around. "So we should start with the biggest casinoes and then end with the bars eh Jiraiya-san?"

Jiraiya nodded and Naruto went to move off before Jiraiya grabbed his shoulder and held out his hand, "Give me your money I don't want you wasting your fortune in the casinoes just because you can." with sincerity in his voice.

Naruto raised an eyebrow and said, "You are the wealthiest person on the planet with those perverted books you sell. If you did not bring money that is on your head. You are not getting mine. Nice try though." Naruto set off to find Tsunade.

Jiraiya looked at Naruto as he walked off and muttered, "Stupid gaki too smart for his own good."

About 2 hours later Naruto wandered into the biggest casino in town which seemed to be hosting a tournament. He looked around for a little bit before checking out the tournament. Once he approached the tournament table he saw exactly who he was looking for, Tsunade.

He quickly formulated a plan to get her to talk to him. (Ok I am not a poker guy and am making this up to go along with the story so just play along even if this isn't legal in the world)

He walked up to a official that was watching from the sidelines and asked, "Hey can anyone join this tournament?"

The official looked at the youngster and said, "Aren't you a little young?"

Naruto pointed to his Hitai-ate and said, "No."

The official shrugged his shoulders and said, "Yes anyone can join as long as it is still going on but the buy in is 100,000 ryu. If you can afford that you can play. But you had best hurry there is only one spot open and the tournament ends soon."

Naruto nodded, "Where do I go to sign in?"

The official hid his surprise that the kid had that much money and said, "Over there at that table." pointing to a table on the far end of the room.

"Good Luck Naruto-sama." Kamikaze said in regards to his plan.

Naruto thanked the man and proceeded over to the table. once he had reached it he signed in and pulled out the money to play. His money was quickly counted and he was in the last spot. He looked around the table and spotted his opponents. Tsunade was sitting directly across from him. He had hidden his Hitai-ate so she could not see it. There were 4 other players. A man with glasses, aka glasses for now. A man with a crazy tattoo crawling up his neck to his ear, aka tattoo for now. The last guy was one wearing a crazy hat aka Hatter for now. Finally, there was another woman who had firey red hair, aka Red for now. (Easy no?)

Naruto picked his card up and noticed it was tattoos turn to be dealer so he set down half the minimum bet 500 ryu. Hatter set down 1000 ryu. Everyone else called and they looked at their hole cards. Naruto had 2 8s the 8 of clubs and hearts. The dealer discarded the top card of the deck and placed the next three in front of the players. There was a 8 of spades a King of hearts and a Ace of hearts. Naruto looked at the cards and looked at his opponents. These guys were good Naruto could barely tell what they were thinking. Tattoo raised to 1500 ryu and Hatter and Red called. Naruto raised to 2000 ryu and everyone else called. The dealer discarded another card and set down the flop. It was a 10 of hearts. Everyone called. Until Tsunade raised to 3000 ryu. Naruto raised an eyebrow but Hatter and Glasses folded. The rest called. The dealer discarded the last card and put down the river. It was a 9 of clubs. Everyone showed their hand to finding Tsunade had a royal flush. She won. She furrowed her eyebrows not looking pleased at all.

The next hour went on like that Naruto winning a few Tsunade winning a few and her getting agitated until the end when it was only Tsunade, Glasses, and Naruto. "This is the last deal of the tournament." the dealer said and dealt the hole cards. Naruto had a Ace of Hearts and a Ace of Spades. Naruto set down 500 ryu and Glasses put down 1000. Tsunade raised to 1500 and Naruto and Glasses called. The dealer discarded the top card and placed the three cards down. A King of Clubs, A 3 of Clubs, and a Jack of hearts. Tsunade raised again to 2500 ryu. Glasses folded and Naruto called. The dealer discarded another card and placed the next card down which was the Ace of Clubs. Tsunade went all in and Naruto looked at the money and cards. He put his plan into action.

"How about a different bet Tsunade-san?" Naruto said.

Tsunade quirked an eyebrow but said, "And what would you propose?"

Naruto looked at his hand one more time showing some nervousness, "If you win you keep the money and take the patent to one of my seals." Flashing the patent to his anti-rape seal. Tsunade's eyes flashed for the money that incorporated (keep in mind she may know he is from Konoha but his identity has been kept a secret about being the inventor). "If I win, you keep the money and go on a date with me." Tsunade immediately said, "Done!"

The dealer discarded the last card and flipped the last card which turned out to be... the ace of Diamonds. Naruto smirked. "Whatcha got Tsunade-hime?"

Tsunade looked at him before revealing a Full House. Naruto smiled brighter, "Four of a kind! Thank you for playing." He said with a flourish.

Tsunade frowned and told him to meet her at the hotel on the other side of town at 7 that night for their date. Naruto nodded and left the money for her to pick up. He had plenty more in his scroll.

Naruto sent a KB to find Jiraiya while he followed Tsunade. He knew she was known to step out on her debts so why not a date? His KB found Jiraiya drunk in a bar with prostitutes hanging all over him. His KB dispelled and Naruto scoffed at his godfather's actions. He waited on the opposite side of the street on the roof of the building until about 6:45. He was a little surprised she had not run but he was not going to complain. He had left a KB about 30 minutes ago so he could freshen up and now he was on his way to the lobby to grab Tsunade.

He walked into the hotel and asked for her to be paged. Once she had it took about 10 minutes but she came down the stairs in her usual attire of a blue-green jacket with a white wraparound shirt that showed the valley of her breats. A black sash like belt. with black pants and sandals.

"I expected you to try and run away Tsunade-hime." Naruto said as she walked into the room.

Tsunade smirked, "If you know this much about me I wonder what else you know. How about we get to the restaurant before exchanging the pleasantries."

Naruto nodded and led the way purposefully leaving his back open to her so she knew she should trust him a little. He walked about 3 blocks away before entering a small restaurant with a bar. "Well I figured for a starting date a small place would be nice." Naruto said.

Tsunade liked the kid's style it allowed for their attire and they would be left in peace for the talking they were going to be doing. "Not bad."

They sat down and ordered their drink and food, making small talk all the while. They ate their food in peace before ordering chilled sake for a dessert.

Tsunade decided to cut the crap after they had eaten. "Ok spill it brat why the hell do you know so much about me and what exactly do you want form me?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow before reaching into a pocket slowly and pulling out his hitai-ate. "Remember this?" he said.

Tsunade's eyes widened before she said, "I will never go back to that godforsaken village."

Naruto looked at her with sad eyes. "You don't even know who your talking to do you?"

Tsunade did a double take at the sadness that had not been in his eyes moments ago, "Naruto right? Whats your last name?"

Naruto looked at her harshly before stating, "Think about it Tsunade. You know who I am."

Tsunade studied his face before recoiling and saying, "Naruto, the jin-" she stopped herself before she broke the law. She may not have been there but she could still have an execution waiting for her.

Naruto nodded before saying, "I know everything about the Kyuubi. The village needs you Tsunade. You can not ignore it. You are a ninja of Konoha."

Tsunade's eyes spoke rage before saying, "I will not go back to Konoha if you know this much about me you must be close to Sarutobi-sensei he must have explained to you why I would not return."

Naruto nodded sadly, "Yes but do you know what I told him?"

Tsunade shook her head in anger.

Naruto continued in barely a whisper, "That you are a ninja and as such you have two options, get over it, or quit."

Tsunade was stunned. What the hell did this brat know of pain and suffering and loss.

"As ninja our lives revolve around loss Tsunade-san. You are dishonoring your brother and your lover by allowing the village they loved so much that they were willing to give their lives for it to crumble with a old Hokage who should have never been reinstated. You know this. You also know you are the only one who can become the Godaime." Naruto responded

"The Hokage is a fools job only an idiot would want it." She retorted.

"Calm down Naruto-sama she does not know her words." Kamikaze spoke up.

Naruto's anger flared and his eyes flashed to his battle state for a second causing Tsunade to recoil, "Do NOT insult the Hokages. They gave their lives in defense of something they believed in and something they held precious. It is not a fool's job it is a job of protection. A job taken to uphold the morals of the village and those past. You hold the dreams of the entire village and of those who past in service to it."

"I do not love the village. I do not love the people in general but I protect those walls because of the few people worth it. I do not care if I have to drag your ass back into Konoha kicking and screaming to get your ass either reinstated or removed form the Ninja charter. You know well what will happen if you are removed from active duty. Konoha will lose one of its Sannin. A defense against possible attacks even though you have not been there in over 13 years. You will not be able to travel anymore because of your bingo book status. You will be restricted to fire country and your debt will catch you. You have little choice but to come with me or I will force you." Naruto laid his money down and waited for Tsunade's response.

Tsunade's eyes narrowed this little pipsqueak thought he could take her on? Fine. "One last bet then. You fight me. If I manage to knock you out you forget you ever saw me. If you win I will go back to Konoha with you."

Naruto chuckled she didn't know who she was messing with. "Very well let's take this outside shall we?"

Naruto and Tsunade walked outside the restaurant and outside the town into the surrounding forest and found a clearing.

Naruto had sent a KB to Jiraiya to tell him of the situation and Jiraiya had told him to not fight Tsunade that he was strong but not that strong. Naruto scoffed. She was powerful and experienced of that Naruto had no doubt but she was way out of practice with his current seal up to 8 if he released it he was as fast as the Yondaime. Experience and power only work if you can hit the guy. Naruto would have a death blow ready before she could awaken from her 13 year rut.

Naruto drew Suraisā and Denki and took his stance. "Are you ready?" he asked

Tsunade took a stance and said, "Come on."

Naruto muttered "Kai" and disappeared.

"Fast!" Tsunade thought then she was blown back by a punch to the gut. She stood up looking at Naruto who was bouncing on his toes. "Damn I am way out of practice for that to hurt that much." Naruto smirked. He disappeared again but this time Tsunade managed to dodge his thrust and attempted to punch him but he just dodged it using his natural flexibility.

Tsunade's eyes widened, "What the hell is this kid? He managed to dodge me!" She was a taijutsu expert. Not much of a master but her super strength was nigh unbeatable if she landed a hit. She continued trying to land hits and dodging his attacks for a full 3 minutes before he slipped and she tried to capitalize on the open guard. She thrust her hand foward and hit his head with her fist sending him flying back. He hit the tree and went... *poof* "What the Kage bunshin?" she felt cold steel press against her neck and she turned her eyes to regard Naruto with his swords crisscrossing her neck.

"I win." he said and waited for her nod. Tsunade nodded ashamed she was beat by this child and asked,

"What rank are you?"

Naruto looked at her, "Genin why?"

Tsunade was floored she was just schooled by a freaking genin?

Naruto sheathed his swords and said, "Lets go get your stuff and Shizune-san and head to go find Jiraiya-san."

Tsunade blinked "Your here with Jiraiya?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Kinda, as soon as we got here to look for you he went off to get drunk and party with girls instead of actually looking for you."

Tsunade nodded, "Same old Jiraiya. I wonder how Sarutobi-sensei is."

Naruto looked at her as they walked, "He is fine but he is getting too old for his job."

Tsunade nodded and they got to her hotel. Once explaining things to Shizune she was overjoyed to be heading back to the village.

Timeskip Next Morning

Jiraiya was following Naruto's KB who had shown up at dawn to lead him to Naruto. The KB didn't say much beyond just to follow him. Jiraiya was still dealing with a hangover from last night. He saw three figures waiting by the gates and figured Naruto had acquired some traveling friends. He giggle perversely. Once he got closer however, he noticed Tsunade and Shizune.

Naruto looked at Jiraiya and said, "Thank you for nothing you useless pervert. Spending all your money and time getting drunk and laid while I did all the work. Is this what you did when you left the village after my birth?"

Jiraiya looked down and didn't comment. "I thought so. Please if we ever go on a mission again try to stay focused. This was not a good experience with you for me" Naruto said.

Tsunade raised her eyebrow as Jiraiya took the scolding.

Naruto looked at the group and said, "Ok well this was much shorter than expected but I am happy. We should arrive back in Konoha in 3 days time. Gives me plenty of time to train for the Chuunin Exams. Lets get moving." they all took to the trees heading home.

Timeskip 1 day

Tsunade had been thinking about it and the more she did the less made sense. How the hell was this guy so powerful. Sure he had the Kyuubi in him but that did not grant him the speed of the Yondaime's. Plus why did Jiraiya take that scolding back there. She decided to question Jiraiya. She dropped back so Naruto wouldn't hear and spoke to Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya what the hell is going on, Who is this kid and how the hell is he so powerful, Why do you let him talk to you like that?" she asked.

Jiraiya looked at her and said, "He is a person who has been mistreated most of his life by almost the entire village. As for how he is so powerful that sword on his back is sentient. He is a seals master rivaling me and Minato and as for the last thing. I will tell you if you stay in Konoha long enough."

Tsunade huffed and sped back up. She was going to get some answers out of her sensei.

Timeskip Konoha

They arrived at Konoha on time. Few people were stupid enough to try to fight 3 people with huge reserves. They immediately made their way to the Hokage tower and entered.

Naruto walked into the Hokage's office with Tsunade, Shizune, and Jiraiya right behind him. "Mission accomplished Jiji." he said

Sarutobi smiled as he saw Tsunade. "Ah! It is good to see you today Tsunade it has been too long."

Tsunade smiled slightly and embraced her sensei. "It is good to see you too. How are you?"

Surtobi chuckled. "As ok as one can be with doing all this work." he motioned to the three Kage Bunshin doing work.

"Jiji you just told her the secret!" Naruto mock glared at Sarutobi and Sarutobi chuckled.

Tsunade was confused yet again this kid called the Hokage old man and scolded Jiraiya. "Goddamn who the hell are you kid? You can scold the two strongest people in Konoha and not bat an eye!"

Naruto's eyes darkened. "If you wish to know ask them. You have yet to earn my story or respect."

Tsunade's eyes flashed. "You will respect me! I was fighting battles before you were a thought in your father's head and if I become Hokage you will have no choice."

Naruto's eyes went red. "My RESPECT is never given. Even the Hokage had to earn it, I call him Jiji as a sign of respect. Perhaps you will gain my respect with you in the Hokage's seat but at this current time I would only respect the hat on your head not you." with that he turned from a fuming Tsunade.

Naruto looked at the Sandaime. "What did you want to talk to me about again Jiji?"

The Sandaime looked at Tsunade and said, "Could you, Shizune, and Jiraiya leave please this is a private matter and you don't really have the clearance to know this yet."

Tsunade turned around and stormed out with Shizune and Jiraiya on her heels.

The Sandaime put a silencing jutsu up and turned to Naruto. "I have a feeling you already know what this is about."

Naruto smirked, "O? I wonder if I do?" he said while turning his nose up and putting his finger on his chin.

Sarutobi chuckled as he sat down. "It has to do with the treaty with Kiri. You did such a wonderful job and expressed such power they wish to solidify our alliance a little bit more than just on paper." he said beating around the bush not sure how he would take this.

Naruto looked at the Hokage and said, "So they wish a political marriage?"

The Sandaime chuckled at Naruto's tact. "Hai." he answered.

Naruto thought for a moment before saying, "And who would be on their side, Obviously I was chosen as the candidate otherwise I would not know of this until the rest of the council."

Sarutobi smiled, "Yes indeed you were requested and the council would have almost no problem with this as you are not from a very prominent clan yet. It is convenient a little for your wife situation, also for the village so none of our main clans lose a bloodline."

Naruto nodded having expected this. "So who is it they are asking me to marry Jiji spit it out?"

The Sandaime sighed before saying, "Mei Terumi."

Naruto blinked, "So they are offering their own Kage with two bloodlines to a less known just formed clan with a sense enhancing bloodline to marry a woman who has two bloodlines and is their strongest shinobi?" Truthfully he knew Mei got the council to agree knowing some things about him that others did not but she did not know about him being a jinchuuriki or the fact he was a Hanyou.

"Does she know about Kyuubi?" he asked.

Sarutobi nodded, "When she suggested you and would not relent I was forced to tell her. If she was a ally, I was going to tell her about it anyways it is custom to do so." (At least it is in my story as such they know Suna has a jinchuuriki just not who he is).

Naruto cringed, "So she still went along with it?"

Sarutobi looked at Naruto with an incredulous look and said, "If anything she insisted even more vehemently after hearing such a thing. She said it only proved you a more worthy man."

Naruto sighed, "Very well I will talk with Mei-chan when she comes into town for the finals. Please let her know I wish to speak with her and send ANBU to my fake house so I know she is in town. I accept the Marriage proposal as long as the alliance goes through but I need to talk to Mei to see how far this will go on a personal level."

Sarutobi nodded, "Very well thank you for your help Naruto-kun."

Naruto nodded and said, "No thank you Jiji. I am sorry for hurting your feelings so much in the past few days but this village needs to change."

Sarutobi looked at his grandson in all but blood and hugged him, "I know Naruto-kun thank you for helping this old man see the light and helping me bring this village to a new age."

Naruto nodded and turend and left the room eager to get home.

Tsunade walked into the office after Naruto had left and looked at her Sensei crying slightly. She was a little stunned.

Sarutobi quickly wiped his tears away and said, "Now onto you..."

Tsunade cut him off. "I want to see that boy's file and everything you have on him."

Sarutobi frowned, "You are not going to like what you see." he warned

"I need to know who the hell that kid is to beat me so bad." Tsunade retorted.

"Very well..." The Sandaime said and pulled Naruto's file out and handed it to Tsunade. He started his story with the silencing jutsu up and Shizune and Jiraiya in the room.

Naruto rushed home eager to see his loves and tell them of the political manuevering Mei did. He arrived at his home and opened his doors. He ran into his compound and shouted, "I am home!"

Katsumi found him first and threw herself into his arms and got a chaste kiss on the lips. "Welcome Home Naruto-kun!"

Next was Yugao right as he let go of Katsumi she threw herself as well and Naruto licked her lower lip until she was jelly in his hands with him holding her up. "Hello Naru-kun!"

Kurenai walked up to the trio and said, "What nothing for me?"

Naruto smirked and moved faster than she expected she let a little "Eep" when he grabbed her in a bridal carry and kissed her while massaging her tongue. "What a welcome I love you Megami-chan, Murasaki-hime. How was your time finding out about Katsumi-chan?"

Kurenai answered while still in his arms as they walked to the living room. "It was interesting she is just like a normal girl really. Just with a bit of a bloodlust and more of a protective streak."

Naruto chuckled at the blush Katsumi had. "Well I am glad to hear you girls can get along. But we have something else we need to talk about." Seeing their raised eyebrows he said, "Well it is really talking with Katsumi-chan I already talked about this with Megami and Hime. But I want to confirm what you girls think."

They all settled into the sofa. Naruto sighed as he was around his loves again. "Ok I was just informed Kiri wanted to form a political marriage with Konoha. I am sure you can guess who was chosen for our village." They all stiffened and looked at him. "Can you guess who was chosen from Kiri?"

Yugao spoke up hopefully, "Mei-chan?"

Naruto nodded and all the girls giggled happily. Naruto was a little shocked. "Did you girls expect this?"

They all nodded and Katsumi spoke up, "We had dicussed it when you left. We could tell Mei was planning something like that when you mentioned she was in the village during the exams. That was the only reason we could think she came personally for. We are happy we could tell she holds some sort of feelings to you."

Naruto nodded and said, "I want to talk to her privately about her feelings. If they are strong enough I will tell her almost everything. She already knows about Kyuubi but not Katsumi. She doesn't know about me being a hanyou either. So if she wishes to truly join us then she will need to know."

All of the girls nodded and Naruto said, "I know it is only 5 but I am going to go take a bath and then head to bed. 3 days of traveling are taxing."

All the girls nodded and got up letting Naruto walk off. Once he did they turned to each other and they all had the same glint in their eyes. (Poor Naruto... What am I thinking? Lucky bastard!)

Naruto climbed tiredly into his bed. He slept in the middle of the bed and spread out so the girls could take their normal positions when they decided to join him. He looked sleepily across the room and froze.

The three girls were standing their their tops gone and wearing their favorite color panties. Kurenai jumped onto his chest this night and used it as a pillow as she rubbed her breasts over his stomach. Katsumi took Kurenai's usual place on his right side. Yugao took her usual place on the left and pushed his arm into her generous bosom.

"Goodnight Naru-kun/Naruto-kun" they chorused.

Naruto chuckled and said, "Goodnight Megami-chan, Murasaki-hime, Kouhi-sama(Queen)."

End A/N: Originally I had planned to start the finals here but I decided to bring Tsunade back instead. I made it abundantly clear that Naruto does not hold no resentment. I think some people were under that assumption. He resents the majority of the village but he will not allow it to stop him from moving past it.

On a side note, I love the Sandaime but seriously in my story and in the cannon he does almost nothing for Naruto. He needs a good kick in the rear.