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Chapter 19: Anger and Godfathers
Naruto stared at his godfather with steely eyes as he whispered menacingly, "What?"
Jiraiya was fighting his very instincts as he stared into his godson's menacing red eyes. He gulped and took another breath before he was suddenly gasping from the KI Naruto was emitting. "Tell my mates where I went. You will have to explain to them why you did not tell us of this before. I hope, for your sake, she is okay. Othwerwise I might take my anger out on you!" Naruto said as he suddenly disappeared in an orange flash.
Tsunade and Jiraiya's eyes widened at the technique. "H-h-he finished it." Tsunade stuttered.
Jiraiya merely gaped at the now empty seat. "Oh my Kami. I hope she is okay." he said.
Tsunade turned fearful eyes on her lover. She understood why he had kept the information but they had no knowledge he could teleport to her location. "I don't care if she is hurt but I won't allow him to hurt you now that I finally have you." she said.
Jiraiya shook his head. "No I would be able to fight him in sage mode enough to calm him down so long as he kills whoever initially hurt her. No, I am worried about who else he might kill if she is hurt since his sensibilities will probably be lowered in his slightly more feral state." he explained to Tsunade's paling face.
"The council!" she whispered. Jiraiya nodded solemnly. She turned back to the village and sighed. "Well we would probably be better off without the civilian council. Let's go tell Kurenai, Yuugao and Katsumi. We need to make sure they have our side when he returns. One way or another they will be the only way to calm him." she said.
Jiraiya nodded and they both made Kage Bunshins to stand in for them as they headed out to Naruto's home.
Tsunade and Jiraiya approached the closed gates of the Namikaze estate after having dropped their henges when they entered the forest. They had been wearing henges at the request of Naruto to avoid questions that would best be left unanswered. Once Tsunade retired, they could simply drop the henge and live as Jiraiya and Tsunade's relatives, or whatever they came up with. They always dropped their henges around Naruto's house though since only the people he trusted were allowed within it.
Jiraiya knocked on the door and sighed audibly. He felt a hand wined its way into his and grasp it firmly as he felt his spirits raise from Tsunade's gesture of faith. He smiled lightly at her drawing a slight smile from her as well as they turned to 'face the music.'
Kurenai was not long in coming as she had been expecting Naruto. She opened the door with a smile on her face that only lost a little cheerfulness as she took in her guests. She was about to simply wave them into the compound when she noted their serious looks. Her smile was immediately replaced with a grim look as she said, "What happened?"
"You might want to gather Yuugao and Katsumi for this Kurenai-san. I have little doubt that you will want to pound me into the ground but I wish for you all to hear me out first." Jiraiya answered. Kurenai narrowed her eyes but nodded and waved them into the compound. She closed the door and turned around.
"We will meet you in the main hall in 2 minutes." she informed them before disappearing in a shunshin to gather her fellow Naruto lovers.
Jiraiya and Tsunade made their way through the mini forest enjoying the peace that always surrounds this place. Both had small smiles on their faces as they walked hand in hand to the main house. Neither spoke as they basked in the foresty compound. Each content with their partner and with themselves despite what they were about to reveal. But all too soon the couple reached the main house and their smiles vanished to be replaced by visions of determination.
The two lovers entered the hall to be met with three very serious glares. Jiraiya shifted uncomfortably but striaghtened his back as Yugao said one word. "Explain."
Jiraiya shivered but took a deep breath and began, "Now I want you to hear me out all the way before trying to kill me. Please?" he pleaded. "About a week before Kurenai's team left for their previous mission, I had recieved intel from one of my most reliable and secret of spies." Each of the girls cocked an eyebrow. "This particular spy is the one I have watching..." he trailed off as his eyes darted around nervously. Tsunade stepped forward and grasped his hand causing him to calm down and finally look back at the women.
"Akatsuki." he whispered but each girl heard it and a terrible feeling settled in the pits of their stomach. Jiraiya began before they could spout questions. "My spy informed me that Akatsuki had pushed up their plans and instead of waiting for the Sanbi to reform, had somehow managed to get its power. So they have actively started to look for the Jinchuuriki within villages seeing as the only free bijuu has been captured." Jiraiya puased to let the information sink in. "However, he also brought me news of a plot to take down a few of the jinchuuriki that Akatsuki would prefer to not have a straight out brawl with. They have the man power, it is just better for them if they remain in the dark." The girl's were starting to make the connection when Jiraiya dropped the bomb. "Their first target is also their most powerful adversary. Naruto." each of the girl's eyes widened as they all saw flashes of him fighting these monsters. "And the only way they could see to get to him was through... one of you." he said.
The girls all had confused looks on their faces before Katsumi's settled into a look of horror. "I see Katsumi gets it. To make a long story short, they planned on kidnapping one of you to get him to reveal himself away from the protection of Konoha. With a hostage, they predicted he would easily be swayed to their whims. So, they took the only person they could find, Mei." Jiraiya said and was cringing away from the blood lust that Katsumi was producing as Yugao and Kurenai had horrified looks on their faces.
"Where is Naru-koi?" Kurenai asked. Jiraiya cringed.
"He went after Mei. He gave her a kunai before she left after the Chuunin Exams." Katsumi said her voice becoming slightly hoarse from her youki spiking.
Yugao and Kurenai turned to stare at Katsumi for a few seconds before their attention was redirected to Tsunade who had cleared her throat.
"Naruto flew into somewhat of a rage when he found out Jiraiya had withheld the information but-" Tsunade began.
"Why exactly didn't you tell us of this BEFORE we left for Yuki no Kuni." Kurenai asked shooting death glares at Jiraiya.
Jiraiya withered but Tsunade finished, "Because, and if you had let me finish you would know this, we had no knowledge of where she was being held and there was no way to find her. We had no idea Naruto could teleport right to her side as we didn't know he had completed the Hiraishin nor that he had given her the kunai."
Katsumi and Kurenai were still pretty pissed and wanted to press the issue but Yugao spoke up, "Calm down. They are right." Kurenai and Katsumi stared at Yugao. "Naruto didn't tell them he finished the jutsu nor did he mention he could appear next to her at any time should he need to. Both parties are at fault but blaming each other gets us nowhere. Now, we could summon Naruto to us, but he would likely just Hiraishin back to Mei, or we sit here and then give him a lashing when he gets back for leaving without telling us."
Kurenai and Katsumi frowned but both nodded then looked at the Sannin who were now heaving sighs of relief. "As for you two," Katsumi began, making them stiffen. "Don't hide anything like this from us again and we will try to keep you as informed as possible." Everyone nodded and Tsunade and Jiraiya excused themselves to go back to the office leaving the girls to worry about their mate/ future mate.
Kurenai stood for what seemed like the hundredth time since Jiraiya and Tsunade had left and started to pace again. Katsumi rolled her eyes as she stared at the worry driven mate of her fiancee. She was going to thoroughly ravish him when he came back, love or not she was tired of waiting on him. She was bound to him for all eternity whether he liked it or not and she was a horny demon who needed her heat cycle gone through. She had yet to tell Naruto of this but was sure he would pick up on her heat cycle beginning when he returned.
She had opted not to go with him to avoid the VERY horny initial stages of her heat cycle and now that she was a few days into it she was a bit more in control of herself than before. She could not deny herself any longer. She had ignored her previous heat cycles because she had found no one worthy. Now that she did, she wouldn't let this cycle go through without something happening. She could prevent the pregnancy but her needs were going to be satisfied. She was slightly worried Kurenai and Yugao would pick up on her cycle but they seemed ignorant of it since they were not in their Hanyou forms.
With how angry Naruto sounded that was a bit odd but Katsumi counted her blessings. "Kurenai. Sit Down! Walking a rut into the floor won't help Naruto-kun and certainly isn't helping my nerves." Katsumi almost growled out. Kurenai turned a glare to her fellow Naruto lover but sighed as she sat back down.
"I know but I can't help but worry." she said.
"I worry too but please try to calm down its bad enough I am going... Never mind." Katsumi said as she realized she had said too much. Kurenai turned questioning eyes on her as Yugao was out back training to take her mind off of Naruto.
"Going what? Katsumi-chan." Kurenai asked.
Katsumi fidgetedly nervously with her hands in her lap as she responded, "It's nothing you need to worry about Kurenai-chan. I'm fine."
Kurenai put her hand on Katsumi's and squeezed lightly, "You know." she began starting to talk softly, "You may be some great big demoness out in the world but in here your just my fellow lover." Kurenai and Katsumi both blushed at that but it was the truth nevertheless. "You don't need to hide things from us in fear of rejection. We have already accepted you." she said softly.
Katsumi's yellow eyes filled with unshed tears as she took a breath and sadly said, "It doesn't seem Naruto-kun has."
"What makes you say that?" Kurenai asked, surprised.
Katsumi looked straight into Kurenai's red eyes and started to sob uncontrollably into her breasts as she nuzzled them, "H-he wo-won't e-even touch me." she wailed. Kurenai started to stroke her hair softly.
"What do you mean? He just doesn't want to offend you is all." Kurenai defended.
"No! I mean I am in a heat cycle and he hasn't even spared me a glance since he saw me earlier." Katsumi almost shouted.
Kurenai was stunned for a few seconds. "When did he see you?" she asked.
"He saw me was you were walking to the Hokage's office. He turned away from me as soon as he saw me! He doesn't love me like he does you and Yugao!" Katsumi wailed. "How could he? I am just a demon."
Kurenai gently lifted Katsumi so she was looking into her eyes and summoned up every scrap of KI she had before sending it at the blonde haired demoness, "Now you listen here. Naru-koi does not care if you are a demon or not. You know that better than anyone! You also know that Yugao and I had to basically force him to take us physically." her voice suddenly softened, "He will not make a move on you because he is scared. He is constantly afraid of hurting us or our feelings. If you want him, go take him!" she said forcefully. "That's what we had to do and that is what you will have to do." Kurenai told the demoness.
Katsumi chuckled slightly as she looked at Kurenai who now had a playful look in her eyes, "Maybe I will even join you. I haven't had him since our first time because of events" Kurenai said thoughtfully making Katsumi growl. "See there you go! You want him enough to fight even me. I will even help set the mood when he returns. Especially if you are in heat, he will try to avoid you, but remember, that is just because he is scared of hurting you." she said gently.
Katsumi immediately bit back her growl and did something that shocked Kurenai. She laid her head in Kurenai's lap and began purring as she guided Kurenai's hands through her own hair. Soon enough, Kurenai was stroking Katsumi's hair on her own and Katsumi was simply purring in content as she spoke, "Narrrruto used to do this when he would come into his mindscape forrrr me. This is a verrrry intimate and submissive gesture for me Kurrrre-chan. Thank you for helping me." she said meaning every word behind it.
Kurenai blushed but she kept stroking Katsumi's hair as the two kept their vigil waiting for their love.
Timewarp right after Naruto used Hiraishin to meet Mei
Naruto appeared in all his Hanyou glory, his seven gold streaked tails flailing about behind him agitated as he looked around with murderous intent rolling off of him. His battle eyes instantly taking in the surroundings. He noticed he was in a dense forest. There were a few rocks in the small clearing he was standing in. The trees did not look like they were from Konoha nor from the few he had seen in Kiri so he assumed he was in a neighboring country to Kiri because of this. He saw Mei's kunai was under him. The next thing to hit him was scent.
His nostrils flared as he picked up Mei's burnt scent along with two people he had never met. Upon the confirmation that he smelled blood as well, his lips curled into an even more menacing growl than before. "If they hurt Mei-chan then they are going to wish they had never been born!" he thought vehemently.
Then he felt the breeze caress his skin and fur. He bristled as it brought new scents into his senses.
The final sense to hit was his hearing as his ears twitched on top of his head. He heard the rustling of cloaks in the wind as he turned around. His eyes narrowing dangerously as his youki spiked from who he was facing.
"Well Well Well. Itachi-kun we sure have bagged our prize pretty easily, though it did take longer than I thought it would for him to show up." A blue fish-faced man said.
"Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi. One of the best pairs within Akatsuki." Naruto growled out.
Itachi's face was completely stoic as he stared at Naruto. Kisame however, had a huge shark-like grin as he replied, "So the gaki knows of us? Then this should be easy." he said.
"Be careful Kisame. He supposedly killed Hidan and Kakuzu. Don't go underestimating him or you may regret it." Itachi said in his emotionless tone.
Naruto cocked an eyebrow, "You don't seem surprised to see me like this." he stated cautiously. He had only used his Hanyou form once and Zetsu had not been around from what he could sense. How did they know about that?
"Hahaha. That's none of your concern." Kisame said while laughing at him.
"Well I know it isn't Zetsu who told you. I only used this against Hidan for a few seconds at most but he wasn't around the area when I did. Just like I can feel that he isn't around right now." Naruto said drawing a slight eyebrow arch from Kisame and, what seemed to him, a harder stare from Itachi.
"How do you know about Zetsu?" Itachi asked in his monotone.
Naruto wiggled his eyebrows, "Wouldn't you like to know?" he said mockingly.
Kisame arched an eyebrow but shrugged as he held His Samehada against Mei's neck. "Let's end this, It is such a shame that I would have to hurt Mei but... my job requires I do so." Kisame said.
"Naruto-kun. We will only ask once, please come with us." Itachi stated. Naruto's face simply burst into a huge smirk.
"Tell ya what you assholes. If you can manage to take Mei-chan back from Boss, maybe he will go with you." The clone waved at them before saying, "Katsu."
Half a mile away
Naruto smirked as he recieved the memories from his clone. "Serves them right for trying to kidnap Mei-chan. Though I am surprised they didn't sense me grabbing her." He said to himself.
Naruto had desperately wanted to tear the two limb from limb for even thinking of threatening his Mei-chan, still did, but her safety came first. So he set them up, he did sealless Kage bunshin and Kawarimi with both himself and Mei before taking off and leaving the two exploding clones to at least damage the two overconfident S-class shinobi. He chuckled to himself and finally found a good space to set Mei down and get a good look at her.
He put her on the ground and ran the only medical ninjutsu he knew, a diagnostic. He could have grabbed Mei and Hiraishined out of there but there was strain on the body when the jutsu was used, plus he did not want to aggravate any wounds Mei might have had. As he ran his jutsu, he sighed in relief when the end result was simply her being unconscious due to being knocked in the head. He channeled a bit of chakra to his fingers and pressed them to her temples massaging them slightly to stimulate blood flow. He didn't expect this to wake her up, just to speed the process slightly.
So, Naruto was pleasantly surprised when Mei's eyes opened and she blearily looked around before latching onto him and saying, "Naru-kun! You came to Kiri to see me!"
Naruto sweatdropped but said, "We are not in Kiri right now Mei-chan. You were kidnapped by Akatsuki to get to me. Now, we have them following us so we need to head out of here and back to Kiri." he explained before looking at his surroundings, "Though I don't even know where we are. You never returned from your diplomatic mission." he answered her unasked question.
Mei nodded her head and stood up. She took stock of herself and gratefully took Naruto's extra kunai and shuriken. Once she had her bearings she looked around and walked up to a plant that bordered the clearing. Naruto watched silently as Mei looked at the plant intensely then a smile spread across her face. She turned back around to Naruto and said, "We are only about a day's journey from Kiri. This plant here is indigenous to to a island bordering Kiri. We could probably water walk from this island to Kiri's mainland." Mei said happily.
Naruto smiled. "Well let's get a move on. If Itachi and Kisame decide to come after us, we will deal with them then."
Mei's eyes widened slightly at who had captured her. She was greatly disturbed that she had thought she was in Kiri initially and the fact that she had been subdued. However, she had never actually fought them. She was a bit hazy on exactly how they managed to capture her but that only increased her irritation at herself for allowing it to happen.
Naruto, sensing her distress, stepped up to her and wrapped her in a hug while saying, "Don't dwell too much on it Mizu-tenshi. Itachi is notorious for his genjutsu ability. He could capture many shinobi without much thought. Though I heard him say that he took almost a month to get to you." Naruto smiled at her.
Mei relaxed in her love's embrace and sighed, "I know Naru-kun, it just frustrates me I would be caught that easily." Naruto nodded his head.
"Well you couldn't have been easy if he took a month." he retorted and stroked her back consolingly, "Just forget it and let's get you somewhere safe. Please!" he asked. Mei sighed but nodded.
Mei suddenly grinned devilishly and leaned up. She grabbed Naruto's lips in a searing kiss, thrusting her tongue into his opened surprised mouth to further her pleasure. She moaned when his hands suddenly gipped her backside and pulled her flush to his body as he began to wrestle her tongue with his own. She fought with him for almost 2 minutes before they broke apart gasping for breath as Naruto wore a cheeky grin, "I win." he says. Mei just giggles and nuzzles her head into his chest.
Naruto sighs in happiness. He tightens his grip on Mei and the two stand there for a good five minutes before Mei sighed and said, "As much as I loath to move, we need to get going Naru-kun."
Naruto nodded and the two separated while jumping into the trees heading the direction Mei had pointed Kiri was in.
Timeskip about an hour
Naruto and Mei were jumping through the trees of this little forest on the way to the beach to cross back to Kiri when Naruto suddenly stopped. Mei, noticing his actions, paused and began to survey her surroundings as Naruto sniffed the air. Both of them jumped back as Samehada came crashing down where they had been standing moments ago. Naruto's eyes going instantly into his battle state with Mei flanking him.
Naruto glared at his opponents as he took in their tattered cloaks. He smirked, though his eyes still held an immense amount of hate for what they had done, "Seems you couldn't dodge all of it huh?" he stated cheekily making Kisame growl.
"Kisame, calm down." Itachi said.
Kisame glanced at Itachi and said, "I don't care what we had said before, the gaki is mine now, you take his bitch."
Naruto's eyes narrowed dangerously as he said, "Mei-chan, would you mind entertaining Itachi for me?" Mei smirked evilly and nodded.
Itachi sighed but Mei and Itachi both jumped off into the trees to find a clearing for their own fight as Naruto and Kisame both stared each other down. "I am going to rip you to pieces Namikaze!" Kisame said before disappearing from sight. Naruto merely shifted on his feet before leaning back as he brought his leg around and kicking Kisame as he appeared behind him while swinging Samehada in a horizontal arc in an attempt to cut Naruto in half.
Kisame grunted as he took the hit. He merely took one step back from the force behind the kick and brought Samehada down to hit Naruto. Naruto used the one leg he had to jump back and out of range as Samehada crashed onto the ground where he had just been standing. He could feel the chakra Samehada had already eaten from him. He scowled as he thought of it but immediately jumped as his sense warned him of impending danger, "Suiton: Bakusui Shōha (Water release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave)" Kisame said as a veritable tidal wave crashed down where Naruto had been positioned.
Kisame smirked, "Guess he wasn't so tough. Itachi made a mistake, that doesn't happen of-oof" he said as he was suddenly pulled from the water that had surrounded the area. Naruto appeared standing where Kisame had been his hand still outstretched from his punch which had sent Kisame flying. Naruto started to go through handsigns, "Fuuton: Kaze no Yaiba" he said as he slashed his hand. The air rippled as it hurtled towards Kisame. Kisame screamed as the blade cut into his shoulder. Naruto smirked.
Kisame suddenly smirked before vanishing in a puff of smoke. Naruto's eyes narrowed and he immediately started to move before he felt the damage. Kisame smirked as he suddenly appeared behind Naruto, Samehada shaving off bits of his cloak and back as Kisame dragged his shaving sword down Naruto's back. "Gotcha!" Kisame said grinning like a shark.
Naruto grunted as the pain registered but he jumped away before more damage could be made. He grimaced as he felt the amount of chakra Samehada had managed to suck from him while he had been in contact with his skin. He could feel his skin starting to repair even with the huge amount of damage.
"Haha. You aren't nearly as hard as everyone made you out to be gaki." Kisame said. Naruto's eyes darkened.
Naruto suddenly started to move, he grabbed a few kunai and shuriken out of his pouch and threw them at Kisame. Kisame chuckled as he knocked them out of the way starting handsigns behind the cover of his sword so Naruto couldn't see them. Naruto held out his own hand as a Rasengan formed into it. "That attack will never reach me gaki, this is the end! Suiton: Senjikizame (Water Release: A Thousand Feeding Sharks)" another tidal wave seemed to appear from the water Kisame had conjured earlier. Only this time instead of waves each 5 feet there was a shark head about the size of a man's head. Naruto's eyes widened as Kisame shouted from the other side of his jutsu. "Take this!"
The sharks surged forward away from Kisame and he smirked as he held his hand in the ending handsign for his jutsu. This was one of his most powerful ones. He was sure that the gaki had some impressive healing but this would knock him out and he would capture him then go deal with Mei. He was unprepared for Naruto's ace even though he had witnessed it earlier.
Naruto smirked from his side of the jutsu as he watched the sharks surge forward. He uttered one dreaded word before disappearing, "Hiraishin"
Naruto appeared behind Kisame. Kisame, feeling the chakra appear behind him and seeing the bright flash, turned, his eyes widening as he heard one word before pain exploded from his back, "Rasengan!" Naruto said as he plunged his father's prized jutsu into Kisame's back. Kisame grunted as he was flung forward losing his grip on Samehada from the unexpected pain of having his back ripped and shredded. Naruto straightened up and looked at his enemy with sadness. He held no love for Akatsuki but what he had just done was horrible to a shinobi.
Kisame laid on the ground, stunned. He uttered a mirthless chuckle as he looked at his enemy. "What's with the sad look gaki? You got your revenge." he said. Naruto's eyes flashed with anger but his sad look replaced it.
"I know. I still hate you for threatening Mei but I hate to see a powerful enemy laid low like this." Naruto said, his demonic instincts for fights kicking in, he enjoyed the fact he beat his opponent but his compassionate side warred with it.
Kisame scoffed, "Finish it, Namikaze Naruto. You know my spinal cord has been destroyed, at least let me have a swordsman's death."
Naruto nodded and pulled Suraisā from his sheath. He held the blade up and admired him for a small second before walking over to Kisame. "This is Suraisā. He is my most powerful offensive blade. Denki is meant more for paralyzing my opponents if I need to capture them. I will grant you your death if you tell me of who your leader is. I know of everyone but this supposed God." Naruto spat the nickname as Kisame chuckled at him.
"Well, you are well informed aren't you? All I can tell you is he has multiple bodies and has the legendary Rinnegan." Naruto froze. That was unexpected. "Be careful fighting him. He is even more of a monster than me. The name god refers to more than just his jutsu. He seems able to bring back his bodies without any injuries." Naruto scowled. "But there is one behind the scenes who seems to be ordering him. Watch out for the one with the orange mask. He is much more than he seems." Naruto nodded, "Now finish it."
Naruto sent some youki into Kisame's legs temporarily fixinfg their connection. "Stand and recieve your death in honor Hoshigake Kisame, Swordsman of the Mist." Naruto had already sealed Samehada so Kisame stood and looked at Naruto as he moved away from him. He raised his head to look directly at Naruto. Naruto nodded and his eyes returned to their battle state as he allowed his rage to consume him again. "Die." he said.
Kisame looked up to the clouds as Naruto closed in on him. A small smile graced his face. "At least I die by the sword." he thought then his body crumpled as his head was removed from his shoulders. Naruto looked back and flicked his blade clean of blood. He sealed Kisame's head in a scroll then burned his body. He turned back to where Mei and Itachi were as he heard rustling in the underbrush.
Naruto immediately gathered the three Hiraishin kunai so he could reuse them but sighed as Mei came into the clearing with nothing looking out of place. He frowned. "What happened with you and Itachi?" he asked.
Mei scowled, "We got to the clearing and exchanged a few words about why he had done the massacre and joined Akatsuki, then he just turned towards your fight as those sharks appeared. Once they disappeared, he said to tell you he would be back and then disappeared as if he wasn't there before then."
"What did he say about the massacre?" Naruto said with a raised eyebrow.
Mei looked disturbed as she said, "Something about him needing to prove his power but that he had still needed help. Quite the disturbed fellow he is." Mei shivered.
Naruto frowned, "Well, we took care of one of them. Though I am surprised Itachi didn't try to recapture you, let's head home Mei-chan. We have quite a few people worried about you." he said. Mei smiled and walked up to him.
"I missed you, you know." she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. She leaned in close to him, which had him smiling down at her, she pressed her lips to his in another searing kiss. This time Naruto enjoyed the kiss to the fullest as he wasn't worried about Akatsuki, and he could say Mei was an amazing kisser. They battled for dominance with Naruto winning again as they separated after a few minutes, his cheeky grin in full swing. Mei pouted and suddenly grinned devilishly. Naruto grew worried.
Mei suddenly ground herself into his hips as they stood there. He groaned as she fondled him. She smirked as she said, "This will teach you to be so cheeky Naru-kun. Next time I won't stop just at this." as she suddenly released him and started to walk away swaying her hips as she headed to Kiri. Naruto shook his head as he followed her.
Naruto suddenly got a devilish grin of his own. He jumped forward and grabbed Mei up in a bridal style carry bringing a shriek from his love. He chuckled as he looked down a her. "Hold on tight." he said and the two were gone in a flash of orange light.
Unkonwn Location
Itachi walked into the wide cavern. He watched emotionlessly as he hit the call sign for a meeting of Akatsuki. He was irritated that Naruto had so easily dispatched Kisame. It was unnerving how powerful the boy had gotten. They knew he was strong but to be able to grab Mei without either he or Kisame noticing? It was not boding well in regards to capturing him alive. He was quickly becoming someone they would have to deal with as a group to be able to capture him. Though he was sure Leader would be able to take him without much trouble. So he called a council of Akatsuki to disucss what had to be done about this latest discovery.
Itachi stood still as one after another, each member of Akatsuki appeared as Holograms before his black eyes. He immediately turned to his Leader as Leader spoke. "Itachi. Where is Kisame and the Nine-tails?" he asked.
Itachi's emotionless face did not even twitch as he responded, "Kisame is dead." silence fell around the cavern.
"That is impossible!" A hunched figure said. "Kisame was one of our strongest members."
Itachi fixed his stare on the figure who had spoken. "The Nine-Tails killed him. He is much stronger than predicted." he said.
"Your telling me, he managed to escape the trap, which you had planned, AND managed to kill Kisame in the process?" Leader asked.
Itachi nodded. "He appeared in front of us with a burst of orange light. He had nine tails of crimson flailing behind him coming from his tailbone. Seven of these were streaked with gold. HIs eyes were red but his pupils were slits almost in the form of an S. As soon as he appeared, he made some kage bunshin and replaced himself and Mei with two exploding clones. After distracting Kisame and myself enough to create some distance the two clones blew apart Kisame and myself. The both of us incurred very little actual injuries. We immediately set after the two. After an hour of running, we managed to catch up to the Nine-tails and he proceeded to goad Kisame into attacking. Kisame wanted the Nine-tails, and seeing no reason to deny him, I allowed him to fight the Nine-tails as I took Mei off to keep her out of the battle. I know not what happened after that but Kisame used his highest attack jutsu and the Nine-tails didn't even seem fazed. I retreated before he could attempt to engage me as I am not suited to fighting him currently." Itachi informed them.
The whole of Akatsuki fell silent as they all contemplated this new development.
"Itachi." Leader said. "You are saying that the Nine-tails managed to avoid your trap, rescue your hostage, and harm you all without you even seeing him initially?" Itachi nodded. "Then he proceeded to evade you for the next hour before you finally find him and upon discovery, you allow Kisame to fight someone who managed to bring Hidan and Kakuzu down?" Itachi nodded again. "I am most displeased." the Leader stated as he glared at Itachi.
"You will be on reserves until we find you a new partner or one of our members dies." Leader said. "Now then, do you have any idea what this new jutsu is?" he asked.
"I would assume it was the Hiraishin no jutsu but even when the Yondaime used the technique, he was not able to use it without sound, and his trail was yellow." Itachi pointed out his observations.
"Perhaps it is something based off the Hiraishin but not exactly the same? His father is the Yondaime. Un" an effiminite looking man said.
The Akatsuki began rambling until Leader said, "Silence, now we will put off attempting to subdue the Nine-tails until we have a partner for Itachi. Itachi's sharingan is the best suited to reign in the Nine-tails chakra. Dismissed." Leader's hologram disappeared and the Akatsuki left one by one until Itachi was left alone again.
"Soon Naruto-kun. I will test my power against yours and prove who is stronger." Itachi said as his sharingan spun in place while he stared into the darkness.
Kiri
Naruto and Mei appeared in the unsealed house Naruto had Mei bring from Konoha. Mei smiled as he set her down and she turned to him. "Naru-kun, when did you put a Hiraishin seal in the house?" she asked.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head as he answered, "When I sealed it up. I wanted an easy way to get to Kiri." Mei smiled.
Naruto suddenly grabbed Mei and hugged her tight as his shoulders shook. He released his defense mechanism and his tails wrapped around the two in a protective cocoon as he sobbed silently on her shoulder. "I'm so sorry Mei-chan. They only target you because of me." he sobbed. "I was so afraid I was going to lose you." his tears running down his face as Mei stood there a little stunned from the huge amount of emotion coming from Naruto.
"Shhh. I'm alright. I won't be caught unawares again. Thank you for saving me Naru-kun." she said sincerely as she wrapped her arms around his shaking frame trying to get him to calm down.
Naruto and Mei stayed like that a good hour before Naruto finally stopped shaking, though his tears had dried up a while ago. Mei smiled slightly as she whispered to him. "I am glad to know I mean this much to you, I must admit, because I can't see you very often I had felt a bit left out from the intesnse amounts of love you send your current mates." she admitted softly.
Naruto stiffened, "But I know now that is just because we haven't had a chance to connect. I hope we can get to know each other better once the marriage is concluded." she finished. She leaned up and engaged him in one last makeout session before separating leaving a slightly starry eyed Naruto, to which she giggled. "Come Naru-kun, we should let the council know I am back." she said and Naruto followed her; after all, he had a threat to fulfill. Ao and Chojuro had not kept her safe.
Same clearing Naruto first found Mei in
Naruto sighed as he picked up Mei's old Kunai. He had left her another one, just in case, but he didn't want this one lying around, especially where Akatsuki could analyze it. So, after dealing out punishment to Ao and Chojuro, both of whom were now in the hospital but able to function in a few days as Mei needed them, he said goodbye to Mei, which included another Hot kiss, and hiraishined out here before contemplating on whether he should hide when he went home or simply try to bear whatever horrible thing Kurenai, Yugao, and Katsumi might have for him. He decided to see Jiraiya and Tsunade first so as to see his mate/love's reactions to what they had been told. He focused on the seal his father had put in the Hokage's office and disappeared in an orange flash.
Hokage's Office
Jiraiya was sitting in the Hokage's office, Tsunade straddling him as they continued their stress relief session. Tsunade had quickly decided that making out and doing her new boyfriend was a great stress reliever for all of the paperwork she had to do. Even with the Kage bunshin, the amount was staggering. So she and Jiraiya had taken to having an hour or so for kissing or a quickie before she returned to work. Luckily, today was just kissing.
This was what Naruto flashed into. He immediately smirked as he witnessed the two lovebirds going at it. "Ahem." he said making both Ninja jump up and look at him confusedly. "Let me guess, there are privacy seals which prevent me from entering without your permission right?" Naruto asked, to which they both nodded. He sighed as he said, "Hiraishin passes seals if the marker is in the seal." Tsunade and Jiraiya's eyes widened before they both blushed. Naruto smirked again.
"So, I see you are definitely enjoying your youth, when can I expect nieces and nephews?" he asked heartily drawing a bigger blush from the both of them as they cast sidelong glances at each other like little schoolkids. Naruto chuckled as Tsunade cleared her throat.
"We hadn't discussed it but you might want to head home before your mates come kick your ass." Tsunade said while smirking.
Naruto flinched, "That bad huh?" he asked.
Jiraiya and Tsunade nodded, "Yeah but they won't be too hard, they are just worried." Tsunade supplied.
Naruto nodded, "Well continue on then!" he said cheekily while subtely motioning Jiraiya to come see him when they were done. He poofed out of the room. Jiraiya and Tsunade both sighed before Jiraiya sat back down and patted his lap.
"Hime, we still have another 5 minutes." he said with a twinkle of love in his eyes. Tsunade smiled brightly as she sat herself back down on his lap and engaged him in a tongue war.
Timeskip 10 minutes
Naruto sighed as he sat on his father's head. He smiled as he looked over at the chakra signature that had just appeared, "Hey Jiraiya. Have fun with Tsunade?" he asked.
Jiraiya sighed blissfully as he replied, "Yeah." Naruto chuckled, it amused him how two people almost 60 years of age could act like lovestruck teenagers when it came to the other one.
"How's Mei?" Jiraiya asked.
Naruto's face didn't waver as he said, "She's fine. I managed to get to her before anything bad could happen. I killed Kisame though."
Jiraiya's eyes bugged out, "Killed Kisame? Hoshigake Kisame?" he stated incredulously.
"He underestimated me so bad it only took one Rasengan." he said.
Jiraiya simply shook his head. "Leave it to you to kill an S-rank missing nin with one jutsu."
Naruto shook his head, "Naw, I used Hiraishin to get behind him."
"Ah, Well I wish you would tell me when you manage to learn the most destructive jutsu on the planet next time!" Jiraiya stated hotly.
Naruto shrugged, "I wish you would tell me when my fiancees are in danger right when you know about it but we don't always get what we wish do we?" he retorted.
Jiraiya's shoulders slumped as he took Naruto's reply. "I know but I didn't think you could do anything about it." he said.
"I know. I should have told you but it just slipped my mind since I hadn't planned on using it until I needed it." Naruto said as he sighed, "I was going to kill anyone who saw me using it to keep it as a trump card."
Jiraiya nodded, "A smart decision but it almost backfired in this case, from now on... no more secrets?" he asked.
Naruto nodded, "No more."
Jiraiya nodded and went to go leave.
"Arigatou, Kyofu." Naruto said then he was gone.
A silent tear of joy found its way down Jiraiya's face, "Otou-san? I think I like it." he thought to himself as he went to go rejoin Tsunade.
End A/N: There ya go. Let's see what happens next time with Katsumi eh?