PLEASE READ. I really hope you all read the note in the previous chapter but this story is now running along side my wife's story, the tale of the three maidens. Her characters are going to become canon in my story and vice versa. We are going to work hard on making both stories really fun to read and we are going to avoid making them both unique. Please take some time, if you haven't already, to read her story the tale of the three maidens. I included the url in the last note. Now as a personal note, I kinda plan on making this story a little less PG. You all have grown up with me as I wrote this and I feel like Naruto and Hinata have grown up as well. I wont make things obscene but there are going to be adult elements from this point on. I will try my best to keep this story in the same light as its always been, but I started this over 8 years ago. Please leave me as much feedback as you can so I know what you guys are looking for from this story. Please also leave some feedback on my wife's story as she puts so much time into this. It really makes our day to hear from you.

"So, Naruto… It's been 2 and a half years. You sure you're ready for this?

Jiraiya slowed his pace as he came up to the large green doors of Konoha. He gazed up at the familiar gates and down the inviting streets that were filled with early afternoon crowds and activities. He turned towards the budding young man beside him. There was a silent excitement Jiraiya could see in Naruto's face.

The boy has matured a good deal, Jiraiya thought to himself. His face had slimmed down a bit and had lost its childlike features. His jaw line had developed slightly and his hair was a few inches longer. He had grown a whole head taller while they were away and his shoulders had broadened to match. He didn't exactly have a body builder's physique, but he was fairly cut for his age. His new black clothes and headband heavily accentuated these features.

Naruto stared down the road into the village and felt a warmth spread across his chest. "It feels like it's been forever, but nothing has really changed."

Jiraiya smiled. "Things like villages are usually pretty set in their ways. I'm sure your friends are most likely the only things that have changed while we were gone." Jiraiya was quiet for a moment before speaking again. "So, who do you think you will see first?" he asked picturing the dark haired girl that had accompanied them for a short time.

Naruto broke out in his boyish grin. "Everyone."

Jiraiya started at him for a moment, not comprehending.

Naruto held his hands together for a sign and suddenly there was a large puff of smoke and he was surrounded by dozens of clones. The clones, as well as the original, took off towards the village with shouts of childlike excitement.

Jiraiya shook his head. Well… at least he had matured physically.

Konohamaru had been having a great day. He had woken up on time, had a huge breakfast, and had even run into his secret crush. She had hugged him and he could still feel the warmth from her chest on his cheek. He smiled smugly and burst forward with a boyish excitement. He suddenly found himself falling backwards as something swept his legs out from under him. He looked up angrily at his attacker expecting to see a frustrated Ebisu. He was, after all, several minutes late to their training session.

Instead of dark sunglasses, however, his eyes fell upon bright blue eyes and a wide smile.

"I'm sorry…?" Konohamaru stuttered almost in disbelief. He stared up at the tall buxom girl standing in front of him. Her blonde hair was curled around her neck and fell alluring between her breasts which were barely covered by a thin, orange swimsuit. Konohamaru felt his cheeks burn with a deep blush as his eyes fell upon her sizable chest. He shook his head and looked up at the girls face.

Konohamaru froze. It had been almost 3 years but Konohamaru could never forget that smile.

"Naruto?"

"Hey, Konohamaru!" Naruto shouted out louder than necessary before transforming back to his normal self. Moegi and Udon rushed out from beside the incapacitated Konohamaru to wrap their arms around Naruto.

Konohamaru felt tears of happiness build up in his eyes, but he blinked them away quickly. He accepted Naruto's outstretched hand and let himself be hoisted to his feet. Keep it together, he thought to himself, act like an adult.

Naruto laughed in a teasing manner. "What gave me away?"

Konohamaru smiled with mock bravado. "No real girl goes swimming with her makeup and hair done!" He exclaimed loudly while pointing his index finger straight at Naruto.

Naruto faked a gasp before laughing and placing his hand on Konohamaru's shoulder. "You three have really grown up, huh?"

We could say the same thing about you, Naruto. Konohamaru thought as he stared at his childhood hero. He was much taller now and his hair had grown out some. He looked….solid. He had no doubt that Naruto had learned all kinds of new techniques.

"We are about to meet Ebisu-sensei for some sparring practice. Do you want to join us?" Konohamaru asked hopefully. Moegi and Udon nodded frantically in agreement.

Naruto smiled softly and held out his fist to Konohamaru. "Sorry, bud. I'm just a clone. I'm only here to say hi."

Konohamaru felt his heart sink a little bit but he hide it with a smile. "I guess that means I'll just have to go find the real you when I finish!"

Naruto's clone smiled. "I'm ready anytime!"

Konohamaru bumped Naruto's fist with his own. The clone smiled and held up a hand sign. "Naruto? By the way… you're much prettier with pigtails."

Naruto's clone chuckled softly as he burst into a cloud of smoke.

Yep. Today is a good day. Konohamaru thought as he turned back towards his friends.

Meanwhile, Iruka had just finished setting up his classroom and was finishing packing for the day. He stared across the room at the empty desks and sighed. A wistful smile crossed his face as he reminisced about the years he had had Naruto as a student. Those had been his toughest years as a teacher, but he knew that they were also his happiest.

Iruka closed his eyes and pictured his old students. It had been a really long time since he had seen Naruto and he would sometimes find himself missing his boisterous voice on particularly quiet days like today. He could still remember how it sounded echoing through the halls. Iruka sighed once more, packed up the last of his things and opened the door out of the classroom.

"IRUKA-SENSEI!"

Iruka smiled softly to himself. He missed the little punk so much that he could hear Naruto's voice in his head just like it had in their tiny classroom.

There was a loud thump in the hall and he opened in his eyes to investigate. It was barely enough time to register a pack of black and orange jumpsuits bursting down upon him from down the hallway. He was quickly and suddenly knocked to the ground and buried beneath a group hug.

Iruka coughed and struggled to pull the bodies off of him. "Naruto! I can't breathe!" He said sternly more out of habit than necessity. The words were out of his mouth before he could consciously recognize what had happened.

"Naruto!" Iruka exclaimed as it occurred to him. He wrapped his arm around the closest clone and pulled it into an embrace. The others backed off and stood up, each with a wide grin plastered across its face. "W-What are you doing here?"

"We just got back from training with Jiraiya. Naruto wanted us to say hello to everyone!" One of the clones responded while the others nodded.

Iruka let go of the clone and stood up facing the group of Narutos. His physical appearance hadn't changed much but Iruka could tell he had changed a great deal. Naruto had always stood with his arms out or over his head, usually making himself as eye catching as possible. But now he was just standing there quietly watching Iruka. Every clone had a smile on its face but none of them were vying for attention.

Iruka smiled to himself. He's grown mature. The clones followed Iruka back into the classroom and began to recount some of the many tales Naruto had experienced in his travels with Jiraiya. Iruka had already worked a full day but listening to Naruto go on filled with him an energy he hadn't felt in years.

Meanwhile, Kakashi was sitting atop a tree branch reading out his favorite book with one eye. He turned towards the view of the village and shook his head. He had been aware of the wave of orange sweeping through the village for several minutes now. It was no doubt coming closer and closer to them.

He looked down from the tree at his sparring partner and sighed. "You are going to have to do more than break rocks to catch me. Power isn't everything, Sakura." He called out while turning a page in his book.

Sakura clenched her fists tightly and stepped out of the large crater she had just made. Her breathing was ragged and her outfit, covered in dust, suggested that this was not the first pile of rocks she had stepped out of. She dashed towards Kakashi and with one strike blew the tree he was sitting on to smithereens.

Kakashi fell gracefully from the tree and landed behind her. The sound of a bell jingling turned Sakura's head towards him. Kakashi stared at her for a moment before snapping his book closed and putting it into his pouch. "He is getting closer."

Sakura frowned showing her frustration at his cryptic way of talking. "What's…getting…closer?" She gasped out between shallow breaths.

Kakashi shook his head and pointed behind her. "Not what. Who."

She turned quickly, suddenly aware of the presence behind her. Her eyes widened in shock as they fell upon a familiar face.

"Naruto?" She called out slowly, half expecting him to be a genjutsu cast by Kakashi.

The single Naruto stepped forward slightly paying extra attention to the various holes in the ground. "Isn't this kinda overboard for training?" He said eyeing a particularly large crater in the middle of the field.

Sakura ran up to him and embraced him without answering his question. Her face, normally on the same level as his, barely made it to his chest. She could feel his defined muscles press against her cheek.

"Did you do all this, Sakura?" Naruto asked incredulously.

"She sure did. She has really been taking after our Hokage." Kakashi muttered with some indignation. He approached the two and gave Naruto a pat on the shoulder. Sakura stepped back and stuck out her tongue slightly.

She looked up at Naruto for a moment before realizing once again that she was looking UP at Naruto. She smiled widely. It was a good look for him. "You've really grown, Naruto." Sakura said as she sized up his broad shoulders and muscular physique.

Naruto returned her smile. "So have you, Sakura. I can't believe how big those things are." He said with a chuckle. He looked around at the massive craters around him before looking back at Sakura. His face froze as his eyes fell upon her ripped clothes and exposed skin.

Sakura blushed slightly at the compliment and looked back up to meet Naruto's gaze. She noticed his eyes flicker down towards her and then back around quickly. She followed his gaze down towards her chest and suddenly realized pieces of her shirt had torn and were revealing parts of her black training bra and white flesh. Her face flushed an even deeper red and she pulled her fist back and slammed it forward into Naruto's face.

Naruto's face contorted around her fist and then he flew backwards into the distance before poofing into a cloud of smoke.

Kakashi buried his face into his hand and sighed. The small tugs of pride he felt looking at his two students floated away and he found himself wondering when they would actually grow up.

Naruto smiled to himself as he walked up towards the Hyuuga mansion, his old home. The experiences of the clones came rushing into his head one by one and his heart flooded with happiness at seeing all of his old friends. But there was one person alone whom Naruto wanted to see with his own two eyes.

He stepped into the household and grinned. Hinata hadn't changed a single thing in his absence. The place was spotless. He inhaled softly and frowned. There was an unfamiliar smell about the place. He heard a voice call out from the kitchen and he felt his heartrate increase. He hadn't seen Hinata in over a year now. He couldn't hold back his excitement.

Naruto sauntered into the kitchen and looked around. There was a kettle boiling on the stove and the fridge was wide open. There were a pair of long, firm legs bent out from the open fridge door. Naruto felt his blood warm as he stepped towards the fridge. Hinata was bent over reaching inside the fridge so the only part of her exposed was her legs and butt.

Naruto stared at her butt as he walked closer. She was wearing a new set of blue striped bikini briefs. He hadn't seen them before, but the way it made her butt stick out made Naruto's heart race. He wanted to touch it, smack it even.

"Hinata, you look even better than I remember." He said as he approached the fridge. Her butt did seem to have gotten larger if not a little more toned. He was inches away from it as the fridge door closed and Hinata emerged.

Only it wasn't Hinata.

A tall girl with long blonde hair thrown together in a sloppy braid stood in front of him with a half-eaten sandwich in hand. She had a supple frame with a well-defined torso. She wasn't as curvy as Hinata, but she could put a blush on most men. She also wasn't wearing pants.

"So, you're Naruto?" She said as she inspected her sandwich. It had clearly not kept well and even Naruto would have thought twice before eating it. Naruto thought back to Hinata's countless letters. This must be the new friend she had made after returning to the leaf. What was her name again? Bel? Becca? Naruto shook his head. No, it was something simpler. Something so simple it was almost annoying.

"You're the roommate? Beki?" Naruto said. Beki with an "I" he thought recalling Hinata's description.

"Yeah." Beki said curtly. She stared at Naruto for a moment as he uncomfortably refrained from staring at her undergarments. She turned to the freezer and opened it. Naruto raised an eyebrow as she reached inside and withdrew a pair of loose gym shorts. She snapped them once to shake off the frost and then lowered them down to her feet. Naruto looked away as she spread her legs to step into the cold shorts. She pulled them up quickly and let the elastic waistband pop back to her waist.

"Why did you have pants in the freezer?" Naruto asked resisting his better judgement to stay quiet.

"For situations like this." Beki replied as if it were obvious. She slid her fingers along the waist band and let out a breath of air as her regions adjusted to the cold fabric.

Naruto thought about it for a moment. It actually sounded nice to be able to walk around the house in his underwear. This Beki girl had even thought ahead enough to store an emergency pair of pants in case of surprise visitors.

He nodded after a moment. "Oh, I get it. That's actually pretty smart."

The girl smirked and silently pumped her fist before turning her attention back to him. "Hinata is out running errands." She reached over to the cupboard and pulled out two cups. She slowed down slightly as she felt Naruto's gaze on her. "Sorry, this is weird for me. I don't know if I should be offering you stuff. It's your house, after all."

Naruto laughed. Her discomfort made his own seem smaller. She was a funny girl. "We'll figure it out." He said accepting the tea cup from Beki's outstretched hand.

Beki swirled her cup letting the tea steep. "You were away training, right? So what did you learn out there in the world?"

Naruto thought about the question for a moment. He realized that he really didn't know how to answer it properly. "A lot, actually." He rubbed his head sheepishly. He didn't even know where to begin. "I made a lot of progress with a couple of my techniques: the multiple shadow clone technique, the rasengan…"

His voice trailed off as he tried to find the words. He really wasn't sure how much information he should be sharing with her. He had just met her and Hinata had mentioned she was a ninja from a foreign land.

"Konohamaru said you taught him some stuff." Beki said taking a small sip of tea.

Naruto was surprised to hear that she knew Konohamaru, but he reminded himself that she had been here for close to 2 years. It was perfectly normal that she had made relationships with his friends. He quickly threw a smile onto his face and pretended to remember his old prank jutsu.

He made the hands signs for sexy jutsu. He figured this would be a good move to get a read on Beki. This jutsu always revealed something about a person when they saw it for the first time. It had always worked for him as a young child who couldn't make friends.

A cloud of smoke appeared and Naruto transformed into his busty rendition of a beautiful blonde girl. He pivoted in place and gave Beki an alluring grin. He was used to this. This was the part where most people would blush or hit him. Beki, however, just stood there sipping her tea.

"Konohamaru's been working on that one too," Beki said. "I think he's made some pretty good progress with it."

Naruto sunk a little. He was disappointed that Beki didn't reveal anything, but at least he knew that Konohamaru had been diligent in his training. He was about to ask about that progress when the door suddenly opened. Naruto and Beki both turned towards the door simultaneously realizing the spectacle they were both in. Two blonde beauties, one drinking tea while the other poses nude.

Hinata stepped through the front door and into the kitchen. Her hair was much longer almost reaching her back. Her body had also changed. Her breasts rivaled Tsunade's and her waistline mimicked an hourglass. Her limps were slender and flowing and they complimented her widened hips. She was carrying a small bag and had an exhausted expression plastered across her face. Her eyes fell upon the two of them and her face froze in surprise. Her cheeks turned a deep shade of red as she recognized girl Naruto.

"H-Hey Hinata!" Naruto winced. This definitely wasn't the way he wanted to say hello after all this time. "There you are!" He tried to recover the situation, but Hinata's eyes started filling with tears and he knew he had messed up.

He was in the process of raising his hands to undo the jutus when Hinata dropped the bag and dove towards him at full speed. Her body crushed into his and he fell to the floor. He quickly managed to undo the transformation before Hinata's lips met his own. She was sobbing quite hard and her embrace was knocking the air out of him.

He felt his muscles relax as Hinata kissed him. She wasn't mad or embarrassed. She was just happy to see him. Naruto felt himself give into the kiss and it wasn't long before he was returning it full heartedly. The kiss quickly escalated and Hinata felt Naruto's hands slide down her backside. She pulled back from the kiss suddenly aware that her friend had been standing beside them. She turned her head around looking for Beki, but she was nowhere to be seen.

Hinata smiled and made a mental note to thank her later and turned back towards Naruto. He had a huge grin plastered all across his face and Hinata could feel her own face pull into a matching grin. She nuzzled her face into his chest and marveled silently at how muscular he had gotten.

Naruto wrapped his arms around her and she traced his torso with her fingertips. His body had changed in many small ways in his absence. She stuck her hand under his shirt to feel the hardness of his abdomen. She felt heat return to her face and also grow between her legs. A desire built up inside of her that she had not felt before. She wanted to feel him, to bite him, to pull at him until she could take no more. Her breathing deepened and she looked up at Naruto before kissing him again, harder this time.

Naruto reciprocated the kiss with ever increasing gusto. His hands found her breasts and he marveled at their new size and firmness. They almost seemed to defy gravity and any pressure he applied with his hands. Hinata hand slide down Naruto's waist slowly heading towards his bulge. She stopped herself suddenly and pulled back.

"W-We can't!" She exclaimed loudly

Naruto felt his blood pumping throughout his body. "What do you mean?"

Hinata was silent for a moment as they both struggled to catch their breath.

Hinata looked up at him with a faint smile. "It's Hyuuga Family Game Night…"

I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter! As I mentioned in the note before this, this story is now a 2 part universe between me and my wife. Her story, tale of the three maidens, is now running alongside this one. I strongly encourage you all to read it and get familiar with Beki and that story. There are all sorts of fun ideas that we are going to implement in our crossovers so please take the time to read both and please leave us feedback. We literally work on these stories for hours and talk about them every night. We take pride in creating our own universe within this story so any sort of feedback you can offer me and her would greatly help. I know it's a lot to ask but both of our stories are still growing so please take the time to review and recommend both of our stories. We love hearing from you. It's pretty much the only positive that comes out of all this work. So thank you all very much for your time.