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Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters here that belong to Naruto that I put into this story except for my own OCs. Neither do I own any of the character in any of the crossovers I do. I'm just using them in this fanfiction and I have no money so don't bother suing me. You'll just lose money instead of gaining any. And remember to leave a review!
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The Engagement Party part three –
Tsunade and her party approached an ornate palace door that was twelve feet tall and plated in gold. 'And this is the back door,' Tsunade mused as instead of going through the front door they were told to go through the back. All of them are dress in their best clothes for the party, Hinata and Ayame are dress in the finest kimonos that could be found in the Land of Fire. The doors opened before them as if by a spell. The Leaf ninjas took a step backwards. Then she saw the servants opening the door from the inside.
"You're late," the two palace servants said as they let them inside.
Tsunade nodded as she knows what everyone thinks of people from the Leaf. The interior is lavishly decorated, the parquet floors intricately detailed, the walls covered with tapestries and glided moldings in the shape of crowns. And in front of them is an old man with short gray hair wearing a grey suit.
"Tsunade it's been years," the man greeted her.
"Do I know you?" Tsunade ask as she has a feeling she knows him but can't place the name.
"I guess I have change a lot since our last meeting while you look just like you did all those years ago thanks to the Transformation Technique you have," the man smiles. "Do you still having gambling problems sucker?"
"Sucker?" Tsunade repeated. While many people call her a loser because she rarely wins in games of chances, no one calls her a sucker. Not since… her eyes widen as she remembers the guy who always calls her a sucker whenever they meet. "Hunrok is that you?"
"It's been years haven't it?" Hunrok said to his old patsy.
"What are you doing here? When I drop by your old haunting ground in Land of Stone with the inn you always hang out in was destroyed after from what I heard you had gotten into a fight. No one knew where you ran off to after that," Tsunade ask her old friend.
"Oh I went and got tangle up with princess Carline and her escort. After getting my butt kick went and followed back to Metal after I had grab her family crest and knew I had to give it back to her. And somehow I ended up getting engage to her after I broke into the palace and fought my way through the palace guards," Hunrok smirks.
Tsunade eyes widen as she took everything in, "You're Naruto's grandfather?"
"Surprise?" he asked his old patsy. "After all when you knew me I was known in getting into all kinds of trouble and playing pranks on people whenever I get the chance to."
"You're the one Naruto got that from?" Sakura ask.
"Yes I did Sakura," Hunrok answers.
"That's now surprising since she told me about you," Shizune spoke up.
"How did you know her name?" Ino ask realizing he knew Sakura's name.
"I'm not the head of the Turks just because I'm married to Carline you know," he replies. "Tsunade can tell you how crafty I am."
"My King I have been looking everywhere for you," a woman called out from the other end of the hallway. As she walks down to them the Leaf ninjas could make out her features. She has vivid green eyes with a gentle feeling coming from them, long brown hair which she ties in a braid with pink ribbons, and wearing a pink dress with brown hiking boots.
"Sorry for the trouble Aerith," Hunrok said to her.
"I…," she stops when she sees who he's talking to, in an instant her eyes became harden as she stares at the Leaf headbands.
"Yes they're from the Leaf village. Can you take the two girls Hinata and Ayame to the briefing room," Hunrok ask her.
"Yes my King," Aerith said as she waves the two girls over to her.
"Briefing room?" Hinata ask.
"Yes all girls from other nations are going to have to be brief in the customs of Ironmount and of the other girls before they can attend the party," Hunrok answers.
"Where do we go?" Kiba ask.
"Just go down the hall and go through the big doors to the right," Aerith spoke up.
"Care to join me upstairs?" Hunrok ask his old friend.
"Why?" Tsunade ask knowing that he's up to something.
"You're up to something," Shizune said.
"I always am," Hunrok said with a smirk.
"I'll be fine you guys enjoy yourselves," Tsunade said waving off Shizune.
"Okay if you're sure about this," Shizune said as she and the other Leaf ninjas left for the main hall where all of the other party guest are already waiting for the arrival person the party is being thrown for. Hinata and Ayame left with Aerith leading them off to one of the palace where all the other foreign girls are being brief on the basic customs of Metal and other nations that are attending the party.
Once they were alone the two old friends turn to face each other. "So what you want to talk about?" Tsunade ask the King of Metal.
"Just follow me," Hunrok said as he opens a side door and walks up a staircase inside the room.
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In Naruto's room –
Naruto prince of Metal stood up as his personal maids help him into his clothes for the party being held for his honor. They have been fussing all over him since this morning as the palace staff have been busy preparing the ball room for the party guest that are here to see him. Currently he's being helped into a jacket by Nako, Erica is buttoning up his undershirt, Kitaoji and Gemini are pulling up the custom made gloves to fit over his now clawed hands. Glycine is reading off the list of things he should remember for the party so he wouldn't make the same mistakes as his grandfather did when he had married his grandmother. Lobelia, and Coquelicot stood at the side waiting for the others to finish up dressing Naruto.
"Naruto remember that the party from the Conqute Kingdom always greets others by kissing cheeks," Glycine said as she's been reading off all of those notes on the customs of the party guest that are waiting for him.
"Have all the guest arrived?" Naruto ask as the rest of the maids finish dressing him.
"Yes everyone is here," Juni said as she and the other Killer Bees waited around in the room.
"The Leaf were the last to show up and you're grandfather knows the leader of the group, Tsunade," Juli adds. "It seems she lost a lot of money whenever she stopped by his old haunting grounds before he met the Queen."
"I always did wondered where I got my crafty mind from," Naruto said as he had gotten to know his grandparents and learn where he had gotten his tricky mind from.
"What's the plan in dealing with the people from the Leaf?" Noembelu ask as she sat back in a chair.
"All you have to do is give us the order," Février said as she pats her crossbow.
"Just leave everything to me," Naruto said in a flat voice. "Lobelia, Glycine you two will be at my sides, Aprile, Decapre you two will be my bodyguards for the party. The rest of you enjoy the party and keep an eye out for any trouble."
"I have to work with her?" Lobelia asked as she stares at Glycine who stares back at her.
"Yes I need Glycine who knows all the customs of the party guest by my side incase I need a reminder. Lobelia you have a danger sense since you use to be a thief and can feel if something bad is going to happen I'll be needing you to keep a look out," Naruto answers him.
"Why only two of us to protect you?" Santamu ask as she sat on top of a bookcase with her pet monkey sitting on her right shoulder.
"I don't want any of the party guest to know how many bodyguards I have and I don't want people to think that I need protecting all the time. It will make me look weak," Naruto said.
"We'll be off then," Cammy said as she waves everyone not escorting the prince left to mingle with the party guest in the ball room.
"You're sure you'll be able to handle yourself once you meet them?" Aprile ask not needing to explain who 'them' she's talking about.
"As I said before, I will handle them myself," Naruto said coldly.
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In the upper floor over looking the ball room –
"Nice view from up here," Tsunade said as she leans on the railing looking down at the crowd below her.
"Yes isn't it," Hunrok said as he steps besides her.
"Why did you bring me up here for?" Tsunade ask him.
"I want to point out some of the girls that are going to be engage to my grandson so you'll have an idea of the playing field that you're two girls your village pick is up against," Hunrok explains.
"Why are you being so helpful?" Tsunade ask.
"I'm just pointing out how far the two girls have to go to heal what the Leaf has done to Naruto that's all. And what other girls he has to pick from," Hunrok said. "Like over there for example." He points out to her.
By one of the tables is a young girl of around Naruto's age. She has short auburn hair with long bangs and emerald green eyes. She reaches about 5'1" dress in a red dress with white wings, long socks, red shoes, and matching hat. "That girl over there is, Sakura Romanji the great-granddaughter of Zenobia Romanji of the Romanji clan," Hunrok said. "Zenobia is a hold out from the time that Carline's mother had ruled. And the older girl next to her is her older sister."
"Well runt I hope you'll be able to handle being engage to a boy!" the older sister said to her younger sister.
Sakura pouts as her big sister then sets a cup on her head. Sakura throws a fit with her arms raised and hands in fists rotating rapidly; a vein is seen growing in the back of her head.
"Arrr! Ranken-neesan! You're so mean!" she shouted.
Her meanie of a sister has her long red hair in a ponytail and green eyes standing at 5'4'. She is wearing a light blue sports jacket over a white dress shirt with a black tie along with a white knee high skirt, medium length socks and black flats. She does not need makeup, as she is beautiful enough without it.
"Well I can see they have a standard sister relationship going between them," Tsunade said smiling at the scene them two are making.
"Yes," Hunrok said as he points her eyes elsewhere.
Looking where he's pointing too she saw an odd sight as a redhead girl in a purple dress holding a strange looking staff standing next to a food table. What's strange about her is that she's wearing the skin of a big fish like a cape. The fish's head has it's jaws open acting like a helmet.
"Her name is Padudu Eakin. She is a slightly dimwitted young girl from the Kingdom of Sea Heaven. Her companion Uokichi is a fish she wears as a cloak and uses as a food supply," Hunrok explains. "She doesn't look like it but she's the most powerful fighter of her age group."
He then points to a small girl in a blue outfit standing next to another girl dress in tan robes. "Her name is Corselia the granddaughter of the Komor Emperor Julius and next in line for the throne after her father, Prince Martin. Her family sees this engagement as a way to make their Empire more powerful by combining the two lands together."
"The girls next to her is a mysterious young girl, name Eresh. She is downright odd, from her method of speaking in third person, down to her dress. Eresh dresses in clothes of the high-ranking clergy from Nagarea, however, only people who are at least double Eresh's young age can have such a position."
A tall thin man wearing very decorative, ornate, black-and-red clothing suddenly steps next to the two girls telling about something. His most identifiable clothing would be his wide-rimmed hat decorated with a large piece of fluff, a long, black cloak, and his cross necklace and sword. Hunrok suddenly spoke up explaining who the man is to Tsunade. "That man over there is Dracule 'Hawkeye' Mihawk hailing from the Great Red Sea. Mihawk travels across the great sea in a coffin-shaped raft with two green-flamed candles, a single black sail, and a single seat. The fact that he can traverse across the unforgiving oceans, as well as the Great Red Sea itself, in such a meager craft is yet another testament to his abilities. Mihawk is the strongest swordsman in the world; a monster superior to monsters, as one who has met him calls him."
"I heard of him, in fact no one in any groups that does what we ninjas do haven't heard of him. It's said that no one has ever challenge him in a sword fight and has live to tell the tale only does who watch the fight spread the tale of his sword skills. But I have never seen him in person before," Tsunade said as tales of his skills spread even in the Eastern lands.
"He has never set foot on the Eastern Lands since he knows that there are none there that can challenge him in battle," Hunrok said.
"What is he doing here then?" she asked him.
"He's the only bodyguard of Cirselia and Eresh. As there's no need to hire more, as once he takes a job he sees it through to the end," he said as he points over to three young girls each dress in colored outfits of pink to the girl with her long red hair tied with a red bow into a ponytail with pink eyes, green for the short dark hair girl that's slightly spiked up and is dress more like a boy then a girl, with green eyes and blue for the blue eyed blonde with her hair done in pigtails and curled into ringlets. "Over there are three of the council members daughters who are having a go at winning Naruto over. All three of them are friends and decided to make a team effort in winning Naruto."
"I heard that women around here share husbands," Tsunade said as Hunrok nodded in response.
"Momoko Akatsutsumi she assumes the leader role of the trio, or to be accurate, she's the self-proclaimed leader. However, she is not the intelligent bossy leader type. She is a bit boy-crazy now and is also an otaku, since she is intimately familiar with the 'magical heroine' genre, along with some typical anime concepts (like the leader wearing red and the aura color, as she often remarks) and is regarded as a magical girl maniac in school. Momoko also has a strong penchant for candy and other sweets. Momoko is a supportive friend and is always looking to encourage her friends in various of circumstances they find themselves in. She is skilled in using a yo-yo as a weapon, while it may look like a kids toy she can use it in very effected ways in battle."
"Miyako Goutokuji like Momoko uses a child's toy as a weapon combining it with her bloodline ability. She uses a bubble wand as a weapon, waving it or blowing into the wand to unleash a wave of bubbles. When Miyako initially receives her wand, she misinterprets its purpose, using it as a javelin of sorts. She is admonished by Momoko for doing this. She is the ditziest member of the three, often appearing a bit clueless, and doesn't seem to understand her powers completely, among a few other things. She is, however, a little more mature than some of the girls in the team and will try to calm any situation, although she too can be angered. She is more concerned with shopping, her appearance and her outfits (she adores her ninja outfit), and perhaps because of this, she seems to be very popular among her male classmates. While she seems oblivious to the many boys that have crushes on her. She is compassion, gentleness and innocence, as well as having a love for animals."
"The last of the group is Kaoru Matsubara who uses a Daruma Otoshi hammer, and is the 'tough girl' tomboy of the group. She dresses and acts like a boy, and is also averse to wearing skirts and dresses. Her given name is a unisex name which matches her tomboy character nicely. She seems to have a considerable group of fangirls in school, much to her dismay. She is known in school for being the most athletic girl as she plays tennis, practices martial arts, and numerous other activities, as well as watching the sports channel on television. She is especially good at soccer due to her strengthened determination after receiving new soccer cleats when she was younger. However, she hates girls who she considers very 'girly'; this includes Momoko and Miyako. This plus, the fact that she hates skirts, makes Kaoru the most reluctant of the girls, as she doesn't like to do girl stuff with Momoko and Miyako. She has become quite attached to Momoko and Miyako and cares about them, but she tries to act calm and indifferent. Kaoru is the most easily enraged of the girls, especially when it concerns her taste in clothes. Kaoru can make her hammer extend at will. Her weapon is considered the heaviest of the three and she is the only one of the group who can wield it with ease. In fact, even together, both of the other two have a hard time lifting it at all."
"Who's that girl?" Tsunade ask as she points to a girl in a purple dress walking over to the three girls holding a white cat. She has purple eyes, brown hair that's done in an afro style pigtails and is wearing a small tiara.
"She is Himeko Shirogane of the Shirogane clan which is the riches family of the Western lands as they have dealings with every trading routes and companies. She is an incredibly snobby rich young girl who is the sole heir to the Shirogane fortune. Her parents hope that Naruto will pick her as they see this as a way to insure that the Shirogane name will continue to live on. Himeko is constantly looking for attention from her classmates, but the current popularity of Momoko and her friends infuriates her as well as anyone who gets more attention than she does. Her well-groomed cat is name Sapphire."
"Anymore I should know?" Tsunade ask as she sees Himeko and Momoko's group auguring with each other as she turns her sights onto a group of five girls.
"Well over there is Will Vandom the one with the red hair, brown eyes, she is 13 years old. She was from the Northern settlements of Metal before she moved here with her mother. Her mother managed to get her in the engagement when she made a deal with Will's friends parents in a joint engagement as a group. Will has issues with trusting people because she is scared of being let down. She is a bit of a tomboy, but is also sensitive towards other people. Will didn't trust the other girls at first, because her former friends talked about her behind her back, but she soon began to trust them through friendship. Her favorite animal is the frog, and she used to have a dormouse before it died. In school she excels at biology and swimming, and loves caring for animals. Her powers include a high level of using lightning jutsus, animals are empathetic to her feelings and she can understand them, she also can sense strange phenomena."
"Irma Lair the one with the light brown hair, and blue eyes, age 13. Funny, unpredictable, and always late, Irma is a bit sassy and has a distinct personality. She is always late for events and can be found using her bloodline powers for personal gain rather than the good. She owns a pet turtle, Leafy, who is the only one in the world to know her deepest secrets as she talks to him at night. She loves shopping, rock music, making up nicknames for her friends, and indulging in long baths and showers. Her powers include intuition and manipulating water to do her bidding. She has also been known to exhibit light mind control. She lives with her father, who is a city guard, and her step-mother, Anna, who she often finds herself at arms with. Anna isn't from Metal but move here from one of the other countries. She also has a younger half-brother, Chris, who annoys her to no end. Irma is crazy about boys, and her crush is varied every week."
"Taranee Cook the dark skin girl wearing glasses. Taranee is 13 and her father is from Nanman if you're wondering about her skin tone. She may be shy and laid-back, but Taranee can be very determined when she sets her mind to a goal. Out of all her friends, she is usually the one that has to remind every one about an important task at hand. Her hobbies include basketball, photography, listening to classical music, and even math at school. Her bloodline powers include controlling fire at her will and being able to communicate with people telepathically. She is very close to her family, which consists of her mother, father, and older sister Peran who is very nice to her. Though she is shy and somewhat sensitive, Taranee gets extremely annoyed when someone hurts her feelings and she becomes dangerous after it happens."
"Cornelia Hale 13 years old the one with long blonde hair and blue eyes, she might seem to be a usual popular girl, however, her character develops much over the years. Cornelia comes off as tough and overconfident, but buried deep within her is a romantic girl begging to be released. She is a competitive ice-skater and has won numerous medals for her achievements on the ice. Her best friend is a girl name Elyon Brown and she owns a cat named Napoleon which she received from Will. She can manipulate and speak with the Earth, make plants and flowers grow big and tall, can move objects with her mind, and can sometimes get visions from the earth. She understands plants the way Will understands animals. Cornelia can also be extremely cold. She made Will cry a few times, questioned her position as leader of the group, and she often argues with Irma and Will. She has a younger sister, Lilian, who is a big pain in her neck. She was the one who got the idea for all of them to join for a group engagement when they were picked to be engage to Naruto from their school. All of the schools in the city had a raffle when it came to picking normal city girls from here to be engage to my grandson, and by luck all of them won it."
"The last of the girls is Hay Lin she's 13, like the rest of her friends. Hay Lin is cheerful, creative, and always full of energy. Her family owns a restaurant called the Silver Dragon where she often works to help out. Her favorite thing to do is draw and her favorite subject is art. Hay Lin loves to collect comics and other collectibles. She can always be seen writing on her hand so she won't forget important things like names, dates, and numbers. Her powers include the control over air, the ability to fly and being able to recall the past by the use of sound. She can also touch an object and get a complete history of where it's been and the atmosphere it came from. Her grandmother, Yan Lin, was use to be Carlines personal maid and time to time they get together and talk about the past."
"This girl Hay Lin can see the past of objects?" Tsunade ask.
"Yes it's her bloodline ability that pops up time to time in her family at random and the only one in her family that can do it is Yan Lin," Hunrok said.
Tsunade notice a young dark hair girl dress in Land of Stone style of dress. What strikes her the most was that the girl has eyes that are just like Hinata's and the rest of her family. "Who is that girl?" Tsunade ask.
"I wouldn't be surprise that you haven't heard of her, Toph family has always kept her indoor because she's blind. She is a 12-year-old, blind earth jutsu user who always wants to leave her wealthy lifestyle and home. Her parents are incredibly overprotective, leading her to rebel and fight in underground tournaments in the Land of Stone. Her popularity as 'The Blind Bandit' attracted much attention in the fighting circles. Though blind, Toph possesses a unique ability to sense vibrations in the ground, essentially allowing her to 'see' her surroundings. That's the reason why she was chosen out of the girls in Stone to be engage as her parents think this will settle her down a bit and that she's very powerful in earth jutsus. Toph has largely lived alone all her life, which makes her somewhat selfish, sarcastic, and at times, arrogant. She is also a loner who isn't afraid to speak her mind and be bluntly truthful. She does not take pleasure in being mean, but rather, she has been sheltered from the world her entire life, never having a friend. Thus, her social skills are lacking as Naruto's social skills as he never had friends while growing up. Unable to communicate well with others, she initially appeared mean and selfish to people who meet her for the first time. Toph's attitude towards her blindness shifts between humorous and indirectly bitter. Although she is not angry or sad because of her lack of sight, she is very proud of herself. Many times, she questions the kind actions of others towards her as being due to the perception that it makes her weak (as is the attitude adopted by her family). On the other hand, she frequently jokes about her blindness when someone forgets about it in heated situations."
"You sure know whose who around here," Tsunade said.
"I'm the head of the Turks and the fact that one of these girls or more is going to be my daughter in-laws," he answers her. He spots a group from Nanman as he could easily spot them by the choice of clothes they wear. As they're group are the only ones that are wearing animal skins from the jungle animals in the ball room. He spots Amphora the second wife of Meng Huo and her daughter along with four of her bodyguards with her. "There's the party from Nanman over at the drinks table. The woman standing next to the young girl with the high ponytail is Amphora the second Queen of Nanman."
"I see that the rumors I heard about the warriors of Nanman are true then," Tsunade said as she heard lots of stories about them. "They do ride upon beast the size of a building."
"You saw those mumakil they use to travel here," Hunrok said.
"How could I miss them?" she asked.
"That's true," he said. "Queen Amphora is entering her daughter Ty Lee into the engagement. The girl dressed in the mid-drift outfit next to the other girl in the red robes."
"I see she's fast on her feet," Tsunade said as she saw the signs of a ninja from the young girl.
"She is a cheerful and somewhat ditzy young acrobat fighter who is very much at home in the tree tops of Nanman, who grew up at the royal court and attended the Nanman Academy for Girls with her friend Mai who is also in the engagement. Ty Lee is a formidable hand-to-hand combatant, skilled in kyusho jitsu, or the art of attacking pressure points on the human body. In conjunction with this she has the ability to sense people's chakra (or read their auras) and by striking a jutsu user's pressure points she is able to 'chakra-block,' and thus temporarily remove their ability to use chakra."
"The other girl in the robes and her hair done up in a bun is Mai. She is a cold, calm, and reserved young woman, and an old schoolmate and longtime friend of Ty Lee. She is an extremely skilled warrior, her primary weapon being small, fletched stilettos that are spring-loaded in holsters on her wrists and ankles. She also employs a variety of other throwing weapons with deadly accuracy and has proven herself quite capable of besting a powerful ninja despite not being a ninja herself."
"They sound powerful," Tsunade said.
"Of course they are," Hunrok said. "Unlike the ninjas and fighters in the East there was never an agreement with the countries of the West to let their ninja villages to decide which is the strongest."
Tsunade was about to say something when the doors of the ballroom open and a blonde haired girl step followed by a large man with the same colored hair, dress in leather, along with a sandy haired woman in a dress. The man made her stare as she never seen anyone like him before as her medical mind listed everything that's seems out of place on his features. A pronounced suprarobital ridge on his head. Very muscular, very board shouldered, short limbs. She had noted earlier that his face was strange. The browridge, arching above each eye, was obvious. His hair was parted precisely in the middle, not some affectation. And the nose; the nose was huge, but it wasn't the least bit aquiline. In fact, it wasn't quite like any other nose Tsunade had ever seen before, it completely lacked a bridge. And he's quite hairy.
"This is the first time you seen a Neanderthal?" Hunrok ask.
"A Neanderthal?" she asked as he watches the two make their way to a table.
"They're a cousin to our branch of the great ape family. They're from way up North where they have adapted to life in the cold environment," Hunrok explains. "That man there is Akkodo who had traveled here as a trader but grew to like living here and stayed, even started a family. His daughter Hinako takes after her mother in looks but has all of her father's strengths."
"What powers does Akkodo have?" she asked him.
"A Neanderthal may look like us but they're much stronger then any normal person. You have super strength thanks to your training but any Neanderthal male or female has the strength to kill anyone with their bare hands without using chakra to increase their strength first. A punch to the face will crush a skull. A punch or a kick to the chest will be able to crush someone's chest inwards. It's lucky that they're peaceful and only fight to defend themselves. They are also very smart as they're very advance in terms of technology most of the new inventions that come out from the trade routes coming from the North are from them. As they also have the ability to see through any kind of illusion jutsu and their sense of smell makes it easy for them to identify anyone they have smelled before. They can also survive cold weather that would kill a person in minutes," Hunrok listed off the details to her.
"What is his daughter like?" Tsunade ask as she looks at the daughter of the Neanderthal.
"Hinako is a fairly normal girl who preferred to spend her free time practicing sport at school. Among the most popular female sports around here are: volleyball, gymnastics, and softball. Hinako, a passionate young woman with lots of incredible dreams, is a different case. Because she has her father's strength that is ten times that of a normal person, she has decided to practice a traditional sport, only practiced by large, heavy men: Sumo. After Hinako first joined a prestigious ladies-only school, the expected pressure for such institutions instantly fell upon her. Not only was she demanded good grades and exceptional behavior, she also had to be the first in her class in any sport. She was offered many different sports, but none of them raised Hinako's attention as she found all of them too easy for her. That is, until she visited a Sumo arena which started up around here when a couple of Sumo's move here after they married some of the women around here. Once she saw a Sumo match, Hinako's world turned around completely. Sumo was an art in itself, much more than any other martial art. She realized that Sumo should not only be practiced by enormous men, but also normal women could be able to exceed themselves in the practice of this art. Hinako decided she would restore the grace and beauty that Sumo is supposed to represent."
"Back in her school, Hinako wanted to form a Sumo club, but everybody just laughed at her, and deemed her as a crazy brat. Sumo was just out of the question for the refined and delicate ladies of her school. Hinako didn't bother to hear any reasons, as her mind was already decided. Everyday she practiced the arts of Sumo, and instead of gaining weight and increasing her rather small girth, she decided to train her arms and legs to be able to support the weight of any huge Sumo wrestler. After all, it wasn't the size that counted, but the refinement of the technique that mattered. Combine with her natural strength she has proven herself strong enough to lift an adult Sumo over her head." (1)
"Sir he's coming," a female attendant said appearing next to them.
"Good," Hunrok said. "The party can finally begin."
"Your grandson is coming?" Tsunade ask.
"Yes and after that the rest of the girls that are engage to him will be allowed to enter the ballroom," Hunrok said.
"They have been kept waiting?" she ask.
"Yes since they are all going to present themselves to him when they enter. To let him get a look over at his potential brides," Hunrok said. "The presentation will take awhile to finish as there are hundreds of girls here for the engagement, by my count there are two-hundred and forty-eight girls that are officially engage to Naruto. And there should be some add ons in the following months as he meets new girls."
The doors of the ballroom open wide and stepping into the room is Naruto and an escort of four young girls. Tsunade looked down getting a good look Naruto and was shock as he looks like her long dead brother. He's dress uniform jacket, a deep red, complete with white cravat and gold braid. His looks have become more define from the photos that were taken of him before he was taken. But the biggest change of all is that his ears have been replaced by a pair of fox ears on his head and from the gloves he's wearing he now has claws. She and the other Leaf ninjas had already been inform about the transform Naruto but she didn't expect this kind of change.
Two of the girls with him are wearing a long sleeve button shirt the blond is colored orange and the one with white hair is purple, along with matching pair of white leather gloves, black pants, black shoes and a black bow tie. The other two girl's bodies are covered in a sleek, navy blue bodysuit that left only their backs bare, where it revealed tight, creamy skin underneath. Both of them wore red berets, red ties that nestle between their developing breasts, combat boots that are spite shined, and red gauntlets. Looking around the ballroom she could see that there are other girls that are dress like the girls walking with Naruto standing in the crowd.
The doors close behind them as they walk down the carpet walking towards the orientated chair that's been place at the other end of the ball room that's already been surrounded by Red Delmos in full gear and several White Delmos stood ready nearby. Naruto walk through the crowd of onlookers only giving slight greetings to people as he walks pass them. His grandmother sitting at a table with some of her old friends gave him a smile as he walks pass them. He set himself down on the chair and the four girls all place themselves on either side of the chair with the blonde standing the closest to him. Standing near the door Setsuna gave a nod to a maid standing near a large bell. The maid nodded back and began pulling the cord on the bell ringing it.
"That's the que for the presentation to begin. And as for those girls they are Naruto's personal maids are the girls in the long sleeve shirts and the girls in the bodysuits are his personal bodyguards there are mine and Carline's gifts to him," Hunrok informs her.
"You gave him a horde of young girls to serve and protect him?" Tsunade ask.
"Quit the girls are starting to present themselves to him," Hunrok said as the doors reopen and a line of girls walk down the red carpet to present themselves to the boy they're going to be engage to.
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In the line of girls –
Hinata gulped as she stood in line waiting for her turn to present herself to the boy she had always grazed upon in the distances as she was always too scared to walk up to him before. Ayame stood right behind her patting her on the back trying to clam her down. In front of her are two sisters who from what she found out as they argue with each other that they're half sisters with the same father but different mothers as it's quite common here. One of them has long brown hair and the other short purple hair.
"Are you sure you'll be able to handle yourself Kasumi?" the purple hair girl ask.
"Can you Ayane?" the brown hair girl ask.
"Quite girls," Diao Chan said as she walks down the line inspecting all of the girls as they waited for their turn. All of the girls have to be ready to present themselves to the Prince of Metal, they all have been brief in how it would be done. They would say their name and where they're from before the next girl in line would present themselves. "Everyone remember what they need to do?"
"We know," a long dark haired girl from the Sound Village said.
"We heard it enough already," the blonde girl with a strange hair style from the Sand Village.
"You should be more worried about the girls from the Leaf panicking," one of the girls in line spoke up.
"Since he has been transform into a fox," said a girl with long hair that's a rich chestnut color and wearing a simple white grown with a gold band circling her waist.
"And we all know the history between the Leaf and foxes," a strange girl said in a flat voice, who's face is hidden behind a leather bond book that she's been reading for all of this time. The only part she has seem clearly is her left eye peeking from the top of the book as one of her bangs of long blonde hair covers her right eye all the time.
"You don't have to worry about us," Ayame said. "No matter what he looks like he's still the kid who has been going to my father's ramen shop since he's been able to walk.
"Good," Diao Chan said as she walks down the line.
"Next," one of the women at the front of the line said as all of the girls in the engagement have to wait outside the ballroom before they can enter.
"You're up Hinata," Ayame said patting her on the back trying to stop her trembling.
"Okay," she said as she walks into the ballroom pass the two guards standing on either side of the door.
In front of her she could see the girl in front of her finish presenting herself to the boy that she was always too shy to say more then hi to. She always been too shy to say anything too him and even though she still was the only girl in their class that had ever treated Naruto as a person while he was living in the village. Looking at him now she could see how much he has change from the boy she knew before. The biggest change to him is that he has long fox ears now on top of his head. She took deep breaths as she trembles as she walks down the carpet towards Naruto.
"Look at that," Seto said to Carline from their table. "She's so shy that she shaking like a scare rabbit."
"Judging from her appearance and the information that we got on her she should prove to be very entertaining to say at the least," Carline said as she watches Hinata present herself to Naruto blushing very red and a trembling voice. "Yes she will prove to be fun to have around."
"You mean like what we did to Fran when she was still in her shy stage?" Seto ask as she watches the other Leaf girl Ayame present herself to Naruto.
"Yes but that's a job for the younger generation now," Carline said as she knows this was the beginning of a great many changes to come.
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In a inn outside of Ironmount –
Five men all dress in gray-green suits listen to the TV as the board cast of the engagement party is being aired. Each of them had already finish putting on lightweight body armor underneath their suits preparing for the hit they were about to do. They have been train to fulfill the contact and they're going to do it even if it means their deaths to do it.
"The engagement party has already started," Agent Alpha said as he and his team sat at the table of their room.
"We should start moving out then," Daredevil said.
"But how are we going to get by the guards?" Agent Gamma asks.
"I have an idea," Agent Delta spoke up.
"What is it?" ask Agent Beta.
"There's a Nanman camp close to here and those mumakils are large but are scare of fire," Agent Delta said.
"Set fire to the camp and make sure those beast head straight for the city walls," Agent Alpha said. "In the confusion we'll be able to sneak into the palace and get to the prince."
"Good we have a plan now," Daredevil said. "Now let's get started then."
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Author's Notes
1 – Alright who can list all of the girls and where they're from?
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