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WELCOME BACK TO KONOHA
Everything was peaceful within the forest that surrounded the village that was Konoha. The birds chirped, the forest animals scurried about, and the trees rustled quietly with the wind. Nothing could break the peacefulness that was permeating today.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF NARUTO-SAMA!!"
BOOM!!
"MAKE ME YOU FLAT CHESTED OJOU-CHAN!!"
CRASH!!
Okay, maybe I wrote too soon. (00')
Naruto sighed for what was the umpteenth time today. Not long after waking up in the morning that day, he and Jiraiya set out to report back to Tsunade about their return. He didn't kid himself that Ryoko, Ayeka, and Sasami would stay, he knew they wanted to come and see his village, so he had told them to put on what they could for a long walk. After that, they went their way.
He had hoped the two, Ryoko and Ayeka, would stay content with the peacefulness of the trip to Konoha. But then Ryoko had gotten a bit antsy and started to flirt and fondle with him. It really didn't bother him; it actually flattered him that such a beautiful woman wanted him. It was right at that moment that Ayeka started to protest about her hanging off of him and saying she was a hussy for trying to seduce Naruto-sama.
Naruto had tried to put a stop to it, but the two would always butt heads with each other every so often, that he had just given up,' why can't they just get along,' Naruto wondered. Obviously he's still as dense as he was before, so let's leave him alone for minute.
As the two women continued to change some of the surrounding forest's landscape, Jiraiya had to go over the progress of his student's skill in his head. He really had never thought he would have gotten the boy so good at this point in time. He had really thought of leaving the rest of the boy's training to Kakashi to get him up to par with Jounin level skilled opponents, but his plan on giving him to his Oji-chan had went past his expectations. The boy was now was really proficient in both his art of Fuuinjutsu and in the art of Kenjutsu, thanks to his Oji-chan. He had even changed somewhat. He could tell by the look in the boy's eyes. Where they had a good determination from before, it was now a blazing inferno that his sensei had called 'The Will of Fire'.
His body truly bulked up, a thing that was the first noticeable thing to see when you look at him now. When he had tested his skill and strength the other day, he was a bit hard pressed to fight the blond neo-Genin. It wasn't that he had gotten beaten, because after seeing what he could do, he had up the notched and started to take the boy down a peg. Not that it was actually easy to do that, the boy was adapting himself to Jiraiya's tactics as well, but he had nonetheless lost to him.
Plus, the sword that boy had, it was similar to the Raijin-ken, but had no elemental alignment, only pure energy that he assumed was pure Chakra being emitted from the hilt. It had also caught him off guard when the boy had sent a blade beam cut towards him. When he had asked if it was the sword's ability to do that, he was met with shake of the head and was told that it was a Jutsu his Oji-chan had taught him and that he could do it with other katana type weapons. It made him wonder who Katsuhito really was, he was more than just a simple Kenjutsu master and Shinto priest.
Looking over at the boy now, he really had to say he closely resembled his father so much now, it wasn't even funny. The boy was now wearing a different set of clothing than his usual attire. The gear he had a before really couldn't handle his build and he needed weighted clothes, so they had gone to a nearby village not too long ago the other day and had ordered a new set of clothes.
He still wore the same ninja sandals and headband, but he now he wore black turtle neck shirt with a flak jacket that resembled a Jounin jacket colored in black and outlined in orange trimmings; black pants that had kunai pouch strapped onto his right leg with the back hip pouch still on the right backside of his hip, which was colored dark orange with leaf symbol stitched on the flap; and over the jacket and turtle neck was a trench coat that resembled his former apprentice, Namikaze Minato, but this one was dark orange with black flames rising from the bottom with the clan symbol of Uzumaki; the swirl symbol in the middle of his back with his turtle neck shirt's sleeves coming out the short sleeve of the trench coat and were strapped at the top and bottom of his forearms with a pair of metal knuckled black fingerless gloves.
He had to chuckle though; it was funny to see that look of exasperation on the boy's face. It was similar to when Minato had gotten to many fangirls fighting over him. Looking over at the boy's source of frustration, he had to go over his head on what these girls to could do.
Ryoko was told in legend that she could decimate mountains in a matter of seconds and could see why they had said so. From what he gathered from those energy blasts she did, it was possible, but didn't seem to have that kind of power. But once he heard that she wasn't at full power because she only had one gem on her, it convinced him that if she did get the other ones, she would be more than just a force to be reckoned with the overall skills she had.
Then there were to two space princesses. Sasami, the sweet little girl, didn't have any sort of combat skills, but she did cook a mean dish, of that his tummy had told him once he ate her food. Now her sister, Ayeka was something to note about. She could summon pieces of small floating bamboo's that could hold down an enemy and allow herself to use her own energy attacks that were on par with Ryoko herself at the moment.
Seeing the ability to use the bamboo made him suspicious about his teammate's, Tsunade, grandfather, the Shodaime Hokage. It was known that he could control plants and trees to do his bidding because it was thought to be a Kekkei Genkai, but Tsunade didn't have it, so it left the possibility that he somehow had obtained something from a certain source. After hearing about Naruto's and Ayeka's trip to the Shodaime's Tree, which was revealed to be actually a Juraian computer named Funaho, it brought new theory to him. Maybe the Shodaime had somehow gotten favor from the living tree and was presented with a gift that allowed him such control over plants. He'd have to relay this to Tsunade and let her know the true origin of the Shodaime's Tree, no matter how ridiculous it seemed.
Seeing Konoha gates from a good distance, he called out to the two rough housing girls," alright you two, stop!" Jiraiya called out to them, making the two freeze from stretching out each other's mouths," we're almost to the village, so that means no blasts of destructive energy, no binding from floating pieces bamboo, and no flying around like maniacs…"
Naruto sighed a bit of relief as he saw the two finally calming down, as they saw the logic in seeing about keeping their abilities secret from the people of this planet.
"…But that doesn't mean you can't punch, kick, strangle, or any other physical means to fight each other with," Jiraiya finished with big smile on his face. Naruto sent Jiraiya a heated glare as the two girls looked at each other lightning clashing in between them.
Luckily for Naruto, the two turned their head's away from each other and walked on. Naruto sighed in satisfaction at this and turned to Jiraiya," it's really been a long time," Naruto nodded with wistful smile as he looked at the surrounding forest.
"Hmhmhm, it sure has, excited?" Jiraiya questioned to the blond boy beside him.
"You should know the answer to that Ero-Sennin," Naruto answered with foxy grin. He chuckled as he dodged a downward punch that would have bopped his head.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!!" Jiraiya called out to him indignantly.
Sasami just giggled at her Onii-chan's antics," Onii-chan is funny," Sasami noted out loud to her sister and Ryoko.
"Yes, he is a bit of jester," Ayeka agreed as she stifled a giggle when Naruto kept teasing Jiraiya-sama with his usual foxy grin.
"He's a fox that one," Ryoko hinted a bit to the two, not the two would know what she was hinting at yet, but they'd find out soon enough. It was Naruto's place to tell them what he really was, but that wouldn't stop her from leaving a hint every now and again about it. It would be better they knew sooner, than later. But Naruto had been adamant about telling and told Ryoko that he would do so when the time was right.
Naruto sighed a bit at hearing her comment. It really didn't surprise him that she knew what he was; after all, he was now positive that she was the presence he always felt near the cave of the shrine back where he trained in his Kenjutsu. He was just a bit apprehensive about telling Ayeka and Sasami about it. He had come to care for both girls during the short time he had come to know them and didn't want to be seen as a monster by either one of them. Sasami was such a sweet little girl that it broke his heart at the image of her face being petrified in terror with tears streaming down her eyes. Ayeka would also break his heart at seeing the cold sneer that sends that message of being a true monster and getting the cold shoulder from her.
When he had voiced that, Ryoko almost got a happy look, but then remembered that it would truly sadden the boy. So she had said that he was a baka for even thinking that. She really wanted to get rid of Ayeka so that she could have no competition in getting Naruto, but seeing the image of Naruto so far in depression wasn't on her list of trying to fix now. So she had just try to console him on that the two wouldn't really think of him like that.
Naruto shook his head as the two entered the village of Konoha," wah, it's so busy around here," he heard Sasami say as she looked at the bustling streets of Konoha.
"Not really that much, it's just a village with trees around," Ryoko said as she had her arms behind her head and looked at everything in a bored manner. Naruto shook his head; she probably was expectin' a whole bunch of technology that was up to par with the universe that she used to travel in.
"Shows what a baka you really are, Ryoko-san. I see this village is truly peaceful and a sight to behold," Ayeka insulted as she gazed at her surroundings. She really appreciated this village, seeing as how it thrived in a forest, much like her planet of Jurai.
"What was that?" Ryoko asked in a bit of rising anger. Naruto quickly got in between the two and held both hands for the two them to stop. The two turned away from each other in a huff and continued on their way to Hokage Tower.
Naruto looked around with a smile and wanted to see the village from a high point. So when he saw a telephone pole, he jumped up and started to run up," hmhmhm, getting excited already?" he heard Jiraiya ask as he continued up the pole.
Once he got on top, he gazed around and took in a deep breath as he spread his arms out to feel the wind whip around him," this brings back memories, this place hasn't change at all," he then took a little breath and called out," everyone, Uzumaki Naruto has returned!" he then punched his right hand into the air in excitement.
Sasami smiled a bit at what her Onii-chan was doing," he really has missed his home, hasn't he?"
"From what I understand, it has been two and half years since Naruto-sama has left this village, so it is only logical that he would miss his home very much," Ayeka informed her Imouto. Though one thing she did wonder one thing though, why were some of the people looking at them weirdly. It was almost as if they didn't like them being here.
Ryoko saw the look in her eyes and looked around herself. Some of the people were looking at the pole Naruto was on with sneers. It almost made her wanted to dice these creeps into pieces for the crap they put her Naruto in. But she stayed her hand and slowly slinked back, she had a certain blond man she wanted to have some nookie time with for a bit.
Jiraiya giggled perversely as he saw Ryoko at the corner of his eye, who was slowly floating up to where Naruto was without the two Juraian princesses noticing a thing. He really had to hand it to the boy; he was becoming a great source of material for his 'research'.
"Everything here is so nostalgic," Naruto noted as he looked at the scene he was seeing from his position. He then noticed a certain carved head on the Hokage Face Monument," heh, so they added Tsunade-Obaa-chan's face to the mountain," Naruto noted as he gazed at the feminine carved face of the Godaime Hokage.
"Naruto? Naruto, is that you?" he heard a familiar voice from below. He looked down and saw it was his teammate, Haruno Sakura.
'She's changed,' Naruto noted as he looked down at her from his position.
"When did you get back, Naruto?" Sakura loudly asked as she looked up at him.
"Just now!" Naruto answered back and prepared to jump down.
That is, until Ryoko jumped out from her position and latched herself around his neck," I got you Naruto," she exclaimed in a cheery tone. That had made him lose his balance and fall down the pole. The two then hit the ground and made big dust cloud.
When it cleared, Naruto was standing on his feet wide apart, his legs shaking a bit. The reason being that hadn't prepared to land and had at the last second adjusted himself in the air and hit the ground hard," ow," Naruto grunted lightly.
"Hey, Naruto I have to talk to you about something," Ryoko said as she laid her head onto his shoulder from behind, not even caring that others were looking at her, or that Ayeka was growling at her, barely restraining herself from attacking the onna.
Standing up straight and remembering who was around them, he turned to her," you really need to keep a low profile, this is place isn't the home your used to, we don't want anybody knowing what you can do yet," Naruto whispered to her urgently.
"Really?" Ryoko asked in a dismissed manner.
"Yes, really," Naruto answered as he got out of her embrace.
"Why are you talking like that to me, Naruto?" She asked as she pouted, not noticing Ayeka's smiling face at how Naruto shrugged her off. But she did blush when she heard the next question," you like her, don't you?" as she referred to Ayeka.
"Of course I do, why would that matter," Naruto asked innocently, making Ayeka blush more, even if she knew he was just having a naïve moment.
Ryoko's face darkened at that," you were making out with her in that forest cabin, weren't you? That's why you've been acting a bit weird around her, isn't it?"
Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing and seeing now. Sure Naruto looked a bit different and a maybe a little handsome now, but how was her dumb teammate getting such attention and attraction from women that she could tell out-classed her in beauty. Looking at him now more closely, she couldn't help but blush at her he looked now,' well, maybe there is something,' she noted to herself, before shaking her head,' I can't think that, I still like Sasuke-kun. Besides, at least Naruto will be off my back now that he has these two after him,' then she remembered on more person who admired her blond teammate,' ooh, Hinata is going to have a tough time,' she noted as she looked at the two women.
Naruto blushed at the thought of doing that. It's not that it really disgusted him, Ayeka was a very beautiful woman that was on par with Ryoko and she was distant family, so it wouldn't be out of the question of being with her really. Naruto shook his head of the images that were coming to him," we didn't do anything, I swear," Naruto protested quickly. He also noticed that Ayeka was blushing brightly and was fumbling with her fingers like a certain Hyuuga.
Ryoko narrowed her eyes at him," that face, you look like your thinking strange thoughts," she then used her ghost teleport and appeared sideways on the pole nearby. She didn't even notice some of the gasps coming from the people nearby," that girl is scary! Have you forgotten I risked my life for you?"
"Ryoko-chan, get down, get down," Naruto hissed to her as he quickly flailed his arms down at her.
She complied by floating at him and circling her arms around his neck from behind," Naruto, come on, let's go do something wild," Naruto blushed beet red at hearing that.
Thankfully, his rescue (che, yeah right) came in the form of one angry Juraian princess," that is enough," she exclaimed as tore Ryoko from Naruto," how do you even know about that incident," she asked with a blush on her face.
"It's simple, I'm borrowing Ryo-ohki's memory," Ryoko answered, prompting the two to look at the meowing cabbit that was resting on Sasami's head.
Looking toward the meowing, Sakura did the only thing she could do," KAWAII," she squealed as she went up to Sasami," ne, that's cute pet you have there, can I see her," Sakura asked in quick, but polite manner.
"Sure," Sasami answered cheerfully.
Sakura gently picked up the little cabbit and held it like a baby. Ryo-ohki yawned a bit before settling down for quick nap, her purrs sounding out as she napped," so cute," Sakura said with big smile on her face.
Before things got out of hand, Naruto quickly went up to his teammate, so that he could diffuse the coming fight between Ryoko and Ayeka," it's been a while, Sakura-chan," Naruto said with loving smile on his face, happy to see his teammate once again. He really couldn't tell if he still had a crush on her or not right now, but that wasn't important at the moment. He was just glad to be home and with his friends right now.
Sakura smiled at Naruto, not really noticing the rising anger from Ryoko and Ayeka. She gave back Ryo-ohki back to Sasami and noted one thing," you've gotten taller than me," she noted out loud as he was now a head and some inches taller than her.
Naruto blinked and compared himself to her," you're right," Naruto said as he sized himself up to her.
Sakura got happy smile on her face when she really noted how much he changed,' seems like you've grown pretty strong in the time I haven't seen you,' even though she hadn't seen what he could do, she could just feel that he was really powerful now. She then blushed a bit and looked at him a bit shyly," what do you think? Am I more womanly now?" Ayeka and Ryoko were now near atomic levels of anger now.
"It's fine, you haven't changed at all," he answered innocently as he gave her a thumbs up. Getting ticked off at that comment, she turned away from him in a huff," ara?" that little scene diffused Ayeka's and Ryoko's anger and made them laugh at Sakura's misfortune, while Naruto just blinked Sakura's mood now.
'You don't understand a woman's heart at all,' Jiraiya thought with exasperation. He may have attracted some exotic ladies, but he was a dunce with the current women on this planet for some reason.
"Naruto-Onii-chan," Naruto heard beside him. He looked and saw poof of smoke. When it cleared, a sexy brunette with clouds barely covering her privates appeared," Oiroke no Jutsu!" said the women in a sensual tone.
The reaction to this varied from person to person. Jiraiya looked at her with a steaming nose and perverted face, Ayeka followed Sakura's example and looked at what happened with white eyes and warding gesture with the pinky flinching, Sasami blushed at such a bold display this woman was showing, and Ryoko was busting a gut at seeing this happen. Naruto just looked at it with an amused look on his face.
When the girl puffed in a cloud of smoke again, an older looking Konohamaru with a longer scarf appeared in her place," how was that? Had some real 'oomph' to it, right?" the grandson of the Sandaime asked in an excite tone, not caring for the looks he was getting from the surrounding people.
Naruto chuckled a bit, making Konohamaru look at Naruto funny," Konohamaru, I'm not a kid anymore. So you shouldn't use Jutsus like that anymore, either," Naruto scolded the boy, making Konohamaru look down in shame.
Sakura looked at him with a bit of admiration,' I see, he didn't just grow physically…it's a bit sad, but you've grown up, Naruto,' as she thought this Naruto came up to Konohamaru and put his hand on his shoulder,' knowing you, you probably came back with some impressive Jutsus, too.'
"Trust me when I say that you shouldn't do that around the women I'm hangin' around with right now," Naruto advised with a whisper. Konohamaru raised an eyebrow and looked towards the woman that he saw that seemed to be with his Onii-chan.
The spiky haired woman seemed amused by Konohamaru, but the purple haired woman seemed to be angry with him, making him chuckle nervously, she reminded him of Sakura a bit too much. When he looked at the blue haired girl and her blush, he blushed himself, she was cute. He wondered if she had anyone dating her at the moment.
"I'll show you a new anti-pervert Jutsu later, kay?" Naruto whispered more quietly to him, so as not to let the other women know he had one, lest he incur their wrath.
Konohamaru looked up at him with stars in his eyes and nodded cheerfully," Un."
"Naruto, let's go, we should be heading to report," Jiraiya said once he got enough notes on this.
"Right," Naruto agreed," see ya later, Konohamaru," Naruto said as he walked ahead with Jiraiya and the others.
"See ya later, Naruto-Onii-chan," Konohamaru waved goodbye to his idol,' it's good to have you back Onii-chan, welcome home,' he thought as he and his team went their separate ways back to their respective homes.
"So, Naruto…," Sakura whispered to the blond.
"Eh?" Naruto sounded as he looked at her with a wondered look on his face, wondering why she was whispering all of a sudden.
"Who are they?" she asked as she pointedly stared at the group of aliens that was accompanying her teammate, not that she knew what they were really, not yet.
"Oh," Naruto said out loud and looked at them," well, girls, how about some introductions," Naruto said as he wanted them to start their cover stories.
Seeing as how she was the first to meet Naruto and the one who knew him just about the longest, Ryoko started," hey, the names Ryoko, former pirate extraordinaire at your service, met Naruto out on sea during a particular raid. Nothing really extraordinary about how me and Naruto met; we fought, he won, and…" she then ghost teleported over to Naruto and wrapped her arms around his neck with a sultry smile on her face," I've been his ever since then," she said sensually. Sakura blushed a bit at the woman's bold claiming and action.
"Get your hands off of Naruto-sama," Ayeka immediately pulled the supposedly pirate of the sea off of the blond Jinchuuriki and threw the woman over her shoulder.
"No need to get huffy Ojou-chan," Ryoko taunted back as flipped in mid air and softly landed on the ground," I think it's your turn anyway."
Growling at the bakemono-onna, she turned her attention to the last of Team 7 and coughed a bit to clear her voice and thoughts, and so started off in a formal and kind tone," my name is Masaki Jurai Ayeka, ambassador and princess of the country, Jurai, that is just off sea's to the Elemental Countries here, I met Naruto-sama when a band of bandits were about to take me prisoner, but he saved me and my Imouto just in time to take down those bandits," just imagining the scenario in her head made her sighed dreamily a bit. Sakura oddly noted how the look was similar to when she thought of Sasuke before he went and left for Otogakure.
Sasami just giggled out loud,' Onee-sama is being silly,' she thought happily. She then stepped up to take her turn of introducing herself," ohayo, my name is Masaki Jurai Sasami, I am Ayeka's Imouto-chan. I came along with Onee-sama and was glad Onii-chan saved us just in time before those bandits could get us, he's the greatest," she praised with a sunny and peaceful smile on her face. The face that made Sasami had on was making it hard for Sakura not to squeal 'kawaii' and give the cute little girl a big hug," so, after that, me and Onee-sama decided to take a bit of vacation and see Onii-chan's home for as long as we can," Sasami finished as Ryo-ohki meowed in agreement, also getting another urge from Sakura at hugging the cute little animal.
Sakura then took this chance second to look over them all and what they said before she introduced herself back. Ryoko did seem to have the air of a pirate, she could just tell she was person who took what she wanted and didn't let anyone get in the way if she wanted it. Ayeka and Sasami also had the air of royalty, so it wasn't hard to think of them being important people from another country. She also couldn't discredit their claim of a country called Jurai since no one really ventured beyond the Elemental Countries, so it was possible they were from a country called Jurai.
She then bowed to them formally, she was the apprentice to a Sannin and Hokage after all," ohayo, my name is Haruno Sakura, I am Naruto's teammate and graduating classmate. I hope that you all have a good stay here in Konohagakure no Sato," she would have said something about hoping Naruto not being a pest to them, but the sense of impending doom felt when she thought of it stopped her. As soon as she was done, they were up in front of the doors that led into the Hokage's office.
Sakura, being the one closest to the door, knocked on it," come in," they heard the muffled call from the other side of the door. Jiraiya, having already told the secretary that they were appointed to meet with Tsunade, opened the door to them, allowing the others to follow closely behind.
When Tsunade saw her former teammate and fellow Sannin with the blond haired teen that was like a son to her come in, a warm greeting was about to escape her lips," yo, Obaa-chan, how's it goin'?" that is, if Naruto hadn't mouthed that word of her being old.
Appearing in front of him in the blink of any eye and decking him through a wooden wall, Tsunade called out," DON'T CALL ME THAT!!"
"What the hell do ya think your doing!?" Ryoko asked angrily as she stood in front of the granddaughter of the Shodaime Hokage.
"Who the hell are you!?" Tsunade snapped at the cyan haired woman.
"Naruto-sama!? Naruto-sama, are you okay?" Ayeka fussed over Naruto's form as she put his head on her lap, his eyes fixed into a sort of swirl pattern and his mouth in a sort of triangle, with a big bulging bump on top of his head with a cross bandage on top of it and a big bruise on his right cheek.
"Ooorrrroooo," Naruto sounded up and down some octaves as his head swayed back and forth, the swirl eyes going around and around as he did so.
"Now, come on you two, please, let's just calm down," Sasami tried to defuse the situation as orange lightings bolts arced around Ryoko's arms with Tsunade looking ready to give a go at her.
"Meow," Ryo-ohki sounded just as pleadingly at the two.
At hearing the meow, Tsunade stopped her menacing look and looked over to the little cabbit," KAWAII," even as old as she was, she couldn't resist the sheer cuteness Ryo-ohki was showing. She immediately rushed over and took the cabbit into her arms, almost burying the little thing into her cleavage.
Ryoko just blinked at the spot where Tsunade was and slowly looked towards where she was. Having to see that kind of ruined the whole moment of trying to get angry at the old woman (even though she was Tsunade's senior by a bunch of years). Hearing a bit of groan, she looked to see Naruto getting back up with sheepish smile on his face, his face now looking completely fine, as if he was never injured.
"Ahem," everyone looked towards the cough and saw his annoyed face," if you're all done playing around, can we get down to the report," even though he was all for a bit fun, this was taking too much time. He had 'research' to do to get his next Icha Icha book ready, after all.
"Right," Tsunade snapped out of her temporary state of gushing, gave back the now former blue face cabbit back to Sasami, and calmly walked over to her desk. Once seated, she looked at the assembled group and wondered who these ladies were and why they were with Naruto and Jiraiya. Pushing that aside for now, she looked at the two and smiled," welcome back, Jiraiya, Naruto."
Jiraiya grunted with a smirk while Naruto gave a foxy grin at her," it's good to be back, Obaa-chan," resisting the urge to pummel the blond when he called her that, Tsunade smiled, she missed the blond's antics.
"It's been awhile you two, I wonder if that training's worked out well?" Tsunade wondered as she appraised the newly clothed Naruto.
"You'd think we come back if it hadn't?" Jiraiya asked back with a quirked eyebrow.
"It was bang on!" Naruto gave a thumbs up to them.
Ryoko suddenly glomped him from behind," if your talking about banging, I can help you with that," she then lowered her mouth to his ear," in more ways than one, Naruto," she said in sexy voice.
"Have you no shame, bakemono-onna," Ayeka exclaimed at the space pirate as she suddenly tore Ryoko off.
"Watch the hand's missy," Ryoko shot back as she batted the Juraian princess's hands away. She then grew a cat like smirk," besides, I know you're just jealous because you want to do the same thing."
"Wha-wha-wha-WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT?! I would never lower myself to just vulgarities," Ayeka protested, but the blush on her face could say a bit otherwise. In her head, a chibi version of her that was a bit like Hinata was fiddling with her fingers in the same fashion, mumbling about doing this and that in an embarrassed tone.
"Now, Onee-sama, Ryoko-Nee-chan, please, let's not fight. We're guests here," Sasami tried to negotiate with the two.
Tsunade quirked an eyebrow at the fighting and what was being fought about, making her narrow her eyes at Jiraiya," you have better not made Naruto into a pervert," she warned with a dangerous tone.
Throwing his hands up defensively," I didn't, I swear..." Jiraiya defended himself,' not that I didn't try at least,' he added thoughtfully.
As Sasami broke up the two fighting women, Tsunade got the matter at hand," anyhow, you'd better get to showing the fruits of your training."
"Show you?" Naruto asked with a tilted head with confusion on his face.
"You'll face against a certain man," she started as she rested her chin on top of her folded hands," I've kept him off missions for that purpose alone. Your opponent is..." she was interrupted when there was knock on her door," come in," she called out to them, wanting to get who ever was there done before she continued.
All actions stopped as the door slowly opened all eyes on who would walk through. When the person got in, Naruto let out a surprised sound come out his mouth," hey," was the lazy greeting the nin spoke.
"Shikamaru! Temari-san!" Sakura exclaimed happily as she waved over to them get their attention, now showing just who the nin, along with his companion, entered the room," who do you think is here?" she asked as she pointed to Naruto.
The two of them gave their attention to the blond in the room, the one whom Sakura was pointing at, and squinted their eyes a bit to try and remember who it was," is that..." Shikamaru trailed off as the blond hair, blue eyes and whisker marks suddenly flashed a memory of a comrade that had been on a training mission," Naruto? Hey! Isn't that you Naruto?" he asked a little bit surprised by the blond's new look. Giving a glance towards the hanging pictures of the past Hokage, specifically the Yondaime, he noted,' he almost looks like the Yondaime Hokage,' he thought with a slightly narrowed eyes.
"Shikamaru," Naruto greeted the lazy nin with cheery voice as he walked over to the pair.
'This...is the runt?' Temari thought incredulously, which really was a normal reaction since Naruto didn't look all that powerful when she first met him. Though that fact was destroyed when he beat Gaara, he still didn't give the look of a competent shinobi after the fight. But seeing him now made her now think otherwise.
"So, you've come back now?" Shikamaru asked as he wondered if the blond was going to stay for good this time around.
"Yeah, I've just arrived this morning. Plus, I got a place set up not too far from Konoha, so even if you don't see me that much, I'll still be around to have some fun with you guys. I'll just have to show ya where my new house is," Naruto explained to the two, while also including Sakura on where he'd be staying at.
"So..." Shikamaru trailed off as he glanced at the new look Naruto had," have you dropped that old foolishness and changed?"
Naruto scratched the back of his head a bit," ah come on, I wasn't that bad," Naruto defended himself.
"You painted the Hokage Face Monuments during a school period, while dodging Anbu, Jounin, and Chunin alike while doing so," Sakura shot back with a playful grin as Naruto's head dropped down in response.
"Sakura-chan," Naruto dismally said with hung head. Ryoko and Sasami, after hearing about that, remembered what he did to Ayeka and giggled. Ayeka caught onto that and scowled a bit indignantly. She didn't hold it against Naruto-sama, but it was really something that she wouldn't forget.
The Tsunade and Shizune also laughed a bit at Naruto's reaction. Lifting his head up, Naruto looked at the two before focusing on Shikamaru," then, my opponent is Shikamaru?" Naruto asked with a smile. He would really love to fight him; the strategies the guy came up with would certainly keep his mind active at every turn, which would be fun for him.
"Opponent? What are you on about?" Shikamaru asked with raised eyebrow," I just came to drop off some paperwork," he clarified to the blond.
"Eh? So it's not Shikamaru? Then..." he asked himself before turning to the blond of the two, and went up to her with fox lined eyes. After a bit of silence, Naruto got a sheepish smile," who were you again?"
"Don't you remember!?" Temari asked with a bit of a huff. How could the bright blond haired boy not remember her, the Suna kunoichi that was the teammate of Suna's current Kazekage? She was sure she made at least some impact on the blond's memory when they had first met.
"Naruto..." Tsunade called out to get the whisker faced boy's attention, who turned in response to her call," your opponent isn't over there," Tsunade explained to the blond. Sensing the familiar presence, she pointed over to the window to her right," he's over there!"
Walking over along with Ryoko, Ayeka, Sasami, and Sakura, Naruto lifted up the window and looked over to the right, then the left. Once he looked over to his left, he saw the one person who he hadn't seen in a long time," it would be an understatement if I said you had only a little bigger, eh, Naruto?" asked the sensei of the only two remaining members of Team 7, Hatake Kakashi, the Copy-Cat Ninja," yo," the scarecrow ninja greeted his returning student,' he's really turning out to look like you sensei,' Kakashi thought idly as he held onto his Icha Icha book.
"Kakashi-sensei," Naruto greeted back with a happy voice, even though the gray haired man hadn't taught him that much, he still appreciated that he even got the time of day from him to get trained, unlike the teacher's at the academy, who had done nothing. Well, with the exception of Iruka of course," sensei, you haven't changed at all," Naruto commented as he looked how his sensei looked and what he held onto. He then jumped out the window and landed on the ledge the scarecrow ninja was sitting on," oh, that's right..." he trailed off as he dug into his pouch," anosa, anosa, I've got a present for ya, Kakashi-sensei!"
"Hmm?" Kakashi hummed in question, wondering what the blond had gotten him that would be considered a good present for him.
Sakura looked on with a small happy smile on her face, happy to see that her team was coming back together, her only wish was that Sasuke-kun was here to enjoy it," just like old times, isn't it?" Tsunade asked softly with a smile of her own, as she came up beside her and the group of girls.
"Hai," Sakura agreed with her Shishou.
"Nani?!" Kakashi asked incredulously as if lightning struck him, his hand shakingly moving towards the present Naruto was offering him," you...b-but this is," he stuttered with barely contained enjoyment of his coming gift. What, might you ask, was so good that the usual Jounin's character went out whack for? Well, that would but the unreleased title of Jiraiya's new Icha Icha Tactics, signed with Jiraiya's own signature.
All the while the other ladies who saw this didn't even budge at this, Sakura and Ayeka were shaking with indignant womanly fury; Sakura for the reason that her sensei read the book constantly, even in front of children. While Ayeka did so because she knew the tendencies of the old man, Jiraiya, and had no doubt about what was in it herself.
"Your see, this is the first new book from the Icha Icha Paradise in three years!" he exclaimed a bit to his sensei, but then got put out face as he added," it's really boring. But your like it, don't you, Sensei?" hearing this, Jiraiya snorts in disbelief, thinking that Naruto doesn't know what he's really talking about.
Kakashi slowly opened the books with the beat of his thumping heart in his ears, the anticipation of reading such an unreleased and predictably outstanding book. As he opened it, it seemed like as if a holy light shone through its pages, basking him in its wonderful light," uuuwwaaaaahhh," he moaned out gratefully.
"Yosh, stop goofing off now, Kakashi," Tsunade said sternly, not in the mood for such antics when it comes to Jiraiya's work.
Kakashi did so and snapped the book shut within his one hand. As he stood up, Naruto looked up at Kakashi in realization," wait, are you supposed to be my opponent?"
"Mmmm, that's not quite right either," Kakashi answered cryptically as he made his way over to the open window.
He leaned against the frame and looked lazily at all those in the room. He raised an eyebrow at the three women that were in the room. While the little bluenette was a cute girl, he had to say the other two were really gorgeous women in their own rights. When he saw Naruto jump back in, he saw the looks of adoration and love when they looked at him, with the little girl looking at Naruto as if he were a big brother,' you certainly keep things interesting, Naruto,' he thought wryly, happy that his student was getting the attention he always wanted.
"My, it's been a while since I've seen you Sakura," Kakashi greeted his pink haired student, noting the changes that she went through.
"Hai, Kakashi-sensei," she agreed with him, happy to see her sensei was doing just as well as she was.
"I'm going to fight against..." Kakashi started before getting on the ledge of the open in a knelled down position to look levelly at the two,"...Naruto and Sakura. The two of you together," this made the two get a little startled.
"Kakashi-sensei is our opponent!" Naruto said softly in surprised confirmation.
"Just how far can you go with Kakashi as your opponent?" Tsunade asked rhetorically to get their attention," I'll decide how to deal with you depending on those results," she clarified to them as to the reason for this battle.
"How to deal with them, huh?" Shikamaru muttered outloud.
"I hope Naruto-Onii-chan will be alright," Sasami said in worry, as the thought of battle with Naruto involved always made her worried.
"Now, now, Sasami-chan, I'm sure Naruto-sama will be alright," Ayeka assured her Imouto, she was confident in Naruto-sama's skill. Beside, the man didn't really seem that much of a fighter.
Ryoko, being as blunt as ever, just ghost teleported over to Kakashi side, startling the man a bit as she did so. She looked at him with an incredulous look," this guy is supposed to test my Naruto, he won't last even second against him," Ryoko said outloud.
Kakashi, hearing this, didn't know what to say to that, but still spoke," we'll see, that's why I need to test him and Sakura."
Ryoko just scoffed and turned away towards Naruto," it's your funeral pal," she then jogged a bit before glomping onto Naruto's neck," now, come on, Naruto. I'm sure that test can wait for another time, I want do some partying."
"Now see here, Naruto-sama is busy talking with his peers, Ryoko-san! It is very rude to interrupt their business," Ayeka said as she stomped her way over to the two. Once up to Naruto, she pulled at his left arm, making Ryoko let go of his neck and latch onto his right hand," besides, why would he want to go with an old fossil like you?"
"Old fossil?! Onna, I've got more healthy skin than you," Ryoko said in defense before getting a cat like smirk," besides, I've got more better guns than you do, oh flat-chested-one," as she subtly rubbed her 'assets' against Naruto right arm, making the blond blush a bit.
"I'm more developed than I look underneath my garbs, Ryoko-san," Ayeka defended herself," but that doesn't mean I would flaunt it around like some street trash whore, like you," Ayeka insulted as she started to pull Naruto's arm to get him away from Ryoko.
But Ryoko grip still held on firmly," please, is that best insult you could come up with, I've heard better, Ojou-chan," Ryoko said as she started to pull at Naruto's arm as well," now, let go so me and my Naruto can have some fun time."
"I think not, besides, I think Naruto-sama would want to spend time with me, bakemono-onna," Ayeka persisted as she pulled at Naruto's arm again.
As the two kept arguing, Naruto couldn't help but let out a stream of tears go down his face in a comical manner,' they're going to rip my arms off if they keep this up. Just why can't they get along,' he pleaded in his head as they kept arguing and pulled at his arm like in a game of tug-o-war.
Everyone looked at this with sweatdrops on their heads. Sasami had a tired smile on her face as she looked how the two were acting in front of everybody,' well, it was bound to happen sooner of later,' she thought with shrug.
"Well, I'll be at Training Grounds Three, so come around when your done with your ladies, Naruto," Kakashi said with a perverted giggle, which was followed by Jiraiya own giggle. Before anyone could say anything to that, Kakashi gave a finger salute," ja ne," he said before disappearing in a poof of smoke.
Sakura sighed at that before looking over to her remaining teammate and sweatdropped. Reason being that it seemed the two women didn't hear Kakashi and that the whole meeting was basically over and were still tugging Naruto back and forth.
"He's coming with me, ya damn broad!" Tug!
"Naruto-sama, wouldn't want to spend time with such an uncouth women like you!" Tug!! Tug!!
"Oh yeah!" Tug!! Tug!! Tug!!
"Yeah!" Tug!! Tug!! Tug!! Tug!!
"LET ME GO!!"
Sakura heard a sigh beside and looked down to see Sasami beside her," we're going to be here a while," Sakura nodded at this as she and everyone else, for some reason not wanting to interfere, continue to watch Ryoko and Ayeka try and play Tug-o-War with Naruto, with him being the rope.
A/N: Well, this is CH. 4, hopefully I've capture the essence that is Tenchi Muyo for you guys to be able to apply onto Naruto's return to Konoha. Well, if you guys want to ask me something, PM me or post it on the reveiws, ja ne.
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