KG: Well you people seem to like the idea of a Naruto/Samui/Oc pairing. If that's what you people want then I've got no real reservations about it. I originally thought about it, but figured it might be a bad idea; however if you people like it then I guess that's fine. Well enough of me yappin'.
In Konoha, two days later
Sarutobi was currently writing and signing some more documents in his office as he blew a puff of his smoke. The Sandaime sighed at the slow day the village was having. He and Kurenai had talked about some things and Sarutobi agreed that she should be there when the Raikage came so she could get a look at the woman that Naruto was supposed to marry. Granted it still irked her that her own son was being used in a political marriage there wasn't all that much that she could do.
"I really wish there was something going on. Oh well at least the day is slow. Any surprises would be greatly welcomed in my personal opinion," Sarutobi said to himself before someone came through the door. He looked up to see Konoha's two gate guards, Izumo and Kotetsu.
"Something I can help you two with?" Sarutobi asked while Izumo and Kotetsu gulped and stepped to the side. Soon the Raikage came through the door with a grin while Sarutobi widened his eyes.
"Yeah, you can greet us Hokage-dono," A said while Sarutobi stood to his feet. He quickly walked around the corner of his desk.
"Raikage-dono, when did you arrive? I wasn't even informed that you had appeared in the village," Sarutobi said as A walked inside along with Samui, Karui and Omoi.
"It's a small surprise Hokage-dono. Don't read too much into it. Now then I'd like to talk with you about what we discussed in our letter," A said and Sarutobi sighed. When he said he wanted a surprise that wasn't exactly what he meant, but ask and you receive something even if you're not expecting it.
"Well it is a pleasure that you've arrived Raikage-dono. Unfortunately our genin that we would have you meet is out on a mission with his squad that the moment. He will return soon enough so I'd appreciate it if you could wait for his return," Sarutobi said and A nodded. The Hokage snapped his finger and immediately an anbu bowed before him.
"See that the Raikage and his associates are treated with hospitality," Sarutobi commanded and the anbu nodded as he showed them the door.
"Konoha sure knows how to be polite at least," Karui said to her teammates making Omoi nod while Samui stayed silent. The four were guided out of the room while Sarutobi sighed.
"Hokage-sama any reason why Kumo is here?" Kotetsu asked and the Sandaime sighed as he rubbed the back of his head.
"It's something you'll know about later, but for now don't ask any questions. Also get Kurenai-san for me. She and her team should still be finishing up a D-rank mission so I'm sure she will want to know everything. You're dismissed," Sarutobi said and the two chunin vanished out of sight while Sarutobi sat back down in his chair. This was all going to become a massive headache to him.
With Kurenai Yuhi
Kurenai watched Ino, Chouji and Shino do their work of painting the fences of a client while she heard the small grumbles from the blonde of the group, but that was understandable. Missions like these had no use for shinobi. Doing chores that civilians were too lazy to do themselves. It staggered the mind of how different things were from back when Kurenai was a child.
"Kurenai-sensei how long do we have to do this menial labor?" Ino asked while Kurenai sighed before getting to her feet.
"This is to help you build teamwork Ino. You must master this before you take on the higher missions," Kurenai said while Shino turned to Ino.
"This is the most logical conclusion Ino. We know nothing about each other and if we're not prepared then we won't know our enemy," The Aburame responded and Ino just settled for nodding.
"Whatever bug boy. Sigh, I wonder what Sasuke-kun and Naruto-kun are doing," Ino said day dreaming while Chouji's stomach grumbled.
"I'm hungry. When is lunch?" Chouji grumbled making Kurenai sigh at her team, but she could deal with it she figured.
Soon the Genjutsu Mistress turned around to see Izumo walking up to her. She raised an eyebrow while Ino, Shino, and Chouji glanced at the two.
"Izumo, what are you doing here?" Kurenai asked and Izumo gulped. He whispered in her ear and Team nine noticed Kurenai narrow her eyes as she visibly tensed slightly before they saw Izumo disappear.
"Kurenai-sensei what's wrong?" Ino asked and the Genjutsu Mistress turned to her squad.
"After we're done with this mission you three will have the day off. We were scheduled for training exercises, but something came up and I'll have to do it later. We'll probably do this tomorrow. Now come on and get this work done," Kurenai said clapping her hands as the three continued. None of them saw Kurenai's cold glare as she looked at the sky for a bit.
"So he's here huh? Well that's not going to be good," Kurenai thought as she wondered where her son was at the moment.
With Team Eight
Anko and her squad currently left the port with their newest accessory and were traveling back on the road into Konoha. Everyone was currently conversing amongst themselves about how everything went down.
'So Kyoko-chan defeated a giant sea monster with one technique of her sword? That's awesome," Naruto exclaimed and Kyoko rubbed the back of her head with a small blush.
"I told you guys it was no big deal. I was one of Kiri's top swordsmen. It was no big deal to me at all. So when are we supposed to be arriving in Konoha anyway?" Kyoko asked and Anko took out the map.
"In about two hours maybe less. For now we'll have to hurry," Anko said and everyone rushed through the trees. They all couldn't wait to tell their Hokage about the success of their mission and who they even got for a friend out of it.
"So you suck at dispelling genjutsu? What's up with that?" Naruto asked with a laugh while Kyoko smacked him over the head.
"Hey I'm still a good shinobi without learning how to do that. Show some respect," she said to him and Naruto rubbed the back of his head.
"Sorry I just didn't know that one of Kiri's swordsmen was able to get caught in a C-rank genjutsu. It's funny," Naruto said to her and Kyoko narrowed her eyes while Hinata and Shikamaru snickered.
"Hmph, whatever. I could still kick your butt if I wanted," she said and Naruto raised an eyebrow. Anko face-palmed herself while Hinata and Shikamaru wondered if this was about to become something very weird.
"You're on Kyoko-chan. Maybe I'll take it easy on you and use a simple D-rank genjutsu this time as you had trouble with that C-rank," Naruto said as he saw Kyoko's blue hair shadowing her eyes. The blonde gulped before he quickly shot forward while Kyoko grabbed her sword.
"Okay brat. I'll teach you!" Kyoko yelled chasing after Naruto while the rest of the group continued to laugh.
"Their so troublesome. They act like they were never enemies," Shikamaru said while Anko nodded. She could definitely see the smiles on Kyoko's face. It must've been one of the first real smiles she had ever given or allowed herself to show.
"Sometimes it's better that way. You meet a lot of strange people in the world. It seems she was just lucky to meet Naruto or who knows what she would become. Remember this rule you two as both Naruto and Kyoko know this all too well. 'Yesterday's enemy might be tomorrow's friend'. Never forget that and you'll strengthen your bonds a lot of times," Anko instructed making Shikamaru and Hinata nod while they saw Kyoko still chasing Naruto.
"N-Naruto-kun's formation of bonds must be a strange thing," Hinata said making Anko nod while Shikamaru sighed.
"Sigh, the only bond I want to make right now is one with my pillow. Man I'm tired," Shikamaru muttered while Anko rolled her eyes.
"Gaki you're always tired. Don't worry I'll beat that laziness out of you," Anko said with a cheeky grin while Shikamaru effortlessly nodded.
"Troublesome," The Nara said to himself as everyone continued to run towards their village.
Two hours later
Naruto and the group were coming up to the Konoha gates and sighed in relief.
"Finally made it. Now we just have to clear this was Jiji and then we can go home. We can also find you a home also Kyoko-chan," Naruto told her and the blue haired kenjutsu woman settled for simply nodding as they approached the gates. They all saw Izumo and Kotetsu watching them as usual until they saw Anko's group.
"Hey Anko, back already?" Izumo asked and the tokubetsu jonin nodded with a slight grin on her face.
"That's right. The mission wasn't very difficult. It would've been much less difficult if not for somebody," Anko spoke glaring at Kyoko who had a slightly confident grin on her face.
"Well it's nice to see you back, but Hokage-sama needs your team in his office. Well, not his entire team, but more precisely Naruto right now," Kotetsu reported and Anko raised an eyebrow.
"Well we were just going there, but what does he need Naruto-kun for?" she asked them and the blonde raised an eyebrow. It was a rarity that his Jiji ever needed him for anything so he wondered what he could want. Naturally Hinata and Shikamaru were curious as to what their Hokage could want with Naruto also, but they figured that they would know about soon enough.
"Well the Raikage of Kumo is here talking with Hokage-sama and he just said that he wants to see you know. So you'd better get going now," Izumo told her and Anko nodded with a slight thank you.
"Well thank you for that. We'll be going then," Anko said as everyone walked off. They decided not to dawdle anymore than they already had.
"I wonder what he wants with me," Naruto said to them while Shikamaru rubbed his head.
"Maybe you did your usual pranks. I still remember when you unleashed so many snakes on the academy as a joke and everyone was screaming out at the top of their heads. Sheesh you get that from our sensei I bet," Shikamaru answer while Kyoko raised an eyebrow.
"He did what?" she asked and Hinata explained the incident while Naruto and Anko were laughing at the past prank that they did together.
"N-Naruto-kun had told us about the prank before it actually happened. We were more prepared for it, but soon there was giant ball of cloth that came from the ceiling. It showed a bag of hungry snakes that went for the first thing they could find...which was us. All the students were screaming like mad and they closed the academy for three days. And the weird part was that no one figured out who started the entire thing, but we all knew. Since the only ones who were associated with snakes were Naruto-kun and Anko-sensei. It was the only time that the academy had been closed," Hinata finished and Kyoko glared at Naruto and Anko. Both were ready to get scolded by the kenjutsu woman while Kyoko sighed.
"You guys couldn't do better than that?" Kyoko asked making Naruto and Anko widen their eyes while Hinata and Shikamaru turned to her like she was insane.
"What did you say?" Anko asked and Kyoko rolled her eyes. She wrapped her arm around Naruto's neck and grinned.
"I said you couldn't do better than that? Come on I did better than that during my academy days," Kyoko said and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? And how did the great Kyoko-sama do her pranks?" Naruto asked and Kyoko chuckled evilly making Hinata and Shikamaru back away slightly.
"Are you kidding? I was able to close our academy for two months all with a pencil, some glue and twelves sets of kunai," Kyoko said while Naruto gasped and so did Anko.
"Kyoko-chan you have to tell us how you did it," Naruto said as they walked up the stairs while Kyoko visibly smirked with a hidden gleam in her eye.
"Well alright. It all started when-,"
Hokage Office
Sarutobi, Kurenai along with the Raikage and Team Samui were all waiting for Naruto's group to arrive. While they were waiting Karui snuck behind Samui and decided to whisper in her ear.
"Are you sure about this Samui? You've never met this guy before. How can you live with something like this?" Karui asked and Samui closed her eyes.
"Karui just be cool and don't let it bother you. I told you it was alright. Whoever I marry won't matter to me," Samui responded and Karui sighed. She hated that impassive side of her teammate, but knew she couldn't do anything to stop her. Omoi sighed and rubbed his head.
"At least with Raikage-sama plan you might not have to marry him if he doesn't pass Raikage-sama's requirement," Omoi said and Karui nodded with a slight snicker, but then Samui glared at them both.
"It's not cool to wish for someone's demise. You don't even know him so don't talk trash about someone understand?" Samui asked and Karui nodded along with Omoi. The two apologized to the blonde girl as they heard a knock at the door.
"Come in," Sarutobi said and immediately the door opened. Both he and Kurenai smiled as they saw Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru and Anko come through the door. They were surprised at eh mysterious woman who appeared with them also, but that could be dealt with later.
"Hello Anko, how was the mission?" Sarutobi asked and Anko gave him a thumbs up as she handed him the mission report.
"It was a complete success Hokage-sama. I believe you remember our deal?" Anko asked and Sarutobi nodded, but then she noticed Kurenai glaring at her and Anko sheepishly chuckled while rubbing the back of her head.
"H-Hey Nai-chan. I can explain," Anko said while Kurenai rubbed the bridge of her nose and waved Anko off. She had more important things to worry about than that at the moment so she let it go...for now.
"Don't bother Anko. Congratulations on your mission Naruto-kun," Kurenai said with a smile and Naruto chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Thank you Kaa-chan, but Jiji why did you call us?" Naruto asked as before he saw the Raikage, Samui, Karui and Omoi staring at them. Hinata and Shikamaru looked at them also with confused expressions on their faces.
"Well Naruto-kun before we get to that I'd like you to meet the Raikage of Kumo along with his associates Samui, Omoi and Karui," Sarutobi said and Naruto bowed to them all before paying some attention to Samui personally. The two glared at each other and Samui did her best cold glare at the blonde and Naruto narrowed his eyes. He glared at Samui coldly also making everyone wonder what the two were thinking staring at each other. Soon they both broke their glares from each other and unknown to the other they both mentally smirked.
"He might not be so bad. He's kind of cool," Samui thought while Naruto rubbed his head while he went back to that glare.
"She's good. She definitely has Kaa-chan's glare if nothing else," Naruto thought, but then he was brought out of his stupor while Sarutobi and A clapped their hands.
"Raikage-dono I'd like you to meet Naruto Yuhi-Uzumaki. Our top graduating genin," Hiruzen told him and A raised an eyebrow.
"Uzumaki?" He wondered for a split second, but quickly grinned as he looked over the blonde. He eyed him from head to toe and could tell that he looked talented for his age.
"Nice to meet you Yuhi-Uzumaki-san. Please meet our top genin Samui," A said as the next blonde bowed to him also. Naruto bowed to her before he turned to his Hokage in confusion.
"Jiji what's this all about? Is something going on?" Naruto asked and the Hokage took a puff of his smoke. He sighed while Kurenai looked at the ground.
Samui and the rest were confused. Naruto should've known about already. It was a wonder that he didn't, but Sarutobi was about to explain so they all stayed quiet.
"Naruto-kun, a few days ago Konoha received a note from Kumo. They had agreed to a treaty with Konoha after an incident that happened with the Hyuuga Compound," Sarutobi paused as he looked at Hinata slightly and the Hyuga slightly lowered her gaze before the Hokage continued.
"Anyways, Konoha agreed to the treaty, but it was only by political marriage of our top genin with their top genin. Naruto, as of now you are engaged to Samui-san," Sarutobi paused while Naruto widened his eyes. Hinata gasped while Shikamaru widened his eyes also. Anko narrowed her eyes and looked between Naruto and Samui.
"Wait, why weren't we told about this?" Anko asked and Sarutobi rubbed the top of his head.
"It's because you and your squad left before we could get to you. So I decided to wait before telling you," Hiruzen replied and Naruto remained silent.
Kyoko watched the exchange between everyone and even she was surprised. She'd never seen a political marriage, only heard about them. This was quite a shock to her. She looked at Naruto's shocked fast and could tell that this was one of those things that really surprised him as he didn't seem like the type who was surprised by much.
"I understand that this must be a shock for you Uzumaki-san, but please accept our offer," A said to him and Naruto's hair shadowed his eyes. He looked at the ground and Kurenai wanted to say something, but she felt the words leave her mouth. She, as his mother, wanted to tell him it was his choice, but her shinobi side said that doing so wasn't the best of ideas.
Everyone in the room stayed silent for a bit and before Samui walked forward and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Uzumaki-san I don't know what I can say to you, but I'm fine with it. I really don't know anything about you, but I believe it's cool to meet you and get to know you. I hope you'll feel the same," Samui said and Naruto stayed silent for a minute. After what seemed like an eternity to everyone else Naruto finally sighed and scratched the back of his head.
"Never thought this could happen to me, but alright," Naruto said which confused everyone before the blonde turned around and faced his fiancee. The blonde rubbed the back of his head before he gave a sheepish grin.
"Well Samui-chan I don't know how this is going to go either, but if you're alright with me then I don't mind. I hope to get to know you better also," Naruto said and Samui gave a very small smile and nodded while some people sighed not knowing that they were holding their breath the entire time.
"So what do you think of him Karui?" Omoi asked and the dark-skinned kunoichi looked at him from eye to toe just like her Raikage.
"At least he doesn't seem to be an idiot," Karui said and Omoi sighed. His teammate could be such a stickler at times, but he knew she was just looking out for Samui even if he wondered if the blonde kunoichi needed that.
Seeing everyone calm down, Kurenai approached her son and patted him on the shoulder. She always trusted Naruto's judgement at times and just wanted his confirmation.
"Naruto-kun are you sure? This is a big step you're taking," Kurenai warned him, but Naruto gave her a simple look and smile as he hugged her surprising the Genjutsu Mistress.
"It's alright Kaa-chan. I can handle it," Naruto said and Kurenai merely nodded and got back to her feet. Sarutobi smiled and so did A, but now it was time to get back to some business.
"Well it's good that they both agree so that we have no problems, but now onto my conditions," A said and Sarutobi nodded while Naruto, Shikamaru, Hinata and Anko wondered what he meant by 'conditions'. Kyoko raised an eyebrow, but stayed silent. She'd speak when she had the opportunity to do so.
"Conditions? What conditions?" Anko asked and A folded his arms. He could tell he was going to make someone unhappy, but he needed his own confirmation as well.
"It's only one condition actually, but that's beside the point," A said and everyone paid attention. Karui snickered and wondered what Naruto's reaction would be to the condition.
"Simply put I just want to make sure that Naruto-san is as good as you claim him to be. I'd like to propose that if his sensei finds it a good idea that he should participate in the Chunin exams. He must make it to the final round of this tournament along with other competitors. It's with this that I can see what he's made of. I want to tell you that I'm not belittling his skills as a shinobi, but I just want to make sure that this is a wise choice to go along with," A said to everyone. Sarutobi nodded and turned to Naruto.
"Naruto-kun, do you accept this condition?" the Sandaime asked and the blonde put a finger to his chin. Soon he looked down and saw Mikata slither out of his jacket.
"You sssshould take it Naruto-sama, it'll be a good challenge for you," Mikata spoke and Naruto nodded. He grinned and turned to his teammates.
"What do you guys think?" Naruto asked making Hinata and Shikamaru look at each other. They both lightly smiled before turning back to Naruto.
"Well I doubt we'll even be your team in the coming months, but if we are then I'm good with it. Even if it is troublesome," Shikamaru said confusing A and the genin with him.
"What do you mean if? You guys are squad right?" Karui asked wanting to clear up the confusion as Naruto decided to respond to her question.
"That's right, but apparently Jiji told the jonin that he's putting us all together to increase our teamwork skills. He thinks it will lead to more mission success for the village in the long run," Naruto replied and Karui nodded.
"So Anko do you agree with this condition?" Sarutobi asked her as she was the sensei. Anko's face beamed with a full smile and she nodded.
"Oh yeah. I'll train them all real well for the Chunin exams. You can count on me," Anko said while Sarutobi turned to the Raikage.
"You do realize that I expect the same thing of Samui-san just to be fair," The old Hokage returned making sure that A held up the same type of bargain to which he did with a sure nod.
"Of course, I expected that and Samui already told me that she agrees to the conditions also," A replied and Sarutobi nodded.
"Very well then. I hope to see you around," Sarutobi said to him and A nodded, but then he decided to ask for something else.
"Oh by the way Sarutobi, we're going to be here for a few weeks so may I suggest that twice every week that Naruto and Samui train together. To help them get used to each other," A suggested and Sarutobi nodded. He completely agreed with that action.
Naruto and Samui glanced at each other for a few seconds before they tore their gazes away as Naruto watched Samui and her team leave the room along with their Raikage.
"Well now that that's over with. Would you mind telling me who this is?" Sarutobi asked staring at Kyoko who simply smiled as she stood to her feet.
"I thought all Kage knew the people in their bingo books," Kyoko said and Sarutobi raised an eyebrow at her while Naruto explained.
"Jiji this is Kyoko Fura. An A-ranked missing nin from Kiri. We convinced her to come to Konoha with us," Naruto said and that news was almost enough to make Sarutobi almost fall out of his chair making the others chuckle at him. Sarutobi straightened up and coughed getting his composure back.
"I see, well that is some news to me. Tell me why do you want to join Konoha?" Sarutobi asked and Kyoko looked at Naruto. The blonde smiled with a nod while Kyoko sighed. She rubbed the back of her head before she finally spoke.
"I'd rather not be a criminal and chased by hunter nin for the rest of my life. The brat right here seems to think that I might do some good in Konoha so I want to see where that takes me. I can offer you my services if that's what you'd like," Kyoko said and Sarutobi nodded.
"Well it's not everyday that I meet an ex-swordsman of Kiri. I suppose I can find a job for you. Well it's not like I couldn't. Given your missing nin rank, I have almost no choice, but to make you a jonin. And I have your first mission for you. On the days that Naruto and Samui train together I want you to be their teacher also. It'll help me stall till I can find out where you belong," Sarutobi told her and Kyoko nodded. The Sandaime went into his drawer and pulled out a small piece of paper.
"Just fill that out for me and return it to me tomorrow. I can set you up with a house in a few minutes and her is your headband and vest," the Hokage told her and Kyoko looked at the vest. She slightly frowned as she figured that the vest wasn't a good combination with her hair, but she heard about jonin who didn't wear their vests so she figured that she'd do that also.
"Very well Hokage-sama. I'll return this to you tomorrow. See you later brat," Kyoko said walking out of the room and she closed the door. Naruto chuckled while Sarutobi brought everyone's attention back to him.
"Job well done Team eight. Your pay will be given to over the week. It seems you were right about them Anko. They really do know how to handle themselves. Hehe, Naruto almost reminds me of Sasuke," Sarutobi said and the blonde raised an eyebrow.
"How do I remind you of that Teme?" Naruto asked and Sarutobi closed his eyes with a small chuckle.
"Well when Sasuke learned that you went on a C-rank mission already, he went ballistic and told us that he wanted one also. Kakashi tried to stop him, but we relented and let him go on one. He left about a day ago," Sarutobi said and Naruto secretly grinned.
"That the Teme for ya. Well I'm not losing to him," Naruto said mentally before Sarutobi dismissed them all from the office.
Everyone walked the streets of Konoha as they all felt more refreshed from the meeting.
"So what's everyone going to do now?" Naruto asked while Shikamaru yawned.
"I'm going home and hitting my bed. I've got no more reasons to be awake. See ya later," Shikamaru said as he walked off waving goodbye to his friends making Naruto and the others chuckle at him.
"I-I'm going back home. I have some things to do. Bye Naruto-kun," Hinata said as she walked off also leaving Naruto, Anko and Kurenai in the streets.
"Well I've got to do the mission report so that I can turn it in to Hokage-sama. See you tomorrow Naruto-kun if you're not to busy with your girlfriend," Anko cooed as she walked away making Naruto blush.
"Wanna go home Kaa-chan?" Naruto asked and Kurenai ruffled his hair while she smiled. She quickly nodded as they walked back home. Along the way there, both Kurenai and Naruto could feel the obvious stares on them both. Stares of perversion for Kurenai and stares of hate for Naruto which the two of them glared coldly at everyone making most people gulp and turn their heads to avoid the Ice Queen and what some people called the Ice Fox.
"You've gotten better with your glare Naruto-kun," Kurenai said and Naruto narrowed his eyes at one man making him gulp and sweat in bullets.
"Anyone who stares at my Kaa-chan like this deserves a stare. Besides you taught me how to use it," Naruto said and Kurenai nodded. The two climbed the stairs of their apartment and Naruto opened to door. Kurenai turned on the lights to their place and the two sighed as they rested on the couch.
"So how was your genin team?" Naruto asked and Kurenai sighed.
"They should teach more stuff at the Academy. It's good that they passed, but they still have a lot to improve on. I can only hope that they do well," Kurenai said and Naruto chuckled.
"Hey you taught me with my high chakra reserves how to do some great genjutsu. I think you'll be fine with a genin team," Naruto said and Kurenai snorted. She did see the small logic in that as it took quite a while to get Naruto to have excellent chakra control to project genjutsu, but she felt so happy when he was able to do it. It brought a lot of joy to her heart that Kurenai could teach her son genjutsu.
"I suppose you're right. Well we're free so anything you want to do?" Kurenai asked and Naruto thought it over. He didn't really have anything planned.
"Well I guess we can go for a walk if you have the time," Naruto said and Kurenai was about to agree to it before she heard a knock at the door. The red eyed jonin quickly opened the door and saw Hana wave to her.
"Hana, what are you doing here?" Kurenai asked as Hana grinned.
"Yugao and I scored some free dango meal tickets. Wanna come? We were just about to go invite Anko" Hana said, but Kurenai shook her head.
"Thanks, but I was just about to spend some time with my son. I might go another time," she said, but Naruto patted her shoulder.
"It's alright Kaa-chan we'll just go another time. Go have some fun," Naruto told her and Kurenai reluctantly nodded. She quickly changed her clothes and followed Hana out past the door. Naruto sighed as he headed for his room.
The blonde opened the door and laid on his bed. He unzipped his jacket and watched Mikata slither out.
"Are you okay Naruto-sama?" she asked and the blonde nodded. He quickly sat up and softly petted Mikata from her head to her tail.
"I'm fine just bored. I guess I'll go back and walk around the village. Are you going to stay here?" Naruto asked and Mikata nodded. She forked her tongue and slithered across the floor.
"There issss a mousssse here. I can ssssmell him. Time to hunt. See ya Naruto-sama," Mikata said as she slithered away while Naruto got changed. He put on a blue sleeves shirt and some black pants. He quickly walked out of the house and entered back into the streets of his village.
Naruto sighed as he looked around at the people conversing. He had nothing to do really so he was mostly bored. He could train, but he'd be training with Samui tomorrow so he figured that he could use this as a day off.
"Let's see, what can I do?" Naruto wondered until he decided to see if anyone was at the training grounds. The blonde quickly went to the rooftops and dashed for the training grounds. He'd head for the Forest of Death, but he knew no one would be there. So on that note, the blonde quickly ran off leaving no one to recognize his presence.
Random Training Ground
Naruto jumped to the ground and looked around. He saw no one there and sighed.
"Oh well I guess I have this place to myself," Naruto said as he laid near a tree. He quickly looked up at the sky and soon he found why Shikamaru liked to have a view like this. It was great. The trees were swaying and the blonde easily fell asleep enjoying the serenity of the forest.
Naruto yawned as he opened his eyes. He looked up to see that the sun was going down and wondered how long he had been up. The blonde leaned up and rubbed his head.
"Ugh how long was I asleep?" Naruto asked himself, but then he was surprised by a response.
"Maybe longer than an hour. You shouldn't leave yourself exposed like that. It's not cool," someone said as Naruto looked up into the tree. He raised an eyebrow when he saw Samui reading a book.
"Is that so? Well other than you there seems to be no one else here," Naruto returned to his fiancee and Samui kept her expression impassive.
"If I was an enemy I might have killed you," Samui said and Naruto chuckled while he sat down under the tree again.
"I didn't know my fiancee was supposed to kill me," Naruto replied to her comment and Samui's eyebrow slightly twitched.
"If you're so easygoing then you'll end up dead one day. It's not cool to be too relaxed," she said and Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
"Well maybe I was pretending to sleep when you found me. Consider that?" Naruto asked her and the blonde kunoichi stayed silent for a few moments before turning to him.
"I did not. Maybe you're right. So were you pretend sleeping?" Samui asked him and Naruto gave a simple shrug again as he walked into the field.
"Nah, but I could've been. So what are you doing out here?" the blonde asked and Samui placed her book from her face.
"Enjoying the quiet. What are you doing here?" Samui asked and Naruto quickly stopped in the middle of the field.
"Resting after my mission. Got nothing better to do dattebayo," Naruto said before he moved to the side to dodge a kunai.
"It'd be cool if you trained. We are meeting together tomorrow in case you forgot," Samui told him and Naruto chuckled as he took the kunai and twirled it in his hands.
"I know it's tomorrow. How about I train and you give me a smile. You haven't smiled once since I saw you a few hours ago," Naruto told her and Samui rolled her eyes.
"You're weird you know that Uzumaki-san?" Samui asked and Naruto chuckled.
"Naruto is fine Samui-chan and besides it's Yuhi-Uzumaki," Naruto told her and Samui merely nodded as if going with what he said.
"I see, well at least you're not how I figured you might be," she said and Naruto raised an eyebrow as he threw her kunai back at her.
"Oh? And how did you figure I might be?" Naruto asked while Samui put her book away and jumped to the ground. Naruto watched her come down easily while she advance towards him.
"Didn't really have much of an opinion, but let's just say that with Karui's imagination I was slightly worried to meet you. No offense to you," Samui said impassively and Naruto agreed with her.
"None taken Samui. Ah mind it without an honorific?" he asked and she nodded that it was fine as she didn't really care much for the honorifics either.
"Samui is cool I guess. Just figured I should get to know you a little before we train tomorrow," Samui told him and Naruto nodded.
"I see, well that's always nice to here. So what do you want to know about me?" Naruto asked and Samui shrugged her shoulders.
"Nothing comes to mind yet. It'll be cool if you told me how you train," Samui said and Naruto chuckled before he turned to her.
"Hmm well I could tell you that, but I hardly know you also. Can I ask you a question then?" Naruto asked and Samui nodded. The blonde smirked and looked at the sky.
"What's your last name? You answer me that and I'll answer yours," Naruto said and Samui's gaze grew cold. Naruto narrowed his eyes and he gave his best cold glare also. The two stared at each other for a bit while their blue eyes collided against each other. They soon stopped and Samui sighed.
"I don't have a last name. I never knew my parents. I only have my brother Atsui," Samui responded and Naruto nodded. He sighed as he wondered if he brought back a bad memory.
"Oh sorry about that. I didn't know you had that type of past," Naruto said and Samui shrugged her shoulders.
"It's cool. I've mostly got over it," Samui said to him and Naruto nodded.
"I didn't know my parents either. No one really tells me about them," Naruto said while Samui raised an eyebrow.
"If I recall correctly then you called the Genjutsu Mistress, Kaa-chan. Kurenai-san, isn't she your mother?" Samui asked and Naruto rubbed the back of his head.
"Adoptive mother, but yeah. I love her and she's taught me a lot as if I was her own son. So I took on her last name and added it to my name," Naruto said with a gentle smile as he sat down under a tree. Samui remained standing looking at her future husband.
"I see. Well that's cool," Samui said feeling some small amount of respect for Naruto coming around.
"Oh and to answer your question, I mostly train to be an all-rounded shinobi, but I prefer Genjutsu above the others," Naruto said and Samui nodded.
"Well alright. It looks like it's getting late. I guess I'd better go unless you have anymore questions?" Samui asked and Naruto turned to see the moon going down. He shook his head as he stood to his feet. He quickly dusted himself off and walked over to Samui. He held out his hand making the Kumo nin look at him strangely.
"We never really introduced ourselves to each other right? Well I'd like to do that now. Just think of it as a small step to getting to know my fiancee dattebayo," Naruto said grinning and Samui looked at his hand for a bit. She gave a hidden smile, but shook his hand.
"I'm Naruto Yuhi-Uzumaki. It's nice to meet you Samui," Naruto said to her and Samui nodded.
"I'm Samui from Kumo. It's nice to meet you Naruto," Samui told him and the blonde chuckled as he let go. The two began to walk back to the village while Samui seemed to be in deep thought.
"Something bothering you?" Naruto asked and Samui turned to him.
"They way you talk, that 'dattebayo'. What's up with it?" Samui asked and Naruto sheepishly chuckled in embarrassment.
"Kaa-chan calls it a verbal 'tick'. It's something I've always said without meaning to. And what about you saying 'cool' a lot?" Naruto asked as he knew it had to do with her name in a way. Samui coughed in her hand out of simple embarrassment.
"It's nothing. It's just a cool word. I like it," Samui said and Naruto chuckled which got her confused.
"What's funny? Is it something I said?" She asked and Naruto held his hands in defense.
"No no Samui-chan. It's just that your interesting and a lot more mature than some of the people I hang out with," Naruto responded and Samui seemed to accepted that.
"Is that a compliment?" She asked and the blonde male jinchuuriki quickly nodded that it was which made Samui's mood lighten a bit.
"Yeah it was. So how do you like Konoha?" he asked and quickly Samui's expression went back to being impassive.
"It's a nice village. I haven't had the opportunity to come here so it'll be a new experience," Samui answered and Naruto nodded. It was then that they entered the village and immediately Naruto's stomach grumbled while he blushed in embarrassment. Also against her wishes, Samui let out a small smile.
"I guess I'll go and let you eat," Samui said, but then Naruto grabbed her arm.
"Oh come on and eat with me. You've got nothing better to do so let's go," Naruto told her as he dragged Samui to his favorite place. Samui had never been manhandled before so this was kind of new to her to his favorite stand.
After a bit of walking, Naruto opened the curtain while Samui followed inside. It wasn't her intention to be out this long, but somehow she stayed while Naruto sat on a seat and Samui sat next to him.
"Hey Teuchi-ojisan mind getting me and Samui some ramen? I'll take one miso. How about you Samui-chan?" Naruto asked and the blonde girl sighed. She wasn't much on eating such things, not that they had ramen in Kumo or maybe they did and she just didn't know about it nor taste it.
"I guess some shrimp ramen is okay," Samui said and Teuchi nodded.
"One miso and one shrimp. You got it," he said while Naruto looked around.
"Where's Ayame-nee?" Naruto asked as Teuchi began to do his work.
"She's gone to the bank. She won't be back for a while," Teuchi said and Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
Soon Teuchi poured the two their bowls and Naruto handed Samui her chopsticks. Samui looked at Naruto with a glare while the blonde simply smiled. The blonde girl sighed and took the chopsticks. She watched as Naruto dug into his food while looking down at her own. Naruto turned to her and gulped some of his noodles.
"Are you alright? Is it not good?" Naruto asked and Samui shook her head.
"No I just don't eat food like this, but I'll try it," Samui said as she picked up the noodles and placed them in her mouth. She slightly widened her eyes before turning her head to see Naruto smiling at her. Samui raised an eyebrow at him, but knew why she was smiling. They were really good noodles. She couldn't deny that fact. Granted they were the only noodles she'd ever had, but they were still good.
"I take it you like them?" Naruto asked and Samui looked back at the still full bowl of noodles.
"Their cool I guess. Yeah their quite good," Samui said and Naruto finished his bowl. Samui took a little longer, but she finished also. Naruto paid Teuchi and the two left.
"Alright Samui I'll see you tomorrow at the training ground where we met last time," Naruto told hr and Samui nodded. She slowly waved goodbye to him as the two walked in separate directions.
Unknown to the two there were five shadows watching them.
"Aww Naruto-kun just had his first date. I told you that girl was cute," Anko said while Hana and Kurenai came out of the shadows.
"Hmm I'd rather not interfere with my son's life Anko. Why are we even here?" Kurenai asked and Anko grinned as she smiled.
"Are you kidding Nai-chan? Those two were made for each other even if that Samui is slightly more serious than someone would like," Anko said while Hana chuckled.
"So Naruto's got a fiancee. Never saw it coming. That is going to spread like wildfire in the next few days," Hana said and Kurenai could agree with that.
"Well Samui Uzumaki sounds like a nice name or maybe it's Samui Yuhi-Uzumaki. Who knows how something like that goes," Anko said and Kurenai slightly snorted.
"If only Yugao could enjoy this view with us," Hana said before two other people joined.
"See Karui, I told you there was nothing to worry about. Man you're so protective. I wonder if your trying to be Samui's mother or something," Omoi said which earned him a smack on his head.
"Shut up Omoi, but I guess you're right. He's at least not an idiot. Heck it's an accomplishment that he got Samui to even eat with him. She never wants to eat with us," Karui pouted while Omoi chuckled.
"Maybe she doesn't want to be around your loud mouth that could cause an avalanche," Omoi replied while Karui merely growled before the two vanished out of sight.
"Looks like we're not the only ones who were interested in this new relationship. How nice," Anko said as the three shunshined out of sight also.
Somehow, Kurenai managed to beat Naruto home and when the blonde opened the door he saw Kurenai sitting on the couch reading while she was humming.
"Oh Kaa-chan you're back. How was it with Anko-nee and Hana-chan?' Naruto asked and Kurenai turned around.
"It was nice Naruto-kun. Where were you?" Kurenai asked with a small snicker while Naruto raised an eyebrow at her.
"I was...out for a bit. Nothing to worry about Kaa-chan. See ya," Naruto said as he went to him room while Kurenai sighed, but that didn't last long as Naruto opened the door.
"Oh and Kaa-chan if you, Anko-nee and Hana-chan are going to spy on me then please use a higher genjutsu cause I dispelled that rather easily," Naruto said as he closed the door leaving Kurenai with her eyes widened at the thought that Naruto had caught her without her knowing. She didn't know whether to be proud or scared of that.
"I wonder if I trained him too well," Kurenai thought before getting to her feet and walking towards her room.
Naruto turned on the lights in his room as he saw Mikata curled into the usual ball she was in. The blonde raised an eyebrow before he sat on the bed and the vibrations made Mikata stir as she uncurled.
"Naruto-sama, when did you get home?" she asked as Naruto put on his night clothes.
"Just now Mikata-chan. We've got a busy day tomorrow so let's get some sleep. Did you find your mouse?" Naruto asked and Mikata forked her tongue.
"Yep and he'ssss ssssettling peacefully in my sssstomach," Mikata said making Naruto shiver slightly. He turned out the light and quickly went to sleep while he looked at the ceiling.
"Samui-chan really is interesting," Naruto said in thought as the sleep claimed him and he went to bed.
Next Morning
Naruto entered the training grounds as he rubbed the back of his head. He hoped he wasn't late as they didn't really decide on a time for them to begin. He didn't even know why he and Samui were having this little training thing. If they were going to be something then it should be natural, but who was Naruto to go against two Kage and their wishes. Oh he'd really like to at the moment.
Naruto continued to walk through the training ground until he saw Samui leaning against a tree with her arms crossed and her eyes closed.
"I see you came here early also," Naruto said as Samui settled with a small nod. She opened her eyes and saw Naruto looking around.
"So I take it that Jiji told you Kyoko-chan would be training us?" Naruto asked and again Samui nodded again like it was a common thing. Naruto sighed as he rubbed the back of his head. He sat down and leaned next to a tree across from Samui and soon a fog rolled in. The two opened their eyes and saw a small figure arrive. It bigger and bigger before Kyoko came into view with her mask on.
"So my first mission is training you two huh? Fine, let's get this started," Kyoko said as she took out her sword. Naruto tensed and Samui narrowed her eyes.
"Unlike your softcore jonin I won't hold back. Granted I won't kill you both, but you'll be in for a world of hurt. Think you can beat me?" Kyoko asked and Naruto stood to his feet.
"You mean other than the C-ranked genjutsu I used on you right?" Naruto asked and Kyoko slightly grumbled behind her mask before she gave a devious smirk. Samui wondered what Naruto meant by that before Kyoko spoke.
"Alright brat, then first rule. No Genjutsu. Any use of it and you two will be running laps around this training field till you drop," Kyoko said with a smirk and Naruto gulped. Samui grabbed the tanto on her back and Naruto grabbed his kodachi.
"Here I come brats. Try keep up with me," Kyoko said as she vanished in the mist. Naruto and Samui sighed as their training together began and they were already mentally regretting it.
KG: I want Samui and Naruto to be familiar with each other and I don't that'll happen if she's in Kumo so she's in Konoha for a few weeks. Just want a trust building thing to start. Wanted them to open up a least a little before they trained together. She'll go back at some point, but just want them to have some familiarity. That's all I've got laterz.
