Okay then!
First I want to you to know that your reviews helped a bit on making me improve (I think).
I also wont be updating as regularly since school has started, so sorry about that.
That aside, let's get on with the show.
Also, I don't own Naruto. I wish I did, but I don't.
Team seven and the Momochi family were now at the bridge, Zabuza and Haku having a private conversation while the konoha-nin were saying their goodbies to the village. Naruto smiled at Inarri and said, "It's okay Inari. You can cry when you're happy."
Inari tried to keep from crying, but was failing miserably. "I-I don't want to cry! Y-you cry too, N-Naruto-nii-s-san!" said the little boy. Naruto just shook his head while smiling.
"Okay then, new orders!" Inari looked up at him in confusion. "I want you to take care of this place until the next time I come to visit. Got it?"
"Y-yeah. I wont let you down!" Inari nodded, his smile probably coming close to splitting his face. Both boys gave each other big smiles, then Haku walked over to Naruto with a sad look.
"Well... See you later Naruto-kun." she said, her head hanging a bit. Naruto suddenly took an interest to the floor, unsure what to say.
"So, uh... Where are you and Zabuza going?" he asked, scratching the back of his head.
"Well, he said that blade you gave him was very powerful. It was supposed to be one of the swords from Mist, but it was stolen some time ago. That's why there's seven from Mist, and one missing. Basically, the one you gave him. We're heading back to mist to finish off the Mizukage."
"Big deal. Anyway, hope I get to see you soon Haku." he said, extending his hand to shake hers. She looked at it for a second, before quickly leaning in and kissing him lightly on the cheek, making him blush a bit. She walked back to Zabuza, who had begun a conversation with Tsunami. She seemed troubled and worried, but nodded nonetheless.
As the Konoha nins and the nuke-nins parted from the bridge, Tsunami turned to her father and asked, "So what will we call the bridge, tou-san?"
The old man thought for a moment, then Inari answered. "The Great Naruto Bridge!"
The villagers all voiced their agreement as the nin all went their ways.
It was much faster reaching konoha now that they began tree hopping, as the reached their home in a third of the time it took to get to Hi no Kuni. Once they reached there, they passed the guards and gave them the info, and walked towards the Hokage tower. As they walked towards there, Shishi clearly saw the looks of hatred directed at Naruto. To put the blond in less trouble, Akyo returned to being small and on Naruto's head while Shishi turned into a belt. It was a good thing Sakura and Sasuke bought the story of Shishi going back to the wilderness.
As they drew closer to the tower, Shishi suddenly zipped to the shadows of an alley and changed into his human form. He waved to Naruto before disappearing into the crowed of civilians. "Nii-san better not do anything rash, or they will beat him an inch from his life." mumbled Akyo. Naruto just shrugged and entered the lobby. After getting a minor glare from the secretary, they entered the Hokage's office.
"Team seven here, mission accomplished." said Kakashi in his usual bored tone.
After some papers were cleared, team seven was about to leave when Naruto said, "I need to talk to you, jiji." There was something in Naruto's voice that told the aged Hokage that he would soon have a headache.
(After Explaining His Life, Meeting Kyuubi, And What Happened At The Bridge)
"So let me get this straight. You became Akyo's, who is a demon, mate, and saved her after she was impaled in the heart by an attack meant by Sasuke? And not only that, but the Kyuubi is a female that you have grown attached to and now there's another demon by the name of Shishi running around the village doing Kami-knows-what? And to top this all off... you mind repeating that last part?"
"Well, according to Kyu-chan, I began as a tenth of a demon about a week ago, but I'm slowly turning more and more demon-like with each passing day. Soon I'll be a hanyou and be nearly unstoppable." deadpanned the only boy there.
"I'm getting too old for this shit." mumbled Sarutobi, massaging his temples.
Naruto just shrugged and continued. "One more thing jiji. Something happened at the bridge, and I'm not sure what. From what Kakashi and Sakura told me, I kept on appearing in flashes of red." This got the old Hokage's attention.
'It couldn't be... Minato said it might not work, yet it seems it did.' The old Hokage stood up and walked to the picture of the Yondaime Hokage. He moved it to the side to show a seal underneath the picture. He activated the seal and a box appeared after a puff of smoke. He passed the box to Naruto before rounding his desk and rummaging through the drawers. Finally, he took out a key and also gave it to Naruto. "The key is to open the estate your father left behind for you, and in that box are letters from your mother and father."
Almost instantly, Naruto opened the box and looked inside. There were three scrolls, a picture, and what seemed like a clear orb. he took out the picture and it showed a man that looked like him, minus the whisker marks, holding a beautiful red-haired woman. She had green eyes and a kind smile, her skin was slightly pale, but beautiful nonetheless. What he noticed the most was that the woman had a slight bulge on her stomach.
"Mother... Father..." he whispered. His eyes slowly megan to moist as he saw both of them smile. In a strange way, it seemed that they weren't just smiling at the camera, but at him specifically.
He also smiled before bowing to the Hokage. "Thanks, oji-san. I owe you!" He turned around and walked out of the office. The old man shook his head, a smile on his lips. Then, when he was sure nobody was around, he took out a little orange book that he kept in a secret pocket, hidden within the Hokage robes.
Naruto roof-jumped as quickly as he could, Akyo having a hard time trying to stay on his head. He was barely halfway to his new home when he suddenly felt a small chakra signature nearby. He knew who it was and smiled. He landed a bit close to the signature and found a square box with rock patterns on it. It was only now that he was closer that he realized two more signatures were with the familiar one.
"Sshh! He's here!" he heard a small voice whisper. Naruto looked at the box questionably and kicked it, revealing a trio of little kids around nine. The one in the middle had dark-brown hair, black eyes, a yellow T-shirt with the leaf symbol on his stomach, and grey shorts. The only girl there had gravity-defying orange hair in two pigtails, black eyes, a red and pink shirt, and dark-brown shorts. The last one had brown hair, black eyes, and wore a grey sweater with tan pants. The thing they all had in common were the goggles on their forehead. That, and the middle one stopped using that helmet thing from before.
(Flashback)
Naruto and the team seven were currently in front of the Hokage, having captured Tora for the third time that week. And it was Monday.
Just as Sarutobi was about to give them their pay, the door swung open and a kid around nine charged in with a shuriken in his right hand. "OLD MAN! I shall defeat you and take the tittle of Hokage!" shouted the little kid. Unfortunately, he fell face-first into the floor. Naruto looked to see that he tripped on... wait, there's nothing there.
The kid got up suddenly and looked around. It just so turned out that Naruto was the closest to him as he pointed accusingly at Naruto. "You there! You tripped me didn't you?"
"No. You tripped on the air." Naruto said, amusement evident on his voice. Before the kid could say anything else, Naruto quickly grabbed his pay and sprinted for the door. Just then, some guy with a bandana around his head and spectacles opened the door and ducked when Naruto jumped over him. Before he got back up straight, the little kid ran between his legs and chased the blond boy.
Naruto stopped near a hot-springs and chuckled some more, leaning on the wall while Akyo was next to him letting her own laughs out. That's when he felt someone tug on his pants, then looked down and saw the little kid. "Are you affraid of me? 'Cuz that'll explain why you ran away!" Naruto looked at the little kid for a moment, then chuckled a little, before laughing, and then guffawing like a maniac. This only ticked the little kid off. "HEY! Do you know who I am? I'm Konohamaru Sarutobi, the old man's grandson!"
Suddenly, he was slapped on the back of the head by Naruto, who continued chuckling. "Kid, I wouldn't care if he were your grandmother. Point is, you and I are almost surrogate brothers since the old man thinks of me as his grandsons. Anyway, the name's Uzumaki Naruto. This little one here is Akyo." Akyo seemed indignant being called 'little' but yipped at Konohamaru anyway. It was only now that Konohamaru noticed the little fox next to Naruto.
The kid then looked at Naruto again, probably about to ask him something, when the guy from earlier appeared and stepped in front of Konohamaru. "Honorable grandson! Please, you must come back with me and not socialize with... him. Come, the shortcut to becoming Hokage can be triumphed if you follow me!" Before he could say anything else, Naruto was behind him and had knocked him out. He seemed a bit unhappy that the jonin was here, especially spewing some crap on 'the shortcut to Hokage'.
"Shortcut my ass! This idiot doesn't know what he's talking about." Naruto place his hands on his pockets and turned around to leave, but he found Konohamaru blocking his way. He looked at where the kid once was and back. 'Wow, this kid's fast when he wants to be.' he thought.
"Can you train me?" he asked. Naruto looked at him for a while, trying to decided. On one hand, he didn't really seem like the type of kid to want everything in a silver platter like another pompous fucker. On the other, he wasn't sure he wanted an apprentice right now.
Shrugging, he said, "I don't see why I can't show you a few things. Just don't go around thinking your a big shot just 'cuz I'm making you stronger."
"Hey! It's not my fault that the village treats me like a prince. Everyone only knows me as the 'honorable grandson' and doesn't even know anything about me." ranted the little kid. Naruto looked at him then smirked.
"Guess I'll take you under my wing. After all, I'm gonna be Hokage one day. What type of Hokage would I be if I didn't pay attention to kids?"
"Hey! I'm gonna be Hokage, so there's no way you will."
"Okay then, how about a rivalry? We'll see who becomes Hokage, gaki." Before Konohamaru could insult him back, Naruto had already disappeared via shadow-shunshin.
(End Flashback)
And here he was, his little rival with his two friends. "So what are you guys up to? You need something?" Just then, the kids made an introduction, all saying their names and having poses as they formed the 'Konohamaru corps'. They didn't expect Naruto to deadpan, "Cute." It sounded like he was trying his hardest not to make fun of them, so he just said that.
After the other two introduced themselves as Moegi and Udon, Konohamaru decided to ask Naruto what he wanted to ask him since he came back from the village. "Hey boss! Will you play ninja with us now? You promised, remember?"
Naruto looked down at the box in his hand. He really wanted to head to his estate and go through these things, but he always had a weakness against children. He sighed before taking out a scroll and sealing the box inside, then smirking at the three kids. Then he heard a familiar voice behind him. "Playing ninja? Don't you think you're too old for that Naruto?"
All of them turned to find none other than Sakura walking towards him, her remark being more playful than mean. Naruto jus shrugged. "What can I say? I like kids. (No pedo!)" He returned his attention to the Konohamaru corps before saying, "You have a ten-second head start." As soon as he said that, the three kids were off and Naruto began counting. As he reached five seconds, Sakura stepped next to him with a smirk on her face and her body tensing. As Naruto reached ten, he shouted, "NOW!" and they both began running after the three kids. Konohamaru and the other two heard them coming when they began laughing.
"Hey Ko! They're gaining on us! What do we do?" asked Moegi. Konohamaru was about to answer when he turned a corner and bumped into some guy wearing a cat suit, with something on his back covered in bandages. He turned around and showed he was wearing makeup (AN: at this point, said teen turns to the author and shouts, "It's war paint!").
"Watch it, twerp!" shouted the man and caught Konohamaru by the collar before lifting him up. "That hurt! Who do you think you are, bumping into people, especially the Kazekage's son?"
"Kankuro, put the boy down. We don't want any trouble right now." said a girl next to him. She wore a light-purple battle-skirt and shirt, with mesh underneath. Her dirty-blond hair was tied in four spiky pigtails.
"Calm down Temari. Besides, she's not here, so might as well enjoy this time eh?"
"Put him down!" shouted Moegi, though she was incredibly scared at the now proclaimed Kankuro who looked like he could beat the crap out of all three of them.
"And what if I don't, girly?"
"Then you die." Everyone was surprised to hear a voice so cold and deadly. Kankuro and Temari didn't recognize the voice, but it was just as scary as her voice. Behind Kankuro appeared Naruto, his sword drawn and the red spikes pointing towards his neck. "Besides, you wouldn't want a war to break out just because you were foolish enough to attack the Hokage's grandson. Not to mention my pupil." Kankuro gently placed Konohamaru down, who ran and hid behind Sakura with the rest of the corps. "Now, tell me you're here for the chunin exams, or I kill you both."
Now, I know you all hate me for making it end right now, but I don't want to draw this out too much.
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