Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 73: Engagement Issue's
Jiraiya left Tsunade's office and went out to find Yugito. 'She is probably helping with the construction of Naruto's new home, I don't think she will be happy when she finds out exactly shy we are going to Demon Country' he thought as he made his way to the area of town they were building Naruto's clan compound.
Yugito was indeed at the build site, she had rounded up all of Naruto's friends who were not currently on missions to help them. Along with builders who came from wave to help Tazuna, also helping where Team eight and the gate guards Izumo and Kotetsu who had somehow been given some time off of there usual duties in order to help clean up the village.
"This place is coming along nicely, maybe in a few days with the help of some more ninja it will almost be ready to move into" Jiraiya said as he arrived at the build site, admiring the work they had done so far.
"Well things are a lot easier with ninja helping, the things some of you can do with chakra is just amazing" Tazuna said
"Indeed it is, its just a shame Naruto isn't here, with him we could get this place built in an afternoon" Jiraiya said.
"Yes I have seen him use his clones, it must be like having a one man army" Tazuna replied.
"Why are you here Jiraiya-sama I thought you needed to see Tsunade about the reason Naruto isn't back yet" Yugito said.
"Well that is why I am here, we need to pack for a trip to Demon country, there seems to be further complication's in Naruto's mission that are out of his control" Jiraiya said.
"What happened this time, was the village infested with zombies or something" Yugito said.
"Well no, but Tsunade needs both of us along with Kakashi to come with her to Demon Country" Jiraiya said.
"What crisis in a small country like the needs three S class ninja and two elite jonnin?" Yugito asked.
"A marriage proposal" Jiraiya said.
"A What!" Yugito yelled so loudly most of the village could here.
(Hokage Tower)
A loud scream of disbelief made its way to Tsunade's ears while she was telling the elders why she was leaving early for the Kage summit.
"I still do not understand, why you need to leave two days early, you say that it has something to do with Naruto?" Homura said.
"Well it's because of these" Tsunade said handing the elders the two letters from Shion and Mei over.
After a quick read through Koharu was the first to reply. "I see, those are indeed interesting terms, but are you actually going to go through with either of them?" she said.
"I would not be doing my job if I didn't at least talk it out with them, Mei's offer is a very good one" Tsunade replied.
"I agree it would could prove a valuable alliance, after all there has not been a treaty involving a marriage since the Shodaime Hokage married Mito Uzumaki" Homura added.
"Yes but how will the boy react to such an agreement, you saw how he reacted when Danzo was about to be named the next Hokage" Koharu said.
"I can't imagine he would react well, if the deal goes ahead. And even if we turn it down we will still need to see Mei and explain why we have decided not to take up on her most generous offer" Tsunade said.
"So when will you be leaving?" Homura asked.
"Later this afternoon, we need to make it to Demon Country without being late for the Kage summit" Tsunade informed the pair.
"So who will be your guards for the trip?" Koharu asked.
"I will be accompanied to Demon Country with Jiraiya, Yugito and Kakashi, from there however Jiraiya and Yugito will return to Konoha and I will continue on with Kakashi and Naruto as my guards for the summit" Tsunade said.
"Very well, we will look forward to your safe return" Koharu said before they both bowed respectfully and left.
'Hm they seem more agreeable and less on my case now that Danzo is gone, obviously that bastard was putting pressure on them' Tsunade thought as she watched them leave.
The rest of the day was rather normal, well as normal as a village that needed to be almost completely rebuilt could be. And it wasn't long before the group heading for Demon Country were meeting up at the eastern gate.
"So are we all here?" asked a clearly irritated Yugito.
"Uh we are just waiting for Kakashi" Jiraiya said weakly, he had just spent the last couple of hours trying to calm down the kunoichi assuring her that they just wanted to talk to the two women about there proposals.
"Kakashi, why is he coming?" Yugito asked.
"Well he is supposed to be my body guard for the Kage summit along with Naruto so he is rather important" Tsunade said.
"Oh I guess that is a good reason" Yugito said.
It was a further fifteen minutes before Kakashi showed himself. "Uh sorry I am late, there were about fifty cats stuck up a tree and an old lady needed me to help get them down before helping her cross the street" Kakashi said with an eye smile.
"That is in all probability one of the worst excuses you have ever come up with" Tsunade said.
"I guess I could have done a bit better huh" Kakashi chuckled.
"How is Sakura doing?" Yugito asked honestly concerned with how the pink haired kunoichi had been since finding out about Sasuke.
"She is still in a bit of denial, but over the last few days she seems to be getting a lot better, she has been training like crazy, maybe she wants to be the one to do it, or maybe she thinks if she can capture him herself he can still be saved" Kakashi sighed.
"I see, well at least she hasn't given up completely, but I think once Naruto finds out Sasuke captured one of the jinchuuriki he will want to put Sasuke away himself once and for all" Tsunade said.
"Naruto was never one for revenge, but I think in this instance you are right, Sasuke is now too dangerous to allow to live" Jiraiya said.
"Well, I wouldn't tell Team Eight about it, Kiba has been complaining all week about how far Naruto has left the rest of there group behind. And Shino was saying that they needed to do more to help him and improve themselves, so that they could take some of the load off of his shoulder's" Kakashi said.
"That is a sentiment that is shared by Shikamaru, he is already talking about putting together a group of there classmates to go after Sasuke. But I think they want to inform Sakura about what they are planning before they attempt anything" Tsunade said.
"That kid has been nothing but a problem, a spoiled pet of the village counsel just because he has a dojutsu, well we are all suffering because of it now" Jiraiya added.
"As fascinating as this is, I suggest we start to make our way to Demon country, I told in my letters to Shion and Mei that we would be there by tomorrow afternoon, that means the longer we sit around talking here, the longer we will have to run tonight. Now let's go shall we" Tsunade said earning nods of agreement from the group.
(Demon country)
The sun was setting and Naruto was just leaving his hotel to go meet Mei for there dinner. 'I wonder what they could be having a Kage summit about, from what Mei said earlier, it is about finally going on the offensive against the Akatsuki. It's about time we can't let them get any more powerful' The blond thought. He was wearing his white and blue sage robe that made him look just like his father, as well as a black button up shirt and dress pants.
When he arrived at Mei's hotel, Ao was out the front waiting for him. "Ah Namikaze-san, Mei will be a couple more minutes, please follow me to her hotel room" the elite jonnin from Kiri said.
Ao began to lead Naruto upstairs to the suit of the hotel. Naruto took a seat on a couch and waited for the Mizukage.
It was not long before she appeared from what must be her bedroom in a flowing blue dress that showed off a lot of cleavage, enough to accent the fact that she was not wearing a bra. "Oh my Naruto-kun I didn't know that you were here already. Not that I am complaining at all, shall we" she asked with a smile.
"Sure why not, there is probably a lot to talk about" Naruto said with a smile.
"Then let's not waste any time" she said as she walked over to Naruto wrapped her arm around his and began to lead him out of there room.
Naruto shrugged and allowed her to lead and ignored a small look of jealousy on the face of Chojuro who had just come out of the kitchen as Mei began to pull on the blonds arm.
"So Mei, do you know any good places to eat around here?" Naruto asked.
"Not really, I asked Shion-dono earlier, and she recommended a restaurant that is supposed to be just up ahead" Mei said.
They walked for a few more minutes. Naruto couldn't help but notice the envious looks the people were giving to them, either the women looking at Naruto or the men looking at Mei, who had also noticed this but met them with a smile.
"How is it that you are so comfortable with people staring at you like that? I get it all the time in Konoha and I have never been able to just completely accept it, I always just try to ignore them" Naruto said.
"It's simple, I like to be desirable, so there looks are telling me that I am beautiful, besides it always nice to go somewhere and not just be greeted with bows and people calling me Mizukage-sama" Mei said.
"I see, well I guess that would be a better change, I certainly prefer these stares, to the looks of hatred I got as a child" Naruto said.
"Yes I can see how that would be an improvement" Mei giggled.
"Still, it would be nice for people to just see me as me and not look at me like I am some hero or someone they want to be with, I can't stand fan girls" Naruto shuddered.
"Yes, but from what I have heard you are a hero so there looks are quite justified. Your battle with the Rinnegan user intrigues me, I will enjoy hearing about some of the abilities he had. Oh this is the place, let's go in" Mei said. They had come to a large classy looking place that Naruto was quite sure would not have ramen.
"Good evening Sir, Madam, table for two?" a waiter asked when he saw Naruto and Mei walk in.
"Yes please, oh and if possible in a private area, we have sensitive things to talk about that should not be heard by the civilian public" Naruto said.
"You must be ninja then. We have an area that would be perfect for you, right this way" the waiter said leading Naruto and Mei to a secluded area of the restaurant. "Will this do?" he asked.
"Yeah this will be perfect" Naruto said with a smile.
The waiter bowed left two menu's and left the two shinobi to there business.
"So tell me, what triggered them to call a Kage summit?" Naruto asked.
"Oh it was the Raikage, A. his brother is a jinchuuriki and was captured by Akatsuki members including Sasuke Uchiha, that was the only member that they were able to recognize" Mei said.
"They captured Bee!... Wait did you just say Sasuke Uchiha?" Naruto said in disbelief.
"That's right, along with the call to come together for a Kage summit there was a request to add Sasuke's name to a kill on sight order which has been given. I take it you know this Sasuke" Mei said.
"You could say that, he was in my graduating class, we were never what you would call friends" Naruto said.
"I see, well I am sorry, I know that even though he was not a friend it still must be a bit of bad news to find out you may have to kill someone you have known for a long time" Mei said.
"It's alright, this has been coming, but I never imagined he would join the Akatsuki, not when Itachi was a member" Naruto said.
"He did not like Itachi?" she asked.
"Not at all, they were brothers but as you know Itachi became a missing ninja after massacring his own clan. Well he left Sasuke alive and since then Sasuke has lived his life with the sole purpose to kill Itachi" Naruto said.
"Well there must have been some reason for him to join or someone gave him a purpose, after all if he killed Itachi and that was his whole purpose in life what dose he have after it" Mei theorized.
'What my dad told me, the man in the mask Madara Uchiha. He was powerful enough to manipulate Nagato, so making Sasuke work for him must have been like convincing a starving person that cake is edible' Naruto thought, but decided not to tell Mei about who his father thought was the real leader of the Akatsuki, after all he hadn't even gotten around to telling Tsunade yet.
"Yeah you're probably right, so tell me what did you want to know about by fight with Nagato" Naruto said wanting to move the conversation away from Sasuke.
"Oh everything, I still find it hard to believe that he actually had the Rinnegan, it just doesn't seem possible the Rikudou Sennin was supposed to be nothing but a myth, but if his eyes are real then maybe he was as well" Mei said.
"Maybe. There is not much to tell about Nagato really, in truth he was not a bad person, he wanted peace and harmony in the world but just went about doing it the wrong ways. When I met him he was crippled, he had these chakra rod's in his back that came from using a certain jutsu that rips out your opponents souls and seals them within the statue that he summons. Also his legs were burnt and had not received proper medical attention making them almost useless" Naruto began.
"But if he was in such a bad shape how was he able to cause so much damage and be so powerful?" Mei queried.
"One of the more disturbing powers of the Rinnegan was the ability to reanimate six body's to be his paths. Each path would gain a specific ability that comes from the Rinnegan along with increased strength and speed, along with there eyesight's being connected. Before I could even meet Nagato face to face I had to defeat his six paths of pain" Naruto answered.
"Six! Six body's with a different and unique power. What were they?" Mei asked, she was clearly intrigued at that point, so much so that she did not notice the waiter arrive and place some bread on the table and wait to take there order.
Naruto noticed this and brought Mei out of her daze when the answer to her question was a rather popular barbequed meat. Recovering in the blink of an eye she regained her composure and ordered her own meal.
After that Naruto gave a brief recap of the skills he had seen Nagato use, and by that time there meal had arrived, they sat and talked happily as they ate. Naruto gave a brief edited version of his fight with Pein, leaving out the fact that he could use the Hirashin, he didn't think it was wise to give away his best move to a foreign Kage.
Once they were finished there meal they paid the bill and Naruto walked Mei back to her hotel. "Well this was a nice night, I guess I will see you around" Naruto said.
"Well it doesn't have to end you know, you could come upstairs" Mei said in a seductive tone.
"I'm flattered, but I don't think I should, you are a wonderful and beautiful woman Mei. But I have a girlfriend at the moment and I would never betray her" Naruto said.
"That's understandable, but you never know what might happen. She is a jinchuuriki of Kumo, actually she is the only one they have left now, do you really think they will allow her to stay with you" Mei said.
Naruto frowned slightly thinking about that, it was true that he seemed to get along alright with A, but Mei was right, the Kumo counsel would not accept there last jinchuuriki and one of there best weapons to be living in Konoha, a village they had no official alliance's with only a cooperation agreement while dealing with the Akatsuki.
"Maybe you are right, still I can't come up, I hope to see you again Mei. You are a nice person to spend time with" Naruto said.
Mei saw she was not going to get Naruto to follow her so she just smiled in acceptance. "Alright, goodnight Naruto-kun" she said quietly before leaning in and giving the blond a small peck on the cheek.
"See ya Mei, good luck at the Kage summit" Naruto said before turning and walking back to his hotel.
(Several Hours Later)
Shion sat bolt upright in bed sweat teeming off of her. This was a common occurrence for the priestess but this was far worse than she had ever seen before in all her fifteen years.
She got up and decided to make her way to the kitchen for a drink to calm her nerves. Bus as she arrived there she got a fright when she heard a voice behind her. "Up again Shion-sama, I take it you saw someone die again" the voice said.
Shion whirled around to see one of her guards. "Oh Taruho it's just you, you scared me" Shion said.
"I am sorry, I heard movement and came to investigate. Tell me what did you see this time?" Taruho asked.
"I saw a great battle, with hundreds of dead and dying people, but it wouldn't stop there more and more people were being killed and I just wanted it to end, there was so much death, what could cause such a thing" Shion said before she slowly started to sob.
"You saw a war. But what could trigger a war in these peaceful times?" Taruho said.
"I don't know, I just saw the people dying in front of me" Shion whimpered.
"If there is going to be another war, then we should strengthen our borders" Taruho suggested.
"We can talk about stuff like that tomorrow, right now I am tired and want to go back to sleep" Shion said.
"Very well, oh and Shion-sama, a response came from Tsunade-sama of Konoha. She wrote to inform you that she will be coming here to discuss your terms" Taruho said.
"Good, in the morning summon Naruto to come see me, he needs to be informed of the situation" Shion said. She then went over to grab a glass of water before heading back to bed.
(With Naruto the Following Morning)
Naruto was once again waiting for Shion in the same room he did the day before. 'Well looks like I can finally go home, Shion must have come to a decision regarding the request for aid by now' he thought while Taruho went to fetch Shion.
"Good morning Naruto" came the voice of Shion as she entered the room.
"Likewise, Shion-sama" Naruto replied with a smile.
"I have come to a decision regarding the request for Konoha and I have agreed under one condition" Shion stated.
"Condition? What condition?" Naruto asked.
"Oh it's quite simple really, I want you to be my husband" Shion said.
"What! Why me? We barely know each other" Naruto stammered out.
"That's no bother to me. Naruto-kun, you are the first person I have ever met who has been able to change there own destiny, and I can think of nobody else who could. Everything about you screams power and self confidence and that is why I desire to marry you" Shion said.
"Well, I am sorry but I am sort of in a relationship at the moment, so unfortunately I have to turn you down" Naruto said still unable to control his voice to stop it from shaking from shock.
"That's alright Naruto-kun. I sent a message to Tsunade Senju the Hokage and she is on the way here now to talk about the agreement" Shion said.
At this Naruto went pale. 'Why would Baa-chan come here, unless she was going to agree, I don't want to marry her, after all I don't even know Shion' Naruto thought in fear.
"When is Tsunade-Baachan going to arrive?" Naruto asked steadying himself.
"I believe in the letter she sent it said she would be arriving this afternoon, until then feel free to enjoy yourself in anyway you see fit, I am sure the group Tsunade is bringing with her will find you when we have agreed on a time for our meeting" Shion said.
Naruto was shell shocked as he left the room and slowly made his way back to his hotel. 'I could run, I doubt they would be able to find me... No it's no good, I cant abandon Konoha. But what about Yugi-chan, how will she react to this. She is the one I love, if I get married I want it to e to her, not to someone I hardly know at all' Naruto thought as he entered his room and collapsed on his bed.
The day went slowly and all Naruto could do to pass the time was watch lay in bed and watch Tv, it was strange it was as though he didn't have the energy to do anything else.
At around three that afternoon there was a knock on the door, Naruto thought about ignoring it but slowly lifted himself off the bed and opened the door to reveal Kakashi standing there with an eye smile.
"Well look at you. You look more wrecked than after you fought Pein" Kakashi said.
"Well I got some rather shocking news this morning" Naruto said.
"I heard, don't worry about it too much, I am sure that there will be a way to keep you from doing anything you don't want to do" Kakashi said.
"So is it time for the meeting then" Naruto said flatly not caring for Kakashi's brand of optimism.
"Yes, everyone is waiting in the main tower in the center of town" Kakashi said.
"Well let's get this over with, it's best to know my fate after all" Naruto replied and grabbing one of his cloaks made his way out of his room.
The walk over to the meeting was silent, Naruto was not in the mood for idle chit chat and Kakashi had easily picked up on that fact.
When they arrived Kakashi let Naruto go in alone while he stayed outside. As Naruto entered he had a quick look around the room, as expected there was Shion and Tsunade sitting at opposite ends of a table. There was however three people Naruto didn't expect to see there. Mei, Jiraiya, and a very irritated looking Yugito.
"What's going on now?" Naruto asked.
"Well Naruto as you may or may not know both of these women have sent rather generous offers to me in request to marry you" Tsunade said.
"Mei as well? Shion told me this morning. But I didn't know about Mei" Naruto said.
"Neither did I" Shion said slightly irritated.
"Yes, well continuing on. Jiraiya is here because he is your Godfather and as such partly responsible for you. Finally Yugito is here because as you are well aware she is your girlfriend and it would not be right to even talk to others about an arranged marriage without telling her or letting her be involved in some way" Tsunade said.
"I see" was Naruto's only response.
"Now, I must say both of your request's are very good for Konoha and would help our village immensely, probably more so Mei-dono's. However there is a small problem that prevents me from accepting either of these propositions" Tsunade said.
Upon hearing that both Naruto and Yugito perked up a bit. "What problem would that be?" Shion asked.
"Well you see, Naruto is already in an agreement to marry someone" Tsunade replied.
"Hi is?/I am?" yelled the other three ladies and Naruto.
"Yes he is, and the only way that it can be voided is if one of the members of the agreement decided to not get married or have a relationship" Tsunade said.
"Who is it, who is the person in the agreement?" Yugito almost demanded.
"Why it is you, Yugito-chan. When you were allowed to come to Konoha, A sent papers to betroth you to each other. So as long as you two decide to get married I cannot accept either of these wedding proposals no matter how good they would be for Konoha" Tsunade said with a warm smile.
Yugito lit up at this, she wasn't going to loose Naruto, and what was more she had a chance to marry him and it had already been arranged between the two villages.
Naruto was having similar thoughts at that point in time. 'Marry Yugi-chan, that isn't even a difficult question, of course I will' Naruto thought as a smile began to break out on his face for the first time all day. "Why weren't we told about this when she came to the village?" Naruto finally spoke.
"I can answer that, we didn't want you both to think you were being forced into anything" Jiraiya said.
"Well I guess there is just one last thing to decide. Naruto, what are you going to do, there are three women who each have a agreement that can either be signed or voided, it is your choice now" Tsunade said.
"Simple, in fact I have wanted to say this for awhile now. Yugito-Nii, will you marry me" Naruto said and he summoned a small box with a gold ring that had a large blue jewel in the center that was almost the same color as Naruto's eyes and had the Uzumaki swirl engraved into it. There were small diamonds around the side.
"Of course I will" Yugito cried out standing up and kissing Naruto firmly on the lips before accepting the ring he offered.
"Do you like the ring?" Naruto asked.
"I do it's beautiful, where did you get it?" Yugito replied.
"From Uzu, it was the ring that the clan leaders from the main house of the Uzumaki clan always gave to there wives, and the moment I found that out I wanted you to wear it one day. So I kept it separate from the other stuff in the vault ready to summon once I was ready to ask you, and I guess today's the day" Naruto said with a smile.
Surprisingly Mei and Shion were not that upset, Mei just seemed to be enjoying the scene she was witnessing and Shion while looking envious couldn't help but feel happy for the pair.
"Well, there we go, I am sorry things couldn't work out, Mei, would you allow us to accompany you to the Land of Iron tomorrow for the Kage summit, we will need to leave then if we are going to make it on time" Tsunade offered.
"Why not, some extra conversation before we arrive will be enjoyable" Mei offered.
Naruto and Yugito now were lost in there own world just waiting for the meeting to be over so they could leave and be alone.
"Well that is all. Oh and Naruto, I want you to join me on our trip to the Land of Iron, you and Kakashi will be my guards" Tsunade said.
Naruto managed out a nod while focusing on a kunai he left in his hotel room. Activating the kunai at last he picked up Yugito bridal style and flashed away.
"What was that?" Mei and Shion both said as they looked at the place Naruto had just vanished in a yellow flash.
"Oh I think Mei would probably be able to figure it out if she really thought about it" Tsunade said before both she and the surprisingly quiet Jiraiya left the room.
End Chapter!
just would like to reinforce the point that this will not be a Harem, nothing at all against them but I just feel that there are way too many harem story's out there. I chose Yugito as Naruto's paring because I like her character being a jinchuuriki and all, and there were not many fics written with her.
Sorry if anyone is upset that I kept it a single pairing and I hope I made everything seem believable.