Hello everyone and welcome back to another chapter. Sorry it's been so long in between chapters. Busy life and work schedule and I decided just to have all the chunin exam fights in one chapter. I probably won't write out each of the fights that happens during the finals. Anyway on to the next chapter of the story.
It had been a month since the preliminary matches for the chunin hopefuls. Hiruzen was currently making his way to the kage box to start the finals of the chunin exams. He knew that Orochimaru was going to make a move sometime today, he just didn't know when or where he was currently at. As Hiruzen continued on his walk, he looked down in the stadium and frowned at not seeing Naruto and the girls standing down there with the others and also noticed that Sasuke was late as well.
"Are you sure he is going to be here Jiraiya?" Hiruzen asked to seemingly no one.
Jiraiya appeared out of the shadows from behind his sensei and stood next to the aged kage. He had returned to Konoha a few days ago to prepare for the invasion. He and Tsunade were hiding in the shadows waiting to help their sensei at a moment's notice if they were needed.
"He'll be here sensei. He and the girls trained hard for this over the last few weeks and they won't miss this chance. They all have gotten a lot stronger." Jiraiya replied getting a nod from Hiruzen as he continued on his way.
As Hiruzen arrived at the kage box, he saw the kazekage sitting in one of the seats. The two kage bowed to one another before Hiruzen turned to the stadium. He gave a short speech welcoming everyone to the exams and trying to buy Naruto a few extra minutes to show up. After he was done, he motioned for Genma to take over as the kage sat down.
"Welcome to the finals of the chunin exams. The matches will continue until one of you are knocked out, I call the match, or one of you are killed. If I call your name, stay here while the others move to the competitor's box." Genma stated before looking at the clip board he held onto.
"First match is Sasuke Uchiha vs. Gaara." Genma said getting a sadistic look from Gaara as they looked around for Sasuke. After not finding the Uchiha, Genma turned to his leader silently asking for what he should do.
"It would seem Sasuke forfeits." Hiruzen said as he stood.
"Couldn't we just give him a few extra minutes hokage-dono?" the kazekage asked.
"No we can't. If he was to be late during a mission that he was leading or anything of the sorts, it could result in his team being killed. There is no room for anything like that." Hiruzen said as he turned to the audience. "Sasuke Uchiha is not here so he loses by forfeit. Move on with the next match." Hiruzen said getting angry protests from the crowd and causing the disguised Orochimaru to get angry.
"Next match is Naruto Uzumaki vs. Neji Hyuuga." Genma called out as Neji walked down to the stadium floor.
They waited for a few moments for Naruto to show up but he didn't seem to be around. Just as Genma went to declare Neji the winner, a loud roar was heard from the sky above. Everyone looked up to see a large, golden bird-like dragon hovering over the stadium. The ninja of the village prepared to jump into action should the need arise. Five figures jumped from the large creature and landed in front of Genma as the creature disappeared in a poof of smoke.
"We're not late are we?" Naruto asked as looked at Genma.
"No but you were cutting it pretty close Naruto." Genma said looking at the blond. "You're match is now and it's against Neji."
A large smirk appeared on Naruto's face as he looked at the Hyuuga prodigy. Something about that smirk seemed to unnerve the Hyuuga slightly but he shook it off and got ready for the fight.
"Be careful Naruto-kun." Hinata said as she and the other three girls each gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. Hinata then disappeared in a shunshin and into the crowd as Karin, Ino, and Fu moved to the competitor's box.
Neji looked Naruto over for a few moments. Naruto now wore standard black anbu pants with a kunai and shuriken pouch on his right leg, a black shirt with an orange Uzumaki swirl on the back with mesh armor underneath. He had on a normal pair pf ninja sandals and what looked to be a card case hanging around his neck. The card case is what concerned Neji the most, he could sense the power that was coming from that case and wandered what it was.
"You should give up now Uzumaki. You have been fated to lose." Neji stated getting the blond to chuckle.
"And lose the chance to beat your ass for what you did to Hinata-chan? I'm going to enjoy kicking your ass all over this place and show you that even the so called losers are capable of winning against prodigies." Naruto replied getting into a stance as Neji did the same.
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"Naruto should just give up now, he can't win against Neji." Tenten said from her spot in the stands.
"Naruto won't even last five minutes against him." Sakura said sitting next to the bun haired girl.
"You both are wrong. Naruto-kun has this one won." Hinata said getting the two girls to look at her.
"How can you say that Hinata? Neji is a prodigy." Sakura said getting a nod of agreement from Tenten.
"Hinata is right, Neji won't beat Naruto. Neji is a strong individual but Neji is too arrogant and thinks he is better than Naruto. Hinata and Naruto have been on the same team and have trained together since the academy and because of that, I have seen Naruto's progress. Naruto may not have had a lot of people helping him during his younger years, but Naruto is a prodigy in his own right." Hiashi said from behind Hinata getting the three girls to look back at the clan head.
"Father, Hanabi-chan." Hinata said as she hugged the two before looking back at the stadium floor.
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The two competitors stood still staring each other down for a few minutes. Naruto slowly brought fingers together in the cross seal and formed five clones. The clones rushed forward and began attacking Neji. After about five minutes, each clone was dispelled and Naruto seemed to be deep in thought.
"He is a lot quicker than your mate kit." Kurama said through the mental link.
"I know. Even though Hinata-chan helped me train for this, I still don't know if he has any tricks other than the juken." Naruto thought back. "How much damage can you heal before it would take you more than a few minutes to fix me?"
"I can restore a few chakra points at a time but if he closes too many, it will take some time to reopen them." Kurama replied getting a nod from Naruto.
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"What is that baka doing? He can't win just by sending in clones while he just stands there." Sakura said getting a nod from Tenten.
"He is planning. The shadow clone jutsu sends the memories of the clones back to the original once they are dispelled. He is using the clones to gather information before he attacks." Kurenai explained from her seat behind the genin as they continued to watch.
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Naruto rushed forward to deliver an uppercut to Neji's chin only for the Hyuuga to side step it and move to close one of his tenketsu. Naruto stopped the attack by knocking the Hyuuga's wrist up before kicking Neji in the side sending him back a few feet. Neji glared at Naruto before rushing forwards to try and close Naruto's tenketsu. Neji managed to land a few decent hits as Naruto attempted to dodge.
Naruto jumped back a few feet as he felt his tenketsu being reopened. Naruto closed his eyes as he focused chakra to his eyes activating the rinnegan. Neji looked on in shock at the rippled eyes of the blond ninja before focusing back on the fight.
"Are you sure it is wise to reveal your rinnegan so early?" Kurama asked he container.
"I need to save as much chakra as I can for the invasion and fighting Gaara. The best way to do that is to end this quickly." Naruto replied getting a mental nod of agreement from the fox.
As Neji rushed forward, Naruto could see his moments much more clearly as he was able to dodge each attack that Neji threw at him. As Naruto dodged one of Neji's palm strikes, he flipped onto his hands and pushed his feet up into the Hyuuga's chin sending him flying into the air. Neji landed a few feet away with a painful thud before pulling himself into a standing position.
"Those eyes, what are they?" Neji asked.
"My kekkei genkai." Naruto said with a smirk as he unsealed a tri-kunai from his wrist. He threw the kunai into the air and make a quick set of hand signs. "Shuriken shadow clone jutsu." The one kunai turned into thirty as they rained down on the arena floor. Neji looked around as none of the kunai landed near him before turning to Naruto with a smirk.
"I know none of them even came close Neji. I wasn't aiming for you that time." Naruto said before making another set of hand signs. "Fire style: fire bullets." Naruto called as he spit balls of fire from his mouth causing Neji to dodge to the right. Naruto went through another set of hand signs before spitting out more bullets made of water this time.
Neji jumped back and landed next to one of the kunai without noticing. "Planning on just launching jutsu at me Uzumaki?"
"No, I just needed to get you into place first." Naruto replied. Neji started to ask what he meant but was stopped when Naruto disappeared from his view in a flash of orange. Neji activated his byakugan to try and find him but noticed Naruto behind him too late. Naruto delivered a spin kick to the back of Neji's head sending him flying. Before Neji touched the ground, Naruto disappeared in another flash and delivered a powerful punch to his cheek before vanishing again. Naruto reappeared once again but was sent flying back when he hit a dome of spinning chakra.
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The three main house members looked on in shock at what Neji just used. "I was unaware that Neji-nii-san knew the kaiten." Hinata stated as she looked to her father.
"That just goes to show you that Neji is indeed a smart ninja. That technique would not have been taught to him since he is a branch house member so he must have learned it on his own." Hiashi said.
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"Well I wasn't expecting that to happen." Naruto said as he stood up only to find Neji in front of him.
"You are within the field of my divination." Neji started getting Naruto to inwardly smirk as he charged his body with raiton chakra through his body. Neji started striking at Naruto with his chakra coated fingers intending to close off his chakra points. "Eight trigrams sixty four palms!" Neji yelled at Naruto was launched back through the air.
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"Neji-san shouldn't know that move, it a main branch only technique." Hanabi said as she watched the match.
"Like I said, Neji is a very smart individual. He has proven that by learning two of the Hyuuga's most prized techniques completely on his own." Hiashi said.
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Naruto hit the ground and rolled a bit before coming to a stop and standing up. "If it wasn't for your rinnegan being able to see his moves and the raiton chakra, you would have had a few more tenketsu closed than you do now." Kurama stated.
"How are you still standing?" Neji asked.
"I channeled raiton chakra through my body giving me a slight speed boost to avoid most of your strikes. Do me a favor will ya and look down." Naruto said as he pointed at Neji's feet. Neji looked down just in time to see a fist break through the ground and punch him right in the chin. Neji fell to the ground unable to move.
Genma checked on Neji before standing and declaring Naruto the winner. The medics came and got Neji and Naruto began his walk to the competitor's box. "Do you sense that Kurama?" Naruto asked.
"No doubt about it kit. The snake is here." Kurama said as he went quiet for a few moments. "Kit, this isn't good. The person dressed as the Kazekage is Orochimaru."
"So that's how he plans on starting the invasion. We will have to warn jiji." Naruto replied hurrying up the stairs. Naruto made his way over to the Konoha genin, Fu, and Karin's team and away from the sand genin before he closed his eyes in concentration. He opened them a few moments later when he found who he was looking for.
"What's going on Naruto-kun?" Fu asked placing a hand on his shoulder. He just motioned for her to wait as he flared his chakra three times. A few moments later and anbu Neko arrived.
"Is everything ok ototo? You only signal me like that if something's wrong." Neko replied.
"You need to get to jiji now nee-chan. That is Orochimaru disguised as the Kazekage." Naruto said shocking everyone. Neko started to move before Shikamaru stopped her.
"Neko, tell him not to stop the exams. If we stop the exams now, civilians and the nobles will get caught in the fighting. We need to slowly get everyone out of here without raising suspicion." Shikamaru said as Neko vanished.
"What do we do now?" Lee asked being serious.
"The only thing we can do for now. We wait." Naruto replied looking back at the arena floor as Genma called the next two competitors.
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Genma watched as the medics picked Neji up and carried him out of the arena and to the infirmary. After everyone was off the field, he called out the next two names. "Karin Uzumaki and Shikamaru Nara please come down."
Shikamaru muttered a quick troublesome before walking down the stairs. Karin started to follow but was stopped by Naruto. "Don't let Shikamaru fool you Karin-chan. The boy may be lazy but he is a genius and can come up with different plans on the spot." Naruto told her before giving her a kiss on the cheek causing her to blush lightly before leaving the area.
"That was a good fight Naruto-kun. And I see that you listened to what I said about giving them a chance." A voice said from behind Naruto.
Naruto turned to find the clan head of the Hyuuga clan standing there with a smile on his face. "Thank you Hiashi and nothing is official yet. The four just simply admitted what they felt for me. What are you doing up here?"
"I was on my way to see Neji and thought I would stop by and congratulate you on your win. I also just wanted to tell you that better you treat my daughter right since it would seem you and the four girls have grown closer." Hiashi said glaring at the young blonde.
"I would never let anything happen to either of them Hiashi." Naruto replied getting a nod from the clan head as he turned and left as Naruto turned back to the match.
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Karin and Shikamaru stood staring at each other for a few minutes. Suddenly Shikamaru's shadow shot forth and Karin jumped back to avoid being trapped. "His shadow is a lot quicker than it was a month ago." Karin thought to herself before she started making hand signs.
"Earth style: earth rampage." Karin called out as she stomped her foot to the ground causing pieces of the earth to spike up and move toward the shadow user.
Shikamaru made his own set of hand signs as he shadow rose up in front him. "Shadow wall." The earth spikes hit the shadow wall and was stopped. As the shadow wall was lowered, Shikamaru didn't have any time to block the kick that connected to his head sending him rolling along the ground. He came to a stop near a tree as he closed his eyes to think of a plan. A few moments later and he pulled a kunai from his pouch and attacked it to his vest before throwing it into the air. He launched his shadow out and Karin was shocked to see it get extra reach and connect with her own shadow.
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"Shikamaru managed to get his shadow connected, it should be over with now." Asuma said as he lit a cigarette.
"Karin-chan has a few tricks up her sleeve Asuma-sensei, don't count her out just yet." Hinata said with a small smirk.
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Shikamaru walked forward which was copied by Karin. He stopped standing about twenty feet away from the red haired woman. Shikamaru reached down to his right leg and pulled out a kunai, thankful that Karin had her kunai pouch strapped to her left leg.
"Do you want to quit or should I throw it?" Shikamaru asked.
"I don't plan on quitting today Shikamaru." Karin replied.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru sighed as he threw the kunai with the rounded part aiming to knock the Uzumaki out. He and everyone else except a few were shocked to see some type of chain shoot out of her back and stop the kunai midflight. A few more chains appeared and joined the first one as they moved towards the Nara.
Shikamaru released his jutsu and jumped back. "Proctor, I forfeit. Even with my shadow possession I can't win with you having those chains." The Nara explained before he started walking back towards the stands.
"Winner, Karin Uzumaki." Genma said as the two exited the field.
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As Naruto and the others waited on the next match to start, Naruto felt a small chakra signal and vanished in an orange flash. He reappeared on the top of the stadium walls next to Zabuza, Ichigo, and Haku. "When is the fighting supposed to start brat. I didn't come all this way for nothing." Zabuza said.
"It won't be long. Orochimaru is here disguised as the Kazekage. If I had to guess, the invasion will start during the fight between me and Gaara." Naruto said as he watched what was supposed to be a match between Rock Lee and Temari that ended with Lee knocking Temari out as soon as the match started.
"Have you been able to find the last sword yet?" Naruto asked as he watched Ino and Suigetsu walk onto the field.
"Not yet and we haven't had any leads on it either. Someone may have already found it and has it with them. If that is the case then it could be anywhere." Zabuza replied as the blond looked at him.
"Or it could be right there." Ichigo said pointing back to the arena where Suigetsu was now wielding the Kabutowari.
"At least we know where all of them are now. I will talk to Suigetsu later about the sword. When the fighting starts, protect any of civilians and help them get to safety. Any Oto and Suna ninja are fair game. I have already told jiji you three would be here so the leaf ninja know not to get in your way or stop you." Naruto said getting a nod from the three before he vanished.
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Naruto reappeared in time to see Ino surrender as Suigetsu had the large sword near her neck. Fu walked up next to Naruto before speaking. "Where did you go Naruto-kun?"
"I was talking to Zabuza and the others. Who's next?" Naruto replied.
"You are. Shino-san forfeited, he said his bugs wouldn't attack me because of Chomei and her yokai, Lee won very quickly against Temari, and Suigetsu just won against Ino-chan. And since there isn't anyone left for Jugo to fight, he got a by this round." Fu explained.
"Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara Sabaku come down." Called Genma.
Gaara vanished in a swirl of sand as Naruto turned to his friends. "Be ready guys, whatever Orochimaru is planning will most likely happen during this fight." Naruto said getting nods before he vanished in a swirl of leaves and appeared in front of Gaara.
As Genma started to begin the match, Sasuke and Kakashi appeared back to back in a swirl of leaves. "We're not late are we?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes you are. Sasuke forfeited his match and we have already moved on so get off the field so we can begin the next match." Genma said.
Kakashi and Sasuke looked at Gaara before turning to the blond. "I demand your spot in the exams dobe. Give it to me." Sasuke demanded.
"Go fuck yourself Uchiha. I have a match to get to and you and Kakashi need to get the hell out of my way." The blond replied.
"Come on now Naruto, Sasuke is better suited to fight Gaara than you are so just give him your spot." Kakashi said.
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In the stands, Asuma was doing his best to hold Kurenai back from making her way down to the arena and attacking the silver haired jonin. "Calm down Kurenai, dad won't let them get away with this."
"I don't care, I have had enough of that bastard talking bad about my student." Kurenai said trying to get out of Asuma's grip.
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Naruto turned to the kage box and looked up his grandfather before speaking. "Hokage-sama, permission to fight the Uchiha for the place to continue in the exams?" Naruto asked.
"Very well Naruto-kun, permission granted." The kage replied.
"Care to give me about five more minutes Gaara?" Naruto asked the red head. Gaara just nodded before leaving the field. Naruto turned back to Sasuke and took off in a burst of speed and connected his knee with Sasuke's gut before punching him in the face sending him rolling across the ground.
"Get up Sasuke, I want to finish this quickly so I can get on with my match." Naruto said with his rinnegan active.
"I am an Uchiha, I am the elite of this village. I am part of the greatest clan Konoha has ever had and you are just some orphan. When I am done with you, I will take those girls that follow you around and I'll start with that Hyuuga bitch. You will never beat me." Sasuke said as he activated his sharingan. He was hoping to anger Naruto and cause the blond to mess up and act rash. He had succeeded in angering the Uzumaki, but not for the best.
"You think you are an elite? The Uchiha clan had very few elites. Itachi, Shisui, and Madara were some of the best the Uchiha clan has ever had. And just so you and everyone else know, I am not an orphan. I have a clan, two actually and I am not the only remaining person in said clans. There is me, Karin-chan, and another member of the Uzumaki clan that isn't here right now and unfortunately I also still have you here." Naruto said.
"What does me being here have to do with anything?" Sasuke demanded.
"I am part of the Uchiha clan as well as the Uzumaki clan. I am the son of Minato Namikaze Uchiha and Kushina Uzumaki. I am the grandson of Madara Uchiha. I am Naruto Uzumaki Uchiha." Naruto said getting shocked looks from all of those that didn't know.
Soon an uproar was heard from various people who didn't believe the blond. It was all put to a stop when Hiruzen stepped up. "What young Naruto said here today is indeed the truth. Naruto is the son of the fourth hokage and the red hot habanero as well as the grandson of Madara Uchiha." Hiruzen said.
Sasuke refused to believe any of what was said and decided to rush in. Naruto had a smirk on his face that wasn't missed by Kakashi. The silver haired jonin went to stop his student but was stopped by Genma. "Don't even think about interfering Kakashi. Your student brought this on himself and from what I have been told, Naruto deserves to let out some anger."
Sasuke kept trying to hit the blond, but Naruto either avoided his attacks or parried them. After a few minutes of Sasuke attempting to hit Naruto, the blond ducked under a punch and connected with an uppercut to the Uchiha's chin. Naruto then jumped up and delivered a spinning kick which sent Sasuke flying across the field a good distance. Sasuke slowly stood up and made some hand signs before grabbing his wrist as lightning surrounded it.
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"That bastard taught him that jutsu." Kurenai said in shock with wide eyes.
"What is that jutsu Asuma-sensei?" Tenten asked.
"It is an assassination jutsu made by Kakashi. It is known as the Chidori." Asuma explained.
"Don't worry, Naruto-kun will be fine." Hinata said.
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Naruto watched as the chakra was gathered in Sasuke's left hand as lightning started crackling around it. "So he learned Kakashi's famed chidori. Will you be able to heal me if it hits?" Naruto asked.
"From what I saw when I was sealed inside Kushina when Kakashi used this around her, this version is nowhere near what it should be capable of. As long as he doesn't hit any vital spots, I can heal you no problem. Why do you ask?" Kurama replied wondering what his container was up to.
"I'm gonna get up close and personal and show him what an a-rank jutsu is." Naruto replied smirking on the inside and outside.
When Sasuke finished gathering his chakra, he shot forward at Naruto. Said blond shot towards the Uchiha as well. As the two ninja neared each other, Naruto stepped slightly to the left so the jutsu would miss his vital areas. The crowd went silent as Sasuke's hand pierced Naruto's chest as the Uchiha had a large grin on his face.
"I told you that you would never beat me." Sasuke said.
"Just so you know Sasuke" Naruto started causing the Uchiha to look at him in shock as well as the others watching. "I let you do this so you have nowhere to go. Demon Fox Rasengan!" Naruto shouted as he brought a crimson rasengan up into Sasuke's gut. Naruto held the jutsu for a few moments before pushing against the Uchiha, sending him flying. Naruto felt his wound heal thanks to the fox as he stared at Sasuke slowly trying to stand.
Once Sasuke was back to his feet, he felt something pierce his shoulder and looked to see a chain being held by Naruto. "Get over here." Naruto said as he yanked on the chain causing the Uchiha to fly towards the blond. Naruto caught Sasuke by the throat and slammed him into the ground on his back.
"Ever talk bad about anyone I care about Sasuke, I will kill you." Naruto growled out as he threw Sasuke at Kakashi. "Get this garbage out of here, I have a match to start."
Once Kakashi and Sasuke were gone, Naruto and Gaara took their places back on the field. After Genma asked if they were ready, the match started with Genma jumping away. "Mother says you are strong and that I will need her power to beat you. Do not prove us wrong Uzumaki." Gaara said as he surrounded himself in a dome of sand.
"What the hell is he doing?" Naruto asked out loud.
"Kit, stop him now! This energy he is gathering his coming from Shukaku." Kurama yelled at Naruto.
Naruto nodded as he ran toward the sand dome and held his right hand up with his palm facing forward. "Chain impaler." Naruto said as a chain shot from his hand and pierced through the sand dome shocking the Suna ninjas that knew of Gaara's defense. A few moments later and everyone heard Gaara scream and the sand dome faded away. Before anything could be done, Temari and Kankuro landed near Gaara and picked him up before jumping away.
Feathers started falling around the area as ninja released the genjutsu and started to fight. A four sided purple barrier appeared at the top of the exam stadium around the kage box. "Kurama, I need you to go after your brother and Gaara and keep them from destroying the village. I have a visit with a snake I have to get to." Naruto told his partner.
"You do remember that I can't do anything because of this seal and even if I could I am still stuck in here." Kurama replied.
"I already worked that out and I think you will enjoy what I have come up with." Naruto replied with a smirk confusing the fox.
Like I said before, sorry about the wait. I rewrote this chapter a few times and made it loner to get through the exams all in one chapter. Don't expect the chapters to remain this long unless I feel the need to put something into a single chapter. Anyways we have the exams and the start of the invasion along with whatever idea Naruto has for Kurama. I'm looking forward to seeing if anyone can guess what I have planned and for a bit of help, it has to do with the yugioh summoning contract.
I will be working on updating my other two stories before I come back to this one so the next update will probably be a week or two away. Just depends on how much time I get to write. And there will be some scenes for Naruto and his girls for those of you that are wandering. I didn't have them get together over the month break and not write about it. Yes they are closer but nothing official as of yet.
And one last thing before I leave. Someone sent me a message asking about lemons and such in the story. I honestly don't know if there will be any or not. I have never tried my hand at them nor do I wish for my stories to be removed due to the lemons. If I do decide to do lemons, I will put them in a separate story that I can use for all three of my stories. Let me know what you all think.
Anyways that is all for now so until next time leave a review and let me know how I did. Peace.