Yo, thanks for all the reviews on the last chapter, great to see the comments. Just to answer some questions though:

Firstly, tsukino and that arc aren't mine they're fillers from one of the games, look her up to see what she and shinga look like, and I will try to find other unheard of fillers like this.

Secondly this probably won't be a harem fic, however Naruto will have multiple love interests. One thing that's always annoyed me about fics is how characters meet their love at like 13 or 16 and then stay with them forever. So Naruto will probably end up with Kurotsuchi however he will meet and hook up with other girls (probably) along the way.

Last, Naruto will be badass not relying on the kyuubi soon however it won't be, he learns the shadow clone secret then gets strong in a week, type of baddassery. That shits lame.

"Ne, Ero-jiji you could have told me my look had changed!" A disgruntled blond whined as a gazed into the mirror of the hotel room quizzically. The sage who was sat down in the corner of the room, merely shrugged and returned to his drink before answering.

"I didn't think it was important"

"But it looks weird!" The Uzumaki moaned, looking over to the older man.

"No it doesn't brat don't be stupid," He took a long swig of his sake, "If anything, the ladies will be even more all over you from now on." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively before returning to the scroll on his lap. Naruto rolled his eyes, turning back to the mirror.

Overall the changes weren't drastic. There were no fox tails with ears and literal whiskers however they were definitely noticeable. His hair was still the same sun yellow, however the tips now had a red tinge, as well his roots. His cerulean eyes were as blue as before, with the normally round pupils now a canine slit. He'd also grown in both height and muscle, now standing at around 5'6". Overall he appeared more like an Inuzuka now.

It had been one month since the duo had left Tsukigakure and the two had stopped at a roadside inn before continuing the training trip. Naruto moved to sit next to his godfather. Sighing and rolling his neck, he reached into his bag and took out a scroll similar to the old man's. In the past month, Naruto had been focusing exclusively on his fuinjutsu. Before the incident, Naruto could perform a modest of storage, explosive, barrier and restraint seals. He was now working on seals that where more battle ready. So far he'd managed to develop one of his own original seals, which he was working on now. It worked in tandem with his chains and was essentially a stronger form of his standard restraining seal, and required the use of a few shadow clones.

Furrowing his brow he gave the sealing mechanism a one over. Trying to decide how to alter the seal in order to make it more flexible and battle ready.

"You've been working on that for a while brat." The sage commented, not taking his eyes off his own scroll.

"Yeah well this a big one. If I can set this up properly and make it more battle accessible it has the potential to restrain at least an A ranked ninja." The blond murmured.

"I suppose," The man said, rolling his brown eyes towards his younger companion, "However I want you to stop working on that have a look at this for a while, at least while we're not moving or doing other training." He pulled out a scroll from under his kimono. The parchment itself was tinged a slightly darker brown, worn with age.

"What is it?"

"It's the basics of space-time fuinjutsu." Jiraiya mentioned nonchalantly, watching the blond for his reaction.

"Space-time fuinjutsu?" The blond's eyebrows rose slightly with intrigue, "Isn't this slightly out of my league? Space-time fuinjutsu is at least a level 8" the old man rolled his eyes in exasperation.

"Like I said kid, it's only the basics, you can handle it." The blond grinned at the white haired man before turning his eyes to the new scroll in his hand, "Alright, now you've got something to keep you occupied, I'm gonna go have some fun" with another wiggle of his eyebrows, Jiraiya stood and made his way to the door.

"We're like in the middle of nowhere, where are you gonna go?" Naruto questioned.

"There's a bar at this inn," he said simply before raising his arm with a point to his finger as if making a grand declaration, "and where there is a bar, there are ladies" Naruto, for what felt like the fifth time rolled his eyes as the old man left the room

"Perv" He said with a giggle, "I guess somethings never change."

"Alright kid," Jiraiya began as the two strolled down a remote path, "we're now at the last two months of your second year and so far your fuinjutsu as well as your jutsu range has improved however I think it's time for you to get to know that sword of yours." Naruto look down to the side at the sword that was fixed horizontally across his lower back.

"Yeah I feel bad, I mean here I am with an Uzumaki heirloom, and I barely know how to use it," the blond sighed and looked up to the gathering clouds in the sky, "I kinda feel like I'm neglecting it, you know?"

"Hmm well where we're going next should help with that." The toad sage said.

"Where we going?"

"To Kumo!"

"Kumo?"

"Yeap"

"wha- but they're a ninja village they won't just let us in and train us!" the blond argued looking up at the older man.

"I've got some information on the Akatsuki that the Raikage will most likely be very interested in. Considering his brother is a jinchuriki," He paused momentarily, "who I was hoping one he would give you some tips on controlling the fox."

"The Raikage's brother is a jinchuriki," Naruto near shouted, eliciting a nod form the sage, ignoring the comment about controlling the kyuubi for now, "wow, which one?"

"The Hachibi," the man replied, "The host of the Nibi also resides there if I recall correctly"

"Ah, Gyuki and Matatabi" The kyuubi's suddenly sounded in Naruto's mind breaking a month or so of silence.

"What? Are Gyuki and Matatabi the names of the hachibi and nibi?" Naruto questioned the fox.

"That's right brat"

"Well, what's your name then?" Naruto was met with silence, irking him slightly, "Oi kyuubi I asked what your name was!"

"Shut up you brat you don't deserve to know my name yet, your insolence is frustrating"

"Whatever, I'll find out eventually you angsty prick. Believe it" Before the kyuubi could begin to retort, Naruto cut of connection to his mindscape, only to find a curious Jiraiya waving his hand in the blond's face.

"Yo gaki, you okay there?" He said, in a drawl monotone.

"Huh? Yeah I was just talking to the fox." Jiriaya leaned it, his brow raised.

"The fox? You been talking to it much recently?" Naruto frowned and looked off to the side into the blank forestry.

"Not really," he said "he's been more stubborn than usual since the incident at Tsukigakure," Jiraiya hummed response before speaking.

"You and him are on good terms?" the old sage asked.

"Pfft, yeah right. That fox would rather be sealed into a toilet than admit he was on good terms with someone, or kami forgive be friends with them."

"You want to be friends with him?"

"Well yeah I don't see why not." The blond looked back at Jiraiya, his face melancholy, "I mean, despite being a big red fox of angry chakra who seemingly hates everything, he's been with me for my whole life, and will be for the rest of my life to come. So yeah I wouldn't mind being friends with him. But that goddamn fox won't even tell me his name."

"They have names?" Jiraiya questioned, still slightly shocked by the boys opinion.

"Yeah, he told me the Hachibi and Nibi are called Gyuki and Matatabi."

Jiraiya hummed under his breath once again in a contemplative manner and the two continued strolling in silence. Recalling the blond's words he smiled slightly. The thought of his student trying to befriend a chakra monster as great as the fox, while scary, also pleased him. He turned to watch the blond, looking into his cerulean blue eyes, with his now slit pupil and saw a fire burning that he wasn't quite sure was there before. If there was anyone who could befriend the kyuubi, it would definitely be Naruto.

The student and master duo had been making their way to Kumo for around a week now, and they'd finally reached lightening country. Along the way, Naruto had practically been glued to the space-time fuinjutsu basics given to him by Jiraiya. The old man would've been impressed by the kid's determination if it wasn't so irritating. As it turns out, a lot of the women have a certain attraction to young blonds who take their training seriously, even more so since his 'change' in appearance. Although, at the same time the kid did seem to attract the ladies all the same so in way he was a double-edged sword to the sages social life. A small smile etched its way across his face as he thought of the past week, more specifically, Naruto's birthday.

"What we doing to today then ero-jiji?" A certain blond said as he stepped through the doorway.

"I thought today we'd take it easy, relax a bit." Jiraiya followed Naruto through the door and stretched his arms above his head, taking in the fresh air.

"Wha? Why? Can't you teach me some cool new jutsu or something?" Naruto questioned, turning on his heel to look at the old man.

"Can it brat, you've learnt a lot so far and you'll learn more but it's important to take rest days,"

"Fine fine jeez," the blond placed his hands above his head and began to the town centre. Jiraiya smiled fondly after him. Wondering if Naruto was deliberately not mentioning his birthday or whether he had simply just forgot.

"Why don't we go the hot springs, it'll do our poor muscles some good."

"I don't wanna go to some hot springs so you can just perv out on some girls," Around them the sound of people carrying out their day began to grow as they entered the town centre.

"Hey I wasn't gonna do that! There will be no perving," the old man pouted, and odd sight for someone his age, "not today anyway" he added under his breath.

Naruto turned his head to the side, gazing and the white-haired man out of the corner of his slightly narrowed eye.

"Hmm fine, I suppose it would be nice to get some rest," he grinned, his normal cheesy grin prompting the old man to do the same and the two strolled of the nearest onsen.

When they arrived the blond sent the old man a slightly curious glance. Normally he was a cheap skate, a prude with money to say the least. But this place. It was impressive to say the least. The grandiose traditional Japanese building stood at around three stories high with a painted sign in golden fine kanji reading "Murasaki springs"

"Oi ero-jiji… are you sure you want to go here? Looks kinda… pricey?"

"What? Are you saying the mighty toad sage can't afford such a place?"

"Nah, just that you're so tight with money that you'd rather dig a hole in the ground and fill it with water yourself than stay in place like this usually." Naruto commented dryly.

"Hey I'm not that bad!" the sage complained as he entered through the large sliding doors before hushing his voice, "besides the owner of this place owes me a favour."

The blond rolled his eyes as a grin formed upon his face, "course they do."

"Jiraiya-kun! Is that you?" Naruto turned, a curious eyebrow raised at the sultry feminine voice that called after his sensei, only for both to raise when he found the source. The woman in question was without a doubt, irrefutably, no questions asked, a man.

He was wearing dark red eye-shadow, with matching red lipstick and had obvious layers of make-up adorning his cheeks, highlighting his prominent cheekbones. His jaw was wide and strong and his neck thick with muscle. Long brown hair was tied into a high ponytail, and he wore a large hooped earring on each ear. His short salmon kimono ended just above his knees revealing muscular legs and the kimono its self was open slightly revealing his masculine torso. The guy was big too, even taller than Jiraiya standing at around 6'5" where Jiraiya was 6'4".

"Ah Chiriko…" The man frowned fiercely, "chan?" His frown became a beaming smile, "it's good to see you," the old man said with an awkward laugh, raising one hand to scratch the back of his head.

"Now now Jiraiya-kun don't be so formal, come and give Chi-chan a hug," without waiting the mountain of a man rushed forward and enveloped the sage in a bear hug, holding the him to his muscular chest.

Naruto's hand instinctively clamped over his mouth as his cheeks inflated in a valiant attempt to contain his laughter.

"Oh Jiraiya-kun you never change, always so bashful and gentlemanly," the man cooed as he lifted Jiraiya of the ground slightly and began swaying the sage side to side like a toddler clasping an oversized cuddly toy one can win at festival stalls.

At this point it all became too much for young Naruto as streams of laughter broke through the cracks in his fingers followed by a chorus of hysterics. Jiraiya saw this and frowned before a wry smile reached his blueing features.

"Oh, um Chiriko-chan I forgot to introduce you to my new student!" the old man managed to wheeze. Chiriko dropped the sage leaving him gasping as he placed his hands on his knees and looked up to the blond, colour returning to his face, "The is Naruto Uzumaki." He grinned evilly. The man turned to face the Naruto, dragging his gaze with him. The boy's laughter seized immediately as his face contorted with horror.

"Oh Jiraiya-kun… you never told me you had such a handsome little disciple." Chiriku purred sending shivers up Naruto's spine.

"Um nice to meet you Chiriko-san," He said, taking an unconscious step back as the large man took a step forward.

"Now now Naruto-kun, its nee-san to you," a gleam appeared in the man's eye, "and what did I say to Jiraiya about being so formal hmm? Come give Chiriko nee-san a hug," the man opened his arms wide taking another step forward.

"Oh er thanks but I'm not real-" the boy stuttered before he was wrapped up in the same bear hug that caught the old man, his feet leaving the ground as he was swayed side to side.

"Aw little Naruto-kuns shy, what a fine young man," At this point Naruto had begun to turn blue as the air was sucked out of him.

"Um Chiriko-chan if you could please drop my student, he um seems to be losing consciousness," the old man pleaded cautiously, clasping both hands together in front of him.

Naruto didn't hear his sensei's pleas however, as the world around him started to turn black. The last thing he saw before unconsciousness overcame him was a masculine face with streams of wet running make-up infused tears looking down on him, and then, all was black.

When Naruto woke he was in one of the bath house's finest rooms. Jiraiya had proceeded to inform him that Chiriko used to be a merchant nicknamed rather appropriately 'the bear' and was famous for his aggressive taijutsu and impressive strength. After an incident however he decided the mercenary life wasn't for him and so looked for a change. And a change he found.

The blond thought back with a faint smile to when Chiriko had burst into his room crying for forgiveness, despite the odd sight of seeing such a large man, dressed so, crying in front of him, he forgave the ex-merc and now found himself strolling to main lobby where Chiriko said his niece would show him around the springs.

Naruto shuddered involuntarily as he imagined a Chiriko replica, much like the Gai/Lee combo. If only ero-jiji hadn't insisted that they'd come to this strange onsen he wouldn't be in this situation.

Reaching the lobby he sat down in own the chairs at the side of the rooms and leant back resting his head against the back of the chair and closing his eyes

"Um Naruto-san?" A voice made its way to his ears, causing him to wince slightly at the realisation that it was the niece. Opening one eye, half expexting to see a great lumbering man despite the soft femininity of the voice, Naruto laid his single eye on the niece of Chiriko.

To say he was shocked would be an understatement.

To put it simply. The girl was beautiful. She had soft brown hair, wrapped into a single brain that traced its way between her shoulder blades with matching soft brown eyes. Her lips, perky and a natural pink. She wore a traditional light green kimono with a pink trim that clung to developed curves, alluringly so, but to too much. Her generous chest was fully contained within the kimono top unlike her uncle, however one could tell she was well-endowed without seeing so.

"Naruto-san?" The girl repeated.

"Oh yeah," the blond shook his slightly, adopting a grin, "Hi, I'm Naruto Uzumaki." The girl smiled, a neat smile.

"Suki." Naruto nodded dumbly, "Uncle tells me you are staying with Jiraiya-san." The phrase was more of a question than a statement, but the blond nodded nonetheless.

"Yeah I am," He said, still not quite able to converse efficiently.

"Well, I've been asked to show you around the springs, so shall we?" she raised her arm to her side, drawing Naruto's eyes from her to one of the hallways exiting the lobby. The blond nodded.

Suki had shown Naruto around the various different baths within Murasaki springs. Initially, the boy had been unable to speak full sentences however quickly found his stride once he realised how stupid he was being and soon conversation was flowing.

Suki, while giving an air of serenity and nobility, was surprisingly chilled and humorous in her demeanour. Naruto also found her to have a slight mischievous streak, much to the misfortune of the young blond, as it lead to a lot of flirtatious teasing at his expense.

Naruto was now sat in a changing room to one of the main baths thinking over his day. It had been pretty hectic. Laughing softly to himself he smiled; it was much better than if he was in Konoho that's for sure. Standing he wrapped the small towel around his groin and walked through the curtained doorway into the bath.

Hit by a haze of warm mist the blond sighed at the pleasant feel. Sleepily he dragged his feet to the nearest stool. Sitting down he realised the bath was empty, which he assumed was unusual for such a fancy place.

As he began to lather himself with the soap and sponges provided he heard someone else enter the bath. The light padding of footsteps moved towards him until a vague shadow of a figure emerged from the mist and sat itself down on the stool next to him.

Shrugging to himself Naruto continued to wash himself, humming slightly under his breath.

"Would you like me to wash your back, Naruto-kun?" The boy didn't ponder on the question.

"Hmm if you don't mind," He said tiredly, sighing as a pair of small soft hands began to lather his back with soap, using slow, deliberate, circular motions to cover the whole surface. Once again, Naruto sighed as he the hands began to massage his back, easing away any tension built up.

In his sleepy haze, Naruto didn't notice the two hands slowly making their way from his back, to the laterals on his sides and then to his front. Only when two soft orbs delicately pressed against his back did the teen's eyes snap open.

Looking, down Naruto watched as the hands danced across his abdominals, his mind still focused on the mounds pressing from behind.

"Um, Suki-san?" he called hesitantly.

"Ma Naruto-kun, call me Suki-chan," He almost felt the girl pout behind him.

"What're you doing?" the girl moved her face into the crook of Naruto's neck, her lips softly pressing against his skin.

"Helping you relax," She purred into his ear as she dragged her body closer to his, her hands now caressing the blond's chest.

Meanwhile, Naruto was facing a problem, he could feel his heartbeat begin to pick up and his body began to react to the girl's ministrations.

"Suki-chan I-"

"Shhh, Naruto-kun, don't worry," the girl said as she began laying delicate kisses up the boy's neck eliciting a shiver and small moan. Her hands, snaking their way back down his torso until they reached below his waist.

Leaning his head back, Naruto let another moan escape his lips as the girls hand caressed his manhood.

"Suki-chan I… I don't know anything about this sort of stuff," the boys mind was still cloudy and unfocused.

"It's alright Naruto-kun," She said, as one of her hands raised to his face, moving his face to the side so that a single cerulean orb was facing her. Leaning forward she placed a soft kiss on his lips, lingering for only second, before she pulled back, a kind smile across her face, "I'll teach you."

Naruto sighed as he slowly made his way back to his room wearing the given robes and a towel loosely slung over his shoulders. He was worn out from his 'activities' with Suki. The slightly older girl had proven very knowledgeable regarding said 'activities', and was quick to tutor the young blond. And the blond, true to his ninja life, proved to be a quick learner, much to the joy of Suki.

The boy entered his room, shutting the door gently behind him.

"You're back late gaki." A deep voice commented, causing Naruto to jump slightly.

"Ero-jiji! What're you doin waiting in my room you creepy old perv." The old man's brow twitched slightly at the dig.

"I was waiting on you," He said, contain obvious anger before sighing, "So why you back late?" He repeated.

A blush crept its way across Naruto's face, "I er was just in the bath,"

JIraiya studied his students face before grinning smugly, "I see, so you and Suki took some time to get to know each other?" His eyebrows wiggled in a comical manner.

"Pfft I don't know what you're talking about," the blond huffed indignantly, crossing his arms over his chest, unable to contain the red hue staining his cheeks.

"Cut it out brat, I know that walk,"

"What? What are you-"

"Yes! It is true!" Jiraiya stood from his seated position on the bed, pointing theatrically at the blond, "That is the walk of a man who has tasted the forbidden fruit, one who has ventured where all men wish to venture, one who has danced the vertical tango~. That my boy, is the walk of shame!"

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"Shut up you old perv I wanna go to bed," Naruto walked passed the old man, who stood frozen in his pose, finger still thrust in front of him before he slumped his shoulders, arms falling down by his side.

"Aw common gaki just give me the details," he whined turning to face the boy who now lay face up on the bed arms and legs spread.

"I'm not telling you anything ero-jiji," the old man sighed dejectedly.

"Alright fine, but did you at least…" Naruto looked up at the man questioningly.

"What?" he questioned.

"You know…"

"What?"

Instead of answering the old sage raised his hands in front of him, touching the index finger and thumb of his right hand to make a ring before slowly moving the index finger of his left through said ring.

Naruto at first tilted his head in confusion before a metaphorical lightbulb went off in his head, prompting his face to burn a deep crimson

"Ew, ero-jiji quit it." He whined lying back placing his hands over his red features.

"Common, can't you tell me that at least?" Jiraiya asked slightly desperately.

"Fine fine jeez," the man looked down at Naruto expectantly, "Yes… we did,"

"OHHH YES!" Jiraiya shouted with a pump of his fist, "My little student has become a man! Oh it makes me proud to be your sensei!" At this point Naruto had adopted a deadpan stare, "Welcome to manhood Naruto my boy! We've been waiting! And on your birthday no less, this calls for a celebration!" he announced before turning on his heels and marching towards the door.

"Wait! Ero-jiji, you knew it was birthday?" Naruto asked now sat on the bed, legs crossed.

"Why of course, what kind of master would I be if I didn't even know my student's birthday?" He grinned a hearty grin.

The blond smiled, a small conserved smile. But a true smile as he looked up at his sensei, "I thought you forgot," He said with a slight laugh.

"No way~" Jiraiya waved his hand in front of his face, "There's no way I'd forget"

"But last year…" Naruto started.

"Last year unfortunately I had business to attend to, while I may be a hermit and your sensei, I'm still a shinobi of Konoha, I'm sorry though, if it makes a difference." the boy merely grinned in response.

"It's fine. Honestly. It's more than enough that you remembered this year."

The old man looked at the boy who he'd come to consider the son he never had for a short moment before laughing quietly to himself, "I was going to give you this later, after we celebrated but I think I'd rather give it to you now." He said, as he reached into his robe and pulled out a storage scroll. Quickly making the ram seal, and unfolding the parchment a small plume of smoke covered it before it wafted away revealing a medium sized box with a ribbon tied around it, "This is for you kid," Jiraiya hand Naruto the box and took a step back.

"Ero-jiji, you didn't have to get me anything," the blond said still looking down at the gift

"Shut up brat and just open the damn present," the old man reprimanded, the smile on his face never faltering, while Naruto pouted momentarily.

Hands trembling slightly undid the ribbon careful not tear the fabric. Once he'd finished he gently placed it to the side on the bed before lifting of the lid of the box.

He gasped slightly as he pulled out the item of clothing holding it out in front him.

It appeared to a dark blue, borderline black, battle kimono, similar to the one Jiraiya himself wore under his robe. It had a burnt orange spiral on the back and a smaller version on the left side of the chest on the front. It also had the same Uzu head plate Naruto had found in the ruins stitched eloquently onto the right arm. Looking back into the box he also saw a pair of geta sandals, again like the sage's.

"Ero-jiji what is all this?" The blond asked slightly in awe. The old man laughed scratching the back of his head.

"Well I figured since you're my student n all you should look the part you know?" The blond didn't reply, instead just gazing over the material in his hands.

Suddenly the blond jumped up and began stripping, "wow gaki what're you doing?" the man asked but the boy didn't reply, instead he began putting on the clothing given to him. As he pulled on the second sleeve a foxy grin formed on his face.

He looked over himself appraisingly, "This feels great Ero-jiji!" he beamed.

"I'm not surprised, that materials the best of the best. Highest grade shinobi mesh." Naruto looked up at the sage in shock.

"Jeez jiji you really splashed out huh?"

"Of course! Only the best for my number one student!"

"Also those sandals have gravity seals etched into them so you can increase and decrease the gravity intensity with a single seal." The blond's eyes started to water slightly as he looked up at his father figure.

"Thanks jiji, I mean it" the old man couldn't help the emotion welling inside of him yet chose to instead huff and cross his arms, unable to prevent the slight red on his cheeks.

"Pfft don't get all emotional on me brat!" the blond wiped his eyes on his sleeve and sniffled slightly, nodding his head, "Alright kid, let's go celebrate." The man moved forward and wrapped his arm around the blond's shoulder, "it's time for part two of becoming a man, which involves you becoming acquainted with a very special friend."

"Who?" the blond asked looking up at the man who grinned, raising his hand, palm facing outwards, and dragging it to the side grandiosely.

"Sake."

Yo thanks for reading, this chapter in all honesty felt like more of a filler to me and i was considering adding an extra bit on the end but decided to get it out now. The next chapter should be up soonish and will probably be Naruto's introduction to Kumo and a little on Kurotsuchi.

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Ciao.