Naruto: The Twin Swords

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Chapter 31

Part 2

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In Konoha, Naruto was busy getting to show Temari around, and even though Gaara's sister had seen Konoha a number of times, she was still happy to see it in festival time. The young woman was also happy that she was able to get her lover alone for a chance to be with her. She had a feeling that with all he had accomplished thus far, Naruto would have planet of chances to become great in the world and she hoped to see them all the good things that will happen to him. It was not hard to imagine the reaction her brothers would have if they found out that she had not only lost her virginity to Naruto but was sharing him with several other women as well.

She would guess that Gaara would ask to have a chance to talk to Naruto about the whole thing while Kankuro would blow a gasket and demand satisfaction. She smiled at that and would do what he could to prevent them from going overboard on the whole thing.

Naruto was quick to pick up on the smile on Temari's face and spoke to Gaara's sister in a curious but friendly nature.

"Care to share what it is your smiling about Temari-chan?"

The blonde looked at her date and replied.

"Maybe some other time Naruto-kun, for now, let's just enjoy the day."

Naruto nodded as he helped Temari find a good place to play some simple games. He had to remember the last time he had been with Temari as he needed to make sure that the games they were going to play in the festival were to her liking and preferences. It was going to be a very interesting day for the young man and he hoped that his time with Temari was going to be something to remember in it's own unique fashion.

As for Temari she enjoyed being with the man who had helped change her brother and someone she had willingly been in a relationship with. There was something about Naruto that she found even more attractive, and couple that with him being good friends with her brother and also the one who had changed him, made him ideal boyfriend material. She knew of course that when it came out that she had already lost her virginity to the blonde Chuunin, it was going to be causing some concern and even more so when the truth of her relationship with the blonde and his relationship with not just her by the other women who were there as well. For now she was going to enjoy this and there would be time to think about such things later.

As the pair relaxed during the day, and it was also there that Naruto spotted to his amusement, Neji being accompanied by Coryin who was out of her ranger garb and trying out some sort of dress that was the same as a kimono of sorts. Neji was not showing his usual stiffness and seemed to actually enjoy being there with the Ranger, and Coryin seemed to take a liking to the festivities as well. It was somewhat amusing to the blonde Chuunin that Neji was acting this way around the woman who was no doubt older than him in the years but seemed to be in good terms with him as well.

They were not the only ones as Kakashi was there along with Kaelyn, Kakashi normally avoided these occasions but apparently the female War Blade had managed to get him out of his house and getting the chance to socialize. That was a good thing and the fact that Kakashi was carrying that book of his around added fuel to the whole thing since Kakashi never let go of that book for any reason. Along with that was Asuma and Vlana were also out on a date and it seemed that the Silver Star Mage was eager to see the various sights and also the games of the festival and Asuma was more than willing to play the escort for the interested Silver Star Mage.

It was something that the blonde found to be rather interesting and also amusing while he and Temari were currently having their own share of fun and eating some of the new cotton candy that was being given around. Temari was not usually the kind of have a sweet tooth, but it was still something that she liked to have every now and then. After the arrival of lunch, Temari knew that she was going to have to head back to Suna to deal with other matters back with her family, but that could wait for now. She had no doubt that her brothers would be all right so there was little reason for her to rush back Suna that much, besides, this would be something of a more personal date in her mind.

As time came for lunch, the two blonde ninja headed back to Naruto's home and Naruto was able to have some food ready for eating along with some of the food that he had in his refrigerator. The meal was not very powerful but Temari was more than willing to help with the cooking of the food that they are going to eat for lunch.

The two ate their food and Temari was happy that she got the chance to enjoy the day with Naruto and wondered if there was going to be enough time for her to be with Naruto. And naturally this was going to be in a more physically intimate setting, she decided to wait for the right moment while they lounged about in Naruto's large living room. She whispered into his ear gently as they were watching TV.

"Naruto-kun, how are you feeling?"

Naruto smiled at Temari and replied in a very friendly and happy tone to her question.

"I feel pretty good Temari-chan, why do you ask?"

"Just curious on what your plans will be Naruto-kun, you planning on anything after the festival week?"

The Chuunin thought it over and replied.

"Not really, if there are new missions that Tsunade-sama has for me, I'll take them and see just what might happen while I am there, and who knows, I might get stronger to finally be the Hokage I want to be."

Temari smirked a bit and saw that he meant those words, he was going to be quite the leader when he got a few more years worth of experience under his belt. She had been keeping tabs on her lover ever since the day he had freed her little brother and became good friends with her family, and she loved what she heard about the things he had done. She usually told Gaara and Kankurou about those things and it seemed that Gaara was pleased by the news and he worked hard to make sure that he was able to make himself a good man like his friend.

"You certainly aim big Naruto-kun, you deserve no less I suppose."

"Yeah, it's good to see that you are here as well Temari-chan, anyway, I am happy that you came here, I was wondering how things were back there in Suna."

"We're all right, Gaara's planning to take up the Chuunin Exam again, and this time, he plans to finish it to the end, as for Kankuro, he seems to be on much better terms with Gaara, that's good news for me let me tell you. And you might want to know that Matsuri and Gaara are dating."

Naruto looked at Temari with a shocked and yet amused expression on his face and replied.

"Really? That's great to hear Temari-chan, I hope that they are going to be good together."

"You can bet they will, actually, there was one time they dated and Matsuri actually hugged Gaara and kissed him on the cheek in public. Gaara was actually blushing at that, and I swear Kankuro was trying his best not to laugh out loud at seeing Gaara like that."

Naruto was trying not to laugh as well but was nearly failing at the idea of actually seeing Gaara blush at being kissed by a girl. He was happy for that and looked at Temari who was also smiling at the memories of seeing her brother like that. She looked very attractive to him, and after being intimate with her more than once in their meetings, he enjoyed that sight. He then spoke to Temari to find out what her plans were for this day as well as he had a feeling that she was soon going to return back to Suna soon.

"So Temari-chan, you planning to head back to Suna soon?"

The blonde nodded at that and then she spoke to him in a whisper.

"But I can always say good bye in a different fashion if you want Naruto-kun?"

Naruto, having grown up a great deal had a very accurate idea on just what Temari meant by that statement smiled warmly at that. He didn't hesitate to make his own reply to that by kissing Temari right on the lips and making her moan into the kiss as well. The simple and gentle kiss soon became passionate and strong between the two blondes and when they parted, Naruto replied.

"Really now? Well then, how do you plan to say good bye to me Temari-chan?"

Temari gave a grin with a lot of seduction in it as she quickly moved her plan to action and soon she was on top of the blonde Chuunin and replied.

"Like this..."

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Later...

Naruto and Temari walked out of the house with Temari blushing still along with Naruto, but both of them had very happy faces as the blonde sister of Kankuro and Gaara turned and hugged Naruto while kissing him deeply and Naruto replied in kind as well in his kiss, he noted that Temari seemed to be developing nicely, her body was getting fuller and her breasts were certainly growing as well despite her wearing her clothing again.

(Damn...she's growing well.)

The blonde managed to get some level of control for his hormones as he finally parted his lips from Temari's own lips and the blonde Kunoichi spoke to him in a very happy tone.

"Nice to see that your stamina has not left you yet Naruto-kun, I hope to see you again."

"The same to you Temari-chan."

With that, Temari made her exit and was soon on her way back to Suna and Naruto had no doubt that she was going to be all right. As soon as she was off and Naruto could sense that there was nothing there that could endanger Temari, he relaxed and decided to get a bath and relax before going back to see what else he would be able to do while in the festival that was still very much in full swing back in the village itself. But as he got into the home that he had been able to have built, he was surprised to get a knock on the door.

(Now who could that be?)

He doubted that it was a mission order from Tsunade, the knock didn't sound serious enough to warrant him to get himself ready for a battle, he moved back and was quite surprised and slightly amused as he saw the form and blushing face of Hinata Hyuuga herself. The young heiress looked at Naruto and walked in as Naruto, remembering his manners moved aside to allow Hinata into his home.

"G-G-Good noon Naruto-kun."

"Good noon to you as well Hinata-chan, what brings you here?"

The violet haired and white eyed Kunoichi blushed even more and this served to amuse Naruto as he had already began to know the reason why she was always like this whenever she was around him. He walked over to Hinata and spoke gently to the young woman.

"Hinata-chan, are you all right?"

"I-I'm fine...i was just wondering if I could ask if you could go...out on a date...with me?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at that and he couldn't help but smile at the way Hinata was acting, even after his time with her in the most intimate of situations, the young woman was still shy around him. He couldn't help but find that very nice as he replied in a gentle fashion.

"Of course I would, what reason would I have to say no to you Hinata-chan? Just give me a chance to take a bath and you can come back later. Is that all right with you Hinata-chan?"

Hinata nodded happily and replied.

"Of course Naruto-kun! I'll go back home and get dressed."

Hinata did just that and she was soon heading back home, while Naruto decided to go and get a bath, but not before cleaning up the mess that he and Temari had made when she was saying her new idea of good bye to him in the living room. He was happy that his stamina and vitality was still as strong as ever since he had a feeling that he was going to need all of it when he had the time.

As soon as he was done cleaning up the room, he went to the bathroom and took a very long shower, washing himself up and then directing himself into the tub and soaked up the hot water to relax more. He was soon in a conversation with Holy Talon as the sword was able to speak to him.

(("You seem to be in a very good mood Master Naruto."))

(I suppose I am, it's like my life's been changed for both better and worse...better in the sense of all that I have going for me, and worse in the sense that I have to deal with Death Fang and more.)

(("I understand, I will admit that being who you are is not easy, even more so with being a Dragon Champion. But it is how you deal with these changes in your life that make it either better or worse. One of my Masters told me that and so did Lord Faldren when I was created for the very first time."))

(I can see that, besides, there are people I care for and I will fight to protect them both as a ninja and as a Dragon Champion. But I do have one concern in my mind.)

(("I take it that concern happens to be about the women you happen to be intimate with?"))

(Yes...not that I'm complaining or anything, but I still have to find out how to deal with the possible fallout of what would happen if the people find out about it. I can't help but feel that this is really going to be a heck of a mess in the long run.)

(("No doubt it would be, but I have a feeling that considering your growth and your new found powers as well as abilities, I have no doubt that you will be able to make a few changes to suit the situation before you. Besides, I have no doubt that they themselves will find their own possible solution to that problem. They do care about you and you have proven yourself to them more times than they can count. And while I am a lot more familiar with your laws, there might be one there that can help."))

(I suppose so, anyway, I should get out and get dressed, Hinata-chan should be coming back soon.)

The blonde Chuunin did just that and was soon drying himself off and getting to his room to change clothes. He took out a simple orange shirt with black lining and black pants with orange flames. This was soon followed by his cleaned pair of sandals as well as taking a vest which was black and had the symbol of Konoha on it as well as spiral there as well. He had these clothes specially made weeks before and they were very comfortable to him so he hardly had any reason to change them at all. As soon as he was dressed, he moved out of his home and decided to wait and see if Hinata was going to arrive to meet him for their date

Naruto turned and saw that Hinata had chosen to wear a new kimono for their time together on the last few days of the festival, and it was certainly a good choice of a dress for this occasion. It had the colour of red with white lining and golden flower petals there in the kimono

...

The two were enjoying themselves though Naruto decided that in order to be fair to Hinata, he would allow her to take him to the places that she liked. That was more than enough to make the Hyuuga heiress rather happy at her date's choice of action. This made her do what she could to make Naruto happy and Naruto was not disappointing her as he was more than willing to let her have control of their time together. They were more than happy to try eating new foods though Naruto was more than willing to make sure that he avoided buying food that was not something that Hinata liked. Hinata was more than happy to pay him back by buying him a good deal of ramen that she knew that Naruto loved eating.

They also tried some games and Naruto took it a step further by actually winning a game that allowed him to buy a pair of stuffed animals. He gave the large one that was a rabbit with a red silk tie to Hinata and the Hyuuga heiress was more than happy to have such a toy in her possession and vowed to give the other stuffed toy, a hamster like toy to Hanabi who despite her calm nature, was actually very eager to have a toy of her own.

They visited a nearby park while watching the many clouds that came by overhead and were given more colour by the sun itself as it moved down to the afternoon. The young heiress then decided to ask Naruto follow her to the training field and that made Naruto rather curious on what was it that Hinata seemed to have in mind for the two of them.

He didn't complain however as he followed the young woman to the field and to his surprise, there was actually a cloth there that was like a blanket and there was some food there as well as a drink. He turned and looked at Hinata with a raised eyebrow.

"May I ask what this is about?"

Hinata blushed deeply and replied as she placed down her toy and the one that she had planned to give to her sister and then sitting down to look at the soon to come night sky.

"I wanted to invite you to an open air...dinner Naruto-kun...is that all right?"

Naruto smiled and replied.

"I'm not complaining am I? It's a wonderful idea Hinata-chan, I'll be happy to join you tonight."

Hinata looked relieved as well as utterly delighted by that as they began to sit down and eat their food. Naruto made Hinata happy by actually serving her food and she gave the same treatment to her lover by offering him food as well. They fed one another and that made them feel a lot more relaxed than before. This was something that Hinata hoped for as they also tried to drink some of the teat that she had personally prepared for this night in advance. And that was a good thing on her mind as Naruto enjoyed the tea that she had made for him and herself.

Once that was done, the two lounged together as night came closing on them and it was here that Hinata decided to become a bit bolder. She blushed hard as she recalled how much she had wanted to make her attempt to have some alone time with Naruto to be good. It was here that Kurenai suggested that she tried to seduce Naruto in an open field out of sight. She blushed bright red and naturally had fainted at such a scandalous suggestion.

Kurenai however pointed out that after all they had done with Naruto, and what she had done with the blonde she loved for a very long time, there was hardly any reason for her to not try something like that. She meekly nodded and stated that she understood just where her Jonin sensei was getting to but she replied that she had never done this before. Kurenai then replied that it was not that hard, and she would help her by giving her advice to do so. Once that was over between them, Kurenai told Hinata to go with the flow and allow Naruto to decide if he wanted it or not.

That was enough to convince her and now here she was with Naruto, all alone in the training field and in the open no less. The sounds of the week long festival were there and thankfully would shield them from being found out. That gave her more confidence as she followed her sensei's advice and spoke to Naruto.

"Naruto-kun...do you enjoy it here?"

"Yeah, as long as it's with you Hinata-chan, though it's a bit odd to be doing here of all places."

"Is it bad?"

"No...just a bit odd. Anyway, it's nice, I've never actually been out on a picnic in night time. I like it, though I am a bit unused to this sort of thing."

"I see..ummm, do you want to..."

Naruto looked at Hinata with some level of confusion on what was it she was trying to say but Hinata beat him to the punch as she decided to be more bold in her thoughts and desires as she moved to gently kiss Naruto on the lips. This surprised Naruto though only briefly as he smiled and replied with a kiss of his own on Hinata, this made the violet haired heiress smile as she began to respond even more with the kiss.

Naruto then gently ran his hand down to Hinata's growing breasts, gently playing with them through the silk of her kimono and that made Hinata gasp out in pleasure and they finally parted from one another. Hinata blushed deeply and Naruto laughed in a husky fashion that was easily picked up by the blushing heiress as he spoke.

"My...really forward of you Hinata-chan..."

"Th-Thank you, do you mind if we do this hear, I...Took all the precautions."

Naruto nodded and quickly made his way to the sash that held Hinata's kimono together.

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Later...

Naruto escorted Hinata back to her home and the young woman was still blissfully happy as she was walking and being very close to Naruto the whole time and Naruto was more than willing to be close to Hinata by hugging her and allowing her to lean her head to him. As soon as they got back to the estate, Hinata turned around and hugged her stuffed toy while carrying and spoke to Naruto while having the other toy and her other things stored away in a scroll.

"Thank you Naruto-kun...I am so happy."

Naruto gently smiled and both hugged one another deeply and Hinata whispered into her lover's ear.

"I...I...I can do it again in another place if you want."

"Sure...and I have no doubt that it will be wonderful."

The two parted and Naruto gave Hinata good night kiss as the two of them went to their respective homes.

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The next day...

Naruto yawned as he looked about in his room and got up, managing to free the creaks in his neck and also make sure that he was awake. Once he was done, he got himself out of bed and decided to get something to drink. However, the very second he was up and out of his bedroom, his nose was quick to pick up the smell of cooking food. He wondered just who would be here at this time of the day and when he looked, he was utterly surprised to see none other than Sakura who was wearing her regular clothes though with some alterations and an apron.

The pink haired girl turned to see Naruto wide awake and she smirked at his direction and spoke to him.

"Morning sleepy head."

"Morning Sakura-chan...wow, that smells good!"

"Nice of you to say so Naruto-kun, anyway, you let me worry about the cooking for today and take a seat."

Naruto didn't complain and he knew he had no reason to complain to begin with as this was the first time in his mind at leas t that Sakura actually decided to cook food for him on a day like this. The festival was nearly reaching the day that it would soon finish so he was going to take as much of a chance as he could to enjoy this before going back to his missions as Chuunin and with his team. He didn't have to wait long as cooked ham, eggs, and some tender beef tips were there as well as some hot bread and a glass of tea.

He looked at Sakura who smirked at him lovingly and replied.

"Go ahead, I already had my breakfast and you can ask for seconds if you like."

Naruto was happy and dug into the food, finding it to be really nice, and the fact that Sakura cooked that for him made it taste all the more delicious to the blonde Chuunin as he wolfed down the food before him in his plate. Afterwards, Sakura was cooking more food and she was happy that she had made sure to purchase a lot of food for this day in advance. As soon as he was done eating, Naruto leaned back and gave out a loud sigh of contentment, much to the Kunoichi's amusement.

"Wow...I am full Sakura-chan."

"Good, now then I think I can move on to give you a present for helping me out a lot, and we can enjoy this, plus I get to put my newly learned skills to good use."

"Huh?"

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Later...

"Aaah, yes..."

"Mmmm...that feels good Sakura-chan."

Sakura laughed gently as she continued to massage Naruto who was currently on the floor of his living room with the mattress on the area as well for him to lie on. The pink haired Kunoichi had picked up a number of ideas on physical therapy in her time learning medical techniques and Jutsu from Tsunade and she found these to be very effective in loosening the tension as well as massaging the muscles he had.

The pink haired Kunoichi had brought some ointment and also a set of candles that would make the room a lot more comfortable for both her and Naruto. As soon as she was able to get the blonde to help get the room ready as well as the mattress, she ordered him to lie down on the bed and remove his shirt and his short pants but keep his boxers on.

He tried to figure out what she had in mind for him, but she remained tight lipped on and told him to wait as she got into her outfit for this moment. She changed and soon was out of her clothes and was wearing only a simple pink white short kimono and she began to wash her hands in herbal soap beforehand and then began to massage Naruto's body, starting with his arms, then his shoulders, neck, and back, as well as his thighs and legs.

The second she began to do this to Naruto and using her chakra to heal him and get his body to relax more, the blonde was utterly in her power. And he didn't resist her as she continued to massage him and he could feel his body beginning to loosen up as well as feel some stiff areas becoming loose as well at the gentle ministrations of the pink haired woman. He kept in mind that if Sakura could use this in battle, she was going to be hard to beat.

But for now, battle was the hardest thing on his mind as Sakura used her hands to massage him even felt his body become a lot better and he couldn't help but make his pleasure known to the woman who was giving him a heck of a present so early in the morning.

"Sakura-chan...this feels so good."

"I knew you'd like it, I learned this from Tsunade-sama as well as learning from the nurses and Shizune-san about how to provide therapy to people. You really should loosen up Naruto-kun, you're full of tension sometimes, it isn't healthy you know."

"Sorry about that...but I am happy you're doing this for me."

Sakura smiled and gently kissed Naruto on the cheek and replied.

"True, and besides we both benefit, you get to unwind and relax, and I get to make you relax as well as learn more on how to do this sort of thing. Though I plan to make sure you have a private session with me to do this."

"Thank you...ahhhh...right there..."

The Kunoichi smiled as she continued to use her hands as well as the ointments on Naruto, she was happy that she could put these techniques to good use and help him relax. After all the missions that they had for a very long time, she figured that getting Naruto to unwind and relax was a good way to pay him back for all he had done.

Plus she loved him enough to do this at her full best and made sure to really work on finding the right spots to ease the tension in his body. The blonde was more than happy to help her along with that aspect of her treatment of him and soon the blonde was already fully relaxed and she could sense that he was no longer tense.

She then decided to get going to the next phase of her plan as she whispered in Naruto's ear while gently removing her outfit and taking a good deal of herbal oil in hand and placing it on herself.

"Don't relax just yet Naruto-kun...we're not done yet."

"What do you..."

Naruto got his answer the second he saw that Sakura was no longer wearing the kimono...but she had her body coated with sweet smelling oil and he smiled and replied.

"Oh I see."

Sakura smiled and moved over Naruto to kiss him as soon as he turned around to his back. She then spoke to him in a very happy way.

"Now it's time for a FULL body massage Naruto-kun."

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Later...

Naruto escorted Sakura out of his home and was happy to see that she was in good spirits, after that...very interesting massage that she had given him. The two of them were happy to finally be able to talk. He was happy that she had indeed grown stronger, as well as a lot more capable in being a skilled and powerful Kunoichi under the training being given to her by Tsunade as well as Shizune. He had no doubt that Sakura was going to be quite capable in the long run. As she was in her usual clothing, he spoke to Sakura gently and with a good deal of happiness.

"Thanks for doing this for me Sakura-chan."

Sakura smiled back and kissed him gently on the cheek and replied.

"It's all right, besides, you've done a lot for me and everyone here in Konoha. At any rate, I can give you another chance to enjoy the treatment at a later date. Good bye Naruto-kun, I'll be training again with Tsunade-sama if you want to know more."

Naruto nodded with a smile on his face and decided to get some time to dress up in more regular clothing. His body was still as limber and relaxed as ever, testament to the skill that Sakura had when she had been giving him the first ever massage that had really given him a chance to loosen up in more ways than one. He then decided to see if he could go out and get some time for himself and meet some of the other people.

After a few hours walking in Konoha and knowing that the festival was soon going to draw to a close, he decided to grab some food in his favourite ramen stand. The second he got there, he was surprised to find Teuchi and Ayame were busy working for a line of customers and he was going to have to wait a while.

However the very second they spotted their favourite customer, Teuchi smiled and so did Ayame and the owner of the stand called out to the blonde Chuunin.

"Naruto! Come by and grab a seat!"

Naruto smiled and it seemed that the customers were willing to let him in as they allowed him to take a spare seat. Teuchi surprised the blonde even more as he presented a large number of ramen meals for the blonde to eat and that made the blonde smile even more in happiness for getting this much on the day.

"Thanks Teuchi-san!"

"No worries, I figured that for all that you've done for me and for the village, giving you a good set of meals is child's play. But I do have to ask a favour."

"Sure, what do you need?"

I need Ayame to deliver a number of our ramen orders to the village, but with this many customers, we might have a hard time filling out all the orders, so if you don't mind delivering them, I would really appreciate it."

Naruto smiled and replied with a thumbs-up gesture to show that he was all right with.

"Sure thing!"

Teuchi smiled and replied.

"Good to hear, anyway, once you're done eating your meal, then we can get down to the deliveries."

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The rest of the day for the blonde Chuunin was spent delivering ramen, it was not as exciting as the rest of his missions in the past, but it was certainly a step in the right direction and this gave him a chance to put his Kage Bushin to more difficult uses. He had the Kage Bushin carry many of the ramen orders and to make sure that the ramen orders were not only delivered on time, but to also make sure that they were delivered intact and still good to eat.

The people that made those same orders were happy that their orders were coming in and they were more than happy to pay extra for the deliveries. This was the money that he was more than willing to give to Teuchi and Ayame who were happy that the blonde was giving them the extra money which they would need to buy more supplies and ingredients to make up for the supplies that they were burning through in the festivals.

As soon as the day came to an end, he was happy that he had done a service for the owners of his favourite ramen shop. Teuchi was happy as the festival and truly given him and Ayame a great deal of business here in the village. He was so happy that he decided to give Naruto a free meal and allowed Ayame to accompany Naruto and cook dinner for him for the night as the festival was already coming to an end.

Ayame was more than happy with the idea of making Naruto several delicious meals, and Naruto was more than happy to have Ayame to come to his home make something delicious for him on this time of the day, or rather the night. The blonde carried a number of Ayame's choice ingredients as well as some of her tools to do the job of making the kinds of ramen that she knew that the blonde loved to eat when he was ordering from their stand.

As soon as they got to Naruto's home, Ayame was soon cooking in the kitchen while Naruto began to tidy up the place. He knew that he needed to make sure that his place was very much presentable to the woman. After all, he had developed the habit of cleaning up the place so at least it was going to look good for people to be in. It was not long before Naruto was done with his cleaning work and Ayame now had a large amount of ramen that was more than enough to make Naruto very happy.

The two dug into the food before them and Ayame was happy to see that Naruto enjoyed her cooking. She always liked it when he showed up in their stand and with him being a lot better in terms of respect from the others in the village, she was happy for him. She also checked her supplies and found that she had plenty of food ingredients left over. This gave her a very interesting idea that would no doubt be a good ending for the blonde Chuunin for his time in the festival.

"Naruto-kun, do you mind waiting for me?"

"What do you mean by that Ayame-chan?"

Ayame grinned and replied.

"I think you deserve to have a nice present for the night, but I need to use the bath-room first and then I will go to your room with some stuff and call you when I am fully prepared for me to give you your present for the night, is that all right with you Naruto-kun?"

Naruto nodded and as Ayame left, he wondered just what was going on here. It was a while so he decided to tidy up on the dishes and place them away for another time. Once he was done however, he got the call he had been told to expect from the young woman who was in his room at this very moment.

"Naruto-kun, can you come in here?"

Naruto did just that and when he saw what was before him, he couldn't help himself but blush and give a very wolfish whistle.

Ayame had taken off her clothing and had placed a special cloth covering on his bed and she was now naked in every sense of the word as she had not a single stitch of clothing on her body. That however was remedied by the fact that actions had a number of ramen ingredients that were now covering her body in the most strategic areas of her body. The sight of that was more than enough to get Naruto aroused and Ayame was naturally quick to notice and spoke to her lover in a very seductive tone as she can manage.

"What are you waiting for Naruto-kun, you don't want to make me get too cold right?"

Naruto smiled and nodded as he decided that asking question on what was she doing was rather redundant anyway so why bother. After all, she had gone through the effort to make herself presentable to him so why should he not show his appreciation to the woman before him?

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In the Hokage's Tower two days later...

'There have been attacks on convoy ships in the Land of the Sea?"

Tsunade nodded in answer to Naruto's question as he was there in the Tower with Anko Mitarashi. The festival was over two days ago and it was back to dealing with several more missions that had to be dealt with. This attack had been troubling since there had been reports of a monstrous form being present in the attacks. Added to that was the fact this location happened to have some serious history there and some of that history had to do with Anko and Orochimaru.

Tsunade was well aware of Anko's history concerning Orochimaru and this might be key in solving some of those hidden questions. Not only that, that was the place Orochimaru had gone to before so there was a chance that some of his previous experiments were there. She wanted those secrets found, analyzed, and destroyed to make sure that nothing of her former comrade was left that could be used to terrorize the world.

"Yes, these attacks happen on major shipments that ranged from food, medical items, and gold as well. This has been happening for a while now and many people there are frightened and more and more people are begging for help."

Naruto listened carefully at this, his now more mature mind set gathering every detail he could and also plan to take some gear with him. Holy Talon was obvious choice, but he also planned on trying out some of his other gear, namely some of the new light weight armor and his new two handed sword made from Arcane Silver as well as some new explosives and a set of spells as well as his new wind based Jutsus. He noted however that he was not with his usual team and neither was Kakashi around.

"Tsunade-sama, is my team coming on this operations?"

Tsunade shook her head a bit and replied.

"I have Kakashi on another assignment so he's not available, as for Sakura, she is busy working on her Medical Jutsu so is not going to be on this mission, only Sasuke will be going with you on this operation, along with several other Genin."

Naruto nodded and soon enough, the others arrived there was Sasuke, Ino, Shino, and Haku as well. Tsunade smiled a bit to see the Genin though she was wary of Sasuke, she was well aware of his antagonistic attitude towards Naruto and she wanted to make sure that this did not serve to make the mission harder than it had to be, but she knew that the best way to see if the Uchiha had finally cooled his head and focused on more serious matters, was to send him on a mission.

Naruto looked at Sasuke and hoped that his team-mate would keep his focus on the missions and instead of doing something that was only going to make the whole situation worse. But he kept himself from revealing his thoughts on the matter and waited for Tsunade to give her orders.

And the blonde Hokage was more than willing to do just that.

"You're mission is to go to the Land of the Sea and find out any information pertaining to this monstrous being that has been terrorizing the area. Normally this would have been seen as an attempt to scare the people, but the fact that this has been increasing in frequency and mounting losses tell us that there is more going on here. If you find the source of this...monster, you are deal with it as quickly as possible and prevent any more attacks."

Anko nodded at that and replied.

"We'll do our best Hokage-sama!"

Naruto nodded and so did Haku, Ino, and Shino, but Sasuke said nothing as Tsunade spoke once more.

"Anko will be the leading commander of this mission while Naruto shall be her second in command. If Anko is not present for any reason, Naruto is to have overall command of the mission until Anko is able to resume her role as head ninja, is that understood?"

"HAI!"

As the group moved out of the room, Tsunade sighed a bit and looked to Shizune who had remained silent in the room and she took that as her cue to speak to the Hokage.

"Tsunade-sama...are you sure that this is the best way for Anko to finally remember what she needs to remember?"

"I do, it's best that we find out what happened to her and to help her make sure to have some measure of closure concerning Orochimaru. Besides, Naruto-kun being around should help her if she needs it. We have to trust them all Shizune to make sure that this mission will be complete."

"I understand, I'll make sure to keep you up to speed on anything else."

Tsunade nodded as she looked once more at the records pertaining to Anko, she hoped that this was going to be the one that finally gives Anko peace.

As the group moved out to get their gear ready, Naruto was busy talking to the others and getting some plans in order with Anko listening. However, Sasuke was merely a distance away from the group and glared darkly at Naruto who was currently giving Shino, Ino, and Haku some information on what they needed to prepare for while Anko was more than willing to help out in the planning phase.

It was hard enough for him to know that Naruto was a lot stronger than him now, namely with his new skills. But to know that he was back to taking orders from the blonde was adding more fuel into the fire that Sasuke had towards Naruto. He however managed to keep himself from revealing anything as he had been busy learning some new tricks of his own.

Once he was given the chance, he was going to finally fight Naruto and see just how much his dead last companion had indeed improved.

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Hours later...

As the group headed to the gate, they spotted Naruto now wearing an orange and black jacket and pants ensemble, this was completed by his sandals and the vest of a Chuunin in the green colour. On his back was Holy Talon and a large broad bladed sword, along with the blonde's shuriken and kunai pouch as well as his pack for scrolls. That was his full ensemble though they had a feeling that underneath Naruto's choice of clothes was a special chainmail ensemble of Orchaelium and his vest had several sections of the metal in the clothing of his vest as well for added defence.

Naruto turned and smiled as Anko soon appeared beside the blonde Chuunin and they were soon on the move to the Land of the Sea. Naruto had a feeling that there was something in the mission that he was not able to fully understand yet, however he trusted Tsunade's judgment and his training had improved enough to allow him to adapt to deal with any possible situation that might decide to rear it's ugly head in front of his face.

But he placed that aside for now, he had a mission to complete and he was going to accomplish it to the best of his abilities, it was here that he decided to summon out a spell and chanted. This got the attention of the rest of his group but this time Naruto did not draw out Holy Talon but focused his Dragon Fire Magic into his hands. After a moment or two, he unleashed the spell and in front of him came out a falcon that was actually made of silver Flame and it flew next to Naruto and spoke to the blonde.

"What do you wish of me Master?"

"Scout ahead and warn us of any threats that may try to surprise us."

"At once Master."

With that, the falcon took to the skies and was now ahead of the rest of the group as Naruto still was behind Anko, allowing the Jonin to take the lead of the operation while he remained the back to support the entire team. Anko liked that as she began to move to the Land of the Sea, but as she did so, she began to feel something happening in her min, it was not something that was disturbing, it was more in the lines of feeling...something in her mind that told her that she had done this before. But the question in her mind was where in the past did she actually come here of all places.

(Why do I feel like I've been here before?)

The Jonin placed that aside right now and decided to get herself focused on the mission for now. This mission was going to be a bit different since she felt that there was more going on at the moment, but she was not going to worry too much about it. For now her task was to lead her team through the mission and get back to Konoha alive with all in tow. And with Naruto in the lead, this was going to be a bit easier in more ways than one.

But she did wonder just how she was going to get some alone time...or even have Ino join the party as well. The question was how to do it without getting the attention of the others in the group and anyone else for that matter.

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To be continued...

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Author's Notes:

It's been a while since I did some work on this story so I hope that this will do well enough for all the readers here right now. I am sorry for the long delay, but with new story ideas popping in my head and other matters, both in real life and my writing life here in the site, I don't have a lot of focus at times.

Anyway, we have done the festival things and while you might wonder why was it that I did not include the other Dagern natives, namely the female Elves who happen to be in the same situation as Anko, Kurenai, Shizune, Tsunade, Koyuki, Kin, Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Tenten, Ayame, Temari, and Nyra in the festivities, let's just say that they will get their turn. Also I will have the other ladies from the other world have their turn with their respective Konoha partners.

You really didn't think that it was just going to be Rock Lee, Kakashi, and Asuma who are going to have their own turn with their female partners did you?

Though I can bet that if it is Shino's turn, things are going to get a bit...icky. But hey, there's a challenge in that and I live to do workable challenges.

In this chapter we are going to deal with Isaribi and that nut who used to work with Orochimaru, so you all can guess how this might play out. But this time around, this story is going to happen with a few key differences, with Haku and Sasuke coming along. Haku's past and non lethal means of fighting should make things interesting, but having Sasuke along is really going to heat things up as you can bet that he will not exactly be in the best of mind sets after all the things he had to deal with.

And you can bet that with Naruto the way he is, things might get interesting indeed and yes, Gamabunta will be around though in a different plan of combat than before. We might even see a new Dragon Summon suited for sea water combat, we might have had Kail for the sky and soon we will have a new Dragon Summon for water borne battles.

And before you all ask me about Isaribi being in the group...that will have to be fleshed out if that is what you want. Keep in mind that I will need to make sure that if I do include her, it has to be a believable result and situation instead of them hitting it off right off the bat. And if there will be a cure for Isaribi's condition, then there will be one and she will join the ranks of Naruto's group soon enough though she will have to undergo training as well like the others.

I might even make another chapter that will deal with a certain youth who is the sibling of a Jonin in Konoha. And we can also add another character who will be soon joining the ranks of the Konoha ninja group though this character will have to climb the ladders at first in the Academy, though this character's unique skills will be very useful in the long run for the group that will take this person in.

We're getting closer to the battles between Naruto and Sasuke so hold on to your hats and get ready since I will not have Naruto show just how much he has grown. And yes, for all those guys who want to see Naruto beat Sasuke silly, I will do my best not to disappoint all right?

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Also I plan to resurrect the Dragon Champion Lemon Section soon and that means we're going back to the three day party in the island resort. That means we're going to have ourselves some serious smut again. Though this time, I plan to have the Kage Bushin take a more...proactive role as it were. You can wager a guess what plan is cooking in my head if you want, but let's just say that those images will have to wait.

Also I'll get to work on the other lemons and also make sure to include some other ideas that will be present so see you all there all right?

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Anyway, just so everyone is aware, I will have to be moving out of my home to have it rebuild at the end of the year in a few months since this house needs to be rebuilt. Most of it is fine, but is has to be done since this house of mine has been here for at least sixty years so it is kind of old in some places.

This means I might not be able to update for a while after that, I'll inform you however if the plan to renovate and rebuild my house is given the green light so you all know in advance.

But until then, I'll do my best to update whenever I can so don't think I'm going dark on you all just yet.

See you all soon!