"Jutsu"

'Demon Thought'

"Demon, Summon, or really angry"

'Thought'

"Speech"

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, A JAPANESE GUY DOES. I OWN THE LAPTOP USED TO CREATE THIS.

D.M: Hey guys, I am back; I read some of the reviews asking for longer chapters. Ans I would like to say yes, but I try to post Chapters quickly around 1 every week so the readers have much to enjoy. Nonetheless, this was ineffective so I will type faster and post a tad bit longer

THG: For those of you normal. He will post longer chapters, but the chapters will be a bit less frequent.

D.M: Whatever, the only reason you are here is because your girlfriend broke up with you, and you have nothing better to do.

THG: You take that back!

D.M: Make me.

THG: ~punches D.M and the fight turns in to a full out brawl~

[Chapter Begin:]

Naruto and Masami could only mutter 4 words, "Dad, is coming back?"

[Konoha: ROOT Base]

Danzo was having another day of being a good ol' covert warmonger-who-blames-peace-for-his-actions and filing paperwork. 'How Tsunade deals with this torture called Paperwork, I will never know….So now he shows up his face.' "You can come out of the shadows Orochimaru."

"How did you know I was there, I have an ANBU level Suppression Seal." Orochimaru inquired.

Danzo simply answered the obvious, "Your chakra and how twisted it is. But enough of that, we had an agreement. You give me the Kyuubi and I give you Sasuke."

Orochimaru had the darkest soul for a human(A.N- Not really, they do not know of Naruto). Chakra is represented by the color. The Snake Sannin's was purple, whereas other people's was green or blue. Those pure of heart were white; there was a myth of certain strong individuals who survived through the worst experiences and remained sane and good. They were blessed with Silver Chakra, and he believes that Naruto has it.

Orochimaru just chuckled evilly and answered, "Well that brat was difficult to find, but I received information 2 hours ago on his location. N those 3 years, he was most likely training to get stronger. Would you want a weak, untrained weapon or a strong, elite one."

Danzo was taken aback, he used his tactic against him, "Fine, but do not fail me next time. When will you 'retrieve' him."

"Give me 1 month," Orochimaru replied. He could see the confusion in his face, "Listen carefully. This is what I have planned…..."

[Hokage Building]

Just another day of being Tsunade: Sake and the damned paperwork. 'Aaaaaaaaaaaand finished! I deserve more Sake' Tsunade thought as she opened another bottle. She brought t bottle to her lips, until the flooring in front of her cracked and a tree emerged. Inside the tree was a green and brown fox with yellow slit eyes; the fox astonishingly spoke, "My name is Mori. Do not be alarmed, I am not here to harm you. Instead I was asked by my master to deliver a message on behalf of the Uzukage."

The female Hokage unlatched the container on the side of his collar and read the scroll. A smile that rivaled Naruto appeared on the Fire Shadow's face. She told her answer to Mori, "Tell Uzukage-dono, I accept."

'You were always a genius Kushina. Just like Minato and Naruto.'

[Uzushio]

"When is Tou-san coming back," Masami asked in joyful tears. Kenshin replied, "Tomorrow at 10:25 PM."

"Alright enough crying. I didn't raise my children to cry during every happy moment, so Naruto I heard you met a certain Hyuuga," Kushina teased her son. Naruto nervously replied, "Oh, hahahaha. About that, can we discuss at dinner?" "Sure, I'll help you cook, while Kenshin and Masami set the table. But before you do, I recommend you take a shower."

The Uzumaki family got bathed, prepared the table, cooked, and began to eat. The silence was broken by Naruto keeping his promise, "So after the Preliminary Round, I asked Hinata Hyuuga..." as soon as Naruto said that, Masami, Kenshin, and Kushina spit out their drinks, "..Hinata Hyuuga on a date, which is at 8:35."

They couldn't believe it, Naruto had got a date with the Hyuuga Heiress, the girl he had admired secretly for 16 years. After Kenshin was done pounding his chest, he couldn't be any prouder, "Naruto my boy! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!"

"So nee-san, when's the wedding?" the female teen Uzumaki teased/asked. Kushina encouraged her daughter's teasing, "I agree, when will I have grand-babies?"

Naruto couldn't take it anymore; It was even worse than him and Syuu. "Yeah, bye," the blonde disappeared in a yellow blur. And the next thing they knew a room door was locked. This left the rest eating and talking without Naruto. The situation left Kushina only thinking 1 thing, 'Just like Minato-kun.'

[Naruto's Room]

After the blonde Jinchuuriki moved into his new room 3 years ago, he made a lot of changes. The major one was him actually keeping it clean; half of the room being full of weapons, and the other half with teen stuff. After locking the door, he just plopped down into his chair. His desk was full of his, his father's, grandfather's, and Great Aunt Mito's notes on sealing. The notes were about saving the Kurama, Demonic Fuinjutsu, and Advanced Fuinjutsu. In the past 2 days, he had got no where. It seems crazy but usually he could solve any fuinjutsu in several hours; it was in his blood after all. 'Damn, 2 days and nothing. How can I protect my family when I can't even save my best friend?'

He started to tear up, not cry. Just tears of sadness….

"Don't worry kit, I will be alright." "Don't give me that bullshit Kurama! You know after your chakra fades, it will 900 years for you to reform. I've read enough lore to know that it takes 100 year per tail when their chakra completely fades! I can't save you, god-damn it!" Naruto yelled at Kyuubi mentally. In spite of emotions of loss, not anger. Kurama understood his container and best friend better than anyone, so he was not mad.

"Trust me Naruto, you will think of something." "How do you know?" "Because it's in your blood. You are stubborn and relentless from your mother. Skilled and caring for all life like your father."

Naruto was left aghast, the fox's words gave him determination like none before. "I am sorry Kurama, now lets do this," The blonde continued to study and test hundreds of other seals. He fell asleep with his face literally buried in ink, paper, and notes.

'This boy,' Kurama started chuckling at his attitude, 'He will become an even greater than Minato.'

[Next Morning]

"~yawn~ ugh what the hell," Naruto found ink dried all over his face and hands, "perfect, I fall asleep on ink for 10 hours. I wonder how many hours it will take to wash it out?" "2.5 hours, kit" Kurama chuckled when Naruto mumbled 'smart-ass fox.' Naruto got up and walked to the bathroom to brush and prepare for the day. Everything was going fine until Naruto noticed the sun's position from the window, and asked Kenshin the time, "Hey Ero-Kenshi, what time is it. The sun is fading, isn't it 1:26?"

Kenshin twitched his eye at the nickname, "DON'T CALL ME THAT BRAT. And for your information its actually 6:26 P.M."

'Oh SHIT! My DATE WITH HINATA-CHAN IS IN 2 HOURS AND I STILL HAVE INK ON MY FACE!' "Thank you Ero-Kenshi"

After ignoring the 'Damn you Naruto!' being yelled at him, he created 2 shadow clones to help clean his face, 5 to pick out his clothes, and 4 to buy cologne, call in a favor for the restaurant, and create a gift for Hinata. When Naruto was done his hair was slicked back but still spiky. His suit consisted of a white cotton dress shirt, a velvet tie with a partial swirl design, black dress pants with a genjutsu for his kunai pouch, and a pure black jacket with golden cufflinks in the design of a fox-head. 'Damn, not bad. What do you think Kurama?' "I couldn't agree more."

As Naruto walked past the Uzushio civilian population to The Golden Garden, he got a lot of approving looks and blushes from the locals, mainly from the female population. The same was for Hinata coming from the male population. They were certain sighs of disappointment that both were taken once Naruto took her hand. The Hyuuga Heiress wore a dark-purple dress with black sash around her waist; her skirt ended 2 inches above her knees. To go with the dress she wore a sapphire ring on her left hand and black boots that reached about 2 inches past her shin. The dress fit her snuggly show some curves.

Naruto was taken aback by her beauty, "H-H-Hinata-chan?"

Said Hyuuga blushed and asked, "What do you think, Naruto-kun?"

The equally blushed Uzumaki replied, "You are prettier than any woman I have ever met or will meet. So shall we enter?" In response, Hinata grabbed Naruto's arm and tilted her head against it. The teen couple walked through the revolving doors to the reservation desk. "Table for 2 under Uzumaki," "Follow me Uzumaki-sama," Naruto and Hinata followed the waiter to their table; the table was a decent sized, circular table with white cloth, a romantic fire-lit candle, and yes: folded napkins. The scenery was classic from the traditional paintings, yet romantic from the violin music and lighting. After around 2 minutes a waitress approached to their table, "Hello, my name is…." Naruto realized who it was and interrupted, "Syuu/Naruto!"

"What are you doing here/What are you doing here?" "Date/Work," Both told each other in synch. When they were clear away from synch they continued their answers. Naruto went first, "I'm on a date with Hinata," said Hyuuga waved hi. Then Syuu replied, ' Nice, I work here every Saturday, so I can keep my life from completely being taken over by shinobi work."

There was an awkward silence for around 3 minutes, Syuu did her job, "So my name is Syuu and tonight I will be your waitress. May I have your orders?"

Hinata spoke, "Yes I will have the Tonkatsu with light sake."

Then Naruto told his mint-green haired friend his order, "I will have Fish Yakisoba with light sake also," Syuu collected their menus and left to tell the chefs. As she left, Hinata teased Naruto, "What no Ramen?" "I switched my diet. Ramen 24/7 isn't really healthy," Naruto informed his girlfriend.

"Naruto-kun, can I ask you something?" "Fire way," "How did you survive the Chidori, I read the med report, the Chidori pierced through your lung, several arteries, and veins. From the amount of blood, you should have died, no offense."

Naruto hung his head down for a few seconds, "There is something… No a lot of things I must tell you," Naruto began t tell his story about the beatings, Kurama, Kenshin, and Uzushio. Hinata could barely hold back the tears in her eyes, eventually they came out. Naruto wiped them away, "I didn't want to tell you because I thought you would think I was a demon, Naruto told her as his head was lowering after wiping the Hyuuga's tears away.

His head was raised by Hinata who spoke, "I have always loved you for your heart and determination. And that is a love that will never will stop," Their faces grew closer, and continued to, "Alright, Tonkatsu for Hinata. And Fish Yakisoba for the Naruto. Followed by light sake from the Wave," Syuu spoke until she realized what almost happened. 'Oh crap. Naruto almost kissed Hinata, and I ruined. I will have to apologize to him later.'

As Syuu left, she mouthed 'Sorry'. Which was accepted by Naruto who nodded. "So close, kit" 'Kurama, stay out of this!' "Ok, bye."

The couple ate their meal and drank their sake. Naruto made sure, that Hinata was not wasted like Syuu several days ago. The two also gossiped a bit on what happened during the 3 years. They finished and Naruto paid the bill; he also included a generous tip to Syuu. The blonde walked Hinata to the hotel, before she entered the building Naruto realized what he had planned. "Hinata, wait. I want to give you something," Naruto reached for a small black box in his pocket. When he opened the box, it contained a gold necklace in the shape of a curled fox. "I made this for you. It has a hidden teleportation seal; whenever you need me, focus chakra and I will always be there for you."

"It's beautiful, Naruto-kun," Hinata read the back. There was and engraving that read 'to Hinata, he girl I love the most.' The young Hyuuga got a mischievous grin, "Hey Naruto-kun, I never got dessert."

Naruto realized his mistake, "We can go to….mmmfff," The next thing he saw was Hinata Hyuuga kissing him! (A.N= NaruHina fans, this good. Because there will be more!) Hinata stuck her tongue in his mouth and Naruto did the same. After several minutes, they broke for air. Hinata spoke with a very satisfied face, "That will do, good night Naruto-kun," The heiress left into the building to her hotel room leaving Naruto with a very shocked look. Said blonde started jumping into the air in celebration. His Pure Dragon chakra started unconsciously leaking as he 'danced' his way home. In his house Kurama spoke to him, "That girl has some of the purest souls in existence. I feel like sealing it into an object to keep her immortal," Naruto got an idea, "Kurama, is that possible?" "Yeah" "That is how we can save YOU! We can seal you into something and you will live forever! Lets get started!" "Kit, do it in the morning, or else you could ruin your face with even more with ink" "Okay Kurama, Good Night!" "Goodnight kit." 'He is a genius'

And slept thinking of saving his best friend and of the details of his first kiss. The taste, the excitement, the touch, and the realization. Oh did he sleep well that night.

[Next Morning]

The blonde Jinchuuriki couldn't control the look on his face that was a cross between happy and dumb. So he put up a genjutsu, and got ready to meet up with his friends. Of course Ryu, the top Genjutsu Specialist, noticed the genjutsu and released it; revealing the look on his face. Masami realized about his date last night so she spoke, "So Naruto-niisan, mind telling us how you lost your…..." Naruto stopped her before she finished and the rest got any ideas, "Shut Up Masami-neesan!"

"Alright, calm down!" Utake ordered, him being the most mature out of them, "The Uzukage has information for us," All 6 teenagers either teleported or shushinned.

"You called us Kaa-san/Uzukage-sama?" the teens asked, 1 just stood silent(Ryu, he can't speak of course).

"Due to a new peace treaty, the Final Exams will be moved to Naruto's birth village." Kushina spoke.

"Wait that means…..." Syuu realized and said out loud until Naruto finished for her.

"You are going back to Konoha, with me," spoke a voice in the shadows. The figure emerged and was Minato Namikaze.

"TOU-SAN!" Masami and Naruto yelled as they tackled him into a hug.

[Chapter End]

D.M: YES, NARUTO IS GOING BACK TO THE LAND OF THE BASTARDS

THG: Calm down, the doctor said that we cant move too much or else out bones won't mend

D.M: I finished this early because of personal reasons

THG: That you will tell them

D.M: ~sigh~ My parents are divorced so while I am at my dad's house, I have loads of time. Time to commit to this. Time withot my own dreaded paperwork. DAMN YOU THE GUY WHO INVENTED HOMEWORK

-Heaven-

GOD: I am sorry Mr. McClain, but you will be moved to hell and tortured for the rest of eternity

McClain: Why?

GOD: I have had over 10 generations yelling at me to damn you to hell. So yeah, bye

A blood-red portal appears and sends the man to hell

SO yeah, KURAMA WILL LIVE! And Naruto will return to Konoha with the Konoha teams for the Finals. Next Chapter there will be more action, Namikaze, romance and bashing. So Stay Tuned.

DM OUT!