Hey everyone, it's time for Naruto to go recruiting in True Mentor! Sorry for the delay, but as I said in other chapters I've posted recently-ish life is throwing everything short of sending me to the hospital to stall me getting the chapters out.

Not much to talk about aside from a few things: 1) For those who say it is dumb or lame that I added women from things that aren't Naruto, get over yourself. I am free to do as I please with my fic and I do that since using the same women EVER SINGLE TIME GETS DULL AND REPETITIVE!

2) I got people saying yes to Rosa, Teodora, Claudia, Maria, and Paola and one person said yes to Sophia. This was out of 3 dozen people messaging or reviewing so I think it is safe to say that Sophia will not be picked.

3) Again, for all of you to READ, I do NOT know of the women from the handhelds or "lesser" games so I know Aveline's name… and that's it and do NOT say read the wiki as I hate doing that at times since it doesn't let me get a real feel for the character

4) Anne Bonnie and Mary Read will show up in the One Piece section not here since they are sailors/sea lovers mainly

5) No, neither Sakura nor Hinata will be paired with Naruto.

6) For those worried the Harem will get too big and cumbersome or that it will just take over the fic, don't worry as there will be lemon fun in chapters, but not every chapter. As for not doing the harem justice, there will be chapters that are dedicated to Naruto's life in Konoha which means spending time with his girls, lemons at times, dates, and other things to show how Naruto interacts with each of his women.

Lastly: I have a poll up on my profile for which character I should use in my next fic that will be either Dark, Evil, or Morally Grey in the story. So vote if you are interested, but the poll will be taken down on the FIRST OF JUNE and then the next poll for what the character should be will be up but if it's still too close to call then this whole "JUNE FIRST" thing doesn't apply so check out my profile regardless as there may be a poll up that you can vote on.

Now that that's settled, let's start the show shall we?

Disclaimer: You know the drill; I don't own Naruto or anything but a few ideas, attacks, and maybe some characters. If I owned Naruto… I would have a good chunk of money.

(Authors Notes)

"Speech"

"Thoughts"

[Conversation thoughts]

{Language not native to Naruto's World}

"Summons, First Civilization beings, pissed off Naruto, Biju speech"

"Above's thoughts"

[Above's conversation thoughts]

Chapter 6: Recruiting

Water Country: Four days later

Naruto was moving through the trees of Water Country after paying for passage on a boat and was ensuring no one paid attention to them as they neared Kiri while the others tried to keep up with his pace. Once they came within seeing distance, Naruto had them stop, "Ok, we'll wait here till nightfall then I'll go in and rescue the people we are here for." Naruto ordered looking over the outside wall and seeing the security.

"So, we're just supposed to wait here?" Anko asked incredulously that the others mirrored and Naruto merely nodded.

"Yes, I have numerous experiences sneaking into places with the protectors/defenders unaware of my presence until it was either too late or never knew it was. I can get in there and extract the people and get back out before anyone would know what happened or I can go loud in another area to lessen the guards in the area they are being held in. The point is, more people means more chances to slip up and making it harder to get out later on." He explained knowing that simply him saying to stay wasn't going to cut it with them.

After some reluctant nods, Naruto quickly gathered some food and made some clones to make a large seal array around their campsite before starting a fire that the others were concerned about before seeing the smoke hit an invisible roof and disappear letting them relax.

Naruto didn't say a word to any of the others as he sat in meditation sensing out the entire area around them finding every hidden shinobi and watcher for the village and marking them with his Eagle Sense letting him find them no matter where they hid and remove them should they need to be. He also sensed the people he was there to get out and could tell they weren't doing that well, but that was natural from being imprisoned since it wasn't exactly good for your health most of the time. The upside is that he could sense the fire in them still, meaning they weren't mentally broken and there was no permanent body damage that he could sense nor was there any sign that the woman of the three had been… mistreated by the men and he was glad for that since no woman should be subjugated to that and he didn't feel like destroying an entire village after only just coming back to his world.

Couple Hours Later

Once the sun began to set, Naruto stood from his mediation and made five clones before they took off towards Kiri before Naruto followed them, "I'll be back within the next two hours." Naruto stated to his group getting nods, though a few were reluctant, before he vanished from view and headed towards the walls of Kiri.

Naruto casually walked up the wall while his clones were removing various guards that the world would be better off without. He knew this due to him being able to combine his Uzumaki sensing abilities with his Eagle Sense to see into a person's soul and emotions with his eyes thus he knew he needed to remove these guards since they weren't anything the world needed more of.

He idly heard a few screams, most likely from his clones slamming the guards' faces into the ground before throwing them off the wall, as he reached the top and surveyed the area. He idly noted this place reeked of despair, greed, anger, and many other less than kind emotions and decided to ensure they weren't going to become a problem later. With that thought in mind, he created three more clones and gave them scrolls full of various explosives and sent them on their way to cause some chaos while he went for the Mizukage tower to get at the lower levels which is where the prisoners he was interested in were located.

The prisoners in question were the former Mizukage and Rebel Leader Mei Terumi, who defeated the previous Mizukage with the aid of some of her higher up rebels; Mei's right-hand man Ao who was an ace tracker and had a transplanted Byakugan eye in his head; and Mei's bodyguard and fanboy Chōjūrō, one of the 7 Swordsman of the Mist. The reason for them being imprisoned was that Mei's top advisor was actually a greedy son of a bitch that only joined Mei because he felt it was the best way to get into a position to rule Kiri as he despised Yagura, the former Mizukage, just because he had the title not for his actions and then Mei because a woman had no business leading anything. He tolerated her being the leader of the Rebels as most were loyal to her so trying to remove her wouldn't bold well for him. Then he made his move a year or so after Mei became Mizukage and rounded up his and Yagura's followers before pulling a coup leading us to here and now.

As Naruto walked, he idly saw his clones grabbing and yanking different patrols into the darkness of the alleyways or stabbing them in the neck and dragging the bodies away before anyone noticed. He also had a clone on the wall with his rifle popping off targets on the roofs that would see something before they could call out or do anything to trigger an alarm. By the time he left with the prisoners, Kiri was going to be nearly crippled from the loss of manpower thus keeping their Kage from trying to make demands later.

As Naruto entered the Tower, he idly flicked a pair of knives at the wall hearing the satisfying THUNKS of them imbedding there before the walls shimmered and two Anbu fell to the floor dead before the knives faded away. Naruto then paused as he got the memories of his clones sent for demolitions and unsealed another scroll before a detonator came out, which he clicked as he descended down the stairs causing explosions to occur all over the village and making alarms go off too.

Outside Kiri

Anko and the others jumped up as explosions were heard and seen within the village including a large section of the village wall before they heard the alarms in the village going off, "Holy Shit! What the hell did Naruto-kun do?!" Anko asked rhetorically, not noticing she added the kun suffix to Naruto's name, before they moved to follow only for a clone to appear and stop them.

"Where do you think you're going?" It asked as it stared at the group, "Boss told you all to stay here, he's just causing a bit of mayhem for the assholes running the village." It stated as it dared any of them to try and get past him.

They didn't bother trying since they knew the clone could stop them even if they tried to split up, "Good, now just wait here for boss to return. If he's on schedule then he should be back in the next 20 minutes or so." The Clone stated as he checked a small pocket watch from his pocket before another explosion sounded off in the distance, "Yup, he's on schedule." The Clone stated with a smirk while the others just looked at the now ablaze village.

Prison under Mizukage Tower

Naruto walked along past the various jail cells cutting the locks off the prisoners that were still alive and weren't justified in being there before instructing them to use the chaos to leave and head for Wave Country where he would get in touch with them later on about safety and security. The prisoners happily agreed before taking off while he went to the high security area.

When he reached there, he found several Anbu in front of him with their weapons drawn, "Halt! You will surrender you-AHH!" The captain started before Naruto held his hand out and an astral Apple of Eden appeared before multiple yellow arcs of energy lashed out and struck all of the individuals in the head making them scream in pain before the arcs changed to white and the Anbu began collapsing to the ground dead.

Naruto merely shook his hand slightly before walking to the large metal door and pried it off the hinges before walking in and stopping at the cell with Mei in it, "Mei Terumi?" He asked standing there with his back to the cell with Ao and Chōjūrō and saw Mei look up at him, though she struggled since the shackles were chakra draining.

"What do you want?" She asked weakly, but Naruto knew it was most likely her conserving her strength should he pose a threat.

"I'm here to free you and see if you would wish to join my village. I've already caused a lot of distractions via the explosions you know doubt heard and felt a short while ago and I've killed every ninja between here and the exit and my exit out of the village where my companions await to help me get you and your two companions out of the country and if you so desire, escort you to our village." Naruto stated honestly since he wasn't going to force the woman or her two allies into joining, but he hoped they would since they'd be hunted down otherwise.

Mei looked up at him, "And what village do you serve?" She asked since she wasn't exactly willing to join Iwa or Kumo since she had a bit of a score to settle with them.

"Konoha." Naruto stated feeling her be a bit more at ease, "At the very least I would like to get you out of here then we can discuss you coming to my village or not." He offered before he made two clones and they pried the cell doors off, ignoring the security tags meant to electrocute anyone who touched the bars, and the two clones walked in to where Chōjūrō and Ao were while he walked into Mei's cell and proceeded to break her chains and get the shackles off her. Once she was unbound, he lifted her bridal style making her blush while the two clones had the two males on their backs and nodded before they proceeded to run out.

"Wait, my sword." Chōjūrō stated tiredly since he didn't want to leave it behind where some unworthy bastard of the Mizukage's choosing would get their hands on it and Naruto smirked.

"Relax, we have it recovered by another clone and it's waiting for us on the first checkpoint out of here." He stated as they began ascending the stairs while the three looked at the various dead bodies of Anbu, Chunin, and Jonin that had various injuries from trying to stop Naruto and they realized that if this guy could get into the tower and down to them by himself then he was no pushover.

Once they were out of the Tower, Naruto and his clones moved to the rooftops heading towards the clone with his rifle out as he popped anyone that might catch a glimpse of them before turning and shooting a demolition pack a clone left in the opening causing it to explode and take a large section of the Anbu HQ with it diverting more attention away from Naruto and his clones as those sent to run interference popped and those on the farther reaches of the wall popped as well.

When Naruto and his two escort clones arrived at the wall, the sniper popped and they began hustling out of the village as it was still burning from the explosions. When they landed outside the wall, the clones and Naruto ran to the rendezvous point where they found his clone and the others waiting for him.

Upon arriving the clone handed Naruto a scroll and he looked at the others, not missing the three being surprised to see Kimimaro there since his clan was supposed to be dead, "Ok, let's hustle to the fishing village to the east of us. Our transport is waiting for us there." He stated making the others nod before they took off into the trees.

Along the way, Mei looked up at her savior and blushed slightly since at her distance, even in the dark, she could make out facial features and his ghostly blue eyes were so enchanting and drawing her in before he looked at her and smiled making her blush and it only worsened as she finally noticed the muscles in his arms, "Kami, he's ripped!" She thought feeling the muscles in his arms tense and shift when he needed to cradle her more and the muscles subtly moving in his chest as he breathed.

All in all, it was making her flustered. Her! The self-expert and pro on making people, usually men, flustered and embarrassed. It only got worse as he looked down at her and smiled before he turned back to looking where he was going.

It took the group about an hour to reach the village before they quickly boarded a fishing vessel and set off. After setting Mei down to rest, Naruto approached the captain and shook his hand, "Thanks for doing this, Katsuhiro." Naruto stated with the now named Katsuhiro nodding and waving him off.

"It's fine boss, besides after what you've done for us, how could we say no?" He asked while the crew gave agreements making Naruto laugh before he went over to check on Mei and the other two.

"How are you holding up?" He asked and the three gave grunts or nods, "Good, besides chakra exhaustion and some need for food and water, any other issues?" He asked looking them over while Mei shook her head; Chōjūrō flexed his hands slightly and winced most likely from his hands being hurt either when they were captured or he was imprisoned; and Ao frowned before shaking his head, "Alright, but I'm going to run a diagnostic on you three real quick just to be sure." He stated and they nodded before he did Mei first, knowing the other two would insist, and found besides some bruises and chakra depletion there was nothing.

He then scanned Ao and saw his implanted Byakugan was not entirely attached, something he'd have to fix later, and he had a fracture on his sixth rib which he no doubt was blocking out due to his years of training. He then scanned Chōjūrō and saw that indeed a few of his fingers were healed improperly from being broken, some ligaments were being pressured from it, and his left rotator cuff wasn't healed properly. All of this meant that Chōjūrō put up one hell of fight or he was the one the interrogators thought could be broken easily.

With that done, Naruto healed Mei first, much to his original companions' shock since they didn't know he could use medical jutsu, and then healed Ao, and then finally Chōjūrō with his taking longer since Naruto had to rebreak his fingers to set them properly before healing them and then fixed up the other things before telling the three to rest.

Naruto then stood and leaned against the railing looking out at the water as his group just looked at him, "Ask." Naruto stated as he just leaned there knowing they wanted some answers.

"What the hell did you do in that village?" Anko asked/demanded and the others nodded while Naruto just stood there.

"I killed several of their ninja, destroyed a good chunk of their major buildings, destroyed a large section of the wall, and freed several prisoners." Naruto stated calmly causing Anko to face fault before she got up and glared with a twitching eyebrow while Naruto didn't bat an eye and only removed his hood, making Mei blush in the process, "I don't know what you were expecting, I told you this was a smash and grab when we were on the boat to Water Country. Smash and grab means we hit, we grab, and then run before anyone can know what the hell is going on. The explosions and my attacking several shinobi were the distractions while I entered the Mizukage Tower and got these three out without anyone being able to report I was there." Naruto stated casually knowing there wasn't anyone that would be able to identify him to the Mizukage or anyone else that came snooping around.

"What the hell do you mean no one's going to know you were there?! You blew up I don't know how much of the village and killed who knows how many of their shinobi!" Hana exclaimed and Naruto just chuckled at her making her glare at him.

"You misinterpreted what I said, Hana-san. When I said no one would know I was there, I meant no one would know that I specifically was there meaning they can't tie it to me or Konoha and even if Mei and her confidants were to come to Konoha, we have plausible deniability in that we can claim they were dropped at our doorstep or they came on their own freewill and we had no reason to send them or trade them back to Kiri." Naruto stated analytically making a few widen their eyes in shock since not only was he right, but Kiri wouldn't have the muscle to try and make demands later anyway.

"See? So for now relax since it's gonna be a bit of a boat ride before we get to land again." He stated as he sat on the deck and leaned against the railing as he processed the memories of the rest of the clones that popped once they left the mainland.

Naruto barely had 10 minutes of relaxing before he felt Mei come over to him, "What do you need Mei?" He asked not opening his eyes and making her pause a moment before she sat beside him.

"Why did you help us?" She asked since from what she learned from the interactions and such, this wasn't a mission ordered by the Hokage and he had chosen to do this of his own volition.

"Well for one, you three should never have been imprisoned since you didn't do anything to warrant it; two, I had my own problem with that so called Kage since he's allied with some enemies of mine; three, you would be helpful to the village and something else later; and four, I have a bit of a soft spot for strong, beautiful, young women." He stated with a smile making her blush almost as red as her hair.

Mei blushed as not only did he say she was strong and beautiful, but also a young woman, "I see. Thank you." She stated trying to control her blush and Naruto merely smiled making her blush a bit more.

"It's no trouble Mei, I was glad to do it. Now you should rest since I doubt you're back to full strength yet." Naruto stated making her nod before she smirked and leaned against him with her head on his shoulder making him chuckle, "I didn't know you were so bold Mei, if you wanted to lay on me you just had to ask. I wouldn't have turned down such a beautiful woman." He stated teasingly making her blush before she just laid there while the other women were glaring slightly at the scene.

Next Morning

The group woke from their rooms below deck to shouting, "Shore up the supports and reel it in double time or we risk losing the net." They heard Naruto shout as they awoke before they headed out to see Naruto there helping the fishermen, but the women had to blush as he was doing this shirtless giving them a prime view of his well-earned fit body and it was only worse for them as the water was getting on him making droplets go down his chest.

Naruto helped the fishermen hoist their catch onto the ship before cheering with the others at the haul they had. Naruto patted a few of the sailors on their backs before turning to see the others, "Ah, morning sleepyheads." Naruto greeted casually while taking a cloth to dry the saltwater out of his hair.

"How long have you been up?" Anko asked since it was still early and he seemed to have been awake for a while.

Naruto thought for a minute, "Oh, about 3 or 4 hours." He stated shocking them since it wasn't even 8 yet. Naruto merely raised an eyebrow at their faces, "I'm not sure why you are surprised, I don't need that much sleep thanks to my healing factor so why waste the time that I could be useful?" He asked not seeing their point even though he could see Shikamaru's enjoyment of cloud watching as there were days Naruto would do just that to relax, it wasn't like he was getting any older.

Two Days Later

Naruto stood on the railing as the ship pulled into one of the ports of Wave Country and decided to be chivalrous and help the women off the boat before walking to the wharf master. The others watched them talk for a minute before Naruto shook his hand and waved the others to follow him.

Naruto led the group to a large building modeled after a hotel, but there were several women dressed… less than modestly outside, while a few wore what could only generously be called underwear, and they all smiled and fawned over Naruto when they saw him making him chuckle before he entered along with the others.

They entered to see a fully furnished sitting and check in area with even more of the women inside before another woman with long dark purple hair, pink eyes, full red lips, black heels, and an elegant red dress came down and smiled at Naruto as she came up and kissed his cheek, "Aria." He stated kissing her hand making her smile.

"Welcome back Naruto, did you decide to finally let the girls thank you for everything?" The now named Aria asked making several of the women perk up and look at Naruto lustfully.

Naruto chuckled, "No, I'm afraid not." He stated making several of the women groan and pout making him chuckle more, "I wanted you to spread the word that some refugees from Kiri may be on their way here, so be on the lookout for them and for any Kiri ninja that are sent after them." He stated making Aria and the girls lose all playfulness and nod, "Good, some of the people with me will be staying here for a bit, I trust they will be looked after while I am gone?" He asked and they all nodded with a smile, "Good, thank you." He stated as they nodded and Naruto left with his group while Ao was blushing when Aria winked at him.

Naruto then pulled a pocket watch out that was silver with glowing blue numbers and the Assassin's Emblem on the cover. Naruto nodded to himself before he turned to the others, "Ok, you all wait here, I make the next stop alone and I should be back in a few hours or so." He stated shocking them.

"What the hell do you mean you're going alone? Why the hell are we even here?" Anko shouted and Naruto merely raised an eyebrow.

"You're here because Tsunade felt more comfortable having people with me, but you all can't keep up with me and I'm infiltrating another enemy village before taking off back to here. There is literally nothing you can do to help me with in the next area except wait here for me to return." Naruto stated nonchalantly as he looked at them.

"Where are you going?" Mei asked curiously and Naruto smirked.

"Amegakure." Naruto stated casually as if it was no big deal, "Now you all wait here and I'll be back tonight at the latest." Naruto stated as he called one of the girls over, "Please show them where they can stay, and behave." He stated then mentioned and the woman smiled and nodded as Naruto took off at blinding speeds aka Hirashin.

Anko and the others had their eyes twitching while Kimimaro was disappointed he couldn't help his new boss. The woman Naruto called over just giggled and led them to a nearby hotel to stay for the night.

Amegakure: Five minutes later

Naruto stood on the wall of the village hidden in the rain staring at the tall building that he knew contained what was left of the Akatsuki and was planning to free two former members: Konan and Itachi. From what his spies had gleamed, there was apparently a minor civil war in the organization. Apparently the asshole responsible for Kurama being released on Konoha, Minato's former student Obito, had desired the eyes of the leader of the Akatsuki, Naruto's legit cousin Nagato, and both he and his second in command Konan didn't agree with that and then Itachi joined in as he didn't want Obito to survive. Things were pretty even until Obito used Edo Tensei (sacrificing some no named lackey) to call Madara Uchiha himself and the fight quickly turned in favor of Obito. By the end of it, Nagato was dead and Konan and Itachi were imprisoned with the first being for a possible tool for enjoyment and the second so he had a spare set of Sharingan eyes if needed. The impressive feat was that the three had defeated Madara, mostly thanks to Nagato's paths and Itachi using a special weapon he had called the Totsuka Blade that he combined with his Susanoo to permanently seal Madara away.

So now he was here both to take the two away…. And send a message to the others not to mess with him. With that in mind, he quickly began jumping across the rooftops towards the tall building while sending some clones around the village both to scout and to set up some surprises for them.

Within 10 minutes, Naruto was within the building and immediately killed three guards that were standing there before he found his way down to the lower levels looking for the prison cells. He paused partway down as his clones sounded off that they were ready to cause some havoc when he was ready to get the others out. He was about to continue when he felt other presences down near the two he was there to rescue and frowned as he felt demonic energy coming from two.

With that knowledge, Naruto picked up the pace and hurried faster to the cells while making a few more clones for this building. It took him only a few minutes to reach the prison area and he moved towards his main targets first and found Konan there; tied and wearing rags for clothing. Naruto grabbed the door and tore it off before entering and breaking the chains holding her, "It's alright Konan, I'm getting you out of here." He stated as he saw her turn her slightly dull eyes toward him.

"Who are you?" She asked weakly.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze." He stated seeing recognition in her eyes before a voice cut through the area.

"Naruto-kun?" Spoke a soft feminine voice that Naruto vaguely recognized and quickly made a shadow clone before putting Konan in his arms making said woman blush and the clone took off. Naruto then went to another cell and tore the door off finding a raven haired woman with D cup breasts, a slim yet fit body, full lips, a firm ass, and slender legs. The woman currently had a blindfold with seals on it over her eyes and she too was in rags.

Naruto went up to her and grabbed the blindfold making her tense, "It's alright Itomi, it really is me." He stated pulling her blindfold off when she relaxed and saw her onyx eyes staring up at him though they seemed a bit dim, "It's been a while, but let's get you out of here before we talk." He stated breaking the chains holding her down and lifted her making blush a bit before he made a clone and the clone took her before taking off.

After ensuring the clones weren't being followed, Naruto went to another two cells and was surprised to find two people he thought for sure would be dead: Han and Roshi of Iwa, the five and four tails Jinchūriki respectfully. Each man had chains around their arms, legs, chest, and neck while there were seals on their arms and legs too, "Han and Roshi of Iwa, I thought you'd be dead by now." Naruto stated with the surprise being evident.

Roshi, an older man with a crimson beard to match his hair, snorted, "Would be if the fools had realized they needed a specific order of tailed beasts before their goal could be met. Apparently since they have the 3 and six tails, they have to have the nine tails or the 1 and 2 tails to not screw up the statue's power." Roshi stated knowing that they had tried to drain Han and himself and the statue wouldn't even start the draining and when they tried to force it they nearly caused the statue to destroy itself.

"Yes, for all their talk of being dangerous, they aren't that bright." Han, another older man with a scar from his right cheekbone to his chin with silver hair, stated from his cell.

"Well, I guess I should get you out of here then." Naruto stated as two clones appeared and tore their cell doors off before getting them out of their restraints and pulled them over their shoulders, "Name's Naruto by the way, I used to be the container of the Kyubi." Naruto stated shocking them before the clones began moving with them over their shoulders.

Naruto then went through the cells finding anyone else that could/should be released before heading further in and saw the Akatsuki members gathered at the statue: Besides Obito and Kisame, there was also some plant man named Zetsu, Kakazu of the Hidden Waterfall village, Hidan of the Hot Water Village, and apparently they had taken Orochimaru back, which no doubt was because he had plenty of cannon fodder to throw at people if needed and all he would want is Sasuke in exchange.

Naruto idly made a clone to go and find Nagato's body and take it away while he observed the now six members, "It would seem that both Sasori and Deidara have failed." Obito stated looking over the group getting surprised reactions from the others.

"Not only that, but it would seem that the Kyubi Jinchūriki was the one responsible and killed them both." Zetsu stated with the two halves switching who was talking and when.

"I thought the brat was missing for the past five years?" Kisame stated as he hadn't thought the kid was all that special after he and Itachi tried to take him the first time before Jiraiya interfered.

"It would appear he has returned and has some new skills and abilities that we were not aware of him having. He recently fought the 'Konoha 11', Kakashi Hatake, a few foreign ninja, and then a small army of ninja ranging from Chunin to Anbu without taking a single hit. The 11 were beaten in various ways, Kakashi was broken to the point that his shinobi career is pretty much over, the foreign ninja he seemed to toy with while showing he could use Ice and Lava releases and jutsu without handseals, and the army was killed by him without any use of clones or assistance from others and he used various weapons and styles we've never seen as well as summoning spectral wolves that killed enemies for him." Obito reported having gone over everything from Zetsu making the other look in shock while Orochimaru was rethinking his decision on who to have as a vessel.

"There's also the fact that he claimed Kyubi was no longer inside of him and was dead." The black Zetsu stated catching everyone's attention.

"I thought a Biju was unable to die? They merely reform after a year for each tail they have." Orochimaru stated wondering if perhaps Naruto was some version of a Hanyou and thus would be an even better future body for him since he could have the Uzumaki bloodline as well as a strong body that could potentially last longer than the others.

"It is unknown if he is telling the truth or not, regardless he will still need to be captured to learn where the Kyubi is if he does not contain it anymore." Obito stated before clapping could be heard and they all looked around trying to find the source.

"Impressive that you were able to find out some things, but you haven't even scratched the surface of what I can do." Naruto stated as he concealed himself and knew it was pissing the group off especially Obito as he was looking around with his one Rinnegan eye and one Sharingan eye and couldn't find the source of the voice, "How does it feel Obito? How does it feel to have the so called all-powerful Sharingan and the Rinnegan and yet you can't see something right near you?" Naruto asked making said Uchiha growl.

"You can't hide forever." Obito shouted as he kept looking around before laughter filled the room.

"Who's hiding?" Naruto stated as he stood on the statue's left pinky finger causing them all to turn and see him there, "S Rank ninja and you can't even sense me standing right here." Naruto mocked before he frowned and caught Orochimaru's tongue as it tried to grab him before pulling Orochimaru to him and punched him in the face sending him across the room, "Sorry, I don't swing that way, maybe try Hidan since he's so obsessed with a male deity he may actually be glad." Naruto stated mockingly making Hidan growl and Kakazu and Kisame to suppress their laughter.

Obito was about to move and attack to subdue Naruto when the sound of multiple blades coming out came clear in his and the other ears and they saw several clones with their Hidden Blades read to skewer their throats. Everyone froze in shock that he got the drop on them all twice, "Now, I could kill you all now, but I want to see you all squirm like worms on a hook so I think I will just bid you farewell and good day now that I've retrieved what I came here for." Naruto stated as he faded from their view and the clones popped making them relax slightly before several explosions echoed out above them signifying the village was experiencing some trouble.

Outside Amegakure: Just after Naruto vanished

Naruto appeared on the hill outside the village next to the people he rescued and flared his chakra causing several explosions to go off destroying part of the walls and setting several buildings on fire, "Let's go." Naruto stated before he and his clones all took off back towards Wave.

Once they were a short distance away, Naruto made more clones and had them scatter in all directions to throw off trackers and continued on towards Wave. Naruto stopped again 20 minutes later to check on his passengers, "Are the four of you alright besides chakra exhaustion and the usual issues of being imprisoned?" Naruto as his clones checked them over while they each nodded and Naruto then turned to the two females of the group and gave an unasked question and the two shook their heads making him feel some relief that they weren't subjugated to that at least.

"Good, we'll rest here for ten minutes then we'll continue." He stated as he made more clones to make an air tight perimeter while he got some ration bars for the four and some soldier pills to give them a bit of energy back.

Itomi, also known as Itachi when she lived in the village, looked at Naruto in wonder as he was a far cry from the young boy she watched over in Anbu and then saw briefly with Kisame years ago and couldn't stop the question that came, "Naruto-kun, what happened to you?" Itomi asked as she saw the veteran before her not the child still learning when she last saw him.

Naruto, who was leaning against a tree and staring at the sky, sighed, "Much. I've been trained by several people and trained hundreds more and made sure I was the best in all aspects." Naruto stated not taking his eyes from the sky, "But that was then and this is now and I plan to build my group in these lands and have already recruited some good candidates." Naruto stated peaking Itomi's interest.

"Is that why you rescued us?" Roshi asked inquisitively with narrowed eyes along with Han not liking that they were rescued just to be put under another's command.

Naruto shook his head, "No, I rescued you since they had no right to imprison you and because I wanted to piss off those assholes I freed Itomi because she can come home and I freed Konan as she was betrayed and shouldn't have been imprisoned after I get you all to safety and you rest up you'll be free to do as you please so long as you don't cause trouble for where I'm taking you or Konoha." Naruto stated wanting to be clear that he was saving them, but not expecting them to follow him.

"So you went through all the trouble of freeing us, just to let us go?" Han asked incredulously and Naruto nodded.

"Yes, I'm not going to force you to join me or anything and I'm certainly not going to force you to help Konoha so you will be free to leave and go wherever you wish after I get you some place safe and you've rested up." Naruto stated as he ate his own ration bar.

Five minutes later had Naruto and his clones moving again as a set of clones clean up their rest area and removed their trail with Naruto pumping chakra to his legs to go faster while adding several Shunshins.

Wave Country: 4 hour later

Naruto and his clones arrived in Wave country and went straight for the brothel to see Aria. Upon walking in, several of the girls came and took Han, Roshi, Itomi, and Konan and began checking them over for any wounds, "They will need rest and keep their stress to a minimum, they've been through enough and get them some actual food and water since all they've had today that I am aware of is a ration bar. They also have some people looking for them so try to keep them hidden until they are either well enough to travel or I leave here if they are coming with me." Naruto informed and instructed making Aria nod her head.

"Of course Naruto." She stated with a small smile as she went to help with checking on Itomi and Konan as Naruto walked out.

As Naruto was walking through town, giving and getting nods as he passed people, he paused at the local bar as he heard a ruckus inside and walked in to see a couple of thuggish men clearly drunk and demanding more alcohol and giving the waitresses a less than a desirable bit of attention.

Naruto, being the owner of said establishment, wasn't happy about that and approached them, "That's enough, you either leave walking or leave being carried out." Naruto stated walking up and pulling the waitress away.

"Why don't you shut up before we put you down." One of the drunks stated as he tossed away the bottle he was drinking.

Naruto sighed and turned to the waitresses and other patrons, "Please move away while I remove these people." Naruto stated seriously and most of the patrons, who were Wave residents and knew who Naruto was, quickly moved along with the waitresses before the other patrons, minus the drunks, followed suit. Naruto turned to the drunks and cracked his knuckles audibly before approaching them.

Meanwhile: Outside

Anko and Kurenai were walking around looking at the town that apparently not only gladly worked for Naruto, but practically hailed him as if he was the greatest person to ever live. However, from what Sasuke had told them about Wave before Team 7 had interfered, they could understand that and then there was the fact that it seemed to be prospering even more than it had been after Team 7 had left and they discovered why as it was revealed Naruto had bought all the businesses for twice their worth and let the people keep their jobs at increased pay and began renovating the entire village to what it was now and then moved to the rest of the island country and did the same turning the whole place into a bustling shipping empire and tourist area.

"I can't believe Naruto did all of this in less than a year." Anko stated looking over the shops ranging from the luxurious to the common, which was smart because it could cater to the lower class people or the higher class.

"I know, it looks and feels like this place has always been this way. Though I'm not sure how I feel about the brothels, gambling dens, and fight clubs he seems to be sponsoring." Kurenai stated causing Anko to laugh. Kurenai looked at her friend strangely before she asked, "What is so funny?"

"He probably runs them for information Kure-chan. Pillow talk, drunks, and people just bragging for the hell of it make easy sources of information. Then count in the fact that this place is a major trade hub now and a tourist area means he's possibly getting information from all over the place." Anko stated making Kurenai widen her eyes knowing she was right, it was mainly why Konoha had gambling dens and the like, though admittedly they were in a more lawless part of Konoha since they just didn't have the ninja to spare to get total order in it.

Before Kurenai could respond, the door to the bar they were coming towards burst open and a man was thrown out with his left arm being bent in the wrong direction at every juncture showing his arm was broken very badly. The two kunoichi raised an eyebrow at the scene before four more were thrown out with two having broken legs, one had a broken/dislocated hip evidenced by his heel being next to his ear with his toes behind his head, and the last had multiple bruises, two black eyes, a broken nose, and both of his arms looked to be out of socket. They were also bloody from different scrapes, cuts, and other injuries.

The door then opened again showing Naruto dusting his hands off before he whistled and five large men came almost out of nowhere wearing suits, sunglasses, and earpieces and had a pair of some kind of metal object over their knuckles on one hand, "Yes boss?" The biggest and only one wearing a tie asked in a deep intimidating voice.

"Please escort these gentlemen out of Wave and ensure they have no intention of coming back." Naruto stated and the five nodded while cracking their knuckles making the barely conscious men gulp as they were picked up and taken away. Naruto then waved to the people who stopped to see before they went about their business again and Naruto took a small sack out of a seal and tossed it into the doorway of the bar where it landed on said bar with a thud, "That should cover the damages." Naruto called out and got a 'thanks boss' as his reply before Naruto rolled his neck and walked off.

Anko and Kurenai, being too curious, peaked inside the bar only to widen their eyes as it looked like a bomb went off as several tables and chairs were broken, blood was all over, and there were broken bottles on the ground too and since Naruto didn't have a scratch on him it meant all of the blood was from the five individuals.

They broke from their musings as a waitress/barmaid came up, "Hello, welcome to Bar None. Please excuse the mess, our owner and benefactor had to handle some rather rude patrons that couldn't hold their drink and kept harassing the other girls. If you would like to wait for a table, one should be ready in five minutes or you can sit at the bar." She stated with a warm smile as she curtseyed and walked off to attend to the patrons who still had tables.

Anko and Kurenai blinked as the barkeep came out from behind the bar with a couple of the security guys that looked like the ones from a minute ago and moved all the mess to the center of the place, which did indeed take about five minutes, before a seal glowed and the mess was gone. The barkeep then went to the far wall and bit his thumb before wiping blood in a straight line making a seal array appear that glowed before new tables and chairs poofed into place allowing the current patrons to retake their seats and they acted like nothing had happened, which meant to Kurenai and Anko that this wasn't the first time Naruto had done something like this.

The two then looked at each other and went in the direction Naruto had gone.

Back at the Brothel

Itomi and Konan were currently relaxing in a bath as a few girls acted as attendants, which made the two a little uncomfortable at first but when they realized they could still barely move, they relented. As they were being aided though, they felt a question that needed to be asked, "Why is Naruto-kun having you work here? He's not forcing you is he?" Itomi asked and the girls paused before laughing as if she just told a joke.

"Kami no, we were among the women that actually enjoyed what we did so we voluntarily stayed here to work and some of us came from another town after Naruto broke up a group of thugs that were buying women from their pimps and then trying to turn them into drug mules. Those that didn't like this job joined one of the other businesses Naruto has and have been happy since and some have even found that special someone. Although if given the chance all of us would jump Naruto in an instant." One of the girls stated before they all blushed and the two looked confused.

"Um… what?" Itomi asked unsure how to respond and the same could be said for Konan.

"Sorry, it's just one of the girls spied on him in the hot springs and then told the rest of us. Let's just say that Naruto is well developed and leave it at that." The same attendant stated with a mild giggle making Konan and Itomi blush slightly.

The other attendants giggled at their reaction, "Yeah, but he's not going 'take advantage of us or our hero worship' or something like that that and has been very abstinent. Plus we'd never try to get in the way of him being with miss Tsunami and Haku." She stated with a small smile since she and the others respected Naruto and liked him for respecting them as women not as… well, the other thing people saw them as.

"He's always been loyal to anyone who had a place in his heart, few as it is." Itomi stated absently making the others blink, "I was one of the Anbu that looked after him when he was a boy, he's always been loyal to anyone who was loyal to him." She stated with a small smile remembering Naruto as a boy swearing to keep her safe when he was older.

The other girls didn't comment and merely helped the two finish bathing before drying them and getting them dressed before taking them to a room to rest.

Back with Naruto

Naruto was walking towards the hotel having already checked on Inari and Tazuna knowing Tsunami would want to know. Inari was doing well on his training while Tazuna was keeping the place going with some more builds and plans to expand later. Right now, Naruto was going to get Kimimaro as his last place to visit on this outing was Orochimaru's hideouts and he was looking for some specific individuals that he was sure Kimimaro could give him the locations of.

He found Kimimaro sitting near a field of flowers and a lake meditating, but that changed when Naruto approached and Kimimaro quickly stood to face him, "Naruto-sama, what can I do for you?" He asked professionally as he accepted Naruto was his superior.

Naruto waved him off, "Relax Kimimaro, I don't need a drone as much as a friend and ally." He stated letting Kimimaro relax a bit, "Now, I need your help since I have a vague idea of where Orochimaru keeps his bases, but I don't know where they are specifically and there are a couple of people in his bases that I want to add to my own forces." Naruto stated making Kimimaro blink and nod his head.

"Of course Naruto-sama, when would you like to leave?" Kimimaro stated seriously and Naruto knew he wasn't going to just sit around making Naruto sigh with a smile.

"Within the hour, if you have anything you need or want look around the village shops and ask for them and I'll handle the cost." Naruto stated making Kimimaro nod.

"Should we expect Orochimaru?" Kimimaro asked since even though he was strong he was still technically recovering and had yet to see what his new master was capable of.

Naruto shook his head, "No, the snake is in Ame at the moment no doubt recovering from the small beating I gave him and the scare I gave him and the other Akatsuki. It will be a couple of weeks before he'd be able to leave due to them not knowing where I am and want to ensure I'm not in the village or surrounding country." Naruto stated making Kimimaro nod before heading off to the village and Naruto merely stood in front of the lake, "You're not going Anko." Naruto suddenly stated making Anko and Kurenai come out from behind two trees.

Anko growled and marched up to him only to stop as he turned towards her and froze at his gaze. It wasn't a normal one that he gave, but it was like looking into the eyes of a predator that you knew could kill you and wasn't going to hesitate to do it if wanted. Naruto stared at her for a long moment before turning back to the lake, "You're not going." He stated before he turned and walked past her with her still rooted in place.

Kurenai walked up and saw Anko trembling a little before she suddenly sat and took some deep breaths as Kurenai looked after her, "What the hell was that?!" Anko thought frantically as she'd never seen eyes like that before.

Back with Naruto he was walking around checking over some things as he waited for Kimimaro to be ready to go and everything was running smoothly especially with some of the extra protection coming from Iron country courtesy of Mifune. Naruto had requested and paid the man for it as he didn't want the Akatsuki getting to comfortable with the idea of coming here and causing mayhem to draw him out.

He also had arrangements made for any of the prisoners from Kiri coming here since they'd need a place to sleep, work, and everything else so long as they didn't cause trouble for the people. Then there was going over the different reports and information coming in from the traders and fishermen.

All of this amounted to half an hour's worth of work before Naruto met Kimimaro at the bridge and the two headed off with Naruto having Aria inform the others about him being back in a day or so.

As they jumped, Naruto suddenly landed beside Kimimaro and touched his shoulder before they disappeared and reappeared near Rice Country's border. As Kimimaro tried to get his bearings from the disorientation and keep his footing, Naruto spoke, "Alright Kimimaro, I'm looking for three people specifically, their names are Jugo, Karin, and Guren." Naruto stated making Kimimaro widen his eyes slightly.

"I know where all three are, Naruto-sama, they should all be in the base near the border with the Hot Water Country." Kimimaro stated and Naruto nodded with a smirk.

"Good, there's two people I want to get from there anyway." Naruto stated before the two set off in that direction.

Three Hours Later

Upon arriving where Kimimaro indicated, Naruto saw a large ravine with a chakra seal over an area which he assumed was the entrance. Nodding to Kimimaro, the two jumped down and landed outside the base before a large lumbering man came out covered in the curse seal marks and madness in his eyes.

Kimimaro instantly took a defensive stance while Naruto merely stood there as the man let the curse seal go to level two turning him into a large Ogre looking creature and he charged while Naruto merely walked forward. When the Ogre-man was about to slam his fist on Naruto, Naruto quickly whipped up his revolver and fired before holstering it as he walked past the Ogre that was still going before it collapsed to the ground with a small hole in his forehead while the entire back half of his head was blown away.

Kimimaro only stared wide eyed at the scene for a few moments before he quickly moved to catch up with Naruto. The two entered with Naruto seeing all the enemies and hidden traps with his Eagle Vision while Kimimaro was watching for any threats to his master. Naruto appreciated the sentiment but it was unneeded since not only could he handle any of the fools in this place but he could also see where they all were.

Naruto merely walked towards the area he could sense Karin in. The reason he wanted to get her was because he knew she had Uzumaki blood in her and he wasn't about to leave a member of his kin in the hands of Orochimaru. Especially since he was just going to dissect and experiment on her the first opportunity he got.

Arriving at the room, Naruto entered as Kimimaro kept a lookout for any threats and they found Karin there looking over a clipboard before she looked at them. Naturally, the moment she did she dropped the clipboard with wide eyes as she saw Kimimaro alive and someone whose chakra was screaming power while also giving off a warm and comforting aura, "Ki-Kimimaro… Yo-you're alive!" Karin stuttered out as Kimimaro took position by the door and Naruto approached.

"Yes, I am alive thanks to my new master, and he has an interest in you." Kimimaro stated as he waited by the door as Naruto got closer to her.

"You are Karin Uzumaki correct?" Naruto asked as he pulled his hood down making her pale when he said her last name, "I'll take that as a yes, do you know who I am?" He asked as he stood before her.

"Y-yes, you're Naruto Uzumaki. Orochimaru had you on a list of desired test specimens that he wanted to acquire." She stated unsure if it was true that he was a true Uzumaki and not someone just having decided to take the name.

"Good, then you know that we are of the same clan and that your place is with the clan and not Orochimaru, who you know will just dissect and/or experiment on you once he learns of you being Uzumaki." Naruto stated making her blanche at the thought since she had seen, and ashamedly helped in, some of the experiments Orochimaru had done and looked down. Naruto knew she was struggling since many villages would do just about anything to get a pure blooded Uzumaki to make into a breeding factory, "I know you have to have at least the Uzumaki Sensor Gene, you weren't surprised by us coming in, you were just surprised at who came in so please don't try to deny that you are an Uzumaki and it should also tell you that you can trust me." Naruto stated seriously knowing she could sense his emotions and chakra and knew it was like night and day between him and Orochimaru.

Karin bit her lip, a nervous habit she had and it made Naruto think she was cute, as she thought on the pros and cons since if she did this then Orochimaru was going to be pissed, but she'd be with someone that was family even if it was distant and she could be trained adequately to defend herself instead of the mediocre medic combat training Kabuto had provided her. Of course, pissing off Orochimaru was both a bonus and a negative since she didn't want to be on the receiving end of his wrath, but the bastard had earned it.

She continued to weigh the options for several minutes before she took a breath and nodded to him, "Yes, I… I will join you cousin." She stated with a small smile and Naruto returned the smile, which added a bit of red to Karin's face, and he motioned her to follow him as they went back towards the door.

"We need to get Guren and Jugo from here then I need to get to your prison cells as there are two people there that I wish to also take away from here." Naruto stated pulling his hood back up making Karin pale slightly at Jugo but she recovered since Kimimaro could keep him in line.

"Who are the two you want to free?" She asked unable to keep her curiosity at bay and Naruto smiled, not that they could see it.

"Mirim the Valkyrie and Melona the Demon Rabbit." He stated making the two stop dead in their tracks and stare at him in disbelief, "I can help both of them with their problems and will not leave them here to be tortured by Orochimaru and made worse than they already are." He stated in a tone that allowed no argument and the two nodded before following him while Karin made comments about which way to go.

Coming to another room, Naruto opened the door only to catch a crystal blade coming right at him with his hand stopping it an inch from his face, "I said not to disturb me!" An angry female voice shouted from in the room.

Naruto merely looked at Kimimaro, who had a fond smile on his face, as he pushed the door open and dropped the blade. The woman inside turned as she heard the blade clatter and gasped with wide eyes as she saw the man she loved there with Karin and an unknown male, "K-Kimimaro-kun?" She asked hesitantly and Kimimaro smiled at one of his few friends he had in service to Orochimaru.

"Hello Guren, it's been a while." He stated before he was promptly tackled by said woman and taken into a vice like hug as she cried into his shoulder and chest. Kimimaro merely blinked and pat her back unsure of how to deal with this.

Naruto merely chuckled, "Seems she valued you more than a friend does, Kimimaro." Naruto stated with a smirk making Kimimaro blink owlishly before he blushed as did Guren despite the situation, "Guren, you can catch up with Kimimaro later, but we need to go and I need to know if you're willing to leave Orochimaru." Naruto stated seriously and Guren merely looked at him before tightening her arms around Kimimaro.

"I'm not leaving Kimimaro-Kun." She stated matter of factly and Naruto nodded and led them to the deeper sections of the base.

It took about 10 minutes, with a piece of that being from Naruto reacting and killing any patrolling guards that they came near or that came out of a room after they had passed, and arrived at the lower dungeon area. His companions were shocked that he was so efficient at killing since they saw no wasted movement or time as he quickly killed them and moved them out of view.

Upon reaching the lower levels, Naruto saw rows of caged doors and sensed the beings within and promptly started breaking the locks of multiple doors along the hallway while walking. After about the 30th door, Naruto had his group move behind him and turned around to address the doors, "Orochimaru is away for at least another week, you have that much time to do whatever the hell you want with the base and all of his loyal subordinates still here. However, if you come after us, then you will die." Naruto stated before walking further in as the doors creaked open before the occupants came out and looked around before grinning and heading for the upper levels of the base planning to get some revenge on those who imprisoned them.

Back with Naruto and them, they found the first prisoner he wanted and banged on the door before opening it, "You're Jugo right?" Naruto asked before he caught a large fist before it could hit him. Naruto merely stared at the crazed enraged expression on Jugo's face as he was halfway transformed into a cursed state and Naruto didn't bat an eyelash before he back handed Jugo and slammed his head into the door denting the door before tossing him into the wall opposite the door making his group gawk at him since no one, not even Orochimaru, had manhandled Jugo like that.

Jugo groaned as the curse form receded revealing a red headed boy that was somewhat bulky and looked around before his eyes widened at seeing Kimimaro, "K-Kimimaro?! You're alive!" He stated shocked to see his one and only friend while Kimimaro smiled.

"Yes, Naruto-sama was able to bring me back. We came here to recruit you to his service." Kimimaro stated motioning to Naruto, who Jugo turned towards and studied.

"I see, but I… I can't be controlled." Jugo stated sadly looking down before he felt a hand on his shoulder and looked to see Naruto in front of him.

"I am not here to control you, Jugo, I am here to help you. I have a theory on what is causing your outbursts and problems, but before I can do anything I want the Hokage, Tsunade of the Sanin, to examine you and ensure there's not a medical reason since I don't want to try something and it only make it worse. If you come with me, I promise I will do all in my power to help you and if there is no cure or way to fix it, then I promise I will put you down before you can harm someone." Naruto stated seriously ensuring Jugo knew he wasn't a servant or slave if he joined him, but a comrade and would get help one way or the other to ensure he was free of his curse.

Jugo stared at Naruto for a few moments before finding no deceit in his eyes and nodded his head slowly making Naruto smile, "Excellent, now come, we have two more to get out of here then we can leave." Naruto stated before turning and walking further down the hall before stopping at two doors next to each other that were sealed up tighter than Jugo's was. Naruto merely eyed the doors before he grabbed them and tore them off the hinges with little effort making his followers gawk at him before he tossed them aside.

Naruto merely stepped back and waited, "I'm looking for two people named Melona and Mirim." Naruto stated hearing some shuffling before someone stepped out of the right door and showed a girl that looked younger than Kono, though he knew she wasn't, with light blue hair and azure eyes coming out wearing a red armored bikini with her ass showing and a drape between her breasts and crotch with two straps around her midriff and waist holding the cloth secured. Her hands were in red forearm gloves, her left shoulder had a small red pauldron, her legs were in midthigh black stockings with red armored calf boots, a red armored choker protecting her neck, a red V horned helmet that only covered her forehead and had armored straps around the head to hold it in place, and two red armored earmuffs that had two ivory teeth going along her jawline and two white wings fanning out the back of them.

From the left door, he saw a large breasted girl with bluish lavender eyes with a plus shaped pupil, pink hair that seemed to also form rabbit ears and hands over her breasts, pink eyebrows that were hidden partially in her hair, pink lips, two permanent blush marks on her cheek bones, and cream colored skin come forward. She was dressed in a pink jacket top that was cut so it only came under her arm pits and showed her breasts except where her hair hands covered and had purple accents with a pink heart just under her throat. On the shoulders were two pauldrons that looked like an eye with a large white circle around a grey iris with a black pupil in the center. The lower half was in a pink dress that was cut to show her midriff and ribs that had a dark purple under garment that covered her womanhood with her butt being on almost full display. Her cream colored legs were bare except for a pair of boot/shoes that were two shades of pink and had the same eye design as her shoulders on the top of the shoe.

All in all, the first girl looked cute and sexy while the second looked drop dead gorgeous, "A pleasure to meet you both." Naruto stated bowing his head lightly to show he wasn't ogling them like he knew other idiots would.

"What do you want?" Melona, the pink haired woman, asked crossing her actual arms over her large bust while Mirim, the blue haired girl, looked a little afraid.

"Well, I freed you in hopes that you would join me and a group I am building. Not only would you be free from the snake pedophile, but I can help you train and use your powers beyond what you know of and maybe help you with some other issues you may be dealing with like I am with Jugo." Naruto stated making Melona smirk at the nickname for Orochimaru while Mirim giggled a little.

"Ok, say I believe you, what's to stop me from just leaving and living free?" Melona asked moving her hands to her hips.

"The fact that Orochimaru and Kabuto will hunt you down and you know fully well you couldn't handle both of them. You could probably handle Kabuto but it would probably be a battle of attrition and you'd be exhausted afterwards and probably be caught either by Orochimaru or someone else that takes an unhealthy interest in you, while facing the snake would mean Orochimaru would toy with you for a while before just capturing you and you'd be right back here all over again only with more security and more pain waiting." Naruto stated seriously making her have to concede his point.

"Well… shit, you have a point. Alright, but if I find you're as bad or worse than the snake fucker I'm going to melt you! Understand?" Melona stated glaring heatedly and Naruto shrugged.

"Sure, whatever makes you feel better." Naruto stated before turning to Mirim, who merely nodded shyly, "Good, then let's get out of here since I already had a couple clones raiding their supplies and weapons so anything you two are missing should be retrieved already." Naruto stated before turning and walking back towards the way they came making the group all look at each other before they moved to catch up to him.

It took about 10 minutes of just walking to reach the exit while they found various bodies and blood stains on the floor and wall showing the prisoners that Naruto released began to cause chaos in the base for the hell of it. When Kimimaro asked what would happen should they leave the base, Naruto calmly stated that he had clones stationed outside the base to take out anyone that didn't deserve freedom and ensure they weren't able to make it far.

The casualty at which he made that statement disturbed a couple of the girls but they understood that when concerning beings that Orochimaru had locked up instead of the general population meant it was probably best not to let them near populated areas. However, from the looks of the halls, it wasn't looking like too many of the prisoners or the ninja stationed there were going to be leaving for his clones to finish off.

As they reached the exit, Naruto stopped when he found a dozen or so inmates and Sound ninja fighting on the outside and sighed, "I don't have the patience for this." He muttered before sticking his hand out and gold electricity launched out and struck them all making them scream as the electricity coursed through their bodies for a minute before Naruto cut it and they all collapsed to the ground dead.

Naruto merely flexed his hand a bit before looking back at the others and made three clones to carry Melona, Karin, and Mirim making them blush while Melona sputtered about being able to walk fine and Kimimaro picked up Guren making her blush and smile. Any thoughts of fighting with Naruto were cut short as they quickly started moving with Kimimaro keeping up a bit easier than when they were heading there since his body was recovering the more he actually moved about and Jugo was doing so as well thanks to his unique physiology and abilities.

"Naruto-sama, if I may, why don't we use the technique you used to get us to Rice Country before?" Kimimaro asked in interest since he had guessed from the usage what it was but didn't want to say so if his new master didn't want it known.

"Because traveling at that distance when it's your first time using the technique can be dangerous in some forms. Going from Wave to Rice was alright for you due to your unique bloodline making your body sturdier than most others. The Hirashin takes a toll on the body unless you specifically train to use it or the user takes the brunt of it to transport others. Why do you think the Yellow Flash was never using the technique to transport people behind enemy lines to attack?" Naruto informed then asked making Kimimaro nod seeing the point. If the Hirashin took a toll on the user, who had trained to use it, then he could only imagine the toll a passenger or passengers would face. Even with his denser bones and trained body, he still felt dizzy and it was hard to stand properly so it wasn't hard to imagine what kind of toll it would take on their new allies.

He had little doubt that Jugo would be alright, but Karin and Guren could be anything from nauseous to unconscious while Mirim and Melona could be worse since they were no doubt nowhere near 100% after being locked up in their cells for who knew how long. All in all, his master wasn't taking any chances and it would be best not to question it when Kimimaro had about as much knowledge on the technique as any civilian that had heard rumors of the Yellow Flash.

Five hours later: Wave Country

After jumping and running for five hours towards Wave, Naruto felt it was safe enough to Hirashin and motioned them to come near before he put a hand on Jugo and Kimimaro's shoulders before the group disappeared without a trace and ended up within Wave Country while the girls and Jugo were a little disoriented from the move. Naruto gave them a few minutes to get their bearings before leading them into the town/budding city and took them straight to Aria, while the girls there immediately took Jugo, Guren, Karin, Melona, and Mirim to get checked out while showing no shame in checking out Mirim and Melona due to their clothing and Jugo was no better since they thought he was cute.

Kimimaro decided to stay with Jugo and Guren to ensure no issues arose which Naruto was fine with since he was going to get some reports and they'd probably leave within a week or so depending on if anyone needed more time to recover.

After that, Naruto went to his main contacts in Wave, starting with Tazuna and Inari, and retrieved any information that had been stocked up by the traders that had recently returned since he hadn't checked in with them recently and wanted Wave on alert in case the Akatsuki or Orochimaru decided to pay the area a visit.

Once he was done giving the warnings and preparations were done, he made some clones to let everyone know he was back before crashing at Tazuna's spare bedroom and went to sleep knowing that things were only going to get more complicated now.

DONE! Hope you all enjoyed it and I enjoyed finally getting it done.

Next time will be the return to Konoha as well as the last few recruits Naruto wants to get and some more surprises for you all.

Anyway that's it, hope you all enjoyed it please review.