Authors Notes: Alright, my muse is jumping around like a squirrel hoped up on meth and pixie dust, so I have no idea what story may get updated first. In an attempt to calm the hyper active bitch down, I am just trying to appease my muse with whatever story she is floating over.
Anyways, as promised, Jiraiya will be making his appearance in this chapter. And oh boy, the confrontation between him and Juri is going to be volatile. Not to mention, a few things the Toad Sage has been hiding is going to come to light in the coming events.
Now about the spider contract that Naruto will be signing. Naruto's personal summon will be the one and only Shelob, from Lord of the Rings lore, complete with her human form. While the big boss summon of the Spider Clan will be her mother (and Juri's personal summon) Ungoliant. Which I think is fitting, considering how powerful she was portrayed in the books. And yes, she will have a human form as well, though I have not decided what it will look like.
No, Ungoliant will not be in the harem. Shelob, maybe. The jury is still out to lunch on that one.
Review Corner
MarquisShax– Refer back to Chapter 2, when Naruto was musing about how much more dangerous a political enemy with a pen can be. Also, I have something in mind for Koyuki that took place while she was on the run. Needless to say, her movies are going to be quite different than the usual Princess Gale movies.
TigrezzTail – Yeah, Iruka didn't exactly plan that out well. Clearly it was a plan of desperation more than anything else, and even if he had succeeded, knowing Anko, she would have just beaten the ever living crap out of him and left him crippled.
Pain17ification – I am all for giving Tsunami some loving, and as hinted in the previous chapter, things have already gotten hot and heavy between her and Naruto. And fear not, she will earn Juri's respect, even for being a civilian.
Kombat Instinct – Yes, I am keeping it limited to just Street Fighter and Tekken to avoid over saturating the story with fighters and potential waifu's from all the various fighting franchises. This will also allow me to focus on the smaller cast in better detail, and thus, a better over all story. Or so I hope.
Though I will make references to the other franchises, like Mortal Kombat, however, the actual characters will not appear in this story.
Romance Breeding – Cammy is in, fear not. I have something special planned for her that does involve her origin and her connection to M. Bison.
The Strange Case of Kakashi Hatake
Since this is a very common question in almost all of the reviews, regarding my plans for him and his intentions. While I will not reveal his motives just yet, I will leave this hint. Unlike in other stories (that I have written and read), his actions are not motivated by malicious intent towards Naruto, so you can rule out him blaming Naruto for Minato's death.
His motivation, however, is selfish in nature. So make of that what you will.
Harem
Current – Anko, Juri
Slaves – Tsubaki
Alright, enough yapping, on with the show!
Along Came a Spider
Chapter 4
Konoha, Three Days Later
Jiraiya grumbled in annoyance to himself as he strolled down the main street of the village, ignoring the various shops that lined both sides of the massive street. The white-haired man despised returning to the village every time to make his monthly reports, mainly because due to that thrice damned bitch, he couldn't do any research for his beloved book series while he was in the village thanks to those damned seals around the hot springs.
He had hoped that after the Kyubi attack, the seals would have been destroyed and he would be free to peek upon the local beauties once more, but the damned seals remained intact. If anything, it was like the residual chakra left behind by the attack had empowered them and made them even stronger than before to the point that his mere presence near the hot springs would alert the ANBU to his location, regardless of which side he was on.
'Hope that bitch is rotting in hell where she belongs.' The Toad Sage thought darkly to himself. 'At least her bastard child will be useful to me.'
Despite claiming to be the kid's godfather, the man held no real love for the brat in any sense of the word. It was only because of the vague prophecy spoken by the Toad Elder that he was even interested in the brat. Something along the lines of 'A child born of two legends, guided by a mighty warrior shall reshape the shinobi world'. Or something like that, Jiraiya never paid much attention to the actual words, only what it meant. At least to him.
Though it was clear to the perverted hermit that the child in question was none other than his prized student's brat, as the Yondaime had become quite infamous throughout the entirety of the Elemental Nations. He could also grudgingly admit that the crimson-haired bitch had a reputation of her own that had given her a legendary status throughout the lands as well. So, that covered the Child of Prophecy's linage and it was clear that he was to be the 'mighty warrior' that would guide the boy.
'Just need to train the brat up just enough to barely make it to the end, and then being the noble and virtuous man that I am, I will finish what my apprentice started and avenge his death.' The white-haired perverted lucidly mused to himself, imagining his perfect scenario for the boy. 'Women will throw themselves at my feet, begging me to give them children. Even Tsu-hime wouldn't be able to refuse me anymore!'
Granted, he was well aware there was no feasible way for him to accurately predict the trials and tribulations that the brat would have to face to bring about this change to the shinobi world, which is why he had put his plan in motion early on when he released the boy's status to the civilian populace and had let their own fear take over from there. Thus creating his own trials for the gaki, isolating the boy and making him desperate for any kind of attention, be it positive or negative.
Then when the brat had been enrolled into the academy, he had bribed Iruka Umino to hold the kid back as much as possible without it seeming too obvious. Even keeping quiet when his spies had discovered that Mizuki was working for his disgraced former teammate, Orochimaru. Allowing the silver-haired instructor to move around freely, knowing it served his own purpose as well. Due to the mans genuine hatred for the Jinchuriki, even though he hid it well, it positioned Iruka to be able to act as a strict instructor in the academy but a caring older brother figure outside the classroom.
It had come as a surprise to the toad sage when he had learned that not only had Mizuki had been captured but had been severely beaten down by the Jinchuriki, rendering the silver-haired Chunin immobilized. Which had resulted in the blondes field promotion to Genin. When Iruka had first reported this, Jiraiya had thought that the brat had already tapped into the fox's power but those fears were laid to rest simply by the lack of malicious chakra residue the fox would have left behind.
Unfortunately, the scarred Chunin couldn't keep the boy completely isolated as the brat had already formed a strong bond with father and daughter duo at the ramen stand, giving him a sense of extended family. Then, despite all odds the brat had even gotten close to the resident snake mistress, Anko Mitarashi, with the two of them becoming practically inseparable and extremely protective of one another.
Iruka had attempted to intervene of course, first by trying to get close to the young ramen waitress. Frequenting the ramen stand multiple times a week, offering to help and even walk her home during the late nights, in hopes of diverting the young woman's attention away from the jinchuriki. However, it had all been for naught, since the young ramen waitress had been steadily dating the young Hana Inuzuka for nearly a year by that point. Throwing a massive wrench into the scarred Chunin's plan to seduce her.
With Anko however, he had found help from an unlikely source in the form of the snake mistresses best friend and practically sister like figure, Kurenai Yuhi, whom had been trying to hook her friend up with a decent guy. However, it had proven to be fruitless as the snake mistress took an immediate disliking the scarred Chunin. Even more so after the man had attempted to bring up his brother like relationship with the whiskered teen. Even to this day after countless rejections, some more brutal than others, Iruka continued to pursue the purple haired woman. Reminding Jiraiya of his own one sided pursuit of his team mate.
Jiraiya couldn't blame the man though, Mitarashi was without a doubt one of the finest pieces of ass in Konoha right now, and the only remaining 'Ice Queen' that had yet to be claimed. Hana Inuzuka had been going steady with Ayame Ichiraku for the last three years. Yugao Uzuki had started dating Hayate Gekko just last year, and lastly; Kurenai Yuhi had hooked up with Asuma Sarutobi a little over eight months ago.
'So the question is, who will land her first; Iruka or myself?' Jiraiya mentally grinned, knowing he had an ace up his sleeve that the Chunin lacked, a lure to dangle before the Snake Mistress to lead her on until she would cave and give him what he wanted, and after he had had his fill of her, he would leave her, abandoned with promises unfulfilled like he had with so many other women before her. A flash of purple to the right of him caught his attention as the woman in question disappearing behind the cloth flap of the dango stand she often frequented.
'Seems Kami is giving me a sign.' He grinned before altering his direction, following the snake mistress into the stand.
It didn't take long for the large man to make his way across the busy street. His large size making it easy for him gently push his way through the crowd of people that had populated the main street of the village. Deciding to listen in to 'read the room' as it were, he stopped just to the side of the doorway and listened in.
"So, it's been just over a week." He heard the bartender inquire, he could almost imagine the woman's grin on her face, waiting to hear some juicy gossip. "Go on any dates with your stud muffin yet?"
'Date? Stud muffin?' Jiraiya did not like the sounds of these three words together in the same sentence. Could Iruka have actually succeeded in wearing her down to finally give him a chance?
"Not yet sadly, in between him training for the Chunin finals and my own duties, haven't had the time to go out."
'So whoever this mystery guy is, he's in the finals.' The perverted toad sage mused. 'Could the Uchiha brat have landed her, he didn't seem that particularly interested in any of the girls that chased after him in the Academy. Or maybe he has a thing for older women.'
Of course Jiraiya didn't dismiss the possibility that she could have gotten involved with one of the visiting Genin from Sunagakure or Otogakure. If that were the case, all the better. He could call into question her loyalty to the village to coerce her into sleeping with him for his silence.
"We were supposed to have the night to ourselves few days back, but the old man called us in and well, that's when he got his new roommate."
"Heard about that." The bartender replied. "How you holding up with that arrangement?"
"I wasn't a big fan of the arrangement at first, considering what she tried to do." Anko replied before chuckling slightly. "But, he has a big heart and encouraged us to give her a chance and to be fair, she has shown genuine remorse for her actions."
"What the hell are you doing out there, Jiraiya?" Came the upset tone of the bartender, causing Jiraiya to jump comically from his position outside the door, all the while mentally cursing himself at getting caught. "You got a lot of nerve coming back here after what you pulled last time."
"Hey!" Jiraiya jovially greeted the two women as he entered the establishment ignoring the scowl etched across both women's faces. "Kimi-chan! Anko-chan! It's been awhile."
"Well, if it isn't the frog fucker." Anko muttered loud enough for the perverted sage to hear. "I thought I smelled desperation and shame."
"They're toads." Jiraiya corrected with a frown, hating when people called his summons frogs.
"You didn't deny that you fuck them." The snake mistress retorted with a snort, turning away from the large man.
The toad sage scowled at this as the women chuckled at his expense.
"What are you doing here Jiraiya?" Kimiko inquired, leveling a glare towards the white haired man. The tone in her voice making it very clear that she was not happy to see him again.
"Come on Kimi-chan, you can't still be mad over that, right?"
"You summoned a three hundred pound frog on top of my bar, crushing five patrons, all to impress some guy in drag." Kimiko pointed out angrily.
"Toads, not frogs." He corrected once again. "And it was a woman, not some guy in drag….right?"
The last bit he was not completely sure. Having had more than usual to drink that particular evening. He just remembered being mesmerized by a blonde bombshell with vibrant blue eyes, wearing a low cut pink dress with yellow flowers, giving him a rather generous view of her cleavage and long slender legs.
"Oh trust me, that was a man that you were trying to woo." She pointed out matter of factually. "Tibany is a regular here and come to think about it, he has been asking about you…."
"Sooo….Anko-chan, couldn't help but overhear that you have a boyfriend now." Jiraiya interrupted, not wanting to continue that particular topic as his face took on a sickly greenish color. "I guess congratulations are in order. How about I buy you a few drinks to celebrate?"
"You make it sound like you expected me to stay single forever." Anko growled out, not liking that the self-proclaimed 'Super Pervert' was prying into her personal affairs. "And you can take those drinks and your congratulations and shove them up your ass."
"Now now, Anko-chan, no need to be like that." Jiraiya attempted to pacify the snake mistress, only to receive a glare for his trouble.
"Anyways, I gotta head back before Ibiki bites my head off for taking too long, and I wanna check in on Naruto-kun before my lunch break is over and with him training in the Forest of Death, going to take a bit to get to him." The purplette commented, turning her attention back to her friend to bid her farewell, paying for her dango, she disappeared out the door. Not paying the perverted sage a second glance.
Jiraiya was silent as he stared at the entryway the snake mistress had just disappeared out of, his mind analyzing what he had just heard. While on the surface, it appeared to be nothing, after all his reports had stated that the Jinchuriki and the snake mistress were good friends. However, there was something in her voice when she said the brats name that suggested otherwise.
"So you going to order anything or are you just going to stand there all day?"
"Maybe later." Jiraiya replied. "I gotta take care of some things while I am here."
Not giving any further explanation, he disappeared out the door.
Training Ground 44, (Forest of Death)
"Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram." Naruto recited as he went through the proper seals for the summoning technique.
Early in the morning, Juri had allowed him to sign her Spider summoning contract, a great honor she had told him, as the Spider Clan were extremely selective of who they allowed to even be considered becoming their summoner, and had given him until late afternoon to at least summon the spider that would become his personal summon.
While it sounded simple enough, regulating the chakra needed for a decent summon without over powering the jutsu required a bit of finesse that he was lacking in. As was evident by the amount of spider hatchlings of varying sizes that were crawling around and on top of him from his multiple failed attempts.
'Any fool can pour all of their chakra and summon the largest beast they can muster to show off.' Juri had told him. 'You need to be able to summon what you need on instinct.'
There was wisdom in The Widowmaker's words. He wouldn't always have the advantage of having a larger chakra pool then his opponent. Not to mention it would be foolish to believe every battle will go his way. After all, there were means to seal off ones chakra points. Either through Fuinjutsu, while rarely practiced, or an encounter with a Hyuga.
Finishing the required hand seals, he bit his already damaged thumb for fresh blood and smeared it along his palm before slamming it down to the ground.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" He exclaimed.
A large cloud of smoke filled the area, far larger than his previous attempts, completely obscuring his vision of anything in front of him. However, his heightened senses told him that he was no longer alone, something was with him, something rather large.
As the wisps of smoke cleared, a large spider standing roughly around six feet tall stood in front of the whiskered teen. It had an out-thrust head with two great clusters of many windowed glossy eyes that reflected the rays of sunlight that filtered through the leaves of the surrounding trees, a large horn like crest crowning its head. Its large body, which looked like a bloated bag, was a midnight black and blotched with lighter shades of gray that wove an intricate design around its torso, while the belly was pale and luminous.
Eight bent legs with great knobbed joints stretched out from underneath its thorax with hairs that stuck out like steel spines running down towards the massive creatures clawed foot. Excited chittering could be heard from the spider as it eagerly clicked its large fangs together, roughly a foot and a half in length each.
"Beautiful." Naruto gasped in awe as he took in the sight. Having been fascinated with spiders at a young age, the whiskered teen was left breathless at the sight of the majestic looking arachnid before him.
"He he, why thank you." The spider spoke in a feminine tone, indicating that it was female. "You must be our new summoner, such a charmer."
"That is correct." Naruto replied, finding his voice. "I am Naruto Uzumaki, Juri-chan allowed me to sign the contract this morning."
"Well met, young Naruto." The spider greeted. "I am Shelob, daughter of Ungoliant and as you were able to summon me, that makes me your personal summon. Congratulations."
"Thank you, Shelob-sama." The blonde jinchuriki bowed, only to be thwacked on top of the head by one of the spiders legs.
"None of that -sama or bowing crap." She hissed, showing her displeasure at such actions. "The Toads and Snakes may require such lip service and adulation, but we of the Spider Clan prefer action over words."
"I understand." Naruto responded, rubbing the top of his head.
"For now, I must return to Brecilian Forest so that I may inform my mother of our pact." Shelob stated before giving a soft chuckle. "Be sure to summon me when Juri-sama returns. Farewell, young Uzumaki."
With that, the large spider disappeared in a puff of smoke, before the sound of someone approaching from his left caught his attention.
"Uzumaki-san." A soft voice came from his left. Looking in that direction, he saw Tsubaki leaping down from a tree branch, landing a few yards away. "Lady Juri had requested I bring you lunch."
"Ah, thank you Tsubaki-san." The blonde smiled warmly at his new arrival, standing up from his kneeling position to greet the former Jonin.
To say that the last ten days were interesting, would have been a severe understatement, as Naruto had learned all too late that the old man had forgotten to inform the duo of the Jinchuriki's relation to the woman that had hospitalized the raven haired former Jonin. The poor woman had completely frozen up when Juri had entered the compound, which had only served to amuse 'The Widowmaker' to no end.
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending how one would look at it, Juri had kept her amusement to simple verbal harassment and teasing. Though, while Naruto was kind enough not to hang her new status over her head, Juri lacked such empathy and made it abundantly clear of her position. She was to tend to the young Uzumaki's needs. Ever. Single. One. Of. Them.
The implications were clear. Which is why, much to Naruto's embarrassment, Tsubaki would join him in the bath every morning and evening to help him wash. The fact that she would bathe with him completely nude had only added to his embarrassment. She was also given the task of cooking his daily meals. Which was why she stood before him with a large bento box in hand.
"Smells delicious, Tsubaki-san." The whiskered blonde complemented as he accepted the bento being offered to him, catching a whiff of the tantalizing aroma coming from the bento, giving the black haired woman a sense of appreciation for her efforts.
"Thank you, Uzumaki-san." Tsubaki lightly blushed. Being complemented by a man, even one as young as her master, was a foreign experience to her as Mizuki had rarely ever complemented her while they were dating, and usually when he did, he would expect something in return. Unlike the whiskered teen before her, whom had no ulterior motive when he paid her a complement.
Opening the box, Naruto found a typical lunch spread for him. A generous portion of steamed rice, enough miso soup for a couple of people and various other side dishes such as grilled fish, tamagoyaki, pickles, nori, natto, and a large bowl of udon noodles. Accompanying all of this was a small kettle of green tea and four rice balls.
The teenage Uzumaki was about to take a bite from the rice ball in his hands when the sound of a low, almost inaudible, rumbling in front of him caught his attention. Looking towards the source, he was met with an embarrassed looking Tsubaki, whom suddenly found her kunoichi sandals to be far more interesting.
"Tsubaki-san, did you eat anything this morning?" The whiskered blonde inquired with a concerned look.
"I….that is…." She stumbled over her words, clearly embarrassed of the situation she was in before composing herself. "Lady Juri had made it clear that I was to tend to you first and foremost, everyday."
Naruto frowned at this. While he was aware that his fiance wanted to ensure that the woman knew her place, he didn't want her to neglect her own health in fulfilling her duties around the compound. Making a mental note to talk with Juri about this later this evening.
"Would you like to join me?" He inquired, careful to not make it sound like a command, as he reached into the bento and pulled out one of the rice balls. Extending his arm to offer it to the raven haired woman.
For her part, Tsubaki was taken aback by her young masters kindness. Despite what she had done to him, he still cared about her well being. Graciously she accepted the rice ball and sat down next to him, though with one burning question in her mind.
"Why?" She asked. "Why are you so kind to me, after what I had done to you, why don't you hate me?"
"Because you don't deserve it." He replied after a few seconds of silence passed between them, turning to look at the woman. "You were grieving and some sick bastard manipulated your emotions with false information to do their dirty work. The way I see it, you were a victim as well."
Silence fell between the two once more as she took a small bite from the rice ball in her hand, her young master's words echoing through her mind, unsure as to how to respond. Though while she felt a sense of relief wash over her, realizing that the whiskered teen did not blame her personally for her actions, she still felt guilty for her actions and the harm she had caused him.
"You know, it's funny" Naruto began, breaking Tsubaki out of her thoughts. "Despite the mans hatred towards me, he actually helped me in the Academy with my taijutsu and other assignments, I actually trusted Mizuki more then Iruka. Sad to admit, that trust I placed in him was the entire reason I fell for his manipulation to steal the scroll."
"I guess that makes two of us that he manipulated." Tsubaki softly spoke with a sad smile as she recalled his plans to sell her to Orochimaru, meaning all of his honeyed words were nothing more than seductive lies he would whisper in her ears.
"While I was in my cell, awaiting my sentencing, I was given all the evidence involving that bastard." She continued, looking down at her lap as she played with the hem of her blue blouse. "Among the papers was his journal, detailing his plans to abduct two clan heiresses for his own twisted pleasure, as well as his plans to sell me to Orochimaru for experimentation."
Naruto remained silent as she spoke, quickly making the connection that the two heiresses in question were none other than Hinata and Ino. He watched as her shoulders began to shake as she struggled to hold back sobs of anguish, prompting the whiskered blonde to move forward and pull her into a comforting hug, allowing her to cry into his chest.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand ryo." She sobbed. "That was all my commitment was worth to that bastard."
Naruto said nothing as he tightened his embrace around her. One hand rubbing up and down her back while her body racked in sobs, while the other combed his fingers through her hair in a comforting manner. Knowing that it had to have been a horrifying experience for the woman to learn that the man she had loved and committed herself too was planning to sell her off to one of Konoha's infamous traitors. Not to mention a man known for performing cruel and inhumane experiments on his victims.
It had taken a handful of minutes before Tsubaki had calmed down, now sleeping peacefully in the blondes lap as he laid back against the large tree he had been sitting under, her head facing outwards, away from his torso. Giving the whiskered blonde a good view of her face. By the expression on her face, Naruto had surmised that she had probably not had a decent nights sleep since she found out about her ex-fiance's horrid secrets. Not to mention, being burdened with the guilt of her attack on him just two weeks prior.
"To being manipulated by a two face bastard." Naruto mumbled to himself as he laid his head back against the tree and closed his eyes. His lunch forgotten.
This was the scene that Jiraiya had come across as he came into the dense forested area where Naruto had chosen to practice his summoning. A perverted smirk spread across his lips as he brought out his notebook and began to furiously jot down notes of the scene before him. However, he paused when he recognized the woman that now lay in the brats lap.
'What the hell is she doing here and with him!?' Jiraiya cursed. He had planned on setting her up to take the fall after feeding her falsified information through his contacts to try and further stunt and isolate the boy and stall his training until he had arrived. Still, perhaps he could still use this to his advantage and get her away from the boy, and perhaps 'offer' her a job working under him. With a grin, he stepped out from his hiding spot.
"Well, don't you two make a cute couple." He loudly announced his presence, waking the two from the slumber. "You're a hard brat to find, you know that?"
Both Naruto and Tsubaki scrambled to their feet, wary of the strange intruder that had approached them, the latter sporting a healthy blush as she realized the position she had fallen asleep in, which was only compounded by the mans misguided statement.
"Who the hell are you?" Naruto demanded, stepping in front of Tsubaki in a defensive manner. Not trusting the new comer in the slightest. Not to mention the man gave off a creepy, almost stalker like aura that the whiskered teen did not like.
"Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sannin." Tsubaki commented, having recognized the man. A deep scowl etched across her face.
"I see I have a fan." The now identified Jiraiya grinned, winking at the raven haired kunoichi. "How about we go out for a drink later?"
"Also a desperate pervert that spies on women in the bath houses to write that damned trash he calls a novel." She continued, disgust evident in her voice.
"I'm not a pervert." Jiraiya defended with a frown before adopting a boisterous expression. "I'M A SUPER PERVERT!"
"The fact that you say that so proudly is absolutely disgusting." Naruto quipped. "What the hell do you want?"
"Don't be like that, gaki." The large man waved off the boys insult in his usual jovial tone. "After all, I came all the way out here to train you for your Chunin finals."
"What do you mean, train me?" The whiskered teen narrowed his eyes in distrust.
"Sheesh gaki, I know you're the dead last of your class but I figured even you would know what it meant to train someone." Jiraiya retorted, taking a jab on the blondes horrible academic performances. "Anyways, talk around the village is that you need someone to help you train for…."
"Not interested." Naruto cut him off.
"Come on, gaki. You're really going to turn down being trained by a legendary shinobi like myself?" Jiraiya persisted. "And not just any of the Sannin, but you're looking at the man that personally trained the Yondaime Hokage."
"So you trained my father, is that somehow supposed to make me feel obligated to train under you?" The blonde questioned, clearly not impressed by the mans boasting. Partially because the teenage jinchuriki didn't exactly have a high opinion of his father. While he understood why the man did what he did to save the village, he still felt the man was far too naive in trusting the villagers viewing him as a hero for keeping the Kyubi at bay, and their supposed 'Will of Fire'.
Hearing this, Jiraiya's eyes widened visibly, showing his surprise.
'How!? How the hell does he know!? Who told….him….' The man inwardly seethed in anger before the realization dawned on him. 'Damn it sensei! He wasn't suppose to know until I decided he was ready!'
The Toad Sage mentally seethed, having planned on manipulating the boy with the knowledge of his parents to gain access to Minato's and that Uzumaki bitch's notes about Fuinjutsu, as well as scrolls on their renowned techniques. Only giving the brat scraps of knowledge to keep him satisfied while keeping the bulk to himself. It had always irked him that his own student had surpassed him in the art of Fuinjutsu and refused to share his knowledge with him, no doubt due to the red haired bitch. Regardless, he could salvage this and still obtain what he desired.
"And why wouldn't you want to learn under me?" Jiraiya inquired, faking that he was hurt by the young teens refusal to accept his teachings. "As the man that personally trained your father and guided him to becoming the Yondaime Hokage, you should feel honored that I would offer to train you. Not to mention, due to your father being my student, I can help you with his signature techniques. Like his legendary Hirashin no Jutsu and the…."
"Rasengan, yeah, I know and I am still not interested." The Uzumaki cut off the Sannin once more, earning a growl of annoyance from the Toad Sage. "I will learn my father's techniques at my own pace, not because some desperate, perverted frog fucker wants me to."
"By the sage, they're toads, not frogs damn it!" Jiraiya lashed out, once again feeling insulted his summons were called frogs.
"You didn't deny that you fuck them." Naruto pointed out, earning another growl of annoyance from the white haired man.
"Why are you being so damn difficult, gaki!?" The Toad Sannin asked with barely restrained irritation. Not to mention, annoyance. "Sure, maybe you can handle learning the Rasengan on your own, but you're going to need someone like me that understands the delicate art of fuinjutsu before you can even hope to unravel what makes the Hirashin tick."
"Still not interested." The blonde teen stated, not caring for the mans bragging. "Besides, I already have someone that understands Fuinjutsu on a far more intimate level, not to mention, they have seen the technique first hand."
Hearing this, Jiraiya narrowed his eyes in suspicion. There were very few that had seen Minato's signature jutsu first hand, and only two resided within Hi no Kuni. Kakashi and himself. It was clear that Minato's last surviving student had no interest in instructing the blonde in his fathers technique, and the damn brat was rejecting his own mentorship. As such, the only logical deduction that the spy master could conclude was that someone from outside the village was tutoring and influencing the boy. Which made him a flight risk in the eyes of the Toad Sage.
"Come on Tsubaki-san let's go home, I am done training for the day." Naruto stated as he turned and began to walk away and started to help the raven haired woman pack up their lunch. "Especially since my current training ground is compromised."
Jiraiya couldn't help but feel insulted by the whiskered teens implication, as if he would spy on a mere genin for their techniques. Though he supposed that due to the teens status, it was only natural for him to feel a little apprehensive about any stranger. Just as he was about to reassure the jinchuriki that he wasn't there to spy on him, something on the women caught his attention. A unique seal he recognized on the back of her neck, prompting his eyes to widen in shock before a perverted grin spread across his face.
"That woman," He began. "she's a slave, isn't she."
While neither of the duo said anything in response, it wasn't missed how the woman stiffened at his statement, but otherwise carried on with her task.
"I'll buy her from you."
Again, he was ignored.
"250,000 ryo," Jiraiya offered with a grin as he saw both individuals stop moving, the raven haired woman going rigid in evident fear. "How does that sound?"
Slowly, the whiskered blonde turned towards the man, his eyes shadowed by his hair as his left eye threatened to roar to life in fury while a potent amount of killer intent began to leak out from his body, prompting the white haired man to take an involuntary step back.
"How does that sound?" Naruto repeated in a cold tone. "It sounds like your nothing but a despicable, decrepit pervert that is so desperate that you need to buy women for them to even be close to you."
Jiraiya snarled silently at the insult, feeling his pride being attacked in such a fashion.
"Listen, Jiraiya the Frog Fucker and listen well." The jinchuriki continued. "Tsubaki Koto is not a slave, I don't give a shit what the seal on the back of her neck means, she is a member of the Uzumaki Clan. So you can take your offer, shine it up real nice and shiny, stick it sideways, and shove it straight up your ass!"
To punctuate his statement, Naruto unleashed a potent wave of killing intent while his left eye roared to life, exposing the kitsune like eye. Much to the Sannin's horror, he was forced to his knees by the sheer potency of the teen's killer intent. Meanwhile behind the whiskered teen, Tsubaki could only look on in awe as her 'master' defended her status, even after what she had done to him a week prior. In the entire time she had been with Mizuki, the man had never defended her in any sense. Always leaving her to 'fight her own battles instead of relying on him', as he had once said when she had confronted him about his lack of chivalry. Yet, here was this teenager that she had wronged not only outright refusing the perverted mans offer to buy her, but state that she was a member of his clan, his family. Witnessing this, a light blush dusted her cheeks as she stared at the back of the blonde.
"Holy shit, I think I just came." A voice sounded from above the trio, prompting the raven haired woman to look up to see Anko standing on a branch above them. "So much killer intent, so much blood lust, I think I am going to need to change my panties."
"Don't lie Anko-chan, you don't wear panties." Came another voice from behind him that the toad sage knew all too well, and absolutely despised, almost as much as that Uzumaki bitch. Slowly turning his head to see behind him, his fears were confirmed.
"Juri Han." He ground out through clenched teeth.
A movement from above diverted his attention back to the snake mistress as she leapt from the branch she was on and landed behind the blonde jinchuriki, wrapping her arms around his neck from behind and planting a kiss on his cheek, which seemed to calm the teen down a little. Though it also confirmed another suspicion the Sannin had, causing him to mentally scowl at the fact that the brat and his former team mates disgraced apprentice had seemingly hooked up, effectively closing the market on the last 'Ice Queen of Konoha'.
'Damn it.' He mentally seethed as he saw the two of them together. 'Looks like both Iruka and I are out of the running to land the finest piece of ass Konoha had on the market.'
Regardless of the rumors that surrounded the eccentric snake mistress, the spy master knew better then anyone else that despite the way she acted all promiscuous around her friends and comrades, the woman was anything but easy, not to mention, she was loyal.
"Well, well well." Juri spoke in a taunting tone. "If it isn't the Toad Fucker."
"Their Fro….DAMN IT!"
"You know," Anko began. "It's rather concerning that he is more worried about correcting the species than denying that he fucks them."
This earned a round of giggles and chuckles at the Toad Sage's expense. Wrapping his arm around Anko's midsection, Naruto's left eye returned to its normal blue color as he motioned for Tsubaki to approach him, wrapping his other hand around her shoulders in a comforting manner.
"What are you doing here, Juri?" Jiraiya turned his attention back to the woman that stood behind him.
"You know." The woman ignored his question. "I am in a good mood today, so I am going to give you a word of advice."
As she spoke, her right eye began to come to life prompting Jiraiya to make a mental note of the similarity of Naruto's left eye doing the same thing just moments earlier. Giving him a rather uneasy feeling at the implications.
"I don't care what you do while you're in Konoha. Jack off to the women you can never touch, spend all your ryo at every brothel in the village, or let the toads you love so much fuck you in the ass, I don't care." Juri licked her lips as she began to release her own unique energy, far more potent than any killer intent he had ever experienced. "But you WILL stay away from my adorable apprentice and those close to him."
The Toad Sage's eyes widened to comical proportions as he heard this. His eyes darting between the whiskered teen and the deranged woman. Recognizing that he was in a no win situation, Jiraiya grit his teeth and turned his full attention to the 'Widowmaker'.
"This isn't over Juri," He began. "I am going to…."
"You're going to do what?" The deranged woman challenged with a gleeful cackle, daring him to continue his sentence. Her right eye flaring to life even brighter than previously, giving her a more diabolic appearance. "There isn't shit you can do, decrepit toad fucker. So run away, Jiraiya of the Sannin, run away once again, just like you did the night Minato sacrificed himself to defend his home, just like you did in Amegakure against Hanzo the Salamander, and just like you did all throughout the Third Shinobi War."
Clenching his teeth in anger, the toad sage took the only logical course and leapt off, vacating the area as the sound of Juri's maddening laughter echoed off the trees, as if to mock him of his past failures.
"So, Naruto-koi." Juri turned her attention to her betrothed. "Have you completed the task I gave you this morning?"
With a grin, the whiskered teen stepped away from both Anko and Tsubaki and cycled through a familiar set of hand seals before slamming his palm on the ground as plums of thick white smoke enveloped the area around them.
Somewhere Underneath Konoha
The clacking sound of a hard wood cane echoed off the stone flooring and reverberated along the dimly lit hall way as a frail looking elderly individual made his way towards a large set of double doors. With shaggy black hair, and his right eye covered with a bandage, an old injury from the war. Along side an x-shaped scar on his chin. Despite his position in the village, his attire was rather simple. A plain white shirt was worn under his dark colored robe that concealed his right arm, which was also bandaged.
Reaching the massive double doors, the elderly man effortlessly pushed them open and entered what appeared to be a modestly sized laboratory of some kind with nearly half a dozen scientists moving about the room, working with various complex instruments. In the very center of the room stood a large glass like cylinder, filled with some sort of liquid. Within the cylinder containment was a nude woman with long red hair, floating weightlessly in the strange flood. Various tubes and wires connected to her body, and a respirator covering her nose and mouth.
The elder man stopped just before the containment cell, looking at the woman with an emotionless eye.
"Danzo-sama." One of the scientist acknowledged the mans arrival.
"Report." The now identified Danzo commanded. "Has there been any progress?"
"I am afraid not, Danzo-sama." The scientist reported. "The seals on this woman, is beyond anything we have ever encountered. They're not just imprinted on her body, but within her very cells, making it impossible to extract any viable material from her."
Danzo narrowed his lone eye at the mans explanation, minor annoyance etched upon his face. The thrice damned Uzumaki woman had always been a constant thorn in his side when she was active. Ensuring he was unable to manipulate Minato to follow a path for the greater good of Konoha. Even the night the Kyubi had been extracted from her, she still had the strength to massacre a majority of his ROOT forces that he had sent to capture her. It had taken roughly three and a half squads of his own ANBU to finally subdue the woman, and out of forty two men, only three survived in the end.
"We've tried everything Danzo-sama." The scientist continued. "Even extracting her eggs directly ended in failure as the material immediately rotted as soon as we had removed it from the body."
"Keep working to find a solution." The elder war hawk commanded as he turned to leave the room. "Currently, Kushina Uzumaki is our only chance of unlocking all of the Uzumaki secrets."
"What of her son?" The other man questioned, prompting the elder man to stop mid step.
"The Jinchuriki is currently out of reach, since Juri Han has returned to the village and had taken an interest in the weapon. To provoke her would be foolish on our part" Danzo stated with a small frown. "However, this may work in our favor. Hatake Kakashi has been squandering the Jinchuriki's potential in favor of the Uchiha Heir, making our weapon defective. Juri's arrival has corrected this error."
Having said his piece, Danzo left the scientists to perform their tasks. Unaware of a pair of violet eyes staring down at the aging war hawk before slowly closing once more. Leaving those in the room unaware that the woman was regaining consciousness. Soon, Kushina 'The Evil' Uzumaki would rise once more, and carve a bloody path with the bodies of those that had wronged her and her family.
Starting with one Danzo Shimura.
Additional Authors Notes: And here it is, how about that twist ending?
Be honest, who foresaw Kushina still being alive? Show of hands?
Anyways, I am not going to make any promises of what I will work on next. As stated above, my muse is all over the place right now. I want to start on the next chapter for Darkness Falls, and I know there are still those waiting for me to officially update A Fox and His Wagtails, which believe me, I have not forgotten about it.
At any rate, I hope everyone enjoyed this update and I shall try and get to work on my next one!