I have returned from the depths of hell, emerging with a chapter! Ahaha! Bask in my glory as I post this chapter! I know that this is also another short one, but hey, when you get a new chapter every day, I guess it's worth it! Now then, on to some of the reviews!

First up! To the man or woman, who said that they lost interest back in chapters 3 and 4. Just why the hell did you bother reading all the way up to chapter 15 to tell me that? Like, if you lost interest way back then, then why bother reading all the other chapters? But anyways, to answer your question. Why would Naruto NOT reveal his past to the person he loves? He hasn't revealed it to the world, and he doesn't want to lie to someone he loves.

And this story, in case you haven't noticed, isn't some action-packed, fight series between multi-fandom characters where Naruto has to keep his secrets and powers hidden. This isn't that kind of story. Nothing in this world can beat Naruto, literally nothing and he knows it.

As for Sapphire's pairing, I won't pair her. Seems like a lot of you don't want it, so I'll just strike that out for now. As for the Twins revealing the fact that they were reincarnated, well, I don't see any reason why they would want to reveal that. They already died in their past lives, nothing they can do to change that. So, there really is no point in revealing that. Maybe in the future, I'll reconsider that.

With some of those answered, enjoy!

Aqua hummed as he leaned into the wall of an abandoned warehouse of sorts. Kana was apparently starring in a TV drama of sorts, Sweet Today he recalled the name. He didn't really care much for the show, apparently, it was a famous manga of sorts and was soon adapted into a drama. However, with what he was seeing…

"This must be why Oto-san maintains such strict control over his work…" He mumbled to himself. From what he had read in the manga and from what he was seeing, the show did a massive disservice to the manga. If anything, the show was just one big advertisement for the male leads. Kana herself was almost an afterthought.

"And the author did not like what she saw…" Yoriko Kichijouji he recalled. The look of horror on her face, when she saw what had become of her work, was very much warranted. The producer had taken her work and made it into a shameless advertisement after all.

"Masaya Kaburagi…what do you know?" Aqua thought almost darkly. Masaya was someone whom his mother had worked with in the past before they were born. The only reason he had even accepted the role of a stalker of all people in this show was to get close to this man. He needed clues on who his biological father was. He couldn't go to his mother and ask. Clearly, she didn't want anything to do with the man. And while he could have gone to his adopted father, he didn't.

Aqua knew that his father was a Shinobi, and he knew what that meant. His adopted father was trained to be an assassin. And while he could easily hunt down the man, far easier than he ever could, he couldn't ask the man to do such a thing. This was his own personal vendetta.

"I made a promise to protect my family, even my Oto-san." He chuckled slightly at how foolish he sounded. His father was practically a superhuman, but Aqua realized that he himself had too much pride to drag his family into this. He wanted to protect them and the biggest threat that stood in his way was his biological father. If the man tried killing his mother before, then what were the chances that he would try again? Even after all these years. No, he needed to be sure. And through Masaya, he would acquire the information he needed.

"Uzumaki, your scenes up!" Aqua broke out of his thought as he was called out. He nodded to himself as he got into his character. He noticed how the staff practically treated him like he was some kind of VIP. He could reason why too. His father was a famous author and had many current TV dramas, some movies, and heck even an anime or two based on his work. He knew just how wealthy his family was. He was sure that his father had accumulated enough wealth to last multiple generations of their family. And yet, no one really knew from looking at their family lifestyle.

"She's not even trying." Aqua thought as he played his role. Kana put no effort into her role. She already knew her role in this was just a stand-in. Just a girl they needed for the boys to fight over, they were the real stars of this show, and it was reflected in Kana's acting.

"Cut!" The director called out. He sighed at that; the scene wasn't well received by the man. Apparently in this scene, the lead male role, played by Melt Narushima, was supposed to protect Kana from a stalker, which was played by him.

"I hate this…" Aqua grumbled to himself. He needed to get on with his real objective, first to gather some DNA, and then try to build a relationship with Masaya. The more he knew the man, the more the man would reveal. But before he could do that, he noticed Kana, who just stared out into the rain. He sighed as he ruffled his hair, his father had far much of influence on him than he thought.

"You know, you should put more heart into it." Aqua spoke up as he approached her. Kana turned to look at him but chuckled, it was a hollow one.

"And what good will that do? I'm just an afterthought." She reasoned. Yes, that's what she was.

"And why do you think that?" Aqua questioned. The first time they met she was very confident in her abilities, but now she just felt, no, looked miserable.

"Because it's true. I'm just a washed-up child actor who can't even find good work. You already know that this show is only for the male roles. They didn't need some big-shot female actor to play this role. Besides, my contract is very cheap compared to what they could be paying." She explained with a sigh. Aqua narrowed his eyes at that. Yes, this was the entertainment world. It was ruthless, unforgiving, and cutthroat.

"That's not the Kana Arima I know." Aqua started as she blinked at him, what did he mean by that? Aqua slowly walked up to her with a serious face.

"You are a genius child actor. So, what if you can't find good roles now? What you do now here will define what you will be in the future. So, what if this show wasn't meant for the lead female role to shine? It's your job to make it so." Aqua advised as Kana's eyes widened at that. No one, no one had ever told her that. She thought that she had peeked, that this was it. Her acting career was already over before it ever even began.

"So, give it your all." He finished before he turned and walked away, leaving her to ponder on what he had said.

"Arima-san!" Kana heard as she turned around to find Minato waving at her. She blushed lightly as she looked at him. It seems like he didn't have an umbrella, so he had been caught in the rain. There was one thing she could tell.

"He must work out…a lot…" She thought before she shook her head and looked around in worry. Ruby was very protective of her little brother, and she did not want to invoke her wrath by even thinking about it. She sighed in relief as Minato walked up to her.

"Arima-san? Are you ok?" Minato questioned with worry as she shook her head.

"No, I-I'm fine. What are you doing here anyways?" She questioned him as Minato chuckled sheepishly while rubbing his head.

"Ah, well, I overheard my Nii-sama talk about this dram and his role and about you being in it. I was just here to cheer the two of you on!" Minato answered with a smile. Well, that was somewhat true. He really came here to see Kana. The said girl giggled a bit before smiling.

"Thank you, Minato-kun." She thanked him causing him to blush at how she referred to him.

"A-Ah, no problem, Arima-san!" Minato waved his hands. All he was doing was being supportive of her, nothing big.

"You know Minato-kun, you don't have to be so formal with me. You can call me by my first name." Kana offered as Minato gulped at that. He had always been the polite and formal type.

"If it's ok with you…Kana-san." He responded, not wanting to sound more affectionate. As polite and formal as he was, he was also pretty shy. Kana smiled at him, liking that better. Maybe Ruby won't just kill her after all.


With Ruby:

Ruby sneezed as she felt the need to beat something up, though she couldn't put a figure on what it was.

"Ruby, pay attention." She broke out her thoughts.

"A-Ah, yes, Miyako-san!" Ruby stuttered as she paid full attention to the women before her. Miyako sighed before she smiled. It seemed like yesterday since she had been taking care of the twins.

"I understand that you want to be an Idol, like your mother used to be, but you understand that Strawberry Productions Idol department was gutted years ago after your mother's group fell apart." Miyako pointed out. Ruby nodded at that with a serious face. After her mother's departure from being an Idol, her group immediately started to go on the decline without their poster girl. Eventually, they fell apart, with them going to different sectors of the industry. That would have been the end of Strawberry Productions, but thanks to her father's work and a shift in business model, Strawberry Productions managed to survive, if not thrive.

"I understand, but it must be Strawberry Productions, no one else." Ruby spoke firmly. She had a goal, an ambition, no, a dream! Miyako raised an eyebrow at that.

"And why is that?" Miyako questioned her. She could tell that Ruby was as stubborn as her mother and it seemed she had also inherited her adoptive father's resolve as well.

"Because this is where my mother started, where she began her work as an Idol! I…I want to make a new B-Komachi!" She declared as Miyako's eyes widened at that before she smiled and chuckled. Of course, she should have known that would be the reason. She sighed.

"Well, it won't be easy work. We'll need to reform an Idol department, find talent, sponsors and etc." Miyako spoke. Ichigo was mostly in charge of with dealing Naruto's work, leaving her to deal with this.

"So, will you help me?" Ruby questioned as Miyako nodded.

"Why would I not? I already know that you are plenty talented. I practically watched you grow up and learn everything about Idol and what it meant to be one." Miyako answered before she was hugged by Ruby.

"Thank you! Thank you so much Baa-chan!" Ruby shouted in excitement while Miyako chuckled at her antics. Over the years, the woman had become a sort of grandmother to the Uzumaki children, and it showed.

"And I wouldn't hear the end of it from your parents if I turned you down." She added with a light-hearted chuckle. She did not want to face Naruto's wrath, not after what see him do to those who hurt his children. The pranks were one thing, but something about that man gave off a strange feeling when he was pissed.

"It's like look at death itself." She shuddered at the thought. She was glad that Naruto was a man of peace…for the most part.

"Well, anyways, we need to first scout out more talent. Can't make an Idol group with just one Idol." Miyako pointed out to Ruby, who frowned before she looked away. She did have someone on her mind…

"I hope this isn't a mistake…" She thought to herself as her eye twitched as she thought of a certain redhead.


Back home a few hours later:

Sapphire huffed as she stared at the ceiling of the Dojo. It was her day off from school and she had no club activities, so she spent the majority of the day training with her father.

"Don't exhaust yourself too much, Hime. You won't learn tree walking like this." Naruto called out from the sideline as he watched her train. He had started her out with simple Chakra control exercises to get her used to using Chakra and establishing control over it. She had been working tirelessly for the last few hours and he had deemed it fit to teach her tree walking. He chuckled when he showed her that he could walk up and down on vertical surfaces.

"What did she say it looked like? Spider-Girl or something?" Naruto thought as he shook his head.

"D-Don't worry papa! I-I'll definitely get a hang of this!" She shouted as she stood back. Not only did she want to learn this today to impress her father, but it looked so badass! She took in a deep breath as she focused.

"Focus the Chakra on the feet. Focus." She thought as she began to mold her Chakra. Her father had explained to her how Chakra can be utilized to increase speed, and strength, and also to stick on surfaces like walls and even water! She stepped forward as she lifted her foot up and onto the wall and focused before she brought her other foot up and stuck.

"Now I gotta keep the control while I go up." She thought as she slowly walked forwards, her body now parallel to the ground. As she did, Naruto raised an eyebrow. Maybe not having Kurama's Chakra made her control a lot better. He remembered how his control was so bad as a kid.

"I…I'm doing it." Sapphire muttered to herself as she approached the ceiling. This would be the next challenge, walking on the ceiling upside down while she fought against gravity and the blood rushing to her head.

"I can do this." She said defiantly, taking the next step as she now stood upside down and walked. This was so…unreal to her. Watching the world upside, seeing her father sitting down on the floor smiling at her.

"Oh my, I didn't realize you progressed this far." Her mother's voice brought her attention to her as she walked into the Dojo with her favorite dish, possible in the entire world.

"Rame – oh sh!" She shouted as she lost focus and slipped. She closed her eyes as she waited for the harsh impact before it never came.

"Are you ok, Hime?" Her father's voice called out. She opened her eyes and noticed that she had been caught by her father. She slowly nodded before pouting.

"I failed again." Sapphire muttered. Naruto raised his eyebrow at that. Failed? On the contrary, she succeeded.

"Hime, you learned to walk on vertical surfaces in a day. For someone who has just begun training in Chakra, that's amazing progress." Naruto praised her as he ruffled her hair, he was proud of her.

"You think so?" Sapphire questioned as Naruto nodded while Ai brought the ramen over.

"When your father learned this, it was far more brutal of an experience." Ai spoke up as Naruto happily took the ramen and began to practically devour it. He had to hand it to Ai, her ramen was out of this world.

"Wow, really?" Sapphire wanted to hear this. She wanted to hear almost anything and everything about her father's past and her mother knew pretty much all there was to know.

"Well, he told me that he learned tree walking while on an escort mission." Ai recalled. He had told her that story on one of their dates years ago and she remembered it very well. It was apparently the mission that made him who he was.

"What happened during the mission?" Sapphire questioned as she too now began to eat the ramen. Ai giggled as she watched the father and daughter duo eat ramen. She had inherited her father's and apparently, her grandmother's appetite for ramen it seems like.

"Well, the mission originally started out as a C-Rank, a relatively easy one for a new Shinobi like your father was back then. But it went up in difficulty as it became apparent the client had lied." Ai explained as Naruto nodded.

"The old man did lie, but I wasn't going to give up on the mission! I was tired of chasing after a damn cat, babysitting, and all the menial chores." Naruto commented as he huffed at that.

"Apparently your father's team faced a very powerful Shinobi on his mission. After they initially beat him, your father's sensei began to drill his team, and one of the ways he taught them was to teach them tree walking." Ai explained as she giggled at how Naruto explained it to her.

"He fell so many times from the tree." Ai continued as Naruto blushed at that. His Chakra control sucked back then!

"What?! Papa did?!" Sapphire looked shocked at that. Her father had effortlessly walked on the wall and ceiling like it was nothing!

"Yes, I did fail, a lot. Got a lot of bruises from all those falls." Naruto confirmed as Sapphire looked absolutely shocked at that.

"No way…" She trailed off. Her mother had explained to her earlier that he was a powerful Shinobi, a warrior. Naruto sighed as he put his bowl down and looked at his daughter.

"Hime, one thing you need to understand, is that there is no shortcut to power. You have to earn it. I spent countless sleepless nights, training, and pushing myself to the absolute limit to prove people wrong. It took years for me to get to where I got." Naruto explained as Sapphire listened to him, hanging on to each word.

"I know the road forward might look hard, painful even, but never give up. You must clear your own path." Naruto advised as she looked at him in awe. She felt as if a fire had been lit inside her heart and that she could conquer all.

"Just don't teach her the Sexy Jutsu." Ai chimed in as Naruto almost slipped at her mentioning that.

"Ai-chan! I told you to never mention that!" Naruto cried anime tears in embarrassment. No, he should have NEVER told her about that Jutsu! Never! Ai only smiled at him, giving him an all-knowing look.

"Oh, don't be such a spoilsport…Naruko-chan." She finished with a sly grin causing Naruto to despair at that. His wife was a total pervert, a pervert of the highest caliber!

"Sexy…Jutsu?" Sapphire let out as Naruto turned around and waved his hand as he blushed.

"N-Nothing Hime! Your mother's just joking! Forget she even mentioned it! Why don't you go on and go clean yourself up? You must have homework to finish after all!" Naruto insisted. Sapphire's eyes widened at that.

"Ahhh! I forgot about my homework!" She shouted as she stood up and ran away. She had completely forgotten about it! Naruto sighed as he managed to distract his daughter. He felt Ai drape her arms around his shoulder as she hugged him.

"You know I was just messing with you, right?" She whispered sweetly as Naruto grumbled and followed his arms and pouted.

"You're going to give our daughter weird ideas," Naruto grumbled as Ai giggled at him. He was so fun to tease, even now.

"True, but I just couldn't help teasing you, Naruko-chan." She whispered as Naruto groaned at that. She had nicknamed his female form Naruko, a play on his name. He brooded before he slowly grinned, an idea forming in his head.

"That's rich, coming from you, Idol-sama." Naruto maintained his grin as he turned to look at her, relishing in her embarrassing blush. She had kept her old Idol outfit and it still fit her well. While she had no need for it for Idol business, she kept it for…other reasons.

"You like it." She countered while Naruto shook his head.

"You're the pervert who's into it." Naruto shot back, causing her face to redden even more at that.

"B-Baka." She let out as Naruto chuckled and gave her a quick kiss.

"As you say, Idol-sama." Naruto let out a hearty laugh as he watched his wife's blush grow to impossible levels. Ai pouted before she smirked and leaned closer next to his ear.

"Why don't I give you a live performance, my number one fan?" She whispered, her voice hot on his skin causing him to shudder.

"Do I need to buy tickets?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No, it'll be a…private showing." She responded and that was it. Naruto quickly took hold of her and the two vanished from the Dojo as he took them to their bed. Her days as an Idol weren't quite over yet…well, at least for one man.

And that is a wrap! What did you all think about this chapter? In the future chapters, I want to make some more gag moments in this story between the family. Also, I got an interesting side chapter idea for this story by Minato and his desire to learn seals. I won't say much, but it'll be an interesting side chapter that won't include Naruto or Ai much and focus exclusively on the four Uzumaki children. With that, I'll see you all next chapter!

Chapter edited: 6/9/2023.