Blue-Eyed Avarice
Blossoming Plans

With a scream, Naruto popped out from under the hot water and landed on the ground with a low groan of pain as steam rose from his skin.

"Stupid Water walking..." He groaned out with shut eyes. "Kyūbi-sensei, do we really need to learn this?"

"Water walking is an excellent way to control your chakra after learning how to tree walk," Kyūbi responded as she watched him with an amused smile as she sat on her throne, observing her nails. "Kushina had a little issue with water walking but she eventually did it."

"Well, Mom was super great with her chakra control," Naruto grumbled out as he crossed his legs and stared at the tree with a pout.

"Women often are due to their slightly smaller chakra coils," Kyūbi said. "But we'll get you there now stop. That pout, while adorably precious, is unbecoming for a future king, Little Prince," Kyūbi told him with a soft chuckle as he crossed his arms and looked away.

"I know just let me have this moment," Naruto told her with a huff but the smile on his face gave away his true feelings. Ever since the training began with Kyūbi two months ago, their relationship seemed to be flourishing nicely.

She was kind of like the big sister he never had in a way. She joked with him, trained him, scolded him when he needed it and often encouraged his trickster nature and dreams. It was nice to have someone on your side.

But at the same time, he was glad she wasn't actually a sister to him because Kami knows the amount of times he would catch himself staring at her body whenever it was out of that cloak. She was muscular sure but still very feminine and he couldn't help but appreciate it.

He would never tell her that. She'd probably tear him asunder.

But now that he was on that train of thought, he wondered. Whenever Iruka-sensei had talked about the Kyūbi, he always called her "Him" and from his recollection, it made sense that he would think that.

Iruka was a kid when Kyūbi tore apart the kingdom of his parents and Kyūbi's voice must have been really deep from being a giant beast. "Hey Sensei, did people often mistake you as a guy when in your beast form?" Naruto asked.

"They did but I preferred it that way," Kyūbi replied.

"Really? How come?" Naruto asked.

"As I am a being created by pure chakra, I can morph into any gender I please but I prefer being female. My siblings are the same in that regard but when it came to battle, depending on the opponent, I would hide my preferred gender as a mind game," Kyūbi explained.

Naruto was curious about this and it must have shown on his face because Kyūbi chuckled and said, "I see that you are confused about this so observe." Kyūbi's form was obscured due to a large amount of chakra and an explosion of smoke around her. When the smoke faded, Naruto was treated to a new sight.

Before him was a pale skinned, delicate looking male with bright green eyes, as well as long vibrant red hair, with two long forelocks on either shoulder and the rest on his back. The man also wore a white sleeveless yukata (that resembles a toga), along with matching martial arts pants and shoes.

"This was that form," Kyūbi told him, his voice soft and gentle.

Naruto stared at him before his face flushed. "So you're just hot in any form. Got it," Naruto said.

Kyūbi chuckled softly. "Quite…The name of this form is Minamino Shuichi and this is the form that would often face my opponents," Kyūbi told him as he sat down on his throne. "Because of how powerful I am, most would often assume that I am a male by default so I used that to my advantage. How? Well in this form, I weaken myself to that of just below the level of my opponent. It is my "Mask" so to speak. If anyone proved strong enough to withstand that, I would "unmask" and reveal my true power and revel in their hopelessness of their situation…"

With another burst of chakra and smoke, Kyūbi returned to her original form with a grin. "I even used this on my own siblings. From Shukaku to Saiken, they only know me in my Shuichi form and it angered them, especially Shukaku as he knew that this was not my true visage. The only ones that knows my true visage is Matatabi, Chōmei and Gyūki. Chōmei because he's my best friend, Gyūki because he could defeat me every so often and I consider him a rival."

"And Matatabi?" Naruto asked.

Kyūbi gave him a saucy smirk and suddenly, Naruto flushed and looked away. "Maybe one day I'll tell you about that one, Little Prince," Kyūbi said with a teasing tone.

"Y-yeah," Naruto said before he smacked his face. "Why go through all of that though?" Naruto questioned.

"Simple, my dear prince," Kyūbi began. "When I fight someone, I want to break their will and if I reveal my visage and power, their will is broken immediately. No, I want them to feel powerful. I want them to be cocky and full of themselves because once I pop my true form at the height of their arrogance, That is when I take their pride from them and then I start to break them…I don't want that fall to be quick. I want it be slow, methodical, sensual and satisfying so when they understand that there is no hope, I can make them do anything I please…And the main thing that I would always request is that they kneel before me and kiss every single tail of mine. Once that is complete, I will no longer be their enemy. Instead, I would be their queen to worship until their dying breath."

As Kyūbi spoke, Naruto felt as if her voice was made from honey due to how smooth, sweet and confident each word flowed from her mouth. It nearly took his breath away and it certainly made his blush deepen. "My dear prince…You seem flustered," Kyūbi commented. "Are you imagining yourself as kissing my tails?"

Naruto smacked his face again.

Thank god she wasn't his older sister.

"So before I lose my mind," Naruto told her with a frown. "I just want to clarify. You used the Shuichi form to deceive any opponent into a false sense of security and because of how strong you are, you were able to do genuinely and not through a jutsu of any kind and if they proved worthy, you would show your true self and skill…That's pretty cool."

Naruto then narrowed his eyes as an idea formed in his head. "Kyūbi-sensei…Would I be able to do this?"

"Kushina and Mito could anytime they went undercover. It is one of the innate skills anyone I'm sealed into have so you should have it as well. Why?" Kyūbi questioned.

"Well…you mentioned that women often have better control of their chakra, right? If I could change myself into a female, that would help me better control it, right?"

"Hmm Not a bad idea but each time you do that, it would change your coils…But if we were able to store the massive amount of chakra you have elsewhere in a seal of some sort then feed it into you slowly so you could better acclimate and control it…Hm, potentially this would be a good route…." Kyūbi thought out loud.

"Not to mention, using as a way to get into your opponent's head…" Naruto said.It was more than pretty cool, if he was honest with himself. Women tended to have smaller coils but had better control and if they were able to create a seal that could siphon his large amount of chakra into them, it would help.

And admittedly, for a more selfish reason, he was...curious. Since he freed the Nine-tails and absorbed her essence from the weapons that had stabbed her, he had felt different. He was comfortable in his skin, but he wanted something more. This feeling would appear whenever he was around an attractive woman, which meant all the time due to the Kyūbi , but he never knew why this happened.

Until now.

Yes, the chakra control aspect intrigued him, but it was also being able to dip his toes into being someone like Kyūbi that really intrigued him. "Alright, so how do I do this?" Naruto asked, making up his mind.

"Iruka taught you how to Henge, correct?" Kyūbi asked.

Naruto nodded.

"Good. Now because of the amount of chakra you have, anything you transform yourself into will stick. However once you run out of chakra or knocked unconscious, the form ends. However if I link that transformation to myself, you should be able to maintain it even after that…Though, you will be strong enough that it'll never come to that," Kyūbi told him.

"Awesome. How do I do that?" Naruto asked.

"You leave that up to me. Do you have a form in mind?" Kyūbi asked him.

"Hey, if I'm going to have a form, I need to do some research first…And I have just the place," Naruto said with a smirk.

"Good. Now you better get going…You have a guest…" Kyūbi told him.

Naruto opened his eyes and found himself staring into the eyes of the Hyūga heiress. "About time you woke up," Hinata said with a smirk. "I was afraid I'd have to punch you awake."

Naruto sat on the picnic table with both legs propped up on the picnic bench while Hinata had her right leg bent between his legs while the other was on the ground and her right arm was placed on her bent knee.

"You're awfully close," Naruto noticed.

"Just wanted to see those baby blues up close," Hinata replied with a fond tone as she cupped his face in her hands. "It had been forever since I last saw them. A little darker than before but still very mesmerizing."

"These baby blues aren't for you," Naruto replied with annoyance as he smacked her hand away from his face. "You lost that right when you turned into a massive bitch two years ago and dumped our friendship in the trash."

"Language," Hinata admonished. "You know those blues will always seek me out and why shouldn't they. They belong to me." Hinata then reached forward and touched his lips as a smirk played on her face. "The same way your first kiss is always mine and that will never change."

"You think you can just walk in and act like a massive stuck up brat then try to worm your way back? Well you're wrong. I won't be your puppet again…" Naruto said darkly.

"You can try Little Blue but you're my toy," Hinata told him with an innocent tone that made Naruto annoyed.

"Do not delude yourself," Naruto responded. "I'm no one's toy."

"You're my toy," Hinata repeated. "And I feel like playing with you again. But we shall wait on that. For now, Iruka-sensei has asked me to retrieve you so come on."

"Tch, tell Iruka-sensei that he's going to have to catch me," Naruto said as he rolled backwards off the table to put some distance between him and Hinata. "But you and I are far from done. I may have been your "toy" when we were little but now, you don't rule me. A Future Hokage will never submit to a mere Heiress…"

"You must not understand. I am the Hyūga Heiress and what I want, I get," Hinata told him. "So run Future Hokage but at the end of the day, you're my toy to do with whatever I see fit..."

Naruto growled and fled, aware of the pearl eyes that followed his every move.

'I don't care how long it takes Kyūbi…We need get that form so I can become stronger. Because when it's all said and done, she will be groveling at my feet…' Naruto thought with a sneer of anger.

"Very well Little Prince…" Was Kyūbi's only response.

Hinata truly didn't understand.

The Hyūga were the strongest clan in Konoha and she, the heiress of that clan, should have been able to claim anything she pleased.

And yet he fought against her.

Did he not understand who he was speaking with?

He was hers. He belonged to her the moment she rescued him from those bullies when they were younger. She made him a red scarf, she played with him every day for years and at age nine, they were each other's first kiss.

Sure, her parents forced her to hurt him by dropping their friendship but he should have known that eventually, she would come back for him and that he would continue to be her toy.

So why was he so offended at that word?

He wasn't before. He infact loved the pet name she had given him so long ago.

What had changed?

It annoyed her that he refused to return to his proper lot and be her entertainment. But despite this annoyance, there was something about his eyes that intrigued her.

It was something that was never there before…

But what was it and why did it make her feel strange in the chest. "Yamanaka!" Hinata exclaimed.

Ino slowly appeared, peering from behind a tree with a meek "I'm coming!" Ino briskly walked to Hinata side. "How can I h-help you Hyūga-sama?" Ino asked with a bow.

Hinata didn't spare her a glance as she commanded,"Follow him."

"F-Follow Uzumaki-san?" Ino stammered.

"Did I stutter?" Hinata questioned. "Follow him. See what he's trying to do. Do not come back to me empty handed or else what I did to you last class sparring session will pale to what I do to you if you fail me."

Ino nodded and Hinata watched as Ino ran after him but made sure to keep her distance. 'Uzumaki-kun…What has made you defy me?'

Naruto landed at the edge of a roof of the hot springs in a Spiderman-esque perch, his eyes scanning the area for a suitable female for studying

"I am surprised you are taking this risk," Kyubi noted with an amused tone. "You better hope you don't get killed."

'I mean magazines are nice for reference in terms of looks but I need to see how a female moves and replicate it to a tee,' Naruto replied back. 'And while I could watch you and replicate your movements…Where is the fun in getting the easy win?''

He could hear Kyubi laugh at this and that made him grin before he pulled out a notepad. The hot springs was a notorious hangout spot for Kunoichi in the village and if he was going to sculpt the perfect female form, other than the obvious choice in Kyubi, this would be the place.

'So you think someone wi-Hello!' Naruto interrupted his train of thought when he saw a rather beautiful girl step into the hot springs.

The girl in question was a slender, an average-sized, young woman with light brown, pupil-less eyes with her violet colored hair done in a short, spiky, fanned-out ponytail. She held a towel over her chest and lower body but the curves were there.

"My, My," Kyubi said. "Such a fine specimen…"

'Ain't she? Man she's hot,' Naruto replied.

Naruto watched as the moved to the hot spring and began to sink in, removing her towel as she did, which had Naruto's eyes bug out before Kyubi said, "Forget the writing Little Prince. I can copy her body form and have you observe it later. Just keep your eyes on her."

Naruto nodded and continued to watch only to feel an intense killing intent from the street below him.

"The Yamanaka…" Kyubi notes, which caused Naruto to look out of the corner of his eye. On the street, barely visible behind the large wooden post, stood Hinata's servant, Yamanaka Ino.

Naruto felt pity for the cute platinum blonde girl.

Before her foolish bet against Hinata, Ino had been full of fire and passion but after cashing a check that her ass couldn't cash in that spar against Hinata, that confidence vanished, leaving behind this unsure, broken girl.

But despite her broken spirit, she still proved to have that fiery energy due to catching him peeking in the hot spring. Naruto turned his head in an attempt to quietly pacify her but as he turned, a chair collided with his head sent him falling forward.

Mitarashi Anko was bored.

Today was her 18th birthday and while Old Man Sandaime gave her the best birthday gift in the world by promoting her to Tokujō, she was ready to raise hell in this village and drink all of her nightmares away.

Unfortunately, both her big "sister" Kurenai and her little "sister" Yugao were both MIA on missions so there she sat, in the hot spring all alone with no other friends. "There must be something I can do in this boring place," Anko whined out.

At least this hot spring was nice on her aching muscles.

Without warning, a body crashed into the water, which sent a wave of hot water splashing against her face. If she was a lesser woman, she would have been in pain but instead, the added heat to her unsuspecting form merely irked her.

But what did surprise her was a familiar blond haired, whisker-faced boy popping out of the water with a pained expression. She had seen this brat around town a few times. Often pranking people or saving people from mysterious arson cases that she had to investigate during her path to becoming a Tokujō.

All and all, he seemed like a decent, cute kid but now, she saw a future homicide victim.

"Fucking hell!" the boy yelled, his normally tan skin as red as a lobsters. "That blonde haired idiot is going to pay for that!" the boy shouted only for him to pause when those cute blue eyes locked on her.

Anko let out a deep sigh and gave a dangerous looking smirk. "Sup," she merely said. To his credit, he did not freak out or try to run. Instead he swam to the other side of the hot springs and leaned against the edge and he did it without taking his eyes off of her.

Good, because she'd rather kill him face to face so she could see those baby blues fade up close.

"So…this is a situation," Naruto noted calmly.

"You have a lot of stones to still be here. I don't know if you are a moron or if you have a death wish," Anko noted.

Naruto gave her a confident smile. "Neither," he replied.

"Then why stay?" Anko asked him.

"Because I know you wouldn't kill me," Naruto replied.

Anko guffawed at this.

This brat clearly didn't know who she was. It was…oddly refreshing in a way but she would quickly need to change that. "Well allow me to change your mind on that," Anko said as she formed several seals and smacked her hand on the stone behind her. "Summoning Jutsu: Kikyo," Anko said calmly and with an explosion of smoke, a large green anaconda snake was behind her.

Naruto's eyes widened.

"Names Mitarashi Anko," Anko introduced with a lazy smile. "And this is my favorite summon, Kikyo."

Kikyo hissed out.

"She hasn't eaten in day I'm betting. I will give you a two minute head start before she attacks," Anko warned as she gently caressed the top of Kikyo's head, which caused the snake to hiss out in pleasure.

Naruto nodded and placed his hands on the edge of the concrete tiled floor behind him and back flipped himself onto it and perched there curiously. "You are quite serious, aren't you?" Naruto asked.

This boy really had no fear.

"Deadly," Anko responded.

She watched as the boy placed a hand to his heart, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto: Prince of Konoha and I accept your challenge," The boy announced.

Prince of Konoha?

He had to be shitting her but as she looked into his eyes, she saw a seriousness that surprised her. He truly thought himself a prince. "Tell me something…Before this last minute is up," Anko asked. "You call yourself prince. Why?"

"If your snake catches me, I'll tell you," Naruto challenged with a twinkle of his eyes.

Anko couldn't stop the laughter from leaving her lips this time.

She was starting to like this little bastard. "Deal," Anko said. "The two minutes are up. Kikyo…Get him but keep him alive instead of devouring him whole."

Naruto smiled and immediately rolled to the left just as the snake charged, which caused it to collide into the wall behind where he just stood.

He was fast…

Naruto saluted and ran out the door as Kikyo followed.

Anko yawned and stood up from the water and said "Maybe this day won't be so boring after all…"

"Damn you, Mitarashi Anko!" Naruto screamed out as he leapt from roof to roof to avoid the lunges of the large anaconda. Naruto grabbed a clothesline and used that to run against the walls of an apartment building before he kicked off of it and swung into the air.

He released the line and landed on another roof where he rolled onto a stop just as Konaha lunged and smacked into the building he was at previously.

"You're the one that challenged her Little Prince," Kyubi taunted. "Besides, look to this as training."

'Training, right…' Naruto agreed as he watched the snake slither against the building wall before it lunged out to him again. Naruto leapt to the left to avoid it but the anaconda quickly swiveled his large body and lunged again.

Naruto had barely got to his feet before he leapt to the left again and over the roof's edge, which sent him plummeting down to the ground. Unfortunately for him, the building he had launched himself out of was a huge one and if he landed, there was a change he may break something.

"Think of something fast," Kyubi warned. "Because this fall can potentially injure you for some time…Unless the snake coming down after us won't get you first…"

Naruto looked down and saw the snake had done a nosedive as well. Between the fall and the snake, Naruto wanted to scream out in panic but then he remembered something.

Naruto nodded with a sharp growl, sixteen strands of chains flew from his chest and through the cell bars and attached itself to the weapons and chains that bound his new partner. The moment his chains touched the chains and weapons that were embedded in the Kyūbi, all of the weapons began to shine brightly.

"Snagged and now time to bag," Naruto taunted as he began to focus and with a sharp tug, the various weapons and chains that kept Kyūbi trapped was pulled out of her.

'The chains…' Naruto thought with wide eyes before he reached out to the building. 'The chains were to be thought of as an extension of one's self and their chakra. Just focus and concentrate…' and began to focus. Naruto then felt a burst of chakra exploded from out of him but surprisingly, it wasn't his chest but his palm….

Three chains collided against the building across the road and remained that and with narrowed his, he began to focus and moment later, felt himself whip out of the air and towards the chains where he crashed into the wall but thanks to learning the tree-walk, walking on walls was easy.

"I've never seen Kushina or Mito use the chains like that…Impressive," Kyubi said, her tone clearly surprised at the use of the chakra chains while Naruto lifted up his palm in wonder. 'Cool…I just found a new way to travel,' Naruto boasted cockily as he closed his fist.

Naruto heard a loud hiss and turned to see the snake, who had slammed into the ground hard enough to cause a medium sized crater but rebounded and lunged towards him.

With renewed energy, Naruto leapt off the wall and held out his hand and with the deep focus, three chains shot out of his palm and latched onto another wall and Naruto swung away with a loud scream of "Fuck you, you overgrown garden snake!"

Night had fallen over Konoha and Anko was impressed. She had heard through various eye-witnesses that a large snake was chasing someone who was swinging through the village but that had been seven hours ago and she still had not returned with him.

Anko had summoned Kikyo specifically due to her skill at capturing opponents so for her to have taken this long means that the Gaki was more skilled than she thought. It was then she heard a knock on her window.

Curiously, she walked to the window and opened it only for Naruto to fall down on her patio, unconscious.

"He was skilled but I managed it," Kiyko hissed out, clearly exhausted.

Anko smiled at Kikyo and caressed the top of her head and said, "You did wonderfully. How impressive was he?"

"He was as tricky to catch as a spider," Kiyko replied. "Swinging every which way. He managed to get me into a forest but at some point but an hour ago, he finally dropped from exhaustion and that was when I arrived. If that hadn't happened, I doubt I would have been able to catch him."

Anko narrowed her eyes at the unconscious blond and slung him over her shoulder and said "Go rest. You've earned it."

Kikyo nodded and dismissed herself in a plume of smoke. Anko walked back into her apartment and laid the sleeping boy on her couch and said to the boy "Sleep well "Prince of Konoha" cause tomorrow your ass is answering some questions…"

Anko then smirked.

The first thing that Naruto noticed was an odd smell.

It smelled delicious mind you, but it was a scent he had never smelled before.

The second thing Naruto noticed was singing.

"That twirling oath will dance throughout the vast sky
Take my hand and walk the path of Shinobi…"

Naruto then opened his eyes and found himself in an unfamiliar room. He nearly freaked out but as he peeked down at his body, he was not tied up or anything. "Where…?" he murmured drowsily as he peered up from the couch, only to see Anko in her kitchen, in the middle of cooking.

"Time passes by and I continue to remain the same"
I've been burned by the very flame of my own wish
"But that won't stop me from seeking it out."

Naruto slowly moved off the rather comfy couch and slowly began to approach the kitchen, but he could not help but note the somberness of her voice as she sang.

"Even though the pain of being hurt has worn me thin
I hang my head down to its lowest depths
And let the heat of my boiling blood engulf me…"

She then stopped and turned her head, catching him dead to rights.

"Aww, you tried to sneak up on the sneakiest bitch around. That is cute," Anko teased with a wide grin.

"I was not going to hurt you or anything," Naruto instantly said.

"Oh I know. I would have killed you after you took that first step off the couch had I had any inclination of you attacking me," Anko responded. "But I was wondering when you would awaken "Prince." You slept through the night," Anko let out a small laugh before she turned around and continued to cook.

"I heard from Kikyo that you were a hard catch. Congratulations," Anko told him as Naruto took a seat at the bar counter that separated the kitchen and living room.

"That snake was very skilled," Naruto admitted softly. "Despite my abilities. I must become better…"

Anko remained silent before she turned around and placed a plate of bacon and eggs in front of him. "Eat up kid. You probably have not eaten in a while."

"W-What is this?" Naruto asked.

"Bacon and Eggs," Anko answered with a confused tone. "Have you…Not ever had that before?"

Naruto shook his head. "Never…This is the first time I've seen any of this…" Naruto answered truthfully.

"Well shit, that was me when I was sixteen," Anko said with a grin. "It's that good shit. Try it out."

'Are you able to sense if this is poisoned?' Naruto asked the Kyūbi.

"Afraid an attractive woman will poison you?" Kyūbi questioned teasingly. "You are thinking like a king when you are still a small child, little prince. It is fine."

'Thanks, and of course. I should always think if someone is out to get me. I would be a very sloppy king otherwise,' Naruto responded before he took a fork full of eggs and ate it. Naruto's eyes widened in surprise, which caused Anko to laugh.

"That's the same face I made when Kurenai made it for me when we met," Anko said through her laughter. "Good, isn't it?"

"Very," Naruto told her truthfully as he munched on the bacon next and shivered at the taste. It was sweet but it was salty and meaty at the same time. He knew that as a Prince, the way he was eating was…poor at best but he had never had the opportunity to eat things like this. Typically, it was Ramen or the fish he caught and boy, with how delicious these things tasted, he was unsure if he could go back to ramen and fish…

Well, maybe just the fish.

Naruto cleared his plate and slide it to Anko as he asked, "Is there anymore?"

"Lucky I like your spunk kid," Anko said as she took the plate and filled it with more bacon and eggs before she filled her own plate. She then walked around the corner from kitchen to living room and gave Naruto his place before she sat down with her own. "We have some shit to talk about but let's do it after we eat."

"As agreed," Naruto said before the two quickly dug in.

"A giant snake?" Hinata asked with surprise in her voice.

Ino shakily nodded. "He was run off by one, y-yes…" Ino stammered out as she remained in her bowed position before Hinata.

Hinata narrowed her eyes thoughtfully.

"So you threw something at him. He fell into the ladies side of the hot springs and then a large snake chased him throughout the day and evening…" Hinata summarized.

Ino nodded again.

"Did you follow him throughout?" Hinata questioned.

"I-I did. He had these strange chains. They looked as if they were made of chakra. He used them to swing around the village but I then lost him in the forest. I had just about given up w-when the snake carried Naruto away…" Ino answered.

Hinata chuckled and brushed Ino's hair softly, a smile appearing on her face. "Such a wonderful servant…How lucky was I to have beaten you that day…" Hinata cooed softly as Ino lifted her head to gaze at her.

She knew that Ino despised her.

She could see it in the girl's eyes and who could blame her? Hinata had not only humiliated Ino during that spar session, but she had also forced her to scream her submission. And while Hinata hated her, there was a place inside of her that enjoyed seeing someone bow to her.

It could be due to the blood than ran through her veins.

It could be her own twisted desires of seeing another blonde under bend to her demands.

But she knew she enjoyed it, especially due to how haughty Ino had portrayed herself when the spar began. Hinata leaned down and placed a kiss to Ino's forehead and murmured, "You're free to go but remember. You're mine to control until you prove yourself…"

"U-Understood Hinata-sama," Ino muttered submissively before she walked away. Hinata observed the blonde and smirked. While Ino was beautiful to her and very valuable as a toy, she was only the replacement for the blond that had buried his way into her heart.

But still, it concerned her…

Why was a snake chasing after her beloved?

"Hinata-sama," Kō said as he approached from behind her. "I have arrived. How ca-"

Hinata lifted her arm to silence him before he could ask the following question. "Before you continue, yes, I did summon you and no, not to carry me back into our home. I will be going out to train. The reason I summoned you is because I want you to look into why a large snake was chasing after Uzumaki Naruto and who summoned it," Hinata explained.

Kō opened his mouth but Hinata silenced him once again, this time with a withering glare. "I do not care what my father wishes. I have claimed Naruto as mine and by the Ancestral Hyūga Scroll, passed down from heir to heir, any servant we claim is ours for good."

Kō bowed in apology but Hinata waved him off in dismissal but not after she said "Tell anyone of this and the pain you feel from the seal will pale to what I do to you..."

Kō left as quickly as he arrived, which left Hinata alone at the gate of her home, its oppressive shadow looming over her, its mere presence reminding her of the shame she was forced to endure because of who she used to be.

And what she had to give up…

Hinata quickly walked away.

She needed space away from this place for a while.

"That was delicious," Naruto sighed out as he drank some water, a pleased smile on his face.

"Good. I don't get to cook for other people very often, so this was a nice little way to re-train myself in that," Anko explained with a grin. She was being one-hundred percent honest with him too. The only two people she talked to was Kurenai and Yūgao since they did not care about her ties to that man while everyone else were pieces of shit to her.

Something she could relate to when it came to the "Prince" that sat beside her.

"Alright. It's time to answer some questions," Anko told the young blond beside her. Instantly, the jovial look on his face became serious, which impressed her somewhat. She had never seen a kid snap out of a happy look so fast before.

"First question, why were you spying on me?" Anko asked.

"Simple, I need to study the female form," Naruto replied immediately.

"You a pervert or something kid?" Anko questioned but Naruto shook his head.

"No, I needed it for purely academic purposes. Although…What I saw was genuinely nice," Naruto added with a small smirk.

"Ballsy of you to say that in an area I can kill you without no one knowing," Anko noted with growing smirk.

"Hey, we established this when we first met," Naruto replied with as his smirk grew.

"Okay, let us say I believe you. What were the reasons?" Anko asked.

"Simple, I found out recently that I am able to adopt a female form from inside and out from the Hokage," Naruto explained. Anko had to admit, she knew he was telling the truth but the minute the Hokage was mentioned, she could practically taste the lie but with how smooth it was, she knew he had the gift of a silver tongue.

"And since I am in the academy, I want to learn how to control my chakra but since it is so massive, I fear I won't be able to and honestly, what future king would I be if I could not control my own chakra. So I was advised by the Hokage to morph into a female form, which would change my chakra coils so I can bit by bit, learn to control it all," Naruto finished.

"You're a damn good liar," Anko noted with an impressed tone. "I know you're telling the truth about everything else but anytime you mention the Hokage, you lie."

"You cannot prove this," Naruto told her.

"I have keen bullshit alarm that rings anytime a lie is told to me. One that got me to my rank and a job at Konoha's T&I sect. Want to try me again?" Anko asked.

He paused before he said "You are right but I do not want to do discuss this person to you."

"I can live with that," Anko replied as she turned her body around to face the living room so she could lean on her bar counter. "So, question two, you called yourself the "Prince of Konoha" when we met? Such a bold title for little Gaki like you."

She saw a flash of anger from her slight burn within the blue-eyed boy's irises but they were smoldered quickly. "Did I offend?" Anko asked with a teasing tone.

"I am not a brat. I am the Prince of this village and you will treat me with respect and adhere to my title," Naruto told her with a low tone.

"Respect isn't given "Prince" it's earned. That is the first thing. Second thing, even if I did respect you, why should I call you that? You don't have a stake in this place," Anko said.

"Shows what little you truly know," Naruto replied as he leapt off the stool and walked to her balcony window. She watched as he gazed at the village and said, "I'm sure you, and every adult knows about the Kyūbi no Kitsune and how…He was defeated."

Anko snorted. "Of course, I do," She responded.

She watched as he looked over his shoulder at her and due to the sun rising, it caused a glow to form around his body, which darkened it enough so his blue eye shined, had she been a weak woman, would have made her blush at the rather intense gaze. "The bullshit story that academy sprouts to us or the real story?" Naruto asked her.

Anko was shocked.

"You know then?" Anko asked him.

He remained silent for a moment before he turned away. "This village owes me a debt. Not only because of the Kyūbi. But because of the blood that runs through my veins. I am the rightful heir."

In a normal situation, Anko would have laughed her ass off at this proclamation but a part of her could not help but not how assured and confident he was in this claim. And to her, it was legit. He did save the village from the Kyūbi and he was treated like shit.

But what made her curious was his other statement.

The blood that ran through his veins…

What did he mean by that?

"I know that I am weak…But I am making. If I had met you two months ago when I came upon this realization, I would have been caught by that snake in an instant. But I need to be faster. Better...stronger…" Naruto told her before he sighed. "And I need to conquer that form…The sooner I can do that, the sooner I can begin ascending as the rightful King of Konoha…" Naruto finished.

"Hmm…You know what Gaki, I hear the truth in your words but there is still more I want to know," Anko said with a lazy grin. "You want to keep things close to your vest? Fine. But you will tell me eventually…But as for this crazy ass dream of yours? I don't think you have what it takes right now."

Anko leapt from her stool and strode up to Naruto, who had turned around to face her. She ruffled his hair and announced, "But we'll change that."

"We?" Naruto asked.

"Call me a crazy bitch but you've made me curious enough to see you try and take that seat. So kid, I'm taking you under my wing," Anko announced to him. "I'm going to be training you down to the ground and wearing your out until your "Princely" ass begs for me to stop."

"A prince? Beg? I doubt it," Naruto said.

A rather blood-thirsty smile formed on her face. "I have a spare room. This place will be home from now on so go on and pack because every day after those lames at the Academy teach you, you'll be coming home to be proven wrong, my whiskered face brat," Anko said, which caused Naruto to narrow his eyes before he held out his hand.

"Then Anko-sensei…I look forward to becoming stronger under you," Naruto said.

Anko grinned and shook his hand and said "Likewise my little ward. But now…let's talk about that female form, shall we?"

It had been two days since Naruto was seen at the academy and Hinata was growing concerned.

Inwardly of course. It would do her no good to show her concern where everyone could see it. She had sent Ino running all over the village to find him, even to his apartment but the apartment was bare, stripped of anything that resembled someone living there.

It was like he was a ghost.

Her beloved should not be missing. She did not give him permission to be missing. He should be here under her watchful gaze!

If Kō had anything to do with-

Without warning, the door opened, and a girl stepped through.

She had long blonde twin tails that fell to her hips and wore a white button-down shirt, a blue tie and black slacks with suspenders stretched against her shoulders. Hinata felt herself sweet slightly as the girl glanced at her.

It was then she noticed something.

Three familiar whisker marks on each cheek.

And those radiant blue eyes.

"Yo who is that?!" Kiba's voice shouted in obvious attraction, which made Hinata scowl possessively. She had a strong feeling she knew who this girl was and no one was to gawk at him…her…

Only she had that right.

The girl walked up to her desk and leaned on it and smiled.

"Hello," the girl said.

"You're…" Hinata breathed out, caught flat footed by how blue his…her…eyes were. "Naruto aren't you?"

"Who else would I be?" she responded. "Well…I guess this female body of mine would say different, no?" She smirked. "I guess you can call me Naruko and…" Naruko leaned forward and whispered into Hinata's ear, "I just wanted to make sure you got a good look at me…Because you're looking at the face that's going to make you kneel, Hyūga Hinata."

"I kneel for no one," Hinata hissed out but the girl merely pulled back to show a saucy smile, which made Hinata tremble lightly.

"I bet you will…" She replied.

Hinata narrowed her eyes as the blonde walked past her.

Kneel….

The only one that would kneel would be her!