Chapter 6: Breaking the Wave Mission

"Hey Kakashi Sensei, do you think that we're ready for a C Rank mission now? We've done pretty good on these past 80 some missions and we've all gotten a lot stronger individually as well. Sakura can finally use the Mystical Palm Technique well enough that she can patch up most mild wounds if we get any. And our teamwork is enough to get you to have to take that eye of yours out for a spin, ya'know?", I ask and comment while walking with the infamous Tora purring on my chest.

"Well, I don't see why not. You're certainly not the standard academy graduates that's for sure." He pauses as we walk into the building. "I'll see what I can do." He says finally, as we walk into the mission assignments office. I give my friends a thumbs up and they reply with their own - or in Sasuke's case, a smirk.

"Team 7 reporting from successful D rank mission: Capturing Tora, the Fire Lords Wife's cat." Kakashi states with a salute as I hand Madam Shijimi her live cat plushy.

"Hm... that's 85 completed D rank missions in one-month Kakashi.", The Hokage begins. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were trying to get them to hate you.", he finishes with a chuckle. Kakashi just sweat drops at this.

"Uh, yes. Well, this team is quite motivated and cognizant of their situation. So, I see no reason to not indulge them." Kakashi states giving us an eye smile.

"Oh, what do you have in mind Kakashi?" The Old Man asks.

"I think this team has proven to be more than ready for a C rank mission, wouldn't you agree, Sir?" Kakashi responds.

"Ah, yes. This year's rookie teams seem to be quite promising. I believe yours is the first to request such a mission as well. Let's see what we have here." He looks around and finds the mission scroll. "Here you are. A C rank escort mission to the Land of Waves. You will be escorting a bridge builder to his homeland and protecting him until he finishes his bridge." He hands it over to Kakashi and calls the client in.

Tazuna then stumbles into the room and asks, "What's this? It's just a bunch a' darn squirts?" Then he takes a few good swigs from his jug. "You really expect me to believe these kids are Ninja?" My team and I sigh at this.

"Not to worry Tazuna, these here are some of our best. They will take you safely to Wave Country." The Old Man reassures him.

"Ah, well... yes. Now then team. Go home and pack for a two-week mission, we'll meet at the northern gate in an hour." Kakashi commands. We nod before vanishing with a Body Flicker to pack up.


It was about four days into our one-week trip to the Land of Waves that I picked up two chakra signatures about half a mile ahead of us and I signaled for my team to get in defensive position around the client, with Sakura making small talk to distract him. Kakashi seemed pleased at this, given the feel of his chakra. Sasuke took point while I held up the rear since I had the most effective range out of all of us - Kakashi included.

"So, Tazuna. What's this bridge for?" Sakura asks point blank with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. We all cringe at the approach and have a silent conversation with Kakashi Sensei to establish Sakura is never to do subtle info gathering, that thankfully Sakura is either too engrossed or too oblivious to notice.

"What do you mean, what's it for? It's for allowing my people to come onto the mainland without the need for naval vessel or other such transport.", He answers slightly peeved at the near stupidity of the question.

She pushes on, oblivious to our silent cries for her to stop. "Well, I get that. But why build a bridge when you get everything via boats and stuff?"

"Well young lady, that's just it. Everything we do get is from some sort of naval transport, which means that if something were to happen to make that difficult, we'd have no way to deal with it. It's always better to have more than one way to do business, and my bridge will help my land accomplish just that." Tazuna continues, much to our surprise with some small bit of wisdom.

"Probably should have thought of that before Gato, though." I think to myself with a chuckle.

Then, a few moments later we all spot the worst disguise Genjutsu I have ever laid my eyes on. Like bro, it's dryer than hard tack, why hide in a puddle of all things?

We walk past it and as soon as the 'Demon Brothers' try to sneak up to shred Kakashi with their chains Sakura activates her Genjutsu: False Surroundings Technique to protect Tazuna and make the brothers miss their target, allowing Kakashi to just move to the side and see how we do.

Sasuke and I rush the duo with our kunai enhanced with our respective natures and cut the arms with the chain attached to them off. It's a little gorier than I was prepared for, but I didn't let that deter me, and I used my kunai to stab Gōzu in the back of the head. Sasuke took the opposite approach and captured Meizu as he screamed at me for killing his brother.

Sakura looked shocked that I'd killed one but didn't comment. Kakashi did, however. "Uh, Naruto... are you alright?"

I look at him and sigh. "Yes, Kakashi sensei. I just sort of went for it. I'll be fine in a few minutes, thanks. Let's just get what we can and continue." This wasn't my first kill by any means, but it was the first time I'd done so without gunfire. This just felt much more personal, and it took me a few minutes to get my bearings.

Sasuke caught the hint and moved over to inspect the body for any supplies we might be able to take. I looked at the severed arms and decided to take the gauntlets and seal them in a storage scroll I brought with me for just this purpose. I plan to give them to Sakura, to beef her up some until mommy Tsunade comes into the picture.

Sasuke also took the chance to practice using his Genjutsu: Sharingan to get whatever information he could from the captured Meizu before reporting to Kakashi. "I see, that changes the scope of this mission, wouldn't you say so, bridge builder?" Kakashi asks with a serious tone worthy of an ANBU captain.

Tazuna then gives us the story on why he lied about the mission, and we decide to continue, since we already have all the intel we need, and I know exactly how to handle our next opponents.

I decided that if was a good time to teach my teammates my clone variations. Sakura got Yin; Sasuke got Yang. Sasuke just copied it and practiced it on the road, while I gave Sakura a few lessons and pointers on how the technique worked and what it could help her with. Sasuke knew this already because of our friendship and that hospitalization sometime back; so, he knew not to abuse it.


After arriving in Wave via the ferryman's boat on the seventh day of travel, we walked for about another three hours until I told everyone to stop. I signaled to Kakashi that we had two opponents, one Jonin and one Low to Mid Chunin. He decided to let me have the Chunin which was what I was hoping for.

We then continue walking until we have to hit the ground to avoid a rather nasty bisection. Zabuza does his intro routine and I signal to my team that there's more than one enemy and to stay sharp while maintaining a protective formation around Tazuna.

I created a few clones to help scope out our surroundings and give us and Tazuna a safe way around the battlefield to his home. Sakura also started to layer her Genjutsu on us so that we were hidden and could move without being noticed when the time to escape came. Sasuke started to prepare his Ninja wire in case we needed to restrain the bridge builder in order to move quietly. A well-oiled machine.

It was then that my clones spotted her. And yes, Haku, was indeed, a she. I don't know if she always was originally and Kishi thought that having her be a trap was a last moment decision for the gag or if the Anime had her gender changed in Shippūden.

Anyways, Haku was hiding not too far off in the trees just watching the confrontation between Zabuza and Kakashi. So, my Yin Clones went ahead and knocked her out with a clever illusion while my Yang Clones used a well-placed senbon on a pressure point in her neck. They then restrained her and took her to my team and me. I explained who I thought she was, and we decided to help Kakashi if he needed it.

I told my teammates to take Tazuna and Haku to his house while under cover of battle and genjutsu while their clones stayed with me to help enact our plan. My teammates nodded and made their escape from the battlefield. Sakura layered her False Surroundings Technique multiple times to confuse any pursuers and Sasuke made sure to keep hold of both Haku and Tazuna just in case.

I stayed back with their clones just in case Kakashi needed us; using my own Hidden in Plain Sight Technique to cover us from Zabuza's senses and cover for the rest of my team's exit. My technique was similar to the false surroundings, but it used a person's tunnel-vision during battle to hide things they should have made sure to keep track of. That or it creates an opening for the technique to be layered and become effective. The more aware an enemy, the more times I'd need to layer it.

It was then that at the pivotal moment of battle when Kakashi was trapped in the Water Prison Jutsu that I made my move. I fired a Wind Style: Vacuum Wave at Zabuza's unprotected side. He dodged the technique, freeing Kakashi from his prison.

Then, Sakura's Yin Clone used her Genjutsu: Wild Sakura Blossoms to make Zabuza jump to avoid being shredded by the bladed flower petals.

Sasuke's clone took the chance to use the Lions Barrage he modeled after Lee's Primary Lotus to beat Zabuza into the air and smash him to the ground.

Once Zabuza was down on the ground, and Sasuke's clone had vacated the area I created five Shadow Clones, and we used one of my favorite Combination Techniques. I had my clones fire off a Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu after using the Wind Style: Vacuum Blade to extend the range of the shuriken the threw. Something that left him powerless to defend against all attacks. He jumped, thinking my attacks were illusions, it seems, given the look of shock on his face at the next turn of events.

His jump up had allowed Sasuke's clone to throw a demon wind shuriken with his ninja wire and guide it towards Zabuza's unprotected side. Sakura's clone, likewise, used her previous technique to fool Zabuza into defending from the wrong side and get a nasty gash in his side. Only for Kakashi to use a Fire Style: Dragon Flame to light up the multitude of shuriken that I used my own Ninja Art: Shadow Projectile Manipulation to send the shuriken back in Zabuza's direction and turn him into smoldering hot minced meat.

An amazing display of teamwork, if I do say so myself. Sasuke's and Sakura's clones were dispelled a moment later once the clone I had with them popped upon my signal.

Kakashi was impressed at my quick thinking, and even more at my ruthless efficiency. I took Zabuza's sword for myself since I was pretty okay at Kenjutsu, and the Old Man hadn't gotten me a suitable staff for my Bōjutsu just yet.

Kakashi commented. "You know Naruto, I'm surprised at the leap in skill you portray when things are in a pinch. You're also a lot more efficient than even I would like to admit."

He prods for answers subtly. "I'm sure the mom and the Old Man have told you this already Sensei, but I've been training since I was around four years old." He nods, I continue. "What he may not have told you is that I had started learning my Clan's Techniques before even starting the Academy. Or that I had mastered my father's original technique or my mother's trump card, as I spent my days honing my Taijutsu and fighting instinct with anyone who could help me." At this he takes a pause.

"You know who your parents are?" He asks.

"I do. And I have for quite some time. Not like it was hard to figure out, ya'know?"

"I see..." He responds after some moments of silence. "Do you also know about..." He leaves the question open, probably referring to Kurama.

"The furball?" He looks at me wide eyed. "Yeah, been trying to get him to tell me about his name for years now. He's a bit grumpy, but he's not all that bad. You read the report, right? About him being under the influence of a Genjutsu when he was summoned within the village?" Kakashi nods at my question. "Yeah, so you see, he's not all bad. Pretty unpleasant when he gets bored though. Likes to bitch and comment about anything and everything." I finished.

"I heard that, you brat." Kurama grumbles. "Aw. I love you too Mister Fox." I replied without missing a beat. He grumbles and goes silent.

"Also, I captured the Chunin. She's rather pretty, and I'd like to keep her with us until we finish this mission. She might have some info on Gatō that we can use." I say after making sure to destroy Zabuza's remains with a small Fire Jutsu and start to walk toward the bridge builders house, undoing all of mine and Sakura's Genjutsu while I'm at it.

"Alright, but she's your prisoner, so I want you to keep an eye on her. Also, which of your father's techniques did you mean?" He asks, curious as to which I meant. "The same one that inspired yours" I smirked.


After Kakashi and I arrived at the front porch of Tazuna's home I spoke, "You don't have to worry about my teammates, Sensei. They may not have the killer's mindset just yet, but I'd rather they get used to it in a seemingly benign mission than on one that goes horribly wrong, and we have to kill our way out. At least this way they can come to terms and learn to accept it without the stress and worry that kind of situation might bring." I finish and knock on the door.

We hear some shuffling and Sasuke knocks back on the door in code. I knock back with the response, and he opens the door to let us in. "What took you so long?" He asks me.

"I decided to take a leisurely stroll on our way here. We also had to make sure to destroy the body and keep the head for the bounty ya'know?" I replied after sitting at the table.

"How come it comes so naturally to you, Naruto? I can't imagine myself doing that just yet..." Sakura responds from her seat at the table, referring to my killing Zabuza.

"It's alright Sakura, if all goes as I predict, you won't have to for at least a few more weeks. But I want you to start internalizing that part of our job and finding a way to deal with the aftermath of doing something like that. It's not easy, but it'll get more manageable as time goes on." I respond.

She nods and I give her a small reassuring smile and hold her hand. She smiles back and tells me she'll be fine and looks at Sasuke, telling him to move his butt and comfort her. He gives me a look as if asking if he really needed to.

I gave him a look that said, 'If you want some kitty, you're going to have to work for it'. He grumbles and sits next to her and rubs her back soothingly for a moment. I can see Sakura beaming at him from the side of my eye and have to hold my sigh at her manipulations.

I then get introduced to Tsunami and boy is she a fine looking milf. The anime did this poor woman no justice, that I guarantee. But sadly, I won't be getting much of a chance with her the way things… are… going… "Hm... Maybe I can come by for a booty call during this mission?" I muse to myself as I check her out as subtly as I can. I might not have wanted to be a pervert in this iteration of my Naruto life, but I certainly won't fight against the current if things are flowing that way.


After the pleasantries I head over to where Haku is being kept and steel my nerves and resolve.

I then open the door to the room and find Haku giving one of my clones a death glare and my clones looking like they wanted to be anywhere but there. As soon as it saw me, it dispelled. "Ah, so that's why." I think to myself.

"I'm sorry for that, can't be too careful when dealing with enemy shinobi, ya'know?" I ask, referring to my clones removing part of her clothing to look for hidden weapons. She only glares at me harder, which looks admittedly sexy on her soft features. I sighed.

"Zabuza is dead." I start, leaving subtlety at the door.

"... I see... " She says after a few moments. Her features then turn sad. "What do you wish from me then? I am nothing but a useless tool who failed to protect her precious person..." She begins to tear up.

"What I want is to know why you and Zabuza took this job, knowing what it would do to the country. Where yours and Gatō's bases are, and why you think yourself a tool. In that order." I tell her in a no-nonsense tone.

She looks at me, defiant and refuses to talk. I tried to get her to speak several times via different approaches, but she remained steadfast in her refusal to talk. I decided to have a staring contest with her, to see if she would see that I meant her no harm. This went on for about an hour. I grew tired of this and decided to step closer and try a different approach. I look her right in the eye and place my hand on her cheek. She shakes my hand away and looks at me murderously. I ignored the scorching anger rolling off of her and continued as I was doing.

"You don't have to talk if you don't want to, ya'know?" I tell her looking at her with a kind disposition that is not entirely false, I really want Haku to live in this timeline.

I keep quiet for some moments, enjoying her scent and the look of her soft features, before continuing. "But protecting Gatō after your master is already dead will do nothing for you or his cause, whatever it was." I continue in a soft, sad tone. She's still reluctant but I can see cracks appearing in her resolve to keep quiet.

I feel myself getting hot, and I curse my hornyness. I start to get closer to kiss her unconsciously and move my head to the side to kiss her cheek instead. My heart is pounding a mile a minute and I'm getting excited and can feel the excitement taking a physical effect. I resist my urges and kiss her cheek once more, rubbing the other with my hand and smelling her intoxicating scent of cinnamon and honeydew.

Her skin becomes warmer, and her scent grows stronger. She moves closer to me and nuzzles her face into my neck, smelling me as well. I can hear her heartbeat faster and stronger than before and can't help but hope she's as excited and turned on as I am.

"Why did you kill him…? Why… didn't you kill me instead?" she asks in a saddened tone, moving away from me, her eyes turning glassy.

I'm disappointed at the change in her disposition, but don't make a big deal about it. "I've still got time, I guess." I sighed mentally.

"He was already set in his ways and knew the effect his actions would have on a suffering village but continued to work with their tormentor. Maybe he wasn't a bad person, but he didn't behave like a good one would, and I couldn't take that chance." I responded softly, still looking her in the eyes.

"You, on the other hand" I stop and kiss her on the lips. Soft, but long and hungry, communicating my desire for her and her body.

I stop the kiss and nuzzle my nose to hers affectionately and continue. "…had no such desire, you were only following the person you swore your loyalty to. You didn't agree with his actions and were against them on principle. I could feel it through your chakra." I continued with a kind tone, kissing her once more in the same manner.

Once I separated, I continued. "I thought you to be the better person of the two, so I took you away from your master, before killing him." I finished in a more serious tone. I separate from her and sit just far enough away that I can still reach out and touch her, but keep my arms crossed.

I see a flicker of longing in her eyes and have one of my clones use a subtle privacy seal. My clones had already slapped a Chakra Suppression Tag when they bagged her, so having her not realize we were isolated was a simple matter.

She tried to resist her own desires for a few minutes but chose to be true to them and told me to undress her. I could sense her genuine emotions and desires, so I undid the restraints and undressed her, slowly, as I kissed every part of her. I made love to her and turned the already eighteen-year-old girl in front of me into a woman with a hot passion she desperately craved for.

Having this sensing ability is useful outside of battles, too.

After making love to her, I cuddled with her, embracing her softly and caressing her soft lithe body. A few minutes of this, and she ended up spilling everything. And I do mean, everything. It took around two hours for the interrogation and emotional support session to run its course. After which she promptly fell asleep, dried tears on her cheeks and a calm look on her features, still nuzzled into my chest for comfort.

I waited a few minutes before leaving her with some clones for security, making sure to release the silencing seals, and went to talk with the team.


"Well?", Kakashi asks me after I come down the stairs. I'd been up there with Haku for over five hours now between everything that transpired.

"I think we should have this discussion elsewhere", I say and point to Inari. "Let's go to our room." I walk back up and my team follows.

Once we're all inside of our designated guest room I close the door and activate a privacy seal I placed on the door, along with a layer of noise cancelling Genjutsu just to make sure. Kakashi and the rest look at me impressed. "You know, Naruto. One of these days we should catalogue your skillset for future missions. You seem to be quite resourceful with seals and obfuscation methods", He states and Sakura nods.

Sasuke seems a little jealous and I chop him on the head. "Jealousy isn't a good look on you, Sasuke. We all have things we excel at. Some just have more they do in than others. Focus on what you can do, and you'll be surprised how far that will take your own skills.", I lectured him and Kakashi gives me an eye smile, while Sakura pokes her not-boyfriend on the cheek and gives him a reassuring smile.

He pouts. He actually pouts. "I wish I had a camera for this, this is gold blackmail material right here."

"I know that. It just bothers me that I'm only good for battles and interrogation. Sakura is on her way to being a respectable medic, along with being good at traps and long to mid-range support." He explains and I nod, understanding his feelings a little better.

"And that's fine Sasuke, you're pretty good at taking charge and making plans too, I just happen to be taking point on this mission. We'll all get our chance to show our skills in short order. Besides, I often count on your quick thinking and battle IQ for my plans to work so you bring more to the table than you may realize." I finish and give him a small poke on the cheek with a smile.

He blushes and looks to the side, embarrassed with his whole face blushing the color of his favorite food. Kakashi takes a step back in shock, while Sakura starts to get a nosebleed and takes out a notebook to write stuff down. "Ah yes, my further corruption of the once not-so-pure maiden has reached its defining moment" I think to myself.

And yes, Sasuke is in fact bisexual. I, on the other hand, am not. But if I were to pick a guy to be with, I'd be hard pressed to find someone I'd be more comfortable with... other than maybe Shikamaru, but I digress.

"Ahem. Can we get into why you called us here, Naruto?" Kakashi decides to do away with the comforting atmosphere. Sasuke glares at him, as does Sakura. I just chuckle.

"Sure thing, Sensei." I reply, going back to mission mode. I then explain everything that I learned from Haku about Gatō's plans, his location, and also about Zabuza's hideout and how they came to be together.

I explained my desire to let Haku live and have her either come with us to the village or stay here in Wave to live and train in relative seclusion from the shinobi world. Kakashi had no problems with this since Haku never really attacked us or caused us any harm, but he did want to inform the Hokage to which I had no issues.

"Alright, now that my own personal request is out of the way, I think it's time we decide what to do with Gatō, and fast." I continue after a brief pause.

"What do you mean, Naruto" Sakura inquires.

"He means that Gatō should be arriving at Zabuza's hideout any moment now for a status update, and if he doesn't find him, he may hire more rogue nin to cause us trouble." Kakashi states, and Sasuke follows.

"You want us to impersonate Zabuza and Haku at their hideout so that we can kill Gatō when he visits." Getting it right.

"Yes" I confirm, "But I also want to have you use your Sharingan to put him under a genjutsu and squeeze every bit of information on his businesses, his account numbers, his documents, his illegal under the table deals, anything and everything that we can get our hands on to both help Wave, and bolster the village economy, be it in the form of missions, or otherwise." I then finish giving my thoughts and Kakashi looks proud.

My teammates look at me with stars in their eyes. "Wow... that's amazing! " Sakura exclaims excitedly and comes closer giving me a small hug in her cheery mood, not all that rare nowadays considering the changes, but I'm still having a hard time processing a kind and lovable Sakura, even if we've technically been friends for years now. She's only been truly annoying once, and that's when we'd started the academy.

Sasuke seemed happy at this exchange. I search his chakra and then feel something I wish I hadn't, anticipation. "Oh... you have got to be kidding me. That's what he wants?!", I rage internally. "Just great. Both my teammates are perverts." I think to myself.

"You speak as if you yourself weren't one, brat. Also, should I remind you who it was that corrupted the pink one?" Kurama decides to chime in, helpful as ever.

"Hush you!" I reply internally. "Grrr" He growls without the usual heat.

I cough to get everyone - me - back on track. "So, Kakashi Sensei, what do you think?" I ask.

"I think this is a good idea. Let's make a plan and head over there. Sasuke, here's your time to shine." He motions to the table and has Sasuke draw up the plans, with occasional input from me and Sakura. Sasuke looks pleased at the plan, and we share his satisfaction.

"This is a good plan, but who is going to keep watch of the bridge builder and his family? We also can't forget our prisoner." Kakashi asks, poking the only hole in Sasuke's plan.

He stumbles for a second before he says, "Shadow Clones" and takes a pause. "You and Naruto can make a few clones to keep watch of things here while we go and execute our plan. You'll be notified the moment something happens if it does, and I know Naruto can teleport using some jutsu."

He says and Kakashi looks at me wide-eyed, "You mean..." he asks, leaving the question open.

I nod, "Yeah, I thought I told you already. Although it isn't exactly 'mission ready' quite yet. I just recently started to work on it."

"I could have sworn I said something about this earlier... hmm… Maybe not?" I think to myself after speaking.

"Uh... yeah, no. You did mention the other one... I just didn't internalize it meant you might possibly know others." He stammers out and we're left in an awkward silence for a few moments. "Alright then, let's get going, the sooner we do this, the easier this mission will get."

"Yes, Sir!" we all chorus out.


"This mission is going to be a piece of cake." I thought to myself as I scanned the perimeter of Gatō's mansion for any enemy shinobi that we may not know about. We went to Zabuza's hideout and didn't see anyone there, so we looted the place until it only had its walls standing; we made sure to check the ceiling, floor and walls themselves for anything we could take for ourselves or the village. I also made sure to get all of Haku's belongings and store them on a storage seal. Sasuke found some cool jutsu scrolls he shared with the rest of us. Kakashi found some cool weapons and a limited-edition copy of Make-Out Violence he'd wanted to buy. Sakura just found medical supplies and a big, and I mean big, chunk of change hidden in a compartment on the wall. Heavy as hell too.

Anyway, after looting the place clean, I had a clone take everything to Tazuna's house and guard it with Haku. We made our way to Gatō's mansion, and this is where we're at currently.

"Naruto, anything?" Kakashi whispers.

"No. It's just a bunch of thugs and Gatō in there." I reply, just as quiet.

"Good. Makes things easy." he says, nodding to himself for a moment. "Naruto, I want you to take care of the thugs with Sakura acting as backup. Sasuke, you're coming with me to interrogate and kill of Gatō." He gives us his orders and we nod.

I have Sakura put everyone under the Illusion: Temple of Nirvana Technique. Once everyone but Gatō is asleep, I go around and kill and loot all of the bandits and mercenaries hired by our target. Sakura gets queasy but doesn't look away. We continued our way through the many rooms and corridors until we met up with Kakashi and Sasuke. Sasuke still had his technique up, so we just waited until after he was finished to report our findings.

Once Sasuke was done, Kakashi took the kill and congratulated us on our first A rank assassination mission. We didn't feel like smiling or celebrating at the moment, though, so we just gave him our report and thanked him for helping us keep our cool.

He smiled sadly at us, and we started to go through all of the information we acquired.


It's been about two weeks now since we killed Gato and robbed him blind. I used a messenger bird to send the Old Man a preliminary report, along with all of our findings, and my own special request. He was worried at first, given how fast a reply came, but expressed his elation at how well things had gone. He promised me to get me that special weapon and armor set I had been wanting for some time now once we got back to the village in about a months' time. That was about a week ago since it took us a whole week to go through everything before I sent our message.

Haku and I got to know each other pretty well over those three weeks we spent in Wave. After the first week though, I mentioned my ideas for new jutsu she could make for her Ice Release in passing, many of which were inspired by those used by the Ninja in the Land of Snow, and she asked me to teach her some theory so she could work on those techniques on her own. I also taught her how to improve both her water and wind affinities to make her Bloodline even stronger. Something that she was impressed with.

She was very happy with my input and was rather handsy with her appreciation. We continued to make love to each other on an almost nightly basis and I felt like making that video camera all those years ago was a good investment of resources. I created a seal that used a single video camera and replicated it up to the number of times the duplication seal was placed before being activated. It then recorded everything that happened while the seal was active and used the same arrays as my Array-List Scrolls to cut, edit, and film a comprehensive movie of the events recorded. I called it the CVR-Scroll, which was short for comprehensive video recording scroll.

I had originally designed it as a way to film training and sparring sessions, but never got to use it since it required preparation and not everyone wanted to be recorded while being trained, which I totally understood, so I just used it for myself and Hinata when we trained to improve our taijutsu. Same with Lee and Sasuke, but I digress.

I'm certain that something happened when I came to this world, because I know the people in this world aren't that horny. Or maybe it's because the story was geared towards kids that these things weren't explored all that much. Although, it does make sense considering how strongly people feel their emotions, so it could just be that. It could also be that since I had always thought of taking all of the chances Naruto never did, were I in his shoes, that when I was sent to this world, it morphed into my desires. Which is cool, but I think I'll be having a redo once I'm done with this iteration, though I may jump to Dragon Ball first, just to have something new to see and do.

While spending time with Haku I decided to try charming her to the idea of being in an open relationship with me, since I was already in a committed relationship with my princess – and yes, I did word it that way. She was a bit conflicted at having to share and that I was already with someone else, but I gave her some space to think about it. She eventually agreed with the condition that she and Hinata got along and didn't have any issues. I was glad she accepted, albeit conditionally, but made sure to inform Hinata via messenger bird so that she could lose her shit before they met. Gotta be smart about these things, ya'know?

I also started laying the seeds for when I took Tsunami for a ride. I gave her compliments whenever I had the chance, spoke to her about things that interested her, asked her about her day, and generally treated her with kindness and affection. I also told her that I thought she was too good a woman to stay single for the rest of her life and that maybe we could get to know each other better. She looked happy that I'd taken an interest in her at first but wasn't sure if that would be proper given our age difference. If only she knew. I told her that it didn't matter to me if it was proper or not, so long as all parties involved were agreeable. She said that if I was sure, that she would have me.

This was about a week into the mission, so ever since then, I've been spending time with a lonely, beautiful, mature, and very needy woman who was desperate to make up for lost time. Haku joined in about a week after that, so I was enjoying my degeneracy with these two lovely adult women to the fullest. Only at night though, I needed to train and get stronger, and while Haku and I could sneak in a few kisses or moments of tenderness while training, Tsunami was very much a civilian, so I made sure to treat her extra special when I got back to the house. I also made sure to keep Inari from finding out his mom was getting boned by one of the guests.

Another thing that happened was that I caught Sasuke and Sakura making out and doing some rather heavy petting. I watched unashamed and wrote down my observations for my own set of pervy stories I was going to give to Jiraiya. Thankfully, Kakashi seemed to have either not noticed, cared, or bothered to investigate why we were all spending so much time together in pairs outside of the house. That said, Sakura has some very, very nice assets if you know what I mean. Expertly hidden in plain sight with her Qipao shirt and biker shorts, and with the way she's been looking at me ever since that rather unfortunate confession she gave, I think I may get to explore those. Although I'm reluctant to help her cuck Sasuke, even if he seems comfortable about the idea. If he still defects somehow, though, I'm going to town on her.

So yes, I can say without a doubt that this team is in fact much, much closer and tight knit than the canon ever was. It's almost like we've developed actual relationships, who'd have thunk it?


Fooling around wasn't the only thing we were doing with our respective partners though. We trained. And trained. And trained. And trained some more. After the three weeks it took to finish the bridge, Sasuke had mastered his lightning affinity and was making great progress with his fire affinity. Sakura, likewise, had mastered both of her affinities, and was getting much better in her medical prowess. My own notes and study materials being of profound influence on her learning.

Sasuke had already managed to fully master the use of his Sharingan before coming here, so we were trying to see if we could induce the next stage without tragedy. We didn't tell him this, of course, but we had him using his eyes almost twenty-four-seven. He didn't get the Mangekyō like we were hoping, but he got even better at using his eyes. It also increased his chakra control and reserves to have to keep them up constantly. Thanks to us and Kakashi Sasuke started to acquire great gains in his training, which I'm sure Kakashi was just as grateful for as I was.

I also convinced Kakashi to teach both Sasuke and I the Chidori after we came upon the question of whose lightning affinity was stronger. Sasuke's natural, or my developed? Kakashi seemed curious about this too, and we made it into a competition. Mine was stronger, by a very large margin, though why that is, I haven't the foggiest.

I also suggested that once we learned the jutsu, we should all try to create our own variants and teach them to each other. We also decided to do the same with a Water Jutsu I had created so that Sakura could also have a combination attack with the rest of us. At this point, I daresay we should be able to fend off Orochimaru in terms of teamwork and not get manhandled like in the canon. Oh, how wrong I was.

Then, after a long talk with both Tsunami and Haku, they both decided to stay in touch via messenger bird and to let Haku stay with them and Tazuna while she trained to become a stronger shinobi. I also gave Haku my restriction seals that I decided to create, because I thought that standard weights were just horribly inefficient for training.

I had done this with all of the rookies, Tenten and Lee as well back when I had first made them. Although I hadn't let anyone activate them until after they had gotten to a certain point physically and put a cap on how many levels, they could initiate themselves. Each new level required me or any other certified seal specialist to loosen the security system.

Another thing I forgot to mention is that around a week after Gato's death, the thugs that weren't at his mansion that night had decided to try and invade the village. Haku, Sasuke, and Sakura all got their first kills that day. I myself took about 50 of them down while using both the Executioner's Blade and my old bō-staff that I used to use to train with the Old Man. Sasuke and Haku had done 15 each and they both did so fantastically. Using a combination of their Ninjutsu and their respective Taijutsu skills. While Sakura had a respectable 20 after having practiced fighting with the Demon Brother's claws. We dubbed them the Demon Claws, and she took the name seriously, the way she clawed her victims apart with single swipes or used her chains to stick to opponents and dismember them was a sight to see. I was proud, and apparently Sasuke was horny, because he made out with her right after.

I swear, if this Sasuke defects, I'll spank him on top of the Hokage Monument.

"Wait..." I stop and think for a moment. "What if I make sure that he gets the Mangekyō sooner and without any deaths? It's worked in a few fanfics, so I don't see why it wouldn't work here, other than perhaps faulty logic, if we took the necessary precautions... Hm... something to think about, though I'd like to wait a few more months before I decide on this. I already failed on this try with Kakashi…" I finish my train of thought as we arrive at the gates to the village and check-in.

All in all, this mission was a solid five weeks in total, since we decided to take the trip back at a more relaxed pace to plan our next steps in training, and what we would be working on independently. It certainly had nothing to do with Kakashi losing his copy of Make-out Violence multiple times during our trip.

"Tsunami seemed awfully happy before we left, though; Haku, too." I thought after checking in at the gate.

I told them I'd be back as soon as I could with my fiancé and my mom so that they could meet and get to know each other. They smiled wider at this and told me they couldn't wait, giving me soft kisses and a long hug before my team and I started our trek back to the village. I had a sinking feeling in my gut, but I really hoped nothing happened to them before I saw them again; I'd be heartbroken and probably go on a rampage.

Anyway, it was now the beginning of the fourth week of May, and I had a lot of things I wanted to accomplish before the Chunin Exams took place.