Quick note before this story begins, the characters are going to be aged up to their ages in Shippuden at the beginning of the story with their Shippuden appearances. The academy starts at twelve rather than eight
Naruto Uzumaki was currently sleeping in his bed, it was just after midnight in the village of Konoha the week before the academy exams. Naruto tossed and turned slightly as his dream shifted slightly.
Inside the dream
Naruto looked around at the vast white landscape before him, the ground was full of craters and the sky around him was pitch black. "Hello Naruto-kun." A feminine voice called out to him from the void.
"Who's there?" Naruto asked franticly as he looked around only to see an almost never ending sea of white.
"I am Kaguya Otsutsuki, the moon Goddess, and the mother of the Sage of Six Paths, the father of your modern ninja world." The voice spoke as a woman appeared from the void. She was tall for a woman, appearing to be around 5'10, she had a well built hourglass figure with wide hips and what looked to be E cup breasts that pushed against a white Kimono that hugged her body and reached down to her bare feet which were the same pure white as the rest of her body. Her eyes were pure white, with a third eye on her forehead that looked like the Sharingan he'd seen on the Uchiha police force when he was younger though it had several rings and nine tomeo instead of the normal three that he'd seen before. The oddest thing though was the pair of horns that protruded from the top of her head that looked almost like rabbit ears.
"Why am I here?" He asked in confusion.
"Because I have had a vision of the future. In three years time a great catastrophe will befall the world. Originally I will admit, I had planned conquer this world. However, I now see that the effort will be futile, as even I cannot stop what is coming."
"If you can't stop it, how do we survive it?" Naruto asked curiously.
"Some who are decently far away from the initial disaster will survive, however the best chance of survival will be for those who manage to get themselves into some form of bunker that is at least six feet deep in the earth with at least two feet of concrete."
"So, anyone who can get to a basement should survive at least at first?"
"Yes, my suggestion would be to start by studying Fuinjutsu so you can learn how to seal and preserve supplies. Supplies will be extremely scarce after the initial disaster and you'll need enough to not only survive with whatever companions you have at the time, but you'll also need the appropriate supplies to restart some sort of society. Such as cultivating vegetation, though I'm not sure how you'll go about livestock."
"Will you be able to talk to me again after this?"
"Right now my chakra is incredibly low, which means that I don't have much time. However I can teach you a Jutsu that will allow you to transfer some of your chakra to me through a form of prayer. Think of it as an offering. Also sacrificing things like meat, wine, and fruits to me by burning them will also help me regain some of my strength. I'll use some of that strength to speak to you and council you. If you managed to help me regain enough of my strength I may even be able to create a weakened avatar so that I can interact with you in the physical world."
Naruto nodded. "Alright Kaguya-chan, I'll work on that once I become a Genin, since I don't have a lot of money right now. I can still give you chakra though."
Kaguya smiled, though suppressed a blush at the instantly affectionate name. "I will also teach you the Shadow Clone Jutsu. The technique will allow you to learn what your clones learn and pass the academy's clone test, as you have far too much chakra to perform the basic clone technique. I'll also teach you the basics of the tree climbing and water walking techniques in order to work on your chakra control. However, that's all I can do for the time being until I get enough chakra to teach you more. I've managed to look into your future enough to see that your teacher will likely focus on your other teammate. So I'll likely be the one to have to teach you most of your techniques outside of the Genin section of the shinobi library."
"Thanks Kaguya-chan!" Naruto beamed as he hugged the woman.
Kaguya was glad the short blonde had his head buried in her stomach, so that he couldn't see the faint dust of pink on her cheeks. "Of course Naruto-kun. Also buy a book on proper nutrition unless you want to stay short forever. Also if you can get me enough chakra over the week, I'll be able to give you a blessing that will allow you to advance your skills quicker. However, I won't be able to tell you until the time comes."
"Alright Kaguya-chan, I'll see you at the end of the week." Naruto said, before he began to fade.
When Naruto awoke, he knew that it hadn't been just the dream as he recalled the information on how to use the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the tree and water walking exercises. Though he knew he needed to practice them in order to actually be able to use them.
Since it was a Sunday morning, he decided to head to one of the training grounds that the academy students were allowed to use for self-practice, though most of the students never bothered to use them. Students from clans typically used their clan's compounds for outside training, while most civilian students, at least in his generation didn't bother to train outside of class.
He started with the Shadow Clone technique. The technique was difficult, however thanks to as Kaguya had put it, his extraordinary chakra reserves, he was able to practice the technique for several hours before finally getting the technique down.
After a quick lunch, and a dip in the training ground's pond to cool down. He used the shadow clones to begin practicing the tree walking exercise. Though he knew he had created too many of them and decided to have them dispel in small groups when they began running low on chakra. The technique as actually a lot easier than he first thought it would be once he'd gotten the hang of calming his mind and concentrating on the task at hand. He'd have to remember to get Iruka a thank you/apology present for all of the times he'd tried to drill such lessons into his head.
At the end of the day, Naruto performed the Jutsu after he'd eaten dinner and recovered some of his chakra. He'd hoped the amount he'd given 'about one shadow clones worth' was enough for the moon Goddess.
Throughout the following weak, Naruto threw himself into his studies during school. Even going so far as spending his lunch break catching up on the subjects he'd missed out on in the library, and asking Iruka for some last minute tutoring. The man had been skeptical at first given the boy's academic history. However he was pleasantly surprised with Naruto's attentiveness during his tutoring session and was more than happy to admit that he was wrong about the young blonde's efforts.
Naruto even went so far as to have his clones study while he slept and dispel in small groups when he made breakfast. He'd also been taking time to send Kaguya chakra several times throughout every day. He was pleasantly surprised when she'd explained to him that the ability, she'd designed for him was called The system. It even came with a helpful info screen that informed him as to how the system worked. It essentially turned him into a fictional character that allowed him to see where his strengths and weaknesses lie and which area he should focus on.
Naruto Uzumaki
Level: 11
Rank: Academy student
HP: 360/360 CP: 12,000/12,000
Attributes
Strength: 36
Perception: 30
Endurance: 120
Charisma: 24
Intelligence: 32
Wisdom: 27
Luck: 130
Skills
Substitution Jutsu: E-rank, Lvl Max
Shadow Clone Jutsu: B-rank Lvl Max
Transformation: E-rank Lvl Max
Tree walking: D-rank Lvl Max
Water walking: D-rank Lvl 7
Water bullet: C-rank Lvl 5
Observation: E-rank Lvl Max
Naruto now sat in the classroom of the academy waiting for the team assignments after he'd graduated the academy. He'd noticed that Mizuki hadn't been too happy about it, but had mysteriously disappeared the night after the test.
"Team 7, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha. Your sensei is Kakashi Hatake. Team 8 Hinata Hyuuga, Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka, Sensei Kurenai Yuhi. Team 9 is still in rotation, Team 10 Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Choji Akamichi, Sensei Asuma Sarutobi. Your Senseis will meet you here after lunch." Iruka smiled before exiting the room.
Naruto sighed when he heard that he would be on the same team as Sasuke. It was clear to him now what Kaguya had meant when she said his Sensei would focus primarily on one of his teammates. That meant he would likely be on his own for training. Thankfully the system allowed him to purchase Jutsu scrolls to study from. Hence where he had learned the Water Bullet technique. Kaguya had told him that it would be simpler and cost her less chakra to create that part of the system and store Jutsu knowledge in it than to constantly have to project herself into his dreams in order to teach him a new technique.
After an uneventful meeting with their sensei, who was three hours late, and being informed of their second test the next morning. Naruto had snuck his way to the training grounds and began laying traps. Through his studies he'd found records on the Genin exams, and found that they normally intelled some form of combat in order to gauge the hopeful Genin's combat abilities. While he knew his team would likely be passed regardless, given how the civilian council would raise holy hell if Sasuke were to be held back, he also wanted to get a little payback on his Jonin instructor for being so late to their first meeting.
The following morning, Naruto decided to eat a healthy breakfast and had packed a pair of bento boxes for his teammates. He figured the suggestion to not eat breakfast had been meant to scare and weaken them for their upcoming test and figured that Sakura and Sasuke would likely take the Jonin's word as gospel and skip breakfast. He didn't need the two of them fighting on an empty stomach and so with his newly acquired 'hummingbird fist' Taijutsu scroll in hand, he headed to the training ground.
When he arrived he noticed the two looked absolutely miserable. "Good morning!" He said waving to the two, though he didn't expect a response. Thankfully Kaguya had managed to convince him that his crush on Sakura wouldn't work out, and if he were being honest, with a woman like Kaguya to look forward to spending time with once she received enough chakra he couldn't say he was too heart broken about it.
"Baka, how do you have so much energy this early in the morning?" Sakura groaned, not having the energy to yell at him at the moment.
"I had a nice breakfast, so I've got plenty of energy to spare." He replied as he took a seat next to him.
"You idiot, Kakashi-sensei told us not to eat." She growled, though her stomach did as well at the mention of food. She cursed herself for starting that diet a week earlier.
"No, he suggested we didn't eat breakfast. Honestly though, what kind of Ninja wouldn't eat breakfast before a mission though? You'd just be tired and you wouldn't have the calories needed to produce enough Chakra to be effective in the field."
Sasuke cursed himself for not being able to see what the supposed 'dead last' had seen. He'd completely fallen for their Sensei's trap. "Damnit."
Naruto reached into his bag and pulled out a scroll, unsealing two bentos for them. Thankfully he'd had enough money to purchase a simple storage scroll for lunches from the shinobi supply store the evening before. Taking both boxes in hand, he held them out to his teammates. "I figured you guys might skip breakfast. So, I made extra at breakfast and packed them up for you."
Sakura looked at the box hesitantly but took it when Sasuke begrudgingly took the other one. "Thanks." He said as he opened it up and began eating the rice and fish that was inside. It wasn't much, but it was progress that the Uchiha had actually acknowledged his efforts.
"Thank you Naruto. I'm kind of surprised it isn't ramen." Sakura added half-jokingly.
"Well I thought about it last night, and figured that we'd need calories and something in our stomachs for energy, but didn't want to make something too heavy otherwise we might get nauseous during the exam."
Sakura was shocked he'd actually put that much thought into the idea, but decided not to voice her opinion as she ate her bento.
Kakashi arrived just in time to see the two finish off their breakfast and hand Naruto back the boxes. "I thought I told you not to eat breakfast? Are you three already disobeying orders."
"No, you suggested it. That coupled with the fact that you said this was a test got me thinking that you were testing to see if we'd blindly follow your advice even if it was obviously detrimental. I figured it was just another part of the test." He stated. He didn't bother to use observe on Kakashi as the Jonin was more than 25 levels above him, meaning he couldn't see any information aside from the man's name.
"Congratulations. You're the first person to actually see through that part of the exam." Kakashi said, though he was actually surprised that Naruto of all people was the one to figure it out, he didn't let it show. "You've also passed the teamwork portion by preparing rations for your squad in the event they were ill supplied. With those two out of the way we'll move to the live combat portion. The three of you simply need to take these bells from me." He smiled holding up two bells. "Normally this would divide the squad and you'd be forced to put the mission over yourselves. However since you've already passed that portion this will just be to gauge your combat abilities. Come at me with the intent to kill so that I can test your abilities. Whoever does get a bell will get a special reward as a bonus. You have until noon. Begin."
Sasuke and Sakura immediately darted off in the bushes to come up with a plan. Kakashi was surprised however to see Naruto simply standing there. "You're not going to hide and strategize like the others?"
"I did that last night. I read up on the previous Genin exams and knew given your track record this would likely be ours. So, I devised my plan last night."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow. The boy kept surprising him, especially with the fact that he'd done what most potential Genin failed to do and used the public records of the exams to gather information and form a strategy prior to engaging. "And what did you cup up with?"
Naruto smirked holding up a half ram as the ground under Kakashi sizzled. Kakashi's eyes widened as he jumped to avoid the flash tag underneath him. He was caught more off guard when three Naruto's emerged from the lake and began firing water bullets at him. He was amazed by the fact that the boy had somehow learned the Shadow Clone, but had also somehow learned the Water Bullet technique. He'd have to inquire with the boy about where he'd learned the techniques. For now he'd have to focus on dodging the barrage of water bullets that were being aimed at him.
While his clones provided suppressive fire, Naruto made his way to where he'd seen Sasuke move to hide. "What are you doing Dobe? You're going to give away my position." He growled quietly.
"I've got a plan. I know as an Uchiha you can do fire jutsu. Do you have any similar to my water bullet?"
Sasuke nodded. Normally he wouldn't work with the supposed dead last. However it seemed Naruto had been hiding his skills, so Sasuke decided to hear him out. "Yes. My Pheonix flower is the fire version of the water bullet."
Naruto grinned. "Aim some at my water bullets. We'll use the steam as a smoke screen to move in for the bells."
Sasuke nodded and prepared to attack. If this worked he might actually begin to respect the young Uzumaki.
Naruto moved back to main battle field and created several more Shadow clones in an attempt to keep Kakashi busy while Sasuke moved into position. When he saw the glint of Sasuke's kunai, showing that he was in position. He ordered his clones to fire another barrage of water bullets.
Kakashi moved to dodge, only to have to move faster in order to dodge the hail of mini fireballs that were launched at him from the nearby tree line. The fireballs collided with the water bullets creating a thick smokescreen.
Kakashi paused as his visible eye darted back and forth. 'So they actually decided to work together.' He thought as the two rushed him from either side. Kakashi leapt into the air as the two boys leapt after him and engaged the Jonin in Taijutsu.
They managed to touch the bells before the timer rang, and the test ended. "Seems no one got the bells."
"You mean these?" Naruto said holding up the bells.
The rest of team seven's eyes widened as they looked at the bells before the bells on Kakashi's belt disappeared in a puff of smoke. "How?"
"During the smoke screen. I had my clones replace themselves with the bells and henge themselves into a new set of bells." Naruto smirked as he tossed a bell to Sasuke, who caught it. "Since I couldn't have done the smokescreen without your help."
"Well since you both got a bell, I'll bring you both a Jutsu scroll to training tomorrow. For now I need to go report in with the rest of the Jonin to let the Hokage know you passed the test." Kakashi smiled before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Though internally his eye was twitching at the fact that the freshly minted Genin had gotten one over on him.
Over the next few weeks, team seven had fallen into a fairly simple routine. They'd meet up for training at nine, before going to the mission hall and taking one or two D-rank missions after lunch. They'd end their day at three and split off to go about their own business. At which point Naruto would have two of his clones go back to the mission office and take several more D-ranks, citing that as an orphan he needed the extra income, where as Sakura's parents were from a merchant family and could continue to support her while she was a Genin and Sasuke had the funds of the Uchiha clan at his disposal to supplement his income.
Naruto's true reasoning behind doing these D-ranks was actually that 1. The increased income allowed him to make sacrifices of meat and sake to Kaguya in addition to his daily Chakra sacrament. 2. He was stashing a large portion of his extra mission income away to purchase land to begin the construction of his bunker, and 3. The D-rank missions provided him with extra experience points that went towards leveling himself up and increasing his attributes.
Over the course of the week he'd also gone about practicing the water wall technique Kakashi had given him, as well as having several clones begin practicing calligraphy. Something the beginner Fuinjutsu book he'd found at the Shinobi library told him was a prerequisite to learning the art. Though Naruto had found that he had a natural talent for it, and had even began making basic storage scrolls for himself. Which he was grateful for, as the lack of Fuinjutsu experts in the world made buying even a basic storage scroll a pricey task by most standards.
He hoped to buy at least a few acres at the edge of the village to begin creating his bunker. He also hoped to be able to eventually begin building smaller bunkers around the country if he could become a Chunin quickly and begin taking better paying C-rank missions regularly. Sure the Shadow Clone Jutsu allowed him to complete several D-ranks a day. However a single C-rank was worth six to twenty D-ranks depending on the mission.
Week two was much the same as week one, though this time Naruto was focusing on Kenjutsu with his newly acquired Chakra metal Ninjato. It'd taken some of his savings to afford the pricey equipment. However, Kaguya had assured him that the expensive material was more than worth it as she began him on the leaf cutting exercise for his wind affinity. He'd split his clones into three groups of ten in order to be able to more easily absorb their memories. Group A continued his studies on fuinjutsu, focusing on practicing their calligraphy, Group B focused on the leaf cutting technique, and group C focused on Kenjutsu katas for the 'Flash blade' style he'd purchased from the system. He let the clones focus on the physical aspects of his training, using resistance seals from the shinobi stores to increase his speed as he ran laps around the training field and swung his sword to increase his attack speed.
Week three was spent focusing on the Chakra flow technique, adding his Wind Chakra to his sword. That was what the first group of clones were working on, while the second and third group focused on increasing the speed at which he could cast the Water bullet technique and the Water wall Technique. He'd wanted to learn some more skills. However, Kaguya had told him that it was best to master his current skills before moving on to flashier Jutsu. As it wouldn't help him to have a massive repour of Jutsu if he couldn't use them properly in combat.
At the beginning of week four, Naruto had been expecting to continue his training after his teams mission of catching Tora for the fourth time that week. Apparently the Daimyo's wife had specifically been requesting them for it as Naruto seemed to have a way of getting the cat to come back to her when he decided to roam around the village. However, he was surprised when Sasuke decided to have an outburst in the middle of the mission office.
"Damn these worthless D-rank missions!" Sasuke shouted.
"Watch your tone Genin Uchiha." Hiruzen said coldly, leveling a glare at the young Uchiha. "I could have you written up for insubordination right now."
Sasuke shivered slightly from the Killing Intent that was being leveled at him, before becoming indignant again. "These worthless chores are beneath me as an Uchiha." He growled staring down the aged Hokage.
Naruto decided he needed to step in considering that Kakashi was being as useful as a Sauna in Suna. Walking forward he grabbed Sasuke by the back of the head and forced his face into the floor. "Sorry about him Jiji, he's not entirely house broken yet. I'll be sure to get the newspaper to him later."
Hiruzen chuckled, before his face turned to stone when Sakura walked forward and went to slam her fist into the back of Naruto's head. He was surprised however when Naruto turned and caught her fist. "Genin Haruno, I know I did not just see you attempt to assault a fellow Konoha Shinobi."
Sakura flinched as she trembled under the cold stare of the Hokage. "H-he assaulted Sasuke-kun first."
"Genin Uzumaki reprimanded Genin Uchiha for his insubordination and disrespect to a superior." Sasuke growled with his face still pressed firmly against the floor at someone being referred to as superior to him. "Something that should have been handled by his Jonin Sensei." He said, leveling his glare at Kakashi. The Jonin shrunk slightly into his vest at this. "With the behavior of this team today, I will be placing this team on temporary standby while it is placed under review. Everyone aside from Genin Uzumaki is dismissed."
Naruto removed his hand from Sasuke's head as his three 'teammates' left the room, with Sasuke nursing his bruised nose, and his more bruised ego. "Follow me." Hiruzen ordered, keeping his professional demeanor as he lead Naruto to his office.
When they entered, Hiruzen dropped the professional demeanor and his face returned to the soft Grandfatherly demeanor Naruto had grown up knowing. "Now, Naruto-kun. What can you tell me about your team."
Naruto sighed as he plopped down on the sofa he'd spent so many nights curled up on as a child. "I don't have a team Jiji. I have a loose collection of character defects. Kakashi is constantly three hours late to training. He then does an hour of 'team building' before taking the Uchiha aside for personal training. He handed Sakura a scroll on Genjutsu but she just spends her time fawning over the Uchiha while I get told I need to work on my chakra control. Though he's never even asked me what Chakra control exercises I know.
Honestly I blame Kakashi. I laid some solid ground work for a cohesive team dynamic during the bell test by bringing the two of them breakfast, and getting Sasuke to work with me to achieve the goal of getting the bells from Kakashi. However Kakashi's preferential treatment has reinforced Sasuke's delusions of grandeur and inflated his ego."
Hiruzen interlocked his fingers in front of him as he hummed slightly. "This is a delicate situation given Sasuke's current diplomatic position as the last of Uchiha clan."
"He needs some serious counseling. Kakashi also needs some form of reprimand and maybe his own psychiatric exam. He seems to have some issues he needs to work on. Sakura is hopeless, she's so infatuated with Sasuke that she neglects her training to fawn over the Uchiha. On top of that, I've recently learned I'm a sensor and from what I can tell, the only reason her chakra control is so good, which was one of her main points of praise in the academy next to her academics, is because her chakra levels are barely above that of a civilian. I think she needs some remedial training or to be dropped from the program all together."
Hiruzen nodded as he sat deep in thought. "I'll take your report under consideration while making my decision. However, seeing as you are currently the only member of your team without behavioral issues as of yet, I'm going to ask one of my Jonin to test your current abilities tomorrow morning. If they find your skills to be satisfactory then I'll allow them to take you on low risk C-rank missions while your team is under review. You can meet them at your normal training ground tomorrow at eight."
"You got it Jiji." Naruto said, giving the man a hug before leaving to take his normal solo D-rank missions.
The following morning, Naruto woke up and made his way to the training ground to meet the Jonin.
He was surprised to find a woman standing there in a tan trench coat, dark brown mini skirt and mesh body suit. "I don't remember ordering a stripper." He blurted out without thinking.
Anko couldn't stop herself from bursting out into a fit of laughter. "Damn kid, that's a hell of a way to make a first impression. I like you already."
"So, I take it you're the Jonin Jiji told me about?"
Anko grinned. "That's right, the sexy and single Anko Miterashi. I'm here to test you if you're worth taking on missions with me, or if I'm looking at being a glorified babysitter."
Naruto smiled and got into his fighting style before Anko hurled a load of senbon at him. Naruto flashed through a few hand signs before summoning a water wall to block the incoming attack. He dashed to the side of the wall and fired a water bullet at the woman who responded by crashing a mud bullet into it. "Not bad kid, most Genin panic and then bitch about getting attacked without being told that the fight was starting."
Naruto smiled drawing his sword. "I'm more than sure that my enemies won't be so courteous as to shout 'hey I'm about to attack you'"
"Oh, we're going to get along just fine." Anko grinned as she shot a pair of vipers from her sleeves at him.
Naruto channeled wind Chakra into his sword and sliced the vipers in half as he charged at Anko. "Neat trick, do you do parties?" He teased as he swung at her.
"Oh, first I'm a stripper now I'm a magician." Anko grinned as she launched a fireball at him.
Naruto dove to the side, throwing a kunai at her to cover his dodge. "Who said you can't be both? After all that body is magic." He taunted firing another barrage of water bullets at her to give him time to release his resistance seals.
"Damn brat, you give as good as you get." Anko laughed and pulled out a kunai, engaging him up close to test his Kenjutsu abilities.
"You're not bad yourself Anko-chan" He laughed as they clashed blades. "I'm looking forward to working with you."
Anko smirked as the two of them clashed, the two of them dancing around each other. Though Anko noticed that her Kunai began to chip with each strike. That's when she noticed the wind Chakra that was coating his sword. "Alright Gaki, that's enough. I've seen all I need to see."
Naruto disengaged and sheathed his Ninjato. "So, how did I do?"
"Honestly, I was holding back a lot. I started out going mid-Genin, but you did manage to push me to low-Chunin. I think that's mostly due to your lack of combat experience. You're still a bit wet behind the ears, however I'm willing to give you a shot as my protégé while your team is on hiatus." Anko smirked. "And you're about to have a baptism by fireball. We're going to go to the mission hall and we're going to be heading to the mission hall to get a C-rank extermination."
"Extermination mission?"
"Yeah, they're always some group of asshole bandits who need to have their asses wiped out. I need you to get your first kill out the way so that we can take on more intense missions once you work through it."
Naruto nodded. "Sounds good Anko-chan, let's get going."
Anko was a bit surprised that the kid seemed so relaxed about the subject, but decided to not question it as she lead him to the mission office and got their mission. The mission would take them to a small tourist town at the northern edge of fire country that had been attacked several times by a group of bandits. Anko had told him to pack for a week and meet her at the north gate.
The two traveled for several hours before stopping for the night in a small town. Anko had offered to simply get a double room to save them on expenses, to which Naruto agreed and after some light teasing from Anko while she got ready bed, Naruto fell asleep and once again found himself in the domain of Kaguya.
Kaguya sat on a small throne on the baren land that looked to be made out of moon rock. She smiled at him dangling a pedicured foot off of one of the arm rests as she lounged lazily in the large seat. "Welcome back Naruto-kun." She smiled at him.
Naruto returned the smile. He noticed the effect that his offerings had on the woman. Her skin had smoothed out more and she'd regained a more youthful appearance than before. She had been beautiful when he'd first met her over a month ago, but now she truly exemplified the meaning of the word 'Divine'. "Hello Kaguya-chan, what brings you into my dreams tonight?"
"I have a few things to discuss with you. The first is that your mother Kushina Uzumaki is alive."
Naruto went wide eyed. "How?"
"I asked my sister the Shinigami for a favor. She allowed me to place Kushina in my pocket dimension the Kamui dimension to heal. However, in order to heal her I had to reverse her age to 19. I also can't release her until I have enough chakra to create an avatar. However, you have two options."
"What options?"
"My avatar will only have the a chakra capacity equal to half of what you've given me as I can more power to come back fully. Meaning you can get myself and your mother quickly if you get me to a standard Jonin level, though she would be closer to a older sister given her new age being only about six years older than your current age, the gap will be smaller the longer you wait. Or, you can wait and give me more chakra until I'm at Anbu or even Kage level in terms of chakra. Your choice is basically do you want us with you in the physical world sooner, or do you want me to be more effective in combat after the incident takes place."
"I've waited 13 years to meet my mother. I can wait a bit stronger you are, the more effective we'll be. I'd also like to have at least a basic house built before bringing you to the physical world. A woman as beautiful and noble as you deserves better than a rundown apartment."
Kaguya smiled warmly at the young blonde. "A mature answer, I'm proud of your growth so far my young champion. The other thing I wished to inform you of, is that due to your increased level you've managed to unlock the quest feature of the system. You'll be given quests to complete that will give you rewards and additional experience. I can't tell what the quests will always be. However you will get a quest with each mission and possibly a side quest pertaining to the mission."
Naruto felt himself fading as his body began to wake up in the real world. "Seems my time is running out for tonight."
"Oh, before you go. Go into the shop and, purchase the chakra stone technique. If you create a chakra stone with fuinjutsu and your own chakra and then attach it to your sword it'll begin syphoning off their chakra and storing it in the stone similar to Samehada of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. However, its at a much lower rate. The average sized Chakra Stone should be able to hold at least one B-rank Jutsu's worth of Chakra. So, if you can place three on each side of your Ninjato's handle you should be able to store up to six B-ranks worth of Chakra before needing to trade them out."
"Will do Kaguya-chan, I'll see you later, and don't worry I'll be sure you have plenty of Chakra when you get your avatar." He said before fading back into the real world.
When Anko woke up, she was surprised to see that Naruto, a kid whose academy records noted as hyperactive and easily distracted was sitting on the floor meditating. She was about to poke him when he stood up on his own and looked at her. "Good morning Anko-chan."
"Morning brat, didn't expect you to be meditating early in the morning."
"It helps with my Chakra control."
"Well, either way. I'm going to hit the showers before we head out." She said, walking into the bathroom.
Naruto was about to grab his gear before the quests windows appear.
Quest has been appointed.
First Blood
Main quest: Defeat the bandits 0/20
Side quest 1: Defeat the bandits without Anko's help.
Side quest 2: Defeat the bandit leader without Anko's help.
Main quest reward: +2000XP +50 reputation with Anko
Side quest1 reward: +500XP +100 reputation with Anko
Side quest2 reward: +1000XP +200 reputation with Anko
Failure: loss of C-rank missions for the foreseeable future -100 reputation with Anko
Quest has been appointed.
The Goddess returns.
Main quest: Offer enough Chakra for Kaguya to create an Avatar 2100/3000
Side quest1: Offer enough Chakra for Kaguya to have a Jonin Avatar 2100/5000
Side quest2: Offer enough Chakra for Kaguya to have an Anbu Avatar 2100/7500
Side quest3: Offer enough Chakra for Kaguya to have a Kage Avatar 2100/12000
Main quest reward: Kaguya revived +4000XP +500 reputation with Kaguya
Side quest1 reward: +1200XP +500 reputation with Kaguya
Side quest2 reward: +2000XP +750 reputation with Kaguya
Side quest3 reward: +3000XP +1500 reputation with Kaguya
Failure: Kaguya is not revived =2000 reputation with Kaguya, loss of Jutsu store
Naruto smiled as he closed the two windows. He knew he wouldn't fail the Goddess and he planned to complete all three side quests. He did wonder though how the reputation affected his relationships.
Deciding that it could be brought up during his next meeting with Kaguya, he pushed the thought to the back of his head and grabbed his equipment and waited for Anko to emerge from the bathroom.
The two moved to where the bandits had last been seen and sat at the edge of the forest. "Alright brat, this is gonna be your real test. I'll hang back and observe. I'll step in if you're in any real danger, but I want to see how you do first."
Naruto nodded as he pulled out a scroll and unsealed a large amount of Kunai. Anko raised an eyebrow, certain the Genin couldn't throw them fast enough to make an effective ambush. Naruto merely grinned at her and crossed his fingers, summoning a group of shadow clones.
The clones each picked up two kunai and hurled them around the camp, landing in different areas of the camp. The bandits came out to see who was attacking them when they heard a sizzling sound. Naruto smirked holding his hand in a half ram seal.
The explosive tags wrapped around the kunai went off causing a mass of hysteria in the camp as several bandits were caught in the explosion and killed by the explosion or the shockwave. Others were caught by the shrapnel of the that came with the exploding kunai.
"Huh, normally the kunai don't explode when you set off an explosive tag."
Naruto grinned. "They do when you use ceramic kunai to make them into shrapnel bombs."
Anko grinned back evilly at the ingenious idea. "Nice one brat."
Naruto smiled as he sent his clones in to assess the situation and look for stragglers as the quest updated.
Bandits defeated 19/20
Side quest1: Completed
'The quest didn't mention the boss was dead, that means he's the last bandit.' Naruto thought, before receiving the memories of a few clones that popped, signifying they found the bandit leader and were currently keeping him busy at the north east end of the camp.
He grinned and removed a few more kunai from his scroll before sending them towards the bandit leader setting them off.
Quest: First blood completed
Side quest2: completed.
Rewards: +3500XP +350 reputation with Anko.
Hidden quest completed: Defeat the bandits without suffering any injury
Reward: +700XP +150 reputation with Anko
Congradutlations, you have leveled up.
Congratulations, your relationship with Anko has improved from (Neutral) to (Friendly)
"That's all of them Anko-chan, the clones are rounding up the loot from the camp now, and took the bandit leader's head as proof of completion."
"Congratulations brat. You managed to use your head instead of rushing in dick first, and completed the mission with the least amount of risk to your team. I'm sure the old man will be happy to hear about it when we get back."
"Thank's Anko-chan, I find it rude to make a lady wait, so I wanted get it finished as soon as possible."
Anko smirked looking at him. "In that case, let your dear Anko-chan give you a reward for being so considerate." She said before pulling him into a hug, smothering his face against her mesh covered breasts.
Naruto flailed his arms as he struggled for air. Though, he would never admit he enjoyed the sensation, he valued his ability to breathe slightly more.
Anko released the young blonde and smiled. "Let's get going. I'm sure you're eager to get home and relive that in your private time."
Naruto smiled back at her. "I'd prefer to make more memories with you Anko-chan."
The two enjoyed some more light banter as they made their way back to the village. Walking through the main gate of the village, he was surprised to spot Team 10. "You!" Ino shouted as she spotted the blonde.
"Friend of yours?" Anko asked, looking down at him.
"Friend is a strong word." Naruto sighed as he watched Ino stomp towards him,
"What the hell do you think you were doing, getting Sasuke-kun suspended!" She yelled, bringing her hand down to slap him. "You fucking bastard clanless prick."
Naruto narrowed his eyes as she slapped him again, though he barely felt the weak slap. "I'm not clanless Yamanaka, I am the last of the Uzumaki clan in this village. The same clan of the Shodaime's wife Mito Uzumaki."
"Then she would have been appalled by you, you pin pricked asshole. She would have disowned you from the clan if she could see you now. You're worthless. Though I'm not surprised, the Uzumaki let their entire village be destroyed. They must have been just as weak and worthless as you." Shikamaru, Choji, and Asuma looked ready to step in. Being clan heirs themselves, they knew that Ino was walking an extremely thin line with her choices in words.
Naruto scowled, allowing his Killer Intent to saturate the air around them causing the Jonin and the gate guards to be on guard. "You sound as though you're instigating a blood feud Yamanaka."
Ino faltered for a moment. A blood feud was common in the warring states period when a clan committed a severe slights against another clan. Either the clan head or the clan heir could instigate the blood feud, however the losing clan would become the vassals of the winning clan. The practice had fallen out of favor during the hidden village period, however it had been left in Konoha's laws by the Shodaime as a way for clans to settle their feuds without risking a civil war within the village.
Ino hesitated and thought about simply apologizing and trying to descilate the situation. However her pride had been called into question, not to mention she had a bit of a princess complex that elated her at the idea of making the blonde knucklehead her servant. She might let him off the hook after a few months of ass kissing and groveling at her feet while she used his face as a foot rest.
"You're damn right I'm starting a blood feud." She said confidently.
"So be it then." Naruto replied coldly. "We were just about to head to the Hokage tower to report our mission success. I will inform the Hokage of this challenge and we will meet at the Chunin exam stadium tomorrow at noon." He spoke before walking away, Anko hurriedly following behind him.
Hiruzen considered himself a patient and level headed man, which made the fact that he wanted to call Inoichi Yamanka into his office and strangle the man for the shit show his daughter had just created an understatement. Granted he was slightly disappointed that Naruto had lost his temper especially with the vast improvements in maturity he'd shown in recent weeks. As a clan head himself though, he knew the lengths one would go to in order to defend the honor of their family. Especially after he himself had been trained by one of the legends of the warring states period.
"I'm sure it goes without saying that there will be no talking you out of this." Hiruzen said, taking a puff from his pipe.
"Unfortunately no Jiji. If it had merely been an insult directed at me, I would have brushed it off as Ino being Ino. However, the moment she brought my clan into this, it became the Yamanaka insulting and dishonoring the Uzumaki along with outright mocking what happened to our village during the second great shinobi war."
"I understand Naruto-kun. I will have my Anbu summon the council shortly so that we may officially announce the match. The other clan heads will be present along with any spectators who wish to witness the match tomorrow. Seeing how this is a blood feud, I have no choice but to speed up your coronation as head of the Uzumaki clan. Normally you wouldn't be allowed to take the position until you reached Chunin, however, given that there is no other Uzumaki to take the seat in your stead during this feud and to take ownership of the Yamanaka clan in the likely event you win tomorrow we'll have to make an acceptation."
"I understand, does this mean I will be at the council meeting this evening?"
"Yes, go and get washed up and be at the council meeting tonight at six pm. Seeing as you're only a Genin, even if I suspect it's in rank only after the report you gave on your mission with Anko here, I will also allow you to bring a body guard due to you being involved in an active blood feud."
Naruto turned to Anko. "What do you say Anko-chan? Wanna watch the old farts and the civilian council have an aneurism when they find out I'm a clan head?" He asked with a mischievous grin.
Anko returned the grin as she wrapped her arms around his head and pulled him back into her bossom for the second time that day. "Oh Naru-kun, you give the best presents."
Hiruzen as well as the three male Anbu in the room shared the same thought. 'Lucky little shit'
Meanwhile a different thought ran through the mind of the female cat Anbu. 'Kushina-sensei was the only Uzumaki in the village besides Mito-samma. That means Naruto must be her son. I'll have to talk to the Hokage about this.'
Naruto left with Anko so that the both of them could get showered and changed for the council meeting. Anko informed him that she would picking him up at five so that they didn't have to rush to make it to the meeting on time.
While 'prime' showered, he sent out a clone in order to buy himself some proper clothes for the evening. From the memories he'd received from the clone, he'd managed to rope Ayame into helping him pick out an appropriate outfit as he didn't trust 'prime's' sense of fashion.
The air in the council room was tense, the council was not often called in for last minute council meetings, and from the look on Inoichi Yamanaka's face, Naruto figured that Hiruzen had already spoken to him about the subject of this evenings meeting.
"For those of you who aren't aware of the reason for this meeting. A blood feud has been declared." Hiruzen said calmly.
The civilians looked around in confusion, though some of them stuck to glaring at the young Uzumaki who for some reason was sitting on the shinobi council side of the room. The shinobi in the room however tensed as they looked at each other. Even the normally stoic Danzo, Shibi, and Hiashi looked slightly concerned at what had just been said.
"Who called for a blood feud Hokage-sama?" Homura asked, normally he'd call his old teammate by his name, however this situation required the upmost amount of tact and respect.
"Ino Yamanaka, the clan heir to the Yamanaka clan has begun a blood feud with Naruto Uzumaki, the clan head of the Uzumaki clan."
Several civilians cried out indignantly, claiming that there was no way the boy was a clan heir. "SILENCE!" Hiruzen exclaimed. "Naruto Uzumaki is the child of Kushina Uzumaki and the last Uzumaki of Konoha. He is the clan head of the Uzumaki and it was Ino Yamanaka who instigated the blood feud by insulting the Uzumaki clan and the tragedy that befell the village of Uzushio during the second shinobi war."
The civilian council quickly quieted themselves when the Hokage spoke, some trembling slightly at the Killer Intent that the Hokage was letting slip. The shinobi council continued to tense, Tsume Inuzuka was one of the most tense, her claws dug themselves into the council table as she heard about what Ino Yamanaka had said about one of her best friends family. "The Inuzuka clan will stand behind the Uzumaki clan in this matter." She spoke through her growl.
The rest of the council looked at her in surprise that Tsume was not only condoning the actions of these two freshly minted Genin, but had actually taken a side in the matter, though Hiashi who had been on the same Genin team as Tsume understood why she would take Naruto's side as he and Tsume had both been close to her. "The Hyuuga also stand with the Uzumaki in this matter." Hiashi said causing even more surprise when he turned to Naruto. "Naruto-kun, I must apologize to you, I wish I had been there for you in your younger years. I know I will answer severely to your mother when I cross over to the other side."
Those who knew Kushina flinched as they heard those words. They knew that each of them would be answering to the red head woman sooner or later. Naruto smirked inwardly. 'If only you fools knew how soon you'll all be answering to her.' He thought to himself.
"Our impending doom aside." Hiruzen interrupted. "The two will meet at the Chunin exam stadium tomorrow at noon for their bout. As this is a blood feud, the losers clan shall become the vassals of the winning clan."
The air in Konoha was tense the next morning. Anko and Naruto could feel the tension in the room when they walked into the stadium. Hiruzen was standing in the middle of the arena with Ino and Inoichi standing on the other side of the field. The other clan heads and clan heirs were seated in the front row with several rows of civilians seated behind them.
"That idiot is going to get his ass kicked." Sakura smirked, being one of the only civilians sitting with the clan heirs, due to the fact that she was the only civilian born shinobi of the rookie Genin who happened to be the remaining clan heirs. She was still upset about Naruto getting herself and Sasuke suspended which had also severely impacted the amount of time she got to spend with the Uchiha.
Down bellow the two Genin prepared themselves to begin their bout. "I can't wait to make you kneel before me Naruto. Maybe I'll use your mission pay to go on a shopping spree."
Naruto merely nodded to Hiruzen to begin the match. Hiruzen returned the nod and held his hand up before bringing it down. "Hajime!"
Ino smirked and threw several shuriken at Naruto, only to have him move in a burst of speed, disappearing from sight. Ino went wide eyed as she looked around for him, only to see him squatted behind her, holding his fingers in a tiger sign. 'That's for fire jutsu, there's no way that idiot know a fire jutsu!' She thought.
"Leaf village hidden finger jutsu: One thousand years of death!" He called out before unceremoniously shoving his fingers into her backside, launching her across the field with an embarrassing scream.
Ino landed with zero grace, rubbing her sore tailbone. "Take this seriously you pervert!"
"No, you're not worth it." Naruto said as he appeared in front of her, kneeing her in the face. Her body flew back once again before coming to rest at the wall of the arena. She tried to get up, only to find a foot on her chest and a kunai to her neck. "Yield Yamanaka." He growled, pressing the blade to her neck, drawing a trickle of blood.
"I-I yield." She gasped out, before slumping over.
Naruto raised his hand in victory as Hiruzen moved to his side holding his hand up. "Naruto Uzumaki has won this bout! From this day until he decides otherwise, the Yamanaka shall be the vassals of the Uzumaki!"
There were indignant shouts from the civilians. However, the combined Killer Intent of Hiruzen and the other clan heads as well as Asuma silenced them immediately.
Naruto looked up into the stands and noticed Sasuke give him an approving nod. He returned the nod as he watched Inoichi come down from the stand so that he could escort Ino alongside the medics. "Would it be appropriate to meet you at the Uzumaki estate to discuss our new vassalship in the morning so that Ino may be treated before hand.'
Naruto nodded. "That is acceptable. I have training in the morning at six, so I will meet with you both at noon when I break for lunch."
Anko laughed as the two of them shared a drink within the Uzumaki compound. "That was amazing! You showed that whiny fan girl what a real shinobi looks like." She grinned downing the saucer of sake.
"I'm glad you enjoyed the show Anko-chan. So, are you free to come over for training tomorrow before my meeting?"
"Yeah, I don't have to be at work until ten, so I can come by and train for a couple of hours if you don't mind me borrowing one of your showers afterwards so I don't have to rush home to get changed."
Naruto gained a teasing smirk as he sipped his drink, though thanks to Kyuubi it didn't really affect him. "Having a beautiful woman stripping down in my house? How could I say no to that."
Anko laughed. "You make Chunin I'm going to have to show you just what your constant teasing gets you."
Naruto chuckled, as he poured her another drink. "It's a date then."
The next morning after his training Naruto sat across from an irritated Inoichi and a defeated looking Ino. "Thank you for taking time out of your day to meet with us Uzumaki-sama."
"It's no problem Inoichi-san, I'd like to get the formalities of the situation out of way as quickly as possible."
Inoichi nodded. "Of course, Uzumaki-sama." He said pulling out a sheet of paper. "These are the standards of a vassal clan and their ruling clan."
Naruto looked over the document. It showed that 30% of the Yamanaka funds and clan income would be transferred to the Uzumaki clan accounts. The Yamanaka would take the side of the Uzumaki in any conflict, even if the Uzumaki decided to relocate from the village. They'd also essentially be at the beck and call of the Uzumaki clan, even if it was something as simple as cleaning the clan compound.
"Thank you, Inoichi-san, this all looks to be in order. I take it Ino has been given the day off to recover from the match yesterday."
"Yes, her sensei informed me yesterday that their team activities will be cancelled for the remainder of the day."
Naruto nodded placing the paper down on the coffee table. "In that case, my mission partner has work at the T&I department today, so I have the day off. Especially since I just got back from a C-rank the day before yesterday so I still have two days of leave left. I'd like Ino to stay here and help me clean the compound, since it hasn't had a deep cleaning in the past 15 years."
Inoichi looked a bit tense at the thought of leaving his stubborn daughter with a young male who had complete control over her. "Of course Uzumaki-sama, please do try to be patient with my stubborn daughter."
"I will do my best, however how easy or difficult her day will be will completely depend on her." He said, as he stood up and shook hands with Inoichi.
After Inoichi left, Naruto turned to Ino and smiled. "Alright Ino-chan, it's time to get busy cleaning."
Ino scowled crossing her arms as she kicked her bare feet up on his coffee table as if she owned the house. "You can not be serious. There's no way I'm acting as your maid."
"So, you're refusing an order?"
"Damn right, what are you going to do? Spank me?" She laughed at him.
Naruto smirked, and walked up slapping a paralysis seal on her. Ino tensed as she felt her limbs betrayed her and went stiff. "What did you do you bastard?" She growled.
"It's a paralysis seal, it'll keep you from wiggling around too much while you get your spanking." He smirked as he pulled her over his knee on the couch.
"Y-you can't be serious." She stammered as her skirt was flipped up revealing a pair of purple lace panties.
"Tell me Ino-chan, would you have made me your servant and forced me to follow your every order if you had won."
Ino blushed, and looked away guiltily. "Y-yes."
He smirked and brought his calloused hand down on her pale ass cheek leaving a bright red hand print. Ino cried out, her ass rippling from the slap. "You are to count your spankings like a good girl Ino-chan. If you don't count the number within three seconds you will have to repeat the number."
"O-one" She panted, still reeling from the slap as even during spars her teammates pulled their punches. Choji was soft hearted and didn't like the idea of possibly hurting his teammates, and Shikamaru was too lazy to train enough for his taijutsu to actually hurt when he landed a hit on her.
Naruto continued to pelt her ass until she counted to ten, though she did forget the number three times. "Now, are you going to follow orders, or are you going to continue being a brat."
"I-I'll be a good girl Naruto-sama." She whimpered, now understanding the difference in power between the two of them.
"Good, your punishment for being such a brat is that you will do the cleaning in only your underwear." He said removing the paralysis seal.
Ino went red faced, she shyly removed her top and skirt, leaving her only in her purple laced bra and matching panty set. Naruto never considered himself a pervert, but he had to appreciate Ino's figure. She already had a pair of nice D-cups that were pushed together nicely in her pushup bra.
Naruto walked over to the nearby closet and pulled out a sponge mop and a bucket as well as a duster.
"Start with dusting all of the surfaces on the ground floor. Afterwards you can mop the floors while I bring down the sheets for you to start washing."
"Yes sir." Ino replied biting back a growl, knowing that her poor backside couldn't handle another spanking from the surprisingly strong blonde in front of her.
The two cleaned for the remainder of the day, with Naruto giving Ino the more demeaning tasks, in order to teach her some humility, while he himself went about unpacking and organizing his belongings from his apartment into his new room. He'd decided not to bring any of his previous furniture or appliances as it had all been things he'd gotten from second hand shops or dug out of the dumpsters and restored to be slightly more presentable.
He had to admit, he felt a strange feeling stirring inside of him when he looked out of his bedroom window, and saw Ino's underwear clad figure hanging up his bed sheets to dry on the clothesline. He'd had to fight back the sudden urge he felt to rush down stairs and embrace her from behind, and possibly other less savory things he wanted to do to her.
Now the two found themselves sitting across from each other at the dinner table enjoying a simple meal. He'd sent a clone to inform Inoichi that he would be treating his daughter to dinner as a reward for her hard work in helping him straightening up his new home. Inoichi had been a bit apprehensive at first, but figured it was better than her spending her evening fantasizing about the Uchiha boy. He'd been the one to personally deliver the boy's psychological evaluation and knew the boy didn't need to be in a relationship any time in the near future.
"Ino, what time do you finish training tomorrow?"
Ino thought for a moment. "Well we normally train from nine to eleven, and then we take a D-rank mission before heading home for the day, so I'd say we're done around two."
Naruto scowled at that information. "What does your training normally consist of?"
"Well, typically it's an hour of spars or teamwork exercises, then Asuma-sensei normally just plays shogi with Shikamaru while Choji and I do our own thing. Though I do spend an hour after we get home working on my family Jutsu. "
"I see, after training tomorrow would you meet me here. I need to go shopping for some updated kitchen appliances, since the ones I have here, have become faulty from sitting unused for so long and I could use some help, as I've never shopped for anything beyond the normal pots and pans."
Ino's eyes gained a mischievous glint. An excuse to go shopping, and on someone else's dime. How could she say no? "Of course, I'll meet you here at four. I'll need the hour after training to get showered and changed."
Naruto nodded as he took another bite. "Don't think this is an excuse to go wild. We're just shopping for kitchen appliances. However, if you do a good job in helping me pick out what I need, I might buy you something you'd like as a reward."
Ino deflated for a moment before her ears perked up when she heard him say he'd be willing to buy her something if she impressed him. 'Oh, I am definitely pulling out all the stops tomorrow mister Uzumaki.' She thought as she smiled at him. "Of course, but it's getting late, so let me do the dishes and I'll head home." She smiled as she stood up and made a show of bending over in front of him to grab his empty plate, giving him a nice view of her cleavage. She received a light slap to the ass in return when she turned to head to the kitchen. She released a small yelp and blushed, but turned her head to him and gave him a flirty smile and a wink.
After Ino left, Naruto immediately made his way to the Hokage tower, where he found Hiruzen hard at work, trying to finish his never ending paperwork for the day. "Ah, Naruto-kun, what can I do for you today?" He asked as he set down the papers in front of him, flexing his fingers to get rid of the stiffness of holding his pen for several hours straight.
"Evening Jiji. I have something that's annoying me and I'd like your help with it."
"Of course my boy, take a seat." He said, gesturing to the couch in the corner of the room.
Naruto plopped down on the familiar couch, and leaned back, resting his arms over the back of the couch. "Jiji, why do all of the Jonin instructors for the rookies seem to be so incompetent?"
Hiruzen's face stiffened as he looked at the young Uzumaki. "That's quite the allegation to make against your superior officers Genin Uzumaki." He said sternly. "I hope this isn't you using your new status as a clan head to hold a grudge against your sensei by dragging his colleagues, one of whom may I remind you is my son down with him."
Naruto waved his hand dismissively. "You don't have to remind me Asuma-Niisan is your son. However, I've been given some disturbing news from my new vassal that he may be falling into the same pattern as Kakashi. Now don't get me wrong, I'm rightfully annoyed with Kakashi. However, it is in the best interest of my team and this village that he succeeds as a sensei and for that fact alone, I wish him nothing but success in this endeavor. That being said, Ino has informed me that Asuma has his team do an hour of teamwork a day, then spends an hour playing shogi with Shikamaru while leaving Ino and Choji to their own devices. After that they do a D-rank mission before being dismissed for the day. I won't speak to the competency of Team 8's sensei as I have yet to interact with them since the academy, however this pattern of events is concerning to me and I felt as a shinobi of Konoha and a clan head it was my duty to bring up this concern with you, if only so you could put me at ease about it."
Hiruzen's face hardened at Naruto's words as he interlocked his fingers. He'd thought it odd that Asuma's team showed up for their missions earlier than any other team, but he had just assumed that his son was starting his teams training earlier in the day so that they could have their pick of D-rank missions before the other teams. It seemed he was relying too much on the fact that he had been given a group of clan heirs whose clans had been working together since the warring states era and figured he could relax and take it easy with them while relying on their clans to handle the heavy lifting.
"Thank you for bringing this to my attention Uzumaki-dono." He said, now referring to Naruto by his station as a clan head to denote how seriously he was taking the situation. Especially considering that one of the clan heirs involved was the vassal and as such the direct subordinate of the person sitting in front of him. "I will be personally speaking to Asuma-kun about his teaching methods when I return to the compound this evening. However, there is something I'd like to ask of you."
"Go ahead Jiji."
"While I trust Kurenai-chan as a competent Jonin, she is still a rookie Jonin in charge of three clan heirs. As such, I'd like you to take on the C-rank mission of assessing her teams progress the day after tomorrow when you return from your leave."
"It'd be my pleasure. Well, I should get going. Ino is helping me shop for kitchen appliances tomorrow and I have a feeling it's going to be a tiring affair."
"Oh, a date with your subordinate. How scandalous." Hiruzen teased with a knowing grin.
"Just for that, I'm not telling you how to defeat your paperwork." Naruto smirked, as he jumped from the window and onto a nearby rooftop.
Hiruzen's jaw dropped as he screamed playful curses at the blonde, causing his purple haired Anbu to stifle a giggle at the Hokage's plight. She did wonder though if Naruto actually did know how to defeat the bane of all Kage.
The following day after Naruto finished his morning training, he awaited the arrival of his new servant. He stood from the couch and moved to the door when he heard the bell ring. He was pleasantly surprised when he saw Ino's outfit.
She'd been dressed in a light yellow version of her normal mid drif baring top, that differed in the fat that it had a frilly hem that seemed to contain some form elastic as it hugged her ribcage showing off a much more prominent outline of her bust than her normal top. Instead of her knee length apron skirt, she now wore a purple pleated miniskirt that came down to her upper thigh, just below her ass cheeks. She'd replaced her normal shinobi sandals with a pair of high heeled sandals that accentuated her shapely legs and caused her backside to lift and sway with each step.
"Good morning sir, I'm ready to escort you to your shopping trip." She said with a flirtatious grin.
"Well, I can at least say I'll be enjoying the view on our stroll today." He said giving her form an appreciative once over. While she didn't have anywhere near the curves of his goddess Kaguya, Ino had her own noble heir about her. The confidence in which she carried herself seemed to have its own form of charming alure to him. 'lady Kaguya did say that I would probably need multiple concubines when we started rebuilding. It would probably help the Uzumaki to return to prominence and become the new Senju clan of the world that comes after this one.' He thought to himself as he stepped out of the house and locked the security seals behind him.
The two walked through the streets of Konoha, Ino making sure to lead Naruto to the different stores by walking a few feet in front of him, in order to make sure he had plenty of opportunities to ogle her. She inwardly smirked to herself when she caught his appreciative glances more than once in the reflections of the shop windows. 'Oh, I am definitely getting that reward.' She giggled to herself as she lead him into another appliance store. She was thankful that his knowledge of fuinjutsu allowed him to quickly seal away any purchases they made, meaning that they could move quickly between stores without him being slowed down by his heavy purchases.
After about three hours of shopping, Ino spotted an ice cream shop and smiled. "Naruto-sama, I think we deserve a break. We've pretty much gotten everything on our list, so why don't I let you treat me to some ice cream."
Naruto chuckled and gave her ass a discrete slap as he whispered in her ear. "You're lucky you're cute or I'd have to put you back over my knee for being a cheeky brat." His words caused Ino to blush as she felt a shiver run down her spine.
The two of them sat down across from each other at the ice cream shop, Ino took the opportunity to slip out of her heels and rest her feet comfortably in Naruto's lap. "I hope you don't mind sir, those heels look great on me, but they're murder on my feet."
Naruto chuckled as he popped one of her toes. "If it let's me keep staring at you in that outfit it's a small price to pay." Ino giggled in return as the waitress set down their orders. "So, how was your team meeting today?"
"It was actually good for once. Someone seemed to have lit a fire under Asuma-sensei's ass." Ino smiled as she began eating her ice cream. "Apparently he's finally decided to take our training seriously and only cut us early because he's meeting with his dad to begin working on a customized training regimen for each of us."
Naruto smiled, glad his talk with Hiruzen had been fruitful. With what was to come in the next few years he needed his allies to be ready for a time where they would be forced to rely on their skills when there was no time left for training. "That's amazing Ino-chan, it's good to see that your team is taking their training seriously. If you ever need a sparing partner don't hesitate to come and find me."
Ino returned his smiled as she took a large spoonful of ice cream. "Thank you sir, but please do take it easy on me until I can get stronger."
Naruto chuckled as he finished his bowl before her and settled for busying his hands by massaging her soles in his lap. "I promise to wear my resistance seals during our spars until you can keep up with my normal speed."
Ino thought for a moment, he mind able to slow down as she focused slightly on the relaxing sensation in her soles. "Since I'm a vassal of the Uzumaki clan now, would it be appropriate for me to ask you to give me the same resistance seals as you?"
"I won't be giving you mine since they're a lot higher than what your body can currently handle. I will give you my previous resistance seals though from when I first started using them. I'll put them on your top, arm warmers and your sandals to even the amount of weight on your limbs. The resistance will make you feel as though you're moving within 1.25 times normal gravity, so it'll start out by feeling as though you weigh an extra 25 pounds while you're moving."
"Are you sure that'll be enough to make a difference?"
Naruto looked at her with a slight seriousness. "I won't lie to you Ino, you're the second physically weakest among the rookie Genin, only barely beating out Sakura due to your clan training. The additional 25 pounds of force on your body will allow your body to slowly adjust to the increased force on your body. Once you can move at high Genin speeds with the resistance seals on I'll adjust them to 1.5 times gravity and so on and so forth. Your body is naturally made for flexibility so I'd suggest focusing mainly on those amazing legs and your abs."
"I'll start doing more calisthenic exercises in the mornings." Ino said, mentally smirking as she caught his comment about her legs being amazing. "I'll make sure you get the chance to inspect my body's progress each week when I come to clean sir."
"You're trying to get a good reward." Naruto smirked, happy he'd upgraded his perception skill when he got his level up after the mission with Anko.
Ino giggled, putting her finger to her lips innocently. "You caught me."
"You're not that good at deception Ino." He smiled tickling her sole in retaliation.
Ino let out a small yelp, bursting out into a small fit of giggles. "I give, I give." She wheezed.
"Good, now lets get going. We need to put this stuff up, and I need to get some sleep. Jiji wants me to test team 8 tomorrow morning to see how much they've progressed since the academy."
Ino looked slightly surprised at this. "The Hokage wants you to test a Genin team? But, you're just a Genin yourself."
"That's why he wants me to be the one to do it. He wants me to test their progress against someone who graduated at the same time as them." Ino nodded in understanding before standing up and strapping her sandals back up.
After the two of them finished with putting the new appliances up, Ino asked Naruto if she could get her reward in cash due to wanting what she bought to be a surprise for when she came over to clean after his next mission.
After walking Ino to her home Naruto returned to his home and laid down to sleep in preparation for his sparing session tomorrow.
These first couple of chapters are going to be extra long but take longer to write as I want to get to the time skip in the first few chapters so that we can get to the main story of the apocalypse soon while still being able to establish the world building and the starting power levels before that happens.