In Naruto's Mindscape
Naruto looked at the kyūbi with a questioning look. "What do you mean I will need to analyze both jutsu I collected today?" The kyūbi looked at him with a huff while laying in his big cage.
"I will be frank. To get the right skills, you will have to learn even more esoteric ninja arts than fūinjutsu. The jutsu branch that was able to subdue my chakra is called Mokuton. The reason for that is that the negativity of the bijū chakra is drawn to the positivity of the Yang Nature in the Mokuton, like metal being drawn to magnets."
Naruto looked at the kyūbi and summoned the mental image of the analysis his clones had done before he had fallen unconscious. He analyzed the image and pointed with his fingers to two different strings of the formula. "Well, here we would have Suiton and Doton chakra," he mused as the kyūbi looked on intrigued, analyzing the symbols. He had mostly slept during the times Naruto had worked on that.
"Say Naruto, what exactly is that?" the fox asked with a very minor questioning gaze.
The blonde switched so he could see the symbols.
"Well, you see," he smiled and nervously scratched the back of his head, "I thought that the way we learn about chakra would have to be incomplete. All that talk about something possible for some or impossible for others bothered me. I thought about it, and I can understand that for things like Dōjutsu, where our DNA mutated through chakra exposure and such. I don't get that to be honest, at least not as tō-san explained it to me. But the combination of elements, why should that only be open to those born with the subconscious understanding of how those elements work?" Naruto ended with a nervous chuckle looking at the kyūbi.
The fox did something Naruto never thought he would see: he laughed, a deep rumbling laugh.
"You are something else. Well, let me tell you about Ninshū…"
Outside with Team Seven and the others
A second team from Kusa arrived and took the Genin away, along with their dead sensei. They were quick to retreat after being informed that the rogue Sannin was around. The ANBU team had moved the genin to the carriage and were on their way to fast-track them to the Fire Capital. Kakashi looked at Sakura, who was treating Sasuke. The ANBU captain looked at Kakashi.
"Your genin are very knowledgeable. Sorry about Uzumaki-san, but he seemed to be struggling. So, I thought that with you out of the picture, it was better to be safe than sorry," he spoke in a neutral tone.
Kakashi looked up. His body had some bandages while bruises from the Taijutsu battle recovered. "Mah mah. Nothing bad happened. He will recover, but then I have to say that he was able to fool one of the Sannin and the captain of one of the best ANBU teams. I am more proud than anything."
The ANBU had the grace to not answer that directly, so Kakashi answered his unspoken question. "Yes, all of Team Seven know of his burden. Formation R is something to bluff off a superior enemy, without giving away too much. Oh, and thanks for the lift. It was a good thing even, as we can get back in time for the exams with a week or two to spare. They have earned their rest. How much did you observe, by the way?"
The ANBU leaned against the walls of the carriage, looking at the part where a wall separated them from the prince. He sighed a bit.
"We saw how your genin handled the two brutes before they switched gears. Even after that, I am not sure how some of the new ANBU recruits would have handled that. I think they would have died. The Uchiha had braced himself before getting knocked out and everything; it was very impressive. I think you are teaching them well, senpai." Kakashi chuckled but nodded.
"Mah, mah. I just point out some things and motivate some of them. Oh Sakura, how are they?" The genin had problems hiding her shock at being spoken to.
"Err, Naruto seems to be mostly fine, like he is in a deep sleep. Nothing is broken or worse. Sasuke had some broken ribs that I could mend for the ride, but he should rest. I am not that advanced, so it could rebreak so to speak. The prince is completely unharmed, just scared and wanting to go back," she ended her report.
Kakashi nodded. "Thank you." He looked at Tenzō again. "I can't say if Orochimaru left because of you or Naruto, but the mission is still a success. The report will be a pain though. The stupid rule for adjustment is based on the encountered Nuke-nin. S-Rank reports are just dumb and take too long to write."
"It's a good thing you mostly stick to the basic reports then. You know, the D to A ones." The ANBU chuckled before he used the Shunshin to get away. Kakashi wanted to curse, but held back.
Luckily, Naruto awoke in the late evening and was granted an audience with the prince whereupon the prince thanked him for the barrier and showed him his Meiton — something Naruto took great interest in — and he took some notes in his special notebook. After some days of uninterrupted travel, they arrived in the capital, debriefed with the local captain of the shinobi guards, and made their way back to Konoha.
Hokage Tower after the mission report
"That's it, Team Seven you are officially out of service until the exams," the Sandaime exclaimed with an irritated expression. "Can't I send you on a single mission without everything escalating so badly that I have to rank up your mission to an absurd level? What is it at the moment? One S-rank, two A-ranks, five B-ranks, and ten C-ranks?" He was interrupted as Kakashi cleared his throat.
"It's six B and nine C-ranks. The bandit leader was a C-rank, but as you know Hokage-sama—" He was interrupted by the hand his leader held up.
"Yeah, yeah, each mission with an enemy ninja is a B-rank regardless of the rank of the enemy shinobi. I introduced that rule. Thank you very much, Kakashi." He took a deep breath from his pipe, smoking out ring-like clouds of white smoke. "I am glad that all of you are well. Genin, you are dismissed. I have to talk with your sensei for a bit." All the Genin nodded and flickered away. While Sasuke and Sakura used the standard leaf version, Naruto just vanished. Hiruzen thought that he had seen this particular version, but abandoned the thought. He activated his special seals and looked at Kakashi.
"He did very well, Hokage-sama. If it was war time, I would have already used the right to promote him on a probationary basis. Even the Kusa genin listened to him. Sometimes, he uses impulsive maneuvers, like that one time in the Wave, but even that was to protect the team. I can't find any errors in the way he interpreted my words there. No insubordination, nothing." Kakashi looked on with a mixture of pride and troubledness. Hiruzen just motioned him to go on. "Well there is something Naruto mentioned, and I think it would help to motivate the current class of kunoichi. They should be shown what could happen to them. Some of them could be chūnin in one year if the log catches fire all of a sudden. I want them to be motivated to do their best, if only so they could be safe."
Hiruzen looked on and smoked for a second. He got Kakashi's angle very quickly. In his time it was a common practice to let a class watch the interrogation or just place them under a Genjutsu. Each active kunoichi was in a difficult spot if they were ever taken by enemy forces. Abduction for so-called breeding — or simple slavery and rape — were still common. He sighed, as he knew that conversation would not go well. "I will ask for the opinion of the specialists in the village and let you know the results Kakashi. You are dismissed. I want the full report on my desk tomorrow evening." Kakashi nodded and vanished. Hiruzen looked out of the window as he sighed, smoking his pipe. After some seconds of peace, he pushed the button of his intercom. "Summon Jōnin Mitarashi and Yūhi to my office."
A short while later, you could hear a female's screech around the Hokage Tower. If you were near enough, you could hear the voice of Anko Mitarashi asking the Hokage if he'd choked on his dango and who'd had this stupid idea.
Two days later, Shinobi Academy
Four kunoichi were sitting in an empty room in the academy. With them were the resident Genjutsu and Snake Mistress. Anko started looking at the four. Sakura looked a bit scared. Tenten and Ino had similar problems. Only Hinata looked unimpressed. Her dark blue hair bound to a high ponytail, she looked up with a smirk at Anko. "Listen up girls. Some of the higher-ups had the brilliant idea that you should know what could happen to your cute virgin asses if you get captured on a mission. Nai-chan will place you under a Genjutsu. We have two female Yamanaka to console you after the session. Questions? No? Good!" she smiled sadistically. "Oh. Before I forget, the chairs you're sitting on have seals on them that will prevent you from standing up or breaking out of the Genjutsu. Endure or enjoy, whatever. I'm out." With those words, she looked at Sakura and Tenten who looked a bit green, and licked them over a spot on their necks. Kurenai didn't take long to apply the Genjutsu and join her friend outside.
"Is our plan to get back at Kakashi for this mess still a go?" Kurenai asked, looking at the two Yamanaka who nodded at her, that they had everything covered.
"Yes, it is. I prepared the room and everything. Let's get me a scarecrow to play with." In the jōnin lounge, Kakashi's sense of danger was running haywire. He wanted to leave, but his muscles wouldn't work like he told them to. The next moment he got sleepy and was caught by two pairs of hands before he could hit the floor.
"Thanks, I think I have to sleep." he passed out slowly, hearing only female giggles. What happened to him?
~Questionable consent, abduction, pet play, and BDSM elements ahead~*
Slowly, Kakashi regained his bearings. He could not see anything, but he could smell something musky, but sweet. His chakra would not answer him, and he could feel some restraints on his arms and legs forcing him onto his knees.
"My little doggie is awake is he?" Kakashi could feel a tug at his neck. A collar and a leash. He had to adjust to the pressure. His mouth was open, and he could feel leather on his mouth. "Give me a little kiss." Kakashi was still straining to free himself when he could hear a sharp sound, and after could feel the sting on his ass. He was whipped! "Bad doggie, mommy needs to educate you it seems. It's a good thing Sandaime-sama said that we could take some revenge on you." Again a hit on his ass. "I said kiss doggie! Come on, don't make me ask a third time!" Something clicked in Kakashi as he slowly planted a kiss on the leathery surface. A boot or pants maybe he thought, as his cheeks were stroked with the whip.
"That's a good doggie. Now, slowly rise upwards. Embrace it." The voice Kakashi could now recognize as that of Anko, and it was sweet and seductive. It just felt right at that moment as he slowly kissed his way upward. Leather gave way to skin moments later, and he could hear approving sounds from Anko, paired with the tug on the leash pulling him closer. Even without his improved sense of smell, he was aware of where this new one was coming from.
"You can smell it, can't you? I like to see you there on the ground and kneeling before me, pet." The whip was caressing his lower regions now. Not that he would need that, he could feel that the free space in his underpants was getting less with each second.
"Oh, you seem to like that, don't you pet? That's good, we will have some fun together I think." She gave a melodious laugh and pulled him closer to her with the leash. "Take a deep sniff pet. I will train you to react to my scent. We both know you are a pervert, but I think you and I can come to an agreement that you will be a pervert solely for your Anko-sama." She tugged again, and his nose landed straight into her outer lips, attacking his smell receptors with her earthy and sweet musk and wetness. Kakashi listened to her words and he could not describe it, but it felt too good to not listen to her demands. The sweet promises. Everything fell into place in his mind. Maybe losing both of his friends left some scars, but whatever Anko had done to him he could feel himself relax. For the first time, he felt cared for on a completely different level.
With the Kunoichi sometime later
Hinata looked at Ino and Tenten as both of them requested a Yamanaka to work through the witnessed events. Hinata did not know if all of them witnessed the same. She knew though, that witnessing her abduction at the hand of Kumo ninja again, but this time they succeeded only to train her into being the forced start of a Hyūga branch loyal to Kumo was nothing pleasant. The Hyūga heiress had activated her Byakugan shortly after getting out of the Genjutsu, noticing the bindings they were put in had been released sometime before.
She had recognized the haunted looks on Tenten and Ino's faces. She could relate, but what had spiked her curiosity was the smallest hint of red on Sakura's cheeks. At that moment she remembered all the times Sakura had made fun of her friend Naruto, and a plan was forming in her head. She slowly stood up and made her way to her fellow Kunoichi. The veins on her eyes bulged as she activated her eyes looking at her, something the pink-headed girl had not seen.
"Hey, Sakura-san. Is everything alright? Do you maybe want a hug? That might help, at least until we wait for our Yamanaka sessions." Sakura switched her gaze to her, she nodded slowly and like she was on autopilot let herself be hugged by the Hyūga. It didn't take long for her to hear her voice in her ear whispering something.
"You know, I wouldn't have thought you would be a closet pervert, or that you would like what we witnessed." Sakura was shocked, but could not react fast enough as she was spun so her back was pressing against Hinata's developing breasts.
"Don't. You can't lie in the presence of my eyes. I have seen the wetness on your panties Sakura-chan. The fluctuation of your chakra. Tell me what happened to you that made you wet your panties."
Sakura didn't know what hit her. Being forcefully grabbed and interrogated while she was emotionally unstable, or the warm feelings that were collecting between her legs. She was trying to form coherent sentences, but she developed a bit of a stutter.
"I… was captured after a mission and humiliated. They ripped my clothes off, put me on display, forced me to jerk some of them off before taking me by force. It hurt."
Hinata listened closely while her hands moved to some places. "You liked that, did you not?" Her voice was forceful as she grabbed at one of Sakura's ass cheeks and massaged it. "How they treated you like a slut. Is that the reason you are fangirling for the Uchiha? Maybe you liked being treated like that. Ignored, humiliated, degraded to nothing more than a follower."
Hinata's disgusted voice in her ear did nothing to help her. It just intensified her feelings. "I don't know." She felt the sting of the slap on her backside. She wanted to jump a bit forward, only to be held back in a chokehold.
"Oh, we will find out. Listen up Sakura-chan. I will not be leading you around and telling you that I like you. It's the opposite for the most part. You treated one of my friends like shit in the academy, and it's time that you learn to be treated as the same thing and more as you did to others. Maybe if you have endured your punishment and made me happy, I will look into whether I can help you to get what you want from the little Uchiha. What was it? You wanted to help him make the Uchiha great again," Hinata laughed. "We will look into that. Now, let's take a walk, shall we? We need to relax and talk about our experiences, don't we?" Sakura could only nod as she was led away by the hand of the Hyūga heiress. She could not know what happened next, but could not deny that a little part of her was excited.
~End of that content, please read the corresponding AN at the end. Thank you!~*
Ichiraku Ramen Stand, one week before the exams
Sakura, Hinata, and Naruto were sitting at Ichiraku Ramen enjoying their lunch. They had trained together for the last few days. Naruto was surprised about that, but after Hinata had told him what they were put through, he had an explanation for their reasons. What surprised him was the more respectful attitude Sakura had towards him. She had even apologized for the academy days. Naruto had seen the short glances she gave Hinata while giving it and shortly after, but he didn't want to pry into what the girls had between them. Maybe they had a constructive talk, a good bowl of ramen together, or just fought it out. It didn't matter. He slurped his noodles, and they had good small talk. After that, the three had a walk and noticed a very bad disguise. Naruto just chuckled and used one of his chains to expose the Konohamaru corps.
"Hey, Konohamaru. How often do I need to tell you that you shouldn't use such bad disguises if you want to surprise me?"
Konohamaru looked at Naruto and chuckled. "Sorry about that big bro. But you wanted to play ninja with us, duh!" He accused Naruto and pointed his fingers. Sakura wanted to say something, but one look from Hinata kept her silent.
"True about that, girls?" He looked at them both. "Can I meet you two at Training Ground Three in four hours or so for our training? I promised them, and I always keep my promises." Hinata smiled at Naruto and nodded while laying her arm around Sakura's hip.
"Sure Naruto-kun. Sakura-chan and I will find something to occupy our time. Maybe we'll start with some control exercises." She emphasized the word 'control,' and Sakura gulped a bit and vanished with her in a Shunshin.
Naruto looked on a bit, but shook his head and looked at Konohamaru and his friends Udon and Moegi. "Okay you three, let's start with a short run. I will give you a bit of a headstart. Turn the corner and make your way to the academy obstacle course. If I catch you, we will do some motivational exercises." He grinned and the three academy students gulped. Naruto had to have a sadistic streak when it came to his motivational exercises. The last time they had to do them, they were exhausted and sore for the next three days. With that kind of motivation, they dashed ahead, turning the corner with Konohamaru in the lead. Only for him to bump into something… or rather someone.
Naruto heard the grunt of an unknown voice, activated his senses, and rushed around the corner, only to see an unknown person about to punch Konohamaru. He dashed with borderline jōnin speeds and punched the person in the stomach, freeing Konohamaru. He put the Konohamaru corps behind him. "It is really bad form, trying to punch the grandson of the person who is in charge of the village you are visiting."
Before him with a bit more space stood two people: a kunoichi with a big fan on her back and another person in a catsuit with a painted face and some wrapped thing on his. The headband identified them as Suna-nin. Before the hunched-over puppeteer could say anything, Naruto looked at the three students. "Go now; I will meet with you as soon as I'm finished here. Warm up and stretch. Now go!" He told them, only for them to nod and disappear. Making sure they were far enough away, he used his brow to look at the two with a questioning gaze.
Temari was surprised she hadn't seen how the blonde had moved in order to punch her stupid brother. She was fine looking on for the moment. Kankuro on the other side was about to do something stupid and wanted to rush the ninja, only to be held back by a cold voice. "Kankuro, stop at once. You are embarrassing our village."
Naruto watched as a third ninja appeared, the one he had already sensed and conversed with the kyūbi about. He would have to be the container of the ichibi. He looked on as the person used a sand variant of the Shunshin to get before the two others. Naruto witnessed how both of them looked scared about what could happen. He silently released his seals and looked at the boy with the red hair and the 'Love' tattoo.
"I am sorry for what my foolish brother wanted to do. What's your name, Konoha ninja?" came the cold voice of Gaara, along with a bit of his killing intent he could not hold back.
Naruto looked him straight in the eyes. "The name is Uzumaki Naruto. What's yours?" he calmly replied.
"Sabaku no Gaara. These are my siblings, Kankuro and Temari. We are here for the Chūnin Exams," Gaara replied.
"Well then, welcome." Then Naruto leaked some of his Killing intent and let his eyes switch to the slitted red state, giving his voice some more demonic features.
"But let me tell you one thing, you crazy tanuki. You are in my yard now. Take one step out of the line, and I will take you by your single tail and throw you straight back to Suna."
Letting the built-up chakra of the kyūbi subside, he looked at the three. Temari and Kankuro were scared. Gaara had a crazy look though. The feeling of his bloodlust was leaking more clearly now.
"Oh, you will prove my existence, Uzumaki Naruto," the Sand Genin replied, also switching to a more demonic voice. Naruto looked on and just sighed.
"If you need somebody to prove your existence, you have none at all." On one of his hands, red kanji for the five Dao elements appeared. He vanished from sight, and in the next few seconds, Gaara buckled over. Naruto's hand was on his stomach with a small whisper.
"Gogyō Fūin!"
The next moment Gaara was sleeping. Temari opened her fan after witnessing what had happened.
"What did you do to him?" she screamed and wanted to use her fan, only to be held back by an ANBU blade.
"Genin. Explain!" was the short-worded order the ANBU with the tiger mask addressed Naruto with to get his side of the story.
"Hai Tiger-san. This person," he pointed at Gaara, "seems to have a faulty seal imprisoning something leaking chakra. He seemed to not have slept for a while. Because ninety percent of seals saving chakra are an even number, I used an uneven one to create a temporary lock to protect my fellow citizens from the leaking chakra and potentially misguided actions from the Suna genin." He gave the short version. "I would propose to get the sensei of this team and talk with Sandaime-sama if we could help our alley fix that situation," Naruto ended.
The ANBU gave an approving nod, a second one appearing. "Suna-nin, you two will take Lizard to your sensei and join us at the Hokage Tower. You need to register either way. Uzumaki-San, follow me. Dragon, take the sleeping genin with you. We can't offer medical checks without consent. Now move!" the ANBU ordered, and everything happened fast.
Ten minutes later in the Hokage office
"Well, Baki-san, what do you say? Should we look into that matter? My fūinjutsu knowledge is limited, but I could send for my student to look into your charge's seal. I can understand that you want someone more experienced to look into Gaara's seal, but when one of my fūinjutsu shinobi says that we have a potential seal break on our hands, I take this matter seriously." Baki could only look at the old Hokage, nothing he said was something he could defend against.
"Well Hokage-sama, if your student could have a look at the seal it would be perfect, but to not endanger his chances in the upcoming exams, it would be likely to mess up his chakra control, wouldn't it?" Baki tried to find a way around and get some time. They needed Gaara for their plans. His superior had told him as such, but he was standing on the other side of the inquisitive sight of the one currently hailed as the Shinobi no Kami.
Hiruzen nodded. "Yes, Naruto-Kun, if you would?" The blonde nodded and used the Gogyō Kaiin. Without any problems, Gaara jerked awake, but looked a bit more rested. Before he could say anything, Baki gave him a sign to stay silent and addressed the Hokage again.
"Thank you. By your leave then Hokage-sama?" Hiruzen nodded, and Baki and Gaara vanished. The old Hokage looked at Naruto.
"So Naruto-kun, could you explain what you wanted to accomplish?" Hiruzen mentioned while Kakashi and Shikaku revealed their presence at the moment and a privacy barrier sprang up shortly thereafter.
"You see Jiji, that is the jinchūrikii of the ichibi, and someone fucked shit up in sealing him. The bijū…" Naruto heard a cough from Kakashi, getting out of his flow and noticing the faint smell of a woman on him, but he continued either way "… he leaked his bloodlust involuntarily, which speaks of an unhealthy relationship. With the amount of chakra you have to seal away for the ichibi, you would need a three to four-trigram-style kind of seal. I could cut him off with an uneven seal so it will either be a storage seal used for tools and not chakra, or a two-pointed one."
The two jōnin were surprised about his reasoning. For Shikaku, it was going over it in his analytical mind with no further fūinjutsu knowledge, but overall it sounded convincing and well-reasoned. Hiruzen had no problem following Naruto; he had talked with Minato about the seal in the times he was still alive. Even if the Hakke no Fūin Shiki would cost someone his life. It was the only way to be sure to seal away a bijū, if even for a short amount of time. "You wanted to find out what seal he had?" was the Hokage's final question.
Only for Naruto to shrug. "Well, first of all I wanted to help him. His siblings were scared. I thought about it, and I think he is in an unstable condition, and an unstable jinchūriki — even if it is like a fellow member of your family getting drunk while having an important dinner and embarrassing themselves — it's just…" he paused. "Being a jinchūriki isn't easy. Being one with a shitty seal will be like living a nightmare every day. I thought if I could give him some temporary peace, he could recover some, and — with the help of his siblings — find a new balance." Naruto gave off a nervous chuckle. "And I can't let him harm any of my precious people because he lost it"
Kakashi and Shikaku face-planted, while Hirzuen had to laugh. "Good Naruto, I will look into that matter. You will not be punished for that. Please leave us now." The blonde nodded and again just vanished from sight. "Your opinion, Shikaku?"
"Troublesome. If Naruto is right, Suna should be in the know that their jinchūriki is unstable. So, why bring him to an exam in an allied village if not to cause trouble, Hokage-sama?"
Kakashi nodded at the words of the Jōnin Commander, who got up to absentmindedly play with a shogi piece.
"We should prepare accordingly. I will send a missive to Jiraiya that he has to return immediately. Try to get our jōnin and ANBU back as smoothly as possible," the Hokage said with a short glance at Shikaku and looked out of the window after that.
"I don't know what all of this is about Rasa, but if you try to cross me, I will show you the error of your ways."
Uzumaki Compound, later that day
Naruto sat in the conference room with his parents, Haku and Mito. He had told them what his suspicions were, and was now at the part where he wanted to tell them what he thought best. "I want to have surveillance on the Suna contingent. Haku-chan, get in contact with the operative in the hospital for that." He looked at the collared girl, who bowed her head.
"Of course, Naruto-sama," was her quick reply. She had established herself as an apprentice in Konoha's medical corps, and with her knowledge quickly ascended to the rank of an assistant of the more seasoned Iriyo-nin.
"Very good. If Hatsumi-chan would be able to get back and take Shisui with her, that would be perfect. I can't say what will happen, but our contacts around Hi no Kuni have noticed some movements. I want her to finish her project first, but I think we have to speed up some of our plans. Shisui sent a crow yesterday that Itachi is in position, and Karin will be entered into the exams. He had to convince some of Kusa to part with her temporarily, but I think we can make our move on her then. Her mother is recovering very well in Neo Uzushio, as far as reports go."
"My R&D clones have analyzed the Juinjutsu and Mokuton. I think I can come up with something. Mokuton will be very hard to accomplish without a good way to produce high-quality Yang chakra, which at the moment is outside of my capabilities. The Juinjutsu is like the Hyūga seal which Hinata-chan had provided me with the template scroll used for application. Both were something hard to crack, but after tō-san mentioned that the snake uses a corrupted form of Senjutsu and maybe locks it with something personal. The clones came up with an idea that has merit."
"We would have to use a ritual style seal ceremony, where the seal master would have to use a bastardized version of the Yamanaka mind walking based on the way tō-san included his and your chakra into my seal." Here he looked at Kushina and Minato. "Well, after that, just use Senjutsu chakra to apply the counter seal to each of the matrices still standing after opening the personal lock, and we should be good to go." He chuckled. "That's only for those we don't want to kill when encountering one of his puppets. If survival is optional, burn it with fire," Naruto ended for a second to sip his glass of water.
Minato picked up the conversation.
"Very good, son. We looked over your calculations, and they seem to be in order. What about the other projects?"
Naruto chuckled and took out a three-pronged kunai. "Well, nearly battle-ready, should be good to go in the third stage of the exams." Then he unsealed a katana made out of black chakra steel. The handle was framed with gold and blood-red accentuated swirls. Naruto smirked as he oppositely pointed the blade, away from anyone. The blade extended like a whip by separating the blade into different segments, all seemingly threaded on a chakra thread. "Say hello to the Uzumaki clan's answer to Kirgakure's Blades: the first Uzumaki Chain-Whip-Blade. It can extend three times its length, and can only be used by an Uzumaki. For all others, it would be nothing more than a fancy tantō, because the replication for the blade segments is triggered through a blood-locked seal in the tsuka."
All nodded, but again Minato was the one to address him first.
"You combined the Kusanagi's extension, a kind of self-healing for most of the blade, and unpredictability, because you can use it like a whip and a sword. Well done again!"
Naruto bathed in the recognition for a bit before he was interrupted by Haku. Mito, Kushina, and Minato were more his advisors than anything. Through their special state of living, they could advise and educate, but not much more. So the day-to-day business was on the shoulders of Hatsumi, Naruto, and Haku. The latter was more like a secretary position to Naruto. "Excuse me, Naruto-sama, but we have a request from the Kurama clan." She took out a scroll and moved it to Naruto. "I couldn't discover how, but the head of the Kurama clan got wind that the Uzumaki fūinjutsu prowess was back. They have a problem with their heiress and her Kekkei Genkai."
Naruto looked into the scroll while he listened to Haku. "If my understanding is correct, her connection to the Inton is so high that a kind of demon has manifested in her consciousness. Like the kyūbi in my seal, they tried to seal her away and happened to botch the sealing. Amateurs. So, if we find a way that this recurring problem would not be a problem anymore, they would enter into a vassal agreement. That could be huge. Thoughts please?"
He looked at Mito first.
"The Kurama clan always had some kind of problem with their special Genjutsu style. In the history we had with them, most times they needed seals to strengthen their connection to the living plane. Reality or other things to strengthen the body." The older Uzumaki informed him, and looked at Minato who would be the one with the latest pieces of information.
"Let's see, most of the Kurama members were not able to reach ranks higher than chūnin because of their fragile bodies. If we could develop a seal which would handle that part and something to be able to control the alter egos they sometimes create, it would deal with most of the problems I knew the clan had," Minato summarized while Kushina shrugged her shoulders.
Naruto looked deep in thought after that. Something was egging him on. After his talk with the kyūbi about Ninshū, he knew there could never be an imbalance. If there was light, there would have to be shadows.
"Listen, Kit, I think I can help you there."
Naruto didn't take long to excuse himself and meditate so they could talk in peace.
In the mindscape
"You have the right idea, but you are overlooking one important thing I told you about. Ninshū was not only to kill and all those things. Chakra should be used to do what?"
Naruto took a thoughtful pose. "Wait a minute!" he exclaimed like a light switch was flipped on. "Chakra can be circulated through the muscles and body to strengthen them. Maybe the pathways are underdeveloped or something. If she would be able to stimulate her muscle growth, she would be able to reach a better balance, and with that could control her alter ego. Until then, she would have to endure, but that could work. Thanks, Kyūbi!"
The Fox nodded, and in the deepest parts of his being, he felt accomplished again to have spread his father's ways. With Naruto and him, he would try it for the last time, even if he would make the Kit work for it. Without the struggle, he could not be sure if Naruto understood what he had to be. They were on a good path though.
Back with the others
Naruto had told them his idea, and after a short look into the provided medical files, his theory gained more of a foundation. She had underdeveloped pathways. If he could develop a way to develop artificial Tenketsu and pathways, that could be a difference maker. He could help not only Yakumo, but also bushy brows. He had a new project, that was for sure.
*AN:
Hey again, took me and my beta some time to put this out. I know. But here you are with a new chapter. You won't need to worry that I will abandon this fic in the foreseeable future. I have around 14 chapters pre-written but I want to give my awesome beta time for the work needed to make those chapters a pleasant read.
The situations in which Kakashi and Sakura were drawn into the world of BDSM are of dubious consent. In the real world, always make sure that what you want to do to your partner is something they also want to experience. Always play it Safe, Sane, and Consensual. Do nothing you won't be able to perform safely, or — at the bare minimum — both are aware of the risks involved.
Beta-read by PraetorXyn - u/9025231/PraetorXyn