Naruto X Haruka: A day of rest.

Haruka crossed her arms and waited outside Konoha's gates, waiting for him,

She saw him, this beast of a man, easily pull open the gate of Konoha, peer outside of it, and look around, had she not been trying to follow him silently she'd have laughed, he was like a kid trying to sneak out of his room at midnight, trying to make sure his mother didn't see him,

Not seeing anyone he slid out the gate and pulled it shut, unaware that he had been seen, Haruka licked her lips as Naruto left the confines of the leaf, and ran into the trees, 'Momma will have to spank this naughty boy,' she thought as she quickly leapt after him,

She followed Naruto into the forest where a woman wrapped in robes sat on a large stone, awaiting his arrival,

Naruto ran over to her, "S-sorry I'm late sensei," he said, bowing polietly,

The woman giggled, "You're late by like, five seconds, relax Uzumaki," she said as she jumped up, "You remember what we practised last time?" she asked and Naruto nodded, "Great, so let's try some more advanced stuff," she said taking a stance and her hands glowed white,

Naruto mimicked the stance and his hands started to glow as well, but much more faintly then hers,

"You're doing well Uzumaki, but you need to like relax,"

"S-sorry, I just keep being afraid of messing this up,"

Haruka smiled as she watched, 'And an older woman too? maybe I should break out the paddle?' she thought,

She watched as the two ran through Kata for a while, then the woman picked a stick off the ground, "Alright so like I was saying last time, this technique is best ran through objects," the woman said, "See this stick?" she asked, as Naruto nodded she swung it at a tree's branches, "See how it just moves the branches?" she asked, causing Naruto to nod again, "But... with a little soul," the stick glowed white and she swung it again, as if the stick were a sword it sliced through the branch easily, "It's a dangerous weapon," she said catching the branch, which she then tossed to Naruto,

He caught it and took it, and with a calming breath he channelled the white energy through it,

"Very good Uzumaki," the woman said clapping lightly, "Now sharpen the edge and swing like its a sword,"

Naruto did as she did, but while his branch slashed through another tree's branch, he also accidentally held his ''weapon'' too tightly breaking it causing his teacher to start snorting,

"Like you really broke that?" she asked, "You're sooooo strong Naruto," she laughed,

"Sorry Sensei," he said with a bow,

"It's fine it's fiiiiiine," she said, "anyway that technique is the all I've got for ya tonight," she said, "But don't worry I'll be around for a while, so I'll be here for like a few days, so if ya master it we can move on to the next technique I got for ya," she said walking over to him, "Now give teacher her reward," she said, and Naruto sighed,

Haruka smiled as she took a photo of Naruto lifting the woman up in a bridal style, "Great arms ya got Uzumaki," she said settling into to them, "Ahh~ so strong and sturdy, I'm surprised girls don't offer money for rides on these puppies,"

"I'm not very popular Sensei," Naruto said, "That's why I'm trying to learn this technique, since no one wants to team with me I gotta do everything myself,"

"I know I know, but make no mistake, if I were like twenty years younger and not on the run I'd have scooped you up for myself," Naruto blushed at his teacher's praise causing her to start laughing, "You're seriously super cute," she teased, before jumping up, "Welp, time for us to part my beloved student," His teacher said patting his shoulder, "How bout a fortune?" she asked shuffling some cards,

But without any word from Naruto his master shuffled some cards and then handed him- "The Moon?" Naruto asked looking at the Tarot card, "What's that mean Sensei?"

"Specifically?" she asked, "That a Beautiful, intelligent, and buxom lady want's your attention and will do anything to get it, and though she's pretty deceitful she actually does have your best interests at heart and you should give her a chance,"

Haruka's eyes went wide as the robed figure looked at her even though Haruka couldn't see her face through the shadows, she knew the older woman winked at her, "So if you know and see a lady like that, you should probably talk to her," the woman said, "Well later, my cute little Student," the lady said, her body flashed white before vanishing,

Naruto studied the Tarot Card, "A beautiful, intelligent and bux-," Naruto's cheeks flashed red, "It sounds like Haruka... but she's..." he shook his head, his sensei had always been right before, but this just couldn't be true,

Quietly he snuck back to the gate, pulled it open and checked if it was clear before sliding inside, and pushing the door shut,

He started his walk home, feeling tired from the sessions, but this sensei was actually teaching him, and she'd already helped him before,

His thoughts were tossed as the peaceful midnight atmosphere was evaporated by clicking heels on stone, Naruto turned to see Haruka looking around for something, Haruka had blonde hair that was curled at the ends and had a pink ribbon on top, she wore a yellow shoulder less sweater that showed her black straps presumably from her bra, a short pink skirt, and stockings that lead to black heeled shoes,

Her back was toward him, 'Man... what are the odds?' he thought as he started walking towards her, she heard him and turned her face seeming to glow as she saw him, she waved and ran over to him,

"There you are," she said, "I've been looking for you everywhere,"

"Sorry Haruka," he said, "I was out," he said causing her to roll her eyes,

"I know, but that's the problem, you can't just sneak out at night, what if someone took you where I couldn't follow?" she asked,

"I'm plenty strong, I'd just blow them away," he said causing Haruka to frown,

"I... see," she said, she reached into her cleavage causing Naruto to flinch,

'Is she gonna transform?' he thought, until she pulled a vial out,

"Here," she handed him the vial, "drink this,"

"Why?" he asked,

Tears started pouring from Harkua's eyes, "S-so you don't trust me?" she asked, lightly sobbing,

"Wh-what? no I... I trust y-,"

"No you don't," Haruka sobbed into his chest, "You just think I'm an annoying nag, I'm sorry for nagging I'm just really worried about you,"

"Look I'm sorry I'll drink the vial okay?"

Haruka nodded and held onto him as he took the vial and drank it,

"See all gone," he said after swallowing it,

And then his eyelids grew heavy, and the world started spinning, he blinked, as his eyes opened he saw Haruka's face loose any trace of sadness and a smirk crawl across her face, before the floor rapidly started approaching him that is, and upon contact everything went black,

OCTOPUS-The Next Morning-OCTOPUS

Naruto awoke to the sounds of cooing girls, as he opened his eyes he found himself at Homura's cave base,

And surrounded by Homura's crimson squad,

First he saw was Yomi smiling down at him, she had long blonde hair, and blue eyes, she wore a green tracksuit, white running shoes, in battle she swung a blade twice her size, and a crossbow on her arm,

Second was Mirai who had an expression of pure joy as she looked down at him, she had long black hair, her only visible eye was a deep crimson, wore a pink Tank top with the words ''Star Platinum'' in blue revolving around a yellow star, she also had a blue skirt, and was the shortest of the bunch, her umbrella thing was over her shoulder, when she fought she fired strange projectiles out of it,

Third was the leader herself, Homura, she tried to maintain an expression of disinterest but her eyes kept flashing back to him, She had long black hair tied into a long ponytail, wore a white T-shirt with a kanji on it, and black pants, strapped to her back were the six swords she never seemed to be without, in battle she was as wild and ferocious as a beast, her swords almost turning to long claws in the heat of battle,

And finally was Hikage, who looked at him, almost through him with her amber slitted eyes, she had medium length messy green hair, she wore a red sweater, jean shorts, black thigh high stockings, and brown leather boots, Naruto often wondered where exactly she hid her knives, but the better was likely where didn't she keep her knives, he swore once she'd taken one out of her mouth before, when she got into a fight she slithered around like a snake, vanished into thin air and struck at high speeds,

"What am I-" Naruto's eyes went wide, he jumped off the bed he was on and looked around, he found a stream outside and peered into it,

And his reflection showed himself, a six year old version of himself at least, "What the hell?" he asked, his voice was noticeably more shrill then usual, it was kinda strange seeing his eight year old self looking exactly as his 16 year old self did, instead of short spikey blonde hair, he instead had neck length hair, was shirtless, and had patchwork pants made from several different materials, likely put together by Yomi, he also kept his many scars along his body,

Then Haruka appeared in the reflecting pool as well, "Oh is someone a wittle cwanky?" she asked with a grin,

Thus Naruto turned around and... realised how much bigger then him she was as she crouched down,

"Haruka turn me back right now!" he ordered,

And had his cheeks pinched for his trouble, "Such chubby wittle cheeks you have," Haruka cooed as she shook his head,

"Knock it off Haruka!" he ordered,

"Haruka-Nee-chan" she said, "or... Haru-Kaa-chan if you'd prefer,"

Her suggestions caused Naruto to blush, "D-don't get cocky Haruka," Naruto raged as the other Crimson Squad members came to watch him, "I may be small, but I am still Naruto Uzumaki, chunin of Konoha and I'll pound you fl-," he stopped as her lips curled upwards,

"You'll pound me?" she asked, "Naughty boy having dirty fantasies about his caretaker," And then quickly moved away in order to dodge the uppercut from Naruto,

"Alright jokes over Haruka," Homura said ruffling Kid Naruto's hair, "Mirai got blackmail pics, and Yomi's hid them, turn him back to normal now,"

Haruka turned to her leader, "About that..." she said, "He's... stuck like this for about a day,"

The groups smiles receded and they looked blankly at Haruka, "We're fucked," Hikage stated,

"What no, no, it's fiiiiine," Haruka said, "I called the Hokage and told them he was feeling sick today,"

"Yeah and the last sick day I had I was being babysat," Naruto stated, "And considering I was 15 at the time..."

Yomi lifted Naruto up, "Aw poor baby, we can watch you," she said rocking him lightly,

"Yomi, please stop," Naruto requested,

"Please do," Homura said ignoring Naruto's protest with a sigh as she grabbed Haruka's arm, "We'd better take miss trustworthy here to the kage 'fore he kicks us out the village,"

Mirai grabbed her other arm, "Yeah it's for the best," she agreed,

"Wh-what?" Haruka said, "But c'mon girls can't we take baby Naruto with us?"

"If we did you might try to grab him and run," Mirai said,

"See that?" Yomi asked grabbing Naruto's kid arm, "Say bye bye to your sisters they'll be back soon,"

As Yomi waved Naruto's arm he moved his other one to his face and just held it against his head,

Hikage looked at him and grabbed a parenting book that was nearby, "I think he's tired Yomi," she said,

"Oh no, and we don't have a crib for him, what will we-," Snoring from nearby caused Yomi to turn and see Hikage had taken Naruto and jumped into a nearby tree to nap, holding him gently against her stomach, "Oh, good thinking Hikage," Yomi said,

Naruto glared straight up, 'This may not be the worst day of my entire life, but it's top twenty,' he thought, as he was held by the cold hand of Hikage to her warm sweater he started to feel drowsy, but having just woken up it seemed like he was also too awake to sleep, he looked around and grabbed a nearby branch, 'if nothing else I can actually get some training done,' he thought tearing the branch off, causing the napping Hikage to open an eye, draw a knife, and look around, just taking a branch off the tree Hikage-chan,"

"...Ok..." She said as the knife vanished into her sweater sleeve, her eye shut, and her snoring start again,

Naruto took a breath, and focused the strange energy his robed master was trying to train him to use into the branch, 'focus on the blade,' he said and tried to get some training done,

Soon enough Hikage awoke from her nap, and Naruto was set down, and as Hikage started her... post nap stretching, and then went to her next activity, a post stretch nap,

Though this time Naruto was left with Yomi, who fortunately for him had decided to start farming, allowing him to continue his training,

Without his adult bodies strength he could actually run through several sword kata without breaking the stick, and they were ones he only just learned because Homura had them on the cave's wall,

As his master's fortune went through his mind he started to wonder if Haruka really did have his best interests at heart, it did actually felt like he was getting the hang of controlling this new power,

He just wished he had his iron ball, or something to take it's place seeing as he likely couldn't use the real thing anymore,

He took a breath and put his stick down, ready to rest, he looked around the cave, hoping to find something to do while he waited,

And found a small bookshelf,

Walking over he looked at the books spines, they all seemed to be complex, even for his adult brain, 'Knew I should've found more time to read,' he thought with a sigh, but grabbed one and walked over to a small desk, placing the book down he opened it, and found a wall of small text, Naruto leaned closer to read it, but used a lot of big words he didn't know, and thus he closed the book, "Damn, maybe Mirai wouldn't mind helping me with my reading when she gets back?" he asked himself, used to being the only company he had, he took the book up, until he realised there was already an open book on the table, a small pink journal, one that seemed to be well used,

The writing was neat and cursive, the same exact writing he knew to be Haruka's from notes she often left on his door, usually telling him she needed his fridge to store something and not to eat things, things that also had similar notes on,

Naruto lifted the book and found Haruka was describing a new formula, one that tested upon deer de-aged them a few years,

'This newest formula-' the page read, 'seems to reverse aging for organic lifeforms, plants, animals, humans, though the bigger the it is, the more needed to de-age it, but too much could kill people, I need the exact dosage right, fortunately I'm a ninja and drugging my enemies is as easy to me as breathing is,' Naruto's eyes narrowed,

"What are the odds?" he asked as he continued reading,

'The serum is perfect, I already have a perfect plan to get Naruto to drink it, he's a sweet guy, some fake tears will make him down the perfect dosage as fast as he can,'

And now he was mad realising that not only had she tricked him, she knew exactly how to trick him, and that it was child's play to her, 'Note to self, never touch anything Haruka hands to me again,' he thought,

'Some would believe this serum to be a fountain of youth, but it doesn't last long enough and de-ages as soon as it's taken, thus it's useless if not dangerous for sale, but as I look at the vial I don't consider it any sort of failure, because-'

Naruto's eyes went wide, "What?" he asked reading the page again,

And suddenly he felt like a jerk, he closed his eyes and the book, taking the one he had before and putting it away, and resumed his training, the words Haruka had written echoing inside his mind, 'I want to use it to give him some form of a normal childhood,' he could hear the words being said by Haruka herself, 'And he's been working himself ragged lately, it feels like as soon as Naruto is back in Konoha again, he's gone, and every time the girls and I find ourselves worrying ourselves to death, we know he's strong, we know he's not as stupid as he pretends to be, but he's too reckless, and kind, one day he's gonna help some assassin hired to kill him and be too tired to fight them off because he never stops, if I have to play with his emotions to give him one day to rest, then fine,'

He shut his eyes, 'Even if he hates me for the rest of his life, that's fine, we may not be related to him by blood, but he's still family, and Mama Haruka doesn't let her babies get hurt, not without a fight, and I'll always watch over him, even if he curses my name.'

Naruto lost his footing and just lied on his back, staring up at the cave ceiling, 'Sorry Haruka... I never knew,' he thought,

Yomi and Hikage shot up and drew weapons as something approached them,

"It's us," Homura called as she, Mirai, and Haruka came back with Hiruzen in tow,

Hiruzen studied Naruto for a few moments and then... burst out laughing, "G-guess you beat Sasuke for the earliest Chunin rank between you after all eh Naruto?" he asked holding his stomach,

"Hush he's sensitive," Haruka said covering Naruto's ears, causing Hiruzen to laugh harder,

It took a while for the kage to calm down, and longer for Haruka to stop glaring at him, but eventually he smiled down at the de-aged Uzumaki, "It's so strange looking at seven year old you, while you look and act more like 16 year old you," he said, "But seeing you can't be taken on duty for a day, I'm removing you from active duty for a while," he said, "few weeks at most since it's pretty obvious you've gone out on a lot of missions alone," Hiruzen stated, "Since I needed some baby sitters I figured I'd hire these girls to do the sitting for me, saving us on Ninja," he smiled,

"Hear that?" Haruka asked, "you get to hang out with all your big sisters for a while, isn't that great?" she asked playing with his arms,

"Surrounded by lovely young ladies, I'm certain he'll love it," Hiruzen said with a chuckle as he started to leave, "Oh," he said turning, "Before I go," he fixed Naruto with a stern expression, "Naruto word to the wise... never trust anything Haruka gives you,"

"It's a lesson we've all had to learn," Homura stated,

"Hibari more then anyone else," Hikage stated from her napping branch,

"Poor girl," Yomi said, "She was born with all the smarts of a useless spoiled rich brat,"

"Remind me to keep you away from wealthy clients," Homura said,

"Isn't that like the fortieth time you've asked that Homura?" Hikage asked,

"If you mean after Yomi threw that rich woman out of a window, then yes, and Homura said she'd learned that lesson after that happened," Mirai stated,

Homura crossed her arms, "Can't a girl get a reminder without being messed with?"

Haruka normally would've chimed in, but she had Naruto in her lap and just happily played with his arms, "Had fun with your Nee-chan's Naruto?" she asked,

Naruto sighed, at first the sound caused her to frown, but his tiny fingers wrapped around Haruka's, "..." he shut his eyes, "Thanks... Haru-kaa-chan," he whispered,

Haruka smiled and leaned closer top him, "I left the book out didn't I?" she asked gently, causing him to nod, "I guess it's better you know..." she put her chin on his head, "Who's your teacher?"

Naruto's eyes went wide, but quickly reasoned it was stupid of him not to assume she'd followed him last night, "I can't say, she made me promise not to, but she's not bad, she could've kidnapped me when we met, she brought me back here instead,"

"Doesn't mean I trust her," Haruka stated, "I'll take you out to meet her again tonight, but I will be ready for anything,"

"Thanks Haru-Kaa-Chan,"

Haruka wrapped her arms around Naruto, "Don't call me that when you're big again," she said,

"Huh why?"

"I couldn't handle 16 year old you saying those things," Haruka said, her cheeks turning full crimson as she imagined full sized Naruto calling her one of those two things, 'Can't tell which one would make me jump him more,' she thought licking her lips,

OCTOPUS-The End-OCTOPUS