Hello all and welcome back to the Prince of Death and the start of Konoha's downfall along with a little conquering being done.
This is going to do some filler stuff before heading into the Chunin exams, which will start next chapter.
Something to mention to a few people: Sasuke, Danzo, Kakashi, and 'Tobi' have not lost their Sharingans, they merely just had a lot of pain from them like when Itachi overuses his Mangekyō in the anime/manga but without the damaged eyesight.
Please note that I have some mentions of people turning reports or such in to Naruto and not Ammon, that is just for the sake of not switching back and forth and when they address him or speak about him they will call him Ammon if they aren't in his close circle of people that would know him as Naruto.
Oh, something to clarify now rather than later like I planned to clear up some confusion, the time in Naruto's world is set to if he was 16 growing up in the Elemental Countries, the reason for Wave and everything else being three years later than normal will be explained this chapter.
There's not a lot else to talk about this time other than to put a stop to some assumptions, Konoha is NOT being destroyed right away like many of you assumed that it is. I had Naruto state in chapter 6 that he was going to break down and ruin Konoha before he destroys it.
Now that that's settled, let's start the show shall we?
Disclaimer: See previous chapters
(Authors Notes)
"Speech"
"Thoughts"
'Conversation thoughts'
"Demon, Undead, Dragons, Naruto's pissed off/Demonic Knight Voice"
"Above's thoughts"
'Above's conversation thoughts'
[Soul talking]
{Unknown Language}
Chapter 8: Beginning
Whirlpool: 3 weeks since Naruto called back his family
It had been three weeks since Naruto's little demonstration and despite how it ended, he was drained. The moment he receded back to his Human form, he fell to his knees gasping for breath and his mother and father tried to help him but they were exhausted too since their bodies couldn't just jump right back into full capacity again and the same was true for Tobirama and Hashirama with Kimimaro being the exception since he was only dead for less than three days. That wasn't to say that he was at his maximum but he was at the level he was when Naruto gave him the offer.
So, for the past three weeks Naruto had been on bedrest as his body was constantly fluctuating the balance of mana, chakra, and something else within him so he had to rest until it was fixed. Naturally, his loves and potential loves didn't mind that at all since they got to take care of him, though Kushina had a twitching eyebrow at times when seeing women going for her son's needs, but it was lessened when Naruto pointed out that it was good practice for giving her the army of grandchildren she wanted. Though for Haku and a few of the newbies trying to get into his growing harem, they had nearly passed out several times from his current girls 'taking care' of him while dressed in a variety of outfits for when they were in his room and made sure to change out of them if the person was someone outside of his harem and that wasn't trying to get into said. His favorite so far was when he was triple teamed by Kira being his cute little pet that wanted to cuddle beside him to make him feel better while wearing nothing but a collar and heels, Vereesa was dressed like a nurse intent on 'helping' her patient, and Mikoto dressed as a maid that wanted to ensure her master got healthy.
It had been a… eventful and pleasurable night, but both Haku and Pakura had passed out with nosebleeds and blushes when they walked in on his 'healing' which at the time was having his cock pleasured with Mikoto's tits and mouth while Kira licked his balls and he sucked on Vereesa's breasts. Since then, the two had blushed and fidgeted whenever they saw him or one of them though neither seemed to show any displeasure towards the incident.
Onto other matters, just as Naruto had suspected, the various villages that weren't a part of his growing territory sent their spies and such to investigate the blast of power that echoed out across the nations and, after some interrogations by his crueler soldiers, Naruto sent the bodies back to their leaders with warnings of far worse consequences if they continued to try and this included spies sent from Orochimaru the Snake Sannin and the Akatsuki. A few didn't even make it to the island as Karkanos and Mobus would catch them and eat them when they tried to cross the water between the island and the main land.
In regards to the new arrivals, they had begun integrating well with his forces as the Jinchuriki weren't going to pass judgement on anyone just on sight alone or they'd be no better than the assholes of their villages and Fu seemed to be spending time with Yugito and Kira over anyone else; the people he brought back had seen everything in his life, minus the perverted stuff, from his own eyes and saw that several of his warriors were more 'Human' than some Humans in the world and weren't going to cause troubles. In fact Tobirama, Hashirama, and Minato were getting several of the women's attentions, though they had to get through Mito and Kushina for the latter two; his clansmen that had arrived were a little hesitant since some of his forces were on the monstrous side, but they were making progress towards being alright around them.
The strangest arrival was of the shadow warriors that rose from the depths of the Earth. Their bodies were made out of shadows, purple flames, or purple outlines of bodies wearing various forms of samurai armor and masks. Apparently, from what Kira knew, they were a band of ronin that swore to the Sage of six Paths that they'd aid him in his battle against the Ten Tails, but when the time came for them to do so they fled and hid and the Sage cursed them for breaking their vow and thus they were trapped until they received a chance to fulfill their vow or some other power called them to serve and redeem themselves. Problem was that such power to call them had to be earth shaking in presence and be EXTREMELY hard to ignore and Naruto's little demonstration happened to be one such power that could call them and they readily answered the call. Even now they were merely being meditative watchers around the borders of Naruto's different lands breaking and capturing any that dared to invade or attempt to spy just waiting for their chance to march and crush Naruto's enemies and gain their freedom.
In regards to more personal areas, Pakura had begun getting to know Naruto and his girls as well as those close to him; Jugo had begun some training under Naruto's druids and magi since apparently he had a deep connection to nature and was unconsciously taking in its energy and didn't know how to let it out or express it thus his rampages and Hashirama joined him in training to better his powers over wood; Tobirama began getting to know Setsura as he was unaware that he had any descendants after the Ninja Wars; Setsura, when he wasn't getting to know his now known and increased family, spent time training with his great grandfather and being around Tayuya, who was grateful that Naruto's surge of power had purged the curse mark from her body because of how close she got to the source, and the two could be seen spending quite a bit of time together; Kin had taken a liking to Tayuya and treated her like an older sister whenever she was around and Tayuya treated Kin as a kid sister; Karin and Amaru got along well and were glad to be around people who didn't underestimate or belittle them and could be found either studying under different people or spending time with Jugo when he was relaxing from his training, though it was evident they did so for different reasons.
Minato and Kushina had divided their time between talking with Naruto, getting to know his girls, and learning more about his forces with the addition of Minato also learning about his apparent family on his mother's side. Minato also had to deal with several of Naruto's female soldiers, both normal and demon, finding him attractive and he had to restrain a very pissed off Kushina whenever someone tried to get in with him, though Naruto had talked his mother into considering letting another woman or two be with Minato but only if she got to approve of them and Minato, being the intelligent man he was, stated that it was Kushina's decision. Minato, Kushina, Hashirama, and Tobirama were also spending quite a bit of time training as they wanted to get their bodies back into shape since being dead for 10+ years tended to make the body pretty weak.
Marco and Grom were also being sought after by a few of the Uzumaki women that were single when Whirlpool fell and it was interesting to say the least since both were more focused on combat and military ideas even if Grom had courted Valeria, which was mostly done by her and showing him how to do so.
The people of Lightning Country, Water Country, and Wave Country were getting along well with his forces, barring a few minor incidents, with Wave being the best since Naruto's people were bringing them back from the brink and turning them into a top notch country. He had already begun fortifying the key areas while ensuring the minor areas had some form of protection with Wave's bridge being reinforced heavily by seal masters and other specialists with the same being said for Water Country's main ports and Lightning Country's main trade routes that led through the mountains.
Naturally, word of Kiri's civil war being settled made several parties send scouts only to be stopped due to Naruto's Shades turning them into the security he set up before they were dealt with in the same manner as those that tried to infiltrate Whirlpool. The one or two he did let get away would report on new advancements in technology and defenses while strange and fear inspiring forces had taken up residence as well and the news would spread like wildfire. However, he did make sure that he marked them in some way so that the ruling parties would know that their targets knew about the spy and decided to let them have some bits of information.
Of course, once word got out that Kumo and Wave were allied with Kiri, the investigations were on them as well with the same results as those that tried with Kiri. Naturally, the continued failed attempts made several parties try harder with no further success besides the one or two Naruto let leave with the same procedures in place as they were in Kiri.
The advancement of Whirlpool was going well as they had the main village up and running and were now expanding parts of the outside to accommodate their forces as well as getting docks built for eventual trade since Naruto had planned to take Sea Country next to stabilize the region and take it away from the different crime families as well as give him most of the shipping lanes to control. Kiri and Kumo were advancing as well at a slower progress with Wave being faster because of Tazuna's unmatched skill in construction and engineering. In fact, some of Naruto's Goblin, Dwarf, and Gnome citizens that specialized in those areas were approaching the man for apprenticeships much to the old man's pleasure especially when he learned that where they're from, you pay for the apprenticeship.
Anyway, since Naruto was stuck in his bed for a couple weeks, he decided to make himself useful, besides handling his girls' desires, by going over all the paperwork and files that he had his Shades steal from Konoha. The first chunk was apparently them scouring all over the countries that they could to look for him and apparently it had stalled/scared several of the more criminal individuals since the searchers stuck around for almost a decade looking and several people couldn't risk moves to do anything. This was the main reason Gatō hadn't taken over Wave country as early as Naruto theorized he might have without interference since he couldn't move without those watchers possibly picking up on it and then interfering. It was also the reason why what would have been his graduating class was delayed graduation until they were 15 because after his reported helping of the Uchiha Massacre, the fools and idiots feared that whoever took me was hoping to get Sasuke too so they wanted him more attached to the village and prepared should that happen and the details of some of their searches were listed as well.
However, the rest of it was very damning on the village: Detailed accounts and reports on the damage he had taken during his time in the village; accurate reports of thefts from the Namikaze and Uzumaki clan accounts; listings of several under the table dealings that would make Fire Country look bad if it was known that the Leaf had a hand in them; different dossiers on several political figures in the Fire Daimyo's court with various vices, favors owed on both sides, and blackmail materials listed to keep them favoring the Leaf and not anyone else; background checks and detailed information on the current Guardian Shinobi 12 dating back to when Asuma Sarutobi was a member; detailed records of various clans' accounts, jutsu stockpiles, and more classified information that was protected under the Clan Privacy Act that the Daimyos all signed into existence to keep others from using or scavenging from a clan if said clan didn't want to join a village or area; and a few other nasty things but the real kicker was the paperwork showing the village hierarchy knew fully well that the Uchiha clan was going to rebel and ordered the annihilation of the entire clan not just the military members and then had notes of the amended plan to basically spoil Sasuke rotten and train him to one day be the secret weapon they'd use to steal and tame the Jinchuriki/Biju of the other villages so they could crush them and make Konoha the sole Ninja Village of the world.
*****LIME START*****
All in all, it was pretty damning stuff especially since it had the Third's and his advisors' signatures of approval for the documentation of everything he had now. Naruto grinned since this was the kind of damning evidence he needed to begin break Konoha and everything it stood for, "Fara, could you get me Yugito and Haku?" He asked his night Elf lover who was currently enjoying her turn serving him as she looked up at him from between his legs with his cock in her mouth and Naruto smiled, "After you finish, of course." He added and she smiled and began to suck him harder as she bobbed her head.
This, being a girl sucking a cock, was not something that was known to a few of the races since it wasn't normal, but Kira had been talking with the Succubi and the Succubi talked with everyone and now it was tried by a few lovers with all of Naruto's being eager to do it, Fara included. Fara bobbed her head while coiling her tongue around his hard cock as she sucked hard on it and massaged his balls with her soft fingers and Naruto groaned as he enjoyed her ministrations.
Fara then pulled back and pulled her breasts out before wrapping them around his cock and began pumping it while licking the head getting a moan from Naruto as she did so, "Ah, that's it Fara, you're going to make me cum soon." He stated and that set off a switch in Fara as she began to take his cock in her mouth and deep throat him while pumping her tits in time with her head bobbing and Naruto grit his teeth before he grunted and filled her mouth and throat making her widen her eyes and moan as she drank his hot sticky cum down greedily before she slowly pulled off and cleaned his cock as she went before she released it with an audible POP and licked her lips and him clean.
*****LIME END*****
"Tasty as always, love." She stated before kissing his cheek and covered her breasts again before heading off to get Yugito and Haku while Naruto just chuckled at his luck as he covered himself and got comfortable on the bed.
A few minutes later, Haku and Yugito came into the room smiling at him and he smiled in return, "Hello ladies, I'm glad I could pull you away." He stated making them blush and smile brighter, "What I need you two for is to deliver these documents to A and Zabuza then after they look over and make copies of them for themselves, I want them to send them to the Fire Daimyo via a team each to ensure they reach their destination in effectively and because I want people to know what Konoha has done and that I am now in league with Kumo and Kiri." He stated and all playfulness or thoughts of flirting left their minds and they turned serious before nodding.
"Hai, Ammon-kun." They chorused before taking the two items and kissed him on the cheek before heading out while Naruto sighed and laid back before he heard his door open and saw Natalia and Vashj there and they smiled before they stripped down to their underwear, which let Naruto see Natalia's impressive E cup tits again, and they both climbed in and snuggled into his chest before he kissed both on the head and they relaxed.
In Kumo
A was busy handling the lessened piles of paperwork he had while preparing for any missions or war tasks his new employer had since he knew Naruto wanted to go to Konoha during the Chunin Exams, but he didn't know what the full plan was so he was just keeping busy overseeing reports, permits, progresses, and anything else he would normally look at just now moving some items to a stack to mention in his report to Naruto. He was honestly happy with how things had been going over the past few weeks since his village was now better than ever with new and better defenses and more soldiers stationed throughout it and the country. They also had two new clans beginning in Kumo thanks to Naruto's abilities with one being started by A's own brother and his new mate and the other being started by a long dead person who Naruto brought back.
Speaking of which, "Raikage-sama, may I come in?" A male voice asked from the other side of the door and A stopped what he was doing.
"Yes, come in Hizashi." A stated before the door opened to show said Hyuga back from the dead though it came with a cost since his Byakugan was sealed away at his death. However, despite the all fearing Hyuga elders, the seal didn't affect the man's lower region which meant any future children he had would be able to use the Byakugan and he was already given a new seal by Naruto's people to protect their Byakugan without enslaving them and it would make them sterile unless they performed specific handsigns. Also, as a further safety precaution, it violently rejected any and all seals that people tried to add to it so his future clan was safe from ever becoming like the current Hyuga Clan, "What can I do for you Hizashi? No ill effects from Lord Ammon's power I hope." He asked then stated with worry and Hizashi smiled and shook his head before sitting down.
"Besides some stiffness and lack of stamina and energy, for now? No, there have been no ill effects. Lord Ammon's soldiers informed me that it would be as such since my body had been dead for over a decade so there was no helping it except to just let it adjust to the magic now running through my body as well as letting it wake up. No, I was here to see if there was any word about plans for my son?" He informed then asked as he wanted his son to be by his side and free and to help get him out of the 'fate controls everything' mentality that Ammon reported he was in.
A sighed and shook his head, "Not yet, but don't worry; Lord Ammon swore he would get the boy away from Konoha as well as get the Branch Family out as well when he was ready. He doesn't want to risk Konoha declaring war while he is trapped in his home recuperating from whatever it was that he did to bring you and the Uzumaki back. The man has done right by us so far and hasn't once broken his word, so trust him and be patient since it's not like you could go to help convince him in your current condition as the Hyugas would just capture you and either kill you or try to ensure you can't give anything to Kumo." He stated and Hizashi nodded while shivering in fear at the thought of what those bastard elders would try to do to ensure Kumo got nothing and discreetly crossed his legs.
"Alright, I just really want to see my son and having to wait is exhausting and frustrating." He stated and A nodded since his daughters could be even more taxing at times. Their conversation was interrupted by a knock at the door, "Come in." He stated and the door opened to show Yugito and A smiled at his eldest, which she returned while giving a nod to Hizashi, before she came up and handed A the folder.
"Ammon-kun wanted me to give you this to make a copy for yourself and then send a team to take it to the Fire Daimyo and the Mizukage is getting some other documents to copy and send as well." Yugito stated and A raised an eyebrow before he skimmed some of it and raised his eyebrows while widening his eyes.
"Damn, Konoha will be sunk in the Fire Daimyo's eyes once he sees this and this isn't even all of it since Kiri is getting the rest of it." A stated as he called his secretary to copy everything down and call him a team before he hugged Yugito and kissed her forehead before she headed back to Whirlpool while the same was being done in Kiri by Haku. Zabuza and A both knew Konoha was royally screwed when they saw the attached note at the bottom: Tell the Fire Daimyo Ammon Menethil once was named Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze and his parents were Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. Also inform him that I wish to compete in the Chunin exams with you and the other influential people backing me, but Konoha won't allow it due to them not recognizing Whirlpool.
Back in Whirlpool
Kushina and a few of her kin who had the ability to use chakra chains were all in a training ground practicing using said technique after seeing Naruto's memories of his creations as they had never thought of using a broken chain as a focal point to sprout even more; add elemental affinities to help defeat an opponent or block an attack; splitting a chain intentionally to create more chains to attack with; being able to control hundreds of chains on instinct alone; and now they were beginning to learn how to convert chakra into mana, or at least their world's version of it, in order to use the chains in more ways as Naruto had been able to use holy, unholy, raw power, and more with his chains. Naturally, they also were using the Shadow Clone Jutsu to help with what they could since all Uzumaki were born with at least Chunin level reserves.
That was another thing that made Kushina smile, Naruto had also found a way to recreate the Shadow Clone Jutsu as a spell so any of his soldiers with mana could use it to study and train more effectively and he was working on a way for his non-mana users to use it as well. They'd never be able to make as many as he did of course, but even one could help push a soldier into new heights if they and the clone both trained. His current idea was a seal array put on his normal soldiers that would let them split into two but could reform and combine the knowledge along with everything else that came from it including hunger and exhaustion.
Many of her kin were extremely doubtful that such a thing was possible, but Naruto had already prepared and showed them a prototype seal that ran off the magic that was now flowing through Whirlpool thanks to her son. If he could get it to work, then he could possibly get it to run on chakra as well thus letting his Samurai be able to use it as well by the seal absorbing the nature chakra that the world naturally gave off.
Basically, Naruto was a genius that had surpassed his clan and was now educating them to bring them up to even higher status since his soldiers respected every Uzumaki regardless of which specialty they focused in. Part of the reason was simply because they were related to Naruto; another was that it took several villages to bring them down and even then they made their enemies pay DEARLY for the attack; and lastly it was because the Uzumaki were respectful towards them regardless of their physical appearances which put them a notch above most of the Humans back in Azeroth.
Kushina smiled at her son being so powerful and kind despite what Konoha tried to do and was happier that he still called her mother even if he was raised by other women. She'd work hard to show everyone she was indeed worthy of being his mother and that there would be no doubts that she'd crush anyone that stood in her precious son's way and break those that hurt him.
In another part of Whirlpool, Minato was feeling the same way as he trained with Grom as Naruto wanted every person under his rule, regardless of if they were a soldier or not, to learn a weapon to use since he wanted the civilians to be able to defend themselves should the need arise. The reason Minato was training with Grom was because he found he actually favored a battle axe after trying out several weapons both from the Elemental Countries and Azeroth. When he wasn't training with Grom, spending time with Naruto, training his body back up, being intimate with Kushina, or getting to know his new found family, he was training his Hirashin and Rasengan to be as good as his son had made them. Naruto could use Hirashin without a seal by marking an object, person, or even an area with his chakra and then use it as the beacon to go to and he could make a Rasengan with his elements and his magic while also having a few other tricks that Minato felt absolutely stupid for never thinking about trying.
One such idea was being able to make the Rasengan, both normal and any elemental form, able to be thrown which was done by increasing the casing of chakra holding the swirling death in one spot to the point that it could be thrown or launched without dissipating and the fact he found the way to do so with his elemental and magical versions only spurred Minato on. A second version of that idea was using chakra to make it fire like a cannon ball would and it was the same fundamentals that allowed Ninja to launch off the ground when they pushed chakra to their feet thereby making the Rasengan long ranged, though it had different limitations than throwing it.
Another idea was actually compressing the Rasengan down to the size of a marble and being able to make individual ones along the fingers and palm making a strike be absolutely devastating; which Naruto took advantage of a few times by making a Taijutsu style that had a lot of thrusts, slaps, and finger pokes; or if he was taking on a group he could throw them all and even if they didn't hit an enemy they'd explode and take enemies with them due to the control keeping them compressed being gone.
Basically, Naruto had taken the Rasengan and the Hirashin to new heights that made Minato want to train more to reach those heights as well. Naruto already made his own technique based on the technique Itachi told him that Kakashi created. Main difference was that Naruto's technique was perfect for hitting groups of enemies and Kakashi's was best for one on one combat. Regardless, Naruto was proving to definitely be like himself, Kushina, Tsunade, and Jiraiya: He excelled in trial and error and the practical arts, but wasn't near as good in the theoretical areas. The four of them were never good with the whole learn everything from books and then apply it, they were the kind of people that go "Tell me how I can use this and then I'll learn it by using it" and it seemed like Naruto was the same way. Itachi even said as much since Naruto always learned better if Itachi put it in a perspective he could see rather than just telling him such as when learning a technique: Itachi always told him and then showed him each step slowly and then showed the technique at regular speed so Naruto would know what to do and then be able to copy and figure out his own way of doing things.
Despite most people's belief, jutsu were not all done the same way from person to person. Fire Jutsu for example require people to take a deep breath before they release it and some people take the breath and then say the name while others call out the name then take the breath. For Lightning, some used their chakra to generate the electricity as they did the handsigns while others did the handsigns then generated the electricity and still others did like with fire jutsu and did the handsigns, called the name, and then created the electricity for the jutsu.
Right now, Minato was applying his practical skills by sparring against Grom and seeing how he moved and fought with the axe and Minato would copy him to find what worked for him and what didn't. Quite a bit fell into the latter category since he was a Human and was comparing himself with an Orc; who outweighed him in pure muscle and mass, had a much heavier axe, and had years more experience with the axe and combat since he was far older than he looked since he was fighting on Draenor before Thrall was even born. However, Minato was persevering and pushing himself to learn to use his axe like it was second nature to him.
Hashirama was with the Druids and Shamans learning about their take, views, and beliefs on nature and working on enhancing his own connection as well as his Wood Style abilities. Hashirama found the different races to be interesting as the Tauren seemed more relaxed and thought of nature as if it was a family member, while the Night Elves were more strict and uptight and treated nature like it was a sacred item that was to be protected and treasured at all times with the other races having different yet similar views. It was also interesting to see the different ways the two "classes" interacted with nature: The Druids directly called on its power to aid them and took on animal forms while the Shaman called upon spirits of nature to empower them and their totems.
It was an interesting topic to explore and see, but the Druids and the Shaman were learning from him too since they had never seen anyone, outside of Naruto, actually make trees and plants sprout from nothing except whatever the person was standing on or touching and the fact that he was skilled enough to supposedly make an entire forest appear meant quite a bit to them.
At the moment, they were training him in how to tap into nature and feel its power so he could possibly tap into that in addition to using his chakra. It was something that Naruto had theorized and learned to do and also theorized any ninja connected to nature could do if trained enough. It was hard and Hashirama assumed it would be even if he was at maximum power, but he would continue nonetheless since not only would this let him feel closer to nature, but if a time came that he had to fight and he was low on chakra, then he could call on the very world for aid.
For Tobirama, he was usually doing one of two things: 1) getting to know, training, and spending time with Setsura so he could better learn his water abilities and 2) learning from and teaching a new breed of Magi that learned from Naruto's water attacks and were called Hydromancers. The Hydromancers were experimenting with water in all its forms when Naruto came around and began using Water Jutsu giving them new inspirations and studied the attacks he showed them before creating spells and ways to use the same attacks with Mana with Naruto's help. They were one of the new groups since there were already Pyromancers, but now there were Geomancers (earth), Aeromancers (wind), Cryomancers (Ice), Herbomancers (plants), and Electromancers (lightning) and all of them spawned from Magi seeing Naruto training and fighting with chakra and wanting to try using mana/magic instead. A few had tried other versions of the elements but found that they required massive reserves to do some simplistic spells due to their nature having two elements to them instead of one. Cryomancers were the most recent as a very small handful was gifted in water and could do some wind and began experimenting and got Ice beyond the normal frost spells.
Anyway, Tobirama was training with them to see if their methods may be better than his usual ones while he also taught them his usual methods and taught them a few things about water techniques such as Sea Water was heavier than fresh water so it needed more power to manipulate. Right before impact they wanted to refine the water down to as small a point as possible as it could pierce/hit harder than a ballista bolt if refined for accurate damage or they could leave it wide and it would impact like a cannon ball on an area or target doing spread out damage. The more water on hand there is to control, the less mana/chakra you have to put in since you don't have to try and draw the water from the air or ground (unless it's mud in which case that's a good place). All the power should be focused on the front of the attack not evenly distributed like with lightning as unlike lightning the attack hits with the front then disperses on the ground where lightning can pass through an enemy and continue harming them as it passes and the only exception is if the water is being used to defend or imprison as you need the power distributed evenly to block or contain. And that the best way to stop a water technique you launched was just to drop your control of it since the water would be moving too fast to try and steer away from someone.
Kimimaro was the busiest as he was throwing himself into training to get his body back to peak performance and was even going toe to toe with Orcs and Tauren in Taijutsu and still coming back for more. It was actually very admirable as it pushed most of the other troops to work as hard to match his desire. He was bound and determined to prove his worth to his new master and show why the Kaguya clan was so feared in Kiri. He was training with his bloodline, fist fighting Orcs and Tauren, doing chakra exercises, weights, and everything in between to make his body go back into its prime state that even he forgot about due to his disease almost literally tearing his lungs to pieces. He smirked slightly, Orochimaru's callous throwing away would come back and haunt him soon and he would love to see the teme's face when he was standing there seeing the person he could have had faithfully serving him now serving another with all his strength returned.
Kimimaro was also experimenting with whatever Naruto's power had done to him since he could now sprout black bones to use with his clan jutsu and they were tougher, stronger, denser, sharper, and definitely deadlier and he could mix it with his normal bones to make an interesting effect since the white bone would eventually shatter but the black bone was able to keep going. A Druid had simplified it best: The difference in durability between his white bone and his black bone was comparable to regular wood vs petrified wood of the same thickness. However, the two big differences were that his bones could now form almost any weapon he wanted to be able to fight with and that his black bones could conduct elemental chakra and mana allowing magic and elemental combat in addition to the usual brutal Kaguya styles.
Naturally, this was a boon to quite a few as Kimimaro could create staff length bones and the magic users could use them as staves and use them in close combat without worry of them breaking and the same could be said for some others as well since his bones were far sturdier and superior to wood based weapons and armaments, even better than chakra conducting wood.
A slight drawback to them was that as he produced them, he had to replace the nutrients and everything needed to grow the bones so he was eating and drinking constantly to make sure he didn't destroy his body back to what it was when the disease was attacking him: He'd found another way to aid his new master and he was gonna do it to ensure that it was beneficial and not crippling to him. Naruto had agreed and even ordered him to take at least one day a week to rest and not produce any weapons. Kimimaro, ever the loyal soldier, obeyed to the letter and at times just wondered through the woods enjoying the peace of them.
All in all, things were going really well for the budding empire, but if you were in the know then you would see that most of two classes in particular that specialized in stealth and hunting were not in Whirlpool as well as a few of the other classes as they were sent to prepare for the next acquisition to the empire: Sea Country.
Sea Country
If there was ever a place that had more bloodthirsty individuals who all loved "business" more than this place… then its name was Hell. Dating back centuries, this collection of islands and trade routes has been ruled by different crime families. At one time, it was whoever was left standing that was declared the owner, but over time they became more… Civil and made it so whoever won a race each decade would rule over the islands for that decade. Of course, that didn't mean they wouldn't try and… aid their runner to win the race even if the other team may not like the support given. Another change from long ago is that now it was primarily two major families competing and the other families basically just supporting whoever they thought would benefit them most or biding their time that they could move into a better position of power.
However, most of their plans were going to come crashing down due to a group working on one of the less populated islands. This island in particular always suffered since they had no major or even minor family to pull for their improvement nor was it a major tourist local or business area for the trade routes. That is until the new people showed up.
Naruto had sent his Rogues and Hunters to Sea Country to find a staging area to work with and improve before the rest of his army moved to take Sea Country entirely. They found one said Island that was not far off the main trade route but had no real… anything really besides a small town and fishing group.
When the head Rogue and Hunter met with them, they were surprised to find them ecstatic to be acquired into their lord's growing empire since apparently some of the few trade ships that were allowed to go to Whirlpool had been spreading word of the wonders they saw and apparently word traveled fast on the collection of islands even on their little out of the way island. They happily gave them all the information on the top two families, the next in line families, the major players in all the families, and which islands they were on. All they wanted in return was for their island to become more populated and built up to be more attractive to visitors, something Naruto happily agreed to.
So now the few mages and others were opening a portal for others to come through and preparing the island as the new capital of Sea Country while the Rogues and Hunters began spreading across the islands to find the different targets to remove on their lord's order. It would be quick and clean since the fools didn't have any professionals, just a lot of meat shields that could swing their arms well enough. Basically they could clear most of them in less than an hour and get out clean. They just needed the order to come down and the massacres would occur before the rest moved in and begin fortifying the place.
Fire Country: Fire Daimyo's Palace
The Fire Daimyo, Lord Nobunaga, was having a peaceful and relaxing day dealing with a few matters with his entire court present with nothing seeming to interrupt his day. Then… Then his guards informed him a team of Shinobi from Kumo and a team from Kiri had come seeking his audience about important matters pertaining to his court and Konoha. He allowed them entrance, but he couldn't suppress the feeling that his good day, or week in fact, was about to be ruined and it wasn't going to be the Shinobi's fault.
The two teams nodded to each other and walked forward before bowing to the Daimyo and his wife, "What business do you shinobi have with me?" Nobunaga asked hoping that feeling wasn't true.
"We of Kumo are here to give you some documents that were kept hidden from you by Konoha that our new benefactor was able to acquire and wanted you shown them." The Kumo captain replied and produced a scroll before unrolling it slowly while the Kiri one did as well.
"It is the same with us Daimyo-sama. Our savior and benefactor wished for you to be aware of items that were hidden from you and also to tell you he kept the originals should any Konoha shinobi try to intercept/steal and destroy these." Stated the Kiri captain as the seals on the scrolls produced several folders that they stacked before handing them to two Samurai guards to take to their lord as Nobunaga frowned since the feeling was getting stronger.
As he took the first folder, he read it over and frowned before going to the next and increased his frown before going to another and saw several things that Hiruzen Sarutobi blatantly lied to him on, "Who gave these to you?" He asked since this current folder was detailing attacks, conditions, and plans for Naruto Uzumaki and the one before was the details of his Guardian Shinobi that Asuma provided.
The two captains looked at each before replying, "Ammon Menethil, but he was once known by Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze." They stated getting gasps from most of the room and for Nobunaga to freeze before he leveled a glare at the two.
"This had better be some kind of joke; Minato Namikaze's son is dead." He growled out while the two captains just stood there.
"According to whom?" The Kumo captain asked making Nobunaga widen his eyes before he scowled and continued reading and then scowled further as the file showed Naruto's birth certificate proving his parentage. As he kept reading, those in the room were becoming more and more afraid while some had tried to take the files away stating that it was causing unnecessary stress, these were the fools on Konoha's payroll. The answer they received was a cold glare and swords at their necks from the Samurai since no one but Nobunaga's wife approached without permission.
By the time Nobunaga had read all the folders he had several veins on his head ready to burst from pure rage and anger and immediately called in more guards before having them take away several of the nobles he appointed to his court after stripping them of their titles and place in his court while making sure he was gonna show Konoha why you don't cross the lord of the land you're on, "I thank you for delivering these items to me. It appears I have some things to take care of in my country. Tell your benefactor I would very much like to meet with him sometime in the future as I was friends with his parents." Nobunaga stated as his wife tried to help him calm down even if she was just as pissed at Konoha as he was.
The two captains looked at each other before speaking the last bit that their leaders told them to inform the Daimyo, "Our benefactor wished to compete at the Chunin exams as his leader now controls and runs Whirlpool and wants to test him and a few others and our Kages and Daimyo's have backed them up to give support, but Konoha has denied them." They stated even if it wasn't entirely true but the Fire Daimyo wouldn't believe anyone in Konoha.
Their statement got the desired effect of making Nobunaga scowl, "I see, inform him and his leader that they will be allowed to compete and I will be visiting Konoha to set a few things straight." He stated while planning to REALLY make sure Konoha knew who they were crossing and what the consequences were.
The two captains bowed before backing away and leaving Nobunaga to his thoughts and plans since they needed to report as soon as possible. Once they left, Nobunaga then called his personal guard to ready a carriage to Konoha and to detain any and all Konoha shinobi that came to the palace without his express permission and invitation.
The guards nodded knowing that Konoha was going to feel their lord's wrath and if it wasn't for the fact they brought it on themselves thinking they were smarter than him, then they'd might actually feel bad for them.
Back at Whirlpool
Naruto smirked as he watched saw what happened at the Capital thanks to a well-placed Shade and he watched with great satisfaction as Nobunaga became furious. Beside him was Vashj and Natalia, both of whom were still sleeping, and he was gently stroking their hair as he watched the Konoha bought nobles panic and sputter in outrage as they were removed.
He broke from his amusement as the Shade in Sea Country reported his Rogues and Hunters were in place along with several new explosives that were fueled by his mixture of chakra and mana plus contained dragon fire ready to utterly wipe out a few people that Konoha was bankrolling to give them influence on the trade routes. Naruto smirked at the information knowing that he'd have control of the shipping lanes and piss Konoha off all in one.
Fara had wanted to go, but he needed her in Whirlpool since she was actually one of the best when it came to animal taming and care giving and some of his clan wanted to learn to have an animal companion to fight beside them and they needed help. She was also need to help some of his Hunters that were still struggling to bond with their animal partners. While Fara wanted some action, the non-bedroom kind, she wasn't going to leave her mate's soldiers conflicting with their animal partners nor leave his clansmen to struggle through bonding with their animals.
It was the same with his other mates as they wanted to prove themselves but each had their own tasks to complete here: Vashj was training Naga and others in how to be a Storm Witch/Wizard.
Mikoto was helping Itachi teach others with her fire techniques as well as how to counter Chakra and the Sharingan should any of them face that masked Uchiha that unleashed Kira on Konoha.
Vereesa was training anyone willing how to track like the High Elves had been able to especially the rangers.
Sally was training the new group of priests in both the normal magic and the new forms of shadow magic that she gained from Naruto marking her since others could do it, they just had to work at it similar to how Haku could use ice easily but Naruto had had to train in it.
Zasphun was teaching some of the Uzumaki and a few others how to call her elementals and Totems while also fighting like a Shaman.
Noctel was teaching some Ronin and others how to use her cleaver style sword along with the tower shield as well as humbling any and all Paladins that started growing egos while also perfecting her Guardian Field.
Natalia was teaching how to use her sword and shield while remaining agile and not letting it slow you down.
Kira was switching between helping her new demon kin to improve their combat prowess since they were more accustomed to overwhelming the enemy with sheer numbers. When she wasn't doing that, she was torturing… I mean training several others in speed and endurance.
Naruto smiled at his mates working so hard to make sure his soldiers were up to his standards, not that they were the only ones mind you, but it was still nice. Haku, Yugito, Karui, Samui, Pakura, and Mabui were working as well though they were mainly working to get stronger while Yugito's demon wanted out to help him too as did the other still trapped Biju that were in his realm and Naruto was going to free them when he wasn't confined to his bed since he didn't want to wear himself out again too soon, though his girls probably wouldn't mind it as much since they could "take care" of him more… plus Kira was almost positive Matatabi was going to try and jump his bones the moment she was out.
Shaking those thoughts away, he gave the que to the Shades and then watched through the connection as several large houses, which were scouted to ensure no innocent people were involved, were consumed in large explosions consuming the whole place and those within. The scene then changed to Shades looking over courtyards as several sentries were killed via arrow to the face, throat, or heart or were stabbed and dragged into the darkness before his forces entered. By the time anyone would be able to sort out what happened, the place would be engulfed in one big turf war between the lesser families before Naruto's forces dwindled them down till the point was made that he was in charge and they had better fall in line or be moved out of the game entirely.
Now he just needed the Fire Daimyo to rip Konoha a new asshole and get out of this damn bed and he'd be ready for the next stage of his payback to Konoha.
Hokage Tower: Council Room: A week later
The Council of Konoha, or at least the non-clan heads (except the Hyuga), were not having a good couple of months. First, their Jinchuriki that disappeared showed up and killed a few of their people and stole the Forbidden scroll. Second, they learned that all kinds of documents detailing their dirty secrets were stolen as well. Third, said Jinchuriki showed up in Wave and ruined their chance to put the country under their and Fire Country's thumb by apparently some ally of his giving them funding and new strange creatures and structures to secure them; then their two Sanin announce they won't help them if the Jinchuriki came back for revenge on them; then the word spread that Kiri had a new Kage and made allies with the same people that Wave did; then Kumo did as well. Then there was the taking of the Namikaze Estates, destruction of the Uzumaki Shrine, and the theft of the Kage graveyard; then the blast of energy echoed out harming the last loyal Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake.
Of course word then spread that Iwa and Waterfall lost their Jinchuriki and that Orochimaru himself lost a couple subordinates; their spies sent to Whirlpool and the other places were killed brutally with the exception of a couple that stated they were allowed to live and say what they had seen; the animal summons they had then informed them that they wouldn't come to Konoha's aid against the thing that released the power over the world; then their bought and paid for nobles (mostly from the Hyuga's payroll) were forcibly removed without them knowing why; and then Sea country was thrown into chaos before the forces of Whirlpool moved in and took over before it began upgrading several islands and changing the shipping lanes going through their new territory.
Well, now the newest and possibly worst hit was here and it was the answer to why their paid for nobles were removed from their positions: A VERY pissed off Daimyo that apparently got all of the documents that were stolen making all but 7 members of the council VERY afraid and nervous. The only ones not nervous or afraid were Tsume Inuzuka, the Inuzuka Clan Head; Shibi Aburame, the Aburame Clan Head; Inoichi Yamanaka, the Yamanaka Clan Head; Shikaku Nara, the Nara Clan Head; Choza Akamichi, the Akamichi Clan Head; Mebuki Haruno, the head of the Haruno Household; and Cattleya Isis, owner of the largest weapon shop in Konoha.
None were more scared than Hiruzen Sarutobi since he not only knew and used those incidents and everything in those folders to his advantage, but had also knowingly and blatantly lied to the Fire Daimyo's face about Minato's son being dead and the fact that the man had around 25 guards with him in the room with each having their hands on their swords didn't help either.
Nobunaga, seeing the confusion on some of the people's faces decided to enlighten them and had the copies he made of the files brought in and handed to everyone, who naturally began reading while the people who weren't afraid began to show how outraged and pissed they were.
Nobunaga then leveled his glare at Hiruzen, "You have played me for a fool, Sarutobi, and if it wasn't for the fact that you were hosting the Chunin Exams and it would look bad upon us all if Konoha was suddenly unable to host it, I would cut all funding now and enact severe punishments on you all." He stated with his voice and face showing he was deadly serious, "However, there will be consequences for what has happened. First, you will not be getting any funding higher than what you need to run the Chunin Exams. Second, all of you who took funds from the Uzumaki and Namikaze clan accounts will repay it WITH INTEREST." He stated making many pale in horror and sputter in outrage, "Third, you are NOT to try and take Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze back to this village against his will or I will see it as an assault on someone that is basically my nephew and I will act accordingly. Fourth, you will all be making reparations for Naruto's treatment while in this village regardless of if you had a hand in it or not since you should have stopped it regardless of anything else or at the very least informed me that it was happening." He continued making all of the Clan Heads but the Hyuga Clan Head, Hiashi Hyuga, look down in shame along with Mebuki and Cattleya.
"Fifth, you will allow Whirlpool to compete in the Chunin Exams and will treat them fairly or so help me I will execute every member of this village that is in each generation within this room and let the other generations pick up the slack." He threatened making everyone gulp while being shocked Whirlpool was entering… well everyone but Hiruzen and the elders since they believed they were going to try and compete, "And believe me my personal accountants and subordinates will be looking through all the village records closely and will be reporting to me." He stated making several begin to sweat.
"Daimyo-sama, you must understand that… boy needed to be controlled. He was too dangerous to just let him do whatever he wanted." Koharu tried before the coldest glare she had ever seen was directed at her by the Fire Daimyo and those not nervous about the files. Hiruzen pinched the bridge of his nose and mumbled something that sounded like 'idiot.'
"If he needed to be controlled as you claim, then it would've been better to be caring towards him so he'd listen to you and showed him that loyalty counts for something. The fact that he is able to be the benefactor for both Kiri and Kumo means he has excelled outside of the village and you all could have had him as an ally and soldier had you not mistreated him." He growled making the elders fight to keep their scowls off their faces since Jinchuriki were not to be treated kindly, they were to be beaten into submission and trained to obey on command.
"Daimyo-sama, the boy must remain in the village for the good of it." Danzo stated trying his hidden eye but found it was being repulsed and a shot of pain was sent into him and it was taking all of his training not to scream in pain.
The Daimyo just looked at the man with a scowl, "I think it would be better for the village if he wasn't confined to it since I wouldn't stop him from butchering anyone in his way if he was attacked." Nobunaga then turned to leave, "I will have people watching the village closely and if you step out of line, then I will make good on my threat to remove the generations needed and let the next take over." Nobunaga stated before he left with his samurai while several council members were cursing since they just got at least two new assholes torn into them.
3 weeks later: Whirlpool
Naruto was standing atop his tower surveying his lands happy his body was recovered so he could go to the Chunin Exams. Two weeks ago he was able to move around without his legs feeling like jelly and had begun making sure his body was in shape before he went to Sea Country to inspect his holdings there and see what modifications he could add to the list since Tazuna was now aiding in the rebuilding in other places since Wave was back to full power not counting a few additional things that were to be built later to make it a better tourist area.
It was also in Sea Country that his forces informed him that they destroyed a base belonging to Orochimaru and they captured a girl named Isaribi who seemed to possess Naga-like powers but didn't have the full control. Naturally, Naruto was intrigued and went to her finding her basically shattered since she depended on the other Naga-like entity to reverse what happened to her since her powers weren't normal, but results of an experiment. Naruto thus gained her loyalty and devotion by telling her he could make it so she switched between her fish-like form and her Human form like his Naga could and then did so for her before sending her back to Whirlpool to train.
Naruto had to chuckle at that, apparently within a week she had taken a liking to Jugo and the poor guy had no idea how to handle three girls all wanting to be around him all the time. Although, Naruto and Kira both had to lay down the law that the three were not to fight over him since that would put him in a bad spot and make him upset that he was causing them to be angry and fight. After that the three had settled down and, after seeing how Naruto was able to give multiple girls attention, agreed to share Jugo, with him agreeing to date them of course, and teach him how to do date stuff. Last Naruto checked, all three had gone on a date with him each and all three had given him a soul searing kiss leaving him just standing there with a blush on his face each time.
Naruto shook those thoughts away as he stood there waiting for word that the "teams" he wanted with him at the Chunin Exams were ready to go. Haku would be going with Jugo and Pakura with Utakata as their 'sensei'; Yugito would have her sisters and aunt; Vereesa would be a 'sensei' with Fara, Natalia, and Noctel; Vashj would be another 'sensei' with Karin, Amaru, and Isaribi; Kira would be there with Kin, Zasphun, and a Tauren Warrior named Mael as her 'students'; Sally had a Troll Priest named Zagar, an Undead DK named Raz, and a Worgen Druid named Zak; and he himself would be going with Marco as the 'sensei' and Setsura and Kimimaro as his teammates. The rest of his people would be remaining in Whirlpool and the other areas in case of nosy parties while Grom would be posing as the Uzukage when Naruto and the others made it to the finals with Itachi and Shisui as his 'guards'.
The point of this was to show just how strong his forces were as well as instill some fear when they saw the monstrous individuals that served Whirlpool or at least that's what the other villages would call his forces. Some of his Uzumaki clan members wanted to go too, but quite a few of them were either recuperating from being brought back from the dead or were busy helping other areas of his growing territory. Though he did agree to let some Uzumaki come to watch the finals, both for the plans he had in place and because he wanted to intimidate the fools even further. Tayuya also wanted to go, but she was still recovering from the Curse Mark being removed from her as her body was adjusting to not having the tainted chakra throughout her system while Kimimaro was better due to the dark magic running through his system making him have a somewhat replacement for it.
He broke from those thoughts as he felt Mikoto come up and hug him from behind while kissing his neck, "Is everything ready?" He asked and she nodded as she hugged him tighter.
"Yes, they are all assembled and waiting for you at the docks to travel since they know you don't want to show your trump cards yet." She stated and Naruto nodded before turning and giving her a soul searing kiss while groping her ass appreciatively making her moan and wrap her arms around him.
After a few more minutes of tonsil hockey, Naruto pulled back, "I'll be back soon Miko-chan." He stated and she nodded before he let his wings out and jumped off the tower before gliding towards his docks. When he arrived, he had the Goblin captain shove off as soon as he was on board while he stood at the bow of the ship knowing that he was going to begin his plans for Konoha soon. They just had to get there and be ready to compete in the Chunin Exams.
DONE. Sorry for the long wait, but if you knew what I was dealing with then you'd understand, but I can't talk about it.
Anyway, next time is the start of the Chunin Exams and Naruto showing that Whirlpool is now the strongest village of the countries.
Nothing else to talk about, so I'll see y'all next time.