From Ninja to Shinigami

Chapter 9: Shopping and Enough is Enough

By: jacke44

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===July 19, 11:17 AM, Konoha Business District===

As Naruto was walking with the children through the village, having sent all the babies back to Wave for safety, all of the kids were laughing and cheering because they were finally free from the orphanage, some of the kids were asking him what they're are going to do now. Naruto turned to the boy that called his name and dropped to one knee. "What can I do for you?"

The boy was bouncing on his feet. "I was wondering, can we get a pet?"

Naruto rubbed the boy's head and laughed. "I don't see a problem with that." This caused the kids to start listing all the pets they wanted to get, a dog, a kitty, a pony, a bunny... a little girl in the back wanted a birdie.

"Hey, can I get a lion?" One boy asked.

"No way, let's get a bear because they are better and more awesome!" A girl next to that boy said.

The boy turns to the girl and gets in her face. "Why would we want some stinky Bear when we can get a cool lion!"

"We're getting a lion!" He exclaimed.

"No, we're getting a bear!" She countered as fiercely.

Lion, Bear, Lion, Bear, Lion, Bear, they yelled at each other for nearly 2 minutes, and by then the rest of the children were to the side watching the argument along with a large crowd of civilians. Naruto could see the smiles on the women's faces, the 2 kids fighting about which animal is better, a lion or a bear. Another minute of it and the girl seemed to of had enough, threw up her hands, said boys are stupid and spelled it out... B, E, A, R.

The boy's turned red. "This is why everyone says girls are so annoying!" He yelled. "We're getting a L, I, O, N." He said and spelled lion like she had.

Before the fight could start back up a girl wearing a trench coat, leather mini-skirt and not much else, her purple hair in a pineapple ponytail, appeared between them and yelled 'snakes', her hands out wide, and in each hand is a snake. Naruto face-palms with his right hand.

Smoke exploded around the almost lewdly dressed snake girl and when it clears a few moments later the girl is revealed to be Anko Mitarashi. Once all the smoke fully clears and the kids could see similarly dressed but much scarier lady with the snakes the kids hid behind Naruto. "Who's the scary snake lady?" A girl asked loudly.

Naruto looked down a her. "That's not very nice, you don't like it when people call you names and I will not have you calling other people names because they scared you. Now, you're going to apologize to Anko do you understand."

Anko frowned when she heard the name, she hated that name and was about to show the girl what scary really looked like when she froze at a somewhat familiar male voice that was defending her, there were only a dozen people that she knew that would do that.

Naruto took a step forward and bowed. "Anko Mitarashi... I, Naruto Uzumaki, Head of the Uzumaki Clan, apologize on behalf of my clan member."

Anko waved her hand dismissively. "Forget it, good to see someone teaching the Gaki's some manners." She said then slowly started walking around Naruto looking him up and down. "I've got to say Gaki I like your new threads, especially that trench coat." She pulled a card from her inside pocket and handed it to Naruto. "Welcome to the club."

Naruto looks at it, it's for membership in the Trench Coat Shinobi Club. Naruto chuckles. "How many members are in this club Anko-chan?" Naruto asked with a foxy grin.

"If you accept, 6." Anko manages to stutter out with a slight blush because of the chan he added to her name, but she quickly got over it and with a grin she grabbed his head and buries his face in her breasts thinking that this would teach him to mess with her... she was proven wrong when Naruto pinched her butt. The grin on her face got bigger as she released his head and held him at arm's length. "If you want that you're going to have to buy me dinner first."

Once his head was finally free the only thing going through Naruto's mind is 'Why does every woman I know with large breasts are always trying to smother me with them?' A little voice in the back of his head said 'not that I don't like it' with a small pervert chuckle.

===Naruto's Mindscape===

Kushina was rolling on the ground laughing while Minato was standing nearby smiling, both heard the little voice in the back of his head and found it hilarious after going through all of his memories that all he had to do was change his outfit and the way he acted then all of a sudden he has women and girls practically throwing themselves at him.

===Real World===

Before the conversation could start back up everybody can hear the sounds of barking coming closer and closer, then suddenly from around the corner a little brown-haired blur crashed into Naruto's legs, he looked down and saw Noriko laying on the ground.

Noriko looked up and saw she crashed into her new big brother, quickly jumped to her feet and hugged his leg. "Naruto you got to help me, she's coming to get me!"

Crossing his arms he looked down at her. "What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything I promise!" Noriko said innocently.

All of a sudden from around the same corner came a large gray dog Naruto recognized as Usagi.

"There you are you little runt." the female dog said in English then walked over to Noriko and grabbed her by the back of her jacket. "You're going to the hospital to get your shots and that's final." Usagi said despite having her mouth full and started walking away carrying Noriko as she yelled for help and that she I didn't want to get shot.

Naruto just stood there. "Sorry Noriko, but I'm not going against Usagi." Naruto knew this particular dog and the one thing he knew for sure about her was she always got her target, she was one of the Inuzuka's special Nin dogs that was sent out to chase down unruly kids. He'd seen her chase down Kiba many times, and one time he tried to run from the hospital. he still remembered the look on Hana's face when he was dragged back. Coming out of his memories he can hear Noriko yelling at him.

"You're a traitor big brother, I'll get you back for this I swear... I'll get you back for this!" Noriko exclaimed.

Naruto just smiled until she was out of sight, when one of the boys next to him said something

"Are we just going to ignore that girl that just got kidnapped by a talking dog?"

Naruto just shrugged his shoulders. "It's not our problem. I know that dog very well, she's a member of the Inuzuka Clan and the only reason she'd be sent out is if she was tracking a kid that did something wrong." He said and turned back to Anko. "So Anko, how are the preparations for the Finals going?"

"So far everything's going pretty well, between having to get all the stuff done, making sure we have rooms for all the Lords and Ladies coming in for the fight, it's a pretty tiring because most of them are pretty stuck up... every little thing has to be absolutely perfect." Anko said then grumbles a few things under her breath that sounded like 'I hate stuck up nobles', but knowing her it probably had some words little kids shouldn't hear yet.

"So tell me Gaki, how's your training coming along after that worthless Cyclops ditched you so he can go and play fan boy for that worthless Uchiha with hair like a duck's butt?" Anko asked with a big smirk. Normally she'd be more graphic when talking with her friends, even with kids around, but Naruto was one of her few close friends and these were obviously his kids and she wouldn't disrespect him like that... and he was the only person in Konoha that would not only prank her, but he'd make sure there was no way she could hide it, like a paint bomb or some nasty, but basically harmless as itching powder in her underwear... and knowing him it'd probably be his favorite, his personal blend of itching powder and a few other things, and even she didn't want to spend a week publicly scratching her crotch almost constantly, but it'd look like she was masturbating and her reputation was bad enough already among the civilians, and even most of the shinobi below Jonin rank.

"Duck butt hair... that's a good one!" Naruto said, laughing almost too hard to talk, then took a few deep breaths to calm down. "As for my training I don't want to give too much away, I've been mostly focusing on my chakra control and my Taijutsu. I also got a tanto, plus I've got a few new tricks up my sleeve that I'm saving for the fight." Naruto replied with a devious smile.

Anko wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "Oh come on, you can tell your Anko-chan," With her other hand she started rubbing his whiskers. "I promise I'll keep it a secret." She whispered in his ear with a gleam in her eye as she began hearing the sound of purring coming from his throat.

The instant he looked into her eyes Naruto knew what was happening, broke out of Anko's grip and slowly started backing away with his hands raised. "Come on Anko we can talk about this... how about if you don't do this I promise I'll take you out, and you can eat all you want of whatever you want, once the Exams are over?" Naruto suddenly stops when he hears laughter, looking to his left he sees Asuma and Kurenai, Asuma is laughing. "What's so funny?"

"Not much Naruto... you just made the biggest mistake of your life. Anko loves dango even more than you like ramen." Asuma said.

Quickly looking back at Anko, Naruto saw her eyes sparkling like diamonds, she was drooling and saying 'all I can eat dango' over and over again. Naruto grimed as if in pain. He mentally asked. "Dad, why do women get like that when you mention their favorite food?"

"Naruto my son, it's not just food, it's also new clothes and many other things. I learned the hard way just like you are about to when I offered to take your Mother shopping for new clothes. Minato replied.

Naruto heard his Mother. "Hey, we're not that bad!" Then the sounds of a beating, at which point he broke their connection. He then saw the look on Kurenai's face, she looked tired. "Are you okay Kurenai, you look like you haven't slept in a few days."

Kurenai gave him a small smile. "I'm doing okay Naruto, it's just been a couple hard days for me. There was an incident with Hinata and I haven't been able to see her recently, her Father forbid me from coming to compound to check on her."

Naruto nodded. "You mean he forced her to fight a Clan Elder against the Hospital orders, and was beaten to a bloody pulp and put in a coma." He said, his expression turned cold.

Kurenai, Asuma and Anko, who'd come out of her trance, looked at Naruto, surprised that he knew that.

Kurenai burst into tears and buried her face in Asuma's shoulder, he hugged her while rubbing her back, suddenly she stepped back with a look he knew now was called Maternal Rage, he'd only seen once before when Hana had come home in tears, one of the boys from her class had tried to go too far with her and Tsume had gone from caring Mother to raging beast in the blink of an eye... that was only time Naruto was truly afraid of Tsume.

Kurenai started marching off in the direction of the Hyuuga Compound. "Where you going?' Asuma asked.

"To get the closest thing I have to a daughter back, damn the consequences!" Kurenai exclaimed.

Naruto crossed his arms and smirked. "If you're going to get Hinata you're going in the wrong direction, she's not at the Hyuuga Compound."

Kurenai instantly stopped and spun around. "Then where is she?"

Naruto could hear it in her voice, she was halfway between a crying fit and blinding rage, he had to tell her carefully. "I can't tell you where she is right now, there are too many ears listening, and the last thing I want to do is put her in more danger, but if you accompany me to the store and help me get clothes for these kids I'll be glad to tell you exactly where she is." He sees Kurenai relax slightly and nod,

"I can do that." Kurenai looked at the crowd behind Naruto and noticed Hanabi in the small crowd of children behind him.

Naruto saw where she's looking. "I'll explain why she's here as well, it's part of the reason I have Hinata in a safe location. Now that we got that settled let's head to the store, would you like to join us Anko? I could always use an extra set of hands."

"Sorry, can't. I've got a stack of paperwork on my desk at the T&I Division as tall as these kids... damn I hate all that paperwork."

Naruto started laughing. "You want the secret to defeating paperwork?" Anko was on her knees in front of him an instant later, begging him yo tell her. He chuckled. As much as he cared about Anko this was an opportunity too rare to pass up. "I'll tell you on one condition, you'll owe me big... 3 favors, anything I want..." He said with a devious grin to let her know he had her by short hairs and basically owned her now, and to his surprise she nodded her agreement right away. Obviously slaying the paperwork monster was more important to her than even her dignity. He held his hand out and she shook it. "...the secret to defeating paperwork is using Shadow Clones, when they dispel you get the memories."

Anko was stunned speechless for a moment, her face also had the 'am I that stupid' expression briefly, About 5 seconds later she sprang to her feet, made 6 Shadow Clones and sent them off to do the paperwork for her. She then turned her attention back to Naruto, grabbed his head, leaned forward and kissed him right on the lips.

All the kids reacted as expected, the boys thought it was gross as he just got kissed by a girl, while all the girls were laughing and giggling.

"That's what you get for helping me defeat the paperwork, but don't think you're off the hook for all that dango you going to be buying me after the Exams, you promised."

Naruto just rolled his eyes. "I know... as much as I'd like to." He turned his attention to Asuma. "Do you want to come, I could use another hand."

"Sorry Naruto, but I have to get back to the hospital, there was an incident with the Daimyo's niece Naho, she was brought in this morning. She was bitten by a snake and we have no idea how to treat it, I was actually looking for Anko, she'll probably know what the breed it was so they can cure the poison. The doctors are doing everything they can, but it's not working."

"What kind of snake bit her?" Anko asked seriously.

"That's the problem, we don't know and her Mother didn't recognize the snake, but she was able to draw a picture of what it looks like." Asuma said, pulled a piece of paper from his vest pocket and handed it to her.

Anko studied the picture a moment. "Sorry, I don't recognize this species, it's not native to Fire Country and must of migrated here."

"Do you mind if I have a look at the picture?" Naruto asked and accepted the picture from Anko. A moment later he hears his Mother say it's a Whirlpool Viper and the only known cure is to inject a stronger poison, and once the second poison has killed the first you give them the antidote for the second poison.

Naruto handed the picture back to Asuma. "That's a Whirlpool Viper." He then tells him the antidote. Asuma thanks him then disappears in a swirl of leaves.

Naruto turned and saw the kids all munching on a big cookie. "Where did you little brats get those cookies?" They pointed to the left. He looked and saw Ume, a woman that he knew is always handing out treats to children, standing off to the side smiling innocently. He deciding to ignore the obvious favoritism, for now. "Okay stay close, we're going to be walking through crowded streets and I don't want to lose any of you... would one of you walk at the back of the group?" Anko nodded.

"Thanks... oh, almost forgot." Naruto said then made a Shadow Clone, took a book from an inside coat pocket and handed it to his Clone. "Take this to the Publisher, tell him to start full production." His Clone put the book in a pocket and leapt away by rooftop.

"Was that what I think?" Kurenai asked, her better mood shifted to full excitement.

Naruto smiled. "Yes... you both promise to behave and I'll even give you signed copies... I even have a few on me." They both smirked at him a moment for what he said, but nodded a moment later. He reached into his pocket, pulled out 2 of his remaining early copies and tossed one to each. Anko and Kurenai immediately checked the inside cover, smiled big then put it away.

"Thank you Naruto-kun." They said together.

About 5 minutes later they're a couple blocks away from the Silver Star when they heard the sound of shouting coming from around the corner, turning the corner they see 4 people fighting, two women and two men. Hearing what appeared to be the older of the two women yelling out it was your son that knocked up my daughter and now he's not taking responsibility for it making both men laugh and say it's not our fault that your daughter was easy as the two man try to walk away the older of to woman jumps in front of them saying you're not leaving until your son helps my daughter, it's his responsibility. When the older of the two men throws a punch at the woman, making the crowd gasp in shock, but before the punch makes contact everyone hears a male voice yell. "Bakudo! Way of Binding! Number One Sai!" Instantly both men's arms lock behind their backs and they drop to their knees.

The crowd of people turn to see Naruto standing in front of a large crowd of children with his hand out. "As a Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf Village I want someone to explain what's happening right now."

Both Anko and Kurenai stand back protecting the children as they watch how Naruto handles the situation.

Instantly all four of them started shouting and blaming the other people. Naruto quickly decides not to take this and politely, and as best as he can anyway, powerfully commands everyone to 'Be Quit!', making everybody cringe in fear and obey. He points to the two women. "You, tell me what's going on "

"Of course Shinobi-san. You see, this gentleman here has been dating my daughter for a while, apparently they slept together and we just found out my daughter is pregnant so we came here to talk to him and his father about the situation, they just laughed at us, said it's not their problem and he has no intention of helping us." The Mother said.

Naruto raised his hand to stop her, turning his attention to the two men noticed that the younger of the two is wearing a Leaf headband. "Is this true?" He said, directing his question towards the younger of the two.

He just spits at the new kid. "It's not my fault if she can't keep her legs closed, how do I even know if it's me that knocked her up."

"Ma'am, I understand that this is a dire situation, but this situation could have been handled a lot better, but because he refused to help and is a Shinobi of this Village, if you go to the Hokage Tower, go up to the top floor and talk to the secretary at the desk, her name is Aimi, and tell her that you need to begin filing an 13: Q-16 form. What this form does is, all his mission pay will get cut in half and the money will come directly to your daughter, it also means that he has to pay for all medical bills for your daughter and the child until their 13th birthday if a civilian or they graduate from the Academy."

Every woman on the street, including the two standing in front of him, looked at Naruto in shock. In a whisper the Mother asked how he knew that. "I read a lot of the books on the laws of this Village, this particular one was made by the Nidaime Hokage, though he was famous for his battle prowess he could give the Sandaime Hokage a run for his money in intelligence. He also believed that the civilians of this Village should have a voice and a way to protect themselves from their own Shinobi so he created this law just for incidents like this... and the reason he made the Civilian Council."

===Naruto's Mindscape===

Minato looks at Kushina. "He doesn't even realize he's making it worse for himself by the looks of those women's faces and what I know about how women like to gossip, this will be all over the village within the hour."

Kushina nods in agreement. "It's the Uzumaki genes, all of our men are incredibly ignorant when it comes to women, which is why they always look for strong, intelligent women to help them out, he's just going to have to learn the hard way. Besides, it doesn't help that he's incredibly cute and most women love cute things, and he's got it double with those cute little whisker marks on his cheeks."

"My looks and your charm, he's doomed..." Minato said the saw Kushina's right hand tense into a claw and her focus shifted from his face to much lower on his body for a moment. "...in the good way of course." He said nervously and smiled at her.

===Real World===

Once the crowd dispersed and the two women left for the Hokage Tower, Naruto waited until they were out of sight before releasing the two men. "I suggest you two leave now, and if I hear a complaint about either of you from them I personally hand you over to Ibiki to practice on."

Anko let out a short, intense laugh. "They'd be better off if you just killed them." She said and started laughing.

Both the men quickly got to their feat and ran as fast as they could in the opposite direction, the younger man, the shinobi, was absolutely terrified.

Naruto turned back to Anko, Kurenai and the children, but before he could say anything else both women walked up and give him a kiss on the cheeks.

Kurenai smiled at him. "You're about to become very popular with women once it gets out that you're the one who found that law, I can't tell you how many women I've known that that's happened to."

With a bright red face Naruto scratched the back of his head. "I was just doing what was right." 'Hinata. if you manage to rope him in you are going to be one of the luckiest girls in this Village.' She thinks.

"I agree, the women will be throwing, themselves at you after this gets around..." Anko said, catching herself before she said 'their pussies' in front of the kids, Naruto, and especially Kurenai, would emotionally rake her over the coals naked and face down if she had... then they'd get mad. "...and I meant what I said, roasting them alive is a nicer way to go than what Ibiki would do to them, but I approve of your methods."

"Okay let's head to the store now, and hopefully we won't run into any more trouble." Naruto said, but after walking a block and a half the group had the stop again because out of an alley came Noriko without her jacket and yelling 'you'll never take me alive' as she ran down the street being chased by Usagi. Naruto just shakes his head.

===11:44 AM, The Silver Star===

Naruto was the first to walk in and held the door open for the for the group.

Both women let the children go in first, as Anko was passing by Naruto she looked at Kurenai. "You think your favorite student would be willing to share him?"

Kurenai just giggles. "I don't think so."

"I'm sure I can persuade her to share him, I mean how often do you find a man that has this much common courtesy, in this Village?" Anko said.

Suddenly a female voice calls out. "Well I certainly hope so, I put a lot of time and work into him." The entire group turn to the counter.

Akari came in from the back, walked around the counter, up to Naruto and gave him a hug. "Glad to see you didn't spend the entire month away, I also see you've gained a fan club." She said then began to fake cry. "I knew this would happen, you've gone and become famous and now you're just going to leave me after all the hard work I put into you... no, it's okay, I understand. I'll just spend the rest of my life here all alone, an Old Maid."

"Oh knock it off Akari, you know as well as I do you've never been good at acting, isn't that why you got fired from being a kunoichi? I think you even got a nickname, wasn't it disaster Akari? As for the old maid part... please, you're not that old, you still have your daughter and husband so knock off the fake tears no one is buying them." Naruto said with a foxy grin.

Akari just crossed her arms. "I'm a perfectly good actor that was class A work."

One of the little boys next to Naruto pulled on his sleeve and asked how old is she. Naruto suddenly felt 3 glares pierce him like kunai and gave a short nervous laugh. "Lesson one on women, never ask a woman her age... and it's generally not a good idea to even mention it." He glanced back at the 3 women and saw them grinning.

Akari clapped her hands. "Okay, now that all the fun is done, why are all these children with you and what can I do for you today?"

Naruto explains how he found out about his parents and both Clans, leaving out certain pieces of information that he did not want known coming back to the village, and finding Hanabi in the park. He then gave a complete account of what happened in the Tower, freeing both the Hyuuga Heiresses and putting them under his Clans protection. He finished up the explanation with how he sent Hinata off to a doctor that would be able to heal her and that this doctor could give Tsunade a run for her money. He wrapped it up by telling them how he went to the orphanage and adopted everyone to get them away from that 'wicked witch', because he didn't want to cuss in front of the children. "That pretty much catches you guys up on everything, so we came here to get them all new clothes."

All three women were staring at Naruto in shock, Akari snapped out of it first. "You know I always thought you looked like the Fourth Hokage but I never said anything, and now that I think about it you do remind me of the Crimson Maelstrom, she was a great kunoichi... but we can talk about that stuff later. Right now we have to get clothes for the children so you can get back to your training."

===3:07 PM===

They finally got clothes for all the children, shinobi outfits and civilian outfits, all 3 women had taken the older girls to a different section of the store and returned a short time later. Naruto had a good idea what that was about, but didn't say anything for several reasons.

Naruto was off to the side showing a few of the newly dressed boys the weapons on the walls, and right as he was going to explain what a nun-chucks was the store was filled by a high pitch screaming of his name. Turning his head he saw Sakura Haruno storming across the floor to him, when she finally reached him she did what he expected.

"It's all your fault that I've been doing nothing but crappy jobs like cleaning dog crap, shoveling manure and cleaning bedpans all because you couldn't keep your fat mouth shut... I don't care what the Hokage said you're nothing but a baka, and you're just wearing fancy clothes thinking you going to impress me! I've had enough of you, I'm going to teach you a lesson once and for all!" Sakura yelled in Naruto's face, and before anybody in the store could react she threw a punch at Naruto's head.

Naruto stood there calmly, on the outside at least, he could let the insults slide as long as she didn't mention his family... he' even let her leave after she'd gotten it all out of her system... until she tried to hit him. He caught her big right fist with his left hand, then with his right struck and snapped her forearm with a loud 'crack', quickly shifted his hands to her shoulders, grabbed them firmly, then drove his right knee up into her pussy hard enough to severely damage everything in her lower body softer than bone, then finished her with her own signature move, with an overhand right to the face that sent sending her flying across the store where she crashed into the wall and slumped against it on her butt, legs sprawled out.

Nobody in the store even tried to help her for nearly a minute, when she finally managed to clear her mind the intense pain finally hit her, she cradled her broken arm and closed her legs as best she could and stared at the one boy that she thought would never actually hit her. Not only had he hit her, he broke her arm, and worst of all he'd kicked her in the pussy, at the moment she honestly didn't know if she'd ever be able to enjoy sex... not to mention everything that went with that he might of just taken from her forever... which would break her Mother's heart, not to mention hers. The most terrifying part wasn't the beating, when he was about to hit her, despite the nearly blinding pain she'd looked into his eyes for an instant and saw something just behind his eyes. She'd make it out, but her instincts had suddenly screamed at her to run away at any cost. She felt like she just seen the Shinigami himself coming for her.

It was Akari who broke the silence marching across the floor and grabbing her by the collar of her shirt and pulled her to her feet, but didn't notice how shaky and weak they were. "I think you've harassed enough of my customers, you are hereby banned from my store forever, and don't even think about trying to get Naruto in trouble. You're the one who came in here and attacked him without provocation! If you even try he has three highly respected witnesses to back him up, myself, Anko Mitarashi and Kurenai Yuuhi. Now get out of my store before I throw you out into the street!"

"I promise. I swear on my life I'll never bother him again... but, but I can't walk... I can't even stand, I think he crippled me." Sakura sobbed out sincerely. As much as she wanted to obey she couldn't stand if her life depended on it.

Akari glanced down, then remembered how hard Naruto had kneed her, and having been the med nin on her team when she was an active kunoichi knew from how her legs were shaking Sakura wasn't lying. "As a former Leaf kunoichi you get one pass and some free advice... take a good look at your life, little girl, or you won't like long enough to be a woman, and if you do you'll die old, alone and forgotten. I can't have you dying or even passing out in or near my store so... Anko, would you take pathetic little kunoichi to the hospital while she's still worth saving... maybe she'll make a half-decent kunoichi someday... as pathetic as she is Konoha can always use more kunoichi."

Anko nodded, walked over to them, took Sakura from her then headed for the door. Just as she reached it and paused to open it, she glanced down at Sakura in her arm. "I'm not as forgiving as them, so if you ever so much as insult Naruto-kun again you nothing little cunt, I'll have your nipples as earrings and add your clit to my necklace, understood." Anko whispered to her as she left the store, Sakura nodded immediately then she leapt to the rooftop and bolted for the Hospital.

After Anko returned they spent another hour finishing their shopping, Naruto promised Kurenai to send a message to her when Hinata had recovered and agreed to hire both kunoichi to escort them home at the end of the month so she can see her surrogate daughter. Then he had a private chat with Akira and asked her to promise never to tease or embarrass him again, with a smile she refused as he expected, then he took out his last copy, casually showed her it was signed then asked again.

Akari glared at him a moment. which he ignored to her minor annoyance, then agreed not to do it in front of anyone... she smiled happily a moment later when he agreed then gave her the signed copy, which she figured only his special friends would get. She'd never tell him of course, but if she was single to get a signed copy he could get her to agree to things only her husband could do with her. She was happy in the big sister role though.

Once both women left Naruto looks up at the Hokage Monument, focusing on the Third Hokage. "You just wait, I'm going to show you what happens when you mix the Yellow Flash and the Crimson Maelstrom." He then leading the children to a deserted area, opened the door and lead through to the base in Wave Country, a big grin on his face.

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End Chapter 9