Alright, well this is not A Different Path… Not a Monster Musume Crossover… Not the Sekirei crossover I have somewhat started, and not even another lemon featuring some juicy jiggly plot. Honestly at the point I'm writing this I don't even have a solid idea for a title yet, all I know is the beginning… so my plan for right now is to plug in some tunes and see where my crazy messed up mind takes me. This story takes place after the invasion of Pein, and features a main pairing of Naruto/Konan… and maybe Shizune… not 100% sure tbh on that one… but Naru/Konan for sure. Aside from that, quite a bit has happened since I last posted anything… Trump is running for president *shudders*… if he wins the world as we know it is completely fucked… The price of a barrel of oil became less than a bucket of chicken from KFC… which as an oilfield worker is super scary, and I got some ink! The really only positive thing I can think of that's happened to me in the past few months… Aside from the fact that I am one of a lucky few who still have a job where I live… Anyways, before I start rambling to much more than I already am, on with whatever the hell I decide to call this.

Naruto groaned slightly as rays of sun creeped their way in through his bedroom window. Attempting to stretch Naruto found his right arm was being weighed down by something soft and warm. Reaching over with his left hand he groggily felt what was holding his right arm down. Hair? Check. Feminine Face? Check. Soft squishy mounds… that moaned? Check. Wait… what? Naruto blinked, before glancing slowly to his right, a blue head of messy hair resting on his shoulder. Slightly lower than that he noticed a pair of slightly lidded, amber eyes looking up at him, and slightly below that, a pink tint over a pair of soft and kissable looking lips.

*Blink Blink*

"Oh shit."

10 minutes later

After a fairly embarrassing way of waking up, and a short conversation as to why the beautiful blue haired woman was in Naruto's bed, with nothing more than a light blue lacy bra and panties mind you, Naruto found himself sitting at his kitchen table. The woman in question was currently using his shower, while he sat there remembering how this whole arrangement started.

Flashback

Naruto looked questioningly at the dying red headed man in front of him. This mans' name? Nagato Uzumaki, the currently "leader" of the criminal organization known as the Akatsuki. The very same man who had, hours prior, completely laid waste to his village, and killed a few of his most precious people.

"Would you… mind running that last request past me once more?" Naruto asked dumbly, earning a soft chuckle from the soon to be deceased shinobi.

"I want you… Naruto Uzumaki… To carry on, and accomplish, what I could not. Peace. I strayed from the true path of peace long ago… but you… you might just be able to finish what I have failed to accomplish. With this wish, I also want you to take my Rinnegan… The road you plan to travel will be lined with strong opponents, and these eyes will help you greatly on your quest for true peace. While it surprised me somewhat that you were strong enough to defeat me practically by yourself, I fear that your current level will not be enough to face the true leader of the Akatsuki… a man who claims to be Madara Uchiha.

Naruto's eyes widened at that little bit of info. This man in front of him was responsible for wiping out his village with a single Jutsu, yet he claims that he is not the strongest of the Akatsuki. While he didn't like the idea of having someone else's eyes place in his head, the offer of gaining the most legendary Dojutsu in existence was a very enticing offer.

"I… I don't know. I've always relied on my own power to accomplish my goals… taking someone else's just feels… wrong to me." Naruto replied. "Anyone else would jump at this opportunity, and I would feel really stupid to refuse it… I accept your offer Nagato."

"Thank you… Naruto. I have one final request… and I know it's a lot to ask of you considering everything that's happened within the past few hours. But I do not feel that Konan will be safe in Ame… Konan is a very strong woman, but even against someone like Kisame she would have a hard time winning. If the masked man was to try and get his vengeance by attacking Ame, Konan would most likely die. So I ask you this… Would you take care of her for me? The job was once Yahiko's, after his death it carried on to me, and now with no one left, I feel like it is only right that I ask the man who will carry on my legacy." Nagato asked. His voice was hopeful, but Naruto could tell by looking into his eyes that the man feared Naruto would say no.

Looking to the corner, Naruto saw the topic of discussion, ready to act in the off chance Naruto tried anything funny. The woman was relatively tall, shoulder length straight blue hair, with an origami flower adorning the right side of her face. She had amber eyes, that to be quite honest Naruto quickly considered rather beautiful, lavender eyeshadow and a small black labret piercing. Naruto also noted that her expression was one of neutrality, but guessed that would change quickly if he made a mistake. Naruto couldn't tell much else about her appearance since she was garbed in her Akatsuki robe, but he would have to guess the rest of her body followed suit with her face. Beautiful.

Noticing he was getting off track, Naruto turned his attention back to Nagato, nodding slightly at the man.

"I agree… I am not sure how well she will be received in Konoha, but I will do my best to protect her, that's a promise." Naruto said, earning a smile from the man.

"I appreciate it Naruto, now please, if you don't mind, I would like to have one last chance to talk to my first friend." Nagato said, earning a nod from Naruto.

"I will wait outside." Naruto replied, before motioning Konan over to Nagato and leaving the same way he came in. A few minutes later Naruto heard the sound of Konan crying and felt it was best to let her grieve in private. Ten minutes later, Konan emerged from the tree, with what Naruto assumed was the body of Nagato wrapped in paper floating gently behind her. Without saying a word she continued forward until she came to the last body Naruto had defeated, wrapping it the same way she did Nagato, she returned to Naruto and offered him a small smile.

"All things aside, I have to thank you for making Nagato come back to the light… For the longest time I had only been able to watch from afar as the man I once knew lost himself more and more to the darkness and corruption of the Shinobi world. You were able to set him free, while the loss of my last friend will be hard to take, I will rest easier knowing that he was able to die a better man." Konan said with a slight bow, causing Naruto to scratch the back of his head slightly in embarrassment.

"I know that I have no right to say this… but I truly am sorry for your loss. I know the pain of losing someone who is close to you." Naruto replied, flashes of Sasuke appearing in his mind. "But I hope that one day… I am able to achieve what both Yahiko and Nagato wanted, with you at my side, as friends."

Konan was a little shocked to hear such a bold claim from Naruto. All things considered she thought he would be downright furious at her for having a part in destroying his village. But the man in front of her was able to see past all that, willing to look past all the bad and put his complete faith in her, a total stranger. Not only that, he hoped that she would become his friend.

'Yahiko… Nagato… Naruto will accomplish what we originally set out to do, and I will help him achieve that goal. No matter what.'

Flashback end, Konan POV

Konan sighed slightly as she stepped foot out of the warm shower. It had been three weeks since that fateful day where Naruto had taken her under his protection, and welcomed her with open arms into his life. While at first Konan did so only because Nagato had requested her to, she had grown quite fond of the young blonde man in the past weeks. She smiled slightly as she remembered him defending her from not only Kakashi when he appeared in front of them on the way back, but also the majority of the villagers as well when they returned. And while technically she was Naruto's prisoner, Naruto had gone above and beyond to make sure her stay with him was comfortable.

They spent a large majority of the first few days answering questions that the Shinobi council had for the young man, as well as drilling her for any and all information she had on Akatsuki and what they had planned. Since she was no longer a member, and needed something to show that her loyalty would belong to Naruto, and by extension Konoha, she told them everything she knew, and even submitted herself to a Yamanaka Mind Walk to confirm everything she had said. She did, however, make certain not to tell anyone about the fact that they had a perfectly good pair of Rinnegan eyes sealed comfortably to the side of her leg. She had discussed that certain bit of information with Naruto, and they both agreed to not let anyone know until someone trustworthy was in power.

After those first few days, they had practically spent their entire time together. Learning about each other, sparring, helping in the repairs to the village. The duo had become almost inseparable, and while some thought that was just because she was his 'prisoner', there were a few who knew better, after all, its' hard for thins to slip past a watchful Byakugan.

Train of thought ending here, Konan proceeded to get dressed. She had immediately gotten rid of both her Akatsuki cloak and ring, and instead bought some light blue, form fitting combat pants, much to Naruto's pleasure, as well as a mesh body armour top she covered with a low cut black shirt. Showing off an ample amount of creamy skin. Looking in the mirror she created a small origami flower and placed it gently on the right side of her head, Naruto had said he liked it, so she decided to keep it. Smiling softly once again, she opened the door and walked to the kitchen. And just like the had anticipated, Naruto was still extremely embarrassed about what happened this morning, and was having a hard time looking at her in the eyes.

Who could blame him though? After going to sleep alone, the last thing he expected was for the beautiful blue haired woman to wiggle her way into his bed and sleep with him.

Normal PoV

Naruto watched as Konan made her way over to the fridge before she pulled out some eggs, bacon, and bread. She had taken it upon herself to cook for Naruto, and at first, like she expected, he had refused her request. But with enough pestering, and a slight threat of many, many small paper cuts, he relented in his efforts and let her cook. Looking back now that was probably one of the best decisions he had ever made. Konan was an incredible cook, and while Naruto had learned to cook many different things while on his three year training trip, his skills didn't match up to Konan's.

"So, what are we going to do today Naruto-kun?" Konan asked as she started to prepare breakfast for the two of them. She couldn't recall when she had started to add "kun" to the end of his name, but it didn't matter to her, but this morning she had a playful side, and saying it had the effect that she wanted.

"Uh…" Naruto said, trying to form a coherent sentence while face to face with a beautiful woman one accidentally groped earlier in the morning was a lot easier said than done. "I'm… not sure to be quite honest. The repairs are going fairly well, and there hasn't really been a ton of missions coming in lately due to the rebuild, so I guess we can pretty much just do whatever. The only thing I'd like to do is check up on Tsunade."

Konan nodded at his words. It was true, the rebuild had come along very well the past month considering Naruto's usage of Kage Bunshin and a man by the name of Tenzo who seemed to possess the Mokuton. Konan also knew how much Naruto cared for the blonde Hokage, and even though she was a very formidable shinobi herself, Konan couldn't help but look up to Tsunade herself. So she figured the first thing they should do is check up on her, then pretty much let the day take them wherever they wanted.

Later

After eating breakfast and washing up himself, Naruto found himself being accompanied by Konan to check up on Tsunade. The reactions they got as they walked together through the village were still as varied as the ones they got when Konan first arrived. Some were happy to see Naruto, and overlooked the fact that a, once, dangerous S classed criminal was with him, while others were happy to see both, and some were still a little warry of the blue haired woman. As Naruto and Konan approached the tent where Tsunade was being treated in, they caught a mop of gravity defying silver hair, as well as a shorter mop of pink hair.

"Sakura-chan! Kakashi-Sensei!" Naruto called as his pace quickened.

"Hello Naruto, Konan." Kakashi replied, nodding to each respectively.

"Hey Naruto-kun, Konan-san." Sakura replied, mimicking the copy Ninja.

"Has there been any change with Ba-chan Sakura?" Naruto asked, his head dropped slightly however as Sakura gave a heavy sigh.

"Nothing yet Naruto-kun… She is stable, but other than that there is no way for us to tell exactly what is going on with her, or when she will wake up." Sakura replied.

"C-can I see her atleast?" Naruto asked, and smiled slightly when Sakura nodded and allowed him to past, but stopped Konan before she could enter, slightly glaring at her. While Sakura knew Naruto placed his full trust in her, she was having a hard time getting over the fact that this woman was partly responsible for the condition of her master. This woman who, in her opinion, was spending a ridiculous amount of time with her blonde teammate. A part of her would admit she was somewhat jealous, being the center of Naruto's attention was something she had grown slightly accustomed to during their time at the academy, as well as the majority of the time before Naruto left for his training trip. And while she didn't have any romantic interest in Naruto, he was still her friend, and friends stick together.

"Sakura, please, she is with me." Naruto said. Sakura gazed at Konan for a few more moments before stepping to the side, allowing the both to enter.

"Oh! Hello Naruto-kun." Shizune said as he entered, embracing the blonde in a short hug. He figured she would be here, she had hardly left Tsunade's side since she fell into a coma.

"Hello Shizune-chan, we are just here to check up on Tsunade and then we will be going." Naruto said. It was then that Shizune noticed a second person had entered with Naruto, and while she might not have held a grudge like Sakura did, she was still wary of this woman. Her old partner had TECHNICALLY killed her, and that was a hard pill to swallow.

"Konan-san." Shizune said with a small bow, "its' nice to see you again, how are things going for you?"

"Hello Shizune-san. Things were a little rough at first, but Naruto has done his best to make sure I'm comfortable here." Konan replied with a small smile.

"That's good." Shizune replied with a smile of her own. Although like Sakura, she was a little envious of the woman for spending a ton of time around Naruto. While at first she had seen Naruto as more of a little brother, her feelings for the blonde started to grow as he did. His personality was something she admired greatly, and they had spent a lot of time together both before, and after, his trip with Jiraiya. The more she knew of him, the more her feelings had grown… It helped that he was also what many women would consider 'eye candy'. She had tried to shut the feelings down, but deep down she knew that she was falling for him. The fact that she had technically died no more than a month ago drove home the fact that she needed to at least tell him of her feelings for him. But when could she? With everything that was happening with Tsunade she could hardly find the time or want to leave her master's side, and added to that was the fact that Naruto had been spending almost every waking moment with the blue haired woman. She sighed to herself, she would deal with it later.

Konan noticed the somewhat longing look Shizune was giving Naruto, but decided to file it away for later. Now was not the time to point something like that out, not when they were both grieving for the blond woman laying a few feet away. Speaking of said woman, Naruto had made his way over to her and kneeled beside her, taking her hand in his.

"Hey there Ba-chan…" He started, "I don't know if you can really hear me or not… but I did it, I saved Konoha… just like I told you I would. I know that Jirayia would be proud of me, and I hope that you are to. The repairs are coming along really well, that old drunk from Wave Tazuna is in charge of most of the re-build. You should probably have the building inspected when he is done."

He laughed lightly at his own joke.

"Anyways… Everything is going good, I've made a new friend, and although she may not be the most welcomed person in the village at the moment, I think you would like her. From what she tells me you already know her, but that is something the two of you can talk about when you wake up… You will wake up right? I've already lost Jiraiya… I don't know what I would do if I lost you to. I know that we fight, and that I annoy the hell out of you, but deep down I love you like my own mother, so just come back soon okay? Everyone is waiting for you, especially Sakura-chan and Shizune-chan."

He kissed her hand gently and laid it back down at the womans side, before standing up and bowing to Shizune and disappearing out of the tent.

A short silence fell over the two remaining occupants of the tent, nothing knew what to say. Neither had seen that side of Naruto before, and quite frankly if they weren't both good at hiding their emotions his speech most likely would have brought a tear to their eyes.

"He is something different, isn't he Shizune-san?" Konan asked, breaking the silence between the two of them. "He is light a bright ray of sunshine that manages to find its way through the thickest of clouds. He has an incredible ability to change people and the way they view things, he managed to change Nagato, a man who I thought was lost to darkness long ago."

"Yea… he is." Shizune replied, before turning to Konan. "Naruto-kun trusts you implicitly, and to me, that makes you a good person even considering your… previous actions against him and Konoha. A part of me is envious of the amount of time the two of you have spent together in the past month, and how open and happy he seems to be when you're with him. Please do not betray the trust he has placed in you, or do anything to hurt him, I can guarantee there will be a very long line of people you would have to answer to."

"You care a great deal for him don't you?" Konan asked, receiving a small nod from Shizune she continued. "I know that he cares for you as well, very deeply in fact. And while you may be jealous of the amount of time the two of us have spent together the past month. I, myself, am rather jealous of the history you two have, you've known him for years, whereas I have only known him for one month. I can't help but think if Naruto and Yahiko had somehow switched places, things would be very different today. But I cannot do anything to change the past, the only thing I can do is look forward to the future, the one Naruto envisions of peace for the Elemental Nations. I would be willing to do anything to help him achieve his goal, and the goal of my two dead friends, and something tells me that you would to."

Shizune blushed slightly at that statement, but nodded nonetheless.

"I have come to care for Naruto the same way you have, and if he would want it, I would walk beside him as something more than a friend. Naruto-kun has a huge heart, room for more than one woman in his life."

"W-what are you saying?" Shizune asked.

"Naruto has it within himself to love more than one person, who am I to stop him." Konan replied bluntly. "I would suggest talking to Naruto-kun about your feelings soon, I know that there are others' who also want his attention."

With that final statement, Konan left to find Naruto, leaving Shizune to her own thoughts.

It didn't take Konan all that long to find Naruto, he had told her that the place he loved to go when he was upset was the Hokage Monument, which is exactly where she found him. He was standing on the Yondaime's head, looking down at the village. Apparently he was deep in thought as he didn't notice Konan approaching from his side until he felt a pair of slender arms wrap around him and a head rest on his shoulder.

"I figured I'd find you here Naruto-kun." Konan said, a soft nod was all the received as indication that he had heard her. She sighed slightly as she turned him to face her, deep blue eyes meeting beautiful amber ones. "Tsunade is an incredible strong Shinobi Naruto-kun, I know she will recover in time, and when she does… I know she will be proud of you."

Naruto shuddered slightly as a few stray tears fell from his eyes. He hadn't felt like crying since Jiraiya, the man he considered to be the closest thing to his father, had died. Now Tsunade, the woman he loved like a mother, was in a coma and not even the best medics knew when, or even if, she would wake up.

"Thank you…Konan-chan." Naruto said as he wrapped his own arms around her.

They stayed like that for a few moments while Naruto collected himself. Ending the hug and taking a good look at the woman, Naruto had guessed right a month ago when he assumed that her body was as beautiful as her face. That trail of thought lead to him thinking about the soft mounds he had accidentally groped this morning, and a tint of pink adorned his cheeks. This was made even worse, when Konan bent slightly and pecked him quickly on the cheek, before taking his hand in hers and leading him back towards the village, after all it was just before noon, and he said they could do whatever they wanted today.

He knew that she was older than him. He knew that she had once been his enemy. He knew that she was a part of the reason Konoha had been destroyed a month before. But to him, that didn't matter, the past month had showed Naruto the true Konan. He didn't quite know what he kiss meant, but he knew, deep down, that right now, this is what he needed. Deep down… Naruto knew this is exactly what he wanted.

Alright, well this was more or less of a test chapter, one to kinda test the waters, see what people think, and to kinda get myself back into the groove of things. Music definitely helped…being 9 hours from home in the middle of the bush with not much else to kinda added to it as well. Anyways, if anyone reading would be kind enough to leave a review on what they think of it so far, or just the general idea behind it, that would be perfect. A few questions to be answered right now.

When will Naruto get the Rinnegan?

-After Tsunade wakes up. Kakashi might learn that Naruto and Konan are in possession of the Rinnegan, but Tsunade would be the best option for the person to transplant the eyes.

Will Shizune be included?

-Honestly I'm leaning towards having Shizune and Konan with Naruto… maybe someone else as well, not entirely sure. A lot of people are probably gonna say Anko… or Hinata… Or both… and while I like both their characters, I'd most likely pick Anko over Hinata. But I'm up for other options as well.

Are Naruto and Konan together?

-Not yet, probably within a few chapters though.

Other stories?

-Still working on new Chapter for Different Path… Naru/Seki crossover is a work in progress, the internet where I'm at isn't the best place to… research, Sekirie since I don't know a WHOLE lot about the series tbh.

Lemons?

-Duh

Fighting?

-Yea, I want to have a few chapters to kinda build up a relationship before anything major happens really.

Canon timeline?

-Some aspects will come from canon for sure, but with Konan not going back to Ame that will put a wrench in Obito's plans, and I like the idea of testing out a few AU ideas.

Regardless of who I pair with Naruto, the main pairing will always stay Naru/Konan… not enough stories feature this kinky blue headed beauty which is a real shame.