Finally got this out... and I'm not too proud of it.

I couldn't fit any of the usual action or fluffiness in like in my other chapters. I saw this as more of a way to show other aspects of Naruto other than Shinobi stuff and Jutsu.

But instead, I added in some SasuSaku action and Sasuke's new abilties because it's not fair if only Naruto got to meet his ancestor.

Anyway enjoy.

Chapter 7: Yang – Living to its fullest

Naruto and Hinata along with her father, Hiashi, younger sister Hanabi, her carer Ko and personal guards were three days into their journey to Iwa. So, it was Friday.

Nothing of substance occurred during those three days other than Naruto asking why they didn't bother to wear their mission gear and keep their formal clothing in their bags, or storage scrolls so they could arrive faster.

Hiashi smoothly responded with.

"I told you before, we must keep ourselves presentable from start to finish as an honorable clan." Whilst perfectly hiding the gobsmacked face he almost let slip due to not thinking of that before.

Naruto accepted this and asked if it was okay for his guards to see Hinata's Tenseigan. Hiashi assured him they can be trusted.

To entertain themselves, Naruto and Hinata just kept growing plants using only their chakra to train their Yang Release.

With Hinata showing drastic improvement, being able to fully mature a pot flower. Whereas Naruto, managed to find a way to change the seeds' structure before growing it via Yin-Yang Release; like how he reconstructed Kakashi's eye, he instead rearranged this molecular structure of the seed to grow what he wanted. He first used Kurama's Yin chakra to change the properties then experimented with Yang chakra potency and volume to see what happens.

Hiashi and Hanabi along with their escorts were fascinated by what plants he was conjuring.

During their fourth day, Saturday, of travel, whilst Naruto and Hinata were training their Yang release. The group began to become quite hungry, however, their rations were exhausted and there were no nearby pitstops in the vicinity. Hunting and gathering food was their only options.

However, Hinata and Hiashi weren't equipped for that and his guards were to be frank, could gather the food, but weren't confident in their cooking skills. Hanabi was of course pampered.

Which left Naruto, the one who since a young age before he entered the academy, had often ventured out in the forest of Konoha and taught himself how to gather food in the wild.

"Don't worry, I'll round something up, tebayo! Hey, Ko-san! Can you use your Byakugan to see if there are any nearby water sources and areas where a lot of animals are!?" Naruto asked him.

Ko nodded, albeit a little miffed. Nowadays, Hyuga Ko highly respects Naruto for who he is and what he has done. But still found himself uncomfortable around him due to how he had treated him in the past and how he always used to tell Naruto to stay away from Hinata.

Flashback, Naruto 6 years old

A little Naruto was walking out the Academy entrance until he spotted a mop of short indigo hair that was very familiar to him.

He scanned his memory and remembered two events in his life.

A snowy day when he saw a girl his age dressed in a black kimono and he helped her find her way home.

Then, another day a few years later, on another snowy day, when he tried to help that girl again from three bullies. Only he got beat up, to his disappointment, and he thought hers too.

He grinned in delight, it was that same girl he felt connected too for some odd reason. He approached that girl near the gate and shouted a greeting to her.

"Yo!" he exclaimed, making Hinata shoot up in surprise and look his way. She blushed a bit as she was beginning to crush on the boy who always came to her rescue.

She shyly acknowledged his greeting and said.

"H-Hello N-Na-Naruto-san…" she greeted back.

Naruto was beaming, a person greeted him with respect and… care, not the usual cold shoulder. So, he thought, maybe he'd finally have a real friend, not a strange acquaintance like he had with Chouji and Shikamaru.

"Wow! You're really quiet… What's your name, tebayo?" he asked.

Hinata looked down in embarrassment.

"Um… H—Hyuga Hinata, i-i-is m-m-me b-being q-quiet, b-b-bad?" she asked.

Naruto looked at her like she was crazy, making her think the worst until he laughed.

"HAHAHA! How is being quiet bad! Dattebayo! No, it's weird, but I like it! Dattebayo!" he told her.

Hinata looked stunned, the boy she admired likes her timid nature.

"Y-y-y-you don't m-m-mind?" she asked in disbelief. Naruto grinned.

"Yeah! It's actually really nice! Like your eyes, tebayo!" he said shocking her again.

"Y-you t-t-think my e-e-eyes are nice? N-not c-c-creepy?" Hinata asked.

Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, they kind of look like the moon, which I like looking at because it's so pretty, dattebayo! Unlike the creepy white eyed people, yours are a nice purple!" He said. Hinata blushed at the fact that someone called her eyes pretty… not because she was a Hyuga, but because they found her eyes and her eyes only to be pretty.

"T-Thank y-y-you, Na-Naruto-san, th-that's v-v-very nice o-of you" Hinata thanked with a small, but genuine smile.

Unknown to her, little Naruto was taken by how she looked with her pearly lavender orbs, creamy complexion and now, that blissful smile on her face.

He thought to himself, 'Wow… she's pretty…" then he took a deep breath.

"Say… Do you want to be my friend, tebayo?" he asked with a faint blush on his cheeks.

Hinata was surprised, he wanted to her to be his friend!

Hinata then nodded frantically, much to Naruto's happiness.

Naruto then said.

"Alright! You're my friend! So, can I ask why you're still here? Aren't you going to go home?" he asked.

Hinata told him, "Um… M-My e-e-escort i-isn't h-here yet. He u-u-usually i-isn't this l-l-late."

Naruto then brightened up even more and insisted.

"Yosh! How about I take you to where your home is like last time, tebayo!?" Naruto said

Hinata was shocked, Naruto remembered their first meeting. But not wanting to let this chance slip. She wholeheartedly agreed.

Naruto was beaming, he was finally going to have a real friend. However, as he was going to reach for Hinata's hand.

Someone pulled her away from him.

"Hinata-sama! What are you doing around this – this… boy!" Hyuga Ko questioned.

Hinata stammered and told him, "Ah… K-Ko-san, th-this i-is Naruto. He j-just a-asked me t-t-to be his friend."

Ko looked shocked and looked at Naruto disgusted.

He then told Hinata.

"Stay away from this urchin! He'll hurt you!" he warned her. Hinata then shook her head trying to say that Naruto isn't like that.

But to no avail.

Naruto on the other hand, was furious. He was going to make a friend for once, he wasn't going to let this chance slip by.

"Oi! Who are you to tell her who she can hang out with!? What's the big deal anyway, dattebayo!?" Naruto argued.

Ko then spat at him with words that cut deep into Naruto's hear for a majority of his life.

"Someone like you will never even be worthy of looking at Hinata-sama…" Ko said darkly before dragging an apologetic Hinata away from the emotionally scarred boy.

Naruto then stood there shell-shocked, watching Hinata, his first real friend who he finally found after all these years, being taken away from him by another bully he couldn't protect her from.

Naruto then went ran home and skipped the Academy the next day, too saddened by the event to face the world.

Flashback End

Ko as requested activated his Byakugan and after a few minutes, spotted a stream only roughly a kilometre away in the forest and a small area where many animals were gathering.

"Naruto-san! There's a stream about a 100 metres east of here and a gathering of animals close to it." Ko informed.

Naruto grinned and shouted "Thanks!".

Naruto and two of Hiashi's guards went with him to go catch some fish and other livestock along with anything else.

Whilst Hiashi, his two other guards, Ko, Hanabi and Hinata were waiting. Hanabi was asking her older sister for all the details about what had happened during her mission to the Whirlpool Village and what she got from it.

Hinata told her about the meeting of Karin, who turned out to be Naruto's cousin sparking the curiosity of Hiashi and his guards because to their knowledge, there weren't any other Uzumaki around besides him or the ones who left the Shinobi Nations.

This apparently got Hanabi even more excited as it was known that Naruto had no known relatives.

Hanabi asked, "Big Sis! So, what is this Karin girl like!?"

Hinata blushed, "Well… she doesn't take criticism from anyone that's for sure…" she said.

Hanabi got even more pumped up and asked, "How so?"

Hinata then chuckled a bit and said.

"Well… Naru-kun said something kind of… rude and Karin-san used a strange chakra chain to hit him in his… groin" she ended with a heavy blush.

This set off Hanabi due to the image of the hero of the war being hit in his crotch. Even Hiashi and his two guards with Ko were trying their best not to smirk.

With Naruto

Naruto had the two Hyuga guards go to where the animals were gathering with the instruction of killing something big. Naruto sent them off with a shadow clone whilst he went to the stream.

As he got to the stream, he soaked in the sight of the glistening water flowing down rocks along with plenty of fish swimming down.

He placed a storage scroll on the ground by the stream before he stripped down to his boarding shorts and stood in the water.

Using his Sage patience and Ninshu mastery, he felt the feel of nature all around him causing him to relax and relish the bountiful natural energy all around him.

Then he felt the unique chakra signals coming from the fish, using his skills he grabbed the fish and chucked them into the storage seal as if he was firing a mortar. After grabbing about 15 fish, he was satisfied with the amount before going to check up on the other two.

The Hyuga Guards and his clone were holding a basket of herbs, wild vegetables (black carrots, radishes and leaves), wild grown spices and 4 turkeys. Along with some fallen chestnuts as a snack for everyone.

Satisfied with this amount, they went back to the rest of the group with the spoils.

As Naruto came into the view of Hiashi, his two guards, Ko, Hanabi and Hinata. He saw that the girls were laughing at him whilst the others were barely smirking.

Naruto frowned.

"Okay! What's on my face, tebayo!?" Naruto asked.

Hanabi then asked, "Hey Big Bro! Is it true you have a cousin named Karin?"

Naruto grinned and replied, "Oh Karin-nee? Yeah! We're from the same Clan, so that makes us cousins, tebayo! Why did you ask?"

Hanabi then chuckled, "So, is it true she hit you in the nuts with a chain?"

Naruto flushed in embarrassment confirming this detail.

He looked towards Hinata with a pout.

"Hina-chan! Did you tell them about that!?" he comically yelled.

Hinata just giggled making Naruto then pout further.

"No! Now my dignity is gone…" he exclaimed.

Hinata and Hanabi began to laugh loudly at Naruto's comical display. Even Hiashi, his guards and Ko snickered a bit.

Hinata then told him.

"Don't worry Naru-kun! I'll make it up to you." She assured him.

Then Naruto suddenly had stars in his eyes.

"Really!? Then to start off…" Naruto paused.

He pulled out his storage scroll then laid it upon the ground and summoned forth an outdoor BBQ set with pots and other cooking utilities along with all the 15 fish he caught.

All the Hyuga looked as if they had their Byakugan activated at the sight in disbelieve that Naruto somehow summoned a fully decked out BBQ set for travelling

Naruto exclaimed dramatically, "Make me some of your heavenly cooking, dattebayo!"

Whereas Hinata was just in love with the cooking equipment, she gazed upon everything that was there and couldn't wait to try out all the things that were there. It wasn't every day you could cook outdoors with a BBQ set like that.

Hinata with unexpected enthusiasm said a little louder than her usual soft replies.

"Yes Naru-kun! I'll get to cooking right away!" Hinata replied whilst tying up her hair in a white chef cloth and apron.

Everyone was wondering, 'Where did she get those?" except Naruto who grinned in a foxy manner at one of the few tricks Naruto showed her whilst at his apartment; the art of pulling shit out of your ass when least expected.

As Hinata was cooking with Naruto handling the preparations, the guards and Hiashi were resting under a well shaded tree, whilst Hanabi was watching her older sister and Naruto cook their lunch in fascination. Even more so than usual as due to discovering that Naruto could indeed cook.

Hanabi fired off a question to him, "Oi! Big Bro! When did you know how to cook!?"

Hinata who caught the undertone of her question which was, 'You can cook?' lightly glared at her younger sister for the lack of faith in her boyfriend. However, Naruto didn't get that message and replied happily.

"Oh! Well, since I was five…" he told Hanabi who's eyes resembled tennis balls.

Hanabi was in disbelief, she had seen Naruto a couple of times and went so far as to test his worthiness for her sister. And… the impression she had of him was that he was a lazy slob, not an independent man who could work the house.

"That young! But… but, then who taught you how to take care of yourself?" Hanabi asked. Hinata didn't stop her sister from being curious as she too wanted to know how Naruto came to learn how to look after himself.

Naruto grinned whilst he finally finished gutting the fish and turkeys.

"Well… at first it was the Old Man Hokage who taught me how to use the basic appliances, but then it was mostly the Anbu who still weren't around that often. I guess I learnt how to take care of myself from that nice, pretty lady who used to visit me once a week until the Uchiha Massacre happened…" he recalled.

Hanabi and Hinata listened intently, though, the latter being envious of the fact Naruto called another woman pretty, however, reminded herself of the age difference.

Flashback, 5 years old Naruto

One late afternoon, Naruto found himself wondering the streets of Konoha trying his best to not give in to the stares he got from the villagers.

After almost being physically abused once, Hiruzen made sure that Naruto wouldn't have to go through that experience again. But that didn't stop the isolation and the contempt held against him.

While he was walking towards the only general store that sold Naruto decent quality produce for a fair price. He accidentally bumped into someone and began apologising rapidly.

"AHH! I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you, dattebayo!" he apologised.

However, instead of a voice full of malice directed at him, it was a sweet, soothing and caring melody of a chuckle that he heard.

'That voice!? I heard it somewhere before back in the orphanage…" Naruto thought.

Naruto in surprise, looked up slowly only to see the most beautiful lady he had laid eyes on.

She was fairly short, at about 160cm, but had a slender, defined form underneath her pink blouse, black dress skirt all under a white apron and wore white high-heels. She had flawless glowing, pale skin that contrasted with her black raven hair that framed her heart-shaped face, that if one looked closely enough, they'd see it was dark navy and charcoal black eyes gleaming in delight.

She gave Naruto a small, yet kind smile and told him, "It's okay Naruto-kun, you didn't mean it."

Naruto, in shock that this lady knew his name and better yet, he knew who this lady was.

"Whoa! You're the nice pretty lady who used to visit me when I was in the orphanage, dattebayo!" he exclaimed with his eyes near closed.

If Naruto wasn't squinting his eyes, he would have seen the lady freeze the moment he had said his catchphrase.

Naruto then said, "By the way, I don't know your name… sorry if I forgot…"

However, the lady recovered and told him.

"It's okay, you were very little back then. I forgot to introduce myself first. I'm Mikoto Uchiha. Other than that, what are you doing now?" she asked curiously.

Young Naruto beamed and told her, "Oh yeah! Jiji gave me an apartment to live in since I can't stay at the orphanage anymore! So, I'm going to be living on my own from now on…" he ended losing his happy tone.

Mikoto was shocked that her best friend's son already had to live on their own by themselves. No one, not even those Kumo bastards who tried to kidnap her friend, should be living alone at this age. She knew she couldn't change his life but could instead make it easier for him.

She offered him, "Naruto-kun, is it okay if I come with you and show you how to take care of yourself in your new apartment? I'll come along every Saturday to check on you!"

Naruto's eyes lit up, "You mean it, Mikoto-obachan!? Alright, tebayo!"

Mikoto chuckled at his enthusiasm.

Ever since then, Naruto had been taught many housekeeping lessons until the Uchiha incident.

Flashback end

"… she taught me everything about how to take care of myself. From organising items in the pantry, keeping my fridge clean, as well as my entire apartment… um… how to read and of course how to cook! Tebayo!" Naruto ended his reminiscing.

Hanabi was struck by this story, she never knew that her sister's boyfriend had such a hard life yet came out so bright and warm. She began to realise why her older sister loves Naruto so much; he never let his past mistakes and mishaps dictate his life. He always found a way to make it better and the most out of very little.

Hinata had finished grilling the fish fillets that Naruto had prepared along with the vegetables that cooked along side it. She was about to begin seasoning the turkeys until Naruto talked about the lady named Mikoto and what she had done for him. Hinata smiled to herself and thanked this lady in her mind.

'Thank you so much! Mikoto-san… for being there for Naruto-kun when he needed it most!' Hinata said in her mind.

The two continued to cook for everyone. Once that was done, everybody dug in.

When Hiashi took a bite out of the food, it took all his willpower to not eat like a barbarian who just won a battle. His guards and his daughters' caretakers were struggling to do the same.

'How is this stuff so good!?' they all thought. Hiashi began to think back on the past and regretted not reaching out to Naruto back then. If he could cook like this, then he would have hired him as a chef!

Hanabi and Naruto, however, had no restraint on their eating manners, for Hanabi, it was way too good to remember etiquette which Hiashi had to reprimand her about causing her to pout. Whereas Naruto, simply believed that Hinata's cooking was the greatest in the world.

The said girl was going to berate him until Naruto said.

"Amazing! Everything that you make is the best Hina-chan! I don't know what my favourite food is anymore thanks to you, dattebayo!" Naruto complimented.

Hinata blushed at the compliment.

She replied modestly, "It was nothing, Naru-kun! I just wanted to make sure everyone had a tasty meal!"

Naruto grinned more, "That's why its so good! Because you wanted to make it tasty!" he said.

Hinata smiled and gave up on trying to not be flattered.

Ko and Hiashi's guards were smirking at the two's affectionate chatter. However, Hiashi decided to stop it.

"I appreciate that you two cares for one another dearly, but finish your meal soon, we don't have time to waste." Hiashi informed them.

Everyone nodded, except Naruto who asked him.

"Why the rush? It's Saturday morning, tebayo. We're already passed the border and we only need to get to Iwa by Wednesday. Don't we have plenty of time to spare?" Naruto questioned.

Hiashi turned to him and replied coolly, "On paper, yes. However, We, also must have time to prepare and settle ourselves for the meetings and propositions to come for the next 8 months. So, we mustn't waste time." Earning an "Oh!" from Naruto making Hinata and Hanabi chuckle.

Then one of Hiashi's guards who managed to not smack his meal, stopped and mentioned.

"Pardon me for speaking without permission Hiashi-sama. But, if we're going to try arriving early, then we'll have to run. Meaning we'll arrive on Monday if we hurry. However, Hinata-sama and Hanabi-sama aren't dressed for that." The guard informed.

Hiashi took a look at his daughters' fitted in their own Kimono's, with Hinata in her sky blue Kimono with a lavender sash and Hanabi with her autumn themed Kimono with red flames at the edges.

He sighed to himself, why in the world did he tell his daughters to dress up in their Kimono's before travelling?

However, Ko spoke up with a suggestion.

"If I may suggest… there's a town about 2 hours away. Maybe we could find Hinata-sama and Hanabi-sama something more suitable to wear for the rest of the journey." Ko told everyone.

Hiashi thought about it and said.

"Very well… thank you Ko-san for your suggestion. We'll splurge a little and give everyone a break from their duties as a reward for all your efforts." Hiashi told them.

Ko and his guards thanked him, "Thank you very much, Hiashi-sama!"

Whilst Hinata and Hanabi said, "Thank you, father."

And Naruto simply said, "Thanks a bunch! Tebayo!"

Hiashi shook his head in amusement at Naruto's informal manner of speaking. This was yet again… another reason why he would like to have Naruto as his son-in-law, he made life feel like it was a blessing and not a chore. Unlike all those other heirs who were after his daughters' hands. They weren't bad people, just they were too… 'traditional' to the point they brought nothing new to the table.

After their morning lunch, they continued walking.

Two hours later, Village of Gems.

The Village, by the time they made their arrival, was booming with people running about and cheering around festivities and stalls full of street food.

The entire group looked around in wonder with Hanabi's eyes sparkling at the sight.

A very bulky man with a fancy moustache welcomed them.

"Hohoho! Welcome to the Village of Gems! You're all right on time for the Annual Festivities! Please enjoy yourselves to our accommodations and attractions!" the man advertised.

"Wow! Look, look guys! It's a festival! Father can we please join?" Hanabi pleaded Hiashi.

Hiashi to their amazement allowed it.

"You may, as I said before, everyone gets to have a break before we depart later this evening."

Everyone thanked him before setting off into groups.

Hiashi and his guards split off into one group obviously still defending him whilst at the same time enjoying the festival.

Ko decided to split off from everyone else. He jumped into the crowd in the shadows, so he could still observe Naruto, Hanabi and Hinata. Who grouped up.

As Hinata was doing her best to keep up with her energetic sister and spontaneous boyfriend. She couldn't help but giggle at the interactions between the two.

"Oi! I want to go see this!" Hanabi tried to jump up to see the puppet show that was going on.

Naruto laughed along with Hinata at her little struggle to 'instantly grow' taller.

"I can see you need some help there, Hanabi!" Naruto told her as he hoisted her onto his shoulders.

Hanabi screamed in surprise but nevertheless enjoyed the show of the puppet show that told the story of two powerful brothers, who fought over the succession of their Father.

As the three watched, they wowed and awed at battle scenes.

As Naruto was watching, he couldn't help but think of the story of Indra and Ashura. In turn, he thought of Sasuke.

'Sasuke… I wonder what you're up to right now?'

With Sasuke in the Fire country.

Not too far from where Naruto was. Sasuke had just walked into a clearing into the forest where he awaited a 'certain someone'.

He clicked his tongue.

"She isn't here yet…" Sasuke muttered as he looked at the small pink box he held in his right hand.

He didn't show it, but he was nervous for what he was about to do.

He took a deep breath and exhaled through his nose.

He remembered his most memorable event he had encountered about a week ago as when he tried to use his Rinnegan against some rouge-non.

Flashback

Sasuke was on his way to return to Konoha after he had participated in Kumo's battle royale.

His left eye was bothering him with some sensation for the past 2 weeks and didn't know what was up. However, he didn't have timem to worry about that as he sensed a Fuma Shuriken heading his way.

He substituted with a log behind some tree and immediately began scanning the area.

Then he noticed some bushes move and threw a chakra receiver into it.

He heard a 'poof'.

'Substitution…' then he felt a presence behind him.

"Got ya!" the assailant vertically slashed trying to cleave Sasuke in half.

Sasuke vanished using a lightning body flicker to appear in the middle of a clearing.

"It's about time for you guys to show yourselves!" Sasuke told them as he formed a Chidori in his hand.

'Chidori Nagashi!'

He raised his arm high in the air and let the Chidori supercharge the area.

He heard screams of agony and groans fill the area.

Five rogue-nin dropped onto the floor unconscious whilst three more more appeared unscathed.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"Why are you attacking me?"

The woman who was the leader smirked at him.

"Isn't it obvious, Uchiha? We're here to take you down for a profit and your eyes as a little bonus…"

Sasuke pulled his sword out.

"This is pointless… give up now before you three get hurt like your other friends."

The lady scoffed, "Oh please! We haven't even gotten serious… you two, formation!"

"Yes!" the man and the other girl appeared by Sasuke's sides then tried to use a containment Jutsu on him.

Sasuke prevented them by smoothly bashing the man on his right in the head with the butt of his sword. Then kicked off his body to flip a few times in the air, gaining momentum before he drop kicked the girl's neck, making her fly into the other man.

The two caught each other before using a combined attack.

"Water style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" The girl shouted.

"Wind style: Great Breakthrough Jutsu!" The man launched a volley of Wind blast to coat the water dragon.

Sasuke readied himself. When the combined attack almost touched him. He summoned Susanoo's rib cage and covered it in lightning before piercing straight through the attack.

When he sped passed the two assailants, he turned around and shot up two Chidori sharp spears to incapacitate them.

It hit, the two were knocked out.

Then, suddenly, Sasuke looked to his left and saw the leader right in his face with a plasma blade.

"Your mine, Uchiha! Storm release: Beam Scapel!" She thrusted just 5 centre metres away from his forehead.

Sasuke, then tried using his Rinne Sharingan to shift himself out of the way…

Instead, he found himself being warped into a dark abyss. With nothing in it.

Save for a man as tall as him, dressed in white monk clothing with 9 Magatama patterns on his back and long brown hair in a messy ponytail.

He turned around, showing his narrow, charming face, his lips in a condescending frown and his eyes with the same Mangekyou Sharingan pattern as Sasuke's own.

"Nice to meet you… Sasuke Uchiha… My current reincarnation." He told him.

Sasuke's eyes widened but calmed himself down.

"Then I take it that you're Indra Otsutsuki."

He smirked.

"You're correct. And as to why I've have brought you here… I have some questions for you to answer." He told him.

Sasuke told, "I'm in the middle of a battle. I don't have time for answering your questions."

Indra assured him.

"Don't worry, Sasuke. In this dimension of ours, time outside doesn't move."

Sasuke accepted this and relaxed a bit.

"This is our dimension?" he asked.

"Yes… well it won't exist for two long after we're done here. But let's get this over with, shall we?" Indra insisted.

Sasuke replied, "I wouldn't have it any other way."

Indra nodded and began questioning Sasuke.

"Now, I need to ask you? Why are you helping Ashura's reincarnation with his weak-minded vision for the world? Don't you see that the world needs order!?" Indra asked.

Sasuke scoffed, "Isn't it obvious? Only Naruto can lead the world to a better future…" but he was cut off.

"NONSENSE! You of all people know that such naïve hopes are nothing but a fool's dream! If one doesn't control the world, peace will never be achieved! Can't you see that?"

Sasuke remained silent for a few seconds before replying.

"Yeah, I do…" Indra was about to smile until.

"But that's why I support the idiot. He may be naïve, a bit stupid and rash. But when people are around him, he somehow inspires others to work together to create a better future… He showed me that friends… the bonds that we have make us achieve an even greater power than I alone ever could."

Indra was stunned by his reincarnates speech.

"Besides, he needs me as to not screw things over if things get to difficult. After all, he's a dobe."

Indra smiled warmly at Sasuke, satisfied with his answer.

"I see… so that's true strength… the power of bonds…" Indra said quietly to himself.

Indra continued, "I'm satisfied with your answer Sasuke. To be honest, I was planning on trying to corrupt you again. But… your words and ambitions have moved me.

I'd like to give you something in return for making me see the light."

Sasuke looked at Indra who closed his eyes, then opened them wide revealing a different Sharingan.

These eyes were red, with a swirl pattern in them and through eye contact he gifted Sasuke with even greater power.

Sasuke felt his eyes and chakra become much denser and powerful.

He felt his Rinne Sharingan bask in a strange warm whilst his right eye being amplified by Yin chakra.

"If this Ashura's reincarnate is going to change the world, then he's going to need the best pair of eyes to help him see it through."

Sasuke was stunned by this gesture and thanked him.

Indra turned away.

"Also… take care of that Naruto guy for me alright." Indra asked him.

Sasuke replied, "Of course I will. He always gets himself in trouble."

Indra smiled before fading away.

Indra appeared in some other world near a stream. He was his younger self again. He walked towards the stream and spotted a small boy with brown spikey hair.

The boy turned around.

'Hey! Big Brother! I was waiting for you! Wanna catch some fish with me!?" Ashura asked eagerly.

Indra smiled at him, "Okay Ashura! I'll join you!"

Ashura cheered making him chuckle.

Both the reconciliated brothers spent most of their days trying to catch the biggest fish for dinner later that day.

Indra was finally at peace.

Back with Sasuke…

Once Sasuke was out of the dimension. He saw the leader's attack right in front of him. He smirked as he formed as invisible barrier that absorbed the Storm technique.

"W-What!?" the woman stumbled in shock.

This was enough for Sasuke.

Using his eyes' new ability. He mentally used the surrounding chakra around his opponent to from a lightning cage. Once the rouge Kunoichi was trapped. He used the final stage of his one of his new abilities.

'Secret Technique: Elemental Control!' he exclaimed in his head.

The lightning caged sent a shock of electricity through her body rendering her unconscious.

Sasuke avoided the explosion of electricity by shifting himself away further than he ever did before.

'Elemental control? I can use the chakra my eyes can see to form different elements within a certain distance… I like it. I wonder what else Indra gave me?' Sasuke walked into the distance.

Flashback end

Then he heard the leaves in front of him ruffle.

'Here goes…' he told himself.

The person who leaped in front of him was none other than Sakura Haruno who rushed all the way from Konoha the last 4 days to respond to Sasuke's 'emergency' call.

Sakura spoke up.

"Hey Sasuke-kun! I'm here as you requested. What's up?" she asked.

"Sakura… it's been a while since you told me how you felt in your last letter… and you deserved an answer in person."

Ba-dump! Sakura's heart raced hard.

'No way! Could he be?'

Sasuke looked into Sakura's eyes making her blush slightly. Then Sasuke himself grow a bit pink on his cheeks.

They walked towards each other closer until they only a foot away before leaning their faces towards one another.

Then… their lips met, intoxicated the two began to battle one another for dominance gaining access to one another's mouths.

Sasuke had won that battle and pulled away to show her the contents of the little box he had bought.

Sakura was blown away. Inside was an emerald on a golden ring.

"Sakura… even when I pushed you away, hurt you and even outright said I hated you… you were the only one other than Naruto who still had it in them to care for me and so…"

Sakura's had tears down her face.

"What I am trying to say is… when you let me make you an Uchiha?" Sasuke asked with a slightly pink face.

Sakura responded.

"YES! SASUKE-KUN! OF COURSE, I WILL!" As she kissed him full on the lips again.

Sasuke smiled against her lips.

He began to get into the mood…

This was going to be a long day.

Back at the Village of Gems

Naruto, Hinata and Hanabi who was stuffing her face with cotton candy. Were in a large tent where they were given plain clothes which the they could draw on.

Naruto decided to pick out a lavender Kimono blouse that came with a dark purple obi. He was drawing white lily patterns and light purple roses on the sleeves and bottom of the piece of clothing.

Hinata picked out an autumn jacket and black shirt for Hanabi. She knew Hanabi liked red, so she drew little firework symbols in the middle of the back of her jacket and flames on the breasts part of the jacket. Her shirt was left alone as Hanabi preferred it to be black. She also found a jacket similar to Naruto's old Sage jacket. This one was all red. So, she drew some black stripes on the sleeves of the jacket and orange Uzumaki swirls on the shoulders and back part.

When the two were done drawing and given it to one of the stall's workers to dye in the new patterns and colours.

Naruto suddenly felt a shiver from the 'Man force'. He didn't know why, but he felt like he needed to congratulate Sasuke for something.

Hinata noticed this.

"Naru-kun, what's wrong?" Hinata asked.

Naruto grinned at her, "Nothing. I just felt like I need to get Sasuke something to congratulate him."

Hinata tilted her head in confusion.

"Oh? Why's that?"

Naruto scratched his head. "Not sure, but I feel like he finally became a man today."

Hinata giggled at his reasoning and both sat down with Hanabi between them who was now, opening a fault gem called a 'Gem of fortune'.

"So, Hanabi-chan, what does your one?" Hinata asked her younger sister.

Hanabi went squealing as she finished reading her fortune.

"It says the one I admire likes me back!" Hanabi told her.

Naruto grinned mischievously.

"Oh, and who is this one you admire?" Naruto asked

Hanabi went red for a second.

"Er! No one you need to know, Big Bro!" Hanabi told him.

Hinata giggled, "I think it's someone who calls you Big Brother, Naru-kun."

Hanabi looked at her sister with a betrayed look on her face.

Naruto looked through his memories and remembered Konohamaru.

He then also recalled Hanabi calling Konohamaru her 'Senpai' when they were together.

"Oh! It's Konohamaru!" Naruto figured it out.

Hanabi told him, "No! I don't like Konohamaru-senpai!"

Naruto smirked, "I never said you liked him." Hanabi froze at that statement. She was beet red.

Naruto and Hinata laughed at Hanabi's embarrassment.

Soon, they thought enough was enough and continued to enjoy the festival one they got their clothes dyed.

They all got dressed up in their new clothes.

Hinata was now wearing her Kimono blouse with a white undershirt beneath. A pair of navy shorts, thigh-high stocking socks and black Shinobi Sandals.

Hanabi enjoyed her new clothes. A black T-shirt with her Autumn coloured and red jacket over it. Black capris pants and regular sandals.

Naruto was still wearing his old clothes, he just slipped on the red cloak jacket that Hinata made for him.

As of now, the group were wandering around town looking for something to do. Naruto didn't really see the anything that interested him until he saw an empty park.

"Hey! There's a park over there! Let's go!" Naruto dragged Hinata and Hanabi.

Hanabi was confused, what was there to get excited over some park?

Hinata on the other hand was excited for whatever Naruto had in mind. Especially when he made Hanabi and her get seated in the swings.

"Hold on tight!" Naruto pushed the two Hyuga sisters high into the air.

They screamed in fright and excitement.

Soon they were laughing.

"Higher Naru-kun!" Hinata told him.

"Yeah Big Bro! I want to fly!" Hanabi shouted.

Naruto complied and pushed them even harder to the point that they went passed the parallel angle of the swing.

Silently, Naruto made a shadow clone and had it go back into the festival to get something for all of them to eat.

As the two girls were came down, Naruto pushed them so hard that they flew off their swings and high into the air!

"AHH!" Hinata and Hanabi screamed.

"NARUTO!" Hinata called his name.

Naruto appeared in the air.

"Right here" with his Six Paths Sage mode activated.

He used some wind chakra to make them all float in the air. They cheered as they were being drifted round the park.

They especially enjoyed the ride down back to the ground.

They all agreed that this was one of the best times they had in a while.

"Oh man that was fun! Hey! My clone is here, tebayo!"

His clone came back with three cones of ice-cream which they all gratefully accepted.

As they were eating, Naruto started a conversation.

"Today was fun. Did you two enjoy yourselves?" Naruto asked the two girls.

They nodded.

"Yeah, I never had so much fun like this before." Hinata admitted.

Hanabi chorused in agreement.

"Yeah! Today was amazing! I wish it would never end!" Hanabi cheered.

Hinata smiled at her sister before she turned to watch the sunset with Naruto. They all admired the warm orange glow of the setting sun. Basking them with a warm, relaxing wave of satisfaction for the day.

However, this also meant that they needed to meet up with Hiashi.

"Well, it was great whilst it lasted but it's time to go see your old man, tebayo." Naruto remined them as he stood up.

Hinata and Hanabi reluctantly agreed. Saddened that their day time in this village had come to an end.

But that's how life is… you spent each day doing the things you love and making the most out of it. But eventually it's going to come to an end. That's what living is about, doing the things you do with your all until you are satisfied with your day.

And satisfied were the entire group when they met up at the exit of the village.

... At the Village exit...

Hiashi looked around to ensure everyone was present.

"Good, everyone is here. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves."

Everyone nodded.

Hiashi continued, "I'm glad you all did, but now we must continue our journey."

They all made their way out of the village. Once they were far enough, Naruto suggested.

"Hey! Before we run, I want to give you all something, so you guys don't get tired, tebayo!"

Everyone looked at him and wondered what it could be.

"Naru-kun? What are you talking about?" Hinata asked.

Naruto grinned.

"You'll see! After all, you're the first one I did it with, tebayo!"

Hiashi's eyes narrowed dangerously.

"Did what!?" with his Byakugan activated.

Naruto took a step back and quickly told him.

"Ah… gave my chakra to… you know, during the war!" Naruto explained.

Hiashi deactivated his Byakugan and laid off him.

Naruto tapped into some of Kurama's chakra and mixed it with his sage mode before moulding it to each person's unique chakra network.

They were all invigorated. They could reach Iwa even sooner than they had anticipated.

Naruto then shouted, "On your marks!"

Hinata and Hanabi giggled.

"Get set! GO!"

And they were off full speed ahead towards Iwa. Leaving behind a trail of dust behind them.

A merchant caravan was passing by until a collective group of orange cloaked people blew him away into the tree line.

They would be arriving sooner than they thought they'd be.

… Two days later… Monday…

They finally made to Iwa thanks to the new change of clothes and Naruto's chakra keeping them awake for the last two days.

However, even that was exhausted along with any energy to remain awake.

"Phew! We made it guys!" Naruto cheered as sweat made his shirt under his jacket stick to his body.

No one replied but only nodded as they were too tired to speak.

Then a familiar voice spoke.

"When I heard that shout, I didn't want it to be true, but Naruto? You're here? Troublesome…" the man spoke.

Naruto turned to face him and saw who it was.

"Shikamaru! How have you been, tabayo!? Oh yeah! Ino and Chouji said 'Hi!' and also… where's Temari? I heard she was with you!" Naruto started firing off questions with suddenly renewed energy.

Shikamaru began to sweat at the blonde's energy as he looked back at the Hyuga behind him who were trying to catch their breath.

'Where did all that energy come from?' he thought.

"Well, yeah. I've been alright, just been going through all these treaties, paper agreements on tradelines and what Konoha has to offer… all that troublesome stuff… as for my troublesome girlfriend, she is right now at the hotel we booked for the year. And thanks for letting me know what Chouji and Ino are doing." Shikamaru conversed with Naruto.

Then he added, "And I guessed you guys will be needing a place. So I booked a holiday house for the Hyuga in advance, but I didn't think you'd be here."

Naruto grinned, "Yeah, Kakashi-sensei nominated me at the last minute and told me that my presence here would honour Iwa, or something like that. Oh yeah and you'll be helping me out with the whole village relations process whilst at it."

Shikamaru sighed, "Why did you have to come? Everything is so eventful with you… troublesome…" he ended with a lazy smile.

Naruto laughed for a bit.

Then another presence came along.

"Well if it isn't Naruto! How have you been!?" the woman said.

Naruto grinned, "Hey there, Kurotsuchi-nee! I'm good! Did you become the Tsuchikage yet?"

Kurotsuchi laughed at his bright personality.

"Not yet! But I am being trained for it now. And here are the Hyuga, welcome to Iwa!"

They all bowed as necessary and only Hinata with Hamura's chakra recovered enough to speak.

"It's nice to see you Kurotsuchi-san. Thank you and all of Iwa for having us here." Hinata spoke.

Kurotsuchi placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Bah! Don't be so formal! Just relax and I'll show you all your accomodations!" Kurotsuchi told her.

Hinata smiled at this woman's personality. She was similar to Naruto and found herself getting along well with her.

As they followed Shikamaru and Kurotsuchi. Naruto asked them a question in a way that set them all off, including the tired Hyuga.

"Hey, Kurotsuchi-nee? Are we going to being in a super fancy, hidden cave? I heard that people in Iwa live in caves, dattebayo! Is that true?" Naruto asked curiously as he took in the majestic sight of Iwagakure's mountain-built establishments.

They all laughed at his expression, except Shikamaru who smiled. Even Hiashi let out a small, yet hearty chuckle despite being tired.

Shikamaru saw the hotel he was staying at and parted.

A few minutes of walking later.

Kurotsuchi stopped them in front of a large building that was part of a mountain rock. It had vegetation growing around the top of it as well as a few flowers and some lanterns making the entrance glow. Giving it a warm ambiance.

Then they went inside and saw an illustrious main room with two large staircases that lead to various rooms that they could use for the next 8 months.

She showed them all gardens which Hinata was going to check out with Naruto later.

The pool area, a training hall filled with all the necessary equipment and the large kitchen and dining rooms that they'll be using.

Then finally, their rooms in this holiday house.

Each room had lush, green carpets, limestone walls and fine wood furniture. The beds were queen sized, with white fluffy blankets and black and grey pillows.

And the bathing rooms in each one had their own spa.

Kurotsuchi grinned at their faces.

"I'm glad you like it! Well, if you guys need anything to eat, there are plenty of places that I'd recommend, but if you want to eat here. Then you're going to have to cook for yourselves, the ingredients are all in the fridge.

They thanked her, and she bid them goodnight.

They all went to sleep after two days of running. Hinata and Naruto shared the same room much to Hiashi's chagrin but allowed it.

They all snuggled in for the night.

They were going to need it once Wednesday came.

There you go, I didn't just want to go straight into Iwa business just yet.

As I said before, I wanted to showcase the more subtle sides of the Naruto Universe after all that Ninja business and hopefully showed that life is meant to be lived to its fullest.

Sasuke's new ability

Elemental Control - An ability gifted to Sasuke from Indra. An advanced form of Sasuke's Flame control. Combining his ocular prowess, space-time abilities and the Six Paths Yin Chakra's affinity for all five elements. He is able to manipulate the chakra in the air (not Natural energy) within his vision to form different elements and jutsu with his eyes similar to his Blaze release techniques.

As of now, Sasuke can only manipulate the chakra around a small 3 metre radius within a 20 metre distance in his vision.

Will become stronger with training and experience.

Shifting - His Rinnegan's exclusive ability. Able to shift dimension through within a certain range, can extend using an object.

I hope you enjoyed.

Praise the sun, SoulsVeteran.