Author Message: So this chapter is a bit early, but I'm tired and don't feel like waiting an extra 45 minutes(Yes Im kinda lazy haha). But welcome everybody to chapter 2 of "The Medical Uzumaki"! So I had recently published a relationship changes update that changed a few things, and I removed it after a few days but in case you missed it.

-Story is no longer a harem, it's now Naruto/Temari.

-This chapter and the next chapter were written a year ago when this story was on my old account and therefore has a few things people might not like(More details in a second)

-I'm accepting ideas/requests for other couples so feel free to leave those in the reviews(As always, spamming will get you nowhere)

-With that said, alot if not most of the girls will still intially fall for Naruto before getting into other relationships. Don't worry, this is meant to play into Naruto's eventual romance with Temari.

With all that said, this chapter might...Upset people? There is a thing in this chapter that I won't spoil, that is a common fanon trope that some people don't like. Now I understand if some people drop the story because of this(I mean people complain that Tsunade/Shizune is a thing, as if it's wrong for me to ship them) but I ask that you wait a bit...I have a plan for this that might suprise you later on.

Anyway, thats all for me guys. Hope you enjoy!

The Tension was high, the air was thick, two sets of eyes stared at each other from each end of the table, the other participants already being eliminated as they awaited to see who would be the victor. The cards in their hands telling two different stories, one of hope, and one of despair.

Soon the sound of the dealer placing the final card onto the table is heard, the youngest member of the group looking at it before looking back at his cards, his expression unwavering as a bead of sweat rolls down his face.

On the other end of the table was the oldest one of the group, a player rarely known for losing. Having played the game his entire life, he was nervous, not wanting to be shown up by a young up and comer.

The onlookers await until the young one takes his free hand and places it on his chips as he says out loud "All In."

His voice showing no emotion as he pushes all of the chips into the middle, causing the crowd to whisper amongst each other as the old guard watches on, trying to break through his emotionless mask, trying to sense if he was bluffing. Yet no emotion could be seen, making the old guard sweat even more, worried about the possible final outcome.

The crowd grows restless, awaiting a response as the old guard continues to weigh his options. Does he risk it all by calling the bluff and going all in himself? Or does he play it safe and advance to the next hand, taking a loss on the round?

He gulps, his dry throat burning as he studies his opponent, the young foxy kid who had only been around for a few months, yet had gained fame as the best player in town. The very reason the old guard came here was to put the young blood in his place, yet it appears he underestimated his opponent, something he has regretted from the start as one by one the other players were taken down until it was just the two of them left.

He looks at his cards and sighs, this was the best hand yet, could he really just wait another round? If there was a chance to beat the young up and comer, it was now…

Taking a breath, he places his hand on his own chips as he pushes in "All in."

The crowd becomes alive as neither of the two participants show any emotion as the young one looks on in anticipation as the old guard scratches his chin as he smiles, confidence building up in his victory.

"Well the outcome was obvious though, especially since I have…" He lays his cards on the table, the crowd starting to become louder as they see he has…"A Full House…"

The young one looks at his cards as the crowd awaits, could the young undefeated hero win? There was growing skepticism, sweat pouring on everyone's face.

"Give up boy, it's over." The young one gives a sigh as he looks down, the crowd slowly realizing the victor when…

"You're right, it's over. For you anyway."

"What?" The young boy looks up as he gives his foxy grin as he lays his own cards onto the table, causing the crowd to gasp "A-A full house as well?!"

The crowd was in an uproar, who won? Both got a full house, so it would come to the cards!

The dealer looked between each of their full houses, before speaking "Both contestants have ended with a full house. However, due to having Three Hokages and two Nine's, compared to Two Kazekage's and three Sevens...The winner is Naruto Senju."

The young one with a foxy grin, the winner, was Naruto Senju "Woohoo! Take that old man!"

The old guard couldn't believe it! He just just to some young up and comer!? His throne as the king of poker was gone to a kid!? He couldn't fathom how it happened, yet the cards didn't lie, anyone could see clear as a day, that even with his best hand, he had lost.

He knew he had to concede, and after giving a sigh, he got up from his seat and walked over to the boy, who was accepting the prize money for winning "You're good kid."

Naruto looked at him and gave an embarrassed smile as he rubbed the back of his head "Ah no I just lucky! I really thought I was going to lose there!"

"Hahaha! Modest aren't you? Put it there kid!" The old man held out his hand as Naruto grabbed it and shook it, the onlookers all clapping and cheering for Naruto "You know I never got your name, I was too busy sulking in defeat!"

"Ehehe, my name is Naruto Senju! Believe it!" The old man raised an eyebrow as he heard the name.

"Naruto Senju?" The old man then looked out to the slot machines, and after looking for a moment, he laughed when his eyes landed on a woman near the back "Hahaha! No wonder I lost to you then! You're the son of one of the most legendary gamblers of all time in Tsunade!"

Indeed, Naruto had become known throughout since he was the son of the legendary Sannin Tsunade, and many rumors began to circulate that just like her, he was quickly becoming both an excellent medical nin, and excellent gambler.

Yes Naruto, who was now Nine years old,now clad in black pants and a black shirt while wearing a green cloak identical to his mothers, was becoming proficient in both. He was already being called a prodigy in the field of medicine, and was always well known as a tough poker and Mahjong player, especially since they had arrived in the town of Tanzaku Quarters, where they had lived at during the past three months as Tsunade had been hired to assist with a plague that had been tormenting the town.

However there was one fact that wasn't known about Naruto, and that was thanks to his other mother, Shizune.

Shizune had taught him many different poison techniques and jutsu's, yet unlike with Tsunade, this was not known to the public. While he still wasn't on her level, many of his poisons now were on the level of near death, and inhaling them made the victim get as close to death as possible. It was a secret that Tsunade and Shizune wished to keep as long as they could, just in the worst case scenario Naruto had something to surprise the enemy with.

"Ehehe, so you know my mom?"

"Do I know her? Hahaha! I remember when I played her back during my young days, she would kick my ass every day of the week, I don't know how much money I lost on her! Hahaha!" The old man laughed again as he picked his sake up off the table and gulped it down as he looked at one of the waiters. "Another round of Sake for me and whatever he wants!"

The waiter looked at Naruto as he spoke "Sake as well sir?"

"A-Ah no, I don't drink, I'll just take water." Indeed, despite being Tsunade's son, Naruto never took a liking to the alcohol she kept around. Perhaps it was because he accidently drank some when he was younger which made him puke for the entire next day, but whenever Naruto thought about the stuff, it made him sick to his stomach.

"Very well sir." The waiter bowed as he walked to the back, as the older man placed his arm around Naruto.

"Now kid, after our drinks, how about I treat you to some of the finer ladies tonight?" The old man pointed to a table with four women who were clearly prostitutes, which made Naruto awkwardly laugh.

"Haha...I'm good…" Naruto was indeed starting to get interested in girls, but unlike most boys his interests were a little different.

Thanks to his training as a medical nin, he learned from a young age about the 'Kunai and Shuriken' story that told about the inner workings of sex, however this just piqued his curiosity on why the two sexes were how they were, and made him start to study the human body as apart of his training, however this did lead to a fear of his.

That was the fear of heartbreak.

Naruto knew about emotions and feelings, and he remembered when his mother Tsunade finally told him of her first love in Dan Kato and how it made her numb when he passed on, and despite marrying Shizune, Naruto knew Tsunade still missed him.

So Naruto focused on the more scientific and medical side of things, to keep his mind off emotional matters so he never had to feel the pain his mother felt.

Whether or not he succeeded is a story for another day.

"Ah come on kid! These women know how to give you a good time!" Naruto again just gave an awkward laugh as the man continued to pester him about it until the doors to the casino opened and Naruto recognized who came in.

"Huh? Mama?" The person who had come in was Shizune who smiled as she walked over to Naruto.

"Finished with another poker game?"

"Yep! Still undefeated! Woohoo!" Shizune gave a smile to him, but noticed the old man with him.

"Hm? Do you know Naruto?"

"Haha! Yeah, the kid here just bested me at my own game! A damn shame it was, but he proved his worth! Judging from your interactions with him, I'm guessing you're Tsunade's wife, Shizune?"

"Ah yes, thats right, it's nice to meet you, mr…"

"Heh, just call me Kai." Kai extended his hand as Shizune shook it, the two of them exchanging greetings as Naruto took the opportunity to get away from the conversation he was in.

"H-Hey mama! Why are you here? Is dinner already done?"

"Ah no, I had to come talk to Tsunade about something actually. Although it does kinda concern all of us, so can you go back to the apartment for now?"

"H-Huh? Really?" She nodded as Naruto knew what she meant, he had lived his entire life this way. It meant that it was almost time for them to pack up and leave.

Now it didn't bother him, he had never stayed at one place for longer than a year, so he was used to the constant moving. He was a bit sad that he would be saying bye to one of his favorite casino's, but it was always possible they might be back sometime in the future.

"Well alright." Naruto looked at Kai as he smiled "Well Kai, it was just one game but you it was a lot of fun!"

"Hell right it was! I was really hoping to take you out for some fun tonight, but I know better than to piss off a mom, especially the wife of Tsunade!" He gave another laugh as he patted Naruto on the back "I'll see you in the future little man!"

Soon after Kai walked over to the women at the table, who seemed more than pleased to make time for him. "Well Mama, I'll go back to the room."

"Alrighty, be careful." Naruto nodded as he walked by Shizune and out of the casino, leaving her by herself as she walked over to Tsunade, who was absorbed in the slots. "Hey."

"Hm?" Tsunade looked over at Shizune as she gave a small smile "Oh hey, you come to play the slots with me?"

Tsunade scooted over some to invite her, and though Shizune gave a smile and sat down with her, she had a worried look, "We have a problem."

"Hm? What's wrong, seat too small?"

"No it's not that, I just got a carrier pigeon sent to us."

"By who? Another village?"

"It came from the Hokage…" Tsunade's eyes narrowed as she returned her gaze to the slots.

"Sarutobi-sensei? What did he want?"

"He wanted to warn us that Konoha has sent medical nin over here to assist with the recovery of the plague, and wanted to warn us."

"Tch, so he has spies on us does he? I can understand if he's worried about some of the medical nin recognizing Naruto, but why send them in the first place?"

"Apparently the village offered them quite a bit to come assist the few patients left, but it's less than they're paying you. Apparently they think we've done enough to get all of the patients to a point that regular medical nin will do at this point. The message also said that this village's elders will be arriving in the morning to tell us that we are being terminated and need to leave as soon as we can." Tsunade gripped her hands some as some anger came through.

"So what? We're gonna have to go find a place to live on the fly?"

"Well about that...Apparently the Hokage has made an agreement with Kumogakure to allow us to stay there for a year. They have lots of medical needs around there, so we should have no problem finding work. But just in case, the Hokage has promised to help supply us in case we can't find any."

"Kumo huh? Tch, talk about a long trip there, even still we're gonna have to climb up those huge ass mountains." Shizune placed her arm around Tsunade to comfort her.

"Also, he said we should go ahead and leave tonight, just in case the medical nin arrive tomorrow morning." Again Tsunade sighed as she leaned back and looked up.

"Tch, well there goes any more drinking tonight…" Tsunade grabed her bottle and drank the last bit left in it as she pushed herself up. "Alright let's go, go ahead and tell Naruto."

"I already did, he's already gone back to the room."

"Huh? What about his game?"

"Apparently he won."

"Ha! He won? I knew that old fool didn't have it in him, he couldn't even beat me when I was younger! I had Naruto wager quite a bit, so I'm sure he got a good return!"

"You know...I seriously wonder if it's alright for you to encourage our son to gamble…."

As Naruto walked through the streets, he had a lot of things running through his mind, namely where they might be going next to stay at. So far in his life, they only visited one of the major villages, and even that was when Naruto was pretty young, so even then he didn't remember everything about that trip, just the friends he made.

If he had to guess, it would be another small town or village in another country that hired his mother for some more medical work, which he didn't mind as it did allow him to perhaps learn some new medical techniques that he had never seen before.

However as he walked, Naruto felt off about something, but he couldn't place his finger on it. The air felt colder, the wind howled even louder than usual, the lively energy that usually populated this section of the town was gone, something felt off.

Then it happened…

As Naruto walked, he felt a sharp wind suddenly come at him, making him quickly turn and slash with his Kunai, which stopped the shuriken that had suddenly been thrown at him. He gripped his kunai harder as he looked at the figure that had thrown it.

"Well, it seems your training with Tsunade has paid off…" The figure spoke in a sinister voice as he was cloaked in an all black coat, with long black hair, ghostly pale skin and yellow eyes, as he spoke with the venom of a snake. "I suppose that is to be expected of her son."

"What? Who are you?!" Naruto got into a battle pose, readying for a fight, yet the figure just gave a chuckle.

"Now now, settle down. I have no reason to fight you, especially since I know how powerful you can potentially become, Naruto-kun."

"Alright so you know who I am, so tell me who you are!"

"Just call me an old friend of your mother, someone who has known her for quite some time, ehehe…" The figure started walking towards Naruto, making him tense up and prepare for an attack. "Now if I've heard correctly, you are actually her son, you father apparently died during battle. I wonder, was she able to find the secret to death and resurrect her beloved? Or is it the more likely scenario, where she had an affair with the Fourth Hokage, and created you. You do resemble the fourth quite a bit, not to mention you were born shortly after he died during the Nine Tails Attack."

"Bastard! Mom would never-"

"What? Never fall to such lows? Why maybe she didn't, but she might have had one night with him, and tried to cover for it by marrying Shizune. Of course, it's always possible she sold herself one night for some extra booze, and mistakenly made you in the-"

"Ninja Art: Poison Mist Jutsu!" Not allowing the villian to continue insulting his mom, Naruto quickly jumped up and unleashed his Poison Mist Jutsu, something he had finally perfected after years of training.

The mist engulfed the figure, who simply chuckled "Ah, the Poison Mist Jutsu, no doubt you learned it from Shizune, yet I'm sad to say it has no effect on me."

However, Naruto had a different plan. He immediately jumped into the poison mist, having been made immune to poison thanks to Shizune, as he pulled his sleeve up and shot at the figure, who immediately felt an attack coming as he jumped backwards as needles pelted the ground.

The figure stood still for a moment, yet chuckled again when he saw the mist clear and saw Naruto. "I see, poison senbon, again that must be something Shizune taught you during your training."

Indeed, under Naruto's sleeve was a wrist mounted device that had shot out poison senbon, and though the figure was immune to poison, the senbon would still damage him. "Damn...Missed…"

"I must say that was an interesting strategy, and one Shizune must have taught you. Thanks to her medical knowledge and training, you were able to gain poison resistance, and used that to your advantage, because as soon as you saw I was also poison resistance, you used the mist as cover. I must say it was very impressive."

"Damn, time for Plan B then. Poison Mist Jutsu!" Once again Naruto used the Poison Must Jutsu, but instead this time he aimed down, engulfing himself. "Now...Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Clouded in the poison mist, Naruto used his shadow clone jutsu, and soon three different Naruto's jumped out from the poison mist and all shot at the figure with their senbon, who quickly doged each one. "Hehe, you're gonna have to do better than that Naruto-kun."

Naruto didn't let up though, because as soon as his clones touched down, they all ran in opposite directions, one at the figure and the two on his sides, yet the figure stayed still with a smirk on his face. Naruto held up and formed another hand seal before he yelled out "Now!"

Immediately all three of the Naruto's jumped and shot water at a high velocity from their mouths at the figure who smirked even wider "It seems Tsunade has taught you basic water jutsu, interesting."

The figure merely jumped back as all the water collided, yet that was the intended goal as Naruto smirked "He's in the air!"

"Hm?" The figure was confused as he jumped back, yet all of a sudden a fourth Naruto clone shot out from under the ground and appeared behind the figure "Wait, when did you-...The mist!"

When Naruto originally did his poison mist jutsu, it was to create a veil around it, so when he summoned his shadow clones, the figure wouldn't realize there were actually four, instead of three, as one of them went into the ground and waited for the signal. "Gotcha! Now! Take this!"

Building up chakra into his fist, Naruto slammed it into the back of the figure who let out a cry as he was sent flying until he crashed into the side of a closed store, easily breaking through as he was thrown inside.

All of the Naruto clones vanished, leaving just the one who struck the figure remaining, his fist burning from how much chakra he placed in it, not quite mastering his moms technique quite yet. Still, Naruto kept his arm raised as began preparing more senbon as he walked closer to the hole, ready for any counterattack.

Yet before he even reached the hole, he stopped as he heard clapping coming from inside, before finally the figure emerged from the hole, seemingly unharmed "Marvelous, you truly are one embossed with potential, Naruto-kun."

Naruto jumped back as he readied to fire more senbon "So, you ready for more huh!?"

"Ehehe, such power at such a young age, Tsunade and Shizune have raised you well. You have put on a marvelous show today for me, and I couldn't be happier. As payment, I believe I shall now be the one to put a show on for you."

The figure raised it's sleeve, and before Naruto could defend or jump back, a snake suddenly flew out and wrapped itself around Naruto, locking him in place "Agh!"

"Oh? You can fight with such vim and vigor, yet you can't dodge something as simple as this?" Naruto struggled to get out of the grip from the snake, yet the more he struggled, the tighter the snake got as it hissed in his face. "I came here for someone entirely different, yet I couldn't help myself when I saw you Naruto-kun."

Before Naruto could question the stranger, his head suddenly extended and bared his fangs before sinking them into Naruto's neck, causing Naruto to scream out in pain and agony as a cursed symbol formed on his neck, before the figure pulled it's head back, leaving naruto with a burning sensation flowing through his body.

"Ah yes, you will make a perfect host in the future, Naruto-kun." The figure had the snake unwrap Naruto, who fell onto the ground moaning in pain as he held his neck, as it was sucked back into his cloak. "Now, continue to get stronger under Tsunade, and when you finally feel she has nothing left to teach you, come find me."

After saying those words, the figure vanished, leaving Naruto alone as he laid on the ground in intense pain, his entire body felt numb, and he couldn't move.

Seconds felt like minutes…

Minutes felt hours…

All because of the pain Naruto was feeling at that point, all alone on the ground, as the darkness around him tried to engulf him.

Yet as time continued to pass on, the silence around him was disturbed as footsteps were heard approaching him, slowly at first, before they broke into a full scale run until a figure was right beside him.

Naruto couldn't look up, the pain being too much as he continued to lay on the ground as he felt somebody beside him before they spoke. "Holy shit, you sent him through a building yet he just brushed it off before taking you down with a bite? Who the hell was he?"

The voice was female, thats all Naruto could tell as he still couldn't move, hell the tears in his eyes didn't even allow him to see thanks to the darkness still around him. Yet despite the pain, Naruto was able to speak "W-Where...D-Did he go…"

"Like I know, he just vanished into thin air after he bit you. He was like a ghost or something."

"D-Damn it...I-I let him...Get away…"

"Are you seriously still trying to fight? Looks to me that you're in some serious pain." The girl tried to roll him over, yet Naruto resisted as he tried to push himself up "Hey what are you doing? You can't just move after all that!"

"I-I have to...F-Find him…"Naruto tried to speak but the pain of moving and talking was too much, as more tears flooded as he fell back onto the ground with a scream.

"Hey now! I said you can't move dumbass! Don't even try to!"Despite being a girl, she sounded very vulgar, something Naruto took note of as he laid on the ground in everlasting pain. "Damn it...Here take this!"

The girl pulled a pill out from her pocket and held it in front of Naruto's mouth. "W-Whats…"

"It's pain reliever, now take it!" Not even knowing what the pill was, Naruto opened his mouth and allowed her to place it inside as he swallowed it, and after a few moments, Naruto stopped struggling as lost all resistance before he fell asleep "Whew, what a stubborn guy, if I didn't do that he would have never stopped."

As the girl tended to Naruto, she didn't notice two sets of feet quickly approaching until she heard "Naruto!"

She looked over and saw two women running over to her and the boy, as she scooted out of the way as they both bent down over him, both with worried looks on their face. "Naruto! Naruto!"

The blond hair lady was shouting at Naruto while the black hair one had tears running down her face as she looked at the girl "W-What happened?!"

"O-Oh um…" The girl didn't expect them to talk to her so she was a bit surprised "I was going through the dumpsters trying to find some food when all of a sudden I saw this kid and some guy in a black cloak get into a fight."

"A-A black cloak?" The black hair lady had worry in her voice as she spoke, as the girl shook her head "W-Who could have…"

More tears ran down her face as she checked on Naruto, while the blond hair lady also had looks of worry when she spoke "He's asleep for right now, his pulse has sped up though and he has a high fever. Shizune, get some water!"

"Y-Yes!" The black hair lady, known as Shizune, quickly hurried up and ran away looking for water while the blond hair lady turned to the girl.

"Who are you and what happened here!?" The girl shriked some from her tone but quickly spoke.

"I-I'm Tayuya,I'm ten years old and a wandering ninja! I've been living in this village for a few months while I practice my sound jutsu! As I said before, I saw this kid fight against some dude in a black cloak, and…" So Tayuya explained the entire battle to the blond hair woman, from Naruto's initial poison mist attack, all the way to his shadow clone attack.

"So even his Poison Mist Shadow Clone technique failed? Whoever he was facing wasn't your average shinobi."

"Tsunade!" Tayuya looked over and saw Shizune running towards them with a bucket of water, her eyes red from her crying. "I got some water!"

"Good, get a cloth and put it on his head!" The blond lady now known as Tsunade ordered Shizune, who quickly nodded as she pulled out some wound of cloth and quickly wetted it.

"Oh! Another thing!"

"Hm? What is it?"

"Near the end of the fight, the black figure wrapped this kid with snakes before he bit him on the neck!" Immediately after she spoke, Tsunade got wide eyed.

"What!? That means…" Tsunade quickly moved Naruto's neck, and gasped when she saw the cursed mark on it. "No…"

"T-Tsunade...This is the mark of…" Shizune's voice stuttered as Tsunade gripped her hands before punching the ground.

"That son of a bitch!" Tsunade screamed out as she punched, causing dirt to fly everywhere as her anger was evident. "To mess with my son like that, that bastard!"

"Huh? Your son?" Tayuya looked at Tsunade, who was still seething with rage as Shizune answered.

"Our son, Naruto…"

"'Our'? You mean you two…" Shizune nodded as Tayuya realized what she meant "Oh! I see. Well that explains why the both of you are so upset! I never knew."

"That bastard…" Tsunade slowly spoke to herself as she rose up "He's going to pay for this! Shizune!"

"Y-Yes?"

"Quickly place a seal on top of that cursed seal! We can't allow Naruto to accidentally tap into its powers!"

"R-Right!" Shizune quickly formed some signals as she placed her hands on top of the mark on Naruto as she began to chant. "Damn him, to go after my son!"

"U-Uh excuse me?"

"Hm? What!?"

"O-Oh well um, do you know that figure in black?"

"Of course, thats why I'm going to personally see to him being killed in the slowest way possible for what he's done!"

"T-Then let me come with you! I have something against him as well!"

"Huh? What?"

"You see, a few days ago, I had someone in weird get up come up to me and told me to meet someone in this area tonight. However I came early to find some food, and thats when I saw that big battle go on! He mentioned he came here searching for someone else before he found your son, so I just know he was looking for me to do the same thing! So let me join you so we can take him down together!"

"Tch, if he's after you as well, that just adds more baggage we have to protect."

"Actually no! As I said, I'm a sound ninja! I can attack with sounds by using my flute!" She reached inside of her bag tied to her waist as she pulled out a flute "See? I use it to create soundwaves that do damage to the body!"

"Still, you expect to fight him by using sound? You're clearly overmatched."

"Maybe, but you can train me! I mean, this kids pretty young, but he's obviously way more powerful than I am! That figure kept mentioning Tsunade and Shizune, which are you two, training him, so I just know I can get stronger under you!"

"Even still, he's ruthless, you saw what happened to Naruto despite training his entire life, do you really think it's going to be that easy to take him down?"

"Of course not but...I should have helped your son, yet I stayed in the shadows and just watched him fight! I felt really bad about doing that, so...Allow me to make up for it by training under you!" Tsunade went to shoot her down again, but when she saw the hurt and determination in her eyes, she was taken back and surprised.

"Last warning, training won't be easy, and even with training you might still die to him. Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

"All of my life has been nothing but training, so of course I'm ready!" Tsunade saw she was honest by the looks in her eyes, so she nodded.

"Very well, but as I said this won't be easy. So you better prepare."

"U-Understood!"

"Now Shizune!"

"Yes! I've successfully placed a seal on the mark!"

"Good! As soon as we get to Kumo, immediately make plans for Naruto to train with the Raikage! If he's being targeted by him, then Naruto is going to need all the training he can get!"

"Right!"

"Um…" Tayuya spoke up as Tsunade looked down at her.

"What is it?"

"Well I've just been wondering, who exactly was that figure?" The wind seemed to speed up as Tsunade kept her eyes locked with Tayuya, the air becoming thin as she took a sigh.

"Let me tell you a story...A story about a man called Orochimaru…"

Guest Reviews

Steve: Yeah I kinda explored Naruto's gambling in this chapter and plan to go into it in more detail in future chapters, along with showing more of Sizune and Tsunade as mothers in the future. Hope you keep enjoying.

Guest: Glad you enjoyed!

Guest: Glad you enjoyed! Eh, perhaps the ages are a bit too young but I did have to balance a few things, and naruto does have 12 year olds battling to the death. Still perhaps I could have raised the age just a bit.