Hey everyone, I'm back after a while: not for lack of wanting to write this but because my mind kept giving me other chapters to do and then I got sucked into moving family members which included emptying a 28 foot trailer into an apartment so I was preoccupied and then…. Life just kept screwing me over and a prime example is my notes folder being destroyed somehow. For those who don't know, the game style fics are a little complicated at times and I recommend having a document or notebook of the stats and such handy, but mine was corrupted so I had to go through my chapters and rebuild everything from scratch while also trying to remember what I wanted to cover, add, and change this chapter (the rebuilding is more his stats and skills than anything else).

For the guy saying it was bullshit that I had Yugao and Anko take an interest in Zabuza, all I said was they thought he was attractive and Naruto wouldn't be against them seeking a relationship with him. I didn't say, "Yugao and Anko were ready to jump Zabuza and rape him into blissful unconsciousness while Naruto was happily ready to walk Yugao down the aisle if she asked." However, I have had a few ask for Anko and Yugao be with Naruto, so I will take a vote THIS CHAPTER ONLY on if they should be with Naruto, stick with being with Zabuza later on, or they can go to Kakashi.

I also had a few asking for Sakura to not be in Naruto's harem, but I saw that people were happy she wasn't a die-hard Sasuke loving bitch and I can see the points for both. So, like above, I am doing a ONE CHAPTER VOTE: She can be with either Naruto or Sai; those are your two options as I don't feel like bashing or killing Sakura this time and no, there will be no other options only Naruto or Sai.

If I get no votes at all for these two items then I'm just leaving it how I already have it planned and will ignore any more complaints since you will have had your chance and it was wasted.

Also, I've gone back and changed Cinder's name to Seyr and she will be called that from now on. The reason being that Seyr has a better fit for her than Cinder due to it meaning Moon, Pearl, and/or Silvery in some draconian translations.

Lastly, I have increased the items list due to ideas for fun in this "game" to take place and whatever I don't do in this fic I can add to it in one of the New Game + fics.

I am willing to take suggestions for items, but they have to be just that SUGGESTIONS.

So, let me know on all of that stuff.

Well… nothing else to do besides the blah, blah, blah stuff, so let's go.

Disclaimer: Check previous chapters.

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Chapter 10: Gaining Strength

Wave Country: Clearing near Tazuna's house

Naruto stood in a clearing with a smile on his face as he dodged a punch and pushed the attacker away with a slap to the ass making said attacker yelp and blush, "Too slow and sloppy, Kure-chan, you need to be ready for facing someone faster than you." Naruto stated as he smiled at Kurenai's blush as he was helping her with her taijutsu while the girls worked on learning to water walk with the assistance of some clones.

Nearby, Genma and his team were doing the tree exercise but Genma had them running up and down the length while Sai was practicing his skill with a tanto against Kakashi and Yugao. Near them, Yakumo and Anko were sparring as Naruto thought Anko's snake style would suit Yakumo and she needed to master it before they began pushing her in speed and strength. Asuma and his team of assholes were guarding Tazuna at the bridge at the moment.

They had been doing this all morning as Naruto decided Kurenai needed more than Genjutsu especially since she didn't even know her affinity. This was both shocking and mystifying for Naruto and his senseis since it was unheard of for a ninja to be made Jonin without having trained in an affinity.

Naruto planned to correct that later, but he wanted her Taijutsu to get better first and then he and the others would work on helping her with the other items. After all, an enemy could always get close and having jutsu wouldn't help you if your enemy didn't give you a chance to do handsigns.

So here he was training Kurenai and giving her a teasing smack whenever she made a mistake though at times he wondered if she was making the mistakes on purpose so she could be teased. Not that Naruto minded too much mind you, he just wanted to ensure she was improving in her stances and attacks. Bronx was back at the house to watch over Tsunami and her son Inari, a very sulky child who merely glanced at them as if they were just things to look at or he would glare at them any time he heard them talk about dealing with opponents. Naruto just hoped the kid didn't make any smart remarks or cracks at them since he could guess the kid had seen/been through some tough shit, but name a person who Naruto had encountered so far that hadn't?

Naruto broke from his musings as he caught Kurenai's arm stopping the punch she threw and pulled her towards him till her chest was against hers and trapped her arm in his armpit. He then caught the other and held her with their faces inches apart. Kurenai blushed at the contact before Naruto smiled and kissed her softly making her gladly respond before they separated and Naruto pushed her back with a smile. Kurenai smiled as well and came at him again as the two continued their taijutsu practice.

At the nearby lake, Sakura, Hinata, Ino, and Sayuri were trying to stay on the lake longer than a minute or so since the clones would send ripples and waves through the water to make them adapt since the water moved and they couldn't always be on a calm surface. Of course, Sayuri after the third fall in decided to give Naruto a show and stripped down to her black bra and panties and continued trying.

Naturally, after seeing that, Hinata stripped down to her red panties and bra, though the outline of her piercings could be seen after her next soaking, and Ino stripped down to her violet colored panties and bra. Sakura had blushed seeing this but decided it was like going to the beach or swimming and stripped down showing her high B-low C cup breasts and her luscious ass, at least from Naruto's point of view, and it was accentuated by her cute pink panties that matched her hair as they continued trying to water walk.

At the bridge, Tazuna was overseeing the Greys helping his few workers and was glad for the additional help since the bridge was almost back on track timewise. His only complaint was that his supposed protectors for the day wouldn't do anything to help at all and were only semi on the watch out for anything dangerous. He almost wished the day would end quickly since he knew the other teams would ensure he was safe and help if they could.

Back with Naruto, a while later, he and the others were heading back to the house to clean up for lunch and also because Naruto was going off on his own today to distribute the carts of items he had prepared. He also needed get his items, which was why he had clones going across the country multiple times to ensure he had the locations of everything he needed/wanted. After several sweeps, nothing was left hidden from him in relation to the Overlordship: 3 temples, 2 tombs, 3 storehouses, and then a warehouse full of things thanks to Gato.

There were also a few single items out and about he'd have to grab too.

He'd already worked it out with Kakashi and the others since Sai had wanted to go with him. However, after the near death experience Sai had, Naruto wasn't willing to risk him since the temples and tombs could be just as much or more dangerous than the one Sai was in.

With that in mind, Naruto dressed in his gear and called a new Transport Stone before five trade carts came through it in a flash with three filled with food, one with blankets and clothing, and one with supplies both for helping fix up the places in disrepair and for helping maybe build new ones. Naruto was also glad that his Elite Browns were guarding it since it was technically property of Whirlpool so he wouldn't have to worry as the items were distributed.

Naruto then led the carts to the middle of the town and smiled as a little girl came up and looked at the cart full of food and Naruto smiled before taking an apple and handing it to her with a smile making her eyes light up before she hurried off. Naruto then summoned several Greys and they began handing different things out to the people who were overjoyed at having food and some clothing that weren't rags while some kids had toys given to them as well.

Naruto then turned as a shout came and saw a few thugs with swords coming towards the carts and he moved to block them, "Get out of the way brat! That stuff is now the property of Gato." One of them sneered as Naruto merely looked at him before snapping his fingers and the Elite Browns suddenly came forward and took position with their halberds pointed at the thugs.

"I suggest you leave before my Minions cut you into pieces and feed you to the wolves they keep as pets." Naruto stated as his eyes began glowing dangerously while his Killing Intent poured over the area making the men pale and shake in fear before they quickly ran off.

Naruto then motioned to the Minions to resume protecting the carts and the people cheered as they thanked Naruto and started taking the offered goods. Naruto then left instructions with the Greys to take the carts back to the Transport Stone once they were emptied and headed off for the first area he had to look in while being aware of a follower that had been watching him all morning.

It took him a bit longer than he normally would to reach the first location, but that was simply because he had to let his follower keep up so he had to slow his pace a bit. His first stop was a temple, the trouble was finding the entrance since he was at one of the local lakes and it was a nice view since there were wild flowers blooming all around the lake. However, he had more important things to focus on right now such as figuring out just where specifically the Temple was since all he knew was that it was in this area, not how to get in. So he did the natural thing and started searching for any sign or clue to how to enter.

After 20 minutes he found something, a moss/algae covered area on a boulder that was half submerged. The reason it drew his attention was a slight glow behind the moss and algae and from what he knew of plants the moss and algae wasn't iridescent. That meant there was something on the boulder glowing.

With that in mind, he cleared away the moss and algae to find writing made of a mixture of Human-Draconic, arcane, and normal languages. Naruto had learned that the dragons and Humans had created a form of language that incorporated both Human tongue and Draconic, which is what his dragon shouts were primarily, but the full shout was what a word or phrase in true Draconic was. Meaning, to have the most power in a shout you needed to speak the shout in true Draconic.

Shaking those thoughts away, Naruto leaned down and looked closely, "Hmm let's see, Face the way of the great star with purpose and offer half yourself as a sacrifice to the tides. Let an offering of the red life show your nature to be judged then speak Friend and enter." Naruto stated then read with his eyes narrowing at the commands before he looked at the lake and pondered before he realized what he needed, "I see, very clever. To do this would get many to kill themselves to enter this place."

Haku was in the trees nearby watching and had heard what he said and was confused since what could be worth sacrificing half your body and whatever else the next thing called for? Furthermore, what the hell was even here for him to enter? Plus what star was considered the 'great star' as someone had put it? She honestly hoped he wasn't going to do what she thought he had to do.

Haku broke from her musings as Naruto got out of the water and walked around to one side of the lake to where he'd face north making Haku raise her eyebrows, "Great star? Did they mean the North Star?" Haku thought since it was the only star in the sky that never moved and always shined brightest.

Haku then watched as Naruto walked into the lake till half of his body was submerged, "Offer half yourself as a sacrifice to the tides. Ok, so he had to go half his body height into the water." Haku thought as she kept watching before Naruto took a kunai and stabbed his hand letting his blood out before stabbing the other and put both hands in the water. The blood then began to spread and blend with the water, "Let an offering of the red life show your nature and be judged. So he had to bleed into the water for something to judge him, but what does he have to speak?" Haku thought seeing Naruto had figured out the steps so far.

She then saw Naruto wait a few moments before he looked to where the North Star would normally be before he spoke, {Thurirl}. Haku heard him say trying to figure out what it was he said before to her shock the lake glowed as a pedestal with a glowing symbol rose from the depths of the waters.

Unknown to Haku, the word Naruto spoke was the Draconic word for Friend. He had been lucky to find an old journal holding some key words of Draconic that his ancestor kept, they weren't attacking or combat words, but they were the words that were needed should one encounter an unknown dragon and need to communicate that they weren't a threat. The word friend being said in Draconic usually got the point across.

Naruto then waded/swam from his position after ensuring his hands healed and climbed up onto the stone before it glowed and he vanished in a flash of light shocking Haku. How the hell was she supposed to spy on the guy if he could just disappear like that? What was worse is the fact the symbol stopped glowing meaning it probably didn't work anymore!

Haku slumped against the tree in defeat and just had to hope Naruto would return the same way he left so she could keep monitoring him.

With Naruto
Naruto oriented himself after the flash since the stone pillar that rose was apparently an outdated version of a Transport Stone as the transportation was a bit… rough and he honestly was fighting to calm his stomach and clear his vision. Contrary to what some would think, the Transport Stones weren't natural. Like all the Overlord items, they were created and like all inventions/creations someone improved on them, this one was just one of the older ones. Though it could have been worse, there was an time that stone travel had some major turbulence as one of his ancestors remarked. However, what that really meant was that someone went to one stone and that same someone's ass and legs went to another.

Naruto was just glad that this one was one of the more developed ones since he'd take some dizziness and nausea over being split in half.

Shaking those thoughts away, Naruto finally saw he was in a large room that was close to the size of a great hall and stepped off the transport rune before multi-colored torches lit up the area making him shield his eyes at the sudden brightness. After his eyes adjusted, he looked around and saw the room was empty save for the torches, but he noticed one thing in particular: there were colored animals on the walls that matched the torches only the torches weren't under the matching colored animals.

However, there was also numerals on the torch holders meaning there could also be a numeral combination to worry about. So he had 7 numbers, 7 colors, and 7 animals to configure in some order correctly since there were multiple combinations and possibilities. He'd just try the most likely and go from there.

First, however, was finding exactly what he had to work with: To start he had numbers 1-7 on the torch holders but no numbers at all on the torches. Next he had Orange, Green, Indigo, Violet, Red, Yellow, and Blue colored flames that matched the color of the animals on the wall. Speaking of said animals, he had a gazelle, a bird, a snake, a bear, a bull type creature, a lizard, and an octopus. With his eyes not finding anything else in the entirety of the room, he had a three combination lock to answer though the problem was what happened if the combination was wrong or if he did the locks out of order.

Deciding to just bite the proverbial kunai and get on with it, he started with the easy one: just match the colors. So, he shuffled the torches around to their proper colors and stood back to see if something would happen. And he wasn't disappointed. The floor lit up and revealed a massive runic seal divided into three rings that were obviously misaligned. The glow then faded away before the outer ring spun a little before stopping and a loud CLICK was heard before the glow returned to that ring.

Naruto, guessing he had that right, then began looking at the other two possible combinations before his eye caught something on the indigo torch. Moving up to it, he twisted the torch and found the letter I engraved on it. Frowning in thought, since that wasn't there a moment ago, he went to the other torches and found the first letter of their color engraved on. Finding that it would be too obvious just to mark what torch was what color, Naruto guessed it was a clue to something and began looking at the animals again since he found the idea of putting the letters in order to be too simple for the number combination.

Gazing at each one intently, he found the bird to be a Raven and the lizard to be a Gecko. Frowning at the names of the animals, Naruto saw that except for the bull creature, snake, and the gazelle, he had an animal that went with each letter. Deciding to test the theory, Naruto went and put red at the raven, green at the gecko, blue at the bear, and orange at the octopus leaving him with the yellow, violet, and indigo colors.

Getting up closer to the images, Naruto found the bull creature wasn't a bull since the horns were too small and the body was larger. Frowning in thought, Naruto moved over to the gazelle only to frown further at seeing the horns/antlers: they weren't straight up like a gazelle, they were straight and then arched outward before going back to straight. Naruto frowned as he tried to remember the animals that looked similar to a gazelle but with the antlers being different.

Here's where having his memory helped as he went through the list paying attention to the ones with V, I, or Y as the starting letter of the name. After a few moments, he found one: an Impala! Placing the indigo flame at the Impala, he went back to the bulky creature and the snake and frowned in thought before he noticed the bulky creature was covered in fur and was smaller towards the back. He then widened his eyes and placed the yellow flame there as he realized the creature was a Yak!

Turning to the last animal, Naruto could only assume the snake was a viper and thus was essentially indistinguishable as a stone marking since many vipers looked exactly like normal snakes. Placing the violet flame beneath it, Naruto stepped back and waited before the second circle of the runic seal glowed and spun before lining up with the first ring and clicking into place.

Nodding to himself, Naruto then wondered what the number combination could be since the letter order of things was… too… obvious. That was it! It was the order of something but not the letters!

Moving to the Red torch, he quickly took it and placed it into the #1 slot before moving and putting Orange into the #2 slot followed by Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and lastly Violet: ROYGBIV! The colors of a Rainbow!

Stepping back, Naruto waited before the last circle glowed and spun in place before aligning with the second ring causing the whole rune to glow brightly. As it did, the rune split in half and opened allowing a statue to rise from below it and take its rightful place just as the rune slid entirely out of the way.

As he had come to expect, the statue glowed before hitting him with its power. Only this time, the power was a huge hit and knocked Naruto off his feet. Getting up, Naruto popped his neck and let the power settle before his book came and flipped a few pages, You've gained the third Temple's power! +35 to Wisdom, +15 to Intelligence, +25 Magical Mastery, +20 to Magic, and +15 Detect Hidden. Notice: Mana Capacity Unlocked due to Wisdom reaching high enough point to allow control.

Was what it read and Naruto nodded before flipping the pages to see that his current Mana Capacity was at 100. Confused at the level, Naruto tapped the small info tab and saw information come up. Apparently his count was small due to him not training his mana in ways to keep it strong and thick like it was needed but gave it an occasional workout when he used spells. Naruto had to concede the point since he didn't use magic as often as he did chakra and he did feel a drain on his reserves during his time in Kiri thanks to the number of Faer Gorta he summoned, it was only thanks to his adrenaline and his chakra compensating for the drain that kept him from being a panting mess after doing so.

Putting his book away for now, he began looking around some more since the previous temples had had items hidden within too. Granted he knew the game would probably give some variety, but it still never hurt to at least look around and see if there was anything more to find.

With his now slightly enhanced Detect Hidden skill, Naruto looked around intently trying to see if there was anything else for him to claim since he didn't want to risk just leaving and never thinking to come back plus the Temples usually had a word for him to learn so he really wanted to ensure he looked carefully. There was also the fact he hadn't found any history on the walls yet.

It took him ten minutes to find something, a small handprint in the statues left leg. Placing his gauntlet hand against it, Naruto watched as the hand print glowed before cracks formed through the statue showing markings of a magical kind throughout it, almost like the person who commissioned the statue was branded with magic. He then stepped back as the pedestal it stood on opened and spiraled downward like a staircase leading into the depths.

Shrugging to himself, Naruto walked down the stairs not bothered by the small light ups flaring as he descended, which were drawing magic from him to activate if the feeling of his energy was correct. He also idly noticed he had a life bar, chakra bar, demonic chakra bar, and mana bar on his Gamer Eye which he assumed the latter was there now that he had access to the altering the amount of Mana he had. He had seen the other bars, but hadn't paid them any mind since he hadn't felt a drain on those as of yet since he never used his demonic capacity, his normal chakra was hard to drain, and his health never dropped anything really to notice since he unlocked it during his first stay at Whirlpool. Even a hit from the "great" Mato Haruno didn't even knock his health down a ¼ of a percent and Mato was supposedly the strongest Genin physically and the punch did nothing.

Naruto shook his head to clear those thoughts away as he reached the bottom of the stairs. Looking around in the darkness, Naruto was able to see an unlit torch and quickly used his fire spell to ignite it causing a chain reaction of the other torches lighting.

Naruto took a minute to let his eyes adjust to the sudden brightness before seeing piles of gold, a large stone slab, a skill gem, a black totem, and an axe of some kind that seemed to call to Naruto. Said axe seemed to be a simple wood shaft with a silvery bearded axe head that had a snow flake and fall design engraved on it. Calling his Minions and a Transport Stone, Naruto had them begin taking everything back to the keep while he approached the axe.

As he neared it, he felt the connection grow stronger and when he reached his hand out to grab the handle, the axe flew to his hand before a surge of power entered him and he dropped to his knees with the axe planted in the ground. As Naruto caught his breath, his book came up, Leviathan Axe discovered: Ice style is now a major skill and has been increased by 15 points. Weapons increased by 15 points. Notice: Weapon knowledge at acceptable levels to allow specific weapon usage. Notice: Leviathan Axe capable of upgrades, gamer must find Frozen Flames to increase its power. Notice: Axes available in Inherent skills. It read and Naruto nodded as he stood and twirled the axe in his hand finding it familiar to him and twirled it in his hand easily.

He then found a small hook style harness and attached it to his clothes before the axe left his hand and attached it self to the harness making Naruto raise an eyebrow before shrugging it off and looking over the area since he didn't want to miss a word.

Like he'd hoped, there was history inscribed on the walls and began reading it like he did the last couple of times. However, this one didn't involve the Corvus, but the Namikaze and specifically the first Namikaze Overlord. Apparently the Namikaze were from a long line of Wind users, hence their name meaning wave wind or wind wave as they were very skilled with their abilities in wind that anyone from Suna would be jealous. However, another reason was due to some of them gaining a high affinity for water as well and a rare few being able to combine them as ice making them an even bigger threat, which was part of the reason their numbers dwindled later on.

With their skills of the wind, the Namikaze were the amazing travelers using the wind to bolster their speed and movements. It also gave them a bond to many different kinds of birds due to the connection they shared with the wind. However, it also gave them a connection to wind dragons and that was how they came to meet the Corvus clan. While the Corvus had small affinities to each element due to their bond with the dragons, the Namikaze were connected solely to the wind dragons and agreed with the Corvus that such beings should be protected and respected rather than hunted for glory or materials.

It was also during that bonding that they introduced the Corvus to the founding family of the Daimyo's of Fire Country and apparently the head of the family, a Nagano Takane, even had a fire dragon bonded to him and taught his family to respect dragons and never hunt them which is why Fire Country was a sanctuary for dragons when Nagano became the first Fire Daimyo. This of course gave the Corvus and the Namikaze even bigger standings in the world as they had the backing of the Fire Daimyo as well as each other.

It wasn't too shocking when a Namikaze was chosen as an Overlord decades later after the first three had passed on. The two clans were so close and affiliated with each other that many speculated it wouldn't be long before they did a clan merge turning their clans into one complete clan. That never occurred due to the Fire Daimyo wanting the Namikaze to take residence in Fire Country to deter his enemies as he made them official allies of Fire Country and it kept many of the more violent clans out of the country too out of fear of facing the Namikaze clan.

The Corvus didn't wish to leave their homeland and didn't until the clan had deteriorated to less than a minor clan and then took up residence in Whirlpool while keeping close ties to the remaining Namikaze, which also explained Kushina, Minato's, and Maria's closeness that led to Naruto existing.

Anyway, the Namikaze Overlord, Hotaru Namikaze, was a high level person and was feared and respected by a lot of people especially the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki and it was justified as Hotaru was the only person at that time to have defeated the Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki Clan Head in combat. He was even responsible for wiping out some clans himself when they tried to usurp the Corvus and Namikaze's power both for the Overlordship and the connection to dragons.

One main reason for his success was rumored to be his beyond Nara level intelligence, power over magic, and his axe which was rumored to freeze any opponent it hit and had many other ice capabilities that would put a clan from Water Country to shame. He and his wife were the most feared Namikaze of the era as he had wind, water, and ice with cunning and brutality while his wife was brutal with blades of wind and fire that could make the famed blaze release. Together the two were unbeatable and no one dared cross them solo let alone if they were together.

Back to the rest of history though, after that battle between him and the clan heads, no one dared to fuck with the Corvus or the Namikaze for a few generations due to those alive ensuring no one crossed the two growing super powers among the clans. As a sign of goodwill, both the Corvus and the Namikaze had members of their clans living with the other to grow their knowledge and blend the bloodlines together. When the Uzumaki proved themselves, they too were added and blended with Naruto finding that he was the only person left alive with Corvus, Uzumaki, and Namikaze blood all mixed into one.

One small mention that was near the end was that the reason the axe wasn't buried with the Namikaze Overlord was due to him wishing to be burned and have his ashes scattered to the wind. He wanted his axed hidden for one warrior worthy of it to find it and bring glory to its legacy.

Apparently his children weren't worthy with one being a great disappointment. After his passing, the Corvus took up the mantle of Overlord again and held it another three generations before a Namikaze took it again followed by the first Uzumaki.

As Naruto neared the end of the history, he found the new word for himself and was blasted by the power behind it as the word and placements for it filled his mind. While that happened, his new slitted pupils darkened further into silver while his hair gained some more silver giving him a tri-colored hair as he had red, blonde, and silver hair now and not just tips. The thing he noticed was that Seyr was pulsing stronger now after that happened and assumed learning the word gave her some power increasing her own capabilities.

Sure enough, his book came up with a notes page, Draconic word acquired. Essence of the Dragonborn strengthened, Dragon of the Purest Flame increased by 50 points. Notice: one more Essence of the Dragonborn is required to unlock Draconic State.

Naruto raised his eyebrows at that and looked to his arm to see Seyr pulsing happily no doubt enjoying the boost to her. As he turned to head back up the stairs, he felt a surge of power again and the Overlord Heart spoke, 'Skill Gem Acquired: Quick Run ability activated.' The heart stated as Naruto raised an eyebrow at the name wondering how he activated it same with High Jump since he hadn't tested it out yet and wondered when he'd be allowed to add points to them.

Shaking those thoughts away for now, Naruto headed back the stairwell and took the Transport Stone back outside.

Outside

Haku was bored and worried since it had been close to two hours before the boy she was to observe vanished using the stone in the middle of the lake. She was interested in the young man since he had this pull and air about him that seemed to draw her in… oh, and she didn't want to fail Zabuza's assignment of course.

She was lucky as the stone glowed again and Naruto reappeared before a stone walkway rose up and let him walk back to the shore. Naturally, the first thing she noticed was the axe he now had on his back along with the extra bit of silver in his hair which she thought actually made him more exotic looking.

She blushed at those thoughts before shaking them away as Naruto took a book out and looked at it for a few moments before heading off into the woods with Haku now following him.

She followed him to the coast of Wave Country a couple miles away from where the bridge was being built before she saw him wading into the water before taking a breath and diving down leaving her to have to wait till he returned again.

Naruto swam through the murky water following his eyes' mini map and compass since he knew the general area of where to go after using his book's map page to find the closest area. He knew it was some type of storehouse which meant that it was likely one built by the Corvus or more likely the Namikaze at some point. It didn't make a huge difference to Naruto which clan built the storehouse since he didn't expect there to be any clan related details or matters hidden within so it was almost like it was just a storehouse instead of a clan one.

As Naruto swam through the murky water, he found an opening in the surrounding rock and swam in finding a tunnel in the rock that he followed before he swam up seeing a surface point and emerged to a cavern. Climbing out of the water, Naruto had a hard time seeing even with his enhanced vision and found a torch on a wall and lit it with his fire ball spell before lighting another and another as they became visible.

Once the room was illuminated, Naruto looked around and deadpanned, "Okay… Guess there will be something clan related." He stated to himself as he saw the Namikaze crest emblazoned on the wall with a desk and fine chair under it while stacks of documents and books lined the wall. The crest was what actually had his attention as it was two kunai crossed over a wave and wind symbol. The interesting thing was that the two kunai were his father's Hirashin Kunai, which meant his father probably designed his kunai after those ones as a sign of respect to his clan.

Creating a squad of clones to clean and sort everything, Naruto approached the desk an sat down in the chair before he began going through the accumulated paperwork that was there.

Later

Naruto leaned back in the chair and sighed as he had added more history to his knowledge. Apparently the first Namikaze Overlord's child that was a great disappointment was even worse than the history had suggested.

When his father refused to pass on his power, title, and legacy to him since he was the firstborn, he had rebelled and taken around a quarter of the Namikaze clan with him.

Knowing they couldn't fight an Overlord and his allies with what they had, they had rallied other enemies of the Corvus and Namikaze before swearing allegiance to the Corvus' greatest enemy: Alduin the World Eater.

Alduin was a large grey dragon with blood red eyes and had a great desire for destruction and killing before he was sealed away by the gods and lesser gods. However, Alduin was an eternal; a being that can't die until his destined opponent and equal killed him in combat or a specific time came that his death would occur; thus they could do nothing but wait for the inevitable time for his destruction which was when he would also be released.

Back to the main point, the traitor son and his group drew power from Alduin and increased their fighting capabilities nearly 20 fold. However, such an advancement was nothing compared to a full powered Overlord and his chief mistress especially with the traitors being weakened from the wind god Fujin's blessing being taken from them.

Apparently, Fujin had taken a liking to his ancestors and blessed them with their high affinity to wind and said power had grown through further years of loyal service. His attention also brought the attention of other elemental gods who gave minor blessings since Fujin was the clan's primary deity next to Shinigami.

Anyway, with Fujin's blessing removed, the traitors had lost a good chunk of power and made them lose the rebellion. The survivors were all executed for their crimes, but the traitorous son couldn't be executed.

The reason for that was because Alduin had made him an avatar thus as long as Alduin lived so too did the traitor. So he too was sealed away until the time Alduin's rival appeared and killed them both.

The traitorous son's name? It's Menma, Menma Namikaze.

Naruto sighed as he stood up thinking about all the history he had just received before he had the clones begin packing it up to take back to the keep. Naruto then turned towards the banner and placed his hand against it, only for the gauntlet to glow along with the crest before he was sent back by a pulse of power.

Grunting as he tried to stabilize himself, since that hit of power had thrown him off balance and disoriented him a bit, he saw his book come up to him, Namikaze command post discovered: +10 to stats, +10 to inherent skills, and +25 to Detect Hidden. Namikaze deity history learned: Fujin unlocked in Deities. Blessing of Fujin acquired: +15 to all stats; +10 to Inherent skills; +5 to Major skills; +30 to wind release (stacks with the 10), Ice (stacks with +5 and also moved to inherent skills), and Staves (also made inherent); Typhoon release unlocked in Inherent skills +30 points; and +10 to sand, smoke, scorch, crystal, dust, swift (locked), and sound (locked).

It read and he nodded before standing and popping his joints. He then had some clones take the desk and the banner, the latter carefully taken down and folded, before he looked around the room/cavern wondering if there was anything else hidden away.

Now that the walls were bare, he began going along them looking for anything relevant, "Come on, no one builds a hidden command post and then doesn't put something worth having in it." Naruto thought as he looked since information on the first Namikaze Overlord's son wasn't that valuable outside of himself since the game would want him to know. Even the info on the two being sealed wasn't critical as it didn't mention where or how and didn't mention how one goes about gaining power from Alduin so it was no biggie.

He stopped as his hand brushed over a spot and he felt a small pulse causing him to stop. When he turned and looked at the area, he deadpanned since it was the section of wall that he took the banner off of, "Seriously? I guess I should have expected that." Naruto thought incredulously as he started looking for a way to reveal what was behind the wall.

After searching further, he found a small etching of the Namikaze Clan emblem engraved on the wall. The etching was hard to find as it was smaller than a kunai ring. Pressing it, the etching pushed in making lines appear throughout the section covered by the banner. The lines then glowed and the stones that the lines had outlined began twisting away revealing a room.

Naruto walked in and examined the area finding it dark and quickly lit a nearby torch and then the next as they were revealed. As the light finally filled the room, Naruto looked and saw an odd sight. Standing/sitting before him were a trio of statues that didn't look like they belonged together.

The first appeared to be a female angel kneeling with her sword vertically in front of her. She had armor that looked to be plate in design and even her wings were armored.

The second looked like a demon of some kind as the being had a pair of horns on her head and wings at her lower back that wrapped around her, she also had a staff in her hands that she was clutching to her chest as she stood.

The third and final statue was a 8 foot depiction of a warrior, most likely a barbarian type, given the dual horned helmet, double headed battle axe, and plate style armor. The interesting thing about it, was that there were faded red lines going through it almost like veins.

Looking at his gauntlet, the heart seemed to be reacting to the third statue meaning it was an item he was to collect. Summoning a couple clones, he had them take the statue while he looked at the other two. They seemed heavily detailed and life like, yet they weren't an item for him to take back to the tower.

When he moved to touch one, a rune across the floor lit up and a projection of a man who looked similar to Minato only bronze skinned and blue haired appeared, "Greetings young Overlord. My name is Katan and I was the head of the Namikaze Clan after the reign of our first Overlord. These three statues you see here are unique. The soldier looking one is a treasure of the Overlord that we were asked to hide here by the Overlord that succeeded our clansman. This proved to be a wise decision as enemies of both the normal world and the mystical attacked. The invaders ransacked the Tower and made off with some of the greatest treasures and over time we collected and hid them until an Overlord arose strong enough to keep them safe." The projection of Katan stated with Naruto seeing that it was a recording since it didn't know that the first statue wasn't there anymore.

"These other two items are actually prisoners cursed by an enemy of our clan: Daolon Wong. He was a spiteful wizard that turned to the darker arts after being continuously denied by the Corvus, Namikaze, and Uzumaki to access our tomes and grimoires that held all of our magical knowledge. It was only furthered as the Overlords spurned him for denying access to their magical sources and spells. His delving into the darker arts led him to our clan's and Deity's greatest enemy: Shinnok. Shinnok was once a chief servant of Lord Shinigami before he became greedy for power, he began using the souls of powerful warriors and creatures to attack anyone he perceived as a threat to himself or his power until finally Lord Fujin, Lord Raiden, Lady Delia, Lady Suijin, Lord Takemikazuchi, and Lord Hachiman defeated him and imprisoned him for all time in the darkest abyss." Katan's image stated giving Naruto more history.

"Back to the main point though, Wong was spiteful towards the other gods and the three clans for 'denying what was his by right and skill' and began causing problems for them all. He began capturing Demons, Angels, Fairies, Beasts, minor gods, and even some lesser gods that served the pantheon and entrapping all those he captured in stone as part his thirst for revenge and power. The pantheon of gods were outraged for what he had done and their servants hunted him down and killed him after a long battle. However, even the gods themselves must obey the laws they had set forth in magic and in life. Because it was a mortal who imprisoned them, it would take a mortal of equal or greater power than Wong to free them. The catch was that the spell increases in strength for each being freed, so the individual had to be stronger each time he tried to free one of the beings. We were able to free some by combining members' powers, but many were still trapped in their prison frozen in time waiting for someone strong enough to free them. This task now falls to you Overlord, regardless of if you are Namikaze or not, you must free these beings and return them to their rightful place among the pantheon's servants and ensure that enemies beyond this world do not set foot here lest catastrophic consequences occur." Katan stated and then pleaded before the rune faded along with Katan and Naruto was left standing there next to the two statues.

He then blinked as his book came up, Well kid, looks like you found a secret. Before you is an angel of Kami and a demon servant of Yami. Touching either one will free them but the backlash will leave the other imprisoned. If you free one you'll gain favor with their deity while losing some favor with the other since you chose to leave the other being trapped as a statue. So decide what you're gonna do kid and make sure it's the correct choice. All you have to do is make contact, the Heart will take care of the rest for you. However, prepare yourself as this will set off other events in the world.

The book read making him frown as he looked at the two statues while his mind was processing what was said, "So choosing one makes the other trapped and makes the deity they serve angry or happy." Naruto thought going over the words again and again before he paused, "Wait, the book said choosing ONE would result in those penalties, it never said I was only allowed to pick one!" Naruto realized as he moved to stand between the angel and demon

Mentally preparing himself for any backlash, he mentally counted down before touching both statues making the Heart and Naruto glow brightly before the glow slowly crept over the statues. Naruto was also noticing his mana reserves were depleting as this was occurring.

Thankfully, Seyr began funneling her power into him keeping his reserves up to continue.

It took another five minutes for the glow to fully cover the statues and Naruto was able to withdraw his hands while panting as his mana recharged steadily, not fast but not slow either.

He turned his attention back to the statues as they began rattling and cracks appeared throughout the stone with light shining through them. In true cliché fashion: the angel's light was white while the demon's was red.

Within a minute, the cracks spread across the entirety of the statues before the glow intensified and the stone shattered away making Naruto shield his eyes.

When he looked again, he saw the two beings before him taking deep breaths and looking around. It was also at this time that Naruto took in the sight of the two beautiful females.

The angel had silver hair that reached the base of her neck, tan skin, yellow eyes, the feathers of her wings were golden and glowing, her forehead had a glowing white tribal markings, and she wore white plate armor with gold accents that accentuated her curves and protected her wings while underneath one could see parts of black leather pants, a white silk tunic, and simple boots. Her sword was a broadsword with gold accents and little intricacy or add ons besides a sapphire and ruby being in the pommel of the blade and it having a more divine feeling to it.

He also noted she had high C cup breasts, at least from what her armor suggested, and a toned ass, if how her pants hugged it were any indication.

The demon was gorgeous and Naruto had a sneaking feeling that she was a succubus since the moment he laid eyes on her his mind went to fucking her and doing various sexual items. Her looks certainly helped with that as she had long blackish blue hair that reached her knees, a cute and beautiful face with baleful yellow eyes, white elbow length gloves, and a white royal gown that was held up by her breasts alone even though two straps were draped over her upper arms. She also had a white neck choker that was connected by s golden web to the dress and to finish the look he could see she was wearing white stockings and gold heels.

Her dress also showed off her body which sported DD cup tits and a very spankable ass. Her staff looked like a thin spiraled stalactite with a large black crystal ball on top of it. The other noteworthy thing, and also another cliché, was that her wings, which sat just above her ass, were pitch black and feathery.

All in all, both women were beautiful and Naruto could tell from their stances that they were no strangers to combat and certainly not pushovers.

He broke from his musings and observing when the angel spoke, "What? What happened? Where am I?" She asked before seeing the demon, "What have to done to me, you infernal wench?!" She demanded making the demon scoff.

"I should be asking you that, you glorified harpy." She shouted back as the two glared at the other before Naruto cleated his throat causing the two to look at him in confusion.

"What the hell? Why does this boy have the Leviathan? Especially when he's clearly a Corvus." The angel thought while feeling a celestial and demonic presence around him that had nothing to do with her or her demonic counter part.

"Mm, he's a handsome one and such potent magical energy. However, he's got a decent sized reserve of demonic power both his own and not." The demon thought liking the sight of Naruto.

"You can stop blaming the other for your troubles, you were imprisoned in stone by Daolon Wong. You've both been out of commission for at least a few centuries." Naruto stated making them widen their eyes in shock.

"And what of the Overlord? Who is the current one and why do you possess the Leviathan?! It belonged to the Namikaze Overlord!" The angel demanded and Naruto merely blinked.

"You're looking at him and I have the Leviathan because I'm his descendant. I already passed the trials of his temple and the axe came to me when I reached out." Naruto stated surprising them.

"But you're clearly a Corvus." The demon stated and Naruto nodded.

"My father was a Namikaze, my mother was a Corvus. However, a defect made my mother unable to give birth properly so they did a surrogate birth with an Uzumaki friend of theirs." He explained making the two look at him in confusion and he facepalmed since the two had been out of commission for a while. Pinching his nose a moment, he turned his attention back to them, "Right, you don't know what that is. Essentially they took eggs from my mother and put them in another woman before injecting my father's sperm into the eggs to fertilize them. Thus another woman gave birth to me while I have the bloodlines of all three clans." Naruto stated shocking the two further.

"Enough of that though, you two should report to your superiors since you've been gone a long time and need to catch up on events." He stated making them nod, but he spoke again before they could leave, "If I may, could I ask your names?" Naruto stated making them pause a moment before the angel spoke.

"My name is Uriel, I was the captain of the Hellguard before my apparent imprisonment." The now named Uriel stated before the demoness spoke.

"My name is Albedo, I was one of the highest ranked Succubi before my own imprisonment." The now named Albedo stated making Naruto nod before he kissed the back of both of their hands.

Both girls blushed at the gentlemanly manner, "A pleasure, my name is Naruto Uzumaki Corvus Namikaze." Naruto stated as he released their hands before Uriel was gone in a flash of light and Albedo was descended into a black pool that disappeared with her.

Naruto sweat dropped slightly at the cliché methods, "Seriously? If there just gonna be one cliché after the other?" He thought before his book came up, OI! Shut up kid! You try coming up with enough original ideas that haven't been used to death through various media sources and see how well you do! Now shut up about it or I swear to all the deities in the multiverse I will make you even WORSE than you were before your life became a game!

The book read and Naruto paled in horror as he gulped, "S-Sorry. I meant no offense." He stated chuckling nervously as the book went back to his pouch while inside him Seyr, Kara, and Isobu (with the former and latter learning about the game earlier) shivered at the thought. Especially Seyr since she very well may not have existed if not for whoever spoke through the book.

After composing himself, Naruto dove back into the pool and swam out back to the beach where he sensed Haku was still waiting.

However, when he got the shore, he had to drop to his knees and pant as the mana exhaustion hit him like a ton of bricks. He also idly noticed that his mana capacity had increased slightly and assumed it was due to Seyr funneling her power into him.

Another thing he noticed was blue glowing lines on his left hand stopping at his wrist that were showing even through his gauntlet and the Heart seemed to be pulsing with them. Making an educated guess, he assumed that the lines had something to do with his magical power or his mana supply.

He then saw a message floating in his vision, Intuition unlocked: See book for details. It read and Naruto guessed this function was for when he couldn't look at his book without raising suspicion. Blinking away the message, Naruto stood up only to have to steady himself from his vision blurring. Groaning and holding his head, Naruto cursed the set back, "Dammit, I hate magical exhaustion." He stated since he knew Seyr's power wasn't compatible with him entirely since he was still unlocking his dragon blood and as such couldn't handle pure dragon power yet.

He broke from his musings as his first follower came up to him to support him, "I'm alright Kure-chan, you don't need to worry." He stated with a smile as Kurenai had been following him since he left with Haku having started when he was in town.

"Are you sure, Naruto-kun?" Kurenai asked worriedly since he had been under water and in that one seal pillar a long time.

"Yeah, I just used too much magic at once and had to draw from another source, but my body wasn't ready for the after effects of doing that." Naruto stated with a smile as he cupped and stroked her cheek making her blush and smile while Haku felt a pang of jealousy in her.

She probably would have been saddened too if not for Zabuza explaining that nearly every Overlord and nearly every Corvus had more than one lover. A few had multiple spouses while others had one spouse and then concubines and dedicated servants that joined their bed regularly. It was part of the way the Corvus and Overlord's spread their bloodlines and the Corvus philosophy was you should love who you love even if that means giving your love to more than one person.

All members involved had to agree of course, it wasn't as simple as a married man could suddenly up and have 20 mistresses and no one batted an eye. If you were getting involved with another, then you had to be straight up front about it with your first lover and take the consequences from there whether losing said lover, keeping the lover and not gaining more, or keeping said love while adding others.

The Overlords and large portion of Corvus members were just lucky that they got to be in the third category.

Anyway, Haku had learned that bit of information from Zabuza after he explained that Dovahkiin had saved Zabuza's life when he was younger and helped him train and become an even greater swordsman than he was. He had also learned that Dovahkiin had lost the majority of his clan through wars and attacks on them with the biggest blow coming in the form of his daughter and son dying when Whirlpool fell. He had heard word that the Princess of the Uzumaki had survived and went to Konoha, but there was no word of any Corvus survivors… not that many outside of their allies and enemies knew about the Corvus to begin with.

However the man always felt there was someone of his line still alive and he wanted to find them, but he passed from age, wounds, and magical exhaustion after a battle with some creatures Zabuza had never seen before.

Zabuza swore to the man that he'd scour the world for any sign or word on a Corvus candidate and would swear his blade to them should they prove worthy of it.

Hence the now with Haku trying to find out anything on Naruto and confirm he was indeed a Corvus and not some other bloodline user or a special soldier that was bred and raised like a lab rat to serve their village.

Thus far…. She had nothing and it was looking like she wasn't going to get much without revealing herself in some way, shape, or form.

However, it would seem the subject of her thoughts was taking the situation out of her hands, "You, in the tree, come down. You'll have a much easier time following me and reporting to Zabuza." Naruto called making Kurenai narrow her eyes at the tree line and Haku to sweat a bit, "Relax, you'll have nothing to fear from us so long as you're not hostile." Naruto stated giving Kurenai a pointed look.

Kurenai frowned before nodding and the frown became a smile as Naruto have her a kiss to the cheek.

Haku, after weighing her options on chances of staying hidden and escaping, decided to come down and stood before the two. Kurenai and Haku looked each other over sizing each other up, literally and figuratively, while Naruto was merely looking over his mini-map for where the next nearest location was.

Once he had it, he began walking in that direction before turning and looking at the two women, "Coming?" He asked snapping them out of their stare-down as they moved to follow him.

A rather tense bit of traveling later

Naruto was standing looking at the side of a rock face while reading the magical lettering that was there. However, he was also getting questioning looks as Kurenai and Haku couldn't see the writing.

"Naruto-kun, what are you looking at?" Kurenai asked since she didn't see anything.

Naruto chuckled in response, "I'm looking at the writing. You just can't see it because it's magical writing and neither of you are attuned to magic, thus you can't see it." Naruto supplied as he kept looking over the writing.

"So Magic really does exist?" Haku and Kurenai both commented making Naruto nod.

"Yes, it's been a part of all three main sides of my family." Naruto stated still looking over the writing.

"Three sides?" Haku asked curiously and Kurenai resisted the urge to glare at her.

"I'm descended from the Uzumaki, Corvus, and Namikaze clans." Naruto stated making Haku widen her eyes, "I take it Zabuza's been telling you about the Corvus side of my family?" Naruto asked with a smirk as she looked at him in surprise.

"How did-"

"The way he reacted when I said the original name for the group his sword belonged to. It wasn't confusion, but recognition and only the Corvus kept records of how the sword came to be since I'm sure Kiri didn't want to share the credit for the blades." Naruto stated as he moved from the writing to the right while dragging his hand along the rock.

"Now what?" Kurenai asked wondering what her crush/future lover was doing.

"The writing was quite clear, Here in lies Dante Namikaze. To one who is worthy of entering his tomb, they must go against the flow of time to find the next instruction. So I'm going this way." Naruto stated as they followed him.

"But why this way?" Haku asked not sure what going against the flow of time had to do with going towards the right side of the rock face.

"Because it's counter clockwise." Naruto stated making them blink, "Our ways of measuring time involve tracking something going clockwise, even the sun is technically tracked clockwise as it always moves from right to left. Thus going against the flow of time is to go counter clockwise." Naruto explained as he kept walking around the rock looking for another bit of message.

"Oh." The two females stated as they followed Naruto before he stopped as his hand brushed over something.

Looking to the wall, he saw engravings in the stone that was a message. Pulling away the moss and weeds that grew up the wall, Naruto found the full writing and knelt to examine it, "What does it say?" Haku asked too curious not to ask.

"Hmm, I can be grand or I can be small, but everyone makes me. I exist at every structure, but during times of war I can be created even if I already exist. A thief will never use one of me, but still use a form of me. What I am can change depending on the need. What am I?" Naruto read making the two look on in confusion.

"What the hell does that mean?" Kurenai asked making Naruto chuckle.

"It's a riddle. Apparently my ancestor liked to make one show their intelligence." Naruto stated as he knelt there.

"So do you know what it is?" Haku asked since she honestly didn't know.

Naruto nodded before placing his hand with the Heart on it against the writing and put some mana into it making the writing glow, "An Entrance." Naruto stated as the writing glowed before an outline of a large entrance appeared before the rock slid away revealing a tunnel.

Naruto, after smirking back at the stunned two, began walking down the tunnel with the Heart glowing enough for a light source before the two quickly followed him as the door started closing.

"So an entrance huh?" Kurenai asked and Naruto nodded.

"A person's entrance can be grand or small, but everyone makes one. An entrance exists at every structure and in times of war people make an entrance rather than trying to get through the one that already exists. A thief never uses the entrance, but always makes an entrance into the place he wants. And entrance, the way inside or the act of entering, is spelled the same way as entrance, the act of mesmerizing or filling a person with awe and wonder. So it can change depending on how you need to use it." Naruto explained making the two nod in surprise.

Continuing down the tunnel, Naruto and the two women came to an open area with multiple tunnels and as Naruto stepped toward the center, a large rune appeared across the ground. Naruto merely stood there calmly while Haku and Kurenai went on the defensive.

The rune continued to glow before a large statue appeared looking like a man's head on the body of a lion and was easily the size of a Hokage Monument Head, "Greetings to you, young Overlord. You have shown adequate intelligence and knowledge to get here. Now you must continue to show those things to proceed. Before you is a labyrinth that at the end holds the tomb you seek and all you must do is answer the riddles you encounter correctly to proceed. But be warned, should you be incorrect you will only be further entrapped by the Labyrinth and will not be allowed to leave. This is your last chance to leave, after you've submitted your first answer, you will not be able to leave until you've reached the end." The Sphinx stated before it vanished and magical writing was shown.

Naruto merely walked forward and looked to the writing, "When you do not know what I am, then I am something. But when you know what I am, then I am nothing. What am I?" Naruto read aloud so the girls would know what it said, "You are a Riddle." Naruto stated making the words glow before a tunnel lit up and Naruto waved the girls to follow him as they went down the tunnel.

"Naruto-kun, are you sure this is right? You're entering an ancestor's tomb to take something." Kurenai asked since it didn't feel quite right.

"It's alright, Kure-chan. My ancestors did this to ensure only someone worthy would have anything they possessed and it has something that unlocks other items that belong to me." Naruto stated since if his ancestors and the game didn't require this then he wouldn't be doing it.

Kurenai merely nodded since Naruto wasn't the greedy type that would raid a tomb just for the hell of it.

Coming into the next junction, Naruto read the words that appeared, "To cross the water, I'm the way. For water I'm above. I touch it not, and truth to say, I neither swim nor move. What am I?" He read and smirked, "A bridge." Naruto stated making the words glow before a tunnel lit up and they followed it to the next junction.

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body but come alive with wind. What am I?

That was the third riddle and Naruto frowned as the words faded after he read them. Getting an idea, he went to the first tunnel and yelled down it, "Hello!" He yelled only for silence to greet him and he moved to the next tunnel and did so again, and again he was met with silence.

The next three tunnels did this and when he did so to the fourth, he heard his echo coming back to him, "Come on, it's this way." He stated knowing the answer to the riddle was an Echo.

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin and slow when I'm fat. The wind is my enemy. What am I?

The riddle went and Naruto looked around finding all except one of the tunnels now had some form of light source near them: a brazier, a torch, a lantern, and a some luminescent moss.

Naruto quickly went to the lantern and pulled out the candle before he lit it causing the tunnel without an item to glow and the group went down that path since the answer to the riddle was a Candle.

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never comes in a thousand years?

Naruto looked at the various tunnels trying to see if there was one that had the answer connected to it as they had a letter, symbol, or word at each one and found the one he wanted: M. He quickly led the two women down that tunnel hoping this was going to end soon since it was getting rather lengthy.

I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?

"A map." Naruto stated as another tunnel lit up and they followed it.

Coming to another chamber, this one had no tunnels and the Sphinx was there again. Naruto approached it while Kurenai and Haku hung back while still impressed at the knowledge and skill Naruto had shown to get through the various riddles.

They broke from their thoughts as the Sphinx spoke, "Most impressive my lord, now your final test remains. I will ask you seven riddles and should you tell me the correct answer then you will be allowed into the tomb, if you get one wrong than a penalty and pain greater than you know will be placed upon you." The Sphinx stated and Naruto nodded, "Now my lord, tell me what word in existence does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a woman, the first four letters signify a great male, while the word itself signifies a great woman. What is the word?" The Sphinx asked calmly while Naruto thought a moment.

Kurenai and Haku were curious since no word was standing out in their minds, but they were confident that Naruto would be correct.

Naruto then looked up at the Sphinx and spoke, "Heroine. That is the word: he, her, hero, heroine." Naruto stated making the Sphinx nod.

"That is correct and I didn't even have to repeat myself. Now my lord, tell me: What disappears the moment you say its name?" The Sphinx asked and Naruto smirked.

"Silence." Naruto stated making the Sphinx nod again.

"Correct. What are the next three letters of this sequence: OTTFFSS?" The Sphinx asked and Naruto thought for a minute while the girls were worried since that was a lot of possibilities.

Naruto then smirked, "ENT. You're sequence is numbers one through ten going by their first letter: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten." Naruto supplied making the Sphinx nod.

"What is it that belongs to you, but everyone else uses it?" The Sphinx stated and Naruto smirked.

"My name." Naruto stated making the Sphinx nod once again.

"What can you always hold in your right hand, but never hold in your left?" The Sphinx asked making Naruto blink a few times before answering.

"My left hand." Naruto answered making the Sphinx acknowledge his answer.

"Correct. Now my lord listen carefully: First, think of the person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, the middle of middle, and the end of end. And finally give me the sound often heard during the search for a hard to find word. Now string them together and answer me this: which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?" The Sphinx stated though Naruto wasn't sure if the rhyming was necessary, but assumed the game was giving some variety.

"A Spider." Naruto answered and the two women blanched at the thought of kissing one of the eight legged creatures.

The Sphinx nodded, "Correct my lord, you are only one away from winning this game. But this is this is the hardest question that has stumped many a knowledgeable being: What happens when the Unstoppable Force meets the Immovable Object?" The Sphinx asked making Naruto raise an eyebrow at the question.

It was a paradox since if there's an unstoppable force, then there couldn't be an immovable object and vice versa. So what would happen if the two things ever did meet?

Only one answer came to mind, "Nothing at all will happen." Naruto supplied and the two women tensed hoping he was right.

The Sphinx merely stared down at Naruto for a long moment, which didn't alleviate the girls' fears, before speaking, "That answer… is acceptable." The Sphinx stated making the girls sigh in relief, "Congratulations my lord. You've proven you are every bit as smart and knowledgeable as your ancestor hoped his descendants would be. You may now enter the tomb." The Sphinx stated as his body stilled and lost the life to it before a doorway opened on his chest letting Naruto and the girls walk in.

Naruto smirked at the sight as torches and braziers were lit showing a pile of treasure, an Overlord Gem, a white totem, some rolled up scrolls, 20 books (if his eyes were correct), and a very large and ornate book sitting with the sarcophagus.

Enjoying the sight of Haku and Kurenai gaping at the mound of treasure, Naruto quickly sucked it into the heart sending it to his treasury before summoning a band of Minions and a Transport Stone to take the totem, books, and scrolls back to the Keep. Naruto then went to the gem and the slot opened again and the gem placed itself in the spot to the right of the Gem of the Body, 'Overlord Gem Acquired: Gem of the Mind acquired. Your mind is filled with knowledge and will retain it better than before.' The Heart told him as it processed the changes for its master.

Naruto nodded and waited a moment to adjust before he walked up to the book. Examining it, he saw a ton of magical power flowing around it and when he touched it, he was sent flying back from a pulse of power from it, "Naruto!" The two shouted as they went to him as he panted on the ground.

"Are you alright?" Kurenai asked kneeling beside him.

"Yeah, but holy shit that was a buzz and a massive charge of power." Naruto panted since it wasn't as much he got sent flying back by the burst, it was more that the power filling was literally a jolt all at once.

Naruto then stood while idly noticing his mana bar increased making him guess that the book was most likely a spell book. Walking up to it, he grabbed it again and felt the energy entering him being calmer and more directed.

He noticed his notes attachment in his eyes was up too, Grimoire acquired: +100 Mana, +20 Intelligence and Wisdom, and 25 to Magical Mastery and Magic.

Naruto then turned to a Minion that was still there and handed it the grimoire, "Take this and be careful with it. I don't want it damaged." He ordered and the minion nodded before taking the grimoire and heading back to the keep.

Naruto then opened the sarcophagus finding the Overlord stone within and took it as it entered his inventory. When he was about to seal the Sarcophagus again, he saw a dagger there and grabbed it before paying his respects and closing the Sarcophagus again.

Unsheathing the blade, Naruto found it was a double-edged dagger. Half way up the blade, there were flared out serrations for both catching the opponent's blade and tearing up the enemy when you stabbed or cut them. The hand-guard was a pair of spikes coming out and curving up slightly, though not enough to interfere with the flared serrations. The handle was ovular to allow indexing on both edges and the pommel was miniature version of the Hirashin Kunai with the blade part being sharp.

His eye also told him that the blade's name was Fury of Galadriel. It also told him that it could absorb the elements easily and the blade would function based on the element put into it.

Nodding to himself, he attached it to his waist on the opposite side as Dragon's Soul. Naruto then looked to the left wall as a click was heard. He smirked since he knew what that meant.

Going to the wall, Naruto pushed revealing it was a spinning wall door and waved the two girls over as they entered. Naruto stood still a moment to let the door close before igniting a fireball in his hand to light up the tunnel they were in and began walking down it with the two girls following him. It didn't take long to reach the end where another door stood only it had runes and seals across it.

Naruto smirked before placing his left hand palm out towards the door before both a chakra chain and a magic chain launched from his hand pierced the seals and runes respectfully. Said action caused the seals and runes to glow brightly before they faded away.

Of course, that caused the door to open and reveal a storehouse. Naruto walked in and looked around finding racks of weapons, old pieces of armor, money, and a pair of bracers that seemed to make his eye lock onto them. Shrugging to himself, he pulled the money into his gauntlet before approaching the bracers while Kurenai and Haku were looking at the weapons and armor.

Approaching the bracers, he found they were once high quality to the point he could believe a Daimyo wore them, but what interested him were the mechanisms built into them. Playing with it a moment, he was surprised when a still pristine blade jettisoned out from where the wrist would be located, "How interesting. An assassination and possibly multi-purpose tool that is hidden from view for the most part." Naruto thought examining it while being impressed that the blade was still pristine while the bracers were rusted and rotted.

Setting them back down on their spot on a rack, he saw a bundle of five scrolls and saw a glowing red message over them: Insufficient skill: Crafting 55/150, 200, and 250; Engineering 45/150, 200, and 300; Poison Making 45/150, 200, and 250; Ingenuity 160/200, 250, and 300. It read letting him know that these were meant for him to create, not his Minions and workers, "Whatever, just means I need to focus on more of my skills sooner rather than later. These blades could be useful and save my ass more than once." Naruto thought already seeing the benefits and uses of having these blades.

Turning around to summon a Transport Stone and his Minions, he saw that Haku seemed to be interested in a pair of sais while Kurenai was looking over some of the armor and a pair of kukris. Smiling slightly, as he forgot to give Kurenai some of what he got her in Whirlpool, he walked up to her, "That armor won't do you any good now, but this might." Naruto stated unsealing a bundle and handing it to her causing her to blink and move to a rack so she could open it easily, "Haku, you're free to take those sais if you want." Naruto stated making her pause as she wondered why he was helping her.

Deciding to ponder that later, she merely nodded to him while he summoned the Transport Stone and his Minions came and began taking the weapons, stands, racks, and armors while leaving the sais and the kukris behind. Naruto also told his Minions to put the scrolls in his study for him to look over later on.

Kurenai during this time was undoing the bundle finding it was hardened leather armor. The torso seemed to be a tank top style overbust that would protect her torso while showing off her chest area. Then the bracers seemed to hook around her palm before going up her forearm halfway. Two pauldrons that were simpler padding, leg guards that hooked to her calves, and a small battle skirt. The last item made her smile a it as it was a simple black choker with a red swirl on it.

She smiled more as she felt strong arms circle around her waist and a pair of lips start kissing her neck and collarbone, "I hope you like them." Naruto stated between kisses to her neck and she smiled.

"I don't know, could you help me get them on first?" Kurenai asked innocently and Naruto smiled before kissing her cheek and helping her get the armor on.

During said time, Haku was watching them and feeling jealousy in her heart at seeing Naruto being so attentive and loving towards Kurenai. She didn't know why, but seeing him when he fought Zabuza, then hearing about his clan, then the town, and then everything up to now just made her upset that she wasn't one of his women. It was both infuriating and saddening to her since she was Zabuza's tool. However, if Naruto was really a Corvus, then Zabuza was sworn to serve him which meant so was she since she served Zabuza.

When Naruto stepped back, Haku had to admit that the armor made Kurenai look as dangerous as she was beautiful and she idly wondered if Naruto would make her feel as beautiful if she and Zabuza joined him.

Haku shook those thoughts away as Kurenai thanked Naruto for the added padding and kissed him lightly before Haku took the sais and placed them in her kimono. The two women then followed Naruto down a tunnel that was behind one of the weapon racks and came out to the opposite side of the rock face that they had entered on.

Upon returning outside, Naruto turned and smiled at Haku while wrapping an arm around Kurenai's waist, making said woman blush with a smile, "Well Haku, it's getting late and we should be getting back. However, I want you to inform Zabuza that I'm working on papers to make your group citizens of Konoha, but should that not work out then I want you all to at least consider coming to Whirlpool with me." Naruto stated surprising both women as doing such a thing was no easy feat, but then again he was an Overlord and ally of Konoha so it was possible, "If Zabuza is interested, then you can meet me at the flower field in the forest and I can discuss details with you while giving proof that you'll be safe in Konoha should you wish to come." Naruto stated and Haku nodded before bowing to him and taking off.

Naruto merely chuckled after the leaving woman sensing the arousal, joy, and trepidation in her from his actions. He then turned his attention to Kurenai when said woman grabbed his face and kissed him passionately. Naruto was happy to respond as he wrapped his arms around her and cupped her ass letting her wrap her legs around him as he pushed her against the rock.

Kurenai moaned and continued to kiss her lover with all the passion and desire she could muster while loving his strong hands upon her body. She knew she shouldn't be jealous of Haku possibly being with Naruto, but no matter how much she was growing to love him, she was still a woman and she still wanted to assert herself as his lover and not let anyone take him from her. She knew Naruto would never mistreat her or the others, but there was still that lingering bit of vanity/insecurity that wanted the reassurance that her lover wasn't going to leave her.

Naruto, of course, felt her fluctuating emotions and was happy to comfort and soothe her worries. Provided the game didn't decide to screw him over, he had no intention of not being with the women he had so far. He would ensure each and every one of them was happy and secure in the relationship and not feel like they were merely there for him to fuck at his leisure.

The two pulled apart a few minutes later with Naruto now kissing and sucking on her neck making her moan slightly with a smile while also giggling when he nibbled on her ear.

However, the moment was broken when Naruto's head shot up and his eyes narrowed, "Naruto-kun?" Kurenai asked worriedly as he set her feet down to the ground.

"I'm sorry Kure-chan, but I'm going to have to leave for a little while. Someone just triggered an alert seal, which means they need my help." Naruto stated narrowing his eyes further before he turned back to her and gave her a light kiss, "Head back to the house and tell the others I had to go back to Whirlpool and I'll send word once I figure out what is going on." He stated and Kurenai reluctantly nodded before giving him a full kiss.

"Please be careful Naruto-kun." Kurenai stated worriedly and Naruto smiled and gave her a peck on the lips.

"Don't worry Kure-chan. I'll be careful, I promise." Naruto stated making her nod before he sent her off and then sent two clones to follow and ensure she got back to the house safely.

Naruto then warped himself back to the keep, "GNARL! SHADOW!" Naruto shouted and scurrying was heard before the old Grey and the leather armored and knife wielding Green came and stood before him, "Gnarl, send word to Hokage-sama and Danzo-jiji that Kiri is no longer friendly and to take necessary precautions." Naruto ordered making Gnarl nod as he left to quickly do so, "Shadow, you're with me. We're pulling a smash and grab." Naruto stated making Shadow grin as followed his master to the primary Transport Stone and they were sent to a forested area outside of Kiri.

Naruto had originally placed it there for quick trips to visit Mei, but he also knew he would need it in the off chance he needed to be able to mount an offensive on Kiri should they become enemies. Right now, the latter use was coming in.

Naruto and Shadow then looked towards Kiri seeing that they were on high alert and ready for anything, which wasn't surprising since they just finished a civil war a couple days ago and wanted to be sure no enemies were trying to pick them off and now with Mei activating the seal told him someone pulled a coup on her.

However, for all their security, they had nothing on the stealth of Greens. He could sense the hundred or so Greens that were in the village waiting for his signal to cause some mayhem and give him the ample time and distraction to get inside, find Mei and any supporters she had, and then get the hell out while ensuring they couldn't be followed.

Making sure Shadow was ready, Naruto placed his mask on his face having not worn it so far that day before Naruto then raised his gauntlet and sent out a pulse from it and the Heart. Seconds later, explosions and screams echoed out in the city causing the alarm and panic to set in. Shadow quickly disappeared into the shadows to go and help his siblings in causing mayhem while Naruto ran for the wall.

Getting in was easy since the wall patrols were either helping with the fires or had been stabbed repeatedly in the back by the Greens. The two or so that weren't were quickly handled by Naruto's crossbow firing a bolt into their brains. While his pistols were powerful, they weren't stealth items which is why he kept the crossbow handy.

Reaching the top, Naruto surveyed the village enjoying the chaos he was seeing. He then smirked as he made a squad of clones and sent them to the armory since why leave such an arsenal with them when it could be put to better use?

Shaking his thoughts back to the matter at hand, Naruto quickly began moving along the rooftops while keeping his chakra suppressed as far as he could to avoid detection. That plus the havoc being caused by his Minions was enough as he was getting closer to where he felt Mei was. Though he did take a few shots at different Shinobi he saw the opportunity to kill as he did.

Arriving at a building he assumed was their T/I department, Naruto entered carefully watching as his mini-map showed there were some enemies nearby. His map began to do this after he got to work on his sensor abilities even more. He still struggled a bit, but he could sense things around him up to 20 feet.

Thus he was fully aware of the Anbu hiding in the area and quickly made a few clones to ambush them while he drew their attention. It worked too since Naruto just walked through the corridors and when the Anbu came out to try and kill him, his clones ambushed them from behind and killed them. It was very sad how supposed elite shinobi and kunoichi could be taken down so easily just because they focus on what's right in front of them and forget to check their surroundings.

Then again, these were the same idiots who thought they could turn against Mei without any consequences, which really just shows the level of their intelligence.

Shrugging to himself, Naruto continued down the corridors with his clones behind him ensuring no surprise ambushes occurred.

Upon arriving at the holding cells, he saw dozen upon dozens of cells filled to capacity and decided to add more distractions. He created clones to start opening all the cells, "If you want your chance to escape, do it now. They're a bit disorganized right now so you have a chance." Naruto stated walking further towards Mei while the various prisoners didn't hesitate to start running for the exit.

Based on just what he sensed from them, Naruto knew they weren't really a type to be let go, but they'd cause an additional amount of distraction both for their later apprehensions and just for them most likely wanting some payback. The latter was the most beneficial as they'd attack and try to kill any Kiri Shinobi they saw just for the hell of it and for payback.

None of that mattered to Naruto since he knew the minute the word got out about the prison being open, the new Mizukage would have to close borders to apprehend them again or else face questioning from the Water Daimyo. That was something all the Kage didn't want happening during their term of office.

Shaking those thoughts away, Naruto came to the end of the hall which was an interrogation room and quietly entered as he sensed Mei, Chōjūrō, Ao, and two others within. The others apparently were a pair of Anbu that were to interrogate them and Ao was banged up with a broken right leg and had a seal patch over his eye most likely to stop them from removing his implanted Byakugan. Chōjūrō was beaten up badly and his hands looked broken with bruising already forming, which meant he was most likely the target of the first round of interrogation.

Turning to Mei, Naruto ground his teeth in a scowl as he saw Mei's dress cut open and her bra hoisted above her breasts with one already groping her. It clearly showed the two interrogators were stepping towards raping her.

Not that it mattered much since the two would soon be dead and he'd ensure it was painful.

Mei, who was gritting her teeth a moment ago and wishing she could spew lava without hand-signs, noticed Naruto and smiled serenely while Ao and Chōjūrō began chuckling confusing the two interrogators before both screamed as a blade pierced through their chests dead center of their hearts.

However, the deaths weren't quick as Dragon's Soul was slowly sucking the life out of him and Fury of Galadriel was charged with lightning magic and chakra making the electricity course through the body slowly destroying all the nerves. Naruto merely glared at the two as their lives faded away before he tore his blades out and let the two corpses fall to the floor.

Naruto then sheathed his blades before making two clones to get Ao and Chōjūrō while he got Mei, who promptly kissed him once she was able and he was more than happy to return it with a passion.

Unfortunately, due to the time and location, he couldn't continue to enjoy it and promptly covered Mei's breasts before carrying her bridal style letting her snuggle into his chest. After the clones got Ao and Chōjūrō and he sent a mental signal for the Minions to leave, he called a Transport Stone and the four promptly vanished before the stone disappeared too.

Whirlpool

Arriving back in the throne room, Naruto took the three to the medical wing where he set the three on the beds with Yuna checking them over, "Sire, there was something mixed in with your ancestor's books that I think you should look at. I left it on your desk." Yuna stated making Naruto nod as he merely looked at Mei, "Sire, I know you are worried about them, but you can truthfully do nothing here so you might as well do something productive." Yuna stated making Naruto sigh before he nodded and kissed Mei lightly before walking out of the room as Yuna worked on her three patients.

Naruto merely walked through the halls heading for his study while his mind was working hard to control his anger since his magic and chakra would fluctuate and run wild if he didn't stay in control. Last time he really got pissed, he caused a crater big enough to fit a house inside while several trees were shattered into splinters and boulders were turned into pebbles.

Shaking those thoughts away, Naruto entered his study/library and went to his desk, the one from the Namikaze command post, and looked to see an old book sitting there. Curious to what was so special about it, he opened the cover only to freeze at the writing on the first page: Property of Diana Uchiha Namikaze.

DONE!

Cliffhanger I know, but I felt this was a good enough length for the update.

Next time is the end of Wave, the book, and something else for you all to enjoy including long awaited level up.

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Later everyone.