Naruto had spent hours thinking over his next step as he waited for Karoi to finish her speech to the people of Yuki no Kuni. Doto had been handled now, and thanks to Jiraiya things went smoothly. Naruto had been expecting a battle but things didn't quite go that way.

It started with Jiraiya dropping into place behind the strongest of Doto's hired ninja. The former sanin had the man's head separated from his shoulders before anyone could react. As the sound of the thug's head hitting the floor drew everyone's attention Gaara wrapped the other two ninja in his sand to crush them and Naruto drove a kunai into the base of Doto's skull.

It had been done silently and efficiently. Naruto figured that was for the best, after all a hero didn't need to have drawn out, epic fights. The very core of being a hero was to save people and taking Doto out in anyway certainly qualified.

With Doto taken out and Karoi settling in as the Leader of Yuki no Kuni it was time to start planning the construction of the village in earnest. That meant that Naruto needed to start designing everything he could for the village. Sure the actual blueprints for the building could be done by an architect, but it was the blond's duty to decide where the hospital and schools would go.

He knew that he wanted them in the more heavily protected areas of the city. The kage tower would likely go in the center, but there were a lot of details to think over. Naruto was brought out of his thoughts when Karoi called for him to come out and address the people of Yuki no Kuni about the village.

Naruto took in a deep breath and stepped out next to her. "This is Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto. He is the one who defeated Doto and freed our home."

Cheers sounded out from the crowd that were loud enough that Naruto almost had to cover his ears. He of course didn't and just smiled at them all before waiting until things had settled down before speaking.

"As Lady Karoi said, my name is Naruto. I came to this land after being kicked out of my home village because I was different to the people there. They saw me as a demon because of old prejudices that they held.

I came here looking for a new place to call home and saw what Doto was doing. He took over this country and stepped on anyone that got in his way. He used his power over the people in an unfair and evil manner and I knew that I couldn't let it continue. My entire life I wanted to be a shinobi but I also wanted to protect those who couldn't defend themselves or who were treated like they were inhumane just because of the prejudices I saw.

With that in mind I have decided to build a new ninja village. That is my goal here. To construct Yukigakure no Sato and have it become a place that anyone can call home. I also want it to be a village more concerned with doing what is right instead of worrying about money. I hope that you will all welcome such a village and swear that I will do my best to keep those who reside in Yuki no Kuni safe!"

More cheers rose from the crowd as Naruto said his piece and the boy smiled down at them. It felt nice to be viewed for his own efforts and that would likely be a feeling that never changed for the blond due to his time in Konoha.

(Break)

It had been weeks since Naruto has spoken to the people of Yuki no Kuni and with their roaring approval backing him, he started planning more about the village. At the moment the blond was sitting with Jiraiya, Kurama, Fuu, and Gaara with the blueprints for the city in front of them.

Gaara let out a grunt as he pointed to the map. "Having the hospital by the academy would be bad. An invader could hit them both at once."

Jiraiya nodded as well. "That is true and if you do want academy students to be able to take classes at the hospital if they want to become medical ninja, then you can always just have saturdays set to be specialization day and that way the kids could be separated for the day without them missing anything."

Naruto nodded in agreement as he changed the location of the hospital to where it was further away from the academy. "Okay but it needs to stay in the back of the village, further away from the gate. So where should the shopping district be? I was also thinking that some of the hotels could be around the Kage tower and a few in the shopping district as well."

Kurama nodded. "That is probably a good idea. The hotels closer to the tower can be the top of the line hotels for visiting Lords and Ladies as well as the leaders of any allied villages. The ones in the shopping district while still being nice will be more for visiting civilians. We should also put one or two at the village outskirts near the gate for visiting shinobi. No point in them seeing more than we want them to."

The discussions went on for a few hours but by the time they were done a general outline of the village was drawn up that everyone felt happy with. The gate to the village was actually a portal. The portal would let a group of ten through and then need someone on the other side to activate the seals again to let the next group through. The activation seal would be tattooed onto the shinobi who were chosen as gate guards so no one else would be able to activate the seals. Well no one other than Naruto, Jiraiya, Gaara, Fuu, and Kurama.

The gate could be entered through from several locations throughout the elemental nations. The idea would be to build a gate in some of the countries that didn't have ninja villages. This would allow those that needed help to get to it of course meant more guards on the other side of the portals, but since there was only one gate inside the village that would be fine.

The gate inside the village was on the far north side. Near the gate there were two hotels for visiting shinobi, housing for the shinobi of the village, a few shops lining the main road towards the tower, and some restaurants, mostly those that would be ex-shinobi ran.

In between this section of the village and the rest of the village was a wall that blocked access to the rest of the village except from the main road. The wall was actually to be part of the wall around the village. Although Kurama suggested encasing the entire village within the wall.

Seeing as how that would block out sunlight Naruto came up with an idea that would fit with the village being Yukigakure. They would have the village encased in ice with an ice wall separating the north side from the rest of the village. The ice itself would be covered in seals to make it indestructible, allow light through it, and make it transparent from the inside. Seals would then be carved into the building and roads to keep the streets warm and despite being in the frozen tundra of Yuki no kuni the village itself would be in a perpetual spring.

In the east and west side of the village there would be several training grounds, as well as some outside of the village walls. Nearing the southside, but still within the east and west side there would be clan housing.

Then in the southern sector of the village the hospital, academy, SNOWSTORM headquarters, the civilian residential districts and shopping district would be placed. SNOWSTORM would be Yuki's version of ANBU and their headquarters would be hidden near the tower. The academy and the hospital were on opposite sides of the southern area. Separated by the residential and shopping areas. Also around the southern district was a second wall that kept anyone from getting into that area of the city except through the main road.

Over all to the blond, everything was perfect. Which meant it was now time to embark on a training journey and to take as many missions as possible during it for funds and reputation.

(Break)

Things had gone well over the past week. Naruto had taken his village plans to Karoi and explained how some of the things would work. The woman was all too happy to help and hired some architects that would be drawing up plans for the actual building and she would then pay to have the builders start construction. It was more than any of the shinobi could have hoped for.

Now it was almost time for them to leave Yuki for a while and Naruto was staring at his packed bag. It would be years until he comes back here but when he did, he knew that he would be calling this place home. He had tried for so long to just smile and say Konoha was his home.

He could already tell that he never truly felt at home within the village walls though. Even just a couple of months in Yuki and already it felt more like a home than Konoha ever had. As the blond was lost in his thoughts of a home he didn't notice his demonic mate coming into the room until he was pushed over and pinned to his bed.

The blond was startled out of his thoughts and jerked his head up to lock his blue eyes into kurama's crimson orbs. "I am a little hurt Saiai… I mean you didn't even notice when I entered the room. I may just have to punish you."

Naruto smiled up at the demon's light teasing and put on his best puppy dog face. "I am sorry Kurama-kun just distracted with thoughts of… well home. Our home."

The demon's smirk shifted into a smile and he kissed the blond boy under him. "I know which is why I wanted us to go out tonight. We can even do that disgustingly cute thing couples do and feed each other in the middle of a restaurant if you want. We were never really able to have a proper date within Konoha. The one we have had, we left the village for. That isn't necessary now though."

Naruto's smile brightened even more at Kurama as the demon spoke. "I would love to go on a date with you. Where are we going?"

Kurama lifted up off of Naruto and helped the human to his feet. "Well a lot of the more fancy restaurants in town would require a reservation, but I don't think either of us really want to go to those types of places anyway. So instead I figured we would head to a cafe that is nearby. According to Lady Karoi it is the town's favorite for casual dates. I looked at their menu earlier and they serve some ramen that is supposed to be really good."

Naruto smiled a little sadly at that. It was a bittersweet moment. Kurama knew that he missed the Ichiraku family more than their ramen itself, but ramen was still the blond's favorite food.

The two ended up having a wonderful dinner at the cafe and then Kurama took Naruto back to the blond's hotel room. The separate rooms were actually something that Kurama suggested. He said that now that Naruto had others to rely on he didn't need the demon around all day everyday.

That wasn't the truth though. Rather the moment Kurama shut the door to Naruto's hotel room, the blond out of sight, the demon dug his own clawed fingers into his leg. The demon was quick to head to his own hotel room after that. "This is ridiculous. I have been fine for years!" The demon snarled as he slashed at the air.

Kurama's features started to daken and become more demonic despite his human form. "Just because the kid's body is putting off more hormones doesn't mean I can't control myself." Looking down the demon noticed lump formed into his pants. "I said he would beg for it before I pushed the issue." The demon muttered as he let a hand slip down to his crotch.

"I can control myself." The demon said as his body lost all of its tension and his hand moved away. "I have to control myself. I will not hurt my mate..." Closing his eyes for a few minutes Kurama made a decision and allowed himself to transform into an adult version of his human form.

With the change in place the demon headed down to the bar. He wouldn't try to get drunk, it was impossible for him after all. As the demon sat down in the bar silently laughing at the idiotic humans trying, and failing to suduce the women that came in, he was approched by Jiraiya.

"You know most humans come to a bar to either try to hook up or forget about something that is bothering them." The white-haired man said as he sat down. "Which is it for you?"

Kurama thought of waving the question off and scoffing at the notion of being anything like a lowly human. However, after thinking it over for a minute the fox looked right at the former sanin. "What I say stays between us and if it gets out I will release a tiny bit of demonic energy into a certain part of your anatomy to make it useless. Got it?"

At the man's nod Kurama shifted unsure of how to say what he wanted to. "Naruto never told you how he met me for the first time did he?" This time the demon received a negative. "He was about to die lost in the forest of death years ago. I offered to save him if he gave himself to me. I decided then that he was the purest creature on this planet and wanted to claim him as mine, as well as protect him."

If Jiraiya hadn't seen how Kurama acted around the blond in question he likely would have been pissed. Then again, he probably should be anyway. It seemed that his godson had gotten himself into a situation he could never get out of because of the fox in front of him taking advantage of a bad situation the kid was in.

Then again his godson would have been dead if the demon hadn't. Kurama had given Jiraiya a second to process this before continuing on. "I told him back then that he was mine, but I also assured him I would never force him to do anything." That put the human's mind at ease. "I try to keep him happy, but I know I have done things he wouldn't approve of. I killed some of the worst of his tormentors in Konoha when he still wanted to stay there."

The demon tapped the table in front of himself once here before looking down at his hands. "I have never had a problem controlling myself when he was around until now though. His body is changing, producing more hormones and with my enhanced senses it is easy to pick up when he gets excited." The way the demon said that last word worried Jiraiya a little. "I know he is too young for me to broach the subject but he is mine and..." The demon trailed off with a growl here.

Jiraiya was understanding though. "I know how you feel. I had to grow up with my teammate Tsunade sleeping in the same team as I did half the time. I have never cared for someone like I cared for her. She rejected me every time I asked her out though. It was hard being around her most of the time. To be honest that is the main reason I never tried to get her to stay in Konoha."

The demon sneered at the man for the comparison. Jiraiya didn't let it phase him though. "Your situation is different though. Unlike me, you have the person you want, and you just need to be patient. Well you might… Naruto also might be willing if you asked." It wasn't what the white-haired man wanted but the blond likely would sleep with the demon if Kurama requested it.

The demon merely shook his head. "I told him that he would beg for it before I did anything and I am a demon of my word."

Jiraiya nodded his head. "Well then how ridiculous does that guy in the black suit look right now?"