Hey! I'm Back and I'm sorry about the late update. He's the second chapter of the Fox Sannin. Also, I made a little tweak with the pairing. It's still NarutoXKin but I made a little adjustment to it and another pairing I had in mind. Not too big but you'll see it.

Chapter 2: Akatsuki and Tsunade's Challenge

Naruto woke to a familiar head of black hair on his chest and smiled. It's been a week since the Sand and Sound attack and the village was recovering slowly. Naruto had to chuckle as he remembered being brought in front of the council two days after the Sandaime was released from the hospital. The old man had been poisoned by the Grass long sword and was let loose after five days of recovery. No doubt he ordered the poor nurse to let him leave.

Flashback

Naruto walked into the council chamber with Jiraiya and in full gear, wondering what the ignorant fools wanted of him now. Sarutobi sat in his chair, much to the delight of the teen. The boy stood before them looking around with hawk like eyes. "What do you want, old man? I was just about to start teaching Kin some advanced sealing, seeing that she knows how to seal things in scrolls." Naruto was irritated that these old bag of flesh wanted to talk to him. A man missing his left eye with a cane stood and glared at him.

"You will watch your mouth brat. You are in front of the entire council so you will show us the respect we deserve." Naruto smirked under his mask with an evil shine in his eye.

"Respect is earned not given you old flesh bag." the old man glared as Sarutobi coughed to get their attention.

"Danzo, sit down. Naruto please be polite. Now the reason we have called you here Naruto is because the council is concerned about the summoning of Kyuubi that you did during the attack."

"What tou-san? You old farts are scared shitless because I can summon him?" Naruto chuckled at the faces the council gave him. "You are all idiots! Well, at least I showed you one thing." Naruto looked to the council with a KI enhanced glare, making several of the council shiver in fear. "I am not the Kyuubi that you all so believed I am. Yes I can summon the strongest Bijuu alive and yes I call him tou-san."

"Why exactly is that, Naruto?" the question came from an older version of Shikamaru, his father Naruto decided. Many of the council nodded and Jiraiya sighed in his spot in the room, leaning against the wall.

"I call him that because he is all I had. He helped me recover from the beatings and even trained me. He cared for me when no one else would. He told me everything. My heritage, my bloodline, his reason for attacking, even who on this council knew him as he periodically visited." Naruto's eyes flashed red looking at the leaders of his village. "My father, the Yellow Flash of Konoha. The man who turned the tide of the war with Iwa, was the very same person who sealed the greatest of the Bijuu away, all for his wish to be spat upon. He even left his son to a life of hell."

"How did you gain the Sharingan dem . . . brat?" Naruto turned to the two eldest members of the council and glared.

"What was that you were going to say elder? Dem? I can chalk that up to a few things but yes I am a demon now thanks to your foolish attempts to kill me. Or rather, Fugaku's." Naruto smirked at the surprised old woman. "I gained the Sharingan through a bit of blood and the creator himself. You see, I trained with Itachi back before he killed his clan when I was attacked by his clan. I told him of a plan Kyuubi had and he agreed. The plan was to use Itachi's blood to give me the Sharingan while tou-san used his chakra to make the dou jutsu permanent As you can see, it works quite well." Naruto activated his Sharingan and smirked. "The best part is, I can pass it on to my children." The council got greedy looks in their eyes but Naruto stomped on them. "Don't even think about putting the restoration act on me, you old fools. The moment you do, I will leave this village and there won't be a damned thing you can do about it." The council growled at the boy as he grinned evilly under his mask.

"I have an idea, why not have him train Sasuke in the Rasengyck!!" Naruto had slammed the man right into the wall by the throat. He knew this man, it was that banshee's father.

"That technique will not go to that spoiled brat. I will kill ANY of you if you try to make me teach him such a jutsu. That may have been Minato's jutsu but HE IS DEAD! THE RASENGAN IS MINE AND MINE ALONE!" Naruto slammed the man into the wall once more before going back to his spot. "Any one else want to try?" Danzo stood.

"I would like to propose that we put him in my ROOT program."

"Denied." Sarutobi plainly stated as he looked back to Mr. Haruno, who was now nursing his throat. "Naruto, you are dismissed. Jiraiya, I have a mission for you. You may take whoever you wish on this mission just be sure to get it done." Naruto nodded to the old man.

"See ya around old man." Naruto smirked with a foxy grin under his mask as he erupted into smoke. The room looked to a source of massive killing intent which was from Sarutobi. Jiraiya laughed at his sensei as the old man banged his head on the table in front of him.

"Damn (bang) you (bang) Ka(bang)kashi." Somewhere in the village, our silver haired copy ninja sneezed.

End Flashback

Naruto felt Kin stir and smiled as she lifted her head to glare out of Naruto's window at the sun. He chuckled a bit at her while she sat up, taking the covers with her, exposing Naruto's naked chest and her large night shirt. She looked down to Naruto and smiled.

"Morning Naruto-kun." Naruto smiled and sat up, wrapping his arms around her waist and planting a kiss on Kin's cheek.

"Good morning Kin-chan. Ready to get started on those seals again?" Kin shook her head.

"No, I think this time we should try some Nin jutsu after our warm up. Would that be fine?" Naruto nodded as he and the black haired girl got up and dressed, Kin in the bathroom and Naruto in the bedroom. Once the two were dressed they headed downstairs to find a perverted Sannin waiting in the kitchen.

"Ero-Sannin, you have five seconds to explain why you are in my kitchen, reading from my scroll and drinking my tea without my permission." Naruto growled as the Sannin looked up from the scroll.

"One, I'm waiting on you two. Two, I was thirsty. Three, I wanted to see the scroll on the Rasenraikiri you made. Which is very well made. You gave such a detailed explanation of the way to conduct the Lightning Blade and Rasengan together that it might even be possible for me to try it out. Four, I wanted to let you know that Gaara and his team left today and his seal is better then the old one." Naruto shook his head as he walked over and grabbed the scroll.

"Next time ask. You have to know both Raikiri and Chidori in order to use it to its full power and it takes a lot more chakra then you might think Ero-Sannin. How many Rasengans can you do continuously until you suffer from Chakra exhaustion?" Jiraiya thought for a second.

"Well, I can do one in both hands so I would say possibly 15 by the time I fall from Chakra exhaustion." Naruto shook his head as he took the scroll into his library, leaving Jiraiya puzzled. Naruto walked back in and sat down while a clone he made started breakfast, seeing as Kin and himself wouldn't be able to do their warm up.

"Kin-chan, I guess you might want to go and take a shower now. Breakfast and whatever this Sannin wants will be done and out when you get back." Kin nodded and headed off while Naruto looked to the Sannin. "I can do ten Rasengans to every Rasenraikiri and I can only do 25 Rasengans a day, without counting tou-san's chakra." Jiraiya gaped at that. "Also without counting the Raikiri you have to combine into the jutsu.

'That would mean I could only do one and be left with enough chakra for only one more Rasengan. That's a lot of chakra usage.'

"So, what do you want pervy sage?" the Sannin growled and looked at the boy.

"I've been given a mission to go and find my teammate Tsunade. She's been chosen to become the Godaime Hokage since sensei is too old to continue with his line of work." Naruto nodded.

"And you want Kin-chan and I to come with you to keep us out of the Council's reach and threats all the while you hope Tsunade will soften up to us." Jiraiya sighed and nodded.

"Yes, you got me but I will also be training you two as well. I've talked to your senseis and they both have agreed to give me a few scrolls on what to teach you. I've gotten a few Wood and earth scrolls from Yamato and Kakashi gave me a few scrolls on Fire and Lightning jutsus. I'll be throwing a bit elemental manipulation here and there to help you both with your affinities. Mostly your earth and fire since I can't help with wind and water." Naruto nodded.

"I see. Well, when do we leave?" Jiraiya smirked as he got up and started to leave.

"At noon. We'll meet at the village gates and head west. We need to head to Tanzuku Town, as that's where my sources last saw her." Naruto nodded as his clone started to place the food on the table. The soft footsteps of Kin's bare feet made him smile as she walked in dressed in forest camouflage pants, a dark blue shirt with the kanji for Icy Rose on the back, black shinobi sandals and her headband around her forehead. She had a kunai holster on each thigh and a weapon pouch at her waist with a medical pouch.

"You look lovely, Kin-chan." the girl smiled and pulled on Naruto's old Jonin style vest. Kin took a seat at the table and the two dug in. "We have a mission, both of us." Kin looked up from her eggs, bacon, hash browns and toast with a raised brow.

"What is it?" Naruto finished swallowing and responded with what the Sannin had told him.

"We leave to find Tsunade at noon so that should give us enough time to pack for a long term mission." Kin nodded and continued to eat, the two having small talk over breakfast. Naruto made another clone as he got up and cleared the table while Kin went to get packed. Once Naruto finished the dishes he head to pack himself.

Hospital

Kakashi walked into Sasuke's room with a displeased look. In the room were of course, Sasuke and his biggest fan girl and teammate, Sakura. He crossed his arms and glared at the Uchiha.

"Sasuke, I heard you disobeyed a direct order from a ninja of higher rank. Care to explain?" Sasuke looked to his sensei with his 'I'm an Uchiha I do what I want' glare.

"That dobe Naruto told me to wait for his and his team before giving chase after the Suna team. I ran off to stop them from escaping. Besides, they would have only slowed me down." Sakura nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, sensei. Naruto's still weaker then Sasuke and we all know he was pitied by the Fire Lord to make Chunin. Besides, he stole your jutsu and even the fourth's when it should have been Sasuke-kun who used them. He even stole the Sharingan from one of Sasuke-kun's Clansmen no doubt. He's a demon after all." Kakashi slammed his palm on the door shutting the pink haired girl up.

"YOU TWO ARE THE BIGGEST IDIOTS TO EVER WALK THE EARTH! You haven't learned a damned thing being under my teaching! What was the first thing I taught you three, huh? What was it?"

"Tree Climbing." the two said in unison.

"NO!" Kakashi's visible eye was seething in rage. "I taught you that those who abandon the rules are trash but those who abandon their friends are even lower than trash! Out of the three of you, Naruto is the only one who stuck to those words! You three showed great teamwork when we were doing the Wave mission!" Kakashi's killing intent was leaking out, aimed at the two students. "I REFUSE TO TEACH EITHER OF YOU! Do NOT call me 'Sensei' and do NOT show up to the team seven training grounds. You two are no longer welcome to my teachings and if I find either of you nearby when I'm teaching my next team then I will beat the living shit out of you and bury you with my Headhunter Jutsu." Kakashi looked to the Uchiha, concentrating all his killing intent on him. "If I find out you have become taken over by the cursed seal, I will not hesitate to kill you and rid the village of a spoiled brat. You are also forbidden from using MY Chidori." Kakashi left the room, slamming the door leaving two stunned Genin.

Hokage Tower

Sarutobi counted down the minutes as he waited for what was to come. He had watched the confrontation with Kakashi and his two students and had already pulled out the paper work. 'Three . . . Two . . . One.'

"Hokage-sama, Kakashi-san is here to see you." old man pressed the comm button on his desk.

"Send him in." Kakashi walked in and the Hokage held out the paperwork. "I knew you would hear about his insabornation at some point so I kept a close watch on him and saw the whole thing. Just sign this and those two will no longer be your students and you will be given a new team once Naruto comes back from his mission with Jiraiya. Until then I have another mission for you. You, Asuma and his team will be heading for Kumo for negotiations on a treaty. It seems their Sandaime Raikage was tried and executed for the Hyuga Kidnaping 6 years ago and hasn't let it be know until yesterday when I received a letter about it. The Council and I have decided that you would be the perfect choice in the matter of negotiations. They said something about arranging a marriage to one of the clan heirs with the Yondaime's daughter and the only ones that I know the Council would go crazy over is Sasuke being the one that is arranged to marry her."

"I have told her the names of ALL the clan heirs, including Naruto, and she has agreed that the Uchiha is out." Kakashi nodded as he took the scroll the Hokage gave him. "Your team will meet you at the village gates in one hour. You must be on time for everything on this mission Kakashi. Please don't screw this up. You don't and I'll try and get Jiraiya to give you a signed Make-Out Paradise version of each and every book he has and will be out by the end of this year." Kakashi's eyes shined and he nodded vigorously.

"You got yourself a deal Hokage-sama." 'A signed by the author version of each book! I can't wait.' Kakashi gave a perverted giggle as the Hokage chuckled.

"You're dismissed Kakashi." The man in front of the Hokage nodded and left the room, making the Hokage do a double take.

"That was . . . . . Oh well, works for me. At least it wasn't a clone this time." The Hokage summoned several clones and started on his paper work.

Village Gates

Naruto and Kin walked up to the Gates seeing Kakashi and Jiraiya standing outside the gate. Kakashi stood there reading his book while Jiraiya waited patiently. A swirl of leaves gave away to the arrival of Yamato who waved to the two. The two waved back as they neared. The two came to a stop as the Sannin walked up to them.

"You two ready to go?" Kakashi looked up from his book seeing two nods and closed his book.

"Before you two leave, I wanted to say that Sasuke and Sakura are no longer on Team 7. It seems they still haven't learned anything." Naruto nodded as Kin sighed.

"Kin, I picked this up for you." Yamato produced an ANBU katana and handed it to the girl. "I wanted to start teaching you sooner but because of the invasion we didn't get that chance. I hope Naruto will put some effort into teaching you the basics. It's better then that short sword you have now Kin. Also, this is from Hayate, Naruto." Naruto was tossed a scroll and caught it. It had a note tied to it with green ribbon.

Naruto,

Inside is my Ken Jutsu style. I hope to instruct you on how to use it more efficiently soon.

Hayate Gekou

Naruto nodded and put the scroll in his pouch. Naruto turned to Kakashi and smiled under his mask. "I'll see you when we get back sensei."

"Either that or when I get back from Kumo. I just got a mission with Asuma and his team. I hope you get stronger on this mission Naruto. And if you see Itachi, tell him this. His brother still doesn't understand and I wish he were back." Naruto nodded and the Sannin took his charges with him off towards where hopefully, Tsunade can be found.

On the Road

Jiraiya turned to the two as he walked backwards. "Ok you two, I guess I can start on training you. First, I want you both to tell me your elements and which ones you are more in tuned with." The two nodded as Naruto went first.

"My Elements are: Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Ice, Wood and Lightning. The elements I am best at right now are Water and Earth. Both equally matched." Jiraiya nodded as Kin went.

"My elements are Wind, Water, Earth, Ice and Wood. Since I have a bloodline to Wood and Ice, Wind, Water and Earth are my main elements while Wood and Ice are my sub. Yamato-sensei told me this when he started to teach me." Jiraiya sighed and pulled out a chakra card.

"Just press chakra into this and we'll see what your true element(s) is. The Wood and Ice yes I know you have but I need to know all of them." Kin nodded and pressed chakra into the card. The card split into five pieces, one was completely soaked, one turned to dust, another turned tan and became smooth like sand, one soaked then froze while the last sprouted a flower. Jiraiya looked at the tan one and picked it up from the ground, the paper flowing out of his hand like sand.

"What is that element?" Naruto asked as the Sannin scratched his chin.

"Well, I know she has the elements she mentioned but I don't get the final one since no one has ever recorded it. It's like sand but it can't be possible since only the Ichibi container the late Shodaime Kazekage is known to use it." Jiraiya looked to Kin. "We'll worry about this one another time. For now, what is your strongest element?" Kin nodded.

"It's water. I use it to make ice and wood jutsus so that should be the strongest." Jiraiya nodded and stood up.

"Well, one thing is for sure. You both are going to be powerhouses when you are both properly trained. Huh?" The paper Kin was holding was the Wood affinity and he knew that plant. "Kin, do know any medical jutsu?" Kin nodded.

"I can only make medicine though I don't know much else since I've had to limit my chakra usage or else Orochimaru would have found out about my affinities to Wood and Ice." Jiraiya nodded.

"That plant your holding is an herb that can both heal and poison. It all depends on how you mold it in your medicine. Once we see Tsunade, I'll see if she'd be willing to take you as an apprentice. Water and Wood are two of the greatest elements to have when learning medicine." Kin nodded as the pervert took out two scrolls and tossed them to both of them. "The first scroll for you Naruto is Great Fire Ball Jutsu and you Kin have Mud Wall Jutsu. As we travel, I want you both to do these jutsus until you either get chakra exhaustion or you are able to flash through the seals like no one's business. Once that is done, Naruto, you will get Kin's scroll and Kin will get another Earth. After Naruto has gotten the Mud Wall, I will give him a new Fire Jutsu. We will continue this line of training until we find Tsunade and then we need to convince her to come back to Konoha with us to heal Neji," Jiraiya glared at Naruto, "Rock Lee if possible and become the Godaime Hokage." the two nodded and started to read through their scroll while they followed the Sannin.

"And Naruto, no Sharingan when you're trying to learn these jutsus. I don't teach cheaters." Naruto looked at the Sannin like the old man was stupid.

"Thank you Captain Obvious. Now all we need is someone to take the roll of Major Stupidy." Naruto spat out as he sent a glare at the Sannin. "I'm not stupid, Jiraiya. I'm different from those copy cat Uchiha's." Jiraiya nodded and walked on towards the next town.

Konoha

Two figures sat at the Ichiraku Ramen Stand having a drink. Both wore similar cloaks, black with red clouds high collars and had straw hats with bells on. One was taller then the other by a good foot and a half and his skin was blue while the other had black hair that went to his upper back and human. The short one's onyx black eyes were closed as the taller one drank his sake. The giant sword on the man's back was covered by wrappings. The old man that ran the stand sighed.

"It's so quiet without Naruto here. Oh well, missions will be mission." the old man caught the attention of the short one.

"This Naruto, where is he? A mission?" Tenchi nodded.

"Yeah, said something about finding Tsunade of the Sannin. I miss the kid already." the short one nodded as he pulled out a large wad of money.

"You never saw us, Tenchi. Come Kisame." the large man nodded the two vanished. The old man nodded confusingly as they left with a swirl of leaves.

Naruto Jiraiya and Kin's Hotel room: One Day Later

Naruto sat looking over the Mud Wall Scroll while Kin was taking a shower and the perverted sage was being, well, perverted. A knock at the door mad Naruto look up from his scroll and sniffed the air. 'Crows and Sharks? Only one person I know has the crow contract. So, he's looking for me, eh?' Naruto got up and walked over to the door. He grabbed Kubikiri from next to the door and opened the door while pulling the sword up to block a large zanbatou. The shark faced man before him smirked as he pulled his sword back, about to strike again but the short one held his hand up to stop him.

"That's enough Kisame. Naruto-kun, good to see you are well." Itachi looked up to the boy that was almost as tall as his partner. Naruto smirked and let the two into the room.

"So, this is the boy you hold so much praise in Itachi?" Itachi nodded as Naruto motioned for the two to sit. "Are you sure this brat is worth talking to? Couldn't I just chop off his legs and we drag him back to base?"

"Kisame, you don't need to act here." The shark man nodded and relaxed.

"I'm warning you both now, Kin-chan is in the shower so if she comes out, don't attack her. Also, did you really have to put Jiraiya under that stupid Gen Jutsu? That's almost as sorry as my Sexy Jutsu." Itachi smirked and shrugged.

"Thought I could get a kick out of it. Anyway, we're here to talk." Naruto nodded.

"Alright then, what's up?"

"There is a group that is called Akatsuki. They are after all the Bijuu and Jinchuruki that contain them. They want to use their power to control the world. Kisame, myself and two others are trying to destroy the group from the inside but we've had no luck. Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara of Iwa are helping Kisame and I. We can't do anything to the group though without letting ourselves be known so we're looking for an alternative." Naruto nodded and remembered something Orochi-teme told him.

"Itachi, Orochimaru told me that my mother was with Akatsuki. He said she was taken by them on my birth. Do you know if that is true or not?" Itachi thought for a second before shrugging. Kisame coughed to get their attention.

"I believe so. There was a woman in the jail at one of the bases we used to have before Orochimaru left and turned the old base into Oto. She had long red hair and was about 5"9'. Other then that, I can't tell you much. She's probably still locked up there, asleep. I saw a number seals on her and I must say that I know for a fact she's still alive." Naruto smiled sadly as he nodded.

"Is there anyway you can get her out of there? I'm sure I can cook up a deal with the Hokage when I go back." Itachi thought for a bit and nodded.

"Sasori and Deidara can help us get her out of there. Deidara can mold clay into almost anything so we should be able to get her out." Naruto smiled and Naruto nodded as the two stood and headed for the door.

"Kakashi gave me a message for you: Your brother hasn't learn anything and is a spoiled brat. Wish you were back." Itachi groaned and nodded.

"Damned otouto. I knew this would happen." Naruto nodded as the two opened and left the room, leaving Naruto to himself as Jiraiya came flying through the window.

"You're late and I'm glad the window was open." Jiraiya looked to the annoyed teen and sighed.

"I take it Itachi and Kisame left already?" Naruto nodded and held up a tracker.

"We made a deal. They check and see if my mother is hidden where they said she is and I make a deal with the Hokage to get them off missing ninja status." Jiraiya growled at the kid.

"You just can't go on making deals with nuke-nin Naruto. You have no idea if they'll turn on you or not." Naruto groaned and rolled his eyes.

"Says the man who fell for the most ridiculous Gen jutsu Itachi has ever used next to my sexy jutsu. Look, Itachi and tou-san made a blood pact the same day I got my Sharingan. Itachi won't and can't hurt me since Kyuubi agreed to stop the blinding of his eyes and the raven demon that was sealed in him in secret won't allow him to break a blood pact." Jiraiya gaped at the boy as he got up and stretched.

"What are you two arguing about now?" Kin walked out of the bathroom with her night clothes on while brushing her hair.

"Just that sometimes you need to have faith in your students judgement." Naruto replied as he gathered a pair of clothes and walked into the bath room.

"That brat is going to be a giant pain in my ass throughout the entire trip." Kin giggled as she set down her brush and grabbed a scroll out of her bag. "Whatcha got there?" Kin opened the scroll and looked to the pervert.

"A scroll on sealing. I want to learn how to do more then just sealing items in scrolls." Jiraiya smirked, now this was his department.

"Let me see if I can help. I'm the best seal expert there is since the Yondaime died." Kin nodded and the two began the lesson on seals.

Tanzuku Town Two Days Later

The trio walked down the streets to Tanzuku Town with Naruto looking around for Tsunade, Kin looking over another earth scroll and Jiraiya peeking into every casino and bar for Tsunade . . . . . and inspiration for his next book. A large crash came from the bar they were just about to pass and a man came flying out onto the road from the bar. Jiraiya smirked as Kin looked at the giant hole in amazement and Naruto shook his head.

"Found her." Jiraiya noted as he walked into the bar. Tsunade, a tall, busty blonde sat with a pig and a woman shorter then her by a few inches with short black hair wearing a black kimono. Naruto nodded and walked after the Sannin with Kin following. "Tsunade!" The blonde woman looked up and groaned.

'Not him too.' "What do you want Jiraiya?" Tsunade took a drink from her sake bottle. Jiraiya sat down across from the slug queen and ordered a bottle of sake for himself.

"I see you haven't changed much Tsunade. Still as beautiful as ever." Tsunade pulled out a deck of cards and began to shuffle. She placed the deck on the table and Jiraiya cut the deck.

"Cut to the chase, you pervert. What do you want?" the white haired pervert smirked behind his cards.

"I've come to ask you to return to Konoha, Tsunade. We have some," Jiraiya glared over his cards at his student, "patients that need your help. Namely a Tsukiyoumi victim, courtesy of Naruto here." Jiraiya nodded his head to the boy and Tsunade looked over to him and shrugged.

"Konoha's problems are not mine, Jiraiya. Besides, Sarutobi's dead, right? A poisonous sword went right through his stomach did it not? Orochimaru told me all about it when he came here." Tsunade looked to her hand and found she had two aces. "Nothing's there for me, why would I go back?"

"Because Orochimaru lied to you, old hag. He may have stabbed the old man through the stomach but he's alive and well. Doesn't help when I've got the cure for the Grass Long sword's poison right here." Naruto lifted a red chakra covered hand as Tsunade's eye twitched from the old hag comment.

"Jiraiya, it seems ninja these days are getting more idiotic by the years. This Chunin for example." Tsunade glared at Naruto as Jiraiya laid his cards on the table.

"Don't let him get to you, Tsunade. Naruto's never shown respect to anyone but the Fire Lord. This by the way is Kin Tsuchi." Kin smiled and bowed.

"Right, well what else is it you want Jiraiya? I doubt I'm needed just for curing the injured." Shizune looked back and forth between the two as they talked.

"Sensei has chosen you to become the Godaime Hokage." Tsunade snorted as she leaned back in her chair.

"Hokage? You want me to become one of those fools? No I refuse." Naruto snapped his eyes open from a blink. "Hokage? Please, I'd sooner be mince meat then become one. A Hokage is a fool who throws their life away. The Sho, Ni and Yondaime Hokage's are great examples of that. My Great Grandfather and Grand Uncle died in battle while that stupid student of your's threw his life away to seal Kyuubi." Naruto growled.

"Watch what you say about Shodaime and Nidaime you old bat. The Yondaime can go fuck himself but you have no right to talk about your family like that. They both died protecting thousands of people. The Shodaime died protecting the village from a corrupt Clan leader and the Nidaime died protecting us in the Great Shinobi war. They not only died protecting the village, but their family as well." Tsunade looked to the blonde annoyed and buzzed.

"Jiraiya, this brat is getting on my nerves. Don't you have something else to do besides bug me brat?" Naruto growled.

"Tou-san's right, your not worth a penny anymore, hag." Naruto turned from the table and started to walk out with the table watching him. "A Hokage is a fool eh? I guess that makes every ninja and Kage a fool then. After all, Hokage's are ninja." Naruto looked over his shoulder smirking under his mask. "Oh well, I guess a hemophiliac like you, you old bitch, wouldn't know foolishness if it bit your ass." Naruto continued walking before swiftly turning and using Kubikiri to cut the table in half. Tsunade was standing with her eyes glaring daggers at Naruto.

"You and me, outside." Naruto scoffed and shook his head.

"As I said, Tsunade, your not worth anything. Orochimaru can kill you for all I care, I'm sure we can find a new Slug Sannin. One that's not running from her past." Naruto continued walking away as Tsunade rushed after him. Jiraiya and Kin watched as the blonde woman raised her hand to punch when Naruto vanished from her sight.

"That . . . . . was not like Naruto-kun." Jiraiya nodded as Tsunade growled and punched the ground in frustration, making a sizable crack in the ground.

"But, it's getting better." Jiraiya pointed to Tsunade's head and saw Naruto, arms crossed and eyes closed standing on Tsunade's head while the woman was looking around for him.

"Looking for me?" Naruto back flipped off the Sannin's head and landed a few feet away from her. "You're drunk." Naruto's eyes opened showing ice cold eyes. "You are really that pissed to want to fight me?" Tsunade cracked her knuckles as Naruto took his zanbatou off his back and placed it in the ground.

"I'm gonna teach you to show some respect brat." Naruto cracked his neck and shrugged.

"Sure thing hemophiliac." Naruto entered the Gentle Fist stance as Tsunade held up one finger.

"I'll beat you with one finger." Naruto yawned and nodded.

"Sure grandma."

'Naruto, please don't piss her off to much. She is known for her strength and medical jutsu. Just a flick will send you flying over twenty yards as you are right now.' Naruto nodded and waited. The two faced each other for a period of time before Naruto smirked under his mask and started to flash through seals. Tsunade rushed him as Kin saw the seals he was doing.

"Wood Style: Rose whip." Naruto slammed his hands to the ground as a rose grew from the ground and he grabbed it. Tsunade stopped in surprise while the boy flicked his wrist and the rose became a ten foot thorny whip. "I've been waiting to try this out in a fight Tsunade." Naruto snapped the whip on the ground making a line like crater. Naruto rose it and flicked it out towards Tsunade who jumped away forming seals.

"Fire Style: Dragon Fire Missile Jutsu." Tsunade took a deep breath and blew out a large stream of fire at the whip in the form of a dragon. Naruto smirked as he brought his whip slashing though the fire dragon burning it to ash.

"Oh darn." Naruto shrugged as he placed the remainder of the rose by his sword. Naruto rushed out to Tsunade and went to punch her face. Tsunade lifted her finger and stopped the punch but felt the impact shake her entire body.

'This boy's strength is nearly equal to mine without me using my chakra. If he ever got a hold of my strength he would be very powerful.' Tsunade slid Naruto's fist the other way and flicked his forehead, sending him into a nearby street post. Naruto coughed and looked up with a smirk.

"So, the Sannin's strength is just as Tou-san said. Now, what say you to this?" Naruto held out his hand as a Rasengan formed. Tsunade gasped as the boy rushed her. She jumped from the spot Naruto was about to grind the strong ball of chakra and appeared behind him, using her finger to once again send him flying this time, with chakra.

"Jiraiya, you taught him the Rasengan? What is wrong with you? That jutsu should die with you and Kakashi when the both of you pass." Jiraiya grunted as he watched Kin run off and help Naruto. "And he can use Wood!? What is there that I don't know?"

"He most likely gets it from Kyuubi. The Wood jutsu I mean. The Rasengan was his father's and so, I taught it to him." Tsunade looked to the blonde boy sitting up and shaking his head. "That is Naruto Namikaze Uzumaki, or as he calls himself now, Naruto no Kyuubi." Tsunade shook her head as Naruto stood holding his head.

"Don't you EVER call me Namikaze, Ero-Sannin or I will make sure you can never show yourself to a woman ever again." Naruto laced killing intent in his voice making the sage know he was serious. "Now, are you done yet? I want to go back to Konoha. This old bat's not coming so why stay longer?" Naruto tilted his head to avoid a punch to the head by Tsunade, his eyes flashing Sharingan.

"S-Sharingan?" Naruto smirked under his mask as Kin shook her head.

"Naruto-kun, please stop." Naruto sighed and let his eyes go back to his cerulean blue. Jiraiya snapped his fingers with a large smile.

"How about a bet, Tsunade? If you win, you don't have to come to Konoha and we leave. If I win, you come back to Konoha with us to become Godaime. Tsunade, Kin here wants to be a combat medic ninja and I thought maybe you'd be willing to take her as your student. Give her a week to master your secret strength and depending on if she can use it or not will decide who wins." Tsunade seemed to think for a minute as Naruto chuckled.

"Like she'll agree. I'll bet she's scarred that she'll lose the bet." Tsunade glared at the boy. "Oh well, I guess when you get old you get even more scarred then anything." Tsunade growled at the boy as she took out a scroll from nowhere.

"You're on. Here is the scroll on what to do. If you can use it at the end of seven days then I will teach you but if not, then you all leave me and my student alone. Deal?" Kin nodded nervously and took the scroll. Jiraiya nodded to Tsunade when she turned to him and glared.

"Let's get some rest everyone. We've been traveling all day and you have a jutsu to learn by the end of the week Kin." Jiraiya led Naruto and Kin away from the street to a hotel to get their rooms. Naruto had only one thought as they walked away while he went to get his sword.

'Boom.'

Tsunade smirked as she held up the money purse she snatched from the blonde when she went to punch him. "Hey brat!" Tsunade was ignored but the purse exploded, covering Tsunade and Shizune in rainbow paint. The Sannin glared at the boy picking up his sword and saw the amusement in his eyes.

"Never steal from a fox. It's bad for your health." Naruto turned and went to catch up with his teacher and girlfriend. Tsunade growled as Shizune's eye twitched.

"I'm going,"

"To kill him." the two glared at the boy's back.

Kumo

Kakashi and the team walked up to the gates without his book out. The guards stopped them as Kakashi pulled out his passport. "I'm here on a diplomatic mission from Konoha. Your Raikage should be expecting us." The Kumo Chunin nodded and let them through as an ANBU dropped in front of them, kneeling.

"Welcome to Kumo, Hatake-san. I will escort you and your team to the Raikage's Office." The ANBU stood and the group of Leaf Shinobi followed the masked ninja. Shikamaru, wearing his Chunin vest sighed as they walked.

"Man, this is so troublesome." Asuma shook his head as Kakashi froze in mid step. The ANBU stopped and looked back to see Kakashi looking around with a narrowed eye.

"Why do I sense demon chakra coming from over there?" the ANBU looked over to where Kakashi was pointing and cursed.

"Damn it not again. Wait here please." The ANBU vanished and the group looked to Kakashi.

"Another Jinchuruki? I wonder who this one is." Asuma lit a cigarette as Kakashi nodded.

"This one smells cat like. Most likely the container for the Nibi Nekomata." Kakashi got a nod from the other Jonin.

"You are correct Kakashi Hatake." The group turned to see a woman with long blonde hair and violet eyes. She was wearing the Raikage robes. "My name is Yochiru Nii, the Raikage. I'm guessing my daughter is either really pissed off at someone or being attacked, more likely the first since I kept a close watch on her. Ahh, here she comes now." The group looked back to see a look alike of the Raikage. The girl coming towards them had blonde hair that went to her mid back in a pony tail and violet, cat-like slit eyes. She wore a purple yukata top with blue jeans. Her Kumo headband wrapped tightly around her neck like a choker. The ANBU next to her kept their distance.

"Yugito, dear, say hello to Kakashi and his team. They will be here to discuss the treaty with us." Yugito looked at the four Leaf ninja and grunted.

"Hn." Yugito walked to her Raikage and stood behind her.

"Yugito be nice." Yochiru pleaded as her daughter looked away.

"I've taken care of the problem Raikage-sama. A store manager was kicking her out of the store for perfectly no reason. Storm told me the entire story after I arrived." the woman nodded and sighed.

"I see. Well, Kakashi, you all must be tired from you travels so I will take you to where I've arranged for you to stay. Yugito, return home. Now." the way the final word came out had the girl gone in a blur. The Raikage led the group away from the village square. "I'm glad you didn't bring a Hyuga with you, Hatake. The council and some of the villagers really wanted that Byakugan and they haven't let up in trying to get me to give out missions to kidnap the heiress." Kakashi nodded.

"Well, with the letter you sent the Hokage about the treaty, I'm sure the Hokage knew that some still wanted to get their hands on the Byakugan. I'm in just as much danger because I have the Sharingan in my left eye." The Raikage nodded.

"I just hope the council doesn't try anything. They all still hold grudges against you and the Leaf." Kakashi nodded as they stopped in front of a large compound. "Well, we're here. This is the Raikage's Compound. I have a guest house here and that is where you will stay for your time here in Kumo." The Shinobi all nodded and followed the Raikage to the guest house. "Enjoy your stay. I wish to see you, Kakashi at eight in the morning." Kakashi nodded and Asuma paled while the Raikage left.

"You just doomed this treaty Kakashi." Kakashi narrowed his eyes as he walked away.

Forest Outside Tanzuku

Naruto sighed as he watched over Kin. This jutsu was complicated and the fact Kin has almost no Tai jutsu style makes it even more complicated. He'd read the scroll and knew right away that this was going to be hard. It was like a Rasengan, you need power and control. Kin went to punch the same tree she had tried the technique on all day. Naruto flinched when he heard a sickening crack as her fist met the tree.

"Ah! FUCK!" Kin fell to her knees clutching her hand as Naruto walked over and kneeled down to her level. He took her hand and ran his red chakra covered hand over and massage, making the pain go away and a pleased moan come from the girl.

"Kin, I think I can help. I want you to try this one more time and I'm going to watch your chakra with my Sharingan. I'm gonna see if I can guide you along in this." Kin nodded and stood up. She charged the chakra into her hand as Naruto watched her and punched the tree, Naruto shook his head.

"I see the problem, Kin-chan. Your not releasing the chakra and the way you punch will only serve to break your hand every time. Let me try this." Naruto reared his fist back and punched the tree, releasing chakra at the same time his fist came on contact with the tree. A gasp came from the girl as Naruto nodded at the giant hole that was in the tree. "That's what I thought. You need to release the chakra at the same time you hit the tree with the punch. Kin, I'm gonna teach you how to use the punch from my tai jutsu style."

"Ok, Naruto-kun." Naruto led her over to a rock.

"Ok, this is how the punch works. See, what normal people do is this." Naruto held his right hand in a fist and punched the rock, making a resounding smack. "They use power and speed to attack. What you need to learn to do is this." Naruto punched the rock again and this time the rock shattered to dust. "That was basis of Tsunade's enhanced strength. She first touches with the back side of her fingers then releases her chakra as she slams her knuckles with power and unmatched speed." Naruto showed her slowly how to do it. "Now, your gonna need to learn how to do this in order to begin using her technique so I'm gonna help you out as much as I can. The best way to do this is by Shadow clone. So, I'm gonna teach you the Shadow clone jutsu while I give you chakra to refill your reserves." Kin nodded as Naruto placed a hand on her shoulder and started to send chakra into Kin's chakra system. The girl felt her reserves being forced to stretch causing her to grit her teeth in pain.

"Now, make this seal and make as many clones as you can." Kin nodded and shakingly put her hands into the seal. With a cry of Shadow Clone jutsu, twenty Kin's now stood in the clearing. Naruto whistled as he filled her reserves again, this time not overflowing her reserves. "Good job for a first try Kin. Now, let's get to work on that punch." Kin nodded as she and her clones practiced the punch Naruto showed her. Naruto stood by watching closely, watching as Kin and her clones trained.

'With the way she's going, she'll be able to use this without a second thought. When she learns Tsunade's technique, she'll be a force not to be messed with after the right training.'

'Yes, that's true kit. Now, I think I found something interesting with Kubikiri Houcho. It seems that the zanbatou has its own chakra system. Look at it with the Sharingan and you'll see what I mean. Also, look for any seals might be on the sword. If you see any, I might be able to tell you what they do.' Naruto took his sword off his back and turned his Sharingan on to look at it. He gasped as he saw the blade had chakra going through the blade. It was not much but it was there. Naruto looked over the blade for any seals and found only one. 'That is a chakra point seal. You channel chakra into the seal and the sword will absorb it. Once the blade is full on chakra the seal will vanish until chakra has been used. By the look of the blade, it can handle a very good amount, about four fifths of your chakra can fill it up.'

'I better not tell him yet. Might shake him up a little if I tell him too soon.'

Naruto smirked and started to push chakra into the seal as he watched Kin. Her progress grew as Naruto filled his sword with chakra. 'I need to start teaching her how to use a sword after she gets that tech down.' A few hours passed and the two called it quits for the day.

Rice Country

Itachi took a left turn once he walked inside the underground passage to an old Akatsuki base. Kisame was taking care of any ninja that tried to come in after him while Deidara, an explosive expert went about placing his 'art' around the base and his partner Akasuna no Sasori was using his puppets to attack any that made it passed Kisame. Itachi was looking for the cells the snake put his prisoners in. He took another left until he came across the door he was looking for. Breaking the door in, he walked in and looked in all the cells.

"Let's see what we got." Itachi went around the rooms looking for Kushina and stopped when he came across a girl with glasses. "What have we here?" The girl looked up and glared.

"Are you Orochimaru's new apprentice or something?" Itachi shook his head as the girl shrugged. "No matter, what are you here for? Torture, jail break what?" Itachi smirked as he looked at the chains that kept the girl bound to the wall.

"Jail break. What's your name and what are you doing here?" the girl sighed as she reached up and pressed her glasses to her face.

"My name is Karin and I'm here because Orochimaru kidnaped me from my home. I know just about everyone in this jail if their alive still." Itachi nodded as Karin groaned. "I know every inch of this place since Orochimaru lets me out every once in a while, like he did a week ago. Said something about Tsunade. Anyway, let me out?" Itachi nodded and took out a small tag. "Are you crazy!? That will kill me!" Itachi shook his head as he placed it over the lock. He move a few steps back and watched as the lock blew off the door.

"Huh. Never seen a tag like that before." Itachi pulled out a lock pick and moved to unlock the girl's chains. Once the chains were off, Karin got up and stretched. "Hmm, that's better. Now, want some help with your jail break?"

"Actually, you can tell me if there is a red headed woman in this prison. I'm looking for her, mother of my student." Karin smirked and motioned for Itachi to follow her.

"Follow me, I think I might know. By the way, if you had a lock pick, why did you blow the door's lock instead of picking it?" Itachi shrugged.

"I like the way I do things." Karin shook her head as she led the teen to a door at the end of the large hall.

"Right in here. I think this is the one." Itachi nodded and placed the tag on the door, watching the door lock blow off. Itachi opened the door and looked inside. It was a large room with medical equipment and a medical bed. Itachi spotted a 5"9' red headed woman with a seal over her forehead and left breast, right over her heart. The reason Itachi could tell and Karin had a sick look on her face? Kushina Uzumaki was hanging by her arms and her shirt had a rip in it right where the seal was visible. Itachi activated his Mangekyou Sharingan in anger and looked over to Karin.

"Do you know if ANYONE has come in here for ANYTHING?!" Karin nodded.

"I've been here for about twelve years, since I was three and I know that no one has come in here at anytime for anything. Orochimaru brought her in one night and after all the shouts and cursing were over with he walked out with several bruises and muttering something about red heads with explosive tempers. Since that day, no one has come here." Itachi nodded and move quickly to get her down. Once he had her down, Itachi took a closer look at the seals.

"A preservation seal and a body freeze seal. No wonder her chakra is so still and her body is cold. She has a pulse but wait, there is a third seal." Itachi lifted the red head's shirt and looked at it confusingly. "Is this a cellular growth stunt seal? These are impossible to make. They completely stop the body's growth, keeping the body's physical aging at the same once the seal has been activated but this seal doesn't work unless these other two are on the body. Basically, Kushina is still around twenty-five years old." Itachi pulled the shirt back down and lifted the woman over his shoulder.

"So, what's next?" Itachi looked to her and sighed.

"Something tells me I'm gonna regret this. Come, we're going to find Tsunade and Jiraiya. They will help us with Kushina and you with finding a new home. Is there anyone else here that is alive that hasn't been killed or isn't dead?" Karin shook her head. "Then let's go. I am Itachi Uchiha by the way." Karin nodded and followed the cloaked teen as fast as she could. "Everyone, this is weasel, I got the Leaf Angel. Let's get the hell out of Dodge." the Uchiha called over his comm link.

"Puppeteer here, all routes are clear and Bomber man is finished with delivering the gifts. Shark is waiting with us at the entrance. Puppeteer Out." Itachi shook his head from his two friends. They ran for what seemed like hours to Karin until they reached the exit. Itachi came to a slow stop outside the door with Karin and looked to his friends. Each of them had the same cloak. Kisame looked to the girl with a raised brow.

"Who's the brat Itachi?" Itachi explained to him what went on down there and the others nodded.

"Well, better get read to go yeah? Time to make a bang with my art." Everyone nodded as Deidara molded his clay into three large falcons. "It's all I got left, yeah. Sasori and I will take this one, Kisame and the brat on that one and Itachi with Kushina on the last one, yeah?" Everyone got on their falcon and took off, heading for Konoha.

Tanzuku Town, Day of the Showing

Kin and the rest of the group stood in a clearing, waiting for Kin to show Tsunade that she had learned her secret technique. Kin walked up to a large bolder as she reared her fist back and was about to land the punch but jumped out of the way from a barrage of kunai. "Shit!" Kin looked around to with the group and found Orochimaru with his arms sown back on with Kabuto next to him.

"Well, if this isn't a surprise, Kin-chan. So lovely to see you alive." Kin growled as she went to move back to Jiraiya only for Kabuto to launch another kunai right at her foot. "Now, now dear. I think it's time you come home." Naruto growled pulling Kubikiri off his back getting ready to run off to help Kin. "I wouldn't do that Naruto-kun. The moment you move, Kabuto will kill her." Naruto smirked under his mask and stabbed his zanbatou into the ground.

"Alright Orochimaru, what do you want?" Jiraiya growled out as the snake started to walk towards Kin.

"Why, I want Kin back and I want Tsunade to help me. See my arms aren't really usable since Yamato cut them off so only Tsunade can bring them back to life again. In return, I was going to bring her little brother and Dan back." Naruto was shoved aside as Tsunade walked up, remembering a talk with the boy she had two nights ago.

Flashback

Naruto sat down next to a river as Tsunade walked up to him. "Alright brat, what did you want?" Naruto looked over his shoulder, causing the Sannin to gasp at the first time seeing his face with out the mask. 'He . . . . He looks like Minato so much.'

"You do know he won't keep his end of the bargain right?" Tsunade looked at him confused. "Orochimaru would kill you the moment he got what he wanted. You'd be wasting your time and your life. Shizune told me all about it." Tsunade sighed and sat down next to the boy. She'll deal with Shizune later. "She told me all about them. Dan and Nowaki."

"I see, so what did you call me out here for besides that?" Naruto smirked and got up.

"I want you to know, whatever happens, blood isn't that scary. It's a blessing, sometimes a proof of innocence and then there is a sign of death. You much remember, Tsunade, everyone carries blood, even yourself. To fear blood is to fear a part of you that keeps you alive. It's ok to fear but not ok to let your fear take control of your life." Tsunade nodded to the kid as he started to walk away. "Kin has your secret mastered already by the way. All she needs now, is to learn a Tai Jutsu style." Naruto looked over his shoulder with a grin. "I'm sure you could teach her a thing or two."

End Flashback

Tsunade walked up towards Orochimaru, her hands glowing green. Naruto smirked as he got up behind his sword, starting a line of seals. Orochimaru held out his arms as Tsunade moved her hand to his arm. Kabuto pushed his master out of the way.

"Kabuto, what are you doing?" Kabuto looked back to his master while Naruto jumped onto the handle of his sword.

"I'm also a medic so I know for a fact that chakra was meant to kill not heal, Orochimaru-sama."

"Tsunade! Move!" Tsunade jumped away from the two Oto ninja as Naruto flipped onto his hands, taking hold of Kubikiri and ripping it out of the ground with his momentum. He landed on his feet and brought his sword down in a quick and powerful slashed. "Earth Claw!" Chakra shot out of the blade on impact, heading straight towards the two Oto nin. Kin used this chance to move back over to Tsunade and the others while Orochimaru and Kabuto jumped away from the attack Naruto sent. Jiraiya rushed off to face Orochi while Naruto took Kabuto.

"Naruto-kun, so nice to see you." Kabuto blocked a kick to his ribs and Naruto pulled back, sending a horizontal slash, cutting through the kunai Kabuto brought up to block with. The medic from Oto jumped a good distance away as Naruto flashed through seals.

"Earth Style: Mud Dragon Missile Jutsu!" A large mud dragon erupted from the ground and shot out after the Oto ninja with glaring red eyes.

"Earth Style: Mud style . . . shit!" Kabuto stopped his seals when kunai and senbon came flying at him from the sides. He jumped out of the way and then jumped again when the mud dragon came crashing down on him. Naruto rushed him again with his zanbatou as Kin and Shizune joined in. Kabuto activated his chakra scalpels and started to disable Shizune with a single hit to her right thigh then Kin with one to her knees. Kabuto saw Naruto stop when he placed a kunai under Kin's neck. The raven haired girl smirked as she looked to the medic.

"Hey four eyes. Kin says boom." Kabuto cursed as he was sent flying from an exploding clone.

"Kabuto! I need you!" Kabuto coughed as he jumped away from a earth shattering punch from Kin, creating a crater that made Tsunade proud. Kabuto landed by Orochimaru and pulled up his sleeve to show his tatoo. Jiraiya and Naruto spotted it and started to do through seals as Kabuto did the same: Summoning Manda, Kyuubi and Gamabunta. Tsunade, not wanting to be left out, summoned Katsuya.

Jiraiya! What is the meaning of this?

Orochimaru, why did you summon me here? Have you got my sacrifices?

Good to see you Tsunade. Been a while.

Ahh fresh air. Now, what to do? Kyuubi drew the attention of all the summons as Naruto looked to the fox.

"Tou-san, let's kill that damned snake once and for all." Kyuubi nodded and licked its lips.

That sounds like a good idea, son. I'm in the mood for a snake stew! Kyuubi growled showing its zanbatou length fangs as Gamabunta looked to Jiraiya.

You have some explaining to do. For now, I could use a new snake skin wallet.

Ha! Just try it you toad sandwich! Orochimaru, I require a hundred sacrifices after this.

"Fine, Manda. Just kill them."

Good luck with THAT! Kyuubi drew his head back and threw it forward blowing a large green flame from his mouth as Naruto jumped off and went to take care of Kin and Shizune. Manda burrowed under ground to get away from the flames and the acid Katsuya spit after him. Jiraiya told Bunta to jump away when the ground started shaking around him. The boss toad jumped to the side as Manda came out of the ground jaws wide open. Kyuubi lunged at the snake with his claw and brought it down on Manda's jaw, sending the snake slamming hard into the ground. Tsunade grabbed Bunta's sword and jumped onto Manda's head, stabbing the large snake through the top of its mouth and pinning it to the ground. Tsunade jumped up onto Manda as Orochimaru started to run away.

"After today the Sannin are gone!" Tsunade started to beat down on Orochimaru as the summons except Kyuubi and Manda left.

I think I'll have a little snack before I eat Orochimaru. Manda tried to pry his self from the ground as Kyuubi leaned down. This is for eating my wife and kids Manda. I know it was you that did it and now, you die. Kyuubi bit down on Manda's neck and ripped it from Manda's head. Kyuubi let the body of the snake drop as it covered itself with chakra. Shrinking down to a human form. Long crimson hair, cold red eyes, a handsome face and a red Gi. Kyuubi walked to where Tsunade was charging up for a final punch. "He's mine." Orochimaru turned around to see Kyuubi make a sword with his chakra. "Two murderers in one day. This is going to be a good day." Kyuubi's ice cold eyes bore a hole in Orochimaru. "You summoned Manda to kill my family and framed me. Now you'll die." Kyuubi vanished from sight and appeared where Tsunade was.

Orochimaru stood frozen when the two looked back to see him. That was until black flames landed and caught fire on him, curtsey of Naruto. "Mud Clone." Kyuubi growled as he looked to see Kabuto and Orochimaru were both gone.

"Damn it!" Kyuubi punched the ground in fury. "I was so close to killing him." Naruto nodded as Kin and Shizune came running up and Jiraiya landed nearby. "Let's go everyone. We need to go home."

"Naruto, catch." Tsunade took off her necklace and threw it to Naruto. Naruto caught it and smiled.

"The necklace of the First Hokage. Worth enough to buy three mountains and the mines under them. Said to be able to suppress Bijuu chakra and have a curse. Are you sure you want me to have it?" Tsunade nodded as Naruto put it around his neck.

"Kit, I need to speak you with later. See you all soon." Kyuubi vanished back into the seal and the group headed back to the Inn.

Mind Scape, Later that night

Naruto walked up to the cage Kyuubi sat behind and leaned against it. "So, what's up pops?" Kyuubi walked into the light in his human form and sighed.

"The seal is working much faster then I thought it would. It seems the shock of the Five Pronged Seal you released caused a distortion of sorts. The seal is draining my chakra faster then it was before. Instead of the intended three years until you turn into a demon, it'll be most likely on you next birthday, which is in two weeks." Naruto cursed.

"That means I got to get the Hokage to let me leave or find an alternate route." Kyuubi smirked.

"I have that covered already. The day before your birthday we will place a chakra barrier and sound proof seals around your house and in your room. This will keep everyone out and not let them hear you scream." Naruto nodded as he thought of a question.

"How long did you know this was going to happen?" Kyuubi smiled sheepishly.

"A few weeks." Naruto shook his head as he left the seal. Kyuubi sighed when he left and looked to the seal. 'Soon, I will be free and Naruto will gain his second tail. Maybe even his third if he's strong enough.'

Next Morning

Naruto walked out of the shower over to one of his sealing scrolls to get his clothes when Kin walked into the room. The girl blushed and walked back out as Naruto chuckled and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. He was only covered by a towel since he didn't take his clothes with him. He quickly put on his clothes and opened the door to see Kin waiting outside it with a dark red blush.

"Sorry about that, Kin-chan. Forgot to grab my clothes before I went in." Kin nodded as a smile graced her lips.

"Well, we're leaving today so you might want to hurry." Naruto nodded and walked back into the room to gather his things. Kin walked in after him to get her things when she heard a tapping on the window. She looked to see a crow with a scroll in its beak. "Umm, Naruto-kun, were you expecting a letter?" Naruto looked up from sealing a spare pair of pants to see the crow. He walked over and let the bird in, taking the scroll.

"Long time no see kid. How ya doing?" Naruto looked at the bird for a second and smiled under his mask.

"Good to see you too, Kachi. I guess I owe you don't I?" the crow nodded as Naruto opened the scroll. He read through it and his eyes went wide.

"Naruto-kun? What's wrong?" Kin walked around him and read the scroll over his shoulder. She gasped and Naruto looked to Kachi.

"I don't have anything right now but tell Itachi that we're on our way back to Konoha. He should meet us on the way back. Jiraiya already knows about the entire thing so they should be fine." Kachi nodded and flew out the window. "They found her. They found my mother." Kin hugged the half demon from behind as Naruto looked down to the scroll. "Kaa-san."

"Hey Naruto! Kin! You two ready?" Jiraiya walked into the room and saw Naruto looking over the scroll. "What's up you two?" Naruto rolled up the scroll and threw it to Jiraiya.

"Read." Jiraiya nodded cautiously as he opened and read the scroll once he was done, he looked up with a shocked look.

"Gamabunta's pipe they found her." Naruto nodded as Tsunade and Shizune walked into the room.

"Who found who, pervert?" Jiraiya turned to Tsunade with a serious look.

"Itachi, Kisame and two other Akatsuki members found Kushina and their bringing her to us. They want to join Konoha." Tsunade laughed.

"Sure, and the Gobi is my mother." Naruto and Kin glared as Jiraiya shoved the scroll into her hands.

"Read em and weep." Jiraiya crossed his arms as the Slug Queen read the scroll, her face growing more surprised at the second.

"Holy shit they found her." the two younger ninja nodded as Tsunade looked to Jiraiya. "We've been looking for twelve years and have yet to find her but now four nuke nin do the job for us." Jiraiya nodded again.

"I know, Tsunade. We'll deal with her condition when we see her. As for the four nuke-nin, Naruto promised to get them a chance to join the Leaf and with you as the new Hokage, they need to speak with you." Tsunade nodded as Naruto gathered his things and looked at them all.

"Well, if we're all ready to go, let's get going." everyone nodded as Kin sealed her things and headed out to the door with Naruto.

Akatsuki Base

"Has ANYONE seen or heard from Itachi, Kisame, Deidara or Sasori? They were due back a week ago." a man with man piercings and red hair asked his members. The group before him shook their head as a venus fly trap looking person walked up from the shadows.

"I haven't seen hide nor hair of them, Pein-sama. It's likely they are either in the air or in a place that I can't get to." Pein growled in anger.

"I see. Zetsu, what is the status of the Bijuu and their containers?"

"The Jinchuriki of the Ichibi is absorbing its chakra by the day. In three years there will be a new Ichibi. The location is in Sand. The Nibi container has almost completed the merging process and is no longer in Kumo. I believe she may be moving to a new village or has gone Nuke-nin. The Sanbi is still in Mist, other then that, I have no clue what's up with that one. All of the others have escaped my grasp except the Kyuubi container. From Itachi's last report, the Kyuubi is slowly merging with its host and will soon be able to escape the seal that holds it without kill the child it's sealed in. The child is becoming the new Kyuubi and lives in Konoha." Pein nodded and looked to a man with white hair wearing priest clothes and a man that looked to be stitched together.

"The eyes are closing and they will stay closed for at least 3 years. Hidan, Kakuzu, you both will head out to get the Nibi. If she's still in Lightning Country get her and come back. If not, just report back. If we can get just one Bijuu before the eyes close, then we'll one step closer to our goals." the two nodded and left the room. Pein turned to Zetsu. "I want you to find Itachi, Kisame, Deidara and Sasori and tell them to report back here. They're late and will be punished." Zetsu nodded and sank into the ground. Pein sighed as a masked man entered the room. "Madara-sama."

"I think you'd better know about this, Pein."

Forest Outside of Konoha

Itachi watched the road as he waited for Jiraiya and his party to come by. He had left his group in a clearing not far from where he is now to wait for the team. Looking out onto the road, he spotted five figures closing in on his location. He waited for them to get closer and jumped down. "Naruto, Jiraiya-sama, Tsunade-sama." The five ninja relaxed and Naruto walked up.

"Where is she?" Itachi nodded his head in the direction of the forest.

"My team is keeping watch over her in a nearby clearing. Jiraiya-sama, I trust Naruto has shown you the letter?" the toad Sannin nodded. "Follow." Itachi walked off into the forest with the others following. As they neared, Itachi sighed at the sound of an argument.

"And I'm telling you, Sasori-dana, that true art is never eternal. True art is there one day and gone the next."

"Deidara we've been through this a hundred times. True art lasts forever. It'll always be around. Just like my puppets." the two continued to argue while Itachi leaned against a tree with Kisame cooking something.

"How long have they been at this?" Itachi asked his partner. The shark man smirked.

"If your counting the past I'd say since they met but if you mean today, since you left." Itachi sighed as Naruto walked out of the forest with his group looking around.

"Where is she?" Jiraiya asked getting the arguing pair's attention. Karin looked up from a book she was reading.

"Over there by Karin." Sasori pointed to the black haired girl. Jiraiya and Tsunade moved over to the red head that was laying on her back while Karin got up and walked over to Naruto.

"Hey, you're kind of cute." Naruto groaned as Kin glared at the girl. "Say, when I settled in Konoha, how about a date?" Kin growled at Karin making the glasses wearing girl look at her.

"Back off, he's mine." Naruto shook his head as he wrapped his arm around Kin.

"Sorry, but she's right." Karin sighed and walked away as Jiraiya shouted curses into the air.

"God damn that stupid snake. He made a forbidden seal and now I have to unlock it. Damned son of bitch! I should have skinned him alive when I had the chance. This is going to take forever to break." Jiraiya turned when he heard the swishing of a cloak next to him to see Sasori bending down to look at the seal.

"Hmm, this is complicated. But I should be able to break it with your help, Jiraiya. I was Suna's seal master after all." Jiraiya nodded as Tsunade picked the woman off the ground and turned to the large group.

"If you all don't know, I will be the Fifth Hokage so you will all be under my protection. Let's go, we've got to see the Hokage." the large group of ninja nodded as they followed the Sannin to the village. The two Chunin guards looked up from their posts.

"Halt! State you name and business!"

"Jiraiya of the Sannin and his team returning from our mission to retrieve Tsunade and her student Shizune. We have five ninja that are under her protection as the new Godaime Hokage that wish to join the village. Itachi Uchiha is here to clear his name and be reinstated as a Leaf Ninja. Now move aside." the Chunin nodded as one went off to inform the Hokage about the new arrivals. As soon as the group entered the gates, a large explosion of smoke erupted with the arrival of several squads of ANBU and the Hokage.

"Itachi, Kisame, Sasori and Deidara. Four missing ninja of the highest rank and the four strongest of the Akatsuki next to its leader. What are you doing in my village?" Tsunade looked around and shook her head.

"Sensei, I think you'll want to see what they brought us as a peace offering and hear what they have to say." Jiraiya moved away from Tsunade to give Sarutobi a shock. The old man looked to the red haired woman with shock and confusion as Itachi stepped up.

"We learned that Orochimaru, when he was with Akatsuki, had taken over one of the bases to turn into his Oto village. My partner, Kisame, once worked in that old base before Oto was formed. He knew the place pretty well and knew Orochimaru had something to hide there. We raided the place and found Kushina and Karin," Itachi pointed to the black haired girl behind him, "in the prison area. We brought her and Kushina here since I agreed to get Naruto his mother back." Sarutobi walked over and took a look at the woman.

"Otter! Crow! Escort Tsunade and this woman to the hospital! Cat, Ox and Tiger, you will escort Itachi and his group to my office with Jiraiya. Naruto, Shizune and Kin you two are dismissed. The rest of the ANBU will return to your duties. Naruto I want to speak with you in the morning." everyone vanished quickly as Naruto and Kin walked off toward home.

Hokage Office

Sarutobi sat behind his desk and lit his pipe. The group of Akatsuki sat before him while his assigned ANBU were waiting outside the door. Jiraiya leaned against the wall as the Hokage turned to Itachi.

"I know your reason for going nuke ninja was on my orders. Ibiki and I came up with this the day after you left." Sarutobi held up a scroll. "It's a mission scroll stating you were ordered to eliminate your father for treasonous dealing with Orochimaru. As a result, your clan defended him and died for treason. You were then assigned to infiltrate Akatsuki and spy on them. Everything in this scroll is somewhat true since I did give you the order to kill your father so just show this at your trail and you'll be fine." the Uchiha nodded as he took the scroll from the desk. The old man looked to Kisame.

"Now, I need to know all of your stories to why I should allow you all to join Konoha. You are all S-class Nuke ninja."

"I'll go first, I guess." Kisame took a deep breath. "The Seven Swordsmen of the Mist were all named nuke ninja when we went against the Sandaime's orders to kill anyone who had bloodlines. We wanted him to stop killing off Kekkai Genkai so we planned a coup de ta against him. Needless to say we failed and only four of us escaped from the Mist. Zabuza, Raiga, myself and Kagra. Zabuza died by Kakashi's hand almost a year ago, Raiga last I heard, was killed by Hunter Ninja. Kagra is hiding and well, here I am." Sarutobi nodded as he looked to Sasori.

"I guess mine will be the harder of the three of us. As you know, I am Sasori of the Red Sands. I got my status by killing the Shodaime Kazekage. Now, while that is true, it was an accident that I killed him. The Kazekage and I were sparing when I killed him with a Kunai to the throat. Needless to say, I was branded an S-class criminal for that and run out of the village. I took the Kazekage's body with me since I had no choice. So, I turned him into a puppet." Sasori unsealed the Kazekage puppet. "It pains me to see my sensei like this but I never wanted to kill him."

"And turning him into a puppet was your way of keeping him alive." Sasori nodded and Deidara sighed.

"My turn, yeah? My grandfather, the Yondaime Tsuchikage, found out about me dating the village Jinchuriki. So, he attempted to kill us both. He killed my girlfriend by extracting the demon and I blew up the Kage tower after I found out and he attacked me. Making me a criminal, yeah." Sarutobi sighed and nodded and looked to Karin.

"I'm not a missing ninja but I guess you can count me as one since Orochimaru kept tabs on me everyday. I'm just one of the many kidnaped children he's taken. I can tell you where almost ANYONE is by just knowing what their chakra feel like." Sarutobi nodded as he called Ox in.

"Ox, I need you to get me Ibiki and Inoichi Yamanaka. I would like to make sure these five are telling the truth." The ANBU nodded and left.

Namikaze Household

Naruto sighed as he settled into the hot springs. Once the two had gotten back to the house, Naruto had come here while Kin went to take a shower. He too a deep breath and opened his eyes to see a blonde haired teen woman sitting across from him. Naruto blinked a few times before rubbing his eyes. The woman across from him was blushing a storm and eyeing him with her cat like violet eyes.

"Ok, this is what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna leave and have a talk with a certain old man. When I get back please be dressed and I'm sorry for not knocking. Also, if you see a black haired woman named Kin, please tell her you are just visiting for a bit while I'm out talking to Sarutobi. She'd kill you and maybe even me if you told her where you met me." Naruto watched as the blushing blonde nodded and closed her eyes. Naruto got out and quickly left the house hot springs.

"SASUKE SARUTOBI!"

Hokage Tower

"SASUKE SARUTOBI!"

"Oh shit I knew I forgot something." the third Hokage gulped as killing intent came pouring from the Namikaze estate. Inoichi, Ibiki and the Akatsuki group looked at him with a confused look. "Ibiki please take them to my compound and tell Asuma to set the guest rooms. Now." the bandana wearing Jonin nodded as he led the five ninja out of the office. "Inoichi, you're dismissed." Inoichi nodded and left just as the window to the office shattered and Naruto stood with his hand on Kubikiri and covered in red chakra with a single tail.

"Explain to me why there is another woman in my home beside Kin and who the hell she is. She smells like a cat." Sarutobi chuckled nervously as Jiraiya looked from the boy to his sensei.

"Well, um, Naruto that would be Yugito Nii, a new Genin to the Leaf. She's the container to the Nibi Nekomata andyournewwife." Naruto dropped his sword as he deciphered the last part and glared at the Hokage.

"You married me off to someone I don't even know and you knew perfectly well I refused the Clan Restoration Act!? What the hell? Screw giving you new scars, I'm gonna claw your eyes out and feed them to you!"

"Naruto it's a treaty agreement to Kumo! They wouldn't take anyone else since the Nara is already engaged to the Yamanaka, Akimichi to another Akimichi and the Hyuga's wouldn't allow a Cloud ninja to marry into their clan for the fear of them stealing the Byakugan. The Uchiha is out since the Raikage has heard from both myself in the past and Kakashi a few days ago that he is a spoiled brat and believes he should get everything he wants. You were the last choice. The Raikage and myself have agreed to a treaty stating that you both at least give this a try for two years and if it doesn't work out then the treaty will still stand." Naruto's killing intent doubled over the conversation, no doubt alerting the ANBU around the tower.

"Sarutobi, if you EVER pull something like that again I swear you're going to know Orochimaru's likes and dislikes in bed personally." Naruto picked his sword up and swung it back on his back before vanishing from the room. Sarutobi paled so much his skin turned paper white while Jiraiya shivered.

"Note to self, never look Naruto in the eyes ever again." Jiraiya looked at his sensei and nodded.

"I'm with you there, sensei. He's already put one person in the hospital with Tsukiyoumi, I don't think it'd be a good idea if he put another person in there." Sarutobi could only agree as he stood from his desk and looked to his student.

"I believe we have a red headed fire ball to see don't you?" Jiraiya nodded and the two walked out of the office.

Namikaze Clan House

Naruto walked into the house to see Kin and Yugito sitting in the living room with Kin trying to get her to talk. Naruto walked in and placed his zanbatou on the mantle that hung above the fire place before pulling his mask off. "Kin-chan, can I talk to you for a bit?" Kin nodded as she got up and followed Naruto out of the room. Yugito sighed and drank from her tea, her demon talking to her.

'Child you're too quiet. Come on and speak up for once, it won't kill you.' Yugito stayed silent as Nibi groaned. 'Fine, kitten, don't talk. I'll just keep talking to you then. Now let's see what to talk about . . . . . Oh I know! Did you like the view you got of him earlier kitten? We he got into the hot springs?' Yugito almost choked on her tea as a blush graced her features. Nibi smirked behind the bars of her cage. 'Oh of course you did. Who wouldn't have enjoyed the view you got of his toned and well defined body. Mmm, I wonder what he tastes like, don't you kitten?'

'OK! You win I'll stop being quiet! Just please stop talking about that stuff.'

'What's wrong dear? Feeling a little hot? Wet?'

'Wha . . . .No!' Yugito's face got redder from Nibi's teasing making the cat howl with laughter.

'You're lying Kitten. I have access to your feelings you forget. I can tell what your feeling so no use in denying it. Besides, did you know he holds Kyuubi-sama? If he's going to replace Kyu then you know what's going to happen if you fail to beat him in a fight.' Yugito gulped as she nodded, knowing the consiquenses of defeat of a Bijuu of the opposite sex.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WIFE!?" Yugito looked up from her tea to the sound of the voice. Kin's killing intent flooded her as the black haired girl walked into the room with Naruto.

"As I said, Sarutobi arranged me to marry her in two years." Naruto ducked under a kunai that was thrown at him. "Kin-chan please don't I just found this out myself." Kin turned and glared at him then back to Yugito.

"What about me? The Hokage knows we're dating so did he take me into consideration?" Naruto shrugged and dodged another kunai.

"Kin, please stop throwing things." Kin answered by walking away and out the kitchen door. "Ah hell, old man. Maybe I should've put him in Tsukiyoumi anyway." Naruto shook his head and fell back onto the chair behind him. "Sorry you had to see that Yugito-san. As you would have guessed, I'm Naruto no Kyuubi."

"It's nice to meet you Naruto and I'm sorry for causing so much trouble." naruto waved his hand in front of his face.

"It's fine. I just wish the Hokage would have talked to the three of us about it before he made a descion. It would have saved us all the trouble." Yugito nodded and took another drink from her tea.

"If you want, I'm sure I can find another . . . . ."

"Don't even say it. You're already here and the damage has been done, not by your fault. You may stay here if you want to. It is your choice to stay. We have two years to kill before anything happens so might as well get to know you." Yugito nodded as a knock at the door made Naruto groan. "What now?" Naruto got up and headed for the door. He opened it to see Kakashi with his eye looking at him with a bored look.

"Yo."

"If you're here to tell me we have a mission I just might kill you." Kakashi chuckled and scratched his head.

"Actually, I came to see you and your roommates." Naruto looked at him with a raised brow. "I would say girlfriends but that would get me killed and saying Kin and Yugito would be too long." Naruto shook his head and let his sensei in.

"Yes your right about the 'girlfriends' word but it wouldn't be by me. Yugito is in the living room. I'll go get Kin." Kakashi nodded and headed into the living room while Naruto headed to the back yard. He looked around and saw she wasn't anywhere in the back so he went into the woods that surrounded his Sakura Tree clearing. He found Kin sitting under the biggest tree with her knees tucked close to her chest. Naruto walked closer to her only for roots to shoot up from the ground around her and cover her in a dome.

"Kin-chan, please come back to the house."

"Go away, Naruto. I want to be alone right now." Naruto sighed as he stepped closer. Kin heard him getting closer until he was right outside her small dome of wood.

"Kin-chan, I'm sorry. Whatever it is I did I'm sorry. Please come back to the house, Kakashi wants to speak with us." Kin's dome didn't budge making Naruto sigh. Forming several seals, Naruto sunk into the ground and came back up in Kin's wooden dome. "It's smaller then it looks."

"Naruto please just leave me alone." Naruto lifted her chin to look her in the eye.

"What's troubling you?" Kin's dome fell away as Naruto kept her eyes locked with her. "Is it Yugito?" Kin nodded. "The marrige?" Again she nodded. "Kin, I don't have to marry her. If I do, it'll be in agreement with all three of us. Since that doesn't look like it's going to happen you don't have to worry."

"Will you mark me first?" Naruto looked at her confused.

"What?"

"Will you mark me first if we do decide to get married."

"Kin-chan, what do you mean?" Kin petted the half demon's whiskers softly making the boy close his eyes.

"Demons mark their wives. Would you mark me first?" Naruto's eyes shot open and looked at her.

"Where did you learn that?" Kin blushed and looked away.

"I'm being selfish. Forget it." Naruto shook his head.

"Kin-chan, where did you learn about that?"

"It was one of the days you were at the hospital helping the Hokage get the poison out of his system that I found a book on demons in your library. It talked about all nine Bijuu and mating. I read the entire book by the time you got home." Naruto nodded his head in understanding.

"I see, so that's why you were so quiet that night." Kin nodded as Naruto brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "Yes I would." Kin snapped her gaze to his.

"What?"

"I would mark you as my wife before anyone else, if there ever is. You will be most likely the only one but you will still be the first one." Kin continued to look into his eyes. She smiled and hugged Naruto, burying her face in his chest.

"I love you Naru-kun."

"I love you too, Kin-chan." Naruto kissed the girl's forehead as he picked her up while standing up. "It's late. I'll tell Kakashi to come by in the morning for some breakfast to talk to us about what he needed to ok?" Kin nodded as she snuggled into Naruto's chest. Naruto created a clone as he walked back and up the back steps while the clone went into the living room.

"Where's Kin?"

"Boss said to come by for breakfast and we'll talk. It's late and there's been too much drama." Kakashi sighed and nodded.

"Very well. I will be back in the morning. What time's breakfast?"

"Well, since we just got back from a mission today, I would say around 9:30. Try and be early or you won't be getting any." the clone burst into smoke as Kakashi nodded and turned to Yugito.

"Looks like I'll be back in the morning. Have a good night, Yugito." the cat container nodded as the Jonin got up and walked towards the door. Yugito finished off her tea and took the dishes into the kitchen. She made a wood clone and set to do the work and walked up to the second floor to the room she picked just hours before Naruto arrived.

So anyway, sorry for the very late update. I'm so glad a lot of you like this story. I hope you all keep reading it. See ya around.