Naruto Shippuden: CRA

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A/N: Ok, guys. I saw the reviews and messages about how I misspelled Hiashi's name. So, I paused writing the next chapter, and I fixed it all, I think. Granted, it only took 30 minutes to do, so it really didn't hold me back from writing that much. So, if you guys notice other things, please message me... or find me on twitter, under ThexM11x.

~lord-maiku!

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Disclaimer: I do not won Naruto.

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Chapter 1: The Start

Tsunade looked out the window of the Hokage mansion. Her village had prospered in the last two years since the end of the 4th shinobi war. The child of the prophecy had indeed been Naruto, who had ended the war by killing Madara, and bringing Sasuke back. Though Sasuke was being kept in the under ground prison, kept from the eyes of the public, Tsunade knew Naruto hoped more than anyone that Sasuke would get out, and be "normal" again. Tsunade didn't think it was possible, as Sasuke had done too much, seen too much, and killed too many. His mind was messed up, but it was up to Naruto and Sakura to accept it.

While Sakura preferred to be on her own anymore, Naruto could not be left alone. Since becoming the village hero, everybody begged for his autograph, offered to buy him drinks, and gave him gifts. Though none of this had inflated his ego, he had noticed it. Every once in a while, she would happen to look out the window, and see a note he would leave on her window when he needed to talk to someone. At first it had been all about how he had lost his ability to use the nine-tails Chakra mode, because he had began to harbor feelings that he tried to deny. That the villagers really had changed from the murderous people they once were, to going as far as to make things dedicated to him. Books, food named after him, and even kids toys that looked like him. Tsunade would always offer the best advice she could, but she could never tell how much it helped.

As she stared out the window, she spotted another part that had changed since becoming a hero. Naruto was walking by the Hokage mansion, with Karin tagging close by to him, obviously flirting with him. Since the war, Karin had been sworn to the leaf village, and became a leaf village Konoichi. Being part of the Anbu had trained her to be stealthy, but in the village, she was just as loud mouthed as she always was.

Tsunade counted down to herself, and when she got to zero, she saw exactly what she always saw in this situation. Some other girl would walk with Naruto, and Hinata would be close in tail, feeling like she wanted to join in and flirt with Naruto. She was always too nervous though. Even on the nights Naruto would need to vent, she couldn't tell him about her. She needed to be more flirty on her own, without Naruto going to her first.

The door opened, causing Tsunade to turn around quickly. Ino walked in the room, and shut the door behind her.

"What is it Ino?" Tsunade asked, slightly annoyed that Ino hadn't knocked.

"The sand siblings have arrived. The Kazekage wishes to speak with you." Ino reported. Tsunade looked at Ino with more annoyance in her face.

"Where is Shizune?" she demanded. Ino was a terrible secretary.

"You gave her the day off, remember?" Ino asked. As Tsunade thought back, this week had been full of binge drinking while she worked. Wincing slightly at the thought of how unprofessional she was, she made a quick mental note to stop working and drinking at the same time. What was left of her liver would thank her.

"O-oh yeah. I remember...well...send him in... and knock next time..." Tsunade said slightly embarrassed with herself.

"Ok." Ino bowed, and exited.

Tsunade had a moment to think about what was going to be said. The Kazekage had asked for this meeting after hearing about Tsunade passing an act for Naruto, which hadn't been used in along time. What made him think about getting even slightly involved was beyond her, but she was willing to hear him out.

As Gaara walked into the room with Kankuro and Temari, Tsunade took a healthy pull n the bottle of booze she had at her desk. She had to stop doing that, but now was not the time.

"Thank you for seeing us," Gaara said as he took a seat. Kankuro and Temari stood behind him. Temari herself looked quite nervous. It was rather funny to see her so nervous about whatever, though she was sure it had to do with Naruto, which was going to probably be the topic of this conversation.

"Is this about Naruto? Because, you know, I haven't even talked to him about the clan restoration act I passed for him. I'm aware he may not take it, but if he does not want to have multiple wives, than I can trash the act."

"It's a shame he doesn't know about it. Because the sand village hoped to be a part of this. A lot of talking has been done, and we would like to offer Temari under a political marriage." Gaara informed, and Temari blushed. Tsunade looked at her quizzically. She didn't think Gaara would force her to this, but maybe something was being hidden here.

"Temari," Tsunade called. Temari snapped out of her trance. She looked at Tsunade and stood at attention. "we should talk in private. If you will excuse us, lord Kazekage?" Gaara nodded, and stood. He quickly lead Kankuro out of the room. After the brothers left, Tsunade activated a sound proof seal in the room. She took another long swig of her booze, and offered Temari the bottle. Temari took it gladly, and finished the bottle, which should have lasted Tsunade another four hours of work. After she sat the bottle back on the desk, Temari sat back and tried and relax. "so tell me. Did your village force you into this?"

Temari blushed and paused for a moment, feeling awkward about this conversation. "they didn't." she breathed deeply, steadying herself. 'just act like it's a mission...' she thought to herself. "i like him. He has always had such drive, and passion. I would like to stay here a while, and get to know him."

"You know, you will have a lot of competition for his attention. If he does like you, you will have to share him with other women. Does that bother you?" Tsunade asked, accepting her short answer.

"As long as he loves me, I don't care. I know what I'm possibly getting into."

"That's good. But what happened to Shikamaru?"

Temari paused a moment. Looking angry at first, she looked at Tsunade. "that man is too lazy for me. He hates being troubled by anything, and I'd rather have someone who likes... life!"

"I see. Ok. As long as Naruto is fine with the CRA, than you are in. if not, I'll ask him what he thinks about the political marriage." Tsunade said, standing to shake Temari's hand. Smiling, Tsunade brought down the barrier, and went to the door. Gaara was standing patiently, and Kankuro was asleep on a waiting chair.

"Thank you for your time, lady Tsunade." Temari said as she bowed.

"You're welcome. I'll be sure to get back to you as soon as possible."

"We will be in town for a while. May we get some village passes?" Gaara asked.

"Sure. My secretary will get them for you. Tell her I said it was Ok." Tsunade smiled, and headed back into her office. Going to her desk, she took a paper out, and wrote on it quickly. Going to the other side of the room, she took out a messenger bird. Putting the note on it's leg, she opened the window. "Naruto" she whispered to the bird, and it tweeted happily. Flying from her, it took off toward the specific person.

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Naruto walked around happily, having people talk to him as he passed. Naruto liked the recognition he got from everybody, though it did bother him some times. What really bothered him was how the women of the village seemed to change their tone so quickly. Though the one that was tagged to him now had always acted like such.

"Lets go eat." Karin said, holding onto his arm. Her holding onto him never bothered him. He liked her a bit, and he liked the jealous looks some people gave him. He felt bad liking the jealous looks, but it was hard not to. Naruto was just about to answer her, when a messenger bird came down, and landed on his shoulder. He recognized the bird as being one of the Hokage's and took the note off it's leg. He looked to the note.

Naruto, rooftop. Now. -Tsunade

Naruto sighed, wondering what he did not. He usually only got called there is he did something stupid. He looked to Karin, who was trying to seem like she wasn't interested in the note. Even though they weren't dating, Karin got jealous easily. It was very funny to see.

"I gotta go. Tsunade wants to see me." Naruto said to Karin. Karin puffed her cheeks stubbornly, and sighed. "we can go eat another time. Promise." Naruto stated, holding his pinky out. Karin smiled, and pinky shook.

"You know, if Tsunade were younger, I'd say you were cheating on me."

Naruto smiled, and shook his head. "were not dating, and I'm not with Tsunade. I call her granny for god's sake." Naruto informed and laughed. Karin blushed, and turned her head stubbornly. She didn't like him bringing up them not dating.

As Naruto turned to walk away, Hinata quickly hid. She hated not feeling able to approach him. As she stood, knowing he was walking her way, she thought about how weird she felt, following him all the time. She wasn't a little kid any more. It was creepy now. 'well...' she thought. 'I could ask him now...'

As he walked by her, Hinata stepped out, and closed her eyes tightly as she yelled.

"Naruto! I'd like to ask you-"

"Not now Hinata. Gotta go to Tsuande's..." Naruto said deep in thought, cutting Hinata off. Hinata felt crushed, standing completely still. 'I should have known. The bird was for him. I should have recognized it...' Hinata thought to herself, completely crushed.

"Better luck next time." Karin said popping up behind her. Hinata screamed in terror from being scared, and fell down. "just so you know, though, I'd be Ok with you two going out. You're cuter than I am. I would stand no chance."

"No! I wasn't going to ask him out!" Hinata yelled in her, though lying, defense.

"Please don't act like you weren't following us. I could sense you following us this whole time." Karin whispered.

"I'm sorry... I..."

"It's Ok. I know you have liked him a long time, but you gotta act. Like you just tried, but try again." Karin encouraged. "he has to say yes eventually."

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Naruto got to the top of the tower to see Tsunade looking over the railing. As she looked over the village, Naruto walked up, and stood next to her.

"You wanted to see me?"

"Yeah. Naruto... what would you think if I told you that I told you, hypothetically, I passed a clan restoration act for you."

"You... would have to tell me what a clan restoration act is..."

"It's exactly what the name implies!" Tsunade yelled in aggravation over his continued stupidity. "have you ever heard of polygamy?"

"Um...no..."

"Multiple wives..."

"Ah..." Naruto said, and paused quickly. He thought for a moment before saying anything. "WAIT! YOU WANT ME TO HAVE MULTIPLE WIVES?!"

"I'm asking what you think of the idea."

"Oh..." Naruto sat by Tsunade, and took the time to think.

"If you don't like it, there is this..." Tsunade stated, handing him a folder. Naruto read the tab, which said Naruto: political marriage.

"P-political marriage?" Naruto asked, shocked.

"You can look in it if you want. It may ruin the surprise...for you at least."

"Well, it has to be Temari." Naruto said, surprising Tsunade.

"Wow. You figured that one out."

"I only know one girl from another village. It was easy." Naruto smirked. Tsunade groaned in annoyance.

"I need to think about both..." Naruto murmured.

"She is here. She wants to get to know you better. She knows she like likes you. Not love obviously, but likes."

"I... thought she liked Shikamaru."

"I thought the same thing. But they fell apart some time ago, I guess. You don't need to answer any time soon, but I hope it's within a month. Remember, you don't have to marry anyone, if you say yes, on the spot."

"I know... I just... I don't know... it feels strange to think about."

"We have talked about stranger things. Stranger to me at least."

"What do you think about it?"

"I think, from a man's stand point, it is like a dream come true. I'm surprised any man would think about it, but you aren't just any man."

"Do you think I should?"

"From a Hokage's standpoint, yes. You would be saving two clans. As a person, I can't make that decision."

"What bonuses would I be getting out of it?"

"Besides several wives?" Tsunade asked, surprised he would ask the question. "though I guess that could be a punishment too, if you didn't play your cards right... well, you would be part of the shinobi consul. Besides that, you would receive a clan home."

"I see... and if I just accepted the political marriage?" he further questioned. Tsunade was surprised he was covering all grounds with this questioning. He almost sounded like a Hokage getting incite into a situation from his consul.

"You would strengthen the relationship with the sand village. Though we already have a strong relationship with them, the people in the village would take it harshly. I really have to ask that you at least accept that."

"So basically, I have the choice of pleasing one village, or both."

"Well... in the eyes of some, yes..." Tsunade said awkwardly. "though that is a very straight forward way to look at it. Think of it like this. How many girls do you know that would be crushed if you were suddenly ripped from... the market..."

"Well..." Naruto mumbled. He instantly went through the list of women who treated him differently, or at least like they were into him at all.

"How about this. We could say you are accepting the Clan Restoration Act, and see who wants in. accept the political marriage, and go on with life for now. Does that sound... Ok?"

"Just a second..." Naruto whispered, and closed his eyes. Tsunade had seen this before. He was going to ask the foxes opinion.

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Naruto opened his eyes, and he was in his mind's land. It was a pure white room, with spikes of orange shooting up along the background. Turning, Naruto found the fox, looking at him with a look of boredom. The two looked at each other for a moment before either moved.

Being un-caged at this point, the fox suddenly swiped at Naruto, who jumped into the air. Naruto changed into his sage mode just in time to catch the foxes paw, and get swiped into the ground. As Naruto stood, struggling to hold the foxes paw up above him, he yelled to the fox.

"Can we skip this right now! I want to talk!"

"No training today?" the fox grinned slyly as he raised his paw off of Naruto. Laying down again, he watched as Naruto walked up to him, and sit on his paw.

"What do you think about what Tsunade is asking of me?"

The fox looked at Naruto for a moment, and sighed. "i would have thought you would have liked the idea of several wives. You always surprise me."

"Well?"

"First, this is your mind. Make something in it so I'm not bored all the time."

Naruto sighed, and closed his eyes. He knew what he would make. He just had to do it right.

"Close your eyes..." Naruto commanded. The fox grunted, and did as he was told. When Naruto opened his eyes, the space looked like a giant version of the leaf village. The fox opened his eyes when he felt Naruto crawl to the top of the foxes head. Looking around, the fox sighed.

"Of course you make it look like the village. You really are Hokage material. Everything looks like it does when I see things through your eyes."

"So what do you think?"

The fox walked around in the large village, that was sized to make it seem like he was the size of a cat. The fox sighed yet again. If the fox didn't owe Naruto so much, he would tell him to figure it out on his own, though Naruto was only asking for advice. After the war, Naruto took his time to try and shoulder all of the foxes hate. Though he later took Itachi's advice to share a burden, from when they met a second time during the war. Naruto began letting people into his mind to meet the fox. Anyone close to Naruto met him, and the fox eventually began to open up.

"I think... you should consider it. I look at it like, combine your stamina and power with other people's positives, and you have some great possible ninja. Though the usual family function for you humans may be changed because of it, I say... go for it..."

"I see... I'll leave for now so you can get acquainted with your new home. I could re-size it sometime so it is correctly sized, and you could attack. It could be good training."

"Ok. Stop by with friends next time."

"Is that a part of the reason you said go for it? Because you want more people to visit you?"

"That, I want you to be happy, and I could have a future container." the fox said, and smiled when he said the last one.

Naruto laughed at first, then jumped down from the foxes head. "thanks for that. Ill be sure to come by soon."

Naruto closed his eyes, and exited his mind.

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Naruto opened his eyes yet again, and looked to Tsunade. Tsunade stood next to him, and had seen him change to sage mode. She had met the fox before, once while the fox was angry, and once when he was calm.

"He wanted to fight?" she asked.

"Yeah. He stopped and gave me advice. I made him a copy of the village in my mind. He seemed to like it."

"That's good... but... what did he say?"

"Kinda what you said, from the Hokage's stand point. Though, he put it more like how it would effect him kinda..."

"I see. But what do you think?"

"Well...," Naruto started, considering his options. "i will accept the political marriage."

"And the CRA?"

"I... accept."

A/N: just in case you missed it, read the Authors Note at the top. That has the information for this slightly fixed chapter.

~lord maiku!