Well I have to say that was less resistance than I expected from you but after I get to work on you all I figure you and the others could still be useful" a woman said with a smile as she stood over a man with an orange mask, her spear staff against his forehead to bind him in place while her assistance held an odd plant like man by the throat to keep him in place.
The woman was easily described as alluring, beautiful, stunning, and various other synonyms like that. She had light blue skin with pointed ears that had orb earrings hanging from them and purple eyes, her long white hair going down just a bit past her shoulders with her bangs on the left side being longer than the other it draping down longer than the rest of her hair and down to her stomach.
Her outfit only enhanced her looks as it was a skin tight red and black body suit that showed off her curvaceous and slender body. Her outfit was rather revealing in a way as it had a 'V' shaped hole around her stomach with slits on the bottom half that exposed the bottom of her F cup sized breasts while her white long cape that was attached behind her around her hips covered her bubbly and plump rear with a pair of red and black heels finishing it off.
"W-Who are you!? How dare you attack the Akatsuki like this! How did you even get in here!?" Obito growled out before gritting his teeth in pain as the woman's staff, which had been somehow able to keep him in place, lit up and sent a strong bolt of pain through him.
"Did you not pay attention before? I'll have to take a note of your poor listening skills. My name is Towa, my assistant over there is Mira and if you had been listening you would have heard us tell you that we wish to use your little group to draw out a God of Destruction" Towa said as Obito looked over to the man who somehow was keeping Zetsu in place.
The man was beyond large with blue skin a few shades darker than Towa with short white hair and red eyes. He wore a red skin tight shirt with a black cape like pair of pants, red shoes, and white armor that had a weird strap attached to it going behind his back.
He was obviously strong given absolutely everything just bounced off him and he was also somehow able to effortlessly resist being pulled into his Kamui like it was nothing to him.
"So you're after Nagato and his Rinnegan? How did you learn of us?" Obito asked hoping maybe if he gave Zetsu enough time his spores could control Mira or possess him with his black half like he knew it was capable of doing.
"Nagato? That puny man isn't a god in any sense of the word and definitely isn't a God of Destruction. We had to do a lot of research into this planet to figure out who I could use and given you are hunting the God I'm looking for it makes things perfect to use you all" Towa said before she sighed at the confusion she felt coming from the masked man. "I believe you refer to him as the 'Kyuubi jinchuriki'? I will say the knowledge of him having a beast like that inside him made watching the history of this planet worth it, among other things" she added, this time smirking as she felt his fear before Mira chuckled.
"Huh, so you aren't some two toned creature it seems. Are you trying to possess me?" Mira asked as he watched the black half of the plant creature's face slide down, almost like liquid until it coated his arm and was moving towards his face. "A puny thing like you really should just die" he stated, his voice cold and calm as he flared his aura just barely and tensed up his body while watching as the shadows were torn to bits.
"Mira be careful, you cannot flare your energy just to kill that thing. If you do it too much he'll sense us" Towa scolded before Mira frowned ever so slightly.
"Relax, I barely went past 200 which is the average level of these people since they don't use Ki. The sooner you get this village concealed the sooner we can start" Mira grunted, annoyed at the mere thought of having to hold back and hide as she didn't make him to hide like this at all.
"It won't be long since with these two under my control they'll convince the others to go along with it" Towa said before she blasted Obito in the head with a pulse of her magic, making him gain a black aura before it subsided and she did the same with Zetsu.
"I don't know why you are bothering so much with these weaklings just to have them fight that God. I know you need him fighting to collect the energy he lets out but I could easily do it myself" Mira told her, a bit annoyed he couldn't just fight this new God of Destruction since if he was so new to the job there wasn't any chance he'd be able to handle him.
"Because this way the others around him are kept busy as well. Can't have annoyances from other universes getting in our way either. Now come along, the sooner I get everyone in control the sooner you don't have to hide" Towa told him as she gained control over the plant man in his grip, allowing them to leave the room and get a look of their 'base of operations' for the time being.
As they left Konan was glad she had decided to stay hidden, the paper she had turned into peeling away from the walls and reforming into her full body. She immediately knew this wasn't good and that she couldn't do anything about it since that man alone was fearsome and incredibly strong.
'They are after the Kyuubi jinchuriki…it's dangerous but to save Nagato…I'll need his help' she thought as she left the room, hoping a paper clone would be safe to leave behind in her place, as she flew to the village the jinchuriki was from.
Konoha.
-Konoha – Ramen Ichiraku-
"God, I've tasted delicious food from so many planets and had food made for me by Vados but I swear nothing stacks up to ramen from Ichiraku~. No offense Vados" Naruto said in a daze as he slurped up more ramen before quickly making sure his angel knew he wasn't trying to insult her or her cooking.
"Oh don't worry, I doubt anything could rise above here due to its meaning to you but remember despite coming home you can't pig out on ramen all the time" Vados said, smiling as she stood behind him before Ayame giggled a bit behind the counter.
"I'm just surprised to hear he was able to eat anything other than ramen" Ayame teased with a smile while Naruto rolled his eyes at her only for her to walk around the counter and hug him. "I'm just glad to see you are safe and sound as I missed our number one customer" she added, getting him to hug her back with a smile.
"It's nice to be back and great to see you've upgraded to a full restaurant instead of just a stall" Naruto said since when he first arrived he didn't recognize the place until Ayame and Teuchi came out to greet him.
"Yeah well you'd be surprised how much income we get when your friends kept showing up whenever they missed you. Thanks to that and Lady Tsunade's help with getting the right documents we were able to expand" Teuchi explained with a smirk before Kiba patted Naruto on the back with a smile.
"With their number one customer MIA we had to do our part to help plus I have to admit their ramen is pretty damn good" Kiba said as he downed his sake as when Tsunade meant celebration party she had meant it as there had been a fully feast which of course included sake.
"I'm just surprised you drink Sakura as to be honest I never pictured you as the kind, especially since you've seen the effects of drinking in action with Tsunade" Naruto said, smirking over at his teammate as Sakura rolled her eyes at him with a smirk of her own since they both knew how Tsunade was with sake.
"Well you aren't the only one who has changed, a lot has changed since you've been gone" she said before gasping and Ino snuck behind her and grabbed her breasts.
"Yeah, the biggest change is that Sakura is sporting now an amazing pair of melons~" Ino slurred out a bit, clearly a bit drunk before Sakura simply pried her hands off. This time she only glared at Ino, that being enough to get the blonde girl to stop and shrink a bit before sitting back down beside her looking as if she had just been scolded.
"A lot has changed for sure, from the village to the people in surprising ways but I definitely feel for the better. Although I will say I wasn't surprised that Ino became the groping kind as I felt that would happen" he teased smirking at Ino as she winked at him.
"Give me time, I'll show you what more I am~" she purred out while licking her lip as Naruto could only chuckle at her and chalk her flirty attitude up to the sake she had been drinking. But that didn't keep him from winking back which only made Ino giggle more at.
"I feel you changed the most Naruto. Last time we saw you when you left you were a short kid determined to grow stronger and now look at you, you're literally a god" Neji said, staring at Naruto while Naruto could only sigh and set down his bowl of ramen.
"I may be a God of Destruction but don't call me a god, I feel those are two different things. One is a job title and the other…is a lot heavier" he told them before he heard Shikamaru chuckle a bit with a smirk.
"Not cocky, that's good to see" Shikamaru said since it was good to see Naruto hadn't gotten a big head or anything.
"Trust me, the last thing I will ever be is overconfident. I got this title because the previous God of Destruction was overconfident, if it wasn't for that I'd be dead" Naruto told them, looking over to Marcarita who nodded along.
"Belmod's over confidence was his downfall, he never expected Naruto to be able to deflect his attack and that led to his death. Us angels as well as all of Naruto's other teachers have made sure he doesn't ever get overconfident. So far I have to say he is doing rather well" Marcarita told them, smiling as she pinched Naruto's cheek a bit making him blush before she and the other angels giggled a bit.
"Ha! Good to see you are keeping the brat from getting a big head!" Tsunade laughed, patting Naruto hard on the back with the sounds of it making the others wince only for them to notice Naruto didn't seem to be hurt by it.
"That is our primary concern since we don't want to have to be an angel for someone else, especially after just getting this interesting one" Cus said with giggle as she ate some dango and mochi, really liking the sweets of his world so far.
"So does that mean you all use to work for someone else?" Tenten asked, getting genuinely curious how things worked out as the thought of going to other worlds and universes was something she just couldn't get her head around. To her it sounded like something she'd read out of a sci-fi novel.
"Vados and Cus use to work for other Gods of Destruction but both of them decided to wager their angels as ante for a fight against Naruto. They were unprepared for chakra or Naruto's craftiness, hence why they have become Naruto's angels as well" Marcarita explained, the others becoming visibily surprised to hear Naruto beat two other Gods.
"Now before you say anything they were angry and annoyed, I divided them and used what they didn't know to beat them. If they had been calm and stuck together I would have had a very hard time since they had a whole lot of more experience fighting and being a God of Destruction" Naruto told them since he knew he got lucky with things with that fight given how with everything stacked up the way it was he should have lost.
"Gee, nice to see you all waited for us to wake up" Jiraiya groaned out at he and Kakashi walked into Ichiraku before he sat down, clearly annoyed.
"Well we left a note and you knew where we were going so don't act like a wet blanket. You also brought this upon yourselves for being all 'I just watched you erase the sun but I still think you are a weak brat'. Naruto was able to beat you two without using chakra besides the Rasengan so think over just how much he was holding back next time you try it" Tsunade said in a dry tone, a flat and annoyed look on her face while Jiraiya quickly avoided eye contact with her.
"And all in all, with that fight out of the way, the past is water under the bridge as I'm not going to bring up your poor teaching skills all the time. Consider this a fresh start. Sure I'm not going to consider you as teachers but hey, we are allies and whatnot" Naruto told them with a wave of his hand as Jiraiya slammed his hands down on the table and stood up.
"Hey! I am a great teacher! I taught your-!" Jiraiya yelled before he bit his tongue, trying not to let Naruto's parentage slip out as he had just caught himself with the help of Tsunade's fierce glare.
"Yeah and not everyone is a genius like him so don't compare everyone to him. Now are you going to calm down or do you want round two?" Naruto asked him with a raised brow before Jiraiya grumbled and sat back down.
"So…what kinds of universes and planets have you visited?" Lee asked, trying to change the subject and remove the tension so the party could continue.
"Well out of the 12 universes I've been to the second, fourth, sixth, seventh, and ninth universes mainly. I've been to a good number of planets in each one like in Universe 2 there was one that had real stunning and massive buildings, it was really extravagant that I feel some of you would really love it. I've also seen some really nice planets full of beautiful sights. I can show you some sights later as I have a camera that was given to me" Naruto told them since he had made sure to take a ton of photos and videos once Heles first gave him the camera when she first showed him around Universe 2.
He had used the camera throughout the five years of training and travel to take pictures of everyone notable that he had met from other Gods of Destructions and their Angels to people on the planets he visited. He also made sure to take pictures of the sights he had seen since some of them would be considered unbelievable if he hadn't.
"Now you are really wishing I could bring Gaara here, he would love to hear about all of this" Temari whined out a bit as she hunched over on the table with a pout, her cheeks a bit red from the sake. "The second I head back I am going to get Gaara to invite you over and you better allow it" she told Tsunade, making the Kage chuckle and nod while she waved her off.
"Of course, of course. Though I'm unsure why you are asking me to allow it as with Naruto's new job I doubt I have much say over what he does" Tsunade said, looking over to him while the others also looked over since they too wondered if he would still listen to Tsunade with his new powers.
"She does bring up a good point" Kakashi said as the thought of him obeying Tsunade like normal despite his new powers was like the idea of a Kage obeying a genin.
"Well I wouldn't call myself 'under her control' but I'm an ally and this is my home town and home planet so I want to help keep it safe. I'll listen to her advice on things and whatnot. If she wants to keep me as a ninja in Konoha that is fine but I do ask not to be a genin anymore" he joked a bit, making a few people laugh and smile at his comment.
"I definitely don't think you are genin material anymore Naruto so you don't have to worry about that" Sakura told him since in her eyes if anyone deserved to be a higher rank it would be him, especially given the amount of growth he had gone through over the full eight years he had been away from Konoha for.
"I agree! As the Godaime of Konoha I hereby field promote Naruto Uzumaki to the rank of jonin!" Tsunade cheered, raising her sake saucer into the air, draping her arm over Naruto's shoulder to pull him against her as everyone cheered and raised their glasses, smiling and laughing at the most unusual field promotion.
Naruto really enjoyed the party as it continued to roll on until late into the night, him being thankful that Ayame and Teuchi had allowed it. As everyone left, promising him to talk more with him tomorrow, he couldn't help but chuckle as Tsunade who was only sporting a buzz and had draped her arm over his shoulder, making him hunch over beside her.
"Come on Naruto! Walk us fine ladies home!" Tsunade cheered as she motioned forward with her other arm while Shizune and Sakura mere sighed behind them with his angels smiling at the scene.
"Sorry…Lady Tsunade tends to get like this when she's buzzed. Thankfully she's not fully drunk or else she'd be worse" Sakura said with a sigh before he waved her off.
"Its okay, I really don't mind as I was hoping to talk to her alone a bit before I went home" he told them which only got them to raise an eyebrow at him but didn't say anything as they figured he still had a lot to talk to them about.
"Oh~ Want to talk with me alone do you~? Didn't know those years away made you have a thing for older ladies~" Tsunade teased with a smirk as she as pulled him in closer to her, bringing his head closer to her breasts a bit.
"And I didn't know you were a flirty drunk, I thought that was Ino" he told her with a bit of a blush until Shizune cleared her throat which made Tsunade pout and let him stand up a bit more so his head wasn't that close to her breasts.
Once they were finally back at her place Naruto was able to hand her over to Sakura before Tsunade frowned up at him, crossing her arms under her bust as Sakura stood ready to keep her from falling over. "So? What is it you wanted to talk to me about?" Tsunade asked as Naruto took a deep breath.
"Two things. First I request to have ownership of my parent's house as well as the Uzumaki compound since it makes sense for me to have them" he told her, not surprising Tsunade or Shizune as he had mentioned his parents twice today in front of her.
"That's fine. The Uzumaki compound is open so some cleaning will be fine and I'm sure you have stuff ready to move it" Tsunade said, looking behind him to see the angels nodding to show that they were prepared. "As for your parent's house I do not have the key to the seal locking it away as it's in my office. I'll give it to you tomorrow okay?" she added as his nodding showed he was okay with that.
"That actually works best as I have a set of items I wish to give you tomorrow so I was asking to make sure I could have a private meeting with you about them" he told her, getting a confused look on Tsunade's face before Marcarita stepped forward.
"They are a very powerful set of items and Naruto wishes to see if you'd be willing to be their guardian since he cannot due to the nature of them" Marcarita explained before Tsunade gained a thoughtful look, showing she was thinking it over, before nodding.
"Fine, sounds reasonable. I'll see you tomorrow then so don't stay up too late having fun with your girls~" Tsunade teased with a smirk which got the angels behind him to giggle at and Sakura to glare at her.
"I'll come check on you tomorrow and see if you need help cleaning up the place so just focus on a few rooms for now" Sakura told him as he nodded with a smile, giving her a little salute.
"Don't worry it'll be fine, I'll see you all tomorrow" Naruto told them before he started to walk off towards the clan compound with the angels following him as always.
"We will easily be able to clean up the place and unpack everything in a matter of minutes so do not worry. You unpack the things you have and leave the rest to us" Marcarita told him, making him frown a bit.
"You sure you don't want me to help with my clones? I know you can handle it but I always feel a bit bad when I make you guys do stuff" he admitted which only made the angels laugh a bit.
"I swear, even after a few years of being around you it is surprising and refreshing to see a God of Destruction that offers to help and doesn't just order us around. It's quite refreshing" Vados said, moving over to his side to hug his arm with a smile.
"I have to agree, we lucked out" Cus added as she hugged his other arm.
"True, our god is one of a kind" Marcarita teased him with a wink while they continued to walk to the compound.
As they arrived and entered the compound Naruto was amazed by the size of the place since it reminded him of the Hyuga compound only bigger, if that was possible. "Are you sure you don't want help?" he asked his angels since now that he saw the size of the place he felt even worse for making them clean and unpack on their own.
"We'll be fine, don't worry so much" Marcarita told him as she smiled, cupping his cheek to pat it softly to try and ease his worries. "You focus on unpacking your things and we are beyond capable of handling the rest" she added, looking him in the eyes before he sighed and nodded.
"Fine…I guess" he grumbled, not quite liking it but if they said they had it then he guessed it was fine.
"Those girls of yours seriously don't mind doing things. I do have to say that its good you aren't taking it for granted and being lazy" Kurama joked as Naruto rolled his eyes and nodded while he entered the 'main house' of the compound and the master bedroom of it.
'Yeah being lazy, who does that remind me of?' Naruto thought with a smirk before he heard a growl.
"Hey you try and do stuff while being sealed inside someone? There is very little to do other than sleep and watch what you are doing" Kurama shot back at him, making Naruto chuckle a bit at.
'I know, I know. I was seriously teasing you as I know there is nothing for you to do. I do plan to change that soon…do you think I should contact the others?' he asked, waiting for Kurama's thoughts as the Bijuu hummed in his head.
"Given you plan to do it tomorrow I suggest you doing it now as even if they are asleep it won't wake them up. Plus now that we are back on this planet we'll be able to connect to them through Tailed Beast Telepathy and meet them in a shared subconscious" the Bijuu explained as he had revealed the nature of how Tailed Beasts could communicate to one another to Naruto in the past but given they were so incredibly far away, and occasionally in different universes, they weren't able to until now.
'Got it, lets meet the jinchuriki and see how they like the plan' Naruto thought with a smile as he quickly summoned some clones to grab the stuff from his old apartment as he sat down on the ground, crossing his legs as he went into his meditative stance. It didn't take long for him to feel himself going into a trance and, with Kurama's help, he felt it grow even stronger.
-Mental World-
"Ah so this is how it looks…seems peaceful" Naruto commented aloud as he looked around to see they were in an empty space, an orange watery ground beneath them as he sat on Kurama's head with the horizon being a darker orange that turned to black towards the sky and seemingly went on forever.
"Yo! So you are the Kyuubi jinchuriki! I was wondering when I'd be able to meet you here" a man's voice rapped out a bit, getting Naruto to turn a bit as he saw another Bijuu form near them with its jinchuriki also on its head.
The Bijuu looked like a mix between a bull, man, and octopus as it had a bull's head and a set of four horns – despite one being sliced off, the upper body of a human, and its lower body being completely made up of eight tentacles which signified it was the Hachibi.
The man on top of him had dark skin and quite muscular with white hair that was pulled back, a goatee, and a pair of sunglasses to hide his eyes. The man was clearly from Kumo due to the image on his headband with his outfit being an interesting mix of white, red, and grey. He was also quick to notice seven swords sheathed on his back.
"Yeah, nice to meet you as well. I haven't been able to come here due to butting heads with my Bijuu and being rather far away. The name is Naruto, nice to meet you" Naruto said with a smile as the man nodded with a smirk.
"The name is Killer Bee, my partner is Gyuki and as cool as it is to meet you I have to ask, why'd you call us?" Killer Bee asked before Kurama humped beneath him.
"Wait until the others show up as explaining multiple times will be way too annoying" Kurama told him, making Bee nod while Gyuki chuckled.
"Never thought I'd see you here Ku-Kyuubi" Gyuki said before quickly catching himself as he seemed under the impression that Naruto didn't know Kurama's name.
"Relax, the kid knows my name as he's earned it. Just wait for the others Gyuki, it'll be easier" Kurama told him again, Gyuki just nodding as they watched as one by one the other remaining Bijuu appeared.
The next to show up was a massive two tailed cat named Matatabi that was made up entirely of blue fire with black markings and one green eye alongside one yellow one.
Her jinchuriki was a woman named Yugito Nii from Kumo who had long blonde hair bound in a ponytail with dark green eyes and red lipstick. She was the serious type but seemed willing to go along with the meeting once Bee and Gyuki vouched for him.
After her was a massive armored rhinoceros beetle with six massive wings and one normal tail that made up its seven tails to make Chomei, or Lucky Seven Chomei as she introduced herself as, the Nanabi.
Her jinchuriki also a girl, her name being Fu from Takigakure and vastly different from Yugito. She was a petite girl, easily in her mid to late teens with short mint green hair, orange eyes, and tanned skin. She was more cheerful while being carefree and happy to go along with the meeting as she was happy to meet all of them. (*1)
The last, as he appeared, was a Bijuu and jinchuriki he knew instantly. Shukaku looked the same but Gaara seemingly changed a lot over the years. His hair seemed shaggier and his outfit looked really cool in his opinion with a dark red trench coat with light brown belts around his waist that held a smaller version of his gourd to his left side(*2)
"Gaara! It's so great to see you!" Naruto said with a big smile as it was great to see his friend and how he had changed over the years.
"It is nice to see you as well Naruto, I heard that this was supposed to be around the time you returned but I'm sorry I wasn't able to be there" Gaara said, smiling back at him a bit while Naruto nodded.
"Yeah being a Kazekage is busy work from what Temari told me~" he teased, making Gaara smile a bit more. "Also don't blame her for telling me as Ino got her drunk" he explained as Temari had gotten sad about letting the secret slip out like that.
"Its fine, I don't mind her letting it slip as it seems you've changed a lot as well" Gaara said as Naruto's outfit was vastly different from how he looked in the past those eight years ago.
"More than you know kid but you have time to catch up later as if these are the only ones of us still free we need to do this sooner rather than later" Kurama said, stopping their reunion and reminding Naruto the reason for the 'Tailed Beast meeting'.
"Right! Sorry, I'll visit Suna later as this is really important" Naruto told Gaara before he looked to the other jinchuriki. "I have a plan to keep all the remaining Bijuu safe from the Akatsuki but it involves you leaving your jinchuriki and leaving some chakra behind for them" he told them, getting various unsure reactions from them all.
"Okay…lets say you could do that, why should we give up our Bijuu and leave our nations unprotected! This just sounds like some plan to weaken the other villages!" Yugito yelled before Bee held up his hand to stop her.
"Why do you want to do this?" Bee asked as Naruto took a deep breath.
"There is an organization out there called the Akatsuki who are capturing and extracting Bijuu from their jinchuriki and killing them. Don't you wonder why about half the Bijuu aren't here? I have something planned to keep the Bijuu out of their grasps and keep you all safer from the Akatsuki" he told them before Fu cleared her throat to get his attention
"U-Um Naruto was it?" Fu asked as Naruto nodded and she seemed to frown a bit as if trying to think of the right way to say what she was thinking. "How do you plan to do this?" she asked making everyone look at him even more as the plan was extreme but the way to do it was much more interesting to see how he planned to do it.
"The kid has a set of items that let him do things not generally thought possible. He plans to use them tomorrow and it'll send us far away save for me until later. He will leave a portion of our chakra in you all so if we wanted to we can send more chakra to you through it so you'll still be able to transform, if you're able to" Kurama explained as he was a bit annoyed at how the jinchuriki from Kumo were acting in regards to letting go of their Bijuu. "Basically the kid wants to keep Bijuu and jinchuriki safe so why are you being greedy girl?" Kurama growled out, sitting up and glaring at Yugito as she froze a bit due to the pressure of his glare which was enough to make even Matatabi lower her head a bit.
"But how exactly will it keep the Akatsuki from hunting us?" Bee asked, getting Kurama to lessen up and look up at Naruto who smirked as he stood on top of Kurama's head with his arms crossed.
"They'll hunt you no matter what but this way we keep the Bijuu safe and if they do come after you I'll be there as you just have to have your Bijuu call out to Kurama" Naruto told them, getting a confused look from Yugito before Gaara and Bee chuckled at him.
"Okay, I'm for it as long as I still have a connection to my partner since there really aren't any downsides" Bee said as he patted Gyuki's head with a smirk while Gaara nodded.
"I agree as Shukaku and I have actually gotten on better terms so I'd like to keep a connection with him" Gaara told them, smiling down at Shukaku a bit who looked away but had a small smile on his face.
"You all can't be serious Bee! What would the Raikage say about this!?" Yugito yelled, clearly not for the idea before Bee looked at her with a serious look on his face.
"Jinchuriki have died, Bro might not care but this is serious. You could be next one, any one of us could. If Mr. Nine has an idea that could keep us safe, let us keep a connection to our partners from afar, and gives us some back up then I'll bear the brunt of his anger" Bee told her before smiling over at Naruto who smiled back.
"Sweet! What about Fu? You okay with the plan?" Naruto asked as the mint haired girl had been rather quiet.
"I-I'm for it! I just...She was nervous about losing her friend despite wanting to keep me safe" Fu started before Chomei finished her sentence once Fu got nervous. "Life in Taki isn't friendly for her so she only really has me and the Kage but even then he isn't fully there for her. As long as I can still be there for her then we are for this plan of yours" Chomei added as Naruto nodded since he knew the feeling of only having the Kage as the only person close to him.
But then again he felt hers was a bit better than his was since over the years he had realized just how…poor the Third Hokage was with him. After all the man had basically tossed him in an apartment and given him allowance before leaving.
"I promise you all will still be able to use your Bijuu's powers as well as talk with them still. Think of it like a long distance relationship" he told her, smiling as she laughed at the comment which was 100 percent what he was going for.
"So when do you plan to do this and will we know when it is about to happen?" Gaara asked with this time both Naruto and Kurama laughing a bit.
"I plan to do it tomorrow but trust me, you'll know when it's about to happen. I just advise trying to keep people in the village calm as best you can as it'll be quite the sight" he told them, getting confused looks before the world started to fade around them.
"I'll come visit you later Gaara and explain where I've been these last eight years. It was also real nice meeting you all and we'll probably meet later as well so until then!" he told them before the connection ended.
-Real World-
"That went better than expected. How do you think it'll really go down tomorrow?" Kurama asked as Naruto rubbed his chin and hummed as he thought it over.
'I feel it'll be fine. I don't see a reason why Tsunade would refuse and I know what to say as it is going down since I've practiced it when talking with the angels' he told Kurama as he felt the Bijuu nod inside him.
"Then everything is set up. Just got to go through with it. Simple" Kurama said with a chuckle before his door opened and Marcarita walked in, her staff ringing in her hands.
"Oh good, you aren't busy anymore. It seems Khai is calling us so I thought it'd be best to let you answer it" Marcarita said as he stood up and accepted her staff into his hand.
"Khai? What do you need? Is something up over there?" he asked, waiting a second before the image appeared on the staff.
"You bet your fine ass there is something wrong! I don't want to wait so you better fucking pick us up or so fucking help me you are not getting any from me!" a voice yelled out, making Naruto quickly hold the staff away from him and try reclaim his hearing.
"Ow! Do you really need to yell that loud Caulifla!? Any louder and you would have woke the dead!" Naruto yelled, his ears still ringing as the staff made a video screen on the wall in front of him and her image popped up on it.
Caulifla was wild in every sense of the word from her appearance to her to her personality. She was a somewhat short girl belonging to the Saiyan race which was primarily a warrior race with sharp dark grey almost black eyes and black hair that long, wild, and spiked out in every direction but mainly upwards. She had a slender body of a C cup chest that she kept for the most part on display in low cut pink tube top that just covered them and a toned bubbly rear she kept hidden a pair of very baggy purple pants with a pair of grey wristbands, pointed dark grey shoes, and green sphere earring in her left ear to finish off her outfit.
"Also didn't I told you I'd come pick you guys up once I get everything settled. I literally just got here" Naruto told her since he had made some of the people he knew get ready and wait as he felt bringing too many people in general would mess with things.
"I don't care, I'm restless! I want to see your home as if they made a man like you then they have to have some good fighters!" Caulifla said, bouncing a bit in excitement before she glared at him as if remembering that she was angry at him. "So you better come get us or else you aren't getting any from me for some time mister!" she yelled as Marcarita giggled beside him.
"Oh you know that isn't true since I believe that would hurt her more than you" Marcarita said which only seemed to make Caulifla bristle up a bit with a dark blush on her face from being called out like that.
"Sh-Shut up! I mean it! Come pick me and Kale up or else!" she yelled, getting her face close to the screen which only made Marcarita giggle a bit more at.
"Wait Kale is with you?" Naruto asked with a bit of a sigh that Caulifla had pulled Kale into this as well.
"Y-Yes, I'm right here Naruto" a soft voice spoke out, making Caulifla move away from the screen and move over to let the source of the voice walk into the frame.
Kale was a stark contrast to Caulifla in every way. The only thing she shared with Caulifla was that she too was a Saiyan since she was more meek, timid, and sweet though if she was driven to it she could be a devastating fighter, despite not looking it at all.
Kale was slightly taller than Caulifla with tan skin, grey eyes, and black shaggy hair that was worn up in a high ponytail, a large bang hanging over the left side of her face and a matching green sphere earring dangling from her left ear like the one Caulifla was wearing.
Unlike Caulifla she had a larger chest, hers reaching E cup under a red shirt that exposed her midriff with her rear being more plump and toned and a bit easier to see as she wore a red skirt that secured with a brown belt that had a silver buckle on it with a pair of black spats under it, she also wore a pair of gold bracelets and golden boots with red tips.
"I'm sorry Caulifla dragged you into this," he told her, ignoring Caulifla as she yelled at him "do you also want to come right now or did she force you to go along with it?" he asked, once again ignoring Caulifla as Kale shook her head a bit.
"I-I also wanted to see your home as you've told us so much about it and the people in it. I'm sorry for being impatient" she apologized before he sighed and ran his hand through his hair.
"Fine…I'll have an angel come and get you and Caulifla alongside Cocotte and Dyspo since those two are the first two Pride Troopers scheduled to come over" he told her before Caulifla got her face right up into the screen again.
"Hey! Why is it that when she asks you agree but when I do you say no!?" Caulifla yelled as she glared at him.
"Well she didn't yell and you know as well as I do it's impossible to say no to her" he admitted as Caulifla calmed down and moved away.
"Okay you got me on that last part as it is impossible to say no to such a cute little protégé~" Caulifla purred out as she hugged Kale's head, bringing it close to her chest as Kale blushed from that and a mix of them talking about her like that.
"Just give me a bit and I'll send them to get you" he told them before Caulifla nodded and hung up.
"Want me to go?" Marcarita asked, having found the call to be fun to watch due to the interesting people he surrounded himself with.
"If you don't mind. I'll tell Vados and Cus to get rooms ready for the four of them to unpack their things in" he told her before she nodded and warped away.
'Caulifla and Kale being here…this'll be interesting' he thought as his mind was drawn to how he met the two of them and how he grew this close to them.
- - Flashback – 4 years ago - -
-Universe 6, Planet Sadala-
"So this is the planet you mentioned Vados?" Naruto asked as he and the other angels landed on one of the planet's mountains and Naruto quickly took to looking around a bit.
The planet looked beautiful with undisturbed nature all around, tall mountains poking up from the purple trees that made up the forests. He was quick to take a picture as Vados nodded.
"This is Planet Sadala, home of the Saiyans of Universe 6. Saiyans are a strong warrior race that honors strength and unlike Universe 7's Saiyans, who were primarily aggressive warriors who conquered planets and destroyed other races, Universe 6's Saiyans are protectors. Think of them almost akin to Pride Troopers as they fight evil throughout Universe 6" Vados explained as Naruto smiled since they sounded interesting.
"That's pretty cool! I want to visit a town of theirs and see what they are like, we can do that right?" he asked as given they weren't traveling with Champa, the God of Destruction for Universe 6, he wasn't quite sure what they could and couldn't do.
"Zen-Oh-sama gave you absolute permission to travel around, even Champa knows not to mess with us given he barely escaped being erased after the stunt he pulled in your fight. We are fine" Vados told him, getting him to nod before Cus looked in her staff.
"I found a town a few miles east of here, it looks nice and peaceful. Various alien races migrate here for protection and safety so we'll be fine" Cus said as that was enough to get him to eagerly head off in the direction of the town as he was able to sense the energy of the people living in it.
The town was nice once they arrived at it. The people were welcoming towards them as they bought food from stalls and talked to a few since Naruto was a bot curious. They seemed to like tourists as to them it meant more people learned of their planet and race and the help they provided.
"Wow, these people really know how to grill and cook their meat. Choji would love this place" Naruto said as he bit into a piece of meat served on the bone and was amazed at how tasty it was.
"Saiyans are also known for their big stomachs so they cook well and cook a lot" Marcarita said as she looked into Vados' staff for notes on them since Vados seemed busy enjoying a parfait.
"Its over here I swear guys! I felt someone strong show up and then move in this direction! Whoever they are find them as I feel they'd make for a great fight!" a woman's voice yelled out as Naruto looked over mid-bite to see a girl in a pink and purple outfit with incredibly spikey hair land down with ten or so others at her sides.
"Ummm…you don't think she means us, do you?" Naruto asked, turning to his angels before Cus nodded with a giggle.
"She can't mean us angels as we can't be sensed by anyone other than those on the same plane of existence so she probably means you" Cus explained while Naruto frowned as he watched the spikey haired girl walking towards him.
"There! You guys are useless that you couldn't even sense one guy, plus it's obvious it's this guy given he's clearly not from around here" the girl said as he looked him over. "You seem interesting, you a fighter?" she asked, Naruto looking to Marcarita who merely gave him a look that basically said he was okay to say whatever he wanted.
He thought it over a second before he figured fighting someone else besides the Pride Troopers and his angels could be good for him as it'd get him more a feel for real fights.
"Yeah I'm a fighter, my name's Naruto. You looking to fight a bit?" Naruto asked with a smirk which only made the girl smile as she flared her Ki, her power level being impressive.
"Oh yeah, my name is Caulifla and I've beat the majority of the strong fighters on here that I can without fighting the military and you just showed up, blowing them out of the water. You bet your ass I want to fight!" Caulifla yelled, clearly excited as he could see it in her smile and from the look in her eyes.
"You know somewhere to fight as I just got here and I don't quite want to damage a town" Naruto asked her before he took a good few more bites of his meat and set it down, getting up while his angels cleared the table.
"Wow you really are new here. Honestly don't worry about it Saiyans like a good fight so just fight!" Caulifla yelled as she dashed at him, throwing a punch only for him to block it, grab her wrist, and throw her away from him with two blasts following her.
She was quick to fire two Ki blasts of her own to block his only to widen her eyes a bit as he leapt through the smoke and dust from the blasts, launching a kick at her that she barely had time to block before she was sent flying back hard. "Damn you're fast and you hit hard. This is seriously getting my blood pumping!" Caulifla yelled as she flew back at him, launching a flurry of punches and kicks at him only for him to match and block each one before he somehow was starting to turn it around her.
"Thanks! You're definitely strong as well Caulifla but you are going to have to go all out if you want this fight to keep going!" Naruto growled out as he blocked two punches of her, shoving her arms aside as he held his fists in front of her. "Shockwave Gun" Naruto said calmly before he fired an invisible beam of Kiai through Caulifla, causing her to gasp in pain and fall back clutching her chest.
"W-What the fuck was that! It felt like you blasted through me" Caulifla choked out as she coughed and shakily stood back up.
"It's a move I made up, you know Kiai, those invisible air blasts that aren't too strong?" he asked while she nodded. "Well I mastered that kind of thing to make it into something stronger. Great for piercing defenses and thick skin" Naruto told her before he blocked her kick only to see her hand in front of his face.
"Stop talking and fight!" Caulifla yelled with a smirk before she blasted him in the face and leapt back. She didn't let up though as she could sense him still in the cloud of smoke, continuing to fire blasts of Ki at him before she charged a larger blast in her hands. "Eat this! Atomic Cannon!" she added as she fired her blast at Naruto only to see it got sent shooting upwards.
"That would have been dangerous for everything behind me if I didn't redirect it. Hence why I wanted to go somewhere else so, how about a change of scenery?" Naruto asked, surprising Caulifla as he put his hand on her shoulder and used Khai's Godly Transmission to transport them to where he had first arrived at with his angels.
Once there he quickly appeared back in front of Caulifla with a smirk, crouched down as he held an orb of energy in his right hand and held it out towards her. "Flash Shot!" he yelled as a beam fired out and into her, sending her flying back and crashing into the mountain across from them before the attack finished.
"Damn! You keep surprising me! I'm going to milk this fight as long as I can so you better not be done!" Caulifla roared at him, clearly really into the fight as she shot towards him only for him to appear in front of her mid-flight, causing her to block his kick with her hands and grab his ankle and spin fast before throwing him into the mountain she had been sent into.
"Trust me, I'm far from being done!" Naruto yelled back, actually finding himself enjoying this fight a lot as Caulifla was tenacious and bounced back quick. "Let's see how you handle when I start getting serious!" he told her, using more of his speed to appear behind her instantly, his leg raised before he axe kicked her down to the ground, a powerful shockwave erupting from the force which destroyed a bit of the forest around her.
"Oh yeah! I could say the same!" Caulifla told him as he could see her charging up an attack in her hand, and if the amount of Ki he could sense in it and the way it changed the color of the area around her was anything to go by, it was going to be a big one.
This only made him smile as he started to charge a RasenHa in his hand, prepared to meet her attack with one of his own. This was the best choice as he knew if he tried getting to her before she fired it she would only hit him point blank since even from up here he could see her eyes were beyond focused as if she was prepared to turn around and hit him if he appeared elsewhere.
"Fine! This is what you want!? Don't cry to me when mine wins!" Naruto yelled at her before they could both sense the other's attack was ready and they both quickly fired their attacks.
"Energy Burst!/RasenHa!" they yelled in unison as they each fired their attacks, Caulifla's being dark red while his was a vibrant blue.
As their attacks clashed they both could feel the powerful shockwave from the collision while bolts of lightning seemingly sparked off from where they met. Both of them continued to yell, flaring their Ki as their attacks struggled against one other.
"I'm sorry Caulifla but this technique is made for moments like this! To always ensure mine pierces through and comes out on top!" Naruto yelled as his RasenHa started to spin and break through her attack.
Caulifla kept trying to have her attack win, pushing everything she had into it before her attack was completely broken and she held her arms up to protect her from attack as it crashed down on her.
As the smoke died down Naruto dropped down from the sky, smiling as she laid utterly exhausted on the ground, panting as she looked somewhat beaten up. "Damn…you are one tough guy…that…was…amazing!" Caulifla yelled as she shot up, only to hiss in pain and almost fall before he caught her.
"Easy there, I didn't do enough to seriously hurt you but enough to hopefully take you out. Had to put a bit more power than I intended to as you are pretty damn strong" he told her before he blushed a bit and looked away as her clothes had been torn up a bit which, due to how small her pink tube top was to begin with, was now barely covering her up.
"Really? Blushing at some breasts? God you are a strange man" Caulifla commented with a chuckle, finding it funny that a strong man like him was bashful like this at a bit of skin.
"Hey any guy would react like this considering your top was small to begin with" he said, grumbling the last bit which only made Caulifla laugh louder and pat him hard on the back.
"Oh so you were checking me out eh? Can't say I mind if you got more strength hidden in you~" she teased with a 'cat that ate the canary' grin on her face as she poked his cheek while he looked away with frown and an annoyed look since he didn't like being teased.
"Let's get you back to my angels, they'll be able to heal you and fix your clothes" he told her, putting his hand on her shoulder and returning to where the angels were.
"Sis! Are you okay!?" one guy asked, her group rushing towards them while Caulifla smiled proudly.
"Yeah I'm fine, just got my ass handed to me but damn was it a fun fight!" Caulifla yelled proudly, laughing a bit before Marcarita walked up to her and healed her and fixed her clothes with her staff which surprised her.
"We could hear the force of your hits and attacks from there. I'm surprised you only got hurt that much, holding back that much won't help your training Naruto" Vados scolded him with a smirk while Caulifla turned around and poked his chest with a frown.
"Yeah! Holding back hurts a warrior's pride so you owe me a rematch now that I'm back to 100 percent!" Caulifla declared, a fire in her eyes which only made Naruto sigh at a bit before smirking.
"Fine, I guess we can fight again but let me eat first!" he groaned out as he had just gotten here.
-Two Months Later-
Since fighting Caulifla and arriving on Planet Sadala he had decided to stick around there a bit. He figured with around four more years to go until he returned home he had breathing room to visit and stick around places a bit.
He had been given a place to stay in the area Caulifla's gang lived at. The Saiyans were interesting and rather welcoming, especially those in her gang given he had beaten their boss a good few times over the two months.
In that time he had also met and gotten somewhat close to another interesting Saiyan, a girl by the name of Kale. She was, at first, very wary of him whenever he was around Caulifla but over time seemed to warm up to him a bit due to Caulifla's influence.
The girl reminded him of Hinata a bit but a bit stronger willed at times when it came to Caulifla and training alongside her. She did though have low self-esteem, often putting down herself when she struggled against him or Caulifla since Caulifla, once she learned of who and what he was, had asked him to train them both.
Hell alone Caulifla had grown even stronger throughout their constant fighting during the time he was here since it turned out Saiyans had a natural ability that helped make sure any battle they lost they would grow stronger from. According to one of his angels it was called Zenkai, a latent ability Saiyans had to grow stronger by recovering from great injuries or enduring great struggle in battle.
Because of this Caulifla had grown a lot due to her constantly battling him and getting healed by his angels. This, according to them, was also a form of training as each time he fought Caulifla she got stronger and more difficult to beat.
Though after a month the Angels did tell him they had to move on which, as much as he enjoyed the Saiyan planet, he agreed with.
"No way! You're leaving!?" Caulifla yelled, slamming her hands down on the arm rests of her chair as he sat on the railing in front of her while Kale looked at him in shock, him already beginning to see some tears forming in the corners of her eyes.
"Please don't cry Kale," he told her, not liking when she cried and especially not cause of him "I told you guys I have four years left before I have to return and I can't stay in one place for too long. I need to go around Universe 6 and a few of the others to see how they all are and see what I can learn from them" he added with a frown as Caulifla looked visibly upset and angry while Kale still looked on the verge of tears.
"Hey, it's not like you can't visit me or anything as I'll give you a way to contact one of my angels" he added, hoping that might calm her down only for him to quickly block her punch which exploded on impact due to the Ki she had coating it.
As he landed on the ground below he quickly had to leap back as she tried to axe kick him from above, the force of it cracking the ground under her. "I don't care about fucking visiting as we're coming with you since you are literally the first man I've met worth my damn time and that Kale has opened up to so if you think we're letting you leave then you got another fucking thing coming! I'll prove my worth by beating you and making you agree!" Caulifla yelled out, not giving Naruto a chance to respond before he quickly was on the defensive as Caulifla's aura flared from her anger and so did her strength.
"C-Caulifla! Hold up! Let me answer!" Naruto yelled as they were forced out of the 'headquarters' of her gang due to him flying back to avoid and dodge her punches.
"No! You can answer after you're beaten into a pulp!" Caulifla yelled as Naruto tried to lead her somewhere unpopulated with how he was flying backwards and blocking her attacks.
"Got yourself a fiery girl there. Your mom would be proud" Kurama said with a chuckle as Naruto was finding himself pushed back by Caulifla's Saiyan rage.
'What are you even talking about?!' Naruto yelled in his head as the las thing he needed was talking in his ear.
"Oh don't be coy she basically confessed to you, saying that you were the only man worth her time. Plus she mentioned Kale so that might be two girls into you" Kurama said before sighing as he could still feel that Naruto confused. "Once you calm her down she might make it clearer to you since you're denser than a brick wall" he added while Naruto shook his head, just choosing to ignore the fox for now.
"Stop it and listen to me!" Naruto yelled, getting frustrated as he flared his aura, using Kiai to deflect her hands before he grabbed her wrists. "I never said you couldn't come with! Give me a moment and I would have told you that!" he yelled, getting her eyes to widen as his angels landed behind her with Kale by their side.
"Is that true? Can we really come with?" Kale asked as Naruto let go of Caulifla's wrists and nodded, running a hand through his hair with a sigh.
"Honestly I was going to suggest it since I enjoy both of your company and you two are nice people to fight and train against" Naruto said before he widened his eyes as Caulifla grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him in, surprising him with a rather deep – if her tongue invading his mouth was anything to go by – and passionate kiss.
"God why didn't you tell me that from that start!" she yelled with a smile, patting him hard on the back before looking to Kale. "Kale! Pack your bags as we're going on a trip with our man!" she told Kale, making the shy girl turn a very dark shade of red.
"W-What? O-Our man?" Naruto asked, his brain still somewhat short circuited from the kiss while he watched Caulifla walk over to Kale and shove her towards him.
"Yeah, go on Kale! Just like I showed you!" Caulifla yelled, encouraging Kale from beside the angels, all of who were watching the scene with interesting while ignoring Naruto looking at them for help.
"I-I'm sorry Naruto but!" Kale squeaked out before she kissed him next, unlike Caulifla her kiss was more tender and soft as she was clearly nervous about it.
"Aww come on, we practiced Kale! I thought I showed you and you did so well in practice" Caulifla whined as Kale pulled away, her blush darkening even more.
"W-Well, y-you were in the lead, I just…went along with it" Kale said softly, making Caulifla sigh but wave it off.
"Whatever, we'll work on it later but for a first kiss with him you still did good~!" she purred out before hugging Kale from behind and kissing her cheek as she smiled at Naruto, who finally snapped out of his daze after hearing and seeing all that.
"W-Wait, you two like me and each other?" Naruto asked as while he didn't really have a problem with it he was more surprised given it isn't something he ever would have expected.
Though then again given his life he felt eventually he'll stop being surprised at the things he encounters.
"Well yeah? She's my precious protégé~ Plus Saiyans love strength so of course I'd fall for you while my precious Kale fell for you cause of how sweet and kind you were to her~ I swear she's too sweet for her own good" Caulifla said, poking Kale's cheek as the girl blushed and smiled softly at him which only made his cheeks heat up even more.
"But enough about that! We have to pack!" she yelled, quickly dragging Kale off back to the hideout, leaving Naruto with his angels as he still tried to take it all in.
"Everything around you continues to be interesting, wouldn't you say?" Marcarita asked, the smile on her face making his blush darken as he coughed into his fist and looked away.
"That's one way to put it…" he muttered, glaring as the sound of Kurama laughing in his head was pissing him off.
-Flashback End-