With Sakura
'We got the green light said Inner as Sakura walked with Naruto having finished training. "You ok Sakura-chan you seemed to be a bit lost in your thoughts" asked Naruto. Sakura blushed having been so lost in her conversation with Anko. "I-I'm fine, I just wanted to talk to you and get to know you," said Sakura as he sat beside Naruto on a bench. "And I mean all of you." "Are you sure, Sakura-chan?" He asked. "It may change how you feel about me."
"Didn't we already address this back in Wave Country?" asked Sakura. "I guess we did." He chuckled. "Very well. I will tell you everything about me, for better or worse." So, he began to tell the pinkette his tale. Everything that had happened to him since his early childhood beatings at the hands of the villagers, and even some of the shinobi. How the hospital would treat him after such attacks. The constant assassination attempts. Each made the pinkette feel more and more disgusted with the village she called home, though was surprised that the boy didn't seek any sort of revenge against them. Other than to simply prove them wrong. Worst of all, she knew her mother was responsible for most of these attacks.
Then came the big revelation, when he began talking about what had transpired on his sixth birthday. The final attack that had nearly killed him, and forced a meeting between him and the Kyuubi. His confrontation with his father's soul fragment that was left in the seal, how the Shinigami made a deal, And finally, how he was now a half-demon and how he became mated with Anko, then Yugao, Hinata, and Tsunami. Even explaining how the mate mark worked, as well as the benefits of being a hanyou. Through it all, the pinkette paid rapt attention to every detail. "And that is everything there is to know about me." He finished, looking her in the eyes to gauge the girl's reaction.
'So, we're going to get marked, right?' Inner asked. 'You're damn right we are!' She mentally replied, before smiling to the blonde before her. "Naruto-kun, all this still doesn't change the way I feel about you. If anything, I understand and respect you more for not giving in to petty vengeance." "Thank you Sakura-chan." He smiled at the pinkette. "However I still have one more question. She said. "what is it?" asked Naruto. "If you would allow it, I would love to be one of your mates." Sakura blushed as she got up from her seat and stood in front of him, her eyes never leaving his. Having finally openly confessed her feelings towards the blonde.
"Are you sure about this Sakura-chan?" He asked, wanting to make sure the pinkette was completely committed to her choice. "This bond will transcend years our souls connected," said Naruto. "A millennium still wouldn't be long enough to express the love I have grown for you, Naruto-kun." She smiled. "And you do know you will have to share, right?" He smiled, now he was just playing with her. "I know, and I know you will end up attracting more girls. It's just who you are." Sakura replied with a grin as she pressed against him, wrapping her arms around him, while he returned the gesture. "But as long as I have a place in your heart, I don't care."
"Very well, Sakura-chan." Naruto smiled as he leaned in towards her neck. "I will mark you as one of my mates." With no hesitation, the blonde hanyou bit down on her neck, prompting her to do the same. Mixing each other's chakra. Almost immediately, the pinkette could feel the difference. She could feel her chakra reserves swell up, as well as her senses sharpening to an inhuman point. Physically, she could feel her muscles grow more dense, increasing her stamina, speed, agility, and overall strength and durability.
After the marking was complete, both released the other's necks and stared into each other's eyes before their lips clashed together into a deep kiss. Their tongues twisted along one another as they firmly embraced each other. Minutes passed before the two finally broke the kiss. Sakura's face was red and flustered, but a look of happiness and contentment in her eyes. "Welcome to the family, Sakura-chan." Naruto smiled.
Konoha Cryptanalysis Team
Shiho and Yukira were looking at the Document books laid on the table. "Damn it another dead end," said Shiho as she pushed her glasses. "Whoever did this was a master of making codes," said Yukira with a smirk. "This only makes me want to decipher it even more," she said looking at another book. "Y-yeah whoever did this must have created this code from scratch Maybe a veteran," said Shiho Yukira had to nod looking at the book. " Let's stop here we need to also decipher the messages from Hokage-sama even if this proves harder we'll crack them sooner or later," said Yukira with a smirk. as Shiho nodded.
With Sakura
The pinkette couldn't help by smile as she made her way to her mother's house, ignoring some of the looks that she got for being in such a happy mood. The past twenty-four hours have been like a dream come true for her. Though she couldn't help but mentally chuckle at the irony of it all.
The one boy she had considered an idiot and in less than kind words, a complete loser, had ended up being the perfect mate for her. After actually getting to know him, she found his idiocy was all an act he had put on to throw people off. Revealing him to be incredibly intelligent and skilled. Not to mention the amount of compassion he still had, despite everything the villagers had done to him. Even his father.
This had prompted the pinkette to frown at the memory. She still couldn't believe the revered Yondamie was such a vile person. Sacrificing his son to be made into a mindless weapon to conquer the Elemental Nations, and probably would have succeeded if the Shinigami had not gotten involved. Sakura didn't even want to imagine what would have happened if the god of death had not intervened. As she entered her home and went upstairs to her room she started to pack some things but on her way, she dismantled and threw away her shrine of the last Uchiha. Smashing it to pieces before tossing it in the trash bin. However, the pinket's luck ran out as she was about to open the door to see her mother "Sakura Dear. Where are you going? I was worried since you hadn't been coming home recently." Mabuki said.
"I went out to train and lost track of time, so I stayed over at a friend's house." She lied. "This friend wouldn't happen to be Sasuke would it, dear?" Mebuki pushed. "I won't be mad if you two decide to start working on a family early. Just so you know dear." The mere thought disgusted the pinkette.
With naruto
Naruto was whistling as he headed deeper into Training Ground 44.
' It's been a while since I've been here,' thought the Hanyou, remembering the training time he had with Anko, and the snake tamer had brought him to the same place to practice stealth, survival tactics, and the occasional high-caliber jutsu. ' One, three, six, seven ' the jinchuriki thought as he put his hands in his pockets ' Looks like the old mummy has finally made his moves ' the blonde thought, as he crouched under a fallen log using one of his hands to touch the bark of the tree to continue moving forward.
' Wow and this is Danzo's secret army, one of the most dangerous groups in this village ' Kurama questioned looking through her container ' Honestly these are disappointing they are barely hiding their presence' the Biju complained while sitting under a tree in the Uzumaki's mental landscape. Naruto just chuckled and looked up to see the treetops, as their shadows moved a little in place of his feet, but he continued walking.
' Well you have to remember that the old man thinks I'm just a simple genin ' the Hanyou refuted ' Although I will agree with you on this, it is somewhat disappointing ' Naruto thought as he stopped in a small clearing in the forest to turn around and look back where he had come from. "Ah I love the smell of Nature in the morning," the jinchuriki said to himself smiling and looking towards a dark part of the forest with the smile still on his face "You know how annoying it is that they don't even let me take a simple walk through the village," said the Hanyou leaning against a tree watching as several figures emerged from the shadows of the forest.
To which the young jinchuriki noticed how his stalkers were wearing outfits similar to the standard Anbu outfits, the only difference was the masks that had no color, which gave the blonde a clue 'Root Ninjas' thought the Uzumaki as he saw one of the anbus of the group approaching him. "Naruto Uzumaki, Danzo-sama requires your presence, surrender and come in peace or we will be forced to use force," said the apparent leader with an emotionless voice, the Uzumaki simply crossed his arms looking at the leader of the Root team.
"Has that ever worked before?" Naruto said, rolling his eyes as he looked at the group leader, who didn't respond. "I guess that's a no," the Uzumaki said, taking the fake Root's silence as an answer. "This is not a request you can refuse Uzumaki," said the leader, causing him and the rest of the Root ninjas to draw their tantō swords from their backs and stand on guard.
' Nice warm-up ' thought Uzumaki lowering his arms and getting into a combat stance "Why don't we get started" said the blonde so that his eyes took the shape of the Sharingan and Jogan which surprised everyone present.
Without warning, Naruto rushed forward when another figure appeared using a tanto to quickly slash at the unsuspecting Root anbu while a kunai appeared in his hand and quickly threw it to another as he made one-handed seals saying "Shadow shuriken jutsu" The three kunai turned into 50 the Root anbu jumped back to see the figure banished as he reappeared behind the root anbu stabbing a sword into his stomach.
Grabbing his body he used it to block some shurikens aimed at him as he threw the body of the anbu to another who dodged it only to be punched by Kakashi he took out another kunai and threw it using a bit of chakra and after the image began to appear where Kakashi appeared to be thrusting only for the Anbu to dodge it back when Kakashi did the complete opposite by kicking him on the side as he spun his tanto moving fluidly cutting the head.
Naruto made a sword of darkness as he dodged the combination attacks from the root anbu occasionally blocking their attacks and receiving cuts and some burns from the clothes as he switched his weapon turning them into a pair of sticks as he moved his footwork and moved more fluently attacking one as senbons appeared and launched them. He quickly changed one of his sticks to an axe as he slashed at the anbu while his other one turned into a spear as he began a quick serious thrust. Naruto uses his axe to keep him off balance. When Naruto twirled his spear throwing it as the Anbu dodged it only for Naruto to appear and cut him as he applied wind chakra.
As Student and Master turned their attention to the bodies now littered Kakashi just patted Naruto nothing was needed to say as he began to burn all the bodies knowing that Naruto's skill should remain at least secret for now.
Uchiha compound
The Uzumaki had a blank stare as he looked at the ceiling, then wondered how he had ended up in this situation, where a few moments later he could hear a light humming coming from the kitchen of the place, getting up from his seat the blonde soon headed towards the kitchen.
Entering the room he could find the scene of Mikoto cooking, the brunette was wearing a blue t-shirt along with some light purple pants, a pair of black ninja sandals, and above all a white apron.
Seeing that, Naruto remembers that while he was returning to his complex on the way he met the Uchiha matriarch, who upon seeing him could see the woman's concern, she quickly rushed to check him, the Uzumaki remembered how he just stared as the Uchiha woman checked his wounds.
Which made him somewhat nervous, but what surprised him the most was seeing how when the Uchiha matriarch finished examining him, she stared at him. Naruto quickly pulled the woman out of her little world to return to reality, without being able to foresee it, the Uchiha matriarch began to drag him towards her complex when he asked her why the brunette replied that he could not be in public in this condition.
To which the blonde had to agree, but as he headed towards Mikoto's home, Naruto noticed how the latter looked at him out of the corner of her eye from one moment to the next, and every time she did so the Hanyou could see how the Sharingan user had a slight blush on her cheeks.
The blonde came out of his memories and found himself next to the woman. "Eto Mikoto-chan, are you sure you don't want me to help you with something?" the Hanyou asked, watching as the Uchiha cut some vegetables.
"You don't have to worry about that Naruto-kun" the brunette replied as she finished cutting the vegetables "You're my guest today, so let me take care of everything, it's the first time in a long time that someone has accompanied me to eat," said the Uchiha matriarch in a sad tone.
The Hanyou didn't say anything since he knew that the relationship Mikoto and Sasuke had at best would be as acquaintances on good terms, something that the Uzumaki had managed to notice when he started being invited by the Uchiha woman several years ago. Naruto assumed that Sasuke's attitude was due more than anything to the fact of the Uchiha massacre, but unfortunately little by little that became more present, causing there to be days when Mikoto simply did not see her son and that was before Sasuke graduated as a genin.
The Uzumaki couldn't help but frown at that fact but decided to keep his comment to himself, only to see how the brunette began to serve the plates, which contained a good piece of meat accompanied by rice, boiled potatoes, and salad. Just by smelling the aroma of the dish, the blonde could tell that it was going to taste good, both the Uchiha and the Uzumaki thanked him for the food and began to eat.
"Wow, this is delicious," Naruto said, making the woman smile. "It's been a long time since I tried your food, Mikoto-chan," the Hanyou said. "Ara, I'm glad to hear that, Naruto-kun," said the Uchiha while also eating from her plate.
Frankly, Kurama's jinchuriki could say that he loved these moments, in which he felt that his life was normal, with that in mind the blonde went back to enjoying the food made by the Uchiha. "I wish I could eat your cooking every day Mikoto-chan," said the Hanyou smiling at the woman, who smiled back.
"Well if I moved to your complex, I could cook this all the time," Mikoto said while laughing lightly at those words.
"Please do, I will welcome you at any time with open arms," said jinchuriki, which made the Uchiha stop for a second, during which the blonde could notice and feel some sadness emanating from the Uchiha matriarch.
"You should be more careful with your words, Naruto-kun. It's not good for you to say things so lightly," Mikoto said in a scolding tone, but the look she gave the blonde told another story.
"I mean it, Mikoto-chan," the blonde declared, looking at the woman with a smile. "If you want to come, tell me and I will open the doors for you at any time. If you have a problem, count on me to solve it." said the Uzumaki, looking at the woman with a warm smile. "You can count on my help whenever you want," said the jinchuriki.
Mikoto knew, to a certain extent, the expressions that Uzumaki made when he lied, but at this moment, she couldn't find any of them. Her heart beat faster as she felt the blonde's words resonate in her head.
"Naruto-kun, thank you," said Mikoto, looking at the aforementioned. Soon, the afternoon continued for both the brunette and the jinchuriki, but before they realized it, the blonde noticed that it was already getting late.
"Well I think it's time to go," said the jinchuriki as he began to leave the place with Mikoto accompanying him towards the exit of his fighter.
"I hope you enjoyed your stay here, Naruto-kun," Mikoto said.
"Of course I enjoyed it. I hope to try your food more often, Mikoto-chan," said the Uzumaki, looking at the Uchiha. They looked at each other in the same way, and soon, they hugged.
Each of them was enjoying the warmth of the other and honestly, the blonde wanted to hit himself for what he was about to say. "See you later Mikoto-chan," said the Uzumaki in the woman's ear, who hugged him tighter for a moment, but in the end slowly moved away from the jinchuriki.
But before she could say anything, the Uchiha felt the blonde kiss her on the cheek and walk away, leaving Mikoto in shock. Slowly, the brunette touched the place where the blonde had kissed her with her hand so that her cheeks were tinted pink, but she still formed a smile. "See you soon, Naruto-kun," the Uchiha said as she returned to her house.
With Anko
Anko was with Haku, Tsubaki, and Yugao eating at her favorite Dango shop. Two of them sporting massive blushes as they were being teased relentlessly by Anko. During her week-long stay at the Uzumaki compound, she had come to view these two women as sister figures. More so because Anko would tease her about her crush on Naruto, just as a big sister would. Yugao was the big sister who would give insight into various topics. "What about Naruto-kun I thought he might want to come with us?" asked Tsubaki "He would but I thought it would be better to have a girl's night out," said Anko as yugao smiled.
"Evening ladies." A voice spoke up from behind them, said Kurenai and Hinata making their entering the stand, taking seats near them. "Hey Nai-chan!" Anko greeted. "How was your first C-rank mission?" "Argh, don't remind me." The genjutsu mistress sighed. "It was supposed to be a simple mission to escort a wealthy merchant to his destination, but the perverted bastard kept eyeing Hinata and me the entire time. Making passes at the two of us and even offering to give us a bonus if we were to 'help him relax'."
"Hate bastards like that." The snake mistress stated with a frown. "So what happened?" "Well, about three days in, he no longer took no for an answer and attempted to force himself on me." The genjutsu mistress recounted in disgust. "Trapped his ass in a genjutsu and we left him at the mercy of any bandits that he would encounter. And since he violated his contract, we were legally allowed to leave him."
"So who's this?" Kurenai asked as she gestured towards Haku, having not met her previously. "This is Haku Yuki, former apprentice to the Demon of the Mist, Zabuza Momochi." Anko introduced the ice user proudly. "Soundly defeated the Emo King Uchiha, and came here to become a citizen of the village. Currently living with Naruto-kun and myself." "I see, pleased to meet you Haku-san." The genjutsu mistress replied. "I am Kurenai Yuhi."
"So Haku-chan, how is it living with Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked a glint of mischief in her eye. Like the others, she had taken to teasing the poor ice user about her crush on the blonde. "It has been pleasant," Haku replied, knowing full well what the indigo-haired girl was doing. Despite the teasing, she felt at home among the girls and her crush. "Though I have had to request that Naruto-kun put some silencing seals around my room."
Yugao Hinata and Anko blushed in embarrassment knowing full well what the ice user was implying. Though if they had looked, they would have seen the mischievous grin on the girl's face knowing full well what the ice user was implying. Though if they had looked, they would have seen the mischievous grin on the girl's face.
"Anyways, Anko, can I talk to you in private?" Kurenai asked. Now was the best time to get to the bottom of what was going on between her, Hinata, and Naruto. "Sure thing Nai-chan." She grinned before turning to Yugao. "Can you watch over Haku-chan?"
The swords mistress and ex-academy teacher nodded, knowing why the snake mistress made such a request. It wasn't because she didn't trust the ice user, but rather because she knew members of the Civilian Council would no doubt attempt something with the girl. Something Naruto had warned Anko about when he had first returned with the girl from his mission. With that, both Kurenai and Anko left the stand, immediately shunshining up onto one of the nearby roofs, so they could still keep watch over the dango stand; in case anything were to happen. Though just far enough away to be out of earshot.
"So what's up, Nai-chan?" Anko asked as she sat down on the roof. Prompting the genjutsu mistress to do the same. "I want to know why you let your boyfriend enter the CRA does he want to have his private harem and live out his perverted fantasies?" Kurenai asked in a tone of disgust, now viewing the young blonde as nothing more than a pervert surrounding himself with women. "He's not a pervert," stated Anko cold edge in her voice that caused the genjutsu mistress to flinch. "Hell, I am more perverted than Naruto-kun. Even Hinata-chan is. Naruto-kun treats us all with respect and love."
"Do you know why he entered himself into the CRA?" The snake mistress continued. "It wasn't to have a flock of girls around him. It was so he could show his affection to one girl and protect the other And they are down there, watching over Haku-chan." "Wait, you don't mean...." Kurenai was about to say when "Yes, Naruto-kun admitted himself into the CRA so he could be openly affectionate with Yugao-chan and protect Haku from the civilian council ." She continued, as she watched an expression of pure shock wash over the ruby-eyed woman's face. "So you see, he didn't do it to live out any perverted fantasy. He did it for love."
Kurenai remained silent as she contemplated this information she had been given. While she was relieved that the boy wasn't some big pervert, she just couldn't wrap her head around the concept of multiple women sharing the same guy."How does it all work?" She finally asked. While she still didn't like the concept of a polyamorous relationship, she figured it would be best to educate herself about it. Better to learn about something you don't like or don't agree with, than remain ignorant of it.
"Well, we've kind of adopted a pack-like structure." Anko began, as she began to think of how to explain it without giving too much away. While she loved her best friend, an almost sister-like figure, the snake mistress wasn't sure just yet how the ruby-eyed woman would react to all of them being half demons. "What do you mean by pack structure?" Kurenai asked in confusion.
"Well, since I am Naruto-kun's first mate, I am considered the alpha female of the group." The snake mistress explained. "Though in reality, we allow each of us to have an equal amount of time with Naruto-kun, though Sakura-chan does hold an advantage due to being on the same team as him." "Wait, Sakura is dating him too?" asked the Genjutsu mistress surprised. "Yeah they just started to date recently," said the Snake mistress "Anyways, we all just work together to make it work flawlessly." The snake mistress continued. "For the most part, we've come to view each other as sisters and look out for one another. All in all, we've become family. In the end, we all love Naruto-Kun and we chose to be with him."
"I see," said the genjutsu mistress "But to be part of the CRA you have to be the last of a clan" Kurenai looked at her friend. "So from which clan is he the last of?" "Nai-chan, what I am about to tell you can not go beyond us," Anko replied, her mood becoming very serious. "It's not common knowledge yet, and Naruto-kun would like to keep it that way for as long as he can. But he is the last of the Uzumaki clan, and the Namikaze clan."
"Nai-chan, what I am about to tell you can not go beyond us," Anko replied, her mood becoming very serious. "It's not common knowledge yet, and Naruto-kun would like to keep it that way for as long as he can. But he is the last of the Uzumaki clan, and the Namikaze clan or should I say, Senju clan." It took a few moments before it dawned on the genjutsu mistress. Her eyes widened in realization.
"Naruto the son of Minato and Kushina?" She asked, barely above a whisper, earning a nod from her friend. "I ask that you keep this information to yourself. As I said, Naruto-kun doesn't want it to be common knowledge." "Why?" Kurenai asked, finding it a little odd that the young teenager didn't want it to be known that he was the son of the village's two deadliest shinobi.
"Because he wants people to view him on his accomplishments," Anko answered, even though it was partially a lie. Naruto simply wanted to distance himself from his father as much as possible. Only using what would be beneficial for him and his new family. "Not what his parents did."
"That's quite humble of him." The ruby-eyed woman mused a little impressed that he didn't want to ride on the coattails of his parent's success like a select few clan heirs would have done. "You're not worried that the council may try to send their daughters after him to gain public favor?"
"Well, two clan heads already did, though for selfless reasons." Anko chuckled. "However, since he initiated it on himself, he gets to choose who his would-be wives are. None can be forced on him."
"Haishi is one I know that much. But what about the other?" she asked "Well, you're not going to believe this." Anko grinned. "Last week, Tsume had a lunch with Naruto-kun with Hana."
"How did this happen?!" The genjutsu mistress asked, clearly surprised. "Well during one of their training sessions her dog got bitten by a snake and since Naruto-Kun was the only one there he helped her by detecting the poison and giving him the right antidote after that he stayed and calmed her down after that she developed a crush on him." "Wait, Hana developed a crush on someone?" asked the genjutsu mistress "Mmhmm." Anko grinned. "They went on their first date over the last week, and hit it off very well."
"Well shit, all he needs is to get me to fall for him and he would have all four of the Ice Queens of Konoha." Kurenai mused out loud to herself, making a small jab at their earned nicknames given to the four women by a majority of the male population of the village. Namely, because they had always turned down any guy who had approached them.
However, she realized something. Naruto was the first to bed one of the infamous 'Ice Queens', by Anko's admission, yet there was no bragging from him. If anything he had kept the entire thing fairly quiet. The only one who had been vocal about the experience had been the snake mistress herself."Well, there is always a vacancy." She teased, earning a playful scowl from the ruby-eyed woman. Though she didn't miss a tint of a blush across the woman's cheeks.
"I don't know." The genjutsu mistress sighed. "You make it sound so perfect to be with him, but I don't know about sharing the guy I am with with others."
"Hey, you never know until you try it." The snake mistress grinned. "Anyways, we should probably rejoin the others."