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Hanabi finished getting changed into her work out gear, and shot herself a quick look in the mirror.

She smiled at herself.  Her life had turned around recently, and she realised that for the first time in as long as she could remember, she was happy.

Her father had changed his attitude with the same single mindedness that he dealt with everything else in his life.  Her sister now fought properly.  If there was one thing, more than anything that she had detested about Hinata it was the way she would never go all out.

Only by testing themselves, could they get better, and with Hinata not doing so, they were all weaker.

Neji was now like the brother she had always wanted.  Standoffish, cool, calm, and always there when she wanted him, but not when she wanted to be alone – and he wasn’t irritating.

Which lead her mind to the other person.  The catalyst.  Uzumaki Naruto.

She had no idea what she thought about him.  He was confusing.  He didn’t follow any attempt at logic.  He did the impossible with flamboyance and flair, and just grinned if called on it.

She shook herself, and banished the thoughts to the back of her mind.  It was time for fun.

Out in the courtyard, her father and Neji were already sparring, with Hinata sat to attention, watching closely.

Her father was explaining a move, and then attacking Neji, forcing him to try and use it.

She joined her sister, who quickly filled her in on what she had missed.

All four doors to the courtyard opened, and all the Branch members marched out silently.

“What is the meaning of this?” Hiashi demanded.

The last to enter were the main house, all those not on duty elsewhere, lead by the three elders.

“Hyūga Hiashi,” Haruka said.  He was the head Elder, and Hanabi despised him.  “You have bought shame on our Clan.  The punishment is death for you, and your family.”

Hiashi growled, his hand going to his waist, where his sword was attached.

There was a soft sound of beeping, as an alarm went off.  “Any second now, the poison we placed in your food will kick in.  You have no chance to defeat us.  If you attack, the Branch will be forced to defend us, much as the slaves might not want to.”

Neji coughed, and went down on one knee, an expression of pain on his face.  Next to her, her sister moaned, but tried to stand.

“Hiashi-sama,” Neji said, as he struggled.  “It was better to live a few weeks free than a life time as a slave.”

Hiashi was staring at the elders with hate in his eyes.

“The poison won’t kill you,” Haruka said.  “It merely disables you, so that we may give you a public execution.  You are, after all, a Hyūga, and it is not befitting you to die of poison.”

Hinata toppled over, soon followed by Neji.  Only her father seemed to be fighting it.

Hanabi climbed to her feet and stood in front of her family.  “I did not eat the meal,” she said, feeling her determination arise.  “And I will not let my family die.”

Hiashi collapsed to the ground.

The Elders all rolled their eyes.  “There are three of us, child.  All with decades of experience.  Not to mention the slaves.”

Hanabi nodded.  She had no chance of beating them in a fair fight.  Therefore, the only logical thing to do was not to fight fair.

She smiled at them, pitying their fate. 

“What is the meaning of that smile?” Haruka demanded.

“You didn’t think things through,” Hanabi said sadly.  “As such, you will die.”

“How?”

“I will call forth the most powerful Jutsu a Hyūga ever possessed.”  She spread her arms wide and glared.

Nothing happened, and the Elders looked confused.

A second later, she was being hugged by Naruto.  She hugged him back and relaxed.  Her family was safe now.

“Hanabi-chan,” Naruto said softly, “exactly why are three people I care about on the floor?”

“They’ve been poisoned by those Elders for removing Neji’s seal.  The main house has subjugated the Branch house for years with the Caged Bird Seal, which means they have to follow orders given by us.  Father has been trying to work out a way to remove it without causing problems in the future, Neji can look after himself, but the others aren’t as good.  As such, those three ordered all of our deaths as an example.”

Naruto gently placed her down and turned.  Without a sign of effort, over a thousand clones appeared, each one with a sword at the neck of a Hyūga, with the exception of the three Elders.

Hanabi smiled.  Just like that, he had stopped the Branch house from being forced to participate.  If they wanted to, they could probably fight, but not one of them was going to give up the chance of freedom.

She wasn’t sure about the Main Branch, but then, most of them that were present didn’t bother practising like her family.  They were lazy, relying on the branch house and their use of the seals.  The ones who weren’t were the ones who were career Shinobi, in ANBU, and as Jōnin.

“Naruto,” Haruka said forcefully.

“Three people I care about are unconscious.  Worse, you have threatened their lives.  You have threatened Hanabi-chan’s life.  It appears that I need to make an example of what happens when people threaten the people I love.

“I want everyone here to watch.  I want you to see what I can become.  I want you all to tell everyone what happens here today.  Kyūbi is locked inside me, I am the jailor, and like every jailor, I have the key.

“You spit at me, and I can accept it, but you try and harm the people who mean more to me than life, and I cannot accept that.  I will not accept that.”

Hanabi didn’t move as Naruto stepped away from her, and red chakra exploded from his body.  It was different to before, at the Fair, as this seemed tightly controlled.

His body curved, his hands becoming claws, his teeth growing.  His shirt bulged with muscles that hadn’t been there moments before.

He tensed, and then vanished.  The elders didn’t have a chance, as experienced as they were, they were old.  Their reflexes dulled by years of retirement.

Naruto appeared to have released the Kyūbi, and it was devastating.

He didn’t need weapons, his claws seemed to be sharp enough to cut steel, and he used them with vicious ability.

The Elders collapsed, one with his head removed, the others through wounds that bled in the lights surrounding the courtyard.

Naruto was in front of her again, breathing heavily, his eyes silted and red.

She reached out, unsure as to why she was doing so, and took one of his hands in hers, feeling the sharp claws.

“Thank you, Naruto-kun,” she said clearly.

Before her eyes, he reverted back to the familiar form of Naruto, a sad look in his eyes.

“I don’t like doing that,” he said softly.  “But sometimes we have to do things we don’t like, and that is the least thing I would do to protect you.”

Hanabi knew that the ‘you’ was aimed at her family, but she decided to take it personally.

“Thank you,” she said once more, and hugged him tightly, ignoring the blood on his clothes.

He stroked her back.  “I’ve got to get back to my dinner.  You got it covered here?”

She nodded, pleased that he thought enough of her to leave her alone.  With a wink, he vanished in his usual lightning storm.  She grinned as she realised he’d left all the clones guarding the main branch.

She put her hands on her hips and turned.  “Right, someone get the antidote to release father, you main house gits can keep your arses where they are, until Father decides what to do with you.”

The branch house members were smiling.

---

Naruto arrived back at the Aburane clan compound.  Eleven nodded at him.  “Anything for me to do, boss?”

Naruto nodded.  “Send the word out that I want a seal expert here yesterday.  I think we’ve got a few working for us, call them in.”

“Will do.  You look like shit, boss, you need to get some sleep.”

Naruto nodded.  “Did you have to eat my food?”

“With how good it tasted, yes.”

Naruto waved a hand.  “Get.”

The clone jumped out the sunroof, and vanished.

Naruto sank down.  “I’m sorry about that.  You’ll have to wait until tomorrow to hear what happened.  I’m sorry to leave you like this, but I need to sort through what I just did.”

“There is blood on your clothing and under your nails.  I understand,” Shibi said.

Naruto nodded and called the lightning to take him home.

Once he was inside, he showered, before he climbed into bed.

“You okay?”

“No, not really.”

“So, now you know what you are capable off.”

“You are supposed to help me, say that it wasn’t really me.”

“Yeah, so humans tell me.  That’s crap.  I tell you the truth.  That was you, making a visible point to people who mess with those you deem worthy.”

“I guess.  I just, well, tore them apart with my claws.  That’s a little basic.”

“It made your point, didn’t it?”

“Hn.  Yeah, it did.  Hurt like anything, though.”

“You forced a transformation for the first time.  You took around a thirty-sixth of my power, which is pretty impressive for a first time, and you proved a point.”

“I think it was a bit foolish.”

“Probably, but then, with the money you got from Gatō, you’ve already announced yourself on the stage, and if the worst comes to worst, we can use the escape Jutsu and get the hell out of there.”

“True.  Thanks, Kyūbi.”

“What, no Foxy-chan?”

“Not tonight.  Now, I just want to sleep.”

“Before you go, I’ve been bored.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah, so I’ve been looking at why you’re a short arse.  In short, I can fix it.”

“Cool.”

“Gonna take years, but a bit of chakra to the right points – your clone found it was called the Pituitary gland – and we can get you to a normal teenagers size.”

“Sounds good.”

“Damn right, although you’ll no longer be able to hide in flower pots.”

“Hah, ha, ha.  You’re a regular comedian.”

“I’ll be here all week, catch Elton John, his show’s great, don’t forget to tip your serving staff.”

“Who is Elton John?”

“… Just go to sleep, kid.”

---

Hiashi woke with a jerk.  About the last thing he expected to see was the Hokage sitting next to his youngest daughter in the General Hospital.

He looked around, to see his eldest daughter and nephew in beds next to him.

“A nasty poison,” the Hokage said casually.  “But not fatal.  Once the antidote was applied, it was only a matter of time before you woke up.”

Hiashi eased himself into a sitting position.  “I can’t help but notice that I am alive and intact,” he said thoughtfully.  He looked at Hanabi, “as are Neji and Hinata.  And as the last thing I remember was my youngest daughter promising to end their lives, I have come to the conclusion that you succeeded.”

Hanabi smiled and nodded.

“And she wouldn’t tell me what happened,” the Hokage added.  “She wanted to wait until you were awake.”

“With all the talking, it would be difficult for us to sleep,” Neji muttered as he helped himself into a sitting position as well.

Hinata awoke with a gasp, and then looked around in shock.

“Hinata-chan, we are about to hear what happened,” Neji said.

Hanabi smiled.  “I utilised my most powerful Jutsu.”

“A Jutsu,” the Hokage added, “that beheaded one of your elders, and left claw marks on the other two.”

“I have no knowledge of a Jutsu that would do that,” Hiashi said thoughtfully.

Hanabi’s eyes flashed in amusement, and Hiashi realised his daughter was teasing them.

“It’s a Jutsu that only I can use,” she said.  “I call it, Glare No Jutsu.”

Neji suddenly started to snicker.  “You summoned Naruto-kun?”

Hanabi poked her tongue out at her cousin.  “Sure, ruin my fun.  Yes, I called Naruto.  He wasn’t happy about you three being out of it, so he decided to make an example of the idiot elders.  He unlocked Foxy-chan and let her kill them.”

Hiashi shook his head slightly, as the Hokage groaned.  “He released the Kyūbi?”

Hanabi nodded.  “It was beautiful,” she sighed.  “He glowed this amazing red colour, then he transformed, muscles bulged everywhere, and he took off, faster than I could see, and a head was on the floor.  They didn’t stand a chance.

“He did it because he loves us.  He wanted to make a point that anyone who hurts one of his precious people will be treated like that.”

Hiashi smiled faintly.  “We owe him,” he murmured to himself.

There was a familiar burst of lightning and Naruto appeared in the room.  “Good, you’re all awake.  Everyone okay?”

Three forms of yes echoed through the room.  Naruto opened the door, and grabbed a passing doctor.  He hauled him in easily.  “How’s Hiashi?”

The doctor sighed and looked at the chart, and then examined the patient.  “He’s fine.”

“Good enough to be yelled at?”

The doctor nodded.

“Thank you,” Naruto said, and bundled the man back out of the door, shutting it firmly.

“Naruto-kun?” Hiashi asked warily.

“Exactly why did you not ask for help with your little seal problem?”

Hiashi blinked.  “I am the Head of my Clan?” he said pointed out, not sure what Naruto was getting at.

“So am I,” Naruto replied.  “So is the Hokage, and many other people in this village.  It doesn’t stop them from asking for help when needed.  I asked you for help with the money I had left over, and with a load of other things.”

Hiashi nodded.

“And the businesses we went through.  You do remember them, right?”

Hiashi nodded again.

“And how many seal experts do I have employed?”

“Two,” he replied instantly.

Naruto looked at him.

Hiashi closed his eyes and contemplating banging his head against a wall.  The solution to his problem was simply to have asked for help.  Naruto would have brought in the expert, and the Caged Bird seal could have been replaced with something neater.

“Let’s hope we never have this discussion again,” Naruto said with a grin that Hiashi knew was down to him being able to use Hiashi’s own teachings against him.  “I’m glad everyone’s okay.”  He winked at Hanabi, and vanished in his lightning.

Hiashi noted the fainted blush on his youngest daughter’s face and smirked to himself.  “What is it going to take for this not to get out?”

“What happened last night?” the Sandaime asked in amusement.

Hiashi waved his hand.  “No, the telling off I just received.”

“Nothing but the finest tobacco.”

Hiashi grumbled to himself.  “Deal,” he muttered.

---

“What are you doing?”

Naruto slumped to his knees.  “Trying a new technique.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah, I want to chain things together.”

“What do you mean?”

“I want to do a clone then a henge in one movement, not several.”

“Why would that be useful?”

“It wouldn’t be, but it would be unpredictable.  I do a series of hand signs that look like something complicated, when all I’m really doing is setting up a series of simple things.”

“You’re missing a wolf sign between each one.”

Naruto sighed.  “Don’t tell me, I didn’t ask, right?”

Kyūbi sent a mental grin at him.  “That, and I was having a fox-nap.”

“In that case, I’m going to bed.  It’s been a hell of a day.”

“Bed at eight?  You are getting old.”

---

Hanabi knocked on the door to her sister’s room.

“Come in.”

She opened the door.  Her sister had changed from her training ground clothes, into a kimono for the rest of the night.  As always, she was immaculate.  “Naruto saved our family.”

“He did,” Hinata agreed, her face gaining colour as it always did when Naruto was mentioned.

“As such, we owe him a debt.”

Hinata looked at her curiously, her colour still high.

“As daughters of the house, it is up to us to reward the one who saved us.”

“What do you mean?”

Hanabi sighed to herself.  Her sister could be so dense at times.  But then, she hadn’t read the book.  “We give him ourselves for the night, to do what he pleases.”

Hinata gasped.  “You mean, us, and him, and him with no clothes?  And…”

Clearly the idea was too much for the older girl, as she had passed out from massive blood loss.

Hanabi sighed once more.  She had really hoped that, just this once, her sister would have been useful.

So it was down to her.  As always, or so it seemed.  She knew it might hurt, but she was a Kunoichi, she could handle it.

She padded to Naruto’s room. She was already in her finest kimono, and had brushed her hair to perfection.

She knocked, and when there was no response, she opened the door silently.  Naruto was asleep on his back, his chest bare.

Despite the shortness of time, she could see the benefits of his new training routine, and blushed slightly.

With a deep breath, she crawled into bed with him, and leaned against him.

Nothing happened.  She frowned and tried to remember what the book said.  Maybe it was because his hand wasn’t in the right place.

She gently lifted his right arm around her, and placed his hand on her bum.  Although it didn’t feel like anything, other than a weight, the book said she was to moan in pleasure.  So she did.

The next thing she knew she was hugging a pillow, and a shocked looking Naruto was on the other side of the room.

That wasn’t supposed to happen.  “Is it because I don’t have Hinata here?” she asked.  “The book said there should be two sisters.”

Naruto took several deep breaths.  “Hanabi-chan,” he said softly, “what book?”

“Icha Icha Paradise, volume six,” she replied.

Naruto took another deep breath, and then sat down on the edge of the bed.  Hanabi took this as a good sign.

“Where did you get the book?” he asked.

“We’ve all seen Kakashi-sensei reading it and giggling, so our class thought it was a comic book.  We worked together to get one of them from him.  I was supposed to share it with the others, but things got in the way.  We didn’t realise it was a guide book.”

Something strange flickered in Naruto’s eyes.  Hanabi found herself talking before she could control herself.  Something had gone wrong here, and she needed to know what.  She didn’t like making mistakes.  “The book said we should both sleep with you, as a thank you, but Hinata passed out again, so I had to do it on my own.  I’ve had the Kunoichi classes, so I knew what I was getting into.”

“You know the basics of part A into slot A?” Naruto asked to clarify.

She nodded.

“But not why?”

“Why what?”

“Why you would want to do it?”

“Well, because it’s fun, right, or because we owe you?”

Naruto reached over and lightly stroked her face.  “Hanabi-chan, normally, your mother would have this conversation with you, or your father.”

Hanabi know knew that something was completely wrong here, and the idea of admitting that she’d made a mistake to her father was horrific.  “Can you tell me, please?”

He sighed and nodded.  He sat, cross legged on the end of the bed; she curled up comfortably on the other side, against his pillow.  It was still warm, and smelled slightly of him.

“This is difficult, I’ve had several versions of this talk from my friends, because I asked them so that I could try and get some common ground.

“For civilians, this is easy.  You wait until you find someone you love and are going to marry, and then it comes natural.  For ninja, it is infinitely more complex.”

“Why?” she asked.

“Because we are tools.  And just as we can be ordered to kill, so we can be ordered to sleep with someone.  And sex is the most intimate thing that can happen between two people.  Seduction missions do come up, and you have to cope with them.  And they can be a male being asked to seduce another male, as much as a female being asked to seduce a male.  There have even been missions where young boys have had to seduce old men.  It happens.  And because of that, the advice is different.”

Hanabi tried to imagine doing what she had proposed to do with Naruto with someone else, and shuddered.  “How do you cope with that?” she asked.

“Everyone does it differently.  Kurenai-chan would cheat, she’d get close, and then use an illusion to make it look like it’s happened.  Anko-chan would turn it around, she’d use her target for her own pleasure.  Yugao-chan is perhaps the strongest, as she’d do it, do it properly, and would then go home to Hayate-san, take a long shower, and forget about it.  Anything that happens to her as a ninja has nothing to do with how she is at home with her love.

“The other thing that complicates it for us, is that we face death.  As we become Genin, we become adults, full adults at fifteen, with the right to decide what we do.

“That’s the legal aspect.  The other aspect is harder to explain.”

Hanabi nodded, she was leaning forward now, fascinated.

“The first thing it to wait until you are ready, physically and mentally.  You know about puberty, right?”

She nodded, feeling herself blush a little.  Even starting that had been embarrassing.  Fortunately, the library had explained everything for her.

“The second is to find someone that you don’t just want to go to bed with, but you want to wake up with the next morning.”

That made sense.

“But, that’s the best case scenario.  A seduction mission, or a myriad of other things could happen that changes things.  In that case, the best thing to do is to find someone you trust and respect.

“The other thing to remember is that it need not be a member of the opposite sex.  Friendship, love, and respect can happen to anyone, and it might be more comfortable that way. 

“We have a more open attitude to that sort of thing, as a kind of a counter balance to everything else that we have to go through.”

“I understand,” she said, as she thought about it.  “So, I like you, you like me, why did you react like you did?”

He closed his eyes for a moment.  “You’re a very pretty girl, Hanabi-chan, but my personal morals wouldn’t allow me to sleep with someone who was also only doing it for gratitude.  And that’s not to mention the issues with this being your father’s house, and how much I respect him.

“Now, do me a favour, tell me how you got the book?”

Hanabi placed everything she had learnt in the back of her mind for later contemplation.  “It was Konohamaru’s idea.  We did it in two days.  The first time, he, and his posse, ran into him, and he dodged.  I studied how he dodged.  The second time, I henged myself into place, as Konohamaru crashed into Kakashi-sensei again.  As he dodged, Moegi and Udon appeared, and he had to dodge again.  This allowed me to drop the henge and grab the book, before going back into my henge.”

Naruto smiled faintly.  “Congratulations, you four just passed Kakashi’s Genin test.”

She felt her eyes grow wide.  “Huh?”

“That is how Kakashi tested the three of us, only it was bells, not his book.  That book, by that way, is a comic book.  And adult comic book.  The scenarios in there are fantasy and frankly, pretty poor fantasy as well.”

“But…”

Naruto smiled and slid off the bed.  He sat next to her and gave her a hug.  “Don’t worry about it, I’m flattered, honestly, and I can understand your logic.”

“Thank you, Naruto-kun,” she whispered and hugged him back.

“Do you have any questions?”

“One.”

“Go on.”

“Do men really want to put their thing up a girl’s bum?”

---

Naruto waited until Hanabi had left, before he let the cheerful mask drop from his face.  He didn’t bother using any hand signs as he pulled on some jeans and a sweater, then vanished.

He appeared in Hiashi’s office.  Neji was sitting in the far corner, reading.

“I need a word with Kakashi.  You are going to help me.”

Both of them looked at him in surprise, before they moved.

Naruto felt the purest rage he had ever experienced continue to swirl through him.  As soon as the two men were ready, he grabbed them and rode the lightning to outside the favoured Shinobi bar.

He walked forward.  A bouncer moved in front of him.  He glared at the bouncer.  The bouncer suddenly appeared to remember a pressing appointment in another country.

Naruto entered the bar.  A glare at the raised stage stopped the music.  People turned to stare, and he spotted Kakashi.

He didn’t remember moving, but he would remember later the satisfying feeling of his fist impacting on Kakashi’s chin.

The Jounin stumbled back, to be caught by Hiashi and Neji, both of whom had faintly glowing hands.

Naruto stalked over to Kakashi.  “I’ve been working hard all day, trying to get a new technique down,” he whispered.  “I was exhausted, utterly, so I went to bed early.  Do you know how I woke up?”

Kakashi seemed a little pale as he shook his head negatively.

“With my hand on a twelve year old girl’s rear.”

Hiashi and Neji both sucked in their breath, and the bar that had been quiet beforehand was now silent.  The two men’s grips on the Jounin suddenly tightened.

“Do you know why my hand was there?” Naruto continued.

Kakashi shook his head again.

“Because Hanabi-chan got the idea from a book that she owed me something.  After trying to persuade her sister, she came alone.  Do you know what book this was?”

For a third time, Kakashi shook his head, although the dread in his eye suddenly became clear.

Naruto reached out and pulled Kakashi’s masked down, so that he could look in both of his Sensei’s eyes.  Kakashi’s face was unlined, with an angular chin and a straight nose.

“Icha Icha Paradise,” Naruto ground out.  “Do you know why this twelve year old was reading Icha Icha Paradise?”

He didn’t wait for an answer this time.

“Because a certain Jounin reads this porn in front of children, and giggles a lot.  Hanabi, and Konohamaru – you remember him, the Hokage’s grandchild? – thought it was a comic book, so they decided to get a hold of a copy.  Do you know how they got hold of a copy, Kakashi?”

Again, he didn’t wait for an answer.

“They stole it from you.  Four academy students tricked the great Copycat Ninja.  The Legendary Hatake Kakashi.

“And because of that, I not only had to wake up with my Kami-damned hand on a pubescent girl’s rear, I then had to give her ‘The Talk’.

“Yes, I had to give someone the talk.  I’m barely old enough to understand it myself, and I had to explain it to a precocious child.

“A child, Kakashi, not even a teenager!  A child sneaked into my bed and thought I’d want to screw her, because of that damned book they got from you.

“I accept that some people like porn.  Hell, we’re ninjas, we get up to all sorts of crap, but not in public.  Not continuously.  And not in front of little kids!

“Right now, what I want to do, is kick your arse from here to Wave and back, but, Foxy-chan is whispering that it’s not completely your fault.  It’s thanks to her mercy that I am not.

“But, if I ever, and I mean ever, see you reading that book in public, I will ensure that you spend the rest of your life as a Eunuch, understood?”

Kakashi, still pale, nodded.

“Get out of my sight,” Naruto ordered.

Hiashi and Neji reluctantly let him go. 

“To my office, I think,” the Hokage’s voice said in to the silence.  “We have many things it is now time to discuss.”

The two vanished.

“I need a drink,” Naruto muttered.  Before he could blink, a beer was in front of him.  “Thanks,” he said.  “Now, Hinata.”

“Naruto,” Hiashi said, “let me handle it.”

“But…”

“I know you’re annoyed at her for not stopping Hanabi, but she is my daughter.  You are too angry at the moment.”

Naruto took a deep breath and released it, before draining the beer.  “Okay.”

“Thank you, Naruto-kun, for everything.”  Hiashi vanished.  Neji moved over and placed his hand on Naruto’s shoulder.  “Never doubt that you acted honourably, my friend.”

“Thanks,” Naruto whispered.

Neji nodded and moved out the door, past the silent crowd.

Naruto finished the beer and sighed.  “Sorry to interrupt your evening,” he said to the room.

“I think most of us would have paid to see that,” Hayate said from the corner.  “Come and join us, Naruto.”

Naruto looked over to see all his friends, along with the other Jounin Senseis.  He nodded and walked over.  The band started to play as he sat down, a bit quieter than before.

Kurenai and Anko moved, and pulled him between them.

“So,” Asuma said, blatantly changing the subject.  “What new technique were you working on?”

Naruto took a deep breath and tried to relax.  It didn’t help, so he waved to the barman, and pointed at his empty bottle.  A new one was thrown his way.  He caught it, opened it, and drained it quickly.  The alcohol settled him a little, before his chakra burned it up.

“Two, actually,” he said with a grunt.  “Not much success on either.  I can tell you about the first one.  I’ll make it freely available.  It’s a non-clan, cut down, version of the Akimichi Partial Multi-size technique.”

“Yosh,” Gai said excitedly, before he paused.  “Why?”

“Hold out your hand, palm facing me.”

Gai did as he was told.  Naruto reached up from where he was, and put out his arm.  “There is about two inches between our hands, right?”

Everyone nodded, watching intently.

“Anko-chan, hold a kunai to my neck, so I can’t move forward.”

“Okay,” she agreed, and he felt the cold steel touching him.

“Babe-chan, can you do the same to Gai?”

She did.

Naruto concentrated hard, and without moving, his arm slowly and tortuously expanded, closing the gap.

“Wow,” Kurenai exhaled slowly.

Naruto nodded.  “When we fight, we dodge based on experience.  Imagine being able to grow your arm two inches without warning, hits that would miss would suddenly hit.  People’s defence would be thrown off completely.

“As you saw, though, it’s really in the early stages.  I can only do one thing fast, and that’s useless.”

“What’s that?” Anko asked.

Naruto poked out his tongue at her, and it suddenly grew to around six inches.

Anko flew out of her chair, propelled by the blood from her nose.

“What?” Naruto asked innocently, inwardly smirking.

---

“Neji, Neji,” Ino yelled across the street.

Neji looked up, to find his girlfriend, and most of the other rookies, sat at the Ramen stand that Naruto liked.  His cousin and Sakura were the only two missing.  Haku was needling Sasuke, who was trying to keep a smile off his face.

He walked over to them, and took the seat that was vacated next to Tenten.  Tenten leaned against him comfortably.  “What’s up?” he asked.

“Is it true?” Kiba asked excitedly.

“Is what true?”

“That Naruto removed Kakashi’s mask?”

Neji sighed.  “You gossip like old woman.”

“Neji-kun,” Tenten purred.  “Are you calling me old?”

Neji groaned inwards.  He’d walked into that one.  And he now knew he wasn’t going to get out of here without telling everything.  At least he’d talked to Hanabi this morning, and had her side of the story.  “In short, Hanabi stole a copy of Kakashi’s damned porn.  She read it, and thought it was a guide book, and as Naruto did us a favour, she thought she’d use ideas from the book.

“So Naruto woke up to my baby cousin in bed with him, where she had placed his hand on her bum.”

Kiba whistled slowly.

“That is so far beyond troublesome,” Shikamaru muttered.

Tenten, Ino and Haku had identical expressions of horror on their faces.

“Being Naruto, he replaced himself with a pillow, and then tried to find out why.  She begged him to give her the talk.”

“I would rather have Naruto do it than my mother,” Shino said quietly.

“Yeah,” Kiba agreed with a shudder.

“He did, and made sure my cousin would never make that sort of mistake again.  And sent her to bed.  He then came and found Hiashi and me.  He was radiating pure killer intent, and there was nothing to do with the Kyūbi.  This was Naruto as mad as I have ever seen him.

“I’ve never seen Hiashi follow someone’s orders like that, but like me, he didn’t want it turned on him.  Naruto grabbed us and we rode the lightning to the bar.  The bouncer tried to stop Naruto, but one look and the guy needed a clean pair of underwear.  We entered, the music stopped, and Naruto did something, I have no idea what, but it was like an instant sign less body flicker.  One second he was next to us, the next Kakashi was on the floor.

“Hiashi and I grabbed Kakashi, disabling his Chakra points and allowed Naruto to yell at him. 

“It was both funny and terrifying at the same time.  Funny, because a fifteen year old Genin was laying into a Jounin, but scary because it is the first time I’ve ever seen Naruto so serious.”

“So,” Ino said, “what did he look like, Kakashi?”

Neji shrugged.  “Good looking.  No scars, no moustache, nothing bad, just a good looking man.”

“How disappointing,” Haku murmured.  “Oh well.  Is Hanabi alright?”

“Yes, however, Hinata and Naruto might not be.”

“Why?” Kiba asked.

“Hanabi went to Hinata first, instead of pointing out all the flaws in her plan, Hinata passed out – you know how she crushes on Naruto.”

“Yeah,” everyone said together.

“So where is Naruto now?” Sasuke asked.

“I think he’s working out his anger somewhere.”  He paused, as a massive wave of Chakra swept over them.  “That would be him,” he finished.

---

Hiashi sighed as he looked at his daughter.  He had asked her to come to his office, and now wasn’t sure how to handle this.  It was certainly easier when he could just call her useless.  He didn’t need to think.

Of course, he also didn’t get anything back in those times.

“Do you remember what happened last night?” he asked.

Hinata flushed and looked down.

“After Hanabi came to you, she decided to go to Naruto on her own.”

Hinata looked horrified.

“Fortunately, Naruto took the honourable option.  However, he was not happy last night.  For good reason.  No man desires waking up with a young girl in his bed.”

Hinata nodded hard.

“Naruto was understandably upset last night, and I had to beg him to allow me to deal with this.”

Hinata looked confused.

“Naruto thinks you should have stopped your sister,” he said bluntly.

Dawning horror spread over Hinata’s face, and a devastated look appeared in her eyes.

“Yes,” he continued firmly.  “I believe you passed out due to your crush on Naruto, and because of that, caused him to have an extremely unpleasant night.  It is not all bad, as it has set my mind at rest about Naruto, and some other things that needed to be said, were said last night.

“But that still leaves us with a problem.  Hinata, how do you think you can have a relationship with Naruto, if even the idea of kissing him leaves you unconscious?”

Hinata’s look added a level of embarrassment not normally seen on a human.

Hiashi sighed to himself.  “He has no chance of living up to the ideal you have of him and you will never think you are good enough for him.  That is a relationship that can never work.”

Hinata looked down, at her fingers as they pressed against each other.

“What I want, is for you to learn from this, and at least contemplate dating someone else for a while.  Get some experience, grow up a little, and see how you feel then.  Don’t hide yourself away for a dream.”

A look of sadness now adorned his daughters face.  “I will try,” she mumbled.

---

Hanabi deactivated her eyes and nodded slowly to herself.  She thought that her father had handled that quite well.  And she certainly approved of her sister dating someone else.

That dog boy from the Inuzuka clan was a good choice.  He was like a poor man’s Naruto.

She’d have a chat with him and suggest he asked her sister out.

---

“Guys,” Naruto yelled.

“Boss,” the three children yelled back.

“Take a seat,” he ordered, as he dropped to the floor, sitting cross legged.

The three sat opposite him, looking attentive.

“First, I want to congratulate you.”

“On what?” Konoha asked.

“Successfully working together as a team, and getting something of value from Kakashi.”

The three looked proud, before Moegi frowned.  “Where is the Hyūga anyway?”

“That’s what I’m here to talk to you guys about,” Naruto said.  “That book wasn’t a comic, well, it was, but it was Hentai.”

The three gasped, and then blushed.

“Hanabi will not be sharing it with you, nor will she tell you what is in it, I have her word on that.  If you are curious, wait until you are Genin, and look it up for yourselves.”

“No way,” Moegi said distastefully.  “That’s disgusting.”

“Yeah,” Udon and Konoha agreed.

Naruto grinned at them.  “Good answer.  So, as I’ve pulled you out of class, how about I teach you something cool?”

---

Two days later, Naruto was sparring with Hayate, when he was summoned to the main gate.  He grabbed Hayate and rode the lightning there.  In front of him, two hundred men and women were standing patiently.

“Only you can create this much chaos,” Hagane Kotetsu said cheerfully to Naruto.

Naruto looked at the men, and then smiled.  “Tazuna!” he yelled, “You old drunk.”

“Naruto!” Tazuna yelled back, “you little brat!”

The two hugged.

“I’m here as requested,” he said.  “And I’ve got some super help and the supplies you asked for.”

“Great,” Naruto said enthusiastically.  “I’ve got the plans and some helpers.”

“Naruto,” The Hokage said, as he appeared in a swirl of leaves, accompanied by four ANBU members.  “Why is there an army on my doorstep?”

Naruto looked at the people in front of him.  “The hardest working army, right?”

“Yeah,” they all cheered back.

“We’ve been hired, Hokage-sama,” Tazuna said respectfully.  “We’re here to build Naruto-kun a super-great home.”

There was another cheer from the gathered craftsmen.

“Yeah,” Naruto agreed.  “I hired them after seeing the amazing job they did on the Bridge, and besides, it’s going to take a while for them to get back on their feet properly, so why not put a little work their way?”

Tazuna nodded eagerly.  “Kid did amazing by us, and things are picking up already, but we can’t live on the money he left forever, we need contracts, work, and this is a good start.”

The Hokage sighed and nodded.  “I’ll have to ensure that you are guarded, for our safety and yours.”

“We expected as much.”

Sarutobi looked at all the supplies.  “Just what are you building, Naruto?”

“Ooo,” Naruto said happily.  He made the seal, and created a couple of hundred level one clones who quickly henged into various shapes, and jumped into place before him.

The ANBU, Tazuna, and a few others gathered around, as the rest milled closer.

“Right, this is the main house,” Naruto said, pointing to a large building.  “These are the eight houses I want around the main circle, with a nice garden in the middle where we can hold parties.

“This is the bathing area, the training area, the Jutsu area.”  He reached out and dispelled the roofs of each building.  “As you can see, each of the smaller houses has four en-suite bedrooms, large open plan living rooms and fully featured kitchens and a library.

“My house is bigger, and has a few more features, but this is the basic.”  A new clone rushed out of the gate, he looked tired.  He handed Naruto some drawings.

“Thanks, Six,” Naruto said, as the basic clones dispersed and he was able to spread the drawings down.

“You’re building a small village,” the Hokage pointed out with a sigh.

“Of course I am,” Naruto grinned.

“Do I want to know?”

“Probably.”

“Are you going to tell me?”

“Only if you order me.”

The Hokage sighed.  “Let them in and get them to work.  Assign an ANBU group as their liaison.”

The ANBU next to him vanished.

“Welcome to Konoha,” the Hokage said firmly.  “Naruto, please don’t slack off on your training.”

“Hey,” Naruto protested.  “That’s unfair!”

The Hokage grunted.  “Probably,” he admitted.  “Brat.”

“Six,” Naruto called.  “You’re in charge.  What do you need?”

“Twenty level twos for supervision, two hundred level ones for the work.”

Naruto nodded, and two hundred and twenty clones popped into being.  “Six is in charge,” he told them firmly.

“Yes, boss,” the clones shouted in unison.

“Could I have Eleven as well, he’s a better motivator than me.”

Naruto nodded, and another clone popped into place.

“Whoa,” the new clone said.  “Boss, you’ve done it!”

“Really?”

“I think so, I feel it, anyway.”

“Hmm,” Naruto said thoughtfully, and looked at the ANBU surrounding them.  “Could one of you create as many Shadow Clones as you can?”

The Hokage nodded, and one of the ANBU, in a Tiger mask, made the familiar seal and shouted out.  He staggered a bit as six clones appeared.

“Go for it, Eleven,” Naruto encouraged.  He placed his hand on the clones shoulder, and subtly fed him some more Chakra.

The clone took a deep breath.  “Shadow Clone No Jutsu,” he yelled.  Five clones appeared next to him, all with surprised looks on their faces.

“Woohoo,” Naruto cheered.  “Eleven, you’ve just earned a name!”

“I’ll keep Eleven,” Eleven said with a pleased look. 

“Okay, you’re with Six.”

“Hmm,” Six said, “shouldn’t he be in charge now?”

“Nah,” Eleven said, “You’re the one who has been doing all the hard work, I’ve just got a bit more power.”

“Right,” Six said.  “Enough of this lollygagging, we’ve got work to do.  Level ones are to help all these people in to Konoha, show them to our land, and help them get their tents set up.

“Level twos, go and get enough sake and beer for everyone, as a welcoming present.  Tazuna-san, if we could discuss the plans on our way?”

“Err, sure,” Tazuna said slowly.

“Chop chop,” Eleven ordered.  “Time’s a wasting people.”

“Yes, boss,” the clones shouted, and got to work.

Naruto watched with a smile as the procession of people entered the village, and headed up the streets.

“Naruto,” the Hokage called, as the procession ended, and he was left alone with the ANBU.  “What just happened?”

“After over a month of trying, I finally managed to create a clone with Jounin level chakra,” Naruto explained.  “Of course, he’s not a real Jounin, as he only has my skill, so he’s just an over-powered Genin really.  But, he should be able to take punishment like a Jounin, and won’t disperse until a Jounin would be dead.”

There was a silence that was only broken by the sound of the wind brushing over the grass.

“That’s very good, Naruto-kun,” the Hokage said softly.  “Your goal is a thousand like that?”

Naruto nodded.  “When I can do that, I’ll be able to protect everyone, and no one I care about will die because of an enemy, before they are as old as you, old man.”

The Tiger ANBU sniggered softly.  “How many clones do you have live at the moment?”

Naruto thought for a second.  “I’ve got around thirty Dot clones on permanent duty.  Two hundred level ones under Six’s command.  I’ve twenty nine level twos on various tasks, twelve level threes, and one level four – Eleven, doing various things.”

“Under the mask,” Tiger said, “I am gaping at you.”

Naruto laughed.

“Naruto, can you explain the levels?” the Hokage asked curiously.  “What are Dot clones?”

“Oh, it’s simple, a level one is a normal Shadow Clone – barely more than civilian level chakra.  Level two is a Genin, three is a Chūnin, and four a Jōnin.  As for a Dot, I’m proud of them, as they’re my invention.  They are limited intellect clones for long term duty.”

“Limited intellect?” the Hokage probed.

Naruto scratched the back of his head.  “They’re single purpose,” he paused and pointed into the forest.  As everyone looked, one of the trees suddenly popped into smoke.  Naruto made a sign, and it appeared again.  “That Dot clone’s job is to stay there and keep an eye out for trouble.  He never gets bored or tired, because that’s all he was created for and that’s all he’s capable of.”

“Gaping, again,” Tiger sniggered.

“Me to,” the Hokage muttered.  “And you have thirty of these around.”

Naruto nodded happily.

“Will you tell me what they are doing?”

“If you order me to.”

The Hokage looked at him for a long moment.  “Don’t you have a training session with Anko?”

---

“That was fun,” Anko said.

Naruto paused as the cuts, bruises and other artefacts of the training were healed.  “Yeah,” he said.  “A bit better this time.”

“A lot better,” Anko said.  “You’re coming on in leaps and bounds.”

Naruto smiled at her.

“So, let’s grab Kurenai and go to the spas.  I fancy sitting in hot water and doing nothing until dinner.”

“I’ll see you later then,” Naruto replied, a little sad that the training was over.

“Nope, you are coming too,” Anko said.

“I’m male, and the baths are separate.”

“You can use your sexy form.”

“I’m still a male inside, or, well, a lesbian, because I still like to look at you.”

“If it wasn’t for your silly morals, you could do a lot more than look,” Anko muttered.  “Kurenai won’t mind, it will be fun.”

Before Naruto could think of another argument, he was being dragged back in to the village, where they bumped into Kurenai talking to Shino.

“Hey, bug boy, you mind if we steal your Sensei?” Anko asked.

Shino bowed briefly.  “We were just finishing,” he said.

“Hey, Shino,” Naruto said, clapping him on the back.  “How’s it going?”

“Well, very well.  Our hives have been interested in this idea of living every day.”

“Take it slowly,” Naruto advised.

“We will,” Shino said, and with another bow, he turned and walked away.

“Kurenai-chan,” Anko said happily, “as Naruto-kun won’t take me home and roger me for hours, we’re going to the spa together.  Naruto’s promised to put on his sexy skin and leer at us.”

“Really?” Kurenai asked Naruto.

“Well, bluntly, yes,” he admitted.  “I was trying to explain to Anko that just because I’m female, doesn’t mean that I don’t fancy you, or her, any less.”

Kurenai laughed.  “I could do with a soak,” she admitted.  “Come on.”

Naruto decided not to argue anymore, and switched to his female form.  He was taller like this, and really needed to be able to get some clothes.  “When we’ve finished,” he said, “can we go shopping?  I think I might need a bra, my boobs swaying like this isn’t pleasant.”

“Shopping?” Anko whined.  “I hate shopping.”

“Quiet, you,” Kurenai ordered.  “Yes, we’ll go,” she continued to Naruto happily.  “Just wait until I show you some lingerie.”

“Wait,” Anko interrupted.  “You’re going to get him lingerie for this form?”

Kurenai nodded.

“I’m so there,” she promised.  All three of them laughed and proceeded down to the far side of the village, where the baths were kept.

Anko paid their entrance fee, and guided him into the female changing areas.  To his surprise, it wasn’t any different to the male changing rooms.  Cubicles lined each side, with mirrors and hair dryers along the back wall.

Thick fluffy towels were in separate piles all over the benches.  Anko picked out a locker, and removed her trench coat quickly.

Naruto shrugged and undid his belt, while kicking off his trainers.  He leant back, as a fist shot by his head and impacted against the locker.

There was a blur of movement, and the next thing he saw was Sakura being held up by the throat against a wall, by a very annoyed Anko.  “Just what the hell do you think you’re doing, Genin,” she spat.

Sakura, rather than answering, appeared to choose to go red instead.

“She can’t talk like that,” Kurenai pointed out.

Anko dropped her, but stopped her from moving with a dagger to her throat.  Naruto wondered where she kept it, and tried to keep the blood from flowing out of his nose at the thoughts.

“N-N- Naruto,” Sakura stuttered.  “He’s in that stupid Jutsu, and being a pervert.”

“What business is this of yours?” Anko demanded.  “He’s here with a Special Jōnin and a full Jōnin.  Do you think that somehow he was fooling us?”

Sakura shook her head.  “But…”

“But mind your own damn business.  If we want to invite him to relax with us, that’s our damn business, not yours.  And you have nothing to worry about, as Naruto’s ours, and as for being a pervert, I damn well hope he will be, so I won’t feel guilty about the fact that I’m gonna be leering at his tits as much as I damn well can be.

“Now, go away, little girl, and keep your other friends away as well.”  Anko grabbed her by the shirt, and tossed her toward Ino, Hinata and Tenten – who caught her.

Naruto sighed and finished undressing.  Kurenai passed him a towel, and he wrapped himself in it.  “You know,” he said to them.  “There are some strange things about this form.  I mean, apart from the fact that foxy-chan says that I could get pregnant, it’s little things.”

“Like what?” Anko asked, as they walked past the girls.

“Chocolate tastes about eight thousand times better.  I want to neuter Kakashi for reading that degrading porn in public.”  He paused.  “Oh, and last week, I had a period, and all I wanted to do was curl up in a ball and cry.  Five and Nine didn’t know how to help, so they sent Eight to the library.  He returned an hour later with a box of chocolates, some pretty flowers, and a load of sanitary products.

“I was so happy I burst into tears, which freaked Five, Eight and Nine out completely.”

The four girls they passed were gaping at him in complete shock, as they left the building and walked toward a pool.

He dropped the towel and entered the water.  As a girl, it felt a lot better than before.

“You could have asked for help,” Kurenai said.  “I had to help Hinata.”

“You were busy, as was Anko,” Naruto said with a shrug.  “Babe was on a date with Sleepy, so I wasn’t going to interrupt that.  Any of the girls I know would have reacted like Sakura, so I had to deal with it myself, it wasn’t a big deal.”

Kurenai and Anko looked at each other and laughed.  “You’re comfortable, aren’t you?” Kurenai asked.

“Sure, I’m still me.  I find the same things attractive, I just have different plumbing.”  He stretched like a cat, and then heard the faintest sound of giggling coming from the fence.

“Oh,” he said a little louder than before.  “I still remember the time you two tied me to the bed and licked me all other.  When you were between my legs, it was heaven, and I still need to thank you.  There’s no one around, why don’t we put up a Jutsu to stop any of the other girls from disturbing us?

“After all, Anko needs a good spanking, she’s been a naughty girl, haven’t you, Anko-chan?”

Kurenai and Anko were giving him wide eyed looks.  “Yes,” Anko blurted.  “Please.”

There was a more audible thump.  “Pervert!” Naruto hissed.  “Let’s get him.”  He jumped out of the bath and charged.  A stream of clones appeared and henged into clothes for him, and the other two, as they followed.  He hopped over the fence easily, to see an old man with grey spiky hair on the ground, recovering from a nose bleed. 

He didn’t hesitate, and kicked him between the legs.  “Pervert,” he yelled.

Two snakes shot out of Anko’s hands and bit the man, while Kurenai, looking as annoyed as Naruto had ever seen her, went to stab him.

The man came to, and blocked the stab, while jumping to his feet.  Anko kicked him in the side, giving Naruto enough of a gap to launch a two handed punch into his stomach.

As if suddenly realising he was in a fight, the old man back-handed Kurenai away, and turned to Anko.

Naruto flashed through some hand seals, and launched a punch forward, only to find his hand grabbed by the wrist, by a worried looking Hokage.

“Old man?” Naruto asked.

“I’m sorry, Naruto,” the Hokage said solemnly, “but I’m afraid I can’t let you kill Jiraiya at the moment.  I need him.”

“Kill me?” Jiraiya asked in amusement.  “Me, one of the legendary Sanin?  The girl is a Chunin at most, I was just going to let her hit me and get it out of her system.”

Naruto growled and tried to move his hand, but the Hokage’s hand was like steel.

“Create a Shadow Clone,” the Hokage ordered.  Without any movement or effort, a duplicate Jiraiya appeared. “Please, Naruto, take it out on the clone.”

The clone smirked at him.

Naruto finished the punch and caught the clone under the chin.  He grabbed tight, and flooded it with his chakra, while making a one-handed seal with his free hand.

The clone shook and shook, before Naruto roared and pulled his hand back hard, ripping out the clone’s spine as he did, and holding the now decapitated head in the air.

The clone dispelled.

“Sweet Kami on a bike!” Jiraiya exclaimed.  “What the hell was that!?”

“A warning about underestimating opponents,” the Hokage said.

“This isn’t fair,” Naruto ground out.  “He was spying on Anko-chan and Kurenai-chan!”

“It was research brat, for I am the esteemed author of the famed Icha Icha Paradise series!”

Those were the books that lead to Naruto waking up with Hanabi-chan.  He launched himself forward again, intent on finishing off the pervert for once and all.

Jiraiya stumbled back in surprise, as Anko and Kurenai jumped on Naruto and held him down.

“He was also looking at you,” Kurenai said.  “And calm down, it’s okay, the Hokage is going to punish him.”

Naruto growled.

Anko took the direct route to calming him down, and kissed him firmly, her tongue exploring his mouth.

He struggled for a bit, but was helpless, especially when Kurenai took over from Anko.  The two women kissed as differently as they looked.  Anko was wild and passionate, with an underlying tenderness, while Kurenai was tender and loving, with an underlying wildness.

“Okay,” he whispered.  “I’m calm.  Sorry.”

“Never apologise for protecting us,” Kurenai said, and hugged him, before allowing him to sit up.

“Yeah,” Anko agreed.  They looked around, to find the Hokage and the Pervert on the floor, unconscious.

Naruto walked over and searched Jiraiya.  He found a notebook, that he destroyed, a copy of one of his books, and some money, that he chucked at Anko.  “He can pay for our next few sessions.”

“I like how you think,” she smirked, before kicking the Pervert awake.  The old man woke next, and had the grace to look embarrassed.

“So, why can’t I kill him?” Naruto asked.

“You do know that you’re still in your female form?” the Hokage asked in lieu of answering.

“What?” Naruto looked down, and rolled his eyes.  He cancelled the Jutsu, ensuring that the clones henged clothes at the same time.  “Happy?”

“You-you-you’re a boy!” the Pervert said.

“I know,” Naruto agreed. 

“It’s …” Anko started.

“Please, Anko,” the Hokage interrupted.  “Can we please keep him conscious for a while?”

Anko pouted.

“Jiraiya, apologise.”

“What?” the Sanin demanded.

“He doesn’t have to apologise,” Naruto said evenly.  He created a clone.  “Two, send someone to the capital.  Have them buy Parkurst Publishing, and install a new editor of this trash.  Reject anything that looks inspired by anything other than his imagination.”

“Will do,” Two said, and turned and sprinted off.

“You can’t do that,” Jiraiya screamed.  “My work…”

“Is fine,” Naruto snarled, “as long as it’s not done by voyeurism!  I’m getting annoyed again, come on, let’s go back and enjoy the rest of our bath.”

“And after that,” Anko purred, “we can talk about my spanking!”

The three of them laughed, as Naruto moved back to his female form, and they left the Pervert with the Hokage.

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