Alone at Dawn

by Advendreader221

Summary:

His fight ended, when he killed his brother. He tried to serve another cause, but was wounded. Now he has entered Shinto Teito, his journey will once more be tested, but will he continue to prevail against his trial?

Notes:

Something I had originally written up in a notebook back in my bct while i was in Benning. Notebook was filled with idea's and possible stories I could write up. Guys in the bay that knew me asked what it was and laughed at my fanboyism, and several even gave me a couple idea's when they found out who I was. (Yes I went to BCT with several of my fans and I am now GREAT friends with the dozen or so I trained with) But this one is a crossover with a Ooc Naruto so he is the same Naruto we know and love, but he is also different plz enjoy. Now, I will be using names of some of my team and squad from my current duty station, but they'll be here for cosmetics and will be here for a couple chapters at most.

~Semper Fi Master Sergeant Chapman~ This is for you.

Chapter 1: The Soldier

Summary: His fight ended, when he killed his brother. He tried to serve another cause, but was wounded. Now he has entered Shinto Teito, his journey will once more be tested, but will he continue to prevail against his trial?

Ooc Naruto. Naruto x Harem. Naruto x Miya (#01) x Matsu (#02) x Kazehana (#03) x Karasuba (#04) x Derieri (#05) x Homura (#06) x Akitsu (#07) x Yume (#08) x Tsukiumi (#09) x Uzume (#10) x Hibiki (#11) x Hikari (#12)

The raised eyebrow of one Takami Sahashi said it all, she was extremely curious. She turned the page and read aloud some of the things the man in the picture accomplished, "He holds three Combat Infantryman Badge's (C.I.B), a Expert Infantryman Badge (E.I.B), a single Expert Field Medical Badge (E.F.M.B), four Expert Soldier Badge's (E.S.B), Pathfinder, Airborne, Air Assault, Special Forces (S.F), Ranger, Advisor, Jungle, Arctic, and a Drill Sergeant Badge."

"Not to mention he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, he holds five Purple Heart's, two Homeland Security medals, six Silver Stars, two Bronze Star's, as well as the Army Achievement medal. Then there are his other medal's and awards. He was held Prisoner of War for a year, escaped and relayed his enemies location even while recovering and engaging the enemy with severe wounds earning him the Prisoner of War award-which I don't understand how that one works."

"He holds a Global War on Terrorism medal, understandable as he enlisted when the towers fell at seventeen, got the Good Conduct award. All gained before or around the age of thirty. He enlisted into half the schools as a low rank private to senior enlisted specialist and Sergeant and earned the honor graduate at nearly every single achievement badge he gained. He's a expert rifle shot having never missed a single target earning him a Distinguished Shooter Award."

"And lastly but not least, he earned two Medal of Honor award's as well when he flushed out a terrorist group from an airport on his own." and she shook her head as she read further down, "And he's deployed almost a dozen times to some of the most remote and hostile environments known to mankind." she said before setting the papers down.

"Hey, that's one hell of a portfolio, and you can't deny that someone with that level of skills isn't someone we can't not have here. He'd be very useful in leading some of the security operations we have to set up, and we can't leave them to the hands of three women. Those new Military physical tests show he can lift over five hundred pounds even though the limit it three-hundred-forty. He can run two miles in ten minutes flat and sometimes less if he pushes himself. He's trained, he's smart, he knows how humans would think on both a civilian and militaristic level. He'd be a great asset to the team." the man said sitting before her.

"Yea, it also says here he's missing a arm, and not only that but he's recently just buried his wife and is raising a infant daughter on his own. How is someone with one arm and a single father who is a widower of any use to us here in the company?" she asked.

"We've been developing a way to clone a arm or leg, as you well know, and we just need a test subject to test the current technology on. If he's willing we will attempt it, and of course we will compensate him more than enough if something goes wrong." the man responded.

"Minaka, this isn't some game, he's a solider first and foremost-forcefully retired due to his injuries, he probably knows a dozen different ways to kill you, and that is with basic household goods." she responded to the now named Minaka.

Not true, he knew well over a thousand, and that was with something as simple as a eating fork-a FREAKING FORK!

"Yea, and he held a significant rank, a Master Sergeant." the man stated.

"He was given the rank promotion for his selfless service. A promotion from Sergeant First Class at that." she reminded Minaka.

"Hey, that's a reward in itself." he responded.

"Shut up. Just, shut up for one minute please." she told Minaka.

~XxX-East Coast,; America-XxX~

The sound of a babies wails filled the small house as the young child cried for her father, said man looking down at her as he held up a diaper in his hand, "Now you need to stop that crying young lady, daddy is trying to change your poopy diaper." he said to the infant.

Said infant was also on the floor with a set of weights over her arms while her feet had her onesie around her ankles.

He had one arm, how else would he keep her still when he changed her?

Setting the diaper on the floor he quickly lifted her feet up and bit into the garment, gently so as to make sure he didn't accidentally bite into his daughters own skin. Sliding a small mat under her he quickly slid the fresh diaper under her and proceeded to clean her off and then set her tush on the clean one and quickly closed it up, "There, now you can whine while daddy puts his weights up, I'll get you a bottle of formula in a moment." he said as he grabbed the soiled diaper and walked to the trash and threw it away.

He then went to the fridge and opened it up and grabbed the cool formulae he had stuffed inside and pulled it out and closed the door before heading to the living room where his daughter lay in waiting. Softly moving the weights off her arms he picked his baby girl up as gently as he could with his one arm, sitting on the floor, and placed her in the crook of his missing arm where he silently rocked her and put her bottle in her mouth where she quickly began to eat her meal.

He smiled as he watched the small blonde haired blue eyed baby-twin whisker marks on her cheeks much like his, suckled the food down. He gave a gentle laugh, "You look so much like your mother it's not funny. I'm sure she would have loved to meet you, but, I'm glad she managed to live long enough to name you, Yuuna-chan." he said silently. She looked so much like Samui-chan that she was basically a clone of her, it was both endearing and saddening to see both his wife and his daughter basically inhabiting the same body, but he wouldn't change this for the world, except having his wife back in his arms.

Finishing her bottle, the father placed his seven month old baby into his neck and proceeded to burp her causing him to laugh, "You my dear, definitely get that from me." he said smiling as he cradled the little one. However, before he can sit back and relax, the sound of the phone ringing draws his attention causing him to huff, "Wonder who that could be?" he questions.

Rising without the use of his hand, the crippled man walks over and picks the ringing phone up and answers the unknown number, "Hello, you've reached the Uzumaki residence, this is Naruto Uzumaki speaking, how may I help you?" he asked into the speaker.

"Mister Uzumaki, I'm so glad I was able to get a hold of you." a female voice said sounding pleased, "My name name is Takami Sahashi of the M.B.I company here in Shinto Teito-well you remember it as Tokyo, but that fool of a boss of mine bought the city and renamed it." she grumbled before clearing her throat, "Anyways, I'm sure you're curious as to why I'm calling, yes?' she asked him directly.

"A little bit yea. I mean you have the eighth most powerful company in the world, and it's said you guys have access to incredible healing technology as well." he said rocking his baby girl back and forth in his arms.

"I thank you for not simply demanding to know why we called, my employer has been studying your file these last few weeks and decided to implement a program to try and help rehabilitate those with amputations or other issues of the similar nature as your amputation. In fact, he was at the airport you had arrived in when the attack had happened. He decided to look into a way to help with amputee's and put your name at the number one slot as a way to try and thank you by giving you a functioning prosthetic if the procedure was in fact a success."

"We haven't done any human trials, mostly dogs and cats as the subjects and so far there haven't been any side effects or issues. In fact, the prosthetic's function almost as a normal one without hardly any notice to them. Anyways, what I am trying to say is, my boss wishes to offer you the chance to have both arms by attempting to clone your DNA and graft it back onto you. It'll be easier to explain if you would come by the company headquarters, but you have to accept."

"Minaka-san has already gotten into contact with several airline companies and made payment plans if you were to accept. All you would have to do is show up, give them your name, and the companies would fill in the rest. I assure you, he has the best intentions for you. Please, try and think it through before accepting." she pleaded.

Naruto looked down at his missing arm, the one that was barely able to cradle his daughter as he stood here on the phone. While it would be nice to hold his daughter with both hands, he couldn't allow his DNA to be experimented on. If he used a couple clones and sealed away his abilities for a few months, then maybe, but for the time being he had to decline, "Uh, while I appreciate the offer, there are some things I need to do at the current time. I hope you understand. I'm currently trying to rehabilitate myself after my injury and on top of that, I am raising an infant." he explained.

"Totally understandable, but if I could for a moment offer a solution. There is a small Inn that I know the homeowner of, she's a nice person and she would look after your child while we did some of the medical work to see how long the process would take to repair your limb." Takami offered.

"How far from the city would this Inn be exactly?" he questioned. If this was the case, he really needed to hurry up with that seal.

"About five to eight miles, really close by if you need to get to your child if need be." Takami told him.

Naruto pondered her words, deeply. If this was a free treatment, he wouldn't be a asshole and outright refuse unless there was something that would jeopardize his health or his child's, and he couldn't exactly keep walking around with one arm forever now could he? With a sigh he made his answer, "Very well then, how soon would you need me to arrive?" he questioned.

"Whenever you decide. As I said, Minaka has already talked to several airline companies about you so you can come whenever you feel like, and please, don't rush yourself to come. This procedure has to be planned and it'll take a lot of equipment and time to set up. I'd give it a month really before anything is set in stone. I thank you for accepting this offer. Bye, and best wishes for you and your child." Takami said before the line went dead.

Naruto hung up his end of the call and looked to Yuuna and raised a brow when he noticed her blue eyes gazing into his own, a smile on her face, "You just had to fart while daddy was on the phone, didn't you?" he asked as the baby gave a blubbering coo, "That's not very ladylike you know, you need to learn to hold it in when daddy's having a conversation." he said as he walked over to the recliner and sat down. A puff of smoke and a clone burst into existence. The great thing about living in the country, there weren't many prying eyes that could poke and prod at your personal life.

Without having to say anything, the clone went to work and called upon a series of black orbs behind it, one of them turning into a arm-he didn't want this around his daughter as he didn't know if she was immune to his powers or not, and it began to form seals, and a puff of smoke later, a series of ink wells and brushes appeared around it.

And with that, it began to design a seal that would hide anything he didn't want to be revealed.

~XxX-Two months later-XxX~

The plane touched down on the blacktop with a screech of burning rubber jolting its passengers. Naruto woke with a yawn and looked to his now nine month old daughter who slept in the small chair next to him-somehow fit for a infant-and smiled as he sat up and smacked his lips. He picked his daughter up gently and proceeded to check on her, ignoring the fasten seat belt sign being on, and pulled out a bottle for her as she began to fuss over her empty belly.

Child could pack food away for sure, definitely got that from him.

XxX

Walking out of the airport, Naruto found a man with a card that had his name written on it and walked over, "Hi, Naruto Uzumaki, nice to meet you." he said as he shook the mans hand, little Yuuna held in one of those baby harnesses on his chest, "This is little Yuuna-chan, my daughter. I guess we'll be in your care." he said adjusting his bag on his shoulders.

"Names Natsuo, Sir, served in the Japanese Air Force, heard a lot about you and when I heard about you coming in for the treatment I offered to bring you in. It's nice to meet another service-member despite serving different countries." Natsuo introduced himself. Natsuo is a normal-sized young gentleman with white hair, wearing an elaborate black suit with a white shirt underneath and a black tie.

"Pleasure's all mine Natsuo-san. So, we getting out of here or what?" the blonde grinned.

"Yea, the boss had a baby seat installed for your daughter so you wouldn't have to bring one. You can buckle her in while I put your bag in the trunk if you wish." he offered.

Naruto nodded and unstrapped the bag and handed it to the man while catching it with his single arm. Opening the back door he managed to sit down and unharness Yuuna and place her in the car-seat and buckle her in. With that done, he gave her another bottle, she was looking a little hungry and had the face of a baby about to start crying-he learned it well over the last nine months alone.

Closing the back door, he climbed into the front seat and buckled himself in with a impressed looking Natsuo nodding his head at him, "Didn't think you had it down so easily, what with you having one arm and all, though I mean no offense when I say this of course." he said to the blonde.

Naruto just laughed, "Nah it's all good. You get used to the looks of shock and stuff when it happens. Besides, once you get the system down, it's all in the technique of how you do it, though I will admit it was a bit of a challenge when she was first born I will admit." Naruto laughed again.

"Oh I'm sure it was. Now, let's get you to the company, the boss is eager to meet you." Natsuo said as he drove away from the airport.

~XxX-M.B.I Main Office-XxX~

To say that Naruto was a bit surprised would be a understatement. The office building was taller than most of the buildings in the city, and it had a clock on it as well. Natsuo chuckled as he looked to the blonde, "Welcome to the HQ of the company, here we'll do our damnedest to give you your arm back." he said as he popped the trunk and climbed out.

"Damn, tall ass tower." Naruto muttered to himself as he unbuckled and climbed out to get his daughter and gently strapped her to her harness, the little one silently sleeping even after being slightly jostled around by her father. Closing the door he took his bag from Natsuo with a nod and single strapped the bag and followed after him.

Natsuo brought Naruto into the office building before he led Naruto over to a elevator and pressed the call button and placed his hands behind his back. When the elevator opened, the two men and baby entered and once more Natsuo pressed a button, the top floor to be precise, and the doors shut. Naruto looked over to Natsuo and spoke, "So, your boss, the one that's going to try and give me an arm, what's he like?" he asked.

He had never spoke to the man himself, to Takami she mentioned he did dumb things but he hadn't spoken to the man himself.

"Minaka-san isn't in right now, he's actually trying to get a meeting with Higa Izumi-san of the Izumi Pharmaceutical Company, but the man has been difficult these past few months, though I haven't got a clue as to why. But, as for how Minaka-san is attitude wise? That's easy, the man treats everything around like a big game to him, though he does have a very charismatic personality and an amazing ability to take action. However, Minaka-san is also considered to be a "super genius" by many due to being the founder and chairman of MBI, though you didn't hear it from me-but uh Takami-san thinks that he has gone insane these past few months." he said softly.

Naruto raised a brow, "Insane? How so?" he asked. If this man was starting to lose his mind, he wouldn't want his child near her if he attacked him.

Natsuo gave a uneasy look, "He perfected a method in splicing DNA and then cloning people. The technology has been secret from the world, and with good reason, but he's been obsessed with trying to enhance people into making superhuman's. To be honest this only became a recent development after he returned from the airport nearly a year ago, when you saved him and all those other people and lost your arm. He described you as a living Superman, he watched as you threw your gun down and charged without hesitation, a single Bowie knife in hand and you tore through your enemies without hesitating, and when one of them shot you with a grenade, you only lost your arm despite landing behind a desk. He described as he watched you put a tourniquet on and simply grabbed your knife and returned to the fight, and how you ended it by throwing it into the last mans chest as he went to kill a woman, one with blond hair that was cut short, and pregnant." he said softly.

"Samui, she was my wife. She had come into the airport to greet me when the attack happened. We were elated to know that I would be home long enough to watch our child be born, and then we would have moved to Fort Campbell, that way we would be closer to home. But, when the attack happened, it put to much stress on her body, and the man threatening to kill her had forced her body into labor, forcing even more stress onto her body. In the end, she died delivering Yuuna-chan. I didn't care about how I was losing blood, I just wanted my family to be safe." Naruto whispered as the day replayed in his mind, "I enlisted in the military to support not just myself, but her. I guess you could say we were high-school sweethearts, but I had known her for a few months before we got out." he said silently.

"I see, sorry for dragging up such painful memories." Natsuo apologized.

Naruto waved him off, "It's fine, I revealed the information willingly." he admitted.

The elevator came to a stop and opened with a silent 'ding' and the two men walked out, "The main office is down this hall and to the right. You won't be able to miss it, trust me." Natsuo said.

Naruto nodded his head and walked down the hall, surprised by how little there was on the top floor, but he didn't question it. Reaching the office, he gently knocked and heard a feminine voice say he could enter and he silently opened the door and saw a woman with white hair and dark brown eyes wearing a lab coat sitting in the chair behind the desk. She looked up and saw Naruto and smiled softly, "Mr. Uzumaki, so glad you could make it. Please, have a seat, I'll be with you in a moment, I have to finish the paperwork right quick." she said, looking back to the papers and scribbled down some notes.

Sitting down, Naruto leaned back in his chair and rubbed Yuuna's back softly, the baby slowly turning her head the opposite way as she got comfortable once more. Looking up and seeing this, Takami gave a gentle smile and motioned for the chair, "So when exactly is this procedure going to take place?" he questioned her.

"The procedure has been scheduled for three weeks from now, for now I have set up a room for your stay down at the Inn we discussed when we first spoke with one another a couple months ago." she told him with a smile before a familiar toot filled the air as the two adults looked to the now smiling baby.

Naruto gave his daughter a blank stare, "Sweetie, I think we need to discuss your manners when daddy is speaking to his associates." he said to his child.

Takami gave a giggle, "She's so adorable, reminds me of my youngest when she was her age, gets it from me I'm afraid." she said with a nostalgic smile.

Naruto nodded in agreement, "Oh yea, and this one inherited her manners from me." he stated. He looked at the lovely lady, "So, how old are your children, I assume you have two or three from what you mentioned." he said.

Takami nodded, "Two children. My eldest is enrolling in college and my youngest is in high school readying to graduate. Minato is a good kid, but he lacks a spine for the most part, mostly due to me I guess. Never had been around boys as I grew up so I never knew how to handle them. Yukari, she has her things and stuff but she was easy to handle once she started growing." she said.

"She sounds like a good child, and your eldest only needs some confidence. I was much like him until I enlisted in the Army." he said smiling softly.

"Hm-hm, yea, sadly his father was never in the picture so I can only say that the blame lies with me." Takami told him, "So, with all the business out of the way, I would like to inform you that Natsuo is going to be driving you to the residence you will be at for the time being. The owner of the estate is a woman named Miya Asama-her husband sadly died while working for us, but she's a old friend of mine. I'll let her know you made it and will be coming by soon." she said picking up the phone to make her call, "I will keep in touch, but for now you are free to leave and go get some rest."she told Naruto as she pressed the buttons for Miya's house phone.

~XxX-Later-XxX~

Naruto stepped up to the door while bouncing little Yuuna in her harness causing her to cry out happily as he walked up with his suitcase and knocked on the door and waited. He didn't have to wait long before the door was opened by a young woman with brown hair tied into a ponytail. He did raise a brow at her lack of clothes... whatsoever, as in she was stark naked, "Uh, can I help you?" the woman asked him.

Naruto shook his head, "Uh, yes ma'am, I'm looking for a Misses Miya Asama, I was told she was the owner of the premises." he said looking her in the eyes-trying to keep his eyes above her neck. Yuuna cooed as she reached out to the woman and shook her arms wildly trying to gain her attention.

Uzume looked at the baby and felt so captured by the cute little blond infant, "Well hello there cutie, what's your name?" she asked Yuuna as she let her grasps a finger and shook it.

"Oh, uh, this is-uh Yuuna, my daughter. I'm Naruto." Naruto said-still gazing above Uzume's bare chest, "Now, um, about lady Asama ma'am." Naruto said again.

"Uzume stopped and shivered as a dark aura appeared down the hall causing her to jerk as Yuuna started to cry and Naruto raised a brow before sending a pulse of chakra through the air to disperse the apparition, "I would appreciate it if you didn't make my baby girl cry ma'am." Naruto said turning to face the unknown woman who was staring at Uzume as he began soothing the wailing babe in his embrace.

"I do apologize, but it seems that this one forgot one of my cardinal rules... again!" she stated as she walked up and grabbed Uzume by the ear, "You can come in, the family room is to the right, I'll be with you in a moment sir, and I do apologize for making the little one upset." the woman said before she dragged the panicking Uzume down the hall.

Naruto called down the hall, "Thank you." before he stepped in and took his shoes off by the door and rolled his luggage into the abode as Yuuna managed to calm herself down from the small fright. Sitting on a fairly comfortable couch, Naruto unstrapped Yuuna from her harness and placed her on the floor so she could crawl around a bit where he smiled at her progress. She grew fast, almost like he did. Well, his daughter didn't start crawling at three weeks nor start walking at two months of age, Kurama was a boon when it came to his own personal growth and other things. He smiled when Yuuna burped and continued to explore her surroundings, her father keeping a close eye on her as she crawled about the room.

The door to the family room gently slid open and the same woman from earlier who dragged the naked brunette came in and smiled at him, "Hello again." she greeted him, "I am so sorry about Uzume, she tends to do things like that." she told him before bowing out of respect, "My name is Miya Asama, and I welcome you to Mason Izumo." she told him as she watched him pick up his baby and actually felt slightly startled that she actually had scared the little one as the babe gazed at her, tears welling up in her eyes as the little one gazed at her in a bit of fright.

Naruto shook his head, "It's alright ma'am, I wasn't expecting it, and I did try my best to not look down out of respect for my late wife. Yuuna was her gift to me before she left us here." he said to her.

"I'm sorry to gear about that. So, Takami-san informed me you'll be here for a couple of weeks for some testing and a procedure am I right?" she asked as Naruto bounced his daughter.

"Yes ma'am, apparently Minaka is supposed to use some my blood or something to clone the arm or something like that, but I'll be honest, I wouldn't trust him to try and make a full clone of me of work for him and him alone." he admitted.

"I can see how that would make you a bit worried." Miya said nodding in agreement, You're a solider, aren't you?" she asked curiously as Naruto stiffened for a mere moment before he inhaled deeply and nodded.

"Medically retired after twelves years, yes ma'am." the blond answered.

"Was it because your arm being lost?" the lavender haired woman asked.

"Partially. When Yuuna-chan was born, her mother had been at the airport ready to greet us, she had a sign that was decorated with all kinds of small stickers and a bit of glitter like most soldiers get when they tell someone they are returning home. But uh, yea, a terrorist cell had managed to sneak their way into the airport. They had bought guns from american gun stores and ammunition as well. They set about killing several people and even took my dear wife as hostages. Claiming that their death was... right, that America had to pay for their transgressions against Bin Laden, that they were to be used as examples for those who went against their ways." Naruto said with a hallow look.

"I was the only soldier at the time at the airport as most my colleagues had already left. I had to use the bathroom, but that was what allowed me to begin formulating a plan to try and save my wife, she was the only one I was really worried for. She was eight and half months along, and any form of stress to Samui's condition would immediately force her body to go into labor. But my Samui, she was strong, bright and willful and didn't go down without a fight in her. But, the stress of being turned into a hostage as I said forced her into a early labor. Them trying to make her stop her crying and pleading for a doctor to come help her deliver the baby only it worse."

"They ignored her pleas for help, and that was when I began my own counter assault on the enemy. I am legally allowed to carry any weapon I desire on any airplane and a number of specified rounds. I also am very adept with knife throwing and have a permit to carry them as well in a airport. I fought against my enemies as I was rained to, and somewhere in all the chaos of the gunfire and bullets, several grenades being thrown as well as killing, my arm was wrenched away by an explosion. I was struck by a fragmentation grenade from about ten feet away, but the desk I was behind shielded me from most the damage, not the full intensity of the shockwave I'm afraid."

"I did as my training said to, apply a Combat Applied Tourniquet or C-A-T as we call em. And still I fought on. I didn't care that I had lost my arm, my wife was mission, and I was gonna see it through to the end. I was nearly out of throwing knives and running low on bullets. I had managed to corner the last five enemies in a hallway where the was no door for them to hide behind, and so I threw a nearly rigged grenade down the hall. It had cooked it in my hand for a large portion of the timer and tossed it just as it was about to go off, that's how I stopped the attack at the airport,but like I said; my wife was mission."

"When all the terrorists were dead, I didn't stop running until I was by her side, she was already in the process of giving birth when I reached her. By this time a large number of medical personnel inside checking on the former hostages. Several tried to pull me away, but I told them to help my Samui. Told them my life didn't mean anything if our child was born without her to be there for her. They treated me by bandaging the wound, but left my tourniquet alone as it was stopping the blood flow. In the end, Yuuna was born, screaming and wailing and all bloody and pink." he laughed as he looked to his daughter with pride.

"But, something was wrong, and both me and Samui knew it. She died from the stress the terrorists placed on her body, and she named Yuuna with her last words to me, and told me to not blame myself. But, I always wondered what she meant by that, still do actually." he admitted as Yuuna cried out to him as he once more begun bouncing the tiny blond on his knee again to sate her.

"O-oh, I-I, sorry to hear that." Miya apologized, "I-I din't mean to-" she went to say but Naruto shook his head, "It's alright, you needed to hear it, to understand just how me losing my arm ties in with Minaka wanting to give me a new arm." he answered, "It's because Hiroto Minaka was in the very same Airport that the terrorist cell attacked, he was one of the twenty-seven hostages i helped save. While I was awarded for my act of gallantry and heroism, my wife to be buried. I would trade a million of those damned medals... if it meant I could see my beloved Samui, for a minute longer, with our daughter." he growled with tears brimming in his eyes.

"I don't care about Hiroto Minaka, his ambitions to spread his oh so superior technology to the rest of the world,. I don't care about the wars I went through, the battles I experienced, the men and kids I had to kill as they tried to shoot me and my men, the badges on the left shoulder of my uniform, the credits I had to earn to reach my position, the people who look at me and feel pity, I only wish... that daughter can grow up happy and healthy. Nothing else matters. Not the mortgage, not the store, not my old friends and all their bullshit. The only thing I want right now, is for my daughter to grow up happy, healthy, and loved." he explained.

~XxX-Upstairs; Secret room-XxX~

Matsu was weeping, not from hearing a sad song or a watching a sad romance-she hated those she liked porn and comedy-but for the man who had entered and spilled the story of how he lost one of his most precious people. Oh, how she wanted to go down to him and, surprisingly enough not fuck him, but to hug him and say his wife was right. She knew she had an immediate reaction when she seen the soldier and his daughter in her camera's, but she didn't think the price he had to pay was so steep. Oh, this was so sad to hear, what should she do?! Dammit, this was so confusing!

Chapter 2: The Board

Naruto winced as he watched the small vial filled with his blood. He seriously hoped that the seal he concocted worked. He wouldn't care if they said they couldn't clone him, it'd be best for the whole world if it was just him and his little girl with the ability with chakra. The possibility that someone could awaken chakra in this world was bad enough, the idea that a madman unlocking it was worse. Chakra was supposed to die with him and his family. He wasn't gonna teach Yuuna-chan how to use it, and if she unlocked it-by some miracle, he would teach her how to properly use it, and what to use it for. And if she got out of line, he'd lock it away permanently.

Takami pulled the needle out and handed him a band-aid where he gave her a blank look, "And, how exactly and I supposed to apply this with only one arm?" he asked.

"It's meant to be held onto while I mark the vial with your name." Takami said as she wrote on the vial via permanent marker.

Naruto laughed, "Well, I guess that makes sense, why let a cripple try and bandage himself and potentially ruin the bandage." he snickered as Takami set the vial down and turn to take the band-aid and quickly applied it, "Thanks, how long for the blood-work to be done?" he asked curiously.

"If everything comes back normally, I say about two days. The generation of the arm, about two weeks, grafting it back in place, a day or two. Again, this is all speculation." the woman told Naruto.

Naruto nodded as he rolled his sleeve down, silently removing the bandage from his healed arm and cleared his throat, "Call me if you need anything, I'll see myself out." he told Takami as he left the lab.

As he reached the elevator, a woman with short spiky orange hair giving her a more tomboyish look than a warrior as she carried herself. She wears a tight black and gold leather top secured by belts, a pair of black gloves, a miniskirt and stockings. Over the shoulders wearing a grey cape with the Sekirei Crest printed on it. Her fighting gloves have the numbers '05' on it, showing her number.

This was Derieri, a member of the Disciplinary Squad. She had the unique ability to shift the earth and use her internal energy source to increase her power with each blow she landed; her ability was known as Shifting Combo Strike, and so far she was the only Sekirei to display the unique capability to use two different abilities. Yume-her former leader who defected from the Discipline Squad, had the unique power to bend light particles and shift the particles about to hide her true location like a mirage, a similar tactic but not like Derieri could do, and so far she was the only one to come close to replicating two abilities like her.

Even Miya stated that it was rare for a Sekirei to exhibit more than one kind of ability.

Naruto nodded to the woman, "Afternoon ma'am." he greeted politely.

"Sup." Derieri said blowing a bubble from the gum she was chewing.

Naruto gave a soft smile, "I'm curious, I seen a couple people around here wearing this uniform you do, or something similar. Can you explain what it is you do?" he asked curiously.

"Not unless you are in on the ongoing contest, sorry, but for simplistic purposes, i guess you can say I'm a security guard." Derieri said as the elevator began lowering.

"Security huh, I assume you have some prior service under your belt?" he asked.

"Nah, I an't no army junkie. But I can definitely tell you have experience living that kind of life, but it seems to me that you were a soldier much longer than most, I would say either you were raised in a military home or enlisted fairly young, late middle teens."

Wow, she was good.

"Something like that." Naruto muttered.

"I respect that, people willing to give up their own lives for a cause they have no reason fighting in but try and help stop regardless of life or death. It gives a sense of duty and honor most can't comprehend. I guess you were forcefully kicked out, medically if that half arm were saying anything." she said looking to the amputated arm.

"And a infant." he chuckled, "Never had anyone get so close to my personal history as you did without looking at file of me like you were able to." he said, "That's incredible." he told her.

"Thank you. Most tend to avoid a woman with wits." she responded.

"Well, my late wife always did say she was not the only one to be able to outwit me, and I like to think my pranks as a kid were pretty witty." he retorted with a chuckle.

"Sorry to hear that, my condolences for your loss." Derieri said kindly.

"It's ok, I've mourned as best I could, now, I get to watch my daughter grow up to be a fine young woman." he said as the elevator came to a stop, "It's nice meeting you ma'am, but now I need to get back to the residence I am occupying for the time being, I'm sure my little girl is ready to be put down for a nap." he said walking out the door with a kind wave over the shoulder.

The doors closed and Derieri felt a shiver go down her spine, "That was weird. Nice guy, but sheesh why did him leaving do that to me?" she wondered. Oh well, not like he was her Ashikabi.

She needed to learn the statement of not messing with fate

XxX

Naruto walked into Mason Izumo and saw Miya rocking a crying Yuuna in her arms, "Ah, there's daddy, here ya go, no need to cry." she said as the babies father took her gently.

"What caused her cry?" he asked curiously as Yuuna began to hiccup and snuggle into her fathers embrace.

"I don't know, I assumed that she had a dirty diaper but it was clean, I tried feeding her, but she didn't eat, I think she might be teething." Miya told him.

"Hmm, might need to look into some teething rings for her if that's the case." Naruto said sitting down and holding her with his missing arm and running a finger through her gums, "Yea, she is starting to teeth, I'll get some tomorrow, but right now a small cube of ice will suffice. That or a thimble of whiskey in her milk will numb them enough to ease the pain." he said softly.

Yuuna cried more as tears burst from her eyes, causing her father to snicker, "That and it is past nap time for her." he said as he cleared his throat, "Hope you don't mind, but I'm about to ruin your eardrums with my terrible singing." he said looking to Miya before looking to Yuuna calmly as he started singing.

*(1)Come stop your crying

It will be alright

Just take my hand

Hold it tight

I will protect you

From all around you

I will be here

Don't you cry

Yuuna sniffled as she heard her father singing to her.

For one so small,

You seem so strong

My arms will hold you,

Keep you safe and warm

With tears still brimming her eyes she looked at her papa causing Naruto to smile softly at her.

This bond between us

Can't be broken

I will be here

Don't you cry

'Cause you'll be in my heart

Yes, you'll be in my heart

From this day on

Now and forever more

Yuuna snuggled into her father as he smiled down at her, Miya was actually shocked that Naruto could sing so well.

You'll be in my heart

No matter what they say

You'll be here in my heart always

Why can't they understand the way we feel?

They just don't trust what they can't explain

I know we're different but deep inside us

We're not that different at all

Yuuna's tears quickly dried themselves as Naruto dropped his tone to a deeper baritone.

And you'll be in my heart

Yes, you'll be in my heart

From this day on

Now and forever more

Don't listen to them

'Cause what do they know (what do they know)?

We need each other

To have, to hold.

They'll see in time

I know

Naruto felt tears welling in his eyes, this was his and Samui's wedding song, and he would sing to Yuuna when her mother was pregnant with her.

When destiny calls you

You must be strong (you gotta be strong)

I may not be with you

But you've got to hold on

They'll see in time

I know

We'll show them together

Yuuna gave a yawn, but Naruto continued to sing softly to his little girl the one song she seemed to love more than any child's lullaby.

'Cause you'll be in my heart

Believe me, you'll be in my heart

I'll be there from this day on,

Now and forever more

Oh, you'll be in my heart (you'll be here in my heart)

No matter what they say (I'll be with you)

You'll be here in my heart (I'll be there) always

Always

Yuuna's eye began to droop from exhaustion, but Naruto simply continued to sing.

I'll be with you

I'll be there for you always

Always and always

Just look over your shoulder

Just look over your shoulder

Just look over your shoulder

I'll be there always.

With a final yawn, Yuuna finally succumbed to sleep and Naruto smiled to himself as he softly rose up and looked to Miya, the woman nodding as she led him to her room where they had recently built up a baby's crib for Yuuna seeing as her father's room was a tad to small for both his cot and her crib, and Miya had insisted on it and allowed Naruto to sleep in the living room near his daughter while placing his belongings in the room initially meant for both him and Yuuna to sleep in.

Laying his baby girl in her crib, Naruto covers her up and plays the mobile and watches with a soft smile as the jingling music softly plays before he quietly leaves the room. He walks into the kitchen and sees Miya stirring some noodles, "Thank you Miss Miya, for letting Yuuna-chan have her crib in your room, I don't know how I'm ever gonna be able to repay that debt. I usually had her crib with a open side next to the bed so I could simply pull her close if she ever started to cry. I know her mother would have had her between us, but this makes it a bit easier on us." he said.

"Oh, that's ok, if the house was a bit larger, I honestly would have helped build the crib in your room and allow you and your daughter to be together, but, I guess this has to do for now. I'm having a old family friend coming by to begin expanding the rooms a bit more. It won't be by much but I'm sure a few feet wider will make this better for future guests in your shoes as family has to be together." she said politely.

"Oh, you don't have to do that, I'm sure in a couple weeks that the need for space will be unnecessary as me and Yuuna will be leaving." Naruto urged her.

"Oh, no no, I meant that for future patrons with small children like your daughter the space will be made for the cribs to be placed." she said getting a hum from the blond.

"I guess that makes sense now." he said walking over to Miya's coffee pot and pouring a cup, "I'm about to head out and get some baby supplies for Yuuna, do you think you can watch over her for about two hours? I only need some diapers and wipes, Yuuna's baby food is in the fridge at the bottom, she has to see you eat some before she eats any, just a single bite. She likes the carrots and spinach, but watch out for green beans; she's allergic to them, please don't feed them to her." he pleaded as he swallowed the hot coffee in a few short gulps. In the military it was all with a purpose, and drinking hot coffee never really bothered him.

"If I have any complications I'll make sure to call you, but going to the store for some diapers and wipes shouldn't take that long to do? Is there something else you plan on doing?" she asked him.

"Yes, I was planning on speaking with Takami on somethings regarding my new arm, I was hoping to speak with her before she went home for the night." he said.

"I see, but didn't you already give her some of your blood?" she asked.

"Let's not play coy with one another ma'am." Naruto said as he turned to Miya, "We both know what'll happen if Minaka manages to clone me, he'll potentially have a army of powerful men working for him, and anything they potentially get in trouble over will fall on me, and let's not forget, my daughter." he said placing the cup down, "I know you might find this hard to believe, but after everything I have seen, the people I killed in the war, the atrocities i heard committed, I can't sleep with the idea of someone out there with my face, having my memories, my skills running loose doing god only knows what. It gives me nightmares just thinking about it, and I've had some real dark dreams whenever I came stateside, took months of rehabilitation, and even now, I'm still plagued by my demons. I can't allow for one to hurt my daughter, and I'll die a thousand deaths before I let that happen. If I had to kill a man I called Brother, I'll kill myself without hesitation." he told her.

"Naruto-san, I'm pretty sure it doesn't...wait, you killed your brother?" she gasped out as she realized what he had said.

"Best friend really, but yes. He had... attempted to defect to our enemies, I chose to be the one to hunt him down, and I was charged with either bringing him back or ending him, so I did what was necessary. Apparently the trauma of doing it still haunts me to the current day." he shrugged.

"PTSD, a common symptom for those who have seen such horrors." a voice said from behind, causing the duo to turn and see Uzume.

Naruto nodded, "Yea, you're right, I suffer from it, but I don't let it control me, not anymore. Yuuna makes sure to occupy most my time so the memories stayed buried deep most the time." he explained, "They pop up every once in a while, but I make sure she isn't around when some of it surfaces. I don't need her growing up and seeing me get as low as I do when it happens."

"Have you tried seeing someone to help you with that?" Miya asked him.

"Behavioral Health can only provide so much help before they contact the higher ups, and I wasn't willing to lose a good paycheck to support my wife and our future family for something so minuscule as bad dreams. My wife was a therapist and she did a fine job in grounding me and helping me recover." he stated, "And I like to think that I'm pretty stable despite everything." he shrugged.

"You have a anchor, something that keeps you moving. I would assume seeing your little girl grow up happily is what drives you." Uzume said as she handed a bag of groceries to Miya, "Here, the produce for dinner." she said softly.

"Partially, but it's the hope that she don't turn out like me is what drives me." he said.

"What do you mean by that?" Miya and Uzume asked together in confusion.

"A broken and useless fool." Naruto said, "I-I need to get going, before I start triggering bad memories." he said setting the cup down and departing.

"He's suffering bad, isn't he Miya?" Uzume asked.

"Yes, and it's not just from PTSD either. He's lonely, not in the aspect of having friends, but he is heartbroken. He only keeps it together for his daughter. He can put a strong look all he wants, stand tall and walk strong with confidence, but it's his eyes that give him away the most. I thought I was the only one with the eyes he has, but to think his are just as telling is strange." Miya said as she cut some onion.

"What do you mean like your eyes?" a new voice asked from above causing them to turn upwards.

"Matsu, you're supposed to be hiding!" Uzume hissed.

"It's fine, Naruto-san is off the property, Yuuna is to young to remember me, and Homura-tan is at work. As far as the world is concerned we are the only three here." the redhead stated.

Miya sighed, "If you really wish to know, I shall explain. It's no that hard to grasp, but what I meant was that he holds power, incredible amounts, but he has no desire to use it if he has to. He wants a better world not just for himself but little Yuuna as well." Miya explained.

"You mean he's like a Sekirei?" Matsu asked in confusion, "But that's impossible, I hacked into M-B-I and looked at the blood-work on him, he's human, there's no way he can be one of us." Matsu said, "Besides, I would have known from the M-B-I database if he was one of the five males that came with us." she explained.

"No, he's not a Sekirei, but I would guess his biology is similar to our own. If you were to hold Yuuna and stretch your senses to feel her, you could say her power is much like our own, but with Naruto-san, it's how he carries himself and speaks. He knows power, he's wielded it, but he hates it. He's like me in that regard." Miya explained to the two women as she poured the onion cuts into the water.

"Hold on, let me come down right quick, I have to see this, cuz frankly I don't believe you." the redhead said closing the little hidden door before rushing down the stairs moments later. She looks to Miya, "Show me, hell show both of us, please." the redhead pleaded.

"Follow me, and be quiet, we don't wanna wake her, but at most you can poke her on the forehead so you can get a read on her, it's the only alternative I can suggest." the lavender haired woman said, "And if you wake her up, you will be putting her back to bed." she stated seriously. She wouldn't bring out her mask out of respect for the baby sleeping in her room.

XxX

Tsukiumi ran as hard as she could, she was desperate to escape her pursuer's. Some gang of ruffians who said she belonged to their master; a spoiled kid by the name of Mikogami Hayato who saw them as nothing but a series of collectible items, as if she were a mere toy!

The buxom blond cursed as she swiftly moved across the skyline of the metropolis that was Shinto Teito, her body nothing more than a blur to the people below, jumping from skyscraper to skyscraper in an attempt at losing her pursuers. Despite her speed, she could still feel the cretins that were chasing her in hot pursuit, and she just knew it was going to take a lot more than simply taking them on a merry chase to lose this particular group. Were it not for the fact that she was so busy trying not to get captured, she probably would have been swearing up a storm, something she couldn't afford to do as she didn't need to run out of breath.

This really wasn't her day, from the moment she had woken up to now things had been going downhill for her.

First she had woken up to that annoyingly pleasant tingle in her bosom; it felt as if butterflies were fluttering inside of her. It was nice, and warm, and she absolutely hated it. Knowing what this feeling was, what it meant for her ensured that she would get no pleasure in this feeling. Instead of enjoying the feeling and the knowledge it brought, it angered Tsukiumi. The knowledge that she was reacting to some monkey out there was a galling prospect, and not one she enjoyed. She would kill the fool that dared make her respond to them, if only so she could rid herself of this distracting heat.

From there things had gotten progressively worst. She had run into those lightning strumpets, the fools had believed they could defeat her. Ha! As if. Even in her hot and bothered state, Tsukiumi was more than a match for them, a fact they had realized when they decided to run. Cowards, the both of them. Not one to stand for such cowardly conduct, she had chased after the pair to teach them a lesson, and that was where she had made her first mistake. Not only had the lightning twins gotten away, but Tsukiumi had found herself in the southern part of Shinto Teito, not a good place for any unwinged Sekirei to be, as she soon discovered.

They had come for her out of nowhere, several Sekirei claiming they wanted to take her to see their master. It was very clear that their intentions were to kidnap her for their Ashikabi so that the vile ape who had winged them could sink his claws into her too. Well, Tsukiumi most certainly was not going to stand for that. She didn't need an Ashikabi; she would never allow those vile monkeys to lay their grubby and disgusting paws on her, especially not someone who was willing to forcefully wing her into submission.

Which of course had led to her starting a fight with those Sekirei foolish enough to follow their Ashikabi's orders. The water Sekirei had every intention of showing those pretentious little girls just why coming after her was a bad idea. She would show them the error of their ways by beating them in honorable combat, and once more Tsukiumi would prove to everyone that she was the strongest.

The battle itself had gone well enough, despite being outnumbered three to one Tsukiumi had given as good as she got. Better even. She had nearly managed to defeat one of them and the other two had also been on the receiving end of her water celebration enough times that they looked completely bedraggled. It would not have taken her much longer to defeat them she was sure. However, it had been during that moment, at the height of her victory where she had stood above her nearly defeated foes that things had gone south.

He had shown up; the Sekirei with the sword. He had appeared on the cusp of her victory and taken it away from her. His skills with the blade were more than a match for her talent at manipulating water. Everything she threw at him, he cut through with his sword. Nothing she did had been able to even touch him, and when he had finally began fighting back, Tsukiumi began to realize why.

That man was better than her, stronger than her; he wasn't a single digit, but he was one of the strongest participating members.

Number Seventy-five, Mutsu, to be exact.*(2)

Even though it galled Tsukiumi to do so, she had beaten a hasty retreat. Pride aside, even she knew that she wasn't strong enough to defeat someone of that caliber just yet. And so, covering her escape with a high density wall of water that had blocked everyone's view of her, she had run. As galling as it was, her life was more important than her pride. She didn't know where she was running to, but that almost didn't matter so long as she got away from that man.

Of course, escaping from so many Sekirei and one of the original five was a difficult task in and of itself, perhaps even downright impossible. Within moments the group of Sekirei were once more upon her, and she had been fighting a running battle ever since. Now her clothing was frayed and tattered, her skin had several nicks from having one too may close encounters with that man's sword, and she was beginning to tire. However, she couldn't stop, not with the threat of impending winging was upon her. Tsukiumi did not want an Ashikabi, much less one that she was not reacting to. She just had to hope that her luck would hold out and allow her to escape these fiends before she found herself in a situation she couldn't escape from.

She ignored the small burning she felt coming from the base of her neck, as well as the light flutter in her chest.

Her breathing was beginning to get ragged now. Cuts littered her body. Small trickles of blood seeped from the wounds. They were shallow, almost inconsequential. However, while the cuts themselves would normally mean very little to her, the sheer number of open wounds she'd had inflicted from Mutsu's sword were beginning to take their toll. Despite the damage that had been inflicted upon her person, Tsukiumi refused to stop. She couldn't, not when doing so meant being unwillingly winged by some disgusting ape that was league's beneath her.

It was too bad the people chasing her had no intention of letting this chase go on any longer. In a burst of inhuman speed, Mutsu appeared before her, his sword already raised high to slash her open from left shoulder to right hip. Tsukiumi swore even as she swerved to avoid the blow. She managed to dodge most of the attack, but still ended up receiving a light wound on her left shoulder as a result. Blood trickled down the new cut, a small line that had broken several layers of skin, but she ignored that for the moment, there were more important things to worry over. Of a much more immediate concern than one of the many wounds she had received, was the fact that Mutsu had forced her to slow down in order to dodge his attack, and she was now surrounded.

"Just give up blondie, our Ashikabi is gonna make you feel wonderful" a little brat by the name of Yomi gloated to her.

"Thine Ashikabi is not mine, so kindly do me the favor and leave me be. Can you not see that I am not reacting to thy Ashikabi?" she questioned.

Before any of them could respond a deep voice interrupted, "Ashikabi, reacting, I don't think those are mere words for people to speak about." a male said drawing all their attention. The group could see a man with blond hair that covered a single eye and he was missing a singe arm as well, "You kids need to learn some respect, harassment is against the law, and if she says she don't wanna go with any of you, you listen."

Mutsu chuckled, "Sir, you don't seem to get the idea, she is meant to come with us whether she desires to or not." Mutsu told the unknown man.

The unknown man ignored the group of women and walked up to the man, "If you try and take her, you will deal with me, and trust me, you do not want that fight."

"She's coming, and you have no say in it." Mutsu said before a open-palmed slap cracked across the mans face, jerking the blonde's visage to the side. He did not retaliate. Instead he accepted the blow without hesitation, weathered the man's contempt like a stone against the ocean.

The surrounding Sekirei all watched in shock as the man didn't even move besides turning his head from the blow. Mutsu was easily one of the stronger male Sekirei and his blows could easily shatter boulders. To see someone simply stand there and take a blow from him and only turn his head from it spoke volumes. Especially with how hard they heard the blow struck was.

A twitch of his muscled neck brought the blonde about to face the fool once more, but this time the Sekirei caught the telltale glimmer of anger lurking behind his sole visible eye. This time, when Mutsu stepped forward, the blond immediately moved to meet him, glowering down at the shorter man with the controlled fury of a thousand warriors.

"Leave. Now." he commanded.

A wide sneer greeted him, "You are going to have to kill for that to happen." the Sekirei challenged. Clenched knuckles barreled into his face again, and once more, the man didn't budge. A fist slammed home into his stomach and still, he remained rooted where he stood. Irritated by his refusal to fight, Mutsu snarled and struck him once more in the face, then reeled in his arm to do so again-

On the fourth, he wasn't so fortunate.

A half arm shot out and caught his fist in mid-swing in the crook of the elbow, drawing a startled grunt. Eyes ablaze, the man twisted the Sekirei's arm backwards in a vicious vice, bending him over himself where he stood, "I warned you." he growled out.

With one final reluctant glance over his shoulder towards Tsukiumi who was shivering as she gazed upon him, he reared an arm back to strike.

Mutsu simply laughed, "Finally!"

In a wordless roar his fist rammed home against the mans face with a sickening crunch, flinging him head over heels into the dirt. Blood burst. Cartilage cracked. Bones broke. Impossibly, Mutsu's short-lived flight didn't last long; and he flopped onto his hands and knees, shaking his head in disbelief as he spit out a puddle of blood as he tried to understand what had just happened to him. "You would not listen." the blond man said as he turned to the others, "Leave, now." he commanded.

Yomi and a couple of her Sekirei sisters bristled at his words as they armed themselves, "Who the hell are you, you're not a Sekirei, but you knocked Mutsu on his ass when he struck you full force." Yomi stated.

"I don't care to know what a Sekirei is, I have no care to ask what a Ashikabi is, but if you try and touch her, I will hurt you all before you can blink." the man stated.

Yomi and the three other females looked to the clearly stunned Mutsu-he had yet to recover from the one blow to his cranium and they weren't about to fail their Ashikabi claim his prize. And with that, the women brought up their weapons, "You're dead." Yomi declared.

"Then as you wish." the blond man stated before he vanished into what seemed to be thin air. The three Sekirei-even Tsukiumi couldn't tell where he went, and then it happened. Mitsuki was suddenly sent flying by a unknown force that caused her to slam into one of the air conditioning units where she slumped to the ground unconscious before the blond man suddenly appeared before Mitsuha causing her to gasp as the man jumped up into the air and spun horizontally as he lashed out with a powerful kick that sent her flying back into a statue that collapsed on top of her and pinned her under its heavy weight as he vanished once more and suddenly Yomi was gasping for air as Naruto held her up over the ledge by her throat.

"W-Who are you?" Yomi gasped out.

"Someone you shouldn't fuck with girl." the man stated, "When I let you go, return to your master and tell hi-" he stopped as Mutsu suddenly slashed at him causing Naruto to leap back, dropping Yomi on the ledge causing her to gag and cough for breath. Mutsu grunting with each swipe, but to no avail for trying to kill this stranger. With a leap, the blond man spun several times before he landed and Mutsu stabbed his sword forward and through the mans missing bicep where he then grabbed the bloody portion of the blade without so much as crying out in pain, "You have some skill, but compared to someone I once knew, you're an amateur at best." he stated to the shocked Mutsu and Tsukiumi and Yomi felt their jaws drop.

Who the hell was this guy?!

"Last chance, leave, or die. Final warning, and I won't be so kind to ask a next time." the blond stated.

Mutsu tried ripping his blade out, but to his shock, the mans grip wouldn't let it go, "If we leave, you will not chase us?" he questioned.

"On my honor as father, and a Shinobi, I will not follow you. You have my word." the blond stated as the wind brushed through his hair, revealing a new eye, one he had never seen before. It was purple, with a rippling pattern and several magatama marks in the three inner rings.

"Very well, we leave." Mutsu said seriously, "Yomi, grab Mitsuki and Mitsuha, we return to Master Mikogami with news of our failure." he said. Removing the statue under the blond mans gaze, he gathered up Mitsuha as Yomi picked up Mitsuki and the group left.

The man sighed as he turned and looked to the still visibly stunned Tsukiumi, "You alright miss?"he asked her.

Rather than answer, Tsukiumi simply passed out, but as she did, the man caught her. She couldn't help herself, and she found herself being drawn into his warmth. His smell, it was intoxicating, and he held her so tenderly, was this... a true reaction?

Well that is a wrap, I don't know about you, but I feel good about this. A bit of history, some discussions of personal effects and willpower all come out, and we meet Tsukiumi-chan (yay) so there is that. Please LIKE/FAVORITE/FOLLOW to show the story some love and don't forget to COMMENT/REVIEW to tell me what you think of this chapter.

1: This song is property of Phil Collins (You'll be in My Heart) and thus I have no rights to it. I saw the Tarzan cartoon music vid and thought it was a nice scene after a while and decided to use it.

2: Yes, I'm bringing in Mutsu; cuz why not, if I can change it to where Derieri from Seven Deadly Sins is the 5th strongest woman on the planet, I can sure as hell make Mutsu a different number, and being 75 makes sense cuz throughout the series he only ever showed 75% of his true potential, and I like that fact that he always held back for a reason.

Chapter 3: The Game Begins

Naruto sat in front of a picture of his beloved wife, a stick of incense, and a couple other small items one saw on a small shrine devoted to someone. He sat in the seiza with his eyes closed as he breathed steadily and harmoniously without interruption. Tsukiumi was near identical to his late wife it almost made him cry. Poor Yuuna was immediately attached to her, and needless to say he didn't know what to do, and so he decided to meditate and silently speak to his wife's picture-knowing he wouldn't receive a answer, but hoping one would come to him on what he should do.

~XxX-Earlier-XxX~

Matsu, Uzume and Miya all silently entered the master bedroom where Yuuna silently slept and surrounded the crib. Matsu smiled softly, "She almost reminds me of how Tsukiumi looked all those years ago when she was a infant on Kamikura." she whispered.

"She's gonna be a beautiful young woman when she matures." Miya agreed.

"I feel bad for any potential love interests, her father is likely to shoot them with a shotgun." Uzume smiled and nearly burst into laughter.

Matsu and Miya were almost inclined to agree. Naruto was a soldier, and a father... yea, let's not get into that one.

"So, what makes it so important to know that Naruto isn't ordinary?" Matsu asked softly.

"Here, give me your hand." Miya said and gently grasped her hand to Matsu's and extended a finger until it was about a inch away where Matsu gave a silent gasp and looked to Uzume and motioned for her to look.

Uzume shrugged and slowly reached out and much like Matsu, she paused as a small spark of energy jumped off her finger and made her give a quick jostle. She looked to Miya, "I-Is that?" she asked and Miya nodded, "B-But how?" she asked.

"Come with me so we can speak." she said leading them out of the room and back upstairs where Matsu resided.

XxX

The three women entered the room and closed the door, "So, can you explain to me why she seems to have a Tama, or a energy similar to it, and why she has as much power as Homura does?" Uzume asked.

"She's human, like her father, but I suspect that they are much like us." Miya said, "And much like us, we both know he won't reveal his past unless demanded." she sighed, "And I don't blame him for keeping his past a secret, who knows what could happen if he is found, I wouldn't want the possibilities to emerge."

Matsu and Uzume went silent, they hadn't taken that into account. Naruto only spoke of the pain he felt when he lost his wife, how his wife and now his daughter anchored him to the world of men. How he wanted to see her grow up happy and healthy, they didn't know what'd happen if someone found they had incredible power to their names.

However, they were brought out of their musings when they seen a image pop up on a monitor causing the group to stiffen, "We will continue this discussion later, right now we need to see why Naruto-san is rushing here with a Sekirei in his arms." Miya said as she and Uzume vacated the room. Running down the stairs as Naruto entered the house, Miya gained a look of concern when she saw Naruto carrying the unconscious Tsukiumi but no baby items, "Naruto-san, what happened, who is this?" she asked, she knew who it was, but she need not tell him that.

"I don't know, she was in some type of fight, I couldn't let her be kidnapped." he said, "Where do I put her?" he asked Miya.

"None of the other rooms have any sleeping mats, you'll need to put her in your room for the time being until she wakes up, I'll clean her wounds and such, you go out and get the baby supplies like you said you were. Don't worry, we'll be here when you get back." she said to him as she opened his door to allow him into the room where he sat the blond woman on his bed and pulled up the covers to her neck.

Naruto nodded to Miya as he stood up, "I'll try and be back soon, if she wakes, tell her what happened if she asks." he tells her as he leaves the premises. Naruto walks down the road with purpose. He knew names of powerful people, and Mikogami was one he knew very well. How may you ask, well that was simple; the man was once a weapons dealer before he was found to be doing human experimentation and was arrested on the charges, and sadly he was able to cheat the system when the children were proven to be orphans he had legally adopted-he didn't believe for a second it was the truth-and tried to see if he could use science to enhance their bodies.

Sadly one of the children were reported to have supposedly died, but he knew the truth, those two young women were alive and well, due to Naruto deploying with the Airborne Rangers in a covert mission to stop the inhumane experiments on the request of the Japanese government. Naruto took the distinct pleasure of being the one to personally put a bullet in between the mans eyes that night. The young children were spirited away and lost to the system once Japan had gotten the little girls back into safer hands, he also remembered the two women who picked them up as well. A woman who reminded him of his old friend Hinata, and a woman who resembled his Sensei, Kakashi.

He couldn't remember their names, but those uniforms, they were almost the same as that orange haired chicks from the other day.

Naruto waited til he was in a; somewhat empty alley-those thugs didn't know who they were messing with-before he jumped to the roof. He made quick speed to he location the more well off citizens lived and asked the location Mikogami and soon arrived at his door. Entering the door, he walked down the hall towards the location he sensed the chakra of the boy's life force. Breaking the door down with a kick he walked towards the stunned teen and man who drew his sword, "Who are you-wait I know you, you're that man who stopped me from getting my prize, the Single Digit water Sekirei!" Mikogami cried out.

"Yea, and I am here to tell you one thing kid." Naruto said as he stepped up to the boy.

"Nobody threatens Mikogami-sama and walks away untouched!" Mutsu growled.

"I'm not threatening him, I'm here to educate him. There's a difference." Naruto told Mutsu as he turned to the scarf wearing man, "And if you think that little butter knife you carry scares me, then I hope you have another stashed away, cuz if you want me to show you, I'll be glad to take that toy and ram it up your ass before ripping your head off your shoulders." Naruto said stunning the Sekirei, "See, that was a threat." he told Mutsu. Naruto then turned to Mikogami, "I'm only going to say this once boy, if you try kidnapping someone in this city again, I will show you the same treatment I showed your father the day I killed him for illegal human experimentation. Try me and I will be glad to put a bullet between your eye sockets, just like I did his." he said before turning to Mutsu, "See, that was me threatening him. Know the difference." he told him before he lashed out and smashed a fist into a young woman's face and then ducked under a swipe of Mutsu's sword and lashed a kick out into another girls face as he spun around.

Breaking through Mutsu's guard, he removed the sword from his hand with a swipe of his own and then channeled powerful Wind Chakra through the blade and pushed all of the chakra to the tip of the blade, "Earth Style: Grand Knocking" Naruto called out as he raised the sword up and plunged the wind enhanced sword into the earth causing a shockwave to blast out and knock the large group of Sekirei onto their asses as he pulsed a incredible amount of Earth Chakra through the blade to create a small scale earthquake in the middle of Mikogami's mansion that shattered a number of the stone columns and razed several walls down as the marble mansion shuddered in place.

Naruto turned to the horrified Mikogami, "This is your only warning kid, next time I won't rip a small portion of you home apart and knock your friends on their asses." he said as the shaking stopped as he walked out of the mansion, "Next time it'll be personal." he said as he walked away.

~XxX-M.B.I-XxX~

Minaka flipped through several papers and hummed to himself. He had been looking into Naruto's history, his past from his enlistment of the military, and he was a bit surprised. He hadn't realized there was more to Naruto's service as a soldier. Oh sure there was the fact he was deployed multiple times and his service record, but the men and troops he served with were more than that. He read files upon files from the men stationed with him and all them were tight as a group, a band of brothers, a band of heroes. Men who didn't care about social standing, racial belief's or blood feuds from bygone times.

A family, through the bonds they made.

So it made sense to ensure that one bond remained unbroken.

"Phoenix..." he muttered as he glanced at the photo. It was of a young Staff Sergeant Naruto Uzumaki from ten months ago with a full black German Sheppard puppy while in Afghanistan. It was labeled 'First Bath with Phoenix' and it showed Naruto in a large horse trough with the pup in his lap, a towel next to the tub, some rags, and a bottle of body wash. Naruto was sitting in the tub in a pair of shorts and nothing else as he hoisted the puppy into the air to show the camera as he grinned happily. Apparently, the pup had been found under a pile of rubble. It was mistaken as a human child crying, but when it was freed from the destruction, the pup was abandoned nearly until the young Sergeant stepped up and took the animal in.

And since then, it was with Naruto; be he at home or one deployment. The dog had lived with the platoon as a way to deal with both enemies and morale. Phoenix was a big part of the platoon's lives as they served in Afghanistan before Naruto came home on a day that changed his life forever. Sadly the dog was taken by another family which violated quite a few laws if he looked into them right as Naruto was the legal owner of the animal and was the original primary caretaker whenever he was deployed,and while the dog having been adopted by a surprisingly loving family it was still legally Naruto's animal. With news from Takami that Naruto wasn't to keen on having a cloned arm, he decided to take a different approach.

A mechanical arm, one still in the process of development.

While the arm was in the process of being made-both the flesh one and the mechanical one, he was doing a bit of legal work himself.

The dog was now under his care-not yet in Japan, but legally under his care as he hired several lawyers to point out the laws that the Military itself had broken in the dog's care and well being as Naruto had filed the paperwork to ensure that the dog was his by law.

XxX

Naruto walked out of the store with a box of Diapers and a bag of wipes in his arm. He had gotten the required items and was silently making his way back to the Inn to check up on his daughter. The store was literally three blocks away from the house, so the trip was quick and short. Entering the house he greeted Miya and Uzume as he sat the items down on the counter, "How's our guest?" he asked quietly.

"She's fine, and Yuuna is sleeping soundly." Uzume told him.

"Well, I got some things aside from the diapers and wipes. I figured while I was there I'd get those teething rings." he said pulling out a small blue ring. There were a couple others, but this was the one he pulled out.

"Well, you go head and put those in the freezer, I'm gonna go put the diapers and wipes in the room with Yuuna." Miya told him as she gathered the box.

Naruto nodded and went to do as she said leaving the two women to converse for a second, "Still gonna leave him alone about that secret of his?" Uzume asked her leader.

"Yes, Uzume, he'll tell us when he is ready." Miya responded softly.

XxX

Naruto sighed as he stood up, he wasn't able to come up with a answer.

He had missed the appointment with Takami when he had rescued the woman, he admitted it might have been due to him rushing out to threaten the boy with more money than he knew what to do with. However, he was drawn out of his musings when he heard the sound of feminine groans of his rescued visitor and turned to see Tsukiumi slowly sitting up, "Easy ma'am, you were hurt a few hours ago." he said picking up the damp rag that he had changed out on the table next to the bed.

Tsukiumi turned and saw the man looking at her, "Who art thou? Why and I here?" she asked as she placed a hand to her head.

"My name is Naruto, I was the one who saved you from that other group. I believe they wished to have their master either rape you or hold you hostage ma'am." he said. He wasn't going to delve into her past and not question what a Sekirei or even a Ashikabi was.

"I-I see... I thank thee." she said.

"You know, you have a strange way of talking." he said smirking almost at her shocked look as she turned to him, "Shakespearean, the old way of English. That hasn't been used in quite a while. but it's incredibly formal. Old Aristocrats talk that way, but I highly doubt you are a politician miss." he said to her.

"N-No, I am not some philanthropic monkey who sits in a chair all day deciding thy laws." Tsukiumi sputters, "And what about thou, you look like a country bum with that beard growing on thy neck." she told him.

Naruto laughed, "I suppose I do, it's been a couple days since I shaved." he said in agreement.

"But you do not deny being a bum?"Tsukiumi asked him.

"I'm an American, I don't give a shit what you call me." he said standing, "If you feel up to it, dinners almost ready. I just came up to check on your bandages and change the rag out." he said shrugging as he turned, unconsciously hiding his right arm from her, "Until then, you can sleep in my room as I take the couch, it'll let me be near my daughter if she needs me." he shrugged, "It's already paid for until I get what I've originally came for so for now anything you need here is yours." he said as he left the room.

Tsukiumi scoffed to herself only to pause when she saw the small shrine. There were three small candles, a burning incense, flowers next to the frame, and inside the frame, a photograph of the man who had walked out with a military uniform on embracing a woman who remarkably resembled her-shocking enough as it was-but she had her hair pulled up into a ponytail as she looked into the love of her life's eyes. They were young, incredibly so, most like a whole decade younger, but the love they had for one another was easily seen in the photograph.

He was a warrior, and a honorable one.

He wasn't some bum, and she had insulted a widower, she was a fool indeed.

XxX

Naruto sat with Yuuna in the crook of his arm and bounced her as the baby babbled as her papa played with her, "Boop boop boop." her daddy called out as the baby squealed happily, "Who's a happy baby? Who's a happy baby?" he asked her as the smaller blond waved her arms around, a couple of her waves hit her daddy, but the man simply laughed as he shook his head, some of his now shaggy hair waving into his face until blew it off, "Yes you are, you are the happy baby." he grinned happily.

Miya smiled softly as she watched Naruto play with his daughter, the love he had for her showing as the baby squealed and played as she brought the food into the dining room. Uzume was in the shower, and Matsu was in her room. Tsukiumi was awake, but she hadn't come down as of yet. However, the door sliding open drew both hers and Naruto's attention and stopped Yuuna's cries of happiness until she saw who was in the doorway, "N-No Yuuna, she isn't feeling well." he told the baby as she cried out for the blond woman.

Tsukiumi blinked and she looked to the baby holding her small chubby arms out to her, crying as she opened and closed her hands as if-oh wow, she really was asking to be held by the babe. She smiled softly as she sat next to the man-oh shit, now she really was the jerk of the world, she was brought out of her thoughts of potentially holding the child until she noticed the mans forearm wrapped in bandages, "If it is too much trouble to ask, but why does she wish for me to hold her?" she asked him as the baby cried out loudly, tears welling into her eyes.

"She has a photographic memory, well I assume she does. But, to answer your question, I think that she thinks that you are her mother." he told the blond woman.

"W-Well, I did see the photograph and I would not dispute the fact that I do share some resemblances with your betrothed. You how the people say you share a twin out in the world, it was uncanny how similar we looked to one another." she said. Yuuna's cry filled the air once more causing her father to wince from how shrill it was as he gently bounced her and rubbed on her back, "I-If it doesn't trouble you, I wouldn't mind holding her." she said.

Naruto shrugged, "I don't see why not. She seems to like you." he said as Tsukiumi held her arms out to the crying child and was surprised with how fast she silenced her cries as she nuzzled her head into the woman's shoulder, "She's so attached to you despite only meeting you, I haven't seen her take to anyone like that besides me." he said slightly shocked. He was actually amazed by the fact Yuuna took to a complete and total stranger, not even Michael-his old army friend-could hold her for long without her crying out for him until she got used to his presence and him consistently holding her over and over again.

"She is so small." Tsukiumi noted.

"She was a couple days early, but she's actually a bit larger than most babies her age." Naruto responded. Ninja children always grew at a faster rate than civilian children due to the larger chakra capacities they held.

"I see, and you also said her name was Yuuna yes?" she asked him.

"Yea, it was something her mother read in a book, and even now I am still trying to find where she got the name from." he chuckled as Yuuna babbled and looked at Tsukiumi and played with her long blond hair.

"She is a precious little thing, isn't she?" Miya said smiling.

"She is rather adorable I will admit, but I haven't ever saw myself as a mother before. It's a curious thought." Tsukiumi admitted. Yuuna cooed as she wrapped the longer hair around her hand, but Tsukiumi simply pulled it away with a tender hand and allowed her to play with her own hand-easily distracting the smaller child in her arms, "How old is she exactly?" she asked.

"She is about ten months, she's started to get her feet under her, and soon she'll need to be getting her twelve month shots when she becomes a year old." Naruto told his fellow blond.

Dinner was a silent affair, Uzume eating next to Miya and talking about her job at the small store next to the market. Naruto told stories of his younger years as a class clown and some of Yuuna's more adorable memories. Tsukiumi listened raptly as she shared some of her food with the babe who happily munched on the second hand meal from the woman who looked like her mother as she scooped up some corn and crushed it to feed her.

~XxX-M.B.I-XxX~

Naruto blinked in confusion, "So... what exactly does this mean? I mean, you said you were gonna make a arm, then you say you're not, I'm confused." he admitted. He was a infantryman, not a scholar.

Minaka clasped his hands together, "Due to some of your own personal concerns, and from the more minute details that Takami has informed me of, I destroyed the cloned arm we were initially preparing to make for you. That and there were some things that weren't growing properly like the initial tests had originally showed us, and no other cloned ligament turned out like the one we were making for you which is to say, a medical disaster. I think it was something I personally did when entering the mathematical equations and stuff that you need not concern yourself with cuz even I had a hard time coming up with the proper sequences to make you a new arm."

Naruto shrugged, "So, I just go home now, or are you doing something else?" he questioned.

Minaka nodded, "I assume you've played video games, right?" he asked and got a nod from the blond.

"Yea, but what does that have to do with anything with you making an arm for me?" Naruto asked.

"A very astute question, but it has everything to do with your new arm." Minaka said, "Ever play a game called Call of Duty, or one of the more modern versions?" he asked Naruto.

"Yea, I played it all the time when I was in the army, now, not so much, ya know, missing arm and all that." he said waving the half arm around.

"Well, I decided, that seeing as I can't make a physical copy of your original arm, that I would turn to science and technology much like the Advanced Warfare game for the Call of Duty series. This, mind you, will take quite a while and a lot of money, that if this works, will make you a legend." Minaka told Naruto.

"I don't wish to be a legend. I just wish to be able to raise my daughter. I was getting close to retiring anyways, but that was a whole other ordeal." Naruto waved at the man.

"No you weren't. You were barely a decade into your full service contract. You had the Grandfather clause, meaning you needed to serve the full twenty years or more in order to properly retire. You didn't have the Roth plan that is available today for the American service system. If you wanted to see your child grow up without much hassle, if your wife had survived-i do apologize for bringing her into this discussion, then you would need the additional ten years of service under your belt for you to retire." Minaka said.

Naruto sighed, "J-Just tell me, how long will this take for you to do?" he asked.

Minaka shrugged, "I dont know. Something like this hasn't happened before. No prototype, no design, nothing. This is going to be a highly sophisticated piece of hardware, and it's going to cost quite the penny to develop and test properly. Video games and television can use computer graphics technology all they like to make the depiction, but a physical representation of a mechanical prosthetic like the one I wish to design for you has never been attempted before. If anything, I would say a couple months for the designing alone if not longer." he told Naruto.

"I have bills to pay, and instead you literally wasted nearly a week of my time here, I could have been back home, doing things to help my child grow, and yet you convinced me to come here, simply because it'd be in the better interest of my fucking little girl." Naruto growled.

"I understand-"Minaka went to say only for Naruto to slam a hand down on the table causing Minaka to jump as the wooden desk jumped, "No you don't." Naruto told him, "Have ever been in a combat scenario?" he questioned.

Minaka shook his head "N-No, can't say that I personally have, though I have seen some things." he admitted.

"Well, let me tell you something. I literally gave up my freedom when I turned seventeen. I trained for half a year to understand the basics of how to kill a man with lethal proficiency. I slept in the rain, mud, snow and all other forms of hell. I walked around in muddy ass uniforms for months on end, no showers or baths for just as long. I walked across entire mountain ranges with wet and muddy boots for years. I was in scenario's where even the best men would break. When nights got cold to the point people suffered hypothermia and you had to stack up a whole squad to preserve your life. I literally was abandoned at one point in time on accident and had to fight over two dozen men to secure a mountain with nothing but the ammunition and rifle that I had one me as a specialist and nearly died from sixteen gunshot and shrapnel wounds. Trust me, a broken soldier I may be, but don't think for a second that any of my skills have gone to waste." Naruto told him.

"I am medically retired for less than a year, but let me tell you something else. You can take the soldier out of the army, but can't take the army out of the soldier." Naruto said as he got up to leave, "I apologize for my outburst, but let me just say, you could have tried this approach and informed me a couple years after you made the design of the prototype arm." he said before leaving.

~XxX-Mason Izumo-XxX~

Yuuna's cries filled the air once again and Naruto felt himself smiling softly as he entered the family room to see Tsukiumi rocking the babe in her arms as she tried to sooth her, "Oh, thanks god you came back." she said walking over to him.

"What happened?" he asked as he took her from the blond.

"S-She fell of the couch and bumped her head on the floor. I-I don't know if she's hurt or not." Tsukiumi said as Yuuna wailed louder.

"When did this happen?" Naruto asked as he looked at Yuuna's head to see if there was any blood.

"About three minutes ago. Miya is getting some ice to place on her head down at the market. Uzume is at work and so I was the only one here to watch over her." she told him.

"Well, let's just be glad this isn't the first time it's happened." he said as he sat down and kissed Yuuna's head softly, "Have you tried singing to her? She usually calms down if someone sings to her if something happens or if she's tired, that's probably what the main issue is." he said.

"B-But it's not even four inthe afternoon." Tsukiumi said.

"Has she had her nap?" Naruto asked her.

Tsukiumi shook her head, "I didn't know what time you usually put her down for a nap so I let her remain awake while the others did their own thing. I didn't even think to ask, I'm sorry." she apologized.

Naruto shrugged, "It's fine, just means she'll wake up later for her usual feeding tonight." he said clearing his throat, "Alright, let's try this." he said as he laid back into the couch cushions.

Just a small town kid, at heart!

How the good times pass so fast.

I wish I could go back in time,

Like a hour-glass.

Yuuna cried loudly, her sleepiness making it hard for her to calm down.

If you could hear me cry out for you,

I would give anything to comeback home, to you!

I'm coming home.

Naruto sang on, looking at his baby girl as Tsukiumi felt herself blushing as she sat down next to her fellow blond.

Just know that I'm coming home, to you.

Just know that I'm coming home, today.

No matter where that sun will rise,

I'm gonna fight for you tonight.

Just know that I'm coming home to you.

Yuuna sniffled, her her cries didn't let up even as her father sang to her.

It's the faces back at home,

Where we grew up.

A small house on a county road,

With my boys back home.

Yuuna sniffled again as she slowed her crying, the wails coming out as soft whimpers now.

As for Naruto, he thought back to when he was entering the army. Several of his new friends from the school systems had came to the graduation with Samui and jumped on or smacked him on the back grinning with the blond while cheering boisterously.

If you could hear me cry out for you,

I would give anything to come back home, to you~

I'm coming home!

Just know that I'm coming home, to you.

Just know that I'm coming home, today.

He remembered as he had gotten down on his knee and pulled out the ring and asked Samui to marry him. The shock on her face as she looked at the diamond ring in her boyfriends fingers

No matter where the sun will rise,

I'm gonna fight for you tonight.

Just know that I'm coming home, to you.

I'll never stop fighting for you.

I'll never give up up on you.

I'm coming home, to you.

Samui had nodded her head and allowed him to slip the engagement ring onto her finger before he stood up where she jumped into his embrace, now cementing her position as the future Mrs. Uzumaki in her boyfriend-well fiance's arms as the guys cheered and whooped around him. Fellow soldiers and instructors all clapping as the two blond's kissed one another while Kuisha and Sairaorg (2) clapped and took pictures of the moment.

I'll never stop fighting for you,

I'll never give up on you.

I'm coming home, to you.

I'm coming home,

He remembered putting on his Pinks and Greens dress uniform, getting ready to become a husband to the very excited Samui on the Fourth of July when he was on leave. The dress she wore was so beautiful it was almost like he had been gazing at a angel come down from heaven.

I'm coming home!

Just know that I'm coming home, to you.

Just know that I'm coming home, today.

No matter where the sun will rise,

I'm gonna fight for you tonight.

Just know that I'm coming home, to you.

The two blondes had spoken their vows with smiles of happiness and joy under a lovely full moon in the brisk Montana air that night, friends and family of the bride and groom cheering as they cemented their first kiss as husband and wife, surprisingly enough; Michael had been smacked in the face by the garter belt and his now wife had caught the bouquet of flowers-and now they had four kids and a fifth on the way.

Yuuna's sniffling was almost nonexistent at this point and Naruto smiled happily as he thought back to when Samui had come into the bedroom and presented him with the stick that would change their entire life, but would never come to be as husband and wife.

I'll never stop fighting for you,

I'll never give up on you!

I'm coming home, to you!

I'll never stop fighting for you,

I'll never give up on you.

I'm coming home, to you...

He nearly chuckled as Yuuna closed her eyes and wiggled a couple times before she began to softly snore in his arms. Standing up, Naruto silently walked into Miya's room and placed his baby girl in her crib and turned on the mobile once more and then powered on the night light and left the room and silently shut the door. Sitting on the couch he sighed, "Works every time." he said crossing his legs.

Normally Tsukiumi would scold a man for being so... cocky, but that sentence was more of a statement of how much he loved to sing to her whenever his child couldn't relax enough to rest. He had learned it all on his own without help. He had spent countless hours awake at night learning what his daughter needed, liked, disliked, wanted and all other things that the little blond had expressed as she grew.

This, was a parent who would do anything for his baby girl, to make her smile, the see her happy.

Tsukiumi smiled softly as she sat next to him and surprised even herself when she made her next move by leaning down and laying her head down on his shoulders, "Thou makest an amazing father, I don't think I've ever seen a man embrace parenthood as much as thee did tonight when his child was weeping." she said to him.

Naruto smiled as he looked to his fellow blond, "I've always wanted a family. Small house, large yard for the kids to play and run around in, couple dogs. Grill to cook on in the summer. Pool to swim in. Nice, comfortable, happy, peaceful. Somewhere I could call home." he told Tsukiumi.

"Sounds lovely." she said.

Naruto nodded, "I just wish I could have shared it with Yuuna's mother." he said, "Which surprises me seeing as she took to you so fast."he said.

Tsukiumi nodded, "Yes, I wouldst agree with you, I haven't ever thought of being a mother myself. I didst always wish for a child of my own, something to hold and watch grow from helpless to strong on their own." she said looking to Naruto, "S-She is a sweet thing, innocent, beautiful." she told him.

"Thank you."

Tsukiumi swallowed a lump in her throat, "I-I know that thou art still grieving thou lost wife, but can I ask something?" she asked him.

Naruto raised a brow, "Sure, I don't mind." he told her, "What is it you wanted to ask me?" he asked her.

"Please... become this lost birds Ashikabi..." she said climbing into his lap and gently grabbed his face and leaned in and pressed her lips to Naruto's own, the man too shocked to even act as wings of water sprouted from the woman's back. However, while the shock was very much still pleasant, Naruto couldn't help but see Tsukiumi as his dearly departed Samui, their faces were identical, the hair was just as wavy-though not as long-and golden as the sun. Naruto closed his eyes and allowed himself to relax as he wrapped his amputated arm around her waist to embrace her as he placed a hand to her cheek to deepen their kiss.

Upstairs, Matsu felt her jaws drop. Naruto had barely known Tsukiumi for a week and he had broken through all her barriers and managed to wing her?! Holy shit...

XxX

Back at M-B-I, Takami raised a brow as a image of a certain blond she had been seeing come and go the last few days pop up on her screen with a very specific picture of another blond as well, one that was quite infamous with her temper and hatred for a Ashikabi and was known to have killed the last eight that she reacted to.

Well, this should be fun.

So that is a wrap, LIKE/FAVORITE/FOLLOW to show the story some love and don't forget to leave me a nice long COMMENT/REVIEW to tell me what you think of this chapter, special shout-out's will be mentioned next chapter.

1: The song is Peyton Parrish I'm Coming home (Military Tribute) and I felt that this was a good song to sing as he played the guitar to remember the good times with Samui. No I don't own the song, but I do love it. A small note is that I personally wrote the lyrics seeing as NO website has them listed, and even a stone cold pipe-hitter infantryman that I am; I cried like a baby imagining and then writing this scene up.

2: Interpret as you wish, I just needed a couple random names for Samui's parents. It just so happened I chose those two.

And so yea, Naruto wings Tsukiumi. Let the games begin MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Cast

Naruto Uzumaki: Chris Hemsworth

Miya: Margot Abbie

Matsu: Emilia Clark

Kazehana: Anne Hathaway

Karasuba: Mila Kunis

Derieri: Cate Blanchett

Homura: Charlize Theron

Akitsu: Scarlette Johhanson

Yume: Emma Stone

Tsukiumi: Emma Watson

Uzume: Elizabeth Olsen

Hibiki: Brie Bella*

Hikari: Nikki Bella**

Minaka: Johnny Depp***

Takami: Angelina Jolie

Minato: Andrew Garfield

Seo: Gerard Butler****

Yukari: Jennifer Gardner

Higa Izumi: Channing Tatum*****

Mikogami: Tom Holland

Special character (Future Reveal): Harrison Ford

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*Hibiki and Hikari are twins, so I chose a set of twin actresses for her and her sister. Originally it was going to be the Olsen twins seeing as I grew up on Full House, and I loved how they did the twins for the series. However, when I was scrolling through famous female twins, I remembered the Bella twins from he WWE/RAW/SMACKDOWN wrestling series and decided to go with them. And while; admittedly, I admire the Olsen twins, the Bella twins won me with their dark hair.

**Nikki Bella is a babe, like her sister, and I feel they would definitely do amazing as the Lightning Twins here.

***I don't care what anyone says about Johnny Depp, I love the guys acting, the man is a legend, so if you don't like a villain being portrayed by Depp, don't read, besides Minaka is akin to Jack Sparrow, but a bit more evil so that is why I chose him for the story.

****Seo is rough around the edges, and Gerard Butler can deliver such a position in real life.

*****A literal spur of the moment choice for Tatum to be picked for his character. I like his acting as well, so it fits.

(PLEASENOTE THAT THE PEOPLE LISTED AS CAST ARE WHAT SPECIFIC CHARACTER'S WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IN A REAL LIFE SCENARIO, THERE IS NO ACUAL CASTING HERE)

Chapter 4: The Hidden Plans

The Ch-47 shuddered as the aircraft turned in the air to prepare to land. The aircraft had a full compliment of thirty men and women wearing their standard camouflage uniforms, all of which were anxious to depart. His smiled as he held the photograph in his hands. The black and white of the ultrasound made his heart flutter in happiness and excitement at the idea of his future. Parenthood. His own child, born from a woman who he had fallen in love with and could never see himself without. His wife was due any day now now that he thought about it. He had missed all her appointments sadly, but he had been lucky to get some leave time to come home in time for the birth of his child.

He remembered hearing the due date to his baby, October 11th, a entire day after his own. A whistle sounded, drawing him from his thoughts to see a old friend of his sitting across from him, "So, Uzumaki, when's the celebration?" the dark skinned man asked.

"Should be in less than two weeks Smart. After that, she's coming to live with me in Fort Campbell. We'll never be apart for more than a few hours unless another deployment happens." the man named Uzumaki responded.

"Well, if this one is anything like you when you were younger, then I pray for this world." a woman next to him laughed.

"Oh bite me Wykes." the blond laughed back at her.

"Don't tempt me now Uzumaki." Wykes laughed before she nudged him in the side.

"You know, you never did say if it was a boy or girl, we're curious about the gender." a tall man with dark hair said.

"Well Wilkinson, from what we decided, me and the misses want to be surprised by the baby being born to reveal the gender. We bought plenty of clothes for both genders, and we do plan on having more after this baby comes." the man said smiling.

"Well, I'm sure that Samui is happy to see you coming back Naruto, just take it easy when you get home alright?" Smart said.

"You got it Sergeant, tell the wife I said hello when you meet with her as well." the revealed Naruto said grinning.

"You take care of yourself as well Sergeant." Smart responded as the Chinook landed on the ground with a slight shake of the craft. Standing up, the soldiers all collected their baggage and slowly begun the walk down the ramp, happy to be back him in a state of normalcy.

Naruto could remember very vividly about his arrival in this strange world. He had been in the middle of a fight. His friend and brother in all but blood, Sasuke Uchiha had wanted to kill him, but in the end he decided to kill Sasuke out of pity. He could see that Sasuke was still suffering, still felt the loss of his clan, and he just couldn't stand to see the last Uchiha suffer for a moment longer, and so he shoved a Wind Style Rasengan through the Uchiha's heart and ended his life once and for all. He had taken Sasuke's eyes due to the Uchiha slicing his eyes with his sword and leaving him blind. So, with a bit of Senjutsu and with his partners help, he managed to replace his damaged eyes with the Uchiha's own.

When he had finished healing, his eyes still remained their normal blue though when activated reminded Naruto of what had to happen when he acquired these eyes. Most of the soldiers that had departed were immediately taken to their own vehicles where they could go their own ways. Naruto had to go out and find a taxi to get home. Samui was more than likely trying to make a meal to feed him when he got back, and then they would discuss things they wanted to do or would do once the baby was born in the next two weeks while he was home.

As he gathered his luggage, the sounds of gunfire filled his ears, soon followed by the cries of terror from the surrounding civilians. However, the intercoms overhead went off, "This is your only warning from us, call off all security or these innocent people will die here. Do not send your army or cops or they will die. You have thirty minutes to prepare Eighty Million Dollars and deliver it to us or these people will die, I do not care." the voice demanded before the line went dead.

Hostages, this wasn't good. He ran into a deserted hall and dropped his bag and looked around a couple times before he opened it up and pulled out a scroll. Looking around again he saw he was alone and he proceeded to open the parchment and slammed his hand down onto the paper which filled the hall with smoke. As the air cleared a long M-4 Carbine that had the advanced sights AKOG Prism Mount, the PEQ-15 laser, a Streamlight as well a full compliment of eight magazines filled with ammunition surrounded him. Rolling his bag over the scroll he sealed it away and tucked the scroll into his pocket. Loading the rifle, he quickly chambered a round and closed his eyes to sense where his enemies were.

They were a level above and to the right, it'd take some time to get to them.

Running up the stairs, Naruto was quick to bring his muzzle up and scan his flanks and perimeter, and he ducked behind a pillar as a shot filled the air, a bullet slamming into the ground where he had been moments before. Groaning in annoyance he spun from around the pillar and raised his muzzle up and fired off a burst of three rounds, the sound of his weapon filling up the mostly abandoned airport. And so, the battle begun.

However, this does more bad then good as the moment he had returned fire, he had alerted this force he was there. And the hall was filled with gunfire from all directions, forcing Naruto to dive behind a concrete desk for the workers. With a yell he runs out from behind his safe position and towards one of his enemies, his muzzle flashing with each bullet fired from his rifle, the shells popping out and hitting the ground as he charged forward. The enemy before him stands no chance as he is bombarded with a hail of lead from the blondes weapon. When he reaches the hall, he turns right and opens fire into the hallway, killing three different men from no less than six feet.

A roundhouse kick sends one of his enemies crashing into the wall, only for him to fall down dead when Naruto once more puts a bullet to the mans head. With the hall secured, Naruto then shuts the door and surges a old source of power he hadn't used in years through his veins, the metal heating up and melding the steel together as he melts the door hinges and doorknob into place. Checking his ammunition, he notices he has about twenty rounds left and walks down the corridor, the rush of footsteps from his enemies approaching. He soon spots their shadow and gets to the wall and waits for a few seconds before he begins to shoot, two men rounding the corner die in an instant.

The four men following manage to stop in time, though one is shot in the neck, he wouldn't survive without treatment. Still firing his M-4 Naruto closes the distance and rounds the corner and butt-stocks a man into the wall and roundhouses two others and puts a bullet into the final ones head. He turns and elbows a man in the face, shoots another in the leg dropping him, and then spins around the last one charging and shoots him in the back and drops him permanently. He brings up his muzzle and shoots the man he elbowed and pops off two rounds in a controlled pair and then spins one more time and shoots the guy in the face of whom he shot in the leg.

Dropping the now empty mag, he quickly swaps it out and cocks the gun again.

By now he knows he needs to find the main body of this group and put down the leadership or simply kill them all. If not, then more than likely a lot of innocent people would be hurt and their blood would be on his hands. Running up a flight of stairs, Naruto stops at a corner and peeks slightly around the corner. He swallows a lump of saliva in his mouth and retreats down the stairs as he hears a command to check on something in his area. With a small leap, he situates himself into a corner while putting his rifle on his back and draws a 9mm from his scroll and cocks it just in time to see his enemies round the corner.

He knows he is hidden well due to the fact they haven't looked up, and he uses this to his advantage when he shoots a man in the back of his head and allow his body to flip upside down where he begins to fire down the hall, killing two men while the final man manages to get a shot off from his rifle which shoots him in the shoulder, however he isn't lucky enough to stop the bullet that impacts his forehead and sends him tumbling back where several men watch him collapse to the ground dead. Firing of several more shots just in case, Naruto then pulls himself back up to reload his pistol.

As he knew it, the possibility of others coming around the corner was extremely high due to the fact that the enemy had managed to follow the sounds of gunfire, and so, nervously one of the men that had stayed back gulped very audibly a he put himself against the wall and slowly began to peek around the corner, his breathing very heavy and trembling in nervousness. However, he doesn't manage to get far as a pistol is put to his forehead, "Don't move." the blond commands lowly.

"Do you see anything?" a man in the hall asks quietly.

"Yea, it's a fucking soldier, he's got a pistol to my head right now." the man that was trying to peek around the corner said in shock.

"You're coming with me." Naruto says ripping the man from around the corner and turning him around where Naruto backs into a corner to desperately look around. However, he only spots a sprinkler system in the ceiling and simply shoots it once before he fires a trifecta of bullets down the hall and then he moves behind the door and slams it shut, but not before shooting his former hostage in the back of his head.

"Damn, he shot him." a man said in horror, as if what he was going to do wasn't any different. The three remaining men in the hall rush in and begin to shoot wildly, holes being punched into the wooden door Naruto had taken cover behind. The water falling in the hall obscures the blondes enemies sights and he proceeds to shoot twice through a hole in the door managing to drop two of his enemies before his clip runs out of bullets forcing him to drop to the floor as the final man begins to unload his own shots to the door. While this is happening, a new group of men are running down the stairs to join their comrade in the hopes of killing this unknown opposition.

Naruto meanwhile had grabbed a rifle and checked the magazine and saw it was down six rounds. Cocking the weapon, he placed it to his shoulder and rushed the door and kicked it open and knocked two men down as he shot both of the men point blank from no less than six feet. With quick reflexes, he raises the rifle up, he begins spraying wildly down the hall, dropping eight other men from various wounds with four of them dying shortly after, the remaining men retreating back down the corridor to try and regroup. Naruto proceeds to switch the mags and executes the remaining survivors of the terrorist cell and moves down the hall and jumps to the intersection and unloads half the mag.

Six more men drop as Naruto leaps behind another wall and draws his pistol and shoots three times down the hall, dropping two men and kneecapping a third. Switching to his own weapon he checks the mag and grunts as he drops the two rounds and swaps it out for a full magazine. Bringing his hands up he silently whispers, "Shadow Clone Jutsu" and a silent puff of smoke fills the air and he tosses the M-4 up and nods to the clone and draws his pistol up and checks the mag and shakes his head as he ignores the gunfire being shot at him, chipping away at the wall next to him as he changes the magazine in the pistol for a full one.

Raising it up he waits for his shot and peeks around the corner and takes the shot.

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Naruto inhales sharply as he wakes from his deep slumber. He immediately hears the wails of his daughter and climbs out of the bed as he walks into Miya's room to see her waking up as well, and walks over to his baby and cringes-yup, diaper duty.

And no, the Pacifier Movie was wrong it wasn't "Doo-Doo Duty" so you can all go to hell.

"It's alright Miya-san, you can return to sleep. I can handle her from here." he told her softly as he walked her over to the changing station and quickly removes her dirty diaper and with practiced ease cleans her up and changes her before walking out to the living room and sits down and checks his senses before unsealing a fresh bottle of formula for her to eat and watches silently as she consumes her meal before he then takes the empty bottle and burps her. With that done, he holds her in the crook of her arms where both father and daughter passed out once again.

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Oh shit, he was late, very very late. Why did formation have to be way out across the field next to the damned river. Shit, there was the grass, he was close. Without a second thought he rushed across the grass to reach the formation only to stop when a voice called out to him, "STOP!" causing the young blond to halt his running. Turning he inwardly cringed when he saw the Sergeant Major looking out the window at him, "What the hell do you think you're doing on my grass?" he questioned him.

News flash, there was a entire acre of grass cut into a perfect square that all new arrivals-lowest grades of course-had to cut while the others got a smoke session or whatever, he didn't ask Wilkinson cuz apparently it wasn't as bad as they had assumed. Anyways, he was the one stuck cutting it when they arrived.

Naruto paused and snorted,"Your grass?" he asked him in return.

"Yea, my grass, what are you doing on it?" the Sergeant Major responded heatedly.

Naruto looked at the more senior enlisted and shook his head, "Sergeant Major, I hate to break it to you, but this ain't your grass." he said.

Oh no the hell he didn't?

The words he had spoken made the Sergeant Major lose it, he went in his window and shut it, sounds of him shouting clearly heard through the walls before it calmed back down as the window opened, "Alright Private, if it isn't my grass, who's is it?"

"It' be mine Sergeant Major." he responded without pause.

"Yours you say?" the man questioned as his brows vanished into his brow, "How is it your grass?" he asked.

"Cuz, I've been cutting this shit all week, and I ain't seen no damn new arrivals, so yes it is my grass." Naruto retorted.

This gave the Sergeant Major pause before he waved him over, "All week you say?" he asked calmly.

"Yes Sergeant Major, all week." he answered honestly.

"Well shit, if that's the case, let me go talk to your First Sergeant, tell him I stole ya for a little bit. Come on, you're probably late enough as it is Private." he said.

And thus, Naruto got away with walking on the Sergeant Major's grass. (1)

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Naruto felt himself gasp silently before he shivered. Why the hell was that memory the one to pop up while he was asleep?

Best not think about it.

Looking at he clock on the wall he noticed it said '0545' meaning it was about time he usually woke up and did his daily routine. Walking back into Miya's room, he set Yuuna into her crib and walked out of the house and onto the lawn. He begun his workout by strapping several solid bricks to his arm and then lashing the rope over a large limb and pulling them up and lowering them using his half arm to work the muscles to keep them from atrophying before he then worked on his good arm. Once that was done, he did 300 push up, 300 sit ups, 300 air squats, squatted a large section of concrete that easily weighed 450+ pounds using his chakra to stick it to his back before he replaced it in the ground he pulled it up from.

When he was all done, he was a sweaty mess, his shirt clearly soaked through in the rising sun as he walked inside to see Miya sitting at the table with Yuuna in her arms as the baby played with her violet tresses, it was cute how Miya laughed as she consistently pulled her hair away, only for the baby to grab it once again and cry happily as the action was repeated, he could smell some food being cooked and he admitted, it was definitely better than the Defac cooking, Korea sure had nothing on Miya Asama's home made eggs and bacon. Mmm, bacon with some eggs in a slice of white bread sounded good right now actually.

A little salt and pepper-ooh yes that sounded good!

Deciding to clear the air he cleared his throat, "Morning Miya, hi little one." he said entering the room and gently caressing his child's hair causing her to coo at him, "Smells amazing, better than that stuff they fed us in Korea and Afghanistan that's for sure." he said sitting down.

"Naruto-san, I didn't hear you enter, you need to warn someone, you might get hurt if you do something like sneaking around one day." Miya smiled at him.

"Ha, as if, I got nine lives Miya." he laughed, "I see your warning and up you a barbecue this afternoon if I happen to be hit." he told her.

He really needed to watch what he said, Miya had about as much luck as he did.

Miya perked up, "Oh, I don't think I ever had American Barbecue before, is it any good?" she asked him.

"Depends on who cooks the food, and how it's cooked." he responded, "Though I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you now want some for dinner right?" he asked.

"It does sound rather lovely doesn't it?" she asked him.

"Yea, it kinda does doesn't it?" he grinned.

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"Alright, connect this node here, and wire this here." Minaka said to Naruto and nodded, "Alright, try it now." he said and a spark flew off causing Minaka to jump but Naruto simply sighed, "Another failure." he sighed out.

"Hey, it did better than the last one." Naruto shrugged.

"C-Can we not speak about that try?" Minaka shivered.

That hand was not natural. It literally begun to crawl around like Thing from the Addams Family, and that was not something he wanted to imagine again. And it tried hitting him in the dick-multiple times at that, and succeeded. Many male workers-including Naruto-were also struck while unaware by the seemingly sentient hand.

Naruto shivered as well, "Yea, my bad." he said.

"Alright, trial number 4-7-4, let's do this." Minaka said as he got to work once again.

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Naruto walked through the halls with Derieri, she wanted a spar, and she had admitted to having seen him one morning at around 0445 the day before running faster than most regular humans at a incredible 90 mph for over three miles before she decided to inform him of what she was, a super powered Alien who could crush most human skulls with a flick of a finger.

Normally Naruto would be worried, however, Derieri swore on her life she would respect his secrecy and keep it to herself.

Needless to say, even with a single arm, Naruto was far stronger than even herself-and she was Sekirei #05 who was there as Kamikura was assaulted on multiple fronts various times back in the late 90's. She wasn't one to normally assume things, but she could definitely tell one thing, there was more to the human than met the eye. However, their happy moment was brought to a stop as she halted at the sight of Karasuba.

"You there, human, can I have a moment of your time?" she demanded, not ask, she demanded.

Naruto shrugs, "Depends, what do you want?" he responded.

Rather than answer the silver haired beauty looked to Derieri, "You told him of us?" she questioned heatedly causing the two to stiffen, "I see, so, can the two of you follow me to my quarters?" she questioned, "It'd be best for us to talk where nobody can eavesdrop on what I have to say." she quickly strode past the duo.

"What's this all about?" Naruto questioned.

Derieri shrugged, "No clue, but we should follow if we want to make sure nothing happens, she tends to get stabby when she is ignored." the woman sighed as she motioned for him to follow.

Entering a room Karasuba locked it and pointed to a window, "This way, so they can't hear us so easily." she said as she walked over to a table and sat down.

"Karasuba, what's this all about?" Derieri demanded.

"Minaka, he's trying to implant a control chip of some sort into the Soldier boy here to control him, he knows of his abilities, he's been spying on him for months now."she said, "He knows what you're capable of, and needless to say his plans for you aren't pretty." she said.

"What does he plan on doing with me? I mean, I can understand he'd want me due to my skills, but to try and control me, that'd raise a lot of red flags even for the government." Naruto responded.

"Not with how Minaka operates. With the chip, he could control what you can say, who you can talk to, and a lot more. I seen the designs for it. He'll implant it into your arm he's building for you."she told him, "You think that sentient hand that was hitting all of you guys in the balls was a coincidence, it was a minor malfunction, but it showed he was on the right path to getting a superhuman under his thumb. And if he has access to you and your fancy abilities, he's gonna breed a whole army of warriors much like you, he'll comb your memories, implant them into the clones or whatever he breeds up, and then he'll set out to perform his actual goal."

"He initially wanted the Sekirei to fight to the death to amuse him, but now he wants the world under his thumb, ad by using our technology, he can hasten the growth process to any clone or kid made by you to turn them into full adults in a matter of weeks or days." she told Naruto, "You think he was at that airport by chance, no he wasn't, he was there for you." she told him nodding her head, "He smuggled the soldiers and weapons into the airport, he called your wife to have her meet you there on purpose. He wanted her alive, but he was actually after your kid in her belly."

"Not only that, but he was the one to design the weapons who injured you, he knew you would have to recuperate, but he didn't know how long it would take for you to sure he'll sell ya the 'I owe you my life' bullshit to ya, but it's a cover. He needs the secrets you harbor inside of you so he can ruin the world governments and conform the world to his desires, and with how he's been acting the last twenty or so years, it doesn't look good. He might even be trying to drive humanity into extinction, and I think that you know the only possible way for that to happen." she told him.

"Nuclear silos huh, fucking figures." Naruto grumbles.

Well, that explains why he was so adamant on getting a decent blood sample. With the world under his control, the clones or whatever Minaka concocted would be the military force behind his movement, shit was now falling into place on why Minaka wanted so many damn samples from him.

Derieri looked to Karasuba in confusion, "If that's the case, then what are we gonna do, he doesn't trust the Sekirei, and he sure as hell won't let any of us in his office to speak with him for more than a second." she said.

"Takami, she's the ace in the hole." Karasuba answered.

"How?" Naruto questioned.

"Cuz, she was the one who gave me the data on the chip and how to disable it when the arm began working." the silver haired beauty answered.

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Tsukiumi laughed as Yuuna burped loudly, then proceeded to clap, "Well excuse you, thou are not very lady-like young child." she laughed as she wiped the babies face free of applesauce-apparently Yuuna's favorite treat, and tossed the rag into the sink for the time being-something she watched Miya do countless times.

She was brought out of her thoughts and playful banter with the baby when her Ashikabi-Her Naruto-walked through the door and walked over to them, "Hey,did you two have a good day while I was gone?" he asked somewhat tiredly.

"She's been very good. Not much of a fuss from her, but I did sing the Hush Lullaby for her nap earlier while thou wast away." Tsukiumi explained.

Naruto nodded, "That's good, glad to see you two getting along." he told her before looking around, "Have you seen Miya, I need to talk to her about something."he said.

The busty blond shook her head, No, but she has gone to the market for some provisions for this evenings supper, something about a barbecue made by you or something." she said.

Ah, right.

"Well, I guess I can talk to her when she gets back. Until then, let's enjoy what time we have together, shall we?"he asked as he sat next to her.

People kept complaining that this wasn't Naruto, well I believe I have a explanation as to WHY he doesn't use his chakra/Rinnegan/tailed beast abilities. He is Ninja, and by definition that means he lives a life of secrecy, deceit, mind games and suspicion. He does use chakra several times before this chapter (chapter 1 being a prime example of him doing so) but here we learn why Naruto tries to use so little amounts of his power. Glad I could clear up the confusion people.

1: this was a story from a old Veteran from the Panama and Desert Storm conflicts, and seeing as a lot of the old vets are dying, I felt it best to share something that would lighten up the dank portion of the chapter for you.

Chapter 5: The Next Piece

Please note that the names of the people (besides Naruto) are real people I do know and work with (several have gotten out, but they have been and will always continue to be friends) over the course of my military career. I use them here because we all match at least one member of the scene that is being used here. I brought it up o the guys at one point and we all laughed when I pointed out specific parts as specific people, and we agreed we would definitely fit in as his. That being said, this is gonna be a wild one.

Francisco Salinas (Bosco), Jacob Phillips (Hannibal), Lee Wilkinson (Murdock), Naruto (Face)

~XxX-Iraq; 5 years ago-XxX~

They had done something that would definitely set them up as either lunatics, or as heroes. They had convinced the Air Force to use-and potentially lose- a C-130 aircraft for a incredibly dumb mission. What was said mission; to go and rescue the rest of Cherokee Company 1-26 Infantry Force from certain death a the ambush point of a valley located in the middle of Iraq and hope nobody beside's the enemy died. Now came the hard part, making sure they didn't get killed in the process.

Lee cranked the four massive propeller engines up and shoved the throttle forward, "Hang on boys." he told them as he steered the plane towards the runway... the wrong direction actually. The Iraqui people weren't gonna be happy about this. Lee had taken a crash course-literally point and say how it worked-on how to fly the plane, and now they were about to pull off a incredibly stupid move. However, the flight tower wasn't allowing anyone to take off on any rescue missions-sadly the Iraqui people had a certain policy that required all aircraft to give specific numbers and codes before takeoff; which they failed to do and acknowledge as they were uninformed.

A black car steered onto the runway facing the massive plane and the passengers felt their eyes widen. In the passenger seat was a young woman who Naruto tended to flirt playfully with from time to time. She was a friend, and he was also true to his wife and would remain faithful to her for the rest of his natural life. She placed a hand on the dash as she called out to the driver, "Stop. Stop, stop." as she grunted when the driver slammed on the brakes.

Lee grimaced as he looked at the car at the end of the runway, "Naruto, your girlfriend is back." he told him as the plane continued to barrel forward with not intention of stopping. They needed to be airborne NOW!

The woman patted the dash in panic, "Reverse now!" she ordered in hysteria.

The driver didn't hesitate and ripped the drive shaft down to reverse as he cursed loudly, "Son of a bitch!" and then slammed a foot down onto the gas pedal to try and escape the charging plane headed their way.

"Move your ass now." the woman commanded in worry.

Lee spoke to himself as he held the plane's flight control's, "It's the C-130 versus the Mercedes-Benz." as he kept the plane straight onthe runway.

Jacob looked to the man flying the plane, "Lift us off, Lee." he ordered as the man began to pull back on the steering and began to lift off, while also ripping out the domes to each fighter plane on said runway without noticing.

"How about faster?" the woman screamed out in panic.

"Faster." another man inside the car yelled out in worry.

"I am trying. I got it pinned." the driver exclaimed to them in worry and panic. He didn't wanna die either.

Lee was chanting a prayer as he pulled up off the ground and screamed as the tire smashed into the windshield but never hurt any of the panicked passengers in the car as it flew through the sky. The car rocking as the wheels hit the ground after spinning a bit, "My God." the woman exhaled in relief, she was so not gonna flirt with the crazy American ever again. She looked to the driver, "Get us to flight control." she ordered, it was a half hour away, but by then the Iraqui Air Defense would be chasing them to take them out for potential hostile intent in restricted airspace using a foreign aircraft.

In the air nearly forty miles away, a storm was gathering in the air as Lee flew the plane into the clouds, "Ladies and gentlemen, we are expecting slight turbulence. Please remain in your seats until the captain has turned off the "Fasten Seat-belt" sign." he said fastening his own seat-belt, "Don't worry, boys. Turbulence has never brought down a plane." he told them without a hint of worry.

However, approaching from the rear were a couple of Iraqui interceptor drones with missiles and machine guns attached to them.

Then the alarm went off throughout the cabin.

Naruto looked to Lee, "What the hell is that?" he demanded as the tall man grimaced.

Lee looked to the radar in front of him and went wide eyed, "But we got inbound subsonic UAVs with missile lock. And they bring down planes all the time." he said to the blond as he prepared to do some incredibly stupid flying while he flipped several switches on and prepared himself, and just in time as the drones launched missiles at the plane, "Okay, they're coming in. Launching countermeasures!" he announced as the flares expelled themselves from the plane as Lee steered the plane out of the way, the missiles impacting the flares-nearly hitting the belly of the plane as they exploded.

Lee was giddy with excitement, "Did you see that? That's my diversion. They die on this version." he said laughing hysterically, the drones remaining behind as they continued to give chase to the plane. Once more the drones launched their missiles at the massive plane, Lee's eyes going wide as he cried out, "Hang on. Hang on. Hold on. We're going over." and then he did something that should have been impossible; HE ROLLED the C-130 in a barrel roll and into a dive to try and escape the missile attack.

"Lee, what the hell are you doing?!" Naruto cried out.

"WHOO-HOO-HOO!" Lee cheered in excitement, "You boys remember Sierra!?" he cried out to them, and was unable to joke around further as a Drone struck the far right propeller with a hail of bullets. Looking out the window Lee grimaced, "Ladies and gentlemen, from the flight deck, if you look out of the right-hand side of the aircraft, you will notice that your right wing is on fire." he said as he flipped several switches and pulled a lever to stop the engine and try and contain the damage.

In the flight control room of the Iraqui Air Defense, the military was working on two things. One was to shoot down the massive plane that had unauthorized flight in their airspace, and the other was to bring the plane down safely to arrest those inside, "Target reacquired." a drone commander said, "Missile lock pending, sir." he told his lead officer.

The woman and her entourage entered the room, "Lieutenant Clarissa Sosa. Major, do not shoot that aircraft down. Scramble fighters and force them to land. There are people on that plane we need alive." she told the commanding officer.

"They have also stolen property from the U.S. Army and are flying in restricted airspace." the man responded before turning to the man flying the drones, "I need you to get the nose-cam view up here on my monitor now." he ordered.

"It's up, sir. Here it is." he told the man as the image came up. And just as it came up, the drone fired its last missile, "Missile away, sir." as the missile flew at the plane, and then the footage died, "We have shoot-down. Hercules has been intercepted and destroyed." he told the man.

"Sorry, Lieutenant. I am sorry." the commanding officer said honestly.

In the air over 35,000 feet above ground, the tank fell through the air before it's chutes deployed causing it to slow its descent to the ground. However, as the drones passed by, the sight of the tank was revealed causing a moment of confusion, "I don't believe it." the woman said in both shock and disbelief.

"Sir, we have chute deployment on the Buford." the drone pilot commented in confusion.

"What?" the officer said in shock as he looked at the screen.

Clarissa looked to the pilot's of the drones, "I want these drones taken offline right now." she ordered the,

"They're 300 miles away." the officer responded.

"Whoever is running those drones. Get me a direct line to whoever is running those drones." Clarissa demanded heatedly.

The man who had been driving the car looked at another control officer, "We got to get these drones to stand down or I am going to be on bitch duty." he commented silently.

"I need to get those men alive." Clarissa stated with fury.

Back inside the tank, Naruto groaned as he sat up, "Ow~" a bruise fading from where he face planted on the steel floor.

"Everybody okay?" Jacob asked from the seat.

"What are the chances they think we're dead?" Naruto asked as he sat up. He was given a answer when one of the drones opened fire upon the armored tank.

"Not great." Jacob answered him as the other circled about and fired on the parachute itself.

Salinas groaned as he sat up, having as he had been briefly been knocked unconscious, "Tell me we ain't still on that plane?" he questioned.

Lee grinned as he looked at the man, "We ain't on that plane." he said honestly.

Naruto looked at the man who led them, "Jacob." he demanded.

"Yeah?" the man responded.

"If we're under 20,000 feet, we can still breathe, right?" he questioned him.

Salinas looked at the man in confusion, "What are you talking about, 20,000 feet?" he demanded.

Jacob grinned as he finally understood Naruto's plan, "Let's fire up the old weapons system." he said eagerly.

Salinas tried to get up only to find he had been restrained to a seat, "What the hell, man?" he asked.

Naruto grinned as he looked to his friend, "Hey, Salinas, it's a little stuffy. I am going to pop a window!" Naruto said with a grin as he stood up and opened the hatch to the tank and gave a wild grin, the drones shooting at the chutes to try and bring the men down and kill them. However the hatch opened as Naruto stood up and then he grabbed a hold of the massive .50 caliber machine gun's charging handle and ripped it back to load it up before pressing down on the butterfly trigger and began to unload the rounds at the two planes attacking them, "Yeah! What you got, bitches?! What you got?! Yeah!" he cheered excitedly as the machine gun unleashed fire and lead at the circling planes around them, several striking the engine of one gaining a trail of smoke as it retreated.

"Let me have a turn, Naruto. Come on!" Lee cried out to the blond grinning wildly.

Salinas looked to Lee in confusion, "Why are we in a falling tank?"

Lee grinned as he looked at the darker man, "Because the plane exploded."

"Wh-What? When?" Salinas demanded.

Lee kept up the crazy grin, "Recently. The Reapers shot it down." he responded

Salinas was confused as ever, "What Reapers?"

Lee nearly burst into a hysterical laughter, "The same ones that are still trying to kill us!" he exclaimed loudly as the drones continued to circle and fire upon them.

"I blame you, Jacob!" Salinas cried as he pointed at the man.

Jacob snorted as he looked at the screen in front of him, "Technically, we're not flying." before briefly looking back to the Hispanic.

"I know! Because we're falling, fool!" he yelled out in panic. He hated flying for a reason.

Outside, Naruto continued to lay the hate as he unleashed fire and lead at the drones, and then he destroyed one, but it don't go as planned as the flying debris ripped apart two of the parachutes nearly hurling the blond out of the vehicle, barely having enough time to send chakra to his fingers to halt himself from being thrown out the roof as he planted his hands on the roof, "OH~ Jesus! WHOA~" he cried out in shock as the tank began to plummet towards the ground.

Back at the flight control room, the control pilots were in shock, "UAV-2 has splashed down. We just lost one of the drones." one of them announced.

"Jacob, we're in trouble!" Naruto said pulling himself back into the vehicle, the guys-sans Salinas-cheering in partial excitement and enjoyment as the tank fell towards the earth. They were about five miles away from the objective anyways so this worked perfectly. You had to love the Infantry's 'Give no shit's about anything' policy.

"Brace yourselves." Jacob called out to his team.

"Awesome!" Lee exclaimed as he held onto one of the seats and pulled himself into it and buckled up.

Jacob looked to the blond, "Naruto, get on to the main gun. There's a lake a half-mile away from this position." he said, looking at the radar that now faced the ground.

Looking through the scope, the blonde yelled, "What the hell am I trying to hit?!" he couldn't see shit!

Rather than answer, Jacob simply told him what needed to be done, "Trust me. Rotate the turret 82 degrees." he ordered, the long barrel shifting to where it needed to be.

"Fire in the hole!" Lee yelled out loudly.

"Fire!" Jacob commanded.

"Boom!" Naruto called out as he pulled the trigger. And as with the facts of Newtons Laws of Physic's, 'Every action as a equal and opposite reaction' the tank was blasted in the opposite direction of the round being unleashed.

"Fire!" Jacob said again as Naruto once more shot another round out the tube.

In the control room, the Iraqui solider's looked on in confusion, "Are they trying to shoot down that other drone?" one of the pilot's asked not sure what was happening.

Clarissa shook her head, "No. They're trying to fly that tank." she said as the image of the tank flying in the opposite direction was shown in the monitor.

"He's flying the tank!" Lee said in excitement.

"You can't fly a tank, fool!" Salinas yelled out.

"Rotate 16 degrees." Jacob ordered Naruto as the turret shifted around.

"Got it." Naruto said loudly.

"Fire." he ordered as the round was expelled, the single remaining drone flying after them to try and shoot them down.

"Whoa!" Lee cried out as he was thrown to a wall.

"Rotate 34 degrees now." Jacob ordered.

"Jacob..." Naruto groused out loudly.

"Wait..." Jacob told the man, before he yelled out, "Fire." and the round burst out pushing the tank away, another round shooting out right after; slamming into the drone and destroying it in the process.

In the control room the drone pilots looked to the commanding officer, "Control, we have lost the second UAV." the pilot said.

"Is that a confirmed hit?" the former driver for Clarissa asked the man.

Back in the air, Jacob looked to Naruto, "Bring turret full-front and wait." and then returned his gaze to the screen of the radar, "Lee. Close the hatch." he ordered.

"Hatch, okay. Did that work? Did that work? Did this work? What about this?" he asked himself flipping random switches and pushing unknown buttons.

"Boss!" Naruto yelled out.

"Come on, baby," Jacob muttered to the screen, "Come on." he told himself.

"Hatch control?! Hah!" Lee yelled out as the hatch creaked and groaned as it begun to close over them and lock into place.

As the hatch nearly closed, Salinas' voice filled both the tank and the sky around it, "I am too young to die!~" and closed while cutting off the cry of panic.

"Jacob. I am aiming at nothing!" Naruto yelled out.

Jacob ignored him as he stared at the screen, "Come on." he muttered to himself.

"It's been an honor, gentlemen." Lee yelled out.

"Come on, baby." Jacob urged the tank.

"The greatest ride is the last ride, eh boys." Lee called out to his team mates.

The lake soon took up a major portion of the screen and Jacob called out loudly, "Fire everything!" as Naruto held down on the trigger, powerful detonations filling the air as the tank continuously shot round after round down into the water below.

"Come on, baby!" Naruto cried out in excitement as he shot out everything he had in the tanks arsenal. From the rear of the tank, the driver's sticker-that Lee had placed upon it reading 'HOW'S MY DRIVING? For Question's or Comment's please contact Lee Wilkinson at Go Fuck Urself Dot Com'-bounced with each shot Naruto expelled from the tanks turret.

Lee cheered out loudly as he held onto the seat as Naruto fired round after round out-this was so fun. Salinas was crying hysterically, "Get right with God, ya'll. This is it. Come on." as they ignored the man and laughed out as if doing a stunt like this was a natural occurrence. Lee was of course grinning and laughing, Naruto was cheering behind the gun, Jacob was watching the screen-though he did have a bit of a laugh as they made their way down to the ground below.

"COME ON!" Naruto shouted out excitedly as he pulled out the round and quickly reloaded the barrel and unleashed the round.

Down on the ground, First Sergeant Kramer was sitting by a fire next to Captain White and roasting some MRE packets to heat up the meals inside, "Do you feel as if something incredibly stupid is about to happen?" he asked.

Captain White nodded, "With this Company, you never know." he said, just before one of the rounds impacted the water. The Company was instantly on alert, "What the hell was that?" Captain White asked as he cocked his M4.

Another round blasted through the air and impacted the water causing all 168 of the remaining infantrymen to look up, "Looks like a god damned falling tank!" one Sergeant Smart called out just as the tank hit the water.

It was decided then and there, they were all too old for this shit-despite most of the guys there being younger than 25.

~XxX-Current Date-XxX~

Tsukiumi laughed so hard her stomach hurt, "T-Thou can't b-be serious, you fell into a lake in such a m-manner and survived?" she laughed. Uzume and Miya were also giggling at his tale. It sounded to surreal to have been true.

"Oh yea, it totally happened. When we drove the tank out of the water, we nearly had our heads ripped off by First Sergeant Kramer, but we never got in trouble because we stopped a ambush by Alkaida forces using the damned thing. Oh sure we were all reduced in rank and lost a good portion of our pay for the stunt, but when it came down to it, we saved an entire company from dying." Naruto laughed.

Yuuna was currently in Uzume's arm's, watching the strangeness that were the adults laugh about something. The grill was smoking with the meals inside, and the meal was nearly prepared. Naruto decided to lighten the mood a bit before he got down to the nitty gritty about Minaka and his crazed World Domination plan and whatnot. He had told Miya in private, but the others weren't in the loop. Miya had also decided to inform him of Matsu-the hidden Sekirei in the house to perhaps introduce them at a later time as what was happening did indeed require a particular skill to try and breach M-B-I itself.

Unbeknownst to the others in the house, as soon as he had gotten home, Naruto had put up a powerful privacy barrier that allowed no form of spying to happen. Pictures could be taken, but no audio recon could be performed. That was about all that could be done. He didn't know what to expect when Matsu had told Miya she had received a coded message from both Karasuba and Derieri within minutes before Naruto was introduced to her, but she knew it was bad if the Mad Dog of M.B.I contacted her on a secure server. She must've used the old backdoor's to contact her, because Minaka sure as hell couldn't contact her-she'd seen the attempts sure, but never made any effort to respond to his attempts.

Upon revealing this to Miya, the Sekirei Queen, the Hayna of the North conceded that she would have to allow her and Derieri into her home to talk that evening when Minaka was asleep-Matsu was currently monitoring his every move to tell them what he was doing. Before he could ponder more on these thoughts, his cellphone rang, looking at the number he growled in annoyance as he realized who it was. Grabbing it he accepted the call, "You have thirty seconds." he said into the phone.

"Naruto-kun, sorry to call you on such a short notice, but this is important." Minaka's voice spoke in his ear. Naruto of course wanted to growl in annoyance, but let Minaka continue speaking, "Listen, we have a small problem here. Someone just sabotaged our security and made away with something very important. However we can control that part easily. It's the second thing that happened that we need your help with." Minaka spoke calmly.

"Well what is it?" he asked.

"A single digit Sekirei was somehow tampered with and for some reason she emerged on her own. We wish to help her try and emerge normally, but to do that we need to find her. Our trackers have said she is fleeing towards the park near the eastern outer edges of the city. Find her and bring her back to us unharmed. You'll be payed of course for doing so, but she must be alive and in healthy condition in order for us to help her reclaim her ability to emerge like any other Sekirei." Minaka told Naruto.

"Name? Describe." Naruto told Minaka.

"Her name is Akitsu, she's the seventh Sekirei and her ability is the absolute control over Ice. She has silver hair and hazel eyes. That should be enough for you to find her as there are only three others in the city with those exact descriptions. And two of them are at the southern part of the city while the other is somewhere in the northern sector. While I don't mind things happening all willy dilly I do not like the fact that one of my workers tried to sabotage a key player in my game. I'll pay you double the fee for finding her early. Best hurry, you only have thirty minutes to get her." and with that the line went dead.

"Ladies, I believe the grilling is finished for the day. I have business to attend to, but you are free to have a meal while I'm gone. Don't wait for me, I'll return in about a hour or so." he told them as he prepare to leave. He turned to get moving, but after a moment's thought about what Minaka said, and what his own Sekirei had almost had to go through, his face marred to a frown as he looked over his shoulder, "...And if you happen to find any Sekirei in danger of being forcibly winged...drown the offending Ashikabi." he said looking to Tsukiumi as water began to arc around her body at his demand and nodded in confirmation. Naruto turned, before leaping over the fence and walking down the road.

All three were so wrapped up in their own thoughts, they never noticed the masked figure watching them intently. Her initial thoughts on this Ashikabi may have been off, Homura noted, turning and beginning to walk away. She had to admit, it would be nice to have some help watching out for the unwinged Sekirei though.

XxX

Climbing out the taxi after telling the driver to wait, he walked into the park where his target was said to currently be. He was currently wearing a black shirt and loose black pants with his shinobi tools pouch on his hip, 'According to the tracking chip's information on Akitsu, her last known whereabouts was in this general area, and should be right around...there she is!' thought Naruto, as he saw the Sekirei in question on a bench, her head down, and wearing nothing except a lab coat with a blood stain on it.

Her eyes were empty. They were of a person that had given up hope. Given up on life. Naruto guessed she was possibly a day or two from ending her life in the belief that death would be merciful. For a moment, Haku's form appeared in his mind, and Naruto fought back the memories of the past failure of not being able to save his first true friend. Shaking his thoughts of that place in time, Naruto walked over to Akitsu, and knelt down on one knee to get a good look at her. She in turn raised her head to look at him, a sense of curiosity showing in the lifeless eyes of one wishing what could not be obtained that others had, and yearned for deeply.

"Who...Who are you?" asked Akitsu with Naruto staying silent while cupping her cheek and looking at the seal on her forehead.

She must have noticed because Akitsu looked down again and looked like she wanted to die again. Naruto looked at her with sorrow in his eyes, something she couldn't see due to her not looking back up at him, and Akitsu clearly thought he would say to Hell with her before leaving.

"Oh Akitsu, what did that dumb doctor do to you?" asked Naruto though the question was more to himself then her while looking at the marking on the woman's forehead.

Akitsu gained a look of surprise on her face that someone outside of M.B.I. knew her name, and had yet to leave upon seeing the mark that she was forever declared a broken Sekirei. A "scrapped number" as it were and could never be winged because of what her Adjuster did that prevented any potential Ashikabi from winging the broken Sekirei. And yet...here was this man, kneeling in front of her, speaking her name softly, sadly, like he cared, and wanted to know what the Adjuster did that cause the emptiness she felt since being broken.

"How...How do you know my name? Are you from the...M.B.I. lab? Are you here to take me back?" asked Akitsu while Naruto stared at the symbol that personified her despair.

Naruto shook his head, "No. I'm not from M.B.I. or loyal to them in anyway Akitsu." he told her softly as he looked her in the eyes, "But Minaka did ask me to take you back to see if he could help you. If he can you could find yourself a good home." he told her.

"I have no home... I am... broken... I'm... a failure..." she said in a voice that was so broken that without himself even realizing it water began to gather in Naruto's eyes, no matter how long he walked this earth, he was a sucker for sob stories of any kind. If anything his inability to listen to someone as they poured out there pain and soul had only gotten worse with time. Which really sucked for him because there were a lot of people who had it bad in this day and age. He generally hid that side of him by keeping his distance from everyone, but it had always been there, waiting for an opportunity to come out.

It seemed that moment had finally come.

He cupped the woman's face and lifted it so she was forced to make eye contact, "You are not a failure," he said, watching as the woman blinked at his proclamation. Naruto had the feeling that was the most emotion she had ever shown since whatever had happened to leave her in this state. He could tell she was not only surprised by his words, but more then likely by the conviction in his voice. Hopefully, it would help her snap out of this stupor, "I don't know what idiot told you that, but you are most definitely no failure."

"But I can't be winged," she said, as if that answered everything, "A failure like me will never be able to find an Ashikabi. I'm useless... a discarded tool..."

"My purpose is now gone, Zabuza-sama has no need for a broken tool. I need you to do me a favor, and kill me."

He could hear the words of Haku, the person who had first started him on the path to true strength ring through his head at the light haired Sekirei's words. It had been Haku that told him about true strength, how it only came from protecting the things that were most important to you, those things that you held dear to your heart. Hearing those words, so similar yet so different from the person that told him what it meant to be strong caused a sharp pain to enter his chest. It was an almost physical pain that Naruto forcefully shunted to the side so he could focus on the woman before him.

'I may not have been able to save you, Haku,' he thought to himself with gritted teeth. 'But I'll be damned if I let her end up in your position.' he thought to himself bitterly. He would not let this girl become like Haku, working for a person treated her as nothing more then a tool – even if Zabuza had not truly thought that he still acted as though he had until the end – that could easily be disposed of when it's purpose was finished. He would get this girl to understand that she was not broken, she was not a discarded tool. "Just because you can't be winged doesn't mean you don't have worth." Naruto said adamantly, the conviction in his words once more making the woman blink. "A persons worth is not determined by something so menial. You have something that is special only to you, something no one else has but you, something that makes you unique. That is what makes you special, and is what gives you worth."

"But I -"

"Come with me." Naruto said, once more surprising the woman whose opened mouth quickly snapped closed, "Come with me and I'll prove that you are worth something. I'll prove that you can shine just as well as any other Sekirei."

The woman looked at him for several seconds before speaking. "Ok..."

"Ah... I didn't get your name." Akitsu said.

"Naruto. Uzumaki Naruto is my name." Naruto told her softly.

"Naruto-sama..." Akitsu whispered to herself.

"Pleasure to meet you, Akitsu-chan." Naruto told her.

As he went to help her stand up a voice drew his attention as three signatures entered his sensing range, "There she is Yomi, let's grab her and get the hell out of here." a female voice said in a excited tone.

"Bring her to Master Mikogami." a male tone commanded.

"Of course Mutsu, but first there's someone we need to deal with." Yomi said.

Naruto heard Mutsu sigh before he addressed him personally, "Please move away from this woman sir. Our master wishes to speak with her in a private location and I would rather avoid removing you myself if it can be avoided," said Mutsu with a laziness in his tone that sounded not unlike Shikamaru and holding his sheathed sword in hand ready to be used.

Naruto sighed and looked at Akitsu, "Wait here." he told her silently as he stood, "I see your manners and somewhat lazy nature haven't improved since we last met Mutsu. I hope your still prepared for the upcoming ass-kicking I'm about to deal you again." replied Naruto with Mutsu going stiff for a moment before getting into his sword stance.

"So you know about Sekirei and most likely the Sekirei Plan in general. Meaning you are an Ashikabi," declared Mutsu while slowly drawing his sword, the sound of it meant to intimidate the unknown blonde, and make him reconsider grabbing Akitsu away from being Mikogami newest Sekirei among the collection.

"Of course I'm a Ashikabi. I'm also the one that stopped you from allowing your sleaze-bag of a master to forcibly winging a Sekirei a few days ago." Naruto said as he turned around to face them.

"Wait a second, this was the human that denied our Ashikabi-sama his prize." a young woman with a scythe, he assumed this was Yomi, growled out as she readied herself once again.

"Have the lot of you even learnt your lessons?" he asked them.

"I'm going to enjoy killing you. You disgraced us, made our Ashikabi upset that he didn't get what he wanted, and he took his anger out on us because of you." Yomi said gleefully and angrily at the same time.

"Extremely bad timing." Naruto drawled out, "Just try to run when you realize how much you just fucked up." Naruto said to her before he held his hand up and summoned a katana in a puff of smoke confusing the aliens. He stabbed the blade into the ground before he then reached into one of his back pocket and withdrew three, small black balls. They were very unassuming, but Naruto knew better. While smoke bombs were not dangerous in and of themselves, they were dead useful, as he was about to tossed the balls down onto the floor directly in front of the confused Mutsu, "What the –"

The smoke bombs exploded, expelling large layers of thick, black, smog that swept over the area. It covered every corner of the large park causing the Sekirei to begin coughing. With their vision hampered, Naruto knew it was time to act as he jumped into the smoke. The black smoke enclosed on him from all sides, cloying and thick. Were it not for the fact that he was using chakra to filter his lungs of the acrid smoke, he would have no doubt started hacking up a lung. As thing were, he could hear the others who had been caught within the smoke coughing as well. One, two, three...

Three?

Naruto frowned. There were only three people coughing, two of them could be heard off to his left. They were close together, Mitsuha and Yomi, he was sure. The other one was directly in front of him, and judging from the feminine tone it could only be Akitsu. That meant the one who was missing was Mutsu. His frown deepened. Mutsu was the most dangerous of the Sekirei after Akitsu. He couldn't afford to have the number Seventy-five after him as he made his escape, not with the limited amount of power he could bring out without alerting others to his own unique status.

That meant he had to trap the man another way.

It was time to use one of his more passive abilities.

Carefully as he could, Naruto let a small crack open up within his chakra coils. Before the chakra could become a maelstrom, he began expelling it out of every tenketsu on his body in mass quantities as he released it in a familiar fashion known only to him, sharpening the element to its finest point. Wind. It was the very first element Naruto had ever gained mastery, true mastery, not that shitty excuse for mastery that most ninja considered mastering an element. Naruto had trained quite extensively with his wind chakra during the course of the Fourth Great War.

He had, in time, become so in tune with his own element that at the height of his power he had been able to create elemental attacks without the need for jutsu. One might be able to say he was capable of using ninjutsu without handseals, but that phrase didn't really do what he was capable of justice. Naruto did not need to use ninjutsu. With the wind at his every beck and call, all he had been required to do was use his chakra and reach out to it.

Now he was no longer at the height of mastery anymore. Disuse had led to his abilities degrading greatly over time. But he still had the ability to use some of his less intensive abilities, one of them being the passive sensory abilities he had created near the beginning of the war. It was relatively simple to use, by expelling wind chakra from every tenketsu in his body and expanding the wind outwards into a hemisphere shaped dome, Naruto could gain an image of everything within that dome no matter how small. Even the most minute of movements did not escape his notice while the jutsu was active, the twitch of a finger, the scuffle of a boot, the flick of a wrist or tilt of a head; he could 'see' all of it.

Of course the passive wind sonar had its limitations. He could only extend it a certain distance. When he was at the peak of his powers, Naruto was capable of extending the ability up to a radius of five kilometers. Since he was so out of practice, that ability had been reduced to a little less than five hundred meters. It was just another reminder that the once great power he had was now gone, due in no small part to his own machinations. Still, it was enough for what he needed to do here. Mutsu couldn't have gone far.

And he was right. Naruto found him quite easily standing atop a building above the smokescreen. He was close. Just a few meters away. But how to keep the man from chasing after him and Akitsu. He needed something that would either hold him off long enough to escape, or distract him long enough that he didn't even notice them escaping. Reaching into one of his pouches, Naruto rummaged around, before eventually finding something that he felt would work.

Shuriken and ninja wire, a ninja's two best friends. With a quickness that should not be possible, and a surety of movement that anyone capable of watching would find enviable, Naruto attached a long strand of ninja wire to each shuriken. Then with a flick of his wrist, he launched them at Mutsu with speeds that were far faster than anything a Sekirei was capable of.

With his passive wind sonar still active, Naruto could watch as the six shuriken burst out of the smoke screen. They traveled through the air, creating a whistling sound as they cut through the wind. Mutsu saw them coming, Naruto could see his head snap up from staring into the smoke screen to look at the weapons. As predicted, the Sekirei tried to evade the projectiles at first, jumping to the left in order to dodge them. With a minor application of chakra and a few gentle tugs, the shuriken shifted direction and were once more soaring towards the male Sekirei. He could see Mutsu grimace, no doubt coming to the conclusion that he would have to deflect the projectiles instead of dodge them.

Good. Everything was going exactly like Naruto had hoped.

Mutsu slid the sword at his side from its sheath, the movement smooth and nary making a sound. As the six pointed ninja stars closed in on the Sekirei's position, his sword lashed out to deflect them.

That was when Naruto made his next move. Channeling more chakra up the ninja wire, Naruto changed its nature to wind and allowed it to surround the shuriken. However, this was not a cutting wind like most elemental jutsu are, no, instead Naruto was simply using the wind to create air currents, which he then used to guide the shuriken on the path he wanted them to take.

The look on Mutsu's face was almost priceless when all six shuriken suddenly veered off course. Two them of split to the left and right respectively, while the other three went over his head at various angles. The three that went over head then arced back around and tried to impale themselves into the back of Mutsu's head. It didn't work; the male Sekirei had spun on a dime, his sword flashing out with expert precision to knock the shuriken from the sky. But that was alright, those three were just a distraction. The last shuriken Naruto had thrown had gone low, and this was the first shuriken that reached Mutsu.

It wove between the number seventy fives legs, spinning and arcing in an intricate figure eight pattern several times over. Because it was so low to the ground, Mutsu didn't even notice until he could feel the cold steel tightening around his legs. When he finally did notice, it was already too late. Naruto yanked on the wire that particular shuriken was attached to, tightening it to the point that Mutsu's legs snapped into place. Like a tree that no longer had its roots supporting it, Mutsu began to topple over, but not before the two shuriken that had moved around his left and right swooped in and wrapped around him several times, pinning his arms to his torso.

The entire process only took five seconds. By the time Mutsu was tied up in ninja wire, Naruto had covered the distance between him and Akitsu. Without hesitation he grabbed her hand and began running out of the smokescreen. Naruto charged out of the smokescreen with Akitsu stumbling behind him trying to catch her breath. However, they weren't able to get to far as a slash of wind ripped his back open causing Naruto to fall with a cry of surprise. As if to mock his thoughts, Mutsu and the other Sekirei belonging to Mikogami came running out of the smoke.

"Ashikabi-sama!" Akitsu cried out and tried to run over to him, only to cry out when some wires managed to wrap themselves around her, "Ah, let me go!" the ice Sekirei cried out, "Ashikabi-sama!" she pleaded.

"Now, now," Yomi chided with an almost manacle grin, "We can't have you acting out anymore. You've already given us enough trouble as it is. Just be a good little Sekirei and let us take you to our master. You'll make a wonderful addition to his collection." she sneered.

Mutsu sighed, "We've wasted enough time here."

Naruto wondered what he should do. He needed a plan if he wanted to get out of this without revealing too much of his power.

"Keep her bound so she can't get away. It's bothersome, but we don't want her trying to escape again." Mitsuha snorted.

Unfortunately Naruto couldn't think of anything. So long as Akitsu remained bound and Mutsu remained near, the amount of limiters Naruto was able to place on himself diminished. But that didn't mean he was helpless.

"You jerks, let me go, my Ashikabi-sama needs me!" Akitsu cried.

Hearing her pleading cries, Naruto's fingers clenched around the hilt of his blade, which had miraculously remained in his grasp while he was experiencing the cut. The muscles in his arms flexed as he pushed himself into a crouch, legs bunched under him, fingers splayed. He looked like some kind of jungle predator preparing to pounce. It was a surprisingly accurate analogy.

Mutsu nodded, satisfied. Neither he nor the others saw Naruto as the blond prepared to attack.

Chakra once more flowed through his body like a tidal wave. Naruto grabbed the energy and forced it into submission. He took hold of it, directed it, the energy flowed down his legs and to the bottom of his feet, where he directed untold amounts of the mystical energy to in what would be a move that was equal parts brilliant as it was stupid.

One of the most basic chakra control techniques that ninja are taught when they first became genin is the tree climbing exercise. It's called tree climbing, but in truth it would be more accurate to say that it was tree walking. By adding chakra to the bottom of the feet, one could stick themselves to any vertical surface and walk up it as if they were walking on the ground, thereby defying gravity. The trick was getting the right amount of chakra to the bottom of the feet, which was the hardest place to direct ones chakra to. Too little chakra and you risked falling off. Too much chakra and you risk blasting yourself off the surface, which is exactly what happened to Naruto.

With the utterly ridiculous amount of chakra Naruto was channeling to the bottom of his feet, which was far more chakra than most ninja ever gained in their lifetimes, what happened next was only natural. Newton's third law of motion insured that. With the amount of kinetic energy the chakra was creating under his foot, Naruto was blasted forward with enough speed that his body was a complete blur, the ground where he had blasted off cracked under the pressure from the amount of force he put on it.

Mutsu heard the sound, so did the others, but he was the only one quick enough to react. Even then the only thing he could do was turn his head as Naruto's blurred form past him and continued on unimpeded.

Mutsu wasn't the target.

Grabbing his sword with his hand, Naruto lifted the blade above his head, and swiftly brought it down on the strings that were holding Akitsu in place. There was a loud screech, almost like that of metal on metal. For a moment Naruto wondered if the strings were made of some kind of metal, but discarded that notion. They were too flexible to be made out of metal that thick. Some kind of synthetic material then? MBI had the technology. Well, whatever, he could ponder over the Sekirei's weapons later. Maybe he could even take a sample home with him and study it.

Despite the strength of the strings, they snapped under Naruto's attack. Mitsuha, who had been holding onto the strings tightly and had even placed her body weight into keeping Akitsu bound, stumbled backwards with a surprised look on her face. Naruto wondered if it was because the steaming 'corpse' from earlier had suddenly risen up and broke her weapon, or simply because he had broken her weapon; perhaps a little of both. Looking up Mitsuha looked to the blond in confusion and shock, "What the hell!?" Mitsuha shouted in shock. "I thought he was dead!"

Her surprised shouting went largely ignored. Yomi and Akitsu were both in the same boat as she was, but they seemed to have lost their voices, though Naruto was sure if they had them they would have agreed with the Sekirei's assessment. The only one who wasn't affected to the point of not being able to move was Mutsu, who had launched himself at Naruto the moment he sliced through the strings that had bound Akitsu.

The soft 'hiss' of his blade sliding through the air was all it took for Naruto to spun on a dime, the katana coming up to block the attack. He channeled chakra into his arm, legs, and the bottom of his feet before his blade clashed with that of Mutsu's. There was a loud 'clang!' as steel cashed against steel. Naruto let out a slight grunt of exertion as the combined strength and momentum hit him, but other than that he gave no indication of having felt the attack. Indeed, he remained planted firmly on the ground, neither stumbling nor sliding backwards as the smaller katana was bashed against his own blade.

And then it was his turn. Channeling a bit more chakra to his arms, Naruto shoved his sword against Mutsu's using both his own chakra enhanced strength, and the inertia that had been created when he blocked Mutsu's attack. The male Sekirei was sent stumbling backwards, his eyes widening in surprise. He hesitated. Naruto could have used that moment to attack, but there was no guarantee that Mutsu would fall with his next move. Would he be able to attack quickly enough to land a decisive blow? How fast was Mutsu's reaction time? Without knowing those answers, attacking someone of number zero five's caliber was foolish given the situation he was in.

Naruto couldn't afford to be drawn into a large scale battle when there were two other Sekirei waiting to pounce on the one he was trying to protect. Speaking off...

"Ashikabi-sama, you're alright!" Akitsu said happily.

"Not now, we have other things to worry about." said Naruto as he burst forward to cross blades with Mutsu as Mitsuha and Yomi attacked the ice Sekirei with their scythe and strings respectively. She managed to jump back, dodging the whip and several strings, but a few managed to catch her unawares and managed to make small nicks in her flesh. She hissed, but despite how tired she must be from everything that had happened, managed to pull enough strength from somewhere to raise her hand and point it at them. Slivers of ice grew out of nothing and shot forward with incredible speed and power.

"You, what are you?" asked Mutsu, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked at the blond. "You're far too strong to be human, yet I can sense that you're not a Sekirei."

"Me, I'm just a regular everyday bad-ass." Naruto said with a projected air of indifference.

Naruto placed his single hand on his katana and fixed his grip slightly, his eyes never wavering or his conviction failing him.,

Mutsu, having gotten tired of waiting, decided to make the first move. Charging at the blond Uzumaki, their swords clashed in a shower of sparks. Mutsu performed a couple slashes, but Naruto simply brought his sword up and allowed it to take the hit before he ducked under the next swing. Mutsu smirks as he rolls the sword in his hand over and then back before he leaps at Naruto. The kick is blocked, but Mutsu swings down, only to clash with Naruto's katana and pushes Mutsu away to ready a swing that is blocked by the Sekirei.

Spinning around, Mutsu elbows Naruto in the chest before smashing his arm into his nose causing him to stumble back with a small cry. Spinning in an attempt to cut Naruto in two, dirt and dust is thrown in the air as Naruto jumps back and slides across the ground. Coming to a stop, Naruto's fierce gaze locks on Mutsu and he charges forward once again. Akitsu and the others are silent as they watch the two men embroiled in battle seemingly ignore them for the sake of their own fight. The world around them is a blur, their main focus is the opponent before them and their own goals.

Mutsu leaps over Naruto, the blond spinning on a dime to try and cut Mutsu down, only for his sword to slice through a full grown tree as Mutsu leaps away, Naruto giving chase soon after. Landing on a thick tree branch, Mutsu slides across the wood, snow falling off as he did so, and Naruto lands shortly after as he thrusts his sword, only to be parried by Mutsu. Kicking Naruto away, a fog of snow fills the air as Mutsu charges in, their blades clashing with sparks as the snow calmly returns to its original form and clears the air.

Pushing Mutsu back, Naruto thrusts and jabs his katana a couple times, only for Mutsu to leap up and over him to land on a slightly lower branch. With a silent grunt, Mutsu attempts to slice at Naruto's leg, but barely nicks him as the Uzumaki jumps over the slash in time. As he flips over Mutsu, their blades block one another in a new shower of sparks before Naruto lands on the opposing end of the branch as the two thrust and parry their blades at incredible speeds where Naruto spins around and swings his blade. Mutsu barely blocks it, but Naruto simply runs his katana down Mutsu's sword in a rain of sparks and swings, barely missing the Sekirei.

Mutsu performs several flips back and stops to look at Naruto. Blood pools on the ground at his feet from the cut given to him by Mutsu, but as Mutsu looks at him, he feels a small wetness on his cheek and puts his hand on it, only to see the crimson from Naruto's own cut from seconds ago. They had both drawn blood. Mutsu's grin said it all, he was enjoying himself, and he wanted more. From a distance; Akitsu, Mitsuha, and Yomi stared in wonder as these two seemingly master swordsmen fought it out on a tree branch, their skills of balance and movement unlike anything they had ever seen in their life.

Suddenly a powerful wind blew from the side, kicking dust up and forcing everyone to cover their eyes, save for Naruto and Mutsu who allowed the dirt to turn into a dense dust fog, Mutsu's form being enshrouded as he charged ahead. Bursting out of the smokescreen, Mutsu swings, but Naruto blocks and stumbles away, nearly falling. But in the end, the Uzumaki gains some distance as Mutsu gives chase. Swinging, Naruto ducks under Mutsu's blade as the Sekirei spins around in an attempt to cleave him in two, but he misses and barely manages to stop Naruto's thrust before he continues to run after the blond.

Naruto tries to swing back, but Mutsu lands on his back and spins around Naruto and back to his feet in front of the blond. Swing after swing, clash after clash, the two are relentless as they try to break through the others guard. Mutsu gives a spin before lashing out with a quick thrust, cutting into Naruto's cheek forcing the Uzumaki to dodge out of the way, but this leaves him open. With a swing of his sword, Mutsu draws more blood as he cuts into Naruto's shoulder, the blond's blood spraying across the tree behind him as he groans in pain. Another slice strikes the tree deeply as Naruto moves out of the way.

Running through the branches, Mutsu follows Naruto across the forest, only for the blond to make an abrupt stop as Naruto turned back and thrust his sword. Several clashes of sparks fill the air before the two yell, Naruto spinning around just in time and the two men slam their blades together, the metal shaking, sparks filling the air, as they hold their swords with both hands. Mutsu grins darkly as he looks into Naruto's eyes. However, the Uzumaki simply inhales before releasing it as he controls his breathing, the edge of his sword fogging up for a second. Pushing Mutsu to the side, Naruto crouches slightly and swings his blade, a spray of blood filling the air as Mutsu's forehead is sliced deeply.

Mutsu drops his weapon as Naruto stands above him now, only to clap his hands together and grab the katana in his opponent's hand before he pulls it in and smashes an elbow into the blond's face causing him to stumble back. Picking up his own sword, Mutsu flips it and holds the tip of the blade and watches as Naruto gets on his feet. With a spin, Mutsu hurls the sword at Naruto intending to impale his heart. However, Naruto's wide eyes manage to perceive the threat to his life and crosses his arms, where the sword stabs through his arm out the other side.

Naruto grunts as he falls down on the ground at the base of the tree, the pointed branch jutting from the ground nearby, nearly claiming his life if he had fallen off and onto the earth without using chakra to protect his body. Without his weapon, Mutsu simply charges forward, grabbing onto his opponent's katana where he leaps off the tree and at Naruto, slamming his feet into the blond where they crash through the rocks and down to the ground below near the wide eyed spectators. Rocks, dust and chunks of several tree's fill the air as Naruto comes rolling out, the blade clearly seen sticking from his arm as he comes to a stop.

Naruto grunts in pain as he looks at his arm, and then at Mutsu now charging him. Without hesitation, Naruto rips the sword from his arm in a spray of blood that covers the earth at his feet and raises the sword up just in time to block Mutsu's swing, the two blades shattering from the sheer force used to slam the two katana's into one another. Rolling back, the two draw their hands back, a light filling Naruto's palm as he conjures up a final attack. Electricity filled Naruto's hand, screaming with lightning as he summoned forth the power that could cut lightning itself, and with a snarl he yells out, "RAIKIRI!"

Snarling, he thrusts the one thing that could split lightning itself at Mutsu, missing his heart and lung as he plunges his hand through a body cavity. Mutsu gags on his blood and pushes Naruto away, stumbling heavily as he coughed up blood, glaring at Naruto. Mutsu, though heavily injured, was the first of the shocked spectating group to recover. He looked over at Mitsuha, who looked like she might vomit at any moment. "Mitsuha! Yomi!" he shouted, forcing them to look away from the gruesome scene before her, "This battle's lost, we're leaving." he commanded. The user of the strange string-like weapons didn't need to be told twice. Shuddering from head to toe at what could have been her fate had she been closest to the blond; she jumped up and over the wall followed by Mutsu who was chased by the terrified Yomi, ignoring the Ice Sekirei they had no choice but to leave behind.

Naruto watched them go. He could have gone after them, but really, all he wanted to do now was get home. Then he looked out of the corner of his eyes and saw Akitsu staring at him with a strange expression, a mixture of abject horror and arousal that would have looked out of place on anyone. He turned to face her, noticing how she flinched. Sighing, he wiped the blood off his face with the sleeves of shirt, discreetly using what concentration he could to gather the moisture in the air to help wash his face off. When he was sufficiently clean, he looked back up at his new Sekirei, "Are you alright?" he asked into the silence.

Akitsu seemed to shake herself out of whatever funk she was in, and gingerly stood up, wincing a bit as the aches and pains of the day, as well as the way her body was reacting to Naruto, descended upon her, "I'm fine Ashikabi-sama." she told him.

"Then let's get you home." he said walking her out of the park and climbing into the taxi.

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Chapter 6: Resolve to Change

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Naruto stood in front of Mason Izumo, Akitsu holding his arm in worry, his wounds cleanly wrapped and sanitized. However, as he led Akitsu inside, Naruto was stopped by Miya and a obviously worried Tsukiumi, "Husband, you're hurt, what happened out there whilst thou were away?" the blond woman begged him.

"We had an encounter with Number 75 Mutsu and a couple of his compatriots who were trying to force Akitsu into the service of another Ashikabi who sees the Sekirei as toys and collectible items rather than people, the same group that tried taking you in fact." he said as he had Akitsu let him go, "How's Yuuna?" he asked Miya.

"Your daughter is fine, but your wounds, they don't add up, Mutsu is the strongest Male of the Sekirei(1), and even as low as his number is, he can still give a good portion of the higher number Sekirei a run for their money." the lavender haired woman said, "Come with me, I'll tend to your wounds." she told him.

Naruto shook his head, "There is no time for that." he told her, "I need to get going, it's important that I head out now while it's still dark." he told her.

"W-What do you mean by that husband?" Tsukiumi asked him.

"Ah, he intends to kill Mikogami." Akitsu said.

"WHAT!" Miya and Tsukiumi cried out in shock.

"I did make a oath, and I intend to carry it out, besides, I was under the impression that kidnapping was illegal, and from what I have seen, a large portion of this brats Sekirei are forcefully bound to him, if I can put a stop to it, then I will. I'm not letting anyone go through such a torture, even a alien who is trying to find love, and these girls obviously don't love him as much as they think they do." the blond male stated as he walked past them, "I'm going to go get ready, Tsukiumi, Akitsu, stay here and watch Yuuna-chan while I'm gone, help Miya if she needs anything, and if the worst should happen and someone attacks, don't hesitate to kill them." he told them.

"Chances are, once news about this raid I'm planning goes down, other Ashikabi will try to get to us and do the same as well, and we can't have that happen. I promise I will return, but right now, you need to stay here." he told them as he rushed up the stairs and closed the door to his room.

"He can't be serious, the Mikogami family is one of the oldest families in the city, him killing that kid will bring the wrath of dozens of high class families down on us." Miya said in worry.

"I couldn't tell thee if he is serious or not, but his stance most certainly has a dark feeling about it." Tsukiumi stated in shock.

XxX

He unsealed a Kunai and grabbed it from the air by the blade, the steel digging into his skin causing him to bleed. The droplets of crimson dripped onto the trunk I'm front of him and a series of clicks were heard before the trunk was fully unlocked. A hiss of steam signaled that his hand had healed along with his other injuries across his body. Ripping the bandages off, he set about getting ready. He pulled off his shirt and draped the mesh over his shoulders followed by the dark over shirt. With that done he pulled the armored portion over his shoulders and secured it by the seals as it contorted to fit his body. He pulled out the grieves and quickly wrapped his forearm and tightened the guard down to his wrist.

He pulled out a senbon launcher and put it in his left forearm and quickly loaded it up and grabbed a pouch of Senbon and seals it into the weapon for later. He then grabbed a pouch of Kunai and shuriken and strapped them to his legs and then attached his katana to his hip. He then left the room and walked down the stairs to see a worried Uzume, Tsukiumi, Akitsu and Miya, a cooing Yuuna all looking at him as he silently walked up to his child and planted a kiss on her head, hugged Akitsu and Tsukiumi and out the door.

"Husband, I implore you to think this through, you mustn't do this, surely there is another way for you to confront the enemy." she pleaded with him.

Naruto paused, "The only way people will learn is through either experience, or being made to. I intend to teach this child that forcing people into servitude will not sit, even in such a practice such as Minaka Hiroto's oh so precious game. Stay here and make sure my child is safe, that's all I ask of you. I will return shortly." He told them.

XxX

Minaka was worried, very worried right now. Naruto was entering the Southern sector of the city, and not just any spot of the South, he was headed towards Mikogami's personal home of all place. He could see all thirteen of the boys Sekirei at the estate alive and well, though from what he had heard from the nanotechnology he had implanted into Naruto via the fake serum that would isolate specific blood patterns which he withdrew to try and clone the man-only to fail each time he tried, even the fake arm trials were a bust-showed nothing like he was seeing now. He grabbed the phone and immediately dialed Natsuo, "Get me the Discipline Squad now!" He commanded, "I need them to run over to the Southern sector of the city and stop Naruto Uzumaki from coming a breach of the games rules, and I need them there immediately to hold him off!"

XxX

Naruto was jumping across the rooftops as he journeyed to his destination, his memories turning back to how it all came to a head, how it all turned out like this.

~XxX-Flashback-XxX~

Naruto blocked the blade aimed for his head, but the sheer force of the blow sent him flying through the air, crashing through the foliage before he managed to plant his feet, creating trenches in the dirt beneath his feet as he planted his hand seconds later to stop himself. Naruto shook his head, "Damn, that was a powerful hit, since when was Sasuke capable of such raw strength?" he asked himself.

He paused as Sasuke's energy appeared directly behind him, "Most people would have immediately died from that much force being used on them." he noted, "Just goes to show how powerful you really are, Naruto." he remarked.

"So, you absorbed the power of the Gedo Statue, mixing it's own raw Sage Energy with your own to achieve a pseudo Sage-Mode, haven't you Sasuke?" Naruto asked as Sasuke raised his blade to strike him down from behind.

"So, you figured it out, not bad for a dobe." Sasuke commented as he swung down, only to be blocked as Naruto turned around and clashed his blade against Sasuke's, the Kiba Blade-the single one he had anyways, causing a fray of electricity to spark up around them as the ground crumpled and broke underfoot. As he gazed upon the man he once called brother, he could see that Sasuke's sanity was all but gone, "How interesting, it looks like I won't be bored from the fight with you after all." Sasuke smirked at the blond, "You better entertain me as long as you breath, otherwise this fight will be boring." he told Naruto.

Breaking the lock, Naruto ducked under Sasuke's next strike and leapt away, "I hate to break it to you, Sasuke, but you need to get off your high horse and take a look at your surroundings." he told the Uchiha causing him to gasp as a series of red pillars shot into the air, "My clones were waiting just for this moment, and now it looks like the preparations are now complete." he broadly grinned at the Uchiha.

Sasuke snarled in anger, "Damn you!" and he charged to clash with Naruto once again, the sparks from them blocking one another's blades easily seen as they clashed, before Sasuke kicked Naruto away where he crashed through several mounds of earth and came to a halt, barely raising his sword to block Sasuke, "Don't think that just because you have us trapped in here doesn't mean I won't kill you and escape!" he declared angrily, cockily.

Naruto ducked down, and unleashed a roundhouse on Sasuke, sending him away with a blast of air, and then jumping up, "As if, you think the world owes you something, but it doesn't. I'll be glad to pull your head out of your ass, seeing as you seem to like the smell of all the bullshit you talk about, a stupid revolution that'll never happen as long as I'm still breathing!" Naruto said, drawing the sword arm up before hurling it at the Uchiha.

Sasuke saw red, "YOU BASTARD~!" he bellowed out as he surged his lightning into his sword, and swung with enough force to rip tree's out of the ground as he sent Naruto's sword back at him, forcing Naruto to tilt his head out of the way so he could catch the blade, only for Sasuke to teleport himself behind Naruto, and he struck down, "I don't know who you think you are, but this world owes me for the suffering I went through on the night of my families demise, all on your Hokage's order's!" he roared as he watched Naruto crash through several large rocks and hills.

Once more, Sasuke teleported above Naruto as he crashed through a mountain and swung his sword down, but Naruto barely managed to block the attack as he was sent hurtling towards the ground where he crashed. Using his Deva powers granted to him through his Rinnegan, Sasuke ripped up a mountain and glared down at his opponent, "As long as I still draw breath, my revolution will be completed, and there's nothing you can do about it." he declared, "Because, I am the strongest person in this world!" he roared as he hurled the mountain down, massive blasts of air whipping through the forest underneath it before it crashed down, tearing the land apart and filling the sky with debris.

Thinking his victory was assured, Sasuke paused when he heard Naruto land softly behind him, "So, basically what you're saying is that you can't get over the fact that your family died over a failed illegal revolution since they were forced out of the village on Danzo's order's in his own bid for power and you want to destroy the village simply because you can. You make zero sense Sasuke, pull your head out your ass and look at the bigger picture, your clan wanted to start a war, the elders stopped it when they ordered the extermination of the coup leaders, Itachi was ordered by Danzo with a changed letter so he could harvest your families eyes for his own agenda." he told the Uchiha.

"And that is why this village, no all villages will burn!" Sasuke sneered back.

"Sorry Sasuke, but I won't let you!" Naruto roared back, only to jump back as Sasuke teleported above him and slice down, using a combination of Lightning and Gravity that tore the ground to pieces. Sliding back, Naruto guarded against Sasuke's swing down, "Are you really that upset over your brother trying to make sure the villge he loved as much as you remained at peace, to stop the horror of war from befalling all of us from within our home?" Naruto questioned.

"You couldn't possibly understand!" Sasuke growled in rage.

Naruto snorted as he held the deadlock, "Someone who's still hung up on that, will never be in charge of the people!" Naruto told him.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?! HOW DARE YOU!" Sasuke bellowed as he broke the deadlock, then performed a roundhouse on Naruto that sent him into the air, where he teleported above him and kicked him to the ground. The ground exploded violently, but Naruto remained unhurt as he laid in the hole his body made, "THIS IS THE END, I'M FINISHING YOU HERE AND NOW!" he bellowed, only for a blast of Nature Chakra to blast out of Naruto's body shoving Sasuke back, "What, you've been gathering Sage Energy this whole time? How?" he demanded.

"Like I'd ever tell you." Naruto told him more seriously, and then Sasuke's arm was flying through the air, the Uchiha clearly shocked by the sight of his limb flying past his eye, and then the pain came. The poison's Naruto had coated the blade with weren't meant to kill, but cause agony. The mentoring of Jiraiya had yielded great results, and his knowledge of poisons and other plants were now permanently implanted in Naruto's mind. Sasuke cried out as the agony hit him second's later, the Uchiha clutching the bleeding stump, barely comprehending just how Naruto had done it, but it didn't Stop the Uzumaki from performing a roundhouse on him.

This is where Sasuke had failed to comprehend that Naruto had already long since surpassed him, needing only to enter his base Sage Mode rather than activate the full scope of his Six Paths Sage Power. He then swiped his feet, forcing Sasuke to flip through the air before Naruto slammed his fist into Sasuke's gut, sending the Uchiha flying through the air as he grunted in pain, only to reappear and kick Sasuke up high, disappearing only to once again kick him and then send him flying the opposite direction where Naruto once more reappeared appeared over the Uchiha and kick him down, where he appeared under Sasuke and smashed his fist into his gut.

Gagging, the Uchiha now coughing up blood as his eyes went wide in a combination of shock and agony, 'He's... too strong!' the Uchiha thought to himself, and was sent flying through the air, a screeching noise now accompanying the Uchiha's flight as he realized what was happening, Naruto had planted a Rasenshuriken on his gut as he struck him, and was planning on killing him with this last blow, but before Sasuke could retaliate, the technique exploded, enveloping Sasuke's body in a blinding light and powerful shockwave. Thus, the Uchiha clan had finally ended once and for all, and a tainted lineage was forever more gone from the world.

Peace, had been achieved.

~XxX-Flashback End-XxX~

Naruto pulls himself from his memories as he landed in front of Mikogami Manor and growled in disgust. How could someone spend so much money on a house like this and still want more? He went to enter the house only to stop as ten people landed in front of him, a young woman leading them, "Who are you, and why do you show up the way you do unannounced?"the woman questions him.

Naruto speaks honestly, "My name, is Naruto Uzumaki. And I'm here to beat your boss to death." He tells them.

"As if human!" A young woman with pigtails yelled out.

"If you wish to stop me, come at me with the intent to kill... but know this, Mikogami and all your fellow Sekirei here will fall."

The young woman gives a war-cry as she leaps at the man, her foot lashed out in a flying kick, however, much to the shock of the young woman, Naruto grabs her by the leg and slams her to the ground, jumping up and stomping down on her head and dropping her from the fight instantly. He blocks a right hook using his missing hands forearm and smashes his fist into the jaw of the second attacker, dislocating it and dropping the young woman from the agony of the strike infused with chakra. A nod strike is blocked before the attacker is backhanded Ross the temple while a third is is blocked and hit on the jaw and the odd the throat dropping them all in rapid succession.

The fourth to try and stop him has their arm grabbed, a punch to their mouth, and then wrenched under his useless arm where Naruto unleashes a barrage of punches to the young woman's face.

Wham

Wham

Wham

Wham

Wham

Wham

Wham

And then he trips the Sekirei where she hits the ground allowing him to roll across her back, snapping her arm from its socket and breaking the bone at the same time as he rises up ignoring her cry of pain. It also allowed him to avoid the roundhouse from behind as he did so as he snapped the Sekirei arm seconds before. As he rises up, he stops a kick to his face by grabbing the offending Sekirei by the foot and takes a step back causing the alien to slide down, lashing out just seconds later at another as he strikes the attacker in the gut, throwing the attacker away with sheer force just to plant the same foot in the crook of the hip of his neck victim and press down, breaking the hip as he releases the Sekirei and blocks two strikes and smashes a chakra enhanced fist into the sternum of another, dropping them as they gasped heavily for a breath.

He takes a step back to avoid yet another flying kick and proceeds to advance his attack. A elbow to his back and he drops another as they stumble and collapse as they lose conscience from the blow to the head. He grabs the fist aimed at his head and pulls forward, releasing the limb and striking to the Sekirei's stomach, before he trips her and unleashed a barrage of blows to her stomach, chest and then rattles her head with no less than thirty blows as each strike from the forearm and fist consistently strikes her. She is left as a convulsing bag of flesh, unable to breath and most likely given a concussion from the series of blows to her head.

He steps forward, diverting a blow towards his chest and and delivering a elbow to his attackers jaw, wraps a arm around them and pushes down to deliver a knee to the face, grabs the opposing side of the head and wrenches with enough force to throw the alien up into the air while spinning the body causing her to land with enough force to wind her whole pulling neck muscles that leave her immobile. He turns in time to grab a leg, spin them around and causing the Sekirei to fall as she tries to remain balanced, but Naruto delivers a harsh stomp to the base of her spine as he drops a fist into the upper portion of his attackers back and then elbow her in the corner of the neck, her cry filling the air as he delivers each blow.

Standing up he is greeted by four simultaneous opponents, the most recent of his victim's only having the strength to drag herself away using her arms, her body numb from the blows delivered upon her back and neck.

However, before the next fight could commence, a cry came from nearby, "Please, stop!" causing the group to immediately stop moving as Naruto's own target came out, "Please, don't hurt them anymore!" the teen pleaded as he took a stance in front of the group of Sekirei.

"You there, boy, are you Hayate Mokigami?" Naruto asked.

The boy nervously nodded, "I know you may be here on some order's to hurt me, but please, don't hurt the Sekirei. I know they aren't human, but they are only protecting me, and-and I don't wish to see them hurt or even killed." he pleaded with Naruto.

Naruto blinked, "You are quite different than what I was actually imagining you. I told your Sekirei that I would kill you for forcing Sekirei to emerge to you, but, it seems that i might have miscalculated." he said before pointing at the teen, "Tell me, how many Sekirei have you forcefully winged?" he questioned.

"Forcefully Winged?" the boy asked in confusion.

"Yes, how many have you forced to emerge to you?" Naruto asked.

"I didn't think such a thing was possible. I usually bring Sekirei here to converse with them and see if they'll emerge willingly to me, I've never forced them to emerge to me, and those that don't I usually let go, so I was kinda shocked when I was told by Mutsu you hurt one of my Sekirei and took the scrapped number for yourself, though I also got a text saying she needed to be taken back to be helped so she could emerge, it's why I sent my Sekirei to the park, so I could help her." he elaborated.

"I see, then I would like to apologize. I heard only what I wanted to, not what I needed." Naruto said honestly, "For that I don't know how I can forgive myself for assuming a brat like you forced people to work for him." Naruto shook his head.

"Well, you aren't wrong about me being a brat, but, I think the one you really need to worry about is Higa Izumi of Higa Enterprises, he's forced several Sekirei to emerge to him, or so the rumor's the Sekirei tell me say. He has some mercenary go out and get them for his schemes, strong, and no Sekirei has walked away from a fight as a winner and free of Higa. If you really wanna help the Sekirei, stop him, for all of us. I just want to live in peace with my Sekirei." the teen pleaded as Naruto turned about, "I know you can do it, because only those of incredible power can stand up to someone so dangerous." he said.

"I'll see what I can do. But I make no promises, as for your Sekirei, it'd be best to immediately contact the M-B-I hospital and have them prepare for immediate surgeries for your Sekirei, none of them are deactivated, just wounded severely to where they'll suffer incredible agony for a long time without treatment. I apologize for my rudeness." Naruto said before jumping away and back towards the north, mere minutes before the Discipline Squad would arrive, but him moving away, and the fact no Sekirei were terminated-that along with Mikogami's heartbeat still being monitored had Minaka call them back before they arrived.

 

~XxX-Mason Izumo-XxX~

It was evening, and Naruto was in the shower trying to clean himself of the dirt, grime, and sweat of today's activities. Through the steam of the extremely hot shower, one could see the various tattoo's that covered his body.

His back was a full cover tattoo of a Valknut symbol within the top branches of the World Tree Yggdrasil. On either side of the large trunk of the tree's depiction are two animals, a raven which could be seen as either Huginn or his brother Muninn flying upwards towards the branches. On the right side of the tree's trunk is a picture of the Wolf God Fenrisúlfr (Fenrir) the son of Loki and Giantess Angrboða. Connected to the roots of the tree are a set of chains that connect to the upper branches of the world tree with various embroidered phases of the sun and moon where a Vegvisir is locked in between the chains in the center of the roots while a Triskele (Triple Horn of Odin) dangles below on a singular root.

On his left shoulder a Nordic saying, the words reading; ᚾᛟᛏ ᚨᛚᛚ ᚹᚺᛟ ᚹᚨᚾᛞᛖᚱ ᚨᚱᛖ ᛚᛟᛋᛏ (Translation: Not All Who Wander Are Lost) inked into his flesh above them, while those runes then encircled a image of the Yin/Yang circle shaped like the two Wolf Giants Skoll and Hati with a Nordic Valknut symbol and the two ravens of Odin; Muninn and Huginn, flying just above the Yggdrasil or World Tree with a couple more runes etched on both side of the tree trunk.

On his right shoulder the words ᚾᛖᚡᛖᚱ ᚲᚺᛖᚨᛏ ᚤᛟᚢᚱ ᛗᚨᛋᛏᛖᚱ (Never Cheat Your Master) are also above a Vegvisir depiction sitting in the cusp of a variant of the Yggdrasil branches, a red raven-one of the twin ravens once again, seen above the Vegvisir image. One either side of the roots of the Yggdrasil were a Triskele on the left and a Valknut on the right. His arms were heavily inked with his left arm holding a image of Huginn flying over a forest with a vikingr circlet with a Valknut symbol within. The right forearm-though a amputated limb it still held a vast majority of the tattoo's original work-contains a image of Muninn over a white forest over a thunder-cross surrounded by a Jörmungandr banding. On Naruto's chest is the image of the Wolf God Fenrir with a chain wrapped around his neck over-compassing a Ægishjálmrm.

As a Nordic Pageon worshiper-having been converted by his friend through five years of knowing him; God's bless Peyton and his wacky ways-he had absolute faith in his God's, his pantheon. Did he care what people thought about him whenever they seen his tattoo's out in the open, not really, did he care to listen to them complain about his choice of religion of asked, FUCK NO! He had them done to show his faith, though he still held great respect for his original pantheon-that being the Shinto whom he still worshipped a bit on the side.

Survivors, that was the proper term to use fora Viking. Stealing what you needed, hunting with a Bow and Arrow, fighting with Ace or Sword in hand, praying to the gods for a good blessing was all he ever needed. Hell, his various necklaces he wore were all related to his Pantheon. A Mjolnir hammer for Thor, Gungir to honor Odin, a Bear Paw for a Berserker. A Valknut to honor the Fallen and Odin's Valkyries. This was his honor and privilege to worship his God's in the only way he knew how.

Behind him, Tsukiumi's naked form gently washed his back, trying to keep the shock of the vast number of scars that covered him-most from Sasuke during their time in the Elemental Nations before they arrived on this planet somehow. Tsukiumi gently grabbed a sponge and rung it out, "Husband... I must ask you, by why didst thou spare the Ashikabi of the South when thee specified your desire to end his bloodline?" she asked, having finally gotten her Ashikabi to herself, the blond man having specified he had a change of heart upon meeting Mikogami himself.

"Because, he was honest. And I could see he cared for his Sekirei genuinely, and he also sounded like he was lonely before they entered his life, so I spared him the pain of death and losing those which were precious to him." Naruto explained, "Have you finished my back?" he asked calmly.

"Indeed I have, is there anything else I can wash or can I trouble thee to help me wash my own back and my hair?" she asked him.

Tsukiumi was almost a perfect clone of his Samui, "Yea, I can help, but don't expect me to get handsy with you, we still need to obey Miya's rules now." he chortled as he turned around and took the sponge from the blond woman, "Turn around, so I can clean you." he told her, the blond doing as she was told.

-Elsewhere in Mason Izumo-

"Ugh, darn you Naru-tan, just one juicy scene and I would have been set for months!" a certain redhead growled to herself, though she smiled as the printer finished printing out the image, a nice long one of a specific male anatomy piece, "Though I have to say, I am so looking forward to emerging to you in the future." she said, the middle of her back glowing a dull gold color to show her direct reaction to the blond whom she now knew was her Ashikabi.

~XxX-Higa Enterprises Main Office-XxX~

"What. The hell. Is going on?" Higa demanded, punctuating the demands.

The masked individual snorted in amusement, "Our plan is proceeding, as expected." he told Higa as he looked out the window and into the darkness of night.

Higa grunts in frustration, "Oh really? Do I look like I'm running M-B-I Enterprises right now?" he demanded the mercenary angrily, "Your hit, on the Sekirei holding area, it didn't work, my friend! And now you have my construction crews suddenly going around the city at 24 hours a day! How exactly is that supposed to help my company absorb Minaka's?" Higa questioned angrily.

The mercenary looks to Kakizaki, "Leave us!" he commands.

Higa looks angrily at his assistant, "No! You stay here, I'm in charge!" he stated trying to maintain control over everyone.

The man turns around, slowly walking over to Higa before he puts his hand on Higa's shoulder, drawing his attention, "Do you feel in charge?" the Mercenary questioned curiously as he looked down at Higa as if waiting for a response, looking to Kakizaki before motioning for him to leave once more, and watches as Kakizaki leaves.

Higa was shivering in terror now, "I've paid you a very nice portion of my fortune. What more do you want? We had a deal, you find me Sekirei and I give you money to do as you please, and so far we've had a good partnership."

The shadowed individual is unmoved by the man's fear and demands, "And this gives you power over me?" he asks almost sounding confounded by his question.

"What is this?" Higa demands from the man.

The man whom is speaking with Higa answers honestly, "Your money and infrastructure have been important... 'til now! I will use the remainder of it to secure my future endeavor's here and across the globe as I should for when the time to make my real move comes about." he told Higa.

Higa gulps nervously, "What are you?" he asks the man, only to receive the answer in the form of a pair of glowing eyes, one crimson with a star-like pattern in the middle, the other a rippling purple that held six magatama in the inner two rings.

The man speaks darkly, "I'm the world's reckoning. Here to end the borrowed time you've all been living on!" he told Higa causing the man to shudder.

Higa growls in anger at the hired mercenary, "You're pure evil!" he says loudly.

The unknown man chuckles, "On the contrary, I am what is called a necessary evil!" he tells the brat.

"Why... what do you want?" Higa questions.

"Revolution... control over that which is all in my view of sight." the man answers calmly.

"W-What?" Higa asks in confusion.

Rather than go on to explain, the shadowed for of the man shakes his head, "We both know I have to kill you now, you'll just have to imagine your dream of ruling the city and her people." causing Higa to gasp when the man's hand suddenly lashes out, grabbing him by the throat, Higa's cries and pleads filling the room. Outside, Kakizaki is shivering in horror before he flinches as he hears the end of pleading as the mercenary snaps his bosses neck, the sound of slow footsteps approaching before the door slowly opens, "If you know what's best, then you will obey my command without question, or you will join him and all those who oppose me." the man said.

Kakizaki flinches at the mercenaries tone, "O-O-Of course, sir, anything you need and i-it shall be done." he says nervously.

"Good, then your first task is to remove this corpse from my new office and call a board meeting, it's time for me to get to work, and to draw out the one person who can truly give me a fight I will find enjoyable, to show this world, that I am it's god and all who live are under my mercy and control." the man said as he walked down the hall, "You best hurry, you have fifteen minutes to clean up the mess, then you will join him. I would hate to have your Sekirei under someone else's command when each of them has an important role to play in my plan." it wasn't a threat, he was going to Kill Kakizaki, and then claim his Sekirei somehow after murdering him, he just didn't know how.

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Alright, that is a wrap, please leave me a LIKE/FAVORITE/FOLLOW to show the story some love and don't forget to leave me a nice long COMMENT/REVIEW so I know what you think of the chapter. Lemon in the next chapter-just so you know.

1: Yes, so you were curious as to why Mutsu was no longer Sekirei #05 and is dubbed Sekirei #75 here, well it's simple, I wanted to do 2 things with Mutsu while he was in this story, one, not make him a member of the Discipline Squad, and two, give him a bit of a change of characteristics. He'll be the same Mutsu at the baseline, but when things are going on he's a bit more cynical. This is the reason I brought in Derieri (yes, the Seven Deadly Sins Derieri, though she doesn't have darkness covering her body for clothes as you seen in Chapter 1) replacing him as Sekirei #05.

2: I know he only has like 9 or so, but there is a reason i gave him 13, hope you know the reference to how naruto fought the Sekirei at the estate.

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Chapter one is complete, glad to have this one out, always wanted to try and write a widower story for a Naruto crossover, just couldn't get it right until i started making this concept. Please LIKE/FAVORITE/FOLLOW this story to show me you support it, and also leave a COMMENT/REVIEW to tell me what you think of this story. Join me on Discord to discuss your thoughts and idea's for the progression, I will welcome any and all to the channel. The link is on my Fanfiction profile.