Naruto Death's Agent

The next day, Uzumaki Complex

The morning was unexpected as Sakura had joined them for breakfast. While she officially lived in her apartment, that didn't mean she didn't stay with her mate from time to time, even whole weeks, trying to repent for what her mother had done. Mikoto had also come to eat breakfast, holding a secret document.

It was then that they heard a knock on the door. Anko is a bit annoyed at being interrupted during their family's breakfast moved to open the door as she was about to shout at the person. She stopped herself. "H-hokage-sama, what are you doing here?" she couldn't help but ask. 

"I'm here to talk to Naruto-kun," the third hokage said as he entered the home until he entered the kitchen followed by Anko. He was shocked to see Mikoto and a live Izumi after he had reviewed the Uchiha massacre, and the file said she was dead. "Izumi, how are you alive, and Mikoto, why are you here?" the aged leader asked, his mind raising with possible solutions.

"Hello Jiji," said Naruto. "I'll explain everything to you, and I'm sure you have some guess as to who is behind this," said the blonde jinchuriki. "Danzo," said Hiruzen, earning a Nod from Naruto.

"As to what I'm doing here aside from visiting my new partner," Mikoto said, standing up and hugging Naruto. "I'm here to give Naruto-kun the transfer letter we agreed on, Hokage-sama. Aside from the ones here, Kakashi is the only person who knows what I'm going to do," said Mikoto in shocking everyone except Naruto and Hiruzen.

"Naruto-kun, due to the past action of the previous clanhead, and you carry the blood of the Uchiha that merged into your DNA," said Mikoto. "And with the clan being down to four with one a security risk, the eldest as a missing nin, and the last two kunoichi, one being declared dead and enslaved to work on the shadows until you rescued her. So, Naruto, I willingly pass the clan head position to Naruto Uzumaki, Senju, Namikaze, and now Uchiha." Mikoto spoke as Naruto was shocked, while his lovers were shocked. 

"Wait, doesn't this mean that Naruto-kun has officially become the clanhead of four clans, each instrumental to the construction of Konoha and its safety!" said a stunned Sakura. While the Haku Yakumo Izumi had their mouths open. While Tsubaki looked at Yugao, "Naruto-kun aside from having a powerful pedigree and background, his fighting skills, handsomeness, and charm are better than most, and when you take into account his powerful bloodline," said Yugao. "It makes for one powerful and charismatic man," said Tsubaki a blush looking at Yugao. 

"So old man, what brings you here?" asked Naruto, looking at the aged leader. "We got back from the rebels, they've agreed for Esdeath to be transferred to you. They also agreed to have Esdeath stay in Konoha," said Hiruzen, looking at Anko. "Consider that option," he finished before standing up and leaving.

"TSK, at least don't say it in front of everyone, old man," said Mitarashi with a frown, attracting the attention of the whole group.

" Anko, what is he talking about?" Yugao asked, looking at the snake summoner, who didn't look happy at all. "Yeah, I would like to know as well," said Tsubaki.

"It's nothing, just that the witch from Kiri who fought Foxy-kun wants to see him, since she will only answer to him," said Mitarashi with clear disgust in her voice. This surprised several of those present. 

"But... What happened to Ibiki-san's interrogations, Inoichi-san's, or your torture methods?" Naruto asked only to notice how his question annoyed the snake tamer even more. 

"She didn't even flinch," said Anko, surprising the entire group. "She manages to numb her nerves to avoid feeling any kind of pain with her Hyoton," said the purple-haired girl, who looked very frustrated for remembering that fact. 

"But didn't they seal their chakra?" asked Tsubaki while Izumi nodded. "That's usually done, and with what I heard, she's dangerous," said Izumi, looking at Mikoto and Yugao, who nodded, explaining to everyone who already had some knowledge from the snake tamer.

"We did it, but whatever that bitch did or is doing, the chakra suppression seals haven't done much good, no matter how many we use; she'll just freeze them, which makes getting into her mind harder," Anko said, running a hand over her head as she let out a sigh. 

"So why hasn't she run away?" Yakumo asked as he poured some tea for Naruto, who appreciated it. "She simply stood there, didn't resist at any point, and let us place shackles on her that restricted her movement," the snake charmer said. 

"So there's no way she'll talk?" Tsubaki asked the I&T member, who had just tucked a strand of hair over her ear as she muttered. 

"If there is, she said she would only talk to one person," said the purple-haired kunoichi, looking at her partner. "The shinobi who managed to defeat her," said the purple-haired girl, making all eyes focus on Naruto, who was equally surprised. 

Since there was only one option, which was sitting in front of the entire group of women. "Is this some kind of clan code?" Ayame asked, looking at Haku. 

"No… I don't know," the ice user answered. "I don't know all the customs of my clan, so I can't say if it's one of them," said Yuki. No one else insisted on that because it was touching on a very delicate subject for Hyoton's user. 

"So that means he'll only answer to me, right?" the Hanyou said, looking at the snake summoner. "Yes," said Mitarashi, opening her eyes to look at Naruto, who was giving her a serious look. "Oh no, don't even think about it," said Mitarashi, getting an idea of what her partner was about to say. 

"You know that part of the treaty we have with the rebels is that we give her the information on bases supplies and jutsus that she knows, if we don't comply with that, the rebels might suspect that we are keeping them to ourselves" said the Uzumaki making Anko grit her teeth "And it doesn't help that my clones have been the only support they gotten making them suspicious," said the Hanyou. 

"No" was the blunt response Anko gave. "No matter the tricks, I won't let you go," said Mitarashi in a serious voice. "Anko," said Naruto, looking at everyone. "We still don't know what she's planning or what her purpose is? It's too dangerous," said Mikoto, looking at Naruto. "Whatever ability she's doing it doesn't bode well with you training for the exams," said Sakura, looking at him with worry.

"While I agree this might also be a chance to see why we have to get her on our side, I have the feeling that something bad will happen on the chunin exams," said Naruto, making everyone's eyes widen. 

"Tsk, Fine, you'll come with me, but if I see that Witch trying something, I don't care if I make enemies of all of Kiri by not giving her their precious secrets, I'll kill her and make sure no one can find her body," said Mitarashi with a deadly look, which soon fell when she saw the blonde smiling at her. 

"In that case, I'm counting on you," said Naruto, making the snake tamer realize what he had said and look away with a slight blush on her face, something that made the whole group let out a couple of small laughs, embarrassing the snake tamer even more. At that, the Hanyou looked at the cracks that had formed on the floor and could only let out a mental sigh. 

An hour later, I&T Building: Interrogation Room

In a well-lit room was Esdeath. She had a cold expression on her face as she looked at the 'mirror' of the place where she could almost feel the gazes of the people on the other side of it. The Yuki clan member let out a sigh as she looked up at the ceiling, where she could feel some anbu hidden; she couldn't tell exactly how many there were. 

On the other side of the mirror, two figures could be seen standing with their arms crossed. These were none other than the two heads in charge of the interrogation and torture group, Ibiki Morino and Inoichi Yamanaka. 

"I'm still not sure about all this," Ino's father said, narrowing his eyes as he looked at the light blue-haired girl. "We're out of options, Inoichi-san," Morino said without looking away. "And unfortunately for us, time is also against us," the scarred man said. 

Indirectly reminding his torture partner that the methods they had used so far had not worked, something that the Yamanaka did understand, and made him sigh. Seeing this, Ibiki simply looked to the side to see how an anbu appeared in that place. 

"Let them in," the jonin said, causing the anbu to nod and disappear in a blur of speed. A couple of seconds later, the door to the room opened, where Anko and Naruto entered, who stood on the other side of the table, where the blonde sat down, and the purple-haired girl leaned against the wall. 

"This is a very bad idea," said the Yamanaka, causing the other head interrogator to let out a fake laugh. 

"Wow, I hadn't thought of that," Ibiki replied in a sarcastic tone, watching Anko rub her neck in disdain. 

"Good," said Mitarashi, looking daggers at the woman. "Let's begin," said the snake charmer to begin the interrogation. In short, the interrogation took very little time, since only Naruto asked several questions, which Esdeath answered calmly and concisely. 

The questions ranged from how she managed to escape from the prison in Kiri, the public and not-so-public acts she performed under Yagura's command, and some ice techniques, among other things. Only about fifteen minutes had passed after they started, and the entire I&T team already had much of what the rebels had requested to know from Yuki. 

Both Anko and Ibiki, and Inoichi were surprised at how easy it was to get the information from the ice user; the information that they had not managed to obtain during all this time now came out of the prisoner's mouth as if it were air. 

After finishing all this, Naruto gave a nod to Anko, who understood and made a signal to activate a silence seal, giving a small signal to the Hanyou, who knew that now he could search for the answers he was looking for. 

"What was that symbol you had?" asked the Uzumaki, causing the woman to look at him with her head lowered for a moment, as if she was trying to remember something. 

"I don't know," Yuki's response made Naruto feel bewildered, and even more so when he felt that the woman wasn't lying. "Before the blood purges were officially declared, some bastards raided my clan's territory. It was a sudden attack, and we weren't prepared," said the former Kiri-Nin. 

"I still managed to kill a lot of those bastards with my bare hands, but eventually they overwhelmed me, and I ended up bleeding to death in one of the caves in the mountain," the light blue-haired girl said, almost sounding proud of what she had done. 

"What a shame those bastards couldn't finish their job," Anko muttered, frowning, managing to attract the ice user's attention, feeling a slight satisfaction at seeing a bit of annoyance on Yuki's face. 

But that didn't last long, as Mitarashi's anger grew even more as she saw how the eyes of the Kiri native seemed to light up when they once again focused on her lover. 

"While I was losing, I saw several members of my clan being killed by those guys," Esdeath said naturally. 

The Uzumaki looked impassive, but inside, he was truly surprised, not by the woman's words, but by the lack of feelings when saying them; it was almost as if he didn't care about the fact that his clan had been massacred. "You don't seem too affected by the massacre," said the blonde, receiving a smile from Yuki. 

"It's because I'm not" Esdeath said making the Hanyou raise an eyebrow "Besides, that doesn't matter. When I was bleeding out, I saw a silhouette stand in front of me while killing all those guys with daggers. When I woke up, I already had said mark," said the light blue-haired girl. 

"Do you remember anything about that person?" the Hanyou asked, wanting to know who was capable of creating something like that, since he knew whatever that mark was, it wasn't any type of Fuinjutsu that he at least knew. 

"No, no, nothing, every time I try to remember something about those people, like their appearance or some specific physical trace, my mind just goes dark," said the light blue-haired girl, leaning forward, making everyone in the room tense up. 

Hanyou felt that something was about to happen, so he decided to ask at least one last question. "Why do you only answer the questions I ask you?" Naruto said, dropping the bomb. For a few seconds, the room fell silent as everyone prepared to act at any moment. 

"Because you are the kind of person I've been looking for all my life," Esdeath said, confusing the blonde, who saw how the light blue-haired girl's gaze shone for a moment and then darkened again. 

"Our clan has always been known for our ice techniques, but something not many people know is that the cold our clan generates not only affects our surroundings, but is also reflected within us," the ice user said. 

At that moment, Naruto shuddered slightly, but not because of the woman's words but because of the feeling emanating from the woman. Hate, a pure, icy hatred, one that he had felt only toward one person. 

The Hanyou could notice how the woman's gaze darkened even more, and a light, icy breeze began to emanate. Anko. Seeing this, she was alert so that at any moment she would take out a kunai that she had hidden in her trench coat. 

"My clan always saw the cold as something vital, something that extended to the treatment of each family, where only the strength to withstand even the most extreme cold was venerated, those who were considered weak were left to die, not even my parents were spared from that treatment" declared the light blue-haired woman with a neutral tone. 

"I felt nothing but cold, I felt nothing for my clan or my family, I only followed those who were strong, and yet I felt nothing but indifference," Esdeath said. 

Naruto couldn't help but feel a certain sympathy for the woman, and above all, he was surprised by such information, where at the same time he was not very surprised that Haku's mother had decided to leave her clan, to avoid transmitting that same treatment to her daughter. 

"But the moment we fought all that changed" said Yuki confusing the blonde "It was as if all the cold I had had disappeared the first moment you made me bleed, I felt my body heat up like I had never experienced before", both Anko and Naruto opened their mouths when they saw how the atmosphere and the tone of Yuki's voice had changed. 

Only for her to look up, and the eyes filled with resentment and bloodlust were replaced by a pair of eyes that reflected joy and happiness. 

The Hanyou shuddered slightly as he felt a feeling that surpassed all of that, given how strong and powerful it was, a feeling that he knew very well and that made him doubt his ability to feel emotions. 

' This is... does she feel some affection for me? ' the blonde wondered, since he didn't want to think of another word to describe what the woman who not long ago tried to kill him was feeling. 

"And after waking up, when I realized that you had defeated me, everything fell into place," Esdeath said, sounding like a very excited little girl. 

"What do you mean?" the snake charmer asked, feeling a great anger when she saw how the member of the Yuki clan looked at her with a smile while turning her gaze towards the blonde. 

"Your servant, your weapon, your toy, your partner, your slave, anything else" said the light blue haired girl with a face that reflected immense happiness, almost as if the kunoichi had found her reason for being "My body, my soul, my mind, I offer you all of me, if you take me as your humble slave" said Yuki between sighs. 

This was all the snake charmer could tolerate, and she moved from her spot and then hit the table. 

"You miserable bitch-!!" Anko's threats stopped when she saw the ice user remove the shackles from her limbs. 

This caused her, the anbus, and members of the staff of the place to appear, pointing their weapons towards the light blue-haired woman, who simply smiled as a cold breeze began to emanate, but before any of the I&T members could realize it, they saw how a large number of chains surrounded the woman. 

Everyone was confused, but they saw how, from one moment to another, something seemed to hit the chains. This was accompanied by the slight sound of something breaking. When the chains were removed, everyone saw how a large number of pieces of ice fell to the ground. 

All the Konoha shinobi looked towards where Naruto was, who did his best to hide the tiredness he was feeling, while he retracted his chains from the woman who was lightly covered by ice. 

"Damn it, I still lack formal training on them if I hadn't been focused on performing this jutsu," thought Naruto as he looked like he was thinking about how long it took him to prepare it. Luckily, Anko seemed to notice this and ordered the anbus to retreat, who hesitated for a moment, but eventually hid back in the room. 

"I just need to accept," Naruto said, receiving a simple nod from Yuki, who couldn't stop smiling. The Uzumaki knew that the woman was a threat, but now he could see that she was a threat who cared little about the consequences and only followed her own beliefs. The Uzumaki sighed as he watched the ice that covered Esdeath disappear, and then she knelt with a big smile. 

"How can I help you, my beloved Master?" Esdeath asked, smiling at the blonde, causing him to sigh. 

Soon, the entire section was finished, and the anbu were waiting to transfer the prisoner back into their custody, but seeing how she didn't move from Naruto's side, he had to order Esdeath to go with them, where she had to do everything they told her and not cause any problems. 

What made the light blue-haired girl who followed the Anbu without any opponent or resistance leave so soon left and Mitarashi made a small report, and the two lovers met in Anko's office. 

"ARGH damn it!!!" said Anko, hitting a small mannequin that had a somewhat cartoonish design of Orochimaru. Meanwhile, Naruto was preparing a small coffee for the purple-haired girl. 

"That fucking ice witch!!!" The Uzumaki had to move his head to the side to avoid the mannequin's head, which bounced until it was placed next to the tray that carried the coffee cups, along with a small portion of Dangos. 

The blonde looked at the mannequin's head with some amusement, since the first time he came to this place, the first thing that caught his attention was the mannequin, which Anko used to release her frustrations, returning to the present, the blonde finished his coffee and headed towards where his partner was lying face down on the sofa. 

"Dango?" the blonde asked, but was not surprised to see the desserts disappear from the flag, and Anko sat eating them with an annoyed expression on her face. 

Sitting next to her, the Hanyou waited for the Kunoichi to finish devouring her favorite dessert, then they both settled down with Anko using her lover's thighs as a pillow, where her discomfort slowly began to disappear. "I have an idea, you could order her to drink a full cup of the most lethal poison my babies have," said the purple-haired girl, looking at the Uzumaki. 

"Anko," the Hanyou said with an expressionless face. "So what if you tell her to stay still at the edge of the Hokage monument and suddenly she suffers an unfortunate accident," Anko said with a thoughtful look. 

"Anko," said the Uzumaki again, where he frankly doubts that Esdeath didn't have a trick to get out of that 'little trouble'. "What if we just…?" Anko tried before. "Anko," Naruto interrupted another of his lover's crazy ideas. 

"Just let me finish…" said Mitarashi to see how the blonde continued looking at her calmly, but when she was about to say something, she quickly stopped since again the words were not coming out, she quickly crossed her arms and decided to fall back against the Hanyou. 

"That witch tried to kill you, and then you accept her as your servant," Anko said with clear annoyance in her voice. "I don't even believe it yet," said the blonde as he leaned a little over the sofa. "You could ask her to commit suicide to end all this," said the purple-haired girl, offering another of her alternatives. 

"We still need her," the blonde indicated, reminding the snake charmer that they still need the information she has. "You should also have noticed that she didn't reveal everything," he said. 

Anko couldn't help but growl at that fact, as much as she would have liked it to have all ended there, and that, despite her words, the light blue-haired girl had kept one or two facts as jutsu up her sleeve. 

He supposed it was up to him to prove to his new master that he could be of use to him. "What are we going to do with her? It's obvious she's a danger," the purple-haired girl said in a tired tone. "I guess we'll have to contain her, to avoid all that," said the Uzumaki. 

"She will likely try to kill you or us," said the snake summoner. "I know," said the blonde, tilting his head, making Mitarashi look at him. "That's why I'll watch your back and you'll watch mine," said the Hanyou, resting his forehead against his partner's. 

A small smile appeared on the snake charmer's face as the blonde stepped away, at which point Mitarashi closed her eyes and let out a sigh. "When you end up with your butt frozen don't be surprised when I say 'I told you so'" said the snake charmer making the blonde nod and smile "Well, I hope those weren't the only dangos you brought" said the Mitarashi, her eyes lighting up as she saw her partner take another box full of dangos out of his seal. 

"What do you think?" the blonde asked, before the purple-haired girl hugged him and covered his face with kisses, each with a trace of dango. 

Two hours later, Training Ground 9

Kurenai could be seen standing in front of a training field with her arms crossed as she watched what appeared to be a Taijutsu match. Still, she knew it wasn't; she saw Yakumo, who was wearing a blue shirt, loose gray pants, had ninja sandals, and her hair in a ponytail. While she was trying to hit Naruto while he blocked and counterattacked. 

After registering for the Chūnin exams, both the blonde and the rest of his team were informed that they would have a week to prepare. So, each member of the Genin group from Team 7 decided to train individually that week on preparing something new for the exam, and the entire group agreed. Though Naruto and Sakura would meet after Team Seven passed a test that Iruka had made for them.

Naruto came out of his thoughts when he felt his consciousness fade for a few moments, which indicated that Yakumo had placed him under a Genjutsu, so he decided to get out of it to face Kurama again. 

Kurenai saw how, at times, the eyes of each of the two combatants seemed out of focus for a few moments before returning to normal, which only indicated that they were entering and exiting some Genjutsus. 

"Both Naruto and Yakumo have advanced quite a bit," Kurenai said as she watched Yakumo try to counterattack. Kurenai even noticed that ever since Yakumo moved to the Uzumaki complex her health had improved, to the point that she no longer had problems practicing Taijutsu, which surprised the crimson-eyed jonin somewhat, because in the past the brunette's body was very weak, which surprised the Yuhi, although at the moment in terms of Taijutsu Yakumo is at the low genin level. 

But she knew that would eventually be fixed, shaking her head, she continued to watch as Naruto blocked a kick that Kurama sent his way. 'It's good to see her body starting to improve,' the Genjutsu Master thought as she continued to watch the fight. She knew Naruto was holding back quite a bit against the brunette. 

She could say that because of who trained him after Naruto told her that Kakashi, Yugao, and Anko had taught him, Kakashi's skill was equivalent to Might Guy showing a high level of taijutsu only sustained when she saw him training with Kakashi and his clone. She was broken to see how the Blonde managed to get through the brunette's defense, managing to catch her in a key, immobilizing her. Yakumo tried to move in his place to free herself, but Yakumo felt how the Uzumaki increased his strength a little. 

Unconsciously, Yakumo began to blush as she felt the Hanyou's breath on her neck, then moaned as she felt his grip tighten. 

' N-Naruto-kun is v-very close,' Yakumo thought as she felt Naruto hold her against his body, causing her to blush slightly and moan the blonde's name, causing both her and the Blonde to open their eyes. 

"Alright, you two, that's enough," said Jonin of team 8, making Naruto loosen his grip on the chestnut, causing her to almost fall to the ground, but she was caught by the Uzumaki. 

"Are you okay, Yakumo-chan?" said the blonde, watching as the brunette had a slight blush on her cheeks. "I think I overdid it a little with the grip, sorry," he said, helping the brunette regain her balance. 

"Y-You don't have to worry about that Naruto-kun," said Yakumo trying to control her voice ' Honestly, I wish it had lasted a little longer maybe i can ask him to go on a date later ' Kurama thought with some embarrassment, to quickly look ahead and see how Kurenai approached them, Kurenai saw how Yakumo still had a slight blush on her cheeks, but decided to ask later. 

Naruto took out some clean towels from his seals and offered one to Yakumo, feeling a little hot. Naruto took off and folded his black jacket and leaving it on the floor. Both Kurenai and Yakumo could see the blonde was wearing a red shirt that fit his body, making Kurama and Yuhi have a slight red tint on their faces.

"Good, now," said Kurenai trying to regain her composure and at the same time trying to hide her blush "Naruto-san it seems that you have already managed to reduce the time it takes of casting a Genjutsu by a good amount in a couple of days, very impressive I have to say" said the brunette with a smile. 

"I owe it all to you, Kurenai-sensei," Naruto said while returning the smile. "Besides, it is a pleasure to be able to train with the best Genjutsu master there is; it is an honor to have you as a teacher, and a Kunoichi as skilled and beautiful as you," said the Hanyou, making Kurenai simply speechless. 

"AHEM, Well, thanks" said Kurenai, coughing into her hand and trying to put on a serious face trying to hide the blush that had increased, then looking at Yakumo "Yakumo you have certainly improved, both your physical and mental abilities, whatever you are doing keep doing it" said red-eyed Kunoichi smiling at the brunette. 

"U-understood, Kurenai-nee," Yakumo said, laughing lightly while rubbing her head, then thinking about a certain item the blonde had been sleeping with, which he had lent her the first time they met and which she hadn't returned. That only increased as she kept a few more things from Naruto when they became a couple, like T-shirts, and even equipment.

"Well that would be all for today, by the way, good luck on the Chunnin Exams, Naruto-san" said Kurenai, she wouldn't admit it, but with each passing day she began to like the jinchuriki more and more, she turned to look at Yakumo "Keep improving and take care, Yakumo-chan" she said receiving a nod from the brunette. 

"Of course I will, Kurenai-Nee," Yakumo said, smiling, bringing a smile to the jonin's face when she saw her surrogate younger sister. "Well, you can leave now, I still have things to do here," he said, so that both Naruto and Yakumo bowed. With Naruto taking Yakumo's hand, which made her smile, and then they both disappeared in a shushin of wind.

 After that, Naruto and a half-disoriented Yakumo appeared in the courtyard of the Uzumaki complex. "I'm still not used to traveling like this, Naruto-kun," Yakumo said, holding his head lightly. "You'll get used to it little by little, Yakumo-chan," Naruto said as he watched the girl recover from her dizziness. 

"Also, when things calm down with that warhawk and your old clan, you'll be able to walk around the city again," Naruto said, while Yakumo just frowned at the mention of her old home. Because Naruto took Yakumo under his protection, he had to inform the Hokage and the rest of the clan heads. It was not a surprise to see how Unkai opposed that idea, saying she should be executed. All the clanheads looked at him with animosity at what he had suggested. 

Naruto could feel the anger not only of Unkai but also of Danzo, who simply gripped his staff tightly, but unfortunately, that didn't stop there. When Yakumo and Izumi went with Anko and Haku to the market for supplies, they were attacked by a group of Root Anbu. 

Haku froze them to death while Anko fed them to her snakes, so for the moment. Both Yakumo and Izumi only went out with a companion or moved with someone through Shushin, but returning to the moment, Naruto began to walk towards the complex until he remembered something. 

"Damn," said the jinchuriki, and then looked at the brunette. "Yakumo-chan, better go ahead, I have to go back to the training camp, I forgot my jacket," he said, a little embarrassed, making the brunette laugh and nod. 

"Okay, Naruto-kun, see you later and you better go on a date with me and Izumi-chan," she said as she headed into the complex, while the blonde simply chuckled as he closed his eyes, 'Well i think it's a good time to test it,' thought the blonde as he tried to sense a mark he'd left on the training ground. Soon after, he disappeared and reappeared in front of the shade of a tree that stood at the entrance to the training ground as he picked up the kunai. 

'Damn it, I still can't perform at the same level as him,' thought Naruto. Ever since he got his parents' jutsu, he's been training on the techniques, wanting to expand his repertoire and, in a sense, show he was capable of replacing his father, and even more able to replace his legacy.

Walking a little, he could distinguish the figure of Kurenai who had his black jacket in her hands, but he could also see another figure that, judging by his uniform, was a jonin. Using his enhanced hearing, he could hear the conversation that both jonin were having. 

"I'm so glad you came, Kurenai. I was already worried that you were going to leave me," said Asuma, who had a cigarette in his mouth. Naruto felt how the brunette had a feeling of anger, but decided to see how things developed. 

"What do you want, Asuma?" Kurenai said in a sigh while trying not to frown, "What is the important matter that you needed to tell me?" said Jonin Sensei of team 8, crossing his arms while looking at the jonin of team 10. 

"Well, I was thinking that if you had some time, the two of us could go on a date so we can fix things between us and start over. I promise you won't regret it," said Sarutobi while the Genjutsu master just sighed. 

"I'm sorry, Asuma, but I'm busy," said the Genjutsu master, trying to reject Sarutobi as politely as possible. "Besides, there's nothing to fix since our relationship is over and that's it," said Kurenai, trying to cut the conversation short. But she got a little scared when Asuma grabbed her wrist, and it seemed like he wouldn't let go. 

"Come on, Kurenai, don't be like that. I promise you that if you accept this, you won't regret it, and I even think you'll enjoy it," said Asuma, while he had a hard and almost frustrated look at the woman's rejection, which made the crimson-eyed teacher a little nervous. 

Although she was more agile than Asuma, Sarutobi was stronger and better in the field of Taijutsu, which at this moment, the proximity of the two of them played in his favor, and although she could catch him in a Genjutsu, it could be seen that the Jonin of Team 10 was alert. 

So, at least placing him in a Genjutsu would take a few seconds, plus Sarutobi could detect it and free himself before falling into it, so she tried to free herself from the knife user's grip, to avoid a confrontation in which the conditions were against her. Having had enough, Naruto decides to interfere. 

"Eto… Kurenai-sensei" both jonin listened and looked to the side, but Kurenai managed to free herself from the smoker's grip, the two saw the jinchuriki standing there in front of them, with a serious face while sending a murderous look to Asuma "What's going on here?" he asked trying to hide it as much as possible, although he had an idea of what was happening. 

"What are you doing here, Gaki? This is a jonin matter," said Asuma, to see how Kurenai moved away from him and see how the blonde approached and stood next to the Genjutsu master. 

"Well, I just came to pick up my jacket and collect from Kurenai-sensei a bet I won," said the blonde as he looked at the brunette, who looked at him strangely, while the jinchuriki winked at her to get a smile out of her so she would play along. 

"What kind of bet?" asked the Son of the Hokage, looking at Kurenai for answers, but the Uzumaki got there first. "Well, we bet that if I managed to escape from one of the strongest Genjutsus she had, then she would go on a date with me" said the blonde with a smile while looking at Kurenai leaving Asuma speechless and Kurenai with her eyes wide open, but seeing how Naruto winked at her again she decided to continue the game. 

"You have to be kidding," Asuma said, still perplexed by all of this. "Well, what would you do if you had the opportunity to go out with someone as beautiful as Kurenai-sensei?" he said, causing the woman to blush slightly. She then coughed into her hand to regain control and look at Sarutobi. 

"Well, as you can see, Asuma, I'm busy right now, so I'll see you another time," said Kurenai as she grabbed the blonde by the hand and they began to leave the place, leaving those mentioned above behind, stunned. 

Streets of Konoha 

Kurenai and Naruto continued walking through the streets for a while. "Thank you for that, Naruto-san," said the brunette, looking at the aforementioned. "I was about to kill that idiot", said Kurenai while they both stood side by side. 

"It was a pleasure, Kurenai-sensei," said Naruto. They both walked for a while until Naruto couldn't resist and asked, "Kurenai-sensei, can I know who he is?" he said to see how Kurenai put on a melancholic frown. "If it's something personal, I understand," he said, mentally patting his head for the stupid question. 

"He is... he is my ex-boyfriend," she said, making Naruto just look at the Kunoichi. "I dated him for a while until..." getting an idea of what happened, Naruto felt how the brunette felt sad and saw how she clenched her fist in anger, seeing how a little blood began to come out. 

The Naruto took the raven-haired woman's hand, which surprised her, but then she saw a slight greenish tint around her hands. 

"I didn't know you could do Medical Ninjutsu, Naruto-san," said the jonin of Team 8. 

"I can only heal minor wounds at the moment. I still need practice, and I have a wonderful partner to teach me," said Naruto, thinking of how he approached Sakura so both could practice while he had a fixed gaze on the small wounds on the hands of the red-eyed Kunoichi. After a while, the wounds stopped bleeding, so they closed without leaving any scars. 

"Whatever he did to make him lose someone as amazing and beautiful as you, it was probably the stupidest thing he ever did," the Hanyou said, gently caressing the woman's hand. Kurenai smiled at the compliment, her eyes looking elsewhere. 

"You barely know me, Naruto-san, how can you say that?" she said with her eyes watching as he touched her, and then she internally scolded herself and looked away, but repeated the cycle while internally enjoying the blonde's attention. 

"It's because I know you're a kind person, Hinata always talks about how gentle and kind you are with her, you supported Anko when the village's challenge scorned her and not only that, you supported her to move forward and you also created a deadly, but elegant form of attack that uses Genjutsu" said the blonde to look into the red eyes of the woman whose eyes shone for a moment. 

"If that doesn't make you amazing, then I don't know the definition of that word," said the jinchuriki, releasing the woman's hand as she wrapped it around his other hand and smiling at the Uzumaki. 

"You should be careful with what you say, Naruto-san, because it almost sounds like we're dating. You should at least ask me out on a date first," Kurenai said, laughing at his words, while Naruto smiled and then took the Kunoichi by the shoulders, making both shinobi look into each other's eyes. 

"The offer on Going with me on a real date still stands, just tell me the time and date?" said the Hanyou, leaving Yuhi speechless and with her eyes wide open as she thought he was kidding about that the last time they met.

"II-I n-no… It's just that…" Kurenai said, struggling not to look like a ripe apple, feeling Naruto's soft touch as she was held, watching as Naruto looked at the time and simply sighed. 

"Well, I better go, I promised to meet up with Sakura-chan later," said Naruto as he moved away from Yuhi "I hope to go out with you very soon, Kurenai-chan" he said before disappearing in a shushin of fire, while smoke came out of the brunette's head, who took a few moments to calm down. 

Kurenai then looked at her hand, then looked at the place where the blonde had disappeared. She hugged her hands tenderly while she felt her heart calm down. "Maybe it's not a bad idea, Naruto-kun," she said with a smile on her face, and then began to walk through the streets.

Different pov

As the knocking on the door was heard, Mabuki quickly came only to see a hooded person who entered. "Alright, Haruno, Talk," said the hooded man as he took off the hood and sat on the couch like it was nothing. "Your visit wasn't necessary, Mayako-sama," said Sakura's mother.

He was a fairly tall and robust man, who had brown hair on the right side while his left side was shaved, his face could be seen several scars, but three were the most prominent. The first went diagonally from his right eye to his mouth, the second was a cut that went vertically down his face, and the last was on the shaved side of his head that crossed a tattoo of a wolf's head coming out of a bear's head, the man also had a type of red bandage covering his forehead. He wore black pants along with black t-shirts that were under a dark brown vest; he had black combat sandals, and they had short swords.

As six more people entered, "Believe me, bitch, this visit is completely necessary," said Mayako, who was sitting cross-legged in the living room, looking at the older Haruno. "Many of the requests you promised haven't arrived, and several of my men have disappeared," looking annoyed at the council member.

Mayako lowered his foot and had a thinking pose with both fists under his chin. "If this continues, I will be forced to take more extreme measures, woman," said the man, causing his subordinates to approach intimidatingly with smiles on their faces.

"If you don't serve as a source of income for my business, maybe I can find another use for you." The words of the leader of the group made Haruno worry, and she quickly became defensive.

"Wait, just w-need a li-little m-more t-time, and I will give you what I p-promised you," said the council member, frightened by the implications of those words. "And what the hell are you going to come up with now? Your word is almost worthless right now. What could you offer me to keep me from treating you like a mere whore to be used and then sold?" Mayako asked boredly.

"How about a guarantee?" Mebuki said as she was almost cornered by Mayako's subordinates, who signaled them to stop and the boss to look at the woman. "My daughter, you can have my daughter. In exchange, you'll give me a little more time to complete the orders you made." Mabuki said in a hurry. 

"Hmm, and what's stopping me from just taking you and your daughter right away?" Mayako asked, making Mebuki almost curse at the question the gang leader asked her."Because otherwise you'll never be able to have two Uchiha heirs." Those words made Mayako's eyes widen. "I have already managed to sleep with the last Uchiha, making him think that I'm serving him. I'll also throw my daughter so he impregnates her and you'll have two heirs born with the Sharingan," said Mabuki.

"When the boys or girls are born, I'll give them to you." Mebuki smiled as she approached the crime boss. "Imagine having two children with such powerful doujutsu. Surely many would pay a fortune for it. Or you could simply have it take over the Uchiha fortune when that bitch Mikoto dies. Or you could simply use it to have more Uchiha to sell or as bodyguards," Mebuki said.

Mayako simply started to laugh lightly, which then turned into a loud laugh. "HAHAHA I knew you were a lying bitch, but I never thought you would be a first-class whore HAHAHAHA okay cheap whore we have a deal" said Mayako as both parties joined hands, sealing the deal. 'These could get me in Orochimaru's good graces, bringing him an Uchiha he could manipulate, then I can get rid of her or throw her into prostitution," thought Mayako with an evil glint in his eyes.

While this was happening, no one noticed that behind a wall, Sakura had her hands trembling with anger and sadness. She had come to visit her mother when she saw some hooded figures; she decided to investigate. When she noticed they were heading to her mother's place, she quickly sneaked into her old home ready to protect her mother. Suppressing her chakra was something she had learn to do thanks to Kakashi, she had learn something she wouldn't believe if someone told her. 

"How could you, Mom? How could you do this to your daughter?" she asked herself, not believing her mother had betrayed her father by sleeping with her "teammate," but she also used her daughter as collateral to their own business; she wanted to let Naruto know.

Streets of Konoha 

Naruto walked through the streets, which were a little more crowded, and the sky was starting to darken. 'You know that Esdeath while she admires strength she also seems to like you?' asked Kurama. 'it's hard to tell with her, she admires the strong and once I lose she might not want to follow me It'll be hard to control her," thought Naruto she was driven by instincts and admire the strong. 

"I think you are forgetting something-."  Kurama was about to say when. "Damn, what's wrong with you?" said a voice as the blonde looked and saw a black-haired girl, who was holding a tourist map of the leaf. He also noticed that the girl was wearing an Iwa headband. "Be more careful, stupid tree hugger." 

"Sorry, that wasn't my intention, and I have a name, by the way," said Naruto with a blank look at the girl. "Whatever," said the Iwa Kunoichi, watching as the Hanyou picked up his map and looked at her again. "Are you lost?" the Uzumaki asked, to which the Iwa-Nin simply turned her head. 

"I'm not lost," she said with a snort. "I just decided to explore this boring village since I had nothing to do," the black-haired girl said. ' She's lost,' said Kurama, chuckling as he watched the girl's behavior. "If you want, I can give you directions," said the blonde, offering the map to the brunette on the rock. 

"Yeah, right, I don't need the help of a shinobi from this village" said the Iwa nin abruptly taking the map and starting to walk and looking both ways and passing in front of the blonde again to then run down a street and moments later return to where the blonde was who upon seeing him only frowned at seeing him again. Trying it three more times and each time had the same result, which made the Iwa-Kunoichi frown and approach our boy, standing by his side. 

"You can show me," said the black-haired girl with her arms crossed, without looking at the blonde. "How do you ask?" said the blonde while the girl did not understand, and the Hanyou decided to clarify his idea. "As you ask things to people," said the Uzumaki while the girl only grunted a little while frowning. "Please show me this place," Iwa Kunoichi said through gritted teeth, while Jinchuriki just put a hand to his ear and had a smile on his face. 

"Sorry, you said something," said the Hanyou in a mocking tone, causing the girl to simply clench her fists. "Show me this place, please," the Iwa Kunoichi said a little louder while the blonde simply nodded. "See, it wasn't that difficult," said Naruto, seeing how the foreign Kunoichi made a slight pout. "Fine, I'll show you. Let's go," he said, so both ninjas started walking.

They both walked for a while while they were in an awkward silence. "Excuse me," said the blonde, so that the girl looked at him slightly, and they continued walking. "Are you going to participate in the chunnin exams?" asked the blonde. 

"Yes, I will," the black-haired girl said as she asked the jinchuriki for her map back. "Why?" she asked. "Just curious since I'm also going to participate," said the Hanyou, giving the girl a half-evil smile. "OOH, then I'll have the chance to kick your ass," said the girl, half laughing. "Now I can't wait for them," said Kurotsuchi while the blonde simply decided to return the joke. 

"You seem very confident, huh?" he said, causing the girl to simply puff out her chest with pride. ' Interesting girl,' said Kurama, looking at his host talk.' It would be interesting to fight her. I feel like she might have a few surprises. Anyways, there are two people following us, they seem to be after you' said the fox, to which his jinchuriki mentally nodded. ' I know, let's see if we have the chance, as for the people, I felt them a little while ago, they seem to be scouting me out,' mentally said the blonde as he returned to the conversation with the Iwa-Nin.

"Of course, I am one of the strongest genin of my generation, so I can easily wipe out everyone on the field, because you don't want me to hurt you," she said, smiling while Naruto shook his head. "No, I just wanted to see that the competition was interesting," said the Uzumaki to see that he had already arrived at Kurotsuchi's destination. "We're here," said the blonde. 

"You sound like you could easily get past them," the Iwa native mocked. ' Ha, how could the host of the great Nine-Tailed Fox be stopped for this?' Kurama laughed a little at the question. "We'll see...," said Naruto with a shrug, waiting for her to say his name, to which the girl simply looked at him. 

"Well, I have to remind you that our villages aren't on the best of terms, so I can't give you much information about myself," the girl said, placing her fists on her hips.

"Well how about this, I'll just give you part of my name without my last name and you'll do the same, although we'll eventually find out in the exams, also just because our villages don't get along doesn't mean we both have to get along" said the blonde while the girl simply shrugged her shoulders. 

"I'm Naru, nice to meet you," he said, offering a greeting to the girl who simply decided to continue with this and smiled as if challenging the Uzumaki. 

"Nice to meet you, Naru, I'm Kuro," said the brunette, returning the handshake, then seeing how the Uzumaki left the place, the Kunoichi of Iwa was about to enter the hotel. 

"Hey Kuro," called the blonde, making the girl stop and look into the distance. "I hope to fight you with all your strength," said the Uzumaki, smiling at the girl, who simply raised her hand to say goodbye to him. With that done, the jinchuriki soon left the place.

"See you, Naru," the brunette said with a slight smile as she entered the place where she would be staying for the next few days.