Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto Dragon Champion ❯ Black Moon Rising Part 1 ( Chapter 41 )

Naruto The Twin Swords

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Chapter 30

Part 1

Black Moon Rising

( ): Thoughts

((“ ”)): Holy Talon's voice

(((“ ”))): Death Fang's voice

((( ))): Kyuubi's voice

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In Konoha…

The village had finally completed it's full repairs after the battles it had been subjected to already for some time and life was getting back to normal for all the people who lived in the village. This was something that a lot of people were undeniably happy for and it was something that the ninja forces of the village were also relieved to hear, the costs had been staggering and hard for all, but with the repairs complete as well as the village being upgraded due to support from outside sources and allies, the village was now back on track.

This meant that there was now a reduction to the number of ninjas who were part of the routine patrols that moved about in the village to handle other duties and the ANBU could also get some much needed rest to relax and also have time to train and keep their skills up for any coming conflict that might arise for them all. Naruto's created golems were currently securing the village and the specially made sensors would help ensure that the village would be in good hands if ever Naruto was out on other matters.

Tsunade sighed as she finished the latest batch of reports and the documents for the day, the break they had taken six days ago hit the spot in her mind as she felt a lot more limber and relaxed that before. And she couldn't help but smile at the memories that came back at what they had done in that time in the beach. She had to give Koyuki credit for doing those things and she had managed to get the news that the beach resort that the princess had constructed on the island was already making headlines as an excellent rest and relaxation spot for those visitors who came to the Land of Spring/Snow.

As she drank the tea that she had on hand to enjoy the sunny day, she wondered just what else would happen for the time being, Akatsuki was quiet for the time being, and so was Orochimaru for the moment, however, the Hokage knew that sooner or later, they would be making their move soon so they would have to keep their eyes and ears open, the ANBU who could be sent out for the time being were already gathering all the data they could get while Jiraiya did his own thing to keep an eye on the situation in and out of the land. She hoped that they would be able to find the hideouts of not just Akatsuki but also of Orochimaru, she however was not going to dispatch ninjas to try and track down Death Fang.

Tsunade knew that Death Fang was too dangerous a weapon to engage alone, and it would not be something that even ANBU can handle alone, let alone the minions that accursed sword could summon, though it's target was Naruto, the blonde Sannin knew that Death Fang would never hesitate to attack innocent villages and people to test Naruto as well as cause all manner of bloodshed, chaos, destruction and despair to feed it's bloody appetite.

She shuddered deeply in her mind at the thought of the sword's power and what it would mean for their world if it ever found a master. Their world was not prepared for the horrors this sword could bring into their world. But at least there was a chance, and it was in the form of a young blonde Chuunin who at this moment was training once more to face this evil threat when it comes. Naruto had come a long way since being one with Holy Talon, and every day his training made him a truly skilled ninja and Dragon Champion, and no doubt he might very well become a Jonin, becoming one of the few youths his age to be a Jonin.

As she looked at the view of the newly rebuilt Konoha, her thoughts drifted to the numerous battles that Naruto had been involved in as of late, and it made her wonder on something important. And that was the need for the ninjas of Konoha and their allies to be able to know how to stand up and fight the various beings and monsters Death Fang might send forth again. As much as she had faith in all of her fellow ninja and Naruto as well, she knew that they all needed to be ready. But only Naruto knew how to fight these threats due to the knowledge possessed by Holy Talon and his own combat experiences with these horrors before him. In order to make sure that the people had a fighting chance, they had to know just who they were going to one day be fighting against.

She then decided to contact the ANBU Captain and his subordinates, it was time that they not only had the weapons and armor needed to have a fighting chance against Death Fang's minions, but also have the knowledge on how to fight them. And there was only one person who could teach the ANBU how to fight and defeat those horrors in combat.

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In Naruto's home…

Naruto was currently working on some more of his techniques while sparring with Kaelyn along with Vlana as Kakashi and Asuma watched the whole thing, Naruto was currently using some dull swords while Kaelyn did the same thing with some dull sword while Vlana was unleashing several bolts of lightning and flame. The two Dagern women were busy training Naruto and it seemed that the training was paying off well enough as Naruto was able to hold on, as Kakashi looked on at the blonde Chuunin, he had to admit that Naruto had grown considerably at this time as he was now able to fight more than one foe, which in the Jonin's mind was a good sign. This would no doubt be undeniably helpful in keeping him alive as well as give him an edge in fighting any member of Akatsuki who might very well attack him unexpectedly and since they operated in pairs, they would become a serious problem.

Asuma watched as Vlana unleashed several powerful bolts of pure destruction and power at Naruto who had to dodge and evade the attacks as well as Kaelyn's own attacks towards him and he approved at the sight as Naruto had gone a long way ever since he had begun to train Naruto on how to use his Wind chakra in combat, and he hoped that Naruto would be able to use it in battle with the forces that would seek to harm him. While he worried about Vlana's safety, he knew better than to think that the Silver Star Mage was helpless in the fight.

They observed the fight well as Naruto evaded Kaelyn's strikes with defensive moves of his own while Vlana was taking shots at him, the blonde was sweating hard, but he was not giving up, despite his face covered in a river of sweat, he had not lost the determined fire in his eyes and kept his guard up as best he could manage. The fight proved to be a serious one as the two women continued to push Naruto the limits and the two Jonin knew that they would not have it any other way.

“Yo! Kakashi, Asuma, nice to see you all here!”

The two Jonin turned to see none other than their fellow Jonin Gai who was currently accompanied by Neji and Lee, as well as Coryin and Valeena. The Falcon Ranger and the Fire Dancer observed the battle with her comrades against Naruto and she whistled as Kaelyn and Vlana were going all out to push the young Dragon Champion.

Lee himself was impressed and so was Neji as the progress Naruto was showing while fighting both women in combat. Neji was naturally the very first person to speak as he watched Naruto's movements carefully as he fought with the two.

“Naruto-san's improved his foot work.”

Lee nodded at that as well.

“You're right Neji-san, Naruto-kun's movements are more fluid now, that's what's giving him a good edge at this time.”

Gai agreed with both Neji and Lee as he spoke to both Asuma and Kakashi.

“You know, from the way I see it, it might not be long before Naruto-kun rises to the rank of Jonin with the way he's going at it with his training. That would be quite an achievement right Kakashi?”

“You're right Gai, and I wouldn't have it any other way….Naruto-kun's come a long way.”

Kakashi replied as all of them watched the three train until the three took a break and both Kaelyn and Vlana went back to both Asuma and Kakashi, they were tired but had smiles on their own faces as they decided to take some rest and so did Naruto as he too was going to need as much rest as possible as well. It was then that they all turned to see that a single ANBU had arrived to speak to Naruto and judging by the position of the tattoo that was on the arm, it was a female ANBU as well. Kakashi was quick to recognize the ANBU as Uzuki Yuugao, one of his fellow ANBU who looked up to him when he served as ANBU Captain, and the former lover of the deceased Hayate.

He was curious why Uzuki was here to see Naruto as he was already aware that Naruto had fulfilled his end of the bargain by providing the ANBU with access to weapons and armor that he personally crafted under their approved request. The fact that she was here meant that there was something that the ANBU wanted from the blonde Chuunin and Dragon Champion. He and the others were curious to say the least as the female ANBU spoke to the blonde for minute or two and then Naruto nodded and allowed Uzuki to come to speak to him in a more private fashion in his home.

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In Naruto's home…

Naruto opened the door first and allowed Uzuki to enter and as soon as she was in his home, he followed and guided Uzuki to the living room and then placed Holy Talon aside along with the training swords. As soon as he was able to do so, he relaxed, allowing Uzuki to sit on the chairs there, he did the very same thing as she did and then turned to face the ANBU and spoke to the female ninja before him.

“What brings you here?”

Uzuki replied in a businesslike manner to the question while still wearing the mask that she had on at this time.

“Our Captain would like to ask something of you Naruto-san, it has something to do with the kinds of creatures that you have been able to fight recently.”

“Oh?”

“Yes, we've read the reports and we in the ANBU are worried that if such threats attack Konoha, then we would be in a bad way if we have to fight them. That is why we came here to speak to you. You have experience and knowledge about this….creatures, and we do not. We want you to compile a book that highlights the strengths and weaknesses of these creatures so we can be better prepared to fight them if they ever attack Konoha. This was asked by our Captain and also has been approved by Tsunade-sama.”

Naruto thought about that seriously and had to admit that the ANBU had a point, they needed to know just who they were fighting and he was the only one who knew how to kill them thanks to his training under Holy Talon along with his already present combat experience due to fighting them before. With that in his mind as well as knowing the fact that it was approved by Tsunade herself, he nodded to Uzuki.

“All right, tell the ANBU that I will train them on how to face these foes….and I will do one better.”

“Oh?”

“I will make something like a Bingo Book to show the kinds of foes that are part of the arsenal. Once it's finished and if you encounter these creatures, then you will be able to fight on an even footing with them in battle.”

Uzuki thought of that and nodded as she stood up.

“Thank you Uzumaki-san, I will send word to the rest of my fellow ANBU.”

As soon as Uzuki left, Naruto then decided to get back to work and did just that as he knew that he had plenty of free time before he would be going off and getting a new mission from the clients that the Hokage had to deal with. He then bid farewell to the people in his home and headed off to the Tower to get the latest reports. As soon as he made it to the Tower, he was greeted by Shizune.

The Jonin smiled warmly at Naruto and spoke to him.

“Good morning Naruto-kun, you here to see Tsunade-sama?”

Naruto nodded and smiled warmly as he could see that Shizune had her gift with her.

“Yeah, I wanted to see if there is any new mission for me to take.”

“I see, go ahead, and make sure to be early for the next round of making this weapons of yours.”

Naruto nodded in agreement and made his way into the Tower, and as soon as he was in Tsunade's office, he spotted her working on another mountain of papers and there was Jiraiya as well who handed her a new report that made Tsunade place aside the set of documents she had before and she sighed a bit. Jiraiya turned and smiled at his direction as he spoke to him.

“Hey there Naruto! Good to see you here.”

“Nice to see you too Pervy Sage, anything new?”

The white haired Sannin shook his head and replied.

“It's been silent so far, even Akatsuki apparently are keeping themselves scarce at that moment which is a bit troubling since they were not like this before. So far we can only do what we can and keep a close watch on any activity related to them for the time being. Anyway, how about you?”

Naruto smiled a bit and told the white haired Sannin what had been happening since he had gone off to do his usual runs while working as a spy for Tsunade as well as doing the usual stuff he does for a past time. Jiraiya was smiling all the while and as soon as that was done he decided to head back out since he still had work to do for his research.

Naturally that got him a bit of a glare from the blonde Hokage but by that time, Jiraiya was well out of punching range. But before he left, he told Naruto to get ready for a training session with him later before he went out on a mission.

It was there that Naruto got a short escort mission for a number of traders, and since it would not be a high profile mission that required a full team, he was going to be the only one who would be assigned to act as full security detail along with whoever the traders had been able to hire, and their destination was the Land of Lightning so he was going to be rather busy once he got there.

Naruto smiled at that and then Tsunade told him to be careful on this mission, and then gently kissed him on the cheek as he blushed a bit at the affection being given to him by the blonde Hokage as he headed off to get some training done before he went off to the mission.

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Naruto arrived a bit and it was then that Jiraiya and him began their own training with Jiraiya using his arsenal of jutsu and his own skills while Naruto place in his already growing arsenal of combat skills as well as his new training. This was good in Jiraiya's eyes as Naruto took his training to the highest level that he could manage at this point and time. The while haired Sannin had no doubt in his mind that the blonde would do well and become a great ninja someday.

As soon as the training session was over, the blonde was escorted by the Sannin to the gate and Naruto then moved on to take care of the mission assigned to him by Tsunade. As he left, Jiraiya grinned as he went off to do his own thing as he had a lot of plans in mind for the next series of the Icha Icha books. Naruto was going to be recognized in more ways than one. And he hoped that when the time came, Naruto would be told of his heritage and would be the hero that his father hoped and dreamed him to be.

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In the ANBU head quarters…

Uzuki arrived and was greeted by her fellow ANBU and headed quickly to the head quarters of the Captain of their group to deliver the report on what Naruto spoke of, as soon as she was ushered in by the guards, the former lover of Hayate gave her report to the Captain and he as well as those who were part of his command team were happy though their masks hid it well. They had recently tested the gear that Naruto made for them and found the weapons, equipment, and gear to be more than adequate for their needs in battle.

The ANBU Captain nodded in approval at this and spoke to the others.

“That is good, we will do whatever we can to begin the others to learn from Uzumaki-sama on how to stand against these threats.”

It was then that Uzuki spoke.

“Captain, I have a request.”

“What is it Uzuki-san?”

“We will need a liaison for our group to speak to Naruto, as he is not of our ranks we do need someone apart from Kakashi-sempai to handle such matters as he is also no longer and ANBU.”

“You have a point, but the request that you have in mind must be brought before the Council as well as Tsunade-hime before we assign one of our groups to serve as a liaison officer to Uzumaki-sama.”

“I understand, I believe it would be best that the ANBU would be able to have Uzumaki-san as a full time ally and help him fight the kinds of monsters he has been fighting, the stories I have heard from Kakashi-sempai tell me that we have to work with him if he needs aid.”

The others in the ANBU headquarters nodded as they began to make their plans to do so while the other ANBU decided to sent a message to Tsunade for a discussion on the matter.

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In the Hokage Tower…

Tsunade met with the ANBU Captain as well as his staff and agreed with the ideas they had in mind to have Naruto train them on how to identify the kinds of enemies that he would be training them to fight with. She looked over the ANBU to see who would be best suited for the task of serving as liaison members to Naruto as Naruto was going to be an outside support for the ANBU as Naruto was not part of their forces.

She looked over the records and decided to call on Kakashi and it was not long for the Jonin to arrive with his latest book in his hands. The Jonin then placed the book aside as he walked into the office of the Hokage.

“You wanted to see me Hokage-sama?”

“Yes I did Kakashi, the ANBU have placed forward a request for Naruto to help train them in dealing with the kinds of threats that Naruto is familiar with. They also have requested that two of their ranks would serve as liaison members to Naruto in the ANBU as he is not of their group.”

“I see…”

Kakashi had to admit that it made some considerable level of sense that the ANBU needed to be trained to handle the kinds of horrors that Naruto now deals with in a somewhat regular basis. It would naturally be a good idea to have the ANBU up to speed on such matters and while he was a former ANBU Captain and had a lot of pull in that unit, he was not part of it anymore, but he already had a fairly good idea on just who would make a good liaison to the blonde Chuunin from the ANBU.

“I think it would be best we have or two of my colleagues from the ANBU work with Naruto.”

Tsunade raised an eye brow at that and spoke.

“Who do you have in mind?”

Kakashi already knew of one ANBU that would be able to help Naruto well, both in terms of training as well as keeping his demon resident in check if the situation was desperate enough for him to get involved, and also the other was Uzuki herself, she was one of the skilled ANBU he had worked with on a number of occasions when he was still part of the ANBU and he knew that she was capable in a fight. He also hoped that it would help her get over Hayate's death to some degree. He then wrote down the names of the ANBU in question and allowed Tsunade to take a good look to study the names and see if they were good candidates for the liaison pair that would help Naruto in improving his standing with the ANBU.

As she looked at the two names, she nodded at them in approval, they would do well enough for the needs of the ANBU to work with Naruto not to mention that the other ANBU who would be working with Naruto can be a great aid to the blonde if ever he would be forced to using the Kyuubi's power and suddenly the Kyuubi might very well find a way to bypass the Dragon Seal that Holy Talon had placed on Naruto.

It was not that she doubted Holy Talon's power's, she just wanted to be sure that there would be support for Naruto on the chance something might happen. It was better to be prepared for the worst and hope for the best. The blonde Hokage cared deeply for Naruto's safety as he would become a great Hokage someday himself and also make the village a beautiful place.

Kakashi himself was i8n the mood to make the arrangements as well, as soon as Naruto got back from his current mission, then he would bring the blonde Chuunin up to speed on the current requests of the ANBU, since this was going to be a very important and serious matter that Naruto would need to take a good look at and decide for himself if it would be all right for him.

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A week later…

The sounds of a hammer hitting metal was heard in Naruto's compound as he was busy working on ironing out the kinks in his Dragon Steel sword as well as several other weapons and sets of armor that he needed to get finished to be sent to both the ANBU and to Suna…not to mention he had to fill up some extra orders from some of the women from Dagern, Kaelyn was in the need for some Arcane Silver Swords and the others were also going to need some new work.

He had returned from the mission and had been able to meet the ANBU who were now apparently his liaisons to the ANBU, to his surprise, the first was Uzuki herself and the other was someone named Yamato. The two were considered to be very skilled members of the ANBU and apparently served as students or juniors to his own sensei Kakashi, as far as he could tell he knew not much about them but if Kakashi said that they were trust worthy, then he was all right with that.

With the introductions done, he decided to begin work with the ANBU and began by explaining the various properties that were present in the weapons and armor that he already had made for them in battle. As soon as that was done, he began to instruct them on the various ways to fight some of the creatures that he already had faced before. As the blonde Chuunin explained methods to fight the creatures, he then had Holy Talon use it's Dragon Fire to create images of the creatures of Death Fang that had already been seen so they would have an idea of how the creatures fought.

In the history of the ANBU, they had faced many threats over the years and while many of them had given their lives to defend Konoha, they had never seen such horrors before, the Reapers were the first as well as the Wraith Knights, as well as the Succubus Maidens, along with the Alpha Werewolf and it's dark thralls. Naruto then explained their strengths and weaknesses in good detail so he could be able to do his best to get the ANBU up to speed when and if they ever face these creatures.

This also meant that he was going to have to come up with a Bingo style Book to highlight all the other creatures that he might have not been able to explain in more serious detail for the ANBU to be wary of. For now he had spent most of the week helping the ANBU out not just in training them on how to stand a fighting chance against Death Fang's already revealed minions, but to help them deal with their new equipment and weaponry.

He also got the chance to know both Uzuki and Yamato, he was surprised to know that Uzuki was Hayate's love interest before, he had heard about Hayate being found by the ANBU months before though no one knew who the killer was in this case as of yet. Though the woman remained totally professional, he was able to tell that the death of her lover must have hit Uzuki hard in some respects, he could easily understand that part of her situation.He had told her that they would find her lover's killer someday and while she remained serious, he could tell that she also hoped for that time to come soon.

As for Yamato, he was impressed that he could use both Earth and water Chakra and he asked if that meant that Yamato had a Kekkai Genkai, the ANBU nodded and revealed his ability to be the Mokuton No Jutsu or the Wood Release Jutsu, which was considered very rare indeed. He had to admit that Yamato was a good guy and while he was still not sure about him, Holy Talon sensed nothing evil or wrong about him and said the same for Uzuki, that was good to him and he knew that he was going to have to get used to having them around for a while.

For now however, he had other things to do and with the majority of the ANBU, Uzuki and Yamato included on training detail as well as mission duties for the village, he was here on his own at the moment, and he liked the solace for all it was worth, which made him smirk, back then the mere thought of doing nothing was something he deeply disliked, but the blonde Chuunin and Dragon Champion learned to value the relaxing quality of silence very now and then. Not that it lasted as long as he would have liked, but it was worth it

As Naruto took the time to relax a bit more in his home, he then decided to make a brand new gift to give to one of the women who he had been with and cared for deeply. This time he wondered what sort of gift could he give this time around and began to think about what sort of gift and who to give it to.

As soon as he was done in thinking just who he would be giving the gift to and what sort of powers it would have, he smiled a great deal at the gift's properties and soon went to work on getting the new gift made. With the properties of the material that he had in mind and with the right enchantments the woman he was going to give it to was going to have a great deal of use for it soon enough.

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Four days later…

Yuhi Kurenai was busy relaxing in the park in Konoha under a nearby tree and she was enjoying a nice meal as well as a small bottle of wine. She might not admit it out in public a lot, but Kurenai had a thing for wine and had a love of the drink, while she was not a strong drinker, she loved drinking it every now and then when she ate her food.

Today was a very good day to the raven haired and red eyed Jonin as this would allow her to take a break, she had just finished an important mission with the rest of her Genin Team along with Kiba and Shino's new friends, the two female Druids from Dagern, Liara and Tellis. She smiled a bit as she couldn't help but notice that her two Genin students had developed an attraction to the two foreign women.

Shino was happy to meet a woman who wasn't scared or disgusted somewhat by his clan's powers, while there were other women who learned to accept the Aburame Clan's special gifts and ties with the Destruction Bugs, others were not so open-minded. Tellis was one of the few who not only accepted his Clan's abilities as well as his own, but also possessed the same gift due to her ties to nature as a Druidess, and she also seemed to be on very good terms with Shino's own Destruction Bugs.

Kiba himself was also getting used to having Liara around as the Druidess would routinely drop by his home as well as help out both him and his family on matter pertaining to animals. Hana herself was quite taken with Liara, and considered the Druidess to be a good friend who she would routinely ask to help her with some of the more serious animal cases that she dealt with. Tsume herself considered Liara's abilities to be very effective and she was not above teasing her son for his new found friend.

Kurenai couldn't help but smile warmly at those thoughts as she took in her full meal and was now drinking the last of the bottle of wine that she had with her. As soon as she was done, she was able to sense that someone was moving in, she looked about and was about to get herself ready for a possible fight when she heard a voice that she was able to recognize right off the bat.

“Relax Kurenai-chan, it's just me.”

The red eyed Jonin relaxed very quickly as she smiled as the owner of the voice revealed himself, and it was naturally none other than Naruto himself. The woman smiled at her fellow ninja and lover as he walked to her and then sat down next to her, she looked about and saw that no one else was nearby and gently kissed Naruto on the cheek and spoke to him.

“It's nice to see you again Naruto-kun.”

“Same to you, what are you doing out here Kurenai-chan?”

“Just having a simple picnic and a slight drink, what about you, what brings you out here?”

Naruto grinned and then took out a small box which was wrapped in red and black and handed it to Kurenai as he spoke.

“I actually went to look for you Kurenai-chan, I have something that I think you're going to like having with you as a gift both for yourself as well as something that can be helpful in battle if you are ever in a mission and you need whatever is handy in order to win the fight you find yourself in.”

Kurenai smiled warmly at this and took her time to open up the box and she gasped a bit at the present that was handed to her by the blonde Chuunin.

It was a bracelet that was made from Shadow Iron interlaced with several small red gems that were glowing somewhat as well as having several small slivers of Orchaelium there in them that also appeared to be glowing somewhat, there was an inner layer of soft and pliable leather there that no doubt was meant to make the bracelet comfortable for her to place on her arm. Kurenai carried the bracelet and found it to be very light and then could see that this took a good deal of work for Naruto to make and enchant as she could also see some well crafted characters that were etched on the metal as well as on the slivers of Orchaelium that were there already. She looked at it once more to take it all in and when she was done with her study, she then spoke to Naruto.

“This looks beautiful Naruto-kun.”

Naruto beamed happily at her praise and decided to explain.

“It's made to be more than beautiful Kurenai-chan, that bracelet can be worn on either your forearm or upper arm and it made to release a powerful cloaking spell that renders you invisible from being seen by human or even animal eyes, and I made it in a way that also hides your chakra signature from others.”

Kurenai raised her eye brows at the implications of such a gift to her person as she nodded to Naruto to go on with that he was also going to say.

“The bracelet also helps increase the effectiveness of Genjutsu since it was made to do just that so your Genjutsu will be much harder to break. It also has the ability to help defend you from Genjutsu in turn, it does this by releasing a small amount of dispelling energy that is the same as chakra to disrupt the Genjutsu you are under without you having to hurt yourself in any fashion. That and the fact that it makes your much harder to detect will allow you're a better chance to attack on your own terms as well as be able to defend yourself more effectively.”

Kurenai smiled warmly at the present handed to her by Naruto and couldn't help but try it on and found it to be a perfect fit on either her forearm or her upper arm. She then kissed Naruto once more and after the kiss, the red eyed woman then spoke.

“Thank you for the present Naruto-kun, now I think I should reward you with something that would be suitable for the gift that you gave me, you have anything pressing to do this day?”

Naruto shook his head and smiled back at Yuhi Kurenai and asked a question.

“Are you asking me to go on a date with you Kurenai-chan?”

“What do you think Naruto-kun, I'll drop by your house later and we'll see how far this goes all right?”

Naruto nodded as he was happy that not only did Kurenai like the gift that he made for her, but she was willing to go out on a date as well. This was going to be something that he was going to enjoy very much. As the two talked it over, Naruto smiled as he headed off to his home to get dress and Kurenai did the very same thing. While she knew that it was going to be special for Naruto, it was going to be doubly special for her as it was going to be a personal date with Naruto as well as her very first official date and it was going to be something that she was going to have to dress up well for.

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Later that day…

Naruto sighed a bit as he checked himself in the mirror of his house once more to see the clothing that he had on was already good for this date, he wore a simple inner shirt of white cloth and a deep black with orange lining kimono tip as well as a pair of comfortable pants with the same color scheme as that of his kimono top, he also decided to take a full shower before getting dressed as well as brushing his teeth. Naruto already knew full well that he had to look presentable if he was on a date with a woman and considering that he was going out with Kurenai of all women, he HAD to look the part of a well groomed man.

He turned a bit more and then spoke to Holy Talon which was on the stand nearby.

(How do I look?)

((“Good, you look fine Master Naruto, I think it would be best that you ready yourself, I can sense your date already arriving through the gate and halfway to the door.”))

It was then that the Kyuubi spoke.

(((Hah…had I known that this body that holds me was going to see THIS much action, I would have not cared if I was bound here….hurry up and get to it kit, this could be interesting.)))

Naruto sighed at that and headed to the door as he now heard Kurenai knocking at the door, the very second he parted the door aside, he felt like his jaw was going to drop right off of his face as he looked at the red eyed and raven haired Jonin who was going to be his date for this day. No one could blame the blonde Chuunin for looking like a pole axed idiot while looking at the red eyed Jonin as there was only one phrase that would be coming close enough to describe Yuhi Kurenai at this very moment.

And that was the phrase…

`Undeniably gorgeous'

The Kunoichi had her hair done in a traditional style which had her hair in an elegant coif with lacquered chopsticks there in her hair to hold them together while the rest of her hair was in a lush tail on the back. Kurenai wore make up most of the time but this time it seemed that the Kunoichi was working on her full appearance as the makeup gave full flow to her already beautiful features and the eye shading was bit darker, at she appeared to have chosen a deep red lipstick that worked perfectly with her own deep red eyes.

Naruto looked at her choice of dress and he was awed as Kurenai took a more classical approach to her dress, she wore a kimono but it was deep white with dark red and there were also traces of pink color, the white and red worked well together and both the red and pink colors were both in flower patterns as well as flying petals. There was a deep red obi there and in the middle of the obi was deep white belt that had a beautiful set of flower patterns in golden thread.

Kurenai also carried a small pouch of violet cloth with her which contained some of her own money while wearing comfortable sandals as well as an umbrella if ever it suddenly rained as the clouds overhead were a bit dark and would no doubt be carrying amounts of rain. All in all, the Jonin was very attractive.

Naruto quickly realized that he was lucky that he managed to make himself presentable since it would have been a grave insult to the way Kurenai looked here and now. The blonde then looked at the smiling Jonin and naturally decided to talk to her instead of spending the rest of the day gawking at her like an idiot.

“You look beautiful Kurenai-chan.”

Kurenai smiled at that and replied in kind as she also took in Naruto's own appearance.

“And you look very handsome Naruto-kun, now shall we get going?”

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The pair managed to spend the rest of the day touring more of the hot spots in Konoha while also taking the time to relax near the Hokage Monument as well. They also spent some time seeing some of the other sights there in Konoha and afterwards, managed to go grab some good food to eat as Kurenai directed Naruto to some other restaurants that also made very delicious food. The two of them took turns paying for the date so they were not all that burdened with money requirements at this point and time. Kurenai took Naruto to listen to some clubs that dealt with gentle music as well as seeing small troupes of dancers performing there before them, showing the love Kurenai had for gentle and classical yet passionate forms of entertainment.

They then went back to the park and the two went on a bit of a ride on one of the nearby boat rides that was near a large river and Naruto took the time to paddle the boat while he and Kurenai took the time to enjoy the atmosphere before them while looking at the sun as it began to set down and color the river orange. That naturally was soon going to end as the clouds above began to gather a lot more fiercely and therefore the two of them were going to get to some shelter soon to avoid getting themselves soaked up by the rain that was now hitting the village.

They were on their way when the rain finally came in on Konoha, the rain was not very strong but it made the streets a lot more muddy and several pools were forming. Naruto didn't mind getting some mud on his lower clothes since he had that happen to him more than once already, but he knew that considering all the effort that Kurenai placed into looking like this, it would be wrong for her get muddy and soaked in some fashion.

With that in mind, he decided to use his favored jutsu to remedy the situation in his own fashion. Thankfully his training both as a Dragon Champion and as a ninja along with the training sessions with Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shizune had sharpened his chakra control more, allowing him to not waste too much chakra at once and create the number of Kage Bushin required. While his chakra control was far from perfect, it was enough for now.

“KAGE BUSHIN NO JUTSU!!!”

Kurenai wondered just what Naruto was up to with making one Kage Bushin, she got her answer when the real Naruto gently lifted her up in his arms while the Kage Bushin held the umbrella, the Jonin raised an eye brow at Naruto and spoke.

“What are you doing Naruto-kun?”

“I decided to carry you so your Kimono will not get soaked and stained by mud, I can bet you went through a lot of trouble to be dressed like this and it would be a crime for your clothes to get all messed up.”

Kurenai smiled at that, her kimono WAS expensive and it had been something that she had kept in reserve and wore only on special days, and this day was as special as it could get, so it was going to be a very serious blow to her pride as a woman if she got this one all messed up. Though it would look somewhat scandalous for a Jonin like her to be carried like this, she was not in the mood to care, but she decided not to push her luck and have tongues wagging all over Konoha as she quickly used a Genjutsu to hide both herself and Naruto from any prying eyes.

They soon arrived in front of her home as Naruto sent his Kage Bushin away while she deactivated the Genjutsu. She then invited him to enter her home and take shelter with her until the storm ended for the night. Naruto didn't refuse and as soon as he was in the house, he had to admit that Kurenai's home was quaint and cozy, not too showy yet classy and elegant at the very same time.

It was a good home and he admired it as it was clean and well furbished, his attention then turned to Kurenai who then took out some of the food she had in store and had cooked before, it was not a big feast by all standards, but Naruto certainly didn't mind it at all as Kurenai did her best to make him feel at home while the rain continued to pour down hard on Konoha.

As time passed, the Jonin then decided to take her time with Naruto and then took out some wine, namely two bottles of high quality wine that she had on hand in her home and she didn't use often since they were rather hard to get. But with the fact that she had her lover in her home all to herself for the night, she was more than willing to part with one of her wine bottles for the night.

Naruto smelled the wine and had to admit that it smelled rather nice, but he was not sure about him drinking wine in the first place, however he was more than willing to keep Kurenai company while the storm was still going on outside of her home. They had already finished the meals and now it seemed that Naruto and Kurenai were getting a bit tipsy.

Naruto was still not used to drinking wine or any alcoholic drink for that matter despite his increased physical abilities and constitution, and he was naturally slightly drunk and that was the key that started the whole thing as Kurenai kissed Naruto at that moment, the very second he was able to taste Kurenai's mouth which was still mixed with wine, Naruto blushed deeply at that and moaned, much to Kurenai's delight on the matter.

“You like?”

“Yeah….I never tasted that before…”

Kurenai could tell that Naruto told her the truth and that made the Jonin all the more eager for this one night with Naruto. With that in mind she took his hand and took him to her room, they two sat down on her bed while Kurenai took a small table and there they placed the glasses that they had and drank some more. This made the two of them a bit more tipsy, or rather drunk, but it also served to relax them.

Kurenai then kissed Naruto once more and he replied in kind, the two of them kissed each other deeply. The two then began to touch one another with their hands, Naruto started first by removing the lacquered chopsticks in her hair , releasing Kurenai's hair from their confines which was when Kurenai then moved away and then untied the obi of her kimono.

Despite being drunk herself, the Jonin retained most of her awareness and self control as she thinly removed the obi and folded it carefully. As soon as she placed it aside, she opened up her kimono, and revealed that she had planned well as she was actually naked underneath.

Naruto blushed at the sight and as soon as he was hugged by the now nude Jonin, he knew that it was going to be a very interesting night for him, and Kurenai thought so too, as she took the bottle of wine which was not empty as of yet as she had a very interesting plan for the wine that she had with her.

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The next day…

Naruto yawned a bit as he got out from Kurenai's bed and smiled to see the red eyed woman sleeping there in the nude with only her blanket being the thing that covered her body, he smiled warmly as well as blushing at the sight of the beautiful woman who was there, and recalling just what they had done last night and what she had brought into the whole thing.

He looked at the nearby wine bottle which was already empty and blushed considerably more at the memories of what the woman had done with the contents of said wine for their time here in her house, one thing was for sure, he was going to have to develop a good taste for wine if he was with Kurenai in private.

Not that it was a bad thing to say the very least.

He blushed at the memories that came running into his head and that was enough to distract him for Kurenai to wake up and she moved towards him and hugs him, making him respond in kind to the hug she was giving him. The two hugged one another at Kurenai then kissed her lover deeply while allowing the blanket that was covering her naked form to fall away to show her naked form before her lover and as soon as they parted, she spoke to Naruto.

“You all right Naruto-kun? I hope that you're not suffering any hangover and all.”

Naruto shook his head and replied.

“I'm all right Kurenai-chan….but I had no idea that you could use….well use wine like that.”

Kurenai grinned and replied.

“You'd be amazed how it can be used Naruto-kun, anyway, I think it's time I cook something for us to eat.”

Naruto nodded and as soon as they left the room, Kurenai got to the cooking bit. Naruto waited until Kurenai was done with her cooking and soon the two of them had break-fast and afterwards, spent some time together for some honest privacy. This lasted for a few hours before the two of them parted from one another and both headed off to their regular duties.

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Three days later…

Naruto was busy working on some paper work that had to highlight his work in the missions and he was hoping to finish as he had to be busy training the ANBU, the new Bingo Book that he had created with the help of Yamato and Uzuki was already distributed to the ANBU and with the data there, they would know just how to handle a number of the enemies that Holy Talon's rival would unleash if they ever met them.

As he was about done, he was suddenly greeted by a kunai flying right at him and he deftly caught it and looked with surprise to see none other than Mitarashi Anko who smiled at him in a very mischievous fashion.

Naruto revealed the kunai and spoke seriously to the Jonin.

“What was that all about Anko-chan?”

“Just wanted to see if you still got those reflexes Naruto-kun, it would really be bad if you lost them with all the paper work you've got your nose into.”

Naruto sighed and placed the kunai down, but as he was about to say something to Anko to figure out just what was she doing here at this time of the day since she was supposed to be out on either missions given by clients or on routine patrol, the Jonin moved towards him and began to kiss him.

He managed to rein in the sudden heat in his body and then he gasped when Anko then used her teeth to make a small cut on his lip, spilling some blood, he couldn't help but be surprised by that as Anko gently licked away the droplets that came out. He had understood that due to her past association with Orochimaru, Anko would have something of a blood thirsty side to her, but he hoped that it was not too bad a case.

He parted from Anko and looked at her as she had a very happy expression on her face as she licked her lips and he replied.

“I wish you wouldn't do that Anko-chan.”

Anko however gave a much gentler smile and replied.

“I know….but you're blood does taste nice after all Naruto-kun.”

Naruto raised an eye brow at this and replied.

“I hope you don't plan of draining me dry of my blood if that's the case.”

“I won't do that Naruto-kun, I might like to taste blood once in a while but I will not go that far, besides that, it would be wrong for me to hurt you after all you've been doing these past few months. Anyhow, I managed to see that gift that you gave Kurenai-chan and it was beautiful indeed, so when do I get one from you?”

Naruto thought about that and then had an idea as he smiled at Anko.

“Why don't you tell me what you want me to make as a gift for you Anko-chan?”

Anko grinned and smiled at that, it was not regular for the woman to get the gift made for them and she began to think about a gift that would not only be good to look at, but something that was also going to be effective along with being something that she could use in battle. She thought it over and then thought of something interesting as it suited her personality a good deal.

“Can you make me a sword that could be extended and turn into a whip along with some powerful abilities for both offense and defense Naruto-kun?”

Naruto couldn't help but be surprised by that and looked at Anko as such a request for such a weapon was going to be something that he personally had never attempted before, but he was more than willing to give this request a shot as this would really test his skills as a weapon smith. He then smiled at Anko and replied.

“All right Anko-chan, I'll make you a very good gift that I think you can really use in battle when you need it. Give me at least a week or so to make it all right?”

Anko smiled at that and replied.

“That is going to be all right for me Naruto-kun, and if it meets my approval then I'll see if you and I can have some alone time all right?”

Naruto nodded and Anko left, as soon as she was out and back on duty, the blonde Chuunin began to wonder what sort of gift that would suit the Jonin well in battle as well as being something that would be elegant for her. He thought that over and decided that it would suit Anko's fighting style as well as the techniques she used, as much as he disliked snakes, he already had a very good idea as to what sort of gift he would make.

As he finished the last amount of paper-work that he had to deal with at the moment, he headed off to begin his training with the ANBU once more, the sessions were a lot more unique and difficult to as to simulate the kinds of fighting that the ANBU were soon going to find themselves in if they encountered the kinds of foes that they would be fighting. As he got there to train with the ANBU he explained the use of the swords, kunai, armor and other various tools as well as equipment that he knew would turn the tide of the battle.

He also made sure to check how well they had been able to read the books that he had begun to give them. As soon as that was over at the end of the day, he would then begin to make his gift for Anko.

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At the end of two weeks…

Anko was currently relaxing herself in her favorite snack bar when she heard someone come into the place and head towards her table, she looked to see none other than Naruto himself who was carrying a special case that resembled something of a sword case and she raised an eye brow at that, she looked at Naruto and he smiled as he then asked her gently to come with her to the training field.

The Jonin was naturally interested to see just what was in the case, so after paying the bar owner for the food that she had been able to eat she decided to accompany the blonde to the training field. As soon as they got there, Naruto took the case and opened it to reveal a simple sword that was in a sheath, similar to the same blades carried by the ANBU though in this case, the blade had no hilt guard and was not as long or curved as well.

Anko took the blade and was surprised at how light the weapon was and amazingly smooth and good in her grip, the handle was made in such a way that it was perfect for a woman's hands and could be held with either one hand or both, She also noted that the handle was in a scale pattern and had some small lines there that seemed to glow slightly. The hilt seemed to be made from specially hardened wood bound by strips of Orchaelium and was good to the touch, covering the blade that appeared to be at least two feet and a half in length, an ideal sword length to say very least, as soon as she was the Jonin then pulled out the blade from the sheath and admired the blade.

It was a doubt edged blade and had a pointed tip similar to the same sword that Naruto usually carried with him into battle. She then noted that the blade seemed to glow somewhat and there in the middle of the sword's full length were a small number of glowing crystals and the blade itself was very light and thin, yet strong at the very same time. She could tell that the metal was not regular steel but was Orchaelium as well and as she moved it about, the Jonin then spoke to Naruto with a smile.

“This is a beautiful sword Naruto-kun.”

Naruto smiled at that, it had taken him quite some time and a lot of creativity to come up with this lone gift for Anko, and seeing that it met her approval was a good thing for the young blonde Chuunin and Dragon Champion as well as hearing her praise his own efforts. Of course the sword was more than it seemed and he then decided to explain to Anko just what the gift was capable of once she was able to use it in a fight. But first…

“I'm glade you like it Anko-chan, but before I explain what else it can do, can you channel some of your chakra into the sword as well as allow a drop of your blood on the blade?”

The Jonin wondered why Naruto was asking that of her but didn't argue with her lover's request of her. She focused her chakra into the sword and then allowed herself to cut her skin a bit with the sword and allowing a drop of blood to be on the blade. As soon as she did that, the drop faded into the sword and the sword glowed briefly, as Naruto looked at the weapon intently, as if hoping for something to happen to the sword while she still held the sword. As soon as the glow faded Naruto grinned and spoke to Anko.

“Good work Anko-chan….now think of the sword being as long and flexible as say….a whip.”

Anko did so and to her surprise, the weapon glowed briefly and expanded to a longer blade which ten began to be supple and flexible, she then moved the weapon and the blade flowed out with her movements and when she accidentally flicked the blade at the wrong direction and hit her own arm, the blade didn't even cut her skin at all. This made the Jonin look at the blade with a look of awe and surprise as she had not expected the sword to not cut her, she then thought about the sword returning back to it's original length and then it glowed once more, returning back to the same solid blade of the same length as before.

She then looked at Naruto for an explanation, and the blonde Chuunin replied.

“That sword is made from Orchaelium and is specially made to react to the chakra that is imbued inside of it. When I asked you to focus your chakra inot6 the sword it was able to recognize your chakra, and as for the blood, it is a safety measure, once the your drop of blood was absorbed by the sword, it was conditioned to recognize you in a more physical bond so the blade will not cut you at all, so even if you accidentally struck your own body with the sword, it would not cut or harm you in any fashion.”

“Really?”

“Yes, and as you have already found out, the sword will extend itself as well as being as flexible as a whip in real life. The blade can quickly retract to it's former length or shorter with the right amount of chakra control. The blade can also be used to amplify your own chakra if needed so it will be able to support any jutsu that you might make with it. I hope that you like it Anko-chan….this was something of a first for me to make.”

The Jonin smiled as she could tell that Naruto was dead serious about it being a hard thing for him to make for her, besides, with some needed practice she could master this weapon well on her own and it would prove to be a good asset as well as look attractive to her. She then hugged Naruto and replied.

“Thank you Naruto-kun, for that, I am going to ask you to go out with me, on our own date, are you all right with that?”

Naruto nodded and that was that, the two briefly kissed each other and both took off to get dressed for this day.

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Later…

Naruto got dressed up for this date and he hoped that he was going to do all right, he knew for a fact that Anko was not the regular kind of person and since this was going to his first time with the Jonin, he had no idea what sort of things Anko loved to do so this was going to be something of an interesting learning experience for him. At the moment, he decided to wear a simple vest underneath one of his black shirts with the spiral shape of Konoha's mark on the front in red color, he also wore simple but comfortable pants as well to even things up and his usual forehead protector there as well.

He also took the time to clean himself up for this date as he always kept in mind to be presentable when in situations like this one. As soon as he was ready, he heard a knock on the door of his home and he was wary lest he got a greeting in the shape of a flying kunai or something like that. Thankfully his cautious opening of the door was not needed as Anko was there before him, and she was dressed to kill.

The Jonin wore a deep purple top that was sleeveless with the top portion being tied with a fish net piece that converged to her neck and was like a shocker of some sort while her arms were free. The top was like a halter top and so her stomach was bare as well, and the top naturally allowed Naruto to see her considerably well formed breasts that Anko was apparently proud to show to her lover.

This was then followed by her choice of lower clothes as it was it was a pair of pants that was only up to mid-calf and had on the sides crisscrossing strips of cloth as the pants were also black in color and there were comfortable sandals as well as Anko's usual shin guards. All this, being mixed with Anko's nature and more open displays of her feminine charms screamed sexy and dangerous at the very same time.

Most men would have been somewhat in intimidated by Anko and her reputation, but Naruto was not all that worried as he walked over to Anko and greeted her with a warm smile, which was easily returned by the Jonin. The two hugged one another and then Anko took Naruto's hand, she had a full list of the things that she was interested in doing and with a date this time as well, she was going to enjoy the time she had at this moment.

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The pair traveled to the places that Anko herself had been to before and found to be worth her time as well as the places that were enough to spark her interest. Naruto was happy that he had been able to save a good deal of his money and this would allow him the chance to pay for most of the things that Anko bought, though to be fair to the blonde Chuunin and Dragon Champion, the Jonin was also more than willing to use her own money as well to even things up between them.

Anko took Naruto to some of the small but well known clubs that hosted dancing and music to which Anko was more than willing to dance to with all the energy that she had in her body, Naruto naturally did his best to keep up with the energetic and undeniably nimble Jonin who was dancing with all of her sensuality as a woman in full bloom, showing the differences between herself and her fellow Jonin and friend Kurenai. While Kurenai was more into classical things such as music and gentle dancing, the female Jonin he was with relished more energetic and modern forms of dance and music, befitting her more energetic nature.

It was as if she was the female version of him, but she was studious and intelligent as well, as far as he knew since as a Chuunin he was able to read the profiles of the Jonin as well as her already obvious rank as a Special Jonin. She was someone that he knew that he should respect for her accomplishments, and it worked that he cared deeply for her and she did as well.

Anko herself loved the fact that she now found a guy who had the kind of energy and stamina to keep up with her when she was doing what she loved doing on her free time, and the fact was that she cared for him, he was a good man and also very capable as well as one good lover, plus his accomplishments meant that someday he was going to be a hero to the village and it's people.

They then moved to several restaurants that Anko frequented and she decided to have Naruto try some rather exotic foods that she herself happened to try every now and then as well as develop a taste for, that also included some bars that had people who would make some serious mixes, though despite her desire to have fun, she did make sure to keep an eye on what Naruto ate and drank. While she had no doubt hat with some rest, Naruto would recover from whatever dish and concoction he had taken into his body, she wanted him to be all right as she had other plans for this night.

That plan came to full circle when she managed to invite him into her home. Naruto had to admit that the number of weapons that Anko had in her house on display was impressive as well as a bit daunting, but Anko managed to help him relax as she guided him to her bed room. There in the room was a table filled with some oils that Naruto didn't recognize and when he saw Anko easily shed herself of the top she had on before and then her pants, he knew that he was going to be in for a very interesting time.

That thought was proven true when he spotted a nearby book that had some VERY interesting pictures of men and women together.

Anko smiled as she moved forward to strip Naruto of his clothes as she was in the mood to put those tantric sex positions she read about to the test.

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The next day…

Naruto yawned a bit as he got up Anko's bed, he looked about and found himself alone for the time being, he then tried to remember the things that the two of them done that night and he couldn't help but blush at the memories that came into his mind, he was so engrossed at the memories, he was not aware that Anko had just come out of the nearby bathroom that she was in when she took a shower earlier.

The Jonin moved towards Naruto without drying herself with the exception of her hair which she dried, as soon as she was close enough to the still thinking blonde, the Jonin hugged him and gently ran her still wet body on his own naked one, making him gasp at the sudden sensation of her naked body on his own, making her smirk happily at being able to make her lover react like that.

Anko then took in Naruto's right earlobe into her mouth, gently licking it and she felt Naruto's body shiver at the pleasure that she had given him with that one action on her body, she then ran her hands down on her lover's body and made him moan out even more until she spoke.

“Morning Naruto-kun, sleep well?”

Naruto nodded while taking a good sniff of the Jonin's body as she used a special bathing gel that smelled nice on her. As soon as he smelled it, she spoke.

“I did, and you smell very nice Anko-chan.”

“You like the smell Naruto-kun? It's some of my favorite bathing gel and also helps relax my body, if you like, I could buy you one for yourself since they sell male versions of the stuff.”

Naruto smiled at that and nodded at that.

“Sure thing, I would really like that.”

Anko then kissed her lover deeply and Naruto naturally responded and the two decided to pleasure one another a bit more before the two of them decided to go out of the bed room and have some good food to eat before they would then get back to their duties. Naruto had to admit that these times have been good and the lack of activity was a blessing that he was going to enjoy for as long as it lasted for this month.

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Enjoy it while you can Naruto….for things are going to get interesting soon enough.

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In a hidden base, two weeks later…

Orochimaru managed to relax somewhat as the pain in his arms had begun to heal somewhat but his anger had certainly not cooled in the slightest, Sasuke and his Sharingan was still out of his reach while the Jonin forces he had dispatched to locate the sword known as Death Fang had not been able to turn up anything at all that would help for him to use that sword to his own purposes.

For now he had to decide on how to best lure out Sasuke and he began to think about using the best of his elite ninjas, granted the mission would no doubt result in either their deaths or captivity, but he was more than able to cover all the needed bases so all he needed to do was bid his time and plan this mission out with more detail before committing his full assets to the task at hand.

Kabuto arrived with some new medicine and he was a bit relieved that his master was able to keep himself relaxed for the moment. The Sannin had been able to hold on despite the pain his still dead and disabled arms were giving him and he was now going to give the medication that he was able to create, the only good news for the lack of activity was that this allowed the personal Medic Nin of Orochimaru to the find the ingredients he needed to create the more potent and effective medication until the time was right.

The Medic Nin then gave the medication to Orochimaru who took it and after taking the medication, he then spoke to his second in command.

“How are things Kabuto?”

“They are not doing so well….our forces have not found Death Fang, and no word has come out from Konoha about Sasuke-kun's whereabouts, though he is still reported to be taking missions with the village, though there are rumors that he is….”

“Sasuke-kun is what Kabuto?”

“He is getting, malcontent, no doubt because of Naruto-kun's achievements.”

The Sannin smiled at that, this could work very well to his advantage yet.

“I see….are the Sound Five ready?”

“They are.”

“Good, have them continue their efforts to locate Death Fang, I will have that sword and Sasuke-kun's Sharingan as well.”

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In it's new lair…

Death Fang relished the feel of the energy of the earth and it fed hungrily at it, the sword had been able to convert the land around it to suit it's needs for the time being and it would remain here in the new lair for a while, the evil sword could feel the spirits of it's minions and former owners getting restless and impatient for more carnage and slaughter. For now however, he decided that in order to satiate it's hunger and also give Naruto another test to pass, it was going to send out another agent…

Only this time, this agent was going to be a lot harder to spot. As soon as the plan it had in it's dark core came to form, the sword glowed and out came a powerful glowing orb but was only the size of a small fruit, but there from the orb came a dark and sinister voice….that sounded totally reptilian.

“What is thy bidding master?”

(((“Go forth into Konoha….seek one out with dark intent among them….grant him power….and let us test our young foe how he deals with this mess. Hide yourself well my pet….they have no doubt placed sensors to detect our power….but I have no doubt you can find a way….go now, stir the hearts of evil and tempt the hunger for power.”)))

“It shall be as you wish master….”

The orb left as Death Fang spoke.

(((“Now….here it begins….let me see how you pass this test Naruto Uzumaki…”)))

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The glowing orb flew out of the hidden lair and soon floated it's way to Konoha's location, it somehow managed to avoid the sensors that Naruto build by making itself extremely tiny and then moved to another side of the village, evading the placed sensors as well as the golem guardians that Naruto had placed there to defend Konoha, the orb managed to find a lull somewhere in the village perimeter and then move in.

The orb was now only the size of a grain of sand in the wind and kept it's Chaos energy to the lowest point without fading away into nothingness, but such was the need to evade the sensors of the village of Konoha, as soon as it was in the area, it began to seek out any people in Konoha with evil hearts and intentions, the glowing orb that was like a grain of sand found the cesspit of evil in the village in it's prison center.

As it made it's way through the center, it began to scan the people there to sense who would be worthy of being aided, and then, after some time filing through the people who were not fit in it's mind to receive it's powers, it arrived to the dangerous prisoners wing and soon spotted a person that fit the bill, so to speak.

The man was already an interesting specimen and also carried a good deal of evil in his heart and possessed some potential that was going to be worth exploiting, the orb could read it's mind well enough as the human didn't hide it's nature very well and it was able to show something that the orb happened to like sensing, an intense hatred for one blonde Chuunin and Dragon Champion.

As soon as the guards were away, the orb grew in power and soon reverted to it's larger form and then the appeared before the person who was just about to talk to two others in the prison.

“Well now….planning to escape human?”

The man was surprised as he had not noticed that orb earlier and quickly moved back a bit and glared at it and spoke seriously.

“Who or what are you?”

“Who and what I am should not be something to concern yourself human, or should I call you Mizuki instead?”

“You know me name?”

“Of course.”

Mizuki, the traitor who had managed to deceive many others including Naruto in the past was surprised that this glowing orb knew his name right off the bat and he got ready to use some jutsu and fight this new arrival until the orb spoke once more.

“I take it you are planning to escape to complete that formula that the one named Orochimaru left you and get your revenge on one Naruto Uzumaki I believe.”

“How do you?”

“You're thoughts are fairly easy to read Mizuki, however do not think that I am here to stop you, I came here from my master….with an offer.”

“What sort of offer would that be?”

“Fairly simple enough….power.”

Mizuki snorted and replied with a very serious tone.

“I already have the power I will need from Orochimaru-sama's formula and once it is completed I will have my revenge on all who looked down on me, especially that Kyuubi brat! I don't need any other powers!”

“Oh really….I think you have not been able to keep well informed with the times while you rotted here in this prison, but if you want to know what sort of power I speak of, then allow me to let you have a taste.”

The orb then turned into a larger snake like being with three eyes and dark blood red scales on it and then it bit Mizuki and then fed the power it had into the former Konoha ninja, Mizuki gasped as he felt the power flow through his veins, it was powerful indeed, with this….and the formula that Orochimaru-sama gave him as a gift, then he would finally be able to crush all of them.

Mizuki was unaware of the fact that the creature sent by Death Fang was merely using him as a test subject for Naruto to put his growing skills to the test once more to determine how much the blonde Chuunin had grown as a Dragon Champion, it was well aware that it's transformation would alert the golem guardians that Naruto had created, yet that didn't matter in the least, it had done what it came to do, it's new pawn was ready, unaware of the bloody price that it was going to demand from Mizuki, but for now it would aid him in his current goals as it spoke once more.

“Now that I have your attention, would you like to have more power?”

“Yes….”

“Good….now, I think it would be best we leave this place. Unless of course, you have other business to attend to Mizuki?”

Mizuki smiled and then decided to continue the conversation he had struck with his other cell mates.

“Fujin, Raijin….can I have a word with the two of you?”

And in the case of the minion sent by Death Fang, it decided to aid it's new…partner.

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At the Hokage Tower, hours later…

Tsunade was shocked by the news and spoke out.

“There was a riot in the prisons?!”

The ANBU Captain nodded at that and replied.

“Yes Hokage-sama! The prison was going through an inspection check when some sort of powerful Genjutsu was cast on the area, it brought down a number of the ninja guards who were there and as soon as the guards were taken out, the prisoners were released, there have been several casualties though reinforcements were able to quell the fighting prisoners. But a number of high profile prisoners have escaped from the prison.”

The Hokage wondered just how did this happen all of a sudden and she spoke to the ANBU.

“How did we even find out about the prison break?”

“The golem guardians created by Naruto-san suddenly came alive and headed for the prison, we then went to the prison just as the first prisoners clashed with Naruto-san's golems, the golems held off the escaping prisoners but in the melee, that's when the high profile prisoners escaped.”

Tsunade understood the implications of this, as well as the news that the golems that Naruto created had come to life and went there to the prison. She knew that the only way the golems would come to life was when Death Fang was causing mischief somewhere in Konoha as the golems were made for the express purpose of halting any possible attack, even more so when Death Fang's power and minions were concerned. She then decided to get a list of the prisoners that had managed to escape.

“Who among the prisoners managed to escape?”

The ANBU then gave out the names of the said prisoners, some were easy enough to locate and bring back under the custody of Konoha, but the last names were something of a concern to Tsunade as she knew who they were, one of them being someone that Naruto knew of all too well and he was no doubt going to be a problem if left alone. She then recalled that Naruto was currently on a mission and would be arriving hours later, she had to give Naruto advanced warning of the escapees from the prison as well as tell him to get back to the village as quickly as possible.

“Locate Naruto and tell him to come back to Konoha at all possible speed, send Uzuki and Yamato to send him the message ASAP.”

“Hai Hokage-sama!”

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Later in the Hokage Tower…

Naruto was now in the presence of Tsunade and as soon as he was informed of both the prison riot and the break out of the prisoners in question, he was not happy to say the very least. The people in question were going to be a serious problem and he already knew that one of them was going to be someone of very serious concern for him due to the past history he had with him.

“Mizuki's escaped?”

Tsunade nodded at that and replied.

“And he was not alone either. He had Fujin and Rajin with him, those two are going to be a bit of a hard case to deal with.”

Naruto raised an eye brow at that as he had no idea as to who the two were but it seemed that Tsunade knew just who they were. And it was not long before Tsunade explained just who the people were in question.

“Fujin and Rajin are known as the Legendary Stupid Brothers, they are dumb to the core and the only thing that love is food, so much so that they willingly killed their own comrades over a meal, we found them and took them into the prison. However they are extremely strong and it's only the fact that the staff in the prison regulates their food supply that they haven't broken out just yet. I believe that Mizuki must have duped them into breaking out and now they are coming with him. They might be dumber than dirt, but they are not to be under estimated all the same.”

“Hmmm…anyone else with them?”

“No, and Naruto-kun, your golems reacted to the prison break, so it's safe to bet that Death Fang might be involved in this somehow, but it still puzzles me as to why it would want to break someone like Mizuki out of prison.”

“I don't know….what could Mizuki be after though.”

It was then that Iruka came in carrying a badly wounded woman who was also a Konoha ninja into the Tower and he spoke to Tsunade.

“Tsunade-sama! Tsubaki-san needs some help!”

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In the Konoha hospital…

Naruto looked at the young woman who was currently being tended to by Tsunade as well as Shizune and a handful of Medic Nin, and for good reason as Tsubaki had a number of bad injuries that were caused by someone with considerable strength in him or her. But Naruto naturally had a feeling that this was the handiwork of Mizuki, though why the former Chuunin would go after this woman in question. So far her injuries were not life threatening so he was not going to interfere with Tsunade, Shizune and the Medic Nin, he did however turn to face Iruka and spoke.

“Who is Tsubaki to Mizuki anyway Iruka-sensei?”

Iruka shook his head and replied.

“She used to be Mizuki's fiancée Naruto-kun.”

“What?! Mizuki had a fiancée?!”

Iruka nodded and explained that Tsubaki herself was a Chuunin and was skilled for someone of her rank, she was known to be a kind and loving person and had been shocked as well as he was when Mizuki's traitorous actions had come to light when the traitor had been beaten by Naruto nearly months before. Naruto himself was surprised that Mizuki even had a fiancée, and to know that there was a chance that it was Mizuki himself who attacked Tsubaki, then it made him get all the more angry with the man.

He turned just as Tsunade and the others moved away from the now waking woman. Tsubaki looked about and then spoke.

“Hokage-sama….”

Tsunade then spoke seriously to Tsubaki, as much as she didn't like to sound like she was interrogating the still recovering Chuunin, she needed to get answers and fast.

“Who did this to you Tsubaki? Was it Mizuki?”

The Chuunin nodded and cried a bit.

“He…came to my home, I was surprised to see him….and he came to tell me that he was going to complete it….some sort of formula.”

“Formula? What sort of formula?”

“Something….something he got from Orochimaru years before.”

This got the attention of everyone in the room, but they all held their comments as Tsubaki continued with what she was trying to say to them.

“He wasn't like this before….but he changed a lot ever since working with….that man….or maybe….”

Tsubaki was about to cry when Tsunade placed her hand on her shoulder and replied.

“I know this is hard for you Tsubaki, but we need to know what happened to you when Mizuki came to your home.”

Tsubaki nodded slowly and continued to speak about what had happened to her recently with Mizuki escaping from the prison.

“He….came there with them…the brothers Fujin and Raijin….I tried to find out what he was doing. He said that….he wanted to get the power promised to him by Orochimaru….and by someone else, he wanted to take revenge on Naruto-kun and Iruka-san for being the ones who brought him to jail. I tried to tell him to give it up, that you both have done so much for the village. He refused and I….got beaten up badly….”

(That bastard….)

“But they soon left and….I was found by Iruka-san….that's all I know Hokage-sama.”

Tsunade nodded as she could tell that Tsubaki meant it and she turned to Naruto who nodded as he could tell that she wanted him to stop Mizuki. However she then turned to Iruka and spoke seriously to the Chuunin.

“Iruka, I want you to get Team 8 here immediately as well as Team 10 here immediately, we're going to go after Mizuki and if he is being helped by the two idiots Fujin and Raijin, then we're not going to take any chances with them.”

“Hai!”

She then turned to Naruto and spoke seriously.

“Meet up with Kurenai and Gai's teams and as soon as they arrive, then you can help in dealing with them, if you need backup, then I will send whoever I can.”

“I understand Tsunade-sama.”

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Later…

Naruto was dressed in a full set of leather armor that was made to be light yet very strong. The leather armor was made with a cuirass, forearm with hand guard protectors as well as upper arm guards, there were also thigh guards and shin guards as well, and underneath the armor was a black colored enameled suit of Orchaelium chain mail to add further protection for Naruto, this was naturally the very same outfit that he wore when he was on that mission earlier, he had Holy Talon already with him and his usual kunai holster and back pouch as well as several other useful tools.

He waited for the others and then as he turned to look, he was able to spot them, both Team 8 and Team 10, only this time, they were not alone in this regard. Neji and Lee were being joined by none other than Coryin and Valeena, while Kiba, Akamaru, and Shino were accompanied by Tellis and Liara. This was somewhat unexpected and as soon as the teams arrived, he spoke to the others who were with the teams.

“What are you guys doing here?”

Coryin was the one who spoke first.

“Your Hokage asked us to lend our support on this mission; we were more than willing to lend our aid for this mission.”

The others nodded and Naruto knew that with their support, they would have a better chance in battle with Mizuki and if the information about the golems reacting was correct, the Death Fang must be involved, the group knew that they had to hurry, there was no doubt in their minds that with Mizuki getting a good head star he would be far away from them and there was no telling what he would do along the way.

It didn't take long for them see the results of Mizuki's escape….as the smoke from a nearby village would attest, as soon as they got there, they found the village inflames and people were in panic.

Gai didn't like the sight and they all moved out with Gai suggesting that they take the wounded and badly injured back to the village of Konoha for treatment and come back for the rest until the village was safely cleared of people.

Naruto nodded and he and the others stayed behind to protect the villagers lest they got attacked again. He had no idea who did this since many of the people were still in deep shock so he spoke to both Tellis and Liara to find answers in their own fashion while he and the others kept watch on the village. The two female Druids nodded and wasted no time to find the answers that they seriously needed in order to find out who did this.

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In the field…

As Naruto surveyed the scene before him, he felt his heart grow hot at the sight of the now destroyed village, the blonde felt happy that there were those they were able to save from the attacks, but it was going to be a while before they could tally the dead and wounded. The blonde wished that they were here a lot earlier to prevent this attack, but at the very least, things were not too bad.

He turned to face Hinata who was scanning the area with her activated Byakugan and spoke to her.

“You see any sign of attackers Hinata-chan?”

Hinata looked about carefully and shook her head at that, despite using her Byakugan, there seemed to be no sign of the attackers at the moment as she did her best to track down who had done this.

“I don't see anything Naruto-kun.”

Naruto sighed and looked back at Kiba and Akamaru along with Liara who was using her Nature Magic to speak to a number of small animals, in this case as small band of mice that appeared to be none the worse for wear despite the damages that hit the land along with the village, as soon as she was done speaking with the mice and sent them on their way to safety, the human Druidess spoke.

“It seems that some people came here and started attacking the villages, two of them were massive men who appeared to be brothers.”

Kurenai who arrived on the scene nodded as she spoke.

“Those two must be the Thunder Brothers that Tsunade-sama spoke of, was Mizuki with them?”

Liara nodded at that and continued just as Shino and Tellis arrived on their own search for answers but they turned up only the same information as well so it was Liara who told the rest of what she had learned when talking to the mice.

“They said that he was with them and was heading off with a pack of chemicals of some sort, no doubt to make a potion, what they are is something that we don't know as of yet, they also said that they saw some sort of small glowing serpent with him on his shoulder.”

“Glowing serpent?'

Naruto turned to see Neji, Tenten, Lee, Gai, Valeena, and Coryin arrive there after they had taken all the survivors of the ruined village to safety and it was Gai who asked that question and the blonde naturally couldn't blame the Jonin for the confusion, he then spoke to Holy Talon mentally to see if the Holy Dragon Sword had any prior knowledge on this glowing serpent that the mice spoke of.

(You have any idea what that glowing serpent was Holy Talon?)

((“I do, it's a servant of Death Fang known as a Sin serpent. Sin serpents are powerful creatures that use curses to empower individuals who make an oath to serve Death Fang, once the person makes that oath, the Sin serpent bonds with them in some fashion to give them power. It is similar to the Cursed Seal used by that ninja Orochimaru, but in this case, it's different.”))

(How?)

((“Once the oath is made, the person in question will slowly be perverted and corrupted by the Sin serpent and then transformed into a monster. It's happened before and unless the spell of the Sin serpent is broken, then the man is lost, it's more powerful when the man in question is already evil at heart. One such curse power is known as the Black Moon Curse.”))

(Black Moon?)

((“It's a powerful curse spell that summons a vast nexus of Chaos energy to amplify the power that the person has in exchange the Black Moon curse feeds on the person's body, the curse appears as black mist that then solidifies into a solid mass that resemble a moon to block out the sun and allow the dark nexus of energy to grow stronger. If the curse is broken then the Black Moon will fade away and person is severely drained and the damage can depend on the level of power in the curse given by the Sin serpent.”))

(How does the Sin serpent empower the person?)

((“Either by a bite which is somewhat easier to counter, or by forcing the person to eat it, giving the full power to the person, in exchange for his or her body being corrupted and his or her soul tainted by Death Fang's powers forever.”))

(That's not good.)

((“Truly.”))

Naruto was about to explain what he knew when Coryin, being passed by a small butterfly then turned around and readied an arrow in her bow as she spoke.

“We're being followed.”

The group turned and to their surprise, the person or rather persons who were following them revealed themselves, as Naruto gasped as he was quick to recognize the woman.

“Tsubaki-san? Yamato-san? Uzuki, Iruka-sensei?! What are you all doing here?”

Yamato replied.

“Tsunade-sama sent me and Uzuki-san to help you in this matter while Iruka came here to help Tsubaki-san. We were trying to convince her to return for treatment back in the village but she insisted on coming to you.”

Tsubaki looked at the fully assembled team and bowed to Naruto, she should have been resting in the Konoha Hospital after the injuries that she had suffered from the hands of her former boyfriend Mizuki but after learning the full extent of Mizuki's plans and how far he had fallen from the man she once loved, she made a promise to herself to end his schemes once and for all, she was doing this to stop him now and make sure that he would never hurt anyone ever again in the course of his mad quest for power at the cost of so many innocent people.

“I came here to help….I want to stop Mizuki with you all.”

Kurenai was not entirely convinced and despite understanding Tsubaki's intentions, she wanted to know if Tsubaki was serious about her desire to put an end to Mizuki once and for all.

“Are you sure about that Tsubaki-san?”

The woman nodded and replied.

“He's no longer the man I loved, I know that it's hard for me to accept it, but seeing this, I know that I have to help stop him before he harms even more people, I have to do this Naruto-kun…please let me help.”

Naruto could tell that Tsubaki meant this and he was not going to contest her determination to stop Mizuki and his companions, but he knew that time was against them as the three ninja in question already covered a good deal of ground, it would take time to find them and deal with them, and he also still had the hidden support of Death Fang though what would the evil sword see in Mizuki was beyond him at this point and time.

“All right Tsubaki-san, but we have to hurry, they got a good head start on us already.”

The others nodded and they moved out, however, they had only gone a few hours when they saw something that shocked them. A massive black mist began to climb over the sky, blocking out the light and making the day turn into night, it was not long before the mist turned into a solid object that resembled the moon and then it blocked out the sun in that moment…plunging the day into darkness.

Hinata was surprised at this and spoke out.

“What's going on?!”

The same question was in the minds of everyone else except Naruto and the women from Dagern, in Naruto's case, this was already explained to him by Holt Talon, while for the women, they had seen this power before in their own world and knew what that meant. Naruto spoke at that moment with absolute seriousness.

“The Curse of the Black Moon.”

The others looked at Naruto and were curious and the blonde Chuunin and Dragon Champion shook his head and replied.

“I'll explain later….we have to hurry, Mizuki's already making his move.”

As the others hurried, Naruto knew that this was going to be hard, whatever powers Mizuki got from the Sin Serpent, coupled with the power that formula he got from Orochimaru were going to push him to the limits yet again. But he was not going to give up. And thankfully, he was not alone in this mission.

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To be continued…

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Author's Notes:

Yet another chapter for Naruto Dragon Champion as it grows ever closer to being considered a finished product of my imagination. It's going to end well soon and before we do reach that end, I hope to have this story filled with enough good content and material so it would be all right once I start working on the next story as well as my other projects.

This was conceived when one of you, yes you, readers asked me to make a chapter where old Mizuki came back to make Naruto's life a lot more interesting, and here is the result, now there are some changes, one is that old Mizuki's not only going to try and use the formula Orochimaru cooks up, but also it seems Death Fang as taken an interest in raising hell by using Mizuki's desire for power to make the move.

How will this turn out for Naruto and company?

On another note, it seems that it's now Kurenai and Anko's turn to get some gifts from the young man in question, and also go out on dates with the young Chuunin. And you know what that means right?

Now what sort of things did Kurenai do with the wine on that night when she and Naruto were in her home?

And how did Naruto and Anko's time together turn out?

You can bet that after the three day special is done in the Naruto Dragon Champion Lemon Section will be very interesting indeed.