49 Get Help From Konoha Part 1

Later that day, a scroll carrying Naruto, along with Fukasaku and Shima still on his shoulders stood before the fifteen women he'd planned on bringing with Miria, Alicia, Beth, Octavia, Europa, Agatha, Undine, Teresa, Clare, Betty, Glinda, Veronica, Rafaela, Nina, and Galatea. All of them were eager to see his birthplace. But at the same time, they were dreading it. Mainly because they had a feeling they weren't going to like what they were going to learn while there. Harja was there, too, looking worried for her daddy, as were several of his other kids. Ophelia was keeping an eye on them, her brat, Nissa, especially.

"Okay, I want you all to be on your best behaviour while we are there. Let me do the talking, and by the Twins: do not assault anyone. Yes, I'm looking at you five." he directed the last part at Miria, Clare, Undine, Alicia and Beth in particular. Because they were the likely ones that would attack anyone who so much as look at him wrong. The five women in question looked a bit sheepish to one extent or another after hearing that. "Any questions?"

"How long are we going to be gone for?" Clare asked.

"It depends on how long the negotiation takes. So it could be from a matter of hours to a matter of days," he answered. "I'm personally hoping for the former, obviously, but you never know. Any other questions?" Alicia slowly raised her hand, prompting Naruto to chuckle at the sheer cuteness of it. "You don't need to raise your hand, Alicia. But go ahead."

"Are we allowed to explore?" the elder twin asked.

"...As long as you're in a pair or a group. While you can take care of yourselves, it won't hurt to be extra cautious. You and Beth should probably take someone with while we're in Konoha, just in case, though… I'd be worried sick if you didn't."

The twins in question frowned slightly but nodded in acceptance. Naruto smiled at them and took notice that no one else had any questions. "Alright, everyone take hands or stand close together. This is going to be instant."

'B-be safe, Daddy!" Harja called out before anyone could move.

Naruto couldn't help but smile as he said, "I will."

Fukasaku looked at the girl in question and said, "We'll look after Naruto-Boy and make sure he stays out of trouble."

"Or make sure that trouble doesn't find him," Shima added, before looking at the blond in question. "You always seem to find trouble, no matter where you go."

"It's not my fault…" the blond tried to protest, even if he knew it was completely true.

Harja still looked worried, but nodded, giving the toads and her daddy a half-hearted smile.

Then, everyone took the hands of each other and stood close together. Naruto being the one to activate the seal took the foremost position. He felt two hands on his shoulders and didn't have to look back to know it was Alicia and Beth. The blond quickly formed the necessary hand seals and slammed his palm on the ground.

The group of eighteen vanished in a massive, puff of smoke not a second later.

"Alright," Ophelia called out, grabbing the kids' attention. "Let's get the lotta you something to heat, shall we? I'm sure Nalani's had enough time to finish that beef stew she's been making."

Several of the kids perked up at that as they all followed her to the mess hall. It would prove a welcome distraction for some, as Harja was not the only one worried for Naruto's safety by a long shot.

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Kakashi was understandably nervous. While that toad hadn't told the man who his summoner was, the Sixth Hokage knew it was Naruto. His sensei's son was the only Toad Summoner that was still around. Either that or his wayward student found someone else. While he wasn't pacing back and forth, he wasn't reading Icha Icha: Paradise; for those that knew him it was a shock. Still, he was relieved that Konoha was getting an opportunity to redeem itself at long last.

That seal he was given by Gaara… it had been retrieved just a few minutes ago. And Kakashi personally had it rolled open on the ground in the centre of his office. He was by himself since he was sure having guards of ANBU waiting alongside him would be a bad move on his part. Even if it was a stupid idea, he wasn't exactly helpless. He was the Hokage for a damn good reason, after all. Now, all he had to do was wait… and was thankfully not kept in suspense for long as a large poof of smoke filled the room.

Then from within that smoke, came the familiar voice of his sensei's son. His voice was full of nostalgia.

"Huh… it's been nearly ten years since I last stepped in here, but I recognise that smell anywhere."

The poof of smoke cleared, revealing Naruto in all his glory, the two Great Toad Sages on his shoulders. And the silver-eyed, half-demon women behind him. And there were a lot of them. And they were armed too. Then Naruto's eyes landed on him. It may have been the trick of the light, but Kakashi thought he saw the blond's eyes lighting up with joy.

"Kakashi-Sensei!"

Well… if anything he seemed happy to see him.

"It's been a long time, Naruto." Kakashi chuckled tiredly. "I see you've made quite a few new friends."

"I guess you can say that," the blond chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. Old habits were beginning to show up now that he was in the presence of a familiar face. "Most of them are my wives, actually."

Kakashi blinked owlishly, staring at him for a moment before chuckling again. "It seems that man in black was somewhat telling the truth. Somehow, I'm not surprised. You're always getting into mischief, one way or another... So, how goes your campaign against this Organization?"

"It's going along pretty well, at the moment. We've got allies within their ranks - I even befriended a task force that was assembled for the sole purpose of getting rid of me and my new family," he answered, then Naruto let out a tired sigh and rubbed the bridge between his eyes. "But, I've recently been informed that the Organization is becoming aware of our plans, and it would only be a matter of time before they start purging their forces. So, we're moving our plans ahead of time."

Kakashi thought long and hard about the information his student just gave him. "I take it the chance you're giving Konoha to redeem herself involves a mission of some kind?"

He wasn't surprised when the blond answered with, "Yes." but what he said after was what surprised him, and apparently the group of women too. "I'm even willing to pay for said mission. Upfront. It's a bit of a doozie."

"I… I see…" the grey-haired Kage had to keep himself from rubbing his eyes. "How much are you offering?"

Naruto rubbed his chin. "Well… I was thinking 10 million ryo upfront would do the trick. And another 10 million once it's done."

Kakashi twitched violently, looking as though he was having a seizure on his feet. "Did I just hear that right?"

"Yeah, did I just hear that?" Miria said, while looking at Naruto with a heavily twitching eye. "Converting it to Bera, you could purchase a small town with that kind of money!"

"With Pervy-Sage giving me his movie business, his book series, and his spy network, in addition to what I make from the books and movies I've already written and starred in, I'll earn it back in about three months," Naruto replied. "That's not even counting Morris being under my care and their people giving a small percentage of their earnings to me as rent; 20 million is a small dent in what I already have. Really, I could buy a small country and still have enough to pay for this mission while keeping everyone in my new family, and Morris well-fed for several decades."

"Duly noted," Kakashi muttered, shaking his head in amusement. "I'll see what I can do. I take it this mission is liable to be an S-Rank?"

"Yeah. It will be. And it'll be a Joint Mission." Naruto handed Kakashi the scroll he had on him, who took it from the blond's hand with a curious look. "That scroll has the first up-front payment. Including the details for this mission. If you want we can hash out the teams that will be taking part."

"Alright," Kakashi replied with a nod, putting the scroll down on his desk. "We'll see what it entails, then, and go from there, then."

The toad Sages were being unusually quiet though. Though that happened when they heard what Naruto was willing to pay for this mission. So it wasn't surprising they weren't talking. They were trying to recover from the shock.

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A few moments later, Naruto and Kakashi could be seen walking down the streets of Konoha, Miria in tow, as well as the twins. Naruto's other guests were dropped off at his old apartment complex. Several of them stayed there to check it out while the others scurried off to wander the shops.

Shima and Fukasaku decided to stay in the Hokage's office while they went out exploring.

"I still can't believe you kept my stuff in that old apartment of mine." Naruto chuckled, then he looked at Kakashi with an amused grin. "Even the photo of Team 7 was there!"

Kakashi chuckled tiredly. "I wanted to keep things the way they use to be as much as possible, in the off chance you wanted to come back to live here. It's a pipe dream at this point, but it's still a dream." then he looked back at his former student with an eye smile. "Still, this suggestion of walking around Konoha was a welcome change. I've been stuck in that office for hours."

"The girls wanted to look around my birthplace. So I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone." the blond replied with a chuckle. "Honestly, apart from your face on the Hokage mountain, and a few new buildings here and there not much has changed. I'm surprised no one has recognised me yet. I haven't changed that much have I?"

"Yes and no," Kakashi replied. "You still look the same, for the most part." the Uzumaki heritage was a big part of that, Kakashi mentally guessed. "But you're more… mature and much happier. Your new family seems to be treating you well."

"I'll admit it can be a bit hectic, at times, but I wouldn't have it any other way." the blond told him. "Honestly, if it wasn't for Kage Bunshin I think a lot of them would have broken up with me by now. Miria especially."

The sandy-brunette wasn't going to dignify that with a response. She was going to be with him, all the way to the end.

"Hmm… do you know where The Konoha 11 are?" Naruto suddenly asked, "Though, I guess they would be the Konoha 7 now, since Neji and Hinata are dead, and myself and Sakura are no longer part of it."

"They're around. Shikamaru, Ino and Choji are still taking missions, even though we haven't been getting as many as we use to. Tenten is at work in her father's shop and ordering new kunai and other essentials for our forces. Rock Lee is still training in Taijutsu and learning the Eight Gates, of course. Though he has been in a bit down after the Suna Incident. Kiba and Shino are working as teachers in the academy. Though they do take missions every now and then, but seem to have more or less retired, unofficially - the former, especially, after finding himself a girl.."

"Kiba found someone who could put up with him?" Naruto asked half-jokingly. "Good on him!" he laughed, then the blond sobered up. "What about Konohamaru and his team?" Naruto was especially worried for Moegi, though he was hesitant to say why. "How've they been faring with their 'boss' gone?"

"They've been doing fine, actually. Konohamaru is a Chunin now, as are Moegi and Udon. Konohamaru is taking after you actually…" Kakashi gave his former student a flat look. "You inadvertently made a monster, you know that? He's been mastering jonin level techniques and pulling daring pranks and been trying to one-up you. Even his registration photo is almost exactly like yours."

"Wait. Really?" Kakashi nodded. "The face paint?" Kakashi nodded again. "Even the Uzumaki swirls on the fingers?" Kakashi nodded again. "I am so proud!" Naruto said overdramatically.

He let out a chuckle when Miria jabbed him in the arm and jokingly asked, "what am I going to do with you?"

He gave her a peck on the cheek and after a brief pause, Naruto remembered something that left him feeling… understandably nervous. "Uh, right… about Moegi… When she came back from Haru, she didn't happen to bring home a kid, did she?"

Kakashi blinked, "No. Why?"

"Oh, thank the gods," Naruto sighed. "Let's just say-"

"You fucked her didn't you." Miria interrupted him in a deadpan. She was completely unsurprised.

"To be fair, that was before I met you," Naruto nervously chuckled. "And she was considered an adult at the time. A few weeks later, she started avoiding me and I started getting a bit worried, then she was sent off to Haru not long before the Suna Incident. Haven't heard from her since."

Kakashi, meanwhile, had no idea how to react to that. "She's doing fine; you have nothing to worry about… though when she caught wind of the Suna Incident, she was… pissed. All three of them were, and they nearly went rogue to go out and look for you. I was thankfully able to talk them out of it." He then shuddered at the memories his actions' aftermath. "Sometimes, I honestly wish I had simply let them leave, though; you have no idea what kinds of hell those three raised for the next few years after that… though I certainly don't blame them. even I had half a mind to join in."

"Well, a certain Fifth Hokage did mention she killed those elders for that authorisation. And that you were cleaning house after she suddenly stepped down." Naruto looked at him and asked, "So how did that go by the way? I've heard from several sources that the ones who pulled the strings to get my ninja licence revoked were highly influential people."

"They may have been highly influential, but I was the student of the Fourth Hokage. And a student of the Fourth, becoming the Sixth Hokage, comes with a lot of prestige." Kakashi answered with an eye smile, "Since what they had done was treasonous towards the Kage, I was able to use my authority to investigate various highly influential people. And to cut off the head of the snake by executing them without chance of parole. So yes, I was effective in 'cleaning house'."

"I'm pretty sure executing people without a chance of parole is tyrannical..."

"I'm the Hokage. And this is a dictatorship, with a hint of democratic tendencies." Kakashi pointed out to the blond. "The people didn't mind, anyway, seeing as how those who wronged you were at fault for everything the village has gone through over the years."

"Fair enough, I guess," Naruto sighed. "I'm thankful for the help."

Kakashi was about to say something in return until he was interrupted.

"Is that… It can't be! Naruto!?"

Said blond and the others perked up at the feminine cry and turned to see a scantily-clad woman in purple running up to them. She had blonde hair pulled up in a ponytail, save for the fringe over one eye and was garbed in a skimpy halter top and short skirt with sarashi bindings underneath. Miria glared at her, recognizing the woman as Yamanaka Ino, one of the childhood tormentors mentioned in Naruto's autobiography. The sandy brunette was pulled into a hug by her husband and calmed down a bit as a result, but she was still not trusting this chick in the slightest.

"Hey, Ino!" Naruto called back. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

The blond came to a stop in front of Naruto and Kakashi, completely ignoring Miria, Alicia and Beth. "A while? It's been seven years, since we last saw each other."

"A little more than that, but yeah, it's been years," Naruto chuckled. "How've you been holding up?"

"Ugh, don't get me started. Shikamaru, Choji and I are the only ones from our generation who are still an active team. Sakura left with Sasuke, and with Neji… gone, Team Guy is no longer active. They never bothered to get a new teammate in his absence. Same goes for Squad 8 after the… you know." Ino hesitated with the last one, as she remembered how close Naruto was to Hinata.

"The Suna Incident." when the blonde in front of him nodded with reluctance, Naruto let out a sigh. "It's fine, Ino. In all honesty, while I still miss Hinata, I'm past grieving for her. She would want me to move on instead of lamenting on 'what ifs'."

Ino sighed and gave him a sombre nod. "She would… I'm glad you were able to move on." She then looked at Miria and noticed that Naruto had his arm around her. "Oh! Looks like you've even found yourself another girl, even. Congrats!"

Miria snuggled up to her man, half-possessively, half lovingly. "I'm his wife. As are Alicia and Beth," and the twins took that as their cue to hug him to them as well.

"They're rather clingy too…" Miria let out a squawk, and giggled when she felt him grab her ass, "...but that's what I love about them." Naruto chuckled warmly.

Ino was beet red and in shock at the realization. "W-wait… those rumours about you having fifty kids in Nami aren't true, are they?!"

"No! That's an exaggeration! And, those women dogpiled me! Twice!" Naruto said in exasperation, "Only ten are mine for sure… maybe two or three more? At most, I have fifteen. Most likely less than that. So many others dyed their hair and put on makeup to emulate their role model, so it's kinda hard to tell which ones are mine without a proper investigation."

"I also seem to remember that Tsunami chick having her jollies with you," Miria grumbled.

"Those are rumours, honey." Naruto stressed, "I only had sex with Tsunami once. That was before I left."

"And she's been talking about it ever since," Miria pointed out with a flat look. "Every time we pass by Nami, I keep hearing from one person or another about how you 'made the bridge builder's daughter your bitch in all the right ways'. Many even claim that you gave her a pair of twins. Never seen the proof for myself, but there's a lot of smoke for there to be no fire."

"...I might have to verify those rumours, then," Naruto muttered. His wife had a point after all. Then, another certain brunette came to mind. "...and check on someone else while I'm here."

"Someone else you had sex with?" Miria was unamused. As were Alicia and Beth. "Just how many people did you have sex with?"

"She jumped me when I was sixteen," Naruto muttered. "Before leaving the Elemental Nations, I had an… eventful sex life. Give me a sec…" After a moment to collect his thoughts, he replied, "including Tsunami, there were thirteen women in Nami. Here in Konoha, there were three: Moegi, Tsume, and the one I want to check on, Hana."

"Wait, what?" Ino gasped. "You had sex with Kiba's sister?! AND his mother?!"

"To be fair, they ambushed me and dragged my sorry ass back to their compound while Kiba, Shino and Hinata were out on a mission. They had chakra suppressors on hand too, so I couldn't even get away if I wanted to." Naruto chuckled nervously. "I was sixteen, though… and frustrated by Sakura ignoring me, so I didn't exactly put up a fight." Clearing his throat, he continued. "In Suna, there's also Anko and a girl named Maki, so that's two more… In Oni, there's Shion, in Haru, there's Koyuki and the ten other women who played in the Icha Icha: Conquest movie… and the director." Three of those actresses were married, too, and didn't even have any lewd roles in that movie! Needless to say, their advances were a bit of a guilty pleasure…

Only his years of experience and discipline as an elite ninja prevented Kakashi from giggling pervertedly. What can he say? He's a massive fan of the Icha Icha series. Has been since the very beginning.

"There was also a total of about ten other women from assorted countries, mostly grateful noblewomen whose asses I saved on missions, sooo…"

"Forty-one," Miria grumbled.

"To be honest, I got to use all that experience I got from all those romps on you. And the twins. And you certainly enjoy-ow!" Naruto was interrupted by Miria stomping on his foot.

"Just so we're clear, you're mine!"

"Yes, dear," Naruto chuckled nervously, kissing her on the forehead. "I know I'm yours. I'm your husband, after all."

Satisfied with that, Miria gave him a peck on the lips and said, "alright. Let's go check and see if you have two more brats you might not know about."

"...Do we have time?" Naruto asked, looking to Kakashi. "We are here on business after all…" and he didn't want to cause any more unnecessary distractions.

"If I have anything to say about it, we'll only be there for five minutes." Miria then gave Naruto a flat look. "And I, for one wish to know just how many children my husband's had with other women."

She wasn't taking 'no' for an answer…

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Galatea couldn't help but stare wondrously at the buildings. Naruto's home was very different from what she was expecting. While there was a lot of children and young adults about, they mostly ignored the woman and her companions. A curious look was given to them, mainly because of the colour of their eyes and the clearly foreign clothing they wore, but that was all. It was a refreshing change to what she was used to seeing if she were to be asked.

Likewise, Veronica and Undine were in the same boat. This was a refreshing change from the scared and untrustworthy looks they were used to seeing outside of Morris. Not to mention the technology here was different. There were even moving pictures on black boxes, and strange-looking lanterns that didn't need to have its oil changed!

"This place is impressive." Teresa commented. "I wonder if Naruto will allow us to buy some things to take back with us?"

"He let Cynthia buy some things the last time she was here." Veronica said. "I am sure he will let us buy some stuff this time as well."

"I hope so. There's a store that was selling swords and other weapons; the blades they had on display are nothing like claymores." Undine said as she looked back at the store in question. "There was even a repurposed sabre with a two-handed hilt. What purpose that could serve is beyond me, but it looked to be of high quality."

"It could be this continent's version of a bastard-sword." Clare pointed out.

"Too short,' Undine replied. "Seriously, it was only three feet long. Someone using a bastard sword would lop the handoff of whoever tried brandishing that thing against him before they even got within range."

"Or maybe it is a sword that can be used with one hand, so the user can use something else, like a shield. Or two hands for extra cutting power." Galatea pointed out.

"It literally had a two-handed hilt," Undine chuckled. "Trying to wield it one-handed would be impractical for a regular human. Seriously, you should look at the thing when we get there. It's ridiculous."

Teresa chuckled in amusement. "They're not regular humans though. They're like Naruto but on a much lesser scale, after all. So normal rules don't apply to them."

"Fair point, I guess," Undine shrugged. "I still find it weird, but that's just me."

"I think we all find this place weird to one extent or another." Clare pointed out, "It is just so… different from what we are used to seeing. Very intriguing, though."

"Also…" Veronica brought their attention to her and found the woman looking up at the Hokage monument. "Is it just me, or, does the face of the fourth man on that mountain look… familiar to you?"

When they followed her gaze, Undine, Teresa, Clare and Galatea all found the mountain Veronica was talking about. It was pretty hard to not notice a mountain with six faces chiselled onto it. They quickly found out what the pony-tailed woman was talking about though.

"Is that… Naruto?" asked a squint-eyed Clare.

Teresa shook her head. "No… that man's hair is longer and spikier. Didn't Naruto say at one point that his father was the Fourth Hokage?" she asked.

"Naruto did say that. It was also mentioned in his autobiography." Clare replied, then she looked at the fifth and sixth faces. "And there is Tsunade's and Kakashi's face too… I think that is a monument for all the leaders this 'hidden village' has had up until now."

"Huh. So it is. How condescended can they get?"

Clare sighed. "Teresa… weren't you condescended?"

"I've changed!"

"You have. But not by much. You like to rub it in other peoples faces - mostly Irene - that you're still the strongest claymore to have ever existed."

"...I'm not that bad, am I?"

"Yes." Undine, Veronica, Clare and Galatea answered at the same time. Clare sighed and added, "Teresa, I love you, I really do. But sometimes you take it a little too far…" then she grinned impishly, "...you should do it to Naruto. Lord your superiority in his face."

"...And enjoy being made his bitch," Undine chuckled. "He gets off on that kind of shit. Let me tell you."

"Really…?" Teresa gave Undine a faint smile. "I take it he's done that to you?"

"Multiple times~!" the woman let out a perverted giggle worthy of attention. Luckily it was low enough that only the women around her could hear it. "It makes for a good roleplay."

"Noted…" Teresa replied with a lewd grin. That gave her plenty of new ideas. Excluding the 'younger brother, older sisters' roleplay she's been thinking of having with Naruto and Clare.

"You know what really gets me confused? That this is called a Hidden Village." Galatea said with exasperation.

"I know. It's at least five times the size of Rabona. There is no way this can be classified as a village." Clare said with a shake of her head. "But I can see why it's called 'Village Hidden by Tree Leaves', though. It's literally hidden by trees. It'll be looking for a needle in a haystack for anybody that doesn't know where to look."

"Let's keep walking. We're starting to draw attention." Undine said. After taking a quick look around, Teresa, Clare, Veronica and Galatea saw that Undine was right. They were drawing attention to themselves. So they started to move again.

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On the way to the Inuzuka Compound, Naruto, his wives, Kakashi, and Ino all found themselves having a bit of idle chitchat. Kakashi was hit with an overwhelming sense of nostalgia as he watched Naruto and Ino talking. It was just like the old days. Back when times were happier. They were rather animated in talking too, and of course, that inevitably brought attention on to them. Miria, Alicia and Beth all gave the fangirls who came by, as a result, the most terrifying glares the Hokage had had ever seen, and that was saying something; they even changed their eyes to make themselves even more intimidating. It was very similar to how Naruto's eyes would change whenever he used Kurama's chakra. Only theirs was gold instead of crimson. Very curious, indeed. Naruto was relieved that his wives kept the more… rabid fangirls away. They tended to get a bit… hands-on, in the clothes tearing kind of way. Still, he was more than happy to meet and greet a couple of people like little children. Then Kakashi had to get himself involved when things got a little out of hand. People gave the group a wide berth after all. With Miria smugly taking his arm into hers and snuggling up to him like the loving, but easily jealous wife she is.

"What am I going to do with you?" the blond asked jokingly, wrapping his arm around her with a warm chuckle. Then he blinked and levelled Ino a narrow-eyed glare. "...Ino don't you dare spread gossip about my love life around!"

Miria blinked and looked at her husband. "Gossip?" she never heard of such a thing. Neither did Alicia and Beth for that matter.

"Gossip is like rumours." Naruto explained, before jerking a thumb towards the blonde in question. "Ino here likes to spread rumours around about things that may, or may not be true. She's been like that since the academy. But things may have changed since I've been gone."

Said blonde chuckled sheepishly. "Oh don't worry about that. Your wives legitimately scare me; I'd... rather not piss them off."

"Good to hear. I'd rather not have them trying to remodel your face." he chuckled darkly. "They're more than capable of keeping me on my toes if they work together, and they're not even the scariest wives I have. I shudder at the thought of what Ophelia would do if you managed to piss her off."

"Please… don't bring that woman up." Miria groaned.

"Still bitter over what she did I take it?"

"Of course…!"

Naruto sighed and hugged her tight, kissing Miria on the forehead. "Alright. Sorry about that."

"I sense there is a history between her and this… the woman you mentioned." Kakashi pointed out, while wisely avoiding Ophelia's name. It was a strange one too. Ophelia…

"Long story short: she got my wife's friend killed. Said friend was later revived by the Organization in an attempt to emotionally compromise Miria, later on, but that plan failed... But yeah, there's a lot of bitterness between the two. Ophi did improve over time, though, after I got that woman to calm down."

Both Kakashi and Ino got flat looks on their faces. Even if Kakashi had half of it covered by his mask. "Let me guess: she tried to kill you; you defeated her, and then you became friends…" the latter asked, unsurprisingly.

"Actually. Yeah. That's more or less what happened." Naruto replied with a sheepish laugh. He left out the part that the silver-haired woman was a demon that eats human innards. And that five of the fifteen women he brought with him are demon women. He didn't want to give his sensei a panic attack…. Even if it would be a hilarious prank. "I still have no idea why that seems to work. It seems whoever tries to kill me becomes my friend after I beat them up… assuming they survive."

"No kidding." Kakashi chuckled. "You convinced Pein of all people to bring everyone he killed when he attacked our home back to life. And all you did was talk to him."

"It was a bit more than that." Naruto admitted. "It was more about ideals and the cycle of pain, but in the end, I got him to have faith in Jiraiya-Sensei's teachings again. The rest you know is history."

"' Jiraiya-Sensei'? Not Pervy-Sage?" Ino joked.

"I do still call him Pervy-Sage, usually in a joking manner… but nowadays, I prefer to call him by his proper title, as I should have done - especially when talking about more serious things. He is a hero, after all."

"Fair point," Ino replied with a solemn smile and a nod.

"We're getting close to the Compound, I think…" Naruto looked to the Hokage and asked. "It's been a while for me, so, how far are we to getting there?"

"Not far," Kakashi replied. "They only live about a block away from here."

Miria noted that they appeared to be nearing the edge of the village, judging by how small and far apart the buildings were getting. "So, the outskirts, then?"

"Close to them," Kakashi explained. "They live in a more rural area of the village so their dogs have more room to run around. It's healthier for them, and the clan itself is more or less a collection of oddballs, so they don't get along with some villagers as well as others."

"Kiba was one of the exceptions if I remember right." Naruto mused aloud.

"Hana's more of one, actually, but yes," Kakashi pointed out with a nod. "They inherited Tsume's charisma, though she herself is far more abrasive than her kids."

"Yeah, I can see her being an… an acquired taste," Naruto chuckled. "She's a lot like Anko in that she's the kinda girl who's not afraid to speak her mind and has no fucks left to give."

"You seem to attract women like that, especially," Miria muttered.

"Admittedly," her husband replied with another chuckle. "Women like that are generally more honest, and I like an honest woman. I think I got that from dad. Mom was more or less the same, from what I've heard."

"And it doesn't have anything to do with how you were growing up?" Ino asked, quirking an eyebrow at him.

Naruto scoffed. "What? Being ignored for most of my life. Having everyone treating me like dirt? And being lied to nearly all the time? Nooooooo, of course not. Whatever gave you that idea, Ino?" he asked with sarcasm lathing his voice.

Kakashi chuckled in amusement at the sheepish look on Ino's face. "He has a point there, Ino." he pointed out. "And you were one of those people who treated him badly."

Miria, Alicia and Beth all glared at the blonde upon hearing that.

"I wasn't that bad!" Ino protested.

"Yes. That's true. You were one of the handful of people that didn't treat me as dirt twenty-four-seven." Naruto admitted with a nod, then what he said next made the smile she had on her face slightly more strained. "But you were one of the ones who liked to… follow the crowd, just so you can spread rumours around. You grew out of it thankfully."

"Y-yeah. I did. I was an idiot back then." Ino said with a nervous laugh and shuddered at the stern eyed look Miria was giving her. It wasn't even a glare, but it was enough to give her chills! It was official, that woman was scary!

"When we get to the Inuzuka Compound, let's keep the reason why we're there under wraps for the most part. If Kiba is there then I dread to know how he would react to his sister and mother kidnapping and having their way with me," Naruto told them, but more to Kakashi and Ino than the other three.

"I can do that. So can Ino for that matter." Kakashi replied with a nod and an eye smile.

"Yeah. I'll keep my mouth shut. My lips are sealed!" Ino added, pinching her forefinger and thumb at the corner of her mouth and dragging them across like she was pulling a zipper. As they carried on from there, drifting into a comfortable silence after a few minutes, a flash of orange caught Naruto's eye. He turned to look and was pleasantly surprised to see one of his old 'minions'.

"Moegi?" Or at least he thought it was her… it had been seven years since he'd seen the brat, after all.

The strawberry blonde in question had her back to them. She stiffened; despite the masculine voice sounding a little different, she recognized it... but could hardly believe it. Looking over her shoulder to make sure her imagination wasn't playing cruel tricks, her expression went from shock to unadulterated joy. "Onii-Chan!" she cried out, running to Naruto.

The blond in question smiled warmly, giving Moegi a once-over. Now that she was going on twenty, she looked very different.

Her once-gravity-defying hair now fell to earth as it should, though it was still arranged in a pair of pigtails - bound at the end, as they'd always been. Her partially-snipped bangs were a nice, new addition, framing her now-more-angular face. She'd also grown a good two, possibly even three feet, not nearly as tall as Naruto, himself and her attire was now more professional - consisting of a black tank top and matching skirt under a Konoha-style flack jacket. Her black cloth village plate was worn around her neck like a scarf and a pair of matching boots finished off her attire.

"Well, you've certainly grown." he chuckled, when she came to a stop in front of the group, the poor girl was looking she was keeping herself from glomping him. More out of common courtesy than anything. He gave her a look of concern and asked. "How are Undon and Konohamaru? Kakashi-Sensei told me that the three of you were going to try and defect, just to try and find me after hearing what happened."

"Uh… about that…" Moegi chuckled nervously, her cheeks turning a bright red. "I… might have been at least partially responsible for Konohamaru and Udon being so enthusiastic about finding you…"

"Really? Why?" Naruto asked. Konohamaru saw him as the closest thing to a brother he had, so for him to nearly go rogue as a result of the Suna Incident was of little surprise.

"I'm not to take that as confirmation that she had your kid, am I?" Miria grumbled.

Poor Moegi turned beet red at that, immediately reduced to a sputtering mess. "Wh-what? No! I-I mean, I w-wouldn't have minded but that's not why, at all…"

Ino was utterly shocked to hear that.

"Oh, my God, you had sex with her, too?!" It took every last shred of Ino's self-control not to shout that.

Naruto blinked at her, "Yeah? I did admit that when Miria was interrogating me about previous partners several minutes ago, remember?"

"I thought you were joking!" the blonde hissed. It was taking everything in her willpower to not just run off and spread it around.

"Why would I be? My wife was drilling me for answers," Naruto pointed out. "You have no idea how scary she can be when the right buttons are pushed."

"So, why did you avoid Naruto for weeks after the two of you went at it?" Miria asked, giving the young woman a flat look. "He was worried sick that he'd knocked you up."

"B-because he'd started dating Hinata, by then," Moegi sputtered. "I… didn't want my crush to get in the way of their relationship." She then turned to Naruto and gave him a deep, apologetic bow. "I am so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you like that! I… I just… uh…"

"It's fine, Moegi," Naruto told her with a warm, but tired smile.

"She couldn't have even been fifteen when the two of you did it," Miria pointed out, turning her flat look towards Naruto. "She's too young."

"She was still an adult," he defended. "Around here, the age of consent is thirteen, not fifteen." then he cocked his head to the side before adding as an afterthought. "I guess that's another difference between our cultures that we can add to the list."

"S-so, uh, who are these women?" Moegi asked looking to Miria, Alicia and Beth in curiosity.

"Their names are Miria, Alicia, and Beth," Naruto replied, gesturing to the women in that order. "They're my wives from a distant continent. We've been together for… six years now, right?" he asked, looking to Miria for confirmation.

Moegi perked up at the word wives, leaving the sandy brunette looking rather displeased. "A little longer than that. We're going on seven," the woman replied. "If you're thinking about joining, then you have over twenty women to compete with."

There was a spark in Moegi's eye in that moment. She certainly wouldn't mind giving it a shot if presented with the opportunity. "Well, if he has time for that many, I'm sure he can find the time for me," she giggled, her cheeks going bright red.

"If I didn't have Kage Bunshin that would be a whole different story." Naruto groaned pitifully. "I really don't want to add another woman… I got enough back on the other continent wanting to get in my pants already!" he whined.

"If you didn't have Kage Bunshin, then Priscilla, Riful and Luciela would horde you all to themselves," Miria sighed. "You have no idea how grateful I am for that not to be the case. Also, I seem to remember you wanting to fuck my friend in addition to no less than fifteen hussies. Enough women my ass; you had enough, back when you brought Karui into the fold, let alone all the ones who followed!"

"...For the first part: that's very true." Naruto let out a shudder. "And what's worse, the latter two are kage level. Priscilla can take on all five kages and win. I'd dread having to fight her, to be honest. Also, for the last part: would you have prefered the alternative for them? Because I sure as hell don't."

"Alternative?" Kakashi asked, looking genuinely curious… and a bit concerned by Naruto's tone.

"If I hadn't, they would have had no choice but to try and kill me and my family," Naruto explained. "The friend and fifteen 'hussies' she was referring to are a team of resurrected warriors. The best of the best of their time, and then some. They were brought back to life for the sole purpose of getting rid of me and any warriors who'd defected from the Organization. Thankfully, one of their members had defected, due to her ability to see the future and convinced them to take a different path."

"And what would have happened had she not defected?" an understandably hesitant Ino asked.

"According to her," Naruto started, " They would cross paths with a few of my lovers and been obligated to kill them. In that vision, the one who had the visions was executed for treason, because she was trying to tell them that fighting me would be fruitless. So her death leads to that encounter with a few of my lovers - one of whom was pregnant. They were killed, and, when I got there and saw what they had done I got so angry I went tailed beast mode on them. They along with several thousand miles of land were erased. Except for one… she was able to outrun the blast, but I caught up to her and well… I killed her. Slowly." death by boiling in oil. It was a really shitty way to go.

"I'm afraid to ask…" Ino muttered, now looking rather pale. "Glad that didn't happen, then."

"I forgot about that…" Miria whispered, looking rather pale herself. "Actually, I've changed my mind. This outcome is much better than that one." she had no idea if she knew about Hilda in that 'vision' but she hoped she wasn't. She wouldn't have been able to cope with it if that was the case.

"Yeah…" Naruto replied. "Well, now, we have them on our side. They'll be a very big help in taking down the Organization."

"If there's anything I can do to help," Moegi said, "then I'm in."

"That's what I'm here for actually. Getting help in taking them down." Naruto told her. "We have allies within their ranks, but it's only a matter of time before they start purging their own forces to get rid of anybody that likes me." he looked to Kakashi and asked, "Is it okay if I tell them the ranking of the mission and the pay?"

"Later," Kakashi replied. "We still have two more people for you to check on if I recall."

----

Europa was laying on Naruto's old bed in his apartment. It was so much comfier than she'd been expecting… and she could still detect traces of his scent on it. She giggled, rolling over and hugging one of his pillows. "I could just stay here forever," she sighed dreamily.

"You just want to stay and sleep on his bed." Octavia blandly pointed out. "Still, the differences between this continent and ours is staggering. This building is like several-dozen houses mashed into one. I've never seen anything of the like!" She turned to a particularly amused shadow clone Naruto had left behind to make sure they didn't accidentally break anything. "Is this some kind of inn? I don't think I could have imagined one with a kitchen for every suite."

"It's an apartment complex," the Naruto clone explained. "It's basically a cheaper form of housing for anyone who can't afford… well, a house. It provides you with everything you need: a kitchen; a bathroom; a bedroom... almost anything you can think of. This one even has a gym and a swimming pool, though they're in a separate area of the building."

"A swimming pool...?" Europa asked. It was such a curious term.

"Basically, a man-made, private lake for swimming." the clone of Naruto explained, once more. "It's public. But you can't go in it naked. You have to have a special type of clothing to wear… which isn't all that different from ordinary clothes, to be honest. Also, I don't know if this will apply to you, but don't try drinking the water in one. Just in case. It could make you sick. It has special stuff in it that keeps it clean and prevents bugs from breeding in it."

"Noted," Octavia replied. While they didn't drink much, even awakened beings needed at least some water, as Naruto had learned when living with Riful. The Abyssal loli had apparently stored away rainwater in several barrels for precisely that reason… or rather, it was safe to assume she'd had Dauf do it for her before she met him.

The clone looked towards the kitchen area and walked to it. "I wonder if they kept everything in stock?" he mused aloud. He immediately wandered to the fridge and was unsurprised to see that it was empty. Seeing as how he'd been gone for seven years, it made sense that whoever Kakashi had maintaining this place would throw away the food once it had expired. And the boss took the packed ramen with him when he and Hinata left. The chances of the cupboards being stashed with cup ramen again was fairly minimal. It wouldn't hurt to check though.

Octavia meanwhile continued marvelling at the bathroom, finding herself playing with the light switch. It was so fascinating! It was like a lantern you can turn on and off anytime you want without replacing the oil! And it was more efficient at lighting up the room too!

The clone chuckled in amusement. Her childlike wonder was just so cute!

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Later on, a still visibly relieved Naruto now stood in the Hokage's office with Kakashi, Miria, Alicia, Beth, Moegi and Ino. The other women were still out exploring Konoha or staying at Naruto's apartment. Kakashi also had someone fetch the rest of Moegi and Ino's teams, as well.

Apparently, Hana and Tsume hadn't gotten themselves knocked up when they kidnapped him, though certainly not for lack of trying. He couldn't imagine Kiba's reaction had he found out that his mother and sister were pregnant with Naruto's kids. Oh, he can certainly imagine Kiba trying to rip his face off or to cut off his genitals and feed them to him.

Fukasaku and Shima had mysteriously vanished from the office. Naruto had initially panicked that they had gotten themselves lost, or that someone had kidnapped them while he was gone. That initial panic was put a stop to when Kakashi found a letter on his desk, left behind by Fukasaku and Shima so they could be told that they had reserved summoned themselves to Mount Myōboku.

It was a relief for the blond.

"So, what's this mission ranked and how much are you willing to pay Naruto?" Ino asked, now that they had nothing to distract them from getting to the bottom of his visit.

"It's an S-rank mission. I'm willing to pay ten-million ryo upfront and ten-million if you're successful." the blond answered.

The two teams stared at him in shock. Of course, half of that would go to the village and the other would be split amongst the teams, as per protocol, but even then, 20 million ryo was not something to scoff at!

"Are you serious?!" Ino shouted. "When did you have that kind of money?!"

"When I inherited Jiraiya-Sensei's movie company, his spy network and Icha Icha series." Naruto replied with a chuckle. "And I'm basically a lesser lord, keeping a small town running in another land."

Konohamaru and his teammates marvelled at that, drawing a chuckle from the blond. The boss was just so cool!

"And if I remember right, there is an entire island that use to belong to your mother's side of the family." Miria added. "We may want to see about settling down there when we're done with the Organization and exterminating the yoma. Morris is nice and all, but I'd rather have a place to ourselves."

"I plan to. There should be the ruins of the hidden village over there, too. But we're going to have to get past the whirlpools… and put a lot of time into restoring the place. There could be a lot of death traps that haven't been used when they were invaded as well, so clearing those up is also a must. Thank the Twins for Kage Bunshin."

"The Twins?" Kakashi asked.

"Local deities from a religion on their island," Naruto explained. "Teresa and Clare, the Twin Goddesses of Love, for the record. They're pretty interesting… I also seem to have become an unofficial champion of the faith… long story. You'd be surprised what can happen when you save enough lives."

"I believe it," Kakashi chuckled. "While I wasn't considered a hero on quite that big a scale until the Fourth Great War, I had my fair share of interesting tales to tell."

"I believe it." Naruto paused… before palming his face. "I think my old verbal tic just resurfaced…"

Several people in the room shared a good chuckle at that.

"What? Because you said 'Believe it'?" Konohamaru asked.

"Yeah… I hate that tic… so annoying." the blond exhaled grumpily. Then he cleared his throat and looked back at who was assembled. "So, is this all the teams? Just Team Ebisu and Team Asuma? What about what's left of Team Kurenai and Team Guy?"

"I'll see what I can do, though Tenten seems to be considering retirement, while Kiba and Shino are working in the academy," Kakashi replied. "Lee's the easy one. If no one else, he's practically guaranteed, though he has the day off right now… which means he's probably running laps around the village or something."

"...I see." then Naruto's lips curled into a smile. It was a smile that Kakashi didn't like. At all. It screamed the days of old when Naruto would pull off all manner pranks and lead the ANBU on a wild goose chase.

"...Naruto, what are you thinking?" a very reluctant Kakashi asked.

The blond began to chuckle deviously. "...I'm thinking of joining Lee on these laps. And cause all sorts of chaos to get Tenten, Kiba and Shino involved- ow!"

An unamused Miria was holding him by the ear. "No."

"But Miria- oooooooow!"

"I said, no," she repeated, in a firmer tone while pulling at his ear once more. "We're here to get help. Not cause trouble. So, down boy."

"Y-yes, dear. So pleeeeeease stop pulling on my ear." he pleaded. Naruto was tempted to add, "or no snuggles for you" to it, but didn't want to push his luck. Satisfied at preventing a potential disaster, Miria let go of his ear.

Moegi couldn't help but giggle at that. They made for a cute couple.

"So, what is the mission?" Shikamaru asked.

Being as the one who is paying for this mission Naruto spoke up. "Kakashi-Sensei has the scroll with the ryo and the mission details. But, it's essentially a joint mission with the rebellion." he turned to the Nara and added, "The Teams that will come with us will be doing a search and rescue, while the rebellion is distracting the soldiers through a siege. It's an S-rank because the ones you're going to be rescuing are hybrids. Young girls, who are being trained to become warriors like Miria and if our suspicion is true, then there are two who are like Alicia and Beth - a pair of twins being trained and broken down into mindless killing machines, with no thought or will of their own. Basically a worse version of Gaara… with the ability to turn into monsters, though we don't know much else about them."

"In case you're wondering, yes, Alicia and Beth have the ability to turn into monsters too, though only one at a time," Miria said when she saw the looks being given to the twins in question.

"They've been rehabilitated, though they're still a bit shy around strangers," Naruto added. "But, when I first met them, the poor things were practically lifeless shells. I helped them get better, myself, though it was a long process."

"And many nights of them sleeping with you," Miria added.

"And showing us how to love," Alicia added as well.

"And giving us several babies." Beth added after her older sister with a small, impish grin.

"Oh, my~!" Moegi giggled.

"Riiight," Kakashi muttered. "Again, I'll see what I can do about the others. I'll see what I can do about adding a third team to the fray if the others can't join. One way or another, everyone should be ready within a few hours."

"Take as much time as they need. We're going to be staying here for a bit… the others are exploring Konoha after all."

"Alright," Kakashi replied.

"In the meantime, you wanna catch up, Boss?" Konohamaru asked. "It's been a long time, and I have got to know what you've been up to!"

"I would love to, but... I'll have to run it through Miria. She gets jealous when she doesn't get any attention." with a chuckle Naruto looked to his sandy-brunette haired wife and asked "What do you three think? Can I catch with up with him? Or do you and the twins want to come with? I can buy things for you three if you want~."

They all perked up at that as Miria replied. "I'm getting extra snuggles tonight if you flirt with the girl." Moegi blushed and Naruto chuckled at that. The sandy brunette then hugged her man tight and kissed him on the cheek, "but, beyond that, I'm perfectly fine with it~!"

"So is that a 'yes' to you coming with?" Naruto teasingly asked. Though he really wanted to know if she was saying yes to him catching up to Team Ebisu, or yes to her and the twins coming with.

"Of course," Miria giggled. "Someone's got to beat back all the fangirls with a stick."

"Yes. No one shall show affection for you but us." Alicia impishly added.

"...We want to buy stuff, too." Beth added. "The clothes here are so much more comfortable than the ones back home."

"We can do that," Naruto said with a chuckle. "Now that I think about it, I need to get a change of clothes myself… maybe something reminiscent to what I use to wear?"

"You're not thinking of wearing a god-awful orange jumpsuit are you?" Ino asked.

"First of all Ino that wasn't a jumpsuit, it was a jacket and trousers." Naruto pointed out to her. "And no, I'm not going to wear anything like that. I'm thinking of getting something else…"

"I personally like what I saw of your old attire," Miria said.

"You did?" he blinked. "That's a first for me. Normally I'm told it's stupid to wear. It's nice to see that someone likes my fashion sense! Unlike some people - Ino." he coughed her name at the end.

The blonde in question shrugged indifferently. To be fair, she just hated the colour orange.

"With your permission, Hokage-Sama, we'll be taking our leave." Naruto said. When Kakashi nodded with a chuckle, the blond smiled, put his arms around Alicia and Beth and hugged them to him, then he turned to Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi. "C'mon you three, let's go and catch up."

Each member expressed their enthusiasm in their own way as they left with him and his wives.