"What do you think she wanted with him?" Sakura asked as the team, minus Naruto, left Tsunade's office.

"Who knows?" Kakashi shrugged, his nose still in his book. "I'm sure it's important if she asked the rest of us to leave."

"Still-"

"If Naruto or Lady Tsunade wants us to know, then they will tell us later." He cut her off. "Just forget about it for now."

Summer stayed back a bit and watched without a comment. She didn't bother thinking about what was going on in the office simply because she would be made aware of it later. After being Naruto's best friend for six years, his teammate for four, and girlfriend for one, she knew that he wouldn't keep information from his friends, meaning his team at Beacon. Even if that information could emotionally harm one of them, he would simply tell them in the most blunt and gentle way possible. It was actually quite funny sometimes now that she thought about it.

"-think, Summer?" Sakura's voice cut into her thoughts. She turned to the pinkette questioningly.

"I'm sorry. Could you repeat that, please?" She said, slightly sheepish. Sakura rolled her eyes.

"I asked what you thought they are doing in there." She said again.

"I don't know. Like Kakashi said, we'll probably find out later. If not," Summer shrugged. "Then there was no need for us to know."

Sakura seemed shocked, "Wait, seriously!? You're not the least bit curious?" She asked incredulously.

"Of course I am." The Rose replied simply. "But I trust him to inform us if it was something truly important."

Sakura seemed stumped by this answer and even Kakashi gave her a small look from over his book. 'Hm, the amount of faith she has in him is quite something.' He silently noted.

"Anyways," Summer continued as they left the tower and entered the streets. She made to go in the opposite direction. "I'll see you guys later. I have a little girl that I haven't seen in about a week to attend to."

Sakura nodded slowly while Kakashi waved his hand lazily. "Sure, sure. Go for it."

"See ya later!" She shouted over shoulder, having already moved a fair distance away before disappearing entirely.

Kakashi turned back to his other student, but sweatdropped at the sight of the pinkette shambling off with an air of depression shrouding her. The silver haired Jounin stared for a moment before retreating back to the solace of Icha-Icha and walked away casually.

'Yeah, definitely not handling that fire.'

XxXxX

"She's missed you a lot, you know." Jiraiya said as he watched Summer bounce the giggling blonde toddler in her lap. "Naruto too."

"I'm sure." She picked her up and made faces at Yang, something that the child tried to emulate with varied forms of success. After a particular failed attempt, the two fell into a fit of laughter.

"So," Jiraiya began when the two finished giggling. "How was your first real fight with a S-ranked shinobi?"

"To be honest, I was terrified." She stated truthfully.

"That's understandable." He replied easily. "Not many has the guts to stand up to a S-ranked missing nin and fight them, let alone escape with their life. So be happy that you're alive at all."

"I know. I am. But," Her hands clenched the edges of her cloak. "I could tell he was holding back, a lot. And if that's only a part of his strength, then I shiver at the thought of fighting him fully powered."

"Could you tell me what happened?"

"Sure." Summer said slowly as she shifted Yang so she could sit more comfortably. "Though it wasn't so much a fight, as it was a one-sided beat down. . ."

Sparks flew as the two headed spear, Blizzard Rose clashed with the massive sentient sword. Gritting her teeth, Summer let loose a barrage of strikes that were invisible to the untrained eye.

Kisame grinned as he batted away her attacks with flat end of his sword before bringing the blade down in an overhand swing. The Rose instinctively danced to the side just in time to avoid the blow, which destroyed the ice she had been using as a platform. She then continued to maneuver around the large man as she skillfully spun her spear around her body and swung at his exposed back. However, this was not meant to be as Kisame lashed out with a back kick.

Already in motion from her strike, Summer could only hastily throw up a defense that was easily shattered by the strength of the kick and caused her to be tossed back.

Flying backwards through the air, she grimaced as her forearm throbbed in pain. Despite her aura defending her, she could already feel a bruise forming. Flipping, she conjured up a wall of ice at her feet and landed in a crouch before blasting off in a blur of speed that shattered the ice wall beneath her.

Appearing next to her opponent in a swirl of wind, Summer spun and brought the end of Blizzard Rose down on his head. Kisame simply his sword up in response. He blinked, however, when there was no impact. Years of experience caused him to duck as one of the blades of Summer's spear flew over head.

Rotating while still staying in a crouch, Kisame swung at the Rose's feet as she was still suspended in the air. Summer saw it coming and put the end of Blizzard Rose down to block. The blades connected and the force and position she was in caused her to flip upside down. Going with the spin, she swung her spear around her body and managed to nick his cloak.

Kisame noticed this and grinned excitedly before striking with a simple, non-lethal jab. Summer however, felt something was off about the seemingly innocent punch and, when she landed back on her feet, immediately bent back in a 90 degree angle allowing the strike to sail over her.

This looked to be a good call as, right after she had dodged, a shockwave blasted from his fist and dug a trench into the water behind her. The wave continued its path before eventually slamming into a cluster of half submerged trees and completely uprooted them from the ground.

Not having enough time to gape at the show of power, Summer moved her arms back and placed her hands on the water beneath her. Sending a surge of aura through her body, she flash freezed the area around them and captured Kisame's feet in a thick coating of ice. Knowing she didn't have much time before he broke free, Summer flipped back onto her feet, moved forward, and delivered a devastating split-kick to his chin. A loud crack rang out before Kisame was sent rocketing skyward with the frozen platform cracking as well as the ice coating his feet breaking as well. Kisame grimaced in the air as he rubbed his bruised jaw.

'The hell?' He thought with slight surprise, 'Where did that sudden amount of strength come from?' Unknown to the blue swordsman, right before he was kicked, Summer's body was briefly engulfed in crimson, flame like aura before dissipating just as quickly as it came.

The Rose was not finished with her attack, however, as she slammed a hand to the ground causing a half dozen of large, razor sharp pillars to launch out of water with blurring speeds straight to the still suspended Kisame.

The airborne man deflected three of the spikes to the side, but was stopped by the remaining half appearing in a cross in front of him. Kisame smirked before he smashed the last of the pillars to pieces, although that smirk vanished when Summer appeared amongst the broken ice, a slow frontwards somersault already in motion. The heel dropped and Kisame's body was flung into the waters below causing a massive tower of water to erupt.

She dropped down onto Kisame's position like a bomb. Spinning like a buzz saw as she fell through the water, splitting it into two parts. As soon as she hit the bottom, another wave of water went up. This one being much smaller than the other and it went back instead of up. The wave then immediately halted as it turned to solid ice.

When the dust, or in this case water, settled around the two fighters. Summer could be seen in a crouch below Kisame with one of the blades of Blizzard Rose touching ice below his feet. She took a step back and, with one more shout of effort, split the man in half at the waist.

There was a moment of silence as Kisame's body swayed slightly before falling to two separate sides. When the two parts fell, there was the sound of water splashing into more water.

'Wait, water?' Summer's eyes widened as the body transformed into water and mixed back into the small lake. Looking around wildly, she attempted to catch a glimpse of the man, however, this proved to be fruitless. That is, until she saw a steadily increasing shadow form at her feet. Her head snapped up and cursed loudly.

Kisame was above her with naught but a few feet of space between them and had Samehada poised to strike.

'Shit! No time to dodge. I gotta try to block!' The crimson aura from before returned, this time being more static like in it's movement. It engulfed the entirety of her body, from head to toe, and she shifted into a more solid stance, leaning forward slightly while solidifying ice around her feet and bringing Blizzard Rose up above

her.

This process was done in a matter of a few seconds and was just in time to defend against Kisame as he dropped his massive sword down on her form.

A deafening clang rang out and a visible shockwave exploded from the two at the point of contact. Kisame seemed slightly surprised that the Rose had managed to block him before he grinned, amusement gleaming in his eyes, and put more pressure into his strike. The ice under Summer's feet cracked and began to crumble from the force as his sword slowly pushed down her spear.

Finally, Kisame let out one more surge of strength and shattered her defences. The bandaged blade of Samehada taped against the upper part of her back before, in a way reminiscent to the technique used by Tsunade and Sakura, released chakra through his sword the moment it touched her. However, this was only a crude copy of the fifth Hokage's monstrous strength, so, instead of being turned to paste, most of the power was sent awry causing the ice below them to completely shatter into pieces and strong gusts of wind to blow across the battlefield.

Although, the leftover power was still enough to blast away the Rose. Summer's body suddenly vanished and reappeared skipping over the surface of the lake causing small explosions of water to rise from each impact. She eventually came to a painful stop when she collided with a large boulder making an imprint of her form in the hard rock.

Around her body, her crimson aura flickered and died, showing that she had finally reached her energy limits. She coughed painfully as her breath rattled in her chest and some blood dribbled down her chin. She tried to move but found that she was far too into the rock to get free and too exhausted to try anything else. She did somehow manage to keep her grip on Blizzard Rose but, even that was weakened.

A low chuckle pulled her attention away from her self analysis. Looking through half lidded eyes, Summer glared as Kisame walked slowly over to her with his sword resting on his shoulder.

"Well, I didn't think you'd last this long, girlie. The only ones who managed to last as long as you have where, my old partner and leader-sama." He praised, his cocky smirk never leaving his face. "Congratulations. You get to die with honor."

Summer stayed silent, but the glare, despite her efforts, turned slightly fearful as he drew closer. He stopped when he got right in front of her. He hefted his sword and swung with the full intention to kill.

"Stop." An unknown voice said clearly, even if it was a bit low in tone. The blade came to a stop, barely grazing the skin on her cheeks and drawing blood. The swordsman seemed frozen for a moment before he let out a sigh.

"Seems playtime is over." He re-holstered Samehada and turned away. "You got lucky this time, girlie. I won't kill you right now, but know this; the next time we cross blades in battle, only one will leave with their lives." And with those ominous words, he disappeared in a swirl of water, leaving the frozen Rose behind.

"Afterwards I managed to pull myself out of that rock and make my way to the rest of the team, but when I got there the rest had already gotten away." Summer finished.

Jiraiya, who had been listening to her story in silence, let out a low hum. "Hm, it seems to me that you managed to earn his respect."

She gave him a confused look, "Respect?" She parroted. "How so?"

"Heck if I know." The Toad Sage shrugged. "I don't know how that man's mind works. Maybe you impressed him with your prowess in using Blizzard Rose."

"Oh," Summer replied simply. "But that still doesn't explain his last words or the voice."

"He probably saw some potential in you. If there was a chance you could provide a better challenge later, then he is most likely giving you the opportunity to improve yourself and that voice could be this 'leader-sama' he spoke of before."

"But why would he allow someone to get better and allow them chance to possibly defeat him?"

"Who knows?" Jiraiya shrugged again. "Maybe he's a battle junkie or something. Just be glad that you were given the opportunity to continue living."

"I am happy. I guess this just means I'll have to train more and get stronger for next time!" Summer pounded a fist into her open hand, something that Yang copied and seemed to like as she then proceeded to repeat this action several more times. Jiraiya chuckled at the two's antics.

"With that attitude I'm sure you'll get stronger in no time." He said getting a grateful smile from the Rose. The two then fell into relatively peaceful silence.

"So, how was Yang?" Summer asked suddenly. "She didn't cause any trouble, did she?"

". . . No?"

Summer gave him a look that caused him to freeze involuntary, "What happened?"

"Uh, well, you see, I may or may not have, er, brought her to a b-bathhouse?" He stumbled out with a slight squeak in the end.

The Rose's glare turned downright terrifying as she asked, "And then?"

"N-Nothing too crazy!" Jiraiya said hurriedly. "I just got c-caught peeping and before I got beat up like I usually do, Yang stopped them with her cuteness!"

Summer nodded slowly with an eerie like calmness, "So, you only used her as a way to get yourself out of trouble?" The white haired sage nodded frantically. She let out a long breath and closed her eyes. "Okay, I can understand that." Jiraiya slumped into his chair in relief.

"I'm glad you see it my wa- gack!" He exclaimed in pain as a foot slammed his head into the ground.

"As if!" Summer shouted while repeatedly stomping on the downed form of the Toad Sage. "Like hell I'd be okay with that you pervert!"

"Wait! Ow, stop! Aren't you supposed to be the gentle and nice one!"

"No mercy!"

Jiraiya cried a waterfall of tears as he continued to get pounded into the floor. He reached out painfully to the blonde toddler sitting on the couch watching. "Help me, Yang!" He pleaded.

Yang simply stared for a moment before pointing a small finger and declaring, with perfect clarity, "Pervert."

Instantly, to Jiraiya, the world froze and the sound of glass breaking was heard as his body turned white and fell to pieces. Summer halted her attack and stared at the pitiful form of the supposed legendary Sannin.

She was about kick him again, just for the hell of it, but stopped when a sudden heavenly scent was inhaled through her nostrils. Her silver eyes slowly grew to large proportions and drool began seeping out of her mouth. In an instant, she vanished out of the apartment leaving a confused Yang and still downed Jiraiya.

There was a moment of silence before it was interrupted when Summer reappeared, grabbed Yang, and swept right back out the door, which was closed with a slam.

Jiraiya's broken form remained a stain on the floor for a moment before dispersing into a cloud of smoke..

Now in her and Naruto's shared apartment, Summer tracked down the enticing scent in an animal like

fashion. Eyes closed and nostrils flaring, she followed the smell until she reached the kitchen area. She came upon a large cooking sheet sitting on top of the stove. Opening her eyes, stars formed at the sight of two dozen freshly baked cookies. Each of the delicious treats had an unassuming plain brown look to them with small chocolate chips scattered about, as if not much care was put into it, but Summer knew better.

Slowly, almost reverently, she picked one up and brought it to her mouth. She took a small bite. Immediately the flavour exploded across her taste buds as the mix between chocolate and strawberries collided before somehow managing to blend perfectly.

If she were to glance at the partially eaten cookie, she would have seen the red strawberry filling on the verge of falling out. However, she did not look and instead began to devour it. What came next would go down as the most one-sided massacre in all of cookie history as Summer systematically destroyed the small treats.

She continued until her hand reached out for another one only to hit metal. Coming out of her cookie-daze, she glanced at the tray in confusion before a look of horror crossed her features.

"NO!~" She cried dramatically as she fell to her knees. "I did it again!" Tears, similar to the ones Jiraiya had earlier, cascaded down her face. She would have continued to do so, if not for the sheet of paper falling on top of her head. Grasping at it, she stared at the paper with bleary eyes.

Hope you enjoyed your cookies! I knew you would eat them all in one go so I only set out the ones on the tray. I made more, but they are hidden until I take them out myself. There are, however, two that I'll give you the location of. Inside the dresser beside my bed, is a small plate with two cookies on it. Before you go, these are not for you, they are for Yang. If you eat them I will not make you anymore for the rest of the month. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed my apology treat!

P.S. If you're wondering how I managed to make these so fast, then all I have to say is; shadow clones are quite useful outside of fighting, eh?

At the bottom of the page was a chibi Naruto grinning while giving her a peace sign.

Summer stared blankly at the paper. "Aw, come on!" She exclaimed suddenly. "Why'd ya have to hide them!?" Her eyes suddenly grew wide in realization. "Wait, what about the ones in the dresser? I could get those." Her head shook violently. "No, no, no, no! Those are for Yang and if I eat them, Naruto might not make me any more for the next month!"

*Munch, Munch*

The sound of chewing brought her out of her hysterics. Turning her head in an owl like fashion, Summer came upon the sight of the small blonde girl happily eating two large cookies with a large smile on her face.

"Pappa's cookies!" Yang mumbled excitedly around the food in her mouth.

A strained smile appeared on Summer's face. "Uh, huh. Those are definitely pappa's cookies." She sighed in defeat. 'Guess I'll just have to wait until Tsunade gets done talking with Naruto.' She rubbed her head in frustration. 'Ugh, how long will that take! I'm gonna die if I have to wait any longer!'

XxXxX

"How long is this gonna take, Granny? 'Cause I have a feeling Summer has already found and eaten all the cookies I had my clone make and is probably tearing up our apartment looking for the other ones." Naruto said with a hand on his hip. He could clearly imagine her lying on the floor in comical despair with an empty tray next to her. He could also see that she would then get up and fruitlessly search every crease and crevice not knowing that the cookies are on the roof outside, hidden in a sealing scroll.

"It shouldn't take too long." Tsunade answered, decidedly ignoring the fact that she was just called old. "I just have a few questions I need to ask you."

"Okay," Naruto said, slightly interested. "Shoot."

"Right," She started. "Well, first off, how much do you know about your birth parents."

"Everything." He answered immediately.

"Good." Tsunade nodded, as if she had expected the response. "That makes this easier. As you probably already know, your parents, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, are well known people in the world of shinobi, for both good and bad reasons." She waited until he gave a sign of confirmation before continuing.

"Because of this, the information of your conception was kept a secret from many people, including yourself, but now I believe you are ready to handle the consequences of the village knowing your heritage. What do you think?"

"I am."

"Good." Tsunade repeated. "Is there anything you wish to know that you might not already?"

"Did they leave anything behind for me?" Naruto asked after a pause. The female blonde thought for a moment.

"Minato, despite his fame and accomplishments, was a clanless orphan and Kushina's clan's home was destroyed so there isn't much I can do for you there, but they did have a small residents outside of the Nara district that you can use. There's also the money both of them have assimilated over the course of their ninja careers." Tsunade said.

"Why by the Nara's?" Naruto asked. Not that he had anything against Shikamaru's family. It just seemed a bit random being placed there.

"I don't know." She admitted. "If there was a reason then I was not privileged to this information."

He nodded in understanding. "When can I get the money and directions to the house?"

"I can give you the keys in a few moments, but the money will have to wait until the next council meeting."

"Which is?"

"Two weeks."

Naruto nodded again, "Fine, I'll do it, but I want to go to the meeting."

Tsunade smirked, "Not a problem. After all, you are the rightful head of the Uzumaki clan, so you must be in attendance."

He returned her smirk. "Right, well, is that all?" He asked as he made to leave.

"No, one more thing." She said causing him to stop. "I need your honest opinion on the Grimm situation. What do you think allowed them to get through?"

Naruto closed his eyes and let out a long breath. "I don't know." He said finally. Tsunade nodded.

"Very well. You are dismissed. At the front desk, Shizune will be waiting to give you the key and map with directions to your new home. Good luck." She watched as he left and quietly shut the door behind him. Once she was sure he was gone, she turned and spoke to the seemingly empty room, "ANBU."

Instantly, a figure, already in a crouch with their head bent in a bow, fazed into view in the center of the room.

"Yes, Lady Hokage?" The figure spoke in a feminine tone.

"Neko, I need you to gather Tenzo, Boar, and Fox immediately." Tsunade ordered.

"Hai, Hokage-sama." The female ANBU vanished just as suddenly as she came. Tsunade only had to wait a few more moments before she reappeared with three other masked men.

"You four are being assigned an S-class mission to investigate the supposed appearance of Grimm within our borders. Start from outside the gates where the beasts were spotted and work your way to the closest section of the Remnant border near Nami no Kuni. The squad leader for this assignment will be Boar with Tenzo being your second in command. The perpetrator might still be lurking, so be discreet. If you spot anyone one suspicious investigate and report back to me. Any questions?"

The ANBU with the fox mask stepped forward. "How will we know if there were a disturbance in the boundary? None of us have the ability to channel Nature chakra."

Tsunade nodded at the man's words. "Yes, I am aware. That is why I'll be sending Jiraiya along with you."

Fox bowed his head in acceptance and stepped back.

"Anymore questions?" Nobody moved. "Good. You have your orders, move out." The ANBU vanished in a puff of smoke and swirl of leaves. Once more leaving the blonde Hokage alone to her office.

"Yo, Tsunade. What did you need me for?"

Or not.

Tsunade turned, with a twitching brow, to the white haired man crouching on the sill of her open window. "One of these days I'm gonna seal up that window." Jiraiya gave her a cheeky grin as he hopped down.

"No you won't." He said in a sing-song tone. The blonde 'tched' and turned away with a huff.

"I take it you heard all that?" She asked after a moment.

"Yep." He said, popping the 'p'.

"Then you know what to do?"

"Uh, huh." The two then lapsed into silence.

"Did you already talk to Summer?" Tsunade finally spoke.

"Yeah," Jiraiya said before grimacing and holding his head in phantom pain. "Girl sure has a strong kick."

"You told her, didn't you?" She smirked causing him to laugh nervously.

"My clone did. Definitely not one of my proudest moments. Yang even called me a pervert."

Tsunade gave him an inquiring look as amusement flashed in her eyes. "I thought you were proud of being a pervert."

"I am!" He said exuberantly before practically deflating. "But something about a kid who's not even two yet telling it to your face kinda hurts your self-esteem."

"Does that mean you're going to stop peeking?" She asked hopefully, only to sigh when he jumped up declared,

"Not a chance! There are still so many wonderful breasts to observe and I will not stop until I see them all! Besides, my publisher is still waiting for my next book and I need the inspiration." He said, seemingly unaware of the growing tick mark on Tsunade's forehead.

"Are you done yet?" She growled. Jiraiya glanced at her.

"Of course not. Unless you're willing to let me see those wonderful breasts of yours-" He was cut off as his face was met with the comically large fist of an enraged Tsunade.

"Just shut up and die you fucking pervert!" She shouted as his body shot through the open window and continued flying until he disappeared in an odd twinkle in the sky.

Tsunade panted a bit before letting out a long breath.

"Perverted idiot."

Outside, Naruto had already grabbed the key and map from Shizune and was making his way back to the apartment. A familiar scream, however, caught his attention causing him to stop and look up just in time to see his sensei soar across the sky in agony.

Naruto stared blankly at the fading body until it disappeared in the distance. He looked for a moment longer before shaking his head slowly and muttering, "Stupid pervert." under his breath and started walking again.

XxXxX

It didn't take long for Naruto to reach his, soon-to-be-former, home and walk up the stairs leading to his room. He pulled a key from his pouch before unlocking the door and began twisting the handle before pausing and bracing himself. He then closed his eyes, took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

"I'm home."

When he opened the door he expected many things. A ravaged, war torn house house. Maybe a few holes in the wall. What he didn't anticipate, however, was a completely intact room with not a single thing out of order and no lights on.

Cautiously closing the door behind him, he called out to the seemingly empty room,

"I'm back." He awaited a response for a moment and got one in the form of Yang calling out to him.

"Daddy!" She said excitedly, though a bit muffled. From her voice, he easily guessed that she was in his room and decided to head there. Walking slowly, he deftly ignored the sudden shiver up his spine as he entered through the open door.

"Hey, sweetie." He said noticing his blonde daughter sitting at the top of the bed by the pillows. In her hands was his old nightcap, which depicted an odd black and white creature with two large frontal teeth, and she was chewing on it. She seemed really intent on her task and, when she heard him enter, simply looked up for a bit as her she continued gnawing on the cap. "How was your day - gack!"

He was cut off as a weight dropped on top of him and sent him crashing into the floor. Instinctively, Naruto rotated as he fell so he could get a look at his attacker. He was going to reach for a kunai but stopped when he recognized the person above him.

"Summer?" He asked curiously. He opened his mouth to say more, but the Rose shook him violently nearly causing him to bite his tongue.

"Where are the cookies!?" Summer shouted into his ear.

"If yOu sToP sHaKiNg Me I'lL tElL yOu!" His voice came out warbled from the fast movement. She seemed to realize this and stopped before leaning in close to stare into his dizzy eyes.

"Cookies." She hissed.

Naruto head lolled for a moment longer before he shook himself out of his daze. He cringed slightly at the fire in her eyes. "If you get off of me I can go get them."

Summer seemed to go over his offer mentally before nodding and getting up slowly. "Lead me to the cookies." She commanded in, what he guessed was, a regal tone. Deciding to play along, Naruto stood up as well and bent over at the waist.

"As you command, my lady." His tone, low and smooth, caused the Rose to color a bit.

"R-Right." She stammered slightly before clearing her throat and regaining her composure. "Now take me to the treasure, pheasant."

"Yes, lady Summer." He bowed again before holding out his hand. "Please follow me." She stared at his hand for a moment before grabbing it and allowing herself to be led out of the room.

Still in her spot on the bed, Yang watched all of this go on in silence. Her eyes show confusion at the actions of her parents, but does not say anything about it. When Naruto begins to lead Summer out of the room, however, she tries to do something. She attempted to take the cap out of her mouth, only to forget to unclench her teeth when she pulled. The hat stretched briefly before, upon releasing, snapping back and popping the toddler in the face, causing the young blonde fell back with a surprised grunt.

Yang lies back staring at the ceiling for a moment before turning over and glaring to where the innocent looking cap had wound up after it hit her. She grabbed at it and attempted to throw it.

"Bad cappy!" She shouted as the hat flew away. She turned away with a smug look, meaning she missed the miraculous act of the night cap hitting the bed post, wrapping around it, and being flung back at her. Although, she did feel the after effect as it her in the back of the head, forcing her to face plant into the bed.

Yang stayed prone for a moment before sitting up and rubbing her hair in confusion. Glancing back, she immediately took notice of the cap, once again, sitting innocently in the same spot as before. The young Uzumaki, however did not see it as so.

Shock and fear flashed in her eyes before determination replaced it. Pushing herself up onto her feet she unsteadily stomped her way to the hat and looked down at it with a menacing (read; adorable) glare. She would defeat this evil nightcap! No matter what the cost!

XxXxX

Oblivious to his daughter's dilemma, Naruto sat on the living room couch, watching with clear amusement in his eyes as his silver eyed girlfriend ate her cookies at a slow but steady pace.

After leaving the bedroom, he had led Summer to the balcony before leaving her there and jumping to the roof. He then lifted a fake tile and grabbed a standard sized scroll from within. Proceeding to go back inside, he ignored the Rose's questions about the whereabouts of the cookies and pulled her to the couch, sat her in his lap, opened the scroll, and sent chakra into the sealing matrix it.

Instantly, a steaming plate of cookies appeared into their laps. Luckily, for Summer, the scroll Naruto had used was one he had made himself. Sealing scrolls designed by either himself or Jiraiya have an extra feature that allows hot food to be stored without worry of it cooling. Naruto had come up with it as a way to store his ramen. Unfortunately, it was not to be as, for some odd reason, whenever he tried to seal some of the noodles he had gotten from A Simple Wok, the scroll had spontaneously combusted and blew up in his face.

This incident had occurred right in front of his team, so it led to him being teased for a while. He had tried to play it off, but was stewing on the inside. He just could not figure out what had went wrong. The blonde attempted it a few more times, in private of course, but had gotten similar results. In the end he figured that the art of sealing just couldn't handle the awesomeness of ramen and left it at that. He had dutifully ignored the tiny voice in his head that reminded him of the massive entity of demonic chakra that had resided in his gut at the time.

Anyways, back to the topic at hand.

After the cookies had appeared, Summer had squealed in delight and gave Naruto a long passionate kiss that had left him in a slight daze before proceeding to devour the tasty treats. It was only after he left his revery that the blonde had reminded her that it would be better to slow down and savour them. Summer had not replied, but her pace decreased and she ate a notably slower rate.

Inevitably, the cookies were all eaten, but this time the Rose seamed satisfied. Naruto set the scroll and plate to the side and vowed to wash it later. He then wrapped his arms around Summer's waist and pulled her further into his lap. The silver eyed girl made to attempt to protest and simply layed against his shoulder with her eyes closed in content. The two remained that way for a while, simply enjoying one another's presence.

"I got the key to my parents' house." Naruto stated after a minute. Summer gave him a questioning look.

"Is that the reason Tsunade told you to stay?" He nodded.

"Yeah, she said that she'll reveal my heritage after I attend a council meeting in two weeks."

"Hm, that's nice." She didn't bother asking if he was ready for the backlash he'll receive. If he wasn't prepared he would tell her. 'Besides, he's been planning for this for awhile.' She thought. 'I doubt he would go with it without some sort of contingency plan.'

"She also asked about the Grimm." Naruto continued. Instantly, her eyes widened and she stiffened as her head turned woodenly towards him.

"And?"

"I told her I didn't know." He shrugged. "Knowing the old hag, she'll probably send a squad of ANBU and Pervy Sage to investigate."

Her body relaxed and she let out a sigh. "Are you sure that'll be enough?" She asked, worried. "I mean, with all the new mutations, will they be okay?"

"They'll be fine. The barrier is designed in such a way that, even if it was tampered with, the strongest thing that could get out is an Ursa. Besides, Pervy Sage is there. He may be an irredeemable pervert, but he's still one of the Sannin. I have faith he'll accomplish the mission with little problem." He said with a lopsided grin.

What he spoke of was true. The barrier was of an odd design. It was made with the intent to trap the strongest of threats. The more powerful the Grimm, the less likely it was for it to get through. Simple in terms of the idea, incredibly complex in practice. It would have no trouble keeping the creatures of darkness inside, even if it was one of the mutated variants.

Summer nodded in line with his words, "Right, I'm sure he'll be fine."

"Oh, I'm so happy my student has such strong faith in me!" A voice cried from behind them causing the two to jump in shock and the Rose to fall from his lap. Naruto turned with a small glare as he recognized the voice. It was the same man he had just spoken of.

"What ar-"

"What are you doing here!?" Summer surprised the blonde when she immediately recovered from her shock and leapt at Jiraiya. Acting quickly, he wrapped his arms around her waist and stopped her mid-flight. "No, lemme go! Ima tear his balls off!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at her behavior as he calmly held her in the air while she struggled to escape before giving his sensei a questioning glance. Jiraiya, who had initially cringed and covered his precious parts at the Rose's threat, gained a sheepish expression at the blonde's look.

"What did you do this time?"

"N-Nothing really." He tried to play it off, although the sweat pouring down his face didn't really help his case much.

"Oh nothing, huh?" Summer said with a sickly sweet smile, having stopped moving once she realized she couldn't escape. "So, taking Yang peeping with you and then using her as an excuse to get out of a beating when you got caught is nothing!?"

Jiraiya, whose face began to match the color of his hair, froze as Naruto's killing intent washed over him. "Uh, haha, you see, there's a funny story behind this."

"Well," Naruto said when he didn't continue, "I'm waiting."

"Right! Well, uh, there was this, uh, big. . . thing. It was, like, huge and there was another thing that was really small, and they were together doing this thing with anothing thing. . . aaand you don't believe a word I'm saying, do you?." The sage sagged in defeat when the blonde shook his head. "Aw, come on! She already beat up my clone, do you really need to do it again?"

Time seemed to come to a crawl for the Rose as she leaned forward with her hair shadowing her eyes. ". . . That was a clone?" She asked quietly.

Jiraiya froze again as he realized his mistake. ". . . No?"

"You have ten seconds to start running."

"Wait!" He panicked. "I came here for reason!"

"Eight, seven, six. . ."

"Are you not going to stop her!?" He tried pleading to Naruto. The Uzumaki simply shrugged nearly giving Jiraiya a heart attack.

"IonlycametotellyouguysthatIwouldn'tbeabletowatchYangwhileIgoonthismissionowIgottagobeforesheripsoffmytesticleslater!"

With his part done, Jiraiya turned around and dived through a nearby window, which just so happened to be conveniently open, and took off towards the village gates.

"Three, two, one, zero." Summer finished. As soon as she reached the last number, Naruto relinquished his grip on her. Instantly, she shot off like a bat out of hell to chase after the man who managed to get out not one, but two well deserved beat downs.

"I almost feel sorry for him." Naruto said to himself as he watched his girlfriend sprint after Jiraiya, leaving a trail of dust in her wake. "But, I don't." He continued as screams of pain began echoing in the distance. "I really don't." 'Though I do wonder how he managed to get back here after taking a trip to the moon.' He thought for a moment before shrugging carelessly. 'Eh, doesn't matter.'

Naruto decided that the matter of Jiraiya was handled nicely and figured he should go check on Yang. . . and possibly salvage his nightcap. He turned and walked back to his room before opening the door to peer inside. However, as soon as his head poked through the opening, he had to hold back a snicker at the sight that greeted him.

Somehow, during the time he's been gone, his daughter had somehow managed to get his nightcap to stretch beyond what was possible and had it wrap her body, forcing her limbs to contort in odd angles. If it wasn't for the fact that she looked more frustrated than hurt, he would have been worried that she had injured herself.

Yang finally seemed to notice him as relief washed over her features and she sent him a pleading look.

"Daddy, help." She squeaked.

Naruto, no longer able hold it, released the laughter that had been building up at the sight of her expression. The younger blonde heard him and pouted in response. That look combined with her position only made him laugh harder.

"Daddy!"

End