Chapter 4~*

The young Uzumaki-Namikaze gave a grin and said, "Next Stop, the Spring Country!"

[Present]

Naruhi was relaxing on the boat as she watched Wave, disappear from sight as she made to enjoy her vacation. A few minutes later, a nice woman came over, handing her a menu and asked, "What would you like?"

"Hmm? I'm in the mood for something sweet. What would you recommend?"

The woman smiled, "Grilled peaches and cream with a side of molasses cookies and a scotch on the rocks."

"I'll take that one, please."

"Of course, I'll be right back," She bowed as she made her way to place Naruko's order

Naruko sighed as she snuggled into her seat as she thought about her loved ones back in Konoha, 'I hope all of you are okay...'

After ten minutes, Naruko was given her sweet treat, which she thanked the nice woman for as she dug into her snack before a baritone voice rang out, "Enjoying yourself, kit?"

'I am, actually.'

"To be blunt, I am glad that you managed to get out of there when you got the chance. I would set the little shit on fire if he so much as touched you."

'Your threats are always warm my heart, Kyu.'

"Just enjoy the peace for the moment, kit. I'll keep watch on your surroundings."

'Of course...and thank you, for always being in my corner.'

"As if I couldn't. Now rest kit. I'll be teaching you several kitsune techniques later on."

'I can't wait,' She thought back before the connection was closed.

Naruhi smiled as she made to enjoy the sea and her snack before she was called in for dinner around ten o'clock and grinned at seeing the meal in front of her as she happily ate with gusto. For the appetizer was clams casino with pancetta and the main dish was a bacon-crusted black pepper steak with a whiskey-chili sauce. The dessert was a caramel creme brulee with a sour apple schnapps.

Naruhi thanked the chef who made her meal before making her way to her bedroom, she could only grin when she saw her room, it was a rather large stateroom with a soft bed and a beautiful view.

She jumped on the mattress, the silky covers making her giggle before she changed into her pajamas and made to enjoy another comfortable night.

For the next three days, Naruko was just a simple tourist enjoying the pleasures that money had to offer, fancy meals, sunbathing, and the works.

Soon, the boat reached the dock of the Spring Country as where she took all of her material possessions and waved goodbye to the captain and his crew before making her way towards the capital where people immediately noticed and greeted her warmly.

She could only blush at the praise but thanked them nonetheless and made to find Koyuki who was doing paperwork in her office before a soldier knocked on her door and she sighed, "Come in."

The man opened it and bowed, "Lady Koyuki, a blonde woman is here and said that she knows you."

Koyuki frowned before sighing, "I needed a break anyway."

She made her way out of her office and entered the foyer only to see a blonde woman staring out of a window, she was wearing a white cloak over her shoulders with black ninja heels.

"Hello?"

Naruhi turned around and both women's eyes widened before Koyuki forgot all sense of manners and ran to hug her, which Naruhi immediately returned.

"Naruto...or what do you call yourself now?"

"W-wait you knew?"

"When I kissed your cheek when you were sleep, your bindings slipped. It doesn't mean that I don't care about you though. Now, what's your real name?"

"Naruhi Uzumaki Namikaze," She stated softly

"Well, we have a lot to catch up on, don't we?" She grinned

"Yeah, we do," As the pair made their way back into her office to chat about everything that has happened since the last time they have seen each other.

[A week later]

Naruhi was working out on one of the training grounds doing pull-ups one of the tallest trees before a young man wearing ANBU armor with the kanji for Spring on his shoulder came up and said, "Miss Namikaze, are you ready?"

She grinned as she jumped off the tree and said, "Let's get it started. I'll beat you this time."

"We will see won't we?" He grinned as he took a ready stance

She charged towards him as the pair made to clash as Naruhi used her mother's taijutsu style with her own unpredictable spin on it while the solider made her work for her victory with his battle experience and specialized training.

The pair were being watched by several people and children who were planning on becoming ninjas from the sidelines.

Along with sharpening her battle skills, Naruhi submitted herself to all forms of training she could get her hands on with Koyuki's blessing.

She made to relearn all the three great ninja wars, from the main well-known parts down to the nitty-gritty parts that people rarely pay attention too and how it affected the war. All different battle tactics that the Spring Country had to offer. Multiple manner lessons and all she could learn about trading and politics.

[Back in Konoha]

Konoha has been suffering ever since Naruhi chose to be exiled instead of marrying Sasuke Uchiha. Things have only got worse as the days dragged on, money and missions were becoming scares as stress started to settle into the village. The civilians and ninja who despised Naruhi were slowly starting to realize their mistakes in how they mistreated her, the daughter of their beloved Fourth Hokage.

The rate of suicides and mental hospital admissions rose higher than the combined numbers half-decade after the Kyuubi attack.

The four Hokage statues continued to stand as strong as the day Naruhi made them when she escaped, but none of the civilians and most of the ninja populace couldn't even look at any of the statues without feeling an immense sense of self-loathing which only caused the mood of the village to dampen even more since the sun refused to give its' usual warmth.

Konohamaru, now known as Maru, who removed the Konoha- from his name when his big sister fled the village, he found himself ashamed and disgusted with the village. As of now, he was now a rookie chunin, having worked his ass off along with both Moegi and Udon to reach the same rank as they wore their headband on their lower thigh as their silent sign that they didn't respect the village and wouldn't until Naruhi given the respect she deserved.

However, the group made it their mission to cause those who hurt their big sister massive grief and it gave those who supported Naruhi some joy from the depression that plagued the village.

Maru specifically chose to make all of Team 7 pay for everything they have done to his big sister and his best friends were right behind him.

The young Sarutobi made sure Kakashi felt his wrath first.

He waited for the opportunity with his friends to knock him unconscious before hogtying him and placed him inside the biggest gay bar on the Southside of Konoha. It was also where the Kakashi Hakate gay fan club met up to get drunk and have fun. Kakashi would never get over that night as he had a fear of leather gogo boots, thongs, and riding crops, but let's leave it at that for now.

Sasuke was next and considering that while Maru and his friends despised the uppity Uchiha, that basically got off scot-free, the group knew he was strong in his own way and they didn't want to do anything that could be pinned on them. That didn't mean they couldn't cause him a bit of grief though.

So, when he went on a long-term mission, Maru and his friends re-decorated his entire house into a Barbie-style mansion, replacing all of his ninja gear with sex toys of various sizes and shapes that could be used by both genders. Then when he was too put out at the end of his training session, the three used Naruhi's old tricks from her pranking days to restrain and glitz him up in a Bratz style fashion.

The Uchiha had to spend the entire month in mortification, biting his tongue at the faces of snickering ex-comrades or the ass-kissing civilians all day. Tsunade and Jiraiya only found amusement and made sure that he was always out and about in the village and the pictures posted on all buildings of the village, only made matters worse for him.

Sakura was last as Maru let Moegi get her fair share of resentment in as she shaved her bald in the dead of night. Along with using a rumor that Sasuke hated body hair to get her to remove all of her body hair, making her as hairless as a newborn. However, when she went to take a shower, the orange-haired girl switched her soap with quick-growing hair tonic, allowing for the next morning to be filled with screams.

The pink-haired fangirl ran all over the village, screaming and weeping over her pitiful state like the howler monkey she so resembled while the three cackled in amusement and put it in the binder of pranks that the three made to show Naruhi when they were able to see her again.

After many more pranks, Team 7 rarely showed their face around the village because of those incidents and Iruka could only smirk as he made it a fairly well-known secret game for extra credit for those who managed to prank the three without being caught or just shitting on their day, either or worked with him.

When Kakashi found out and tried to complain, Iruka gave him a black eye for his troubles and tossed him out of his classroom with a huff. He knew Naruhi would be laughing her ass off if she knew what was happening to them. They deserve exactly that was coming for what they did to the young woman he considered a little sister.

Maru swore that he would be the Hokage in honor of Naruhi and to teach people how to treat heroes of the village and make sure the Uchiha was actually and truly punished for his defection.

[The evening of Naruhi's Banishment]

After Tsunade and Jiraiya dismissed everyone, they barricaded themselves in Tsunade's office, spending the entire night drinking to block out the heart-breaking sounds of Naruhi's crying.

As the sun rose, so did a new Tsunade as she ordered Jiraiya who shook off his hangover to check out the hospital for anything that Danzo had done and stripped it bare of all information.

He did as she ordered and flashed away in a swirl of leaves.

After ten hours, he came back with a large scroll and opened it on her desk, showing tens of folders, long story short, if any other village found out about the mess the civilians and Danzo hid from them, it would have caused the Fourth Shinobi War, but all the other villages would turn their weapons against Konoha.

Once she finished reading the last folder and scroll, she smashed her desk through the floor of her office and snarled, "Find that miserable pile of shit and kill him. Make sure it's viciously painful."

"As if I would do anything less, princess," He grinned before disappearing in a swirl of leaves, narrowly missing a paperweight to the skull.

"Pervert..." She huffed as she turned away from her desk to look out the window, 'Be safe, Jiraiya. You too, Naruhi.'

As if the human tracking that Danzo was doing with the support of the civilians wasn't bad enough, she found out she had a son. The one she thought that died in childbirth was Minato. Both Jiraiya and her own child.

He had one of his miserable ROOT ninjas disguise themselves as a doctor and rip him away from her when she was in a medically induced coma from an internal bleeding problem which she was still healing from. She made a note to apologize to Jiraiya for the hell she gave him during those two years afterword.

However, the only silver lining from the entire situation was that Hiruzen managed to save him from being a mindless drone along with several other babies if they were placed under Danzo's 'tender care.' Neither Minato nor Hiruzen knew about his heritage.

She clenched the armrests of her chair as she hissed, 'Danzo you piece of shit. If Jiraiya doesn't get you. I sure hope whoever does, makes your death agonizingly painful and vile that it will make demons shit themselves in fear.'

[Two months Later - Council Meeting]

Tsunade was resting her head on her hand as she listened to the civilian council members who were bitching about the state of the village, a box popped into the middle of the room with multiple holes in it.

Hiashi immediately stood up and used his dojutsu on it only to snort in amusement as he said, "It's a bunch of ROOT soldiers from Danzo's personal army."

The box was opened and showed that Hiashi's assessment was correct, but they were wearing different costumes and all of them were tied up, but before anyone could do anything a Jack in the Box or more like a Naruhi-in-the-Box popped out. The little figure was just like her in appearance with a massive grin on her face as her voice rang out.

"Shame on you, Danzo. I know you are listening. You truly are a miserable, nosy old man who just can't handle that you aren't needed and your methods are outdated. Let me make one thing clear, Wave is under my protection. You send any more of your bastards, They will not be coming back to you. Also, for the attack against one of my precious people, I am going to destroy all your root bases all over the Elemental Nations. Coldest regards, Naruhi Uzumaki Namikaze."

Tsunade burst into a fit of laughs before she calmed herself down and had the ANBU drag the ROOT ninja to be interrogated as she finished off her meeting on a lighter note as she made to tell Jiraiya when he arrived.

'I'm sure the pervert will get as much of a kick out of it as I do.'

[With Naruhi]

Naruhi continued to fight and train and soon after besting the country's best soldiers and learning all she could from the country, she had one last dinner and goodbye party with Koyuki who told her that she was always welcome back and to take care of herself.

Then she made to travel her way through the desert, kicking the sand out of her shoes as she was so happy she bought a cloak that blocked out the heat of the sun. Once she reached the gates she was greeted by Gaara who was with his siblings and she gave him a crushing hug. After exchanging greetings, she lived in the village where she improved her wind chakra to the point that she could be mistaken for a Suna native. It took about six months to get to that level before she continued to travel, hopping from village to village and learning whatever she could to become stronger.

For two years and a half, Naruhi took out people who made others suffer, getting into the bingo book as an A-rank kunoichi before switching to S-rank when she saved Gaara, killing both Sasori and Deidara. She made to tear into ROOT ninja hideouts all across the nations, looting them and turning the information and death tolls over to the Kages or leaders of the villages and towns that Danzo had hideouts in.

If she saw him again, she would slowly tear him apart and with each hideout, she destroyed, the more people that wanted Danzo's head on a plate, including stroking her own violent hatred for the miserable man.

Naruhi saved Princess Shion and becomes in her favor and she helps her learn how to control her demonic chakra with nine holy and blessed bells that would store her demonic chakra from the fox, which made her happy. She kept the charms on her hips and they became a part of her signature look.

She learned things from Kurama who started to train her throughout the years and made to reward him as it was well overdue. The massive fox was confused for a moment before Naruhi changed her mindscape and made it comfortable and he showed her his human appearance. He looked like a prince from a foreign land.

"Wow, the demon king of hell indeed."

He grinned and made to enjoy his new landscape as she then left the mindscape to let the fox enjoy his time. She made to tear through a bandit camp with a simple spell before getting the bounty for it and turning in for the day.

[Back in Konoha]

Tsunade cut back on her alcohol intake as she tried to save the village, even though she knew it was as far from saving as it could be. She glanced at her grandfather, granduncle, and her teacher's pictures for strength. It was almost as if they were smiling at her, silently cheering her on as she tried to rip out all the rot from the village.

Jiraiya entered her office through the window and pecked her on the cheek, which she closed her eyes and leaned against him.

After a moment she quipped, "What? No perverted antics?"

A large grin settled on his face, "Why? Want me too?"

"Don't push it."

"Of course," He grinned as he rubbed her shoulders.

A sigh left her as he kissed her cheek, which she allowed. The girl he considered a daughter leaving, made him grow up a bit, he still goofed off, but it more for their entertainment than anything.

"How is she?"

"She's still alive, she is becoming a very powerful woman and someone not to be screwed with."

"Konoha really lost a gem and most of them refuse to realize what they have lost."

"Let them be idiots. The truth will hit them sooner than you think. Soon enough, they'll complain and whine about having her back."

[Mist Village Bar]

Naruhi smiled as she slid into the bar as she waved a bartender over and said, "Can I have a sweet sake?"

He nodded, "Of course."

The blonde made to trace her finger against the lines of the wood before Itachi and Kisame made their way inside and towards her and she smiled, "Take a seat."

They joined her as the group stared at her before Kisame started off, "Hey brat."

"Kisame," She smiled as her drink was dropped off in front of her

Kisame rested his head on his hand, "So, you're an actual girl. I never would have thought."

"When you under the threat of being discovered and turned into Danzo's baby-making factory for a legion of soldiers to destroy the elemental countries. Hiding is the easier option, wouldn't you agree?"

"Fair enough," He shrugged, knowing enough stories of the old bastard that made even his skin crawl.

"So, what now?" She quipped, finishing her alcohol

Kisame grinned, "We can fight here or you could come with us?"

"Let's fight, but not here," She stood up and tossed her payment to the old man who gave her a smile.

"Keep the change, old man."

She then turned towards them and said, "Would you like to lead the way?"

They did just that as the group walked to the outskirts of town away from the main populace before two men stood across from her.

Kisame gave a massive grin, "Let's see how much you have improved."

Ending the chapter! Sorry for the long wait and that's short, but I hope the next chapter will make it better! I didn't mean too, now I am finally active. Good! The best part has finally come, a battle between Naruhi vs Kisame and Itachi...Who will win~? It depends on how I feel about it. Her skills will be shown in the battle between the two Akatsuki members, as I didn't want to show them off here. Also, this story was supposed to be a lot darker with all the rookies turning on Naruhi, tell me...Should I make the alternate version of this or should I just continue with this one and make the alternate one after? Because...I have a shit ton of ideas for that one. Let me know what you think.

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