Alright, I guess I'll give this story writing thing another go, for a while I had wondered what would have happened if Naruto had refused to be taken away by Jiraiya for three years, and that's where the main theme for this story is coming from. It might seem a little far-fetched that a Genin would be allowed straight into Anbu, but honestly, I've seen some pretty crazy and wild ideas on this site that worked out, so I'm going to hope that this one does as well. I'm going to keep a little of the Canon Naruto's attitude, but for the most, he will be very mature, think things through, and since he has trained in Anbu, not one to leave his targets alive unless otherwise asked to. Some of you may not like that, but I'm going to take a different approach to this story from the others I have written. So far I'm not 100% on pairings, this might turn into a Harem, or it might not. Kyuubi will be there but Naruto will not have to rely on his power as much as he had to in cannon, so don't expect to see a lot of Kurama will probably later in the story. On a side note, the recent Naruto episodes have, in my opinion, been pretty bad ass. My favorite one would probably have to be where Naruto and Kurama start working together, that transformation when he deflects the Biju Bombs is bad ass. As far as the manga chapters go… not so much, for anyone who has read them I'll lightly go over them at the end of this chapter, as well as give a few recommendations like I used to. *YES I know how ANBU masks are supposed to represent animals, does it matter? NO, because this is fanfiction!

Tsunade sighed as she looked at the ANBU sitting across from her. She couldn't understand it, but wherever this Anbu operative went; a large stack of paperwork was soon to follow.

"Are you sure you want to do this now Reaper? Can't you wait a little while longer, the Anbu forces could really use the skills you have acquired over the past few years. And your record over the past year has even surpassed Kakashi's and Itachi's, you are becoming somewhat of a legend around here." Tsunade said, even if she wouldn't admit it she was quite impressed with the growth the young man in front of her had achieved over the past 3 years.

"Hai, Hokage-sama, I've been away from my friends for too long now, and while I have earned a few new friends in Anbu my place is with the Konoha 11. Don't worry though Hokage-sama, I'll still be available for missions if you need me. I've appreciated everything you have done for me over the past 3 years; training in Anbu as well as with Ero-Sennin has really helped me change from who I once was." Reaper said gratefully.

"Alright Reaper, I'll sign the papers and send the over to Anbu HQ, you will be re-instated as a Special-Jounin until we can have someone evaluate your skills, even though I should promote you straight to Jounin you were only technically a Genin when you entered Anbu, and that was hard enough for me to explain to the council. This will at least keep them off our case for the moment." Tsunade said as she pulled out 2 sheets of paper and started to sign them.

"Err… Ba-chan why are you signing two sheets, shouldn't there only be one?" The ANBU asked, as he ran his hand through his spikey blonde hair.

"God Dammit Naruto, why can't you keep calling me Tsunade-sama, or Hokage-Sama?" Tsunade yelled as a tic mark formed on her head, "and these second papers are for Neko-san, she asked to be taken off ANBU duty whenever you quit so she could be placed on a team with you, aside from changing that young woman's view on life you, seem to have made quite the impression on her as well." She added with a smirk, enjoying the faintest of blushes that appeared on Naruto's face.

"Aww… I didn't do that much, she used to help me a lot when I was little, I just thought I would return the favor." Naruto said, scratching the back of his head in slight embarrassment. "But ok, I would be happy to work with Neko-san if that is what she wants', she is one of the only people who can give me a decent Kenjutsu spar anyways." Naruto said.

"Alright brat, take these papers to Anbu HQ, make sure to find Neko-san before handing the papers into Tenzo." Tsunade said as she handed the papers to Naruto, who left via Shunshin to his destination.

"His growth rate has been extraordinary over the past three years, hasn't it Tsunade-hime?" came the voice of Jiraiya as he entered the Hokage Tower through the open window. "I'm almost glad he denied my request to train him, even as one of the Legendary Sannin there would be only so much I could teach him."

"Yes, Naruto has definitely exceeded my expectations, however I am happy that you still managed to train him every so often over the course of the past few years. I really don't think there would be a lot of people who could keep up with him now." Tsunade said as Jiraiya took the seat Naruto was just in.

"He learns as quickly as his father did when I was his Sensei, its' almost scary how much Naruto resembles his old man. It won't be long before people start to recognize who he is." Jiraiya said, suddenly getting serious. "While Naruto is capable of handling himself against tough enemies, when we reveal his lineage it will put a big target on Konoha from both Iwa and to a lesser degree Kumo."

Tsunade sighed, leaning back in her chair while looking at the portrait of the Yondaime Hokage, "Indeed, however this is what Naruto wants, besides he will not be alone, Naruto has made a lot of powerful friends while in Anbu, and don't forget that everyone in the Konoha 11 are quite capable themselves. Hopefully now he will be able to get the recognition he has wanted his entire life."

"Mhm… What about the Council? Surely they will try and get Naruto into the CRA, and Naruto probably wouldn't like being forced into something like that." Jiraiya asked.

"Honestly? I'm not sure how to go around bringing that up around Naruto, we will have to talk to him about it and see what he wants to do with the information. I'm not going to force him into anything he doesn't want to do, council be damned." Tsunade replied.

"Alright well I'll leave talking about that to the brat up to you Tsunade-Hime; my opinion might be a little biased." Jiraiya said with a lecherous grin, earning a smack from Tsunade.

"Stupid pervert." She sighed as she looked out the window.

-Fifteen Minutes Later, Anbu Hq-

Naruto sighed as he entered Anbu Hq, he had greatly enjoyed his time in Anbu, and if he had to be honest with himself, deciding to leave was probably one of the hardest decisions he had made since deciding to join in the first place. Asking around for Neko, Naruto finally located her in one of the many training facilities going through her Kenjutsu Katas, and waited till she was finished to address her.

"As good as ever Yugao-chan," Naruto said as he made his presence known, "I just came from Tsunade-sama's office and have some papers you might be interested in looking at"

"What have I told you before about using my real name Reaper-san?" Yugao said in a bit of a teasing tone.

"Not to, but c'mon Yugao-chan, when have I ever been one to follow the rules?" Naruto replied with a smirk as he took his Anbu mask off, revealing his well-defined facial features. Over the past few years Naruto had pushed himself to be able to get to his current level, and his body showed it. While he wasn't a muscle bound freak like some Shinobi *cough* the Yondaime Raikage*cough*, you could tell he was muscular, even through his Anbu uniform.

"Touché…" Yugao muttered as she took the sheet of paper Naruto offered it before reading it. Naruto watched in amusement as Yugao's eyes went wide before a gentle smile crossed her face.

"That and the fact that neither of us are Anbu anymore," Naruto said with a smirk, "Although I have to ask why you wanted to leave to be on a team with me? I thought you loved being in the Anbu."

"I did, and I still do, but for the longest time me being in Anbu was so I could forget about Hayate-kun. For a while I had even hoped that doing S ranked mission after S ranked mission would eventually make me able to see him again." Yugao started as she to, took her Anbu mask off. "When Tenzo said that you would be joining Anbu I was surprised, from what I remembered at the time you had little to no skill as a Shinobi."

"Hey! I take offence to that, I knew a few things." Naruto said with a pout, making Yugao smile again.

"Two techniques do not count as a few things Naruto-kun, and while I admit I was impressed that you knew both the Rasengan and Shadow Clone Jutsu, you should have known other things as well. But you took your first year of training here very seriously, and after learning the secret of the Shadow Clone you started improving in leaps and bounds, quickly rising through the ranks of Anbu, almost to the same degree as Kakashi-sempai and Itachi-san." Yugao stated, making Naruto blush slightly at being praised by the beautiful Kunoichi.

"Yea alright, but that still doesn't answer why you want to be on a team with me Yugao-chan, I mean I'm probably gonna be put with Kakashi-sensei for a while again until I can get my full promotion. You sure you can put up with him without trying to kill him?" Naruto asked.

"I think I could manage Naruto-kun. And to answer your question, the day you asked me to start teaching you Kenjutsu is probably what impacted this decision most. If not for that day we would never have become friends and I would most likely still be trying to get myself killed doing S ranked Missions. You made me realise that I still had a lot to live for, and that Hayate-kun wouldn't want me to be how I was." Yugao said as she gained a semi far-away look in her eyes.

"You give me too much credit Yugao-chan, what kind of friend would I be if I couldn't help you. And besides you were there for me a lot when I was little so it should be me who is thanking you." Naruto said with a smile. "We should probably go and see Tenzo now so we have enough time to get all of our stuff cleaned out of our lockers and go back to see Tsunade Ba-chan."

"You are never going to stop calling her that, are you Naruto-kun?" Yugao asked with smirk.

"Nah, especially to her face, it's a good way to test my reaction time whenever she hurls something at my face." He replied with a laugh as they both left the training room on their way to see the Anbu Commander.

-Tsunade's Office, same time-

"Shizune, please get me Naruto's graduating class as well Gai's team and their sensei's" Tsunade said into the intercom, hearing Shizune give a swift reply. Tsunade couldn't help but feel a little nervous for what she was about to reveal to Naruto's friends; and if she had to be honest she didn't know how a few of them would take it.

Fifteen minutes later Teams Eight, Nine, and Ten, as well as Sakura, all entered Tsunade's office, curious looks on their faces as to why all of them had been summoned at the same time.

"You requested our presence, Tsunade-Sama?" A tall bearded man asked.

"Yes Asuma-san, I called you all here regarding Naruto's disappearance about 3 years ago." Tsunade said, immediately catching Kakashi's attention, even though he knew where Naruto was, he was hoping that he would be able to go on missions with his student once again; as well as the rest of the Konoha 11.

"It's been three years already Hokage-sama, time sure flies." Kakashi said in a bored tone, making the other Jounin sensei's look at him with surprise.

"Your student disappears for three years and that's all you can say when we finally get word on what happened to him?" A woman with beautiful red eyes said in surprise.

"I can't help but agree with Kurenai-san, although something leads me to believe that you know where your student has been, care to elaborate Kakashi-san?" Asuma asked, making everyone look at the silver haired Jounin.

"So what if I did, I was never at liberty to talk about what happened to Naruto-kun. And before any of you say anything, he swore me into secrecy, but I can assure you Asuma-san, Kurenai-san; that my student is fine and has recently been carving his own path through our Shinobi ranks." Kakashi said, before closing his book and pocketing it.

"Kakashi-san is right, on both accounts that Naruto is both ok, and has been making quite the name for him-self in the past year." Tsunade said as she nodded her head in agreement.

"Tsunade-sensei, why would Naruto just disappear without telling any of us where he was going, that doesn't seem like something Naruto would do." A girl with short pink hair said.

"I have to agree with Sakura, Tsunade-sama; it seems highly unlikely that someone like Naruto would disappear without at least telling his friends he was alright, especially since his disappearance was right after the failed Sasuke-retrieval mission." Kurenai said, looking back and forth between Kakashi and the busty Hokage.

"Both you and Sakura are right, Kurenai-san, the Naruto you knew would never do something like that. But the Naruto you once knew is no longer alive." Tsunade said with a small smile, shocking everyone present.

"No longer alive…. You can't mean?" Sakura started only to be cut off by Tsunade.

"No Sakura, Naruto is not dead, but he is no longer who you once knew. The past three years has changed him drastically. He is no longer the blonde idiot who runs around using Kage Bunshin to solve all his issues. After the mission, Jiraiya came by to ask Naruto to become his apprentice." Tsunade said.

"You can't be serious! Jiraiya of the Sannin, one of the most powerful shinobi alive today asked the class deadlast to become his apprentice!" A boy with a black jacket standing beside a large white dog said.

"You should be careful as to how you talk about Naruto now, Kiba-san, like I said he is no longer the boy you guys once knew, and he would take offence to what you just said." Tsunade said as she glared at the boy, making him shrink slightly.

"Well… that would make sense, with a teacher like Jiraiya I'm sure Naruto has become a lot stronger since we last saw him." A boy wearing a big baggy green coat said.

"Indeed he would have, if he had accepted the perverts' proposal to train him." Tsunade said, and smirked as everyone present looked at her like she had grown a second head.

"Naruto refused to be trained by one of the Sannin! Why would he do something like that?" Asuma asked, it's not an everyday occurrence to be offered training by one of the Legendary Sannin.

"Indeed he did, the reason why is that Jiraiya would have had to take him away from the village for three years to train him, and Naruto didn't like the idea of being away from his home for so long. But that doesn't mean Naruto has not received training from that stupid pervert, he just never had to leave the village to obtain it." Tsunade said.

"So… Naruto has been in the village for the past three years, then how come none of us have ever seen him?" Sakura asked, looking between Kakashi and her current sensei, hoping at least one of them could give her an answer.

"The reason for that, Sakura, will be explained as soon as Naruto gets here, which should be fairly soon actually." Tsunade said. And she was right, a few minutes later someone knocked on her door and it opened to reveal two Anbu, one of which Kurenai recognised, but the other made her eyes widen and had to use all of her training to not be put on guard by this man in front of her. He was a tall man who radiated power and respect, but that's not what scared her, the man's attire is what put her on guard. The standard grey Anbu equipment had been dyed black, and wear and tear was evident on his armor, sword scratches, holes, and burn marks. Overtop of the armor was a long, ragged black cloak that had a large hood which covered a lot of the Anbu's face, but not enough for Kurenai to not be able to recognize the mask.

"Reaper…" Kurenai whispered, immediately earning both Gai's and Asuma's attention as they to, were busy studying the Anbu in front of them.

"W-what's so special about that mask?" Sakura asked Kurenai, as she tried hard to supress her fear of the man who just entered the room.

"Each Anbu mask is special to those who wear them, but there are select few who get masks custom made. The Reaper mask is one of, if not THE, rarest Anbu masks to be given out." Kakashi explained, a hint of pride evident in his voice. Of course he had known of Naruto's growth in Anbu over the past three years, but to be given the reaper mask… That was something that not even he could have done, and he was regarded as one of the best Anbu in Konoha's history.

"Kakashi-senpai is right." The Neko masked Anbu said. "The reaper mask is one of the highest honors you can get in Anbu, not even Kakashi was eligible for the mask after his term in Anbu, and he was regarded as one of the best to have ever graced the Anbu ranks, even our current commander still calls him Senpai." Neko said in a teasing tone.

"Even though I wish he didn't, but may I ask why you are here Neko-san?" Kakashi asked.

"Everything will be explained shortly, senpai, but continuing on, the Reaper mask has a few conditions that need to be met before it can be given out. For starters, a perfect record for missions, including S ranked, aside from that, a certain number of both A and S ranked Missions must be completed. Lastly, and probably the hardest for us Anbu because we don't get put in Bingo Books often, is an S Rank with a flee on sight rank given in every Bingo Book across the Elemental Nations, including the small ones." Neko finished, making the rookies go wide eyed as they looked at the person who, judging by higher, couldn't have been much older than them.

"I really wish you wouldn't have brought them here, Tsunade-sama. You should have asked, or at least told me in advance." Reaper said.

"I'm sorry Reaper, I just thought this would have been best." The Hokage replied.

" Fine... But I want something in return for this." Reaper said, shocking the Genin and Jounin at the bold declaration.

"If I may, Anbu-san, but you are in no position to demand anything from the Hokage." Asuma said, earning nods from a few in the room.

"You are in no position to tell me what I may or may not do, Asuma-san. My relation with Tsunade-sama is mine and mine alone, you would do well to remember that." Reaper said in a cold tone.

"You may have the reaper mask, but you don't scare me." Asuma said as he reached for his trench knives, but froze as he felt a Kunai held against his back as Reaper appeared behind him, shocking those present with his speed.

"You should…" Reaper whispered in his ear, before disappearing and re-appearing beside Neko, who shook her heads at his actions.

"That's enough, both of you!" Tsunade yelled, before sitting back down and burying her face in her hands.

"As interesting at this is Hokage-Sama, what does this have to do with Naruto?" Kurenai asked.

"Nothing, like Tsunade-sama has probably already told you, the Naruto you all knew died a long time ago." Reaper said, gaining everyone's attention yet again.

"How would you know Anbu-san?" A girl in a traditional style Chinese dress with her hair in dual buns said.

"Because I killed him…" Reaper replied, shocking everyone before he and Neko removed their masks.

"N-Naruto…" Sakura stammered. "How… why?"

"What do you mean why? Please elaborate Sakura-san." Naruto replied, shocking the young girl at how he addressed her. He had always addressed her as Sakura-chan before, and she would never admit it to anyone, but it hurt that he didn't call her that.

"Why didn't you tell any of us what you were doing? We all thought you were dead… I thought we were a team?" Sakura asked, tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"You finally decided to care Sakura-san?" Naruto scoffed, "While I do admit we were a team, we weren't a very good one. As you have all said in the past I was the dead last, Sakura has book knowledge but couldn't put it to practice in the field. And all Sasuke cared about was getting revenge on his clan, he didn't give two fucks about us, and he proved that when he shoved a Chidori through my chest."

As that conversation was going on, Kurenai had brought Yugao off to the side as well; she knew how much her friend loved to be in Anbu and was surprised to see her here with Naruto.

"What did you pull me aside for Kurenai-chan?" Yugao asked her friend.

"What do you mean what? I thought you loved Anbu, why are you here with Naruto who is apparently leaving Anbu?" Kurenai asked, making Yugao sigh, as she had not expected her friend to be there when she resigned.

"I made arrangements with Tsunade-sama a while ago, asking to be placed on a team with Naruto-kun when he decided to resign from Anbu." She explained, Kurenai's eyes slightly widened when she heard Yugao call him "kun" but decided not to ask about it.

"That still doesn't help me understand why Yugao-chan, Anko and I have been asking you to leave Anbu for years and you never listened to us. And now just like nothing Naruto makes you want to leave, what happened over the past three years?" Kurenai asked, curious as to why Naruto was suddenly able to get through to her friend. Mention of Naruto's name managed to snap a young indigo haired girl out of the trance she had been in after learning Naruto was in fact the Reaper masked Anbu, and decided to listen in on the older women's conversation.

"I'm not entirely sure myself, Kurenai-chan, but Naruto-kun was able to change how I viewed life. After Hayate-kuns death I didn't know what to do, so I began doing S ranked mission after S ranked mission, trying to keep my mind of things, or worse, get killed. A few months after Naruto had joined Anbu though he had sought me out for Kenjutsu training; at first I was a little sceptical about training him because from what I could remember about him he was never very talented. At first I said no, but he kept pestering me until I finally caved in, he took the training in like a sponge and is now easily one of the best Kenjutsu users in Konoha, only slightly behind myself. After a few missions together Naruto noticed that I was troubled by something, and being the caring person that he is confronted me on it." She explained, gaining a semi far-away look in her eyes that didn't go unnoticed by either Kurenai or Hinata, who by this time was a little jealous of the strange woman being able to get so close to Naruto too quickly.

"What happened then? I know how hard it is for you to talk about what happened with Hayate." Kurenai asked, while at the same time silently thanking Naruto for being the one who changed her friend.

"Naruto has a calming aura around him that makes it feel like you can pretty much trust him with anything, in the end I caved and told him about what happened. That night was the first time since Hayate's death that I broke down and cried, but he was there for me the entire time to comfort me." Yugao said with a smile as she looked at Naruto being surrounded by his friends.

"I'm happy for you, Yugao-chan; it sounds as if you were finally able to move on from Hayate. It sounds like you and Naruto are really close." Kurenai said, and smirked slightly as she saw a slight blush cross the Kenjutsu specialist's face.

"It's nothing like that Kurenai-chan, we are just friends. Although just between us girls, you should see him under that Anbu armor." Yugao replied, blushing at the memories of walking in on Naruto without his gear on, much to Kurenai's amusement.

Back with Naruto he was doing his best to answer all the questions being asked by his old friends, as well as avoiding Ino who was getting just a little too close for his comfort. Looking around he noticed Yugao and Kurenai talking which brought a smile to his face, remembering all the stories he had been told from Yugao.

"As much as I'm enjoying this attention guys we need to finish up here, we can all catch up later on or whenever I have my skills assessment." Naruto said, hoping to finish this as quickly as possible.

"Skills assessment? What's that?" Ino asked.

"Naruto is going to be given an assessment on his skills to be able to properly gauge his rank, even though he has become an S ranked Shinobi in the Bingo books, the council wants a demonstration of his skills. The only person in this room who has actually seen Naruto fight seriously would be Yugao-san, the other Anbu who is with Naruto. Naruto's current rank will be Special Jounin until I can arrange someone to give Naruto an assessment." Tsunade explained, but sighed as she saw a grin spread across Asuma's face, as well as Kiba's.

"Hokage-sama, would you mind if I gave Naruto the rest?" Asuma asked, making Kakashi, Yugao, and Tsunade narrow their eyes at the bearded Jounin, Naruto's show earlier must have really pissed him off.

"I would also like to test Naruto's skills Hokage-sama" Kiba declared.

"Asuma I would be alright with because he has a lot of experience as a Jounin, but Kiba I'm not sure about, you have not been Jounin for very long." Tsunade said.

"Its fine Ba-chan, they can both fight against me if they want. I must have really hurt your pride earlier Asuma-san if you're willing to go through with this." Naruto explained.

"Like I said before brat, you don't scare me." Asuma replied, "just tell me when and where."

"We will have the assessment tomorrow morning, at training ground 7; you are all welcome to come watch." Tsunade said.

"Now that that's out of the way, I want to ask all of you aside from Yugao-chan and Kakashi-san to leave so we can talk to the Hokage and Shizune-neesan in private. We can meet up sometime later and talk about what's happened over the past three years." Naruto said, making Tsunade nod, already guessing about what Naruto wanted to talk about.

"Why do we have to leave though? We should be able to stay if it has to do with you." Sakura asked.

"Because this matter doesn't concern any of you yet, I'm sure you will figure it out in the near future. Now aside from the people Naruto asked to stay, the rest of you are dismissed." Tsunade said.

Naruto sighed after everyone had left, and took a seat on one of the chairs across from Tsunade.

"That could have gone better; it was a bad idea to bring them all here." Naruto said, earning a nod from Yugao and Kakashi.

"I know, I'm sorry Naruto-kun, I kind of expected Kiba to act like that, but definitely not Asuma, his attitude towards you surprised me." Tsunade replied as she reached under her desk and pulled out a bottle of sake.

"Yea well that's none of my concern, if they still have issues with me after tomorrow it's their own fucking fault. Now, I'm sure you know why I wanted to talk to you all in private right?" Naruto said, before running through a few handsigns and put up a silencing seal around the office.

"I'm assuming its' about your parents, and to a latter extent you inheritance right?" Tsunade asked, making Naruto nod his head.

"Yea it is, for the most part. I'm not too worried about when you want to tell everyone about my parents, I'm more worried about the kind of attention the village will get as a whole from Iwa and to an extent anyone who I'm close to." Naruto said, stealing a quick glance at Yugao that didn't go unseen by the Hokage or Kakashi. "While I'm confident in my own skills about taking on large groups of enemies, not everyone has the same amount of chakra that I do, and that would put them at a large disadvantage as I can pretty much assure you that if Iwa was to send people after me it would be a small group at least."

"You make a good point Naruto-kun, Iwa would use any means necessary to get to you, including taking your friends as hostages in exchange for yourself. Not to mention the lingering threat of the Akatsuki, Jiraiya said they have been a little more mobile lately." Kakashi said.

"We will deal with the Akatsuki at a later time, I think our main threat right now will be Iwa, and to a lesser extent Kumo and Kiri. But there are a few other things that I want to talk to you about Naruto, which will include your status as a clan head." Tsunade said.

"If you are going to talk to me about the CRA Hokage-sama, then I am already well aware of what that means for me. I still have a couple years to decide if I want to be put under the CRA, so I will have to get back to you on that." Naruto said, not really surprising Tsunade as it was Anbu protocol to keep up to date with Konoha's laws.

"Alright, well that is pretty much everything I wanted to talk to you about Naruto-kun, I have a scroll for you that contains both yours and Yugao-sans Jounin vests, as well as the key to your parents estate." Tsunade said as she pulled out a scroll and handed it to Naruto.

"Thank you Hokage-sama, I will see you tomorrow at training ground 7." Naruto replied before doing a few more hand seals and releasing the silencing seal before he and Yugao left the office.

"He has grown a lot, hasn't he Tsunade-sama?" Kakashi asked, making the Hokage smile and nod her head at the Elite Jounin.

-With Naruto and Yugao-

"So Naruto-kun, do you even know where you are going?" Yugao asked, making the blonde scowl at her.

"Of course I do, I looked up where my parents estate was a few months ago." Naruto explained, "What about you? Do you have anywhere to stay?"

"Well… I could probably crash at Kurenai-Chan's or Anko-Chan's place for a while." Yugao said, she didn't really have a place to stay as she no longer had the keys to the apartment Hayate and her had shared before he died.

"I see, how about you stay with me for a while?" Naruto asked, slightly shocking Yugao, before she got a teasing look on her face.

"I don't know Naruto, I don't think you could handle me just yet." She said

"I wouldn't worry about that Yugao-chan, I'm a stamina freak who knows Kage Bunshin, I'm sure I could take care of All your needs." Naruto said seductively, making the ex Anbu captain blush slightly. "But seriously Yugao-chan, we used to sleep in the same tent when we were on missions, I'm sure there are tons of rooms in my parent's house, or you could even sleep in one of the smaller houses around the compound."

Yugao thought about his offer, she really had nowhere to go, and while she was sure Kurenai and Anko would take her in, it wouldn't be very comfortable for her, as they both only had one bedroom apartments. And she had to admit Naruto had a valid point about their previous sleeping arrangements when they were on missions together.

"Alright Naruto-kun, if you're sure you're ok with this then I'll gladly accept your offer, thank you." Yugao said with a smile, which in turn caused Naruto to smile.

Things were starting to look up for both of them.

Alright well that's the first chapter of this fic, no action really; a lot of talking and character development/introductions, not that anyone needed introductions. Next chapter will be the skills assessment, and then I might start a small original arc before Gaara gets captured, to show off a bit of Naruto's skill as well as probably build up his relationship with a couple people. After thinking about it I might have a small harem of older women, Yugao is a for sure, possibly Kurenai and maybe Anko/Hana. Might just wind up being Naru/Yugao, or no pairings at all… nah I couldn't do that.

Recommendations

Video Games

-Dark Souls 2 (biased because I loved both games)

-Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls (Console version confirmed for August)

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-Blade And Soul

-Sword Art Online (new season coming to Crunchyroll starting July )

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-Drifting- AlphaDelta1001- probably my favorite fic on this whole site- harem

-Yellow and Red Makes-Digitize27 Naru/Tayuya

-Path of the Hunternin- Narutoenthusiast Naru/Hana

-Lone Wolf- NarutoEnthusiast- Naru/Kurenai

-A true Monster- Lord of the Land of Fire- Naruto/Rosario+Vampire crossover