Hello all and welcome to the chapter that a LOT of you all have wanted to see: Naruto taking the clan and punishing those who have betrayed the core tenants and creeds.

Now, about Inari, another reason I killed him off was because I honestly had no idea what to do with him if I kept him alive. My options were limited to Naruto somehow taking a father/big brother role for him despite only being 4-6 years older than him, I have him stay with Tazuna and do traveling eventually, I somehow get him situated and he goes to the Academy with Konohamaru and co, or he stays in Wave with his uncle. Now, I've seen every one of these done and I'm doing two of them with other fics before I decided what to do with this fic, so I chose to have him die in this fic since it can't always be a happy ending where everyone survives and is happy.

Don't think there's anything else to cover right now, so let's go.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything else I shove into this fic; not even sure I own any attacks that pop into my head as we go.

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Chapter 4: Taking The Clan

OUTSIDE KONOHA

Naruto and the others were walking towards the village after having tree jumped and ran most of the way with Naruto and some clones carrying Tsunami, Tazuna, and the other tagalongs while Geralt and Tosen kept up with the group in their own way. Naruto had taken the time to talk to the women he rescued and learned each of them were fighters before they were captured, which naturally had Naruto's interest since not only did he like strong women but they could aid his clan too in the long run.

There was even the bonus of Cattleya being an expert blacksmith, which was a boost to Naruto and his plans if she decided to stay with him and his clan.

It may sound wrong that Naruto was planning and looking at the benefits of sheltering the women, but he had to for his clan's sake and future. As Clan Head, it was his duty to ensure the survival and advancement of his clan, so if there were people he could recruit to help rebuild the clan then he was going to do it and make sure he knew what benefits were coming with said recruits.

His primary goals were to rebuild the Uzumaki Clan, love his women, and continue to honor Shinigami as his clan has sworn to always do. Anything else was secondary and less important.

Naruto broke from his thoughts as they approached the village gate and signed in before entering. "Triss, you and Unohana can lead the others to the hotel we're staying at and inform the others what's going on." Naruto stated making the two women nod before they led the other foreigners to the hotel as Kushina's group looked surprised at there being more to Naruto's group than Triss, Unohana, and the girl he mentioned was his fiancé.

Naruto merely ignored them and kept walking with Zabuza, the Demon Brothers, and Haku to the Hokage Tower since they'd need to finish filling out a few documents to formally register as Shinobi of Konoha. He also wanted to just get it done before the headache of the others apologizing and trying to convince him to rejoin their family occurred.

It was inevitable, understandable, and predictable, but ultimately futile.

However, Naruto paused at the tower as he caught sight of a woman standing with what he assumed was her Genin team. The woman was breathtaking with silky brownish black hair, a slim fit body topped with DD cup breasts, a tight looking bubble butt, full plump lips painted red, slender legs, and a beautiful face. Said woman was wearing a dress made of wraps with thorn designs on them and the usual ninja sandals. The thing he noticed most were her eyes, which were a deep ruby red and he smiled as he knew who it was immediately.

"Hey, beautiful, what jewelry store did you rob to get eyes like that?" Naruto called making the others raise an eyebrow as the woman stiffened back straight.

Tentatively, the woman turned to look at the smiling Naruto since only one male in all her life had ever asked her that. "N-Naruto-kun?" The woman asked hesitantly and Naruto smiled.

"Hey Kure-chan, you've gotten even more beautiful." Naruto stated with his smile still in place as Kurenai let tears build up in her eyes before she rushed over and hugged him.

"Naruto-kun!" She shouted happily as she hugged him and idly blushed feeling his muscles and toned body against hers as he picked her up and spun her around causing her to giggle. Kurenai smiled as she was set down, "When did you get back?" She asked excitedly and Naruto chuckled.

"A little over two weeks ago, but the day I got here, the Hokage sent me on a mission to back these guys up against Zabuza here and his crew." Naruto stated causing Kurenai to finally take notice of the group Naruto was with.

"I see, did the others come with you?" Kurenai asked as she turned back to him.

"Yeah, they and some others I recently saved in Wave are at a hotel right now. Although, while I'd love to catch up, I have a report to give and you have something going on with your team." Naruto stated motioning to the three Genin behind her that were all staring.

"Yes, I suppose I do." Kurenai stated with a small sigh before smiling at him, "But you'll find me when we can have time to catch up?" Kurenai asked and Naruto nodded with a smile.

"Of course, though I'm sure the others want that too." Naruto stated causing her to giggle before she kissed his cheek and walked back to her team with a sway in her hips.

"See you soon, Naruto-kun." Kurenai stated with a smile as she led her team away and Naruto chuckled before heading into the tower with the others following him.

Arriving at the office, Naruto merely stood there with the others as Minato finished a document and set it aside before looking at them. "Report." Minato ordered and Kushina and Itomi gave their reports while Naruto merely stood there waiting and then adding in his own actions and the like along with what Tosen, Geralt, Triss, and Unohana reported to him. He then presented Aoi's head and stated he'd be returning the Raijin no ken to Tsunade as it technically belongs to her clan, which Minato accepted and gave Naruto the bounty for Aoi.

Minato, through it all, sat quietly listening to it all while noticing Kushina wanted to bring up something but was keeping it in check since she clearly didn't feel it was the time to do so. When each had finished, he turned to Zabuza's group and presented some papers, "Here are the forms to become official Shinobi of Konoha, of course you will have to do a skills assessment to ensure you are ranked properly and there is a small probation period, but nothing more since most information you have on Kiri would be outdated at this point." Minato stated causing them to nod as they filled out the forms.

"If it's all right, Hokage-sama, I'm perfectly fine being a Genin. While my skills could be at the point of Chunin if pushed, I have no experience fully working in a team and thus would hinder any assignment I was placed on." Haku stated though she also hoped it would allow her to be placed on a team with Naruto.

Minato thought about a minute before nodding since it took more than just skill and strength to be a Chunin. "Very well, you'll be on the reserves until a team and Jonin sensei can be made available." Minato stated making Haku suppress a frown as she nodded.

"If that's all, Hokage-sama, I'll be going now. However, I would like to request a full council meeting." Naruto stated making them turn to look at him.

"May I ask why?" Minato asked and Naruto shrugged.

"It pertains to my trip and my return, clearing the air at a council meeting will make it go faster and keep me from having to tell things multiple times." Naruto stated making Minato frown in thought before he finally nodded.

"Very well, where are you staying so I can have an Anbu fetch you once I have the meeting called?" Minato asked since it would likely be his best shot to get some clear and straight answers from his eldest.

Providing the information, Naruto and Zabuza's group then left with Naruto leading them to the hotel he and his group were temporarily staying at. He had to get ready and ensure some of his companions were ready too as he'd need them to make an appearance at this meeting.

The meeting that would have him taking his clan from the imposter Clan Head and ensure the Uzumaki were nowhere near forgotten.

FEW HOURS LATER

Naruto was relaxing in his room stroking Rukia's hair as they laid in bed, still clothed, waiting for the Anbu to come and inform them of the meeting when it was called.

Rukia didn't care though, she was happy simply spending time with her lord and future husband. As his chief wife and lover, Rukia was allowed to have him to herself at times, but she never abused it since she had no intention of being cruel to her future sisters. They each got a clone to cuddle with and occasionally had some intimate time with them if the mood struck, but she and Naruto always ensured each girl got personal time with the real him. It had been her idea to use the clones at times since each woman at least got cuddles and personal time of some kind with him.

It was Rangiku who first tried a clone out sexually and informed the others it was better than masturbation but weaker than sex with the real Naruto. That led the other girls to occasionally enjoy a clone just to keep that itch from getting unbearable to not burden Naruto since he was still training and doing jobs for Iron, which meant he couldn't always be ready to handle one or more of them. It was also Rangiku's idea to use clones whenever Naruto had to handle more than one woman at once since he only had so many limbs and body parts to pleasure women and she had instigated a few orgies in the past. Hence the clones since they could help keep each woman occupied till the real Naruto got to them.

This was also useful since some of the girls; Rangiku, Unohana, and Triss mostly; had wanted to try sex with all three holes being stuffed. While Rangiku could do this regardless since she was a bisexual and Rukia was willing to fuck the girls if it eased the burden on Naruto, she wanted to try it with three actual dicks over one real and two strapons. Naruto obliged them, though Rukia also did it since she felt her duty was to be able to perform any and all sexual acts her husband could want to partake in, hence why she did every sexual act that gave Naruto an erection and was glad some of the worse ones were avoided.

The two broke from their thoughts as a knock on the door came and Naruto got up and opened it before smiling at the masked purple haired woman before him. Said woman sported at least a pair of D cups on her chest, though it was hard to tell because of her Anbu uniform and gear hiding some of her figure, a toned and fit body with a tight looking ass, wide hips, slender yet slightly muscular legs, and what he knew to be a pretty face since he knew who this was. "Hello Cat, would you like to come in for a minute?" Naruto asked with a smile causing her to nod and enter before she removed her mask and hugged him tightly to her.

"I'm so glad you're back." The woman stated before she giggled as he picked her up and spun her around.

"I missed you, Yugao-chan." Naruto stated putting his face into the crook of her neck causing her to blush and smile.

"I missed you too." Yugao stated before a throat clearing caused the two to look at an amused Rukia while Yugao blushed in embarrassment.

Naruto merely laughed and held Yugao in place so she wouldn't jump back. "Yugao-chan, this is Rukia." Naruto stated causing Yugao's eyes to widen as Rukia got up and made her way over, which also caused her to take in Rukia's appearance.

Rukia stood at about 5'7" with creamy skin, raven colored hair that was was done up in a bun, black eyes that if you looked closely you could see some purple come through, a slender body topped with CC-D cup breasts, a bubble butt that almost begged to be spanked, slender legs, and an aura of nobility mixed with that of a fighter's. For clothing, she wore and elegant black kimono with silvery accents and red Uzumaki swirls across it and one large spiral on the back, and black heels. A black rosary bead necklace with tomoes and Uzumaki swirls mixed in was wrapped around her right wrist, around her neck was scarlet choker with a black Uzumaki spiral, and on her left ring finger was a simple gold band with one of each precious stone imbedded in it with a diamond being the center and largest one. None of the stones were grand or overly large, but Rukia and Naruto saw no need for it when it was only an engagement ring and the wedding ring should be the more impressive.

All in all, Yugao could see how Naruto fell for the young lady before her as she was stunning.

"A pleasure to meet you at last, I have heard such wonderful things from Naru-kun." Rukia stated as Naruto stepped back with a smirk and Rukia began looking over Yugao intently.

"The pleasure is mine, Lady Rukia, Naruto-kun spoke often and highly of you in his letters." Yugao stated with a small smile since Naruto had kept in touch with everyone he was close to. She and the other women knew about Naruto and his growing harem, with his carefully explaining it so they wouldn't get the wrong idea, but hadn't seen them before.

Rukia merely smiled, "I know." Rukia stated as she made Yugao jump slightly when she grabbed her ass and trailed a hand over her uniform covered breasts. "So jumpy, I thought you Anbu were more disciplined than that." Rukia stated as she squeezed Yugao's ass a bit and began kneading it.

"I-I was merely surprised as I am not being a professional right now." Yugao stated with a small blush as Rukia kneaded her ass a bit more aggressively.

"Mmm, but Anbu are supposed to always be prepared and ready even when off duty." Rukia stated as she pressed up against Yugao and was next to her ear, "But then, you're not the first woman to forget her duties when it came to Naruto." Rukia whispered huskily into her ear causing the to blush more as Naruto merely chuckled at his fiancé.

She so loved to tease any and all women that had an interest in him as she had done similar acts with his other lovers when she began to push for him to have his own harem. Both of them knew she fully enjoyed teasing them, it only increased when she decided that her being intimate with the women was a good idea both to help him and because it would entice him more. Naruto let her do so as long as it was nothing serious and she didn't make the women too uncomfortable.

Essentially, Rukia had trained herself to be a bisexual seductress that could make women bend to her charms and skills and ensure they were obedient and submissive to her and Naruto when necessary. Hence the other girls readily and fully accepting her as the alpha female of the group and none ever even thought of usurping or trying to replace her. It also gave her a deep appreciation and list for the female body.

However, right now he had to cut it short as they had a time sensitive issue, "Rukia, enough. We have a meeting to go to." Naruto stated making Rukia nod before she gave another squeeze to Yugao's ass before standing beside her future husband. "Yugao-chan, please inform the Hokage that we will be along as soon as we can." Naruto stated making Yugao nod as she placed her mask back on and left via Shunshin.

Rukia then hugged his arm with a smile, "Time to take full ownership of your clan." Rukia stated as Naruto nodded with his face being serious.

"Yes, and to set up some of my other projects as well." Naruto stated causing Rukia to nod since she knew her love was here for more than just to further his reputation and shinobi career.

"Shall we love?" Rukia asked and Naruto nodded as the two left their room and grabbed a couple of their growing group as they'd be needed for some things at the meeting.

HOKAGE TOWER: COUNCIL ROOM

The councils of Konoha had been gathered together at the behest of the Hokage as apparently there was a matter that required their attention, though only Minato and Kushina knew fully what it was. Among them were the Clan Heirs as well since Naruto had submitted the suggestion to Hiruzen that the Clan Heirs should be included in the council meetings to help them learn and grow to understand their future responsibilities. However, their Clan Heads would be the ones to decide when they were ready to come to said meetings as they wouldn't be allowed to talk to anyone about what occurred in said meetings and would not be able to speak unless directly addressed.

On the back wall was Jiraiya since he was always at the meetings to provide any information his spy network had or know what to check into. It was easy to be there since he had begun to stick around Konoha more after they failed to find Naruto. He honestly didn't know what was worse: the beating from the toads, the beating from Tsunade, or the guilt that he neglected his eldest godson and essentially got all caught up in a prophecy that could've not even come to pass and now it wouldn't since the Toad Elder said the prophecy was broken and a new one was being formed. However, the Toad Elder refused to even try and glimpse it since it was his observations and loose tongue that caused the first one to come undone and he wasn't about to push his luck with the gods by possibly interfering again.

Everyone broke from their thoughts as Tsunade spoke, "Hokage-sama, why are we here?" She asked since they'd been there a few minutes and Minato has only stated that they were waiting on someone.

"Please, be patient Tsunade, he should be here shortly." Minato stated making Tsunade frown in thought.

However, before anyone could comment, a knock at the door came. "Enter." Minato stated before the door opened showing Naruto, Rukia, Zabuza, and Tazuna, with Zabuza gaining the most reactions especially with him having a Konoha headband on his head.

Naruto and Rukia walked ahead while Zabuza and Tazuna stayed back. "Thank you for calling the meeting, Hokage-sama." Naruto stated and Minato held back to saddened look that wanted to come across his face. "I believe we have a lot to talk about." Naruto continued and Minato nodded.

"Indeed we do, Naruto." Minato stated causing everyone except his family and the Uchiha present to widen their eyes in shock.

However, any happiness and surprise was quickly diminished by an idiot on the civilian side, "It's the demon! Anbu kill it quickly!" The idiot shouted before the room was covered in killing intent from the Namikaze, Uchiha, Tsunade, Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and, to the surprise of some of them, Danzo Shimura.

"Watch your mouth. Not only is that my son you are threatening, but you trying to order the Anbu could be considered treason." Minato growled out since he had Jiraiya looking into the villagers when Mikoto had "hinted" at them being part of the cause for Naruto leaving.

He was less than amused or happy with what Jiriaya turned up and he made his displeasure known clearly for all to witness.

Hence why some new plots were added to the graveyard shortly after it was learned what the village did to contribute to Naruto leaving.

"As much as the sentiment is appreciated, Hokage-sama, I have no need for protection from such lower life forms." Naruto stated calmly while the majority of the Civilian Council growled.

"Show some respect brat! We are members of the council." Another idiot stated and Naruto merely looked at him in boredom.

"The Civilian Council, meaning you were elected, you didn't earn your place like the Shinobi in this room did. If you want my respect, stop being dickless cowards that hide behind the ninja of this village whenever you get scared or threatened. You being the exception, Mebuki-san." Naruto stated making Tsume Inuzuka and Hana Inuzuka struggle to contain their laughter while Mebuki merely nodded to Naruto knowing he wasn't aiming the insults at her since she actually knew the life ninja lived.

It was part of the reason Naruto suggested to Hiruzen that if any civilians had to be removed that they should be replaced with shinobi that were now civilians. Who better to help in civilian affairs than those who understood what it was to be a ninja protecting said civilians? The retired ninja could see things from both sides and find a way that benefitted civilians without harming the ninja.

Breaking those thoughts from the forefront of his mind, Naruto turned his attention back to the present. "Anyway, as for where I was, I was in Iron Country learning from the different warriors there and they in turn got others who visited to train me as well. I trained with swordsmen, assassins, fighters, monks, brawlers, killers, warriors, and even some ninja while doing some work for Iron Country." Naruto stated making some widen their eyes since it was rare for someone to enter Iron Country uninvited let alone be allowed to stay and train. "It was during that time that I went to Uzu and found it in a rather…distasteful state." Naruto stated giving a slight glare at Kushina, who had a look of surprise on her face. "It was there that I became the Uzumaki Clan Head." Naruto added making everyone look at him surprise.

"Naruto, your mother is the Uzumaki Clan Head." Minato stated Naruto merely glanced at him before looking at Kushina.

"Is she? I find that hard to believe as she possesses none of the Clan Artifacts nor does she have the brand." Naruto stated making Kushina widen her eyes in shock while the others looked confused.

"Brand? Artifacts?" Hiruzen asked since he genuinely didn't know what they were talking about.

Naruto flexed his hand causing Orcrist to appear, "Orcrist: The Storm Cleaver." Naruto stated as he released the blade and it fell into the ground up to the hilt, surprising the onlookers. Naruto then summoned Glamdring, "Glamdring: The Thunder Hammer." Naruto stated dropping the blade and it planted itself next to Orcrist before pulling Acharn out. "Acharn: The Lightning Blade." Naruto stated dropping the blade into the ground before he held up his left hand and the rosary appeared along with another set around his neck, "The rosary beads of the High Priest." Naruto stated before summoning and slamming the Shakujo staff down, "The Staff of the High Priest." Naruto stated before holding his right hand up and showing the Uzumaki Signet Ring, "The Signet Ring of the Whirlpool, wearable only be the Clan Head." Naruto stated staring at the Kushina the entire time as her face was showing nothing but shock.

Naruto then surprised them by removing his cloak and shirt making several women blush and drool at his physique before he pointed to the center of his chest where a red whirlpool design was before it glowed and spread across his entire body. Everyone looked on in awe of the black tribal patterns and designs that had blood red veins throughout them that were now across Naruto. "The Clan Head is the only one to get these markings as they were created with the help of Lord Shinigami and as such can't be removed or destroyed, merely passed on to whoever is the next Clan Head." Naruto stated as the markings receded back into the spiral which glowed before fading.

"Then you should give the seat up to Lord Hokage's wife!" One of the idiot civilians shouted making the other heads scoff since it was never that simple.

"Doesn't work that way." Naruto stated calmly as he put shirt shirt and cloak back on. "Even if I wanted to, which I don't, Kushina can't be Clan Head as she wasn't chose by the artifacts. These items were forged and created under Lord Shinigami's supervision and as such they choose who possesses them and the Clan Head is the one who possesses them all. The fact the Signet didn't leave my hand upon showing her is proof that she's not the Clan Head." Naruto informed as the blades and staff all rose from the ground and came back to him before vanishing from sight. "As such, I will now ask that she remove herself from the clan seat as she has no business sitting there." Naruto stated making Kushina swallow a lump in her throat before she stood and walked to stand by her husband.

"What about when you're not in the village? Someone will have to attend in your place." Inoichi Yamanaka asked and Naruto motioned to Rukia.

"My fiancé, Rukia Kuchiki, will be regent whenever I am not here as she is a better fit than Kushina." Naruto surprising some with Rukia being his fiancé and shocking others with his statement that she was better than Kushina.

"And why exactly is that?" Hiashi asked finding the meeting more interesting than he thought it would be.

"Because, as of this moment, Kushina Namikaze and her two children are exiled from the Uzumaki Clan." Naruto stated shocking all the Konoha residents.

"WHAT?!" Kushina, her children, and Minato all shouted in disbelief.

"You can't do that!" Another civilian shouted only for Naruto to give them a cold glare.

"Do not presume to tell me what I can or cannot do with MY clan." Naruto stated with a warning tone to his voice.

"N-Naruto, I understand that there have been problems, but surely you don't need to do something that drastic." Minato stated and Naruto looked at him with a cold stare.

"It isn't about payback, it is about the fact she and her children broke several Uzumaki Clan laws, some of which are punishable by execution, so I'm actually being very nice in merely exiling them." Naruto stated shocking them all further.

"Naruto-San, you keep saying 'Kushina and her children' does that mean you do not count yourself as son?" Shibi Aburame asked and Naruto merely grunted.

"I haven't counted myself as her or Lord Hokage's son for over a decade, but this is more the fact I have no direct blood ties to Kushina or the Hokage anymore besides being the same clan as Kushina." Naruto stated confusing them all. "The mark of the Whirlpool isn't just a pretty design or sign of authority. It makes my blood 100% pure Uzumaki blood, thus giving me ties to all Uzumaki in existence regardless of how distant the relations are. As such, any medic comparing my blood to Kushina's would find us being familial but not to the extent of mother and son." Naruto stated surprising them again. "The purpose of this is so the Clan Head is a full-fledged Uzumaki and thus would be connected and close to all members rather than any immediate family. Once the stain that Kushina and her children have brought on my clan is removed, my hair will turn blood red and my eyes with either turn the royal purple or fuse with my blue eyes to show my heritage more openly." Naruto stated as everyone was trying to process this.

"What crimes and stain did Kushina and her children commit?" Choza Akamichi asked and Naruto sighed.

"For Kushina, the list is extensive to the point she was an Uzumaki only in name since she's a blood traitor." Naruto stated causing everyone from a clan to gasp in shock.

"Th-that's not true! I've been an Uzumaki through and through!" Kushina stated only to receive a cold furious glare from Naruto that made her recoil slightly.

"Really? Then tell me, how often have you sent prayers to Lord Shinigami?" Naruto asked scowling at her and Kushina was hesitant to answer before she lowered her head and mumbled something, "What was that? Speak loud enough for everyone to hear you." Naruto ordered and Kushina gulped.

"I haven't since I was 7." Kushina stated making Naruto frown.

"Did you teach your children to pray to him?" Naruto asked already knowing the answer as Kushina shook her head. "Then you are not a full Uzumaki. My clan owes him a great deal and we offer our prayers and services to him should they ever be required. It was because of that bond that he didn't kill Hiruzen-jiji when the Kyubi was rampaging." Naruto growled at her making many gain a shocked look as they found out why Hiruzen wasn't killed that night.

"Naruto-sama, may I inquire on what crimes Kushina has committed?" Danzo asked respectfully since he knew the boy was the Clan Head.

"Where to even start? One of her most criminal acts are the fact she abandoned her dead kin in Uzu to rot and whither away rather than returning to give them a proper burial. Such disrespect for her kin and the dead is inexcusable especially since she could have returned any time to do so. Instead, she stayed here whether out of ignorance or cowardice is irrelevant as an Uzumaki never abandons family or disrespects the dead." Naruto stated making Kushina flinch back since she was afraid to return and see what had become of her home. "Next, she didn't even try to contact the Uzumaki Clan Summons and tell them what had happened to the clan or become their summoner. They had to find out from me what had happened and what Kushina had done and as such they had to become heartbroken that they lost every summoner they ever had and no one bothered to tell them for over a decade so they could properly mourn the loss of their friends and family members." Naruto stated with a glare at Kushina who widened her eyes as she had truly forgotten all about her clan's summons and now it was too late to bond and be friendly with them since they no doubt knew about her exile. "Next is right here in Konoha: the academy teaches Nothing of the Uzumaki and as such they've slowly become myths except for her and her former children and there's the fact she's disrespected the clan and Shinigami-sama by letting the Uzumaki Shrine become a garbage dump and fall into disrepair! Mito would be rolling over in her grave before going on the warpath for letting such a thing happen!" Naruto growled making Kushina flinch back even more as tears started to build up in her eyes.

"Then there's what she did with me and her children participated by abandoning me for 5 years before I got sick of it and left. She and her family didn't even notice that I wasn't even living in the house anymore nor did they notice I wasn't showing up for meals at all. Then when I show I can do the tree climbing and water walking exercise, she slaps me and screams at me for learning to do it. Never once asking if someone taught me it, just assumed I tried to do it on my own and such a thing was outrageous as I shouldn't have tried anything unsupervised, yet if one of her children had done it they would have been praised." Naruto stated shocking the others while the family all flinched and looked saddened. "She has upheld none of the spiritual tenants and creeds, none of the Uzumaki values except with those of her choosing, and none of the core laws as she NEVER should have claimed to be Clan Head when she wasn't as such a thing is disrespectful, dishonorable, and deceitful towards the clan. It was why Mito never said she was the Clan Head before or after Uzu's fall and corrected anyone that said something to the contrary." Naruto stated making Tsunade nod as her grandmother never did claim to be Clan Head, just a representative for the Uzumaki.

"Her crimes are all long and lengthy and any other clan would exile or execute her too since they are equivalent to crimes against the clans too. An example would be an Inuzuka that abuses their canine partner." Naruto stated making Tsume and Hana frown and growl at the thought of someone of their clan doing that with their own canine allies growling in agreement. "Or an Aburame that disrespects and hates bugs while killing any and all that they see." Naruto continued making the two Aburame twitch at the thought. "Or a Nara clan member that kills the deer in their forest for sport." Naruto stated making the two Nara males lose any laziness and gain an edge to their faces. "A Yamanaka that uses their mind Jutsu on comrades and civilians for fun." The Yamanaka father and daughter both frowned at that thought. "An Akamichi that sells out the clan's recipes and medical studies." The Akamichi duo frowned heavily. "A Sarutobi who disrespects the Will of Fire and their comrades." Hiruzen and Asuma both frowned. "A Hyuga or Uchiha that tries to sell the secrets of the Dojutsu." The Hyuga and Uchiha frowned heavily. "My point, is that there's no other punishment besides exile or execution." Naruto stated as he stood there.

"Couldn't you just forgive them?" Koharu asked and Naruto shook his head.

"Even if I wanted to, I can't as then my clan suffers." Naruto stated drawing confused looks. "I clearly stated that Lord Shinigami helped create the Uzumaki Clan laws, did you not think that carried some form of punishment if the laws were broken?" Naruto asked making them blink, "The laws and edicts of the Uzumaki clan are directly tied to our blood, which is how and why we coined the term 'Blood Traitors' as betraying the clan causes their own blood to turn against them. Hence why if you paid attention, you would have noticed Kushina's hair is darker and her eyes are duller compared to how she was when younger. It's not age, it's signs of her blood turning against her." Naruto explained making many take note of Kushina and saw her hair was a duller shade of red than the bright vibrant red it used to be. "Kushina, answer honestly, have you been losing your capabilities with the Adamantine Chains?" Naruto asked and Kushina gave a surprised look before she hesitantly nodded.

"Y-yes. I can barely make three of them anymore." Kushina confessed surprising everyone but Naruto and Rukia.

"Exactly, the bloodlines of the Uzumaki clan are leaving you as well and soon you won't even be able to make one." Naruto explained shocking her and the others. "It also extends to her children as they will not have access to the Uzumaki Bloodlines any longer." Naruto added to ensure they knew it wasn't just Kushina being punished. "The Uzumaki code and way of life is always Clan and loyalty to the Shinigami before all. Villages rise and fall, allies become enemies and enemies become allies, locations change, buildings crumble, but your family will always be there for you. However, you always put the clan as a whole over any personal feelings you have, so even if the situation was me as Clan Head and my own child being the offender, I would still exile them as their offense against the clan hurts the clan and not just them and I will not allow the clan to suffer because of one person's actions." Naruto stated passionately showing he was indeed loyal to his clan over anyone or thing else besides the Shinigami.

"Couldn't you bring them back into the clan?" Minato asked and Naruto nodded.

"I could, but at best they'd be Servant or Branch members, not Main House." Naruto stated making everyone, but Rukia, look at him in confusion. "Like the Hyuga, we have more than one House. The Main House was for those of true Uzumaki blood or those who married into the main house. The Branch House was anyone we took in from outside the clan and provided sanctuary, a home, and family in return they were the guardians of the Main House and our lands. The Servant House is similar to the Branch House, but they served as servants, caretakers, or even concubines for members of their choosing. My Clan was unique because we took in all kinds of outsiders to become members of the clan and treated them as family and with respect, which is part of the reason Uzu was so feared since we had samurai, ronin, weapons masters, warriors, soldiers, missing nin, and even some bloodline users from all over the world as our protectors and friends." Naruto informed making many nod seeing the intelligence behind such a move as it gave them diversity and protection. "Anyway, even if I did take them back, Kushina's children could join the Branch since part of their crime was due to Kushina not properly educating them, but they knew enough to know they shouldn't have done such things. Kushina would only be able to join the Servant House due to her long and extensive list of crimes. Even then, it would be at MY discretion on if they were worthy of being allowed back into the clan at all." Naruto stated making it clear to Minato that he could push for such a thing all he wanted and he'd would get shit all for it.

"Naruto-san, if I may, what about Lady Tsunade? Hasn't she also neglected the Uzumaki Clan?" Tsume asked since it was a fair point.

Naruto, however, shook his head, "No, Lady Mito may have been her grandmother, but Tsunade was raised, accepted, treated, and acted as a Senju, not an Uzumaki and even claimed herself as a Senju. As such, she's got less of a connection and loyalty to the clan since you can't betray what you don't know. Had her mother raised her more in the Uzumaki culture and way we do things, then she may be held accountable. However, her mother was more Senju than Uzumaki and as such wasn't betraying the clan by holding to one side of the family than the other as she still gave some core values of the Uzumaki to Tsunade." Naruto stated making Tsume and the others nod since when a child was from two clans it could get complicated on which clan they learned and followed the most.

Naruto then brought up another point, "And since I am taking the Clan Head seat, and I know certain idiots will try to claim I am underage to take it, I am enacting the Clan Survival Act and I can fulfill my obligations with it as I am already engaged to Rukia and have no intention of waiting two years to marry her." Naruto continued knowing that some idiots would try to keep him from taking his seat by stating he was underage while Rukia merely smiled lovingly at him.

The Clan Heads all nodded knowing it was his right to do so. "You've yet to state why Lady Rukia would fit as your regent, Naruto-san. I don't doubt your decision, but I am curious all the same." Shibi stated and Naruto nodded.

"Because for the last five years, I have educated her on every last edict, tradition, law, procedure, practice, belief, and order that the Uzumaki have and she has followed all of the requirements to be my wife when the time comes and as such knows the laws and everything as well as I do, thus she will ensure the Uzumaki interests are kept and spoken for any time I am out of the village or unable to attend a meeting." Naruto explained as Rukia bowed her head lightly.

"What are your plans now?" Hiashi asked and Naruto shrugged.

"My plans? I'm going to marry the women that have a piece of my heart and rebuild my clan. If the gods and luck are kind to me and I find others to love, then I will marry them too. Eventually, I will rebuild Uzu and maybe far down the line live there. Right now, I plan to have Tazuna here help me build an Uzumaki Compound around the temple and rebuild it as well so myself and those that will be part of my clan have a place to stay." Naruto stated making them look at him in surprise at him talking about marrying more than one woman.

"Women? As in more than one?" Mebuki Haruno asked and Naruto nodded.

"The Uzumaki were regular practitioners of polygamy as we had a lot of love and compassion in us so if all parties involved were fine with it, then a person could marry any number of individuals. I met and fell in love with quite a few women during my time in Iron Country and they in turn fell for me. When Rukia gave her blessing for me to have a 'harem' as she called it, the others were overjoyed and refused to stand in the way of any other women falling for me since Rukia could have done the same thing to them." Naruto stated surprising them all.

"B-But that's wrong and immoral!" A civilian stated and Naruto merely raised an eyebrow at him.

"We're ninja: We commit murder for money, we steal for money, we seduce and assassinate for money, we do just about every immoral act in the book in exchange for money, so why the fuck should I care about people getting upset about me marrying and fucking more than one woman?" Naruto asked rhetorically and the civilian closed his mouth unable to retort. "I'm going to be perfectly blunt, I don't give a shit if someone dislikes me practicing polygamy as myself and those involved are fine with it and Rukia is my queen above the others. I feel no shame, remorse, guilt, or embarrassment and I feel nothing wrong with it since Lord Shinigami has known about the practice and done nothing to object or stop the practice. If the god I pray to has no issue, then I don't care if any mortals do." Naruto stated as he really and truly didn't care if any people had a problem with the way he and his family grew and did things as it was none of their business.

"We could enact laws to keep you from doing such things." A civilian stated making Naruto snort.

"You'd be interfering in Clan Affairs and thus would be committing treason and would then be executed along with everyone who sides with you." Naruto stated with Hiruzen and the elders nodding since they knew the laws backwards and forwards along with every loophole there was and the village was not to interfere in clan affairs unless said affairs posed a threat to the village. "Even if you could in fact enact such a thing, I could simply resign as a shinobi and take all my clan possessions with me, meaning all the Uzumaki clan accounts, the red spiral on the flak jackets and headbands, any and all knowledge shared by the Uzumaki clan, liquidate any and all assets held in the village including land and property that people may be living on or using, and call in the debt that the village owes from the First Shinobi war, which is several BILLION Ryo." Naruto stated making many pale at the threat since he would be in his right to do such a thing and ruin Konoha. "As I told Hokage-sama, I came to Konoha because it is convenient, not because I wanted to be here. While it would be a hassle to go to one of the other villages, major or minor, I can do so easily enough and boost them with the Uzumaki Bloodline along with anything that I choose to share with them from my clan and anyone that I recruit in the Branch House." Naruto stated since while he did have people he cared about here, he could still go to another village very easily.

Naruto, seeing he had them fully understanding the situation they were in with him, then turned to Minato again, "Now, as to my career as a ninja, Konoha Law states that any Clan Head that is in active duty may choose who their teammates are when on missions. As such, I will take Zabuza Momochi and Haku Momochi as my Jonin Sensei and teammate and we will work together until we can find a suitable third teammate." Naruto stated knowing Minato and Kushina wanted him placed with Kushina to try and reconnect and honestly he had no interest in doing such a thing.

Seeing the defeated and accepted looks on their faces, Naruto continued, "I also place Haku Momochi under my clan's protection to ensure she is not forced into anything she doesn't want to do." Naruto stated giving Minato a look to say that he wasn't letting anyone turn her into a breeding factory, which he nodded to. "I will also like to announce now, my intention to solidify a clan alliance with the Senju and Uchiha Clan." Naruto stated making the two female heads perk up and smile.

"Accepted." Tsunade and Mikoto stated in unison causing them to glance at the other and Naruto nodded.

"We can work out the details later on. I will announce that I have three people in my Branch Clan already as Zabuza has agreed to join and two of my former teachers of Iron are joining as well. However, I will state now that neither those two nor any of the women I am courting have an interest in joining Konoha regardless of their skills or talents, they will defend the village if it is attacked but mainly because of the fact that they are attacking their new home, nothing more. Though, let me be perfectly clear." Naruto stated making a few frown before the room suddenly dropped in temperature and massive killing intent could be felt causing the civilians to gasp in fear and panic and the shinobi to tense while the heirs began sweating. "Any attempts to force or subjugate them into joining or swearing allegiance to Konoha will be seen as an act of aggression towards my clan and I will respond in kind whether that is through bodily harm or not will be at MY discretion." Naruto stated with a coldness to his voice and eyes that showed he meant what he said.

Any hostility towards his people would be met with swift and painful justice of Naruto's own making and he would be ruthless and brutal in it.

"I-it won't be a problem Naruto." Minato stated while internally proud and shocked at the killing intent Naruto was producing since it showed how much he had grown, but it was also saddening since he had nothing to do with the growth.

And just like that, the room returned to normal, "Good, with that, I will say good day as I have some matters to attend to." Naruto stated before he left at Minato's nod with Zabuza, Tazuna, and Rukia following him and Tsunade quickly followed as well catching up with them outside the tower.

"Naruto!" Tsunade called causing Naruto to stop before he was enveloped in a bone crushing hug while his head was enveloped in one of the biggest pairs of boobs in the world and Naruto could honestly say they felt like world class pillows.

Rukia merely smiled in amusement at her love's predicament while Zabuza and Tazuna merely muttered something about lucky bastards before Rukia gave them a sickly sweet smile and had a katana in hand while staring at them. "What was that?" Rukia asked in a voice and tone that set off all kinds of alarm bells.

"Nothing." The two males stated knowing that it was a VERY bad idea to piss off a woman that could use that tone of voice and even worse if said woman knew how to use a blade. Rukia merely smiled happily and nodded while the two males sweatdropped in fear of what her and Naruto's kids would be like.

Back to said blond, he was hugging Tsunade, after freeing his head from the deep valley of her easily EE cup tits, and rubbing her back as she hugged him and cried while muttering 'I'm sorry' over and over again. "Tsunade, it's not your fault. You were too preoccupied helping keep the ninja of the village alive to know what was happening with me and I didn't tell you since I knew you'd go on the warpath and force them to see what they were doing rather than they themselves realizing it. I guess it was a last ditch effort for them to maybe stop and change things, but they dug their own grave and now they have to lay in it." Naruto stated as he hugged her and kissed her forehead as she sobbed a bit longer.

When she finally calmed down, Naruto cupped her face and brought it up before wiping her tears away and smiling at her before he kissed her forehead right over her jewel. "Hey, we need to have a serious talk later, ok? There's some things we need to discuss privately, nothing bad, just some things that need to be discussed." Naruto stated and Tsunade frowned but nodded all the same before she gave him another hug and then moved over to Rukia to introduce herself.

Naruto smiled at them before it dropped as he sensed someone behind him, "What do you want, Jiraiya?" Naruto stated as he looked over his shoulder to see said man about to approach him.

"Hey, is that anyway to talk to your godfather?" Jiraiya asked with a grin before a vice like grip was around his throat and he was picked up off the ground.

"Do…not…ever claim to be that again, Jiraiya. You lost that right the moment you ditched me for my former siblings on your misguided belief that you could influence and alter the prophecy." Naruto growled and Jiraiya looked at him in shock.

"You know?" Jiraiya asked in genuine shock and Naruto smirked.

"Of course I know, my summons were more than willing to tell me about the idiocy of you and the toads and how the prophecy in question broke because of what you caused. As such I'm a free agent until the gods decide to call on me and I can do whatever the fuck I want. Which means, I don't need you, the Namikazes, or anyone that sides or thinks like you." Naruto stated throwing Jiraiya away sending him tumbling through the dirt and he stopped at Minato and his family's feet.

"Naruto, please, we are sorry about what happened." Minato stated and Naruto just looked at him.

"Okay, you're sorry… so what? Your apologies mean nothing to me. You and your family mean nothing to me. You could be spiteful hateful bigots for all I care and I wouldn't feel any different about you." Naruto stated shocking the two adults.

"Hey! Don't be an ass just because you're jealous we had to be trained to use Kyubi's chakra!" Arashi stated angrily causing the adults to frown and glare at him before they turned back to Naruto as he started laughing loudly.

"Me? Jealous of you two? That's rich. I have nothing to be jealous of, especially since you lot are still not using your brains and seeing the big picture with just what it was that you've been doing." Naruto stated looking at the confused group in amusement.

"What do you mean?" Minato asked and Naruto scoffed.

"The Shinigami split Kyubi's chakra from his body and then split the chakra between those two while the body was sealed into me. However, you three in your so called infinite wisdom decided to train the two of them using the chakra, but ask yourself this: If the chakra was sealed in them, then how are they accessing it?" Naruto asked causing the group to frown and Naruto scoffed again. "Oh the wise seal masters don't know a simple answer." Naruto stated sarcastically when calling them seal masters. "Let me spell it out: You were opening the seal to let them use the chakra, but you're missing something important when doing that." Naruto stated as the group still frowned in confusion and Naruto merely laughed. "You basically have been opening a storage seal repeatedly and since you have no part of Kyubi's physical self sealed inside, there's nothing to replenish the chakra and let you keep accessing it. To put it plainly: All you've been doing is emptying their seal and giving Kyubi back his chakra, since each bit of chakra freed from the seal is sent back to the body like when you disperse Shadow Clones. Thus Kyubi has been regaining his power, which I can access since I've actually bonded with him instead of sealing him up like a damn prisoner like Kushina did. So, to be polite, thank you for only adding to my power and wasting so much time training them for nothing." Naruto stated causing the five to widen their eyes and just to prove his point, Naruto let Kyubi's chakra cloak him and making his eyes go blood red with slitted pupils, his fangs lengthened, his fingers became claws, and his whisker marks grew darker and thicker.

"Thanks to your stupidity and incompetence, I'm even stronger than I would have been had you actually thought things through while your two precious children are getting weaker and weaker each time you have them use Kyubi's chakra." Naruto stated in a much darker voice before the cloak dissipated like it was never there. "With that, I say goodbye to you all." Naruto stated as he turned his back on them.

"Wait! Me, Kushina, and Minato are all S Ranked Shinobi, there's still a lot we can teach you." Jiraiya called out knowing that was their last card to play to get Naruto's interest.

Naruto stopped and looked at them in amusement, "And what could you possible train me in? I know summoning. I know sealing and the Uzumaki Clan arts better than any of you thanks to me having all the knowledge of Uzu at my disposal. I trained under dozens of S ranked individuals while in Iron Country, so training under three of you is nothing to me. I've already told the toads that I am not going to be their summoner and they've accepted that fact and respect me for it, though my summons and I did let them teach me some staff and sword combat as well as their Taijutsu. And, if you're thinking about the Rasengan." Naruto listed off before raising his hand showing a perfect Rasengan in his hand shocking them all. "When you have the basic concept, it's very easy to replicate since it's actually very similar to a chakra exercise the Uzumaki have and a couple of jutsu they created. However, unlike you, Minato, I finished it and even improved it in a variety of ways." Naruto stated shocking them and it only increased as he closed his hand around the Rasengan forcing it to compact down to the size of a marble and balanced it on his index finger before creating another four on his other fingers.

Naruto then flicked them up into the air causing the compressed balls of chakra to explode causing a large gust of wind to come into existence and kicked some dust up.

Naruto though, kept his gaze on the group as the wind died down and dust settled, "So, as I said, you all have nothing I need, want, or should know. You lost any and all chance to ever call me family, so get it into your heads, move on, and deal with it." Naruto stated before he turned and fully walked away with his group after saying goodbye to Tsunade, who merely looked at the stunned and saddened group before walking away knowing they were dealing with the fallout of their own actions.

She did feel bad for them slightly, but she held to the values her mother and grandmother taught her about always looking out for and protecting family. Family meant that no one gets left behind or forgotten, and the Namikaze family and Jiraiya had done just that with Naruto. Maybe if they were lucky they could become friends with Naruto down the line, but she knew enough of how a true Uzumaki acts from Mito to know that Naruto would never call them family again.

Now she just had to wonder what it was that he needed to talk to her about? She felt that it wasn't bad, though she didn't know how she felt/knew that, but wasn't going to question it. She'd just have to wait and find out what it was and hope it wasn't something migraine inducing.

LATER: UZUMAKI SHRINE

Naruto frowned at the sight of the Uzumaki Shrine, which was a holy site for the Uzumaki to show their close relations with Konoha and give any members within Konoha a place to pray and meditate in peace. Contrary to what people believed, his clan meditated regularly to center themselves spiritually and feel a deeper connection to the Shinigami and the world as a whole. However, they didn't do this in public much as it was so noisy and they wanted peace and quiet to meditate and focus. A few had learned to do it despite the noise and distractions as it helped with discipline, which is part of what inspired the monks that had helped in Naruto's training and they in turn helped him learn to block out distractions when meditating whether it was noise, the weather, or any form of discomfort he felt.

However, none of that mattered right now as he saw the state that the shrine had been reduced to and knew his clansmen would all be rolling in their graves at seeing the place in such a state.

With him were Tazuna, Rukia, Haku, and Olvia, who were also frowning at the sight of the Temple. Tazuna was there to see what he had to work with to rebuild the Temple and to build the compound as they wanted.

Rukia was there to work with Naruto and Tazuna to design and build their new home as well as help with things.

Haku was there to spend time with Naruto and act as a guard since she was technically part of the Branch House with Zabuza and the Demon Brothers. So, it was her duty to protect and guard Naruto even if he didn't need it.

Olvia was there to get out and stretch her legs plus she wanted to see the shrine since she was fascinated with history and architecture and the Uzumaki had one of the longest, if not the longest, records of recorded history in the world.

Naruto merely sighed before creating and sending his clones out to clean out the trash, junk, and other crap that people had dumped in and around the shrine. If it wasn't for the fact that he'd get more problems out of it, he'd hunt down and kill every person who had a hand in trashing the place. However, that didn't mean he couldn't make their lives hell from now on since he did have his Uzumaki pranking talents and Kurama's influence had only added to his mischievousness. However, that would come later as he needed to focus on here and now.

With that thought, Naruto began walking around the area telling Tazuna what he had in mind and planned while informing him to spare no expense and that Naruto and his clones would provide plenty of labor to help get everything done so long as Tazuna was there to keep them organized and doing things right. Rukia chimed in occasionally with her own thoughts and encouraged Haku and Olvia to do the same since they may think of something that slipped by them in the planning phase.

Of course, Naruto and Rukia were going to do a final run through with the others to get their input and ideas as well since they deserved to have their own say in their future home. Right now was just to get the basic layout and design ready since the compound walls and such were a given as well as the fact Naruto wanted the Shrine in the center as well.

Once the basic idea was set, Naruto let Rukia and the others walk around the area to see what would be left and what would be moved or repurposed while he went inside the shrine. A few in the know people probably knew of the treasured mask that was hidden within the temple since it allowed one to call on the Shinigami and free a soul that said deity had eaten. However, that was only part of it.

There was more than the mask hidden here and the mask did much more when used by a true Uzumaki. While Naruto had no intention of using said mask right now, he planned to keep it with him and away from any greedy hands that would try to steal it knowing it would be much more difficult to do such a thing when Naruto set up his compound around the temple.

Besides, he wanted the other items hidden within the shrine as they'd help him later on.

So, first thing the did was go to the center of the shrine and pray and offer his thanks and respect to Shinigami and his ancestors before he went to a wall in the back and saw dozens upon dozens of masks lining it and quickly went to the one that he knew was the Mask of the Shinigami. However, when he touched it, it shifted to be a black fox mask with blood red eye slots and Naruto smiled at it, "So I can wear as I please, huh? Thanks." Naruto stated as he thumbed his rosary beads with a smile before he attached the mask to his waist and then took a fake mask he had made in Iron out of a seal and placed it on the wall to ensure no one could tell that one was taken.

Heading back to the main room, Naruto approached a statue of an Uzumaki monk resting in a prayer position and called his Shakujo to his hands and waved it over the monk's head as well as tapping it lightly on the shoulders. "May your prayers reach and be answered by the Shinigami as ordained by our ancestors when we made our covenant with him. Let your faith speak for itself in the eyes of Shinigami and let he judge if you are worthy of his blessings." Naruto stated as a seal came over the statue and the statue shifted to a bowing position and slid back revealing a wrapped bundle and Naruto grabbed said bundle and sealed it away before placing his rosary hand on the monk's head. "The Shinigami hears your prayers and sanctifies you and your call. Honor to the Shinigami and Family above all. This is Our way, the Uzumaki way." Naruto stated as the seals of the statue glowed again before moving back over the spot that the bundle was and was now in a meditating position.

Naruto merely smiled as he walked to the center of the room and slammed his Shakujo into the floor causing a large seal array to appear and it glowed before the dust, dirt, filth, and damage began to fade away as the torches sprung to life lighting the shrine entirely.

Naruto looked around and nodded to himself as he walked out of the shrine with his staff in hand and paused at the entrance as he could see the souls of various Uzumaki there smiling at him. He smiled back and bowed in respect to his ancestors and kin, which they returned before they faded away and Naruto smiled more as he walked away intent on ensuring everyone knew that the Uzumaki weren't defeated yet and all their enemies would pay for what they had done.

Blood and Death to their enemies, glory and honor to their family and god.

Done.

Hope you all enjoyed. Not as long as other chapters, but I covered what I wanted to cover for this.

Next time will be a bit of a time skip covering some basic stuff that I don't need to go over in detail and then set up for the next major arc.

See y'all next time!

(Images/basic concept of Naruto's items can be seen on Archive Of Our Own in this story)