Icha Icha:: Origami Angel

Konan-Origami Angel

Disclaimer: This is your brain: BRAIN. This is your brain if you think I own Naruto: . Any questions? I also don't own Samuel L. Jackson, and he appears courtesy of much blackmail.

Warning: I'm not exactly happy with how the plot turned out, just a heads up. Doing a 'stay in Konoha Naruto' was way harder than I thought it would be. Even as much as I like her, I prolly won't do anymore stories with Konan as a main character like this. I've got ideas for coming back to already done characters, but Konan is not one I'd be able to do again unless Naruto leaves Konoha for good, and becomes a very different personality than he is normally.

A/N: Okay, I likely won’t be using Madara Uchiha as a serious character in any of my stories for one reason. I don’t like him. Admittedly, having a hidden leader in the background who was pretending to be a member, while all the while giving orders to the figurehead, was very clever. Introducing him as Madara Uchiha killed it for me though. I understand wanting to establish the Uchiha as the ultimate villains of the story, but seriously. With the way that Kishimoto’s overpowering Sasuke, that’s more than enough to prove your point, you don’t need a seemingly invincible Uchiha that’s like a hundred years old, and still in his prime to add to things.

Sometimes, I feel like this series should be called Sasuke. From what I’ve been seeing lately, everything about this series revolves around the rogue Uchiha. If it isn’t about him throwing a hissyfit, or his desire to kill anyone he thinks has wronged him or his clan, it’s about Naruto’s (pathetically annoying in my opinion) never ending desire and quest to bring the bastard back. He’s gone, he doesn’t care anymore, deal with it already. You wanna know the thing that really annoys me though. The fact that there are so many stories out there that portray Sasuke as so utterly dependent on his Sharingan, that he forgets that he has other abilities to use. Then, he gains the Mangekyo Sharingan in canon, and he seems to now vindicate all of those authors who've written him this way. Even if I don't like the bastard, even I can't help but call foul on such terrible character assassination. Another thing, ever since that fight with Killer Bee, he's used nothing but Mangekyo techniques. I'm wondering when we're going to start seeing the repercussions of such continuous overuse. If the little bit he used against Killer Bee sparked that scene with the blurry cup, then what the hell will the Kage Summit and his fight with Danzo do to his vision?

Finally I'd like to pose a question. Why is it that everytime we see Sasuke, he has a new insanely powerful ability or jutsu, yet the person the show is named after has to go through five different training arcs just to get his one supermove to work without hurting himself in the process? I know that Sasuke is Kishimoto's favorite, but there is a such thing as too much...even in anime and manga.

Sorry I ranted on you, but I felt I should get it out of the way now, instead of ruining your post smut buzz.

Fair warning, I'm horrible at writing developing relationships, so I'm going to do a small timeskip where feelings and things are discovered, and all that 'does he/she like me?' angst is is covered and skipped. I also tried something new with the lemon, and I can honestly say I'm not impressed with how it came out. Still, I figure I'd give you, the readers a chance to decide for yourselves.

Also, nearly all of the beginning, most of the dialogue and content come straight from Chapter 447, page 15 - Chapter 449, page 13. It was a good set up, why mess with a winning formula.

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"There can be no peace in this cursed land." Pein rasped. "What Jiraiya spoke of was nothing but a fantasy. Now you have heard my story, let me hear your answer." Naruto hung his head, and stared at the ground. The world was so cruel. Power hungry people like that Danzo guy, and even the great Hanzo. It was people like this that made it hard for there to ever be peace. Reaching into his jacket, Naruto pulled out a small book. The title read "The Gutsy Ninja". 'I believe the time will come when people truly understand one another.' The words his sensei had imparted upon him echoed through Naruto's mind. Looking at that book, Naruto now understood what he meant. Head still lowered, Naruto gave his answer.

"That may be true...I think you're right." Naruto started.

"Really?" Pein asked, startled at the statement.

"I understand you, but I can't forgive you." Naruto said. "I still hate you."

"Then let's finish this." Pein said resignedly. Konan could only look on in shock. Nagato was a strong ninja, even in this weakened state, but against someone that had defeated all of his Realms, there was little he could do to win at this point. Not only that, but he seemed resigned to his fate, no matter what it may be, and had forbid her from helping. She could dispbey of course, but if she did, and he survived, he would never forgive her; and that would hurt worse than losing him to death.

"But," Naruto suddenly said, shocking the two Ame nin. "Ero-Sennin believed in me, so I will believe in what he believed in. That's my answer." Naruto gave the man a strong look of determination. "I won't kill you."

"So you will believe in what Jiraiya believed in?" Nagato asked. "So should we just sit here and wait for you to bring peace to the world?" Nagato glared hard, then yelled. "Give me a break! How can you believe Jiraiya now?! There's no such thing as real peace...it's impossible so long as we live in this accursed world."

"Then I will break the curse." Naruto replied. "If there's such a a thing as peace, I will find it. I won't give up." The former Ame leader got a sudden surprised look on his face. The very words he'd spoken to Jiraiya all those years ago were now being spoken right back to him.

"You...that's." Konan looked at the man who was her brother in all but blood.

"Nagato, what's the matter?" She asked of him.

"Those words..." he whispered.

"That's right," Naruto confirmed. "Those were lines from his first book. He wrote it to try and save the world. The end says he was inspired by one of his pupils to write this."

"What?" Konan asked, but was duly ignored.

"That pupil was you Nagato." Naruto stated.

"What?" The Ame nin cried. "This is just a coincidence."

"And the name of the main character in the story," Naruto said. "is Naruto. My name is a precious momento of him, and I refuse to just give up and stomp on that momento. I will become the Hokage, and I will make sure there's peace for Amegakure too." Konan was surprised when she saw, for the first time since Hanzo's betrayal and Yahiko's murder, Nagato smile.

"We studied under the same master." Nagato started. "I told you before that we should therefore understand one another. I was joking then." Konan looked at him in shock. "You're an odd kid, you remind me of myself when I was younger."

"Nagato." Konan said softly. The look in his face was one of contentment she hadn't seen since Jiraiya was still their teacher.

"I couldn't believe in what Jiraiya believed in, or the man himself." Nagato revealed. "You chose a different path, and in you I can see a different future." Nagato began to pull his arms from the contraption he was in.

"Nagato, what are you doing?" Konan asked.

"I will...believe in you...Naruto Uzumaki." He proke two pieces of the black bars off, channeled some chakra into them (while at the same time shaping them into the small spikes God Realm wore), and handed them to Naruto. "Place these in your ears, Konan help him." Naruto didn't know whether he could trust the man, and hesitated. "I intend you no harm, I only wish to give you a better chance to complete your dream." Eventually, Naruto did as he was told, and winced a bit as the beautiful kunoichi, which he was just now seeing how attractive she was, helped him pierce his own ears. Almost immediately, the fox's chakra took care of the minor injuries. Nagato then began to slowly seal a jutsu.

"Gedou Rinnegan Ishoku!" Nagato said. Naruto felt a small flare of chakra from the two piercings, and winced as a stinging sensation traveled from his ears to his eyes...which then erupted into a fiery pain he hadn't felt since taking that Chidori from Sasuke. This time it was located in hie eyes instead of his chest, and it hurt that much more. When the pain, and his vision, finally cleared, Naruto looked at the man, ready to verbally, and possibly physically, abuse him. "I have just given you a portion of my bloodline, now we are family. While you may not gain all of the powers, only one born of my ancestors can, you will still gain the basic eye abilities of them. This means that you will be able to counter and neutralize the techinques of any Sub-clan of the Rinnegan; this includes the Sharingan." Naruto looked up at him surprised. "Now, it is time for me to make right what I have done wrong to you, Uzumaki." He began sealing again, before declaring. "Gedou Rinne Tensei no Jutsu!" Konan's head snapped up immediately.

"Nagato, you." Nagato shook his head.

"That's enough Konan." He replied. "I have a new choice; a choice I'd given up on."

"W-what is that technique?" Naruto asked.

"It is said that he who controls the Rinnegan controls all six of Pain's paths, and is outside of of life and death." Konan revealed. "Nagato is the seventh path, able to control life and death. In essence, he can return to life everyone he killed today." Naruto's eyes widened.

"Gedo," Nagato whispered weakly.

"But with his chakra at these levels, using it will kill him." She finished. Naruto only took a second to think about it.

"What if it didn't have to?" He asked, to her shock. Naruto made his way over to the black rods protruding from Nagato's back, grabbed two with his hands, and began funneling chakra into them at a rapid pace.

"No," Nagato rasped. "This is something I must do. I will give my life for my family; for Konan, for Tobi...and you." Nagato's face them became somber. "Naruto, listen. War brings death and wounds and pain to both sides. There's nothing harder to accept than the deaths of the ones you love, so you believe they could never die. You try to find meaning in death, but there's only pain and hatred that you don't know what to do with. Dying like trash, neverending hatred, pain that never heals, that is war. Naruto, this is what you must face. The book, and you, it's like someone set this all up...or perhaps this is the hand of a real God. Konan, take care of Naruto, as you did for me. My role is now over. Naruto...you can really...bring...peace."

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"Heh, Heh, Heh." An elderly voice chuckled in relief. "It's over."

"What's going on?" A deep gravely voice asked. Gamabunta sat across from the Elder Toad, bandages covering his arms and torso.

"As it was foretold." The aged toad spoke. "The ones to lead a revolution in the ninja world. But I never thought Jiraiya-chan's two pupils together would be the children of prophecy."

"Hmm?" Gamabunta said, giving a wince as he overextended his ribs.

"Careful Bunta, you don't want to aggravate your injuries and make mother angry do you?" The Elder Toad said, glancing back into his crystal ball. 'Hmm, maybe...this was meant to be from the moment Ero-Chan decided not to give up. That book really is the key to changing the world.'

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After wrapping up up the bodies of Nagato and God Realm- who Konan had explained was made from the body of their childhood friend- and destroying the rest, the pair of shinobi returned to the village proper. They were greeted by none other than the exhausted Hokage, and a small guard of Anbu and other shinobi.

“Naruto, who is this, and why are you wearing an Akatsuki cloak?” Tsunade said weakly.

“Take it easy Baachan, you’ve had a hard day.” Naruto said, before he grinned. "You know you're too old for this kind of action." Had she not been so completely exhausted, Tsunade would have smacked his head into the ground.

“My name is Konan; surely you remember me Tsunade-sama.” The woman said. Tsunade thought for a moment, before remembering just that man was who attacked.

“You’re that girl Jiraiya trained with those other two orphan brats from Ame.” Konan nodded. “One of which who has just caused my village a great deal of stress.” Konan had the good grace to look abashed.

"I hope you can forgive him, but Nagato had to deal with a lot of betrayal in his life, and it had a very bad effect on him." While the statement wouldn't placate anyone, and she likely couldn't forgive the man so easily, she at least did understand.

"So what happened up there?" Tsunade asked.

“After his defeat of the six Pain Realms, Naruto-sama went to speak with Nagato.” Konan revealed. Tsunade's eyes widened for just a moment at the honorific towards Naruto, but let it pass. “Nagato was so impressed with the boy‘s desire for peace, that he not only returned all the lives he’d taken from Konoha, he also used a jutsu he created to transplant his Doujutsu into Naruto; one he‘d planned on using on me should something happen to him. Naruto-sama is now a wielder of the Rinnegan bloodline, but it must first settle into his system, and I do not know how long it will be before he can use it. As for me, I have become his...retainer of sorts, as per Nagato’s last request.”

“She will also be the one training me for the foreseeable future.” Naruto said. “Since she knows who the remaining members are, and their abilities, she will be able to help me prepare for them. As far as the cloak, it‘s cool. I‘m thinking of having one made like this, and changing the clouds to orange spirals.” Sakura, who was standing nearby, couldn't help thinking. 'Only you, Naruto.' Though she was a little worried about that retainer comment.

"Hokage-sama, I wish to take Naruto-sama with me to Ame for training." Konan asked. While Tsunade was hesitant, she also was aware of Naruto's habit of leaving the village for training, and coming back far stronger than when he'd left.

"How long?" Tsunade asked.

"Until I can bury Nagato and Yahiko, and establish a new leader in Ame." She replied. "We will return after that."

"Fine, but give me a couple days to take stock of things before you go." Tsunade said. "I don't want him gone should someone else decide to come bother us."

"Understood." Konan said. "We shall leave in a week, if that is acceptable." Tsunade nodded, before being pulled aside by an Anbu. Moments later the gathered crowd heard her curse.

"Damn it, why now?" She said. "Naruto, come with me. I'm in no shape for a fight, and I need some adequate muscle." Hoisting the woman who was like a mother, sister, and grandma all in one onto his back, Naruto took off for the large tent Tsunade pointed out. Inwardly, Tsunade couldn't help but smirk. This would be Naruto's first real taste of sitting through a bunch of political BS. She hoped he enjoyed it, because he'd be dealing with this a lot in the future.

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"This is why I propose that Tsunade be replaced as the Hokage." Danzo said. "In her weakened condition, she is illfit to lead the village." Naruto snapped to attention, as did everyone else. The only reason that he wasn't in as bad a condition as Tsunade was, was because he'd hid during the fighting. Some Hokage he'd make. Even the two fossils that were the Hokage's advisors had made some effort; Koharu helping to heal the injured, and Homura helping to try and evacuate civilians.

Naruto sat watching the events with a frown on his face. Naruto had practically ignored the posturing, at least until the bandaged man requested that Naruto be placed in Anbu under his command or subjected to the Clan Restoration Act. Tsunade had shot both requests down, stating that neither were reasonable ideas. First of all, being an orphan whose parents weren't from any known clan- and she took great pleasure in the scowl that crossed Danzo's face since he was one of the main instigators of Naruto's parents not being revealed- Naruto didn't apply for the act. The other idea was negated, because she told him point blank that Naruto wouldn't follow the orders of people he didn't trust, and there was no one in Danzo's camp that could make him.

When the mummy started talking about replacing the Hokage for not acting in the village's best interests when it came to its Jinchuuriki weapon, Naruto became more suspicious of the man. When he'd nominated himself, Naruto got really suspicious. The guy was older than baachan, how was he supposed to be in better shape to lead the village than she was? When the Daimyo started to agree with the man, Naruto got worried. It wasn't until he noticed that the Daimyo was agreeing with everything that the mummy was saying that Naruto felt something was off. Naruto activated his Sage mode to see what was going on. Sage mode allowed him to trace the flow of chakra much the same way that the Byakugan did, only he couldn't see the actual networks. What he found shocked him. There was a pool of chakra surrounding the bandaged man's right eye, and there was a line of chakra going from the eye to the Daimyo. Shooting to his feet, and drawing a kunai, Naruto growled.

"What the hell are you doing to the Old Man?!" The sudden outburst broke Danzo's concentration, and the jutsu ended. Now one would think that the Daimyo would be offended, but they only be partially right. Having met Naruto when the boy was six, and inquired about the boy's seeming disrespect, he'd been informed by Sarutobi that to have a nickname from Naruto meant that he respected you. His only real offense was being referred to as being old...he was only 46.

Naruto glared hard at Danzo, so much so that some Killing Intent began to leak out. "I saw the chakra coming from your eye, and going into the him. What were you doing?" Danzo tried to play it off, until Hiashi activated his Byakugan, and looked at the bandaged man. His eyes narrowed with what he saw.

"Would you like to explain how you have a Sharingan eye, Danzo?" The man made to move, but found that he couldn't.

"Kage Mane no Jutsu success." Shukaku droned. It was a show of his mastery of his clan's jutsu, that even as he held Danzo and his two Root guards, shadow hands crawled up the two lackey's bodies and snapped their necks.

"It would seem, Danzo, that your ambitions have gotten you into trouble." Tsunade said. "While trying to control the Daimyo is a serious crime (1), it's not enough to order your execution; but I plan on digging up everything I can to make it so." At the voicing of the man's name, Naruto's eyes went wide. Seconds later, Naruto's face took on a sinister gleam.

"Heya Baachan, I think you may want to have a talk with Konan." He said. "I think that she might be able to help with that." Tsunade nods.

"Neko, bring me Kakashi and Sai. I have a mission for the two of you, and I need it done discreetly. Regardless of the fact that he's being charged with treason, this still needs to be done quietly."

"Hokage-chan?" A voice said. Tsunade turned, and faced the only person that held more authority than she did in the village. "By order of the Daimyo of Hi no Kuni, you have free reign to do whatever it takes to gain justice for that attempted assault...laws be damned."

"In that case, Naruto, how are your chakra reserves?" Naruto grins. "Good, you're going with them." Tsunade said. "Congratulations on receiving your first S-rank mission." When Neko arrived with Kakashi, Tsunade gave them their mission. "I want every piece of information you can get out of that compound. Sai, you will take them to the Ne compound. If anyone tries to get in your way, eliminate them. By associating with Danzo, they are officially traitors to Konoha. Sai, this is your one chance to prove yourself. Dismissed." She then turned to Danzo. "Hold him still Shukaku, that eye of his is a risk that I don't want to take." Making her way over to the traitor, she hits a pressure point in his neck that immediately sends him into unconsciousness.

Root was eliminated in one fell swoop. In Danzo's private offices and safe, they found stolen documents belonging to the village, many of which detailed secret clan jutsu that Danzo had secretly had pilfered. They also found records of missions that underminded the Hokage's orders, as well as the order detailing the Uchiha Massacre. What was supposed to be an elimination of the rogue factions planning the coup, Danzo had somehow had changed to eliminating the entire clan; even innocent civilians. There were also documented assassination attempts that the man had ordered, shining light on a few of the early attempts on Naruto, how Kushina died so suddenly after childbirth when there hadn't been any complications, as well as the missing family scroll created by the Yondaime Hokage. While it remained unopened, Naruto being the only one who could, the fact that he'd stolen it was damning in itself. They found notes that he'd not only provided subjects for Orochimaru's experiments, but that he'd continued several of them, resulting in his transplanted eye and new arm. If nothing else, the unveiled arm of Danzo gave them ample reason to execute the man.

Perhaps the most damning evidence found against Danzo, was his treasonous agenda of attempted conquest. They found numerous treaties with Konoha enemies, as well as evidence of accomplicity with events that nearly sparked wars. The biggest offense was that he'd secretly aided Orochimaru in his attempt to destroy Konoha. While neither man had upheld their ends of the bargain, the fact was that Danzo was an accomplice to the tragedy. He'd also been in touch with Salamander Hanzo, who had agreed to offer support and troops should he initiate a takeover. There were documents dating back to the conflict with Kumo as well. In exchange for aid in his takeover of the village, and a Non-Hostility Treaty, he would in turn offer the former Raikage the Hyuuga Heiress; and had been the instigator behind the attempted kidnapping. The kidnappings didn't end there, either. It was found that he'd also kidnapped members of all but the Nara and Akimichi clans, to further his own strength.

As for the ninja that followed Danzo, with Sai's help, they were able to filter out the ninja that could be swayed to join the normal Anbu ranks. The rest were introduced to the Fuuton Rasenshuriken, the Raikiri, and the Tiger Claws. On a humorous note, the Ne officers were rather surprised when the blond threw his jutsu at them, killing the majority of them in one shot. Of course, had they been helping to protect the village as they should have been, they'd have known that he was capable of such.

Danzo himself was scheduled to be executed as soon as Tsunade returned from the Kage Summit. Unfortunately, some of his more efficiently trained minions managed to escape the mass slaughter, and mount a rescue. While they were killed in the attempt, Danzo himself, got away. Now you would think this a bad thing, but I assure you, it is not; well, not completely. For you see, upon discovering what lay within his arm, Tsunade had every single Sharingan eye removed and destroyed, including the one in Danzo's head. Danzo may have escaped, but not without losing much of what he had spent years collecting.

Naruto, unfortunately, left the same day as Tsunade had, and wouldn't find out about Danzo's escape until several months later.

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After five days of travel (they were traveling at a leisurely pace; well leisurely for shinobi, anyway), including a one day lay-over in River Country (Konan insisted on resting at a certain hotspring inn), they finally made it to the Hidden Rain village. Naruto looked around the large industrial buildings in awe. They didn't have anything like this in Konoha. Naruto saw what looked like it could be the Kage tower off to the left, but noticed that they were going in a different direction.

"Ne, Konan-chan, aren't we going to the Tower?" Naruto asked. "We have to get the new kage settled, right."

"We will, but there's someone I need to see first." She replied. "I should warn you, Tobi's a little odd. He comes from a clan of Space/Time Jutsu masters, and they're rather...quirky." Naruto was a littled worried about that pause, until his eyes widended in recognition of the name.

"He wouldn't happen to wear an orange mask, would he?" Konan nodded slowly. "Geez, that guy is insane. And his jutsu is really annoying." The last part was mumbled, but Konan heard it, and smiled.

"Well, that should make things easier." Konan led Naruto to a somewhat large building, and opening the door, led him to a set of sliding metal doors. Naruto noticed a large seal on the doors, which Konan applied a bit of chakra to. The doors shimmered as she grabbed his hand, and led him through. Once inside, she poked her thumb with a kunai, before pressing the button with seven on it. Naruto started when the small room they were in began to move.

"Calm down, this is just the lift to the loft." She said. Once they reached the seventh floor, the doors shimmered again, and Konan led Naruto out into a room that was larger than most of his whole apartment. Before he had a chance to even look around, Naruto heard a loud, exuberant voice.

"Konan-neechan-sama (3), you're back." Tobi called, enthusiastically. "Where is Nagato-niisan-sama?" He asked, noticing that she was by herself. The young, well to her anyway, ninja's enthusiasm dwindled when he saw the slightly morose look on her face.

"Nagato was defeated." Tobi's eyes got wide.

"By who?" He asked. "Who could have been that strong?"

"That would be the boy we were supposed to capture." She replied, stepping aside to reveal Naruto further back. "Naruto-kun, can you give us a moment? Come Tobi, we have much to discuss." He nodded, sending a confused look towards the young man that was just standing there. Once they'd reached a secluded room, which happened to be the kitchen area, Tobi gave Konan a pointed look.

"Not that I don't trust your judgment, but how come you brought him back here?" Tobi asked suddenly serious. "Shouldn't we have tried to, you know..." Konan shook her head.

"It would go against Nagato's last wish." Tobi's eyes widened. "Naruto, he did something that I thought was impossible. He made Nagato remember why Yahiko started our gang in the first place." Tobi let out an impressed whistle. Even he had thought niisan was going crazy, and for the people that knew him, that was saying something.

"How did he do that?" Tobi asked.

"Be a dear and fix me a pot of your special tea, and tell you all about it." Grinning behind his mask, Tobi nodded rapidly.

"Right away neesan, Tobi is a good boy." Tobi began bolting around the room, fixing his neesan a cup of his famous spiced tea. Konan watched the young man bustle around the kitchen, sometimes snickering, or muttering 'Tobi is a good boy'. Tobi was actually the first person to join their gang, shortly after Jiraiya had left. Yahiko had found him at the tender age of seven, hiding in a shed, clutching a family scroll tightly to his chest. Tobi was an odd one, that was for sure, as evidenced as he grew older. He was from a clan of space/time jutsu masters (4), and he'd developed a severe case of MPD about a year after joining them; although from what the scroll he'd had mentioned, it was how the clan's minds dealt with the stress of their clan's jutsu. Normally, he was a silly, polite, abundantly happy and exceedingly energetic guy, that reminded her disturbingly of Naruto. On the other hand, he could turn into a cold, calculating, second personality in a split second. The odd thing about the personalities, was that both were named Tobi, something very rare with the disorder.

Konan was pulled from her thoughts when a mug was placed in front of her. Smiling, she took a sip, then began regailing Tobi with the tale of Nagato's defeat.

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Naruto was left in the room, with nothing to do but wait. For Naruto this was a bad thing, as he was naturally curious about new environments. Still, not wanting to cause any problems, he decided to sit, and put his dangerous (when wandering) mind to work. Finding a pen, and something to write on, Naruto thought back over his battle with P- no Nagato. There were a few techniques he'd seen that he wondered if he'd be able to figure out and use now that he had the bloodline. Calming himself, he began his list.

Push and pull jutsu- way cool

bring people back to life jutsu- very useful

technique eater jutsu- very useful

Naruto paused in his ponderings when he remembered the summons that Nagato had used. Were those specific summons like Temari's weasel and Kakashi's dogs, or did he actually have contracts with all of those animals? That was something that he'd have to ask Konan. As he was about to go back to his list, he was interrupted by the return of Konan and Tobi.

"Well, now that everything has been explained, it's time to get to work." Konan said. "Believe it or not, Nagato made plans in the event of his demise. While he figured he'd likely never fall in battle, he knew he was as susceptible to old age as anyone else. Once we have established Tobi as the new leader of Ame, we'll begin your training Naruto." Not knowing about the second personality, Naruto felt sorry for Amegakure. If this guy was going to be in charge, then they were going to be doomed before he could become Hokage and help them.

"We can't do anything yet." Tobi exclaimed. "Neechan-sama hasn't properly introduced us yet."

"You know who he is Tobi." She replied exasperated.

"Yes, but it's still polite since this is our first, official, non-hostile meeting." Rolling her eyes, Konan gestured to Tobi.

"Naruto, Tobi...Tobi, Naruto." Tobi put out his hand enthusiastically, to which Naruto grinned, and shook. He didn't know much about this Tobi guy (aside for the insanity), but if he was this silly, Naruto knew that he'd be good company.

"You know, there was something that I was wondering, but since you were Akatsuki, it didn't really seem like you'd have told us." Naruto said. "How did you do that disappearing thing everytime we tried to attack you."

"Kawarimi." Tobi replied, gaining a lood of annoyance from Naruto. "Well a really advanced version of Kawarimi."

"You've got to be kidding." Naruto said. "Aren't you from like a space/time jutsu clan."

"You do realize that the Kawarimi is a very basic space/time jutsu, correct." Tobi asked. "My family created that jutsu over a century ago. We've since expanded on it to the point that we don't have to switch, we just phase out. Before that, ninja just dodged; they were a lot faster back then, and less lazy too."

"Huh, I thought it was just moving really fast and replacing yourself with a log." Naruto said.

"That's the thing." Tobi said grinning, though you really couldn't tell. "If that were all it was, then it'd be nearly as easy as Shunshin to detect for upper level shinobi. Why do you think that people who can detect a Shunshin are still fooled by something so basic as a Kawarimi?"

"Good point." Naruto said, having wondered that himself.

"Now can we get to work?" An amused voice asked, gaining Konan their attention. The two males gave her sheepish looks- although you couldn't really tell with Tobi's mask- and followed her back to the lift. A quick walk over to the High Tower, and the leadership transition was in progress.

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A week later, Tobi was officially the new leader of Amegakure. A day later, all hell broke loose; well figuratively, and only for those who lacked a sense of humor.

As it turned out, Tobi was an exceedingly efficient Kage, for lack of a better leadership title. His ability to use a Kage Bunshin, as well as an extremely high level clan jutsu allowed him to switch his more serious personality into the clone, and take care of the bane of Kages everywhere, while Naruto kept the fun, childish Tobi out of the way- something which in hind sight proved a bad idea. Given that serious Tobi was where most of the man's inhibitions were kept, it meant villagewide chaos when mixed with Naruto's pranking know how. Konan had to unfortunately spend another few days helping him sort through things. This in turn led to Naruto and kid Tobi being left alone. Leaving two easy going, mischief makers alone and unchaperoned was a recipe for disaster. With their combined liberal abuse of Kage Bunshin, though Tobi's was admittedly only a fraction of Naruto's, the sheer number of pranks the two played in the three days Konan was kept busy had the people of Ame twitching with nerves, and looking over their shoulders at all times.

When Konan finally was able to get away and train Naruto, he found that she was a fountain of information. After showing her his list, she revealed that she could perform many of the jutsu that Nagato was prone to using, though on a much much smaller scale. Even the ones she couldn't perform, she knew how to do; just in case Nagato had always told her. The Bansho Tenin and Shinra Tensei, for example; she could draw and repell a cup, or something small like that, but nothing useful in a battle. While she didn't know anything about the seal he used to absorb techniques, she did know two other jutsu that Naruto thought would be rather interesting. A chakra enhanced rain that allowed one to detect intruders, and even learn what kind of techniques they were predisposed to sounded awesome. Not to mention it would provide the user with plenty of chakra infused water for Suiton jutsu. She also planned to teach him the barrier that they'd come across when they'd been trying to rescue Gaara. Konan frowned when she saw the other jutsu he wanted to learn.

"Do you have any clue how dangerous that jutsu is?" She asked him.

"I'd still like to learn that jutsu." Naruto said, "It could be useful at some point." Konan gave Naruto a hard look.

"I told you before that Nagato was the seventh path that controlled life and death." She said. "But even as powerful as he was, Nagato was not a god by any stretch of the imagination. The jutsu he used has some restrictions on it. First off, the way he used it was an exception to the rule. Normally you can only revive one person with it, maybe two if you have the chakra for it. The only reason Nagato was able to use it on that great a scale, is because he'd been the one to kill all those people. There's also a small window of opportunity, before things get difficult. You only have 24 hours before you can't bring them back at all. If you don't do it in the first 12, then the chakra cost nearly doubles with each subsequent hour." When Naruto wouldn't budge, she gave a frustrated sigh. "You know, you're starting to remind me a lot of both Yahiko and Nagato with your stubbornness." With a kind, wistful smile, Naruto's hell began.

Combining the young ninja's penchant for learning high level jutsu, and his ability to practically abuse the Shadow Clone jutsu, Naruto was able to learn all of the jutsu to an extent. The Push-and-Pull jutsu as Naruto liked to call them were still weakened, but would grow stronger as the Rinnegan continued to settle. Nagato had told her it could take months, if he ever used the jutsu on her, for it to completely settle and be useful in a fight. This was on top of further improving his taijutsu, giving him instruction in basic, and mid level fuuinjutsu, and increasing his physical and mental capacity. In short, with liberal abuse of Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Naruto received a two month crash course in Kage level skill development. When Naruto had mentioned that the training was torture, but hurt so good, Tobi spent a week spouting enough innuendo that one would think Naruto had a severe sunburn at times.

It wasn't until the second month of his training with Konan- with some help from Tobi occasionally when he didn't have to deal with paperwork, because no way was kid Tobi getting out again- that Naruto really got into his training. Along with finally being taught the Resurrection jutsu, Naruto learned that the Rinnegan gave him an affinity to all five elements.. The thing that shocked Konan, was that when Naruto learned the Rinnegan gave him an affinity for all elements, he didn't go crazy trying to learn a bunch of ninjutsu. While he did allow himself to learn a couple jutsu from each element just in case, he spent the majority of the time mastering and learning to manipulate the elements themselves in both a combat and non-combat setting, and creating new elemental variations of the Rasengan. Having already done it with wind (and he was shocked at how much stronger the Rasenshuriken was now), Naruto already had a basis to go off of, and it made the other elements easier. He'd even started on combining two elements into one Rasengan, making some progress with a flaming Rasenshuriken. Just before Naruto's time in Ame was up, they were visited by a back in action Hidan. After getting hit with the incomplete version of the fiery jutsu, he could only describe his situation as pain...hurt...ow. Needless to say, he was regretting the day the true Akatsuki Leader dug him out of that hole, and put him back together.

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Two months had passed since Naruto left Konoha, and now he and Konan were making their return trip. Again, she had decided to stop at the Hot Spring Inn, though seemed less bothered about sharing a room with him. Naruto blushed when Konan came out of the bathroom with nothing but a towel wrapped around her body, and another around her hair (she'd started acting the same way around Naruto as she had around Nagato in reference to privacy and modesty). The towel hugged very nicely formed curves that Naruto couldn't help staring at. While Konan wasn't the most well endowed of women, she had a nice fit figure, that could give Anko a run any day. Naruto almost suffered a nosebleed when she donned a yukata, turned her back to him, and let the towel around her body fall to pool at her feet before heading to the spring. The teasing smirk she threw over her shoulder as she left the room told him she knew he'd been watching her, and she wasn't going to thrash him for it...this time. It was that look that reminded him of a conversation he'd had with Tobi just before he and Konan had left.

Samuel L. Jackson: It's time for a muthafuckin flashback. (5)

"So, does otouto-chan have a girlfriend?" Tobi asked. Naruto was about to give a rather boistrous reply, but decided against it. Konan had been right about it being time to grow up a bit more. Namely knowing when to be silly, when to be serious, and when there was no point to playing dumb.

"Me, getting a girlfriend in Konoha?" Naruto snorted. "That's about as likely as Sasuke pulling his head out of his ass, and realizing just how big a dick he's been." Naruto may have been hopelessly optimistic, but even he wasn't that naive.

"But aren't you a hero?"

"I don't think it really matters." Naruto said. "While I'll probably be more respected as a ninja, Konoha is too finicky. I'll never be the guy girls are interested in, even with a bloodline. The only girl I know of that likes me is Hinata, and her clan has bigger sticks up their asses than the buildings here. I've even thought about asking Hinata out a couple times since I get back from my trip with Ero-Sennin, but I know they wouldn't allow me and Hinata to happen without giving her a lot of grief that I'd feel really guilty for putting her through. And she's just way too nice and shy to tell them to stay outta her personal life." The two were silent for a few moments.

"What about neechan?" Tobi asked suddenly. "She's impressed with you after what you did for niisan. Plus, I heard her say once that she found the Yondaime handsome, and you look like him. Plus I think she was always mesmerized with niisan's eyes, but niisan was like a niisan to us so she didn't like him, and now you got niisan's eyes. Plus with them blue, it makes them even nicer." Tobi continued to rapidly rant about the many different hints and clues that supported his theory that Naruto and Konan were meant to be, and would have dozens of Rinnegan babies that gave out vicious papercuts to their enemies. Naruto for his part could only stare, barely picking up half of the quickly spouted nonsense. Naruto had come to like the guy, sure, but he was still off his rocker. And while he did notice how beautiful Konan was, she was easily twice his age, and then some. Not to mention, he doubted that anything Tobi was saying held any salt.

Samuel L. Jackson: The flashback is over muthafucka.

Unfortunately, our dear Naruto was unaware of the amount of fangirls saving the village from certain absolute destruction could garner a shinobi. It was the reason that the Yondaime still had more fangirls posthumously, than Sasuke, Itachi, and Neji combined. Naruto had done a lot of thinking on the issue since Tobi had mentioned it. Now, the problem was no matter what angle he looked at it from, Naruto knew the truth...he was falling for Konan.

"Ne, Konan, I have something I want to tell you." Naruto said seriously when she returned from the springs much more relaxed. "I think...I like you."

Smiling, Konan replied. "I've grown quite fond of you too, Naruto-kun." Naruto sighed.

"No, I meant that I like you." He said. "Like a girlfriend, kind of...not to say that you're my girlfriend, that would be stupid...I mean, it wouldn't be stupid, it would be nice...I mean, better than nice and fun...but not like that kind of fun...uh, I'm just gonna shut up now." Naruto looked at the floor, and missed the amused smile on her face.

"Aren't I a little old for you?" She asked.

"Well, not really." He said, shrugging. "No matter how much I call her granny or an old hag, I still kinda had a crush on Tsunade before I found out how much her and Ero-Sennin secretly loved each other. Plus, even though she scares me, and sometimes creeps me out, that Crazy Snake Lady is very sexy. So is Kurenai-sensei, and Shizune-neechan in her own way. And I've always thought Kiba's mom was hot...and I'm rambling again." Naruto said, quieting.

"Naruto..." Konan started.

"It's okay, you don't have to say it." Naruto said, giving an obviously fake grin. "I kinda knew you didn't like me like that, but I felt it better to just say it anyway. Good nite." Climbing into bed, Naruto turned his back to her, and soon fell asleep. Konan too climbed into bed, but sleep would not come to her.

She thought over what he had told her, and couldn't deny an attraction to him. His resemblance to a former crush was uncanny- though not really if what she suspected was true- and his blue eyes combined with the Rinnegan swirls was breathtakingly hypnotizing. There was still the age gap, though...or was there. Linearly, Konan was a mature woman of 41, but because of Nagato's jutsu, she didn't look, feel, nor was she biologically, a day over 23. Why he insisted on wasting chakra on that jutsu to keep her physically young, she didn't know, since kunoichi aged very gracefully anyway. Technically, she was only a few years older than him, so it wouldn't be so bad would it. Besides, Nagato and Tobi always did say she should find someone to love- although Tobi was more along the lines of her needing to get laid. Oh, why not? Naruto was everything she was looking for in a man, and she'd always been curious about the stamina of a Jinchuuriki (not to mention the Kage Bunshin fantasy that 7/10 kunoichi had, whether they were brave enough to admit- or go through with- it or not). Making her decision, she climbed out of her bed, and walked the few feet to her companion's.

Naruto was awakened by the feel of a significant, yet slight, weight on his hips. He was laying on his back, and he wasn't restrained, if the fake sleep stretch was any indication. Naruto slowly opened his eyes, so as to get some bearings, but not alert whatever the weight was. What he found made his eyes shoot open rapidly. Sitting on his lap was Konan, smiling down at him with a sultry look. Moments later, his eyes nearly rolled, as he felt her move in his lap. He could feel himself immediately respond, and if the sudden widening of her eyes was any indication, she could too.

Feeling Naruto respond so enthusiastically, Konan decided to kick things up a notch. Leaning down so that her hands were planted on either side of his head, she brought her lips down, and pressed them lightly against his.

"What's going on?" Naruto asked a moment later. "I thought..." Konan placed a finger over his lips, silencing him.

"I realized I like you too." She said. "I want to give us a chance." She then leaned down, and captured his lips again. All the while, she was grinding her hips into his, making him harden even more. Feeling that he was ready, she gave him one last kiss, and sat back up. As she reached to undo the knot holding her kimono closed, she found a hand stopping hers.

"Um, Konan-chan." Naruto said, looking suddenly very childlike. "I'm not quite ready for that yet." Giving him a small smile, she slid off to his side, and turned her back to him. Reaching around, she reached for his arm, and made a not quite so accidental brush over his erection, before pulling him, so that his chest was against her back. Wrapping his arms around herself, Konan marveled at how nice and safe his embrace felt. Pulling him close, she scooted back into him, maximizing the contact between them. Naruto blushed and bit back a moan when Konan pressed her rear end purposfully into his rather obvious arousal, but he made no move to avoid the delightful contact. The next morning, they lay in bed for nearly an hour; lips melded together, tongues cuddling, Konan in his lap grinding her crotch against his, with his hands moving between her back, waist, hips, and plush buttocks. After cleaning themselves up, with some emphasis on the sticky messes they both made of their undergarments, they got dressed, and continued the treck back to Konoha.

When they finally passed through the gates of Konoha a few days later, the guards noticed the closeness the two shared, that hadn't been there when they'd left. They also noticed that both were wearing matching cloaks; standard Akatsuki black with orange spirals instead of red clouds. Though it really didn't mean anything, they still took it as another sign. Oh, the gossip mills would explode within an hours time. In just a few days time, Konoha would see that while still the same blond they loved, a very different Naruto had returned than the one that left.

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4 Months later...

When it came to training pupils, Jiraiya was amazingly consistent. While not physically stronger than himself, Konan's chakra levels just exceeded his own, her control was consistent with that of most high level kunoichi (far superior to their male counterparts), and she was easily more skilled overall than he was. The most he'd been able to accomplish against her was almost tying, and that had been with his Mangekyo Sharingan activated. Kakashi was also pleasantly surprised with the results the former Akatsuki member had produced in Naruto, and vice versa. Naruto had grown much in the two months he was away with the kunoichi, and even moreso after his return. A spar showed that Naruto had actually surpassed him skillwise. The only reason he could still win was because of superior experience, but soon even that wouldn't matter. The change in Konan had been just as drastic. That first week before their departure, unless it involved or went through Naruto, her personality could best be described as very Hyuuga. Now she was quite lively, having even struck up friendships with Kurenai and Anko; the latter taking an interest in her piercings, and where all she had them. This had spawned villagewide discussion of just what all she had pierced, and how each of these piercings gave an insight to her kinks. Kakashi remembered that conversation fondly...rather the way it ended.

Samuel L. Jackson: It's time for another muthafuckin flashback.

"So, I see you've got your lip pierced." Anko said, giving Konan a mischievous grin. "Any others we should know about?" It was a testament to how much she'd opened up, that Konan answered the way she did.

"I have a few." She said simply. "But Naruto-kun is the only one who will ever see them." Anko, and the many males there, had to fight the blushes and nosebleeds that wanted to come. Very few succeeded in that endeavor, and less than an hour later, Iruka was kidnapped from his classroom- while class was still in session mind you- by a very randy Anko.

Samuel L. Jackson: The motherfuckin flashback is over.

Even as great as discussing Konan's mysterious piercings was, that wasn't the best part of Konan's becoming a part of Naruto's life. The greatest source of amusement for some in the village, was how the closeness between the pair had grown, and the effects it had on other people. It was a given that over ninety percent of the men were jealous of Naruto, but the effect Konan's presence had on the village's women meant laughter around every corner. The combination of Naruto's heritage being revealed, him finally being recognized villagewide as the hero he'd been since the day of his birth, him now being a bloodline carrier for the strongest Doujutsu in the world, the fact that he was now off the market so to speak, and the rumor that the incredibly hung protagonist of Icha Icha Tactics was actually Naruto- Kakashi still didn't know whether to be jealous of the lad's endowment, disgusted at such intimate knowledge of his sensei's son, or proud of his former student for landing a starring role in such a world renouned literary masterpiece- had the younger girls, and some older, cursing missed chances.

Even those that had no romantic interst in him were effected; only they usually got more enjoyment out of the effects than Naruto did. Shizune's face lit up every time she saw him (this coming from female nurses fighting over who would service Naruto-sama, and Tsunade declaring Shizune his personal nurse in front of Anko, who used that statement to fuel a week long innuendo battle with Genma), Tsunade had teased him mercilessly, Anko had teasingly stalked him for nearly two weeks (claiming research, which only fueled Tsunade's teasing), Hanabi (as well as several Hyuuga women) was prone to unconsciously activating her bloodline in his presence, resulting in projectile fainting spells (Hiashi was not amused with his daughter's introduction into puberty), and Sai had even stopped calling him dickless, citing proof to the contrary.

Then there was Sakura. The fact that Konan lived with him in his father's old home, showed him obvious affection, and also that Naruto seemed to return it, caused Sakura no end of annoyance. That he'd stopped fawning over her completely- compared to him just not constantly asking her out after his first return from training- had made her especially testy, and prone to jealous rants. Kakashi doubted she even realized that she went on these mumbled rants, that people could hear her, or that they practically contradicted every declaration she made that she wasn't interested in Naruto. Hinata, on the other hand, seemed to be taking the rather blatant affection between the two awfully well. Then again, the Hyuuga wasn't prone to bouts of violent jealousy, and really did want Naruto to be happy, no matter who he was seeing. It also didn't hurt that she had a standing invitation to tell her clan to go fuck themselves, and come have half a dozen of Naruto's babies- though that last bit was just speculated rumor...one that had the Hyuuga clan in an uproar, and added to Sakura's jealous rants. The reason being, even if it was just a rumor, Hinata had admitted to considering it- although she doubted she'd use such vulgar language. As a result of this, there was another rumor floating around that the Hyuuga Elders had threatened Naruto, telling him to stay away from Hinata (for obvious reasons), and Konan as well for putting ideas in their heiress' head.

Kakashi was brought from his musings by a clod of flying dirt nearly smacking him in the face. It looked like Sakura was still chasing Naruto around the training grounds. While everyone else on the team had accepted the fact that Naruto now far surpassed them, Sakura just couldn't stand the fact that Naruto was so much better than her after two months. No one had the heart to tell her that he'd already been miles ahead of her when he first came back with from training Jiraiya, even farther after the Sage training; and that when they sparred, he always handicapped himself by using only academy basics and maybe a Kage Bunshin or two. Paying a bit more attention to the spar, Kakashi sighed in frustration at what he found.

Sakura took a swing at Naruto, who lazily tilted his head to the side, and let the fist pass a mere two inches from his face. Another hook passed an inch in front of his nose a mere second before it would have hit him. Sakura spun, and tried to follow up with a kick, which the blond easily dodged.

"Hmph, I guess you've gotten better since you've been away." She said.

"Sakura, you haven't been able to hit me without me letting you since I came back from my training with Ero-Sennin." Growling, Sakura charged chakra to her fist, and swung. Where normally Naruto would have gone wide eyed, and ran, this time he gave her a look of exasperation. Two inches from his face, he lazily reached up and caught the girls chakra powered haymaker as if he did it on a regular basis.

'It would seem that Naruto had learned the art of throwing your opponent off his game with witty insults.' Kakashi mused. 'Though he still needs some work.' He was admittedly surprised though that Naruto had chosen to use that particular bit of information. The thing that amused Kakashi the most, is that Naruto had long since left, and Sakura had been fighting a Kage Bunshin for the past several minutes, and hadn't realized it yet. He also made a not to find out how Naruto could get a clone to take that kind of punch without dispelling. A glance told him that both Yamato and Sai realized they were missing someone, but hadn't gleaned it important to mention it. Looks like Sakura would need some more work on being aware of her surroundings. For someone who was trained by Tsunade, and had a teammate who practically raped the jutsu like no ones business, she really should be able to identify a Kage Bunshin.

"You know, Sakura-chan," Naruto said with a grin. "You're awfully sexy when you're angry." Sakura's face began to change colors at a rapid pace; going from normal, to pink as her hair, to red as her shirt. Rage and embarrassment filled the young kunoichi, and with a deep growl, she attacked him. The problem was, the more she attacked, the more she missed. The more she missed, the more Naruto commented on how hot being angry made her. The more he commented, the agrier she got, and the more she attacked. It was a vicious cyrcle that had Kakashi reevaluating his previous thoughts of Naruto's 'Witty Insults in Battle' skills.

Sakura glared at her teammate and friend. She knew when she wasn't being taken seriously, and she hated that more than anything. Fed up, she nearly shrieked. To be told that she was going to be left behind- due to a lack of needed skill- the next time they went after Akatsuki made her stop short.

"Damn it Naruto, stop screwing around, and fight me for real." Naruto raised the brow over one of his swirly blue eyes, the question written plainly on his face. The question of if she really was ready to find out how far behind she was, of just what she was getting into with the remaining members. "Akatsuki won't go easy on me."

Sighing, Naruto nodded. While they might underestimate her, they wouldn't go easy on her. In the time it took to blink, Naruto disappeared and reappeared behind her, holding a kunai to her jugular. That, however, wasn't all. There were five other Narutos surrounding her as well, and she could feel the points of seven other kunai. Behind and to the right, a Bunshin had a kunai poised to pierce her liver. To the left of the same, a kunai aimed for her left kidney. The one right behind her also had one poised to slip between her vertebrae and sever her spinal chord. In front of her to the right, a clone held a kunai, reverse gripped, in each hand; one going for her right lung, and the other her subclavian vein. On the right, a kunai was aimed in just such a way that it could easily slip between her ribs, and puncture her heart. And right in front of her, stood the last, looking almost sad, poking her right in the middle of her forehead.

"You're dead." Naruto deadpanned. Sakura's eyes widened, as did the other three ninja in the group.

"Wha...how...huh?" Sakura inarticulated.

"This is why I went easy on you Sakura." Naruto said. "Because if we did that all the time, you'd never get the chance to train or improve while sparring with me. Now, if Kakashi doesn't have anything else for us to do, I'll see you all tomorrow. I'm off." And with that, he poofed into smoke while giving a 'Nice Guy' pose.

"What, a Kage Bunshin?" Sakura screeched, turning to the other members of their squad to find sheepish looks. "Are you telling me that you all knew, and didn't mention anything."

"Honestly, we thought you knew." Yamato said, lying through his teeth. "And it would have defeated the purpose of the spar."

"Don't be angry at us, Ugly." Sai retorted. "Donkey Dick is the one who tricked you."

The two Jounin and Chuunin stared at the pale boy, and sweatdropped. Yeah, it was definitely less creepy when he was calling Naruto 'Dickless'. Still, while extremely creepy, all three were rather looking forward to the first time he said that with Naruto or Konan around to hear it.

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As this was happening, the real Naruto was making his way up to the Hokage's office after a late afternoon pick me up at Ichiraku's. The reason, why, it was where he could find his girlfriend, of course. The fact that Konan's jutsu gave her the ability to control paper, and even skim anything written on it, made her Tsunade's favorite new assistant. Shizune would bring the paperwork in, Konan would sort through it, and place the documents into like piles, the most important ones in a stack of their own. With the new sorting system, as well as Tsunade placing a couple Kage Bunshin on less important paperwork, Tsunade found herself getting finished in record time (this basically meant that she finished the day's paperwork the day it was delivered), and in much less need of sake at the end of the work day.

Naruto waved to Shizune as he passed her desk, and finally approached the door. Naruto knocked twice, paused, then a third time before sticking his head in. He immediately regretted it when he saw who was in the room with Tsunade.

"Ah, Uzumaki-kun, just the man we wanted to see." Koharu crooned. The glares that both Tsunade and Konan were shooting at their backs was told him that he wasn't going to like what the two elders had to say.

"Indeed," Homura crowed. "We have a most splendid offer for you. Not only would you benefit, but the village would grow stronger for it as well."

"What is it?" Naruto asked, just knowing that it would be a bad idea.

"We'd like to register you for the Clan Restor..."

"No!" Naruto exclaimed firmly, cutting him off.

"But you don't..."

"I know exactly what you're saying." Naruto growled. "First of all, I don't want anything to do with that act. Second, I don't even qualify for it. That act is for the restoring of Konoha Clans to decent numbers."

"But you do qualify." Koharu tried. "The Uzumaki Clan..."

"Was a clan of Whirlpool." Naruto answered. "My mother was the only one of that clan to survive the destruction of the country, and since she was an orphan when she came here, the fact that she was from a clan means absolutely nothing. Try again."

"The Namikaze..."

"Were not even a clan." Naruto said. "Look, the fact of the matter is, I grew out of that desire a long time ago. I love Konan, and she's the only wife I need to be happy. The only way I go through this, is if baachan orders me to do it." Tsunade got a smirk on her face.

"Naruto Uzumaki, you are hereby ordered to live your life, love this wonderful young lady," She indicated Konan here. "And provide me with plenty of grandchildren to spoil when I retire."

"Hai, Hokage-sama." Naruto called snapping a salute, much to the two younger kunoichi's amusement. Naruto then grew a mischeivous grin. "Is Konan-chan done for the day?"

"Sure, anything else that comes in can wait till tomorrow." Tsunade answered. "Any reason why?" Naruto, still grinning, walked over to his lady, and tossed her over his shoulder.

"Naruto-kun, what are you doing?" Konan asked, startled.

"Well, baachan ordered me to provide her with plenty of grandkids to spoil." Naruto said. "Considering her age, if I don't start now, then I may not make the deadline." Tsunade's eye twitched, but before she could react, Naruto and Konan were gone.

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The two reappeared on top of the Hokage monument. Naruto sat his lover down, though not releasing her from his embrace, and grinned at her amused smirk.

"Any particular reason you kidnapped me from work early?" She asked, pulling herself closer to him.

"Not really, but I figured you'd like to get away from a job that exploits your gift." Naruto said.

"A job that you recommended me for, if I'm not mistaken." She retorted.

"Must we start that again?" Naruto said grinning. "I'd much rather kiss you senseless against a sunset backdrop."

"Hmm, taking a lesson from that creepy green man and his clone I see."

"Yeah, images in my mind that I really didn't need." Naruto said chuckling. He then sobered, took a step bcak, and looked her right in the eyes. "Actually, there is a reason for this. Akatsuki has been unusually quiet since losing Hidan, Pein, and Kisame (6), and I want to do this before things get hectic again." Against the backdrop of a Konoha sunset, Naruto took hold of Konan's hand, and asked the question that would again change both of their lives. "Konan-chan, will you marry me?" Konan's answer was to launch herself at Naruto, and meld her lips to his. After a minute, she pulled back breathing heavily. In a husky voice, she growled.

"Take me home, now!" Looks like dinner plans were going to be put on hold. Naruto barely twitched as a Shadow Clone appeared to inform the restaurant of the change of plans, and to reschedule their reservation.

The newly engaged couple landed in a bedroom that was easily half the size of Naruto's entire former apartment. While the kiss on the Hokage Monument had been fiery, and filled with passion, the kiss that Naruto placed upon her lips when they arrived was softer. The two held each other, while their hands gently caressed his chest and her back.

Soon, the gentle, loving caresses began to take on a more desirous tone. Konan's hands slipped under his shirt, when his cloak had come off he didn't know, and began rubbing his chest. Likewise, Naruto's hands came around, to settle on her waist. Naruto kissed her again, his hands again moving, this time to the buttons on her cloak. Slipping his hands underneath her cloak when he was finished, he slid his hands up to her collar, and began sliding it off her shoulders. Konan let her arms fall to her sides just long enough for her cloak to fall to the floor. She pulled back, giving Naruto a sultry grin as she tugged at his lip with her teeth.

Naruto took a moment to just stare at his soon to be wife. Under her cloak, Konan showed what having Anko as a friend and influence could do to one's wardrobe. She wore a pair of near indecently short, black shorts about the same length as Anko's skirt, a pair of dark black leggings, and a sleeveless dark blue top (about the same color as Hinata's hair) that was even snugger than the Anbu tops, shows every curve and plain of her torso leaving nothing to the imagination; not even the trio of piercings that decorate her torso. Naruto remembered how shocked he'd been when he found the horizontal barbells that ran through her nipples, and even moreso when he leard that Nagato never knew she had them. Naruto only had a moment to marvel the properties of the fabric, because Konan took a hold of the bottom of her shirt, and pulled it off over her head, letting her surprisingly well developed breasts fall free.

Naruto still, 2 months after the fact, marveled at just how much bigger Konan's breasts were unconfined by the Anbu top she wore. The good thing about Anbu tops, were that they were specially made so that wrappings and bras were unnecessary. Naruto noticed right away that Konan's nipples were slightly hardened, and decided to finish the job. Konan gasped in pleasure as her nipple puckered even further as it was captured between Naruto's lips. He pulled on the taut flesh with his teeth, before sucking greedily as if milk would come out. He then took a light grip of the metal bar piercing her bud, and gave it a light, but firm tug. Naruto then switch to the other nipple, performing the same ministrations while his fingers tweaked the recently vacated nipple. Konan cried out as numerous slivers of electric thrill shot up her spine from having her nipples teased. Konan grabbed Naruto's face with both hands, and kissed him hard. She followed this by pulling his shirt over his head. Highly addicted to the feel of her lips on his, Naruto kissed Konan again, before being guided back to her stiff buds.

While Naruto was busy with her sensitieve breasts, Konan's hands had moved down to cup his rapidly growing erection. She began to rub it through his pants, gripping it through the fabric as if the cloth wasn't there. Her eyes almost rolled into the back of her skull when he moaned from her actions. The low vibrations that rang through her nipples was like nothing she'd ever felt before, well, something she hadn't felt since the last time Naruto had done it; which if she was honest was actually that morning. Her other hand was swiftly undoing his pants, and pulling the zipper down as rapidly as she could. In her haste, she almost tore the zipper clean off.

Lifting her well toned legs up her fiance's, Konan ground her pelvis into his, while using her foot to push his pants down to his ankles. Partly, because she knew that she wouldn't be able to do it with his sandals on, partly because she knew that Naruto would continue sucking if she let him, and partly because she was getting a little too close to actually cumming from Naruto's attention to her breasts, Konan pushed him away.

"Clothes, off." She ordered. Deciding to do the same, and save some time, she began doing the same. The only problem, was that they were moving at entirely different speeds. In the time it took her to remove her own heels, Naruto had discarded his pants, boxers, and sandals. Konan licked her lips at the sight before her. If only those other women knew what they had been passing over all these years. Konan got as that, before she was grabbed by the waist, and pulled into another steamy kiss. This time it was Naruto who was undoing buttons and zippers. Sliding his hands under the waistbands of both her shorts and panties, Naruto hooked his thumbs over the outside, as he slid his hands down to cup her plump rear. By the time Naruto's firm grip was upon her buttocks, Konan's garments had slipped down her legs enough to easily slide to the floor.

As Konan stepped out of their last major roadblocks, Naruto took the time to admire her form. Konan was a classic beauty, yet still amazingly exotic, her lightly tanned skin just lighter than his own. Konan pushed him back, until he fell onto the bed. Lifting one leg, she sat her foot between his legs, Naruto immediately knew what she was asking. Though if he was truthful, he thought she was absolutely sexy with just her leggings on. With an amazing display of foot dexterity, she began stroking and rubbing him with her toes, gaining a soft grunt as he peeled the skintight garment from her legs. First one, then the other, Naruto divested his future wife of the last of her clothing.

Konan posed a bit, arms crossed over her head, when Naruto's gaze became glued to her form again. She didn't know why, but her body got chills of anticipation whenever Naruto just stared at her like that. As Naruto stared at the breathtaking view in front of him, he could only utter one word about what he felt was surely perfection.

"Beautiful." Konan couldn't help the blush that wanted to creep up. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she maneuvered so that she was straddling his lap. She then pulled him into a hungry kiss as she began to grind into him. Konan let out a deep gutteral moan when she felt the solid weight of Naruto's flesh slid along her wet slot. She let out a small squeal when Naruto suddenly shifted, and she found herself underneath him. Starting with the bite mark he'd made on her neck just that morning, Naruto kissed, sucked, nipped, and licked his way over her neck, her shoulder, and her collarbone. He dipped a little lower, and capture both nipples in his mouth, tugging both flesh and piercing, one after the other. It wasn't until his mouth began to descend lower that Konan stopped him. Naruto gave her a look of askance, because he knew she liked when he did that; she was very vocal in that respect.

"Not this time, I want you inside me." Konan purred. "If you go down there, it'll take too long to get what I want." Naruto couldn't deny that. As much as she liked having it done, he liked doing it twice as much. Naruto crawled back up, kissing along the way, before he finally captured her lips. He lined himself up with Konan's entrance, and just as he was about to push home, his eyes widened as if he'd just remembered something; which funny enough, he had. Sitting back a bit, but never breaking contact from their more than ready sexes, Naruto started to gather chakra. As Naruto started the seals for the contraceptive jutsu, Konan grabbed his hands, and shook her head.

"Are you sure?" Naruto asked. "Last time I had a physical, baachan told me that unless I use protection, then pregnancy is almost 100 percent even on a woman's safe days...whatever that meant. I just wouldn't want you to have to quit for so long like Kurenai-sensei had to do." Konan went wide eyed at the information about his potency, but settled back into an affectionate smile.

"It's okay, Naruto-kun." She replied. "Since I am a defecting shinobi from an enemy force, protocol prevents me from joining the village proper without at least a year or two of probation. I wouldn't be able to continue my career until my probation is over with anyway. I figure since I'm off duty, I might as well make the most of the time, ne." Naruto's heart felt like it wanted to jump out of his chest, and hug the woman itself.

Naruto leaned back over the woman who was so willing to give him such a precious gift, and kissed her. The kiss was so full of love, emotion, and passion that Konan shivered as a mini-orgasm slipped through her. While it wasn't enough to make a big deal over, really it wasn't even enough that one would notice it for what it was, it was enough to make her wet sheath began leaking in earnest.

Naruto gasped as he slid slowly into her, his breath being taken away by the feelings and sensations. No matter how many times they'd done this, it still felt as amazing as the first. The pair gasped as the head of Naruto's penis slipped through her folds, into her honey pot proper.

"Ahhh," Konan cried out as Naruto slid more of his shaft into her. He was about halfway in, and she could already feel her pussy's overextended walls moving to further accomodate him. Konan moaned loudly and Naruto nearly whimpered her name, when he finally got the whole thing in. Konan shivered at the feeling of utter fullness, and clutched him tightly with her arms and legs. She could feel his thighs pressed flush against hers, and his very...healthy...balls sitting right between her pussy and anus.

Naruto paused to catch his breath; the feelings were still amazingly overwhelming to him. His eyes were shut tight in concentration, and his face was pointed to the wall above the bed. Even though this had become almost a nightly ritual in the two weeks they'd actually been making love, the feelings were stiill no less shockingly intensive. Once he'd finally controlled himself, Naruto brought his lips to Konan's in a deep, sensual kiss, while beginning a rhythm of slow, deep thrusts. Konan slid her hands under his arms, and gripped his shoulder from behind, pulling him further against her. The feel of his muscular chest rubbing against her over sensitized nipples sent sparks of pleasure through her body. She then shifted her legs so that they were not only wrapped around her future husband, but crossed at his backside pushing him further into herself; if that was even possible.

All too soon, the snails pace wasn't enough. Konan began slightly bucking her hips, hoping that Naruto would get the hint to go faster. Naruto did, and picked up the pace. While it still wasn't fast enough to cause the sound of slapping flesh, it was certainly fast enough to increase the delicious friction in the pair's loins. On one of her upward bucks, Naruto took a hold of Konan's soft right cheek, and began kneading it. The grip also helped him steady the rhythm, which only added to the pleasure they were feeling. As her skin began to pinken from exertion, her body also began to develop a light sheen of perspiration.

"Ahhhh! Yessssss." She cried out, as Naruto slowed down a few moments to push as deep into her as was possible, simultaneously hitting a sweet spot deep inside.

Naruto continued to thrust into Konan, trying to make every one count. She was soon forced to let go as Naruto sat up, leaned back on his knees, took a firm grip of her waist, and began thrusting anew. The result was that it changed position, and the way each thrust was hitting her. The new angle was far more penetrating, and she could feel him touching her womb with each insertion. The new way that he was rubbing her was also far more pleasurable. Before too long, it became too much, and she knew that her end was near. Even though she knew it was coming, she was still ill prepared for it. Clutching Naruto tightly, she screamed into his shoulder.

"RRRRRMMMNNN!!!" Konan convulsed against her lover, her pussy squeezing like a vice, her toes curling. "Ooooohkami!" The flesh pole trapped inside was forced to endure not only the increased grip of the hot, wet tunnel, but the vibrations from each and every ripple it made around it. The fact that he could feel juices both squirting and gushing from her, and splashing onto his testicles didn't help his control much either. For Naruto, who was already getting extremely close, it was far too much to keep going.

"NNNN-shit!" Naruto cried as the coil snapped, and he was tossed into orgasm, like paper in a strong wind. He had to work to keep himself from blacking out at the intensity of his release. Maybe Ero-Sennin hadn't been just an unrepentant pervert. Doing this in pursuit of a family was definitely better than just doing it. The feeling of overwhelming pleasure was like nothing he could describe. The closest thing, would be like the one time he'd loaded all of his muscles with wind natured chakra, and just released it all at once. That had been a rush he'd thought he'd never be able to top, but tonight with Konan had proved that wrong.

Konan shuddered in bliss as she felt it. The steady pulses that tore through her belly as Naruto released into her caused her to shiver anew. Naruto came like he couldn't stop. Each pulse sending a flood of his uber potent seed into her womb. The volume was so great, she could feel it escaping and running down her ass onto the bed. Combined with the surprisingly large amount of fluids she'd released this time, she knew that there was likely a very big mess down there.

As the two came back down from their most exquisite peaks, Konan looked up into Naruto's eyes to see him staring at her oddly. No, change that, it wasn't odd, it was that look. It was the same hungry gaze that Naruto had given to her that night two weeks ago when they'd first made love. No, that's wrong, when they first fucked, as Anko was prone to saying. It was that look that said, "Now that we've finished making love, I'm going to fuck you silly."

In a swift motion, Naruto had positioned her right where he wanted her; on her hands and knees in front of him. Konan shivered. She knew what was about to happen, and her nerves were alight with anticipation. Naruto wasted no time thrusting all the way into her. Konan cried out as the pleasurable feeling of instant fullness overtook her. Naruto's hips were going full bore; the intensity of Naruto's thrusts were swift in their mission to drive her to ecstasy from the start. She could feel him panting in her ear as he drove her closer and closer to another amazing release. He was so intense and focused, like he was concentrating all of his desire, all his love for her, into each thrust. Konan's body trembled all over as her belly was rocked with each vigorous thrust.

All too soon, she could feel Naruto's dick beginning to swell with impending release. His thrusts became more brisk, more rapid. His cock twitched and jerked as his thighs jackhammered her plush rear. Then she felt it; that feeling of total bliss as her mind went bye bye for several moments. Her muscles clamped down on him, trapping him tight, her pussy on fire with convulsions. She felt his movements become erratic, and she knew he was about to come again, and couldn't pull out even if he wanted to. She squeezed him tighter, silently begging for every drop. When Naruto came, his release was every bit as powerful and voluminous as the last, and just kept on coming; she thought he'd never end.

When finally Naruto did stop coming, the two collapsed into a heap on the bed.both their pelvic regions a sticky, but pleasantly made, mess. Turning over Konan snuggled close; her head laying on his shoulder, her hand stroking his damp chest. As the two began to drift off, Konan couldn't help but think about what was soon to be growing inside her.

Omake

Across the village, a young kunoichi also cried out her release, before collapsing near bonelessly back to the bed. Turning off her Byakugan, she let the oversized orange toy slip from weak fingers. After regaining some of her energy, she stood, stretched, donned a robe, and cleaned the bedsheets. She then went about cleaning and resealing the toy, which was appropriately named after her crush, back in the hidden compartment under the bed. She just hoped her neechan didn't find out she was borrowing it. She knew that Hinata would be furious if she found out, and an angry Hinata was even scarier than her sadistic, purple haired sensei.

As for the girl whom the massive orange toy belonged to...she soon wouldn't need it. After all, if the blue haired woman's offer was genuine, she'd have the real thing soon enough. What the amazingly hot, young kunoichi didn't know, was that by the time she returned home mid-afternoon the next day, she'd be just as thoroughly on her way to knocked up as the woman still sleeping in her Naruto-kun's bed.

Omake 2

Halfway through River Country, a man wearing an orange mask, and a certain red and black cloak sped towards Konoha. He had managed to lose the two brats on his trail, but it wouldn't do to dawdle now. He would rest when he got to safety...to neechan-sama and otouto-chan...but he couldn't rest now. The information he had for the Hokage, as well as the other Kage, was of great cruciality...crucialness...bah, he couldn't find the right word, crucial alone didn't fit, and importance was too boring. Shaking his head of stray thoughts, he pushed more chakra into his body, and made another Space/Time leap, landing himself on the border of Fire Country. Almost as soon as he passed into Hi no Kuni, he picked up an Anbu escort, or was it a pursuit team? Not bothering to stop, he tossed a scroll at the Anbu who looked to be in charge, and sped up. Half an hour later, Tobi finally landed on the gates of Konoha. He finally paused to catch his breath, and take a small break. Then in a loud voice, he cried out.

"Have no fear...Tobi is here." In a home a few blocks away, a post coitus woman gained a nervous twitch in her sleep, while her sleeping companion grinned almost evilly. All across Konoha, people who made themselves prime targets for a certain humorous artform were simultaneously shuddering in horror/terror...whether awake or asleep.

Omake end to the spar had I felt like making Naruto a jackass.

"Damn it Naruto, stop screwing around, and fight me for real." Naruto raised the brow over one of his swirly blue eyes, the question written plainly on his face. The question of if she really was ready to find out how far behind she was. "Akatsuki won't go easy on me."
Sighing, Naruto nodded. In the time it took to blink, Naruto disappeared and reappeared behind her, holding a kunai to her jugular. That, however, wasn't all. There were five other Narutos surrounding her as well, and she could feel the points of seven other kunai. Behind and to the right, a Bunshin had a kunai poised to pierce her liver. To the left of the same, a kunai aimed for her left kidney. The one right behind her also had one poised for her spine. In front of her to the right, a clone held a kunai in each hand, one going for her right lung, and the other her subclavian vein. On the right, a kunai was aimed in just such a way that it could easily slip between her ribs, and puncture her heart. And right in front of her, stood the last, looking almost sad, poking her right in the middle of her forehead.
"You're dead." Naruto deadpanned. Sakura's eyes widened. "Lesson one, medical jutsu, Tsunade's strength techniques, and the academy nin and taijutsu aren't going to cut it." Sakura sniffed when the clones disappeared.
"Tsunade-shishou has done well enough with them." Sakura spat.
"And she could still fairly easily take on a Jounin without them; or did you forget who her sensei was." Naruto lectured. "You do realize that the stuff she taught you was supposed to supplement skills you were already supposed to have. If you want to really be taken seriously, ask yourself this Sakura. If you were to have all of your special abilities and advantages taken away, would you still be a Chuunin? I know that if you took away the Rasengan, Kage Bunshin, Sage abilities, and even the Kyuubi right now, I'd still be at least Jounin level. Even if you took away all their special abilities and advantages, each member of Akatsuki is still at least of Jounin level. It's time to put up, or shut up Sakura. Are you ready to truly take things serious."

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1. much the same as blackmail and extortion, only with a longer sentence given that it is the Daimyo

2. different hidden leader of Akatsuki in the background, Tobi is just Tobi, and supported Pein over the leader.

3. yes, this was intentional.

4. has all of Madara's space-time abilities w/o sharingan; jutsu are draining except the phasing out jutsu which is the most basic, and first jutsu members learn.

5. If you've seen snakes on a plane, then you'll understand this reference. Also, if you were one of those few who went to see this in theatres instead of waiting for it to come to cable, then consider this me pointing and snickering.

6. same as canon.

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As always, hope you enjoyed the story, and if not, meh, your fault. I know Konan was accepted a bit too easily considering who she'd previously been with, but I personally believe that Naruto has a certain amount of sway with the Hokage. After all, Sasuke is still running around unchecked. By the way, I totally see what Jiraiya means by research helping write. Also depending on what Sakura's intentions are, I may or may not retract every positive thing I've ever said about her. Depending on whether she makes a smart or stupid decision (and really leaving the others behind was kind of stupid in itself), I may end up rewriting a lot of my future stuff.

Again, if you feel this has the potential to be continued as a story, then by all means, you're welcome to try. I won't be continuing this, so don't ask or try to convince me. Here are some ways I thought of to continue this for those interested in trying.

Finish dealing with Akatsuki
Danzo (real leader)- I'm interested in seeing how someone spins this, especially the explanation of how he came to be the leader. I'm also curious to see just what he wants with the biju. I'm okay if you go with world domination (since that seems like the kind of thing Danzo would go for), or the original Akatsuki explanation of controlling all the wars (he is a warmonger after all), but I'd like to see something original (but I swear if you start spouting any of that bullshit like what Madara claimed his goal to be, you will be banned from using any of my ideas ever again).
Zetsu
Team Hebi- Danzo recruits Sasuke the same way Madara does. Tells him that Konoha is responsible for the Uchiha Clan's deaths, although he gives Sasuke an overly edited version making himself seem like the good guy, and lone voice of reason.

Danzo, using Sasuke's power, takes over Amegakure. Having been expecting this, since he and Konan had always feared it a possibility with Pein gone, Tobi already had his family scroll and Ame's equivilant of the Forbidden Scroll, and any other sensitive documents he felt should never fall into the leader's (Danzo) hands. He escapes to Konoha warning them of Danzo and his plans to ignite a war using Ame and the biju he'd already captured.