Naruto Death's agent (Rewrite)

Tazuna's house A few hours later.

 Naruto was returning to Tazuna's house after seeing the town's situation, which was even worse than he thought. The town was in decline, and the houses were deteriorated and destroyed. If that was not the case, they were graffitied or had traces of burns. Naruto pushed aside the other thoughts and entered the house, only to see Tsunami starting to make dinner. "Oh, you're back, Naruto-san. Where did you go, by the way?" Tsunami asked as she put on a white cooking apron. "I just went to gather some information," said the Hanyou as he stood beside the woman. "How can I help you with dinner?" asked the Blonde. "You don't have to worry about that, I-" Tsunami tried to talk, but he interrupted her. 

 "I insist, I don't have much to do until my sensei recovers a little more," said Naruto, rolling up his sleeves and starting to help the woman. In that, Naruto helps her make dinner, and in that, Tsunami serves dinner. At that, Tsunami climbs onto a small stool to place some containers on the highest shelves. At that, Tsunami slips and falls backward, so she closes her eyes while waiting for the blow, one that never comes. As she felt herself being caught in the air, she looked up to see Naruto carrying her bridal style, causing her to blush. 

 "Are you okay, Tsunami-chan?" the Blonde asked, not noticing the affectionate nickname he used with the woman. "Yes, I'm fine, thank you very much, Naruto-kun," Tsunami said, not noticing the suffix she used with the Blonde. After Naruto put Tsunami down, he headed to call everyone to dinner, but Naruto couldn't see the small pink color that had appeared on Tsunami's cheeks, who put her hand on her heart.' It felt so warm; I hadn't felt this since Kaizen, and not even with him was it this intense. Tsunami felt her heart pounding. 

15 minutes later 

 When everyone sat down at the table to eat Naruto saw a boy with a fisherman's hat and noticed certain features he had, the boy's name was Inari, concluding that he was Tsunami's son, dinner was quite calm, at the moment that the civilians left Tsunami to wash the dishes, Inari retired to his room and Tazuna went to drink in the living room. At that, Kakashi turns to his students. 

 "Well, now that we were able to rest a little, I will explain the situation," he said, attracting the attention of the entire group. "Zabuza is alive." This surprised everyone except Naruto. "But Kakashi-sensei, you checked Zabuza's vital signs yourself and said he was dead," Sakura commented. "Yes, but the hunter ninja's actions were what made me suspicious," continued the silver-haired man. "Naturally, a hunter ninja would have cut off his head and burned the body on the spot. He took the entire body," said the Jonin. 

 "So the senbons that hit him in the neck," the pink-haired woman theorized. "Yes, Sakura, senbons aren't very lethal unless you target specific points on the body," Kakashi explains. "However, they can also be used to produce a false death state, if they are healed in the right spots." "With this, the mission easily goes up to an A rank," Kakashi sighed. At that, Sasuke smiles. "Perfect, that bastard caught me off guard last time, but next time I will show him the power of the elite that I am." 

 This made the rest of the team roll their eyes, as it seemed the beating he received didn't change anything in the Uchiha's perspective. At that, they all sigh and head towards Kakashi. "So what do we do, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked. "From what we can see, Zabuza's wounds will take at least a week to heal, 10 days at most. During that time, we will improve training starting tomorrow. For now, rest." At that point, the team was about to retire to their rooms. "Naruto. I need to talk to you about something," the silver-haired man stated, while the Blonde just nodded.

 When the other two left the kitchen Kakashi looked at the jinchuriki "What did you find out?" asked Kakashi "It's worse than we thought" said Naruto with a frown he had found out that bandits who claimed to work as tax collectors that Gato had hired, needless to say, Naruto obtained valuable information when he stopped some kidnaper and tax collectors both on the locations where Gato's bases were and where they kept all the kidnapped people and the places where they sold people as slaves. 

 "This is going to be a bit difficult to deal with," he said, looking at Naruto Kakashi's eyes, smiled and ruffled his hair. "You've done a great job taking what we all taught you. I'm proud of you the most," said Kakashi. "Yugao taught you well in kenjutsu. Now, to what's important," said Kakashi. "You want me to take care of the training of Sakura while you train Sasuke? The Council is putting more pressure on you?" Naruto asked.

 "Yes, here are the things she could try to improve: mostly stamina, reflexes, taijutsu, her chakra control, and reserves. I'll be putting seals on them, and I'll try to get them some training with their affinity. The other reason is I fear if Sasuke sees her progress, he might attack her, something that I don't want to see. and make the council off my back for a bit I'll owe you a favor if you can do this," said Kakashi seriously.

 Naruto only nodded. he wouldn't be surprised if Mikoto's son did that. Kakashi had used the first few months to study their psychology, habits, and training methods, trying to make the best training regimen suited for each one of them while trying to reduce their weakness or make them aware.

Unknown location 

 In a dimly lit room, Zabuza was lying on a makeshift bed when the same hunter appeared while removing one of the needles from the swordsman's neck, only for him to suddenly wake up. "Damn, that hurts," Zabuza said, still unable to move at all. "Why did you have to hit so hard, Haku?" the mist shinobi complained, looking at the other person in the room. At that, the ninja took off his mask, revealing the individual who had black hair, almost perfect white skin, and brown eyes, with a worried look on his face. 

 "If I had thrown it with less force, it wouldn't have worked," said the person now identified as Haku, removing the other needle from her master's neck. How do you feel, Zabuza-sama?" the brunette asked. "Sore. I didn't expect the boy to be so skilled," said the mercenary, closing his eyes for a moment and then opening them. Although I have the feeling that he was holding back." The swordsman's words left Haku speechless for a moment. 

 To then meditate on the words of the renegade Kiri. "He doesn't seem any older than me, and it seemed like he wasn't trying hard in his fight," the fake hunter-ninja said as he began to heal the man's wounds. "If you are right," Zabuza said with a smile, "It is interesting. I hope to be able to fight him again," said the swordsman, causing Haku to smile. Haku knew that his master enjoyed a good fight, especially if it was a Kenjutsu fight, a trait he knew very well. 

 But then the two shinobi heard the door to the room open, and Gato revealed himself, accompanied by two bodyguards. The little man looked at Zabuza with disgust. "You have the nerve to show your disgusting face after losing to Konoha ninjas," Gato said and then spat on the ground. "It seems that Kirigakure ninjas are very overrated," said the magnate with glasses. "They caught me off guard. Next time, I'll eliminate them," said the former Kiri shinobi, looking at the small man. 

 "You have one last chance Zabuza, or I will have my men kill you," said Gato then looked at Haku and smiled "Although that way I could take your little partner for the amusement of my men," said the shoulder with glasses making his two bodyguards just smile and lick their lips. At that, Gato left the room, while both Zabuza and Haku were boiling with anger. "How I would like to kill this little bastard," said the swordsman while Haku just nodded, clenching his fists in anger. "He is not the only one, Zabuza-sama," Haku said, feeling a terrible disgust at the little man's words. 

The next morning, Tazuna House

 After breakfast, Team 7 was in a clearing with several trees a few meters from Tazuna's house. Kakashi, who was still recovering from his chakra drain, sat in a chair as he watched his team begin some stretching exercises. "Alright, Team 7, today we will have a different training," said Kakashi with a smile. "Let's practice chakra control," said the silver-haired Jonin.

 "Again, Kakashi-sensei, that's a waste of time," Sasuke growled, to which Kakashi simply kept his smirk. "Tell me, Sasuke, do you know how to climb a tree without using your hands?" Hatake asked, causing the Uchiha to open his eyes. The team's Jonin approached one of the trees and began walking on the bark, surprising Sasuke. She frowned when she thought of when she trained with them, he taught her how to do this.

 Kakashi notices this "I want to see how you've progressed you will also have to stick three leaves on your body and if one falls you'll have to start again this will help grow your chakra reserves and Naruto will be helping you as well with the next stage." said Kakashi with an eye smile surprising Sakura.

 "Naruto, I would like for you to use Shadow clones on the tree and have them apply chakra just to make it more difficult for you," said Kakashi, with Naruto nodding without much disagreement. "Use kunai to mark your place. I'll give you more specialized training when you finish." With that, Kakashi stayed as Naruto guided Sakura through a way she could do it. Seeing how Sakura had managed to complete the exercise a few times, he decided to move on to the next level. 

 "Very well, Sakura and Naruto, go to the back where the lake is. Naruto, you have what I want you to train, so go ahead. I'll stay back to monitor and help Sasuke," said Kakashi to his two students, who nodded and left. ' Damn you, you'll see, I'll master this exercise and surpass you all because I'm an Uchiha,' thought the emo as he tried to climb the tree again, only to fall again after taking a couple of steps.

With Naruto and Sakura 

When both members of Team 7 reached the seashore, they were able to appreciate the view for a few moments, as the place was clear and the waves seemed calm, as their eyes slowly rose and fell over the sand of the beach. Both Naruto and Sakura could smell the salty smell of the open sea, which certainly contrasted with the smell of nature and the city that was in Konoha.

'You know, this is almost like a date.' Inner Sakura gushed. 'Just the two of you, alone on a private beach. Just imagine him suddenly turning around and kissing you, dominating your mouth with his tongue as you feel up those muscles he has!' 'Sweet Kami, Inner!' Sakura blushed heavily at the onslaught of descriptions her inner self had provided. 'We are here to train, not ravage or be ravaged by Naruto-kun.' 'It's Naruto-Kun now, is it?' Inner teased, prompting her outer self to blush once more.

'...' 'Don't be like that Outer-chan, it's good you're being honest with yourself.' "Sakura-san, are you okay?" Naruto asked, snapping the pinkette out of her thoughts. "You kind of spaced out there." "Yeah, sorry." She apologized, clearly embarrassed. As if the blonde in front of her could hear her inner dialogue. "It's okay." He gave her a fox-like grin.

 "You can fantasize about me later. Let's get started." Immediately, Sakura went red from a deep blush that invaded her face. All the while, her Inner Self was teasing her and threatening to unleash more details of what the two of them could do alone. If Naruto noticed, he said nothing as he rummaged through his pockets for a scroll Kakashi had prepared.

"What is it, Naruto-kun?" asked Sakura. " Kakashi sensei told me to put on the same seal and get you used to it while we train in your taijutsu and your chakra affinities while he trains Sasuke," said Naruto, surprising Sakura. "Seal, what kind of seal is it?" asked Sakura, who was surprised to know Naruto knew fuinjutsu. "It's called a resistance seal. Like the name suggests, it increases the resistance your whole body is confronted with. You can use your chakra to moderate it to feel heavier or lighter. This seal helps you build up speed and strength. But also test your reserves as we will set it to a bit heavier, which will make you use your reserves to try and move like you used to," said Naruto, surprising Sakura, who looked a bit pale. 

"So, let's go. I'll need your arm or back." Said Naruto as Sakura quickly nodded but felt embarrassed and a little awkward at Naruto seeing her small breasts. It took a few minutes as she started to feel heavier, making it difficult for her to stand as she clenched her teeth. "Well, first, we'll practice a little conditioning so you get used to the seal; then we'll practice walking on water, and when we're done, you can deactivate the seal, but not before," declared the Uzumaki. "Why can't I practice walking on water for a while, and when I get used to it, then I can use this stamp to do it again?" the pink-haired girl questioned. 

"No pain, no gain, my dear Sakura," said Naruto, remembering Anko's words when she instructed him instead of Yugao or Kakashi. Getting rid of those thoughts, Sakura asked, "Ummm, Naruto-ku...." She stopped herself before she finished. "You said Kakashi sensei wanted to know our affinities?" she asked. Naruto arched an eyebrow at the sudden shift in behavior but shrugged it off. "Yeah, wanna find out yours?" He asked as Sakura nodded. Naruto took out a piece of blank paper and handed it to Sakura, who looked at it, confused. "It's chakra paper. Send a little chakra," said Naruto. 

"How would we know what my elements are?" she asked as she looked at the piece of paper she was handed. "Well, it's simple." He explained. "If you have a fire element, the paper will catch on fire and turn to ash. Wind, it will cut in half and some cases become shredded. Lighting will cause the paper to wrinkle. Earth, the paper will turn to dirt and crumble away. And finally, water will make the paper damp." Nodding in understanding, Sakura started to send a little of her chakra, which caused half the paper to crumble and the other side to become very damp.

"Well, that's interesting. Two opposite affinities, yet they fit you perfectly," said Naruto as Sakura didn't look surprised. "What about yours?" she asked, a bit embarrassed. "Well," said Naruto, "I have Wind, Water, Earth, Lightning, and Fire." "You have all five elements?!" screamed Sakura, shocked. "It's complex, but yes," he sighed. "While Water, Earth, Lightning, and Wind are my own. And the fire that's a bit more difficult to explain as it is an S-ranked secret in the village and my bloodline."

Sakura frowned slightly as she pondered what Naruto could be involved in that required such a high-ranking secret to be placed around him. However, as curious as she was, she didn't push. She knew full well that divulging such a secret could sentence her to death, or, worst case scenario, both of them.

"Maybe later I will tell you about it." He frowned. "For now, let's start training." the Uzumaki instructed Sakura to begin, which at first seemed reluctant to do, but with a couple of words and threats of doubling the weight from the Hanyou, Haruno began her training/torture. At first, she had difficulties with the exercise, which ended with her falling into the water and getting wet, but with a wind and fire jutsu that Naruto used on her, she managed to dry her clothes, which allowed her to continue. 

So, little by little, the pink-haired girl began to stay above water, but it would take another good while and a couple more dips for Sakura to begin walking on water. After 3 hours, Naruto could be seen carrying Sakura on his back while holding her legs so the girl wouldn't fall. Speaking of Sakura, the pink-haired genin was currently sleeping because she had used up a lot of her reserves on exercise."

But at that, Haruno's eyelids began to open. "Hey, where am I?" Sakura asked sleepily as she looked forward to where she met the red hair of the jinchuriki. "Ah, you're awake. Welcome back," Naruto said as he continued walking. "What happened to me?" Haruno questioned as she realized that her body was very tired and she was being carried by the Hanyou. 

"You fainted from using too much chakra," said the Hanyou. Then, one of his hands went to the seal on his other forearm and took something out. "Take it," said the Uzumaki as he offered a tag to the girl. "What is this?" Sakura asked as she saw the tag with intricate kanji the Uzumaki was offering her. "It's my invention, a chakra tag; it will help you recover your reserves," said the jinchuriki, to which Sakura nodded as she put it in her neck 

"It feels a bit uncomfortable," said the pink-haired woman with tears in her eyes as she felt weird yet different. "Yes, unfortunately, there are still kicks I need to fix, and you not being used to my chakra also makes you feel certain discomfort," said Naruto. So against her own will, she went back to being carried by Naruto, still feeling his chakra help her, which made the Blonde smile. "Don't worry, it happens to all of us the first time we swallow one of these," Naruto said as he shuddered slightly, remembering his first experience. 

But in less than a minute, Sakura felt some of her tiredness go away, and she felt more relaxed. "Better?" the Uzumaki asked, receiving a nod from Haruno. "It would be better if you rested. The pill may have helped you regain your energy, but it doesn't calm the fatigue your body has experienced," the Hanyou declared. "Ok, if you allow me, I will use your back as my bed in this," Sakura said. "Go ahead," said the Blonde, making Sakura smile, which she couldn't see. For her part, Haruno settled herself as best she could on the Blonde's sword. 

' This is very warm ' the girl thought, a little blushing as she began to hear the jinchuriki's heartbeat ' Thank you for always helping me, Naruto-kun ' Sakura thought with a smile as she rested her cheek on the Uzumaki's back, slowly falling asleep with the Uzumaki's heartbeat.

Konoha Akimichi Restaurant 

Something that Konoha knew very well was that for the Akimichis, food was something sacred, so it was not a surprise that a large part of the clan had their restaurants spread throughout the village in which you could find quality food cooked by each one of them. At this moment, Team 8 was having lunch at one of those restaurants after having completed a D-rank mission. When at the training ground, they were training Hinata with a bow that she didn't know where she had gotten it from.

"Damn it why are women so scary," said Kiba his head a centimeter away from an arrow. "indeed," said Shino who had formed a wall of his bugs stopping two arrows. "What the hell, Hinata?" yelled Kiba as he grabbed something. " Don't touch my Cinnamon Rolls. Only Naruto-kun can when he invites me," said Hinata. Kurenai could only sigh, massaging the bridge of her nose. "Yeah, yeah, Naruto can handle you when he comes back. I'm sure he'll be happy to spend money on Cinnimon Rolls," hurriedly said Kiba, with Shino nodding.

After Hinata calmed down and paid the owner for the damage, Team 8 sat down with the two men on one side and the two women on the other, for obvious reasons, and placed their orders. While waiting for her food, Hinata had taken out a book from her kunai holder and began to read it, where Kurenia could recognize it as the second edition of "Heart and Soul", a book that she loved.

"Hinata, how did you get that book?" the Genjutsu teacher asked her student. "What is this? It was a gift, Naruto-kun," said the Hyuga heiress to her teacher. "Are you also interested in Kurenia-sensei?" asked Hinata. "I loved the first volume, but I haven't been able to get the second one because they sell out too quickly," said the Genjutsu queen with a sigh. "I've been told it's way better than that Icha's Icha crap" At that Kiba shuddered a little because he had a copy of the book in his kunai holder. 

In wave country. 

Kakashi shuddered as he grabbed his copy, while Naruto sighed. 

Back with Team Eight

"From what I heard from my mother, it has an interesting story, as well as good character development," Shino said in a monotone. "If you want, I can lend it to you, Kurenia-sensei," Hinata offered while Kurenia was a little surprised. "Hinata-chan?" the red-eyed Jonin asked, receiving a nod from her student. "Thank you very much," Kurenai said as she took and put away the book. 

After a few minutes the food arrived and the team began to eat, but for her part, Kurenai couldn't stop thinking about Hinata's words, she saw her as a little sister and she was honestly worried that she had spent too much time with Anko since she saw that she seemed to have an attitude that somewhat resembled the snake tamer. But hearing that she already had a partner surprised her quite a bit since the only people she had seen her interact with outside of her clan were Anko, with whom Hinata herself went with her to practice her Taijutsu, something curious because her student seemed to master the Taijutsu of her clan. 

The other person was Naruto Uzumaki, This was because, on more than one occasion, the Hyuga heiress had told one thing or another that both of them did together, some training together, eating at the Uzumaki's apartment or the Hyuga complex, among other things. All this gave her the answer that Hinata had feelings for the Blonde and seemed to be Hinata's partner, something that, if she was honest, surprised her but also worried her a little since her friend Anko was dating the Blonde. This upset her since she thought the Blonde was just taking advantage of her student while she was cheating on her friend, so she decided to chat with Hinata to clear everything up. 

After an hour Team 8 was done and soon left the restaurant, Shino just bowed and thanked for the food and then retreated to his clan complex, Kiba was about to say something to Hinata, but with a look that said 'Tell me I don't like it and you die' she silenced him, so he just said goodbye to her and his sensei and ran off with Akamaru. 

Seeing how Hinata was about to leave, Kurenai stopped her. "Hinata-chan, can we talk for a minute?" the red-eyed woman asked. "Sur,e Kurenia-sensei, what do you need?" the Hyuga asked. "We need to talk about your partner," Kurenia said, making the Hyuga heiress blink a little at what she had heard. "It's Naruto Uzumaki, right?" Yuhi declared. Hinata was about to deny it, but seeing how the red-eyed brunette was sending her a serious look, she decided to confess. 

"Yes, sensei," said Hinata, somewhat resigned. "My partner is Naruto-kun," said the Hyuga, making the Genjutsu master frown. "I need you to finish him, Hinata," Kurenia said firmly, causing Hinata's eyes to widen in surprise. "B-But why Kurenai sensei?" asked the Hyuga heiress, who was stunned by her teacher's words. "Why? He is just taking advantage of you. This is because he is dating Anko, who in turn is cheating on her by dating you!" said Kurenai almost in a scream, when Hinata heard that her face relaxed to smile again at her jonin-sensei 

"Ah, that was it," Hinata said, confusing Kurenai, who hadn't expected the heiress to react so calmly, not to mention that the tone and expression she used seemed to tell the Genjutsu teacher that her student already knew about that subject. "Did you already know that?" Kurenai asked with confusion clear on her face, and upon receiving a nod from the Hyuga, the Genjutsu specialist was stunned for a few moments."Then, why didn't you cut it with him?!" Kurenai shouted. 

But even that act did not take away the smile that Hinata was showing; it even seemed to have grown. "That's very easy to answer, Kurenai-sensei," Hinata said as she got closer to the brunette's ear. "Because I love him," the Hyuga said, then walked away from her sensei. Whereas the latter saw how the blue-haired girl was smiling while her cheeks showed a small but tender blush, which caused a mental conflict in the Genjutsu specialist. 

"But Hinata... he can't be with you and with Anko that's simply impossible," said Kurenai while biting her lips seeing how someone she considered a sister was doing something that she thought was wrong, and even when she told him so, it didn't seem like he was listening to her. It was just a little frustrating for the red-eyed brunette. "Yes, there is, and I think you know it or not sensei," said Hinat, making Yuhi open her eyes at those words. "The CRA," Kurenai said in a whisper, to which Hinata nodded. "But it's still wrong if you do that. You'll only be used as an object by him to make babies," said the Genjutsu master, which made Hinata angry, but she quickly put that aside. 

"Sensei is not like you think," said the Hyuga as she began to back away. "Naruto-kun will only agree to be with someone in the CRA as long as the other person agrees with all this and there is love involved," said Hinata, surprised. "But-" Kurenai couldn't continue as she watched her student approach her and smile at her "But, he could hurt you," the Genjutsu teacher said, "Naruto-kun would never do something against our will,l" said Hinata while continuing to smile at Yuhi "And if he does, he told me that I could leave him at any time I want and if I'm not happy with that I can hit him and even if I want he would let me kill him" said the Hyuga. She lowered her gaze, remembering when Naruto had told it that little detail. A memory played of him revealing some of his darker thoughts and what she could do if he ever hurt her. 

Hinata could only touch her chest as she felt her heart beating faster at that memory. Kurenai, seeing her student's face, could only sigh. "Okay, I'll trust you, Hinata," said the Genjutsu master, giving in on the subject, but when she saw how the Hyuga was about to leave, another doubt appeared in her head. 

"Wait, Hinata-chan, if you and him are dating, why can't Kiba smell his scent on you?" Kurenai asked. Since Hinata was dating the Blonde, Kiba should easily be able to smell the Blonde's scent. "That's why Naruto-Kun put a seal on me that suppresses his essence in my body," said the Hyuga "Since if he or another member of the Inuzuka clan smelled it, surely that information would reach the civil council and I think you can already imagine the problems that would bring for both me and him," said the heiress. To which Kurenia just nodded seeing the Blonde's situation and had to admit that the boy knew what he was doing, then she just sighed and looked at the sky.

"You sure are lucky, Hinata," Kurenai said as she saw how the Uzumaki protected his student, which made him gain a bit of sympathy. "For having a man who takes care of you like that," Kurenai said while comparing her student and her friend's boyfriend with her ex-boyfriend. Which was noticed by the Hyuga. "Thank you for understanding, Kurenai-sensei," said Hinata, and then wanted to play a little with her teacher, this was because she had caught a bit of Anko and Naruto's joking nature, so much time she spent with them, that and she wanted to at least lift her sensei's spirits a little with a little joke. 

"And I can assure you that your chakra reserves are not the only thing big in your body," Hinata said and then jumped onto one of the rooftops to start running towards the Hyuga complex. Leaving Kurenia's face was imitating the red of her eyes, to then remember the images she had after the talk with Anko a couple of days ago. Cutting off that line of thought, she managed to recover, but she still had a slight blush on her cheeks. "I have to stop Anko from continuing to corrupt my student," Kurenai said to herself, so she headed to her apartment to rest.

Tazuna Hunt 

After lunch, the Tsunami was finishing washing the dishes and was getting ready to go out to buy supplies, while Kakashi and his team were preparing to protect Tazuna on the bridge. But seeing how the woman seemed to be getting ready to leave, Hatake approached her and spoke to her. 

"Excuse me, Tsunami-san, but may I ask where you are going?" said the silver-haired man. "Ah, I'm just going shopping, as supplies are about to run out, and I'm going to get some more," said the housewife. "Well, in that case, it would be wise for one of my students to protect her," Kakashi said and then looked at his group. "Surely, with our presence, Gato will redouble his efforts to find your father," said the silver-haired man, making Tazuna listen to him and shudder. 

"Besides, one of Gato's thugs might recognize you as the builder's daughter and could kidnap you, follow you, or use you as a hostage so that Tazuna can come out and kill him," the silver-haired man said, causing the woman to shudder in fear at the thought. "Therefore," Hatake said, looking at his team. "Naruto, I entrust you to escort Tsunami-san," said the copy ninja, to which the Blonde nodded. "Because the loser has a solo mission!" Sasuke shouted. "If anyone should have a solo mission, it should be the elite," the Uchiha declared. "Because Naruto-kun has shown to be more reliable than you in our team practice!" screamed Sakura, snapping at Sasuke for the first time and shocking everyone.

"You think a little whore like you will be ever dignified to marry an elite like the Uchiha," Sasuke growled, only to be stopped. "Uchiha Sasuke!" Kakashi raised his voice "Are you going against your superior's orders? You've gone too far" said the silver-haired man while holding the Uchiha by the shirt, so that he would stare into his only eye "Don't forget who's in charge of this team and I will no doubt enforce it" said the Hatake to bring Sasuke closer to his face.

At the same time, Sakura burst into tears and ran upstairs. "Naruto, go see how she is. I'll go and see her later," Kakashi said, his voice devoid of laziness. Naruto quickly departed up the stairs and knocked on the door of the room they were staying in. Hearing a soft reply, he slowly opened the door and peeked in. He noticed Sakura crying. He gently calmed her down, only for an idea to appear. "So it's Naruto-kun now?" He teased, eliciting a blush from her.

"No, I was just...." she stammered, a little embarrassed. "It's okay. I don't mind." Naruto smiled, putting her at ease. "If you want to call me Naruto-kun, go ahead. Okay, Sakura-chan?" Hearing the -chan suffix at the end of her name caused her heart to flutter slightly, and the sadness she had felt for what Sasuke said was forgotten. Not trusting her voice, she only nodded. 

'Finally! He is calling us Sakura-chan!' Inner gushed in pure bliss. 'And here you were stressing out that you let it slip that you called him Naruto-Kun!' 'Okay, I admit it. It feels good to have someone cute acknowledge and compliment me.' 'Only cute?" Inner smirked, 'Fine, drop-dead handsome, happy?' Sakura mentally replied.

'Too bad he is already with Anko.' Girl, don't worry about that. I have a feeling that things will work out. So don't count him out just yet.' Inner cryptically replied. 'Trust me on this, I have a sixth sense for these kinds of things.' "Here, maybe this can help you," said Naruto as he handed a book to her. Sakura's eyes widened as she said, "Y-you have a spare one." said Sakura "What do you buy a bunch"

"Nothing like that. Anko likes those books just as much as she likes the Icha-Icha ones. I'll give you a hint though, it's right in front of you." The blonde hanyou smirked, waiting to see if she could figure it out," said Naruto blushing a little as he read some thanks to Kakashi and Anko's, umm, persuasion. Much to Mikoto's dismay.

Sakura narrowed her eyes as she contemplated the hidden meaning of his words. Flipping the book over, she looked over the cover once more until her eyes landed on the author's name. 'N.U. Kitsune.' She furrowed her brow. Initially, she didn't think anything wrong with the name of the author. However, now, something seemed off about it. Briefly, she allowed her eyes to wander up to the expecting face of Naruto.

'Wait a second!' Her eyes widened. 'N.U. Kitsune. Naruto Uzumaki, Fox?" "You-you're the author!?" She stammered, desperately hoping she was correct in her suspicion. "Correct. I can see why you earned your spot for Kunoichi of the Year in our class. Able to figure it out with minimum resources to deduct from." He complimented the pinkette, earning him another blush from the girl. "Though, I do ask that you keep it a secret."

"I promise, Naruto-kun." She replied, tasting how his name with the affectionate suffix sounded on her lips. She liked it, as it felt natural for some reason. "But why hide your name?" "Well, I am not well-liked in the village. So anything with my name on it would automatically be taboo." He replied, causing the girl to frown. "It has to do with the S-ranked secret I mentioned earlier. Again, the hints are in front of you. If you figure it out, talk to me. Small loophole with the law."

"Anyways, I wanted to let you know that I am going with Tsunami-chan into town." He smiled. "Relax and enjoy the book." "Thank you, Naruto-kun." She smiled as she brought him into a hug. Surprising the blonde hanyou at the sudden show of affection. Smiling softly, he hugged her back before separating from her and leaving the room. 'You know you should have kissed him.' Inner chastised. Causing Sakura to scowl mentally.

She laid in the bed looking back through her memories thankful that she had a photographic memory, she had concluded that her blonde team mate was correct. It had hurt her to admit it to herself, but the last Uchiha only cared about himself, power, and what those around him could give him. She had also begun to recall anomalies that occurred during their years in the academy. She could recall one particular moment that stood out. A civilian boy by the name of Jubei had outperformed the last Uchiha in a ninjutsu demonstration by performing an impressive technique that even left the teachers' mouths on the floor. However, the next day, Jubei was absent, and Sasuke used the technique he had.

Sometime later, she had run into her former classmate, and being her fan girl self at the time, had bragged about her 'Sasuke-kun' being able to perform the same jutsu even better than he had. However, the words he spoke still hung over her head. Now, with even greater weight as she was beginning to learn just what type of person her precious 'Sasuke-kun' was. 'Of course, he performed it.' Jubei spat with venom. 'That bastard dragged me before the civilian council and forced me to hand over all of my jutsus before they sealed my chakra and banished me from being a shinobi before they killed my parents.' After that, he disappeared, even when she tried to look for him to prove him wrong

With Naruto 

On the way to the village, Tsunami and Naruto began to talk to relieve the tension and fear of running into Gato's men, mostly on Tsunami's part. Both had been telling each other different things. On behalf of Tsunami, she told Naruto about the days of her youth, when she met Inari's father, and that he died two years after Inari was born, due to an illness. 

He also told him how he met Kaizan and how he became a father figure to Inari, but he also told him how Kaizan tried to confront Gato but failed and was executed in the town square, which left Inari in a melancholic state. The Uzumaki could sense the woman's sadness, so he tried to cheer her up while telling her some jokes he had made when he was young, the missions he had done so far, and the revenge he had taken against villagers in the past. I avoid mentioning too much of his past as his childhood and prime target in fox hunts so as not to alarm the woman. The housewife could only laugh as she listened to Naruto's stories every time he played a prank on some people or, as the Blonde described it 'Strategic Practices', soon Tsunami and Naruto were laughing as the Uzumaki told her how he had once managed to gather several subjects who bothered him in one place. 

Then buckets of phosphorescent paint fell on them, and according to the Hanyou at night, those guys were dinner for mosquitoes, while the woman laughed, Naruto as he had already arrived at the town. The Blonde removed his ninja headband from his forehead so as not to attract attention and to be able to go unnoticed and not raise unnecessary suspicions. Tsunami noted that people looked happier than usual, and she could even recognize some families who had been kidnapped or disappeared, now reunited. At that point, he noticed that people were looking at them or, more specifically, at his companion, but he decided to continue on his way until he reached a store where they had a relatively good amount of products. 

At that point, the merchant comes out and recognizes Tsunami. "To Tsunami-san what can I-" the man from the shop didn't finish when he saw the Blonde "It's you, isn't it?" the man said in a choked voice "You're the man who-", but before the man could continue he was stopped by the Uzumaki. Who gave him a sign to keep quiet while staring, to which the man in the shop nodded and remained silent. Tsunami looked confused, so she looked at the jinchuriki, who looked back at her. "I'll tell you later," said the Blonde. 

The Bridge builder's daughter nodded and began to buy all the things they needed. When Naruto finished, he placed all the purchases in one of his storage seals to make the housewife's job easier. With that, they both left the store and headed back to Tazuna's house. But Naruto feels a couple of presences that did not have good intentions and looks out of the corner of his eye and sees that some people are starting to follow them. So he decides to increase the pace while taking Tsunami by the arm and begins to take her a little faster, but then they see that about 4 men are blocking their way, which forces the Uzumaki to try to turn around, but he sees how the same number of people were blocking his exit. 

"This way," said the Hanyou as he headed down an alley with Tsunami, only to see 2 other guys appear in the middle of the alley. "Well, well, what do we have here?" said the apparent leader. The man was at least 2 meters tall and was emaciated. He also had a scar on the right side of his face. He was wearing very torn clothes and had a knife in his hand. "Looks like we're going to have fun tonight, don't you guys," the leader said as he licked his lips, the rest just nodded. ' That's eight guys in total and with those other two, that gives us ten bootlickers of a dwarf businessman,' Naruto thought as he watched one of the guys approach the one who seemed to be the leader. 

"Wait, boss, isn't that woman the daughter of the builder Gato-sama was looking for?" said one of the bandits in the back row, to which the leader of the group looked at Tsunami, and then his smile widened. "Wow, today must be our lucky day," the man boasted. "Not only did we get a new toy, but it's also the same daughter of the builder that Gato-sama was looking for." "Surely Gato-sama will give us a considerable reward for this," said one of those standing next to the leader "Boss, why don't we have a little fun with her before taking her to Gato-sama," said the guy making Tsunami tremble in fear of what Gato's subordinates were planning to do to her. But she calmed down when Naruto held her hand, which made her cry out, and she watched as the Blonde gave her a look that made her calm down. 

"Well, boy, I think today is your lucky day, too," said the leader, attracting Hanyou's attention. "If you leave the woman, we will let you go, but if you oppose, we will kill you," said the leader with a smile on his face. "How kind of you," Naruto said in a sarcastic voice, "But unfortunately, I will have to decline your offer, since…" the Hanyou's words trailed off as the atmosphere grew colder out of nowhere and the bandits could feel a wave of killing intent paralyze them all except for Tsunami. "I'm not going to let them lay a finger on Tsunami-san," said the Blonde, showing a dark look where the sclera (the white part of the eye) had turned completely black with a white slit and two tomo rotating Which scared all the bandits as they were witnessing Naruto's Jogan and his Sharingan. With Naruto, who disappeared in a flash of speed and appeared about 4 meters behind the group of thugs, with his legs half bent and with both hands on his sword that was tilted downwards. "Raging wind," said Naruto. The leader felt a light breeze and just turned around with a smile, believing that the Blonde had failed with his attack. 

"You only know how to do that and run away, I'm surprised you failed, you bastard-" the leader's words died as he saw the heads of all his men lying on the ground, leaving a pool of blood forming. "What are you talking about?" Naruto said as he approached the man, who, upon seeing how all his men had died, tripped over his own feet and fell to the ground to back away. "W-w-wait, d-don't k-kill me, p-ple-plea-please," the man said as he looked at the Uzumaki's figure in fear. "I have some questions I would like you to answer for me," Naruto said, taking the man by the neck and forcing him to look him in the eyes. 

Meanwhile, with the clone and Tsunami, who had closed her eyes when the clone took her away, she opened them and looked at the clone. "Where are we? What happened to the thugs, Naruto-kun?" the woman asked. "Calm down Tsunami-san, I'm just a clone of the boss, who was in charge of getting you out of that place," said the clone while the woman had a worried face."But there were too many, we have to go help him," the housewife demanded of the clone, to which the latter smiled at her. "Even though you know you can't do much for him, you still care about him," the clone mused. "You must love him very much," the Uzumaki replica said, causing the woman to blush slightly. "Besides, I don't think you have to worry about him," said the dark clone as he pointed towards the street where the Blonde appeared. At that, the clone dissipated, and Tsunami ran to where the Hanyou was and then hugged him. 

"I was worried, Naruto-kun," Tazuna's daughter said as Naruto hugged her back. "So Naruto-kun, huh?" the Blonde said as the woman blushed even harder. "E-Eto, I-I don't, well," Tsunami said, trying to hide her face in embarrassment. "I have no problem, Tsunami-chan," said the Uzumaki as he caressed the woman's cheek, causing Tsunami's face to imitate the color of a ripe apple, but she also smiled "Come on, we have to go back," said Naruto breaking the hug, to the woman's disappointment. But then Naruto offered her his arm, which the woman gladly accepted so that they could both begin their way back to Tazuna's house. As they left, Naruto's eyes darted in a direction. "So you sense it too," said Kurama. 'Yeah, but we can't make too much noise. Gato might try to change things on us.' said Naruto.