Chapter 18
A Devil's walk.
A day Before Masaki Arrival.
Naruto, with Mimi on his head, eating a carrot to keep her occupied, was on his way to the Council Chambers.
It seems the Council got wind of his "changes", but Naruto must admit he didn't think it'd take them this long, though since he's only been "hanging out" with Anko and sometimes Kurenai, not to mention, drinking Sake, training his team, as well as the other teams, he pretty much kept his head down wind of them.
He managed to get Shikamaru to start training, if you can call throwing energy blast so Shikamaru could run and dodge for his life training, then Naruto did a pretty good job.
He didn't use a fully powered energy blast, just enough to cause painful bruising, he also told each team about his changes, minus his alien heritage and some of his powers, considering he was also chasing Shikamaru with his energy sword too. (Just like Tenchi meeting Ryoko at high school.)
As he was walking, since he didn't have to get to the chambers until 12:00pm, he started think about what happened with Hinata.
Flashback.
After Naruto and Kurenai explained to Hinata what happened, Hinata was shocked.
Not only did her crush?, "Kidnapped" her, but he also gave her father, the Hyuga Clan Head, a lecture, though considering who Naruto was and who he is now, she shouldn't be surprised, after all even before Naruto's changes, he always stuck up for others who needed it, even when he's not allowed to, though that could be because he had no-one to teach him, he was self-taught, at lest to a degree.
But for Naruto to talk down to her father, even though she knew that Naruto could destroy the entire clan, he didn't, not for the Hyuga's, but for her and that warmed her heart.
But then there was something worrying that made her ask, "But Naruto-kun, how are you going to protect me from the Hyugas, the elders would want me back, not because I'm the heiress, but to keep control of everyone." (A.N. Remember, I'm not good at Hinata-stutters so just imagine them)
All Naruto did was smile, then he explained that even though his Shadow Clones can't fire energy blasts, because they'll run out faster, they are just as strong as himself, as well as able to fly and able to whisk her away when the Hyuga's try anything, since Hinata didn't want him to hurt them, didn't mean he wasn't gonna get back at the Elders, Naruto/Ryoko style, without hurting anyone, mostly the Elders pride and they've got a butt-load of it. (A.N. I won't put down what prank because theirs a little prankster in all of us, so I'll Let you all imagine the elders pranks.^^)
Since then, the Elders have stopped sending people after Hinata and her "Kidnapper", they didn't want to be humiliated again.
Since then, Naruto's been training everyone, as well as hang out on everyone's down time, i.e. the training from hell, as they call it, but Naruto told them that was light training, they shut up after that.
End Flashback
That's pretty much how everything went, of course now he's got Ino flirting with him, because of Anko bumping into Ino on the way to his apartment.
Meaning, Ino now knows Naruto's "skills" in the bedroom, simply because Anko wanted to tease and brag about it to the young platinum blond, after Ino told Anko she wanted to know, because he explained about his girls and made Ino promise not to tell others about it, that didn't mean she wasn't going to talk about it with one of his girls, one being his sexy "snake-in-the-grass" Anko.
Of course, he explained to Ino, that until she is of the proper age, i.e. 16 or 18, they can't DO anything, well, except a little make-out when no-one was looking, he may not be able to make love to her, but he could still live her weak-in-the-knees after a kiss, it would only make her want to grow up even more, after the last kiss, he told her, to take her training seriously, after all, how was she expecting to be able to handle him, if she couldn't even handle some kissing.
After that Ino cracked down on training, Naruto even got her and Sakura, with some help from Sasuke for Sakura, to eat properly, no more dieting, no more watching the weight or any crap like that, he explained to them that they are Ninjas now, they need the calories to build up their strength and energy, besides they can burn through the calories with training and exercises.
Then there was Asuma, when he found out Kurenai was seeing someone, he was heartbroken, he didn't know Kurenai as much as he wanted to, he now knows that he took too long to ask her out, but when Naruto joined in on helping him to train his team, as well as scaring Shikamaru half to death, seeing Shikamaru train made Asuma smile at that, finally someone being able to "motivate" the lazy Nara.
After training, once the team left, Asuma and Naruto hung out for a bit, of course now that Naruto is "all grown up", along with Ryoko's memories, he saw that Asuma was depressed about something and decided to ask him about it.
At first Asuma was a little apprehensive about talking to Naruto about it, but slowly explained why he was down.
When Naruto found out that Asuma was planing to ask Kurenai out, he smiled in understanding, then explained to Asuma that Kurenai was dating him and that they both cared about each other very much, he left out that they had made love when they first meet, no need to hurt the poor man some more.
Asuma was shocked, not only was he talking to someone who was dating his crush, but it was Naruto of all people, of course he wasn't against the boy, now young man, but still how the heck did that happen.
Of course Asuma asked, but luckily, Naruto, Anko and Kurenai planed ahead for this type of question, blame it on Anko.
Naruto told Asuma that after he and Anko hooked up, he explained about his bloodline and that there was only two people with his bloodline, Asuma understood that much.
Naruto told Asuma the excuse he and the two women came up with, how he saw Anko sitting with Kurenai, with Anko telling Kurenai about how she met him, that he went up to the girls to say hello to his girlfriend's friend, how he and Kurenai started talking, getting to know one another.
How, suddenly Anko got him into a drinking contest, then managed to talk Kurenai into joining them.
Naruto then explained that because of both his bloodline and the Kyuubi, he was able to handle his alcohol, Anko and Kurenai on the other hand, were knocked out.
He then told Asuma that he made a Shadow Clone to take Anko back to her apartment, since they've been dating, but because he didn't know where Kurenai lived, Naruto took her to his place to sleep it off.
Asuma was about to get angry, but then Naruto explained that nothing happened, how he took Kurenai's shoes off and let her take his bed, while he took the couch.
After that he and Kurenai got to know each other better, seeing as he didn't try anything with her and things just clicked, and before he knew it he was dating both Anko and Kurenai, of course he told Asuma he suspect Anko pulled some strings, but all three of them were happy together.
Asuma didn't know what to do, until Naruto told him that as an apology, he'll be Asuma's wing-man to find someone more fitting for him.
After sometime, training team 10, Asuma begrudgingly agreed, there was bound to be someone for him to date, then who knows, after a few dates he may find the one, and in time who knows where that will lead, only time will tell.
Naruto got his head out of memory lane to see he made it to the Council Chambers, with just 5 minutes to spare, shrugging his shoulders, he can feel everyone was in the Chambers, the Shinobi Council, Old Man Hokage and the other Council ie elders, civilian council.
Naruto didn't really care what the Council has to say, as long as old man Hokage had his back, since he was the leader of the village, all the other councils could sit on a cactus, with honey on their ass, attracting Fire-Ants.
Of course, he respected the Shinobi Council, the Hyuga head finally got his head out his ass and sorted his family out, though Hinata didn't want to return home then, she was quiet happy living with Naruto, helping him take care of his house with him and playing with Mimi, like how Sasami plays with Ryo-ohki.
Living with Naruto practically boosted Hinata's confidence, she's still the kind and caring person, but now it's like living with Sasami, Hinata is happy to cook and help with the cleaning, even in the morning, after getting use to sleeping in the same bed as Naruto, since she felt terrible about taking his bed, she uses him like a teddy bear, again she couldn't be happier.
Standing in front of the door to the Council Chambers, Naruto a deep breath to prepare himself for the headache to come, gave his cheeks a quick slap to wake up more, he locks on to the doors, having a predator grin, knowing that these people will look for weaknesses, he needs to show who the Alpha in this village is, ok sure the Hokage is the leader, but Naruto is The Alpha and no-one talks down at The Alpha.
After thinking that, Naruto felt pumped up, he lifted his right leg up, knowing how much strength to put into his leg to not knock the doors off their hinges, but enough to make a grand appearance, he wasn't going to phase into the Chambers, that wouldn't be dramatic enough.
He shot his leg out, giving the door a powerful kick to knock them open with a loud bang and stay open.
This of course made the council jump, except Hiruzen, he sensed Naruto from his seat and knew he would try something like this, 'Naruto may change in appearance and power wise, but he'll always be Naruto at heart.' Hiruzen thought to himself.
Everyone else were shocked at Naruto's changes, he wasn't the deadlast, demon-brat he once was, though some still thought of him as a demon, thinking Kyuubi had a hand in Naruto's changes and turned him into a demon, well they aren't far off.
Naruto gave off the aura of an Alpha, Tsume could feel it, she could also feel excitement of something else as well, but she put that to the side for now, just because he gave an aura of an Alpha doesn't mean he is one, after all some Betas try to make themselves have an Alpha aura, but when challenged they crumbled under the pressure, 'Let's see if this guy has what it takes!' Tsume thought to herself, smirking.
Naruto moved to the center, smirking challengingly, Ryoko-style.
He looks around, seeing all the Council looking towards him, some with shock and recognition, Hiashi, others with surprise, Inoichi and Choza, and some trying to work out why he changed in the first place, Shibi, Shikaku and Tsume, though Tsume was different than Shibi and Shikaku.
That was the Shinobi side, the civilians and elders were different, the civilians were scared that the "Kyuubi" was getting his powers back, but they were trying to put on a brave face, though Naruto can see right through them, the elders however, they were worried, not for him, but for the village and their own "power", Naruto could feel their negativity, they were practically a lighthouse without a turning shield, Naruto just ignored them, those three fools had zero power compared to himself, hell he could just blast BED-PANzo, HAMura and KUMharu, to dust, but that would be too bothersome.
Before his transformation, Naruto nicknamed Danzo, Homura and Koharu, respectively, in his head of course, it was obvious all three of them were banding together, hell he wouldn't be surprised if they all slept together when they were younger, at the same time, which Naruto thought is the reason why they try to band together behind old man Hokage's back.
But now, it's a whole new ball game, "What's up BED-PANzo, HAMura and KUMharu, ya look like ya want to give each other head!(?)" Naruto exclaims, with a Ryoko challenging glare/grin.