41 Chapter 41

A week passed after the "good news", without anything interesting happening, except Tsunade officially becoming Hokage. Naruto had put his week off to good use to train and after that, resumed started taking missions. In fact, he fully took advantage of the privileges that became available to him after his promotion to jonin. He was allowed to take missions of higher rank, and after taking a bit of advice from Kakashi, who had experience in the "young jonin" department, he started out with high C-rank to mid B-rank. So far, he had completed 5 missions, one each day, two high C-rank, two mid B-rank and one high B-rank.

The last one was actually supposed to be a mid B-rank, guarding a wealthy, wine merchant and his two friends in their journey from Konoha to the land of vegetables. Naruto was at first quite surprised that they made use of horse wagons. One was for the merchant and his friends, the other for their goods. The merchant was at first skeptical that there would only be one ninja to guard them, but Tsunade had convinced them that Naruto was more than qualified for this mission. Naruto sat on top of the second wagon in their journey. At halfway point, it seemed that this mission would be completed without any problem, and to Naruto's regret, any fight.

However, as the saying goes- Don't provoke the universe. It turned out, that when they were about to enter Na no kuni, they were ambushed by a ninja. More specifically, a missing nin. Omitsu Isshin was a high, B-rank missing nin from Kirigakure. Apparently, he had been hired to take out the merchant by a rival, or at least, that's what he said in his monologue when he was standing in front of the wagon. Poor guy never even saw Naruto coming, for the blonde's flash step was fast enough to catch Kakashi off guard, this guy stood no chance at all. He had just finished his monologue and moved to attack when-

SLASH!

- his head was cleanly cut off from his body by Naruto using a kunai coated with wind chakra. Naruto had been ready to dispose of his body when he had paused, and took out his bingo book. He had smiled when he saw the missing nin's entry on a page for 120,000 ryo. Of course, his mission pay was relatively higher, and had been bumped up because of Isshin, but extra cash hurt no one.

The client had been incredibly relieved and pleased, with him and his friends repeatedly thanking Naruto for saving their lives. Naruto had told them about the change in mission parameters, and the cost following it. Fortunately, they had offered no resistance against paying more. They wanted to repay him in any way they could, so Naruto just collected the extra money in payment.

It had taken them a total of thirty-eight hours to reach their destination. After getting their signature that the mission was complete and wishing them good luck in their endeavors, Naruto double-timed it back to the village, making just one stop at a bounty station to collect Isshin's bounty. Unfortunately, he could not use Hiraishin because his sensing capabilities were not good enough to cover countries just yet.

On the bright side, he put his recent mastery of Kurama's fist tail to good use. After they had returned with Tsunade, Naruto used his week off to master Kurama's first tail. The blonde had, after a substantial amount of hard work, mastered the use of his body in the one-tailed mode. His already impressive strength, speed and reflexes were heightened greatly. It had taken him a mere five hours of journey to reach Konoha. After he had reported his success back to Tsunade and collected his money, he had went back to his house.

His parent's house.

That was another new development for him. After the day when he was told, he was called back into Tsunade's office, where she had advised him to move into his parent's house as soon as possible. After all, his apartment was hardly a place for him to live after his marriage. And knowing how Naruto tended to finish things rather quickly to avoid any backlog, she told him to move into the house the day after.

At first, Naruto was a little puzzled because he really couldn't understand the reason he had to move his things so quickly. But Tsunade explained it to him that he had to have the house ready and furnished by the time Temari arrived. And by ready, she meant it was to be ready for Naruto and Temari to live in, not just him. Being the naïve guy Naruto was, he didn't understand at what she was hinting. Naruto was a very simplistic guy, who really only had what he needed and nothing more.

Of course, then he was introduced to shopping, his nightmare for the next few days.

Day of the moving

Turns out, news like the kind of these had a way of spreading around the village very fast. Naruto had reluctantly agreed to Tsunade's suggestion of moving into his parent's house the very next day. Just as he was leaving the office after their discussion, Tsunade casually told him that they needed to do some work after he was done moving. The glint in her eyes when she said that actually managed to scare him.

He had the whole next week off, including two days extra of the week after, because of him doing back to back B-rank missions the whole week and not taking the required leave. Which meant, he had the whole week to get the house ready for Temari's arrival. The next day, at ten in the morning, he started packing after he had lazed around a little. With the help of his shadow clones, he finished packing everything within an hour.

All his ninja related supplies like shuriken, kunai, fuinjutsu scrolls, ninja wire went into one large sealing scroll, while his household supplies went into another large sealing scroll. When he had packed up, he looked around the apartment, feeling a small sense of sadness within him. A part of him didn't want to leave the small residence. This was actually the first thing that had really belonged to him, gifted to him by the old man. To leave it like this, even if it meant going to live in his parent's house, felt sad.

He would be sure to acquire a fair price for it when he sold it later.

He slung the scrolls and walked out of the apartment, closing the door. He took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and pressed it on the ground, right in front of the door, so that the seals faced the ground. Pushing a little bit of chakra into it, a glow lit up the entire corridor, lighting all the seals present on the walls. Seals that were carved by him as a security measure for those who came after him.

The piece of paper had the key to the sealing array in the corridor, to disable all the seals at once safely. Once the lights had receded, indicating all the seals were now gone, he crumpled up the paper and burnt it with a blazing palm.

He looked around the place one last time, before flashing away.

He arrived in the living room instantly. He put down the scrolls when one thing suddenly hit him. He had absolutely no idea what to do next. He was unsure if he should unpack or not, because the house already was furnished and maintained for almost fifteen years. He could unpack his shinobi supplies, but what of the household supplies?

He went to the only person who was capable of helping him. But first, a little insurance.

Tsunade looked at Naruto with mild amusement as he narrated his problem. She honestly found it a little cute and adorable that Naruto, who seemed to have a solution for every problem, would be unsure in the face of matters of preparing the house for his bride.

Then again, a man definitely can't do a woman's job.

"So will you help me?"

Naruto posed his question, standing in front of Tsunade. He knew that Tsunade was the only woman who could help him. She was the only one he trusted as well, aside from Shizune.

Tsunade smirked as she leaned back in her chair, hands folded at her stomach. "I could, but the Hokage's services come with a price, you know."

Naruto internally groaned, but was half expecting this. After all, Tsunade would be a fool to not take advantage of him asking for her help. He sighed and took out a storage scroll from his pouch and laid it on her table, unsealing it.

Tsunade's eyes widened as her eyes laid themselves on three very expensive, exotic bottles of sake. Her eyes shot to him in question, to which he shrugged. "Don't ask me, I found them in my basement."

Interestingly, he learned that his mother was quite a fan of exotic sake. He had a whole stash of his mother's sake in the basement. These three were only a little part of the whole that was very delicately preserved. His mother had damn fine sealing skills if she was able to preserve the whole stash like she did. The seals on the stash were personally made by her for storage purpose.

Tsunade picked up a bottle and turned it around, whistling at the label. "Well, your mother had good taste," she commented, then paused. She narrowed her eyes at him, "How do I know that these haven't gone bad?"

Naruto replied easily, "My mother created seals specifically for preserving them for a long time."

Tsunade knew just how good Kushina was with fuinjutsu. If she was the one who created seals to preserve these precious babies, then she had no doubt these hadn't gone bad. She then had a devious thought, perhaps she could haggle for a bit more.

"Still, just three bottles for the service you are asking from me?"

Naruto narrowed his eyes, "You very well know just how rare these are. In fact, I could have just said that I would owe you a favor, but that was too risky. I'm asking help for a bit of house decoration, mind you."

Tsunade immediately raised her hands in surrender position. "Just kidding, Naruto! I was just kidding!"

However, inside she was breathing a sigh of relief. Man, those eyes were unnerving.

"First things first, we need to get you access to your clan accounts," she said, standing up. "We're going to the bank."

What followed after was perhaps the most boring day in Naruto's short life. Tsunade had taken him to the bank, right after dumping the day's work on Shizune, and they had spent almost four hours going over statements, accounts etc. At the end of their work, both of them had been quite mentally exhausted, but had smiles on their faces.

Turns out if you are an important person and being accompanied by the Hokage, your work gets over rather quickly.

Naruto had finally been granted full access to his clan's accounts. And what accounts they were. The Namikaze account was by no means small, having a total of 300 million ryo. Naruto had first been baffled, for he had no idea just how his father had managed to acquire so much money. Namikaze had not been a clan before his father became the Hokage.

The Uzumaki account, on the other hand, had simply left him with his mouth hanging open. The simply ridiculous amount of money had almost sent him into shock. The amount won't be mentioned, but it was enough that he could live another life without working, that too lavishly.

Tsunade and Naruto were walking back to the Hokage tower, the former with an exhausted smile on her face and the latter still gazing at the shiny, new account cards in his hands with awe and wonder. Tsunade looked at her fellow blonde and smirked, "You still having trouble believing?"

Naruto nodded as he pocketed the cards. "The Uzumaki clan I can believe, but I had, and still don't have, any idea just how was my father able to acquire so much money alone."

"Minato was an extremely clever and resourceful person, Naruto. Just leave it at that."

The two walked in silence for a while, which was then broken by Naruto. He asked curiously, "So, I thought that we were going to do something about redecorating my house. Why did we go to the bank?"

To his surprise, Tsunade laughed heartily. "Oh Naruto! I sometimes forget that you are still a child and can't see the bigger picture sometimes."

That comment earned a scowl from him.

Tsunade completely ignored the scowl and smirked. "The real fun begins tomorrow. We'll start at nine in the morning!"

The feeling of doom Naruto had been feeling earlier returned with a vengeance.

Next day of the moving

Naruto had been sparring with five of his clones, completely on the defensive, in the massive ground behind his house. You might think that why would Naruto need to be on defensive against his own clones, but you would be wrong. Naruto was trying to avoid all their attacks, blindfolded. And he was only partially succeeding.

He was trying to use everything but his eyesight to avoid the attacks. He was trying to hone his instincts to the highest level, trying to increase the precision of his danger sense. He avoided a roundhouse kick from a clone by ducking underneath, moving his left hand in a smooth motion to redirect the punch to his chin another way. He would have continued, but the seals on the outer gate informed him that someone was standing outside his house.

He and his clones paused their fighting, dispelling themselves. He walked over to his towel and water, taking the bottle with him as he walked and wiping the sweat. He arrived at the gate and opened it, frowning in confusion when he saw Tsunade standing there.

With Sakura, Ino and Tenten.

He frowned in concern when he saw an expression of mirth on Sakura's face, followed by the absolutely savage smirk on Ino's and a friendly smile on Tenten's face.

"Have a nice morning, brat?"

Naruto immediately turned an annoyed face towards the busty kage. "Yeah, it was going so fruitful," he said with light sarcasm.

Tsunade, being a medic, immediately noticed the bruises forming on his arms. She curiously asked, "What were you doing?"

Naruto vaguely answered. "Training."

She stepped forward, "At least let me heal those bruises." Her hands lit up with green chakra, accelerating already fast healing process, thanks to Kurama.

Sakura stepped forward, and her tone mimicked her expression of betrayal. "So, Naruto, I heard something very interesting from Tsunade-sama."

Naruto's sarcastic mutter of "Did you now?" went unheard by the pink haired girl.

Ino was the next to pitch in. "Yeah, that you are going to get married to the princess of the sand."

Hearing Ino describe Temari like that made Naruto actually pause and think. Now that he thought about it, Temari was royalty, being the daughter of the Kazekage. This gave him the perfect comeback for Ino's comment.

"Well, a prince usually only marries a princess."

That earned him a half-hearted swat on the head by Tsunade, and giggles from Sakura and Tenten. Ino tried to scowl as well, but even she chuckled in the end. She should have expected this, with Naruto being the son of the Yondaime, she mused.

Naruto whispered to Tsunade so only she could hear. "Not that I mind you healing me, why are you doing it? It usually vanishes in under twenty minutes."

Tsunade muttered back, still concentrating on the fading bruises. "I'm not doing it out of kindness, gaki. I have need of you this day." She looked up with a slight grin. "We are going to abuse you the whole day."

She mentally laughed at Naruto's alarmed expression before stepping back. "You know," she began, "The village would know of your marriage anyway, so I decided that it best be on my terms."

Naruto pointed an accusing finger at her, "You told Ino, didn't you?"

The smirk of the female blondes gave him the answer. He shook his head, "Anyway, why have you called them here? I thought you were the one going to help me?"

Tsunade put an arm around his shoulders and started leading him back into the house, with the genin following behind her. "I did say that, but the work we are going to do today cannot be done by me alone, which is why I brought some help."

Naruto deadpanned at her, "Any particular reason your "help" consists of only girls?"

Tsunade nodded seriously, causing Naruto to double take. This seemed like a serious matter. "We are going to completely refurbish this house of yours. Don't worry," she assured the mildly panicking blonde, "We won't change the house completely. Just put some new things here and there, add a woman's touch- that's very important, among other things. Oh, and leave something for Temari to add if she wants to."

Naruto opened the door to the house, allowing the others to walk inside. He and Tsunade walked ahead of others, who were marveling at the inside of the house. Ino's eyes fell on the portrait of Naruto's parents and she gasped in awe.

"Naruto, is that your mother?"

Naruto turned around and saw the three genin looking at the portrait of his parents. He smiled slightly in pride, "Yeah. Isn't she beautiful?"

Sakura was the one who replied this time, gushing over. "She's gorgeous!"

Tsunade lightly shoved Naruto upstairs. "Get dressed fast! We have work to do today!"

As Naruto made his way upstairs, Tsunade walked and took a seat at the sofa. The three genin followed her example and sat down as well, with Tenten leaning forward in interest.u

"Tsunade-sama, did you know about Naruto's parents?"

To the genins' surprise, the medic nin snorted. "It surprises me how anyone didn't figure it out. I mean, he literally looks just like his father!"

She waved her hand, gesturing to the portrait. And it was true, as they had found out on the day of the finals. Naruto and his father could be clones, if Naruto was a little more grown up in height.

Before they could think more on this, Naruto came downstairs, in his jonin uniform. "Let's get this over with, shall we?"

However, his confidence dimmed after looking at the glint in their eyes.

Oh, what torture it was.

Seven hours later, Naruto was looking around the inside of his house with a tiredness he had never felt before. He didn't have any energy left to do anything. As he tiredly collapsed on the sofa to get some of his energy to head to the bedroom and fall onto his bed, he recounted what he went through the day.

Tsunade and the girls had taken full advantage of his ability to mass produce shadow clones. Tsunade had taken him to get the latest kitchen accessories, while his clones had went with Ino, Sakura and Tenten to get new interior designs for the house. Tsunade also sent a clone of her own with them, just to make sure that whatever the girls selected didn't make the house too girly for Naruto's tastes.

Naruto had protested that his house already had kitchen accessories, but Tsunade insisted he take it, if only as a wedding present from her. He was reluctant to buy it, but he did. To his enormous shock and surprise, his account, the Uzumaki account barely had a dent in it after the purchases they had made, and not just for the kitchen. Tsunade had only laughed and said that Kushina didn't do anything in small amounts.

They had returned home to find the three girls, with a group of men working extensively on the interior design of the house. After seeing Naruto, he was bewildered to see his own clones giving him looks of pain, followed by pity and then, to the extreme annoyance of Naruto, dispelling.

Present

Boy, that day was a rollercoaster for Naruto, with merciless teasing from Kurama. The extensive work that had been going on in his house had also been charged to his Uzumaki account. Seeing the ridiculous amount of money it contained, Naruto had little to no problem in using it to give his house a new look.

He had been quite worried that Tsunade had given Ino and Sakura free reign over the designing of the house. However, Tsunade had assured him that she had picked Tenten just for the purpose so that Ino wouldn't completely make it look like that only a woman lived there. And judging from the arguments from Tenten and Ino he had heard, with Sakura acting as mediator, Naruto knew that Tsunade had hit the nail on the head when it came to Ino.

He had a freak out when he saw what plans Ino had for the house and and almost exploded when Tsunade clamed him down and told him the she would take over it from Ino, much to the girl's complains, which were silenced by a stern look from the Hokage.

Naruto watched as over the course of the next week, Tsunade completely transformed the house into something that was lavish and modern, but not too much that it lost the homely feeling that had been there before. Tsunade also made sure that Naruto added his own touches to the house, and left space for Temari, if she wanted to add something of her own.

All in all, the house was ready well in time. All that was left was for Temari to come.

Naruto finally snapped from the flashback and saw that he had arrived at his home. He flashed directly into his house, eager to do something to relax. He quickly took a shower and freshened up, wearing a t-shirt and a lower. He entered his father's study and sat down in the chair behind the beautiful, ornate desk. He traced his hand almost in remembrance, as if he could almost picture his father sitting on this desk, going over the ideas for fuinjutsu. He leaned back, folding his hands behind his head and looking up and the ceiling, trying to decide on what to do.

His father's study, which was his study now, had remained mostly untouched. Only the door that led into the room had been repainted. Otherwise, Naruto had strictly kept everyone from entering the room. He had redesigned the sealing array completely before a war named Ino was dropped on his home. The password was only one, consisting of three kanji characters. But he had chosen six that looked almost alike, with minor differences in strokes.

One time he had caught Ino attempting to open the study discreetly. She had thought she was alone, but apparently not. He had stopped her before she killed herself painfully, and very sternly reminded her to respect others' privacy, and keep away from the room. She had looked appropriately guilty, and promised not to investigate the door anymore.

He absently grabbed a paper and a brush, dipping it in an ink pot and doodling some ideas on it. He had been told by Tsunade that Temari would be arriving tomorrow, so he was understandably tense. A few weeks ago, they were on the opposite sides of a war. Now, they were about to get married. Things were going to be a bit awkward, and he was not looking forward to it.

He stood up, putting the brush away and crumpling the paper, burning it to ashes with a small fire. He was about to leave when something caught his eye on the shelf. More like, it was a book. A book he had never touched, for a reason he couldn't fathom.

He took it off the shelf, eyebrows furrowing in confusion when he sensed a genjutsu placed on it. With a quick pulse of chakra, he shattered it. However, instead of immediately dispelling, like fog clearing away, it shattered like a glass, with chips of chakra defusing into the air. Naruto watched with a small amount of awe. Genjutsu weren't meant to shatter like this. And why did this chakra feel so warm, so… much like his own?

He shook his head, making a quick note to investigate that later. He opened the book, reading the title. "Enhancements with Sealing?"

Naruto muttered, before flipping the pages and raising eyebrows with incredulousness at seeing countless mathematical calculations, scientific diagrams of the body, with numerous sealing equations. He whispered to himself, "What the hell is this?"

XXXXXXX

The next day found Naruto and Tsunade standing at the west gates of the village. Hiruzen was standing next to them as well. Naruto had to hand it to him- he was the oldest, living kage alive who was now enjoying retirement. Hiruzen said that he was now more of a call on advisor to Tsunade, if she ever needed help dealing with more difficult matters.

"We've been standing here for almost twenty minutes, Hokage-sama," Naruto said in boredom. "Are you sure we aren't early?"

Tsunade twitched beside him. Even she was starting to get a bit impatient. She was never the one for tardiness. "Maybe they ran into an obstacle on the way."

Hiruzen laughed at seeing the interaction between both the blondes. It was quite entertaining.

"Anyways, I have something I need to talk to you and ero-sennin about, Baa-chan."

The serious tone in his voice caused Tsunade to raise an eyebrow in surprise. What could be so serious that he needed her and Jiraiya's opinion on?

Even Hiruzen was curious, but Naruto gave him an apologetic look. "Sorry jiji, but I can't tell you, because I need their professional opinions as a medical specialist and Seal master."

Hiruzen nodded in realization. That would explain him being left out.

The three stood standing for ten more minutes when Naruto announced. "They're coming. Although for some reason, they are moving painfully slow."

Tsunade looked at him in confusion. "How the hell do you know?"

Naruto just gave her a look as if it was painfully obvious. "I'm a sensor. Didn't ero-sennin tell you?"

Tsunade grit her teeth. "I'm really gonna drill that pervert on the things he left out when telling me about you! Anyway, be very careful on how you speak with the Suna shinobi. You need to make a good first impression."

Naruto smirked as he stared at the road ahead. "I think I already made a first impression. Not sure if good or not."

On the other end, the entourage from sand was relieved as a whole when the gates of Konoha came into their view. As tradition said, the bride had to be escorted in a palanquin.

Temari was grumbling about her legs being cramped up from sitting for too long. She was not a delicate princess who needed to be pampered! She was a goddamn chunin of her village!

Her thoughts took a melancholic turn as she looked at her reflection in one of the inside mirrors. From tomorrow, she was no longer going to be a shinobi of Suna, but rather of Konoha. She had been proud of wearing her village's headband, but no more. She would have to wear another village's shinobi. Proud? That's yet to be seen.

"Temari."

The call startled her out of her thoughts. She turned her head to see Gaara poking his head inside, an unusual frown on his face. She sadly smiled at that- she was still getting used to Gaara showing concern for her.

"What is it, Gaara?"

"…..Are you alright?"

The question was so….out, coming from him, and yet, Temari found it adorably cute. She smiled slightly as she held her brother's hand. He did not flinch. "I will be, Gaara. Don't worry."

Gaara looked extremely unsure of what to say next. For someone who had minimum social contact, that was to be expected. However, his next words were so sure that it caught Temari off guard. "Naruto will take good care of you, Temari. He is the only one I trust to protect you."

It still astounded Temari and Kankuro just how high Gaara held Naruto. Then again, Naruto had single handedly turned Gaara's life around, so it was understandable, but putting so much trust in one person was simply mind blowing.

"Thank you, Gaara."

"Wow."

The quiet exclamation from Kankuro caught Temari's attention as she frowned. "What is it, Kankuro?"

"Both the former and current Hokage are here to greet us, along with your fiancé."

The entourage reached the gates finally. Temari got out of the palanquin and came face to face with a very busty, blonde woman, alongside the "God of Shinobi", and her fiancé. Her heart skipped a beat on seeing him give a small smile in her direction. But she steeled herself- time for talking with him would come later. She bowed to the woman.

"Hokage-sama, it is an honor to meet you, as well as Sandaime-sama."

Tsunade was formal in her reply as well. "It is a pleasure to formally meet you. I am Senju Tsunade, Godaime Hokage of Konohagakure no sato."

Naruto eyed Temari appreciatively. She had changed her outfit to a long-sleeved purple blouse under a grey top, a dark blue skirt that reached her mid-thigh, showing off her legs, and a longer slash than the previous one. She carried her fan the same way as before as well, tucking it into her bow.

Before Naruto could greet Temari, all talking stopped suddenly when Gaara stepped forward, walking so was standing directly in front of Naruto. Naruto faced the redhead with a genuine smile, waiting for him to say whatever he wanted to say.

However, it became clear to Naruto when the silence stretched into awkwardness that Gaara was still learning on how to interpret social cues. So Naruto initiated the conversation. "How have you been, Gaara?"

"…I have been well, Uzumaki Naruto. However, I have a request to make of you."

Naruto didn't even need to read minds to know what request Gaara needed to make. He put his hand on the redhead's shoulders, ignoring the gasps from some of the Suna shinobi. "I promise that I will protect Temari with my life, Gaara. This is the promise of a lifetime."

That seemed to ease some tension from Gaara's shoulders. His next words were heartful. "Thank you, Uzumaki Naruto."

Naruto patted Gaara's shoulder once. "Friends call each other by first names, Gaara. Just Naruto will suffice."

Everyone was watching the interaction with different thoughts. The shinobi from Suna, except for Baki, seemed amazed that Naruto had talked to Gaara without showing an ounce of fear, and more, considered him a dear friend. Tsunade and Hiruzen were smiling, proud of Naruto's actions. They knew how tough a jinchuriki's life was, Gaara's more than Naruto's, but it was very mature of him to actively break the ice with Gaara when no one wanted to. Temari was giving a thankful smile to her would be husband, with Kankuro's being more hidden.

However, the puppet fighter didn't know why he automatically straightened up when Naruto glanced at him. He gulped when he saw the blonde approaching in his direction with a smirk on his face. He did not see Temari's amused expression when Naruto stood in front of him, staring down at him. Naruto was almost 5ft 5 inches, while Kankuro had was slow in the growing department and as such, stood at 4ft 11 inches, much to his shame. So Naruto practically towered over him.

Kankuro could feel sweat forming on his brow, but refused to break eye contact with the taller shinobi. Naruto then leaned forward so that his mouth was next to Kankuro's ears. "You better do something about your make up. It easily gives away your nervous sweat."

Kankuro's eyebrows shot up in surprise, He didn't expect this of all things to come out of his soon to be brother-in-law. He didn't even know what to say, but Naruto had already moved on.

Naruto stood in front of Temari, fighting the impulse to hug her right there and then. It would look very out of place, not to mention suspicious to those who didn't know of their earlier interactions. Instead, he greeted her warmly, "Welcome to Konoha, Temari."

Temari smiled and greeted back. "I accept your welcoming, Naruto-san."

Apparently, she was more aware of the protocols and way of conversations that were to be followed in this context. That was to be expected of the eldest daughter of the Kazekage though.

It was then Tsunade stepped back into the conversation. "Now that the greetings are over, please follow me. I will make your arrangements of staying in our village."

However, Naruto interjected. "Hokage-sama, if it's not too much trouble, I can take Temari and her siblings with me to my home. They can stay with me. I have more than enough room."

Tsunade gave it a moment of thought and then agreed. It would give Naruto and Temari time to talk out whatever issues they have, as well as catch up. Also, it would prove a good bonding time between Naruto and Temari's brothers. "Alright, you can take them with you. But report to me early tomorrow for Temari's initiation."

Naruto beamed in her direction and put each of his hands around Gaara and Temari, pulling them into his sides. He turned to face her and gave s charming smile, "By your leave, Hokage-sama."

He then flashed out of there, leaving a blinking and confused Kankuro in front of an equally confused Tsunade. A few moments later, Naruto flashed back, grabbed Kankuro by his shoulder and flashed away again. All the people left their blinked at the unusual happenings, not knowing what sense to make out of it.

Tsunade snapped out of her confusion when Hiruzen chuckled beside her at Naruto's antics. She turned to the rest of Suna shinobi, "The rest of you, follow me. I will show you your staying arrangements."