Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Naruto ch 08

 

                                                                            Chapter 08

 

 

Haku noticed that on the walk through town the people would stop and smile and wave at Naruto, a total opposite of what he had observed in Konoha, no wonder Naruto would rather live here. After waving goodbye the three council members that had accompanied them on the walk from the clan house he noticed they were approaching one of the banks. Walking inside he smiled as Naruto was greeted enthusiastically.

“Uzumaki-sama…” The branch manager rushed out of his office as he saw who had come into the bank and bowed low, ‘What can we do for you today?”

Ginning as he waved at the bank manager Naruto held up the scroll, “I have a large deposit to make to the general accounts, and a list of other bank accounts that need to be transferred over.”

Bowing low again the manager snapped his fingers to get the attention of the free staff, “If you follow me to the conference room we can get this little matter taken care of for you. Do you have a roundabout figure for the deposits?”

“Half a billion Ryo give or take,” Naruto dropped his bombshell and saw the manager stumble before sealing the deal, “not to mention about half that amount again to go into the clan account.”

It took three attempts for the manager to open the door because his hands were trembling that much, after ushering them into the conference room his secretary who had overheard Naruto was being escorted there brought in a tea tray with small sweet rolls and started to serve Naruto first and glancing Haku’s way noticed the clan crest on his shirt along with his rank pin and served him next as being the next highest ranked person in the room.

Jiga was stunned, what type of A-Rank mission netted almost three quarters of a billion Ryo as their share of the spoils. Before he could even ask the question Naruto started to unroll the scroll across the top of the conference room table, with a nick of his thumb his glowing hand touched the first seal releasing the contents. A blood seal, things definitely were interesting he would have to try and wheedle the mission information out of Naruto on Monday.

Handing over the bank books Naruto smiled at the manager who was still pale and shaken, “By rights of conquest and reparations these bank accounts have been seized by the Uzumaki clan and are to be deposited into our account. Now for the goodies,” duplicating his first act Naruto unsealed the next five seals on the scroll leaving a large amount of money spilling onto the floor after the smoke cleared. “Once the bills have been moved I’ll unseal the gold and gems.”

Sitting back Naruto enjoyed the shocked posture of the bank employee’s as he nibbled on one of the sweet bean rolls, whispering to Haku the answers to his questions as the tellers got over their shock and started to pick up the stacks of money. Half an hour later as the tellers were pushing out the last of the bundles of cash on carts, Naruto unrolled more of the scroll and unsealed three sections leaving several large piles of brilliantly sparkling gemstones.

By this time the bank manager was sweating profusely as shock after shock left him pale, this was a lot of wealth.

I’m enjoying this way too much Naruto snorted as he moved the scroll to the floor to unseal the last two seals, the ones with all the gold in them. Remembering that he had found information about Gato’s hidden treasure vault he looked over at Jiga, “I need you to get four Jounin teams to my office in an hour for an A-Rank retrieval mission, I just remembered I had to leave a large part of Gato’s fortune behind.”

As Jiga nodded and disappeared in a puff of smoke the bank manager squeaked out, “There’s more?”

Nodding Slowly Naruto stood back up as the gold was unsealed from the scroll, “Before I forget, Haku needs to have access to the clan accounts, so if you can bring in the paperwork to add his signature to the account.”

Rushing through the door the manager was back in a couple of minutes with the forms and a pen.

Leaning in to whisper in Naruto’s ear Haku watched the tellers struggle to remove the gold as fast as they could, “Should I sign the form now or wait until after you have had a chance to add the clan traits to my DNA, I mean after all…” he trailed off as Naruto put his finger over his lips and gazed into his eyes.

“Haku, you are an Uzumaki now, as you have been from the moment we shared blood back in Wave. Abilities or not you are mine and part of my clan, stand up and show everyone who you are,” Naruto whispered slowly with a serious expression on his face, only moving his finger when Haku nodded and smiled shyly. After all he knew what it felt like not belonging to someone, so he would give him time to get used to it before he kicked his ass for doubting his new clan.

While Haku was filling out the forms Naruto accepted the rolled up scroll from one of the bowing tellers with a smile. He giggled when the bank manager stuttered out in shock as he read Haku’s name from the card.

“WHAT…” the manager screamed out as he read the printed name below the signature on the card, another Uzumaki, he thought Naruto-sama was the only one left of his clan. Realizing what he had done he clapped his hand over his mouth and swayed, on the verge of fainting.

Bowing low the bank manager felt like fainting, he had hoped he had not offended his lord, “I apologize Uzumaki-sama; I did not know you had started rebuilding your clan already. Or that you had brought the old laws back into play, it won’t happen again I can assure you.”

Chuckling as he waved at the manager to relax, Naruto shook his head, “Ayako will have the word spread all across the city by this time tomorrow all about Haku and how he was blood bonded into the clan.”

Smiling in relief as his lord got ready to leave, the manager grinned evilly, “I’m sure more than one Kunoichi will be more than happy to hear that then.”

Waving at all the tellers who had lined up to bow to them as they left Naruto shook his head, things were so different here than back in Konoha, people here actually respected him. It didn’t hurt that he just deposited such a large sum of Ryo into the bank either. Grabbing Haku’s hand he led the bemused young man into the street and pointed out shops of interest, meandering through the busy streets returning the greetings of those they passed. Making a big circle Naruto pointed out the weapons shop near the Citadel and dragged Haku inside.

“I know you can make most of your Senbon out of ice, but Hiato-san is one of the best smiths when it comes to elemental metal smithing.” Naruto bounced around the shop as he acted like a kid in a candy store after being told he could have one of everything.

“Ah…Naruto-sama, you finally could not resist the allure of the fire Katana any longer,” Hiato smiled as he came out from behind the counter to great his most treasured customer.

Freezing in a half bounce Naruto slowly looked over his shoulder before grinning and jumping up so he could twirl around and face the smith, “Hiato-san, don’t do that, one of these days one of your customers is going to fall of dead of a heart attack when you startle them out of their daydreams like that.”

After several bouts of deep belly laughter Hiato wiped the tears from his eyes and snapped back, “Good, any Shinobi that has that weak of a heart does not need to use weapons anymore. So are you here in your guise of Naruto-sama or as Uzumaki-sama?”

Walking over Naruto stared up at the tall smith, “That defective chakra wire you were going to throw out worked like a charm; it was beautiful the way it set off the special reactive tags when the prisoner channeled chakra, it drew it in and charged the tags perfectly. So we will need a lot more of the stuff to outfit my Dragons and elite Jounin teams.”

Hiato was shocked, that one small mistake in the melting process actually created something useful; he was startled out of his musings when Naruto caught his attention with his order.

“I need another…no make it four sets of those special hollow Senbon you created for me. I also need another two sets of my Special Kunai made,” thinking about using two of the spring needles and Haku, Naruto followed Hiato back to the counter. “I also need another pair of launcher sandals in Haku’s size along with the mini needles both a training set and a hollow set.”

Hiato turned to look at Haku who was browsing the display’s before whispering, “You did it then, you brought someone into the clan. I took him for a girl at first but now I can see what you see in him, is he as deadly as he is pretty?”

Grinning evilly Naruto nodded, “More so, he can be devastating…and yet at the same time so gentle and loving.”

Nodding once Hiato went back to working up the order before picking up foot ruler on his way over to Haku, “Excuse me Uzumaki-sama but I need to measure your feet for the special clan sandals I need to make you.”

 With a confused expression on his face Haku looked over at Naruto, “You go to a weapons smith to have footwear made?”

Nodding his head as he bounced over as he slipped one of his sandals off Naruto placed it on the counter so Haku could see it, “There is a very good reason, my sandals have a secret needle launcher built into them, the needles carry a short term paralytic agent.” Pointing out the tiny hole in the heel of his shoe Naruto looked around for a target, “you fire them by curling your big toe back to hit the button.” Lining up the target he pressed on the hidden switch and fired off one of the needles, hitting the target with hardly any sound.”

Haku’s eyes got round as he looked between the shoe and the small needle embedded in the target, there was not a sound as the needle fired his mind told him as he watched Naruto put his sandal back on.

“There, all finished, I just need to know what type of sandal to build this puppy into,” Hiato grinned at the surprised look turn contemplative. “Or would you prefer to keep the same style you are wearing now?”

Nodding in answer Haku looked around, he did not see footwear, “Is this something that is custom ordered or do you wholesale this out to Shinobi supply houses?” footwear that was a weapon, Whirlpool’s Shinobi forces were more than formidable if they had access to these types of creative personalities.

“I can have your order ready to be picked up in a week Naruto-sama, the sandals will take another week before they are ready. I hope this will not be a problem for you?” Hiato smiled before looking over at Haku, “I’m afraid that these sandals are something that will not go to the rank and file, I am the only one that knows how to make them and I will only make them for clan Uzumaki. I want to make sure the clan has more than one surprise for those who would be foolish enough to attack them.”

Smiling with a slight bow Hiato couldn’t wait to start crafting. And if Naruto-sama was bonding to another male that meant soon they would be picking out the best Kunoichi to be the mothers of their children…which meant little ones running around and more work…rubbing his hands together gleefully he thought ‘the joy of more work, maybe he could create…No that wouldn’t work he would need to…’

Seeing the no one was home look descend on Hiato Naruto laughed as he pulled Haku out of the shop, “Come on, when he gets that look on his face he’s in another world and has to be slapped out of it, I’ll leave that to his wife when she stops by to bring him lunch.”

Glancing back to firmly plant the location of this weapons shop in his mind Haku looked around to memorize landmarks so he could easily find his way back. “Naruto-kun your are a far stronger person than I would have been,” seeing the confused glance as they walked into the ground floor of the citadel he nodded back at the eager greeting sent both their ways. “After seeing how you were treated by the leaf village and how you are treated here, I don’t think I would have been able to make myself go back to leaf after arriving here for the first time. These people not only respect you but are happy that you are here.”

“It was a close thing,” Naruto nodded as they started up the stairs, “When I first used the transport stone and found myself here in the village I was happy for the first time that I could remember. The first thing the people did when the Citadel unsealed when I arrived was to throw this huge party that lasted until the morning, actually in a way it was scary. I had never had anyone truly show me not only kindness but respect…your right it took everything I had to step back on that transport seal and go back to Konoha. Even by spending the weekends here, it never did get any easier, because the older I got the more I came to resent Konoha and its villager’s blind anger towards me. I kept telling myself that it didn’t matter how they saw me, my parents loved me and were proud of me, and the tapes they sealed away for me constantly told me over and over again that they were proud of me. It’s the only thing that made my life bearable, that and getting some enjoyment of the pranking personality I created to hide behind.”

Walking into the office Naruto grinned at the twelve Jounin waiting for him, “I see Jiga didn’t waste time.”

“Hai…Uzumaki-sama,” Twelve voices sounded in response.

Nodding Naruto took a blank scroll from the pile near his desk and started to write directions on it, “I am assigning the twelve of you an A-Rank retrieval mission .When I killed the crime boss Gato of the Gato shipping empire I turned over all his legitimate businesses and profits to the people of Wave to help get them back on their feet. All the illegal activities he was part of or owned I drained the accounts and cash and gold and seized them as spoils of war and sealed up all his files so they can be worked into the mission schedules to take out the scum. But one of the things I was not able to do is to retrieve the two hidden caches of wealth he had squirreled away for an emergency.”

Finished with directions to the first cache he quickly pulled over a blank scroll and started on the second, “Now you might run into some bandits or thugs that are trying to track down the hidden caches, if you do I’ll leave it up to you how you deal with them,” Naruto looked up, “As long as they are not able to continue being a threat to honest people.” Seeing their quick nod he smiled as he pointed to the Armoire over on the wall, “You’ll find a lot of sealing scrolls in the Armoire, and there is a shelf with my father’s special multiuse sealing scrolls on them, and make sure each team takes at least one of those.”

Finished he picked up a scroll in each hand, “I’ll leave it to all of you to decide on team leaders.” Once the scrolls had been taken he grinned, “I think the village accounts will be in very nice shape once all the wealth has been retrieved and brought back for deposit. Any weapons you find, not that I expect you to find much if any, but I have no clue how the mind of a mad man works, you can split up between yourselves to keep or sell off. There will be a bonus of what amounts to pay for an S-Rank mission if you can get the hidden caches cleared out and your team back in two weeks time. I plan to hold the Dragon trials in five weeks time and if you are thinking about trying out you need to get back well, early enough you have time to polish up your skills. Any questions?” When no one asked anything Naruto grinned, “Good luck and keep safe.”

“HAI…” twelve people popped out of the room in a cloud of smoke and mist.

Glancing down at his Kunai pouch Naruto took it off his leg and placed it on his desk front side down, fingering the seam he pulled the zipper out, after unzipping the back he had exposed the hard wood backing with another storage seal on it. A drop of blood and some chakra released a large stack of files which he moved off his pouch and set them on the far edge of his desk, “First thing Monday morning we will go over the files and work up missions from what we find in here. I’m going to enjoy the rest of my weekend, soon enough I’ll have to deal with working on the weekends, but this weekend is mine.” Pulling Haku up to his feet he grinned mischievously at him, “how about a spar before lunch, we can work up an appetite first.”

Jiga glanced at the stack of work with a frown as he nodded at Naruto-sama’s parting words of, he knew where he could find him if he was needed and to enjoy the rest of his weekend before they had to buckle down. Lifting the top folder his frown turned to anger as he read about the slavers that kidnapped nubile young woman for the whore houses Gato owned when he was still alive. Good thing that scum was dead he thought, otherwise he would be the first to volunteer to go kill him.”

 

Haku straddled Naruto’s butt as he rubbed the oil into the tense muscles, hands expertly kneading tight muscles, he shivered at the memory of Naruto-kun’s hands massaging his own body mere moments before, and the sheer pleasure of those hands rubbing his muscles was incredible. “You have an obscene amount of chakra at your disposal is that from being the jailer of the Kyuubi?”

“Only partially…O…yes right there,” Naruto bit his lower lip lightly as Haku’s hands worked out the spasming muscle, he had never had the opportunity to have a massage or give one before meeting up with Haku, and it was something he was not going to give up in the future. “From what I understand from the notes left by my parents, the only reason dad succeeded in sealing the Kyuubi into me without killing me was because of my mother’s bloodline having huge chakra pathways. Anyone else and it would have fried them as the sealing was being attempted thus ending up pissing off the Kyuubi when it failed and was released. The first seal was designed to filter the Kyuubi’s chakra into my system, enlarging my reserves and pathways earlier than they would have otherwise. Dad theorized in his notes that by the time the second seal set needed to be added, my reserves and pathways would be beyond Kage level.”

Lifting his hands Haku stared at the back of Naruto-s head, “WHAT…”

Pouting slightly Naruto turned his head, “Don’t stop, that feels too good for you to stop now.” Shaking his head he smiled contently when Haku started to dig into his flesh again, “The first seal was designed to mature my reserves and pathways using the demon’s chakra, the second seal was designed to separate the Kyuubi from its chakra after draining it to near nothing. Mom actually had a hand in designing the second seal, instead of being burnt out from chakra overload my DNA was changed so that my Uzumaki bloodline of higher than normal chakra levels would be based on my newly altered levels, from now on all Uzumaki’s will have my level of reserves and large pathways.” Groaning in delight Naruto melted under Haku’s hands as they slid down to his thighs and started to massage the tight muscles.

“I have to apply the third sealing set when I reach puberty, when I can actually have a liquid orgasm for lack of nice non scientific terms,” Naruto chuckled at the heat he felt radiating from Haku’s blush. “The third seal set will destroy the Kyuubi completely, no trace of the demon will be left and my duty as a jailer will be over.”

Giggling Haku tickled the bottom of Naruto’s feet causing him to jump, “Turn over now Naruto-sama.” Eyes glancing up Naruto’s body he smiled as he laid there with a look of total enjoyment on his face. “And then your duty to making babies will start.”

Frowning Naruto opened one eye half way before sticking his tongue out and blowing a raspberry at Haku, “Yours too.” Arching his back as Haku’s hands made their way up his body massaging stiff muscles he was content.

 

Three hours later Naruto woke up spooned into Haku’s backside, the nap had felt nice. Waking up next to someone he cared about and who cared back was more than nice. Sitting up on the side of the bed he started to get dressed in a t-shirt and loose pants, he was not planning on going out and he might as well be comfortable while channeling chakra into the procedure. Finding a loose robe Naruto went back and woke Haku up gently by shaking his arm carefully, “Time to get up, we need to get the procedure done before eating, though I doubt you’ll feel like eating until morning.” Holding the robe open for him he smiled as Haku slipped his arms in with a smile and nod.

Leading Haku to the new section of house and into the medical wing Naruto opened the door to the ritual room, a room that had seals and runic symbols carved into the stone then filled with silver. It was a permanent sealing room designed to work with peoples DNA, his mother must have thought he would get a lot of use out of it besides the bonding to his chosen and the mothers to their children. “Luckily my mother planned ahead, it would have taken me years of study yet to be to the point of creating such a room.”

Curious Haku looked around in awe, “What do I have to do?”

Walking barefoot into the room Naruto pointed out the outline of a person on the floor, “You need to lie down inside the outline; making sure you bare skin is in contact with all the symbols. I’ll do all the rest.” Taking the robe form Haku he took it out of the room and left it on the floor, closing the door behind him he latched it so no one would disturb them before going to the circle near Haku’s head and sitting down in it and getting comfortable. Putting the inscribed DNA map into the slot in front of him Naruto nodded, he was ready, “Just to go over things one more time, when this is finished you will have merged into you part of the new Uzumaki bloodline. You will have accelerated healing like I do, you will get the Uzumaki chakra reserves and pathways, and it is a good think you are still in puberty and your pathways haven’t finished growing yet or only your children would benefit from that part of the bloodline transfer. Both of those traits are those I chose to be known as the Uzumaki Kekkei Genkai, so the real secret is hidden.”

Closing his eyes Naruto centered himself as he drew up the part of his mothers Kekkei Genkai that allowed him to alter blood limits, “Relax and we are going to start…now.”

Glowing like a miniature sun, Naruto slammed his hands down on the symbols in front of him and channeled his chakra into the seal. Chakra rushing out of Naruto’s body followed the seal design pathways, slowly the lines started to glow a brilliant green lighting up the room. Then the symbols started to glow as Chakra raced from the pathways into the seal sets. Soon the whole room was glowing yellow with a tracing of green as the double helix of life appeared above Haku as the ritual truly began. Eyes closed Naruto missed it as the image of the double helix, the DNA map of Haku started to blink along with the metal DNA map he had slotted home in front of him.

If he was watching what was happening  instead of concentrating on pouring his chakra into the seal at a predetermined rate he would have seen the awe inspiring event unfolding above Haku, the DNA representative of Haku slowly changed. Sections of the chains split off and changed, new chains were created in their place and after two hours the changes were complete, Haku’s bloodline had been altered to reflect the changes directed by the metal DNA template. Tired, Naruto slumped over as he stopped channeling chakra into the design, if it wasn’t for the expanded reserves the Kyuubi jailing seal had forced on him it would have taken a team of three to do this same job. Smiling tiredly he let out a half laugh half snort as his stomach growled at him, it was telling him it was hungry.

Standing and stretching Naruto went over to the door and unlocked it and threw it open, a lot steadier on his feet he went over to Haku’s sleeping form and as gentle as he could picked him up so he could be put to bed.

Tucking the sheet and light blanket around his exhausted friend and fellow clan member Naruto made his way slowly to the kitchen and one of his mother’s prepared meals.

 

 

 

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