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Anbu Signs

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Kurama talking/Kurama speaking.

Naruto woke up to a familiar feeling. He silently nudged his friends, and they instantly woke up. Hinata stretched, and went to shower. Naruto turned to Shikamaru.

"So, What are we going to do? About the vision I mean." Naruto spoke a language he had picked up from an elder of a small village. They had called it English.

"I not sure. How much do Hinata know of English?"

"It's I'm, and does. She has a good handle on it."

"But I don't. I am messing up on simple words. Ho-Naruto, can we just stick to Anbu signs or something?"

Naruto sighed. "It'd be better if we used a mix of English and Anbu. That way you can learn as we speak. However, no signs if I start speaking fluent English. You hear me, Hinata?"

"Yes Naruto. Trust me Shikamaru, it gets easier as you practice using it in an actual con-ver-say-shun." She struggled a bit with that word, and the accent she took on was hilarious.

"Conversayshin?" Shikamaru asked, confused.

"Kaiwa. Conversation is Kaiwa."

Shikamaru nodded. He was up to try it.  They head down to breakfast. Shikaku was drinking a cup of tea, while Yoshino dished out the plates.

"You see why this would be useful?" Naruto asked. Shikaku stared, bewildered. 

"Yeah, I guess." Shikamaru shrugged.

"Naruto-kun, I think you've made your point. Shikamaru-kun Gets it, right?"

Shikamaru nodded.

Well, I have to make sure. We all have to agree for this to work. Remember the vision Sesshin showed me.

"I know 'Ruto. I get it. You don't have to keep saying it."

"Sorry. Hurry, let's eat."

"Yeah, we need to train so we can get stronger."

They quickly ate and left. 

Yoshino looked to Shikaku. "Did you understand that? All I got were names and something about Naruto repeating something."

Shikaku stroked his chin. 

"I think Naruto was stressing something to Shikamaru. They used Anbu signs, which I don't know where they learned those. Apparently the Heir to the herd showed Naruto a vision yesterday, and they are going to try something.....they were speaking in another language too." He needed a drink.

Shikamaru caught himself making lighter flicking motions for the fifth time since they set out. He needed a smoke....

Hinata kept activating her Byakugan at the slightest of sounds. She needed to get the war out of her head.

Naruto was on edge. His senses on high alert, scanning for enemy chakra. In doing this, he sensed something that made him growl.

"Shika, Hina. Zetsu.... He has clones everywhere."

"Dammit!" Shikamaru hissed. Hinata activated her Byakugan again, heightening it's range.

Naruto, what do we do?

"Nothing for now." He murmured. He was angry. Really angry. He made over a thousand clones, which proceeded to scatter across Konoha, ordered to silently take out the Zetsu clones.

"Now let's go train." He said.

~_~

Naruto was panting as he dodged a shadow lance and danced away from Hinata's Twin Lions Fist. He was sweaty, and starting to get a bit tired. They had been going at it nonstop for the past five hours. Hinata and Shikamaru were starting to feel exhaustion set in, but Naruto was just winded.

He sent a spray of kunai at Shikamaru, only for a inky black wall of shadows to rise up, absorbing the weapons and flinging them back with equal force. They hadn't stopped moving, not even for a second, so when Naruto flipped back onto a branch and rested in a crouch, the two stopped.

"Let's cool down and go meet our teams." Naruto said, and took off to do a few laps around the training ground. He had put up a purging seal to keep any and all Zetsu out. Hinata and Shikamaru soon joined him. Afterwards Hinata showed them some of the stretches she had gone through to enhance her natural flexibility. She could turn herself into a pretzel. 

~_~

Naruto sighed as he approached his team. Kakashi poofed in right after. Right on time. Naruto listened to the mission details. Babysit while the single mother went grocery shopping. He could do that. He took care of Mirai sometimes, and learned a lot from the... experience. Babies were a handful.

They knock on the door and the mother thanks them, taking off. She gave Naruto a hesitant smile. She didn't harbor anything against him. He nodded, smiling. No one noticed the exchange except a certain one-eyed jonin.

The baby seemed to be a quiet one, only raising a fuss when she needed one. Her eyes were big and curious.

Sakura didn't seem to trust him with the baby, but she was proven wrong when he gently cradled her, rocking her to keep her calm. The look on his face was so peaceful, so gentle. The baby cried whenever Sasuke was around so Sasuke sat in a corner and brooded. Sakura helped feed the baby. Kakashi walked by with his por- advanced literature, and Naruto all but snapped at him.

"Keep that filthy book away from the innocent!" He snarled. Kakashi slowly backed away.

The baby just giggled, cooing and slapped Naruto's cheek softly.

"Thank you so much. I hope Hinomyia-chan wasn't too much trouble." The mom said as she came home, bulked out in groceries. Naruto carefully handed Hinomyia to Sakura, and rushed to help with the groceries.

"She was no trouble at all. Let me help you." He said, taking the groceries from her. He carried to them to the kitchen and placed them on the floor. He helped put them away and smiled as she thanked him.

"It was no problem if you ever need help I'm here." He said. She nodded.

"I'm Asai Noroki. If I ever need anything I'll put forward a request."

Naruto smiled.

"So, Naruto. How'd you get so good with kids?" Kakashi asked idly.

"Orphanage." Naruto shrugged. It was a small white lie but still. Kakashi hummed, obviously in thought.

Naruto carefully ignored the glares, and casually sidestepped the rock thrown at him. Then a 'stray' kunai. He then turned his gaze to the villagers. It was cold, and clearly said not-in-the-mood-leave-me-alone.

Several villagers shuddered before going back to what they were doing. Naruto noticed his teammates curious looks, but ignored them. They soon arrived in front of the Hokage tower, and Naruto leapt up through the window, causing his team to run in the building to catch up.

Naruto laughed at the Anbu, who had kunai pointed at all his vitals. "Hey guys!" He said cheerfully.

"Brat, why can't you use the door?" That voice. It was achingly familiar.

Naruto looked at the blond Senju, shock on his face. "Baa-chan?"

He dodged the paperweight thrown at him on instinct.

"Brat." She grumbled.

Naruto rushed forward and hugged his grandmother figure. "I'm sorry." He said.

Tsunade wrapped her arms around him. "Nah, I kinda figured you would do something reckless. Now we can fix the past so we can have a better future. Though I haven't gotten any younger." She chuckled dryly.

Naruto laughed, and smiled at Hiruzen who stood behind her watching the scene with fond eyes. "Jiji." He said.

"I think I shall enjoy my retirement this time." He said.

Naruto's smile turned sad. "Yeah, believe it!"

The rest of Team 7 burst in panting. They stopped when they saw Naruto in the lap of a busty blonde in what seemed to be in her twenties.

Naruto smiled and waved. "Hey guys! This is gonna be the Godaime!" He said.

Sakura squeaked. "N-Naruto! You are sitting in the future Godaime's lap!"

Naruto internally laughed at their confusion. "Why wouldn't I? She is my godmother."

Tsunade smiled, happy the war hadn't taken away Naruto's mischievous streak. "I am Tsunade Senju. Sensei is showing me the ropes before I get the hat."

"Tsunade Senju is your godmother!!??" Sakura asked, eyes wide. "Who WeRe your parents!?"

"Very very good people." Tsunade sad.

Kakashi cleared his throat. "Well, Tsunade-sama. We need our next mission."

"Yeah, yeah. Here." She tossed him a scroll.

Kakashi opened it. "Really Tsunade-sama?" He deadpanned.

Tsunade smirked. "I need to punish my godson for doing something stupid."

Naruto looked at her warily. "What is the mission baa-chan?"

She grinned. "Tora."

Naruto screamed.