Discovering his Heritage

Negotiations and Relationships

Naruto was fuming at the woman that stood in front of him. "I will not stay here for the rest of the month Tsunade!" Naruto growled to the woman that stood before him.

The looks that Naruto was receiving from those that had followed Lady Tsunade into the room told him that they weren't too thrilled with how he was speaking to the leader of their Village. Naruto could see that a few of them looked as if they were about to reprimand him though Tsunade intervened. "Naruto, I understand that you don't want to spend any more time in the hospital but with what happened while you were unconscious makes me weary on releasing you from the hospital..." Tsunade started though before she was able to get to the conclusion of her words, Naruto interrupted her.

"...I am serious Tsunade. If you keep me here, I will personally ensure that every member of staff at this hospital is terrorized daily!" Naruto finished with a snarl.

From the fear that flashed within the eyes of the doctors and nurses that stood beside Tsunade told Naruto that they were already fearing for their lives. Within a split second, voices started swarming around the room though none of what was said was coherent enough for Naruto to understand.

For a moment, Naruto thought that the voices weren't ever going to go away though they finally stopped in their tracks when their Hokage held up one of her hands. "Okay Naruto, you win. I will release you from the hospital, but you will have a full Anbu and medical team watching you at all times until I am sure you are fine." Tsunade informed Naruto.

Naruto was ecstatic that he was able to get discharged from the hospital though he wasn't done with his negotiations with his Hokage. "How about you only assign the medical team to me since you are worried about my health?" Naruto retorted to the blond female that stood before him.

Tsunade should have known that Naruto wouldn't have agreed to her demands without trying to negotiate some of the demands away. "I can do one Anbu and the medical team." Tsunade responded once more.

Naruto knew that this back and forth could go on for hours and decided that the best way to end this would be to give one final push. "This is my final offer Tsunade. I will take one Anbu and I will come in every week for the remainder of the month to allow you to examine me." Naruto finished before crossing his arms across his chest.

Tsunade has spent enough time with Naruto to know that if she tried to fight him anymore on this issue then he would just leave the hospital of his own free will, which would mean that if something were wrong with him then she would never know. "Alright Naruto. You win. Your Anbu guard will present themselves to you within an hour and Naruto...you better make sure you show up for your exams or I will personally ensure that you won't be able to leave this hospital."

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Naruto could see that the words she used were meant as a threat, but Naruto knew deep down that she would break every bone in his body if she needed to.

With this thought, Naruto, spoke once more. "Trust me Lady Hokage. I will show up for my exams as long as you hold up to your end of the bargain."

Without another word, Tsunade turned from the room and left and since the doctors and nurses didn't want to be left alone with him, they quickly followed Tsunade out of the room. Now that Naruto was alone once more, he once again heard the same voice that he had last night. "A new acquired a new skill!"

Since Naruto had some time to kill before the Anbu that Tsunade was assigning him would arrive, Naruto decided that he would investigate his newest skill. "Skills." Naruto muttered out in a quiet voice so he wouldn't bring back any of the doctors that could still be in the hall near his room.

As his voice echoed around him, the screens that Naruto began to associate with his bloodline appeared which once again had writing within it. Two of the skills within the screen were ones that he had already read up on while the last one was brand new.

New Skill Acquired: Bartering (Level 1)- This skill allows the user to lower the prices of items in shops as well as convince others of their way of thinking.

Examining the skill, Naruto decided that it would be useful in his life around the Village since many of the civilian run shops still viewed him as a threat and wouldn't sell him anything at a decent price.

Once finished reading up on his new skill, Naruto decided to go through his mind and see if he could find any other screens while he was waiting for his Anbu guard to arrive. Though as he was throwing out random words, nothing seemed to be popping up like it has before and by the time that he had finished; thirty minutes had already passed which caused Naruto too to decide that It would be better for him to just wait for his guard to arrive.

*

Naruto had been switching his eyes from the clock to the door every five minutes and when the thirty minutes that he had been waiting finally ended, Naruto assumed that he would have to wait a few minutes more before he saw his guard appear though within seconds after the clock struck the thirty-minute mark; a barrage of leaves started to swirl around the room and when they finally vanished a figure stood within the middle of it.

Though Naruto knew that the Ninja that he was staring at was an Anbu, they had appeared in front of him without their mask on which told Naruto that the Hokage must have ordered them to appear as if they were a regular Ninja. The Ninja that stood before him was a pale skinned one with dark green hair and a face that was so handsome that Naruto thought that he was going to go blind if he continued to stare at the other male. Even with this in mind, Naruto allowed the seconds to pass and with every second that passed he found it harder to pull himself away. This allowed Naruto to spot the eyes of the other Ninja which were as crimson as freshly spilled blood.

The seconds that passed seemed to pass by so slowly that each second felt as if it was an eternity and as he continued to stare at the unknown male, Naruto felt his eyes begin to heat up once more which caused something to flash above the male's head though what he was looking at wasn't a name at all.

"Unknown Male"

Looking at the name that was flashing above the other Ninja, Naruto could understand why it was showing up the way that it was though he assumed that as soon as he learned the other Ninja's name that it would soon change.

"Are you going to just lay in the bed staring at me or are we going to leave?" the strange male spoke out in a voice that broke Naruto from the hypnotic spell that he was under since the arrival of the other Ninja.

With Naruto being broken from the spell, the name as well as the heat that was within his eyes vanished. Since he was no longer lost within the looks of the other male, Naruto was quick in throwing his feet over the bed and once this was done; Naruto was on his feet and making his way over to the other Ninja. "I am sorry about that. I got distracted for a moment...by the way I am Naruto Uzumaki even though I assume you must have already known that." Naruto replied as he held out a hand for the other Ninja to grasp ahold of.

Naruto continued to watch the male as he held his hand out and though he didn't know this Ninja he was sure that he would eventually take his hand and after a few seconds of holding hand out, the other Ninja in fact did as Naruto figured he would. As the Ninja was shaking Naruto's hand, he started to speak once more. "My name is Maris Yamoto, and it will be a pleasure serving as your comrade and guard during this time." the now named Ninja spoke out.

"It will be a pleasure to work with you as well Maris Yamoto." Naruto retorted back and as he spoke the other male's name, the same voice that he has gotten used to hearing in his ear since his bloodline was activated, sounded once more. "A new relationship has been unlocked!"

As the voice echoed within his ear, Naruto ignored it as too not give anything away to the Ninja that he was now readying to leave the room with; vowing that when he was alone, he would check the relationship menu out.

With this vow in mind, Naruto and Maris made their way from the room that had kept Naruto hostage within this hospital.

Authors notes: Thank you to everyone who had read this chapter as well as the other two and as always please comment and review with your thoughts on the chapter. Until next time!

Skills: Coder's Eyes, Deception, Bartering

Missions: Exposing Corruption, The Grass Invasion