Darkness Falls

Chapter 19

Konoha, Four Days Later

"Mission complete, Ji-ji." Naruto stated happily, while he handed the scroll Mei had given the blonde to the elder Hokage.

Smiling, Hiruzen took the scroll while taking a moment to look over the team in front of him. The elder man could see that something had happened during the mission, simply by the way Kakashi was eyeing Naruto in what appeared to be disappointment and jealousy, whilst the sole Uchiha was brooding more then usual while casting apprehensive glances at Sakura. Meanwhile, Sakura stood next to Naruto, almost leaning against him.

"Very well, Naruto-kun you stay." The Hokage stated as he turned to the rest of Team 7. "The rest of you are dismissed."

With a small bow, the silver haired jonin lead the brooding Uchiha out of the office, whilst Sakura stole a quick kiss from Naruto before leaving as well, earning a small chuckle from the elder village leader. Once they were alone, Hiruzen turned his attention to the blonde in front of him, who now took a more relaxed stance.

"I assume there were some complications during the mission?" Hiruzen inquired.

"Not with the actual negotiations." Naruto clarified, allaying the most prominent concern of the elder man. "Kakashi is just jealous because he walked in on Mei-chan and I making out, and Sasuke had his ego bruised when he was lead into a trap by some of the remnant bloodline haters."

"Mei? As in the Godaime Mizukage?" The elder man stammered in shock. "How did this happen?"

"That's kind of a funny story." The blonde chuckled.

Flashback no Jutsu

Reluctantly Kakashi ushered the rest of his team out, followed by Zabuza, though not before casting a warning glare to the blonde. Though it wasn't missed by the auburn haired woman that the girl identified as Sakura gave the blonde a small wink before exiting with the rest of the group. Closing the door behind them.

"I take it there is something between you two?" Mei inquired, her eye brow raised in curiosity.

"She's one of my girlfriends." Naruto replied honestly.

"And yet you were openly flirting with me in front of her?" The Mizukage asked, her eye brow twitching.

"There is a special circumstance involving me." He coyly replied with a smirk.

"And what exactly would that be?"

"Well, you see." The blonde began as he leaned forward in his chair. "I am the last of not one, but two clans. The Uzumaki and the Namikaze, and as such I have placed into the CRA, or Clan Restoration Act which requires I take multiple wives to repopulate my clans."

"Wait, you're the son of the Yondaime Hokage?" Mei asked, surprised by the revelation.

"That is correct." He answered with a sigh. "Though to be honest, I don't exactly see eye to eye with my old man. Short version, I discovered a few things about him that.... upset me, to put it mildly."

"I am sorry to hear that." Mei replied sympathetically.

"Aside from my heritage, I also have a rare bloodline." He continued, not wanting to give too much away about his father.

"I see." The auburn haired woman spoke, digesting what the young man before her had told her. Meanwhile, thinking the young blonde was little more then a pervert, thus not being her ideal husband she had desperately hoped for.