Itachi investigates the of his brother!

Naruto was on an early morning jog, enjoying the benefits of being the apprentice to Tsunade; the use of medical jutsu to sculpt her body exactly as she wished. Long, pink and perfectly healthy hair was tied into a firm braid, her generous and still developing breasts was in a black halter sports bra, leading to a flat and toned stomach above a perfect ass in a tight pair of black booty shorts. Abbreviated shinobi sandals pounded along the ground as Naruto completed another circuit around Konoha.

The combined Byakugan and Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in Naruto's head were an amazing asset. With the amount of chakra that Naruto was able to dedicate to the eyes, the range of sight encompassed the entirety of Konoha easily. The Sharingan seemed to be innately capable of parsing anything within its sight and impart it to its user. As such, Naruto was functionally omniscient of all that occurred within Konoha. If someone did anything within her range, she could reproduce it. If anything was written, she knew it. If anything was said, she was now a proficient lip reader, and knew it. Separating noise from information was difficult at first, but it was already a hurdle that had been overcome. The greater challenge had actually been not reacting to information that Naruto could not have known.

That said, Naruto was still well aware that Itachi and Kisame had entered Konoha, and so was not surprised when Kisame's giant sword attempted to separate her from her legs. They were actually in what amounted to a shinobi district, so the civilian presence was negligible, but possible friendly support for Naruto was a possibility. Naruto rapidly dodged and launched a few testing punches and kicks to the Missing Nin Swordsman, before falling back and observing the pair, cloaked in Akatsuki robes and large straw hats.

"Pinky's got a bit of skill. Wasn't expecting that," the large blue man commented to his partner. Itachi merely stared forward blankly. Undeterred, Kisame addressed Naruto. "Now come on Pinky, we just want to know what happened to your teammates. Word at large is you killed Itachi's only living relative! How could you do something so cold hearted as that?"

Naruto, quite frankly, saw no reason not to repeat the party line for the benefit of the two missing nin. "Uchiha killed his sleeping teammate in cold blood under the belief that it would grant him 'ultimate power'. We're not certain if he believed he could acquire the mythic eyes of Uchiha Madara, the power of the Kyuubi sealed with Naruto, or a combination of the two. Either way, he was unsuccessful in his venture beyond committing treason and murdering an ally. He was summarily executed in the field, and his eyes destroyed, may he rot in hell."

The two missing nin had remained in place for the short speech, and Kisame laughed upon the conclusion. Itachi actually revealed a frown, though he appeared more disappointed than anything else. Naruto kept her face carefully impassive as suddenly, she struck from behind, striking a paralyzing blow to Kisame's sword arm from beneath illusion cover. As he dropped his chakra consuming sword, Naruto was able to quickly grab it and throw it to the ANBU that now lined the rooftops.

Even with a disabled arm, Kisame was more than a threat, proving that he had well earned his rank. The support that he had from fighting alongside Itachi against a single opponent was not to be ignored, and a high level, fast paced battle followed. Naruto held her own, but was unable to launch any effective attacks. Illusions were put to good use and aided the defensive tactics Naruto was **** to use. Upon the appearance of Tsunade to fight alongside her now struggling apprentice and Kakashi's electrifying entrance with a narrowly avoided Chidori, Itachi elected to retreat, but not before a suddenly on the defensive Kisame perished under a super strength blow to the chest, courtesy of Naruto.

In the coming months, when Sakura was promoted to jonin, naysayers would remember her S-Rank kill in the heart of Konoha and keep their silence.

And Naruto continued to have a spectacular track record. Upon the successful reinstatement of the rightful ruler of the Land of Spring, no-one protested the young jonin's short vacation in the Princess' estate. That Koyuki Kazahana was utterly love stricken for her temporary bodyguard was politely not commented on, and it was only upon the successful creation of a personal teleportation technique that Naruto left. The discovery of shadow clones of the Yondaime and the previous Kyuubi vessel within Naruto's soul had been a joyous occasion, and Naruto had not hesitated to pop and absorb the knowledge held within the two.

Huh. Those were her birth parents. Who'd a thunk it?

Still, the immense knowledge, skill and ability the two had possessed, particularly in sealing techniques, was a god send. Naruto had eliminated the flash, actually a disorientation tactic deliberately added in, and the Journey of a Thousand Miles technique was made. Kissing Koyuki goodbye and checking the seal marker in the roof of her mouth as she did so, Naruto made the return journey to Konoha by mundane means, a mix of not wanting to reveal her new ability and not having a personal marker in Konoha. Upon her return, she spread the markers to what was more and more amounting to her harem; Tenten and Ino, her first girlfriends; Hinata, who had come to see Sakura as the second coming of Naruto; and finally Kurenai and Anko, who had evidently been a package deal upon the removal of Anko's curse seal.

Still, there were greater concerns on the horizon; like Akatsuki, the tailed beast hunters who evidently wanted to rule the world; keeping Konoha safe; and attaining the sole loyalty of her harem and their health upon it.