Naruto sighed as an embarrassed and blushing Mikoto kept on bowing to him as she shouted out apologies for being so forward. Naruto held up his hand, "Can you please stop doing that? You did nothing wrong." Naruto said before adding under his breath, "Besides, they felt pretty nice."

Mikoto heard him, however, and pulled out a notepad out of thin air and scribbled scrupulously upon it, like a mad scientist who just found a breakthrough in their research.

Naruto sweatdropped at that. Are any of the ladies I know not obsessed with me to an almost unhealthy degree? Naruto thought with a groan. His voice grew tender and soft, and so did his eyes, "How are you holding up, Mikoto?"

Mikoto stopped and a heavy weight seemed to have been dropped on her shoulders as she narrowed her eyes, "... I'm doing ok. I'm still struggling with the loss of Itachi and Sasuke... and well, most of our clan." She said as she sat down on her bed and curled herself into a ball.

Naruto sighed and walked over to her, placing a hand on her cheek as tears started falling down her face. He looked at her this time with the ironclad grip, a strength that naturally exuded from a king, a warrior, a transcendent. "Look at me Mikoto. I mean... truly look at me." Naruto commanded, causing Mikoto to do just that and gaze into Naruto's eyes and see him for what he is.

She reflexively grabbed his cheeks and pulled him closer as her tears grew more pronounced and rapid at what she saw, "Oh Sage... I'm... I'm so sorry..."

Behind the thousands of walls Naruto has erected throughout both lives, Naruto was just a kid, still searching for a loving family he could call his own. He was just like all the people he took in from the streets. He was no different from every other person deep down. Well... not entirely. He believed that one day he would be acknowledged for his greatness, for his potential in life. In his first life, he had achieved as much, even if he hadn't become Hokage because of Madara.

He was a regular person, with his true superpower being that he believed in himself and others of their potential. That was all that truly set him apart from the regular civilians out there. He had a desire made manifest, an unbreakable, indomitable will to achieve what he desired.

So while he might have joined this world without chakra, without Kurama by his side, he was still that same boy who struggled to do what was right and help others that were genuinely in need.

But Mikoto peered beyond that, looking truly at the Naruto that stood before her. The new Naruto. The one he was forced to forge to avenge his fallen comrades and support the ones he loved so much. A ruler forged by many memories and experiences, pushing him to prevent events from the past from repeating yet again.

This Naruto, who was struggling to hold himself together with all the grief, guilt, and sorrow thrown his way, all for those he cared for.

Naruto smiled warmly at her, "Do you see?"

Mikoto brought him in for a deep embrace, "I'm so sorry! I never... I never realized how much you've had to suffer..."

Naruto sighed, "I haven't suffered much. I just... I've simply had to fail too much to gain a little." Naruto stated as he wrapped his arms around her.

Mikoto narrowed her eyes on Naruto, "What is it that you desire, darling?" Mikoto asked softly as she stroked the back of his head.

He took a long sigh, "I want to correct the wrongs of the past... have a family... live in peace. I want the world to be at peace. But..." Naruto clenched his fist, "If I want to achieve that, I need more power and more influence. I need to be a pillar for everyone, something that everyone could look up to and go to for advice, for guidance, for wisdom, for hope." Naruto stated.

Mikoto smiled gently at Naruto, "You're already on your way to doing just that, darling. You know that..."

Naruto sighed, "I know. But it still isn't enough. We still have other organizations to worry about, other Nations trying to destroy Konoha, and we have the threat of spies and traitors in a world of shinobi... I feel like I'm not doing enough, ya know?"

Mikoto giggled and said, "You are only 10 years old, you know. The fact that you've even achieved half of what you have already with a brand new organization is what someone would call impossible, let alone impressive."

Naruto just laid there for a moment, thinking on her words. "What about you? I came here to see how you're holding up, after all."

Mikoto smiled gently down at Naruto, "Far better. Realizing how much you're going through and still pushing on strongly like that... I think I'll be able to do the same."

Naruto got up and looked back at her, a serious expression and even more powerful aura that pulled her in to look at him, "Don't think. You will. I don't put my faith in hopeless people. I need to get going for now because I still have a lot to go over but..." Naruto's bright smile illuminated Mikoto's saddened one and she felt her heart skip numerous beats, "... good luck. I look forward to seeing you at your greatest, Mikoto. Either way, I'll be here to support you every step of the way." Naruto said before leaving the room.

Mikoto grinned and stood up, "Can't have you do everything by yourself, darling. Besides..." She turned her gaze towards a metal box lying on her desk next to her bed. She walked over to it and tapped on it and a large holographic screen popped up, showing three people. "... you aren't the only one with connections."

There was an image of a woman around her age with silver-ish hair and beautiful features. This woman was a queen of a far off country on a different continent from the Elemental Nations that Naruto knew.

Another showed a young woman a little older than Naruto with long black hair and a mysterious flute by her side, also on that same mysterious continent never before seen.

The final one was of an older man, evidently white in his hair, in a lavish suit.

Then, plastered below them were the name of countries.

The Holfort Kingdom

The Principality of Fanoss

The Alzer Republic

...

Naruto sighed as he hovered above what was The Great Tomb of Nazarick. I'm getting an odd sense of nostalgia looking at this place again. Naruto thought. He teleported onto the surface floor of Nazarick and looked around.

"Wow~... You really outdid yourself here, Albedo." Naruto said, casually dodging a swing from a skeleton. He grabbed its skull with a single hand and casually crushed it in his grasp. "Right, I almost forgot about these buggers. I don't want to destroy too much of what's mine now, so let's kick it up a notch to find those Floor Guardians."

...

Naruto yawned as he appeared on the sixth floor, in the Amphitheater. It was a few hours later now and this time, Albedo was by his side.

"So you're all the Floor Guardians, hmm..." Naruto stated as he looked at the beings there.

Gargantua, Victim, Mare Bello Fiore, Aura Bella Fiore, Cocytus, Shalltear Bloodfallen, and Demiurge.

That's odd. There's more changes.

Indeed there were, as that wasn't all.

Evil Eye, Gazef Stronoff, Go Gin, Zaryusu Shasha, and Narberal Gamma were all new editions. Which, going off of the memories of Ainz, he was pretty happy about. They were all great people to have as Floor Guardians. But that also begged the question...

"Albedo, how many Floors did you erect?" Naruto asked with a sweatdrop.

"12 Floors, My Lord." Albedo stated proudly, with her wings flapping about behind her.

Thank goodness. It's only two more. "I see... who is in charge of each one?" Naruto asked as he sat on his makeshift throne, crossing one leg onto the other and placing his fist into his chin, looking at all of the Floor Guardians kneeling before him.

"The First Floor is guarded by Shalltear Bloodfallen. The Second Floor is guarded by Narberal Gamma. The Third Floor is guarded by Evil Eye. The Fourth Floor is guarded by Gargantua. The Fifth Floor is guarded by Cocytus. The Sixth Floor is guarded by Aura and Mare Fiore. The Seventh Floor is guarded by Demiurge. The Eighth Floor is guarded by Victim. The Ninth Floor is guarded by Gazef Stronoff. The Tenth Floor is guarded by Zaryusu Shasha. The Eleventh Floor is guarded by Go Gin. And the Twelfth Floor is guarded by yours truly." Albedo answered as she placed a hand on her breast.

Naruto hummed, "I see..." It is indeed a pleasure to see them all again. But what exactly has changed about the Floors? They are still different dimensions like before but... how troublesome. Naruto sat up on his throne and sighed, This throne bullshit is annoying even with the memories I have. But I should tolerate it for now if I wish to accomplish my dream. Naruto stood up and looked at Albedo, "Are they aware of me being their new leader?"

Albedo blinked, "You've always been their leader. I've told them that you were from the very beginning. I was simply keeping your seat warm, My Lord." Albedo replied.

Naruto wasn't even surprised at this point so he just shrugged his shoulders and accepted it. "Why am I not even surprised anymore..." He muttered under his breath before he faced the Floor Guardians. "As I'm sure you're aware, you were informed of your true ruler behind the scenes. Well! I've come before you now! And I wish to judge your strengths myself!" Naruto declared, causing many of them to widen their eyes in awe.

Kill me now! "Who wishes to prove their might to me first!" Naruto bellowed, his voice reverberating around the entire amphitheater as he spread his arms wide, an open invitation to challenge his power.

The Floor Guardians looked at each other unsurely before Gazef stood up first. He bowed before him and said politely, "If you could grant me the honor of doing so, I would love to have a spar with you, my liege."

Naruto gained a kind smile, "Of course! Are you ready, or do you need to go prepare yourself?" Naruto asked.

Gazef shook his head, "I'm grateful for your generosity, but no. I'm prepared already."

Naruto grinned, "Oh? Were you prepared to fight me?"

Gazef smiled, "I had a hunch you would like to test our battle capabilities."

Naruto laughed, a genuine, hearty, laugh. "Alright! I think I like you already, Gazef! The rest of you come down when we're finished. One by one." Naruto said as he casually leaped into the air and, front flipping seven times gracefully, landed in the center of the amphitheater.

Gazef gulped and walked down the steps before standing on the opposite side of Naruto. "I'm ready-OOF!"

Gazef was launched away by a right hook right into his abdomen, causing him to forcefully spit up spittle and blood from the sheer force of the blow. Gazef flew for quite a bit before gravity took its toll and he bounced and rolled on the ground for about four times each before coming to a painful stop at the walls of the Amphitheater. Despite the roaring pain and the ringing in his ears, he quickly got to his feet.

"Rule #1! Don't expect your enemy to play fair! You must always be ready for an attack!" Naruto shouted over the dust cloud that had formed from Gazef's painful skirmish with the ground.

Twin orbs of red energy were all Gazef had to warn him to move before twin beams of superheated... heat... soared through the air and sliced through the cloud of dust, as well as narrowly cutting Gazef's head clean off.

Of course, Naruto had no intention of killing the man, but he wanted to see what this Gazef was capable of. He had fond memories of the brave and great man that Gazef was in Ainz's time, and to see him again... he wanted to know just how different this Gazef was from the one he knew.

"Earth Release: Multi-Layered Mud Wall!" Gazef declared loudly as a massive dome filled with numerous layers of dirt, steel, iron, and other minerals rose from the ground and blocked the attack for a few seconds. Just enough for Gazef to come running around the corner with his longsword in hand.

Naruto blinked in surprise, Gazef can use Ninjutsu?! Since fucking when?! That's so cool! Naruto casually leaned out of the way of a sword swing, using this momentum, to kick his feet up just as Gazef had tried to sweep his feet out from underneath him, and spinning in the air, delivered a nasty right kick into Gazef's face.

Not ending there, Naruto spun in the air and locked his legs around the sword arm, forcing Gazef to drop his blade before he twisted his body, flipping Gazef into a front flip that ended with him square on his back.

Naruto readjusted his position atop the man with his legs locking his arms and using telekinesis to force his legs down and delivered a right haymaker right into his face before he delivered yet another into his chin. The second one, which packed a lot more strength, rendered Gazef unconscious. "Oops. I got too excited. Damn... I wanted to see more of what he could do. Well... I could wake him up forcefully but... nah." Naruto sighed and got up off of the man. "Haetae."

His first ever summon responded to his call and appeared beside him. He licked Naruto's face affectionately and barked, "Wuf!"

Naruto chuckled, "Good to see you too, pal. Can you help him out? He's a friend."

Haetae nodded and licked the side of Gazef's face, healing him of his minor injuries before picking him up and flying away with him.

Naruto called out, "Next!"

The next one who came down was Cocytus, blowing steam as he bowed before his master, "My liege, I would be grateful to have this match with you."

Everyones so... loyal. It's kind of weird, honestly. Even Konoha had its fair share of traitors. "C'mon, you don't need the pleasantries. Just show me what you got!" Naruto said excitedly.

Cocytus puffed out some steam twice in rapid succession before standing to his full height with his halberd-like weapon, Decapitation Fang, and declared, "Very well, my liege!"

Unlike Gazef, Cocytus was prepared for Naruto to immediately strike. However, just like Gazef, he never could have expected what kind of attack. Cocytus was blasted away by a cartoonishly long silverish bo staff in Naruto's grasp, being held with one hand. "Retract, Ruyi Jingu." Naruto ordered and the staff reverted to normal.

"Rule #2! Always expect the unexpected! Why would I attack you with the same move as before? Of course you'd be more prepared than the first guy, and I knew that. So will your enemy. So don't expect them to hit you with something you'll be ready for!" Naruto preached as he took a step forward and, the next moment, a mirage was left behind as Naruto took off faster than light with his staff gradually building up kinetic energy before Naruto unexpectedly used it to almost immediately change direction from swinging to the right to now the left.

Cocytus, who was struggling to prepare for the attack to his right, paled before he was smacked right where his spleen would've been, cracking his armor and sending him flying into the side of the Amphitheater. Cocytus quickly got to his feet and decided to use one of his powers as he created a wave of icy winds towards him, quickly freezing the air and creating a torrent of ice his way, "Frost Aura!"

Hmm... seems stronger than before. Naruto thought as he snapped his fingers and the ice broke apart.

Cocytus trembled in shock. "... How?"

Naruto tapped his Ruyi Jingu on his collar and then, as a demonstration, held out the weapon before dropping it. He didn't throw it down or anything, he simply let go of his hold.

The entire Floor rumbled and quaked as the ground within the Amphitheater quaked and broke apart.

Everyone struggled to maintain standing or upright from the sudden pressure as Naruto picked it up and the rumbling ceased. Cocytus spoke up, "... You possess a great deal of strength, my liege."

Naruto laughed, "I appreciate the praise but... this only weighs about as much as several stars. There are still greater threats out far stronger than I that I need to be prepared for. Which is why I'm even testing your strength like this to begin with. So I can gauge where I should place you in my organization." Naruto responded. His weapon faded away and he sighed as walked over to Cocytus and helped him up, "You are all my responsibility now. You are now a part of my family. So... I just want to make sure I know where you all place in life and make you all excel as the best self that you can attain." Naruto said with a bright smile.

Tears fell from Cocytus' beady eyes and he prostrated before Naruto, slamming his head numerous times into the dirt as he wept, "I do not deserve such kind words, Your Majesty!"

So it's Your Majesty now? "The hell do you mean you don't deserve it? You pushed me into a wall with that attack of yours! You will do great in my army. I could even have you help with rescue teams or provide aid to those in places like Suna, where heat-based illnesses are extremely high." Naruto said, beginning to rant off about all the ideas he had on how to use Cocytus in the best way.

Cocytus sat up and nodded stiffly, "Th-Thank you, Your Majesty." He said.

Naruto smiled up at the insectoid and said, "Glad to have you, Cocytus."

...

After that, Naruto soon gauged the other Floor Guardians, including Albedo, and sighed.

So Shalltear and Evil Eye still have a crush on Ainz... er, me. These damn memories! Naruto thought as he relaxed on his throne. Then he leaned forward and began thinking, Still, I'm seeing drastically more powerful boosts in power and intellect from the Floor Guardians, that of course goes for those who weren't initially Floor Guardians. Gazef, Evil Eye, Zaryusu, Go Gin, and Narberal Gamma are all significantly more powerful to befit the role of Floor Guardian, and said Floor Guardians are now far more powerful than I've ever seen them. Naruto narrowed his eyes, Still, with how fast we've been growing, and especially with how powerful and influential we are, we are bound to face off against the other organizations sooner rather than later. In fact, if I had to guess, I'd be seeing a shadow war on the horizon in the next few years, likely around the time I get 'The System' back...

Naruto sighed as he felt Shalltear touch his back gently, "Does something worry you, my beloved?" She asked.

Naruto smirked, "A little. Running an organization like this isn't exactly easy." Naruto sat up completely and folded his arms, "There are others out there who wish us nothing but harm and I need us all to be ready for it. Of course, I have others capable of doing so as well, but the leader needs to be there to help get the ball rolling and help the ones who guide that ball. A leader is meant to teach others how to be leaders as well and help others in need." Naruto declared as he scrunched his face in concentration, "So yeah, I'm a little worried."

Shalltear smiled at him, "Then we'll be here with you. We are leaders as well, my beloved. Perhaps we could give you some insight?" She said, as if unsure.

Naruto smiled at her and nodded, "A good leader always takes the advice of others into consideration, regardless of their status. Do you have anything in mind?"

Shalltear poked his chest. "Take a break. From the sounds of things, you've nearly reached your limit. I can see why. You've been working endlessly for years now, without breaks, constantly caring and helping others. You still need time for you, and you've been neglecting that part of your duty as king." She said.

Naruto smacked his head. It's honestly a miracle I've been able to keep going like this since I was 4... I've been working myself to the bone for six years now without rest, and especially pressuring the last three. Ugh... Naruto stood up from his throne and looked back at Shalltear, who stood up as well, and said, "Thank you. I... haven't thought about myself for a while. If anything happens, inform Albedo or my other commanders." Naruto said as he teleported away.

Shalltear swooned as she fell down onto her bum, where very clearly there were fluids on the ground. I was barely able to hide it... I may need another pair of panties.

...

Naruto stood atop a tall tower, one that one of his many companies had helped build, and looked down at something far in the distance. By far... I mean looking at a new continent, one he never knew about before.

"Milord, have you spotted them?" Asked Alpha over their telepathic connections.

"I have. This must be the Monster Nation: Federation. It seems the current leader is driving away all his subordinates because of his tyranny and his immaturity." Naruto responded and a small grin formed.

This place was essentially a rundown version of Tempest, with the same monsters as before working there. The Twelve Guardian Lords were actually intending on taking out the man who was acting as their current leader. Ranga, Gabiru, Benimaru, Geld, Adalman, Diablo, Testarossa, Carrera, Ultima, Kumara, Shion, and Zegion were the Twelve Guardian Lords. There also other notable people like: Rigurd, Rigur, Kaijin, Souei, Hakurou, Shuna, Treyni, and many more.

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "I'm going to go in. Alpha, you're in charge until I get back. Albedo and Shalltear, you'll be accompanying me. I'll be taking the main force of the Shadow Army with me. From the looks of things, just me going there will be a bloody encounter." Naruto responded.

"I'll be more than happy to accompany you, my beloved!" Shalltear practically screamed happily.

"I will gladly join your side, My Lord!" Albedo said excitedly.

"We will join your side, my liege." Bellion declared as Naruto felt about 10% of his shadow warriors return to him. Now mind you, that was still 91 million shadow warriors.

Naruto waited until Albedo and Shalltear arrived.

"My beloved, when will you be taking your break?" Shalltear asked with genuine concern.

"That will have to come later. I spotted one of the organizations being backed by Arroganz, after all." Naruto said. He looked back out to the distance and said, "Besides... I have a feeling that if I don't go now, I'll come to regret it later." Naruto then leaped into the air and took flight, with the two women doing the same and following him as he flew across the skies.

...

Naruto stopped midair, with Albedo, dressed in her battle armor, and Shalltear, also dressed in her battle armor, stopped to either side of him.

"What would you like us to do now, My Lord?" Albedo asked.

Naruto crossed his arms. "For now? We wait. Anyone with subordinates like the ones I sensed earlier will come greet us shortly."

"I see..." Shalltear and Albedo acknowledged and they waited.

Sure enough, a man flew up to them with an angry look to his face. "What do you want, King of Eight Heavens and Hells?"

King of Eight Heavens and Hells? Is he referring to me? "I need some information..."

"Yuuki Kagurazaka. Now what do you want? I have some people I'd like to watch get tortured in front of me. Ah... the screams..." Yuuki demanded and, before he could do anything, Naruto grabbed him by the throat with his eyes gleaming a bright purple as shadows covered the skies and the booming sound of thunder rolled throughout the area.

"Since you're a part of Arroganz and a shitty person in general, I'll be taking your country as compensation. Not like your subordinates like you anyways." Naruto growled, his voice a lot heavier and deeper than before as it reverberated across the winds and seas, his hair fluttering about viciously as his grip tightened.

Yuuki growled at him as the vestige of the True Demon Lord Rimuru formed behind him and his eyes glowed red as he smirked, "Finally! Some fun!"

A/N: Ah yeah! While this chapter is definitely shorter than the last few, my goal is only to hit over 3,000 words per chapter, not damn near 6k like the last few ended up becoming. And yeah, I was wrong. He's still gonna be 10 until next chapter, promise! Then we'll see things calming down for a while as he goes into Kakashi's test... which may or may not be significantly different. After all, we have no Sasuke amongst them and Sakura has been noticeably absent throughout the story... hmm... that couldn't have been intentional... could it? 

Also, in case any of you are curious, his 10 year old self is known as: The King of Conquest. That is when everything starts genuinely picking up steam and the other Nations start taking notice of Naruto. 

Also, since it's the 6th Chapter, I'll let you in on a little secret... or two.

The first being that this is the First Book I plan on making and it is... focal point, if you will. So he will be traveling to another dimension by the end of this.

Number two... I've decided to give you guys previews of what's to come. Now it may be something from next chapter or it could take place in the far off future. Regardless...

SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER!

The man stepped forward, his bloodied arm caking the sand and his skin as he breathed heavily. "You... what are you?" That short man asked.

"Me? I'm just someone trying to live in peace in this war-torn world. Now you have the audacity to try to take the ones I love right in front of me? I won't allow it. They call me many things in this world of gods and shinobi... The Shadow Lord, Monarch of Death, Demon Lord, King of Monsters, God of Champions, The Man of a Thousand Wives, The God of War, The King of Eight Heavens and Hells, The Chaos Creator... but in your haste to hurt me, you've doomed your entire organization." The other man stated as he held out his hand and lightning channeled around him, radiating around him as the universe itself knelt before his might.

"I will show you the power of a god!" The other man shouted at the taller one. In his hand he summoned a sword.

"You can go ahead and try. But... here's the thing. If you were any god..." The taller man said as he stepped forward and the ground cratered around him as gravity intensified, "... you would be the cheap imitation of one, just a droplet compared to the ocean."  

...

Naruto sighed as he looked at the destruction that Delta caused. He grabbed her head and squeezed, "What the hell! How am I going to explain this to the Hokage, dumbass?!"

"I'm sowwy master... please let gooooo!" Delta exclaimed in pain.

...

Naruto grinned as he looked down at the blade in his hands, "The Blade of Tathagata, huh. So you accept me as your master now, huh. Thanks. In that case..." Naruto looked at a certain man floating in the sky as his Slime Bodysuit formed around him. "... it's time to kill that bastard once and for all."

Naruto shot off into the sky and crossed blades with the man as thunder rumbled over head and planets turned, "Hey there, you bastard! Happy to see me?! I'm taking those fucking eyes of yours as my trophies!"