Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
"Ugghhhh! Why do I feel like I've been hit by a truck!" A voice whined loudly.
Tsunade smirked as she leaned against the wall. "You had a tough pregnancy, and you're feeling weak now. It's perfectly natural, and many women go through it."
"Oh. Well I don't like it! It hurts ya know!" The woman yelled. "Besides, where's my daughter? I wanna see her ttebayo!"
"Umm... we should talk about that." Tsunade said nervously, sitting on the edge of the woman's bed.
"What do you mean." The woman said warily, sitting up even though it was painful.
"You know how it is. Women who hold jinchurriki are weakened at childbirth, and yours, well, it escaped. So... your husband sealed it into your daughter, taking his own life." She said.
Violet eyes widened. "What? That's not true! It's not true ttebayo! MINATO CAN'T BE DEAD! HE CAN'T!"
"I'm sorry Kushina-chan. He is... and the council... they see Naruko as a threat, so they voted that they should execute her, Sensei and I have barely been able to hold them off." Tsunade said.
"WHAT?! HOW DARE THEY THREATEN MY BABY! I'LL KILL THEM!" Kushina yelled, standing up and quickly falling down on her butt.
"Kushina! You're still weak from your pregnancy! You can't walk right now, so I'll put you in a wheelchair to get you there." Tsunade said, picking the woman up and lowering her into a wheelchair.
"How degrading." Kushina mumbled, crossing her arms.
The two found themselves in the presence of the council soon enough.
"You! What's wrong with all of you!? After all that Minato has given you! He even sacrificed his own life and his DAUGHTER, to save this damn village! And you pay him back by wanting to kill his child?!" Kushina yelled at them.
"This! This is not a child!" Homura exclaimed. "This thing is a demon!"
"Homura-sama is right!" Yelled Mina Haruno. The pink-headed bitch. "That thing isn't human!"
"Fugaku! You and Minato were best friends as children! We even made an agreement to marry my daughter to your son once they come of age! Do you support this?!" Kushina yelled at him.
"While I do not support killing her, she will no longer marry my son, as circumstances have changed." Fugaku said calmly.
"Hmph! Fine then! If this damn village doesn't appreciate all that Minato and I have done for it, then I'll just take my daughter and leave!" Kushina said.
"You may not take her from this village!" Danzo yelled. "She is one of the tailed beasts, the only that Konoha possesses! Konoha should train her to become the strongest shinobi of all time! Are you fools not paying attention? She holds the strongest of the tailed beasts, making her have the potential to become the strongest ninja!"
"You're all sick!" Kushina yelled, standing up despite Tsunade's protests. She walked over to the crib in the room and picked up her sleeping child. "I'm taking Naruko and leaving! I'll be gone by tonight so none of you will have to worry about your 'demon' anymore!"
She huffed and shunshined back home before anyone could protest anymore. When she reached her house she quickly grabbed a baby bag and packed everything her daughter would need and then picked up Naruko and went to her and Minato's room.
Kushina packed her own bag of stuff and looked sadly at Minato's clothes before picking up his usual attire and his Hokage cloak and putting them in a scroll in her bag so she would have something for her and Naruko to remember him by.
She went into the private room they had and quickly took all of the family money that was in there, which to leave at short, was a LOT. And she took all of the family jutsu scrolls her and Minato had written up for Naruko and some of his special kunai.
After everything was packed, she grabbed it all and scooped her daughter up into her arms. She shunshined to the gate of the village and sighed.
This was it.
She thought this place had been her true home when she moved here as a child but... by the way they had treated her daughter, she was obviously wrong.
She took a step forward before she heard a call.
"Kushina-chan! Wait!"
She bit her lip and felt tears at the corner of her eyes. She had only been thinking about how this would affect her and her daughter, not this person. She and Naruko... they were all this person had left.
"Please! Kushina-chan! Don't leave!" She heard the voice beg.
She lifted her head and swallowed the lump in her throat. "Kakashi-kun... you don't know what your saying. They... they're going to kill Naruko if I stay."
"Then please! Let me come with you! Rin, Obito, Sensei! They're all gone! You and Naruko are the only people left!" Kakashi said.
Kushina turned quickly. "Kakashi... you want to... come?"
"Of course, if you're not staying, then I have to come with you! While you're a very strong kunoichi; you're weak from childbirth. Plus, you and Naruko... you're the only family I have left..." He ended quietly.
Kushina smiled. "Well... if you're sure. Though aren't you a bit young to be leaving your village?"
Kakashi chuckled. "Please! I'm only 4 years younger than you!"
Kushina chuckled and ruffled the fourteen-year old's hair. "Right, sometimes I forget just how old you've gotten!" she smiled. "Ne, do you want to hold Naruko?"
Kakashi looked up with excited eyes. "Can I?"
"Go ahead." Kushina said as they walked out of the village, handing Kakashi the baby in her arms.
Kakashi smiled down at the little girl with red hair and blue eyes, who was awake and giggling. He bounced her in his arms slightly and cooed at her.
"Ne, Kushina-chan, where exactly ARE we going?" He asked, still looking down at the baby.
"I was thinking Suna. It seems like an okay place to live, considering Iwa and Kumo want to kill us, and Mist is just one big massacre." Kushina said.
"Good plan." Kakashi said.
Kushina quickly took her headband off and put an angry slash through the metal, before tying it back on. She looked at Kakashi who nodded, and she put a slash through his as well.
Two Sand shinobi jumped in front of them.
"Halt!" One said. "Why are you here?"
"We wish to transfer from the Leaf Village to the Sand Village. I'm done with that god forbidden place! I'd like to meet with Kazekage-sama, we can discuss this. I believe I have valuable information as well as some very valuable assets that your village would be glad to have." Kushina said.
"Alright, we shall take you to see Kazekage-sama now." The other said.
Kushina found herself side by side with Kakashi, on their knees with their heads bowed. This was so degrading! However, if it was necessary, she would do it. Naruko needed it.
"So, tell me what Kakashi the Copy Nin and The Red Hot Habanero are doing in my presence." The Kazekage said.
"We would like to join the Sand Village." Kushina said.
"Would you?" He asked.
"Yes, we would be honored to. Plus, we have some very valuable information and qualities you would appreciate." Kushina said.
"Tell me about this then." The Kazekage said calmly.
"You see, not only has the Leaf been weakened by war, but they were just weakened by a tailed beast attack." Kushina said. "Not only that, but my husband and the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, is now dead. The nine-tailed fox demon, sealed into my daughter, Naruko Namikaze."
The Kazekage had a quick intake of breath. "So... this child you hold... contains the Kyuubi?"
"Yes she does, Kazekage-sama." Kushina said.
"Well, I must say, that is certainly a valuable asset, very well, you as well as Copy Nin Kakashi shall be accepted into the Sand Village." The Kazekage said. After all, he wasn't stupid enough to turn down the greatest of the tailed beasts. "As long as you can prove the child holds it."
"Kakashi." Kushina said, and Kakashi nodded, taking Naruko in his arms and walking up to the Kazekage. He pulled up the baby's shirt and channeled chakra to her stomach, where a seal appeared. Kushina would have done it, but she was still weak from childbirth.
"Very well, you are both accepted as ninja of the Sand village." He said.
"Umm, Kazekage-sama? May I request two more things?" Kushina asked.
"I suppose." He said.
"First, I would like to stay off duty as a ninja, so I may raise Naruko to become a powerful and useful kunoichi for the Sand." Kushina said.
"Approved. Next?" He said.
"Also, I would like Clan status." She said.
"Now, why should I give you clan status? After all, for years there have been the main 12 houses for clans, why should that change?" He asked.
"Because, not only does Naruko have Uzumaki blood in her, which I can teach her to unlock the chakra chains with, and longevity, she has Namikaze blood. Minato never wanted to tell anyone this, but, his Flying Thunder God technique... it's purely a bloodline. It doesn't need the kunai he threw around, it's purely natural. He just used those so he wouldn't have to become a clan head, since he didn't want another thing to make people want to track him down and kill him." Kushina said.
Kakashi's eyes widened. Even he didn't know this! But why? Why didn't his sensei tell him? It's not like he would go around and tell everyone! Maybe his sensei... didn't truly believe in him or trust him...
"Kakashi-kun." He heard, making him break out of his thoughts. "Don't think Minato didn't care about you or trust you because he didn't tell you this. He didn't tell me until the day I went into labor with Naruko. He said he never wanted to tell anyone unless his child unlocked it, which he knew was likely, and he wouldn't have told me if he didn't think he would die. Don't worry about it." Kushina said.
"Very well, however, there is a problem." The Kazekage said. "Women can't be the first clan head of a clan. After the first, yes, they can become clan head, but the first must be a male. So, what will you do?"
Kushina but her lip but then smirked. "Very well, we will become the Hatake clan, with Kakashi as the head."
"What?" the Kazekage said.
"WHAT?!" Kakashi yelled looking at her.
"No no no! That won't work! They must be the heir's legal father to be the clan head!" the Kazekage said, trying to come up with some excuse not to establish another clan. If he did, right then, the council would be pissed at him.
"Okay, then I will marry Kakashi-kun. He will be my husband and Naruko's father." Kushina said.
"Ummm... Excuse me Kazekage-sama, but may I speak to Kushina outside for a minute." Kakashi asked.
"Very well." He said, hoping the boy would find some way to make her change her mind.
Kakashi dragged Kushina out into the hall, still holding Naruko, and shut the door.
"Kushina-chan! Are you crazy?! Me?! Marry you?! I can't do that!" Kakashi said.
"Why not? You pointed out to me that you were in fact, only 4 years younger than me. That's not to big of an age gap. And you said Naruko and I are your family! This will make us a family!" Kushina said.
"I didn't mean it in this way!" He said.
"Please Kashi-kun! Naruko needs this! To get any respect as a jinchurriki, you need to be from a clan! Plus, I want to make sure she continues her father's legacy. Please Kashi-kun!" Kushina said.
Kakashi sighed. "But... marrying you... that just seems like I'm betraying sensei."
"Kakashi, I'm sorry but... Minato is dead. He isn't coming back to life. Never. Don't you think we both deserve some happiness? I know Minato would want us to be happy. As newbies in a village, we won't be respected if we're not in a clan, and we'll be looked down upon. I don't want Naruko to grow up sad like that, plus... I think you and I... we might actually work out." Kushina said.
"You... do?" He asked. "Like as a couple?"
"Well, eventually, maybe. But I know that you'll be a great father to Naruko for the time being. And well... if we end up working out, then... well, that's that, and we'll be together." Kushina said.
Kakashi looked down at Naruko and realized, he actually could pass as her father. She had her mother's hair, but had Minato's eyes, though they could easily say they were one of their parent's eye colors. But he actually shared quite a bit of physical features with her. He could... be Naruko's father.
While he felt as if he was betraying his sensei, he knew Kushina was right. He would... go along with this. Plus, it would be nice to have such a cute daughter.
"Alright... I'll do it." He said.
Kushina squealed and hugged him, before kissing him on the cheek, making him blush.
"Yes! That's my Kashi-kun! Aren't you proud of your tou-chan Naruko?" She asked the little baby, who giggled happily.
They walked back in and told the Kazekage their decision and he reluctantly agreed to them becoming an official clan. The couple had a quick mini marriage ceremony with the Kazekage as well as two other clan heads as witnesses and got their clan license signed before the Kazekage gave them a lot that already had a grand house built on it for their clan.
The newlyweds walked to their new clan compound and couldn't help but feel a little weird. Honestly, neither had ever imagined marrying each other that day, and it was kinda freaky. But hey, it was worth it, for Naruko.
All for Naruko Hatake.