Naruto – The Healing Sage

Summary Instead of growing up alone, Naruto is taken by Tsunade Senju and her apprentice, Shizune. This led to Naruto having a relatively normal childhood... if you consider growing up with an overprotective 'mother' and 'sister' and constantly on the move from debt collectors count as that.

TagsNaruto x Harem, Smarter Naruto, Stronger Naruto, Med-Nin Naruto, Bloodline Naruto

Why Harem? - Because I like Harem fanfictions, don't like it? Don't read.

Small Note – If you haven't already noticed, this is a mirror fanfiction of my 'Naruto - The Perverted Sage', which means that instead of meeting Mei Terumi, Naruto meets someone else, other than Shizune at a young age and becomes friends with them.

Author – Red-Eyes Pendulum Dragon

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Chapter 1

It was a chaotic night for the village of Konohagakure, it was the night of October 10th where everyone was just minding their own business, some were even sleeping or having dinner with their family, then something terrible happened.

Konohagakure was suddenly shaken when a massive pressure was forced down on everyone in the village, some of the civilians with no ninja training at all instantly combusted from the inside from the pressure that crushed their insides, as the shinobi and kunoichi came out, dressed in their battle gear, they were met with a sight that would become their nightmare for years to come, and some, this would be their last sight in their lives.

A massive fox, that was reddish-orange in colour, that was the size of the Hokage monument with nine massive tails lashing about, causing minor earth tremors and massive craters to be formed from the power of the swing.

It looked around frantically and eventually made its way closer to the village.

That was when every ninja leaped into action, disregarding the fact that they might not make it, they were doing this to protect their family, their friends, comrades, and more importantly; their village in which they serve with their life.

However, as the minutes turned into an hour, many casualties were made, most people died from the sheer power coming from the Kyuubi, most people were unlucky and were killed by its ferocious attacks, some were crushed when they were stomped on or crushed by one of the nine massive tails.

Luckily, the people's saviour came in on a massive toad with a sword and a jacket, many people were thankful that the Yondaime Hokage finally came in to save them from the beast, as the two beasts fought each other, the toad was hit by a powerful hit, but it was also exchanged, both of them suffering from heavy blows.

Instead, it didn't end there. The Yondaime Hokage used a forbidden jutsu to summon the death god itself, the Shinigami. Asking to seal half the Kyuubi into himself and one into a newborn baby, who was born on the exact same day, which happened to be his son, Naruto.

Having to pay the price of having his own soul as payment for the sealing, with a heavy heart, the Yondaime Hokage sealed half of the beast in him, and the other half within his son. However, before that could even happen, the Kyuubi must have realised and went to swipe at the baby, hoping to break the jutsu by cancelling half of the price, in the end, the Kyuubi's claw pierced through the Yondaime Hokage and his wife, in a last-ditch attempt to stop the Kyuubi's claws.

Because of how much stress the wife was put through, giving birth just over an hour ago and having a claw pierce through her abdomen, she died, but not after giving her final words to her son, with the Yondaime soon following.

With enough time passed, the Shinigami finally finished the ritual and separated the Kyuubi in two and put half in the Yondaime, and the other half in Naruto, who was crying on an alter with a complicated seal on it.

Shorty after all that happened, the former Sandaime Hokage, and his students, two of the legendary Sannin, along with one of their apprentices, appeared in the clearing and saw the gruesome sight of Kushina Uzumaki, The Yondaime Hokage and the baby boy with a slight tuft of blonde hair and three whisker marks on both cheeks, who now bears a burden most couldn't handle.

Putting their heads down in a moment of silence to respect them and respect their sacrifice they did to their son.

-N-THS-

The Sandaime Hokage watched in bafflement as he watched the students he once taught as mere genin all those years ago, fight over one single baby.

It was surprisingly Tsunade who asked who was going to take care of the baby, even though she was fleeing from debt collectors and running herself low in funds gambling, while travelling the globe most of the time.

"Hiruzen-sensei! Please! Let me raise the kid." Tsunade shouted out emotionally, not only because she had just lost someone within her family and now, the baby was all that was left of their legacy, and one of the final remnants of the Uzumaki family.

Shizune was honestly a little taken back, she knew that Tsunade didn't really like babies that much, however, she deduced that with the child being the son of her daughter in all but blood must have awoken some maternal instincts in her, and she wasn't going to fail those instincts.

Even she herself can say that something was pulling her towards the small child.

For the thirteenth time tonight, Hiruzen let out a sigh, he was still dressed in his battle gear and was running low on energy, and still in mourning at the fact his wife also perished within the attack, from being stabbed through the chest.

He looked up, his aged face seemingly gaining more wrinkles than ever before, he saw the raw determination burning in Tsunade's eyes, which normally means she won't give up and won't let this down.

He then turned to Jiraiya, who was seemingly deep in thought, and for once, not in his little perverted fantasies.

"Jiraiya, do you want to take care of little Naruto with Tsunade?" Hiruzen asked his second student, who jumped back out of his little thoughts and turned to him, a small frown marring his face as he looked at his teacher and teammate.

"I'm sorry sensei, but I cannot do that. My spy network and I need to work extra hard to protect little Naruto, and now, Tsunade." Jiraiya answered, his hair matted down to his body from the rain, small tears shedding as everything finally settled in, about everything he has lost.

"So... you're spy network and 'research' are more important than helping me raise a child... figures Jiraiya." Tsunade muttered out, but it was still clear as day and was easily heard and made Jiraiya and Hiruzen sweat a little. Hell hath no fury for a pissed off woman.

Shizune gulped a little bit, before placing a comforting hand on her master's shoulder, calming her down. She didn't need to have even more debt placed on them, what they have is already bad enough, they didn't need Konoha on their shoulders for money.

Jiraiya looked up to Tsunade, his eyes wide as what she insinuated about him, and he walked up closer to Tsunade, nearly placing his arm into contact with her skin, but she brushed him off, like he wasn't even a teammate, more like an annoyance.

"Tsunade, that is not the case." Jiraiya stated seriously, before looking in her eyes, flinching a little when he saw the anger radiating in her eyes. "I will still visit you and send letters, hell, I will even visit Naruto when I am not held down. Just please, I need this time to grieve and help track down any leads on what could have caused this." Jiraiya finished his explanation of his choice, he was a little happy that her eyes held a little less anger now.

Before anything crazy could happen between the two... three if you count the still young and quite Shizune, with the emotions running rampant, Hiruzen decided to add his little point into the mix.

"Jiraiya is right, Tsunade." He said, getting the female sannin and her apprentice to look at him, with a blank look on her face, her eyes drifting down to the small child within his arms, wrapped in a small blanket to keep him warm. "He needs the best amount of protection needed, same for you. Who knows what will happen if someone finds you taking care of the son of one of the greatest shinobi's and kunoichi's to live?" Hiruzen finished, looking at the squirming Shizune and Tsunade, with his teacher and mentor mode on.

Tsunade finally relented on trying to further debase Jiraiya, she took a calming breath and looked over her shoulder, giving a small smile to Shizune, who nodded back at her, a small smile on her face.

"Alright." She said, a small smile on her face as she gazed towards the small bundle in her sensei's arms again, she then turned her attention towards Jiraiya. "You better live up to your promise, otherwise, I will kick your ass all the way to next year when we meet again." She said, a small glare on her face and leaking out a small amount of Killing Intent.

Bad idea.

The cries of the small child in Hiruzen's arms got the attention back from Tsunade, who instantly dropped her glare and KI, before snatching the small bundle from his arms and into her own, resting the small head on her bosom as she went with her instincts and started rocking the baby.

"Shh, shh. Don't cry, nothing is wrong, little Naruto." Tsunade whispered, a little surprised herself at how she was dealing with the small baby.

"Tsunade-sama." The meek voice of Shizune turned the attention of Tsunade to her.

"Yes, Shizune?" Tsunade asked her young teen apprentice, who was looking at the small baby with a look of longing on her face, along with a little trepidation.

"May I please hold the baby?" Shizune asked, with a small hopeful look on her young face.

Tsunade was about to deny that, but she let up. Feeling rather uncomfortable as she handed over the baby to her apprentice. It was funny how quickly she bonded with the small baby that is hardly a couple of hours old.

"Naww~" Shizune cooed out, rubbing her cheeks softly against Naruto's own, who giggled in respone. "Who is a cute wittle baby, yes you are." Shizune cooed out again, this time she played with the fat chubby cheeks of baby Naruto, using her index finger and gently running them across his whiskered cheeks.

Tsuande, ignoring her jealous feelings rising in her chest, turned her attention back to the other males in the area, who were looking at her with either a proud look or a complete dumbfounded one. "What?" She asked, raising a delicate brow as she placed a hand on her hip and looked at the other males.

Hiruzen shook his head, before giving a soft smile towards his student. "Nothing, just happy to see you and Shizune bonding with the little baby." He said, a proud look on his face as he witnessed the scene.

Jiraiya on the other hand, he was trying his best to contain a geyser of blood that threatened to exit his nose as he replayed the scene of Tsunade being maternal. He never saw that side of her, not even when he was with the three orphans during the Second Shinobi War.

One glare from Tsunade broke him out of his funk, he didn't want another supercharged punch from her. They hurt like hell.

Hiruzen cleared his throat, breaking up the slowly rising tension between the others, although Shizune didn't hear it, as she was still busy coddling the little baby in her arms, with Tsunade's jealousy rising and a strong emotion overcoming her, making her want to keep little Naruto in her arms and not let go, she however, ignored it for now.

"Now, Tsunade, will you be staying in Konoha for raising Naruto? Or are you going to be travelling and settling down in a place where you decide?" Hiruzen asked, as she was a sannin, she did have more rights about travelling and where she could stay, if it was in the fire country then she was safe.

Tsunade looked around, seeing all the damage done to the surrounding areas, if the villagers found out about Naruto and his tenant, then things won't go so smoothly, she wanted him to live a happy childhood. "I wish to be somewhere else. I promise to write to you and visit Konoha when he is older, I just want him to have a childhood that is free from bringing him down." Tsunade stated, making Jiraiya and Hiruzen nod at that.

"I see." Hiruzen grunted out, before he looked to little Naruto, who was sleeping soundly in Shizune's arms, before turning his attention back to Tsunade. "I'm guessing you already know what is required to take care of a baby?" He asked, which was replied with a firm nod. "Then, I wish you and Shizune good luck in taking care of him." He said, bringing Tsunade in a small hug.

"Thanks." She mumbled out, her mind already racing on what she would experience about Naruto growing up, his first steps, his first words and many other things.

As she broke the hug, she gave the duo one last smile, before walking over to her apprentice and gently taking the baby from her and cradling him gently in her grasp. "Let's go, Shizune. We need to find a nice area to settle in, we are not staying in Konoha yet."

"Hai!" Shizune said, as she stood beside Tsunade as they began their little journey on where to find a nice place to settle down in. Hopefully in an area where debt collectors can't find them and no casinos for them to lose money.

"Ano, Tsunade-sama, how will we feed the baby?" She asked, looking at Tsunade with a confused look on her face.

Tsunade let a small smile on her face as she told Shizune her answer. "Shizune, medical jutus' work in marvellous ways, one even allows a non-lactating female to produce milk for a baby, we generally use this for wet nurses or for females adopting a baby." Tsunade said, balancing the sleeping Naruto with one hand, and bringing her other to her sternum, before her hand was basked in a light green glow and placed her hand down, with the glow encompassing the other area.

It was opening her milk ducts and her body was starting to produce breast milk.

A few meters away, Jiraiya and Hiruzen both looked to each other, before they both nodded their heads and went their separate ways.

END CHAPTER

Alright guys, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, let me know what you think. Don't flame, they will be ignored and deleted.

Like how The Perverted Sage had Naruto meeting Mei Terumi, who should Naruto meet as a young kid and befriend?

Be prepared for an Overprotective Tsunade and Shizune, bordering on Yandere.