The characters in this fan fiction are property of Masashi Kishimoto, Viz Media, Shonen Jump and the others, I do not own any part of the Naruto manga/anime series. I am not nor have I ever made any money of Naruto franchise.
This is a fan fiction that focuses mainly on Naruto and Temari but the rest of the characters are deeply involved as well . Many things about this story are the same as in the current continuity of the Naruto manga/anime while some things are vastly different, enjoy!
Chapter 1: Changes
It was a little over a week since the end of the fourth shinobi war which had lasted several weeks and things were beginning to return to normal in the Konoha, the village hidden in the leaves. It was very fortunate that while there had been casualties, they were relatively small in comparison to the third shinobi war, and this was due almost entirely to the efforts of Naruto Uzumaki. Even though Kabuto had been defeated , Madara Uchiha had once again escaped , though with his massive injuries, thanks to Naruto and Temari's deadly wind combo attacks, most didn't think he would survive for long and if he did, he would be powerless. Most of the allied ninja had returned to their respected villages, with the exception of those from Suna, the village hidden in the sand. Gaara, Kankuro and Temari in particular had wanted to stay and visit their friends for a while.
It was currently the early hours of morning, around 7am, and Gaara was mediating as usual, anticipating his chance to visit the person he considered not only his first friend , but his best friend as well, Naruto. With all that had happened over the years, there hadn't been much time to spend time with him, like he had wished, what with the Akatsuki, him becoming Kazekage, Naruto training with the late Jiraiya, and of course, the recent war.
The fifth Hokage, Tsunade of the Senju, was sitting in her chair , glaring at the mountains of paperwork that sat on her desk, and in more stacks, on the floor. Maybe if I stare at it long enough I can catch it on fire, and I can say it was lost due to reason beyond my control… like any kind of good luck like that would happen.. she though to herself, sighing."I might as well get started" Tsunade said out loud. " The sooner I do, the sooner I can take a sake break…. As long as Shizune isn't around to see my access my secret sake stash, that is.."
She picked up a random paper from a stack in front of her and looked at the date on the top of it. hmm.. This is from when the freak job Danzo was in charge, during my time in the coma…. she thought as she began to read the memo. " Lets see… a request for a political marriage between a ninja of the leaf and a ninja of the sand after the Leaf village is rebuilt enough from the attack by Pain. ..Certainly a strange request…" Tsunade said looking at it. "Wait, it already approved by the Council and Danzo, when he was acting Hokage? Who was it for… what! SHIZUNE !, GET IN HERE, NOW!"
Not a moment later, Shizune burst in the door, dropping folders all over the place. "Lady Tsunade, I'm here, what's wrong?"
"THIS, READ IT!" Tsunade said, gripping the edge of her desk so hard it was cracking into pieces.
Shizune took the now partially wrinkled paper and looked it over, before looking up at Tsunade. "Danzo approved this? Why?" Shizune asked, wide-eyed. " Can you override it?"
"No, I can't, damn it!" Tsunade said, breaking off the corner of desk she was still gripping hard. " What I want to know now is, why would Gaara approve of this!"
"Maybe.. maybe he didn't, maybe the Sand village council did while he was at the Kage Summit" Shizune said, dropping the paper onto the desk. " Which means,… he can't change it anymore then we can, right?"
"Damn it!, I can't believe those stupid, fucking, pig headed assholes in the council did this kind of crap!" Tsunade yelled slamming her fist into the desk leaving a large indent in it's surface. "… There's no way out of this… Anbu Crow, go tell Naruto I need to see him,.. I need to explain this bullshit to him"
The Anbu nodded before disappearing in a swirl of leaves.
" You have every right to be mad, but you should try to watch your language, Lady Tsunade…" Shizune said, picking up the folders she had dropped a few minutes ago. " You need to think about how this is going to affect poor Naruto, that's your top priority"
"Yes, I know… your right… as usual." Tsunade said, taking a deep breath. " Bring me some herbal tea will you?, I need to calm down…in fact while you do that,.. Anbu Ox, go grab… 5 bowls of ramen from Ichiraku Ramen .. Naruto going to need to calm when he here's this as well"
" Something tells me, this is going to be a long day for everyone.. especially poor Naruto" Said the Anbu, before she too, disappeared.
Speaking of Naruto, he was currently walking up, or rather running up the stairs of the Hokage tower, to see what Tsunade had wanted him for. Though he was in a more or less good mood now he wasn't entirely happy with his wake up message, where he had been woken out of a half asleep state as he was eating breakfast by an Anbu. He had ending up spilling some of his cereal, which the Anbu had snickered about, until Naruto had grabbed a handful of the wet cereal of the floor and hit the Anbu square in the face with it. The now irritated Anbu then quickly gave Naruto the message about the Hokage wanting to see him ASAP ,and just as quickly left, grumbling . Naruto ,then grabbed his toast and got dressed, eating as he did, before jumping out his window and bounding across the rooftops towards the tower.
As usual, when Naruto arrived at the door to Tsunade's office he didn't bother to knock and simply kicked open the door. " Hey, I'm here Grandma Tsunade, what's up?" He said, walking in.
"It's about time you showed up, brat, have a seat, I got you some ramen, for a special treat, so be grateful" Tsunade said, sipping her tea. " go ahead it's not poisoned, it's from that Ichiraku ramen stand you like so damn much"
"Free ramen?, you are my favorite person in the world ,Grandma !" He said jumping into the chair, grabbing the first bowl and slurping away. " By the way, was this all you wanted?"
"No, but go ahead and eat first, we'll talk about the important thing after your done" Tsunade said, finishing her tea. " Just hurry, it's quite important you know"
"It is?" Naruto asked, noodles hanging out his mouth. " What is it, maybe I should eat later"
"Your actually turning down ramen? Are you felling sick or something?" Tsunade asked, in disbelieve.
Naruto put down his now empty bowl and looked at her. " We all know Ramen is like the king of all foods in the world.. But even I know that there are some things more important then Ramen."
Tsunade smiled and thought, Naruto , you really are growing up.. I'm positive that if Kushina and Minato were still alive, they be as proud of you as I am… "Ok. But I warn you .. This is not something I'm happy about, as my now broken desk can contest to" Tsunade said, gesturing to the dents, cracks and the broken corner on her desk. "Now,.. Apparently while I was out of commission and that …nut bag, Danzo was in charge, a agreement was made between the Sand and Leaf villages. A marriage agreement, to be exact.."
"A marriage agreement? ..who the ones there forcing to marry, and why would Gaara agree to this kind of thing?" Naruto asked, raising an eyebrow. " I don't think he would make this kind of agreement."
"Well, me and Shizune think it was made by the Suna council, during the Kage Summit, before Gaara returned to his village." Tsunade replied, resting her chin on her folding hands in front of her. " In any case, this agreement was somewhat forgotten due to the recent war, but now that things are winding down, it will have to be implemented. Further more, we only know of the groom who has been chosen from are village, were not sure who the bride from not the sand village will be, yet"
"Uh.. Who's the guy?…" Naruto asked, suddenly nervous. " Anyone I know?"
Tsunade took a deep breath and closed her eyes before saying " yes you do… they want the groom from the Leaf village to be an individual who was the hero of both the Pain incident and the fourth shinobi war... They want you, Naruto"
She didn't hear a response and opened one eye to look a Naruto, and watched him stand up, with a neutral expression on his face. "I'll be back in a second, grandma"
Tsunade watched as Naruto walked over to the window and climbed out, heading up to the roof. It was silent for a minute then she heard him yell out at the top of his lungs " SON OF A BITCH, WHAT THE HELL!"
Shizune came walking into Tsunade's office and saw Tsunade banging her head on the desk. She also heard Naruto shouting out all kinds of nonsense form the roof.
"I take Naruto knows the bad news" Shizune asked, sadly. "Isn't there anything we can do for him?"
"Not in terms of stopping the marriage… however there are some ways to work this to Naruto's advantage" "Tsunade said, picking her head off of her desk.
"Does matter, I'm not doing it, Grandma!" Naruto said, sitting on the windowsill, with his arms cross. "There's no way I'm marring anyone right now, so there,!"
"Naruto stop acting like a baby, it's not like I want this for you, anymore then you do… and if you refuse there could be serious consequences for you and our village" Tsunade said, shaking her. " Now as I just said, I'm not about to let you do this with out the two councils agreeing to some things that will help you out, and give you what you deserve"
"What I deserve?…. We'll kind of advantages are we talking about here,, grandma Tsunade?" Asked Naruto, standing up with his arms now at his side " Not that I agree to this or anything… But…. they better be really good!"
"There's no way out of this Naruto, believe me, I thought of every loophole I think of, and nothing could stop this." Tsunade said, solemnly. "…..Now as for the things I can do for you….. First I'll require 2 witnesses . Shizune, go fetch either Sakura or Ino from the clinic for me."
"Right" Shizune replied, opening the door and walking out.
Not a moment had passed however, when she reappeared in the doorway, with Sakura. " Turns out Sakura was on her way to receive her daily routines from you, I met her in the hallway here."
"Good, saves you a trip and us time . Sakura step forward with Shizune and close the door ,while your at it." Tsunade said standing up. "First, I need to activate a privacy seal."
"But before I do this, Naruto, I need your permission to reveal your parentage to, Sakura, and soon after, everyone else in the village" Tsunade said, looking at Naruto seriously. " Can I?"
Naruto thought for a moment before nodding to her. "Yeah I guess, I trust Sakura here 100 percent… as for the rest of the villagers.. It was bound to get out eventually anyway. I guess they'll have to get use to it"
She smiled, nodded and activated the seal before reaching into a drawer in her desk and pulling out a folded up jacket.
"Here, take this Naruto, but don't unfold it yet" Tsunade said, to him. "Now on this day, in the Autumn of this year, I, Tsunade of the Senju, and the Sannin, the fifth Hokage of the Village hidden in the leaves, here by promote Naruto Uzumaki-Namakaze to the rank of Special Jonin!, Congratulations!"
No one spoke for a moment , and everyone was bug-eyed. Finally, Sakura said, "Namakaze! As in the Forth Hokage!, that's Naruto's Father?"
Naruto did his usual neck rub, with a smile in response. "Yeah ,well.."
"That's right. And his mom was Kushina Uzumaki, better know to some as the Red-Hot Habanero, due to her temper and red hair." Tsunade said, grinning. " Now then, even though the council could and would block a normal promotion of Jonin to you, they have no say in me appointing you the title of Special Jonin."
"What's the difference, grandma?" Naruto asked, confused.
"Not much, mainly it has to due with the type of training you receive and how you earn the title." Shizune said, pitching in. " Jonin is earned by advancing to Chunin first then taking a Jonin Exam. Special Jonin on the other hand is appointed by the Kage of the village, and can be giving to a ninja of any rank, including Genin"
"Oh really?" Naruto asked, before jumping and giving Tsunade a bear hug, almost knocking the woman over. "thank you, thank you, thank you !"
"Easy Naruto, as you like to regularly point out, I'm not young woman anymore." Tsunade said, hugging him back. "I'm glad you like it, but that's not the only thing's your getting. You'll also receive normal Jonin mission pay,.. And the rights to your father and mother's wills, including the Namakaze mansion."
"My parent's house?" Naruto asked pulling away from Tsunade " Is there… pictures of them there?"
"Yes, plenty of them. In fact Sarutobi made sure it would remain untouched by anyone, until you were ready for it, so it has far more of your parent's belongings then just pictures." Tsunade said smiling. "Speaking of which, you can look at and put on that jacket now"
Naruto unfolded it and they all looked at it. It was as long , as big and looked a lot like his Toad Sage coat, except it was black with dark orange flames at the bottom, instead of red with black flames. It also had the Japanese characters for Special Jonin sewn in on the back.
"Wow, you look really handsome in it , Naruto" Sakura said smiling. "Congratulations, you earned it. By the way why is all this stuff happening all of a sudden?.. Naruto? What… what's the matter?"
Naruto just put his head down, so Tsunade explained the arranged marriage thing to her. To say she was angry was a bit of an understatement, and after her own rant, Tsunade's desk was completely destroyed, the victim of two woman with monster strength and a Jinchuriki.
" So we don't even know who this bitch.. I mean girl, is?" Sakura asked , her fist clenched.
"No we haven't received word yet, from the Sand council." Tsunade said, shaking her head. "I just know Gaara isn't going to be any more happy about this then we are… I sent a messenger bird to where he's staying in our village right now, so we should expect a visit from him many time now. "
Sure enough, not a minute later, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro walked in with Gaara opening the door with his sand, keeping his arms crossed. " This ..is unacceptable." Gaara said, in his usual slow deliberate style of taking. " I was never informed of this,… they went behind back. I am not pleased."
"Your not the only one Gaara." Tsunade said, gesturing to Naruto who was sitting, with his arms crossed. She explained when she believed it had been written, and about the recent request of the Suna Council, to activate the contract. "… and that's the way it seems to be. I sent a speedy message to elders in your village, and requested a response and quickly as possible. At the very least We need to know who they'll be sending, all they said was it was a female kunoichi of high standings in the there village."
"High standings?.. Then I think I know who'll they use to marry Naruto… though I'd rather wait for a reply to be sure" Gaara said, opening his eyes, which had been closed. " As soon as we receive a reply, we need to meet here again"
"I…. am sorry I can help you get out of this, Naruto. You are …my best friend, and I wish I could help in this situation" Gaara said, putting a hand on Naruto's shoulder .
Naruto nodded but didn't say anything, despite the good news of the promotion and getting his mom and dad's stuff he was still down about the marriage. Temari, who was still extremely grateful to Naruto for him help saving her brother over the years, and who considered him a friend ,crouched down in front of Naruto.
"Don't worry, you can consider me, Gaara and Kankuro your family.. And we'll help in anyway we can, ..I promise" Temari said, before wrapping her arms around his shoulders and pulling him into a hug. After a moment, Naruto hugged her back before releasing, and letting her stand up.
"Thanks, Temari" Naruto said, smiling slightly.
Temari smiled back and said " Now, enough gloom and doom shit, lets good do something, all of us together."
"How about we celebrate Naruto's promotion to Jonin?" Sakura said, putting a hand on her hip.
"Promotion?" Kankuro asked, surprised " Well, looks like your moving up in the world, squirt"
"You know I'm only a year younger then you, make-up boy" Naruto said, grinning " And I'm as tall as you, so there"
"Who calling make-up boy?" Kankuro yelled, before getting whacked in the head by Temari.
"Shut up, make -up boy" Temari said, crossing her arms.
"Oh man, not you too, sis?" he whined, folding his arms and pouting.
"Why don't we head over to Naruto's parent's house, and I'll explain things to you three, on the way over?" Tsunade said, standing up from her desk. " Come on, follow me"
The group which included Naruto, Sakura, Tsunade, Shizune, Gaara, Kankuro and Temari walked along the street till they reached the upper-class area of the village, which included such clan estates as the Hyuga clan's and the now vacant Uchiha estate. Finally they cam to a stop at a huge gate with a large symbol on the top of it, it was the spiral symbol of the Uzumaki clan.
"Naruto, it will only open for a Namakaze and a Uzumaki, and since your of both clans, you need to do it" Tsunade said, putting hand on his shoulder. " Simply do as you would for a summoning except press your blood covered hand on the door, and say, blood seal release"
Naruto did as instructed and when he did the gate glowed yellow for a moment before Tsunade stepped forward and said " Ok, that means the seal is released and we can go in now"
They all walked through the gate and found them selves in a small town that appeared to have several large blocks to it. " Holy crap, this place is big! Kankuro said ,looking around " How big is this place, and is it all Naruto's now?"
"Yes, it is all his and as for the size, I understand it is even larger then that of the Hyuga's clan district." Tsunade replied to him. " The Uzushiogakure village, where your clan came from, was well respected by the First and second Hokage as well and my clan, the Senju clan in general, which is appropriate , considering our two clans are related to one another distantly as cousins, and marriage. In fact, FYI, not only is your clan related to mine, Naruto, but the founder of the Uchiha was started by the brother of the founder of the Senju clans."
"You mean your are kind of like my grandmother?.. And Sasuke was like my cousin or something?" Naruto asked, both excited and confused. " Does that mean I can call you grandma, and you wont get mad anymore?"
Tsunade sighed and looked at him. " Yes it does, technically and yes you can call me that, but not when were in public, it makes me feel old"
Naruto gave her a big hug, " Thanks grandma, I love you"
Tsunade smiled at him and said " I love you too, brat. Now come on, lets get to your house, already"
Temari walked ahead of her brother , so she was next to Naruto as they made there way to his house. " ,Finding out your related to the first, second and fifth Hokage, on top of everything else must be a lot to take in. Are you alright with this?"
Naruto looked over at her and smiled " You bet, even though the day stared kind of crappy, I just found out I have real family, Grandma Tsunade here. I've always wondered what it would be like to have a family."
"Well, I glad for you Naruto, you deserve it" "She said, looking ahead as they neared a large mansion.
"Is this it?" Sakura asked, looking at the huge gates, that showed a long path of trees, leading to a huge mansion. " It's insanely big"
The path could be seen opening up to a huge area in front of the house with a large pond.
"Yes, yes it is" Tsunade said, opening the gates. "Come on, up the path we go"
A few minutes later they arrived and they looked around for a moment. The area outside the house was indeed large and even had a second ,smaller mansion to the left and to the right. After a minute they walked around the pond and to the front doors, where Tsunade gave Naruto a yellow and red key to unlock it. He opened the door and they all stepped inside. It was surprisingly in excellent shape, considering it's age. Like the outside, the inside was modern yet old fashioned in it's Italianate style, with a large staircase leading to a second floor and doorways on either side of them as they stood in the main entrance of the house.
"Just how many rooms does this place have?" Naruto asked looked around. "And why did mom and dad need such a big place?"
"This estate and town that belongs with it, were actually part of the Senju clan during the time of my Grandfather and your great-grandfather's reign as the First Hokage. The second Hokage , our uncle, then gave this estate to the Uzumaki clan in his will." Tsunade said. Looking at him. " And as for the size.. I believe there is around 29 bedrooms, a gigantic pool, a large training ground, and a garden, among other things here."
"THAT'S ENORMUS! What am I suppose to do with a place this huge, even with a wife?" Naruto asked bug-eyed.
"Probably the same thing your mom and dad did, use the main house here, and pretty much ignore the other two houses. Besides, some day the Uzumaki clan made up of your children, grand children and maybe even great-grandchildren will inhabit this place…" Tsunade said, smiling.
Naruto blushed a deep red at the though of him having children with whoever the woman he was going to marry. "Uh, let's worry about one thing at a time , ok?" Naruto said, in a embarrassed tone.
"Of course, now then this is lot to take in so I suggest we do a little exploring of the house, and then all go and grab some dinner together." Tsunade said, facing everyone. "We'll come back here tomorrow after we get word from the Suna council. Does that sound good?"
Everyone agreed and Naruto and the others looked around the large house somewhat, with Naruto mostly looking at the pictures of his mom and dad. After about an hour they locked up ,and left to eat. After dinner at Akamichi's BBQ restaurant they all went their separate ways, with Naruto, Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro going and catching up on things. The rest of the day went as normal as usual and soon night came and went with the same group as yesterday being called to Tsunade's office early the next morning.
"Glad you're here now" Tsunade said, looking at everyone over the top of her desk. "I received word from the Sand village council. And it's hard to believe there choice, though I certainly approve, and I think Naruto will as well. Gaara, come over here and look at the reply, tell me what you think."
Gaara raised an eyebrow before doing as asked. He looked down at and then up at Temari before looking over at Tsunade. He gave a tiny smile and said " I approve of this choice"
"Well who is it!" Naruto said, impatiently. " I want to know already"
"Very well, then I have just one thing to say." Tsunade said ,standing up and walking around to the front of her desk where she reached out and took Temari's hand .".. Congratulations, misses Namakaze"
No one spoke and just stared, except Tsunade and Gaara, who smiled and Temari and Naruto who both looked blank at the announcement.
After waiting for what seemed like forever, Tsunade looked at Temari and Naruto and spoke up. "Well, are you two going to say something or not?"
"Um… that is.. I .." Temari managed to sputter out, while sitting down in a chair, eyes still wide. " I'm not sure what to say… I consider Naruto a friend and I good guy ,but beyond what I've seen and heard about him, mostly from Gaara and Shikamaru, I really don't know a lot about you, Naruto. I certainly never though about a romantic relationship with you either"
"Yeah, same here.. You're a really great girl ,..no, woman, but I really don't know much about you either, Temari." Naruto said, sitting next to her.
"Well getting to know one and other is something you should do now." Tsunade said, "And don't worry, the wedding isn't for about a month and a half, so you have plenty of time. Why don't you go do check out your house some more together, just the two of you, find out some things about each other while your at it?"
"Well ,I guess I wouldn't mind that.." Naruto said, thinking , before looking over at Temari and blushing, for some reason he didn't know. " As long as your ok with it that is, Temari"
She looked over at him and wasn't sure what to feel about it, especially when she saw his blush slightly. " I guess…. I guess I wouldn't mind that either, Naruto" Temari said, somewhat nervously. " I'm ready to go when you are"
Naruto helped to her feet and they walked over to the door. "By the way Temari, your personal stuff was apparently sent as soon as they receive my letter and Naruto, I sent some trust worth ninja's, including Iruka Umino, over to you apartment and had them deliver your stuff as well, I'm sure it's there by now" Tsunade said to them before ushering them out the door and off to the Uzumaki estate.
"I think things will turn out ok for them, what do you thing , Gaara?" Tsunade asked, sitting back down.
"I ...agree with you. This will be good for the both of them,… I believe" Gaara said, still standing. " Me and Kankuro will return to our hotel for now and make our way home tomorrow after saying goodbye to our sister….. Farewell for now, Tsunade, Shizune and Sakura"
"Alright then, I'll see you later, Gaara, Kankuro" She replied, to them as they left. "Why don't you return to the hospital and start your shift, Sakura"
"Yes, lady Tsunade" Sakura said, walking to the door. " You know,… I'm glad Naruto has found both some family and maybe … maybe even love, cause if anyone deserves it, it's him"
"I couldn't agree more" Tsunade said, smiling to her as she walked out the door and left. " And I hope he truly is happy, that little knucklehead…"
Elsewear , in dark cave Sasuke Uchiha, was sitting down thinking about all that had happened recently. He looked at over at his… guest, for a lack of a better word. The situation was reversed from when he met the man the first time. Back then it was after he had killed Itachi and had been saved and had his wound treated by the man.
"I can't believe how strong that.. Loser Naruto is getting either.." He said in frustraion. "Everytime, I get a little stronger, he goes and gets even more powerful… it's not fair damn it!"
"Patience ,Saskue" Said the man, apparently awake now. "You'll soon have your vengeance and so will I.. we just need a bit of time…"
"Time… that's the only thing we do have right now, old man.." Saskue said, growling . " But your right We will have our revenge soon enough.. On both Naruto and the Hidden Leaf Village… won't we .. Madara?"
"In due time, yes… but for now, I must rest,.. And you must train.." Madera said, flashing his Rinnegan and Sharingan eyes. "Those things aren't going anywhere,… and soon they will all know the wrath, of the Uchiha clan…"
End of chapter 1
To be continued in the next chapter, chapter 2: Friendship is kinda complicated….
This is my second fan fiction story, so please read, enjoy and review.