AN : Yo, Aj here. Second story post war, so, enjoy. Yeah, another NaruSuki. But I got time so...
Suki was born a girl. Also, yeah, Sasuke was never there. Not in that AU.
Disclaim : I own just a Hookah, my threads, and my smoke... The lowest end PC, and a Nokia X2... And a few books that I don't read!
Chapter 1
Valley of the end
Uchiha Suki finally managed to make a garrot to Naruto's arm stump. That gruesome battle almost took their lives, but somehow they managed to survive. She used her right arm and her teeth to tie the knot, supported by Naruto's left hand on her... Buttom? If it was anyone else, she would've chidoried him. Deep down, she was crying. What had she done? He'll never forgive her, and she won't choose anyone who's weaker than her as her husband. It was the code of the Uchiha clan...
She hated many things, but the fact that he may not forgive her is the worst of them. She then looked at him in those vibrant blue eyes that were reserved to her, "There, it's done. I'm sorry about everything, I know that you may never..." She begun only for him to interrupt her with a happy smile..
"I forgive you, Suki! I really do. The most important that you are back, that I can have the old you back dattebayo!" Naruto said smilling. Suki felt waves of guilt crush her. Despite everything she had done to him, he was still able to forgive he? Why?
"Why?" She muttered, "Why would you always forgive me? Why won't you stop and hate me like everyone else?" Naruto gave her a sad smile, "Because none of them know you, none of you feels your pain. If what happened to you happened to me, I honestly don't wanna know what I would've done, Suki. Maybe I would be thousands of time worst. You didn't kill many people, that I know!"
Suki blinked twice. What did he mean by that? She was an international wanted criminal. She knew that at best she'll get life imprisonement, at worst she'll be used as a breeding machine then executed. Unconsciously, she begun to cry...
'Why? Why do you care this much? Why do you always tell me that I'm another one of your friends? I know you won't go that far for anyone else, I just couldn't be saved, everyone gave up on me, so why are you always this forgiving? It's so naive and annoying! You deserve someone better, someone who will treat you how you deserve, the love you never had!' Suki ranted mentally before she felt Naruto's fingers brush her tears off. "Why do you care?"
"Because I don't feel the same with you away from me. When Hinata said that she loved me, I felt shocked, but I didn't feel anything toward her..." Naruto said in an honest tone, "The only time I was driven was when I learned wind release, sage mode because of Ero-sennin's death by Nagato's hand, then rest I just... Wasn't me! Now however, I feel I can be me, again!" Naruto said in an honest tone as Suki shook her head...
"You mean after you met me? That's the common link..." The Uchiha summerised with a blush before she realised that Naruto put his forehead to hers, "Suki, are you okay? You don't have a fever or something?" The ravenette shook her head before an idea struck her...
"Naruto, I have a little secret to tell you, if I'm not to be executed, I'll go on a redemption journey..." She started as Naruto glared at her, "Why? Why do you keep running away? Why do I have to chase your ass all over the shinobi world, again?" Naruto glared at her but she returned the glare.
"Oh that's rich, because you're the only one who ever touched it and lived to tell the story!" She said before she had a sly smirk, "How does it feel?" Naruto smiled his true smile, "It is worth chasing it again, and again, and again!"
Suki shook her head. Of course he would say this. She realised that his statement is true, whenever they meet, both of them grew up... She hated going away, but this was the only way for him to hook up with another girl, this meant that she'll foresake her dream of her clan's revival, but she totally deserved it...
"Suki, is there's something that bothers you?" Naruto asked kindly. The Ravenette shook her head 'No' only for him to put his hand on her shoulder. She couldn't describe his look, but she noticed that it have seas of compation toward her...
"That the only man who I ever loved as more than a friend deserves someone better than me..." Suki begun only for Naruto to put a finger on her lips, "Suki, you underestimate yourself, I mean you're one of the most gorgeous girls I know, he's a very lucky man, and he better treats you right, so, tell me, who is he?" Naruto asked, despite the pain evident in his eyes, he would help her...
"Er, he's awake now? I mean he isn't trapped in the Mugen Tsukuyomi?" Suki answered. Naruto's eyes widdened, "Kakashi-sensei? Er, I don't think I can kill him if he hurts... But apart him I'm the only man awake so... That means...?" Naruto begun to analyse before he pointed to himself then Suki then himself then Suki who nodded.
"Since when?" Naruto asked, shoc evident on his face. Suki smiled, "I think about twelve or so? Beside, you were always my first everything, Usuratonkachi-kun! But then again, Hinata was always by your side, so, what are you going to tell her?" The blond noticed the hurt in her eyes. He sighed...
"Suki-chan, I.. confronted Hinata right after when they all agreed to kill you. I... just felt livid? I mean they never asked me if I cared or not, and since that day, I promissed them to beat them to a bloody pulp. Now I can do it, one arm, two arms, no arms, I'm still stronger than anyone now... However, deep within, I lack something I never knew what it is. Love. I wondered all my life, what is love? Is it to be acknowledged? Is it to find the right person, and spend all your life together, hell or high water? What is it? My true dream was never to be the Hokage, it was a mean to an end so to speak. My dream was always to have a big family, when I go in the apartment I live in, I never heard anyone telling me welcome home, never! I didn't want to study, because no one would tell me that I did well. I never heard any kind word except from Teuchi-jichan, Ayame-neechan, Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Ero-sennin, he may rest in peace. Then you want to live in the same hell I lived, I just can't..."
"Naruto, please, stop!" Suki said. Naruto looked at her and was surprised that tear streamed down her cheeks, "I was wrong, I'm sorry, for all the mean words you heard from me..." She said only to be pulled to a hug, "I told you, I forgive you, just forgive yourself!"
"But, Naruto, your arm!" Suki said in horror as she realised how bad she messed him up. Naruto smiled kindly at the beautifull lass, "An arm is a small price to save someone like me, only much better.. Think about it, how bad I would've been?"
For some inexplicable reason, Suki felt terrified. This is not the kind and sweet Naruto she knew. This side of him was hidden so well that not even himself was aware from. However, that side went away and fast...
"How about a bet, Suki? If I win, you'll stay in the village, If you win, I'll let you go, even though I'll feel that a piece of my heart is gone..." Naruto said to the ravenette who smiled, "I guess that it's fine with me, so... The bet is that..."
Naruto waited a few moments of pure suspense as she told him, "You'll learn a jikukan ninjutsu, an S-rank one!" Suki said with a sly smile. There's no way he'll figure out this one. This is for his own good. "And you'll learn it before they release me from my prison. I know that with your word, I won't stay for long. A month or two at most!"
Naruto smirked, "Heh, the Hiraishin is a good option, huh? I think that Baa-chan might find a way to restore our arms, somehow!" Suki smirked, "Then make it a double bet, I'll accept to replace my arm if you win!" Naruto sighed at this, of course this is Suki, sarcastic, stubborn, tough as nails Suki...
And he loved this side, maybe he have a thing for bad girls? Well, maybe his father have left him something...
'You ain't mistaken my son, claim your inheritence. Remember, whatever you do, we'll always love you, my dearest son!' He heard that voice and felt two hands on his shoulders. Naruto felt his eyes wet, 'Arigato, Tou-chan, Kaa-chan!'
A month later...
Suki saw a kunai land out of nowhere, and Naruto teleport right in front of her. She just got out of her holding cell, and that Usuratonkachi just teleport right in front of her, with a sly smirk, "I guess I won, Suki-chan!"
She grumbled and turned her face away from him, but she was also smilling a ghost of a smile as she realised that he's quite the shinobi to accomplish that.
"Although, the kunai wasn't necessary, but it is easier this way!" Naruto confessed. Suki's eyes widdened, "Wait, you mean that you can teleport without any marking?" Naruto grinned a vicious, feral grin, "Yeah, I figured out a way. Oh, and Baa-chan told me that the arm will match our skin coloration, as it was programmed from the Shodai DNA and ours when it comes up to blood type and skin and fingerprint... The difference is that afterward we'll be able to use the Mokuton!"
Suki blinked twice, "We? What do you mean? And if I awaken the second Rinnegan, how will you stop me?" Naruto sighed as he saw the fear in her eyes. "Unlike what you think, I had to train extra hard. Oh, and she told me that she will nominate either you either Kakashi-sensei as the Rokudaime. I honestly think that one of us being Hokage is cool..."
Suki glared at him, "No! This is your dream! I can be your adviser though, when you'll become the Hokage!" Naruto sighed, "Wanna bet?" Suki shook her head 'No' before she continued, "Naruto, it's your dream, to steal it is just so unfair.." Naruto sighed at the stubborness of his best friend before he glanced at the village. It still need some repairs...
"I can use another hand..." Naruto muttered. Suki immidiately put her right hand on his shoulder, "If you like, my right hand is yours, Naruto. I'll help you whenever you need, it's the least I can do for what I did to you in the past..." Naruto stopped her before she become guilty again, "You said it, in the past, as in it was over, what it matters is the future, our future..."
Suki raised an eyebrow before she sighed. Fine by her... But Naruto does deserve better than her. No matter what she did, he always forgave her. She didn't deserve such kindness especially after her madness took his right arm..
"Naruto, what do you feel about me? How could you forgive me after everything I did to you, Usuratonkachi? How could you be so kind toward me?" Naruto sighed at those questions before his eyes became slitted...
"Suki, I forgave you because like I told you, everyone deserves a second chance, you never outcasted me when we were five, did you? I remember that Suki, that adorable girl who was my first friend, and I wanted her back! We know each other for twelve years, twelve damn years..." Naruto replied, "As for how I feel toward you, I don't know? I mean I never had anyone, still, I don't have anyone! Kakashi is almost always absent, Ero-sennin died without telling me what I am to him, Baa-chan is more of a Hokage than a relative, my friends are more of a comrades than friends, Gaara is more of a brother than anything else... I never had a mother or a father, and the closest thing I have is an older brother... So yeah, I can't stay angry at you because you're my first bond..."
Suki's eyes widdened, how could Naruto turn out like this? He's practically had a hollow over his head, the soul of an angel and a heart of pure gold, despite all this pain and suffering, but she dared ask him to elaborate, just to make sure...
"Say, how does it feel to be you?" Suki said, for the first time, Naruto remained quit. "I mean, you never told anyone else about it? You never told me about it?" Naruto's eyes showed his horrible past, "All the fame is empty, when I go back home, with no one to tell me welcome back, or good day, without a word of praise, without a kind word at all but a few for my twelve years, then Iruka-sensei, then you, Sakura, the rookies, Kakashi-sensei, the jonin senseis, Baa-chan, Shizune-neechan, Teuchi-ojisan and Ayame-neechan... Then the wave people, then Gaara and his siblings, finally, my senseis, my parents..." Naruto then stayed silent. "Tell me Suki, one day they hate me, the next they worship the ground I walk on, now what should I do?"
Suki sighed yet again.. Naruto was hurt, more than she thought. His wounds may be the deepest she ever saw. True, she lost her whole clan, but she, at least knew what love is, "Ne, Naruto, do you know what love is?" Naruto sighed before he turned his head away, "No!" His short, honest reply. "So far, I didn't receive it enough, Baa-chan picked Sakura over me, I'm still a genin. And as you said, she wants to sell my dream to someone else..." Naruto's tears finally dropped, so was his mask of strength.
Unconsciously, Suki pulled him in a one-armed hug. She winced at how tightly he held her. His tears streamed, releasing years upon years of loneliness, pain and suffering. Suki remembered how badly he had it... How he always felt the despair and sorrow and loneliness. It was a miracle that Naruto didn't level the village yet in retaliation...
"There, there, Naruto-kun. Don't let it hurt you anymore, you have me, you have team Taka, you have your friends..." Suki said as she rubbed his back, crying herself at the sight of the blond crying his eyes out, even though he forgave everyone, he still feel a deep pain within. She realised how badly he needed her, how broken he was when she saw his eyes back then...
The Naruto she knew is unmatchably strong, but this one is fragile, and easily not the same blond who was her sun all her life. She decided to do one thing she should've done...
"How about a bet? I can win in a spar against you right now. If you lose, you'll do whatever I want. If you win, I'll do anything you want!" Suki knew that this is his trigger.
For a few hours, Naruto and Suki fought each other, in a friendly spar. They were a blur to anyone and a jonin wouldn't survive a few minutes despite the fact that they both lacked an arm and were a bit weaker than before. However, in the end, Suki won and Naruto looked away, as he felt ashamed for holding off against her yet again..
"What's the problem, Usuratonkachi-kun?" Suki said in a sly tone, "Since you'll do anything I want, I decided to know what would you want if you won?" Naruto sighed a heartbroken sigh, "Forget it. Tell me already!" Suki smiled as she was still straddling him, "Well, a date! You know, you and me, alone in a restaurent?" Naruto smirked at this, "Same thing crossed my mind, Suki-chan!"
"Don't Suki-chan me yet, Hohige-kun!" Suki said in an irritated tone. Before she realise however, Naruto pulled her into a kiss. A few minutes later, Naruto felt her try to gasp for air and released her. Her face had the same shade of her beloved tomatoes...
"Baka baka baka baka Bakanaruto!" Suki said embarassed, the blond smirked his feral smirk, "Sweet tasty Suki-chan! So, shall we go?" The ravenette sighed and nodded...
She made too many mistakes, but he forgived her. She didn't realise it yet, but he's going to be her redemption.
AN : So it begun. Naruto and Suki will be OP pretty soon. Naruto is just like post-war only with the Hiraishin in his arsenal... Also, yeah, he'll surpass Hashirama with the Mokuton in his mid-twenties... Finally, a new series kind of a parallel to The real me will be published.