Naruto Yūhi Mitarashi Uzumaki
Hey everyone. This is my second Naruto story. I've been reading stories where Naruto is adopted by different people, and I wanted to do my own take. In this story, Naruto will be adopted by Kurenai and Anko. The only confirmed pairings in this story will be Kurenai and Anko in a yuri relationship. I know that in canon the former has a child with Asuma, but I just find this pairing so cute and hot. If you're not into yuri, then just don't read. Plus this idea's been bugging me like crazy shit and I couldn't ignore it anymore.
Chapter 1: Aftermath
"All of you, you're to stay inside the barrier and away from the Kyūbi."
"Why, we can help in the fight!" Kurenai's heart raced as she thought of actually standing before the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. Apparently Anko's personality was rubbing off on her. Thinking of her purple-haired friend, she couldn't help but feel relief knowing she was safe. Only a few days ago she had seen her friend leave the village with her sensei, the sannin Orochimaru. If anyone could keep the little purple spitfire under control and out of trouble, it was the snake-nin. The current situation itself was scary, yet amazing; out of nowhere, a gargantuan primordial demon king appears and starts rampaging, with the village's best forces being swatted away left and right, and she and the other chunin and jonin were being held up in a forest. Right now she couldn't think of a worse time for all of the sannin to be out of the village.
"I won't let any of you put your lives at risk for this. We are not at war, therefore we will not put all of you out there." Although he was talking to each of them, Kurenai knew he was specifically speaking to her. Before she could protest further, her father stopped her.
"You know as well as I do that as shinobi, we could die any day. But before that happens the Will of Fire must be passed onto the new generation. Kurenai..." Now he was addressing his daughter directly. "... please pass that will onto my own grandchild..." Before anything else could be said, the ominous presence of the Kyūbi just, disappeared.
"What's happened?!" Guy yelled to one of the ninja in the trees.
"The Kyūbi, it's gone?" He sounded like he didn't believe his own words. Wanting to see this for himself, Kurenai's father jumped up to the canopy's peak. "It's true!" he yelled down. The younger ninja started muttering so fast that nothing could be made out. "You still won't be going into the village until we've confirmed that we're no longer threatened," the elder Yuhi stated.
"What do you think's happened?" Asuma asked Might Guy.
"I'm sure that Yondaime-sama was able to drive it away from the village," the taijutsu expert said confidently.
"Of course Minato-sensei drove it off," Kakashi said confidently yet coolly.
"Curse your interminable hipness Kakashi!" Guy screamed as he cried comically. Kurenai couldn't help but sigh. She knew very well that the others were very capable ninja, with skills that outclassed her own, but still, they acted so un-ninja-like it was somewhat sad, yet that didn't mean she couldn't enjoy it a little. Thank god she knew she would never become that eccentric. After hours of waiting, the Sandaime came while flanked by several ANBU. Something told the young ninjas that for some reason, they should be on edge rather than relax. Just the way Sarutobi carried himself showed that he seemed ready to collapse.
"I have good news, and bad news. The good news, the Kyūbi has been defeated..." Instead of cheers, everyone in attendance braced themselves for what was sure to be a major figurative kick to the nuts. "... The bad news, Minato-san, has died."
"What?!" Kakashi asked incredulously.
"Yes. In order to defeat the Nine-Tails, Minato used the Reaper Death Seal, but at the cost of his own life." All of the attendees were stunned, both by the sheer ability that the Yondaime had to use the Shinigami to kill an entire living natural disaster, and the fact that the same Yondaime, who many had claimed to be immune to death, had actually died.
"Wait, has Namikaze-sama appointed a successor yet?" Asuma asked.
"No, starting now, I will be returning to active duty as Hokage," the elder Sarutobi answered. As soon as the barrier tags were pulled down, all of the young ninja ran to the village as fast as they could. Even from a distance, they could see the clear signs of damage. When they made it to the village, it looked as if a tornado had run through it ten times. It was clear that the outer edge of the village had taken the most damage; there were still groups of ninja attempting to put out the fires with water jutsus. The inner regions of the village were only missing a few buildings, but the magnitude of the destruction made up for the lacking quantity in spades. But the most noticeable detail: there was a giant trench leading up to the Hokage Monument.
"Damn, I know it was a demon and all, but this is still intense. The D-rank construction missions will be coming out of the woodwork." Asuma commented.
"Sandaime-sama, how long do you believe repairs will take?" Kurenai questioned.
"Months, if not years. There will be no missions for anyone tonight and most of tomorrow. Go home and rest."
"But I feel my youthful fires burning now..."
"That's an order Guy!" The taijutsu enthusiast quickly shut up; Hiruzen was clearly not in a mood to argue, he knew he'd have enough trouble telling Asuma that his mother was dead.
Kurenai and her father quickly returned to their apartment, desperate to make sure it was alright. Unfortunately, the gods chose that moment to ignore their prayers. Half the building was cut cleanly in half, and in part of that half was their apartment.
"Please be okay, please be okay!" Kurenai frantically told herself. "Kaa-chan! Kaa-chan!"
"Nobara!" her father called out. Soon they could hear a groan coming from a shifting pile of rubble.
"Kaa-chan!/Nobara!" Kurenai and her father called out. Both of them frantically moved the shrapnel as best as they could. "Kurenai," she managed to strain out as best she could.
"Kaa-chan, we're going to help you," but she didn't believe herself. It was evident from the glass shards in her abdomen, and blood leaking out of her mouth that this was her last day. But she seemed completely calm. Her tranquil black eyes met her daughter's frantic red ones.
"You know, it's funny. I stopped being a shinobi so you would have someone in case your father died, yet he manages to outlive me." A small smile appeared as she chuckled.
"You're not going to die, we'll get you to a hospital!" The elder Yuhi tried to pick her up, but his wife squeezed his arm.
"Danna, (informal form of husband) you know what's going to happen. Even if you could save me, I'd be hooked up to machines for the rest of my life, that's no way to live."
"I don't want to lose you!" the man screamed, not out of anger, but out of fear. Tears streamed down his face and merged with her blood. "As long as you never forget me, I won't be gone, and I'll wait every moment for you. Kurenai, please take care of your father for me." Without anything to say, Kurenai and her father held Nobara in a tearful hug, the last hug they'd ever have as a full family.
Author's Notes: Sorry this chapter is so short, but I just wanted to set the tone for how things would play out.
Since no name is provided for Kurenai's father, and her mother is never shown, or even mentioned, he'll simply be referred to as Kurenai's father, Tou-chan and, the elder Yuhi. As for her mother, as S'TarKan put it, Kurenai's past is such a blank page that it leaves a lot of room to work with. Seriously, all we know is she graduated the Academy at the age of nine, became chunin at thirteen, and got promoted to jonin right before the series began.
In regards to her mother, here's the theory for this story. Nobara Yuhi, Kurenai's mother, was a ninja before her daughter was born, but she decided to retire in the case that Kurenai's father died on a mission, but she ended up as one of the Kyūbi's first victims. Nobara is the Japanese word for 'wild rose,' and we all know much of Kurenai's genjutsu revolves around flora, so maybe she does that to honor her dead mother.