Ok, quick clarification. Gaara still has Shukaku, he is the KazeKage and everyone in Naruto (Team 7/8/10 and the others who were the same age as them are all sixteen. Jiraiya will be the Hokage of Konoha and there will be slight bashings that are yet to be decided. If you want someone bashed let me know and I'll think about it. Also, this is likely to be a fem!NaruxGaara with little bits of a one-sided NejixNaru and SasukexNaru. Ok, Naru is female! Yeeeah! She should've been female in the anime, it'd be awesome!
Tsunade reached for the sake bottle, trying to drown her sorrow in an alcohol filled stupor but knew it wasn't going to work. She had given the civilian council too much power and only now did she know how much she had given away. Naru was gone, the blonde gaki was gone. The blonde girl who had only wanted to help the village, who in turn had attacked and ridiculed her from the time of her birth. It was things like this that made her wonder why she had accepted the position on Hokage. Not that she cared anymore. Her resignation would be handed in tomorrow.
Flash back
The doors to the council room flung open as Tsunade stormed into the room, making the civilian and shinobi councils flinch.
"Where is she?" She roared, her face set in an angry mask.
"The demon brat is gone. ANBU have disposed of her and placed her in the desert near Sunakagure. Naru Uzumaki will never be able to set foot in Konoha for two reasons.1: She is banished and 2: She is dead." Danzou smiled as his plan unfolded but it faded as Tsunade did something he didn't expect.
"I officially resign from the post of Hokage and hand it to Jiraiya Kazama(A/N: Is that Jiraiya's last name?). The resignation will be handed in tomorrow and Jiraiya will be here in four days. That is all, fools.
The council was flabbergasted at this development and was silent as she swept from the room.
Flashback end
At least this would be the last time she ever saw those fools again. She felt slightly guilty about leaving Jiraiya to face them but knew he could handle it. Tears began pouring down her face as she thought of the girl who had lit up Konoha and now could never change someone for the better with a simple, single smile that melted even the toughest of hearts.
Gone.
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The Suna patrol faced off against the masked ANBU that bore the Konoha symbol that glinted in the bright moonlight. Temari, Kankuro and Mitsuki knew they were allies but no Konoha Nin were expected to be arriving, especially not ANBU Nin.
"What are you here for?" Temari asked neutrally, her face blank as she assessed the shinobi. There were three, each masked in a tiger mask, one carrying a fourth person on her back.
"We are just here to drop off some rubbish as ordered by the Konoha council. Would you so kind as to dispose of it for us?" With that, the ANBU shunshin'ed away, leaving the unknown shinobi behind.
"Must have been a traitor." Kankuro said flippantly.
Temari stepped forward and crouched beside the girl. Gently, she turned her face up and then gasped.
"Kankuro, you better see this." She said shakily. Curious as to what had caused his sister's reaction, he looked and then anger clouded his face. Moonlight shone gently on blonde hair and a whisker scarred face. "Temari, we need to get her back to Suna. Now."
With that, the Suna team grabbed her and began travelling at full speed back to Suna.
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Gaara stared loathingly at his greatest enemy, perfecting the stare that could make a person faint in fright. Yet it never seemed to work on the enemy of every Kage…
The paperwork.
Sighing in resignation, he reached towards the first pile and wished for the nth that he could have mastered the Kage Bunshin but he never seemed to be able to do it, unlike Naru…
He heard someone land on the window and asked without looking around, "What is it Weasel?"
The ANBU climbed into the room and Gaara faced him. "Your siblings are currently at the hospital and told me that you might want to- CRASH.
Gaara swung around to see Temari there, her face pale and angry. Grabbing his arm, she practically dragged him from his office. "Gaara, come quick! This is important and I think you'll probably want to see it." She let go of his arm and together they raced into the hospital. After four flights of stairs and four corners, Temari slid to a stop outside the ICU room. "Gaara, please be careful."
He gently opened the door and saw Kankuro standing beside a bed. Walking softly to his side, he met Kankuro's gaze. Then he looked down and all hell broke loose as he saw Naru's wounds and her pale face.
"Where did you find her?" He said quietly and everyone in the room was thankful no other patients were in the room, because a distressed Gaara could wake the dead. Unbeknownst to himself, both Temari and Kankuro knew he had a crush on the girl. So this wasn't the best place to tell him what had happened.
All of a sudden, Gaara's eyes flashed gold and his KI (killing intent) filled the room.
"Konoha nins dropped her in the desert, saying they were told by the Council to 'dispose' of her. They left her with us when we were on patrol. Her injuries are too much for even the Kyuubi to heal. A poison similar to the one Sasori of the Red Sand used has been found in her wounds. Only one of the Sannin could save her and she is currently the Hokage of Konoha. So we can't ask her."
"I'm not Hokage anymore. I-" Everyone whirled at the new voice and saw Tsunade in the room, covered in dust and panting slightly. She didn't get further than her first sentence as Gaara pinned her against the wall with one hand and a deadly amount of KI pouring off him.
"What happened to her? Tell me or you'll regret it."
Tsunade stared tiredly into his eyes and then tears began to trickle from the corners of her eyes. "There was nothing I could do! The council went behind my back and… and… They killed her!"
Gaara's shoulders slumped and he let her down. "She's not dead Tsunade-san. She has severe wounds covering her body, a poison similar to the one used by Sasori of the Red Sands. Her mind has retreated into the Kyuubi's jail. The Kyuubi's chakra can't heal the damage done by the poison. Only a skilled medic would be able to heal her. I, as the KazeKage of Sunakagure, ask you to heal her."
Everyone in the room stared in shock. Gaara. Just. .To. Do. Something. He usually would demand it or just find someone else. But he just asked politely. It was a first.
Tsunade wiped her eyes and chuckled shakily. "I would've done it anyway, y'know."
Approaching the bed, Tsunade took a deep breath and then began healing the removing the poison from Naru's bloodstream. Then she began working on the outer wounds. The process took hours of just watching and people flowed in and out of the room. Gaara stayed the entire time, waiting patiently as he listened with half his mind to Shukaku just rambling on about things he used to do with Kyuubi. Gaara just tuned him out after a while.
Five hours later, Tsunade let out a sigh and sank into a chair. Tears poured down her face as she gazed at Naru and Gaara sat in the chair next to her.
"Will she be ok, Tsunade-san?" Gaara asked, his voice concerned. Tsunade looked at him at surprise at the care and concern plainly evident in his voice and then blinked. "I don't know. Her mind shows signs of mental abuse and her body, well her body shows signs of jutsu's, kunai, swords, sai, glass bottle and many other forms of abuse. It could take a while for her mind to come to terms with the attack. She will wake up in a hour or so." Gaara nodded in reply and stared at the blonde girls sleeping face.
Naru POV
The faces surrounded me, their red eyes leering at me out of the white masks. The masks were soon joined by civilians, their faces hard and angry. They encompassed me all around, leaving no escape route. I was trapped as they flung their hate at me and I curled in a ball, taking the onslaught and then gasped as blows were thrown and weapons hit me, sinking deep into my flesh. A burning sensation surrounded the wounds made by the weapons and my mind dimly informed me the weapons must've been poisoned.
Demon Brat!
Just die and go away!
No-one wants you here!
Stay away!
You don't belong here!
Darkness swirled just out of reach of me, along with unconsciousness as the taunts kept coming and the blows and I screamed out, my body on fire and-
I opened my eyes as I felt a hand on my shoulder and I found myself looking into aqua green eyes ringed in black shadows and feeling that hand, I jerked out of the hand and flung myself off the bed and backed into a corner before seeing the owner of the hand.
Spiky red hair and black rimmed green eyes stared at me in shock and I sank back into the bed. Gaara wasn't going to hurt me. Speaking of hurting, I felt no pain and looked down at my body. I couldn't detect any wounds. Then my mind caught up with me and I cried out, my heart shattering as I remembered the attack that night. I felt a pair of warm arms envelope me and hugged me close, rocking slightly as I cried, my tears staining his red shirt and leaving marks that looked like blood drops. It wouldn't surprise me if my tears turned to blood, with the amount I had lost.
As my tears stopped, I leant further into the embrace and then my mind realized exactly who was holding me. Gaara? Showing affection? What had the world come to? Shutting up my logical side, I just closed my eyes and drifted into sleep to the sound of Gaara's heartbeat beat steadily next to my ear.
Perfect.