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The Guardian
By: I'm Gay Dammit
Everything was well in Konohagakure. The sun was shining brightly, giving the citizens of the small village warm surroundings. The clouds were ample so as to shield the scorching rays of the sun from the said villagers. The birds were chirping and all was peaceful.
The ambiance of the Hokage Tower on the other hand was a bit short to be called peaceful. There were ANBU guards strolling around trying to look intimidating, Chunnin and genins on various parts of the tower waiting for their missions, and some just getting back from previous missions. The Hokage, for once, doing her paperwork and not drowning herself in sake Shizune is very proud of the Hokage-sama at the moment.
A faint knock was heard on the Hokage's office door. An ANBU came in and gave Shizune a plain white scroll.
"Who's it from?" Shizune asked the ANBU politely, inspecting the scroll for any jutsus performed on the scroll.
"A pigeon brought it in, air mail." The ANBU guard then bowed and excused himself.
Shizune opened the scroll, tentatively reading the contents, her eyes widening with every line. She gasped and then gazed at the Hokage in shock.
"Ho-hokage-sama?" Shizune faintly called the Hokage's attention.
"Yeah? Who's it from?" Tsunade looked up from her mountainous pile of paperwork. "If it's from someone I owe money from, forget it."
"It's from Jiraiya-sama." Shizune then handed the scroll to Tsunade.
To the Hokage,
It is time. We will be arriving shortly after you received this scroll. The time has finally come for us to take the stand. You know what to do. Gather Team 7 first and explain to them everything. Especially, our little gaki Naruto. Tell him that his guardian has arrived.
Jiraiya
"Finally." Tsunade sighed in relief. "The time has finally come. I wonder how Naruto will react."
"Tsunade-sama?" Shizune spoke up with renewed vigour. "Shall I call them in?"
"Yes. Tell them it's urgent." Tsunade then set aside her paperwork, digging through her desk to find some related documents to their discussion. "Thank you."
"Naruto!" Sakura came running from the street and chased Naruto all the way to their meeting place, the bridge. "Come back here you idiot!"
Naruto was running and laughing at the same time, resembling him of the villagers of a crazed lunatic that escaped from a mental institution. He was waving a pink and red love note, probably Sakura's, who was hot on his tail.
"Naruto give it back!" Sakura then took her chance and pounced at Naruto who landed with a huge thud on the pavement, right below Sasuke's feet.
Sakura then snatched the letter from the shocked teenager and to add insult to injury, she punched the blonde particularly hard on the back of the head.
"Never mess with my mailbox, idiot." She seethed as she brought the letter to her chest, clutching it affectionately.
"Geez, I was just kidding." Naruto then looked up and gave Sasuke a cheeky smile as the raven-haired teen extended out a hand. "Fuzzy Brows must be ecstatic, Sakura."
"Dobe." Sasuke grunted.
"I'm just giving him a chance, you know?" Sakura said haughtily. "Ever since Sasuke came back, Lee's been more persuasive than ever to get my attention. Besides, I think Lee's a nice young man. Being so sweet and romantic by giving all those love notes on my mailbox." She sighed dreamily.
Sasuke smirked and forced down the laugh that was bursting to come out. Leave it to Sakura to give a touching speech such as that. Naruto however, didn't bother to hide his mirth and burst out laughing.
"You sound like a love sick schoolgirl!" Naruto pointed. At that, Sasuke gave out a low chuckle unable to hide his laughter.
"You idiots!" Sakura raised her fist to strike Naruto. Just as she was about to hit Naruto to the next oblivion, Kakashi appeared with a pop.
"Stop." Kakashi ordered.
The three young ninjas gaped in surprise as Kakashi ordered them to do something for once.
"Hokage-sama needs to talk to us, it's regarding Naruto." Kakashi turned around and started to walk for the tower. "And no, he's not in trouble. Hurry up!"
In a flash all four ran to the tower in record speed.
"They're here." Shizune announced.
"Good. Bring them in." Tsunade flicked her hand to motion them in.
All four came in tentatively, but three looked nervous.
"Okay, let's get straight to the point." Tsunade stood up as she motioned for them to sit. "You all know about the Kyuubi no Kitsune, right? And why it was placed in Naruto?" All four heads nodded. "But there are some things that you don't and we'll be explaining them to you."
"We?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes, we." Jiraiya said as he then came out from a darkened corner with a girl their age behind him.
The girl looked normal enough, except for some scars all over her body and the blank and somewhat sullen look on her face. She was wearing a forehead protector with no logo on it on her forehead, her short hair spiked up at the back by the forehead protector. Her outfit consisted of a plain white tank top and faded blue boy's jeans; she was wearing the standard ninja sandals. She also had an elaborate tribal tattoo on both her arms, kind of like a snake circling her arm.
All eyes were on her and yet she gave no indication of acknowledging anyone.
"Everyone this is Angel, she's one of my students to put it lightly." Jiraiya gave a cheeky grin. Angel on the other hand, just bowed politely and said nothing.
"What is it that you wanted to explain?" Kakashi asked for the sake of the three teens. He already knew who she is and why she's here.
"Right. Naruto, Angel is your guardian. Don't mind the pun, it's unintentional." Tsunade spoke up. "You all know that when the Yondaime fought the Kyuubi no Kitsune, he sealed it into a new born baby which happened to be Naruto."
"My guardian?" Naruto asked incredulously.
"Questions later." Kakashi said.
They nodded.
"What you didn't know is that there were five newborn baby at that time that met certain requirements for the Yondaime to seal the demon in. They had to be orphaned, first of all and they must not be longer than a day old." Jiraiya nodded as Tsunade continued to explain.
"We did a series of test on all five babies and only three had sufficient chakra to be able to undergo the seal. The three babies were Naruto, Angel and Kaoru. The other two were placed in an orphanage on the Sand village after the war because of obvious reasons." Tsunade stopped for a second to take a breath and a gulp of water.
Jiraiya continued for her.
"Naruto was chosen because he had the strongest chakra flow among three. The other two were assigned to be his guardian if, and only if they survived the Guardian Oath." Jiraiya said.
"The Guardian Oath is like a pact, more like to swear your life to the person you are guarding. It's a very dangerous jutsu. Blood from both parties are extracted and are placed in a pot, they stay that way until both bloods are mixed together while a medic nin perform the right hand seals. If it's successful the guardian and the person being guarded must drink their combined blood that way the guardian will be forever guard the person he's guarding. It doesn't matter if he or she doesn't want to do the job, they have no choice otherwise, the guardian will die."
"What?" Naruto yelled as he stared at Angel.
"How is this possible?" Sakura asked.
"I just told you. Angel had been with Jiraiya and other Kages all over the world training to be the best guardian of the generation, her training is done and she's here to guard Naruto." Tsunade said as she took a seat on her chair.
"But why do I need a guardian for?" Naruto asked.
"Because although Team 7 is the strongest team in Konoha right now, there are a lot of lunatics out there like the Akatsuki that is after Naruto and Kyuubi no Kitsune." Jiraiya filled in.
"Oh, before I forget, Angel has been speaking with Itachi for information on the Akatsuki. You all know that Itachi is a spy for Konoha, right?" Tsunade asked.
They just nodded, too stunned to say anything.
"What happened to Kaoru?" Sasuke asked.
"He didn't made it, he died right after the jutsu was performed. Too much chakra flow raced through his heart and before we knew it, he had a heart attack." Tsunade explained, sighing.
"What!" Naruto yelled. "How could you just pick on orphans like that? Just because we no longer have a family doesn't mean you have to risk our lives so brutally!"
"Dobe calm down." Sasuke hugged the almost sobbing blonde. "They had no choice Naruto, otherwise the village would've been gone right now if they haven't."
"What happens to Angel?" Naruto inquired, he's been gripping on Sasuke's arm through the ordeal.
"She'll be doing her job guarding you. You wouldn't even know she's there; she'll only come out of hiding when there's serious trouble. She will not interfere with missions." Jiraiya explained.
"Why is she so silent?" Sakura asked.
"Guardians are meant to be seen when required and not spoken to unless, Naruto gave her a rule to do otherwise." Jiraiya said. "All these years she's been trained to follow the basic rule of the guardians but once she started working for the person she's guarding, she has to follow whatever rule Naruto gives her."
"How do I give rules? I don't want to feel like some heartless freak or something like that!" Naruto said. You could say that he's frantic.
"No, it's not like that Naruto." Jiraiya said. "Just tell her what you expect of her and she'll try to meet them."
"What if I just want her to be another one of my friends? Can she be my friend?" Naruto whispered.
"Yes, Naruto. She can be your friend." Tsunade smiled thoughtfully. Leave it to Naruto to think of other people's happiness before his own. "She'll be living with Naruto and Sasuke's place obviously."
Still Angel said nothing.
"If there are no more questions, please leave." Tsunade said as Shizune ushered them out. "The other teams have been informed about this since this morning so don't bother explaining."
They just exited as if under a spell. A lot of things were running on their minds. The next thing they knew they were seated on the bridge they used to meet. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were looking at each other as if to indicate to say something. Kakashi was just there reading his own book, not a care in the world. Finally, Naruto glanced at Angel who was standing two feet away from them.
"Angel?" Naruto called.
Angel said nothing as she made her way to Naruto. She stopped when she was an arm away and then bowed as if to indicate Naruto to continue. Naruto chuckled nervously. Sasuke and Sakura watched intensely.
"No, no." Naruto said, shaking his head in disapproval. "You don't have to bow to me. You can speak to anyone, if you like. Just be yourself." Naruto smiled happily.
"Yes, of course." Angel said stiffly. "As you wish."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. Didn't I just told her to be herself? Why is she acting like a robot?
"Ne, you don't have to act like a guardian. Just act like a teenager." Naruto persuaded.
"As you wish, Uzumaki-sama." Angel said, still with her emotionless tone.
"You don't have to call me that, not even rats call me that. Call me Naruto." Naruto grinned.
Sasuke and Sakura behind him, with their eyebrows lifted.
"As you wish, Naruto."
This is gonna be hard. She takes everything as a rule! Naruto thought.
Author's Note: Thank you for reading. Tell me what you guys want on the next chapter. This is SasuNaru so don't worry. And hot damn, I will continue this!