Hello there my people, yes, another story from MOI!!! This one I've had in my head for Donkey's years! I just perfected it a little bit before posting the first chapter. ^ ^. Okay, if you feel like it, you could say it has a sort of Robin Hood theme to it… but please don't get Robin Hood stuck in your head!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THIS IS A SASUNARU so you will soon be reading the juicy stuff before you die of old age.^ ^.

It is set in a sort of `olden days English kings and queens era` sort of thing with swords and bows and arrows. Yeah, a childish way of explaining it, but that way every body understands it and nobody gets confused, unless I'm ranting on like I'm doing now ¬¬.

Also, as some of you might know, my stories take a while to get to the juicy parts, maybe a few chapters because I like to get the whole story line in to explain why Naruto is being fucking rammed into the soft silk bed sheets by a horny Sasuke who kisses and touches his entire body… oops I'm getting carried away again o0'. *shutting up* *whispers* -So please try not to get bored and just enjoy the story line-

WARNING; *Takes deep breath* THIS IS A YAOI SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE BOYS LOVE OR BOYS FUCKING EACH OTHER THEN PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS FOR THE LOVE OF *****!!! Because I really only want people who will enjoy this kind of story to read it ^ ^ So please let my big bold capital italic lettering get through to your brains if you don't like Yaoi.^ ^.

DISCLAIMER; Okay, I don't own Naruto or any of the cast/crew but the story line is mine as far as I'm sure.

Please, if any one thinks I've stolen their idea, I've heard enough of that on other sites, it just pisses me off.

But if you want to say some thing like `Oh I had that idea too! Great minds think alike` or some thing sweet like that then please do, just don't leave any nasty comments or rants, because I might just read them in my spare time when I'm bloody bored out of my fucking mind

For the rest of my pretties- you'll have to excuse the amount of swearing I'm throwing out this time- … ENJOY XDDDD

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It was a storm, thunder and lightening blended together in a fusion of light and sound. She screamed, clenching his hands tightly until they turned purple. The doctors and nurses hushing her, trying to calm her down to give an easy birth.

The king let out a whimper and was finally brought down to his knees by the pressure his wife was emitting on his poor fingers; "Ah-haa! Kushina d-darling… I think… you could let go just a little… AH!"

Minato gave in, desperately attempting to pry his wife's hands from their tight grasp. She growled, sitting forward in an attempt to push; "OoooH! Minato I already loosened up- KYAAAAH!!!"

Minato continued to lower closer and closer to the floor under Kushina's crippling clench.

Eventually, Kushina screamed and pushed her final push, Minato screaming to some point since his fingers were practically being crushed off. The nurse grabbed the baby as it slipped out and instantly wrapped it up in a towel, carrying it away for a moment to clean it up. Kushina panted and huffed, pale and in a cold sweat as Minato smiled warmly at her, caressing the side of her face; "It's alright honey, the baby's out…"She thumped her head back and said in an exhausted tone; "What a relief…"

Her blonde spouse's lips twitched as he cracked a smile and agreed; "Yeah… a big relief…"His wife lifted her head; "Can I see my baby?"

The nurse carried the baby over, smiling gently as she passed it to her; "Well done and congratulations your majesty!"

Kushina rocked it in her arms, she couldn't take her eyes off of her baby; "Do we know what gender it is?"Tsunade, the doctor came forward, examining the baby; "I apologise your highness, but since our gynaecologist is unattainable at the moment, we are not too sure what gender the baby is. We'll be able to tell you in the mourning, for now I highly suggest that you take some rest and we'll see if your condition gets any better…"

The doctor and nurses nodded and took their leave, allowing the king and queen some time alone together with their new born.

Minato asked; "So what do you wish to call him?"Kushina stated; "You heard what the doctors said Minato, they don't know if it's a boy or a girl…"Minato shrugged; "Weeeell, say for example if it is a boy, or even a girl, what would you call it?"

Kushina thought for a minute; "Well, I would call him… Naruto…. what would you call him?"Minato grinned; "I think I'd also call him… if he were a boy… Naruto."His wife looked at him sweetly when he continued to speak; "Ah-ha… well, what would you like to call it darling? If it were a girl?"Kushina pouted; "How come you get to choose the boy names? Oh well, if it were a girl… oh I don't know…"

Later that mourning, Tsunade gave Minato some horrible news; "Your majesty, we're sorry to say this… but… our queen won't make it. She's just not strong enough, especially after the baby. Her condition has worsened and the medicine we had given her doesn't seem to make her get any better… we don't know if the baby is of a fit condition either, so I have the best doctors working on your child…"

Minato was heart broken; "How long does she have left…?"

Tsunade glanced at the floor; "Less than a day, she'll pass away after mid-day at best…"Just then, Minato could feel his heart aching. He loved Kushina so much, she was his wife, his best friend… a mother to his child. His child was going to grow up without a mother, and his kingdom without a queen. This was the worst ever.

Kushina had been growing ill before his child was born, and he gave a brief thought of what was in the medicine, when Tsunade spoke; "Might I suggest you spend as much time with her as possible… it breaks the lands' heart to know their queen will no longer sit at our king's side. Might I ask when we should state when she's died to the land?"

Minato strode past her, his long red velvet cape wafting in a sort of dull way as he said heartlessly; "Stop speaking so far a head if you wish to keep your head doctor Tsunade…"

Tsunade watched sadly as her usually happy king walked gloomily down the long, dark corridor. She then stared darkly at the doctor walking out side who had purposely promised the medicine he's given the queen was genuinely going to make her better.

The doctor was none other than doctor Danzo, an overly suspicious character who wandered aimlessly- or so it seemed- around the castle grounds constantly. Just a few hours ago, Tsunade had caught him hovering around the new-bourns room and scared him off with her stare. She decided she didn't want to ignore this creep any longer and unfolded her arms, heading out to the garden where Danzo was staring at the poison berries.

Minato smiled warmly at his wife; "Hello darling…"

She looked up at him weakly, smiling back; "Hello…"

He sat down on her bed, taking her hand. She still had a cold sweat and looked awfully pale and grey. He bit his lip, they hadn't told her yet had they? When she started to cling to his hand and cry, he knew that they had. He hugged her tightly, kissing her over and over again. She sniffed; "Oh Minato, my child will not have a mother…. What kind of mother lets her child grow up without her?! My child will never know me… they won't know me…"

Minato hugged her even tighter; "Oh don't cry, I won't let them forget about you. I'll tell our child stories about you, how beautiful you are, how smart you are."

Just then, he picked her up in his arms and she asked, blushing madly; "Minato! What are you doing?!"He waltzed out of the room and carried her out to their special place in the gardens; "I will not have my queen miss her favourite Sakura trees blooming no matter what deathly illness she may harbour…"As non-romantic as it sounds, Minato meant it in the most heart felt, romantic way possible. Kushina relaxed into her husbands strong arms and muttered softly; "…Minato…thank you…"

As he strode around the gardens with Kushina safely in his arms, they watched the Sakura trees bloom and petals float in the breeze. They even had their new born brought out with them as they sat and viewed the gardens beautiful wonders and beauty.

Later that evening, Minato sat hunched over his queens lifeless body. She was grey and pale, cold to the touch as Minato clenched her pulse-less, fragile hand. Tsunade stood with her head down along with all the nurses in the room and she said as softly as she could; "King Minato… I'm so sorry…"

Suddenly, he stood up and stormed out of the room. Tsunade followed and could not do more than stand with her back against the wall out side of Minato's bed room as he destroyed anything he got his hands on. Throwing vases and smashing wooden objects, anything in his way was in pieces. Tsunade tried his best to blank out the heart retching screams and sobs of her king who was once classed as `the sun` of his kingdom, but his heart was broken into many pieces at the loss of his queen.

Later that night, Minato locked himself in his room and would not let anything enter, not even any one who had food which worried Tsunade because he loved his food, even when his dog died. But then she remembered, that Kushina was there to help him through his loss.

She then remembered that if Minato was going to be in this state for more than tonight, he wouldn't be able to attend the agreement.

The thing was, Minato's kingdom had agreed to have their first born have an arranged marriage with their second born- due to their first born practically being already in ling for the throne- so that they could rule Minato's kingdom when he grew old. This whole agreement was to stop the Uchiha kingdom battles with Konoha, Minato's kingdom. The Uchiha had given birth to a second son.

Tsunade decided to attend the hearing, she was the doctor of Minato's first born, she would also have to spill the information about Kushina's death. Not to mention she would have to call in that gynaecologist straight away. Tsunade was fairly old, and had been Minato's nanny/nurse and his `young` grandmother for all her life. She was practically a second mother to him since he had to take over the throne at a very young age of fifteen when the previous king and queen had died fighting in one of the great battle between the kingdoms. Even though some people saw her as merely the palace doctor, she was much more than that and had so many more rights than any bishop or nobleman that Minato could ever grant them.

That night, Tsunade looked over the baby in its specially designed crib made out of white silver birch with silver carvings of gooseberries plated on the head board. She took a special necklace she had out of a small silk cloth and smiled gently as she placed it around the baby's along with a silver bracelet around its wrist; "Oh, you look so much like your father… but you look like you'll have your mothers nose there sweetheart…"

She tapped the sleeping child's nose, which made the small, barely blonde baby nuzzle into her finger. She sniffed, wiping her eye to stop a tear from coming out; "You should have seen the way your mother looked at you. She loves you so much, and even though she's gone… she'll always be with you. See this necklace here? I gave it to her for her wedding gift. It's a royal family heirloom… She was so young and so beautiful… you'll see portraits of her around the castle when you're older. When she died, one of her last wished was that you'd get this…"

She looked down at the baby's face, noticing three small lines each on either of its cheeks as she stroked them; "What an unusual little face you have… it must have been that damn rookie nurse wiping your face too hard… either that or birth marks… I believe Minato's father had similar ones… although his were covered by a big bushy beard."

The blonde, large busted woman curled a little bit of what little hair the baby had; "You know what? I think you're a boy… I'm certain. But Danzo insisted we wait until the other doctor gets here… he's fairly trained in that area too… yet he was acting strangely… Oh well."

Tsunade eventually stopped speaking and telling stories, kissing the child on the forehead goodnight and exiting the room, blowing out the candles on her way out; "Good night… Naruto…"She'd over heard what Minato had wanted to call their child if it was a boy and so dubbed the child so. She even managed to get a hold of the carved bracelet that Minato sent for just in case it was a boy with the name Naruto on it.

When she was gone, Danzo slipped in the room, staring down disgustedly at the baby. He opened up the window and coaxed some one up the rope he threw down. He took the other new born from his minion's hands and roughly tossed the royal baby to him instead; "Take care of him. I don't want any evidence of him left any where, not a trace got it? We have to have nobleman blood join the royal family, or else we will constantly be under handed and undermined by the royals."- He'd discovered that their first born was a boy, and so his plan would slot in very easily-; "I'll use my own baby girl to do this so that the blood line is at least pure…"Danzo was some what of an ex-nobleman, who had then decided to be a doctor. Killing Kushina was only revenge for Minato ignoring his every word and- in short- firing him. But he had changed his looks since then and managed to become Kushina's doctor.

He placed his baby girl gently in the cot then turned to the minion still hovering around behind him; "What are you waiting for?! Throw it in the North West river already. That should carry him out into the lake where nobody will ever find him if this gets turned over. Which I highly doubt, since nobody knows any thing about the baby for sure yet… Go-go!!! Shoo-shoo!!!"

The minion gave a quick nod and a stumble before scaling down the wall and getting on a horse, riding off into the night which was- yet again- stormy.

He rode far away from the castle and into the poorer part of the kingdom where he rode onto the great stone bridge of the North West river `Ho`. He jumped off of his horse, hovering the baby over the side when he suddenly stopped; "Oh, wait, what if some one see's it and thinks it is a baby?! I'll have to put it in some thing…"He wrapped a cloth around the crying baby; "Oh hush! I said shut it up you stupid baby! If you cry any more some one'll hear you!! Damn it!!!"

He ruthlessly dropped it into the river to shut it up, the baby boy wrapped in a thick, , gray blanket. He rode away as quickly as possible.

Naruto floated down the cold river- since it was October and it would be cold -crying loudly. The thickness of the blanket and the way it was wrapped around him distributed what little weight he had and so floated on top of the water. At the edge of the river, a man was getting some drinking water for his goats and donkey; "There you go guys, drink up…"

He froze, hearing the noise of a baby crying; "Huh?"

He looked around for a moment, he couldn't see any one. He then went to look across the wide river, and found no one standing on the other side. His eyes eventually lay upon the floating bundle quickly disappearing down river. He gasped; "Oh my lord!"

He waded into the water in a flash, muttering to his animals; "S-stay there! I'll be back in a minute guys!"

The water soaked right through his scrappy clothing, but her didn't care about how cold or wet he was, his mind was set on getting to that baby. He swam rather awkwardly down the river, since he had never really been that good at swimming until he finally snagged the baby's blanket; "Gottchya!"

He pulled the baby in to his chest, then when he inadvertently sank since there was no more pebbles under his feet, he held it above his head.

He coughed and shivered as he stumbled onto shore back with his animals, unwrapping the baby from its wet blanket and dragging the one off of the donkey's back; "Here y-you go… you m-must be f-f-fr-freezing.."

He noticed some thing shiny on the baby; "Oh my-… what's this?"He looked at the necklace; "What a lovely piece of jewellery… and a bracelet?"He read the name; "Naruto? Well, some one must be missing you very much Naruto. You must have come from the small village up river. I'll take you tomorrow…"He hugged the still gurgling baby and patted him on the back, rocking him; "Sshh…sshh… It's okay Naruto… I'll take care of you if we can't find your parents…"

"Iruka? Iruka?"The man looked to his side where a small child wandered out of the woods in surprise; "Oh! Temari! I thought I asked you to watch over the others while I watered the animals?!"Temari said blankly, pointing behind her; "Gaara started crying again… and now Kankuro is awake and I can't get him back to sleep…"Iruka sighed; "Oh right, I'm coming… here take the rope of the donkey will you please?"

Iruka was a poorer peasant who barely made a living with farming and doing small magic tricks in nearby villages and small towns. He was a kind fellow, too kind some times and had recently found himself in the possession of orphans who were victims of the battles and abandonment and abuse. He could barely keep all of them fed but he tried his hardest to keep them all fairly educated and treated well and well mannered.

He had Temari, who was the eldest of three siblings he'd found on his travels at the side of the road begging for money. He took more than pity on them since Temari was only seven, Kankuro, her younger brother, was five and Gaara, the baby brother they'd named was barely three months old. He also had a small child who liked to sleep with the wild dogs and wolves in the woods since they had found him first but the young boy was ill so Iruka took him in, he was only about a year or so old- Kiba. Also, he'd come to father a boy who liked to eat… a lot, which grew difficult when he wanted extras. Iruka had found him eating grass once he was so hungry. Iruka figured he had some form of eating disorder and he was about a year old- Choji. There was also a boy who Iruka figured had been beaten and abused into silence then abandoned. He didn't speak at all but learned a form of fake sign language, even though he wasn't deaf and he had a strange interest in the ant hill in the woods, he didn't know how old he was because of how he acted- Shino. Iruka also saved another boy, who was actually up for sale because his parents just couldn't keep him any more- Shikamaru.

Iruka was only nineteen, but he was far more mature than any other person you would find on the planet at that time. He'd lost his parents at a young age as well, and so learned how to feed off of what little farm land his parents had once owned and the woods and the great North West river `Ho`.

Temari's eyes glued to the bundle in Iruka's which was making baby noises; "Iruka… what's that?"

Iruka looked down at the baby in his arms; "Oh this? This is Naruto…I found him in the river. Poor baby is all wet and cold. I'm going to be taking him to the village up river tomorrow, so I'll need you to watch them all again please. I won't be gone long."

Temari asked enthusiastically; "Can I see him please?!"

They'd just reached the small cabin and Iruka handed Naruto to her as he put the animals in the stable; "Sure, be sure to make him welcome…"

The next day, Minato sat staring at the large portrait of his wife in the bedroom. His eyes were red and dry and he didn't want to move. He didn't really want to breath either but he always ended up giving in and running out of breath, gasping. He slowly turned his head to glance out of the window when some body knocked on his door, it was Tsunade; "Minato… you'll be glad to hear the gynaecologist came earlier… and concluded that it was a baby girl….."Minato stayed silent and he heard Tsunade sigh; "The Uchiha lords are here… I've decided to explain the situation to them and to proceed with the arranged marriage… Minato? I need your blessing… Minato? Please, you have to grant this, I need to hear you say it…"Minato grunted, and Tsunade sighed irritated; "Minato, I cannot condole how sorry I am for your loss, do not forget, she was the queen and every body loved her. She was our queen damn it, and they'll all hear about her death this afternoon whether you tell them about it or I do. But please, pull it together… for your little girl…"

As the day passed and it grew closer to the afternoon where his wife's death was announced, he blinked at the Sakura blossom trees in the garden. He then clicked, his wife loved the Sakura trees, and they had a little girl. He stood up, walking out of his room just as Tsunade was about to knock. She stared confused at Minato as he walked like a drone down the hall; "Eh… Minato?"

She followed at a fair pace behind him. He walked into the room where Danzo stood outside; "Congratulations your majesty… It is a girl, just like I suspected-"Tsunade quietly growled at him; "Put a cork in it Danzo…"She then turned her attention back to Minato, who picked up the baby girl and looked at her; "Sakura… her name will be Sakura. In commemoration of my wife and queen Kushina."Even though she really wanted to call her baby Naruto, it was a girl, and Minato acted on his love for his wife. His heart was slowly being pieced back together.

Tsunade, warmed to the heart by the notion, then narrowed her eyes in on the baby in suspicion; `Wait a minute… didn't I give it that necklace? And where did the bracelet go? I could have sworn I put them on the child last night…`

Tsunade thought sceptically of the child now, she could have sworn that last night she heard Danzo, but brushed it off as just paranoia that he might come back and hover around the baby's room. She looked at Danzo who was smiling and nodding with the king as Minato stroked the baby's face.

Plus, the baby looked a little bit older- as in larger- and she could have sworn the baby's eyes were bright blue just like Minato's. Some thing wasn't right and it irritated her to no end, just what had Danzo done? Poured itching powder all over her paranoia or something?! Goddamn it was this annoying or what? Tsunade had always trusted her gut instinct, but decided not to pain Minato further in accusing the child of not even being his any more. So, she merely brushed it off.

As for Iruka, he came home that afternoon exhausted; "Nobody said they'd been missing a new born child… this poor baby…"

He rocked Naruto in his arms ad Temari shrugged and jumped off of the small wooden chair, reaching up for Naruto; "Oh well, a new baby brother! Yay!"

Iruka groaned; "Yeah… yay…"

How the hell was he going to feed 8 children and himself now?! He groaned loudly again and slumped down in his chair; "Oh lord, give me strength…"