I am so, so sorry about the wait, I had exams and I badly needed to study for them. Now I have to help my grandparents do some yardwork every other week. Hopefully I'll be pumping out chapters every other week.
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Bold: Inner Sakura/Summons/Demonic talking
Italic: Thinking
Bold/Italic: Inner Sakura/summons/Demonic thinking
Underline: Jutsu
A Mother's Fury
Chapter 1
With that said, the giant toad hopped into battle with a creature of destruction.
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That night saw the death of the greatest Hokage that Konohagakure had seen to date and the cursing of a new-born baby who had no say in the matter. It also saw the night when Konohagakure mysteriously lost its greatest kunoichi since the Slug-sannin Tsunade, Uzumaki Kushina.
--6 years, 11 months, 30 days later--
--Konohagakure no Sato-
Peace had returned to the Konoha after Kyuubi's attack. Shopkeepers were busy selling their wares, blacksmiths forging weapons, and the Sandaime was be destroyed from the scourge of all Kages, paperwork. Everyone was happy(for the most part) save for one small boy with whiskers birth marks…
"GET BACK HERE YOU DAMN DEMON!!" yelled a random villager.
'Oh man, what did I do this time!' thought the said boy.
This boy, named Uzumaki Naruto, had for the past 6 years, been beaten, starved, robbed, poisoned, and one time was even ran through with a katana. He wore an orange jumpsuit that he got out of a trashcan and the only reason the villagers didn't take it from him was that it made him easier to spot. None of the shops would let him enter and those that did charged him 5 times the normal price. The only place that he could go and be treated with respect was Ichiraku Ramen, a small ramen shop that was run by a chef named Ichiraku Tenchu who had an 11 year old daughter named Ayame who helped her father with the shop. Them and the Sandaime were the only ones who actively cared for the boy. There were 3 others that cared for the boy when they had time; Jiraiya, Inuzuka Rin, and Senju Tsunade. Jiraiya had been the one who bought Naruto his apartment, while Tsunade gave Naruto a garden full of herbal plants on the Senju clan grounds. Inuzuka Rin was the Sandaime's personal medic and chief ANBU bodyguard. When ever Naruto needed medical attention, she was the one who worked on him as no one else in the hospital would even lift a finger to help Naruto.
Rin's soon-to-be-ex boyfriend however, disliked Naruto to the point where he would tell villagers where Naruto was at the moment. When Rin found out about this, the whole village heard what she said, "HATAKE KAKASHI, YOU'RE DEAD!!". Needless to say, Kakashi learned what happens when you piss off a highly trained med-nin on par with Tsunade's apprentice, Shizune.
Even though Naruto went through things that would cause the best trained ninjas to crack, he still smiled everyday and didn't crack. However, no one knew what was going to happen on this day and how things would change, save for one.
'Man, how do I get away from these guys' yelled Naruto in his mind as he ran for dear life.
'Maybe I can get to Jii-san, he can protect me!'
"HEY DEMON, COME BACK HERE!" Hollered the villager who by now had a mob with him.
"LIKE HELL I WILL!" Hollered back Naruto 'I can't make it to Jii-san at this rate! Wait, there's a hole in the fence up ahead! Maybe I can fit through it!'
When Naruto got to the hole, he dove into it but found his pants leg stuck on the fence as he came out the other side. When the mob saw this, they grinned and ran faster to catch up to Naruto. Just as they got there, the lower pants leg tore loose and Naruto ran into the woods.
--10 minutes later--
As Naruto wondered around the forest, he was thinking on how the villagers were treating him.
'WHY! WHY DO THEY ALWAYS TREAT ME LIKE THIS!!' mentally cried Naruto "All I've ever done to them is played a few small pranks on them."
He continued walking through the forest when he heard several voices coming from a clearing.
"Leave me alone!" cried out a girl's voice.
"Ahh, look at that! We made forehead girl cry, whatever should we do?" mocked another girl's voice.
Naruto ran over to see what was going on. When he got to the clearing, he saw a group of girls ranging from 7 to 9 years old standing around a girl with pink hair about his age taunting her. The pink-haired girl was crawled up in a ball trying to block out the other girls voices.
Naruto, who couldn't stand seeing this, jumped out of the bushes and yelling "Get away of her!"
The girls looked over at him, one of the older girls recognized him and yelled "It's the demon, lets get out of here!"
The girls ran off and left Naruto and the pink-hair girl alone. Naruto ran up to the still balled up girl and asked "Are you alright?"
The girl mumbled "Please don't pick on me."
"I ain't going pick on you, my name's Uzumaki Naruto. What's your name?" said Naruto.
"My name's Haruno Sakura." replied Sakura "Why aren't you making fun of me, everyone else does."
"Why would they want to make fun of you, Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto.
"Just look at my forehead, it's huge!" shouted Sakura "Now you're going to pick on me."
"No I'm not, I don't think it's big at all. I think it's cute and it makes me want to kiss it." calmly answered Naruto "Plus if your forehead is big, doesn't that mean you're really smart?"
Sakura blushed at the 'cute' comment and then was embarrassed at the 'smart' comment "He's nice and cute too. Ask him if he want to go to the festival tonight." Said Inner Sakura(IS).
"Thank you Naruto-kun. Hey, do you want to go to the festival with me tonight?" asked Sakura.
"Ahh, are you sure you want me to go with you?" nervously asked Naruto.
"Yes I'm sure, Naruto-kun. Do you have anywhere you want to meet at?" asked Sakura.
Naruto answered "How about the Ichiraku Ramen shop Sakura-chan?"
"Sure, I know where that is! See'ya tonight Naruto-kun!" yelled Sakura as she ran home.
'Man, I need to go see Jii-san. Maybe he can help me out with tonight.' thought Naruto as he smiled and walked back to Konoha.
--30min. later--
--Hokage's Tower--
Naruto walked up to an ANBU standing in front of the door to the Hokage's office.
" Hey Rin-nee-chan, can I go see Jii-san." Asked Naruto.
"Oh, hello Naru-kun. I think Sandaime-sama is taking a break right now." Answered Rin "Go on in."
The blonde replied "Thanks Nee-chan!"
--Hokage's office--
"Hello Naruto-kun, how are you today?" asked Sarutobi.
Naruto answered "I'm alright. I got chased by mob though."
At this, the Sandaime looked at Naruto and asked "Do you know you they were?"
"No, but I got away from them really fast this time." grinned Naruto "Hey Jii-san, can you help me with something?"
"What do you need?" replied Sarutobi.
"I need something to wear to the festival tonight." Stated Naruto.
"Oh, and why do you want to go to the festival?" asked the Hokage as he remembered what had happened during past festivals.
Naruto told him what had happened earlier in the forest.
"Ah. Well then, we need to get you something nice to wear." Said Sarutobi "Rin-san!"
"Yes?" replied Rin as she shushined in front of the Sandaime's desk.
"I want you to take Naruto-kun here to get something nice to wear to the festival tonight. It seems he has a date with Haruno Urameshii's (1) daughter." Stated Sarutobi.
"Ohh, does Naru-kun have a crush?" Giggled Rin.
"Uhh… maybe." Mumbled a red-faced Naruto.
"Well then, lets go get you something nice to wear, shall we?" said a still giggling Rin.
"Just send me the bill for whatever you 2 get." Said Sarutobi as Naruto & Rin were leaving.
--Later that evening--
--Ichiraku Ramen--
After shopping for 2 ½ hours, Naruto had finally selected, or rather Rin had selected what Naruto was going to wear. What had been chosen was a deep blue kimono with the Uzumaki swirl on the back & the arms. Naruto had wanted a bright orange one but after Rin set him straight, he went with what Rin had pulled out. Now they were walking into the Ichiraku Ramen shop.
"Hey Nee-chan, do you think Sakura-chan will like my kimono?" Asked Naruto.
Rin replied "I'm sure she will, Naru-kun. Listen, I've got to go guard the Hokage. I'll come back later tonight after the fireworks, ok?"
"Ok!" answered Naruto.
With that, Rin shushined to go do her duties. Just as Naruto arrived at Ichiraku Ramen, he heard someone calling his name from down the street.
"Naruto-kun!"
Naruto looked and saw it was Sakura. "Hey Sakura-chan, you made it!"
"Yeah, sorry I'm late. I had to fix a small tear in my kimono. My parents left early, said something about needing to go prepare for something during the festival, so they couldn't do it." Said Sakura.
Naruto looked at Sakura's kimono; it was red with pink cherry blossoms scattered all over it.
"Oh don't worry, I just got here. Rin-nee-chan was helping me get this kimono, and she kept dragging me all over the village til we finally got this one. So what do you want to do first?" asked Naruto.
"Lets eat here first, and then we can go play some games later" answered Sakura.
--11:50 PM--
--Streets of Konoha--
"Man, I can't believe we lost track of time like that!" exclaimed Naruto as him and Sakura walked out of the ramen shop.
"Yeah, I guess we had fun talking to Ichiraku-san & Ayame-san too much." Said Sakura "Let's go see the fireworks, the games are probably closed by now."
As they ran off to the village square to go see fireworks, a large mob was forming to hunt down the Kyuubi jinchuukiri.
"Today we'll avenge the Yondaime by killing the Kyuubi brat!" yelled the leader of the mob.
"Yeah! Death to the demon!" cheered the mob.
"Urameshii-sama! The demon is almost here, but…" said a man who was trailing Naruto.
"But what?" barked Haruno Urameshii, the mob leader.
The man replied "He's with your daughter, sir."
"WHAT!! That demon must have brain-washed her, he shall pay dearly for that." Yelled a woman next to Urameshii.
"Yes he shall, Hana dear. No demon shall have our daughter." Said Urameshii to his wife, Haruno Hana. "Let us move out now, we need to trap the demon in the alley so the Hokage won't see us kill the demon."
--3 min later--
"Here! This'll get us to the village square faster!" Naruto said to Sakura as he turned into an alley.
"Uh oh!" Stated Naruto.
"What?" asked Sakura.
"There's a mob blocking the exit." Replied Naruto "Let's go back."
"Going somewhere demon?" Said a voice from behind.
Naruto looked back and saw that the way him & Sakura came in was also blocked by a mob.
--A dark place--
"No! Just hold on kids, just hold on for a few more minutes." Said a woman in the shadows.
--Alley--
"Momma? Daddy?" Asked Sakura seeing the 2 people in front of the mob behind them.
"Sakura, go home now!" Commanded Urameshii.
"Why? What's going on?" Asked Sakura.
Hana replied "Don't question your father, just do what he said."
"Sakura, I think you should do what they're saying." Stated a shaking Naruto "I don't want you to get hurt like me."
Urameshii smeared "Hurt? HA! We're not going to hurt you, we're going to kill you, you demon!"
"Kill?! What has he done for you to want to kill my friend?" Demanded a shocked Sakura.
"He's a demon, Sakura. He needs to die." Replied Urameshii.
"He's no demon, daddy! I won't let you hurt him!" Yelled Sakura.
"It seems the demon's control over you is stronger than I thought. If need be, I'll kill you to save you." Calmly stated Urameshii.
"WHAT?! How can you even think of doing that to our daughter?" Demanded a pissed Hana as she stepped in front of her husband.
"I'll do it to save her from corruption by the demon. So don't get in my way!" yelled Urameshii with an insane glint in his eye.
He then knocked Hana into a wall hard and ran toward Sakura with a kunai to kill her. Just before he got to her, an ANBU dropped down between the 2 and blocked the kunai with ninjato. Urameshii then came around with another kunai and made the ANBU lose their mask as they jumped back, it was Rin.
"How dare you attack children, even your own daughter! You'll be executed for this!" Yelled Rin.
Just then, before Rin could react, the man who had been spying on Naruto got behind Rin and pinned her down to the ground. Rin struggled but to no avail, the man pinning her down was too strong. She turned her head and saw who exactly it was. She recognized the face mask & hai-te instantly, it was Kakashi.
"I'm sorry Rin, but I can't let the demon control you. It's the only reason you would have left me." Said Kakashi.
"I left you because you were helping people hurt Naruto!" Screamed Rin.
"Kakashi, gag the girl before she attracts others." Ordered Urameshii.
"Yes, sir." Complied Kakashi.
"Now where was I? Ah yes, time to kill the demon and his puppet. I'll kill the demon first. Maybe that'll free Sakura from the demon." Spoke Urameshii.
"Hey demon, look at the time. It's only 30 seconds til exactly 7 years since you were defeated by our Yondaime. I think I'll kill you exactly as the clock hits midnight." Said Urameshii.
Naruto, who was being held down by people in the mob along with Sakura, started to shake. Urameshii raised up the kunai and started to count down.
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1."
With that, Urameshii brought down the kunai, aiming for Naruto's heart. Just before he hit, the Shiki Fujin seal exploded, creating smoke and sending all the mobsters flying and Urameshii was hit by something in the shoulder causing him to spin. The spinning saved him as a blade come flying by and pinned what had hit him to the wall.
As the smoke cleared, standing over Naruto & Sakura was a woman with long fiery red hair and wearing a woman's archaic battle armor(2) with a long straight sword with a bone handle on her back and an empty scabbard on her side.
Urameshii looked up at the woman then to what had hit him. What was pinned to the wall was a small red Imp struggling to get free of the sword that had pinned it.
Urameshii turned back to the woman and yelled "Who the fuck hell are you?"
The woman looked at him with red slit eyes and replied "Who am I? That's a good question. I'm know by many titles; The Red Death, Konoha's Hell Swordswoman, and plenty of others. But there are only 2 titles that matters to me. I am Uzumaki Kushina, Mother of Uzumaki Naruto; and lastly, the Kyuubi no Kitsune, Queen of Hell.
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Well, here's chapter 1 of A Mother's Fury completed. Man, writing Fanfic is hard work. Anyway, please review so that I'll have motivation to continue writing.
(1): If you can guess what this name means in this story, I'll let you provide me with an OC in which you'll get full credit for it. (As long as it's a well created OC)
(2): Think of a female version of Sesshomaru's armor