Shion
AN
And here we have Shion possibly the most popular of the movie girls. You'll notice I've changed somethings regarding how Shion and Naruto acted after the defeat of Moryo, I hope you like it.
The battle against Moryo has just finished and Shion and Naruto are observing the aftermath, behind them are Kakashi, Sakura, Neji, Lee and Temari. Shion can't help but look at Naruto with a blush, here she was prepared to give her life in order to stop Moryo, yet this Shinobi who didn't even know her was determined not to allow her to do so, and through sheer determination and will power, had managed to defeat Moryo without succumbing to the fate she had foreseen for him, he truly was a marvel and Shion has realized she has fallen in love with him.
"The mission is over so now he has to leave, but I don't want him to go, but I can't go with him due to my duties, and Konoha will never allow him to stay." Shion thinks despondently.
"Well guess this is goodbye Shion." Naruto says slightly sad.
"Yes thank you for all you've done in saving me and for showing me that fate can be changed." Shion says trying to keep the sadness out of her voice.
"Here take this, it'll allow us to send messages to one another." Naruto says passing Shion a piece of paper with an intricate seal on it.
Shion looks at Naruto with confusion.
"Just apply Chakra and follow the instructions." Naruto says with a grin.
Shion nods as a group of her soldiers appear to take her home, the Shinobi then leave while waving goodbye.
(Scene Break)
Shion is sitting alone in her bedroom looking at the paper in confusion, Naruto said to apply Chakra and follow the instructions, yet there are no instructions that she can see.
Perhaps they only appear after Chakra has been applied." Shion thinks.
So Shion applies Chakra to the paper, when she does a poof of smoke appears and from it a red toad appears. Shion looks at the toad in surprise before she screams, which makes the toad cover it's ears.
The door to her room then opens and a guard sticks his head in, just as the toad hides under the sheet.
"Is everything alright Lady Shion?" The guard asks.
"Yes everything is fine." Shion replies.
Once the guard leaves the toad comes out from under the sheets.
"Man you are load sister." The toad says.
"I'm sorry I just wasn't expecting a... You can talk?" Shion asks in surprise.
"Of course I can talk, I'm a summon all summons can talk. So anyway how did I get here?" The toad asks.
"I sent Chakra to that paper." Shion says.
The toad looks at the paper and harrumphs.
"Typical Naruto and I'm guessing from your reaction he didn't tell you what would happen?" The toad asks.
"No he didn't he just said to apply Chakra and follow the instructions." Shion says slightly annoyed.
The toad harrumphs again.
"Well since that knucklehead didn't bother explaining properly allow me, my name is Kosuke I'm a messenger toad from Mount Myoboku, that piece of paper is given to our summoners to give to others so that they can remain in contact with one another, whenever you have a message to give to Naruto just apply Chakra, and me or another messenger toad will appear to take the message to him, likewise if he has a message for you that piece of paper will allow us to appear before you with the message." Kosuke says.
"Well that sounds simple. Why didn't Naruto just tell me that?" Shion asks her annoyance increasing.
"Either he didn't have time, or he thought it'd be funny. My guess knowing him it'd be the latter option" Kosuke says.
"I agree." Shion says.
"Well if your not to angry with him, would you like to send him a message?" Kosuke asks.
"Yes I would, wait here a moment." Shion says standing up.
Shion walks over to her writing desk, grabs a piece of paper and a pen and starts writing a message for Naruto. The message is as follows:
'Dead Naruto.
Thank you for the piece of paper you gave, and thank you even more for not giving me exact details on what it does. Anyway I'm back home now and it's all thanks to you, despite you not telling me what the paper did I am truly happy that you gave me it so that we can remain in contact.
Hope you are well.
Shion.'
Shion looks over the letter and is happy with how it turned out. She then hands the letter to Kosuke.
"Here take this to Naruto as quickly as possible." Shion says.
"You got it." Kosuke says poofing away.
(Scene Break)
Naruto is sitting in his apartment having just got back from his mission to help Shion, a poof of smoke suddenly signals the arrival of Kosuke.
"Hey Naruto I got a message for you from Shion." Kosuke says.
"That was fast I wasn't expecting a message for a couple more days, you know so she can get back to her normal routine." Naruto says surprised.
"Well here it is, I don't think she was to happy with you not explaining the paper her." Kosuke says sternly.
"Aw come on it was just harmless fun, I bet her reaction was hilarious." Naruto says.
"Not for me it wasn't." Kosuke says.
"Sorry." Naruto apologises.
"Next time you give one of those away, tell them what it does explicitly." Kosuke says.
"Okay, okay can I have the message now." Naruto says.
"Yeah sure here you go." Kosuke says handing the message to Naruto before poofing away.
Naruto opens the message and smiles as he reads it, it's just how he imagined her message would be. Chuckling to himself Naruto decides to write her a message tomorrow.
(Scene Break)
Shion is in her chambers brushing her hair when a poof of smoke signals the arrival of Kosuke.
"Hello Kosuke I take it Naruto has a message for me." Shion says.
"Yes he does, here you go." Kosuke says handing her Naruto's message, before poofing away.
Shion opens Naruto's message and reads it. The message is as follows:
'Dear Shion.
I'm sorry for not telling you exactly what the paper did, but I figured you could do with a laugh now that you're surrounded by boring stiffs 24/7 again, sorry if the opposite happened. Thanks for the message you sent me, I'm happy that you're happy with my gift.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Naruto.'
Shion smiles after reading the letter, and looking back at her first meeting with Kosuke she has to admit it was funny.
(Scene Break)
For over a month Naruto and Shion send messages to one another, Shion would write about her day which was rather mundane, yet Naruto was interested learning what she did, Naruto meanwhile would write about missions he did and the training he was undergoing.
One day Shion is entering her chambers and is surprised to see Kosuke waiting for her, she is surprised since normally she was the one who sent the first message, with Naruto being the one to respond. Naruto only sent the first message if something big happened, so deciding to see what the message is she approaches Kosuke.
"Hello Kosuke I'm surprised to see you here." Shion says.
"Yeah I'm not sure what happened, but something major must have happened since when I arrived to take the message, he had tear stains on his face." Kosuke says.
Shion looks gobsmacked at Kosuke while also paling slightly.
"What the hell happened to make Naruto cry, he may get sad on occasion but he's never got depressed enough to shed tears." Shion thinks.
"Give me the message now." Shion orders.
Kosuke nods and passes the message to Shion, who promptly opens the message while Kosuke poofs away. The message reads as follows:
'Dear Shion.
I'm not sure if you've heard, but a few days ago the Akatsuki entered the Land of Fire searching for me they killed many Monks at Fire Temple including the Head Monk for Fire Temple Chiriku, and later they killed Asuma-Sensei. I must admit I didn't know either very well, but still they died because of me, because I hold the Kyubi within me. The worst part about it all is the fact that Asuma was going to be a father, he and Kurenai-Sensei were going to have a baby together and now that child will grow up without a father, and Kurenai will have to raise the child on her own, and it's all my fault. It's my fault the Akatsuki entered the Land of Fire, it's my fault they attacked Fire temple and killed those monks, and it's my fault they killed Asuma-Sensei, my fault Kurenai lost the man she loved and my fault their child will grow up without a father.'
There is nothing else after this and Shion is panicking greatly because she is afraid, afraid of what Naruto will do in his current mindset. So right now she is desperately trying to find a pen and paper, so she can send a message to Naruto ASAP. Finally she finds what she's looking for and begins to write her message, which reads as followed:
'Dear Naruto.
It is not your fault none of it, not the Akatsuki attacking Fire Temple, not the deaths of the Monks or the death of Asuma, nor is it your fault that Kurenai lost her love, or that their child will grow up without a father. If anyone is to blame it's the Akatsuki, you didn't ask for your burden, nor did you ask for a group of psychopaths to hunt after you, so please do not blame yourself for the actions of others.
Hope to hear from you soon love.
Shino.'
Shino looks over the letter and hopes it will be enough to knock Naruto out of his funk, she wishes she could be with him in person, but once again her duty forces her to remain where she is. She grabs the paper used to summon toads and applies Chakra to it, a poof of smoke and Kosuke arrives.
"Yo what can I do for you?" Kosuke asks.
"Take this to Naruto as fast as you can." Shion says giving Kosuke the message.
"Damn that was fast, you guys normally wait a day before replying to each other." Kosuke says taking the message.
"I know but this is urgent." Shion says.
"Got ya." Kosuke says poofing away.
Shino just hopes that her message is enough.
(Scene Break)
Naruto is sitting in his apartment just staring blankly into space, for the past few days since he learned of Asuma's death, Naruto has been beating himself up and blaming himself, this got worst when he learned of the attack on Fire Temple, and of Kurenai's pregnancy with Asuma's death. Since then he's shut himself of in his apartment and not shown himself in public, he just knows that the villagers blame him, it wasn't anything new they always blamed him for something or other so he just stopped listening to them, but he doesn't want to see blame in the eyes of those he considers precious, such as Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Konohamaru and Kurenai, he just knows that they blame him as well, hell he blames himself as well.
A poof of smoke alerts him to the arrival of Kosuke.
"She replied that fast did she?" Naruto asks in a dead voice.
"She did." Kosuke says passing the message to Naruto before poofing away.
Naruto looks at the unopened message in fear, he doesn't want to read it as he knows what she'll have written. She'll have written that it is his fault, and that she doesn't want to hear from him again, why he wrote to her he had no idea, maybe it was to just a way to confess his sins or something.
Deciding to just get it over with he opens the message and is shocked by what he reads.
"She doesn't think it's my fault and she wants to keep in contact with me." Is the thought that keeps repeating itself through Naruto's head.
There is also a word in the message that confuses him the word is love, never had Shion ever written that in any of her messages before, and it confused him greatly of why she would write that. Was she trying to say she loved him? Was she just trying to comfort him by adding it? These questions and more run through Naruto's head and he can't answer any of them.
A knock on his door snaps him out of his thoughts, confused by who would be knocking on his door Naruto goes to answer it, opening his door he is shocked to see Kurenai standing in front of him.
"What's Kurenai-Sensei doing here? Is she here to kill me for what happened to Asuma-Sensei?" Naruto thinks.
"May I come in Naruto?" Kurenai asks in a tone that gives nothing away.
Naruto nods and allows her entrance into his apartment.
"Thank you Naruto." Kurenai says.
"May I ask what brings you here Kurenai-Sensei?" Naruto asks somewhat tepidly.
"You may, the reason I'm here is because your friends are worried about you." Kurenai says shocking Naruto.
"They're worried about me?" Naruto asks confused.
"Yes they are, you haven't been seen since... Since Asuma's funeral and I think I know why. You're blaming yourself aren't you?" Kurenai asks though both she and Naruto knew it wasn't a question.
"Well it is my fault..." Naruto begins to say but gets cut of by a slap from Kurenai.
"NO IT IS NOT AND TO THINK SO IS AN INSULT TO ASUMA!" Kurenai says.
"But it..." Naruto tries to say again but is cut of this time by a glare from Kurenai.
"Listen here Naruto it is not your fault so don't blame yourself, the only people to blame are the Akatsuki. You were given a heavy burden at birth one that no one had any right to give you, so please don't place any more burdens on yourself that are underserved." Kurenai says softly.
"But don't you blame me? Don't Shikamaru, Ino, Choji or Konohamaru blame me? Don't the villagers blame me?" Naruto asks.
Kurenai looks at Naruto in shock not expecting those questions.
"That's why he's been blaming himself, because he thinks others are blaming him." Kurenai realises.
"No Naruto no one blames you, not me, not Shikamaru, not Ino, not Choji, not Konohamaru and not the villagers." Kurenai says.
"But the villagers are always blaming me for something." Naruto says.
"Naruto haven't you been paying attention to the villagers?" Kurenai asks incredulously.
"No I got tired of them blaming me for stuff, so I started to ignore them until it got to the point I've naturally stopped noticing them." Naruto says.
Kurenai sighs.
"Naruto ever since the Suna/Oto invasion, where you saved Konoha from Gaara. The villagers have been singing your praises, and they keep doing so after each of your accomplishments." Kurenai says with a smile.
Naruto is stunned while also internally kicking himself, all his life he's wanted acknowledgement and he had been apparently been getting it for three years, yet he hadn't noticed because he had grown a habit of ignoring the villagers.
"I really am an idiot sometimes." Naruto thinks as fresh tears begin welling up in his eyes.
Kurenai seeing this hugs Naruto and lets him cry into her shoulder as Naruto cries tears of relief, over the fact that no one blamed him. Soon Naruto cries himself to sleep so Kurenai puts him to bed, as she does she notices a message in Naruto's hand, wondering what it is Kurenai takes it out of Naruto's hand and reads it.
"Shion that's the priestess from the Land of Demons that Naruto saved, so he kept in contact with her, it also seems he trusts her enough to tell her of his feelings. I can also tell from how she wrote this that she feels more than friendship for Naruto." Kurenai thinks.
Kurenai then leaves intending to send a message to Shion.
(Scene Break)
A week later Shion is once again in her chambers when a poof of smoke alerts her to Kosuke's arrival.
"A message for you from Naruto thank you for using toad post." Kosuke says putting the message down before poofing away.
Shion laughs at Kosuke's joke before picking the message up, the message reads as follows:
'Dear Shion.
Thanks for your last message it really helped me get out of my funk, another thing that helped was Kurenai-Sensei coming to see me, and explicitly telling me that I was not to blame, hearing her say that was a great relief to me. A couple days after you message arrived those two Akatsuki goons showed up again, but this time we were able to defeat them without anyone dying. I hope that the loss of two more of their members will make them stop what they're doing, but I highly doubt it.
I hope to hear from you soon love.
Naruto.'
Shion looks over the letter and smiles, happy that Naruto was no longer blaming himself. She also looks over the word love and is slightly confused by Naruto using it, Naruto using it could mean so many things. Did he love her? Did he only think of her as a friend and only used it because she did first? So many questions ran through her mind.
"I never should have written love in that last message, I only did it to comfort him while also letting it out slowly that I love him, but no matter how much I do my duties prevent us from ever being together." Shion thinks.
A knock on her door snaps her out of her thoughts.
"Yes who is it?" Shion asks.
"Lady Shion a message has just arrived for you, from Konoha." A guard says.
Shion is confused.
"Who else in Konoha other than Naruto would write to me? And he can send messages through his toads." Shion thinks.
"Bring it in then." Shion orders.
"Yes milady." The guard says entering and handing Shion the message.
"Thank you." Shion says taking the message.
The guard bows and then leaves. When he does Shion opens the message and begins to read it, the message is as follows:
'Dear Lady Shion.
I know you've never met me before, but my name is Kurenai Yuhi. I let my curiosity get the better of me and read your response to Naruto, for which I am sorry. That being said I would like to thank you for helping Naruto, despite Naruto having many friends he seldom expresses his true feelings, so I'm glad he has someone he can confide in. I just wish you were here in Konoha so that you could help him in person, anyway like I said I'm glad Naruto has someone he can confide in.
Thank you for reading this.
Kurenai.'
As Shion finishes reading she is in shock, she figured that Naruto had other people he confided in besides her yet apparently he didn't. It made her happy in a way that Naruto trusted her enough to confide in her like that, it also made it apparent to her that Naruto did love her, even if he wasn't truly aware of it yet. This was both a happy and sad fact, happy in that Naruto on some level reciprocated her feelings, and sad because her duties prevented them from being together.
(Scene Break)
Despite Shion knowing that she and Naruto couldn't be together, she couldn't stop writing to him and learning of his adventures, she also hasn't stopped using the word love, whenever finishing her messages, and neither has Naruto. One day while she is in her chambers Kosuke arrives with another message, smiling Shion takes the message as Kosuke leaves. The message is as follows:
'Dear Shion.
I wish I had some better news for you but I'm afraid I don't, a couple of days ago I found out my Master Jiraiya of the Sannin, died while fighting the Akatsuki leader a guy called Pein, don't worry though you don't have to snap me out of a funk again this time, that being said I'm really confused right now. Jiraiya strove for peace in this world and preached about forgiveness, and yet I can't bring myself to forgive Pein, I'm worried that this makes me a bad student, as I feel that I should be honouring Jiraiya's legacy, and yet I can't bring myself to forgive Pein. Sorry for once again bothering you like this with my problems, you've probably got your own set of problems without having to worry about mine. In other news I taught Konohamaru the Rasengan, I guess that means he's my student now doesn't it, I know there's only four years between me and him, but I couldn't think of a better person to make my apprentice. By the way I won't be in Konoha for the next month, I'll be in Mount Myoboku training in Sage Jutsu, and Kosuke will be staying in Konoha so Grandma Tsunade can let me know if Pein shows up, that means after today we won't be able to send messages to each other, so if you have anything you'd like to say beforehand now's your chance.
I hope to hear from you before I go love.
Naruto.'
Shion looks over the message again, she is sad that Naruto lost his MasterJiraiya, but she is happy that she doesn't have to help him out of another funk. She also pays close attention to the fact that Naruto has taken an apprentice despite his young age, this gives her an idea. Normally she wouldn't be allowed to take an apprentice unless she was past the age for child birth, however maybe she could use an old law that states in times of crisis, the current priestess must train a back up priestess in case she dies. Shion thinks she could use the Akatsuki as a way for her to be able to train a new priestess, and when said training is finished she could retire from being a priestess and go be with Naruto.
But first she must send a reply to Naruto ASAP, running over to find a pen and paper she begins wording her reply in her mind.
(Scene Break)
Naruto is looking over his unusually cleaned apartment, he has just finished packing and cleaning his apartment, ready for his early departure tomorrow morning. As he looks around he can't help but be disappointed, that Shion hasn't responded to his last message.
"Either she was to busy to respond, or she got tired of me using her as a sort of soundboard for my problems." Naruto thinks.
Suddenly a poof of smoke signals Kosuke's arrival much to Naruto's relief.
"Yo Naruto got a message from Shion for ya." Kosuke says.
"Thanks Kosuke." Naruto says.
Naruto takes the message and begins to read it, since Kosuke has to remain in Konoha he doesn't return to Mount Myoboku. The message is as follows:
'Dear Naruto.
First of I am truly sorry for the death of Lord Jiraiya, but I am glad that I don't have to snap you out of another funk, second don't you ever say you are a bother to me, you are a precious person of mine and I'm always willing to hear about your problems, third you are not a bad student it's understandable that you can't forgive Pein for what he has done, yet the fact you are willing to for the sake of your Masters teachings shows how much of a good person you are, and no matter what choice you make I'll stand by you and your decision, fourth I'm glad you are taking an apprentice it has given me an idea that maybe, I should take an apprentice. Good luck with your Sage training, tell me all about it when you get back and please be safe.
Love from.
Shion.'
Naruto reads the message again and smiles, at the same time an unexpected warmth rises within his chest that he can't explain. What are these strange feelings he is feeling, it is similar to how he used to think about Sakura yet more intense.
"Could I be falling in love with Shion?" Naruto asks himself.
(Scene Break)
It has been a long month for Shion, she was able to get herself an apprentice a young girl named Karen, and while training her was fun, she was incredibly lonely without having to send messages to Naruto or reading his messages. After a month though she enters her chambers and see's Kosuke there waiting for her, smiling at seeing the toad Shion approaches the toad.
"Kosuke how good to see you, has Naruto sent me a message?" Shion asks happily.
"Yes he has here you go." Kosuke says handing her the message, before poofing away.
Shion opens the message and smiles while reading it, the message is as follows:
'Dear Shion
First of my Sage training was a success, in fact according to Fukasaku-Sensei I've surpassed Jiraiya as a Sage, however while I was training at Mount Myoboku Pein attacked Konoha, he killed many people and even destroyed the village this was before I arrived however. After I arrived he and I fought and he almost captured me, but Hinata was able to save me, unfortunately doing so got her extremely beat up by Pein, while she was saving me though Hinata confessed her love for me, and seeing her get seemingly killed by Pein made me almost lose myself to the Kyubi, but before I could remove the seal The Fourth Hokage stopped me, he actually sealed part of himself within the seal in case I almost freed the Kyubi, he also told me that I was his son. After that he helped me regain my senses and after that I was able to defeat Pein, but the Pein I was fighting was merely a puppet controlled by a guy called Nagato. So I went to confront Nagato on my own, when I got there my first instinct was to attack him, but I calmed myself and decided to hear his story. His story was not a happy one, during the Second Ninja War his parents were killed by Konoha Shinobi, after that he made two friends called Yahiko and Konan who were also orphans, they then met Jiraiya who taught them how to survive. After that they sought to bring peace to Amegakure, only to fail which resulted in Yahiko's death, this sent Nagato down a dark path and he then formed Akatsuki to gather the Biju, so that he could cause enough Pain in the world that the world will find peace. After I heard that story I told Nagato that I understood his intentions, but I still could not forgive him, after a brief argument between us about the values of Jiraiya's teachings, I was able to make Nagato see the error of his ways. Nagato then gave up his life and returned to life the people who died during his attack on Konoha. To be honest I'm kind of sad he died never having known true peace, but I'm glad and I'm sure Jiraiya-Sensei is as well that his last act was of atonement. Right now I'm also a little confused about Hinata's confession, on the one hand I've never felt the same way about her as she does for me, and to be honest I still don't now. It's not that she's not pretty she is, but for some reason she's never entered my mind when thinking about potential girlfriends, plus I have feelings for another girl, yet there are certain circumstances that prevent us from being together, so maybe I should accept Hinata's love and hope that I can learn to love her as she does for me. What do you think?
Hope to hear from you soon love.
Naruto.'
Shion looks over the message in shock, a flurry of different emotions assaults her all at once, pride that Naruto surpassed his Master, happiness that he beat Pein/Nagato and allowed him a chance of redemption, jealousy that another girl has confessed to Naruto, and worry that Naruto may not love her after all. After all if he did he would never ask her if he should accept another girls confession would he?
Her first instinct is to write to him and tell him, he should not accept Hinata's confession so that she could then confess her own love for him, but a part of her the worried part, is making her think that maybe Naruto doesn't love her, she decides to write to him and tell him that he should choose what his heart decides, she also decides to ask who the girl he likes is and what circumstances are preventing him from being with her, though deep down she has her suspicions.
(Scene Break)
Naruto is pacing his tent in worry.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid, you don't ask the girl you love if you should accept another girls confession. So why did I? Well to see her response to see if she returns my feelings." Naruto thinks debating with himself.
A poof of smoke alerts him to the arrival of Kosuke.
"Hey Kosuke how did Shion look when she gave you her message?" Naruto asks.
"I dunno I can't tell the difference between a humans facial expression." Kosuke says passing Naruto the message before poofing away.
Naruto promptly opens the message and begins to read it, the message is as follows:
'Dear Naruto.
First of congratulations on completing your Sage training, and for defeating Pein/Nagato, I'm also happy that you gave Nagato a chance for redemption. Now regarding your situation with Hinata, I think you should do what your heart tells you, whichever decision you make I know it will be the correct one. By the way who is this girl you like, and what are the circumstances that prevent you from being with her?
Please write back soon love
Shion.'
Naruto re-reads the message and re-reads it again, from her response Naruto can't tell if Shion loves him or not and it frustrates him.
"Follow my heart? Well if I follow my heart then I turn down Hinata's confession and then announce my love for Shion, yet no matter how much I love her. She's a priestess with a duty she must carry out, and I could never abandon Konoha. You know what screw it, I've always been a reckless idiot who charges head first regardless of the consequences. So why should this time be any different? I'll have to gently decline Hinata's confession and then send a message to Shion telling her of my feelings for her." Naruto thinks leaving to do exactly that.
(Scene Break)
Shion is slowly awakening from her slumber as she slowly opens her eyes, she spots Kosuke sitting patiently on her bed at her feet. Seeing him startles her and makes her wake up faster.
"Kosuke! What are you doing here?" Shion asks calming herself down.
"I have a message from Naruto." Kosuke replies simply.
"This early?" Shion asks incredulously.
"Yeah I think he spent all night on it, since he looked pretty worn out when I picked the message up." Kosuke says putting the message down and then poofing away.
Shion sighs and decides to read the message, which is as follows:
'Dear Shion.
Thank you for your advice it really helped, I decided to decline Hinata's confession which she was disappointed by, but she acknowledged that it was my choice. As for the girl I like well it's you, I don't know when my feelings for you started, it could've been when we first met, or just after we defeated Moryo. Yet I do know when I realized that I loved you, it was the message you sent me before I left for my Sage training. When you called me a precious person and told me to be safe, I've been told those things by others before, yet reading those words from you made me realise that I loved you. As for the circumstances that prevent us from being together, it's because of your duty as a Priestess and my duty as a Konoha Ninja, you cannot abandon your duties, and I could never abandon Konoha, so because of these circumstances we could never be together. I'm sorry for not telling you this in person, but I couldn't think of a way to do so, plus I bet you don't even feel the same way so at least I don't have to hear you turn me down.
Please don't stop writing to me love.
Naruto.'
Shion is in shock after reading Naruto's message.
"He does love me. He loves me. Naruto loves me." Is what is running through Shion's mind.
Shion then races over to her writing desk to immediately send a reply to Naruto.
(Scene Break)
Naruto is pacing around his tent again, he doesn't have any duties to attend to at the moment, so he's just sitting in his tent bored out of his mind.
"Why am I even waiting for a reply, she's either not going to reply straight away, or break of contact or together." Naruto thinks.
A poof of smoke signals the arrival of Kosuke.
"Telegram for a mister Naruto from Shion." Kosuke says placing the message down and then poofing away.
Naruto laughs at Kosukes jokes before picking up the message and then reading it, the message is as follows:
'Dear Naruto.
I love you to, I have ever since you saved me from Moryo. At the time I attributed it to the fact that you had saved me, but writing to you and reading your responses has only driven home my feelings for you. As for those circumstances you mentioned, I have been working on a plan to circumvent them, which I came up with when you mentioned your taking of an apprentice. In times of crisis I am able to take on an apprentice myself and train her to be a backup Priestess, which I have been doing. When she is ready I am going to hand the reins over to her, and come to Konoha to be with you, so please wait for me my love.
Yours forever.
Shion.'
Naruto is shocked upon reading the message, before a great deal of happiness swells up inside of him.
"She loves me to. She loves me. Shion loves me." Are the thoughts running through Naruto's mind.
Knowing that Shion loves him sends a great deal of relief through him, and gives him a sense of peace he's never felt before.
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Weeks go by and Naruto and Shion continue to write to one another, though this time it is as two people in love instead of friends. When the Fourth Great Ninja War is declared Shion cannot help but pray that Naruto survives, ironically enough the day the war is declared finished Shion finishes her training of Karen, and retires as priestess much to the shock of her people. Deciding to surprise Naruto, Shion makes her way to Konoha without informing him, she's already sorted out the necessary paperwork and gotten special permission from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
Currently in his hospital room, Naruto is recovering from his final battle with Sasuke, in the room with him are the members of Team's Eight, Nine (save Neji) and Ten along with, Sai, Sakura and Sasuke who is in the opposite bed recovering. Shizune, Kurenai, Gai who is in a wheelchair, Kakashi, Yamato and Tsunade are also in the room.
Naruto and Sasuke are telling everyone about their final battle with Kaguya, with some input from Kakashi and Sakura. A knock suddenly sounds on the hospital door which directs everyone's attention to it.
"Yes." Tsunade says.
The door opens and a nurse pops her head in.
"Sorry for disturbing you, but there's a visitor for Naruto." The nurse says.
Everyone is curious over who has come to see Naruto.
"Then send them in." Tsunade orders.
The nurse nods and allows Shion to enter the room.
Recognition flashes across the faces of Tsunade, Kakashi, Sakura and Lee, everyone else is just confused as to who she is. It's not until Naruto exclaims Shion that everyone else is made privy to who she is, having heard of Naruto's adventure in the Land of Demons.
"What's she doing here?" Ino asks.
Shion doesn't answer being to focused on Naruto, suddenly at speeds that would make Minato Namikaze jealous, Shion rushes over to Naruto and immediately begins kissing him, much to the shock of everyone present, their shock is further increased when Naruto begins returning the kiss forgetting that people are watching.
Tsunade tries to get their attention by clearing her throat, but the pair are so engrossed in playing tonsil hockey with each other they don't notice, which makes a tick mark appear on Tsunade's forehead.
"EXCUSE ME YOU TWO BUT I THINK YOU BOTH OWE AN EXPLANATION!" Tsunade shouts out.
This has the effect of stopping Naruto and Shion, while also simultaneously making everyone else in the room cover their ears, unfortunately for Sasuke he only has one arm so he temporarily loses hearing in one ear. Naruto and Shion both gain a sheepish expression.
"Well it's a long story." Naruto says.
"We have time." Tsunade states.
So Naruto and Shion told everyone present the tale of how they came to be together, most of the females save for Hinata, Kurenai and Tsunade have tears in their eyes over the romantic tale, Hinata however finally discovers why Naruto turned down her confession, and allows her to gain closure on her feelings for Naruto, Kurenai is happy that her student isn't cut up over not being able be with Naruto.
For the males in the room however well; Kiba gags over the amount of mush, Shikamaru for once is paying rapt attention while wondering how Naruto could keep something like this a secret for so long, Choji is happily munching on his chips enjoying the tale, Lee and Gai are crying over the youthful story, Shino, Sai and Yamato have no reaction, Kakashi is internally weeping over Jiraiya not being able to write an Icha Icha about the pair, Sasuke is regretting being placed in the same room as Naruto.
When Naruto and Shion finish, Tsunade rubs her forehead.
"Well Konoha will be lucky to have you Shion, as for you Naruto I can't believe you kept such a secret for so long, and I think you owe all your friends an apology." Tsunade says.
"Sorry guys but by the time me and Shion became a couple, there was so much going on that I didn't have time." Naruto says.
Everyone accepts the apology and they begin getting to know Shion.
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Several years have passed since the end of the Fourth Great Ninja War, in that time Naruto and Shion have gotten married, as have Sasuke and Sakura, Sai and Ino, Lee and Tenten, Shino and Hinata Shikamaru and Temari, Choji and Karui, and Kiba and Tamaki.
Currently Naruto and Shino are in a hospital room, Shion is exhausted but happy while Naruto is holding his newly born daughter Manami Uzumaki. As he looks at his daughter Naruto can't help but reflect on how perfect his life has become, he has a beautiful wife, he is soon to become Seventh Hokage and he now has a daughter as beautiful as her mother, truly his life has become perfect and no one could of foreseen that.
AN
Sorry for this being so long, I try to keep these one-shots short but I honestly couldn't think of any other way for these two to get together without being cliche. If you're wondering how Kosuke is alive after Pein's assault, it's because he was revived along with everyone else.