AN- Oh look another 2k+ chapter for you guys have fun and please, please, please comment so I know what you guy like or dislike about this story.
An (EDIT- 9/2/18)- so far this chap has the least edits so it is not important to re read this if you already have.
Iruka tried to console his young daughter as she sobbed. The search party had returned two days after being sent out with a badly injured and comatose Kakashi and the same red-haired girl from Naruko's vision. Said blonde glared at him with sharp crystal blue eyes.
"But they said Kaka-tousan probably won't wake up ever!" She screamed before running out. Iruka was too slow to stop her and honestly he was devastated too. He as well had overheard the medics saying that they only had so much skill and most likely Kakashi would not wake up and they were certain that if he did he would never be a ninja again. He would have permanent memory loss they had deduced from the impact point where the debris had collided with his head. Iruka buried his face into his hands in an attempt to hide the tears. Mizuki another academy teacher came over and simply rubbed Iruka's back as he began crying.
Naruko had heard the old man hokage talk about his students before. She knew of the traitorous prodigy Orochimaru, the perverted sage Jiraiya, and the Legendary Sucker Tsunade Senju who also happened to be the world's greatest healer. (Oh you guys know exactly what is going through our little future hokages mind.) She had also heard some rumors that Tsunade was nearby. Her mind immediately decided that Tsunade was her Kakashi's only chance.
After sneaking around so much before she met Kakashi she knew every weak point in Konoha's security, hell the reason she had pulled pranks was to make the shinobi more aware of their security slip-ups but even so there were still holes she could sneak through. It was hilariously easy for her to slip out of the village unnoticed by anyone. As soon as she deemed herself far enough from Konoha and couldn't convince her legs to carry her any farther she summoned Kurama.
"What are we doing outside the village gaki and so far at that?" He asked suspiciously.
"We are going to go find Tsunade Senju so she will heal Kakashi-tousan." Kurama noticed her choice of words. Naruko had said will heal not so she will heal the child was certain Tsunade would and could heal Kakashi.
"How do you know she will help you kit?" He voiced his skepticism.
"I'm gonna make a bet with her. Old Man Hokage said she is known as the Legendary Sucker since she loses every bet she makes so this way I can make her come back and heal Tousan." She said with determination.
"And Iruka approved this endeavor?" Naruko freezes at the question before looking guilty. "NARUKO!" Kurama yelled at the girl. She might be smart but she still had moments of total and complete idiocy.
"Im not going back until Tsunade-sama is with us!" She countered.
"We can't do this alone!" Kurama yelled frustrated with his jinchuriki. "I can't use my full power in this form and I can't risk going big it would get you killed!"
"She's not alone Kurama." A voice came from the bushes.
"Sakura!?" Kurama and Naruko said in surprise.
Iruka was currently freaking out first he was told his husband may never wake up and if he does he probably won't remember him and now his daughter and one of the council's daughters were missing. Multiple Hyuuga were spread out across the village using their byakugan to search for the two missing children but to no avail.
"Where did you go Naruko?" He whispered to himself. As he ran his hand along a painting Naruko had done on the day of his and Kakashi's wedding. It had much more detail and colors than any of her paintings ever had and it reminded him of a time before they had to deal with unfair teachers, surprise missions, comatose family members and missing ones too. He had no idea of what his daughter was doing at the moment. That was probably for the best for if had he might have just joined his husband in his comatose Haven.
"I followed you I saw you leaving and wanted to know where you were going." Sakura explained to the surprised pair. "I was planning to turn back until I realized I followed you too far and don't know how to get back."
"Umm I can't take you back because if I did they wouldn't let me leave again you know that right?" Naruko said hesitantly.
"Why would I go back now especially now that I know what you're doing. A good shinobi never abandons their Hokage." She said filled with determination. "But uh did you think of how your gonna find Tsunade-sama?" She asked a good question.
"Kurama that's how." She stated seriously.
"Hugh how would I be able to help?" The fox asked dumbly.
"You can sniff her out." Was Naruko's seemingly simple reply.
"How do you expect that to work kit? I ain't ever smelled her or anything she own before?"
"She should smell like guilt, booze, antiseptics, and fear. At least that is what she should smell like if all of the Old Man's stories about her were tru-" she was cut off mid-sentence by Sakura's fist raining down on her skull "OWWW!"
"WE ARE GOING OF A DAMN HUNCH IDIOT?!" Sakura yelled at the blonde. "You might be smart but sometimes you are such an idiot Naruko." She scolded the younger girl.
"I can smell all of the smells you just described coming from the north!" Kurama said quickly. "Both of you get on my back I should be able to carry both of you without issue."
The fox carried the girls through the night and at some point they both fell asleep. The trio arrived in a small non-shinobi village within a few hours and by now it was daylight as they had snuck out at sundown. A commotion from a small bar got the now awake girls attention, they had slept on the way to the village, and the little blonde told the white fox to head over to it. Kurama was a bit skeptical when a wooden chair flew out of the building.
"HAND IT OVER YOU LOST!" A voice screamed.
"NEVER HAHAHAHA!" Another voice slurred and cackled and not a few seconds later a largely endowed woman with blonde hair flew out of the building giggling the entire time. An angry bar owner came out and yelled at her.
"If your not gonna pay up don't come here ever again!" The bar owner yelled. A dark-haired woman holding a pig came running out. Kurama licked his lips and Naruko, in turn, hit the fox on his snout.
"That looks like her pet so no eating it baka fox!" She snapped under her breath just loud enough for Kurama to hear.
"Tsunade-sam, Tsunade-sama are you alright?" The dark haired woman asked the blonde one who had been thrown out of the bar.
"Why do I feel like this was way too easy?" Sakura mainly asked herself.
"Are you Tsunade Senju teammate of Jiraiya and Orochimaru?" Sakura nearly face planted as she slid off Kurama at Naruko's bluntness. Of course, the question put Tsunade on guard immediately. Gone was the drunk and giggling woman and in her place a seasoned kunoichi. She grabbed Naruko and pinned her down by her neck in a chokehold.
"Who are you? Are they seriously training eight-year-olds as assassins or are you some sort of sick joke a loan shark is playing on me gaki?" She asked in and almost snarl as she pulled out a kunai and held it to Naruko's throat.
"My name is Naruko Uzumaki-h-h" The girl tried to get out and Tsunade realized she could speak with the amount of pressure being put on her neck and loosened her grip just enough to let the little blonde speak "Hatake, Naruko Uzumaki-Hatake." The girl repeated. Tsunade's eyes widened at the name Hatake. Sakura came out of nowhere catching the woman off guard and let loose one of her signature punches. The woman only was pushed back a few feet but had been caught off guard.
"Don't touch the future Hokage Tsunade-sama." Sakura stated a little KI escaping. Tsunade relaxed after learning the little blondes name.
"I was unaware Kakashi had a daughter and you can tell Saru-sama I'm not gonna be the hokage." She said before waving and walking away. She didn't get very far. Naruko stood back up and pulled out a scroll from a small pack she had brought. She laid it out quickly on the ground and pushed her hands onto the seal written inside. Tsunade gasped when she was unable to move and black lines covered the ground from the little blonde to her.
"I got the idea for this seal from the Nara's shadow possession jutsu." Naruko said proudly. "Tsunade Senju I have not come to retrieve you to be hokage or anyone's orders actually. I have come to bring you back to heal my Tou-san Kakashi Hatake." She demanded while pointing an accusing finger at Tsunade.
"And how do you plan to make me do that gaki?" She asked as she struggled to turn her head to look at the annoying brat.
"A bet. You lose you come with me, you win I'll uh I'll pay off all your debt!" She stated. Tsunade gasped at the knowledge this child possessed and the tempting bet. She knew she normally lost bets but maybe just maybe.
"You've got yourself a deal gaki." She said with a confident smile. "But I set the challenge got it." She smiles knowing she'll win this one.
"Fine bring it on Legendary Sucker." Naruko challenges. Tsunade's eye twitches at the acquired nickname.
"By sunset, if you make me use more than one finger to defend myself you win if you fail I win." She smiled.
"Challenge accepted." Naruko says confidently.
"What do you mean she's not in the village!?" Iruka screams.
"We just looked at the entrance and exit records from the barrier. And it shows Naruko's chakra signature followed by the council members missing daughter's chakra signature leaving around sunset last night." A shinobi told the mother hen. Silently praying the upper jounin level chunin wouldn't kill the messenger. Then he remembered something else "Oh yea it is the Haruno's daughter who is missing and their accusing Naruko of kidnapping her and want Naruko labeled as a missing-nin and put to death." If Iruka wasn't pissed before he sure as hell was now. The Haruno's where part of the civilian elected council they had no right to do that!
It was now only about a few minutes before sunset and Naruko's attacks had become desperate. Sakura was being held back by Kurama from helping her friend who was now bleeding and bruised all over. By this point Naruko was throwing weak all over the place punches as she had hit chakra exhaustion hours ago. Tsunade true to her word had only used one finger to stop every single attack the not even genin had thrown.
Naruko was becoming increasingly and increasingly hysterical as not one attack she threw worked and then it happened. Much like the day of the bear trap two years ago a voice came to her again and she listened to it. For a moment she stopped her weak attacks and jumped back. She didn't know where it was coming from but she was no longer tired and it felt like all the lost energy was coming back to her. Tsunade turned to see why the girl was stopping and her eyes widened as she saw the girls eyes become entirely blue. A gold and white maelstrom seemed to swirl in the endless blue.
"Honō no uzu!" Naruko screamed. A huge torrent of flames came swirling towards Tsunade who bought up both hands to shield herself at the same time casting a shield jutsu. As the flames disappeared so did the sun.
"Y- yo-y" She stuttered "You won." She said in disbelief. Where had that jutsu come from? She had sensed extreme exhaustion from the girl second before she had cast the jutsu. As the flames vanished the sun disappeared over the horizon. Within seconds of nightfall, Naruko collapsed in exhaustion. The white fox poofed out of sight and Sakura just stared jaw agape. Tsunade caught the little girl and began to heal her.
"I think I have some missing things of yours Jiji!" Tsunade called out to the old man.
"Tsunade!" He exclaimed in surprise. "What do you mean?" Tsunade to answer his question turned around to show him her cargo and the small pink haired girl also peeked out from behind her back.
"This one" she motioned to the girl on her back "won a bet where if she won I would come back and heal her father." She explained. Iruka quickly took his little girl.
"So that is where you went you idiotic little genius!" he couldn't decide to be mad for leaving without telling anyone or proud of her for thinking of this.
"Now where is Kakashi Hatake?" The stunned medics quickly did as told and showed her the way.
For about seven hours the Hatake's and friends sat in tense silence praying to kami that Tsunade would be able to help. Earlier at around the fourth hour, Naruko had awoken and gotten praise and scorn for her endeavor. She now sat in silence as well with all the other awaiting the news on Kakashi.
Finally after about eight hours Tsunade came out looking exhausted. Everyone looked expectantly at her waiting to hear either devastating or great news. The woman sighed.
"I was able to repair the damage to his brain among other things" everyone was so relieved until she began to speak again "unfortunately he is still comatose and only he can decide to wake up. It could be years from now, maybe he will wake up in a few minutes or he might wake up next month." Naruko's heart sunk and felt like it shattered into a million pieces She ran out before hearing the rest of what the woman was saying.
"Did you hear?" A random student at the academy asked his friends.
"What?" One asked curiously.
"One of the Sannin Tsunade Senju has returned and is going to stay!" He exclaimed. Naruko barley lifted her head from her place on the lone swing. None of her friends were out here right now they were in class where she should be but obviously wasn't. None of the other instructors wanted to deal with the 'demon' girl so in her own self-imposed seclusion she sat uninterrupted.
"Gaki" came and accusing voice from behind "I know for a fact that you should be in class. Why are you out here?" It was Tsunade.
"Kakashi-tousan is never gonna wake up!" she screamed at the sannin who gave a small glare. "How can everyone just act like nothing happened!?" She cried out.
"I said he will wake up we just don't know when baka!" She corrected "And how are you going to get strong enough to protect your other loved ones and prevent the same thing from happening to them while your out her wallowing in undeserved guilt?" She asked and something seemed to click. Naruko looked up at her warily before dashing off the swing and into the academy.
AN- Two long (excuse my language) ass chapters for me in one day yay! I hope you guys like this.
Honō no uzu- Whirlpool of flames
SOS out-