Akatsuki Orphanage
"Naruto, Sakura?"
When he said our names I stood up from my chair, and Naruto stood up from his and walked over to my side. Naruto, as well as me, closely inspected Jiraiya. I then asked in a slow voice, "Um, you look like someone we knew…did you know a Minato Namikaze?"
Jiraiya's face lit up with happiness and relief as he surged forward to gather both Naruto and I into his great arms. He hugged us close as he exclaimed, "You two have no idea how long I have been looking for you!"
I got a look of confusion on my face, but before I could ask anything Tsunade stood up and asked, "Jiraiya, what's going on?"
Jiraiya gave us one final squeeze as he set us both back down on the ground. He then looked at Tsunade with a smile in his eyes as he said, "I just found the two people I have been looking for, for eight years."
My eyes got larger but before I could say anything Naruto turned around to look at him and asked, "Wait, what?"
"What the hell is going on old man?" Hidan shouted.
"Yeah, I'm pretty confused," Kisame voiced his opinion.
Jiraiya sighed a long and heavy sigh, "Well you guys all look like you're done with dinner so how about we go into the living room so I can explain everything, alright?"
"That sounds reasonable," Itachi said standing up behind me.
"Indeed," Sasori also said as he stood up.
"Fine," Tsunade huffed out, "you have some explaining to do Jiraiya."
He nodded and we all followed him down the hallway. Everything was going too fast for me at the moment. Only a day at this place and we were meeting the man who used to meet with my dad and play with us years ago. This really made no sense to me, and I could see that Naruto was thinking very deeply about it from my side. I just clutched my necklace, trying to calm down.
As we entered the living room Naruto and I walked over to the large sofa to sit down next to each other, Itachi sat next to me and Nagato sat next to Naruto. Yahiko then sat next to Nagato. Deidara and Sasori sat on two chairs opposite of each other, Hidan flopped down on the floor, and Kisame and Konan sat in a mini sofa. Jiraiya took his seat across from everyone and Tsunade chose to stand as did Sasuke.
Jiraiya sighed and looked over at Naruto and me before looking at everyone else. He then ran a hand through his unruly white hair and explained, "Let's start from the beginning. Before Tsunade and I started this orphanage, we did our own things. I own a large business as you all know," he looked over at everyone, "and I was teaching Minato Namikaze the ways of business so that he could take over when he was ready."
I took in all the information with a calm head. From what he was describing it now made sense why our dad would always meet with Jiraiya.
His eyes then settled on Naruto and I, "I became close with your father and mother and I considered them like my own children in a way. And because of that I became close with the two of you, and Minato and Kushina made me both of yours godfather."
"You mean that you're our godfather?" Naruto asked pointing at him then me.
I sighed, "Naruto, you can be really dense sometimes. He just stated that he is our godfather."
Before Jiraiya could say anything Kisame asked, "Well if you're their godfather, why didn't you get them when their parents died?"
"Well that's where things get messy," Jiraiya replied, "I noticed that there were people waiting outside of the house whenever I went to visit. I looked into it more and noticed that there was a symbol on the car," he then looked at Itachi, who was sitting next to me, and Sasuke, who was brooding but still listening in the corner, "it was the symbol of the Uchiha."
I felt Itachi stiffen at my side and I looked at him. His eyes were slightly wide as he looked intently at Jiraiya. I put a hand on his shoulder to try and comfort him, since I really didn't know what to do. He didn't shrug me off, but he didn't acknowledge me either.
"Are you saying that the Uchiha were responsible for the murder of our parents?" Naruto growled out.
Jiraiya hastily put his up in front of him shaking them, "No, not necessarily. Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha, the parents of Sasuke and Itachi, were actually good friends of your parents."
"We never heard of any Namikaze before, so what makes those two so special," Sasuke questioned from his corner.
"Sasuke, your parents and Naruto and Sakura's were trying to hide something. And-"
"Is it those damn sources that our uncles killed our parents for?" Sasuke exclaimed.
Itachi, my hand still on his shoulder, looked coldly at his brother, "Sasuke, stop this now. We do not know everything to this story."
"I know enough that those two," Sasuke pointed at Naruto and me, "and their parents are probably the reason why ours are dead."
"What did you say?" Naruto shouted at him.
I took my hand off of Itachi's shoulder to hold Naruto down as I said, "Naruto-kun, Sasuke-san how about the both of you calm down and listen to Jiraiya-san, then we can make accusations later."
Sasuke glared at me but said nothing and Naruto calmed down and said, "Sorry…go on."
"Always the peace maker Sakura," Jiraiya mumbled before continuing, "As I said before both of your parents were hiding something that Tobi and Madara Uchiha, now the heads of the Uchiha Corporation, were after. They sent their men to find what they wanted from Minato and Kushina since they knew that their brother, Fugaku, was a close friend to the both of them. From what I can tell they didn't find what they were looking for so they killed Minato and Kushina."
"Do we know what they were looking for," Itachi questioned.
"No, I have no idea," Jiraiya sighed in defeat.
"You still didn't answer my question," Kisame said after a pause.
"I'm getting to it, be patient alright? When I found out that Minato and Kushina were killed, my first thought was to get you two," he looked at Naruto and me, "and take custody. But the problem was that you were nowhere to be found. That's why I go on all these trips to look for you two."
I ran a hand through my long pink hair as I said, "Well, when our parents died we didn't know what to do so we ran."
"We never stayed in the same place for a long time because people have been trying to kill us. And now we defiantly know who was trying to kill us all these years," Naruto sighed.
"Wait, whose been trying to kill you," Jiraiya asked out of shock and worry.
"I believe I know who," Nagato voiced from Naruto's side, "The night I brought Naruto-san and Sakura-san to the Akatsuki Orphanage they told me that a masked man named Tobi was trying to kill them. I met him only once and I didn't like him."
"Yeah he shot Sakura-chan just for our necklaces," Naruto grounded out, "plus he talked in third person. You have some pretty weird uncle's teme."
"They are not my uncles anymore," Sasuke growled, "they lost that title the day they killed my parents."
"What necklaces?" Konan asked softly.
Naruto pulled his blue crystal out from under his shirt and I held out my own green one. "Our parents gave these to us right before they died. They said to always keep them close," I whispered loud enough for everyone to hear.
"What would my uncles want with your necklaces Sakura?" Itachi asked as he stared into my green orbs.
I shrugged and Naruto said, "All I can say is that he really wanted them, and didn't care if we ended up corpses."
"What should we do Jiraiya, Tsunade?" Yahiko asked from beside Nagato.
"Nothing," Tsunade stated, "there is absolutely nothing we can do now except be careful," she then turned her gaze to Naruto and I, "and you two need to watch your backs when you go to school. It's a public place so anything could happen."
Naruto smirked and said confidently, "Don't worry Tsunade; we can watch our backs just fine."
I smiled at my brother and looked around at everyone else. Sasori seemed bored but also intrigued, Deidara and Kisame had looks of slight worry on their faces, Konan had her normal soft look with a determined eye, Yahiko and Nagato were smiling at Naruto, Sasuke was glaring (pretty normal if you ask me),Hidan had this weird gleam in his eye, and Itachi was smirking.
"Why don't they just leave since they will be putting everyone in danger," Sasuke said coldly.
Everyone glared at him, even Hidan, and Nagato spoke up, "Because we never turn our backs on people who need us. And I would rather not have my two new friends killed."
I smiled when Nagato said friends. It seemed that we already grew on them, and they on us. Well, everyone except for Mr. Stick in the Ass.
"Hn," was all Sasuke said.
"Well I can look out for them at school since Sas-gay won't do anything," Deidara piped up.
"That includes Yahiko, Nagato, and me as well," Konan said evenly. Naruto and I both gave her a questioning gaze and she said, "The three of us are teachers there."
I smiled at her and then looked at Jiraiya saying, "We really don't want to be so much trouble, I mea-"
But I was cut off by a smooth voice that could only belong to Itachi, "There is no need to feel that way Sakura. We all see you two as part of our family now, so let us do our part to help you."
I looked into his onyx eyes to see if there was any doubt; there was none. This man, who I barely knew, was willing to do anything for Naruto and me. And by the looks in everyone else's eyes they all thought the same thing.
"We can continue this tomorrow, it's getting late so go to your rooms everyone," Tsunade's voice boomed.
There were some moans and groans but in the end we all got up to go to bed. As I stood up with Naruto I watched as everyone left the large living room, and when I headed towards the staircase a hand on my shoulder stopped me. I looked behind me, along with Naruto, and we saw our godfather.
"I need to talk to you two before you go up kay?" He asked in his warm voice.
I nodded and Naruto made no sign of acknowledgement. Jiraiya then took both of us by the shoulders and led us outside into the garden, the very garden I have fallen in love with. He led us down the stone path and to the bench that overlooked the small pond. He gestured for Naruto and me to sit on the bench as he took a seat on the grass in his business clothes.
When we sat Jiraiya sighed out, "You two have no idea how relived I am to have found you."
"Well I'm not surprised that you didn't find us," Naruto grunted out, "Sakura-chan and me are pretty good at hiding."
"You get those survival skills from your parents for sure," Jiraiya said a look of remembrance on his face, "I just wish that you never had to use them and that I found you earlier on."
I ran a hand through my pink locks as I said, "Don't be sorry, we have learned how to take care of ourselves. It's made the both of us closer and more mature than we probably ever would have been."
Jiraiya gave us both a warm smile, "I remember when you were younger you two used to fight all the time but in the end you loved each other, just as siblings should. I have one question though…"
"What is it?" Naruto asked, leaning towards our godfather.
"Well…this may be hard but I need you two to tell me everything that happened on the day that your parents were killed."
My throat choked up a bit, but I pushed my fear down. I could see Naruto tense up, so I put a gentle hand on his shoulder for reassurance. He looked my way and nodded, then looked back at Jiraiya and said, "We were all having dinner like usual when someone went and banged on the door. Mom and Dad seemed to know what it was somehow so they took me and Sakura-chan to the back of the house and hid us inside the wall-"
"Inside the wall?" Jiraiya questioned cutting off Naruto.
"Yes," I answered, "our parents must have known something bad was going to happen so they cut a secret compartment into the wall and put us in there and then they gave us these necklaces," I held my green crystal, "and then after that…"
I trailed off really not wanting to think about it. Ever since we got here I seemed to be talking about the deaths of our parents a lot, and I guess that it was finally starting to sink in.
Naruto pulled me into a one armed hug, holding me against him as he said, "Then we heard shouting and heard them fighting. Near the end there were two gun shots, and when we crawled out of the wall our parents were dead."
Jiraiya looked sadly at the two of us. We must have looked really pathetic since I was cuddled up next to my brother, my pink hair swaying in the breeze, and Naruto had his arm around me protectively and was looking straight at Jiraiya.
I then saw Jiraiya lift himself off of the ground and walk over slowly to us. He crouched down, since he was a very tall guy to begin with, and warped his large and strong arms around both Naruto and I. Naruto still had me in his arms, but now we were both encircled in our godfathers arms. Jiraiya held us close, as he said, "Now that I have found you, I promise I will never let you two go again."
At his words I felt so loved so I just nodded into his chest and said, "Thank you."
"Yeah…same here," Naruto replied as well.
We stayed like this for a while, the three of us hugging. In a way we were sort of like a small family of three, but I have a feeling that this small family would grow and create new family members. This place was a place for new beginnings, a place for Naruto and me to start all over and create a home with friends and family. I guess there was a reason to naming this the Akatsuki Orphanage, or otherwise known as New Dawn.
~Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto just the plot line of this story
So what do ya think! I tried hard to make that whole Jiraiya, Sakura, and Naruto moment short and sweet. Plus I wanted everyone to show that they would do all they could to help them…and I just love writing Sasuke since he is such a jerk, but he will get better I believe…
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