Disclaimer: I still do not own naruto…. And I still got nothing ingenious or funny to say about the subject
"Normal speech"
"Toughs and flashbacks"
"Kyuubi"
"Inner Sakura"
"Kyuubi's thoughts"
(AN): authors note
CHAPTER 9. 1: RUMORS AND TRUTHS
"Zabuza-san it's been a week could stop that" asked the red faced Haku
"It's not my fault that you passed out when you find out who your future husband will be, and even if I say so myself the brat is not that bad"
"Aaawwww our little…" started Gozu
"Haku-chan is growing up, she likes boys now" finished Meizu, making the poor girl even redder and the three males laugh at her display of emotion.
Haku then shoot them her most powerful and terrorizing glare, only to have it's effect completely destroyed thanks to the bright blush she was sporting in her face in that moment since the group left the wave and she passed out Haku haven't seen the end of the jokes about her relationship with the blond, and even if the jokes were pissing her off she didn't mind what the jokes claimed, she didn't deny that she was interested in the boy, what lead to more jokes.
"Leave her alone guys" called the demon of the mist, making Haku feel grateful with her uncle, feeling that disappeared when she heard the rest of the sentence "she's still angry that Naruto didn't kissed her back in the wave when he had the chance", making the girl blush even harder.
The picking on the girl was cut short when mist village appeared on their sights, as soon as they entered the ninja village Haku was marveled of how much it has changed over the years, she remembers from when she was little that the place were in ruins and most of the people wore rags as clothing, now the people looked happy, the houses and buildings looked that can be actually used to house in people. In revelation of this Haku couldn't help but feel proud of her father's work.
Soon the arrived a the kage tower and were in front of the Yondaime mizukage: Momochi Shin, watching her father Haku couldn't help but notice how much her father changed with the years, he now wore his short hair down when he use to have it just like her uncle and now he was starting to sport some silver in his hair, his face itself haven't changed that much, he still have his elongated fangs that gave him a feral and terrifying look to his enemies and a few wrinkles were starting to show. And yet a the same time he didn't change at all, he still have that aura of wisdom and power that seemed to exude from him all the time, in his eyes he still have that gaze full of love and patience, as any father that loved his child would, his sword, the shugokon (guardian soul) still leaned on the wall to his right, ready to be used and still as magnificent as she remembered it, bigger than her uncle's sword by about five inches and only as half as wide as kubikiri, it's dark blue metal gleaming in a barely noticeable way in the light provided by lamps in the ceiling, still having a slight curvature in it's double edge, near the hilt was the crest of the Momochi clan.
The mizukage raised his twitching gaze from a rather complex- looking stack of paperwork
To see his brother and daughter in front of him smiling ( well Haku was and with Zabuza it wasn't that obvious)
"Haku!! Zabuza welcome home!!" that was another thing that made her father different from her uncle while Zabuza was more serious in and out of battle, her father was outside the battlefield was a more open person.
"hello Shin it's been a while" said the demon of the mist, even if he was the mizukage he was using the casual way to address him.
Haku however bowed deeply and saluted her father with a smile on her face " hello father it's good to see you're well".
Shin watched his daughter and couldn't but notice how much she looked like her mother with each year that passed, she had her kindness and beauty and from what he read in Zabuza's letters, the Momochi stubbornness and determination, making him both happy and sad at the same time, happy that at least his wife still lived in Haku and sad because it made him realize how much of his own daughter's life he missed.
"Zabuza is that the way to address a kage" said Shin.
"hmph, I don't care if you rule the elemental nations you're still Shin and I will address to you in the way I feel like doing it" this earned him a glare from the mentioned.
"so it's that how you want to play eh?, then I'll guess you are in need of punishment for your disrespecting your leader maybe two months of retrieving the water lord's wife's cat or maybe even a genin team, made of nothing but the loudest fan-girls and the rookie of the year, yes that will teach you."
While Shin was having such dark and ill-related thoughts about how to deal with the disrespect shown to him Haku knew that if she didn't defuse the situation one of her relatives will end severely maimed.
"and tell me father what happened during our absence"
the kage snapped out of his dark thoughts and answered "first I was finally able to change the graduation test, not too long after you left, also we have a new council, there are new trading routes, but unfortunately I can't seem to be able to get rid of all this damn pare-work!!!" he said the last part while glaring at the stack of papers in front of him known as the bane of the kages, the paper work.
"but that's not important !!, please tell me what happened all this time, specially the incident in the wave" and Haku began to narrate everything that happened in the wave trying to be as vague as possible when it came to Naruto, because she liked him a lot and she would like to see him again alive.
Zabuza just stood there for moment and said a stern tone "brother", Shin immediately picked the sign that a private talk was needed.
"Haku dear I need to talk to your uncle could you go the house"
after she left Zabuza started talking" Shin, they lied to us he is alive"
"who"
"the Kazama heir, the kid that Haku mentioned and that kept avoiding questions about him"
"what do you mean they lied to us!!?!?"
"that the kid is alive, don't you remember what the yondaime told us that will happen if he wasn't around"
"and how mind you are you sure that the boy is the right one" the mizukage said in a sarcastic tone.
The demon of the mist grinned behind his mask made of bandages and said one word that verify the truth behind it
"horaigan"
Shin's eyes widened at the revelation, after all he was one of the few people that can brag to be able survive an encounter with the fabled yondaime and to be one of the few people to claim the witnessing of the Kazama eye
"this Zabuza cannot leave the room"
however unknown to Shin his secretary, who unfortunately happened to be the biggest blabbermouth of Kiri heard the conversation and she spent the next three seconds trying to stop herself and the next two thinking who is she going to tell, she didn't know how much problems she was about to cause.
ONE WEEK LATER, IN SUN COUNTRY:
She heard the rumor and at first she couldn't believe it at first, but even if it was a lie it still got her to do what she vow never to do again: she was returning home, she was going to konoha.
"Sarutobi you better have a good explanation for this" called her voice laced in anger born from the knowledge of the treachery do to her all those years back.
AT THE SAME TIME IN THE KAZEKAGE TOWER:
"are you certain that these rumors are true" asked the kage
"yes I heard it from someone who heard it from someone in the office of the mizukage"
hearing it he couldn't help but smile thanking the alliance with konoha, he wasn't as interested that the kid was a Kazama, in his mind that was a nice addition, no, the important part was that Naruto was an Uzumaki, not many know this but the Uzumaki hailed from wind country originally they were suna's premier wind weavers in the time of the nidaime kazekage, who emigrated towards konoha and he was well aware that an Uzumaki kid with his bloodline awakened put all the wind user of his age to shame, they were in those times also the sand premiers bloodline limit hunters thanks to their contract with the bloodfalcons
And now that the bloodline resurfaced again, he could arrange that someway that his offspring became part of suna.
"thank you for the information you may leave now"
he pushed the button on the interphone and said to his secretary "gather the council there is something important we must discuss"
Orochimaru scowled at the news, they were by far the most unpleasant news brought to him the brat had a son and as such his bloodline was alive, this was riddled of uncertainties and unknowns, and one thing that the snake didn't like was the lack of information, not only did the brat will grow up to be powerful but he will be under constant guarding, then an idea came in to his head, if it was done correctly not only will he destroy konoha he will be able to win the favor of rock, after all he was sure that they wouldn't mind ending the Kazama bloodline.
On another place of rice country the people that integrated the Fuuma clan decided to take on an old offer from both of the late hokages (yondaime and sandaime) and move to konoha deeming the leader of sound not trust worthy.
And with a simple rumor Naruto's life will change more than ever.
AN: yes another chapter and before schedule, sorry if it was weird but I needed to get it out and kudos for those who guessed that if I ever paired Temari with Naruto it was going to be as an arranged marriage( is not definitive but it is there)
Now for the votes:
The first number are individual votes, the second is for that person to be in the harem.
HINATA: 2+17
SASAME: 2+3
OC: 2
TEMARI: 6 +11
HAKU: 41+20
INO: 6 +4
TEN-TEN: 5 +14
HAREM:58
Kin: 0 +3
Sakura: 0+1
Tayuya:0+3
Two chapters more to close the poll.
JA NE.