Hey there, sorry for such a long update!
I've loved all the reviews I've gotten for the last chapter, and despite knowing what i was going to write in this chapter, I guess you can just say that I knew what was going to happen in my head, yet I couldn't figure out how to put it to paper (well computer in this case).
So in a result to this fail of a brain of mine, this chapter is incredibly short, and I know that. So hopefully you'll all be ok with such a short chapter...**puppy dog eyes** please be ok with it?
Anyway, here is the new chapter.
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Chapter 10
When Naruto entered the living room in the morning, he was greeted to a chorus of good mornings from the various couples lounging around the room. It was only one couple who physically greeted him…well, more like one tackled while the other stood aside.
"Good morning Naruto!" Alice yelled as she tackled the said blonde to the floor, sitting atop his stomach.
"Uh, little Alice…" Naruto struggled to say under the weight of the pixie like vampire, as he breathed out one word, "heavy."
"Oh, sorry," Alice said as she promptly stood up and stepped back, letting Jasper help Naruto up instead.
"Thanks," Naruto said as he let Jasper pull him into an upright position, smiling at the blonde vampire.
"No problem Naruto," Jasper said with a small smile in reply, "how was your night?"
"It was good," Naruto said as he brushed off his pants, "I was so tired from that Bingo game, very intense."
"You were getting very competitive," Emmett said from his position on the couch, remote in hand as he channel surfed until he landed on a New York Giants baseball game.
"It was interesting," Naruto replied as he let Alice grab his hand and lead him over to a couch, proceeding to sit him down before she sat in his lap. Jasper sat down beside them and slung his arm over the back of the couch behind Naruto, letting Alice rest her legs over his own.
Alice settled herself into Naruto's lap, who was already used to the very physical affection from the small vampire and proceeded to trace patterns on her back unconsciously.
Naruto…god…why is he so amazing? Alice thought as she leant into his touch, relaxing, hmmm, I'm definitely not letting him go. Ever.
Edward heard what Alice was thinking and couldn't help but smile to himself behind the book he was reading, content to just listen to this conversation.
"There isn't a game like that from where I come from," Naruto continued, "and also that poker game we played too, it's gambling but very different from mahjong and Cho-Han."
"What are they?" Bella asked, curious as she had never heard of it.
"They are just gambling games from where I come from," Naruto said with a smile, "although I'm not too sure on the game details, as from where I'm from you need to be 21, but someone I knew would always gamble and she sucked so much everyone called her the 'Densetsu no Kamo' which means 'The Legendary Sitting Duck'.
"Wow, she must suck," Jacob said from besides Bella, Renesmee in his lap giggling happily, "I mean, if she has a nickname like that…"
"What's even worse is that she is actually the leader of my village back home," Naruto said with a laugh, as the others chuckled along as well.
Damn that old woman and her unbelievably big breasts… Kyuubi said with a growl.
Hey! Naruto replied with a shout, that's Tsunade baa-chan you're talking about!
She does though! Kyuubi replied as he projected the image of Tsunade and her oversized breasts into Naruto's mind.
Edward chocked behind his book as he saw the image in Naruto's head of a young blonde woman with gigantic breasts. Edward looked over at Naruto who only shrugged in response, already knowing that he must have seen the image of Tsunade.
"She's your leader?" Edward questioned with a cocked eyebrow.
"Uh-huh," Naruto replied with a shy grin as he rubbed the back of his head, "she may look like that but she's strong, incredibly strong."
"Oh…" was all Edward could say as the image of Tsunade bounced around his head.
"Yeah…" was all Naruto could reply, knowing the shock of the image, already experiencing it himself when he had first met her all those years ago.
"Naruto, Jacob, breakfast is ready," Carlisle said as he walked into the living room, a warm smile on his face.
"Really? Thanks," Naruto said as Alice jumped off him and he was able to stand and walk to the dining room. He began to eat and chat with his new family as if he had known them all his life, forgetting all those times he was alone for the first 11 years of his miserable existence.
** Hokage Tower **
Tsunade was angry, no she was beyond angry. She was furious. When she had gone into a coma from the over exertion of her chakra to try and save the villagers, she had hoped that when she awoke there would be a familiar grin and blonde hair to greet her, but no. When she awoke, she had found out that Danzo had taken over her position as Hokage, the Raikage had issued a warrant on one Uchiha Sasuke and that her favorite blonde ninja had taken off to heaven knows where without a word or even a note.
She paced her office impatiently. She had ordered team Kakashi to track Naruto, and to bring him back home immediately. She had no idea why Naruto would up and leave like that, especially in a crucial time like this.
She heard a knock at the door, which she replied with a harsh, "Come in."
Sakura and Sai entered in silently, bowing their heads in respect to the Hokage.
"You ordered us Tsunade-sama?" Sakura said quietly, knowing that her shisho was furious at the information she had told her when she awoke two days ago.
"Yes, where is Kakashi, that yaro better not be late," Tsunade gritted out, making Sakura grimace, she knew that tone all too well in her times of training, "I swear I'll punch him so hard he'll start being called the 'Silver Flash'."
At that exact moment, there was a puff of smoke and Kakashi appeared kneeling on the floor, "Hokage-sama, Moushiwake suimasen deshita. (A polite way of saying I'm sorry) I was held up at the Jounin meeting."
"Finally you're here," Tsunade said with a wave of her hand, dismissing the silver haired jounins' excuse, "now I am well aware that you know what I'm going to tell you to do, or at least have an idea."
"To get Naruto back," Sai said plainly, as Tsunade only nodded in response.
"Correct," Tsunade said as she sat in her swivel chair, lacing her fingers together and resting her chin upon them, observing the three before her.
"I want you three to go and retrieve your team member from where ever the hell he is," Tsunade said with a firm look, "I don't see why you haven't been sent out earlier…"
"We didn't inform the Elders nor the previous Hokage Danzo due to knowing that if we did, they would most likely put a warrant on Naruto's head and claim him an exiled ninja," Kakashi explained smoothly, making Tsunade nod her head in acknowledgement.
"Good thinking," Tsunade praised as she reached into the draw of her desk and pulled out a file, handing it to Kakashi, "this is where I was able to track him up to so you shall start from here."
Kakashi opened the folder and flicked through the pages quickly, scanning each before handing the folder to Sakura who did the same and handed it to Sai, who also followed the lead of the two before him as he read the folder's contents.
"I want all of you to be gone in an hour," Tsunade sad firmly as she received a sequenced, "Ryoukai!"
As the three ninja's left the office, Tsunade sighed heavily to herself, the recent events weighing heavily on her mind.
"Tsunade-sama?" said the familiar voice of Shizune, whose voice sounded worried and concerned.
"Yes Shizune?" Tsunade replied as she looked up from her desk, only to meet the concerned eyes of her friend and would-have-been-niece.
"Are you alright?" Shizune asked as she placed a pot of hot tea and a cup onto the table, and a pile of dango as well.
"I'm just worried…that's all," Tsunade replied with another sigh as she buried her head in her hands.
"About Naruto?" Shizune questioned.
"Naruto, Konoha, Madara, Akatsuki, Bijuu, the Elders, Uchiha Sasuke, Raikage, injuries, casualties, everything," Tsunade replied sadly as Shizune could only nod her head in agreement.
"What is happening to the world?" Tsunade asked aloud, more to herself than to her company.
"Who knows Tsunade-sama," Shizune replied sadly, "who knows…"
"I hope that Naruto is ok…where ever he is right now…" Tsunade whispered, as she gazed out the window.
"He's Uzumaki Naruto," Shizune said with a warm smile adorning her face, "he'll be fine. He is the son of Kushina and Minato and Jiraiya's pupil."
"Mh-hm," Tsunade replied with a soft smile, knowing that what Shizune said was the truth, and that her favorite blonde ninja was safe and sound somewhere in the world.
** Cullen Household **
After lunch, all the members of the household decided that the weather was so nice, that they couldn't spend it cooped up all day inside. Despite the danger of someone stumbling upon a family of people sparkling under the warm suns rays, well minus three people sparkling, they thought they should enjoy the weather while it lasted.
As they all carried out the various couches and chairs from the living room, they took them to the front yard to a grassed area, placing them around in a small circle. They positioned a small coffee table in the middle of the circle, which they then placed a small tray of cakes and pastries on. A jug of freshly squeezed juice and cups was put down beside the tray, for any human or half vampire or wolf who was thirsty.
As everyone took their respected seats, they all settled in.
Edward sat with Bella sitting in his lap on one side of a three seat couch, Jacob with Renesmee in his lap on the other end of the couch. Jacob was telling some lame jokes to Renesmee about a vampire who walked into a bar, and Renesmee was giggling along happily, making Jacob smile warmly. Edward was content to just card his fingers through his lovers' hair lovingly, letting her rest her head against his chest.
Of course, Emmett and Rosalie had taken their usual love seat, tangling their limbs together in an open display of affection. Opposite them was Carlisle and Esme in the identical love seat, although without their limbs entangled, rather opting for Esme leaning her head on Carlisle's shoulder as he had his arm wrapped around her waist.
That left the other three seater couch to Naruto, Jasper and Alice, who were positioned in a similar fashion to that when they were seated before breakfast, although slightly alternated. Naruto had Alice's head on a pillow in his lap, while her legs were thrown over Jasper's once more, who was seated besides Naruto, his arm once more slung over the back of the couch.
They all began to chat amongst themselves and laughed about random topics which popped up in their conversations, and the pleasant atmosphere was only broken when Alice shot up from her seat, startling all of them.
"Hey little Alice," Naruto said soothingly, as he noticed her panicked state, "what's wrong?"
Alice ignored Naruto, as she looked at Carlisle pointedly, who understood right away what had happened.
"What did you see?" Carlisle asked, his face soft at Alice's distress.
"It was only a glimpse…" Alice said softly, as she looked at the grassy floor beneath her.
"What does Carlisle mean by, 'what did you see?'" Naruto questioned Jasper who replied,
"Alice sees things, the future in a sense through projections through her mind."
"Oh yeah…" Naruto said as he recalled a conversation with Carlisle, "Carlisle did say Alice could see the future…"
"Yeah," Jasper said quietly, as he took Alice's hand within his own, rubbing circles on the back of her palm to calm her erratic breathing.
Alice tried to calm down so she could explain her vision out loud without confusing everyone with her jumbled words and heavy breathing.
"Someone's coming," Alice said as she gazed off in the distance, towards the tree line.
"Who?" Emmett asked.
Edward just looked shocked, having seen what Alice had saw. It was only a glance, but it was certain who exactly was coming.
"The Volturi," Alice whispered as she continued to gaze at the trees.
"What?" Bella exclaimed, "When?"
Alice just glanced back at her family before turning her gaze back to a patch of trees and whispered out one word,
"Now."
Cliffy... ooooo :S
What's going to happen next? I wonder~
I promise that the next chapter will be longer, with the Volturi meeting and all...and let's not forget who's with the volturi... **Smirks** This shall be veeerrrryyy interesting **rubs hands together in glee**
Also, introduced team 7 coming to find Naru-chan:) That shall be another interesting arc in this little fic^^
Everyone review and tell me what you think?
