Tayuya: We're back
Haku: It Resumes
Jiraiya: Oh yeah!
(Naruto drops from the ceiling and lands in front of the three, grinning broadly)
Naruto: Konsu does not own Naruto or the red-haired girl with the pink jewel who appears this chapter. Here's a challenge, do you know who she is? And no she's not from an anime or manga, well originally, but an Italian comic that was produced into a cartoon and claimed by Disney. Here's another challenge, does anyone know who Aino the Lavender Flower is? I bet you can't guess!
(Naruto forms a handseal and vanishes in a cloud of smoke. Twitching uncontrollably, Haku stomps out the studio to hunt for the idiot Naruto.)
Tayuya (watches Haku leave with a sweat drop): Well, uh, begin
Alone in the dark, it was not something Tayuya enjoys. When she is alone in the dark, thinking is all she does. Thoughts of the past, the brief time she spent with her mother, the moments she was living happily with Tsunade and Shizune, and the long painful duration with Orochimaru. All these memories flashes across her mind, it was disgusting. She hated thinking of the past, it made her feel strange.
However, as Tayuya sits in the dark cell, hidden far beneath the ground, she could do nothing but think of the past. The more she thinks, the farther her mind sinks in the abyss. She could feel the shadows of the cell creeping up on her like slithering snakes. They touch her skin, and Tayuya flinches at the contact. She was sinking. The dark was not a kind place; it never was, at least not for her. Help, she needs help, she really does. The darkness was creeping on her once more, touching her skin once again. Flinching once more at the contact, a shiver goes through her once feeling the darkness not shying away like before, instead it creeps further up her body, attempting to cover her whole.
'Help, help me please.'
The silent cries reach no ears. Alone in the dark, she knew no one would hear her, but that is why she reaches out through her mind, hoping someone would answer her cries. Reaching out blindly within the dark, Tayuya searches for anyone, anyone at all who could help her, who could help fight off the darkness threatening to engulf her whole.
'Someone, someone please.'
A hand suddenly grasps Tayuya's hand from within the darkness.
"I got you."
It was a voice of a girl, one Tayuya does not recognize, but she grasps the hand tightly, not caring who it was, but grateful that someone heard her cries. Smiling gratefully, the darkness clears slightly. But it was enough for Tayuya to catch a glimpse of her savior. It was a girl no older than her, hair as red as blood, brown eyes full of warmth and kindness, hanging around her neck, shining brightly was a pink jewel giving off an intense light. The girl and Tayuya stares at the jewel, and then at each other in confusion. Another voice sounds through the darkness, one Tayuya recognizes as her mother.
"Connection Successful."
The girl suddenly vanishes in a mist, the darkness cracks, and then shatters like glass. Not sure what happened, but Tayuya was happy to no longer be in the darkness. She was back in her cell, in the dark, but not in the same darkness as before. Unlike before, she could feel life all around her, no, not just life, but light, and a lot of it. She felt different, but she did not know why. Clinching her fist tightly, she jumps seeing a spark of electricity flare from it.
"What the fuck?"
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"So um, can you explain it to us once more?"
The red head represses a groan and explains everything once more, her chin resting in her hands as she did so, looking very bored at this point.
"The name is Karin Uzumaki. I have no idea who I am other than my name. The only thing I remember is waking up in front of your village's gate with this damn thing on my neck," Karin tilts her head to the side so they could see the seal there. "Other than a few screams that sounds like my own, I got nothing, so can you all stop staring at me like I'm some criminal because you're really pissing me off." Karin pauses, while everyone continues to stare at her like some zoo animal. "You know what, never mind," Karin pushes up her glasses. "Seeing how you're not going to listen to my request and how you're going to continue with this stupid interrogation, how about you bring me some food, spaghetti if you have some if not, tsukimen or ramen will do."
This was too much for Tsunade to handle. Not only did she have yet another Uzumaki in the village, this was too demanding for words. The girl was an Uzumaki no doubt about it. The red hair was not the giveaway, no, it was the glare, the obnoxiousness, and the damn habit of the girl's chakra spiking whenever she was upset. A typical Uzumaki if she's ever seen one, especially with the desire for noodle dishes.
'Typical.' Tsunade rolls her eyes. "Karin Uzumaki, correct?" Karin gives Tsunade a stare as if to say does she really have to repeat herself. Rolling her eyes once more, Tsunade snaps at one of her men. "Get this damn girl some spaghetti, and a lot of it, enough to feed ten grown men."
A little stun at this request, the man, Kotetsu nods and quickly runs off to fetch the smirking girl a plate of her favorite food. Now that the request was being handled, Tsunade focuses on Karin once more. The girl was eying her curiously. She did not why, but Tsunade suddenly felt she was being dissected by the girl's eyes. It was a strange, almost disgusting feeling. The way the girl stares at her with those strange red eyes reminds Tsnnade of a curious fox. No, the girl's eyes do not squint like Naruto does; it was the way she stares. It was like a fox staring at a potential prey or perhaps kin.
"Say," The girl adjusts her glasses once more. "Are you taking it easy on me with this interrogation because we're related?" Karin notices Tsunade stiffen at her words. The shinobi in the room also notices Tsunade's action. One of these shinobi was Kakashi. The man stares between Tsunade and Karin, interest sparking in his eyes. Since hearing the girl's claims of being an Uzumaki, his entire attention has been on her. He wonders what her exact relationship was to Naruto. Were they siblings like Tayuya and Naruto? Cousin? Aunt? He could see a faint resemblance between her and Kushina, but it was faint, very faint. The girl was more like Naruto if anything. "So how long until the spaghetti gets here, I really hate waiting for it?" Yeah, the girl was very much like Naruto indeed when it came to food.
An hour later, Karin is starting her seventh bowl of spaghetti when Tsunade finally snaps.
"Okay that's enough!" Everyone jumps at Tsunade's shout. "Go grab Inoichi and Ibiki. We'll find out the truth one way or another."
Feeling things quickly growing serious, Karin finishes up the last of her food and leans back, hiding her fear behind a mask of indifference. Knowing she had pushed her luck, Karin wonders who this Inoichi and Ibiki were. Honestly their names sounded frightening, and she really did not want to deal with frightening people. Having put on a brave front since awakening, she could feel the front breaking down. Biting on her thumbnail, Karin gives the shinobi in the room another look over. There was the Hokage. The woman was standing up straight, eyes piercing through her like daggers, her chakra flaring at random intervals. Next to her standing by her faithfully was her assistant, Shizune, her chakra was calm like a flowing stream. Behind them, eyeing her with his one eye was Kakashi. When he stares at her, Karin could not help but shiver. Creepy was the word that came to mind when he gazes at her, and his chakra which was like a cold fire did not make her feel any better. Beside him picking in her ear was Anko. Something else entirely, Karin could sense out the woman's chakra. Dark, almost tainted, but strangely warm. Next to him giving Kakashi a wide grin, something the man was skillfully ignoring was the strangest man Karin thought she would ever see. The man was Might Guy and if there were words to describe his chakra, it was wild like a wildfire.
'Oh man I don't think I'm in a good place at all. Why can't I remember anything? What happened to me?'
Not that she noticed, but Karin had broken out into a cold sweat, something everyone in the room saw. Pleased that the girl was not as clueless about the situation that she initially thought, Tsunade allows a smug smile to appear on her face. Unfortunately, the smile drops once Tsume enters the room and not Ibiki or Inoichi. Knowing what was about to go down, Tsunade glares at Tsume, who glares back heatedly.
"Tsunade-sama when will Tayuya-chan be released?"
The woman had asked this every day since they returned to the village with the girl. Restless and annoying, it describes Tsunade's state and her feelings towards Tsume respectively. A headache quickly forms feeling Tsume's gaze on her and Shizune's as well. Groaning irritably, Tsunade levels Tsume with a harsh glare.
"I'll release her in due time,"
The Hokage is cut off by the growling Tsume.
"In due time? Two weeks had passed already Tsunade-sama," Tsume restrains herself from approaching the Hokage, knowing she would do something that would land her in a cell next to the poor girl. "I know Inoichi pried into her mind and gained information vital to the whereabouts of Orochimaru and Sasuke Uchiha," No one but Kakashi notices Karin grasping her head in pain. "You have what you need, so release her, please." Tsume crosses her arms over her chest, glaring heatedly at the cold-eyed Hokage.
Yep, the headache was now a migraine. Groaning once more, Tsunade decides to give Tsume what she wants, but before she could do so, Karin suddenly cries out. All eyes turn towards the girl. Tears were streaming down her face, and the Curse Seal was shining brightly, almost blinding everyone. Hands grasping her head tightly, Karin mumbles under her breath, the mumbles heard by all.
"Tayuya, Tayuya, Tayuya, Tayuya, Tayuya, Sasuke, Tayuya, Sasuke, Sasuke, Tayuya, Orochimaru, Tayuya." Tayuya's name appears more than Sasuke's or Orochimaru's. The girl was repeating the names like a broken record. The girl's chakra spikes in her turmoil, her cries grow louder, and as the chakra she was releasing grows higher, the whites of her eyes suddenly show. Falling unconscious, her head hits the table with a loud thud. For a moment no one moves, too stun to do anything. The door opens once more revealing Ibiki and Inoichi, snapping everyone out of their shock. Quickly rushing to the girl, Tsunade performs a medical scan, focusing more on her head than anywhere else. Eyes darkening, Tsunade removes her hands from Karin's head and lifts the girl from the seat. Carrying her bridal style, Tsunade gives out orders to her ninja.
"Shizune I want you to prepare a bed for her in the medical ward. Kakashi, I want you to bring Tayuya to my office. Ibiki and Anko will accompany you. Tsume, you and Inochi meet me in my office."
Without another word, Tsunade leaves the interrogation room, and heads for the medical ward on the upper level.
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"I know you're awake."
"I wasn't pretending to be asleep dipshit."
Rising from the bed, Tayuya stretches the kinks out of her body. Staring around the cell trying to figure out how long she's been asleep, she groans figuring that she could not determine the time in her cell. Cursing this, Tayuya focuses on the one-eyed ninja who awakened her, not that she would let him know that. Being the light sleeper that she was, and having trained her ears to hear even the faintest sounds, she had immediately awakened and chose to stay in bed, waiting to see what would happen. Once again, she was not pretending to be asleep, she was waiting, just waiting. Yawning loudly, Tayuya glares at Kakashi, wondering what the man and the two dumbasses with him wanted.
"So, what is it? Are you here to bring me some tsukimen or something because I'm hungry?"
Seeing how Tsunade was the Hokage, Tayuya figures she would never be let out of the cell, so imagine her surprise when the door is open and Kakashi motions her out. For a moment Tayuya does not move, not sure what to think of this situation.
"Are you saying I'm free to run wild and take revenge on the Hokage for treating me like shit for nearly my whole life?"
Rubbing his head, Kakashi answers, face blank, voice deadpanned.
"Um…no," Honestly, Kakashi had no idea where all of that came from. "But the Hokage wishes for you come to her office and we are to be your escorts."
Grunting Tayuya makes her way out the cell where Anko immediately binds her wrist with a snake that slithered from her right coat sleeve. Shrieking at the treatment, Tayuya glares at the beaming Anko.
"What the hell you bitch?"
"It's just a precaution?"
"Precaution my ass, you're just being a sadist. Where's the damn chains, get this shit off of me?"
"No can do brat."
Ibiki and Kakashi share a glance and they sigh in unison.
'Why is Anko so childish?'
The trip to the Hokage's office was mostly silence saved for the constant bickering between the violently cursing Tayuya and the childish Anko. When they finally arrived, Tayuya immediately glares at Tsunade who returns it tenfold. However, Tayuya's glare drops once Tsume hugs her out of nowhere. Completely unprepared for such a thing, Tayuya shouts out in a response that was typical for her, and not so much for everyone else, sans Anko and Shizune who has been around the girl more than everyone else.
"What the fuck? What the hell do you think you're doing bitch?"
Stun, but not stun enough to not react to such words, Tsume increases her hold on Tayuya, shutting the cursing girl up.
"My, that's quite a mouth you have. I'm gonna enjoy training you."
Freezing at her words, Tayuya wonders what Tsume meant. Seeing the markings on the woman's face, she quickly deduces that the woman was a Inuzuka. Having read about the clan from one of Orochimaru's books, the thought of the woman training her did not sit well with her at all. There were many ways to take her words, but the most obvious one was the fact the woman would train her like a dog and force her to be obedient like one of her kin. This really did not sit well with Tayuya, not at all.
"Oh hell no."
Struggling to free herself from Tsume's grip, Tayuya found it increasingly difficult to do so with the woman giving her a bear hug with the combine force of Anko's snake binding her hands.
"Will cut that out and let me speak."
Tsunade's cold voice cuts through the air like a knife, stilling everyone. Once she had everyone's attention, Tsunade continues.
"Tayuya Uzumaki," Tsume sets Tayuya on the ground. "As of today you will be on probation. During this time you will be living under the care of Tsume Inuzuka and her family. The probation will last for half a year. During this time you will not be allowed to leave the village or be left alone at anytime which is why a team of shinobi will be present around you at all times when you are not with Tsume. If you make it through this probation period, you will have the choice to become a Konoha Shinobi. If not, then you can do as you please, even leave the village if you so desired, but only after you see me, and even then, you leaving the village or not will be up to me, so don't believe it is a guaranteed thing."
Crossing her arms over her chest, Tayuya gives Tsunade a withering glare.
"So you mean to tell me you big breasted bitch that I'll be having multiple babysitters for the next six months?" This really, really, really did not sit well with Tayuya, but it sure as hell beat sitting in a dark cell. "And what of my servant?" She really wanted to know what happened to Fuu, not that she knew the girl's name, but if anything happened to her, Tayuya was not going to be happy. Well, she already was not happy, so her mood would become worst.
"Servant?" Questioned Tsunade frowning.
"The girl who was brought with me, she was injured, where the hell is she?"
Now knowing who Tayuya was talking about, Tsunade grins, actually grins, causing Tayuya's frown to deepen.
"Oh, you mean Fuu," Chuckling, Tsunade laces her fingers together, and rests her elbows on her desk, amusement shining in her eyes. "Yes, she should be at the Yamanaka Shop working right about now. She has expressed a great interest in meeting with you." Tayuya made not have been a genius like Shikamaru, but she knew what Tsunade was hinting at, because she knew Fuu was not happy with her at all.
"Is that so," Arms still cross, Tayuya returns Tsunade's grin. "Why not bring her here so we can talk? I'm sure she has a lot to say and I'll be happy to oblige with anything she may desire."
Okay, so there were two problems for Tayuya. Okay, maybe several. Not only was she going to be treated like a child for the next six months, but now she had a jinchuuriki angry at her for whatever crazy reason. And if that was not enough, the person she was going to be staying with was a Inuzuka and apparently she was going to be 'training' her. Oh man, that did not sound right to her at all. Well, there was one more thing and it was the fact she was in the same room with Tsunade and Shizune. She honestly did not wish to see any of them. Just being in the same room with them made her blood boil, she was never going forgive them for what happened to her so many years ago. No, this was not the worst part; the worst was the moment Sakura bursts into the room.
"I apologize for interrupting Tsunade-sama, but Karin has awakened, and she wants to see the person who was just brought into this room, saying that she felt familiar."
When Sakura said this, Tayuya freezes and breaks out into a cold sweat. Once again, she was not a genius like Shikamaru, but the moment the name 'Karin' and the words 'feel familiar' flowed out the pink-haired bitch's mouth, she knew who the girl was speaking of.
"Sis is here too?" Whispers Tayuya hoarsely. "Are you serious? Why is she here? Did you capture her too?" Growing distressed, electricity runs over Tayuya's body, forcing everyone on edge. "No, no, no, I can't see her," Images of Karin glaring at her flashes through Tayuya's mind. "She'll kill me," Screeching loudly, she drops to her knees in despair. "She'll kill me with her insanity; I can't deal with this shit!" Punching the ground like a child throwing a tantrum, another surge of electricity runs over her body, some of it even shooting out, striking the wall near Tsunade's head, shocking her. Turning to the wall slowly, Tsunade gulps seeing a portion of the wall now black with bits of electricity running over it. Recognizing the electricity as lightning chakra, Tsunade quickly orders for Tayuya to be restrained. However this was unnecessary, because Tayuya was already in Tsume's arms unconscious.
"So…can I take her home now?"
Nodding numbly, Tsunade coughs a little, trying to regain her composure.
"You may, but notify me immediately when she awakens, and I'll send Shizune to fetch her so she can meet Karin." By Tsunade's grin, she knew how the word 'fetch' would affect Tsume, and by the no so amused glare the woman was sending her; she knew it had the desired effect.
"Yeah, yeah."
Returning the disrespect with one of her own, Tsume stalks out the room, the new addition to her family in hand. Once she was gone, Tsunade focuses on Kakashi, Anko, and Shizune.
"I have a mission for the three of you," The three straightens up. "You are to be an additional guard to Karin, Tayuya, and Fuu until I say otherwise. The mission will start today, and it will go as following. Kakashi you are on Karin duty, Shizune you are on Fuu duty, and Anko you are on Tayuya duty."
"Yes!"
Flinching at Anko's shout, Tsunade stares at the woman with a raised eyebrow, not sure why she sounded so happy about watching Tayuya. Over with Kakashi, the pan slaps his forehead and shakes his head slowly, while Shizune stares between the two of them frowning wondering what she missed.
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Arriving home after a long training day, Kiba was ready to hit the sack. When he arrived however, he did not expect a familiar scent to be in his home. Eyes darkening, the boy stalks around his home, ignoring the yips from the puppies greeting him, and makes his way up stairs.
"Mommmm." He drawled.
"Yesssss." She drawled.
Coming to a stop at the entrance to his room, a twitch goes through his eyebrow seeing another bed in his spacious room, lined against the opposite wall of his own bed, with a familiar girl sleeping soundly in it.
"Why are you doing this?"
Stupid questions were not necessary at this point, Kiba knew any other question would not answer what he really wanted to know, so he asked the smartest one he could think of, and this was it.
"Oh, because she's your sister and as her mother it's my duty to take care of her until she's ready to separate from the pack."
Well that did explain a lot, but it only raised more questions.
"Sister? Mother? Please explain."
Covering Tayuya with a blanket, Tsume gives her son a small stare.
"I thought I just did."
"No, I mean about this sister and mother thing, I don't get it.
Realization dawning on her, Tsume laughs, and answers with a shrug.
"Well, I'm Tayuya's godmother, I even named her. Hahaha, guess what her middle name is."
"I rather not."
"Are you at least a little bit curious?"
"I'm more curious about why I'm just finding out about something so important," A thought hits Kiba. "Wait, does this mean that Naruto is also?" Seeing the grin on his mother's face, Kiba knew his fears were true. "Naruto too." Collapsing on the ground, Kiba curls into a ball and cries comically.
Watching her dramatic son sighing, Tsume shakes her head and focuses on the sleeping Tayuya once more. Happy that the girl was back in the village after so long, Tsume for the millionth time wonders why Kushina did not leave the girl in her care. One day Tsume would have to ask her, well, when she dies of course, and hopefully that day would be far, far away.
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Somewhere deep within the village, a one-eyed man wrapped in bandages listens to the report his spies relay to him. Humming lowly, the man, Danzo gives his orders to his spies.
"Torune continue monitoring the Uzumaki and Fu continue close watch on the Jinchuriki, make sure no one outside the village learn of their existence."
"Yes Danzo-sama."
Waving his hand, his shinobi departs and Danzo is left alone with his thoughts on how to deal with this current threat to the village. Three Uzumaki, four including Tsunade were in Konoha, a great strength to military power, and a possible spark for war should it leak. Then there was Fu, the Jinchuriki of the Seven Tails. Yes he knew who she was, because he made it point to know the location, the names of the Jinchuriki and their strengths. Having two Jinchuriki in one village was a lesser problem, because Kumo also had two, the Two Tails and the Eight Tails, both of which had great control over their beast, and he could always twist things in their direction should a problem arise. The girl's home village Takigakure was also something he could easily deal with. The young leader could easily be manipulated and with how the village treated the Jinchuriki it would be easy to get him in officially handing the girl over to Konoha.
"This village will remain standing one way or another."
Of course if the five (Naruto, Tayua, Karin, Tsunade, and Fuu) proved more trouble than they were worth, killing them would be the only option left, and he honestly hoped it would not come to that.
Tayuya: Do people love knocking me out or something?
Haku: It would seem so
Jiraiya: Not much for me to comment on this chapter other than wow Tsunade and Tsume are as impressive as ever
(Tayuya and Haku glares at the madly blushing Jiraiya)
Tayuya: Why the hell are you here again?
Haku: You don't really contribute
Jiraiya: Because I'm the Awesome Toad Sage Jiraiya
Haku and Tayuya: Whatever Super Pervert