Here's chapter 14. I want to say something before you continue to read. This chapter is a filler between the second stage and the preliminaries and mainly focuses on Karin, who will be really OOC, so be warned.
"Normal speech"
"Thoughts"
"Inner Sakura"
"Kyuubi"
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Minato, Sarutobi, Jiraiya and Anko sat on a room that was meant to be an office for the Hokage inside the tower they were in. They had been discussing the recent turn of events, namely Orochimaru's appearance, although they had somewhat expected it, due to Jiraiya's spying network.
"I would never had thought that he would come back only to destroy us" said Sarutobi sighing
"It was a good thing that your son's team decided to help that Karin girl, though, Minato" said Jiraiya
"Yeah, now at least we won't be taken by surprise when he comes" said Minato "Your spies did a good job in warning us about Orochimaru's travels"
"That's true, they warned us that Orochimaru may try something" added Sarutobi "Karin was nice enough to tell us about what happened. Speaking of her, how is she?"
"She has gotten better since yesterday. The girl was mainly exhausted, nothing too bad" responded Anko "I believe she should be awake by now"
"That's good, I want to have a word with her" said Sarutobi
"We should also inform her village about their teams" added Anko
"That may not be a wise decision" said Minato, earning a confused look from Anko "Think about it, if Karin and her team are from Kusa, then why would Orochimaru bother to tell them anything?"
"Now that you mention it, id did sound odd when she said that" said Jiraiya, bringing a hand to rub his chin "I remember that one of my spies reported Orochimaru leaving from Kusagakure a while ago. He wasn't able to find why he was there, though"
"I'll ask Karin about it, then" said Sarutobi, standing up from his chair "Jiraiya, go back to the village and alert ANBU of our unwanted guest. We don't want any more casualties that can easily be avoided"
"Hai" said Jiraiya before leaving
When Sarutobi entered Karin's room, he saw her staring off to space, deep in thought. He walked over to a chair which was next to her bed and sat there.
"Hello, Karin-chan" he said. That seemed to snap her out of her day dream and she turned towards him
"Hello, Hokage-sama" she said, not knowing why he was here. He seemed to notice her confusion and smiled
"I suppose you want to know why I'm here?" he asked. When she nodded, he continued "There are some things I need to ask you regarding Orochimaru"
"Oh, okay then" she said, looking at her hands. The sorrow coming from her could be easily felt by the older shinobi
"First, had you met him before the exams? I don't think he would just tell a genin team that isn't one of his own about his plans" he said
"Truth is, me and my teammates actually came from Otogakure. We infiltrated Kusa because of Orochimaru's orders. I suppose he wanted to involucrate another village into this" she said
"I understand that you betrayed him by telling us about his attack because of killing your teammates, but is there anything else to it that we don't know?" he asked. He cursed at himself when tears came out of her eyes and she started shaking slightly "I understand if you don't want to tell me"
"No, it's okay. I always wanted to get this out of my chest" she answered, getting a hold of herself before she continued "When I was 6, I used to live in a small village near Otogakure. My parents were retired shinobi and decided to get away from all of that. I will never forget the day when we were having dinner and one of Orochimaru's men broke down the door and came in along with Orochimaru himself…" she started sobbing at this point "H-he just walked over to us with a sick smirk and… he killed my parents in front of me"
Sarutobi frowned and embraced the girl to comfort her. He rubbed her back hoping it calmed her down and it worked.
"Thank you, I needed that" she wiped the tears out of her eyes and continued "After that, he took me to Oto and forced me to become one of his ninja. Since that day, I've wanted to get away from that village"
The Hokage knew his former student was insane, but he never expected to do something like that. To slaughter the girl's parents and then kidnap her for his own purposes was something he would not forgive, since in a way it was his own responsibility for not stopping Orochimaru when he could. He wanted to make it up to Karin and he knew just the way. He smiled at her and she looked back at him, confused as to why he was smiling.
"What would you say if I offered you a home in this village?" he asked, still keeping his smile. Her eyes widened and fresh tears streamed down, this time of happiness.
"Y-you mean that?" she asked, her face full of hope. When she saw him nod, she threw herself at him and hugged him with all of her might repeating thank you at least a dozen times.
"You're welcome" he said "I don't recall you telling me your last name, though"
"Oh, sorry" she said chuckling "It's Uzumaki"
Sarutobi gasped and his eyes widened, not believing what Karin had told him. She didn't understand what happened and looked at him confused. He then calmed down and recovered his smile, only this time it was brighter.
"You're in luck, Karin-chan" he said
"Why?" she asked. Now she was truly confused
"You already have a family in this village" he said. Now it was her turn to be shocked. Never had she expected that one coming "Do you remember anything about the team that saved you?"
"More or less" she said "All I remember are their hair colors since everything I saw was blurry"
"That's more than enough" he said "The blonde's mother is an Uzumaki"
"Really?" she said surprised about her luck. First, she managed to escape from Orochimaru alive, then she was offered a home and lastly, she was told that she already had a family in that home.
"Yeah, I just have to talk to her and her husband about it but I'm sure they will be more than willing to take you in their family" he said "Also, I know Naruto always wanted a sister"
Karin smiled, a real smile, for the first time since she thought she had lost everything when her parents were slain in front of her.
On a room inside the same tower, a blonde was waking up. When he opened his eyes, he came face to face with the sleeping face of his beautiful girlfriend and smiled, remembering the events that happened the night before.
Flashback
Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke walked towards the two chunin that were sitting on a couch and they immediately noticed them.
"You must be the team than Anko-san told us about" said one of them "Uchiha Sasuke, my partner will guide you to your room, please follow him"
Sasuke merely nodded and walked away with the chunin.
"Alright you two, follow me" he said and went towards a door near the end of the hallway they were in. He noticed both teens were blushing and smirked "This is your room. It was originally for Hokage-sama and his wife, so you will have enough room. This is where I leave you"
When he left, the blushing blonde opened the door and both teens were left gaping in awe at the room before them. It was truly a sight to behold. There was a huge bed that could easily hold four people with enough room for each and there were nightstands at each side of the bed. There was a small living room near the main door made of three couches and a small coffee table and they saw two other doors that they supposed were the closet and bathroom. Since they were tired from everything that had just happened, they only wanted to get some sleep.
Naruto quietly moved behind Sakura and wrapped his arms around her waist. She relaxed into him and leaned backwards into his chest.
"You can take the bed. I will sleep in the couch" he said
"Naruto-kun, there's enough room for both of us on the bed, besides, remember that we already slept together on the mission to Wave when you ran away and I found you" she said blushing "Besides, I trust you more than anyone else and I like being held by you"
He blushed and nodded before he picked her bridal style and walked towards the bed. Both turned even redder at his actions and when they reached the bed, Naruto gently let her down on it and laid down next to her. He covered them both with the sheets and wrapped his arms around Sakura. She turned around in his embrace and kissed him. He didn't waste time in returning the kiss and they were soon into an all-out make out session. It lasted for about half an hour before they decided to go to sleep.
"I love you, Naruto-kun" said Sakura, snuggling into his chest
"I love you too, hime" he said, kissing her head
Flashback end
Naruto decided that he had no rush to wake her up and settled to watch his cherry blossom sleep with a loving smile.
'I don't know why, but I feel that something good will happen today' he thought
"I feel so too, kit" Kyuubi told him
Minato walked through the tower, deep in thought about ways to at least suppress the curse mark until he could completely remove it. He would have gone further but an ANBU appeared kneeling down before him.
"What is it?" he asked the masked ninja
"Sandaime-sama requested your presence in his office on the top floor" answered the ANBU
"I'll be right there" Minato said "Dismissed"
Once the ANBU disappeared, he made his way to the stairs. He wondered why Sarutobi would need him. Something related to Karin, he thought. When he reached the door, he knocked three times. He waited to hear the old man's voice telling him to come in and when he did, he was surprised to see his wife also there sitting on a chair smiling.
"Minato, nice of you to join us" said Sarutobi "Please take a seat"
"As I was telling Kushina here, there is another Uzumaki that survived the fall of Uzugakure, or rather the daughter of two survivors" he said
'So that's why she's smiling' thought Minato
"The girl that Naruto's team saved is who I'm talking about" said Sarutobi "Her name is Uzumaki Karin. I talked with her today and she told me that both of her parents were killed when she was 6 and that Orochimaru forced her to become a kunoichi. Because she didn't have anywhere else to go, I offered her to live here in Konoha"
Seeing the smile in Kushina's face, Minato made a decision.
"Sarutobi-sama, I would like to ask if we could take her in as our adoptive daughter. After all, she is related to Kushina and I wouldn't want her to lose another family member" he said
Kushina gasped and kissed him before tightly hugging him "Yes! Yes! Please Sandaime-sama, let us adopt her!"
Sarutobi smiled "That was what I knew you would decide, so I went a step ahead of you. I have the adoption papers here and I already talked about it with Karin-chan"
"You don't know how much this means to us" said Minato "Naruto's also going to have a sister"
"How old is she?" asked Kushina
"According to what she told me, she is 11" answered Sarutobi "Only a year younger than Naruto"
"Can we see her?" asked Minato
"Sure, she is in room number 216 on the second floor. She already left the infirmary, since she is alright now" he replied "Do you want me to come with you?"
"No, thank you, Sarutobi-sama" said Kushina "You have already done enough for us"
"Well, Minato, after you meet her, I would like to discuss a way in which you could pay me back" said Sarutobi smirking
'Uh oh, I remember that smirk. I hope it's not too much' thought Minato "Alright"
"Don't worry, I know you will like this" he assured
Karin was lying on the bed in the room she was assigned, thinking about how her new parents would be like when a knock on the door interrupted her train of thought. She stood up and walked towards the door to see a blond haired man along with a red haired woman both smiling.
"Hi there, you must be Karin" said the blonde "My name is Namikaze Minato and this is my wife, Namikaze-Uzumaki Kushina. We are your new parents"
Her eyes widened when she saw them and they became even bigger when she recognized the man in front of her. She remembered him from the history lessons back in Otogakure saying he was the Yondaime Hokage.
"M-mom, dad" she said with tears rolling through her cheeks. Kushina smiled and hugged her in a way only a mother could. Minato soon joined her in hugging the girl.
"How about we come in so we can get to know each other?" asked Kushina in a soothing voice
Karin only nodded, the huge amount of happiness not letting her speak. She sat on her bed with her new parents sitting on each of her sides.
"We already know some stuff about you from Sandaime-sama, so how about we tell you a little about ourselves and our family?" asked Kushina
"Alright" said Karin smiling
"Well, you already know our names, so well, uhh, Minato is the Yondaime Hokage and I am an elite jounin" she said sheepishly
"Really?" she asked surprised to learn that her parents were that strong
"Yeah. Sarutobi said you were 11 years old, right?" asked Minato
"Yes, I turned eleven a month ago" she said
"Then Naruto is older than you for about a year" seeing the confusion on her face, he continued "Naruto is your older brother. His team was the one who saved you. He's blonde like myself and looks like an exact miniature of myself except that he has whiskers on his cheeks"
"I remember him" she said giggling "He's really loud, judging from the first exam"
"That's him alright" said Kushina joining in "You'll meet him soon, I promise"
There was a knock on the door and Minato stood up, groaning. Both females in the room giggled and he chuckled. When he opened the door, he saw Kakashi standing there with Anko.
"Sensei, I think I know what you can use to keep the seal from showing temporarily" said the cyclops
"Really?" he said, surprised that Kakashi knew
"Yeah, I have a scroll I found a while ago back at my apartment. We could go and get it" Kakashi replied
"Alright then" he said before he turned around "I need to go. Kushina, since she no longer is a participant here, how about you take her home so she can settle in?"
"Sure, honey" she said, noticing how the girl's eyes lit up when Minato said home
"Lead the way, Kakashi" said Minato
I hope you enjoyed the chapter and the fact that Naruto now has a little sister. I promise that the next chapter will have all the preliminaries and they will not be the same matches as the original storyline.
R&R