Chapter 54: How I hate the Elders
A/N: Can you believe it's been a year since this story was published? Man time flies! Sorry I haven't written this story I a while, but at least I'm back.
Happy 1 Year Anniversary!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Final Fantasy 7. I just own my Oc's while Bakuto Masaki owns his and Yumi Seiji owns hers.
"Talking"
Thinking"
"Aerith Talking"
"Usagi Talking"
"Taimat Talking"
Enjoy!
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Mikomi wondered how Naruto could be so stupid at times.
It seemed that the reason he couldn't move his very large backpack was because he had stuffed it with nothing but Ramen.
"You're not staying up in the mountains for a year, you idiot" she said.
Naruto laughed nervously.
"Well, I figured that there won't be any ramen where Pervy Sage and I are going, so I wanted to bring some with"
"And you didn't think to bring any of your clothes or weapons?" Cloud asked.
Naruto thought about this for a moment.
"I never thought of that" Naruto admitted.
Cloud just rolled his eyes.
He was used to the boy's stupidity by now.
Jiraiya made a face.
"Go pack some clothes" he said.
"There will be ramen where we'll be going"
Naruto made a face.
"Fine"
"Did you get your things from your apartment?" Mikomi asked.
Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, I have some spare clothes there that I can use"
"Then let's go over there. I bet it needs to be cleaned up"
She attempted to lift her brother's backpack, but had to have Cloud carry it instead.
"Why does Naruto have an apartment if he lives at your house?" he asked.
They were walking towards the boy's apartment as they talked.
"The village provided it for him" Mikomi said.
"Since Yuri and I are always on missions, it was a bad idea to leave him alone in our big house. He said he didn't like being alone in such a big place. Sarutobi-sama was nice enough to let him have one for when I was away"
"But doesn't that cost much? Besides paying for your house, you have to pay rent for that as well"
"No. The village pays for it. I just have to pay for the house that my parents gave me and that's it"
Cloud mulled this over.
He didn't think it was right for a teenager to have to pay for their house.
"Yuri should be doing that" he thought.
/
They reached Naruto's apartment in a manner of minutes.
Naruto pulled out the key to his little home and unlocked the door.
When they got inside, Cloud was surprised by how small the place was.
All that the room provided was a bed and a place where Naruto could shower.
There was no way that this hyper boy could live in such a cramped area.
He thought the rooms in Seventh Heaven were small, but after seeing this, they were considered to be living rooms now.
Mikomi picked up the dirty clothes that were scattered around the room.
"What have I told you about leaving your stuff all over the place?" she asked.
Naruto laughed nervously.
"Eh Heh Heh, sorry Nee-chan"
Mikomi just rolled her eyes as she picked everything up.
"Your room back at the house is a lot cleaner than this"
She took care of cleaning the place up while Naruto packed his things.
Cloud just stood near the doorway and watched as the two siblings went about with their business.
Just watching them gave him an unsettling feeling in his gut.
These teenagers were deprived of a normal childhood.
They were made to be hosts for powerful demons and they had to live everyday in fear.
When he was their age, he didn't have to worry about that.
He had a mother who kept an eye on him, and gave him unconditional love.
They didn't have parents, and they had to rely on themselves.
Sure, Yuri was able to take care of them by herself, but he figured it must have been hard.
It didn't seem fair.
"The guys and I should do something about this" he thought.
If they were going to be staying here with them, they should be taking care of them as well.
They were the babies of the family and they needed to be looked after.
"Especially with those Akatsuki guys running around"
When Naruto finished packing, they left his apartment.
"I highly doubt that place is going to stay clean for a week" Mikomi said.
"Naruto can be such a slob"
Naruto made a face.
"You're one to talk" he said.
"At least I don't leave all my underwear out in the open for people to see. And who ever said that Scotty dog panties were hot? Why not wear a thong?"
Mikomi went beat red with embarrassment.
She whacked him upside the head.
"You little perv!" she cried.
"What have I told you about staying out of my room? And why are you going through my underwear?"
Cloud held the bridge of his nose.
Naruto just had to talk about his sister's underwear and act like it was nothing.
"He's been spending way too much time with Jiraiya" he thought.
He simply tried to suppress the headache that was forming while Naruto and Mikomi bickered.
/
Yuri kept giving Naruto kisses as he stood near the village gates with Jiraiya.
"You have to promise me that you'll call me every day that you're gone, you hear me?" she said.
"But I don't how I can" Naruto said.
"It's not like I can write to you or anything"
Cloud pulled out his cell phone and handed it to him.
"You can use this" he said.
"It has the house number programmed into it. Don't lose it or break it"
Naruto looked at the phone in shock.
He knew how much Cloud's cell phone meant to him.
The fact that he was giving it to him of all people meant that he really cared about him.
He looked up at the older blond and grinned.
"Ni-san!"
He hugged him tightly like he usually did.
Cloud just sighed and patted his head.
"Just be safe, ok?"
Mikomi, in the meantime, was setting down the rules for Jiraiya while he watched Naruto.
"He goes to bed at 9:30 precisely; otherwise it'll be impossible for him to go to sleep. Don't let him watch horror films, or else you'll have a sleeping partner. Don't let him pig out on just ramen, he needs his veggies"
She suddenly got into his face.
"And most importantly: if you let anything happen to Naruto, I will personally cut your little friend off with a scalpel"
Jiraiya just made a face at her.
"I'll keep an eye on him, so don't worry" he said.
Mikomi just have him a stern look before going over to Naruto.
She hugged him tightly.
"You be careful, ok?" she said.
"But also have fun"
Naruto hugged her in return.
"Don't worry, Nee-chan. I will"
The group waved him goodbye as he left.
"The village is going to be really quiet without him" Mikomi said.
"I don't know about that" Bakuto said.
"You're still here"
A tick mark appeared on Mikomi's forehead.
"Why you"
Yuri got in front of them before a fight could begin.
"Now, now. There's no need for a little cat fight" she said.
Just then, an Anbu Black Op soldier appeared before them.
"Lady Yuri, you have been summoned to see the village elders"
Yuri rolled her eyes.
"What do those old windbags want with me?"
"I don't know, my lady. All they said was that you were summoned to the Hokage's office and that they would like to speak with you"
Yuri sighed.
"I'll be there in a minute"
The Anbu nodded and left.
Yuri looked at Cloud.
"Will you be able to keep an eye on Bakuto and Mikomi?"
The blond nodded.
"That's good, but just in case"
She snapped her fingers and had Myou and Tohru appear.
"I'll have them help you"
Mikomi sweat dropped.
"I'm not 6, Yuri. I don't need a babysitter"
Yuri grabbed her shoulders.
"In case you have forgotten, there is a group of S-ranked criminals out there to get you. They managed to get into the village once, who's to say they can't do it again?"
"This is all Orochimaru's fault" Myou said.
"If he didn't attack the village, our security wouldn't be so bad"
Yuri growled at her old teammate's name.
"I swear, when I get my hands on that snake, I'm going to chop off his balls and shove them up his ass"
Bakuto made a face.
"Can't you just leave that up to the Anbu Black Ops?"
"We can't do the ball thing" Mikomi said.
"It's against procedure"
Myou nodded.
"Trust me, we've tried"
Bakuto just held the bride of his nose.
"Why do I even bother?"
Yuri waved at them and headed towards the Hokage tower.
"As much as I hate the elders, I feel bad that they have to talk to Yuri" Mikomi said.
Myou nodded.
"Who knows what she'll do to them"
"She does have a way with words" Tohru added.
"We'll just have to wait and see the end results" Cloud said.
/
Since the village was still under repair, there really wasn't much to do.
Mikomi would have helped out with repairs, but Cloud, Myou and Tohru refused to let her do anything.
She sighed as Cloud carried her around the village on his back.
"Just because I'm injured, doesn't mean I can't do anything" she said.
Cloud just rolled his eyes.
"Please, you're a magnet for trouble when you're injured" he said.
"You're lucky you don't end up at the hospital" Bakuto said.
Mikomi scoffed at that.
"Like hell I'll go to the hospital" she said.
"I hate that place. Every time I'm supposed to stay there, I sneak out the window. Everyone hates me there and if I stay there for too long, I just know they'll give me a morphine overdoes"
"But captain, Shoka works there and you don't have a problem with her" Tohru pointed out.
"Shoka is the only person in that hospital that's crazy enough to want to be friends with me" Mikomi pointed out.
"And I'm crazy to even be socializing with you" Bakuto said.
Mikomi glared at him and tried to attack him, but Cloud held her back.
"Give it a rest, will you?" he asked.
"You're worse than Naruto is with Sasuke"
Mikomi made a face at him.
"Well, it seems that you're still out and about"
Everyone turned around to see Homura and Koharu coming towards them.
Mikomi scowled when she saw them and slid off Cloud's back.
"Well if it isn't the village elders" she said.
"And just what do want with little old me?"
Homura and Koharu just sent her a dirty look.
Ever since Minato adopted Mikomi, they had always been a thorn in her side.
They thought it was improper for a Hokage to pick up some radon orphan during the war.
"We heard that you had a little encounter with Itachi and Yumi the other day" Koharu said.
"And we wanted to see what the outcome was"
"And judging by your appearance, we can tell that it wasn't good" Homura added.
He shook his head.
"How disgraceful"
Mikomi glared at them.
They had come all this way just to tell her that she was disgraceful for nearly being killed by Itachi and Yumi.
"Disgraceful?" she spat.
"How am I being disgraceful?"
"You fought with two S-ranked criminals and let them get away" Koharu snapped.
"And what's more, they came here because of you"
Mikomi ground her teeth in frustration.
So now they were blaming Itachi and Yumi's appearance on her?
Myou and Tohru knew where this was going.
They had seen their fair fights with their captain and the elders, and they were not pretty.
"But how is this Captain Mikomi's fault?" Myou asked.
"She was too busy with repairs, so surely she didn't know they were here"
"That doesn't change the fact that she let them get away" Koharu said.
"After claiming to be friends with them for so many years, you would think that she knew all of their techniques"
Mikomi could feel Usagi starting to stir within her.
"I haven't seen them for over ten years" she said.
"They have learned things over that time that I don't know about. You can't blame all of this on me when I had no idea what was going on. You're just wasting your time lecturing me about this"
Homura glared at her.
"Watch your mouth, young lady" he said.
"I can understand about you not knowing about them coming here. But as a shinobi of this village, you should know that failure is not an option, whether it comes to a mission or an invasion. If Sarutobi or the Fourth were still here, they would be disappointed in you"
That did it for Mikomi.
How dare they bring her father up like this?
Myou and Tohru took a step back when they felt her chakra radiating off of her.
"They would be disappointed with me?" she asked.
She pretended to mull this over.
"Hmm, so you're saying that after I nearly got killed by trying to stop Garra of the Sand from transforming into Shukaku and saving the village from Orochimaru, that they would be disappointed? And how I pretty much almost got killed because I was trying to prevent Itachi and Yumi from stepping further into the village . Tell me, how is that being disgraceful?"
The Elders just glared at her.
"And why do you both have the nerve to tell me this after everything that I did for this village, while you have done absolutely nothing?"
Homura raised an eyebrow.
"What are you getting at?"
Mikomi stuck her hands in her pockets.
"Let me ask you this: while Orochimaru attacked the village, what were you both doing? Were you out there attacking?"
Homura and Koharu didn't say anything.
"Oh, that's right! You did nothing! While the village was being attacked, you both stood of to the side lines and let everyone else sacrifice themselves to save our village. Even Hokage-sama, who is a few years older than you, fought with Orochimaru and scarified his life to save everyone else. And you both have the nerve to call me disgraceful? What kind of village elders would let everyone else fight your battles?"
Myou and Tohru had their eyes bug out.
They could not believe that their captain was talking to the village elders like that.
Even Homura and Koharu couldn't believe it.
"How dare you?" Koharu said,
"No, how dare you?" Mikomi said.
She got up in their faces.
"You know, if it was Sarutobi-sama that was telling me all of this, I would understand. He's the Hokage, he has the final say in everything. But to be lectured by a couple of village elders, who don't have the back bone to fight off a couple of ninjas really pisses me off. You maybe be the elders of the village and have a final say to what the Hokage believes in, but you do not have the right to tell me how I do my job as a ninja. That's the Hokage's job. Now instead of telling me how I should do my job as a ninja, why don't you start doing your jobs as the village elders and try to get the village back to normal?"
Myou and Tohru gasped as they heard their captain say that.
No one ever talked back to the elders like that.
Bakuto was surprised as well, even he knew not to mess with them.
"She either has to be very brave, or very stupid" he thought.
Cloud wore a proud smirk.
He had heard all kinds of things about the Elders and he was glad that Mikomi had a back bone to talk back to them.
Nobody told her how she should run her life.
"That's my girl" he thought.
Homura and Koharu were mortified.
How dare this little brat talk badly about them.
"You have quite a mouth on you" Homura said.
"You are just like your mother"
"Wow, that has to be the nicest thing you've ever said to me" Mikomi said sarcastically.
She turned around and walked over to her friends.
"I'm tired, let's go home"
They all nodded and started heading.
But the next thing that came out of Koharu's mouth made everyone stop.
"You may be the Fourth Hokage's daughter, but you're still some random orphan that he picked up off the streets"
Myou gasped horrified.
She knew better than anyone how touchy Mikomi was about her parents.
Mikomi's eyes went blood red as she looked at Koharu.
She growled deeply within her throat as a set of canine teeth came out of her mouth.
Just as she was about to attack the elder woman, Cloud pulled her to his chest and held her tightly so she wouldn't escape.
"We're leaving" he ordered.
He glared at the elders before dragging Mikomi away from them.
Myou was fuming as they walked away.
"I can't believe those windbags!" she said.
"How could they say that about my captain?"
"It must have been some sort of payback for being looked like fools" Tohru said.
"But at least it wasn't Danzo, he would have done much worse than they did"
"They just see her as a threat and they want to control her" Bakuto said.
"The elders are always like that in each village"
Cloud didn't say anything to all of this.
He had to admit, the elders reminded of what Rufus was once like. He didn't care what other people thought of him, he simply wanted to be in control.
He looked at Mikomi to see that her head was down.
Her bangs were covering her face, but he could see tears running down her face.
He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and gave her a light squeeze.
"It's ok" he said to her.
Mikomi just ground her teeth.
"I hate them" she muttered.
"I hope they die"
/
"Hey everyone!" Yuri cried.
She had been waiting for them back at the house.
She had big news that she wanted to share, and she couldn't keep quiet about it anymore.
But when she saw the look on her goddaughter's face, she frowned.
"What happened?" she asked.
She went over to Mikomi and hugged her tightly.
"Were the villagers picking on you again?"
Cid got up from the couch and pulled out his spear.
"I'll go kick their asses!"
Cloud waved him down.
"No one was picking on her" he said.
Cid sat back down, but held his spear tightly.
Mikomi wasn't saying anything, so Yuri looked at Myou and Tohru.
"What happened?"
Myou fiddled with her fingers a bit.
"W-well, we ran into the village elders and they had a bone to pick with captain about the whole Itachi and Yumi incident"
Yuri made a face.
"Those old windbags have to make everything their business" she said.
"They can't help but stick their noses into other people's affairs"
Tohru nodded.
"I agree with that, but Captain put them in line and showed them whose boss"
Yuri grinned at that.
"That's my girl"
"And then they said something nasty to her" Bakuto added.
Yuri frowned.
"Like what?"
Myou went up to her and whispered what they said in her ear.
Yuri gasped horrified.
"They did not!"She cried.
Myou nodded.
"I'm afraid they did"
Yuri's eyes became as hard as ice.
"That does it!"
She went into the hall closest and pulled out her blood stained katana.
"It's time to go Iron Lotus on those sorry bastards!"
Myou and Tohru quickly ran up to her and pulled her sword out of her hands.
"You can't do that, Lady Yuri!" Tohru cried.
"While we're waiting for our next Hokage, they're in charge"
Myou nodded.
"He's right. They have the authority over the village now. Attacking them would be like attacking the Hokage, its treason"
Yuri had a creepy grin on her face.
"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure of that" she said.
Everyone raised an eyebrow at her.
"Huh?"
Yuri giggled and reached into her trench coat.
"You're right about them being in power when there's no Hokageā¦but when there's a temporary Hokage, they can't"
"What are you getting at?" Cloud asked.
"In situations such as this, the village is in desperate need for a Hokage" Yuri said.
"But, since it might take a while, they have a temporary Hokage so that the village has a leader. You can't have a ninja village without a leader"
"Ok, so if they elders aren't in charge, and there's a temporary Hokage, then who is it?"
Yuri beamed and pulled something out of her coat.
Everyone paled when they saw her holding the Hokage hat.
"Say hello to your new Temporary Hokage!"
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A/N: Uh oh, Yuri as Hokage, that's not good.
It seems that the elders really don't like Mikomi if they treat her like that, but at least she knows how to talk back at them.
Please review and tell me what you thought of it.
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