Update: As of march 17th, 2020, this story is no longer a harem; so please disregard anything talking about such a thing.
Author Message: So I admit I wasn't sure about posting this so soon after the prolouge...But after thinking it over and also seeing how short the prolouge is, I figure it wouldn't be the worst idea in the world to go ahead and upload this! I figured this would be a good time to go ahead and over some rules I guess you could call them of the story.
-Story will be updated every two weeks on Monday, most likely around Midnight Eastern Time, USA...Sometimes later...If I can't make the Monday deadline, then expect it either Tuesday or Wensday(Though if I know it will be longer, I'll announce the delay via update)
-First few chapters are going to be time skips, showing different parts of Naruto's life as Tsunade and Shizune raise him. I already have all this plannedout, so I'm sorry but no requests will be taken for this.
-I'm open to requests/ideas, but it will either take a while/won't happen at all, depends on my current idea for the story. Spamming your idea in the reviews(Fanfiction) or Comments(AO3) will not change my mind, it will just get you banned. I'm 23, I don't have time to deal with kids. This goes for bitching as well, I don't mind if you dislike a certain part of the story, but being a dick and the like is a fast way to getting banned.
-Finally in regards to the Harem, I admit I don't really have much of a list done in anyway. So you're free to give ideas the such for who should be included. Nobody is really off limits besides Tsunade/Shizune(For obvious reasons) so don't be afraid to atleast ask. Goes for either gender btw, not having a list means I'm not against Naruto being Bi, but it all depends on what people want.
-Also to add onto the harem part, this story has 'Slow Build" for a reason, it will be a while before much is made in the romance department. Sorry but I feel like good buildup leads to a better payoff.
Sorry if I sounded like a bitch at all during this, just want to make my stances clear and the such. Anyway I hope you enjoy the chapter, and see you all in two weeks!
Sunagakure, the village hidden in the sands, a place that rarely had visitors due to the harsh conditions that was all around the village along with the hostile views from the elders to the outside world, which made tourism one of the lowest out of all the hidden villages.
Yet despite this, Tsunade walked through the streets on her way to the Kazekage's tower, having been called here to attend to a local councilman who had been ill for months and none of the medical nin could figure out what was wrong with him. She had been promised a big reward if she could figure out what was wrong and be able to fix it, so she was more than happy to take them up on the offer.
Behind her walked her now wife Shizune with their five year old son Naruto, clad in black pants and a green shirt with the Sanin Mark on the back, on her shoulders, the young boy taking in all the sights as he had never seen so much sand before and was amazed by the unique architect of the the village. He pointed at many things and continually was asking questions about everything, it made Tsunade give a small smile and if it wasn't for the job she had been hired for, she would have gladly took Naruto to any place in the village he wanted.
Yes she had grown to love the little scamp and even fully embraced being his mother, though things at first weren't the greatest as she was often annoyed as she tried to sleep through her hangovers yet was always interrupted by Naruto's crying, making her curse Sarutobi more and more everyday for making her have to deal with him.
Shizune on the other hand had fully embraced Naruto and always took care of him, constantly talking to him and telling stories of her now deceased parents and uncle and the adventures they would go on. She told him of the places she had gone to before she met Tsunade and mentioned how she was always training to be one of the greatest poison masters of all time.
This love difference between the two towards Naruto is what almost led them to their separation as after another night of drinking and gambling, Tsunade openly cussed out Sarutobi for making her take in and watch over a kid, which led to her having an argument with Shizune which almost ended everything.
However the argument was stopped when the then two year old naruto ran over to the both of them when they were in each others faces and grabbed onto both of their legs and openly asked them to not to fight.
The moment both of them saw how heartbroken Naruto was made them immediately burst into tears and both hug him, with Tsunade promising to be a better mother and Shizune promising not to be as stingy.
Not only did it make Tsunade closer with Naruto, but it made her closer with Shizune, and eventually led to their marriage when Naruto was four years old.
However the marriage did lead to some problems, specifically how famous Tsunade was and the villages responses.
While Konohagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure openly expressed their support for the engagement, two other villages had different responses. The most mysterious village known as Kirigakure declined to express a view on the matter, only warning for outsiders to maintain distance and not interfere within the village.
However, Iwagakure, the most socially conservative of all the villages, believing in war as the only option and the only village that still forced arranged marriages, openly rebuked the marriage, stating that it was a marriage that would give no village a benefit as the couple could not produce children, and refused to recognize Shizune as Naruto's adopted mother.
Because of their response, Tsunade had to cancel all business matters with Iwagakure due to being openly rejected by their government and that had messed up some of their plans in terms of monetary gain.
Yet despite that, the family had rebounded quite nicely and if all went well with Tsunade's job in Suna, then they would be making quite a bit of money.
As the trio continued to walk, Naruto continued looking all over before he saw a place that had seats outside with people eating "Ah! Mama! Mama!"
"Hm? What is it sweety?" Shizune looked up at him as he pointed towards the building across the street "Hm? Banji Ramen? Are you hungry?"
Naruto nodded as soon a low rumbling sound could be heard as he rubbed his stomach to even more emphasize it, making her giggle.
"Alright alright, I guess I can get you something to eat. Is that alright Tsunade?"
"Yeah thats fine, I'll meet you guys there when I'm done, I hopefully won't be too long." Shizune nodded as she looked back up Naruto.
"Alright then, ready to go grab a bite?"
"Mmhmm! Bye Mommy!" Naruto waved to Tsunade who waved back as Shizune turned and headed towards the restaurant, the young Naruto on her shoulders humming along the way.
As Tsunade watched them walk away, she gave a sigh as she continued on "Well, there goes the money for tonight's booze."
As Shizune and Naruto sat at one of the booths in the restaurant, Naruto was taking in all the sights, looking at the flags that were hanging inside along with the symbols that were carved into the walls. Each symbol represented an important moment in the history of Suna as lyrics to old battle songs had been carved beside them to signify the time period.
As Naruto looked all around, Shizune was busy studying a new scroll she had bought from a small town a few days ago, it detailed how to inject healing glands into parts of the body that had been infected by many different types of poison and how to manually control them once they were in. It would be very efficient for when they needed to treat poison they had never encountered before.
As the two waited for the waiter, a pair of eyes, eyed the boy from the entrance. The eyes had never seen someone from outside the village before that was so young, and they were intrigued by the glitter in his eyes as he looked at everything, he had never seen someone so full of life.
The young pair of eyes gulped as they slowly walked into the restaurant, their body being hidden by a brown cloak as they approached the table with the boy. As they got closer, they held the teddy bear close in their arms for courage until they got right beside the table as Naruto turned and locked eyes with the pair. "...H-Hello…."
The young one spoke in a low tune, and after just staring at each other for a moment, Naruto smiled wide as he looked at him "Hi! Who are you!?"
The young boy was a bit taken aback by the energy in Naruto's voice, yet just gave a small smile from hearing the joy in it "...I-I'm...G-Gaara…"
"Thats a cool name! I'm Naruto!" Naruto scooted over and patted the spot next to him which made Gaara go wide eyed as he had never been invited to sit with someone as he just gave a small nod and climbed into the booth.
The sound of small kicks and the booth slightly moving caused Shizune to break out of her trance from reading the scroll as she looked over and saw a small boy climbing up beside Naruto. "Hm? Naruto, who's this?"
"This is my new friend!" Gaara was even more taken aback when he heard this, new friend? They had said just a few lines of dialogue to each other and they were already friends? To be fair, the only friend Gaara had was his teddy bear so he didn't really understand the concept, but if it was that easy to make friends then why didn't he have more? As Gaara was thinking this, Naruto patted him and smiled "This is my mama!"
"M-Mama? She's your mom?" Naruto nodded as Gaara kept staring at Naruto before he looked over at Shizune, who despite having a confused look was smiling at the young boy. After not saying anything more, Shizune leaned over and spoke.
"Hello there, I'm Shizune! What's your name?" Gaara was still quiet for a moment but after he looked up and saw no ill will in Shizune's eyes, he quietly spoke.
"...I-I'm Gaara…" Shizune raised an eyebrow as she immediately recognized the name but after seeing how shy he was and how he was trying to hide himself from the others, she understood why he was so shy.
"I see, thats a really neat name!" Shizune kept her smile on Gaara who didn't say anything back but did give a small embarrassed smile.
"Hey! You wanna go play?" Naruto spoke excitedly to Gaara who looked at him in confusion.
"P-Play…?"
"Sure! We can play around the village! I've never been around so much sand before so I'm pretty excited!" Gaara just kept looking at Naruto with amazement, all he had ever seen in his life was the sand of the village, so to see someone so excited about playing with it was amazing to him.
"Naruto, I thought you came here because you were hungry?" Shizune gave an almost disproving tone in her voice, yet Naruto kept his upbeat tone when he spoke.
"Well I did, and I am hungry, but I know we don't have a lot of money right now and because of that we can't get anything for Gaara. It wouldn't be nice to eat in front of him, so I'm going to go play with him instead and eat later!" Gaara again was amazed by how nice Naruto was to him, so many times in the past he had been abused and went days without eating, so he was used to it. Yet here was someone who was going to take the pain alongside him and not leave him out to be alone.
Shizune immediately lost the disapproval in her voice as she tried to speak but had no counter to what Naruto said, he was right about them not having the most money in the world, and there was no guarantee that Tsunade would be able to heal the councilman that was here. She just sighed as she gave a small smile to Naruto "Oh alright, but stay close to the restaurant and yell if anything happens, alright?"
"Yep! Come on Gaara! Let's go!" Naruto hopped over Naruto and ran to the exit as Gaara just nodded.
"O-Okay!" Gaara hopped down as well and followed Naruto out, as Shizune sat there still with the smile on her face.
"Well, at least it seems we're raising him right."
"Thats why Madam Tsunade, we need you to look over him." Tsunade sat in front of the Suna council, all the councilmen having explained the situation to her about their ill friend, as the Kazekage sat on the other side observing the situation.
"I see, and he's been like this for four months now?"
"Yes, and he doesn't look like he will be healing anytime soon. This is why we ask that you look over him and identify what is the cause of his current predicament." Tsunade nodded as she looked over her notes and sighed.
The councilmen went to speak again but was interrupted by the Kazekage "Before we continue this conversation, I have something I wish to discuss with the legendary Tsunade."
"Hm? Kazekage-sama, may I ask what it is?"
"A private matter, so I ask that everyone in the room be dismissed until we are done." The councilmen were confused but had no choice to obey as all of them bowed and left the room, leaving just Tsunade and the Kazekage alone. "So, Lady Tsunade, I hope you have been enjoying your stay in Suna."
Tsunade didn't reply as she closed her eyes and leaned back "So now that the old fools are out of here, what is that you really called me here for?"
The Kazekage gave a low laugh before he spoke "Do not get me wrong, we really do have a councilman who needs to be attended to. Though the truth of the matter is that he was more of an excuse to call you here."
"I figured as much, all of the symptoms described can be cured by a regular medical nin."
"Of course, however the others on this council only know war and nothing else, they could never tell the type of severity of an injury. So I merely fabricated the report he couldn't be cured in an effort to lure you here."
"Well I'm here, so what do you need?"
"Hmph...I'm just wondering about your son, Naruto Senju was it?" As soon as the words left his mouth, Tsunade's eyes shot open as she glared holes into him.
"What about him?!"
"Now now, no need to get so upset. I'm just curious thats all."
"...About what?!"
"About his birth that is, I find it quite interesting that you had him not long after the Kyuubi attacked Konoha. Not only that, but the father is merely listed as a ninja who died in battle, well before young Naruto was born."
"Your point?"
"I wonder, the Kyuubi was said to have just suddenly vanished. Could it be that young Naruto is the Jinchuriki of the Nine Tailed Beast?" Tsunade gripped her hands as she stared down the Kazekage, not saying a word "If he is, then I wonder, could it be that young Naruto's father is the fourth Hokage of Konoha, who you had an affair with?"
"..." Tsunade didn't say anything as her hands stayed gripped until she looked down and spoke quietly "Shut the hell up…"
"Oh? So I'm right? Meaning you married Shizune to cover up-"
"Shut the hell up you bastard!" Tsunade yelled out to the Kazekage as she stood up from her seat "Like hell I had an affair with the Hokage! I would never do anything like that! Also so you truly think I married Shizune as a cover up!? You think I would do something that risky just as a cover up?"
"While it's true that you lost favor with some people, we here at Suna, along with some of the other villages, fully recognized the union. So I wouldn't be surprised if-"
"Shut up you bastard!" Tsunade quickly reached behind her and grabbed her seat as she threw it at the Kazekage, who simply used sand to slice it in half before it got to him.
"Hmph, well maybe you actually do love her, either way it doesn't matter in the end, I'll prepare accordingly." Tsunade didn' tsay anything before suddenly a jounin ran inside the room.
"Kazekage-sama!"
"Hm? What is it?"
"The Jinchuriki is missing from his room!" The Kazekage just stared at the jounin before he nodded.
"I see, well send a team out to look for him, use force if needed."
"Y-Yes sir!" The jounin saluted before leaving the room, as Tsunade kept her eyes glared on the Kazekage.
"Lady Tsunade...Like you, my son is the Jinchuriki of our village, yet unlike you I do what's necessary for our village by locking him in his room so he can't hurt anyone, I would advise you to do the same."
"I'm not some heartless monster who would keep their kid locked up all day."
"Hmph, you're even more of a monster by allowing him to freely move around and put people in danger."
"...We're done here…" Tsunade turned and walked towards the exit as the Kazekage watched her.
"What about the councilmen and the money?"
"Fuck you and your damn money." The Kazekage simply laughed as Tsunade left the room, leaving the Kazekage alone.
"Well, she'll learn eventually...She'll learn why the Jinchuriki's are weapons and nothing more."
"Haha! I found you Gaara!" It had been a little over an hour since Naruto and Gaara had met each other, and while Gaara had never played games before, he was quickly falling in love with them as him and Naruto were on their fifth game of hide and seek.
"Haha, you're good Naruto!" Naruto smiled wide as he gave a peace sign, before wiping his forehead off.
"Man it sure is hot though, I don't know how you deal with it everyday."
"Hm...I think it's because our skin has adapted to it, at least thats what my books said."
"Oh you like to read?"
"Well it's kinda all I can do really...I don't have any friends in the village so I never get to play with anyone."
"Huh? What about your parents?"
"Mom died a few years ago, and dad doesn't like me...What about your parents?"
"Hm...I've never had a dad, so I'm not sure how one's supposed to be, but I don't think they're supposed to hate you."
"Well, mine does…" Naruto patted him on the back as he gave a small smile.
"Oh but Mama is great! She's really nice and makes really home made food! Mommy on the other hand can't cook, but she's really good at games! She taught me how to play mahjong and a card game called poker, and I'm really good! She's also teaching me how to be a medical ninja like her!"
"Wow really? I wish I had two moms, dad's never been nice to me…"
"Oh well...I think he will someday! He might just not know how to be a parent yet!"
"But my big sister and younger brother are loved by him! Everyday he plays with them and talks to them, but as soon as he sees me he just glares and tells me to go back to my room! Why is that…?" Gaara had tears run down his face as Naruto had a sad look in his eye as he patted him on the back again.
"Maybe, he just loves you the most, and he always keeps you hidden in your room because he doesn't want you to get hurt!"
"I doubt that…"
"Come on! Could be why!" As Naruto tried to cheer Gaara up, he didn't notice the footsteps behind him until…
"Hey, who are you? Why are you with my brother?" Naruto and Gaara both turned around to see an older looking girl, possibly eight or nine, with blond hair staring at them.
"Hm? Who's she?"
"Oh...Temari...thats my Sister."
"Oh, you're sister?"
"Hey! You didn't answer my question! Who are you?" Naruto turned towards her and smiled.
"Names Naruto Senju! Nice to meet you!"
"Ok then, why are you with Gaara?"
"Because we've been playing."
"Playing? You've been playing pranks on my brother!?" Temari stormed over to Naruto, but before she could reach him, Gaara jumped in front.
"No sis! We've been playing hide and seek!"
"Huh? Hide and Seek?" Gaara nodded as Temari was a bit taken back, not really knowing what Hide and Seek was. "What's that?"
"Huh you don't know either?" Temari shook her head as Naruto sighed "Hm...Guess it's just something Mama and Mommy know. Alright! It goes like this! One person hides while the other person searches! Then after they're caught, they switch places!"
"Oh? That sounds fun! But, what about three people?"
"Um, I don't know...Moma and Mommy always took turns searching for me. Oh! How about two people search, while one person hides! That away the person hiding has to be even more sneaky! What do you say Gaara?"
"O-Oh um...Sure! That sounds like fun!" Naruto nodded as he thought for another moment.
"Hm, since your new Temari, me and you will seek first, so you can understand the rules of the game! Alright?"
"Huh? Okay…" Temari was a bit on edge since she didn't fully know the boy, but was happy when she saw Gaara actually having life in his eyes for once.
"Alright Gaara, go hide!"
"R-Right!" Gaara ran off as Naruto looked to Temari.
"Alright, now we count to twenty! Then we go look for him!"
"O-Okay…"
"Now! One….Two….Three…."
Shizune sat in the restaurant finishing up her meal as she continued to study the scroll she had, trying to master everything in it and every little detail. She was so focused she didn't notice Tsunade beside her until. 'Shizune!"
"Wah!" Shizune jumped up from her scroll as she looked at Tsunade before sighing "Ah geez, you gave me a heart attack."
"Sorry but we're leaving."
"Huh? Why?"
"It's a long story, I'll tell you later."
"Oh um...Okay...And the job?"
"Tch, I wasn't called here for any job, fucking bastard…"
"Tsunade…?"
"...Anyway, where's Naruto?"
"Oh, he's playing with the Kage's kid."
"Huh? Which one!?"
"Oh, the one named Gaara, he seemed really shy around people for some reason."
"Could it be? Shizune, we have to find him!"
"Huh? Why?"
"Because, if the village finds him first, it won't be good!"
"Man, Gaara is good at hiding." Temari spoke as her and Naruto walked all over the village, looking in every corner and alleyway, looking to see if they could find their friend.
"No kidding, guess he decided to get more creative since you joined the game!" Temari nodded as the two kept looking.
"By the way, why did you play with him? Most kids avoid us, so I'm kinda surprised you were willing to play with the both of us!"
"I don't see the problem, the more friends the better I always say!"
"Well just having one friend is enough for us, everyone always avoids us because of our dad, so other than our toys we don't have many things to play with."
"Hm, Gaara mentioned something about your dad as well, is he that bad?"
"Well it's because he's the Kazekage, the leader of the village, a lot of people avoid us because they don't want to be associated with him, since I heard he can be cruel at times to outsiders and traitors."
"Oh I see. Still though, that kinda sucks. But I understand to a degree."
"Huh? You do?"
"Yeah, me and my parents are always on the move so we never stay at one place, so I never really make friends either. Some of them are afraid of my mommy because she's a pretty famous ninja, while others don't like me cause I'm an outsider. But I don't care, I've made a few friends, and I know that those are the ones that I'll always cherish!"
"Really? I've never left the village, so I'm kinda jealous you get to see so many places. But I bet it's hard always being on the move."
"Hm, maybe, but it allows me to see new places! So I can't complain too much! But it has to be hard just staying in one village! Oh! How about you come travel with me and my family!"
"Huh? Come with you guys?"
"Sure! You get to see the outside world, and get to meet people who don't know your dad! Plus you'll always have a friend in me!"
"Friend in you?"
"Sure! We're friends aren't we?"
"Huh? You consider me a friend?"
"Of course! We're playing aren't we? As long as you want to be, I'll be your friend until death!" Temari went wide eyed as she stared at him, his wide smile and thumbs up being an unusual sight as she gulped.
"Friends...Forever?"
"Yep! Cause thats my ninja way! To always be friends until the very end! Believe it!" Temari still looked at him in confusion but smiled.
"O-Okay." Naruto kept his smile though Temari looked down again "Still, I don't think they would let me leave the village, I am still a part of the Kazekage's family."
"Hm, then...I got it!" Temari raised an eyebrow as they stopped walking as Naruto pulled a shuriken out from his pocket. "Here!"
"A shuriken?"
"Not just any shuriken! A wedding shuriken!"
"Wedding Shuriken?"
"Yeah! When Mama and Mommy got married, they had a big ceremony and apparently thats when they really became family! So how about this! When I'm strong enough, I'll come back here and marry you, that away you'll be a part of my family and can finally leave the village! Deal?"
Temari took the Shuriken and looked it over before she smiled and even had a small blush as she nodded. "Deal!"
"Cool!" Temari took the shuriken and placed it on her finger, though due to how small it was it just slipped off, so she just placed it in her pocket. "Now lets find-"
"IT'S THE JINCHURIKI!" Naruto was interrupted as they heard someone yell and before long, Gaara came around the corner running, tears in his eyes.
"Gaara, we found- Wait, huh?" Naruto then saw a group of ninja chasing him, kunais in their hands. "What's going on?"
"Oh no!" Naruto looked at Temari as she screamed "Those are dads guards! They found Gaara and are trying to lock him up again!"
"Wait what!?" Naruto gritted his teeth as he saw Gaara getting closer as he hugged his teddy bear close to him making Naruto yell out "No one does that to my friends!"
Naruto bolted as he ran towards Gaara, as he pulled out another Shuriken. "Wait! Naruto!"
Naruto ignored Temari as he ran towards Gaara, resolve in his eyes as he saw one of the shinobi throw a shuriken at Gaara causing Naruto to yell out "Gaara, duck!"
Gaara did so instinctively when he heard Naruto's voice as the shuriken flew over his head and at Naruto, who swatted it away with the shuriken in his hand as he kept running towards Gaara.
"Gaara keep running!" The Shinobi looked less than pleased about Naruto's appearance as some cursed at him, yet Naruto ignored them until he got right up to Gaara as he grabbed him and swung him behind his back "Now!"
"Stay back you punk!" The shinobi all stopped in front of Naruto as the one in front spoke and walked forward "Unless you want a beating as well-AGH!"
The shinobi extended his hand with the kunai in it, yet Naruto slashed it with his shuriken causing the shinobi to jump back "I warned you, stay away from my friend!"
"You son of a bitch! I'll kill you!" The shinobi ran to Naruto and slashed, yet Naruto just pushed back some, bumping Gaara along before he quickly formed a hand signal.
"Been wanting to try this!" Naruto opened his mouth and shot a poison gas out as the ninja went wide eyed as he coughed extremely hard as he had to fall back, yet immediately collapsed to his knees.
Now Naruto was nowhere near as good as Shizune, while her poison gas was instant death, Naruto's just made the victim cough and have blurry vision, which was the first step for anyone learning the jutsu. "P-Poison Gas!? W-What the hell?"
"Hey are you Okay?"
"Y-Yeah, it's low level but….Damn kid, who's training him?"
"Naruto…" Gaara said Naruto's name, making him look behind at him and smile.
"Don't worry, you're my friend, and I'll protect you with everything I got! That goes for you as well Temari!" Temari, who was watching and was amazed at what she saw, just nodded as her face heated up a bit. "Now, who else wants some?"
All the Shinobi kept their gazes on him, cautious of what else he had in his arsenal. One of the ninja jumped and aimed right at Naruto as he formed a hand signal "Torappingu no Jutsu!"
Suddenly the sand under Naruto became a sinkhole as the two quickly fell inside, yet Naruto just grabbed Gaara and thanks to his medical training, was able to get enough chakra into his hand to punch through the wall and grab on.
"There, that should take care of-Wait...What!?" The ninja who had used it was shocked when Naruto suddenly flung out of the hole with Gaara in hand as he landed next to Temari, who was even more impressed as her face got redder.
"Temari, take Gaara and go!"
"What? But you-"
"It's fine! I fight for my friends, until the very end! Believe it!" Naruto gave a smile to Temari who just gulped and nodded.
"Alright, but you better survive! You promised to marry me and take me out of the village!"
"Course, I never fail a promise. Now go!" Naruto turned back around but before he could get back to the ninja, Temari grabbed him and turned him around and kissed him on the cheek.
"...It's for good luck." Temari was a bright red as she turned and grabbed Gaara and ran off, leaving Naruto alone, though he was just confused.
"Huh? Mama and Mommy kiss me all the time, didn't know it was for good luck. But anyway…" Naruto turned back towards the ninja who were less than pleased "Alright you guys, let's keep the fun goi-"
"Naruto!" Naruto stopped as he looked over and saw Tsunade and Shizune running towards him.
"Huh? Mommy? Moma?" Shizune ran over to Naruto and bent down in front of him while Tsunade got in front with her fists balled.
"What are you doing to our son?" Tsunade got ready to attack as the ninja all tensed up.
"Move it lady! He may be young but he attacked us with shuriken and poison gas! Thats a fight right there!"
"Well guess what? Any fight he's involved with is my fight as well! So you better prepare!" Shizune nodded in agreement but gave a proud smile to Naruto when she heard about the poison gas.
"Your funeral la-"
"Wait! Look, her jacket!"
"What?" The ninja looked at Tsunade's jacket and as soon as he saw the Sanin symbol, he started to sweat. "No way, is she…"
"The legendary Sannin, Tsunade. That means, that kid is…"
"Naruto Senju, her son, damn!" All the ninja took a step back as the leader spoke "You're not our mission anyway, so we'll let you leave for now!"
Before Tsunade could say anything, the ninja vanished leaving the three alone. "Tch, cowards."
Tsunade spit before she looked back at Naruto and bent down beside Shizune "Mama, Mommy! I would have had them!"
"You idiot!" Tsunade spoke as she grabbed Naruto by the shoulders "Those were trained ninja! Why the hell did you fight them!?"
"I was protecting my friends! Thats why!"
"Your friends?"
"Yep! Gaara and Temari! They were chasing after Gaara for some reason, and I had to protect him!"
"Gaara, is that?" Tsunade looked over at Shizune who nodded, making her sigh "I see. Well, I'm glad you're standing up for your friends, but you have to pick your battles wisely, understand?"
"Huh? Oh, of course." Tsunade let out another sigh before she closed her eyes and opened them as a small smile graced her lips.
"Hehe, good. Now come on, there's a town nearby that sells Ramen, are you hungry?"
"What? Ramen? Oh yeah I'm ready!" Tsunade smiled as she picked Naruto up, who gave her a smile as he laid his head on her shoulder before soon passing out.
"Seems like he was a lot more tired than he showed."
"Well apparently he tried the poison gas jutsu I taught him, at such a young age, he's bound to be tired out from that."
"True, well the fact he pissed those guys off made me proud. Now come on, I don't want to stay in this village for much longer."
"Right!" Shizune followed Tsunade out of the village, the sand blowing through the wind.
This would be the last time Naruto would see anyone from Suna for another eight years.
The Medical Naruto Chapter 1: A Young Sandy Adventure-Chapter End