Authors Note: Time for Fu's backstory!

Disclaimer: I obviously do not own Naruto, the world, the characters or any of the situations. All of these belong to the creator Masashi Kishimoto.

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Chapter 15

Fu and Chomei

Takigakure was strong despite not being one of the great five villages. They maintained their village fairly and had a constant supply of requests which their capable shinobi were always able to carry out. It was usually a happy, quiet place to live. One of the main things going for the small village was that they were the only one outside of the great five to hold a tailed beast. Said beast was not weak, being the seven tails.

Their current village leader Shibuki had been seven ironically when his much older sister became the jinchuuriki for the seven tails. Sayako had always been more talented then her younger brother, though they still loved each other deeply. It had been a coincidence that she was compatible with the seven tails, and another coincidence that her reputation was known to the sealer.

Sayako spent days in shock over what had happened, but she stayed strong for her family and village. Takigakure had never experienced the shock and damage the beast could cause, the sealing always happening far away from the village and thus did not show the kunoichi any ill will or distrust.

Sayako ironically too, was aware of the resentment that could form against her and people of her status. She worked harder then she ever had before for Taki to prove herself. One day, she fell in love with a classmate of hers from long ago, they were wed not long after. Most people knew that Sayako was a shoe in to become the next village leader, however she decided to try and have a child with her husband.

It went wrong very quickly, Takigakure was not prepared for the challenges they would face with the jinchuuriki. Soon, the seven tails was unleashed on their village. Now the seven tails usually wasn't as violent as they were that day, but as kind and strong as Sayako was, she had never liked Chomei.

It took ages, much carnage and pain before the seven tails was again sealed, in the only one available to contain it, Sayako's newborn daughter Fu.

Her widowed husband couldn't handle the pain he faced once his beloved died, he walked into a river one day and never emerged.

The village treated their jinchuuriki different after that, they understood the extent of what the beast could do. Of course the village leader at the time defended the newborn girl, taking his granddaughter in as the family she was. The death of his sister scared Shibuki, who was nine at the time, but he was strong in emotion and cared for his niece.

Then his father died protecting the village, Shibuki protecting Fu at the time in their house while the battle was fought. Then Senji, his father's aide took the mantle of leader until Shibuki could do it himself.

Senji was more serious then his father, more stern. But though he never did anything to Fu, he also never did anything to help the girl.

Shibuki had long withdrawn himself after the death of most of his direct family, except for Fu of course he was still Shibuki to Fu. The village loved him despite their feelings of Fu, he was just as kind as Sayako and a strong shinobi in his own right. It didn't matter if he had lost the will to fight sometimes.

But no matter what he loved his niece, loved Fu. He would always stand for his family, no matter what his beloved village called her and thought of her.

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Five year old Fu ran through Takigakure energetically, saying hello to all the villagers despite no one saying it back. Finding her secret spot in the trees, she giggled before getting into a more comfortable position.

"Chomei!" She said out loud due to not liking to think her messages to her friend.

"Yes Fu? What can lucky number seven Chomei do for you?" The seven tailed beast asked bubbly.

Chomei was not one to hold grudges if people could prove that they didn't deserve it. Usually their jinchuuriki were cold but not unbearable, Sayako had simply been a small exception to this mindset. The little human girl had quickly won the bug like beast over with her similar personality. Or maybe the impressionable youth had taken after the seven tails.

The Nanabi liked to help their jinchuuriki in whatever they were doing usually. That day the girl just wanted to talk to her only friend.

"I just want to talk to you Chomei, I'm bored." She told the beast.

"Well what do you think you could do then so you're not bored?" Chomei asked the young jinchuuriki.

"I'm not sure really, do you have any ideas Chomei?" Fu asked into the thin air.

"Go outside maybe?" The bug like creature put out with some hope.

"No Chomei, you know that Uncle Shibuki doesn't like me going outside the village without supervision." Fu reminded her friend who sighed.

"I know but still, that's always how I spent my time, flying through the air freely." Chomei reminenced happily, starting to get a little lost in their memories.

"Chomei! Chomei!" The little girl bugged as her friend had stopped visibly stopped paying attention to what she was saying.

"Sorry Fu!" It yelled apologetically but still high pitched.

"I wish Uncle Shibuki didn't have to go to school every day, then he could play with me all the time." The jinchuuriki huffed, crossing her small arms over her chest.

"Oh I get an idea for what we could do today!" The seven tails suddenly shouted as they both sat there babbling.

"OOH! What is it?" Fu eagerly asked, eyes beaming as she listened intently.

"We should sneak into your Uncle's lessons and talk to him. We've never seen what he does in those!" Chomei stated energetically.

"That's a great idea Chomei! Lets go!" The mint haired girl cheered as she hopped down the tree and began to hop toward where her Uncle was at the moment when he was studying. "This will be fun, Uncle is going to be the leader next year too, so he'll be really busy soon." She realized later.

Fu often borrowed some of Chomei's chakra to move around quickly so they could move around the village fast. After a few minutes, they had arrived in front of the building, but Fu realized something. "Hey Chomei, how are we going to sneak in? I was only ever let in the front but then I had to wait for a long time for Shibuki." She pondered while pouting.

"I was there too!" The seven tails complained to which Fu quickly affirmed. "Hmm, we could try and climb up a tree and knock on the window to his room." The bug like creature planned, thinking.

"Right! Lets do that." Fu agreed cheerfully as she observed her Uncle reading a book from behind the glass window.

Taking a deep breath, Fu swiftly and stealthily climbed the large tree next to the building and balanced herself on a branch that led to her Uncle's window. She unfortunately looked down, gasping when she noted the height. "I'm really high up." The girl whispered in a terrified notion.

"It'll be alright Fu, I'm right here with you." Chomei comforted their host as her breathing hitched.

"Y… you're right… it'll… b… be fine." She mumbled as her legs gave out beneath her. Letting out a loud, high pitched squeak of terror, Fu grabbed the branch again and clung to it like her life depended on it.

"FU! Are you alright?" Chomei worriedly asked as said girl continued to tightly cling to the tree branch.

"I'm scared, I don't want to fall!" Fu cried out as she held on for dear life. Desperately, the terrified jinchuuriki began calling for help, specifically her Uncle's help but anyone's help would do in her mind.

Not long after, she heard a whiz a cut and soon the branch came loose and she started falling. This elevated her cries to screams as she made a quick descent downwards only to be caught in a twirling gust of wind.

Falling on her bum, the girl sniffled as she looked around. Three of the Taki shinobi were before her, one of them being the shinobi who broke her fall. Smiling, thinking they saved her out of good will, she quickly stood up.

"Thank you for helping me!" Fu cheered as she took a happy step toward the shinobi, who then glared at her.

The girl paused, smile faltering as she stared at the glaring shinobi. "Um, are you, okay?" She nervously asked, stepping back a little. "Chomei, what's happening?" She then whispered out loud.

Communicating with Chomei was the wrong move according to the shinobi. One of them growled.

"Did you just talk to the monster?" Another yelled angrily. "We heard you earlier, mumbling and crying to it!" They added menacingly.

"Chomei, are you talking about Chomei?" The mint haired girl asked as she continued walking backwards, but they took steps toward her.

"Who do you think we're talking about brat?" The growling shinobi hissed out.

"Chomei's not a monster! They're my friend!" Fu defended fiercely, momentarily forgetting her fear, but it instantly returned when the shinobi got angrier.

"Get over here you monster!" The growling shinobi yelled as he raced forward before Fu could run, grabbing her by the hair and dragging her away despite her attempts to free herself.

"Let me go!" She yelled in protest, screaming now.

"Not a chance you damn brat! This is for out parents, for our friends you killed!" The shinobi chorused as they took out a gleaming metal kunai.

It glinted in her fearful orange eyes.

"UNCLE SHIBUKI! HELP!" Fu began yelling as two of the shinobi pinned her arms down. "No one's coming to help you monster! No one in their right mind would!" They were yelling though she couldn't tell who as she too was just yelling.

As the kunai was being raised, Fu began rapidly sobbing.

"CHOMEI!" She screamed into the still air, as the shinobi began to struggle to hold her down.

"FU!" Chomei answered back panicked, giving her chakra.

A red aura surrounded her small form as she began to twitch violently, shocking the shinobi into loosening their grip which she escaped. Then, she ran.

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Fu just started to run away, she wasn't really paying attention to where she ran, she just ran away. The girl never even realized that she didn't really feel tired or exhausted until she started to calm down.

Looking around, the jinchuuriki realized she wasn't in Takigakure anymore.

"Wait, how did I get out here so fast?" She mumbled confused, drying her tears with her arm.

"I gave you some of my chakra and energy so you could escape!" Chomei answered her, still in a high pitched voice.

"Oh, thanks Chomei. I was so scared." Fu cried again, crumpling into herself.

"It's okay! Chomei cares about you I do, I do!" The seven tailed beast comforted as she sat down beside a tree.

"What do I do now? I'm so far away from Taki." The young jinchuuriki bemoaned.

Chomei would've said that she should try and get back to the village just because Fu usually liked the village, before a thought occurred to it. After all, the beast had no loyalty to Takigakure itself, most humans were still so selfish and mean. Only Fu was nice, so only Fu mattered right now.

"Why don't you leave, be free and go?" The bug like creature suggested encouragingly, with well meaning intentions.

"G… go?" The mint haired girl sputtered confused.

"Yeah, you and me could just leave and fly away!" Chomei said again happily.

"B… but, what about Takigakure?" Fu asked in disbelief.

"Do you really like it at Taki Fu? There always so mean to you!" The seven tails reminded.

"But what about Uncle Shibuki?" The girl questioned.

For a few hours, Chomei tried to persuade Fu to leave and escape, and was making good progress. Fu most likely would've have left right then and there if Uncle Shibuki didn't crash through the woods towards the girl. "Uncle Shibuki?" Fu muttered as said teen enveloped her in a tight hug.

"FU! There you are, I was so worried about you when those idiots told me about what was going on." He said, not releasing the gasping girl.

"U… uncle Shibuki, c… can't breath." She wheezed to which her uncle released her immediately.

"I'm sorry Fu, just, I was just so worried you were gone." Her uncle explained rapidly, stumbling over his words as he cried tears of relief at finding her. "Now please tell me what happened, and why you're out here all alone." Uncle Shibuki ordered to which she dutifully and tearfully obliged.

When she was done explaining her uncle was fuming and crying again. "Goodness Fu, I am so unbelievably sorry that happened to you." He muttered, before hoisting her on his back. "Come on, let's head home and get you cheered up okay? I'll show you some cool new tricks." The teenager said, putting on a strained smile.

Fu felt warmth in her chest when she listened to her Uncle, who was always nice to her even if the people in Taki weren't. She smiled and relaxed on her Uncle's back, falling asleep.

Chomei however was not pleased by how these events had played out. This would not be the first time it tried to convince Fu to run away, and it would not be the first time she did run away. For Chomei believed it found a way for both them and their jinchuuriki to be free.

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Authors Note: I wrote this really quickly. So there might be some confusion over Shibuki's age, according to the wiki, he's apparently twenty, so doing the math he is pretty young during all this.