Ship:Naruto x Kurotsuchi x Fem!Deidara Summary:
Minato Namikaze was hated by all of Iwa for slaughtering their forces during the Third Great Shinobi War. The Tsuchikage, Onoki Of Both Scales, didn't bare these feelings. He would have done the same for his village and family so he couldn't blame the man. He was quiet surprised whenever he heard of the man's death. What will he do when this man's son shows up at his village half beaten and near death? He will take the boy in and raise him like he knew the boy's father would have wanted.
*As far as I've seen this story will be the first Naruto x fem!Deidara on here. If I am wrong then please tell me in the comments. In this story, Deidara and Kurotsuchi will both be jinchuuriki. I will specify which later on but you could probably already tell my looking at Kekkei Genkai. Anyways, I'm not gonna play this off like you don't know who this little blonde child is because if you didn't then you wouldn't be here. Onto the story*
Naruto walked through the rocky land and mountains, his clothes in rags and his blood dried on his body. His hair was black with soot and dirt. His bright blue eyes were dull and lacked hope. His malnourished body had a hole in it's chest that hadn't closed up.
There were lightning strike-like marks surrounding the hole which he received from the ANBU that was supposed to protect him. He still remembered the man's face that was half covered in another mask.
He pondered on the man's words, "This is for my sensei. You aren't his son, you demon." The blonde shivered remembering the venom that the man spoke with. His five year old mind was matured from the long and bloody torture sessions the villagers gave him.
The boy had stolen a few school books from the village library along with what he could find of shinobi techniques. He had grown his mental knowledge and wits. He shook the thoughts out of his head as he saw a squad of Iwa shinobi run up to him.
They all had concerned looks at the beaten child. A smile graced his face as he fell forward succumbing to the bliss of unconsciousness. The biggest man in the group caught him and looked him over.
He gasped at the now finger sized hole in his chest. "We need to get him to the village now." He commanded running back at his full speed with his squad behind him. It took them about 10 minutes to reach the gates of Iwagakure.
They rushed through and straight to the hospital. The man holding Naruto gave him to the nurses and followed them knowing the boy was no older than his daughter. An hour later, they had Naruto laying in a bed and they were getting the soot out of his hair.
"So how is he?" The man, Kitsuchi, asked. "He seems to have healing that is comparable to a jinchuuriki. Other than that he is severely malnourished and it would be safe to say he hasn't eaten in a few weeks." The nurse said in a sad tone.
"Could you pull up his shirt real quick?" Kitsuchi asked and the nurse nodded, pulling up the gown to show his abdomen. Once Kitsuchi saw the seal he knew. "This boy is a jinchuuriki. Stay here and do not let anyone in." He commanded getting a nod.
He quickly went to get his father, the Tsuchikage. They arrived a few minutes later seeing the nurse feeding him some rice and he was sucking the stuff down. Onoki gasped slightly at the sight of the boy.
His blonde hair and bright blue eyes reminded him of Konoha's yellow flash. He floated up to Naruto and looked at him. "What is your name boy and where do you come from?" Onoki questioned.
Naruto sank back a little before he spoke up. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki from Konoha." Naruto spat the name of the village with such venom it surprised the three Iwa shinobi. It was now confirmed to Onoki who this boy was.
"What happened to you?" Onoki asked, letting his voice get softer. "They hunted me down like they do every night. I left because no one loves me there." Naruto said, looking down. The heart of the nurse beside him melted just from the sad look in his eyes.
"Very well. After you get fed and cleaned up, I am going to allow you to stay here in Iwa." Onoki said, seeing a spark of hope in the boy's eyes. Onoki smiled warmly before floating out with Kitsuchi.
Once outside the room Onoki looked at his son. "We will be taking him into the family. There is no question that he is Minato's son. If he even has a bit of parent's intellect than he will be a great shinobi." Onoki spoke getting a nod.
"It will also give Kurotsuchi a friend who is like her other than Deidara." Kitsuchi said getting a nod from his father. "I would like you to go grab him some new clothes. Once he gets dressed we will settle him in" Onoki said.
Kitsuchi agreed with his father before leaving to grab the clothes. Onoki peeked at the now happy blonde through the door window and smiled himself. 'I will take care of your son Minato-san.' Onoki thought, looking up before floating away.
*In Konoha*
Hiruzen Sarutobi, The Third Hokage, was sitting at his desk finishing the final piece of paperwork there. He had spent the entire previous night doing all the damned work. 'I wonder how Naruto-kun is doing?' Hiruzen wondered.
The old kage smiled at the thought of the happy blonde. He nodded at his plan and stood up out of his chair. Hiruzen grabbed his pipe before shunshining to the boy's apartment. He knocked for a few minutes before growing slightly worried.
The kage tried to see if the door was locked and tried to open it when an ANBU operative dropped beside him. "Sir, we just found Naruto's ANBU team dead in an alley way." Despite the training the man had, his voice was still full of worry.
Without warning, Hiruzen flared his chakra to massive proportions. This sent the ANBU around the village scrambling. "Let's hope Naruto-kun is still in the land of fire." The old man said in a sickly sweet tone.
The ANBU beside him, Inu, gulped at the sign that the God Of Shinobi was still very much alive.
*Back in Iwa, Naruto's hospital room*
Naruto smiled at his new clothes. They were beige pants with some black sandals. Covering his torso was a red long sleeve hoodie. It was quite cold that time of the year so he had to stay nice and warm.
"Tell me Naruto, what do you know of Iwa's history with Konoha?" Onoki asked, hoping to be able to ease the boy's heritage to him. "Well they were in a temporary truce during the first shinobi war but afterwards nothing but enemies. Most of Iwa grew a hatred towards Konoha during the third shinobi war because of Minato Namikaze killing a bunch of their troops."
Onoki was pleasantly surprised by the knowledge the boy shared. "It seems you are quite smart for a boy your age." He complimented before getting to the point. "If you had to guess about how much of Iwa still holds hatred for the man?"
Naruto shrugged and spoke, "Maybe 95%" Onoki nodded. "Yes, most of Iwa despises the man so what do you think they'd do if they saw a child with the same looks as him?" Naruto shivered in his new sandals.
"They'd probably kill him." Naruto stated. Onoki closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Now, what do you think they'd do to his only son?" Naruto's eyes flew open as his gaze set on the old man.
"They'd kill me or probably torture me." Naruto whispered in a small tone. Onoki was taken back at the words. "So you already know of your heritage." Naruto nodded. "Then you know what we must do to keep you alive."
Naruto nodded as he stared at the box of hair dye sitting on the table. "Before we do that, we must change your name. I know Konoha will be looking out for your name so we have to come up with one" Naruto nodded as he began to think.
"Isane will help you with the dye while you think of your name." Onoki said opening the door to the nurse from earlier. "C'mon Naruto, let's get you looking like a Iwa citizen." She said cheerfully, dragging the boy to the washroom.
About 30 minutes later, they reappeared with Naruto now having brown hair. "Naruto, follow me. I will lead you to my home or shall I say our home." A warmth filled Onoki's heart at the smile he caused.
"Isane, could you sense if Kurotsuchi and Deidara are at my house?" The nurse nodded and closed her eyes for a few seconds. "They're there Tsuchikage-sama." Onoki nodded his thanks and left the room with Naruto following.
"Bye Isane-chan!" He shouted as he walked through the door frame. Onoki began a small conversation with the boy as they walked through the village. Many whispers were going through the populous that Onoki had chosen another apprentice but the two didn't hear them.
Onoki was in his old man story telling mode about the village while Naruto was stuck listening. It only took them a couple minutes to reach the medium sized multi story home that housed the Tsuchikage and his family.
The Tsuchikage turned to Naruto with a questioning glance. "I think I'll go by Koku Morenami" the young brunette stated. The Tsuchikage nodded and turned to the home.
He could hear children playing in the backyard and guided Naruto through the gate to the back garden. The two girl's playing stopped and looked at the boy walking in. "Good morning girls." Onoki greeted them, their attention was on Naruto.
While they studied Naruto, he studied them. The one to the left had long blonde hair tied up in a pony tail and bright orange eyes. Her face was slightly round but pointy at the same time. He then took notice of her clothes.
She had a poofy orange sweater and black pants. She didn't have any shoes on. Naruto moved his eyes to the girl on the right. She had short black hair with bright pink eyes. Her face was very similar to the girl beside her that Naruto assumed they were sisters.
Her clothing choice was different from both of the other children. She had a black skirt on with a blue t-shirt. Naruto was about to introduce himself whenever he saw a certain gleam in their eyes. He knew that gleam...
They almost squealed whenever they saw his whiskers and ran over to touch them. Naruto sighed heavily before the girls reached him but noticed that they stopped a few feet away from him.
He also noticed the small rock wall that formed just to their waists. A blonde woman appeared behind the girls with a motherly fury. "Now girls what did I teach you about manors?" Even Naruto shivered at the tone.
"Gomen Kaa-san" They said at the same time, confirming Naruto's earlier suspicions. The blonde was the first to introduce herself. "Hello I'm Deidara Gushiken" She bowed much to Naruto's demise.
Both children had a smile on their faces, making all adults nearby smile too. Naruto turned towards the ravenette. "Kurotsuchi Chisaka" She said in a short tone, obviously she was more interested in him than her introduction.
"Nice to meet you both, I'm Koku Morenami." He bowed but really didn't like doing it. He hated formalities. "You see this boy has manors." The blonde woman said in a scolding tone. "Alright, that's enough for greetings. Why don't you three go run around while I speak with Hatsume-chan." Onoki shooed the kids off.
The blonde woman watched the kids run off before turning to the floating elder. "So who is that boy?" She asked, slightly suspicious. "He is the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, he ran away from Konoha after they almost killed him. Whenever Kitsuchi found him, there was a hole in his chest."
Hatsume gasped and her maternal instincts made her go murderous. "I had to change his name so Konoha wouldn't be able to find him easily. Before I go, I must tell you that young Naruto has never felt any family bonds from what I've learned. You might have to teach him things that children learn like how to cook and such."
Hatsume nodded before her elder floated away. The retired Iwa ANBU looked at the boy playing with her two children and smiled. "I'll make sure you get a nice childhood."
*Iwa council room*
Onoki sat down in his chair at the end of the table, raising his hand to silence the mumbling council people. "A few hours ago my son, Kitsuchi, came across an injured boy no older than my granddaughters at the south east border. He immediately brought the boy to the hospital and got him treated."
Even the most aged of the councilmen had disgusted looks on their faces. "Who would do such a thing to a boy?" One of the female jonin asked. "When the boy awoke we asked him what happened to him and where he came from. Apparently the boy is from Konoha and was beaten severely causing him to leave."
"Those damned tree huggers. They've gone too far to beat a child." The head medic seethed in anger. "Calm yourself, we have found the reason for the boy's treatment. He is the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko."
Onoki already knew what was about to happen. "If he is properly trained then he could become even stronger than anyone here." A councilwoman mumbled. "I have a suggestion Tsuchikage-sama." The ANBU commander said.
"Please go ahead." Onoki waved his hand in the air. "I suggest that we give the boy as normal a childhood as possible and whenever he graduates, make his squad with Deidara and Kurotsuchi. Having a fully trained squad of jinchuuriki would be dangerous to even the most experienced shinobi.
I also suggest that you personally see to their training as you did with your sons. Maybe even one can become our next Tsuchikage." Onoki smiled at the suggestion. "I have already started building a relationship between young Koku and my granddaughters. They're all currently playing in my backyard."
"Very wise Tsuchikage-sama, that way they have friends who also share their burden. My only concern is the bijuu within them communicating." A councilman stated. "From the information I gathered from Han and Roshi, their bijuu do not like communicating with anyone other than each other. However they might want to communicate with Kyuubi so I will keep an eye on them."
It was about 3 in the afternoon whenever Onoki left his office. He was about to shunshin down to his home whenever a summoned bird flew to him. It landed on his outstretched hand before he pulled the scroll tied to it's leg.
He opened the scroll and widened his eyes as he read. "I should've known that old monkey would do something drastic like this." His spy within Konoha had just informed him that every ANBU from Konoha was scouting their borders and they were ordered to find the boy even if it meant crossing the borders.
The old man sighed as he turned back to his office, it seemed he wasn't able to go home just yet.
*Unknown location*
"It has been a while Kurama." A deep voice bellowed through the empty cave like space. "It certainly has Song Goku." A slightly deeper one answered back. "Man it's dark in here." A childish like tone said before the room was lit up showing Kyuubi, Gobi, and Yonbi in all their glory.
"Our jinchuurikis are growing to be friends already," the Gobi said. "It is my container Kukuo, he has a way to get people to like him. I think it might be his Uzumaki blood." Kurama said in a slightly annoyed tone.
"You led him to us didn't you." Son Goku, the yonbi, asked. His answer was a grunt from Kyuubi. "Yeah, I figured the kit would find a better time living in Iwa where they actually respect jinchuurikis."
A grin grew on Goku's face. "Are you growing soft Kurama? Do you care for that boy?" The giant monkey had to dodge a small bijuudama for that comment. "It is obvious that we all care for our containers." Kukuo said in a tired tone.
"This is the most I've ever heard you speak Kukuo." Kyuubi chuckled. "Yes, well I have to talk now thanks to that one." He pointed one of his tails at Yonbi. Kurama raised a non-existent eyebrow in curiosity.
"Our previous jinchuuriki were brothers and I always dragged him into these little meetings to bother him in the middle of the night." Yonbi said, not a sliver of remorse there. Kurama laughed, "I thought I was the kitsune here."
Suddenly his brothers zoned out. An irk mark grew on his forehead. "Oi! What's going on?!" Kurama yelled. "Our jinchuuriki are introducing themselves in more detail. Do you not have a connection to yours?" Yonbi laughed.
"No, I was sealed up by the shinigami, I cannot see, hear, or feel anything my jinchuuriki does." Yonbi sighed. "Tonight try to contact him and gain your senses but for now we'll just tell you what happens."
*In the Kitchen of Onoki's house, around 7pm*
"Since Koku isn't familiar with either of you, how about you two introduce yourselves again with information about yourself like favorite food, least favorite food, your favorite thing to do, and what you wanna do when you grow up?" Hatsume asked, earning a nod from the two girls.
"So who wants to go first?" Hatsume asked, looking at the children sitting at the bar while she cooked. "I'll go since I was so rude earlier." Kurotsuchi said, a little down. Naruto shrugged it off but she couldn't let it go.
"My name is Kurotsuchi Chisaka, My favorite food is Yakitori, I hate caviar, I like to play house, and I wanna be a shinobi when I grow up, just like Kaa-san." Hatsume smiled at the ending and pointed her wooden spoon to Deidara to start next.
"My name is Deidara Gushiken, my favorite food is bakudan, I hate mixed rice, I like to play ninja, and I wanna be a better shinobi than Kurotsuchi!" She shouted the last part which made Naruto laugh.
"I guess I can give it a shot too since I'm new and all." Naruto said. The two girls twisted in their seats to look at him. "I'm Koku Morenami, my favorite food is ramen, I don't like raw vegetables, I like to read about history, and I also want to be a shinobi but I'm gonna be better than both of you." A smirk formed on his face at the end.
"Oh yeah, you wanna bet! Once we start the academy we'll see who is the better shinobi." Kurotsuchi shouted. Onoki flouted into the room and smiled. "A rivalry amongst you three might end up making you the most powerful shinobi ever." Onoki said to himself.
"I'm gonna be the best shinobi!" Deidara shouted. "No! I am!" Kurotsuchi shouted back. Naruto decided to join in and soon they were all arguing about it until food was set in front of them.
*A little later*
That night Naruto was settled down in one of the guest bedrooms just down the hall from the girls. he was in a nice bed and soon drifted off to sleep without a peep. Hatsume looked through the cracked door at the young boy sleeping and sighed.
"To think it's only been a day and I already feel like he's my own." She mumbled, walked down the hall to check on the other children. Kitsuchi walked out of the girl's room just before she got there.
"They were really excited about Koku being here." He said. "Well I'm glad he can finally make some friends." Kitsuchi nodded at her before walking past her to go to his room. "Goodnight Hatsume." The woman returned to pleasantry before turning in for the night
*Naruto's mind*
The young boy woke up in what seemed to be a small forest. His heart sank at the sight of the grass and trees. "They threw me back to Konoha." He cried. "No, this is your mindscape child. It is simply a creation of your mind." A fox said, laying in the grass beside him.
The fox was the size of a large dog and had nine tails swaying behind it. Naruto screamed and hopped away from the creature. The fox had a bored look as it turned to him. "I'm not going to eat you." It said in an annoyed tone.
"You're the Kyuubi though!" The fix sighed, turning towards the boy and stretching. "Listen kit, I only attacked Konoha because I was being controlled and when I came to people were attacking me so I defended myself. Now back to business."
The fox lept at Naruto frightening him. The fox stopped a few feet in front of him however. "The seal that holds me in you also protects you against me here. I've summoned you here because I want access to your senses. It gets really boring in here all alone."
Naruto took a deep breath and stared at the fox. "What do I get in return? What are the consequences?" Kurama smiled, this kid was certainly smart to ask those questions. "You get heightened senses. The consequence is that your eyes and mine will meld together forming what I can only guess would be purple eyes in your sockets."
Naruto stared hard at the fox before nodding. "How would I open my senses to you?" The fox grinned. "You must allow me to touch your forehead with my paw. The barrier won't activate if you allow me."
Naruto nodded and watched as the paw made contact with his forehead. "You'll get used to the heightened hearing and scent soon but It will overwhelm you at first." Naruto shrugged before his eyes warped to a red before settling at an electric purple.
The Kitsune smiled before he pushed Naruto back into a dream about ramen.