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Chapter 3: Husband and Wife and their future.
"I wonder how long has it been since your heir was here in his home my young student?" the Sandaime Hokage asked a certain statue of his long dead student, the Yondaime of Konoha.
The Hokage remembered what had happened over twenty years ago that the dreadful incident regarding the Yondaime. It was then that the demon fox Kyuubi revealed itself once again to the world and this time it went for Konoha. Knowing what awaited his village the Yondaime sacrificed his own life to protect the village.
During the day of the defeat of Kyuubi a few strange things happened. First, when they found the Kyuubi analysis reported that he had died alright and his soul was sent to the underworld, but every trace of chakra that the creature possessed was gone as if it was sucked out of the beast in order to kill it. Then some people claimed that the Yondaime took his son from the dieing hands of his wife the mysterious woman known as Kirami Ceres. The identity of the woman is not fully known, but in the Sandaime's mind he suspected that she was from another village and related to an important figure there judging by how graceful and elegant she was in her bearings and the mysterious feeling he had around her. Thirdly there were reports about a young foreign ninja beside the Yondaime when he did the sealing that killed the Kyuubi. Finally the son of the Yondaime himself was missing from Konoha. They had scoured for days for the child, but they found no trace of the heir of the Yondaime. It was then believed that the child died by the side of his father as he fell when he killed the Kyuubi, but the Sandaime had his own theory on how it happened.
"What did you do your son Yondaime?" the Sandaime wondered as he looked at the Yondaime's figure on the memorial. He believed that his student had given his son to someone who would protect the child from being used in any form of campaign and as a tool of some sort for those for those who would seek power in Konoha. He wondered how the boy would be now, but there was something that others in Konoha did not know of save two people, him and Jiraiya the perverted student of the Yondaime, the name of the boy.
"Uzumaki Naruto, the son of the greatest hero of Konoha." The Sandaime muttered as far away a young man was walking beside a group of people.
A FEW DAYS LATER
"Man, am I dead." Naruto thought as he wondered what his father would say to him if he brought home a wife all of a sudden without telling him first. He even wondered how he would react if he found out it was a Leaf nin he was marrying. Behind him his soon to be 'wife' was in a wagon while her sensei was with her and Zabusa was walking beside him.
So far the journey from Tanza town was uneventful that is of course unless you count on several bandits and thieves thinking them as easy prey and fact that one group thought they would have some 'fun' with Tsunade and Shizune which resulted in them being killed mercilessly. In short Naruto incinerated the thieves that had threatened to do evil things to Shizune once they were done robbing them. While Naruto contemplated on what was going on in his life at the moment and what was going to happen once he reached home a certain black haired woman was thinking on how things would turn out.
"I wonder who his father is?" Shizune wondered as she looked at Naruto who. She didn't know anything about him. It was like he was a hidden riddle that she had to solve. There were so many things that mystified her about him. She didn't know about Naruto's family nor did he know anything about him. She wondered about his family who aside from the Mizukage being the father she knew nothing about. It was then she decided she wanted to learn about Naruto even more since they were going to be married soon for honor's sake. She wanted to ask him for answers once they entered the Village of the Mist. Unknown to her she was being watched by her sensei Tsunade who seemed to have developed a hobby of teasing her young student.
"So willing to get to know your Anata quite early are Shizune? Aren't you taking this a bit too seriously? You might consider settling down with him in his village ne?" Tsunade teased causing the young student to blush heavily at the teasing of her sensei.
"TSUNADE SAMA!" Shizune replied defensively at the teasing. She did not deny the fact that she found him interesting and somewhat captivating, but she did even consider thinking that she would ever have a deep relationship with him. To her a relationship with Naruto was purely out of honor and responsibility. She did not believe that she would ever learn to love him, much less learn to appreciate him.
"Tut tut, Shizune. One must appreciate the love of one man such as him. Anyway haven't you already 'marked' him as yours?" Tsunade teased as Shizune went into a very deep blush.
"Tsunade sama! I don't think it's right to say that. He has his own free will and choice in the matter." Shizune replied shyly. Inside of her she was glad that he had him, but at that thought she shook her head. She was NOT GLAD to have him. Her thoughts changed when Tsunade motioned to Naruto. At that point Shizune stared at him longingly and lovingly.
"Jackpot!" Tsunade thought at that instant as she snickered at her student's constant denial. While she was rejoicing Naruto was having a deep discussion with Zabusa.
"So Zabusa san have any thoughts on why I'm not just leaving her behind like any normal guy who makes a mistake." Naruto wondered nervously. If it were another woman he would have made a big fuss about it, but with Shizune it seemed like it was something he would be willing to do forced or not.
"I was worried that you were gay, but the way your wife seems to be staring at you I'd say that you were a grade A wild man on your first night. As for your question, I'd say that you my dear student are in love." Zabusa said making a surprised Naruto falter and nearly trip. The young blond regained his composure and stare at his now mischievously smiling sensei. For him it was the first time he would ever see his sensei like this. He was not used to seeing him so…so mischievous looking. With a look of disbelief he looked at Shizune who was blushing at Tsunade's teasing. He looked at her.
"That doesn't seem so bad." Naruto said wishfully as he gazed at Shizune. He looked at her with eyes that seemed to be hypnotized by her body. Naruto smiled as he traced Shizune's body and ended at her face. He deeply memorized the detail of her face such as the softness of her cheeks that he kissed, the tasty lips that he devoured greedily every time that they kissed.
"He's staring!" Shizune unconsciously smiled, but shook her head and glared back at Naruto. Tsunade saw this and smiled.
"It seems the goddess of love has finally given Shizune her mate." Tsunade thought as they saw the Village of the Mist within sight. Tsunade smiled and wished that Hokage sama and her team mates would see the person she got as a husband for her student. She did not know however that at that moment a certain pervert was getting his hands numb by signing so many autographs.
"Hahahahahaha! Come one and come all! This is the official signing of the Icha Icha Paradise by yours truly the author, the manly Jiraiya!"A loud and booming voice shouted, which belonged to the most perverted nin, as hundreds of men and even a few women were in line waiting for their chance to have their copies autographed.
"Must he really bring this much attention to us?" The Sandaime Hokage thought as he wore his kage robes and stood beside the genius student of the Yondaime Hokage, the Snake sannin Orochimaru.
"Kukuku. Let him do as he pleases Sarutobi sensei for it seems we have a rather special guest arriving. "The Snake sannin said amused as he looked at the Mizukage who was approaching the dignitaries from Konoha. The Hokage nodded and looked at the Mizukage who seemed to be contemplating on an important decision while escorted by his Anbu bodyguards.
"Mizukage sama, The Hokage of Konoha is directly in front of us." The Anbu captain said snapping the Mist leader out from his thoughts. The Mizukage cleared his throat and motioned for his Anbu to disperse while he walked towards the Hokage who ordered Orichimaru to go to Jiraiya's side while he talked with the Mizukage. As these leaders motioned to sit in a restaurant to talk a certain blond nin was going over the procedures for marriage two hours before they entered the Mist village.
"License, certificates, god parents, a new house and some furniture and these are just the initial things that we need." Naruto said as he sat beside Shizune at Tsunade's insistence. In short Naruto was holding the reins of the horse while Tsunade walked with Zabusa towards the Mist village.
"What are you doing Anata?" Shizune said as she slapped herself for calling Naruto that. She did not want to call Naruto that. Yes, she didn't want to, but she could not deny that she liked how that sounded when she referred to him. She motioned for him to forget about that and continue with his explanation.
"Aww man I liked how she called me that!" Naruto thought stared at her a bit and when she motioned for him to continue he was left wondering why did he think like that? He looked at her and decided to give her an honest explanation unaware of what he would call her.
"Well Shiz chan this is the list we need to get in order before the actual ceremony since I don't want to dampen our honeymoon with such stuff. Furthermore if either of us is transferring it'll be easier on us since we can now concentrate on where we are going to live." Naruto said as wondered why he had sounded so pleased and excited at the thought of their marriage. Wondering how Shizune would reply.
"Shiz chan? How sweet! My Anata will surely treat me well." Shizune thought once again as she shook her head immediately. That was about the second times she had called him anata. She pretended to be angry when she replied, but her instincts would override her common sense with a vengeance.
"Arrigatou Anata, thank you for that. I just hope that you aren't overworked with that. Maybe I could help you with that." She said as she helped him with the papers as both of them had the same thought at that precise moment.
"What the hell is happening to me?" They both thought trying to hide the blush that was on their faces, but much to the amusement of the older nins they were not able to. Zabusa and Tsunade had snickered while they watched the soon to be married couple do the papers together while blushing red.
"It does me good to see him like this. You know he never had a steady girlfriend because of his status in the Mist?" Zabusa said as he finished laughing. This made Tsunade curious about the boy.
"Really, Zabusa san? What is Naruto's status in the Mist Village?" Tsunade asked ceriously. The mist nin just shrugged and replied in a lazy voice.
"It would be best if we entered the Mist village and have the Mizukage explain everything." Zabusa replied as Naruto and Shizune wrapped things up and readied the horses for the final two hours of their journey into the village of the Mist.
Inside the Mist village the Sandaime Hokage and the Yondaime Mizukage were at the third floor of a rather private restaurant where in the makers of the restaurant had made an incredibly powerful jutsu to avoid spying on this floor increasing it's safety and it's value therefore logically it had a high price attached to it. The Hokage himself wondered why they were here, but then focused to listening to the Mizukage when the younger nin began to speak while standing over the balcony overlooking the entire eastern side easternside of the Mist Village which held their lakes, forests and rivers.
"Sarutobi dono, you know as well as I that the Mist is prosperous, but do you think this was because of our effort as a village?" the Mizukage asked with a solemn voice as he watched his village. The Hokage of Konoha stood to up to join the Mizukage as he gazed upon his village.
It was true there was every evident of prosperity in the Mist village. He watched as several of nins took a break from their duties as some children played in the secrets with no worries and problems. The old man watched as Orochimaru silently dozed a bit behind his perverted team mate while the nin signed several autographs for his most perverted book 'Icha Icha Paradise'. There was the silence that the rivers and lakes that echo in the air as a sign of peace and tranquility. The Sandaime breathed the sweet smell of the water as it brushes past the wind as it stroked his aged features. The Hokage of Konoha had long admired the sign of peace for it something that many of their own great nins had sacrificed their lives for.
"Yes, Mizukage dono I do believe that they are the reason for the village's prosperity." The Hokage answered with a smile that would fade into a look of curiosity as when his Mist friend gave the answer to his question.
"I am glad you say such good things Sarutobi dono, but that is far from the truth. You see all that you see here was founded and inspired by one man and one man alone." The Mizukage replied making the Hokage wonder what kind of a man could affect such a change.
"It was over twenty years ago that we adopted a new child into our village. After our earlier disasters with the rise of war due to bloodline limits we were in a hostile state. We would never take in a child that did not belong to us ever, but that day I went against all of my people and adopted a child who does not come from this village. At that time I had a son of my own, but to my disappointment he grew up to be a burden to me rather than an asset. It was then now that I saw how Kami sama rewarded such a kind act by making the boy the blessing that saved this village and gave it a new start." The Mizukage began as he looked at the gates where his adopted child had first walked in after his successful first C rank mission.
FLASHBACK
"Otousan!" cried two little voices while the Mizukage and his wife Aoi stood in front of the gates of the Mist waiting for the team to arrive.
"Naruto! Ken!" the Mziukage greeted the children as he hugged then each in turn. His wife Aoi just glared at Naruto. The wife of the Mizukage was never on good terms with her adoptive child, who in her eyes was direct competition to her son Ken who was supposed to be the next Mizukage, but Naruto was a direct threat to that dream.
"Mizukage sama, the defense of the merchant trade routs from the bandits was a success." Zabusa voiced out while Aoi tried to set in a few boastful words about their only child.
"Of course Ken was the one that dealt with them. Am I not correct Zabusa?" the first lady of the Mist announced to the all that could hear, but the single voice of a person.
"What! What are you talking about old hag? I was the one who hired these nins and I say and state for a fact that it was that Naruto boy who did a lot of the work! He defeated the bandit head along with Zabusa san and destroyed the bandit supply routes while Ken did nothing, but let Naruto do the dangerous work while he had an easy time by letting him do most of the fighting and planning! Frankly I don't care if you're the first lady of the Mist and that Ken is the Mizukage's son! He sucks!" a large and old man spoke not being able to identify the young brown haired woman as the mother of Ken and the wife of the Mizukage. This earned Aoi's anger, but drew chuckles from everyone else. This caused Aoi to go into a fit of rage much to everyone's amusement. It was then that the Mizukage saw what Naruto could do if given the chance as did Zabusa who dared give it to him.
BACK TO THE PRESENT
"That is a hard choice Misukage dono, but there are times that we must make hard choices for the sake of what is right." The Sandaime began joining his Mist counterpart on the balcony.
"That may be true Hokage dono, but there is a catch to the whole thing. You see when I adopted the child I took in a contract concerning that child." The Mizukage said getting the Hokages attention. The Mizukage in all respects was not a fool. He knew what to do and when to do it, but then there could only one thing that would have him thinking like this given all that the Mist leader had told him.
"Let me guess Mizukage dono. There contract allows you to take possession of the child, but only until a certain age in which you would return him to where he belongs?" the Hokage asked as the Mizukage smiled a bit and answered.
"Actually when he is over twenty years of age, but before he turns thrity and given the time that the contract began he is twenty plus now and is supposed to be leaving for his new home today or tomorrow." The Mizukage answered as the Hokage nodded for he understood what it meant to the Mizukage. It was more that losing a great shinobi and an asset it was losing someone who had been like the son he had never had. A child that grew to respect him and admire him rather than one that saw as a shortcut to power and prestige. It was a hard decision, but it had to be done.
"Mixukage sama I know the pain that must be building in your heart, but the boy must be sent home. For one day the gap in his heart will have him searching for his homeland and the place where his ancestors and his father lived in. It is a part of him he will always miss and to that he will keep searching for him. It is a part of him you must not deny, because of you truly love him you must let him go and be who he is. To state it simply let the bird go and be all that he can be." The Hokage said as the Mizukage stood there as a couple of tears graced his aged features as he was unable to hold back the sorrow that he had felt in his heart for soon he would be parted with his son, the child which changed his life.
"Yes I cannot deny the pain that I feel, but to deny him of his birthright and his ancestral home would be an even greater tragedy than forcing him to leave the home he knew all of his life." The Mizukage said as he turned to smile at the Hokage who smiled back with great respect for his counterpart.
Between the two shinobi leaders a bond of respect had been made. The elder regard the young father worthy of his title while the young one regarded him as his sagely advisor and as a friend and in their short discussion both regarded each one with respect, but their friendly chat was to be broken by the sound of two little voices belonging to a cute little ice wielding girl and a certain young Kaguya clan member who were running towards the building. Screaming their little voices as they ran with complete knowledge of what they were doing for Naruto had taught them some aspects of being a ninja before he left for the past two years as 4 year old Haku and 7 year old Kimimaru ran towards their adoptive grandfather's secret place.
"Haku! Kimimaru! What's going on?" the Mizukage shouted from his position from the balcony. He had long appreciated the fact that Naruto had adopted two kids with very strong bloodlines. They had been one of his many joys in life. He also knew that these little children would want to accompany Naruto on his journey and his new life. Although the people of the Mist hated bloodlines Naruto adopted them and treated them as his own.
"Tousan is coming home with Zabusa kun!" Kimimaro greeted to the Mizukage as little Haku joined in.
"Ya! He's also brought a girl along with him! She looks nice I hope she become our kaa san.!" Haku said as the temperature dropped to 60 degress below zero at that point while the Mizukage sweat dropped.
"No! Has he finally decided to get me a farewell gift of such greatness? A daughter in law worthy of him and a soon to come little grand child I can hold in my arms once more? Pardon me Hokage dono, but I must be at the gates!" the Mizukage said as he leaped with his guards and other Mist villagers to gates to welcome Naruto much to the other nins curiosity.
"Oh dang! The entire villages gathering up for a welcome!" Naruto thought as he felt the movement of several people while he was a bit far away from the village Shizune took note of this and asked out of curiosity.
"What is it Naru chan?" Shizune asked as a thought came over the older nins heads.
"Where did that come from?" both Tsunade and Zabusa wondered on how their relationship was. They were either deeply in love with each other and are blind to notice this or they are simply too comfortable with each other to notice.
"Nothing to worry about, Dear! It's nothing you've got to worry about." Naruto replied with an assuring smile. Shizune did not push for answers, but this made the two Konoha shinobis start getting suspicious at the two Mist nins as Zabusa snickered a bit. They soon returned to each of their musings.
"Was that really their first night?" Zabusa and Tsunade thought remembering when the two 'lovers' were first caught naked next to each other the morning after their first 'active night'. With the unexpected calling of pet names that would normally only be seen in couples they wondered if the constant denials were nothing more than a plot to get them off their case and hide their old relationships.
Their questions and doubts were interrupted by the constant snoring of Shizune who seemed to be asleep while attached to Naruto's arms.
"That's funny." Tsunade thought as Shizune seemed to be tried easily these days. She then recounted that Shizune at one time had vomited on a man who was trying to hit on her which then made the man angry and nearly hit Shizune when Naruto succeeded in dislocating the man's arm and breaking it into several gruesome pieces.
"Okay, she is constantly dizzy, short of breath, tired very easily, eats like a horse now and then with a craving for something and then there is the fact that she vomits a lot." Tsunade thought as she recounted the things that she had witnessed from Shizune. Then it hit her like lightning.
"No, I'm not fully sure yet. I need to make sure of a few details first." Tsunade thought as Zabusa asked her what was wrong to which she replied.
"I hope so." Tsunade thought grinning as she walked which confused the Mist nin even more while the blissful couple quietly proceeded forwards to their wedding place. While in the mist a large group of people are getting ready to welcome the one that they had missed to see for so long.
AN: Sorry if the chapters are slow, but starting month after I release the chapter 8 of the Village of the Tenshi I will be able to upload and make more chapters for this fic. What to do with It achi? Thinks and sighs then goes back into the land of gaming, writing and studying.