Strength, Power and Victory
Naruto/Temari fic
Darksider82
"Speech and Jutsu"
"Bijuu and Bijuu techniques!"
(A/N: I AM ALIVE PEOPLE!)
XXI
Kakashi erupted from the forest in a shroud of green chakra and he skidded in a three-point landing, his leg folded and he rolled. He jumped up again and with another bound found himself just behind the immense stone bust of Senju Hashirama.
He sniffed, the chakra was undoubtedly thick. It smelt like a cooked jutsu. A cooked jutsu was a technique that had been overloaded with chakra and then released. Kakashi grinned, some of the more advanced Katon jutsu came from cooking the basics. The two that came to mind were the Goka Mekkyaku and Messhitsu, both stemmed from the basic Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu.
Kakashi ran forwards, he had failed Obito and Minato. He wasn't going to fail again! He jumped over the head and landed in what had been the free flowing river. The river had evaporated and as he looked around he saw the tell-tale markings of the Chidori and on the other side markings of the Rasengan!
"Oh no…Sasuke, Naruto!" Kakashi spawned three shadow clones and they began to search. It didn't take him long as there on the side of the former river by Madara's statue was "Naruto!"
The black version of the orange jumpsuit was in tatters and around his neck were the tell-tale signs of a neck breaker drop and in his chest was a definitive slow healing hole.
Kakashi chuckled grimly, there had most definitely been a fight and here it proved who had won. Kakashi doubted Sasuke had gotten out of the fight completely unscathed.
(Forest)
Hari sheathed his sword as the last Ne operative fell to the floor headless. The forest or rather the great big pile of nothing of where the forest used to be to be more accurate wasn't much more than a wasteland.
Hari grinned "Particle Style, eat your heart out. Now let's grab the wayward Genin and go home."
(VoE)
Kakashi, pulled out a package of bandages and set about trying to save his little brother. He would fully admit by age six he was seven shades of psychologically fucked, maybe earlier. He didn't fully know. His mother died when he was two and then his father committed suicide when he was five followed by two years on his own before Kushina more or less kicked his door down and forced him at sword point into Minato and Her apartment.
Then he became Minato's apprentice and soon enough Minato became the father figure he needed and Kushina…well she was an amalgamation of a mother and sister figure. He had thrived under their undivided attention, he had been described as a prodigy and he was for shinobi arts.
Kakashi sighed, he still didn't have a grip on social-norms. He was a shinobi, they were the epitome of not normal. Hell take Gai for an example, he ran around in a dark green leotard with offendingly bright orange leg warmers that concealed a fuck-tonne of weight; imperial and metric boards were still debating the complete mass.
He hadn't fully appreciated his genin teammates he had been given when he had been made a Chunin. Kakashi sighed, now everyone bar Naruto was dead "Not today Naruto. Not today, not now." Kakashi said to himself as he stood up and placed Naruto tenderly in his arms. He sealed away Sasuke's forehead protector and he jumped up the cliff and headed back to Konoha.
"Kakashi! Where's…Oh…shit. Tsunade's gonna flip, as are the council." Hari commented.
Kakashi looked at him "Do you have a plan? Or at some aspect of one?"
Hari nodded "Aye…We're going to need to act fast. I'll stall the Elders. Particularly Danzo and hopefully he'll unleash more of his Root and rot. Kakashi nodded and the three shinobi headed back to Konoha.
(Hospital)
Shizune's hands were glowing green and her face harrowed as she barked at another med-nin to attach another nutrient mix and saline drip to one Akimichi Choji.
Currently her hands were near the chest cavity of one Hyuuga Neji. "Shizune-Sama, we have another clan child. Inuzuka Kiba! Alongside his ninken."
"Triage Status!" Shizune barked.
"Green or amber. Broken ribs, lung and diaphragm cuts and slight haemorphaging. Nothing to serious and potentially a concussion."
"Get him on a crash-cart and send his ninken to the Clan. They know how to stick broken ninken back together again. Someone please check that he isn't dying by drowning in his own blood?"
Suddenly her jutsu faltered "Shit! MEDICS! I'M NOT LOSING THIS ONE!" Shouted Shizune as she realised her jutsu reserves had hit rockbottom and she was about to crash from exaustion and exhertion.
"Shosen no Jutsu!" A voice boomed and Shizune didn't even need to look as her guardian, teacher and friend had stormed into the hospital. Now that she listened, she could hear the faint sounds of people complaining.
"How many walls, doors and people are injured?"
"Two walls and a door. Three concussions to medical-nin. Where's Uzumaki Naruto and Rock Lee?"
"Naruto-kun hasn't returned yet. Rock Lee has returned with a crippling hangover and some stress fractures, he shall make a full recovery."
(Outside Konoha Gates)
"Kakashi, run." Ordered Hari as they hit the gates at a low-Jonin level run. Kakashi grunted and then and there displayed what he had learnt at the feet of the Yondaime.
He pulled Naruto into his chest, crossed his hands so his thumbs were in-line pointing up and down respectively, turned them so the palms were touching, drew them apart and clapped them "Hidenjutsu: Void Step, three bounds!"
It wasn't a clan jutsu, nor was it a particularly known one. But it was a dangerous one, Void Step was a ninjutsu fuuinjutsu that folded space/time and a bit of reality together. It was nothing like the Hiraishin no Jutsu which involved punching a hole in the fabric of space and time which was a Clan technique.
Kakashi made it to the hospital and after flaring his KI at the civilian medics, he was wheeled onto a cart and quickly hurried into the Shinobi part of the Hospital. Tsunade, literally walked out of the operating theatre saw Naruto's inbound bed and single handidly chucked it into the trauma room through the wall "If he's like obaa-chan, he'll be fine." She quickly sent out explicit instructions for various medical supplies.
Soon enough Naruto had been stabilised and Tsunade stalked out "Send for Nara Shikamaru, I need his report and I need to head off those old wingbats of Sensei's advisors."
"No need Tsunade-Sama, Hari-san is running interference. I last saw him summoning Kage Bunshins."
Tsunade nodded, she had a feeling she knew why the Uzuki male would be running interference. The Elders were going to try something but Hari would be equally doing something.
Tsunade sighed, she had work to do. She headed for the Council chambers, sixteen ANBU following her and as she headed towards the tower the ANBU began to peel off and flickered across the Village. They ran through secret walls, secret doors, over the roof tops, through the tunnels and those who belonged to a Clan took more secret passageways and eventually found themselves announcing to the Clan Heads to meet in the Council Chambers.
(Higurashi Weapons)
Meanwhile, Hari had slid into the back of Higurashi supplies and opened up a concealed shelf and headed into the basement. "Thank you, you Higurashi's for keeping this stuff hidden."
He was so absorbed in getting the information when he heard a pattering of footsteps occur behind him. "Who are you? What do you want?"
Hari sighed and he turned around "Who are you?"
"Higurashi Tenten. My parents run and own this store."
Hari still had his back turned to her smiled. "Uzuki Hari, I'm an Old Genin team mate of your mother and father." With that he turned around "And…they've been hiding stuff for me."
Tenten cocked her head "What?"
"It's…" Hari began.
"Better you don't know Tenten." Tenten turned around to find her parents behind them.
"Tou-san! Kaa-chan!"
"Tetsu, Mebuki. Been a long time." Hari replied with a manic grin as he revealed several dozen documents. Including a letter.
"Hari, we heard that you had been reinstated…So, it's that time."
Hari nodded "I've got everything I need. My Last Will and Testament is here…" He gestured to one of the pouches on his vest "I just need you to sign it and witness it and submit it to Lady Hokage…I've also left a letter to Tenten."
Tenten stared at him "Why? What…"
Hari sighed "It's not up to me, it's up to your parents."
Tetsu sighed "Hari, we were on your Genin Team. You never ran from a thing! When the War kicked off you didn't run from the Explosion Corps, the Jinchuriki…You didn't even flinch at the 1000 Death fight when you saw the Yondaime in full flow. Now? Hari, face up to it. We understand and Tenten will as well. She's old enough."
"But is she strong enough?" Hari asked.
"Enough. Hari-san, please explain what is going on." Demanded Tenten.
Hari sighed "You're not the Higurashi's natural born child. You were adopted, you're my daughter. You were born on my last infiltration mission into Iwagakure no Sato."
Tenten stared at him "I'm YOUR daughter! Why didn't…Oh right. Infiltrator. Cut off from allied support. Enemies, plus you're a War Veteran and in the Bingo Book." Tenten stared at her father, eyes glassing up.
"Why didn't you raise me? Why didn't you at least look after me if you couldn't raise me? Did you not love me?" Tenten's last question triggered something and suddenly her body jerked ramrod straight as pure KI was emitted from her newfound father.
"I couldn't raise you because of internal threats and vendetta's against me, mainly due to the fact that I pissed off Shimura Danzo and de facto Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu. I managed to complete my mission AND get you out of Iwa and back to Konoha. They expected me to sacrifice myself and try and cripple Iwa…"
Tenten could only stare "There's something else?"
Hari nodded "It's an S-rank secret but since I'm almost certain that I'm going to my death, I'll tell you. Uzumaki Naruto, is the son of Namikaze Minato and Namikaze Kushina nee Uzumaki and the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. The same Fox that attacked the village some twelve-thirteen years ago."
Tenten looked at her new found father with shock "Hari-san…this is…a lot to take in."
Hari let out a barking laugh "I know. Tenten, in the words of the Yondaime Hokage back when he was but a Jonin and he observed me training with Kushina-sensei 'Family isn't blood. Its love'. I love you Tenten as you're my kid but I'm not your family, this is hard Tenten. This is so hard, I'm not the best speaker of how I feel but I'm better at writing everything down. Everything I want to say has already been written down."
Tenten was transfixed, she had found herself sitting in a chair "This is something. Can't you just not go?"
Hari turned to her "And let Namikaze Naruto take the fall for something he had no control over? AND have the chance to cause Danzo's downfall? Kid, never. Kushina-sensei would KILL me after I'm dead…If I do this, it'll merely be a painful beating but one I shall smile and grin as I go to it…IF by some grace of Kami, I walk out of this alive then I'd…like to get to know you and hopefully earn your respect and friendship if not as family but at least a colleague."
With that Hari stored the information and files and pulled out several letters "You're getting a sizable inheritance from me kiddo as is Naruto. But yours is the larger part."
The Higurashi's watched as Hari ran his sword over a whetstone, the fuuinjutsu glowed and it was returned to its sheathe but it moved to his side as opposed to his back. Then watched as Hari headed up the stairs, only he turned. He looked at Tenten and they saw his left eye twitch almost as if he was winking.
(Council rooms)
As good as Tsunade was, the old bats were better. They had alerted the Civilian side of the Council so Tsunade now had to deal with their petulance whilst organising a debriefing whilst the Elders could then turn it into a Court Marshal and exile Uzumaki Naruto.
The Clan Heads or Representatives arrived first and as they took their positions shortly followed by the Civilian representatives. The last ones to arrive were Shikamaru and Naruto; the former helping the latter to stand and clearly apparent on the latter's chest were two holes that were evidently still healing.
"I, Senju Tsunade bring this de-briefing to session."