The Reason Why Shisui...
...Is So Invested in Naruto's Safety.
Credit goes to: LegitBossNaruko (Guest) for suggesting this, and Elements1999 who helped me with the idea (because I seriously had no idea what to write to this until he offered this, and then it popped into my mind). Thank you both!
(Also, if you want a specific 'reason why' one-shot, please, give me a little more detail. Just a tad. Like, 'the reason why Teuchi (just as an example) lets Naruto into his stand'. Some of the stories will not just focus on the title, maybe adding in a little anecdote that doesn't really pertain to that one-shot. Make sense? Hope so, cause it just barely makes sense in my head.)
Also, next one is going to be another 'Reason Why Kakashi', but I promise it won't be a repeat.
Argh.. ONE FINAL THING! I wrote this when I was tired... Well, that's when I do some of my best work, I guess. Even so - don't like? Don't read. Or read it anyway and leave a bad review.
Either way... I don't care. Do what you want, okay~?
(Obviously, I don't own Naruto. I do own any OCs that do appear. And yes, if it's not clear, I HATE Mizuki. I don't know why. I just do.)
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If there was one thing Shisui honestly hated in his village, it was the crowds. Too many people in one area freaked him out a little. He especially hated this night, but not because of what people thought; he hated tonight because he hated crowds. And the biggest crowds always flocked to the Kyuubi festival.
He disliked the drunken crowds and mobs that formed. The KPF were called, and Shisui had to volunteer his time - time he would much rather spend with his little sis. His adorable baby sis chuunin, who was doing ninja stuff at the young age of five.
He sighed minutely, grateful he was alone right then. If Itachi had been there, he'd be questioned on why he sighed. Itachi was perceptive, but he took the hero-worshipping a bit far. Shisui had to be the 'cool, smiley Uchiha' in front of a lot of people; sure, ordinarily he was happy, but it was moments like these that reset him back to 'smiley'.
"What are you doing?" a female, and very afraid, voice said in an alleyway nearby.
Shisui peered into the alleyway, and what he saw made him confused, then boiling mad.
The young kid the Uchiha clan avoided contact with specifically because of who and what she was was cowering in fear of an older man.
Everything sharpened, etching it into his memory with painful clarity.
Disgusting, how far men would go to demean someone they thought lower than them.
He pushed the man off of the child, standing in front of her. Half her dress was ripped, and the poor child was crying a little.
He would look this man's name up in the KPF database later; right then he had a terrified five-year-old to look after.
"You all right?" he asked her, mentally hitting himself.
She shook her head.
"Don' think so," she admitted in a tiny voice.
Shisui picked her up. "Come on. I have a little sister; I bet she'll be glad to share a few things with you."
The kid sniffed a little. Shisui threw one last disgusted look at the ninja.
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The clothes were a bit big on her, but they worked. As soon as his mother entered the room, her gaze flicked to Shisui and the child. Shisui glared at her, daring her to say something.
His mother didn't, opting to smile and bend down to the blonde's height.
"Hey, little one," Uchiha Misaki said in a gentle voice. "I'm Misaki. Are you hungry? I'm making onigiri."
Naruto nodded, and within a second, Naruto had changed. 'She' was now a 'he', and Misaki's and Shisui's eyebrows both flew up. Naruto tucked into himself in an ashamed way.
Shisui coughed. "When's Saki-chan getting home?"
"Saki's your sister?" Naruto asked, shocking them by knowing Saki.
"Er..." Shisui bit his lip, then smiled. He bent down to the kid's level, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, it's a secret, okay? Pretend I'm just a cousin of hers." He nodded. "Can you do that?"
Naruto nodded a little. "I - I think I can."
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Shisui was quiet. Too quiet, in Itachi's opinion.
Itachi followed his partner to the Ninja database. Computers, shipped by Kaminari no Kuni, sat in rows. The KPF had to exercise extreme control over their chakra to an insane degree to be able to use any of them. Shisui had some of the best control over his chakra.
The ninja database was constantly being updated with current pictures and statuses, but it wasn't being done then. It confused Itachi why Shisui was looking through the Chuunin; perhaps some chuunin had caught his eye and he wanted to know their -?
Shisui's eyes promised murder. Red glinted. Okay, so scratch that 'caught his eye in a good way' and go straight to 'put on Shisui's shit list'. Shisui clicked on 'listed offenses' and slammed his fist down.
"Without any evidence I can't tell the Hokage," Shisui muttered, dismayed. "And I can't exactly tell Fugaku-sama unless the clan's involved. Kuso!"
"Shisui, what's -"
"Not now, Itachi!"
Shisui didn't snap at him, usually.
Shisui closed his eyes briefly.
"Sorry, Itachi. Guess I'm a little upset over what happened a couple days ago." Shisui sighed and stood. "Come on, I don't need this now."
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"I'm going to teach you how to defend yourself with a sword," Shisui announced to Naruto. Naruto glanced up at Shisui shyly.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because I've seen what they've tried to do to you, and I'm done with sitting on the sidelines," Shisui said truthfully.
He had an agreement with the Kyuubi: He would teach her in return for the Kyuubi keeping the memory of Mizuki - the fucking bastard Shisui would kill one day - locked deep in Naruto's consciousness.
Plus, tensions between the Uchiha and the village were getting to an all-time high, and Shisui didn't want Naruto to be caught in the middle of it, or defenseless.
He didn't care that she was the jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi.
She was a child that needed help, and he would no longer ignore the silent screams she was sending.
She was like Saki, Shisui realized. Naruto was like another little sister.
He supposed that's why he was so invested in her safety.
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Tsunade nodded her head and flicked her fingers at Team Seven, dismissing them. All of Mizuki's misdeeds were being cataloged by Shizune, with a pretty large (fake) charge of treason against the Daimyo of Hi no Kuni attached.
One count of attempted rape won't do it, especially against Iruka. He's not a minor, and of course, some ninja do have that mindset of a civilian. Tsunade looked up, and did a double take. Naruto stood there, but it wasn't her. Ruby red eyes with a black slit in the middle regarded her silently, indicating who - or what - it was staring at her.
"Kyuubi." Shizune flinched and Tonton stilled.
Indecision was written all over the face of the Uzumaki child, even if the Kyuubi hadn't intended it.
"Add attempted rape of a minor to his crimes," the bijuu said finally. "If it wasn't for that overprotective Uchiha genius, there wouldn't have been a 'ninja Naruto' standing here."
"Which genius?" Tsunade asked absently; there were two she knew of offhand.
"The one that died before the rest of his clan did."
Blinking, she watched the Kyuubi vanish before her eyes and tried to understand what he meant by -
A red film took over Tsunade's sight.
"T-Tsunade-sama?"
"Prepare a letter for the head of Hozuki-jo," Tsunade snarled. "I'll be back within the week."
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Inoichi was rather confused as to why he was there. Why go through a random chuunin's mind?
But then, the Hokage had lost her temper - and that was a feat in itself. So he infiltrated the prisoner's mind, going through thousands of memories - and he found it.
"Ah - Hokage-sama, I found what you were looking for." The Yamanaka swallowed. "He attempted the rape of Uzumaki Naruto when she had just turned five years old," Inoichi finished, feeling an urge to throw up. While the man had been drunk - a five year old?! FIVE. FIVE!
Tsunade nodded. "Very well, you may leave. Send for the second-best medic you can find. Third-best, considering that Shizune is under my authority and I'd prefer her not to see what I'm going to make happen to this fool."
Mizuki's eyes widened.
Tsunade's eyes glittered with absolute hatred, and Inoichi knew that this man would live his natural life in this place.
But it would be a life full of pain and torture.
Not that Inoichi cared. He thought it was fitting.
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(Shisui died, yes. But Saki lived on, and she'd protect Naruto for her big brother.)