A True BloodLine

Ch 5: Bound by Blood

By: MikeJV37

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===Aug 2, 7:45 PM, Uchiha Compound===

The ANBU had freed the remaining Uchiha, the bodies of the 3 remaining unknown nin, and whatever that mess that used to be another had been cleaned up, his Elite Jounin checked the area to be sure Orochimaru was gone and they hadn't missed anyone, living or dead, and standing before him were Kushina, Tsunade, Anko and Naruto with an unconscious red-haired girl slung over his shoulder, and he'd just been given a brief report on what happened. Sarutobi sighed. "So she only joined Orochimaru to get to Konoha so she could betray him and tell us what she learned?"

"Hai, Hokage-sama, that's my official report." Kushina said emotionlessly.

"As you're one of my Elite Jounin and a Clan Head I'll place her in your care. She's your responsibility Kushina, regardless of what happens from here on, and.I expect a full report tomorrow, but for now you're all dismissed." Sarutobi said, glancing at Naruto he gave him a subtle nod then watched them leave. "This is why I retired... you're in charge." Sarutobi said then vanished.

===8:10 PM, Namikaze Estate, Main Hall===

Tsunade to his right, Anko to his left, Naruto walked up to his mom, and without even looking he knew that glare had him and especially them very nervous. Hands down, no contest, THE scariest person in Konoha was a pissed off Kushina... and he could tell from across the huge room she was already boiling. As if that wasn't enough, while she was back in civilian clothes, she still had her katana on her back.

"Sit." Kushina said in a calm, but powerful voice.

Naruto immediately sat in the couch with Tsunade and Anko, who he could see looked like they wee trying to suck in the chests.

Kushina walked up to them, stopping in front of Naruto. "While I'm very proud of you Naruto-kun, you've been hiding things from me... if you ever do it again I'll beat you until you stop moving, understood?" Kushina said coldly and he nodded immediately. She raised her right hand to chest level. "I can understand both of you having feeling for Naruto beyond that of family friend, and if when he graduates you wish to pursue an... adult, relationship with him I won't stop you, however... if you wish to continue living here intact, you better not of done anything... inappropriate with Naruto, I want the truth because I will not ask again." Kushina said solemnly and reached for the handle of her katana, her hand stopping a few inches from it.

"Kushina, you have my word on, their souls, I haven't done anything inappropriate with Naruto... beyond a single kiss like Anko did earlier." Tsunade said solemnly and sincerely.

"You have my word Kushina, that kiss is the only thing I've ever done with Naruto. You know what... he, did to me when I was young, I'd never do that to Naruto, I was waiting for him to graduate, I swear on my life. The only reason I did it was because I thought I might die, and was prepared to do so if I could take that bastard with me to Hell. I wanted at least one happy memory with Naruto to take with me. If you don't believe me... then please take my head right now, if I can't be with Naruto as a woman when he's a man, I don't want to live." Anko said sincerely.

Kushina was looking into their eyes with everything she had during both confessions. "I believe you both." Kushina said and lowered her hand. "I know Naruto has seen you both nude at least once... and me, I can live with that as long as looking is all that happens... at least for now..I know we all want to talk to Anko about what happened, and about that sword, so you first Tsunade, spill it, tell me everything. Naruto, we'll discuss this fully, as a family, when everything has settled down."

Tsunade took a deep breath then sighed. "Kushina, you know Naruto and I have this special connection, we have since the day he was born... I know why now, and it was my idea to keep it a secret, but we were going to tell you. You remember what happened when Naruto went to what we call his stage two form..." Tsunade said then grabbed the left side of her grey top and pulled it aside to show her upper breast, a moment later a Pentagram Seal appeared. It faded and she released her top. "I had a strange dream that night and found that the next morning. It only apprears when I want it to. I'm sorry if this bothers you, but while Anko has a choice to be with Naruto or not... I don't, I never have. Remember right after he was born I cut my finger, a drop of my blood went it his mouth, I think that and Kyuubi was the primary trigger that activated his vampire ability. That's why he draws on my strength when he touches me, it got stronger that day, and again when he bit Tayuya. I researched it, this isn't the correct term, but I'm Naruto's thrall, like his personal servant. He couldn't do it until after he went to Stage Two, but basically Naruto can command me to do anything and I'll do it, but at the same time I want to serve and protect him... I'm like his vampire mother, but I think wife is probably a better term. I give him strength, I can even feel where he is, but that just started recently too, and I have to want to find him. I've told all this to Naruto and he promised he wouldn't abuse this abilty, but there's something I haven't even told him... I'm not using my Body Modification Technique, I'm really thirty years old again and am pretty sure my aging has slowed dramatically, maybe even stopped." Tsunade said, the last part nervously.

Anko and even Naruto stared at Tsunade in shock, Naruto it was just for the last part... Kushina was totally blown away.

Kushina shuffled to the nearest chair and flopped down in it, staring at her best friend and son like she'd just met them. "Until I'm ready, this conversation didn't happen, dismissed." Kushina said blankly.

Anko carefully stood. "I'd like to stay here in a guest room tonight Kushina-san." Anko said and a few moments later Kushina nodded, she returned it and ran from the room before Kushina changed her mind.

Tsunade motioned for the door then she and Naruto left for their rooms.

===10:12 PM===

She'd barely even blinked in the last 2 hours, then let out a sigh of defeat. "I can't deny it anymore... this vampire power he has grows stronger as he does... and if even half of the other legends are true, like it or not I'm going to end up as either his slave or lover in about five years. If that's my fate, if I have a choice I'll take the better option. If he put that Seal on Tsunade he'll have others, which means Tayuya will probably be the first.I better get to bed, tomorrow is gonna be a long day, at lease Sarutobi cancelled classes." Kushina said quietly to herself.

===Aug 3, 8:02 AM, Guest Room 2===

As she woke she knew she was in a bed, and for a moment hoped it was hers back at Sound, but it was too comfortable. She slowly opened her eyes and they immediately focused on her worst nightmare, the redhead standing over her from her left. She froze in terror.

"Make any sudden moves and you're a dead bitch." Kushina said emotionlessly.

"She won't try anything mom, she learned her lesson last night, didn't you Tayuya?" Naruto said calmly.

Tayuya slowly raised he head, doing her best to be as non threatening as she could. She glanced around her, she was in a very nice bedroom. "Yo... you're Kushina Uzumaki, The Red Death."

Kushina smiled proudly. "I am, you're in my home, my son Naruto is who bit you last night and drank your blood. Why is none of your business right now, and for the moment, your life is in his hands. I assume you also know about Tsunade as her former team mate was your master. You have the floor Naruto-kun, we'll stay out of this until you need us." Kushina said, then she and Tsunade backed up several steps.

"I'll get right to the point, I have certain special abilities, some of them you experienced last you agreed to serve me last night, you were under a lot of pressure, so I want you to take a minute to focus and relax yourself, I don't want you making a snap decision just to save your life." Naruto said calmly.

Tayuya nodded, then after checking to see if she was still dressed she carefuly remved the blankets covering her, checking first, got off the bed and did about 2 minutes of stretching to relax. She wanted her flute to play to relax her, but knew that wasn't going to happen. Though a little nervous this room was the last thing she'd ever see, she felt she was relaxed and sat on the side of the bed. "I'm ready now, Naruto-sama." Tayuya said politely, struggling against her natural tendency to swear and speak her mind. All 3 of them were way out of her league, even 1-on-1.

"Last night while you were passed out, before we came home we were given full authority of you, we can make you part of the family, a slave, or simply kill you, the only rights you have are those we give you. Before I make you my offer, do you have a problem with this, if you do just say the word and you'll have a quick painless death, you have my word on that Tayuya." Naruto said.

"Understood, I've lived with those rules my entire life, If I'm free of Orochimaru, I accept any rules you give me. I don't mean to cause any problems, but the Curse Seal on my neck binds me to him. he can find me any time he wants, and could probably kill me. I don't doubt for a moment he put a failsafe within the seal to guarentee our loyalty." Tayuya said sincerely.

"Sounds like something that bastard would do, he always was a control freak, if he did I'm rather surprized you're still alive." Tsunade said with a hint of anger in her voice.

"I was in his mind during our battle, that's why he left... there is a failsafe in your Seal that will kill you instantly, I wrote down everything I learned from his mind last night, he has to be able to see you to use it, or a spy of his does, I notified Hokage-sama this morning of who it is. While I could do the same to you I haven't yet. Here's my offer, and this is one time only so think carefully before saying anything. Part of my power is the ability to place a Seal on someone and by sharng a small portion of my power with them bind that person to me, in the case of women that means as a slave or as a mate, though I won't do that until I'm a little older I understand everything that implies. I can kill Orochimaru, but as you saw he was strong enough to escape before I could. While I don't need it to live, I can increase my power by drinking blood, I won't tell you what other benifits this gives me, but to kill him I must get stronger. Now, you can let me Mark you and become my servant and live here in comfort, you may even earn our trust and become friends, someday I may even take you as a lover, but regardles I will be feeding on you at least once a week, maybe more once I know how strong you are and how soon you recover. It won't be as much as I took last night which is why you passed out, but from what I know from Tsunade I could feed off you every three days at least, and it will hurt. You will be a servant to everyone living here, but as I said you'll be treated well as long as you're loyal and do as told. Can you live with this Tayuya?" Naruto said.

"Can I think about it for a while, alone?" Tayuya said politely.

"Hai, will thirty minutes be enough time?" Naruto said and Tayuya nodded. "We'll be back then for your answer. You understand what your other choice is?"

Tayuya nodded. "Hai, death by her, or interrogation by your ANBU and execution for assisting in killing the Uchiha."

Naruto nodded and lead his mom and Tsunade out, locking her door behind them.

===8:36 AM, Man Hall===

"Thank you for forgiving me and agreeing to train me Kushina, once this is taken care of you can test my Kenjutsu skill..I know you're getting sick of hearing it, but I'm sorry I kept all that from you, especially my feelings for Naruto, but after the... prank, I started feeling different about him. He impressed me as much as the others... anyone that can slip into my place and steal all my clothes undetected, and leave me humbled like that... I can't help myself but fall for him. Oh... thanks for not cutting anything off, and I will keep my promise not to do anything until he graduates." Anko said sincerely.

"Times up, let's go see what she decided." Naruto said and stood.

"I'll wait here." Anko said.

Naruto lead the way to the room where Tayuya was, which was just on the far side of the Main Hall from them. He went in and over to Tayuya who was sitting on the side of the bed just like she was when they left. "What's your decision?"

"I won't try to bullshit you with some sob story, I was a cold-hearted bitch years before he found me, and now that I've taken a long look at myself I should of been killed with the others, and honestly even being near you scares the living Hell out of me... for whatever reason you spared me, even if I spend the rest of my life as some mindless slave or even as your whore... if it'll earn me even the smallest bit of redemption before I'm sent to Hell... I accept." Tayuya said solemnly, got off the bed onto her knees and bowed her head in submission.

Silencing him with a hand, Kushina stepped up to Tayuya. "Stand up, tell me your age, where you're from and who I took from you."

Tayuya stood, but didn't look at her. "My name is Tayuya, I don't remember my last name, I'm thirteen, I was a Chunin in the Sound Village founded by Orochmaru in Rice Country, I grew up in Water Country, don't know who my father was I never saw him, I think my mother was a kunoichi but I don't remember because I was three years old when I watched you cut her head off in front of me." Tayuya said, the last part sadly but coldly.

"I've done a lot of things in my life, but I've never killed a mother in front of her child!" Kushina said fiercely.

"Yes you have, its the only thing about my life before age six that I remember clearly. That's why I freaked out when I heard you scream, because you did it just before you killed her." Tayuya said.

"Impossible, I checked... there was no one around." Kushina said strongly, but a spark of doubt was growing in her mind.

"I was in the trashcan, she put me in with the garbage before you showed and told me to stay quiet... it was the last thing she ever said to me. Her last words to you were 'Even in death..." Tayuya said.

"I'll break your sprit." Kushina interrupted as she paled. "Tashira Kirikanha... that's why she didn't resist and was in civilian clothes." Kushina said blankly, then turned and walked out of the room.

Naruto partially changed, his eyes became red on black, his fangs lengthened and his nails became claws, he stepped closer, ripped her shirt open, cut his right palm then slapped his right hand over Tayuya's heart on her large, bare left breast for several seconds, causing her to scream. When he removed it moments later she collapsed to the floor. "She's Marked, put her on the bed and watch her, the Seal on her neck will be gone in a few minutes, I'm going to talk to mom." Naruto said to Tsunade, changed back to normal then turned and headed for the door

Tsunade nodded and did as told, she was as stunned as they were by what she just heard.

===11:01 AM, Main Hall===

Naruto to her right, Tsunade and Anko to her left, Kushina looked at Tayuya standing 10' away in front of the fireplace. The now Vamp Marked girl had been showered and thoroughly cleaned by servants with only a few minor protests at first. She now had on the same black shoes the servants wore, all of them female. She wore black pants, a white, long-sleeved blouse under a buttoned up black vest that accentuated her ample chest and her red hair in a ponytail. She cleaned up nicely. Kushina let out a long sigh. "Your mother was a Mist kunoichi, a Jounin in fact. She killed many friends of mine as well as hundreds of other people and for that I don't regret killing her... however, I had no idea she had a daughter, no one did, and I'm truely sorry you had to watch her die, had I known you wouldn't of witnessed it and I would of raised you myself under our Clan Laws, even if it meant enduring years of hatred from you until you were old enough to understand and accept me. I can't change the past and wouldn't even if I could. What I can do is give you this chance now... this goes against what I believe, but Naruto can make you forgot that day, even wipe your past clean of bad memories and replace them with happy memories, but I will not force this on you. Do you want to remember?" Kushina said.

Tayuya looked at Naruto almost in shock he could do that, then closed her eyes and didn't do anything for a full minute as she ran everything through her mind. She finally decided and opened her eyes. "As many years as I that pain would go away, that someone would take away the nightmares I still have... I appreciate the offer, and I've even dreamed of avenging her, but you aren't the monster I built you up as in my mind when I was younger, even if I don't like it, I understand why you killed her. I only knew her as my mom, she took care of me and protected me. I did far worse in the few years I've been wth Orochimaru, I even enjoyed slaughtering parents and children infront of each other because they opposed him...I want to remember everything. I apologize for this, but as fucked up as I am, as much shit as I've been through before and after I became his slave, despite the power and position I had, I was little more than an expendable slave to him. I accept that's my role now, but at least here I have a chance to redeem myself, even if only a little... or hope I will, it still beats serving that cold-blooded bastard. If it means saving even one life... I'll gladly die." Tayuya said calmly then bowed her head.

"Given the chance, would you try to avenge your mother by killing me or someone I care about?" Kushina said.

Tayuya raised her head so Kushina and Naruto could clearly see her eyes. "No, I know what happens to people that live only for revenge, I've seen it many times... I won't do that, I miss her, but I've heard what Mist shinobi do to not just enemies, but they kill team mates, even friends if it will help them, if that's the path my mother walked, I will not follow it. As pathetic as it sounds, being part of the Sound five was the closest thing I ever had to a real family, and I hope to someday earn that right here, but I honestly don't believe that will ever happen. If I can make even one friend... it'll me worth it."

Kushina glanced back at Naruto, who gave her a subtle nod. "As I said earlier, I won't promise anything, but do as you're told, earn our trust, and you could earn our friendship, even a place within the family, but that's entirely up to you. Naruto, a small demonstration please." Kushina said.

Tayuya looked at Naruto just as a pain worse than anything she'd even felt ripped through her body like a bolt of lightning, she fell to her knees..

"I'm sorry, but that was a small demonstration of what Naruto can do to you now that you have his mark. If you even attempt to reveal anything you saw Naruto do last night or learn here, he'll know instantly and you'll get that for a full minute, but ten times stronger. He could kill you with a thought, but I honestly hope he'll never have to do that again as I believe you could someday be redeemed, Naruto believes in giving second chances, this is yours Tayuya. Micchieru!" Kushina said, then waited for the head of her staff to appear. "This is Tayuya Kirikanha, for now she's a new employee, please show her around, teach her what she'll need to know, then assign her a room upstairs in the servants wing, she can start tomorrow morning. When you finish she has the rest of the day off, but is not to leave the mansion, and is only allowed outside of one of us are there, and only in the back." Kushina said.

Micchieru nodded, went to Tayuya, helped her up and escorted her out of the room.

"She didn't deserve that, even as a demonstration. You know almost as well as I do she won't betray me, her entire life has been taken from her twice, I will not allow that to happen again. I'm going to talk to Ky about some things, I'll be down for lunch." Naruto said then turned and walked towatd the stairs.

"He'll cool down, you know how he is Kushina-chan, he's not mad at you. I hate to bring this up now, but since his stage one power has fully awakened and stage two has started, you know what this means." Tsunade said.

"Hai. It should of been a few years away, but that got moved up because of yesterday... as a woman I wouldn't mind, but going from being his mother to being his bitch isn't something I'm looking forward to when he matures. I just hope some of that information we found wasn't right." Kushina said.

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End Chapter 5