Tales of the Jinchuuriki
Chapter I: Planning For the Future, Stories of the Past
"Are you absolutely sure that us staying here is a good idea, Ojii-san?" Kisaragi Yuffie asked the elderly Hokage.
"Not one-hundred percent, but about ninety percent sure. If nothing else, I'd prefer to have you here than on the road back to Wutai." Sarutobi responded, again puffing on his pipe.
"That's some relief, but I'm not sure that it would solve any problems having him raised as a Shinobi of this village. His parents did make me his legal guardian, which means that my clan has a claim on him." Yuffie replied, looking out the window of Sarutobi's office.
"Would it make you feel any better knowing that another Jinchuuriki is also being raised in this village? There's no guarantee, of course, that the villagers will ever fully accept either of them, but there is always the possibility." The Hokage asked, watching the young woman in front of him.
"I suppose that's the best guarantee I'm gonna get," Yuffie sighed, turning away from the window. "I assume that you've already set a place up for me and Yuay?"
"Yes, I thought that, since the training that your family specializes in is speed that you would like a house built into the village walls." Sarutobi responded, taking another drag on his pipe.
"Heh, Tifa-sensei always said that this place was just one big track. Yeah, that would be perfect for training." Yuffie responded.
"You wouldn't mind possibly training the other Jinchuuriki ass well, would you?"
"I wouldn't mind it at all, as long as Jiraiya agrees to help." Yuffie responded with a grin. Oh, I am gonna love making that pervert sweat!
Sarutobi sighed, he had seen that exact same smirk on Tifa's face, just before she made Jiraiya kiss the canvas. Jiraiya, I hope you aren't afraid of facing a clone of one of your students on caffeine, she just might make you regret staying around!
--Two Days Later, Jiraiya's house—
"Oh, come on Ero-sennin, it won't be that bad." Yuffie said, speaking to a cornered Jiraiya.
"'Won't be that bad'!? Sure, and Arashi didn't invent the Rasengan! You and your training methods are brutal at best!" Jiraiya shouted.
"Keep it down, do you want to wake them up?" Yuffie whispered, motioning toward a door leading to the room where four infants, two Jinchuuriki, a toad, and a dragon, slept.
"Alright, alright, but still, you still have some serious problems when it comes to training methods." Jiraiya responded, lowering his voice.
"That's why I'm dragging you into this, between the two of us we'll make an unbeatable teaching team. It's not like anybody else could teach them their parent's signature techniques." Yuffie replied.
"You know, I still can't believe that they're dead. They were the best student's I had ever had, and in less than a week I lost all three of them, not to mention Arashi's wife too."
"Yeah, Uchiha Keisha was her name, wasn't it? What happened to her, Sarutobi didn't tell me?" Yuffie asked.
"She died when Kyuubi attacked the hospital. She was in the recovery wing, that was the only place that Kyuubi managed to hit enough to cause any significant damage. The old man told me that she only got to hold Naruto once before she died." Jiraiya replied, a look of angst starting to form in his eyes.
"Damn it, no mother should have to go out like that, without being able to take care of her child." Yuffie muttered, her hands balling into fists.
"I can't say that I like it, but we can't do anything about that, but what we can do is raise their kids in a way that would make their parents proud." Jiraiya replied, putting a comforting hand on Yuffie's shoulder.
"You're right. Sorry, I just was thinking of what happened to Tifa-sensei and Cloud-san. Tifa-sensei never had a chance, she got hit with one of that damn dragon's tails when it came crashing down through their house. She just came back from the hospital with Yuay..."
"Don't think about that, think of how we're going to raise these little guys." Jiraiya said, trying to keep the young ninja women from spiraling into depression.
"You're right." Yuffie said, perking up a little. "So what do you think if…"
A/N: (reaches for Kleenex, blows hard, sets 'Happy Hardcore Techno' on full blast) Damn, I really need to watch these angst chapters. Anyway, its time for a few responses,
chm01 – Basically, it was just supposed to be an impromptu conference that needed a witness, which was really all Enma was there for.
Amei-chan – Arigato, from the bottom of my heart.
HeWhoWalksTheEarth – If you wish to join in the challenge, please contact Manatheron for all the rules. Also, I meant that I was using most of everything from FFVII except for the story line, you know, Meteor and Sephiroth, but I might throw in Kadaj and his gang just for someone for Naruto and his friends to fight.
Manatheron – Arigato! P.S., Hope you can recover all of your stories from your computer.
Anyway, sorry for the short chapter, I tried writing a lighthearted follow up section, but it really didn't want to work in this chapter. Next chapter will be much more on the up side, I promise. Anyway, constructive criticism welcome, flames shall be noted and added to my nest of ashes. This is Shining Pheonix, signing off.