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Chapter 12

Mei was waiting patiently in room 526 with Naruto; she was leaning against a wall looking at the blonde boy with arms crossed.

He was seated on the hospital bed swinging his legs carelessly on the side as they waited for the doctor. Mei stared at him for a few taking in the figure that he has.

'He definitely has Minato hair…' When Mei first entered the hospital the welcome she received was not so welcoming.

Early

When they first came into hospital, no one said a word to her for they seemed busy and when the nurses looked at what she was carrying in her arms, they were disgusted, shocked or in disbelieve. It was as the whole place suddenly stopped.

The atmosphere was tense not a sound was heard; Mei sensed it and did not like it. It was slowly coming back to life as nurses began to ignore the woman and the boy that clung on to her for dear life.

A young female doctor around the age of 30 walked by them, "Excuse me, doctor?"

She turned with a smile to face the Mizukage she was a brown-haired woman wearing a white robe, "Yes can I help you miss?"

"Yes, I brought in this boy I was wondering if you can-"

"TAKE THAT THING! AND GET OUT!"

Mei was taken aback from the outburst. She was shocked to see that many people in this village were treating this boy like an outcast. She lowered head in down hiding her eyes within her bangs 'What did this boy do to deserve so much pain from this damn village? This is not the Konoha I know…'

"Did you not hear me the first time lady I said-"

A death glare was shot towards the woman doctor, within seconds the doctor was pinned to the wall with the arm of the Mizukage holding her in place of her abdomen.

"You listen here you pathetic worm! Don't you know who you are dealing with here?"

The doctor squirmed under her intense glare as Mei applied more pressure to the point where she gasped in pain form feeling her ribs cracking.

Giving Mei a worry-some glance she spoke painfully, "P-please…don't…er…hurt…me…"

"Why shouldn't I?" She narrowed her eyes to the point where only the pupil was seen, "After all I could crush your body where you stand you do realize that…"

Mei applied more pressure to her arm squeezing the doctor a bit more painfully. A small whimper escaped her lips, "Please! Stop!"

"Why should I? After all I am the Mizukage." She said matter-of-factly. The hospital froze not a body moved from their place. A pin could be heard if the silence was not as quiet or tense, eyes could only watch the interaction between the head doctor and the Mizukage.

"Now I'm sure that Sandaime would be delighted to know that one of his hospitals refused to help one of their fellow citizens and oh…I don't know…maybe fire a certain someone for not doing their JOB!"

The doctor stammered but agreed to see Naruto, though they didn't like they had no say in the matter, if the Mizukage was here then that meant that they better before excellent service and try not to do any suspicious activity when she was around but much to their dismay she was watching them like a hawk.

The hours passed by, it took a lot of effort but Naruto was putting up a fight not to get injected with needles, finally after calming him down they managed to put an I.V's and nutrients on Naruto. The boy was malnourished to the point where anyone could see his rib cage, Mei watched them carefully as they put I.V and nutrients in Naruto. She already saw him getting beat up by a group of adult men, who knows if they intended to poison him or not.

So when they were finally alone, Mei took the opportunity to ask Naruto why people were abusing him in the village.

"What's it to you lady?" he asked suspiciously, "So you can stab me when I tell you and call me a spawn from hell?"

"No little one, I just want to know out of curiosity sake…."

"Yeah right!"

"Listen hear, you ungrateful little brat!" She pulled herself off the wall towering over the little boy. Naruto squirmed under her intense glare as she leveled herself to his height, "I saved your life not once but twice! You owe me an explanation to why people are treating you like trash!"

Looking away from tears started to fall the blonde boy, Mei glare soften as she looked at the weeping boy.

"Tell me…" she said softly

"IT BECAUSE I HAVE THIS!" Lifting his shirt, he revealed a seal on his stomach Mei stared dumbfounded, upon his stomach was four symbols seal. Mei looked at it tracing circles around it, "I don't know what this thing is but it can't be a good thing since it brought me nothing but trouble…"

He sniffed trying so hard not to cry anymore but failed miserably, he let tears run freely down his cheeks "It hurts ya know…"

"What hurts?"

"That because of these markings I can't seem to find a single friend without being condemned or being chased through village like hunted animal…"

"What about your parents?" she asked softly

"I never knew them… I grew up alone with the old man Hokage watching over me. It stinks growing up alone with no one to tuck you in and say goodnight to you or have mommy or dad to even smile down at you to show love or concern."

Tears threatened once again to fall from Naruto eyes, as they did Mei reached up cupping his face wiping them away with her thumb. Heart-stricken Mei pulled the blonde haired boy into a loving embrace; she wanted to cry herself but refused to show any emotion in front of this boy.

Then something suddenly dawned on her pulling Naruto from her she asked him, "Say I didn't quite catch your name. What is it?"

Wiping his tears away he regained composure "Naruto…Uzumaki…why?"

Mei face went blank, no emotion showed on her face whatsoever. Naruto looked at her puzzled at why she went completely still, "Hey lady are you alright?"

Mei got up rolling both his sleeve up to his shoulder confusing Naruto even more with his actions. He silently watched this woman as she investigated his shoulders, first his left shoulder than the right shoulder, from what he could the eyes of the woman popped out of her sockets when she something on his shoulder.

"Naruto"

"Yes…"

"How long have you had this flaming birthmark on your right shoulder?"

"Ever since I was born so I was told, why?"

Mei took big steps back into the wall of the corner, now Naruto was even more confused about the woman action. A hand went straight for her chest as she began to breath heavily now, 'It's him, it's really him! My son Naruto, but they told me…AHH! Who cares what they told me I need to find out the truth now!'

Making a dash to the door of the room, Mei looked around the hall frantically for a doctor or a nurse, she didn't care which came to she wanted to confirm her suspicious about this boy and she was not going to take no for an answer.

When a male nurse came walking down the hall she grabbed the unsuspecting man forcing him into the room, the man had little time to react before he was standing in front Naruto who gave him a curious look.

"I want you to take a DNA sample from him and from myself and I want results back."

Barely registering what Mei said he stared blankly at the boy and back at the Mizukage, "What do you want me to do?"

Pinching the bridge of her nose Mei repeated what she told him the first time around.

"But Lady Mizukage the possibility of you being it's mother…"

"It has a name!" She glared daggers, "And his name is Naruto!"

The male nurse flinched correcting himself.

"Beg your pardon Lady Mizukage."

He was trembling now from the glare he was receiving from the Mizukage satisfying her, "I'll take that a sample from both you immediately."

"Now that's what I want to hear and how long do I have to wait for the return of the test?"

"A couple of days, no longer than three to five." He said getting out two swabs and a tube out of the cabinet. "Please open your mouth lady Mizukage."

She did as she was told and moved to Naruto after a few seconds later after the inside of her cheeks were rubbed by the swab.

"Naruto listen to me sweetheart the 'nice' nurse over here is only going to a bit of saliva from your mouth and do some testing alright?"

Sweet-talking to him did not calm him down, as Mei had hoped, "No way lady I've been here many times before to know that they are going to kill me or do something to make me sick."

"Naruto I promise nothing will happen to you when I am here." Naruto gave her a worried glance but her feature was reassuring, "Trust me…"

After a few minutes of debating with himself, Naruto opened his mouth slowly allowing the nurse to enter the swab into his mouth to rub the inside of his cheek. When he finished Mei thanked the doctor and filled out the release forms for the blonde boy.

Mei and the boy were in front of the hospital looking at the sunset in the distant, Mei felt herself at ease for once in her life. She looked at the boy who was looking quite uncertain on what to do next standing next to her and decided to take him back to the hotel that she was staying at until the test has been completed.

"Naruto"

"Yes"

"How would you like to come with me to my hotel and I can try to whip us something to eat for dinner."

His smile was the only answer she received from him; outstretching her hand to him Naruto took her hand and began to walk back to Inn that she was staying at for the time being.

"What's the name of the Inn you're staying in Lady?"

"Mei"

"Wait…what"

"My name is Mei Terumī, Naruto."

"Oh…sorry…"

"No need to apologies little one, I didn't let you know my name soon as I learned yours." They began to walk hand in hand with each other as other threw dirty looks towards them. Mei ignored them as she concentrated on the path ahead of them.

"Naruto, tell me what are your dreams?"

He stopped walking forcing Mei to halt and turning around to face the opposite direction they were facing, and with a finger, he pointed to the north from what Mei could gather she looked to where he was pointing was mountain with faces but she immediately remembered what the mountain was with all the faces on it, Hokage Monument.

"I want to be Hokage."

She bent down placing both hands on his shoulders shifting him to make him face her, "I think that you'll make a great hokage someday but one day at a time okay?"

He nodded with a bright smile on his face.

"Come before it gets any dark out."

LXD: Ok so here is another chapter update and I still need to work on the other chapter to keep my promise about the two-chapter update but I'm tired right now and will start tomorrow. Now I can't believe I was spelling AUNBU wrong and did not check it, I feel such a klutz. Anyway, R&R I want to hear what you readers have to say about this chapter until the next one.