Finding Family

Chapter 3: The Surprising Turn of Events

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"Talking"

'Thinking'

Flashback

(Scene Break)

It has been several days, since Naruto, Zabuza, Haku, Gozu, and Meizu left a crying Hokage, who had just realized the amount of paperwork that would come when more Uzumaki clan members begin to arrive in Konoha. Naruto and the rest of Team 7 were given the rest of the week off to relax. But Naruto could not relax as she took up the position of Clan Head, so now she and her shadow clones were fixing up the apartment building. They were repainting the walls, rewiring, fixing the plumbing, and just making the necessary repairs.

Since the Wave Mission was knocked up to an A –rank mission, the pay was increased as well, which Naruto was very glad for. With that money, Naruto was able to buy the abandon apartment building next door and ten acres of land behind and around the two buildings. Naruto suspects that the Hokage had somehow lowered the price and added more land to the deal. But whatever it was, Naruto was very grateful for it and not complaining one bit. Not only the clan would have somewhere to put the necessary training ground, but they will have a garden to relax and enjoy nature and life in peace and also be able to have a green house to grow some plants that they might want to use in poisons and cooking.

"Hey Naruto –Sama," Gozu called out as he entered the office of the Clan Head.

"I told you not to call me –Sama, Dattebayo!" Naruto ordered as a vein popped out of her forehead.

Gozu ignored what she had said as he continued, "I just heard that the Uchiha brat took up his position of Clan Head, the moment that he had heard that you became Clan Head."

Naruto blinked in surprise, but she somehow knew that she should not be surprised as it sounded just like what the teme would do. She shook her head and chuckled at the same time. Naruto said, "Teme doesn't even know what he is getting in to."

Seeing the questioning looking on Gozu's face, Naruto explained, "That teme will soon realize that being a Clan Head has huge responsibilities like taking care of paperwork which might be worse than mine, since he also has the paperwork from the Police Force to do. And don't forget that he has to hire Shinobis for the Police Force. Not only that, he will have to attend the monthly council meetings and the complaints about his Nukenin brother, Itachi Uchiha. And since he can not use Shadow Clones to do his paperwork for him, I bet he will get little to no sleep probably."

Gozu grinned when he snickered, "That gaki (brat) deserves a nice hard hit of life when he learns that not everything is so easy."

Naruto nodded as she quickly read over some papers that were delivered to her by an ANBU earlier in that week. She did stop however when she came across a list of names that made her eyes almost pop out of her head.

Exiting her office with the questionable papers in her hand. Naruto shouted, "Zabuza, where in hell did you hide the sake!?"

Soon footsteps were heard as Zabuza hurried into the kitchen, he asked with shock, "What would you need sake for?"

"Look at what I just inherited," Naruto said as she thrust the papers into Zabuza's hands.

"Sake is in refrigerator behind the vegetables," Zabuza said as he got two sake dishes out and filled them, before gulping it down at once. Naruto copied his moves. The papers are the list of people who were members of the Kushina Uzumaki fan club. This fan club is international and way bigger than Sasuke's own fan club. And the list includes the current Raikage and his little brother, Killer Bee.

Somehow after her mother had died, the fan club had found out that she had a daughter Naruto, and now the stupid fan club is now her fan club. So now, she is going to be as paranoid as shit when the Chunin Exams comes around this year as they are now going to held in Konoha. Gulping down another cup of sake, Naruto grabs the papers and heads back to her office, not noticing Zabuza watching her leave very closely, to finish the paperwork. But as she got half way to her office, Meizu, who was on gate duty, stopped her.

"Naruto –sama, there's an ANBU requesting your presence in the Hokage's office immediately," Meizu calmly told her.

"Quit calling me –sama, Dattebayo! And thanks for the message," Naruto said, before making a familiar hand sign and creating a shadow clone, which she handed her clone the papers and it went to the office as the real Naruto headed to the Hokage's office.

(Scene Break)

The Hokage's Office…

Naruto entered the Hokage's office and there was a blond haired woman with a huge rack, a dark haired woman holding what looked to be like a pig wearing pearls and clothes. The blonde haired woman looked familiar like Naruto had seen her in a picture somewhere, but for the life of her, Naruto could not remember who the woman was.

"You called for me, Hokage –jiji?" Naruto greeted her grandfather figure behind the desk.

"Yes, I did, Naruto," The Hokage confirmed, before waving his hand at the two women and the one surprisingly clean pig. "This is Tsunade Senju, her grandmother was Mito Senju nee Uzumaki, and the other woman is Shizune, her apprentice and the pig is Tonton, Shizune's pet."

Tsunade raised her eyebrow at her new Clan Head and said in an even voice, "The girl does not look like much. But what I want to know: why would Jiraiya let her take the position of Clan Head so young?"

Naruto was getting ticked off by being dismissed like nothing and being talked about like she was not even there in the first place. Naruto really wanted to snap back at her, but the whole 'can crush her bones into fine dust in a single punch' thing, kind of stopped her from doing so. But instead she politely said, "Tsunade –san, compared to the other Kunoichi that are in my year, I am the best. And on a side note, this Jiraiya has no control over my life and what I do or say as I never met him before."

Tsunade looked at the Hokage with a questioning gaze, and then the Hokage nodded his head to answer whatever question that Tsunade was asking silently. Tsunade then looked like she was about ready to strangle someone.

Curious to what was going on; Naruto asked somewhat with dread, "Can someone please tell me what is going on here? And who is this Jiraiya?"

The Hokage looked like he had aged another decade or two as he answered, "Jiraiya was my student along with Tsunade here, and also, he is your godfather. He had left you in my care a couple of hours after your birth and the sealing."

"I see." Naruto was shocked beyond belief. Her own godfather did not want her at all. She could have learned what a normal life without mobs and other things that she had to deal with, was like. She knew who Jiraiya was and that he manages a spy network, but he could have still visited her and see how she was doing and all. Naruto then decided that she would give the man one more chance, before judging him.

Sensing that there was something else to talk about, Naruto asked slowly, "Is there anything else that you need to tell me, Hokage –jiji?"

Now, the Hokage looked very nervous for some reason. It was like if he answers it, he would be attacked or something in that nature. He gave her the bad news, "Naruto, the civilian council had put your name on this list. But I do have somewhat good news; I did find a loophole…"

The Hokage trailed off as he noticed that Naruto was struggling to contain her anger. The Hokage knew how Naruto feels, he wished that he could have done something, but the civilian council made sure to tell him this at the worse possible time. With the Chunin Exams just around the corner and there are too many problems and paperwork to do now, so he has to put it on the back burner for now.

Naruto was anything, but calm. The civilian council has no right to do this to anyone. While Naruto was trying to keep calm, she felt another source of anger surge through her. It was not her own anger, so it had to belong to the demon fox that is sealed inside of her. She made a mental note to go to her mindscape and talk to the fox face to face and find out what is going on, when she has time to do so. Naruto should have known that the civilian council might try and pull something like this, as they were against her and her clan having a seat on the council.

If she married the teme, her clan would cease to exist and it would become part of the Uchiha clan, and also that would mean that her clan's seals and techniques would be in the hands of a revenge seeking, power hungry baka. Naruto could not let that happen at all.

Shaking herself out of her own thoughts, Naruto looks in front of her and finds Tsunade arguing or rather telling off the Hokage for allowing the civilian council to have so much power. And the only way to get rid of the said council is to receive permission from the daimyo, himself. And they do not know whether or not that is going to happen any time soon.

Sighing, Naruto interrupted the pair to ask, "What's the loophole, jiji?"

The Hokage became even more worn looking as he answered, "To get out of the marriage contract is to marry someone before the start of the Chunin Exams. I'm so sorry about all of this mess, Naruto."

Getting up from the chair and preparing to leave, Naruto said, "Don't worry about it, jiji. I will find a way out of it, I promise!"

Saying goodbyes, Naruto let Tsunade, Shizune, and Tonton to the Uzumaki clan residence.

(Scene Break)

Later that evening…

Naruto was trying to figure out how to get out of the marriage, before the Chunin Exams in two weeks. It was practically impossible to do, but Naruto made it a habit of hers to do the impossible. Suddenly, the door flew open and Zabuza came into the office. Zabuza was never one to knock before entering, unless it was to enter the bathroom.

"Why are you here for, Zabuza?" Naruto was tired and her brain was in pain from thinking too much.

Zabuza answered, "Heard the new problem that came up from the new relatives."

Naruto raised an eyebrow and merely stated, "Oh?"

This time, Zabuza shifted nervously, before blurting out, "We are getting married, so you don't have to married that stupid spoiled brat."

Naruto was in shock at the sudden proposal from Zabuza. Naruto thought for a moment about the idea of marrying Zabuza, even though she was just thirteen years old and he is nineteen years old (Author's Note: I made Zabuza a bit younger in this fic as he was older in the original manga.) so they could not have sex and consummate the marriage until she either reaches the age of fifteen or the rank of chunin, which ever comes first. But it could work between them.

"Are you sure about this, getting married to me? Don't you have someone special back in Kiri, waiting for you or something like that?" Naruto asked as she continued to stare at Zabuza. Marriage was a huge thing and should have a lot of thought put in it, before jumping into something like. Besides, the last thing that Naruto needed was a woman that Zabuza promised to marry or whatever, coming after her for stealing her man.

Zabuza shrugged, before answering, "The rest of clan and I agreed on this and believe that this is the right thing to do, since this afternoon when we received the news, we were trying to think up a way around this problem. And also, I am not related to you in any way shape or form, so I am a good choice. And no, I don't have anyone waiting for me back in Kiri. Although, I will probably be beaten to a pulp by my friend, Mei, for not inviting her to the wedding."

Naruto nodded at the reasons that he told her and was relieved to hear that he was not dating anyone back in Kiri. But now, Naruto wanted to meet this Mei person and see if this woman has any blackmail material on Zabuza or at least have any embarrassing stories about him. And they could pull this off, since they were not related in any way as she made it known to her clan that they will not have to marry another relative like some clans in Konoha in hopes of keeping their bloodline pure or whatever crap they give as a reason, but if one clan member wants to marry another clan member, they have to be distantly related and not closely related in any way.

"Okay," Naruto said with a sigh. She wanted to marry for love and a real wedding, but not like this, but it had to be done. "If you are ready, we can go to the Hokage Tower now and have jiji marry us. And have our clan come with us as witnesses to this marriage."

"Of course," Zabuza replied.

(Scene Break)

A half of an hour later at the Hokage's Office…

"Are you two sure about this?" The Hokage asked as he looked at both Naruto and Zabuza with sadness. He never wanted this to happen, but the stupid and hopefully soon be former civilian council had gone behind his back and caused this to happen.

Both Zabuza and Naruto nodded, and Naruto explained, "We and the rest of the clan have agreed that this is the best way out of the marriage contract with the teme Uchiha, other than killing him. And this can be done since we are not related at all. And if I want, when I turn fifteen years old or reach the rank of chunin, which ever comes first, I can have a real wedding."

The Hokage nodded as he listened to what they are saying. It sounded very reasonable. And since there is nothing left to ask, he will have to marry these two and pray to Kami that they would have a somewhat happy life together.

AN: I hope that you all like this chapter. And I am sorry that this chapter took so long to write, so please forgive this poor author. Please write a review and tell me what you all think of it. Have a wonderful day, everyone.

Other news: I am working on a new fic, a crossover between Harry Potter and Naruto, called 'Just My Cursed Luck!' It should be posted in a few days.