Title: Love from the Past
Pairing: Hashirama/Naruto; Tobirama/Kakashi
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I do own Tempus
"talking"
'thinking'
"demon talking"
'demon thinking'
Tobirama arrived home still with the hard blush on his face. He slammed the door so hard that Hashirama and Naruto, that were cuddling on the couch, jumped a meter high.
"What's the matter Tobirama?" Hashirama asked his brother.
"N-n-n-n-nothing, nothing at all!" Tobirama answered and ran at the speed of light to his room.
"What the heck was that all about?" asked Naruto dumbfounded.
"He found his mate." said Kyuubi with a mischievous grin.
That night Tobirama stayed awake the whole time thinking about the one he saw and the same one who made him blush that hard, not even the prettiest of women could do that to him, much less a man. When sleep took over him he dreamt of that man, and they weren't dry dreams.
The next morning Hashirama found his bother with a horrible sleepless face.
"What happened to you?" he asked
"Nothing, just had some insomnia." Tobirama replied
"Ok if you say so." Said Hashirama not at all believing his brother.
"Hashi-kun, baa-chan is summoning us for a mission." Shouted Naruto from the living room.
They began calling each other by nicknames since the night of the earthquake.
"Coming Naru-chan." Replied Hashirama.
At Tsunade's office
"There have been reports of a temple hidden deep within a forest at the Fire Country's border. Your mission is to go there and explore this temple and retrieve the object that's being guarded there, it has something to do with you Naruto." Tsunade briefed them on the mission.
"What do you mean, Tsunade baa-chan?" asked Naruto confused.
"The entrance to the temple has nine-tailed fox statues, which means it's a temple of Kyuubi, who is now you." explained Tsunade.
"I see, may I take Kurama with me?" said Naruto
"who's Kurama?" asked Tsunade
"That would be me old hag?" said Kurama(Kyuubi for those who do not read the manga)
A vein popped on Tsunade's forehead at the "old hag" coment. Naruto and Hashirama sweat dropped. The next thing they saw was Kurama flying through the window of the office.
'Poor Kurama' was all that Naruto and Hashirama thought.
"Tsunade, who's going to look for our team?" Hashirama asked
"I was going to ask Tobirama, why?" Tsunade said
"Just wanted to know they would be in good hands." said Hashirama
"Now with that settled, you two leave in two hours. Dismissed." Said Tsunade
So they went home to prepare things for the mission. The journey to the border was three days long so they prepared their pickings for at least a month, considering they would be there investigating the temple and probably encountering life threatening traps. They checked for provision, weapons and first-aid kits and putted them in storage scrolls. Just as they were about to leave Kurama came all muddy and with a lot of thorns on his fur.
"Are you alright, Kurama?" asked Naruto
"Do I look like I'm ok?" asked a pissed Kurama thinking that she was getting the bite of her life on her but.
Time skip – 2 hours later
Already on the road to the temple, Naruto's tails shot up as if he was feeling something. In fact he was feeling the energy of an animal, but this energy felt different, almost as if the animal was in pain.
"I feel something. An animal in pain, I think." said Naruto as he shot his head in the direction the animal was.
"Want to check it out?" ask Hashirama seeing Naruto's worried face.
Ever since Naruto's transformation he is more connected to nature the when he's in sage mode.
"Let's go. Just to be sure." said Naruto
When they got there they saw a tiger with its left back paw in a bear trap. But this was no ordinary tiger, it had blue fur with silvery stripes instead of the orange and white with black stripes. Naruto approached the tiger and it growl to him, Naruto tried to calm the tiger by emanating a calming aura. As soon as he saw the tiger beginning to calm down he freed the tiger's paw and proceeded to treat the wound and to Naruto and the other's surprise the tiger licked his hand as to thank Naruto.
"There, that should do it." He said as he finished bandaging the paw
They went back to their way but Naruto was surprised that the tiger was following him with a bit of difficulty, since it was injured.
"I think it likes you, Naruto" said Hashirama with a chuckle
"She does!" said Kurama
"She!?" asked Naruto and Hashirama shocked
"Yes, she. And she's following Naruto because she feels, somewhat, indebt to him." Kurama explained to them.
"Looks like we're taking her with us, Hashi." said Naruto
"Looks like it."
"Let's get back on the road, I want to see this temple" said Kurama
"You didn't know of the existence of it?" asked Naruto
"Nope, just found out when you did." said Kurama
They continued their way with Naruto still surprised that Kurama didn't know of the existence of a temple in his honor. Night came quick, they started to set camp for the night and discussed the plan for when they got to the temple because it would sure be full of traps that would surely be life threatening. They woke up early and gathered everything and continued on their journey. By the end of the day they reached the temple's entrance.