Naruto misbegotten
Chapter 11
Brothers
"And now that you know the truth, you and Gaara can die." With that Yashamaru exploded.
"Naruto-kun." Hinata cried as she was blinded by dust. When it cleared they saw that Naruto was fine. A wall of sand had sprung up to protect him.
"Naruto-kun?." Hinata asked trembling, then ran and embraced him, crying.
"Hinata are you alright?" Naruto asked, wondering what could get her so upset.
"I thought you had died." She cried from his shoulder.
"Naruto? Are you alright?" Gaara asked quietly.
"Thanks Gaara you saved my butt." Naruto said with a fake smile on his face.
"Hinata, I'm having trouble breathing." Naruto said to the girl that had him in a vice grip. Hinata realized what she was doing and let her crush go with a squeak.
"Naruto-kun are you alright?" Yakumo asked.
"Sure, why wouldn't I be." Naruto said smiling, when all he wanted to do was scream.
"Naruto?" Gaara asked meekly as the sand retreated back to his gourd.
"Hey Gaara, why don't you come with us?" Naruto asked him, catching him completely off guard.
"Are you sure, you heard what Yashamaru said about me, I'm nothing but a monster! He cried only to be silenced as Naruto grabbed him by the collar.
"You are not a monster. You had no choice what your father did to you before you were born. He's the monster, not you." Naruto said fiercely, letting the boy go only to have Gaara latch on to him and start crying. Naruto wrapped his arms around the older boy in a brotherly embrace letting Gaara cry himself out but refusing to cry himself, something Yakumo noticed and walking forward embraced both boys.
"You can go ahead and cry to Naruto, It's alright to cry a little right now, I promise we won't tell anyone." she said, her own tears falling freely for them both. Hinata insinuated herself into the hug embracing her crush, as her feelings for him deepened as she realized why he was always alone and hated.
"Were you the same to father? Did you think the same thing as the villagers about Naruto-kun?"
She thought as hatred at her father and clan and even her village entered her heart.
"You'll never be alone again Naruto-kun I promise, she whispered to him." surrounded by warmth and affection, silent tears fell down the boys face, tears of anger, shame, confusion and many others at the revelation of why he was hated, but also tears of happiness that his friends cared about him despite what they had learned. In the shadows Sasuke watched the others embrace Naruto, and the sight sickened him.
"would you stop your bawling" He barked at them, making them all look up in surprise.
"Instead of crying you should work on harnessing the Kyubis' power. And you." He said looking at Gaara.
"If you want to come with us your going to train your sand jutsu to the utmost. This isn't a picknick, were her to train in order to kill Itachi." He told them.
"Sasuke don't be cruel." Yakumo snapped at him.
"Sasukes right." Naruto said wiping his eyes.
"I realized along time ago crying doesn't solve anything. Besides we should get going before someone else finds us." Naruto said.
"Gaara you don't mind leaving the village with us do you?" he asked his new friend.
"But Naruto I don't know if my father will let me just leave." Gaara said.
"Stop whining, I mean your father just tried to assassinate you so I don't think leaving will be a problem. Besides all if us are pretty strong, and with you helping theirs nothing we can't handle." Naruto said with a true smile.
"Right." Gaara said smiling back.
"Then we'd better get going." Sasuke said. The children packed up their supplies, including what they could raid from the stores which was more than they could carry considering sand specialized in preserving food. The children had reached the gate to the village when they heard a strange clacking and something hit the ground in front of them. "Gaara, what are you doing, an older brown haired boy emerged from the dust.
"Who the heck are you?" Naruto demanded of the boy
"Kankuro." Gaara whispered
"I asked you a question squirt?" the boy asked again
"Thats none of your business." Sasuke said coolly
"Considering your waltzing out of the village with our little brother, it is our business cutey." In a gust of wind a blond haired girl appeared beside the boy.
"So these two are your siblings?" Sasuke asked Gaara who nodded
"So what. I it's okay with you Gaara I'll just plow through them." Naruto said and made his familiar cross seal.
"Hold on Naruto." Yakumo said and stepped forward.
"Whats' up Nee-chan?" Naruto asked
"I just realized I haven't done enough for you guys. Why don't you let me handle this." She said with a smile and flashed through a number of hand seals.
"Death tree jutsu." She said. While nothing happened from the children's point of view to Gaaras siblings, Yakumo disappeared as two trees grew around the children restraining them.
"Lets go she said." And they ran past the two children who were now standing inert.
"Will they be alright?" Gaara asked worriedly.
"The genjutsu will wear off by sunrise." Yakumo said.
"Hey Nee-chan are you feeling alright?" Naruto asked noting that Yakumo was keeping pace with them.
"Of course, I've never felt better, she said as they left the village with a new friend.
Chapter 11 complete. Now that Gaaras joined them what will be the repercussions now that the containers of the one tail and nine tail demons have joined forces, and what will the repercussions be for Konoha when the Kazekage finds out who abducted his son. For those of you wondering how Yakumo went from being carried to being able to run with the boys, she was all but isolated in her clans compound with no one but her clan and Kurenai to communicate with, and Kurenai was unwilling to give her physical training. thus making her frailty as much psychological as physical. Out in the world with caring friends and a purpose and getting natural exercise she never received in the luxury of her home, her weakness is going to fade until she is as fit as any of the others. Next chapter, two years pass, and the children take their first paid ninja mission in the land of the waves.