Hey everyone! I have seriously had the shittiest time writing this. It's probably because I've had a bad two months with my Grampa dying and the woman I love leaving me but whatever. Please forgive the crap that I kind of pulled out of my ass to complete this chapter. It will come back, but a lot later in the Series. Like a whole lot later.
Well have fun reading. I hope it doesn't suck. I started to forget about this because I started reading KiGo fics (Kim Possible x Shego... I like Shego, don't judge me). I like yuri/femslash/lesbians. Yeah for some reason when I was browsing DevART a few weeks ago, I saw this Kigo pic and I was like DAMN! I like this paring! I might write a Kigo oneshot later... Maybe... Whatever. Later!
Uzumaki Naruto stared out the window in his hospital room. He was perfectly fine at this point in time and he was very frustrated that the nurses and medics were not letting him leave the hospital. This was bound to come out of his bi-weekly allowance that the Hokage gave him. He had already run out of money and so now he would have to be very conservative with his eating. That meant no Ichirakus this time around. Lucky for him, he had bought at least a hundred instant ramens at huge sale in the grocery store nearest him.
They young boy growled about his predicament before he deceided to plan his escape. He had a window right next to his room that he could easily climb out of if he wanted to but then he would have to make it from the hospital, to his house. His house was at least ten minute run. And he knew that plenty of shinobi would chase after him too... His thoughts were cut short by a soft knock on his hospital room door.
The white door swung open to reveal a Kunoichi with red eyes and black wavy hair in a chunin vest and a red shirt under it.
"NARUTO!" The boy smiled when he heard the voice of his new friend, Azula.
"Hi Azula-hime!" The boy said excitedly, "How are you doing? Did thouse guys hurt you?"
"It's nothing I can't handle Naruto. I'm just scratched up a little. Kurenai said earlier that I might have a scar on my leg."
"Cool a battle scar!" He said, "I'm all healed but the nurses and medics won't let me go."
"What!" Azula was shocked, he was beaten way worse than she was and yet he was healed before her? "But you were hurt more than me? How did you heal before me?"
Naruto just shrugged, "I heal faster than most people. Even the medic, Rin-san, said I heal faster than a lot of people. She says I'm lucky and that someone is looking out for me."
'No doubt it's the Kyuubi' Kurenai thought. From what she had seen from the boy, he was fast, like all Namikaze's, and he could heal much faster than anyone she had ever seen in her life.
"I see... Guess what I got!" Azula said in a superior tone that Naruto had heard throughout their tour yesterday.
"What?" He asked her.
"I got new clothes, and new shoes-" She pointed to her new black shinobi sandals, "-and some new weapons so that I can be a proper ninja." She finished and then put her hands on her hips. "Jealous?"
"Nope, now you look normal and not like a weirdo." He joked.
They started to exchange insults. Azula's were usually more colorful, for lack of a better term and Naruto's were just simple. Half of the things they were calling each other, the insultee didn't know what that was. The whole exchange was rather humorous in Kurenai's eyes. Finally the exchange ended when there was a knock on Naruto's door. Kurenai opened the hospital door to reveal a nurse. She had some bandages in her arms and declared that it was time for his bandages to be changed. Kurenai instantly offered to help but the nurse wouldn't ear of it.
"If you could leave for a moment, that would be nice." The young nurse explained. She was certianly younger than the Chunin and since she was only a civilian, Kurenai really didn't have to do what she said. She was about to say that she was going to stay, but Azula did that for her.
"I think we are going to stay." The princess said in her I'm-better-than-you voice. She even followed up with the Don't-Question-Me look. "I haven't gotten to see my friend all day and I just came to check on him so I plan to stay and check on him."
Kurenai smirked, "I'm with the kid. I promised her that we could stay for a few hours. So we will stay for a few hours."
The nurse didn't argue with the Shinobi of the little kid. She just wanted to get the job done so that she could get away from the "Demon Child." She started removing the bandages to realize that Naruto had completely healed. She was in shock. No normal person could heal that fast, but then she reminded herself that this was the "Demon Child."
"Well you are all healed." She stated.
"I knew that." Naruto replied, "I was fine when I woke up but nobody listened to me." The young boy stated. "Everyone told me to wait until Rin-chan got here to say that I was fine."
"Rin-san should be around shortly then." The nurse said curtly. She then exited the room as fast as she could.
Azula watched the nurse leave. She did not like that nurse at all. That nurse didn't seem to like Naruto at all either. Azula couldn't understand why? The boy was very nice and polite. He was a little crazy and a bit hyper, but that would be no reason to dislike him. Azula shruged it off and decided that she should be hanging out and talking with her new friend.
And talk they did. Azula told Naruto everything about the Fire Nation. She spoke of the war, her stupid brother Zuko. Her fat uncle who she now kind of liked because he gave her the swords even though she had no clue how to use them. She told him about her life and how her mother was always babying Zuko and how she had already mastered the Basics of Firebending and she would be moving to advanced soon. It was very obvious to Naruto that Azula didn't like her mother.
"You don't like your mom, do ya?" He asked her. That comment drew Kurenai's attention. She had been busy thinking of other things and she didn't really hear the convorsation.
"Not really. She likes Zuzu more anyway. She says she shipped me off here to make me stronger but I just think she doesn't like me." Azula said. The reason behind being sent to Konoha had been at the back of Azula's mind for the past few days. She had finally decided that her mother just didn't love her (not that Azula cared for the woman anyway). "I don't really like my family... Except Kurenai-obasan!" Kurenai smiled a little at that. "She spends way more time with me than my Mom ever has."
"At least you have a family." Naruto responded. "I don't have a family at all."
Azula frowned at this. "I'll be your family we can be siblings! You'd be a better brother than Zuzu anyway." By this time Kurenai had tuned back out of the converstation.
"But you don't look like me. Families look alike." Naruto said. "Your eyes are gold, mine are blue. You have straight black hair and I have wild blonde hair."
Azula pondered this for a moment. She studied Naruto for a little bit before a brilliant plan came to her head. "I have it!" She jumped up and ran to the window where she could see her reflection. The young girl grabbed a kunai out of her back pouch and started to cut whiskers into her cheeks. It took her a few minutes to make them look perfect, but she did it. The she took a finger and lit it on fire and traced over them with it so that the cuts would heal and scar over giving her whiskers. When she truned around, Kurenai looked at her.
"What the HELL di you do!" She shouted at the six year old who now had blood on her face
"Gave myself whiskers to look like Naruto so that we could be family." She responded like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "It didn't hurt that much! Besides if I'm going to be a ninja, I have to be used to a lot of pain. So I'm training!"
"Azula, self mutilation is not training. That is bad! No more doing things like that ever again!" The chunin said sternly. Azula could tell that. The girl nodde unhappily but she now had whiskers like Naruto.
Azula turned to Naruto and smiled, "I havve whiskers like you now. So now we can be family."
Naruto smiled, "Okay! You and I can be brother and sister now! I wonder what Jiji will say if we tell him!"
Both kids started talking about what they both thought would happen. They continued this conversation for a few minutes until they were interrupted by Rin. She gave Naruto a clean bill of health and she brought more good news. She told him that someone paid for all of his medical bills for him so that he could bet his allowance that week. Naruto cheered for that, now he and Azula could go to Ichiraku's some time soon. Kurenai suspected that Sho paid for the bills but sad nothing.
The chunin took the two children out of the hospital when naruto was released and he joined the two females in their shopping adventure. They ended up returning to the clothing store to pick up Azula's new wardrobe. Everything looked very spiffy to the girl and she liked everything. The trio ended up spending the rest of the day playing in the park, meaning Azula and Naruto played while Kurenai watched them.
Naruto and Azula played until the sun started to set. When that happened, Kurenai decided that it was time for everyone to get home and go to bed. Both children agreed with that, they were tired now and wanded a good long sleep, especially since they would be going to school the next day. School, something both kids were dreading. Azula knew that she would be bored ouf her mind since she knew all the jutsus to graduate. She knew there were other things needed to pass but the Jutsus were the main things. Naruto on the otherhand was not looking forward to dealing with Sasuke and all of the girls who liked him.
"C'mon Naruto, we'll walk you home." The walk was five minutes long but the returned Naruto to his house safely.
"Bye Naruto!" Azula said, "I"ll see you tomorrow!"
"Bye Azula-hime! See you tomorrow!" The boy said before he shut his door. When it did shut, the girls returned to Kurenai's apartment.
Kurenai forced Azula to take a bath that night she she wouldn't have to get one in the morning. Azula didn't want to, but she did and then crawled into bed. Five minutes later, she was out like a light. Kurenai waited in the apartment for a little bit longer, just to be sure that Azula was definitely asleep before she shinshun'd to the Hokage's Office with Hiruzen was awake and waiting for the young chunin.
"So, how was today?" He asked her.
"It was good, except for the part when Azula carved whickers into her cheeks to look like Naruto so that they could be family." Kurenai replied. She thought the girl was an idiot for that.
"Family hm?"
"Family. They want to be family."
Hiruzen thought about that. "The only way they can be family is if they marry though." The Hokage pointed out. "Naruto isn't the head of his clan so he cannot adopt Azula into his family. The Namikaze and Uzumaki clan have no heads so marriage would be the only way."
"Hokage-sama, they are six. They are just goofy kids- wait... What about Sho? He's the clan leader of the Namikazes." Hiruzen shook his head. "He isn't? Did someone kill him." Hiruzen shook his head again.
"He went against direct orders and he and his family have been banished from Konoha. Not from Fire Country, just Konoha."
Kurenai looked at the old man in shock, "Why!"
"He went against Orders and talked to Naruto, which he wasn't allowed to do. He knew the consequences. If Naruto knew anything about his past, he would be put in so much danger that we cannot risk." Hiruzen stated calmly.
"But he saved Naruto..."
"Which is why I only banished him from Konoha for a short time. He may come back when his son, Nao, attends the Academy for training. By that time, Naruto should hopefully be a ninja and be able to take care of himself."
Kurenai was silent and took in all of this information. "How can Naruto take control of his clans?"
Hiruzen held up two fingers. "Two ways. One, he becomes a Chunin. Two, he marries. I say that for now, we put Azula as the boy's bethrothed but do not tell either of them until later. This will also protect both of them from other issues that we could face down the road."
"Like ROOT?" Kurenai asked him. The Clan Heads will be less likely to give Danzo the boy is he is engaged and they probably wouldn't give up the young firebender either.
"And may other things like arranged marriages from other countries and clans. Once people see that the power those two have, people will want to marry their kids to them. With Azula as Naruto's betrothed, they will have a decent marriage and possibly grow to love each other. They have hit it off quite well already. Besides, with Azula as his partner, she can help him improve faster. It will be a good thing for both of them." The Hokage insisted.
Kurenai paused again to take everything in. She knew that if someone wanted and arranged marriage with Azula, and she wasn't betrothed, they might not be able to refuse. Hopefully by the time the whole issue came around again, Azula would be back in the Fire Nation so that they would never have to deal with it. there was a good chance that it could happen so Azula would never have to deal with it anyway.
"When would we tell them?"
"When they both reached Chunin or Naruto reaches 16. 16 is the marrying age in the Fire Nation, correct?" Kurenai nodded, "Then we will use that... Do you agree."
Kurenai shrugged, "I don't really have a choice in this matter do I?"
Hiruzen shook his head. "Not really. I could use my ank of Hokage to make this happen. If you agreed, it would just make it easier.
The chunin sighed but then nodded, "okay... Do it. If it will protect them, do it."
"I thought you'd see it my way. Besides, now I can tell the Kusajin clan that Azula is betrothed to Naruto so she could not marry Kusajun Jun." The Hokage replied, "I tol dyou it would protect her."
Kurenai gave him a weak smile, "that you did, Hokage-sama... That you did."
I swear some of this comes back later! A lot later, but later!
I feel like I'm losing my groove, anyone else think so? I do. I blame my shitty two months.