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Chapter 13 – Trouble in paradise…
Pain looked on at Kisame and Itachi with annoyance. "Where is Uzumaki Naruto? He should be easy to find. He was banished for five years and you could not find him anywhere?"
Kisame laughed. "Well, we looked in the Snow country and found no trace of him or his Hyuuga wench. Where would you like us to look for him?"
Pain sighed. "We will have to wait for him to turn up so that we can start to collect the Bijuu. I guess you should go to Konoha and dig up some information." Pain smiled. "While you are there you can give your brother another lesson in humility."
"That is not what I want to do with him. We will go to Konoha. Come Kisame." Itachi almost ordered.
"Darn I wanted to watch Tobi annoy Deidara some more." Kisame nodded with a huge grin.
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"Gaara-kun…." This sound caused Kankurou to cringe, as Ino called to Gaara.
'This woman is driving me insane. But I have not seen Gaara smile so much before. Gaara even told me he slept last night. I hope he is not going overboard with this woman.' Kankurou thought.
"Yes Ino-chan, what is it that you want?" Gaara replied in a monotone voice.
Ino smiled as she approached Gaara. "I was thinking about what you said last night."
"And what is your decision?" Gaara asked.
"We have to meet with father first. I am sure the Hokage will approve of it but she will have to convince the council." Ino replied.
"I am already slated to become the next Kazekage. I will go with you to talk to the Konoha council. I will not promise that I will not kill some of them." Gaara said angrily.
"As long as you leave out several of the clan heads you should be fine in killing whomever on the council you like." Ino said as she smiled slyly.
"We received word from both the Hokage and Naruto today. Apparently Hinata wrote something for you and you alone. Shall we retire to the house and read the letters Ino-chan?" Gaara said with a smile.
Ino grabbed Gaara's hand and they walked to the house with her head leaning on his shoulder. Kankurou was sick of how sappy this whole affair was becoming.
They entered the house and took off their cloaks and set them on the hangers in the entry closet. Gaara then proceeded to guide Ino to the couch and they both sat down. "Here the letter from Hinata for you Ino-chan." Gaara said as he handed the scroll to Ino.
Ino read the scroll as Gaara read one from Naruto. Kankurou sat in the chair across from them and watched as both of their eyes became saucers. Ino smiled the biggest grin Kankurou had ever seen on her. Gaara's jaw dropped and so did the scroll. Gaara and Ino looked at each other. To Kankurou it was as if they were speaking without saying a word.
Gaara looked at Ino and drew his head back as if to ask 'Did they actually do that'. Ino moved forward and nodded her head as if to say 'Yes I think they did.' They both then looked directly ahead and fell back into the couch as if exhaustion had hit them. Kankurou watched this and was flabbergasted.
"Okay what did they say?" Kankurou asked not wanting to wait any longer for them to tell him what was going on.
As one Gaara and Ino replied, "They are officially married now and there is no going back." Their eyes were still in the shape of saucers.
"So the gaki got lucky. Good for him. I knew the first report was wrong and forced. So did they enjoy themselves?" Temari asked with a smile. Gaara and Ino both handed Temari their scrolls. Temari read both scrolls and smiled broadly. "Well I am happy they are in love. Now if we can get you two to agree to marry we can put another nail that Uchiha's coffin." Temari smirked.
Ino suddenly came out of her shock and looked at Gaara. "Gaara-kun?"
Gaara looked at Ino. "Yes Ino-chan."
Ino looked depressed. "Do you think we will ever be in love like that?" Ino looked longingly at Gaara.
"Maybe not but you guys could go upstairs and join the club." Kankurou said snidely. Kankurou then suddenly flew into the side wall and made an indentation of his face.
"Baka, my little brother is not going to sleep with Ino-chan until they are properly married." Temari looked directly at Ino with a kind smile. "Right Ino-chan?"
Ino had gotten up and picked Kankurou up by the scruff the neck and held him up. "You are going to imply that I would sleep with Gaara-kun out of wedlock?" Ino asked angrily.
"Well… I was just saying that you guys could…" Kankurou tried to explain his stupid remarks, but was again sent into the wall, this time Ino punched him in the gut making a large indentation in the wall.
Ino was now in his face as sand was slowly covering Kankurou. "How could you imply that I would not honor Gaara-kun by waiting until we were married?"
"Kankurou, you remember when I said you were a disgrace to the village again that I would kill you?" Gaara asked with a smile that disturbed but pleased both of the women present.
"Yes, Gaara I do remember… Oh sh…" Kankurou said just as he screamed at the top of his lungs in pain.
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"Are you sure you're not using a contraceptive jutsu?" Sasuke asked Sakura as they walked down the street.
Sakura got a tick in near her right eye. "How many times do I have to tell you? You have to finish going through puberty to produce sperm. You only started it last week, and it was a few hairs, jeez. It will take several months before you produce sperm. And even then we will want to wait to have children. My body is not yet ready to carry a child." Sakura replied.
There was a small scream heard in the background. (Yes this was Kankurou's scream)
"Did you hear that?" Sasuke asked.
"Hear what?" Sakura replied.
"Never mind. Why is your body not ready to carry children?" Sasuke asked.
"Jeez, Sasuke-kun, did you even listen in the health segment of class? You are almost as bad as that monster Naruto-baka. While at thirteen nearly fourteen, my body would be damaged by both carrying a child and then giving birth, I might even die giving birth. And with most of the girls in the village not wanting to be your wife I don't know what you are going to do." Sakura retorted.
"Where the hell is Ino? She was also supposed to be engaged to me. You and I are already married, but where did she disappear too?" Sasuke asked.
"She is in Suna carrying on some sort of negotiation with their council or something like that. Why they would want Ino-pig to do that is beyond me. I would be better than her at these things." Sakura said.
"Oh really?" A voice asked from behind Sakura and Sasuke. They both jumped.
"I love it when you do that Shino." Kiba said laughingly.
"So the great Uchiha is just starting his path into adulthood. Also I am here to inform you that my clan refuses to teach you any jutsu. That is the reason I was sent to speak with you. I am finished here, Kiba do you have anything to say to the traitor and his 'bitch'?" Shino said coldly.
Kiba looked annoyed for a second then burst out in laughter. "That was actually funny. The female dog in heat reference was great." Kiba replied as he continued to laugh.
Sakura brought back her fist and swung at Kiba. Kiba easily dodged the attack by leaning back. "Sakura, you should stop now as I am not Naruto and I do not take kindly to attacks, and I will not hold back." Kiba then turned to Sasuke. "Yeah, my mother also told me to tell you and the council that you guys can chew on grass if you think we are going to teach you any of our clan jutsu. You want them marry my sister. Oh wait, she said she would kill you before she would marry you. Between the two of you there is only one good thing you guys did."
Sakura looked at Kiba inquisitively. "What was that?"
"You brought Hinata-chan and Naruto together. As for you guys I am sure Naruto will have something in store for you and the jerks on the council when he gets back." Kiba replied.
"He is a demon and should have been killed years ago Kiba. Why can't you see that?" Sakura questioned angrily.
"Uzumaki Namikaze Hyuuga Naruto is not a demon. He is the son of the Fourth Hokage and thus out ranks both of you. Knowing Naruto he pulled his last punch on you didn't he? He could have killed you could he have not Uchiha Sasuke?" Shino asked.
"Maybe, but more than likely not as he is just a weakling and relied on the Kyuubi's power to stop me." Sasuke replied.
"Oh really, how many tails did Naruto use to bring the fight to a draw?" Shino asked.
"One." Sasuke replied.
"So you are telling me that Naruto only used one tail and you used level two on your curse seal? Man you are a wimp compared to Naruto." Kiba said.
"Why would you insult Sasuke-kun like that you guys?" Sakura asked.
"Simple, Naruto only used one tail, the Kyuubi has nine. So you do the math. We also do not like Sasuke. He drove away two of our friends and even now demands we give over our family jutsu to him for free. You are a thief of the highest order Uchiha Sasuke. You are even lower than your brother Itachi." Shino stated bluntly and caused Sasuke's killing intent to rise. "Do not threaten me Uchiha. You are lower than trash even in your sensei's eyes. Remember his motto? 'He who breaks the rules is trash. He who abandons his comrades is lower than trash.' You abandoned Sakura, Naruto and the entire village. The council covets your Sharingan so heavily that they failed to see what you really are. They should have locked you up and then found willing women to have them recreate the Uchiha clan. Lobotomized and used as a sperm bank should be your punishment. You are not worthy of being a shinobi."
"What do you know I am Uchiha Sasuke, the last of the loyal Uchiha of Konoha." Sasuke replied.
"Loyal? Loyal? Do you describe running away from your oath, and hurting your comrades being loyal? Oh and let's not forget you were headed to a sworn enemy. I was severely hurt trying to bring you back." Kiba said as he grabbed Sasuke by the scruff of his shirt.
"Back off dog boy." Sasuke said as his curse mark started to move from his neck to cover part of his face. "I have no compunctions about killing you right here and now."
There was a sudden buzzing and the sound of kunai being drawn.
"Cha… You're not worth it." Sasuke pulled himself free and then noticed that he was surrounded by more than two dozen ANBU.
"Uchiha-san, murder is still a punishable offense. Kiba-kun did not warrant the release of your seal. You will now come with us for breaking the Hokage's law." A female ANBU with purple hair and a cat's mask ordered Sasuke.
"Fine, lead the way. And which law did I break this time? I am sure the council will give me a pardon for this transgression too." Sasuke said smugly.
"Why Uchiha-san, the one stating that you were not to release your curse seal while you are not on a mission." The cat ANBU replied happily.
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"Did you feel that?" Jiriaya stated to Tsunade in her office as he sat on the corner of her desk. Tsunade nodded. "We will have some visitors soon. So what is the punishment going to be for him today?"
"Well we shall see what he has been up too. We know he released his curse seal. So that he can not fall under the sway of the council I can't pull his pull his headband. That would make it easier to run as he would be a civilian. And that would give him the freedom to run whenever he wanted too."
"I could break his legs and we don't heal them so that he would have to stay." Jiriaya said jokingly.
The door opened and Danzou, Homura, and Koharu all entered.
"Ah the teme brigade. What do you old badgers want?" Jiriaya asked angrily.
"You will show respect Jiriaya." Homura ordered.
"Like the respect you gave the Fourth Hokage's son? The respect you gave the Yamanaka and Hyuuga? Because of you both of the heirs to those clans are out of the village. And even better the Bijuu we had is also gone. I follow them as best as I can, he as you have ordered has sent weekly reports to the council. What more do you want from him?" Jiriaya said as he nearly yelled in anger.
"There is no proof of Uzumaki being the son of the Fourth. So that issue is mute. As for the heirs, we have no control of what the clans do with their people." Koharu replied.
"Proof? You want proof. Tsunade-hime delivered Naruto. He is great with seals and learns jutsu like Minato. He has the same drive, hair and penchant for ramen. And to top that off you have my word, Tsunade's word, the Third's word, and a blood seal that I know he can open. What other proof do you want? You thieves. You are trying as we speak to ransack the Namikaze home to get at the jutsu stored there. I swear you guys are more of a threat to this village than Naruto in his four tailed form, possibly the Kyuubi himself." Jiriaya said angrily.
"Naruto is a Namikaze, I saw the whisker marks when he was sealed. Also I was assured by you and the council at the time that he would be well treated. The main reason you were not told was that Kushina died in childbirth and Minato died when he sealed the Kyuubi. So you guys put him in the orphanage. Do you think that Minato would seal the Kyuubi in a simple orphan? How could he trust the child to keep the demon at bay? He used his own son so that he could make sure that the Kyuubi would be restrained." Tsunade explained. "I looked over the reports, there were three other children born that day. All of them died. They were murdered by the villagers and shinobi. The only reason they found out about Naruto was there was a systematic attack on all children born that day. So who told them about the sealing?"
"I know Hiashi was not the one as he did not care either way as long as the demon was contained. The Inuzuka would never kill a child, demon or not. I could point to the Uchiha but there were also three others that would want to see either the demon dead or released as no one knew if killing the child would kill the demon. It could have just released it to continue the rampage. I know Danzou would not have minded as it would help him become Hokage. But you two have the most to gain by Naruto being shown as the container of the Kyuubi." Jiriaya said.
"Why do you think we are behind problems the child has had?" Koharu asked.
"Fugaku had little to gain from his death, the Uchiha were blamed for the arrival of Kyuubi, mostly because of Madara. Only you two had something to gain by letting the civilians know about Naruto. You could have at least told them that he was a blond. That would have save them the trouble of killing the other children and we would have had the village destroyed." Jiriaya replied.
"You think we are responsible for the deaths of people? How many people were killed by the Kyuubi?" Homura asked.
"That is not the point. How many civilians has Naruto killed?" Tsunade asked.
"None so far as we can tell. But he is the incarnation of the Kyuubi." Koharu stated.
"Really? Who do you think got me to come back and become Hokage?" Tsunade asked.
"You have told us that the boy was the one Tsunade-hime. But we do not believe you." Koharu replied.
"Why would I lie about something like that?" Tsunade asked.
"To protect the boy, he seems to have a power to corrupt those he touches." Homura answered.
"I have had it with you two. You drove someone special to me away. He is a promising shinobi and the son of our Fourth Hokage. Yet you drool all over the feet of a traitor. Naruto has given his all for this village and you push the traitor Uchiha over the loyal son of a Hokage. From what I read, you guys caused Itachi to kill the Uchiha clan. Now you want to make amends for that by giving Sasuke whatever he would want. The other clans are in near revolt. They are refusing to give him their clan jutsu. I don't blame them. Sasuke left the village, and became a missing nin. During his escape he did willfully attack and severely injure a loyal shinobi of the Leaf. He also attempted kill said shinobi. Stop me when I am wrong. Naruto fulfilled his duty and brought back the missing nin Uchiha Sasuke. In the course of said mission he used as little force as he could to bring him back. So what happens when he completes his mission successfully? Another shinobi from his team no less verbally assaults him for injuring said Uchiha. She was on his team, and the daughter of a council member." Tsunade said angrily.
Tsunade took a breath. "He was protected from this abuse by another shinobi, bless her heart. Then you attempt to kill that poor girl's heart and destroy Naruto in the process by ordering her to marry the traitor Uchiha. You are lower than low."
"He was meant to be a weapon and is unstable. As for the girl she would have been happier with Uchiha Sasuke. And our village might have had a stronger Sharingan from such a union." Homura replied.
"What are you talking about? Uchiha Sasuke is years away from producing heirs. Uzumaki Hyuuga Hinata also totally loathes Uchiha Sasuke. For his attack on Naruto at the valley of the end and because of how he treated Naruto over the course of the academy. If you wanted a better Sharingan you should have picked a different Hyuuga not the heir to the house. That would have brought the Hyuuga under Sasuke and that would have spelled certain death for the idiot. And as for Naruto being a weapon, you both really screwed that up." Tsunade stated.
"How do you see that?" Koharu asked.
"If you wanted him to be a weapon you should have made sure that he got the training that Sasuke was starting to recieve. He would have been more as you say stable and much stronger than he is now. But you thought that having him shunned would be better. You are just lucky he did not break the seal or the death of this village would have been on your heads. As it stands now you have all the blood that Naruto has shed on your hands. A Sanin would have died by now for the punishment he has received over the years." Jiriaya replied.
"That is not our concern." Koharu stated.
"Old hag, I do not see how sensei could have trusted you. I know you or Danzou ordered the deaths of the Uchiha clan. I could even prove it. Would you like me to tell a certain Uchiha?" Jiriaya angrily stated.
"You wouldn't. It would cause the boy to run to Orochimaru again. And we need him here to rebuild the Uchiha clan." Homura replied defensively.
"He leaves we lock him up and use him as a sperm donor to do that." Tsunade said with a smirk.
"And have that lazy Hatake train them in the use of the Sharingan. I think not." Koharu replied.
"Sasuke has peaked in his training for now. He is not willing to put forth any more effort in becoming stronger as he has captured all the jutsu the village will give him. Individuals are ready to revolt as they do not want to give up either personal or family jutsu to Sasuke. You remember how the clans laughed him out of the council meeting only to have him be restrained by ANBU for attacking Hiashi and Inoichi?" Tsunade asked.
"I remember it well. But the clans as well as individual were ordered by the council to give Sasuke the jutsu. So there was expected to be some resentment." Koharu replied.
"Naruto acted more responsible when he was exiled when you compare the two. Sure he played a prank but he did not attack anyone. And compared to the council Naruto is a saint." Jiriaya said as he chuckled.
"A saint? He made us look like oni. The villagers ran from us for a couple days." Danzou angrily stated.
"You deserved it for what the boy has had to endure for years. You only got a very small taste of what he has had to endure. You only had to deal with it for a couple days. He has had to deal with it for all of his life!" Tsunade yelled.
"I see we are getting nowhere. The council has requested all your personal correspondence with the boy and his 'wife' be delivered to the council. The council will then review it as there seem to be some discrepancies in his letters to the council and reports we receive from the normal missions. Also the council is requesting the same from Hyuuga Hiashi." Koharu stated.
"You also want the ones sent to Gaara in Suna?" Jiriaya asked.
"Actually we do. And we also want Yamanaka Ino returned to Konoha to assume her duties as wife of Uchiha Sasuke." Homura stated.
"Like hell I will. She is on a diplomatic mission there with the future Kazekage. She also refuses to sleep with the traitor. She told me that if he touches her she will have him charged with rape." Tsunade replied.
"Tsunade-hime, this is the will of the council." Koharu stated.
"And I am the Hokage. Ino stays put. Also I am sure that none of the clan heads were at this meeting so it is not valid and the council will not be able enforce these requests. You understand the council is close to starting a civil war in this village by pushing the wellbeing of one person and his destroyed clan above all the rest, and a traitor no less. You are creating a time bomb that will blow up in our faces." Tsunade said as the veins on her temples popped out.
"Uchiha Sasuke is the one true hope for this village and the council believes he should be your successor. He is intelligent and will be strong when the time comes." Homura stated.
"I will not name a psychotic traitor as Hokage. I would just as soon name Konohamaru than Sasuke." Tsunade stated as Jiriaya started laughing hard.
"The Uchiha were never truly loyal to Konoha. They came here for protection. Their clan would have been eventually slaughtered if they had not joined with Konoha. My grandfather forced the Uchiha to join but the other clans that joined did so willingly. Now my clan is nearly gone and you want to try to resurrect a clan that wanted war more than anything?" Jiriaya asked.
"The council has been hurting our allies. Suna, Snow, Tea, Wave, and others are very angry that the council would actually banish Naruto. He is seen as a hero in Tea, Snow and Wave, especially Wave. Jobs are going to Suna that should have gone to us because of the 'councils' brilliant idea to banish Naruto." Tsunade added.
"What is so wrong in bringing back the Uchiha?" Homura asked.
"What is wrong? We have been telling you what is wrong. Uzumaki Namikaze Hyuuga Naruto is the most loyal shinobi we had in the village. Now he is out traipsing the countryside with his wife and I hope for your sake that he is not captured by the Akatsuki. I am not sure what they want but they appear to want Naruto. And you guys have nearly delivered him into their hands." Jiriaya angrily stated.
"Well then call him back." Koharu replied.
"And what have him executed for breaking the councils will? Then have Hinata marry Sasuke?" Tsunade asked.
"Why would that be so bad?" Homura asked.
"Well… as soon as you were to start the execution you would more than likely have a revolt on your hands. I know I would be part of the group to leave Konoha taking Naruto with us. You would lose the Hyuuga, the Nara, the Yamanaka, and a good portion of the shinobi force. I am also guessing that you would lose your sitting Hokage." Jiriaya stated as Tsunade nodded. "You might also find the Uchiha dead as the group left."
"You are proposing treason Jiriaya-san. Would you like to be brought up on charges against the council?" Koharu asked.
"Bring it on. I know the only person who can match me is Tsunade-hime and while she likes to knock me around for being an idiot she would not carry out a fight for the council on this matter." Jiriaya said smiling. "As for the personal correspondence you can forget it."
There was a knock at the door. "Come in." Tsunade replied. "And here is one of the people who we are just talking about." Tsunade stated as Sasuke and Sakura walked through the door.
The ANBU closed the door behind the two genin. "So why am I not allowed to use my curse seal mark when not on missions?" Sasuke asked.
An ANBU appeared and whispered something into Tsunade's ear. Tsunade became very angry.
"What happened?" Homura asked.
"There was a confrontation with bug boy and dog boy." Sakura angrily replied.
"You should also mention that the Aburame and Inuzuka informed Sasuke that they will not be giving him their family jutsu." Tsunade stated. "According to the council you are a valuable asset so to protect this asset you are now under house arrest for the next six months. You will not be able to pee without an ANBU watching you. Do I make myself clear?"
"Cha… yeah whatever." Sasuke arrogantly responded. "So when is dobe coming back so that I can pummel him?"
"Namikaze Naruto will not be returning for at least four more years. And I am sure he will have something special for both of you when he returns." Jiriaya responded with an evil smile.
Sakura swallowed hard. Sasuke just rolled his eyes.
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"Suki… Suki…" Sokka continued to mumble as the group flew away from Kyoshi Island.
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A/N: Hope you liked the chapter. Again my muse was having fun. This is my true bashing fic. I love to insult Sasuke in this fic, he is a true emo and we will see just how arrogant he is next Manga… lol I hope the eight tails gives him a yokai enema…
Well that is enough of my ranting. Next episode we will get to meet some new firebenders, ok they will get beat up. Naruto and Hinata learn more about bending. I hope it will not be a boring chapter but hey maybe my muse will have something neat for you. Well again I hope you enjoyed the chapter.