"Naruto"- Person Talking
'Naruto' - Person thinking
"Naruto"- Demon/Summon Talking
'Naruto' - Demon/Summon thinking
Italic - Letter/ Journal
(A/N: Author's Note)
Disclaimer : I do not own Naruto.
Summary: Namikaze's are the cousin's of Uchiha similar to how Uzumaki's are the cousin's of Senju. Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, Only child of the Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki among the triplets who is unable to use chakra. Only to be used as a scapegoat to the Kyuubi's attack then married to Fourth Raikage in a political marriage to prevent war from breaking out. Will she be able to unlock her chakra, will she find the love and acceptance that she always wanted...? Sharingan/Wood Style/Rinnegan Naruto. God like Naruto. Alive Minato & Kushina. Neglect Naruto. Fem NarutoXA
A/N: Hi Guys, It's time for me to clarify the ages of the different characters. I want to tell you this in the previous chapter but couldn't because of the rush.
Naruto and rookies: 12
Minato/ Kushina: 34
A: 38
B: 28
Darui/ C: 19
Mabui: 20
Samui/ Omoi/ Karui: 14
Other's age are the same as the cannon.
adamekevin23: As I have said earlier I have no plans on abandoning this story. So don't worry.
CMVreud / idea getthe: Sorry but Danzo is really good in covering his tracks. Don't worry I have plans for him. He won't know what hit him.
Cool: That's one of the major point in my story. When Naruto will show everyone in the leaf village what they have thrown out and what Kumo has gained in front of everyone. Take a guess when She will show them.
Kunoichi of the Moonlit Night: Well it takes time to write and my job is also not helping me either. I have started working on this chapter 2 days after coming back. I am sorry for the delay but I am trying my best to release a new chapter in every two weeks at max.
roboguy45: I hope you will like this chapter. They have suffered because of how Naruto treated them.
chibi monsta: Oh don't worry. It will be lot better than Leaf village.
douglas bailey 7946: English is not my native language and I was never good in that. I am trying my best to make less and less mistakes. Thank you for your patience.
TamashinoSuzume: It warms my heart when you put it like that. And that cry comment, it makes me feel that you are really trying to connect to this story. Thanks a lot for your support.
Draph91: I can't do that buddy. That is really opposite to Naruto's actual golden heart and forgiving character.
Some of you asked me to move Naruto to kumo immediately. Sorry but it will happen after couple of chapters. I can't break the flow of the story. I have some plans for the wedding. SO please wait for it.
Chapter 6 - Last Days in the Leaf
Next Day - Early Morning - Namikaze Mansion (Naruto's Room)
Naruto was laying in her bed, she has just finished reading the file that her father has given her last night. After coming back to her room last night, she went inside her mindscape because she heard her father telling Jiraiya and Tsunade to not to follow her. So she went inside her mindscape to cry her heart out and get the comfort from the last possible person anybody would have thought, The Kyuubi.
At first she thought about running away from the leaf village but came to the realization that even if she somehow managed to ditch her ANBU guards like previous day before going inside the forest of death, they will catch her within a day. She also thought about using Kurama's chakra but she knew if that happen then her father most likely will intervene and then only God knows what will happen to her afterwards.
She also thought about asking Jiraiya and Tsunade for help but dropped this idea because she didn't want them to get into trouble because of her. She even thought about telling her parents everything about her chakra, Kurama and her sharingan; which Kurama has told her about, but dropped this idea because her father's last words were still ringing inside her ears. Useless, that's what they called her.
(A/N: The conversation between Naruto and Kurama will be explained later on.)
All she wanted was to become a kunoichi and earn her parents and village's respect but after the yesterday's revelation, she didn't want to do anything with them and that's why she decided that she will not tell them anything.
After her discussion with Kurama, she has already made up her mind to go through with the whole marriage thing. She knew that she will have to tell Raikage everything as soon as possible and that's why she was cursing her luck right now.
'Damn these rules and regulations. Why am I not even allowed to send any kind of message to Raikage-sama. Furthermore why they have to forbid us to even talk to each other before our marriage,' thought Naruto. She has decided that she will tell Raikage everything at the first chance she got. She didn't knew how he will react after the revelation. She just hoped that he will consider her situation and forgive her but if he felt deceived then she will take his punishment whole heartily, no matter what it will be.
'From what I am able to understand from the Raikage's file; after reading the my file that has been sent to him, he must be cursing his luck. Almost everything that has been written in my file is wrong. At the time like this I am cursing that mask that I wore to fool everyone. I don't think that the way I am now, the real me, even that won't be enough to earn his respect. Sorry Itachi-nii, it seems that the child Naruto has to die in order for a mature Naruto to take her place. She is the only one who has the chance to earn the Coud village's and Eaikage's respect,' thought Naruto.
She has already decided that until she has left the leaf village, she won't show her true self to anyone. With that thought she got up from the bed and went inside the bathroom.
Namikaze Mansion (half an hour later)
Minato, Kushina, Menma and Mito were sitting inside the kitchen, waiting for Naruto. Naruto strolled down from the stairs. She was wearing her usual orange jumpsuit but unlike her usual goofy expression, there was no expression on her face. She started walking towards the exit. When they seen her walking outside, Kushina called her.
"Naruto-chan come here. I have prepared your favorite ramen for the breakfast," said Kushina smiling slightly.
"I don't want to bother you Kushina-sama. I will eat something outside," replied Naruto in a emotionless voice.
Everybody have the shocked expression after hearing Naruto's words. Never have Naruto called Kushina anything except kaa-chan. So it was natural that everybody cringed after hearing how Naruto has addressed Kushina.
Before Naruto could start walking towards the exit again, Minato rose up from his seat and walked towards her and crouched down to her eye level and put his hands on her shoulders but Naruto gave no visual reaction to it.
"Naruto-chan you are no bother to us. I am sorry about what I said to you last night. I lost my cool back then. I am also sorry that you have to marry to the Raikage. I understand that you are angry but you have to understand that I had no choice but to accept." said Minato.
"There is nothing to apologies for Hokage-sama. You are looking after your people that you are sworn to protect. I have already accepted this marriage so you don't have to worry about that. Now if you excuse me, I need to leave," said Naruto in a same emotionless voice.
Minato don't know that whether he should be happy that her daughter has accepted the marriage or upset that it had cost them whatever relationship they had with Naruto. All he wanted right now to make up to her but it seems like she didn't want to do anything with them.
"Where are you going this early in the morning?" asked Minato
"I am going to the Senju compound," replied Naruto.
"But why?" asked Minato.
"It never bothered any of you that where I was going earlier so why does it matter now. But if you are curious then I am going there to find out more about the political marriage and its customs," said Naruto.
They cringed when Naruto pointed out their faults. They couldn't help but feel downcast at the obvious neglect that they have shown towards their eldest daughter/sister.
Mito and Menma wanted to apologies to Naruto about how they treated her but feeling too guilty to even look up in her eyes. Tsunade's words from last night still ringing in their ears. She has looked out for them even when they were mean towards her.
Minato and Kushina wanted to spend time with her and make it up to her before she has to leave for Iron country for the marriage. So they tried to try their luck.
"Don't worry about that; I will teach you the customs. You don't have to go to Senju compound for that," said Kushina.
"Yeah I have to go to the council meeting right now but I will also help you out after that," added Minato hoping that it will stop her but Naruto had other plans.
"As I said that I don't want to bother you anymore than I have to and you also have the other responsibilities Hokage-sama. Beside there was only one political marriage that happened before this and that was between Mito Uzumaki and Hashirama Seju. The best place to find out about the political marriage is the Senju compound since all the records that Uzumaki clan had, was destroyed with the destruction of the whirlpool village. Now by your leave," said Naruto.
Minato and Kushina couldn't argue with that. They know that whatever Naruto have said was indeed true. They couldn't help but stare at her as she walked out from the main gate of the Namikaze mansion.
Tears slipped out from their eyes as they stood there hoping that Naruto will come back and tell them that she forgave them but alas, she never returned.
"She will never forgive us Minato-kun. We have destroyed whatever relationship we had with her. We will never be able to make it up to her," said Kushina while crying openly.
"I don't know what to do anymore Kushina-chan. At this moment I am hoping that I was never groomed as a Fourth Hokage. Being Hokage was my dream but I had never imagined that it will cost me and my family and specially my daughter this much," said Minato.
Mito and Menma rose up from their seats and ran up to their parents and hugged them tightly. Minato and Kushina returned the hug as the whole Namikaze family cried in each other arms.
"She always looked after us but we gave her nothing but pain and suffering," said Menma as he cried openly.
"Do you think that nee-chan will forgive us?" asked Mito solemnly.
"I am sure that in time she will. You should try to talk to her in academy. Just apologies to her and I am sure that she will forgive you," said Kushina.
'I hope,' she added mentally.
Few Minutes later (Senju Compound)
Tsunade and Jiraiya was having tea. Shizune has went to the hospital for her shift. Tsunade has told him everything about Naruto's treatment last night.
"I still can't believe how much Minato has fucked up. But what I am unable to understand is why you and sensei never did anything about it?" asked Jiraiya.
"Believe me I have tried everything I can and sensei, he don't even know anything about it," said Tsunade.
"Then why didn't you informed him about Naruto's treatment," said Jiraiya.
"You have seen sensei. He was nothing but the shell of his former self after Biwako-sama died but the death of his eldest son has hit him harder than we have imagined. On top of that his relationship with Asuma didn't help either. He rarely comes out of the Sarutobi compound. He is not even coming out for most of the council meetings. Only times he is coming out of the compound is if anything major happened. He usually spend his time with his grandson Konohamaru. Naruto-chan also met him few times and seen his suffering. She didn't want to disturb him anymore so she didn't told him anything and asked me to do the same," replied Tsunade.
"What do we do now Tsunade?" asked Jiraiya.
"I don't know Jiraiya, I really don't. The max we can do is to be there for Naruto as much as we can. Do you think that you will be able to take a break from your responsibilities for a month?" asked Tsunade.
"Sure, Even I want to spend as much time as I can with my Naruto-chan. It is the least I can do for her," replied Jiraiya.
They both stopped their conversation when the doorbell rang.
"It must be Naruto-chan. Are you coming pervert?" asked Tsunade.
"Sure," replied Jiraiya and they both went to greet Naruto.
Tsunade opened the door and true to her instinct it was Naruto. She immediately embraced her in a strong hug.
"Ba..Baa-chan, c..can't breathe," said Naruto.
Tsunade released her and apologized. "Are you okay Naruto-chan?" asked a concerned Tsunade.
"Yes I am fine," replied Naruto as she gave a hug to Jiraiya and they all went inside.
"How are you feeling Naruto-chan?" asked Tsunade.
"Betrayed but I have already came to term with the whole marriage and all, if that's what you were asking," replied Naruto.
"If there is anything we can do for you then don't hesitate to ask. ok?" said Jiraiya.
"Well can you teach me everything about law, customs and everything related to political marriage baa-chan?" asked Naruto.
"Ok Naruto-chan but it will take some time. Is there anything else?" asked Tsunade as she gave a smile to Naruto.
"W..Well can you also teach me about being a wife?" asked a embarrassed Naruto while pocking both of her index fingers in Hinata like manner.
"Ha ha ha ha You are asking about being a wife to Tsunade of all people," said Jiraiya while rolling to ground while clutching his sides.
"What was that you pervert?" asked Tsunade as a vein popped on her temple.
"N..nothing" replied a cowering Jiraiya.
Tsunade started rolling her sleeves as Jiraiya started backing up in fear. But they both stopped when they heard a soft giggling voice. They both turned towards the voice and found that it was Naruto. They both stood there with wide eyes because both of them have never heard her giggling in a long while. Her giggle was quite sweet and like the music to their ears.
"You both are funny when you are together," Naruto said in a soft voice.
Tsunade and Jiraiya were more shocked then before they have noticed the change in her voice. Instead of her usual loud and rough voice, It was sweet and melodic voice.
"N..Naruto-chan what happened to your voice?" asked a wide eyed Tsunade.
"Well, I used to mask my voice. Some years ago one drucken villager said that a demon like me shouldn't have a angel like voice and tried to pour some kind of liquid inside my mouth but my ANBU guards stopped him but even then some of the liquid has dropped inside my mouth. My throat was hurt and it made my voice rough for some time. It was quite painful and I was a coughing fit and I had to avoid the solid food for couple of weeks. The damage healed overtime but after that incident I have started to mask my voice to avoid such kind of incident. Everybody believed that my voice has changed because of the said incident and they at least stopped trying to hurt me like that," replied Naruto.
"But why did you hid it from me?" asked Tsunade. She knew about that incident but wasn't able to treat her because she was outside of the town at that time.
"It has became a instinct baa-chan. I am sorry if I have hurt you," replied Naruto.
"There is no need to apologies Naruto-chan. But can you tell me why now of all the time you decided to use your original voice?" asked Tsunade.
"Because I am dropping that mask baa-chan. I don't want to make Raikage feel deceived if he found out about that later on. I will keep this mask in public until the time for me to leave has finally arrived. I trust both of you to not to tell anyone about it. Can you promise me?" asked Naruto.
Tsunade and Jiraiya both nodded in understanding and promised her that they will not to tell anything to anyone.
"You haven't answered my last question yet baa-chan?" asked Naruto.
"Sure I don't see any problem in that. I think it's time for you to learn about birds and bees. And no Jiraiya no you are not going to teach her anything about that," said Tsunade after noticing the perverted expression on Jiraiya's face.
"Oh come on hime. She need to learn how to pleasure a man to be a good wife. At least let her read my novels. It will give her some insight," said Jiraiya. He was hoping that at least one of her godchild will see the way of a pervert and this was a perfect excuse for him to make her read his novels.
Tsunade was about to retort but Naruto cut her off.
"Really Jiraiya-oji-san?" asked Naruto.
"No Naruto-chan you don't need those trash," said Tsunade.
Jiraiya wanted to retort but he also knew that if he said anyting then Tsunade will beat him to pulp.
Naruto turned towards Tsunade and used her puppy eyes. Tsunade tried to resist but soon crumbled away. No matter how many times she has seen it, she was never able to say no to those eyes.
"FINE... but one and only one time got that," said Tsunade. Her voice clearly left no room for the argument and the aura that has surrounded her didn't help it either.
Both of them nodded in fear but inside Jiraiya was dancing. He handed all of the icha icha novels to Naruto.
"First let me teach you then you can read those trash," said Tsunade with irritation in her voice.
"Anything else brat?" asked Tsunade.
"Yeah when I was in a hospital onetime, I heard some anti pregnancy something. Can you tell me what was that. I heard that it was to stop pregnancy. Can you teach me that also?" asked Naruto.
"It is anti pregnancy jutsu. In simple words this jutsu will prevent a girl or woman from being pregnant until they think that it is right time for them to become a mother and sorry you won't be able to learn this jutsu because it requires chakra," said Tsunade in a solemn voice since she didn't know that Naruto can use chakra now.
"But I can use chakra now baa-chan. See" said Naruto as she made a ram seal and summoned her chakra. Soon she was enveloped in a blue aura.
Jiraiya and Tunade both stood there shocked but their shock soon turned into joy as they hugged Naruto.
"Congratulations Naruto-chan. When it happened and why didn't you told anybody?" asked Jiraiya.
"I unlocked it yesterday when I was training in the woods and that is what want I want to tell all of you before that whole marriage thing has been dropped on me. They didn't even gave me a chance to explain myself and told me to go inside my room," said Naruto.
"Let's go inform everyone. I am sure that everyone will be happy for you. They might even drop this marriage idea after that," said Tsunade.
"No baa-chan. We are not going to tell anyone. They said it themselves that nothing will change their decision and besides Raikage already knew that there is a chance that I will be able to unlock my chakra. So I ask you to tell a soul," asked Naruto.
Both Tsunade and Jiraiya nodded and asked what else she can do. She explained that how she was able to learn replacement and transformation jutsu and how she has to learn shadow clone jutsu instead of normal clone jutsu. She also told them that she was also able to master leaf balancing exercise. She left out the part of meeting with Kurama and the Sharingan purposely.
"No way. You were able to learn all that in a single day?" asked both Jiraiya and Tsunade.
"Yeah," replied Naruto happily.
"I am so happy for you," said Jiraiya and Tsunade simultaneously.
"So brat as promised, here is the toad contract. You can sign it," said Jiraiya as he bring out the toad summoning contract.
"Wait let me bring the slug summoning contract as well," said Tsunade.
On Namikaze siblings tenth birthday, Mito and Menma signed the toad summoning contract after Minato has requested Jiraiya. Jiraiya has allowed it and sent a letter addressed to Naruto. In that letter he has said that he will let her sign the contract once she has unlocked her chakra.
Naruto looked down and said "I don't think that I will be able to sign the toad or slug summoning contract." said Naruto.
"Why?" asked both Tsunade and Jiraiya.
"Toad and slugs has aligned themselves to the leaf village and since I will become a citizen of cloud village and land of lightning after my marriage, I can't sign any of the contract who has aligned themselves to the leaf village," said Naruto.
Jiraiya and Tsunade nodded in understanding. They forgot about that completely.
"Hey but you can teach me everything else," said Naruto while trying to cheer up their mood.
"You won't be able to learn everything in such a short time Naruto-chan. But don't worry we will give you the scrolls so that you can learn it later," said Tsunade.
"I am not allowed to bring any of the jutsu scroll or any clan scroll as per the treaty signed between the two village," Naruto said solemnly.
"WHAT? Are you sure about that Naruto-chan?" asked Tsunade and Jiraiya.
"Yes. I've finished reading the terms and conditions this morning. This was one of the clause written in that," said Naruto.
"This is not fair. Isn't it enough that you have to marry the Raikage. Now they are making sure that you won't be able to learn anything from us," said Tsunade as Jiraiya stood there trying to figure out a solution.
"I may not be able to bring the jutsu scroll but that doesn't mean that I can't remember it and learn it later on," said Naruto with mischievous eyes.
"But how are you going to learn everything in so little time. There are so many things. It's just impossible to even read it let alone remember it," said Jiraiya.
"It hurts that you are asking such kind of questions to one of the most creative mind of the leaf village. I haven't earned the title of prankster queen of hell for nothing oji-san," said Naruto in a mock hurt expression.
"What do you mean?" asked Jiraiya clearly not understanding what she was up to.
"Tell me, what are the advantages of Shadow Clone Jutsu?" asked a smirking Naruto.
They thought for a moment then realization hit them. They stood there wide eyed. Soon they started to laugh together.
"Truly the most trickster mind of the village," said Tsunade between the laughs.
Naruto made a hand sign and summoned two hundred clones and sent them to the library. She has summoned the clones with instruction to use the Sharingan to memorize everything. She was clearly intended to use the Sharingan's photographic memory advantage to its fullest.
Meanwhile Jiraiya has putted up a barrier around the Senju compound so that nobody will be able to see, hear or sense anything. They went to the backyard for training. The backyard was quite large. It has some trees, a small pond and some training dummies. Naruto then summoned another two hundred clones to train with Tsunade and Jiraiya.
"How can you summon so many clones Naruto-chan. They are more than what Mito and Menma can summon?" asked Tsunade.
"From what I was able to deduce is that my chakra capacity is larger than Mito or Menma and my chakra is also more denser than theirs," replied Naruto.
"But why?" asked Jiraiya.
Naruto shrugged her shoulders and said " May be because of the same reason that I was unable to use chakra for this long.". Naruto was feeling a bit guilty inside that she has to hide the complete truth from them but at least she was not lying to them. After all the reason for her denser chakra and chakra capacity is the same as why she was unable to use her chakra earlier.
They nodded in understanding. It seems there is nothing usual when it comes to Naruto.
"Ok then let's get started," said Tsunade.
Few Minutes Later (Council Chambers)
Minato has summoned the clan heads, elders and civilian council for the council meeting. He told them that it's regarding the new treaty they have signed with the cloud village and land of lightning. Minato even asked the third hokage to be present for this council meeting.
"What happened Hokage-sama. Are you alright. You seems to be disturbed at the moment. We can postponed the meeting if you are not feeling well?" asked a ever stoic Hiashi Hyuga.
"No its alright. I am fine." replied Minato but his face shows otherwise. He was clearly looking disturbed and uneasy like somebody has just robbed him from his greatest treasure which was somewhat true.
Hiashi nodded but Shikaku gave Minato a look of understanding. Shikaku hasn't said anything to anyone because Minato asked him not to. He wanted to inform the council on his own.
"So what happened in the summit Hokage-sama?" asked Shibi Aburame.
Minato took a deep breath and proceeded to tell them about the meeting. At the end everybody was silent. They now understood why he was looking so disturbed.
Hiruzen Sarutobi understood his situation better anyone else. He knew that sometimes a kage has to sacrifice his greatest treasure to save his village and even this was too much to ask to any kage but he knew he couldn't do anything in this situation. On the other hand he was angry at Danzo for causing so much trouble. He knew that Danzo never disbanded the root but there was no proof.
"Danzo care to tell us why you have continued the root even after you were ordered to disbanded it?" said Minato with anger filled voice and everybody can understand that why he was so angry.
"I have disbanded it as soon as I got the order," said Danzo in a natural voice.
"Then what you have to say about this incident since it is clear that it was root shinobi who has caused us so much trouble with the cloud village?" asked Minato.
"I don't know what happen to the root shinobi after I have disbanded the organization. I thought that they have simply spread around the land of fire and leaf village. I don't know what happened to them afterwards," replied Danzo.
Minato gritted his teeth. He knew that he was lying but there was no proof against Danzo and he simply couldn't execute him on suspicion alone.
"Fine then. I am ordering all the ANBU to search every vicinity in search for the root base and issuing the kill on sight order for any root shinobi," said Minato.
Everybody nodded including Danzo. Danzo knew that he has to stop the recruiting and lay low for some time.
"How did Naruto-chan took this news?" asked Hiruzen in concern. He did met her few times. She was such a sweet and polite girl. It's sad that she was unable to use her chakra but her determination and will to never give up has always surprised him.
"Like any child would have responded. She throw a tantrum around at first and cried herself to sleep," said Minato.
"So she didn't agreed to it. Well that was expected," said Shikaku.
"I never said that. She has agreed to get married to the Raikage. She told me so just after coming out from her room this morning," said Minato.
Everybody was shocked after hearing this. It take guts to become a sacrificial limb. Even almost all of the kunoichi would have refused to this if they were in place of Naruto. But after hearing that Naruto has agreed to the marriage was truly astonishing.
"A true shinobi. She may not be a ninja yet but her mind and heart is at the right place. Wouldn't you agree Hiruzen?" asked Danzo. Danzo may be an old war hawk but even he can give respect to some of the people who has earned it and it seems that Naruto has just entered into that list after Itachi Uchiha.
It was truly astonishing for everyone present inside the council chambers to see that Danzo of all people was praising someone but they can understand that the said praise was well earned. So everybody nodded in response even some of the civilian councilors has also agreed.
"Where is she right now?" asked Hiruzen.
"She has gone to the Senju compound to learn about the law and customs of the political marriage since only Senju clan had the information about it and they have documented everything really well," said Minato.
If anybody wasn't impressed earlier then they were clearly impressed now because of Naruto's insightfulness.
"Poor her," said Tsume. She almost summoned everybody thoughts.
"What's so poor about her. We should be happy that the demon will be finally gone from our village," said a civilian councilor.
As soon as he said that, He was subjected to a massive killing intent courtesy of the Fourth Hokage.
"Listen well and listen all of you. I have allowed you to torture my daughter and use her as an anger outlet in hope that once you have released your pent up anger you will leave her alone but now I realize that it was mistake on my part," as soon as Minato said this, everybody who didn't knew about the Naruto's suffering, was looking at him like he just grew a second head. The one who was most shocked was none other than the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. He like many of the clan heads was unaware of it and couldn't understand how their beloved Hokage can allow such a thing but listened to him as he continued.
"What you don't know is that she knew everything about it. She even knew that I was allowing you all to hurt her. She is also strong enough to kill all of you when you attacked her but she let you live all the time. But I had enough now. I will give you one last and final warning. Whatever time she has left in this village, let her live peacefully and as happily as she can. If any of you even tried to hurt her then I will kill you all personally and I am also issuing the same order to all of my ANBU. Is that clear?" said Minato as he released another wave of massive amount of killing intent in the end.
All the councilor could only nod at this point as they were frozen in their place because of the killing intent.
"This meeting is adjourned." said Minato as every civilian councilor ran out of the room along with the elders leaving only clan heads and Hiruzen inside the room.
"Minato how could you allow that?" asked Hiruzen.
"I don't know what came into me when I allowed it and right now I am regretting it at every moment. Whatever relationship I had with her is also lost because of this marriage. Kushina and I, we both wanted to make it up to her after her twelfth birthday but then I left for the summit and the I had to break the news of the marriage to her. Right now she is not allowing us to even spend time with her," said Minato.
Everyone understood that Minato was truly regretting if his tears were any indication.
"Moreover she has also stopped calling us tou-san and kaa-chan. Now it's Hokage-sama and Kushina-sama," said Mianto.
Everybody cringed at this. This was the one of the biggest slap a parent can receive from their child, when their child stopped acknowledging them as his or her parent.
"Please just leave," Minato almost begged and everybody left the room and Minato flashed back to his office.
Same time (Cloud Village - Raikage Office)
A was reading Naruto's file. Darui, C, B and Mabui were also with him. They all are reading the file with A at the moment.
"Loud, brash, prankster, mischievous; she is nothing but a brat. Look at her orange jumpsuit. I mean who even wears such bright colors AND I have to marry her? Kami-sama save me," said A as he massaged his temples.
"But boss look at the bright side. See her measurements and she already has the low C-cup. Damn," said Darui playfully.
"Do want to do the D rank missions for the rest of your life Darui?" asked an irritated A in a threatening voice and Darui backed up at the threat. He knew that Raikage will follow throw with his threat and he didn't want to spend the rest of his life doing nothing but the D rank missions.
"Bee-sama like her fool ya fool. She has the style that can rival mine yo," said B
"Shut up B or do you want to taste my iron claw again," said A.
Bee backed up at the threat like Darui and Mabui said "Everybody is thinking about A-sama but nobody has even thought about Naruto-chan. What she must be going through right now? It's clear that her rebellion nature is because of her inability to use chakra. Everybody must be treating her as an outcast. I mean just think about it. She is Hokage's daughter but she is unable to use chakra and on top of that she contains the Kyuubi's body and soul. We don't know how everybody must be treating her. When Hokage-sama might be teaching her other children, she must be sitting outside and looking at it. She must be feeling out of place. If my hunch is correct then her prankster attitude is nothing but an act to gain attention. On top of she must have already heard about this marriage. I don't know what I would have done if I was in her shoes."
Everybody fell silent after hearing Mabui's explanation and started thinking about how Naruto must be feeling right now.
"Do you think that she will be able to unlock her chakra Raikage-sama?" asked C.
"I don't know C. She was unable to do that even after trying all these years. I don't know whether she will be able to it or not," said A.
"How are you going to treat her Raikage-sama. I mean she is nothing but a kid but she will going to be your wife also. How are you going to proceed with it and what are you going to do if she really decided to be a ninja?" asked Darui.
"I DON"T KNOW DAM IT," shouted A in irritation and after taking a deep breath he continued "First I have to meet her and get to know her better only then I will be able to decide about how I should treat her and I will stick to my words. She has to prove herself if she wants to be a ninja." said A.
Night time (Namikaze mansion)
Naruto dragged herself inside the Namikaze mansion. She was totally spent. She was also suffering from a major headache because of all the shadow clones she has used for training. Hiruzen Sarutobi has also came to visit her inside Senju compound.
FLASHBACK (Senju Compound) - Few hours earlier
Doorbell of Senju compound rang again. Tsunade went to check the door and shouted "Naruto, sensei is here. He must have came here to check on you. If you don't want your secret to be found out then I suggest that you dispel all of your clones."
Naruto who was busy in training with her clones stopped in her tracks and dispelled the clones including the one's in the library. And because of all the clone memories, she was suffering from a major headache right now.
"Are you alright kiddo?" asked Jiraiya.
"Yeah just give me few minutes," said Naruto.
'Kurama can you lessen the headache please?' said Naruto.
'Sure Kit. But it may take some few minutes. Can you manage it till then?' asked Kurama.
'Yeah I can manage and thank you.' replied Naruto.
Tsunade has sensed that Naruto has dispelled her clones so she opened the door.
Hiruzen walked inside the compound and said "Hello Tsunade-hime. How are you?"
"I am fine sensei. Please come inside," replied Tsunade.
They walked inside and Tsunade asked "If I am not wrong then you must have came here to meet Naruto-chan."
"Yes. I came here to see her." said Hiruzen.
"She is at the backyard. She will be back in a few minutes. Would you like to have some tea?" asked Tsunade.
"Sure. Tea sounds good," said Hisruzen.
"Ok wait here I will be back in a few minutes," said Tsunade.
Tsunade went inside the kitchen while Hiruzen waited for Naruto.
Few minutes later Naruto and Jiraiya came inside the house.
"Jiji" Naruto shouted and ran towards Hiruzen and gave her a hug and Hiruzen hugged her back.
"How are you sensei?" asked Jiraiya.
"I am fine Jiraiya. It's good to see you back," said Hiruzen as he released Naruto from the hug.
"Came to see Naruto-chan?" asked Jiraiya.
Hiruzen nodded and asked Naruto "How are you Naruto-chan?"
"I am fine jiji," replied Naruto while masking her voice.
"Why didn't you tell me anything about your treatment?" asked Hiruzen.
Naruto sighs and replied "I didn't want to bother you jiji. You were already sad about your wife and son's demise and then Asuma-san went to the Fire capital to become one of the guardian of the fire daimyo despite your protest. I just didn't want to disturb you more then you already were. Besides this way I was also protecting my siblings. So I choose not to tell you."
She then proceeded to tell him why she did what she did. Jiraiya and Tsunade, who has came back when Jiraiya and Naruto strolled in, were also listening carefully to her explanation.
"Naruto-chan you have the heart of the gold. You are one of the bravest and the most kind hearted soul I have ever seen in my life," said Hiruzen.
"Even greater than baa-chan?" asked Naruto.
"Yes even greater than her. It's a shame that the leaf village has never appreciated you. They don't know yet that what they are going to lose. I have to say that I have never seen the will of fire burns as brightly as yours in anyone, well may be expect Hashirama-sensei," Hiruzen replied while smiling.
"Thank you jiji," said Naruto as she gave him another hug as a token of appreciation.
Hiruzen returned the hug and they have chatted for another hour before Hiruzen left the compound and Naruto went back to her training after summoning her clones.
FLASHBACK END
Her family was waiting for her at dinner table. Kushina greeted her with a smile but Naruto returned it with the same emotionless expression.
"Hello Naruto-chan. Where were you? We were waiting for you. Come have dinner with us," said Kushina.
"I am sorry to keep you waiting but I already had the dinner back at the Senju compound," said Naruto.
"You have been there the whole day? But what about the academy? I thought that you wanted to be a ninja?" asked Minato.
"Yes. I have been at the Senju compound the whole day and the academy? I don't see a point in going to the academy when I am not even going to be the ninja of this village," said Naruto.
"But what about your friends? Don't you want to meet them?" asked Kushina.
"I don't have any friend. Friend is not someone who bullies you or let the others allow you to bully you. Friends also don't look down on you and make the fun of your dream. Now if you excuse me I am going to retire for the night as I am quite tired right now and I have to go back to Senju compound tomorrow." said Naruto as she walked towards her room.
All the other members of the Namikaze family has the downcast expression after hearing her answer.
Next day Morning (Academy)
As soon as Mito and Menma came inside the class room, all the clan heirs except Sasuke surrounded them. Their parents informed them about the treaty last night and they want to confirm it with them.
"Mito-chan, Menma-kun is it true that Naruto is getting married to the Raikage because of some treaty?" asked Ino.
"Yes It's true Ino," replied Mito with a sorrowful voice.
"Where is she. She hasn't even came to the academy yesterday and even today she hasn't came yet?" asked Kiba.
"She won't be coming to the academy anymore," replied Menma.
"What do you mean?" asked Ino.
"She said that she doesn't see a point in coming to the academy when she is not even going to be the ninja of this village," replied Menma.
"But what about us? her friends?" asked Choji.
"None of us were her friends to begin with Choji. She said so herself yesterday. Her exact words were 'I don't have any friend. Friend is not someone who bullies you or let the others allow you to bully you. Friends also don't look down on you and make the fun of your dream.' She was right about that you know. None of us were there when she needed the most and most of the time we did nothing but made the fun out of her," replied Mito
Everybody looked down towards the ground. They never realized how much they were hurting her. All of them wanted to apologies to her but they told them that she is spending her whole day at the Senju compound. She is leaving home early and coming late in night so they won't be able to meet her, not that she wanted to meet them anyway.
Next Day (Night time)
Naruto was returning from the Senju compound. Soon she found herself surrounded by a mob trying to get back at the demon. News of her marriage has already spread around like a wild fire. The demon haters wanted her to suffer few last times before they lost their entertainment. They also heard about the their Hokage's warning but thought that he will not harm them like earlier.
Naruto started running to get away from the villagers. She has no intension on becoming the villagers punching bag again. Usually she could have outrun them but she was physically and mentally tired after training whole day with Tsunade and Jiraiya. Soon they cornered her inside a alley and started beating her. She never cried. She just lay there and took the beating. She didn't want the villagers to feel the pleasure from her suffering.
Few minutes later that alley was filled with massive amount of killing intent. The villagers stopped beating her and turned towards the source of the killing intent and what they saw made their blood run cold in fear.
On top of the roof stood the Fourth Hokage along with Jiraiya and Tsunade with four squads of ANBU. The sannin and Minato has the angry and pissed off expression on their faces.
"I think I already told you all to leave my daughter alone but even then you didn't heed my warning. I will kill you all personally," said Minato as Tsunade and Jiraiya went to check on Naruto. The villages has frozen on their spots in fear. They never thought that their Hokage will follow through with his threat.
Minato created the Rasengan in his hand and was about to trust in one of the villager's face but a voice stopped him in his tracks.
"STOP"
Naruto has collected all her remaining strength and shouted on top of her lungs. Minato turned towards Naruto with confused expression on his face. His jutsu was inches away from the villager's face. That man was shaking in fear and had already pissed in his pants. The other villagers wasn't fairing any better. Their conditions was the same as the man who was about to be killed by Minato but only slightly better.
"N..None O..of the v..vil..villagers died b..because of m..me in the p..past and I..I don't w..want to h..happen that n..now," said Naruto clearly in pain. Tsunade was healing her to lessen the pain.
Tsunade wanted to stop her from speaking any further but knew how stubborn she can be so she just continued healing her.
"Besides t..they would be do..doing me a favor if they k..kill me right now b..because death s..seems to be more c..convenient then living f..for me," said Naruto. It seems that her pain was decreasing because of Tsunade's healing her, if her less of shuttering is anything to go by. Guilt was clearly visible in Minato's eyes. Crowd wasn't fairing any better. They were also feeling the guilt after hearing Naruto's statement. They always tried to hurt her, calling her names and giving her the hate filled glares. But here she was, the same girl they tortured for most of her life protecting them from the wrath of their Hokage.
"Baa-chan can y..you take me b..back to Senju compound. P..please," said Naruto.
Tsunade nodded and picked her up in her arms in a bridal carry and took the rooftops to reach the Senju compound faster so that she can heal her back to full health and Jiraiya followed suit.
Minato turned towards the villagers after dispersing his Rasengan and said "You all made her life living hell but even right now she has protected you all. Even I am guilty on my part for allowing her treatment. I hope that this will be eye opener for you. You didn't even trust my skills in sealing and thought that she is the Kyuubi in human form. If she was the Kyuubi then she wouldn't have stopped me. You all thought that she was a demon right? Then tell me is she is a demon that what does it makes you? This time I will let you live but if this happened again then even Naruto's plight will not stop me from executing you." Minato said and left in shunshin and ANBU's followed suit.
The villagers have bowed their heads in shame and said in unison "W..What have we done?".
A Week Later
The following week has gone relatively well for Naruto. The villagers have stopped giving her hateful looks. Some even came and apologized for their behavior. Apart from the training, she also did the shopping with her godparents. Some of villagers tried to give her the discount or even tried to give her the items for free but she refused every time. She tried to spend the money that she won few years back from the casino. She has spent little to no money from that but her godparents stopped her and insisted on paying the bill themselves. She tried to refuse it at first but reluctantly agreed later on.
Right now Jiraiya was standing in front of Minato inside the hokage tower. He came here to inform Minato about some of the things that Naruto wanted.
"Minato, Naruto has asked me for the key to her seal," said Jiraiya.
"WHAT. But it's too dangerous. We don't know what she will do with the key. What if she tried to release the Kyuubi?" said Minato.
"Minato you should know by now that Naruto is not a fool like you thought she is. She knew that she might die if she release the Kyuubi. But it is the key is to HER seal and according to the treaty, She can take whatever belong solely to her and since it is the key to her seal she can ask for it and we can't refuse her. You never trusted her but at least trust her now on this one." said Jiraiya.
"Fine sensei. I'll trust you on this one. Anything else that Naruto need?" asked Minato.
"She wanted to leave for the iron country after a week with Tsunade and I, to check the wedding preparation herself. I know that both Raikage and you has hired one wedding planner but she wants to make sure that everything is in order," informed Jiraiya.
"But it is around ten days early. Kushina and I wanted to go with her, same as Mito and Menma. We were hoping that we will be able to spend at least some time with her. She is not even spending few minutes with us. This way we were hoping that we will be able to spend at least few hours with her. We won't be able to leave this early. I have hokage's duty, Mito and Menma has academy and Kushina will never leave them alone," said Minato.
"And whose fault is it?" asked Jiraiya.
Minato lowered his head in shame. As much as he wanted to, he can't deny that it was their faults.
"Look you can come a day early. This way you all will be able to send some time with her if she allows you that is," said Jiraiya.
Minato nodded after few moments. Kushina and children will not going to like this, after all they were on the same boat as him.
"One last thing," Jiraiya said but he was looking a bit hesitant.
Minato eyed him suspiciously and after few minutes of silence told him to spit it out already.
"Shewantsmetobethebrideescort," Jiraiya said in hurry but in a low voice.
Minato tried to understand what Jiraiya said but couldn't understand it so asked him to speak properly.
Jiraiya gulped and said "She wants me to be the bride's escort."
"WHAT. Are you out of your mind? Do you know what are you saying?" said Minato as he stood up form chair while releasing the killing intent.
Jiraiya backed up a little because of the killing intent but soon composed himself and said "I know that usually it is father's job to escort his daughter and I tried to convince her that it is you, who should be escorting her instead of me but she said that It is the father's job and I was the more of a father for her than you."
Minato slumped into his chair. He knew that the relation between Naruto and the rest of the family was bad but he didn't knew that she will even deny them their rightful duty. He didn't knew what to do at this point but one thing was clear that it will going to be one of his biggest regrets of his life.
After that Jiraiya left the hokage tower for the Senju compound, leaving Minato in his thoughts.
1 Week Later (Gates of the Leaf village -Early Morning )
Jiraiya, Tsunade and Naruto was standing at the gates of the leaf village ready to leave for the iron country. Two squads of the ANBU were accompanying them on their travel, not that they needed it but Minato insisted them on let the ANBU squads tag along.
Minato, Kushina, Mito and Menma came to see them off as well as Hiruzen. Naruto still had the same emotionless expression plastered on her face. She hadn't replied to any of them except Hiruzen. Namikaze family has tried to hug her but after Naruto took the couple of steps back they have dropped their advances. Hurt look came into their eyes when Naruto responded to Hiruzen and gave him a hug. All four of them have tears in their eyes.
Naruto and company turned around and started running towards the land of fire without looking back. They were traveling at the low to mid chunin pace knowing that Naruto can easily keep up with them. ANBU's, Namikaze's and Hiruzen has the shocked expression on their faces after seeing that Naruto can easily keep up with them at that speed the others were traveling at. They had already realized that Naruto is stronger than she lets on but they had no idea how much. They have just seen the glimpse of Naruto's potential and it had made them more guilty than usual because they have realized that their daughter have achieved the this level on her own without anyone's help.
"The person whose will of fire burn brighter than anyone else that I have ever seen is leaving the leaf village and land of fire. I will pray to Kami-sama that you will find the love, care and respect in cloud village that you deserve but didn't find it here," said Hiruzen in a low voice but others heard it and went back to their homes with tear filled eyes.
A/N: The longest chapter till date. I hope you guys will like it.
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