"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: Hello guys. As requested, I have posted this new chapter within a week instead of usual two weeks.
Some people have some confusion regarding raikage's name. SO let me clear it for you.
All four raikage have the same name that is A(which is in english) but in other language (I think in japanese) is Ē. and in the pairing option only Ē was present so I had to select that option only. And I have also changed the third Raikage name to Z.
I also request to all the reviewers that at least please mention a name, So it will be easier for me to address you and without that I won't be able to reply back.
KMN 91: Well you can't blame me for being a greedy.
Backspace: Snakes summons are with orochimaru, who is a traitor. So it's obvious that she won't be able to sign that as well.
CMVreud: Naruto is not going to rap, so don't worry about it and believe me I am only trying to put the stuff that I thought is important for the story. Some filler will come later on though.
roboguy45: Naruto wasn't using chakra. You don't need chakra to move at the higher speed. Take Gai and lee for the example. I mean they can't use chakra but they are the some of the fastest people in Naruto universe.
Kunoichi of the Moonlit Night: Well they have to appreciate it one way or other. And Danzo. He always wanted to see leaf village at top. He may be an asshole but you can't deny that he loves the leaf village in his own way.
zewing: It's going to be more funny later on. Just wait and watch.
Banpaia Hime: Thanks for the encouragement.
chibi monsta/ Flame2133: Well this time it only took one week. So enjoy.
Chocolate pc: Sorry but it will take one week minimum for every chapter because I am only finding time on weekends or holidays which aren't much and I also have to take care of my office.
TamashinoSuzume: You know that sometimes I really wonder that whether you are really crying or just pulling my leg. But thanks for your support. As for Naruto's life in Kumo. Be ready for a surprise.
Mr lava123: Don't worry, I have some plans for that.
Dage: You are right about that. That's why i have changed the other raikage's name in this fiction to avoid the confusion.
idea getthe: I have to say that you are quite funny. I hope that now your confusion has been cleared. If not then go to the top and read the second line of this author note.
Chapter 7 - Wedding Preparations
Land of Iron - 3 Days Later
Naruto and company has arrived the land of iron. They were still some minutes away from the place, where they are going to stay. The same place where the marriage will going to be held.
"Damn! it's cold as hell," said Naruto.
Tsunade and Jiraiya smirked after seeing Naruto is shivering due to cold.
"Unable to bear the cold brat. I knew that you were a big softy from inside," said Jiraiya. Jiraiya knew that it will rile up Naruto. While Jiraiya, Tsunade and ANBU's were using the thermal coat jutsu to fend off the cold, Naruto didn't have that luxury. It's not like she didn't knew the jutsu. It was one of the few things that Jiraiya and Tsunade had taught the blond before leaving the leaf village. She has decided not to use the jutsu only because she didn't want the ANBU guards to find out about her secret. The snow fall which has started around an hour ago didn't helped it either. Despite the bad weather, they had decided to continue because the castle was only an hour away from the castle.
Naruto gave Jiraiya a glare which promised the pain. The smirk which Jiraiya kept on his face has started to infuriate her but thankfully Tsunade intervened.
"Stop trying to rile her up Jiraiya," said Tsunade.
Jiraiya wanted to protest but a glare from Tsunade stopped him. He knew that making her angry is not good for his health because of the earlier beatings he has received from the busty blond. Jiraiya wisely closed his mouth as Naruto continued.
"I hope that it will be bit warm inside the castle. How much further Jiraiya-oji-san?" asked Naruto.
"Don't worry. We are almost there," replied Jiraiya and true to his words they have arrived at the castle after five minutes.
A team of samurai was waiting for them at the gate of the castle. As soon as they reached the gate, a man stepped forward to welcome them.
"Good evening, Jiraiya-sama, Tsunade-sama, Naruto-sama. My name is Toshiro and I am the caretaker of this castle. Mifune-sama is busy dealing with some other important matters so he asked me to apologies on his behalf for not coming here personally to welcome you," said newly identified Toshiro.
"It's no problem Toshiro-san," said Jiraiya and Tsunade gave the nod in acknowledgement.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Toshiro-san," said Naruto.
After hearing Naruto's voice, Toshiro was rooted on his spot. He started staring at Naruto and thought 'Kami, her voice is so melodic. I think I never have heard such a sweet voice ever before. This child is going to marry that brute?'. His opinion about Naruto might have changed had he had seen her in her orange jumpsuit which was hidden behind her white cloak.
ANBU team wasn't fairing any better after all this was the first time when they heard her original voice.
Toshiro quickly regained his composer. It would have been impolite if he was caught staring so he continued "T..the pleasure is all mine Naruto-sama. Please allow me escort you to your chambers. Oh and before I forget, Mifune-sama has invited you all for dinner with his family. Now if you please follow me." Toshiro said and started walking back inside the castle and others followed suit.
When they reached their rooms, they found that there was some maids standing outside of Naruto's room.
"These are your maids. We also have couple of beautician among them to take care of you Naruto-sama, if you need them," said Toshiro.
"Thank you for your kind gesture Toshiro-san," said Naruto.
"There is no need for a thank you Naruto-sama, It's my duty after all. Mifune-sama will be waiting for you at eight o'clock for dinner. If you need anything then don't hesitate to ask," said Toshiro as he left.
Jiraiya, Tsunade and Naruto went inside their room and Naruto asked for the maids to come inside her room.
Around seven forty five in the evening, Jiriaya and Tsunade knocked Naruto's room. Naruto asked for five minutes, so they waited outside of her room. After five minutes, Naruto came outside of her room. Jiraiya's and Tsunade's breaths hitched after seeing her.
Instead of her orange jumpsuit, she was wearing a simple sky blue yukata with white laces and light green and blue flowers design all over it. She has let loose her hair which were reaching her waist, spiky towards the end and two shoulder length bangs were hanging out from both sides of her face. One small wisp of hair from each side was bound behind her head through a hair clip. But the most noticeable thing was her mark less cheeks. All in all she was looking like an angel.
After seeing Jiraiya's and Tsunade's wide eyes and hanging jaw, she couldn't help but let loose a giggle. This seems to take both of them out of their stupor and Tsunade said "You are looking like an angel Naruto-chan." Tsunade said smiling.
"Thank you baa-chan," said Naruto.
"But tell me what happened to your whiskers marks?" asked Tsunade.
"They had faded over the years," replied Naruto in a natural tone.
"Let me guess, you used makeup to make custom marks to fool the villagers because of the same reason you used to mask your voice?" asked Tsunade.
After seeing Naruto's nod in response she continued "You know Naruto-chan, After all the things that you have reveled to us during these past two weeks, I am wondering that whether we know you at all or not. You faked almost everything about yourself." said Tsunade in a depressed voice.
Naruto lowered her head in shame and said "Sorry baa-chan. It was not in my intension to deceive you. I did everything to save myself from the villagers. I am sorry if you are feeling deceived and betrayed because of my actions."
Tsunade kneeled in front of her and looked her in her eyes while putting both of her hands on her shoulders and gave her a big smile "Don't worry Naruto-chan, We understand." said Tsunade.
Naruto smiled and gave her a hug. After that they started walking towards the dining room and Tsunade asked her one more question "Tell me Naruto-chan. You never looked this pretty before. So any reason behind that?"
"Well when have I ever behaved like a girl?" said Naruto.
Tsunade thought for a moment but couldn't come up with an answer. After seeing her lost, Naruto continued "I always acted like a tomboy baa-chan. I never did my hair properly, never put up any makeup and among other things that a girl usually do to look attractive. I always did the opposite to look more unattractive for obvious reasons."
Tsunade nodded as they reached the dining room where Mifune was waiting for them and went to greet him.
"Hello Tsunade-dono, Jiraiya-dono, how are you?" asked Mifune.
"We are fine Mifune-dono," replied Jiraiya and Tsunade.
"I hope that you didn't encountered any problem while coming here and my people has served you well?" asked Mifune.
"Not at all and your people were very kind and helpful," replied Tsunade.
"Good and this must be Naruto-san?" asked Mifune.
Naruto, who was standing behind both of the sannin, came forward to greet Mifune and bowed "It's a pleasure to meet you in person, Mifune-sama." said Naruto in a soft voice.
Like Toshiro, Mifune was also baffled after seeing her and hearing her voice but hid it well. Though Tsunade and Jiraiya noticed it and smirked on inside but they were also baffled after seeing Naruto greet Mifune so formally. They have never expected Naruto to greet anyone formally but they also hid their surprise really well.
"Same here Naruto-san," said Mifune and pointed towards a small girl who was standing behind Mifune. "This is my granddaughter Mai." said Mifune.
Naruto kneeled in front of the girl and said "Hello Mai-chan. My name is Naruto."
"Hello!" said Mai in a meek voice.
"You are so cute Mai-chan. How old are you?" asked Naruto as she pinched the girl's left cheek lightly while also smiling slightly.
"I am six year old," Mai said enthusiastically.
Naruto giggled and asked "Hey Mai-chan would you like to be the flower girl in my wedding, if it's alright with you Mifune-sama?". Mai eyes lit up n excitement as Naruto looked towards Mifune for his permission at the end of her statement.
Mifune was confused because he knew that Naruto has a younger sister, who should most likely be the flower girl but after a look from his granddaughter he gave his permission.
After that, they all went inside the dining room for dinner. The dinner was simple and uneventful. They talked for a while and retired for the night after that.
Two days later (Cloud Village)
Mabui came inside the Raikage ofiice. He was working on the usual bane of all kage PAPER WORK.
"Raikage-sama," said Mabui.
"What is it Mabui?" asked A.
"A news has arrived from the land of iron," said Mabui.
This seems to pick up A's interest and raised an eyebrow. Mabui picked it up as a permission to continue and said "It seems that your bride has already arrived the land of iron and looking after the wedding preparations personally."
"But why? Minato and I have already hired a wedding planner for that," asked A.
"Well she wanted to make sure that everything is in order personally. It seems that she is taking everything very seriously. I must say Raikage-sama, that you are going to get a wonderful wife very soon," said Mabui playfully.
A huffed and said "Only time will tell about that Mabui. Now if there is nothing else then leave me alone. I need to finish this cursed paperwork as soon as possible. Oh and don't forget to inform Darui, B and C that they will be accompanying me for the wedding."
Mabui nodded and left the office, leaving A in his thoughts 'I don't know what future holds for me.' A signed and looked at his paperwork which seemed to be increased in the matter of moments.
"DAMN YOU FATHER!" A voice echoed around the village hidden in the clouds. Everybody inside the village stopped in their tracks and looked towards the raikage tower, shrugged their shoulders and continued their work like it was a regular occurrence, which it was.
Time Skip (One day before the Wedding)
It was around the mid afternoon when Raikage and his entourage arrived the castle inside the land of Iron, which will going to hold the wedding. They were escorted to their rooms by Toshiro.
"Darui, go check with Suramu-san. Ask him what are the customs that I have to follow and don't forget to get my wedding dress," said A.
Darui nodded and left the chambers to search for Suramu, The wedding planner.
After few minutes of searching, He found Suramu in front of the wedding hall and went to greet him.
"Hello Suramu-san," said Darui.
Suramu was reading a scroll and when someone called him, he turned towards the source of the voice and found Darui.
"Hello Darui-san. I take it that you are the one who will be in charge of wedding from groom's side?" asked Suramu.
"It's so dull but yes you are correct Suramu-san. Raikage-sama has requested the list of the customs that he has to follow as well as his wedding dress," said Darui.
"Well you have to contact Naruto-sama for that. She is the one who is taking care of everything on her own," replied Suramu.
Darui raised an eyebrow and asked "Ok then can you tell me where can I find her, if it's not dull for you?"
"No problem Darui-san. Just go down the hall then take the first right then second door to the left," replied Suramu.
Darui nodded and before he can start walking Suramu stopped him "But before you go Darui-san. Take this. This is a new budget for the wedding. I will send you the final bill after the wedding." as he handed over a paper to Darui.
"Why the sudden change in the budget Suramu-san?" asked Darui.
"Well the decorations that I have planned was too flashy for Naruto-sama's taste. I have planned the same type of decoration that we usually do for the other nobles but Naruto-sama said that since this is not the wedding of the nobles and bride and groom are ninja or ninja in training, they would like a simple decoration instead of the flashy one and gave the instruction herself. I have to say that she was right on that one. The decorations are simple but it also has its own grace. I am sure that everyone will like it." said Suramu.
"Can I see it," asked Darui.
"I am sorry Darui-san but the decorations are still in its final phase. It may take some time to finish. I hope you understand," said Suramu.
Darui nodded and left for the Naruto's room.
After arriving his destination he knocked the room and after hearing a low response in 'come in' he entered inside the room.
Inside the room, Naruto was putting a big box to a corner and her back was turned towards Darui. After putting the box to its rightful place, Naruto dusted off her hands and turned towards Darui. After seeing her, Darui eyes widened and his breath hitched.
In front of him was perhaps the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Even though her hair was a bit messy and bit of sweat was visible on her forehead, she was still looking like a angel.
"Darui-sama," said Naruto while waving a hand in front of Darui's face.
"Ah... Oh sorry, I think I spaced out for a moment," said an embarrassed Darui since he didn't even noticed, when she crossed the room and came in front of him.
"No problem Darui-sama. I think you came here to collect Raikage-sama's wedding dress as well as list of the customs?" asked Naruto after smiling a bit.
Darui again went to his stupor state after seeing her smile and hearing her voice but quickly regained his composer and said "Ah...Yes"
"Please wait here for a moment. Let me get them for you," said Naruto as she went to the dressing table to get the paper and the dress placed on a table nearby.
She came back and handed them over to Darui and said "Here you go Darui-sama."
Darui took the items and said "If you don't mind me asking Naruto-sama, then can you tell me, how do you know my name and why are you addressing me with -sama." asked Darui.
"Well after the wedding announcement, I've asked Jiraiya-oji-san about the people close to the Raikage-sama since I don't want to disrespect him or the people close to him by not knowing them and he told me about you, C-sama, Yugito-sama and B-sama. As for addressing you as -sama, You all have earned it," said Naruto and after seeing the confused expression on his face, she continued "I have always believed that respect is earned not given, and all of you has earned that respect through blood and sweat. So it's customary that I should address you all with the proper respect that you deserve and for the same reason I ask you to not to address me with -sama since I didn't do anything to deserve such respect from you."
Darui was stunned. She was completely different from what they have imagined. They thought that she was brash and disrespectful based on the file that they have received; but here she was, addressing them as -sama and asking him to not to do the same. So he tried to argue with her not knowing that it will be futile against her.
"Well you are going to be the Raikage-sama's wife. So you don't need to address us as such and you deserve this respect because of the sacrifice that you are making to make sure that the peace will remain between the two villages," said Darui.
"I am not doing any sacrifice Darui-sama. It is my choice. There were some options present, which would have stopped me from marrying Raikage-sama but I choose not to take those options and decided to to go with the marriage. As for I deserving the respect because I am going to be Raikage-sama's wife then you should know that you might be giving the respect to me as Raikage-sama's wife but you will be insulting me as an individual," said Naruto
Darui has no answer to that so he nodded and decided to change the subject. "What about the this dress. I think that there are some alteration in the design." said Darui.
"Yes. After reading Raikage-sama's file, I thought that due to his personality and habits, he will be feeling a bit restrained and uncomfortable in the dress that Suramu-san has designed for him. So I have asked him to make some changes that will allow him some freedom and it will be formal at the same time," replied Naruto.
At this point Darui could only nod in understanding since he knew that after seeing the design first time, his boss has thrown a fit about wearing the body tight cloths but he was more perplexed about the Naruto's deduction about Raikage. It clearly showed that there is more to her than meets the eye. She is clearly more intelligent than they believed. But before he could leave, Naruto asked him a question.
"Before you go, can you tell me which one is Raikage-sama's favorite sake?" asked Naruto
Darui became confused because of this but replied none the less "Daiginjo".
"Ok Thank you Darui-sama," Naruto said.
Darui nodded and got out of the room but as soon as he went out he muttered "Damn, She is a angel in human form. Boss surely has lucked out." but stopped in his tracks after hearing a soft giggle.
"I heard that. Darui-sama," said Naruto.
Darui stood wide eyed. 'Damn she also has great hearing ability and Kami! that was her giggle. Damn! Boss surely has lucked out.' thought an embarrassed Darui as he left for the raikage's room.
After Darui reached the Raikage's room and gave him the wedding dress and the list, A asked him "What took you so long Darui?"
"Sorry boss, I have to go to Naruto-san's room to collect your wedding dress and the list," answered Darui.
"You actually met her in person?" asked C.
After seeing Darui nod A asked him "Why did you have to go to her room to get them?"
"Because she is the one who has organized everything, decoration of the wedding hall, customs etc. She also has redesigned your wedding dress to give to more freedom," replied Darui.
"Really?" asked a shocked A.
After seeing the Darui's nod he asked again "What is your deduction about her?"
"There is only one thing I can say about her. Just throw the file you got about Naruto-san out of window. She is completely different from the file. You surely has lucked out here boss," said Darui.
"What do you mean?" asked A.
"You just have to wait and see but remember what I said about the file," said Darui.
"Fine," said A as went to try out his wedding dress and Darui and C went out to get some fresh air.
Around Evening
Jiraiya and Tsunade were sitting inside Naruto's room. She has just finished organizing things for the wedding.
"I am spent," said Naruto as she fell down on a chair.
"Tired already. Then how are you going to keep up with Raikage?" Jiraiya said with a perverted grin.
"S..shut up," Naruto said embarrassed.
"Stop your perverted thought Jiraiya or you want me to beat it out of you," said Tsunade.
After hearing the threat, Jiraiya backed off and Naruto pulled out a bottle of sake and said "Let's celebrate."
"What! Give it to me." Tsunade shouted as she snatched the bottle from Naruto's hands and said "You are too young to drink sake let alone this one. Do you even know which sake it this. This is Daiginjo, the strongest sake in the world."
"I know and I am going to drink it. This is MY wedding baa-chan, at least let me enjoy a little bit. Besides I don't want to become a coughing fit during the wedding because this is the sake that we are going to use at the wedding ceremony," said an annoyed Naruto.
"But why this one? You could have selected any light sake," said Tsunade.
"This is the sake that is going to be served at wedding ceremony and that's final," Naruto said stubbornly.
"But..." Tsunade said but Jiraiya cut her off.
"Let her have it Tsunade. She is right and you know how stubborn she can be," said Jiraiya.
"Fine," said Tsunade as Naruto poured three cups of sake.
"Cheers," they all said in unison and took a sip. As soon as Naruto took a sip, she started coughing.
"How you guys even drink this stuff?" Naruto said coughing.
Tsunade and Jiraiya started laughing and said "Perhaps you should stop drinking it." said Jiraiya.
"No way, I not going to stop until I am able to drink it without coughing," Naruto said and started drinking again.
Half an hour and five cups later she was inside the toilet, vomiting the content of her stomach. After few minutes she came out and said "oggi-shan, baai-chen, mmyyy heach ich ichpinning. (oji-san, baa-chan,my head is spinning.)" and fell down on the floor, clearly passed out due to hangover.
Jiraiya and Tsunade signed and picked up Naruto and tucked her in the bed.
Half an hour later the rest of the Namikaze family, Shizune, Kakashi and Hiruzen arrived in a flash due to flying thunder god kunai which Minato has given to Jiraiya before they departed from leaf.
"Where is Naruto-chan, Tsunade?" asked Kushina.
"She is sleeping," replied Tsunade.
"But it's only Six in the evening, She never went to bed this early before," said Kushina.
"You can thank the hangover for that," replied Jiraiya.
"WHAT, How could you let her drink. She is only a child?" asked Kushina.
"A child, who is going to get married in few hours." replied Tsunade sarcastically, clearly unhappy that Kushina is showing her concern now after neglecting Naruto for so many years.
Kushina bowed her head in shame. Jiraiya put a hand on Tsunade's shoulder to calm her down.
"But she has a point Jiraiya-sensei. You shouldn't have allowed her to drink," said Minato. He was disappointed because the whole Namikaze family wanted to spend some time with Naruto before the wedding but only to find out that she has passed out because of the hangover.
"We tried Minato but she didn't listen. She said that she don't want to become a coughing fit during the wedding because she wants Daiginjo to be served during the wedding ceremony," said Jiraiya.
"Fine," Minato said in an annoyed tone and then they chatted for another half an hour before Minato went outside to clear his mind.
Minato was exploring the castle when he spotted Darui and C, sitting near a window with sake bottles in their hands. When they spotted Minato, they rose up from their seats to greet him.
"Good evening Hokage-sama. When did you arrived?" asked Darui.
"Around half an hour ago. So what are you guys are doing here. I thought that you guys must be celebrating with A," said Minato.
"Well we drank a bit with him but then boss went to meet Mifune-sama," replied Darui.
"What about you Hokage-sama. We expected that you might want to spend some time with your daughter?" asked C.
"Well she knocked herself out after drinking some sake," replied Minato.
"Was it Daiginjo that she drank?" asked Darui.
"How did you know?" asked a surprised Minato.
Darui chuckled and replied "I have seen a servant taking couple of bottles towards Naruto-san's room."
Minato signed and said "Yes. It was Daiginjo. She said that she don't want to become a coughing fit during the wedding because she wanted Daiginjo to be served during the wedding ceremony. I am still not able to understand why she wants that one only for the wedding ceremony."
'So that is why she asked me about the boss's favorite sake. Hmm interesting. Perhaps this wedding is not going to be so dull after all,' thought Darui.
"Why don't you join us Hokage-sama?" asked C.
"Sure," Minato replied as they started drinking together.
A/N: Hi guys. I tried to finish this chapter as soon as possible. I don't know why, but my gut is telling me that this chapter is not up to the mark. I tried a lot but came with a blank every time. Please share your inputs with me on this one or if you have any idea and thanks a lot for your support and reviews. Be ready for the next chapter. Next chapter will be containing the wedding as well as her journey towards cloud village.