Precious Treasure of the Uchiha
Summary: For centuries, a child Madara took in lived with the Uchiha clan and was loved above all treasures. But in this day and time,the clan is wiped out, only one remaining. Read on as Naruto tries to solve the murder of the clan and the disappearance of Itachi all the while protecting the last living Uchiha. How will Sasuke cope in the world of immortals?
The Sannin got back to his feet and started scrambling away from the pissed off teen, trying to make hand seals as fast as he could but the blond was far faster.
''RASENGAN!''
''Naruto!''
Something went boom.
When the dust settled, a big crater was in the back yard of the hospital lot, but the blond was on the ground with Hatake Kakashi sitting on his back, holding one of the teen's hands bent under him and the other away from them both, at the beginning of the crater. A few feet away, Orochimaru was slung over Jiraiya's shoulder like a sack of potatoes, the snake Sannin still too shocked by how fast everything had happened for him to protest the treatment.
By the time everything registered in the two teens minds, all the other windows in the hospital were filled with curious eyes, everyone staring at the strange sight presented before them. They had never seen the great Orochimaru-sama of the Legendary Sannin this shaken before. Chatter and murmurs soon filled the hallways and the entire hospital and before Sasuke knew it, Sai and Sakura were beside him and Kabuto on the same window just as Yamato appeared down beside Kakashi.
''What's going on?'' Sakura asked, only to gasp when the blond disappeared again and Kakashi started cursing up a storm. The silver haired man barely managed to block the kick aimed at his head and now it was Jiraiya cursing as he let go of Orochimaru, the younger Sannin falling to the ground with an 'uff' and running over to the blond, yanking him away from Kakashi just as the teen's eyes turned gold and started resembling a frog's.
''Shit, Naruto! What's gotten into you today!?'' The white haired Sannin snapped and Naruto turned to glare at him.
''Let go of me right now, Ero-sennin! I'm going to break every bone in thier bodies!''
''Why?''
''That snake gay pedophile of a bastard dared say he was glad that Itachi's dead!'' If looks could kill, Orochimariu would already be buried six feet under, Immortality be damned, that's how scary the blond's glare was. The look Jiraiya sent the man suggested he was thinking about letting go of the blond to allow the teen to make that a reality. Because, really, Jiraiya wasn't sure if he should strangle his old friend for his stupidity to say something like that in front of the blond of all people or just because he said it at all. He had cared greatly about Itachi, too, after all.
''Okay, him I can understand, you two never really got along, but why Kakashi?'' Jiraiya asked, dragging Naruto a few feet away from the masked man, who was being looked over by Yamato, since Naruto had managed to hit him with one Kawazu Tataki and in Naruto's anger, quite a bit chakra was released.
Now Naruto just looked rather annoyed. ''That pervert dared take a mortal to the Ryƫchi Cave!''
''What?!'' Both Sannin bellowed and Kakashi winced under the three glares directed at him. ''Are you crazy!?''
''Iruka-sensei was almost killed!''
''Kakashi, you were sent to search for Naruto, not Iruka!'' Jiraiya scolded as he let go of Naruto. Everyone in the hospital waited with bathed breath for the blond to attack again, but Naruto just fixed his clothes, sent one more glare at the two men he had attacked before disappearing from sight with the same yellow flash as he always did. Jiraiya wrinkled his nose while Kakashi deflated in relief. Orochimaru just stood up and turned around to leave. ''Why did you bring Iruka to such a dangerous place?''
''I knew he would be better at convincing Naruto to come back with us than me, but I hadn't known my search would lead us to the Cave, I swear.''
''Yes, what was Naruto doing there?''
''Apparently, Manda owed him a favor and he called it in by making the snake gather intell. Naruto went to see what he got and stayed there for a few days to rest from his travels.'' Kakashi answered and Jiraiya sighed, looking towards the heavens for help, because he knew no earthly force would be enough for this situation.
''I can't believe he still won't let it go. It's been three years...'' Yamato mumbled under his breath just as a loud bang was heard from the back doors of the hospital. They flinched and looked up, even Orochimaru freezing when they spotted a very pissed off looking Tsunade. She was far too sober for her liking, they could instantly tell, and they suddenly wished they had not pissed off Naruto, as he would have been their only hope for survival in this situation!
''Just what the fuck is going on back here!? Kakashi! Yamato! Jiraiya! Orochimaru!''
Luckily for Jiraiya, the doors were located right under the window Sasuke, Sai and Sakura were occupying and so he thought up an excuse on the spot. ''Sorry, Tsunade-hime, but I have to return to Sasuke! You know how it is!'' He bowed and sent her a sheepish smile. ''Ja!'' And he popped out of existence. Leaving the poor three unfortunate souls to deal with the cranky blond who was cracking her fists.
Sasuke stared down with fascination how three men were turned into bloody pulps by their respected, if crazy, Godaime Hokage even as Jiraiya reappeared beside them. ''Yo!'' He waited until black eyes turned to him before his boisterous expression gave way to worry. ''You okay, Sasuke? He told me what Orochimaru said. Or implied, but the technicalities don't matter.''
''Who was that?'' Sasuke asked instead of answering, his mind fixated on the blue eyed blond and totally missing the knowing look Jiraiya got on his face when he realized this, too. The Sannin snorted and crossed his arms over his strong chest, leaning his hip against the window sill. The other three teens - yes, Kabuto, too - waited curiously for him to identify the blond who had just floored a Sannin and a shinobi like Kakashi.
''That, Sasuke, was Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto, a former student of mine and my godson." That obviously peeked their interests and Jiraiya cut their questions off with a smirk. If that impressed them, then this was going to be a hit! "He is also the person Kakashi had been looking for, which had cut off Sasuke's training."
"You mean to tell me that dickless blond is the four hundred year old shinobi you were telling us about?" Sai asked, actually letting his incredulousness show as he looked back to the crater with wide black eyes. "He looked like he was fifteen! How could he be the oldest shinobi around and your student?"
"Easy. He became an Immortal much earlier than I did." Jiraiya said as a sad expression flashed across his face before disappearing altogether. He might as well have been a statue with how emotionless he looked at the moment. "We had thought we were going to lose him, but he is a stubborn one and he made it through. His Immortality, though, broke quite a few hearts."
"What do you mean?" Sakura questioned curiously and Jiraiya flashed them a grin. It wasn't quite as cheerful as it would have been any other time, but at least he was trying.
"You'll all probably find out before the day ends."
"You're not seriously going to leave us hanging like this, are you?" The pink haired girl protested but Jiraiya just shrugged with a mischievous smile. "Jiraiya-sama!"
"Sasuke might be able to shed some more light on things after tonight's meeting!" With that, the albino haired man turned around, saying something about having research to do before stopping and turning around to look at the three teenagers. "Oh. If you see him, you should probably thank him. He's the one who saved us last night and we were damn lucky he arrived when he did, or Sasuke would be very much dead right now. And stay away from Danzo, Sasuke. If you don't, we might have more things to worry about than just pissed off blonds. The politics behind it all would be too complicated and the fragile balance of the Alliance we are keeping will fall down the drain in an instant." And before they could ask what he meant, Jiraiya was gone, leaving behind three befouled teens.
"So now what do we do?" Sai asked after a few minutes of silence and Sasuke shook his head.
"Now we find this Naruto and ask him what Jiraiya meant. And maybe about Konoha. After all, how many people here were willing to talk about it?" In truth, no one wanted to talk about the hidden villages they had left behind and could never again return to. Many who had lived there say its painful to talk about their old homes and many more never even saw the villages. It had been a hundred years! Not even Sai or Sakura have ever seen Konoha despite often calling themselves Konoha shinobi. All they knew was New Konoha and yet the elders always said that New Konoha could never compare to the original Konoha. Perhaps this Naruto could shed some light about Konoha on them all.
"That's if you can find him," Kabuto said as he flinched with every wound he could count on Orochimaru now that Tsunade was finished. The three down there looked nothing like experienced, S-rank shinobi. They might as well be beginners who pissed off a bulldog, what with how bad they were left off. The three teens watched as Kabuto left with a little wave and went to tend to his master after Tsunade left the back yard, careful not to run into her.
Sakura turned towards her two male companions. ''He's got a point. I don't think we could actually pin him down. And right now, I have a feeling he want's to remain alone and not found.''
''Besides,'' Sai cut in. ''You have to prepare for your first Council meeting, ne?'' He said with his fake-looking smile and Sasuke wondered if these two knew something or were just slightly intimidated by the displays of power from both blonds. There was always the possibility of running into a pissed off Tsunade while they searched for the pissed off Naruto, after all. He frowned at them. Well, if they wouldn't come with him, he'll find the blond on his own.
''Whatever,'' he said and finished his long since interrupted journey to the restroom so he could finish his business. He'll need to get dressed after that before he could begin his Naruto-hunt.
Unfortunately, it didn't go as planned. He searched for the elusive blond for hours but couldn't find him. He had asked everyone who he saw on the way if they have seen the blond, but no one had even caught a glimpse of the oldest shinobi. As the time for when he needs to attend the Council meeting neared, Sasuke realized he'll have to put off his search for a different time, but the problem was if Naruto would stay long enough for him to do that? After all, Kakashi had had to go out of his way to search for him ...
In the end, Sasuke couldn't find him and had to resign himself to maybe never again seeing the blond as he left for home so he could prepare for tonight's meeting. Never had he thought that he would see Naruto there.
