I Do Not Own Naruto
Looking around the camp, she sighed lightly as she checked over her equipment.
She did not want to do this mission, especially after having gotten to know the blonde haired Konoha shinobi for the previous two weeks. She wasn't sure why but he just seemed to make her a little happier when he was around and he was quite kind even though at times he was pretty blunt.
But that didn't matter anymore. She was taken without even having a choice in the matter. The Raikage had signed her fate away to Kirabi as soon as she accepted this mission. While he was okay at times, she knew that he was not the type of man she wanted to spend her life with.
Taking a peek at where he was, she refrained from hissing lightly. She quickly slapped her hands in front of her mouth as she did this. For some reason Nibi was far more defensive then the cat normally was and was taking charge of her instincts.
The said cat didn't like most people but had accepted the blonde teen far more readily then she had or even his tenant had accepted her. Something about him calmed the cat down drastically and now Kirabi was just putting the cat on edge as if it was expecting something.
She was wondering what was going on and was about to ask it when she noticed all the guys looking at her with an odd glint in their eyes. Not liking the look, she was about to stand up and go clean up when she found herself pinned to the ground.
She gritted her teeth as she tried to break their grip but was unable to do so as they tied her up. She felt Nibi's chakra flood her system but that too was halted when a suppression tag was placed onto her forehead.
Her hands were quickly tied up as Kirabi stood in front of her before ripping her clothes off. Her eyes widened as she began to understand what was going to happen and she tried wiggled and worm her way out of their hold and rope, but they held firm when it started.
She was writhing in pain as the gripped her body tightly. She was unable to defend herself from their advances and they were taking her like a pleasure doll.
She wanted nothing more then it to stop. Anything to get it to stop.
They were taking turns with her now and using any entrances they could find to get themselves off. She tried to bite down, but they had placed another tag on her that cut off her body's nerve connections with her brain.
Why did this have to happen to her? Why now during this mission? Couldn't they see that they were causing her enough pain as they filled her to the brim and continued on?
All she wanted to do was scream but she gagged every time she tried.
They wouldn't even give her that much but why was she feel as if someone was trying to comfort her?
"YUGITO! WAKE UP BABE!"
Naruto began shaking the screaming form of Yugito as she relived what they had done to her.
He was getting worried as she shuddered and squirmed in his grasp and was trying to break his grip even if the attempts were feeble at best. Not wanting to see her like this, he wrapped her into a tight hug and started running his hand down her spine.
He knew it was helping as she her trembling was slowly coming to a stop, but he knew this was only the beginning as he held the girl tightly to him as her eyes shot open and began looking around the room in a panic. "Calm down angel. It's only a dream. They can no longer harm you again. Take a deep breath and relax. No one here is going to hurt you again."
Yugito looked up at the man holding her and was still panicking. She knew deep down he would do nothing to harm her but her instincts were overruling her train of thought as she struggled to break his grip and no was trying her hardest to do so. She nearly succeeded, however he held firm and she screamed as loud as she could.
The scream seemed to do more in her any of her attempts to break free of his grip as she successfully got free and attempted to leap out of the bed when the same arms quickly snaked their way around her waist and pulled her back.
She scratched at the bedding, trying to free herself when she felt two pulse of chakra flooding her system. Her body began to calm down as the chakra told her more then even her instincts could. Both were calm and soothing her and she stopped screaming as she regained control of her vocal chords.
The first she could tell was her inner demon Nibi as she had done this with her in the past to calm her down. While she hadn't done it for this before, it was just something the nekomata (Cat Demon) would do to sooth her nerves.
However, the other chakra was puzzling her before she felt someone on top of her. Her instincts began to kick in once more before her reason shoved it out of the way; knowing who it was as she had identified the other chakra source.
Curling herself up and into his grip, she closed her eyes before speaking softly after she took a few deep breathes as she could see their faces and didn't want to look at him, afraid she would see them. "Naruto... don't leave me."
"I won't angel. Now take a few deep breaths and catch your breath back." He sighed in relief as she was beginning to listen to him.
He was worried at first when she started to scream and he could feel a few chakra signatures heading towards them and he knew they were Anbu that scouted the city for intruders wanting to do a better job after allowing Sasuke to sneak out of the village unnoticed.
Sighing as this was going to be a difficult morning, Naruto picked Yugito up and sat her onto his lap and placed his chin on top of her head, having a small idea of what was going on in her mind.
He knew they would be there pretty quickly but for now, he would take care of her. "So you want to tell me what that was about?"
As she didn't answer, he sighed knowing that she wasn't going to tell him right away. She would eventually tell him, but it would take her a while as she was still in shock. Holding her closer, he sighed as he felt the signatures getting closer.
Knowing that he was going to have to deal with them, Naruto created a few shadow clones. One he sent to do breakfast, another to stay with Yugito and his final one to clean up having a feeling he was going to get a few visitors today outside of the Anbu heading their direction.
He felt her wince when the clones appeared and sighed as he held her closer to him then before. He knew she was still recovering from what they had done to her and he knew she would never be the same person again. Normally she didn't panic like this, but every now and then it was to be expected.
Nonetheless, he would help her step by step and stay at her side as he promised her that when he gave her the ring on her finger. Taking a deep breath, he placed his hand on her chin and gently lifted it up making her look him in the eyes. "Babe, I have something to deal with right quick..."
"No!" Yugito nearly screamed at him again as she tried to break free of his grip forcing him to hold her tighter then before.
Grunting as she elbowed him a few times, he held on before kissing her on the lips. He hated that her entire body froze as he did so, but it was the best way to get her attention on him.
Pulling back with her looking straight at him, he slowly released his grip of her. "Babe, we have a few Anbu heading here because of your screaming and I have to deal with them otherwise shit will probably hit the fan. So please, it will only take a moment..."
"No." She responded cutting him off once more but this time instead of trying to get away from him, she curled into him as if he was her last life line.
Hearing her voice was softer and more subdued; he felt a little better as she was feeling better than when she woke up.
As he held her close to him, he noticed that her skin was a little paler then unusual and her body temperature was slightly higher then before. He frowned thinking that she was sick again before having remembered she had been like this in the morning the last week as they traveled to the village. This had him worried and he wanted Tsunade or Shizune to look her over as something was up.
Feeling her squirm in his grip again, his senses caught an intruder into his house before he relaxed knowing the presence very well. If it was him, he had no need to worry as he heard everything yesterday.
"Naruto, is everything here alright?" Iruka's calm voice echoed from outside the door after a quick knock.
Not getting an answer, the dolphin slowly opened the door to make sure they were decent before seeing the boy he considered his son holding desperately onto the blonde haired girl he had only met the day before.
He instantly knew what was wrong as he motioned for one of his subordinates and whispering to them. "Go to Yuuhi's house and tell her there is an emergency at here at Uzu... Namikaze's apartment. The rest of you return to your patrol. I'll stay here."
While the Anbu at first titled his head at the name, he followed his order and disappeared with a swirl of leaves as the rest went on with their duty. As the Anbu disappeared, Iruka sighed as he took off his mask and slowly entered the room. "Is there anything I can do?"
"You've already called Kurenai, so just stay out of the room." Naruto answered as he tightened his embrace on his fellow blonde as she saw Iruka and began to tremble lightly as her eyes widened from the fear of what might happen.
Iruka noticed that her grip onto him had increased and he noticed a small amount of blood leaking underneath her fingers. He felt useless to Naruto once more, but he knew the boy was thankful for him calling Kurenai as he could see the tiredness in the blonde's eyes.
He knew the young boy had been dealing with this for a while and he wanted to help him but this was all he could do. He had to admit that Naruto had far more strength then he imagined as he knew that this was bring out bad memories for him as well.
(Flashback)
It was a cold and bitter October night. Things could have been better for the newly appointed chunin, but Iruka was still happier then he had been in years.
He was finally a chunin and now he was ready to take part of the harder missions and be exposed to new dangers.
While this would deter most people, the dolphin was looking forward to it as he wanted to become an Anbu ever since he talked to the Hokage at the Memorial Stone.
He was minding his business, heading to the house his parent's owned before they perished. He normally would have taken the main roads, but he felt like taking the back roads as he was still to hyped about being promoted and wanted to release some of his pent up energy.
He noticed a few people in front of him running off into the distance, but he paid no heed to them as he figured they were trying to get home.
As he neared where he saw them, a sound caught his ears and he was instantly alert. He wasn't sure what it was at first, but something told him it was not good.
Getting ready for the worst, Iruka was ready to fight when he heard the sound again.
"Som... on... hel..."
The young chunin's eyes widened as he realized the sound was a person. No, not a person. A young child, a boy it sounded like.
Looking around, he saw nothing at first until his eyes caught a few trash cans and cardboard boxes collapsed over an almost indecipherable object.
"Plea... hel... e..."
Seeing the slightest movement from the cans and boxes, Iruka didn't hesitate this time as he pushed them off.
He felt sick at the sight of a young boy covered in tattered clothes, dirt clods and a small amount of blood and rank of a sickening smell. The next thing he knew, he was looking into the clearest pair of blue eyes he had ever seen.
Iruka felt sicker at the sight as he could see the pain in the boy's eyes and didn't wait for a second as he reached down and picked up the young boy. The boy flinched and attempted to break free of his grip, but he was too weak to do so. "NO! Don't hurt me!"
Feeling the boy panic, he wasn't sure what to do so he acted on gut instinct. "Don't worry. I won't hurt you. I'm going to take you to the hospital, okay?"
Once again, Iruka was looking into the boy's eyes before he saw the small head nod. "Okay... mister ninja..."
Iruka smiled softly at the boy as he jumped on top of the building and jumped roof to roof towards the hospital. He was unsure why someone would hurt such a seemingly nice boy.
(Flashback End)
Sighing at the memory, he knew if it wasn't for the boy he would have probably became an Anbu earlier but he had something much more now. He knew what it meant to be an older brother and a father and that was a feeling he did not want to lose.
He was taken aback when two sets of leaves swirled behind him as he saw Kurenai and his subordinate reappear, the former only wearing a loose yukata as she was probably sleeping only moments ago. In fact he was sure she was as he saw the deer mask of his partner had a few cracks indicating that she had slapped him, probably for barging in on her.
Naruto's eyes quickly turned to Kurenai as she rushed into the room. If he could, he would have smiled but he was just too tired to do so.
Yugito also noticed the black haired kunoichi's entrance and clung tighter to him before. She didn't notice him flinch in her grasp as she kept her eyes firmly on the intruder, wanting nothing more then her to leave.
Seeing the shape Naruto was in, Kurenai knew she had to defuse the situation they were in as the girl was unintentionally harming Naruto in her panicked state.
Looking over towards Naruto, she turned her attention back to girl. "Yugito, you can let go of him. No one here is going to hurt you."
All Kurenai received was a growl from Yugito as she tightened her already firm grip. Naruto bit his lip as her fingers dug into his waist while her legs added more pressure to his creaking spine.
Closing his eyes for a moment, he spoke with his best voice to try and calm his lover down without letting her know she was hurting him. "Babe, it's alright. She is only here to help..."
Yugito looked up at him for a moment before her eyes narrowed at him. She did not need help. She needed someone that understood what it was like and it seemed that he truly didn't.
Growling to herself, she pulled back her hands only for Naruto to embrace her into a firm hug as he placed his chin on top of her head once more. "Yugito, please listen to me. She can help... She helped me so I know she can help you."
Kurenai said nothing as it seemed that Naruto had this in control and only watched until she was needed.
Feeling the calmness of his voice and the warmth of his body, Yugito closed her eyes as she leaned into his embrace, her head onto his chest so she could listen to his heart beat.
After a few moments, he released his grip on her and she looked up at him softly before nodding as she reached her hand out to his face.
"Thank you..." She stopped dead in her sentence as she noticed the blood on her fingers.
Fearing the worse, Kurenai quickly and roughly separated Yugito from Naruto knowing that she was going to start panicking again. Once she was in between them, she firmly gripped the blonde haired girl, hooking her legs around her, and sat onto the bed. "Naruto go. If you stay, she'll only panic more. I'll take care of her now."
While her words hurt, Naruto knew that Kurenai meant his appearance would rattle her more. He quickly left the room. He went straight to the couch, ignoring that it was being taken up by another occupant, and plopped onto the seat opposite of the dolphin. "Don't you have a job to do?"
Ignoring the harsh tone, Iruka shook his head as the deer masked Anbu rummaged through the cabinets before pulling out a package tea bags as Naruto's clone had placed a kettle to boil.
Pulling out a few bags of tea and a few cups, the deer mask Anbu removed his mask to reveal his rather blank face and lavender eyes. "No, we were mostly here to be your guard. Sure, we're suppose to guard the sector but Lady Tsunade won't dock our pay too much, if at all, for making sure you're alright."
Naruto only grunted at the Hyuuga as he figured he knew where his tea was due to his eyes. Having an idea hit him, he turned to Neji and was about to speak when the Hyuuga quickly shot him down in a passive voice. "No, even if I could, I will not spy on them to let you know what Kurenai is doing with your fiancée. She's put up a jutsu that blocks off any outside intrusion into your room."
Refraining from snapping at the Hyuuga, Naruto turned back and leaned onto the couch while keeping his focus on the wall in front of them. He really didn't care that his foster father was looking at him worriedly. All he cared about was what was happening in the room between his councilor and his fiancée.
The gloomy look on the blonde's face was something that Iruka was not very use to. While he had seen him angry and annoyed, this was far beyond either. Taking the tea Neji handed him, he turned to the blonde before taking a sip. "Naruto, you have to relax. Kurenai knows what she is doing."
"I'm not worried about that." Naruto simply answered as he kept his gaze straight ahead and leaning further back into the couch.
Neji raised his eyebrow at this as he placed a cup of tea for the blonde on the coffee table before pulling up a stool and sitting right in front of him to keep him from ignoring them so easily. The Hyuuga was very good at reading people and he knew the whole story from the minute muscle twitches he had caught so far. "You're afraid something will happen to the girl."
Naruto wanted to throttle the Hyuuga for pin pointing his source of worry. Also, he was forcing him to either look at him, Iruka or the wall between this room and his room. All he wanted to do was brood, but no, they couldn't give him that.
Seeing the twitching in his arm and the glare he was being given, Neji knew he was on target. He was also irritating the blonde and he was seemed very edgy and incentive at the moment and was ready to attack him. While this reminded him of Sasuke from what he remembered about the raven, he shook that off before turning back to the blonde and nodding. "You need not worry about her. She is in very capable hands..."
"It's not that I'm worried about her... I'm just worried about what she can do." Naruto interrupted as he looked at the wall separating him between Yugito, hoping that everything was alright.
This caught Iruka's attention. He knew how strong Kurenai was first hand and to be honest he wouldn't want to get into a one on one fight against her. He also understood that the girl was a demon vessel like Naruto, but he was sure Kurenai had a few suppression seals if she was confident enough to seal off the room from outside contact.
Still, the girl's strengths were unknown to virtually everyone but Naruto so it very well could have been a bad idea for Kurenai to seal the room away from help. "Don't worry about what could happen. Kurenai's skills are first class and she, even in the state she's in, would be prepared for the worse case scenario."
"I'm not worried about Nibi... I'm worried as she is currently the strongest shinobi in this village as I cannot use Hiraishin on her without fearing that I would cause injury and Tsunade is about the only one physical enough to wear her down outside of me." Naruto responded without hesitation, his eyes never leaving the wall as if he was piercing through it and seeing what was in within.
Both Iruka and Neji's faces fell as they heard this. She was that strong! If that was the case... How in the world was Naruto restraining her when the got there... Unless she wasn't reacting violently as she had a small awareness of her surroundings and knew Naruto didn't meant her harm, even if her body was telling her otherwise.
It stayed silent for a whole ten minutes, outside of the occasional sips of tea by the three, before the door finally opened. The next moment music was blasting out of the room making each of them hold their ears for a moment before adjusting to the sound.
Naruto resisted the urge to run over towards the door when he saw Kurenai walk out, looking a little worn out but with a smile on her face. "She's doing okay for now. Just make sure you two are on time for today's session. ...And make sure to bring your CDs like before. It seems both of you have that fix."
"Yeah... We had many long nights that music was our only escape." Naruto forced a chuckle before he bowed lightly to Kurenai. Not even waiting for a response, he quickly head for the door before he actually began to chuckle.
Lying on the bed, Yugito seemed to be dancing and rolling around to the music as it played. Shaking his head, Naruto quickly jumped onto the bed besides her. "Mind if I join you, love?"
Yugito only purred in response as her smile widened seeing Naruto. She wasn't sure why, but music seemed to make her problems go away as she listened to the melodies. And his presence always calmed her even before this mess had begun.
"Hun, you know it." She finally verbally responded before nuzzling her face to his, which he seemed to do the same. While it seemed somewhat like a feral gesture, it probably was explained quite well do the fact that they were both demon vessels and more in tune with their animal instincts.
Smiling as she watch the two interact for a while longer, to see if Yugito would relapse but glad to see she didn't, Kurenai yawned before looking over to see Iruka and Neji put their masks on. "Iruka, seeing as you are Naruto's guardian, at least to the latest records, I will need to be seeing you soon for one of the sessions."
"Thanks for the heads up. I'll ask for time off so I'll be able to make it." Iruka responded before he disappeared in a plum of smoke with Neji, getting back to their patrols.
Looking back in on the two, Kurenai had to repress a laugh as Naruto and Yugito both were now out of bed and dancing to the music, both being pretty horrid dancers. Shaking her head, she left in a plum of smoke to her house as left the two to their own devices.
She had to get dressed before reporting what had happened to the Hokage then to Inoichi and Yoshino.
"Naruto... I really don't want to be here." Yugito quivered as she stood with her fiancé in Yoshina's office. She didn't like how white the room was and how still everything was. It seemed to be lifeless.
Not liking it very much either, Naruto laid his arm over his shoulders before holding her closer to him. "You promised you would just as I did. And don't worry; the room they see us in is more lively then this."
"Will they separate us?" Yugito asked as she didn't want to go through this if Naruto wasn't nearby.
Sighing, Naruto nodded before he brought his lips to hers for a brief kiss. "They will, but I'll be just outside. You have my kunai, so if you start to panic don't be afraid to use it. I'll be at your side in an instant to help you calm down. But please try to get through it. It will help you."
Whimpering a little after her broke their kiss, she nodded softly before laying her head against his. "Alright... But you promise you'll be outside for me?"
"I will be, babe. So don't worry so much. Besides before they start the sessions they normally start finding ways to keep you calm. As such, I brought my CDs so they'll play them if you like." Naruto responded as he nuzzled her head gently.
This tender scene was what Tsunade happened to see as she walked into the office, going to over see the treatment herself for the first few times.
She smiled warmly at the pair, hating to break them up for any reason. They looked good together and the way Naruto looked after her she knew he loved her deeply and she could tell Yugito loved him just as much, she was just afraid to show it especially now surrounded by new people.
"So how long are you going to stay over there and watch us, old hag?" Naruto commented as he had heard someone enter and having become familiar with her presence he was easily able to decipher it was Tsunade.
Tsunade only grumbled. Naruto had indeed gotten better as he didn't even need to look to tell it was her. "Ha, ha brat. I'm here to oversee the first few treatments. I'm also quite worried about what you told Iruka so it might be necessary for me to be here all the time."
Turning to see the Hokage, Yugito was unsure what Tsunade was talking of. She had to guess that Iruka had to be one the Anbu that arrived when she had begun to freak out. So what did Naruto tell...? "I see. You warned them of my strength?"
"Had to. On your best days not even I can contain you. Sorry if you didn't want them to know." Naruto answered honestly as he saw no harm in them knowing now that she was apart of the village. And he couldn't lie to her, even if he tried.
"It's okay, I understand. It is in the best interest for everyone involved, including me." Yugito replied as he knew all of the procedures that went on behind the scenes. There were no differences even if the villages differed drastically in approaches.
Smiling, Naruto froze as he recognized another presence near. It took him a moment to place it but he immediately knew it belonged to Hinata. She wasn't there before, so he doubted she was the patient Yoshino was seeing at the very moment. So what was she doing here...? Was she trying to stalk them?
Naruto didn't like that. He had nothing but good things to say about Hinata, but that was low. If that was indeed what she was doing, he would not hesitate and react even if he didn't want to. He didn't need anyone causing a strain in his relationship with Yugito. She was his fiancée and she was who he wanted to be with.
His attention was broken when Yoshino walked out with a young man and waved to him before she smiled seeing both Naruto and Yugito there. "Ah, it is good to see you both... And on time. We use to have to drag Naruto here kicking and screaming as he called this place too boring and lifeless."
Yugito smiled hearing that as she was thinking the same way. In fact, running away seemed like a good idea but Naruto would catch her easily as he was much faster even without his jutsu. "Well, that's another thing we have in common. This place still looks boring and lifeless."
"Ah, but the difference is we changed the other room to make the patients more comfortable. Before it use to look like this as well. What would we ever do without medical studies?" Yoshino added as she smiled at the blonde, having a feeling she would be a lot like Naruto and hard to get to. "I heard you have one of Naruto's fixes which makes things a little easier, so Naruto if you don't mind..."
"Yeah, I brought my entire case." Naruto replied before handing her a rather large CD case with each slot filled.
Tsunade only blinked at the collect. "Good lord brat. Is that why you only had ramen, bread, cereal and milk? I mean did you spend every extra penny you got on CDs?"
"No, many of these were gifts and many more were given to me by everyone here. I only bought about a quarter of what is in the case. I just happened to like ramen and seeing it was cheep, I saved up a lot of money. ...Half of which was spent by the damned pervert, may he rest in a hellish peace for that." Naruto responded as Yoshino took the case and shook her head.
"Well, shall we head into the room Miss Nii? Kurenai and Inoichi are already waiting for us." Yoshino beckoned as she opened the door for Yugito.
Hesitant at first, Yugito looked at for Naruto. Being brought in for another kiss, she gathered her courage before tentatively heading in. Seeing both the woman that had helped her calm down in the morning and a man that looked strangely like the blonde haired pony tailed girl from yesterday, Yugito slowly moved to the couch, which was conveniently open, and softly sat down as she didn't know what to expect.
Yoshino closed the door after Tsunade entered and took her post on the far side of the room, happy to just observe. Before even moving to the open chair, Yoshino scurried over to the stereo and after a quick search of the CDs she placed one in and hit play. As she sat down, the music began to play.
It stayed silent for a few moments; however, the tension was easily broken as Yugito began to hum in tune with the music. She did notice that they seemed to be taking notes, probably gauging her reaction, before they would start. "Um... Can we begin? This is making me uncomfortable."
"Sorry about that, but we needed a few moments to observe your reaction to the music. I'm glad to see that music works well with you as well. It makes things easier on our end." Inoichi responded as he put away the notebook he had been writing in.
Kurenai nodded in agreement, however, kept her notebook in plain sight. "Before we can begin to help you along the way to recovery, we need a little information first. Normally Lady Tsunade would have taken care of this yesterday, but with the chaos that happened she didn't. After that, we'll begin."
Yugito simply nodded, knowing the procedure once again when Kurenai asked her first question. "What is your date of birth?"
"June 24, 237ARS. Blood type, A. I'm five foot seven inches and weight is a hundred and twelve pounds. Anything else or can we begin." Yugito responded slightly annoyed as she knew the basic questions and rather just fill out the paper herself and save the trouble.
Kurenai's pen nearly snapped as she wrote down her age and date of birth. She was twenty-nine years old and about to turn thirty in a month? She was older then Anko by two, almost three years! And she was planning on marrying Naruto, who was about to be thirteen years younger then she was and nearly half her age?
Taking the paper out and filling the information herself, Tsunade sighed. It wasn't that big of a deal. The legal age was eighteen for civilians, fifteen for gennin or whatever age a ninja was when they were promoted to chunin, which in some cases was very young, as ninjas could die at any time so were given more freedoms. Hell, Shizune married at fourteen before her husband died during Kyuubi's attack. "No, no. You can begin now."
Yoshino, who fully expected Yugito to be older then she looked, was the first to enunciate the session. "Yugito, to start with we are going to ask what your life in Cloud like? Did you enjoy it, hate it, stuff like that so we can draw the proper conclusions. After that we will begin seeing what else works to calm you down if we have time."
Nodding as she moved to lie on her back, Yugito laid her head on the arm rest. "Okay... Um, how long do these sessions normally last before we begin?"
"They last up to an hour unless there are special circumstances where we either cut it short or extend the session. We tend not to let it go on for too long as a person's average attention span is very short. Any more and it would be ineffective. Now shall we begin?" Inoichi explained as he could tell by her body posture and her shiftiness that she was uncomfortable despite the music playing.
Sighing, Yugito let the music sink in for a moment to calm her nerves. This was going to be a long day... Where was she going to begin?
"Do we have to go there again?" Yugito complained as she walked out of the office with Naruto while trying to stifle a yawn as she had to wait an entire hour for Naruto to get out of his session.
"Yes, we do... Even if it is going to be a pain in the ass." Naruto retorted before dropping his head and sighing. "At least they are only trying to help you recover. They are basically trying to dissect me and figure out what the hell happened and why my darker emotions are more pronounced."
"You matured under stress. Isn't that enough for them?" Yugito responded as she tilted her head, trying to understand what Naruto meant by that. Sure, he was a little childish and carefree when they met, but she doubted that was what they were after.
Naruto nodded, wishing that was the case, before shaking his head. "It is to an extent. I think what they are worried about is that my darker emotions that I use to keep entirely separate from my being are surfacing. They fear that Dark is trying to take over..."
Yugito shivered, remembering Dark having been released during his training with Itachi before they raided the Akatsuki base. "He won't, not with me around. Itachi said so himself, he can't come out as there is something about me that repels him. That's why Konan started training me along side of Itachi training you, remember."
Nodding as he remembered that, Naruto flicked his hand through his hair before frowning as it was becoming too long for him. "Yeah, but they don't know that yet. They're going to go through a few things first before they start really treating us, getting a feel for how much we can handle at a time. It wouldn't be good if we had a nervous meltdown and started destroying everything around us... Seeing that we are probably the strongest in the village now."
"Oh goodie... We get to relive that crap again." Yugito bitterly stated before stopping and turning around as she sensed someone was following them at a distance but closing. "What do you want?"
Having sensed her as well, Naruto sighed as he turned around to see it was indeed Hinata again. She had only stayed at Yoshino's office for a moment before leaving, probably realizing that she could be sensed and knowing her Byukugan could spy upon them from a distance.
In truth, he honestly wasn't ready to deal with her yet as Yugito wasn't strong enough mentally to do so. He knew if he was around her too long Dark would begin to emerge and after Itachi released him, he didn't want him to come out again as he could do serious damage with Hiraishin.
To his luck, it seemed that a few of his friends were also hanging around the area. He could get Ino, Chouji and Shikamaru as they knew exactly how long Yoshino's counseling sessions lasted and they probably wanted to meet up with him. Shino on the other hand... Was probably there for Hinata.
Just glancing in his direction, Shino seemed to get the message immediately and appeared by Hinata. From the look in Naruto's eyes, he knew the blonde wasn't ready to deal with her just yet. He had let her check on Naruto earlier, but immediately had taken her away but she ended back here again. "Hinata, let's go. Kurenai wants to see you now."
Hinata looked over at Naruto for a moment before nodding and headed to Yoshino's office, knowing that was where Kurenai would be. Shino stayed behind for a moment before bowing lightly to Naruto and receiving one in return. Immediately afterwards he followed Hinata to make sure she wouldn't take any detours.
"Okay... I'm not even going to ask." Shikamaru said as he walked over to Naruto before shaking his head, thinking it was too troublesome to do so.
Slightly annoyed that so many people suddenly arrived, as if they knew exactly when to strike, Yugito twitched and was ready to say something when Naruto cut her off. "I'm guessing you three are here to take us to get lunch? If so, make it somewhere that serves tekkadon that isn't too spicy."
"Sure thing! I know this restaurant that serves some mean tuna tekkadon! Though you will half to ask to hold the heat." Chouji announced excitedly as if his friend wanted to try something different, he wanted to make sure he got the best the town had to offer.
"It's not for me Chouji." Naruto said before he tilted his head into Yugito's direction, who had now been intrigued as she absolutely loved the dish and wondered how good it actually tasted. "Yugito absolutely adores it as much as I do Ichiraku's ramen."
"Ah, alright then. They serve a lot of great food so let's go." Chouji commented before leading the way as he knew where the restaurant was, smirking all the way as this would be a big surprise for Naruto.
Surprisingly enough, Yugito was following him in hot pursuit as she had deemed that any place that sells her favorite dish was worth going to at least once. The rest simply followed, Naruto and Shikamaru shaking their heads.
"Listen Naruto..." Shikamaru tried to start, wanting to talk about their nominations to become the next Hokage.
"Shikamaru, drop it. I know the title really doesn't appeal to you as it does to me but you were chosen as a successor due to your intelligence, set of skills and because you are frankly one of the best shinobi in the village, otherwise you wouldn't even be considered. The hag recognized that and nominated you." Naruto interrupted as he pocketed his hands into his jacket sleeves.
Nodding, Shikamaru sighed before doing the same with his flak jacket. "Yeah, I get that. But the thing is Naruto... No one deserves that title more then you do, especially if you took down the entire Akatsuki with only three other S-rank ninja, two being from the Akatsuki. To be honest, I feel I was nominated not to motivate you to make you work hard... But to be the Hokage if you were not mentally stable to hold the title."
"I had a feeling that was why you were nominated as dad was the only one nominated for his position as there was no real competition, neither Danzo nor Orochimaru being close in skills. I hate to say that I'm on the same level as he is, but after the horror I just had to go through, she has to be sure I won't break from the stress." Naruto responded before smiling as they arrived at the restaurant and reading the name.
His next reaction was comical as his eyes became bug eyed while his jaw slacked. "Wait, Chouji owns this place? And he bought out Ichiraku's?"
"No, my dad does and Teuchi is part owner, getting half the profit, which is almost triple to what they got before you left... Which mostly was Iruka and you strangely enough. They opened this while you were gone and it has become one of the best places to eat in Konoha. Most of the time people need reservations to get in." Chouji proudly stated before he led them to the table next to the bar, which was eerily empty as they were probably saving it for them.
Moments after they sat down, Chouji's mother was quickly at their table while Chouza was in the kitchen. "Well hello my darling! Glad to see you brought everyone, including our future Hokages! Now what may I get you?"
"Great, does everyone already know that we are the hag's successors?" Naruto complained as he laid back in his chair, Yugito patting him on the back knowing he was frustrated.
"Normally, no one other then those close would know. However, Lady Tsunade has gone through great lengths to make sure it is known that you are her successor. I think she wants to make a point to the entire village due to your furry situation. Only those that are close to me know I'm in the running." Shikamaru informed Naruto before ordering a small plate of sushi.
Ordering a Caesar salad, Ino nodded in agreement before adding on. "Yeah, I believe that is what she is aiming to do. However, I think it is more because people still think of you as the demon and if they still won't change their minds she'll force their hands."
"Ino, you didn't know I was Kyuubi's vessel till yesterday. How would you know that?" Naruto asked before ordering half a dozen bowls of various different ramen, all from the oddly named Naruto Special, which was more then likely Ayame and Teuchi's idea...
"Yeah, but it didn't take me long to figure that out. Plus it really helps when you listen to Sakura, Shikamaru and Shino debate over the subject." Ino added, feeling a little sheepish she couldn't take full credit.
After Chouji ordered a dozen plates of the mixed special, Yugito looked at the menu for a moment before ordering. "I would like a plate of each the salmon and tuna tekkadon but don't make it spicy. I also would like some sour crout and a thing of pickles on the side and a bowl of vanilla ice cream with chopped up bits of chocolate in it. Oh, and a big glass of that fizzy drink... Um what's the name again?"
"Cola." Naruto said as he shook his head at her odd order though it wasn't anything really different as they had been eating out in villages while on their way back. He still found it a little odd compared to what she ordered before, but he thought it to be a cooping mechanism.
However, Mrs. Akimichi nearly doubled over hearing her order before looking at her with a raised eyebrow, only getting orders like that every once and a while. Smiling as she guessed the girl obviously knew her condition, she nodded as she wrote the order. "Oh, eating for two are we? Well, I'll go tell Chouza and Teuchi the orders."
As she walked off, Yugito blinked as she watched her retreating form. "What did that mean? I'm eating my food, so who was she talking about?"
Ino and Shikamaru's face fell as they looked at the other blonde haired kunoichi. They immediately understood what Mrs. Akimichi was hinting at. So that meant that... She didn't know? They had to stop at other places to get checked out after they fought the Akatsuki as the demons couldn't heal them that well, could they?
Muttering troublesome under his breath over and over again, Shikamaru was about to rest his head and get some sleep before Ino spoke deciding to ignore the subject. "Wow, I never seen another girl order that much before. Most of the girls I know order small salads with almost no calories."
"I eat a lot to maintain my weight as I have a high metabolism and burn through energy like a shrew as does Naruto if you haven't noticed." Yugito explained as she put the menu down as she would wait and see if she was still hungry after she ate.
"Besides, not eating very much is a bad thing. If you barely eat anything each day you body begins to use it own stores of energy, breaking down fat, muscles and even organs to give itself the energy it needs. I hate most kunoichi that try to diet to keep their form slim as they are not only hurting themselves but the name of kunoichi as well." She added on, giving health tips to Ino as she had a feeling Ino was dieting.
Trying to find a point to counter that, Ino really couldn't as Yugito was right. Besides, she ate a big breakfast every day to last her through most of the day and only ate small portions of food for lunch and dinner.
"It's good to hear others know that. My family has been trying to teach that for years but many of the young generation don't listen." Chouji said as Ayame came by with their drinks and Ino's salad with a smile brighter then anyone could remember.
"Naruto! It is good to see you again. Both dad and I thought we might never see you again!" Ayame chirped as she handed everyone their drink. "Oh, this must be the girl I've heard about! Hello, I'm Ayame, Naruto's sister as he calls me."
Feeling slightly less threatened by the girl hearing that, Yugito accepted her drink before nodding. She still wasn't very comfortable speaking with her though. "Yugito... Glad to meet you."
Seeing her slight discomfort, Naruto shook his head before wrapping his arm around her waist as he spoke to Ayame. "Yeah, yeah. I've had many people say that already. So how is the old man doing?"
"Dad is doing great especially now as he doesn't have as much to worry about thanks to Mr. Akimichi. After you left we almost became broke and he said he would buy the shop if we let him add onto our menu and become co-owner... And so far it has been a huge success!" Ayame chirped before snapping her fingers as she heard a ring. "Shoot! I got to get back to work. Talk to you later!"
As Ayame left, Yugito simply turned to Naruto and gave him an annoyed glare as that caught her completely off guard. "Any more people like her you want to tell me about?"
"Um... I think she would be the last one other then her dad. Yakumo maybe, but we probably won't run into her for a while. You've already seen the rest of my friends, so it shouldn't be much of an issue." Naruto said, forgetting to inform Yugito on his relationship with Ayame and Teuchi.
Forgiving him as it wasn't anything deep, Yugito leaned her head onto Naruto's shoulder before closing her eyes as she felt comfortable with Naruto there. "Wake me when the food gets here. I'm still very tired."
"No problem, babe." Naruto responded as he held her close to him before kissing her on the top of her head.
Within a few moments she was asleep making Naruto chuckle at her. Ino sighed before shaking her head, wishing she had that kind of relationship. "Man, and here I thought I would be one of the first in our generation to get married. Oh course I thought it was going to be with Sasuke for the longest time, but still."
"Things change and you can't predict what's going to happen. For all we know, Shikamaru here could get married to the crazy purple haired chick tomorrow and beat Yugito and me to the punch." Naruto stated before smirking as he looked over at Shikamaru.
Shikamaru's head immediately snapped forward as he glared at Naruto. "Don't joke about that. That woman would tear me to shreds for being as lazy as I am. I know I'm more then likely to marry a troublesome woman, but I don't think I could survive long with her. I rather take Ino..."
"Am I too troublesome for you?" Ino suddenly stated with an evil glint in her eyes which made Shikamaru's face squint in frustration.
He knew this was going to cause him problems for a while, so his best course of action was to change the subject and avoid the eventually pain for a while. "Naruto, I don't think Lady Tsunade has informed you yet but tonight she wanted to give us some sort of test."
"Yeah, she told me right after I got out of counseling. That's why after I eat here I'm going to take Yugito home and take a nap. I'm still very tired as well. Now back to Ino's question. Is she too troublesome for you?" Naruto informed Shikamaru before grinning as he pulled Ino back into the conversation.
Just glaring at him for doing that, Shikamaru planned on making Naruto's night a living hell. He was trying to avoid Ino as he had to say just a few more words then he meant...
"I'm glad you are on time." Tsunade stated as Naruto and Yugito walked into the training grounds she had specified to Naruto after his counseling session. "It is good to see you are more dependable then all of your senseis."
"Yeah... I learned not to follow their examples, at least on a few things. Some things were just impossible not to follow." Naruto responded before scratching his head and laughing a bit, knowing both were very perverted.
Yugito shook her head as Shikamaru sighed and muttered troublesome as he arrived ten minutes before. Twitching her eye at his response, Tsunade refraining from groaning as she had a good idea at what he was talking about that. "Goddamn perverts... I make sure they all rot in hell..."
"Hey, I'm perverted!" Yugito commented very loudly making Naruto literally taste the ground as he hadn't expected her to shout that out loud.
Neither did Shikamaru as he choked on his own spit while Tsunade just looked at her with a raised eyebrow before sighing. "Okay then... Let's make this clear. Any pervert that openly reads smut in front of people or peeps on the opposite gender while they are vulnerable should burn in hell."
"Well, I guess we aren't going to get along. One of the things that I enjoyed to do back in the Cloud was using my stealth to sneak in and watch the guys bathing in the hot springs... That's how I actually met Naruto... As he kind of spotted me, use to Jiraiya doing the same thing." Yugito stated before admitting the last fact.
Naruto's face further buried itself into the dirt, trying to make his own grave as he didn't want people to know that let alone Tsunade. She would literally just tear her apart for that as she hated perverts with a passion.
Shizune, who was with Tsunade and hadn't said a word, blinked for a moment before shaking her head. "Lose one perverted peeper and gain another... However I doubt the guys will mind too much."
"I WOULD!" Naruto yelled out from the dirt before he simply glared at his fiancée, daring her to do so while she was here.
Yugito simply shook her head before offering Naruto her hand a smiling softly. "Don't worry; I doubt I'll ever want to do that again..." In an instant Yugito's demeanor turned and her face saddened and she almost cringed when Naruto took her hand.
She, however, remained strong as she brought him to her feet before he embraced her, knowing where her thoughts had led her. After a moment, she felt a little better before she separated from the blonde. "I believe you called my fiancé here for a reason... So can we get on with it?"
Seeing how Naruto handled Yugito, Tsunade nodded before she gazed over to Shizune, who immediately understood as she was brought here for that reason. "Yes, that would be for the best. Naruto, Shikamaru; as both of you know from now on you will be coming with me to the council meetings, which thankfully only happen once a week."
"Outside of those meeting you will have meetings with the clan heads and jounin at times they specify, so don't be surprised if you are informed of a meeting at five in the morning... God I hate those the most... And finally, you are still expected to train and improve your skills and to acquire skills you did not previously have before." Tsunade added on as she looked over towards Naruto and Shikamaru.
"For this, I have assigned trainers for both of you around this time every night, so you will not have any meetings at this time of night. On each day, there will be a jounin helping you to train in one of your weakness... However, on this day every week both of you will spar against me. And seeing this is my day, I'll give you a few moments to prepare yourselves." Tsunade finished with a grin on her face as she cracked her knuckles.
Neither Naruto nor Shikamaru liked this idea. They didn't like it AT ALL.
As it was night, it did give Shikamaru an advantage due to the shadows, but could he really restrain the Hokage? Maybe for a few moments before she literally overpowered him and then what? Kiss his ass goodbye?
Naruto believed this was just a way to let out her pent up frustration through a combination of things, one being he was gone for four years. He had a feeling Yugito would be visiting him in the hospital daily for the next month.
Yugito simply stood back and joined Shizune, who was beckoning to her. She would go see what the calm nurse wanted... As she had a feeling she was about to see why Tsunade was looked up onto by many kunoichi and considered the strongest. "Naruto... I'm going over here... Don't die."
Twitching his eyes at Yugito's obvious lack of faith in him, not that it was unjustified, Naruto groaned. He had beaten Madara for crying out loud. How tough could Tsunade be compared to him?
"BEGIN!" Tsunade yelled out, not giving the boy's any time to comprehend that the spar had begun as she launched a giant chunk of earth towards Naruto's face.
Moments later, Naruto was lying flat on the ground with birds and stars swirling around his head. His question had been answered... She would be very tough...
Shikamaru simply cursed and rolled away as he noted Naruto seemed to have been rocked from the blow. Not that he could blame him, Tsunade was probably was the strongest person in the world in pure strength and add that with her ability to heal, her impressive speed, intelligence and chakra control... She was a literal nightmare to even think about fighting.
In fact, every strategy he had couldn't even come close to beating her. In fact, they all ended with the same result. He would die in some horrible fashion like being crushed by a mountain or her foot crushing his crown jewels...
Shaking his head and standing up, Naruto dusted himself off as he quickly recovered from the blow. "Okay, I deserved that for many reasons and I wasn't paying attention. I'll take this more serious now."
"Good!" Tsunade yelled out as she was suddenly in front of Naruto with her fist flying to his face. She wouldn't worry about Shikamaru at the moment, the boy was trying to calculate and come up with a strategy that would work against her in two on one and possibly one on one. A daunting task for anyone, much less for a young kid that was beginning to take his training seriously.
Naruto, however, immediately ducked under her punch. Using her momentum, Tsunade spun and kicked... air?
Almost losing her balance, she landed in a crouch and half expected Naruto to have used Flying Thunder God to have gotten out of the way only to feel that he was behind her. While it definitely could be the flash, she saw no evidence of it being used. The kunai wasn't in place, there wasn't a marker and there was definitely no flash.
So... Was this his true speed?
While that alarmed her, she ducked and rolled away from the axe kick that came down and would have caused her a great deal of pain seeing his foot sink into the ground. If he had become that fast in four years... He truly was his father's child as Minato was the faster ninja she had ever seen, being matched by no one.
Regaining her composure, she made sure there was no signs of the speed jutsu, Tsunade was not amused. She hated fighting fast opponents as they tended to wear her down before she could get a blow on them. And to make things worse, this was Naruto. He was already known for his extreme stamina and endurance. And if his strength considerably grew too...
Tsunade cursed both Jiraiya and Itachi to hell. Adding those two elements to Naruto not only made him one formidable hand-to-hand fighter but helped establish openings for his already impressive ninjutsu and now apparently genjutsu. Goddamn Itachi! GODDAMN JIRAIYA! They built a freaking an ultra-fast invisible bullet tank! Good thing she forbade both Amaterasu and Tsukiyomi against Konoha ninja...
Feeling her entire body suddenly stop moving, Tsunade's eyes widened. This was not the time for Shikamaru to get involved. To make things worse, Naruto had set up her jump back with a powerful burst of flame, probably Grand Fireball, but the name didn't really matter. IT WAS A HUGE FIRE FUCK BALL!
Using her precision chakra control and her formidable strength, she easily burst out of Shikamaru's shadows before jumping above the flames and straight towards Naruto. The good thing was that Naruto had to stop the flames without hurting himself before he could move to dodge her, so he was wide open for an attack.
Then she realized... Clones. Naruto was famous for them and she had forgotten that was his favorite jutsu. So she was half expecting one to pop out and catch her off guard only for there to be none. Then she saw why.
Shikamaru had set up a damn trap and the wires wrapped around her tightly. While they were easy for her to break, they served their purpose as Naruto was easily able to avoid Tsunade and quickly get behind her, not wanting to take a chance and fighting her toe to toe.
Getting annoyed, Tsunade spun around and tried to hit Naruto in the chin with an elbow but failed as the blonde vanished into thin air. Even Tsunade was surprised by this kind of speed as she could at least catch Minato's movements, more like blurs, before he hit top speed and vanished. Somehow Naruto was able to hit top speed in a blink and avoid being seen altogether.
Being knocked back from a blow to the stomach, she felt restrained from the shadows again and began to deal with the shadow hand crawling over her body to choke her and the tendrils trying to pierce her. Under normal circumstances that scenario would have been something straight from Jiraiya's fantasies, but she simply cursed him once more.
Breaking free and feeling like she needed a shower as Jiraiya somehow entered her own mind for a second, Tsunade wanted to end this. So she was going to do it the only way she knew how. She was going to take Shikamaru out first as Naruto would take far longer to take out, if she could take him down.
Shikamaru didn't know what hit him. Whatever it was felt like it crushed every bone in his body. Then he realized it had to be Tsunade's fist. Apparently they got her worked up and now she was fighting at her full potential.
As he watched Shikamaru go down and not come up, Naruto knew they pissed Tsunade off. He hadn't seen her move that fast even after watching her chase after Jiraiya when he peeped on her then somehow removed both her and Shizune's towel. And he still swore to this day she must have been using some sort of space/time jutsu...
Using his speed, Naruto spent the next few moment avoiding Tsunade's punches and kicks before getting behind her to try and deliver an attack of his own. That only worked shortly as Tsunade came to expect them and began to prepare counters for them, his speed being the only thing that kept him from getting sent into oblivion.
In fact, that was the way the battle was shaping out. His speed versus her strength. Neither was able to get a hit on the other, Naruto because of a dreadful counter-attack and Tsunade as Naruto was simply too quick. Sure, he had used a few jutsu but she easily blocked those or avoided them.
Tsunade now understood how Naruto was able to defeat Kakuzu, Sasori and Madara. His speed alone gave him the edge but she could feel that he wasn't unleashing his truly devastating jutsu.
In fact, she hadn't even seen him use Shadow Clone or the Rasengan the entire time and that was frustrating to know. He had to know if he used Shadow Clone that he would easily be able to overwhelm her and inflict enough damage to end the fight.
But what was scary was that she knew that he held the toad contract... And she knew what was special about signing it. The toads trained their summoners in the art of Sage Chakra and she had a good feeling Naruto could draw onto that.
Then there was the Sharingan, which he hadn't even activated yet. Those things were just an unfair advantage on their own and then add in the Mangekyou and ugh... He was truly a powerful foe. However, she at least wanted to see him unleash one technique. She could freaking take it! She was one of the strongest in the world, especially if the Akatsuki was dead!
Gathering a large portion of chakra in her hands, Tsunade hoped that she wouldn't accidentally kill the blonde with this technique. She had only used it twice before as it took a large portion of her chakra on her head to use and drained her of a lot of her physical strength. One of those times happened to be the night she had it in her mind she was going to kill Jiraiya and when she attempted to kill Orochimaru.
Sensing this, Naruto knew she was up to something and he had to stop her. Whatever it was it was going to be big. As he went in to divert her attention, he forgot one big thing. Tsunade was a close range fighter and not so adept at fighting at a distance and he played right into her hand.
Smirking as she sensed him coming in, Tsunade suddenly whirled around and pointed her hands glowing with chakra towards Naruto. "Gotcha!"
The resulting bang made it hard for anyone to see what happened. Of course there was many people there, wanting to see Naruto's skills along with those just wanting to see a good fight. But what happened next no one expected.
As the dust began to settle, Tsunade saw Naruto lying on the ground, blood seemingly pouring from his mouth.
Her eyes widened. She had expected him to use something to block it! Even if it was just a Rasengan, it would have been effective enough to at least divert the blow! But he had just stood there and took it...
Her eyes suddenly widened as Naruto smirked before he slowly stood up, shaking along the way. "I've been wanting to test this... Ever since getting his eyes. Now I can see why he called this his ultimate shield... I didn't feel a thing."
Tsunade's eyes widened as an ethereal glow began to surround Naruto. At first it seemed to be nothing but energy but it slowly warped into a humanoid shape completed with bones. Then with one word, her entire body shivered as she looked up into the now formed head of a samurai. "Susanoo."
"NARUTO RELEASE IT! THE LONGER YOU HOLD IT THE MORE DAMAGE IT CAUSES!" Yugito screamed as she jumped into the fray, blue chakra flaring around her as she had begun to draw upon Nibi's chakra to make a point.
Nodding, the ethereal warrior vanished before Naruto fell to his knees and wiped the blood from his chin. "Yeah... I can feel it. It seems all the Mangekyou's attacks have a price for using them. ...But at least I can still see." He tried to be enthusiastic about the situation despite his appearance from the attack.
"Fuck you Blondie... I have to heal this damage you asshole! Do you like to keep setting me back on recovering your damned eyesight to its fullest?" Kyuubi yelled at her idiotic vessel, not taking the damn Uchiha on his word that it caused massive internal bleeding, which she now was attempting to heal.
"Naruto, that was stupid. Don't use it unless you have to. Even the Rasenshuriken is safer then it... And that's not safe at all! If you hadn't learned how to throw it you would have ripped your arm off in the process of using it!" Yugito condemned his use of the Susanoo and apparently a Rasengan based attack he had created.
Recovering Tsunade was next to Naruto, checking his wounds. The next moment she wanted to rip his head off, but she kept her calm demeanor as she began to help the demon fox out. "Goddammit! Do you not have jutsu in your arsenal that doesn't cause you massive damage?"
"Plenty, but you would know of them and I saw it in your eyes... You wanted to see one of the jutsu I was holding back. So I used a jutsu I had no clue what it did entirely. ...Now I know and don't plan on using it again unless I absolutely have to." Naruto responded with a sly grin on his face before taking it away immediately from the look on both the blondes' faces.
"Fine... I won't use it again." Naruto muttered, not wanting to cave in but having no choice as they could withhold things... Tsunade would be treatments and Yugito...
Well, what she could withhold is quite obvious.
Their cuddling while listening to music time!
There was nothing he could do. This foe was simply too powerful for him to match.
Every single thing he did meant nothing as it simply passed through him. And if it didn't pass through him, he received a vicious counter-attack that left her momentarily stunned. And even with the hits he got, he wasn't doing enough damage to hurt him.
"Give up yet? I've already explained to you why you cannot win." Madara's voiced echoed through the room, sounding more childish then it did before.
Straining every muscle in his body, he pushed his bloodied and beaten body, his right eye had literally popped from the damage he had sustained and blood was nearly flooding down his body from the empty socket. "Fuck... You. I DON'T SURRENDER!"
In a flicker of yellow light, he slashed through Madara's body only to see he had fazed out of existence before appearing again to deliver a devastating blow to his stomach with a kunai. "Foolish child. I will extract the nine tails from you and the two tails from you girlfriend over there. My dream will come true."
Coughing blood, he managed to get a lucky elbow into to Madara's face, cracking the mask, before jumping back and panting. He wouldn't make it for much longer. This fight had drained almost everything he had except for his chakra, which was still coming thanks to Kyuubi replenishing his chakra throughout the battle.
A sudden scream caught his attention before his eyes widened seeing the other blonde in the room slicing downwards with a kunai. "Yugito no!"
Blood splattered onto the ground before her hand dropped to the ground. He could tell it caused her a tremendous amount of pain, but the look in her eye told him something else. They had one last attempt to stop him as grabbed the key and opened the shackle. "DO IT NOW!"
Flashing before Madara, he grabbed a hold of his cloak before flashing before the statue, right next to the shackle. Before he could faze out of existence, Yugito snapped the shackle onto his arm before throwing the key away before picking up her served hand, hoping she could reattach it.
Growling, an orb of chakra began to form in his hands as Madara struggled against the chain. He had said it himself, no one could break that chain thanks to the seals it had been given. The only way to get out was to sever your own limb and he wasn't going to give him that time.
Adding his element nature to his most trusted attack, it began to become misshapen as four separate points surrounded it. Yugito seemed to know what was about to happen and had gotten out of the way as he screamed out, feeling his attack was finish and drove it towards Madara's throat, releasing it a foot before it made contact. "GO TO HELL YOU FUCKER! RASENSHURIKEN!"
In a blur of powerful cutting winds and chakra tearing away at his enemy and his own body, his arm being decimated while his vision suddenly darkened as a blade of wind hit his other eye... He awoke.
Looking around the room in a panic, Naruto began to calm down before a small purr caught attention. Looking to his side, his panic began to lessen as Yugito slept soundly besides him.
That hell was over. Now they could start their life again.
"This is why I hate the hospital... It's lifeless." Naruto commented loudly as he wanted to leave his room and do something... Anything. He was slowly losing his fragile little mind in this room.
Yugito smiled and nodded as nuzzled him gently as she laid beside him, not caring what Tsunade had told her and slept by her fiancé the night before. Without him besides her, she couldn't go to sleep nor could Naruto sleep without her. It was something that they just needed. "I know, but at least Sakura was kind enough to bring us a CD player."
Nodding as he listened to the music through the ear bud he was wearing, Naruto nuzzled her back before putting his arm around her waist. "Yeah, that will kill some of the boredom."
"Ehem. Didn't I tell both of you that only one is allowed on the bed?" Tsunade's voice boomed as she entered the room, her eyebrows twitching as it seemed that both were disobedient, at least in that department.
Naruto simply rolled his eyes at the Hokage before ignoring her as he closed his eyes and held Yugito closer to him. Yugito giggled before wrapping her arms around his shoulders.
Tsunade was both very ecstatic and upset at what she was seeing. Obviously she was happy to see that Naruto had found someone he loved and loved him back, but she was seething that both completely ignored her despite telling them that Naruto need room to rest so his body would heal properly.
"Okay, fuck it." Tsunade said, through with trying to pry through the two. That wasn't going to work and she had an idea that some very deep bonds were forged on their passage to the Leaf. "Whenever you are done sucking faces, I need to see you for a check-up and to see what we can do about your hand, Yugito."
It didn't take a moment for Yugito to sit up and grip her slightly withered hand. While the blood was flowing, it wouldn't be long before those veins burst and the blood stopped altogether and the hand withered to dust. She didn't want that as for a ninja, the hands were very important.
Feeling Naruto hug her from behind, Yugito leaned back against him before slowly prying out of his grip. "Don't worry; I won't be gone too long."
Smiling as he nodded and let her leave, she turned to follow Tsunade as they exited the room. It was quite odd to see someone navigate the maze of the hospital so easily, but if there was anyone that could she would be the one. Arriving in a room that seemed a little livelier then Naruto's, she figured this was Tsunade's office in the hospital.
"Sit on the table. I'm going to run over a few things before I try and mend the veins in your hand. I have one question though; does your demon heal you like Kyuubi does for Naruto?" Tsunade ordered as she pulled out a few scrolls and looked over them for a moment before nodding.
Doing as she was told, Yugito sat on the table. It was colder then what she would have liked and uncomfortable, but visits with medics weren't exactly comfortable anyways. "No, Naruto can heal far more rapidly when using her chakra, no matter how severe the wound. However, our healing is about the same over night and neither of the demons allow us to get any diseases or cancers."
"Good, good. I'm glad I don't have to test you for breast cancer then." Tsunade commented before activating a simply diagnosis scan. "Please remain still as possible while a look over you."
"Okay..." Yugito said as she tried to keep her body as still as possible as Tsunade slowly moved her hand from the tip of her head down to her toes. It was really hard to do so and she fidgeted quite often especially when Tsunade wavered in certain areas longer then others.
She also didn't like how much time she had spent around her pelvis. Was there damages that she didn't know of? She would know if she had gotten pregnant by those assholes as it was well over nine months since that happened. But it wasn't until recently she and Naruto...
"Alright, everything seems to be fine outside of your hand. Just let me go over the scrolls a little longer to make sure I have this right and I'll get to it." Tsunade stated before marching over to her scrolls to scan over them.
As she watched Tsunade move over and read the scrolls, so many ideas began to hit her but the most prominent was she was pregnant. That would explain some of the things that had been said to her recently and why for the second time Tsunade hesitated around her womb.
But why wouldn't Nibi tell her that she was pregnant? The demon knew what was going on in her body and if he hadn't said something that meant there was nothing to be talked about. But why was she hesitating there?
Almost not noticing Tsunade as she walked back over to her, Yugito was slightly taken back from her order. "Lie on your stomach and place your hand on the stretcher. ...Before I start, this will be painful. Do you need...?"
"I can handle it. I cut it off, didn't I?" Yugito responded, almost angrily as she was very unsure what was going on when the medic hovered at her pelvic region.
Nodding, guessing she was tensing and getting ready for the pain, Tsunade's hands glowed with chakra before the guided over the badly stitched hand.
Yugito nearly screamed from the sudden pain. It was far worse then she had imagined it would be. While it wasn't as bad as severing her hand, it was like a thousand white hot needles were poking and prodding her skin, fat, muscles and veins while slowly correctly what the fox and cat had done.
Writhing in pain, she willed her body to stay still as Tsunade began to sweat as she concentrated on reconnecting the muscles with the correct muscles then doing the same for the veins and even the bone as it was slightly askew.
Pulling her hands away, Tsunade smiled as she had successfully regenerated the missing connections and had attached them, saving Yugito's hand. The fact that Yugito looked like she cut off her hand again didn't really surprise her. She was just surprised that she was able to not squirm from such pain.
Beginning to bandage her hand slowly, Tsunade couldn't help but smile a little more as she thought about what she saw before when she scanned her. "Well, now that your hand is working how it should there shouldn't be any more problems. But I don't want you using this hand for a month at least for anything more then small movements."
"Why did you hover at my womb? You did it today and you did it when you first scanned me. I want to know what's up as neither you or Nibi is telling me." Yugito suddenly asked, nearly blindsiding the Hokage.
Sputtering, Tsunade wasn't sure how to say it. It was obvious that the girl had been pregnant for almost two months from what she knew of baby development and wasn't at the weight she had said she was. It was only ten pounds, but still.
Guessing that she honestly didn't know and didn't really notice the changes in her body much as her stomach wasn't bulging yet as it only had started to expand, Tsunade sighed. "I figured you knew already, but I guess I'm the one that has to tell you. Yugito, you are pregnant."
Reality stopped at that exact moment. She was... pregnant.
Yugito wasn't sure what to think. One part of her was absolute thrilled as she wanted to get involved with someone over the years and eventually have a kid of her own. But now after what Kirabi had done to her... It was a numb shock. But then she thought of what Naruto would say...
Her mood began to brighten. He would be thrilled and that alone made her happy. But he would also be worried, but then again he already was watching over her like a hawk. It was a little unnerving, but welcomed after everything they had gone through. He would eventually lighten up again, but that would be a while now.
"How long and can you tell if it is a boy or girl?" Yugito asked, her voice was a little shaky yet a small ting of excitement laced it as one of her dreams was finally coming true.
Tsunade smiled before patting the girl on the back. She knew some of her unease was from her rape but she could see it was her excitement that was causing her to be so shaky. There was no doubt it caused her trauma, but to keep the want to have children afterwards... Was simply amazing.
"It is twins and I'm unsure now what gender they are, but I'm pretty sure one was a boy from the angle. But I won't be able to tell for sure until you are a few months further in." Tsunade stated. The next thing she knew she was hugged before Yugito sped out of her office.
Chuckling, the buxom blonde placed her hands on her hip and watched her run off, not even sure where she was going. "That girl is stronger then I would be if I went through what she has. And she couldn't pick someone that is more like her in the little idiot..."
Naruto was having a nice conversation with Sakura and Shizune as both came in to check on him and decided to chat for a little while. So naturally they ended up talking about Iruka as Naruto wanted to figure out how he became an Anbu while he was gone. "You're kidding me, right? There is no way."
"Yes way, Naruto! Iruka is head over heals in love with her. I don't see why, but he is!" Sakura excitedly responded as she loved chatting with her friends. It was also a very good way to get Naruto caught up with everyone.
"Oh, I know why he is. Anko may look boisterous, tough and rebellious, but that's her facade so she can hide her real self. She is actually is unsure of herself, very loyal and meek and Iruka is able to make her feel more like her mask as he gives her confidence." Shizune added as she knew both quite well, Anko being one of her better friends since returning to Konoha.
Shaking his head, Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Still can't believe it..." Before he could say something else, the door slammed open with Yugito looking like she was very ecstatic. "WHOA! Yugito what's going...?"
"I'M PREGNANT WITH TWINS!" Yugito screamed out, not caring who heard as she jumped onto him and almost choked him with her hug as she attempted to meld into Naruto.
Naruto looked like a deer caught in the headlights. He had no clue what to say or how to react. The main reason of this was because the way Yugito was reacting as it was throwing him completely off.
He honestly didn't think that she could have been... But it was possible... But why was she acting like this instead of freaking...
Well, she was freaking out...
With a click of the door, Sakura and Shizune knew it was better to leave the couple alone for now. Besides, they had to spread the news!
A/N
: Sorry for this very late update... Not much to say other then that. Trying to learn how counseling works was difficult and I still don't understand very much so I had to skip it for at least this chapter. I also forgot a lot about woman's biology and pregnancy, so pointing out any inaccuracies there will be well appreciated.I doubt there will be many chapters after this one, maybe a total of five but no more then seven. I originally planned it to be longer... but things don't work out as planned. Also, I'm sorry if this chapter is a little slow but the next one will pick up quickly.
Hope you all enjoyed this chapter and hopefully I'll get the next one out sooner. Peace out.