I Do Not Own Naruto
Sitting in the hospital, in Tsunade's office in particular, both Naruto and Yugito were rather nervous. They both were rather interested in the test results, hoping everything would be alright with the two.
Yugito's stomach was beginning to bulge, but it could be passed off as a gain in weight rather easily. Naruto's gain of weight however...
He was losing weight so there was no problem there. It was just rather unnerving as Yugito was trying to get his weight back up, not wanting to be heavier then he was before she gave birth, which would be quite disturbing as they had about a seventy pound weight difference before she was pregnant.
It didn't help things that they were thinking about every possible thing that could go wrong and that was just making them nervous wrecks. Neither had been in this situation before and they didn't know what to do or how to handle if there was something wrong.
Panic was an option, their most likely option, but... Panic was pretty much the only thing on their mind. So the two were just nervously twitching in their seats, looking at each other trying to draw some resemblance of strength from the other.
Sensing this as she walked into the room, Tsunade twitched at the two and wanted nothing more then to hit them to break them out of their stupor.
So she settled for hitting Naruto twice as hard and into the ground. "Will you calm the fuck down? Everything is alright. Besides, this is just a check up. It isn't like she's going into labor now."
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR HAG?" Naruto yelled out, jumping up in anger before he started shaking his fist at her. "Do that again and I won't hold back in our next spar and blast you to kingdom come!"
Calming as she saw Naruto being more like his normal self, Yugito relaxed considerably before taking a deep breath as she was still worried about what the Hokage had found. "So... What do you find?"
Shaking her head, glad that hitting Naruto worked as predicted and wished all her problems could be solved like that, the buxom Hokage shook her head. "Everything with the babies is fine, so there is no worry there. And mostly everything with you is normal, so we're good there too."
Catching what the Fifth had said, Yugito stiffened a little as her worries began to set in again. If there was something wrong with her, then it could be possible that there would be complications when it was time to give birth. "What... What's wrong with me?"
Before Tsunade could answer, Naruto had regained his wits and that led to him answering before the Hokage could, being clued in by Tsunade's demeanor when she had said mostly everything was alright. "You're a demon vessel, Yugito."
"What does that have anything to do with it?" Yugito yelled out, trying to figure out what being the carrier of the two tail cat had anything to do with this.
Sighing, tapping her fingers on the clipboard, Tsunade glared at Naruto for being so blunt before consoling the third blonde in the room. "It has everything to do with it. Not only do you have the twins within you, you have the demon and very well could release it during birth as the seal will weaken drastically during labor."
Not knowing this before, Yugito stood up, her body rigid as she looked at both her fiancé and Tsunade. "So are you saying that unless something is done... Nibi will be freed?"
"It is a possibility, yes." Tsunade responded before putting away her clipboard before taking a seat across from the young couple. "But there is no need to really worry. When Kushina was giving birth to Naruto..."
"What does my mother have to do with this?" Naruto suddenly interrupted, upset that his mother had been brought into this conversation and didn't understand why.
Looking at Naruto, stunned that he didn't know, Tsunade groaned out loud before vowing vengeance on Itachi, Jiraiya and the third for not informing him of this with a long string of curses and vile ways to mutilate their corpses. Finally getting over her rage, Tsunade motioned for them to sit. "I'm going to have to start from the beginning now as apparently neither of you knew this... Naruto, you are the third demon vessel of Kyuubi."
While being somewhat surprised by this, Naruto figured that it was logical as all the vessels he currently knew were not the first vessel of that demon, Gaara and Yugito being prime examples of that. He was also clued in onto this as Kyuubi had hinted at it a few times whenever he spoke to the demon. "The first vessel of Kyuubi was from the Uzumaki clan from the Whirlpool and she married my great grandfather, the first Hokage."
"The reason it is know that a seal will weaken during birth is because during labor of her first child, Kyuubi nearly broke free and was only restrained thanks to my great grandfather. However, as she neared the end of her life a new vessel was needed and we sent for another Uzumaki to be brought over to become the next vessel of Kyuubi... Her name being Kushina." Tsunade stated, looking straight at Naruto as she said this.
The temperature of the room dropped a few degrees as Naruto froze from what had been said. His mother had been brought to their village... To be the second vessel of Kyuubi. Then how was it that Kyuubi attacked their village seventeen years ago?
Yugito knew Naruto was distressed, as who wouldn't be when they learned their own mother was a previous host to the demon they now possessed. She embraced him to try and console him, but he was still rigid as he finally spoke. "Please... Continue..."
Nodding as he was okay enough for her to continue, Tsunade did so. "It wasn't an immediate switch as there was a guideline she requested to be met... That the next vessel to be filled with love. Luckily enough, she was when the Kyuubi was transferred to your mother... As your mother was recently rescued by your father and she had fallen in love with him."
"Everything was fine after that, there being no trouble even when she was pregnant with you, Minato being very proficient in seals so there was no worry about Kyuubi being released during your birth... As you obviously guessed, something had to have happened as Kyuubi was released and attacked the village as it was summoned here..."
"Summoned? Only a very few people can summon bijuu. Most have passed away and for one to have remained..." Yugito interrupted Tsunade as she attempted to figure out who could summon the nine tails before a single name shot into her mind.
"MADARA!" Naruto suddenly growled deeply, scaring Tsunade and Yugito as they could feel the raw hatred for the man coming from Naruto. "Only he can summon Kyuubi and knowing father he probably used a time and space barrier to keep anyone from disturbing the pregnancy, not realizing someone that could affect time and space would come after mother!"
Digesting that new information, slightly glad she didn't have to run into him as truly fighting someone that could affect time and space wasn't on her to do list, Tsunade nodded. "That would help explain what happened that night as when Minato came to fight Kyuubi, he was worn down and almost went straight to sealing Kyuubi away. ...Wait a moment, Naruto take your shirt off! I just had a revelation."
"Wait, why?" Naruto stated, slowly backing away as Tsunade tried to take his jounin jacket off. He was all for doing what she said, but he wanted to know why first.
"Because I swore I overheard Jiraiya and Master Sarutobi talking about the other seals. I think they might have sealed part of themselves within you." Tsunade responded, wanting to check the seal as she had a very bad feeling about this.
"You can't be serious... If my mother sealed herself into me I would have noticed it and I would definitely know if my dad was sealed in me." Naruto commented, taking his jacket off before showing the seal on his belly.
Yugito wasn't sure exactly what was going on, but the sudden realization that Naruto's mother could have been sealed within her own son made her curious as she gazed at the seal. And as she did she noted an irregularity about it that didn't match up. "What the... Um, Naruto... I think she's right."
Tsunade saw the same exact thing and nodded immediately as she could see it is well. Naruto couldn't see anything as it made no sense as you couldn't see the same exact seal place on another... "Wait a second. If that's the case, how the hell have I've not ran into her when I talk to Kyuubi face to face."
"You haven't used the key to try and take my power from me, human." Kyuubi growled to him, catching his attention as it turned to her. "I didn't know of it until recently when that pervert tried to use the key to draw more power from me. It was then I felt Kushina's presence and I can't forget her as I was sealed within her for so long."
"When you do, you will meet her and she will help you fight against me so you can take my chakra. You will also meet your father if you use eight tails of mine before then as I can't forget him either... Because she would talk to me about him every damn day and I can't forget that damn human that sealed me away into you!" Kyuubi screamed out as she hated Kushina with a passion for annoying her so much and Minato for being her object of affection and sealing him within the flesh bag she was within now.
Suddenly being hit by Yugito, Naruto shook his head as he looked at both her and Tsunade, his fiancée being the first to speak. "So what'd Kyuubi say?"
"That not only is my mother sealed with me, I think my father is to but it is only temporary for both as they will only come out when two specific emergencies are met, them being if I release eight tails of Kyuubi's chakra and when I try to use the key to use Kyuubi's power to the fullest extent." Naruto explained, scratching his head as he was rather confused.
Frowning at that, Tsunade was hoping that it would be possible to release Kushina and bring her back. Even if Naruto was seventeen, she would be of great help and would be able to take a burden from both Naruto and Yugito's shoulders, knowing both believed they were unfit parents from their counseling sessions.
Sighing as this had gotten away from what it originally was suppose to be, Tsunade shook her head. "We will talk about this all later. All the tests came out fine and I'm pretty sure they will both be girls and they most likely won't be identical, so you don't have to buy things to identify which is which."
Yugito nervously laughed at that, shifting her eyes back and forth as that was her fear if they happened to be identical as she had a hard time telling between people that looked similar and she didn't want to screw up her own children's minds by not remembering who was who.
Naruto was just thankful that he didn't have to do any color coordination... He had none...
Simply looking at the two, Tsunade shooed the two out of her office. "Go on and get out of here! Have a romantic diner or something and get your mind off of the kids right now! They aren't coming any time soon so enjoy your time together and live in the moment! I have to get to work."
Turning to Tsunade, both Naruto and Yugito raised their eyebrows at her knowing she did as little work as possible, something that Yugito picked up on after only a few meetings with the fifth. Grumbling at the two, Tsunade's eyes twitched. "Would you believe I'm going to take a nap?"
Seeing they didn't budge, she twitched more and thought of launching Naruto out of the hospital viva her fist. However, that would still leave Yugito... "Would you believe I have a hot date?"
They still weren't budging and Tsunade was trying to find something to say so they would just run off and not question her motives. "I have to... Um... I've got some womanly needs that need to be taken care of."
"Tsunade... That is disgusting. Now tell them what you are truly up to." Shizune stated, walking by at that exact moment and not even stopping as she was second in charge of the hospital and ran it most of the time.
Her jaw hung off its hinges as Tsunade watched Shizune walk away without so much looking back. That traitor! How dare she reveal to them she was planning something! That was top secret, classified and forbidden to speak about information!
This, however, had Yugito twitching madly as she gripped Tsunade's shirt, holding it up which covered most of her cleavage. "You are planning something... You are trying to throw a baby shower now that you know they are girls, aren't you?"
At that exact moment, Tsunade broke Yugito's grip and bolted from the hospital making people wonder what could make her run like Jiraiya did all those times before. Yugito simply glared at where she had been. "If I wasn't pregnant I would chase her down... Naruto, do it for me next time you spar with her."
Naruto simply nodded. He had been planning that for a while. Tsunade's meddling was beginning to annoy him as well but he didn't do anything about it as that was just how Tsunade was. But now he had a reason... And she was standing next to him, looking rather irate.
"Are you sure of this? This seems rather foolish, lady Hinata." Sai stated as he shadowed her movements as they avoided any hospital personnel as they made their way to their destination.
Hinata did not respond immediately. Instead she activated her Byukugan and scanned the area to see who was all in the floor before grimacing. "There is no other way. I need to know what the reason is that she has been coming here so often as of recently."
Understanding this already, Sai simply nodded as he looked right to left before following after Hinata as she moved from the stairway to the hall. "Yes, but I don't understand why you have to come along. I've gone through many medical files before for Lord Danzo..."
"Because her record is kept in Tsunade's office which she has had seals placed to alert her if someone breaks in. Not only that, I know she takes special care of Naruto's records and as such she will do the same for his fiancée." Hinata responded before spitting out as the last part left a bad taste in her mouth. He belonged to her, not the blonde hair hussy.
"Yes, I know. I've gone through these kind of records before. As I said just a moment ago, this isn't the first time I have done this. She keeps all of Konoha's elite shinobi, special circumstance cases and favored patients firmly tucked away." Sai fired back, annoyed that she still didn't trust him enough.
"I know of this... But Tsunade is at the hospital today and you're going to need a distraction." Hinata commented as they arrived at Tsunade's office. "Once you are in you won't have much time as I doubt I can buy you more then a minute or two to get what you need."
"That will be all I need." Sai commented before picking the lock easily and sliding into the office in a hurry knowing time was limited as he closed the door behind him.
Soon as Sai entered the room, Hinata's Byukugan flared to life as she looked for anyone nearby. Shizune was close, but she was currently dealing with a patient so she wouldn't be any problems unless the seals alerted her as well. It seemed they didn't as the black haired nurse didn't make any unusual moves.
There was a few Anbu on this floor. But thankfully most were attending to an injured ally while the two remaining were making rounds around the floor. Deactivating her eyes the masked ninja was coming through the hallway, Hinata looked over at him as he stopped as he noticed her before speaking. "Is there something wrong?"
"Oh... I'm just... I'm just waiting for Lady Tsunade to ask her a q-question." Hinata stated, acting as her normal self as she stumbled through her words as she use to do so often. She rarely stuttered now, but she had to act startled at his sudden question.
Looking at her for a moment, the Anbu simply nodded his head and continued his rounds, believing the young Hyuuga heiress. Sighing in relief as she watched him leave, Hinata was about to activate her bloodline once more before she nearly screamed as a voice spoke behind her. "So, what is it that you have to ask?"
This still caught Hinata off guard and she had lost her breath and began hyperventilating, making Tsunade puzzle what was going on. Figuring the girl was just startled she moved to open the door when Hinata seemingly caught her breath. "Um... May I have a moment alone with you? It's something personal."
"Sure. Just let me unlock my office." Tsunade stated before unlocking the door and opening it, much to Hinata's horror.
But to her surprise, nothing looked out of place and Sai was nowhere to be seen. Sighing out in relief, glad he had gotten out in time, Hinata followed Tsunade into the room and closed the door behind her before the buxom blonde turned to her as sat in her desk. "Alright, now can you tell me what's wrong?"
Grimacing for a moment, Hinata was glad she had this thought out in case this had indeed happened. "Um... It is about Naruto. ...I just don't understand it. In the time he has been away... He has changed so much and now..."
"You need to let it go, Hinata." Tsunade spoke, looking at the girl in a sympathetic manner as she could understand what was troubling her. "He changed because of everything that he had to go through in his time away. And to come back home, he sacrificed what he held dearest to him. But no matter how much he has changed he still is the same Naruto as he was before."
"As for him and his fiancée, there isn't very much you can do about that." Tsunade continued on as she watched the girl droop into a depression before her. "They fell for one another under harsh circumstances and the bond they've forged I dare say is unbreakable. ...He can now never see you as you wanted him to, but no matter what he still cares for you deeply and considers you one of his closest friends."
Moving to embrace her, Tsunade held Hinata close to her as she felt the Hyuuga would cry any moment. But it seemed Hinata was strong enough to keep from crying as she bowed slightly after their embrace. "Thank you... Lady Tsunade... I must be getting back home."
"It's okay. Just remember what I said, though." Tsunade stated as she watched the girl move away before entering her room.
Once she made sure Tsunade wasn't watching her any longer, Hinata immediately dried her tears and her face become stoic as she turned the corner to see Sai waiting. "So did you get it?"
"I did... But there are has been some unforeseen complications..." Sai trailed off before taking a deep breath and sighing as he stepped beside her, heading towards the stairs. "You are not going to like this, Lady Hinata. Getting rid of her in her current condition is no longer an option. You will have to wait for a while."
Hinata frowned as she looked at Sai, wondering what he meant. She understood Naruto would do what he could to protect her, but as a Konoha citizen there was nothing that could be done against her once she initiated her part of the plan.
Shaking his head as they made it to the stairs, Sai only whispered out what he had learned. "She's pregnant."
Freezing for a moment, Hinata shrugged it off and kept pace with Sai as they continued down the stairs. "It matters not. I can initiate the first portion of my plan now and it will make Danzo's plans easier. ...Inform him of what you learned at once."
Looking over at Hinata for a moment, Said simply disappeared. Hinata only grinned. This would make everything go much smoother.
She twitched as the before her babbled like two school girls. Her eyes continued to twitch as the two just wouldn't shut up. Where in the world was Naruto when she needed him? At least then she had a reason to not pay attention to their mindless drabble!
On the other end of the couch, Tsunade bit her lip to keep from laughing. Both Sakura and Ino were getting on Yugito's nerves about their talk of... Well, she wasn't paying attention to it either. It was rather trivial gossip and she didn't really care about it except for what was truly important... Like Shizune apparently having a girlfriend. That she was interested in as she knew her Shizune's tastes very well.
Of course they were talking about a completely different topic now, one that actually made both Tsunade and Yugito pay attention as a certain name was mention. "Hey forehead? I've heard that Hinata has been hanging around this really hot guy. From some of the others I talked to, they say he's even hotter then Sasuke!"
Sakura gawked at Ino for a moment, having found it difficult for any of the girls they talked with to rate a guy over Sasuke despite being a traitor now, she shook her head rather viciously to get rid of any of those thoughts. "No way! Hinata is still too heart broken. I can't see her suddenly going after another guy just like that."
"Yeah, I know!" Ino commented loudly, not realizing her loud voice was getting on Yugito's nerves. "But this is what makes it odd. As of recently, she hasn't let anyone else get close to her. Not even Kiba, Shino and Kurenai can talk to her without angering her. Something is really odd about her."
Narrowing her eyes for a moment, Tsunade actually decided to enter their conversation... And prayed she would be let out once it returned to pointless babble. "Do you happen to have a description of this young man hanging around Hinata? I am quite curious as I had a conversation with her just the other day and I sensed something was odd about her."
Yugito easily picked up on what Tsunade wanted to know. She didn't care about how this guy looked. She wanted to know who he was as there could be a connection to him and this Danzo she and Naruto kept speaking of.
"Oh! I have something better! A picture!" Ino remembered before digging out a scroll... From seemingly nowhere and pulling out a picture and showing it to Sakura the Tsunade.
Tsunade immediately recognized who it was. He was one of the top operators in Danzo's Root organization. That was all the proof she needed that Danzo truly was up to something, but for now she would have to stay quiet about it. "Eh. He isn't who I thought he was. Never mind."
Looking at her master for a moment, Sakura could only shrug as she guessed Tsunade was expecting it to be someone else. But still that made her wonder... Who was she expecting it to be?
Seeing no one else was talking, Ino finally realized that they had been leaving Yugito out of the conversation. While she understood that Naruto's fiancée was rather quiet, she was the reason she was there in the first place. "Hey? I absolutely forgot, but I have to ask... But when's the do date? I so want to be there just to see what Naruto's face looks like!"
As Yugito looked horrified at the thought of giving her such information, Tsunade couldn't help but to start laughing. She could envision the brat's face and she couldn't help but laugh out loud. The look she imagined was just too funny!
Finally getting a hold of herself as everyone in the room was looking at her, thought Ino had joined her in laughing as she had a pretty vivid imagination as well, Tsunade shook her head. "There isn't a set one yet. It is a little too early to tell but I would have to say sometime in late January, early February."
"Ah! So then we should have the baby shower on New Years! It will be so perfect!" Ino stated as she begun to lay out the plans in her head, Sakura nodding in agreement as that would be an appropriate time if she didn't go into early labor.
Twitching once more, wishing Naruto had not taken her weapons from her just for today, Yugito was ready to throw whatever she could find to shut the girls up. She was entirely uncomfortable with this and the only reason she didn't just scream at them to get out was because they were her husbands' friends. ...How she hated him right now.
Slumping further into her seat on the couch, growling ever so lightly in hopes that may hear and be frightened, Yugito groaned to herself. "Where is Naruto...? I can't take this for much longer."
Hearing a knock on the door, she was relieved for a moment before frowning. Naruto would have just opened the door and even if his hands were full, he would just have a clone open it for him. So who in the world could it be? So help her if it was another of these bubbly girls...
Deciding to open the door for her, Sakura opened the door to see who it was. So she couldn't help be shocked when she saw who it was. "H-Hinata? What are you doing here?"
"May I come in? I have to talk to his fiancée?" Hinata stated, her dress attire surprising Sakura as well as she was wearing a regal, white velvet robe that was befitting of her title.
Being unable to stop her from doing so, Hinata crossed the threshold and into the house, alarming Tsunade who had now stood up and ready to deal with this. This girl's forte was not bold moves, so something was going on here.
Hinata simply ignored the Hokage as she had no business with her and stopped just outside the arrangement of seats that were set out. "I'll make this brief as you probably guessed I don't like you for taking him from me. Under Konoha's laws, I am given the authority to challenge you to a duel for the right to marry him."
"However, due to your status we are unable to hold the duel as of now. We will simply have to wait a month after those children are born to at least give you a fighting chance." Hinata stated looking straight into Yugito's eyes before finally meeting the Hokage's gaze. "If you do not believe me, look it up Lady Hokage. It is well within my, and anyone else's right to do so. It just hasn't been done."
Tsunade frowned as this was something she had not expected from the gentle Hyuuga heiress. Even if she was under Danzo's control, why should be doing this as it didn't benefit him in anyway unless... 'SHIT! I didn't think of it until now! With Hinata's influence, he can gain tremendous support and if she is to marry Naruto... FUCK THAT BASTARD!'
Steeling her emotions, letting none of them show, Yugito stood from her seat as a powerful aura washed over all within the room forcing all attention onto her. "Why wait? Let's do it now if you are in such a hurry. I'm not going to be delayed in being with my lover nor will I let some witch take him from me!"
Keeping her face neutral, Tsunade shook her head at Hinata. "Sit down Yugito... And yes, I know of the laws very well as it has been done before, many times. I know you are protected under law, but you don't realize something... I have the power to revoke every law. So as such, I would be very careful while you are in front of me, Hyuuga."
Having her gaze turn from Yugito and back to Tsunade, her eye raised in curiosity as if she was daring her to do so. "Oh, is that so? Then why don't you just do it then and give me all the reason to take my clan to another village. ...I'm sure you know we're well protected to do that as well, Lady Hokage."
Tsunade looked rather stunned at Hinata's boldness. She hadn't expected for her to play that card against her. And with their forces the way they were at the moment it would be too much of a loss to lose the Hyuuga clan.
Regaining her composure, Tsunade was getting rather irritated as the girl was acting like a damned council member... And they annoyed the hell out of her as they knew laws she was still just learning of and tried to use them against her! "You don't have that power as of now and one word to your father, that power can be taken from you. Do not try and play games..."
She was unable to finish as a rumbling came from the stairs, three cloaked figures were unceremoniously thrown down the said stairs, each out cold. At the top of the stairs, Naruto swept down with the ravenous aura of Kyuubi surrounding his left arm, which was now black but starting to return to its normal coloration. "Damn spies..."
Hinata showed nothing as she saw this, but within her heart was thumping in her chest at the sight of her love and the damage caused to his arm. She also knew of the three's purpose, but they under no circumstances were suppose to harm Naruto if he had caught them and just to escape. Still, she needed to stay quiet about this.
"Naruto! What happened to your arm?" Tsunade yelled out, seeing that it had now become decayed and withered. She also could see it was rapidly recovering thanks to the fox's intervention, but nonetheless it was rather disturbing.
"This fucker..." Naruto pointed down to one of the masked figures. "Is an Aburame and he injected some kind of bug into me. They are dead now but... I could use some help removing them and healing the rest of the damage."
Moving to him to do so, she easily pulled out the insects and the healing process wasn't too horrible as with the fox's help it was done in the matter of moments. Once she finished, she looked down at the three and immediately noticed they were Root.
Growling in her throat, knowing Danzo was responsible for this, Tsunade was ready to do something when Naruto stopped her. "Don't do anything just yet... He just gave us a great gift, hasn't he Hinata?"
Freezing as had been making her way to the door only to bump into Sakura, Hinata grimaced as this could not end well. "I do not know what you are talking about, Naruto my love. I don't even know who this Danzo is."
"Oh come on! You are hanging around with his top agent and you don't know who the man is? Tell me some more lies, will you?" Tsunade growled, now thankful for Sakura and Ino's banter as something useful actually came from it.
"You may let her go, Sakura. She is free to leave." Naruto stated, taking control of the situation as he motioned for Sakura to open the door. "But would you do something for me? Tell him the next time he sends his agents here for any reason, they'll be coming back in body bags... Now that my training is finally complete."
Despite feeling faint from the sight of him, Hinata felt a little fear. His training... Was now complete? What in the world did that mean? He already knew the flash... Was there something more?
Turning and moving through the door as Sakura opened it and let her out, Hinata stopped and closed her eyes. "You were all I had... Without you, my world is meaningless so I am willing to do anything to make you mine. ...Even if it means you don't love me back."
Watching as she left, Naruto only sighed as he reigned in his darker emotions, containing them so they wouldn't be released. He truly cared for her... But now with what was going on and being used like she was... He would have to stop treating her like a friend. And that would be difficult for him.
With a simple command, four Anbu appeared and picked up the unconscious Root agents and disappeared with them. Tsunade looked at Naruto with her mouth agape before gazing over at the spot where her Anbu guards were. "What the hell? You're not Hokage yet! Don't command them! That is still my job, you brat!"
Ignoring Tsunade, knowing that wasn't the greatest idea, Naruto moved over to Yugito. She had taken a seat back down on the couch but the way her eyes glinted and the small amount of blood dripping from her palms he could tell she was fuming over what happened and a little angry with how he handled the situation.
"Hey there... How you doing?" Naruto chirped, trying to get her in a better mood. That only served him badly as her intense glare was now focused on him.
However it seemed he was unfazed by the glance as he sat down beside her and smiled. "Now don't get mad at me, babe. You know what is going on here better then anyone else does and you said you would deal with it."
"It doesn't mean I have to like it! I would like to marry sooner then later!" Yugito growled out at Naruto, furious as she wanted Hinata thrown into a room with Ibiki or someone for threatening her like that. How she conducted herself was unacceptable.
Shaking his head, knowing that she would stay mad at him for a while, Naruto shrugged before pulling out a scroll. "Well, I'm not sure if this will make you feel any better but I got you your birthday present down at the music store."
Yugito's mood turned from foul to neutral as she gazed at the scroll in her lover's hand. She still was very upset with him, but on the other hand she really wanted to know what he got for her. If it was from a music store... Her eyes widened as he pulled her present from the scroll. "You... It... I... I LOVE IT!"
She suddenly forgot about being irate with Naruto as she squeezed the life out of him... Possibly not having forgot she was angry at him as his skin began to rapidly change colors until it reached purple. However, that really didn't matter as she kissed him a few times before taking the guitar like instrument from his hand and began to tune it.
Looking at the scene oddly for a moment, Ino and Sakura found it rather cute that she instantly forgave him and was now off in her own little world playing the... "Hey, what is that?"
"That would be a shamisen." Naruto responded to Sakura's question, his facing turning back to its normal color as he was breathing once more. "Yugito had one back in the Cloud and she always played it in her free time. I knew she really missed it so I got her the best one I could find. ...I also got her a karaoke machine, but she doesn't need to know about that yet."
The two found it horribly romantic that Naruto would do such a thing for her and began daydreaming, something he was glad for as it got him away from them as he made his way to Tsunade. "It seems that he is getting ready... I think it is time for our next stage. With his aid, we can put this to rest."
Tsunade nodded as she mentally made preparations. If Danzo had already had Hinata, it was getting close for their time to strike and force him to show his true colors.
But there was something else bothering her, something that caught her attention earlier but decided to hold off about asking about it until they were alone. Seeing that Sakura and Ino were caught in their fantasies and Yugito was too busy playing her shamisen, she asked. "Naruto... What did you mean your training is complete? As far as I know, I still have tutors coming here everyday to help in your training."
Naruto only smirked before he gazed into her eyes when his suddenly turned crimson. "Oh let's just say I now have an obedient little fox and leave it at that."
It took a moment for her to register what he had said but when she did... Tsunade shivered.
"NO!"
Yugito was screaming her lungs out at Naruto, who now had to back off as his fiancée had become very volatile and his life was on the line now.
Dodging whatever she got her hands on and threw at him, he was glad he had begun to learn from his father's scrolls as the things that would have shattered with contact he somehow teleported them to a much safer place.
"Babe, will you stop already? I asked for this!" Naruto yelled back, trying to get closer which didn't work to well as she was beginning to dismantle bigger things and he barely dodge the oven being thrown at his skull. "AND WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP THROWING THINGS?"
"Why should I? You're leaving and you only give me a day's warning!" Yugito growled out, having difficulty lifting the dish washer as the oven had taken a lot of strength.
Closing his eyes for a moment, hoping she wouldn't get her second wind too quickly and start throwing things again, Naruto moved towards her and embracing her. "I told you before we arrived there was one thing I had to do once we got here. I won't be gone too long..."
Trying to snap out of his grip, Yugito hissed loudly as she moved to struggle, his touch not doing what it normally did and calm her down. It simply made her angrier. However, he held her tightly to him before whispering again. "I have to do this and I need your support. If I don't have that... I can't do anything."
Finally being let go, Yugito moved back and glare at her fiancé. Her fist tightened and she was ready to strike him, but the fury in her eyes lessened as her eyes met him, the glow within his eyes calming. "I don't want you to go... I'm still not comfortable here."
"I know... I don't want to leave you, but I must do this as this. ...If I can't face him, I can't move on in my life. You know that, Yugito." Naruto explained, biting his lip as he looked down at the floor for a moment before looking into her eyes.
Glancing back into his deep blues, Yugito would have normally would have moved to embrace him but she was very upset as well. She wanted him here with her now that she was four months into her pregnancy, her belly now could no longer be passed off for a gain of weight. "Can't it wait? That's all I want..."
Naruto shook his head, exhaling before running his hand through his hair as his eyes closed and turning his head from her. "I wished it could, but it is time. Everything is in motion and it is time to act now. If we don't... Well, you know what I'm trying to do and if this isn't done now, all of it will be for nothing."
Yugito's face perked up at this before her eyes narrowed for a moment. Taking a deep breath and closing her eyes, she turned from him before sighing. "Why does it have to be now? I know you must do this, but I need you with me now. With what happened with Hinata and with what you are doing..."
"She won't touch you know that she knows your pregnant, you know that. I hate what she's doing to try and separate us but there is nothing I can do as it is legal to challenge you to a duel... But it is clear now that she is being used by him and something must be done quickly." Naruto stated as his eyes opened and he moved to Yugito.
Stepping away from him, she gazed towards him before she laid her hands on her growing stomach. "I know... But what if he uses this opportunity to try and get to me? If he can get to me in anyway, everything will be jeopardized and both the twins and I would be in danger as he could use us against you."
"We've already gone over that and my seals will work, so you don't worry about that. And if I can bring back Sasuke... we'll let's just say Danzo will be very unhappy as he doesn't want Sasuke alive. And if he dares trying to kidnap you... Well, I could always place the seal on yours to bring me to you in danger." Naruto explained as he leaned against the refrigerator door.
Keeping her gaze on her fiancé, Yugito nodded before she finally moved to him, letting him embrace her. "Okay... But what if you are out of range? What then?"
"I could always have a few of my friends over that you are comfortable with. I know Shikamaru and Shizune wouldn't hesitate to help and I know you won't mind them. And Tsunade lives nearby so you can stay with her if you don't feel safe." Naruto comforted her, knowing she had become very insecure with herself as of recently, something she definitely wasn't when they had met.
Finally feeling reassured by his touch, she melded into his chest before a weird growling noise began filling the air. This only made Naruto chuckle a little as he looked down at her, seeing her face was now content. "Ah, is my little tabby happy now?"
"This tabby will use her claws to castrate you if you call me that again." Yugito growled, glaring up at Naruto despite still almost being merged with his chest.
This made Naruto laugh a little harder as he shook his head at her. "Wow, now I know what Tsunade meant by constant and fluctuating mood swings. I can just image how bad it is going to be in a few months."
"Yep. I'm going to be using you as a pillow one moment that scratching the hell out of you the next." Yugito grinned as she finally moved from Naruto's chest and walked out of the kitchen with him and into the living room, her head leaning against his shoulder as she said that.
Naruto began to laugh harder, which in turn made Yugito stop and look at him, wondering what she had said. Not finding it, she gave him the look as he finally began to get his laughter under control. And as he did, he looked up at her with a smirk marred on his face. "And you wonder why I call you by cat names?"
Still giving him the look for a moment, Yugito suddenly looked horrified at what she said before she put her head into the palm of her hands. "This is just purrfect."
Hearing him laughing again, Yugito became mortified and started screaming, knowing her cat demon was at fault for this. "Son of a...!"
"You know..." Naruto interrupted her, keeping her from saying the last word, "They're holding a small get together for the retrieval team tonight. I thought you might be..."
"Naruto..." Yugito stopped him, knowing he was going to try and convince her to come as he wanted her there with him. "I'm okay with you going, it's just... I know they are your friends; I'm just not comfortable around them yet. It is going to take some time."
Smiling at her a little, Naruto nodded as he knew Yugito would say that. However, he had a plan on his own as he wouldn't be comfortable leaving her all alone and knew there was one thing she loved more then him. "Babe, I was going to say there is karaoke machine there."
"Karaoke?" Yugito's ears perked up and a certain glint appeared within her eyes as she looked over at Naruto, who was nodding at her one word question. "Alright... If I go... Would anyone be mad if I hogged the machine most of the night?"
Naruto just laughed. He knew Yugito's ticks so well...
He mentally cursed. He had forgotten to give Yugito the machine he had bought her. Oh now how was he going to give it to her without getting scorned?
A damp mist covered the early morning forest. A lone figure leaned against a rather old oak tree, both darkness and the dense haze making him almost impossible to see, despite being rather tall.
He, however, was found rather easily as a younger man landed before him with a young woman following him, the fog did not hampering them in the slightest. Looking over at the young man for a moment, seeing his upper half of his body was covered mostly by a jacket and a pair of sun glasses he recognized, he tilted his head band to make sure it was him before moving to the girl.
Covering his other eye back up, Kakashi nodded towards Sakura and Shino before drawing a lone kunai from his pocket. "Glad you could make it. Now it is time to summon the last portion of our team."
"No need... I've been here for an hour." Naruto stated, dangling off the tree Kakashi was leaning against.
Kakashi jumped. He couldn't help it. His former student caught him off guard as he hadn't even sensed him. And if he had been there for an hour... "Naruto... Next time I'm going to shove my Lighting Blade down your throat if you do that again!"
Grinning as he finally got to see Kakashi flustered, Naruto dropped down and stretched his shoulders. It was just surreal that he could now sneak up on his old teacher without him even noticing. "Be glad I didn't get revenge... I still remember what you did to me five years, six months and fourteen days ago."
"You've counted every single day!" Kakashi yelled with his mouth agape that Naruto still hadn't forgotten the Thousand Years of Death!
While Shino looked on, confused, it took Sakura a moment before she stifled a laugh as she remembered that day quite vividly. However, her face fell a moment later as she remembered what their mission was. "What if... What if he doesn't want to come back?"
As Kakashi grimaced, as he was trying to keep everyone's moral up until the eventual encounter, Naruto stepped to Sakura before grinning as he used to. "Don't worry about it, Sakura. Even if he doesn't want to come back, we'll just kick his ass and drag him back."
Despite Naruto's cheerful words and knowing that they had the capacity to do so, Sakura's face drooped further as she glanced down. "I know... I know we are strong enough to bring him back. But this is just so... So... Can't you at least act depressed about this whole ordeal?"
Naruto wasn't fazed at all by Sakura's sudden outburst. Since he had been dealing with Yugito's withdrawals and relapses, Sakura was much simple to deal with. "Both Kakashi and I feel the same as you do, so don't think that we aren't grieving either. ...We both have gone through traumatic ordeals and because of that we can deal with this better."
"He's right about that, Sakura. We can both accept the worst and work to see that won't happen but we will be ready if it does." Kakashi added as he looked at his pink haired student, his eyes glazing over as he remembered his father.
Lowering her head as that didn't help improve her mood in the slightest, now believing she was the weakest among them as she wasn't handling this situation as well as they were. All three of them, including Shino, could kill Sasuke if they had to. She wasn't so sure she could...
"Sakura." Naruto stated as he turned from her and looked up into the sky, barely being able to see it thanks to the fog. "Just remember everything you've been taught... Each of us have trained for this exact moment and we will succeed. All you need is faith in your own being and skills. If you have that, we will be fine."
Gazing at her team mate, noting the glow that surrounded him as he grinned like he always did before, Sakura felt... She felt more relaxed. His confidence in not only himself, but for her and their team seemed to be giving her the strength she needed for this mission. "You... You really haven't change. Despite what you've been through..."
"I am who I am and nothing can ever change that. The only difference is how I act and how I carry myself." Naruto responded as he looked back down at Sakura before taking a deep breath and turning to Kakashi and Shino. "Alright, let's get going. When we arrive in the Rice we'll need Pakkun to catch his scent and from there Shino can take the rest."
Both simply nodded in return before Naruto took the lead, landing on a branch and springing forward in the direction of the Land of Rice. Yet as he headed forward, he closed his eyes for just a moment to make sure everything was alright.
Smiling as he could feel her snores, Naruto shook his head. It was time to bring this chapter of his life to an end.
It was a rather nice day for her today. For the first time since she could remember, she had very little paper work to deal with. Another good thing was that Shizune was in the room and working with her, not out getting more papers for her to look over and sign. Those two were miracles on their own as there was more paper work then she could handle at this time of day.
Finally, it was a gorgeous day and the sun was shining brightly into her office and onto her... Making it easier for her to take a nap.
As Tsunade snored and a small amount of drool leaked from the corner of her mouth and onto the desk, Shizune simply giggled. She didn't have the heart to tell her master that she had neglected the enormous amount of paper work she had stacked on her desk outside. She would let her master have a day off as she rather deserved one every now and then.
Soon as that thought passed through her head, Yugao dropped down in her gear. "Shizune... We have a problem. He is coming here now and he looks like he is ready to try something."
Groaning as she had purposely allowed Tsunade fall asleep and now she knew what this meant, Shizune shoulders slumped as she moved next to her master's side and gently rubbed her shoulder. "Lady Tsunade, please wake up. ...We have a problem."
"I don't wanna..." Tsunade grumbled back in her hazed state, trying to stay asleep but failing miserably as Shizune's touch was making it difficult.
Having no choice in the matter, she groggily sat up and glared at her partner as she rubbed her temple. "What possibly is so important that needs my attention now? I was having a rather nice dream."
"Lady Hokage... It is Danzo. He is almost here and it feels like he's going to try something." Yugao responded in a formal tone as she was on duty, despite being utterly impressed as that was the first time she had ever seen Tsunade wake up without destroying something or causing someone physical harm...
At least she hadn't done either of those things yet. She was pretty sure that after this meeting was over, or possibly during, something was going to happen.
And with that last thought the door open and entering through it was the person in question, Danzo. In response to this sudden entrance, Tsunade sat firmly upright, crossed her fingers and glare straight at the man as he made a beeline to her desk before slamming a scroll onto his desk. "What is the meaning of this Tsunade?"
Shrugging her shoulders, deciding that she wasn't going to grace him with an answer if he wasn't going to at least respect her for her position, Tsunade yawned. "I don't know as that is a closed scroll. What is within, I don't know because it isn't open for me to read."
Growling at the fifth, knowing she was toying with him and knew exactly what was within, Danzo narrowed his visible eye at the buxom women before him. "To start, how about you tell me why you sent a team without the council or the elders' approval to retrieve the rogue Uchiha? Then maybe you will explain why all my funding has been cut!"
Still being rather placid and resisting the urge to yawn, Tsunade simply gazed into the elder man's eye before responding. "There was absolutely no need to. I sent a hunting party after him that will either return him to this village or in the worst case scenario eliminate him."
"Why is Uzumaki leading that team? He has not passed our examination and deemed safe to send out on missions once again. Furthermore..."
"Furthermore, he was granted permission by his counselors, who deemed him fit to take the mission. And since when did council members examine shinobi unless they are potential flight risks or ninja seeking refuge in our village? Seeing that he is no danger to this village, he isn't a former missing ninja and he has no reason to leave this village as his future wife is currently here, I see no reason to why he would have to be examined." Tsunade interrupted, knowing what the man wanted very well.
Becoming frustrated as Tsunade seemed to be sharp today and seemed thoroughly prepared for him. Still there was one thing...
"As for why I cut your funding... I know what you have been doing, Danzo." Tsunade state, glaring daggers at him, "And while it isn't illegal, I don't want any connections with it. If you want to continue running your little black-opts program the way you have, use your own money and stop wasting this village's wealth. We have better things to use it for."
"Now if you would... Leave now, otherwise I will make you leave. I have more important work to do then baby-sit an elderly man bitching about how I run my village." Tsunade finished, her hands now were no longer interlocked and instead she was popping her knuckles, seemingly gleeful about the idea of making him leave.
Keeping his sight on her for a moment, as if gauging her to see if she actually would stoop to such an action, Danzo turned and left without another word. But as he left the room and disappeared into the shadows, he appeared in his base of operations when two of his own drop down next to him.
"So I take your meeting with Tsunade was unfruitful." The Root on the left said, noticing his lord was even further upset then he had been when he left.
"Not necessarily. I've learned some rather useful information." Danzo stated, grinning as Tsunade fell for his ploy and told him what he needed to know. "For one I know what Tsunade knows of my operations. The funding while useful is superfluous and I have plenty to keep our projects going, but knowing that Uzumaki has told her at least some of what he knows leads me to believe he is planning something and she is in on it."
"But now... He isn't here to protect that girl of his. It is time to uphold my portion of my deal with Hinata. Take your best men and infiltrate their home and take her prisoner. But be cautious, I have heard of this one from our Cloud network. She shouldn't be a problem due to her condition but still be prepared for a fight." Danzo spoke, a grin appearing on his face.
Watching his faithful Root disappear, he couldn't stop grinning. The brat was doing the work for him... He was falling perfectly into his plan and soon, he would have control of this village and become the sixth.
As the sun burned brightly in the western horizon, shadows began to fall as night was soon approaching. Before them was their target but he seemed rather elusive and seemed to have anticipated their arrival.
He had used several decoys, having know learned shadow clone, making it difficult for Kakashi to keep track of him. However, that was what Shino's purpose was for. With his kikai he was able to follow each path much quicker then the Copy ninja and quickly found the original.
But once more it was difficult to draw near upon him as the Uchiha seemed to know they were coming. However, there was something odd as the terrain seemed to shift from a forest backdrop to the damp and moist coast of the east. He was slowing down and now he had completely stopped.
He had chosen this spot to fight them. He had chose the spot where they had buried Zabuza and Haku.
"So you've finally came." Sasuke stated as they arrived, his back facing them as they dropped down. "I guess this was inevitable..."
Gazing towards him, ignoring the three that stood in front of him, determined to fight, Naruto drew a single kunai from his pouch. "It is time for you to return home Sasuke... Whether you want to or not."
"Get real boy!" The red head yelled out at him, obviously not caring that the blonde wasn't even paying her any attention. "Why would Lord Sasuke leave our village where he is our ruler to become one of you pathetic leaf ninja?"
"Ruler... Ah, so Kabuto must have been killed as well." Kakashi frowned as this wouldn't be as easy as he first thought, especially noticing the young man to Sasuke's right wielding Zabuza's blade. "I didn't think you have become that powerful... To kill not only a sannin but a ninja of my caliber at the same time."
Sasuke only laughed, not even bothering to turn around and look at his former sensei. "Those fools were nothing. All they did was help me achieve the level of power I know possess... But now if is for naught."
At this, Sasuke's voice darkened and his fist tightened. "I've lost the reason I gain all this strength for! When I learned my brother had passed on, I was enraged that I would not be able to take my revenge on the one that took everything from me! I wanted nothing more then to erase the one that took him from me but then I learned even that was not possible as he too had been killed."
"Sasuke please stop this!" Sakura yelled out, jumping in front of Kakashi and Naruto, her entire body trembling as Sasuke's tone darkened. "We don't want to fight you! We all still care for you and just want you to come home!"
"Shut her up, Juugo. I would like to finish without being interrupted." Sasuke immediately responded in irritation for being cut short as he still had more to say.
Juugo simply grinned and cracked his knuckles before immediately rushing before Sakura, who seemed unprepared for such an attack. At that exact moment, Naruto appeared before her and easily caught the punch thrown. Then Kakashi responded and with a leap over Naruto he followed with a spin kick and knocked Juugo back.
Growling as he stumbled back, Juugo was ready to charge when a swarm of insects enveloped him. Swatting at them, attempting to knock them back, he suddenly found himself back besides Sasuke. He was ready to move back, despite wondering how he appeared besides Sasuke without using a replacement, but was stopped as the Uchiha spoke again.
"I see you've grown stronger too... As I expected. I can even feel that you have grown more powerful as well, Sakura but you still hold onto that silly dream of yours, don't you?" Sasuke stated, finally turning to meet them, his black eyes looking down at them.
Faltering for a moment, Sakura's head dropped and her entire body began to shake as tears began to drip from her eyes. "That is true... A part of me still loves you and no matter what I do, I can't stop having feelings for you because of it."
"But..." Sakura continued as her fist tightened as her head rose, her tears only showing half of what was to be seen. "I can't forgive you for leaving us. So if I must, I will use as much force as I can muster to bring you back even if we have to bring you back in pieces!"
"Now that's conviction..." Sasuke mumbled under his breath, Sakura having surprised him as the girl he remembered was nothing like this. "But now I must thank Konoha for sending you to me. I know what it was my brother was doing before he died... He was protecting you, Naruto. So even if I am unable to carry out my revenge against him I can still do one more thing to hurt him!"
"I will destroy what he sought to protect!" Sasuke yelled out at his ex-teammate as his hatred rolled off him in waves, bathing them with intent to kill that seemed almost tangible.
Yet that force seemed to fade into confusion as laughter began to grow. Narrowing his eyes and growling in his throat seeing who it was coming from, he was ready to lunge as Naruto lowered his head and closed his eyes. "And here I thought you were the stronger... But now I can see that isn't true."
"Your brother was far stronger then you will ever be... He gave his life not for me or even for the village he was still loyal to." Naruto commented, his voice lowering as he prepared for combat. "But it seemed what he gave his life for wasn't even worth saving... His stupid, spoiled little brother that he spared in hope that he would see the truth."
"But I guess that isn't possible so now I will show you it." Naruto finished as he could feel Sasuke's glare before his head snapped up and his eyes opened revealing the weapon of truth. "Now see for yourself! Tsukiyomi!"
Looking up into the starry sky above, Yugito sighed deeply as it was lonely by herself. She couldn't ask for help from Naruto's friends even though she knew they would help her in a heart beat. While she had begun to get to know them, she really only trusted a select few among them as they reminded her of her friends.
She wanted to ask Shizune to stay with her while her love was gone. But she didn't want to ruin the nurse's plans with her new girlfriend as she heard the two talking about going to the movies later when they had dropped by, on Tsunade's orders. She also didn't want to bother the Hokage as well... She was the Hokage. She had enough to deal with.
Anyone else seemed rather pointless to ask as they were guys and despite feeling she could trust them, she couldn't trust them with Naruto at her side. She still feared men without at least another woman present if Naruto was not. She knew the fear was irrational and tried to fight it down each time it arose but it mattered not as her body still felt the pain of that day.
To make matters worse, she wasn't even tired so she couldn't fall asleep. She had slept most of the day in order to pass her alone time and even playing her shamisen and singing with her karaoke machine did not help her alleviate the emptiness of the day. She needed him with her.
"Naruto... Please come home soon." Yugito sighed as she looked away from the night sky, bringing her knees to her chest.
After a few more moments alone and deciding to go back inside as it was rather cold, Yugito stood up and was ready to leave the roof when her instincts kicked in. Ducking below the few shuriken that were thrown her direction, she spun rather quickly and got to her feet to face her attackers.
Standing before her were four men dressed in dark clothing and each wearing a mask with a symbol that she recognized on each. Narrowing her eyes for a moment as she was rather under dressed, wearing a black t-shirt and a pair of Naruto's boxers tied to her hips, her eyes fell on the obvious leader standing before them. "I see... So you must work for him I take it."
"Then you should know why we are here. Make this easy on yourself and just come with us." The head Root stated as he slowly began to move towards her, believing this job to be rather easy despite the warning Danzo had given him.
However he stopped in his tracks as the woman began to chuckle as she drew a lone blade, two feet in length with archaic runes cover it to the tip. "I guess I should thank you all for coming. Now I won't be so bored."
Narrowing his eyes at the blonde before him, he drew a ninjato he wielded to show his seriousness. "I would not if I were you. We will not hold back and your children could very well be jeopardized."
"Don't you worry about them." Yugito grinned as the arm without the blade began to glow with similar runes as her eyes began to shine. "I doubt you will survive my first attack!"
A/N: There is the latest chapter. I had most of this chapter done except for the final couple of scenes and I finally did them to take a break from A Red Dawn.
I know a few of you are probably upset that I didn't really do any fight scenes in this, but this story actually has only one planned fight and that's for the next and final chapter of this saga. I also didn't want there to be a big, climatic fight between Naruto and Sasuke. I can't divulge much but you will see why next chapter.
As you can kind of see, I used what happened when Kyuubi attacked from a few chapters back in Naruto to help this chapter along. For this story I had always kind of had Kushina pictured as the previous vessel of Kyuubi but I was stuck on thinking how Kyuubi broke out and attacked the village... So thanks for that Kishimoto. You helped me out there.
Also, as much as I hated to, I had to cut a scene(two scenes in actuality) from this chapter as it just didn't match up with the rest. To make it worse, the scene(the Karaoke send-off party) was part of the original concept and it hurt so much to pull it out at the last moment. I might end putting it out later as a one-shot song fic, however.
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and if you have any questions or just want to say something leave a review so I can get back to you. Also, no flames as I will not hesitate to fire back at the person and if not possible I will publicly fire back at them. Criticism is fine and in fact appreciated as long as you have a point and aren't overly insulting.
So without further ado... Peace Out.