The Dragon in the Maelstrom
Chapter 3: Adoption.
Written by Jlargent
Me: For those of you who are wondering why I decided to make Azula a godmother it will be relevant later on in the story so until then you'll have to wait. And on a more serious note there's a fanfic author currently going by the name 'The King of Thieves' is stealing the hard work of others and claiming to have several accounts Dracohalo117 has informed me of this and I decided to warn you to the possible danger of having your work stolen so avoid any authors that has the word 'Thief', 'Thieves' or anything in conjunction to this such as 'Crook' or 'bandit' if you find your work stolen please report it at once. Typical disclaimers apply I do not own Naruto or ATLA in any shape or form.
Azula's POV
"Excuse me but did you say that you want to adopt Naruto?" the Hokage asks me as I look at the boy I helped saved only hours ago I could not help but feel an kinship to him as though he and I are similar to each other only I asked for what I did and he didn't ask to become the container of the kyuubi.
"Yes, you did hear me right. I wish to adopt Naruto Uzumaki." I said as said boy started to awaken from the attack to which the Hokage gently bent down and shakes his shoulder as Naruto opens his eyes to see the man he see as his grandfather look at him with concern.
"I'm glad to see you are awake Naruto." The Hokage spoke as he stared to come around, I look at Naruto and I could see the various scars and bruises slowly start to fade Probably due to the kyuubi speeding up his healing I thought as Naruto doesn't seem to notice the injuries. Just then a masked ninja appeared and cleared his throat slightly "Lord Hokage the council wishes to talk about the events that transpired tonight and formally requests that the woman next to you is to attend." the man said as he disappears.
Anko scowls at the message "No doubt the bastards are going to try something. I wish to stay here and keep an eye out in case they try to attack him while he's here." she said motioning to Naruto, the Hokage nodded as he stands up "Anko I want you to protect Naruto while we are gone. Naruto I promise that I'll be back soon." He said as he gently hugs Naruto, when he lets go he gently grabs my shoulder and I felt a sensation of moving at high speeds and as quickly as it starts it ends and I open my eyes to see a pair of double doors leading into a large circular room that I suspect is the council room I have a feeling that I would be here a lot in the future I thought bitterly as I assess the number of people in attendance one side of the room seemed to handle the civilian portion of the village and the other side dealt with shinobi affairs and in the rear of the room there are three chairs next to each other. The Hokage makes his way to the center chair as two others are there quite possibly his advisors.
"We are gathered here today to question this woman as to why she decided to interfere with village affairs." the woman on the left of the Hokage announced as the civilian portion stared to cause uproar Apparently the want Naruto dead and would circumvent the law to do it. I noted as one woman with coal black hair and matching eyes calls the meeting to order "Stop this at once! It's obvious that she means well and felt as though she needed to protect the boy." she said as a blonde haired blue eyed man spoke up in agreement "I agree with Mikoto Uchiha on this matter. I had to protect the boy myself a few times as well I find the actions of the civilians utterly deplorable." the man said as the civilian portion quieted down.
"Now onto other business. Azula you wish to adopt Naruto Uzumaki am I correct?" The Hokage asks me as he pulls out some papers and once again the civilian council roared their disapproval only to be silenced by a large fireball aimed just above their heads "Now I believe that the Hokage was speaking. Now if you interrupt him again you will not be walking out of here alive." I spoke with an icy tone promising death and all at once they quieted down.
"Now Azula we have a few questions for you to answer before we consider having you adopt Naruto Uzumaki." The man with long black hair and pale eyes spoke to me from the shinobi portion of the council. After what seemed like hours of interrogation they finally stopped asking me about my past and decided to put it to a vote. I mentally thought about wether or not to threaten to burn them in order to influence the voting procedure, surprisingly the vote went my way due to support from Mikoto Uchiha and I was granted adoption papers which I signed in front of both councils.
"Congratulations you are now Azula Uzumaki mother to one Naruto Uzumaki. I hope that you both can learn from one another and become a good family." the Hokage spoke as he placed a stamp on the certificate confirming the adoption. Afterwards I spoke to the shinobi council members thanking them for their support.
"You were lucky that my husband was sick and could not attend tonight, otherwise you would not have been able to adopt Naruto." Mikoto spoke to me as she shook my hand as Hiashi commented on this "It is odd that your husband is sick. From what I have gathered Fugaku would rather kill himself rather than have his wife perform his duties as a clan head." Mikoto smirked "Well when you are the wife of the clan head there are a few exceptions to the rule. As you are well aware of." she said teasingly making Hiashi blush as she laughed at his embarrassment.
I arrive at the hospital an hour later to see Anko looking over a sleeping Naruto "Little guy wore himself out." Anko said as she gently runs her finger through his hair eliciting a small smile from the boy "You know he and I are a lot alike. I am hated for something that I had no control over; I was once an apprentice to one of the Sannin Orochimaru. At first everything was great, I was on my way to becoming one of the top genin of my age group and I was well liked. But as time progressed my teacher began obsessing over jutsus and searching for ways to become immortal and started to conduct experiments and as a result I was on the receiving end of one of his experiments." she said as she showed a mark on the base of her neck in the shape of three comas "After I received this everything went straight to hell. The village started to think that I had something to do with him or I would become him, for that I was put on probation which meant I couldn't leave the village for any reason and a demotion to special Jounin, when I was assigned to watch over Naruto I admit at first I hated the job but I needed the pay, but over time I grew to respect Naruto's strength to endure the bullshit that the village has put him through and I started to see him as a little brother." she finished as a tear escaped her eye as she continued to stroke Naruto's hair "Of course I tried to adopt him along with those who didn't see Naruto as the fox but we were always rejected by the council. But you are now his mother an I think it's about damn time too since he needs someone so badly to take care of him." Anko finished as she excused herself.
I lean down and kiss Naruto's forehead causing him to mumble in his sleep "Mom." when I heard that my heart started beating in joy, I whisper into his ear "I promise that you won't be alone ever again my son." as I lay in the bed holding him in a motherly embrace.
The next morning
I awoke to see the sleeping form of Naruto sleeping in content as I gently slide out of the bed making sure not to wake him up, I look at Naruto and I could see the potential that he has and make a mental note to check if charka could be used for bending. While I started to make plans Naruto started to toss and turn as the obvious signs of a nightmare started to take hold, as he started thrashing about I rush over and hold onto him. For a few moments he thrashed in my arms but he started to calm down and eventually stops and he opens his eyes to see me holding him, Naruto for a moment looked at me in fear as though I was one of the villagers that attacked him but then he looked as though he remembered that I saved him last night and hugged me tighter whispering "Thank you." in my ear as he cried openly.
To be continued.
Me: Chapter three knocked out: Thanks for the reviews and please keep them coming. Next time: Getting to know each other.
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