Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 27: Back to Kumo
Yugito awoke and lightly shuffled in deeper into Naruto's loving embrace. She began to subconsciously purr happily as she felt him gently stroke her hair.
'Well my little kitten has finally become a woman, and you have found yourself one hell of a specimen in the fox boy, I'm so proud of you' Nibi said proudly
'Shut up Nibi, I'm far to happy at the moment to listen to your gloating or teasing or what ever it is you were planing to talk to me about' Yugito replied still trying to pretend to be asleep so she wouldn't have to be removed from the warmth of Naruto's arms.
'Fine be that way, but when you get a chance ask him how he woke you up... that feeling of power he sent into your body I could feel the world, every single life form for miles I could feel them all, even as a demon the feeling of being able to feel the world is invigorating, and I want more' Nibi said hungrily.
'what do you mean I didn't feel anything when I woke up' Yugito thought in response, this was not entirely true when she had awoken she felt like she had just had a long rest and was completely healed.
'Maybe not but he was pouring what felt like the power of nature into your body, your wounds healed and while he was doing it even I felt at peace, and that's saying a lot for a demon' Nibi said contently, the feeling she got when Naruto had pushed his senjutsu into the unconscious form of Yugito was a brand new experience, and for a two thousand year old entity new experience's were few and far between.
'Fine I will ask him how I was able to heal so quick from the chakra exhaustion' she finished before mumbling something about nosy cats sticking there nose where it didn't belong, that was when she realized that her mumblings had been out loud as she felt Naruto's chuckle.
"The Nibi giving you a hard time hey" Naruto said with a smile as he continued to run his hands through her hair "you know you have been asleep for hours we should probably head for Kumo soon before people start to get worried and come looking for you"
"Five more minutes" she moaned as she clung onto his chest as if to say she would not move unless he forced her.
"Come on Yugi-chan we cant stay here all day" he reasoned planting a kiss on the top of her head.
"Why not I still have a day before I am supposed to be back in the village and its only a six hour run from here, we can stay in bed all day if we want, and I really do want to" she said as another purr escaped her lips as she talked into Naruto's uncovered chest.
"That does sound good and I am hating myself for not taking the offer but my squad are required back in Kumo by tonight, and I want to talk to the Raikage as to why you were out there alone last night" Naruto said in a dangerous voice.
Yugito had lost her thought process half way through the previous statement she had forgotten all about his teammates, and to make matters worse she was positive they hadn't used any silencing or privacy jutsu's so she was sure the other occupants of the house had heard at least some of there activity's.
"Um where are your teammates" she said bright red thinking about how she could even look them in the face.
Naruto's mood became sombre "Asuma was injured fighting that tall guy, Hidan I think his name was, the only person who I was sure that could save him was Tsunade-baachan, I had to seal his whole body into stasis and Yamato had to return to Konoha I am completing the mission solo"
Yugito gave a sigh of relief, and Naruto gave her a questioning glance "um its just that ah, well we were a bit loud, and I'm glad we weren't heard" she said a small blush coming back across her cheeks. "will Asuma-san be alright?"
"I don't know he effectively has been stabbed through the heart, even though there is no wounds and that will make it harder to heal, but if anyone can save him Baa-chan can" Naruto sighed.
Yugito slowly lifted her head off his chest and brought it up to kiss Naruto on the lips before returning to her previous position using his chest as her pillow "I'm sorry if it wasn't for me he wouldn't have been hurt" she said sadly into his chest.
"That doesn't matter, and it is absolutely not your fault, it is those fuckers in the Akatsuki who are doing this to people, not you beautiful, but now we need to get ready to leave come on captain Yamato makes a mean house this place even has a working shower, not bad for a hut in the middle of nowhere" Naruto said trying to coax Yugito into accomplishing something that day rather than staying in bed.
"Well a shower does sound nice, but your going to have to take me there, I'm far to comfortable to give up my comfy warm pillow" she said, and to emphasis her point she wrapped her leg tightly around his in an attempt to hold him there.
Naruto stayed that way for a few more minutes, no words were said they just lay there enjoying each others company, eventually Naruto decided enough was enough and substituted himself with a pillow.
"Hey what are you doing get back here and cuddle" Yugito demanded with a cute pout.
"Sorry but we at least I am having a shower, as much as I want to stay and... play with you all day I cant" and Naruto left the room for a door on the side which opened into a reasonably sized bathroom equipped with a sink and a shower.
Not needing to strip off Naruto turned the water on waited for it to reach a nice temperature and jumped in, it wasn't long before he felt the door open behind him, he deliberately ignored this occurrence and continued washing himself like nothing had happened, slowly the arms of Yugito snaked there way around his body and she kissed the back of his neck.
"I thought you wanted to stay in bed all day" Naruto jokes turning in Yugito's arms to face her.
"Why would I want to stay there when what I really want is in here" she said and began passionately making out which eventually turned into them fooling around and then making love to one another, it had been the best shower either had ever had.
After they had finally finished expressing there love and lust for one another they decided it would be wise to get dressed as remaining naked had proved... distracting, after a short breakfast they had leveled the small house made of wood and began there trek to Kumo.
(Meanwhile in Kumo)
A was sitting behind his desk, the bane of all Kage's stacked around him he had silently been cursing why he accepted this role when a rather interesting mission statement came up.
Mission Type: Recon.
Location: Kaiter Town (Known holiday destination in winter for skiing, large city with small population due to the constant fluctuation of inhabitants.)
Description: Lost communication with Kaiter Town, Yugito Nii requested to investigate.
Employer: N/A
Acceptance: Counsel Approved after vote.
Team sent: Yugito Nii, N/A
Note's: Yugito Nii had a request for a team to accompany her as it may have been a highly dangerous situation. Request was Denied.
A was furious this had the stink of a trap all over it, and he knew that at least one counselor was in on it, but he would never be able to know who had issued the order to accept such a mission.
Then a bigger fear crept into his mind... Akatsuki. Jumping into action in paticular A style he smashed a hole into a wall and went through it out into the village determined to grab the closest Jonnin he could find to form a search party.
Samui was having a quiet day, she had woken up had breakfast gone for a small training session, overall she would put the day down as relaxing, this changed 7 seconds after hearing a loud crashing noise.
There standing in front of a stunned and confused Samui was a rather angry Raikage, and by the looks of it he wanted something from the busty blond.
"A-sama, is there something you need" Samui asked tentatively, despite being one of his top jonnin and a personal student to his brother Kirabi she couldn't help but feel highly intimidated the the muscle clad Raikage.
"Samui I need you to round up your team I have a search mission for you, those bastards on the counsel have sent Yugito-chan on a mission that I can only assume is a trap set up by the Akatsuki and at least one member on the counsel" A said urgently.
Samui was shocked sure the counselors and specific area's of the village disliked Yugito, and some even despised the shapely blond, but to send her into a trap knowingly, she couldn't believe. "are you sure it was a trap" she said, not wanting to accept that someone in the village could have worked with the Akatsuki in such a way.
"Yes its the only reason why she would be given a mission like that and be refused a team when there was a possibility of an entire village being KIA" A said before handing Samui the copy of the mission statement.
Samui's eyes widened as she took in what she was reading, this was easily an A rank mission if not an S even if it was in lightening country the loss of contact with an entire village is a big deal.
"I will assemble my team immediately Raikage-sama" Samui said and she bowed quickly before heading off to find her team.
(Unknown Location)
Once more several holograms were standing on the hands of a statue with nine eyes only one of them was open. The holograms that were standing there seemed to be waiting for something.
"Damn it where the fuck are those two they should have captured the Nibi by now" Kisame said his anger clear on his face.
"hn knowing them Kakuzu has probably been sidetracked by a large bounty" Itachi said in a monotone
"That's true maybe you should have send deidara sempai he would never get sidetracked like that, and they said the trap had to be sprung last night as well they are not being good boys like Tobi" the orange masked man named Tobi said with a child like attitude.
"Shut up Tobi, Kakuzu and Hidan would not be late for something like this, Kakuzu is almost as punctual as Sasori was... Hey leader-sama can I trade partners with Itachi, I cant stand this guy" Deidara snarled
"No Deidara you will work with Tobi, but in essence you are correct Kakuzu would not be late for something so important and Hidan would have jumped at the chance to offer all the people in that town to his idea of a god is not something he would miss either" Pein said.
The group waitied a few more minutes in silence before the Plant man Zetsu arrived "Um, Pein-sama, they are not coming" Zetsu said.
"And why not?" Asked pain his anger beginning to boil.
"They are dead" Black Zetsu answered
"The Nibi jinchuuriki was able to kill both the zombie brother's, never thought they would ever die" Kisame said with a shocked yet strangely hungry expression.
"It wasn't Yugito Nii that killed them" White Zetsu said slightly scared at how his superiors would react to the news of there real demise.
"Then how did they die!" pein demanded
"Uh, it was the Kyuubi jinchuuriki leader-sama, he arrived with a team from Konoha containing Asuma Sarutobi from the 12 guardians, and A Mokuton user the only information we found on him was that his code name is Yamato" Zetsu said
Pein's anger exploded, almost all of the figures shivered a small amount at the killing intent that was being radiated off of the man and this was only his hologram, miles and miles away a village who worshiped a man as there god all collectively wet themselves in fear, and one older member of the village had a heart attack, although this act in itself was seen as a act of god and the man became even more revered in the village.
"Gah its the damn Kyuubi brat again he has really been screwing our little group over recently hasn't he" Kisame said
"Yes it has become a rather difficult capture, and he still has two of the Sannin and the copy ninja are often around him, at the moment its not a battle we can win" Itachi said
"Wow he must really be strong if Itachi sempai cant win, he must be a good boy like Tobi" The orange masked man responded.
"Attempting to take the Nibi again now would be foolish, I expect the Raikage to be more protective of her now and we wont be able to use the counsel again" Pein said still angry at the failure.
"So what now then, what are our new targets yeah!" Deidara asked.
"Zetsu I want you to locate the six tails jinchuuriki, we will leave the Kyuubi and Nibi, for now. Deidara, I want you and Tobi to collect the Sanbi, it is currently free with no jinchuuriki and in a inland ocean in Water country. Kisame, Itachi, move on to the Yonbi and Gobi, they are still in Earth country" Pein said, and with that he faded away and followed shortly by the others off to there assigned tasks.
(Later With Naruto and Yugito)
The pair of blonds had been traveling at a reasonable pace as they moved toward Kumo, it was unfortunate for team Samui as if they had been traveling at a slightly faster pace, or had spent less time enjoying each other they could have saved them a pointless journey to the now Ruins of village, that turned sight of a full scale battle between S class ninja.
"Where almost there Yugi-chan, bet it's a relief to be home after what you have been through" Naruto sighed in relief as the gates of Kumo came into view.
"Well that depends I would much prefer to be back in that house captain Yamato built in bed with you" she purred
"You are becoming quite the tease Yugi-chan, where did you learn to be so promiscuous" Naruto said
"Oh its only for you Naruto-kun, but it helps when you have a perverted cat telling me to jump you all the time although after finally doing it I am glad Nibi did" Yugito said
'I don't do it all the time, most of the time, yes, but not all of the time why do you need to be so mean Kitten, oh and you still haven't asked him how he woke you from your coma' Nibi whined, the lack of information on the topic was infuriating, the power he had used was not demonic and it certainly was not normal chakra and this confused the demon cat to no ends.
"Um Naru-kun I was wondering, after my fight I was out with a coma, sever chakra exhaustion, how did you wake me and heal my injuries, I thought medical ninjutsu was impossible for jinchuuriki" Yugito asked deciding to ease Nibi's curiosity.
"Medical Ninjutsu is, I used my Senjutsu, it is the chakra from nature and accelerates a person's natural healing rate by around four times, by slowly sending small amounts of chakra into your system I can cause you to heal faster and with Nibi helping it became further accelerated, it is the ultimate treatment for chakra exhaustion as it drain's chakra from around you to fill up your chakra reserves" Naruto informed Yugito and unknowingly her demon.
'that cant be all it does it at least has sensory property's he has told you how he woke but he didn't tell me what else it can do, this is outrageous' Nibi raged in Yugito's mind, to Nibi it was like being given a lolly then having it taken away and held just out of reach while small children laughed at her.
"Um is that all senjutsu does" Yugito asked in an attempt to please her infuriated demon cat.
"Well No its not, but for now that is my little secret, don't worry I will tell you in time" Naruto said reassuring her she will be told in time after she began to pout.
Before arriving at the gates the pair reluctantly let go of each others hands, they still did not know how the Raikage or anyone in Kumo for that matter would take there relationship.
"Yugito-san? What are you doing here" the guard asked upon there arrival.
"What do you mean what am I doing here, this is my home" Yugito said incredulous that the man was shocked to see her.
"Of course Yugito-san its just Raikage-sama just sent out a search party for you, oh and Namikaze-san you and your team were requested to report to Raikage-sama when you arrived, but where is your team" the guard asked.
"Well we ran into some trouble and had a serious injury, Asuma and Yamato had to return to Konoha" Naruto said not wanting to give away what had happened just yet.
"yes well Raikage-sama told us he wants to see you when you returned" the guard said
"good I want to see him, as well" said Naruto in his mind he knew he wanted to confront A about why Yugito had been sent out alone at all when the Akatsuki were after her.
Naruto and Yugito walked casually to the Raikage's office, the office was far larger than the Hokage mansion back in Konoha and was built into the largest mountain peek right in the center of town. Whilst it could easily be described as grander than the Hokage's tower the Raikage tower seemed to be the center for all ninja and counsel business in Kumo. Ninja were constantly heading in and out of the third floor, which Naruto had presumed would be the mission office, like the hall the teams would get there missions from back in Konoha.
"You better not waist much more time looking around, if A-sama wants to see you, its probably best you go immediately, hes not the most patient person" Yugito said noticing Naruto looking around admiring the halls of the Raikage mansion.
"Sounds like he might have a temper worse than Baa-chan" Naruto chuckled
"I would say he does and it is best not to annoy him he tends to like to destroy things" Yugito said deadly serious.
This made Naruto contemplate several things, the first of which was that if Yugito was serious and he was just as irritable as Baa-chan, if not more, then he wondered if the Raikage's tendency to destroy things was why there were so many builders just sitting around waiting to fix things.
They arrived at the office and A's well dressed formal assistant was sitting behind her desk filing paperwork.
"Um excuse me miss but I was requested to see Raikage-sama upon my teams return to Kumo, it's Naruto Namikaze by the way" Naruto said being rather more respectful than he was to any of the officials in Konoha.
"Oh yes he's expecting your team you can go ahead" the assistant said to busy to look up but sending the boy in anyway not realizing he was alone apart from Yugito who was just waiting to the side.
Naruto gave a small knock on the door, it wouldn't do good to barge in like in Konoha where he was guaranteed a hostile yet warm welcome. Naruto waited till he received a loud "Enter" from the other side and opened the door.
There was A in his Kage robes sitting at the desk, next to him was a man even bigger, it was obvious this man was quite a few years younger than the Raikage but he had the same dark complexion and build, he wore glasses to cover his eyes and had two horn tattoo's on his right cheek.
"Ah Namikaze-san, may I ask where your team are" A said
"We ran into some trouble on the way back with the Akatsuki" Naruto said, this got a reaction out of the Raikage to say the least.
A stood up and slammed his hand's through the desk, which splintered into a thousand tiny pieces and rocketed around the room, Naruto had the common sense to cover his face with his torn and dirty sage cloak to prevent the needless loss of an eye.
"Where did you encounter them!" he yelled as his face became red with what seemed like undirected rage, as he was not angry at Naruto but angry that Yugito may still be missing "Was Yugito-chan with them, how did you escape... Tell Me NOW!" he roared and smashed a hole into a wall, this was seen by several of the builders Naruto had taken note of on his way in and they subsequently got to work patching the now man sized DIY door that A had built.
'Wow Yugi-chan was right he is short tempered and excitable' "My team were on our way here from Tenshi bridge when I felt a large burst of chakra, after consulting my team we decided to investigate. The large chakra signature was coming from a large town that was completely void of life except for one thing we could see I the center of town, a large blue two tailed cat" at this point A had calmed himself enough to sit down.
"Yo bro looks like this foo knows what's up with Yugito too" The taller man rapped badly.
Naruto gave the man a questioning look before continuing. "Upon my arrival at the scene, Yugito-san had been incapacitated by the Akatsuki members, Hidan and Kakuzu. We prevented the Akatsuki from taking Yugito, and captain Yamato removed her from the area to a safer location while Asuma and myself engaged the Akatsuki members, with Asuma fighting Hidan and I focused on Kakuzu" nartuo went to continue but was stopped by the Raikage who was once again got out of his seat before interrupting the blond.
"Where is Yugito-chan now" the Kage said in a strangely calm voice.
"She is just outside waiting for me to finish this meeting before she come to see you" Naruto said.
"You saved her?" A asked.
"Of course we did, why would we let the Akatsuki take there target when we are working against them, and the way I see it we are allies on this, I would save anybody I could from being taken like that" Naruto said
"It's rare, that all the past animosity between our villages and even though there is a working agreement to cooperate with Konoha to deal with the Akatsuki, that you would risk yourself to be taken and your team just to save a kunoichi from a rival village... …. Thank you for saving her" A said, Naruto was shocked that this man who seemed to expel power, and a twinge of arrogance from every pore would be thanking Naruto so calmly.
A went to the door and directed, the blond waiting patiently for her boyfriend to finish his meeting, to enter the room.
"There is no need for that Raikage-sama, I'm sure you know that I am a jinchuuriki as well, just like Yugito, she called me on it the day we met, and I'm sure you wanted information on me when you found out my name, Yugito's bijuu was able to feel the energy of Kyuubi and inform her, unfortunate for me my bijuu is a jerk and never helps" Naruto said with a small smile at the end that he directed at his fellow blond.
"This kid's go style yo. It's nice to meet ya foo, I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, cause I'm the 8 tail's host, Killer Bee" the Younger of the muscle bound men rapped badly again introducing himself at last before pushing his fist out for a fist bump
Naruto looked hesitantly at the unmoving fist before slowly bringing his own up and they came together in a tentative fist bump. "yo Bee I'm Naruto Namikaze, future Hokage, and I will protect all the jinchuuiki that I can with my life" In similar bad rap style.
This caused mixed reactions around the room, Bee thought he had found someone to help him with his art. A was shaking his head knowing this would be painful with two rapping idiots. And Yugito was planing to make Naruto pay for encouraging the rapping jinchuuriki and embarrassed that her boyfriend would do something like that, but at the same time she was proud of his determination to save all the jinchuuriki from the Akatsuki.
"So what happened to the rest of your team Namikaze-san" A asked with a sweat drop at the blond's antics with Bee.
"Ah well you see the Akatsuki members were rather hard to kill, in fact Hidan was as close to immortal as they come, nothing Asuma could do would kill him, and Kakuzu had six hearts, the one in his body and a different heart that used each one of the elements, each one was represented by a mask and could separate from his body so I was out numbered and ninjutsu was out because he could counter anything I tried" Naruto said, thinking back to how he had been hunted by the masks.
"Well eventually Asuma picked up an injury and Hidan began some sort of ritual that would kill Asuma, he stabbed himself in the heart with his own blade and used a variant of a transference and blood seal to transfer any injuries he causes to himself, to the person who's blood he takes for ritual, Asuma was effectively stabbed in the heart I was able to put him into stasis but the only person who could stand a chance a chance to heal them was Tsunade-baachan. Yamato had returned just moments before and was able to get Asuma to a safe location but I was forced to use kyuubi's chakra to eventually kill both of them" Naruto said, he was still rather upset he needed to use Kyuubi to beat the pair.
"So Yamato and Asuma have gone back to Konoha, well I am glad you saved Yugito" A said
"I still don't understand why she was out there in the first place, she was alone, in an empty city. Where was her team" Naruto demanded
"The counsel sent her on the mission solo, and she has never had a permanent team, Yugito-chan was never liked by the counsel and before I became Raikage the counsel was given the power to send her on mission's when she is not on missions for me because she is considered a weapon by the counselors and by most of Kumo" A said
"No more, you have to do something or she will be taken by the Akatsuki because of it. Let her return to Konoha with me, we can protect her until the threat passes, I know you do not trust the strength of other villages but she will be much safer with me in Konoha, than with the counsel here. She's even the official envoy to Konoha so you can pass it off as a long term mission, because I will not leave her here, it's not safe" Naruto said determination burning in his eyes.
"I will think about it, for now I have to go send a letter to the team that is out searching for Yugito, why don't you both rest up, I'm sure you must be tired from your trip" A said as he dismissed the pair.
The couple walked aimlessly around for awhile, just enjoying each others company before they arrived at Naruto's hotel room.
"I'll see you tonight... well go to your favorite restaurant, my treat, I hope they have ramen" Naruto said as he gave Yugito a quick peck on the lips before he turned and walked into the hotel.
'A date, I haven't been on a date for three years, I have nothing to wear' Yugito thought as she walked away
'Well nothing sounds god to me' Nibi said lecherously
'Damn it you perverted cat why cant you ever help' the blond replied
'I don't see why it matter's, we both know your crazy for each other so just where anything' Nibi moaned
'I want to look good for him though' Yugito thought back as she was now determined to find a outfit that would blow Naruto's mind.
End Chapter!