Chapter 2: Revelation
This is fic is loosely inspired after reading "councils fooly" by "Agamemnon". I have changed it accordingly to suit my story.
I would like to give credit to the base plot to him.
I do not own Naruto or any of its character and if I did Naruto would be the main character and not Sasuke.
A/N: Thank you for all the readers who have added this story to their fav/alert list.
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Plasma57: Hope some of your confusion is clarified in this chap
Adharsh: Naruto will get a makeover but after few more chap and as for jiraiya he will explain his situation but naruto's response will be a surprise
In Suna (Council chamber):
A week before Naruto's arrival to konoha
Temari and baki waited for the arrival of all the members of the council. Temari had decided with a heavy heart to go through all the conditions of the treaty. She had cried herself to sleep last night.
Once all the members of the council came, baki stated
"We are presented here to know the decision of our kunoichi Sabaku no Temari, to the marriage proposal by konoha"
The council murmured among them and waited for her decision.
"Respected council, I have decided to go through with marriage proposal, but not for my happiness but for the love I have for my home and I my acceptance bring about some sense of peace among the two villages and I also am prepared to fulfill the secondary mission." Temari announced her decision to the council.
The council talked among them happily and was nodding their heads "We the members of the council in the absence of the kazekage, respect your decision and are passing it with a full vote of confi"
Just before he could finish his sentence the door of the council chamber suddenly were smashed open from the sand. Everyone inside the council chamber was scared knowing that the only person who could use sand in the village was Gaara.
Gaara stepped inside the chamber, releasing his killing intent without any care; he approached the middle of the room and looked towards the council standing or waiting.
"I heard that you are planning to marry of my sister to the last Uchiha of konoha, is it true?" Gaara asked the council neutrally, his face showing no emotion.
Gaara waited for someone to reply but didn't receive any reply from any of them; he turned towards his sister and asked
"Are you agreeing to this proposal of your free will or are you being pressured" he asked.
Temari was shocked once again by her brothers' behavior, he never showed any kind of emotion towards her, but now she could feel the hint of emotion in his question.
"Hai, I agreed to this out of my free will" she replied
"Fine I will agree to this only on one condition, you will not marry that Uchiha, but will marry the person who defeated me. I wish for you to marry Uzumaki Naruto" Gaara said again stoically.
A few shinobi members of the council started to argue about this but were soon silenced when Gaara used his sand to choke one of them into unconsciousness.
After making the whole council agree to his request (demand) he left the council chambers.
Outside the council chamber:
Gaara was walking away from the chamber with a slight annoyed look, as he was getting new type of reaction from the villager's, some glares were showing surprise and others looked scared.
Gaara made his way towards the park, as his feet just dragged him there, he just sat there and watched some kids play with a ball, as they were playing some small girl missed her catch and the ball came towards Gaara.
The small girl who missed the ball shouted "hey onee-chan, can you pass the ball please"
Gaara was taken aback by the girl; he was so shocked that he didn't even notice the girl running towards him to get the ball.
"Onee-chan you ok, why didn't you throw the ball back to me" the girl asked with innocence that it put a small smile on Gaara's face.
"Gomen, I was thinking about something" Gaara replied trying to put as much emotion as he could.
The girl didn't really think much about his answer and asked
"Onee-chan will you play with us"
Gaara did not know what to tell the girl, this was the first time someone wanted to play with him. He agreed to play with the girl and her friends and went near the group and started playing.
Temari saw this and pinched herself thinking she might be in some type of dream or was caught in a genjutsu. She couldn't believe her eyes at seeing Gaara acting normal and sane. She couldn't take it anymore and made her way towards him.
Seeing his sister walk towards him, Gaara excused stopped playing and told the kids he needed to go. The girl who had asked him to play dropped her face in sadness and went towards him and asked
"Onee-chan, will you come and play with us tomorrow"
Gaara just gave the child a nod and started to walk towards his sister when he felt a tug on his shirt; he turned around and saw the girl holding her small finger
"onee-chan you forgot to pinky promise me" she smiled
Gaara looked confused at this and saw his sister laughing with an amused expression on her face, she motioned for him to do hold the small girls finger and promise her.
"Ok, I pinky promise that I will come and play with you tomorrow" he replied.
Gaara made his way towards Temari who was waiting for him
"Gaara what happened to you? You are behaving strangely, please answer" She pleaded him to reply.
Gaara looked at her and saw her face, which was looking for answers from him; he let out a slight sigh and motioned for her to follow him.
They walked towards one of the training fields; the walk was silent with different thoughts going through both siblings mind. They reached a training ground which was on the outskirt of the village.
"Temari what exactly do you want to know about" gaara asked Temari
A lot of question went through her head which she wanted to ask, but she wasn't able to think of one particular one she took a deep breath and asked
"Gaara there are too many question to ask but my biggest question which I want to ask is why you interfered on my behalf in the council chamber"
Gaara wasn't surprised by this question he knew he had to tell her and convince her of his sincerity.
"Temari do you remember Uzumaki Naruto" gaara asked
"Hai, how could I not he was the one who defeated you" she told him a bit nervously trying not to anger her brother.
"When Uzumaki defeated me he told me he was like me, he carries the same burden as I; he didn't give up hope on people and found his reason for his existence"
"He told me that the reason for his strength was that he needed to protect his precious people. He said even I could find the same strength, at first I thought I wouldn't be able to find anyone precious to me but then I remembered that you were there for me even when I was threatening you and kankuro."
Temari listened to him and was surprised as she had never heard her brother talk this much but her eyes widened when her brother told that she was precious to him, as she was listening tears started flow from her eyes.
"Temari when I overheard your conversation with baki sensei and when you broke down crying after he left. I was saddened by it very much I couldn't understand what I was feeling but I knew that I didn't want you to cry, so I went and found all the terms of the terms of the treaty and I understood why you took the decision but I knew you wouldn't be happy with the Uchiha so I came in told what was best of you" gaara finished and just looked down the ground waiting for some sort of reaction from his sister
Temari was stunned from hearing all this, she didn't know what to say her brother had changed and cared for her so much so that he would take on the whole council for her.
Receiving no answer from his sister gaara was saddened that his first attempt to have someone accept him
"Gomen Temari, I thought my interference would help you at least a bit" he replied sadly which could be seen through his eyes.
Temari's eyes snapped up when she heard her brothers' voice and saw the hurt in his eyes, she ran up to him and hugged him.
Gaara was surprised to see that his sand hadn't risen up to protect him but he felt a warmth spread from his chest when his sister had hugged him and a few tears escaped from his eyes for finally getting some sort of reassurance for his effort.
"Arigato gaara, I really appreciate it and I'll try to be there for you as much as I can from now on". She replied hugging her brother and crying tears of happiness for finally having her brother back with her and for all this she had to thank the blonde from konoha.
'Uzumaki Naruto it will be interesting to meet you personally' thought Temari.
In konoha (present time)
Tsunade was sitting inside the hokage chamber nursing a huge headache from the request she got from Naruto. She was shocked when Naruto told the reason for her request.
Flashback:
"Nothing like that baa-chan I wanted to ask you to remove jiraiya as my godfather" he said as it was nothing.
Tsunade's eyes went wide hearing this, she truned and saw Naruto with an unreadable expression on his face.
"Naruto how do you know about this, who told you?" she asked trying to control the shock which was evident in her voice.
Naruto looked at her "baa-chan what I'm about to say to you is very important for me and I'm trusting you with this please don't break it, I don't think I can survive if you betray my trust"
Tsunade was once again shocked to hear that naruto had placed so much trust in her.
"During my battle with kabuto he struck near my chest and cut my connection from the fox. When I was dying the fox pushed as much chakra as he could to save me this triggered a failsafe placed by the Yondaime in the seal. The Yondaime told me everything"
"I know that I am the son of konoha's yellow flash Namikaze Minato and the Red hot blooded habbanero Uzumaki Kushina"
Tsunade's jaw literally hit the floor hearing Naruto telling about his parents.
"My father told me the circumstances which happened during my birth and why his decision on sealing the kyubi inside of me, he was furious once he got to know that jiraiya didn't look after me and the village ignored his dying wish"
"He also told me that after everything I had gone through in this village, he would gladly support my decision if I ever choose to leave konoha"
Tsunade was getting nervous now she didn't want her new brother/son figure to leave her
"Naruto I don't know the extent of how much you suffered in this village but please dint leave for my sake give the village which my grandfather built another chance" tsunade pleaded him with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Baa-chan you are the only reason why I even came back to this village and I don't know what it is like to be loved by a mother but I want to experience it and you are the only one I want to call my Kaa-chan if you would let me" he said the last part in barely a whisper but tsunade heard it
Tsunade saw the longing in Naruto's eyes, she had seen that in look in herself whenever she looked herself in the mirror, the feeling of belonging to someone to be loved by someone, a feeling of complete acceptance for both their good and bad. She didn't want to deny Naruto that motherly, she hugged him protectively
When Naruto felt the hug he was startled but soon he hugged her back tears flowing down his cheek, years of suppressed pain finally came out in the form of tears. He whispered one sentence that gave Tsunade's whole life a sense of fulfillment
"Arigato Kaa-chan, arigato for accepting me in your life"
"No naru-chan, arigato for giving me the privilege of being your mother" she cried happily.
After a few minutes she saw that Naruto had fallen asleep hugging her. She smiled seeing the calm expression on his face and carried him to the hospital and laid him on one of the empty beds and went to treat the patients she had come to treat.
Shizune who was standing besides tsunade witnessed the whole event and was happy that finally her teacher had found a new reason to live her life to the fullest, yet she still worried about Naruto's request but didn't talk about it after seeing the smile on Tsunade's face.
End Flashback
As tsunade thought about what had happened her teammate jiraiya came through the window and asked boisterously
"Hey hime you wanted to see me, anything important happened"
Tsunade didn't know how to break the news to her teammate
"Jiraiya the news concerns Naruto and his request about you"
At hearing this jiraiya got a confused look on his face and wondered about the request.
"Jiraiya Naruto knows about his parents and about you being his GODFATHER"
Those words did it for jiraiya, he paled and dreaded what he would hear next, he wanted to say something but Tsunade raised her hand to let her continue
"Jiraiya there is no easy way for me to say this but Naruto has requested me to remove you as his godfather and guardian"
Jiraiya was lost the creeping fear he had at the back of his mind had come true, he knew he had failed his godson and his student. He thought he would make it up by taking him as his apprentice and form some kind of bond without revealing about his position as the boy's godfather.
"Jiraiya, I think you should talk with Naruto and get to know the reason for his decision, he is currently sleeping at the hospital, you should go see him now" tsunade told jiraiya.
"Tsunade please tell me how he got to know about his parents and me and why is he in the hospital?" jiraiya asked with a solemn expression.
Tsunade explained in detail about the whole ordeal, to say jiraiya was surprised would be like saying kakashi was rarely late to meetings.
After hearing everything jiraiya raced towards the hospital to meet his godson.
'Jiraiya I hope Naruto hasn't lost all his hope from you' she thought to herself seeing her teammate disappear from the tower.
As she came back to her desk she saw the file about Naruto's marriage and rubbed her temples thinking of the reaction Naruto would give after hearing this.
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