Chapter 3: Forgiveness?
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 have answered to Hinata's confession.
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In Konoha:
His life had been full of failures, he couldn't stop his friend from betraying the village, he couldn't stop the death of his sensei or his student, he wasn't able to fulfill his role as a godfather and now he was losing his godson and he couldn't help but blame anyone else but himself for the position he was in now.
Jiraiya made his way towards the room where Naruto was sleeping, he was nervous he didn't know what to say to his godson and how to explain why he did what he had to do.
Jiraiya opened the door to the room and saw that Naruto was still asleep, he entered the room and sat on the nearby chair and waited for Naruto to wake up.
20 minutes later Naruto woke up, he saw that he was in unfamiliar room as the memories came back to him he smiled, the smile was a very small one but it showed the true happiness he was feeling, as he was contemplating about the talk he had with Tsunade he heard a small cough and saw that Jiraiya sitting in his room, his mood instantly changed a frown appeared on his face just for a moment but it was replaced with his usual goofy look.
Jiraiya didn't miss the change in his godson's mood he had clearly seen the frown which had appeared on Naruto's face.
"Naruto, I wanted to talk with you"
"What would you possibly have to talk with someone like me Jiraiya-sama and why are you here? Don't you have to be in some onsen doing research?" Naruto replied barely restraining his anger.
Jiraiya flinched at the tone Naruto had used; he wasn't able to see the optimism in the boy's eyes or the carefree expression on his face. Right then he knew the damage had been done he needed to be careful with his interaction.
"Naruto, I just heard your request from Tsunade, Is it true if then I want to know why?"
Naruto just gave a low chuckle and started to laugh, the laugh was becoming hysterical after a few seconds he stopped laughing and looked at Jiraiya.
When Jiraiya saw Naruto's stare towards him he was shocked, the eyes there was no life in them, it was an empty look Jiraiya wanted to say something but the words didn't form.
Naruto regained his composure and looked towards the ceiling
"Yes it is true I requested to remove you as my Godfather" said Naruto while spitting out the last word with venom
"For the reason you should know yourself, you are one of the Great Sanin aren't you"
Jiraiya flinched receiving the answer and to be honest he knew that he had failed Naruto.
"Naruto it's not like I wanted to abandon you, you need to understand that as the spymaster ok the village I had lookout for the village and I couldn't do it being here" Jiraiya replied
Naruto didn't show any emotion at hearing his reason, he just kept staring at the ceiling after a few minutes he looked at Jiraiya and woke from the bed and stared to make his way towards the door.
Jiraiya getting no answer from his godson
"Naruto please just give me a chance, I know I screwed up but please give me a chance right my wrong".
Naruto stopped dead in his track and turned towards the toad Sanin with a furious expression and yelled
"A CHANCE, A CHANCE, WHY THE HELL SHOULD I GIVE A CHANCE TO YOU WHEN NO ONE IN THIS VILLAGE GAVE ME ONE. EVEN THE SHINOBI WHO KNOW ABOUT MY PARENTS DIDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW IT WAS GROWING UP HERE, I WAS DENIED MY EXISTANCE IN THIS VILLAGE, HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE THOUGHTS OF SUCIDIE AT THE AGE OF 8"
Naruto stopped before he said too much and looked at the stunned expression of Jiraiya and calmed himself and continued
"You say that you had to take care of the village, I understand it but it doesn't excuse you from not seeing me for the past 12 years, do you know how much I suffered; just one single meeting would have been enough for me I would have some hope in my life"
"You say that you are a spymaster answer me this, have you ever asked any of your contacts in the village about my treatment" Naruto asked
Jiraiya didn't have any answer to this question; he had assumed that the Sandaime would take care of Naruto. He lowered his head in shame.
Seeing Jiraiya's silence Naruto just sighed and made his way towards the door to go to his apartment.
"Naruto please stop! I'm really sorry I really am, please forgive me, please give me chance I beg you" Jiraiya shouted
"Jiraiya-sama you shouldn't be begging some no named genin like me and for not giving you a chance I'm sorry I can't because at the most important time in my life you choose the village and now I'm choosing my happiness rather than giving you your forgiveness"
Naruto moved just outside the room and turned back and said
"Jiraiya-sama forgiveness is earned not given, even my father had to earn it when he met me good bye"
Naruto left the hospital and made his way to his apartment.
Jiraiya was on his knees, tears flowing down his face. After a long time in his life he had felt truly helpless.
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Tsunade sat in her office and was wracking her brain on how to tell Naruto the news about his marriage. As she was thinking Shizune came inside the room with hurried breath
"Tsunade-sama, there is a problem with the adoption papers for Naruto"
"WHAT! What kind of problem?" Tsunade shouted
"Since Naruto is the last of the Uzumaki clan here in konoha, he gets the status of clan heir when he reaches the rank of chunin and so he can't be adopted" Shizune replied
"AH! Why is this whole village no this whole world conspiring against the happiness of Naruto" Tsunade yelled angrily
"What are we going to do now tsunade-sama?" Shizune asked
"What else Shizune, we need to tell him and hope he forgives me for getting his hopes high" tsunade said with a sad tone
"Hai, let's go and meet him" Shizune said
Tsunade and Shizune made their way towards Naruto's apartment.
"Shizune are you sure this is the right way" Tsunade asked seeing that they were making their way to through the slums of konoha.
"Hai Tsunade-sama I got the address from the ninja registration book"
Tsunade and Shizune finally reached the building where Naruto was residing; walking up towards the apartment they couldn't help but feel sorry for Naruto. After walking up 3 flights of stairs they came to Naruto's room, they knocked the door and waited for the blonde to answer the door. After a few seconds Naruto opened the door
"Hey kaa-chan, Shizune nee-chan what brings you here" Naruto asked happily
Tsunade and Shizune could clearly see the happiness in the boys' eyes when he saw them, this just hurt them more as they came bearing the bad news
"Naruto can we come in" Shizune asked breaking the silence
"Hai, come in and I'm sorry about the mess I wasn't expecting any company today"
As they entered the room they were shocked seeing the condition of the apartment. Tsunade was getting angry by the second reading the sayings written on the walls.
Seeing the reaction of his new kaa-chan Naruto said
"Don't worry about the writings; I've gotten over them a long time ago, they don't mean much to me now"
"Naru-chan I'm afraid I have some bad news for you, your adoption was not possible as you will be given the clan heir position when you reach chunin" tsunade said in a very sad tone
Naruto wasn't much surprised hearing this as his father had already told him why he couldn't be adopted when he was a child.
"Its ok kaa-chan, I don't need some papers to call you my mother. I just wanted your acceptance that's it" Naruto replied
Tsunade was speechless hearing the words coming out from Naruto's mouth. She smiled warmly and hugged her son fiercely. Shizune just smiled seeing the scene but was beginning to get concerned for her brother as she noticed some changes in Naruto's personality.
"Thank you Naru-chan for understanding, as you have accepted me as your mother, as my son you will not live in this dump of an apartment from now on, you can live in one of the houses near the Senju compound" Tsunade said sternly
"Hai kaa-chan" Naruto replied as tears of joy fell from his eyes
"Ok then, come on we will go and have some dinner" tsunade said to both Naruto and Shizune as she left the apartment.
Shizune and Naruto looked at one another and smiled and followed Tsunade.
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It had been 3 days after Naruto had moved from his old crappy apartment to his new house near the Senju compound. The owners of the house initially didn't want to rent their house to the 'Demon Brat' but were easily convinced when Tsunade took over the talking.
Now Naruto had a small house, the house was a simple duplex with two bedrooms, a kitchen and a living room and a guest room.
Naruto had moved into his new house with the help team 8 which consisted of Hinata, Kiba and Shino. Naruto was a bit surprised since it was Hinata who helped arranging the house properly.
In The Hokage Chamber:
Naruto stood there shocked his eyes were wide as dinner plates, his jaws were hitting the floor.
Tsunade was trying not to laugh at Naruto's reaction while Shizune and Tonton had a massive sweat drop.
"Calm down Naru-chan, it's not the end of the world" Tsunade said sarcastically
"What the hell kaa-chan! How the hell am I supposed to be calm when you said 'I'm getting married?'" Naruto all but shouted.
Tsunade had to hold back a snicker seeing his reaction to the news, though she was relieved to see that he didn't take the news the wrong way.
"Naru-chan I'm sorry I can't stop this from happening as this proposal was accepted before I was instated as the Hokage, but look at the bright side you get a beautiful girl as your bride" the hokage said teasingly
Naruto just blushed at the word bride and started shaking his head
"Kaa- chan, I'm just twelve how I can even get married"
"Naruto you will be living with Temari together, get to know her first, try and befriend her and you might be surprised. You are almost thirteen"
"How can I befriend her, what if she is like Sakura and hits me" Naruto asked.
Both Shizune and Tsunade were surprised when he mentioned the name of Sakura.
When Naruto had told them about his crush towards the pink haired girl, they were genuinely surprised and when he told them about her attitude and how she treated him Tsunade was pretty pissed.
After a hearing everything about his classmates from him Tsunade decided to let Naruto know that his crush on Sakura was unhealthy were she was borderline abusive towards him.
Naruto didn't like what Tsunade said about Sakura but when he thought about it for a day he finally realized that his Kaa-chan was right.
"Naruto not every girl is like that, if it comes to that you can always approach me"
"Hai, but I think she will not be happy with this marriage since I'm the one who defeated her brother during the invasion"
"Hmm there might be some truth there, anyways you should know that she will coming here in a week and I'll try and make your life as comfortable as possible, just stay out of trouble" Tsunade said.
"Hai kaa-chan, so can I leave now" Naruto asked
Tsunade just nodded her head and saw him leave the office, as soon as he left
"You come in now Jiraiya" tsunade said
As soon as she said those words Jiraiya came through the window and stood next to Tsunade
Tsunade could see that Jiraiya was still hurt by Naruto's words, there was no positive vibe coming from him, he hadn't uttered a single perverted word for the past 3 days. She knew her friend needed her help right now.
"Jiraiya stop wallowing in sadness you have a job to do"
"It's my job that cost me my godson Hime" Jiraiya replied sadly.
Tsunade couldn't help but feel for her friend, as a shinobi she understood why he did what he had to do but still he shouldn't have left Naruto completely out of his life. Before her thought could move on Shizune interrupted
"Tsunade-sama, I think there is some problem with Naruto psychologically"
"What do you mean Shizune, what did you observe" Tsunade asked hurriedly
"It's just that since our return to konoha, it feels as though that Naruto has lost original attitude and seems more serious most of the time" Shizune said
Tsunade hearing this released the breath she was holding
"Is that all Shizune?" Tsunade asked to which Shizune nodded.
"Ah thank Kami its nothing serious" Tsunade said giving out a long sigh
"Hime care to explain why it isn't serious" Jiraiya asked a bit worriedly
"It's bound to happen, he may be a shinobi and considered an adult but he still is an 12 year old boy who is fighting to gain acceptance in this village, when he found out about his parents and got to know that he could have had a parental figure in his life who could have accepted him and have some happiness in his life his will must have cracked"
Jiraiya felt ashamed at hearing this again
"I can tell you surely now that he has severe trust issues in this entire village except for me and Shizune. Its good he's acting out differently it shows that even he is human if he stayed the same after all this I would have checked for his mental stability, but that's not necessary now, he will be back to his old self but it will take some time but if he can find some people whom he can trust it will speed up the process" Tsunade said to both Jiraiya and Shizune.
"I just hope your right Hime" Jiraiya said
"Jiraiya you really should stop mopping around and try to make amends with Naruto, he did say that forgiveness is earned and even his father had to earn his forgiveness" Tsunade said
"Hai he said that bit, but I don't know what to do to earn his forgiveness" Jiraiya replied
"That is something you need to figure out yourself, my suggestion is go to Mount Myokabu and rest for contemplate on what to do and talk with Naruto after sometime" Tsunade replied
Hearing the suggestion Jiraiya nodded his head and for the first time in 3 days he felt a little optimistic.
"Go now Jiraiya I still need to finish this goddamn paperwork and announce to the Shinobi about the engagement and eventual marriage of Naruto and Temari" Tsunade said irritably as Jiraiya hoped out of the window.
She didn't know eventual headache that would occur when she would announce the news tomorrow especially from the rookie 9.
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