Chapter 7: Knowing you
This is fic is loosely inspired after reading "councils folly" 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
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IN Konoha:
Temari made her way into the streets of Konoha with a determined expression on her face, as she walked she remembered the all the things she heard from Tsunade especially the reason for CRA.
Although she had to agree with the logic and the circumstances surrounding her future husband, she just wasn't comfortable with the idea.
She couldn't help but sigh thinking about the past few months of her life, it was like a roller coaster with more downs than up's. Firstly her village had attacked their ally and had been soundly defeated, her brother had some sense knocked into him and next she was thrown into a political marriage but was saved from becoming a breeding machine to the Uchiha clan.
And lastly her soon to be husband was last of two powerful clans and he had to have several wives to rebuild his clan. She just couldn't digest the news.
Her 'husband' had left the message that he would be at home. She decided that she would go home and rest and made her way towards the house.
As she reached the house she found Naruto sitting on the floor with number of scrolls opened, he was studying a scroll with the kanji for futon.
"Are those scrolls for wind jutsu's?" Temari asked
Naruto turned around to see Temari and replied
"Yes, I just found out that I have a wind affinity and was reading to train in it"
"That's amazing even I have wind affinity, it's good to see someone with the same affinity as mine." Temari said happily with a smile on her face.
"What! I thought that there would be tons of wind users in Suna, since it is called land of wind." Naruto asked Temari
Temari looked annoyed at the statement Naruto made
"That's a common misconception; the most common element in our village is Doton. After Iwa we have the most number of Doton users." Temari said
Naruto just nodded at that and gestured for Temari to join him, seeing him call out to her she went beside him and looked over the scrolls.
She was impressed by the arsenal of jutsu's but all of them were below B-rank, at that a thought came to her
"Naruto how good are you with wind jutsu's?" Temari asked.
Naruto just stared at her and took a thinking pose and replied
"I don't know to be honest, I don't know any wind users in our village and I don't think they would teach me" Naruto said with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"Naruto its ok, no need to be saddened by it, I'm a wind user and if it's alright I could show you some control exercises" Temari said as she placed a hand on the blond's shoulder.
Naruto's face brightened as soon as hearing this and he gave Temari a sweet smile which also made Temari smile seeing the genuine happiness on his face.
"So let's see how strong is your affinity so we can know how to start the training"
"Oh ok, let me get those chakra papers and see once again"
Naruto went inside his room and brought a few chakra papers to show Temari.
Naruto molded his chakra and sent it to the paper the reaction was immediate as the paper split in half with one half crumbled and the other half got sogged.
Temari eyes bulged out of her socket as she saw the chakra paper, she had heard people having two affinities but most of them were kekei genkai users but she had never seen anyone with three natural affinities with equal amount of power.
"Temari is something wrong, why are you looking like that" Naruto asked
Naruto's voice broke Temari out of her shock, she just shook her head and asked
"Naruto, why didn't you tell that you had three affinities?"
"Ah, what do you mean three affinities I thought I only had wind affinity" Naruto asked with clear confusion on his face.
"Tell me who was present when you checked your affinity the first time" Temari asked doubting that someone didn't tell Naruto purposely to sabotage him.
"I was alone when I did that, I read the manual it said that if the paper splits in half you have wind nature and I didn't bother to read any further." Naruto said with an embarrassed look on his face.
Temari face palmed hearing this, still replied
"Naruto you have three affinities wind, water and earth respectively with equal strength"
Naruto got really excited hearing this and started to shout
"Yatta I'm I awesome."
Temari just smiled seeing her 'husband' so excited.
"Hmmm Naruto not to rain on your celebration but you really have to work hard since you have to train for all the affinities equally"
Naruto stopped his awesomeness ranting and looked at Temari, after hearing Temari's words he just smiled again and gave her a look which said 'I know what to do'.
"Don't worry Temari I know what to do to improve my training."
"Alright Naruto, how about we spar once I want to see where I stand against you, that way we both can help each other."
"Hai, that's a good idea. Come on we can use one of the training ground in Senju compound." Naruto said as he made his way towards the Senju compound and Temari just followed him.
Both of them reached the training ground, Temari was impressed seeing the state of the training ground, the whole terrain was basically made in a way to help Konoha shinobi to adjust to other terrain's when locked in battle.
"Wow, this training ground is very well maintained" Temari said to Naruto who was stretching and warming up.
"Yeah, Kaa-chan told me that her Baa-chan placed some seals throughout the Senju compound which automatically keeps this the whole compound well maintained; one just has to add chakra at regular intervals." Naruto replied without stopping his stretches.
"Kaa-chan! Naruto you didn't tell me that your mother was a Senju." Temari asked.
"Ah, no Temari my mother isn't a Senju I call Tsunade as my Kaa-chan, I feel that she is like my mother in all but blood."
Temari smiled inwardly knowing at least Naruto had someone whom he can depend.
"Oh alright, if you're finished with warming up let's begin, I can't wait to wipe the floor with you." Temari said with a smirk on her face.
Naruto gave a smirk of his own and got into his stance and the spar began.
After half an hour of sparring both the blonde's were on their knees panting trying to catch their breath.
"I must say Naruto you really are very strong with the jutsu are4snal you have right now and I wasn't even able to predict what would be your next move." Temari said to Naruto
Naruto just smiled hearing the praise which he got from Temari.
"Even you were awesome Temari-chan, I had no idea that your battle fan could be used to make such massive damage I'm kinda lucky that you missed when you used them on me." Naruto said smiling.
Temari was happy that he didn't admonish her skills or went easy on her because of her gender and she didn't miss the affectionate suffix he used along with her name.
"Oh I'm Temari-chan now ah, I didn't think you would be so bold Naruto." Temari asked teasingly.
Naruto just blushed at the teasing and tried to sputter out some nonsense but failed miserably.
"Oh don't worry Naruto I was just teasing you, I talked to the Hokage and she told me something's about you and I understand how you feel about relations and friendship." Temari said with a light smile on her face.
Naruto just sighed in relief and got back up and sat next Temari.
"Hey Temari-chan mind if I ask you some question."
"Sure."
"Why did your village choose me as the groom instead of Uchiha?"
Temari wasn't surprised by this question as she had already been asked the same question by Tsunade and Shizune during their meeting.
"The council really wanted to me to marry the Uchiha but Gaara stormed inside the meeting hall and pretty much threatened that if I was to marry anyone it would be you and no one else."
"Oh, I never knew Gaara thought so highly of me, I just hope I can keep you happy." Naruto replied with a nervous tone.
"Naruto I don't know a lot about you, but from what the hokage told me I know that we can make this relationship work. If you don't mind can you tell me a bit more about yourself?" Temari asked
"What do you want to know about me and why?" Naruto asked
"I know this might sound a sound a bit weird but I want to help you in any way possible for brining my brother back to me." Temari said with a sincere smile on her face.
"Hey you don't need to say things like that I helped Gaara because he reminded me of myself a few years back and I couldn't bear to see the pain in his eyes." Naruto replied
"Ok stop changing the subject and tell me bit about you" Temari asked
After hearing her Naruto told her all his hardships from his time in orphanage and leaving alone in an apartment at the age 6, he did leave out the more mind numbing details such as his thoughts of suicide.
"That's pretty much it; my life till now hasn't had any prolonged happy days only brief moments of happiness." He finished and turned towards Temari to see her
Temari was crying; she had told herself that she wouldn't cry after hearing her brother and Naruto talk last night but she couldn't control the tears as she heard his story and seeing the emotions play out on his face.
When she saw Naruto looking at her she hugged him fiercely, Naruto tensed slightly at the sudden contact but after a few hugged her back a bit hesitantly.
"Its Naruto you don't need to be alone anymore, I'll always be there for you I won't let any harm come to you from today you'll have a friend who'll protect you no matter what."
Naruto smiled he knew somehow that Temari meant what she said, he felt a bit more hope in his life a bit more of hope for happiness. She had said she would be his friend and that was more than enough for him now.
"Arigato Temari."
Temari literally could fell the emotions in his voice and she was happy that what Tsunade said was true.
Flashback:
"So what is that you wish to talk with me Hokage-sama" Temari asked Tsunade.
"I have a lot of things to discuss with you but the most important thing to discuss would be about Naruto and his clan and his inclusion in CRA"
"What! Naruto is from a clan" Temari shouted in shock.
"Hai let me finish telling you all that you are required to know Naruto you can ask questions later alright"
Getting a nod from Temari to continue Tsunade said
"Temari I hope you know of the Uzumaki clan from Uzu, the village which was destroyed during the second shinobi war. Naruto is the only living member of the head branch of the Uzumaki clan, so in short he is the Heir to the Uzumaki clan and Uzu."
Temari didn't know what to fell now, she would be married into the Uzumaki clan and she had read about the clan and knew the fearsome reputation they had garnered during their reign. She had read the supremacy they held in the field of fuinjutsu and kenjutsu.
"I thought that all the Uzumaki's had red hair." Temari asked
"You do know your history well Temari, yes Uzumaki were known for their red hair but my gaki here inherited his hair from his father." Tsunade replied
"So you know about his parents, does Naruto know about his parents"
"Yes Temari Naruto knows about his parents and his lineage, but o can't tell you who they are. Only Naruto can tell you who they are, don't pressure him to tell you he'll tell you when he feels he can trust you."
"Oh ok, I'll wait for him to tell me. So is this the reason that he will be included in CRA." Temari asked
"Yes that is one of the reasons, to be honest he is literally heir to two clans but I can't tell you the name of the other clan for security reasons and threat to you and the village if it got public."
Temari now was literally shocked, her husband was heir to two clans and the other clan could not even be named because of threat to Her and Naruto and the village.
"Ok, I'm curious to know about this clan and I understand the reason for CRA. Is there any other thing I need to know?"
"Yes, to be honest I wanted the gaki to be married at least a few years later with a girl he loved, but when I came back to the village, I knew that the gaki would not have anyone to love to because of his tenant and the hate the villagers have passed down to their children."
Temari could understand what Tsunade meant; it would be the same case for her brother in Suna. She hoped that some girl would come in her brother's life and help him.
"But when I saw your village's proposal I got a slight hope that Naruto might get a chance at love in the future and just when I thought that all would be good I got another shock."
"What do you mean Hokage-sama?"
Tsunade then proceeded to tell about Hinata and the whole situation.
"So what I'm planning to do is have both you and Hinata train under a single jonin, the particular jonin will be helpful for both you and Hinata. This way you can know Hinata a bit better and help her."
"Why would I want to help her?" Temari asked angrily
"Because if you don't it wont be helpful for you or the clan in the long run, don't think about the present situation think about the future. You're going to be a clan matriarch you should think about the best for your clan." Tsunade said sternly
This hit Temari like a ton of bricks, she didn't even think about the position she would get in the future.
Seeing the over whelmed expression on Temari's face, tsunade said "Don't worry, its still a long way away think about this alright."
Temari here have some tea it will calm you a bit I still need to talk to you about a few more things.
Temari sipped the tea given to her and it did calm her a bit, she asked Tsunade to continue.
"What I'm about to say is very important it is in regard with Naruto's mental health. Naruto has some serious trust issues and is a bit weary regarding physical contact."
"Why is that Hokage-sama?"
"It's because as child he wasn't given any form of physical attention a child needs, as a child the only physical contact he had was from the Sandaime Hokage and that to happened rarely. A child needs some form of physical contact to feel a sense a security and to trust any other person."
"Even your brother from what I heard will have some of these issues and as for Naruto he doesn't understand some of the social concepts of society, that's one of the reasons why he is so obnoxious when he talks with some stranger. So don't expect him to be a perfect gentleman or know most of the things which happen in the society."
"Hai Hokage-sama I'll keep that in mind."
"Temari before I let you go, I wanted to tell you these things about Naruto because as a woman I know that a man cannot be complete without a woman in his life, only we woman have the power to give the men a sense of peace in their life either as a mother or sister or wife or just a friend. I Know love is rather difficult in arranged marriage but I want you to help Naruto as a friend."
Temari was a bit awed by the statement when Tsunade talked about women.
"Hai Hokage-sama I'll help him."
"Arigato Temari." Tsunade replied with a smile.
End of Flashback
"So Naruto it's almost time for dinner, how about we go out for dinner today." Temari asked removing herself from the embrace
"Hai, we can go and get some ramen and if you want we can ask your brother's to join us."
"No we'll have dinner with them some other time, I want to go out with you. I haven't seen the village you can show me after we finish dinner."
"Sure whatever you say."
"Come on lets go home first I need a shower from all the sparring."
Naruto nodded and both made their way towards the house. After taking a shower both made their way towards Ichiraku Ramen.
"Hey Teuchi-jiji, how are you?" Naruto said entering the ramen stand with a broad smile on his face.
"Oh hey Naruto how are you haven't seen you in the past few days." Teuchi said without even looking at Naruto already preparing Naruto's ramen.
"Oh hey Naruto how are you? And I see you've got a date with you." Ayame teased as she came near the counter to greet him.
Naruto blushed at hearing that he was on a date with Temari.
"I'm fine Ayame-nee, this is Temari and she's not my date, s-she i-is"
Seeing Naruto's hesitancy Temari took it upon herself to introduce herself.
"I'm Naruto's fiancé" Temari said in straight voice
"What!?" Shouted Ayame and sound of utensils being dropped was heard from the kitchen.
"Yeah, I and Temari kinda got roped into this arranged marriage because of the alliance." Naruto replied embarrassed scratching the back of his neck.
"Oh, so you are the bride that everyone is talking about in Konoha." Ayame told Temari
Temari just shrugged hearing the news of her presence already floating in Konoha.
"I'm happy for both of you, so today the first three bowls of ramen is on the house." Ayame said happily
"Free ramen! Thank you Ayame-nee" Naruto shouted hearing Ayame
"Psst Temari come here" Ayame called Temari to her side of the counter.
"Naruto is like a brother to me, please don't hurt him. He's already had enough from the stupid villagers."
"I won't hurt him Ayame-san no need to worry." Temari whispered
Temari was surprised how good the ramen was here at Ichiraku but was horrified and awed by the amount of ramen Naruto could eat.
"Does he always eat this much?" Temari asked Ayame
"Yeah he really like ramen a lot, we know too much o fit isn't good for him so my Otou-san adds some nutritious herbs and vegetables."
Temari just nodded hearing this and finished her bowl.
They both left the ramen stand after an awesome dinner in Naruto's word to see Konoha.
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Bad ending I Know, Sorry had hard time on how to end this chapter. Can anyone help me with the summary for this story if you have any suggestion send me via PM.
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