Naruko awoke to the sound of dripping water and a voice humming what sounded like a lullaby to her. The voice sounded familiar, like she had heard it once before.
"Well I see you're awake sleepy head." Naruko's eyes shot open when she heard the voice directly above her and her head was on something soft. Right above her was a beautiful red haired woman with green eyes smiling down at her, obviously holding her head in her lap.
"Boo!"
"AH! What the hell? Who the fuck are you?" The red haired woman's eyes narrowed and Naruto gulped in fear.
"Watch your mouth young lady."
'Man she is fucking scary...' Naruko while inwardly intimidated by the woman was not about to be told what to do by someone not her superior or parent.
"Says who? You're not my damn mother."
"Actually Naruko...I am your mother. My name is Uzumaki Kushina and I am your mother." Naruko's eyes widened and she felt like a bomb had just shredded her universe and simultaneously put it back together.
"M...mother?" Kushina didn't know if her little girl was happy to see her or upset but she quickly found out as Naruko started shouting.
"WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IVE BEEN THROUGH? HOW MANY NIGHTS I WENT TO BED ALONE WITHOUT SOMEONE TELLING ME GOOD NIGHT OR THAT THEY LOVED ME? WHAT POSSIBLE EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE FOR LEAVING ME ALONE FOR SO DAMN LONG THEN JUST MAGICALLY SHOWING UP? HUH? TELL ME!"
Kushina was silent for a moment and Naruko clenched her fist, her body shaking until she heard her 'mother' speak to her.
"Naruko, baby look around, you're not in the Forest of Death right now, we're in your mind." Naruko blinked and looked around realizing that they were in what appeared to be an enormous boiler room.
"Naruko I died shortly after giving birth to you. Just before I passed I left an imprint of my chakra, a memory if you will inside of you so that while you were growing up you would have me around to comfort you and give you advice. Unfortunately the kyuubi was sealed in you which basically left me locked in his seal. It wasn't until you learned of your burden from Mizuki that the seal cracked a tiny bit, allowing me to talk to you."
A sudden realization hit Naruko and she had a look of awe on her face.
"That voice in Wave country, when I was fighting Zabuza that was–"
"That was me, protecting my little girl. Naruko baby I love you and I never meant to leave you alone. Had I been alive I'd be teaching you everything I know, making sure you stayed safe and became an even greater kunoichi than you are now. Could you ever forgive m-" Before Kushina knew what was happening she was tackled to the ground by a crying Naruko who kept nuzzling her face against her mother.
"Naruko? Whats wrong baby?"
"Momma, all I ever wanted, my entire life, more than being Hokage, more than being accepted by the village was to know I had parents who loved me, that didn't abandon me, that saw me as their little girl, not a monster. Momma I forgive you, I forgave you the moment you said you loved me."
Kushina smiled but the reunion between mother and daughter was abruptly interrupted.
"How sentimental, so sweet it would give me a cavity. I hate to break up this lovely moment between you two but my host is currently dangling from a tree by a kunai and her accursed Uchiha mate is being attacked by the snake."
"Who the fuck was that?" Kushina slapped her daughter upside the back of her head.
"Language young lady, and to answer your question, he's the cause for my death and you being outcast from the village."
"Ha! No matter how many times I tell you whirlpool princess, it is more the accursed Uchiha's fault that you are dead."
"Hey! How does Sasuke have anything to do with mom dying?"
The kyuubi laughed at his host, of course the child didn't know what he knew, she had no idea just who was pulling the strings. The kyuubi laid down in front of the cage door and smiled at his container, who looked more in awe of how big the fox was more than scared.
"Holy shit you're big." Kushina again smacked her daughter's head.
"Language young lady!"
"Sorry momma."
"You seem to forget child that your mate Sasuke was once part of a clan."
"Hey Sasuke and I are not mates okay! For one thing he's an asshole, for another even if say I was attracted to him there is no way he'd return my feelings! So shut the hell up you stupid fox!" Kushina had to hold back a giggle at hearing this. She swore the only thing her daughter got from her father were looks as she acted just like she did at her age, tomboyish and calling the guy she likes an asshole.
"Regardless of whether you and him are mated or not, he was once part of a powerful clan. A clan that once had a member powerful enough to control even the likes of me. A man whose chakra was more malevolent and vile than my own."
"Uchiha Madara" Kushina stated matter of factly. She knew the story of the Valley of the End, of how Madara and the kyuubi were both defeated by Hashirama Senju, the shodaime. The kyuubi nodded, its blood red eyes studying the two females.
"Exactly, now child I suggest you wake up if you wish to save your mate."
"Um that's a good suggestion furball but that snake bastard did something to my seal...and for the last time we're not mates."
"Naruko baby I can help you with that. Instead of the fox I'll lend you my special chakras so you're control won't be too bad, it won't be a permanent fix though. Just a temporary boost okay?"
Naruko hugged her mother and smiled, this was the first gift she had ever gotten from her mother. True it wasn't a material gift per say but it was still something from her mother and that was all that mattered.
Sasuke clenched his shoulder in pain, it was like molten lead was coursing through his veins and it was taking every bit of strength not to fall unconscious.
"My, my, Sasuke-kun you are quite the fighter, just as every bit a warrior as your brother."
"Don't...you dare compare me to...that murderer."
"Touchy subject I see? Well Sasuke-kun, my name is Orochimaru, if you truly want the power to be able to defeat Itachi than I suggest you come seek me out later. Now I have other business to attend to—what is that?" Orochimaru and the other two members of team seven turned to see Naruko waking up, her hands gripping the tree she was attached to before she swung herself around and planted her feet against it, her chakra making her stick to the large trunk. Naruko pulled the bands from her pigtails off allowing her hair to flow free, she saw her mother's beautiful hair and wanted to emulate her and figured it was best to start now.
"Orochimaru is your name is it? Guess what bitch? It's round two now!" Sasuke looked up and saw Naruko, her hair flowing around her like a golden mane while she stared down the snake. At that moment Sasuke had never seen any woman more beautiful.
'She's...beautiful. Maybe...just maybe...I can...' Sasuke had finally passed out from the strain of the cursed seal. Orochimaru was not concerned with Sasuke, he only had to wait now for him, his attention was on the blonde girl in front of him. That look of determination, the long hair, it was almost like looking at a young blonde Kushina from long ago.
'Amazing! Even while she suffers from the gogyo fuin seal she can still move around and fight! That settles it, I must have this girl, if I were able to claim both her and Sasuke not even akatsuki could stop me.' The snake sannin immediately made his special handseal and his head launched itself at her only for her fist to hit the ground sending up a cloud of dust.
"Damn her, where did she go?" The sound of timber snapping drew his attention upward where Naruko was hefting a large chunk of tree branch.
"Here you go!" Orochimaru's respect for this girl's power was growing, it seemed as if she was fighting past his five element seal by sheer willpower and determination. He quickly used a substitution to prevent himself from being skewered by the tree branch and quickly used a earth jutsu to go around her.
Naruko's eyes darted in every direction, making sure to keep an eye out for the slightest bit of movement. She knew that bastard had the advantage but she was determined to stop him however she could.
'Naruko baby! Behind you!' Naruko spun around on her heel, her other foot taking a large chunk of the tree behind her off making Orochimaru rise from the branch directly in front of her.
"Got you!" Naruko grabbed one of her kunai and thrust it forward smiling at the fact she actually got a wound on the bastard even though he most likely had poisoned her by biting her neck. The snake sannin pulled back and smiled, even while pulling out the kunai she had just stabbed him with.
"I really hope you enjoy my gift Naruko-chan, like Sasuke I hope you realize this village holds nothing for you and seek me out." As the snake sannin sank into the tree Naruko cried out in pain falling unconscious.
"Naruko!" Sakura rushed to where her teammate lay, first Sasuke, now Naruko, this exam was turning into a real nightmare.
Author Notes: Okay a small update this time but now getting to the end of the forest of death soon.
Also to all my reviewers! Thank you so much for your support! Now to answer some questions:
VampyreVixen16: I didn't take it from Hellboy but after I read your review i went back and watched it and realized he did say that. I was just going more with what sounded good and what I thought Naruko would say.
That's Nice: Her attack The Crashing Thunderbolt was an idea i got from seeing Naruto use his clones to catapult him around both in the show and in Ultimate Ninja Storm. Needless to say there will be more Tsunade style, earth shaking attacks coming from her. Also since her idol is the fourth hokage, whose signature technique was the flying thunder god, i figured she would make a similar name.
Chaos Nutter: There won't be any lemons until I get to shippuden, some fluff moments and romance moments between our two reluctant lovebirds but no actual sex until they're older.
Okay well I hope you all enjoy this small update, next chapter will be much longer.
Next Time on Bad Romance: Battle of the Mind! Kushina vs. Orochimaru!