Hey everybody this is my first ever fanfic so I would appreciate it if you tell what you think about it.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Naruto and all rights are reserved to Masashi kishimoto.
Warning this is a Naruto x mei x hinata fic, not sure if i should make it a harem fanfic tho but if i feel i can smoothly add other girls i might give it a try. Several changes to canon throughout.
Two months later
Walking into the restaurant, kurenai immediately recognized the familiar outfit of her friend Anko Mitarashi, who is an average-sized slender frame woman . She has light brown pupil-less eyes. Her violet hair is styled in a short spiky fanned-out ponytail. She wears a fitted mesh body suit that covers her from neck to thigh.
Over this, she typically wears a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam and a pocket on each side, a dark orange mini-skirt, a dark blue belt, and pale grey shin guards along with the typical forehead protector.
Shaking her head at her friends unladylike eating habit kurenai walked towards her friend
"Slow down anko the foods not going anywhere" kurenai said moving into the free seat opposite her
Lifting up her head to look at who disturbed her meal, anko was about to give a nasty remark but stopped when she noticed who it was "hey there nai-Chan..how's it goin" (I keep seeing this nickname in fics so I'm sticking to it).
"Good, how bout you ?" Kurenai said sighing lightly as she gave her friend a fake smile
"Mehh.. the usual " Anko said shrugging her shoulders as she slowed down her rapid face stuffing.
Both of them went silent with kurenai taking light bites of her meal while watching anko eat. Sighing loudly anko spoke, clearly seeing through kurenai's fake act of happiness "Sooooo you gon tell me what's bothering you or you gonna keep pretending everything's okay"
Choking on her meal kurenai immediately took a glass of sake
"Im guessing this has something to do with hinata" anko said sighing while ignoring her choking friend
a surprised kurenai who had just recovered from her choking almost spat out the sake in surprise
"W-What...how'd you know "kurenai stuttered out, anko always had a way knowing things like this for a long time and to be honest it kinda scared her
"Hahaha just a guess, besides your always worrying bout her" anko said laughing loudly gaining some stares from people
"You enjoy doing stuff like that to me" kurenai said playfully glaring at anko
"Of course "
"So what's the problem this time" anko said looking away from her food
"Well...it's just that ever since the failed retrieval mission she's been acting really strange, she just resumed from her temporary leave but-" Kurenai replied looking for the right words to use
"But what ?" Anko questioned not liking the whole suspense thing
"Now she's back on duty she still doesn't show any encouraging improvement, she lacks motivation and constantly freezes,even her teammates are finding it hard coping with her" kurenai concluded sighing tiredly
"Hmmm...It's not her fault tho, anyone would break after watching their loved one explode before their eyes" Anko said as if it was a known fact.
"I know, but it's been over two months, she should have gotten over it by now" kurenai said tiredly
"First of all that sounded a bit too cold even for you and second I think your forgetting how she acted when they were kids, getting over his death would probably take a while...all you have to do is be there for her and be patient " anko said waving a dango stick at her friend.
"Sigh...I suppose your right "kurenai said in a defeated tone "I'm glad i came to you for advice"
"Just be happy cuz soon imma be charging people for my wisdom" anko said giving her a playful grin.
Meanwhile at the akimichi restaurant
"Sakura's going to freak out if she finds out about this" Ino said frowning from the information she just received.
"If she finds out " kiba said
"What do you mean ,if?" neji said looking at kiba with a hardened look
"Yes,what do you mean, if?" lee said confused
" remember we're in a shinobi village, there's bound to be information leaks, meaning one way or another she's going to hear about it...so what are we going to do then" choji said munching on his meal
"Simple we just keep quiet and pretend like we never heard anything " kiba said as if it was a very simple answer
"That's not right, she's our friend we can't do that to her" tenten said not liking the idea
"We've all seen how she reacts to things she doesn't like, telling her would only make her mad, and I certainly do not want to get hit by one of those enhanced punches" kiba said folding his arms
"That would hurt a lot tho" shikamaru said leaning into his seat with a thoughtful look, while trying to understand how Naruto took a lot of those hits and remained somewhat normal.
Looking at her friends ino couldn't help but feel annoyed as she watched most of the boys agree with kiba's idea
"Are you guys serious, she just lost her teammate, you can't honestly be planning on keeping this a secret " ino said firmly as she stood up slamming her palms on the table
" keeping what a secret ?" a new voice said making everyone on the table freeze
Gulping in fear, ino slowly turned and stared at the one person she didn't want to see at the moment
"Sakura...what are you doing here?" ino asked in a semi robotic voice
Frowning a bit Sakura replied " yesterday you told me to meet you here, don't tell me you forgot "
The other people at the table moved their gaze to ino, immediately wanting to see how she handles the situation "oh your kinda early tho, but since your here it's no problem " ino said giving her a weird smile.
"Ohkayyy... What were you guys talking bout?" Sakura said ignoring ino's weirdness as she moved into a free seat beside ino which was facing choji.
"Oh that, we were talking bout ..." ino stuttered while trying to think of a good cover story but was failing miserably
"Hmm" Sakura turned from ino to the others who immediately pretended to be busy eating.
"There's a rumor that sasuke is going to be in the next edition bingo book" sai said as he resumed his eating.
'What the fuck' was all that went through everyone's mind as they stopped eating and watched sai eat his meal peacefully
"What?!" Sakura said loudly causing everyone on the table to flinch in fear, as no one wanted to be the person to take on her wrath.
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"We've all heard talk about it, no ones sure if it's real tho but that doesn't mean it's impossible for such a thing to happen " shikamaru said
"I see" Sakura said soberly
"Wait Sakura I can explain" ino said
"There's no need for that" Sakura said getting up with a sad look as she walked out the restaurant
Everyone was quiet for a while until kiba said while releasing a breath he was holding "well that went a lot better than expected"
Shrinking as everyone turned to glare at him. He decided it was best to keep quiet completely and focus on his meal.
After several minutes of intense power walking
At the Hokage office
"Tsunade sensei" sakura said loudly opening the office doors
"Hmm.. sakura thank kami your here, mind getting those for me" Tsunade said pointing at some papers littered on the floor, probably blown by the wind.
"Hai"Sakura said
"So what are you doing here, your supposed to be off duty today" Tsunade said while reading the paper before she signed it
"I needed an answer on something, so I guessed the best person to meet would be you" Sakura said trying to compose herself as she passed the stack of paper to Tsunade. When she heard the news she immediately sprinted off to confirm it.
"Okay, go on" Tsunade questioned briefly looking up at her student from the paper she was signing
"There's this rumour that Sasuke kun is going to be in the next bingo book update as a traitor of the leaf with a bounty on his head, I just want to know if it's true" sakura said frowning at the thought of it
Over the past few months sasuke had began mingling with some very wrong people, even doing bad things. But it was nothing that serious enough for him to be instilled in the book of Shinobi criminals, at least that's what Sakura thought.
Sighing, Tsunade dropped her pen on the table as she massaged her eyebrows while taking deep calming breaths , she expected this conversation to happen but not this soon
"Its true" Tsunade said watching as the eyes of her student widened in surprise after hearing the reply
"But Isn't making him an A rank missing ninja a bit too much... it's obvious that why he's acting this way is as a result of the mark orochimaru placed on him " Sakura said
"First of all Sakura your wrong, the curse mark works as a means to access impure natural chakra, the only mental effect it has on a person is the intoxicating feeling one gets when they access it, followed by the bloodlust, which is fueled by the users negative emotions "
" The seal in no way controls the users actions, this has been proven by Anko Mitarashi who if I remind you is one of the first bearers of the mark and is still a loyal member of the village, sasuke on the other hand gave into the power seeking more for his vengeful needs" Tsunade explained to her student hoping to clear her thought but that didn't seem to do much
"It was the only possible option he could think of back then to get stronger, I'm sure he didn't understand the disadvantages of his actions "Sakura said immediately defending sasuke.
"If that's the case why did he not return after killing itachi months ago, instead he went on to join a group of S ranked criminals whose goal is to capture all the bijuus for kami knows what" Tsunade said getting tired of her students naive view on matters concerning the last uchiha
"B-but" Sakura stuttered trying to think of what she could use to counter her master
"He infiltrated another village and abducted their Jinchūriki, this is something even I can not ignore, making him a missing ninja with a capture on sight target on his head is the best thing I can do for him"Tsunade said frowning at her now silent student
'This is wrong, why are things turning out like this, first I loose Naruto now sasuke, my whole team was falling apart before my eyes' Sakura thought as tears welled in her eyes.
"There is nothing I can do to save him,and going to war with another village for a traitor is not an option " Tsunade concluded staring sternly at her student
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"W-what about Naruto ?" Sakura said hating that she was using her fallen teammate
"What about him?" Tsunade questioned her gaze turning a lot serious, she tapped her fingers on the desk lightly as she studied Sakura's movement closely
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Squirming under the intense gaze of her master, Sakura knew that what she was about to say would probably make tsunade upset, but she had to protect Sasuke the last of her teammates and the love of her life.
"Do you think he would like what your-" Sakura said watching as the speed of tsunade's tapping increased
"You've said enough sakura" tsunade said trying to hold in her anger at what the girl was doing. Sakura knew how sensitive she was about Naruto and was trying to use that to her advantage.
"you promised him you would protect sasuke ,but you're doing the exact opposite " Sakura said quickly ignoring her masters threatening look
Bang
"I said enough!!" Tsunade having heard enough rose to her feet as she slammed her palms on her desk with so much force that it made a loud bang, jerking a bit from the sudden sound Sakura shrank instantly knowing well that she had crossed the line this time, whatever chance she had was gone.
"Sasuke Uchiha is a registered traitor of the Hidden Leaf and a wanted criminal. Should he be apprehended by anyone, the order for his arrest states for him to stand trial in this village". Tsunade said firmly with her palms placed on the top of desk, "This is an order by the Hokage and it's final, do you understand me chunin Haruno Sakura"
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"Y-yes " Sakura said sadly as she did her best to hold back the tears in her eyes.
"Good, now you may leave" Tsunade said as she sat on her chair rotating it to look outside the window.
Unknown Location
Nine cloaked figures stood inside a dark cave, once again performing a jinchuriki sealing ritual with the giant structure Gedo Mazo. In the center of the room, was the unconscious body of the eight tailed Ox jinchuriki, Killer Bee.
Standing on each of the fingers of the statue were the remaining members of the akatsuki which consisted of Kisame, Tobi, Konan, Zetsu and Pein along by sasuke's team taka
"Now that everyone's here let's begin the sealing," Announced the leader who had purple eyes with ripple like patterns
Every Akatsuki members started to channel chakra to their rings, waking up the Gedo Mazo. Soon tendrils of chakra started to reach out from it, aiming for Killer Bee's body.
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The jinchuriki body levitated slowly , however after some seconds a poof of smoke appeared in the place previously occupied by the host's body, only to be replaced by one of the severed tentacle of the jinchuriki's transformed state.
"It seems the jinchuriki managed to trick you sasuke. I can't really blame you though, even with my Sharingan I did not detect any genjutsu from this fake body." The masked man said in a serious voice
"So two jinchuriki's are still remaining then " kisame said giving an evil grin
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"Zetsu, how did Kumo react after our intrusion?" Ignoring him the leader asked
"From the information I managed to gather the Raikage was upset about his brother's kidnapping and asked for a Five Kage Meeting. The meeting is scheduled in three days and will take place on the neutral grounds of Land of iron." Replied Zetsu.
"If the octopus guy is not with them, shouldn't we be worried about finding him first?" Suigetsu said glancing fearfully at kisame
"That's why we are going to monitor Kumo's actions should he turn up again. Now then any news about the Kyuubi jinchuriki ?" Replied the leader.
"Not since he disappeared months back. From what I heard even konoha don't know where he went, others believe he's dead" Replied Zetsu.
Already knowing that Naruto was an ex teammate of sasuke, Karin glanced at him to see his reaction on the news of his ex-teammates possible death.
"I see, what do you know about that Kage Meeting ? Which Kage is coming and who are they bringing with them as escorts?" Asked the leader.
"Every Kage has accepted the invitation, the Tsuchikage is coming with Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi, the Hokage is coming with Kakashi and Gai, the Mizukage is coming with Ao and Chōjūro, the Raikage is coming with C and Darui and finally the Kazekage is coming with Temari and Kankuro." Zetsu said.
"Seems like a great opportunity to make our plans known to the world " The masked man said in an excited tone while looking at the leader.
"Indeed it is..." Said the leader earning him confused looks from the other members