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Virtue and Venom: Chapter 22

Konoha Hospital

Tsunade wiped her hands as she looked down at the unconscious Uchiha on the operating table; Tsunade was able to successfully implant the new sharingan.

'So now he truly is the last Uchiha' Tsunade thought as she looked at Sasuke 'how tragic; even if Itachi was a murderer, it still must hurt to know you are now all alone in the world now' she thought. Tsunade turned around and exited the operating room; upon exiting she saw Jiraya and Naruto leaning against the wall.

"How's Sasuke" Naruto asked.

"He'll make a full recovery" Tsunade said and Naruto let out a sigh of relief "now then about the other part of the deal" she said crossing her arms.

"Fine, fine; follow me" Jiraya said and Tsunade huffed "I'm surprised you even came back" Jiraya said.

"I'm surprised I haven't ripped your fucking nuts off" Tsunade said with barely controlled anger "I just want Shizune back; and god help you all if you hurt her" she said making both Naruto and Jiraya flinch away from her hostile gaze.

"Chill out granny" Naruto said "we didn't hurt her… unless you count then I hit her head on the door frame" he said rubbing the back of his head bashfully.

"For that I'll break one of your fingers" Tsunade said and Naruto gulped hard "just take me to her" she said and both men nodded.

Hokage office

"Ok she's in here" Jiraya said as he opened the door; Naruto, Tsunade and Jiraya all entered and saw a strange sight. Hiruzen was sitting on his couch with Shizune, Ino, Anko and Mamushi standing next to him looking at a book he was holding.

"And this is when Naruto was 4" Hiruzen said pointing to the picture in his book "he lived with me until he was 6 because clan regulations; oh, and look here he is at 3 in the bath" Hiruzen said and Naruto paled.

'He better not be doing what I think he's doing' Naruto thought.

"Aww he's so cute" Shizune squealed.

"Look at those chubby cheeks of his" Ino said.

"Look at his little weewee; it's so small" Mamushi said pointing at the picture making the other girls laugh.

"Oh boy this is too- oh hey Naruto" Anko said making everyone look at him "man these baby pictures; so cute" she said teasingly. Faster than anyone could see Naruto snatched the book and held it to his chest.

"What the hell Ji-ji" Naruto shouted in embarrassment "why're you showing them my baby pictures" he asked and Hiruzen laughed.

"It's a grandfather job to embarrass his grandson" Hiruzen said making Naruto growl "now then; could all of you leave so I can talk to Tsunade, Shizune and Jiraya" he asked and they all nodded.

"I'm going to see Sasuke" Mamushi said as she began to walk out.

"Hold it" Tsunade said stopping her "you are still on my shit list girl; don't forget it" Tsunade said and Mamushi stuck her tongue out.

"Whatever saggy titties" Mamushi said "I can kick your butt anytime anywhere" she said as she stomped out.

"What did you call me; you little shit" Tsunade shouted.

"Relax Tsunade" Jiraya said "Mamushi is just an odd duck… or snake for that matter" he said confusing her.

"Well, I'm going to hang with Kakashi; smell ya later" Anko said as she disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

"Hey Naruto lets go" Ino said going up to him and grabbing his hand "I'm kind hungry; want to get some ramen" she said and Naruto perked up.

"Yeah, let's go I haven't been to Ichiraku's in a while" Naruto said as they both walked out hand in hand; Tsunade seeing this looked over to Jiraya.

"Wow looks like the brat had more game than you did at that age" Tsunade said making Hiruzen laugh and Jiraya grumble. Hiruzen then stopped laughing and looked at Jiraya.

"Ok Jiraya time to get serious" Hiruzen said and Jiraya nodded; Hiruzen proceeded to put up a privacy barrier around the hokage office and began to speak "Tsunade, Shizune; what I'm about to tell you is going to be a SS-class secret" Hiruzen said making both women go wide eyed.

"What about lord Hokage" Shizune asked and Hiruzen took in a deep breath.

"That girl Mamushi; she's not who you think she is" Hiruzen said "Mamushi is a clone of Orochimaru; a exact genetic copy, a daughter if you will" he said shocking both Tsunade and Shizune.

"No fucking way" Tsunade said looking at Hiruzen; Tsunade turned to Jiraya "is this a joke" she asked.

"No not even the slightest" Jiraya said "Mamushi was created to be Orochimaru's heir; but he locked her up for some reason and kept her in an almost stasis like condition. Even right now we are not sure how long she was in there" he said as he took out a file and handed it to Tsunade. "The strange liquid she was in is like nothing we've ever seen before; it has a lot of regenerative properties but we cannot replicate it" Jiraya said.

Tsunade opened up the file and began to read it "how is this possible, this kind of genetic enhancement is like nothing I've seen before; it would take 5 or 6 generations of selective breeding to get these types of results" she said.

"You haven't seen anything Tsunade" Hiruzen said "Mamushi has increased strength, speed, healing, battle I.Q and chakra reserves that are high enough to rival Naruto's" he said making Tsunade even more surprised as she knew that Naruto with both the Kyuubi and his Uzumaki genes was gifted with chakra.

"That sounds amazing lord Hokage" Shizune said "so what seems to be the problem" she asked.

"Mamushi had 2… incidents" Jiraya said making both women confused "during the chunin exams Naruto reported that Mamushi's entire demeanor changed after she got stabbed by Orochimaru; Mamushi fought Orochimaru to a stand still and sustained heavy injuries" he said. "She got blown up and had both legs and an arm torn from her; she should've been dead but just 1 week later she grew the fucking limbs back" he said shocking the 2 women even more.

"The second time was during the invasion" Hiruzen piped in "I was fighting Orochimaru and Mamushi came along with those snake tattoos she has glowing and moving all along her body; not just that but she seemed to remember Orochimaru with familiarity" he said. "I knocked her out but before she fell unconscious she was talking about 'Mamushi'; like she was a separate person" Hiruzen said.

"While we did want you to come back to be hokage and help the Uchiha we also had something else for you" Jiraya said "we want you to study Mamushi; study her, physically and mentally" he said. "I don't know why; I just have a bad feeling and I don't want her to be hurt, or turn into another Orochimaru" he said.

Tsunade looked at the file for a moment and then nodded "It will take a hell of a lot of convincing for me to become hokage" Tsunade said "but me and Shizune will help in studying Mamushi; you are right, we cannot take any risks, after all Orochimaru loves to put in fail safes" she said and everyone nodded. "We will start the tests in 5 days; I need to get myself situated again" Tsunade said and both Hiruzen and Jiraya nodded.

"Glad to have you back Tsunade" Hiruzen said walking towards her "I know this must be hard for you; but please persevere, we need you" he said and Tsunade nodded.

"Thank you, Sensei," Tsunade said "the hole in my heart is still there; but I guess this is a start to fill it back up" she said. "Shizune; let's go to the Senju manor and get settled in" she said.

"Yes, lady Tsunade" Shizune said as both women left the room.

"Looks like things are looking up eh sensei" Jiraya said.

"I don't know Jiraya" Hiruzen said making Jiraya look at him "I think that this is the calm before the storm" he said.

Hours later: With Ino

"Ok done" Ino said as she sealed up a scroll with her stuff; Ino then walked out of her room and began to walk down stairs. As she did, she saw her mom sitting at the table "bye mom; I'll see you tomorrow, love you" Ino said and her mom waved back.

"Bye sweetie; love you too" Hikaruga said back to Ino; Inoichi hearing this came out of the kitchen with a beer bottle.

"Where's Ino going; she spending the night somewhere" he asked and his wife nodded.

"Oh yeah she's having a movie night with Naruto; she'll be back in the morning" she said; just then there was the sound of glass breaking. She looked over and saw that Inoichi crushed the bottle with his hand.

"Are you crazy" Inoichi shouted "you're letting our baby girl spend the night at her boyfriend's place; alone" he said. His wife however looked at him.

"Inoichi we have met Naruto" she said "he is a nice and respectable young man; he will not do anything to Ino without her consent, and he even told me so" she said.

"No, nope, no fucking way" Inoichi said as he grabbed his flak jacket "I'm going to recon them; don't wait up" he said as he rushed out the door.

"Inoichi Yamanaka get back here" his wife shouted.

With Inoichi

Inoichi ran across the village and found Naruto's new apartment 'ok found it' the thought as he hid on a roof nearby and took out a pair of binoculars 'Naruto if you even touch my daughter…' Inoichi thought. Inoichi was immediately relieved as he saw both Naruto and Ino sitting on the couch together looking at the T.V.

'Ok you little shit' Inoichi thought 'make a move; I fucking dare you' he thought.

Over the next couple hours Inoichi remained hidden and watched as absolutely nothing happened; Naruto and Ino watched some movies, an action movie from Naruto and a romance movie Ino. Both then proceeded to order take out and had a quiet dinner; now both Naruto and Ino changed into their pajama's.

Both blondes crawled into beg gave each other a quick kiss and turned off the lights; Inoichi waited for another 30 minutes until he sighed.

'Thank god' Inoichi thought 'maybe Hikaruga was right, maybe I can trust Naruto' he thought as he got up. 'I better get home' he thought as he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

With Naruto and Ino

"Your dad is finally gone" Naruto said as he cuddled up next to Ino "I'm glad he didn't come in here and kill me" he said and Ino giggled.

"I would've stopped him" Ino said as she snuggled onto Naruto's chest "I missed you while you were on that mission; I missed my teddy bear" she said and Naruto chuckled.

"And I missed you to my love" Naruto said kissing her forehead.

"Hey Naruto" Ino said gaining his attention "can we do… that" she asked and Naruto chuckled.

"You really like it when I let you do that" he said and Ino nodded "ok fine" Naruto said. Ino lied flat on her back and Naruto put his head on her chest.

Ino then began to stoke Naruto's whiskers with her left hand while rubbing his back with her right; Naruto began to snuggle into her and purr making Ino squeal.

"Oh my god that is so cute" Ino said "it's like you're a kitty cat" she said and Naruto chuckled.

"You into cat boys Ino" Naruto said "pervert" he said and Ino huffed.

"Shut it jerk" Ino said "besides everyone knows that butlers are the best" she said making Naruto sweat drop.

"Weirdo" Naruto said "goodnight Ino; love you" Naruto said.

"I love you too Naruto" Ino said as she continued to stroke his hair until he fell asleep 'I'm so glad I have you Naruto' Ino thought as she looked out the window into the night sky. 'I wouldn't trade this for anything in the world' Ino thought as she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Konoha hospital: the next day

Sasuke Uchiha woke up with a groan as he opened his eyes 'oh god he thought' as the light coming in from the window hurt his eyes; Sasuke then realized that he could see again 'my vision it's back' he thought as he looked around. Sasuke looked around and only saw blurs and colors 'damn my eyes still need to adjust' he thought; Sasuke sat around for another few minutes as his eyes began to adjust and become clearer.

Sasuke looked around his hospital room and saw everything; the paintings on the walls, the trees through the windows, everything. Sasuke's attention was then drawn one of the other beds in the room.

Mamushi was sleeping inside one of the extra beds of the room; her long black hair spread out messily along the white bedsheets, one of her legs poking out of the covers and snoring a almost whisper like snore while cuddling a pillow like a teddy bear.

Sasuke seeing this couldn't help but show a small smile looking at the sleeping girl; Sasuke proceeded to get out of bed his bare feet touching the cold wooden floors. Sasuke walked over to the bed Mamushi was sleeping in and began to lightly touch her shoulder "Mamushi; wake up" Sasuke said in a soft voice as to not startle her.

Mamushi's eyes fluttered open and she looked up to see a Sasuke standing above her "oh hey Sasuke" Mamushi said tiredly as she closed her eyes and laid back down. Mamushi's eyes then shot open as she sat up straight and cheered "Sasuke; you're awake now" Mamushi cheered as she pulled him in for a hug "I came by yesterday but you were asleep; so, I waited for you to wake up" she said.

Sasuke feeling the hug decided to hug the girl back "thanks Mamushi; I appreciate it" he said and Mamushi nodded; Mamushi let go and got out of bed.

"Great; I'm going to go to the cafeteria and get some food you want some" Mamushi asked and Sasuke didn't respond.

Sasuke was too busy looking at her; Sasuke looked at her soft pale face, her happy and innocent smile, and her silver eyes. 'Have her eyes always been so beautiful' Sasuke thought; just then Mamushi turned around and began to walk to the door.

"I'll go get us some cereal and juice; B.R.B" Mamushi said as she grabbed the door and opened it.

"Mamushi wait" Sasuke said stopping the girl; she turned around and saw a blushing and fidgeting Sasuke "umm… I have a question for you" he said making her confused. "W-when I get out of here in a few days… do you want to go on a date with me" he asked his cheeks now bright red.

Mamushi stood there frozen for a few seconds 'Date? Like what Naruto and Ino do? That kind of Date' she thought. Mamushi then smiled and nodded "Sure that sounds great" Mamushi said making Sasuke smile softly "We can talk more about it when I get us breakfast, be right back" she said as she exited the room.

Sasuke smiled as he saw her leave 'I did it I got a date' Sasuke thought in excitement 'I got a date with Mamushi' he thought. Just then a realization hit him 'oh shit I got a date with Mamushi' Sasuke thought 'I never been on a date with a girl before; what the hell am I supposed to do' he thought as he began to fidget. In a moment of realization Sasuke had an idea 'oh yeah that could work' Sasuke thought.

Hours later outside Naruto's apartment

Naruto was having a nice morning so far; he had a hot breakfast courtesy of Ino, had a nice make out session also courtesy of Ino and watched some t.v once she left. Now Naruto was standing in his door frame looking at a sight he never thought he'd see; a smiling and nervous looking Sasuke in hospital cloths and still wearing his wrist band.

"Naruto, hey buddy how's it going" Sasuke said very uncharacteristically.

"Who are you and what have you done with the emo duck ass Sasuke" Naruto said and Sasuke grew a tic mark.

"It's me you dumbass" Sasuke shouted.

"Ok just had to be sure" Naruto said with a grin "what's up" he asked and Sasuke huffed before taking a deep breath.

"I need your help" Sasuke said making Naruto raise an eyebrow "I have a date… with Mamushi; can you help me" he said while blushing in embarrassment.

Naruto seeing this chuckled 'oh boy this is gonna be good' Naruto thought "ok; I'll help" Naruto said. "But I ain't going to lie Sasuke" Naruto said "I'm really doing this so I can see you crash and burn" he said with a smirk.

Sasuke smirked back "not happening loser" Sasuke said "so let's get started" Sasuke said; Naruto invited Sasuke inside his apartment and both began to plan for the Uchiha's first date.

Ok another chapter done; I hope you like it. So Tsunade isn't going to be Hokage yet (emphasis on yet) but she is staying in Konoha to help study Mamushi in order to not let Orochimaru gain a upper hand in anything. Ok if you enjoyed the chapter please like, comment and share with your friends and until next time bye.