With Naruto and Kakashi
Naruto and Kakashi had left Kushina, Sakura, and Chiyo to run after Deidara who held Gaara in his clutches. The blonde was quickly getting irritated at this game of cat and mouse with the Akatsuki member and Kakashi knew that for a fact. He could tell that Naruto was really trying to catch up to the Akatsuki member and he was actually starting to leave the jonin behind.
"Naruto, if he doesn't slow down we'll be separated by the distance," Kakashi thought while Deidara looked behind him to see Naruto still keeping up with him. He chuckled and a small grin appeared on his face.
"I still don't know which of them is the Kyuubi jinchuuriki, but that if I don't then I'll just capture them both hmmm," Deidara said to himself as he put his hand in his pouch.
Naruto narrowed his eyes and could tell he was going to try something soon. He then looked behind him and noticed that he had put a bit of distance between himself and Kakashi. Naruto was starting to curse his speed and turned his attention back to Deidara.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto said in thought and immediately a clone appeared next to him. The clone grabbed his arm while Naruto used his other to take out his sword. The clone flung the blonde straight at Deidara while Naruto went through multiple handsigns.
"Fuuton: Daitoppa," Naruto yelled sending a fierce wind crashing into Deidara clay bird knocking it into a side of the cliffs. Deidara cursed when he saw Naruto in the air, but the blonde wasn't finished as he grabbed his sword and just like with Kakashi the jonin could swear that Naruto commanded the waters to dance around him as the blonde gritted his teeth at Deidara.
"Uzu no Fukusu: Dai Uzumaki Ikari," Naruto yelled as he charged at Deidara. The Akatsuki looked up and widened his eyes when he saw Naruto coming for him.
"Oi oi this isn't good hmm," Deidara said as took out a piece of clay. He formed it in the shape of r a small bird and grinned.
"Don't get cocky brat," Deidara said and Naruto narrowed his eyes when he saw Deidara throw the bird at him while he held up a handsign.
"Art is...an explosion. Katsu," Deidara yelled as the bird exploded in front of Naruto, but before it did explode the blonde made another clone and it grabbed his arm to take him away from the damage while stopped his attack and backflipped away from Deidara.
"You're gonna had Gaara to me right now!" Naruto yelled making Deidara chuckle. The blonde was gonna realize that his coming here was a waste of time.
"Oh well I guess no is the time to capture him," Deidara said as he made another bird and took off. Naruto cursed at him for leaving, but he also noticed that Kakashi had managed to catch up to him.
"Naruto, calm down. We'll get Gaara, but first we have to do something about him," Kakashi said and Naruto nodded in agreement before he saw the mysteriously gleam in Kakashi's eye.
"Have you got something planned?" Naruto asked and Kakashi nodded. It would drain his chakra, but it would be worth it he figured.
"That's right, but be patient with me Naruto. This is going take some time," Kakashi said and Naruto gave a hesitant nod. He remembered that his mother taught him that waiting for an attack was better than any charge that someone could do.
"Alright sensei, but let's go before we lose him," Naruto said and the two ran off with Naruto staying a bit ahead of Kakashi, but not enough to make him be too far ahead like last time.
"Don't worry Gaara. I'll definitely save you. I know it," Naruto said in thought as the two Konoha shinobi caught up to Deidara.
With Kushina, Sakura and Chiyo
All three girls were currently evading Sasori's Iron Sand and the Kazekage puppet. Chiyo and her mastery over her own puppets seemed to be a good mach against the Sandaime Kazekage. Sakura had tried to use her insane strange to punch the puppet, but it was too fast. However it wasn't nearly as fast as Kushina.
The redhead could easily keep up with the puppet and dodged all it's attack wonderfully. Sasori was really having a hard time against the three. There fight had taken over an hour currently and he grinned when he saw Chiyo huffing.
"Old age caught up with you Chiyo-baachan," Sasori said as he sent his puppet as her. Sakura gasped while Kushina quickly intercepted the attack with her sword. She then noticed the sand oozing from its mouth and glared at Sasori.
"You really are cocky with this Sandaime puppet. Why don't I just restrain him?" Kushina asked and Sasori wondered what she meant, but then chain came from the ground and constricted Sasori's puppet. Sakura and Chiyo watched in absolute amazement. It had been a long time since Chiyo had seen that technique. It wasn't even really a technique. Kushina just had very special chakra which was able to do something like this.
Sasori widened his eyes while Kushina turned to Sakura.
"What are you waiting for dattebane. Punch it now!' Kushina commanded and Sakura immediately charged at the puppet, but Sasori grinned. They were underestimating him and his puppet too much and the same quickly formed around his puppet while Sakura quickly punched it. The sand shook for a bit, but it didn't break making her gasp.
"Don't act so arrogant. Now then it's my turn," Sasori said as a large ball of iron sand was launched into the air. Sakura and Kushina watched it, but soon the sand split into and rained down on them all. Kushina gritted her teeth and quickly made four clones before they each took a sword and assumed one of Kushina's greatest techniques for kenjutsu.
"I thank my sochi for this new technique of mine," Kushina said as she and her clones quickly spun while they each deflected the thousands of sand needles.
"Hijutsu Uzumaki no Kenjutsu: Senken no Mai (Hidden Sword Technique of the Uzumaki: Dance of the Thousand Swords," Kushina yelled as she and her clones sometimes clashed creating multiple streaks that also deflected the needles also. Kushina and Naruto had made this technique together during the blonde's two years of training. Kushina had like the idea at the time. It took some of the principles of the Hyuuga's Kaiten which focused on releasing chakra from around the body and while the sword clanged against each other the added chakra would make the random streaks that swords normally created much stronger than usual.
Sasori, Sakura, and Chiyo were all still amazed while the two latter were dodging them also. Soon the hail for iron needles stopped and Kushina along with her clones stopped spinning. The redhead rubbed her head for a bit. The downside to the technique was a slight loss of balance for a few minutes.
"She's amazing," Sakura said and Chiyo nodded in agreement with the apprentice to Tsunade.
"It's been a long time since I've seen Kushina's graceful swordplay. If she taught her son then he must be quite exceptional also," Chiyo said and Sakura nodded in agreement with her.
When Kushina' regained her sense of balanced she turned to Sasori and grinned. She knew about Chiyo's hidden ability and wondered why she wasn't using it. Maybe if she and Sakura agreed to it then it would be alright.
"Chiyo-baachan I think you should start getting serious. It's time you use all your resources if you can," Kushina said and Chiyo widened her eyes. She sighed with a small smile on her face. She knew Kushina was right and got to her feet.
"I suppose you're right Kushina," Chiyo said as she brought the Mother and Father puppet back to her side. She then managed to connect chakra strings to all of Kushina's body while she then connected them to Sakura making Sasori narrow his eyes.
"So we're doing that huh? Well that's fine with me. I can finally cut loose also. I haven't used myself in quite a good long time," Sasori said as he took off his cloak revealing the puppet-like body he had. Chiyo widened her eyes at his body while Kushina and Sakura were more or less amazed by it.
"Sasori...you would go that far?" Chiyo asked and Sasori gave an apathetic smile.
"I will never die nor will I ever need anything. Puppets are art and art is everlasting. I've become a puppet therefore I am immortal. It's a amazement to become art isn't it?" Sasori asked as he took out a scroll with the Sandaime puppet continued to ooze chakra.
"Chiyo-baachan I know you have those puppets with you. The puppets you used to take down an entire country," Sasori said making Chiyo slightly nervous. It was then that hundreds of puppets flew out of the scrolls and Sasori used them also with multiple chakra strings.
"But I used these to conquer an entire nation. Add to the fact that I still have the Kazekage out then your death is certain," Sasori said as all his puppets came down. Kushina grinned she turned to Chiyo. The woman sighed and released Kushina, but not Sakura.
"Sakura, ten is my limit, but all my puppets will be needed. I want you to stay back while Kushina and I handle this," Chiyo said, but Sakura shook her head. She wouldn't sit on the sidelines anymore like she did in the past.
"I can fight too. I'll take car of myself. Just help us beat him," Sakura said and Chiyo nodded. She quickly detached the chakra strings from Sakura and the Mother-Father puppets making them drop to the ground. She pulled out a scroll and ten puppets in white robes came out.
"Shirohigi: Jikki Chikamatsu no Shu( White Secret Technique: Chikamatsu's Ten Puppets)," Chiyo said and everyone was ready for a fight.
With Naruto and Kakashi
Naruto and Kakashi were running after Deidara currently while Kakashi opened his eyes. Naruto gasped as he saw Kakashi's sharingan shift into a different shape. The blonde was confused, but didn't say anything as Kakashi had to concentrate.
"This requires precision and timing. Now then watch carefully," Kakashi said and Naruto watched as a small hole appeared near Deidara. The blonde widened his eyes when he saw his arm getting sucked in.
"What is this thing? It's sucking me in," Deidara said as he tried to get away from it, but it held a tight hold on him. Naruto gasped as he saw Deidara's arm snap off. It was like a black hole of some kind. Naruto could only be happy that Kakashi didn't try that on him and Sakura when they fought him. Kakashi strained his eyes to focus on Deidara's form for a little longer before he closed his eyes from some kind of pain.
"Kakashi-sensei are you alright?" Naruto asked and Kakashi nodded with a heavy sigh. He still didn't have the chakra to handle that technique.
"I'm fine. Though I wonder how long I can hold it," Kakashi said keeping the last part to himself. He rested for a bit while Naruto stayed with Deidara. He noticed they that were leaving the ravine fast and the jonin cursed.
"I'll try it one more time," Kakashi said as he strained his eye again on Deidara's body. He got a clean hit on it, but Deidara managed to dodge it in time and Kakashi cursed as he moved it towards Deidara again.
"You really are annoying with that thing hmm," Deidara said dodged the black hole again. Kakashi cursed and closed his eyes not being able to handle the strain of it anymore. Naruto saw Kakashi getting tired and narrowed his eyes. He could tell that things had gone on far enough so he sighed as they came into the tree filled area. They were quite a ways away from Kushina and the others, but Naruto trusted them all.
Deidara flew a few feet further and landed his bird while it dropped Gaara down on the ground. He grinned as he made a bomb and planted it between two trees. Not a second before that did Naruto pass by and Deidara grinned. He guessed that the blonde was the Kyuubi jinchuuriki. He could be wrong, but he needed a guess for the moment
"Katsu," he yelled and an explosion separated Naruto from Kakashi.
"Kakashi-sensei are you alright?" Naruto asked and Kakashi nodded. He was about to go and help Naruto, but Deidara had other plans.
"I wouldn't move if I were you. I've planted bombs all around this place. Get inside and they explode. Now then why don't you and me have some fun Kyuubi jinchuuriki?" Deidara asked and Naruto narrowed his eyes. He gripped his sword and turned to Gaara.
"Give me Gaara right now!" Naruto yelled and Deidara chuckled. He knelt down and slapped Gaara's face making Naruto seethe.
"Sorry kid, but he's gone. You and your little group arrived too late," Deidara said and Naruto failed to contain his anger. He seethed and his eyes grew red. He felt so damn pissed off. He quickly made a clone and dashed at Deidara. The blonde went through his handsigns and yelled at him.
"Fuuton: Daitoppa," Naruto yelled sending the fierce wind at Deidara. The Akatsuki member managed to dodge the attack, but he didn't see the clone blur out of his field of vision and it appeared behind him.
"You damn Akatsuki. Playing with people's lives. Who do you think you are!" Naruto yelled unconsciously taking Kyuubi's chakra before he slammed Deidara across the face and into the ground. He narrowed his eyes when he saw it was a clay clone and gritted his teeth. Red chakra started to envelope his body and the blonde looked around for Deidara.
"Man this guy is a freak hmm, but I'll show him with this," Deidara said as he went into his pouch, but gasped. He was out of clay and he didn't have anymore to use. Naruto chuckled mysteriously as he turned to a specific tree.
"Alright if you won't come out then I'll give you no place to hide," Naruto yelled as he took out his sword.
"Naruto calm down," Kakashi yelled, but the blonde didn't hear him. He quickly breathed easily and his sword started to hum.
"It's new to me, but I'll use it. Uzu no Ikari: Shinku Nami( Whirlpool Rage: Vacuum Waves)," Naruto yelled as he sent wind blazes around the forest cutting all the trees in the vicinity. Kakashi widened his eyes at what Naruto did and so did Deidara.
"This guy really is a freak. In any case I can't fight them now. I'll just have to leave for now," Deidara said to himself.
Naruto huffed as he surveyed the landscape. He didn't see any sight of the Akatsuki member and cursed. This was not his day. The blonde sighed and turned to see Gaara's lifeless body. He looked at his sword for a second before Kakashi came up to him.
"We did all we could Naruto. It's not your fault," Kakashi said and Naruto settled for simply looking at Gaara. They heard a giant explosion a few miles away and turned to see that it was where Kushina, Sakura and Chiyo were.
Back with Kushina, Sakura and Chiyo
All the women huffed as they looked around the place. It was a very destroyed battlefield. Hundreds of puppet part were everywhere. Kushina was huffing and so were Sakura and Chiyo. Kushina was next to Sasori with her sword right through his most vital spot. The small little hole where his life really was. Sasori coughed up some blood while Kushina impaled him. Sasori narrowed his eyes and sighed.
"In the end I hesitated. Guess I really am human after all," Sasori said and Chiyo nodded. Kushina took her blade out of Sasori's chest while Sasori looked at the Mother and Father puppets.
"Hmph how unsightly. I can't believe I lost," Sasori said and everyone sighed. He then turned to Sakura and grinned.
"I remember somewhere in our fight you mentioned Sasuke Uchiha and Orochimaru, that damn traitor. Well in exchange for beating me I'll give you some information. I have a contact who was supposed to meet me at a certain bridge north of here. Maybe he'll have some information for you," Sasori said and Sakura widened her eyes.
"Why are you doing this for us?" Sakura asked and Sasori rolled his eyes.
"Like I said it's for you beating me. Just go before and cause Orochimaru a damn headache like I would've," Sasori said while he closed his eyes. He turned to see his first made puppets on the ground and slumped to the ground also while everyone looked at him.
"Come on we have other things to do," Kushina said knowing they wouldn't leave if this kept up. Sakura and Chiyo nodded and left the cavern as they left to catch up to Naruto and Kakashi.
It took about half an hour, but everyone finally rejoined as they looked at Sasori's lifeless body. Chiyo stared at the redhead boy and advanced towards Gaara. She knew what she had to do. Sakura and Kushina watched her advance, but Kushina more or less looked at Naruto. Chiyo knelt down and placed her hands on Gaara's chest. Sakura looked sad as did everyone else, but Naruto stopped Chiyo as he patted her on the shoulder.
"Don't do it," Naruto said and Chiyo raised an eyebrow. He might not have known what he was going to do, but it involved Gaara so he figured she would bring him back, but Naruto shook his head. Sakura widened her eyes.
"Naruto what are you talking about! She's going to bring Gaara back," Sakura said, but Naruto glared at her with some coldness in his eyes that made her flinch. He turned to his mother as if secretly telling her what he was going to do. Kushina nodded in understanding and patted Sakura's shoulder.
"Calm down. My son knows what he's doing," Kushina said as Naruto picked up Gaara's body. Soon before he could leave Team Gai came back and they looked a lot worse for wear.
""Gai you made it," Kakashi said and the jonin nodded huffing.
"Yea we made it. We were resting a few feet away so we all regrouped. Did we make it?" Lee asked making Kakashi and Sakura hold their heads down. Chiyo looked full of remorse while the others turned to see Gaara in Naruto's arms.
"I guess we didn't make it huh?" Tenten said while Sakura glared at Naruto.
"Chiyo-sama was planning to resurrect Gaara, but Naruto stopped her. We have no idea why," Sakura said and everyone looked at Naruto strangely. The blonde narrowed his eyes and walked away, but Kakashi grabbed his shoulder.
"Naruto, I know it's hard, but you must let Chiyo-sama do what she needs to do. Don't you want Gaara back?" Kakashi asked and Naruto nodded.
"So place him down," Kakashi said, but then Naruto shook his head confusing everyone except Kushina.
"Naruto why are you being so selfish? It's not like you," Tenten asked and Naruto sighed. He knew they wouldn't understand and even less they wouldn't believe him.
"Listen guys. I'm sorry if I'm being selfish, but I need to do this. Just trust me on that and whatever you do don't follow me," Naruto said as he carried Gaara towards a few other trees that weren't cut down by the blonde as he left everyone in the plains.
"What's he going to do?" Sakura asked. Everyone wasn't sure how to answer him, but Kushina sighed as she watched her son leave.
"Well let's trust him for now. He's not the type to lie and eve if he is then he's quite horrible at it just like his father," Kushina said smiling while everyone chuckled at her.
With Naruto
Naruto sighed in relief as no one seemed to be following him. He placed Gaara on the ground and undid the wrist guard on his clothing showing the seal that changed and is still changing his life.
"You alright Kit?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto bit his thumb. He traced his blonde over the seal and sighed.
"I hate not telling them, but I'm still trying to be smart about this Kyuubi. I'd be more than glad to tell them about all of this, but what's the point if they don't believe it," Naruto said and Kyuubi simply rested in its cage.
"You're probably not giving them that much credit. After all the only ones who know about this deal are you, your mother, and me. It's understandable I guess. Hmph you're such a chicken though," The fox said and Naruto sighed. He had to give a small chuckle to that despite the situation.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu," Naruto yelled as his seal glowed and then faded out like always. He waited for a few minutes then turned around. Sure enough his summon was right behind him glaring at him with his cold, steely eyes as usual.
"Something I need me to do this time?" The Shinigami asked and Naruto nodded. He knelt down to Gaara's lifeless body. He then turned back to the Shinigami who was still watching him.
"I'd like to revive Sabaku no Gaara. I agree to the terms of condition. I'll give you a replacement and the addition before the week is up," Naruto said and the Shinigami nodded. The blonde watched as Shin opened his hand to reveal the beads he had and shook them. The beads glowed for a bit and soon a light enveloped Gaara's body. Naruto watched the Shinigami work. The light faded after a while as Naruto checked on Gaara. To the blonde's relief the former container of the Ichibi groaned while his eyes stayed closed.
"Thank you Shin. Gaara didn't have to die," Naruto said and the Shinigami narrowed his eyes at the blonde.
"Everyone dies at some point, well except you at this point, but I'm now that you've agreed to a second person being revived and you've slightly improved as the first human shinigami I shall tell you of the next ability you have as my summoner, but later. Right now isn't the best time," The Shinigami said and Naruto nodded. With that the death god faded into nothingness while Naruto stared at Gaara. The Ichibi jinchuuriki opened his eyes to see Naruto smiling at him.
"Hey man how are you doing?" Naruto asked and Gaara settled for staring at him.
"I'm alive? But how? I don't feel Shukaku anymore so it was taken. I was captured by Akatsuki. I could feel my life dwindling so much now I'm here. It's strange," Gaara said and before long Naruto picked him up and put the Kazekage's arm around his back while Naruto dragged him back to everyone else.
"Don't worry about it man. I gotcha," Naruto said as they came back to the clearing. They were both astonished by the sheer number of Suna shinobi who came to get the Kazekage, but no one was more surprised than Naruto's friends. Sakura widened her eyes and so did everyone else. Chiyo wondered what Naruto did to see Gaara so alive and well. It wasn't any type of clone, but since the chakra signature was exactly the same.
"My that boy is full of surprises," Chiyo said while Kushina nodded with a small smile on her face.
"That's my son," Kushina said and before long everyone greeted the two and carefully inspected Gaara for any serious injuries. The Kazekage then turned to see Chiyo smiling at him and the youngest Sabaku of the family gave her a small smile on his own, but it was almost unnoticeable.
"Gaara-sama you're alright," someone said hugging the redhead, but Gaara still felt a bit hazy about everything. However he could think about that later. He gently smiled at stood forward.
"Everyone thank Naruto Uzumaki and his friends. Without them I might not be here right now," Gaara said and everyone turned to the blonde he was talking about. They all bowed to Naruto with their thanks for saving their Kazekage. The blonde blushed and rubbed the back of his head while others thanked his team also.
Meanwhile Sakura was tending to Gai and his team since their fight.
"You four are crazy. You all have mild chakra exhaustion and you're all exhausted beyond belief. Gai-san you really should've let Kushina-san go with her plan," Sakura said making Kushina nod, but Gai gave Sakura a thumbs up while he grinned.
"So long as you have the flames of youth you can conquer any opponent," Gai said making most of them sigh.
"well I'll be more than happy to get some rest. I'm tired," Chiyo said rubbing her bones. Kushina nodded in agreement with her which Gaara and Naruto overheard also.
"Well Suna will be more than happy to offer everyone some rooms. It's the least we can do," someone said as the people cheered. Everyone smiled with a nod while Tenten sat on the ground.
"Getting praised might not be such a bad thing after all," she said and everyone chuckled at her.
They all spent a bit more time in the fields before finally leaving in a good mood that they had. For some reason, Naruto was happy that he dodged his team's questions for the moment.
Suna, Nighttime
The entire village was in an uproar over their Kazekage's return along with the blonde and his teammates rescuing him. Naruto smiled at the thought of it. He also felt much happier that their wouldn't be any grief over Chiyo's death if he let her go with what she probably had planned. He was happy that he just avoided a meaningless death.
The blonde was currently on one of the Suna house rooftops while he watched the small celebration taking place. While he enjoyed hanging out and partying at times right now he just preferred to be out of the way for some reason. He had a cup in his hand while he watched Gaara go through the hundreds of people who missed him along with his siblings
"Well looks like their having fun," Naruto said to himself, but he failed to realize that he wasn't alone.
"I know they are so why aren't you joining them?"
Naruto turned around to see his mother walking up to him and the blonde shrugged. He saw the gentle smile on her face as the two Uzumaki leaned on the fence that surrounded the house. Kushina stared her son for a few minutes and simply marveled at him for plenty of different reasons. One, because he seemed so complex to her thinking sometimes. Second, was because he was dealing with a heavy gift and burden of being the Shinigami's summoner. Kushina just wasn't sure if she could handle such a thing, but here her son was handling it like a true Uzumaki. While the third was more of an unmotherly type of reason. She had marveled at her son as a man. The blonde had so much potential to his name and he always managed to make her smile. Truth be told, Kushina had been sort of jealous when Tenten asked if Naruto was seeing anyone. She wasn't sure why, but she wasn't completely oblivious to they way her son looked at her. Hearing her son's life he could tell that he knew next to nothing about women which she partially blamed his academy instructors for that.
Soon while Kushina was going on about her son and her unmotherly feelings for him she was then brought back to the time when she saw her son with nothing, but a towel and his boxers on. It was the first time that she had looked at him so intently. She could obviously tell that he was fit and good looking which Tenten had clarified that one time. His strong arms, amazing chest and plenty of other things. It was only when she noticed her son looking at her that she broke from her stupor and turned away with a slight blush on her face.
"W-What's wrong with me? Why am I even thinking about this?" Kushina wondered. Unknown to her, Naruto was thinking about things with his mother also.
It was undoubted by him that he loved his mother, as her son. When he revived her, she was easily the prettiest woman he had ever seen. He was happy that such a woman was his mother, but he also wasn't as he found himself growing more and more attached to her. He always figured that he'd love Sakura, but she was becoming more and more secluded from his mind as he realized that he'd stopped with the '-chan' suffix to her name. He also remembered when someone had hit on his mother and the jealousy in the blonde was sort of evident at the time. He had pounded the guy like he there was no tomorrow. To Kushina it was quite endearing to see her son like that. Naruto also remembered those times when he had supposedly been asleep only to see his mother in her nightgown which always made Naruto blush. He was by no means an expert on sex and the like, but when you travel with the world's number one pervert you learn a few things even if you don't really want to.
"Kuso why am I worried about this? It's so wrong to think this. What if she hates me? I don't want that. She'll think I'm a pervert," Naruto said, but then he heard Kyuubi laughing like mad though he could very well ignore the fox if he put his mind to it. He continued to look at her as the cool wind blowed across the village making her hair slightly blow with it giving her a pleasant look.
Kushina turned back to see her son staring at her intently and both weren't sure, but they had been like that for quite a long time just staring and checking each other out though it was Kushina who broke the silence first.
"So the night air is nice isn't it?" Kushina asked shooting blank words to say as there wasn't much to talk about. Naruto nodded with her question and looked down to see Gaara talking to everyone about resuming his Kage position for Suna making people cheer.
"I suppose although it's nice to see Suna happy with having Gaara back," Naruto said and Kushina nodded. She moved slightly closer to Naruto while the smile never left her face. Naruto looked at her weirdly with a smile of his own.
"So what are you going to do now? Are you going to be a ninja again?" Naruto asked his mother and Kushina shrugged her shoulder. She wasn't sure either, but she had an idea in mind.
"Well I have an idea so I'll take with Tsunade when we get back. Not to mention I need to have a talk with both her and Kakashi about something, but that's for later. I also think that maybe I should-," Kushina stopped when she felt her lips covered she widened her eyes when saw felt Naruto near her. He was kissing her. Kushina wondered where this came from, but she was also wondering how this happened. Before anything happened Naruto widened his eyes and backed away from his mother. He stopped and gulped.
"Sochi why did you kiss me?" Kushina asked, but Naruto blushed and looked away.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to do that. I mean what I was trying to do was umm," Naruto's head was in overdrive. He just kissed his mother which shocked the woman. She would've pushed the blonde away, but Naruto stepped away before she could do anything like it. Kushina touched her lips and Naruto gulped. He just possibly destroyed his relationship with his mother, but Naruto couldn't deny how he felt. He actually felt like it for two years and only now was he ever acting on it.
"Umm Kaa-chan can I tell you something?" Naruto asked and Kushina gave her son her undivided attention. Naruto hesitated and really knew this was wrong, but he just decided that she deserved to know. At least he could live with himself if he got a reply. Okay so that was half a lie, a rejection would really destroy him.
"What is it Naruto-kun?" Kushina asked and the blonde sighed. For Kyuubi, if he could move he would've been sitting in a chair munching on some popcorn like he was watching his favorite play start. It was amazing.
"I know it's wrong Kaa-chan and I know what I want is impossible," Naruto said as he grabbed his mother's shoulders making Kushina gasp. She locked her eyes with his as Naruto sighed.
"I love you Kaa-chan. For the past two years since I saw you I've had some feelings for you and I don't know what to expect from you, but I had to say that," Naruto told her and Kushina widened her eyes. She felt Naruto's powerful arms grab hers as he gave her his confession.
"N-Naruto I don't know what to say," Kushina said looking down and Naruto did the same. He looked confused for a bit, but simply pushed forward and kissed his mother again making Kushina gasp. She felt the smoothness of her son's lips. Kushina slightly felt her legs tremble while Naruto wrapped his arms around his mother. It wasn't an in depth kiss, but it was still a kiss that shocked Kushina. She was kissing her son and she was sort of liking it. The redhead gasped and caught herself she quickly pushed Naruto away from her and backed away slightly.
"Sochi you can't. It's wrong so you should just stop," Kushina said and Naruto sighed. He looked at the ground and nodded.
"I know it's wrong, but I can't help it Kaa-chan. You're so pretty and beautiful," Naruto said to her, but Kushina didn't want her son to think like that. She unconsciously touched her lips while she looked at Naruto's depressed face. She would be lying if she said that she didn't feel anything in that kiss they just had. Minato had never kissed her so passionately before in the times they were together. It wasn't even that long yet it felt good to her. The Uzumaki woman shook her head and sighed.
"Can we just forget about it?" She asked hoping to mend the small knot that came to their mother-son relationship, but to her dismay Naruto just turned from her and leaned his elbows on the railing. He saw Gaara looking at him. Naruto gave him a fake smile and waved, but Gaara could see the slight depression in his eyes. He wondered what was wrong with the blonde and aimed to find out.
"I'm sorry Kaa-chan, but I can't forget about it. I'm sorry that I kissed you," Naruto said and Kushina looked saddened. She slightly regretted her talk for that second as she realized that Naruto might have been serious.
"Naruto don't ignore your mother," Kushina said as she never wanted to see Naruto distressed over this. Naruto sighed and turned around.
"It's alright Kaa-chan. You can just go. I'll stay here for a little while," Naruto said to her and Kushina widened her eyes. Even though he didn't see it Naruto knew his mother was heartbroken and simply walked away. He stayed on the roof and sighed. This wasn't how he wanted things at all. It was then that the door opened and Naruto thought it was his mother again, but the sound he heard wasn't it.
"So this is where you were. Mind telling me why you're up here by yourself?" Gaara asked and Naruto shook his head.
"It's no big deal Gaara. Just women troubles," the blonde responded and the Kazekage was shocked or at lest surprised even if he didn't show it. He never figured that Naruto would have such thins for women. Well he hoped that Naruto at least liked women which the blonde did, but that was beside the point.
"I see. Well I'm not really one for it either," Gaara said and Naruto chuckled at him making Gaara raise an eyebrow.
"Don't tell me you haven't noticed it," Naruto said remembering how that Matsuri girl acted around the Kazekage. Meanwhile Gaara simply settled for staring at the blonde and Naruto chuckled.
"Well never mind. Tell me Gaara what do you think it means when to love your parents," Naruto asked and Gaara looked back out at the village. He imagined his mother and how she might be smiling at him for being the Kazekage.
"I don't know what you mean by that. Isn't loving your parents a normal thing?" Gaara asked and Naruto nodded that it was true, but not this type of love at all.
"Well it's more than that," Naruto said and Gaara narrowed his eyes. He knew what Naruto was talking about and Gaara turned to Naruto.
"Hmm well I can't tell you anything. I remember that time when you told me that I should protect what's precious to me then I'll understand how to love not just myself, but others and grow stronger. I can't tell you how to do things, but you should know for yourself what you want and how to get it. In this world second-guessing yourself might get you killed. If you think something is right by your standards then that's you. No one can take that from you," Gaara said to him. Naruto seemed to brighten up as he smiled. He figured that was true.
"I guess you're right Gaara. So who you go after Temari?" Naruto asked and Gaara glared at his friend. Naruto chuckled and nodded.
"No? Alright I gotcha dattebayo," Naruto said and Gaara settled down.
"Well man I'm gonna go. I've going to have a long talk with someone," Naruto said and Gaara nodded. The blonde shunshined from the spot and into a vacant place. He didn't see anyone around and bit his thumb.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu," Naruto yelled and his seal glowed before fading. Immediately he turned around to see the Shinigami staring at him.
"So what was it that you wanted to tell me from earlier?" Naruto asked and Shin nodded. He looked up at the moon for a second then looked back down at Naruto.
"Now that you've had some experience with being my summoner you will inherit the gift that I gave to you. Granted it has some limits, but it still works just as good," Shin said and Naruto nodded.
"Since you can revive people you are given a certain amount of control over them. Nothing too over your head at the moment. For the moment you can only control the things they say or more precisely if you allow it, they can never lie to you. I'm starting you off with that since you're still new to this. When I think you're ready you'll get another part of the deal which will be a secret for now. I'm leaving now," The Shinigami said leaving Naruto in the dark alley. The blonde sighed and pouted. That wasn't much of a new ability if he thought about it. He expected something good, but that seemed so boring. He could only control the truth and lies that came out of someone's mouth? That was no fun at all and then there was the secrecy to it all.
"I feel like I just got played dattebayo," Naruto said making Kyuubi grin.
"I think you did too. Oh well no point in complaining now go find your mother and go be the mother fucker I know you are!" Kyuubi said and Naruto blushed he quickly sighed and looked at the sky.
"Ero-Kyuubi. I swear ever since I talked with you about this thing like two years ago you've never let up at all. It's like you enjoy causing me grief," Naruto said and Kyuubi rolled his eyes.
"Hey I'm stuck in this stupid cage with no way of getting out while my ass is sitting in sewer water. How would you get your fun?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto raised and eyebrow.
"Should I change it for you then?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi instantly brightened its face.
"That would be great. Make it hellish a few demons around the place and the local demoness," Kyuubi said grinning like mad Naruto sighed as he walked towards his room where he was sure that his mother was there.
"Fine I guess. You really are a weird Fox. You're not like when I first met you all evil and arrogant," Naruto said and Kyuubi rolled his eyes.
"Oh shut up kit. It's not even like that. I'm still a prideful fox and to be stuck inside you is almost a fate worse than death," Kyuubi stated and Naruto simply smiled as he headed through the crowds and up the stairs of his house.
"You said almost," Naruto said and Kyuubi nodded with some slight annoyance.
"Well seeing you sweat over getting it on with your mother is kind of nice to see," Kyuubi said and Naruto rolled his eyes. He really did have a weird kitsune for bijuu. Naruto came up to his room door and got up the nerve to knock on the door. He was quite happy when he got a reply at the door.
"Who is it?" Kushina asked in a semi-happy tone that Naruto picked up on. The blonde sighed as he gulped down the urge to run, but he was Naruto Uzumaki and he never ran.
"It's me Kaa-chan," Naruto said and soon there was silence for about a few minutes in the room.
"Come in," Kushina said after what seemed like an eternity to the blonde. Naruto opened the door and saw his mother on the bed. Naruto calmly made his way to his mother and sat down next to her. Kushina stared at the floor floor like she was too ashamed to look at her son, but Naruto sighed as he looked at the wall. The tension in the air was very intense even Kyuubi was feeling and he was currently enjoying his new domain looking place.
"Say something and stop sitting there like an idiot which you are, but still," Kyuubi yelled making Naruto slightly jump.
"Kaa-chan do you really think it's wrong?" Naruto asked unexpectedly making Kushina raise an eyebrow at the floor.
"Is what wrong?" Kushina asked and Naruto rubbed the back of his head.
"Is it wrong that I said I love you more than a son normally does," Naruto responded and Kushina slightly blushed, but she nodded her head that it.
"Yes sochi, you can't be in love with me. You should fine a nice girl your own age inside of me," Kushina said and Naruto rubbed his eyes. It was almost getting late, but they knew they weren't going anywhere for at least two days so that was fine since Kakashi had chakra exhaustion from his new sharingan.
"Kaa-san you know my life and there aren't THAT many nice girls who would understand the real me," Naruto answered and Kushina found that to be true in some cases. It was sort of like that for Minato in a few ways then Kushina stopped herself. She kept comparing Naruto to Minato and she needed to stop it. She would only focus on her son for now.
"Well I know that girl Tenten thought you were cute and she's right you're quite the-," Kushina widened her eyes and stopped while Naruto secretly smiled. He just got his mother to admit something about him.
"A-Anyway you can't be with me. It's wrong dattebane," Kushina said and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"You always saw dattebane when you're excited. You're excited by this conversation?" Naruto asked and Kushina blushed again before she tried to cover it up.
"R-Rather than excitement this is embarrassment dattebane," Kushina said and Naruto smiled while Kushina giggled, but the blonde didn't want to wave the conversation in another direction.
"Who says it's wrong?" Naruto asked and Kushina paused not understanding the question.
"What do you mean?" Kushina asked and Naruto turned to see her looking at her. Kushina might not have known or tried to show it, but she was interested in the fact that Naruto was trying to weave her into the forbidden things he wanted from her.
"I mean who says that I can't be with you even if we're related," Naruto asked and Kushina thought that over.
"Atta boy Kit. Use those loopholes," Kyuubi said as he watched the conversation going on.
"It's not like anyone specifically said it was wrong sochi, but rather nearly all of society finds it wrong because it's unnatural for family to love family. Don't you care what people think of you?" Kushina asked and Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
"Of course Kaa-chan. I always wanted people to see me as myself and not Kyuubi. I wanted to be recognized and accepted. I did care what people thought of me, but I also don't let it control my life. If I want something I got get it dattebayo. Heck people hated my orange jumpsuit, but I liked it. Even if all of society hates my clothes they can't take away my desire to wear it around like the awesome color it was. To me it's the same thing as this," Naruto said and Kushina mentally cursed that her son made so much sense. She really had been teaching him way too much in order for her of all people to get stumped in a conversation. Naruto waited for her try at countering him, but the redhead for all her life couldn't find one.
"Be honest Kaa-chan. Is it about Tou-chan that you can't?" Naruto asked and Kushina quickly raised her head. Naruto looked at her intently and she mentally crumbled under his gaze.
"What would Minato say sochi? I can't do that to him," Kushina said and Naruto got to his feet surprising Kushina.
"He'd say 'Good job Naruto, keep your mother happy. I know you can do it'," Naruto said and Kushina stared at him blankly while her eyes blinked a few times. She suddenly giggled and Naruto had to admit that it was the nicest one he'd ever heard in a while.
"Why is it that you can always make me smile despite the situations dattebane?" Kushina asked and Naruto shrugged his shoulders. He quickly walked over to his mother making the Uzumaki woman look up. Naruto felt his heart skip a beat for a second before he leaned close to his mother.
"Can I kiss you dattebayo?" Naruto asked and Kushina looked at him.
"No," she said instantly, but Naruto didn't falter. He then lowered his head a little more closer to her face.
"How about now?" the blonde asked his mother and Kushina stiffened. She wanted to move, she really did, but the strength was leaving her legs.
"No," She said again and Naruto moved a little closer again.
"Now?" He asked, but he answer was the same. This happened for about two more times as Naruto was just inches from his mother's face enough for him to feel her breath over his.
"Now dattebayo?" Naruto asked again and Kushina tried to back away, but she was on the side of the bed so her legs were locked at the edge of the bed.
"N-No," Kushina said and Naruto smiled as he pushed his lips back to his mother's. Kushina widened her eyes while Naruto quickly kissed a bit more aggressively. Kushina felt her body slowly heat up slightly while she felt her son's lips over hers. She didn't want to admit it, she shouldn't admit it, but she felt a small satisfaction from it. Kushina shivered for a bit, but then gently stopped Naruto as she pushed him off her.
"Sochi, let me think. I'm tired and I want to think this over a little later," Kushina said and Naruto sighed. He wanted to continue, but the blonde relented and stopped. He backed away from his mother and rubbed the back of his head.
"Alright I'm gonna go wash up and get ready for bed. See you tomorrow Kaa-chan," Naruto said disappearing into the bathroom while Kushina placed her hands on her knees and looked at the ground.
"Why do I have such a carefree son?" Kushina wondered as she placed a finger to her lips before getting ready for bed. She knew it would be hard to sleep after their talk, but she hoped she would manage even if she was starting to succumb to her own wants and desires, but that was for another day.
KG: Please don't chew me out if you thought that Kushina might not react like that to some of those situations. I also know it's supposed to be a slow romance. I believe to get a full romance you need to have complete trust in the relationship but Kushina won't have that for Naruto for a while.