Morning, Suna Gates
Naruto and the rest of his friends stood in front of Gaara and his siblings as they were about to leave. Everyone had been fine for the time being and were ready to leave, but Gaara decided to bid them all a goodbye along with Chiyo.
"Well I guess this is were you shake hands or something like that right?" Naruto asked sheepishly while Gaara gave a small smile. He then held out his hand surprising the blonde, but he quickly grinned as he shook the former Ichibi jinchuuriki's hand.
"Thank you Naruto Uzumaki," Gaara said and Naruto simply settled for nodding as they waved goodbye to Gaara and his family. They quickly grabbed their things and headed on their way.
The trip had started silent as there wasn't much to talk about with anyone. Naruto managed to spare a glance at Kushina, but he saw her eyes looking more at the ground than what was in front of her. She appeared to be in some real thought and Naruto wanted to say something to her, but he figured he'd better not and let her think. He didn't want to push her away with his usual annoyance so he left her alone which Kushina seemed to notice and was slightly thankful for.
"Still I can't believe Gaara was alive. Naruto what did you do?" Tenten asked and Naruto widened his eyes. He soon felt the eyes of everyone on him as the blonde gulped. He mentally cursed Tenten and her mouth, but could tell she was just curious.
"It's rather hard to explain ya know," Naruto said, but the gazes only continued to burn into him.
"You did do something stupid did you?" Sakura asked and making Kushina's eyebrow twitch. Naruto glared at her before rolling his eyes.
"I'm the same idiot you think I am Sakura. I'd like a little more credit than that. Alright if you want to know what I did then I'll tell you," Naruto said and Kushina wondered if he was really doing to say something about his contract with the Shinigami. Everyone paid attention to Naruto's words and couldn't wait to hear him.
"During my travels with Kaa-san and Ero-sennin I came across a book on a certain chakra control exercise that talks about sending chakra throughout the body. Once the chakra is inside the body you must send it to the vital organs. This works for people who are alive or have only been dead for a few hours. I don't remember what the book was called," Naruto said and everyone wondered if there was such a book.
"Was it a medical book?" Sakura asked really interested in the aspect of such a thing and everyone agreed with her. If they could use that then they would be considered an amazing nation to accomplish it, but their hopes were shot down when Naruto shook his head.
"It wasn't a medical book of any kind that I'm not sure of, but it's also impossible to do unless you have good chakra control along with my level of chakra reserves otherwise you'll die," Naruto said making the others gulp slightly. Kushina snickered a bit at her son's ingenuity and hated to admit it, but Naruto got that from her rather than Minato and she enjoyed that side of him.
Everyone contemplated Naruto's words for a bit and thought them over. They seemed to make sense even if everyone thought it was strange like that.
"I never thought there was such a technique like that. Or that Naruto would pick up a book, but there must be stranger things in the world," Tenten said making mostly everyone smiled and Naruto just blushed with slight embarrassment
"Well Naruto why didn't you just tell us that instead of taking Gaara-san to the woods?" Neji asked and again all eyes were on Naruto, but the blonde suspected that question also and already had an answer for it.
"Cause I need quiet and I knew you guys would be to busy yelling at me to let me do what I needed. Case when I tried to take Gaara and you guys said I was being selfish. If I told you about what I was going to do then you would've thought I was insane dattebayo," Naruto said with a small shrug as everyone felt the guilt set in for them.
"I suppose Naruto-san has a point. Well we shouldn't have doubted our youthful friend. Thanks to him Chiyo-sama is alive and well and so is Gaara-san," Lee said while Gai wrapped his arm around Lee's neck.
"That right Lee. We have much to thank Naruto for. He is a great shinobi," Gai said making everyone nod in agreement with him, before they turned around.
"Kakashi why are you moving so slow?" Tenten asked as they saw Kakashi straggling while he sheepishly grinning.
"Uh sorry everyone. This new sharingan takes a lot out of me," Kakashi said as he continued to lag behind them and to most of the others it was rather sad and by other that meant Gai.
"Here I come Kakashi," Gai said as everyone turned to see Gai toss a screaming Kakashi into the air. They all sweatdropped and shivered when they saw Gai give Kakashi a piggyback ride.
"What the hell?" Naruto asked and Kushina agreed with her son.
"Grown men doing some stupid piggyback. Damn that's creepy," Sakura said while Tenten sighed and Neji slightly scowled in annoyance.
"Well then Kakashi I will take you back to Konoha on my back or I will do 10,000 laps around the village on my hands," Gai said as they ran off immediately leaving everyone behind in a large state of shock.
"They shouldn't even be in motion dattebane," Kushina said making everyone nod in agreement with her before the redhead saw her son's eyes gleam.
Naruto quickly rushed for his mother and picked her up bridal style quickly making Kushina wrap her arms around her son's neck as Naruto chuckled.
"Well I'll see you guys at the village. I'm not losing to Gai," Naruto said as he ran off with Kushina yelling at her son telling him to slow down.
Tenten, Sakura, Neji and Lee were still standing in the desert as the first three sighed.
"This is such a weird team," Tenten said before everyone turned to Lee.
"Neji?"
"Fuck you Lee," Neji said immediately making everyone giggle at him as they ran off to catch up to the rest of their team.
Somewhere near Akatsuki Base
"Hehe they got you good Deidara-senpai," a man said with an orange mask while another one with Zetsu chuckled at him while Deidara rolled his eyes.
"Shut up Tobi. Akatsuki are serious people. You've got no right to lecture me hmm," Deidara said, but then Tobi looked at him before rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh please don't hurt me No hands-senpai," Tobi laughed and Deidara twitched an eyebrow at him while he was getting his arms sown back to his body.
"A shinobi's not only his arms Tobi. One more crack like that and I'll show you what I mean hmm," Deidara returned while he saw the slow, not to mention agonizing, process of seeing his arms getting back together.
"Would you like a hand getting up Senpai? Oh wait you don't have a hand to offer me Hahaha," Tobi laughed while Zetsu sighed.
"That was the last crack," Black Zetsu said as he and his white half watch Deidara somehow bring Tobi into a headlock with his legs while the somewhat new member of Akatsuki squirmed.
"You still think that's funny hmmm?" Deidara asked as Tobi gasped, but he was virtually fine as Deidara let him go about a few minutes before.
"Still I can't believe that they gave you so much trouble. Where you able to find the Kyuubi jinchuuriki?" Zetsu asked and Deidara showed great annoyance across his face.
"Are you fuckin' joking? He was nothing like Itachi said he was. I had to give a damn guess and I'm still not sure if I was right. Dammit I'm gonna kill Itachi next time I see him," Deidara said as Zetsu sighed.
"Pain-sama won't be happy to hear that, but either way it's done. Now lets go," Black Zetsu said as they walked off.
Konoha, three days later
Izumo and Kotetsu, two chunin gate guards, were watching the entrance to Konoha as usual with their bored expressions on their faces.
"Man this job sucks. Does anything interesting happen?" Izumo asked as Kotetsu flipped a kunai in his hands.
"I sure as hell want something to happen also," Kotetsu said to his partner before they heard yelling in the distance.
"Sochi slow down dattebane!" Kushina yelled as Kotetsu and Izumo watched Naruto enter Konoha with his mother in his arms.
"That's how you do it dattebayo!" Naruto yelled as Kushina shivered in his arms. She sighed and hung her mouth open while she wondered how much of her life she lost in that small speed race her son had with the others.
"Well that sucks for you Gai-sensei, but I'm first," Naruto said as Gai came up behind him.
"Hmph well second place isn't so bad," Gai said, but Naruto shook his head.
"No no Gai-sensei you see. You didn't come in second. Kaa-san is the winner of that. You sensei are in third place," Naruto said and Gai dropped to the ground sulking. Naruto however didn't enjoy his celebration long as Kushina hit him on top of the head.
"Naruto if you ever do that again I will find some many ways to kill you even the Shinigami won't be able to help you understand me?" Kushina asked and Naruto grinned as he kissed his mother's forehead making her immediately blush while her anger quickly vanished.
"Clear as a bell Kaa-san," Naruto said as he set Kushina down causing her to thank him even if that thank you was near inaudible due to what Naruto just did to her.
"Y-Yeah well anyway it seems like everyone else has arrived," Kushina said as Lee, Sakura, Neji and Tenten came up to the gates also.
"Whew we made it, but that level of intensity is ridiculous," Neji said as Tenten huffed before giving a light chuckle.
"Oh come on. They got us back to the village pretty damn fast I'd say," Tenten responded and Neji simply shook his head at his teammate. Gai let Kakashi down as the jonin wobbled a bit before regaining his balance slightly.
"Now then all we have to do is report to Tsunade-sama that our mission was a success," Sakura said, but Kushina stopped her.
"Actually why don't you all leave? I'm going to go have another talk with Tsunade and Kakashi about something. Sochi, why don't you head back to our house and I'll catch up later," Kushina said and everyone wanted to retort, but the look on Kushina's face gave no room for argument so everyone dropped it just as easily.
"Alright Kaa-san I'll see you later," Naruto said as he walked away. In truth there was something he wanted to find out about and he really wanted to find it out now.
"Now then Kakashi, let us go and see Tsunade. There are some things I wanted to know, but didn't get to ask as we had an emergency," Kushina said as she grabbed Kakashi and pulled him along with her in the direction of the Hokage Mansion as everyone watched her leave.
"Naruto, your mother is one scary woman," Tenten said and the blonde chuckled with a nod. He couldn't help, but agree with her even if he was blushing from the way she walked away with a slight sway in her hips making him gulp.
"Yeah well I'm going to go home. I think I should. See you guys later," Naruto said wanting to hit his bed and calmly go to sleep without a care in the world, but before that their was something he needed to talk about with two people about something. He didn't know one of them personally, but he figured he'd rather ask.
With Kushina
Kushina and Kakashi came up to the Hokage mansion and quickly opened the door. They saw Tsunade writing documents before she looked up to see Kushina and Kakashi looking at her.
"Oh I didn't know you guys were back. How did the mission go?" Tsunade asked and Kakashi nodded.
"It was a success Hokage-sama, but it seems that Kushina would umm like a word with you," Kakashi said and Tsunade raised an eyebrow while Kushina closed the door.
"Try a few words dattebane. Now Tsunade I suggest that you order all the anbu in this room to leave before I make them," Kushina said making Tsunade gulp. She wondered what Kushina wanted, but a violent Kushina wasn't the best option for her right now and she did as Kushina wanted and dismissed all the anbu and once Kushina felt them all leave she grinned as she placed up a privacy seal before walking up to Tsunade making the Godaime Hokage shrink under her gaze.
"Now then before I was interrupted that week ago, please tell me why you didn't watch my son like I asked," Kushina said and Tsunade sweated. Kakashi wasn't sure what this had to do with him, but he'd rather stay than to have Kushina on his ass at the moment.
"K-Kushina I didn't know he survived the-," Tsunade started, but Kushina stopped her. She was really beyond pissed, but she didn't explode as that wouldn't do anyone any good and she wanted her damn explanation.
"Maybe if you stayed in the village then you would've known," Kushina said and Tsunade narrowed her eyes as she slammed the desk with her hands.
"It wasn't that easy Kushina!" Tsunade yelled, but the redhead didn't back down in the least.
"Are you kidding me? You think I didn't know about Nawaki or Dan?" Kushina asked and Tsunade widened her eyes at the mentioning of her past lover and her brother.
"Who did you know about them?" Tsunade asked and Kushina sighed as she recalled her memory.
"Jiraiya told me. He kept saying how you were depressed that they died and how you left the village because of it. Is that your excuse?" Kushina asked and Tsunade wanted to retort, but she stopped and sighed.
"I'm sorry Kushina. I have no excuse for why I left. I hated Konoha because of multiple reasons. Nawaki and Dan were one of them. Another was because I hated the Hokage position and all it stood for. I found it weak and I wanted no part in it or the village. I honestly don't have a seemingly legit reason. People lose their loved ones all the time, but they pushed forward and dealt with it. I guess I was just a bit more weak-willed than others," Tsunade said and Kushina sighed. She brushed a hand through her hair and settled for glaring at the Hokage.
"So why did you come back?" Kushina asked and Tsunade rubbed her temples.
"Your son. He really knocked some sense into me. I know I still wouldn't be back here if he didn't save me in that type of sense. I'm sorry I didn't help raise him, but I'm here now and I do rather enjoy his company when he isn't annoying," Tsunade said with a chuckle and Kushina sighed. She really didn't have much of anything to say after that, but then she turned to see Kakashi getting up from his chair to leave.
"Don't think I'm done with you Kakashi. You still didn't tell me why Naruto's training was so undermined," Kushina said and Tsunade glared at Kakashi. The jonin gulped and rubbed the back of his head.
"K-Kushina, Naruto's training had been going well. I'm sure you know that," Kakashi said before he saw Kushina grabbed his flak jacket.
"Going well? His taijutsu was atrocious, his ninjutsu was limited and he was just all around slightly vulnerable. I had to reinvent his entire taijutsu at his age. He had certain muscle memories that were hard to get rid of because he wasn't taught right. Kakashi you're a jonin and as one you are expected to teach your genin not have them learn on their own. Both Jiraiya and I did a job that you should've done yourself so what is your excuse?" Kushina asked tapping her foot impatiently. Kakashi gulped then looked down in disappointment.
"I'm sorry Kushina. Naruto was Minato-sensei's son and I know I could've done better. I knew about Naruto's taijutsu and I knew it wasn't great, but this all started-,"
"When Sasuke was going to fight Gaara in the Chunin exams and you wanted Sasuke to be ready for him is that right?" Kushina asked finishing Kakashi's sentence to which the jonin nodded.
"So you were preparing Sasuke to fight an, at the time, unstable jinchuuriki who Naruto still ended up beating anyway? Kakashi if Naruto for a month could learn to use Kyuubi's chakra and use it to not only win his fight, but even take on Gaara then I think that my son deserves at least some of your time," Kushina said and Kakashi nodded.
"I understand and I-,"
"No Kakashi, you don't understand. Minato and I asked you to teach Naruto and make him a good shinobi that would make both his parents proud and of course he's done that for me, but to hear that you only taught him teamwork and tree-walking is very disappointing dattebane," Kushina scolded and Kakashi took it all to heart.
"I'm sorry Kushina. I have no excuses either. I'm sorry for it. I know Naruto had high potential, but Sasuke was the only one who really seemed to show his. I didn't mean to do this. I am sorry," Kakashi said before he received a huge hit on the top of his head.
"That's right you're sorry dattebane!" she yelled as Kakashi rubbed the lump on his head. She then turned to Tsunade and settled for a small glare as she headed to the door.
"Don't think you both aren't going to pay for this. Kakashi I'll be taking over sochi's training now and Tsunade I'll be talking to you about another matter that I want," Kushina said as she left the room leaving Kakashi and Tsunade to breathe easily.
"She's still scary," Kakashi said and Tsunade nodded while she started to work on documents again.
"Of course she is. She was and this is the only anbu level shinobi who has a better record than you and Itachi. She has every right to be scary," Tsunade said as Kakashi took out his orange book while Tsunade glared at him.
"If she sees you with that she's going to kill you," Tsunade said as Kakashi walked out of the room.
"Maa I'll deal with that when it shows up, but I wonder what else she wanted to talk with you about," Kakashi said while Tsunade shrugged.
"Hell if I know. I just know it's going to give me a big headache," Tsunade said and Kakashi grinned before closing the door. She then looked at the Hokage Faces or specifically Minato's face.
"Kushina's a pain, but she's right. I'm sorry I wasn't there for Naruto Minato," Tsunade said with a heavy sigh before she turned back to her paperwork. She could only wonder what Naruto was doing at the moment for some reason.
With Naruto
He couldn't do it. For the first time in his life he knew he couldn't do something. He refused. He didn't want to do it. He didn't...want to knock on the Hyuuga compound. Naruto stood in front of the doors and gulped.
"Stop being a chicken and knock. The Hyuuga should be into that type of thing also. Hehe who knows maybe that girl Hinata and Neji,"
"Shut up! Don't you dare even think that about them! I know Hinata-chan and Neji. They would never...do...that," Naruto stalled as Kyuubi chuckled.
"Having second thoughts?" his bijuu asked and Naruto sighed.
"Ahh this is so weird. I'll just get this over with," Naruto said as he knocked on the door of the Hyuuga compound. Soon a Hyuuga came to the door and opened it. Imagine his surprise when he saw Naruto in front of the door.
"Uzumaki-san? How many I help you?" The Hyuuga asked and Naruto gulped. He felt his breath leave him for a few seconds, but he caught himself and nodded.
"Umm do you know if Hinata's father is here? If he's not then that's fine, but I'd like to talk to him. It's sort of important dattebayo," Naruto said rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. He had seen Hinata's father only once and that was during the Chunin exams. He had no idea what the guy was like.
"Well Uzumaki-san, Hiashi-sama is in at the moment I will see if you can have an audience with him," The Hyuuga said as he closed the door while Naruto's eyebrow twitched. An audience? It's not like he was a damn commoner. He was actually quite rich now that he had his inheritance which hadn't been used for about 15 years so that actually made him an Kushina a little more than above the Hyuuga clan itself.
Naruto tapped his foot impatiently and gritted his teeth. There seemed to be quite a bit of arrogance with the Hyuuga clan and Naruto knew it somewhat. Soon the Hyuuga came back and escorted Naruto inside.
"Hiashi-sama will see you. He said he has more than enough time to talk with you," The Hyuuga said and Naruto nodded. He quickly walked inside the Hyuuga compound and looked around. It was rather quaint and nice looking. There was a little practice area along with a small garden and pond with Koi fish swimming around.
Naruto and the Hyuuga walked until they were right in front of the place where Hiashi wanted to meet Naruto. The Hyuuga bowed and turned around.
"Hiashi-sama is right behind that door," He said as he left and Naruto immediately opened it. He saw an older looking Neji behind the desk signing papers.
"Uzumaki-san, please come in," Hiashi said and Naruto walked inside. He slightly gulped and noticed two mats in front of each other. He sat down on one and watched as Hiashi finished some paperwork. He quickly stood to his feet and sat on his knees while he was in front of Naruto.
"I was surprised when you wanted to come over. May I ask what you could want?" Hiashi asked and Naruto nodded.
"Umm I'm sorry if I'm imposing on you or anything, but I'd like to ask you something about your clan," Naruto said and Hiashi nodded. The blonde gulped while Kyuubi tried to settle his nerves, but he wasn't the comforting type of person or bijuu or whatever
"Alright what would you like to know?" Hiashi asked taking a sip of tea while Naruto tried to get his thoughts together.
"Umm well I know that your has the byakugan and I know you try to keep the Hyuuga bloodline clean I think it is right?" Naruto asked and Hiashi nodded although it was a bit with confusion.
"Well that's right. We don't normally marry those outside of the clan," Hiashi said and Naruto nodded.
"Umm so do you guys like find anything wrong with it?" Naruto asked and Hiashi raised an eyebrow. He set his teacup down and sighed.
"Please explain," The Hyuuga head said to Naruto and the blonde slightly cursed.
"Yeah okay. I'm just saying that do...your family members marry?" Naruto asked and Hiashi sort of had an idea on where this was going. He gave a mental smirk at what Naruto could want to talk with him about.
"Well Naruto-san in a simple word, yes, our family members do marry. By any chance is this about incest?" Hiashi asked and the reaction Naruto gave him was more than enough to convince him as the blonde blushed up a storm.
"Well yeah I guess it's about that. How does your family deal with it? Like don't people find you weird for it?" Naruto asked and Hiashi shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm sure there a quite a few people who would find it strange and that won't change, but there are a few reasons as to why we do this. One is as you said to keep the Hyuuga line pure as we want. Granted we don't force our members to marry each other as they can date who they want. Heck even some of our members find it weird while others seem to like it just as well. It sort of a touchy thing to deal with. Though I am curious as to why you would be interested in such a topic," Hiashi said and Naruto gulped. He saw Hiashi smile slightly and the blonde sheepishly chuckled.
"Well I just thought I'd ask dattebayo. Ya know, always need to know something interesting. Wait, so does that mean that you-," Naruto pointed at Hiashi and the Hyuuga chuckled.
"Practiced incest? Well it's something I don't outwardly say, but since you asked, yes I do or rather did," Hiashi said making Naruto slightly calm down.
"Did? Hinata's mother? What was she to you?" Naruto asked wondering if this was a sore subject for Hiashi to talk about.
"Well Hinata's mother was my half-sister. We had the same mother, but not the same father. She and Hizashi, Neji's father, were born to the side branch while I was born to the Main branch. I had always known that she was my half-sister. Namely, her name was Hinako. She was branded with the cage seal as was Hizashi, but reluctantly I...fell for Hinako even though she was a side branch member. So against my clan and their opinion I married Hinako and she loved me too. We had Hinata and Hanabi without any problems," Hiashi said looking out the window and Naruto seemed fascinated by his story.
"You really loved her didn't you?" Naruto asked and Hiashi chuckled.
"Hinako was a good woman. I know that. That's why I see so much of her in Hinata and Hanabi at times. Uzu- no, Naruto-san when you're growing up in the world there is one thing you start to see for the first time. Is that people's opinions don't matter. Granted they matter in what you want to do with your life at times, but in the case of who you give your heart to or who you love then it doesn't matter in the least. Understand that you can't talk to anyone about this," Hiashi said with a glare and Naruto grinned as he nodded.
"My lips are sealed dattebayo and thank you Hiashi-san. I also think you should talk with Neji more. He might liven up more if you do," Naruto said as he stood to his feet while Hiashi pondered the blonde's suggestion.
"Well Uzumaki-san if you want to be with your mother then I certainly don't mind," Hiashi said and Naruto immediately fell back and slammed his head to the ground.
"H-How did you-,"
"How did I know? Well I saw the redhead who first dragged you past our compound. I was astonished to see Kushina-san as I thought she died, but I checked her chakra signature and found it to be completely true that it was her. Never thought that you would have a thing for your mother. You really are unpredictable as they say," Hiashi said and Naruto rubbed his head.
"Umm could you not tell anyone about this? Kaa-chan's already a nervous wreck about it as she is and I don't want to push her into anything she might regret in the end," Naruto said sighing and Hiashi nodded.
"You don't tell my story and I don't tell yours Naruto-san. Though I don't see why she's thinking over it. If I recall correctly then the Uzumaki clan married family members also. I don't know why she's against it," Hiashi said and Naruto sighed. That's what he was trying to figure out at the moment.
"Well I'm going to go Hiashi-san. Thank you for the talk," Naruto said and Hiashi nodded. He watched the blonde leave before he slowly chuckled.
"Uzumaki-san you really are interesting like Hinata said you were," Hiashi said to himself before going back to his paperwork.
With Naruto
The blonde walked back to his compound and thought about everything that Hiashi had told him. It wasn't like he expected anything from his mother or maybe he did. She was easily the most beautiful woman he had known. Granted he met a lot of women who he thought were cute. There was Sakura, Ayame, Anko, Kurenai, Koyuki and even Hinata at one time, but his mother there was just something about her that attracted him to her. Maybe it was all those years without a mother that made him that way, but even so he didn't seem to care that he loved his mother. He made that evident when he kissed her back in Suna.
"Man that talk gave me more questions than it solved," Naruto said to himself as he opened the door to his house. He walked inside and looked around before he noticed that he was alone. His mother must still have been out doing whatever she wanted.
"Alright so what should I do now? I guess I could train. Plus I still have to get Gaara's other kill or he'll be taken by next week today. Let me see how can I do this?" Naruto wondered as figured he could just take a mission on it, but that wouldn't be an appropriate thing to do at the moment since he just got back. The blonde sat on the bed of his room while he slowly took off his clothes. He was about to get into his training outfit before he heard the door downstairs unlock, open, and then close. He figured his mother was home at the moment. However he noticed that she didn't come upstairs. Naruto knew about his mother's sensory skills so she must've noticed that he was home also.
"Well I guess I'll do some training," Naruto said about to open the door, but as he did he saw his mother right in front of the door which scared the living hell out of him. How quiet could his mother walk to the point that he still thought she was downstairs?
"Hey Kaa-san I didn't hear you come up the stairs. What did you have to talk with Kakashi-sensei about?" Naruto asked and Kushina rubbed the back of her head.
"Just some nonsense to take care of. Nothing too interesting," Kushina responded and Naruto settled for a quick nod.
"Well I'm going to go train for a bit. I'll see you later," Naruto said as he walked past her as he noticed his mother wanted to say something else, but he left before she could say what she wanted which made Kushina sigh. She knew her son was giving her the space she wanted to think, but she didn't want him to avoid her. That just made it uncomfortable. Okay, so she couldn't lie. When her son kissed her it was great, perfect even. It was one of the greatest kisses she had in her life, but to receive it from your son seemed wrong for a reason.
Kushina watched Naruto head into the fields to train the day away and while he did that she stayed in her room thinking things over.
Nighttime
Naruto dropped his sword as he dismissed his clones. He was sweating profusely and sighed. He still couldn't get the technique that the Shinigami was teaching him. It seemed like a joke that his sword could use some spiritual fire that was incapable of being extinguished. It sounded like a really bad jutsu technique.
"Well Shin has never been one for jokes and he doesn't have a sense of humor as I've found out over the years so I guess that's that," Naruto said before he felt a presence behind him. He narrowed his eyes and formed a grin.
"You know if you're just going to sneak up behind me then what's the point in me holding this contract anyway?" Naruto asked as he turned around to see the Shinigami looking at him with its hardening gaze.
"At least you're starting to learn what you need to learn. Remember not to get overconfident. Those with arrogance don't interest me and I trust that you know how I feel about that. Now then onto something more important," The Shinigami said and Naruto nodded.
"You mean other than the fact that you played me with that ability back in Suna?" Naruto asked and Shin sighed.
"One ability at a time and I won't give you something that's over your head. We I know you can handle more I will give you more. Nothing more nothing less," Shinigami said and Naruto settled for a simple nod.
"Alright so what do you want to talk about?" Naruto asked and the Shinigami narrowed his eyes.
"I'm here to tell you that you there are people, perversions of life that I want dead. As I've told you everything dies at some point, but you humans are quite accepted to the idea of eternal life. I never understood why you lot want to live forever until the end of time, but that irks me to no end. People who think they can escape my gasp are made to have the full blunt of my rage, but even I have limits. Contrary to your belief I can't take your life while your alive it's only when your soul starts to dwindle that I can do this," The shinigami explained and Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"But two years ago you told me about the fight you and Jiji had with the Shodaime Hokage and Nidaime and how you sealed their souls. They were alive weren't they?" Naruto asked and Shin nodded in a small agreement.
"Technically yes they were, but those who have been in my domain are still classified as dead unless I say so. The people you've revived aren't dead as I've revived them myself. That jutsu the Edo Tensei doesn't fully revive anyone so I'm well within my power to take back those souls back," Shin answered and Naruto nodded in agreement with him.
"So that's were I come in since I can do it for you right?" Naruto asked and the Shinigami nodded. He carefully placed his hand on Naruto's head making the blonde raise an eyebrow. He gasped when saw multiple people flash through his head. He saw two in black robes with red clouds on them same as that Deidara guy Naruto had seen. One had weird tendrils come from his arms while the other had a triple blade scythe in his hands. Two were who Naruto knew all too well, he saw Orochimaru and Kabuto. He could only imagine the day that he would fight them and bring them down. Lastly was a figure who was distorted. His entire face was covered except for one orange mask that covered his entire face only revealing one eye. The Shinigami removed his arm and Naruto dropped to the ground.
"Those people. I know two of them, but the others I don't. Their the ones who do this?" Naruto asked and the Death god nodded making Naruto sigh.
"Well Orochimaru and Kabuto I've always wanted to give them one so I'll be more than happy to do it. I understand Shin," Naruto said and Shin nodded before leaving the blonde in the dark.
"Well brat I think things will get most interesting for us," Kyuubi said and Naruto nodded. He grinned like mad before heading back to the house. He noticed the light on in the bedroom of the upper room and sighed. He walked up the stairs and gulped as he stopped at the door. He suddenly got a weird sense of deja vu from this experience. He knocked on the door waiting for a reply.
"Just a second sochi," Kushina said as Naruto placed his ear to the door. He heard the sound of drying hair and the slip of something nice. He wondered if his mother was getting dressed for bed which he figured he should also. He smelled like he had just been put through the jungle twice.
"Okay you can come in," Kushina said as she had her back to the door. She was calmly humming while she brushed her hair. Naruto sighed as he went to his corner of the bed and placed his sword down. He quickly began to head for the door before Kushina stopped him.
"Naruto when you come from the shower we need to talk," Kushina said making it sound ominous, but Naruto merely nodded and left as he headed for the shower. He didn't take a long one or as long as he wanted since he was wondering what she wanted to talk about. He allowed the water to wash over his form for a bit and contemplated everything.
He turned off the water and quickly put on some boxers and a sleeveless T-shirt. He came back into the room to see his mother at the foot of the bed and she patted it for him to sit next to her. Naruto sat down and Kushina mumbled to herself before turning to her son.
"Naruto about what you told me a few days ago back in Suna I was initially surprised at your confession. Don't think that I hate you or that I avoided you. You know I love you right?" Kushina asked and Naruto lowered his gaze to the ground. First the Shinigami now his mother, this just wasn't his day.
"But only as your son," Naruto said making Kushina pause. She slowly leaned her head on Naruto's shoulder making Naruto take in the soothing smell of his mother's hair.
"Why do you want me to love you more than that? I don't understand so help me," Kushina told him and Naruto sighed. He rubbed the back of his head and thought it over.
"Because I want to be with you mother. I don't want to force you into anything you wouldn't want, but I just love everything about you. The way you move, your smile, your upset face and everything else. No one has ever made me feel that way, not even Sakura," Naruto said and Kushina trembled underneath his words.
"That's it kit. Now go one the attack!" Kyuubi yelled watching everything go down. This was better than all the destruction he could cause. Well it wasn't BETTER, but it was a close second to it.
"Naruto, you don't love me. You're only looking for some attention that you didn't get. Maybe you find that in me. It's understandable," Kushina said and Naruto widened his eyes and stayed silent.
It had been well over a minute and Naruto still didn't say anything. Kushina found the silence deafening and wondered if she should really take that back, but it's not like it would do any good now.
"Naruto aren't you going to say something?" Kushina asked in desperation of getting her son to talk to her. Naruto's eyes shadowed his eyes before he finally opened his mouth.
"Attention isn't the issue Kaa-chan. You might not believe it, but I'll prove it to you that I do," Naruto said as he grabbed his mother's shoulders bringing her eyes to his. Kushina gasped at the initial action as she expected Naruto to kiss her again, but to her surprise and slight disappointment he stopped.
"Kaa-chan you said that most of society sees incest as wrong right?" Naruto asked and Kushina slowly nodded and Naruto sighed.
"So how do you think clans keep their bloodline pure?" Naruto asked and Kushina stuttered. Her son just tried to find his own way around her words. She wasn't sure if she should be proud or scared of the fact.
"Naruto that's a totally different matter," Kushina said and Naruto shook his head before smiling.
"I went to the Hyuuga compound and do you know what Hiashi-san told me?" Naruto asked and Kushina shook her head feeling her heart slightly twist.
"He said that when growing up you start to learn that people's opinion doesn't matter. I'm sure the Uchiha clan did it also. Hiashi-san even told me that maybe the Uzumaki did also. Kaa-chan I refuse to let you be alone. I'm not trying to take Tou-san's place, but I want you to love me for me. My kiss to you back in Suna was unexpected to me also, but I don't regret it," Naruto paused as he snaked his arm around Kushina's waist.
"Then if I wasn't your son would you love me?" Naruto asked her and Kushina mentally gulped. Now it was her turn to be silent as she was quickly losing her ground in the conversation. It was amazing that the woman who never lost an argument with her former lover, but now she could barely find her voice with her son. She'd never been courted so much before by anyone. Naruto even went so far as to get someone else's opinion on the matter to try and convince her.
"B-But Naruto,"
"No buts Kaa-chan," Naruto said as he quickly kissed her again just like he did a few days ago in Suna. Kushina gasped as she tried to push Naruto off, but to her surprise her son grabbed her arms keeping her still. Kushina felt her mind spiral out of control along with her feelings. She could feel her son's emotions pouring out for her as he deepened the kiss with her. Naruto slowly started to push his mother and before long he pinned her to the bedroom wall.
"Naruto what do you see in me?" Kushina asked as Naruto stopped for a second. He smiled as he licked his lips making his mother slightly gulp.
"I see a beautiful woman with awesome red hair, an amazing personality, and a kindness that attracts me to her. My mother is an amazing woman dattebayo," Naruto said and Kushina widened her eyes. Kushina felt her hands shake as they started to get weak along with the last of her resolve while Naruto's tongue begged for some acceptance and little by little Kushina opened her mouth to allow her son the access he wanted. Naruto grinned as he quickly made the kiss more passionate between them as he reached behind his mother' head to bring her closer. Inside his mind, Kyuubi was jumping up and down like a maniac while eating some popcorn.
"Yeah Kit. Get it done. This is getting' good," Kyuubi thought as Naruto separated from Kushina making her slightly whimper. Her actions were completely betraying her thoughts. She admitted to being sexually frustrated and her was someone willing to make her happy and provide that for her. Her mind yelled for her to stop and try to get back the mother-son relationship that they should have, but her body refused to push Naruto away from her. It more or less brought him closer like she didn't want him to leave her alone. Naruto nibbled on his mother's right ear getting a small moan from her which was pleasant to his ears. Naruto hadn't imagined that he could bring his mother to this state. He rubbed one of his hands along her curves while Kushina gasped.
"N-Naruto you need to s-stop," Kushina said as she felt her son's hand go up to her nightgown. She quickly gasped again as she grabbed her son's hand and pushed him off her. Her breathing hitched as she tried to find a way to calm down.
"Kaa-chan?" Naruto asked and Kushina's breathing slowed she huffed and looked at her son. She slowly calmed down and looked at the bed. She looked, in a word, confused. Like she was lost in her own feelings.
"Naruto, I can't stay in this room with you. I'm going to sleep in the guest room from now on. I don't think that we should be around each other for a couple of days," Kushina said as she got up and carried herself away.
"But Kaa-chan," Naruto tried to say before he saw Kushina close the door.
"Wow. Never saw that coming," Kyuubi said in thought as Naruto sighed. He narrowed his eyes at the bed and slightly curse.
"Kuso," Naruto said as he stayed on his side of the bed. Both he and Kushina didn't get any sleep that night as they went over everything that happened between them.
Three Days Later
Naruto was walking towards the Hokage Mansion with a heavy sigh. It had been three days since their moment, but him and his mother stopped talking and avoided each other. Kushina would still cook him breakfast, lunch and dinner and she would spare with him for a few hours, but nothing apart from that had changed. Naruto even had a mission by himself to deal with some bandits and the blonde took it will little to no enthusiasm which Kakashi, Sakura and Tsunade noticed, but on that note Naruto had gotten the other sacrifice for Gaara's life and that was the end of that, but as he got back he was told that there was another mission for him so he was currently on his way.
Naruto didn't waste any time as he walked up the stairs. He slowly sighed as he opened the door. To his surprise he saw his mother, Kakashi and Sakura in the room. Kushina glanced at him before removing her stare from him just as fast as she looked at him. Tsunade looked at the both of them and rolled her eyes. Something was going on between these two, but they could figure it out themselves.
"Finally brat, you made it. Now I can tell you some new news," Tsunade said and Naruto stayed a couple of feet from his mother, but Tsunade ignored it.
"Alright Tsunade-baachan what is the news?" Naruto asked and Tsunade sighed.
"Well for one, you're not going to be a part of Team seven anymore," Tsunade said and Naruto widened his eyes along with Kakashi and Sakura.
"But why? What did I do?" Naruto asked and Tsunade rubbed her temples.
"Tsunade-sama Naruto has always been a part of our team. Why are you splitting us up? We might not be the best team, but we work well with each other," Sakura reasoned and Tsunade nodded.
"Sakura calm down. It's not as heavy as you think it is. As it stands by Kushina's standards Naruto is a kenjutsu master making him one of four shinobi who are above jonin level for using kenjutsu. There is him, Kushina, Kakashi, and our anbu, Yuugao Uzuki," Tsunade said and Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"You want to put together a group of kenjutsu users?" she asked making Tsunade chuckle slightly, but she shook her head.
"Not that's not it Sakura and while that is an interesting thought I'll set it aside. As for my orders since they have the most trust and teamwork I'll have Naruto and Kushina paired up for the time being," Tsunade said as Kushina and Naruto widened their eyes. Naruto spared a glance at his mother who looked at him also.
"Are you sure Baa-chan? I'd rather not trouble my mother if I can help it," Naruto said and Kushina slowly calmed down if only slightly at those words as a small smile graced her face. Even in their situation she could still laugh and smile at how concerned Naruto was for her and her wants.
"It's alright sochi. I don't mind it if we're a team. I trust you more than a lot of people," Kushina said and Naruto slowly nodded wondering what the change of attitude was.
"Alright then as for you and Kakashi Sakura, the both of you will be given two new teammates as of today, but for your mission. Kakashi, Sakura you and your new team are going to intercept the messenger at the bridge that Sasori told you about. You are to arrive there fast. I wanted any information about Orochimaru to be dealt with swiftly. You leave in an hour," Tsunade told them making Kakashi and Sakura nod. They both turned to Naruto and sighed.
"Maa Naruto shinobi have different experiences so I'm sure you'll be fine," Kakashi said as he left Naruto then turned to Sakura.
"I'll find out all I can about Sasuke-kun for us Naruto," Sakura said as she left with Naruto rolling his eyes.
"Not gonna respond to that one. No way," Naruto said in thought making Kyuubi chuckle.
"Are you kidding? Two years ago it was 'I'm gonna bring him back Ero-sennin even if I am a fool for the rest of my natural life'. Granted yes, you are a fool and an idiot, but you're interesting enough," Kyuubi said and Naruto snorted.
"Aww Kyuubi I didn't know you cared enough to find me interesting," Naruto said and Kyuubi snarled.
"Ha ha ha, keep crackin' jokes brat. I'll kick your ass one of these days," Kyuubi said to his container while Naruto giggled.
"Bring it on Furball," Naruto responded before he snapped out of his stupor and back to Tsunade attention at the two kenjutsu users.
"Now then Kushina, Naruto this mission will be an A-ranked one given that the chance of danger is very high and likely. You will both be infiltrating one of Orochimaru's bases that our anbu have recently discovered," Tsunade said making the two widen their eyes.
"The odds of meeting Orochimaru are high and it's also possible that Sasuke might be there. Naruto, Kushina your mission is to find out anything you can from this base that is of importance to Konoha. If you find Sasuke, you are to apprehend him and return him to Konoha. You leave in a few hours any questions?" Tsunade asked making Kushina and Naruto shake their heads.
"Good then you can both be off and please no problems," Tsunade said as Kushina and Naruto stared at each other. Both diverted their gazes while Naruto spoke.
"Any problems Kaa-chan?" Naruto asked and Kushina shook her head.
"No problems sochi," Kushina said as Naruto opened the door and allowed his mother to walk out with him following while Tsunade sighed.
"There is going to be problems. I need a drink," the Godaime Hokage said in thought as she signed some documents while thinking about Naruto and Kushina for some reason.
KG: Sorry if you weren't expecting that small intimate scene. I'm just a heavy Naruto x Kushina and that got ahead of me a bit. Kakashi's fine and isn't in the hospital. Now that I also think about it since Karin is an Uzumaki does that mean that pairing her with Naruto is Uzumakicest also?