KG: Hey people. I read some reviews and while I thank you for the information on the whole Uzumakicest bit with Naruto and Karin, I'm not adding her to this. It's strictly Naruto x Kushina stuff. Not saying I won't save her from Sasuke. I still think she'll be a part of Naruto's family along with Nagato, but I'll go into that stuff later. Enjoy.
Kushina and Naruto were currently running through the trees at a breakneck pace. They had just left Konoha a few hours ago and were on their way to Orochimaru's hidden lair that was uncovered by Anbu. Both weren't sure to be lucky to have something to do or unlucky in the small fact that after three days of somewhat avoiding each other they were now on the same team and it would stay like that. The only benefit or non-benefit to this was that neither could say anything to the other. They were right beside each other in terms of speed, but the need to say anything was quickly erased. They promised Tsunade no problems, but now they were both regretting such a thing.
"There is nothing to talk about here. We haven't even gone over a plan of action against Orochimaru. I wonder what Naruto-kun is thinking," Kushina thought as she stole a glance at her son. She saw Naruto looking more at the ground than what was in front of him, but she also saw him mumbling to himself about something that she couldn't hear. The redhead sighed and continued to look back in front of her. She never imagined that things could get out of control this fast.
Meanwhile, Naruto was talking with Kyuubi about some of the things that happened also. He really wasn't in his best interests to leave things like this. While he had thought about the mission and the dangers they would face, he just could bring himself to worry about it at that time.
"Kyuubi, this can't go on. I don't want her to ignore me," Naruto told his bijuu and the Kyuubi sighed while he roamed his hellish domain.
"Give her some time brat. Over the years I still can't figure out you humans or your sense of 'morals'," Kyuubi said and Naruto rolled his eyes. Morals? Humans suck at morals. It's immoral to do so much stuff that it might as well be hypocritical.
"So what am I supposed to do?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi chuckled.
"Hearing you whine about no getting it on with your mother it downright satisfying. All the time you've been going after her. Be a fox kit. Do something unexpected and make her come to you. It's not that hard sheesh. Then you will be a mother fucker. No pun intended," Kyuubi said and Naruto sighed. Something unexpected? He kissed her and he slightly groped her. How much more unexpected could he get?
"Easier said than done, but alright," Naruto said as he and Kushina ran through the trees, but then the blonde became slightly curious. He did have a second opinion, but he wouldn't mind one more just for good measure.
"Alright then Kyuubi. All jokes aside and we're being serious here. What do you think of human morals and incest?" Naruto asked really wanting to know his bijuu's opinion which came quite fast as Kyuubi didn't hesitate with his answer and while Naruto couldn't see him, he could tell that Kyuubi was being serious.
"Never pegged you for being serious brat, but alright. All jokes aside I'll sum it all up in one word...Unnecessary. Your human morals are insignificant. One thing I've found is that you'll say something and mean the other. You're all so confusing its pathetic. Take for instance, killing. I like it, but this isn't about me. You humans kill each other everyday and yet you find it immoral,"
"But that's to protect-,"
"Please, I know human nature more than you do. If you're looking for my opinion then I'll just say that if you love your mother then I see nothing wrong with it. Heck as far as I'm concerned at least you like a woman. Anything else and I'd kill you myself," Kyuubi said and Naruto silently chuckled.
"Well you don't have to worry about that," Naruto said and Kyuubi nodded with a small grin on his face.
The rest of the trip was done in silence as Naruto and Kushina stopped to rest in a small part of the forest. Tomorrow they would be in Kusagakure. Kushina lit a small fire and the two were currently sitting at opposite ends. The looked at the fire for a little while, but with all their might they both tried not to look at each other...directly and that was the last straw for Naruto.
"Gahh Kaa-chan I can't take this. We need to talk now dattebayo," Naruto told her making Kushina look up in surprise of her son's outburst. She gently smiled and nodded.
"I was waiting for one of us to say something also. I don't like silence sochi. So what should we talk about?" Kushina asked and Naruto. He was just happy to hear mother's voice again.
"Umm maybe we should form a plan for when we arrive tomorrow?" Naruto suggested not seeing much of anything else to talk about.
"Well we're not one for strategies sochi. You know me, I rush in and strategize later. That's how I've always done things," Kushina said with a small giggle and Naruto sighed.
"Me neither. Sakura and Kakashi went to the Tenshi Bridge so there is a chance that we'll get lucky," Naruto said and Kushina nodded. She watched her son get up and almost tensed, but he only walked over to where their backpacks were and rummaged through them. Kushina raised an eyebrow before she saw Naruto take out a small scroll. He placed it in front of her and smiled.
"Let's go with this. We've never tried it before," Naruto told her and Kushina narrowed her eyes.
"That's because you didn't have the speed required to use this strategy," Kushina said looking over the small scroll, but Naruto waved her off.
"I do now thanks to you and Ero-sennin. I could never get where I was without you Kaa-chan," Naruto told her and Kushina was lucky that the flames of the fire covered the searing blush on her face. The Uzumaki woman slowly gulped before rubbing the back of her head.
"Well I am a good teacher. M-Maybe we should go to sleep now. We still have some traveling to do," Kushina said and Naruto agreed, but he didn't miss that small stutter and grinned even if he didn't know what he said to make her stutter like that.
The two soon fell asleep just as easily and continued into the morning, but Naruto found something wrong. Kushina seemed to be more tired than usual. She constantly yawned and seemed out of focus.
"Kaa-chan are you alright?" Naruto asked and Kushina looked at him. She softly blushed before turning her head.
"Yeah I-I'm fine. Let's hurry up," she said as she ran further ahead and Naruto wondered what her problem was. Even Kyuubi wanted to know as he'd never seen something so weird before like that.
"Well that's weird. I wonder what happened last night," Naruto said to himself as he and Kushina ran forward towards their destination.
With Team seven
"Ugh Kakashi-sensei why do we have these guys?" Sakura asked and Kakashi chuckled as they saw their new teammates which consisted of a pale teenager in some anbu armor and the other one Sakura didn't remember. Some chunin she might have worked with before.
"Maa maa Sakura. We're already here and our contact is here also," Kakashi said as he henged into a perfect form of Sasori's puppet. Sakura and her teammates stayed back while Kakashi went forward. The Haruno girl could only hope that she could get information from them about Sasuke. They had to bring him home.
Kakashi walked out to the bridge and narrowed his eyes. He was looking at Kabuto who had a small grin on his face.
"It's good that you made it," Kakashi said in a gruff voice that Sakura had told him about. Kabuto nodded with a bow to his master.
"Greetings Sasori-sama. I have the intel on Orochimaru-sama just like you asked. We should keep our meeting brief," Kabuto said and Kakashi nodded. He decided to ask about Sasuke since he knew that Sakura would chew his ear off if he didn't.
"I heard that you acquired Sasuke Uchiha. Where is he?" Kakashi asked and Kabuto slightly narrowed his eyes. He gave a small unnoticeable grin across his face.
"He's doing well, but we'd better hurry. Orochimaru could be here at anytime," Kabuto said and Kakashi tensed. He didn't know what would happen if they ran into Orochimaru all the way out here. He had no idea that his worst fears were about to be realized as said snake sannin appeared behind Kabuto.
"Mind if I join in the conversation?" Orochimaru asked and Kabuto widened his eyes. He jumped back and the Sasori-henged Kakashi drew a kunai in an attack position.
"Well isn't this interesting. It seems that I found something nice," Orochimaru said while Kabuto formed a chakra blade with his hands.
"Sasori-sama if we hurry then we can take him," Kabuto said trying to sound optimistic, but Kakashi could feel something wrong.
"Is this your answer Kabuto?" Orochimaru asked and Kabuto raised his arm to attack. Kakashi gasped as Kabuto slashed at him making the jonin backflip away from them.
"Ahh Kakashi. It's a pleasure to meet you. Now why don't you call out your little group so we can have some fun," Orochimaru said and Kakashi narrowed his eyes. He sighed and waved his hands. Sakura, Sai, as he told them, and the chunin came out in battle ready positions.
"Well Orochimaru I think now would be a good time for you to know that we don't give up easily," Kakashi said and Orochimaru chuckled.
"I'm sure. Sasuke is such a delight to have around," Orochimaru said and Sakura seethed. She tightened her fist and covered it in chakra.
"I'm gonna make you tell me where is his right now!" The pink haired kunoichi yelled and before Kakashi could stop her Sakura charged at the snake sannin looking to make him talk at once.
With Naruto and Kushina
The two Uzumaki were staring at a small entrance. It seemed rather inconspicuous, but that was fine. Kushina touched a small stone and closed her eyes. She could fell multiple chakra signatures behind the wall in front of her and smiled.
"This is it sochi. There are a few chakra signatures behind here, but nothing we can't handle or take down. I also know this place is multi-layered. It might be a small maze so don't get lost," Kushina said and Naruto chuckled.
"Speak for yourself Kaa-chan," Naruto as he took out his sword. He mumbled some words and his sword glowed for a bit. He stabbed it into the wall and cut a circle into the stone. The mother and son duo watched the stone fall to the ground with a perfect hole through the wall. Naruto grinned while he stepped to the side.
"After you Kaa-chan," Naruto said and Kushina giggled for a change. She stepped inside and Naruto followed also. They saw the multiple halls filled with candles while the brown walls formed the maze that Kushina had talked about.
"You know Kaa-chan when you were talking about multiple signatures I expected someone right away, but I don't see anyone," Naruto said and Kushina nodded.
"Well sochi we can figure that out later. Right now we have to go," Kushina said running ahead and Naruto followed her. They quickly ran through the halls and checked the various doors around the floors. Naruto opened one door and saw it was empty.
"Kuso. Where is everybody?" Naruto wondered and Kushina narrowed her eyes as she looked at a piece of paper on the wall. She growled and immediately tore it off.
"This is why Naruto-kun. They set up a small seal that messed with my sensory capabilities. There is probably only one or two people in this place," Kushina told him and Naruto sighed. He looked around the place before he closed the door to the empty room.
"Well then I think we should split up. We'll stay in contact by using our chakra sensory skills. I'll go this way and you go that way. If you run into trouble then just spike your chakra and I'll help," Naruto told her and Kushina gave a small grin.
"Shouldn't I be the one saying that?" she asked and Naruto rolled his eyes.
"No I'm the one who should be saying it, but it doesn't matter. Good luck Kaa-san," Naruto said and the two ran off in separate directions. Naruto ran down the stairs and Kushina to a hall to the right.
Naruto huffed as he checked room after room. He must've been going through them all and wondered how many he had already done. The blonde was getting irritated and looked around a little more. Before long he stopped and opened a door. He looked inside and narrowed his eyes. It looked like a lab of some sorts. The blonde walked inside and say containers all around. Some filled with strange liquids and others filled with some type of thing he didn't know.
"Well I'll say this much for the pedo. He sure keeps a lot of stuff. I wonder what all this is for," Naruto said thinking out loud and Kyuubi decided to respond.
"Who knows how his ass thinks. I think you should take some sample stuff. Who knows, maybe you'll be able to do something with it," Kyuubi suggested and Naruto narrowed his eyes. He reluctantly nodded and grabbed a vial. He looked at it for a bit. He sighed and placed it away for later. He also saw some notes on the table. They looked complicated so he didn't try to figure any of it out. Naruto just took out a scroll and sealed away all the notes he could find before exiting the room.
"Oh one more thing," Naruto said as he summoned two kage bunshin. They both entered the room and Naruto closed the door. He grinned as he heard a yell.
"Rasengan," His clones yelled as they destroyed the lab making it explode which made Kyuubi grin while he rested on the molten ground around him.
"Adding your own touch to things. That's a good job on ya," Kyuubi said and Naruto appreciated the compliment. He quickly ran down the rest of the halls and stopped at a door. He stopped to rest and looked around. He was no closer to finding anything else in here. He doubted he'd run into Sasuke and truth be told he'd rather not. Naruto had really changed his opinion of actually getting Sasuke back. Granted, yeah he wanted to bring the Uchiha back to Konoha. He didn't mind that at all. What he minded was the fact Sakura was letting it obsess with her and he wanted no part of that. He had his own dreams and if Sasuke could pursue his then why the hell shouldn't he pursue his own?
"Sigh why am I even thinking about that Teme? I guess I'll check this room," Naruto said to himself. He opened the door and narrowed his eyes. He saw someone sleeping in the bed and sighed. He looked down the person's form. He had a white top-half of an obi robe and blue pants with a purple sash around his waist. He also had the same hair as always. That damn duck ass-shaped looking hair.
"Kyuubi," Naruto said making the nine-tailed bijuu stir.
"What is it brat?" The bijuu asked getting interested before he saw what Naruto was looking at and since he heard Naruto's thoughts he only did one thing...he laughed like a maniac which made Naruto's eyebrow twitch.
"Kami hates me," Naruto said in thought as he slammed the door open waking up the person in the bed. It had to be Sasuke. Of all the people he could meet at the moment it had to fuckin' be Sasuke. Speaking of Sasuke, the Uchiha sighed as he refused to turn around.
"Whoever you are I'm in a bad mood so get lost," Sasuke said and Naruto chuckled.
"I didn't think you ever had a good mood Teme," Naruto said and immediately Sasuke opened his eyes. He turned around and glared at Naruto with his sharingan flaring. The blonde wasn't intimidated as his eyes grew in coldness. Sasuke slightly flinched at them, but managed to shake it off. He stood to his feet and sighed.
"So you're still chasing me huh? You haven't gotten stronger Naruto. All that time finding me could've been used in training," Sasuke said and Naruto closed his eyes. Oh this was too good.
"Don't think so damn high of yourself Teme. I didn't expect to find you here, but now that your here in front of me I could still care less. I'm done going after you, but that doesn't mean I'll just let you leave like you probably want," Naruto responded and Sasuke placed a hand on his hip. He carefully grabbed his sword that was strapped to his waist and settled for a simple glare at Naruto.
"Hmph well it seems that you've grown up slightly even if you are a brat," Sasuke said as he vanished. He appeared behind Naruto making the blonde turn his head. The Kyuubi jinchuuriki chuckled as Sasuke charged at him. He drew his sword and easily parried Sasuke's blow making the Uchiha widened his eyes.
"It seems your still the same though, but I'll show you my training," Naruto said as he backflipped into the hall. Sasuke followed him out and the two quickly clashed at each other. Sasuke tried to slash at Naruto, but the blonde dodged it easily with a small pivot of his foot. He quickly jumped from the wall and ran down the corner. Sasuke narrowed his eyes and followed after Naruto. He had to admit that the blonde was a lot faster.
"It seems you've gotten better at running," Sasuke said and Naruto stopped. They both looked around the room and saw it was rather large area.
"I guess this'll do," The blonde said as he turned around to Sasuke. The two stared at each other and Naruto took out his sword again. Sasuke eyed it before he smirked.
"I see you've got a sword too dobe. You trying to match me or something?" Sasuke said and Naruto nodded with a simple shrug.
"It's really fun, but I didn't come here to talk with you," Naruto said and Sasuke cackled before Naruto charged at Sasuke. The two clashed again and their swords rang through the place. Naruto dodged a kick from Sasuke and the Uchiha dodged a punch from the blonde. The both glared at each other before Sasuke backed away from Naruto. The blonde found the time to regroup his stance before he saw Sasuke disappear in a blur of speed. Naruto narrowed his eyes before he ducked avoiding another kick to his face and slammed his hand on the ground. He pushed himself up sending his feet crashing into Sasuke's chin making the Uchiha wince before he stepped away from Naruto.
"You're a lot faster," Sasuke remarked and Naruto nodded. He closed his eyes for a bit and grinned.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto said in thought and immediately a clone appeared next to him. The clone drew it's own sword and immediately the two with Sasuke making the Uchiha growl. Naruto grinned as he sent Sasuke flying with a punch, but not before Sasuke dispelled his clone with kick.
"You're a lot slower Teme. I remember you being faster," Naruto taunted and Sasuke cursed before releasing his sharingan again. He went through some handsigns and yelled.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu," Sasuke yelled sending the fireball at Naruto. The blonde wasn't intimidated as he charged at the fire. He quickly covered his sword in a white glow and slashed at the fireball making it split in two. Sasuke widened his eyes as Naruto jumped in the air.
"Where are you looking Sasuke?" Naruto asked and the Uchiha turned around, but it was too late.
"Rasengan," Naruto's clone roared slamming the ball into Sasuke's form. The Uchiha winced at the pain before he was blasted away from Naruto. The two stared at each other as Sasuke saw three Narutos instead of the one.
"What happened to him using handsigns? Is this a joke?" Sasuke wondered as he got to his feet. All three Narutos charged at Sasuke and the brunette was getting frustrated. He quickly coated his sword in lightning making Naruto stop, but his clones when on. Sasuke slammed the ground and Naruto snarled for a bit.
"Chidori Nagashi( Chidori Current)," Sasuke yelled sending the lightning racing through the ground. It quickly dispelled the electrocuted clones and made it's way to Naruto. The blonde gasped and jumped to the side narrowly avoiding it, but Sasuke's control of the lightning was still good as he made it turn around and head back for the blonde. Naruto cursed before he started to run. The lightning shot forward, but Naruto dodged to the side. It tried again, but Naruto easily maneuvered through it making Sasuke frustrated.
"I'll show you dobe," Sasuke said sending a wave of lightning at the blonde. Naruto skidded away before he thought his jutsu.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto yelled in thought and immediately a wall of clones separated him from Sasuke. The clones took the full charge of lightning and a smoke cloud appeared making Sasuke cover his eyes. He watched the smoke dispel only to see a shadow of Naruto doing his own handsigns. What? Did you think that Naruto didn't have any ninjutsu to his name?
"Fuuton: Shinkushoha( Wind Release: Vacuum Palm Waves)," Naruto yelled sending three huge wind disks at Sasuke. The Uchiha widened his eyes and quickly dodged the disks accurately, but he took his eyes off Naruto and that earned him a slam to the face sending the Uchiha barreling across the ground before he managed a small rebound and got to his feet. Sasuke sucked his teeth and Naruto sighed.
"You really haven't changed at all. Before I do actually get serious why don't you answer this question," Naruto said and Sasuke raised an eyebrow. He seemed like he would so Naruto decided to continue.
"Why didn't you kill me? You had the perfect chance and you didn't. Why not?" Naruto asked even though he knew that technically Sasuke did kill him. It was only thanks to the Shinigami that he was even here right now. Sasuke closed his eyes as he thought back to his brother.
"Don't show your face to me unless you have eyes like mine. Kill your best friend,"
Sasuke remembered those words and they irked him to no end he opened his eyes and 'hmphed'.
"I had no desire to. You were weak and killing you wouldn't give me anything. And I'll never use his way of getting power," Sasuke said and Naruto narrowed his eyes. He must've been talking about Itachi. How great was that?
"But I'll make up that mistake now and kill you without any hope of you being alive," Sasuke said as he charged at Naruto. The blonde sighed as he closed his eyes. He waited for Sasuke to get closer and closer. When Sasuke was right in front of him. The blonde surprised the Uchiha as his blade pierced his chest. Sasuke widened his eyes to when Naruto grabbed him into a hug.
"You really are still gullible," Naruto said and Sasuke watched the blonde fall from the ceiling. Naruto smirked as he held up a handsign.
"Kai," The blonde said and immediately and explosion happened near Sasuke shaking the entire building.
Naruto got to his feet and saw Sasuke huffed. He glared his sharingan at the blonde and growled.
"Damn you dobe. When did you make a kage bunshin?" Sasuke asked and Naruto shook his head.
"Not a kage bunshin. A Bakudan Bunshin. It comes in handy. Now that I've got your attention then you'll have no choice, but to listen to me," Naruto said and Sasuke narrowed his eyes. The blonde sighed and decided to choose his words carefully. Sasuke winced in pain and really needed the time so he decided to hear Naruto out.
"Is there any chance that you'd come back to Konoha?" Naruto asked. He really didn't care of Sasuke said yes or not, but on the chance he did say yes then he'd be willing to try some things and make his life a bit more enjoyable.
Sasuke snorted and rolled his eyes at Naruto's question. It seems that the blonde hadn't grown up at all. It was being a pain to have to try and tell it to him all the time.
"No way dobe. There is nothing for me in Konoha and I sure as hell refuse to go back for anything," Sasuke said and Naruto gave a hidden smirk.
"What about a mother?" Naruto asked and Sasuke raised an eyebrow. He immediately stayed silent and Naruto grinned. He knew he just got the Uchiha in a small spot.
"What the hell are you spouting dobe? I have no mother. My mother is dead, gone and she isn't coming back," Sasuke said and the Uzumaki blonde chuckled. Oh this was too easy to be real. Naruto had to restrain himself from laughing.
"What if I said that I could bring back on Uchiha our of your whole clan for you? I could revive them and they'd be able to walk, talk, and do all the things you do," Naruto said and Sasuke snarled. He charged at Naruto with his sword, but the blonde expected this and the two clashed with each other.
"Don't you dare insult the Uchiha dobe! Now make sense or I kill you," Sasuke said to him and Naruto did a sweep kick knocking off Sasuke's balance.
"Calm down Teme. As I said looking at your options right now I still have more than enough fight and I'm sure you do also, but you've taken more damage. I could easily take you back, have them throw you in prison and let that be the end of it. However unlike you I'm not that cold so I'm giving you the small chance to get someone precious back," Naruto told him and Sasuke narrowed his eyes.
"Why should I believe you? You're not the fuckin' Shinigami," Sasuke said and Naruto sighed.
"Look here Teme, I'll make this simple. You come back, you get someone back. You don't then I force you back and put you in prison where you can stay in there and be unhappy for all I care," Naruto said in a cold tone. He didn't have the time for an arrogant prick and his trust issues. He was on a mission and the longer he stayed was the longer he'd run into Orochimaru.
"How do I know you're telling the truth?" Sasuke asked and Naruto closed his eyes and smiled.
"Because I got my mother back," Naruto said and immediately Kushina came from around a corner. She saw Naruto and Sasuke talking and walked over to them.
"Sochi are you alright?" Kushina asked and Naruto nodded. Sasuke widened his eyes at the woman. For the longest time both he and Naruto were orphans. They had no parents, but here was Naruto's mother and the blonde wasn't a very good liar.
"So you're Sasuke. I still remember when I saw how young you looked in Mikoto's arms sleeping soundly," Kushina said and Naruto snickered while Sasuke slightly blushed in embarrassment.
"You knew my mother?" Sasuke asked her and Kushina nodded with a gentle smile even if seeing Sasuke on the wrong side was bit heartbreaking to the Uzumaki woman as she wondered what Mikoto would think about something like this. Sasuke sighed as he turned to Naruto before looking at the ground.
"Can you do it? Can you really bring my mother back?" Sasuke asked and Naruto nodded. He could bring back the whole clan if he actually wanted, but he'd figure that he'd get more information on why they were murdered before doing anything else.
"That's right. Just agree to three things," Naruto said holding up three fingers. Sasuke and Kushina stared at the blonde and Naruto sighed.
" First, you come back with us and give yourself up willingly," Naruto told him and Sasuke nodded fast. Naruto now had two fingers up.
"Second, you won't ask me how I plan to do this," Naruto said as he'd rather not tell anyone of his contract still. Sasuke glared at Naruto, but the blonde didn't falter. The Uchiha relented and nodded fast. Naruto sighed and held up one finger.
"Third, when she's revived you will not tell anyone that I did it. That is all for my conditions," Naruto said to the Uchiha and Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Those were weird conditions to accept, but the Uchiha nodded not seeing that many other options especially when he was injured.
"Fine, I'll go back peacefully. I won't ask how you did it and I won't tell anyone that you did it. I agree to them all dobe," Sasuke uttered and Naruto nodded with a smile on his face.
"Well alright then Teme. You'll get your mother back," Naruto said and Sasuke did his best to do a small glare at the Uzumaki.
"But if this is a lie just to get me back in Konoha then I will destroy you without a second's hesitation," Sasuke said and Naruto nodded.
"Fine Teme. Shake on it?" Naruto asked with his hand out and the Uchiha gazed at it. He grabbed it and shook it signing the deal that they made. Kushina smiled before she immediately scowled.
"And just in time too," Kushina said as she turned around. Sasuke and Naruto looked also to see Orochimaru and Kabuto come in.
"My if this isn't a pleasant exchange? I never thought I'd see you again Kushina-san. How are you alive?" Orochimaru asked and Kushina shrugged her shoulders.
"Maybe the Shinigami had a change of heart. Who knows," Kushina said and Kabuto walked down the steps. He glanced at Naruto and corrected his glasses.
"Still chasing Sasuke-san Naruto? Man you're hopeless," Kabuto said and Naruto just stared at him. He rolled his eyes before turning to Sasuke.
"Well I must say that given the right incentive that anyone can change their mind. Isn't that right teme?' Naruto asked handing the Uchiha a soldier pill. Sasuke took it and ate the pill feeling his chakra return to his body. The Uchiha grinned as he went through his handsigns.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu," Sasuke yelled sending the fireball as Kabuto. The medic nin widened his eyes and dodged the shot while Orochimaru seethed at Sasuke's betrayal.
"Sasuke! What are you doing!" Orochimaru yelled and the Uchiha looked at his former sensei coldly with his sharingan.
"I'm leaving you. I was planning on doing it anyway, but this is just a much better reason. I have no need of you anymore," The Uchiha said as Orochimaru growled.
"You ungrateful brat. I'll kill you," Orochimaru yelled as he took his sword and charged at Sasuke, but Kushina interfered and smiled.
"Come on Orochimaru, you know I'm better with the sword than you," Kushina said as she kicked him across the room into the adjacent wall. Kabuto widened his eyes before he turned to Naruto.
"You really know how to ruin everything you know that?" Kabuto asked and Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
"Yeah I have a habit of doing that. It's it awesome dattebayo?" Naruto asked and Kabuto scowled. His arm glowed a blue chakra as he dashed at the blonde, but one thing he didn't expect was Naruto's speed and the Uzumaki quickly vanished making Kabuto widen his eyes as Naruto appeared behind him.
"You really are slow or maybe I'm just faster than you now," Naruto said as he grabbed Kabuto. The medic nin to Orochimaru cursed as he tried to break free, but he saw another Naruto who held up a single handsign.
"I never get enough of doing this. Kai" Naruto yelled and his clone exploded sending Kabuto crashing into the wall.
"Alright let's go before we- hey, who are you?' Naruto asked looking at Sai before they heard three people coming. Naruto, Kushina, and Sasuke were prepared for more, but they sighed when they saw Kakashi, Sakura and some chunin come through the halls. Naruto and others winced when they saw Sakura slam Sai in the face.
"How many times are you going to betray us? This is so damn stupid," Sakura said as she looked up. Imagine her surprise when she saw Naruto and Kushina along with...Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun, you're here. I knew it. Now we can take you home," Sakura said and the Uchiha rolled his eyes. He turned to see Naruto grinning like mad, but the Uzumaki didn't say anything.
"Naruto did you do something?" Sakura asked while Kakashi narrowed his eyes. He took out a kunai, but they had bigger problems to worry about.
"Sorry to interrupt this reunion, but you will all not get out of here," Orochimaru said as he took out his sword and Kabuto got to his feet. Sasuke smirked and so did Naruto. The two stood in front of everyone else and did their handsigns.
"Ready Teme?" Naruto asked and Sasuke snorted. They both finished their handsigns in perfect unison which surprised everyone.
"Let's do it dobe," Sasuke said as they each did their individual jutsus.
"Fuuton: Shinkushoha," Naruto yelled sending the wind disks at Orochimaru and Kabuto while Sasuke did his.
"Katon: Ryūka no Jutsu," Sasuke yelled sending the blazing fires to collided with the wind blazing making them even more intense as Orochimaru and Kabuto dodged them. The blades exploded into the wall making it crumble to the ground as Naruto and Sasuke smirked.
"Too easy," They both said as everyone seemed confused, especially Kakashi and Sakura. Why was Sasuke helping them fight Orochimaru? It seemed like a dream that they were watching. However they turned around to see Kabuto running at them and Naruto chuckled.
"Ready again Sasuke?' Naruto asked and the Uchiha simply smirked with a nod. Naruto vanished in a blur of speed behind Kabuto surprising the medic nin. He planted a kick to Kabuto's back sending him into the air. Kabuto winced at the pain before Sasuke jumped into the air behind him. He unsheathed his sword and using the bottom of it, he slammed Kabuto across the face sending him back at Naruto. Naruto unsheathed his own sword as he brought it back.
"Uzu no Fukusu:Kōtei No Sakataki( Whirlpool Revenge: Reversed Imperial Waterfall)," Naruto yelled as he unleashed an entire wave of chakra into the air sending Kabuto with it. Kabuto yelled out from the pressure of the attack until he hit the ground while Naruto sheathed his sword.
"I think we should go. Who knows how long we have till they come back," Naruto said and everyone agreed with him. They all quickly ran from the base towards the entrance that Naruto and Kushina came through. Naruto left a clone their just in case of anything and everyone shot off into the trees disappearing from view leaving a seething Orochimaru and injured Kabuto behind.
Forest, Nighttime
Everyone sighed as they gathered around a fire. They hadn't been caught by Orochimaru so they could only assume that he and Kabuto gave up on the chase.
"So it was an A-ranked mission for you to go through one of Orochimaru's bases. Why didn't Tsunade-sama tell us about this?" Sakura wondered making Naruto and Kushina shrug their shoulders, but that was hardly everyone concern as they all were looking at Sasuke which pegged the Uchiha quite a bit.
"What?" Sasuke asked and Sakura just smiled as she walked up to him.
"I'm just glad you're coming home Sasuke-kun. We've missed you," Sakura said while Naruto rolled his eyes. Missed him? She was the only one who missed him. The only reason Naruto offered to bring Sasuke back at all was just so he could simply keep that promise to Sakura and that was it. Nothing more nothing less.
"Hmph, whatever. It's only because of the dobe that I'm going back. Just don't get in my way," Sasuke said making Sakura slightly frown. Everyone sighed, but sort of expected something like that.
"So Kakashi-sensei what's Sasuke punishment looking like?" Naruto asked and Sakura turned to him as well. All eyes were one the jonin as Kakashi looked at the fire. He sighed and turned to Sasuke.
"It depends. Since Sasuke gave himself up then he'll have a lighter sentence and if he tells us all about Orochimaru and his works then it might be reduced again, but not matter how much he will have to serve some time in prison. I know that much," Kakashi and Sakura slightly laughed in nervousness.
"B-But it was the curse mark. It was influencing Sasuke-kun. They can't do that to him," Sakura said and some people sighed.
"I'm sure Naruto will say something for Sasuke," Sakura said turning to Naruto and the blonde mentally cursed.
"Dammit, why does this always come back to me? Sasuke's not a brat. Well he is, but he can take care of himself. This is a joke," Naruto thought before he sighed.
"Sakura, you know how Sasuke is. He doesn't want our help and I'm sure he doesn't need it," Naruto said and Sasuke nodded.
"That's right I don't. I can handle myself just fine Sakura," Sasuke said to her and Sakura sighed before sitting down around the fire. Everyone had stayed silent for the time being while Kushina got to her feet. She slowly walked off into the woods and Naruto decided to follow her. He wondered what was wrong with her and decided to leave.
Kushina walked to a small creek that they had passed and took a sip of water. She let the water cleanse her throat and sighed. They had a successful mission and while she was happy about that she just couldn't forget about what happened to her last night. She had dreamt of something. Something that made her wonder where her relationship with her son was going. She dreamt of herself and doing 'things' with Naruto. She couldn't sleep at all that night and that was the first time she had dreamt of her son that way. It was staggering to the Uzumaki woman how she felt for her son. She quickly knew that what was being replaced with motherly feeling were a woman's feelings. The feeling of having a man near her, the feeling of being touched and kissed the way Naruto did. He might not have done it perfectly, but that didn't mean anything to her. Heck, Kushina couldn't lie and say that it didn't feel good and she wasn't sure what was holding her back, but she could feel it in her heart somewhere. Maybe it was with a incident during her teenager years. Something like that.
"Hey Kaa-chan," Naruto said surprising Kushina and she gulped. The female Uzumaki nearly jumped at her son's voice before turning around to look at him. She saw him leaning on a tree with his arms folded. He looked rather handsome in his attire even if it was slightly destroyed from his fight with Sasuke.
"Hey sochi, why aren't you with the others?" Kushina asked and Naruto grinned. He rubbed the back of his head, but then he got serious which made Kushina startle.
"Kaa-chan we need to talk," Naruto told her and Kushina nodded. She had a really good idea on what he wanted to talk with her about and the two walked for a bit. Naruto wondered what number this talk was that they were about to have. It seems that they had been talking a lot with each other, not that they minded it fully.
Seeing a secluded spot, Naruto and Kushina sat in the middle of a field where the moon was shining down on them both giving the other a sort of mystic appearance to the one next to them. Both sighed and stared away from each other for a few minutes. It seemed the that two loudest Uzumaki were generally quiet about such things, but then again they had every right to be.
"I'll stop Kaa-chan," Naruto told her making Kushina turn her gaze to him. She raised an eyebrow at what he could mean and Naruto decided to explain.
"I'll stop doing the things you don't like. If you don't want to be with me then I said I won't force you. I just wan you to be happy and if you don't see that with me then I'll just stop and I'm sorry for what I did," Naruto told her as he looked at the ground. Kushina widened her eyes before looking down.
"It's not your fault Sochi. It's mine. It's always been my fault. Right from when you first kissed me I felt something, but I didn't want to. Yes I know about all the things clans do, but I also saw the strife, ridicule, and other things that came with it. I didn't want that for you. I care more about you than anyone else I can think of," Kushina said and Naruto chuckled while he rubbed the back of his head. It felt sort of good to hear that from her.
"I care about you too Kaa-chan, but what made you think it was your fault. I mean I'm the one who did it," Naruto claimed and Kushina sighed.
"It's because you seemed so sure of your feelings and I kept telling you that they weren't real. I thought about the fault in those words that I said to you and I knew it was my fault for the distance I created between you and myself. I just don't want us to end like two other people I knew," Kushina said and this got Naruto's attention.
"Mind telling me?" Naruto asked and Kushina sighed. She recalled her memories and began.
"Their names were Kira Uzumaki and Kota Uzumaki. They were both brother and sisters. Cousins of mine from some part of my family that I remember. They loved each other, a lot more than a brother and sister should. They had kept their relationship hidden and when I found out they told me to keep it a secret also. I supported their relationship. I didn't know the reason they kept it hidden, but later on I knew. Their mother was completely against incest. They both shared her, but different father so they were more like half-brother and sister. Anyway, when she found out about it she had disowned them claiming that what they did was an immoral injustice to everything. Both Kira and Kota were sad that their mother could say that. I tried to console them as best I could, but they always seemed to fall into some sort of depression. Granted they always got out of it, but it seemed that they drifted from each other after that. They couldn't stand each other after that. They stopped loving each other, stopped talking, and just wouldn't be seen together anymore. It was also around that time that I realized that Kira was pregnant, but Kota wouldn't take care of it no matter what. I told him that he should, but he rarely did so Kira did it herself. Their child came out perfect like any other child. Something about the Uzumaki bloodline makes it so that no deformities happen to our children. Kira came to hate Kota and the two never even saw the other as family anymore. Naruto I don't want that for you and me," Kushina finished taking a small breath and Naruto let it all soak in. He'd never heard of such a story before. It slightly pissed him off actually.
"And you think that's what's going to happen to us? You think I'm going to end up hating you and not see you as family anymore?" Naruto asked and Kushina slowly nodded. Naruto then did the unexpected...he laughed. The blonde fell to the ground and held his stomach as he laughed. Kushina watched her son laugh his head off. It slightly irked her for some reason and before she could shout at her son, Naruto stopped laughing and held his hands up in defense.
"Sorry Kaa-chan, I didn't mean to laugh. It's not at the story, but rather I'm laughing at the fact that I thought you just didn't like to be around me is all," Naruto said and Kushina seemed even more confused.
"Why would I not like being around you Sochi? I've always loved it," Kushina replied and Naruto sat back up.
"Well we were avoiding each other for those three days before the mission and you...moved out of the bedroom," Naruto said while Kushina slowly blushed.
"Oh that...well that was of umm...wow this is embarrassing dattebane," Kushina chuckled while rubbing the back of her head. Naruto grinned also as he got up to his feet.
"Well anyway Kaa-san. That's not going to happen with me or you," Naruto said to her and Kushina raised an eyebrow. There went that baseless confidence of his. Not that she wasn't the same at times, but that was beside the point at the moment.
"Oh? And what makes you so sure?" She asked and Naruto put a finger to his chin. He thought it over for a second and then turned back to his mother.
"You think I'm using some baseless confidence again don't you?" he asked and Kushina widened her eyes before moving her eyes around to avoid his making Naruto's guess the right one.
"Alright Kaa-chan if I loved you and you loved me. Do you think we would fail like that?" Naruto asked her and Kushina found it troubling to answer that or rather she wasn't sure.
"Well I'm not sure. Do you think we'd fail?" Kushina asked and Naruto shook his head. He just got his mother interested in the possible aspects of something like this.
"No I don't. I can't say why Kaa-chan. Just know that I'll do anything to make you happy. I mean it. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me," Naruto exclaimed and Kushina felt her heart skip a beat. Kushina got to her feet along and followed Naruto until the blonde abruptly stopped.
"What's the matter?" Kushina asked and Naruto shook his head.
"Nothing wrong Kaa-chan. It's just that I'm glad you told me that story," Naruto said and Kushina wondered what he meant by that. Naruto turned around to face his mother and startled her a bit. He quickly lessened the distance between them both, but instead of a kiss like Kushina expected, Naruto hugged her. He gently wrapped his arms around his mother and sighed.
"Kaa-chan I can't tell you how it could go. I don't know everything, but I know that I love you. Again, I'd do anything for you. Would you give me a chance?" Naruto asked making Kyuubi grin inside his demon realm mindscape.
"It's getting good now. Please kiss the damn brat. This on and off thing is so stupid. Go kit," Kyuubi said in thought and Kushina continued to slightly smile.
"I should stop. I shouldn't do this. He's my son and I'm his mother. We'll destroy our relationship," Kushina said in thought, but her thoughts didn't register at all as she wrapped her arms around her son.
"Man sochi you're making this difficult. Here I am trying to repair our mother-son relationship and you keep trying to tear it down dattebane," Kushina said slightly laughing and Naruto smiled.
"I'll always be your son Kaa-chan. I'd just like to be more than that," Naruto said and Kushina smiled. She smiled at his words. She smiled at his confidence and she smiled at his enthusiasm.
"So you really don't mind being with your mother?" Kushina asked as she stopped the hug and looked at the ground. Naruto watched her reaction of nervousness. It made her slightly even more cute than before which he wondered if it was possible. Naruto smiled as he cupped her cheek and pushed her face to his.
"If minded anything it's that you weren't with me," Naruto said and Kushina blushed again. She saw Naruto's face reflected off the moon and his eyes magnified by the moon's appearance. Kushina bit her lip before she gave a heavy sigh.
"I still think this is wrong Sochi and it will take me time to get used to all that's going on, but you've been so sweet to me and I've got nothing to complain about anymore. Sochi if you love me then, just like before, kiss me," Kushina said and Naruto widened his eyes while Kushina closed hers. She smiled and stood on her tiptoes since Naruto was a little taller than her.
Naruto gulped as he felt his heart lighten. Kushina smiled as Naruto lowered his head. He was nervous, beyond nervous even. He wasn't sure why, but he didn't care. Naruto cupped his mother's cheeks and gently kissed her, but now it was different. There was no resistance, no hesitation and no mixed feelings. It was all the same. Kushina kissed Naruto back and they deepened their connection. Naruto wrapped his arms around his mother's waist and Kushina wrapped her over his neck. Kyuubi was doing a jig shouting out nice things and how he had seen it all now.
Kushina shuddered under her son's mouth. She wasn't hesitating to kiss him back anymore. She loved her son and he loved her. Naruto easily overpowered her lips and like last time his tongue begged for some acceptance, but this time there was no resistance and no waiting. Kushina quickly opened her mouth and both embraced each other in a more passionate kiss. Kushina had never felt so hot in her life. She was kissing her son, her arms were roaming his form and she was enjoying it.
Naruto and Kushina stumbled through the fields and before long the two lost their balance and Kushina ended up on top of Naruto with her hair making a tent to hide them from anyone watching. The two chuckled at each other as they faces where flushed from their make-out. Naruto held his hand up and caressed his mother's soft, creamy skin as Kushina placed a hand over his.
"I love you Kaa-chan," Naruto said sheepishly and Kushina smiled. Naruto felt something wet on his cheeks and noticed Kushina was crying.
"What? Why am I crying dattebane?" Kushina wondered before she placed her forehead to her son's.
"I love you sochi. More than you'll ever know. Now before we return to our group, kiss me again," she said and Naruto smiled, but stopped for a second.
"Just as soon as you tell me why you were so tired this morning. You seemed so exhausted," Naruto said and Kushina blushed as she averted her gaze from her son.
"Umm t-that was because of a dream I had. Would you like to hear it?" Kushina asked and Naruto nodded in earnest so Kushina began.
"I was in my room. Kissing the man of my dreams. I loved him so much and I couldn't get enough of him. He did 'things' to me that I just couldn't get out of my head and the reason I couldn't sleep was because it wasn't Minato doing it Naruto. It was you. You were the one who was in my dreams. I tried to get rid of it, but the more I did the more I realized it. Naruto-kun, let me tell you something that Mito-baachan told me," Kushina said and Naruto nodded.
"In our world, in our times. Truth are lies and lies are truth, nothing is right. In our world, morality doesn't mater, neither does immorality. Everything it permitted," Kushina said and Naruto thought it over.
"Nothing is right, but everything is permitted. Nice phrase," The blonde said and Kushina agreed.
"I finally understand what she meant. Naruto-kun let's do what we want dattebane," Kushina said throwing all of her sanity out of the proverbial window and kissed Naruto again shocking the blonde, but he welcomed it.
Back with the group
"Man where are you? They've been gone for over half an hour. Maybe we should look for them," Sakura said and everyone was about to agree, but then the immoral mother and son duo came through the trees and smiled.
"Sorry about that. I had to tell Kaa-chan a few things," Naruto said while Kakashi gave an eyesmile.
"Well at least you're alright. It'd be bad if you two didn't come back. So what got you two in such a happy mood?" Kakashi asked and Kushina swung her arm around her son's neck while Naruto rubbed the back of his head.
"Just mother and son bonding dattebane. Nothing more than that," The Uzumaki woman replied making everyone raise their eyebrows at them.
"Right, well let's get going. We've rested enough for one day," Kakashi said, but he saw everyone yawn and sighed.
"Alright, sleep first then we get going. I'll stand the first watch," Kakashi told them, but Naruto patted his shoulder.
"No Kakashi-sensei I'll do it. Kaa-chan taught me about night surveillance. You get some rest," Naruto said and Kakashi nodded. He sighed and went to sleep while Naruto headed up to a tree to stand guard. Right next to him Kushina appeared smiling.
"I thought you'd go to sleep also," Naruto said, but Kushina waved him off.
"I wouldn't be able to anyway. I'll stay awake with you tonight," Kushina said and Naruto smiled. They both watched the moon for a bit and just enjoyed the company of each other since it was nice to feel a certain freedom that the two Uzumaki attained.
"Kaa-chan you think it's wrong?" Naruto asked simply testing something out and Kushina giggled.
"A little late for that isn't it? But yeah I think it's wrong and I don't care anymore dattebane. I'll let people say what they want, but I'll never let you be alone again. As my son and...my lover," Kushina said to him and Naruto leaned back into his mother's lap as Kushina stroked his hair. Both Uzumaki were together and they didn't care who said what anymore. All that mattered was what they thought of themselves and the other.
KG: Yeah I pushed it and I don't care that I did. Now I'm clarifying some things. Yes Kushina is with Naruto now, but as it says it will take her time to get used to it so go on that. Nothing more to say about that and as for Sasuke, I've got stuff planned for him so don't bite me for getting him back this easily. Laterz.