Cat: Naruto
Title: Pain, Suffering, Healing
Rating: M
Pairing: Naruto X Anko/Shizune/F Gaara/F Kurama, Lee X Tenten, Tsunade X Jiraiya, Shikamaru X Temari,
Summary: People could go through periods of pain, people endured times of suffering, but after all of that came the healing. Uzumaki Naruto has suffered through pain his entire 17 years of life. Now three beauties will do their best to heal his soul, mind, and heart.
Heyo! So this is something a little special. It's actually an old Fan-fiction that just vanished from the web in the early days of fiction between 08-13. I don't know the whole story behind WHY it vanished. I just know that it vanished from every fan fiction site there is. However, I did put my spin on things to freshen them up. The only thing I'll admit to is that it was originally a Naruto X Anko story. Also, the original was made during the time of the theory that Minato was named Arashi and was named Uzumaki and the Uzumaki clan was a complete unknown.
The F Gaara thing is just for shits and giggles as I think Gaara is like the 4th or 6th Most Genderbent character in Naruto behind Haku, Sasuke, Naruto, Kurama, and Itachi.
"I'll protect you," speech
"Don't die on us Naruto-kun," thought/Flashback/letters
"Rasengan!" Demon/boss summon speech
"Die already! Demon/Boss thought
Anyway I don't own Naruto nor am I the original creator of this particular style of fic. I can't give you the original author or fic as I fear it has been lost to time itself. If I somehow find said person I will put their name in the chapter and direct you to the original story.
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Chapter 1: Pain pt 1
Location: Konoha
Place: Hokage Tower, Hokage office
Time: 1130
The Land of Fire rarely ever saw rain. Only a few times in its history had it rained for more than a day. This was one of those times where it seemed to just come down. It had been raining ever since a specific man had returned to Konoha two days ago. Now said man was in the office of the village's leader alongside her two apprentices, and the Kazekage who happened be be in Konoha on business.
Senju Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage of Konoha was a beautiful woman and despite being nearly 60 years old she looked closer to her late 20's early 30's, she wasn't tall standing only at 5'3" she was a slender woman with noticeably large breasts, but she more than made up for it with her beauty, fair-skinned woman with honey brown eyes and straight blonde hair that parts above her forehead, shoulder-length bangs that frame her face and the rest reach her lower back. it tied in two loose ponytails. The Strength of a Hundred Seal - taking the appearance of a violet diamond- is clearly visible on her forehead. wearing grass-green haori with the kanji for "gamble "on the back, inside a red circle. Underneath she wears a gray, kimono-style blouse with no sleeves, held closed by a broad, dark bluish-grey obi that matches her pants. Her blouse is closed quite low, revealing her sizable cleavage. She wears open-toed, strapped black sandals with high heels. She has red nail polish on both her fingernails and toenails and uses soft pink lipstick. Despite the stony expression on her face, she was currently frantic with worry over the boy who she had begun to see as her own son, despite the fact they were actually distant cousins. Naruto had helped her out of a very bad place in her life. What a lot of people didn't know was that Tsunade had gotten pregnant during the third war. Shortly after Dan died, she had discovered she was pregnant, but only after a bad attack that had hurt her in such a way that it was nearly impossible for her to have children of her own bloodline. So Shizune and Naruto were the closet things to children she had.
Koto Shizune a fair-skinned woman standing at 5'2" and slender build with C-cup breasts, onyx eyes, and jet-black hair that is straight and shoulder-length with bangs that cover her ears and frame her face. Wearing in a long bluish-black kimono with white trimmings, held closed by a white obi, and open-toed sandals with low heels. Shizune didn't even try to hide her worry. She loved Naruto like a brother. It didn't hurt that his never-say-die attitude reminded her of her uncle Dan's own personality. Or Even Nawaki's who Shizune had been friends with during her academy days. Currently like her Master/Mother Figure, she was out of her mind with worry. While she didn't have the same problems that Tsunade was currently facing, She had had a chance to get to act like a kid with Naruto a few times. Playing shogi, dressing up Naruto in nice clothes, and even playing tag. But she also got to know Naruto outside of Shinobi duties and while she used to view him as a little brother, but before he left she slowly gained something of a crush on him. A crush she never planned to explore since there was nearly a decade age gap between them.
Haruno Sakura had fair skin, green eyes, and long pink hair that she pulled into a ponytail pink hair. She wasn't any older than 17, but in terms of the village she could be considered a real beauty. wearing a sleeveless red qipao dress that reaches her upper thighs, with white trimmings and a white circular design on the back similar to her Part I attire; it is tied with a black obi. She wears black shorts underneath the dress, black gloves, and pink elbow and knee protectors. She has also changed her previous boots to regular black, high-heeled ninja sandals the younger medical apprentice of Senju Tsunade was pacing back and forth. She had been looking forward to seeing her teammate after not seeing him for 5 years. Yes, Five years. After blossoming more, she thought that it would be nice to see him and maybe... No that was another matter altogether. Right now, like the older two women she was worried about her knucklehead.
Next was The Toad Sage, Konoha's spymaster, Tsunade's secret husband and Super Pervert Jiraiya was a tall and quite handsome man. Standing at 6'2 and a well-built man with fair skin. He had waist-length, spiky white hair that he usually ties back into a ponytail, with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face. There were red lines under his eyes which extended further down his face as he got older. He wore a short shirt kimono and matching pants, under which he wore mesh armor that is visible at his wrists and ankles. He also wore hand guards, a black belt, wooden sandals, and a red haori with two yellow circles on each side. He often carried a large scroll on his back and had a tattoo on his left palm, and he wore a horned forehead protector with the kanji for "oil" (Appearance to come) Out of everyone Jiraiya was the one most wrecked with worry. Worry and guilt. Worry over his second-ever apprentice and Guilt over the fact that he allowed his Godson to leave his side without.
Finally, was the Kazekage, Jinchiruki of the one-tailed Beast Shukaku, the Youngest of the Sabuki siblings and former 'Weapon' of Suna Sabuku no Gaia. Or as she was known at the time Sabuku no Gaara Because of the way females of the Shinobi world tended to be treated as breeding stock or powerful tools should they be discovered it was a common tactic for females to disguise themselves as males to protect themselves. As such not many would know how beautiful Gaia was unless she allowed her male illusion to drop. She was still shorter than most standing at only 5'0 even never really growing in the last few years, but then again it was a miracle she wasn't a flat as a board girl as Haruno Sakura was during the chunin exams all those years ago. She was actually quite happy her chest had grown to rival her sister's D-Cup chest, and while Temari might have had the legs Gaia had the hips and Ass. She had come to the village for diplomatic reasons. However, when she heard that the man who defeated her and brought her back from the brink of insanity. She, her siblings, and her village would forever be thankful to him. It was Naruto that inspired her to take up the mantle of Kazekage. And in the five years since then, she had wanted... needed to speak to him so that he could understand the adoration and admiration that she had for Uzumaki Naruto.
Tsunade paced back and forth biting her thumbnail in worry for the closest thing she had to a son. Jiraiya and Naruto were supposed to return to the village when Naruto was 15, but Upon a request from Jiraiya, Tsunade allowed them to extend the training mission by 2 years.
When the Sky had been dark with rain clouds Jiraiya had returned. Tsunade had been excited to see her adopted son and secret husband. However, Jiraya told her that Naruto and he had parted ways nearly a week ago as Naruto told him that he had something to take care of. Jiraiya had shrugged his shoulders and was under the assumption that Naruto was going to go train since he had just under half the chakra. When Naruto hadn't returned after a day Jiraiya got worried. He tried to reverse summon Naruto, but Naruto had given the Toads strict orders not to reverse summon him unless he broke an emergency evac scroll that was keyed to Gamakichi.
Tsunade stopped her pacing and punched the desk, breaking it clean in half! The fact that the desk had been used by all five reigning Hokages and thus a historical item had no bearing to her mood at the moment.
"Dammit it Jiraiya! Why did you let him go?" growled the Slug Princess.
Jiraiya sighed as he rubbed his forehead. "Tsu-hime I didn't know what he was up to. He only had half his chakra when he slipped off in the middle of the night. Hell, his trail was cold before I even had a chance to find him. He even disabled the reverse summon of the Toads. Damn Uzumaki's and their sealing skills,"
"What would make Naruto-kun, leave you alone Jirarya-sama? He knows that Orochimaru and Akatsuki are hunting him down at the moment," said Shizune holding ton-ton.
"Don't know. We were in a town at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rocks. We planned to stay for a day or so, but then he got this.. look in his eye and told me that he had to go do something. I don't know what he had to do, but he only had half his chakra," said Jiraiya.
"Uzumaki Naruto... isn't someone to underestimate. Please don't think to badly of my... friend. Uzumaki Naruto hardly ever does anything without reason," said Gaia as if choosing her words carefully.
"You Baka," said Sakura under her breath.
Everyone in the room lapsed into a tense silence just as the rain began to slow to a small drizzle. An ANBU appeared in the room. It was a purple-haired haired slender woman with a katana over her right shoulder. She wore a mask that looked like a cat's face.
"Neko this better be important.
"Tsunade-sama, a patrol report came in. A mile out from the north gate two figures are approaching One of them looked to be carrying the other," said Neko.
Tsunade looked at Jiraya and the others.
It may have only been a few days, but Jiraya did come in from the northern gate.
"Where are the other patrols?" asked Tsunade.
"The other patrols are currently still at the border regions. At the current pace they are walking it will be at least another hour before they get to the gate," said Neko.
"Keep me updated and go monitor the situation," said Tsunade.
Neko vanished, but Sakura didn't wait for the smoke to vanish before she jumped out the window. She gracefully landed on the mud and water-soaked ground 4 stories below, not even minding that she was getting wet or her heels were getting dirty, and ran to the northern gate.
"NARUTO!" yelled Sakura.
This peaked the attention of several people, Shinobi and civilian included. Several Chunin and Genin followed after Sakura with several of the civilians spreading the word. Two years of peace away without the Fox-Brat.
Tsunade clicked her teeth. "Cheeky brat," thought Tsunade.
Location: Konoha
Place: Outsikirts of the Nothern Gate
Time: 1205
Each step was a battle.
Each breathwas a struggle against death itself.
Everything hurt. Even his hair hurt. 17-year-old Uzumaki Naruto could only imagine what he looked like at the moment. At 5'10 he had had a massive growth spurt from his original 4'8" when he left with Jiraya-sensei almost 5 years ago. His spike blonde hair he knew had blood in it, even though he had allowed it to grow out to his shoulders to learn something Jiraya's Spiky haired shield. His blue eyes were tired and his left eye was swollen shut. His whiskered-like marks on his cheeks had thickened slightly over the years and according to his good friend Queen Koyuki of the land of snow, Naruto could be a real heartbreaker. His muscled body still had some fat to it and was currently littered with scars, cuts, gashes, and even the makings of what could be a carded burned hole that was just above his heart. And were it not for chance and luck he would be dead at the moment. His black shirt was pretty much ripped to shreds and his orange and black jacket was currently used as bandages on both his body and the other guy he was carrying. Around his neck was a green gem that was given to him by the woman he considered his mother. The First Hokag'es necklace that could buy three mountains and the gold and diamond mines in them.
He knew that he had entered the Land of Fire territory not that long ago and knew that the long-range patrols were tailing him. He just put one foot in front of the other and went along with it. He lost track of time. Seconds, minutes, hours. He didn't know. All he knew was that if he stopped if he tripped, if he fell... he would not rise. So before he knew it he was within spitting distance of the gate. He had only just now noticed that the rain stopped.
"Would this rain cleanse these blood-soaked hands?" thought Naruto with a chuckle.
He looked up and saw that several people were standing there his vision was slightly blurry, but he knew that shade of pink anywhere. It was the one person he wanted to see the most. Not because he still had a crush on her, but because he wasn't going to let a promise go unfulfilled. Naruto dropped the person that was on his back ot the ground and panted as he tried to stay up, but his body was just so damn weak.
"It took... it took five years, but a promise is a promise. I brought him back Sakura-chan. I brought Sasuke back," said the blond through labored breaths.
Sakura leaned forward, almost as if she didn't hear Naruto speak. She looked at her long-time crush. The man she said that she would marry when she was just a little girl practicing kissing with Ino. She ignored the wounds of her teammate and arguably best friend. The person she had had her first time with just before he left on his five-year training trip with Master Jiraiya. She ignored all of that for the man lying on the ground. Raven black hair that was slicked in such a way to resemble the backside of a duck, moon-pale skin that was covered in cuts, and a bruise along his handsome jaw. His black eyes were covered in medical tape with intricate lines that while Sakura couldn't read, she knew that they were seals. He wore a simple kimono top and pants, while shackles were around his hands and feet.
Sakura quickly went to her hands and knees and began to run a medical jutsu on him. Low pulse, blood loss, several broken bones including all his fingers and legs. But he was here. He was alive and with a few weeks or even months of physical therapy he would be back on his feet in no time. Skaura wanted to cry, in fact she let loose a few choked sobs before picking Uchiha Sasuke up bridal style and rushing him to the hospital.
All as the people looked on joy in their hearts and minds as the last 'loyal' Uchiha was returned to Konoha where he belonged. All of that joy quickly turned to anger as a cough of pain caught their attention.
They looked at the one who hurt the Uchiha and began to call out for blood. The Chunin and Genin in attendance- those who bought into the Uchiha is God Complex drew kunai and prepared to attack. Stones were picked up by the people who began to throw them at Naruto. The whole-time shouts that 'he killed the Uchiha or 'Finish what The Fourth Started' Rang out! Naruto didn't have the energy to dodge let alone respond.
"You're wrong," Naruto thought as a rock hit his shoulder.
"He's not that badly hurt!" he once again thought as a stone struck his knee.
"He'll live!" he despicably wanted to say as a kunai struck him in the stomach
They moved in then. Chunin with intent to kill. Naruto wanted to laugh. these idiots were out to kill him. Sure he had been beaten up quite a bit during his academic days, but they never took it to far. He now knew that Sarutobi-jiji had an ANBU unit watching him at all times. Sure some of them didn't bother to stop it, but they always made sure that Naruto would live through it if it seemed to be to bad. If they were going to send him to the pure lands or wherever he was supposed to go they could at least do it quick since he was ready to kill over dammit!
"Summoning Jutsu!" yelled a voice that sounded vaguely familiar.
Several people in the crowd stopped as they looked at the 20-foot-long snake and the person who stood before Naruto. She had a kunai drawn and was ready to send anyone to the underworld if they went after the blond. Beauty wouldn't be the right word to describe her. Fem Fatale would be more asatue. Anyone who saw her would realize this as Mitarashi Anko didn't believe in beauty in the traditional sense of the word. Carnage, blood, and battle all were beautiful in her eyes, but then again considering she was raised and trained by konoha's number one psychopath would warp anyone's sense of beauty. Anko stood at 5'4" and was lean, not in the sense that she didn't have any amounts of fat on her, not it was a healthy lean that showed how seriously she took her training. It also didn't hurt that her breasts which were nearly always on display were a nice round DD-cup. Not at big as Tsunade's or that Hyuga girl's, but she was at least number 4 or 5 in the village when it came to best tits light brown, pupil-less eyes that normally held a joking and mischievous hint to them now showed the air of the former apprentice of the Snake sannin. Her violet hair was styled in a short, spiky, fanned-out ponytail. Wearing a thin metal mesh to fit the lines of her body that covers her from neck to thigh it left little to the imagination as just taking off her coat could reveal the full extent of her breasts to the world, but a small application of chakra kept the tan knee leg nth overcoat in place, a dark orange mini-skirt, a dark blue belt, and pale grey shin guards. In addition to the typical forehead protector, she also wears a small pendant that looks like a snake fang.
"If anyone wants to become snake food then please come and greet my pet!" yelled Anko.
One of the Chunin glared at Anko. "Get out of the way snake whore and we'll consider letting you off with just a beating!?" growled the chunin.
Anko laughed. "Like I haven't heard that one before. Come and get me dickless!" yelled Anko.
Two of the chunin ran through hand signs. "Fire Release: Fire Ball Justu!" yelled the Chunin unleashing what had become Konoha's signature attack.
Two fire balls maybe the size of a end table came out of their mouths. This wasn't overly impressive considering many people in konoha could use this jutsu, but for two civilian born and raised Shinobi this was impressive. But a battle of shinobi and Kunoichi a real battle wasn't about flashy jutsu or
But Anko was a freak of nature when it came to being a kunoichi. "Earth Release: Mud Wall Jutsu!"
Before either Chunin could figure out what happened a wall of earth and rubble rose defending Anko and the Demon-brat growling in anger neither Chunin saw the large boa swoop down on them and eat them both whole.
"Any other takers?" asked Anko
"ANBU!" yelled Tsunade as she stomped on the ground causing a mini quake stopping all combatants as several men and women in armor and face masks similar to Neko's appeared. "Arrest anyone who so much as spit at Uzumaki Naruto!"
one Chunin walked forward. "How can you defend the Kyubi after what he did to Uchiha-sama!"
A senbon was thrown and hit the man in the neck, purple lines began to make their way up his body, and he began to cough and claw at his throat.
Tsunade looked at Shizune with a raised eyebrow.
"You never repelled the Third's law that he just broke," said Shizune.
"Good point," said Tsunade as she rushed over to Anko who was holding Naruto in a tight embrace and whispering in his ear.
"It's alright foxy-kun. I have you... Anko-chan has you," said Anko.
"Anko get him to the hospital. "Kazekage-sama I know that it isn't my place to ask this but.
"I was going to go regardless. I won't let anyone harm Uzumaki Naruto if I can help it," said Gaia as she created a platform of sand underneath Anko and Naruto.
"He needs immediate triage I can at least do some minor healing and at least stabilize his condition," said Shizune as Anko laid Naruto down while Shizune got to work removing his cloths and using her first aid kit that she kept with her at all times.
Tsunade bit her lip. Her... her son was line a life-threatening situation and she had to play Hokage and figure out what the hell happened.
"Very well. Handle it Shizune. As the Head of the Medical Nin core I'm give you full authority to do what you need to do to save Chunin Uzumaki Naruto's life. While I deal with this... mess," said Tsunade as she glared at the more than 100 people left alive, seventeen of which were HER shinobi.
"What are your orders Hokage-sama?" asked Neko.
"Take them to the Holding cells in the Old Uchiha Police headquarters. I've been meaning to reallocate that district and reform the Shinobi Police, might as well start now. Neko Once everyone is in the holding and processed wait for my summons," said Tsunade before she turned to Boar. "Call the Civilian, Shinobi and Elder councils," said Tsunade.
The next few days were about to be a headache, that much she was sure of.
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And Cut. I hope you guys enjoyed that. Now the original creator of this story... who I don't even remember the name of had this a pretty epic length with each chapter numbered in the at least 15K words. While I can't rewrite the entire story perbatum I do remember many of the key points.
The first chapter I do remember that it was raining Tsunade, Jiraya, and Sakura were waiting for Naruto to return to Konoha and that it was rainging. There was a lot going in in that chapter. I do remember that the attack on Naruto was a lot fiercer and more vicious then I could do justice to.
Anyway take care, everyone.