Sennin of the Four Nations
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Naruto x Harem
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Author's note
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I had two images made for this story. Find them on deviantart under my profile therealkyuubi16.
Sennin of the Four Nations and Na Lee at the Beach. Please favorite and comment on them. One of them you'll see as this story cover image.
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Story Start
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For the better part of an hour Naruto paced back and forth in front of the room. No matter what he tried to come up with he found himself unable to come up with the right thing to say. What could he say? With Ty Lee, Mai, and Toph the words just seemed to flow out. He had an idea on what to do, but with Azula he had found himself unable to come up with anything.
'W-What do I do?'
His mental pondering came to an end when he felt a tug. The familiar tug of the Jinchuuriki-Bijuu mindspace. Going into one of the spare rooms and getting into a meditative pose Naruto rested his mind and entered his mind space.
To his surprise only one Bijuu was there. "Chomei? What's going on?"
Lucky Number seven, the flying Bijuu insectoid was the only there. "I have come to offer you advice young Naruto. You have much worry for your flame queen and I believe I can help you find the words to speak."
"What? How?" Surprised that the Bijuu even knew what was going on.
"Even worlds apart the link between the nine of us can not be severed. Kurama shows us much and allow us to view your memories. I have seen the bonds you have established and what you wish to do. Though not as peacefully you walk the same path father did. Though I understand why you may have doubts." It was not the belief of Bijuu being incapable of giving advice, but hesitance on Naruto's part of understanding how Chomei may have gotten the knowledge to give wisdom on the topic of a mental state of a person. "As you have had your journey so have we Bijuu. We have come to learn how to use our power to blend in. We have come to understand humans and even live among them over the years. I have come to understand how the human mind works. One's wisdom and understand of such advance thought processes and the sheer variety of unique beings shaped by their experiences has been a joy for me to understand."
"So, you've become something like a therapist?" the blond guessed as Chomei let out a high pitch chortle.
"If you wish to simplify it as so, then yes. Allow me to give you insight young Naruto in not only how to help your little flame, but to get a better understanding of the human mind."
"Okay, I'm willing to listen." He said taking a seat in the vast empty space. In this dimension time had no meaning. He literally had all the time in the world and maybe he could take what Chomei would be explaining him to help more than Azula.
"…Azula…" The princess of the fire nation did not stir from the bed she had proclaimed as hers once Ba Sing Se had been captured.
"Leave." There was no fight in her voice. No fire. It was so unnatural. So unlike her.
"I know what happened." He said as he made his way over to the bed.
"Then you know it's a waste of time. I'm my father's daughter after all. Daddy's little monster." She said bitterly.
"You're not a monster." He reached out to touch her but she pulled away.
"That's not what your student says. That's not what any of them see. As far as anyone is concerned I'm Ozai incarnate. His little attack dog. That's all I'll ever be. An extension of Ozai. Mai. Ty Lee. The Soldiers. Uncle. Zuko. Everyone. That's all they ever see." The temperature in the room began to rise.
"I don't. To me you're just Azula. You are worthy of being loved Azula. You don't have to be this great conqueror to be loved. More people love you than you believe. Even Ursa."
Azula managed to look up. "You don't know that. You weren't there…"
"I watched. That love she had for her children. I watched her. Wondering what it would have been to have a mother like her in my life. Hence why I can say that she loved you with confidence, but that's not the only issue. You're also ashamed and confused, there's no reason to feel there is something wrong with you for being attracted to Ty Lee."
Azula couldn't help but groan. Would it kill Ty Lee to not be so open about everything?
"There' s only two people you need to blame Azula. You're twisted father who aimed to make you his weapon…and me." When he admitted that part Azula looked at him with surprise.
"I abandoned you when you needed me. I was…I was arrogant in thinking that there was no way some mere royal could ever convince someone to dismiss 'my' wisdom. The wisdom of a sage and long lived hero. I let my status and success cloud my judgment and you were hurt because of that. I can only say sorry so many times and do what I can now to help you." This time Azula allowed him to rest his hand on her. "You're stuck aren't you? A brother you hated more than anything else in this world because he bonded with your mother while you couldn't, an abusive father who demanded perfection from an early age. And a man who played the role of you bodyguard, teacher, and friend who up and disappeared without a word. It led to you developing a deep distrust of men which came in conflict of the positive memories and times we had together. Its why until I came back you only let Ty Lee and Mai get to some degree close to you, but such ideas could not ever be entertained, especially from the Princes so you had to suppress them and that led to you lashing out at times and when I came back, that lonely little girl who wanted recognition came to the forefront. All these sides of you are coming into conflict and you just don't know what to choose…am I right?"
Azula said nothing.
Naruto knew somewhere along the line he probably jumbled up some of the things he was expressing, but he couldn't help it. The type of psychology he was used to was of those of fighters not those with deep rooted family issues.
"Tell me the best memory you have of your mother, the happiest one."
"Why? What's the point?"
"Because you see love as a tool and obligation. That no one loves another person just because, but I wanted to show you that's not the case. Ignore all the bad and focus on Ursa. Focus on the good."
Azula was silent. Ursa had left so early it was hard for Azula to grasp on to any memories.
She was…she was about five. They had just come from a performance. Fire Benders.
Fire breathers.
Komodo Rhinos.
It was a performance. She and Zuko had been taken to a performance by Ursa that was being held in respect to one of their nation's holidays.
So many colors. So many scents. She had been amazed by all the moves. The acrobatics. Seeing everything had delighted and amazed the young girl.
Little Azula was practicing the moves from memory. She wanted to make a dragon like the performers. A huge beast of the dragon to impress her parents.
She practiced and practiced and practiced.
'What are you doing, Azula?'.
Azula turned around and there stood Ozai wondering what nonsense Azula was up to. "Hello father. I'm trying to do fire bending like the performers.'
"You waste your time with such nonsense? Real fire bending is about power, passion, and drive girl not performing colorful tricks. You're better off focusing on actual fire bending and stop wasting time focusing on such silly nonsense. I'll have no child of mine being an embarrassment to this family."
At her father's dismissal Azula was crestfallen.
'My Prince, the Fire Lord wishes to see you.' One of the guards called out to Ozai.
Ozai nodded, paying little attention to Azula as he left. Azula couldn't help the tears that flowed. She was so distraught she hadn't even heard anyone calling out to her. She was startled when a pair of hands grabbed her.
"Azula? What's wrong? Are you hurt?" She was starting to remember now. The frantic face of her mother.
On the verge of bawling Azula told Ursa what happened. Ursa pulled Azula into a hug. "You never mind your father. I believe in you. I believe in you. It doesn't matter if you firebend now or later down the line. All that matters is that you have the drive to keep on following your heart." She said as she comforted her youngest.
The tears began to flow freely. How could she have forgotten? Why did this memory come to her now all of a sudden?
The tears heavily began to flow from Azula who could not hold back her sobs.
"When someone you love hurts you, it's always easier to think of the negatives before the positive." He said pulling her into a comforting hug. "Azula-chan…I…there's someone I would like you to meet." He wasn't sure if he could pull this off, but if he did then this would give her the time she needed to help work through her issues.