Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Life for a Life ❯ Closer or further apart? ( Chapter 37 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Chapter 37
 
Konoha, Two weeks later…
 
Danzou was angry. He was no closer to getting to the woman at the Uzumaki residence, at all not, then when he first saw her two weeks ago. Due to a mission that contained a possible location on the Uchiha brat, the demon brat had left a week ago alongside his teammates and Yamato.
 
The Godaime had deemed and much to the council's approval, that there always be a backup jounin with the capability to stop Naruto should he lose control. Therefore although it was already a four man team with Kakashi as the leader, Yamato would serve a second in command.
 
But he was also there for another reason.
 
To keep an eye on the youth that was Arashi's son that blasted demon brat! Tsunade it appears was no fool. He would send ROOT after Team Kakashi, to take out that Uzamaki, somehow and make it look as if it was an accident,
 
He was still psst at the blonde and his pink-haired teammate, Sakura, for stealing his best agent from him Sai. Although it was never intentional on their part, he is well aware of; the fact of the matter is that Sai was his favorite. Sai was the best at what he did, that is until they started talking about the bonds they shared with the traitorous Uchiha.
 
He had protested this transfer of course. He had wanted to take the youth back and find some way to deprogram him. But somehow Sai had gotten a place in Tsunade's good heart, simply because he defended and aided his new found friends against the Uchiha. He had received favorable reports from Yamato during that incident, and when the whole thing with going after the Akatsuki who had killed Asuma had occurred?
 
Kakashi as well as Shikamaru Nara, had spoke up on Sai's behalf to the Slug Sannin. Who had stepped in and declared that the only person who could dismiss Sai now from the team was its leader. And considering Kakashi personally could not stand Danzou, because of the incident he had perpetrated with the Copy Ninja's father.
 
The odds of the famous Ninja agreeing with an enemy were about a million to one that it was never going to happen.
 
So he stewed…he soaked in the juices of his anger and his hatred. And it only allowed him to focus more. Gazing back towards the Uzamaki complex, a grin was coming to his mind, the woman who had to be Yukita would be the key he needed to their destruction.
 
He begins to make plans to drive a wedge between the youth and the father in the best way he knows how.
 
Through a woman…
 
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Hokage tower, Konoha
 
Two days later…
 
Tsunade was doing paperwork alongside Arashi and their now mutually shared assistant Shizune. Having been railroaded by the council into retaking his former position as the Yondaime, he and Tsunade now shared duties running the Village of the Leaf. He had admittedly hoped that they would let him be.
 
To let him stay with his son and get to know him… to get Naruto to freely call him father, to freely hug him…and work with his son on jutsus and missions. Hiashi had understood as had the Nara, Aburame, and Inuzuka Clan leaders….
 
But the others had allowed that bastard Danzou to convince them. They had allowed the older man, to tell them that since he was the Yondaime, that they didn't need Tsunade anymore. Luckily though Hiashi had enough common sense after that remark, to remind them of the incident where they had almost lost five of their best, chasing after Sasuke…
 
That had swayed Akimichi and Yamanaka to his side on that account, because it was Tsunade who had saved the then thirteen going on fourteen year old Chouji's life at that time.
 
So Konoha for the first time, would have two working Hokages. One could say when the Fourth had taken his position the first time, which the Third had still been working as well. But that was only to help in the transition of power. This was full side by side working together to run things in Konoha.
 
Much to the delight of both parties thought, it allowed them to simply get out of work earlier. Because to them the miracle had happened…
 
LESS PAPERWORK!
 
About to Hiriashin out of the office, when all the papers were done, Tsunade latches on to his arm and shakes her head.
 
“NOT IN THE OFFICE!” The elder blonde woman states with a no argument attitude. Grinning sheepishly, Arashi walked out of the door and closed it. But they blew back open a second later as he sped off. The results of which, still spread the papers out all over the office, causing the elder woman to grown.
 
“Maybe I should just forbid him from using it anywhere near me….” Tsunade muttered with tears in her eyes.
 
In the meantime, Arashi was speeding home; his eagerness to see if his son had returned from his mission was equal to his need to see one other.
 
Umiko…
 
The woman who looked so much like his wife, was an enigma to him. She was vibrant and kind as Yukita was. She even had some of Yukita's mannerisms. The way she pulled her hair back, spoke, even cooked…
 
Her blush was the same shade of pink and everything as well.
 
But she couldn't be his wife…
 
His wife was gone, according to reports that he himself had looked for when she had first arrived in Konoha. That and Umiko displayed things that were not habits of his wife. For starters, Umiko had a temper that she wasn't afraid to use. Unlike Yukita who thought things out, when Umiko got mad…
 
She let people know it. Her motto apparently, as she hit Arashi with a pan for trying to steal some ramen Naruto had requested, was that it wasn't wise to bottle things up.
 
Another thing that was different was that Umiko couldn't sew. That was the biggest tell tale sign. Yukita had been a weaver by trade…Umiko admitted when he had asked for her help in fixing a tear in one of his shirts, that she was lousy with a needle. She could do or fix just about everything else, but needlework was to fine for her to be patient upon…
 
His heart had broken a little at that…
 
But still, it had felt the warmth and the sudden shyness from the woman, and he smiled at her reaction to his proximity. They had talked that night for several hours. He had confessed to her his troubled thoughts over Naruto…and she had listened with a gentle expression on her face.
 
“He is a young man Arashi-san…they grow they drift away from their parents.”
 
“But I don't want him to…I…I just got him back…” Arashi whispered with a little bit of sadness. “I didn't have my son for the first seventeen years of his life. I wasn't able to seen him talk…crawl…or even walk for the first time. I don't have any memories of Naruto as a child.”
 
Standing up, Umiko went over to the blonde and wrapped her arms around him. Offering him comfort and reassurance, the man drinks in her warm scent of honey and lavender that makes him feel warm inside.
 
“Then treasure the memories you have with him now Arashi-san.” The woman murmured softly. “Naruto will always be your son. But sooner or later the child always becomes the adult.”
 
Looking at her green eyes, Arashi does something unexpected, and it is something that causes her afterwards to pull back in nervousness…and fear?
 
He had kissed her.
 
Gently and soft against the pinkness of her lips, he drank in the taste of their sweetness. He had felt her response to his touch as her mouth parted in response by instinct. His teeth nipping at her bottom lip, he feels hands trying halfheartedly to push him away…
 
So as he parted from her, she backed away a little and fled to the other side of the room. But not before he saw the confusion and the pain that is reflected in her eyes. About to ask her what was wrong…why did she push away, Kakashi had come to his home in a whirl of smoke.
 
“Come to the hospital quickly Arashi-sensei!” The Copy Ninja had stated. His clothes torn and looking the worse for wear; the silvery gray haired man was beaten and bruised. There would only be one reason why the Ninja was here….
 
“Why what happened to Naruto?”
 
“That damned Uchiha traitor Itachi happened!”
 
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Okay this part is done, so let's see where are we at this point in time…
 
The Fourth has returned and Konoha knows now that he is and not only that he is Naruto's father. Umiko, who looks like his mother is a spy and might be falling for Arashi it seems. Naruto is growing closer a little bit at a time to Arashi and is unaware that someone is trying to drive a wedge between him and the older blonde. Which at this fragile time of trust between the father and son, could prove to be dangerous….especially considering Naruto's `tenant'
 
In the meantime Sasuke is having issues of his own after having taken out Orichamaru. He also is dealing with the fact that to track down his brother as well as Akatsuki to learn more about Naruto, it is making him wonder more and more about the Biju and why they are here in the first place.
 
The answer to all in this case could rest within one being…
 
The Kyuubi no Yoko…and I ask you the reader this one question. Do you think the Kyuubi is going to answer willingly?