Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Life for a Life ❯ Unusual Secrets ( Chapter 59 )

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

I do not own Naruto

Kinky-kitsune... Is Cloud going to make all nicey with the Leaf....hmmmm... Beats me. I don't know what their Kage is thinking yet tee hee.... Characters right now are all talking in my little ole head

Rasengan 86... *smiles.... Yugito? She was captured and killed as she was in the manga... As to the gang, considering how screwed up their lives have been, don't they deserve a chance at being a family? Even if it is a little odd?

By the way guys, we are going to start seeing some interesting stuff happening. Prior notice I am not that good at action scenes and I hate having to invent names for jutsus. You can do that yourself if you wish as you read.... Til then enjoy....

Still thinking about a lemon though...don't know yet...

Chapter 59

Konoha Village, later that day

Naruto is cautious and wary as he approaches the Hokage offices, two ANBU, give off an air of encouragement towards the youth. Wolf and Hawk both, despite never speaking to either blonde understood them, probably better then anyone in the village.

Ever since Arashi's return, they have been non-stop watching either him or his son to protect them from attacks of any kind. Both have amassed far too many enemies in and out of Konoha for them not to be concerned for the safety of the Fourth or Naruto. Most of the villages they can handle, but their prime concern was Orichamaru and the Akatsuki.

Konoha's ninjas were still considered among the best in the five Great Shinobi nations, but even they have their limits. Those two groups were one worry that they did not need in their life.

Watching as Naruto is hesitant about going through. For the first time Wolf talks as does Hawk.

“Go through...Naruto-sama.” Both men say in unison. The respect in their voices stuns the youth, who has never heard such an honorific before, from anyone in the village. Both repeating it again, the youth smiles one of the true genuine ones that have been known to warm a person's soul...

Taking strength from their words, the youth opens the door to face someone whom he loves. But also is afraid of, with all his heart.

“Father?”

Arashi looks up as does Tsunade. The blonde woman feeling a sudden urge to go gamble with something, latches onto their assistant Shizune with a purpose. The brunette woman protesting the rough treatment sees Naruto and understands the reason why.

Following her teacher and master, she scolds the woman quietly for dragging her out, as they close the door behind them.

“Naruto...I”

“I'm sorry father...” The youth replied with an emotional expression as he blurts out his apology. But before he could say anything more, Naruto finds himself wrapped up in his father's arms. The older man crying somewhat for joy, he holds his son tightly to him.

Returning the desperate hug, with all his heart, it takes a few minutes for the father and son to finally part calmly enough to continue speaking. “Naruto I am so sorry. I didn't mean to hit you...”

“I know.... Kyuubi explained it to me.” Naruto replied quietly. “He tried several times actually. I just didn't want to listen.”

“Why?”

“Because I was scared...I mean I just got you back. I didn't want you to go away.”

“Naruto...I would never go away. Not by any choice if I can help it. I missed seventeen years of your life. I want to be here for the rest of it.” The older man replied softly. Looking at him with the same intense blue eyes he sees reflected in the mirror...

“I realized that with Kyuubi's help...” Naruto said quietly. “He respects you, you know. He yells at me in your defense, sometimes. It's his way of respecting you. The only human to ever actually defeat him somewhat....”

He didn't defeat me...he just took me out for a while. The Kyuubi protested slightly from his seal. The youth chuckling in response, he relays the Nine-tails words to his father who is amused as well.

“So Hinata was right about the Fox then...”

Confused by his statement, Arashi tells Naruto of how he summoned the Hyuuga heiress to the office to speak with her. His words compelling, Naruto smiles at the thought of the dark haired girl not betraying his confidence or anything about his feelings at the time. Her words, touching him and the Kyuubi as they hear it from Arashi, both the human and the Fox agree with their choice of `mate'.

She is good for us, brat. And your father it seems accepts her, as hers does you.

Looking at Arashi with a puzzled expression, Naruto sees the warmth and light in his eyes that shows acceptance and love.

Told you brat, same as the woman you almost attacked. That's unconditional love... Your father loves you with all his heart. He doesn't have any reason not to. He just does....

“Naruto....”

“Yes Father?”

“I got something to tell you about that day. And I believe the Kyuubi will want to listen as well. In fact, if all goes right the only person he may need to remove anything from, will be Itachi Uchiha and not Sasuke.”

Curious at this remark, Naruto listened as did the Kyuubi, to what Arashi had thought of at the last minute during that day. The words flowing from his lips, Naruto lights up as Arashi mentions the words, brother...sister...and family.

“You're serious right Father?” Naruto cried out almost excitedly. His emotions lightening up the mood, the Kyuubi starts seeing hints of light in his seal as the water complete recedes from within it.

Say brat...

“What?”

Ask him about this seal of yours. It's different in here. Better...

“How so?”

Come and see for yourself... Tell him to come along to.

Relating the message to Arashi, the older man is puzzled. Accepting the Kyuubi's request both go into a trance of sorts and find themselves inside the seal once more. The great Fox looking at them from his cage, the two blondes are in awe as the water of the sewer that was the seal has receded.

Not only that but the light within it has grown bright, not as dark or dismal. The cage still remaining as strong as ever, the Fox look from within with confusion.

Care to explain you blasted mortal?

“The seal is returning to what it was supposed to be Fox.” Arashi replied with a smile. “I did not originally intend for it to be a sewer...the seal as you know is designed to mix yours and my son's chakra without adverse affects. But it depended on the happiness of my son. The better emotionally he is the more he can draw upon you without losing control, the better your environment becomes.”

Well that explains the fourth tail starting to appear on you brat....

Grinning sheepishly, the blonde turns beet red with embarrassment as the Kyuubi gets into a sudden fit of impishness and decides to start showing certain images to Arashi of a Hyuuga princess.

Pushing himself and his father out of the seal room, with murderous images of a dead fur ball firmly planted in his mind. Naruto suffered humiliation of a sort as the Kyuubi rolled in laughter and his father teasing him to no end.

“I swear I am going to find a way to get you back for this you blasted fox.”

You can try brat...you can try

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Sound Village, same time

Kabuto seethed in irritation as Sasuke had remained cool and aloof at the meeting. That is until the incident,,,.

The only time he had shown any semblance of a reaction, was at the mention of Naruto and the Chuunin exams in Konoha. Grass and Stone both had sent emissaries to Sound asking for help in their plots to kill the youth out of revenge against the father.

Sasuke had flat out refused...

First it had been though, simply because he himself wished to commit the act. After all the two emissaries had thought they were dealing with Orichamaru.

Sasuke had not been hesitant to prove them wrong as he flashed his Sharingan eye and vanished. Appearing minutes later behind them both, snakes wrapped around their bodies threatening to crush them in mere seconds.

“Leave the Kyuubi vessel alone....” Sasuke had threatened. “No one touches him but me...”

Releasing them, the two men shuddered in fear of the power he had released in his killing intent. Second thoughts hitting them as the youth strode out of the room in rage, Kabuto had come from nowhere, with a hidden smile.

“You will get your aide...”

Puzzled expressions abound, the two emissaries look at him and then begin to smile. Sometimes it is not the more powerful one who holds the strings in a leadership...

It can also be the weak one...

Grinning as he looked at the two emissaries Kabuto, began to speak. Never realizing that a small snake hidden in the shadows listened.... A flashing glow of a split second in its eyes, relaying the conversation back towards it's summoner, Sasuke simply listens alongside a little girl.

The little girl making a face of disgust beside her sensei at the word's spoken. The snake that's tickling her neck with its tongue, makes her giggle with laughter.

Amused and happy at having someone to play with, who did not judge her in the slightest Sasami was happy.

It turns out, that the name of the summoner that the Snake contract had been stolen from....

Tenchi Tanaka... Sasami's grandfather...