Chapitre 202: Chapter Two: The Early Years
Shinku Akuma no Iwa: Arc One: Childhood
"Start carrying this stuff Deidara." Kurotsuchi ordered the blonde as she pointed to a large pile of various items. She then walked out the store not even bothering to see if he would obey.
"Why do I have to do this un?" The bomber complained as he picked up the bundles. With his ninja training it was quite easy to carry all the weight. But that didn't stop him from making a fuss about it. "Why does a baby need all this shit anyways un? Just give it some food and leave it be. This is all just a waste of time un."
"You have no idea what to do with babies do you blondie?" She shot back as he caught up with her. She was currently carrying the young Naruto in her arms as they were walking back to the Tsuchikage mansion, her home. The meeting with their kage had finished and Kurotsuchi instantly dragged Deidara off to get supplies for Naruto. When he tried to complain old Oonuki just ordered him to do it. And an Iwa ninja always follows their orders. "Babies need more than just food and a bed. They need diapers, special food cause they can't eat stuff like us, blankets, clothes, a crib, and maybe a few toys and such. Babies are very high maintenance but I guess a blonde fool like you wouldn't know that." She explained before taunting him with a smirk. Oh how Deidara wanted to blow her up. But she was not only the Tsuchikage's granddaughter, she was appointed guardian of the boy she was carrying, and that boy was gonna grow up to be pretty damn important. Blowing them up would be the equivalent of going up to Oonuki and asking him to chop his head off. If anything the latter would be more merciful.
"Fine, the baby needs this shit. But why do I have to carry it all un? I just got back from a mission and I'm tired! I haven't even gotten that bonus Oonuki-sama promised me yet." Deidara complained. Kurotsuchi actually paused mid-step as she thought before shrugging her shoulders and walking along.
"I don't know, I just grabbed who was closest to me." That got the blonde bomber to freeze as his jaw dropped. Just because he was closest to her when she grabbed the brat? Fuck his luck! Deidara started following with his head held low as he cursed any god that would listen to his plight.
"Alright now set up the crib over there while I feed him. And then you can go, I'll take care of the rest." Kurotsuchi said as they walked into the mansion. Deidara just nodded numbly and walked towards the area she pointed out to obey. Kurotsuchi on the other hand grabbed the bag with baby food and walked off to the kitchen. She set Naruto down on the table and pulled out a small bottle of formula. As much as she liked babies, she never actually had to keep one. Babysitting missions were her favorite D-ranks back when she was a kid and now she got a permanent one, technically. "Okay a bottle of this and he should be good." She muttered to herself as she made the bottle for the child sleeping behind her. Or at least formerly sleeping. Naruto seemed to wake shortly after being set down, likely from suddenly being on an uncomfortable table rather then being held by someone, and started screaming his displeasure at his new spot.
The resulting scream was enough to make Kurotsuchi drop the bottle and if not for her ninja training kicking in to catch it, it would have shattered on the floor. She quickly set the bottle down before turning around and picking Naruto up and holding him close. "Calm down little guy, it's okay. It's okay." She muttered softly. When Naruto still kept crying she sighed and reached for the bottle she had just finished preparing a moment ago. Carefully bringing it to Naruto's mouth for the child to get its formula she smiled when he quieted down and started to suck out the drink. "There you go, you were just hungry weren't you." She was smiling softly at the child in her arms before heading out to the living room to see if Deidara had finished the crib.
"God damn this fucking thing!" He shouted. Kurotsuchi started laughing seeing the blonde holding up the instructions with all the pieces lying around him as he tried to figure out what went where. At the sound of her laughter he turned around and glared at her. "Why don't you do this un! After all this is for that damn thing in your arms!" He shouted. She just kept laughing as she sat down on the couch.
"No thanks. Now Tsuchikage-sama ordered you to help so get back to work." His eye twitched and one hand subconsciously reached for his clay as she kept laughing. This was going to be a LONG night.
"Nothing Hokage-sama. I found two dead ROOT ANBU of Danzo's on the way and then further along I found another two and Rin, all dead and their supplies raided." Kakashi reported to the Hokage. After sending Rin out with Naruto, the council was called to decide what to do with the boy. Most called for his death, mainly the civilians. Danzo wanted him to be trained as Konoha's weapon. And only the Inuzuka and Yamanaka clans were willing to adopt the boy into their care. But then Sarutobi said none of that was possible because he had sent the boy away to an undisclosed location with one of his top jonin. Danzo stormed out of the chambers, likely to send the very ninja Kakashi found after her. The civilians were in an uproar, calling for the Hokage to step down seeing as his senile old head had not killed the demon. And the shinobi side, while slightly annoyed that they weren't even given a choice in the matter, nodded their acceptance as they knew the boy would not have a normal life in Konoha no matter what. After the meeting, the Hokage sent Kakashi out to make sure Rin and Naruto were safe.
"What of Naruto, and the scroll explaining who and what he is?" Sarutobi asked, concern all over his face. If the boy was dead he'd never forgive himself. Kakashi shook his head.
"All supplies from Rin were taken, just like the two others. And the boy was nowhere to be found. My ninken could smell others in the area but they had left a while ago and the scents were faint. Not only that but one smelled of explosives apparently so we weren't going to risk it. I'm sorry Hokage-sama." Kakashi concluded. Sarutobi sighed.
"No Kakashi, I am. I never should've sent Rin on her own, knowing the danger Danzo posed. And I'm sorry my foolishness cost you the love of your life. I hope you can forgive me." He said as he puffed some of the tobacco in his pipe while Kakashi numbly nodded. "My only wish is to know what happened to Naruto. Who has him? Are they taking care of him? Is he even alive? I've failed Minato and can do nothing about it. Oh how he would be ashamed of me." He lamented as his thoughts were of how he thought Naruto was suffering. If he really knew what was going on with the child, he'd likely be cursing himself out for a different reason.
Two years passed and already Kurotsuchi was beginning to regret her long-term babysitting mission. Her father, Kitsuchi, was regretting it ever since he came home a week after the event and he hadn't even tried to bother with the boy. Even the Tsuchikage was beginning to regret it and he fucking ordered it! And Deidara wasn't helping by offering to make some 'baby art' every time he saw the child. Naruto was apparently a very problematic child.
First off, he barely let anybody in the Tsuchikage mansion get more than two hours sleep at a time. Now as ninja, that wouldn't be a problem. In short day, maybe week long durations. This lasted at least a year before the baby could finally go a whole night without waking. Then there were the diapers. He went through those like they were going out of style. Four or five diaper changes, in the course of a few hours. Kurotsuchi could not remember any baby ever running through those so fast from her younger days. And then there was when he learned to crawl. Now they had to lock him up or tie him down anytime they set him down otherwise he'd crawl to who knows where. One time Kurotsuchi had set him down and the baby boy had crawled to the door where if not for Akatsuchi announcing he was about to come in, Naruto would've been stepped on by the giant of a man.
But despite the trouble, Kurotsuchi enjoyed taking care of the boy. And the Tsuchikage hadn't seen his granddaughter so happy in years. Despite wanting to blow him up, even Deidara would admit the 'blonde terror' as he called him, had grown on him slightly. And Akatsuchi was always willing to watch the boy if Kurotsuchi had to go on a mission because he thought that the boy would be a great friend and ninja when he grew up. It also helped that he felt since the boy was under the Tsuchikage's protection, it was an honor to guard him.
That was another thing; Naruto wasn't received that well at first to the village of Iwa. A week after Deidara brought him back to the village, the Tsuchikage had made the announcement. Iwa was now in possession of the son of the flash. Instantly there were cries for the boy's public execution. But Oonuki shot those down by claiming that the boy was also jinchuriki to the Kyuubi. Most quieted down, seeing the use in another 'demon weapon' for Iwa. And to further silence the rest, he said Naruto was going to be raised specifically to take out Konoha one day.
Now while a few of the older ninja hated the boy for his father, nobody dared to attack him. At least not after the first and only attempt. A man had snuck into the Tsuchikage mansion in the middle of the night and tried to stab a kunai through Naruto's head as he slept. But right before he could, he was held in place before getting his head chopped off by Kurotsuchi herself. The next morning they displayed his corpse to the public and told everyone what happened. The Tsuchikage then announced that anybody that tries to hurt the boy would be executed, either instantly or publically, and no amount of faithful service or spotless records would change it. Try to touch Naruto and you die, by the word of Ryotenbin no Oonuki, the Sandaime Tsuchikage.
"Come on Naruto, say Kaa-chan! You can do it. Say Kaa-chan." Kurotsuchi prodded. The boy was sitting in a high chair at the table as she was sitting in front of him smiling, trying to get the boy to talk. The Tsuchikage was sitting at the other end of the table drinking some coffee and finishing his breakfast. It was early morning and he was going to head into the office after his meal to do battle with the kage's mortal enemy; paperwork. But the papers of hell could wait until he finished his eggs.
"Don't children call their mother figures Kaa-san?" Oonuki asked, slightly annoyed as she had been trying to get the boy to speak for the past week and it was really grating on his nerves by now. Kurotsuchi just sent a small glare over at him.
"I'm not his real mother and I'm not that old. I want him to call me Kaa-chan and there's nothing you can do about it." She shot back before turning back to the boy and again trying to get him to speak. The old man just sighed.
"It's my village you annoying little bitch." He mumbled under his breath. Sadly, not quietly enough as she spun her head around at him. The last time someone called her a bitch, well there wasn't enough of the jonin to send back to the family to bury. Now obviously she couldn't do that to her kage and grandfather, but that didn't mean she wasn't going to just let him call her that.
"Listen here you-"
"Bitch"
Both froze with wide eyes and slowly turned their heads to Naruto who was giggling in his chair. He was waving his arms around at their faces, thoroughly enjoying the new funny faces they were looking at him with. "Bitch." He repeated, this time they noticed the lisp that carried with the word as his two year old self couldn't properly make the 'ch' sound. Kurotsuchi's eye twitched as her face stayed one of utter shock.
"His first word… is that…" By this time the Tsuchikage had finished his meal and vanished to his office with a shunshin. That paperwork never looked so fun!
"It's good to be home un." Deidara muttered as he walked into Iwa. He had just come off a long term S-rank mission and his plans were simple. Report his success, get some food, and sleep. As he walked down the main street towards the Tsuchikage's Office he paused as a massive killing intent washed over the village. Before anybody could wonder what was going on, it was followed by an equally terrifying voice.
"DAMN YOU TO HELL YOU FUCKING MISERABLE MIDGET OF A MAN! I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU!"
"Maybe I should get my lunch first un." Deidara whispered, unable to shake the feeling that the Tsuchikage's office was currently the entrance to the afterlife.
"Hello dear." Kitsuchi said as he walked into the house that night, returning from a mission himself. He saw that Kurotsuchi was fixing herself dinner as Naruto was in a small area of the living room closed off to be his play pen. "How was your day?" He asked, utterly exhausted from his own day.
"Fine." Was the quick and surprisingly cold reply. The man could quickly tell something was wrong with his daughter. The last time she had used that voice was after breaking up with her last boyfriend. Which reminds me; I haven't hurt that bastard for making her cry. He thought before shaking the thought out of his head for the moment and looking towards his daughter, who had her back turned to him as she was focusing on her food.
"What happened?"
"Naruto spoke his first word today." She replied. Kitsuchi looked towards the blond boy who was happily playing with a red fox plushie.
"And? Why would that be a bad thing?" He asked, thoroughly confused. Weren't people happy when a baby learned their first word? He remembered his wife wouldn't shut up for weeks when Kurotsuchi had said her first word.
"It's the word he learned from Tsuchikage-oji-sama."
"And what word did he teach the boy?" He asked. She stayed silent and he was about to answer when young Naruto decided to say the word that got such funny reactions out of everyone around him.
"Bitch." Spoken with the cute lisp baby children have. Said baby started giggling like crazy as he saw Kitsuchi's expression and Kurotsuchi flinch from it. He didn't know why but that word made everyone put on a funny face. It was his new favorite toy! Right next to his fox toy. As Kitsuchi got over the shock of the boy cursing he looked over at his daughter who had set her food in the oven to cook before turning around and walking to the living room with an all-too-sweet smile on her face, completely offset by the tick mark on her forehead and twitching left eye.
"Say, you wouldn't happen to know where Tsuchikage-sama is would you?" She asked in silky sweet tones. Kitsuchi numbly shook his head before she turned around and walked back towards the kitchen. As soon as she left, Kitsuchi promptly got up and left the building. The Tsuchikage mansion was not going to be a safe place for the foreseeable future. He went into the village and rented out a hotel room for a week, hoping his daughter would get over it by then.
Unbeknownst to him, Oonuki was lying down to sleep in the penthouse suite of the same hotel with two of his ANBU to stand guard. He was Ryotenbin no Oonuki, Sandaime Tsuchikage of the great village of Iwagakure. He was the strongest ninja in the village and damn proud of the fact. He had total authority over his village. But if Kurotsuchi found him, he wasn't sure of what would happen. After all she was just a jonin and his granddaughter, she wouldn't do anything to him for fear of him punishing her. He just needed some time away from the mansion and the boy that couldn't let him sleep. He'd go back after a few days nice rest and tell her to drop it. The ANBU were just in case an assassin tried anything since the hotel wasn't rigged with security seals like his home was.
He was Ryotenbin no Oonuki, Sandaime Tsuchikage of the great village of Iwagakure. And nobody told him what to do in his fucking village! That's what he repeated to himself as he went to sleep.
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