Defying Destiny

Author's note:

Good day, my fellow fanfiction addicts. If you have stumbled upon this piece of writing and have decided to give it a shot, I thank you. After all, even the greatest of writers have to start from somewhere.

I personally find this pairing does not get the due credit it deserves as you can see from the lack of narutayu fics on this site. I have planned that this fic will reach at least 60k words but the number of chapters is still unknown. Rated M because of Tayuya's swearing. Criticism is accepted. I value feedback. Enjoy Defying Destiny by silentguardian71.

Disclaimer: Only saying it once; I do not own Naruto or any of its characters.

Summary: What happens if Tayuya survives her encounter with the Sasuke Recovery Team and what if the enemy nurses her back to health? Prepare to find out as the world's favorite hyperactive ninja and Tayuya take on the world. Strictly NaruTayu! Rated M due to Tayuya's swearing.

Prologue

Numerous miles away from Konoha, near the border of the Fire country, lay sprawled several logs on top of a pair of legs belonging to a redheaded girl. The carnage around her was proof to the fact that a battle of immense proportions had just taken place just several hours ago.

The first thing she noticed when she woke up was that it was nighttime and she had a severe headache. It took several minutes for her vision to adjust to the darkness and the sight which greeted her was not what most people would call 'pleasant'. She had been wondering why she couldn't feel her legs and now she knew why.

"Of all the things to take me down, it had to be a fucking tree," the girl mumbled to herself

She forced herself to not pass out from the gruesome sight in front of her. Some sort of liquid pooled around her legs. Wanting to identify what the liquid was, she skimmed her finger through it and brought her finger near her vision. She noticed that the mystery liquid's color was dark red, a hue that blended perfectly with the darkness around her. Identifying the liquid as her own blood, she panicked. She noticed that blood was still seeping from underneath the logs where her legs lay, the girl struggled to move as she did not want to die at the young age of fourteen from blood loss, but the weight on top of her legs prevented her from doing so.

She then noticed her lifesaver; her flute, thankfully in one piece, within an arm's reach from her. She nearly cried out from joy, despite her bleak situation. She would not succumb to her fate. After all, Tayuya was not a force to be taken lightly.

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Konoha

Sunlight streamed through the open windows illuminating the white room. A nurse was checking up on the occupant of this room. The patient had been brought in yesterday with a deep gash in his chest. If the wound had been any deeper, the patient's lung would have been pierced. The nurse was the only person except the Hokage and Shizune who would treat this specific person.

Naruto Uzumaki had been scorned since birth over something he had no control over. He had suffered through abuse by the villagers of Konoha, both mentally and physically. The villagers had taken upon the role of tormenting the nine tails container even though they knew he was not the Kyuubi but simply a poor orphan who had the world's most feared demon sealed into him. The villagers needed someone to vent their anger and frustration on.

Akira, the nurse attending him currently, had seen through the shallow mindedness of the society she lived in and had decided to give the boy a chance all those years ago when he came to the hospital hosting several bruises courtesy to the villagers. Akira had developed a quick liking towards the blonde and had struck a quick friendship with him. Naruto had coaxed Akira into attending him in the future. She had argued a little at first stating that she would not always be available at the hospital but her will had crumbled when Naruto had used the dreaded puppy eyed jutsu on her. Akira had been true to her word.

Akira kissed the hyperactive ninja on the forehead in a motherly way and then quietly left the room. She bumped into Tsunade in the hallway and apologized. The Hokage dismissed her apology and asked," How is the idiot doing?"

Akira, being aware of the close bond between Tsunade and Naruto, answered," He's doing fine. His injuries have healed quite rapidly thanks to his guest and will probably wake up in a day's time. Other than that, his wound is clear of any signs of infection."

"Good. Any signs of chakra exhaustion?" Tsunade asked. She was aware that the Kyuubi granted its host nearly infinite chakra reserves but it never hurt to ask.

"No, but he has been having nightmares and keeps mumbling in his sleep about a broken promise or something," Akira replied

Tsunade grew concerned after hearing this piece of information. She made her way towards Naruto's room. She saw that he was having a nightmare. She placed her hand on his forehead, brow furrowed in concentration and green soothing chakra emitted from the Sannin's hand. Naruto was now dreaming of raining Ramen and now had a large smile even in his sleep. Tsunade chuckled quietly seeing his antics and deliberately departed slowly from the room as the dreaded task of paperwork awaited her in her office. She sometimes wondered why she became the village leader in the first place and then remembered that it was due to the fact that she lost a bet to Naruto. She was not called the "legendary sucker/loser" for nothing!

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Tayuya was holding the flute in her hand and playing a dreary melody. She ended the melody with a high note. One of her doki was summoned and Tayuya wasted no time before ordering the doki to remove the logs that were toppled over her legs. The doki removed the logs carefully lest any more injuries should occur to it's already beaten up master.

Tayuya experienced physical pain which was greater than anything she had experienced before, which was saying a lot because Tayuya had a rough childhood which was to be expected being trained under Orochimaru and all….

She bit her lips and silently screamed lest she should attract the attention of possible Konoha shinobi in the vicinity. She now tasted the metallic taste of her own blood but she didn't care. She wouldn't dare open her mouth to spit the blood because she might emit a sound from her mouth due to the immense pain she was in.

After what seemed like a day but what were actually several minutes, the pain dulled. She now inspected the damage done to her legs and shivered from revulsion not believing that these were her own legs. She reckoned she was very lucky to be alive.

Her legs were squished to a bloody pulp and one bone was sticking out from her knee. She struggled to not lose consciousness.

Tayuya did not blame the pieces of trash (Shikamaru and Temari) that did this to her. She held no personal grudge against any of her opponents, she just did what she had to do and what she had to do was listen to Orochimaru. Orochimaru had been the one to take her in and take care of her though in his own twisted way. She briefly wondered if the snake sannin would come for her but as soon as these thoughts entered her brain, she removed them. He would come for her or at least she had to believe he would come for her otherwise all hope of her surviving this would be over. Despair was such a bitch!

Tayuya now ordered her doki to haul her up on its shoulders as she was no way near walking condition. She screamed loudly when the doki roughly hoisted her on its shoulders. She would punish it later, escaping from this area came first as shinobi might have heard her scream. The doki started running towards an abandoned hut she had come across a few days earlier. She decided to stay there until Orochimaru came for her. She accidently dropped her flute and the doki crushed it beneath its feet. The doki dispelled because it was summoned using the flute. She roughly landed on her head. She had just been wondering if the day could get any worse before her flute broke. She just had to think that!

The sun had just come up. She spotted the hut in her field of vision and started crawling at a snail's pace towards it using her last remaining strength. After an hour or so…. she finally reached her destination. She opened the door using a branch nearby to turn the handle as she could not get up on her feet. She fell unconscious on the bare floor right after entering and closing the door behind her.

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The first thing Naruto noticed when he woke up was that he was covered in bandages even though he was in no pain. The previous day's events came rushing into his brain and how he was wished he had remained unconscious. How was he going to face Sakura? He had promised her that he would bring Sasuke back with him and he failed. Naruto felt a little bitter over the fact that Sasuke had left Konoha willingly to achieve power from Orochimaru.

He decided then and there, that he would leave Konoha as soon as possible and not come back without Sasuke. Naruto was never the person to go back on his word.

He quickly rid himself of the bandages that were covering his body from head to toe and plucked the IV out of his arm. He winced as he remembered Sasuke's chidori plunging into his chest .He quickly wrote a letter and leapt out of his room's window and made his way towards his small apartment.

Upon arriving, he wore a white shirt with an orange spiral on it, black shorts that reached his knees and his usual black sandals. He grabbed a backpack and stuffed his orange jumpsuit into it. The orange jumpsuit was of immense sentimental value to the blonde to be just left behind. He also packed some instant ramen, storage seals filled with more instant ramen as well as kunai and shuriken. He wore the necklace Tsunade had given him and left his apartment making his way towards the last stop in Konoha before he set out for his journey.

He couldn't leave the village without telling Tsunade about his journey but that did not mean he had to actually speak to her because then she would not let him leave the village. A note would suffice, the same note he had written in the hospital.

He entered 'stealth mode' and made his way towards her office. As he had expected, she was sleeping on a stack of paperwork, drooling. He had to prevent his laughter seeing the all powerful and respected Hokage doing this. He left the note on her desk and quietly made his way out of the door.

The entire process went without a hitch but that was to be expected because Naruto had been dodging Anbu since the tender age of seven. The prank master of Konoha had to have some skills, after all.

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Naruto was tree hopping through a forest. He had decided that the best course of action would be to look for clues at where the battles between the Sasuke Recovery Team and Sound Four took place. He saw a blood trial which seemed to be 4 to 5 hours old and decided to follow it. After twenty more minutes, the wooden hut came into his vision and the blood trial stopped at the doormat of the hut. Assuming a defensive stance with a kunai in one hand, he quietly opened the door.

Upon entering, he found a girl his age lay sprawled on the cold floor. Blood pooled around her.

Naruto cautiously and carefully slipped her body on her backside so that her face was facing the ceiling.

He gasped! All thoughts escaped his mind as he continued staring at the deathly pale face of the sole female member of the Sound Four.

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