Fox, Weapons & Wind

By: Sheltie


I don't own Naruto at all


A/N: okay here's a new chap. Sorry for taking so long to get it out. I have been trying to figure out a few things and plain laziness has been my enemy along with lack of inspiration too. A thanks goes out to snake1980 for giving me ideas for this chap. I have also gone through the entire story and made a few minor changes and additions to it.


Chapter 7

"She'd better be here" Temari grumbled.

Tenten agreed.

So far the two and Jiraiya had been on the road a good couple of days hitting several towns that had casinos and bars along the way and still no sign of the slug sannin. This annoyed the two girls since they wanted to find Tsunade quickly and drag her back to Konoha to heal their Naruto. They knew each moment they weren't able to that Naruto was that much closer to death. They couldn't, wouldn't let that happen.

"How can she be so freaking hard to find?" Tenten asked with great annoyance.

"Heh, Tsunade has perfected several genjutsu to evade her debt collectors. Not to mention she can put the fear into any man with her monstrous strength and super violent temper" Jiraiya said.

"You of course have had first-hand experience in that" Tenten said.

Jiraiya said nothing on this.

"And she's the only one that can heal Naruto?" Temari asked.

"Yeah she is. Lady Tsunade is the best medic in the whole world despite all of her short comings" Tenten said.

"We better find her fast, who knows how long Naruto can hold out" Temari said.

Tenten nodded.

/Scene Break/

Back in Konoha Kushina was sitting in bed. Gaara and Kankuro had pulled up chairs. The three were having some tea that Haku had made. Haku was shocked and surprised to see Kushina awake and moving. She did several scans and was surprised by the results. It baffled her and the other doctors when she showed them her results. They even had to do their own scans on Kushina since they at first didn't believe her.

After all the poking and prodding Kushina got fed up with it and threw them all out, though she was gentler with Haku, so she could have some rest and find out what the heck was going on.

"Now tell me what's going on?" she asked/demanded.

"It's a long story, so please bear with us" Gaara said.

Kushina nodded.

So Gaara began to tell everything that has happened. Kushina was shocked hearing all of this.

"Damnit Minato, I knew this would happen. You just had to put faith in a village that would never understand" Kushina said shaking her head.

"Yes, but Naruto never let their hatred consume him" Gaara said.

"You're right" Kushina said with a nod and happy that her little boy didn't let others hatred cloud him.

When Gaara came to the part of Naruto marrying Tenten and Temari that's when Kushina hit the wall. Her ire broke the meter. Her long red hair began to wave in an imaginary breeze. The amount of KI that was emitting from her being was intense as it encompassed a large radius.

"HE'S WHAT!" she roared.

Kankuro ducked behind Gaara hoping his little brother's sand would protect him. Gaara sat there trying to stay calm, but he was scared like all heck with the amount of rage Kushina was pumping out. Not even Tenten and Temari's anger ever reached this level. Even Ichibi was scared. Inside Gaara's mind you would see a giant raccoon huddled in the corner muttering over and over, 'there's no angry redhead, there's no angry redhead'.

"I'LL KILL YOU JIRAIYA FOR TURNING MY PRECIOUS BABY BOY INTO A PERVERT!" the fiery redhead shouted.

/Scene Break/

Jiraiya felt a cold shiver run down his spine. Like the Shinigami itself had passed over him.

"Something wrong?" Temari asked.

"I feel like I'm not going to live much longer" Jiraiya said in a solemn tone.

Tenten and Temari looked at each other then shrugged.

"You probably pissed some powerful woman off" Tenten said.

"As long as she doesn't kill you before we find Tsunade then we'll be fine" Temari said.

"Don't you care about me at all?" Jiraiya asked whining.

"No" the two girls said plainly.

Jiraiya fell to the ground and curled into a ball crying and muttering 'no one cares about the great toad sage'. The two girls of course ignored this.

/Scene Break/

It took some time to calm Kushina down. Haku had to come in and sternly tell Kushina to calm down since she still needed to rest and recover.

"Okay, who are the bastards that did this to my son?" Kushina asked in a snarl.

"The contract he has with Tenten I believe came from the Uzumaki side" Gaara said.

Kushina blinked then tapped her finger to her chin in thought.

"Oh yeah, it did" she said.

Kankuro sweatdropped at this.

"As for the contract with my sister. It was arranged by the Fourth Hokage and my father" Gaara said.

"Damnit Minato, you had to offer my baby to strengthen ties between the two villages" Kushina growled.

"It has all worked out though. Because of this I am not the weapon my father had wanted to make me into. I now have friends" Gaara said.

He then went on to tell Kushina about their team forming and how they trained bring everything back to now. Kushina sat there absorbing it all. She felt extremely sad that she wasn't around to take care of Naruto when he most needed her. But was proud that he's grown up so well though she wasn't pleased with him having to marry two girls even if one of them was due to an Uzumaki contract. Naruto was much too young in her mind for that shinobi or not. Her eyes went to where Naruto was lying and it wrenched her heart badly to see her baby so still and pale.

"So who is this Sota guy?" Kushina asked trying to get her mind off the condition of her son.

"Sota Uri is a missing nin from Konoha. He tried to kill me and then tried to kill Naruto multiple times, but both attempts failed so he fled. He was labeled a missing nin by Konoha, he's an S-class missing nin" Gaara said.

"I see, so what are his skills?" Kushina asked.

"Um, shouldn't you be resting?" Kankuro asked.

"Not when my baby boy needs protection. As a mother I'll protect him no matter what" Kushina said firmly.

"Sota's skills are high level kenjutsu as well as a huge chakra pool to draw from. Not as big Naruto's or myself, but close to it. He can decimate a small army with his kenjutsu. He uses his kenjutsu and mixes genjutsu into it to freeze his opponents just enough so he can take them out. He's said to be very skilled in genjutsu. Though he has good skill in ninjutsu too" Gaara said.

"Looks like I'll nee to brush up on my kenjutsu to fight him" Kushina said.

"Oh my, it's true. Kushina, you're alive!"

Kushina turned to see in the doorway one of her closest friends.

"Mikki?" she asked.

Mikoto Uchiha nodded as tears pooled in her eyes. She ran over and Gaara and Kankuro moved out of the way to let the two greet each other. The two women hugged as tears flowed.

"You're dead though. I know, I was at your funeral Kushi" Mikoto said tearfully.

"I was dead, but Naruto somehow brought me back. I am not sure how, but as soon as he wakes up I'll ask him" Kushina said.

The two women looked at Naruto's bed where he was lying.

/Scene Break/

"Okay, here we are Tanzaku town. Lets get started on looking for Tsunade" Jiraiya said.

"And hopefully she'll be here" Temari said.

"Yeah, this is getting ridiculous" Tenten said.

"Okay, you know the drill. Look into every bar and casino. Meet back here in an hour" Jiraiya said.

Tenten and Temari nodded and they dashed off.

Three hours later and no luck and it was getting dark. So Jiraiya suggested they get something to eat. They headed to the nearest place.

Jiraiya did a double take when he entered the restaurant. He then put on a suave charming smile and sauntered to a table. Tenten and Temari were confused, but followed after the toad sage.

"Tsunade, fancy meeting you here" Jiraiya greeted in his 'charm the socks off a woman' voice.

Tenten and Temari got their first look at the legendary slug princess. She had blond hair tied in a ponytail. She had a great big bust that Jiraiya was of course leering at.

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya and gave him a glare since she knew what he was staring at.

"What are you doing here pervert?" she asked with a growl.

"Why Tsunade, is that any way to treat an old friend like me? Hello to you too, Shizune. You've grown into a fine young woman" Jiraiya said.

Tenten and Temari took notice of the woman by Tsunade. She had short black hair and holding a pig in her arms.

"Lord Jiraiya" Shizune greeted.

"Who are these two, I highly doubt that sensei would trust you with two girls" Tsunade said eyeing Tenten and Temari.

"I am highly offended Tsunade. You think I am that perverted. Who do you think I am? Orochimaru. I am not into pedophilia" Jiraiya said.

/Scene Break/

In a dark lair the snake sannin let out a big sneeze.

/Scene Break/

"Then who are they?" Tsunade asked.

Tenten and Temari stepped up.

"My name is Temari, I am the daughter of the Kazekage also a member of a Konoha/Suna joint team, Team Firestorm" Temari said.

"My name is Tenten a member of the Konoha/Suna joint team, Team Firestorm" Tenten said.

"A joint team, what's this?" Tsunade asked.

"Mind if we have a seat Tsunade, we've been on the road all day?" Jiraiya asked.

Tsunade waved her hand and they all took a seat. Jiraiya with the help of Tenten and Temari told Tsunade how Team Firestorm came about.

"I see, interesting. But what does this have to do with me?" Tsunade asked.

"We were invaded by Oto and Iwa during the chunin final Tsunade. Orochimaru tried to kill sensei" Jiraiya said.

Tsunade paused for a moment. As much as she disliked Konoha and all it took from her. She did still care about her old sensei.

"Is he?" she asked.

"No, he survived" Jiraiya said.

Tsunade let out a breath she didn't know she was holding in.

"We need you to return lady Tsunade" Tenten said.

"No" Tsunade said.

"Please, our fiancée is stricken with a deadly poison and you're the only one who can save him" Temari said.

"The answer's still no" Tsunade said as she sipped her saké.

"So that's it, that's all we get. We traveled god knows how many miles and days to find you and you say no. You're a cold heartless bitch" Temari growled.

"What was that?" Tsunade growled.

"You heard Temari you old bat. I thought that I'd thrilled meeting you that you'd live up to some kind of expectation of mine. But I find you're nothing, but a big disappointment" Tenten said frowning at Tsunade.

"'Old bat'" Tsunade growled as a tic mark appeared on her forehead.

Jiraiya gulped. He knew Tsunade was touchy when it came to her age.

"Our Naruto is in the hospital struggling to live. He did all he could to protect the village, the Hokage" Temari said.

"The Hokage, that's a fool job" Tsunade snorted.

"You dare to disrespect your own sensei and not only him, but your grandfather and granduncle. I see how the mighty slug princess has fallen now into a gambling drunkard" Temari spat.

"Watch your mouth brat" Tsunade raged.

"Why, she speaks the truth. Your family would be very displeased with how you're turning out. You're a disgrace to the Senju clan" Tenten said.

"And the Uzumaki clan" Temari chipped in.

"Um, what do you mean?" Shizune asked piping in.

"Simple, Lady Tsunade is connected to the Uzumaki through Mito Uzumaki, who was married to Hashirama Senju. This strengthened the bond between Konoha and Whirlpool where the Uzumakis are from. Naruto, and I guess Kushina are the only true Uzumakis left" Temari said.

"Wait, Kushina Uzumaki's dead. She died the day the kyuubi attacked" Tsunade said.

Now Tsunade knew this since she actually delivered Naruto into the world. She was forced back by Jiraiya since he wasn't going to have anyone do Kushina's check-ups. Only Tsunade would do.

"She's back. Naruto somehow brought her back, but we don't know how since Naruto is poisoned and inches from death's door" Tenten said as she dropped her head to keep the tears back.

Temari did the same.

Tsunade looked at the two girls then at Jiraiya who confirmed things. This made the slug sannin sigh.

"Let me think about it" she finally said.

This made both girls raise their heads with hope.

"What are you saying?" Temari asked.

"I hate to admit it, but I am intrigued with Kushina's sudden revival. I want to check this out since there's no way it should even be possible" Tsunade said.

"And Naruto?" Tenten asked.

"And I'll heal him too while I am there" Tsunade said.

This perked the two girls right up with hope.

/Scene Break/

"Oh Kushi, I am so happy to see you're alive. I've missed you" Mikoto said with a smile.

"It's nice to be back though so much has changed that I don't even know where I belong" Kushina said.

"Now that's not the Kushi I know. The Kushi I know wouldn't care at all and just push forward everything be damned" Mikoto said.

"I guess you're right. As soon as I am able to I'll get back to training myself. I need to get back into shape" Kushina said.

"Glad to hear it. Now let me tell you what else has been going on" Mikoto said.

She filled her friend in on the Uchiha clan being basically wiped out with the except for herself and her two sons and the Uchiha were still loyal to Konoha. How she was grooming her son Itachi to take over the Uchiha clan and make it a clan to be worthy of the name Uchiha while her younger son, Sasuke, had taken his late father's teachings to heart.

"Mikki, you should give the boy a nice smack around the head to knock that crap out" Kushina said.

"Only you would suggest violence even against family to help remedy things" Mikoto chuckled.

"What, Fugaku was a right bastard. What did you see in him?" Kushina asked.

Mikoto shrugged.

"In the beginning he was so nice and caring then he changed really" she said.

The door opened up and Itachi came in.

"I'm sorry to interrupt mother, but the council is convening" Itachi said.

"Alright" Mikoto sighed. "Do you know what the council is going to be discussing?"

"Yes, it's about Naruto, whether to keep him alive or pull the plug. I've heard the civilian council want to pull the plug" Itachi said.

"OVER MY DEAD BODY!" Kushina roared.

/Scene Break/

In the council chamber there was talk of pulling the plug on Naruto. The civilian side of the council was behind this since they wanted to be rid of the demon. The shinobi side were doing their best to stop it. But they were having a bit of trouble til their prayers were answered by a fiery redhead. An intense spike of KI entered the council chambers.

Kushina had stormed in to the room ignoring Haku telling her that she needed rest. Kushina wasn't going to rest when bastards wanted to kill her baby.

"WHO ARE THE FUCKING BASTARDS THAT WANT TO KILL MY BABY!" she shouted.

Everyone in the room loss control of their bowels. Mikoto and Itachi ran in out of breath. They were lucky they didn't loss their bowels like the rest.

"Well, I am waiting?" Kushina asked tapping her foot.

"Kushi, is that you?" Tsume Inuzuka asked.

"Tsume, nice to see you, but we can connect later. Right now I want to know who wants to kill my son" Kushina said.

"And who is your son?" Hiashi asked.

"Naruto" Kushina said.

"That demon" a council member said.

A red blur came right up to the council member and they were grabbed then hurled to the stone floor cracking not only their skull, but snapping their spine. He was dead.

"Anyone else wants to call my son names?" Kushina asked looking around.

No one spoke.

"Good, now who was it who wants to kill my son, and I want an answer now before I lose my patience. And for those who remember me, they know what I am like when I lose my patience" Kushina said with a vicious growl.

The shinobi side had flashes from their past remembering times when Kushina lost her patience. It wasn't pleasant at all. She beat the shit out of a lot of people til she got the answers she wanted.

The civilian council began speaking at once all pointing fingers at one another.

"He was the one who thought it up!"

"No, it was Shida, she was the one!"

"I never said anything, it was all of you who were saying it!" Shida said.

"ENOUGH!" Kushina shouted, her patience wearing thin now.

This made the entire civilian council shut up.

"Now, I want one answer and one only and it better be the right one or I go into more aggressive persuasion" Kushina said as she cracked her knuckles.

"It was definitely Haruno!" the civilian council shouted as one.

The pink-haired councilmember glared at her traitorous council members.

"Ah, so Sakiri. I see you're still the social climbing gold digging whore that you were back when we were in the academy" Kushina said.

Sakiri sneered at Kushina.

"I am councilwoman Sakiri" she said holding her nose up in the air.

"Like I give two flying shits Sakiri. You're still the social climbing bitch that I knew. Hell, you went after Fugaku, Hiashi and even Minato just so you can get your grubby hands on power and money" Kushina said.

"HA! She got you there" Tsume barked.

Mikoto agreed with this, but she did have one question on her mind.

"Where is the Hokage, since this deals with one of his ninja then he should he here?" the Lady Uchiha asked.

"We are the council we can set up meetings without the Hokage" an arrogant council member said.

"Oh, you can. I see that I have been quite lax as of late with my handling of the council. But that changes now. Kushina, it's good to see you back" Hiruzen said appearing. Itachi had notified him via a message with an Anbu.

Kushina just nodded to Hiruzen. Her full attention was still on Sakiri.

"So what was this meeting about?" Hiruzen asked.

"This bitch wanted to kill my son" Kushina said pointing at Sakiri.

"He's just another worthless ninja, unlike Sasuke Uchiha" Sakiri said regaining her bluster.

Hiruzen stroked his beard then lit his pipe.

"Naruto along with his team are under not only my authority, but also the Kazekage. The council has no say whatsoever" he said.

This caused the civilian side roar with disapproval with Sakiri being the loudest. Hiruzen silenced them with raising his hand.

"You forget your place council. All ninja are under my control and mine alone. The only ones who can also have command of the shinobi forces are the shinobi council since they are all jounin and clan heads" the wizened leader said.

This caused the civilian side to grumble loudly.

"I also would like to remind you that you're only here as an advisory panel. You hold no real power no matter what you all may think. I am Hokage and I hold ultimate sway on what happens around here. This is a shinobi village and it isn't a democracy, it's a dictatorship" Hiruzen said showing off some of her power to back up his words.

The civilian council shrank back at this while the shinobi side was re-validated as to why Hiruzen Sarutobi was Hokage.

"Now then, the matter of Naruto Uzumaki is closed. He will remain the way he is. If I catch wind of any attempts on his life I will see to it that the person or persons responsible to disciplined in a very public way" Hiruzen said.

He then left.

"And if I catch word of any plots on my son's life I will take action" Kushina said lacing her words with a heavy does of KI.

This of course put fear into the council.

/Scene Break/

Tsunade sighed as she was walking back to Konoha with her old teammate, two girls and her apprentice. She still couldn't believe she was heading back to Konoha, but her curiosity of how Kushina was back alive niggled her mind enough to want to know how. The thought of healing Naruto was far from her mind at the moment.

Walking beside her was Shizune and she was talking to Tenten and Temari to get to know the two girls more.

"Wait, you two are contracted to be married and to the same guy?" Shizune asked stunned.

"What the hell is going on, has sensei lost it?" Tsunade asked as she was listening in on the conversation.

"No, the Hokage really had nothing to do with it. My contract came from my parents and Naruto's" Tenten said.

"Mine came from a part of the deal with Suna" Temari said.

"And what deal is that?" Tsunade asked.

Both girls didn't answer and this irked Tsunade.

"Well, I am waiting" she said impatiently.

"Not here. We'll tell you back in Konoha. There are too many ears" Tenten said.

Tsunade just nodded though was frowning. She understood not saying anything at the moment just in case they were being listened in on by other ninja or something.

/Scene Break/

Kushina was back in her hospital bed pouting. After she was done with the council Mikoto urged her to head back to the hospital. Kushina went back under extreme protest. She felt fine. She wanted to get to training so she could kick some ass and take names.

"This totally sucks" she muttered as she sat in her hospital bed.

"You sound just like Naruto. He doesn't like being cooped up at all" Gaara said.

"Really, so what else should I know about my son?" Kushina asked.

"Well, he has a very unhealthy addiction to ramen" Kankuro said.

"Ramen, mmm, I can go for a bowl of Ichiraku right now. The food of gods" Kushina said as she daydreamed out a big huge bowl of ramen.

"Okay, that's another thing they have in common" Kankuro said.

Gaara just nodded.

Soon the door opened and Kankuro and Gaara readied themselves, but then they saw it was Tenten and Temari and relaxed a bit.

"You're back" Gaara said.

"Yup, and we brought back help" Tenten said.

Tsunade entered and her eyes widened at seeing Kushina sitting in bed.

"Kushina, you're really alive" she said stunned.

"Huh, oh hey Tsunade. Yup, alive and kicking" Kushina said.

Tsunade went over and began to check on Kushina and the redhead sighed. She was once again be poked and prodded. When Tsunade finished she turned to Naruto and checked him over.

"Okay, I can heal this, but it will take time" she said.

"Lady Tsunade, I heard you were here. It is an honor" Haku said as she dashed in to the room out of breath. She had heard of Tsunade and wanted to meet her.

"I am, and who are you?" Tsunade asked.

"I am Haku, I have been in charge of Naruto's care. If you come with me I can show you all the blood work I have done" Haku said.

Tsunade nodded and followed Haku out.

"You took a long while" Gaara said.

"Yeah, well, blame Tsunade. We had to search every bar and casino there was to find her" Temari said.

"Well she's here now, and that means Naruto will be just fine" Kankuro said.

"Yeah, you're right" Tenten said.

End of Chapter


A/N: okay and that's the end of this chap. Thanks for reading and please review.