[Naruto] Saga of Tanya the Kunoichi

Danzo went inside his office and stood in front of the shelves containing scrolls and books. He took one scroll out from the 3rd shelf and another one from the 5th. 

Click-

A mechanism activated, and the shelve moved itself to the side to reveal a steel vault with various sealing formula all over it.

Danzo made a hand seal - Reverse Sealing. With a press of his hand, the fuin retracted inwardly.

Cluck. Clink.

The vault opened up from the middle. It was Danzo's secret storage room where he kept the copy the of the Scroll of Seals and other techniques. He had a few other secret storage rooms where he kept Hashirama cells or money or other stuff. He wouldn't keep everything in one place naturally.

Danzo walked in and took the Scroll of Seal, opening them to find the jutsu he planned to give Tsuyu.

"Multi-shadow clone jutsu…". The first Jutsu listed here was this. Danzo remembers his late teacher Tobirama, as a Senju with high chakra can use these. Tsuyu naturally- by extension Naruto, should too.

Danzo quickly copied various Jutsu he would find suitable for the siblings with 'his' Sharingan. He was already planning to take control of Naruto through the chance he had with Tsuyu around Naruto. He would not get caught by Hiruzen, not directly, at least. And having Naruto under him as well meant Tsuyu's only weakness would be under his clutch.

Danzo came out of the vault and closed it back, sat on his office chair to write down the jutsu he wanted Tsuyu to learn first: Shadow Clone and it's forbidden counterpart. He kindly included notes on them; such as the ability to return information from all 5 senses experienced by the shadow clones, side effects, and uses.

Danzo had seen Tobirama training or learning with his shadow clones, and as he was half a student and spent time with him, of course, he knew a lot as well. The fact that shadow clone can be used as a cheat code to learn faster was noted in the scroll - and the proper training method with it was for all clones to only do the same training. Otherwise, different jumbled memories would be akin to trying to read 5 different books in one go.

Tsuyu didn't know her plans to cling onto higher up thighs worked too well to a point that Danzo didn't hold anything back only because Kotoamatsukami was there to make her a complete puppet under Danzo's control… Danzo wouldn't want anything less than perfection since he already considered it.

He went to the Root medical department where Tsuyu was resting.

The medical staff, with ugly scars all over his disfigured face greeted Danzo with a hoarse voice before stating Tsuyu's condition.

'Danzo-sama, she was ready to be discharged. However, she would need a week rest to fully recover'.

Danzo nods. It was not so surprisingly fast given the Uzumaki blood and 9 tails inside for her to recover enough to be discharged in few hours with just addition of nutrition infusion into her body.

'Tsuyu, how are you feeling?', Danzo still ask.

Tsuyu sat up straight. Although he felt lethargic and sore all over physically, she was able to move.

"Aside from soreness and weakness, I am fine Danzo-sama". Tsuyu replied with respect.

'Good. You can go. As for what happened today, your squad leader trained you and exerted too much from you'.

Tsuyu nodded.

'In your rest, you can read these first'. Danzo handed a scroll to Tsuyu, which Tsuyu took with shining eyes, knowing it was some jutsu. 

"Thank you for your kindness, Danzo-sama". Tsuyu bowed slightly.

Danzo nodded in appreciation. He liked subordinates who respected and know how to be grateful most.

"Danzo-sama, I have a request…". Tsuyu decided to ask without any scrupple. Danzo squinted his eyes, various scenarios ran in his head over what Tsuyu could possibly ask.

"I would like to know where to buy the coffee you had gifted me few days ago. It was very much to my liking". Tsuyu asked in all seriousness. The packet of coffee beans she received should last only for a month.

Danzo went silent. And suddenly… a rare soft chuckle escaped from his mouth. Out of all things Tsuyu can ask out of this old man who had power and status second to the Hokage, she asked for coffee.

'It was from an underground channel. It was originally a product for the noble families - what the Daimyo and the lords of the lands drink. You wouldn't come across it anywhere in Konoha'. Danzo said that with all seriousness.

Tsuyu felt disappointed. No wonder the coffee was too good.

'But you are now under me, I never treated my subordinate badly. I would arrange for a monthly supply for you. It was nothing for me'.

Tsuyu gasped inwardly. She never had such a generous and amazing employer as Danzo. She already discarded Hiruzen in favor of Danzo in her mind.

"I don't deserve your generosity, Danzo-sama!", Tanya said humbly while happy inside.

'Stop with the humble words. You deserve it. It was an investment on my part. If there's nothing else, you are dismissed. Kaito, send her home'. The excuse of the captain training Tsuyu too hard had to have some logic to it after all.

"Yes, Danzo-sama!", Tsuyu bowed before going with Kaito. Kaito helped support Tsuyu to walk since her body was still too weak.

Kaito suggested to give Tsuyu a piggy ride with a serious face to get there faster, but absolutely Tsuyu refused. She even thought his captain was trying to joke, but he was dead serious and thought there was nothing wrong about it.

"Captain Kaito, it would be too embarrassing for me…". She still had honor and pride.

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But as Kaito and Tsuyu walked close to the street where Tsuyu's apartment was located, she saw a crowd below. They were all residents of the apartment. All of them murmuring and looking up the apartment.

As Tsuyu looked up as well, her eyes widened in shock - and then worry and horror. A section of the 4th floor of the apartment was smoking. And it was clear where the fire originated from - it was her apartment. A few shinobis around the floor had just finished dousing the fire. 

Naruto. Don't you dare die!

She quickly tried to run - but as soon as he lost Kaito's support, her feet couldn't support her, and she fell.

Damn it!

"NII-SAN! WHERE ARE YOU!". Tanya's shout gained the attention of the crowd.

Kaito quickly helps Tsuyu up. He immediately understood the situation.

'Tsuyu, leave it to me'.

"I will leave it to you then, taichou…", Tanya said in anger and frustration. If Naruto died for nothing, despite the years of effort she had put in him, she would never be able to move on.

After a minute, the ocean of crowd in front of her parted as if to make way.

Naruto being led by Kaito was safe and sound overall, despite some burn marks on his right arm. But as he saw Tsuyu, Naruto instead turned his eyes away, as if afraid of facing her.

As they passed through the crowd, the sound of curses and anger pointed at Naruto from them.

Naruto stood in front of Tanya, his hands holding onto his shirt.

"Nii-san, are you injured anywhere?", Tanya immediately checked Naruto's body all over. She let out a sigh of relief, seeing that aside from the minor burn on his right arm, there was nothing else.

But just right after, her eyes turned almost demonic, glaring at Naruto with what can be called pure anger. In all of Tsuyu's past life, she never felt this angry. Even Being X had never provoked this amount of anger from her.

"What happened, nii-san?". Her voice was almost cold. Naruto felt scared, tears filling up his eyes.

'I… I was… trying to…'.

"What? Speak". Her tone gets colder.

'I… tried to practice…'.

Naruto's broken muttering caused even more frustration.

"SPEAK LIKE A HUMAN BEING". Her eyes glaring at Naruto were so fierce that he felt his body trembling.

'I… tried… explosive tag…'. Naruto was trying to learn Fuin Shiki, using the scroll on Tsuyu's shelves. And Tsuyu did say he could. But Naruto was too excited and decided to get directly to making an explosive tag after learning a little since it was cool and strong.

"You did WHAT?". Tanya's eyes almost bulged out. She could not believe anyone could be that stupid, it was something so stupid that she felt so angry and frustrated.

Tsuyu waited for seconds for Naruto to explain that she was misunderstanding it. But she didn't. Her rage tipped over the boiling point.

"Did you not realise how STUPID that is? You could have gotten yourself killed! Don't you ever use your brain!?".

'I am sorry Tsu-chan…'. Naruto shed tears, his eyes looking down to the floor. Naruto was never scolded by Tsuyu. Her harsh words made Naruto felt even more guilty and hurt inside, knowing the words were pointed at him.

Tsuyu felt her blood boiling. But she controlled her anger and rage at this moment. Taking a deep, deep breath.

"Just what the hell were you thinking…". Tsuyu muttered under her breath. 

Her already drained physical body was taking another stress, causing her to almost sway and fall. Thankfully, the wall was there to support her body. She couldn't fathom whatever this was. She would even use the R word, but she had to swallow her anger.

'I am really sorry… sniffs…'.

…

The crowd murmurs and anger was apparent knowing it was Naruto who caused such the fire. Thankfully it did not spread much.

The siblings stood in silence. One was exhausted and in a rage; the other was sobbing.

Kaito looked at the two, not sure what to do. But still observed Tsuyu's reaction to report to Danzo-sama later.

Eventually, the crowd dispersed as the damage was controlled. A short bald old man went to them, getting angry at Naruto for a second before grudgingly telling them they could stay at a free room since Lord Third asked him to.

Of course, Hiruzen would interfere directly since it was Naruto causing issues. 

Tsuyu held Naruto's head and forced him to bow down with her to apologize to the landlord. What Tsuyu hated most was to become a problem for society in general, and even though Naruto caused this, she was his guardian and caretaker, and he was her responsibility.

"Mr. Mori, I apologize for my brother's mistake. I will make sure to teach him properly".

'Tch. If he causes trouble again, you two should live somewhere else'. The old man tossed the key to their new room before going away.

…

Tanya let out another breath. Her legs felt weak from all of today's events. The siblings climbed up the floor towards their original room first to see what was left.

Naruto noticed Tsuyu's struggle climbing the stairs. He wanted to ask if Tsuyu was okay, but he was too afraid to ask. Remembering how Tsuyu looked at her, her harsh words, Tsuyu's figure overlapped with the hateful, angry faces from the villagers who had shunned him.

Naruto felt like crying again. The last person he wanted to hate him was Tsuyu, his only family. But he controlled his tears and breathing. The pressure in his chest was heavy, but he had to endure. He would only make Tsuyu angry…

Both of them entered the now-messed-up apartment. The floor and walls were scorched black here and there. The furniture was half destroyed by flames. The two scavenged whatever was left and brought them out with them to their new apartment a floor below.

Tsuyu didn't talk at all and stayed silent the entire time. As they entered, Tsuyu plopped down on the sofa, feeling too exhausted. Her body was aching all over already from forcing herself to climb the stairs, only adding to the stress she was feeling. She refused to look at Naruto otherwise she might say something that wouldn't be of any benefit.

"Nii-san". Her voice was cold.

'Yes…?'.

"Give me a drink. And then go out and buy some takeaway". Her words were more like an order. She was too tired to move after all, much less cooking, she had to get groceries first.

'Y-yes…'. Naruto went quickly, pouring a cup of water for her before placing them on the table. Tsuyu took it and gulped it down. Her eyes never landed on Naruto. Naruto quietly left the apartment to get some food.

…

The evening passed in silence. Tsuyu didn't bother to talk to Naruto during dinner, knowing she had nothing good to say. It was already obvious Naruto knew what he did wrong, and she already gave him a scolding. Therefore, silence was all she could give now.

Tsuyu went to her room to sleep, not wanting to think about the day. She then started to wonder if she had put too much expectation on Naruto, using her own intellect as a reference. Maybe a child of 10 years old was supposed to be as stupid as he was normally? Tsuyu was no longer as angry. But only feeling acceptance.

Meanwhile, Naruto cleaned up the table… the tears he was holding fell again. He hated that Tsuyu didn't bother to look at him at all the entire time. He felt so hurt. So scared. So guilty. 

Naruto sniffles was heard by Tsuyu, but she just turned around, not giving a damn. She just assumed Naruto would calm down by tomorrow and just sleep.

Naruto, in his bed, never felt as horrible his entire life… he was scared of Tsuyu hating him now. He didn't know what to do… 

'Hahaha. Didn't you see the look in her eyes? Just like those who had shunned and hated you'.

Naruto found himself inside his mindscape. In his weak moment, the fox pulled him in. Naruto closed his eyes, in tears, not wanting to hear the taunting from the evil fox. Naruto knew the fox would want to take him over, and Tsuyu already told him about it and something about keeping his mental state stable to prevent it. He didn't want to make Tsuyu even madder than she was now. 

Naruto couldn't sleep the entire time, trying to drive Kyubi's influence away while handling the various negative emotions inside his chest.

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