Chapter 7

One thought ran through Naruto's mind as he looked at Karin, Suigetsu, and Jugo.

"This is gonna fucking suuuuck." Naruto thought as he prepared to jump down.

Naruto knew what to expect from Karin, because he had spent some time around her. But Suigetsu and Jugo were wild cards, he didn't know what to expect from them.

"Oi! What the hell do you think you're doing!? I was sleeping." Naruto said as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

Instantly Karin's head snapped towards Naruto.

"YOU! YOU GET DOWN HERE RIGHT FUCKING NOW!" Karin yelled furiously as she gestured for Naruto to come down.

Just then Sakura walked up behind Naruto.

"What the hell is going out here!?" Sakura said in an irritated tone.

Then she looked down and spotted the remaining members of Team Taka.

"Oh hell this is gonna get ugly," Sakura said as she placed her hand on Naruto's shoulder. "You need me to come down there with you?"

"Nah you just go and keep your parents out of this." Naruto said as he gave Sakura a quick kiss, before he jumped down to the street.

As soon as his feet hit the ground, he had to dodge a punch from Karin.

"STAY STILL YOU BASTARD!" Karin yelled as she tried to hit Naruto, but he easily dodged each one.

Getting tired of dodging Naruto grabbed Karin's fist, effectively stopping her assault. She tried to swing her other fist, but Naruto caught that one too.

"Are you done?" Naruto asked in a bored tone.

Karin just growled and tried to headbutt Naruto, but he just leaned back so that she completely missed.

"You good now?" Naruto asked as noticed tear drops hitting the ground.

"Why!? Why did you kill Sasuke-kun!?" Karin yelled in Naruto's face.

"You want to know why I killed that bastard?" Naruto asked just as upset as her.

"YES!" Karin yelled as she struggled against Naruto's grasp.

"I'll tell you if you calm the fuck down, and don't try to kill me." Naruto said as he started to loosen his grip.

Karin thought for a minute before she took a deep breath and nodded. Naruto let Karin go, and started his explanation.

"You probably don't know what Sasuke planned to do," Naruto said as he took a deep breath. "He planned to kill all the Kage, the bijuu, and me."

"Why would he do that?" Suigetsu asked as he walked up next to Karin.

"Yes that doesn't make sense, Sasuke had given up on his revenge before we arrived on the battlefield." Jugo said as he stood on the other side of Karin.

"Sasuke believed that the Kage and the bijuu were the cause of all the wars and violence between the elemental nations. He wanted to destroy and rebuild." Naruto explained causing Jugo and Suigetsu to go wide eyed. Karin however wasn't swayed and was still extremely upset.

"Then why couldn't you just talk him out of it?" Karin said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Don't you think we tried," Naruto said in an annoyed tone. "But the stupid teme wouldn't listen."

Naruto took a deep breath to calm himself before he explained the next part.

"However the main reason I had to kill Sasuke was," Naruto paused and clenched his fists. "Because he killed Sakura."

Suigetsu gasped, and Jugo seemed mildly surprised. Karin was momentarily shaken, before she continued.

"But that pink-haired slut is still alive!" Karin yelled as she gestured up to Sakura's room.

Hearing someone insult Sakura caused something in Naruto to snap.

"Don't you ever, EVER talk about Sakura-chan like that again!" Naruto yelled as he got in Karin's face. "And for you information the only reason she's alive is because of this!"

Naruto channeled chakra into his left eye and activated his rinnegan. Seeing that Naruto had the rinnegan made all three of them flinch in fear.

"I had to bring her back from the dead!" Naruto yelled as he tried to calm his anger. Taking a deep breath he continued. "You know you should be thanking me, because if it wasn't for me you'd still be in that damn genjutsu."

"But that doesn't make sense, that's not the Sasuke-kun I knew." Karin said as she started to cry.

Naruto walked up to Karin and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Karin, I know you loved Sasuke, but he didn't love you. Sasuke didn't love anyone, he wanted to isolate himself in darkness," Naruto said as he tried to comfort Karin. "He would have sacrificed you in a heartbeat to advance his goal. And if I remember right, he did try and kill you once."

Karin only sobbed more as Naruto brought up that painful memory.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" Karin asked, but Naruto's response shocked her.

"Hey family has to stick together, right!" Naruto said with a grin.

"W-What do you mean, f-family?" Karin asked wide-eyed.

"Karin what's your last name?" Naruto asked as gave Karin a warm smile.

"It's Uzumaki, why?" Karin asked not following.

"Well you're looking at Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto said with extreme pride.

"You're an Uzumaki!" Karin said as her eyes lit up.

"Yep, so we're family." Naruto said with a massive smile.

"W-Wow I-I have family." Karin said with a smile as tears of joy fell from her eyes. She then grabbed Naruto and hugged him "I have a family"

Naruto hugged her back, and let her cry into his shoulder.

"Karin I know you're going through rough times now, but if you stay in the village I promise I'll help you through it," Naruto said as he looked Karin in her red eyes. "Plus with your sensory abilities, and your healing powers you'd be a huge asset to the village. I'll even ask Sakura-chan to help train you in medical ninjutsu."

Karin thought for a moment, she really didn't have anywhere else to go. Plus Naruto was right, she had family here and she could be of use.

"Okay Naruto you got a deal." Karin said happily.

Then Naruto turned to Suigetsu and Jugo.

"So what are you guys gonna do?" Naruto asked,

"I guess I could head back to Kiri, and see if they'll let me back into the village." Suigetsu said with a shrug as he sipped his water.

"I still need to get my murderous temptations under control. So I'll try and find Orochimaru-sama and see if he can assist me." Jugo said in a monotone voice.

Karin turned to her two Taka teammates.

"Well guys, I guess this is goodbye. I know we didn't always get along, but it was still fun." Karin said as she hugged Suigetsu and Jugo. "You two be sure to come see me."

Both of them nodded and started walking towards the village gates. Naruto then turned to Karin.

"Well let's go tell Tsunade-baachan that you wanna enlist as a ninja," Naruto said as he turned to leave with Karin in tow. "Oh we'll also have to stop by my place real quick to pick a couple people up then we'll go."

As Naruto and Karin walked down the street, Sakura was watching from her balcony with a smile on her face.

"Naruto is there anything you can't do?" Sakura thought as she walked into her room to get ready, she had to meet Tsunade-sama to. She quickly dressed, and made herself some breakfast.

As Sakura was about to run out the door, she was stopped by her mother.

"Wait, Sakura before you go. I need to ask you something." Mebuki said as she walked up to her daughter.

"Sure mom what's up?" Sakura said in a confused voice.

"How...how do you know Kushina? She's been dead 17 years, and I know I didn't tell you about her." Mebuki said worry evident in her eyes.

Sakura took a deep breath, she might as well tell her.

"After we defeated Kaguya, Sasuke wanted to kill the Kage, and Naruto," Sakura said causing Mebuki to gasp. "I tried to talk him out of it, but he wouldn't listen. So he called me annoying then he...then he...k-killed me."

Mebuki turned ghostly white when she heard this, and she looked like she was gonna pass out.

"D-Dead," Mebuki stammered out as she braced herself against the wall.

"Yeah, while I was...dead...I met Kushina, and her husband Minato. We talked, and they helped me realize my feelings for Naruto." Sakura said as she thought back to her talk with Kushina.

"Then that means Naruto brought you back to life," Mebuki said to herself.

"Thank you Naruto, thank you for always protecting my little girl." Mebuki thought as a few tears fell from her eyes.

"Mom it's alright I'm fine now." Sakura said trying to sooth her mother.

"No, no it's not that dear. Just...just thank Naruto for me, and be sure to give him all your love." Mebuki said as she wiped her tears.

Sakura smiled and nodded before she ran out the door towards the Hokage Tower.

Mebuki smiled as she looked up.

"Kushina, even in death you're looking out for me and my family, thank you." Mebuki thought with a smile.