Naruto: Nine And Seven

Chapter 13

Naruto awoke in the master bedroom of his new home for the first time. As he began to stir, the first thing he noticed, as usual, was Fu's warm body snuggled against him. He smiled as he looked down and saw the girl in his arms. Deciding not to wake her, he gently and carefully separated from her and moved to the side of the bed. After he sat up, he turned to her, still wearing his smile as he admired her face, partially hidden by strands of her mint green hair. He gently brushed the strands off of the tan girl's face before running his fingers through her hair.

After a moment, he got up and began to walk out of the room. As he passed by the dresser, he stopped and looked at what Fu had placed on it, recalling the conversation he'd had with her about it the previous night.

(Flashback)

Naruto and Fu stood in their bedroom, both ready for sleep. After returning home, they created shadow clones and ordered them to work on the compound while they talked over a meal, mostly about their missions and the new bonds they forged over them. After that, they trained until sunset. They spent the rest of the day together and explored the other buildings of the compound. Well, more like Fu showed him what she had discovered while he was gone. As Naruto prepared to lie down, he noticed what Fu had placed on the dresser.

Two pictures, one was a picture of them during one of their first dates. The pair was sitting down, Fu leaning against Naruto who had his arm wrapped around Fu's shoulders. Naruto giving his trademark fox-like grin while Fu had a gently smile. Naruto smiled when he saw this, remembering the time he spent with Fu in that town and their first kiss. It was then that he looked at the second picture and his eyes widened slightly.

It held a smiling couple who appeared to be in their late twenties, the woman holding an infant wrapped in a white blanket that was obviously Fu and the man had his arm wrapped around her waist. Both had tan skin, the man had black hair tied in a short ponytail, eyes that matched his hair and wore a standard Taki flak jacket, while the woman's hair and eye color matched Fu's and she wore a forest green battle kimono. The two stood within their village, Taki's sacred tree and the lake surrounding it in the background.

"Hey Fu." Naruto said to his girlfriend, getting the green haired girl's attention. "You never showed me this before." he said as he picked up the older picture. Fu's face fell slightly when she saw this.

"Sorry... as you can guess, that's me, my mom, and my dad." Fu said to the blond as she sat down on their bed. He saw the troubled look on her face and immediately became worried. All he really knew about her parents was that they died when she was very young. He knew not all Jinchuriki were lucky enough to have parents who cared for them... just look at Gaara's parents (as far as they all knew anyway). He sat down on the bed beside her, still holding the picture.

"I can tell something's troubling you, you know you can tell me anything." Naruto said and Fu saw the concern in his eyes. "If you don't want to tell me..."

"It's not that... It's just... there's not much to say. It wasn't too long after they took that picture that they..." she trailed off. "... I was too young to remember them and no one ever told me anything about them. I know their names, Aoki and Mizuko. Aside from that, that picture is all I really have of them. I used to look at it and wonder... what things would be like if they were still alive... I used to dream about them being there for me... then when I found out about the Nanabi, I started to wonder what they would have thought of me if they'd lived to see it sealed into me."

Naruto gave her a reassuring smile. He was glad now that he hadn't told her what he knew about Gaara's parents. "Is that what you're worried about? I'm sure they would have loved you." The blond told her.