Desert Rose

Ch 5

Betrayed

Kakashi turned and glared back at Naruto. "You killed several Konoha shinobi and I want to know why?"

The fox form of Naruto grinned. They were intruding on my territory and were hurting a guest of mine so my actions were justified.

Kakashi stepped closer to Naruto. "They were escorting that young woman to her future husband as part of a treaty between Leaf and Sand. You had no right to interfere with the exchange of items."

Naruto growled and Kakashi realized he shouldn't have said that last remark. You have five minutes to get out of my territory if you are not gone by then I will track you down and skin you alive and as further notice any Konoha shinobi crossing into my territory that I catch will be killed on the spot.

Kakashi stared at Naruto. "You can't do that it violates . . . ." The rest of his comment was cut off by the clawed hand wrapped around his lower face as he was lifted off the ground.

I have every right as the agreement reached between the third and I this land is mine in exchange for my protection against other demons now then if you fail to comply with my wishes I will no longer uphold my end of the bargain and you will have several very pissed off demons out to destroy Konoha quiet possible myself included. Now that this has been decided, LEAVE!!!!

With that Naruto threw Kakashi across the clearing where Kakashi rolled and got back to his feet. With a parting glance he shot towards Temari and Umi he disappeared back into the woods.

Temari slumped to the porch with a sigh as Naruto walked back towards them. When he was next to them Temari felt his clawed hand on her shoulder and she glanced up at him. He gave her a cocky grin as he stepped back inside the house.

Umi smiled towards the now confused Temari. "Well that makes it official. You are now a part of his family he will protect you and care for you as long as you wish to remain here."

Temari stared back through the door as Naruto appeared wearing his robe once again. "It's true you will be welcome here anytime and while you are in my territory you will be my guest and as such you will be under my protection."

Naruto suddenly found him self starring at the ceiling and was confused as to how he was looking straight up till he glanced down and saw a mess of blonde hair. She was mumbling thank you than you over and over again and Naruto smiled till the little boy saw him on the floor and quickly took advantage of the situation and dog pilled Naruto.

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Kakashi was upset that the mission had gone bad. He quickly made his way to the Hokage's tower and told the receptionist that he needed to speak with the hokage as quickly as possible. The young woman nodded and stepped inside for a few minutes, when she reappeared she gestured for Kakashi to go on in. As Kakashi stepped inside he not only saw Suratobi but he also saw several of the village council members waiting to see him.

Sarutobi nodded towards Kakashi. "Well was your mission successful in retrieving Sasuke's future wife?"

Kakashi shook his head. "No, Naruto apparently intercepted the escort and Temari is his guest and under his protection. Any action taken towards retrieving her will be taken as a hostile act by Naruto he himself told as of now any Konoha shinobi entering his territory will be attacked on sight and killed. So as it stands we cannot do anything without breaking the treaty."

Sarutobi nodded and was about to speak when a council member stepped forward. "This is the final straw we can no longer tolerate this disrespect from an upstart demon we should send in the root and wipe him and his spawn off the face of the earth and retrieve the girl." Several other members nodded in approval and mumbled in agreement.

"That will be quiet enough Dozu. Have you forgotten that the so called demon has protected us from several small demons that have sought to make a name for themselves by wiping out Konoha and let us not forget he is still absorbing the Kyuubi and can still tap into it's power so any attack will encourage his wrath on this village."

Dozu refused to back down and stood directly in front of the Hokage's desk. "You forget you place you can order the shinobi around but you cannot order us around without major repercussion. If you refuse to retrieve the girl then we will let slip what exactly has happened to Konoha shinobi that were simply escorting the happy wife to be to her beloved husband when the demon kidnapped her and killed her guards. The riot that will ensue when they find out that you refused to help the distraught husband retrieve his wife."

Kakashi stared at Dozu this was outright insubordination but deep down her knew that it would happen exactly as Dozu said it would. If Sarutobi refused to let root retrieve the girl Dozu would cause a riot and the hokage would be thrown out of office for being incompetent and the council would seize control. Sarutobi stared at Dozu and sighed he had no choice in order to maintain some peace he had no choice but to concede to the councils wishes.

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Naruto was sitting on the little porch of his house playing with the little girl who was trying in vain to catch on of his tails. Umi was inside with Temari who had decided to help cook lunch. Both women were watching Naruto and the little girl play outside and giggled at the frustrated look on her face as the tail moved away from her again. Temari was giggling till they heard a loud laugh and looked out the window Umi froze seeing that her daughter had caught one of Naruto's tails while the demon was looking towards the woods. Temari saw Umi freeze and was about to ask when the young woman grabbed her hand and pulled her away form the window and back to where her son was sitting at the table. Umi grabbed him and rushed out the door grabbing her daughter from Naruto.

Temari was following very confused until she heard Naruto roar and take off into the forest. She followed Umi till the where well within the trees. Umi paused under a rather large tree and sat her children down. The little boy immediately took his sister and they crawled into a hole that was made into the roots. Umi stood and pulled the kunai from the small of her back and held it like a knife. Temari watched as the gently face looking mother slowly turned into a battle hardened soldier. Temari pulled one of the scrolls from her belt and slid it open running her blood across the seal her fan appeared. Umi looked a little confused before Temari snapped the fan open with a grin.

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Naruto was up in the trees once more watching as a group of Nins slowly made their way towards the clearing. Each Nin had an identical face mask and Naruto smiled before he slowly made his way down to the forest floor. One of the roots squad paused under his tree and was waiting for the signal to launch an attack against the small building just inside the clearing. He shifted uncomfortable feeling as if he was being watched. He didn't have time to act or call out a warning as a red tail wrapped around his throat lifting him off the ground.

The commander of the squad paused for only a second before giving the signal to attack. Three roots members stepped forward and unleashed several massive fireballs towards the cabin. When the cabin exploded the commander nodded to himself. Till something wet hit him from behind. Confused he glanced down and saw the severed head of his new rookie gazing up at him with dead eyes. 'This isn't good.'

"GET AWAY FROM THE TREES!!!" He yelled to his men.

Three more men came running out of the trees the forth man wasn't as lucky as he was clearing the last tree a red claw exploded through his chest. The commander didn't even need to order them to attack as three plumes of fire erupted towards the impaled Nin. For a moment the man who was in charge of his men's lives could have sworn he saw fear in the dying mans eyes as he was engulfed in fire.

The explosion took them by surprise.

Staring up at the sky the struggled back to their feet only to see the trees around the detonation sight were torn from the ground. The leader of the roots squad felt as if something was off and started to look about. When a monstrous red creature erupted from further down the tree line the commander felt fear clench his stomach as the creature pelted towards them on all fours. His men didn't need to be ordered as they raised a shield of earth to block any attack from the demon child.

When no attack came they began to wonder what was going on they never knew what hit them as a plum of molten rock erupted from the ground engulfing one of the roots who didn't even have time to scream as his body was consumed. The remaining 5 leapt back and took a defensive position. The commander had tried but found he couldn't move from his spot as a pool of red chakra held him in place. A red claw ripped threw the earth shield and grabbed a roots Nin then pulled him back through the hole the only problem was that the hole was smaller than the nin. Two fire balls followed the Nin through the hole as his comrades backed further away leaving their commander behind. The earth shield shuddered as something huge hit it, the men expecting an attack began to funnel chakra into there perspective attacks when one of them happened to look up. Naruto wielding what looked to be a shaft of pure chakra was falling straight towards them. The unexpected direction of attack gives Naruto all the time he needs to throw the shaft of chakra towards the Nin. The chakra angled towards them spinning like a boomerang two of the Nins jump up and over the swirling blade and are caught in the explosion as the chakra weapon detonated. Their scorched bodies fall back to the ground with a thud as the two remaining Nins stare at the demon that is standing before them holding another chakra boomerang. Seeing that they were about to die they pulled their Anbu swords and charged Naruto who simply brought the boomerang to bear and blocked their swords.

The two Nins jump back and begin to flank Naruto hoping to catch him off guard since it was one weapon against two until the watch another boomerang appear in Narutos outstretched hand. The men launched their attacks simultaneously only to have the boomerang block their attacks. With surprising speed Naruto spin kicks the Nin in front of him several feet away. The Nin rolled with the attack and as he came back to his feet he only a had a moment to register the boomerang striking the ground right in front of him before it too detonated. The Nin behind Naruto can only stare at his sword as it falls apart before his eyes roll back into his head and hand he falls to the ground on both of his sides.

The commander felt the pool of chakra begin to move and glanced down to see a claw grab his feet as the "arm" ripped out of the earth leading back to Naruto the arm lifted him off the ground and brought him flying towards him. His body was flung to the ground so hard that it knocked the wind from his lungs. Coughing he tried to get to his feet only to have something strike his side lifting him off the ground and hurling him several feet where he struck the ground hard again.

Why did you attack my home?

The roots commander staggered to his feet coughing violently. "We were ordered to destroy a threat to the village."

He failed to block the punch that connected with the side of his head. When he hit the ground he felt a dull pop and saw his wrist was bent in an unnatural way. He clutched his broken wrist and tried to stand up. Only to have his body jerked upwards by the fox demon.

I was no threat to the village. I help protect the village from any upstart demon who tries to destroy Konoha. So I ask you again, why would you attempt to kill innocent children who were in my protection?

The man before Naruto laughed. "You expect me to believe that your spawn are innocent any children of a demon are demons themselves and I was glad to take on the mission to destroy any threat to my home." The Nins laugh was cut off by the constricting of his airway as he was held aloft.

THOSE CHILDREN ARE HUMAN I HAD NO PART IN THEIR CONCEPTION IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE FOR THEIR BEING HERE BLAME THE MISSING NIN THAT RAPED THEIR MOTHER. I WOULD RATHER DIE THAN FORCE ANY FEMALE TO ENGAGE IN ANY ACT WITH ME LIKE THAT SO IF I REFUSE TO SINK SO LOW AS TO RAPE A WOMAN DOES THAT MAKE ME A DEMON.

Naruto releases the Nin and he falls to the ground gasping for air. Go get out of here. Return to your village and tell them that I am leaving and taking those in my protection with me if you follow me I will slaughter them. Tell Sarutobi that the contract between us is now void.

The Nin looked up and watched as Naruto slowly walked back into the woods and disappeared before he climbed to his feet and started to stagger back to Konoha.

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Umi sighed as Naruto appeared around one of the trees nearby. Temari lowered her fan as she watched him walk towards her and smiled as Umi ran up to him and embraced him. Two little children climbed out of the hole and raced to join their mother in embracing Naruto. Temari decided that maybe her brother was right after all she could trust the fox. She grinned as the little girl grabbed one of Narutos tails as if nothing had happened squealing in happiness as the tail wrapped about her and lifted her off the ground. Umi took the giggling girl and turned back to Naruto.

"So what do we do now?"

We go meet Temari's brothers. They will have a place waiting for us and a few others of our kind who are rejected by those who despise what they do not understand. There we will be in peace.

Temari felt dumbstruck her brother was helping with this. Realizing that Konoha was going to want to retaliate soon she stepped to Naruto's side.

"If that's the case then maybe we should start moving so we can avoid more trouble with Konoha."

Naruto smiled and started walking deeper into the trees. Umi smiled at Temari and quickly followed the demon fox the little boy was left staring up at Temari who was looking a tad bit confused till he held out his hand to her. Smiling she took the offered hand and followed the others as they made their way towards a new life and possibly a new home.