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KTI - Consequence and Sacrifice	By : JCooper Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 757 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Part 1
- 2-Part 2
- 3-Part 3
- 4-Part 4
- 5-Part 5
- 6-Part 6
- 7-Part 7
- 4
- 5
- 6
Okay, this chapter took a little longer than the rest, but it's because I've got exams coming up. Lots of studying. Also, I've noticed a trend, so I will state it now, that there will probably be a lot of flashbacks in this story. And not in chronological order. Maybe later I'll make a timeline or something, but I think I've done pretty could about keeping everything within the proper time-space continuity. So enjoy. ^_^

Title: Kekka to Ikenie (Consequence and Sacrifice)

Author: S.P. Kathrine

Fandom: Naruto

Rating: R-NC17 (M-MA)

Warnings: AU, BL (boyxboy), lack of uke/seme distinctions, violence, language, lack of well-written fight scenes, unbetaed (Does reading it over three times count?), Possibly OOC-ness, OC (important, but not main character of story)

Part: 5 of undetermined

Pairings: NaruSasuNaru (little-to-no uke / seme-ness), LeeSaku, HinaNeji (Hyuugacest), and others

Summary: Mizono Saigo was always considered somewhat of a mystery by the people who know him, or of him. He was a considered one of the top students in the Ninja Academy, but was also a rather normal, if more-than-somewhat antisocial child. The true mystery was the father who no one saw, no one spoke to, who no one could even confirm existed. So when Saigo suddenly develops a bloodline trait that none could expect, a secret kept for over a decade comes to light, even though the former Hokage had forbidden anyone knowing of it to ever speak of it, even to her replacement. And the truth about Saigo�s father is revealed. AU story because of changes made to canon plot.

Part Five

�Ah, Konohamaru! Just the man I wanted to see!� Naruto exclaimed, standing up from his seat behind his rather messy desk and moving towards his second-in-command with outstretched hand.

�I�m just here to give my mission report, Boss,� the brunette cut off whatever he might have planned to have said, eyes wary and alert for any new plot the Hokage might have conjured during his absence.

�Oh, please, that was just a formality mission,� Naruto waved a hand dismissively. �You know as well as I do that Gaara will be at the Chuunin Exams this year. The only reason why it took you guys so long was because I purposely told him to wait awhile before giving you his reply. Quit acting like you actually want to give a mission report about something so boring.�

Konohamaru�s eyes twitched, teeth clenching, and then threw the scroll that he had been carrying at the Rokudaime�s head. Not prepared, Naruto was only a second away from actually getting hit in the face, but managed to dodge the missive before it struck. �Hey!� he glared.

�You could have sent some other team for that bullshit,� Konohamaru scowled. �Are you purposely giving my team simple missions?�

�What?� Naruto couldn�t understand what he was so angry about. �I thought I was doing you a favor! You know, getting you out of the village, and everything. You�re the one that decided to take your team with you! I was trying to give you time with that sand-nin�Haruko or whatever�that you like so much!�

This time it was a shuriken that came flying at the blonde�s head. �Why didn�t you just SAY that!�

�Because the Hokage is not supposed to show favoritism!� Naruto explained. �Anyway, I bet you were able to work with your students about sand attacks and stuff, right? So it wasn�t like everything was a total loss, right? Now they�ll be even more prepared for the Chuunin Exams!�

At the this Konohamaru gave a deep, suffering sigh. Why do I put up with him again? If I had killed him earlier, I would have been Hokage, but NO, I just wanted to win the �honorable� way. Stupid me.

�Hey, Konohamaru, you are nominating your team for the Chuunin Exams, right?� Naruto inquired. �I mean, with the sand storms, the flood in Grass Country, the sudden civil war in Thunder Country, the Chuunin Exams have been held back for almost two years and yet you are one of the ONLY instructors that hasn�t nominated at least one of their students be promoted in that time.�

�Because I don�t think that any of them have shown their true potential,� Konohamaru stated. �And going on easy missions hasn�t helped me decide either.�

�Hey!� Naruto put as much of his affronted dignity into the word as possible. �What about that princess you guys were supposed to bodyguard, only you found out that she was a missing-nin in disguise? That could have been a B-rank!�

�One B-rank doesn�t make a Chuunin,� Konohamaru replied. �And besides, it was easy to apprehend her. She was dying from poison already and had just been trying to get into Waterfall Country for refuge. She killed herself before we could even get back here. It was nothing like your first real mission, Naruto.�

�So you�re not going to enter them?� Naruto frowned. Konohamaru could be so serious when it came to his team. He was like Kakashi without the mask, and just as perverted. But instead of carrying around volumes of �Icha Icha�, Naruto knew the younger man kept mini swimsuit magazines�the �uncensored� versions�hidden on his person at all times. And yet, when he became an instructor, something had changed within him, and Naruto considered it a good thing. He had always known how to be serious when needed, but the responsibility didn�t seem so much a chore to him anymore. Naruto had sometimes wondered what it would have been like if he�d had his own genin team before he became Hokage, but there had been so much fighting going on�most of it with him stuck in the middle�that Tsunade would never have put him in such a precarious position as to care for three barely-out-of-the-Academy ninja.

But it also seemed that Konohamaru expected quite a bit from his team at the same time. He hadn�t nominated them for the first Chuunin Exam after their graduation, although Naruto understood that they hadn�t even been a team for six months and had yet to go beyond the borders of Fire Country for a mission. The Exams were being held in Sunagakure that year and had been stalled indefinitely due to a disastrous sand storm that had raged for three weeks straight. The Exams were then cancelled and the irony of it was that the storm ended two days later.

The two after that had also been met with problems that cancelled them before they had even begun. In the case of Kumogakure, someone has attempted to kill the Lord of Lightning and in doing so sparked a civil war through out the entire country. Of course, it would have been short lived if allies had not been brought in and ninja involved. It was still going on, and thankfully, none of Konoha�s major allies (meaning allies that they were on good terms with) were apart of it.

The flooding of Grass Country has also been unexpected. After months of a drought�ironic as it was a country predominantly of plant life and directly adjacent to the country of Rain�the sudden rains hadn�t let up for four days, resulting in overflowing rivers. Even though it was over in time for the Exams, the Council of Elders that ruled over Kusagakure had decided to cancel in lieu of damage control throughout the country. Naruto had to send some of Konoha�s own to help with the resulting clean-up after a direct meeting with the Lord of Fire Country, as they were allies with Grass. Along with the assistance of ninja from Takigakure in Waterfall Country, the damage had been easily contained, extensive though it was. Interestingly enough, Kusagakure itself had not been in danger due to the fact it was situated on the high plains of the country, although it was the more populated cities and villages that suffered from the floods the most.

In the time since the last actual Chuunin Exam, Konoha, Suna, and various other countries simply held promotion ceremonies where genin ascended to chuunin through nominations by higher-ranked ninjas and review of their mission records. Of the four teams�because after the attack that Akatsuki had perpetrated against Konohagakure ten years before, it had been decided that more ninja were needed due to all of the casualties and therefore more teams needed to be accepted after graduation, although Tsunade was not above being picky about who fit the bill�that had graduated the year Konohamaru was given his first team, his was the only one where none had even been nominated for chuunin status.

Of course, Naruto did not believe that it was from lack of skill�one was a Hyuuga (son of Neji at that) and the other was the daughter of an obsessive compulsive perfectionist and a woman with a real mean sucker punch (which made his reconsider their friendship at frequent intervals). All of them had been in the top ten of their class. Naruto often believed that the reason that no one else had nominated any of Konohamaru students was because the jounin himself wouldn�t allow it.

�Why are you so interested in my team anyway?� Konohamaru shot him an accusatory look. �Was that evil-wench-in-disguise complaining about me again?�

Shit like that is why she still hates you, Naruto thought to himself while also trying to remember the plot that had formed in his head the day before. As usual, he had forgotten most of it by the time he had gotten up that morning, but had decided that he could wing it when needed. Surprising people�including himself�was what he did best after all.

�Actually, she pointed out that I need to take a more hands on approach concerning the genin teams I�ve been making up for the past six years,� he stated. �I mean, the Hokage should know everything about the people who follow him, right? And I can barely remember the names of the genin I�ve let out of the Academy. So I�ve decided to pay more attention to them and with the Chuunin Exams coming up, what better way than to talk to their teacher, eh?�

�You�re trying to memorize information about all of the genin in Konoha?�

�Not just the genin. All of them!�

�Idiot!� Konohamaru shook his head at him. �Do you think Tsunade could recite the names of every genin, let alone all the chuunin and jounin too?�

�The old man could,� Naruto pointed out.

The Sandaime was no a topic either broached lightly. While Naruto had spent two years training under Tsunade to take up the position of Hokage, it was the legacy of the Sandaime that he worked to live up to. Of all of the Hokage, he was the one who lasted the longest and the most people mourned. And it is no simple feat to take back the reigns after you have already passed them on to someone younger, stronger, and to still run the village with the same skill and wisdom as you used the first time for another thirteen years. No simple feat at all. And contrary to what he had told Sakura the day before, he was sure that Sandaime HAD memorized the names of all of the ninja in Konoha. Living up to such a standard would be no easy deed.

There was a heavy silence in the room now, although not as uncomfortable as it as once been whenever the name of the Sandaime, Konohamaru�s grandfather, was mentioned. Suddenly, Konohamaru snorted, a smirk crawling across his lips. �You know the only person with the skills to live up to him is me, so why do you even try?� he inquired. �I mean, yeah, you became Hokage first, but that�s only because Tsunade�s got it out for me.�

�Then you shouldn�t have replaced all of her sake with swamp water,� Naruto retorted.

The other man shrugged off the comment as if he had not even spoken. �And it�s really like you�re just holding onto my spot until I can take it,� he added, �so you really shouldn�t be trying to copy people or else they�ll forget all about you when you give up the Hokage position to me.�

�How do you know I�ll even suggest that you become Hokage?� Naruto asked him with a scowl on his face. �You know I�m the one that names my successor, right? So you better watch the mouth.�

�Pssh,� Konohamaru waved his hand dismissively. �If that was all it took, you would have been Hokage two years sooner. The Elders have to agree on it as well.�

�By the time I give up my position, they�ll be dead�they�re can�t live forever, and they�re already ancient�because I�m not dying young and you�ll be too old to be Hokage by then!� And he proved just how much he had matured in his twenty-nine�almost thirty�years by sticking his tongue out at his right-hand ninja. Then he gave him a smile, �So, are you putting you team up for the Chuunin Exams or not?�

Konohamaru was far too used to Naruto�s way of going off on tangents, only to then suddenly jump back into the original discussion, as the subject changed didn�t even faze him. Instead he gave another careless shrug. �You�ll just have to wait until Nomination Day to find out, won�t you?� he smirked. ��Cause I�m not telling.�

Naruto glared at him. �You can be such an ass.�

�Who else would be able to put up with your bullshit?�

�I�m going to ignore that remark just because we�re friends,� the blonde told him, hand clenching as he turned around and went back to his seat.

�You�re so kind.�

The Hokage was quickly forgetting the main reason he had wanted to speak to the jounin in favor of the need to wipe the annoying smug look off of his face. I could have gotten rid of him already and never had to worry about somebody always out for my seat, but NO, he�s my second-in-command instead.

�Why don�t you go bug someone else�s team?� Konohamaru suggested with a small sigh of exasperation. �I�m sure Yamanaka-san would be willing to gossip with you for as long you wanted. Besides, I need sleep after how Lin pretty much dragged us all here on her energy alone. We shouldn�t have gotten here until around nine because we left late, but she was really �enthusiastic� today.�

Naruto let out a burst of laughter. �You mean you haven�t learned ho to deal with all of that �youthfulness�, yet?�

Konohamaru gave another scowl that was so reminiscent of his childhood pout that Naruto just laughed louder, his body shaking so badly from the guffaws that he almost fell out of his seat. Of course, the other man in the room didn�t find this to be very humorous. �You know, if it wasn�t for the fact that I�d be charged with murder and high treason, I�d kill you.�

�Like you could beat me one-on-one,� Naruto snorted in disbelief.

�I bet you�ve gone soft from sitting in that chair for so long,� Konohamaru retorted. �You probably can�t even do a proper Kage Bushin anymore.�

Now this was something that the elite jounin knew the Hokage would take personally. �You wanna put your kunai where your mouth is?� the blonde challenged.

�Anytime, Hokage-sama.�

�Fine! Two days from now, 0900, in field 13,� Naruto declared. �We�ll have a little �sparring match�. I win, you have to buy me ramen for lunch until the day of the Chuunin Exams.�

This didn�t sound very fair to Konohamaru, but he wasn�t planning on losing the match anyway. And his prize�

�I win�which I know I will�and you have to accept me as the number one candidate for your successor.�

�WHAT?!�

The brunette gave another infuriatingly satisfied grin, �What�s wrong, Hokage-sama? I mean, if I can beat you, then you�re obviously not the strongest ninja in the village anymore.�

As usual, his words had the desired effect, because Naruto was on his feet instantly. �I�ll show you who�s the strongest in the village, and newsflash it�s NOT you!�

�It�s on,� Konohamaru replied. �Two days from now, 0900. I�ll even bring my team just so that they can hear you declare my candidacy after I beat you into the ground. That is, if you�re conscious.� Then he turned around and walked to the door. Just as he was about to leave, a call from Naruto stopped him.

�Hey! Why were you late leaving anyway?� he inquired.

�Like you said, I wanted some �alone� time with Haruko-chan,� he gave a lecherous wink and walked out the door, shutting it behind him with a laugh.

Naruto sat back down, waiting until the door was closed before allowing the devious grin he was so well known for to cross his features. He might not remember his original plan, but he was always great at making up even better ones. This was a mystery he would not let rest until he solved it. Gotta have some entertainment around here, he thought.

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It was shortly after dawn when Saigo ventured drowsily out his room, stumbled down the stairs, and into the kitchen. He never completely awake in the morning, until after he got his first cup of hot tea and then took his shower. He sat down in his chair�his because he was the only one that used it�and picked up the fresh cup of tea that sat in the same place as it always was.

Sipping it slowly, he allowed himself to become fully aware, the blur in his eyes disappearing and the fogginess of his mind fading away like the rising steam of the brew. He looked up from the cup in his hands and to his father, whose back was turned as he pulled different items from the cupboards.

�Are you expected to join your team, today?� his father asked of him.

�Yeah, at eight o�clock at the training fields,� he replied. �I don�t think we�ll have another mission so soon after this past one, so I�ll be home by three at the latest. We�ll probably just go through some training exercises. Konohamaru-sensei hasn�t even said whether or not he has nominated us for the Chuunin Exams.�

This was something that had frustrated him in the past. He knew he was ready to become a Chuunin, and yet his instructor barely even mentioned them moving to Chuunin status. They had been together for almost two years and yet he felt as if they were being held back. Perhaps it was the peaceful times they were in. He had learned about the war that had ended ten years before during his years in the Academy�he had only been four at the time and couldn�t even remember it. It hadn�t been that long of a war, only a few months, from what his beginner�s teacher, Hyoji-sensei said, and it had ended quickly due to the strengths of many skilled ninja, particularly the then-newly-instated Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto.

There had been little-to-no trouble for Konoha in the subsequent years as they rebuilt their strength and Saigo has wondered more than once why no one had taken advantage of their weakness when they could. Now Konoha was strong and had many strong allies, like Suna. What could have transpired during the war that no one would even attempt to use the village�s weakest moments against them afterwards? Now that everything seemed to be �fine� there was less of a need for Chuunin, and therefore the Exams were more selective.

�Konohamaru-sensei probably won�t even nominate us this time,� Saigo continued. �It does not appear as if we have done much to prove ourselves. With so little conflict, we can�t show our worth.�

�Don�t let down your guard, when you least expect it is when it will most likely occur,� his father said just as he drank down the last of his tea. Saigo stood and took in the words.

�Yes, �Tou-san,� he replied, bowing. Even though his father couldn�t see it, the sentiment and routine of it was something that had been ingrained in him long before his father lost his sight. It would be wrong not to do it. And it would not do to appear disrespectful when he father regained his sight. He squashed the thought before it could grow. His father�s sight wasn�t going to magically come back. It was a disease that had attacked his eyes; there was nothing that could be done. They had yet to find a cure. There was nothing that he could do�
/ It was getting late and his father had called an end to their after-dinner sparring session. Of course, his father had beaten him quite thoroughly, but he could tell that he had gone easy on him. There were always those brief moments when it would seem as if his father had never lost his sight, as strange look appearing on his face that shouldn�t have been there. It always occurred just as he was about to pull a technique that might have changed the flow of the �match�. Suddenly, he would move faster, more agile, more �deadly�. These bouts didn�t last long, as he would slow down once more just before contacting with Saigo, breaking through his defense and knocking him to the ground�again.

He watched out of the corner of his eye as his father picked up the shuriken and kunai that Saigo has used that evening. His father never used weapons when they trained, only taijutsu. Tonight had been target practice�on a moving target. Sometimes he was expected to use ninjutsu as well, but his father couldn�t because he didn�t have enough chakra. But that didn�t stop him from beating Saigo every time. And it didn�t stop Saigo from working harder so that, perhaps next time, he would be able to put at least one scratch on his father.

His father�s eyes were closed, as they always were. He hadn�t seen them open since that day when he first seen the full affect of the disease, the blindness that his father could never recover from. Now, five years later, he couldn�t even remember what his father�s eye color had been. There were no pictures in the house, save the ones that Saigo has brought home from school. They were in the living room, placed carefully about on different tables and shelves.

But nothing of his father. It made him wonder all the more about whom his father had been, what he had been like at his own age. Were they alike? Had they been at the same level? Did they have the same dreams? Were their eyes the same?

��Tou-san,� he spoke as they put the weapons away into their designated pouches.

�Hn?�

�Would�What if�� his voice trailed off.

His father stood beside him, not facing him, but obviously listening, waiting.

�Do you think I would make a good medic-nin?� he finally blurted.

His father turned to face him fully then, the brief raising of his one eyebrow showing his surprise. Saigo understood. It was not something he had ever voiced an interest of before, nor a line of questioning that he had ever used. His father remained silent, as if waiting for an explanation.

�I�I mean�� Never before had he been so nervous when speaking to his father. Normally, he would simply ask the question and if it wasn�t answered, he would let it go as unimportant, or his father would give him whatever response he deemed fit. He had never balked at such a thing before. Why now?

He took a deep breath and let it out, steadying himself. �Lin�s mother, Sakura-san is a medic-nin, but she is also very strong. She can fight, but she also knows how to heal people.� He inhaled deeply once more, continuing, �She can use chakra to fix broken bones, or even remove poisons. Perhaps�it could even be used to cure illnesses one day��

His father didn�t speak for a while. They sat in silence, Saigo becoming more nervous with each second that passed by. Did he understand what Saigo wanted? Did he think it was stupid? Selfish? Impossible? Saigo could never say that he knew for sure what his father was thinking. The man was so blank, even though Saigo knew he cared, but it was his actions that proved it, not his face.

�You shouldn�t base the rest of you life on the will of someone else.�

Saigo�s head turned quickly, gazing at the slightly down-tilted head of his father, partially hidden by his lengthy ebony hair.

��Tou-san?�

�Do you want to become a medic-nin, Saigo?�

The question caught him off-guard, and he didn�t response immediately. �I�I think I could be a good medic-nin,� he said. �I think it would be nice to help people, and yet still be able to go on missions and protect Konoha.� His thoughts in order, he gave a decisive nod of his head. �Yes, I do want to be a medic-ninja.�

�Then become one because you want to, not because you think I need you to.�

With those words his father left his side, entering the house, but leaving the door open for Saigo to follow. The chestnut-haired boy watched as his father�s figure disappeared behind the corner leading to the stairwell. He didn�t even notice when the smile bloomed across his face, his decision made.

The next day, he began training with chakra control on his own. /

And he continued to train. He would like to think he had improved, but he had yet to use his training to its fullest. There was always a limit to how much he would reveal during his sparring sessions with his team. He knew with his father it wouldn�t matter, the man was too strong. But perhaps, if Konohamaru-sensei did nominate them for the Chuunin Exams, he would be able to use his hard work to its maximum.

He thought on his father�s words. He would not become lax in his training, nor would he give up his ambition of becoming a medic-nin. As a medic-nin I will be able to better protect the one person who means the most to me, he thought. And one day, if it hasn�t already be done, I will give him back his sight. That�s a promise of a lifetime.

Okay, I like this chapter, but I don't really think I kept everyone in character. Sasuke, I have changed according to his experiences, which have not all been revealed to you yet, but do any of you think I've gone too far? I would really like some opinions on this. Also, don't expect another update for at least two-three weeks. I have exams and another story which I REALLY need to update.
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