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Dark Temptations	By : Fallenangelz Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 1610 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Four

What did she want now?

Mahina looked up from her drawing and stared silently at Tsunade. �I�m not going to ask you anything dealing with Orochimaru.� Tsunade said calmly as she sat down. �I want to ask you something else.�

What was she planning?

�I see you�re drawing a picture of Naruto.� Tsunade commented looking at what the little girl was drawing. �You know I think of him as a little brother, a son almost? He reminds me so much of my own little brother and of a guy I cared for very much.�

Why would she care about the old woman�s thoughts on Naruto? It didn�t take a genius to figure out that Naruto wasn�t exactly liked by some members of the village. The way a few of the nurses treated Naruto when he came to visit and the way she was treated because of Naruto was clear enough. �Naruto wants to adopt you so you�ll have a family again and a place you can call home.� Tsunade said gently. �He says that your family died because of Orochimaru.�

Slowly, Mahina nodded. She could still hear her father shouting for his wife to take their daughter and run. Orochimaru�s men had killed her father and mother, as well as the baby that her mother carried. She would have had a brother, but he was killed as well. Only she had survived, but death would have been a better fate for her. Instead, she became a meaningless experiment and child whore to Orochimaru as well as whoever wanted her body.

She listened as Tsunade talked, not really caring about the stuff Naruto would have to do just to take care of her. She wasn�t asking him to open his home for her to stay in with him. She hadn�t even asked him to do anything for her, he just took one look at her and did whatever he felt she wanted. �Would you like to live with Naruto? If you don�t, we can find an orphanage for you to stay in that isn�t pathetic.� Tsunade said gently.

Mahina was thoughtful for a moment, looking at the picture of Naruto she was working on. Calmly, she grabbed a crayon and drew a picture of herself holding onto Naruto�s hand. She wanted to live with Naruto since she felt safe. The bad dreams she had at night always went away whenever she heard Naruto�s voice and felt his body next to hers. �Are you sure you want to live with Naruto?� Tsunade asked patiently. �Adoption is pretty much forever.�

Looking determined, Mahina nodded. She wanted a home and a family. Those things Naruto was offering to give her. �Alright. I�ll start getting everything in order and hopefully you�ll be able to go home in a few days.� Tsunade said with a pleasant smile. �Naruto will come by later on when he�s done packing his things up and fill you in on what�s going to happen. Okay?�

Mahina nodded again before returning to her drawing, jumping with surprise when she heard a strange sound in her throat. She knew what the sound was, but she couldn�t remember the name. It was a good thing, she knew, and was made when people were happy.

She turned to ask Tsunade what she had been doing but saw the older woman had already left. Oh well, she�d have to remember to ask Naruto or one of the nurses when they came in� if they came in.
�Holy shit, Naruto, big enough apartment?� Sakura asked looking around the blonde�s potentially new apartment.

�I�m trying to adopt Mahina and my current apartment isn�t big enough for even me.� Naruto answered. �What do you think of this one? Would it be big enough to raise a kid in?�

�How should I know?�

�You�re a girl, don�t you have some kind of maternal instinct that tells you if something�s just right for a kid?�

�I think that might only work if the kid was mine to begin with.�

�No way! Look at how Grandma Tsunade acts with me! Personally, I�m not going to be surprised if she starts beating the hell outta whoever tries to keep me from adopting Mahina.�

Sakura chuckled a little, knowing full well that Tsunade probably would. �Alright, lemme see the bedrooms and tell me which one you think is going to be Mahina�s.� Sakura said with a small chuckle.

She followed the blonde, carefully looking around the room that would serve as Mahina�s. �I want to put a bookshelf, some toys, a dresser, and of course a bed in here.� Naruto said, leaning against a wall. �Probably hang a few pictures up for her and a desk where she can color and do homework and stuff.�

Sakura nodded slightly, her mind�s eye seeing how Naruto would probably put the room. �It�s going to be a surprise for Mahina, won�t it?� Sakura asked. �She won�t know what you�re getting her?�

�Yeah, I want her to be surprised. Would you be willing to take her in for a few days so I can get the apartment ready once everything�s been finalized?�

�Sure. She sorta knows me and I�m sure if you let her bring something over that has your scent on it��

�My scent? What the hell does my scent have to do with anything?�

Sakura groaned a little before answering, �She likes your scent. When she�s scared, she presses her face against you so she can breathe in your scent.�

�Weird.�

�Not really. You found her, your scent is the first one she became familiar with.� Sakura explained. �When a baby is born, their eyesight basically sucks but they become familiar with their parents� scents so they know who�s holding them. At the moment, Mahina is like a baby and you�re her father. She knows your scent and being exposed to scents she�s not familiar with will more than likely stress her out.�

He didn�t get it but okay, whatever. Sakura was the medic-nin, she knew what she was talking about. �Okay. So do you think that this apartment will be good?� Naruto asked cautiously.

�Do you have other potentials?�

�Yes.�

�Lemme see those too. Then tomorrow you can show Mahina and let her help decide.�
�Look, Naruto has proven countless times that he�s a benefit to this village rather than a liability!�

�We can�t afford to risk the Kyuubi getting overly protective! If someone ended up hurting the child or even killing her��

�Naruto�s already protective and the girl has already been hurt! Naruto�s pissed about it, but so is everybody else who�s had the pleasure of being around the girl for more than thirty seconds!� Tsunade argued, glaring at the Council. �If the Kyuubi gets protective, then whatever, but the fact remains that Naruto is NOT the Kyuubi!�

�He uses the Kyuubi�s chakra!�

�So Naruto�s going to be denied the privilege of adopting a little girl that clearly needs him just because he uses the Kyuubi�s chakra?! Have any of you actually stopped and looked at the girl?! For crying out loud, she shies away from practically everybody unless Naruto tells her directly that he knows them and that they�re okay.�

�For all you know, Lady Hokage, Orochimaru could have taught the girl to appear pitiful just to infiltrate Konoha.�

It was like talking to a wall! Tsunade wanted nothing more than to punch a hole in one of the walls or even break the table in half but she was refraining herself. �Listen to me, and listen well. Naruto adores that little girl and she adores him. One could argue that Naruto needs the girl more than she needs him, but that�s not the case.� Tsunade said calmly. �Mahina goes into her own world at times when she�s faced with something that brings up strong emotions and only one person is able to reach her and that person is Naruto. If you take her away from him, that little girl won�t stand a chance and neither will this village.�

�What are you insinuating?�

Tsunade looked around the Council calmly before answering, �That little girl is a powerful baby. If someone was to hurt someone she cherishes, then I believe that person wouldn�t stand a chance. I�ve seen that little girl do things I know normal people aren�t supposed to be able to do. Let Naruto take care of her since he�s perhaps the only one in the village who�d be able to reach her.�

�You trust him with a child that could easily destroy Konoha just by throwing a tantrum?�

�I trust him with a child who�s suffering from post-traumatic stress and who is struggling to control whatever it is that separates her from others.� Tsunade answered smoothly. �It�s no secret that he can afford to move to a larger apartment and take care of a kid with money left over. In maybe three years tops, he�ll be the Rokudaime. Sooner or later, he will adopt the girl.�

They all knew that Tsunade was speaking the truth. The blonde was learning the fine art of politics as well as other things that the Hokage typically dealt with. They all had to admit the blonde had a knack for finding loopholes in once thought loophole free laws and didn�t doubt for a moment that if given the chance, he�d use those loopholes to his advantage. Whether it was because of the Kyuubi�s cunningness or because the blonde was perhaps an unsung genius with an idiot guise, they didn�t know. They all just assumed the first as well as dumb luck� at least until the right to use the latter as an excuse ran out. There was no way in hell anybody could have that much dumb luck and still be alive.

�All in favor of Uzumaki Naruto being allowed to take a potential threat to Konoha�s safety into his care, raise your hand.�

Tsunade smiled faintly knowing full well the blonde would be thrilled at the news. After all, he had managed to win at least one battle. Other battles, however, would be waiting.
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