Naruto : Saga of Tanya the Kunoichi

"Now that's settled. It's time to settle accounts with traitors."

The eyes on Tsuyu's wings and her own locked onto Jiraiya. She stretched out her chakra arm and grabbed onto him, squeezing him.

"Tsuyu… I… I don't mean to…" Jiraiya struggled to get out.

"Tsuyu! What are you doing!" Tsunade, who wasn't aware of what transpired between Jiraiya and her, had to move forward.

"Shinobi Conduct Law, Article 11, Section 4."

"The use of genjutsu techniques upon a shinobi of the Leaf - especially those that alter intent or will - shall be treated as high treason punishable by execution."

"Jiraiya…! You…?" Tsunade gasped in shock hearing her words. 

"Tsuyu… Ero-sennin… please stop…" Naruto watched as Jiraiya was squeezed tight by the chakra arm, his face distorted with pain.

"For collaborating with Itachi Uchiha, a known traitor of high treason, and for having hands in violation of my will, you shall be executed."

Tsuyu turned her eyes to Tsunade. Her glare was cold, as if she was saying she had to agree as the Hokage to uphold the law. 

Danzo gasped. No wonder…

She turned her face down. Then she looked up at Jiraiya.

"Why?" She asked him. He was someone she had always cared about. Even if she couldn't show it after everything, her heart was breaking.

"Tsunade… I… just want to save all lives… find… a better path…" Jiraiya muttered weakly.

"..." Tsunade turned her face down, unable to respond. She had tears in her eyes, and turned her face away.

She wanted to tell Tsuyu to pardon him. But, Tsuyu was already above her.

Crunch! 

"Ahh…!" Jiraiya screamed as the chakra arm tightened its grip. Blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

Everyone trembled in fear seeing her ruthlessness.

"STOP! PLEASE!" Naruto shouted.

"Tsu-chan… please… Please forgive ero-sennin!" Naruto pleaded and begged on his knees. His eyes were teary. He couldn't… he couldn't watch ero-sennin die like this… and by his own little sister.

"Please… please Tsu-chan."

"He was trying to save you... He was scared, and-!"

"The law was there to be upheld."

"You already won. The war is over! You already… already… killed them all! Why are you still killing him… he's our sensei! Tsu-chan! He's not just anyone…! Please…"

Tsuyu tightened her grip, and just then-

Susanoo!

Itachi jumped out of the shadow, unleashing his susanoo and cutting the chakra arm holding Jiraiya.

Jiraiya fell weakly on the ground. Tsunade and Naruto went forward to check on him.

Itachi…! Sasuke in the far distance was shocked, and the murderous intent bubbled in him rising.

But seeing the large orange chakra skeleton, he couldn't do anything.

Damn it! But why is he… Sasuke's 12 years old brain was very confused seeing Itachi, his family killer, saving Jiraiya. They worked together, but why?

He felt confused. And no one would answer him.

"You are finally here, Itachi."

She looked at him coldly.

"I will have to stop you here… Tsuyu." The skeleton turned into a full body Susanoo. Armed with the mirror of Yata and the Sword of Totsuka.

I just need to hit her with the sword, and then I can seal her.

"So this is that technique that could block a bijuudama…" Tsuyu was wary because of the unknown.

Kurama!

Tsuyu rose from the ground, a giant fox made of chakra representing Kurama formed around her. Kurama screamed at Itachi, who was like a small dog in front of him. Compared to Madara's perfect Susanoo, Itachi's was pathetic.

"Evacuate!" Tsunade shouted and led Konoha shinobi to retreat.

Itachi looked up at Tsuyu now inside Kurama's red chakra form. He wasn't expecting this…

"DIE!" The tails of Kurama launched multiple attacks towards the Susanoo half his height. Itachi jumped and blocked Mirror of Yata.

He swung the Sword of Totsuka, but it was blocked by Kurama's tails. 

I couldn't pierce through…!

Itachi closed his eyes. Then opened them. Amaterasu!

Kurama's chakra construct was burned. But then with Tsuyu's control, she slid the external layer off along with the amaterasu to the ground. As if that jutsu was worthless.

Itachi coughed out blood. He used a large scale Amaterasu to try to get to her, but it didn't work.

That shield shouldn't be decorative, even if it's all chakra. Therefore, your back should be weaker then.

Tsuyu created a shadow clone next to her. She raised her arm along with multiple chakra arms, negative and positive energy gathered, and along with it, a spin and compression, infusion of earth chakra. 2 spheres of purple condensed chakra formed.

Bijuu-Rasenbakudan! 

She threw one directly to Itachi's front. Itachi raised the Mirror of Yata of his Susanoo to block it. But…

Flash! Another one appeared behind him from a shadow clone transporting it!

Crack, crack. The two spheres cracked, explosion imminent. Itachi was caught in between two explosions.

No…! 

Bang!

A thousand meter square area was annihilated. Thankfully Tsunade and others had retreated the moment the Susanoo and Giant Kurama constructs appeared.

As the dust settled, Itachi was left there, lying like a dead dog on the ground. Blood spurted from his mouth, his eyes almost blind.

But he was barely alive.

"Sasuke. You can execute him with your hands." She turned her gaze towards him, who had been watching from a far distance.

Sasuke shakily took steps forward. Taking out his tanto.

Although he had wished to kill him with his own power, it had come to this point. It was not worth fighting a dead person.

"Itachi…" Sasuke took steps towards him. 

Itachi stood up weakly, looking at Sasuke. 

"Sasuke… you… have grown strong…" Itachi could see his growth. Saw his fights and everything.

"Shut up. I don't need your commentary."

Itachi looked at his little brother, his figure was blurry.

My foolish little brother… I am the one who's foolish… His eyes were dull, close to blindness. 

I made a mistake…

… The image of his little brother, asking him if they could train together, reflected in his eyes, trying to overlap with the image of Sasuke in front of him.

Itachi looked at Sasuke walking towards him, step by step.

"For my family… for everyone you killed… for father… mother…" Tears shed from Sasuke's eyes as he raised his tanto.

I am sorry, Sasuke…

Itachi raised his hand, at the same time, Sasuke stabbed the tanto into his chest.

Itachi coughed up blood. He looked at his little brother. He tapped his fingers onto Sasuke's forehead. Leaving his last will…

At least… you are alive… and you would be fine with her around.

Sasuke shed tears, recalling the familiar gesture. Itachi's already blind eyes went dull, the hand pressed on his forehead fell down.

Itachi fell on his back, blood flowed like a puddle beneath him.

"What was that… Itachi… why… Why are you always torturing me?! Even in your death!? What's it all for!? Damn you!" Sasuke kicked his corpse over and over again. The touch on his forehead hurt him more than he could handle.

"Why…" Sasuke shed tears as he stopped.

…

"Now… where were we? Jiraiya…"

She turned her glare towards his direction. She rushed towards his direction.

Naruto stood up in between them, his eyes unable to cry anymore.

"Please…! Don't!"

Tsuyu extended her arm to simply slap Naruto away, and grab Jiraiya in her chakra arm.

Being X. If you are out there feeding people stupid dreams and prophecies, don't you think it would stop me. I won't allow you! Her expression turned cold.

"Execution commenced." 

"NO!" Naruto reached out his hand towards Jiraiya… but…

Crunch!

Blood slipped in between the fingers of her red chakra arm, dripping into the land.

The blood pooled into a puddle, forming a small stream that flowed beneath Naruto's knees. His tears mixed the blood below.

Tsuyu let go of the corpse, letting it fall with a thud.

Tsunade shed tears like Naruto. But she didn't do anything.

"Now… it's really over…" She closed her eyes, taking a breath for the first time. 

Ah. Akatsuki.

The eyes on her wings moved left and right as her sage chakra explored the area. Her expression turned from relaxed to frowning.

Where were the Akatsuki members? And… 1 tail… 2 tails… 4 tails, 5 tails… they were missing. They took them when I was busy?

She squinted her eyes, then turned to B that was still healthy and existing. It seemed the biggest one wasn't captured.

Collapse Release: Abyssal Attraction!

B was unexpectedly pulled towards her with a gesture of her palm. He stopped right in front of her.

Black chakra arms pierced into B's body.

"Gah!" He screamed in pain. He tried to muster power of 8 tails, but the black chakra arms pierced into him, and actually held onto 8 tails inside of him. Tsuyu appeared in 8 tails mindscape, using Collapse Release to suppress him.

Tsuyu, what are you going to do? Kurama asked anxiously.

"As if I would let Akatsuki reach their goals. I wouldn't kill 8 tails. Kurama, help me drag 8 tails out."

Understood…

Red chakra supported the black chakra arms of Reibi, red chakra arms pushed B away while the black arms pulled onto 8 tails inside of him.

The two were finally separated. 8 tails came out in full out, the large size made the remaining shinobi run away.

Collapse Release: Abyssal Pillar

The earth trembled, pillars of black earth binded 8 tails with sheer weight and gravity. 8 tails opened its mouth, trying to gather bijuudama, but a pillar of black earth shoot out from the ground, shutting his mouth. 

8 Triagram Sealing Style : 4 Symbol Seal!

The chakra arms pulled 8 tails inside of herself, a new cage created inside of her mindscape where Hachibi was now caged.

8 tails, captured. B? Dead she guessed.

She extended her senjutsu chakra outward. She felt confused. Where did they go? She couldn't detect any Akatsuki members.

Tsuyu bit her lips slightly. But then she relaxed. Kisame had her markings. The chakra marker I gave him with Flying Raijin was a fish with 2 legs. I would find him later.

***

Inside a tree made of paper and surrounded by barriers that block chakra perception, Konan, Tobi, Pain and surviving Akatsuki members that were saved by Zetsu and Tobi were watching. To think she would do that…

They look at each other. Pain and Tobi were wary of each other at first. But now… they need to work together. 

They had 1 to 7 tails. 1 tail, 2 tail, 4 tail, and 5 tail were beaten and battered after their fight, and it was relatively easy for Tobi to kidnap them silently and spit them out for Pain to finish them when Tsuyu wasn't looking. They took that risk because this was their only chance. 

That was how they got the 4 while they were busy dealing with the aftermath of Tsuyu's crashout. As for 6 tails and 7 tails, they had gotten them the past 3 months. 3 tails were still with Yagura so it can be counted as being there.

So Tsuyu's decision to take 8 tails into herself was almost a slap in their faces.

"We need to back off…" Obito said painfully. His plan was ruined. Her existence was too much.

"... Very well."

Obito used his Kamui, bringing all of the surviving Akatsuki with him.

***

Tsuyu looked inwardly, seeing 8 tails.

"You! B will die!" Hachibi held onto his cage, his eyes pleading to her.

"... I don't have a solution to that." Tsuyu replied. She wasn't a mindless killer. She wanted to secure 8 tails, but B was collateral.

"Give my chakra to him! He will live!" Hachibi looked at Tsuyu pleadingly. 

"Fine."

Black chakra arm pierced into B's body, 8 tails giving him parts of his chakra so he would live.

B's life sign returned, his heart beating again.

"Thank you…" Hachibi said weakly.

"I don't kill without a reason." She responded. Hachibi couldn't respond. How many died in your hands? More than a hundred thousands… but Gyuki didn't say it.

"Once we eradicate Akatsuki and recapture all Bijuu, I will make a reform. It is my promise to Kurama. This world should have never weaponised the Bijuus. And it includes you, as well."

"I am only keeping you here because Akatsuki was out there. Once they are settled, once I made the reform, you are set free. Or remain in Kumogakure if you wish to. But you will never again be involved in human disputes."

"...I understand."

Kurama huffed. He looked at Gyuki, his expression seemed lost after parting with B. He didn't know what's so special about that stupid Rap guy.

Now if they want to collect the bijuus, they have to pass by me. Oh. And Naruto.

"Hachibi, so if there was a part of the bijuu's chakra left inside the previous jinchuriki, would they live?"

"Yes…"

"... I see. Kurama, I am taking your other half out of him. I wouldn't want to risk him being kidnapped when I wasn't looking."

"Very well… It's for the best." Yin Kurama agreed.

Tsuyu walked step by step towards Naruto. He was still holding onto the crushed corpse of Jiraiya. His eyes seemed dull.

"Nii-san…" Her eyes were warm as he looked at him.

You don't need to fight anymore, nii-san. Leave them all to me… we will both have our peace.

Naruto refused to look up at her.

"Hey… I am taking the other half of 9 tails from you. They might come after you if you keep him. Let me protect him."

Naruto looked up at Tsuyu, his expression dull, lifeless. Tsuyu parted her lips, her gaze turned down to Jiraiya's corpse.

"I am sorry nii-san. It had to be done."

Naruto remained silent. His dead eyes looked at her, as if trying to understand. Why, why this was all happening.

"I am taking Kurama, okay?" 

She went ahead, pulled his vest up. The 4 Symbol Seals appeared. The Yang half of Kurama had zero idea on what Yin half of his had in his head to cooperate with Tsuyu. So he didn't say much and just waited.

Tsuyu appeared inside of Naruto's mindscape.

She frowned, seeing how the water inside this sewer reached her knees. It felt dark, gloomy, and murky.

I hoped Tsunade knew medicine for the mind…

Maybe I could introduce psychiatry to Tsunade, to integrate them into medical ninjutsu. Using genjutsu to treat the mind had been an idea she had. Medical ninjutsu and genjutsu required chakra control coincidentally. A new field of medical ninjutsu can be developed.

She went forward to take off the tag from the sealing. She didn't really have the key. She was only able to open her own seal because her seal was already so loose it was forced open easily.

But for Naruto, she could have Kurama free Kurama, both outside and inside working together.

As she expected, the force from both sides corroded the seal fast. With Tsuyu's own chakra forcing it open.

Snap, snap, snap. The swirl lock was forcefully pushed little by little.

But all of a sudden, two figures appeared. Naruto looked up, his eyes widened seeing the two figures.

"Mom… dad…?"

"Naruto…" Kushina had tears in her eyes…

She watched everything. Everything that Naruto suffered through. Everything that Tsuyu had done. She went close to hug him tight.

Naruto shed tears, the warmth of his mother's embrace made him wail.

"Ahhh…! Ahh… ah… nnh…. Nnnh.. sobs…"

"Naruto… my son…" Kushina shed tears for him. She felt guilty for leaving him alone. That she couldn't do anything for him.

"Naruto…" Minato stepped forward, also hugging him.

"Dad… mom… I… I…" Naruto can only wail in pain. An indescribable pain. 

"Shhh… mom and dad are here… we are here… Naruto…" Kushina tried to hold him tighter.

 The family of three hugged together.

Tsuyu turned her eyes away. She felt a little silly. Now that she thought about it, her mom didn't check up on her unlike Minato when she unlocked the seal of 9 tails. Perhaps she refused to see Tsuyu.

After a minute of them embracing each other, Kushina turned to look at Tsuyu. Her eyes as if, complicated, unwilling.

Minato patted her shoulder. 

"Kushina, she is our daughter…"

Kushina nodded. She took steps forward towards her.

"Tsuyu…" Her expression was sad as she took Tsuyu's small hand. She was just 12, like Naruto… but she had corpses, countless of them in these small hands.

She shed tears again. It pained her. It pained her so much that her daughter had to be so cold. So cruel. Even to her own brother. It hurts…

"I am sorry, Tsuyu…"

"Mother, you did nothing wrong." Tsuyu frowned slightly. She wasn't sure what that was for.

"Mom and dad… weren't able to give a good future for you… that you had to… do everything you did… if only… if only…"

Tsuyu turned her eyes down for a second, before returning a softer gaze towards her.

"Mother, you had no control over what happened. I do what I thought was best. You don't need to feel sorry."

"... Tsuyu… please take care of Naruto… he needs you. We can't be there for him…" Kushina held onto Tsuyu's hands firmer.

"Mother, father… it will be okay now… no more fighting…I will take care of him." 

Tsuyu smiled softly at both of them. Minato and Kushina let out a soft breath. They turned to Naruto, hugging him back.

"I will take Yang half of 9 tails now." 

Minato and Kushina nodded. They understood leaving it to Tsuyu would be safer.

The seal finally broke completely, Yang Kurama felt a little dazed that he was free just like that.

His eyes met with his Yin half.

"I wonder what you are thinking."

"You will know." 

Both of their fists collided, Yin and Yang, Kurama became whole.

"A reform to change the world. With you, it's feasible." 

He muttered as both memories from Naruto and Tsuyu now combined as one. Compared to Naruto rant of believing or chasing after his hate, Tsuyu was putting them in action. With all of Kurama settling inside of her, she finally finished the last remaining task. She left a good portion of Kurama's chakra inside the seal to keep him alive.

In the outside world, the 9 tails chakra appeared as a large fox in the air taken out of Naruto, and it entered Tsuyu's body. 

The event was publicly witnessed by still alive shinobi. This too was Tsuyu's intention. 

Now they won't target Naruto.

"I will leave you three alone." 

Maybe there were things Naruto would be uncomfortable to talk about with her presence. So she left.

…

"Naruto…" Minato called out, rubbing his back.

"Dad… mom… why… why…"

"We are listening… Naruto…"

"Why… she's so cruel… ero-sennin… and those people… she… killed so many…" Naruto shed tears again.

"... Naruto…She wanted a better future. For herself, for you, for Konoha." Minato explained.

"... You think she did it right?" Naruto looked up at Minato.

"I can't say for sure, Naruto. At times, we all thought we did the right thing. My decision to seal 9 tails in you, in her, I made my choice. I see you suffer… and I am sorry, son. But her intentions, you have to understand, she wanted what's best."

"..."

"Stupid dad…" 

"Huh? Hey… I am not stupid." Minato rubbed the back of his neck.

Kushina chuckled. "It was really funny, when you painted his rock face…"

Naruto chuckled, his smile returned for a while.

"Yeah. I really hate dad. Hmph…"

"Son… don't say that… I am sad…"

"Pfft. Stupid dad…"

The three spent their time together. But after Minato and Kushina had to disappear, his little smile turned cold. His blue eyes faded.

His heart. Empty.

***