Naruto's Guardian(Old Version)

Sucker-Punched

Someone mentioned Akatsuki at the party and they were discussing what happened to each of them. I couldn't help but tense up. As someone from a world where all of them are fictional characters, none of them is evil to me, so I wanted to save who I could.

Ino: "Shikamaru kicked the cultist's ass real good! Naruto was really cool with his Rasen Shuriken, glad you guys arrived back then, Kakuzu was almost impossible to defeat"

Chouji: "I wonder why he wanted Aoi to kill him though..."

They turned to me and I signed before answering.

Aoi: "I spent some time with the Akatsuki after escaping Orochimaru's grasps"

Shikamaru: "It's fine, they're all dead anyway...well except Itachi, the last one was Kisame and that one got killed by Gai when Naruto was training"

Hahahaha yes...they are dead...totally...

Deidara, Kisame and Kakuzu were actually very much alive, enjoying their forced rouge life retirement at the wolf mountain. Kakuzu didn't have much choice, as his chakra vessels were completely destroyed by Naruto's Rasen Shuriken, making him just a normal old man. Kisame was content with just being alive and sometimes hanging out with Itachi, now that they had nothing to hide from each other, they became pretty good friends. Last but not least...Deidara is the reason why it's called forced retirement. Being young and full of passion, plus being a pyromaniac, Deidara had to have his clay confiscated. Now, he spends his days building snowmen and complaining to everyone every day, every hour, every minute... 

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Deidara: "Aoooooooiiii!" 

The echo of his screams was travelling through the hollow inside of the mountain and its relentlessness was getting on the nerves of the other two former Akatsuki members. 

Kakuzu: "Will you shut up for God's sake?!"

He slammed his cards on the table. If only he could still use chakra...he would have killed him immediately. Kisame laughs as he puts down his cards too. They were playing poker and since they had nothing to wager on, the loser simply had to give in to the wolves request and take up a petting duty. For a cold-blooded guy like Kakuzu, the stakes were high and he wasn't going to lose because of that idiot Deidara.

Kisame: "Calm down, he'll break his vocal cords soon enough bwahaha"

Kisame started laughing even louder when he saw Kakuzu flip his cards. Kisame won and Kakuzu suck in despair, not wanting to touch the furry creatures. Deidara calmed down for a second and peered over Kisame's shoulder and then laughed at Kakuzu as well. Teasing the old man would be a death wish, was he still a shinobi, but now Deidara was enjoying his newfound confidence in having the upper hand over Kakuzu.

The moment Kakuzu got up and grabbed Deidara by the collar, Aoi walked in and they all looked at him. 

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They all stared at me and I entered the cave. I saw Kakuzu was in the process of whooping Deidara's ass for something he definitely 100% deserved, but for some reason, they stopped when they spotted me. I fake coughed and spoke up.

Aoi: "Don't mind me, pinch him if you want, as long as you guys don't kill each other, I don't care, at least it'll be less boring around here"

Kakuzu smirked and sucker-punched Deidara. While the blonde was collecting himself of the ground, Kakuzu satisfyingly flexed his fist, missing the thrill of a fight. Kisame was still sitting at the table, giggling to himself like a little kid, excited to see them fight. I sighed and continued further inside. Pukk excitedly wagged his tail as he saw me come closer. Wolfes passing by also stopped dead in their tracks and began to swarm me, happy to see me. They all howled and barked with delight, sniffing me welcomingly.

Aoi: "Alright guys, enough haha, it tickles! You saw me yesterday!"

Pukk snapped out of the crowd excitement and helped me calm everyone down, so I'd be able to get to the other wolves in charge. Pukk, Amy, Toro, Yam and Nate are leaders whenever I'm away, which has recently been almost all the time. Let me introduce them to you.

Pukk despite being very young is one of the founding wolves and is a very capable leading figure. He's ginger with a white and hazelnut spotted pattern. His nose and paw pads are bright pink and his eyes lime green. When I called out to the wolves to create this mountain pack, he was just a pup, wandering alone. Toro adopted him.  

Amy is cold like Kakuzu and she's the only one Kakuzu gets along with okay. She is dark grey with blue-greyish eyes. The tip of her tail and nose is black. She thinks very rationally and is great at managing and assigning tasks.

Toro is the grandmother of this pack. She's very knowledgeable about everything in the forest below the mountain. Everyone respects her greatly and takes care of her as she isn't able to walk around much recently. She has a light grey coat with lots of tiny black spots like someone splashed paint near her.

Yam is one crazy canine. He climbs trees with cat-like reflexes and loves blueberries. He's our best hunter and is in charge of teaching grown pups how to hunt. His coat is cream brown adorned with adorable white socks. Eyes dark brown and nose pink with black freckles.

Nate oozes respect due to his large scarred body, which tells a story of countless fights he was in and has won, however, we here know that he's kind at heart. He'd often babysit pups and let his body be their playground. His fur is pitch black, with fur missing here and there due to the giant bite marks and claw slash scars his body is littered with. The tips of his ears are missing, making him resemble a bear. He has golden eyes. 

Every time we meet they first report to me any pressing problems and after solving those, we have fun running around in the snow and I'd even take them for a ride in the sky. Hunting is on our programme too and in the evening we'd have a great feast to celebrate a bountiful hunt. The upcoming era of peace was slowly making its way into my mind at last.

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A/N: Yes...please, scold me, slap me, punch me in the stomach. I just couldn't bring myself to write cause I was too busy playing games and obsessing over game characters...Well, here I am! I shouldn't make promises anymore, but I'll do my best XD