Return to The Past : Naruto Fic

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Chapter 19 – Birth of a Legend

"Here you go Naruto-sama, Sakura-san, Kaa-san!" Uzumaki Sakaki, Natsumi's daughter said as she placed a tray of cinnamon buns and three cups of green tea on the small table in between the three.

"Thank you Sakaki-chan!" Natsumi said with Naruto and Sakura nodding in gratitude. Sakaki smiled before walking out of the room. After leaving the private sitting room, Sakaki closed the shoji door causing seals to glow into life before fading.

Naruto took a sip of his tea as Sakura nibbled on a cinnamon bun after which Natsumi asked, "What did Anko-san say Naruto-sama?"

"She won't care about the consequences of a failed unsealing. I warned her, but she just said that she would go through it none the less."

"I see. Then I believe that Sakura-san is here to include her expertise on how to handle the enzymes that were injected into her body?" Natsumi asked with a questioning gaze at the pink haired medic. While it was not a strange sight to see Haruno Sakura roaming about the Uzumaki Compound or having tea or even staying over, but it was quite strange to her be present clan for discussions that weren't related to her position as the Chief Medic of the Clan.

"That's right. Sakura-chan, you read the reports and you have studied the samples Jugo willingly submitted. You tell me, how do we handle that aspect of the Jūinjutsu?" Naruto asked turning his attention to Sakura who was sipping her cup of tea.

After setting down the cup, Sakura frowned and said, "I have devised three ways to handle the enzymes. We either seal it permanently, but that would effect Anko-san's ability to learn Senjutsu, or, I can medically handle it. I can either extract all traces of the enzyme or create a neutralization compound that will need to be injected into her before you unseal her. Even then, I am a bit hesitant to go through either. I would like to consult with Tsunade-sama before finalizing anything. We don't want to do anything that would harm Anko-san in the long term."

"She makes a valid point, Naruto-sama. Orochimaru was quite brilliant when he created the Jūinjutsu. Normally, a Jūinjutsu is easy to remove for us, but the physical aspect changes things quite a lot. These enzymes and Orochimaru's cautious nature that have me worried. I have a bad feeling that if we remove the seal without handling the enzymes would only end in Anko-san's death."

"Alright, I will ask Tsunade to join us here. Do you two have all the notes on the seal and the enzymes?" Both females nodded causing Naruto nod before a Kage Bunshin phased into existence behind him. As soon as the clone came into existence, it vanished before reappearing with a confused Tsunade, who was wearing a bath robe and was drying her long blonde hair with a towel.

With a vein pulsing on her forehead, Tsunade growled out, "You better have a good reason for this Naruto, because I don't like it when people abduct me!"

"We do baa-chan. Sakura-chan wishes to consult with you about something before we proceed. Sakura-chan, if you would…"

Tsunade turned to Sakura as the Slug Princess sat down while she kept running the towel over her hair. "How much do you know about Orochimaru's Jūinjutsu, Tsunade-sama?"

"Not much. I am not a sealing expert after all. If you need a second opinion on it, I would suggest getting Jiraiya."

"I already did Tsunade-sama. We three came to the same conclusion. While most Jūinjutsu effect either the mind or the chakra of the victim or even both, this one also effects the body of the victim. There is a failsafe that if we were able to remove the seal, it would release a concentrated amount of enzymes that would overwhelm the victim's body and cause excess natural energy to fill and rupture the chakra coils. It would lead to a very painful death."