The Unwanted Uzumaki

The Truth behind their Actions

As Naruto stared at the Celestial Spirit before him, he was listening intently to the words that were coming from Talis which allowed him to get a better understanding on why he had attacked him with such ferocity.

"I have distrusted your kind for the last fifty years since the last Mage that had used this place for their own power and though I once served her with great joy in my heart that quickly changed when she forced me to help her massacre an entire village of innocents." Talis explained as he stood across from Naruto. 

Though they once had the others with them, when Naruto saw how difficult speaking about the reason behind his attack; he sent them away so he and Talis could speak in private. 

Now that Naruto knew the truth behind the reason that Talis acted the way he had, he knew that he had to let go of the slight anger that he was feeling towards what the Celestial Spirit did to him. Though there was something that Naruto wanted to know before he could fully forgive the other male before him. "If you hated Mages so much that you wanted me dead before even knowing me then why would you heal me after shooting me with your arrow?" Naruto inquired of the spirit. 

"When I saw how you were willing to sacrifice your own life for Asnos, I remembered what it was like to serve a Mage that respected Celestial Spirits as their equals and not just as a tool for their own gain." Talis responded as he continued to stare at the blond Mage. 

This is what Naruto needed to hear for him to know that forgiving Talis was the right course of action and with that, Naruto had chosen his next words. "Alright Talis, I forgive you. Though I want to say that even if you don't choose me as your contract holder then I will ensure that the one you do find worthy will never stray from the correct path." Naruto informed the spirit who gave the blond Mage a smile upon hearing his words.

Tears sprung to Talis's eyes upon hearing Naruto's words and before the blond Mage could complete another action; he was staring at the book that was known for being Talis's contract. "Please sign my contract Naruto, you are the only Mage in a long time who has been worthy to do so and I will gladly serve you." Talis explained as he waited for the blond Mage to do just that.

Without thinking any more on the wound that Talis gave him and then helped heal him from; Naruto opened the contract and quickly signed his name on the next available spot. Once done, the contract vanished just as quickly as it appeared. 

"Thank you for giving me this honor." Naruto muttered out to the older looking male. 

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"Why did you bring me back to your room? Do you not think that I wouldn't have already seen the site of your suicide attempt?" Tsunade questioned as she looked at Hikaru with confusion strewn across her face. 

Hikaru decided that the best thing to do would be to ignore his Aunt for the time being and as such dug through the hiding place that he had hidden Naruto's journal. Once Hikaru felt the smoothness of the book in his hand, he quickly pulled it from it's hiding place. Flipping through the pages until he reached the one where Naruto revealed the horrible violation to his very being; Hikaru stormed towards Tsunade. 

"Don't say anything and just read this!" Hikaru spoke out in a voice that told Tsunade that he was serious in what he was saying. 

From the moment that Tsunade took the journal in hand, Hikaru was closely examining her facial features for any signs that he shouldn't trust her. This allowed him to see that when Tsunade got to the words where Naruto wrote what happened to him; horror was slithering across her face. The same horror that Hikaru assumed was written on his own when he learned of what happened to Naruto. 

"At least I know that she had no clue what her husband was doing to my brother." Hikaru concluded as he watched tears slide from Tsunade's eyes. 

While Tsunade was reading he could see the horror change to rage as she reached the designated part where Hikaru had felt rage as well. "Your parents knew about this and didn't do anything in retribution for this?" Tsunade growled as she moved her gaze from the words within the journal to the oldest of the Uzumaki-Namikazi children.

"My parents are vermin just like Jiraiya is. It wouldn't surprise me if they were the ones who gave him permission to violate Naruto." Hikaru quietly replied as he went over and took the journal back from his Aunt. 

Once the journal was back in his possession, he replaced it where he had taken it from. By the time that Hikaru had finished with this, he turned back to see that Tsunade had made her facial features more presentable for when she sees the members of the village especially the three that have forced her to think about murdering her fellow comrades in arms. 

Hikaru was about to speak when Aunt Tsunade beat him to it. "Hikaru, I understand that what is contained within this journal is horrific and can be quite painful...but that isn't a reason for you to take your own life." Tsunade spoke out in a voice that she hoped would get her point across. 

"I failed him. Why should I get the choice to thrive in this village when Naruto never did..." Hikaru cried out as he tried to fight back the tears that were welling in his eyes. 

Seeing how broken Hikaru was, Tsunade bent down to look him into the eye. Placing both of her hands on his shoulders, she imparted some words that she hoped would help him. "Hikaru, you didn't fail Naruto. The only ones who failed him are the adults in his life that should have been trying to stop what happened to him and since we couldn't stop it we should have fought tooth and nail to throw that vile man I married into prison..." Tsunade explained as she looked Hikaru straight in his eyes. Though she stopped for a moment, she was far from finished with her words. "...now that I know what Jiraiya did and how your parent's covered for him; I am going to do everything in my power to bring them all down and I want you by my side as my Apprentice while I am doing so." Tsunade finished as she brought herself back to her full height. 

Upon hearing his Aunt's words, Hikaru gave her a brief nod. 

Authors notes: Thank you to everyone who is continuing to read this story. I am having a blast setting up the characters and storyline of this story. As always, please review with your comments on the story and things that you would like seen within it. I will see you all next time!