Summary : Natsu lost her most important man in a war five yearsago. Suddenly, he came back. But, is he the same man she had loved or just a total blind stranger who had the same smile with him?
Warning : The main characters are OCs.
Disclaimer : Not mine, except for the plot and the OCs.
Konoha : Another Love StoryBy Anneistee
The sky was still dark as if understanding the sadness of the people of Konoha who had just lost their dear ones. The war with the Cloud Country, which lasted for two months, had ended three days ago and undeniably a lot of shinobis as well as kunoichis were killed. A lot.
And this moment was supposed to be the moment that Natsu had been eagerly waiting since the last couple of months. Supposed to be, but not anymore as the death news of the love of her life replaced her hope to see him coming home with a satisfied sigh and his forever charming smile; supposedly.
He was always smiling, flashing his white teeth to anyone 'to make their day', he said once. He was liked by everyone. Elders, children, colleague... and she, of course. Sawamura Kyosuke, or Kyo, the way she had always called him, was a respectable shinobi as well as a man. Well, was. She had never thought in her twenty-two years of life that the word 'was' could bring such great pain in her heart.
Hundreds of people in black gathered today despite the drizzles.
In a black dress which she rarely wear, she stood in front of his portrait which was displayed along the others who were sacrificed in the war too. As usual, he was smiling in the portrait. Tears started to roll down her cheek. She was sad, heartbroken, depressed, angry. She was angry that fate was cruel, that fate was unfair. The moment she acknowledged his death, her world turned black. They said that his body was not found, or rather, only pieces of meat was left which can no longer being identified as his anymore. Few shinobis and kunoichis received the same fate.
There was another thing he left for her. His silver ring. His plain silver ring which was descended from his late mother. He joked once about proposing her with the ring.
It started to rain heavily. Her tears were no longer visible as it mixed with the rain, which soaked her within seconds.
This is unfair. You left me, Kyo.
5 years later...
"Wake up, you sleepyhead!"
Natsu could feel the pillows hitting her body. She shifted a bit, but still sleeping.
"Come on! You are not going to spend the whole day in bed, are you? WAKE UP!"
Natsu jerked up as the loud voice went directly through her ears.
"Sakura, are you trying to break my eardrum!" Natsu whined while rubbing her ears furiously. Sakura, the pink haired young lady, seven years her junior to be exact, giggled cheerfully. They had been living together for almost a year until now.
"Oh, come on! You're always locked up like this! How long has it been since your last mission?" Sakura asked as she opened the window, her back facing her house mate. Natsu narrowed her eyes to adjust her eyes to the sudden bright light.
"...Yesterday... So please stop bugging me..." The older woman mumbled then plopped down onto her bed, again.
"What's with that attitude?" Sakura put her hands on her hip, acting as a nagging mother to her senior. Natsu blinked her eyes a few times, unable to sleep with Sakura's loud voices echoed in the room.
"Yesterday, right, a D ranked mission! With your students!" The pink haired girl cocked her head to the side and sighed.
"Stop nagging Sakura... Just tell me already..." The sleepy Natsu tried to clear her blur vision by rubbing her eye.
"Tsunade-sama summoned both of us. We should be present at her office this noon, so get ready!"
"Okay, okay!"
Hokage's Office, 12:00 p.m
"It's a B rank mission and will took a week, approximately," said the young looking Godaime as she nodded to Shizune, signalling her to hand the scrolls that included the details of the mission to the two pretty ladies.
"Your client will be waiting at the front gate by midnight. You both are dismissed. Good luck,"
"Yes, ma'am!"
"It feels good to travel sometimes," the talented pink haired medic said happily as she packed her things for the mission.
"I thought you're going to regret!" The older 1summer girl said with a fake surprised tone as well as facial expressions.
"Why is that?" Sakura asked suspiciously.
"Aren't you going to miss your Sasuke-kun?"
Sakura turned pink slightly.
"Stop teasing me! I stopped chasing him years ago already! Mou!" the young blossom pouted only to be laughed at. Natsu just loves teasing her, she knew that she still have feelings for Sasuke though she said that it was just a normal crush that pre-teens usually experiencing.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry!" Though she said so, Natsu was still laughing, even when Sakura started to pinch her waist, hard.
Konoha Front Gate, 11:55 a.m
He's already there, Natsu thought as she saw two figures nearby the front gate. There was a tall man, probably taller than her and a smaller one that looked like a kid. And they both were... holding hands?
The kid turned behind, sensing Natsu and Sakura's arrival.
"They're here, oni-chan!" He shouted happily. The tall man with the shoulder length chestnut hair chuckled slightly. His back facing the two kunoichis. Natsu realised that he was holding a walking stick too. A blind man, she assumed.
Both Natsu and Sakura returned the little boy's warm smile. As soon as the tall man turned to face them, the tender smile on Natsu's face started to fade.
1Natsu means summer
Hi! This is my first fic. Please excuse me for my poor grammar. Actually, I was thinking, how is life in Konoha? How about the life of another shinobi, not Kakashi or Naruto? An ordinay shinobi, who don't have enemies like Orochimaru or Itachi. So I tried to make an original character to view the life of shinobi as well as the life of the characters in NARUTO. Since both the male and the female lead are OCs, can this fic be considered as a fanfic? I hope it could. Usually people 'borrow' the characters and put them in a different world/story but I 'borrow' the background settings to put my characters in it!
Thanks to those who kindly spend their time to read my fic :p Reviewers are welcomed to point out my mistakes but please, be gentle. I am also intending not to make this fic too long. It may ended at chapter 5, hopefully. Also, please correct me if I rated the fic wrongly.