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Original Idea: Lisea18
Beta: Rasha013
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YOU ALWAYS KEPT YOUR PROMISES
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It's been so long…
The preparations for the ceremony were almost ready, Obon's day was always time to celebrate with family and remember all those loved ones that aren't anymore with us…
Being the head of Anbu isn't easy less gives time for leisure, but this year is special, new names will be added to the stone and we will have the Hokages of other nations will visit and security is primordial so… I have to be there but with all that, I manage to have this little free time to relax at least a little bit. While watching the sunset through the window, I find my mind drifting to my youth, to all that I had live, all the moments that make the person I am now, and thinking about it, I realize that leaving you behind was one of the most difficult duties that I've had to obey, for the sake of Konoha... with one of the most difficult missions that the Hokage could give to someone... leave as traitor to be under a command of a mad man, obtain all the knowledge and after that destroy the said man... is easy to said but in the reality, it's so damn different.
Leaving you and Sakura and Kakashi Sensei with the idea of my betrayal marked us all in way I've never thought possible.
I remember that after almost 3 years of living with Orochimaru and finishing my mission I was eager to come back but I was sent to search for my brother and after that Madara, made it impossible to come back home... come back to you... still after all what I had done and you not knowing the truth you've never stopped believing in me, you kept your promise to never give up on me and thanks to you I have a home to go back now.
People say time heals everything... I can't believe that completely… you see, I think that instead of healing it only makes it numb, so with time you aren't able to feel it but it's always there… at least for me, because despite all this time I can remember as if yesterday was the beginning of all… the day on which all our lives changed.
Now several years later, you know it was not a treason... you know that all was a mission, now the truth is finally out, the dirty dealings of ROOT, Danzo's and Council betrayal, the truth behind Itachi's acts and decisions, and my real reason to kill him later and most important, the truth about your father... now you know everything, but not just you, all the people have opened their eyes and finally they treat you with respect and acceptance… you always craved it, now its all yours.
Things are different now everything that has happened in these last years has paid off and now is the time for me to gather the fruit of my work... Konoha after reconstruction began to grow and modernize, alliances with other nations are strong and although there are problems, they are manageable. The cloud of war in the distance that we used to see back then is gone, but you know all this, after all, you were a part of it.
But none of this has been for free, we know that. The blood of hundreds of people has given us this moment... and now, Kakashi words have a deep and special meaning for me, now my mind can comprehend, and my soul feels overwhelmed with emotions for those who aren't among us anymore...
Remember? Remember that time? Back there at the field catching the bells...
It's been so long...
"I will have my name on it one day, believe it!!!!!"…You said and then Kakashi told you…"They are the name of ninja who died to protect Konoha"
... Naruto, you always kept your promises... even the one we hoped you wouldn't.
Thank you guys for read this tinny work.
