Lost and Found
Summary: Naruto decides to leave the village to become stronger, and when he comes back, what will happen? Itachi, Sasuke, Neji and Gaara all like Naruto, but who does Naruto like? (Pretend Sasuke didn't run away from the village, and the whole Orochimaru thing never happened.)
Disclaimer: This is FANFICTION! Not an actual sellable story. You think I'd be writing fanfiction if I were the actual author? Durr…. XD Don't sue me! I'm poor!
Italics: thoughts
Sasuke smiled, remembering his beloved Naruto. It had been six years since he had seen him last. It seemed like just yesterday that Naruto was laughing and pulling pranks. But he seemed gone for good. He said he was leaving to become stronger. Sasuke had heard a rumour that Naruto was dead a few years back. He hadn't believed it at first, but his resolve was slowly slipping. There hadn't been any signs that Naruto was still on the Earth at all. Get it together, Sasuke! He'll come back! Sasuke mentally commanded himself. "Hey, Sasuke, come join us!", called Neji. The entire rookie nine, as well as Gai's team, had gotten closer since the blonde's departure. "Hai. I'll be right there.", Sasuke shouted. When he arrived at Ichiraku's, the place they had as a "hangout", to remember Naruto, everyone greeted him. "Today is the sixth anniversary of Naruto's departure. Let us acknowledge him by eating his favorite flavor of ramen: Pork.", Said Shikamaru. "11 bowls of ramen, please.", Said Sakura softly. When the ramen was ready, they all ate slowly, and in silence, each remembering their own fond memories of Naruto. While they were all eating, a stranger walked into the bar, and ordered pork ramen as well. The strange man was absolutely stunning; he had shoulder length blonde hair, beautiful tan unblemished skin, a cat-like angled face, gorgeous aquamarine eyes, and perfectly full lips. Everyone was gaping at him, and half of them even had nosebleeds. He couldn't have been any older than them, and he also wore a leaf headband, but none of them had ever seen him around before. "Excuse me," interrupted Sasuke, snapping out of his stunned silence, "but you don't seem any older than me, and your headband is from here, but I haven't seen you around before." I wouldn't have ever missed a hottie like you, Thought Sasuke. The mysterious man stood up, and he was a full head taller than Sasuke, about 6 feet. "No-one you will ever care for", he replied sadly. The strange man then got up, paid, and left. All 11 of the others got up and left also, anxious to follow the mysterious stranger and find out who he was.
Naruto quickly jumped trees, trying to remember where team 7's training area was so he could meditate. Seeing every one of his friends at once had almost made him break his emotionless facade, and if he didn't calm down right now, he would go insane. Sighing, he sat down on the finally discovered training grounds, and began to meditate.
Neji's, Sasuke's, Kiba's and Shikamaru's teams all crouched down in the trees, tired out from trailing their strange, and kind of familiar new obsession. The man began quietly talking to himself, and he seemed emotionally unstable. "Why did I run away from them? Maybe they would finally accept me after all these years." The man laughed harshly at the thought. "Yeah, right. All I ever did was mess up, annoy people, and pull pranks." The man's eyes looked lonely and sorrowful as he said this. "They'll never accept me, no matter how much I've changed."
The quiet watchers were stunned at who this sounded like. "Guys," whispered Ino, "could this be Naruto?"
End Of Chapter One
A.N. So, how did you guys like the first chapter? If I get more than one review, I'll post the next chapter. Flames do not count as reviews, btw. They will be used to burn Haku's ice mirrors. I'll try to update every week, but I can't always access a computer…… so review!
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