The promise
By: Narutofan445
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto so please don't sue me!
Hello all my fellow Naruto anime fans! Well I finally worked up the courage to write something, so here it is. No flames please, this is my fist fic.
Everyone I went back and corrected all the spelling errors, thanks for telling me!
Ch 1
Uzumaki Naruto slowly made his way home.
He had been training for five non-stop hours and his sweat drenched clothes proved it.
At home he didn't bother eating, he was too tired. He instead quickly took a shower and went to bed
That night he tossed and turned, he was having the same dream, or rather flashback, over and over again.
Dream/flashback
Naruto was laying on a hospital bed. He was covered completely from head to toes in bandages.
He had been given a mission along with his friends Nara Shikamaru,Hyuuga Neji,
Akimichi Choji, and Inuzuka Kiba, to retrieve Uchiha Sasuke, after he ran away.
The mission had been a failure. Instead of retrieving Saskue; Choji, Kiba, Neji, and Naruto ended up almost dying.
Naruto was talking with Shikamaru about the failure of the mission when suddenly Sakura, one of Naruto's precious people, walked in along with Tsunade-Sama, the fifth Hokage of Konoha.
"Sakura-Chan" Naruto thought.
Sakura spoke first. "Naruto"
Naruto couldn't bare to look at her, not after he had promised her that he would bring back Saskue and failed. He lowered his head in shame; he could clearly see the disappointment and sadness in her eyes.
"I was told you had a severe wound", Tsunade-Sama informed Naruto, "and despite that, you look pretty good".
Naruto didn't respond. He just kept his head down. He didn't know what to say, not to Tsunade-Sama but to Sakura.
When he finally found the words he kept his head down and said. "I' am sorry, Sakura-Chan".
Sakura's eyes widen, she was heartbroken but she forced a fake smile on her face and said, "Why are you apologizing?"
She pretended like everything was okay.
With the fake smile still on her face she walked over to the curtains, "It's you, so you probably went over board again".
Opening the curtains and allowing sunlight into the room she continued, " sheesh, you look like a mummy."
Again Naruto didn't speak. He could clearly hear the sadness in her voice.
"I'm sorry…I …"
Naruto tried to apologize but Sakura cut him off. "My, the weather sure is nice today, isn't it?"
Lifting his head Naruto yelled, "Sakura-Chan! I'll…keep my promise for sure" Naruto yelled, "I said that it was a promise of a lifetime!"
Sakura looking out the window told him, "It's okay now, Naruto".
Everyone in the room could clearly hear the disappointment and sadness in her voice.
"Sakura, he …" Shikamaru said, trying to insure her that they had done their best, but Naruto cut him off.
"I've always…said that…I will keep going straight ahead, never taking back or bending my word".
As he finished he put on his signature foxy grin, "Because that's my way of the ninja!"
Tsunade-Sama and Shikamaru both got grins on their faces when they heard Naruto's enthusiastic words.
Sakura looked at Naruto. She didn't know what to feel towards the blond shinobi.
She wanted to be mad at him but she knew that he had tried his best.
At the same time she wanted to hug him for trying but he had yet to fulfill his promise to her.
The only thing she could think of was, "thank you, Naruto"
end of dream/flashback
The next morning….
The next morning Naruto woke up at the usual time, 5:00 a.m.
Ignoring the cries of sleep his body sent him, he quickly got dressed. And after eating three bowls of instant ramen, he locked up and started walking towards training grounds 7.
The streets of Konoha were basically empty, except for a couple Chuuins' who were just returning from a mission.
Naruto loved this part of the day. It was only him and nobody else. There were no angry glares from villagers, no silent death threats behind his back that he heard thanks to the kyubi. Just him and his thoughts.
Even though it was a little chilly, Naruto didn't bother in wearing his orange jumpsuit sweater. He was going to be drenched in sweat in a little while anyway.
When Naruto arrived at the training grounds he quickly got to work.
He made forty Kage Bunshins. Ten to practice Ninjutsu, another ten for Taijutsu, ten more for Genjutsu, and the last ten to come up fighting strategies.
He did this everyday. He trained to the point where he would almost pass out. Many times he would.
" Saskue", Naruto thought as he trained, " you bastard! You better be training as hard as I am because when I find you I' am going to break your legs and arms like I said I would, and drag you back here!"
Well that was the first chapter! Please r&r!
If you have and ideas for me to put in this story please tell me.
Thanks
- Narutofan445