Hey, Warrior of Dragon here with his first fanfic. Somehow an idea just came in my mind and it seems pretty simple to me, dunno whether someone wrote it before or not so I decided to put my idea up here. This is a NaruSaku fanfic so sorry for NaruHina and SasuSaku fans. I'll try updating as often as I could 'cuz holiday is ending soon. You guys will still see some grammar errors though. And lastly, I don't own Naruto.
It is noon and Naruto sighed as he walked down the streets of Konoha, smiling and nodding to a few villagers as he passed by. It's been a year since the war had ended and he'd been held as the hero of the war. Yep! The once prankster and dead last now held as the hero of a war. His best friend, Sasuke had stayed back in the village, planning to start a life of a traveler within a few months. It's also been 6 months where Sasuke and Sakura got together. When he found out, he almost attacked Sasuke on the spot but he kept his cool. Sasuke knew he liked Sakura yet he still asked her out. Soon, he would always put a fake smile when someone is nearby, especially Sasuke and Sakura, only taking the fake smile down when he's home.
Speaking of home, he, along with a few of the Konoha 11 had bought an apartment, two actually considering that one couldn't house them. They moved in 2 months after the war. He's glad that he got company that time. Shikamaru said that as long as he could stay away from his mother, he would even move to Iwa, this joke caused them to laugh hard. Choji had moved too, in considering that his favorite BBQ Restaurant is nearby and hanging out with friends is what he always did. Ino moved in as she is the one who came up with the idea. Sai moved in because he thought it's interesting while Kiba and Hinata moved in to get away from their clan (That's what he thinks 'cause they never told him). Even though they knew they would need to move out once they started their own family, but they wanted to spend as much time as they could together so they bought apartment as they could sell it if they ever move out.
The blond continued walking down until he saw two familiar ones waving at him. Kiba and Hinata came into view as the trio met. Kiba and Hinata had gotten closer after the Fourth Ninja War. It wouldn't surprise him if the two are dating secretly. Somehow Hinata had gotten over her long time crush on him, starting to be more confident.
"Hey Naruto, Ino and Choji had prepared lunch. We left some for you so make sure you finish it up." Kiba told him once they met.
"Sure, just pray that he doesn't finish it up before I reach home." Naruto joked until he caught Sakura and Sasuke walking down the street towards them, sadness could be seen in his eyes before he quickly turned around and walk back to their apartment, not before saying a quick 'See you later'. Kiba didn't catch it as he waved at the two but Hinata did, she will need to talk to him about that later. She turned around and greeted Sasuke and Sakura, the pink Kunoichi looked annoyed seeing Naruto, which happened ever since she started dating Sasuke, confusing some. The four chatted for awhile before they parted their own ways.
-Apartment-
Naruto took off his sandals as he entered through the door. Shikamaru laid on the couch lazily, Choji eating a bag of chips as he watched the TV. The three of them shared one apartment while the other four shared the other as it had four rooms instead of three. During freetime, they would always gather at the boys' apartment, Choji and surprisingly Ino would cook dinner and sometimes lunch for all of them, then they would spend the rest of their time chatting.
The boys' apartment is quite simple considering how lazy the three of them are. Three couches surround a table while a TV sat in front of the table. Behind the couches is the dining table with a few chairs. Walking deeper is the kitchen and also the bathroom.
"Yo Naruto, the food is getting cold, better finish it." Choji said while Shikamaru cracked an eye open.
"I'm not hungry, you can have it Choji." He said before he walked into his room and shut the door, not waiting for a reply.
Shikamaru looked at the closed door for a few moments before he closed his eye, his blond haired budy had been acting weird ever since Sakura and Sasuke started dating. It surprised him at first, considering he never asked Sakura for a date ever since he came back from his sage training/ after Pein's attack.
He sighed before stood up and knocked the door, having no reply, he opened the door and closed it. The blond buried his face in his pillow. His room was pretty simple, a single bed, a table with some scrolls about Fuuinjutsu and a closet where he put his clothes and old stuffs in. A katana could also be seen laying next to his closet. The blond wanted to learn Fuinjutsu and Kenjutsu after the war, and Kakashi helped him with it, giving him his mother's Katana that once made her famous and also his father's note about his Fuinjutsu.
"It's Sakura and Sasuke huh?" He asked, the blond remained for awhile before turning over.
"Yeah." He said weakly.
"Wanna talk about it?" He asked, sitting on the floor, waiting patiently for the blond to reply.
"I don't get it…" He started. "Why would she look at me like that? She seemed angry and annoyed whenever I'm near her. And why would he ask her out when he knows that I like her? I just don't get it. She told me she would always be by my side when we're kids but how could keep that promise when she's acting like that?"
"Look, I know I couldn't answer that but why don't you ask her this Sunday? It's the day you saved her from the masked man in the Limited Tsukuyomi remember?"
Yes, after Naruto and Sakura escaped the Limited Tsukuyomi, the both promised each other that they would hang out together. They meet up at noon outside the village, train for a few hours then have dinner, talk about missions. The blond will always walk her home after that.
"Yeah, maybe that'll work." He said with a smile and the two chatted for who knows how long before Choji knocked the door, telling them Ayame visited. That seemed to cheer the blond up upon hearing Ayame's name. She would always visit the guys, checking them up and bring some ramen.
The both got out of the room and greeted Ayame as she filled the Ramen she brought into bowls. The three ate with Ayame before their 'neighbours' came over and ate with them.
-The next day-
Naruto woke up pretty early as he bathed and changed. He looked at the clock to see it's only 9 o'clock. He quickly left the apartment as he intended to do some morning work before he meet up with Sakura. He started jogging, waving to a few on his way to the gate. One good thing about being the new Sannin is that he could leave the village just like the old Sannin. He arrived at the place where he and Sakura will always meet. The area is quite big for them to train as a barn house could be seen down the hill not far from the area. One thing Naruto learned is that be careful around there as he could always bump into some bear traps.
He started doing some workout, push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups etc. He looked at the sun by the time he finished, it's already pass noon and Sakura had yet arrive.
He waited and waited, and three hours passed by before he gave up. He walked, not paying attention to his surroundings before he felt pain on his right leg. A bear trap…his right leg was caught in a bear trap. He screamed before he lost his balance and rolled down the hill. When he finally came to a halt, he saw two person sitting on a mat, a picnic basket in front of them. The two turned around upon hearing him.
"Sasuke…Sakura….."
