The Eternal Promise

A/N: Ello. This is a new story I am making. The pairing is NaruxSaku and I am not sure about anyone else in the story. This is the story following Stupid Hope which I deleted. Well, I'm hoping this can be better. Anyways, the 2.5 year time skip when Naruto leaves has not happened yet. Yes, Sasuke is gone but not for long. Anyways here we go.

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Rain lashed down on the fire country splattering quietly against the Hokage monument. The five Hokage's faces were symbols of the village of Konohagakure. The Shodai Hokage, The Nidaime Hokage, the Sandaime Hokage, the Yondaime Hokage and the Godaime Hokage. The current Godaime Hokage sighed in her office as the rain splattered against the window, her lamp shown brightly and all was quiet except for very quiet breathing sounds of the two ANBU guards outside of her doors. She flipped a paper and laid her head down on her desk, her job was quite annoying at times, she had to search through all these papers. Tsunade was getting quite annoyed but she put up with it. She flipped another paper over, carefully organizing it. The village was still recovering from Orochimaru's attack but the Ninja of Konoha still did tasks and missions, a lot of Jounin and Chuunin were out on complicated missions --- constantly, which made the Godaime Hokage do paperwork --- constantly. The Godaime Hokage looked out the window and out at the monuments for a moment. She looked over at a fireplace and gazed over at the pictures of the five Hokages, and sighed after looking at them all and looking at the Thirds, the Sandaimes, Sarutobi's picture. She quickly looked down at her paperwork and looked stubborn as a thunderclap roared in the distance with an echoing thunderous blast. This caught Tsunade's attention but not for long, she looked back at her paperwork. It was annoying to keep doing this, musing quietly to herself. She really never knew that being a Hokage would be this boring but she thought she might get used to it after sometime. What were her hours? Did she EVER get to go home? The Godaime stood up and stepped out of her office.

A ANBU put a hand on her shoulder trying to stop her but it really wasn't much use. The Godaime silently left as the two ANBU looked at each other.

A blonde haired boy with ocean blue eyes sat on top of the Hokage monument, on the Fourth Hokage's head with his clothes dripping. As he gazed off into the wild roaring skies he looked down at the dimly lighted village he resides in. He let out a small sigh as he pondered to himself. He was in his thinking mode, after a few moments of losing himself to his own mind the boy tossed a rock off of the monument watching it fall. His orange suit was soaked and his hair was drooping a little. His face was neutral. He silently looked down with sorrow in his eyes. He had let Sasuke go, Sasuke was gone. It was his fault, he was not strong enough to bring him back, even more, he broke his promise to Sakura. The boy smirked to himself thinking he had a whole lifetime to complete his goal anyways.

The blonde boy's eyes went sad when he remembered his failed mission.

"Naruto I beg you... Please bring Sasuke back..." "I couldn't do it... I couldn't stop him...! The only person who can probably save Sasuke-kun now is you... Naruto."

"Only you..."

Naruto looked down sadly and had the tiniest of smirks on his face with a sad look.

Naruto then looked up and smiled only a little, it was clearly fake and with his eyes closed just so his sadness would not show.

"Sakura-chan... you really like Sasuke huh?" "I know how much pain your in because of Sasuke... I can understand..."

The pink haired kunoichi stood shaking then hugged herself then started breaking down sobbing.

"Naruto... Thank you..."

"Don't worry! I'll bring him back! It's a Promise of a Lifetime!"

Rock Lee stared at Naruto giving his pose.

Nara Shikamaru, Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Neji, Inuzuka Kiba, and Akimichi Chouji walked away onto their mission.

Rock Lee stood still as Sakura stood sobbing.

"Naruto-kun said it with the nice guy pose. He'll keep his promise." "This... This will all go well."

Rock Lee gave his own nice guy pose as Sakura's sobbing slowed down.

Naruto looked out in the distance and silent tears fell from his eyes.

'Sakura... It's a promise of a lifetime.'

Uzumaki Naruto gave himself a re-assuring smile.

A Silver Haired Jounin sat at a memorial, staring at the words Uchiha Obito. He looked into the sky with his visible eye looking sad and his silver hair lying down.

"I am sorry Obito... I have failed another one of my teammates... and... he was also a Uchiha. But... I'm confident Naruto will bring him back..." The Jounin Mused Silently.

The Jounin Hatake Kakashi sighed inwardly as he knew that all may be okay... but he needed rest for now. The Silver haired Jounin pulled out a book saying Icha Icha Paradise as he looked at it's pages but soon put it away.

"I am sorry Obito..." Kakashi said silently. "I'm sorry..."

Hatake Kakashi lifted up his Konoha headband revealing his Sharingan eye and looked straight into the skies.

"I'm sorry..."

A black haired Chuunin sat silently in his room.

"I have failed..."

The Chuunin looked around.

"I... Nara Shikamaru have failed."

Shikamaru thought of what his father had said.

"At least they all survived... I guess that's all that matters... and Naruto I know will bring Sasuke back, it was his Promise of a Lifetime he had promised to the girl he had loved."

Nara Shikamaru knew that if he was to help rescue Sasuke again, he would be a much better leader, a much better person, and a much better friend.

A pink haired and emerald eyed kunoichi sat on her bed with a lamp dimly lighting her room stared out at the roaring skies.

Haruno Sakura could not forget how Sasuke's retrieval was failed... It was only a few weeks ago anyways. The group of four Genin and one Chuunin had set out, and risked their lives and failed. None of them had died but she somehow felt it was her fault.

And she couldn't stop remembering...

"Naruto I beg you... Please bring Sasuke back..." "I couldn't do it... I couldn't stop him...! The only person who can probably save Sasuke-kun now is you... Naruto."

"Only you..."

"Sakura-chan... you really like Sasuke huh?" "I know how much pain your in because of Sasuke... I can understand..."

"Naruto... Thank you..."

"Don't worry! I'll bring him back! It's a Promise of a Lifetime!"

Haruno Sakura could not forget the grin he gave her and Rock Lee's patented Nice Guy Pose. She knew Uchiha Sasuke would be back in Konoha... someday...

Haruno Sakura fell asleep.

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A/N: It's a lil short but there isn't much dialogue except in Naruto's POV. I'll update soon I suppose.