Alright everyone!! You've guessed it!! Another one of those paper crane fics… I just couldn't get enough of them so I decided to write one myself!
Probably cliché…but I haven't seen too many in the Naruto Archive, so I decided it's my turn to give this a shot.
Hintings of Sasuke/Naruto. Think what you want…I don't really know if you'd consider it romance. Could be brotherly love? Close friendship? I'll let your imagination run away with you…
Naruto's Point of View. First Person.
1000 paper cranes.
I can't believe I'm doing this.
Folding paper, creasing it, over and over, how can this really help? I need to do this, It's something, at least. It might not work, but at least I can say I tried, that I'm doing everything in my powers to bring him back.
Tsunade thinks it's stupid, that I should train and look for him instead after becoming stronger, after overcoming my weaknesses and shortfalls.
Sakura doesn't say anything, but silently, she helps by buying beautiful paper for me every once in a while. I know why. Everyone doubts it will work, even me, but it's always worth a shot. She cheers me on from the side, praying that if there is a small chance, let this work. She knows she cannot help me, but simply watch from afar. This is something I must do on my own.
She cheers from the sidelines, yet she doesn't want to get her hopes up high. If this attempt should fail, she will have farther to fall.
It may be false hope, but at least it's some hope. Something to believe in. Better to open all possible doors, than to walk away and give up before even making an attempt.
I once heard that if you make one thousand paper cranes, the gods will grant you one wish.
We are ninjas. Most of us do not believe in god. We rely on wits, strength, cunning, power, whatever we can to stay alive. Maybe destiny and fate, but not God. The idea of a stronger being out there that is all-knowing and has total control over your life is too... I don't know – it just doesn't relate to our way of life.
The one wish though, the one wish I have is so simple. Maybe it is greedy, maybe it is selfish, but it is not evil. The wish that I want can be summed up into one word.
Sasuke.
My wish is to see Sasuke again, to have him back in Konoha where he belongs. Team 7 and his friends, we're his family now, and he should return home. Home, where he is missed. Where we wonder if he is safe, happy, or content now.
Has he found what we could never offer?
1000 paper cranes.