"Intertwined Destiny's"
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Naruto.
A/N: This is my first shot at writing fan fiction. This story takes place once Naruto returns from his training with Jiraiya. Constructive Criticism is always welcome and feel free to e-mail me if you have any ideas or questions. Pairings are still being decided but there will be Naru/Saku and Sasu/Saku. A poll will decide what the other pairings will be so please review!
It was another day in the hidden Village of Konohagure. The sun had only started to creep over the heads of the Hokage Mountain on which the faces of the previous leaders of Konaha were carved into. It was on this early morning that two travelers dressed in unique attire were making their way into the hidden village.
One of them is an old man in his sixties with long white hair that was kept together with a headband that was different from the ones usually seen in Konoha. He is wearing a red tunic over a grey shirt, grey pants and a pair of sandals. Slung across his waist is a big scroll. This person is known as one of the Three Legendary Sannin and the author of the infamous book "Come Come Paradise", Jiraiya.
The Frog Hermit is currently trying the keep a certain blond haired shinobi from running into the village without him. The now 15 year old boy we know as Uzumaki Naruto has greatly changed and that can be seen by his change in clothing. Naruto no longer wears the bright orange jacket and pants he wore before leaving the village 3 years ago.
After a lot of convincing from Jiraiya, Naruto has changed his favorite outfit for something more appealing to the eye. His new outfit includes a light black jacket with many pockets for scrolls, kunai, and other shinobi equipment, a red t-shirt with a black Spiral symbol etched on the front, and black cargo pants that have two weapon pouches attached to it.
Completing his assemble is a pair of black gloves, the one on left hand is attached to an arm guard that stretches up to his elbow and black ninja sandals. Tied proudly on his forehead is a Konoha Headband which is worn out and scratched from his training. It is also apparent that Naruto has grown in the past few years as he has now reached a height of 5"8 and his tanned body is proof of his travels.
Jiraiya having had enough of the young ninjas antics quickly smacks Naruto on the top of his head "Enough already Naruto! You would think that after three years you would have learned to be patient."
The blond shinobi scratches the back of his head as a wide Cheshire smile appears on his face "I'm sorry Ero-sennin but I can wait to get back to Konoha and see everyone again"
The White haired Sannin smile's as his excited student continues talking.
"It's been three whole years since I left! I can't wait to see how everyone has changed!" exclaims Naruto, "and I can't wait to see Sakura-chan, Kakashi-sensei and Iruka-sensei!"
At the thought of Iruka-sensei another thought appears in Naruto's head, "I bet Iruka-sensei will be so happy to see me he'll treat me to ramen at Ichiraku!" At this thought the blond ninja starts drooling as images of his favorite food dance in his thoughts.
Jiraiya sighs as he watches his student drool in a zombie like state "I feel sorry for Iruka, after not having ramen for so long one can only wonder how many bowls Naruto will devour…."
-----Ten minutes later in front of Konoha Gates-----
"Yipeee! We're finally here! Good Morning Konoha!" screams a hyperactive Naruto as Jiraiya deadpans behind him.
Jiraiya once again smacks the blond genin on the back of his head "Quiet Naruto! If you don't shut up you will wake up the whole village"
"Ow! Ero-sennin stop doing that! Yells an agitated Naruto
"Well I told you to calm down you are making too much of a commotion, a student of the Great Toad Hermit should be calm and dignified" replies Jiraiya.
Scowling Naruto starts to say something but is cut off as one of the guards, a chunnin, jumps down. The other guard sweat drops at the conversation between teacher and student.
"Ahem, Jiraiya-sama I have to see you and your student's passport before I can allow you to enter Konoha" states the Gate guard.
"Ah ok I have them somewhere replies the Sannin as he searches through his jacket for the said items. "I know I put them somewhere…..wait here they are!"
After confirming that the travelers were shinobi of Konoha the chunnin allows them to enter the village.
-----Hokage Tower-----
After allowing Jiraiya and his student to enter the village the chunnin hurries to the Hokage tower to inform the Gondaime of the recent arrivers.
After being allowed to enter the Hokage's office he finds Tsunade and her pink haired apprentice drinking tea while the Sannin reads through a paper.
"Tsunade-sama!"
The blond haired woman who looks in her mid thirties looks up from her reading "Yes what is it?"
The chunnin quickly replies "Jiraiya-sama and his apprentice Uzumaki Naruto has just recently entered the village"
At the sound of this news a smile plays through both females in the room. Haruno Sakura suddenly gets up from her chair, "Tsunade-sama can I be excused? I want to see Naruto again."
Smiling the Sannin nods, "Of course you can Sakura, and would you mind telling him to come see me later?
The pink haired genin quickly agrees "Hai! Tsunade-sama, thank you" and with that Sakura quickly exits out of the room.
Tsunade turns back to the Gate Guard "Thank you for informing me of their arrival you may leave now"
"Hai Tsunade-sama" says the chunnin as he too disappears.
-----With Naruto-----
Naruto is currently speeding off to the Ninja Academy to meet up with Iruka-sensei. The blond shinobi is bubbling with excitement at the thought of seeing his favorite teacher after 3 years. Unfortunately the streets of Konoha are a little too crowded this morning and one too many times he found himself almost crashing into food stalls and such.
"Meh, this is to annoying everyone's in my way!", "Wait I know I'll just take to the rooftops!" With a quick jump Naruto jumps onto the rooftops and continues his way to the Academy.
-----With Sakura-----
The Hokage's apprentice is walking through the streets of Konoha searching for her old teammate. "I can't wait to see Naruto again! I wonder how much stronger he's gotten?"
Sakura quickly changes her direction and heads off towards Ichiraku "If I know Naruto he's probably stuffing his face with ramen right now."
Once arriving at Ichiraku Sakura steps in expecting to see Naruto eating ramen. However, the blond genin is nowhere in sight.
"Aww, I was sure Naruto would come here first….wait he probably went to see Iruka-sensei at the Academy!"
Jumping onto the rooftops Sakura quickly makes her way to the Ninja Academy.
-----At the Ninja Academy-----
Naruto races through the hallways finally coming into a quick halt in front of his old classroom. Sliding the door open he steps into the large classroom and makes his way to the teacher's desk.
"Iruka-sensei! Hey Iruka-sensei where are you?"
Behind a pile of books a young chuunin's face emerges, he has a kind smile and a scar running horizontally across his nose.
"Naruto! Your finally back I was wondering when you would show up"
"Iruka-sensei I missed you so much! Come on you can treat me to ramen at Ichiraku!" replies the blond genin excitedly as he grabs his sensei's hand and leads him out of the classroom.
"Naruto hold on at least let me put away these books!" yells the teacher-nin as he is lead off.
"I wonder is it really me he misses of my wallet?…" sighs Iruka walks out after Naruto.
-----With Sakura-----
The pink haired genin is currently headed in the direction of the Ninja Academy when she sees a familiar blond haired ninja and his favorite teacher headed in her direction.
"Hey Naruto!" yells Sakura getting the blond ninjas attention.
"Sakura-chan!" screams Naruto and the pink haired genin quickly finds herself embraced in a hug that knocks them both off their feet.
"It's nice to see you to Naruto but I can't breathe" gasps Sakura as she tries to get up.
"Oh sorry Sakura-chan I guess I should have slowed down right?" says Naruto as he quickly gets to his feet and scratches the back of his head in a Naruto-ish way.
"It's ok Naruto anyway I'm so happy that your back" smiling Sakura gets back up to her feet and looks up at Naruto's face.
-----Sakura's Thoughts------
"Wait when did Naruto get taller them me? Wow I guess his training really did pay off he has gotten taller and his body has a nice tan……wait this is NARUTO I'm talking about must get perverted thoughts out of my head…"
(A/N: Inner Sakura) "Heheheh Naruto sure did get hotter I bet he has nice toned muscles under that jacket…"
"No! Naruto is my friend! Must knock last few images out of my head…"
"It's no use… hmm Naruto is probably as hot as Sasuke-kun now"
"No he is not, how dare you compare Sasuke-kun to Naruto, although he is cute now though….."
"Hah I knew it you like
Naruto-kun"
"No I like Sasuke-kun"
"Naruto!"
"Sasuke!"
"Naruto!"
"I don't like Naruto-kun! Wait did I just call him Naruto-kun?"
"Yes I know it you like Naruto!"
"….JUST SHUT UP!"
-----With Naruto and Iruka-sensei-----
The two male shinobi were currently watching Sakura, whose facial expressions kept changing at a rapid pace, with confused looks on their faces.
Naruto wanting to see if Sakura was alright pokes her on the forehead "Sakura-chan are you alright?
Knocked out of her battle with her inner self Sakura quickly blushes.
"Ahem it's okay Naruto-kun I'm alright" replies Sakura not noticing her little slipup.
"Ok why don't you join us for ramen Sakura? Naruto you can tell both of us what you did these
past three years" says Iruka.
"Oh yeah I almost forgot about ramen! Come on Sakura-chan, Iruka-sensei lets go!"
As the group speeds off towards Ichiraku a thought suddenly comes to his head 'Did Sakura-chan call me Naruto-kun back there? Nah I must have heard wrong….."
-----20 Minutes and 40 Ramen Bowls Later-----
BELCH! "Ah that was so good thanks a lot Iruka-Sensei."
Sakura's face grows red as veins pulse on her forehead…"NARUTO don't you have any manners don't do that in front of a lady!"
Sakura uppercuts Naruto and sends him flying through the "roof".
-----2 Minutes Later-----
After Naruto finally rockets back into his seat (A/N: Shrugs, I don't know he flew perfectly straight up?) Iruka-sensei decides to start up a conversation that does not involve Naruto's manners.
"So Naruto did you see Tsunade-sama's face on the Hokage monument?"
"Yea I did! I can't believe I didn't notice it until I was falling back though….to bad they didn't show the old hags real appearance." replies Naruto.
Sakura and Iruka-sensei both sweat drop.
"Anyway Naruto tell us about your travels through the shinobi countries." asks Sakura genuinely interested.
"Ahh traveling with Ero-sennin was fun but he did get us into a lot of trouble with his perverted behavior..."
"Naruto you better not have picked up anything perverted from that Old Pervert" death glares Sakura.
Naruto shivering with fear "Uh, no don't worry Ero-sennin's behavior didn't rub of on me…I guess I shouldn't tell her what Ero-sennin did on my last birthday…anyway even though we did get into a lot of trouble Ero-sennin did not show any mercy when it came to training….."
-----After a couple of Colorful and "Slightly" Exaggerated tales from Naruto-----
"Naruto, Sakura it's getting late and I still have work to do so I'll be leaving now" says Iruka-sensei
"Okay Sensei and oh yeah Naruto Tsunade-sama asked me to tell you to meet her when you have time, anyway have to leave too" Sakura gets up and starts to walks away.
"Bye Sakura-chan, Iruka-sensei!"
"Bye Naruto-kun!" replies Sakura and winks at the blond genin before leaving.
Naruto blushes "I was right she did call me "Naruto-kun", maybe her feelings for me are changing?"
Naruto slowly gets up from his seat and with a final thank you to the old man and his daughter he speeds off towards the Hokage Tower.
A/N: Well this is the first chapter please review and tell me what you think about the story so far. Since this story is still in the planning stages your thoughts might affect how the story proceeds so review! Also I am trying to find a site to translate techniques into Japanese if you know a site please inform me.