Hi all,
Thanks for choosing this story to read. 'Life is Life' is the new title of 'Falling Angels From Heaven'. I deleted the story & rewrite it again & tried to decrease the errors.
I present the first chapter to 'obsessed reader', my first reviewer when I published this story as 'Fallen Angels From Heaven'.
I hope you all like it, & please review, & tell me what you think about it. It'll help me to continue writing & improve my story. & if anyone likes to be my beta or have any new idea, I'll be more willing to listen.
Enjoy ;)
Warning: it may have some grammatical & spelling errors.
"Life is Life"
…Chapter 1…
…Ending for beginning…
"Hello, I 'm Naruto Uzumaki & I want a ticket to Konoha for tonight."
A 23 years old man asked the woman with short black hair & a hat with the letter ' Age Air ' on her head, who was currently working with the computer in front of her. When she looked up, she drooled at the young man in front of her. Well who did not? Blond shinny hair with baby blue eyes, sun kissed silky skin, which covered the muscular & perfect body, rosy kissable lips, & three scars on each cheek, which made him sexier.
"Excuse me Miss...Miss?"
The boy asked and waved his hand in front of her face. She pulled out from her dreams (surly the perverted ones) with his smooth & warm voice.
"Sorry…m…m… may I help …y…you?" She faltered out.
"Yes… um ... I need a ticket to Konoha for tonight."
"Wait a moment please." She typed something, and then pressed the ' Enter ' button on the keyboard.
"Let's see...we have a flight about one hour to take off...the other is at 1:00 AM. Which one do you prefer?"
"Well, the sooner the better."
"Ok, would you like to get firs class?"
"Yes, please."
"Give me your passport please."
"Sure … Here you are."
She took it & after checking the picture with his face, passed it back with his ticket, but before he could catch it, she pulled back.
"Um, can I have my passport & ticket?" He asked innocently.
"Of course, but you have to kiss me if you want them back!" She said sweetly & congratulated herself for her brilliant idea, mentally.
"Excuse me?" He asked, surprised by her attitude.
"You heard me. If you want them back, you have to kiss me! Piece of cake, Isn't it?" She said seductively & winked while she leaned closer on her hand.
A sexy smile appeared on Naruto's pinky lips. He leaned closer too and whispered in her ear with a seductive voice.
"You didn't need to thereat me if you want a kiss! All you needed was just a simple ask. Who doesn't want to kiss a beautiful woman like you anyway?"
The woman giggled because both of the sweet words & hot breath, which was tickling her ear.
"Close your eyes"
He whispered in her ear again before leaning more closely to her lips. She closed her eyes & waited for her kiss, but it never came. Instead, she felt someone snatched the ticket & the passport from her hand. She opened her eyes & saw the boy was walking away already. He suddenly stopped and turned to face her. There was a smirk, playing on his lips.
"Thanks for the ticket by the way." & continue his way to the chairs, laughing at her gloat face mentally.
'Ha-ha like hell I was going to kiss you! She was eating me with her eyes! '
He sighed and leaned back on the hard plastic chair. Then closed his eyes & tried to relax. However, his mind automatically recalled the previous day...
… Flash back...
"Hey boss ...there you are! I have been looking for you!" A teen boy about 16 years old ran toward him.
"Hey konohamaru, what's up?" He asked as he looked up from his newspaper, which was reading before the teen came out of the blue.
"Nothing special, normal daily routine," He walked forward to the blonde & sat beside him on the ground .Naruto picked the plastic cup which was full of hot coffee beside him quickly before Konohamaru sat on it.
"Hey, Watch where you sitting! You don't want to miss your ass, do you?" He said, annoyed with the boy's carelessness.
"Ops… I 'm Sorry," He retorted with a sheepish smile & scratched the back of his head with a nervous gesture.
"Did you get any impossible mission recently?" asked konohamaru.
"Na uh, same boring day's or night's cruises." He answered while he rolled the newspaper and put it beside him. Then picked up his cup, opened the lid & blew the hot steam of the dark liquid. After he assured that the coffee was cold enough, he drank it while he was listening to the boy.
"That is why you are down, anyway, grandpa sent me to tell you that he wants to talk to you."
"Did he tell you anything about it?" He asked curiously, drank a little of his coffee.
"No…he didn't tell me; I couldn't pull anything out of him, even the big puppy eyes did not work! I think I lost my magic! Humph, that must be very important. Would you promise me something? "
"What is it?" He lifted his elegant blonde eyebrow.
"Whatever it was… you will tell me"
"I will promise to tell you unless it personal business ok?"
"Well, that's fair!" then shock Naruto's hand in agreement.
'Whatever it is I don't feel good about it. ' he finished his coffee & tried to ignore the strange feeling that bugged him.
He stood up & walked to the office quietly & tried to guess the answers of his questions, but the more he tried to figure, the more he got confuse. When he came to reality, he found himself in front of his commander's office.
He took a deep breath, Knocked on the door & waited for the permission.
"Come in." A voice replied his knock. He turned the doorknob down & opened the door. There was his commander, standing behind his desk, his back was faced Naruto, busy looking through the limpid glassy window.
"Did you call me sir?" He asked tried to hide his nervousness behind his usually false happy smile .But could not make his heart to pump a little slower.
"Yes…close the door & have a sit." His voice was calm but also firm & demanding.
He obeyed & sat on the woody chair in front of the black oak desk.
An awkward silence prevailed in the room. The old man did not say anything & Naruto didn't want to start talking fist. Second after second passed but neither of them made any sound.
"How are you today Naruto?" The old man broke the heavy silence at last. He turned on his heels & faced Naruto. He was around 50; his hair was white like his teeth. The lines on his face were very deep which made his face look rough & tiered but the small smile at the corner of his lips always showed the opposite. However, to day was not a normal day. Therefore, a small frown was there instead, made Naruto more nervous.
"I'm… fine sir. Thank you."
"Good," He sat at his desk & placed his hands under his chin & fixed his eyes on Naruto's as if he wanted to find something in his ocean blue eyes. Sometimes it made Naruto to think that he can see through his eyes & read his mind.
"Do you have any idea why I called you here?" Still didn't break the eye contact with blonde-haired boy.
"No sir, I do not." It was getting harder every second to hide his nervousness
'Just spill it already! ' he screamed inside.
"Two days ago, I received a litter from governor's general. They wanted me to send the best officer from my station to Konoha .I…"
He paused for a moment, the frown got deeper. Still watch every single move or emotion.
"I… sent your documents & the record of your service & the missions you went on… today I received the answer." He pulled a drawer & picked up a gray envelope & put it in front of the eye-widened Naruto.
"Open it."
"But sir…"He wanted to protest but cut with the demanding voice.
"I said open it! "
He picked the envelope with shaky hands & opened it slowly. He pulled out the gray paper & read it. It was just one line letter.
From: the governor's general
In reply to: Commander Sarutobi.
Date: 4/1/2007
The informed Officer- Uzumaki Naruto-is accepted in first level. He has to be in Konoha 4/5/2007 for the next level.
Respectfully yours, Hatake Kakashi.
No! He could not believe it! He read it again & again & again…
The commander sighed. He knew what was in that piece of paper, he knew the answer when he sent the documents & he knew what the reaction would be when he find out .He knew everything…
"No." Naruto whispered .His hands were shaking. He looked up with teary eyes.
"Naruto …" He tried to calm him down but failed.
"No, I will not go!" He said aloud tried his best not to cry.
"Naruto…"
"I can't leave! "
"Naruto…" He called him a little louder than usual low & deep voice, tried to silent the angry, & at the same time, sad blonde.
"No, how dare you? How dare you to choose my path before telling me? How dare you to transfer me somewhere else, as you know my situation?" The tears rolled down his sky blue but now cloudy eyes on his whisker like scares cheeks.
"I did something that was right."
"Right? How do you know? All he has been through was my all fault! You can't…you just can't…"
"It was an accident."
"It was my fault…."
"No, it wasn't."
"Yes, it WAS…I KILLED him…I KILLED her….I MAKE him suffer…..I am responsible for what I have DONE…"
"STOP IT!" He lost his control suddenly & shouted loudly, pounded his fist on the desk at the same time. Naruto stopped talking but the tears still falling from his eyes.
"I am sorry … I shouldn't shout… but you did not leave me any choice." His voice was low again & sounded apologetic.
Natuto's head hanged down, His face was invisible but his shaking shoulders showed that he was still crying.
He sighed & continued with softer voice:
"I know…It is very hard…but … You always care for him…you spend your time on him…It's understandable … but… what about you? Look at you! You are a great officer Naruto, but the biggest problem you have is you cannot forgive yourself! How long you want to continue this... How long you want to blame yourself for something that was not your fault… I did that because I do not want you to suffer anymore…I want you to live…"
A thick silence appeared in the room again.
"What about him? He doesn't have anyone but me…"
This time Naruto was the one who broke it. His voice was dull because of crying, his head was still down, but his shoulders didn't shake anymore.
"What about you? Don't you need to live? Don't you need to be happy?"
"But…"
"No but, you will go to Konoha. That is final! "
He rose up his head, the tear's lines were on his cheeks but his eyes were clear & puffed & red, his nose either. He saw the small smile returned on his commander's broken face…………….
… End of flash back …
"Narutooooo!"
He pulled out from the memory with a voice calling his name.
He turned & saw a blond woman with big breasts was running towards him with a man with long white hair & two red tattoo lines under each eyes. He blinked again. No, they were real.
"Baa-Chan? Old hermit? What are you doing here? I told you not to come here!" He said in surprise.
"What? You…wanted…to go…without… saying… goodbye?" She said between breathes tried to catch her breath.
"I left it on you answering machine. Maybe you got too old to notice it baa-Chan." Suddenly he felt something hit his head strongly.
"Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww! That hurt! Is that as you call goodbye?" & hugged his head
"Ungrateful brat, you thought we wouldn't come to say goodbye to only brat we have?" Her voice was shaky.
He looked at her. Tears filled her deep brown eyes. He felt guilty, after everything they have done for him, they can't say even a simple goodbye & wishing good luck? However, they just make it more difficult as it is.
He turned his back. He didn't want them to see his tears. Suddenly he felt someone hugged him from behind, arms wrapped themselves around his shoulders.
'I'm sorry. I didn't want to see you… because ….because it is hard to leave you… I thought … I thought it would be easier that way…for … three of us…
Forgive me if I was selfish.'
He separated the arms around him, then bowed in front of them
"I know it wasn't your duty to take care of me… I put you in a lot of trouble… dye your hair baa-Chan or draw our picture on your original copy of your stories Jeraiya," He smiled at the memories.
"But, you raised me as your own child… fed me… sent me to school… If I succeeded, if I reached my dreams, if I standing here, if I'm the person who I am now…I should thank you."
He stood straight & looked at them. His uncle was hugged his wife, who was crying silently.
He couldn't hold it any more. Tears rolled down from his baby blue eyes & ran into his aunt's open & welcoming hands.
"You talk like adults brat."
He laughed along with his aunt. Oh, how much he is going to miss them. When she let go of him, Jeraiya start talking:
"We are proud of you my son." Naruto felt a warm feeling pumped from his heart to all his body's veins when he heard the old man's words.
"Thanks Jeraiya."
"Wherever you go… we are always with you brat."
"Thanks old hag."
"Flight no. 1254 to Konoha will be taking off in 30 minute, the gate 21 is open for the passengers. I repeat…"
'So soon?' he felt something flipped in his stomach.
"I guess now we should say goodbye." Jeraiya said with a smile. Naruto felt like someone squeezing his heart.
"Call us when you arrived." Tsunade said with a shaky voice.
"I will."
"Don't worry about the time. Just call."
"Ok"
"Don't forget to put a blanket over you or you'll catch a cold."
"Ok"
"Did you pick everything up?"
"Yes"
"ID card? What about Passport & Money?"
"Yes."
"Don't forget…"
"Honey, He is 23 young man & I'm sure he did everything right & Picked his necessary things." Jeraiya jumped between her sentences.
"I know, just checking."
"Are we done yet?" Naruto said tried his hard to keep his voice steady & fought harder to hold his tears for not falling again.
"Just one more thing," she said & bent to kiss his forehead. His cheeks turned to a light shade of pink. His heart was pumping madly behind his rips. He watched Tsunade pulled out her necklace & put it around his neck.
"But … but you like it very much. I…I can't take it…"
"Shut up brat. I give it to you so it reminds us for you." Then she hugged him for the last time. Tears were filling her eyes again.
"Thanks Tsunade." Then let go of her.
He hugged Jeraiya.
"Take care of yourself." Jeraiya said. His voice was doll.
"You too" Naruto didn't do better.
Naruto squeezed him lightly before allow him to go, then picked his baggage & walked to the gate of his plain. He stood in line & gave the man his ticket to check when it was his turn. He turned around for the last time to see his aunt & uncle, he waved his hand, & after they replied, he walked though the gate.
"You know what?" Tsunade asked as her tears rolled down on her cheeks.
"What?" Jeraiya replied while he put his hands around her shoulder & watch him climbed up the airport bus, with his wife from behind the glassy wall.
"I missed him already."
"Yeah, so I do."
"He is growing fast."
"Uhum."
"I can't believe he is leaving us."
"Yea it's hard. However, I think he did the right think though."
"Do you think so? I mean…."
"Yeah I know what you mean honey; he deserved it. Don't you agree with me that was enough for him to live in the past? Blamed or shamed of himself why he is alive in every single second was passing? & every single moment on his life feeling useless? 17 years is a long time for punishment. It was breaking him from inside. He needed a new life Tsunade & it is better to be far from him. He is a big boy; I know he can handle it."
"I guess you are right."
She cleaned her eyes with the back if her hand, hugged her beloved husband tighter, & watched the bus moving forward to the plane. A simple smile was dancing on her soft lips.
…Angel from hell…
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