AN: Ok, if this is OOC or non-cannon, I'm sorry, I'm not caught up yet. I actually just watched the fight between Pein and Naruto last week, and thought it would be a pretty good setting. But don't worry, this isn't what the story is all about, it's just 'setting the stage'. The real story comes next!
I was 'recovering' as they called it. But I knew they just didn't want me to do anything, to see the village. Or what was left of the village. Apparently Pein had made a big mess, but I knew the truth. Pein and I made a big mess. It was just a few days after the attack, but it had felt like weeks, being cooped up inside. But today, I was allowed outside for the first time.
When I walked outside, I couldn't believe it. There was no village. It was all rubble and the beginning of construction. How could this happen? The village is just gone. I started crying at that realization, and then I saw Sakura. Needing information, I ran up to her.
"Sakura, what happened here? Did I do this?" She immediately tries to comfort me.
"No, Pein did this. Not you. Trust me." Just hearing her say that makes me want to believe her. But I know I went into 'fox-mode'. I even went up to eight tail. If it hadn't been for the fourth hokage, my dad, I corrected myself, I would have fully transformed into the nine-tailed fox. Before I knew it, the light was fading, and the nurse was telling me I had to go back inside to rest.
When I woke up again, it was light again, so it must have been the next day. I wandered around the makeshift hospital for a bit, and then Sakura came up and told me I was free to go.
"Really? I can go outside without supervision?" She smiled warmly at me, as if I had said something funny.
"Yes, you're free to do whatever you want Naruto. Just be careful!" But by then, I was already out the door.
It was wonderful. Just to breathe the fresh air, to be able to run around, to be able to just be me. But then I saw what was going on around me. Everyone was working. Then I heard a shout from somewhere in the crowd.
"Hey look, its Naruto!"
Then everyone turned and looked at me, but unlike from when I was younger, they looked happy to see me. Then they all came and patted me on the back, gave me a high five, and some even picked me up onto their shoulders. It because I defeated Pein, I realized what all the attention was from. It felt great to be the hero of the story!