Okay so This is my first story, it takes place directly after Naruto and Sasukes fight after the 4th war, I just wanted to try an explore the characters a bit more and see how it went.
All characters are from Naruto.
Yes, My grammar is terrible I know. I try my best.
The placement of Paragraphs and each characters speech is something that's tripping me up for a decent flow but ill work on it.
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Naruto awoke with a gasp, he felt a cold sensation running down his right arm, He was so tired, even opening his eyelids felt like a herculin effort, his entire body felt like spasms of pain were running through it with every breath, if he could just go back to sleep he wouldn't have to worry about the pain…. again he felt that cold Tap on his arm, almost like ice running through his veins, he wondered what it could be, Red lights started flashing in his brain! all of a sudden everything come flooding back in, The Fight with Kaguya, Meeting the Sage, His Rasengan meeting sasukes chidori, lying there with sasuke thinking he was dead, He forced himself to open his eyes and was met with a mop of bright pink hair.
"sakura, Man am I glad to see you"
"Shut up idiot, you need all the strength you can get" sakura said smiling down at Naruto, with tears running down her nose and falling onto his arm.
That's the cold sensation I must have been feeling thought Naruto as he watched Sakuras tears falling onto his arm, he followed the water leaving her face and saw it hitting his arm…. Naruto took a gulp of air as his brain made sense of what he saw.
Sakura saw Narutos eyes lock with hers, she followed them down to his arm and watched with sadness as his expression changed from one of happiness to shock.
"I'm so sorry… I couldn't save your arm, the artery was so badly damaged I used up almost all of my chakra just to stop the bleeding" Sakuras eyes filled with tears again and she started sniffing intensely.
Naruto was overwhelmed with emotions, Pull yourself together, you did it, you saved the world for fucks sake! Naruto held back his tears and put on a fake smile for sakura "Don't worry about me Sakura! Ill be fine, its just an arm after all! How's Sasuke doing" Naruto looked to his right and watched his brother lying down passed out as Sakura poured healing chakra into his left arm
Sakura looked towards sasuke, After all of this, He still cares about the wellbeing of the one man who has tried so hard to kill him time and again, I really don't think I will ever be able to understand the limits of forgiveness Naruto has thought sakura.
"I've stopped the bleeding on his arm, but he's much weaker than you, he doesn't have kubi chakra to speed up his body's natural healing process, But I think he will be fine" sakura stated simply.
"Naruto"
Naruto looked back up and saw Kakashi looking down at him and tried to put on a smile while letting a small laugh escape his lips.
"bet you never thought id be a match for your prised student hay" Naruto stated with a glint in his eyes.
Kakashi looked down at Naruto amazed that he could still be so full of life at a time like this.
"you know, technically I saved everyone in that fight against Kaguya with my amazing Susanoo abilities, I think I'm actually my own best student" said Kakashi as he put a hand behind his head and started laughing in a very Naruto like way.
"WHAT! I PRETTY MUCH SINGLE HANDEDLY TOOK HER DOWN WITH JUST MY SEXY NO JUTSU! Imagine if I had actually tried! I just wanted to give you guys a chance at her so you didn't feel left out when we told everyone else how we saved the world" laughed Naruto back at Kakashi.
Sakura watched the conversation unfold, she felt a small spark of happiness return to her as she saw the smiles spread across her sensei and Naruto face.
"Could you shut up already! Some of us are trying to rest" sasuke had woken up to the laughing of Naruto and had heard him bragging about his fight with kaguya, "besides without my help you would all still be busy trying to stand up in that weird gravity dimension of hers... man she really was the worst hy."
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at sasuke, "did you just try and make a joke Baka" laughed Naruto loudly
Sasuke looked at his brother and smiled "Thank you Naruto… for everything" Sasuke closed his eyes and just let his senses relax. After all these years of running, here I am back in team 7 and trying to be part of a family again, Sasuke smiled, for the first time in years, he started feeling a connection, something he wanted to protect.
Sakura looked at sasuke with a smile on her face, She had long given up hope that Sasuke would ever return to the village, She was so sure of it that she had closed her heart and forced herself to believe that Sasuke was already dead, that this rouge nin running around was just an after image of who she had fallen in love with, A Shadow filled with hate and anger, But somehow Naruto had fought through that loathing, He had found the speck of light and brought it back, She was still wary of the dark haired Stranger Lying down before her as she tried to heal his broken limb as best she could with her limited chakra reserves, But somewhere deep inside, hope started breaking through her inner barriers again.
"I don't mean to rush you two, but we still have a few thousand people to save from some dodgy tree that eats chakra, In case you had forgotten" sighed Kakashi as he looked lazily off into the distance as the sunrise framed the destruction all around them. I doubt even the first Hokage would be able to go up against these two right now, they truly are gods, thought Kakashi as he tried to gauge just how big the crater was that they were standing in. He remembered back to seeing the two avatars high above the forest canopy, The nine tails looking fearless and Sasuke's Susano overflowing with power, He felt a cold shiver run down his spine as he remembered the final blow that had fallen between those two monsters, the shockwave had caused sakura to lose consciousness and had almost caused himself to blackout from the sheer pressure driven into their bodies from the wind, these two truly stood above everyone else in this world.
Naruto face went pale "ummm Kakashi sensei…. How are we supposed to release the jutsu with only 1 hand, we cant form the sign"
Kakashi's face quickly followed suit with Naruto's and turned a pale shade of white.
Sasuke let out a small laugh "relax idiot, remember the sage said we had to release it together anyway, lucky for us we blew off opposite hands so it would still work"
"Oh yea! Well than let's get to it!" shouted Naruto as he attempted to sit up from his position and immediately fainted and fall head first into sakura lap as she caught him.
"idiot" whispered sakura as she cut off her healing chakra just in time to catch Naruto and hold him into her chest.
…...
"Its beautiful you know, in an eerie sort of way" Naruto said to no one in particular as they had finally reached the centre of the battle stage.
It had taken them the better part of the day to finally make it back here as sasuke and Naruto had needed to almost be carried all the way, and they had taken rest stops every few kilometres to get their breath back.
"ready" asked naruto
"ready" responded Sasuke
Naruto reached over and lifted his hand next to sasuke, making one half of the seal that was required.
Sasuke didn't move, "Their all going to want to kill me when they know"
"know what? That you avenged the entire leaf village by taking down the man that massacred one of our strongest clans, That you helped save the world from the God of all shinobi." Naruto stared into his brothers' eyes, as he saw tears forming on the corner of Sasuke's cheeks.
Sasuke knew Naruto was giving him an out, Naruto knew the truth about his brother and yet here he was casually allowing sasuke an escape to explain away everything he had done over the last few years, but he couldn't bring himself to accept it "Naruto, I tried to kill you…"
"Please, that was just a fight between friends, You didn't really think such a weak attack could hurt me" laughed Naruto, "and besides, What the people don't know wont hurt them, Isn't that right sakura, Kakashi sensei!"
Kakashi looked at the two shinobi in front of him and smiled "if I recall correctly you both lost your arms sealing Kaguya away, isn't that right sakura"
Sakura didn't say anything, she had heard the conversation but couldn't allow herself to forgive sasuke for what he had done as quickly as her sensei and Naruto had, She kept quite but slowly nodded her head and looked in the distance just waiting for it to be over, thinking about her home and her parents, how much she wanted to be with them again and tell them she loved them.
Sasuke laughed All these years, and these 3 still care about me, how could I have been so blind, Connections to the people around us, that's what truly matters."
Sasuke lifted his hand and formed the other half of the sign with Naruto
"release" they said in unison.
"Naruto, What should I do about the Beju, If I release them all now I think we will have a Mass panic on our hands, people are still very untrusting of them" asked sasuke
Naruto smiled, He could feel his connection with the tailed beasts that they were all still unconscious, Sasuke had drained all their chakra during the fight and kurama was still past out from delving all of his chakra to Naruto, "Leave them for now, their safer locked away until we can get things sorted, None of them are conscious so they won't be able to fend for themselves if somebody wanted to try and seal them.
…...
Ino opened her eyes, she couldn't understand what was going on, one second she was having this lovely dream the next she had awoken into this stifling chamber that felt like It was made out of dried leaves, she started coughing as the walls of her prison slowly gave away dropping her about 5 meters until she landed on the ground with a thud!
Ino looked around her, She immediately stood up and took a fighting pose, analysing the situation around her, the last thing she remembered was staring up into the moon, it had been so beautiful she couldn't look away.
"Ino! Your ok"
Ino turned around and saw choji running towards her with a smile and on his face as he dove into her and gave her a huge hug.
"im fine choji" laughed Ino and she returned the hug and stepped back to look around, "what's happened"
"I'm not sure, the last thing I remember was looking into the moon, and then nothing…" stated choji
All around them people were nervously looking around the battlefield, wary of another attack at any moment. Ino was one of the first people awake and as she looked around she slowly saw more and more pods begin to open and shinobi being released.
"Choji look!" shouted Ino pointing to the top of the hill behind them "its Naruto!"
Ino and Choji ran towards them as fast as they could, Ino a few meters ahead, as she got closer she saw a massive smile on Naruto's face and her heart began to flutter, Everything's ok, he saved us again I know it.
Ino dove into Naruto and gave him a colossal hug which pushed him over backwards and into the ground.
"nice to see you too Ino" chuckled Naruto, "If you could squeeze me just a little bit less though, that would be great, I'm in a fair amount of pain" Naruto smiled as he looked at Ino above him
Ino wiped the tears of happiness out of her eyes and started helping Naruto back to his feet, When she put out her hand to lift him up she stepped back in shock when she noticed his missing arm.
"Naruto what happened! The last thing I remember…"
"INO" commanded Kakashi, "before you get lost in stories I need you to broadcast a message to the shinobi force, we need to get everything back in order as quickly as possible"
"yes commander" replied Ino… as she grabbed Narutos good arm and helped him back up, turning to Kakashi and getting ready to mentally transfer the message to the allied force commanders.
Sakura watched Ino falling all over her Naruto with slight anger, Who does she think she is, Knocking over Naruto like that and hurting him, Sakura clenched her knuckles and silently wished her thousand healing jutsu was still active so she could punch a certain fangirl into next week.
Choji had stopped a few meters in front of Naruto, he had noticed who was standing next to him, and hadn't let his guard down yet, Sasuke was still a rouge nin as far as he was concerned and required to be taken out.
"everything ok sakura?" stated Choji as he saw her face turn angry the second Ino had appeared in front of Naruto
Sakura sighed and walked past Naruto and Ino towards choji "yes, everything is going to be alright now" she said smiling at him, "its all over, Naruto and Kakashi did it, we won"
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This is Ino Yamanaka, All shinobi are herby ordered to withdraw to their respective divisions, all healing teams are required to set up a medic station and be prepared to treat large quantities of soldiers, all Sensory teams are tasked with sweeping the battlefield and bringing all injured shinobi to the medical units temporary station for treatment.
As of right now the 4th great shinobi war has officially ended!
This was where her orders from Kakashi had stopped and Ino was supposed to end her message, but she couldn't help herself as she beamed looking at the blond haired ninja next to her and sent one last sentence out to the waiting soldiers
Naruto Uzumaki has saved us all…again.
(((I feel this scene could be extracted more so ill probably come back and update it)))
The battlefield was silent as Ino sent her message to the Sensory divisions who amplified it and sent it on to the entire shinobi force, At the end of the message thousands of cheers could be heard echoing across the land, their were no villages or segregations, only survivors, tears of joy were spilt as brother hugged brother, Everyone was equal on the battlefield, they were ninja.
Tsunade smiled, tears of joy were falling down her eyes as she looked at her adopted son atop the hill standing next to Kakashi and Ino, He had a hand behind his head and was laughing and waving as people started noticing where he was.
"he always knew how to make an entrance didn't he" stated a cool voice next to her.
Tsunade looked to her right and saw Gara standing there.
"You know this is the third time Naruto has saved my life now, I'm starting to feel slightly indebted to him" Gara said smiling
Tsunade laughed "Kazekage, I'm glad to see your ok"
Gara frowned "I am, but I'm not so sure about the rest of my family…how many sand ninjas have died because of this war…because of Madara, Because I was to weak to protect them"
"Madara defeated all 5 of us Kage in combat without breaking a sweat, The fact that Naruto managed to defeat him is still unbelievable to me, You are one of the strongest Shinobi in the world Gara… None of this was your fault, If anything you saved thousands of lives, if it wasn't for your quick thinking and pulling Naruto out of the way when the Kubi was removed from him.. we would all be dead" Tsunade stated matter of fact.
Gara Nodded, taking in the Hokages words, He looked into the distance again and his form stiffened "I don't think Naruto did defeat him alone Hokage, If I'm not mistaken your class S rouge Nin is standing just behind him"
Tsunade Looked up at where Gara was pointing and a dark shadow passed over her face "I think its time we find out what truly happened while we were disposed, don't you think Kazakage?"
Gara silently nodded and sent a chakra pulse through his sand, creating 4 floating sand eyes that hovered above them, into each he inscribed a time and location, the eyes sped off in random directions, each looking for its intended target, 1 for each of the addition 3 Kage, and 1 heading straight towards Naruto.
…...
Temari smiled as she looked at the back of her younger brother, Standing next to the Hokage, She still couldn't believe it was finally over, she fall backwards onto her bum and than leaned back so she was on her back, just lying down letting her tired body relax for a few seconds, enjoying the cheers and sounds of celebration she could hear around her, her mind went back to the fight against the 3rd Raikage, she had truly thought she was going to die there, Her strongest wind attack hadn't been able to scratch him but she didn't care, she was prepared to run headfirst into battle to protect the people behind her, totally expecting to die, And then he came, Jumping in front of the Raikage and deflecting his attack like it was no big deal, Temari had always thought she was one of the strongest wind style users in the elemental nations, But when she saw Naruto's RasenShuriken that Fallacy had been crushed almost instantly, Nothing she could do could even come close to matching the power he held within his hand, and even after he managed to hit the Raikage with that and it didn't work, when everyone else gave up he kept on fighting, and found a way to win, Temari Blushed slightly thinking about the Saviour of the Ninja world.
Its actually bullshit that his wind element is that much stronger than mine, I am from the land of wind, I should be unmatched In my wind abilities. Temari thought to herself angrily.
Right there and than she sat back up and watched the blond haired ninja ontop of the mountain and made a mental promise to herself, Nobody will be stronger than her in wind elemental, Even if she had to physically force Naruto to teach her everything he knew.
Temari let out a large sigh as she saw her younger brother turning around and starting to walk toward her, Of course he could sense she was so close behind him, always the observant kazkage wasn't he.
"Temari, why is your face so red? You look like you've been blushing" asked gara as he got closer, he very quickly had to dodge a rock that was thrown towards his face at supersonic speeds.
"Its just cause its so hot" shot back Temari with a glare, daring her brother to challenge her statement
But instead gara looked at her concerned "tamari your arm, its bleeding"
Tamari looked down at her left arm and saw the large trail of blood oozing down "yea, I cut myself on the edge of my fan when I fell earlier during the battle, But its ok"
"Lets go to the medical tents and get it seen to" said Gara as he gently lifted Temari up with his sand until she was standing next to him
"we really don't need too; their must be other ninja who are in much worse condition than me who should be seen to first" argued Temari, but it was a weak argument and she knew it, Gara didn't even look up from his walk and Temari caught up with him as they slowly made their way to the medical tents that were hastily being set up, But not before Temari had one last glance back at the blond locks that were flowing in the wind behind her.
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"byakugan" Shouted Hinata as her eyes Lit up with the new information she was currently getting from them, "There are 4 shinobi lying down by the river, It looks they cant move, they will need help Urgently, 2 more are just past them passed out against the bank"
Several Ninja ran past her with nods as they went to collect the Injured soldiers
Hinata closed off her Byakugan and took in a deep breath leaning over pushing against her knees to catch her breath, she had been doing this for the better part of an hour now trying to find everyone who needed help.
A warm hand rested on her shoulder, "I think that's enough Hinata, the others can manage from here, you can barely keep yourself standing" Kiba stood next to her smiling, "Lets get you back to base and get something to eat, I'm starving"
Akamaru began licking her hand and nuzzling into her left hip, "I think your dog might be hungry too" laughed hinata "you haven't seen him yet have you?" Hinata asked with concern in her eyes, she had been so happy when she had received the news from Ino about how her Naruto had saved them and had been so proud when she looked at his outline shining on top of the hill, she was about to go run up to him when she saw Ino holding his hand standing next to him and all the courage she had a moment before had vanished replaced with doubt.
"not yet, but I imagine being a hero keeps you pretty busy" laughed Kiba
Hinata smiled and walked in-between Kiba and Akamaru back towards base camp, she was feeling rather hungry after all.
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The next few hours went by rather quickly for Naruto, He was swarmed with People trying to talk to him, or even just touch the hero of the ninja world, he tried his best to remember all their names and all the faces that came past and thanked him for everything.
Kakashi had left a few minutes after Ino had made her announcement to the waiting ninja army but not before rolling his eyes at Ino about her last line at how Naruto saved the world and telling her its impossible to keep anything secret around woman these days and enquiring if she would like a straw with her suck up, which got him a rather hard punch in the shoulder by sakura and Ino respectively at the time. Kakashi had taken sasuke with him as he could see the panic in Sasuke's eyes about having to deal with all these people right now, a Powerful shinobi the kid might be, but social skills were something that took time to develop.
Choji had said his goodbyes and left to go help with the clean-up operation but Ino and Sakura hadn't left Naruto's side during the entire ordeal and had both formed a mental bond of mutual hatred for all the fan girls that had come up towards Naruto trying to leave their names and villages with him on pieces of paper, This had happened so Often sakura had started suspecting some of the more frugal ninjas had set up shop just outside of the large crowd that was surrounding them selling scraps of paper and pens for large profits, Naruto had outright refused to sign anything that was put in front of him, Stating he was no more of a hero than everybody else on the battlefield that day and he should be the one asking for their signatures. By the time the crowd had dispersed enough for Naruto to walk through it he was starving and just wanted to get something to eat and find a nice warm bed to sleep in for a few hours.
"Lets go grab Something to eat Ino, Sakura, I'm starving" Naruto said looking at the two girls with his pale blue eyes
Both Ino and Sakura were lost for words and just nodded and started following behind him
As Naruto walked towards the base camp he saw someone he had been wanting to talk to since the battle ended "HINATA!" Naruto shouted as he started jogging towards her with a large smile on his face, He saw her look up at him and her face turned suddenly bright red as Naruto ran towards her and put his one good arm around her pulling her into a hug "I'm so glad your ok! I was worried when I didn't see you after the battle"
Hinata was to busy focusing on maintaining her breathing and trying to ensure her heart didn't pop directly out of her chest to notice anything Naruto had said, she was still as a board and was in her own plane of existence where everything was right with the world, she felt his hand rapped around her body….wait a second, Hinata dropped back into the world hard, as Naruto stepped backwards her fear was confirmed "Naruto, what happened to your arm" she gasped looking horrified.
Naruto smiled releasing a half hearted laugh as he put his good arm behind his head, "It's a long story Hinata, and I only really want to tell it once so ill wait for everyone to be here" Naruto felt bad lying to Hinata, he knew he was going to lie to everyone for his brothers sake and it didn't bother him, but lying to Hinata felt wrong, he resolved to tell her the truth, she deserved it, she alone had stepped in front of pain to save his life, But not right now, After we get back home thought Naruto.
"Naruto" shouted Kiba jumping past Hinata and putting Naruto in a solid bro hug
"Man I knew we hanged out with you for a reason" he laughed as him and Naruto chucked together "were on our way to grab something to eat, if you want to join us"
"I thought you would never ask" said Naruto brightly "I'm starving, I hope they have ramen at camp"
Hinata Smiled watching her Naruto talk about eating ramen like nothing had happened, She looked up at Ino and Sakura who were both looking at her with slight jealousy in their eyes, But that quickly vanished as they smiled at her and both of them pulled her into a bone crush hug.
The 5 friends talked and laughed their way back to camp, Things were starting to look up.
…...
Naruto smiled as he looked around at all his friends in the room, and his heart broke for all the faces he knew should be here but had been taken away. Tsunade had organised a Separate Tent Be put up for Naruto and his friends so the poor kid could have something to eat and a bit of rest, The second he had stepped inside the main camp he had been swamped again by people trying to get a look at him, Sakura had quickly rushed off and organised with Tsunade the arrangements much to Naruto's relief, The arrangement hadn't solely been for Naruto, It was impossible to keep the camp under control with Naruto just randomly walking about the place as Everyone stopped what they were doing to try and see him. The room in the tent was relaxed as people were laughing and eating and talking about the recent battle and all the amazing feats they had seen, all his old team mates were here Shino, Choji and Kiba were busy arguing over who had made the best use of Naruto's charka boost and who would therefore make for the best Jinchurki, Tenten and Hinata were enjoying a cup of tea and reminiscing over how easy things were when they were younger with Ino and how much they missed the academy, Shikamaru had come past for 5 minutes to say hello and great everyone but apparently had some duties to take care of for the ninja alliance and would check in with them again as soon as he was done, Lee was busy doing handstands on the table Promising Naruto that if he couldn't do 1000 handstand push-ups to honour Guy sensei's sacrifice he would perform 1000 laps of the campsite, Naruto's smile faltered for a second as he looked around the table.
"what's wrong Naruto" asked sakura sensing his Sudden change in demeaner.
Hinata Stopped her conversation and listened to Naruto's answer, She too had noticed his fake smile and the Glint missing from his eyes.
Naruto Whispered back towards Sakura with slight tears in his eyes, thinking only she could hear him "Neji should be here with us right now, And I'm sorry I wasn't able to save him, I'm sorry It wasn't me instea.." SMACK!
The entire room went dead quiet, nobody could believe what they had just seen, Hinata had stood up and slapped Naruto across his cheek so hard it had almost knocked him off his chair "DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT! Neji died a hero! He died protecting what he believed in, protecting his Ninja way, The fact you would even think that is a disgrace to his memory!" Hinata Was furious
Naruto had never seen this side of Hinata before, She was Livered at him, When he didn't respond she Hit him again, and again, Naruto didn't move, He knew he deserved it, He knew he was to blame for the death of her family member and it was only fair for Hinata to want to hurt him to try take away the pain she was feeling slightly, he tasted blood in his mouth but didn't raise a hand to defend himself.
"Hinata That's enough!" came a voice from the tent entrance, Tsunade walked inside and saw everyone frozen in shock still staring at this shy little girl beating up the strongest ninja they had ever seen.
"We requested your presence in the Hokage tent 15 minutes ago Naruto, I trust you can find the time in your busy schedule of being beaten up by the Princess of the Hyuga clan to join us"
Hinata Stepped back with tears in her eyes and proudly walked out of the tent into the cool air outside without even glancing at Tsunade.
"Now naruto!" scolded Tsunade, She looked as her adopted son stood up and followed her out of the tent in a daze, She wasn't sure what Hinata was hitting him for but she felt quite assured that whatever it was he had most probably deserved it.
"what just happened here" stammered Tenten, Looking very confused
Sakura smiled "Naruto just needed a gentle fist of sense knocked into him is all"
The entire room let out a loud groan at the terrible pun sakura had just used.
"That's definitely a punishment shot for that" Laughed Ino as she pulled a bottle of sake Out onto the table laughing.
"Where did you get that! Were literally in a war zone Ino" laughed Kiba
"A girl always comes prepared" Ino stated off handily as she started pouring shots for the group. "Now somebody go bring Hinata back, we can't have a shot to Neji without her"
Sakura didn't have to go far to find Hinata, she was standing a few meters away from the tent looking up at the sunset, she put her hand on Hinata's should. "its beautiful isn't it" Sakura stated without thinking.
Hinata started crying softly "I shouldn't have hit him like that, But I'm furious that he said that sakura, He doesn't care about anyone but himself, I already lost Neji and now he goes and wishes he was dead"
Sakura sighed "you know he didn't mean it Hinata, He's just in a tuff place right now, and I'm glad you hit him cause if you didn't I would have, and I wouldn't have held back"
Hinata laughed and wiped her nose with her sleeve "I doubt even the legendary hero could survive a full out punch from you at the moment"
"well you certainly gave him something to think about, those slaps could be heard from around the entire camp, Some people actually reported small earth quakes in the area" said sakura mocking Hinata with a small laugh"lets go back inside Hinata, Ino somehow managed to smuggle some sake in and were all planning on having a shot to Neji's memory"
"I'd like that" said Hinata, "How did Ino manage to smuggle alcohol into a war zone anyway"
"I have no idea, But I do Like her Priorities" said sakura as she and Hinata both started walking back towards the tent laughing
((((I think this reaction from hinata towards sakura could be extended a bit more Im just really bad at writing conversations in general))))
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Naruto Followed Tsunade into the Hokage Tent, Not looking forward to having to explain everything that happened, as he stepped in he heard a familiar voice and started smiling.
"Yo! Its Naruu to, Slayer of the Demons Soul! We sure missed you bro!"
"bee! I'm glad you're ok" laughed Naruto, Meeting him in the middle of the room and giving him a fist bump
A loud cough silenced the room, "Naruto, I see were not important enough in your life to warrant being on time for a meeting" The Raikage stared at Naruto with Fierce intensity in his eyes
Naruto stepped towards the Raikage and bowed his head "I apologise for my tardiness, I meant no disrespect, I apologise to all of you, most of all to you Hokage-sama, You should not have had to come and fetch me"
"Power without responsibility is what leads to trouble Naruto! I am not a fool to think that even all 5 of us together would be able to stop you should you decide to disobey our orders, But the ramifications of a Ninja as strong as you living outside the rules is disastrous, as we have seen" The Raikages eyes softened slightly as he saw Naruto's shoulders drop. He could tell the Ninja in front of him truly understood what he meant.
"That being said, we all owe you a great debt Naruto, you have shown tremendous loyalty and strength in the face of adversity, you have my gratitude" The Raikage stood up and bowed towards Naruto.
Followed by the MizuKage "you will always be welcome in the land of mist Uzumaki-san"
The Tsuchikage tipped his hat and bent over slightly "Our scholars will Put your name on every History book from here to the hidden leaf, you truly are one of a kind"
Gara smiled at the scene "Naruto, you already know you are welcome at the sand whenever you wish, but perhaps come prepared for a fight, I've heard my sister wants to reclaim her title as the strongest wind user in the 5 nations very badly" Gara followed suit with the Raikage and bowed before Naruto
Tsunade Looked at the scene in-front of her with tears in her eyes, she could not be prouder of the blond ninja standing in front of her "Argato… Naruto" she said as she bowed towards him.
Naruto Looked around him shaken to his core, the heads of the five strongest Shinobi forces in the world where all bowing towards him. He felt more confident facing Kuguya than he felt right now.
Tsunade Laughed as she saw Naruto physically shaking in front of her and thought she would jump to his rescue, He still had a lot to learn before becoming Hokage, that was for sure. "don't let your ego get too big their kiddo, otherwise ill have to ask Hinata to come back in here and give you another beating, that's why he was late to our meeting by the way Raikage, our legendary hero was getting his ass handed to him by the princess of the Hyuga clan"
The entire Tent roared with laughter as one after another the Kages eyes lit up and started Imagining the Strongest Ninja of the generation being beaten up by a little girl. The story Hit very close to home for Gara who had many memories of Tamari's Temper whenever he or Kankuro would give her a hard time.
The Mizukage Looked on in mirth at the scene before her, the fact Naruto would allow the girl to hit him without retaliating spoke a lot about his character, She wished not for the first time that Naruto was only a little bit older, Well she had time, she could wait for him to grow up a bit she thought with a smile.
Naruto was glad that The Conversation had moved on, he was better at dealing with people laughing at him than bowing before him, He made a mental note in his mind to get back at old lady Tsunade for that though. He put his hand on the back of his head and let out a loud laugh at the whole situation, his presence was infections and soon the entire tent was laughing again.
"ok Naruto, I think we have waited long enough, please tell us what happened after we were trapped in the tsukyome" Tsunade asked smiling.
"if you don't mind Tsunade, I would like Sasuke and Kakashi to be here to tell the story with me, there are some parts that only they will be able to share" Naruto said happily
The entire Tent went Quite
((((((This entire scene from here to the end I might actually just remove, I wanted to try and show How much Naruto would do to save sasukes life but i think this is to far and makes naruto seem like a total loser)))))))
"You expect us to allow that Rouge Nin murderer into our presence Naruto, You ask too much" said the Raikage loudly
Naruto knew he was standing on thin ice, But he didn't care, Sasuke needed him, and he would Not abandon him after all this "I understand your concern Raikage, But sasuke is the only reason I was able to win today, without him, we would all be dead, Sasuke was dealt a bad hand, I dare any one of you who was in his shoes to say you would not have gone after the Man who murdered your entire clan, your brothers, sisters, parents"
The Raikage looked angered "It is not about his motives Naruto, His actions cannot go unpunished, he attempted to murder everyone you see in this room, I understand he is your friend, but nobody is above the law!"
Naruto sighed, he didn't want it to come to this but he had no choice "Raikage as you stated earlier, None of you would be able to stand up to me in a fight, I can guarantee all of you now, the only one who would be able to beat sasuke is me, and that is one order I will not follow, I will not hurt my brother, He is not the ninja you met during the five Kage summit he has changed, and I can guarantee Sasuke will never harm an innocent person again, I can also guarantee you that he will not sit by and allow anyone here to kill him."
"I stand before you here today asking, no begging, for you to pardon him," At this point Naruto fell forwards on all fours and put his head against the ground bowing as low as he could towards the Raikage
"I WILL NOT HAVE IT! We cannot allow a murderer to go free, The law is absolute" shouted the Raikage as his fist sparked with lighting and he punched it through the table in front of him sending wood chips flying everywhere.
Naruto didn't flinch from his position on the ground Kneeling In front of the Raikage "Than take my life as payment for his, Sasuke didn't attack you at the summit, It was me, I disguised myself as him so he would come out of hiding and I could find him, That's my confession"
The Room went deathly Quiet as the Raikage Stepped towards Naruto, His hand Started crackling with lightning, "And you are prepared to Accept the punishment for Attacking a Kage"
"I am" replied Naruto still not moving from his position on the floor
"NARUTO NO!" Shouted Tsunade as She started running towards the Raikage
"Bachan NO!" yelled naruto "We have finally achieved piece, do not shatter it for something as Unimportant as me, I know the law, and I have accepted my choice"
Tsunade Stopped, His words cut her apart "Raikage, please"
The room was silent as the Raikage Lifted his hand above his head, The lighting blade he formed Was hot enough to Make the entire room sweat, Naruto could sense what was about to happen, He did nothing to try and stop it, The Raikage swung his blade down towards Naruto's neck, Gara Had jumped out of his seat and sent his sand Flying to try and protect Naruto's Neck, He didn't actually expect the Raikage to go through with it, but even as he sent his sand flying he knew it wouldn't make it in time, Gara's heart sank in his chest, Tsunade Screamed, The Raikage's hand came down.
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Naruto Looked at the ground, He heard Tsunade's scream, Felt Gara's Chakra rising, and then...nothing, Naruto looked around him it was pitch black, Two Massive Red eyes opened In front of him.
You Absolute Moron! Its not just your life you're happily throwing away here its mine too! And if you think for one second, I'm going to let this Lighting thief wanabe touch you! Your sadly mistaken!
Naruto looked up and walked towards the Large red eyes in front of him, Massive Teeth appeared before him snarling, But Naruto took no notice and walked straight up to the gargantuan fox and laid his head on its snout, "I love you too Kurama"
The mental space around him lit up, and he looked around at all the tailed beasts surrounding him and Kurama, "I missed you guys he said brightly"
"Naruto, while I am impressed with your sacrifice you know as well as the rest of us that we cannot allow the Raikage to hurt you, as much as you want to protect sasuke we feel the same way about you" The massive two Tailed cat said while gently licking its paws
Naruto Put his hand above his head and Laughed "Man your so cool Matatabi, All of you are! I'm glad I got to know you guys, I just wish we had more time"
Naruto stopped them all before they could protest "we can't attack the Raikage now, if we did everything we fought for during the war would be thrown away, people would consider you guys as monsters again, and the trail of revenge would start anew, I won't allow that to happen, You guys know as well as I that I can supress your chakra if I have to, but id rather leave you guys as Equals"
I couldn't care if you want to sacrifice your life Naruto but I already told you I wont let him kill me, and because were stuck together that means he cant kill you either, so tuff luck kid
Naruto turned back towards Kurma smiling "Nice try buddy, but you know as well as I do that your other half is still trapped within that shinra tensai outside, When I die your chakra will flow Back into your other half making you whole again"
I DON'T CARE! I WONT ALLOW IT, Snarled the Nine tails
Naruto Laughed "I want you all to promise me one thing, Stop letting anger and hatred fuel your lives, you are just as important as every other living being on this planet, Ill miss you"
With that Naruto rotated his palm on his stomach, As the 9 Gates fell downward blocking out the chakra of the tailed beats and stopping Kurama from Using his chakra to help Naruto.
Please Kit…Don't do this, The fox had a tear coming down its face.
"thank you kurama, For everything"
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Naruto Opened his eyes waiting for the impact, but nothing came.
The Raikage Stopped his hand a Millimetre from Naruto's neck.
A great sigh of relief was let out by everyone in the tent.
"I'm sorry Naruto, But I had to be certain, If there was even a 1% chance that you could turn against us it would have been too risky to let you live, Not only did you do nothing to stop me even though you easily could have, but you even supressed the power of the Kyubi from helping you, you were absolutely willing to die for the law, you have convinced me Naruto Uzumaki, I hereby absolve you of your crimes, and leave the fate of Uchiha Sasuke up to you, you will be held directly responsible for any actions he causes, Sasuke will be removed from the Wanted list within our territory and if the other Kage agree, I am sure they will do the same."
"Thank you Raikage" Naruto said with a sigh, shaking slightly
"Very well, I think it would be best to postpone this story to tomorrow morning, so we have time to get sasuke here in front of us, are we agreed" Asked the Raikage, All the Kage raised their hands.
As the Kage walked out of the room leaving only Naruto and Tsunade inside, Gara walked directly towards the Raikage outside, Killer intent Spilling from every limb in his body "Raikage, Naruto may forgive you but you can rest assured the sand village will never forget what you have done today, All Of the five great Nations will Know what you chose to do to the hero who saved us all, The time of Revenge is over Raikage, We will follow Naruto's words Create bonds out of love and trust, Not out of fear"
The Raikage stopped and Smiled "You are right Kazekage, I wanted to test his resolve and he has passed, I could not allow myself to believe that perhaps lasting piece was achievable, but seeing how Naruto was willing to sacrifice his life to stop the chain of revenge, Well perhaps it is achievable in our lifetimes, however it will not be done by me, I plan to step down and pass the role of Kage onto a leader who does Believe in Naruto as much as he believes in himself, and for that I am willing to shoulder the hatred of the 5 great nations, Because just perhaps I too want to believe in piece".
Gara was stopped in his tracks, He was not ready for that answer, He simply nodded and looked up towards the sky, the stars had come out, they had been in that tent for too long.
The second the last person left the room Tsunade Collapsed on the floor in tears, she had nothing left, she was almost forced to sit their and watch her family be slaughtered in front of her eyes, She had only felt this broken once before, when her love had passed away protecting the village.
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