Chap 1: The First Sighting
She is the most beautiful girl Naruto has ever seen. Her long, shiny raven hair flows softly in the light breeze. The moon shines brightly down on her, illuminating her pale skin. It's almost as if she had missed the summer's sun. She's wearing a beautiful midnight blue silk dress that gently flows out at the hips, complimented nicely with silver stilettos.
She looks over towards Naruto, her onyx eyes glistening under the moon's light. She notices Naruto's stare and turns her face away, blushing.
Naruto feels a warm presence as she passes by him, one that he's felt before. He spins on his heel to get another glance to see if there's anything that he recognises. But, she's nowhere to be seen. His heart sinks.
Perhaps I was imagining it.
He walks back inside the inn he's staying at with Jiraiya.
Awoken by the sun's glare through the window, Naruto stretches out. Naruto's left hand bounces off of the neatly folded bed roll. He rolls onto his side and glares at the sheets.
I can't believe he's done it again!
In a sulk, Naruto jumps onto his feet and proceeds to get ready to train himself... again. He was beginning to lose track of how many times that pervy sage ran off to do "research".
After he has finished getting changed into his outfit, Naruto looks into the mirror above the sink. He ruffles his hair then grabs his ninja headband, fixing it to his forehead and ties tightly. He stares at the headband in his reflection, a constant reminder of home. A feeling of home sickness sweeps over him.
I promise to get stronger and bring Sasuke home.
Naruto leaves the bathroom and heads outside of the inn. He rushes over to the forest outside of the small town.
The sun rises, illuminating the forest. Birds begin to chirp and sing at the suns arrival. The wind gently brushes against the leaves in the trees and the grass.
Naruto breathes in slowly. The cool air smells of spring flowers. He proceeds to walk towards the edge of the forest, closing in on an area rich with Sakura. He leaps over a rock wall and continues to advance along the dirt pathway to a small opening in the forest. The sunlight hits directly in the centre of the opening. The first trees were all badly scratched up from previous training.
Naruto closes his eyes, remembering everything Jiraiya has told him so far. A few minutes pass until he is certain he remembers it all. He reopens his eyes and gets to work on focusing his chakra.
Minutes turn into hours. Before he realises, half of the day has passed him by.
Sweat is almost pouring from Naruto's face. His breathing is heavy, struggling to keep up with himself. Determination in his eyes, but his body can no longer move. He collapses onto the flowerbed below him.
His eyelids grow heavy, but he continues to battle to keep hold of his consciousness. It doesn't take long until he loses the fight and passes out.
The young girl from before emerges from the trees behind Naruto. She walks over to Naruto's sleeping body and places a basket of food pills next to him. She looks over towards the trees Naruto has been testing his new powers on. She smirks and walks back into the forest.
A/N: So I've been working on this FF for a while and hopefully will have the next couple of chapters up soon!
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