Naruto's Last Chance For Love
(This Story Takes place with the current place in the American TV Series)
Chapter 1:Enter! Naruto Uzumaki,The Disappearance
One day while Naruto was training with Jiraiya, He heard Sakura and Ino crying out Sasuke's name. As Sakura walked by Naruto casually asked her the question he had just now wondered. "Hey, Sakura...what's going on why are you screaming for Sasuke,he's in the infirmary remember?!" Sakura began to tell Naruto about how when she went to visit Sasuke in the infirmary, he wasn't in his room. Naruto had a look of suprise and worry on his face. Him and Naruto had become pretty close now and Sasuke was supposed to be Naruto's training partner. "Do you guys have any clues to where to find him?" asked Naruto. "No idea" said Sakura and Ino almost at the same time.
So Naruto left his training with Jiraiya for the day to try and help find Sasuke. Neither Naruto or Sakura said it but they were both thinking that Sasuke took Orochimaru's offer for power. The knew that Sasuke was going to exact revenge on someone, he told all of them that the first day in their team. Finally Ino broke the awkward silence as they walked down the road at dusk. "Sakura...uhhhmm...I'm uh...never mind" said Ino, as if she were having second thoughts or trying to rephrase what she was about to say. As Sakura looked at her strangely and asked "Yes,Ino?". But Ino now remained quiet as the evening sky.
They now decided to split up they each went their own way with the hope of finding some trace of where Sasuke might have gone off to,but that glimmer of belief that he joined Orochimaru still flickered in both Naruto and Sakura's mind. As the continued their search,Naruto found what looked to be Sasuke's hair under an umbrella at a Raman shop he ran over to the person under the umbrella,and tripped accidentally on a step to the shop. As he tried to control his movement as hard as he could,he failed and landed face first in the person's Raman. Classy Naruto screamed in pain as the Raman left scolded marks in his face,and slurped the person's Raman out of the bowl without chopsticks or even his hands.
As he turned to the stranger he blurted out "Hey Sasu-" he stopped short as he saw a beautiful women in front of him staring at him strangely,Naruto jumped back in shock as if he didn't expect the person to be a woman especially a beautiful one. He bowed as he stammered and stumbled over his words "OH! i'm...uhn..uh...i'm ...uhhh...sorry." he said as the woman giggled and laughed at him as if she didn't expect him to be nervous let alone as nervous as he was. He took out some money gave it to her and ran away as fast as he could as if to escape any further embarrassment, though that probably wasn't possible.
Now it was getting later as Sakura came across the flower shop where Ino worked,it seemed that every flower was shaped like Sasuke's face as if to mock her and all of her efforts. Just then she broke down crying and covered her face so that she couldn't see the flowers. One rose stood out among all the rest,with a glimmer of the fading sun shining on it as it dripped the fresh water that had been poured on it. As she stopped crying Naruto walked up to her,and attempted to comfort her. As Naruto sat down beside her, Sakura through herself on Naruto's chest and wept, grieving the disappearance of her love. Just then, no matter how much jealousy he had towards Sasuke for stealing Sakura away from him,he couldn't help but feel sorry and feel the pain that Sakura was going through.
That moment, Ino saw Sakura crying on Naruto,and this had a strong affect on her,even though Sakura couldn't stand Naruto some times,she could easily be comforted by the sound of Naruto's voice. Ino began to think "If Sakura can easily get along with someone as annoying as Naruto...I can and should get along with Sakura" Ino said quietly to herself as she made her way back home. It turned out that Naruto had fallen asleep outside the flower shop with Sakura still on his chest,this he realizes as he woke up the next morning. That night was the closest moment that Sakura and Naruto had ever had together. When Naruto and Sakura woke up,they went to breakfast and lunch together and talked to each other all day that day. It was at this time that Sakura had grown much closer to Naruto.
As Naruto walked Sakura home that night assuring her that he'd find Sasuke,they approached the door step and Sakura thanked him for all his help. That moment everything was quiet, Sakura leaned in and kissed Naruto on the cheek and walked inside her house. Naruto was so stunned that he didn't move for about five minutes. Then he pulled himself together and smiled a huge smile and skipped home happy as can be.
Find out what will happen between Naruto and Sakura in chapter 2 of Naruto's Last Chance For Love.