Disclaimer: I don't own this obviously, Masashi Kishimoto owns the Naruto series and I have no affiliation with the Naruto series or whatsoever plus I don't make any money from this story.
Synopsis: A blonde boy's class goes to a museum for their field trip and he ends up in a ninja filled alternate reality through a painting. What's linking him between the modern day times to the shinobi days?
To Transcend My Wings
: : Prologue: :
"You really gotta stop sleeping in class you know…" whispered a brown haired boy to a half-asleep blonde boy next to him.
"Hmm?" muttered the other groggily.
"I said, you really gotta stop sleeping in," said the brown headed boy while poking the other on the side which caused the latter to squeak a bit; their little antics caught the attention of their professor currently giving a lecture.
"Is there anything you'd like to say to the class, Mr. Inuzuka?" asked the professor in a softly spoken yet stern voice, directing his attention to the chocolate haired young man that seems to be directing his attention to everything else but the lecture at hand.
"No, nothing sir!"
"Well, then I suggest you keep it down back there," said the professor before returning to his lecture. The brown haired boy could only let out a sigh that he didn't know he was holding. So the two young teenagers decided to keep quiet for the rest of the lecture just to stay on the safe side of their professor. Meanwhile, the professor kept droning on and on about how scientific technology is also affected by art, but frankly, neither of the two cared to listen.
It went on for about another half hour or so before the bell rang to signify that the class has now come to its end, but before anyone could stand up to take their leave, the professor had to announce something else that was important.
"Tomorrow, be sure to meet in the front lobby there will be a bus to take us to the museum of Arts. We will be going there to study modern and contemporary art against science and modern day ideologies and for those who have not gotten their parents' permission slip signed, they will have to stay here with the librarian to complete some physics packet."
The class curtly nodded their head in understanding before standing up and taking their leave. Finally out of class, the two friends decided to play hooky and skip class for the rest of the day.
"Wanna go to the arcade Naruto?"
"Nah, I feel like cozying up to Shikamaru and go to sleep… hehehe…"
"Yeah, yeah, lately you've been 'cozying' up to Shika so much more than usual." This little observation obviously struck a nerve and had the golden haired boy blushing in an instant. "Aha! You like the lazy genius don't you," quipped Kiba.
"W-well… uhm.. ahh… that-is… oh shaddup dog breath!" retorted Naruto. As much as Naruto tried to ignore his blushing cheeks Kiba just wouldn't let it go now that he's been found out.
"So how are you planning to seduce the oblivious one oh great blonde igoddess/i?" asked Kiba in a rather serious voice with the sarcasm obviously in check.
"Well, I wouldn't—WHAT!" half-yelled Naruto as he finally grasped what it was exactly that Kiba had just said. "I'm not a woman! You-"
"Oi! How troublesome… what's with all the ruckus blondie?" Naruto hadn't seen the object of their discussion walking towards them and once the said boy stood beside the blushing blonde, the atmosphere became just a tad bit heavy with some tension emanating from the fidgety blushing blonde.
"U-umm, so wanna go to the arcade with us Shika?" said Kiba trying to dispel the tension between the brunette and the blonde.
"Actually, can I talk to Naruto for a minute… alone?" With that said, Naruto blushed harder while Kiba just nodded before bidding them a farewell, but not before saying that he'd just meet up with Naruto at the library later on.
"So what did you want to talk to me… about?" asked Naruto in a soft and meek voice.
"Well, you see- I heard from Shiori that you like me and I just wanted to talk to you about it."
"U-umm, well, it's just-" but before Naruto could even explain anything further, Shika beat him to the punch.
"Actually, I do like you too but nothing more than just a friend, I'm sorry…"
"A-a- well, I never expected you to like me back actually but I really do admire you…" Naruto tried to leave and get away from the hurt emanating from his chest. Naruto guessed that this must be what it feels like to have your heart broken. Before Naruto could even take more than two steps away from the brunette, the said brunette stopped him by holding on to the other's arm.
"Please don't be mad, we've known each other for quite a while now and I haven't—can't think of you as more than my friend or even a brother." With that being said, tears slid down Naruto's face as he realized that even if Shika never looked at him that way, he'd still be happy for the guy. Naruto, feeling out of sorts, twisted his arm out of Shika's grasp and wrapped himself around Shikamaru's waist with his face buried in the brunette's chest. The brunette couldn't help but wrap his arms around the blonde as well.
"Thank You." That was all that was said between the two but it seemed to be all that was needed as Naruto smiled even when he's hidden in the arms of the other. But all things do come to an end and the two separated and their 'talk' seemed to dispel the previous tenseness between them.
"Alright then, I better go."
"Same here, I'm gonna go meet up with Kiba and go from there!" The two went along their separate ways and Naruto went straight to the library to meet up with Kiba.
As soon as Naruto got to the library, he spotted Kiba right away snoozing on the far left corner. That's always the same place where Kiba goes off to 'nap' if he's feeling fatigued or tired. Naruto couldn't help but think of the times when the librarian, a kind but uptight old woman, used to scold the brown headed boy for sleeping during school hours. The two would always cause a big ruckus and Kiba would just shrug it off, making the older woman so much more irritated. Nowadays, the librarian just lets Kiba get away with it, less headache for her after all.
"Kiba, wake up…" said Naruto as he nudged the other, trying to wake him up. All that Naruto got was a mumbled reply from the sleeping figure. So Naruto bent a little lower and nipped on the unsuspecting figure's ear.
"Waaah!" Kiba jolted straight up from the sensation that wracked his figure. His face turned entirely red as he saw the people turned to look at what had just happened. Even he himself couldn't chuckle and just laugh it off as so many people saw the cause of his reaction. As he finally got a hold of himself, he smacked Naruto upside his head for doing that, but he couldn't stay mad at the blonde. After all, he and Naruto have been friends forever and almost seemed inseparable.
"Itai! That hurt, you know!" said the blonde with a pout on his face.
"Ahhh- well, you deserve it dumbass."
"Hehe, you shoulda seen your face! Priceless!" The blonde poked fun at the brunette's response but was suddenly cut off as he remembered why exactly he came to get the other guy besides the fact that they promised to meet in the library later on.
"So what did you and Shikamaru talk about?" This was all it took to calm down the overzealous blonde.
"Um, nothing much really."
"That doesn't sound too good…" said Kiba in return knowing that whenever the blonde feigned innocence on a subject, it was usually because it was too hard to talk about.
"Actually, it's been freeing. I mean, I think I confused myself thinking that I was really falling in love with him and with me just really liking him because I admire him."
"What do you mean?"
"Just that, I really like Shikamaru but I'm not really in love with him, I guess I figured that out a little too late."
"So you're giving up?"
"Not giving up, but I'm sure that someday I could find that one person that I like… hehehe, mushy I know dog breath but I do believe in love at first sight and the oh so romantic first love and stuff like that… " Naruto couldn't help but chuckle a bit as he thought that he might be getting a bit too soft.
"I admire you, you know… I don't think I would have handled it that well…"
"Well, it also helps that--" Naruto recalled the time that Shikamaru held him close to comfort him as tears welled up and fell from his bright blue eyes and he ended up in his own little world.
"Well, let's leave it at that and how 'bout we go to the arcades before we head home." Kiba tried to redirect their conversation before it might be too late to stop the other from crying. And that was exactly what Naruto needed as he let out one of his silent cheers and took Kiba by the arms and bounded off in a flash.
Naruto and Kiba played at the arcades for a while going from one machine to the next trying to outdo the previous high scores before them. That was, until their empty stomachs made their presence known. The two decided to quit now and head on home to get some much needed food into their growling stomachs.
"Want to stay over at my house, Kiba?"
"Huh? How come?"
"It's hard to sleep before a trip, and you know how I am…" By then, Naruto was fidgeting from one foot to the other and intently looking at the floor before Kiba gave in and sighed saying that he'll stay over as long as they drop by his house first to get some much needed stuff so he wouldn't have to go back in the morning before their school trip. Naruto agreed and the two went straight to Kiba's place first but stopped by a fast food joint before going back to Naruto's own home.
"Daddy! I'm home! Me and Kiba already ate so we're going up to my room!" Without missing a beat, Naruto and Kiba scrambled up to the room and began to settle down but not before a voice called out from the kitchen.
"Alright! If you want some desert, I made a strawberry cake and some other pastries. I put them in the-" And just like that, a blur of yellow passed by him and grabbed the cupcakes on the counter before a quick peck on the cheek was placed on the bewildered man.
"Thanks dad! Love you dad!" A huge grin broke out on the man's face as he continued what he was doing beforehand.
Holding two chocolate cupcakes with strawberry frosting on top, Naruto bounded up the stairs back to his room to give Kiba one of them.
"Here, try it! It's one of my dad's specialties!" said Naruto as he handed Kiba one of the cupcakes he was holding.
"We should probably try and go to sleep now. It's getting a bit late," said Kiba, as he took a bite from the cupcake offered. After they finished their treats, the two promptly went to the adjoined bathroom to complete their nightly rituals and eventually settled down to the king sized bed in Naruto's oversized room.
"I wonder what you're father thinks whenever he sees us sleeping together like this?"
"Don't make that kind of joke! You know what my father thinks of us! We've tried the whole dating scene and it didn't work out for us so this doesn't mean more than what it looks like."
"Hahaha! I'm just teasing blondie! You know that!" Kiba was still chuckling a bit as Naruto took a glance at the clock offside from his bed with Kiba following his line of sight.
"It's already almost 11, we should sleep or at least settle down so we can get to sleep, and soon…" that was what it took to get Naruto out of his self induced trance.
"Yeah, I guess we should… Kiba?"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks… for staying here."
"No problem kiddo, now go to sleep…"
"Right! Good night…"
"Night!"
A couple of half hours later, Naruto's dad peeked inside his son's room and saw the two sleeping. Currently, Naruto was half-sprawled on top of Kiba and the other is almost completely off the bed. He walked silently to Naruto's side before brushing a stray strand of hair from his son's face. He gently gave his son a small kiss on the cheek before tucking the two young men back into bed and straightening out their positions.
"Goodnight," muttered the older man, before leaving the room as quietly as he had come.
The morning came along with the rays of sunlight that graced the blonde teenager's room. Naruto awoke first, and quickly readied himself to go to school. After the morning rituals he and Kiba got their stuff in order and went down to eat the breakfast already laid out for them. Naruto's father, however, had already gone to work and left them a quick note saying, "Naruto, I've set up your breakfast and left money on top of the fridge, I'll be home at around 7pm tonight, Love you, Dad. P.S. Have fun on your school trip!" Naruto smiled a little as soon as he saw the last part of the note. He always loved it when his dad left him notes. So once the two got their fill of their breakfast, they headed off to school.
Upon arrival, Kiba and Naruto waited for the rest of the class to arrive as well. It was only a few minutes later that the stream of students started to arrive. The professor also showed up a couple of minutes later asking them to line up by the side so he could take attendance before the bus arrives. Once the attendance has been taken, everyone siphoned off to their own little cliques before the bus finally arrived to take them to their destination.
The groups of students calmed down enough for them to be ushered in the bus. The bus alone is able to hold 40 people at maximum, 20 on each side, plus it was air-conditioned and had a working TV on the very front row and smaller screens attached at the back of each seat, excluding the very last row of seats of course. Most of the rowdier students filled the back of the bus first for reasons unknown while the others opted for a quieter ride towards the front. Naruto and Kiba was seated towards the middle and decided to snooze for the rest of the trip until they arrived as it still is about a half an hour trip. The two made themselves comfortable as best they could and tried to rest but the voices of the students coming from the back row coupled with the voice from the TV didn't make for a very good combination.
"Kiba, sorry for keeping you awake last night," sighed the blonde.
"You weren't the only one, I mean, we slept for about an hour or two straight before I kept waking up every odd hour."
"Hahaha, and I woke up every time in between! That seems rather weird, even for us!" Kiba laughed alongside the blonde boy, only to remember something from the night before.
"So last night, your father went to your room."
"You noticed that too?… he seemed sad about something, He just tucked us in and said good night but his goodnight felt a little sad, I wonder what's got him down?"
"Maybe your father is just thinking that you're growing up a bit too fast for his liking and you won't need him someday... well, at least, that's what my mom keeps telling me."
"Maybe, but my dad is a bit unpredictable though; guess that's where I got it from…" As soon as those words fell from the blonde's mouth, the brunette knew exactly what the other was thinking.
"He's wishing that he really is his father's son." It was a little known fact between the two of them that Naruto is adopted. It was on the blonde's sixteenth birthday when he found out everything from his father.
****FLASHBACK****
"Dad? Why so gloomy? It's my birthday so we have to celebrate!" Naruto had been noticing a change of attitude from his father since the week before, like something was needed to be said but the older man just couldn't spit it out so today, Naruto decided to confront his father about it. "I know something is bothering you dad so why don't we talk about it?"
"Well, you see, there's this thing I've been meaning to tell you but I don't know how to tell you exactly. I think you'll be mad at me for keeping this to myself after all this time."
"Dad… whatever it is, I promise I won't be mad at you, whatever it is, please tell me."
"You see, well… you're adopted."
****END FLASHBACK****
The blonde grinned as the memory of that day flooded his head. His father looked like he was about to cry after the few moments that the boy remained silent. Once the boy regained his bearings though, he had told his father that he was just grateful that he was adopted by such a loving father. And once he got his father in a fierce hug, the man let loose all the built up emotions and cried onto his son's shoulders.
After all the waterworks subsided, Naruto asked his dad how he was found but all he got from the man was a weird story about a huge white ball of light that dropped him onto the hands of his father soon after the accident that claimed his wife. Up to this day, Naruto is still unsure of who his real parents are and what exactly happened the day he was given to his father plus he really had no idea why his father kept repeating the same ball of light story to him now that he's older.
"You know, getting spaced out is becoming a habit for you…" Naruto was knocked out from his make-believe world as soon as Kiba interrupted his musings.
"Not my fault… I was thinking about something."
"Yeah, and I think I know what it is too so let me say this now… your father loves you."
"I know that! I was thinking that I've been the center of his universe since forever… after his wife died, I was handed over to him and he literally put me on a pedestal and cared for me and even gave into my stupidity at times."
"I think everyone you know can attest to that…" Before Naruto could even ask if he meant his stupidity or his father's love, their professor announced that they have arrived by using the bus microphone. Eventually, they filed out of the bus and got in line towards the museum. The museum looked like a cathedral with gargoyle statues around the perimeter of the roof. What drew both Naruto's and Kiba's attention was a gigantic double door that was etched with various markings that surrounded a figure of a nine-tailed fox creature.
Once in front of the door, Naruto found himself lulled under another one of his self-induced trance. In Naruto's vision, the door gained a life of its own and glowed before a voice was heard coming from somewhere.
"Come to me…" Naruto looked around to see if anyone else sees that the door is glowing a faint red, but everyone else seems not to notice, but as soon as he looked back towards the door, everything returned back to normal.
"Are you okay? You look a little pale, are you feeling okay?"
"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine." Kiba looked at his friend with concern in his eyes but shrugged it off.
"Okay, if you say so."
Currently, Kiba and Naruto along with the rest of the class are looking through some of the more modern arts and technology and history along with it. Their professor, along with their guide, described everything from its significance down to the smallest detail. The two, like the rest of the class were getting bored with the lecture. However, that quickly changed as soon as they got to the 'Hall of Centuries' where every majestic painting and other significant historical items were stored and up for view.
"Now as we pass through here, you will notice that some of the items are enclosed in glass domes, they are used to protect the items from rusting and/or damage that could be caused by exposure to the environment-" The tour kept on with the historical fact finding lecture as they toured the hall, but abruptly stopped as soon as one of the students shouted out loud, "That painting looks exactly like Naruto!" Everyone turned their undivided attention to a painting of a young man, who looked to be around his teenage years that looked exactly like Naruto, standing atop a roof of some kind dressed in a wedding kimono standing next to a figure dressed in the same garments but half of the painting is burned off leaving the painted man's face unrecognizable. What seems a bit prominent about the painting though, is the picture of the nine-tailed creature, that same one that was on the museum's door, plastered towards the background and each end of the fox like creature's tail held a kanji for: mist(water), cloud(lightning), rock(earth), leaf(fire), sand, sound, star, sun, and moon.
"He does look like me…. Wow! I can't wait to tell this to my dad!" Naruto contemplated on how he could get his dad to come down here and look at the picture if his schedule wouldn't permit it, but a quick idea hit him and he directed his attention to the speechless tour guide, "Excuse me, could I please take a quick picture of this on my camera so I could show it to my dad?"
"Normally, no pictures are allowed here, but since this is a rather rare sight, go right ahead but just one and please refrain from using the flash." In an instant, everyone had a digital camera of some kind but for the others that did not bring a camera; they used their camera phones instead.
Once the whole gawking and shock passed, the tour continued and as Naruto turned to go the other way, a small movement caught his eye. He looked back at the painting once more and this time, the tails of the nine-tailed fox glowed a faint red for a few seconds before returning to the lifeless art that it once was. Thinking that it was just a mind trick, he turned back and followed the rest of the class to the rest of the tour.
The tour/lecture ended fairly okay, in other words it was completely and utterly boring. So the students filed out of the museum in an orderly fashion, all looking like a zombie from the massive information download they had gotten just from that one trip. Who knew that their professor was so into that stuff? Only the ones who seemed fairly interested had been able to come out looking even half alive.
The rest of the class waited for the bus to arrive, and everyone was only too happy to see it park in front of them ready to start loading passengers. Kiba and Naruto decided to let everyone else in so they could start filling the back rows to enable them to sit near the front, which was a little bit better in keeping the noise levels down. Just as Naruto was about to climb in he noticed a child, he figured would be around 6 or 7, rush out of the museum laughing.
"Andrew! Come back here right now!" said a woman towards the child as she tried to reach him before he tried crossing the street onto the traffic. Naruto smiled at the antics of the kid before he sensed that something was off but couldn't put his finger on it.
In a momentary flash, he saw the kid getting hit by an oncoming car who couldn't see the kid from his blind spot that the bus, in front of the museum, provided. Naruto quickly regained himself, not knowing if the vision was true or not, and rushed towards the kid and grabbed him by the arm to pull him back towards the sidewalk. In that single moment, a speeding car slammed onto his side as the kid was thrown to safety. All movements ceased as the students, and passersby saw everything that happened. The mother of the child took to her own child before going over to the savior of her child's life. Everyone in the bus was advised to stay put as the driver, Kiba, and the professor took to the unmoving body of the blonde. The car driver, too, got out of his car and called for an ambulance to help the boy.
As the streets ceased all movements, Naruto could just hear a ringing noise in his head as he felt, more than saw, that he was being carried onto a stretcher and delivered somewhere else, which he guessed would be to the hospital. He could hear the sirens that the ambulance produced, and the sobs and unrestrained cries of his best friend. He could hear the brunette mutter underneath his breath that he should have been looking out for him too and that it was his fault. The blonde very much wanted to tell the other that it hadn't been anyone's fault but his body failed to move even if his mind screamed for him to do so.
Thoughts littered inside the blonde's head as he tried to picture what had happened to the boy he had saved. Was he okay? Was he bruised, scratched, anything? He tried to focus all his attention on others to deter the obvious dilemma at hand.
"Is this how I die? I wanted to do something a lot more in my life… at least I saved someone right? I hope my dad doesn't blame himself for this like he blamed himself for the death of his wife. I just hope he knows that I love him, even now. I also hope that Kiba doesn't become too sad, I've always hated seeing him cry, even if they were rare."
All thoughts were directed to his loved ones as he felt his body being carried onto a bed once more. This time he knew that he was now at the hospital and that he was currently at the surgery table, if the beeping and the hustle and bustle of the room were any indication. Soon enough, the darkness claimed him and left him in a sedated state.
Everyone in the bus were stunned at what they had just witnessed, a fellow student rushing to the aid of a small boy that had almost gotten hit by an oncoming car in expense of his own life. Kiba was the first to recover as he hurried out of the bus to his best friend currently lying lifeless on the pavement. He took out his phone and dialed 911 as he kneeled down beside the rag like body of his best friend. The operator picked up and he explained the situation, the operator told him that he dispatched an ambulance and some cop cars to the scene and to please stay calm and that everything will be fine. Kiba wanted to scream and shout that everything will not be fine, but tears flowed from his eyes and the sobs that followed hindered this. Everyone that came their way stopped to look and ask if the boy was alright but he couldn't focus on anything but the nearing sounds of the siren and the lifeless body of the boy beside him.
Soon enough, the body was put on the stretcher and the paramedics became enraptured with the situation at hand, doing all that they can to keep the boy alive enough be able to make it to the hospital for an impromptu surgery.
Kiba was asked a couple questions by the police but he couldn't answer any of the questions himself. The mother of the child took over saying she saw everything and explained in detail what had happened. The witnesses present gave their account onto what had happened and even the car driver, who was not intoxicated, gave his side of the story clearly in guilt of was he had just done.
Once the ambulance stabilized the blonde enough to move him in traffic Kiba hopped on in hopes of coming along, along the way Kiba's tears fell hard and fast as sobs wracked his body. Kiba held onto Naruto's hand like a lifeline all the while muttering apologies and other non-sense to try and comfort the blonde even if he knew that he could not be heard.
At the hospital, Kiba was forced to wait by the lobby only to see Naruto's father come up to the receptionist frantically after hearing of his boy's accident a couple of half hours later. Naruto's father immediately noticed Kiba and ran to him to ask what had happened to his boy.
"Where's Naruto? What happened?"
"I- I- I-" Kiba's voice was shot as he couldn't even get out a simple explanation. The two were only interrupted by a doctor coming out of the surgery room.
"is Mr. Uzumaki present?"
"I'm him… Is my boy alright?" Naruto's father started to worry as the doctor tried to hesitate before answering his question.
"He'll be alright for the time being but there were some massive blood loss and his spine has sustained injuries that required us to install small metallic plates to help in the healing process, and there were intensive bruising all over the body, externally and internally. However, we have stabilized his condition, but it is unsure of whether he would wake up or not."
"What do you mean wake up or not?"
"He has fallen into a coma. His brainwaves are fine and his brain did not sustain major injuries but his body is in shock and could be paralyzed."
"You mean he can't walk any longer even if he wakes up?" His heart felt like shattering at the thought of his son's predicament.
"Not exactly, there is a chance that he will still be able to walk but a trauma to the body that sever could be very taxing and will take a long time to heal. We are moving him to the ICU where he will be monitored for the week and then transferred over to a private room where he could be under surveillance until he wakes up."
"Thank you…"
Naruto felt himself being put on another bed, but this time it was much more comfortable, well he wouldn't say that it's like his bed at home but it was softer than the one he was just on he guessed. Then he heard the sound of his father's voice but he couldn't move from his spot as his consciousness tried to slip away from him. Just as he was about to give in, a voice called out to him pulling him into somewhat of a dream world.
"It is time…" A figure closely resembling the nine-tailed fox from the painting appeared before the blonde.
"Where are we?"
"This is the dream world... where my will is the strongest, I can help you regain your bodily functions and awaken you once more."
"Really? How is that possible?"
"In your terms, I could be called a god, but my question is do you want to see your loved ones again."
"I do! I want to see everyone again, be by their side once more! Whoever you are, please help me!"
"I shall grant your wish but for something in exchange."
"Anything! Please! Tell me!"
"A rift has been formed between this world and another, you have the means to repair that rift and I want you to fix it."
"But- I don't know how!"
"You are the child ordained from prophecy! Your powers are yet to awaken! But know this, you have a power in you that others covet but cannot have", A red ball of light appeared before the blonde but it shape shifted to the painting that the blonde has seen previously. bi"Step inside! That is where your destiny lies, once you have fulfilled your destiny, I will bring you back as promised."/b/i Realization hit the blonde as he remembered his ill feelings the morning before he stepped foot inside the museum.
"What happens to my body in this world?"
"You will fall into a coma, but there is no need to worry. Time moves differently in the other world."
"But what about my dad? I want him to know that I will fine."
"That is easily done." As soon as the words were said, a giant flash of light exploded and a figure came out, in the form of his father.
"Dad!"
"Naruto! Where am I?"
"In the dream world."
"What?"
"No time to explain, but it seems that I am going on a journey now and I'm kind of scared but I think this is the only way to get back to you. I know this is unexpected for the both of us, but when I come back I'll be a son you could be proud of."
"I already am proud of you." The two hugged each other and the father turned his attention to the gigantic figure looming over them. "We meet again."
"So we do, mortal."
"You know him dad?"
"He is called the Kyuubi… a nine tailed creature of malice; he is built of pure energy." Naruto looked at his father in astonishment.
"There are many things you do not know of. Once you enter the world I am about to send you to, you will stumble upon things that you could have never dreamed of. Even your father could not tell you of your heritage but soon, you will find out." Naruto hugged his father once more before walking through the painting.
"Will he be safe?"
bi"Even I do not know of such things, only time will tell."/b/iThen everything was surrounded by a bright light and Naruto's father woke up from his sleep. He jolted right up only to look down on his son's peaceful looking face.
"I wish you all the best, come back safe… son."
TO BE CONTINUED!!!