well i got bored with Rebirth for a bit cuz im not doing so well with getting the new battles out, so i'll just try Naruto fics for a bit
this will be an attempt at a Naruto and Hanabi friendship in a tribute to the Naruto/Hanabi friendship/possible pairing fic by Elysium. although his chapters are kinda short, theres no denying he's got something going on.
this story starts out from the general beginning to whatever point in time I happen to choose to end it. so yea, it's before Naruto becomes an official Genin. so expect some parts of a different storyline than the one Kishimoto made out.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto-sama owns it and MOST UNWISELY gave license to America to "Americanize" it (and ruined it beyond recognition).
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Chapter One (No Sub-Title currently)
Konoha, the Shinobi village of the Leaf. Home to the many proud and valiant Shinobi of the Leaf. Also home to one-
"Naruto, you little brat! Get back here!"
Several Chuunin level ninja were shouting at some kid wearing orange pants, blue shirt, and an orange jacket tied around his waste while chasing him around the village.
"Aw, shut up, you losers! You're just jealous 'cuz you don't have the skills or the guts to pull off what I did! That's why I'm gonna be Number 1!"
Uzumaki, Naruto: Local town boob and prankster. Carrying cans of paint. Open cans of paint. Cans of paint that were half empty. Half empty cans of paint that were once full and unceremoniously dumped all over the Hokage Monument and moustached and just plain defiled. Understandably, the Chuunin were vivid.
"Naruto! Get back here! You're in BIG trouble this time!"
"Haha! Ya gotta catch me first ya losers!"
Unfortunately he got caught.
Umimo Iruka: Teacher at the Ninja Academy of the Leaf. Chuunin level and unconditional 'baby-sitter' of Uzumaki Naruto.
After Class...
Naruto glumly walked out of the building with Iruka, pouting and muttering while having been made to carry the janitor's equipment to the Hokage Monument.
"Now, Naruto, you're gonna have to clean every single drop of paint, right down into the nostrils, you got it?"
"Yea yea. Not like I've got anything better to do...You sure do suck, Iruka-sensei."
Iruka just smiled, much like a father might have to his son,
"Get to work, Naruto. If you do a good job, I'll consider letting you 'get away' with one of your pranks. Personally, I feel the Monument looks much better like this."
Naruto gave one of his wide and cheesy grins, the one he had gotten to be known for,
"Haha, maybe you're not so bad, you old fogey!"
(Perfect example of my altering the story)
Several Hours Later-
Naruto walked down the slowly darkening streets. It was still pretty bright out and people were finishing some last minute things. Children were still running around laughing towards Naruto's general direction. Naruto was debating whether he should just leave them alone or play with them until some adults showed up.
The adults hurriedly pushed the children to the side of the road where they were nowhere near Naruto. Naruto sagged his shoulders and began to walk, this time more dejectedly. He walked aimlessly and ended up in the park where he had once played with some kids from his class.
'What were their names again? Shikimaro? Ina? Keeva?' (I know these aren't the real names)
"Arg! Why won't anyone ever play with me anymore!"
Naruto punched the air angrily, not fazed by the fact that his question sounded a little childish. That was until he heard a voice behind him.
"Why won't anyone play with you?"
It was a small voice, female. Naruto quickly turned around and a saw a little girl with long, straight, black hair and oddly white-ish lavender eyes that were pupil-less. She looked as if she were no older than eight. She looked up at Naruto with a blank stare riddled with a little curiousity. She was wearing a plain grey yukata with a blue sash tied around the middle with large sleeves that covered her hands, loose black pants and plain sandals.
"Hey, you look like that one girl in my class, Hinata or something."
The odd little girl kept staring up at Naruto with that...odd blank look as if she could see things he couldn't. Even Naruto, as naive as he was, could see that she was unnaturally focused despite her young age.
"Hinata-nee-chan is my older sister, so yes, we look alike a little. And since you seem to be wondering, we're from the Hyuuga clan."
Naruto rapidly shook his head. This little girl could read minds!
"Eh! You read my mind! Stop reading it, damnit!"
"...I'm not reading your mind, mister. Tou-sama told me that we can sort of see what you are thinking about because of our bloodline."
"Oooh! Really! That's so cool! I want eyes like that! Maybe Sakura-chan would like me and think I'm cool and go out on a date with me!"
The little girl just watched Naruto run around and rant about making plans to get eyes like hers and get this Sakura girl to go out on a date with him. He was...weird, there was no other word in this little girl's vocabulary other than...weird, that would fit this boy as a description.
"...Ok...but can you tell me about why no one will play with you?"
This question suddenly brought a great change in Naruto, as the little girl could plainly see. For one, he had just suddenly stopped short of a great leap of joy and second, his eyes suddenly dimmed and became much harder to read than it was just a few seconds ago. They had become a little clouded and her eyes could not penetrate that for some reason.
The little girl walked over to where Naruto was and tugged on his sleeve. Naruto looked at the little girl pulling his sleeve and felt an odd feeling he had never felt before: compassion, although he couldn't place the feeling just yet.
"If you want...I'll play with you, mister. Do you want to be my friend?"
Naruto widened his eyes in surprise. No one had ever offered to be his friend before, and this girl, this strange girl who came out of nowhere was offering to be his first friend? He had to make sure...
"OUCH!"
The little girl stepped back in surprise. She couldn't see why but Naruto had suddenly pinched himself in the arm very very hard and was hopping up and down in rage and pain. So she just settled to tilt her head to the side a little in confusion.
"I'm not dreaming...this is..real...I'M NOT DREAMING! YEEEAAAA!"
This just proceeded to confuse the little girl even more. Suddenly he was leaping from one end of the road to the other in joy. He sure was...there's that word again: weird.
"Uhm...what do you mean?"
Naruto stopped halfway through a jump and landed in front of the girl. She had to admit, the weirdo had great dexterity. She then saw that the 'weirdo' had a smile, a true genuine smile on his face as he looked at her.
"Bah, I'm just...happy, ya know? You're my first friend!"
The little girl couldn't help but smile a little at that outburst. She just couldn't stop her muscles from contracting to that foreign shape. This guy was...weird, yea, but also...different. She had seen people becoming friends as if it were nothing but the passing of a dust particle, but this boy, he truly cherished having a friend.
"Well...if we're going to be friends, shouldn't we know our names?"
"Eh? But I know what my name is already."
All of a sudden, the little girl in the neat little yukata experienced what people in a cliched anime experience all the time: a face fault. Later on, when she would be much older, she would ask herself, "What horror have I unleashed?"
Shaking her head, she answered,
"No, I mean I should know your name and you should know mine."
"Oh...that makes a lot more sense. My name is Uzumaki Naruto! But you can call me the Next Hokage!"
Smiling once again, 'What is the matter with me today?',
"My name is Hyuuga Hanabi. It's a pleasure to meet you, Naruto-san."
Hanabi bowed to Naruto while he shook it off.
"Nah, don't bother with the bow. And cut the Naruto-san, just call me Naruto!"
With that said, Naruto stretched out his hand to her. To Naruto it was just a friendly handshake. To Hanabi, it was much more, it was a doorway into a normal childhood, a key to realizing that not everyone in this world was as shallow as many people were. To Hanabi, it was the key to the world, being offered on a silver platter with a side dish of a detailed guidebook. Put simply, it was friendship, pure and simple.
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ok, my first attempt at a Naruto fanfiction. I had something much more glamorous planned but this seemed to be a better thing to me. I say, simple is better. although in some cases, elaborate is very good.
well feedback will be much appreciated and sorry for the cheesy ending paragraph, i felt...cheesy?
reviews are very greatly appreciated, thank you
Ja Ne
