So.. I got this idea while sitting in English class on Friday. Haha. I was bored, and waiting for people to finish their tests. Sooo...yeah this just happened. I have part of it kind of planned, but it could change. The basic idea is pretty much Naruto having a flashback of parts of his life. You see that something happened, and some how he has been beaten by Madara... And soo on... Anyways, enjoy. ;P
"Inner Sakura/Kyuubi" Bold Italic means Inner Sakura or Kyuubi speaking
"Jutsu" Bold means Jutsu name
'Inner Thoughts' Italic means Inner Thoughts of a person
Sadly, I don't own Naruto. But if I did, I would be rollin' in all that cash! haha. ;P
Chapter I; A Tragic Soul
In the darkness, the boy could see his end. Red liquid dripped from his face, poured from multiple parts of his body. He had figured that he had about five broken ribs and his left arm was unable to move due to his broken shoulder. The boy looks up at the man who cause him this pain, both internally and externally. His gaze shifts to his blood stained pants, blood drips from the corner of his mouth and bounces slightly on his knee. The boy starts to laugh, without emotion, "Why do you stand there, finish it already…" The young boy whispers due to his inability to breathe correctly.
The dark haired man in black cloak chuckles with amusement. "So you finally understand your predicament, huh?"
The boys gaze stays fixed to his legs. "It's not like I have anything left to fight for now…"
"What's this?" The man steps forward, "Could it be that you're just going to give up? What about that dream of yours?"
"Heh, that dream can't come true now. The village is destroyed; all of the people were killed… Tell me, how am I going to be the leader of village that does not exist any more?"
The dark cloaked man steps even closer to boy, his smile slowly faded into a smirk. The light from the moon shined on his face; bring a spontaneous hint of vibrant orange to his swirled mask. His hand reaches for the boys head, he grasp the boy's blonde hair in hand and yanks his head upward.
The boy groans in pain, as it shocked through this body more vigorously than before. "Just kill me already!"
The man laughs and looks down at the boy with his Sharingan eye that is visible through a whole in the middle of the spiral mask. "So you chose now, huh? To give up? What happened to that sprit? This is not the knuckle headed kid I watched for so long?" His laughter increases, "To think that this is Naruto Uzumaki. It makes me smile, to think that I have been the one to cause you so much pain."
Naruto glares at man, if he were able to fight back now; he would surely kill this man, to make him pay for all he has done. "Just take the damn Kyubi out of my body. The only request I ask of you is to bury me with my friends… Lay me to rest with them, Madara, please."
Madara turns his head to the raven-haired boy sitting on a rock behind him. Through the darkness, with the help of his special right eye, he could see a nod come from the boy. He gaze turns back to Naruto, "We thank you for your help of bringing the world to peace."
It was then that Naruto's life flashed before his eyes. His thoughts started to slow when he came to couple of months ago. His flashbacks slowed until it felt like he was reliving his memories. It was a week after Pein had attacked the village.
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The streets of Konoha were busier than ever. Everywhere you looked, there were people from all over, helping to re-build the fallen village. The ravage left from Pein's attack destroyed almost the whole city, but not one soul in the village was saddened by it. The fact that they had no deaths was strange, but no one complained. Every Shinobi and villager alike praised one young boy for saving them all. That boy is known as Konoha's 1 Knuckled Headed Ninja, Naruto Uzumaki.
As the young blonde haired shinobi walked through the village on his way to check to see how the Hokage was doing, he was stopped multiple times by his many fellow ninjas and villagers. Each one of them praised and thanked the young boy, who they saw as their hero. Naruto on the other hand, just smiled, not feeling like hero at all. When he finally reaches the makeshift hospital that the fifth was resting at, he confronted his pink hair friend, Sakura Haruno. She is one of Tsunade's most trusted persons, along with being one of her students. "Hey, Sakura, How's the Granny doing?"
A frown grows on her face and her pale green eyes showed hints of both sadness and fear. "She's still the same. The heart and breathing rate are slow, and nothing is helping that. On top of that, her Chakra levels are still very low." She turns her head to friend with tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "Nothing is working Naruto. What if she-" Before the girl could finish her sentence, Naruto places his hand over mouth and hushed her. Normally, she would have beaten Naruto to pulp if he had done that to her, but she understands his reason for it, so she simply let it slip by.
"Sakura," Naurto smiles as he removes his hand. "The Granny may be old and have temper issues, but there is no way she would let herself die like this. She is way too stubborn. Just hold on a little bit longer, and she will be fine." His whole-hearted words and the sparkle that showed in his eyes as smiled brought back the one thing that the girl has been lacking for the last couple of days; Hope.
A small smile makes its way to Sakura's face as she repeats Naurto's words in her head. He was right; he had to be right. The village needed Tsunade back as the Hokage, not that low life Danzo. Just thinking of the man made her blood boil. "Thanks Naruto, I needed that."
Naurto nods at the girl and stands next to her awkwardly. After what seemed to be an hour of silence, he finally decided to speak up. "So…umm…I guess I'll check back here later." He smiles and looks down at best friend's tired face. "You should really try to get some rest, you look awful.
An expression of shock and anger made its way to Sakura's face. "Naruto…!" Her fist rises in the air, glowing with Chakra. 'I'm going to kill you! Cha!"
Naruto could see the punch coming and did not try to doge it; instead, he just smiled, knowing that even in the darkness of her sadness, the real Sakura was still present. His eyes closed as he awaited the pain to come to his lower stomach, but it never did. He opened his eyes to see Sakura smiling lightly. "Huh? I thought you were about to kill me?" Confusion fills his face.
Sakura shakes her head, "Thank you." The still in shock Naruto stared blankly at her. "For worrying about me, you knuckle head." She lightly taps the side of his face with her hand to wake him from his daze.
Naruto's hand grabs the side of face, it may have felt like a little tap to Sakura but it was more like a slap in the face for Naruto, he would not dare tell her though. Instead, he let his goofy, foxy grin appear on his face. "I'll see you later, Sakura." His hand fell to his side as he slowly walked away from her. His face became hot, he never expected her to react that way, and yet, he enjoyed every minute of it. 'Sakura…' he smiles at his thoughts of the pink haired girl as he went about his day normally.
As he walked away Sakura's smile slowly faded. Why did she change her mind? She was just about to kick his ass, when suddenly something took over her body. Her body was not listing to what her brain wanted it to do. Even so, she was somewhat glad of the way things turned out. 'That knuckle head.' she sighs and continues with her day job of watching over the injured.
~Later That Week; Evening~
As Naruto walked through bustling streets, he noticed a familiar ninja using Wood Style Jutsus to help re-build buildings. "Oi! Captain Yamato!" He waves to get his comrades attention.
The brown haired ninja finished his jutsus and then turned his body to Naurto. "Oh, Naruto it's you." Yamato wipes the sweat from his forehead, and singles for the young ninja to come over.
"What's up?" Naruto asks as he jogs to Yamato's side. "Is something wrong?"
The ninja shakes his head, "No, no. Nothing like that. I just thought it has been awhile since the team has all been together. I was thinking we could all go get some dinner, my treat."
Naruto grins, "That would be awesome. I was just wondering were I would get dinner tonight."
Yamato laughs lightly, "How about you go get Sakura, I'll see if I can get Sai and I'll pull Kakashi- senpai from his reading. We'll all go out for ramen at Ichiraku."
Naruto chuckles while rubbing his stomach. "Ramen sounds good to me!"
Before Yamato could speak again, Naruto was gone. "I wish I had his energy sometimes."
"Yo." Yamato turns around to see Kakashi standing behind him with an orange book in his hands. "You rang?"
"You sure do pop out of no where. Where were you just now?" The brown haired ninja's eyes narrow as he stares at his masked senpai.
"Umm… Well about that…" From under his mask, Yamato could see a light red shade appearing on Kakashi face.
…Meanwhile…
Naruto makes his way over to the emerald-eyed girl, who is giving instructions to one of the many medical ninjas about the area. He smiles watching her in amusement. Sakura's eyes always had a special glint in them whenever she was dealing with medical issues. In his eyes, she was a natural. As he walked closer, the girl took notice and dismissed her fellow medical ninja.
"Naruto?" Sakura watches him as walks to her.
"Come with me," The blonde-haired boy smiles and grabs her hand and starts to run. Naruto knew that Sakura would not just leave her post for something like a dinner outing.
"NARUTO! What are you doing?" The girl yells as she tries not to lose her footing on the ground below her. She stares in shock as her friend drags her down the street of Konoha to a very familiar ramen stand.
"Just shut up until we get there." Naruto laughs and continues to drag her.
Just then, the realization hit her. She stomps her feet in the ground, with the help of Chakra, to stop her movement. "Naarruuuttooo!"
"Huh?" The boy turns his head; fear over takes his body. "No, Sakura! It is not what you think! I promise I'm not-" Before he could finish, he felt a sharp pain in his stomach.
"You jerk!" Sakura yells as her fist meets its target. She sends Naruto's body into a near by brick wall, making it crack with the force of the impact.
"Sakura?" The girl turns her head to see the faces of Sai, Yamato, and Kakashi.
"Captain Yamato? Sai? Kakashi- Sensei?" Confusion fills the pinked haired girls face. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Having a Team Kakashi get together…" The sliver haired ninja looks at his student. "Why did you send Naruto into that wall?" Kakashi points with his free hand.
Confusion fades to shock as Sakura sees why Naruto dragged her here. It wasn't for a date! She turns to face Naruto, who is struggling to get to his feet. "Oh my God!" She runs to her friend's side, begging for his forgiveness. "Naruto I'm sooo sorry! Are you okay?"
The boy chuckles and his foxy grin takes over his face. "It's okay; I should have told what we had planned instead of dragging you here against your own will. I'm fine really, don't worry about it." Naurto says as he pushes himself to his feet. "See? I'm fine." 'Ow…I'm sooo NOT fine!
"Some people never change…" Sai walks to his comrades. "You're still as dumb as ever I see."
His blonde teammate scoffs. "And you're still as rude as ever." He places his hand over his stomach and slowly tries to walk to the ramen stand.
Sai lightly chuckles at his friend, "Like I said 'some people never change.'" Seeing Naruto struggle with walking, he comes to his friend's aid. Placing the blonde's arm over his shoulder, he helps Naruto to his seat. "You really should have told her what you were doing, you idiot."
Following the two boys, Sakura apologizes once more. "I'm really sorry; I thought you were playing around Naruto."
The girl's blonde haired friend laughs and puts his hand up, stopping her from talking. "I should have told you the plans, but in all honesty Sakura, I didn't think you would come out of your own will. You have been working from the early hours of the morning, until late at night. You never seem to take a break, so I thought forcing you would be the only way you would come." Naruto finishes and smiles at his friend. "I've been really worried about you. You should take breaks more often, or you will wear yourself out."
Sakura smiles sadly at Naruto and takes her seat. "Yeah, I guess your right."
Naruto looks at everyone and then to Teuchi and his daughter, Ayame. "I don't know about anyone else, but I'm starving! Start me off with a miso pork ramen, with extra pork!"
Teuchi chuckles at the boy's excitement, "Coming right up Naruto."
Yamato looks at Kakashi and sighs, "Maybe I should left Naruto out of this one…"
Kakashi laughs, "You should have seen that one coming."
~After the Meal~
Yamato empties his wallet to pay Teuchi. "I should have known not bring him! He totally cleaned me out!"
Naruto laughs and scratches the back of his head. "Sorry about that Captain Yamato.
"Come on Naruto 30 bowls!" Brown haired older shinobi continues.
The blonde laughs and rubs his stomach. "I did a lot of training today. I held back for the sake of your wallet, I could have eaten 20 more bowls!"
Yamato's eyes widen in shock, "Where do you put it all?"
"I don't know Captain Yamato, I don't know."
"Well I'll be leaving now, good night every body." With that, Kakashi disappears with smoke.
"Same here, Danzo will have my head if I don't get back soon." Sai waves to his friends and then turns leaving them.
"See you two later…" Yamato sadly walks away from the two younger shinobis leaving them standing awkwardly at each other's side.
Naruto looks at the pink haired girl, slightly smiling at her as she watches everyone walk away. Noticing his stare, Sakura turns her head to Naruto. "Why are you staring at me with that goofy smile on your face?"
Naruto chuckles, "No reason." he puts his hands behind his head and turns away from her. "Would you care if I walked you home?"
Sakura opens her mouth, but then closes it, smiling she nods her head. "Thank you."
"No problem. I enjoy taking walks on nights like this any way." The boy looks up at the night sky.
Sakura looks up at sky too as they begin to walk in the direction of her house. "Yeah, it's quite…beautiful."
Naruto turns his head to her grins. "It sure is…"
The rest of their walk was quiet, until they reached Sakura's house. Naurto walked the girl to her front door and then smiled. "Get some good rest tonight, okay?"
"Okay…" Sakura laughs, "You're starting to sound like my mom."
"Hehe, well your mom must be a really smart woman then, worrying about her daughter like that." The blonde smiles sadly at the pink haired girl. "You're lucky you know, to have so many people care so much for you."
"Naruto…" Sakura frowns, reaching her hand out to touch her friends arm.
Naruto turns his body and smiles. "I never told you this Sakura, but when I went 8 tails, the 4th showed up and stopped me."
Sakura stares wide eyed at Naruto. "He did?"
"Yeah, he told me it would be the last time he could redo the seal. He told me that I need to find a way to control the Kyubi." 'He also told me that he was my father.' "He said more, but it's not really that important," Naruto turns back to Sakura with the brightest smile on his face. "But he did tell me, that I was a hero, because my body could handle the Kyubi being sealed with in it. Even as just a newborn baby. It made me really happy, to hear those words coming from him."
'Naruto, you've been though so much, and yet, you're still able to smile like that…' Sakura gives the blonde a smile at the same level of his own. "Good Night, Naruto…" She opens the door to her house and walks inside.
"Good Night," He whispers, staring up at the Hokage Mountain. 'You really would like her… dad.'
Author's Note: Okay sooo, this one was really kind of light-hearted, haha. But I'll bring action into the next one. Right? Right! Don't forget to tell me what you think, and if you want to voice what you think should happen, feel free. I'll do what i can to make your request happen. ;) Okay, bye. :D