Naruto's Story: Death Note Shippuden
(Homecoming/Rebirth)
'Look how far you've come, Naruto. There's nothing more I can teach you.' Jiraiya thought.
Jiraiya stared up at his young pupil, who just ran up a huge pillar, me.
'He's certainly cheerful today isn't he?'
"I really missed this place. Hello Konoha!" I shouted. "This place hasn't changed a bit."
The Hidden Leaf village looked just like I left it. The villagers were hustling and bustling around the streets of our town. Everyone was out; it seemed like a busy day. Of course, a lot of the villagers had it out for me. Even though I was gone for two years, I was still the demon spawn around here. The buildings were still as polished as before, untouched by time, they haven't decayed a bit. Then there, in the mountain, were carved the Hokage Stone Faces. The First, The Second, The Third, The Fourth, and... The Fifth?
"Hey, they actually carved Grandma Tsunade's mug-shot up in the rocks!" I exclaimed. "If that ain't worth a few laughs." I chuckled.
"You've grown up haven't you, Naruto?" A familiar voice asked from behind me.
"Kakashi-sensei!" I shout jumping the roof where he was sitting. "You haven't changed a bit. Oh, hang on. I have something for you." I reached into my back pouch and handed Kakashi his gift.
He gasped, "Could this be? ...It is!" Kakashi exclaimed in utter joy.
"I think it's pretty boring, but you still like that perverted stuff, right?"
"Boring?" Jiraiya shouted from below. "That is A class material."
"This is the first of the Icha Icah series in over 2 years!" He cried in excitement. "Did Master Jiraiya give you this?"
"He said it's still an 'unreleased copy'. I really don't like it so you can keep it."
Kakashi and I jumped down and rejoined the Pervy Sage on the streets. Kakashi began reading his book.
We kept walking.
"Well, I'm off too Iciraku Ramen!" I sped off, post haste. I was craving the sweet delicacy that has eluded me for so very long. Now I'm putting down the dictionary.
Behind me, I noticed Kakashi and my perverted mentor were still talking.
"As promised, I'm leaving Naruto under your care." Jiraiya said.
Kakashi looked up from his book.
"I believe Akatsuki is getting impatient, but I still need to gather more information. They may make their move soon." He said.
"Hn." Kakashi said and continued reading.
"Ahh!"
"Sakura? I cried.
She gasped, "Naruto?"
It was quite. The silence was deafening.
"So..." Sakura began. "Do I look different? More like a woman, maybe?" She asked with a finger to her cheek; her blushing cheek.
"...Don't worry, you still look the same to me, Sakura." I stated smiling. Maybe that's what she wanted to here?
Just by her face, I could tell it wasn't.
"You still don't under stand women, Naruto." Jiraiya said.
"Hey Naruto, I think you've gotten taller than me."
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Remember back when we were young and I would call you 'shorty' and 'midget' and..."
"Yes I remember." I cut her off, lowering my head in embarrassment.
Then, to my amazement, Sakura looked a lot less angry and much gentler. Just for the hell of it, I moved my hand back and forth between us to check if she was right and, of course, she was. Good old Sakura.
"Hey Naruto!" Another familiar voice yelled. "Sexy Jutsu!" He yelled, or she yelled. Out of the smoke appeared a naked lady. Yeah. Tsunade was speechless, and Kakashi was unappeased, still stuck in his reading. Jiraiya was about to fall over, and Sakura was about to rip someone's esophagus out. I really didn't care either way; the girl was kind of hot. Another poof of smoke and it faded revealing...
"Konohamaru!" He shouted. "How was that boss?"
"Heh, that jutsu is so outdated. You shouldn't use it, we're not kids anymore." I say. Konohamaru looked down.
I believe Sakura was thinking, 'Wow Naruto, you really have matured. I can't believe you've gotten so strong.' I don't know where she got that from.
I smirked, "Besides, I have developed a brand new jutsu. One so sexy and perverted that it totally blows the Sexy Jutsu out of the water! Get ready!" I shout.
"Perverted ninjutsu?" Sakura asked. "You idiot!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
Sakura beat me into the ground... with one hit. Now that must've got Kakashi's attention. How did she get so strong? Then she came at me again. She already knocked me into the ground, what more could she want? She grabbed me by the collar of my new jacket.
"I've never been so wrong in my life." She screamed. "You haven't changed a bit! I haven't seen you for two years and in two minutes, you try something as stupid as that!"
Then she throttled me.
"What the hell happened to the respect I felt for you? Thrown out the frickin' window, that's what happened!"
Kakashi finally cut in, "Sakura stop scarring Konohamaru."
"Jiraiya," Tsunade asked. "Naruto... is acting a lot more like you now, isn't he?"
"Says the woman whose harboring little miss 'Tsunade 2'."
"Kakashi?" Tsunade asked.
"Right. Sakura, Naruto." He said.
Sakura stopped hitting me. We looked over at him.
"You two are on my team again. Only now, we're equals." Kakashi held out the bells. Wow, do they bring back memories. "Tomorrow, sunrise."
We all went our separate ways.
I walked around in a circle twice before I finally found my old apartment. I opened the door and found it exactly as I left it; dirty and full of empty ramen containers. I kicked off my sandals and sat on my bed scanning the room. The paint was peeling, there were bugs all over the floor, and it smelled a little. On my nightstand was a lamp, with a burned out light. Next to it I kept one of my most special mementos. I picked up the picture and looked at it. Kakashi-sensei, me, Sakura, and...
Sasuke.
Sasuke Uchiha was my long lost friend, my rival, but now, my enemy. Now he's considered a rogue of the Leaf and a threat to Konoha itself. I wish I could see him again. One thing I always asked myself was, if I was ordered to kill Sasuke, would I, could I do it? I still don't know the answer to that. I was about too put it back on the table when I saw something. I saw something on table that was under the picture. It was something I knew wasn't there when I left two years ago.
"I thought I locked the doors when I left?" I asked myself.
I grabbed the foreign object off the desk and set the photo down.
In my hand, I held a notebook; a pure black notebook with two large words on the front.
"Death Note?" I asked myself. I opened the cover and saw it was all plain, lined paper. Then I looked at the inside of the cover. "The person's name who is written in the notebook... shall die." I heard a knock at the door. I gasped and hid the notebook under my pillow.
"Come in?" I ask.
The door opened and I saw Sakura standing in the doorway.
"Oh, Sakura. Hi." I say sitting up on the side of my bed.
"Hey Naruto. You weren't..." She asked.
"? Ewe, no! And you call me immature."
She giggles. "Just asking."
She sat beside me on the bed.
"I always liked your laugh, Sakura." I say softly.
She puts her hand on top of mine on the bed. "Listen, I came here because I have to talk to you."
"Is something wrong?"
There was an awkward silence. We just froze, as if we were no longer affected by time and space.
"I... I have to leave."
I was taken by surprise. "What? For how long?"
Sakura sighed. "A while. About a month or so."
"I just got back and now you have to leave? We've hardly had any time together." I stood up. "Can't you, like, not except it or have it postponed?"
She stood up; I could tell she was getting angrier. "Don't you think this is hard for me too?" She yelled, grabbing my arm and squeezing. "The truth is, I put off a lot of missions and denied a lot of requests. I'm practically broke. I didn't accept those missions because of you, Naruto; especially this one! Lady Tsunade said I can not deny this mission. The best I could do was have it postponed this far. If I don't do it soon, I could get sent to the chambers for a long time."
"Why have you been holding off on these missions for so long? I don't have enough to support us both." I say sadly.
She pulled off her glove and slid her hand down my cheek. The intense heat coming from her hand warmed my cold skin.
"I've been putting this off for two months already. I did it because I knew you would come back someday. I just wanted to see your face again, and feel your touch for one last time." She wrapped her arms around my neck and pushed her head against my chest. "I can hear your heart beat. You're tense."
"Does this mean you might not come back?"
"That's why I was waiting. I have to go the Sand Village and meet with the Kazekage. I'll have an escort but..."
"What's so dangerous about the Kazekage?"
"Well, you remember Gaara, right?"
I jumped back. "Gaara's the Kazekage? Is he still murderous?"
She pulled her other glove off and pulled out her headband. "No, he's a bit nicer now. Unfortunately, the Akatsuki are moving and they're still after him and Shukaku." She came closer to me. I'm supposed to leave two days."
"Tomorrow's the bell test. Tomorrow night, I'm going to take you out. We'll finally have that date that we've... I've always wanted."
She laughed again. I love that laugh. She walked behind me and untied my headband. Next she pulled off my jacket.
"Sakura?" I asked. "What are you doing?"
"Tonight will be a night to remember, for the both of us." She smiled.
Sakura pulled off my shirt and pressed her lips against mine. We fell onto the bed and rolled around as I pulled of her shirt and undid her bra. I was wrong before, Sakura really had grown. She still had her short, flowing hair. Her skin was still a little pale, but her eyes still shined. I pulled off her skirt; she pulled off my pants and... well... need I say more?
Note to Naruto (self): Stop using big words. Also, Sakura's hot now.
The thing about this story is that it takes certain things from both series. Death Note characters my or may note appear. They might just be replaced with corresponding Naruto characters. Death Note Shippuden doesn't completely follow either story exactly. Certain things will be added from nowhere. But you'll have to see for your self.
For anyone who reads AAA: Annual Akatsuki Auditions, updates may not be for a while. Also, this story is not like AAA. This is serious and is the only crossover I've ever done.
(Homecoming/Rebirth)
