THE HEART THAT MELTS THE ICE
Disclaimer: I don't know Naruto or any of the characters in this story.
Narutos been away from the village for a while….I wonder what he'll think of all the changes going on. Will he be able to cope when another one of his best friends tries to stab him in the back..LITERALLY!
Pairings: NaruxFemHakuxIno……SasuxSaku bashing.
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It had been three years since Naruto failed to bring Sasuke back, he wasn't strong enough and was defeated at the Valley of the end. He knew he had let the one person down that he thought he could count on.
*FLASHBACK*
At the main gate of the village waited a pink haired kunoichi dressed in a red dress, slit up the thighs with bike shorts underneath and blue sandles. She was waiting anxiously for her friends to return the love of her life to her.
'Please let Sasuke-kun be alright.' She thought to herself as silent tears began to run down her cheeks.
A solemn group appears from the treeline on the path back to the village. Quickly the medic nins rush past the girl. In the first group two nins carry Neji, followed by chouji, Shikamaru and Temari close behind, Kiba holding a shivering akamaru accompanied by Konkuro and finally Lee was being carried by Gaaras sand. However nowhere in this group were the two people the young kunoichi was hoping to see most.
Finally from the mist on the horizon another figure appeared. He was a tall lanky man with silver hair and his hitai-ate over his left eye, he seemed to be carry ing something on his back.The pink haired Kunoichi stood anxiously by as they approached her.
"Kakashi-sensei! What happened, where is Sasuke-kun?!" she asked frantically when she noticed that he was not being carried on Kakashis back, instead it was the golden haired and orange clad boy who had made the promise to her. He spoke before the silver haired jounin, "I'm so sorry Sakura-chan. I failed to keep my promise to you." He said lowering his eyes so he didn't meet her gaze.
She couldn't help herself, she had no idea what made her do it but something inside of her had finally snapped, "YOU LIED TO ME! YOU TOLD ME YOU WOULD BRING SASUKE-KUN BACK TO ME!" all the while she was screaming this she drew a kunai from the pouch on her leg and lept at the exhausted heap on her senseis back and plunged it deep into his side puncturing a lung.
*END FLASHBACK*
Absentmindedly rubbing the scar on his side where he refused to let the Kyuubi heal him, he was dragged from his thoughts. ".....mind Naruto?" came the voice of his sensei. A large man dressed in gray and red robes, his white hair reaching well past his waist and red marks on his face connected from under his eyes to his jaw.
"Hm, what? Sorry ero-sennin, did you say something?" the blond asked causing the big man to turn his nose up. "I asked if something was on your mind, and stop calling me ero-sennin. What the matter with you anyway? You've been day-dreaming ever since I told you we were going home."
Sheepishly the younger of the pair rubbed the back of his head. "Yea well I'm kinda nervous. We havent been back since that psycho tried to kill me for not bringing the teme back."
Jiraiya crossed his arms over his chest and nodded knowing exactly what the boy meant. Right after that incident they had started on their journey together to make Naruto stronger. If Kakashi hadn't been their to knock the girl out and hand her over to the ANBU, she might have done some serious damage, he couldn't help but shutter at this thought.
"Don't worry about that right now Naruto, you know she wasn't in her right mind when she did that." He smiled at the young man next to him hoping the facade would last long enough, and was relieved when the young man looked up and smiled back. 'Oh your gonna break alot of hearts with that smile kid, don't let it go to waste on some crazy fangirl.'
The next hour was filled with nothing but the sounds of their sandels crunching the dirty path through the forest until they finally came upon the site that was the main gates of Konoha. Kotetsu and Izumo sitting in their little shack as usual keeping a watch on the people that come and go.
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"Nothing ever happens when we're on guard duty." said a bored sounding chuunin with a bandage across his nose. "Its been too quiet around here since Narutos been gone, I kinda miss chasing him around the village." chimed in his equally bored sounding partner who's hair covered one side of his face, which was being held down by his hitai-ate in the form of a bandanna.
The shapes were taking form as both Izumo and Kotetsu strained against the morning fog to find out who was approaching. "It couldn't be, could it?" Izumo asked incredulously to Kotetsu. "Maybe, this is around the time they said they would be back." he couldn't help but chuckle to himself. 'speak of the devil in orange.' As the two figures finally reached the gate, the two guards had to do a double take to make sure they had it right. Of course the bright gold hair and blue eyes were the same but this young man was taller, he seemed stronger and more sure of himself...if that were possible.
It felt like nothing had changed since he left to train with Jiraiya. Walking down the street people were still able to recognize the demon Kyuubi, the same people as before, old folks glaring and whispering just loud enough to make sure he heard them, "I cant believe he came back." "Why would he return, why couldn't he leave us in peace and die on his journey." Just like he thought, noting has changed here, his bright blue eyes dulling momentarily as he looked down and kept walking on his way to see the Godaime Hokage.
She sat in her high backed chair watching the two men make their way to the Hokage tower. "Its been three years since the brat brought us back here Shizune. He's done more for this village than they could ever know, and yet he is still seen as the demon and outcast by everyone." The bust blond who was wearing a green coat with the symbol for 'sucker' on the back with a grey gi, black pants and heeled sandals underneath it, said to her apprentice. A slim woman with alabaster skin, raven black hair cut just above the shoulders and wearing a black kimono. "Its sad to know what the villagers think of it. I cant for the life of me understand why he would be so devoted to ths village, even after all these years." she said to her master. "I still shudder remembering what Sakura did to him. It seems like it was only yesterday." The blond woman couldn't do anything more than nod and agree at how appauling her students actions had been.
The pair finally made it to the Hokage tower and much to Narutos disapproval, their sat the pink haird bitch of all people as the personal assistant of the Hokage.
"What are YOU doing here? I thought you ran away from the village?" she said with a sneer on her face.
"We're here to see baa-chan, now let us in" said the blond as a scowl crossed his own face while his teacher simpley crossed his arms over his chest and closed his eyes. "Shes busy right now, and I really dont think she wants to see a 'demon' this early in the morning." Sakura spewed her bard at him hoping to cause him physical pain. "JUST OPEN THE FREAKING DOOR AND LET THEM IN SAKURA!!" came the voice of the disgruntled hokage from the inside. Naruto couldn't help but smile as the pink-haired harlot bowed low and opened the door, allowing them to enter.
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"Its good to see you again Naruto, you've grown quiet a bit from the brat that brought be back here.....I guess its good to see you too Jiraiya. Still peeping?" Tsunade directed this comment square at the white haired Sannin, that was standing in her office. A lecherous grin spread over the mans face as his comment slipped from between his teeth, "Cant complain, my research is going very well." A sad sort of smile formed were the grin was "How come you never let me be inspired by you, Tsunade-hime? With those ju...." The sentence never finished forming, quicker than Lee on sake, Tsunade was had her fist in the old mans face and he was across the room embedded in the wall.
"BAKA!" Tsunade grumbled as she composed herself and sat back at her desk. Naruto, not having been so terrified since he first met the woman, backed up quickly and hugged the opposite wall from where his sensei was finally starting to slide down. 'Don't get on baa-chans bad side.' He silently reminded himself. Having started to breathe normally again Tsunade flipped her blond pigtails back in front of her and turned her attention to the blond young man. "We have been having some odd stories floating around since you have been gone, Naruto. Stories of ice forming around the fire country." He stared at her confused for a moment, "That is weird baa-chan, has anyone figured out whats causing it?"
Bridging her hands in front of her and resting her chin on her fingers, she eyed the boy for a minute. "Tell me Naruto. Do you anything about an Ice manipulatng kekei-genkei?" The shock crossed Narutos face faster than he could have imagined possible as he gaped open-mouthed at her. He knew that their was only one person in the world with the ability to make ice, and that person was long dead.
Little did Tsunade know, her own student and receptionist was trying to listen through the door. She wasn't completely sure what was going on but she was sure she had heard the words ice manipulating kekei-genkei.
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Stretching widely with his arms over his head and his back arched, he couldnt keep in his yawn any longer. It was finally time to sleep. After leaving the Hokages tower Naruto marveled at the bustling village splayed out in front of him. He spent most of the day at his favorite ramen stand, Ichirakus. Here he regaled the storied of his travels to old man Ichiraku and his daughter Ayame. H spent the entire day reminiscing until finally it was closing time. Waving good bye he promised to be around alot more often now since they had missed their "favorite customer" for so long.
When he got home he stood in front of the door to his tiny apartment for a minute, hoping that everything would still be their as he left it. Closing his eyes and opening the door he walked in, slowly, ever so slowly he opened them and let out a breathe as everything was just as he left it, only now having a clear three inches of dust on everything as well. Dropping his pack onto the floor and slipping his sandals off he grabs a clean pair of boxers from his bag and heads to the bathroom for a shower. After being clean he strips his bed of covers, sheets and pillows then turns the mattress over before taking a diving leap onto it and falling seamlessly into slumber.
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That's the end of chapter 1. This is my 1st fanfic and am kinda nervous, please R&R and I hope to bring more chapters soon.