Michi: My first fanfic yaay! Hip hip HURRAAH!! Celebrate with me! Anyways cough This is again, my first fanfic. I have this horrible habit of not finishing my stories, but I'm going to try my hardest to finish this one! This is a NarutoHinata fic, and how I feel Naruto should be. So yeah, read and enjoy :3
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Disclaimer: I do not, nor ever will own Naruto. However I do own most of my OC's yay!
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Chapter 1 – Prologue
It had been five years since the death of Jiraiya, the Toad Sannin. Five years since Naruto abandoned his 'Goofball shinobi' attitude, and became the ninja only a few truly saw him as. He had changed much from the hyperactive, ramen-smelling, orange ball of energy; he had been in the days of his youth. Naruto had gotten off his ramen-only diet and actually ate healthy, which scared many of his friends. Because of eating healthier now, Naruto had gained a growth spurt, he stood around 5'9-5'10, and seemed to gain even more energy (Is that even possible?). His turn towards being healthy wasn't the only change that came upon Naruto. He took to studying books, and training even more than he had before.
Naruto's spin on things had taken everyone by surprise, especially Kakashi who had on accident wrote Naruto off as one of those ninja who had "a lot of potential, but would never come to bloom." His looks also took a hit for the better; he was very toned and obviously looked hot. His hair grew out more, and was spikier and was now more golden, than a bright yellow. In all Naruto was every woman's dream man. Naruto's changes were sudden, but not bad. Tsunade had rewarded his hard work by promoting Naruto directly to Jounin. Together the two of them, along with others, began forming their attack and defense against the Akatsuki.
However, their plans never saw action. The Akatsuki attacked one day, in full force they stormed Konoha attempted to get to Naruto. There were so many deaths; Chouji was slain trying to rescue an old couple from a falling building. Ino was stabbed to death in the back, and Akamaru sacrificed himself to save Kiba, who still lost an arm. The streets of Konoha were littered with the corpses of shinobi and citizens alike. However, the enemy also took some hits. Kisame was slain by Gai and Lee together; Konan was subdued and killed by Shikamaru, Shino, Hinata, and Neji. Tobi though mysteriously disappeared in the middle of the fighting.
During the midst of all this chaos, Sasuke and his Team Hawk appeared, causing more mayhem. Not much is known about the final battle, between Pain, Sasuke, Tsunade, and Naruto. All that is known is that there was a large explosion on top of the Hokage Mountain. That Pain was killed, and Naruto had gone to four tails, before Tsunade had stopped him.
A few weeks later, the dead were buried and grieved for. The Council reinstated Sasuke as a leaf-nin, out voting Tsunade, (Who wanted to execute him.) and allowed his Team Hawk to become Leaf-nin as well. Sakura, who had finally accepted Naruto's advances, quickly broke up with him, and got engaged to Sasuke. It seemed that in the span of a few weeks, everyone's attention was on Sasuke, save for Naruto's few true friends. Those friends might have been few, but they were good friends, Shikamaru, Iruka, Neji, Lee, Tenten, Hinata, Shino, and Tsunade.
For Naruto things continued to spiral down hill, Sasuke was immediately promoted to Jounin, and Kakashi now spent most of his time hanging out with him. Sasuke had also been allowed to rebuild his clan; he was now engaged not only to Sakura, but quite a few citizens' daughters as well. Then, things got even worse for the poor golden-haired shinobi. The Council finally heard of Naruto's unleash of the Kyuubi's chakra.
It had been five bloody years since those days. Five years since Naruto's life turned for the worse. Five years… Since Naruto was exiled from Konoha.