It was the Truth-
It was the Truth-
A Naruto/ Narusaku fan fiction
"people speaking"
'thoughts'
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Naruto felt a tapping on his shoulder. He whirled around, dreading what he would see. A smirking Kiba and a fist. Stars swirled around his head, as Kiba's fist smashed into his head.
"How'd you get past all my shadow clones, there were like 5?" Naruto grunted, shaking his head in a futile effort to rid the pain. He took a few hasty steps to the right, avoiding a pounce by Akamaru.
"Silly, silly Naruto, I have a dog. Idiot, he could smell you," Kiba replied shaking his head in mock disappointment.
"Shikamaru, where the hell are you? I'm getting the stuffing beaten out me here!" Naruto yelled into the air.
'Grrrrrr, Sakura gave me quite a punch, wasted all my chakra' Naruto thought angrily.
It was a normal day in Konoha. Hot. Everyone bored. The only missions were being given out to ANBU. Apparently, handling the Akatsuki was too hard for the Chuunin kids. Most of their teachers had been sent too. With no Kakashi or Jiraiya, Naruto was yearning for some way to practice his skills. The usual way to get rid of boredom was sparring. Today it was Sakura and Kiba vs. Shikamaru and Naruto. Naruto's team was winning so far. Naruto's strength and shadow clones were almost impossible to beat. But, unfortunately, Sakura had gotten rid of most of the shadow clones very quickly. A couple punches to the ground did the trick. Another punch, to Naruto's head winded him a bit too. Plus, Akamaru had excellent nose. But, Team Sakura was constantly on the move, flitting back from Shikamaru's shadow.
"Naruto, I'm kinda busy here. Troublesome girl is fast and if she punches me I'm done
for," Shikamaru yelled from somewhere near by.
His shadow possession jutsu was swirling around the ground, trying to capture the blur of
pink. Shikamaru was also avoiding the occasional punch aimed at his head. He turned his head casually to the side, dodging a spinning kunai.
"Well, here's an idea. Use your freaking brain!" Naruto screamed back. Shikamaru frowned, annoyed.
'I can't stop and think, while she's throwing things at me, gotta get a hold of her' Shikamaru thought.
The two pairs fighting suddenly found themselves fighting right next to each other.
"Kiba, switch with me. Maybe Akamaru can avoid his jutsu while you get him," Sakura hissed quickly to Kiba.
Kiba nodded. In a blur, Shikamaru found himself against a large, white dog with the smirking ninja behind it. And, Naruto found himself against his teammate.
'Crap, this will be tough. She knows all my strengths and weaknesses' Naruto thought in dismay. Little did he know, Sakura was thinking the same thing.
"Well, Mr. Hokage, let's see what you can do!" Sakura shouted, breaking the silence. Naruto raised an eyebrow at her bravado. She had changed a lot from before his trip. She seemed braver, stronger, more confident. But, he noticed that her green eyes stayed the same. Bright. Alert.
"Shadow clone jutsu!" he shouted, starting off the fight.
Sakura saw them all. POOF! Almost immediately one of them disappeared, a kunai sticking out of its back.
'Dammit, she can tell where they are going to appear, she's really strong' Naruto cursed furiously, but with a hint of strong admiration.
She jumped away, twisting in the air to avoid a shuriken. She faced back to him, a wicked smile on her face. Her fist hit the ground with shaking fury. All of the Narutos stumbled. While they were off balance, she ran forward and punched one in the stomach. The real Naruto ran forward armed with kunais.
He saw an opening and was about to strike when….
"STOP!" a hoarse voice yelled out. Both paused, mid strike and faced the visitor. Kiba and Shikamaru were standing next to him, looking startled. Iruka.
"Naruto, Sakura you two have a mission. Go now, Hokage-sama is not in the best mood," he added, shifting from foot to foot.
"Why? Please spare us one of those D rank doozies," Naruto sighed.
"Naruto! Shut up! We can't offend Tsunade-sama like that! Iruka-sensei, we'll grab Sai and go immediately," Sakura put in quickly.
"First of all, this is a hard mission. A rank. Second, no Sai. This will just be you two, and Kakashi is on a mission. Tsunade-sama told us that just you two were the only ones who could do this. No ANBU, no jounin," Iruka replied in a serious tone.
'Why are we the only ones?' Naruto thought
"Yes sir, we're going now. Sakura, let's go," Naruto finished, as the two of them ran off towards the tall, majestic Hokage's Tower.