(I just needed a place to put all the random stories I have. "Oh the Lies They Tell" will basically be a mixture of 20 (or more) truths and drabbles about Naruto characters.)
Author: UnknownShinobi
Title: Oh the Lies They Tell
Category: Anime – Naruto
Disclaimer: Last I checked I wasn't a Japanese guy…
Chapter 1: 20 Truths About Team 7
Summary: 20 Truths about Team 7
Warnings: Character Death
Pairings: Slight KakaSaku, SasuSaku, Definate NaruSaku
Oh the Lies They Tell
Chapter 1: 20 Truths About Team 7
. . : 1 : . .
The moment he walked into the Hokage tower and was handed a class photo, Kakashi knew exactly which kids were going to be his. It made sense he'd get the Uchiha, as he was the only one who could teach him, and the Kyuubi kid, as it had been his own teacher who had sealed the demon, but it was the happy little girl that bothered him the most. The great Copy-cat ninja of Konohagakure no Sato could deal with boys, he could even deal with demons, but girls? Girls were a whole different matter.
. . : 2 : . .
Four days later, it took two three-man Anbu squads to drag an elite jonin away from the memorial stone so that Team 7 would have a teacher. Of course no one in Konoha will ever speak of that day for fear of their lives.
. . : 3 : . .
At the Konoha Academy the jonin stalled for an hour outside the door as he talked himself into believing that they would be the best team ever, that he would do everything his own sensei had done, and that he would surely love his students.
. . : 4 : . .
That idea flew the coop the moment the eraser fell on his head.
. . : 5 : . .
When she first saw him, Sakura considered him the best looking, if not most talented, ninja in Konoha… Well, best looking and most talented after Uchiha Sasuke, of course. And she wasn't at all hesitant to hold back her admiration for him.
Sasuke, on the other hand, couldn't get past the fact that his – er… – their teacher was two hours late, wore a mask, and always carried around an orange book titled "Make-Out Tactics".
And Naruto? He was too busy laughing his head off to think about first impressions.
. . : 6 : . .
At their so-called first meeting, Kakashi couldn't help thinking that Naruto reminded him of someone. No, not personality-wise – it was quite obvious he was the Obito of the team – but appearance-wise. In the back of his mind, Kakashi had an inkling that he knew who the boy's father was.
. . : 7 : . .
When Team 7's first practice session involved the blond being kicked, thrown, shish kabobbed, and eventually tied to a post, the grey-haired jonin began to have his doubts about his theory.
. . : 8 : . .
Contrary to popular belief, Uzumaki Naruto was not the first one on Team 7 to fall in love.
His long-time rival and brother in everything but blood had beaten him yet again when he had fallen in like at the ripe age of seven-and-a-half, and in love at the age of eight.
At the age of nine, though, Sasuke witnessed the murder of the entire Uchiha clan by his brother's hand for what seemed to him to be seventy-two consecutive hours, and forgot the mean of the word, let alone the emotion that accompanied it.
. . : 9 : . .
Truth be told, Naruto really doesn't love ramen as much as he lets on. He just eats it all the time because it's cheap and his rants about its 'noodly-goodness' get Sakura's attention, even if it is only to berate him for his poor eating habits. Besides, Naruto's always been a good – no, great actor.
. . : 10 : . .
Haruno Sakura is possibly the number one most sought after kunoichi in Konoha. And although she hates her own appearance, she can't help but feel that none of her suitors are good enough for her. Ino had told to go for the best of the best, and so she did, even when she began to understand the heartbreaks she herself had caused.
. . : 11 : . .
The day Naruto and Sasuke accidentally kissed each other was clearly one on the worst moments in both their lives. Naruto in fact ran home and brushed his teeth a total of one hundred thirty-seven times that afternoon. He would have brushed a couple times more were it not for the slight problem of running out of toothpaste. Sasuke… Well, let's just say that he's no longer barf-free since he was three.
. . : 12 : . .
Naruto's no idiot. He knew that his promise to Sakura was one of a lifetime the minute he made it, and he's more than willing to do whatever it takes to fulfill that promise. As long as bringing Sasuke back means Sakura will smile again, then he's not going to let anything, not even death itself, stand in his way because as long as she's happy his pain and sorrow can be forgotten.
. . : 13 : . .
After Naruto left to train with Jiraiya-sennin, Sakura joined Team 10 so as to participate in the next Chunnin Exam. She's lucky she survived her first mission with Ino. When the platinum-blond overheard Sakura talking in her sleep, the pink-haired girl thought she'd die of embarrassment. No Sasuke fan-girl would be caught dead heard muttering a certain hyperactive ninja's name.
Ever.
. . : 14 : . .
In the two years she spent training under Tsunade, Sakura never truly understood why the great slug sannin needed so many bottles of sake. At least she didn't understand why until the night she stumbled upon a rather thick file labeled with one word: Uzumaki. Of course, it was just her luck that the hangover she suffered from the next day made her forget what exactly she had discovered.
. . : 15 : . .
In all honesty, Naruto never really created a new more perverted jutsu. Nor would he ever read his Ero-sensei's perverted books. He just says that stuff because he finds it funny when Sakura states that she truly doesn't need another pervert to deal with. He has to admit that it hurts when she gets physical, though.
. . : 16 : . .
Sakura won't admit it, but she knows she has anger management problems. Normally, though, she doesn't feel too bad about throwing people around when they get on her nerves. After all, most of the time the "people" being referred to is Naruto. Yet she can't help but feel sorry when she beat both boys up for calling her 'HAG' because, well, they're her boys!
. . : 17 : . .
Speaking of habits… Sakura and Naruto regret inspiring Sai's sudden abundance of names to use. They thought that he'd stop after the Ino incident, but unfortunately he didn't.
There was quite a bit of sweat dropping and cries for mercy the day the Anbu decided to start calling Kakashi 'old man'.
. . : 18 : . .
When Sasuke finally returned to Konoha, Sakura's tears weren't for him. No, the moment she meet his eyes, the moment he swept her into his embrace, Sakura's heart was broken. She didn't wait for an explanation, didn't even wait for Kakashi-sempai and Sai, who had been accompanying the Uchiha, to appear.
A fist has no conscious, only initiative. He never saw it coming, never saw it until the attack connected with his stomach.
And with that, she was gone – running towards the horizon in search of a man she wouldn't find, a man who was more than just a friend.
. . : 19 : . .
No one talks at his funeral.
No one can think of the words to describe the hyperactive blond accurately. And it is in the absolute silence that his friends mourn him – that Konoha mourns for its true hero. For that's what he is, not matter what they called him in the past, whether it was demon or comrade.
What matters is the lesson he taught them. He showed them that death isn't the only way of the ninja, killing isn't the only option. He protected the ones he loved. Protected the village he loved, though they hated him. He taught them to open their eyes and see people for who they really were.
The true way of the ninja – his way – is that of protecting life and valuing it over death.
. . : 20 : . .
Every generation has its heroes, shinobi who will be remembered for years to come. In that way, Konohagakure no Sato will remember Uzumaki Naruto, a shunned boy who fulfilled his promises and became his father's legacy. The Shichibidaime will ensure that they do. Not because it is her duty as Hokage, but because she was his friend, his teammate, his lover. She is Haruno Sakura and she will make sure that the father of her unborn child, the man she still hold dear to her heart, is never forgotten.
(The last three are actually based on a fanfic I started to write, but decided not to finish (or post for that matter). I'm sorry if I started to get a bit random, but the entire thing was written at different times and was revised on multiple occasions. And yes, it got a bit depressing at the end, but that's because I was reading a Yondaime/Naruto last moments fanfic and it made me feel like crying. And I was implying that Naruto is the Yondaime's son, and that he became the Rokudaime.)