The Story of Us

'For those who never gave up'

Naruto x OC

Friendship, Adventure, Romance

Prologue

Sasuke sighed.

He didn't want to go up to the office right now. In fact he just wanted to go home and rest. Still, he had to hand in the report; so he made the trek up to the Hokage's tower.

In the decade he had been back, a lot of things had changed. This was no longer the Konohagakure he had known as a child. This village had transformed; it no longer hid it's true nature in the shadows. It no longer wreaked of his brother's pain.

He supposed he had the new Hokage to thank for that.

A small smirk set on his face as he climbed his way up the tower. When he finally got to the door, his smirk fell a little as he stared at the papers in his hands. Folding them away, he glanced at the book in his hands. A small frown appeared on his lips; should he give it to him?

"Eh? I know you're there Sasuke!" The Hokage shouted from the other side of the door. Sasuke grunted; too late to change his mind now. Opening the door, the Uchiha walked into the large office.

"Naruto, you're as loud as ever I see. Good to know the paperwork isn't slowing you down." Sasuke said. He smirked when he noticed the abundance of ramen bowls on the ground next to the man's desk. Naruto grinned, scratching the back of his neck.

"Yeah well nobody really visits me this late, I get kinda lonely, y'know?" Naruto Uzumaki laughed. Yet Sasuke could hear the slight emptiness in those words. A pang hit Sasuke's gut then, his hand tightened around the book ever so slightly.

She would've taken care of him, she did take care of him. It was a full time job at the best of times, yet she had made it look easy.

Naruto was still very much a child, despite him being nearly thirty. Sasuke wondered if Naruto stopped growing when...

"I just came to hand in this report," Sasuke muttered as he placed the papers down. A slight hesitation followed, but then he added. "Look if you're not busy tomorrow let's get the rookie nine back together and have lunch."

Naruto looked up to him with surprise. Sasuke hadn't been very social since he returned... not that he ever was... so what was with the change in attitude?

Naruto grinned.

"What? Did you finally meet a girl and decided to settle down?" Naruto said in a teasing tone. The Uzumaki felt something ache inside of him at the words though. Sasuke grunted in annoyance at this response, he then placed the book down on the desk.

"Actually I wanted to do something for you since you're cooped up in here all the time." Was all the Uchiha said before he turned for the door. "Later, loser."

Naruto was irked by his last remark, but then he looked down at the book. His words died in his throat as he stared at the cover.

'Water Marks: A Story About How A Legend Became One.'

By: Hikari Koissui.

He didn't know how long he had been staring at it; he didn't even realize he had been. Naruto stared at the book cover for hours, not daring to touch it. Then, without eve realizing it, he picked it up and began to read.

All at once, the memories came back. The stories they shared, the sacrifices they made. Together, they fought some of the greatest evils. Together, they lost some of the most remarkable of friends.

Naruto read until the next morning, probably the first book he ever read through to the finish by anyone other than his master's work.

It was nearly noon when Naruto put down the book the next day; the same time that his assistant appeared. She seemed shocked to see Naruto awake as he stared at the cover of the book again.

"L-Lord Hokage! You're awake!" She stuttered. Her eyes glanced at the book he held then, a smile on her face. "Ah, so you've read it too? It's famous you know."

"Is it now...?" Naruto said slowly. He brushed a thumb over the author's name, all the feelings springing to the surface again.

"Yes it is! Hey wait..." The woman walked closer then, glancing at the book. It was unlike ay she had seen in the stores. She gasped. "That's the original copy! Where did you get that?!"

The original copy? Naruto never knew that. A small smile broke out across his face as he flipped to the back of the book. A small note was written there, just for him.

'For the most Gutsy Ninja I've ever met. I love you Naruto, and I always will.'

He closed the book before his assistant could read it; his eyes looked out towards the village then. The village they had fought to protect, lived for, killed for. He smiled sadly, remembering those days.

"I was close friends with the author."

Hey guys! So I've been puttering with this a lot because, truthfully, I've never seen any really awesome Naruto x OC stories!

Now I know that there are probably really great ones out there, but I haven't seen any!

Okay, so this story is probably going to be rated T, because it's going to be by the same Naruto standards... maybe some more kissing and hints, etc. But over all it should be pretty clean.

This story isn't going to just be my OC tagging along with the original plot, it's going to be a pretty epic thing if you ask me. The same generic outline will be there (Chuunin exams, Time Skip... etc...) but with my own twist!

So yeah, I know this was probably a very sad sounding chapter, but trust me! It's really not!

Or is it? Hehehe, review and ask!

I have a question! Do you guys know any Female OC x Naruto stories that are really good?

Bye Bye!

Ilannd Girl