First of all I would like to introduce myself, my name is Tony, and this is my first published writing. But hey, I'm finally going for it. First off I would like to say if you didn't get it from the summary (which kinda suck because they are so short.), This Story is taking place after the Hidan and Kakuzu arc, so there will be spoilers up to that point.
The main gist of this story is to kinda introduce my fantasy of where Naruto should go. :) But hey don't be a hater, this is a fan fic for goodness sakes. I have a number of pairings already set in my mind but if any of you go absolutely crazy and are really enthused I may feel the need to change some. Though one nonnegotiable pair is Naruto and Sakura considering its kinda the base of the story.
Now I understand my writing may suck at the beginning, please forgive me. I'm still evolving my writing style, and will take constructive criticism but not flames.
Flame ex: i hate you, i hate you because you like peanut butter,i hate naruto he sux, why can't you just die, i hope you fall on a cucumber ---- (these are no no's and I will attempted to delete if possible lol, don't be a hater!)
Constructive criticism: Your story is pretty good but your grammar needs work "here", i don't really like your story but i did notice some sentence fragments (These will be smiled upon. :D)
But anyways back to the summary, I'm going to try and show the evolution of how Sakura finally show s feelings back to wards Naruto, and not just make up some BS, It will actually make sense, along with other characters that have to do with the main plot of the story I'm writing, and how they also change according to circumstances and events that take place, I will try to keep everyone in character for a while, and not change them without a reason why, (ex: Today Shikamaru got up and started to train with Gai-Sensei and Lee because he had a magical epiphany about milk. --- Yeah I know its dumb but you get the point.) I'm also not limiting this story to just the "Good Guys", I'm going to try and show some of the "Bad Guys" and how a few are just misunderstood (Yeah, I know..Cliche..but well, you know how it is ..), not all maybe just one or two.
Oh I almost forgot, I'm adding an OC to this story who will help certain events unfold (DO NOT WORRY it is not a mary sue, OC will not be paired with anyone, and probably won't live out the whole story. But hey you never know.)
PS: Naruto will never ever get the Sharingan, so don't ask.
PSS: I have a dry sense of humor, so look for the sarcasm.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. :(
"talking"
'thinking'
It was late, several shadows blinked in and out of existence, leaving nothing to show that anything out of the ordinary had occurred, they made there way through this large maze to the middle where their target was to be. They found him sitting in a room drinking sake, unaware of the bloody reckoning he was about to undergo. The shadows dispersed.
The first shadow silently pulled a kunai out of its storage unit, and appeared behind the large and rather lavishly dressed man, half of a blink later the target covered in his own blood slowly slumped on to the floor, never even knowing he was being watched.
At the gate the shadows reappeared together and departed, just as the guard alarm was sounded, one could here "THE DIAMYO AND HIS FAMILY HAVE BEEN MURDERED, FIND THE ASSASSINS!!!!!!!!" but the shadows were far enough away to just here it as a whisper.
Naruto bolted awake in a cold sweat, with an awful feeling in his stomach. He felt as though he would be sick, quickly hurrying to the restroom to look in the mirror. He gazed upon his features just as he had done a thousand times before. His long golden locks barely covering his bright sapphire eyes, wondering why he could not shake this feeling of dread and doom, he just didn't understand.
He started washing his face with cool water, trying to suppress this strong emotion that gripped him and ripped him back into the waking realm.
"This is becoming too much..." -- he muttered-- "I need the old hag to give me something to sleep."
He slowly made his way over to cupboard, where he stored his comfort food -- Ramen, his favorite thing. He always found that it helped him calm down after something traumatic, which he had more than enough of during his early life. That and it was dirt cheap, which was a great thing because he really didn't have the money to buy anything else.
"Well I feel refreshed, thank Kami I sleep so well every night." he grumbled as he rolled his eyes and returned to his room.
"What to were, what to wear, -- well its between orange and... orange and... well what do you know orange,-- thanks i'll take orange." he said under his breath.
'I really gotta get something different to break up all the orange, maybe lime green... one can not be in an orange mood everyday.'
Naruto quickly put on his new and improved jump suit and headed out for a nice walk in the forest, where he could think. He wasn't in the mood for talking right at the moment.
As he made his way out of Konoha he was stopped by and tiger masked ANBU.
"Naruto-san, the Hokage wishes your presence, she informs me that it is very important and requires you immediately." the ANBU said in his monotonous voice.
"Will do, Tora-san, thanks." he said mustering all the energy he could in his voice and failing dismally.
Wistfully the ANBU wondered what was wrong with Konoha's number 1 unpredictable ninja, but continued on to the others he was to deliver messages too.
Naruto grumbled under his breath the whole way to the Tsunade's office, about how this had better be really good to have interrupted him
Naruto slammed open to the door to find Tsunade's office packed with people, Daimyos, ANBU, Jounin, Counsel Members. Just what was going on?
"What the hell is going on here Granny!" Naruto bellowed, to get his voice heard above all of the busy chatter that was going on.
Everyone looked up, startled by the small rant that had just taken place, but after seeing who it was continued on busily.
Naruto became instantly annoyed and more curious than ever to find out what happened.
He sauntered over to the Hokage and said "hey Granny, what is going on here?!"
"We are going to war." the Godaime uttered with a rageful glare.
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The trees went past like never ending blurs as he made his way through the forest, it was early morning and he had been traveling all night at full speed. This was HUGE... And needed to be reported immediately
Itachi didn't much enjoy the idea of being a messenger boy, but under these circumstances he was willing to make a temporary arrangement, the boss needed to know now, and in person, he couldn't risk another member overhearing, it may cause a... civil war within the Akatsuki...
He continued at his lightning speed determined to be there as soon as he could.
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Having been jolted awake by a quite rude ANBU, Sakura a very unhappy person, especially on her day off, after a 48 hour shift at the hospital dealing with sick people.
As she made her way to Hokage's office, she was going through every possible scenario and getting...nowhere, this just didn't make any sense.
As she approached the Office of The legendary sucker, she suddenly got a very foreboding feeling, something was wrong, utterly and totally... she quickened her pace.
As she approached the door and reached for the handle she heard Tsunade say "We are going to war".
Her hand dropped from the handle, too shocked for words, and then to pure anger she screamed in her head 'WHY!'
She burst into the room to see a shocked and angry Naruto as well, his bright blue eyes in a scowl swearing to herself she could see some red leaking out from somewhere.
This morning would be a start to a very long day indeed
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He always most enjoyed the dark and silence, it was oddly comforting to him. He didn't allow himself many comforts, nothing to distract him from his primary goals in life, to kill a certain man and then afterwards restore his clan to its previous stature to one of the most powerful in the world.
He was a very driven man, and refused to rest until the point of fainting. Its a little habit he picked up after joining up with the late orochimaru, he did have his uses.
"Boss, we are ready to go, everything packed according to your instructions" said Suigetsu.
"Very good, we should move out immediately." he stated in his robotic like voice.
Suigetsu visibly flinched at his tone.
Sasuke secretly smiled in his mind, a small special smile he kept for himself only, he could have some amusement, yet his face didn't betray his thoughts. He merely stared with a piercing gaze untill Suigetsu decided to take his leave.
Yes, everything was going exactly as planned, soon his revenge would be complete and he would be able to start on his next goal...
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Tobi was worried, very worried everything was blowing up in his face, it was all his fault. This was going to turn out to be very very bad, Itachi had already left to tell boss, and once he found out it was over, he needed to use every skill at his disposal to cope with this coming conflict...
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End Notes: Well this chapter went pretty well, I'm hoping its got some people hooked 3, I've introduced all the POV's except for two in this chapter to give you an idea of who and what is going on. Well in glimpses anyways.. Can't reveal it all to early or it won't be very fun. Anyways, not sure when new chapter is going to come up. I'm uber busy with college now, and have maybe like 2 hours a day of free time.
laters for now...
Special thanks to Matt for his help with beta copy, YAY Matt!