Naruto: Reza Rekidaishi

Here's the fun part… THE DISCLAIMER.

I do not own naruto, naruto franchise or really anything naruto related other than the story and possible OC characters.

The story is set three years after Naruto Shippuuden's time. The characters are three years older than their Shippuuden ages. I hope you enjoy!

A young blonde gazed outside of a window, drops of water falling from the sky and collected on the transparent object. His mind was set on various things, switching from his "So Called Friend" Uchiha Sasuke to his longtime love Haruno Sakura. His thoughts scattered, imagination picking up where reality sadly left off.

What would it be like if sakura liked him back?

What would it be like if Sasuke never left the village?

What would it be like if he was hokage?
What would it be like if he brought Sasuke back?

How would sakura react?

Questions like these seemed to be the only things he could focus on any more, his skills had improved greatly over time but were still lacking. It seemed like he was talking two steps forward and one step back through his eyes, though he was progressing at an average rate.

The digital clock read 2:43 AM in its large green numbers. His bedroom was dark, his apartment was dark. It seemed to be the only light source outside the bolts of lightning that came down from the unforgiving sky was the blinking numbers of his digital clock. Without much effort, he flicked a switch and the light in his room illuminated the darkness.

'Seems like even the heavens have a reason to cry..' he said, his voice calm.

He read the clock, taking note of the time. 'I guess it's to early to really do anything.. Guess I'll just lay in bed for a while..' he said, turning off the light and slowly pushing his body underneath the warm blankets. He glided the sheets over his body, an arm slipping underneath his pillow and hanging from the top. He soon drifted into a brief sleep.

~The next morning~

He was awoken by an obnoxious, annoying ringing that continued over and over. His eyes opened to a halt half way, slamming his hand over a large button on the device and crawling out of the bed. He sat on the edge of his bed, clad only in green boxer shorts. He got up and pulled the orange track suit bottoms from his closet, walking over to his bathroom. His hand had paused on the knob of the door as three quick knocks echoed through the apartment. The boy's head turned, walking over to the entrance to his home. The lock on the door turned clockwise, stopping when a click came through the door. He opened it, a metal chain stopping it from full access.

'Sakura-chan?'.

Sakura only got a glimpse of his lack of clothing, ignoring it and continuing the conversation.

'Naruto. Tsunade-Sama wants us to report to the tower right away.' She replied, naruto nodded and closed the door and gathered a Black T-shirt and his orange tracksuit bottoms, quickly pulling them onto his body. He slid the metal pin from the slot, letting the chain dangle from the slab that held it up. The door was opened once more, naruto slipping out of the crack and out into the hallway as the door closed and locked behind him.

The two began towards the tower, competing in a casual conversation as they walked.

~Outside the tower~

'Sakura-chan. Can I ask you something?' naruto asked.

'I guess. You'd probably ask me anyway.' She said with a laugh.

'Why.. Do you like Sasuke so much..?'.

Sakura's eyes had seemed to widen at the question, something she'd never really thought of before. Why did she like Sasuke? Come to think of it, back then it seemed like Falling in love with Sasuke was the newest craze or what made you "Cool.".

'I don't know, really.. I must have just been caught up in the action of when we were little. I guess I really only want him back in the village now.' She answered.

Naruto gave her his award winning, ear to ear smile. 'I want the same thing, sakura-chan. I'll definitely keep my promise to you!'

Conversations continued until they reached the tower, entering and heading towards the hokage's office. As they reached it, the three knocks came upon the door. A stern voice announced permission to enter, following the orders the two entered.

Naruto and sakura both bowed in unison, showing their respect to the hokage.

'You wanted to see us?' sakura said.

'Yes. I'm assigned you a mission. You've been on quite a few high ranking missions in the past few weeks so you're getting some vacation time afterwards.' Tsunade said, rummaging through a few stacks of papers, then pulling out a sheet and looking through the data.

'This seems suitable enough, It's a D-ranked mission. You're going to be picking up trash on the scenic routes of konoha. Don't have too much fun now.' She said with a laugh, dismissing the group.

The two would get two weeks vacation time before they were able to accept missions again. Perhaps it would be a good time to try it out, naruto thought.

~Konoha Streets~

The two walked down the streets of konoha, preparing to take a right to head towards the more scenic routes of the village. Naruto was reading the mission briefing, it wasn't anything surprising. Pick up trash. Real hard. But this meant he could try and spend some time with sakura, something he would probably need.

For the last few weeks, naruto was unnaturally depressed about the death of his former teacher Jiraiya. He was also lonely, of course. After all he had lived alone for all his life, anybody would be lonely in his position. It had been nearly three years since the death and he never let it go, and suddenly, on what most would consider the "Death Date" of the Legendary Sanin, the depression hit hard.

As the two finished their walk on the main district of konoha and took a right down an ally that led off to a grass path, naruto could barely take his eyes off sakura. His depression had blinded him from the beauty standing before him, and in few words to none; He was in awe. He quickly snapped out of it as she turned to give him a glare, turning his head away and looking towards the ground in the opposite direction.

He was afraid.

The site of the mission was up ahead, various litter spread through the water shores and foresty features. The Beautiful land was poisoned by the trash. Naruto wasn't wasting much time; he had already walked to the shore and stared at the cans and plastic bags that were attached to the sides. He rolled up the tracksuit bottoms and removed his shoes, taking a step into the ice cold water and picking up the trash.

Sakura followed not far behind, picking the trash from the foliage, the bushes, beneath the benches and all around. All the trash was thrown into a metal trash can, the black bag was taken from the can and taken from the scene. It hardly took an hour to clean the perimeter of the spoils that ruined the sight for passers.

As the two began their way back to the tower to complete the mission and collect their equal pay, naruto stopped.

'Hey.. Sakura-chan..?'.

'Yeah Naruto?' sakura replied.

'Do you think.. that.. I could walk you home?' Naruto asked, a light pink blush came upon his cheeks. Sakura groaned and replied.

'I guess.' She said. Irritation was present in her tone. Naruto only gave her a wide smile, something he had seemed to do rarely now days. Even through the deep depression he had, the kunoichi could always bring out the smile within him. The two continued towards the tower, quickly completing the mission and acquiring their pays. With that, the two started on their way to the Haruno Household.

'Hey Sakura-chan. Maybe you should come over to my place sometime?' Naruto asked as they approached her house.

'I guess it wouldn't be too bad if I stopped by for a little.' She replied, a small smile appearing on her face. Today was turning out to be great. But, this is not where our story begins.

'Fool.. You've always been so cocky, arrogant… You don't think.. That's what will kill you here and now..' a dark voice yelled, raven hair swiftly blowing in the autumn winds.

A blonde haired male struggled to his face, right arm dropped limp. 'I'm not here to argue with you… Sasuke!' he yelled, letting out a snarl afterwards when the figure's voice seemed to snicker.

'This argument... is the only thing delaying your death.' He said in an arrogant tone. Sasuke had come to be very comfortable with his skills, his abilities. As the cold steel of Sasuke's sword was removed from the blonde's chest, the metal ringing as it left the boy's chest. Naruto gagged, falling to the ground and landing on his knees.

'Damnit...' he said, coughing up some blood and covering his chest wound. Before he had much time to act, a foot had connected with his ribcage and forced him onto his back. The sword still drawn and wielded in his right hand, it was brought down and headed for the male's head. Naruto rolled away from the path, struggling to his feet. He made a rather fast hand sign, two of his appeared. It appeared to be a shadow clone, but naruto had made another hand sign while the smoke had covered him. In the confusion, naruto had made a substitution and already began his way back to the village. Sasuke was too arrogant; he hadn't even activated his sharingan because he was so trustworthy in his skills. This allowed naruto's escape.

'Such a fool… I know how much you want me to return to konoha, and I know you'd be an obstacle to fight alongside other konohagakure ninja… Why else do you think I ambushed you so easy? The simple mentioning of my whereabouts from anybody in the village would have you looking for me. Such an idiot!' Sasuke said, lowering his hand after a string of hand signs. An electrical current surrounded his hand, the chakra soon became visible in his palm and he rushed towards the one he believed to be naruto. It connected, and the bolts hit the other "clone" which caused the two to disperse.

'Ugh.. Naruto!' he yelled, his sharingan activated and began to scan the area for him. Nowhere was he found.

By the time Sasuke had picked a path and headed in the opposite direction, hoping to find his old rival, Naruto was already closing in on the konohagakure village. Rain started to pour from the sky; it was near midnight at the time. Naruto mustered up the last of his strength, pushing off the final branch from the stream of trees he was traveling from. He landed right inside the village gates, the two gatekeepers surprised to see him suddenly. The two were trained for emergency situations like this and had immediately contacted the hospital.

Naruto's eyes opened, they were the cerulean blue, but had hints of red in it. He struggled to his feet, wobbling farther into the village before the two gate watchers attempted to stop him. Naruto kept going, his eyes only focused on a certain direction of the village. His eyes switched to a more blank expression, falling to the ground unable to move. The last thing he saw were four medical ninja rushing to his aid.

Florescent lights came and went; the tiled ceiling signified his arrival to the hospital. Blood trailed down and stained white sheets as a young blond male was being rushed into emergency care, the moving carrier he was being transported with bumped with each collision of the tiled floor's cracks. His eyes were dazed, dull and lifeless. His body was slashed, torn, beaten, limp and unresponsive. His clothes were damp from both the heavy rain that had began moments before his arrival and the crimson liquid that leaked from his wounds.

This was his reward, for years of training his body to it's limit and farther just to make the one he loved happy.

He was wheeled quickly into a room where various ninja activated a special chakra, their hands became a visible green as it was pressed inches away from his wounds as they slowly sealed. No time was wasted in healing the male for his wounds were deep and his condition was critical. His survival percentage was low.

Sakura Haruno was a Volunteer at the hospital, but was not working at the time. The clock that adorned her bed's nightstand read midnight, her shift had ended hours before to the blonde's arrival. At the moment, she could only lay in her bed and think. She knew Naruto went after Sasuke the instant his name popped up in Tsunade's office when they had arrived at tsunade's office last week. Sakura hadn't received word that he was injured yet , nor that he was even in the village. Somehow the boy managed to make it all the way back to the main gates before he collapsed and was brought to the facility.

Upon her deep train of thought, a consistent ringing came from her Telephone and refused to stop until it was answered. The female pulled herself into a sitting position, picking up the cordless phone and answered.

'Haruno Residence, Sakura speaking'.

'Sakura! Naruto is in the hospital and is hurt pretty bad!' her blond haired friend Ino yelled through the device. She normally worked the late night shifts.

'What?! I'll be right there!' she yelled, handing up the phone and grabbing a tan jacket from the hook above her bedroom door. She was only wearing a red sleeveless shirt and a pink skirt, the tan jacket now hugging her shoulders as she scurried from her home and towards the hospital a good five minutes away by foot.

During the five minutes sakura traveled naruto was already healed to the best of their ability and wrapped ankles up in bandages, a clipboard hanging off the front of the bed deemed he would survive and was currently in intense care. Sakura burst through the glass doors and ran to the front desk, demanding the Uzumaki's room number and access. She herself, being skilled in medical arts, was given access. She walked past the rooms, passing each until she reached the door numbered "68", turning the knob and entering the room. She slid through the curtains to see naruto sleeping, letting out a sigh of relief.

'He's OK..' she thought, slipping back out of the curtains and out of the room. Naruto's eyes, through further examination, were open with a blank expression as if he were thinking. His eyes trailed from the tiled ceiling to sakura as she entered, and as he opened his mouth to say something she was already gone. He gained a look of sorrow in his eyes, then went back to staring at the ceiling before he drifted into a brief sleep.

~The next morning~

'Ugh…' naruto groaned, flipping over in his sleep. He woke up with his face dug into the white pillow, slowly lifting his head from the comforting device. The boy let out a yawn, scratching the back of his head. Slowly his eyes came to focus on his surroundings, a hospital room. He figured it be best if he just lay there, and so he did. Naruto flipped onto his back, adjusting his pillow to his liking and returning back to his sleep. Of course, upon the previous night's events, he was unable to sleep. He was almost horribly murdered by his once close friend, that would do a number on anybody. For the next few hours he would lay there, in the hospital bed, staring at the tile patterns above him.

'This is so boring.' he said to himself, rolling over onto his side in an attempt to get comfortable. After much shifting around, he pulled himself up to sit only to cringe and grab his chest.

'Augh!' he grunted, panting at the sudden jolt of pain. 'God Damnit…' he said, eyeing various body parts. If somebody saw him in the dark, he'd look like a mummy. He was wrapped up to the neck with the exception of various areas around his hips. His forehead was bandages as well, locks of his hair falling over the cloth. His cheeks had patches on them, a bandage across the bridge of his nose.

'It always ends up like this. It always will…' he said to himself, swinging his legs off the side of the bed.

'How can I consider somebody who would willingly do this to me a comrade... a friend… a brother?' Naruto said, staring out of the window. The rain had cleared up and it was a fine day, it was a hardly cloudy day and strangely warm for October. He struggled to his feet, wobbling slightly over to the window. These injuries, even with the nine tail chakra, would keep him in bed for at least two or more days. It surely felt like that, at least.

He sat back down on the bed, supporting his head with his hand. 'Sakura-chan sure had a lot to say last night..' he mumbled to himself, closing his eyes. Sakura was actually in the room, she was about to walk through the curtains to talk to him when three others entered the room. She quickly scurried into the other room, who's curtains were also closed, and hid.

'Naruto-san!' Lee said, walking through the curtains with Kiba and Shikamaru behind him.

'We heard you got quite the beatin'.' Shikamaru said.

Naruto ignored his comment and brought his other hand to help support his head. Kiba crossed his arms.

'Why do you risk your life going after him..? He's not worth i-' Kiba asked, cut off.

'I made a promise to somebody important to me, and I won't go back on it. I promised I would bring Sasuke back, even if it put me in my grave. That's why I risk my life.' Naruto said, standing up and staring at the group.

'You made the promise to sakura...' Shikamaru said, letting out a sigh. 'You go too far for woman, they can be so troublesome...' he said, tilting his head back and closing his eyes. Naruto sat back down, staring at the group.

'It still doesn't make sense. Why should you throw your life away for him? He willingly left!' Kiba continued.

'I don't go back on my word.' Naruto said. After a good fifteen minutes of talking and arguing between the group, the trio finally left to let him rest. Sakura slowly slipped from the first room to the second, seeing naruto's face hidden behind his blond hair draping over his eyes. He was staring at a picture, the only picture of Team Seven before Sasuke had left.

'Useless.' he said, dropping the picture. 'It always ends up like this, no matter how hard I try...'. He stared at the picture on the floor, pulling it from the broken frame.

'Naruto...?' sakura said. Naruto turned his head to look at her.

'S..Sakura-chan?' he asked, his eyes widening. She had a small frown on her face, her eyes were damp. Naruto lowered his head, standing up from the bed and walking over to her. He pulled her into his chest, wrapping his arms around her shoulders.

'I'm sorry.' He said, dropping his head onto her pink hair. She pushed him away, sobbing and rubbing her eyes. She turned to run out of the room but was stopped, a bandaged hand caught her arm.

'Wait! Sakura-chan! What's the matter?' he asked, keeping her from leaving.

'Let go of me!' she demanded.

'I won't let you go until you tell me what's wrong!' he said, pulling her back.

'I don't know... Naruto... I'm just depressed.. I thought you got Sasuke this time..' he said. Upon hearing the name, his heart nearly sank. It appeared as if she only came here to ask that, not even caring about his injuries or himself in general.

'That's what you came to see... to ask? You wanted to know if I brought Sasuke back...?' he said, she nodded.

'So you don't even care that I nearly died trying to bring your precious "Sasuke" back?!' he yelled, frowning as his eyebrows pointed downwards.

'You want him back just as much as I do!' she argued.

'This isn't worth it...' naruto said, walking to the door.

'You can't leave naruto! You're supposed to be in bed for another three days.' She said, demanding he stayed here.

'Oh, so now you care? Like I said, Its not worth it. It's not like anybody is going to stop me.' He said, opening the door and walking out. Sakura continued to sob, charging out of the door. 'Naruto, Wait!' she yelled, but he was already at the hospital doors. He looked back once more, turning again and pushing the doors from his path. The instant the sun hit him, he was gone. She continued to sob but began her work at the hospital.

~Later That Evening~

Sakura entered her home, setting two full paper bags on the bar counter and began her way up to her room. She picked up the digital clock, staring at the time it read for a moment. The girl let out a soft moan and walked onto the balcony of her room, it was small but still nice. She had a small garden on the left side and a sitting area big enough for two on the right side. She walked to the stone railing, leaning on it with her arms crossed.

Naruto had found a nice place to sit across from her house on the roof of a small restaurant. Of course the roof was never used for anything, so nobody ever really went up there. He could get a clear view of the sunset from that exact spot, sakura's view not far from that. He sighed, closing his eyes for a moment. Sakura looked across from her view to see the blond laying there, his eyes closed. She gave a brief smile but went to water the plants with a small watering can.

While she was doing this, naruto jumped down from the roof. He walked across the busy street to sakura's home. He knocked repeatedly on the door, stopping and waiting. He started to run over various lines in his head as if he was about to ask her out, fixing whatever error he might have found. He heard the lock click, he turned around and faced the door. He gulped, Adams apple bobbing as a single drop of sweat made it's way from his forehead. The door opened, and there stood sakura.

'Sakura-chan... I just came by to say I'm sorry about earlier... I was just kind of... sad...' he said.

Sakura smiled, sniffling once. 'It's okay Naruto. I forgive you.' She said.

'Would it be okay if I gave you a hug...?' he said, preparing for the worst. She only smiled.

'Of course it's okay.' She said. Naruto was stunned for a moment, but he eased up and pulled her in for a hug. His arms were wrapped tight around her shoulders, her hands wrapped around his neck. After a good five minutes, the two parted and both were blushing.

'Uh... I guess I should probably get going...' naruto said. 'See you later, Sakura-chan!' he said, blue eyes glowing and a large smile across his face. He disappeared a second later, appearing on top of the roofs and began his way towards his apartment. Sakura smiled as he jumped off, reentering her home to finish up a few daily chores and get some rest.

Ok. This is chapter one of my NEW fan fiction. If you are wondering, production on Naruto; Amai Suki is put on a halt. I asked myself a few questions and came up with these answers.

Naruto should not be some super ass mod, we don't want him being like Sasuke. I realized I made him "too" strong in the other story. In this story, he is not going to be like that. Yes, after three years he is going to be notably stronger. But he won't be insanely strong to the point where he can level the monuments with his pinky finger.

Whether or not that series will be continued depends on this story's success. Hey, you may like this one more because it is more realistic. Also, you could get your own Original Character submitted into the story if you want to!

Just PM me with your character's information; It should have a name, age, gender, height, weight, description and stuff. Just give me the information and just in case.. Be sure to put "I permit Hibu to use this character in his story." At the bottom. That's all for now!