Naruto: Revenge of the Fallen
Author's Note: Yay, my first Naruto fanfic! I might as well try to get this out when school hasn't quite started for me yet...*Sighs* Oh well, I'm not gonna waste anymore time. Let's get straight into it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter 1: Konoha Dance
Years ago...
Currently, it was a nice day in the village of Konoha. The sun was shining brightly, people were active, and mostly everything seemed peaceful. It was about that time again for the young kids to leave the Ninja Academy. After the students were dismissed, all of them played outside with each other. Well, almost all of them, anyway...
There was a kid that never really got to play with the other kids. Instead, he was alone on a swing set, which was actually his usual spot. The boy had blond, spiky hair, and blue eyes. His attire consited of a blue and orange jacket with a white collar. On his face, he had three whisker markings on his cheeks. What was the boy's name?
Naruto Uzumaki/Uzumaki Naruto.
Poor Naruto was seen as an outcast, and never really made any friends. The adults in Konoha resented Naruto because he had something called the Nine Tailed Fox. The Nine-Tails attacked the village not too long ago. To be exact, the darn fox almost destroyed the whole village. If it wasn't for the Fourth Hokage's heroics, the village probably wouldn't exist right now. During the events, Naruto was chosen to have the Nine-Tails sealed within him, even when he was just a baby at the time. While the Third Hokage issued for the adults to not mention it, that didn't stop their hate towards Naruto. Because of this, their hate rubbed off on the kids quite a bit, and it only made Naruto's life more miserable.
"There he is on that swing set again. He fails everything when it comes to the actual academy, but at least he's consistent with being in that one spot." said a kid, with another one nodding in agreement. "Yeah, and that's where he should be for the rest of his life! What a waste of breath he is!"
The kids all laughed together as they insulted Naruto. When some went into different areas to play around, there was one kid who noticed Naruto was by himself. A girl to be more specific. She had blonde hair herself, blue eyes, and was wearing a purple shirt at the time. This was Ino Yamanaka.
She walked over to Naruto, raising an eyebrow at the boy.
"Why are you all alone over here?"
When she asked this question, there was no response from Naruto. He acknowledged her by giving eye contact, but there wasn't a response. Of course, Ino noticed this, but she wasn't going to walk away that easily.
"Hey, are you alright?" she asked, expressing some concern. "Parents usually come at this time to pick up their kids. Where are your parents?"
There was silence for a long while between the two blonds, but it would be broken by Naruto.
"I don't have any parents! I don't have any friends! I'm all alone! Nobody ever wants to talk or play with me!" shouted Naruto. Ino was taken back by Naruto's outburst. I mean, how did she not know that Naruto didn't have any parents at this point?!
Taking a small breath, Ino continued to look at Naruto and come by his side. "I'm sorry... I didn't know. Honestly, I didn't." she told him. Naruto could feel that she was trying to help him, but he had so much of a wall up that he couldn't help his current actions towards her. "Hey, I'll tell ya what. Wanna play a game of tag? I'm sure it'll be fun!" Ino flashed an innocent smile, making Naruto turn to her in confusion. Besides Iruka-sensei and the ramen workers, nobody has really shown any real niceness to him whatsoever.
"Tag...?" Naruto repeated, his eyes slowly widening.
"Yeah! You wanna stay here to play or do you wanna go somewhere else?" Ino asked. Though, before Naruto was able to respond, she raised her finger in the air. "Oh, I almost forgot something! My name is Ino. What's your name?"
Naruto looked at Ino, wondering if he should say his name. "Are you sure this isn't some type of prank?"
"No, silly!" exclaimed Ino. "I promise it isn't a prank."
A promise? Someone actually promised Naruto something that wasn't bad? No death threats, no insults?
"M-my name is Naruto..."
"There we go!" It seems like Ino was happy to get Naruto's name. "Okay, Naruto. Since that step is outta the way, do ya wanna be friends?"
Another thing Naruto wasn't used to hearing. Someone was asking him to be his friend? When has this ever happened?
"You want to be friends...with me...?" Naruto pointed to himself to make sure Ino wasn't joking. In fact, he looked around to see if she was talking to anyone else.
He would soon realize that Ino was definitely talking to him.
"O-Okay! Let's be friends, Ino!" the young Naruto told her, feeling happy for the first time in forever. They both grinned at each other, before trying to move on to the next step. As soon as they were about to play tag, Ino could feel a couple of people grab her by the shoulder, somewhat dragging her away from Naruto.
"H-hey! What are you doing?!" she asked, looking back at the two people who were dragging her away. These people were simply her other friends trying to 'protect' her from Naruto. "Don't worry, Ino! We'll save you from that crazy kid!"
"B-but he wasn't doing anything to me!"
"Ino, you gotta listen to us! That's the last person you want to be around!"
As they kept on dragging Ino, the trio was soon out of sight, leaving Naruto alone.
Again.
"As soon as I make a friend, it just has to be taken away from me..." muttered Naruto, holding back his tears. After feeling pain once more, he ran away from the Ninja Academy and headed for his apartment. This crap was too stressful for Naruto. What did he do to deserve this type of treatment from others?
Now, we transfer to the current day...
It was another nice day in Konoha. The setting was early in the morning, and we turn our attention back to Naruto. Years have passed, and the boy is now 12 years old. Just waking up from his sleep, he yawned a bit, stretching his arms out. He looked at his apartment, soon rubbing his eyes. It wasn't the best apartment, but it's been there for him for many years now. It could be kept in better shape and be more clean, but it wasn't anything too bad. A ramen aroma was usually kept throughout the house, and that's because Naruto's favorite thing in the world was pretty much ramen.
With one more stretch, he got on his feet, and put on his signature orange and blue jacket. "Today is a good day for some ramen!" shouted Naruto, hurrying up his pace and exiting his apartment to go to his favorite spot in the village, the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. Running through the village, he eventually made it to his favorite spot and sat down. Teuchi and his daughter Ayame were the two who made things go at the shop, so they were used to seeing Naruto at this time.
"Ah, Naruto! You're here for the usual, I assume?" Teuchi asked. Really, he didn't even know why he asked that question, since he already knew what Naruto was going to say.
"Yup!" Naruto nodded, having a grin on his face. In mere moments, a few bowls of pork ramen were revealed, as Teuchi set them down in front of Naruto. "Alright!" Deciding not to waste anymore time, Naruto ate the pork ramen like a mad man, seemingly finishing the bowls as soon as he got them. This was the one place he could always count on to make him happy. "Thanks, old man!" he said, paying for the ramen and leaving with a smile. So far, it's been a good start for his day.
Maybe this day would turn out great for Naruto. He was in good spirits, and he would decide to capitalize on it. Nothing was going to ruin this day!
"Aha! I know what I'll do! I'll give Sakura some flowers! That would be nice." Naruto isn't without crushes, it seems. Sakura was a girl he liked. Whenever he thought about her, a dorky smile would come upon his face. "She'll definitely fall for me if I got her some flowers!"
After saying this, Naruto rushed to the flower shop. Entering the flower shop, this made Ino look to see who it was. Why was she there? Well, it was pretty much her family job. "Welcome to the... Oh, it's you, Naruto." she sighed a bit, looking at him. "What brings you here?"
"Well, I'm here because I'm gonna get some flowers for Sakura! Cool idea, huh?" Naruto looked proud of himself for coming up with such a 'genius' idea. Personally, Ino didn't know why Naruto was still trying to get Sakura after multiple times of getting rejected, but she wouldn't say anything about it, because there was the slight chance that Sakura could actaully fall for him. Then, that would give Ino a one way path to get Sasuke all to herself! She obviously doubts that would happen that way, but hey, it doesn't hurt to try.
"Riiiiiighhhhht..." Ino trailed off, shrugging. "Are there any particular flowers you're looking for?"
"Hmm..." Naruto held his chin, thinking about a certain flower he could get. As he looked around the shop, his attention immediately went to the roses. He immediately picked them up and smiled to himself. "How about a bouquet of roses?"
"Roses, eh? Okay then." As the roses were brought, Naruto happily bought them. Carrying the bouquet out of the flower shop with pride, he went off to find Sakura. Taking a deep breath, Ino looked around the shop. "Looks like it won't be too much longer before I get some break time... Which in fact, that's aboooooouuuuut... now." She took off her apron, soon going outside herself.
With Shikamaru...
Anybody that knew Shikamaru knew he was lazy. Most likely the laziest person in the village. It was morning time and he still hasn't gotten up yet. That would soon be changed, though, since he would wake up. So, what was the problem? He woke up before his alarm clock could start ringing. As soon as he woke up, that's when his alarm clock started ringing. Poor Shikamaru.
With an absolutely tired look, he sighed deeply to himself as his alarm clock wouldn't stop ringing. "I wake up every morning in a bed that's too small, learn new jutsu's that take too much effort, and then I go on more missions which require me to put in even more troublesome effort... but on pretzel day..." A small smile could be seen on Shikamaru's face. "Well, I like pretzel day." Apparently, today was a day where Konoha served tons of pretzels. "Three hundred, sixty-four days till the next pretzel day."
There was a small silence in his room. It wouldn't take long for him to sigh again, though.
"But still, the rest of the day is such a drag..."
Back with Naruto
Naruto carried his bouquet of roses throughout the village, looking all over the place to find the pink haired Sakura. "Where could she... Ah, there she is! Hey, Sakura!" called out Naruto, making Sakura turn around to see her teammate.
"Oh, hey Naruto!" she replied, but then she noticed that he had a bouquet of roses, which made her raise an eyebrow. Naruto was panting heavily, because he's been looking all around the village for her. "I...c...came here...to...give you these." He then gave her the roses. She looked at them for a good while, not quite sure what to say. In the background, Ino had just arrived. She saw that Naruto had finally found Sakura. Wondering how this would go, she decided to watch how things would unfold.
"Um... thank you, Naruto." said Sakura, accepting the roses. Though, she soon realized something. "Waaaaiiiit... Are you just trying to get me to go with you to the Konoha Dance tomorrow? If you are, Sasuke is already taking me."
"Konoha Dance? What in the world are you talking about? And what's this about Sasuke?" Clearly, Naruto had no idea what she was talking about. Or did he?
"You seriously don't know what I'm talking about? Have you been living under a rock?" Sakura sighed. Since Naruto really didn't seem to grasp what she was talking about, she figured she would explain it to him. "The Konoha Dance is this great thing that happens every year. It's supposed to celebrate the peace and unity within the village. And of course, you can also dance with people. This made me make a bet to Sasuke. We settled it by doing rock-paper-scissors. If I won, he would have to take me to the dance. Thankfully, I won and now he has to take me to the dance! Isn't that great?!"
Obviously, Sakura was excited to have Sasuke take her to the dance. After hearing this news, on the inside, Naruto was crushed. However, on the outside, he would try his best to not look like the saddest person in the world. "Oh... well... That's... That's great, Sakura." he said in a dry tone.
"I know, isn't it?! I'm so excited!" Sakura continued to celebrate. "I can't wait to see Ino-Pig's face when I tell her about this!"
"Cha! That's right!" Inner Sakura shouted.
"Well, I better get going, Naruto. See ya later!" she told him, not even realizing that Ino was there watching them. She soon left, leaving Naruto.
When Ino watched all of this, she wanted to punch Sakura for taking 'her' Sasuke! But... when she continued to watch, she could only imagine how Naruto must have felt. There he was once again, left alone. He had been rejected once again, even if Sakura didn't mean to put it that way. After Sakura left, Naruto just stood there, looking down at the ground. It looked like it was going to be a good day today, but all of it changed rather quickly for him. It seemed like an eternity passed, because he still hasn't moved yet.
"What a lovely day..." muttered Naruto, clearly in a sarcastic tone. Finally, he started to walk. However, before he could gain too much ground, Ino grabbed Naruto by the shoulder, trying to get his attention.
"Hey, Naruto. You knew what the Konoha Dance was all along, didn't you? You were just hoping that would give you an edge to make her go to the dance with you, but you were also acting like you didn't know what it was because nobody has never went to the dance with you, right?" Ino asked, as Naruto turned to her, but he didn't respond. Him not responding pretty much gave her an answer.
"Tell ya what, Naruto. You like ramen, right? Come with me and I'll get you a few bowls, okay?" stated Ino, trying to cheer Naruto up. Hearing this, it looked like Naruto got a little bit of his spark back when Ino offered to buy him some bowls of ramen.
"Really...?" Naruto tried to make sure that Ino was joking around with him. He's had enough of his hopes getting crushed for one day, so it was understandable to see why he was doing this.
Ino nodded, giving a sweet smile to him. "Yeah. It's on me. Now, come on!" shouted Ino, grabbing his arm and started running to the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. This was happening so fast for Naruto that he could barely keep up, but he wouldn't complain since he was getting some free ramen from it.
When the two blonds made it to the ramen bar, they sat down. Teuchi noticed the blonds and smiled. "Back again so soon, Naruto? Well, I guess I'm not surpised." Teuchi let out a laugh.
"Oh, he's not paying. I'm paying for him." Ino told him, making Teuchi smile. "Alrighty then. A few bowls of pork ramen, right?"
Ino looked to Naruto to see if that's what he wanted. Naruto nodded, causing Ino to nod at Teuchi. In mere moments, exactly 10 bowls of pork ramen appeared on the table right in front of Naruto. Naruto was literally salivating at the idea of eating all these bowls. "This... this must be heaven."
That was the last thing he said before tearing those bowls up. If you weren't next to him and watching him eat like Ino, you would think absolutely nothing was put in those bowls in the first place. To put it simply, Ino was amazed at Naruto's ability to completely obliterate ramen. After he finished, he did have a question on his mind. This made him turn to Ino.
"You know, I have to ask you this question... Why are you doing this? Shouldn't you be trying to smash Sakura's head in for going to the dance with Sasuke right about now?"
Ino scoffed at this, looking at Naruto. "Oh, trust me. I'll smack some sense into Forehead later, but I could tell that you needed some happy stuff happen to you at that moment."
"Okay, but still... We've never even had a conversation as long as this one. Like, never. Not at all. It's still confusing to me on why you're trying to help me be happy this much." Naruto told her.
Hearing his response, Ino smiled. "Well, I figured that there wouldn't be a better time to become friends."
"We tried to become friends. Don't you remember? When both of us were younger, you tried to do the same thing, but you would always be dragged away from me by your other friends." Naruto felt the need to bring that up. It was clear that he still remembered what happened years ago when they tried to become friends.
"Oh, come on! That wasn't my fault! Everytime that I tried to become friends with you, somebody would always interrupt me! It also didn't help that my father wasn't too fond with you, if you know what I mean." Ino decided to give her two cents on the matter. Both of them sighed deeply as a silence happened, but then Ino suddenly groaned, holding her stomach. She looked miserable.
"Hey, uh, Ino? Are you okay?" Naruto asked, worried for the girl.
"Food...hungry..." Ino kept on clutching her stomach. "Can't...give in...Must keep...my figure..."
"You're hungry? Why didn't you just say so? I'm gonna order you some ramen!" Naruto was about to tell Teuchi to get Ino some ramen, but the blonde girl put her hand out to stop him from ordering. "No, I'm on a diet, Naruto! I can't eat that much, especially when you're talking about this ramen!"
"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" replied Naruto, shaking his head. "People gotta eat. If you don't eat, that'll only mess up your system!" Feeling like he didn't need to say anything else, Naruto looked at Teuchi with a look of urgency. "Old man, gimme fifty bowls of ra-"
"Naruto, I don't need fifty bowls of ramen. One bowl should suffice." Ino told him. Hey, at least she was agreeing to eat one bowl. Naruto looked disappointed, though. He was about to empty his wallet for her.
"Fiiiineeeeee..." Naruto trailed off, looking back at Teuchi. "Just give her one bowl of ramen."
"One bowl of ramen coming up!" Teuchi said, with Ayame giggling in the background. "This is too cute." she muttered. Soon, the bowl of ramen that Naruto ordered for Ino appeared. Ino tried her best to fight against her hunger pains, but she just couldn't take it anymore. One moment, the ramen was there, and another moment, the ramen was gone. She finished so quickly that it could actually challenge Naruto's time whenever he ate some ramen.
"See? Now don't feel better after actually eating something?" Naruto smirked, knowing he was right about this. Quite frankly, Ino knew he was right too. With a smirk of her own, she looked at the number one hyperactive knucklehead ninja.
"Thanks."
"No problem. Anytime!"
There was a silence between the two again, wondering what they should talk about.
"Soooooo... Since Sakura and Sasuke are going to the dance, do you have anyone else in mind?" asked Naruto, as Ino shrugged.
"I dunno. Truthfully, I haven't really thought about that." she responded. "What about you?"
Naruto blinked, putting a hand on his chin. "Beats me. For all I know, I might not even go there again, like I do every other year."
Ino shook her head, frowning. "You know, you don't have to bring someone else with you just to dance. The dance is mainly there to have a good time."
Naruto heard Ino, looking down. To keep her from figuring out what was going on, he sported a fake smile and a fake laugh. "Haha! Yeah, sure, I knew that..."
Too bad it was a horrible fake smile, with the fake laugh not being that much better.
"Naruto, you're terrible at that fake stuff."
Dang it, she noticed.
"It's just... For most of my life, I've always been almost completely alone. I don't want to have that feeling again when I'm trying to have fun." As Naruto explained this, Ino could literally feel her heart split in two for him. His past was just so depressing.
She wasn't quite sure what to say, deciding to let Naruto talk for the time being if he had anything else to get off his chest.
Well, he did want to say something else.
"Ino... I know we've only been friends for not that long, so this might be a little awkward, but... do you mind if you could go to the dance with me?"
Ino had a slight look of shock, somewhat getting caught off-guard by Naruto's question. Seeing Ino's look, Naruto put his head down once more. "Nevermind... I knew it was too soon for something like tha-"
"I would love to go to the dance with you, you knucklehead."
Naruto looked up at Ino with a shocked look of his own, seeing the blonde girl reveal her sweet smile. Seeing her smile only made him smile back. It was probably the happiest Ino has ever seen Naruto.
For once, he felt like he actually mattered in life.
He actually had someone he could take to the dance.
"This... This is great! Thank you, Ino!" exclaimed Naruto.
Ino kept her sweet smile. "Anytime, Narut-"
Before she could finish, Naruto suddenly hugged her very tightly. Ino was definitely surprised to see and feel Naruto hugging her. A light blush appeared on her cheeks, feeling like she wasn't able to move.
He was also squeezing the life outta her.
"N-Naruto... Too hard... C-can't...breathe..."
Listening to Ino, Naruto stopped hugging her so she could actually breathe again. "I, um... I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hug you that hard!"
Ino slowly took deep breaths, trying her best to shake it off. Naruto was stronger than she gave him credit for. "I-It's fine, really." Feeling normal again, she decided to give the details to Naruto. "Pick me up tomorrow night. When you come, we gotta make it quick since my father is overprotective. Then the dancing fun can begin." she told Naruto. "You do know how to dance, right?"
"Wha-? Actual dancing? Pfffff... Of course I know how to dance! I'm the best dancer in the whole village!" Naruto pumped his chest out, making Ino laugh.
"Okay, 'best dancer in the village', I hope you reveal those moves you got tomorrow night." Ending on that note, she got up. She waved at Naruto, saying good bye. Naruto waved back, seeing her walk away. When she was gone, Naruto turned around.
Oh Kami, he didn't know how to dance.
"WAIT, INO! WHAT TIME SHOULD I PICK YOU UP?! WHAT THE HECK AM I GONNA DO?! I CAN'T DANCE FOR CRAP!" exclaimed Naruto, completely freaking out. He looked at Teuchi and Ayame. "DO YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO DANCE?! MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD TEACH ME SO I WON'T MAKE A COMPLETE FOOL OF MYSELF!?"
"Sorry, Naruto. We can't help you with this one." they replied in unison, both shrugging. It seems like they couldn't help Naruto with his dancing problem. They wanted to since he was their most loyal customer, but they didn't know how to dance themselves.
"BAH! I GOTTA FIND SOMEBODY TO TEACH ME HOW TO DANCE!" Naruto rubbed his hair crazily, exiting the ramen bar and running around the village. He looked everywhere to see if there was anyone that could help him learn how to dance. Fortunately or unfortunately, he found Shikamaru in a line. The line revealed people wating for their pretzels to be severed, because it was pretzel day.
"SHIKAMARU! I NEED HELP!" Naruto cried out. Shikamaru turned to him, but he wouldn't dare get out of his spot in the line.
"Oh, it's Naruto... This is such a drag..." Shikamaru muttered. "Naruto, do not bother me today."
"BUT YOU GOTTA TEACH ME HOW TO DANCE FOR THE KONOHA DANCE TOMORROW! PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU!" Naruto replied loudly, making Shikamaru cover his ears. When he thought he was done, he sighed loudly. "Naruto, I can't help you with that troublesome issue. Especially right now. This is pretzel day."
"HEY, GET TO THE BACK OF THE LINE!" An adult called out, noticing Naruto was talking to Shikamaru. Naruto groaned in frustration, running away.
"SOMEBODY, ANYBODY!"
What made Naruto stop in his tracks was that he saw a big billboard that had 'Icha Icha' on it. Not too far away from it, there was a convention going on. Convention equals people. Maybe he could find someone there.
As he walked inside the convention, Naruto noticed that tons of people were sitting down, cheering on a person that Naruto actually knew. Jiraiya.
"And I promise you that Icha Icha will be coming out with more sequels worldwide, each of them being signed by me!" Jiraiya declared to his audience, making them clap and scream out of excitement. In fact, the loudest person there was another person that Naruto knew.
"NAAAANIIIIIIIIIIIIIII?!"
Yep, that was Kakashi. Probably the biggest fan of Jiraiya's novels.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI, TEACH ME HOW TO DANCE!"
One turn, and Naruto was right beside Kakashi. "Oh, Naruto. Nice to see you. Are you here because of the convention?"
Naruto's eye twitched, feeling like he needed to slap his sensei for not hearing him the first time. "No, I need you to teach me how to dance!"
"Dance? Nani?" repeated Kakashi. "Sure, I would love to help you out."
"Really?!" Naruto's eyes were hopeful.
"Of course. I would help you out, but this convention is still going on."
That hope in Naruto's eyes went away rather quickly.
"I don't have time for that! I need help now!" Naruto replied, looking at the main stage to see Jiraiya. Running towards it, Naruto tackled him. "Pervy Sage! Teach me how to dance!"
"Naruto?! What the heck are you doing?!" shouted Jiraiya, not liking that Naruto was interrupting his convention. "Security, take him away!"
"NANI?! SECURITY?!" Then, two security guards came and picked Naruto up. "LET GO OF ME!" demanded Naruto, but the security guards weren't listening to him. Instead, they threw him out of the convention like a baseball, as his face crashed against the ground.
"Oh, great. I'm never gonna learn how to dance." Naruto said in a sad tone.
"Yelling at people while trying to get their help isn't gonna help you either."
Naruto's eyes widened. He knew the sound of that voice. "Sasuke..." He looked up to see his teammate. At this time, Sasuke had his arms folded.
"Yeah, glad to see that you can still recognize people, loser," Sasuke responded, having a smirk. "Dancing isn't really that hard."
Oh great. The most praised person in the village that had tons of fangirls and couldn't do anything wrong in the eyes of the village also knew how to dance.
"You gotta be kidding me..." Naruto said under his breath. "Don't tell me you know how to dance!"
"I do, and now I have to use those dance moves with Sakura tomorrow, but that's beside the point." Sasuke pointed out. Continuing, he said, "Fortunately for you, I can give you the first step to succeed in your dancing training."
"Oh nooooo! I am not getting help from you! You can forget it!"
Sasuke shrugged at Naruto's response, smirking. "Suit yourself. You might as well embarrass yourself to the entire village and Ino." he said, turning around and slowly walking away.
Naruto gritted his teeth, slamming his fists into the ground. Darn it, was Sasuke really the only option?
"Wait..." said Naruto, making Sasuke stop in his tracks. Sasuke's smirk could only grow wider. "Why do you want to help me? How do you know that I'm going to the dance with Ino?"
"Oh, aren't those the questions of the day?" Sasuke replied, laughing a bit. "I have my ways of getting around the village and finding things out, Naruto. As for me helping you, I just want you to suffer through the agony of actually asking help from me, since I am your only option. This is all for my amusement."
Naruto gritted his teeth even more, literally screaming inside. As much as he hated to admit it, Sasuke was right. With a very, very, very deep sigh, he looked at Sasuke. "Fine, teach me how to dance..."
"Good. You've seen the light. Now, for the first step, you know your fighting moves, right?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, what about them?"
"That's how you dance. Remember your training, loser." Sasuke finished, turning around and leaving Naruto on that note. Naruto couldn't even fathom what just happened. What in the world was Sasuke trying to say? That's how you dance? Remember your training?
"SASUKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Naruto exclaimed, falling on his back in anime-like style. While on his back, he looked at the clouds, not sure what to think. Oh boy, this was going to be fun.
The Next Day...
A day had passed, and it was currently night time. That also meant that it was the day of the Konoha Dance. Naruto practiced all day yesterday, and especially today. Still what in the world did Sasuke mean yesterday? "Remember my training?" Naruto repeated in his head, seemingly over and over again. He was trying to practice dancing inside his apartment.
"You really are dense."
This voice made Naruto fall on his back. He wasn't expecting to hear a completely different voice. He looked around his apartment, wondering who it could be. "Who's there?! Who said that?!"
"It's the Grinch who stole Christmas. Who do you think it is, baka?"
Naruto frowned at his realization. "What do you want, you stupid fox?"
"What your friend meant by remembering your training is that he wants you to think outside the box. He knows you can't master dance moves in one day, but he wants you to use something else to your advantage. Obviously, you know a few moves. He's telling you to use those moves as dance moves so you can flow more naturally."
Hearing this news, a lightbulb appeared over Naruto's head. It all made sense now. He could use his fighting moves as dance moves! "I think it all makes sense now! Yeah, now I don't have to look like an idiot!" Naruto raised his fists in the air in victory, but then something would be brought to his attention. "Wait... why are you helping me?"
"Your idiotic nature annoys me to no end. I couldn't take it anymore."
Naruto rolled his eyes at that comment. "Hmph! Well, I would have figured it out by myself anyway!" he declared, looking around. Again, there was another problem. He didn't have anything to wear. "Gah! I forgot to get something else to wear!" Since he usually sported his orange and blue jacket, it completely slipped his mind that he should probably change his outfit for this occasion. "Oh man, and the dance is about to start any minute now! What am I gonna d-"
He heard a knock on his window.
"What the?"
Naruto looked to his window. He didn't see anybody over there, but his interest was still high. Walking to his window, he opened it. To his surprise, he saw a rather nice looking blue suit with a note attatched to it. Taking the suit inside his apartment, he also read the note.
To: Naruto
Don't look like a loser, you loser.
From: Sasuke
When Naruto read the note from Sasuke, he could only smirk. Sure, Sasuke helping him out isn't a thing he prefers, but deep down, he appreciated his help. They were like brothers. Even though they always fought each other, the admiration was still there. Happily accepting Sasuke's gift, he put the blue suit on. Going into his bathroom and looking at the mirror, he saw himself. The blue suit looked good on him.
Now it was time to pick up Ino.
With Ino
Ino's mother had been helping her daughter get ready for the Konoha Dance. With her mother's help, she was looking even more beautiful than she already was. Ino had told her mother that she was going to the dance with Naruto. She personally didn't mind it, but her father would be a different story, which is the exact reason why she didn't tell him. "You look beautiful, sweetie."
"Thanks, Mom." Ino replied with a smile. She kept the purple on her, but it was styled in more of an elegant robe look. Instead of her hair being kept in a pony tail, her hair was now completely down. "Now dear, I made your father run some errands for me so you can go with Naruto. You better not get caught."
They both laughed at the comment. "Don't worry, Mom. That won't happen."
Soon, there was a knock on the door. The two Yamanaka's came near it, with the mother opening it. The person who knocked on the door was obviously Naruto. When Ino first saw Naruto, she was surprised to see that he wasn't wearing his usual orange and blue jacket. "And here I thought you wouldn't give your jacket up." Ino told Naruto, her tone in a friendly joking manner. She liked his new blue suit look.
"Haha, yeah. Figured I should get something new..." Naruto trailed off. He was staring at Ino. He couldn't describe it, but he couldn't take his eyes off her. She was already beautiful before, but this was simply incredible.
Honestly, it looked like Naruto was in a trance. It made Ino snap her fingers to bring him back to reality. "Earth to Naruto. Are you there?"
Naruto quickly shook his head rapidly, hiding the small blush he had. "Um, uh, yeah..." Ino's mother laughed at this sight. Regaining his composure, Naruto put his hand out. "Shall we go?"
Ino smirked. "We shall." She grabbed Naruto's hand, walking out the house. "See ya later, Mom!" She waved to her mother with her other hand, while her mother waved back. Deciding to be extra nice, Naruto waved to Ino's mother as well. They both let out a giggle, and soon they were outta sight.
Or so they thought.
From the roof of their home, Inoichi had chosen to not do the errands that his wife told him to do. Instead, he was trying to spy on his daughter to see who she was going to the dance with. He was... rather surprised to see Naruto.
"Think you can pull a fast one on me, baby girl? Not happening." Inoichi said to himself, deciding to quietly follow them.
"Oh, Ino."
"Hm? Yes, Naruto?"
"I have a certain way I want to dance, but I wanted to tell you about it first and see if you agree."
Naruto came closer to Ino's ear and whispered how he was going to dance, making Ino smirk.
"I don't know, Naruto. Even though this is a dance party, I'm not sure if these shoes are right for dancing. Though, that doesn't mean I won't try."
At the Konoha Dance
Naruto and Ino were walking together to the Konoha Dance. It wouldn't be too much longer before they made it. Once there, the Konoha Dance was a beautiful sight to behold. Fireworks were heading to the skies, everyone seemed to be in a good mood, lights lit up the stunning night, peaceful yet exciting music from great instruments were being played, and the food smelled really good, too.
Since this was Naruto's first time being here, he was in awe. This looked amazing. This wasn't Ino's first time, but the scenery always put a smile on her face. It wouldn't take long for their friends to notice their arrival. First, Shikamaru, Choji, Sakura, Sasuke, Hinata, Kiba, Neji, Lee, Ten Ten, Shino, Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari showed up.
"Hey, Naruto! Hey, Ino!" They all said in unison, happy to see them make it to the party.
"Hey Ino-Pig, I'm just here to let you know that Sasuke is dancing with me and only me!" Sakura shouted proudly.
"Oh, shut up, Billboard Brow! If you want to, we can handle that situation in a fight right now!" Ino shouted back. Naruto, Shikamaru, Choji, Neji, Lee, Shino, Gaara, Kankuro and Kiba all rolled their eyes at Ino and Sakura fighting over Sasuke... again...
"Troublesome." stated Shikamaru. He was already starting to miss pretzel day, where everything was perfect for him.
"Awww, come on, Shikamaru. I know you don't say that word when it comes to me." Temari had a sly look on her face when she told Shikamaru this.
"Actually, you make me say it even more than I already do. And speaking takes effort. Putting in effort is such a drag..." Shikamaru kept his usual dry, lazy tone as he said this.
"Ino-Pig, are you even with somebody this year? I already took Sasuke, that's a fact. I assume you're here all alone." Sakura smirked.
"No, that's not the case. I went with somebody this year." Ino gave a smirk of her own. "And as a fun fact, he's actually a lot closer here than you think."
"Really?" The group looked around. Well, everyone looked around except Sasuke since he already knew the answer.
"Who is it?" the group asked. Ino's smirk grew wider as her finger suddenly pointed to Naruto. When Naruto was pointed out, he had his typical cheesy, goofy smile on his face while raising his hand in the air in a waving motion.
"Hiya!" Naruto said.
The group had complete silence for a moment, before completely falling down on their backs in the typical anime style out of complete shock. Sasuke was the only one that didn't do so, and he silently laughed to himself at the sight.
"WHAT?! NARUTO?!"
"Yup."
"You're joking. How did it even get to this point?!" Choji said. For the first time, he was in so much shock that he wasn't even eating his barbecue chips anymore.
"It just happened. Don't know why you all are freaking out. It's just a simple dance." Ino told them, almost having a troll-ish grin on her face. Then, Naruto would hold his hand out for Ino to grab it. "Take my hand."
"Okay." Ino replied. The two suddenly coming in the middle of the village grabbed the people's attention, wondering what they would do. To begin things, Naruto and Ino bowed to each other. Then they started doing cartwheels that ended in flips. Once they completed their flips, they came closer to each other, both spinning in a circle. When they met again, Ino felt the need to say something.
"Naruto, everyone's watching."
"Don't worry about them. It's just you and me right now." Naruto assured her. Ino slightly blushed at this, but it would soon go away. It was time to get down to business, people!
With swift, smooth fighting movements, Naruto and Ino looked like poetry in motion. Even if it wasn't an actual 'dance' per say, they sure made it look like one, and it was something special. The people were in awe at what they were seeing. Every movement was precise and smooth. Ino would dodge the kicks as Naruto would dodge the punches. The beat of music kept up with their performance, creating quite the adrenaline rush for the two. Flipping around once more, Ino did a backflip near the boys, who were literally drooling over her. On the other side, Naruto did a backflip near the girls, who were blushing like crazy over him. This might have been the first time Naruto has ever gotten the attention of girls, and it wasn't a small crowd. It was a very, very large crowd.
Landing back on the ground, they pulled their bodies toward each other, allowing their faces to be offly close. It almost looked like they were about to kiss, but that was all part of the plan. They were teasing the crowd, and the readers that are currently reading this story, to be quite blunt with you. To end the dance, Naruto made a spinning ball of chakra appear in his hand, holding onto Ino with his other arm.
"RASENGAN!"
Naruto used it on the ground below him and Ino, making them go high into the air. Ino was a little scared to be this high in the air, but Naruto assured her that everything would be alright. When she calmed down, she enjoyed the view, but she also felt really safe being in Naruto's arms. Something told her not to worry, because he wouldn't let her go. His grip would be too strong for that. As they saw the Hokage's faces, they looked up at night and saw the beautiful stars and the shining moon. "I always did like this view!" Naruto shouted, smiling. Ino just responded with a, "Yeah." She looked at Naruto's face and his goofy smile. She could smile herself at the sight.
When the two landed, Naruto still had Ino in his arms. They were sweating and panting from all the movement they did, but it was well worth it. The people in the village gave a large round of applause for Naruto and Ino. They whistled, cheered, everything. The group that they left behind all had their jaws drop to the floor.
"NAAAAAAANNNNNNIIIIIIII?!" Almost the entire group said that in unison. Sasuke could only smirk at Naruto. While he was actually happy for him, his other side reminded himself that all of this was possible because of Sasuke giving the knucklehead some advice.
"Man, those two sure have chemistry. You would think that they've been doing that for years." Jiraiya said, beside Tsunade. "Soooooo... Tsunade...um..."
"If you want to go out with me, I already told you I won't." Tsunade told him, as Jiraiya sighed. However, she wasn't finished.
"But... I suppose one dance wouldn't hurt." Tsunade smirked at Jiraiya. Obviously, Jiraiya was surprised, but happy at the same time. The two soon dance together themselves.
Everybody was dancing!
"Hey, Kakashi! Let's dance!" Anko shouted.
"Oh, well this is a shock-"
Kakashi didn't get to finish, as Anko took complete control with her hyperactive self. Now they were dancing.
Hinata wanted to dance with Naruto, but she couldn't find him yesterday or today. Kiba eventually asked her to, and now they began dancing.
"Alright! Group dance party! Freestyle!"
The group danced with each other, enjoying themselves.
For once, everything seemed perfect.
Especially for Naruto Uzumaki.
After the dance was over...
Naruto was currently walking Ino home after the Konoha Dance was over. Once they made it back, the two looked at each other's faces. "I had a great time tonight, Naruto. Best time of my life. Thank you."
"You're welcome, Ino. And yeah, best time of my life too." Naruto replied with a cheesy grin. He wasn't sure what to say, but he kept on looking at Ino's house, then back at Ino.
"Well, I guess you're home." Naruto smirked, giving a thumbs up and closing his eyes. Though, before he knew it, he felt something warm on his cheek. When he opened his eyes, he saw Ino giving him a kiss on the cheek. Naruto was literally frozen in time, as his blush grew larger.
Once Ino gave Naruto a kiss on the cheek, she ended on this note.
"Goodnight, Naruto-kun." she said, tilting her head in the cutest way possible. Her eyes resembled that of an innocent puppy. Finally, Ino left and walked inside her house, leaving Naruto in shock.
Seriously, what just happened?
As Naruto regained his thoughts, he was about to walk back to his apartment. That was, until Inoichi randomly appeared, his eyes giving a look of complete intimidation. "STAY AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER!"
Naruto's eyes widened. If he wanted to live, he would have to run.
"OH CRAP!" Naruto ran as fast as he could, but Inoichi was chasing after him.
"YOU'RE MESSING WITH THE WRONG DADDY!"
End of Chapter 1
Author's Note: "Phew! Well, there's the first chapter with my first Naruto fanfic ever! Hopefully, it didn't turn out too bad. Read and review, guys!" -Sonicfan32567