AN : It's official, I really like NaruSayu a lot now, so...
Disclaim : I don't own Naruto. Dear FF, please add Sayuri U. or Satsuki U. to your character list, please?
Prologue
Konohagakure
The day after the Kyubi attack
The K.I.A. monument
Six years old, Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto stood before the monument looking at his parents name. Just an hour ago, they were lowered to their grave. He went away from the funeral to hide his tears all the way to training ground 3. The young boy was now standing for almost an hour before the monument, his life flashing before him.
He remembered all the times he spent with his parents. All the meals his Kaa-chan used to cook for him. All the stories his Tou-chan told him. All the good times he spent at the Hokage's office. All the good times he spent with his mother. His mind wondered until a few months ago, how his beloved Kaa-chan told him that he'll be an Onii-chan...
His younger sister died, his mother died, and his father died sealing the Kyubi in him. The Shiki Fujin was a deadly jutsu. But sealing the very being that caused the death of his parents inside of him was the ultimate irony.
He didn't cry when his parents and sister died, he didn't cry when the agonising pain of his chakra coils almost being destroyed and rebuilt. He didn't cry all this time. Now he wailed as he pounded the ground, over and over and over again.
"Why? Why did I lost them ALL? Why do I feel this emptiness?" Naruto said in agony before his mind remembered something...
"That masked bastard!" He cursed, spat and yelled venemously at the same time. He found his purpose : Vengence! He'll avenge his family's death. But first he must go and tell Hiruzen-Jiichan before the problem gets bigger. The problem is that sick and twisted mummy Danzo...
"I'm going to need to do something. Ero-sennin, where the heck are ya now?" Naruto asked himself as he went thinking about something...
He noticed how the villagers were torn between glares and looks of pity. He decided to clarify something..
"If you're asking, no, I am NOT the Kyubi. If I were him, I would've definitely razed the village by now. Beside, Bijus never attack a village for nothing, no matter how strong they are exccept Shukaku." Naruto said wisely as the whole village raised an eyebrow before they went to their business. Naruto was smart, hellishly smart. Only his friend Shikamaru and his best friend, Sayuri are able to keep up...
Sayuri, Uchiha Sayuri. That girl was always his best friend ever since they were four years old. He wondered where she is now...
"Naruto-kun?" The ravenette asked him. Naruto glanced at her smilling, forgetting everything that passed the last hours.
"Hey Sayuri-chan. Are you alright?" Naruto asked her smilling. She turned her face away from him.
"Baka, do you know how worried I was? Kaa-chan said that if you want to pass by you're welcome." Sayuri offered Naruto who sighed.
"I really want to, Sayuri-chan, but I must find Ero-sennin, there's a secret he must know..." Naruto said as Sayuri glared at him. Before he knew, she dragged him, despite the fact that he was stronger than a LOT of genins...
"Seriously, let's go to your house! Or anywhere we can be alone for a bit of time. Only you and me, Naruto-kun!" Sayuri dragged Naruto who sighed at this.
"Sayuri-chan, I became an avenger. I must make sure my parents are resting in peace. To do this, I must train and hard. How's you Gokakyo?" Naruto asked her after his declaration, hopping to distract her, which it did NOT work...
"Fine it is. Not at Nii-chan's level though! But seriously, get everything off your chest, alright? I told you that if there's any chest you can cry on, it will be mine!" Sayuri said to Naruto who nodded gratefully. As they arrived behind the Hokage monument, Naruto broke down as he cried his eyes out.
"Tou-chan, Kaa-chan, Imoutou-chan!" He wailed again and again and again as Sayuri held him in her arms. For an entire hour, Naruto poured his heart to her, leaving the orange masked menace as she viewed him with another light...
"Naruto-kun, in my eyes, you'll always be a hero. You were always the stronger of the two of us, almost like Itachi-niichan.." Sayuri said with a smile that made Naruto's heart melt.
"Sayuri-chan, I swear I'll always help you in your goals, and stand by your side till I die. An Uzumaki never breaks a promise, much less an oath dattebayo!" Naruto declared with a grin, his red spiky hair blowing in the wind.
"Whatever you say, Akagami-kun!" Sayuri said with a smile as he begun bickering with her about his red hair.
"I find your red hair awesome you know that?" She asked honestly and he grinned at her like a fox.
"Sayuri, Naruto, what are you two doing here?" Shisui and Itachi asked them.
"Well, we wandered here?" Naruto asked them curiously, "It's my mistake, Itachi-niichan, Shisui-niichan. And Shisui-niichan, never trust any Hokage after Tou-chan, believe me in this!" Naruto said seriously as Shisui sighed.
"Naruto-kun, don't you think that's far too much?" Shisui asked the red haired he used to guard as an ANBU. Naruto shook his head.
"I wish I was wrong. Fugaku-san have my trust and respect, but anyone else? He did at least visit me just yesterday along with Mikoto-obasan and asked about my well being. Kakashi-nii visited. Ero-sennin slept in my house. But I never heard anything about the Hokage, not even there..." He pointed at the funeral. "So, I will be the Hokage not to protect Konoha from the inside and the outside. Who will ally with who? Who will betray who? There's so many shinobi villages and one throne they're all racing toward. Low key is the best, strike from the shadow, and never strike twice from the same place. Surprise can bring down camels..." Naruto said as Sayuri felt exactly what he wanted to tell her brother...
"I see. Naruto-kun, what if a clan, let's say the Hyugas revolted?" Shisui asked his little brother figure who sighed.
"I dunno. Will I exterminate everyone for the sin of the few? Will I betray the friends I have? Hah, the hat hangs heavy, but betrayal is easy only for traitors..." Naruto spat the last word. Ever since yesterday, only Shikamaru, Sayuri and Choji remained his friends. This Naruto is no longer the kind boy who'll befriend anyone. But he decided to lose fear, but also hatered... Kindness will be given only to the worthy, those who fight for the wellbeing of the others, rather than themselves...
A year later
Naruto went to the academy like usual. Through the last year, he gained two new friends : Shino and Hinata. While he had many bullies, he still knocked them to next week. Also, he became much closer to Sayuri. Dare he say that she's his best friend forever?
"Did you hear that? They say that Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui killed everyone in the Uchiha clan leaving only Sayuri-chan." Taji Mizuki said only for Naruto to jump at him with an enraged look on his eyes.
"Sayuri, where is Sayuri?" Naruto asked in a livid tone. Mizuki sweated bullets at this while Iruka came in.
"Naruto, calm down, she's at the hospital." Iruka said to the red haired who tore his way through the walls. Mizuki gasped for air.
"Seriously, I never thought anyone would be this strong!" Mizuki said as Iruka nodded, sighing in sorrow.
"Naruto used to be much kinder, but the death of his parents changed him. He lost his entire family. Being a Jinchuriki made him terrifying, and not because of the fox since Naruto is the only one brave enough to talk to him eventually.." Iruka repeated what he knew so far about the red haired boy who have an unbelievable strength...
"I think if anyone will kill Shisui, it will be him." Mizuki said in a serious tone. At first, he hated Naruto, but once the Hokage talked to the whole Academy instructors, he realised that Naruto is not only the legacy of the 4th and Kushina, but also their trump card. While the information was barely known, Naruto is more than able to take care of himself. Everyone knows that it's a matter of when he'll become the Hokage.
Sayuri's hospital room
"Sayuri-chan, please don't leave me alone!" Naruto said as tears streamed down his face. The ravenette was in a coma. Naruto never saw her in this state before. He endured a lot of pain and hardship, but the mere thought of losing her...
"Che, after all this time, my warden come to visit me, huh?" A menacing voice came into his ears as he saw himself in a dump, pipe rigged sewers.
"Who are you? What's your name, your real name I mean!" Naruto said in an icy tone, "Mine is Naruto, Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto."
"I don't see any reason why to tell you my name, gaki. But if you must know, I'm called Kurama, the Kyubi and the strongest of the Bijus." Kurama said in a livid tone.
"Look, as much as I hate to say it, I know you were in my Kaa-san. So why did you killed her and my little sister you big..." Naruto yelled at him with fury, an unmatched fury.
"Shut up you kuso gaki! First your seal is like heaven compared you my other two prisons who crucified me with damn spikes at my belly and tails and chained me to damn molten rock! You at least asked politely for my name. Now why don't you hear my story before you judge? Che, and I thought you are smart!" Kurama said in angry tone as Naruto sighed regretefully.
"Sorry about lashing out at you, but you are not a monster if you were controled, right?" Naruto asked the Biju who nodded.
"So, tell me everything!" Naruto said in a serious tone, "Tell me and then we'll see. Beside, I need allies if I'm going to take down on that bastard who made us suffer, right?" Naruto asked the gigantic fox who nodded, maybe he'll like this kid enough to trust him...
"I see! I don't blame you anymore if that's what you want to hear, but this is all the more reason for me to protect everyone. I must get stronger, much, much, much stronger..." Naruto said as he then continued, "Then, maybe this curse will be eradicated."
"If you save that Uchiha girl at least. She's going to fall to her curse of hatred if you won't be her pillar." Kurama said as Naruto grinned mischievouly.
"Yeah. I have so many things to do and a few Kekkei Genkais to master..." Naruto said as he remembered how he have wood, boil, lava and magnet release. He had an idea how to master them...
"Well, maybe I'll give you my chakra whenever you'll need it." Kurama offered only for Naruto to shake his head 'No' ..
"It's not mine in the first place, no? Beside, I know that you are stingy with it, not that I blame you. Mito and Kaa-san never realised how wise you are. However, in a death or life situation, then yeah, I'll apreciate your help. I want to rely on my own strength so I don't become a burden. You deserve better after all..." Naruto said in a serious tone as Kurama grinned.
"You pass my test. Naruto, remember to fight me when you'll become a sage. Now go and talk to your girlfriend." Kurama said grinning
"She's not my girlfriend! I wished her to be my girlfriend when we become older, but still, I doubt she likes me.." Naruto said as he dissapeared while Kurama laughed at how clueless his partner is...
The last Uchiha slowly opened her eyes as she woke up from her coma. She watched her first and closest friend spacing out before her eyes...
"Naruto-kun? You're here?" Sayuri asked the red haired who hugged her, crying tears of joys.
"Kami-sama, I'm so glad that Sayuri-chan is alright!" Naruto said as he glanced at the raven haired girl who shook her head at his antics.
"Naruto-kun, he did it! Itachi, he killed my parents! He said that the path of hatred is the right one, that's why we can't be friends anymore, not until I have my revenge." Sayuri said in a sad, hurt yet cool tone.
"You're wrong!" Naruto yelled at her and she glared at him.
"You too want revenge for your parents! I thought you'll understand..." Sayuri said as she was about to get away. Naruto stopped her and gazed into her onyx pools with his blue ones.
"I never said that you shouldn't take your revenge, I'm saying that cutting all your ties and bonds is wrong. I mean, I have friends, especially you, yet I'm strong. I don't know if I'm at chunin level yet, but I'm trying to grow up stronger than any shinobi. If I don't surpass the four Hokages, I might die if I try to take my revenge!" Naruto decided to inform her. "Beside, we're after the same guy. You take on Itachi, I'll take on Shisui, and we'll take on the third one, together!" Naruto told her his plan. He then gasped for air...
"Okay, but don't drag me down, alright?" Sayuri said as Naruto then started planning something.
"Here, a key to my house if you ever want to come. Beside, loneliness is not for the living..." Naruto said wisely as he suffered from his loneliness so much that he spent a lot of time training. A LOT more than he should be...
Sayuri nodded as she asked him for one last thing...
"Naruto-kun, got any storage scroll?" She asked and he gave her gladly.
Suddently, an ANBU with a blank mask apeared behind the two children.
"Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sayuri, you two are to come with me to Danzo-sama to be put under the CRA! Refuse and I won't hold back!" He begun only for a silver haired ANBU to materialise behind him and shopping him on the neck.
"Sorry about this, but you two must come with me to Hokage-sama." The ANBU said in a lazy, kind tone.
"Inu-san, why didn't you let me cut him to shreds?" Naruto said as a Ninjato apeared in his hand.
"Because with Jiraiya-sama at the office, this is a perfect opportunity!" Inu said as he made a shadow clone and shunshined along with everyone, including the out-cold Ne...
Hokage office
Jiraiya glanced at Hiruzen with cold fury. Why the hell not? Who's gonna miss Danzo of all people?
"You know, sensei, if you're going to act like this, I swear, my godson will be in danger!" Jiraiya said only for Kakashi to apear with a swirl of leaves.
"Well, you see, this guy tried to kidnap this young boy and young girl, Hokage-sama!" Kakashi said in a lazy tone as Hiruzen sighed.
'Fine by me, Danzo! You want your funeral? So be it! You and those other two did too much anyways...' Hiruzen thought as he now planned to unleash two lions on the old elephant.
"Inu, please guard Naruto-kun and Sayuri-chan! Jiraiya, wait for me, I want to tell you something." Hiruzen said in a commanding voice.
A few days later
Sayuri and Naruto pounded a tree stump in frustration. Itachi and Shisui came back to the village and murdered the council mercilessly. While the death of the elders was welcomed for Naruto, he was conserned with Sayuri.
The girl became colder to everyone but him. Even her bestfriend among girls, Hinata. Naruto knew that it have something to do with Hinata's blushing. Why Sayuri was this violent anyways most of her spars? The last time she fought Hinata, she used a new Taijutsu move called Shishi rendan. Naruto beated Kiba then Shino in their last spar. While he could've used his father's style, he opted for something else...
It was no secret that Naruto is unbelievably strong. He was easily at chunin level despite his abysmal skills in Genjutsu. He hoped to be close to jonin level by thirteen along with Sayuri or else, their asses are toasted. And he'd rather die than losing yet another precious person...
The two trained together a lot. Naruto being Naruto, never realised how much the ravenette loved him. She also found a nice way to wake him up : yelling 'Wake up' after sneaking into his room. But she also carried him home whenever he overdid it and even tucked him into his bed. Sometimes, when he's asleep, she kissed his cheek and wish him sweet dreams in a lovingly tone.
Sayuri vowed to protect Naruto from anything and everything. As much as she wanted him to be more than a best friend, she kept the matter silent as a grave.
Five years later
Graduation day
Academy yard
Naruto and Sayuri smiled as they both aced their tests. However, their joy was short lived as a certain scarecrow arrived...
"Well, congratulation. But nothing is over. A week later, we'll meet again. So, I suggest that you two train hard and have a lot of fun while it lasts." The man said as he vanished in a swirl of leaves. Naruto glanced at Sayuri as she was looking sadly at the kids who went back home with their parents or guardians. Naruto shook his head as he walked with her home to prepare their lunch. This time it was Sayuri's turn...
At the Namikaze house, Naruto watched Sayuri with amazement as the ravenette was preparing a meal for the both of them. While Naruto can easily cook for the two of them, he wanted Sayuri to feel like a girl sometimes. Sure, she was bossy and cold sometimes, but he also knows of he sweet gentle side that kept hidding all those years...
"Sayuri-chan, I admit that you are a wonderful cook you know that?" Naruto admitted as she prepared her riceball with Okaka (fermented fumed and dried skipjack tuna) and wrapped in seaweed.
"Yeah, I know. One of us had to be the brain." Sayuri said smilling. This will rile the red haired up...
"Oi, just because I lose to you in shogi and Uzumaki chess doesn't mean I'm stupid!" Naruto protested as Sayuri giggled and kissed his cheek.
"Nah, just a little dummy." She said in a cute tone that made him blush.
"Oi, oi oi. Even Shika and Shino lost to me, and they are smart enough to know what's my real goal is..." Naruto said as Sayuri put a book in his hands. He looked at her with skeptism.
"Ok, why do you want me to read this book?" Naruto asked his best friend who sighed.
"I must make sure that you're up to snuff mentally." Sayuri said in a cool tone as he protested.
"Who are you? My mother?" Naruto asked slyly as Sayuri glared at him before shocking him...
"Yes, I am your mother. Now start reading!" She said in a commanding tone that made him go 'Yes Ma'am!' as he red the book, much to her amusement.
'Messing with my future lover is sooo funny!' She thought as she was now thinking how to pass her time...
The next day
"Hokage-Jiichan, with all my due respest, I won't take my photo again. I mean, how's a kanji for 'Calamity' in a shirt isn't professional?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow, "Beside, someone have to remember the horror of the Uzumakis..." Naruto said with a dark chuckle as a young boy came in yelling that he'll take Hiruzen's hat. Sayuri arrived afterward only to watch the boy trip over his own scarf and yelled mentally 'Fail!' as the boy pointed a finger to Naruto.
"You made me trip!" The boy yelled at Naruto who grabbed him by his collar and picked him up.
"You tripped on your own scarf, aho!" Naruto yelled at him, "Don't go and blame other people on your mistaked!"
"You there, put the Honorable grandson down!" A Tokubetsu jonin known as Ibisu arrived at the scene. Naruto glanced at Hiruzen who sighed and palmed his face. Sayuri did the exact same thing...
"What are you gonna do? The Hokage is my grandfather!" The boy smirked smuggly as Naruto's eyes narrowed...
"Do you think I care, you baka!" Naruto yelled as he grabbed the boy from his ankles and started swinging him arround a little too fast.
"You! Unhand him you brat!" The black clad ninja said as Naruto let Konohamaru drop on his head.
"As you wish, let's go, Sayuri-chan!" Naruto said as Hiruzen sighed.
"Jii-chan, who was he?" Konohamaru asked as Hiruzen smiled proudly.
"This, Konohamaru-kun, was Naruto-kun. Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto." Hiruzen said and Ibisu's eyes widdened. That deliquent red haired kid was the son of the greatest Hokage ever?
"Is he strong?" Konohamaru asked.
"Yes, he, along with Uchiha Sayuri are definitely the strongest genins ever produced. I don't know which rank to put them in to be honest, but their sensei will tell me soon. Konohamaru-kun, no matter what, beware. They had a very tough life, and the only reason they are friends is because of that." Hiruzen said seriously as he thought what to do next. His three students failed horrendously in the test of life. As shinobis, they are great. As human being? Not good one bit...
He kinda found his way into Naruto's heart, even though the red haired was cold at first. Jiraiya went away for years, making Naruto kinda angry at him. Tsunade is still wandering who know where she is.. Orochimaru.. At least that monster is dead by Minato's hand...
"I'm getting too old for this." Hiruzen sighed at this. His acursed paperwork is still breeding. What is he going to do to neutralise it is something he would never know...
A week later
Umino Iruka arrived at the classroom only to find Naruto and Sayuri on the same desk, both reading a book. Naruto was also... everywhere for a reason and had pretty much all the boys exccept Shino, Shikamaru and Choji hanging from the roof by their legs tied up and gagged. Hinata was also shaking her head. The Nara was sleeping, Choji was eating a bag of chips and Shino was thinking... whatever Shino thinks, I dunno?
Ino and Sakura were for once looking at Naruto with a mix of terror and a newfound respect. Sayuri was also hiding her face completely in her book. This left the scarred chunin with one thing only...
"Okay, can anyone explain to me what the heck happened here?" Iruka asked in his most calm and collected voice as the shadow clones removed Kiba's gag.
"I'm sorry, Naruto! I swear I'll never make you do something like that again!" The Inuzuka begun only for the clone to whisper apology accepted and re-gagged him, again.
"Er, Naruto-kun kinda went into a glaring contest with Sayuri-chan, and Kiba pushed Naruto-kun to Sayuri-chan, resulting in them kissing each other. Sayuri-chan's fan club went berserk on Naruto-kun, the result is that Naruto-kun and Sayuri-chan showed them who's boss..." Hinata said as she defended her friends. Sayuri laughed at this while Naruto shook his head.
"Che, I swear, Iruka-sensei, the standards for genin dropped significally. The best of them apart Kiba is weaker than me seven, seven, seven years ago!" Naruto repeated the number of years in disbelief.
"Naruto, with all due respect, you were always strong. The only ones on your age group who can claim to be your rival is either Uchiha Sayuri, Aburame Shino or Hyuga Hinata. So, yeah, you're much stroger than average." Iruka praised his student who sighed.
"I never wanted to be this kind of person. Yet life is ironic. I hope I'll get a good team. Fine, Sayuri-chan, do it!" Naruto said and as quick as her affinity, Sayuri proved her Shurikenjutsu to everyone as she threw a few shurikens that cut the ropes and made everyone drop to the class floor.
"Consider this a punishement for attacking my Naruto-kun!" Sayuri said as she glanced at him, "What? You are my best and closest friend, got a problem with it?"
"No, I don't!" Naruto said while he beamed at her. Oh how he waited for this. But for now, they'll wait for their team. As Iruka announced the teams, Naruto spaced out until he heard...
"Team seven : Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sayuri. Your jonin sensei is Hatake Kakashi." Naruto and Sayuri high fived as they got the teammate they wished for.
"Team eight : Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba and Hyuga Hinata. Your jonin sensei will be Yuuhi Kurenai." Iruka said as he continued with the last team, "Team ten : Akimichi Choji, Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino. You jonin sensei will be Sarutobi Asuma. Now then, good luck and take an hour break."
As the rookies went outside, Naruto and Sayuri walked up all the way to the first brach of a tree, where they silently ate Sayuri's Onigiris...
Later on, they realised something bad is going to happen. They hopped that Kakashi is someone who's strong enough for them...
AN : Yep, this is a NaruSayu story, and may be a long one at this. SBS corner is open by p.m.