NaruSaku Shippuden
Chapter #2
5 Years Later
It had been five years since Naruto left the village with only a letter to his friends saying goodbye and he wasn't sure if they'd forgive him for the way he left was all too similar to how Sasuke left but he was hopeful he'd make it up to them.
Naruto and Jiraiya made their way up to the Village gate where the two gatekeepers were watching and they couldn't believe their eyes it was Lord Jiraiya and Naruto they both gasp in disbelief "Is that…?" they both nod to each other "Lord Jiraiya and Naruto Uzumaki!?"
Naruto smiles "Hey guys been a while, not torturing Genin at the Chunin exams anymore I hope."
They both sulk at the fact that's how he remembers them Jiraiya chuckles "We'll we best be off gotta check in with everyone see ya."
Both nod and smile "See you."
The Village had changed a lot but at the same time there were things that had remained the same the academy, and ichi raku ramen were still standing tall, the Stone Faces had one extra one Lady Tsunade had been added Naruto was heading towards the Hokage mansion when he heard a yell from down the street "Naruto! Is that really you!?"
Naruto almost too afraid to look turns to see Sakura "Sakura hey… I…"
Sakura slaps him "That's for leaving without saying a word!"
Naruto rubbing his cheek nods "Yep, yep I definitely deserved that."
Sakura glares "At least!" she then embraces him "That's for coming back at least. Even if you were gone for five years now you're back."
Naruto nods "Yep, stronger than ever ready to protect everyone so I never lose anyone ever again!"
Sakura looks Naruto over and nods "Yeah, you've defiantely grown and matured over the years."
Naruto looks at himself questioningly "Really you think so?"
Sakura nods "Yeah, what about me have I changed at all"
Naruto smiles "No way you haven't changed one bit!" Sakura slightly annoyed at this goes to punch Naruto but before she gets a chance Naruto continues "You're still the most beautiful girl I've ever seen."
Sakura not sure how to respond "I… how… why you… argh! I gotta go, I'll speak to you later Naruto"
Naruto nods "See ya Sakura…" he turns back to Jiraiya "So should we be off Master?"
Jiraiya groans "Ever since you got stronger you've been a whole lot more serious even calling me Master, I gotta say as annoying as it was it was better when you used to call me Pervy Sage."
Naruto chuckles "Well then should we keep going Pervy-Sage?"
Jiraiya sighs in relief "Yeah, let's go oh apprentice of mine"
Sakura waits for Naruto to be out of sight before she enters the Yamanaka flower shop "Ino I'm here!"
Ino pokes her head out from the back of the shop "Oh, Sakura! Hanami someone's here to pick you up!"
Hanami a young girl only five years old with long cherry blossom pink hair and beautiful blue eyes wearing a green dress and sandals comes running out as soon as she sees Sakura she squeals happily "Mummy!"
Sakura embraces her and lifts her to the roof "How's my little cherry blossom, were you good for Aunty Ino!?"
Hanami giggles and smiles "Ya-huh!"
Sakura looks to Ino "Thanks again Ino I know you haven't been going on as many missions cause of us…"
Ino waves her off "Oh, no I love looking after the little munchkin but I will need to start going on missions a lot more now, Hokage's order"
Sakura nods "I understand I'll find another sitter hopefully but we'll manage won't we…? Huh?" Sakura sees Hanami has already fallen asleep in her arms she smiles softly at her daughter and looks to Ino "You know he's back?"
Ino confused "Who's back?"
Sakura a bit scared to tell Ino "N… Naruto… I saw him in the street on my way here."
Ino gets a furious look in her eyes "Did you tell him about her!?"
Sakura shakes her head "No, not yet I want to give him some time before I tell him that he's a father. I'm gonna ask to meet up tomorrow or something."
Ino scoffs "You're too good for him he left you for five years he's lucky you're the mother and not me otherwise I'd never tell him!"
Sakura looks at her worried and asks "How would you hide the fact I mean she might look more like me than anyone but you can't deny the fact she has his eyes and some of his mannerisms, she goes ya know all the time and only Naruto has ever said that particular phrase so excessively like that ya know, ah look now I'm even saying it."
Ino hating the fact she makes a good argument turns from Sakura "Well, it doesn't matter you're gonna tell him so I'll see you later."
Sakura smiles and nods "You're a good friend Ino."
Ino blushing "What's with all the compliments, go on get out of here before she wakes up!"
Sakura nods and head out "Come on my little cherry blossom let's go home." she takes Hanami home with her.
Meanwhile at The Hokage Mansion, Tsunade is filling out paper work that was mountains high when she hears a knock at the door she looks up at it with a glare and says "If that's you Shizune with more paper I swear to god I will…!"
Naruto opens the door looking nervous "Whoa, whoa… easy there granny it's just us."
Tsunade looks surprised "Naruto and Jiraiya!? When'd you get back? Why didn't you warn me!"
Naruto smiles "Thought it'd be better to surprise you!"
Tsunade chuckles "you cheeky little monkey, have you seen anyone else?"
Naruto nods "Only Sakura she was a bit upset to say the least though I don't blame her she asked me to promise not to leave her then I went ahead and did it anyway for five years but she seems okay, she was actually better than I thought she'd be just goes to show how strong she is!?"
Tsunade nods "Yeah well that's what motherhood will do to a woman I guess."
Naruto gasps "Motherhood!?" he sighs "I see, yeah sounds about right I abandoned her just like Sasuke did so she was bound to find someone else right."
Jiraiya sighs "I told you, you should have said goodbye properly."
Naruto smiles "What're you talking about Pervy Sage if I had done things any differently she wouldn't have a child right now, I did the right thing as painful as it is right here." He grabs his shirt above the area where his heart is "she's happy right? Do think you could tell me who the dad is?"
Tsunade sighs "I don't think that's my place to say, but Hanami just turned five last week. My advice go home get some rest then go do the rounds tomorrow. You're bound to catch up with Sakura at some point."
Naruto nods "Yeah, you're right… oh before I go I do have one question for you."
Tsunade nods "Let me guess is there any mission for you to complete, well before I can say I'll need to test your skills again after all it's been a while and…"
Naruto shakes his head "Nah, I kinda figured that already, I was just wondering if there was any word on either Sasuke or Itachi Uchiha?"
Tsunade goes to speak then swallows "Uh… about that. Itachi Uchiha is well… dead. Sasuke killed him two years ago he's now a mercenary now working for the Akatsuki"
Naruto surprised "What!? But that's… how can that be why work for the guys that helped his brother!"
Tsunade sighs "That, Naruto is a story for a completely other day. Now I'll see you when I decide how we're gonna test you okay?"
Naruto nods "Understood, Granny."
Naruto leaves the Hokage estate and makes his way back to his old house where he sees Sakura standing outside his door all fidgety, Naruto calls out to her confused "Sakura? What're you doing here?"
Sakura takes a deep breath to try and calm her nerves but it doesn't work she says everything all at once so Naruto is unable to understand. "Wouldyouliketocatchuptomorrow?"
Naruto looks at her surprised then says "Okay, now how about we try English this time?"
Sakura nods realizing just how nervous she is "Okay, okay… what I said was… would you like to catch up tomorrow?"
Naruto nods "Sure, I'd love to."
Sakura smiles "Good, okay can you meet me at the park at three pm."
Naruto nods "Sure, I'll be there."
Sakura smiles and awkwardly fumbles away "Okay, good, ooh whoops. Anyway see ya." She runs off.
Naruto looks confused but smiles "I guess I was wrong you have changed, you're even cuter. Too bad it's too late for me."
Just around the corner at Sakura's, Sakura is putting Hanami to bed she kisses her on the forehead, and says "Sleep well my cherry blossom tomorrow you're gonna meet your dad."
Hanami smiles at the thought she's heard lots of stories and was excited "I'm happy, is mama gonna marry him now he's back. Cause don't mummy's marry daddy's"
Sakura smiles and the innocence of her child "It's not that simple but maybe one day first step is to introduce you."
Hanami nods "Okay… night, night mama." She drifts off to sleep
Sakura walks to her own room and falls asleep in her lonely empty bed as she drifts off to sleep she imagines Naruto embracing her as she has for every night the past five years.
The next day Naruto makes his way doing the rounds catching up with all his friends first he went to the training grounds where he found Team Guy and Kurenai training together he did a bit of sparring with Lee and Neji even Kiba joined in and they had some fun Tenten, Shino and Hinata weren't surprised at how strong Naruto had gotten but he was only using a bit less than 25% of his full strength.
later he ran into Shikamaru who was being Temari's guide while in the Village.
Choji was eating at a BBQ restaurant where the customers cooked their own food Ino however seemed very angry at Naruto for some reason he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
finally came time, time to meet up with Sakura he assumed she was gonna introduce him to her daughter and husband or boyfriend or father of the child anyway.
Naruto made it to the Park a little earlier than the arranged time but then again so did Sakura, Hanami was playing in the park with some of the other children, Sakura smiled at this Naruto sat down next to her and said "This brings back memories."
Sakura looked confused "What do you mean?"
Naruto looks to her then smiles "I used to play here as a kid too with Shikamaru and all the other kids but then their folks came to get them to go home and I went home by myself…" sighs "Anyway, what'd you wanna talk about?"
Sakura sighs preparing herself once again "I'm sure you've heard by now, I am a mother."
Naruto nods "Yeah Granny Tsunade told me."
Sakura immediately hits him over the head "Don't call her Granny she's the 5th Hokage."
Naruto chuckles "Sorry, sorry."
Sakura sighs "Anyway, I figured I should tell you as soon as possible."
Naruto nods "Well we are teammates, or at least I hope we're still teammates when I get reassigned after whatever test Gra… I uh… I mean after Lady Hokage has for me… so you want to introduce her dad to me or something?"
Sakura sighs "I'm afraid that's impossible."
Naruto looks confused "Why, do I already know him or is he dead?"
Sakura shakes her head "No nothing like that the thing is, she's five years old."
Naruto nods "I know, Tsunade told me that too"
Sakura sighs "I have only been with one person to be able to have Hanami I think you know who."
Naruto gasps "Wait… what… I uh… I don't understand I…"
Sakura nods "Yeah, you're a dad Naruto. I just figured you should know, now you don't have to be a part of her life but…"
Sakura doesn't even get a chance to finish her sentence before Naruto grabs Sakura and asks with a glaring intensity "Who knows!?"
Sakura confused by the question asks "Knows what?"
Naruto sighs "That she's my daughter."
Sakura thinks for a moment "Everyone I think, I mean I told Ino and she told Shikamaru and Choji I'm sure they told their parents and Shikamaru probably told Temari who probably told Gaara and Kankuro I also told all the Sensei's so Asuma, Kurenai & Kakashi I also told Hinata I felt I had to she told Neji and the rest of the Hyuuga as well as Kiba and Shino and Neji told Tenten and Lee as well as Guy Sensei Tsunade and Shizune helped deliver her."
Naruto sighs "No, I mean the other villagers, who are outside our immediate friend and mentor list."
Sakura looks confused sighs "Well I don't have an exact number. Why does it matter?"
Naruto almost afraid to ask "She has friends right no one has told there kids to stay away from her right!?"
Sakura chuckles "You serious why would they…" she finally realizes and remembers her own childhood
Flashback;
Naruto as a young kid crying then a kid a little older than him picks up a stone and throws it at Naruto then yells "get out of here you freak"
Sakura gasps then looks up at her father and mother who simply glare at Naruto looking at him with a cold icy stare "It's least that he deserves, the demon"
Sakura goes to help Naruto when her mother grabs her with a firm grip "You stay away from that child you hear me Sakura if you so much as talk to him you will be grounded for life!"
End of Flashback;
Sakura embraces Naruto "You haven't even met her yet and your already worried she was treated like you were back in the day."
Naruto nods "Of course well… is she okay?"
Sakura smiles "Just look"
They both watch Hanami play kick the can with a bunch of other kids and Hanami wins hands down Naruto smiles "She has friends, lots of friends, that's good. She was better off without me then."
Sakura gasps at that statement "What do you mean better off, she always asks about you and I had to tell her things that I didn't even know about you and…"
Naruto nods "I know and I'm sorry about that, but if people knew I was her father she wouldn't have grown up as a normal kid they would have only seen her as the daughter of Naruto Uzumaki the Daughter of a monster."
Sakura worried "Why do you think that, I mean sure you've made mistakes but I wouldn't call you a monster."
Naruto smiles "that's simply cause you don't know the full story if you did you'd look at me the same way they do with a cold glare"
Sakura grabs Naruto and embraces him forcing his head to her bosom s he can hear her heartbeat "You listen here Naruto whatever people might say about you it doesn't matter to me you will always have me I will always defend and protect you and Hanami I will always be on your side no matter what alright?"
Naruto smiles and nods "Okay…" he looks to Hanami and asks "Can I meet her?"
Sakura smiles and nods "Hanami… come her please."
Hanami looks up at sees a man sitting with her mum and rushes over "What is it mum?"
Sakura smiles and takes her hand in hers then Naruto's hand in her other hand and places each of their hands in each others hand and says "Hanami this is your father Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto this is your daughter, Hanami Uzumaki."
Naruto a bit nervous says "Um… hi. I'm your dad I guess it's uh… nice to meet you."
Hanami looks at his face and touches his whisker birth marks and smiles then hugs him "Papa."
Naruto feels his heart flutter he never thought he could feel this much love and warmth from another person but here it was he hugs her protectively and tears start streaming from his face uncontrollably everyone was watching the kids playing in the park the parents watching their kids Ino, Choji, Shikamaru, Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Lee, Neji, Tenten, Asuma, Kakashi, Kurenai, Guy, Tsunade, and Shizune everyone knew Sakura was going to tell Naruto today and wanted to be there for her if it didn't go well but were happy it did.
Ino grumbles to herself "I suppose it's kinda cute how emotional he is right now."
Kiba smiles "Damn who'd ever thought Naruto is papa?" he laughs then covers his mouth and looks at Hinata "uhh… you alright?"
Hinata nods and says "It's still not over she may have won the battle but she has not won the war."
Shino shakes his head "You should let well enough be alone, the reason is because Sakura has had a child with him and it would not only make more sense for them to get together, but Naruto has loved her for years too before he left for his training so therefore…"
Hinata looks at Shino with her Byakugan activated "Shino… shut up!"
Guy is balling his eyes out over Kakashi "Oh, Kakashi what lovely students you have to think they'd become a loving family in more ways than one, it just reminds me the fact that there is more to Youth than burning brightly but that we can also be a cooling breeze!"
Neji very confused says "Guy Sensei what are you talking about!?"
Tenten shakes her head "Let it go Neji let's just keep watching it's kinda beautiful don't you think?"
Neji nods "I wonder if we'll ever have that?"
Tenten blushes brightly "Huh!?"
Neji realizing what he just said corrects himself "Oh, not like that I mean you find someone and I find someone completely different to have children with."
Tenten breathes a sigh of relief "Oh, right of course that's what you meant. Yeah I'd like to think so."
Asuma smiles as he looks at Kurenai's belly "We'll have our own young one to think about soon too, won't we?"
Kurenai smiles as she touches her belly "Yeah, I think we will."
Tsunade smiles "Looks like Naruto has finally grown up."
Shizune smiles "I'm happy for him now he has a family something he's always wanted."
Tsunade nods "Yeah, but I think it's about time we get his test started, don't you think."
Shizune nods "I suppose you're right."
Tsunade nods to herself "I think I have the perfect test too."
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