The Chronicles of Naruto
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters in it.
This story is set in the current timeline of the manga, however none of the events have occured as they did in the manga
Chapter 2 Old Friends and New Realizations
Naruto - Was what the perverted hermit said really true? How could my life be so different from before? All I did was become a chuunin. Is that really enough to cause all of these things to happen to me? Am I really feared that much by other people?All of these questions were going through Naruto's head as he slowly walked toward the Hokage's office. He knew that he looked more than a little downtrodden as he continuously got looks of concern and pity from the people he passed. He would look up at the ones that looked particularly worried and would force a smile to let them know that he was fine, but he knew they didn't really believe it. His mind was too busy with the new realizations that had been implanted within him just a little while ago to care too much about those people though. Most of his outside senses had been put on hold, and he didn't even notice that he was going to wrong way until he walked right into a tree.
Naruto - "Huh?" He picked his head up to look at his surroundings. "I don't remember all of these trees being on the way to old lady Tsunade's office." He continued to examine his surroundings until he noticed a small area with no trees. Instead there were three small logs in a large field of grass next to a monument of some sort. As the area became more familiar to Naruto he smiled a smile half of happiness and half of pain. This was the place where team 7 had begun its journey together. He walked over to the log where he was once tied up to and let the happy memories flood his mind. These memories brought a sense of peace and ease to Naruto's mind, but they also brought pain and anger, and this tore at him. He wasn't sure how he was supposed to feel. Should he should be happy or sad, content or disturbed, calm or angry with everything that was going through him right now. His will of Iron began to break down at the constant barrage of senses and tears started to form in his eyes. Then, Danger! The only sense that he never turned off was flaring now. "You're slow as usual Naruto." came a voice from behind him.
Naruto - I know that voice!
At the last second before his attacker slammed into him Naruto side stepped, pulled out a kunai, tripped his attacker, and pinned him to the ground with the kunai at his back.
"HEY. Get off me." Was one of the cries that came Naruto's new captive.
Naruto - "Jeez. How many times do we have to go through this Konohamaru."
Konohamaru - "Shut up! Lemme up! Get off of me!"
Naruto - sigh "You will never change." He got off him and put the kunai back into his pack.
Konohamaru - "What were you doing out here anyway? Don't you have a meeting with the Hokage soon?"
Naruto - "Yeah i know, I was just thinking and before I knew it I wound up here."
Konohamaru - "Oh? You shouldn't think too much. Bad things happen when people do that." he said in a scholar like voice.
Naruto - "Like you would know." he mumbled.
Konohamaru - "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!"
Naruto - You know exactly what that was supposed to mean "...Nothing."
Konohamaru got angry at the last statement and charged at his leader again, but was stopped short by Naruto's arm on his head. "DAMMIT! LET ME GO!" Naruto smiled his first genuine smile since he got the information and then began to laugh.
Naruto - This is funny as hell, but I should get going.
Then Naruto released his hold, stepped to the side, and watched as Konohamaru went straight into the dirt a few feet past where he was just standing.
Konohamaru - "Dammit. Why you..."
Naruto - "Thanks Konohamaru. You made me feel a lot better, but I need to get going now."
At first he looked confused, but it soon changed to happiness "Alright. I'll play with you again later." With that they both left the training ground of Naruto's past and went their separate ways. Neither of them noticed the figure hiding behind one of the trees watching the events unfold since Naruto arrived there. Out of the tree's shadow stepped Hinata andshe had a worried look on her face. "Naruto?"
Naruto was walking through town again. This time however he was actually heading toward his destination and his mood had improved significantly since his last trek through town. He no longer received the worried glances from random people, he didn't have to fake his smile anymore, and this time he was using all of his senses to their maximum. Which is why he wasn't surprised when he noticed a kunai heading towards him. Without slowing his pace and in one motion he caught the kunai and threw it back at its owner. He then heard a startled cry and then a thump of metal against wood. He stopped moving and looked up to see a very surprised Chouji, Kiba, and Akamaru laying down flat on a roof top. "Oh, it's you. What do you want?"
Kiba - "Did you have to throw it back at us?"
Naruto - "Did you have to throw it at me in the first place?"
Kiba - "Shut up, we just wanted to see if it was just a fluke that you did so well during the exam." So he really is that good now. "Hey, what did you the two and half years you were gone?"
Naruto - "You wouldn't understand even if I told you." he said with an arrogant voice.
Kiba - "WHAT WAS THAT?"
Naruto - "Nothing, nothing. So what's the real reason you two got my attention?"
Chouji - "Sakura wanted us to find you. Something about you being late. She said that she would be at the flower shop waiting for you."
Naruto got a worried look on his face after hearing the second sentence. I hope she's not angry at me again. I used all the ice I had the last time she hit me. "Thanks, Ibetter hurry then."
Chouji then held out his towards Naruto "Before you leave. Give it to me."
Naruto - "Huh? Give what?"
Chouji - "Don't play dumb. Just hand it over. I will get it one way or another"
Naruto frowned and pulled the last snack out of his pack and threw it to Chouji who immediately ate it. Damn you Chouji. That was going to be my lunch. No time to worry about that now. If I don't hurry Sakura's going to hit me again. With that he took off running down the street and made it to the flower shop in what could be considered record time for the distance he ran. He didn't see her outside so he went inside the shop.
Naruto - "Hello?"
"Naruto? What are you doing here?" came a voice from behind the counter that belonged to Ino.
Naruto - I forgot that this Sasuke obsessed freak owned this place. "Hi Ino, have you seen Sakura? I was supposed to meet her here."
Ino - "Yeah, she's in the back right now. She should be back in a couple minutes."
Naruto - "Ok, I'll just wait here for her then if that's alright."
Ino - "Sure it's fine"
Naruto started to walk around the store and look at the variety of flower decorations. He didn't know what each flower was or why some spots had different looking flowers in a bundle. His knowledge of flowers is almost as limited as his desire to look at them right now. This is boring. I hope Sakura gets here soon. He turned to look in back room hoping to see Sakura, but saw nothing except for Ino resting her head in her hand which was propped up by her elbow on the counter and she had a look on her face that Naruto thought resembled the perverted hermits look when he saw a beautiful woman. Naruto got a confused look on his face. What does she want? I hope it isn't my money.
Ino - Damn he's looked good ever since he got back from his training, and he looks even better with that vest on. I don't look to bad right now. This outfit isn't very flattering, but I still think I can get him, and besides I don't have the time to go change anyway. I should try something before Sakura gets back.
At that very moment Sakura walked in from the back room and saw Ino's look of desire and then followed it to Naruto who looked completely dumbfounded. It took her a few seconds to understand what was going on, but when she did her reaction couldn't have been better if she had seen a cow talk. What? Ino pig? Why you little... She then calmed herself and right before Ino was going to start on Naruto she walked in.
Sakura - "There you are Naruto. You do know that you are awfully late, right?"
Ino - Wide forehead girl!
Naruto - "He he yeah. Sorry about that." he said in a very nervous tone.
Sakura - "Don't worry, it's no big deal. Well lets get going then."
Naruto - Something is not right here. "Hey, why are you being so nice?"
Sakura - "What do you mean? I'm always nice!" she said in a 'hurry up and lets get the hell out of here' voice.
Naruto - "R-right. Sorry."
As they were leaving Sakura turned around and stuck her tongue out at Ino. I'll get you for this wide forehead girl. Next time I'm going to be better prepared. Naruto and Sakura then proceeded down the street together towards their meeting with the hokage.
Author's Notes:
Well here's the second chapter hope you enjoy it. Please review if you liked it or have suggestions.
