Naruto: Revenge of the Fallen

Author's Note: "Hey, guys! Thanks for the feedback on my first chapter! I hope you all can enjoy the second chapter as well." -Sonicfan32567

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto...again...

Chapter 2: Presence

It was a great night for Naruto Uzumaki. Most likely, it was the greatest night of his life. While he didn't get to go to the dance with Sakura, he went with Ino instead. Their chemistry on the dance floor was something to behold, and the crazy thing about it is that they've only been real friends for a couple of days.

After escaping Inoichi's wrath, Naruto could be seen trying to sleep, but the simple fact was that he couldn't. His mind was stuck on the 'dance' that he and Ino came up with, along with the kiss on the cheek that she gave him. "I mean, it was just a simple kiss on the cheek, right? Then why am I making such a big deal out of it?" Naruto thought, putting his hand on the cheek that Ino kissed. He looked at the ceiling as his thoughts continued to roll. He shook his head, trying to go to sleep.

"I'm coming for you now..."

When it actually seemed like he was going to get some sleep, he suddenly shot up, his eyes becoming very wide. He looked around his apartment, wondering who said that to him. "Ah! Who said that?!" Naruto exclaimed, clearly being caught off guard. "Hey, you stupid fox! Was that you?!"

"No, you idiot," replied Kurama.

"Then who was that talking to me just now?! As far as I know, you're the only one that can do that!" Naruto thought Kurama was trying to pull a prank on him.

"All I know is that it wasn't me. And for your information, I heard that voice too. I didn't like it..."

Naruto stopped screaming at Kurama when he heard his explanation. He was getting a cold shiver down his spine, feeling quite uneasy about this. This was getting creepy, and it was almost like he could feel a weird presence watching him. "Do you feel that?" asked Naruto.

"Yes. This presence is...quite disturbing, to say the least."

"What do you think it is?" Naruto continued asking questions.

"I'm not sure... Whatever it is, though, we have to keep an eye out for it."

"Right, right..." Naruto let out a fake laugh, trying his best to shrug this weird feeling off. He slowly got back into a relaxed position on his bed. Well, he wasn't that relaxed since he was thinking about that strange voice.

With Ino...

"YOU GAVE THAT BOY A KISS ON THE CHEEK?!" yelled Inoichi, being held back by his wife. Ino could only roll her eyes at her parent's ridiculousness. "Now, dear, that Naruto boy was actually very polite! From what I could tell, he wouldn't even think about hurting our daughter! Their dance was very nice too!"

Ino's eyes widened at the both of them, slight anger coming from her. "Wait... Dad, how did you know that I gave him a kiss on the cheek, anyway?! And Mom, how did you know about our dance?! I thought you stayed at home!"

Folks, it looks like both Inoichi and his wife were caught in the act of spying.

"Um... Uh... Dear..."

"Ha! Looks like I'm not the only guilty one here, am I?" Inoichi smirked at his wife, causing her to facepalm.

"Okay, Ino. Besides wanting to have a fun time and get my groove on, I decided to watch you two. However, I soon realized that Naruto wouldn't do anything to you, unlike someone I know..." Mrs. Yamanaka turned her attention to her husband and gave him 'the look.' Inoichi crossed his arms, making a "Hmph!" sound.

Ino was just taking everything in, and cringed at the thought of her mother getting her 'groove' on. It reminded her of Choji doing a freestyle on the dance floor, which is exactly what he did...

Flashback

"Everybody freestyle!" a person cried out. Choji, seeing this as a chance to become a sensation around the village, broke out the most ridiculous freestyle you could ever see. His arms were going all over the place, he was kicking randomly, and just overall looked silly. But... In a weird way, it's what all of us aspire to be.

Sasuke smirked at Choji's crazy freestyle, deciding to steal the show and breakdance on his head, spinning around rapidly. The crowd cheered for the Uchiha prodigy, just as they always did.

"HOW IS HE SO COOL AND DREAMY?!" Sakura yelled, fainting at the sight of Sasuke's dance moves.

End of Flashback

While Ino thought to herself, Inoichi tapped his daughter on the shoulder. "Soooo... Ino. Just to make sure, there's nothing going on between you two?"

"Dad, we've only been actual friends for a couple of days. Despite what you and Mom may think, that kiss on the cheek was just a thank you. Nothing is going on between us." Feeling like she got her point across, she walked to her room to get some sleep.

"But I gotta admit... Naruto is cooler than I thought. Still not cooler than Sasuke, but then again, no one is." she thought to herself.

A small smile crept on her face as she thought about Naruto, jumping on her bed and instantly went to sleep.

The Next Day...

It was yet another beautiful day in Konoha. Naruto and everyone else had already woken up. On this particular day, we turn our attention back to Naruto, who was running like he saw a ghost. In reality, though, he just wanted to ask a certain person a question. Running into the flower shop, Ino barely had time to recognize who it was. "Welcome to the Yamanaka flower sho-... Naruto?! YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST NARUTO!"

Not completely hearing what Ino said, Naruto kept on rushing and slammed into the counter, causing him to fall right on his back. Ino ran to his side, helping him up. "Naruto, you idiot! Why did you come in so fast?!"

"I-I just wanted to ask you a question..." Naruto replied, raising a finger. Ino raised an eyebrow at this. "A question? Whaddya got to ask me?"

"You know... um... How we became friends and the dance... and stuff..." Naruto trailed off, trying to find the right words. "I need to know this. Did you become friends with me and go to the dance with me out of pity?" he asked, looking at her.

Ino could only stare at Naruto after he asked that question, but something would soon come outta her mouth. "I realized how good of a person you are, Naruto. Remember, I wanted to become friends with you when we were little kids. After that, that's when you revealed your past to me. Truthfully, the way I look at it is like this. What's wrong with friends going to the dance?"

Naruto listened to Ino, nodding. "So... It wasn't out of pity?"

"No, you baka. Sure, telling me about your past and how you never went to the dance before had some kind of effect. Any person that hears about your past and doesn't feel bad for you, they simply don't have a soul. But that wasn't THE reason why I decided to go to the dance with you. The main reason why I decided to go with you is because I wanted to get to know you better. That's what I should have done earlier, and I do blame myself for not becoming actual friends with you years ago." Ino smiled at Naruto, getting him back on his feet.

Naruto looked at Ino as a sly look came upon his face. "Soooo, what you're saying is it wasn't out of pity, yet it was in the end?" his joking tone signaled that he was playing with her respone. Too bad Ino didn't get it, though.

"You knucklehead! You know what I meant!" Ino slightly pushed Naruto away from her, showing a scary look. Naruto knew those looks all too well, thanks to Sakura punching him all the time. He definitely knew that women could get very, very scary when they're provoked.

"Okay, okay! It was a joke! Calm down! I'm sorry!" Naruto raised his hands in the air, pretty much saying that he will surrender. "But seriously, I know what you meant. And... thank you for the good things you've done for me." he said, flashing a playful smile that even made Ino calm down. Whenever Naruto flashed that playful smile of his, Ino always seemed to calm down. She sighed, going back to check on the flowers.

"That's the only reason why you came here, Naruto?" Ino asked.

"No, I actually came to get some flowers for someone." Naruto grinned at the thought, turning his attention to the flowers.

"Oh, really? Who would you be getting flowers for? Don't tell me it would be Sakura again." added Ino. Naruto nodded in response.

"Not Sakura. Someone else." said Naruto, grabbing some red tulips. Since Ino worked in the shop, she knew what these flowers meant, so she could only wonder why would Naruto be getting red tulips. When he came up and gave Ino his money, Naruto looked at the tulips with a smile. Ino closed her eyes, sighing.

"Well, I'm not sure who are those for, but I hope it goes better than last ti-"

Ino didn't get to finish, mainly because she found some tulips close to her nose. Looking at the tulips, she noticed that Naruto was still there. In fact, he was the one holding them.

"Surprise! Haha! Bet you weren't expecting that!" Naruto said, having a goofy grin and gave the tulips to Ino. She slightly blushed, not quite sure what to say until a minute passed or so.

"Naruto..." she started. "Do you know what red tulips mean?"

Naruto shrugged casually, truthfully not knowing what the flowers meant. "I dunno. Do they mean something good?"

Ino continued to blush, even if the knucklehead didn't have a clue on what these flowers meant. He was completely clueless as always. Yet, this time it was unknowingly working to his advantage. "Oh...um... Yeah, they mean something good!" she tried to shake this blushing feeling off and focus. "So basically, you bought flowers for me in my shop..." she looked at Naruto and gave him a smirk, making him freak out. He didn't know if she thought it was bad or not.

"This is the only flower shop in the village!" he exclaimed, freaking out. Ino could only laugh, deciding to come near Naruto and hug him, catching him by surprise.

"Thank you, Naruto. I love the flowers." she told him. Now, it was Naruto's turn to blush, and boy he didn't disappoint.

"Heh heh, yeah..." Naruto wasn't sure how to react. Why did it seem so weird whenever a simple hug was brought into the equation?

When Ino ended the hug, she put the flowers in a vase. She looked at her watch, smiling a bit. "Looks like I'm on break!" she said, looking at Naruto. "Hey, Naruto. Wanna come shopping with me? I'm sure it'll be fun!"

Naruto wondered what he should say in this situation. If he knows anything about women, their shopping feats, how long they're their, and much others are legendary. In other words, he'll be there for hours at the LEAST. "Um... I don't know Ino-chan..."

Ino looked disappointed, but she wouldn't give up that easily. She had a plan. Tilting her head in the manner she did last time, she looked at Naruto, giving him the puppy dog eyes. "Oh, pleeeaaaaaseeee, Naruto-kun. It would make me extremely happy if you came with me. I wouldn't want to shop alone..." Her voice sounded so sweet, and she knew it too. Naruto gritted his teeth, trying to look away from Ino's face.

"What are you doing..."

"Oh, nothing. Just want someone to shop with me." Ino continued to flash her cute look.

"Stop it..." An anime red vein mark could appear on Naruto's head, feeling guilty. "Okay, okay! I'll go with you."

Ino smiled at her victory. "Great! First order, we're getting you some new clothes. You need something else other than that orange and blue jacket." she told him, but Naruto wasn't too happy about this. "Whaaaaat?! This jacket is the greatest thing ever!"

"Riiiiight..." Ino rolled her eyes, not waiting for Naruto to agree to this, grabbing his hand and started running with him to some clothing stores at high speeds. "INO, YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST!" he shouted, as the two blonds ran through Konoha.

Shikamaru and Choji were minding their own business, mainly hanging out around the restaurants. "Hey, Shikamaru. Where did Temari and everyone else go?"

"Probably went back to their own village. That troublesome trio needed to go, anyway."

"Awwww, looks like someone is a little upset at Temari leaving." Choji smirked at Shikamaru, knowing he was teasing his friend.

"Oh, shut up," replied Shikamaru, but then the both of them felt a gust of wind pass by. They closed their eyes because the gust felt powerful, but when they opened their eyes, they saw Ino dragging Naruto to the clothing stores. Shikamaru felt the need to comment on this.

"I can see what's happening."

"What?" Choji asked.

"And they don't have a clue," added Shikamaru.

"Who?"

"They'll... Wait... I feel like I'm about to quote a movie, which would be such a drag..." Shikamaru sighed. "Choji, if they keep spending time with each other, something is bound to happen. First, they'll date. Second, they'll probably get married. Thirdly, they'll have kids..." Shikamaru shivered at thought of the two loudmouth blonds having kids. "And finally, if they have kids, they'll most likely put us as the baby sitters for them. They will call us Uncle Shikamaru and Uncle Choji in their sweet, little innocent voices, but then they will never leave us alone. Why would that be the case? They won't be able to help themselves since both of their parents are loudmouths. In conclusion, that means we would have to deal with their own loudmouth nonsense."

Choji's jaw just dropped to the floor at Shikamaru's analysis. He tried to take it all in, shaking his head rapidly to seemingly get back in reality. "You really think that's gonna happen? Come ooooon... They've only been friends for a couple of days! Don't you think you're overreacting?"

"Choji, I might be lazy, but I'm not dumb. Mark my words, this crap will happen in the future."

At the Clothing Stores

Ino was working quickly to find Naruto some new clothes to wear. Each time she found some new clothes for him, she piled them up and gave them to him. However, the problem with this is that Naruto was carrying so many clothes, and it was getting harder to balance them with each passing second.

"Oh, I just love shopping! Don't you love it, Naruto?" Ino asked him, clearly getting excited at everything that was in the store.

"Shopping? Oh... Haha! Yeah! I love it too..." Naruto sighed to himself, deciding to just agree with Ino to avoid any drama. As the two blonds kept on shopping, Ino noticed a few things she liked. She smiled widely at this, grabbing them and went into the dressing room to try them on. Naruto freaked out over this, feeling like he's about to lose his balance. "Wait, Ino! GAH! What am I supposed to do?! I can't carry these clothes forever!" he shouted, and about one second later, he lost his balance and fell on his behind, as the clothes he once carried fell all over him. Surrounded by nothing but clothes, Naruto could only facepalm to himself. "This is just wonderful..." he said in a sarcastic tone. Though, a few minutes passed, and Ino came out. "How do I look?" Ino asked. Naruto turned around to see her, and he somehow didn't let his eyes pop out of his head. What Naruto saw was an aleady beautiful girl somehow looking even more beautiful than she already was. She was only wearing a simple blue tank top, but that didn't stop Naruto from staring. Darn Jiraiya and his 'research' training methods.

"Um... Uh... You... Look great, Ino." Naruto finally found the words he wanted to say, giving a smile to the blonde girl. Ino smiled at Naruto's compliment, walking over to him, removing most of the clothes that were on him, and ruffled up his hair a bit. "Thanks, Naruto." she told him, helping him up. "I think I'm gonna get this blue tank top and some other things. After that, we'll be ready to go."

"Okay, Ino-chan. You're gonna have to help me with these clothes, though."

They both let out a laugh, with Ino finally nodding.

"Deal." she replied.

These events would last for days. The days eventually turned into weeks of Naruto and Ino simply bonding as friends, whether it was over shopping or something else. The two became very close over their interactions, and a regular person would think that they've actually been friends for years by just watching them. Let's skip to those weeks and see what's happening now, shall we?

A few weeks later...

It was currently nightime, and Naruto was eating his favorite thing in the world. Ramen, of course. In his usual way, he ate the ramen like a pro, enjoying every second of it. He was about to leave, but then he heard a familiar voice.

"One ramen bowl so I can sit with my friend please." the person said, sitting next to Naruto.

"Coming right up!" Teuchi exclaimed, bringing out the bowl. With the corner of his eye, Naruto saw who was sitting down next to him. "Sasuke."

"Hey, dobe." Sasuke replied, eating his ramen.

"Hey, uh, Sasuke. As much as it hurts me to say this, I have to say thank you for helping me with the whole Konoha Dance. I really would have failed without your help." Naruto said. Though, it only took him a few moments to realize what he just said, and he slapped himself for it. Dang it, he just thanked Sasuke for helping him.

Sasuke clearly got enjoyment from Naruto saying such things. He knew it was true, too. If it wasn't for him, Naruto would have failed. "No problem." he simply replied. Naruto was surprised to find out that Sasuke wasn't using this perfect chance to insult him in someway, but he would soon find out he was here for something else.

"So, what's been going on with you and Ino? You guys sure seem to be spending a lot of time together lately, ever since the dance happened." Sasuke smirked, wondering how Naruto would react.

"Yeah, it's been fun. I thought she was just another one of your crazy fan girls, but she's actually pretty cool once you get to know her." Naruto shrugged at this. Sasuke wouldn't let up easily, though.

Sasuke's smirk widened. "In a minute, she'll be a fan girl of somebody else, too."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I think you know what I mean, dobe."

"There's nothing going on between myself and Ino! We're just friends!"

"Maybe right now, but it'll eventually evolve into something else later on."

"You're crazy!"

"You're the crazy one if you can't see what's happening."

"Bullcrap! I like Sakura and you should know that by now!" Naruto's tone got louder with every comment. It went from flailing his arms, to threatening to punch Sasuke, kick Sasuke, and other stuff. Sasuke trollishly grinned, while giving a trollish shrug.

"Hey, whatever you say, Naruto. I'm mainly just trying to help you out again, but if you want to be stubborn about this one like the dobe you are, then I wouldn't be surprised," continued Sasuke. He was about to say something else, but then some fan girls came up and noticed he was with Naruto.

"OH MY GOSH IT'S SASUKE! EVERYONE, FOLLOW HIM!" The fan girls all said this in downright creepy unison.

"Whoops. Gotta go. Catch you later, Naruto." After that, Sasuke took off, running away from his fan girls because they were in hot pursuit. Naruto could only shake his head at the sight, deciding it was time to leave himself.

Later in the night...

After his encounter with Sasuke, Naruto was now sleeping in his bed. He figured that sleep was the best option for him at this point, but for what was about to happen... It would actually be the worst thing for him to do. Suddenly, he got up sleepily and started sleep walking. Since he was sleep walking, he had no idea what was happening, but it was like his body was being attracted to something. It was almost like a magnet. Whatever was making him do this, it was definitely weird.

Without even knowing that he was now outside, he walked through Konoha and its gates, getting farther and farther away from the village. In mere moments, he couldn't even be seen anymore. Where in the world was this knucklehead going to?

In the morning...

Sasuke was now knocking on Naruto's door, expecting an answer, but to his surprise, he wasn't getting one. "Hey, dobe! Open up the door! We have some training to do with Kakashi sensei!" he shouted. When he still didn't get an answer, he decided to not wait any longer. He kicked the door open, revealing where Naruto lived. Yet again, though, he was surprised.

"Naruto! This isn't time for some prank!" he called out, looking around his apartment. Still, nothing to be found. This was actually starting to make Sasuke get worried for his friend that was like a brother to him.

When he realized Naruto wasn't here at all, only two words could come out of his mouth.

"Oh crap."

Eventually, word got out about Naruto not being able to be found. Hinata fainted from the news, Sakura was starting to worry for her friend, Shikamaru sighed heavily, Kakashi actually put down his book to look for Naruto, Jiraiya and Shizune started to freak out, Sasuke was looking everywhere for him, and Tsunade wanted to smash something. Neji, Tenten, Shino, Kiba, Lee, Anko, and Akamaru were already looking all over the village for him. Choji cared, too, but he was too busy eating his barbecue chips. Ino, on the other hand...

"What did you just say..."

"I said Naruto is missing, Ino." Shikamaru told her.

"But he can't be!"

"But he is."

"Move!" Ino ran passed Shikamaru, deciding to search all over the village herself. Shikamaru could only follow as his friend was very visibly worried for Naruto. Though, a a strange thing happened. Near the Konoha gates, a figure could be seen walking towards them, and eventually made it to the village. The figure was quite bloody, barely standing on his own two feet, while his clothes were also torn. He honestly looked like he had been through a thousand wars, yet he somehow survived. Bruises were everywhere on the figure's body, and his eyes signaled that he was barely making it.

Ino turned around to see this figure, and she could feel her heart instantly drop. "NARUTOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She cried out his name at the top of her lungs, running towards him. Naruto looked up and saw Ino coming to help, but he was too weak to even say anything to her right now. Soon, he lost conciousness and fell on his back. Ino felt her heart drop yet again, running even faster to Naruto's body as tears started to form in her eyes. She knelt down beside his body and held him, trying to wake him up. "NARUTO! NARUTO!" she cried, her tears starting to drop on Naruto's body. "WAKE UP! PLEASE WAKE UP!"

Still, no response.

"No... You can't be..."

In the hospital...

Naruto awoke to find himself in the hospital. He doesn't remember how he got here and how almost every bone in his body was now in excruciating pain. "What the..." he whispered, trying to look around. When he did look around, he saw Sasuke, Hinata, Sakura, Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Ino in the room with him.

"Hey, buddy. You're finally awake." Sasuke said.

"N-Naruto-kun..." Hinata said shyly, happy to see that Naruto was awake.

Naruto didn't even know where to start.

"W-what... What happened?"

"You went missing, and then you showed up bloody." Kakashi added.

"You really made us scared there, Naruto!" Sakura looked at her friend with concern, with Jiraiya trying to figure out what happened.

"Naruto... Can you tell us what happened?" asked Jiraiya.

There was a silence in the room.

"I... I don't remember..."

The five of them could only sigh, but Ino wasn't showing any emotion whatsoever. She hasn't even said anything yet.

"Well, we'll let you rest to think about it." Jiraiya told him. "Oh, and don't worry about your injuries. When Tsunade comes to see you, she'll heal you and you'll be as good as new!"

"Haha, yeah." Naruto said, looking completely out of it. Jiraiya noticed this, and sighed. He soon lead everyone out of Naruto's hospital room. Well, everyone except for Ino, since she wanted to him to have a piece of her mind.

Naruto could only look up at Ino, wondering what she was thinking right now.

"Hey, Ino..."

"YOU IDIOT!" Ino slammed her fist into Naruto's chest, causing him to wince in pain. "What in the world were you doing?! Were you trying to give us a heart attack?! Were you trying to give ME a heart attack?! Why did you just leave us like that?!" Ino yelled at Naruto, tears starting to come down her face again. Naruto was shocked to see this from the blonde girl as she continued to speak. "Were you trying to die?! Were you trying to die so our friendship could end?! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME, NARUTO?!" Ino shouted, still crying as her head was now on Naruto's chest. She couldn't hold in her emotions anymore. "I... I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD! YOU WEREN'T RESPONDING OR ANYTHING! WHY, NARUTO?!"

As Ino continued to cry, Naruto could only imagine how she felt. He knew she cared for him, but he had no idea she cared for him this much. Doing something that he felt like was needed right now, Naruto slowly moved his arm and hugged Ino with it, even with him being in such pain. Ino looked up at Naruto'a face, and she saw that he was looking straight at her. After that, Naruto used his other arm and embraced Ino in a complete hug. This was really, really painful, but Ino needed this right now.

"I'm sorry, Ino-chan..."

End of Chapter 2

Author's Note: "And there's the end of chapter 2! Sorry it took a little longer to get this one out, but school is starting for me again and I've been trying to find a schedule to fit this in. Anyways... Read and review, guys!" -Sonicfan32567