So here is the next one, haha. I spent like three hours trying to get this thing written today. XD I couldn't get to sound right at first. So a little action in this one, Yay! Haha. Tell how that part of went. ;P
"Inner Sakura/Kyuubi" Bold Italic means Inner Sakura or Kyuubi speaking
"Jutsu" Bold means Jutsu name
'Inner Thoughts' Italic means Inner Thoughts of a person
I don't own Naruto... :'( *Tears*
A Little Bit Longer
Chapter II; Missing-Nin
~ A Couple Days Later~
Wiping the sweat from his brow, the blonde haired boy raised his hands once more. While making a hand sign, Naruto calls out his Jutsus, "Shadow Clone Jutsus!" With Tsunade still in coma, Naruto decided that he would train even harder, so that something like this would not ever come to Konoha again. For he made a promise to Nagato, to break the curse of hatred. And to do that, Naruto knew he would have to be stronger.
Naruto wanted to test how long he could stay in Sage Mode with the stress of battle and he wanted to practice a new jutsus. "NOW!" he screamed out to his clones, which instantly began to charge at him. With a quick sweep of his leg, 10 of his clones were token out. Naruto smiled to himself. "Is that the best you got?"
As more clones came at him with kunai, Naruto began to store up his wind Chakra. Just as his clones came within inches of his real body, Naruto cried out, while making hand seals. "Wind Release: Godly Wind From The Mountain!" A vortex of wind shot out from his feet, engulfing him for second, and then it pushed outwards with great force. As the wind disappeared, Naruto looked to see how many of his clones were destroyed this time around. A few still remand, and he sighed. "Still not good enough!"
He charged at his clones, roundhouse kicking one of them. Naruto then jumped into the air, two of his clones followed. He drew a kunai to defend himself. While he blocked one of them his right hand, he kick the other in face, destroying it. He and his clone landed back on the ground and Naruto jumped backwards, creating distance. He held out his right palm, building up Chakra and then making it spin. He looked to his clone, which was doing the same thing.
Naruto smiled, 'Looks like I'll have to win with speed.' He ran at the clone, while increasing the power of the Chakra in his palm. The Naruto Clone also began to run, but instead he had power surging in both palms. The real Naruto chuckled, "I'm not going to lose to my own clone!" he increased his speed, by changing the direction of the wind around himself. With the wind split around him, Naruto yelled. "Great Ball Rasengan!" The clone took the hit and smashed against tree, breaking it with the force of the blow. The final clone disappears in a cloud of smoke.
Naruto fell to the ground, his eyes changed back to their normal color. He breathes heavily and tries to stand up. "That's…enough… For today." he fell to the ground once more, laughed lightly, and laid on his back watching the sky. "Was that good enough for you Pervy Sage…" Naruto takes in another deep breathe. 'Are you watching too…dad?'
"Hello? Naruto, are you here?"
"Huh? Sakura, is that you?" Naruto slowly sits up, looking around.
The pink haired girl jumps down from a tree branch. "Are you okay?" The girl walks over her friend.
The blonde smiles and nods his head. "I'm fine, just a little worn out from training."
Sakura's eyes go wide, "How long have you been at it? I haven't seen you this worn out since…"
Naruto laughs at her worry. "Nah, this is normal. I'm practicing a new jutsus." He stands up slowly and stretches as the strength comes back to his body. "Mmm… I'm so hungry now."
The girl giggles, "Your healing ability never ceases to amaze me."
Naruto grins and scratches the back of his head. "Really? I never noticed it. I guess I'm just used to it."
"Naruto…" The girl sighs. "How did you manage to get that?" Sakura points to the cut on his neck.
"Huh? Oh, I guess that clone of mine did land an attack. I guess I'll have to work more on defense."
Sakura sighs once more, "And you told me that I need to take break." Before Naruto could open his mouth, Sakura moved her hand to his neck. "I'll heal it for you."
"T-thanks…" Naruto's face turned a light red color as felt the softness of her hand on his neck.
Sakura's hand began to glow a green color and in a few seconds the cut disappeared. "There now that's gone." She looked up to see Naruto's face beat red, she rolled her eyes and turns away from him. "Come on, there is someone who wants to see you."
"Who?" Naruto asked as he came back into reality.
"You'll see when we get there. Now come on." Sakura began to walk in the direction of the village.
"Why can't you just tell me now?" Naruto wines, "Is it really that important that you have to stop me from training."
"Yes it is." The girl smirks and starts to jump through the trees.
"You're so mean!" Naruto yells as he follows her.
"Shut up, Naruto!"
….Meanwhile, back at the village….
"It's nice to see you again Kakashi."
Kakashi smiles, "Ahh you too, It's been quite a while. How are things at the village going?"
"Everything has been great, thanks to you and your team."
"Well, I'm sure they will be glad to see you two again."
"NARUTO JUST GET OVER IT ALREADY!" A girl voice yells.
"Speaking of the little devils…" Kakashi turns to see his two students fighting. "From the looks of it, I'd say that knuckle head made her mad."
The older man laughs, "Looks like they haven't changed much at all."
"Hey grandpa?" The young boy at the man's side calls. "Do you think Naruto will remember me?"
"Of course." The old man pushes up his glasses. "Hey Naruto, Sakura, stop playing around."
"Huh?" The blonde haired boy turns his body away from Sakura. Shock takes over his face. "No way," He turns back to Sakura with a smile on his face. "Sakura it's the old man and Inari!" Naruto runs and stands at Kakashi's side.
"Wow, it really is Naruto. I never thought I'd see you again." Inari smiles at his friend and hero.
Sakura joins Naruto at Kakashi's side, and smiles at the boy.
"You're all grown up, now. And Gramps, you look even older." The blonde smiles; remembering his past adventure.
"Give me a break kid." Tazuna chuckles.
"Were here to help rebuild Konoha. I thought we should come to say Hi." Inari smiles. "You look really pretty Sakura." The boy adds.
"Oh really," Sakura smiles and lightly blushes, taking the compliment.
"We really owe you guys." Tazuna adds. "The Land of Waves is strong again."
"It's our turn to help now." Inari cries out.
"Thank you, you guys are awesome." Naruto grins and rubs his neck.
"Well, if there is anything you need, feel free to ask." Kakashi looks towards Tazuna, who looks like he has a question.
"Oh yeah," Tazuna looks around. "Where's Sasuke? We wanted to talk to him too."
"Oh…" Kakashi's face drops. "Uh… thing about Sasuke is…"
"Sasuke." Naruto grins, helping out his sensei. "He and I had a fight. He left the village for I while, but… I'll bring him back soon. You can say Hi when he gets back. I'm sure he'd loved to you again," he turns to Sakura. "Right Sakura?"
The girl smiles back and nods her head, "Yeah."
"What was the cause?" Tazuna asks, grinning. "Some kind of love triangle."
"Of course not!" Naruto puts both of his hands behind his neck, laughing.
Sakura smiles while watching the goofy blonde. 'Thanks Naruto…'
~After some time of talking~
As Tazuna and Inari left to continue their work, the three ninjas waved and said their goodbyes.
Naruto looked to the ground, thinking about his fight with Sasuke at The Valley at the End and then he thought of Jiraiya. "I understand now… How Sasuke felt…" The other two ninja listen to him in confusion. "I know what revenge is." He thinks of Nagato's words.
"…Do you understand pain a little now? If you don't share someone's pain, you can never understand them."
A hint of anger touches his face. "I thought I understood him…But in reality, I didn't. It's no wonder nothing I said to him got through…"
"Naruto…" Sakura steps closer, hearing those words come from her friend's mouth hurt.
Naruto's expression lightens. "If I can't understand his pain, I wouldn't be able to laugh with him… No wonder. He wouldn't even fight with me." His hands go behind his neck again, "It might be painful, but I want to fight him for real this time. I want team 7 to all laugh again, Sasuke included."
The two other ninja smile, realizing that their knuckle headed comrade was growing up.
Just then heavy foot steps came their way and a familiar voice called out. "There you guys are!"
"Kiba? What is it? What's wrong?" Sakura asks.
Catching his breath, Kiba jumps off the back of his dog. "It's Danzo! He's given permission to dispose of Sasuke as a missing-nin!"
Both shock and anger takes over Naruto's face. As hard as he has worked to bring his friend back, he was not going to let this happen! "What the hell do you mean?"
Hmmm... Good, bad, horrible? let me know. As you can see, i got most of the idea's for this part from the manga, ahaha. I couldn't figure out how to write it like i said. But, more action the next one. New characters will be brought in. And More Sai! (I know you'll love him in the next part. ;P) haha. XD Leave me some reveiws. I'll try to update again soon. School keeps me busy... sigh. Okay bye. :D
