Hey! What's up! Woo! So many reviews! The last chapter was great for all of you! Ok, as promise, here's the third chapter! And this chapter mostly focus on Naruto's sadness and on how will he scope. Don't worry, Sakura will finally realize her mistakes in the next chapter. So be patients, my friends.
Ino: (Suddenly got in Anonymous Nin's home with plenty of bags on her. She is holding a cell phone and is speaking with someone on it.) Yeah... Yeah... Great! I'll see ya next week? Ok! Bye! (She hangs it up) Oh, Hi A-N. Hi, everyone.
Ino? How the hell...?
Ino: Oh! I just got back from shopping. Man! The stores from your world looks great! Can we go back in here tomorrow?
Out of the question. But how in the hell did you got a cell phone?
Ino: Oh! That? Earlier before you ambushed me. It was back in my world.
EH?! What the?! How the hell do you got cell phones in the... Never mind. Ino, can you say the disclaimer, please?
Ino: Alright! Anonymous Nin does not own Naruto.
Huh... That's strange... You seem pretty nice to me all a sudden... Something happened?
Ino: Nothing. It's just that now I know that your world is full of rich stuff! I love it in here! Thanks for ambushing me, A-N-kun! (She left)
He he... Well, that was... great... Note to self: Remind me to get another Naruto character.
"Speaking"
'Thought'
Flashbacks/Dreams
"Inner/Demon Speaking"
'Inner/ Demon thought'
Chapter 3:
Naruto's decision
The next morning, meaning the next new day for Konoha, as they are about to get ready for some missions, selling something and try to touch some kunoichi's ass and repeatly failed. However, this morning is rather not pleasant to Naruto, as he recalled the nightmare he had last night. It really got into him. He hasn't gotten much sleep because of it, and looks like he's just a mind-walking zombie. He is now seen walking down the street of the village. He began recalling the nightmare, rethink the events that had happened to him in it.
"Naruto... You don't have to do it for me..." He began thinking about what Sakura has said in his nightmare. Thinking about this made him feel uneasy. Could he have not do this for her?
"You don't deserve to be around me..." She said he doesn't deserve to be around her. Why? Is it because he is too hyperactive towards her?
"You don't deserve to make me happy..." She said he doesn't deserve to make her happy. Was it because he try it too many times? And that it annoyed Sakura?
"You don't deserve anything for me..." Well, I guess that's true. But really? Has all his hard work to get Sakura to notice him are all for nothing? But could he try it again, to get Sakura to finally notice him?
"And you know what else...? You never will..." No... The answer has already been said. It was all for nothing. Could he stop doing this? Could he just give up? What shoud he chose? The usual path to get Sakura's heart? Or the path... to go in the darkness, as his new destiny to forget everything? He shook his head. He need time to chose which path should he take.
Meanwhile, in the training grounds, where Team 8 trained, the team all trained for the upcoming mission that awaits them. Kiba, an Inuzuka with dog senses, and his dog compagnion, Akamaru, both trained the Dynamic Marking, which is something Akamaru do, pissing around the area, much to Shino's, An Aburame with his insects as his weapon, annoyance, because of Kiba and Akamaru's Dynamic Marking, it scare off the bugs in the area. Hinata, the Hyuuga heiress, watched her teamates as they did something to please themselves. As she watches, she spotted her crush, Naruto, walking down the street. "Naruto-kun..." she said as she blushes. Yep, the same Hinata. So, she decided to drop out her wacth over her teamates and walk after her crush.
Naruto continues walking down the street, until he's stopped by a familiar voice. "Naruto-kun!" He turned around and see the blushing Hinata.
"Hinata..." Can't say if he's happy to see her or not. Wait... He's face is as sad as ever... Nope, he's not happy to see her.
"N-Naruto-kun... What are y-you doing here om t-the street?" Hinata asked.
"Oh... Well, I need... some fresh air outside. I couldn't be better if I don't walk outside, right?" he said with a smile. Not a real smile, but a fake one.
"Oh... Right..." Hinata smiled.
"So... Hinata, aren't you supposed to be with your team just now?"
"It's alright. I-I just want to t-talk to you a l-little."
"Oh... So what is it?"
"Well... um..." She poke her fingers, thinking about what she is going to ask him. "Um... I... Naruto-kun... Is it true that y-you had been out of Konoha, t-to find the Godaime Hokage?"
"Yeah... But that's just a few weeks ago."
"Well... I just w-want to say... Thank you f-for making Hokage-sama the Godaime."
Naruto couldn't help but grinned. "Heh... Thanks, Hinata." Hinata smiled brightly at him. A few seconds later, Naruto then ask, "Hinata... Do you remember your fight against Neji?"
"Yes... Why?"
"Just asking you if... If you ever believe what Neji said to you, that your destiny can't be change, no matter how the person changes. Do you believe that?"
"Naruto-kun... I-I always thought that I could surpass Neji, if I work hard enough. But... Neji is far beyond anything that I could imagine... So yes, I believe in that, even if it's foolish of me to think that."
"Hinata... Do you think... I should accept what happens to me badly too?"
"Huh...? What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that could I accept to believe this, when something bad happens to me all my life and that shouldn't change? Do you think I'll believe that?"
"Well... If it looks to you that it couldn't change, then that is your decision. Whatever is your choice, then I wouldn't stop you to change your choice."
"Oh... Ok... Thanks, Hinata." Naruto was about to continue walking, until Hinata then speaks to him about something.
"Um... Naruto-kun..."
"Hm? What is it, Hinata?"
"Uh... The truth is... I... I..." She tries to find the right words to tell her feelings for Naruto, but as always, she couldn't find it. "Uh... Never mind... It's not important anyway."
Naruto smiled. "Ok then. Thanks again, Hinata." He then hugged Hinata, which cause her to blush uncontrolably. He releases the hug and continue walking down the street, leaving Hinata with a red face.
A little while later, Kiba came and found Hinata standing on the street. "Hinata! What are you doing here?" He ran towards her. "I'm been looking everywhere for you. Where have you been all this time?" He doesn't received any reply. Instead, hinata fell on the ground, as she fainted, as usual. "Hinata! Dammit! Why do you always fainted like that?!"
Meanwhile, out of Naruto's view, we now see someone sleeping on a bed, inside of a room that is not familiar to us all. The person who is sleeping is Sakura, who is still naked, because her clothes were burned. A few minutes later, she woke up. She rubbed her eyes, to get the dust out of her eyes. She then realized something. "What the... Where am I? Why am I sleeping on an unknown bed to me? And why am I naked? What is going on?"
"WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!" Sakura nearly jumped, when she heard a scream. The light switch turns on and it revealed a random jounin. "YOU ARE NOW IN THE FUTURE, GIRL! YOU ARE NO LONGER IN YOUR CURRENT TIME!!!!"
"WHAT?!" she shouted. Is it true? Is she really in the furture?
The jounin was suddenly knock out by the Godaime Hokage, with a very angry expression on her face. "Stop telling her lies, you idiot." Well, I guess that's not true.
"Hokage-sama? Why am I here? Where are all my clothes?"
"Well, Sakura..." she coughed, as she explained everything to Sakura. "... Last night, you were forced to eat four really spicy ribs, which caused you to burn all over. It also burned your clothes. When you realized that you were naked in public, you fainted."
"Oh... Right..."
"Don't worry, Sakura, I can get you some new clothes for you. Just give me a minute to find it." Tsunade left the room, in search for the clothes that only Sakura could fit.
Sakura sighed. It was a very tough night for her. She was forced to eat hot ribs, she lost her clothes and on top of that, she was naked infront of evrybody! "Well, at least I'm alone in a room now. There's no perverts in here, though."
"I second that." She heard someone suddenly. She slowly turned around and see... her perverted sensei.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!!!!"
"Hiya, sleepy head." Kakashi greeted her.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!!!!"
"Easy now. I just came here to watch over you, last night."
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!!!!"
"Could you stop screaming? You might get everyone deaf."
"YOU PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!!!"
At the same time, Tsunade quickly came. "Kakashi, get out of here! She's awake, you know!"
"Oh, right!" Kakashi quickly left the room, as with Tsunade.
Sakura slumped down back on the bed. "Damn... It WAS a very tough night..."
Meanwhile, back with Naruto, our favortie blond Jinchuuriki is still walking down the street of the village. As he continues walking, he spotted Lee, who is attempt to do four thousand push-ups. Yep, the very same Bushy Brow. "Hey, Bushy Brow!"
Lee stopped doing push-ups and looked up. "Naruto-kun! What a surprise!"
"Still doing trainings again, huh?"
"Yes! Training is all I can ever do! I will keep training until I am strong enough to take on anyone! Training is all I can ever do, and I cannot stop training!"
Naruto smiled at Lee's behavior. "Hey, mind if I can join you?"
"Of course! Anything for a friend of mine!"
"Ok!" Naruto drops down and do smoe push-ups, along with Lee. As they reached at ten pushes, Naruto ask Lee about something. "Hey, Lee?"
"What is it, Naruto-kun?"
"Tell me... What is the real reason why you always trained?"
"Is it not simple enough? Because I need to surpass my eternal rival, Neji! I have been defeated by him so many times. I trained and trained, so I can know how strong am I. However, even with intense training, Neji always defeat me. I cannot stop until I beat him, to prove that I am the strongest genin of the village."
Naruto starts to think about what Lee said. If Lee continues training to defeat Neji, could he do that too, in order to defeat Sasuke? "Do you think... I can do it too?"
"What are you thinking about, Naruto-kun?"
"I mean, Sasuke always beat me up every single time I ask him to challenge me. Do you think I undertrained a little?"
"Of course not! I can see what you are made of, Naruto-kun! You have trained severals of time in order to defeat Sasuke."
Naruto grinned. "Yeah... I guess so."
Lee smiled. But for a while, his face starts to turned into a frown one. "But... I am also wanted to defeat you."
"Huh?"
"Naruto-kun... I wanted to fight you, to see if I am strong enough to take you on. In the Chuunin Exam, you have defeated Neji, with all your hardwork. But I... I couldn't defeat him... Not like you... So... I wanted to fight you too, Naruto-kun. I want to see if I am a match for you."
"Bushy Brow..." Naruto was rather amazed about what Lee said. He wanted to fight him too. Is he that strong? "... Thanks, Lee. I was hoping for you to say that." he stopped doing push-ups and stood up. "Well... I better get going. See ya, Bushy Brow!" He ran back to the street.
"Goodbye, Naruto-kun! I am looking forward for our next meeting!" Lee said, as he continues doing his work.
Meanwhile, on the roof top of the Hokage residence, the toad sannin, Jiraiya, is looking at some areas with his telescope. You guess it, he's doing some "research" on women. "Oh ho ho! This baby looks good enough to eat! Oh yeah! Strike it down, baby!" said the peverted sannin.
Suddenly, a voice was heared. "Doing your "research" again, Jiraiya-sama? Just what the hell are you still doing that kind of thing?"
Jiraiya almost jumped when he heard someone. He looked around himself, but there's no one here. "Huh? Who the heck?"
"Sorry, but I'm kinda get myself undetected. I'm kinda like a spy... except I'm a ninja from Konoha."
Jiraiya smirked. "Well, what do you know. I can't believe that I, a sannin of the village, didn't find someone around me. And just who are you? You don't speak like a jounin... and you definitely don't speak like a chuunin. So why aren't I...?"
The mysterious voice laughed. "Ha ha ha! I can't believe it! I outsmarted a sannin! and I'm just a genin, a low rank ninja! Ha ha ha! This is amazing! HA HA HA HA!!!! YOUHOO!!!!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!"
"Uh... Who the heck are you? And why do you laughed like that?"
The voice coughed. "S-sorry. That was my fun side. Everytime something exciting happens, my fun side comes out of me. Anyway, I'm a genin, few weeks passed. Sorry that I couldn't show you who I am, really. Well, I gotta go. I got some business to take care of... And that is finding some flowers for the Yamanaka family."
"Wait! Just wait! What are you?" Jiraiya tries to get to the voice, but the voice already left. "Damn. Just who is this guy? He's not a normal genin. Is he very skilled?" he asked to himself. Seems like he has no responds, he decided to go back to his research. "Oh ho ho! Looks like that girl is going to have some fun with the other girl! Woohoo! Go for it, baby!"
Later, at night, Naruto is still walking down the street, for 8 straight hours! Just how the hell can he still be walking after all those times?! Anyway, as he continues walking, he soon got stopped by a familiar shout. "Hey, Naruto!" He turned around and see the platinum blond, running towards him. "How's it going, Naruto?"
"Ino?" He was very surprised that Ino came to see him. What is she want now? Insulting Naruto, that is? "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, nothing! I just came here to see you. How have you been?" Ino smiled at Naruto. Really out of character of herself.
"Uh... good, I guess." Naruto is confused about that.
"Uh... Hey, Naruto? If you don't mind... Can you walk me back home? You know, just for once?" she said as she blushed... Wait... SHE BLUSHED?!?!?!
"Uh... Sure, if it's alright."
"Great! Come on! The direction of my home is this way!" she said as she pointed the way to her house. She is... REALLY OOC of herself. What just happened to her?
"Well... Shall we go?"
"Duh! Of course! Let's go!" Ino quickly grabbed Naruto's arm and dragged her to the direction of her house. As they walked to her house, Ino soon started to ask him something. "So, Naruto... Do you do... something lately?"
"Nah... I just walk around the village. It feels pretty good, if you ask me."
"Yeah... That's what I thought." Ino blushed again. Man! What is wrong with her?
As the silence kept him too long, Naruto started to ask Ino about something. "Ino... Why do you love Sasuke?"
"Huh? Why do I love Sasuke-kun? Well, it's because he's awesome, cool, handsome, strong and all around. He's the reason why I started to fell in love in the first place. And someday, I will eventually marry him!" she replied. Wait... NO BLUSH?!?!?!
"Ino... Do you think I could be like Sasuke, one day? You know... like, being awesome, cool, handsome and strong?
"Well... I guess. Although, you do look strong enough, but not as cool as Sasuke-kun."
"Ino... If I could become as cool as Sasuke, will Sakura fall in love with me instead of him?"
"Well... I'm not sure. You know, I think Sasuke will be Sakura's permanent crush for now on... I just don't know, really. I mean, I love Sasuke-kun too, but... doesn't it mean that my relationship with Sakura will disappear, if I still love Sasuke-kun? Do you think that fell in love with him at the same time... will break our friendship?"
"I guess so... If you stop loving Sasuke... Maybe you and Sakura will regain your realationship... And that... Sakura will be together with him..." As he said that, he has a sad face.
Ino noticed it and feels sorry for him. "Naruto... You love her, huh?"
"I don't know... Is it really love...? Or just a minor illusion...? Do I really love her...? Or it's just a damn crush...? I just... I just don't know..."
"Naruto..." She really feels sorry for him. He loved Sakura for all of his life, but Sakura never gave him a chance. Ino is mad at Sakura's reaction and wanted to hit her on the face. But that doesn't make Naruto happy enough. "Naruto... Look at me... Stop and look at me."
Naruto stopped and looked at Ino. "What?" In a quick surprise, Ino kissed him on the cheeks. Then, she hugged him. "Huh?"
"Naruto... I know what you are feeling... And I felt it too... Don't worry... This pain will leave soon... Just wait." She released the hug and smiled at Naruto widely. "Thanks, Naruto. I'll just go alone in a few meters, then I'm home. I'll see you tomorrow!" She left Naruto to go home.
It left Naruto with pure confusion. Then, with all the events that is happened to him today, he has come to a decision. "I... have decided..." He walked back to his apartment, to prepare on something.
A while later, now we see Sasuke, who is standing on the road. He's just looking at the dark sky for a little. It really calms him a bit. Then, he was distracted when Naruto came in. "What do you want, baka?" He turned around to see Naruto. And what he sees is Naruto with a bagpack on his back. "Naruto... What is that bagpack for?"
"Nothing. I'm just going on a mission." Naruto replied.
"On this time of the night? What is the Hokage thinking, sending you on a mission on the night?"
"Maybe it's that she still need to get used on the Hokage thing. So, just don't worry about me. I'll come back soon."
"Right..." Sasuke started to leave the road. Before he does that, he speaks to Naruto about one last thing. "... Sorry about yesterday, Naruto." He left.
As he left, Naruto began walking down the opposite road of where Sasuke is going.
Now, Naruto is seen standing outside of the gate of Konoha. He took one last look at the village before saying something. Something that will shock you for the rest of your life... A thing that he shouldn't have say... A thing... that is his last thing to Konoha...
"Goodbye... Konohagakure no Sato..."
Naruto... leaves the village... forever...
He walks down to the path of darkness, vow to forget everything... even Sakura... A new destiny... of the darkness...
End of chapter
Naruto has left the building. Don't worry, he's not gonna leave the village forever. Just you wait!
Yeah, I noticed there's some hints of NaruHin and NaruIno in this chapter. I have to decided what pairings will be the main ones. Will it be just NaruSaku? NaruSakuIno? NaruSakuHina? Or... NaruSakuInoHina, like my other story? Heh heh... I pick my votes on NaruSakuInoHina. But what are your votes?
Ino: I choose NaruSakuInoHina!
There ya go! Wait... HUH?!?! Ino, you actually want to be with Naruto?! I thought you hate him?
Ino: I don't care about that! What I care is the story that has been developped! I can't wait to see what's next!
Uh oh... Ino really changed... I need another Naruto character, fast!
Anyway, Ja ne! And review Kudasai!