Ok! Now it's time for chapter 2 of the story! Just don't get too excited, guys. Because this will be my last chapter before I'll go to California. I better hurry up, or else, I'll won't finish the sotry because I'm going to California. Well, enjoy this latest chapter!
Oh! I almost forgot! To the people who readed Naruto: A five men team. I said to you guys in chapter 15 that I need a Naruto character to do the disclaimer for me. And I found one! Ladies and gentlemen, meet... Yamanaka Ino!
Ino: What the?! Where the hell am I?! And who are you?!
Whoops. Oh yeah... I found Ino right across the street. I just want to walked over her and introduced myself to her. But instead, I ambush her. Yeah, it's very bad for me to do this. (You guys know that this isn't real. It's just a fun discussion between me and Ino.)
Ino: Wait, you're the one who ambush me? How dare you ambush a lady!
Sorry! I didn't meant to do that. Anyway, can you do the disclaimer for me? I'm getting tired of doing that.
Ino: Disclaimer? You mean, you're writing a story?
That's right.
Ino: Well, what's the story about? It's about me and Sasuke-kun getting together in a peaceful night? About forehead girl getting killed by a ninja from another village? About me beating forehead and Sasuke-kun fell in love with me because of my talents, and I'm going to be the queen of the village, and soon, the whole world, and soon, the whole universe, and soon, the... (It goes on and on. On and on...)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm down! And to answer all of your questions... No, no, no, no, no, NO!!! Just look at my profile. And see for yourself.
Ino: Alright! (She goes to my profile for about a minute. Then she came back, with a very furious look.) Is this story about... Me getting together with that BAKA?!?!?!
That's right. As so you know, I'm a NaruSaku and NaruIno fan. I'm a little of a NaruHina fan and a NaruHarem fan. I want Naruto to be together with every women in the series because he's the main character. And no, the scenes with Sasuke taken the spotlight isn't because he's the true main character. Don't you read the title of the series? It's called "Naruto", not "Sasuke". Get over it, stalker! Sasuke betrays the village! And he's gay! (I don't think Sasuke is gay... Well, a little.)
Ino: Shut up! You don't anything about me!
Forget this! We're losing time, Ino! We're keeping the people waiting for too long! Just say the disclaimer!
Ino: Fine! Anomynous Nin does not own Naruto. OR ME!!! I'm not his slave... or sex slave!
Wait! Why do you think I'm keeping you as my slave? Or worse, sex slave?!
Ino: Because I looked in your profile and it says that you like Anime girls. That's why you want me to say the disclaimer, so that you could get your dirty hands on my body!
This isn't an M rated fanfic! There's no mention of sexual themes in here!
Ino: Whatever! I'm gonna just sit here and wait for you to fall down, of embarassement!
(Sigh) Ok, guys. Sorry about this long chat. Now, on to the story.
"Speaking"
'Thought'
Flashbacks
"Inner/Demon Speaking"
'Inner/Demon Thought'
Jutsu name
Chapter 2:
Naruto and Sakura: Friend or Soulmate?
Today is the team selection day. Today is finally the time for all the genins who have graduated to take on the most dangerous quest for them. But before they could go on, they must first be in a team of three-man. Without a team, they are nothing. Today is also the day for Naruto to be serious for the real genin exam. Naruto had already met Konohamaru, back at the academy. And yes, it's the same thing. With Naruto using Harem no Jutsu (Harem Jutsu) on Ebisu. Naruto was now seen walking down on the street, going to the academy for the team selection. About a halfway to the academy, he senses someone right behind him. He turned around and see an unusual rock. Unusual means that it is square shape, instead of round. Naruto sighed. "Konohamaru, don't play that same old trick on me. You use that on me almost everyday. Can you just give up the sneaky trick and act like a normal person?" he said.
The square shape rock laughed. "You got me again, Naruto! I never knew you were this good!" The rock was lift up, revealing Konohamaru in the rock. "Naruto, can you play ninja with me? I need to know how you can use your skills."
Naruto chuckled. "Sorry, Konohamaru! But I got a meeting for me to go. I need to go to the academy."
"Huh? You're going to the academy? But you're already a ninja. Why do you want to go back to the academy?"
"Silly Konohamaru. Don't you get it? Today is the team selection day. And I need to be here on time."
That got Konohamaru remember the day. "Oh! That's right! Don't worry, Naruto! I'll come back for you! And this time, you'll won't suspect me!" Konohamaru then left.
As the honorable grandson of the Sandaime Hokage left, Naruto went back on walking to the academy. "Man, I sure lost some time on going to the academy."
"You sure did, kit. Maybe they'll permanently ban you from the genin level and sent you back to the academy. That will be the day for me!" laughed Kyuubi.
'Shut up, fox! I'm always on time for something!' Naruto yelled at the demon. Naruto continued walking to the academy, while yelling at the demon some more, when Kyuubi starts talking insults at Naruto.
At the academy, all the genins who have been graduated were already inside the classroom, where all graduated genins were supposed to be. And Naruto was seen, sleeping in his seat. Let's just say, Naruto doesn't have much sleep in him last night. Last night, he was out, running around the village, just like Rock Lee. Even in his young form, Naruto was capable on doing almost two laps around the village. Just as Naruto was getting on the good part in his dream, a loud stomp was heared, waking him. "Mm... What was that? Who the hell made that noise?" he said sleepily.
Suddenly, the door opened and it revealed Sakura and Ino, who were battling each other to be in the front of the other. This is very disturbing for some genins in the class. Unfortunately for them, they got stuck in the doorhole, their body squeezing at each other.
"Get out of my way, Ino!" yelled Sakura.
"You're the one who's in my way!" yelled back Ino.
"You started this fight, so you're in my way!"
"Yeah right, like I ever did that! It was you who started it!"
And with so much strugle, they got out of the doorhole and fell on the ground. They quickly stood up and declared at each other, "I'm first!" They realized what the others said and glared at each other.
"No way! I was here first!" yelled Sakura.
"I'm the one who is first! You were just behind me!" yelled back Ino.
"Ino-pig!"
"Forehead girl!"
They continued to yelled at each other, much to everyone's annoyance. Even Naruto was annoyed about what the girls did. 'Damn... It's better when I was fifteen. They stopped yelling at each other ever since Sasuke left the village.' he thought.
"So, are you gonna change your mind about having them as your girlfriends?" asked Kyuubi.
"No way! I still liked them and I'll never change my mind!'
"Ehh... Your choice. And it'll be too late for you to change your mind, kit."
Naruto ignored Kyuubi's comment and looked back at the almost-finish argument. The kunoichis stopped yelling when they saw the boy of their dreams, Uchiha Sasuke. 'Sasuke-kun...' they thought dreamly at the same time.
Sakura was the first to react and ran towards Sasuke's seat. "Good morning, Sasuke-kun! How are you today?" said Sakura as she blushes. Sasuke just turned away from her, not looking at her cheering face again.
This disturbs Naruto very. He doesn't like Sakura talking sweetly at Sasuke like that. 'Damn it. Why did she fell in love with that bastard in the first place? Didn't she sees that Sasuke doesn't want her?'
As Naruto continues to thought about it, Sakura tries to take a seat, that is next to Sasuke. Unfortunately for her, Ino stops her. "No way, forehead! I'm going to sit next to Sasuke-kun! And you're not going to sit next to him!" Ino yelled.
"Shut up, Ino! I decided what I want! So I'm gonna sit next to him! You're not going to stop me!"
"Oh really? Then how come I prevent you to sit next to him, huh? This seat is mine!"
"No it's not! It's mine!"
The kunoichis continued to arguer. This really disturbs Naruto. "I can't take this." he said as he rose from his seat. He walks toward the two kunoichis and sat next to Sasuke, hoping that will stop the fight. The kunoichis stop fighting and see that Naruto is sitting next to Sasuke. "Sorry, girls. But the seat is taken."
"What the?! Naruto?! What the hell are you doing here?!" yelled Sakura.
"This classroom is for genins only, Naruto! You're not a genin! So get out of here or face the pain I'm gonna unleash on you!" yelled Ino also.
Naruto only chuckled. "Heh heh! I guess you girls didn't look closely enough." he said.
"What are you talking about?! You failed the genin exam! You should just get out of here!" yelled Sakura some more.
Naruto sighed. He pointed forehead protector, that is on his forehead, with his finger. The kunoichis gasped. "Yep! That's right, girls! I'm a genin now!"
"What?! But... but how?!"
"Well... Let's just say that Iruka-sensei gave me another chance and I passed. That's how I became a genin."
"No way! How can Iruka-sensei gave you another chance? Iruka-sensei almost never gave us another chance! That's impossible!" shouted Ino.
"Well... It looks like to me that Iruka-sensei has a soft spot on me. I guess that's why he gave me another chance."
"There's no way he could do that to you! He always yelled at you because of your stupid tricks, because you didn't study so much and you're a deadlast! There's no way that he could do that!"
"Well, maybe you're too obsessed at Sasuke that you didn't pay attention at what Iruka-sensei has in his heart. He graduated me because he cares about me. He also wanted me to learn something. You two obviously don't know about anything at all than that bastard Uchiha."
The two kunoichis are fuming mad. So mad that they could blow up with anger any minute. "Naruto..." Sakura finally said. "... Get off of the seat that is next to Sasuke-kun, or else, I'll pummel you!" She cracked her fists as she said that.
Naruto didn't have some fear in him. He was all cool. He had survived Sakura's terror that is upon him for years, but with each and every hit, his fear got low. He knew what is going to happen next. That's how he got cool. "Go ahead. Hit me if you want to."
Sakura growled at Naruto's comment. She punch his head. "There! How is it feel to get hit by a girl, Naruto?"
But the hit doesn't really effect Naruto, as he places his head back to where it faces. He grinned. "Not so much."
"What?!" Sakura growled even more. She hit him as hard as she can. "How about that?!"
Naruto continues to grin. "You're not trying hard enough."
"Dammit!" Sakura punched Naruto severals of time, hoping that he feels something. However, Naruto still grins with each and every hit he got. "Why won't you just leave!?!"
Naruto looked at Sakura, with a serious face this time. "Sakura-chan... You live in this pathetic crush for too long. No way that I'm gonna leave here, if you take this crush behind you."
Sakura growled. She decided to go sit another place instead, along with Ino. "Damn that Naruto... He's such an idiot. Why the hell is he acted that way?" she muttured.
As the kunoichis left Naruto and the Uchiha, Kyuubi asked Naruto something. "Kit, is it neccessairy to piss off the girl of your dreams? If you do that, you'll never get what you wanted."
'Don't worry, Kyuubi. It was just a part of my plan. Sakura looks like she's a lot angry at me. Later outside, she will know how she feels when she yelled at me.'
"Sounds terrible... But awesome! I like this side of you when you pissed her off. Could you do it again to the rest of the village?"
'Hell no! I will never do that to the village!'
"Suit yourself..."
With Sakura, she continues to muttured something bad at Naruto. She's really pissed. It's a little too far this time. "He always gets in my way to Sasuke-kun. He always does something stupid. I don't know why he graduated, when he doesn't even know a thing about all of it. I just wish he dies."
"CHA! That's right! That idiot has to disappear! He's a distraction of my goal to get Sasuke-kun!" said Sakura's inner self, named Inner Sakura.
"Hmph! I won't be around that guy for long, when I'm going to be on a team with Sasuke-kun and some other guy. And Naruto won't be here to get in my way." Sakura said. She can dream about what could happen, if she and Sasuke are in a same team. She can almost knew that this will happen.
Later, everyone are on their seat. Iruka came a bit early in the classroom. Now, the team selection starts. "Alright! It seems that everyone is here. Everyone, I will now name the genins that are going to be in it. I'll start with the first one. Now, Team 1..." Iruka starts to name all the genin who are suppose to be in. As soon Iruka finishes with the Team 6, he starts with Team 7 now. "Alright. Team 7 will be Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura..."
Hearing this, Sakura is in a shocking state. 'WHAT?! I'm on a team with that idiot?! No, there's no way!' she thought.
"Dammit! We're on a same team! I hate this!" shouted Inner Sakura as she tries to pull her hair.
Naruto doesn't have anything on his face. Probably that he knew he's on the same team as Sakura. "What do you know? You're on a same team as her, kit. Why aren't you happy that she's on your team? At least no one is going to ruin your moment with her." said Kyuubi.
'You've forgot, Kyuubi. It's not only her that I'm with.' Naruto said to Kyuubi.
"Really? Who's it, kit?"
"... and Uchiha Sasuke." Iruka said the last name of Team 7.
Hearing this, Sakura screamed of joy. "Alright! I'm on a same team as Sasuke-kun!"
'That's who.' Naruto said.
"Oh... Right. That Sasuke guy." Kyuubi said. 'Dammit! There goes my plan on getting the girl.' he thought.
"Alright, on to the next team..." Iruka continued to name all the genin on the team. After that, Iruka said to everyone to wait for their sensei to come. Though, they can go out for some fresh air and be ready for the meeting. So everyone got outside to prepare for their meeting.
Later, Naruto was seen walking in the street. He rethinks about what is he going to do when he has to do the genin exam. It'll be a hard time for Naruto to pass this. And it'll be hard to cooperate with Sakura and Sasuke, since neither of them like him. Then, he laughed as he thought about something.
"Kit, what are you laughing about? It's better not be me being dead." said Kyuubi.
'No, it's not. I laughed because I remembered the time where I talked to Sakura when we're trying to retrieve Sasuke for the third time and thus, we failed. I tried to comfort Sakura to not worry about it. Though, it is the third time that we failed on bringing back Sasuke.' Naruto said to Kyuubi. Naruto remembers the day where he comforts Sakura, and it went really well.
Flashbacks
The 8-man team had gone back to Konoha, after another failed attempt on bringing back Sasuke to Konoha. Naruto was seen, standing on a branch of a tree. "Dammit." he cursed. "I failed to retrieve Sasuke again... I couldn't fulfill my promise again... Everytime I tried to get him back, he's always got one step away... It's like, everytime we met, he always seems like he's stronger than before... After all that training I have with the others... Do they meant nothing at all?" he asked himself. Naruto became strong ever since he had defeated Kakuzu, one of the Akatsuki. But Sasuke, he is stronger than him. Naruto had yet again going to try and retrieve Sasuke again, but this time, with success. "Maybe a little fresh air could get me up." He got off of the branch and landed on the ground. He began walking down the street.
As he walks, he noticed someone standing on the bridge, where the old Team 7 meet up with their late sensei, Kakashi. It was Sakura. "Sakura-chan?" He ran towards her. "Sakura-chan, what are you doing here? Look, I know that this is where we once meet up with each other, but aren't you supposed to be with the others?" Sakura didn't respond. "Sakura-chan?" She still doesn't respond. Naruto looked closely at her and noticed something. Sakura has tears in her eyes. "Sakura-chan...? Are you crying?"
"Naruto... Why... Why did he have to leave...?" said Sakura, with some tears falling on her cheeks.
"You mean Sasuke? I don't know... Maybe it's his destiny... He decided to not return the village, because he still need to kill his brother... But I don't know why... Why did he chose to not return to us when we can make him stronger than Itachi? Does he not care about the village anymore?" He asked. Then, he was suddenly surprised when Sakura hugged him, crying on his jacket. "Sakura-chan..."
"Naruto... I'm not strong enough... I can't save Sasuke-kun... All my training with Tsunade-shishou... They were nothing! They didn't change a thing! I trained so I could bring him back, Naruto... But I still can't save him! He doesn't want to come back... He doesn't want any friends... He just want power! Why?!" Sakura continued to sob on Naruto's now wet jacket.
"Sakura-chan... Don't worry... I'm sure that some day... We will retrieve Sasuke back... It is my promise of a lifetime to you, right? Sakura-chan... We'll bring him back... together..." Naruto managed to say some words that will comfort Sakura. She lifted her head up and looked at Naruto, with a sad smile. Naruto smiled also. Soon, Sakura rested her head on Naruto's chest, trying to calm down a bit. "We will bring him back... That's a promise of a lifetime..."
"Yeah... Our promise of a lifetime..." she said.
End flashbacks
Naruto hadn't seen Sakura like this until this moment. He also wanted to retrieve Sasuke, just because not only is he a fellow ninja of the leaf, but also a friend. It's been a long road, but he did it... Or at least, he thought he did it, but that is until Sasuke...
Naruto stops thinking when he saw Sakura, sitting on a bench, with a sad impression on her face. "It's Sakura-chan..." he said. He began walking towards Sakura.
'Sasuke-kun... Did he really meant that? That I...?' thought Sakura. She soon stop thinking when she saw Naruto, right in front of her. She change her sad face into an angry face. "What do you want, Naruto?" she said to Naruto angrily.
"Hey, Sakura-chan... I just want to... to apologized for what happened back in the academy. I was just excited about this."
"Yeah, whatever... And don't you think I'll forgive you for this. I'm still mad at you. And I still think you're a stupid idiot."
"Yeah... That's what I thought you say that..." Naruto looked at Sakura for a few seconds, then he ask her about something. "Sakura-chan... Did Sasuke... talked to you lately?"
"Huh? What was that all about?"
"I'm just asking. I just want to know if you talked to him."
Sakura turned her head away from Naruto's face. "It's none of your business. That doesn't involve you."
Naruto chuckled. "Come on. You can tell me." He sat next to Sakura on the bench. "Did he did something to you while you were talking to him?"
"N... no! He didn't do anything to me. He just... sitting here, admiring my beautiful comment on him." Sakura, however, lied. It's pretty simple, because Sasuke would never admired someone's comment. The truth is, Sakura talked to Sasuke about that Naruto is a loser because he has no family. But that angers Sasuke, because he has no family too. They were all killed by Itachi. So Sasuke's only comment to Sakura is... that she is annoying.
"Sakura-chan... You don't have to hide it. I know what Sasuke did to you."
"I-I'm not hidding it! It's true!"
Naruto sighed. "Sakura-chan... Let me tell you about my life, when I was a kid..."
"I don't need to hear that crap! Your life is just as boring as a pig that doesn't know anything at all!"
Naruto smiled a little, as he tells Sakura about his life anyway. "When I was a young boy... I'm just like Sasuke, but only younger... I had no family... I have no one to be taken care of... No acknowlages me..."
"That's because you've caused trouble to the whole village! That's why no one took care of you!"
"No, Sakura-chan... I didn't do anything at all... I didn't do a single thing to them... When I tried to do something nice to everyone, they just left without saying thank you or goodbye. They didn't even take something that I gave to them... When I tried to talk to people, they just got away from me. I always asked myself "Why no one wants me? I didn't do anything wrong, did I?". I don't know why they didn't want me... It's not because I caused trouble to the whole village... It's just that... I'm different from them..."
"Duh! You got no family, idiot." Sakura said, getting tired of that discussion.
"That's not all... A few days later... One day, I saw a bunch of people, hudling up on each other. I asked one of them why did they hudled up. They looked at me and... and they..." Naruto could not say the next setence.
"What? They did what?" Sakura was getting pretty annoyed by that.
"They..." Naruto gulped. "... They chased after me..."
Sakura gasped. "What?"
"They were forming a mob against me. I was running from them, afraid that I will get killed. I ran so much that I don't have enough breathe left. I stopped, taking a few air. But because of that, I got caught by the mob and got beat up... Many wounds are on me... So much blood came out of me... The villagers said to me, something rude like, "You don't deserve to live!" and "You will die in this very spot!". i thought this will be the end of me... Until a jounin showed up and save me... The jounin picked me up and got me in the hospital... I was in cared of some bodyguards that will protect me... I thought that I will be safe right here... but who knows? The villagers will attack me again, if the bodyguards left on their mission. I was unsafe... I was hurt all over my body... Do you get it now, Sakura-chan? that's how my life as a young kid made me..."
Sakura was shocked all over. She never knew that Naruto's life is much worse than Sasuke's. She now has tears on her eyes. "Naruto... Oh Naruto... I'm sorry..." She hugged Naruto. "I'm so sorry... I didn't knew your life is so bad... I didn't knew... I'm so sorry, Naruto! I'm sorry!" She sobbed.
Naruto fluttered her pink hair. "It's alright. I'm ok now, that's what matters the most, right?"
Sakura backs away from the hug and looked at Naruto, with a small smile. "Right..."
"So don't worry... I won't get hurt this time. I won't give up on anything! Because I am Uzumaki Naruto! The next Hokage! Dattebayo!"
Sakura laughed. "I won't..." She stood up from the bench. "Naruto... Thanks for this... I'll have to rethink my mind about you. Well, we better get going. Our sensei might be here already." She was about to go back to the academy, when her mind has an idea. "Oh! And one more thing, Naruto..." She turned back to Naruto and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Come on! Let's go, Naruto! We don't want to be late!"
Naruto grinned. "Ok! I'm coming, Sakura-chan!" Naruto stood up from the bench and ran back to the academy, along with Sakura. 'Well, it looks like everything went well already. My life is getting good now!' he thought.
Kyuubi laughed. 'Perfect! One more step, and that bitch is as good as mine!' Kyuubi continues to laughed until he cannot hold his laugh for long.
The next time, it'll be the survival exam. Did Naruto has enough time to get ready for the exam? Will he cooperate with Sakura and Sasuke? We'll see soon enough.
End of chapter
... Ok, I think I got confused with the beginning at first. Maybe it's because I don't have any ideas for the beginning. The ending is all I ever think of. Seems weird to you, guys?
Ino: Oh yeah, it's weird... You think it's because you don't have enough time left to do before you're going to California?
Eh! Guess that's it. Anyway, hope you like this chapter. And forgive me about the mistakes I made.
Well, see ya after New Years, guys! Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year!... Oh! And don't for get to review Kudasai!
