5 years later~
Naruo's P.O.V
'How long has it been, Kurama?' Naruto asked.
"From my estimation, kit, it's been about 4 years." Kyuubi/Kurama answered him.
"Really? Huh, it's been that long." Naruto said, aloud.
'Don't worry, ba-chan, I survived this place and I'm coming back to you... all of you, actually. You, Kakashi-sensei, and Iruka-sensei.' Naruto thought.
"Hey, Kurama? Do you think they'll be happy to see me?" Naruto asked, aloud. To most people it would've been weird talking to nothing but thin air, but then again, there was no people here in the first place, was there?
"Such a stupid question for someone of your intelligence level- Kurama said in a sleepy voice- of course they would miss you, kit. Because, they are the real people that cares for you, aren't they? Are you doubting them now?" Kurama stated more than questioned.
"... No... It's just been so long. It's also kinda hard when I can't feel anything. Heck, I can barely remember their faces. I can only remember their names... and that's about all." Naruto said.
'Hmmm... So he seems to have forgotten them a little.. I don't know how they'll react to that.' Kurama thought to himself.
Naruto suddenly stood up and slowly walked near towards the door that kept him locked in the icy cold room.
'Huh, they should name it the 'Ice Room' or something near that line.' Naruto mused to himself.
Hokage's Room/ Office~
Tsunade was pacing back and forth across the room when Jiraiya entered the room through the window.. as usual and fell flat on his face when Tsunade looked up and glared at him.
Jiraiya slowly and cautiously rose and looked at Tsunade and cleared his throat, for once not trying to make a move on the glaring lady.
"Tsunade-hime. Naruto... he'll be released today right?" Jiraiya asked.
Tsunade sighed.
"Yes he is." She softly answered. She stopped her pacing and looked at Jiraiya with sad tired eyes.
"I-" But she never got to finished that sentence because the door was suddenly opened.
In came the civilian council, all of them looking smug.
The man, Danzo, approached them and he give them a smirk as he did.
"He sure looks happy today." Jiraiya muttered to himself.
"Hokage-san, the demon will be released today. We shall see what's happened to it."
Tsunade's bangs covered her eyes, giving them a hard time to see what her emotion was.
"Danzo. -Tsunade growled and raised her head. - do NOT walk in the room like you own it. I've had enough of all of your sh*t so you better make yourself useful to me and shut the f*ck UP!" She bellowed out. Looks like she finally snapped.
Danzo just smiled.
Jiraiya scowled but he did a jutsu that protected them from 'the room's harmful enviroment.
"We'll go down now to get him out of that wretched place." She commanded.
One of the council snickered.
"As if it is still alive." They muttered to the others and so then the others started snickering as well.
Tsunade shot them the most evil glare filled with hatred and Jiraiya shot out some of his killer intent.
They immediately shut up and some almost pissed their pants.
She walked out the door and down to the deepest part of the building and Jiraiya followed.
Step by step all of them walked down the stairs that seemed to go on forever and forever.
Finally, they reached down to the very bottom step but there was nothing in front of them but walls.
Tsunade took a stepped forward to the wall in front of her, bit her thumb until it bled, and then smeared the blood on the wall.
Suddenly, the ground seemed to move, scaring the councilmen.
"Is there an earthquake?!" One of them screamed out and so the others started panicking, well everyone except Danzo.
"BE QUIET!" Tsunade ordered.
The walls in front of them suddenly splitted up in half and it opened up to find another room but this room was dark, cold, uninviting, and creepy.
They saw a very large door in front of them and they approached it with caution.
Tsunade went in front of it and she, along with Jiraiya, did some quick seal with their hands, causing the door to open.
As it opened, all of them were blasted by freezing air that seemed to freeze everything, well everything except them.
They squinted when a person suddenly appeared in front of them, not by appearing out of no where but they were just there.
Tsunade gasp in shock, happiness, relief, and hope.
The person that came out wasn't that tall but they knew who it was. Naruto.
All of them looked at him and drank in his new appearance.
Around 5.4 ft., silky snow white hair that curled a little near the shoulder, toned body, an eye patch on the left side of his eyes, and long white eyelashes with beautiful teal-green eyes. But, the most surprising was the eye, not the color but the emptiness in them.(Pssst, guys. Look at the image on top. The one you saw and clicked on this story because of it. P.S. I do NOT own it. Please forgive me if the image belongs to you.)
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For a while, nobody said anything. They were all in thought as Naruto continued to stare at all of them.
"N-Naruto." Tsunade looked at him, tears falling down, and she hugged him and kiss his forehead.
Naruto didn't know what to do. He was so confused. What is he suppose to do in this situation. He hadn't had human contact for 4 years...It gave him a warm fuzzy feeling in his stomach.. It was so warm and comforting... and.. it made him feel something..
Flashback~
Naruto was 7 years old. He was walking down the street when suddenly his stomach growled.
He looked around and his eyes brightened as he saw his favorite place to eat, 'Ichiraku Ramen', because it was probably the only place out of the whole village to let him eat there.
He touched his pocket and felt that there was enough for 2 bowls.
Naruto looked up and smiled, he skipped halfway there then decided he would run there all the way.
As Naruto ran, he tripped because of some children, he felt some liquid running down his knee, and so he looked down only to see blood.
The children taunted him and laughed at him while he just sat there, his mood before gone.
Then, when he heard a familiar voice he looked up to see it was the nice teen- girl that took his orders and smiled at him. He had always liked her smile. Probably because the smile was always filled with warmth and looked inviting, welcoming.
"Hey, you little gaki's shouldn't do this to one of your peers." Her voice was laced with disappointment, her eyebrows scrunched up.
She shooed them away and knelt down in front of him.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
Feeling a bit stunned since no one had ever stood up for him, kids & adults, he couldn't get words to form out of his mouth so he just nodded shyly.
"Do you have any idea why they treat you like this?" She asked, but he didn't know so he just shook his head 'no'.
Just as she was about to stand up he reached his fingers and grabbed a hold of her index finger.
She looked down, suprised but quickly knelt down again.
"Thank you." Naruto said in a voice just slightly above a whisper.
"For what?" She asked.
"For being the first to stand up for me." He replied.
"Hmm... What's your name?" She asked again.
"My name's Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto shyly replied.
"My name is Ayame, but don't call me that okay?"
Naruto felt reject again, because his savior wouldn't even allow him to call her by her name.
"Don't worry Naru-chan." She said in a happy voice.
Naruto looked up in shock.
"Don't worry Naru-chan- she repeated- 'cause Ayame-nee chan will not leave you, got it. Call me Ayame-nee chan." She smiled a beautiful smile at him, a smile just for him. And she did something that shocked him, she hugged him then kissed his forehead.
He blushed but then smiled brightly back at her.
"Hai, Ayame-nee chan!" He chirped, all his shyness from before, gone.
"Now let's get that knee bandaged, okay?" She smiled at him again.
"Okay, dattebayo!" He grinned.
This had to be the best day ever! He had someone other than the old man-ahem 3rd hokage- hug him and he also recieved a kiss!
If all it took was bully for his savior to come, then he wouldn't mind at all, after all he had worse happen before.
Flashback end~
Naruto blinked but then he slowly put his arms around her.
He nuzzled her neck and let out a soft but beautiful smile.
T.B.C
