The promises

By: Narutofan445

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters sighs

Okay everyone here's the eighth chapter, and as a reminder I want to say that this story is going to be pretty long and I' am still not sure where it's going to go see as how I' am making it up as I go.

Oh and I feel like this story is going too slow so if this story seems to kind of rush I' m sorry about that.

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Ch 8

Ignoring the rain that poured down upon his skin, Uzumaki Naruto quickly ran through the streets of Konoha.

He desperately searched every space that he passed but had yet to find any evidence of Reiko's whereabouts.

"Reiko! Reiko!" he called out, but there was no response.

Earlier they had tried to use Shino's bugs and Kiba's & Akamaru's superior sense of smell but that turned out to be a waste of tine sense the rain washed away any scents that might have led to Reiko.

"Reiko, where the hell are you!" Naruto yelled out desperately.

Still no answer, unfortunately

Quickening his pace again, Naruto continued to search.

Two hours later…..Hokage Tower….

Despite the best effects of everyone, no one could find Reiko.

"Hokage-sama we were unable to find Reiko" Ten-Ten informed Tsunade.

She as well as everyone else looking for Reiko where drenched in sweat and water.

"How is this possible!" Tsunade roared, "You're all shinobi! You should've found him hours ago!"

"We would have…." Kiba interrupted, "But the rain is making it hard for us t-"

Before Kiba finished he was interrupted by two dogs barking as they ran past the Hokage tower.

Thinking nothing of it Kiba continued, "-to find his scent"

"That's no ex-" This time Tsunade was the one interrupted instead of Kiba, as two more dogs barked as they ran past.

"What the hell is going on!" Tsunade yelled frustrated as she got up and looked out the window.

At first she didn't see anything, just rain and the two dogs that had barked earlier where long gone.

She didn't know what, but something told her to continue looking out the window.

For the first time all day they got lucky, because suddenly three more dogs ran by. A couple seconds later a pack of four dogs also ran by in a hurry.

Normally the Hokage would've thought nothing of it but it seemed pretty strange to her that all those dogs were running in the same direction.

"Hokage-sama, is everything alright?" Chouji asked.

The Hokage didn't respond; she was too busy looking at the weird actions of the dogs.

"Where are they all going?" she thought to herself.

Suddenly she was snapped out of her thoughts when all of a sudden Akamaru jumped out of Kiba's sweater, ran to the door, and started barking.

"Akamaru what's the matter?" Kiba asked.

"Kiba, let Akamaru out" Tsunade ordered, still not looking away from the window.

Kiba didn't dare question her because he could hear the seriousness in her voice.

Then opening the door he let Akamaru dash out the room.

Again there was silence and nobody dared to speak up.

"Come on, come on" Tsunade repeated in her head, as she waited. Then sure enough a couple seconds later she saw Akamaru run out of the Hokage tower and headed in the same direction as the pervious dogs.

Seeing this she immediately dashed out the door in the same direction.

As soon as the Hokage left the room everybody immediately ran after her, though they were still not sure of what was going on.

Running through the streets, it didn't take Tsunade long to also become drenched in water. Though she wasn't paying attention because she was too busy following the barks of the dogs.

It also didn't take long for the other shinobi's to catch up to her.

"Obba-chan, where are you going?" Naruto asked.

"Just follow" she simply replied.

They didn't have to run long because pretty soon after that, about five minutes to be exact, they came to a stop.

In front of them were about thirty stray dogs and they were either standing outside or inside a particular ally.

"What in the world is going on?" Everybody asked themselves.

As soon as the dogs saw the Konoha shinobi they immediately stepped aside, almost as if granting them passage.

Nobody was sure of what was going on so they didn't move, that is until Tsunade-sama ran through the dogs and into the ally. Seconds later the rest of the shinobi's followed.

The ally was wide but not long. It was pretty much empty expect for some trash bags lying around and two huge trash bins.

Standing in the middle of the ally were four dogs. They were without a doubt stray dogs, considering how skinny and smelly they were.

Walking forward everyone noticed that the dogs were gathered in a circle surrounding something that was on the floor.

They couldn't tell what it was sense everybody was too far away to clearly see what it was.

Slowly and cautiously they inched forward and in no time they saw that it was a boy!

Though it wasn't any boy, it was a boy who was covered in bandages and wore red shorts, it was clearly Reiko!

For an instant everybody's heart seemed to have skipped a beat and time seemed to have slowed down. Then as time changed back everybody jumped forward at the same time.

Naruto was the quickest so he reached Reiko's body first, as he did all the dogs in and around the ally scattered, expect for Akamaru who simply returned to Kiba.

"Reiko! Reiko!" Naruto shouted as he kneeled beside him and shaked him, hopeing to any god that Reiko would wake up.

"Reiko get up!" the blond shinobi continued to yell.

"He can't hear you, he's unconscious" The Hokage informed him.

Everybody then watched with worried expressions as Tsunade-sama kneeled beside Reiko and studied him.

His pulse was weak. Opening Reiko's eyelids, Tsunade as well as everyone else saw that he still had his Doujutsu activated.

There were no open cuts but he did have nasty bruises, and his bandages were still ripped from where the kunai had pierced his stomach, not to mention he was still covered in dry blood (well most of it had washed off by the rain but you get the picture).

By the look on the Hokage's face Reiko wasn't in a good condition, and it didn't help at all that he had been laying in the street all night in the rain.

Picking him up and placing him over her shoulder, Tsunade-sama quickly rushed to the Konoha hospital.

A couple hours later….Konoha hospital……2:00p.m

The news of Reiko quickly spread to those who knew him and in about an hour most of them where in the hospital waiting room.

For those waiting in the waiting room it seemed like forever until finally Tsunade came out of the operating room holding a clip board.

Immediately questions starting flying from all directions towards her.

"Where's Reiko!"

"Is Reiko-kun alright?"

"How is he!"

"Can we see him now?"

"Everybody calm down" Tsunade ordered

Once everyone finally did calm down (ten minutes later) she said, "Reiko is going to be fine, he was very lucky that we found him when we did because if he had been out there any longer then he would've probably never made it. And for those of you who want to visit him he'll be awake and able to accept visitors tomorrow morning".

Though she said these things with confidence her face showed a hint of shock.

"Hokage-sama, is anything the matter?" Ino asked obviously she was concerned about Reiko.

"No, I' am just tired" the Hokage responded, but that was a lie. She was still trying to get over something that she had seen a couple of minutes ago.

……Flashback……

Tsunade practically threw Reiko's body into the operating room.

"Please don't die, please don't die" she repeated in her head as she laid him on a table.

There was no time to take off Reiko's clothes so she used some chakra to cut through his clothes and bandages.

Once the bandages fell to the floor her eyes widen and she was left shocked and speechless.

The skin where Reiko's bandages had been taken off of was covered completely in scars! Each scar was different, some had appeared to have only scratched Reiko, and others seemed to be from deep wounds from kunai's and shiruken, as well as other shinobi weapons.

Tsunade's fingers trembled as she started to take off the remaining bandages from Reiko's body.

Again she was left speechless once she found out that the rest of Reiko's body (except for his neck and face) was covered completely in scars.

"What the..." Tsunade started to say but she remembered that Reiko was still in critical condition and quickly got to work.

……end flashback……

The next day….

As soon as the sun's rays hit Reiko's face his eyes shot open.

Looking around he couldn't remember what had happened or where he was. He tried to get up but the pain coming he received from his stomach and legs told him assured him that he wasn't going anywhere soon.

"What happened?" He asked himself. Then like a brick wall of memories all his memories came rushing back.

"Neji…" he whispered.

Looking at his body Reiko realized that he was no longer wearing his old clothes but instead a hospital gown.

That didn't bother him much, what bothered him was the fact that someone had taken off his bandages and replaced them with new ones.

Reiko wasn't complaining about getting new bandages but he was complaining of the fact that someone had seen him without his bandages on.

He had learned from past experiences that people feared and hated what they didn't understand.

So now it was only a matter of time until a nurse came into his room, threw his clothes into his face, and yelled at him to leave.

"Too bad, I was starting to like this place" Reiko told himself.

Studying the room he realized that it was the exact same room that he had been in after his fight with Naruto.

Reiko laid back on the bed until he spotted his fingerless gloves on a small desk beside his bed.

He quickly grabbed the gloves and slowly put them on his hands, over his bandages.

After that he had nothing to do but wait for someone to come and kick him out.

He didn't have to wait long because suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"Here it comes" Reiko thought.

Slowly opening the door Tsunade stepped into the room.

Breathing a sigh of relief Reiko sat up.

"I see you're finally awake Reiko-kun" she said.

"How long was I out Tsunade-oneechan?" Reiko asked.

A small smile appeared on the Hokage's face when she heard Reiko call her "neechan" (big sister).

"About a day and a half" she replied

Looking at his new bandages Reiko asked, "Tsunade-neechan, who was the one that toke off my bandages?"

"I did" Tsunade answered.

Instantly Reiko's body stiffened. What if she was the one that had come to kick him out?

Looking at her he toke a deep breath and asked "So you know?"

"Hai"

Neither one of them said anything for a couple seconds until Reiko lowered his head and asked Tsunade, "Aren't you going to kick me out?, or laugh at me and call me names?"

"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked confused.

"Everybody else does" Reiko told her, "Once they find out"

"There's nothing wrong in having them" Tsunade informed Reiko, "I' am sure plenty of shinobi have some to"

"That's right" Reiko said, "A shinobi has them, but why do I, it's just not fair"

Trying to comfort Reiko, Tsunade sat beside him on the hospital bed and put her arm around him. "It's nothing to be ashamed about" she said

"That's easy for you to say" Reiko told her, "You don't have to wear these stupid bandages all day"

"How did you get them?" The Hokage asked.

"I…I don't know" Reiko replied, "I've had them for as long as I can remember"

Again there was silence between the two. A couple seconds passed before Tsunade asked "Reiko, do you know who attacked you?"

"What does it matter?" Reiko asked, "It's over now"

'Because…" Tsunade said, "People can't just go around attacking kids, they have to be brought to justice"

"What would happen to them?" Reiko asked out of curiosity.

"It depends" Tsunade answered, "If they're shinobi then they might be executed, but if they're citizens then they'll be locked up for the rest of their life"

Reiko flinched. Neji was a shinobi, if he told Tsunade-oneechan that Neji was the one that had attacked him then he would be killed!

Of course even though Neji had tried to kill him, Reiko still saw him as a friend.

"I…I don't know who attacked me neechan" Reiko said.

"Are you sure?" Tsunade asked not believing him, "Try hard to remember who attacked you. Were they tall? Short? Skinny or fat?"

"I don't know" Reiko said again, "It was dark and they attacked me from behind"

Now Tsunade definitely knew that Reiko was lying.

First of all he said that the attacker had attacked him from behind, but by the angle of the torn bandages the attacker had to of attacked Reiko from the front.

Secondly the bandages on Reiko's feet were also torn and bloody but they weren't cut clean like the ones on his stomach; they were instead torn meaning that Reiko had to have been running at some point in the attack.

Lastly Tsunade had found a bruise in Reiko's chest that was an outline of the bottom of a sandal, which means that the attacker had stepped on Reiko's chest and Reiko had to have seen his face.

She was about to ask Reiko something else when all of a sudden Naruto burst into the room followed by an angry Shizune.

"Naruto you can't go in there!" Shizune yelled.

Seeing his best friend once again Reiko let a smile appear on his face.

Tsunade however instantly jumped up and hit Naruto in the back of the head. He of course was sent crashing into the wall.

"Aw! What was that for Obba-chan?" Naruto asked whimpering.

"You can't just run into a patient's room!" Tsunade yelled.

"I told you Naruto" Shizune told him.

Standing up Naruto rubbed the back of his head and said, "I just wanted to see if Reiko was awake"

"Well next time knock!" The snail summoner yelled.

Then sighing Tsunade said, "I would hit you again just for fun but I have to get back to the Hokage tower"

With that said the Hokage and her assistant walked out of the room, leaving behind Reiko and Naruto.

Walking towards Reiko's bed and sitting down Naruto said, "How long have you been awake Reiko?"

"Not long blondie" Reiko replied.

"So how long did Obba-chan say you were going to be in here?" The blond shinobi asked.

Shrugging Reiko replied, "She didn't say anything about that, but I' am guessing one or two more days"

"When you get out…." Naruto said, "We'll go to Ichiraku's and get some ramen"

"Okay" Reiko said, "But you're buying"

"What! That's not fair!" Naruto yelled.

"Of course it is" Reiko said laughing, "you invited so you're buying"

"Fine" Naruto said in defeat, "But you're buying next time"

"I'll think about it blondie" Reiko said.

After that they just talked about meaningless stuff like the weather, Ramen, girls, Ramen, weapons, and…..Ramen!

Not once did the topic of Reiko's attack come up sense it would've probably be uneasy to talk about.

Naruto stayed for about two more hours until he had to resume his training. Then for the rest of the day Reiko's friends came and went, some bringing presents while others just stopping for a quick "hello".

After Reiko was released from the hospital everything pretty much returned to normal.

Naruto returned to his everyday nonstop training, Tsunade-sama to her paper work, and everyone else to their shinobi missions.

Of course Reiko never told anyone that it was Neji was had attacked him; the Hyuuga's were also furious after they found out that Reiko had survived the attack.

A couple weeks after the attack Reiko & Ino, and Naruto & Hinata starting going out, (A/n: yes I know, I rushed their relationship's, but like I said, I' am going to speed things up.)

Then a couple months after that Naruto got word from Jiraiya-sama that they were finally going to go training for a couple years. Of course that day there was a big good luck celebration before they left.

Time Skip….2 ½ years after Naruto's and Jiraiya-sama's departure…..

Two figures slowly made their way towards konohahurage, a boy around sixteen years old with blond spiky hair and blue eyes and an elderly man with long white hair.

Both of the strangers were silent walking towards their destination, apparently they were in a hurry to finally get back home after 2 ½ long years of long hard training.

A couple minutes later they walked through the huge gates of Konoha, both of them still silent as ever.

"It's been two and a half years" the blond shinobi told his companion.

"Yeah"

Coming to a long pole, the blond shinobi dropped his stuff and ran up it all the way to the top.

"Getting excited already?" the white haired man asked smiling.

Looking out onto the village the blond shinobi yelled, "This brings back memories! This place hasn't changed at all!"

"Everyone, Uzumaki Naruto has returned!"

Streets of Konoha….

A now taller, muscular, and handsomer Reiko was slowly walking though the streets of Konoha. As he walked many people waved respectfully to him, respect they started showing him once they found out he was the last surviving Masaru (Reiko doesn't know that of course)

He was passing a deserted ally when all of a sudden his head burst into pain and his skin became irritated.

"Aww!" he yelled holding his head, "Not again!"

For the fifth time that same day his Tsuyoshi had been acting up and giving his unbearable headaches not to mention it made is skin unbearably itchy.

Thankfully it only lasted a couple seconds and then it went away just as quick as it had come.

"I' am starting to get very tired of this!" Reiko thought as he rubbed his head and scratched his bandages.

He toke a couple deep breaths and continued walking. He didn't walk long because as he did he heard the voice of a very familiar blond idiot.

Looking around he saw Naruto standing on top of a pole, and standing at the bottom of the pole was none other then Jiraiya-sama.

Reiko quickly made his way towards the famous author, who he secretly admired because a while back he started reading the Icha Icha books. At first he only started out of boredom but before he knew it he couldn't stop reading the books.

Now just like Kakashi, he carried the latest issue of the perverted book around wherever he went and read it when he had the time, which was not that often considering how Ino and he hanged out all day. Ino of course didn't know about Reiko's "hobby" or anybody else for that matter, because if they found out then he would get in trouble, because he was underage.

"Hello Jiraiya-sama" Reiko greeted the famous self proclaimed pervert.

"Oh hello Reiko-kun!" the frog hermit said, "My you sure have grown since we left"

"Tell that to Tsunade-oneechan" Reiko replied, "She still treats me like a little boy"

The white haired sannin just laughed.

"So…" Reiko asked looking up, "What's blondie doing up there?"

"You know Naruto" Jiraiya said, "He gets excited easily"

"Hey blondie, get down from there!" Reiko shouted.

Looking down, Naruto saw Reiko standing at the bottom of the pole waiting for him.

Jumping down he greeted him, "What's up Reiko?"

"So, when did you get back Blondie?" Reiko asked.

"A couple minutes ago" Naruto answered.

"Yeah" Jiraiya-sama added, "that's why we still have to go to the Hokage tower to tell Tsunade-sama that we're here"

"Yo blondie, I'll race you there" Reiko said as he started running

But before he toke three steps something accidentally fell out of his pouch (it's the same thing Kakashi keeps his books in).

Looking down Reiko saw that it was the Icha Icha paradise book that he had been carrying around!

He quickly tried to pick up the book but Jiraiya beat him to it.

"I didn't know you were into my books Reiko-kun" the frog hermit said as he looked at his book.

"That's…it's…I haven't…." Reiko quickly tried to think of a lie but nothing would come to him.

"I' am sorry" he finally said when he realized he wasn't getting anywhere, "Are you going to tell Tsunade-oneechan?"

"I can't belive you like reading those kinds of books" Naruto told Reiko, "I read one and I got bored after ten pages!"

Jiraiya looked at the book and then back at Reiko; back and forth he went for a couple minutes until he put the book in his backpack.

Thinking that Jiraiya had taken his precious book, Reiko started to slowly and sadly walk away.

Of course that is until Jiraiya-sama grabbed the back of his shirt.

"Where are you going Reiko-kun?" he asked.

"To Tsunade-neechan's office" Reiko replied, "Don't you want to tell her I was reading your books?"

Laughing Jiraiya dug in his backpack and pulled out another book, and handed it to Reiko.

Instantly Reiko was left speechless; Jiraiya had just given him the latest Icha Icha paradise book, Make out tactics!

"Hey it's our little secret" he told Reiko with a wink.

"Thank you Jiraiya-sama!" Reiko yelled as he put up the book and bear hugged the frog hermit.

Okay here's chapter 8, hopefully you'll like it.

People please remember to review! There's nothing an author likes more then reviews.

Oh and I' am probably going to put up a lemon in the future but I want to knew who ya'll want it to be between.

Naruto-Hinata

Reiko-Ino

Again sorry if this chapter seems kind of rush, but I want to hurry up and add Saskue to the story line.

Later!

-Narutofan445