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Chapter 10: Promise
After the evaluation ended in the Chuunin Stadium, the villagers went back to the village and started gossiping on the new Jounin that will be appointed by Sarutobi Hiruzen. They were astounded to find out that Zero was able to defeat the Yondaime and two Anbu without any scratch.
Some of the girls among the villagers gossiped on how cool Zero looked, and they were curious to find out what's underneath his mask, which they wanted to pull it off of him.
There were two girls that were interested on knowing Zero, and they are...
Street of Konohagakure
"Rin, what do you think about Zero?" A girl with long black hair asked to her friend.
"I don't know. But something is familiar about him. I can almost feel it. Don't you think, Kurenai?" Her friend, Rin said asked looking at the black haired girl walking next to her. Rin had brown hair, which was cut in a chin-length bob that framed her face, and brown eyes. She also had a rectangular purple marking on either sides of her cheeks. She wore a long-sleeved black top and over it, was a Jounin flak jacket, which had been given to her by Sarutobi for completing the Jounin evaluation exam. She also wore a light purple apron-skirt, under which she wore black shorts.
"I can certainly feel something. But other than he could wield Black Lightning, I got nothing." The black haired girl who was named Kurenai said with a shrug. Kurenai is a fairly tall and light-skinned woman of slender build. She has long, black, shoulder-length untamed hair, and very unique eyes that are red in colour, with an additional ring in them. She wears make-up consisting of red lipstick and purple eye shadow. She wore a standard Konoha shinobi which consist of a flak jacket and a simple sleeveless red outfit underneath it.
"Hmm… Who is he?" Rin asked herself as she and Kurenai walked through the streets of Konhagakure.
A few distance from the girls…
"Did you see that, Itachi? That was cool!" A dark-colored haired teenage boy said to his best friend.
"Yeah." Itachi answered to Shisui. Itachi wore his casual clothes consisted of a black shirt with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back, bandages around his ankles, and black sandals. He wore tan pants with a weapons pouch strapped to his back.
"I mean did you see that he beat Yondaime-sama? He beat him with his own version of the Rasengan!" Shisui exclaimed with a smile.
While Itachi wore his casual clothes, Shisui wore the standard attire of the Uchiha clan which includes a high-collared, dark-coloured outfit along with a tantō strapped to the right side of the back of his shoulder. He also wore what appeared to be a harness for his tantō which ran across his chest and fastened over both his shoulders.
"I know. I saw it too, you know." Itachi said with an amused smile.
"Yeah. Maybe I'll be able to meet him. And get to know him." Shisui said.
"You might. Look." Itachi said pointing his finger at the approaching figure.
"What?" Shisui asked as he look at the direction of where Itachi pointed. He saw a little light blonde haired girl and a little pink haired girl look down at two broken candies on the ground. The two girls had tears in their eyes as they watched their candies on the ground.
"Itachi?" Shisui asked as Itachi then pointed behind the two girls, which Shisui looked and his eyes widen, seeing Zero walking towards the two girls.
With Rin
"Hey, Rin." Kurenai said as Rin still in her thinking pose.
"Rin!" Kurenai said as Rin shook her head out of her thoughts as Kurenai pointed her finger in front of her, to which Rin look towards where she pointed.
"That's…" Rin thought said as she saw that Zero walking towards the two girls. She then saw that he stopped walking as he look down at the two girls crouching down on the ground.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Zero asked crouching down on the ground as the two girls look behind them, their eyes widen as they saw the same man fighting the Yondaime on the Chuunin Stadium.
"You're the man that beat Yondaime!" The little pink haired girl pointed out as Zero chuckles.
"Yes. You use Black Lightning!" The little light blonde haired girl stated.
"My name is Zero. I'm the newly appointed Jounin to protect your village. Now, what's your names?" Naruto asked looking at the pink haired girl first.
"Haruno Sakura." The pink haired girl said as Zero looked at the other girl.
"Ino Yamanaka." The light blonde haired girl answered.
"Well, Sakura and Ino. Tell me what's wrong?" Zero asked as Sakura and Ino look sadly at the ground. Zero look down at the ground where they look and he noticed two broken candies on the ground.
"Ah… You broke your candies." Zero stated as the two girls nodded.
"Well, I can buy you something better than candies." Zero said as Sakura and Ino look up at him in surprise.
"Really?" The two asked at the same time.
"Yes. Now what do you like better than candy, Sakura?" Zero asked as Sakura smiled a wide smile.
"Dumplings!" Sakura exclaimed happily.
"How about you, Ino?" Zero asked turning to look at Ino.
"Pudding!" Ino exclaimed happily as Zero smiled under his mask.
"Wait here for a moment." Zero said as he disappeared in a shunshin, surprising both Sakura and Ino.
After a while, Zero appeared with two sticks of dumplings and two medium-sized cups of pudding.
"Here." Zero stated as he gave two sticks of dumplings to Sakura and two cups of pudding to Ino.
"Does that make you happy?" Zero asked as Sakura and Ino look down at their favourite foods and then they look up at Zero.
"Very happy! Thank you, Zero!" Sakura and Ino said at the same time.
"Well, you better get back to your parents. I think they seem to be waiting." Zero said as he points his finger behind them as the two look behind them to see their parents waiting for them with a smile.
"Papa, Mama!" Ino said as she rushed to her parent's arms.
"Mama!" Sakura exclaimed rushing to her mother's arms.
Zero walked closer to stand in front of Ino and Sakura's parents as he bows his head at them.
"Sorry for taking your time." Zero said as Inoichi, Ino's father waved his hand in dismissal.
"Don't apologize, Zero. I would like to thank you for making Ino so happy." Inoichi stated as Zero look at him and nodded.
"No problem. I don't like to see girls cry." Zero stated as Inoichi nodded in understanding.
"Then, thank you." Sakura's mother said as Zero look at her.
"It's my pleasure. Now I have to leave for a mission." Zero said as Inoichi nodded in understanding.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Zero." Inoichi said as Zero nodded.
"Bye, Sakura. Bye, Ino." Zero said to the two waving his hand at them, to which they waved back. After he waved goodbye, he disappeared in a shunshin.
"Mama, I like him." Sakura stated with a smile.
"Sakura?" Her mother asked in confusion.
"I like him too, Papa." Ino said as Inoichi stared at his daughter, raising his left eyebrow.
"I think Ino and Sakura has a crush on Zero, honey." Inoichi's wife said with a smile watching both Ino and Sakura, who had a smile on their faces.
With the Uchihas
"Wow, he's so nice." Shisui said as he witness the scene in front of him.
"Yeah. Anyway, he left. So, we should get back." Itachi stated as Shisui nodded and the two Uchihas left, heading towards the Uchiha's part of the village.
With Rin
"Well, we now know he seems to be nice." Kurenai commented as Rin felt the familiar feeling again when she looked at him, but she couldn't remember the feeling before.
"He seems familiar…" Rin said as Kurenai rolled her eyes and grabs Rin, surprising her out of her thoughts.
"What is it?" Rin asked looking at Kurenai.
"You're thinking about him again, do you have a crush on him?" Kurenai asked as Rin slightly blush.
"No!" Rin answered as Kurenai smiled.
"Alright. Anyway, we should get going. We have a mission after all." Kurenai exclaimed as Rin nodded, recalling that she and Kurenai picked up a mission a while ago just after the fight between Zero and Minato ended.
The two Jounins then disappeared in a shunshin.
Infirmary
"Minato." Kushina called as Minato look up at Kushina, Naruto and Fu standing in front of him. Minato was being healed by medical-nin, but when Kushina arrived with Naruto and Fu, he told them to stand outside for a minute.
"That man that you fought… Is he?" Kushina asked nervously as Minato shook his head, causing Kushina to look down in sadness.
"He and Izayoi are different. I didn't see that any tattoo of the Black Lightning on Izayoi before. And Zero had the tattoo on his right shoulder, so he couldn't be the same person." Minato explained as Naruto frown, followed by Fu.
"And his story is different from Izayoi's story. So, I'm sure that he is not Izayoi. I'm sorry, Kushina." Minato said as Kushina held a sad smile on her face.
"It's okay. I'll still believe Izayoi-kun is alive." Kushina stated as she look down at Naruto.
"Right, sochi?" She asked.
"Right, dattebayo!" Naruto said with a wide grin, which caused Kushina to smile.
"Right, let's go and eat. What do you want to eat, Naruto?" Kushina asked.
"Ramen!" Naruto exclaimed as Kushina nodded.
"Let's go, Fu." Kushina said grabbing Naruto as she left, followed by Fu.
"Are you still alive Izayoi-senpai?" Minato asked himself as he sighs.
One week later
Night
"Mission completed." Zero said as he closed his scroll, that contains his mission report on his current completed mission.
Zero leaned his head against the tree bark as he look up at the night sky and stars that shine in the dark skies. He pulled aside his mask as he breath a deep breath, and gaze at the shining stars in the night sky.
"I should go back." Zero said as he pulled back his mask on his face and stood up from his sitting position. He put the report scroll in one of the top pocket on his flak jacket, as he focused an amount of chakra in his legs and quickly disappeared out of sight.
Konohagakure
Zero then appeared in front of the gateway to Konohagakure, causing the patrol ninja who were station beside the giant gate to spot Zero.
"Zero?" One of the patrol ninja said as Zero turns to him.
"I completed a mission. It took a while to finish but I finish it." Zero said as the ninja smiled.
"Well, feel free to enter. You've been busy this past week, haven't you?" The ninja asked.
"Even if you're the new jounin in town, you should relax. Aren't you tired from the constant missions you received? I mean, I would." The ninja commented. The ninja has brown hair, and dark eyes. His hair is combed down and always covers his right eye. He wears his forehead protector like a bandanna along with the standard Konoha shinobi outfit which goes all the way up to his chin.
"Yeah, but I'm not that tired yet, Izumo." Zero stated as the ninja named Izumo shook his head.
"Nonsense, everyone would be tired by now. It's the middle of the night! If you want, you can go to Ichiraku Ramen Stand. I hear they offer discounts today. So, maybe you can get a bite there for once. And maybe it could ease your tiredness." Izumo said smiling at Zero, who nodded.
"Okay. I'll try." Zero stated as he walked away from Izumo and head towards the Ichiraku Ramen Stand that Izumo spoke about.
"See you, Zero!" Izumo said as Zero raised his hand up to the sky and waved it, without turning to look at Izumo and do a proper goodbye wave.
"That, Zero…" Izumo said shaking his head in amusement.
When Zero walked along the street of Konohagakure, he spotted a small restaurant with the lights on. He then looked up at the sign above the restaurant,
Ichiraku Ramen
He then looked below the covers of the restaurants, seeing as he found that there was only one customer sitting in one of the chairs inside the stand. Slowly, he lifted the covers and he was greeted by a grinning old man.
"Hello! Welcome to Ichiraku Ramen." The old man greeted.
"It's good to be here." Zero replied back.
"I never seen you before. Who are you? My name is Teuchi by the way." The old man named Teuchi said.
"My name is Zero. I've been a Jounin for the past week. One of my friends said that I would be able to enjoy your discounts today?" Zero asked.
"That's right! You're in luck, Zero. Anyway, what will you be having today?" Teuchi asked as Zero held up one finger.
"Miso Ramen." Zero answered as Teuchi nodded and goes to cook the ramen.
Zero took a seat beside a woman, who was looking at him in surprise.
Zero then turns his head to look at the woman, and his eyes widen under his mask because the woman in front of him was Kushina.
"How can I help you?" Zero asked trying to hide the surprise he got when he laid eyes on hers.
"Oh, I'm sorry for staring at you. It's rude of me." Kushina said with apologetic bow as Zero waved his hand in dismissal.
"Don't say sorry. Everyone always stared at my mask." Zero said as Kushina look up at him. She looked at his hair, which was the same colour as Izayoi. Ever since Minato told her that Zero wasn't Izayoi. She was sad but she wasn't convinced yet that Zero wasn't Izayoi. And ever since then, she would always think about the time she always spent with Izayoi.
How much she missed him, how much she wanted to hear how much he loved her. How he always made her happy when she always had a bad day. How she was happy when she slept with him for the first time. How for the first time she felt so happy to be a mother after knowing she was pregnant.
She wanted to believe that Izayoi was dead, and she would move on, but she couldn't forget about him. And after witnessing the fight between Zero and Minato, she was shocked to find out that Zero had light blonde hair like Izayoi, and he could wield Black Lightning as Izayoi had.
But she was perplexed when Minato told her that Zero had a tattoo on his right shoulder, showing that he wielded Black Lightning. It was the only thing that she couldn't figure out, because she never saw Izayoi had a tattoo on his right shoulder before.
After she thought about that, she was again met by disappointment that she believe that Zero couldn't be Izayoi. But she was stubborn, and for that she couldn't believe that Izayoi was dead and decided on her thought that Izayoi was Zero in disguise.
"Hello?" Zero asked waving his hand in front of Kushina, which caused her to shake her head out of her thoughts.
"Oh... I-I'm sorry. I was thinking about something." Kushina said sheepishly.
"Really? Must be important." Zero said as Kushina look back at her ramen.
"Yeah, it is..." Kushina said as Zero look at her.
"Anyway, why are you here at night? And not at home, where you should be sleeping?" Zero asked as Kushina smiled.
"Well, I decided to have a mid-late night snack at Ichiraku's." Kushina answered as Zero nodded in understanding.
"Here you are, Zero! One Miso ramen!" Teuchi said putting the miso ramen in front of Zero.
"Thanks." Zero said as he picked up the pair of chop sticks and broke it apart. After that, he grabbed his mask, which was noticed by Kushina, who glanced at his mask being slowly lifted.
But Zero stopped lifting his mask above his mouth, as he picked up the chop sticks. He then lift up the noodles and stuffed it inside his mouth.
While he was eating, Kushina was trying to get a better view of his mouth. After a while, she decided to lean in closer to Zero, to get a closer look. But she was interrupted as Zero pulled back his mask on his face, as he stood up from his seat and put the money on the table.
"See you later, Teuchi." Zero said as he exited the stand, leaving Kushina to stare at where he left.
"I can't let her find out..." Zero said under his mask, as he walked away from the Ramen Stand.
"Wait, Zero!" Kushina called out as Zero stopped in his track.
Zero could hear Kushina coming closer to him, just as he was about to shunshin, but he stopped as Kushina didn't come any closer towards him and only decided to stand behind Zero, but not too close.
"I have a question I want to ask. And I would like you to answer me honestly." Kushina said as Zero kept looking in front of him instead of looking at Kushina.
A-Are you... A-Are you... Izayoi-kun?" Kushina asked nervously, wanting no more to know the truth.
"You mean Izayoi Sakamaki? Didn't he sacrifice his life on the night of the Nine-Tails Attack on Konohagakure? Why are you asking me if I'm Izayoi? Me and him are two different people. I'm sorry but I'm not Izayoi. If you mind, I'm going to report to Sandaime-sama for my completed mission." Zero stated as he was about to walk away but a hand grabbed his own hand, stopping him for going away.
"Th-That's just an excuse, r-right? I-I know you Izayoi-kun. We've known each other since we're Academy students. Don't you remember?" Kushina asked shedding a few tears as Zero gritted his teeth under his mask.
"I'm... Not Izayoi. My name is Zero." Zero stated as Kushina hug him from behind, encircling her arms around him, surprising Zero.
"Please... Izayoi-kun... I need you... I miss you so much... Naruto misses you. He wanted his real father with him, and not a part of his chakra only... He wants you, Izayoi-kun. His Tou-san. And I want you back... I want you to be here with me like you always did... I want to wake up next to you in the morning everyday like we always did. I want to walk next to you in the streets of Konoha like we always did. I want you to always make me happy like you used to... I want to hear how much you love me..." Kushina mutters the words slowly as a tear fell down on Kushina's arm from Zero's mask.
"I'm sorry, Kushina." Zero said as Kushina smiled, finally knowing that Izayoi was here. Her husband was alive and he was with her.
"That's okay, Izayoi-kun. Come on, let's go back home. I can't wait to tell Naruto." Kushina said as she let go of the hug and look at him.
"No... I'm sorry for this." Zero said as he instantly disappeared from his spot, causing Kushina to search for him.
"Iza-" Kushina was cut off by a strike to the neck as she fell back in Zero's arms.
"I'm sorry, Kushina..." Zero said as he pulled his mask to the side and kissed her head. After he pulled back, he picked her up and carried her bridal style. Then, he flash out of sight.
Zero appeared inside a room, a room for two. He looked around the room, noting that nothing has changed over the years. He then slowly walked over to the king-sized bed and gently but quietly put Kushina on the bed as he pulled the cover over her, tucking her in bed.
Zero looked down at Kushina as he made a hand seal, causing a seal to appear over Kushina. The seal was a circle along with words around the circle.
"Memory Erasing Seal... Wipe out." Zero whispered as Kushina glowed a bright white for a second and then the light disappeared.
"I'm sorry, Kushina… I'm so sorry…" Izayoi whispered as he slowly leans down and kissed Kushina on the lips.
"Izayoi-kun…" Kushina mutters in her sleep as Izayoi pulled back on the kiss. He then sees a single tear escaped from her eye and traveled down her cheek, which made a frown appear on Izayoi's face, wanting to comfort her and tell her that he was here. But he knows that he can't, which made him look down and grit his teeth.
After a while, he look at Kushina and he brushed the tear away with his thumb. He then leans down one more time to peck Kushina's forehead, "I love you, Kushina. And I will never forget." Izayoi whispered as he stood up and he saw a smile on Kushina's face, which put a smile on his face.
Izayoi then backs away from the bed as he instantly flash out of sight.
Above the Hokage Monument
Izayoi appeared on top of the Hokage Monument as he sat down on his rock face.
Izayoi then lay his back on the ground, feeling the breeze of the night. He then put his hands behind his head, as he raised his right hand to the sky.
"I promise I'll be there for you, no matter what." Izayoi said he clench his right fist in determination.
"But in the meantime, you have to wait, Kushina…" He whispered as he stood up from his spot, pulling back his mask on his face and disappeared into the night.
That's the end of the new chapter. And that's a sad ending... Anyway, I hope you like it, or love it. I hope you review, favorite and follow my Fanfic.
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