Naruto Veers Off of a Winding Road!

by Fan of NaruSaku

Part 1-divergent. Naruto died while retrieving Tsunade, but was revived, and not before coming to a realization about himself. Naruto decides to make himself a better shinobi. Read how Naruto's life changes as he tries to fix it. NaruSaku (especially since chapter 8), Eventual Smart Naruto, No over-the-top bashing

1. Prologue

In all honesty, I knew I could've done more to help Sasuke. I've known the guy since we were in the academy! I could've done something to heal Sasuke's heart and mind- show him that there's more to life than just revenge.

Although, it might be too late for that now.

Sasuke's in a coma.

But wait, Iam doing something to help Sasuke right now! That's right, Sasuke's coma was a catalyst for me to help Jiraiya find Tsunade. How's that going? Let's see... I looked for Tsunade. I found Tsunade. Tsunade bet that I couldn't learn the Rasengan within a week. I learned it in a few days. Then, Orochimaru and Kabuto appeared. I used the rasengan on Kabuto, and I began to feel a pain in my chest, and I fell backwards. I did manage to stay awake long enough to remind Granny Tsunade that I won our bet, though. Then everything just got hazy...

Oh, yeah, I'm dead.

I should've known I'd end up like this someday. It looks like everyone was right about me; I am - I was - reckless. I was reckless and even though everyone warned me that it'd get me killed, I didn't listen.

But I guess dying isn't so bad. It's not like I had much to live for; really, I had nothing to live for. The girl I like will never me like I like her, my sensei never bothered to teach me anything useful, I'm a pest to Pervy Sage, I know that the village will never love me - I'm not so much of an idiot that I don't see that - , and I've already managed to convince Tsunade to come back to Konoha.

My work is done. Maybe, this is as far as I was ever meant to go? Maybe I was fated to die serving people who'd always look down on me and just use me for their own gain whenever it got to be convenient.

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Nah. God wouldn't be so cruel... I was just in wrong place at the wrong time.

I'm starting to feel the pain in my chest again - no, this is a different pain. Did someone just punch my corpse? They did it again! And again! And again! And again!

I open my eyes to see what's going on. I can see Shizune, Grandma, and Pervy Sage standing above me and they look relieved...

I'm alive!