Trying To Move On
Chapter 3
The Return
It's been two and a half years, two and half years since Naruto left, two and a half years since the sentenced of the last Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, Two and a half years since he seen Kakashi and Sakura, Two and a half years since he was scolded, two and a half years since he seen everyone's faces
A figure walking towards the gate had a orange blackish jumpsuit, the pants were orange, with a blue strip sandwiched between two white strips on the left leg.
On the top of the jumpsuit the chest was orange, but the arms were black long sleeved.
The figure's face had spiky blonde hair, with the leaf's head band on.
The figure seemed to be a male boy who was in his sixteen's, his seemed to be a bit tanned, his eyes cerulean blue and his cheeks had some fox whisker like marks.
The figure also had a long sword on his back, it looked like it was the length of the figure, the sword was straight with a small pointy top, the top had the usual samurai sword look, the right side of the sword was pointy while the rest of the top was curved to the side of the sword.
The sword had 13 orange red swirls on both faces of the sword, the swirls were in a line.
The middle of the sword was dark black, made up of the toughest metals in the nation, the outer line of the sword was light orange, made up of Chakra infused metal, the sword was thick in the middle and thin in the sides, which would make the swordsman capabilities of the sword much stronger in battle.
The handle was a long thick cylinder shape, at the bottom of the handle there was a half a sphere which on the on the bottom of it had a orange swirl aswell.
The handle was black with orange silver hand writing which said Naruto, on the top of the handle there was a small disc separating the blade from the handle, the disc was golden coloured, the sides of the disc had fake fox fur.
This blade was called The "Demon fox's blade", or the "Demons' blade"
His back had a scabbard the size of a mini backpack, it was orange and had a small Uzumaki symbol on which was the usual red swirl symbol.
The boy had the same usual blue shoes on and had a huge smile on his face.
His name was Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, the boy who brought back the last Uchiha.
Naruto was happy that he's finally home, he finally made it back and was happy for a few reason.
He was happy because he missed all his friends, except for a pink haired girl and a one eyed white haired man.
He missed Ichiraku's Ramen.
He can't wait to sleep in his new house again.
He still can't forget the night he spent in his parent's house, it was the best sleeping experience he had ever had on a bed.
Sure he had been to many hotels on his journey and lots of different inns, but his bed was the best he had ever slept on.
Naruto decided to make a small detour by walking through the training grounds, he was goanna take a quick look at the training ground that Team 7 used.
As he was walking, he was thinking about what had happened two and a half years ago, it was an early morning for Konoha so there wasn't much people walking around.
"I missed you Konoha." Naruto said quietly walking towards the training grounds
"I missed all my friends, my house and my ramen." Naruto said to himself
"But I don't miss Kakashi or Sakura." Naruto continued
"I bet Kakashi somehow convinced the council to drop the charges on the bastard, come on he tried to kill me, and I also bet that Kakashi kicked me out of team 7 permanently, guess they rather have the academy's smartest girl and skilful ninja than a spiritual one like me, I bet that Kakashi taught Sasuke the Shadow clone so he would create a shadow clone to replace me." Naruto said to himself
While on Naruto's two and a half years journey, Jiraya told Naruto about the sentence of Sasuke Uchiha, After hearing that he told Jiraya to promise him to never mention any about Sasuke, Sakura or Kakashi, Jiraya of course kept his word.
Since then Naruto had never heard anything about Sasuke, Sakura or Kakashi for the past two and a half years, he was still pretty mad at them for treating him like trash.
"Well I don't care, as long as Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke stays away from me I'd never wanna see them again." Naruto finished
"And besides, the Jounin exams are coming up soon, I'll make it to rank Jounin, It'll be great, I get to get my own team do my own missions and I get to pick the people who's coming with me." Naruto Continued
Naruto finally made it to the training grounds where Team 7 used to train, it brought lots and lots of memories about what had happened during the time of team 7.
The team didn't exactly pass the bell test, but they did pass the exams to become Gennin, then he remembered the time Sasuke got his curse mark at the Chunin exams.
All three of them went against Orochimaru but couldn't defeat him, that was before they realised he was the snake Sannin.
After a long period of time, Naruto decided to leave the training grounds and head to the Hokage's tower, where he'll ask Tsunadae to notify the village that Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze has returned.
Naruto was walking out of the forest
Meanwhile outside the forest, Nine figures were standing outside, three appeared to be female, and the other six appeared to be male, one of them sitting on something wolf like which would make them look like one figure.
These figures got the news from the Hokage that Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze was returning.
These figures were the Konoha nine
Konoha's top and strongest ninjas
These ninjas were Tenten, Lee, Neji, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Hinata, Kiba, Akamaru and Shino
Tenten was in a white Chinese type of shirt, she wore long jumpsuit brown red trousers. Has her usual hair which was twin Chinese culture buns of her hair.
Neji was wearing a long white robe with a black greyish short skirt around his waist, his hair was very long in the back tied at the end, his hair reached up to his lower back.
Lee was in his usual tight green jumpsuit, but he had a Chunin vest on
Ino had changed a bit, on her upper part of her body she wore half a purple like tank top (I don't know what it is, sorry guys) which covered her neck, the top was tight so it was a bit revealing to her breasts size, (That also changed a bit XD) her stomach was revealing and she wore a very short purple skirt which revealed a lot of her legs, her hair on her back was much, much more longer with a small pony tail in the back and front, her hair reach up to her higher back and a bit of her hair was covering at least one of her eyes, depends which way you see her.
Choji was wearing a red jumpsuit with Samurai armour like on him, his hair was spiky as a hedgehog's hair, and he wore a red headband on his forehead.
Shikamaru was wearing a Jounin uniform
Hinata was wearing the same dark blue Jumpsuit Trousers as she did before the time skip, but wore a much different hoodie. She wore a hoodie with her sleeves white and her chest purple. She also decided to grow the back and side of her hair a bit longer, her hair was as long as it reached her lower back.
Kiba changed a bit aswell, still had the grey jumpsuit trousers on but a different shirt on. He wore a long black jumper.
Akamaru had changed a bit but not much. The only changes you can see is that he grew much larger than before. He was the same size as a male wolf. Kiba was on Akamaru, Akamaru was big enough to hold Kiba on his back.
Shino was still kind of the same. He wore a green Hoodie, over a black shirt, wearing black jumpsuit trousers. He still had his black goggles on as always.
Everyone heard the news by some villagers saying they seen a blond spiky haired kid with whisker like marks on his cheeks with Cerulean blue eyes enter the forest training grounds earlier.
They all guessed he was visiting Team 7's training grounds
After a while of waiting Naruto was heading out of the forest with his hands in his pockets looking down to the ground. He slowly exited the forest with his eyes darkened. His head jerking forwards.
Everyone saw him. They were all excited and happy mixed together. After two and a half years of waiting they had finally seen Naruto again.
It was quiet and emotionless. Till Shikamaru spoke up.
"Naruto, It's been so long, how are you doing buddy?" Shikamaru Asked with a happy smirk
It was quiet for a few seconds still.
"What's wrong Naruto-Kun?" Hinata Asked, Naruto didn't respond
Then finally Lee came charging towards Naruto, "NARUTO, MY ONE TRUE RIVAL, LET'S SPAR TO SEE WHO'S THE STRONGETS!" Lee Shouted, about to jump kick Naruto
Naruto had a quick look at Lee and Kicked lee with his left leg up towards the sky without even moving
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Lee Screamed, launched towards the sky till he was gone
TINK!, Lee was now gone from the atmosphere of the planet
"Sorry Lee but I want to go to granny Hokage now." Naruto informed everyone, "I have to tell her that I'm back in town." Naruto finished
Everyone's expression was happy that there was nothing wrong with Naruto
"Oh hey guys, sorry I didn't answer, I was just in my mind." Naruto apologised
"Naruto…., you changed a lot man, your a lot taller than before." Kiba complemented
Naruto looked at Kiba, then rolled his eyes to Akamaru, shocked to see the once white little puppy as the size of a wolf.
"N…not as big as Akamaru, he grew massively while I left." Naruto Said, eyes widened with shock
"Really, didn't notice that, I guess being with Akamaru everyday just feels like he's still the same to me." Kiba Said to himself
"Naruto where did you get that sword?" Ino Asked, Naruto looked at her, his nose popped then started to bleed. Ino noticed this and blushed. Naruto couldn't believe how hot Ino was now than compared to back then.
"This sword… oh, I'll explain later." Naruto answered, holding his nose to stop the bleeding., "Anyway I'll be going now, don't worry about Lee, he'll be crashing down right next to me in 5….4…3….2…..1."
CRASH!
Lee crashed right next to Naruto making a small crater. His body was up straight and it seemed he landed on his head.
Naruto walks away towards the Hokage office leaving shocked friends and a crashed Lee behind. Everyone was completely shocked at how much Naruto had changed in just two and a half years. It was like seeing a completely different person.
"NARUTO HAS GROWN MUCH STRONGER NOW, I SHALL TRY TO GET A SPARRING MATCH WITH HIM TO TEST OUR YOUTH!" Lee Shouted, while upside down on his head at a standing straight position
Time skip
A few minutes at the Hokage office
Tsunadae was doing her worst nightmare in her office. Paper work. She always dislike the paper work. It was the job of every Kage to file papers about the village's progress and Shinobi. She just wish that they would just pick Jiraya instead. She also wishes that Orochimaru never turned evil so that he would become Hokage. Anyone would be good if she wasn't the one doing all the paper work.
She was in a bad mood. Frustration over doing all of her damn paperwork. Even Tonton and Shizune was outside to make sure that she won't take her frustration on them. She would punch anyone to a bloody pulp just for disturbing her.
"*Knock* *Knock*" Somebody knocked on the door
"GO AWAY, I'M NOT IN A GOOD MOOD AT THE MOMENT, IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE COUNCIL OR VILLAGER OR SHINOBI OR ALL OF THEM THAN I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE, NOW GO AWAY BEFORE I KILL YOU!" Tsunadae Shouted in rage
The person behind the door just laughed a bit, "That's funny, because when I checked, Pervy Sage said that you missed me a whole lot, now you want me to go away." The person said while Chuckling
Tsunadae's expression turned from rage to happiness. Completely forgetting about her paperwork and decided to call out for Naruto.
"NARUTO!" Tsunadae called out, "FORGET WHAT I SAID, COME IN!" She Shouted in happiness
Naruto opened the door and entered the office
"Hello granny, long time no see, I see that Konoha had finally put your face on that mountain." Naruto said with a smirk
"For once, I'll let you call me that, since I missed that little bratty act of yours." Tsunadae said with a smirk of happiness
"It's been a long time, two and a half years, can't wait to see how everyone has been doing." Naruto Said with his smirk on, "I wonder how much I have missed." Naruto guessed
"Well you missed a couple of things like Asuma's and Kurenai's baby." Tsunadae replied
"WHAT! THEY HAD BABY!" Naruto Shouted in surprise
"Yes Naruto, they had a baby, I see the old pervert hasn't told you much about the leaf?" Tsunadae guessed
"How come he never told me about it?" Naruto Asked
"I don't know." Tsunadae replied, "But it was Sakura's-." Tsunadae was cut off by Naruto
"Oh….., you mean Sakura delivered it….., sorry, I know why he never told me." Naruto Replied
"Wait…, what do you mean he never told you?" Tsunadae asked
"It doesn't matter." Naruto replied, "Anyway can you do me a favour and announce the leaf that I have returned?" Naruto Asked
"Sure Naruto, I shall call for the villagers for the announcement in a few hours." Tsunadae agreed and answered
"Thanks Granny." Naruto thanked and left
"DON'T CALL ME THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH YOU JUST CAME BACK I LET YOU SAY THAT ONCE NARUTO, ONCE!" Tsunadae shouted in rage, but calmed down and gave a happy smirk to herself 'It's good to have you back brat.' Tsunadae thought happily
Naruto was walking down the streets of Konoha towards the old place where team 7 used to meet at. The bridge.
The bridge gave him a few memories back when he used to be part of team 7, how they always got along and how they felt for each other.
Those were the happy memories of Naruto, Except for the part where the entire team brought him nothing but more suffering.
Kakashi always gave Sasuke most of the credit after every mission completion. Sakura always said and thought Sasuke was the one who had saved her in time of trouble not Naruto. Sasuke always called Naruto a loser, Dobe, Weak and Pathetic Ninja the entire world has ever seen.
However the villagers seen Naruto differently so did the Shinobi aswell. Of course they called him a demon and a monster. But in time the started to see Naruto as a great and successful ninja. The Konoha 9 always thought of Naruto as a stupid kid who would never become a ninja. But they started to see him as a great ninja aswell.
Naruto managed to impress everyone and get the intention he wanted for so long.
Even though most of the village like Naruto now. Very few of the population still hated him and thought that this village was nothing more but a disgrace to the ninja world.
Naruto didn't mind though. He was just happy that everyone was happy with him and didn't hate him.
Naruto was enjoying the nice breeze of the wind at the bridge. Leaning on one of the rails. Looking out at the open.
Naruto suddenly heard a small voice coming from behind him, "Hello Naruto, good to see you again." Naruto turned around to see the one person he wished he would not see ever again.
Sakura, Sakura has grown a bit, she was only one forth smaller than Naruto, about her head eye levelled. She wore a red type of tank shirt, grey skirt and under the skirt she still wore her bicycle shorts, had similar arm bands like Ino except it was grey, and black gloves.
As soon as Naruto looked at Sakura he turned back leaning on the bridge, neglecting Sakura
"Hi Haruno." Naruto greeted coldly, avoiding eye contact with the young Haruno girl
Sakura knew why Naruto was acting like this. She knew he was still mad at her for what she had said two and a half years ago at the hospital. She didn't forgive herself either. She missed her chance to apologise to Naruto back then but she thought she could make a difference now.
"It's been a long time Naruto, care to talk to me how you've been?" Sakura Asked shyly
"Fine, just fine." Naruto answered in his same cold voice
Sakura began to worry, she took a quick thought and decided to speak once again
"Naruto, are you still mad at me for what I said to you two and half years ago in the hospital?" Sakura Asked, in a worried tone
"….." Naruto didn't reply
It was now clear to Sakura that Naruto was mad at her for what she had said back at the hospital "I WILL BE NOT YOUR SAKURA-CHAN BUT SASUKE-KUN'S SAKURA-CHAN, WHY WOULD I LOVE A MONSTER LIKE YOU!" These were the words Sakura said ton Naruto two and a half years ago, and these were also the words that had haunted both Naruto and Sakura for the past two and a half years.
Everyday Sakura had been regretting those words since Naruto left
"I'll take that as a yes I guess." Sakura said to herself softly, looking down on the ground, "well…, I just wanted you to know that I'm…, Sorry….., Sorry for everything I have done to you, I'm sorry for all the insults, the punches and the shouting…., I know that you didn't deserve all of that, and I didn't know what you were going through back then…., I now know that you had suffered more than Sasuke, and that you were treated badly, I know of the demon in side you but I'm not mad at you." Sakura apologised softly
Naruto didn't answer for a few seconds until now, "So….., what your trying to say is that you're sorry for breaking my heart, insulting my dreams and rejecting me all the time, your sorry for all of that when you had the chance to say sorry to me in the past." Naruto replied coldly
"Naruto….., I know what I did was wrong….., I came here to apologise, I wanted to say sorry before you leave but I was too late…., I searched for you but I couldn't find you…, Naruto, I really am sorry." Sakura apologised once again but tears forming in her eyes this time
"Why are you sorry? In fact why are you here with me at all, shouldn't you spend time with your precocious Sasuke-Kun?" Naruto Asked Coldly
"Naruto…, didn't you get the news, Sasuke was imprisoned and sentenced to Blood Prison, didn't you know?" Sakura Asked
"No because I told Pervy Sage not to tell me anything about you, Hatake or Sasuke ever again…, since you guys told me to stay out of team 7 remember." Naruto Answered, reminding Sakura of what her and Kakashi said back at the hospital
"Naruto…., Kakashi and I are upset aswell of what we said back then, why did you think Sasuke was here still?" Sakura asked sadly, tears coming from her eyes
"Because I know how the council loves their precious Uchiha and how they hate their damned Demon, in fact I'm pretty sure they would've awarded that bastard Uchiha with the rank Jounin for trying to kill the Demon of the village, luckily most of them never hated me, but the elders despised me, I just thought that Uchiha bastard never got punished at all." Naruto Explained bitterly
"And another thing…., shouldn't you hate me by now for sending your Sasuke-Kun to prison?" Naruto Asked Coldly again
"Naruto…., I'm not mad at you, and I don't love Sasuke anymore, not after what he said to me." Sakura Answered
"Go on, tell me what happened and what the bastard said to you." Naruto said, turning on his back on the railing giving eye contact with Sakura
"Alright, the day before you left I was upset so was Kakashi sensei." Sakura began
(Flashback, Two and a half years ago, Location: Hidden Leaf Village, at the Hokage's office)
After Sakura had her talk with the Rookie nine and the Sand siblings she was following Kakashi, to confront Tsunadae the fifth Hokage and talk to her about Naruto's punishment.
"So I expect you wanted me Kakashi?" Tsunadae Asked, leaning on her desk. Next to her washer assistant Shizune and her pet pig Tonton
"I did." Kakashi Answered, "Lady Hokage, while spectating Sasuke Uchiha's injuries I confronted Naruto Uzumaki to have a little talk and discuss about his punishment." Kakashi Explained
"For what?" Tsunadae Asked
"For Injuring Sasuke Uchiha." Kakashi Answered, "I saw the injuries and the bruises he took by Naruto, I came here to expel Naruto from Team 7 and have him stay within fifty feet away from the members." Kakashi Explained
"So I see." Tsunadae replied, "You want me to punish our best ninja, the one who brought the damn traitor back, for injuring him." Tsunadae Said in a small angry tone, "The answer, is no." Tsunadae Answered
"But Hokage-sama, Naruto has used excessive force against Sasuke for no reason and-." Kakashi was cut off by Tsunadae
"And what….., you want to punish him for defending himself against the traitor." Tsunadae spoke up stubbornly "Kakashi I thought you were smart, as far as I'm clear, that spoiled Uchiha is the one who's getting punished here, he broke leaf's rules and let the village, Naruto was assigned to the mission to bring him back no matter what even I he had to use excessive force on the Uchiha." Tsunadae finished
"Lady Hokage, I can assure you that I will fix all of this." Kakashi replied calmly
"No Kakashi, you said that to Saratobi-Sensei before he died and look what had happened, I'm going to reward Naruto rank of Chunin while Sasuke will get his punishment." Tsunadae Explained
"But lady Hokage-." Kakashi was cut off once again
"No buts." Tsunadae demanded, "Sasuke isn't the only one who will be punished Kakashi, you will share some punishment aswell." Tsunadae Explained
"What!" Kakashi was shocked, what was he going to be punished for
"I heard about you and your little talk with Naruto, I am deeply ashamed of you Kakashi, you are one of the best Jounins that this village had ever had and you treat Naruto like that." Tsunadae said, her anger beginning to kick in
"Tsunadae, what I said was just to get Naruto understand that violence isn't the only thing that can fix everything, I just didn't want Naruto to get banished or stripped of his rank of ninja or executed, I was just helping Naruto." Kakashi replied
"Really, because how I hear it you just wanted to punish Naruto for hurting the Uchiha." Tsunadae stated
"I just wanted to help Naruto that's all." Kakashi replied
"I'm sorry Kakashi but I don't believe you, as your punishment I'm resigning you back to ANBU, you are to report at ANBU headquarters in four weeks, you'll have a bit of time off until then." Tsunadae explained
"Lady Tsunadae, please I'll fix everything." Kakashi begged
"Kakashi, you were trusted to lead and teach team 7, all I see was that you taught Sasuke Uchiha mostly instead of your other students which shows me that you are not capable of teaching these kids at all." Tsunadae stated, "IS there anything you would like to object Kakashi?" Tsunadae Asked
"No milady, I know my punishment." Kakashi Answered, sadness in his calm voice
"Good, as of today I am disbanding team 7." Tsunadae summed up, "Sakura." Tsunadae called
Sakura looked at Tsunadae wide eyes, knowing what she might say
"Yes milady?" Sakura Asked
"When I was in the hospital visiting Naruto he told me to make you my apprentice, as of today you are my apprentice but you will learn the Shinobi ways and you will learn to fight and you will learn to get stronger, but not to gain the respect of the Uchiha but to protect this village, understand?" Tsunadae Asked, explaining Sakura's training
"Yes milady, I understand." Sakura nodded
"Good, now you may leaves." Tsunadae said, letting both Kakashi and Sakura leave, Kakashi went to the Jounin room to have a small break from everything that had happened today, Sakura left the tower to go to the park where she'll need to clear her mind
(Time skip, an hour, after the talk with Shikamaru and Ino, location, the park sidewalk)
Sakura was running tears in her eyes after what Shikamaru said to her, even though it pains her to say it he was right, she broke the heart of a person who had always loved her for the person who never did
"Shikamaru's right, why would I do that to Naruto? I was the one who made him promise me that he would bring Sasuke-Kun back and I broke his heart for what I said." Sakura stopped and decided to clean her tears
"I guess crying won't do me goo, I know I'll apologise to Naruto, I mean he did save Sasuke-Kun and he did fulfil my promise to him, I'll also go out to eat with him if it makes him any better." Sakura thought, and with that she decided to search the village for him
After hours of searching she couldn't find him, she decided to go to bed and search tomorrow, even at the next day she still couldn't find Naruto, She searched everywhere except the Namikaze house, since no one lived there for years and nobody was allowed since it used to belong to the fourth Hokage
After searching she decided to get some sleep, the strange thing was that she didn't see anyone at night, even Ino wasn't seen, usually she walks across Sakuras house to get to her home since she didn't live far
The next morning Sakura decided to ask her friends for help to find Naruto, unfortunately she would get the worst news of her life
(The day after Naruto left, in Konoha's park)
Sakura was talking with the Rookie 9 of Naruto's where bouts
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S GONE!" Sakura Shouted in sadness
"Didn't Naruto tell you, he left the village last night to go with Jiraya, we all said goodbye to him and you didn't know?" Shikamaru Asked, shocked that Naruto didn't tell Sakura that he was leaving
"No he didn't, if he did I would be apologising to Naruto, I'd never knew he was leaving, 2hy would he keep this a secret?" Sakura Asked
"Probably because he still hates you for shouting at him and calling him a demon." Kiba replied which earned him a fist to the head
BAM!
Ino punches Kiba on the head
"HEY INO WHAT THE HELL!" Kiba shouted in rage, rubbing the back of his head
"Kiba, can you please not say these things affront of Sakura." Ino told Kiba, giving him a serious look
"But its true isn't it?" Kiba replied, Ino got close to his ear
"Yeah but not affront of Sakura." Ino whispered
"OH! Sorry." Kiba Apologised
"It's okay, it is the truth after all, I shouldn't have said anything to him, I was just mad, I know now that when someone calls him a demon his heart breaks, and it's all because what's inside him." Sakura replied looking down the ground in sadness
"Don't worry Sakura, Naruto said he will return two and a half years later, I'm pretty sure he'll forgive you." Ino Stated
"I hope your right Ino." Sakura started to get her hopes up
"Well there's more news…, Sasuke Uchiha has awakened from his coma, it seems it didn't last long at all, I knew Tsunadae was a great healer but I didn't think she was that good." Shikamaru Informed
"So…., Sasuke-Kun's awake?" Sakura Asked, with a happy smile on
"Yeah, he's awake, you're free to visit him if you want to Sakura?" Shikamaru Informed
"Sure, I'll visit him." And with that said Sakura left and ran towards the hospital where she would meet her so called "Beloved Sasuke-Kun"
(Location: Hospital, outside of Sasuke Uchiha's room)
Sakura was at the door happy to meet Sasuke, the ANBU guards were no longer there, they had been told by Tsunadae to take the time off since Sasuke Uchiha was awake now
Next to Sakura was her Sensei, Kakashi Hatake, who was also going to see if Sasuke was okay
Sakura opened the door walking in while Kakashi closed the door behind them
What they saw was a handcuffed Sasuke, Sasuke's left hand was handcuffed to the bed pole, it was a Chakra handcuff which made sure that Sasuke's Chakra was sealed until it was removed, also Sasuke seemed a bit down, his eyes filled with nothing but rage since Naruto had beaten him in the Valley At The End, his head slumped forwards.
Nothing was in his mind than that dobe Naruto, Naruto the academy's number one knuckle head had beaten an Uchiha Elite, the worst ninja in the world beaten and Uchiha, how was it possible for an idiot like Naruto to beat the last loyal Uchiha?
When Kakashi and Sakura came in Sasuke showed no sign of noticing them, he was still busy with his mind about Naruto.
Sakura noticed how her "Sasuke-Kun" was and was upset of this, she decided to break the silence and snap Sasuke out of his mind.
"Hi Sasuke-Kun, how have you been doing? Are you doing alright?" Sakura Asked, giving the Uchiha a fake smile
Sasuke turned his head to see Sakura and Kakashi then turned back, ignoring the two ninjas
Kakashi noticed this and immediately spoke up, "Sasuke, Sakura said how you have been doing? Care to answer?" Kakashi Asked, with a bit of concern to his Uchiha student
"Fine…, just fine." Sasuke Answered Coldly (Like that doesn't surprise me)
"A….., are you sure…., you sound a bit sick Sasuke-Kun?" Sakura Asked, showing concern on her face
"Yes I'm fine!" Sasuke replied gritting his teeth in annoyance
"Oh…, okay Sasuke-Kun." Sakura still had her fake smile on
At that moment, two ANBU guards came in with Ibiki and Inoichi following. This made Sakura tremble bit as she remembers Ibiki from the Chunin exams on how he used to terrify the Genins at the first test of the exams. This wasn't surprising for Kakashi, as Tsunadae needed information about Orochimaru, since Sasuke was leaving to join him she figured that Orochimaru probably told the location of where he lives. Ibiki and Inoichi were perfect for the job, even if Sasuke is just a thirteen year old kid.
The two ANBU guards were standing at both sides of the side of the bed to make sure Sasuke would not hesitate to escape.
Behind Ibiki and Inoichi came Tsunadae. Judging by her face, she wasn't going to give Sasuke an easy time. Her face was serious.
"Lady Tsunadae, why are you here?" Kakashi Asked
"I need answers of what had happened there at the battle. I need to know what Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki did. I need to know what the hell happened back there." Tsunadae Answered
Sakura was worried. She knows how stubborn Sasuke can be. Even with the Hokage around he still acts like he's superior to her.
"Now Uchiha. I want you to tell me exactly what had happened at the Valley At The End." Tsunadae ordered
"What happened is none of your business." Sasuke replied, "You do realize you're talking to the last Uchiha don't you?" Sasuke Asked mockingly, "It's offensive to force the last of a noble clan answer a question that they don't want to answer?" Asked Sasuke mockingly again
"I knew this would not be an easy job." Tsunadae said to herself, "Inoichi, I want you to search Sasuke's mind and see what had happened." Tsunadae ordered
"With pleasure milady." Inoichi responded
"NO! NO ONE WILL LOOK INTO MY MIND!" Sasuke Shouted in rage
"QUIET!" Tsunadae demanded, "ANBU! Hold this traitor until Inoichi finishes the job." Tsunadae ordered
"Yes milady." Both ANBU Replied
Soon both the ANBU grabbed Sasuke's arms and held him down until Inoichi would take a quick look into his mind.
"Are you sure you're not using force too much?" Kakashi Asked worried for his student
"Quiet Hatake, you have no right to stick up for this traitor, not after what you told the Uzumaki." One of the ANBU Replied venomously
Kakashi knew what the ANBU were referring to. They were referring to Naruto. Word had spread quickly around Konoha like wild fire about Kakashi's and Sakura's talk with Naruto.
"LET GO OF ME! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" Sasuke Shouted, struggling to get out of the ANBU's grip
Inoichi puts his right hand on Sasuke's forehead, closing his eyes and doing the mind finger sign on his left hand.
"Mind transfer Jutsu." Inoichi said, Sasuke stopped struggling
Sasuke's eyes blacked out due to the effects of the Jutsu, shutting his body down to stop the struggling. This worried Sakura as she was upset that Sasuke was like this. It made her scared that Sasuke might get hurt and he had just recovered from the battle with Naruto.
After five minutes of waiting
Inoichi opened his eyes, let's go of Sasuke's head and releases the Jutsu, making Sasuke's body slump down forward bit, if it weren't for the ANBU he would've fell on to the floor.
"So how'd it go?" Kakashi Asked
"It seems like your student left the village on his free will, he had full control of the seal." Inoichi Explained, "It seems like the Uzumaki boy did what he can to stop the Uchiha from leaving by knocking him out of his thick skull." Inoichi continued, "It looks like the Uchiha was willing to abandon his home for that snake bastard." Inoichi finished
"Any more detail?" Tsunadae Asked
"No, that's all milady." Inoichi replied
"Good." Tsunadae said, "ANBU! Take Sasuke Uchiha to his cell at once." Tsunadae ordered
At this point either Kakashi or Sakura would try and talk Tsunadae out of putting the Uchiha to a cell. But since Tsunadae heard of what Inoichi said about what had happened she was stubborn to put the Uchiha in a cell, which no one can stop her.
The ANBU guards uncuffed Sasuke's left hand and took him to ANBU headquarters to a cell, Ibiki, Inoichi and Tsunadae left the room, Leaving Kakashi and Sakura upset that their teammate and student betrayed the village on his own free will.
Sakura ran to the door, but realised Kakashi wasn't following, she stopped and asked Kakashi "Kakashi-Sensei, Are you goanna come with me to visit Sasuke-Kun?"
"…" Kakashi didn't Answer, he was too busy in his mind with Naruto about what he had said to the blond kid
"No, Sakura, I got to go now, have fun meeting the Uchiha." Kakashi waved to Sakura, walking out of the room with his head slumped down in shame
Sakura ran out of the hospital to head towards to ANBU headquarters where she will meet Sasuke
(Location, ANBU headquarters Sasuke's Prison Cell)
Sakura walked down to Sasuke's cell to meet the Uchiha, she was sad that her Sasuke-Kun was going to prison, she wanted to make her last moments with him worth her time by confessing her love one more time
In Sasuke's cell there were many thoughts in the Uchiha's head
"DAMN IT!" Sasuke screamed in his mind in rage, "I can't go to prison, I have to revive my clan and kill Itatchi." Sasuke thought, "GRRRRRRRRRRRRR NARUTO! I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE ON YOU!" Sasuke growled in his thoughts
At that moment, Sakura came to see Sasuke
"Ummmmmmm….., Sasuke-Kun, can I see you for a second?" Sakura asked, giving a sad smile
"Hn." Sasuke replied
Sakura thought that meant yes so she stood closer to the bars and held one of her hands on one of the bars and got a closer view on the Uchiha
"Sasuke-Kun, I know that you're going to get sent to prison soon, in about a few weeks you will be sent to blood prison." Sakura Said, "I just wanted to say that I will miss you." Sakura stated, a few tears forming in her eyes
Sasuke didn't respond, instead he just looked at Sakura wondering what she was upset about
"Sasuke-Kun, you're going to be in prison for such a long time, I just don't know what I will do without you?" Sakura continued, this time tears falling out of her eyes
"Sasuke-Kun, neither me or Kakashi-Sensei can do anything to stop it, but I want you to know that…..that." Sakura continued, more tears falling from her eyes
"I just want you to know that…. I love you." Sakura finally finished, "I love you with all my heart and that I will love no one else, even if I die a lonely person I shall love you even though you will be in prison." Sakura confessed
"No matter what you will always be the man in my heart Sasuke-Kun." Sakura told Sasuke
Sasuke however was not sad but angry, very angry, first he had to be beaten by the dobe, put in a cell and now have to deal with a crying pathetic girl who just said that she loved him, he was angry that the most annoying fan girl had just said that she loved him
"Oh…." Sasuke replied, Sakura looked at Sasuke giving him a smile for realizing she loves him
"Oh…...Are you KIDDING ME!" Sasuke yelled in rage
Sakura's smile broke and looked at him with sadness
Sasuke rushed towards to the bars only to hit one of them to scare Sakura, making her stand a few steps back
"SAUKE-KUN, WHAT'S WRONG?!" Sakura Asked, concerned for her teammate
"I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG." Sasuke replied, "WHAT'S WRONG IS THAT I HAVE BEEN BEATEN BY THE DOBE, GOING TO BE SENT TO PRISON AND NOW I HAVE AN ANNOYING WEAK PATHETIC GIRL THAT SHE LOVES ME!" Sasuke Explained in rage
"B…..but Sasuke-Kun….I do love you." Sakura replied
"Oh please, do you think I'll ever love you, all you have been was nothing but a weak pathetic ninja who thought that being smart was the best way of being a ninja, it takes skill and time, time of which I don't have if only I have gone to Orochimaru." Sasuke stated
Sakura was speechless, she had never thought that Sasuke would say such things to her (Even though It's the truth), her sadness was now based on Sasuke's actions towards her, she had never felt this sad in her life before
"There's one thing that is goo about this, and that would be never seeing you again, you're annoying, pathetic and weak, even Ino is stronger than you." Sasuke stated
Sakura was now crying, not because Sasuke's goanna be gone but his last words to Sakura were painful, Sakura was now angry and the next thing she said would surprise everyone
"SASUKE YOU BASTARD, I LOVE YOU, AND THIS IS HOW YOU TREAT ME AFTER ALL THAT I HAD DONE FOR YOU!" Sakura shouted in rage
Next thing she did is rush to the bars and punched Sasuke in the face
PUNCH!
Sakura punched Sasuke in the face
Sasuke fell to the wall with his nose bleeding
"I never asked you to love me did I? you did this to yourself you damn fool, Naruto would probably be here screaming at me for hurting you and you would just punch him and say "Naruto –Baka, leave Sasuke-Kun alone"." Sasuke reminded Sakura with evil smirk on his face, he had never felt so amused in his life seeing Sakura crying
Sakura took Sasuke's words in, he was right, if Naruto was here she would scream and punch him in the face for shouting at her so called "Sasuke-Kun", she feels guilty and sad for Naruto after what she had told him at the hospital
"Goodbye Sasuke, I hope I never see you again." With that said Sakura left the cell section and out of the ANBU headquarters feeling angry, upset and guilty mixed together
Sasuke just realised his mistake
"DAMN IT! I SHOULD'VE USED HER LOVE FOR ME TO ESCAPE!" Sasuke Shouted in rage (Selfish Bastard)
Sakura was running through the village crying, she was heading to team 7's training grounds to get Sasuke out of her head
(Location, Team 7's training grounds)
After a while of crying Sakura had finally made it to the training grounds, where she was laying on a tree near the stone which has all the names of the heroes and Shinobi that had died for the village of the leaf, she could feel her legs giving out due to her sadness, her legs couldn't take it anymore
Leaning on a tree, Sakura remembered exactly what she had said to Naruto and now regretted every word
She stopped sobbing and noticed a dark figure with white hair affront of her standing a few feet affront of the memorial stone with his hands in his pockets
It was her sensei, Kakashi Hatake, he was standing affront of the stone and had noticed that Sakura was near him
"Hello Sakura." Kakashi greeted, kept his eyes on the stone
"H… hi Kakashi-Sensei." Sakura greeted wiping the tears off of her eyes
"Did you come here to greet the dead?" Kakashi Asked
"No…, but now I think of it I'll join you." Sakura Answered, wiping the last of her tears away
"I thought I taught you better Sakura." Kakashi replied changing his eye contact to the stone again, "But now I think of it, have I taught you anything but climbing a tree?" Kakashi Asked
"No….., but-." Sakura was cut off by Kakashi
"But nothing, I taught you and Naruto nothing while I taught Sasuke instead of you two, I neglected you two and now I'm paying the price of shame, something that had been going on in my clan, you could say It's part of the bloodline." Kakashi Replied
"Kakashi-Sensei, what happened with Sasuke wasn't your fault, it was his." Sakura said
"So you refer him as Sasuke now and started to see who he really is now?" Kakashi Asked
"Yes, and now that I see it, I wasted years trying to get that bastard to love me." Sakura replied
Kakashi was shocked in the inside, never before had Sakura called Sasuke a bastard, unless Naruto was using the transformation Jutsu, but Kakashi knew it wasn't Naruto but the real Sakura, he was just surprised that she didn't refer Sasuke as "Sasuke-Kun" or blamed Sasuke of anything or called him a bastard
"But now I see that the only person that had ever loved me was the same person I screamed at the hospital." Sakura confessed
"So….., you love Naruto don't you?" Kakashi Asked
"Yeah, I guess I do, but when he comes home I hope he forgives me and forgets about Sasuke." Sakura Hoped
"And if he doesn't?" Kakashi Asked
"I don't care, if he doesn't forgive me, I guess I'll have no choice but to accept it." Sakura replied
"And if he doesn't love you?" Kakashi Asked again
"If he doesn't, I just have to make it up to him and try to win his heart." Sakura replied
Kakashi gave Sakura a small eye smile and left, Sakura left aswell
On her way home she was thinking "Two and a half years, that's plenty of time until Naruto returns, I'll have to train hard and prove to Naruto-Kun that I'm sorry and I hope that he will love me again…., WAIT NARUTO-KUN!" Sakura shouted in her head
(Time skip, two weeks later, Location, Konoha gates)
A large crowd gathered to see their traitor of a Uchiha being taken away by ANBU to blood prison, In the crowd is Haruno Sakura, she was watching the last moments of her teammate in Konoha, he will soon be sent to Blood Prison
"Any last words Uchiha?" One of the Anbu asked
"Yes I do." Sasuke Answered, "I decided that I will not only wreak revenge on my brother, but Konoha aswell and your so called hero of the village, I'll kill everyone and destroy everything, I'll get my revenge on you Konoha I swear it." Sasuke Sworn
"Is that all?" one of the Anbu Asked
"Yes that's all." Sasuke Answered
With that the ANBU took Sasuke, leaving the crowd speechless on how the once great Uchiha had now turned into a real Demon, Sakura would no longer see Sasuke as the man she once saw him as and hopes to never see him again
(Flashback End, Time present)
"So you see Naruto, after Sasuke said that about me I lost all my feelings for him, Ino was right, my feelings for Sasuke was a lie and that I got rid of the real person who had ever loved me, It felt like someone died in my life and that was the part of you who loved me." Sakura said, Naruto kept his glare at her
"So please Naruto, I'm so sorry for what I had said to you and I'm deeply sorry for ignoring you and hurting you for Sasuke." Sakura apologised once again
"….." Naruto didn't respond
"I know that you're pretty upset of me, and probably hate me now that I had said all those mean things to you back at the hospital two and a half years ago." Sakura reminded, "But I've changed since then, I'm no longer that Uchiha fan girl that would follow every step for a man who never loved me, I'm now one of Konoha's best medic Nins and doctor, I'm not that weak girl who always treat her teammate like trash." Sakura Explained
"Please Naruto-Kun, I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you, I was so blinded by the crush I had for Sasuke that I took you out of my life, I never should've hurt and I should've never stood up for that jerk." Sakura begged, tears falling from her eyes
"I know what I did was wrong and probably I'm too late aswell to apologise but please forgive me." Sakura begged again
"I want a second chance with you, I want the Naruto back, the Naruto that used to love me no matter what." Sakura was crying now
"I'm sorry for calling you annoying for not having any parents, I'm sorry for hitting and punching you for Sasuke and I'm sorry for always yelling at you for standing up to me against Sasuke when he hurts my feelings." Sakura begged
"Please Naruto, I want a second chance please, and I hope we can go out if you want." Sakura stopped crying and looked at Naruto straight in the eyes
"So….." Naruto finally replied, "You now feel what I have been feeling for the past year we've been together as a team." Naruto said
"Forget it!" Naruto raised his voice a bit, Sakura looked at him with a sad eyes
"After all what you said and done to me now you want to apologise, I haven't seen it in the past Haruno but now I do, you will never love me as a friend or a lover, you always want one thing and that would be Sasuke, you're just saying that to get me to convince grandma Tsunadae to drop the charges on Sasuke so that you will have your precious Sasuke-Kun back." Naruto Stated
"Naruto, that's not true, I don't want him back, I realised who he really is and I never want to see him again." Sakura replied, "I used to have feelings for him but now I have feelings for you, I realise now that I love you, Sasuke's crush has blinded me from yours and I had never realised it until now." Sakura Explained
"That's funny, because you used to tell me that I was in the way between you and Sasuke." Naruto Stated
"I know, but I have never realised my feelings for you until you were gone." Sakura said
"Well forget about that, I'll never love you again and I will never call you a teammate again, team 7 is dead, the only one who ever mattered was Sasuke, not me, never me." Naruto Replied
"I see…., what I said now has driven you away from me, I just wanted to get this weight off of my shoulders but I want to you to love me, but I see that you don't want to return that love." Sakura guessed
"Your right, I don't if you never did before, the love I have for you is gone forever Sakura, you should know that since you broke my heart back at the hospital." With that Naruto decided to leave
"Naruto-Kun, I love you with all my heart, please….., love me again." Sakura begged one last time
"Bye Haruno, and don't ever call me Naruto-Kun again, It hurts me if you lie like that." Naruto replied, "If you are sorry than you have to earn my forgiveness, I'm that boy who just forgives anyone anymore." Naruto left the bridge leaving a heart broken Sakura
"That wasn't very nice now was it?" Asked a figure
Naruto looked next to him to see a Jounin with white spiky hair and his left eye covered, it was Kakashi his former Sensei
"What do you care of, all you want is the Uchiha, not me or Sakura." Naruto replied
"Naruto, I'm sorry for what I said at the hospital, I hope you can forgive me?" Kakashi Hoped
"I don't forgive you since you caused Sasuke to abandon the village and kicked me out of the team for saving the bastard." Naruto Explained
"Well….., I know when my students will never forgive me so there's no way on talking you out of forgiving me." Kakashi said
"You're right, there is no way, you have to earn my forgiveness." Naruto replied, "Oh and Hatake, I'm your former student now remember, I have a new sensei, one that is just like me, you are to refer me as either Uzumaki-San or Namikaze-San, my Sansei calls me by my name not you." Naruto left the area leaving an upset Kakashi behind
"I'm sorry Naruto, I have failed you." Kakashi whispered to himself
(Later on that day Location Hokage's tower)
On top of the roof stood Tsunadae looking at the Shinobi and Citizens that had gathered around the tower for Tsunadae's announcement
"PEOPLE OF THE LEAF, I HAVE COME TO ANNOUNCE THAT NARUTO UZUMAKI NAMIKAZE HAS FINALLY RETURNED FROM HIS TRIANING TRIP!" Tsunadae announced, the crowd cheered that their hero had returned
Sorry for the late update guys, I had drama on Saturday and a friend over, I also had to focus on my work in school for the summer break, Plz read and review and tell me what mistakes I had done, thanks guys
