A/N: welcome to chapter two. If you want to get to the fic just skip my annoying speech here. Well go ahead and skip my Author notes! Go! Scoot! Go to the fic!
* Sigh * delays… well not really, I really didn't think I would get any reviews * laughs * well by a… 5 review request I'll continue. Umm what else? Oh yeah I won't get much time to write because of my school. But study hall gives me ideas. Feel free to IM me if you have any comments or suggestions. Wow, this was the only story not to get flamed after the bitter yaoi and shonen-ai vs. hetero war. Though I kind of got burnt, I should of brought marshmallows…
Finally I have to give thanks to The SOC Puppet for allowing me to use his ideas for the names of Naruto's parents. NOTE: this fic is in no relation to "Bloodlines" and never will be. Except for the names of Naruto's parents of course.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto Masashi does.
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Chapter II- Parents And Apologies
"You're here because your parents loved you," said an elderly voice.
"WHA!? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND WHO ARE YOU!?" he yelled.
"What I'm saying is that you HAD parents. I'm also the leader of this village." Said the old man.
"WHAT!? YOU'RE THE HOKAGE?! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD TO BE AN OLD GEEZER TO BE ONE!!"
'Kids these days.' "Well what I was going to say was that your parents left a letter for you. Along with a picture of them."
"Gimme that! Err… um… wha..." Naruto muttered trying to read the kanji, "umm, I can't read"
"Well that's understandable. Let me read to you."
Naruto,
We're sorry that we left you alone, but we want the best for you so we asked the Third to take care of you for a while.
"What?! I didn't agree to such thing!" yelled the Third.
"Just read it!"
We want you to have fun like any kid out there; it must be hard though, to be alone without us there to help. There's so much we want to tell you, like your family. Your mother here wanted you learn all of my techniques to become the greatest…
"Hmm…"
"What? What is it?!"
"It looks like the middle of the letter is unreadable. It must have gotten wet. I may as well read the last part."
Naruto, you'll never be alone, never give up and you'll find true happiness one day.
Your loving parents,
Kazama Arashi & Uzumaki Haruka
"Interesting, I cannot even remember seeing that letter until last week…" mumbled the Third.
"What?! You've never seen that letter until last week? Where'd you have it?"
"Hmm…"
* Flashback *
"Bill… bill… urgent notice… letter from the Fourth that has been lying under all these papers… bill… bill... oh! A new volume of Come Come Paradise… Kakashi must of just ordered this…"
* End Flashback *
"Hmm… no wonder" whispered the Third, "but what about the…"
* Flashback *
" Mm this is good sake… now where did my pipe go?" as the Third turns around he knocks over the bottle of sake and the alcohol sinks into important papers such as the letter from Naruto's parents.
"Ah! My sake, oh good it only spilled a little bit. Now… to finish this scroll…"
* End Flashback *
"Old man… you ruined my letter!" Naruto shouted, "I could of known more about my parents!"
"Naruto listen, I promised to take care of you and I will. Now stop yelling please." The Third said sternly.
"NO! Just leave me alone! And gimme that picture!" Naruto screamed while reaching for the photo.
Naruto ran as far as he could with anger, sadness, and confusion going through his mind. Eventually he came upon the park where he was trying to catch some butterflies the other day.
He just wanted some time alone, which he got plenty of, but this time around it was different. He didn't want to be bothering anybody or be bothered, he want just wanted to be alone.
" [Sniff] mom...dad… I wish you could be here…[sniff] I don't want to be alone anymore…"
~~~~~~~~ (The next morning) ~~~~~~~~
"Sakura! You better hurry up for your Ninja academy class! You don't want to be late do you?"
"No mom! I'll be down in a few moments!" Sakura shouted. In a matter of seconds there was a sound of small feet coming down the stairs ready to go to the academy.
"Sakura do you want me to walk with you do are you going with Ino and her mother today?" asked Mrs. Haruno.
"Um… nope, I'm not going with her today, so are you ready mom?"
"Yes. Now lets go."
"What do you think I'll be learning today?"
"I'm not sure. Maybe some history."
"Aw… I already know everything about Konoha's history though."
"Even information about the Fourth?"
"Yup! He was the bravest Hokage Konoha has ever had! He even killed that Demon Fox that threatened the village about 5 years ago!"
"Not exactly..." Sakura's mother whispered.
"What did you say mom?"
"Nothing! Nothing at all!" her mother said suddenly.
"Ok…" 'I wonder what that was about'
"Anyways we're already at the academy. I'll be back to take you home Sakura, ok?"
"Ok mom. Bye!" 'I wonder what my mom was so nervous about… she might just be afraid of the Demon Fox still. But I wonder what she meant by "Not exactly", something must be going on…'
"Sakura! C'mon class is going to start soon!" shouted a familiar voice.
"Ino-chan! I'm coming don't worry!
As soon as they got into the classroom the bell rung. And there was a new teacher.
"Good morning class! I'm your new sensei, Umino Iruka, and today we'll be going over some history outsid—"
"YATTAH!!" all the students yelled.
"What's with all the celebrating?"
"Our old sensei never took us outside for class! So this will be the first time ever!"
"Oh! Well I'm pretty sure we'll have fun today. Now let's go outside everyone."
As everyone left the classroom Ino and Sakura just stood there with big grins on their faces. They both though this was going to be a very easy year, especially since they now would be going outside for class now.
"Ino, this is going to be fun."
"Yup, this will be the best year yet."
~~~~~~~~~
After class ended Sakura's said her goodbyes to her classmates and friends. She only got a few feet out of the academy when she saw Naruto on the swing, swaying back and forth with a frown on his face. She felt this is was the best time to apologize.
"Hey Naruto, what are you doing here?" she asked curiously.
"Nothing just... thinking" he replied monotonously.
"Oh ok, well I just wanted to come by and say…" she paused. She felt as if he was mad at her for being rude to him yesterday, but she had to apologize. It just wasn't polite not to!
"Say what?" he said again in the same tone.
"Um… I came to say I'm... I'm sorry for treating badly yesterday, and I was wondering if you'd be my friend."
"Sorry for what? Everybody in the village treats me badly."
"What? Why do you say that?" she asks still shocked.
"Because... because they think I'm a monster!"
"But why? There has to be a reason!" she started to get very concerned by this point. 'Why would everyone in the village call him a… monster…?'
"I don't know why. And I really don't care much anymore" he said quietly as he jumped off the swing landing on his feet. "I'm going home."
"Wait!"
"What is it?"
"You still haven't answered my request."
"Oh yeah... that… Of course Sakura-chan, I'll be your friend! You'll even be my first friend!" he said with a smile.
"Oh wow… [Blush] um... no problem Naruto, I'm glad to be your first friend." 'Wow... I'm his first friend, but why am I blushing…?'
"cya tomorrow Sakura-chan!" he shouted as he was walking away with a big grin on his face.
She shouted back, "I'll see you tomorrow as well Naruto!"
------- End chapter 2 ---------
A/N: hey! I finally updated! Woo! I hope you enjoyed it. Hahaha... I got a BIG inspiration after I started to listen to my old CDs. Sorry if it sucks but I really wanted to update this. Well if you all like this a lot I don't see why I shouldn't update this more often (lol). Just send comments and questions in your reviews or just email me if you have questions. Well cya next chapter... I hope!
