My Promise
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Prologue Chapter 1
In the four years of his absence in Konoha, Naruto traveled through all the villages and learned, …and yet forgot.
In Konoha, life went through, the older villagers still remembered the Kyuubi vessel, but the young ones, who had never know him, didn't heard anything about him, and didn't grow up while they learned to hate him. The children of his age remembered him, especially Sasuke. And he trained whole the time. But on one day, he came home later than normal. It was abnormally silent in the house. Curious he went in the kitchen and stood motionless. His parents lay on the ground; blood tickled out of many wounds, their eyes where open, but saw nothing. Above them stood his big brother, Itashi. His eyes weren't normal Sharingans, like his. They were different…
"Who has killed them, who dared…"
This brother interrupted him: "I did it."
Sasuke's eyes became big, his lips moves, but nothing came out.
"…W…Wh…Why?"
The question hung heavy in the air.
"To test my skills and beside, …they weren't worth the Uchiwa name."
A tense silence hung around them…
That night everything changed; Sasuke became silent and begun to forget. He forgets the promise and concentrated himself on his training, a training with as target to kill his brother.
And their promise was forgotten, buried somewhere deep in their minds, but still the time of remembrance came closer, and those forgotten memories begun to come up once again. They came up in a whirlpool of events, some of them good, yet some of them worse then the darkest nightmares.
Chapter 1
The Village came in sight. Three shapes stood on a little hill.
A girl with long golden hair looked intensively down: "So, that's your village."
A boy with almost the same hair color nodded, even if it wasn't a question. The third member of the little group stayed silent. The first girl spook again: "They will not know what hit them…"
The boy smirked: "Nope, and they're going to regret that."
Now the last girl spoke up: "Are you sure nobody remembers you?"
For the first time in years, the boys face mirrored something that resembled fear: "I hope they do, I really hope that, but probably not…"
The first girl spoke again: "Shut up Yue, I'm sure some people will remember him, who could not?"
She sounded angry. The last girl apologized. After a short while of silence they began to walk to the village.
"You want participate with the Chuunin exam?" An old, kind looking man asked.
The boy answered: "Yes, please."
"Do you have any prove from your village that you may participate?"
Now it was the dark haired girl, Yue that spoke: "Yes, we have, but first, we aren't from the same villages, even more were all from different villages, and we don't have a teacher."
"That's all no problem, you just have to give me your names, nothing else." The Hokage smiled friendly.
Bubbly, the golden haired girl stepped forwards: "Hello, I'm Aine Suna, it's a pleasure to meet you." She shook the hand of the Hokage energetic. The other girl bowed and spoke: "Yue Yami."
She didn't give a hand but returned to her place in the darkest corner of the room. The last one, a boy, bowed also: "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and it's nice to be back…"
A gust of wind let the curtain flutter. The Hokage turned his head, as lightning: "What?!!!"
But his eyes only meat an abandon chamber. The three participants had disappeared without leaving a trail. Suddenly the Third looked so old, when he sat down in his chair: "It seems that I have failed, my good friend, you wanted that he was treated like a hero, but the villagers only saw him like the Demon, and instead of being proud of him, they ignored him or hurt him. I thought that letting his be a hero was a mistake, but standing by when the mistreated him, was an even bigger mistake. Forgive me, my friend and…forgive me Naruto…" After those words it became silent in the chamber.
"See, I told you that somebody would remember you…" Aine smiled. Yue, who stood next to her stayed impassive: "Maybe he's talking about someone else?"
Naruto and Aine looked at her unbelieving. Yue sighted: "Ok, ok I admit, I was wrong, happy?"
The almost identical smiles on their faces told everything. Yue rolled with her eyes: God help me, I'm in a team with two idiots, …wait, I already knew that…
Together they walked through the village, Naruto in the middle. Stunned they looked as four boys, one of their age and the other three around eight years, directly followed by a furious, pink haired girl. They watched as the first of the three ran into a boy in a strange, black bodysuit and paint on his face. Next to him stood a girl, her hair was don in four buns. He said something that sounded like the little kid had hurtled him and grabbed the said kid around the neck. The oldest boy screamed the kids name, Konohamaru, and stormed at the two. Quickly the strange boy did something with his hands and the other one felt. The pink haired girl begun to apologize.
The male sandnin smirked, said something and wanted to hit the kid. The boy, Takeru wanted to attack but the girl held him back. In one or another way he freed himself and wanted to stop the sandnin, but before he could do something, the sandnin let Konohamaru fall, a rock felt on the ground. Directly everybody's eyes went to the boy that sat on a tree branch, he smirked: "Did you came to our village for causing havoc?"
Directly the pink haired girl begun to squeal: "Sasukeeeee! You're so cool!"
The sandnin was oblivious angry: "Another irritating one like those I hate…"
Sasuke was not impressed: "Go away…"
Meanwhile Takeru tried to talk to the kid. The sandnin removed the wrapped thing from his back. Next to him, the female sandnin talked for the first time: "You aren't going to use Karasu, are you!"
Suddenly a new voice spoke up: "Stop it Kankuro!" Shocked everybody looked up, to the branch next to Sasuke. He stood upside down on the branch: "You ruin the reputation of our village…"
Directly Kankuro was reduced to a nervous boy: "Ga…Gaara…"
"I have enough of the problems you cause, everywhere we're going. We didn't came to Konoha for that…"
Like a little kid to his parents, Kankuro pointed his finger to the group, while he tried to explain the situation to the younger boy: "But, Gaara, they started it, I assure you…"
On that point he was rudely interrupted by the younger one: "Be quiet otherwise I'll kill you!"
Kankuro answered nervous: "O…ok, I'm sorry.." The girl answered also: "We're very sorry…"
Gaara looked aside, at Sasuke: "I'm sorry for the disruption." The next moment he disappeared in a gust of wind, only to appear between the two sandnin: "You didn't expect me this early, didn't you…I'll tell you once again that we didn't came to this place to amuse ourselves, understood?"
Quickly the two sandnin agreed and they turned around.
"Wait!" The pink haired girl begun, "Looking at your head protector, you're from the Hidden Village, Suna no kuni. Although our two lands are allied, I thought that there was an accord that forbids to come on each others terrain. Tell us, what are you doing here? Because maybe we have to forbid you to go any farther."
"Well, that's good, you really don't know…" The girl begun with an explanation about the Chuunin Exam that was rudely interrupted by Takeru.
Sasuke appeared before him and the pink haired girl: "What's your name?"
The female sandnin blushed: "Who's, mine?"
Sasuke's eyebrow twitched: ""No, the one with the gourd."
"I'm Gaara of the Sand, you interest me also, what's your name?"
Sasuke smirked: "Sasuke Uchiha."
Silently they tried to see each others weaknesses, but Takeru interrupted again: "And me, you want to know my name also isn't it?"
But Gaara ignored him: "Lets go."
Nobody seemed to see the figures of three soundnin in the tree, or the three figures of Naruto, Yue and Aine. As soon they saw the argument, they jumped on a nearby tree, unnoticed by anyone. And after it they disappeared without a sound. Sasuke turned his head to the place were they had just stood.
"What is it Sasuke?" Sakura sounded cheerful. He just shook his head and walked towards the bridge.
"Did you heard it already? It seems that there going to be rookies at the Exam this year." A boy stood against the tree. He was clothed in a tight, green suit and bandages around his arms. He had a bowl haircut and thick eyebrows.
"That's not possible! It's probably just a rumor…" This time it was a girl, she wore a pink T-shirt and black pants. Her hair was done in two knots. Her hands played with a kunai.
"Nope, it seems that they're the three students of Kakashi." The bowl head again.
Suddenly a new voice spoke: "Sounds like fun!" The last one sat on the ground, against the same tree as the first boy. His eyes were colorless and he had black hair.
"What would they know…" the girl her hand moved in a blur. The next moment, the same kunai pierced itself in the target. The target was above the second boy and next to the first. A big target made of straw was completely pierced by kunai's.
The second boy spoke again: "They won't know what hit them!"
Three figures stood on the bridge, waiting.
"Were is he?! And why does he always have to be to late?!" A pink haired girl looked irritated, very irritated.
"Now, now, Sakura, I have an idea, …" Stated a brown haired boy proudly.
Still irritated Sakura looked at him: "What is it Takeru?"
The third figure moved slightly, he looked at his teammates without any interest.
"Well… You can go out with me…"
He looked at her with hopeful eyes, the next moment he lay on the ground with a headache.
"Awww, why did you do that?"
Sakura stood before him, her fist red from hitting him, her left eye twitched: "Why would I go out with you, Sasuke is everything for me!" After saying that, she begun with asking Sasuke out for a date, and he ignored her. Exactly two hours later, their teacher appeared: "Yo." He waved lazily while he read in his favorite book 'Icha Icha Paradise'.
Sakura and Takeru jumped up and screamed together: "YOU'RE LATE!!"
Kakashi sweatdropped: "I was surprised by the rain and had to change…"
"That's impossible, it hasn't rained here!" screamed Sakura again.
"It was local…" Takeru and Sakura felt anime-style.
Takeru jumped up firstly, pointing to his teacher: "That's impossible, it wasn't going to rain today, the weather-report said that it wasn't going to rain today!"
"Well, …Then the weather-report was wrong, don't you think?" Kakashi smiled happily.
Before any of them could say anything else, Sasuke spoke: "What are we going to do today?"
Kakashi's eye twinkled: "No missions, but I have something to tell…" He waited for a little while for the effect: "You're going to participle with the Chuunin Exam, so we're going to train."
He looked to the three of them, Sasuke was his stoic self, but if you looked closely, you could see the excitement in his eyes; Sakura squealed and jumped up and down; and Takeru, the last of the group, jumped also up and down while he laughed. Kakashi gave each one of them a paper: "If you decide to sign that form, you'll have to go to the academy and deliver it before 16.00h tomorrow at chamber 301, understood.
Kakashi smiled and grabbed his favorite pastime 'Icha Icha Paradise': "Come, its training time…"
It was the day of the Chuunin Exam, Genins from all around the world came together and went in the direction of the Ninja Academy. In the corridor towards the door marked as 301 happened something. Two boys stood before the door, like guards.
"Is that all you can do? I that case you can better stop now, before it's to late." A boy in a green spandex suit and a bowl haircut felt on the ground. A big mass stood around them.
"This Exam isn't for rookies like you…" The guard smirked.
The girl in a Chinese shirt, probably a teammate from the first one stepped forwards: "Please, let us pass by."
The next moment she felt backwards, one of the two guards had hit her.
The mass muttered: "How rude…"
A girl stood against the wall, she smirked and muttered too: "How weak…Don't you think Naruto…" She looked to the boy who tried sneaked up to her. Her eyes flashed dangerously. Naruto smiled nervous: "…Sure, sure, Yue…"
"I told you, Naruto sweetest, that it wouldn't work." The last member of the group spoke easily.
A sudden noise interrupted their conversation. Behind them Team 7 had entered.
Sasuke smirked: "Let me through, I'm going to the third floor, or didn't you noticed that this was the second floor and that number 301 couldn't possible be here, it's all an illusion. It's on the third floor…" Almost no one knew what Sasuke was talking about. Whispers sprang up throughout the crowd: "What does he mean?"
"I don't know…"
The two boys at the door sneered: "You were the only one who noticed…"
Sasuke smirked: "I don't think so, Sakura was the first to notice, isn't it?"
She looked bewildered: "What do you mean…"
"I our team, you're the one with the best analyzing capacities, and the advanced knowledge about genjutsu."
She smiled softly, blushing: "Sure, I saw it right away, it wasn't hard to notice since we are on the second floor, and not on the third."
Takeru was the last one to realize: "Of course…"
The whole floor seemed to fade, only to come in focus again. At the entrance of the chamber stood now number 201, instead of number 301.
"Not bad, but it isn't done yet." Suddenly the boy moved forward, attacking.
"They're interesting, I'm going to have some fun, see ya later." With those words Aine disappeared. Naruto wanted to stop her, but she was already gone.
Sasuke brought his feet up, to block the incoming kick. Between them the air blurred and a new figure appeared, the leaf head protector tied around his middle. With his two hands he stopped the kicks. Suddenly he stiffed, his eyes became impossible big. An arm was almost lazily draped around his shoulders, in the other hand the person held a kunai. And on this very moment the kunai was pressed against his neck, barely touching the skin. The person giggled and whispered something in his ear.
Aine went closer to his ear: "Don't touch him, my friend has promised someone to keep him safe, and I will help her with it, understood…" The boy nodded, aware of his dangerous position, almost unnoticeable and released the two legs. Directly after it she released him too. An older boy with completely white eyes came closer: "I told you to not drawn attention to us!" He was oblivious a teammate of him, only the completely opposite. Just like Sasuke was his demeanor cold and calculating
The other one blushed: "Yeah, but…" He was preparing something and his teammates oblivious knew what it was. The girl in the Chinese shirt covered her eyes and muttered: "Oh no…"
The white-eyed boy sighed.
The strange one walked toward Sakura: "Eh…"
She looked confused at him but didn't say anything. He begun to blush once again: "I'm Rock Lee, you're Sakura, isn't it?"
Takeru stood between them, not understanding. Suddenly Lee winked and gave her a thumbs up while he showed his blinding white teeth: "Lets go out together! I will protect you until I die!"
The whole chamber looked unbelievingly at him, but he didn't seem to notice. Sakura's expression was one of disbelief: "No way…you're weird…"
Lee's head hung down in disappointment, while Takeru smirked.
"Hey you…" The white-eyed teammate spoke up while he approached Sasuke, "What's your name?"
"Before you ask someone's name, you should give yours first." Answered Sasuke, no caring.
The other one continued, unperturbed: "You're a rookie, isn't it? How old are you?
Sasuke smirked and answered, still no caring: "I don't have to answer that…"
With that he turned around and walked away. Behind them someone giggled, amused by the whole conversation. Irritated the white-eyed turned around: "Why are you laughing about?"
Behind them stood the girl that had intervened with the fight. She had long, golden-orange hair until her low back and bright blue eyes, a thin, bronzed frame clad in a short, orange dress that came till above her knees with two splits, one at each side. Under it she wore yellow pants till over her knees, ninja shoes in the same color. Bandages were wrapped around her, under her left knee, under her right elbow and just under her left shoulder. She laughed: "What do you think…you Leaf Nins are so amusing..."
But before she could say something that could do any more harm, someone jumped on her back. She screeched and fell forwards, with the boy on her back.
This time it was a boy, this one had the same eye-and hair color, and he was dressed in simple black, baggy pants, black ninja shoes and a dark gray T-shirt. His hair hung before his right eye, completely hiding it. Black bandages were wrapped from his wrist till under his elbow.
"Why you little…Naruto!!! I going kill you when I get you in my hands!!!"
When she reached at him, he jumped up and disappeared in the crowd, the furious girl directly after him. Suddenly a new girl appeared out of thin air. This one was the complete opposite of the previous girl. She had an even thinner form than the other girl with an ivory skin. Her eyes had the of color midnight blue and her hair was ebony black She wore a black skirt that was longer at the left side than the right side, at her hips the right side came high and the left side lower, under it she wore fishnet pants, the left side shorter than the right side. A black top left her stomach bare, under it a fishnet skirt that came till a little bit above her navel, the left sleeve came till over his elbow, the right one till above her elbow and under the top it. A head protector on a silver bandana, on it there was an unknown symbol. The symbol exists out of a ball with two circles around it.
The two other stopped directly, in front of her. The new girl held her face carefully blanc, not showing any emotion.
Suddenly Yue appeared before them. In order to stop in time, what meant before they hit her, Naruto tried to stop. He succeeded in it, but Aine couldn't stop in time and she felt against him. Together the felt to the ground in a heap of limbs. Naruto begun to complain: "Aine, get of …Yueee…tell her to get up…"
She looked at them and smirked.
"Lets go…" Her voice sounded cold and uncaring. Quickly and with some trouble they stood up and together they walked away, not caring about the strange looks that people were sending them.
Team 7 looked strangely at the new team. Sasuke who had turned around, smirked. They were weird, but probably also strong, or at least that hoped he.
Sakura at Sasuke, completely ignoring the evens around her. Her expression was one of adoration, but it changed when she saw the blush on the face of the girl with the Chinese shirt, into one of irritation. Sasuke was hers. Takeru stood with his back to everyone and his face to the wall, jealous of the attention that Sasuke received.
"So those are Gaï's and Kakashi prize pupils…"
Behind partly closed doors, the two guards watched the confrontation as it unfolded.
One of the two spoke up: "I guess they passed the preliminary…"
The other one nodded: "Yeah…"
With a puff of smoke, the two guard transformed themselves into men in examiners uniforms, Chuunins: "Looks like this year's exam is going to be fun… even for us examiners…"
"Sasuke, Takeru, let's go!" She grabbed their hands and pulled them with her. Behind them the girl in the Chinese shirt, the white-eyed boy and the boy with the bowl haircut looked at them.
The girl spoke up: "They're interesting, don't you think Neji?"
The white-eyed boy didn't say anything and looked at their last teammate. The girl saw it too: "Lee, what are you doing, we're going…"
Lee turned around: "I have something to do, Tenten, I rejoin you later, I have to check something…"
He left before they could stop him.
Team 7 was passing through a large room when the heard a voice from behind them: "Hey you, the one with the dark eyes…"
Sakura looked up, disgusted, Takeru surprised and Sasuke didn't showed any emotion: "What?"
"I challenge you for a fight, here and now…" Lee looked serious.
"Here and now?!" Sasuke looked a bit perplexed.
"Yes!" With that he jumped down from the railing and appeared before them. He pointed to himself: "I'm Rock Lee." Now he pointed to Sasuke: "When you want to learn someone's name you introduce yourself first, isn't it,… Sasuke Uchiha."
Sasuke's eyes widened, almost not noticeable.
"Why asking my name if you already knew him?" He asked no caring. Lee took a battle stand on: "Fight me! I want to test the best of my capabilities against the descendant of the most famous ninja-bloodline! And…"
Suddenly he began to blush. Sakura looked horrified at him when he winked at her: "Heeeelp me… its terrible, those eyebrows and the haircut…"
She trembled. Then Lee threw a kiss at her, directly she dodge it by going backwards, her head hut the ground painfully. In one are another way she succeeded in dodging all the threw kisses. With a painful head she begun to shout: "Stop with throwing those things at me!"
Lee looked hurt: "They aren't that bad…"
Silently they walked to classroom 301. Yue before Aine and Naruto. Suddenly she turned around: "Didn't I tell you not to show of?"
They looked somewhat guilty: "Yes you did, we're sorry…"
Naruto said also something: "But normally we act like that for the most of the time."
For the first time, Yue's eyes softened: "I know I know, but we still have to be a little bit careful…"
She smiled and they begun to walk once again, towards to the door. Naruto opened it and they walked in. Surprised they stopped, the whole room was filled with Genins of all ages. The head protectors showing their village. More than 100 people were spread in the room, all in teams of three. Behind them they heard to door when it opened once again, this time to allow entrance to Team 7.
-tbc-
First I want to thank all the reviewers for their support.
Now to : Sasuke knows of the Chuunin Exam because of his brother, firstly because his brother was already a Chuunin on a very young age, and secondly because he want to be as strong and stronger than his brother, also the fact that Sasuke is seen as a genius, even in the Uchiha Clan must help.
Now in this chapter I've introduced the two most important OC, now I have no idea what Mary Sue is so if someone would be so kind to tell that AND tell if my new characters are Mary Sue, I would highly appreciated that.
I didn't told the fight between Lee and Sasuke, because I think (almost) everybody knows how it goes: they fight, Sasuke uses Sharingan, Lee wants to use Initial Lotus, Gaï stops him, Lee gets a speech, gets hit, and they hug each other…