They left 3 years ago...
Some say they were never there...
With their apartments blown up...
And their headbands left behind, they were gone...
They dyed their hair...
Wore contacts...
And one even took off his mask( A/N- gasp! )...
They were gone...
Most were happy they has left...
Their friends moved on...
They were a troublesome group...
Always complaining and running around like they owned the village...
But most of all...
The legendary fox demon was gone.
Sakura yawned and burried herself into her sleeping bag. She was not ready for the new day to start, she just wanted to stay warm and sleep the day away.
" Sakura-chan! Wake up! " Of course, Naruto wouldn't let her have her peace.
" Naruto, SHUT UP! " She punched him hard on the head and burried herself back into the heat. Naruto rubbed his head and stared at the now blonde girl. She had changed, she had to, they all did.
He looked over at his other teammates, Kakashi and Sasuke. Amazingly Kakashi had abandoned his mask when they left. And none of his three students were used to seeing his face yet. Sasuke was still as calm and quite as ever, annoyingly so. But he had opened up some, but mind you not very much.
" Sakura get up already. " Sasuke said after a few minutes of staring at the sleeping girl. He couldn't call her weak anymore because she was anything but, she had trained hard when they first left and easily caught up with Naruto and himself, and was still gaining in strength.
" What is it with you people? It's only four in the morning! " She complained. True, it was earlier then they had ever gotten up before but that was no excuse for a trained shinobi.
" You know what? " Naruto suddenly said after finally dragging Sakura from her wonderfull cozy sleeping bag.
" If you say you want ramen I'll kill you. " Was Sakura's tired reply.
Which instantly shut him up. He knew from experience not to mess with his female commrad.
Somethings will just never change. And Narutos love of ramen just happens to be one of them.
" Now that were all awake, " Sakura glared. " Where are we going today?" Sasuke said in his usual monotone voice. His short hair spiked somewhat at the top from lacking of a proper brushing.
Kakashi ran a hand through his short red hair. Changing his hair color was something he resented greatly, his unusual gray hair was a treasure to him, as was his mask. But nothing could be done about their decision to leave those three years ago.
- Three Years Ago -
" What are those damn idiots staring at? " Naruto mumbled underneath his breath. He had just returned from a B rank mission with his two teammates Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke. All he wanted to do was return home and make a nice hot cup of instant ramen.
But no, even after two years of faith-fully training and completing missions no one would stop throwing their hatred at him. He had done nothing wrong, it was the damn fox spirits fault.
He had to do something that would get him noticed. Something no one would forget, something... big and unexpected.