"Naruto explain this to me again? What did you do so differently?"
Naruto smiled and coughed up into his hand. The blood dripping from his palm onto his chest.
"It's the exact same jutsu the Yondaime used, though this is what is different…"
Tsunade listened with much interests, thought not putting away the worry for the child as he once again coughed up blood
"The original Shiki-fuujin sacrifices the user's body to the Death God, though in my case my body was dieing and the Death God was satisfied with the sacrifice. So instead of losing my soul while I died, I played a gamble on this damn furball and decided to use a different style of the Shiki-fuujin. In which I contained the Kyuubi's whole being and his chakra into mine, or soul as some people call it now a days. That damn fox isn't sealed within my body…he's sealed within my soul"
"Naruto, that doesn't account for the transfer"
"The transfer was inside the forbidden scroll, I kinda looked at it before I left the study room"
"Naruto! You know you shouldn't have read that"
"I know Obaa-san, but I couldn't disappoint her"
"You mean Sakura?"
"Yes, all she wanted was to bring back her little Sasuke-kun"
Tsunade notice he said Sasuke's name with a little more malice then he thought he would.
"So your saying…"
"Figured it out yet? My chakra is her chakra, the Kyuubi's powers are her to control now. She has my memories, my power, and my dreams..."
"You did this to fulfill her dreams and yours?"
"She doesn't have to, her dreams are always first. Whether she wants to complete them is her choice"
His voice chopped up, his voice cracked as he tried to laugh. Tsunade couldn't help, but cry at the sight of this child who has she recognized as one of her own.
Naruto tried to stand and walk over to were Tsunade and Sakura were sitting
"Naruto don't try to..!"
Naruto fell and embraced Tsunade, his tears and blood mixing, covering her face.
"I love you, Tsunade-baasan"
Tsunade, slighty taken back by Naruto's sudden "confession" couldn't help but hug her child closer and kiss him on the forehead
"I love you too, brat"
He looked up and smiled at her, and she smiled back. It was just like a small mother-child moment. Both smiles true to their nature.
"You know when I'm gone, there isn't anyone else to bug you around"
"Shut up kid, you know the old age saying, it's never goodbye, just see you later"
Naruto looked at her and smiled
"Take care of Sakura-chan for me?"
"I definitely will, Naruto-bozu"
He smiled and looked at Sakura resting in Sundae's lap. He slowly bent down and slipped the necklace around Sakura's neck and kissed her on the forehead
"Passed down from future Hokage, to future Hokage. Past, future and present. This is a symbol of the strongest ninja in the village…"
"Passed down from Hokage to Hokage. The past, future, and present. This is the symbol of the greatest ninja in the village…"
Tsunade smiled at Naruto because she knew what Naruto was doing
"You, Sakura Haruno, will be the strongest ninja in the village"
And with the necklace drawn over her neck, his body slumped on Tsunade
"I love you too, Naruto-kun. I'll take good care of her"
She stood up and picked up both Naruto and Sakura. She laid Naruto's body on the bed and brought Sakura with her to the door…
"Shizune, you can come in now"
The door opened slowly to see a teary eyes Shizune. She bowed her head.
"I'm sorry, Tsunade-sama"
"It's quite alright"
Shizune surprising looked up to see Tsunade's face to find her eyes puffy…but her tears stopped"
"Naruto, we'll see him again. And we'll see him now"
Shizune looked confused at her, her eyes were too also puffy, but her tears kept going
"Where?"
"In the eyes and spirit of this young one"
Shizune looked at Sakura knocked out on Tsunade's shoulders…and just smiled
"Yes, I believe so. Tsunade-sama"
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It was a sad day that day. The brightest and loudest ninja in all of Konoha's history died. The town cheered for the death of the Kyuubi brat and roamed the streets of the city in a parade of joy and laughter. Singing songs of the death of the fox and the brat. Not realizing their Uchiha prodigy was missing, nor caring. He killed the fox demon, traitor or not. He did them a favor. They proudly raided Naruto's apartment, ripping the whole place to shambles. Grabbing his clothes and his belongings, burning them in a huge bonfire in the town square. Those few of his closes friends charged his apartment and tried to save what was left of Naruto's belongings, and what belongings that had not been burned in the fire. Those few of his closes friends, were not his friends to begin with. Some where admirers seen from afar, other's were rivals in great time and competition, other's were friends since the beginning.
"G-G-GET BACK!"
"Look, squirt, get out of my way. I don't care who you are, if you are protecting his item's, your with him"
The man yelling lifted up his fist to hit the little kid before a kunai whipped and embedded itself inside the man's shoulder. The man screamed and clutched at the kunai with his hands, trying to pry it out. The child looked at the thrower
"W-who are you?"
A young woman walked forward with short laced hair and, behind her stood 2 other people. One in green the other in a white jacket
"You, are in violation of our comrade's apartment. I suggest you either move out or I'll throw more weapons at you. I have a lot more then you think, and I just aimed under your shoulder tendon. I won't miss it again and make it so your arm will be useless for the rest of your life"
The man growled and gripped the kunai and pulled it out, yelling and screaming in pain. The young boy stood back and watched the small fight
"You are with that damn fox-brat too. Aren't you? Then take this"
The man geared up to throw the kunai as best as he possibly could before he felt a small breeze touch his face. And within a blink of his eyes, the man in green was right next to him, almost cheek to cheek
"I'm sorry, you disagreed with my teammate. Forgive me"
Then he punched him in the stomach and he dropped the kunai. The man in green picked up the kunai and flicked it back at the other man who caught it with such ease…
Who were these people?
The lady came down to the boy and smiled at him
"Who are you, young one?"
"M-my name's Konohamaru"
The one with the white jacket and the blank eyes spoke
"He is the Sondaime's grandson"
"Yeah, I am. What are you doing here in Naruto-niichan's house"
The three looked at the boy in shock, Naruto had a little brother?
Suddenly 4 loud gasps were heard around them and they turned around to see 4 bodies stuck in a weird position. Like they were trying to hit someone.
"You got some nice timing there, Shikamaru"
"Well I thought you could notice them with your Byakugan, Neji. How troublesome"
"Well, thank you enough Shikamaru"
"No need to thank me Tenten. Thank Ino. She dragged me here to see what was happening"
"What, am I troublesome? I'm not troublesome Shikamaru"
A young girl popped up behind Shikamaru. Her hair was down and not up it it's usual bun
"Yes, all girls a troublesome Ino"
"Thank you Ino, Shikamaru. For the help"
"No problem. Rock Lee mind knocking them out for me. I don't feel like holding this Kagemane much longer"
Three men who were stuck in the same position as Shikamaru grew wided eyed as they saw Lee appear out of nowhere and knock one guy in the stomach.
"Yosh!"
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Well, I'll stop it here for now. Kinda a weird transition to another point of the story and introduction of characters. This is still a prologue, used to set up the real story later. I'll be introducing some more characters into the next chapter and I think the characters will eventually become OOC because this is a AU and with Naruto dead, you would change too. This is very Sakura-centric and hints of NejiTen ShikaIno and KibaHina. With the dramatic coupling of SakuSasu and NaruSaku. Look forward to reading the next chapter and review!
Preview:
"…and they said he wouldn't amount to anything. And he did"
"Now it's my turn to amount to something…no wait…
It's our turn…"