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"Here I go...so dishonestly leave a note for you my only one
And I know...you can see right through me
So let me go...and you will find some one
Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go, there's just no one that gets me like you do
You are my only my only one"

Today was the day, the day that all of the rest of Naruto's life would form around, his first day of training to become what he would soon find out, ANBU Captain. As Naruto strolled down the street to the ramen shop for his last bowl of ramen for quite some time, he listened to the laughter of all the little children playing with each other, not knowing the impending doom upon them, not a single one would do something so horrible that they would have to wonder, "if my friend died in the night, how would they remember me?"

Finally he was at the ramen shop, and was greeted by one of his favorite people in the town of Kohona, the ramen shop owner, "Hey Naruto, you want the usual 5 bowls of miso ramen?" "Sure thing" answered Naruto. As he waited patiently for his food, he thought about how this day would be different if his parents were alive. Even if he knew who they were the day would be different! when he turned around his 5 steaming hot bowls of miso ramen were sitting in front of him just asking to be eaten, so he did them that favor hungrily, very hungrily. After he finished the ramen, he decided to head to the Hokage's office to see if he could convince his Baa-Chan to give him this ONE day off.

Once he got to the office, he knocked on the door and was answered by Tsunude's assistant, Shizune "who is this, and what do you need?"
"Naruto and I want to talk to that Baa-Chan in there" Naruto replied lazily, "Uhhhh, she's having a very important meeting? (crap, I cant think of a good excuse...)" "yea right you lazy bum!" Naruto yelled as he burst through the doors to see Tsunude sleeping, not in a meeting, when he turned around to tell Shizune how bad of an excuse it was, she had already left, so he made a note to self to do it as soon as he could. He woke up Tsunude and asked to start his training a day later, luckily she agreed, because she was so sleepy she had no idea about what she agreed to.

So Naruto left to go to Sakura's house and give her the present he had made. (a locket with a picture of team 7 in it, with it focused mainly on him and Sakura) once he got to her doorstep, he heard lots of laughter, and wondered if he should just wait to give her gift later, he decided to walk by her window incase it was one of those times where your relatives are having a good time and you're bored to death in your bedroom. luckily, his intuition was pretty sharp today, because there she was, lying on her bed saying, "Man, I'm bored to death..." when a yellow haired head popped through her window saying," Merry Christmas Sakura-Chan!" Sakura's head shot up immediately, and looked at Naruto, when she noticed that he had brought her a gift, she had a feeling there was something he needed to tell her, so she invited him inside. They talked for awhile, about random stuff, sometimes they would talk about Sasuke, and both of them would say what they missed about him and what and why they hated him now.

I just can't believe he would leave the village then have the nerve to join Orichimaru!
I know! That idiot ticks me off so much, he wouldn't even say goodbye to you, and he's always treated you like you're dirt when you aren't, trust me.
Thanks, Naruto
no problem, hey Sakura?
Yea?
I was wondering if...if you would open my gift?
Sure, I'll open it.
Thanks.
As Sakura opened the hand wrapped gift that Naruto had made from scratch, her eyes watered, "this is the nicest thing anyone has done for me ever since...since..."
sorry sakura
why?
I reminded you of him...
oh... it's alright, he never treated me well anyway, I don't know why I ever liked him, even if he did take a sudden liking to me, what would happen when he had the chance to kill Itachi? Would he just leave me like he's always said he would do to Kohona? leave me alone, wondering everyday if he was alright, never knowing if he would ever come back again...
well, there's a note in there if you want to read it after I leave, I'm going to the Hokage monument to think for a little bit, if you want to you can meet me there later tonight.
Ok, ill read the note, thank you very much for the present, I really like it
no problem, you know why I did it," Naruto said as he had a smile appear on his face, well, see ya later Sakura-Chan!
Ok see you later Naruto-kun, wait, did I just call him Naruto-kun? Sakura wondered in her head.
well I promised Naruto I would read his letter...
as sakura opened the letter, here is what it said, in wet tear streaked words:

Dear Sakura-Chan,
I was wondering, what...what's it like to have a family? I mean, to at least know who they are, be able to spend every day with them? getting to come home and get a hug from them whenever you're hurting, have someone to talk to and know that they wont laugh at what you say, and will listen to every word until you're completely done, and then, can make you feel better with one, heartfelt, hug? I've only known one person in my whole life that makes me feel that way when I'm around them, just by looking at how strong they are, to not cry, or yell at the person the , every time they turn them down. And that person is you Sakura-Chan, you. I was wondering, if... you would want to meet me at the Hokage monument tonight and discuss the answer to the unwritten question in this letter. Thanks Sakura,
from,
Naruto