Disclaimer: I Do Not In A Legal Since Own The Rights To Naruto
Translation: My Broke Ass Don't Own This Shit
I'm only going to say this once, if the characters are out of character, and you noticed, go fuck yourself hard…. THE END
Naruto walked the streets slowly, occasionally kicking pieces of litter out of the way. He looked up ad saw the same old carving in the mountain. The four faces staring out into the sky. He sighed. For three years he had been wandering, homeless, friendless, and loveless. He looked around at all the people bustling around. The world was at peace and there was no need for fighters. Sakura had gone on to teach young children. Sasuke disappeared, everyone else just left to other villages looking for work. He hadn't kept in touch with any of them, when he saw Sakura walking around the village, he never spoke to her. He sighed and sat down under a nearby tree. He looked up into the branches and closed his eyes, another day without a good meal, or a roof to sleep under.
"Hey there Naruto." Said a distant voice. Naruto opened his eyes and looked around. He heard a small delicate laugh, but couldn't find the person it came from,
"You lost your touch Naruto, you used to be able to find anyone speaking to you no matter where they were. Just so you could be loud and obnoxious." The person laughed again. Naruto jumped up,
"Show yourself, where are you?"
"I'm up here." Naruto looked straight up and saw those familiar white eyes. Hinata jumped out of the branches of the tree, and landed gracefully next to the old ninja.
"Hinata, I thought you left with the rest of the others." She nodded,
"I did leave, but for some reason I couldn't just stay away. I came back and, well, I've been living on the streets. Doing odd jobs for just enough to eat." She sighed, "How about you, what's happened in your life since the world threw the ninjas in the trash?"
"Pretty much the same, except the making enough to eat part, I usually end up eating grass and twigs." He laughed. Hinata smiled and leaned against on the tree.
"There has been talk in the alleys, that the Kages are going to need the ninjas again. But then again, all the people in the alleys are broke and homeless drunks." Naruto nodded,
"Well, for some of us, it's the hope that we need to keep us going."
"Have you talked to anyone from the old days?" Naruto shook his head,
"Hell, I don't even know what happened to most of them. I know Sakura is teaching in the academy. Besides that, they could all be dead for all I know." Hinata nodded, then looked at him excitedly,
"Let's go find them then." Naruto looked at her confused,
"How, we have no money, no food, no way of getting to any of the other villages." Hinata shrugged,
"It's not like we have homes to go back to. Or family and friends we have to worry about." Naruto nodded and said,
"Fine, but since we're here, let's go see Sakura."
"Let's go." Naruto stood up and grabbed the girl's hand. He pulled her up and they walked off toward the academy.
Sasuke sat behind the large desk, several outlaws and bandits sitting at other positions at the table. He folded his hands and looked at each in turn, he knew them all from back when ninjas were needed, and now he knew them as fugitives.
"I hired you all for one distinct purpose." He said with a voice that command silence, even the wind outside seemed to halt at his words. All the criminals stopped speaking and looked over to him.
"There is a need for a war, something to inspire the fighting spirit into the warriors. The ninjas that were once respected and honored will come back to power." This caused a giant uproar, as all the people started to cheer for their employer. Anko draped her arms over Sasuke's shoulders.
"You do have a way with words lover." He sighed,
"Yes I do, but this bunch of losers are just former shells of what they used to be. All of them great fighters, I know, I fought beside most of them. But now, they are weak and pathetic. I hope that all goes well with Sakura over in Konoha, she's supposedly training young children how to fight. But then there is one problem." Anko looked down at him,
"What problem?"
"Naruto has dropped off the map. I can only assume he's dead, but the stubborn buffoon is probably still alive." Anko sighed,
"He was an idiot, if anything, he's homeless and hungry. All he could really be was a ninja." Sasuke nodded and looked up at his beautiful wife. She leaned down and kissed him,
"Well Anko, let's hope that he is just a poor bum, then this can all go without a hitch." Anko smiled and nodded,
"Let's hope."
Naruto and Hinata climped the path up the moutian to the academy. Passing chuldren laughing and playing.
"Remind you of the old times?" Naruto asked. Hinata smiled and nodded. They walked into the main courtyard, and saw the same strawberry-blonde ninja who had been their friend several years ago.
"Hey Sakura." Naruto said as he sat down next to her. Sakura looked up, and just about jumped out of her skin
"N-Naruto, what are you doing here?" she asked flustered.
"I live in this village." He said looking at her confused. She grabbed a small book she dropped and turned, she went to walk away, and ran right into Hinata.
"Don't worry Sakura, it's all under control." She winked at Sakura, who sighed and nodded.
"Sorry, Naruto, but I have to get to my class, I lost track of time reading." She ran ff into the academy and Naruto sat there looking confused.
"Did I miss something?" he asked looking over at Hinata. She shrugged and said,
"Since we know Sakura is here, and we can always come back. Let's go my old team then." Naruto nodded,
"Okay then, do you know where they went?" Hinata thought for a moment.
"Kiba and Shino went to Otoga, we should try there."
"They went to the hidden sound village? Why?"
"Umm, I shouldn't tell you, but you'll find out. They followed Sasuke there, something about work for ex-ninjas." Naruto's ears perked at this,
"Work for ex-ninjas? That sounds perfect, we need the work and the mone ar we'll going to die or something." Hinata smiled and shrugged,
"Why not, we do need to get enough to eat at least." Naruto pumped his fist onto the air,
"Then let's go to Otoga!" Hinata smiled and nodded.
"Let's go."