A/N: sorry about the first chapter being so short and generally sucky. This chapter will be better, I promise. Also, thanks to full-metal-sousuke for being my first reviewer. Anyway, on with the story!
The life of Naruto
CH: 2The next morning, the ninja's met at the gate. They had decided that they would talk with Naruto on the trip and so hadn't talked to him much the night before. Naruto was surprised to find Kakashi on time. " Hey, Kakashi-sensei, did you run out of excuses for being late?" he joked. " Very funny, Naruto…" he replied groggily. At exactly ten am, just like Tsunade had said, she appeared with two big cars (yes, they have cars in this fanfic. DEAL WITH IT) " ok everyone! All the guys are going to go in this car," she said pointing to the car on her right, " and the rest of us girls are going in the left truck." She said. " Alright, man! Hurry, let's get in!" kiba shouted. Naruto followed with Shikimaru, chouji and shino behind him. Tsunade walked up to the to male jounins. " Asuma, you and Kakashi are going to drive. The drive takes about a day, so figure out a schedule or something." She said. Kakashi and Asuma nodded. " Here is the address to the hotel if you lose us or something." They nodded again. Then they turned to each other, and gave grins that were so big and goofy that even Naruto's paled in comparison.
" Hey, Kakashi-sensei, why did you guys wait for Tsunade to leave!" Naruto yelled angrily. ' Yeah, come on! I want to get there as soon as possible!' kiba said. " Calm down you guys. Were just taking a different route…" Asuma said. And with that they sped off.
After about an hour of highway driving, they reached a dirt road. " Man, you guys are going to love this!" yelled Asuma as he sped of the track. " Holy shit!" yelled Shikimaru as they jumped off a small hill. Asuma hit the brakes, and turned around. " Ok, now who wants to try driving?" Kakashi watched as all of the guys came up to the steering wheel and drove like crazy insane lunatics. It reminded him a lot of when the yondaime had taken his rookie nine generation to iron town. That was probably where Tsunade got the idea. " I'll have to talk to her about making it a tradition…" he said to himself. " ok you guys, were done off-roading. We need to get back on course." Said Kakashi. They sped off to the highway.
The rest of the drive was pretty uneventful, and they spent most of their time sleeping in the car. Finally they entered the city. They looked on in awe at all of the giant casinos and hotels and clubs and bars. " Dude…this is party heaven…" kiba said quietly. " you bet your ass it is! I can't wait until we get to go to these places!" Naruto said enthusiastically.
Kakashi chuckled and parked the car. " Damn, looks like Tsunade beat us here." He said. " Well, what did you expect? We were off roading for nearly five hours!" said neji, who had been quiet through the trip. The rest of the guys gave fake expressions of shock. " What?" neji asked, slightly annoyed. " It's just… you… you actually talked…' lee said. Neji grumbled and the rest of them had a good laugh. Asuma got the hotel room card and went up to the third floor, which was where Tsunade and the girls were. " Ok guys, here's how it's gonna go. Naruto and kiba are sharing a room, Shikimaru and chouji, and finally lee and neji." Said Kakashi. Kakashi knocked on Tsunade's door as the rest of guys got settled in their rooms. Tsunade opened the door. " Hey, Kakashi, you're finally here." She said. Kakashi grinned under his mask. " In the flesh. Anyway, I hope you don't mind, but I wanted to take all the guys out tonight. They all wanted to go see the clubs and stuff." " alright, fine." She said. Kakashi knew that she wouldn't refuse, so he didn't have much to worry about. " Ok, talk to you later then." He said as he made his to his room.
" You liar! You promised best two out of three!" Naruto whined. " That's because I thought I was going to win! I will get the bedroom bed!' kiba said proudly. " Fine! Take your stupid bed! see is I give a shit!" Naruto grumbled. " Maybe I can go see Sakura." He thought to himself. " I wouldn't want to wait to see her either. She's hot." Said the kyuubi. " What the hell! How do you know anyway? You're a god damn fox!" Naruto yelled. " Well we were with Jirayai for two years, and I actually listened to him."
" Well just stop Talking about Sakura like that." The kyuubi chuckled. He loved to mess with the kid's head. " So are you saying she isn't hot?" " Well, no, but-" "so you're saying she is hot." " You know what?" Naruto asked calmly. " What." " Fuck you." And with that, he shut the Kyuubi out of his mind. " Oh, hey Shikimaru! Do you know where Sakura is?" Shikimaru sighed. " I think her room number is 302 or something. Anyway this whole floor is ours so it doesn't matter if you don't find her door first." He said. Naruto nodded. " Hey wait! The have an arcade here right?" Naruto asked. Shikimaru sighed. " Yes Naruto they ha-" " cause I challenge you to a game of air hockey when I'm done talking with Sakura." He said. Shikimaru knew not to protest so he just nodded and headed towards the arcade. " I hope it works out for those two,…" he thought knowingly.
It was around 9:00 at night, and Sakura had decided to go find Naruto. " Hey, hinata, I'm going to go see Naruto, alright?" she asked. Hinata nodded. She had gotten over her crush on Naruto, and as strange as it may sound, she had fallen for kiba, though he didn't know it yet. Sakura opened the door to see Naruto standing there. " Oh, hey Naruto!" she said cheerfully. She looked over Naruto. She hadn't noticed yesterday for some reason, but his change of clothes was completely different. A tight muscle shirt with a White short sleved jacket over that. His pants were dark blue and really baggy. Wrapping kept the fabric tight around his ankle. His hair had gotten a little longer, and a few wisps covered some of his forehead. Then Naruto's voice broke her out of her trance. " Uhh, Sakura-Chan, are you feeling ok?" Naruto asked with a worried look. " Ohh, uh, yeah, I'm fine. Just zoned out. Anyway, come on, follow me." She said. Naruto followed her up the steps through all of the floors. " Hey, sakura-Chan, why are we going up?" asked Naruto. " Just come on, it's a surprise." She said, letting out a small giggle. Finally they reached a large door that said " ROOF" in bold red letters. Naruto gasped as hew saw the city lights below the building. " Wow, this is…amazing." He said finally. Sakura leaned on him, who made him tense up, and he tried to move away. " Just stay here, Naruto…please." She said quietly. They looked down at the city below. " So tell me Naruto, did you meet any girls in your travels?" Naruto, confused as to why such a question would be asked just nodded. " One. Her name was Ayame. Like the girl in the ichiraku ramen stand." He said. Sakura was a little worried about this girl, but decided to see what had happened between her a Naruto. " So, did anything go on between you guys?" she asked, with a small blush on her face. Naruto tilted his head slightly while he thought. " He looks so cute when he does that." She thought with a smile in her head. " Well, she kept flirting with me, but nothing ever really happened." Sakura sighed with relief. " Naruto…"
" Yes Sakura-Chan?" he asked. " Don't worry about Sauske anymore, please. It's too dangerous and you could get hurt. I can't let that happen to you…" she said. Naruto couldn't really say anything. Finally, a " but I promised-" " make me a new promise then. Promise that you'll stay safe. That you'll always be ok, promise me." She said, with a sad look in her eye. " Ok, then I promise that I'll always stay safe." He said, wondering, " What the fuck just happened?" " My good god, kit! Are really so dense that you don't understand! It's so fucking obvious that, that…" the kyuubi sighed. "Never mind. I'm not helping you out on this one. You gotta figure this out for your self kit." " Hey, kyuubi wait!" he said. " Oh fine. Who needs him anyway?" he said to himself. He got back to reality and looked down at sakura, who was still hugging him tightly. Then Naruto heard some giggles coming from the door. He turned to find kiba, Shikimaru, and Kakashi looking at the two, not being able to suppress giggles. "oh, did we interrupt something?" asked Kakashi. The two couldn't hold it in any longer and burst laughing. Sakura let go of Naruto immediately. Kiba and Shikimaru soon had themselves under control. " come on, Naruto. It's a guys night out!" kiba said enthusiastically. Naruto turned to Sakura. ' I'll see you later Sakura-Chan!" he said. She nodded and the four of them turned and ran downstairs. She turned around and rested her arms against the ledge. " Naruto…"
A/N ok, that was it. I hope you like this chapter better than the last one. Also, please, give reviews. Even if their just two or three words, review to let me know that you read it. The reviews keep me going! Anyway, you may vote on any pairing for any of the characters other than sakura and Naruto. So see ya next time!
