A/N: Welcome to the sequel to my Book 1: Art of Forgiveness. Hope you enjoy my story


It has been a few days since naruto's death now it was time for his funeral, most of naruto's friends weren't taking it to well, and they always try to seek comfort from others, like their parents or any love ones in particular, but naruto left a scar that couldn't be easily healed… it was painful for them to see naruto die in front of them… especially for sakura, now she knew naruto cared for her that much but it was too late, he was gone, her true love was gone, the moment she felt she was truly feeling love, he was gone in an instant, sakura wasn't strong enough to heal naruto, so she dedicated herself to become stronger than tsunade ever was… but still she cried her hearts out from day to night

Sasuke too wasn't taking it to well, his friend no… his best friend is dead and he couldn't do anything to save his life, except watch him die helplessly on the sidelines, sasuke's relatives and parents are all dead all is left is his brother, so no one could comfort him, he would just stay in one corner and let out all his tears and feel guilty, today was his best friend's funeral, he just couldn't stomach this all in, his rival and only friend is gone, now team seven is truly incomplete, sasuke had hit naruto with a chidori strong enough to render a normal shinobi dead, and with that he made an oath to himself to protect what he has cared for… instead to be a revengeful avenger

Kakashi will never forget that faithful day, the day when naruto left konoha permanently, he often visits obito's grave and would talk to him, and completely ditching his students, often tells that he was a horrible sensei and say 'please take of naruto on the other side for me obito' it was a heart wrenching sight, sakura and sasuke would often find him sleeping there on the spot, kakashi's student felt pity for their sensei, they also found several liquor around him, everyday sakura and sasuke would always carry kakashi to his home

Tsunade, the motherly figure of naruto felt the worse, she felt like she wanted to join naruto in heaven but she knew better than that, naruto would never want her to kill herself just for him, jiraiya blame himself for not being there on time to stop him, jiraiya would always be found comforting tsunade inside her office, shizune would always hug her pet close to her

Hinata and neiji would be found most of the time talking to each other in their garden, about naruto's past in their respective point of view, neiji would talk about his mission with naruto to retrieve sasuke and his duel with naruto, hinata talk about on how naruto became her inspiration, they would talk for hours reminiscing good times, and end with that today is naruto's funeral

Lee and gai, felt miserable, konoha could longer hear the voices of the loud taijutsu experts, yelling about the springtime of youth, Lee and gai would always be found training to get their minds off the current situation, but they always ended up remembering that today is the day that naruto will be buried

Shikamaru, kiba, chouji along shino are often found together in the academy building remembering all the good times, they were all spotted below the tree where the swing is located they all would stare at the entrance of the building, after every time the bell rings, all the kids would run out of the building and play, and they would all remember the time when iruka jokingly insulted naruto and they would all laugh, they always laugh at naruto's pranks but now it was just a mere memory nothing less, nothing more

Iruka was the only one that cared naruto deeply since he was a child, but now his little brother is gone, and he couldn't do anything about it, all he could do now is pray that naruto's soul would rest in peace, every time the bell rang the kids would run out of the classroom and iruka could always hear the word ramen among his current students, and every time iruka would check the papers of his students he always suddenly remembers naruto about his grades, and whenever he glances up he would always see mirages of naruto sitting there either sleeping or yelling at him, there on the spot iruka would cry silently, missing his brother…

Asuma and kurenai would always be found on the local tavern drinking and feel guilty for the whole day; they could have made a difference if they have helped but no, they couldn't help because naruto's demonic eyes rendered them shocked during their battle agaisn't naruto, if they were able to get out from that state they could a have made a difference, but it was too late, they couldn't do anything…

Ino and tenten would always be at sakura's side trying to comfort her, they couldn't completely help the distraught girl, but they could only ease the pain little by little with the help of time, but both tenten and ino still remembered freshly in their minds the scene at the hospital, it was heart wrenching, until now they couldn't stomach it all in, they would cry if they heard the word naruto from anybody, to them it was sensitive…

Konohamaru was in an awful state and his friends often tried to comfort their group leader, but to no avail, konohamaru would always mutter the word "onii-chan" repeatedly while crying, his big brother was gone, he remembered all the times when naruto would always play with them, and he would cringe in pain, it was too painful to remember, too painful…

Most of naruto's friendsare in turmoil, but they must face the fact that today, naruto will be buried in konoha grounds forever… all of them began to head towards naruto's funeral, all of them dressed in black clothing, all of them thought at once "naruto we miss you…"


To be continued…

A/N: Welcome to my 2nd book hope you guys enjoyed the 1st