Chapter 2
Naruto arrived in New York several hours later, he was greeted by three people, a man, and two women, one of which had bright pink hair.
Naruto approached the trio.
"Good afternoon Officers, I'm Marshal Naruto Uzumaki, this is Ms. Haruno I take it?" the blonde asks.
"Yes," Dani says, eyeing the blonde seductively, though Naruto chose not to notice.
Sakura slowly looked up, when her jade eyes met Naruto's soft blue orbs there was an almost instant attraction to them on Sakura's part.
'Hello, Ms. Haruno, my name is Naruto Uzumaki and I will be providing protection for you."
A ghost of a smile appears on her face. Elliot and Dani watched the pair leave. A deep grimace formed on the blonde woman's face.
"That little snot completely ignored me! How could he be able to do that, but notice the pink-haired bimbo?"
Elliot sighed, he didn't need this kind of distraction right now.
The pair arrived at the Haruno home, upon entering house Sakura and Naruto were greeted by Sakura's parents, Kizashi and Mebuki Haruno.
Mebuki ran over to her daughter and envelopes her in a tight hug.
"Oh, Sakura, I was so worried about you, are you going to be okay?"
"Yes Mom, the Marshals assigned me a bodyguard."
Naruto steps forward.
"Mr. and Mrs. Haruno, US Marshal Naruto Uzumaki at your service."
"You are a little young to be a Marshal, kid," Kizashi said.
"Mister Haruno, I went to the Marines when I graduated from high school and spent five years serving after that I was approached by a woman who was very important to me and recruited me. She also trained and mentored me until..."
Sakura looks at Naruto, he looked sad.
"She is dead... A spineless coward killed her and several other people that I held close."
"Have you tried finding the killer, Mr. Uzumaki?" Mebuki asked as she was trying to keep herself from crying.
"I have, but whoever they are they are well protected by someone with a lot of money to remain hidden for so long."
Later...
The Haruno family were having dinner, Naruto however had stayed away from the trio. Sakura looked over at the blonde, who was eating alone in silence.
'I wonder what all happened to him?' Sakura thought.
After dinner, Naruto walked around the estate with his Grendel Tactical Rifle in his hands, Sakura watches him from her bedroom window, the pinkette sighs.
"He intrigues you, doesn't he?" Mebuki asks as she walks up behind her daughter, Sakura smiled as she felt her Mom's arms wrap around her gently from behind.
10:15 PM Local Time
Naruto walked into the house after completing his sweep of the grounds, he heads up to his room silently and goes into his adjoining bathroom to take a shower. Fresh from his shower, Naruto exits his bathroom in a pair of black sweatpants and a white tank top, he is surprised to find Sakura sitting on the bed wearing a pink t-shirt and white PJ pants, she smiled warmly at the blonde.
"Hi." said the pinkette, blushing.
"Hi." Naruto returns the greeting.
"Couldn't sleep, c-can we talk for awhile?" Sakura ventured, hoping to learn something about the blonde man who had been assigned to protect her.
"Sure, I guess." Naruto replied before walking over and joining the pinkette on the bed.
Sakura was giddy with excitement at being so close to the blonde.
"So Ms. Haruno, what you would like to know about me?" the blonde inquired.
"Y-you can call me S-Sakura, Mr. Uzumaki." she stammered, blushing more if that were possible.
"OK, Sakura, I'm Naruto." he said.
"What kind of childhood did you have, Naruto?"
"I was born and grew up in a poor family in a broken town, we lived in peace until I was about 14 years old, but at that point my life changed drastically."
With a sigh Naruto pressed on. "I accidentally maimed somebody during a freak fire and was neglected by everybody. With the help of my friend that I mentioned earlier I had to learn to survive in a relentless world. But with my bravery and ambition coupled with my skills, I managed to reach my full potential and survive everything. This has turned me into the man I am today."
The next thing he felt was Sakura's soft and small form press against him and her slender arms wrap around him in a hug, which surprised him.
"I'm sorry you had to grow up like that." the pinkette whispered.
Naruto carefully wraps his around Sakura, returning the hug. Sakura smiled, she inhaled his sweet, clean scent. Being in Naruto's arms made her feel safe.
The next day, Sakura and Naruto arrived at the University that Sakura was attending, the pair entered the building. As they were walking, a hand reached out for Sakura.
In a flash, Naruto moved. He used a judo flip, taking the person down hard before pinning their right arm behind his back and drawing one of his Deadeye pistols and putting it to the back of the person's head.
Everyone who had witnessed the event gasped in shock.
"Who are you?" Naruto asks with a growl.
No answer.
Naruto cocks the gun before placing it back against the person's head.
"I won't ask again." Naruto said threateningly.
Just then-.
"Kiba-san, answer him before you are killed." a woman's voice says, Naruto glanced up a nearly swallowed his tongue.
Standing in front of Naruto was Hanabi Hyuuga, looking very much like Hinata had when the blonde had last seen her before her death.
