Chapter 5 Forgotten Memories
Hello my lovely readers Thanks so much for the reviews. Sorry about the long wait I had life to deal with. Anyways here's chapter five of The Thief of the Streets
I do not own Naruto nor will I ever.
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"God my head" Sasuke whined.
"Ugh It's not fair that you don't have to suffer" Sakura complained.
"Can't help it, it's the Kyuubi" Naruto replied with a sheepish grin.
"We should probably head to the training grounds now so that Kakashi doesn't get too upset at us." They all nodded; after all they were four hours late.
"Did you know that no one has ever been later than me to anything" said the severely pissed Kakashi.
In a second Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke had turned around and gotten into an offensive stance but before they could even say anything, Kakashi was behind them. "Now, Now, what's the haste? I just came for a little visit" He whispered.
Then Akako walked in, followed by Eiji, Fumito, and Atsuhi, Akako being the first to break the silence.
"WHAT THE- WHO THE HELL IS THIS PUNK!" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
As everyone got off from the ground and wiped the foam from their mouths, Naruto answered her.
"This is Hatake Kakashi our sensei." Seemingly pleased with that answer, Akako nodded.
"Whiska's, if I may, what's he doin' 'ere?" Atsuhi asked.
"I honestly have no clue, Kakashi, if you could possibly humor us with why you invaded our home." He asked.
Now it was Kakashi's turn to smile sheepishly.
"Well, you see… I was waiting for them at the training grounds and after two hours I decided to go find them, which led me here."
"How'd you find us anyways" Sakura questioned.
"Ahh… Well you see," AS everyone leaned in Kakashi answered. "That's… a secret"
As everyone got off the ground for the second time that morning, they all looked severely pissed.
"Did you know that it's common courtesy to offer guests refreshments when they visit?"
"Oh we so humbly apologize, now which would you like better, warm water or the expired milk? Take your pick." Sasuke replied sarcastically.
"Well I don't know about you guys but I'll take a glass of last night's sake, it was pretty damn good." Akako said.
"Sure," "Me too," and "Why not" were the continuous responses, leaving a baffled Kakashi.
"You all do know that it's 8:00 in the morning right?" He yelled.
"ITAI, not so loud Kakashi, last night's drinks haven't exactly gone down yet" Sakura said.
That just made him even more confused. "So you all have hangovers, and yet you still chose to drink at 8:00 O'clock A.M, and you are all underage."
"Technically, Sakura, Sasuke, and I are all ninja so we're adults, and I don't have a hangover."
"Plus Atsuhi is 15 so he isn't underage." Sakura added.
"Well that's all fine and dandy but what about the other three." Kakashi once again said.
"Please Kakashi-sensei, we've had more alcohol in out 13 years of life then you have in all of yours." Akako said.
As Eiji got back with the saucers and the bottle, they once again asked Kakashi what he wanted.
"I think I'm good for now" he said. HE honestly did not expect this.
"Suit your-self Mr. Ha-ta-ke, but just know that you're missin out" Fumito said to him.
"KANPAI" they all yelled, all trace of a hangover gone.
"So anyways," Kakashi asked as they had all finished downing their drinks.
"What," Atsuhi asked.
"Do you think I could borrow these three for a few minutes" He said as he grabbed onto them. "Thanks" he said as he shunshined away before getting a response.
"That was rude" Akako said.
"Hm" grunted in reply.
"I understand completely Eiji" She answered back, "and I completely respect your opinion."
"Hnn…"
"OK now that was uncalled for" Fumito answered back.
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When Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi landed in the training grounds they each took a seat on the grass.
"It has come to my attention that I know very, and I mean very little about my student's. So we will now be spending today doing some well needed team bonding."
"What's in it for us?" Sasuke asked.
"After you tell me about yourselves, I will tell you a little about me. Deal"
They looked at each other and then nodded simultaneously. "Deal." They each replied back.
"Ok" Kakashi said with a smile. "Instead of going through all the trouble to hear from each of you which would probably take hours, I'm going to use a jutsu that my friend Inoichi taught me."
Without waiting for their consent he quickly went through all of the hand seals. Shinten: Kako no Kioku" and then everything went black.
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"Ugh, where are we" Naruto groaned.
"We're in your mind, or your memories to be exact. This jutsu allows me to go into the memories of certain people, or a group of people but unfortunately I cannot see anything that all three of you have experienced alone because we're in a group. If I had only chosen to go through each of your memories individually then it would have been another story but since I'm here I can watch all of your memories and so can you if you want. But I can only do this for about two hours so we best hurry up."
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were each left dumfounded at the explanation so they simply nodded their heads.
"Very good so let's start" said Kakashi cheerfully.
All of a sudden the scenery around them changed and they each were placed in the bustling red light district. The three gennin were amazed at what had happened, it looked as if they were actually in Konoha instead of just seeing it. (Like scrooge when he did the ghost of Christmas past and they can't interact with the memories) Suddenly three children came running through the crowd seemingly not noticing the starving people and prostitutes on the streets. Some of the bodies on the ground looked to be dead but anyone who saw quickly looked the other way or barely spared a glance. This was a common sight in the red light district.
After all, when you can barely help yourself, who would help another they each thought
The three children quickly came to a stop, the bright smiles never leaving their faces. One boy, the blonde one quickly looked up and laughed. Followed suit by the black haired one and the pink haired girl.
"Did ya see the look's on their faces" The blonde said in-between giggles. His blue eyes sparkled, easily concealing the hidden pain they had seen"
"They didn't know what hit 'um" The black haired one said with a smirk. The scar on his eye barely visible and if you were to look closely then you would see dull black lifeless eyes.
The girl's face was almost as pink as her hair when she finally calmed down enough to speak.
"Man, do you guys do this every day" she asked in amazement. When she came to her senses and finally saw where they were, all traces of a smile quickly vanished.
"What's a matter Sakura-chan" The blonde asked in confusion.
"Don't you guy's see this" she said to them.
"What of it" Sasuke asked.
"Don't you think we should help them" She said in slight puzzlement.
"What could we possibly do for them that they can't do for themselves" Naruto asked in bewilderment.
"Well we could…"
"Face it Sakura, we have absolutely nothing. Whatever we have goes towards the other four of us" said Sasuke
"This is unbearable, how do you guy's stand to live with this"
"Look at it this way Sakura-chan, do they look happy" Naruto asked.
"Of course not, what kind of question is that!" she exclaimed
"Then if they die, won't they be happier. Let's face it, this world sucks so you might as well die as soon as possible so that if you were good then Kami will send you someplace better."
"Well if you put it that way…" she said.
"It's better to just ignore it and be happy." Sasuke said.
"Ok" She said and smiled.
"race you to the park" Naruto yelled.
They all took off running, leaving the city of despair behind them as their laughing drowned out the cries behind them.
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When they reached the park, Sasuke and Sakura were both panting while Naruto was in top condition.
"That isn't fair, you can go full speed until you get here and still be ok but we have to suffer" Sasuke said in between pants.
"Too bad for you" He grinned at them.
"Last one to the swings has to push." He yelled as he ran.
"NO FAIR CHEATER" Sakura yelled out behind him.
Sasuke said nothing as he just got up and ran leaving Sakura behind to catch up.
When they reached the swings they noticed that one kid was already there, his dad pushing him as he cried out to go higher. Behind them his mother sat on the bench laughing lightly.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura each slowly lost their smiles s they slowly started to notice the other kids in the park. Each one of them was accompanied by their parents who were smiling and laughing with their children.
As they slowly left they park, each of the parents picked up their children and left.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura each walked home slowly, they were no longer in the mood to play. On their way back couples and their children became even more noticeable.
The longing in their hearts gnawed at their very core as they saw the smiling faces of the children.
Sasuke was reminded of what he once had, Naruto was reminded of what he could never get, and Sakura was reminded of what she had always wanted.
As they looked at each other, they realized that although it may be different, they had a sort of makeshift bond between them and were so close that they might as well be family. The knew that they couldn't walk alone anymore but together, maybe they would be alright.
Naruto looked up at them with squinted eyes and started running. "RACE YA BACK HOME" he yelled.
It may not be perfect, but to them, their life was beautiful.
This looked like a good place to stop so I decided to. Sorry this chapter was so short, I really wanted to get this out their instead of making you all wait. The memories aren't done yet so I'm sorry if you're upset at them. I apologize if this went a little slow and the jutsu that Kakashi used was made up. It means Mind technique: Memories of the past. Please review
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