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Point of Views: Sakura's, normal
Last Chapter:
"Naruto Uzumaki, we hereby banish you from . . ." Danzo was getting ready to pass sentence.
"Wait!" Sasuke shouted, walking towards Naruto's side, "I would like to say a few words first." He said, the council nodded, hoping that their little prodigy would help add salt to the wound, but instead, "Are you really that blind? Are you really that ignorant?!" Causing everybody, except Naruto, to gasp, "Are you old farts really determined to get rid of something you fear and hate so much that you would rather throw him out instead of actually trying to get to know him, than you are no different from the Akatsuki!"
And now:
"This is impossible. You're suppose to that demon's worst enemy." Danzo said, in a mixture of anger and shock.
"You really need to upgrade your information, you old fools, because those of you who would rather hang on to past you'll always end up missing whatever's right under noses, while the rest of us decided to focus on the here and now." Naruto said without fear, causing rage to form on those who still had a chip on their shoulder, before taking a couple of steps towards the council.
"Those of us who have taken turn through the darkness for our own selfish needs; there has always been some light at end of the tunnel willing to help out even if the odds are against him." Sasuke said, taking his place next to his friend, while the rest of their little group started to join them.
"Whenever we start to think that our destiny, our very fate is set in stone, all it takes is one person with enough courage to shatter that stone and prove to all of us that we are the ones who decide how our futures should be." Neji said.
"Whenever we start judging people from how they act, how they look, then we start to learn all over again that we should never judge period and get to know each other better due to one person's determination to prove themselves in front of their accusers and those that doubt them what they are truly capable of." Ino followed up with.
"I've learned to face my fears thanks to Naruto." Hinata said, "I've also learned that you got to face those that will always try to bring you down or else things would never get better."
"YES I HAVE SEEN THE POWER OF NARUTO'S YOUTH & IT IS WHAT KEEPS KONOHA SHINING!!!" Rock Lee said, in his usual enthusiasm, while everybody, except for Might Gai, just ignored him.
"While I might be considered the smartest shinobi in our class, I would consider Naruto the most innovative shinobi because while even the brightest us can't come up with a decent enough plan of action, he always seems t come up with ones that actually work better than any of us could of thought of." Shikamaru followed.
"Those of us who are treated like outcasts by those who are either too afraid, it is through Naruto that we get to be treated equally." Shino said, while he and Choji took their places.
"Those of us that come from different families, clan or no clan, we've manage to complete each perfectly despite our little differences." Kiba yelled out with enthusiasm.
"Those of us who have perfected in certain things are always there to cover the others back whenever needed because they themselves can't do it." Tenten said.
"And here we are, helping our friend get through something that shouldn't be taking place in the first place." Sakura started saying, "Everything you accused him of is just an excuse for those of you to try not to learn anything about the person you ridicule."
Danzo decided to try to pull out the wild card he thought might work, "Yes, but will you still stay with him when we tell you a secret that we've kept for almost two decades?" He said.
"We've already known the Kyubi for quite some time now, so don't even bother." Choji said.
"How did you know?" One of the council members asked in shock.
"I told them." Naruto said, "Considering it was my secret that I have every right to tell those that I can trust with my life and all twelve of them are here now."
Tsunade knew that she had the advantage she needed for Naruto's sake, "Well now, I see that this little of trial of yours took a nasty turn against you. The charges you were about to bring down on him became obsolete as soon as the person you were trying to use for your own personal gain sided with the person you were trying to dispose of." She said, in a tone that said 'try and stop me now,' "Naruto is still a ninja of this village and I've seen many people changing their opinion due to the boy's accomplishments, that if you were to get ride of him, they will surely demand your resignation from your positions."
"And how many of you will back this up?" Danzo asked, hoping that she was bluffing, only to become both deeply disappointed and slightly afraid when about almost 90% of the crowded started standing, even the clan heads were among them, even Hiashi Hyuga was among them.
That one little moment changed the opinions that a lot of people had about Naruto, although there were still those who just had trouble accepting the facts.
As days started to turn into weeks, things started to become calmer, almost back to normal with a few slight twists. Sasuke and I started dating for awhile, and to everyone's surprise, Naruto and Hinata started to get close as will. I don't how it happened, but the fan girl part in me, the part that I thought I got over, came back and ruined everything for me. After about a week of being together, I started treating Sasuke like he was a trophy that I've just won, even to those who have either already moved on or were never interested in him in the first place. I was even acting like Naruto was jealous of Sasuke so that I can literally knock him down a few pegs only to end up eating dirt when Naruto decides to defend himself because in his own words, 'enough is enough when it comes to the beatings.'
Even Sasuke had enough of being treated like a trophy . . .
Sakura was walking towards Team 7's usual meeting place, happy as can be because she has Sasuke as her boyfriend, plus all the good things in her life, caused her to feel unstoppable. Just as she was approaching the bridge, she could hear her teammates having one of their friendly conversations.
"So I see that you've got promoted to jounin, congratulations Naruto." Sasuke said, shocking the pink haired kunoichi.
"Thanks. Hey, Sakura." Naruto said, and greeted their other teammate at the same time, "and I think some of those old fools are still having heart attacks because I'm not being held back by the council anymore."
Sakura was still in shock because her teammate now out ranked, "Man, Naruto, looks like you're one step closer to fulfilling your dream." She complimented her friend.
"Yeah, and since I'm a Jounin now, ol' granny told me that I'll be doing solo missions for a while before she decides what to do with me, other than that, its fair game for me." He said, just as Sakura took her boyfriends left arm into her hands. "What took you so long Kakashi?" Naruto asked which was more like a rhetorical question when used on the person in question.
"Oh, you know this and that." Kakashi replied while he walked up to the group. When he looked them over, it didn't take him long to notice the change in his blonde student, "So I guess I won't be bossing you around anymore, hey Naruto." He said, his eye showing how proud he is of his student.
"Won't stop you from trying though." Naruto said, causing everybody to give a little chuckle, just as he checked his watch, "Well as much as I want to stick around, I have to head towards the Hokage's office. Tsunade said she was going to give me the stuff my father left for me."
"So she finally found some things belonging to the Uzumaki clan, Naruto?" Sakura asked, surprised that anybody actually had some information on Naruto's family.
"Actually Uzumaki was my mother's clan from some other village, my father's clan was located somewhere in this village." Naruto answered, catching everybody completely off guard, "So I'll be using my father's family name."
"So what name will you be going by now?" Kakashi asked, just as curious as the other two members of his team.
"Naruto Namikaze." He answered before disappearing in a yellow flash.
Sorry it took so long to update, I have a lot of stories to update. Next chapter, things start to go down hill for Sakura. Read and Review.
