Chapter 19

The Funeral – Part 2

Here is the finaly of the funeral. What will happen? A TEARJERKER!!!!!!

DISCLAIMER: I can own Naruto after this chapter! You ALL will WANT me TO!

Ino made her way up to the table, and wiped a solitary tear with her free hand. Gently, she placed the flower down, and smiled at the picture of Naruto sitting on the black covering.

"Naruto!" Ino screamed as she punched Naruto to a tree. "You baka! If you're going to train, train correctly!"

Naruto rubbed his cheek and chuckled. "You aren't as strong as Sakura-chan." He teased, and stood up. "Now if you would please let me continue my training. Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" About three hundred clones appeared, and they all separated into groups of three.

Ino looked confusingly at him. "What are you doing?" she asked, eying all the clones. "Why did you make so many clones?"

"Kakashi-sensei taught me this learning technique." One of the clones answered. "I'm trying to perfect Rasengan again." In one of the groups, a small ball of blue-colored chakra appeared, and a color of red chakra surrounded the outside of it. Inside the ball, there was a small black-colored ball hidden in the very center, like the nucleus of an atom. A layer of Naruto's chakra combined with the wind element surrounded this one, and the clone ran at one of the trees that were in the training area. The attack came in contact with the tree, and it blew back about 200 meters, splitting in four slices. Ino stared in shock at the demolished tree, gaping. "Well…I think I can make it better."

"BETTER?!" Ino screamed back. "How can it get any better than that?"

Naruto chuckled. "It can. But this will do for now. I'll go ahead and call it the Fuuton: Kuro Rasengan for now." He said, and dispelled some of the clones. "Okay everyone!" The clones smiled, and stared at the real Naruto. "Go practice the wind element in anyway you can think of!"

Ino smiled at how Naruto did his training, but soon went back to her own, looking back at the other clones every so often.

Ino wiped more tears, then walked away to let Shikamaru go take his turn. Shikamaru stepped up, and set his flower down. He bowed down, and thought about his missions with the blonde jinchuuriki.

Shikamaru walked with Naruto and Sakura to the outskirts of the forest, looking around for Kiboukai, the Madansei family leader. The mission reached Konoha, stating that Kiboukai had been taking the young children of his village, about six years, without training, put them into battle. As a result, the village was basically empty, except for the people who had survived through all the wars and battles. "Oi, Naruto-san." Shikamaru said as they waked. "Do you know what Kiboukai looks like?"

Naruto stared ahead, and scratched the back of his neck. "A little," he said, and looked over at Shikamaru. "I know that he has dark blue hair, and black eyes. But that's about it."

Shikamaru sighed. "I see." He stated, and a kunai flung at him, just barely missing his head. "Kiboukai!" Naruto vanished from Shikamaru's sight, and he looked around drastically. "Naruto-san!" A light shined from behind where the kunai came from. Naruto. Then he heard clanking of kunai, and a huge explosion.

Naruto came out, dragging a beat up body behind him, covered in cuts, slashes, and blood. "Got him." He chuckled, and threw Kiboukai's body to Shikamaru. Indeed, he had dark blue hair, and black eyes. "Now let's go back."

Shikamaru stood up, and walked away, allowing Chouji to step up. Chouji set his flower down, but no memories came to him. In fact, Chouji happened to be the only one Naruto really hadn't been alone with. But still, this matter made him just as sad as the others. When he went to go walk over to the others, Hinata stepped up, her tears falling on her solitary white lily.

Hinata glanced behind her, and saw Naruto chatting with Sakura. They looked so happy together, and Sakura had been getting even nicer around him, but cautious around her. She saw Naruto wave goodbye to Sakura, and he walked over to her. "Oi, Hinata!" he greeted her. "Haven't seen you for a while."

"N-no, Naruto-kun." She stuttered, and blushed. "Y-you and Sakura-san sure have been getting close…" Naruto stared blankly at Hinata and chuckled.

"I guess." He answered. "I heard you beat Neji finally! That's great!" Hinata's face grew a darker red, and she started twiddling her thumbs. "So, Hinata. What was it like? Beating Neji?"

"I-It felt good actually." She said, starting to calm down. "But I think he went easy on me."

"Feh." Naruto grunted. "It probably felt like he was going easy on you. You're probably a lot stronger now." His eyes drifted over to the sun, and it had started to set. "ACK! I'm supposed to meet Yamato at the training grounds in five minutes! Ja ne, Hinata!"

Hinata watched Naruto run off, still cooling down. "Naruto-kun…" she muttered, and started walking away.

Hinata wiped the other tears coming down her face, and walked over to Sakura, gently placing an arm over her shoulders. "It's…okay…Sakura-san." She cried, Sakura crying just a little harder.

Kiba walked up to the table, and set his flower down, Akamaru whimpering. He remembered all the missions he had with Naruto, their Chuunin Exam battle, and even their recent battle.

Kiba had challenged Naruto to a duel. Being promoted to a Jounin, he figured that Naruto should get a test from a Chuunin. As they both got in their stances, he noticed the changes in Naruto. His eyes, instead of anxiety like before, they were replaced by glares of concentration, as if his plan was flashing in front of his eyes.

They were ready, and Kiba launched forward, with Akamaru following. He threw a quick punch to Naruto's head, but he dodged it with ease. Kiba felt a fist bolt up into his gut, and he was blasted back into the air. A kick plowed onto his head, and Kiba pounded into the ground, Akamaru following.

Naruto stepped over to Kiba and chuckled. "You're too slow," he said. "Try working on that. Run a few laps like Lee."

Kiba continued walking, letting Shino pass by quickly, for he was not good with funerals. Sasuke stepped up, and placed his flower down. Of all the things that went on in his life, he and Naruto had held a bond for so long, and now it was finally broken, just not how they had intended it. The only memories that were truly happy to him were the ones where Naruto was a spirit.

"Sasuke!" Naruto screamed, and yanked Sasuke back from the shoulders. "Where do you think you're going?"

"To bed, baka." He grunted, and shook Naruto's lifeless hand off his shoulder. "Is that a problem?"

"Yeah," Naruto growled back. "It's noon. Seriously, where are you going?"

Sasuke growled at him, and turned away. "To your house." He answered huffily. "I figure it needs some cleaning."

Naruto began laughing. "YOU CLEANING?" he cracked up. "Since when?"

Sasuke blushed. "Since I saw MY house! It was filthy!" he retorted. "Now let me go!"

"Fine." Naruto said teasingly. "I'm going."

Sasuke was about to say something, but Naruto disappeared. "Sheesh. I didn't mean it literally…"

Sasuke felt a few tears slip down his cheek, and he turned away, more falling. Right when he made it to everyone else, Tsunade's voice howled through the skies. "Everyone!" she yelled. "Please look over here!" Everyone looked over to the Godaime, and they saw sadness in her eyes. Next to her, Kakashi and Atsuiiki stood. "You all know that this is a tragic day," she said, and the rain began coming down harder. "But I think we might be able to cheer everyone up.

"Cheer us up?" Neji echoed, and stared at Tsunade confusingly.

Sakura gasped. "She's going to do it!" she said, and stared wide eyed at her master. Tears began flowing her cheeks again.

Shizune brought Naruto's body in front of Tsunade, and Tsunade closed her eyes. "I have been honored to serve all of you as your Godaime Hokage," she announced. "But it's time I moved on. After all, each Hokage sacrifices their lives for the safety of the village. Now it's my turn." A large blue ball of chakra appeared under her hands as she moved them over Naruto's chest. "Arigatou, Konohagakure."

The one person, who knew the Life-Transfer jutsu, was no one other than Tsunade, the Godaime Hokage of Konohagakure. "Tsunade-shishou…" Sakura muttered, and closed her eyes. "Arigatou."

Tsunade gasped, and the ball of chakra got smaller as the color and warmth slowly came back to Naruto. Then her eyes closed, and the ball vanished. Her body fell to the ground, dead. "Tsunade…" Atsuiiki muttered, and wiped her tears.

"She risked her life for Naruto." Kakashi added, and bent down to the dead Hokage. "Truly something a great Hokage would do. Tsunade-sama…one of the greatest Hokage ever."

Atsuiiki knelt next to the revived Naruto. "I'll take Naruto to the hospital so he can wake up without getting pneumonia." She said, and picked up the unconscious jinchuuriki.

Sakura opened her mouth. "Wait Atsuiiki-neechan!" she called after the blonde kunoichi, and jumped after her. Tsunade-shishou is gone…she thought to herself as she ran after Atsuiiki. And Naruto is back. Should I be happy…or sad?

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